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.