The diocese of the Bishop of Mash
onlaud in South Africa is sir times as
large as the whole of Great Britain
and Ireland.
Within a year or two there will be
some half a dozen Arctic explorers in
the field—Peary, Jackson, Nansen,
Wellman, Sverdrup and perhaps An
dree, if he be yet alive. The pole
may as well come in and surrender
and save all this trouble.
It has been found by careful obser
vation that in the New York tenement
district the American family lives the
poorest and at the greatest cost. On
the contrary, the Italian lives in the
most wholesome manner at the least
expense, while the French follow
closely upon the Italian. The Ger
man is economical, but the cooking is
not as dainty and palatable.
What compensations France may
ask of Germany in China the latter
will have to pay. Before the trouble
is over China will heartily wish that
she had let Japan have the Liaotong
peninsula rather than run into debt
to Russia, Germany and France for
tbe means of turning her out. The
diplomatic triumph over which Li
Hung Chang prided himself seems
merely to have armed China's western
enemies with the means of dismem
bering her empire.
London has discovered an evil at
tached to the motor cab. In case of
the ordinary horse and hansom, an in
toxicated cabman is unpleasant to his
fare, but he can be deposed from his
seat and the horse, which is never
drunk, will go just as well with
another driver. But with the motor
cab it may bo more difficult to deal
when the engine driver is discovered
to be incapable. The other night in
Gray's Inn road the man at the wheel
was noticed by the police to be guid
ing his cab in a very erratic fashion,
and he was stopped and taken off the
box. A constable volunteered to
carry out the contract; but he collided
with the curb and gave up the job,
leaving the motor-cab standing in the
road.
In the future we may be exporting
masut instead of exporting coal, says
the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Masut is a
by-product in the distillation of raw
petroleum. It is also manufactured
from a cheap brown coal found in
Saxony. There has been, until re
cently, great trouble in finding a fur
nace suitable for burning it. It is
now blown by steam into a special
furnace, on the principle of the Luci
gen light, and used without difficulty.
It is forty or fifty per cent, cheaper
than coal,and is twenty per cent, bet
ter than coal as a heat raiser. Steam
can he got up quicker and kept at a
higher pressure, and more work can
be done by the machinery. From a
naval point of view these are vitally
important facts. No sign of a ship
under full sail will be shown in the
3ky, for masut is a smokeless fuel.
The Atlanta Constitution says:—
"Although nothing may ever come of
the Nicaragua canal project, there is
still ground for hope that tlio two
oceans may yet be connected by means
of the Panama canal. Some time ago
it was announced that a wealthy Brit
ish syndicate had purchased the canal
franchise, and that work thereon
would be commenced without delay;
but since the announcement lacks con
firmation, there is probably nothing
in it. Our consular agent writing
from Panama states that the canal can
easily be completed within the next
ten years if sufficient men are em
ployed. Up to the present time this
monstrous undertaking lias cost in
round numbers not less than $275,-
300,000. Everyone is familiar with
the long story of fraud and disaster
which underlies this enormous ex
penditure. Suffice it to say that the
French government, though eagerly
embracing the project at the start,
would be ready to part with the fran
chise on a moment's notice. In order
to finish the canal it is estimated that
some $200,000,000 must yet be e.-
pended, and Prance is not able to
shoulder the burden. Up to the pres
ent time the canal extends only four
teen miles. When completed it will
measure a distance of fifty-four miles,
from Colon on the Atlantic ocean to
Panama on the Pacific ocean. The
width of the canal will be 160 feet at
the top and 72 feet at the bottom. In
certain quarters it is urged that the
United States should step in at this
point and undertake to finish this
caual; but without discussing the
feasibitity of this proposition it may
be observed that the completion of
the Panama canal either by national
or individual agencies is one of the
probabilities of the near future."
England exultingly declares that
she holds "the key to tbe East," but
whether she will use it to lock herself
in or Germany out remains to be seen.
Juggernaut's car cannot pass through
the streets of Colombo owing to the
interference of overhead telegraph
wires. Petitions have been sent to
the governor by the Ceylonese, as
twenty-live people wish to throw them
selves under the idol's car.
A from Portland, Oregon,
states that -within the next few monthE
a raft containing 5,000,000 feet ol
lumber will be constructed and towed
to San Francisco by the firm of Inman
& Poulson, owners of a large timber
interest. The raft will be 396 feet
long and 53 feet wide. Several rafts
of piling have been towed from the
Columbia river to Sau Francisco, but
the rafting of sawed lumber is a new
undertaking.
The German emperor ascribes his
good health and vigor to the excellent
advice given to him by 'his favorite
doctor, and he has learned by heart
the latter's "rule of life," which is
as follows: Eat fruit for breakfast.
Eat fruit for lunch. Avoid pastry and
hot cakes. Take potatoes only once
a day. Do not take tea or coffee.
Walk four miles every day, wet or
fine. Take a bath every day. Wash
the face every night in warm water.
Sleep eight hours every night.
-
The year 1897 was more than usu
ally free from great calamities. The
most notable single disaster was the
burning of a great charity bazar in
Paris May 5, in which 150 persons,in
cluding the Duchess D'Alencon, lost
their lives. November 19 a fire in the
central part of London destroyed
property valued at $10,000,000. It
was rumored that this great conflagra
tion was of incendiary origin. The
bubonic plague again broke out in
southern India, and, according to
some reports, caused the death of
thousands of the unfortunate natives.
While the past year presents to
retrospection no single event of over
shadowing importance, it is in ti.o
sum of its events so full of signifi
cance that historians, reviewing it
hereafter, may conclude that since
the Franco-Prussian war and the fed
eration of Ciermany no other year has
been more remarkable or more worthy
of attentive study, observes Harper's
Weekly. A year of movements and
economic climaxes rather than of
startling events, it thursts on the
world's attention, as the two greatest
facts of the time, the growiug politi
cal importance of Germany and the
already transcendent commercial im
portance of the Uniteil States.
There is grave reason to doubt
whether the internal dissent and dis
satisfaction in the German empire is
entirely or chiefly political. It is
rather to be found in the increasing
poverty of large numbers of the peo
ple. Statistics taken from the tax re
turns of Prussia reveal an appalling
condition of poverty in many sections.
Although the limit of taxation is
drawn at the low income of $225, but
8.40 per cent, of the population of the
kingdom pay an income tax. That is
more thau ninety-one out of every
hundred must make ends meet in
some way on less than $225 a year.
There is only one person out of every
550 of population who has an income
of $2400 a year.
A pair of Irish wolf-hounds, im
ported recently, will receive syste
matic training on a treadmill and in
other ways in Louisville, and in the
spring will be furnished an oppor
tunity to show their ability in killing
the American wolf. The outcome of
the experiment is said to be eagerly
awaited by the cattlemen in the far
West, who suffer much loss through
depredations of wolves. Russian wolf
hounds and American deer-hounds
have been tried in vain. One of the
groat difficulties in the way of killing
the American wolf is the peculiar
thickness of the animal's neck and the
large qua •t.ty of matted hair thereon.
This renders it almost impossible for
« dog to choke a wolf, and in a battle
with dogs the wolf's pheuominally
sharp teeth uoiially cut the dog to
pieces. Then, they have such a phe
nomenal spring that they can fre
quently jump a distance of ten oi
fifteen feet and land on the dog's back,
tearing their opponent's head and
face with their fangs. Owing to these
facts, Kentucky dog-fanciers do not
generally believe that there is a breed
of dogs in existence capable of extermi
nating the American wolf, or to even
interrupthiin in his marauding expedi
tious on the great cattle plains of the
West
THE HUSKER.
He breaks tlie leav»_ To th« crow with an eye intent
Of the tall corn sheave# On kernels of eight-rowed-yellow,
Deled crisp in the autumn rime On ears of crlmpled dent,
While he answers the hail The mournful corn stook bows its head
' Of the piping (juail With murmuring sighs of woe;
And the blackbird's resounding chime; ~ O'er heaps of yellow and gleams of rod,
And singing, the careless fellow. The whispering south winds blow.
Till the morning hours aro spent,
He jingles the eight-rowed-yellow The red sun dies
In heaps with creamy dent, In the western skies,
The faded corn stook bows its head Wide rises the hunter's moon.
And leans from its zigzag row ; Through the lucid light
From brown husk glimmers the smutnosered Of the silent night
And dent with its golden glow. Rings the chirr of the sly raccoon.
A whistle calls clear and mellow,
The long day through, And the tall hound finds the scent.
From a mist of blue Unheeded the eight-rowed-yellow,
Faint smiles of the sky flash down ; The red smutnose and dent.
From the sun unrolled The lonely corn stook bows its head,
Snarly a thread of gold While shadows its tassels throw
In those tangles of curling brown. On silver dent and the smutnose red
He's calling a noisy "Hello !" Go wavering to and fro.
—Elsie R. Egan.
\Woman's Little Game.
1 BY CHAnLFR B. LEWIS.
I wish you to understand from the
very outset of this story that I am an
old bachelor. I can say without
egotism that I could have placed the
yoke of matrimony over my neck a
score of times between the ages of 20
and 40, but I did not elect to do so.
It seemed a great deal better to keep
my liberty and to fall iu love with a
new face about once a month. A
bachelor can do this, you know, while
a married man is bound by certain
t'e-i not easily broken.
Up to the time I was appointed
warden of the Keswick prison I had
been in love yist 42 times. This was
an averaga of twice a year, which I
think is doing very well for a modest,
retiring man, who was baldheaded at
the age of 22 and yet not too much
for a man with a natural leaning tow
ard the fair sex. I was appointed
warden, uot because of any peculiar
fitness, but as a political reward for
assisting to elect a certain candidate
for governor. I think best to admit
this, lest you find it out from other
sources. I held the place for a year
and a half, and the files of the news
papers prove that I was a "soft
mark."
The Keswick prison was for both
sexes, and when I took charge it con
tained 380 male and 90 female con
victs. I felt sorry for the females
even before the keys had been turned
over to me, and they soon discovered
that I was ready to listen to their sto
ries and to do my best to ameliorate
their condition. In the course of a
month I was pretty well satisfied that
at. least 80 out of 90 were entirely in
nocent of the crimes charged and that
the other ten ought to have new trials
at least. Fifteen of the women were
in for murder—cold-blooded murder
the courts said—but when they had
told me nil about it I could see where
witnesses had perjured themselves an I
jurors had shown their thirst for re
venge. I tried to make things very
ea-iy for the female contingent, ac
tuated solely by a natural courtesy
toward the sex, and I think the news
papers that criticised me so severely
should have been sued for slander.
In eight mouths the governor, more
to oblige me than for any other reason,
pardoned 20 of the females and among
them were five under sentence for
murder. I should have recommended
him to pardon at least 20 more before
the year was out if the opposition
hadn't got after us and made things
hot. There was an investigation, a
great deal of talk, aud as a result I
had to repress my natural gallantry
aud wait for things to cool down. It
was during this period of waiting that
the vaults of the state treasury were
robbed of $320,000 in cold cash. The
trick was done by one man and in the
neatest manner. He drove up to the
building at high noon iu a carriage
and entered the treasurer's office. The
money had just been bundled up togo
to the bank, and these packages were
lying on a table with two clerks to
guard thorn. The robber gave one
clerk a clip over the head, bound and
gagged the other, aud the | ackages
were carried out and dumped into the
carriage in the nerviest sort of a way.
He had 20 minutes start of pur
suit, and though overhauled after a
hot chase of an hour, every dollar of
the money had disappeared. As he
had not thrown it away during his
flight, the idea was that he had either
stopped at some house in town for a
moment or met another carriage, ac
cording to arrangement. The problem
seemed easy of solution, but though
it was worked upon for weeks by many
detectives nothing was discovered.
The captured robber was a young ]
and good looking man who gave his
name as Charles Day. He refused
any information as to his home or ] eo
ple and insisted on pleading guilty
when arraigned for the robbery.
There was a great sensation over the
loss of the money, as the state was
heavily in debt with a big n erfßt to
pay, and the party in power, from gov
ernor down to janitor, got a daily rak
ing for many long weeks. It was even
charged that a certain.clique of us put
up the robbery aud and were to whack
up with the robber. This was a bold
faced scandal, of course, but it mate
rially dimmed our prestige and almost
caused me to doubt the inuo;'ei cj of
a fresh lot of female convicts seut in
for various crimes against the law.
They made quick work of sending
Charles Day to prison for 20 years,
and, owing to the personal attacks of
the opposition,l was rathir prejudiced
against him, as he came under my
charge. His daily demeanor and
daily conduct were, however, beyond
any fault-finding. Reports from my
deputy proved bim a model prisoner.
The hunt for the money did not cease
when the prison door shut him in. At
least ten detectives were constantly at
work to discover where and how it
had been transliippei . nd the state
was ready to pay sso,u .j to the lucky
man. Every day or two sor.'e of these
detectives wanted an interview with
the prisoner, and,while their requests
were generally granted, the deputy
warden was always present. Nothing
of moment was gained from Day, and
I had about become tired of the busi
ness when a new face appeared.
One day as I sat in my office read
ing an abusive article in an opposition
paper and half inclined to tender my
resignation before sundown, a lady
was admitted. I was not over 15 sec
onds in making up my mind that she
was the handsomest woman I ever
saw. She was abaut 23 years of age,
a natural blonde, and her eyes were
melting and her cheeks like peaches.
I will honestly admit that I was
"gone" on her even before she handed
me the card which gave her name as
Jeanne Lancaster. She was from Chi
cago and had called to inquire about
(Charles Day. She had scarcely men
tioned his name when she began to
weep. If you have ever been an old
bachelor you will understand how
quick the heart of such a man melts
under the tears of a good looking
young woman. I begau to speak
soothing words, of course, and pres
ently she grew confidential and made a
confession. She was an heiress,while
Day was but a poor youug man. They
met—they loved—they became en
gaged. She would have wedded him
iu his poverty, but he wouldn't have
it that way. He went out to make
his fortunebefnro claiming her,and the
first good thing he struck was the state
treasury. Miss Lancaster had read
all about it and had been almost brok
en-hearted. While she had put Day
out of her heart as being unworthy of
her, she yet felt like having a few last
farewell words with him.
By the time the pretty little woman
was through talking and smiling and
ciying, I was ready to put a brotherly
arm around her and speak words of
cousolation. Indeed, when I discov
ered that her engagement was "off,"
1 came very near offering her my
heart and hand as a substitute. Noth
ing restrained me but the fear that I
had not known her long enough to in
spire the proper trust and confidence
which a good girl should have. lat
once granted her the privilege of a
private interview with Day. That is,
she was aIU wad to enter his cell, the
door of which was left open, and con
verse with him while a guard waited
within call. The interview lasted half
an hour, and there was much weeping
and promising and protesting. The
young man didn't want to be thrown
down just because he had stolen &520,-
000 and been sentenced to 20 years in
prison. The girl was obdurate, how
ever, though it broke her heart over
again to tell him that he need no
longer hope. When she came out,her
handkerchief to her eyes and a sob in
her throat, she sat down in the office
to collect herself and then said:
"I want Charles to restore that
money and have been pleading with
him to do so. If I can have one or
two more interviews with him I think
1 can accomplish my object."
I jumped a foot high and told her
she could interview him every day for
a month. He knew where the money
was, of course, and if it was restored
through any effort of mine the tax
payers of the state would carry me
around on their shoulders as a reward.
Not only that, but the oftener Miss
Lancaster came the oftener I should
see her and the deeper I should be in
love. She came next day at the same
hour, held another tearful interview,
and when it was over she said to me:
"Charles has almost made up his
mind to confess, but still hesitates. He
has a sister of whom he is very fond,
and if you don't mind her I will briug
her into help mo plead with him."
I didn't mind, of course. If ho had
four or five favorite sisters I should
have been glad to have them all into
coax the secret out of the rascal. Day
appeared to be very much broken
down, aud after Miss Lancaster had
left the prison he sent for me to ask
if the governor would pardon him on
his giving up the money. I had to
reply that it might be four or five
years before he could look for his lib
erty, but it would surely come before
he had served out more than a third
of his sentence. He seemed quite
elated over this, and when I pressed
him to tell me where the boodle was
hidden he opened his mouth as if to
do so. On second thought he shook
his head and replied:
"If I tell anybody it will be Miss
Lancaster and my sister. I had deter
mined to die first, but I am beginning
to see things a little differently."
I left him with the impression that
the two girls would soon have the se
cret. When Miss Lancaster appeared
next day Miss Day was with her.
Miss Day was very coy aud retiring.
She neither shook hands with me not
replied to my salutation and turned
her back as soon as possible. At the
same time,as I remembered later, Miss
Lancaster not only dallied with mv
band, but pressed it and was very ef
fusive in her speech. Sbe said she
would have something special to tell
me when she returned from the inter
view, and she looked at me so archly
that I jumped at the conclusion she
was going to confess a first sight love
for me.
The interview did not last over 15
minutes, and it took place just as dusk
■was drawing on. When the two ladies
returned to the dot>r Miss Lancaster
came over to me and whispered:
"He has promised to confess all to
morrow, and every dollar will be re
stored. lam glad, not only on bis
account and mine, but for your dear
sake. I know you to be a noble mail,
you would not think it unmaid
enly in me I—I—"
I took her hand in fhine and gave
it several squeezes and assured her
that nothing she could possibly an
nounce or confess in the English lan
guage would be considered by me un
worthy of her. She pressed my hand
in return and was going to confess
her love, but the telephone bell rang
and put her out. She just whispered
in my ear that I was an old darling
and then laughed and joined Miss
Day at the door, and I myself pulled
the lever which swung back the hinges I
that let them out. Need I tell you
that I walked around on air for the
next quarter of an hour? I had won
that little girl's love at first sight, and
when she came on the morrow I should
ask her to name the day and the date.
She had said she was an heiress. I
was loving her for herself alone. I
was still loving when the deputy war
den came rushing in and called out:
"Those girls—havo they gone?"
. "Certainly—long ago."
"Then we are in for it. Come out
here, will you?"
He led the way to the west -wing
and upstairs to the second tier of
cells. When we reached the one oc
cupied by Charles Day we found a
woman in his bed and his convict suit
lying on the floor. It didn't take five
minutes to grasp the situation. Miss
Day had given up her apparel to the
convict, and he had walked out with
Miss Lancaster. Miss Day was a
Miss Somebody elsa, who had been
paid §IOOO to do the trick, and Miss
Lancaster was the pal of one of the
boldest robl>ers in America.
We raised an alarm and made pur
suit, of course, but the fugitives got
away as slick as grease and are prob
ably yet living on the boodle stolen
from the state. As for the girl left
behind she was sent to prison for a
couple of years, but after six months
was pardoned out. As for me, my
resignation was demanded in no gentle
tones, and I tendered it and got away
into the woods and kicked myself
around a section of government land
for a week without stopping to rest.
—Atlanta Constitution.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Red hats were first worn by cardi
nals iu the year 1245.
In Ptolemy's time any one who
killed a cat was put to death.
The magnetic clock was invented by
Dr. Locke of Cincinnati in 1817-48.
Tobacco is said to have been first
brought into England from Virginia in
1583.
The poet Bnrns spelled his name
Burness (his family name) until the
publication of his poems iu 1780.
A naturalist of eminence finds that
land birds make their journeys in the
daytime and water birds at night.
The largest printing office in the
world is in Washington, 1). C. ; it is
for printing government documents.
The fastest railroad engine in the
world is "the Flying Welshman its
fa ne has extended round the globe.
Lake Erie is the lake of the "wild
cat," the name given to a fierce tribe
of Indians exterminated by the Iro
quois.
A woman in Hope, Knox county,
Maine, still wears a common wire liair
]in which she has worn for forty
years.
The largest telegraph office in the
world is in the general postoffice build
ing, London, over 3000 operators
being employed.
It costs $5.74 per million gallons to
pump water to Chestnut Hill reservoir,
Boston. The engines pump 8938 on
ono pound of coal.
The largest hotel in the world is
the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York city,
a $10,000,000 establishment,built by
millionaires for millionaires.
The Sudbury river aqueduct in 350
days has delivered 14,857,300,000 gal
lons to Chestnut Hill reservoir, and
35,500,000 to Lake Cocliituate.
If an Egyptian dies before noon the
funeral must take place the same day.
If death occurs after noon, the funeral
may not be delayed after the next day.
In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was
probably not far from 30,000.
A resolution appropriating §5 to
purchase a copy of the Bible was le
cently introduced in the Georgia leg
islature, it having been discovered that
there was no copy of the b«ok in the
state library.
Five is the sacred number of the
Chinese, who have five p'anets (Mars,
Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter) ;
five cardinal points (north, south,east,
west and centre;) five virtues, five
tastes, five musical tones, hve ranks
of nobility and five oolow (white,black,
red, greeu and yellow.)
A few months ago a picture was dis
covered at Copenhagen which experts
believed to be a Murillo. The direc
tor of the Paris Louvre, after examin
ing the picture thoroughly, pronounced
it to be genuine. The owner wants
SIOO,OOO for it. It represents Loyola
kneelinar before the Vircrin and Child
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN,
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
Yon Can Rise—What America's Create*!
Kducalor Salil—l)r. Horace Mann on
the ltnvages of Drink In Our College!
—TrueJWords Spoken Forty Years Ago.
You oan rise with God's assistance,
You can leave the past behind;
Every time you make resistance
Stronger grow your heart and mind.
Firmly stand against temptation,
i)o not leave your soul to sink;
ion can rl9e from degradation,
You can free yourself from drink.
—Sacred Heart Review.
Horace Mnnn on Drink's Ravages.
"Intemperance carries ruin everywhere.
It reduces the fertile farm to barrenness.
It suspends industry in the shop of the
mechanic. It banishes skill from the cun
ning hand of the artisan and artist. II
dashes to pieces the locomotive of the en
gineer. It sinks the ship of tho mariner.'
It spreads sudden night over the solar
splendors of genius at its full-orbed,
meridian glory. Bat nowhere is It so ruin
ous, so direful, so eliminating and expul
sive of good, so expletive and redundant
of all evil, as in the school and the college,
as upon the person and character of the
student himself. Creator of evil, destroyer
of good! amongyouth.lt Investsits votaries
with the fulness of both prerogatives, and
sends them out on the career of life to suf
fer whore they should have rejoiced to
curse where they should have blest."
"We are in a sick world, for whose
maladies the knowledge of truth and obedi
ence to it are the only healing. Oh! if the
literary institutions of our land would
sanctify their ambition, and instead of an
earthly rivalry to send forth groat men,
would provoke each other to tho holy
work of rearing good men, then would
thoy be doubly rewarded, both by great
ness and goodness such as they have never
yet imagined. Referring to the compara
tive worth of scholarship aud morals,'
Montaigne says, 'Wo know how to deelino
virtue,but we know not how to love it.'"
"Surely, it is the most appalling fact In
all our annals, and it ought to make every
parental heart palpitate with alarm, that
the college, where the youth of our coun
try must bo sent for tho higher culture of
tho mind, should ever expose them to a
depravation of the heart. And yet it is on
opinion not uncommon, nor—would to God
I could say—wholly unfounded, that as
young criminals learn now lessons In crime
when sent to our public prisons, so young
men lose purity of character and contract
habits of vice when sent to college."
"Some of the mo3t awful and heaven-de
fying vices that destroy the poace of so
ciety and turn all the sweets of life into
bitterness are only college vices full-grown
—tho public manhood of the academic
childhood of guilt.
"On its colleges, far moro than on its
Legislatures, does the well-being of a coun
try depend—on its education moro than on
Its legislation."—Works of Horace Mann.
TTse of Alcohol by TCmployes.
At the international congress of railroad
and marine hygiene, held in Brussels last
September, there was a discussion on the
question whether the use of alcoholic
drinks should be permitted to railroad em
ployes and sailors. I)r. Van Collie, of
Brussels, inado an address in which ho
answered the question negatively; ilrst,
becuuso euch drinks cro useless; second,
because they aro dangerous to the health
and lives of the men. as well as to safety la
operation. Ho would have their use limited l
and so far as possible suppressed. To this
end he would have the men instructed asi
to the dangers, and have severe rules
against the misuse of liquor. Delegates
from Buda-Pesth. London and Berlin
doubted whether it would be possible to
carry out a prohibitory regulation. Tho
congress agreed in a resolution recomr
mending the managements to limit the us<l
of alcohol by employes so far as possible;
to warn tho men of its dangers, punish;
tho*o who got drunk and to rid tho service
of them. As there are scarcely any total'
abstainers among continental railroad
men, this is a moro decided step thun it
would seem here.
A Vlvl<l Temperance Lesson.
Robert Quail, of Van Horne street, Jer
sey City, while intoxicated wont into tho
house of Mrs. Margaret Martha, at No. 5 of
the same street, and beat and threw;
Michael Lynch, a boarder, down stairs.
Lynch died of iiis injuries and Quail was
held for the Grand Jury on thechrrgeof
manslaughter. Quail had been out of
work and spent yesterday afternoon at tho
! home of bis brother. He was intoxicated
when he reuched Van Horne street on his
way home. The house in which Quail
lived is exactly like that of Mrs. Martha,
and he entered that. Quail entered the
I room which is in tho same relative position
; as tho one occupied by Quail in his own
home. Lynch was seventy-ilvo years old,
i and without any warning was attacked by
Quail and thrown down the stairs. Ho died
! on his way to the hospital.
Verily, the World Moves.
' In the year 1840, a gentlemnn named Mr.
Robert Warner applied to a well-known in
' surance company In England to Insure his
! life. But when the directors learned that
he was a total abstainer, they informed
1 him that thoy would only insure him on
! condition that ho paid more money eaoli
vear than those who took intoxicating;
! liquors. They believed, because he was art
I abstainer, he would shorten his life!
; Mr Warner refused, and with some other
friends started an insurance company for
total abstainers. That company is now
1 known as "Tho United Kingdom lemper-
I anco aud General Trovident Institution."
At the end of live years it was found that
1 dtii-ii'K that period tho death rate of the
three most prosperous insurance companies
! was 19 per 100. while tho Temperance rrov
-1 id' nt had lost only 111 out or at tho
; rale of "!% per 1000.
Hard Cider.
There is probably no kind of drink that
1 is more dangerous to the temperance cause
than cider after it has begun to ferment.
The combination of alcohol with the mallo
acid of the apple is especially bad for the
digestive organs. The sweet elder, for the
short time it remains sweet, is a nice,
pleasant drink. But so soon as fermentu
tion begins, it should be turned into vlni
egar as soon as possible. Warming a little
of this to noar blood heat, aud pouring
this with some yeast into the barrel, will
make it into vinegar very quickly. Ameri
can Cultivator.
A Hint to Wives and Sisters.
Somebody, who seems to know, says: "If
wives were as careful to make themselves
and their homes as plensant for their hus
bands as they did when tholr husbands
were only their sweethearts the saloons
would not be so enticing. And If Kir«
made the homes as pleasant for their own
brothers as they do for some other girl a
brother,so many boys would not go astray.
A Child's Worth of Drink.
While the Cabinet saloon at rrescott.
Arizona, was crowded with hundreds ol
oustomers ono night recently, a Mrs. Bell
entered with a babe in her arms, and, plao
ing it on the bar, said:
"The father of this child deserted me an<!
my baby, caring moro for whisky than fo<
119. I wish to tender you bis child, so thai
his appetite may be gratlfled to the extent
of the deposit."
There was a rush for the child, seventy,
ffve men coming forward to ask for it. TM
Probate Judge was callod into settle thl
controversy. He has taken charge of tbf
deserted Infant.