CANNING SALMON;
XIIK IV A V IT 1 DONE ON THE
PAt'liriC COAST.
Catching the Klsh and Prcparias
'i'hem for Market An Orcupa
(tnn That" In Aanumfnsj
, Ureat Proportion.
AXSEIJ salmon ban of late years
I become a table delicacy
V throughout the cmlized world,
yet fow pernonn havo any idea
Low It in prepared for market. Last
season there wan a total packing on
the Pacific Const of about 1,700,000
canon, weighing abont 81,00,000
pounds, or 40,800 tonn, according to
a correspondent writing from Port
land, tre., to the Ht. Ionin Globe
liemoernt. , Thin seems an enormous
quantity of flnli, yet it in but litt'lo
more than a pnntul to each inhabitant
of the United States, or to each five
pomihle consumers in Europe and
America.
The methods of taking nalmou .in
the Columbia are varied and nomo of
them unique. There aro gill netn,
seiner, Irnpn and wheels. Ten yearn
ago n'm mints onptnreu twice an many
nnn an were taken this year with lSt4
boats, :)4l traps, seventeen seines and
twenty-seven wheeln. Netn are used
chiefly near the mouth of the river.
though more or lean in nne for 150
miles inland and on the Willamette as
well. A fishing ontlit consists of
gill net worth nbont S300 and a boat
worlu $J00, benidea other accessories,
and requires two men to handle it.
Thin makes the averago wages of the
22K fishermen only 00 frr the sea
son. 1 bey are chiefly Scandinavians,
Finns and Italians, hard)', reckless
men, who earn every cent they receive.
As the fishing season varies consider
ably on the different strenmn, many of
them go from plnco to place. It is a
gram) sight on a clear, breezy morn
ing tit Astoria, to nee nearly a thousand
boats speckling the broad estuary of
the Columbia with their spread nails.
The men usually go out so as to fish
on the incoming tide, often remaining
out nil night. Not only in thoir occu
putiou .1 cold nnd cheerless one, with
none too good returns financially, but
it is exceedingly dangerous as carried
on at the mouth of the river. Fifty
four were drowned last season, a mor
tality of two per cent. In their eager
uens t" get the first chance at the fish
they npproach too close to the break
ers on tbo bar nnd ore capsized or
their boat is overturned by a sudden
nquutl.
Fish traps nro "contraptions" of
piling and netting, so arranged as to
take advantage of the salmon' instinct
to go up stream and impound him.
He is led bv a converging runway into
an antc-chnmber called "the heart,"
from its resemblance to that essential
organ oi' the human body. From this
he finds his way through a narrow
tunnel into "the well," where he re
mains until takon out. These traps
are all located in Baker's Bay, on tho
Washington side of the Columbia, a
wide body of shallow water separated
from the main stream by a long island
of sand. A few years ago these were
first introduced, and now there are
475 of thorn, each paying a license to
the 8tato of Washington of $10 a year.
Heines are nted tn a few places in shal
low portions of the stream. One end
is carried to its full length out into
the stream with a boat and in then
circled down the river and inwards
until the water is shallow onongb,
when a horse in hitohed to it, and it in
dragged with its flopping contents
upon the banks.
i Uh wheels are tho latest product of
inventive genius in th i catching of
aaimou on tne uoinmbia, and are only
an amplification of the method used
by Indians for many yearn before the
white man set foot on Orecron soil.
For nearly five miles, at a point 140
miles inland, the Columbia is a narrow
and turbulent stream, confined be
tween narrow, rooky banks and its
channel tilled with masses of rook.
Fifty miles further np there is an
other aeriea of rapids aud oascados
twenty-five miles in length. These
places have been the fishing grounds
oi ine natives aince tne memory of the
aborigine runneth not to tbeoontrarv.
The salmon is a combative fish, full of
energy and .determination to reach the
pawning grounds at the headwaters
of the river. He loves a swift current
and laughs at ordinary cascades, loap
ing up them as though it wore great
port. For this reason he ia to be
found in the swift current swirling
around the base of the basaltic bluffs
tuat project into me river at various
points in the localities mentioned.
The Indians catch them in dip nets.
A board is laid on the top of the rook,
one end projecting a tew feet over the
water, the other end being, weighted
down with heavy , atones. Upon the
projecting end a noble Indian stands,
equipped with a small net attached to
the end of a long pole. He dips this
in the water, reaching an far upstream
as possible, and passes it rapidly
downward. With great patienoe ha
repeats the operation, perhaps half
hundred time, until he is rewarded by
a fish in the net. This ia his part. He
will not even take the fish out of the
Hat llnmAMii) afiitnat, v n . . i iLi
the lord of the tepee shall hunt and
fish aud enjoy himself and the squaw
shall do all the work. Catching the
fish is sport, but taking it out of the
net is work. The squaw does that.
She also splits it open and spreads it
out in the snn to dry for winter use,
while her lord and veritable master
either catches more fish or lie lazily
upon the grouud with a pipe in his
mouth. Iudians also spear salmon in
the shallow water at the foot of falls
and cascades nearer the headwaters of
the streams, or else build weir traps
and drive the fish into them.
The fish wheel is but au awDlifioa-
lion of the Indian dip net. It con
sintn of a wheel resembling the paddle
wheel of a nteamboat, the paddles be
ing tronghn of netting. Theno are
either fastened to a framework pro
jecting out from shore, or are attached
to a scow BDchororf near the bank. The
strong ottrrent keeps the wheel in mo
tion, the nets dipping into, the water
successively, with thoir openings down
stream, ready to scoop up every un
wary flsh they encounter, carry him
aloft and spill him in a trough. One
of these wheels during a good rnn of
salmon will scoop np several tonn n
day. In this particular, as in many
others, the superior knowledge and
inventive genius of the white man en
ables him to beat the Indian at hi"
owu game.
The process of canning is what in
terests sightseers the most. A tour ol
n cannery in very entertaining. Those
institutions are invariably hut a se
ries of rough board sheds built upon
piling at the water's edge. One who
has been educated at the market to
look upon salmon an rather an expen
sive luxury, in not prepared to see the
way in which they aro thrown about
with forkn with as little oare an one
would use in shovoling coal. They are
forked out of the boats and thrown
into heaps in tho receiving room, each
cannery holding several thonnand a
day during a good run. There in very
little use for an American about a can
nery, nave as a clerk or manager. The
fishermen are nearly all foreigners,
and the hnnda in the factory aro Chi
nese, from the bntcher to tho final
tester. A fow boys and girls find work
in the labeling and packing depart
ments. It does not take long to convert a
fresh fish into twenty cans of cooked
salmon. The bntcher grab him and
with a few dexterous turns of a long,
sharp knife, cuts off hesd, tail and
fins, opens him and takes out his en
trails. He is passed quickly to the
washing tanks and then is seized and
laid on a cutting table and with one
stroke of a series of knives is cut into
chunks of the required length. Either
by hand or machine these chunks are
stuffed into cana, and the cans laid on
an incline, down which they roll, thoir
lids being automatically soldered on as
thoy go. They are thon loaded upon
trnys anil the trays placed in steam
boilers. After coming from the boil
ers the cans are tested, then given a
lacquer bath, then tostod again, this
time by tapping them with a nail, to
judge of their soundless, by the tone
omitted, and arc then labeled and
packed, forty-eight in n case.
The cans are mado at the same
place, machinery being omployed in
every detail ot the manufacture. Great
care is taken to have them perfect,
thorough examination and testing bt
iug given them at every staze from the
sheet tin to tho labeled ciuf
An Indian Honpstonc quarry.
The largest aboriginal soapstone
quarry that has boeu fouud iu this
couutry ban .-ocently been discovered
near Clifton, Va., a short distance
from Bull Run. It seems to hive
been undinturbed since the day when
me red man roamed through this part
of the country, and this fact, as well
as the extent of the quarry, affords an
opportunity for studying methods of
aboriginal quarrying which is practi
cally unequalled iu the history of the
discovery of aboriginal remains in this
country. A short time ago the own
ers of the property, in examining the
piece witn more than usual oare. be
came convinced of its character, at
least as a primitivo workshop of the
eariy innaDuants ot the country, and
desiring that its true nature should be
determined with scientific aoourasv.
called tho attention of Professor W.
J. McOee, who is at the head of the
Ethnological Bureau, to the find. He
at once detailed Mr. William Dinwid
dle, one of the employes of the bureau,
aud under his direotion a plaoe was
cloared about twenty-five feat wide
and seventy-five foot long. Yesterday
a party aooompunied Mr. Dinwiddle
from this city to inspeot the place.
An inspection of the qnarry con
vinced the experts that the methods
employed in working it were extreme
ly primitive, and evidently went back
to a time before the advent of the
whites in this country. Stone tools
had beeu used exclusively. The chisels
ware stone, and so were the hammers.
The entire method ot this primitive
quarrying was shown, and th?. party
wereable to secure specimens which,
together with the tools, will show how
the work was done. The stone was
cut out in round lump and then
broken off from the main stone. Theu
these blanks for pots where hollowed
out with small chisels whioh were used
by hand. More than one hundred
cavities from whioh pot blank had
been taken were found, the tool mark
being distinct. Washington Star.
Warned Away From the Towa.
"A man runs urou inm nannllo
things when looking np hisauuestry,"
said Henry Cadle. "When iovesti
iratinor mv own lineaire tn Near TTnn.
hire I , discovered that my great-
great-granatatiier was warned by
town meeting not to corns into the
town. I wondered what he had done
to make himself obnoxious, and when
I learned that, notwithstanding' the
warnina. he did man into th nluu
I admired his assuranoe, but thought
mm laoaing in self-respect. The
matter was exolained to ma hr th
Secretary of State. It was the custom
tor any oue inieuuing to remove into
a town to irive notice ot annh inton.
tion. At the next regular town meet
ing ne was warned to stay away, be
oause the law provided that if this was
done the town would not be liable for
his support in case he became a
nnuner. It was not a matter of Aim.
grace or personal , . Ill-will, bnt
purely a prcunuiiuu to cover posSlDle
future nuanoial reverses."- St. Louis
Qlobe-Demoerat.
TRAMP LIFE.
OXKOFTtlK QVKKK rKATlUKS
Ol" MIMM KK. .
The female Tramp a Product of the
Last Klve Years How Ahe and ,
the Male Tramp Pursue
Their Wanderings.
..
SIX year ago, while tramps by
hundreds were to be found on
all of the country roads dur
ing the summer season, it was
a rare thing to find a woman among
them ; now, however, this in changed,
and while the man are still largely in
the majority, it is lamentable to nee
that thoir ranks have been recruited
by the accession of large number of
women, and these, not the old hag
gard and decrepit, by any means. If
the trampn united and traveled in one
largo army, they would indeed lie for
midable, but white there exists among
them a spirit of camaraderie, they
have no idea of organization, and as a
eonsequenoe, are rarely to be found
more than four together, usually two,
and now, one of the two is apt to be a
woman.
While the tramp has no fixed desti
nation in view when he leaven theoity,
he has the plan 01 his summer opera
tion ununUy arranged in his mind.
Along the lines of the many railroads
that seam New Jersey between Now
York and Philadelphia there are
countless market gardens. The tramp
and his companion leave the freight
oar at a proper point, which he knows
even better than tho conductor, and
applies for work to the nearest farmer.
In the early spring the men and wo
men have bnt little difficulty in find
ing employment at cutting asparagus,
the man receiving seventy-five cents
a day, and the woman, though she
may do more work, fifty cents, out of
which they must board themselves.
The farmer permits them to sleep in
hisntablo or barn, and where his es
tablishment is large, he often has
rough shanties erected for the special
use of hin temporary help. Often the
woman finds employment as a servant
in the house, when she in enabled to
provide food for her partner without
any great outlay ; otherwise they buy
what is absolutely neceshary from thoir
employer nt the lowest rates and live
economically. After the asparagus
season is over, the green pea season
comes on, and here the relative wages
are the same, though it is customary
to pay for the amount picked, rather
than by the day. Following the green
peas, come the strawberries, nnd by
the time the New Jersey supply is ex
hausted, tho more enterprising of the
tramps make their way south as far as
Delaware ard Maryland, where they
are ready for the peach harvest.
rro-iueutly the tramps are skilled
basket makers, work which, the world
over, seems to be a calling peculiar to
vagrant?, and if the woman does not
understand it, she is quick to learn,
and soon exceeds the man in skill,
Along the banks of tho streams they
find suitable willow saplings iu
abundance, which thai me without
asking the owners' leave, and for the
product of their labor they find a
ready market among the surrounding
farmers. Many of these people return
to the oity with sums of money which,
if used with the shrewdness and econ
omy shown in collecting it, might
carry them through tho winter ; but
the rule in, they return to their old
haunts in the city and begin a drunken
debauch, which lasts till every csnt is
gone and they are foroed to solicit
alms on tho street, or to avail them
selves of tbo shelter afforded by the
tatiou-house of tho Island.
The female accession to the army of
tramps of late years presents many
sad feat ares, and seemingly insur
mountable obstaolen to those inter
ested in the elevation of tho masses.
It is now not unusual to find women
tramping alone and single-handed,
under whioh oiroumstanoes they get
alone even better than when accom
panied by men, for they are more fer
tile in resources, and more raadily
adapt themselves to their environ
ment. In addition t: -.his they have
more resouroes iu themselves. They
are quite asskilfnl and able as the meu
in the farming work they undertake,
in addition to. which they can sew and
do household work, which is entirely
out of the roach of the men. Farm
ers and villagers, perhaps because of
the novelty, regard more favorably
women thau men tramps. They ap
peal to the sympathies and hospitality
of country folk, and being usually fer
tile of speeoh, snd with active imag
inations, they are never at' a loss
to frame appropriate stories to excite
the sympathies and benevolence of
those whom they can get to listen. It
is a ourions fact that one never find
among these women members of what
may be designated a the middle
olass. They are either very ignorant
and degraded or remarkably intelli
gent nnd with evidenoes of refinement
about them which their ragged rai
ments cannot hide nor their evident
poverty wholly oonoeal. In the
former case it is possible that they
may be making an effort, to better
their ooudition, though the chances
ate that they are spending their ob
jectless live in wandering and moving
on ; iu the latter case they are invari
ably women with a story whioh they
oonoeal from the public, a story of
error, it may be, perhaps of crime,
bnt never devoid of romance, and
never, if the truth were known, show
ing that thvy were themselves entirely
responsible for their degradation.
Although these people are never
seen with ohildreu, possibly never
nsve any, yet, year by year, the great
army of tramps is increasing. It is
not long since this army was com
posed exclusively of men, but now
thst women have com to re-suforoe
it, we may look ia the course of
events for the nerennion of children,
particularly of those old enough to be
of use to the gsrdener and, farmer.
These peoplo know nothing of law, and
less of religion, while many of them
an read and write, but few can be
said to be intellectual, and even these
are apt to ridicule the school, and to
ask what good education has done
them. Day by day new social prob
lems are coming np, and the attention
of the thinking public has beeu called
to those elements iu our midst that
endanger life and property. Tho
tramp has a vote, and, it need not be
said, it ia always for sale. No matter
who may be busy, the tramp has ever
ample leisure, and he is ready, like a
dammed stream, to swell the great
array of the irresponsible mob, when
ever the barriers are broken done. It
may, perhaps, be well to spend
millions for the redemption of tho
sou) of the savage African, or of the
contented Polynesian, bnt in looking
round for avenues for the exroino of
philanthrophy and humanity, it might
be well to give some thought to the
heathens who are in onr midst. New
York Advertiser.
Loading an Ocean Steamer. -The
loading of an ocean steamer at
one of the New York City piers in a
sight well worth seeing. The length
of the-steamships, some of them being
nearly 000 feet, makes, very long pier
necessary. These piers on a sailing
day present an , animated scene. A
long line of trnckn, loaded with alt
sorts of merchandise , moven slowly
down the pier, each truck delivering
its packages opposite the particular
hatchway, down which they are to be
lowered. The big ships load at four
different hatchways at tho name time.
Steam-hoisting apparatus at each, and
separate gangs of men, all, however,
under the direction of one stevedore,
load and ntow tho immense caro iu
an incredibly short space of timo.
All prominent lines handle their
own freight, but some of the smaller
lines give it out by contract to a steve
dore, who employs bis own men.
About six gtngs of twenty-live men
each, and about twelve foremen and
dock clerks are employed. As many
men are employed an can wotk to ad
vantage. The day men aro relieved
by other gangs of men who work at
night. In rush times a few men arc
added to each gang. From 10,00.) to
100,000 packages constitute an ocean
steamship's cargo. The largest number
of packages are carried at the seison
of the year when tho Bordeaux fruit
canning trade is on, nn.l the propor
tion of small packages is increased.
Somo big packages, such as a street
car completely liov.-J, or n htcam
launch enclosed iu a case, require con
siderable power and much skill to
lond. Heavy machinery and enor
mous cxks eve lifted from the dock,
swung over the open hatchway, and
lowered to the cavernous depths as
quickly and easily an though they
weighed bnt a hundred pounds instead
of several tons.
The stowing of the freight requires
experience and judgment. The weight
must be arranged that the vessel
stands upon an even keel, and she
must not be down at the bow, or too
low at the stern. Then the cargo
must be stowed so that it will not
shift. The importance of this is seen
when the rolling and plunging of the
shin in a heavy sea is considered. The
cargo would not only be seriously in
jured if it tumbled about, but the
vessel would be unmanageable. -De
troit Free Press.
Perpetual Thunder and Llirlitnlnj,
It is not generally known that thera
aro localities where lightning and
thnnder are incessaut. The most
notable of thes.i continuous lightning
districts is on the eastern coast of the
island of Hsu Domingo, a leading
member of the group of the West In
dies. With the commencement of tho
rainy season these electric display
continue day and night for weeks.
The storm centre is not continuously
local, but shifts over a considerable
area, and, an thunder is seldom heard
over a greater distance than eight
miles, and th.e lightning iu tho night
will illuminate so as to be soeu thirty
miles, there may be days in some lo
calities where the twinkle in the sky
is iu oontinitoua succession while the
rolling reports are absent. Then again
com day and nights wheu the electric
artillery is piercing iu its detonations ;
and especially is this the case wheu
two separate looal cloud centres juiu,
as it were, in an electrio duel, aud, as
sometimes occurs, a third " participant
appear to add to the elemental war
fare. Then there i a blazing sky with
blinding vividness and stunning peals
that seem to pin the listener to the
earth. Long before the echoes die
away come others, until the arioular
mechanism seem hampered in chaos.
New York Telegram.
Twenty Miles In an Elevator.
An elevator boy in the Monadnoolc
Building rides from twenty te tweuty
five miles a dsy in his car. - I is about
225 feet from the ground to 'he six
teenth floor and a car makes from 275
t 80) round 'rips a day, aooor ling .to
the rush. Several young men ,hav
collected some interesting statistics on
'he skyward travel in that bu lding.
Tuev find that on busy dava each n.r
haul aout 4000 persons, uuaudoow '.
There an sixteen elevators iu Monad-
nock Building, which would iu lie its
that 64,000 person visited the building
everyday. Nearly 3000, all applicant
for positions on the Metropolitan L
Road, came them one il.v 1am. utaaIt
It has been found by managers of big
omoe nuuainv that one elevator is
needed for each floor. Soma of the
buildings get alonf with leu, the le
vator service is not satisfactory in
these, particularly if they happeu to
be looated iu a busy quarter of thit
cit v. Chicago Herald.
S0LDIERSG0LUMN
A THRILLING RECITAL.
A War-Time Inoident Recalled by the
umu or r. E. BrownsIL
THK recent death at
Washington of
Vranc.ls K. Brow
nell recalls one ot
the most striking
anil one of the first
Inc-ldents ot the
grent etvll war.
As recorded In
the pages of the
"t.'entnry Wat
Hook." thin Inct.
dent flrat brought
home lo the pen
pin of this country
' the fn.t that war
meant lbs shnd
ting nt human
blood.
F.ven i hrm nl ,
who were children
nt the ttineremetn
berwellthelmpiin ( horror and pity
, . ...... a .nin u,n
the North nt Ihn first puhlleatlon of the news
vi iiiw mr-Aiiiiurin irnipMiy.
How like a ronmii.-e It rend! The gallant
and handsome young colonel f the Kirn
Zouaves, Klmer E. Kllsworth. famous tn the
ynr or iwo preceding the relwlllon as the
drlllmnster nf the nernlmtli! Chl-iiRO Zouavn
Company, protege of the new president, and
popularly believed to lie destined lo plnv a
leading pnrt in the npprnai-hlng wnr, bad
been killed on th threshold of netivity.
The incidents lending up to the trngedv In
which Kllsworth lost his life am unusually
like nn evolution of romance. Hastily sum
moned to Washington with his P'giment of
firemen from New York city he is filled with
the Are of ssnmewhnt sentimental patriotism
nnd seems tn have felt a premonition ot early
denth. Before starting he indited letters to
his parents unit lo his sweetheart, tn which
he Smak of readiness to saeritlee his life.
l"Kin renehing the capital he waits upon
the president mid Is given the honor, possiblv
nt Ills own reoui-st. ot lending the first Invad
ing force southward. One rnn fnney the
meeting nnd fnrewell between the tall, un
mllilnry, rngwed elvillnn head of the nrmv
and the short, n'hletie, handsome nnd dash
ing young soldier.
Bo. having received the solemn lMndh-tlnn
of the fatherly mnn who was himself de
stined to ho slniu in the same cause, the
proud young om.-er Is seen in the gray of the
following morning lending his s.-nrlet nnd
blue-elad llm fighters (nto the streets of Al
exandria, a sleepy little town ten miles down
the river.
He was elate with the enthusiasm of one
who hoped for Inme, and smiled ns his men
tnnrehed behind him np the silent streets.
Suddenly he sees, or his attention is called,
to n strange (lug flying from the top of n
giildirooPsl. country-looking hotel nt the
comer of two streets n,.ar the line of march,
fulling tn Corporal Itrownell, who wnsnfn
voritc subordinate, he ordered him lo follow,
nail, neeompnnieil by one or two others, en.
tered the building, which was known ns the
Mmshnll house.
A" they rushed up tho stnlrwav lending to
th. ,f n mnn came out of nn ' upper room,
eliu, jnly In shirt nnd trousers. This was
Juekson, the proprietor.
In response to Kllsworth's order to haul
down "111111 flng" he muttered a snrlv reply
and disappeared. Kllsworth. llronnell and
another r' tv-hed the roof, tore down the II..,.
nnd sLjledfo di-scend. Kll-wortli had Ihc
Hug bundled In Lis arms.
Instnntlv Jnekson nppenred nt the foot ol
the stnir landing, leveled n double barreled
sliotuunnt Kllsworth, aud before Brownell
could strike Up the gun with his own the
rhnrire torn thrnmrlt the flm. uml fl,t....k
Ellsworth's heart.
with llghtnlig Mke fury Brownell shot the
holel-keiXer tin ougll the head and stubbed
him twice with his long sword bnvonet al
most before he i-ould fall to tlielloor'n corpse.
Ellsworth's body was uorue upon the cross
ed guns of his soldiers to a steamer, nnd
thence lo Washington wrapped 111 the nation
al flag. The remninn afterward reposed In
slnte, anil were finally brought to Ills child
hood's home In Illinois, ills untimely end
bw-ame the theme of patriotic song and
sentimental ntory until long after the wni
was at mi cud.
At the ttattU srt.ii.
1 ho Inst few moments the tlartford wi,t
under lire of the forts, batteries, nnd gun
bonis, was the warmest work the old flagship
had ever encouutnred. Every man on her
broad deck appeared to be In motion, ami so
Intent upon his particular linn of duty thai
sesreely a word was spoken. The care fully
laid guns seemed imbued with life as they
sped In and out of lbs Hnacious iortN. Tim
hurried run of powder boys and shellmen
from i thnmngar.ines at the stairways and rlre
natcnen with supplies for their guns, gave an
air ot apparent aonfussiou on the deck. Tho
roar of the heavy guns was so great that it
was impossible to distinguish the tones of
human voices. Occasionally the peculiar
scream of shot pusslug Iu dose proximity
caught the attention ut the men. while the
bursting of shell and ipilek sunpping crush
of flyiug limber hummed through the air.
I no cut. fni ved rigging swayed wildly to aud
fro I mm ul..l I .1... ...
" "' tun men, Willi laces
smeared ami be.trtmed with uowder. tolled
steaiiliv on, peering through the thick pull
ot battle, watching for the finsh nnd glare ol
the enemy's guns, and II ring iu that diree.
Hon. One gnu's crew was entirely swept
awny, remaining sileut until re-maimed bv
men Ironi other portions of the ship. X
sailor, fearfully wounded, turned and writh
ed in the cot used for lowering the wounded
to the surgeon's quurters. Hu fell a distams
of thlry feet aud bin sufferings were nt an
ind. Bulwarks, musts, ropes, guns, aud
carriages were more or leas smeared with
blood aud pieces of the human body, over
which there was no time to ponder, think or
even grow pale. Cuptuiu Druyton aud Meu.
lemint Uui... u. .i... . . .
... .. w.nu,, .tutu im i !iM.rir-uecic,
close observers of ull that was passing, and
whether ttgutiug or conversing, Watson's
face was seldom seen without a pleasant
smile, a feature peculiar to hiuj. Ulue aud
TTriavoldable.
Patrick Flanlgan was a wltoo-s In
a case where truthfulness compelled
him to give some testimony against
tbe man on trial, who was a particu
lar friend or hU. Patrick's ordinary
rich broirua hud recnnt.lv hssn ran.
derei more than usually uolotellf-
kiuib uy an scciuent to wnicn Be re
ferred with fueling fa the course ot
tils testimony.
lie was frdjuent.lv railed
repeat bis answers, which were evi
dently made under protest, and be
tween these ennatunr. ikhiihiIj unt
the long words w.tti which the air of
nie court room soemoa to 1'atrlck to
be tilled, his anger row, and his con
fusion steadily increased.
"Don't, hrei-aricate malA
Judge at last, as Patrick returned a
suiui isuigiy iiiconereni answer lo a
qui t Ion uddressed to him.
rrevaricaie, is it?" cried Mr.
Flanlgan with angry resentment.
'JI' DJ thinkln' tnavhn It's uAmll
wouldn't be able. to blip prevaricatin
whin three av vaf hnnnr'd tnnt.
bad been kcocked out uv ycr bead,
torr:"
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
HEAD OltOCND OFF. ;
4 tllXAWAY AceinKST BY WHICH A COAL CXSTEt
ah looses in Lira.
Buowssvilh. William I.owstutter. M
yenra old, was dadied to denth In s rinnwn"
Inst evening. I.owstutter wns a resident o'f
Coal Center. He nnd his brother-ltl-lsw.
Itnlph Charlton, nlso of Coal Center, left
West Brownsville In a one-horse buggy to
drive out tho national road. On the out
skirts of town a sudden lurch In the buggy
threw both men out. Charlton tell clear of
the vehlele and enc-aped Injury. I.owstuttnr's
fiwt caught between the axle nnd the shnft,
nnd he wns dragged by the running horn"
over the bard roadway. At Wnlen, n mile
away tbe horse was caught and Lowstuttnr
lifted out dmd. His bead was literally
ground off to the earn and hln brains were
senttered along the road. 'Hqtilre Prlngln
was summoned to hold sn fmpirst, but. after
i-lewing the body and learning the facts, be
deemed It unnecessary.
Ml!8. Oni'BI.En-? FATAf, DIIEAM.
PEATn rm.t.owED thu nonnini.t vision o
nra ni.Erp.
Ai.toosa. A young wife. Mm. Mary
Orubler. was buried here. Last Haturday
night see went to bed nnd fell asleep, seem
ingly In her usual good hoalth. Fifteen
minutes Inter she awoke In a terrible condi
tion of nervous shock snd prostration, pro
duced by a dream. As soon as she could
speak she related that In n dream she saw a
msn trying to kill her husband. In the cellar
of the (irut)ler residence. Hhe regained her
Masoning faculties to tho extent of realizing
fully that the horrlbls scene was the Illusion
of a dream, but the shock to her nervous
organization was no great that she did not
rally, ami In a few hours she was dead.
RIO inOR SHII'SENT.
New Castle. One of the largest shipment
of Iron ever made from New Castle was begun
Monday. M. A. Hanna, of Cleveland, who
by contract taken a large percentage of the
output of the lloseno furnnee, has sold about
ten thousand tons of Imwmsr pig to the
Carnegie nt'shtirg mills. The Iron Is piled
In a mammoth heap near the chemical work.i.
and will lie shipped over the Pennsylvania
lines. A railroad man says that at tne rat
of twenty-live ears per day, at least twenty
live days will be consumed In the shipment.
vnnrnixx bt mistake.
Johxstowh. Charles Fnrnenworth, who
enme here from Braddock a week ago to as
sist the local manager of the Metropolitan
life Insurance company, took ten grain of
morphine, which he mistook for ipilnln-
He was taken to the hospital and physicians
are trying to save his life.
SOI.UIF.ns' ORI'UAIC ni-HOOL.
IlAnniNiirno. - The soldiers' orphan
suhools' commission decided to close the
school term on Juno 0. Tho schools will be
reopened on Heptcmber 8. The usual es
nmiiuitions will m held tins year as follows:
Hartford. June S and l; I ntoiitown, .Hue IJ
and 1:1, aud Chester Hprings, June l'J and
to.
work cut at altoosa'b niiofn.
Altoosa. An order, taking efieet ut once,
has been Issued to the employes of the Penn
sylvania railroad shops of "this plane, the
largest of the kind In the world, to work only
four days a week and nine hours on each ot
these days. It utlects 7,1)00 men.
XATCHAI, OAS SfcAR Si RAXToX.
Hi baxtox. There aro great iiossllillltles
for the Iron city of Herantou In the oiiing
of n gusher gun well nt Brooklyn, about SO
mllist north of here. The force ot the gas Is
great. This well is the first ot Us class la
uorth-eastcra Pennsylvania, ,
Tai-Coi.i.ectob Thomas B. Hexoit, of
Beaver Falls, has hceu held for court on a
charge of aggravated assault nnd battery
preferred against him by Timothv McCarty,
who was himself fined anil costs for
drunkenness, llurgess PiHir, who was Iu
tho light, proved to havelieen Irving to act as
peacemaker and was discharged.
The Boformed Prcshyterinii Presbytery, In
session two days at tleunva College, has re
fused to orilniu nnd Install Ilev. H. J. Foster
as pastor of a Beaver Falls church latcause ot
his opposition to tbe National It '(onu A,uo
eiafion. i
Oveb 300 Hungarians and Hlav have left
Braddu.'k since Monday for their nntlvd
rounrties. They carried with them sums of
money ranging from :)U0 to 1,500.
Mns. James Martin, wife of a wealthy
farmer icar Hugar Iruve, Warren nounty,
committed suicide Tuiusdny by cutting her
throat with a razor.
Hevebal fishing and patoemgnr ships have
been wrecked off the fitnat of Nova Heotla,
but In all ernes the passengers and crews
were saved.
A compaxy to be known as the Near Castla
Chemical and GnlvanlKlng Company was or
ganised nt New Castle, with a caiiltul stock
of 10,000. 1
Bobbers entered the hnuso of David
Schwab, of McKeeeport, and secured 140 ia
gold, the savings ot Mrs. Hchwalt iu five
years.
O. M. Meadville, of Bellwood, a well-
known Blair county Hotel man and an ex
Mheri It, failed. Assets, ll7,000i liabilities,
M,000.
At Ittiflsdiiln, nenr Oreensburg, the resl
dence of Peter Zimmnrs, with l,BO0 in cash
was hurued. lotul lost il,00. Insurance
rd.OOO.
The body of an unknown num. who hod
been murdered and robbed, was discovered
on the road near Hazellon Hunduy morning.
A laboe frame building used as a plaster
storage house, nt Huntingdon, collapsed, In.
ctnntlv killing Louis Mnyder, aged W years.
Axiibew Inxicx. who was shot by Paul
Pecker at Muuson last Tuesday eveulug died
at the Philllpsburg hospital.
Oeobos B. Lures has been reappointed In
surance eorumbuioner for Pennsylvania tor
three year.
A Pis; Convert.
One of the most peculiar and unique
concerts which were ever given was
what might be called a pig conoert.
The abbot of Balgne, a man of wit
and skilled in tbe construction of new
musical instruments, was ordered by
Louis XI., King of France, more in
Jest than ia earnest, to procure hlra a
concert of swine's voices. The abbot
aid the thing could doubt'ew be done,
but that it would cake a good deal of
money. The kin; ordeied that he
should have whatever ha required for
the purpose. The abbot then wrought
a thing as singular as ever was seen,
for out of a great number of bos' of
several ages, which he got together
and 'placed under a tent or pavilion,
covered with velvet, bofoie which ha
hajl a. tahla nf wnnH n.!nin.i ... i . l.
. " pauesv SUM m
certain number of keys, be made an
organic! instrument, anu as he played
upon the said keys with little spikes,
whioh pricked tbe hogs, he made them
cry in such consonance that he highly
delighted the king and all hi com
lauy.
. Evbrt sineer In a nuarfcat ran taTT
you three good reasons why the or
ganization isn't absolutely perfects