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Is tho death penalty "played out," It would seem so, so far as tho stato of New York Is concerned. At any rate the legal battle over tho substitution of elec tricity for tho ropo has reached n stago where a compromise proposal to abolish capital punishment altogether is receiving serious consideration by tho members of the legislature. At present, however, the situation Is per plexing and the only people who view It with complacency ore tho eight men In New York slate now under sentence of death. If Kentniler wins Ills final battle before tho supremo court. It Is asserted that alt theso men messieurs tho assassins, tho French would call them must bo set at liberty under th6 constitutional provision that no man shall twice 1 put In Jeopardy of his life for tho same offense. 1)R. A. P. 60CTIIWICK. This proposition, of courso, is disputed, and probably will not be settled without extended controversy, provided always that Kemmler conies out of the fight victorious. Meanwhile, however, the attempt ta abolish the death penalty Is at least Interesting and worthy of note. Electrocution that is generally accepted At present as tho correct term for execution by electricity has had a rather checkered career, and has yet not become much mora than It was fifteen years ago an Idea. It was in 1875 that Dr. A. V. Bouthwlck, of Buffalo, conceived the plan of substituting the wire for the gallows. He regarded the legal taking of human lifo as a necessary evil, a somber adjunct to the demands of Nineteenth century civilisation. But, he reasoned, if a man has forfeited existence because ot crime, there Is no excuse for sending him to eternity by a barbarous and cruel method. He decided that a properly 'directed electric current would produce Instant and painless dissolution, and satisfy the law's demands without subjecting the criminal to any undue mental or physical agony. Once pos sessed of this belief he began an agita tion that Induced. Governor Hill in 188. soon after his Inauguration, to send the following message to the assembly! 'The present mode of executing crimi nals by Longing has come down to us from the dark ages, and It . may well be ques tioned whether the science of the present day cannot provide n means for taking the Uvea of such as are condemned to die In a less barbarous manner. L. commend tho suggestion to the members ot the legisla ture." As a result ft commission on execution was appointed, composed of Alfred Southwlck, of llufTalo; Elbridge T. Gerrj-, of New York, nud JIatthew Hall, of Al bany. These gentlemen went exhaustively Into tho history of capital punishment. They bought information alike from books and men. They talked with scientists, ex perts and even a hangman.. On Jan. 17, 1888, they submitted their report. They stated that they found five forms of execu tion in vogue. The guillotine wits used by ten governments, the sword by nineteen, the gallows by three, tho musket by two and the ax by one. They saw no merits In any of these instruments of death, and unanimously recommended the adoption of the electric current. With this report as a basis for action the legislature framed and passed tho bill now on the statute books. It received the signature of the governor June 4, 1888, and went luto effect Jan. 1, 1800. It was, as appears from tho above statement, a measure that received life and being chiefly through the exer tions of Dr. Southwlck and Governor Hill. Its provisions ore too well known to need repetition here, but it is well to add that it was created in the interests of humanity and mercy. GOVERNOR DAVID H. HILL. Dut when the brutish Kemmler received sentence under the new law for killing a woman, the method by which he was ad judged to suffer death liegan to bo assailed 'with criticism. Men of whom the assassin never heard took up his cause nud have fought step by step in his behalf, until now tho highest tribunal In the United States la to be called on for a final decision. Hlght here is the paint svhere. a general 'proposition af law may Interfere'wttb the lixllviduul administration of justice. yVhea the new law was enacted the old one was abolished. Thecrimlnalscannotbdhangnl, and the possible dilemma present puzzling phases. Out of It may come, as Indicated before, an entirely pew order of things the aboli tion of capital punishment. Oupld Goes to Court. A queer case Is to be tried toon before a New York judge and jury. Sometime ago Louis Schauer was engaged to Mary Kil mer, a bud of sweet 16. The girl, although young, was more practical than romantic She Induced Bchauer to deposit 1100 to her ortxlit In a savings bank, ''because others had broken their engagements with her, and she thought she ought to have a forfeit In case he also should fall." This roonoy the maiden afterward drew out. Two days later, when her lover visited her, she slam med tho door In his face and her brother Solomon thrust hlui from the house. For some reason Scliauer charges the girl with Eerjury, while on her part she alleges reach of promise. JVor "Vtell Instructed" In french. City Daughter (entertaining Father Hazeed at dinner) Papa, dear, you oughtn't to eat pastry with your knife. If any of my city friends should bo din ing with me they would think you Were riot quite au fait. Papa Hazoed I don't care whether they think Fm off A or ulgh A, or gee haw tmck Aj when I cat pio I'm going to cat it my way, and don't you forget K-CuxtUr. , A BARGAIN BY LETTER. HOW A CONTRACT MAY BE MADE BY CORRESPONDENCE. Conditions of Offer and Accoastautce, When Vach Mssy lie Withdrawn Medium by Whleh Acceptaiiet) Should Ue Sent t lllnd Party Making the Offer. When n contract la made by letter or telegraph the question occurs, at what time or by what act Is tho contract com pleted? The law in this country may bo sum marized thus: If A writes to U propos ing to him a contract, tho proposition remains open until it reaches B and for such time afterwards ns, would give B a reasonable opportunity of accepting the proposition, unless before B accepts A withdraws the offer by a subsequent let ter or by telegraplL Tho offer may be withdrawn by A at any timo before ac ceptance, or may bo withdrawn before tho proposition reaches B. For example, if tho proposition was sent to B by mall, a telegram revoking tho offer which reached B before the letter would pro vent B from holding A by ah accept ance after receipt of tho letter. It U not, however, withdrawn until a notice of withdrawal reaches B. This is the important point Thus if A in' Bos ton writes to B in New Orleans, offering a certain price for a hundred bales of cotton nntl the next day alters his mind and writes to B withdraiving his offer, If the first letter reaches B before the second, although after tho second wa3 written and mailed, B has n right to ac cept tho offer before he gets tho letter withdrawing it, and, by his acceptance, binds A; but if B delays his acceptance until the second letter reaches him the offer is then effectually withdrawn. It may llkowiso bo withdrawn by n telegram which reaches B before he has accepted tho Offer; but if n telegram or letter revoking the offer for any reason falls to reach B his ncceptanco will liind A although made after the timo when in due course tho letter or telegram re voking tho order should havo reached him. The principle underlying this rule of course is that A selects his means of communication, and If it falls him he must of courso bo responsible. It is a tufilcient acceptance on the part of B if he writes to A declaring his ac ceptance and puts his letter into tho post- ofnee, if the offer was by mall; or If he delivers to the telegraph company a mes sage declaring his acceptance, if tho offer reached him by telegraph, and tho nc ceptanco in either case is binding upon A, although the letter or telegram may fail to reach him. The ncceptanco is complete by depositing tho letter in the postofflce or tho message at the telegraph office. But If tho offer be by mall and the answer by telegraph, or vice versa, tho contract is not complete until B's accept ance reaches A. Applying the rule that bo who selects Ins means of communica tion vouches for it, it wonld follow that if tho acceptance sent by telegraph of an offer which came by mall failed to reach A, tho latter would not be bound by tho acceptance. Tho I'otver of Example. At the conclusion of a nuisance- case the judge summed up, enlarging at por tentous length on a definition of the of fense and the various elements that were required in proof of it, until the jury be came thoroughly tired of listening to him. When Tie had concluded he said'. "1 will retire while you are deliberat ing on your verdict, which requires much consideration; but 1 hope you understand the various points I have submitted to you." "Oh, yos, my lord," said the foreman; "wo uro all' agroedi that" wo never' knew before what a nuisance, was until we heard your lordship's snmming p." Solicitor's Journal. Au Uncertain Deaorlptlou. We commend to conveyancers the fol lowing specimen of legal acumen copied from the records in the office of the au ditor of Clarke county, Washington. In a conveyance of land is embodied a bill Of sale of some live stock,-and tho de scription of the two kinds of property Is rather droll. The following is copied verbatim from the records: "Also that certain lot of land on the Columbia bottom, bounded by land owned by Alexander and others. Also a white bull and twelve hogs west of tho meridian line." Green Bag. "Failure" and "Suspension." "Failure" in a business sense means permanent inability to meet one's en gagement. "Suspension" is a temporary inability to pay liabilities as they become due. A failure is always a suspension, but a suspension may not be a failure. In ordinary speech, however, a tempor ary delay in payments by a solvent nnn owing to a financial crisis in tho money market or to some suddon and unex pected embarrassment is called a sus pension. Absolute bankruptcy or In solvency Is called a failure. A Court ltoom Iteverte. Aa uuto the fire the back allele. So the judge la to the trial When foreualo atrUe Is kutdlMi f oaslve; alow to burn; In duty To the front be keeps the flrebranda Keepe the tindery, rlamlnfr lawyers. Hut, of kindred atuff and nature. Well aglow and sympathetic. In their blaze and heat be revels. Nay, not all their heat avoiding, Oft he chars and stews and sputtera. Wishing he were In the hottest) And when poor sticke and when crooked Fitful burn and amudge and sizzle, And obucure and clog the burning With their smoke, to blind the jury And put out the ends of justice; And wheu plaintiff and defendant Are at length consumed to ashes. And the jury In tho embers lUkes, and finds which was the atralghtest Thau the baok stick, tough and Luting-. Always glowing, naver bumlDg, lias another sot of lawyers Put before him, sate thsm going, And another sjaae" la opened; And so burns and sblaee unoaaalog, lutnan Law, thy fateful altar, The Oreen Bag. A Dove Luncheon. A well known society woman has de vcloped a really new idea in the way ol a "dove luncheon," 'It has long been de clared by tho lady's circle of friends thai she closely 'resembles the portraits ot Marie Antoinette, and taking this as suggestion bIiu entertained last week dozen friends at what she called a Louil Seize luncheon. The hostess herself woe dressed in a gown that faithfully copied one ot tho unfortunate queen's, and each ot tho guests had chosen some other fa mous woman of that period of famous women, whom she personated in cos tume and coiffure. Tho adorning of tin table and the servico of the luncheon was made as consonant as possible with the rest of the affair, and tho topic chosen for conversation was the women of tho French revolution. New York Evening Sun. Since the invention of smokeless pow' dor tho French tnilitary authorities arc cosaldqring the expediency of abolishing brilliant colors, bright battens, shining weapons, etc EVADED THE POLICE. Murderer JarStaon Olvta the Authorities Much Trouble. No more sensational murder has been committed for a long time than that In wmcli muter Charles K. Jackson flmired as principal. It occurred late ono night In a saloon on Sixth avenue, New York city, and tho victim was Mamie Murphy, a beau tiful but dlasoluto young woman, who hod severed-her relations with Jackson and de oljnetl to renew them. Upon her refusal ha drew a knife, cut her throat and fled. Be fore those present regained their sensos Jackson was out ot styht and tho girl was dead. By daylight the police forces of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City mors man o.uuu men knew of the crlmo and were looking for the fugitive. But they didn't catch him. When Jackson slammed the door of the sa loon he left no olew for the of cers to follow up. Ther liuiTOfid. In. deed, that he made CIUHLKS E. JACKSON, his way down town and borrowed some money from friendly compositors who at the time had no knowledge of tho murder, but beyond that they could secure no In formation about his movements. Jackson's real name Is Charles E. Bu chanan. While a resident of Toronto lie slashed his wife's throat, but not fatally. Because of this deed he fled from Canada and nMumed an alias. Until recently he wore a mustache, but at present Ills face is smooth. Hero Is the description sent out by the New York police: (.harJes K liuchanau. alias Chariot K. Jackson, a Canadian, aged between 33 and SI years; S feet 7 Inches In height; stout build; dark brown hair; medium complex ion; had smooth fnoo when Inst seen; has very wide nostrils; woro dark coat and vest, striped trousers, reddish scarf, block derby hat; speaks with an English accent; Is a drinking man; associates with fallen wom en. Buchanan is a compositor and gener ally works In newspaper bfllccs. At tho time of his flight ho was a member of Typo graphical Union No. 0 of this city. In 1882 ho was a member or Typographical Union No. 195 of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Ho was also a member of Toronto Typographical Union Ho. ui. A MONUMENT TO REVOLUTION. France llcglunlnfr a Series of Centennial Celebrations. Franco is entering upon the centennial of the gieat events that marked her history during the Inst decade ot the previous cen tury. One of the most notable cominemora tloni thnt has yet taken place occurred the other day at Toulon, when tho president of the republic unvollodn monument In honor of the French revolution. Tho principal figure la that ol republican France, stand- fliWiluililiyusiiCl!Dl'-:'' HIE MONUMENT AT TOULON. lng on the prow of o ship, holding In one hand a tablet hihcrilMxl with the rights of man and of the citizen, and In the other the torch of civilization. At her feet nro two treated figures, one representing force, the other justice. Tho entire design is in memory of the fete of the federation at tho Field of Mars In 1700, and tho combination of monument and fountain Is said to be very effective. Tho Wife of Her Uncle. Mary' Sausonc, of Baltimore, is one of those who look upon marriage as a failure. and she lias therefore begun suit to secure her freedom. She first met her husband, who Is also her uncle, In May, 1867, anil they went to Washington for the purpose of being married. Soon after this her hus band deserted her. The laws of the District of Columbia do not prohibit such mar riages, and the question to bo determined It whether the union, though legitimate where the ceremony occurred, Is valid in .Maryland. Airs. Suusone has one child. Her husband la now In Virginia. A Timely Snnke Story. " The season has now advanced far enough for snake stories to bo In order. One of tho first to gain currency is to the effect that the boys who attend tho Howard pub lic school at Johnsbury, N, J., found a den of serpents the other afternoon. It was a big hole in the ground, partly covered with 11 stone. They poked sticks into It and In ten minutes a large number of snakes came out. With sticks and stones they killed forty-seven black Bnokes, five pilots and fourteen garters. Two of the block snakes wero five feet long. Onlj Women at u Funeral. The women of Milton, Fin., are just at present making It uncomfortable for tho male residents of that town. Mrs. Mary Ann Henderson died tho other day after being bed riddcu for twenty-one years. At tho funeral the only man present was tho preacher, and the corpse was placed In the cofllu and carried to tho hearse by females, who ulso did the necessary work at the cemetery. Considering the criticism they hove Incurred tho men now wish thoy had gone to the funeral In a body. Hecoveretl Her Umbrella. I'aula von der Lippe, of Westphalia, loved and thought she was loved in turn. But her wooer proved faithless and fled to America. I'aula followed him. not to ro claim his fickle fancy, but to muke him re store a much nrlzou umbrella, bhe secured her cherished rain shudder and went back across the stormy ocean to her home. ICqual ly vigorous measures on the part of other umbrella . owners when despoiled would soon eUiiiinato their theft from tho list ot crimes. A Man with a Tong lleurtt. If Mr. Philip Hanson, of Corinth, Miss., lived umong the Turks or Arabs ho would doubtless receive honor and reverence,. Thoy regard a man with a big beard aa worthy of homage, and Mr. Hanson meets tho requirement to the fullest degree, as he Is supposed to have the longest whiskers in the world, He Is ot tiiiiisunl stature, but although nearly six and a hull feet, tall, wheu he is standing erect his beard reaches the ground. This reraakablo growth is but fourteen years old. A German resl dent ot Chicago a few years ago boasted ot his sixty inches of beard, but Hanson goes htm several better, having many threads in his hirsute appendage that measure over seventy inches. Hunting for Treasure. Treasure hunting has as great n fascina tion today as when Jason went searching lor the goiuen neece or men Hocked to (Jul ifornia In the "bravo old times of 'W An expedition will shortly leave Valparaiso, Chill, for Cocoa Isluud, In tho Pacific, ou which it Is believed an enormous amount of treasure Is burled, Two or three times expeditions have gone from Valparaiso on a similar errand, but all proved fruitless, That fulth Is still maintained In tho exist ence of the coin Is shown by tho fact that about tlO,000 has been obtained for this new experiment. The crew receive a cer tainty in the way of small wages, and are to get a share of the treasure II any shall 1st) found. "That Jitusou is onbeevrable." 'There's aomethiiig good about him.1 'What, pray!" "Ho reads toy jokes." Yankee Blade. 'Ws.'- VOL. 25, NO.20. UAaNlIiilNG Ol'T WEST, PUPILO ON THE FARM WHO PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING. ooitgrr Sane ut llugllah dentlemeii Wlitt Cntnu to Ameilcia tn Ix-arn llnw tn Drlsn n IMnw nml n llargnln Winding Up n lintel UUhwaahera. In soiiiu of tho northwestern cities llko St. Paul, Minneapolis and Winnipeg, It is nn every day sight to see a young" Brit isher hind from tho train, with ono cyo glass screwed into his fnco (in order that ho may not see more Uian 110 can com prehend, somo one litis been unkind enough to say), 11 corduroy suit of blouso atM knickerbockers, bright yellow loath- I cr gaiters buttowd up to tho knee, n I foro nntl aft cap, two guns, tnnt ho may shoot nil the- buffalo ho expects to find just outside tho town, a dog and about 600 pounds of baggage. Ho has come to leom farming. Ho Is a gentleman s son, accustomed to comparative luxury and case nil Ills lifo. I Arrangements have been made for him by somo English firm, of whom thero are iv good many In this business, to do "chores" for hi9 board, and to pay 100 down to "learn fanning" that is, to master tho mysteries of harnessing n horse, to milk n cow, to drive n sulky plow, to driro n seeder, to drive a mow er, to drive, a harvester and, possibly, to drive a bargain. As soon as ho lias mas tered the last accomplishment, ho gen erally sees that he hus been duped, leaves his teacher and strikes out for lumself. THEY WANT TO OO HOME. The coarse food of the farmer's table and the rough society of his hired help, who get good wages, while ho gets noth ing, generally disgust him, howovcr, long before he reaches the stago of edu cation last mentioned, nnd tho young man starts for tho nearest town, hoping to find more congenial employment. Ho goes to the hotel, and by tho time ho has discovered that thero is no demand for nuy class of unskilled labor, save on tho farm, ho Is In debt to too landlord, ami in a great many cases brings up in tho hotel kitchen us a waiter or dishwasher, or oven a stable boy. Ono of tho peculiar things about this class of young fellows is the longing all of them have to go home again and their evident inability to gratify that wish, although most of them receive sums of money from their friends, in the old country nt rcgulnr- Intervals. I ho fact seems to be that they nre not wanted nt home. Their parents seem glad, or at least willing, to havo their boys undergo considerable hardship, with dangers to morals and health, rather than to have them meet tho inevitablo evils of Idle ness In England. For the prejudice against any form of trade or business, outside tho professions, is strong thero yet, nnd many nn English gentleman would rather havo his boy washing dishes in America than standing behind a counter in England. Of courso it is not heralded from tho housetops that dear Reginald is washing dishes in America; oh, no, lie is "ranching it in tho west." "I remember tho c.iso of two young lads," said a Dakota lawyer, "fresh from a famous boys' collego in England. What struck ine particularly when first I saw them was their cheerfulness and their boots. "Their boots wero amazing. The boys were short for their nges, 15 and 10, but tho boots would have reachod half way above the knees of tho tidiest man In tho settlement, and wero big in tho feet in proportion. Walking was difficult in thorn. The boys almost seemed to take one step up into the toes first, and then pull tho rest of tho boots along after them nt tho second stride. In answer to questions about the reason for such roominess, they replied that they had been led to believe that tho cold was so intense in the northwest that it was cus tomary for people to wear all the socks they had at the same time. ' 'Boots wo christened the boys, Indis criminately. 'Then thoy produced their shoes from their trunks. Splendid shoes they were, but tho heels were shod with greafplates of iron, and tho soles were full of brass pegs with protruding heads as big as peas. The shoes must havo weighed fivo pounds each. 'Extra hob nailed,' the lads called them, and useful they would be no doubt on the stony, flinty English roads and fields, but ou the soft loamy prnirio lands of the west, whero you could not find ono stone to throw at a bird in a ten aero lot, thoy wero about as retarding to lo comotion ns tho suction boots of those artists' who walk on the ceiling. "Well, they went out to tho 'teacher' who hud secured them and I lost Eight of them for 11 whllo. One day I caino across such a thin, sorry, disgusted little chap, Bitting on the buck steps of a, hotel, that 1 barely recognized lmn ns one of tho rosy, smiling boys I had laughed nt 11 few months before. " 'What's the matter, old man? I said, 'what nro you doing here?' " 'Milking the beds and washing tho dishes,' ho replied sorrowfully. 'I'm "boots" now with 11 vengeance,' ho add ed, with u nickering smile. " "Didn't they treat you well?' I nsked. " 'Oh, they did all thoy c ed to do,' ho answered; 'but it was not what wo expected, you know. I wish I had my hundred pounds back.' " 'Where's your brother, and what's ho doingr " 'Cooking for a lot of English fellows that havo a camp out at tho Forks.' " 'Has ho, too, thrown over his teacher and his "comfortable homo, with plain but Bubstmitial fore," as tho circular said?' I asked. " 'Yes,' Enid tho lad, 'I think ho'd like to go back, though, but tho farmer will not havo him. Wo broke tho contract and left him, nnd I eupposo ho can refine to wnew It Ho has our money safe, do you Beef "1 paw, but what could I do?" New York Tribune. C'burciMl with Itoblilue the Mulls. The jieople of Buffalo, N, Y,, received n dUugiveablo surprise the other day when they learned that William W.Allcn, super intendent ot malls, had been placed under arrest, and that wheu he was token Into custody n number of stolen letters wero found In his pockets. Allen was an old employe ot the office, and prior to the ex- oeure stood mgli n the estimation of thosewhokuew him. He furnish ed ball tn the sum ofH.OUO. His cose will be considered by the next United States grand Jury. For homo time tlio postal nuthori ties have been per plexed and annoy ed by numerous cOmnlalnts of ri lling of the malls william w. allen. ut BtilTiilo. It Is now thought that thoy will bo able to hunt down the other cul prits and restore the office to the general etanuara 01 emcii-ncy. Small Wairea of Rn Some one has figured out the total sum of money btoleii by Ulack llart, a noted western stage robber, durlug his nine years' career on the road. Tho conclusion arrived ut la that tho man's desperate uirthod of making a living netted him less thaulljxn n year. satlss Y . A SINGER'S UNTIMIXY DEATH. Killed In Uelleiav Accident at the Dawn of tier Careec Telegraph Operator fJ, II, Kent sat In the Western Union office at Kansas City tho other morning. Tho instrument before hint ticked off its various messages, dis playing In brief the world's dally history of Joy,' sorrow and labor. His fingers flew over the psges on which he recorded theso bulletins of Information ro Important to tho recipients with trained and unfaltering speed. Ills' attitude was attentive? his face Impassive, He was simply a telegraph operator engaged in the usual transaction of his routine duties. Suddenly, however, his pen dropped and his look changed to one of aitonlshmcnt and horror. This is 4 tho telegram that caused his hand to grow nervelesx and brought tears to his eyost "Myrtle was killed in a rnllway accident at Staunton, Va,, early this morning." Mr. Kent called his chief, told him the news and went homo to convey the sail lnt telllgcnco to his wife. Tho Myrtlo referred to by the dispatch was his sister-Maw. Myrtlo Knox, a beautiful glrrof 17 who, few months ago, resigned her placo ns tele graph operator at the Midland hotel, In Kansas City, to tako n position In Illco'a "Pearl of 1'ekln" Comlo Opera company,' MISS MTnTLE KNOX. The accident by which she lost her life oc curred on the Chcsa;eako and Ohio rail' road. Tho train for Washington was d scendluga heavy grade, wheu the brake rod of the engine fell, nnd the air brake was rendered useless. The cars rushed Into Staunton at n speed of eighty miles nn hour. The sleeper In which was Miss Knox left tho track and was thrown on Its side. It caught. fire, but tho flames were extin guished by citizens. Miss Knox's injuries were so severe that she died a few moments after .being taken from tho ruins. Other members of tho company escaped with life, out received such serious hurts that all dates were canceled and the trouiw dis banded. The lost letter written by Miss Knox was to a girl friend at Kansas City. in It was this terse bit of. advice! "What ever your Inclinations may be, don't go on the stage." A CHAMPION CHIMNEY SWEEP. Ills Name Is Edwards, and lie Has HaA is Toilsome I.lfe. "Champion sween of Enclaud." That title is the solo distinction that Henry Ed wards, now a resident of Kansas City, has obtained as the result of threescore years of toll. When 8 years old he was bound to master to serve an apprenticeship of soven years as a chimney sweep. Ills mother being destitute, nnd his fathox having abandoned them, tho only re source left to se cure tho necessa ries of lite was la bor of tho severest sort. The work demanded of the sweeps fifty years ago waslncredlbly . cruel in Its details. The poor lads were sent up chimneys, Iten without lothlng, and iiesbt edwahds. would Invariably cmorgoblaokened,brulscd and bleeding. Life was cheap, though. and small account was made of the deaths frequently resulting from tho nrduous toll. Iviter times, however, havo substituted machinery for the tender bodies ot children in tho exploration of choked up flues, and that Edwards and his sons nre sweeps to day by no means implies that they visit on their apprentices tho outraged to which they were subjected In tho past. Despite his 70 years and the hardships of his youth, juiwarus is stileauale and hearty man, THE CHIMNEY SWEEP'S HOME. who delights to recall his experiences and rejoices In tho fact that the generation now growing tp Is not required to face tho per ns iliac maue his own childhood any but a happy one. A Plucky Chinaman's Offer. It has never been stlDulatcd in tho con ditions of so called "civilized duels" that tlio survivor of tho combat should care for tho family of tho slain, and It has remained lorn Uelestlal to suggest this Important and reasonable proviso. His name Is Chu iong, nnd he lives ut Bridgeport. Conn. The other day he was refused, membership in the Itosodale Fishing club, and heard one of the black bailers refer to him as a "heathen Cliinco." Thereunonhohledhlm to his laundry and penned tho following letter; President McCann, Rosalule Fishing club: You iusult me colliiur Chu Fong Haythcn Chi net). Me no haythen, me CliUstlan. Mo want to light lute num. Me meet you on ltosedalu dock some night. Vou get gun, me get gun. You say 6 May, me say all light. Me kill you, marry idow anu take core chimten when you die. Me mean Dusincs. . tiro roKO, Ciistlan. The Cunadlun lien Doing lfer Duty. During 1889, according to tho official sta tistics, Canada exported U ,000,000 dozen of eggs, valued at 13,160,000. Over theso fig ures ono of the Dominion papers grows, enthusiastic nnd declares: "Canada should abolish tho beaver as tho notional emblem and put the hen in his place. The beaver Is supposed to be the emblem ot Industry, but he cannot compare with the modest and painstaking hen. Tho peoplo of Can ada should bo proud of their Shanghais) and Brahomapootros, ond Instead of erect lng statues to deceased politicians they should put up a monument to perpetuate the virtues of the Canadian hen. Sho Is a credit to her species." WEALTHY BUT WEARY. Iraesplalneil Suicide of a ltich Old Negro at Detroit. The other night whllo temporarily de ranged William Ijunbert, tho richest col ored man in Michigan, committed suicide at bis Detroit home.' It was a tragic close to a long and eventful life. Before the war Lambert acted as ono of the conductors on the underground railway and helped many slaves to reach Cunadlan soil. He met John Brown at Detroit In lbM mid ulded him to plan tho nttockon Harper's Ferry. At the conference then held ono ot the men present advocated the blowing up of public buildings and churches, but this was warmly opposed by Brown WILLIAM LAMBERT, and Lambert. Tho latter acted for n timo as treasurer of tho lxuiguo of LUierty, anil during tho later years ot his life took a prominent part In tho doings of tho colored Masons and Odd Fellows. Tlio old negro's suicide was utiexiectcd and caused general astonishment among hlsfrlends nnd relations. Tho tjventug of the'trugedy he returned homo from church with his wife. Mrs. Iimbert retired, her husband remarking that he would soon follow. Instead ho went to the woodshed and hanged himself. When found, at -1 in the morning, life hail been extinct foromo time. Lamliert was 7!3 years old and left nn itato valued nt 100,000, which .goes to tho widow and two aons. The Hood Ituuugli Way. Thero uro no loss than ISO patent wash ing machines in the market, and j ut not one of them has succeeded in holding its own against the old fiudilniied and good ouougli way invented by Uvo in tho gar den of Eden. It's hard on tho knuckles, bntitnover leaves tlio clothes m naked. Detroit Free) Pun. - Wiri - - ,a' - ,'sss - - '" 'W''SbIW1s?BK F-'l f 1
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