Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 15 March 1895 — Page 3

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Hemphill Quotes Lincoln.

General Robert R. Hemphill of Abbeville, S. C., in an address before the twenty-seventh annual convention of the N. A. W. S. A. at Atlanta, said:

go for all sharing the privileges of government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all to the rights of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms, by no means excluding the females.' "Theso were the words of Abraham Lincoln on June K5, 1856, to the voters of Sangamon county, Ills. They express my sentiments today. I am in favor of equal rights and equal ojiportunities for women, and that is why I am today in the good city of Atlanta and before this refined and distinguished audience to say a word upon the living issue which has called this assemblage together. Is not the situation unique? Hero I am, a South Carolinian, a disciple of John C. Calhoun, proud of tho traditions of my beloved state, quoting from Abraham Lincoln in support of a proposition the mention of which a half a century ago would have given the leaders of my people tho horrors. Bat tho world moves, and South Carolina is moving with it.

Society Young Man In Trouble.

WAKKKN. O., March 15.—Charles Reed, a well known Warren young man and leader in society, was arrested Thursday charged with turning in a false alarm of fire at midnight. If Reed is found guilty the informer will get $300.,.

Came on Strong.

«WCBUKA, O., March 15.—The dwellinghouse and contents of Joe Sacher were totally destroyed by lire at an early hour Thursday. The fire was caused by the gas coming on very strong. *1 ,000 insurance, $700.

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CUBAN REVOLUTION.

A Fierce Battle is Fought Near Guantanamo. ,,

THE INSURGENTS MEET DEFEAT.

Several Other Mot Kiigagemeiits Are Also

Iieported—Two-Tliirds of the Insurgents

at Santiago Negroes Seven Insurgents

Surrender to the Governor—Ollicers Com­

mended I nr liravery.

XKW YORK, March 15.—A special cable to The Herald from Havana says: Official information by the government of tlie situation in Santiago dc Cuba was given out yesterday.

A dispatch received by the military governor of Santiago from General (.Jarrich was forwarded to Havana.

I!i this message General Garrich says that Colonel Santocitdes. with 100 men. met a band of 400 insurgents near Guantanamo.

There was a desperate battle, lasting for an hour and a half:. This battle was plainlv seen from the roof's ot houses.

The insurgents were defeated wifli a loss of f0 killed and wounded, while the government troops had but six men killed. Maijv horses aud mules were killed.

Commends the Officers.

In his message General Garrich commends the oilicevs aud men of tne Spanish troops for their bravery

It is also reported by the government that Masso, one of the insurgent leaders in Santiago, says he was misled, but is ashamed to surrender.

He says there are only 700 men iu the movement in Santiago, two-thirds of whom are negroes. Seven insurgents surrendered to the military governor of Santa Clara yesterday.

The troops which have been ursuing the insurgents in the Carthagenga district have returned, as the providence is now tranquil. All is quiet in the provinces of Havana, Puerto Principe, Pinas del Rio and Mantanzas.

Killed a Hamlit.

Spanish forces, which have been pursuing the bands formerly under the leadership of Mantagas, overtook one of tlieni between Matesas and Mono Prieto. Cristobal Rodriguez, a bandit, was led. Many stands of arms and four horses were captured.

The police of this city found arms aiH ammunition hidden in a lodginghouse yesterday.

They were seized and'"three men, supposed to have knowledge of them, were arrested.

The party of insurgents operating near Baire is reduced to 40 men and one chief.

They are negotiating for surrender. Among those seeking amnesty arc many men, who have been wounded, and who have returned to their homes.

The operations of the tr tips have broken up the revolutionary party here. General Lachambre telegraphs that the situation is much improved.

Miss Ampario Arboe, the fiancee of the chief of the Ybarra party, is a prisoner of war. She is but Hi years old and was captured after an engagement near the Ignacia p1 uitation. She is now detained in San Severino castle, Matau/.as.

HOW IS THIS'.'

A Man Colleets a ICeward For Himself and Then lieceives a Fortune.

CHICAGO, March 15.—William Northedge walked into the office of Dinsdale & Styles, Masonic temple, yesterday, and announced that he had not been murdered, and that he had come for the £25,000 reward for information as to his whereabouts. The lawyer of the firm, which had been advertising for information concerning Norfhedge, reported by telling him there was £500,000 waiting for him in England. This did not surprised or (date him.

Then he told the men present he had not been murdered, but had stayed in retirement for a year because so many people were trying to divorce him from his money by unlawful means.

Coal Clearinghouse.

COLUMBUS, O,, March 15.—The effort to effect arrangments for a coal clearinghouse in the seven Ohio districts is still in progress. Tho scheme is to have one representative on the board from each district to arrange prices and output, and that the board shall not be arbitrary in its governing powers, but co-operate with two similar plans, one in the Hocking and the other in the Ohio Central territory, in which roads and operators are working together. The sticking point is to get a plan which will permit of competition, so as not to be illegal, and it is hoped to gain that point by making the competition chiefly in the quality of coal.

Fatal Accident on a liridge.

VICKSBUKG, Miss., March 15.—A fatal accident occurred yesterday at a bridge about three miles north of tho city on the Valley road, which caused the instant death of County Superintendent Edwin McGinty and the fatal injury of William Henry, who died a few minutes after the easulty happened. Tho accident was caused by the sudden and wholly unexplained collapse of the bridge, which sank into the chasm which it spans, carrying the two men down to death. The bridge was being demolished when the accident occurred. McGinty leaves a wife and four children.

An Electrical Gun.

SPUING FIELD, O., March 15.—A. S. Krotz, electrician of the street railway company, has invented an electric gun 5 feet long and 2-12 inches thick with smooth bore, weight 20 pounds. The electrical current acts directly on the bullet and the number of projectiles fired is only limited by the number which can be fed. There is no cartridge, dynamite or powder and iio noise IU firing.

Whipping-I'ost llil

ALBANY, March 15.—The senate bill, which embraces Comr lore Jerry's scheme of providing i. .lipping-post for persons assaulting children under JG years of age, was lost upon final passage in the assembly by a vote of: Yeas, J3H nays, 57. Sixty-five votes were necessary to pass it.

'1 reasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, March 15.—Yesterday's Ktatement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available sash balance, $182,4G0,2D1 gold reserve. $90,205,308.

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JAPS GET ALL.

llung Chang Instructed to Consent to the Payment of Indemnity.

PARIS, March 15.—A dispatch from Shanghai says it is reported that Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, lias been instructed to consent to the payment of an indemnity and the cession of the territory already occupied by the Japanese in addition to the Island of Formosa.

He is also instructed to consent to the surrender of the remainder of the vessels belonging to the Chinese southern squadron, which is now hiding at Nankin.

TRYING TO STEAL ADA REHAN.

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Kate.

KANSAS CITY, March 15.—What was doubtless an attempt to steal the £225,000 goid base of the famous Montana silver statue exhibited at the world's fair was frustrated here Wednesday night.

The statue is on exhibition in the dry goods .-torn of a local firm and has attraded thousands of sightseers. It rests iu plain sight of the street aud is easy of excess. Late that night two men, who. it later developed, had hidden themselves iu the store when it closed, got so far as to wrench an iron bar oii'the door near whore tlte statue stood and were opening both doors when discovered.

The men tied and were chased for several blocks and, though fired at half a dozen times, escaped. They left tools of various descriptions winch would have been necessary to remove the statue, showing their intentions and tracks in the alley nearby where another door had been opened indicated they had confederates. The statue was that I for which Ada Rohan posed as a model.

BANK BUILDING FALLS.

One Man Killed and Three Others Seriously Injured.

PITTSBURG, March 15. While engaged in tearing down the old Merchants and Mechanics' bank building yesterday, one man lost his life and three others were injured.

The center wall on the second floor was tottering, and the men were endeavoring to remove it when it fell, crushing Patrick Killeen's skull, killing him instantly, dislocating Michael ScanIon's hip and breaking Patrick Malloy's leg. The other man was taken away by friends before his name could be learned.

A Strangler's Sister I

KXVKK, March 15.—Mine. Fouehett, sister of Richard JJemady, who is charged with the murder of his mistress,, Lena Tapper (the first of the Market street strangling cases), has become violently crazy. Some believe that her mind has become unbalanced by the weights of terrible secrets known to her, regarding the Market street murders.

A Jilted Lover's Crime,

STIIU/BYYILLK, Ind., March 15.—Last night Miss Lillie Downs was accosted on the street by Elmer Israel, a jilted admirer. He became very abusive in his language, ending up with knocking the young lady down several times. Her screams aroused the neighborhood and she was carried home, where she remains unconscious and in a precarious condition. Israel has eluded arrest.

Murderer Paul Sane.

GEORGETOWN, O., March 15.—The jury empaneled to try the question as to the present- mental condition of William Paul, indicted for murder in the first degree, has just returned a verdict declaring the prisoner to be sane. The work of empaneling a jury to try him upon tho indictment with which he stands charged will begin at once.

Only Temporary.

ELWOOD, Ind., March 15.—The Diamond plateglass factory will close down to take an inventory of stock as a result of the formation of a plateglass trust, and the sale of Elwood and Kokomo plants to the Pittsburg syndicate. The shutdown is only temporary.

Famous Doctor Dead.

PITTSBURG, March 15. Robert B. Mowrey, M. D., died at 1 o'clock Thursday morning of paralysis at his residence, 212 North avenue, Allegheny Dr. Mowrey was 82 years of age, and was one of the best known physicians in western Pennsylvania.

Captain .Sliepard Dead.

WASHINGTON, March 15.—Captain L. C. Shepard, chief of the revenue cutter service of the treasury department, died here yesterday from pneumonia.

Judge's Suicide.

COUDEKSPOKT, Pa., March 15.—Associate Judge C. M. Stern died at his home from the effert of poison taken with suicidal intent Monday.

Generally cloudy weather with light snow east winds slight rise iu temperature.

THE MARKETS.

Zieview of tlie Grain and Livestock Markets For March 14.

1'ittsburg.

Cattle—Pririie, *o 25®5 50 good, 34 80@ 5 10 good butchers, $4 20@4 (50 rough fat, if3 50(^4 20 fair light steers, ¥3 25($ a (50 fat- cows and heifers, 83 00(&8 80 bulls, stags aud cows, $2 00®3 25: fresh cows and springers, $15 00@40 00. Hogs— Philadelphias, $4 oo(«i4 65 best mixed, 84 45(44 55 Yorkers, *4 30® 4 40 pigs, 14 lf@4 30 rough, *3 00®4 00. Sheep— Export wethers, *4 50(^4 70 extra sheep, 14 20(0}4 40 good, *3 80«j4 00 fair, #2 30@ 3 25 common, $1 U0(a)2 00 best lambs, $5 50@5 80 good lambs, $4 70(4/5 20 common to fair lambs, $2 50(^4 30 veal calves, *4 00(S5 oU.

Cincinnati.

Wheat—57J^c. Corn— 44J4@47*c. Cattle—Select butchers, $4 tS5(g)5 00 fair to good, S3 76(($4 05 common, 12 75@3 65. Hogs—Selected and prime butchers, #4 55 (tPA 60 packing, $4 35(«/4 50 common to rough, $3 00@4 30. Sheep $2 00@4 50. Lambs—$3 00(®5 25.

Chicago. •.

Hogs Selected butchers, $4 50@4 60 packers, $4 35@4 50. Cattle—Prime steers, 15 )5(rt)6 00 others, $3 50(0)4 io cows and bulls, $2 00(3)4 75. Sheep $3 50@4 50 lambs, $3 50(«!5 50.

Now York.

Cattle—$2 85@5 65. Sheep—|2 50(24 60 luiubs, $4 00.

THE MIRACLE.

"Dear brotk»-T, dearest- friend, when I am dead, And you stall see no more this face of mine,

Let nothing but red roses be the sign Of the white life I lost for him," she -said. "No, do not curse him pity him instead.

Forgive him: forgive me—God's anodyne. For human hate is pity, and the wine That makes men wise forgiveness. I have read

Love's message in love's murder, and I die." And so they laid her just as she would lie. Under red roses. Red they bloomed and fell.

But when Hushed autumn and the SIKWS went by And spring came, lo, from every bud's gieen si:.-11

Burst a white blossom! Can faith reason why? —E. A. Robinson in Globe.

L0II1EK. THE HOTER

Long years ago when tho fairies still used their power there lived a young man named Lohier. Ho was good looking and not without wit, but tho poor fellow had

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misfortune. IIo never

succeeded when ho went out hunting, and yet ho obstinately persisted in hunting all tho same.

What was a rare thing among common people at that time. Lohier had a pretty home of his own—the gift- of a generous lord, whoso life ho had saved. It was madoup of a cottage besido a little pool full of lish, a few acres of land and a moor, where, doubtless there was plentj* of gamo under tho broom and tho briers. This moorland was the torment of tho poor man's life. It was in vain that ho set out" at tho break of day, his rifle on his arm, and his dog, Pataud, at his heels, to beat the bushes until evening. Rabbits and hares slipped away between his feet, while tho partridges and tho littlo birds flew ut before him without hurrying, as if they knew his ill luck.

There is no need to say that tho people of tho village laughed loudly when they met Lohier with his empty game sack and Pataud lowering his ears. But when ho came homo the unfortunate hunter had tho same reception. His wife, Pauletto, overwhelmed him with her reproaches.

Usually Lohier boro it all with good grace and was only bent tho moro ou going hunting.

However, one evening ho camo back in a bad humor, after having spent in vain his whole provision of powder. He found at tho cott,age his cousin William, who was waiting for him with all his mates to ask him to his wedding. After the first compliments, Pauletto brought out a jug of cider which put every ono in a good humor. "See here, William," cried Lohier, while they were drinking each other's healths. "What present do you wish me to make you for your marriage?"

His cousin answered, jokingly: "Oh, I'm not hard to please. Just bring mo a few lino pieces of gamo for tho wedding breakfast. That will bo easy for a hunter like 3'ou."

This displeased Lohier, who bocamo quite angry as ho saw tho other smiling. So, striking tho table a heavy blow with his list, ho said: "Don't you believe that if I wished to take tho trouble I should bo as good a hunter as any of you?" "Prove it, then, answered tho young man, who woro much amused at his anger. "That's easy enough," retorted tho imprudent Lohier, carried away by self love. "If after two days I do not bring you six rabbits and 12 partridges shot with my own hand, I will givo you my house and proporty without any conditions. "Agreed!" tliey all cried. And the young men came ono after another to take tho open hand of Lohier as a sign of tho agreement. Then they all went away.

Paulotte laughed no longer. As soon as William and his companions had disappeared she filled tho house with her lamentations and overwhelmed her husband with her reproaches. "Do you •wish to have us ruined?" she said, weeping. "After two days we shall bo beggars without a roof to our heads, for you are too clumsy to win this wretched bet."

Lohier answered sharply, though at heart ho trembled, asking himself how he should get out of this evil plight.

With the morning he sot forth, accompanied by his faithful Pataud, who said plainly in the language of dogs, "Hero we go again to miss our game.

The first day's results showed that the wise Pataud was right. Not an animal with fur or feathers had been touched by tho shots of Lohier. He did not dare go back to the house, where nothing awaited him but the complaints and reproaches of Paulette. "My poor comrado, "he said to his dog as he shared with him the remainder of his bread, "I think we shall have tt get used to poverty. Tomorrow I shall certainly have lost the property which I risked so foolishly."

When he had finished his frugal meal, the fresh water of a spring bubbling up from a gray rock allowed him to refresh himself. Then he stretched himself out sadly on the briers, wliero sleep did not delay finding him.

It was near midnight when the hunter awakoned with a start Ho was stupefied at tho 6iglit before him. In the midst of deep darkness, for the moon did not shine that night, the gray rook had grown luminous, while the wator of the spring, sometimes blue and somotimes rose color, seemed to sparkle with sapphires and rubies. Lohier remembered that the old men of the country called this "the fairies' rock," because, thoy said, tlioso mysterious beings held council there. An idoa suddenly entered bis mind, and ho criod out with a loud voice: "Fairy of the briers, have pity on a wretched man! Help mo to kill tomorrow tho six hares and the 12 partridges which will permit mo to keep my home."

It seemed to him that a voice of crystal mingled with the murmur of tho spring aud repeated softly: "Six hares and 12 partridges?'" "Yes, yes nothing but that," he an­

swered. "I shall owe you more than life itself!" A beautiful flame, brilliant as a diamond, escaped from tho summit of the rojk, which became dark and gray once more. "It is tho fairy who has gone away," thought Lohier, full, of hope, and he turned over and slept again.

The next day when tho sun had arisen ho was afraid ho had simply dreamed. But scarcely had he loaded his rifle to begin the hunt when from every point of the moorland there came toward him in crowds rabbits, partridges, pheasants, quail and sv.ipo. Soon the little open Spaco in the midst of which the gray rock roso was so filled that Lohier had scarcely room to stand.

Crazy with joy, he began firing into this crowd of animals. Everyone of his shots brnught- down ifve or six pieces of game. But Lohier, who had never seen such luck, shot without tiring himself until Pataud was tho only living being near him. IIo left tho brave dog to guard his treasure and ran homo out of breath. "We are saved, ho cried, to Paulette. "Give mo our donkey, with our biggest panniers." -y

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The mornin:rwas hardly long enough for him to carry away his booty, although the poor donkey went back and forth each time with a heavier load. When William and his friends camo into tho yard, Lohier was finishing tho unloading of the last pannier. At the sight of this great heap of game, the mischievous smiles which had been on their lips changed to open mouthed astonishment. They stood there, their arms hanging down, looking at each other and not knowing what to say.

Lohier, besido himself with joy, rubbed his hands and laughed with all his heart. He felt himself happier than a king, when his friends, recovering from their astonishment, gave him their warmest compliments. Tho hares were so fine! The partridges so fat! Tho pheasants and small game in such good state! They all began feeling of the game with their hands.

Oh, what a surprise! Tho little dwellers of tho moorland all jumped to their feet at once. Tho hares began to run, the partridges and the other birds to fly in overy direction and in such confusion that tho witnesses of tho scene knew not what had become of them. At last tho game had all disappeared, and the voice of crystal, which Lohier had already heard, pronounced these words: "Friend Lohier, remember that by the gray rock you asked me only for six hares and 12 partridges. You have killed without mercy all theso poor guests of my moorland. I give them back their life and leave you a counsel —you must not abuse your opportunities. A light, rosy cloud, followed by a bright flame, showed tho departure of tho fairy.

It was now tho turn of William and his companions to laugh ^ng aud loud. But finally, seeing the pitiful air of poor Lohier, William camo forward with outstretched hand. "Cousin," he said, "wo give you back your word. Our bet was only a joke. None of us would take his property away from a bravo fellow like you. But let me add a counsel to the one you have already received: You must never promise to do what is above your strength. "Thanks, William, to yourself and to all of you, my friends, answered Lohier. "I have been an imprudent and a vain man. I shall probably be all my life long the clumsiest hunter of tho countsy. But I now know a way of getting good from it. From today you may hunt freely on my ground. I shall be as pleased with your luck as if it were my own.''

Strange to say, from the day whon Lohier showed himself so generous and Kimple in acknowledging where he was wrong, he had good luck in hunting. Ho seldom went through tho moorland in the company of his friends without bringing back a woll filled gamebag.— Philadelphia Press.

How They Shoot the Nile Kapids.

.Arab boys aro expert swimmers, and, like boys in goncral, are fond of displaying their skill beforo strangers if only they are rewarded by some small coin. Mr. Eden tells how they shoot the rapids of the Nile.

Seating themselves astride of a log of wood about six feet long and buoyant enough to support them waist high out of tho water, thoy ride it with the seat and gestures of a jockey, and with both hands and feet keep it straight with the lino of the current.

The fall is shot with an ease and grace that does away with the sense of danger one would expect to feel at seeing a man hurried along amid such a boil and turmoil of wators, but once at the bottom they have a hard struggle to induce their horses to turn out of the course.

To do this they avail themselves of the impetus acquired by the log in its shoot, and throwing themselves full length upon it they seem, with a sudden stroke from the left leg and arm, to drive it and themselves out of the current.

To fail in this would be dangerous evon to Arab swimmers. Immediately below lie the ugly rocks, on which the hoavy stream breaks with fearful violence.—Family Magazine.

Itself In

"Hark!" oxolainied the consul as a tremendous shout rushed up tho street and reverberated through the forum. "What noiso is that, Lucullus? Mothinks the Volscians must be coming o'er tho wall." "Nay," responds Lucullus, "it is only John L. Spartacus addressing the gladiators in tho areua and offering to wager 10,000 sesterces against all comers. "Sed et tuum," mused tho consul softly, while the sun, which had been going down the Appian way, with a low shudder, vanished from sight Rockland Tribuno.

BILL LET GO OF THE MULE'S EAR.

But Not Until He'd Added a Chapter to the History of the War.

In tho rotunda of tin Auditorium hotel several veterans of the war of ther rebellion were seated around in a circlet telling of some of ir war experiences, one of then. relating the following incident: "Our regi?:icut was in camp at Harper's Ferry, r.nd ono bright morning a comrade and I secured permission to visit a farmhouse some distance away, where we knew there was somo poultry. We rode horses and had some money in our pockets to purchase tho chickens and turkeys wo desired, for on this occasion wo had made up our minds tc forego foraging, but later circumstances arose that made it necessary for us to forget, our good resolutions. Turning our horses into a grassfiehl which was but a shors distance from tho house, we loit them in gra".o at will. Oil reaching the house we met the farmer ou an old fashioner! porch that- ran tho whole front of the qr.'.iiit farm house. I told the farmer that we had c-•me to buy somo of Jus pouliry, at which his southern blood began to boil. He swore he'd rather see every chicken and turkey on the place rot befurn he v/oiild sell them to any

Yankee for a thousand times

what they were worth. "That settled 'it with us. Wo could not stand such an insult and wens straightway to the barn, where a fine lot of fowls were peeking grain. It did not take us long to tie the legs of a goodly number of chickens and turkeys. As I was in tho act of tying up the of a proud gobbler I looked up, and my dismay saw coming up tho small company of Confederate cavalry. I took in the situation at a glance. I knew we had not time to reach our horses, and to escape on foot was impossible. In the barnyard were two fino, sleek mules. Throwing my string fowls over tho back of one and jumping astride the animal, I shouted to Bill—• that was the hrst name of my comrade —to follow my example. Ho did no, and I took the lead for tho camp. Too mule that I was on had taken but a few jumps when I heard Bill shout: "Holy smoke! He's balked, Jim."

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I looked around, and sure enough tho mule had balked. Tho Confederates were close at hand, and I shouted back to Bill: "Crawl on his neck, Bill, and chew his ear.

Bill lost no time in trying tho experiment. He got tho end of the animal's long ear into his mouth and began operations. The mule gave a squeal, like that of a stuck pig, and rushed madly I after its mate, which I was riding on, for dear iii'e. Suddenly I saw something loom up and rush past me. It was Bill aud his mule. Bill's teeth were imbedded in the animal's ear, aud blood trickled down tiio side of its head. Bill was all humped up on the back of his mad steed and presented a most ludicrous sight. The turkeys flopped their wings, and tiie chickens made a terrible clatter, which only served to make tho mule go faster. I heard tho Confederates behind us laugh. They fired at us, but wo were not hit. I am sure that they could not have hit Bill, for ho was being carried along at a great speed.

Through tho picket lino of our regiment and on through tho camp went Biil's mule, the fowls bobbing up and down a!: every jump. As soon as I knew we were out of reach of the enemy I gatl icred ail of my lung power and shouted: "Let go tho mule's ear, Bill we'r^ safe!"

Bill heard me and let go. Ho filial!}' succeeded in stopping tho mule, who 9. sides went in and out like a big bellows. An examination showed Bill had chewed over half tho mulo's ear off. Bill allowed it was the toughest bit of meat ho had ever tackled, but that night ho got square on roast turkey and chicken. Wo lost two of the best horses in' our army.—Chicago Tribune.

IJog liat Dog.

The street fakir was stationed on tho corner of East and Mission streets yesterday with a machino that an investor could spin around, and "if it stops at a watch yer got tho watch, but if it| don't yer suro of asmoke." Such wasf the language of tho fakir. a

A man srood by and watched things for a few minutes. Ho saw sevoral cigars given to speculators, but tho bright steel index never stopped on tho watch or the revolver. Ho carried a very stout cane.

Going up to tho turntable he stood abreast of the watch and held his lioavy cane fairly up and down. Ho put down a nickel, gave tho index a twist, and to tho surprise of all it stopped right over the watch. The crowd cheered and jeered, and trt® fakir tried to look as if he liked it. After depositing tho watch in his pockot the stranger edged around the tr,ble till he stood abreast of the revolvor. Tho cane was again held straight up and down, and another nickel was thrown on tho table. Tho index was sent flying around, and it stopped right over the revolver. Tho crowd was too surprised to cheer any more, and beforo tho fakir had recovered his composuro tho stranger walked off.

An officer from one of tho ships noar by had watched tho whole proceeding, and going after the stranger asked permission to see the cane. Tho stranger handed it to tho sailor, who found it weighed oighf or nine pounds. It was a powerful magnet. "It was one of tho cleverost cases of dog eat dog that I over saw, said tho navigator.—San Francisco Examiner.

Sermons and Holler Skating.

The craze for roller skating has again brokon out in the northern portion of tho city, and in looking around for a place to build a rink so great was the demand for ono that the managers secured an abandoned church on North Front street, from the puipit of which a few years ago sormon after sermon against what was termed the evil of roller skating was preached.—Philadelphia CalL