Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 January 1896 — Page 6

i YEAR'S fflSTORY.

Chrcndiogical Record of Twelve Months. pFCLL KECOßD OF 1895. Än Epitome of AI! Events of Importance. ."Jha Usnal Admixture of DUaster Crime, Political Chauues, Commercial Achievements, and International Complications-Atrocities of Tories in Armenia the Most Shocking Tnse in Modern History Fow- ! era of ICurope Unite in Demanding I Reform -Cuban "Revolution Next In j I'ublic Interest. With but two exceptions, the nature of (the events which go to uiak' up the his-tc-ry of th2 past year is not startling. loo uuiciicry oi inousaims 01 i uieuiaiii by Turks ha aroused tho European powers, and at the close of the ye.tr active preparations v. ere in progress which sug gested the probable dismemberment of Jthe Ottoman empire. The revolt of Cubans nennst Spanish rule was the cext most important affair, and that, too. iwfts ia full sway at tho dose of the year. Spain sccras to fruitlessly bend every pnergy toward its suppression. Popular jyinpalhy is largely willi the Cubans, and their success seems not improbable. In American politics the year has been exciting, and one of the gnat parties has fuffered su.'-h reverses as to leave the chief executive unsupported in political faith by a majority in either house of Congress. A chronological record of vents follows: January. 1. Mle Isnn's tirst public Installation of State oOl cr. . . .liov. Morion, of Now iork. vorn . .Kelhim bars American lccr... jTora Walt lynched at Mount Sterling. Ky... Five perish in an incendiary tire at Lancaster, ly. i '2. Death of Col. Edwaid M. Heyl. Inspcclor general lb part mem of the Missouri, at ('htcngo. ... 'anicgi' Homestead uieu fctrike gainst reii' tin of waos. I 3. Fires: ST.Von at springtieM, Ohio: Jio.,,. 00 at Coffey vl!Ie. Kan.; SlOO.oon at Cleveland; JUOOMO at ttie Southern Illinois luane Aylnm, at Anna CleudaaJ entertains Ulli nt a C;i'inet dinmr. I 4. Scores of villages and cities unite tn ending aid to destitute people in Nebraska ...... Stoo.'ioO lire l:i Milwaukee. j f. Cap fain Freyfus. of the French are.iy, JpuMlely degraded for sell hi;; war secrets. . 0. Sl.oeo.noti tire at Toronti; tv. lives lost. ! 7. l'j'.'osioii on steamer in Iii harbor hills 320 lllah water In Ohl Itiver towns. i 8. Starving men pillage stores at St. John's, 2". F. i 9. W. Yf. T?yIor. ex -Treasurer of South Dakota, embezzk's $Cgo,O00; his bank at ItedIfield closes. I 10. Two lives lost in a Toronto fire; property los.. SCOO.ooo. j 11. Coldest luv of the season In Chicago; 112 below Storms I:i the Fast. 12. train held uj near Ottumwa, Iwn. 13. One hundred tlrenien frost-bitten at Bradford. 1'a.: Sl.'iO.OOO damages Several tesels lost en Kugiaud's coast; lifteeu sailers drown. ! 14. Hundred rr.'.ners trapped by rising water in North Sralf -rdshlre. Kiis. :o l r..u n-.!. i 15. Giant powder horror ut Jiutte. Mont.; 0 people killed, 100 hurt... .Frcncb l'resiient resigns: loyalists awake. j 17. M. I'fUx i'aure elected President of Trauce. IS. New of rebellion In nawait Death .f Marr. Vice l'resldent Stevenson's t'.-oish-;ter. .. .Mültia entered out to protect Brooklyn trollev. - 19. Ii'Mly of T.arrett Scott, the cV.!!!. Neb., defa 'iltcr, found tn t!ie river, willi r:p'; ;round Lis ne k. . . .Sinking of tdenmcr 'Mate o! Mlssuiirl in tho Ohio; foriy lives Jost. ; 21. Ch!cag Las ? thunder and rain storm, (with leniperature of 51 degrees and a spring Iree.e. followed by a hnrri.Mi'.o Mowing 51 Snilea tin hour, temperature faliing to lo def reei above zero; many people hurt bv failcg titubers. blown from new buildings. 2.1. Steamer Cldeora and - people Jost off South llaveu. Mleii.; Unatn i.il !omh, $ls.', ou) i.... Death of Lord Kaudolph Churchill at 'London. I 20. Seven killed by Mendot.i, HJ.. boiler xplosioii. . . .uatfmala concedes Mexico's boundary elaini. .. .Fearful wind and snow Ctorxn In the West. ! 20. Thirt-.-en sailors drowned off Point Jti41th, 'o:u. , 27. Men tuy belo7 zro all day In Chicago .. .Snow Mofkade many Western roads. 2 One killed. 4."". hurt, in Vand.'lia v.reek t Coatsville. Ind. .. .President Cleveland's curreney message sent to Congress. 2.. !! eeivei i;ait!cd for the widsky trust. Steamer Füte hunk Iri collision 'with the Crathie. in .erth Sea; :U4 live.i lost. ' .".t. Death of Ward McAllister, leader of Ifriew York't society. J February. J H. News of kidnaping of oil'errs from Fntted Slates y.nl'ont Coioord, by Chinese, for eeldeutal tliodl!ig of a nath e. .. .Chicago temperature lit below. j 4. Three drowned by Milwaukee street r.ir running Into a:i open draw. . . .Thlriy Freneli ttduerü l.iPed by explodon. . . .Clib iigo temJerat.jr 17 below. .. .t'ueeu Fll abdicates lavvall'H thn.ne. 5. Ull.znrd Mccpover the Northwest.... lAlariu Tor the overdue French liner La Cascogne. i. Whole rou'itry puffers extreme rohl; 20 t)clovv nt Cliteiifc-i. . . .Nine men lo,t in open il-uats at Mihuinke. . . . Ib port of nnulhilajtlonef Chinee jb-t at Wei Hal Wei djlnltdxt mtion .urtehey ineasiire and lted nd Cot ultstiiiiti s defeated In Hie House. j M. Prewidr nt (i ii ii o ihmm the nab of ?',2,4HI In bei ds. ,. .ColdeHt day of tho Scar 4a Chicago. I 10. Schooner Clara and 13 men lot off Liverpool, N. M. Lll. La la co ne, eight days overdue, uiWes .New Yoik barbor with disabled machinery; reut rejoicing. 12. S.MMM ht reel -ear barn tire nt Chlcniro. lit. Five tlrcmeu killed. 10 hurt, at l.vi.n. llaM. 10. Death of Isnne I. CJmt. Mingle? to Heilco. .. .Nor Dtleau ha ion luch of IHT. 20. Denth of Pred Douffln. th enlor.1 Wat or, nt Wunhlnijtou. .. ,guh U Vj1o of late Boini issue. 20. ItW.t nt Sarnnrinh. fla.. beenii of Q'rleMt Shillery'n leciuie; troops railed. 'if. tiM.iW"i Ili a lit Cltlcagu; XI.IMM.OOO nt lallfm. . . .Seoiep of miners killed In New fed o. .. .PoxtiiKiMUr tieneial 111 use 11 ie. Mnrcli, 1. Mt''nn trntn wreck rosts 101 Item tTlve killed, JO hurt, by falling walls at New uork. . . . Ucbellion gains uroiiml In Cuba. 2. f I.mmi.oou Urn iu Toronto; f:g".o,ooo at Wnllna. Kim. ' ;t. tUilen Tlme lviei Itn In t number before rnno!Id.Uloti with the Herald. .. .Terjlflc unowsforin !n Norlliwesr. 4. Fifty third Congress adjonrni. 5. Mm. W. K. Vauderbllt dltorced at New Tork. Ü. On roldier kllhd. one enpfured, and f.tur c;rl.iis wo mded during raid on the Udell, ionn, bank. H. Harry llnynard eonvleled of murdrrlng Catherine tllng at Minnt apolls. .. .Steamer Jngfellow kluks at Ciuclnujtl; twelve trowiw d. 10. Spanish war vessel Rein Regente Clünders; 4'0 lost. It. Six men killed In New Orleani riots. 12. Seven Italians lynched by miners for nrder in Colorado. I 13. WeHlerti Ncnf.iper 1'nlon plant burns mt Kansas Clt....Tvo more Italians lynched In Colorado. 16. Five kil!d In round-house fire at ToSetio; Kcllojfx ready-print nlant at Cleveland lurui: J20i,ly,00 Are at St. Louis. .. .Report of taking of American ncuooner and crew of id by Spanish gunhout. 20. Mine explosion In Wyoming kills CO talnuri.... 1 100,000 fire la I'corla, 111

21. f-iOO.OOO fire at Sioux City; $300.000 t New Orleans. 24. LI Hung Chang shot by fanatl Japanese; not fatally $1.000,000 fire t Kansas City, Kan., packlug-house. 2.". Furious dust Btorm ovr Central and Western States. 20. $l.ooo.o) fire fn Mflwankee. 27. Three train robbers killed on Queen and Crescent route. 21. Japan declares armistice. .. .Hottest March day ever know n in Chicago; temperature 7S degrees. 30. Death of A. C. Ileslng, editor of Illinois S'.aats-Zeltuug. April. 1. Poller explosion kills six at Woburn, Mass Five die la Kentucky forest tires. 2. Republicans successful la Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Chicago. 3. Death of Mrs. Para 11 Stevens, sorlctr queen of Ntw Yorli. . . .(Jraud Pacific Hotel of Chicago closed .. .Fifteen killed by explosion in New Oilcans.

5. Supreme Court makes changes !n In- : come tax law. . . . iralu wrecks m uuio ana lilinois kill eight. 8. Discovery of counterfeiting of postage stamps 21 miners killed at New Whatcom, Wash. .. .Collapse of six-story brick at Wheeling. W. Va; ( killed; loss $2i000. .. . Iilizzard of eand and snow In the Wcat. 1.1. Crude oil sells at $2 in Pittsburg. .. .Cuban rebels whip Spanish troops. 14. Death br apoplexy of James W. Scott, of Chicago Tlmes-llerald, In New York.... $l.fHUuO hotel tire at Pasadena. Cal. 15. Conclusion of peace In the Orient.... Cuban rebellion crushed. .. .Cattle admitted free from Mexico. 10. Three killed, six h:;rt, nt Chicago 6hlpt:i rds. 20. IL n. Kohlsaat burs Chicago Tlmcsdlerald May wheat fells at 00 cents.... All grain advances btrongly. .. .Oil goes higher. 21. Five negroes lynched at Tlntler Springs, Ala. .. .15 inches of snow In Colorado. 2. 'l. Supreme Court decides in favor of Debs in the famous contempt of court case. Mar. 1. Ten persons killed by a Kansas cyclone llamlits kill an Alton engineer. ... I:ig Ohio coal strike on. 3. Awful death roll In Iowa aed Wljcon!u htore.n. .. .Five killed by powder mil! explosion at South Acton. Mass. .. .Hottest 3d of May 01 record In Chicago; temperature degree-?; on, man sunstruek. S. South Chicago and Joiict steel wotkers strike. . . .Oriental peace assured. in. Steamers Cayuga and Hard sunk off Mackinaw, Mich., by colliding; oue man lost; pecuniary los. JIiki.,'). .. .Temperature at Clin-ao drops from M5 to 43. .. .Twelve people hurt by gus explosion nt Chicago; lour die. 13. Killing frosts from Nebraska to tho Atlarilic . . .Snow stops the Chicago-New York ball game nt Chicago. .. .Fighteen lives ami twehe vessels lost in storms oa Lake Michigan. 15. Crcnt fiurrr In corn and wheat. 10. $1.000.000 fire nt St. Albans, Vt. .. .Terrible earthquakes in Italy .... Killing frost lll 11 ft ecu Stilles. 2-. Income tax declared Invalid. .. .Wheat sells at 717s cents. 21. Jose Marte. President Cuban Insurgents, killed 14 killed Iu Sau Francisco powder house explosion. 25. Two men lynched for assault at Danville, III.. ..Wheat reaches 82 cents. 27. Supreme Court against Debs. 2. Death of Creshani, Secretary of State. 20. Remarkable military reunion ut Chicago. 30. Puneral of fireshnm nt Chicago. .. .Dedication ut Chicago of Confederate monument. 31. Cloudbursts in Texas, parching droughts in middle Western States, 00 degrees in lh fihade in Dakota, six inches of snow in Colorado, balmy weather on the Pacilic coast, and PO degtces In New York City. June. 1, 2. 3. Unprecedented heat In Chicago, New York, Detruli, Philadelphia and Indianapolis; many deaths from heat prostration. 4. Drop at Chicago of 40 degrees temperature. r. Silver convention at Springfield. 111. 7. oincy appointed Secretary of Slate, IIr,rni :;i Attorney Ceneral. 5. SL'oiMMiO üre at Kalamazoo. V. $7."iumm lire at Milwaukee. 13. Whisky trust declared illegal. lit. ;rcoviiK Ohio, has a $225.0 Are. 17. II. J. Aldrlch falls for ?1,WMX nt Denver. .. .Deadly storms sweep the Missouri Valley. .. .Opening of Harlem thl; canal. 2'. Opening of Kiel ship canal. 21. Ilosebery's ministry defeated. .. .Two fatally. ten'Ladly huit. by explosion on wlia!ela-k excursion btcauier Christopher Columbus at Chicago. 2d. Six iiiemeii killed at Minneapolis; $10V Ooo loss. . . .$:'.000.ikm tire at Sail Francisco. 20. Death of Prof. Thos. llux; jr ut Loudon. July. 3. Pmigbter born to the Clevelands. 7. Terrific stoim at Chicago. .. .Six drowned at Lake Cencva, Wis. .. .Michigan swept by forest tires. "jo. Christian Endeavor assembles at Boston. 11. Destructive torm In North Dakota.. Thrr-o drown at South Haven. Mich. .. .Seven accidental fatalities at Chicago. .. .Nine killed by Morm l:i New York nnd New Jersey. Id. P.egiuulng of Uorr-llarvey debate at Chi'-ao. 17. First ppeat a nee of bloomers at a ball, In Chicago. .. .Three Cincinnati liremea killed. IS. Nine miners Imprisoned by enve-ln nt Iron Mountain. Mb-h. .. .I'.ritlsii ship Prince Oscar and unknown vessel ßluk In collision; 40 perish. 10. Rescue mt Iron Mountain miners.... Cleveland baby named Marion. 21. Drowning of HS Italians, by slnkloj? In collision of fiieamer Maria P. ...Four killed ut gride crossing nt Wllllamston. Mass Sicii.iMK) tire In National Linseed Oil Company's Chicago warehouse. 22. Report of killing of seventeen Indians near Jntksnn' Hole, Wyoming; grave trouble imminent. ' 23. Furious storm In Pennsylvania coke region. .. . L. S. c M. 3. traiu held up iu Ohio; 7.0 stolen. 25. Thlriy-two miners killed by explosion In Wtstpliallu. 31. Sixteen perish In a cloudburst in Colorado nn l Wyoming. .. .Meuouiluee, Mich., has a ?500,000 lire. A neust. 4. False report of race war at Spring Valley. III., between Italian and negro miners... Murder of I'.ritlsh missionaries In China.... gl.imo.iHHi lire nt Sprugue, Wash. 7. D-alh of George F. Root, the famous composer. H. Thin een killed and many Injured by falling building In New York. .Death of Supreme Jud;e Howell 11. Jackson, of Tennessee. in. fHi.iKH) lire nt Lockport, 111. 11. $.m.oj) tire nt Newark. N. J Four killed In a wreck at Rnlnbrldge, Ohio. 13. $.".ih,om) tito nt Philadelphia. 1. Holocaust In Denver hotel; 25 killed. .. . Seven drown at Ocean Clly, Md. 2o. Trains lo ld up on tho O. W. M., nenr lYntiville. Mich., und 011 the I'nlon Pnelile near North Platte, Neb. , . . F.Ulit killed nnd Urht Injured by explosion nt llntddock. Pa. 22. Milwaukee losen f3S2,ono by lire.,., Ceii try Iohcm ktullloii pacing championship to l'.i I ben. 20-7-n. Ilcnty ruins In corn belt; nevere utorms nccuihpaiitcd by futulitles la Illinois and Ohio. 20. Fifteen miners drown at Central City, Col. Fcptcmbrr. 2. Or hundred pooplo hurt on th Rea pencil rond, lonir Island. 3. Fiiilouu kioriu In central Northern Slates. 4. siion.ooo fire nt P.oston. o. Tilple minder In Sullivan County, Ind. 7. Forty two miner' porUli tu u burning mine 1. 1 Calumet, Midi. .. .Defender defnis Valkyrie In llrst cup couteMt by nluo mluules, n. Five kllhd by dynamite near Dubuque, low a. 0. opening of O. A. It. encampment at I. oiiImn Hie. UK Valkjrle fouh Defender nt tb ntnrt, nnd wins ccoml heat of yacht rneo by 47 IteeiOMls; rae jciven lo Defender on protest . . . .Tuiip.Tuturo 07 degrees at Chicago. IL Sceu killed by exploding caisson nt !.oiis Hie. . . .six kilted lu collision ou Ureal .Northern. 12. America mp goes to Defender, Vnlkyrb refusing to sail. . . .Neventy-tl ve hurt by fall of a grand Maud nt Louisville, Ky..., News of death of 3 by enilliou.ike In liondurns, .. .Fx O'xeii Lllluokalaul pardoned by 11 1wali1.11 Coernmeut. 10. Six killed In a wreck nt Lynchburg, Va. 17. Atlanta Reposition opened. .. .Fbcuoiueual heat In Kansas; I07 degrees. is. Dedication of Chlckaiuaiiga-Chatta-iioo'a National Military Park. 10. Spanlsli cruiser nnd 40 men lost In colllslon ofT Cuba.. .Steamship Fdain sunk In collision; all saved.. ..Six die of heat lu CMcair. 23. treat losses on npper lakes by utorni. 2M. Death of Posteur at Paris. 20. Twenty-four lake vessels meet disaster In a Horm. .. .Retirement of (Jen. Schodeld. 30. Continued gales on the lakes; schooner Elina and eight people lost on Pictured Rocks. .. .Mammoth mass meeting at Chicago-declares sympathy for Cuba. .. .National League scaioa closed, Raltlmora winning.

Oc'ber. 1. DestructTre gales on Dritlsh coas.... Cuba declares her Independence. 2. Texas special Legislature prohibits pugilism. , 3. Million dollar fire at Warren. R. I. 7. Seven killed by explosion In a Wiiksbarre. Pa., mine. .. .Masked bandits success' fully hold up a Chicago electric car. 0. Anniversary of big Chicago tire.. ..Five die by lire in Ciucrnnatl. .. .Steamer Africa and crew of eleven lost In Owen Sound.... (ieoigia father kills his nine children. .. .Six children burned to death at Snider, Out. 12. $Km,i.n) üre loss at Duluth. 13. Four killed, twelve hurt, on a nttsburg trolley car. ...Five burn to deattiTa a Manitoba prairie fire; 'immense property loss. 10. $1."J.isi saw-mill tire at Minneapolis. 20. Half-million dollar tire at New Orleans! l.)0 peoplo homeless. .. .First snowstorm of season at Chicago; Erie, Pa., has u fall cf tea inches. 22. President Cleveland welcomed to Atlanta. .. .$175,000 üiisted oil mill lire at CL1-c-ago. 21. LaU Shore train runs from Chicago to Ruifalo, 510 miles. In 7 hours 5 minutes 2d second., running tlicc, beating world's record. 20. Three killed by explosion of tug boiler nt Chicago. .. .Sheriff nnd posse at Tiiiia. Ohio, kill two of a lynching mob. .. .Rurning of Virginia's State Fr.lverslty. 20. Negro criminal burned at the stake In Texas S2m.000 lire ia Springfield. Ohio ....Two killed, three fatally hurt, la a collision In St. Louis. 31. Earthquake throughout the central belt of the United States; no fatalities, little damage. November. 1. Earthquake at Rome Durrant found guilty of murder at San Francisco. 2. IL IL Holmes four.d guilty of murder of Renjamln Pitzel at Philadelphia. 3. Four killed In Ji. it O. wreck nrrr WheelIng, W. Va....Four burned to death Iu New York tenement house lire. f.. Death of Eugene Field at Chicago.... $300.0i0 tire at Decatur. Hi. 5. Republican laudslide .51.500,000 lira In New York. 0. Forty killed by beücr explosion in Detroit. Mich., Journal building Ryan family of six die la their b'j'rnlng house at P.rooklyn. 11. Chicago dnlllf 9 reduce to 1 cent. 10. Twenty killed ia a street car accident at Cie eland. Ohio Death of Dr. S. F. Smith, author of "America." at Roston.... News of another massacre by Turks In Armenia; SOO slain. .. .Consolidation of Chicago Journal und Press. 10. Furious snow nnd wind storm In Northwest. ... Lowell. Mass.; Dallas, Texas; and Purcell. I. T., have big fires. 21. $000.000 fire in Springer Building, Chicago. .. .Eugene V. Debs released from Woodstock. 111.. Jail Sultan of Turkey foni'il to n peace policy by the powers, after lie had countenanced many Armenian massacres. 22. Five firemen toso life In n $500.000 Chtcauo blaze. ... Release from Jail and enthusiastic reception of F.. V. Debs, labor leader, nt Chicago Foreign tltcts rendezvous la the Dardanelles. 25. Tremendous damage nt Chicago by storm of snow, sleet nnd rain: all car Hues blocked, wires down. .. .Fire nt ('hlengo does $2;0.000 damn go Seventy kilhd by explosion In cartridge factory a; Palma, Island of Majorca. 2i. Three vessels jo nhore nt Olencoe. 111.; crews of 20 men saved. .. .Riot lu Jackson, Mich., prison. 27. Death of Alexandre Dumas, Jr., at Pari.?. "S. Day of doom for the turkey. .. .Football games: Michigan beats ('idea go; Boston and Chicago, tl:; Pennsylvania defeats Cornell; Purdue defeats Illinois: l,or,is llle wins from De Pauw; Columbia Vthletlc. dov.es Columbia University ; Bro.vn defeats Dartmouth. December. 2. Assembling of Fifty-fourth Congress; Reed elected Speaker of the House. .. .Zero weather lu Northwest. .. .Further massacres in Armenia. 7. $350.ooo fire In San Francisco Europe storm-swept; British boat and twenty-seven sailors lost off Scotland. 8. '00,000 11 res In Cub-ago. .. .Death of Ce.o A. Sala, London Journalist. .. .Tug Campbell and seven men lost In Lake Superior. 0. Chilton, Wis., raxed by fire. JO. St. Louis gets next National Republican Convention Sultan permits guard ships to pass Dardanelles. .. .Harry llayward hanged at Minneapolis. 11. Burning of Catholic Orphan Asylum Milwaukee; 200 children rescued. .. .Steamer (Jet manic sinks the Camrae, nt London: r.o llvf i lost.. ..Mob threatens Kansas Medical College at Topek i. because of grave-robbing. 12. Death of Alien CJ. Thurmun at Columbus, Ohio. lo. Herman ship Athena with n carjo of naphtha explodes oü Cape May: 14 lives lost. 17. Cleveland's Venezuelan messago

arouses great entausiasua at nome nmj astounds Croat Britain Philadelphia In the hands of a mob durin? a strike. IS. Explosion on liner rsr. Paul killed six nun and injured live. .. .lions? pas.-os ?!00,000 appropriation for Venezuela commission ....liioting in Philadelphia; entire street railway service suspended. .. .Death of Cape Isaac. 'ItFsott. doorkeeper of. tho Senate. 10. Thirty-six lives lost In Newfoundland fishing licet by storm. .. .Forty-three killed In n North Carolina mine. .. .Tremendous rainfall at ('Idea go. 20. Panic on Wall street. .. .Sennte unanimously passes House bill for Venezuela, commission. .. .Cleveland Fends financial message to Congress. .. .Twenty-four miners nt Dayton, Tonn., killed. .. .Unprecedented .flood at Chicago. PUFFING THE PLAY. ,lX New York Biicccbh" Abuso o! IVchs- Courtesy. Tho Uultoil States is a broad and lu?7 country, and It Is well feupplled with excellent journals, says tv.o Forum. As 13 natural and unavoidable, these goneraHy take their tone In treating dramatic affairs from those? of tho nudropoI'.s. What Is &ald and done- in New York about plays and actors Is published all over tho union as quickly as tho wires and press can spread the nows. Consequently tho theatrical business of tho entlro country Is managed from New York. That U why actors, managers nnd tho minor personages of Htago llf? flock to New York. That 1.1 why for many years past It has been possible for the wily speculator In rotten dramatic lumber to sot up a lllinsy Ntaso id met uro, held blether only by the adhesive qualltb's of paint ami printers' Ink, and -by keeping a New York theater open and empty for Its exhibition for a Mated term of weeks at tho expense of S.l.ooi) or $I,imx) a week, nnd by a continual pestering; t the good natu red Journalist - to obtain a suttlclcut amount of notlco of his "great New York success!" to enablo hi in to travel throughout tho country with Ids "show," and gather a rich harvest from thoso who nro eager to sco wliat sort of plays please tho people of the great city. I Of course tho V.iow" soon falls o pieces from tho weight of Its own worthlessness, and the seeds of general contempt for New York's good taste lu theatrical matters are sown broadcast. Hut no matter. The enterprising speculator, now well lu funds, rettinn to New York and Is soon upon the full tide of another like venture. Year after year this sort of thing goes on. Hut tho people of tho Fast, South and West nro beconVng wise and wary. The "business" Is not s. good now is It onco was In those often-deluded sections. One of the roots of our theatrical troubles upon which the ax ahouM fall quickly and sharply U this .alms of tho press courtesy 11 rst extended Ir ffood nature toward the st niggling at list, but now demanded as a right by tho brasi-band "show boomer." i Oar hardest battles arc those wc fljht with ourselves.

WHEN THE LEAVES TURN RED.

When the leaves are being painted Iiy the frost king's magic hand, All the hues of nature's colors Klendtd, tinted-like, and grand. When the rare autumnal berries Hang in dusters eer your head, All nsy heart is tuned to music, When tho leaves turn red. f ; Kvery.niapio in the meadow. Kvery elm along the way. ' JJow.s ohcisnnt to the frost king, And has nothing now to say; Not a leaf defiant murmurs. 'Tis the silence of the dead. . For the autumn haze is hanging Where the h aves turn red. The sumach, low ly fellow. Was the first to feci tin- breath Of the magic king of colors. He wlso.se pn-ssag' is of death; In a night the verdant raiment For a ruddy garb was shed. And he masked in autumn's color?, With the leaves a-; tinting red. Seems as though there's something creepy In tho autumn atmosphere. And the hand of death is grasping In tho waning of tho year. Yet there's hpe and faith n-beaming. While to lofty thoughts we're led, In the story and the glory Of the leaves a-turning red. Utica (lobe. A PEST TO SOCIETY. "You have proved yourself to be .1 callous nnd cruel-hearted scoundrel, without a single redeeming feature in your character. You are a pest to society, and 1 feel that I should be seriously larking in my jddh ial capacity were I now to inflict a less lengthy term of Imprisonment upon you than the utmost the law allows." Thus did the judge preface his sentence. It seemed so natural to hear such words hurled nt tho head of a malefactor whose record testified to his apparent inability to live otherwise? than by plunder. Not :i single look of pity: not a vestige of regret. I low could sympathy bo felt with one who was a pest to society? Hesides, he was nothing to them. And had ho poi-n, his life was Btit-h that none would have openly claimed the relationship. He was it was to be hoped without relatives. He might have friends, but the friends of such a man were not likely to be found within the precincts of a court of just ice-at least, not as mere spectators. And the prisoner stood in the dock, nlone, friendless and unearod for. Throughout the trial his demeanor had been one of extreme Indifference. When the judge began his address to htm. the words seemed to fall on deaf cars. It was only when Hie epithet, "a pest to society." was used to describe him, that the prisoner's hard, impassive countenance exhibited any change. Hut that change was olret rical. instantly his eyes opened to their fullest extent, became lixed for a moment on tho fare of tho judge, and then dropped to tho ground. Those words pierced his heart. Callop.s, crime-stained, shunned and hunted as In? was, there was a remnant of self-respect oven in his nature. And those words had roused it. "You are a jiest to society." Then followed the sentence, but he did not hear it. A band was laid upon his shoulder, but, if he felt the grip, it had no effect upon him. The creaking of the dock jraie, as It opened to permit his exit, seemed to echo the words applied to him. On being left nlone in his coll. hr seated himself, as if iu contemplation, ami then, resting his (dhows on his knees, buried his face in his hands, and the felon, the pest of society wept. Ills mind wandered wandered back into the past, uolil everything connected with it stood out clearly ln-fore him. He had sat on a mother's knee, and his life bad once been full of pnoni-e-tlie world had held out glorious prospects. They were univ.ili.od. but they rushed before him now. An hour or two afterward he was intruded upon. His jailer, having secured his wrists, requested the convict to follow him. A quick drive and the railway slatioti was reached. The prisoner was rushed into a compartment of the wailing train, and his guard seated himself by his side. The Jailor looked at his companion. He was id ill absorbed lu his thoughts, and manifested a desire lo be left lu sole possession of them. Taking out 11 paper, the representative of the law was speedily bin led In lis contents. An hour passed. The jailer's paper 1 i .1 loii,.W''o ,b w 'vof aim: a n:sr to micihtv." became monotonous. He laid It aside and endeavored to draw his prisoner Into di ersatboi. "Von seem mighty studious," said he. Hut there was no reply. "The Judge has given you a thumper this time, anyway," continued Ihe ollicer, "and I'm not sorry It's you Instead of me. Hut, then, if nun won't go straight, It's their own fault If they're lagged, and they might as well take what's given Yin with a good grace. You're thinking of the past, p'r'aps, and " "And of the present," murtnnted the prisoner. '.Well, teu years nln'l

"And of what the judge raid. Do you know what I am':" and the dejected man became animated and Hung himself into an upright position. "1 am a pest to society." he continued. "A pest, without ihe possibility of becoming anything else." "You don't mean to say thai you have any desire of amendment V" in genuine surprise. "Amendment: If I could wash out that title with my life's blood. I'd do it. I would give the remainder of my life for an opportunity of becoming something other than than what I am." "Well, s'help nie: If you'd only thought of that six ir.omhs earlier, my hearty hut. great H;tt: what's the matter with the train': We're driving along at a terrible rate." The oscillation caused the passengers much diseomUtoro. and sovetal heads were thrust out of the windows to ascertain it anything were wrong, amongst them that of ihe officer in charge of the prisoner. For some time nothing unusual was discernible. Then the jailer pulled his head into the carriage. "If that signal we've just passe I wasn't against us. I'm a Iut-hman." he said. "I could have sworn that it was at right angles. and-I.or': did you see thai': Th man in that cabin we've just liown past was waving a red Hag and dancing about as if to attra:t attention." "Something is cert iinlv wrong." said

tho prisoner. "Thai's h' guard's brake don't you hear it ':" The brake was undoubtedly at work, but it math' very little impression on the Hying train. Again the otiicer peered out of the wimlow. but ihe engine at that moment dashed into a tunnel, nnd nothing could l o discerned. Then another cabin was passed. The guard's brake was si ill on, and seethed and hissed against the wheels, while sparks, consequent en the friction, were scattered under the carriages in a shower. The man in tin cabin was distinctly seen to be gesticulating wildly as the train rushed past. The ollicer set rules a I deiianec now. The prisoner was at the window with him, leaning heavily upon him. in order to ascertain, if possible, what was going on. .lust iheu. a eurve in the line enabled them to obtain a clear view of the engine. "tJrent heavens'." said the ollicer, aghast, "look - -look - see that! The driver and fireman are lighting." "There is something ahead of us " "There, see. they have thrown each other on ihe track." "The train must be stopped, nnd at once," said the convict. "YVe must be going sixty miles an hour. In ten min7i r-en. tri , 1 I"' .V j our.w soot! what's tiik mattkj: WITH TIM: TKA IX '.'"' uis we shall be at iVinberton junet'oit. It is there the danger lies, if 1 mistake not. and " "Man. you must be mad: Stop the train! Impossible. Hid you not see those two fellows fall headlong 011 to the track": Who, then, can swing back the levers':" I can." "You! Impossible. Ah. you see in this a possible opportunity of escaping." "I do. but not from jubilee. Fnfetter my hands, qub-k; we have net a moment to lose." "What do you intend doing? You will not escape':" "Uchviso me. Kvery moment Is precious. I will climb to Hie top of our carriage and crawl ab ug until I come to the engine. juiek. 1 "You will md attempt to escape If you succeed ':" "I shall escape from being a pest t society. The opportunily Is before me. Strike iIh's chains hm my wrists and let me seize il. If I perish I shall die happy in tlx t bought that (hero will l.e soic nie v ho will ud think m a what 1 have been di scribed." The ollicer looked into Ihe face of his prisoner for a moment. A Hash of excitement sat on Ills chei ks. ami his Hps Were tightly compressed. "You ate a brave man," said he, 'and I'll husl you." The next moment Ihe manacles were laid on the seat. A lew seconds, and. with cat like agility, he reached the roof of I lie carriage. Then he was lost lo sight. The affrighted pro scngei s. who had witnessed his cooIik ss. sent up n I'alnl beer of encouragement ns they realised his intention. Once only was he seen, ami then a shudder passed through all who luhchl him. it was when, lu attempting to cross from one carriage to another, his foot lippcd, and he would have falb-n lo Instant death had ho not succeeded ill ( limbing lo the beading. A moment for rconwry, then he safely climbed lo the roof, ami pursaed his dangerous way. A few minutes elapsed -mlnnles which seemed like hours to Ihe (en Hied passengers breathlessly awaiting the result of his courage. Then they hissed their way through a tunnel. Afterward the Junction came in eight . and a traiu was approaching them at full speed. There was a perceptible diminution in their speed. Still, on the train went, and nearer the two came together. Then slower, slower still. Had the driver of the other train observed them? Hands were clasped, and prayers, audible ami unexpressed,

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were offered for help. Slower still.! Then they stopped. ' Once more all heads were thrust out of the windows, nnd a fervent "Thank ('od'" ran the length of the train. Tim down train had also been pulled up within a few yards of them. Hurriedly alighting, a rush was instantly made for the engine. Hut what a spectaclJ awaited them: Half laid, half reclining on the tender, with 1h bwer still grasped tenaciously in his hand, they found tho convict deluged in blood. He

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r i-V. 'if- V .1; 1 ill VWfl r . :i :i?i A i i:w hm r.'.s, .n ;n: i::: (i:ei Tin: Toe or mi: un: . Vas md dead, but disci(.u-t:ess hl.d not remain' ! long enough for bim to wiim ss the success of his noble act. Evidently in passing through the tunnel he had come in contact with tho coping. Jrateful hands released him, and lxu'o him tombs ly to the station, whoiv iiivdhal aid was soon lorf booming. I but. piu- fellow, he was prist it. "No. 110." be murmured, "don't disturb me. I I'm very comfortable, ami and you can do n;o no good. 1 I wain to lie hero and -ahd d well for a mono-nt -- on tin - fact tb.at tho judge was roug."--London Tid-Hits. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. There Wax a Vast DitTercuce in tlio Two Ca a?!--. The other day at Moniozumn. while two citi?.(iis were conversing at tho depot, a negro approached and addr ssod one of them as follows: "Kurnel, I h'ar y wants to git a man out on de plnntashuu." "Yes, 1 want a man out there," repliel the colonel as he looked the negro over. "Seems to me I've seen you before:" "Iteekon not. sah. F::e ntw roun' hetv." "lint I'm sure I've seen you somewhere. Let's :('(. 1 was over at Ferry the other day." "Yes. sah. yo was ober to Ferry." "And while there I called at the jail." "Yes. sali, yo" enlied at do jail. Dry has got a powerful nice ja.il ober to Ferry." "And while at the ja.il I saw a colored man who was serving a sentence for stealing a hog." "o doubt of it. kurnel. Ye, yo dun saw a cull'd pusson rigid in dat jad at Ferry." "And you are ihe man." said the colonel as be la id hi-; hand on the negro's shoulder. "Jos' so. kurnel-jes so. I was right in dat jail at Ferry, an I Ion "members of seoin' yo' pass along. Curious what a mem'ry some whit" folks has in deir heads!'" "Ft:t you don't suppose I want a man who has been in jail for stealing, do you':" exclaimed Ihe colonel. "No. sah-no. sah. Of co'ss yo' don't. Oat's what l'xe here lo displain aboui. Yo' got it all wrong 'bout dat hog. km ml. He pusson who dun stole do hog was asleep when y called. I wasn't in dat jail for Moulin' no hog. I'r.e no such man as dat." "Then what were you in for':" "Why. dey said dem two bags er ceolon seed meal what dey found ia my cart was tooketi from do depo"." "Oh. I so. Well, what's the difference V" "What's the lilTcsemeV Heaps o" difference, sab. On do . ne baud. I'-.o loadin' up a bar'l ' salt al ter buk. an' dem bags jes tumbled Into my cart while my back wtt. turned. oi d odder hand, a pit sou goes out by daylight and runs a hog a roun d wool.i for ober l'.vo hours before ho etliche a hind bg. 'Sense me. klllliel, I did reckon I'd like t work on yo' pbinla shun, but If yo' am ! sort ' a man Who can't see de dili'eli lie" between U plissoll li'slill' III J.lll to obleege de Jlll V an' belli' sen 1 t Jail fur siealin' a hog 1 couldn't trul my reptitashuii in ' brnds. U001I mawubr, l.urml. good n.awnln'!" Atlanta Com dilution. A Fool 011 Ihe FiCpil Step... Preaching In the ablcy, t.Vtn a WiJ. perforce told a good s..ry 0 the colebrated Welsh preacher. luidm is F.. ans, who diled publicly to express It's Chunkf illness for Jenny I. bid's beau'lfill singing. A member of his uigregallon, a slralgbtdai ed C.ilvlnisi, standing on Ihe sieps of the pulpll, asked the preacher whether a .nan Ivlng at 010 of Jenny I.!ud's concerts would go to heaven. "Sir." replied Mr. Ilv ans, "a Ciiri-'.iau will go i heaven wherever he dies, but a fool remains :i fool, even on lh pulpit steps." Kveu the sober abbey congregation ooubt hardly stille lis enjoyment of this repartee. Wastnilnsler t la.etie. Shoots a .Mad I. ion. "IJ.in," a man eating Afiie.in lion ut huge proportions on exhibition at Toronto, went mad while having a too-tli extracted. As the dentist was iu tlm act of pulling the tooth the lion began' t froth at the mouth, and with a fearful roar made a rush at hitu. Col Hoono, the lion's keeper, was closo by ami shot the animal, killing him almost Instantly. . -..4

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