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THIS TAPPING OF THE CLUBS.

the famous rhythmic rattle ot the rain upon the roof. The celebrated tapping of the bird with, devil's hoof, On the Western poet's thatch, at the Eastern poet's latch. Were not hing, absolutely, and of this there's ample proof, To the rapping and the tapping, the plugging and the slugging Of the clubs! Now the evening c?iimes are pealing, see that blue-coat ruff an stealing. With hi 9 locust club well braced, as an army there he faced, On the children who are playing, As their fancy idly straying, Heedlea a of a danger near, and without a thought of fear; Playing, actually playing, and of tHs there's no gainsaying, On the pavement that's in front of this great policeman's door, That, and nothing morel Seetho poor man with his children, after dark. Bow he seeks for ar and vainly tried to get into a park; See him blindly go, poor soul, and ask aid of the patrol ; See the sturdy locust rise, fall and rise again. His cries Bouse the neighbors as belebors still that brute his victim there In the sultry evening air all because The victim thought the omor should know and heed the laws t Hear the rattle of the clubs. With their thud, thud, thud. Breaking bones, drawing blood

the rattle of our gay policemen's clubs.

IONEZ. A Tale of Sea and Shore.

BY STXAS BUTXJKK, JTB. Dr. Geoffreys, my consulting physician, advised me to travel or take a few months rest from every care, otherwise he woi id not answer for the result of my health, which was very much impaired by over-work. As I was junior member of the firm of Wildon & Marston, of New York, and many of the establishments had not withstood the groat financial storm that was sweeping over the city, I exerted every effort to avert what at one time seemed to be the complete destruction of the firm, from the effects of which I had suffered both physically and mentally. As my physician had said, I was in need of rest, and as our establishment had weathered the financial crisis, which "was past, I resolved to act at once upon the good advice of Dr. Geoffreys, and travel a while fox my health. I employed a sompetent clerk to fill the term of absetce. Then, consulting a time-table of the line of ocean steamships to learn when the next one would leave for some foreign port, I discovered thai the Jenny Lind would sail for Havana on the day following. As it Was close on to mid-day I immediately decided that I would take passage on that steamer. I summoned Carolos, my vallet, to the counting room and directed him to go at once and, if possible, secure a passage on the out-going ship that was bound for Havana. Carolos soon returned, and reported that the state-rooms on board the vessel had been secured, and the Captain said she would leave port at 6 in the morning sharp, I then began the packing of such necessary articles as I would need in my travel. With everything in readiness I had only to await the coming of the morrow, when I should be riding upon the ocean's wave. Morning dawned at last. With my vallet, I was soon on board the Jenny Lind. The berths were very comfortable and pleasant. At 6 o'clock the ship was unloosed from her moorings, and with a light wind she was soon skimming smoothly over the bosom of the mighty ocean. I pessed the most of the first day's journey on deck. But the next day I had au attack of sea-sickness, which kept me confined to my room till evening. After I had so far recovered, with the help of Carolos I went on deck; where my faithful vallet procured me a pleacant seat. The full moon had risen and hung like a great ball of fire above the mighty waste of waters. Far up in the blue vaults of Heaven the stars shone and sparkled like diamonds. A gentle breeze blew upon my feverish brow, with a soothing influence. It was a gloriously beautiful night at sea. I sat there for hours, time unheeded, in a dreamy, listless way; wrapped in thoughtful reveries of the grand and majestic loveliness of that night. Faint snatches of some plaintive little air, sang by some fair songstress, would occasionally float out upon the stillness which was quite unbroken save by the splash of the vessel. I finally sank into a light slumber, from which I was suddenly awakened

by a low, smothered shriek. I glanced hastily about and on a curve of the deck I beheld the most beautiful woman that I had ever seen. She had a perfect form. Her hair was as black as a raven's wing, and she had large eyes, as dark as midnight; which were turned an me with a look of pitiful entreaty, and with outstretched hands, she appeared to be supplicating and as one in lire distressFqrgetful of everything else, I instantly sprang from my seat and dashed forward. I made but a few steps until she had disappeared. But I only supposed that she hail been shut out from view by merely letracing a few feet, having probably been startled at my somewhat precipitous movements. I continued to approach that part of the deck where I had first seen her, hoping to be of some assistance to her. I turned the curve; there was no one, with the exception of myself, visible. What could it mean? I never was more fully await than I was at that time in my life. traversed the whole deck, but no object in human form met sny anxious and puzzled gaze. In sheer disappointment at my apparently useless venture I resumed the seat which I had a short time before so quickly vacated, more mystified than ever. I was confident that my sight had not played me false. It could not bepossible that I had been dreaia-

inm After pondering over the strange

'rence for some time without com

ing to any fiaal conclusions I entered my state-room and sought my couch for sleep. When I awoke i t was from a sleep of tangible dreams, in which the phantom woman of the previous evening formed a eoospieuous part that

she was being carried away by some

heartless villain, from her home to some foreign land that after a terrible straggle I rescued her from her cm al captor, and restored her to her home, and that she had rewarded' me by bestowing a life of lasting gratitude and love. Carolos had brought refreshments and placed them in my state room. I arose, dressed, and, after partaking of a substantial repast, felt much better. I then proceeded on deck. The sun shown bright and pleasant. A crisp wind was blowing in from seaward, and an occasional gull, with its peculiar scream, would wheel its way athwart thj sky. I paced the deck for some time, then procuring a seat, picked up a book to read. I glanced at the title page which revealed the name of the book tt be Flora Montgomery." It proved to be a very interesting novel, and I was soon deeply lost from other objects in the thrilling life-like drama so forcibly depicted by the author. I made the acquaintance of very few people on the voyage. Among these few was Carl Baymond, an artist on a popular New York magazine. He was a very agreeable companion, as he could converse fluently for hours on any subject, with that characteristic mode which only accomplished people can use. "Earle," said Baymond to me one day, "when you return to your native city, call at my studio and I will show you my collection of landscapes and other souvenirs, which are momentoes of my travels. I readily accepted Raymond's cor dially proffered invitation. While in Havana he was to sketch the renowned Moro Castle and other places of note and forward them to his Magazine. I had given up the strange occurrence of the phantom woman in distress, which I had seen on tae second night at sea as an unfathomable mystery, and had about forgotten it when the steamer glided into the port of Havana. I walked across the gangway of the Jenny Lind to the wharf, amidst the bustling, hurrying throng of passengers, who were crowding and moving briskly toward the landing. Carolos pro cured a vehicle, in which I was driven to the Hotel Delmo. Over a month had elapsed since I had arrived in the city, I was about restored to my former condition of both mental and physical vigor. At the close of an unusually lovely day, when the glittering rays of the sun were flashing over the distant peaks of the Organ Mountains, I was leisurely strolling along one of the streets that extended through an issolated part of the city. The street was almost deserted; only an occasional pedestrian would dash quickly by, as if intent to reach other scenes, where stillness would not remain so long unbroken. Several of the buildings throughout the thoroughfare were composed of the workmanship of various architects. There was one just ahead of me that particularly attracted my attention. It was a low, massive stone structure with Ionic column?. I was opposite the structure when the low door was instantly torn open and a female form dashed into the street, closely followed by a man. She almost discovered me at once, and changed her course toward me. I could now see the outlines of her countenance, which caused me to stop as if turned to stone, for it was the image of the woman I had seen on the ocean. With extended hands, she continued to hastily approach where I stood, the man in close pursuit, uttering deep curses. Finally, with a quick movement he clutched her arm, whereupon she cried out in tones of terror : "Good Senor, for the love of heaven, save me from this man." On the impulse of the moment, seeing that she was in the power of the cruel villain, I whipped out a revolver that I carried for protection and instantly exclaimed : "Release the lady, you consummate scoundrel, or you die !" At the sudden change which affairs had taken he reluctantly released the arm of his captive, and with a low howl oi rage hissed : "Hi, you dog of Americano; you triumph now, but beware, lest your boasting gal an try is your fate P I was tempted to shoot the villain in his tracks, but I knew that I would have the authorities on me with a vengeance.. After the Spaniard had addressed the above words to me he cast his eye

upon the fair woman who was leaning upon my arm for support and muttered at

"Ionoz De V allero, twice have you escaped me. Hark ! but it will be for the last time; for by the powers of darkness you shall yet bemine." He then slunk away and walked into

the house he had so hastily emerged from a few minutes before. I proffered myself to conduct the fair Ionez to her place of abode, when she tearfully replied: "Alas! brave senor, I have only the dreaded prison of the cruel Malviro, and ere I shall enter yonder walls again I will make my home - beneath the sea waves. " The touching words of the beautiful Cuban instantly stirred my soul. I re-

; solved to care for and protect the home-

; less girl as L hoped to receive mercy I a i . tt

xrom uie love oi neaven. I conducted Ionez De Vallero to the Hotel Delmo; where I made arrangements for her to stay. After returning to my room I pondered long over the words of the fair Inez; as, with her dark, tearful eyes and low, rich voice, she showered her blessings upon me, with which I felt myself a thousand times repaid. I never, never gave a thought to the Spaniard's vows of vengeance; considering them uttered only to give vent to his enraged and hu militated feelings. I retired to my couch very early that night, bat could not sleep. I arose and approached the window, which overlooked the sea. Dark clouds nearly obscured the sky. through which the pale moon was shedding its dim rays over the city. The streets were de.serted and everything was in almost total darkness. The clouds continued to roll across the heavens like great mountains. Away

to the west the lightning gleams bega to play along the horizon and tho muttered growls of thunder could be heard, Finally the wind commenced blowing in from the sea ; with a light breeze. Then there was a sudden stillness; but only for a short time as a lurid flash of lightning gleamed athwart the black clouds, followed by a crashing peal of thunder that seemed to shake the earth. The roaring of the thunders was caught up by the furious roar of the wind, which was blowing a terrific gale. The storm appeared to have a weird fascination to me, as I sat viewing it from the window. I could see, by the almost incessant glare of lightning, the great waves of the ocean, dashed by the furious gale, seething and foaming mountains high, which boomed and roared like a thousand canons in a mighty battle. During a lull of the tempest I heard a loud curse, then a heavy fall. As I was still dressed I flung open the door and rushed out into the corridor. I was totally unprepared for the sight that met my startled geze. By a very bright flash of lightning I discovered the prostrate form of Malviro the Spaniard, at the threshold of Ionez DeVallero's chamber. A tall stranger was standing over the form of the Spaniard with a dagger in liis hand. The fair Cuban maiden was standing in the doorway, looking like a motionless statue, I was instantly at her side, With a low moan she sank into my arms. She had swooned from fright. The stranger also moved within the appartment and struck alight, saying: "Senor, I regret that this occurrence should have happened, erad especially here. But Malviro, thai crafty, treacherous Spaniard, was about entering the chamber of the beautiful maiden, when I providentially discovered him as I was hurrying along the corridor to my room. An altercation arose, and in the combat I slew him," While the stranger was speaking I had succeeded in restoring the lair Cuban to consciousness. A female attendant was summoned to take charge ot her. She had suffered only a slight shock of the nervous system from which she soon recovered. Two years have passed since that stormy night in Cuba, I am once morn in the city of New York. The time passes on the wings of love and happiness, for my wife, to me, the most beautiful woman in the world, sits at my elbow as I write these words the fair Ionez. Bits About Babies. In the course of a recent lecture a distinguished physician said that the inability of a baby to hold up its head was not due to the weakness of its neck, but to the lack of development of it3 will power. The act of standing was instinctive and imitative, while facial expression and gesture were due almost wholly to inrtation A baby's smile, she said, was the most misunderstood thing in infancy. A real smile must have au idea behind it, but the expression resembling a smile, which is so often seen on a young baby's face, was without an idea, and was due to the easy condition of the stomach or to some other physical satisfaction. The smile with an idea does not appear earlier than the fourth week. So, too, with the crying of a baby. The contortion of the features is due to physical causes. The baby sheds no tears, because the lachrymal glands are not developed for several weeks after birth. The chief pleasure of all children is to change from one condition to another by their own efforts. This is the beginning of the development of the will power, and is often attested in what has been called the " imperative intention of tears." This is not disclosed until after the second or third month. A baby tests everything by its mouth its sense of taste being the surest and most reliable guide it has. The attention of all young children is difficult to attract, and they must attain considerable age before they begin to notice. Then colors and sounds are most potential. Fear has been known to be manifested by a baby only three weeks old, and in all cases the sensation is produced by sound more than by sight. Children of luxurious and carefully

guarded homes are almost wholly with- i

out fear, but the children of poor and exposed parents always manifest it Jealousy jmd sympathy begin to manifest themselves in the second year. Curiosity also begins to develop here, and proves to be a self-feeder through

out childhood. A little later the ego begins to appear, and the baby has the first consciousness of itself. ' The ego first appears as a muscular; sensd, and the infant gradually learns to distinguish itself from surrounding objects. It is first the hand that is

j distinguished, and then the foot, and

then the whole body. Memory does not appear before the child is two years of age. All the reasoning of children is primitive and elementary, and develops slowly. Darwin noted an association of ideas in the mind of his child when it was only five mouths of age. The lecturer related experiences of babies with the first view of mirrors, and showed that their actions under the new conditions were similar to those of f

anthropoid apes and dogs under uko conditions. Syrup Made From Melons. The watermelon crop of Carolina, Georgia and Florida is rapidly getting too large more than the market requires. Col. William Duncan, of Soath

j Carolina, has therefore made a sugges

tion, which has received the approval of a number of Carolina newspapers and melon growers this is the manufacture of syrup from the melon. CoL

j Duncan insists that the melon can be I more easily and more generally raised ' than the sugar cane, and as it gpowa

above ground can be more conveniently cultivated than the sugar beet. He had experimented in tie manufacture oi

syrup from melons, aa A tfnds it excel

lent, more like preserves han the cane syrup, he says, and likely to become popular with every one who tries it. He has made the syrup and sold it, am found no difficulty in getting a oot. price for it.

AT J OYER'S BESO.

BY OPiE P. READ, A flat boat had just landed at Joyner's Bend on the Little lied liiver. The lazy loungers and the industrious liars had gone down to the landing; the halfclad negro boys had thrown down their fishing-poles, and, with wide-open eyes, were standing about. Some one exclaimed: "Yonder comes Knock-Kneed Bob. Fetch out de cards, fellers, fur dat uigger gwine ter buck ergin us." The cards wrere brought out, and were thrown down on a bale of cotton ; old Bob, paying no attention to the cards, stood gazing at the boat. "What's de matter, Bob?" a deckhand cried. "W'y, I 'lowed you'd be shufiun' dem dar pastebo's by dis time. Gospul folks ain't got atter you, is da?" Bob sat down on a stump, and a number of deck hands, astonished at his refusal to play, gathered about him, expecting to hear a miraculous story of reformation. "Look yare, nigger," said an old fellow known as Flat-Head Kinchin. "Wharfo' you ack so cuis in er 'munity dat is so straightfor'd an' terdep'int? Dar lays de cards on de bale ; yare is de boys jinglin' de. dimes mighty like da ken hardly ho i 'em in dar pockets. Wy I would'tar come up on dis trip terday lessen I hadenter thought dat I gwine ter git some o' dat money whut you totes round iu yo' jeans. Look yare, man, whut is de matter wid you, nohow? Some preacher done got de swing on yo'? Some mo'ner's bench politician dun 'vinced you dat yo' gwine ter de place whar de worm ain't dead yit, an' whar dfu ain't been no water poured on de fire ?" "Genermen," old Bob replied, 44 1 didn' come down yare ter gamble. I ain' gwine gamble no mo'. I wan ter see de cap'n of de boat ter see ef I kaint git some plank." "What in do woiT you want wid plank, man? Cut dem pastebo'ds dar an' let us dance ter de musis o' de silver jingle. " "No, I tells you, Bob replied. "I tells you no, flat-footed. Day befo' yistidy w'en dis boat wuz up yare I gambled wid you, I didn' come down fur de purpose o' gamblin', nuther. My little gal wuz sick, an my wife she gin me 30 cents, all de moner dar wuz on de place, an' tole me to hurry ter de plantation drug sto' up de bayou yonder an' git some medicine. I got 'long yare jest as dis boat landed, an' you genermen wanted me ter play cards wid you. 'Wall,' thinks I, '30 cents ain't gwine buy nuff medicine ter do much good, so I'll try my luck fur a minit or two, caze I feels like I ken win anyhow.' " 44 An' you did win," old Kinchin exclaimed. "Yas, I did win. I Avin $10. Den I struck er trot fur de sto', an' w'en I got dar I felt so proud o' my 'bility dat I thought I'd treat myself ter er little licker; so atter gitten de medicine I tuck er drink o' licker. Den some o' de boys drapped in and we had some mo. 'Den thinks I, 'dar has sich luck come ter me dat I er-ford ter 'joy myse'f right yare. I sailed in, I did, an' bought er quart, an' den putty soon I started home. I cut ercross er near way through the woods, but I hadn't gone fur till I met one o' ole Ab's boys. We Bat down on er log an' looked at de sun through my bottle. De next mornin' I woke up, lyin' side er log in de swamp. De fust thing I thought erbout wuz de medicine. I clapped my ban' on my pocket an dar it wuz. Den I hurried on home thinkin 'bout mv little gal thinkin' o' her sweet song in de ebenin' atter all her work wuz done- Jest befor' I got home I met ole Aunt Silvy Johnson. 4Good mawnin', Aunt Silvy,' says L " 'Good mawnin', Bob,' she 'plied, an stopped in de path. She stood fur a few minits, an' den said : " 'I has jest left yo house.' "Dat's jes like you, - Aunt Silvy, huntin' for places whar folks is sick. De Lawd ain't furget you. Wall, I mus' hurry on home wid dis yare medicine so my little gal ken siag ergin in de ebenin' wheu her work is done.' 44 You neenter hurry now said she. 4Yo' little gal's ebenin' has come, an' her work is done. De little lady is dead." "Generman," the old negro added, as he took up his hat, 4 Tse come down ter see de cap'n T de boat ter git some plank ter make a coffin outen." America.

Astonished the Umpire. There is a base ball player in one of the leagues who is worth a very large sum of money. He does not play for the cash there is in it, but for au enthusiasm of the great game of base ball. He is a gentlemanly fellow, who has a temper of his own when he is roused. The other day a player on the opposite side made a hit which he thought was a homo run, and which, because of the umpire's unwatchfalness, proved to be one. He lammed around the bases, and coming to second cut the corner, speeding to third without having touched second base. The player iu question loudly called the umpire's attention to it, and, as tho umpire was looking directly in ihat direction, it seemed to him that he ought to have seen it. "I tell you," said the player, "that this man never touched second base." "I tell you," said the umpire, that I didn't see it." 44 Well, said the player coming up over the diamond, 44 it's your business to see it. Everybody who was watching saw that this man didn't touch the second base and he is out." wHeis not out," said the umpire. "Well, he ought to be out," said the player. "I tine you $5," said the umpire. "You can tine as much as you please,9 said the player, "but I say that man is out. "I make that $10." . "I see your $10," cried the base ball player, now thoroughly enraged, "and will go you $10 better. You have no business on the ball held if you do such injustice as that." "All right," said the umpire, I fine you $20." "Fine and be hanged," cried the ether. "Look here, said the umpire, "that'll cost you just $50." He said this with

the air of a man who had concluded matters, "Well," said the player, "it Is wot Hi $50 to have the pleasure of telling you just what kind of xn umpire you are. What's au umpire on the grounds for, J should like to know?" 44 A $100," said the umpire. "Exactly; that's just about the good you are to put on tines but not do anj umpiring. Your eyes might as well be on the back 5f your head." "That fellow evidently thinks," said the umpire to one of the directors afterwards, "that I'll remit those fines, but I tell you they go. I don't stand such chinning and then take back the fine.'1 "He doesn't care for the fine,' said the director, "that man's worth $750, 000." 1 "Good gracious," cried the umpire, as he fainted on the ground. Detroit Free Press. Baldness. The life-time of each individual hair is fioni two to six years. At the end oi that time the hair falls out, and is at once replaced by another which grows from the same root-sheath. In a healthy scalp this, process continues indelinitely; but in certain dis-

j eases the life-history of the hair is not

so long, and the hairs die and fall out. before their full length is reached. The next generation may have still less vitality, and the same process may continue until there is left an area covered with ft stunted growth of poorly-developed hairs. Later, even these may fall out, leaving a patch entirely bald, or covered with a fine, downy growth. The condition occurs more frequently in women that in men, and often follows exhausting diseases, such as scrofula, fevers and nervous exhaustion. In ordinary baldness the history is entirely different. Here, the fullygrown hairs drop out and are replaced at once by the downy ones, and when these disappear, a smooth, shining surface of skin is left. In this case there is an atrophy of the hair bulbs, and consequently the hair can never be restored. In the former case the trouble is due to deficient nutrition, and if this defect can be remedied the hair will grow again. Certain diseases, especially those accompanied with high temperature, ara usually followed by more or less complete loss of hair. Typhoid fever presents a very notable example of such au effect. In some forms of neuroigia, also, there is a baldness along the course of the affected, nerve. A very curious phenomenon is the falling of the hair in small, isolated, rcund or oval patches, which are apt to be at the back of the head. They are small at first but gradually increase in size away from the centre. Several patches may thus run together and cause a baldness of nearly the entire scalp. This condition occurs in both sexes, and especially in the young. Sometimes there is itching and tenderness in the spot, but iu other cases there is no local symptoms to give warning of the approach of the disease. The cause of this affection is not surely known, but veiy likely it is due to some nervous disturbance. It is comforting to know that, with the exception of the baldness of old age, the loss of hair may be only temporary, and that, with restoration to health and the removal of the particu' lar cause, the hairs will grow again. A general course of tonics, with

j shampooing and proper applications,

will give good results, although it is sometimes months before a perfect cure is established. Youth's Companion. Don't Toss the Baby. The throwing a baby into the air and catching him again is always a risky practice, certain though the tosser may be of his quickness of eye aud sureness of hands. A sudden and unexpected movement of the child in his mid-air flight may result in a cruel fall. A gay young father snatched up his baby boy one morning and tossed him to the ceiling. Twice the little fellow went flying through the air and came down safely into the waiting arms. The third time the excited child gave a spring of delight as his father's hands released him, plunged forward, and pitching over the father's shoulder, fell head downward to the floor. When the poor child came out of the stupor in which he lay for hours, it was found that, although no bones had been broken, the brain had sustained an injury that would in all probability render the child an imbecile. Another baby snatched from the floor and tossed into the cir, received . fatal wound in the top of the head from the pointed ornament of a chandelier. Still another child slipped between her father's hands as he caught at her iu her downward flight, and although his frenzied grasp on the baby's arm saved her from failing to the ground, it wrenched the muscles and sinews so cruelly that the girl's arm was shrunken and practically useless to her all her life. These are extreme cases, but the fact of their occurring at all should be enough to warn one from the habit of relinquishing one's hold on a child when tossing it. Harper's Bazar. A Double Elopement. Farmer Sullen and his wile, of Newport, Ark., were the happy paronts of two beautiful daughters. Recently they refused their permission to the elder, Celia, who was finishing hei studies at Batesville College, to marry her accepted lover. The veto was disregarded and tho happy lovers were married. Soon after the young wif took sick, knowledge of which caused the parents to relent They both sturted to Batesville to bring thedaugh ter and her husband home. Hardly had they left when John Waddley, the other daughter's lover, called to see her. They talked the situation over, and concluded that no? was the accepted time. They packed up, procured a license, were married, and took

the first tiain north to spend their ,

honey-moon and let the parental anger cool. When the parents arri red at

Newport with the other daughter and her husband their feelings can hardly be described when they learned of run- ) away. No. 2. They took it ai calmly as could be expected and went to their

home.

GBEWSOME THINGS AT AUCIIO Souvenirs or Criminal Doings Bring Good Prices Unter the Hammer, ' Probably the most remarkable auction that ever occurred in this city took place recently at the auction rooms ol B. U. Leondri & Co. Owing to the peculiar class of people who were expected, the sale was arranged to take place on a day differing from that on which household goods are sold. Th sequel fully warranted the precaution, as nearly every phase of humanity wa there. The object of the auction was the disposal of as varied a lot of horror inspiring relics as was ever got to gether. They were from a collection made by Frank Erskine in a long career as a detective, and nearly every piece had done bloody duty as a murderer's or suicide's fatal weapon. At 10 A. M. Auctioneer McCann mounted a low tool, and at once riveted the attention of all. "Here is four inches of the rope that hung the notorious border ruffian, 'Gen1 Rafferty. in September, 1881. What do I hear?" The eyes ox' one old, unkempt, and bearded citizen in the comer gloated with delight as he offered $2 for the ghastly piece of hemp. Three dollars quickly came from a veiled woman followed rapidly by $5, $7, $10, $15, before the auctioneer could call for bids. It hesitated there for a time, aud then the first bidder, with a sigh that seemed to break his heart, and fairly trembling with anxiety, crept up and reached for the worthless article, muttering almost fircely, fifteen and?oquarter," and put up the mone vto secure the prize. i Here's a rare and valuable piece," said McCann with a bit of irony. 44 The shovel with which Red McGarry killed

kUCL ILL XUh3U. ! This was an old rattletrap, bound together with a strip of denims that had served as a laborer's pants. It brought more than half a dozen new shovels would, however, and was bought by a speculator, who declared he could sell it for $50. I An old-fashioned, two-barreled pistol, said to have been taken from the Bait. Knobber Wiley Matthews, who escaped : from jail and the gallows, and who wa; seen a month since hiding in the swamps of Arkansas, was the next me- , meiito, and brought a good figure. The infernal machine found on the body of J. Krebs, in the Missouri Pacific shops, Aug. 13, 1888 was next put on the block. It was an innocent looking black bottle of the old style, with long neck, and a small clock on one side. It evoked no bids. I "This is the knife with which Bill Knight murdered P. J. Harvey," explained the auctioneer, as he exposed an old wooden-handled concern with the half blade that Knight had brokeo off by striking a bone in his victim, sticking into the sheath. It was bid in by a speculator also, at a fair price. I But when the knife with which Jerry Pagels cheated the gallows by cutting his throat was presented the excitement became intense. The bidding ran high and $37 was offered. The purchaser, however, rescinded his bargain by forfeiting the earnest money after finding

he had not the funds. Other relics, such as counterfeit moneys, spurious bonds, handcuffs that

had confined noted desperadoes, files &c, with criminally historic values were disposed of. A peculiar specimen was the old tin oyster can in which W. E. Page concealed $1,000.06 of the $8,000 he robbed from the Adams Express Company Dec, 28, 1885, in Golden City, Mo. Page was captured in woman's apparel en route to St. Louis, with $6,802 on his person. The car attaacted little notice, however, SL Louis Globe Democrat One of the Smartest "Come over and get introduced to one

of the smartest girls in Philadelphia said the Colonel the other morning, after we had finished our cigars. " j don't call her a beauty, but she is highly educated and as sharp as a razor." "Detroit, Detroit," she mused as w were introduced. "Oh, ye3, I can place it now. I was wandering whether it was in Quebec or Ontario. I was there once." " Indeed." "Yes, and the people were celebrat ing the Queen's birthday." "I see." They were celebrating it by a snov and ice carnival You are a very patriotic people." "Weil, yes." "I suppose the Johnstown horror has rendered them somewhat apprehensive in Detroit?" "Astowhat, ma'am?" "Why that Lake Michigan might burst out and sweep you all away. "Oh, we don't feel any fear of thai "Don't you, indeed. Ah! yes, but how stupid of me! The Rocky Mountains are between you and the lake, ol course. Are there many wild animals left in Detroit?" "A few grizzly bears and mountain lions." "And the Indians?" "They never approach within a mile of the stockade, and they don't kill over a dozen people a week." "How nice! I must sit down sometime and talk to you a whole half-day." When the Colonel and I had returned to our end of the veranda I looked at him. He had his face turned away. It was all of two minutes before he slowly wheeled arourd and brought hidWst down on his knee with the exclamation: "Well, IU be hanged 1" Detroit Free Press. Nervous and Tender-Hearted "Conductor, what was that?" asked a nervous old lady as the wheels of tho coach made a little more jar than usual "We went over a few frogs just thea, he replied. " Most likely squashed the poor things, too," she said, with a tremor in her voice. Harper's Bazar. A Desirable Tenement. "But why do yon eharge such au enormous rent for a fiat in sush a well, in such a plebeiau neighborhood," "Good gracious, man, there'; a saloon in the basement, and you can get into it n Sunday by going dowq tuo back atairal Boxtaifr Courier.