Ligonier Banner., Volume 29, Number 33, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 November 1894 — Page 2

ANOTHER HARD BLOW.

:;Itls Delivered by Japanese Troops Against China.

Port Arthur, One of the Emperor’s Strong- ! holds, Falls Into the Hands of the Enemy — Advancing : on Nankin.

. Cue Foo, Nov. 24.—Dispatches have been received here saying the Japan ese captured Port Arthur Wednesday after eighteen hours’ fighting. SuaxGHAIL Nov. 24.—News received here confirms the reports of the capture of Port Arthur. These reports say the Japanese torpedo boats distracted the forts while the troops entered the town. It is reported the viceroy of Kankin, Chang Chio Tung, has been ordered to Peking for the purpose of reorganizing the army after the European 'model. Chee Foo, from avhieh place the dis‘patch announcing the fall of Port ‘Arthur comes, is a Chinese city on the north coast of Shang Tung promontory, some 90 miles south of Port Arthur, from which it is separated by the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li. '

The second Japanese army, under the command of Field Marshal Count ‘Oyama, minister of war. consisted of about 30,000 men, and when this force arrived off the Regent’s sword promontory it was divided into two detachments, one of which,aided by partof the Japanese fleet,operated against Talien‘wan, while the other directed its movements against Kinchow, on the western side of the promontory, some miles north of Port Arthur. Talienwan and Kinchow were both captured, after which the army again combined and the march on Port Arthur was commenced. Several engagements of minor importance took place along the route, but aceording to the reports the Japanese were invariably successful. Theroads leading mnorthward from Port Arthur were supposed to have been mined by the Chinese, and the Japanese commander therefore declined to take the risk of marching his troops along them. ~ Consequently they were com'pelled to cut roads through the forests t 0 allow the passage of -their artillery and ammunition trains.

The march was thus necessarily slow. Dispatches received a few days ago said the Japanese were close to the city and had attacked the Chinese eutposts, driving them back to their intrenchments. It was also said the Japanese attacked the intrenchments three times, but were repulsed each time. It is evident later attacks must have been made and the outposts were' compelled to fall back upon Port Arthur. = Several times the town is reported to have been captured, but later dispatches have shown that these reports were inaccurate and the Japanese were conducting their operations against the place with great carefulness and saving their strength for the real attack. YoxomAMA, Nov. 24.—The minister of finance has announced'a further war loan of 50,000,000 yen in fives, making 80,000,000 yven of the 100,000,000 veu authorized by parliament to be raised for war purposes. i The third army has left Ujinaon aboard the transports. The destination of this army is not known, but it is rumored that it is intended to operate in the Yang-Tse Kiang districts of China. The Yang-Tse-Kiang river has a total course of 2,500 to 3,000 miles, and drains, with its numerous large affluents, all the central provinces of China. The tide ascends it to Lake Povang, 450 miles from the sea, beyond which it is mavigable for 250 miles. It may be

navigated for 200 miles from its mouth by ships of the largest class. Coal is plentiful in many places along its buaks, and about 90 miles from its. mouth is situated the southern capital of China, Nankin, one of the most important cities of thie empire. Nankin is the center of a very extensive trade, and by the great canal, which crosses the Yang-Tse-Wizng viver about 50 miles eastward of the e¢ity, it communicates directly with Peking. Nankin isalso the residence of a grand viceroy, who has authority over tbe Kiang province. It is a great military depot and the chief seat of -literature in the Chinese empire. '

SHANGHAIL Nov. 24.—Count Oyama’s army is marching northward in the direction of New Chwang. "He has left 10,000 troops behind for the investment of Port Arthur. After reaching New Chwang it is said that Field Marshal Oyama’s destination will be Shan-Hai-Kwap, the terminus of the railroad to Tien-Tsin. The Chinese telegraph authorities are openly altering or expunging messages relating to the war.

Firemen Injured

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—Two engine companies were buried beneath burning planks at a fire Friday night in the John O’'Brien Lumber company’s yard, Throop and Lumberstreets. How they escaped death, some of them, at least, is a mystery. They were playing on a pile 40 feet high when it suddenly collapsed. Comrades at once turned streams on the blazing mass, and one by one the men crawled out.. Eight men were hurt. Fire Marshal Cam-pion-was badly bruised about the legs. His son Frank and Pipeman Harrahan, of Company 18, each had a leg broken. The loss to property was not great. Diphtheria in Detroit. : Derrorr, Mich., Nov. 24.—The ravages of smallpox and diphtheria here have thrown the eity into a partial panic. The spread of the latter disease, particularly, has been rapid, and the board of health has ordered the closing of six public and five parochial schools. The epidemic is confined to ehildren and the mortality is great. Populisis In Iliinois. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 24.—The tabuwlated returns of the vote for state treasurer show that the total populist voteof the state of Illinois November & was 60,063, . Will Run Half Time.r ‘Bt. Lovuis, Nov. 24.—At a meeting of the millers of this vicinity Friday it was deeided to run half time from December 10 to Mareh 10, inclusive. 'The meeting was the outcome of the recent méeting atg Chicago, at whieh both winter and spring wheat millers were represented. : : A . Death of John H. Sickels, New York, Nov. 24.—dJdohn H. Sickels, patentee of the Sickels hand fire engine, died at his home in Port Chester from paralysis. He was 76 years old.. Hisengines were used in almost every city in the United States.

_ ‘TRADE REVIEW. A Gradual Improvemeut in the Situation Is Noted. E b d NEw Yoßrg, Nov. 2¢.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review ot trade says: *‘There are some changes for the better. The gain is slow, and in some directions nvt very distinct, but the signs of it are a little more definite than last week. The most important of them is larger employment of labor, answering a betterdemand on the whole for manufactured products. Much of this is due tothe unnatural delay of orders for the winter which resulted from long prolonged uncertainty, but it means actual increase in earnings and purchasing power of the millions, and so gives promise of a larger demand in the future. Prices of farm products in the aggregate do not improye, but the prevailing hopefulness is felt in somewhat larger transactions. ‘A little premium on gold, for the first time since 1878, naturally excites some comment, even though it is only the smallest fraction, and apparently due to temporary causes. Undeniably it reflects a disposition to hold gold, which answers to the desire of the government to get gold without redeeming its notes. About $5,200,000 has been drawn from the treasury by redemption of notes, and it is supposed that much more will be withdrawn, perhaps after the award of bonds, so that the first payment may not raise the gold reserve higher than it wasa week ago. The upward tendency of sterling exchange points the same way; the admitted need of borrowing does not increase confidence. But after the treasury reserve has been replenished greater confidence may-follow." “It is expected that a syndicate will bid for the full amount of bonds at a price making the rate 3 per cent. or a little less,and that other bids will also be large, but how much gold the treasury will get or keep is problematie. - “There is no improvement in the demand for commercial loans and money still drifts to this center, scarcely any going south and none west. .

“The wheat market has lost this week the cent it gained last week, western receipts being larger and Atlantic exports are also larger —567,711 bushels-against 703,026 last year—but these are of small account compared with the great visible supply. Foreign reports this week have been rather more promising, though the fact remains that the world's crop outside of the United States is probably the largest ever grown. Corn has declined 1% cents, receipts having been increased.

“Textile industries have added a few factories to the working list, against only one or two. withdrawn and there has been improvement in the demand for woolens. More supplementary orders for spring have been reccived and colder weather has increased the demand for heavy goods. Yet on the whole the market is not a¢tive and the manutacture is much below the capacity of works.

B “The shoe industry leads all others in approaching full production. Shipments from Boston have been for November thus far 642,943 cars against 453,949 last year and 582,582 in 1892. The number of cases shipped has been larger since January 1 than in any previous year. In spite of the general demand for cheaper grades, this is a most encouraging record. }

“The iron industry again records lower prices for Bessemer iron—slo.4o at Pittsburgh —and for some manufactured products. The consumption is large, and for the season fairly well maintained, but as 1t is not equal to the capacity of works in operation. their struggle to get business keeps prices at the bottom. - “The failurés for two weeks of November have been moderately large in amount, reported . liabilities being $6,502,303, of which $1,713,465 were of manufacturing and $3,831.289 of trading concerns. .For the same week last year liabilities were over §7.200,000. The failures this week have been 322 in tne United States, against 385 last year, and 31 in Canada, against 34 last year.” Bradstreet says: ) “The feature of the general trade for the week includes an inerease in distribution of holiday goods. of heavy clothing. hats, seasonable dry goods and at various points, hardware and shoes. This was stimulated by seasonably colder weather and a continuance of the feeling of confidence in a near-by improvement in demand. ’ “Only a fair business is reported from Cleve-~ land and moderate gains in a few lines at Cincinnati and Detroit, the general business situation at Louisville being quiet, except the request .for. finished iron. Chicage reports the volume of trade maintained beyond expectations and an inguiry for bar iron and steel. The like is true at St. Louls, where the demand for sheet iron and relatively prompt collections are specified. Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha report a fair increase in the demand for dry goods and grceeries, clothing and shoes, but collections are not as prompf as at some other points. There is only a moderate volume of business at Milwaukee but collections are better. At St. Paul there isanincreasein demand forholiday goods and seasonable staples, but at Duluth the end of the season of lake navigation has tended rather to check activity. At Minneapolis business is quiet, except for Christmas goods and in manufacturing flour.”

SUING FOR THOUSANDS.

Sugar Makers Seek to Recover the ngnty

Denied Them

WasHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Three suits to recover sugar bounty, denied by Secretary Carlisle, have been filed in the United States court of claims by J. A. Murray, of New York, attorney on behalf of the Chino Valley Beet Sugar company of New Jersey for $43,121.34; the Norfolk Beet Sugar company of New Jersey for $3,309.06, ard the Oxnard Beet Sugar company for $11,792.50. It is the intention to push these cases to a final adjudication before the supreme- court. The claims rest, of course, on the refusal of Secretary Carlisle to pay the sugar bounty for this year. The defense of the government will be that the bounty law is repealed and that the granting of bounties or the making of bargains by congress with individual persons tor any such purposes is unconstitutional. ‘ CUT DOWN HIS PAY. At His Own Motion, Mr. Sovereign Gets a $l,OOO Reduction. NEw ORLEANS, Nov. 24 —The general assembly Knights of Labor finally adjourned Friday afternoon. The next convention will be held in Washington, in November of next year. Previous to final adjournment, General = Master. Workman Sovereign called Mr. Kenney, of the executive board, to the chair, and took the floor. Mr. Sovereign then moved that salary of the general master workman be reduced from $3,500 to $2,500 per annum. The motion was carried unanimously. At the morning session a resolution was adopted protesting against the issue of new bonds by the United States government. » Fatal Boiler Explosion. ORANGEVILLE, Ont., Nov. 24.—8 y the explosion of a boiler in a sawmill at Monticelle, two men were killed and several seriously injured. Some of the wounded may die. The names of the killed are: Robert McQuarrie, Orangeville; Alexander Darraugh, Orangeville. Among thcse wounded are: Otto Hendrickson, arm torn off; James Bowers, seriously hurt. “Treaty with Japan Signed. : WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. — Secretary Gresham for the United States and Minister Kurino for Japan have signed the new commercial treaty. : Will Contest. : - CaicAaco, Nov. 24.—H. R. Belknap, who was the republican nominee for congress in the Third district of this city at the recent election, announces that he will contest the seat against his democratic opponent, Congressman Lawrence R. MeGann, who was declared elected by the official canvass, _his majority being 81. L ’ New Minister to the United States. BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 24.—The Bundesrath has dppbi:}tfidfii"-fl}k;;i?iadag von Locarns to be Swiss minister to Washington, . He is now couneilor.of the Swiss legation at Rome.

'GEN. BOOTH IN CHICAGO. Commander of the Salvation Army Ex- : plains His Soclal Scheme. - CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—Gen. William Booth, the picturesque founder and present head of the Salvation army, met the representatives of the Chicago newspapers in the rooms of the Press club Thursday morning. Gen. Booth had just arrived in Chicago over tlie Michigan Central road from Saginaw. Gen. Booth began by telling his hosts in a general way the object of his visit to America. He had come to see what more could be done in the furtherance of the army’s work here. He also wanted to see the American people, explain to them more fully the object of the army and the principles of his social scheme, get the prayers of more of the good people and get a little more of the rich people’s money.

With reference to his social scheme, he was asked how he proposed to solve labor difficulties. He said there was only one way, and that was to transfer the surplus of laboring men. If in one spot there was work for only 1,200 men and 1,500 men were looking for jobs, the 300 who were left idle, in order to secure employment, would offer their services cheaper. This would cause strikes:. The remedy in such a case would be to remove the surplus of help to some less thickly populated portion of this country and give to each mau a portion of ground to till for himself. g :

Here the general was interrupted and asked if he did not consider the farmers . one of the most miserable classes in the world to-day. He replied: '

~ “One of the most miserable. but the trouble lies in the fact that the farmer of to-day farms for the market instgad of farming for himself. If he would eat what he raised he would have plenty and still something to market. Then he would be indepéndent. A man has an instinctive liking for a piece of lanrd all his own, and if he could be taught to run his farm on the proper plan he would be thoroughly independent. Independence would bring contentment and among all the classes of people of this earth there is a no more happy community than a contented peasantry.”

. T*he great evil in America was the government, he said. Majorities were generally foolish in their opinions. However, he dil not indorse monarchies or aristocracies. He favored the government which controlled the Salvation Army, which he said was not military in the strict sense of that term. It was a government of love. The wisest and best men should be at the head and the others to obey; that was the plan. It was David’s idea of government, and it was his.

A LIFE OF CRIME

Confession of H. H. Holmes, the ArchConspirator and Swindler.

BosTtoN, Nov. 21.—Mrs. Carrie A. Pitezel, wife af the man whose life was insured for $lO,OOO, was brought here Monday from Burlington, Vt.. by Pinkerton men and booked at police headquarters on the charge of conspiracy after the fact, She and Holmes were taken to Philadelphia by Ilwpspector Crawford of that city. 'The police, after rigid questioning of Holmes and Mrs. Pitezel, incline to the belief that the missing man is dead, and that he met his death at the hands of Holmes.

PuiLADELPHIA, Nov. 22.—The grand jury found a true bill against Herman Mudget, alias H. H. Holmes, now a prisoner in Boston; Jephtha B. Howe, the St. Louis lawyer who collected the insurance money on B. F. Pitezel's policy for the latter’s widow, and the widow herself.. The indictment reads for ‘‘conspiracy to cheat and defraud.’

PrIiLADELPHIA, Nov. 23.—Arch Conspirator H. H. Holmes, accompanied by Mrs. Pitzel and a pretty woman who calls herself Mrs. Holmes, arrived in this city Tuesday in the custody of Detective Crawford and Special Agent Perry, of the Fidelity Mutual Life association. ‘ )

Detective Crawford detailed the story of the trip, the most important feature of which was the relation made to him by Holmes of the story of his whole life. " He told the detectives that for the crimes he had committed he deserved

to be hanged a dozen times. He was raised in Burlington, Vt., and so well educated thatat 15 he was a teacner. For some time afterward he went to college there and in Detroit, Mich. Here he became acquainted with a medical student. One summer (this was twelve years ago) finding themselves without means to meet their college expenses, the medical man suggested beating an insurance company. The doetor got his life insured for $12,500. Obtaining a body in Chicago they took it east, arranged the details of identification, and got the money. They worked the scheme - afterward with success, obtaining sums ranging from $lO,OOO to $20,000. ‘ : From this time on follows a life of swindling, adultery and probable murder. 1n the mysteries of these casgs the missing accomplice, Pitzel, seems to be deeply entangled. . WOE IN ITALY. Further Details of the Ruin Caused by . the Recent Karthquakes. RoyME, Nov. 23.—News from the districts shaken by the recent earthguakes comes in slowly, but every dispateh shows that the devastation was far greater than the early reports indicated. Thirty-eight communes suffered severely. San Procopio, Oppido Mamertino, Secilla and Palmi, all in Reggio di Calabri, and with a total = population of some 28,000, '~ are = little more than heaps of ruins. Many destitute families from the ruined towns are pillaging the damaged shops and houses. Troops have been posted #hroughout the unfortunate districts to protect property. The total damage is estimated now at nearly 7,000,000 lire. The collection of taxes has been suspended in most of the districts of Reggio di Calabria.” The voleano on Stromboli island is in full eruption. and Etna and Vesuvius are active. = - LAID AWAY. The Body of Alexander lIL Pluced in tbe Tomb of His Fathers. SBT. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21.—The body of the late Czar Alexander lIL. was placed in the tomb of his fathers, beneath the fortress cathedral of St Peter and St. Paul Monday, seventeen days after his death. The funeral services were the most elaborate of any similar services that have ever taken place in Russia, and the last %tes were performed in the presence of an as‘semblage of royalty and representatives of royalty such has seldom or mever congregated -in similar cireum_stances under the roof of a sacred edi~ Bte, - :

: THE PENSION ROLL, Ezxpected to Decrease in Numbers After . Next Year. G WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 —The subcommittee on appropriations, having in charge the preparation of the bill appropriating money for the payment of ‘pensions due in the year ending June 30, 1896, heard Commissioner Lochren in advocacy and explanation of his estimates for that year at the capitol Friday. o As the result of the conference it was announced by Chairman O’Neill that the subcommittee would report to the full committee a bill appropriating for pensions $140,000,000 and for other expenses -$1,381,000. The ecommissioner stated that in the fiscal = year ended June 80, 1894, the sum paid out for pensions was $139,804,461, which was less than the amount appropriated by $25,205,713. The estimate for pensions proper in 1895-6 is the same as the amount paid last year, and $10,000,000 less than the estimate of this year. . *ln the year 1895,” said the commissioner, ‘‘thirty years after the close of the war, the pension roll must in the course of nature reach its highest limit in numbers, and thereafter begin to decrease. The falling off in the presentation of claims is shown by the fact that the number of pending claims in the bureau has decreased upwards of 90,000 during the year. The large proportion of new claims filed are for increase by pensioners now on the rolls. New claims well proved and of easily recognized merit, are still being filed by deserving soldiers who have long refrained from asking government bounty and by widows and dependents of such soldiers. In 1891 the number of claims filed was $63,799; in 1894, 40,148.

SAY WHEAT KILLS THE HOGS. One» Theory of the Fatal Ailment in Illie nois Droves. CHAMPAIGN, 111.. Nov. 24.—The unknown ailment which has proved so fatal to swine in Champaign county and has cost farwmers and stock raisers thousands of dollars promises to become a source of litigation. Isaac Lease is an extensive farmer and stock raiser living near St. Joseph and made heavy investments in western porkers and brought them to Champaign county to fatten on fifty-cent wheat. The disease made its appearance in his drove of hogs and within the last week he has lost nearly 100 head. The hogs of his neighborhood contracted the disease, and now Farmer Lease has several damage suits staring him in the face, it being claimed that he Dbrought diseased hogs into the neighborhood and caused the spread of the fatal malady. Some stockmen declare that the disease is caused by wheat feeding. and it is generally considered the disease is not cholera.

FIFTY THOUSAND HOMELESS.

Frightful Suffering Caused by the Earthe quake in the Island of Sicily.

RoxE, Nov. 24.—Dispatches received here from Raggio say 50,000 persons in that district have been rendered homeless by the earthquakes. Many bodies were upheaved in the cemetery of San Procopia at the time it was disturbed by the earthquakes, and a number of Dbodies remain in sight and will have to be reinterred. Frightful scenes have been witnessed in the stricken digtricts, where numbers of people have been wounded and in several cases horribly maimed. Some of the sufferers had limbs torn off, which caused their death before they could be removed {rom the streets. The military and volunteers of all classes of the inhabitants are working with energy building huts and providing food for those who are most in want.

BACK TO PRISON.

Conviet Who liscaped Fifteen Years Ago ; Gives Himself Up.

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—After wandering a fugitive from justice nearly fifteen years, Samuel Carson, an escaped conviet irom the Jefferson City (Mo) prison, surrendered himself to Capt. Porter, of the United States secret service in this city, Friday afternoon. Carson is broken down in = health and =is tired of being continually in fear of arrest. Moreover, he has learned within the past two weeks that he had fallen heir to a fortune of $lO,OOO by the death of his parents. Now he wants to go back to serve out the remainder of his term, five years, and then pass the remainder of his days in peace.

STOLEN VOUCHERS.

Mysterious Disappearance of Evidence in the Howgate Case. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—The trial of Ex-Capt. Howgate is threatened with serious complications by the discovery that the vouchers signed by Howgate and supposed to be fraudulent are missing from the office of the second auditor of .the treasury, where they had been held for use by the govermment in prosecuting the case against Howgate. The amount involved is $130,000. _ Will Leave the Beunch. : St. Pavrn, Minn., Nov. 24.—James Gilfillan, ¢hief justice of the Minnesota supreme court, has announced his intention of resigning on the advent of the new year, on account of failing health. He is now 66 years old, and has oecupied his present position, with a brief intermission, since 1869. C. M. Stuart, recently elected to the position, will be called upon to fill out the unexpired term. , Left ®500,000. GRAND RaArPIDS, Mich.,, Nov. 24— - Thomas D. Gilbert, who died Sunday, left an estate estimated at $500,000. His will was filed for probate KFriday. He bequeaths $5,000 to the Union Benevolent association and divides the rest between his widow and about forty relatives. ' Pay for Informers. : WasnINGTON, Nov. 24.—Secretary Carlisle has directed that a half dozen informers be paid sums ranging from 25 to $125, as the informers’ share in cases arising out of the violation of the alien contract labor law. / o Fate of a Brave Old Man, GUTHRIE, O. T., Nov.24.—J. L. Keith, aged 70, was fatally injured by Elmer Stout, aged 17, who had attempted to assault Miss Keith on her way from school. The old man heard the girl's screams and ran to her rescue but was knocked down and kicked to death by the young scoundrel. . Cheese Factories Close. GREEN Bay, Wis., Nov. 24.—TI'ive hundred cheese factories in Door, Brown, Lewaunee, Manitowoc and ; (:)uthg,amjé. counties have shut down ;fer itions for the season until nexs ay. ' . :

. PITH AND POINT. ; —Ethel (ambitious)—‘“What would you do if youhad a voice like mine?” Maud (spitefully)—*l'd try to put up with it.”—Tit-Bits. —The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his toels.—Confucius. —Quericus—*“How did such a place ever get thereputation of being a great health resort?” Cynicus — “Two or three prominent men died there.”—Tit« Bits. : :

—Willie's Idea of Appropriateness.— Miss Oldie—‘What are you going to give me for a birthday present, Willie?” Willie—*‘l guess I'll give you my grand-pa.”’—-Detroit Free Press. ‘ —*l don’t see how you dare trust yourself to young Dr. Pills. He hasn’t any patients.” ‘That’s just the point. He’ll strain every nerve to keep me alive. I'm his only source of income.” —Harper’s Bazar. : ‘

—*“What perfectly lovely gold hair pins! Where did you get them?” Madge —*“Well, no ‘matter, for they’re not worth anything. 1 'can neither button my shoes nor shake down the grate with them.”—Chicago Record. —*No,” said Knogood, despondently, “haven’t been discharged: but they removed me from my place as boss, they removed me from. the best work and afterwards removed me to the lowest gi‘ade; and three removes, you know, are as bad as a ‘fire.”—Boston Transcript.

. —Taking Practical «Effect.—Salesman—*‘Mr. Haggamore, I've joined the church.” Grocer—‘‘l am glad to hear it, James. I hope you will stick.” Salesman—‘‘Yes, sir, and—you’ll have to let some of the otherclerks sell that Pure Vermont Maple Sirup after this.” —Chicago Tribune. « —Little Visitor (pointing to a large oil portrait—‘Whose picture is that?” Little Hostess—‘‘She was my mamma’s great-aunt. I never heard much about her, but guess she was a schoolteacher.” Little - Visitor—*Why?” Little IHostess—¢‘See how her eyes follow us about.”—Tit-Bits.

- —*ls this Bond & Co 0.?” *‘Yes. What is it?” *“*We have found that cipher telegram of yours that got lost. This is the telegraph office talking.” ‘“Well, what became of it?” “A new boy took it over to the office of the Decade Magazine. When the tracer found it there, they had it in type. Thought it was a new poem. Had the toughest kind of work getting them to give it up.”—lndianapolis Journal.

—lt is a well-known fact, that some theological professors are anything but masters of the art they presumably teach. A shrewd old Scotchwoman, after listening to a dreary sermon by such a professor, inquired as to the identity of the preacher. It was answered: ‘‘O! that’s ane o’ the men that mak the ministers.” ‘“Deed!” replied the Scotchwoman. ¢“Weel, he maun be a gude.mon. There’s no ane o his students that he doesna malk’ to preach far better than he does himsel’,”

FELT EVER SO MUCH BETTER.

Knew the Other Was a Fool, But Wanted : No Explanations.

Three or four yvears ago a silvery tongued fellow, who gave out that he was a ‘‘fruit tree agent,” swindled the farmers in an English county famous for orchards and cider in a bare face nanner.

One man was so disgusted at having been taken in that he hunted the scamp out and gave him a horse-wipping in the street.

After he had got through his work satisfactorily he told the ‘‘fraund” that he would lather him twice as badly if ever he set eyes upon him again. : A year ago the same farmer was jogging along a lane, when he met a stranger who so closely resembled the “fruit-tree agent” that he stopped and said: : : e

“What! You here again, you scoundrel!” o

“Yes, I'm here, you see,” was the cool reply. “Well, so am I; and I'm going to baste you till your mother wouldn’t know you, and you hain’t got breath enough to cry ‘don’t.’ I told you I’d de it, and I'm just a plain man of my word.” .

The threatened man pulled off his coat without a word of protest, and a ficht began. Inside of five minutes he had used up the farmer, wiped the road with him, and was busily replacing his coat. , ““How is this?” the Herefordshire man said ruefully, as he wiped the blood from his face with a wild rheubarb leaf, ‘‘yon ficht a whole horse bettes than yow did two years ago.”

*“Do ¥? Don’t know. This is our first little affair together,” the other replied. ; L ‘“And you never set eyves on me before,’l s’pose you’ll say?” " “Never. And don’t want to again.” “Shoot me if I don’t begin to belive you are right. But why in creation didn’t you explain, or ask me to? You must have thought me a fool.” ‘“Yes, I knew you was a foel; but I had just found out that I had tramped nearly nine miles along a, wrong road and was wishing someone would eome along and give me a touwch wup. I didn’t want to have any stupil éxplanations about it.” .

“But I hope you will pardon me?” “Don’t mention it,” replied the other; “a rotten apple will cure that black eye of yours in less than a week, and regular rensings with salt and water will tighten up your ‘loose tecth in about no time. I feel twenty per cent. better for our little mill, and am ever so. much obliged. Good-by.”—Pitts-burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.

Almost Too Intelligent.

There was a small colored boy about nine years old on the street car the other day, and he was an object of great interest to the little girl of four on the opposite side. She stared at him attentively for awhile and then, while her pretty, fluffy-haired young mother was looking out of the window, she leaned over and remarked, confidentially: “I've gota colored dolly at home.” The pretty young mother hastily'turned and addressed a few remarks to her offspring on the necessity of preserving silence in public places, The baby subsided for awhile, but by and by, encourzged by her mother's abstraction and the pleasant smile on the face of her vis-a-vis, she leaned over again and said with great distinctness: ‘‘Does your mamma curl your hair on rags? My mamma curls my hair on rags and she curls her hair on rags.” The curlyLaired mother took :ier intelligent “daughter out of the car at the nextcor ne’*'_‘g‘ thafld, A , £‘ ks G »vr,

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. A MODERN MIRACLE. ’ A This is the jar of majolD @ ica ware That stood om the shelf, =\ O 2 D in the pantry there, L Containing a full and " Snge abundant share — === Of luscious berry jam. : But a change came. over the jar, 'tis said, It was no longer itself; in—v - - stead - - It somewhat resembled a ’ - human head—- — This jar of berry jam. 1 : , — : e

22N And :the people gathered = from milesto see., = ==\ And the wisc men argued : \ and couldn't agree How such a woncerful thing could be f In a jar of berry jam. R ;/ 3 ; A , A So ‘they wondered and =\ " marveled and stood p i aghast; . : . . No matter,the thing was T resolvilng tiasn.' . e And this is the way it g@o "@ ? appeared at last—el o~ . The vessel that held Z L‘:_‘—(/y// e the jam! ; — v - / o R 7 . S. Q. LAPIUS. . THE GARDEN BIRD. = His Sense for the Beautifal Is Remarkably A Well Developed.

In New Guinea there is a bird which not only builds a house but has a garden, too. Ie is known by the name of garden bird. . » When he is goiag to build, the garden bird first looks for a level spot of ground,which has a shrub in the cehter. Then he covers the bottom of the stem of this shrub with a heap of moss. Next he brings small green twigs from other plants; these he sticks in the ground so that they lean against his shrub. On one side hLe leaves a place open for the door. The twigs keep on growing so that his little cavern is like a bower. {

Last of all, in front of the door, the bird makes a lawn of moss. Upon tlns lawn he scatters purple berries and

-~ o g‘;fi\\\ -\ 4 ¢ g iy, '(ég’i é @i",‘%/) g ;‘M/r.:' -84 93 . 'J"%f/ }I/h ' | = h\\ ,/ Sy . }',lf "'::f',:é..:ij/%g/éé oy Lo, , St L A sl ] o %@&%m B \\\\N\\\\L\M w \\A_M = \_r_._‘ -. ‘ ° THE GARDEN BIRD. { pink flowers, and these he always kecps fresh. , - He is about as large as a thrush or black bird. His head, his back, his wings and tail are brown, and beneath he is greenish-red.—W. H. H. Campbell, in Our Little Ones. FIGHT IN THE JUNGLE. : A Bear Struggling for His Life with an Eanormous Serpent. How the denizens of East Indian jungles settle their differences hasbeen told by an eyewitness. A hunting party ‘was attracted by a succession of roars of rage and pain, and a prolonged hissing, like the rush of escaping steam. They hurried to the spot and saw a jungle bear fighting for his life with an enormous serpent. The snake had wound its giant folds around the bear, which dashed itself from side to side, and rolled over and over on the ground in frenzied endeavor to ‘get free, roaringand snapping its jaws like castanets at the serpent’s folds. It was nnable to reach them, however, owing to the way in which they were constricted about its body. In this way they struggled until they reached the edge of the incline, down which the bear threw himself with a speed that disconcerted the serpent, for it unwound a couple of folds and threw its tail around a tree, evidently with the intention of anchoring itself and preventing the unpleasant consequences of a rapid tumble down hill. This appeared likke admirable strategy, but it resulted in the serpent’s undoing. The rigid line of tail, straightened out from the tree to the bear’s body, gave the infurjated beast a chance to seize hold of its assailant. Ile promptly accepted.the chance, and, with a tremendous effort, turned and fastened his powerful jaws in the snake's quivering flesh. After. this the issue was never in doubt. The snake tried to get away, but the bear held on grimly, until the serpent was. nothing but an inert mass. o

Care for a Blind Rat.

A touching story of a rat comes from Rickmansworth. The hero isold and, blind. He lives with his family on a sewage farm, and since he lost the use of his eyes hLe has taken his daily airing with two of the younger members of his family. To gvard against misadventures the three go abreast with a piece of stick in the r mouths which the youngsters use as a tiller to steer the blind gentleman with. Thus fortified the afflicted rat is enabled to take his walks over his native sewage farm, crossing planks and eluding dogs, as in the days of his youth and vigor. Even the lady who cut off their tails with a carving knife will have no chance against the blind rat of Riekmansworth. — London Chreaniele. . The Original Lord Fauntleroy. i Tommy Russell, the boy actor, who delighted so many people by his rendition of the part of *‘Little Lord [Fauntleroy,” is now quite a big boy. He has left the stage forever, he declarcs, and is now at school studying clectrical enginecring. Another “Litile Lord Tauntleroy’” was Elsic {JeSIi!J'- She has left the stage, but only itemporarily. Elsic expects to make her debutasa woman actress svhen she is *‘grown up.” VWhen Tasks Are Nard. When tasks arohard - - Don’t say: “Ican’s,” and sigh and shirk; . . Butsay: “I'll try,”’ and go to work, = o When tasks are hard. N - ~Youth's Companion. 1

: e . ; " PHYSICAL TRAINING. How a Number of Boys Can Perform a ~.. . . Horse Pyramid. ~ The following description of a pyraraid performed by an English class of boys was published in the Gymnast and. Athletic Review, and will be found well worth trying: : *‘The horse is without pommels, the: end of the buck in contact with the side of the horse at the saddle. Positions indicated as they appear when facing the side 8f the horse on which the buck stands. *‘One headstand, head on buck, handa on horse, elbows well turned out. ‘“l'wo headstands on ground opposite the end of the horse. : v ‘“Iwo boys standing on ground at ends of horse facing out and raising legs of two front leaning rests, hands on ends of horse, feet supported as above.’ o 0 . “Two boys in lunge position, foot of’ advanced leg resting on shoulder of leaning rest, foot of other leg on the: arm of the headstand (as near the armpit as possible). : “Two boys kneeling on one knee in front, and slightly to one side of the buck (inside knee raised). . “Two boys in front leaning rest, hands on raised knee, feet on buck. ‘‘At the command: ‘lnto position—march.’ * : , " “One headstand stands on ground on far side of horse, hands on saddle. - ‘““Two headstands stand opposite ends of horse facing in. : “Two boys standing on ground stand, opposite endspof horse facing out.

‘ o) & ) /R\\\\&\g N 0 : ;. o r (vr';'\ , ; m 4 & e/ Y ¢ LTR NL& L “Two front leaning rests stand opposite ends of horse facing in. “I'wo kneelers on one knee stand in front of the buck facing forward. “Two leaning rests on kneelers stand behind above. : “Two. lungers ou headstand and leaning. rest stand on far side of horse facing in (opposite neck and croup). ‘At one. Lungers squat to stand on croup and neck. Kneelers on one knee down. : “At two. Boys standing on ground raise front leaning rests. Leaning rests on buck and kneclers on one knee in position. Headstand on buck and horse up. : ‘ “At three. Headstands on floor up. Lungers on headstands and leaning rests up (grasping ankle of headstand, putting the advanced foot on shoulder of leaning rest, and the other foot on arm of headstand, keeping most of the weight on leaning rests). © - At four. Lungers down to stand on horse, headstands on floor down, leaning rests on . buck, and kneelers down. **At five. Lungers jump to ground, front leaning rests on horse down, kneeclers and one knee rise, headstand on horse and buck head roll off over biacle .

“This pyramid may be varied by substituting’ handstands on_ neck and croup for front leaning rests, in which case the lungers would come to straddle -stand, inside foot on headstands arm and outside foot on head of handstand, inside hand grasping ankle of headstand and outside hand that of handstand. ,

“The far side of the horse may be filled up with leaning rests (hands on floor, feet on croup and mneck, or headstands, handstands, ete., according to the number of men for which the pyramid is re- quired).” ,

' A CRUEL JOKE. The Sad Story of a Boy Who Was Made to : Drink Strong Lye. : - Boys often think it a very smart thing to get one of their playfellows into difficulty or trouble that they may have a little merriment at his expense. "DBut . such conduct is crucl, and is often attended with sad eonsequences. “I'wwo years . ago,”’ says a certain writer, I attended a picnic, where the children were ranged around the tables and waited upon by kind ladies, who furnished them with an abundance of good things. All seemed happy and contented except one boy, who, sad and silent, stood apart from the rest. ‘He has been forgotten,’ I thought, and drew the attention of a lady near me to the boy. ‘There is a little boy who looks wistfully at the cakes and pies,’ I said, ‘but he seems to be eating nothing. :

** Why, don't you know he cannot eat? the lady asked, in evident surprise, and then she told me his sad story. Here it is: ;

“Two boys were playing together in a back yard where one of them lived. They had everything to make thcir lives pleasant—{riends, fortune, health, and.no future was brighter than theirs. As they ran through the yard one of them stopped before avat of dark, clear liguid, and asked his playmate what it was. - :

‘I know,’ was the reply, ‘taste it.’ ¢t ‘ls it good? . ¢ “Yes, real good; taste it.’ ““The little boy put his mouth down and took one swallow of the liquid. It was strong lye, and it shrunk the membranes of his throat and destroyed his palate, and from that day to this he has never eaten solid food. Bread and milk or sugar and water isall the nourishinent his fecble life receives. The story is true. It was a eruel joke, and the boy who played the joke will probably repent of it as long as he lives.”— Christian Work. . | A Bear's Affsction for Her Cubs. : . During an exploring expedition in the Arctic regions, some years ago, the men spent considerable time hunting polar ‘bears. One day a party in an open boat saw a big bear with two cubs on the ice not far distant.. As the boat drew near, the sailors threw them great lumps of walrus flesh, and thesa the old bear divided among her cubs, reserving only a small portion for herself. Then, while all three were feeding in a bunch, the sailors fired, instantly killing the cubs and severely wounding the dam. It actually excited pity to sce her behavior. Though fatally wounded, she tere another lump of meat in pieces and laid it before the cubs. When she found they would not eat, she tried to raise them up, all the while moaning piteously. The men fired another volley, and then she fell between her cubs, and died licking their wounds. = . _._ Ontho Coundary Line. - “Ishe a criminal lawyer?” __+Not quite; He Stops just short of 1.