readied an unusual height and as it floated across the low lying land the oil net fire to every building with which it came in contact. Mechanic street was known as a residence street for the poorer classes, and it was simply swept out of existence. Not a vestige of a dwelling on that street remains standing. This is where the greatest loss of life oc curred. The fire and flood combined were so swift in itH destruction that whole families were swept away before they realized that there was the remotest danger. SCENES AND INCIDENTS. Little Items of All Kinds from the Bains. The Oil City Street Railway lost about 4,000 ties hy the Hood. The headquarters of the Oil t'ily Re lief Association is at 210 Centre street, A large gang of men under charge of Engineer Hyde went to work at 9:110 clearing away the debris. The funeral of the lute John B. Rein bold will be held from the Perry House at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The south abutment to the creek bridge across Seneca street is badly sprung, and it is great wonder the bridge did not go with the flood. The happiest lookin; n among the ruins was a fellow wh leaving his former home with a fiddle-bow in one hand and a pistol in the other. The building of the Oil Well Supply Company, above their shops on Seneca street, has been turned into a hospital by the Oil City Hospital Association. Seventy-live or eighty of the sufferers were taken care of at the First Presby terian Church yesterday and last night. They were furnished food, and cushions were taken out of the seats and beds made for the homeless ones. One of the curiosities of the fire is a little house on Seneca street, next the creek, occupied by John Abrams. It stood between Kramer's store and the creek. Kramer's store was completely wiped out, as were all the houses in the vicinity, but the little house looks as though it never saw a fire. The Oil City Hospital is in charge of two trained nurses and everything is organized on a good system. The fol lowing are the patients: John Roache. AugiiHt Rrnmsel and his three children, Mary, Johnie and August. These are all burned very badly, and will probably rot recover. Lewis Hassenfritz. The Valley Oil Company's property, at Rouseville, was damaged by the Hood yasterday to the extent of about $4,000. The Standrad punio station was also washed away. Three familes at Rouse ville were flooded out. The'new railroad prills -"i;trx.kviie'i8 damaged heavily, one span havmH lear down. John O'Leary, whose life and his mot her's was lost yesterday had been put in the place of Messenger Metz, who was killed at Foster, in the railroad accident but a few days ago. When the flood came he tried to get his mother, who was nearly eighty years of age, out of danger. When he found ho couldn't do it he bravely stayed by her, with the consequence of both losing tbeir lives. Proclamation. To the Citizens of Oil City: The distress from both water and fire is great. The extent of the calamity cannot now be estimated. Substantial aid is being received from many good and benevolent citizens, and from muni cipal and private corporations. This is all needed to take care of the hornless and helpless citizens, who are many. The municipality has sustained great losses, anil none of the contributions will be used for any other purpose than what the donors intended. Our streets must as quickly as possible be cleared of the rubbish and debris on them. In some of it are dead horses and the like, and if not moved soon it will create disease more disastrous than the flood and lire combined, and to do this it will require great outlay. I therefore call upon every citizen who owes either municipal or water taxes to call on the Treasurer of the city and pay the same immediately. W. O. UutiT, Mayor. June 6, 1803. H Proclamation from the Mayor. In the appalling calamity that has be fit! len our city, out of respect for the dead and us a precautionary measure to preserve gixxi order, I, W, G. Hunt, Mayor of Oil City, by the authority vested in me, do hereby order all bars and places where liquors are sold, to lie closed for a eriod of twenty-four (24) hours, from 13 o'clock to-day. W. U. Hunt, Mayor. Oil City, June 6, 1H93. it Proclamation From the Governor. 1'iTTSHUKGH, l'a., June 0. Governor Patlisnii telegraphed Colonel Connelly as follows: Have issued proclamation asking for relief fur the citizens of Northwestern Pennsylvania. The Republican Convention. Minnkai'omh, June (1. The last field day before the convention finds both par ties resolute aud confident. The ar rival of another score of prominent lb-publican leaders this morning showed about the same division of sentiment as to the preference for I larrison and Maine that has prevailed during the past for ty-"ight hours so that neither party can lie haul to have profit ted by the more recent arrivals. The contest between the liluiuc and ILu riKjn forces is as ani mated an ever. R Previous Reports Hot Exaggerated. SI THE GREAT CALAMITY. An awful calamity has befallen our city, the magnitude of which can hard ly be comprehended or realized. The whole city is stunned by the blow and is practically at a standstill. Our people seemed dazed. The city is in mourning. It is thought that when all is known the death list will reach nearly or quite 100. Assistance is being forwarded liefore it is even asked, and the big-hearted donors may rest assured that our people are not unmindful of their great generosity. The blow is a severe due, aud it falls at a most inopportune time. But the city will survive it. We have passed through ordeals before. It liehooves the citizens to exercise great caution and to do all they can to assist in relieving the suffering of the homeless and the sufferers. Behind the clouds is the sun still shining. SHKKIKP KAY'S NARROW KSCAPK. Sheriff L. L. Ray was in town Sunday and had a narrow escape when the ex plosion occurred. He had been doing good work in the morning, in keeping people away from the Centre street bridge, and succeeded in stretching ropes across the ends of the bridges. Just before the explosion he was talking with John Reinbold in the front of the hitter's barn. Mr. Reinbold stepped into the barn. The SherilT turned to hitn as he left and said, "Well, John, you have escaped rather luckily.'" Then he shook bands with him and left The SherilT had juov t. ,,i tle corner of 1'aui building when the big explosion came, This explosion killed two men who were standing at the bridge in front of Paul's. The Sheriff was knocked unconscious. The first thing he realized wis a woman tugging at his arm, crying, "For God's sake, save my children." Hardly know ing what he was doing, he grabbed one ot them and ran around through the ward until he met a couple of men. To one of them he gave the bahy, and then went back to help the mother with the other children. He then sent to Reno for hose to assist in putting out the fire. The Sheriff says it was the closest cull he ever had in his life, and is an experience he does not care to repeat. MYRTLE HAWK DEAD. Myrtle Hawk, aged fifteen years, who with her mother and others was re moved by the rescuing party front the flooded district after the fire, died to day at the residence to which she was taken on the hill, tier death was the result of burns she had received. ACTION OF ODD FELLOW'S. An impromtu meeting of the I. O. O. of Oil City was held in the Lodge room of 589 for the purpose of perfecting ar rangements for taking care of their dead and injured brothers, to be known as the "I. O. O. F. Relief Corps." The com mittee appointed to care for the dead consists of J. II. Fiilmer, I). 8. Davis. T. C. McCoy, II. K. Mohr, T. W. Stew art, J. 8. Shearer, W. H. Uavis. Com mittee to care for the injured K. J. Ross, W. T. K. Smith, J. P. Rhorbacher, Chas. Neidick, G. W. Fry, J. C. Lowe, N. A. Kassman, Jacob Simon, W. H. Aungst, 8. II, Hoskins. F. A. Doddiug lon, D. E. Keller, J. T. Bennett, Geo. K. Rarer aud Otto O Koerlier, Win. Mc Keuna, Win. Kramer, J. D lb-liners, J. K. Ulander, John Farreu, Geo. Foltz. The suggestion was made that the secre tary of each Lodge bring before his indi vidual Ijulge the question of secial relief. AMONK TIIK HKFINKUIKS. The impression seems to prevail that a numlier of the refineries up the creek have been destroyed. Such is not the ease. The l'enn inclining Company has been the principal loser. The company lost ten refined oil tanks, varying in ca pacity from IVm) to 1,000 barrels, each partially filled; al'io one agitator, two steam stills and condcnsers,cooer hIioh, barrel aud filling shoM. The damage is estimated at $10,000. The Independent Itelinery sustained a loss of about ''."i,(M(0 by the destruction of ten refined oil tanks. The other refineries, with the exception of the Valley, sustained ma terial damage. The Valley lost at, INN) barrel tank. N. t'. ZUVKK'S KXl'KUIENI U. N. C. Zuver, a barlier employed iti Kohluiuu'a shop, had an experience he NOUEST will not soon forget, for he was the last man on the Lake Shore track to get into the tunnel, and he reached it by running at a s'K-ed which in all probability he could never attain again. He, like the others before him, ran into the tunnel ahead of the wall of flame, taking with him the awful thought that the great billows of lire came from a torrent of oil which would pour into the tunnel after them. Hut the prospect of even a few minutes more of life was better than to surrender, and the victorious race was run. HKN.1NK CAU8KD THE F1RB. D. E. By Ira, of the Independent Re fining Company, says that a man who lives right by the Keystone Refinery, saw the tank which contained the benzine empty itself. It was a tank with a capocity of about 20,000 barrels, and was pretty nearly full of benzine. Mr. Byles ulso says that there must have been oil mixed with the benzine, as it had a dark appearance when it came down on the water. Benzine has a light appearance, aud gas rises easily from it when exposed to the air. Some of the Independent's men were up at the Con tinental when they first noticed the gas and escaping benzine. The fireman told them to put out their fires, and then ran down to the Independent and gave the same order. THE COKONER'8 INQUEST. The Coroner's jury has had a busy day. Coroner J. M. Suowden swore in his jury this morning, and the work has been severe, The following are the names of the jurymen: C. H. Duncau, Foreman, M. Lowentritt, William Gates, J. H. Payne, ,D. R. Merritt, W. L. Lay. The jury has been obliged to view all of the bodies. The sight mas been a most sickening and horrible one. To night the list of those who have been identified, or partially so, stands as fol lows: WILLIAM. EAKIN. EDWARD EAKIN. BARTHOLEMEW LYONS. KATE LYONS, his wife. WILLIAM LYONS, his son. Six-day-old infant of D. CAPLIN. MRS. FLORA O'LEARY. JOHN O'LEARY. her son. EMMA BR1GGS. MRS. MILLS and two children sup posed to be hers. Uuknown child found in front of Briggs' house. Walter Mcpherson, james burns. Girl, unknown, about twelve years old. H. W. SHAFER. J. L. DORWORTH. HIRAM D. DOUGHERTY. CHARLES MILLER. EDWARD MILLS, and three girls, suj.jaae to he his daughters. JAMES HOLMES, Jamestown, N. Y. E. V. R. PLANK, Carthage, Jefferson County. N. Y. CHARLES BAKER. JAMES W. BRISTOL. DANIEL SULLIVAN. JOHN REINBOLD. MRS. JOHN ROACH, Body supposed to be that of WM, HASSENFRITZ. EDITH FREEMAN. Body of a baby was found on Seneca street at 3:15 p. in. In addition to the Coroner's list EU GENE FRITZ died at 3 o'clock. MISS HAWK died at 2 o'clock. BE CAREFUL OF TflE OAS. Too much care cannot be taken in the turning on and off of the gas in the bouses. Many people who left their homes with such suddenness yesterday left the gas turned on. The supply was afterward shut off but again turned on, and people who have not yet returned should be sure the rooms are free f.'oni gas before they strike a light. J. M. McCarthy with Amos StelTee went up this afternoon to the rooms which his wife and himself had left 'yesterday. The rooms were filled with gas, but the odor of it was detected, the windows and doors were left open and no bad result followed. Let every body remember that the gas has been turned on mid let everybody bo accord ingly careful. This is the chief danger to lie guarded against at present. Let everyliody who has a homo or room left from which they lied yesterday see that the gas is turned off all right and I t the greatest precaution lie taken in turning it olT and on. Let no ono forget this. anotiikk five hundred. Bear Creek Refininu Co. 1 l'lTTsiiuROH, JuneO. J Continental Refining Co.: Draw on us for fit H) for Oil City Re lief Fund. Write how our friends have stood the storm. Bear Creek Refininu Co., B. B. Campbell, President. RECORD OF FAMILIES ON TUB FLATS. The Blizzard reporter this afternoon endeavored to get a list of families who lived on burned flats. The list is as fol lows, beginning at the house occupied by Lowe, which was partly burned, on Seneca street: Mr. Lowe, wife and baby, saved. Geo. Kramer, wife and three children, saved. Mr. Martin, anil three children, saved. L. Fouqiiet and wife, saved. N. Smith, wife and five or six children, saved. J;ts.Wilson and wife, saved. M. Lyons, wife ami child. Lost. John Campbell, w'fe and baby, saved. Ben Wright, wife and three children, ) waved. Another family lived in same house, unknown. D. Sullivan, wife and six children. Mr. Uainer, wife and five children, saved. In tho next, a double house, Mrs. Beaton and two daughters, saved; and Andrew Black, wife and two children. Chris Kramer, grocer, wife and three children, saved. Unoccupied house. Trax& Kramer block, with four fami lies iu large building and one in small addition. Lambert Eisenman. wife and three children, all saved. Family in next house unknown. W. S. Wick, one son lost. Mr. Cuplin, wife nnd three children, all lost. Egan, family unknown. McMullen, family uuknown. Mr. Downs, wife and five children. Two families in double house un known. J. Hassenfritz, wife and five children; two lost and others injured. Mr. Harlow, wife and baby. S. Steck, wife, daughter and son. These were the families on weetside of Seneca street Beginning at the bridge on east side, is the boarding house occu pied hy the two Misses Cuburn, J. Roche, wife and three children, Sam Richardson, wife and three chil dren. Mr. Freeman, wife and three children, little girl lost. W. Briggs, wife and daughter, the lat ter drowned. S" F. Terwilliger, wife and two chil dren. J. T. Hawks, wife, son and daughter, and Wm. Monks, wife and child. Frank Goodrich, wife and three chil dren. F. N. Clark, wife and three children. Ambrose Ileil, wife and four children, Jno. Eisenbeis and wife, and Jas, Graham and wife; all saved. Mr. Mc Ready, wife and five or six children; boarding house, had some boarders. This was the last houso on that side. Next on Standard street, a doublo house, occupied by Dan Fry, wife and three children, and J. W. Baurllinger, wife and five children. Phil. Johnson, wife and daughter, saved. Mr. Benton lived alone. This brings the list to Stevens street. First house unoccupied. Wm. Caldwell and wife, mother and daughter. House with six occupants. Jim Fahey, wife and four children. Jno. O'Leary and mother, lost. Jno. Hart, wifo and son. Mrs. Iiines, widow, hine chidren all saved. Jim Downey, wife and children. Mike Fahey, wifo and four children. W. A. Smith, wife and five children. Mike Martin, wife and five children. Feeuey, wife and four children. This makes a complete list as near as can lie ascertained, of the families burned out on the flat. EARNEST GREETINGS. Everybody in Oil City to-day has felt like grasping each other by the hand and congratulating each other on their being alive. There is hardly a person in the town who, almost without knowing it, has not shaken hands with scores of people and extending such congratu lation. Certainly the people of the city have never before felt so grateful for their existence. A PITTHBURUH STRAW. . Pittsburgh, June 0. A grim earnest of the terrible cuUmity at Oil City was afforded at the Union Depot this morn ing. A car loaded with coffins was sent up over the Allegheny Valley road. There were thirty-eight rough boxes and fifty-five caskets. ON THKSOUiH HIDE. The Residents IUn For Their the Hdl. Lives to The oil columee of emnke that rote from the buruiiu oil and papstd down the tivei pieneuled a P pec lac I e to the couth side that will never be oblitnated from tbeir memory. The first impres sion was that the whole part of iht city, lyinif on the Hits, was ou fire aud thai the flames would soon be coiuDiuuicileil to the adjacent Btieets Rtmideiita on Front, Fust and even Second Btrteie (lathered the r valuable papers and all that they hbld dtur, aud tied to the hills for safely. Women aud childrtm mere iHiitic nith fiignt, buuiu praying, ol hers sinxiu, and bonis raving s if mad. A number of residents didn't stop in their flight until they reached Rich's Hill on the ftttina pike. Two little children started for the Trinity Ku.ulay school, but learning on the war that there wonld be no school, thonght they would go down to the river bunk and watch the flood. Whea the clouds of dark smoke came bursting down the river, they fled to i he bills, mid were not found until late in tbn afternoon. They had climbed over a fence into a field and pulled no a Urge spot of grass, thinking tney wonld pre vent the Hie f om overtaking them. The ten year oht son of James Collins, conductor on the Valley road, was on his wsy to church ou the south aide when the explosion occurred. He bmauie funic stricken and started across the indite, sjiua mau on hotbe back picked him up, placed him in front of him iu the racdlo and toik hi in as far aa Reno. The little fellow walkedhomn from there nnhnrt eivpting for a severe fright. Relief Notes. The gentlemen who wore appointed to (eive on the commutes for the colivctiou of contributions to relieve fire and flood sufferers will meet at the office of N. F. Clark, in the National Transit building at 8 a, m. Monday. N. F. Clark, chairman. MARY WASHINGTON'S TOMS. A Villi to the Grave of the Mother mf the "Vnther of Hti Country." Driven by "do man what knows me' 'bout F'ed'icksbu'g 'n enny odor coach man 'liout clicr (alxmfc hero), if the evl- deneo of brot her back men be of value, we seek tho bnrlnl place of Mary, the mother of Washington. The legend of the unfinished monument Is familiar to us all, as is the history of tho various at tempts to revive lu the hearts of tho American people active Interest in tho work of repairing the wrong dono to motherhood mid to the memory of our greatest chleftalu. Yet we are conscious of a shock when tho carriage draws up within a few feet of the grave. A square construction, seemingly composed of un tnortnred blocks of raarhlo, supports Co rinthian pillars set between buttressed corners. There are twoeolumns upon each of three sides; from tho fourth, one Is missing. A marblo obelisk, blackened by mold and stained by the snows and rains of fifty-nine years, lies upon the ground at the base of the "memorial" (heaven save the mark). The intelligent coachman says his piece: "Marthy, or Mary Wash'n'ton, or what ever dey call er, been burled under Ant ar monerinent. Spme folks say 'twas a mighty han'aome monerruent 'bout a hunil'ed year ago. Oder folks say 'tain' uelxjf been fin ish' no time. Don' look like 'tfcber will be finish' now. Ki-yit When fakg been dads a hund'ed years nobody (rvvjliie ter take do trouble ter put up a tombsybne for 'em." We are wiser than he cfta the last head. The recurring consciousness of this salves the mort ification and ualn induced by the sight of the disgraceyhid the recollection of the abortive enterrises for the removal of the blot from tly national escutcheon. Wo do not add to IUr cicerone's stores of general information our knowledge that the ground on which we stand, and tho five acres Immediately encompassing the grave, are the deeded projierty of tlm Nat ional Mary Washington Memorial hxkcm fi,lon; that collections are steadily if nut rapid? being made by the organization for the' erection of a new and fitting monument; that the faith in ultimato success of the women who hove the movement in charge has never wavered since they Bet their hearts and hoods upon righting Mary Washington in the eyes of a repuhllo that is rather unthinking than ungrateful. Our busy fancies fall to work Instead upon the shadowy outlines of the pile that is to do away with the fact and the memory of tho crumbling fragment before our bodily eyes. Two of us sit upon tho half buried obelisk, a third walks alKiut the . ruin, thrusting a tentative cane into inter stices and shaking a mournful head. The tentacles of wire grass .nre digging out the disintegrated mortar, tufts of sheep mint, bruised by tho intrusivo ferrule, breatho pungeiitly; a rank plant that may develop into "jimsen weed" leans impertinently toward us from tho earth deposited upon the top of tho memorial by the winds of sixty years, save one. Sir Oracle is look ing over the wall into the small burying ground behind tho incomplete tomb as motionless as the marble. The cornerstone of what we see was laid May T, 1838, In the sight of 15,000 people. As President Andrew Jackson de)Hisitcd an engraved plate in the hollowed block, he is reported to have predicted "that the American pilgrim will, in after ages, come up to this high and holy place and lay bis hand upon this sacred column. May he re call the virtues of her who sleeps beneath, and depart with his affections purified and bis piety strengthened, while he Invokes blessings upon the mother of Washing ton. Marion Harlaud in Harper's Bazar. When Labouchere Was In Washington. When Labouchere was aliout twenty three years old he tired of his wanderings, and through his uncle, Lord Taunton, was appointed an attache to the British lega tion at Washington. Some odd stories are told of him there. Tho minister, Mr. (afterward Sir John) Cramp ton's chief object iu life was to escape tho wiles of the unmarried ladies in Washington, who one and all were wont to lay siege to hira. By way of forwarding the interest of the belles of Washington It was a pure delight to young Iihnuchere to drive out to visit the minister, accompanied by as many fair ones as the carriage would hold. These girls would sit and chatter by the hour to gethor, until Crauipton would almost be seech Labouchere to take them away. At last Sir John denied him admittance. There was then nothing left for this pract ical joker to do but to keep up the bombardment with marriageable ladles by gi ving a letter of hit roduction to every lady who expressed a wish to liccouie acquainted with the unhappy bachelor. This practi cal joking had a strange sequel. It was Mr. Labniichere who gave a letter of intro duction one day to Miss Victoria Balfe, tho prima donna and daughter of the com poser of tho "ISohemiau Uirl." The lady went ami saw and conquered. She married the minister and liccainu 1 july Cranipton. The ii ii i mi, however, was not a happy one, and after tho dissolution of her marriage Willi Sir John she wedded the Duke of Frias. lxindon Cor. New York World. Manai-lng- llnltliy. Wife I shall ueed ten dollars today. Husband -Ijood graciousl I gave you tell dnl In r-s yesterday, ten dollars the day before ami ti n dollars the day liefore that. Wife 1 need the ten dollars gr I would not ask it. I wish to get a new dress. Iliishand-Oht Well, you do need an other dress, that's o fact. Here's thu money, fan you get a dress for ten dol lars f Wifo No, hut this ten and tho other three tens make forty. Good by, dear. New York Weekly. 1'oor Willie. Teacher Johnny, take tho sentence, "Ho went home." Is "went" a verb or a uounf Johnny A verb. Teacher Nextl Willie A noun. Teacher Johnny is right. Willie, you may remain after school and say your les son over again. Harper's Bazar. A Cureun Kugir million. In Corea Hi I'Cfl Snirit.il ii ru Biimuianil a enter t he world with every infant, guard ing me ciiini until it grows up. For these mysterious protectors three little bauds are sewn upon the child's waistband, each containing a lock of its hair. Washington Slur. The Latent Addition. Mrs. Dangle Isn't your piano some thing newf 1 supiose you hire it by the month? Mrs. Wangle Oh, yes. The piano mover told me hu hroin)it. it. .lii.... house. New York Herald. How fiyimln Treat Dog. The tent gypsies cut the tail ofT of a dog that comes Into their issession so that he may not turn back into a man in case Ik bus been oiiu and had been changed by Witch into a wolf. Philadelphia Ledger. A Street Muglclnn. Tho following account of an amusing adventure i vouched for by tho highly respectable gontlomau to 'whom the In- . cldent occurred. "I was walking down ono of tho principal streets of San Fran cisco on a windy afternoon, when n sud den gust of wind lifted my high silk hat (for I had been nuiking some virata and was clothed in my boat) and Ront it spin ning down the stroet. Of course I started at onco in pursuit; but before I could roach it my unfortunate tilo was picked up by a gentlemanly looking person who was apparently about to return it to mo with a bow, whon he suddenly ex claimed, 'I bog your pardon, allow mo?" aud he drew out of my hat a cabbago. " 'This Is vnry odd,' ho continued, as tlw half dozon idlers who had been wntching tho proceedings drew near, 'but really, my door sir' drawing out a bunch of carrots 'this must be very uncomfortable extracting half a dozen big beets 'and you cannot surely put such things as those on your head,' and he held up, amid tho laughter of tho crowd, a rabbit, who kicked violontly as he was hold aloft by the ears. Rather annoyed at the publicity of tho enter tainment, I finally succeeded in captur ing my hut, and tho magician, followed by a small crowd, took his way up the street ready to play his tricks upon any other likely subject." New York Trib. Oorwln Iioat Their Totea. Tom Corwin was not only a very elo quent man, but he was the most re nowned wit and humorist of his party, just as the Into Samuel Sullivan Cox was of his party at a later day. Corwin'B sense of humor sometimes got him into difficulty, and on at least one occasion lost him votes. Ho was on a campaign tour, and had stopped for tho night at the honso of a wealthy farmer, whose ifo was as eager to display her book leiruing as her hospitality. These .efforts took tho form of big, un usual worolfl, which sometimes had a lu dicrous Miifopropiuu flavor. She pro pared a most erfcallcnt and elaborate breakfast for tho disrtiiguished orator and bis party, and thon seated herself at the hoad of the tablo to do tho honors. Bho poured out a cup of coffee, and then with a gracious smile, turned to the orator and asked: "Mr. Corwin, do you tako concomit ants in your oofCoe'r" "Thauk yon miulamo," replied Corwin gravely, "I will tako a littlo sugar and cream, but neither suit nor pepiier." Ho didn't got a voto in that family, and scarcely ono in tho precinct, though both family and precinct wore usually Whig. Washington Post. The CrMnt b an Kmbtem. The crescent has been known since time out of memory. In ancient mythol ogy it decorated the foreheads of Diana and of Astarto, tho Syrian Venice. In the days of Homo's greatest glory the ladies wore it as an ornament in their hair. Since tho foundation of Constan tinople (tho ancient Byzantium) it has been the emblem of tho city, and as such adorns Its walls nnd publio buildings, besides being stamped on its coins and postiige. The legend which, account for its universal adoption in Turkey, and Constantinople in particular, is as fol lows: Philip of Macedon laid siege to the city in tho year 8-10 B. C. Ho choso a night of unusual darkness for tho pro posed assault, but was foiled by the moon suddenly breaking from behind a clond. In commemoration of this prov idontial deliverance tho crescent wa adopted as the symbol of the city. The Mohammedan sultans wero slow to as sume this emblem until somo one men tioned that it was tho symbol of increas ing greatness, power changing as rapid ly as the phases of the moon. St. Louia Republic. Important to Illth Men, A rich man holds his wealth simply as a trustee between his Maker and human- J. IT..I 1 ... iiy. uuiess no wants to tecome the slave of his money he must give it free ly until ho feels that there is somo sacri fice in the giving. My observation for n grout many years has led mo to havo n strong opinion on that subject. It is for the good of the man himself that he should look at tho subject from this point of view. I do not believe there is much philanthropy or charity in provid ing that your money shall lie given after death, when yon nro nnablo to hold it. Better givo of your means aa you go along through lifo, leaving of your wealth to others who after yon will, in the exercise of their stewardship, follow tho same course. D. Willis James in New. York Independent. Women'! Luncheons. It is noticeable that at tho luncheon rooms of tho soveral woman's ex changes, ns well as at several of tho res taurants in tho shopping districts, broken orders are possible. This is especially tmo of tho menus of tho exchanges, which are managed by women solely for women. It is a concession to an ac cepted fact tluit women ordering and eating aloiio greatly dislike to pay for a mouthful moro tlum can bo consumed. Ono croquette, a half serving of salad, chocolate without bread these aro some -of the ways a woman adjusts her bill to her appetite. Now York Times. Uow Man nnd Mature Uaes Curbon. Man uses carbon for the same pur poses as nature uses it. Ho employs it as fuel; so does she, but ho iu tho crude form of coal, from which, also, be pro duces for other pui-jKises different useful products artistically applicable as color ing substances, in which art, as ho may one day find out, he is following souiu undiscovered natural design. Long man's Magazine. Nuuies on Toothpicks. Some of the principal hotels and re4 taurants ou tho Continent and iu the United States reqniro their addresses printed ou the quil toothpicks used by their guests, and in Spain aud her colo nies it is customary to havo all kinds of gallant devices or mottoes impressed on theni hy a niichine. Chambers' Journal.
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