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! CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
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The Intelligent Hen.
'Twas long ago, year or so
lo a barnyard by ths sea,
Tbiit au olil hen lived whom yon may know
By the name of Fiddle-ds-dne,
She soratehad around In the sand all day,
For a lively old nun win she.
And then do yon know.lt happened this way
In that barnyard by the seai
A great wise owl renin down one day,
And hooted at Klddle-de-dee,
Just hooted at Fiddle-de-dee.
And he cried, "ill! HII old hen, t any!
You're provincial, It seems to me!"
"Why, what do you mean?" cried the old
red hen.
As mad as hops was she.
"Oh, I've been round among grent men,
In the world where the grent men be.
And none of them scratch with their paws,
like vou,
They write with a quill, Ilka ma."
Now rv few people could Ret ahead
' '. hen, Flddle-de-dee.
She hunted the nosy bed,
And returned In triumphant glee.
And ever since then, that little red hen,
She writes with a jonquil pen, qull pen,
She wrltea with a Jonquil pen.
inroiyn news, in lout us companion.
On the Rurfara of the Tool.
Science has ilemonntrnted that water
the passage of bodies (rout without or
within, just as if the water were
covered with a delicate and invisible
armor. This is true of the clearest
water as well as of water thnt contains
more or less impurities. The resistive
power of water may be illustrated by
placing a sheet of tine wire gauze up
on a still pool. Though the specific
gravity of the' metal is much greater
than that of water the netting will
tend to float because the weight is so
distributed that the surface of the
water supports it, and it is difficult
for the moisture to break through the
meshes of the netting. This property
of water is made use of by many water
plants and insects. Home water plants
Lave little hairy mealies covering the
upper surfaces of the leaves, and
which prevent the leaves from becom
ing wet on top if forced under water.
Common gnats deposit little egg rafts
on the water. Those are so arranged
that the tops of the eggs are always
kept dry by little points which are
placed so close together thnt the water
does not pass between them and reach
the eggs. Chicago llecord.
The Flower! Lesson
There is a story told of a certain
king who bad a lnrge gardon, and one
day heard nil the plants anil trees
talking together. They were all sad.
The onk murmured because it could
nut bear sweet flowers, the rose
Inmented because she did not benr
luscious fruit like the vine, and the
vine waa sad because it had to cling
to a wall, aud could cast no shadow of
its own.
"I am no use since I cannot add
sweetness to life," said the oak.
"And I might as well die, as I can
not bear luscious fruit," sighed the
rose.
And the vine, more despondent than
11, groaued wenrily:
"Who possible good can I do in
the worra?"
Then the king looked ronnd and
aw a gay little pausy, which looked
dp aud smiled, while all the other
tilanta epd trees wnm
"What makes yon so cheerful, when
11 the rest are so gloomy?" he asked.
"I thought," said the pausy, "that
you wanted me, for you planted me
here and. beoansA vmi nlanfa.l T
thought yon loved me, so I just made
t op my mind to try to be the best little
pansy that could be." Detroit Free
Tress.
The Happiest Little Roy.
"Ouess who was the happiest child
I saw today?" asked papa, taking his
own two tittle boys on his knee.
"Oh, who, papa?"
"But yon must guess."
"Well, said Jim, slowly. "I guess
it waa a vary wich little boy, wif lots
and lots of tandy and takes."
"No," Said papa. "He wasu't rich;
be had no candy and no cakea. What
lo yon guess, Joe?"
"I guess he was a pretty big boy,"
aid Joe, "who wasn't always wishing
he was not such a little boy; and I
guess he w as riding a big, high bi
cycle." "No," said papa. "He wasn't big,
and of course he wasu't riding a bi
cycle. Yon have lost your guesses, so
I'll have to tell you. There w as a
. flock of sheep crossing the city today,
aud they must have come a long way,
so dusty and tired and thirsty were
they. The driver took them up, bleat
iug and lolling out their tongues, to
the great pump in Hamilton court to
water them. But one poor, old ewe
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wne lyinj uicu iu iu IUQ UOUgll, and
fell down on the hot, dusty stones
Then I saw my little man, lagged and
dirty and tousled, spring out from the
erowd of urchins who were watching
the drove, fill bis old leaky hat, which
must have belonged to his grandfather,
and carry it one, two, three -oh, as
many as six times to the poor, suf
fering animal, nntil the creature was
bla to get up and go ou with the
rest"
"Did the sheep say, 'T'ant you!'
papa?" asked Jim, gravely.
"I didn't hear it," answered papa.
"But the little boy's face was shining
like the snn, and I'm sure he knows
what a blessed thing it is to help what
needs helping." Christian Observer.
Grandpa's pirates.
"Yes," aaid grandpa, musingly,
"I've been to the West Indies time
.and again, but it was all years ago,
when I was a youngster."
"Did yon go to Cuba and Porto
Fbo?" asked Bert, whose geographical
id had been somewhat improved by
his iutorest In the war news. . dnrln
the summer of '98.
"To be sure," was grandpn's answer,
"Havana, Matnnzas aud other places
but the time I recollect best wss when
we were in port at Ht. Kits t alius.
Where's thnt? Well, it's a little inland
otTsoutheast'ard of Cuba, one of the
Windward group, aud belongs to Den
mark, "f was there we run foul of a
pirate vessel."
"Oh.gi ondpal" "Heal live pirates!"
"Do tell us about them!" These
were some of the exclamations which
greet oil the old man from the youngest
of hia grandchildren,
"Well, I rather think they were
alive," he returned, smiling, "they
come pretty near being too lively for
us, and well, I reckon I ahall have to
tell yon nil about it."
Ho, with mutnnl satisfaction, the
young people drew nearer, while
grandpa settled buck in his chair and
began: "It must have been way back
iu the '30s when it happened. Brother
Ham was captain of the Fleet wing, and
I shipped with him as mate for a cruise
from New York to Ht. Ktistatius. The
Hand is not much more than the top
of an extinct volcano, aevou or eight
miles square, aud one queer thing
about it is that there is no running
water there; butwefouud it a pleasant
pluee enough, as such ports go, with
here and there the green of a palm
tree show ing off against the deep-blue
sky of the tropics. We had been iu
port a day or two when a vessel came
alongside and hove to, close by us.
It wasn't long before the enptniu
boarded our vessel and asked if Hnm
could let him have a barrel of beef.
We had a good supply, so we let him
have it, and iu exchange he gave Ham
a keg of wiue and a sack of wool. You
recollect that blue and white portiere
out iu the other room, the one made
of your grandmother's bedspread?
Well, thnt, the blue, was made out of
the pirate's wool. My mother and
aistor Betty spun and colored it, and
then had it woven into bedspreads,
"After the trade was made Ham lie
says to me: 'Homehow, Dick, I dou't
like the looks of that 'ere craft.'
" 'Whafs the matter?' I asked.
" 'Don't mention it,' Bays he, 'but
it wouldn't surprise me if she some
times carried the black flag,'
' You know what thnt menus, Bert?"
said grandpa, pausing in his story,
"if you've ever read Treasure Island. "
Bert nodded comprcheudiugly, and
grandpa continued: "Yon can well
believe we kept a pretty good eye out,
after this, for the actions of the sailors
aboard the Ocean (loin that was the
vessel's name but nothing very un
usual happeuod till one night I was
waked up by someone slinking me by
the shoulder and saying, '(let up;
pirates boarding the ship!' It didu't
take me very long to get into my
clothes or a few of them that came
handiest aud to get up on deck. I
half expected to see Herce looking men
slashing around, right and left, but
instoad of that everything looked
about as usual, till I went around to
the side of the vessel noxt our neigh
bor, aud then I found that men from
the Ocean Oem had beon piling things
over on to the Fleetwing; they hud
worked pretty smart, too."
"What for?" asked Bert.
"What fur?" grandpa repented.
"Why, they must 'a got wind that they
were looked ou suspiciously. Home
thing had frightened the n, anyway,
and there they were, piling their ill
gotten goods, boxes, bales, sacks and
1 don't know what, onto our deck, and
the way the Fleetwing was beiug
loaded up was a caution. That put us
in a bad fix, you see, for if our vessel
was found with such assorted cargo
aboard, we were likely to be taken for
a pirate craft ourselves. Meantime,
Ham had gone up into the town to find
the governor of the island. He had
started as soon as he got wind of what
was going on, aud iu such a hurry that
he did not even atop to put a hat on.
The governor told him that the goods
were hia if he dared to keep them,
though he did not adviae him to do so,
aud Ham told hint he would rather not
run the risk, so he sent teams down,
and we loaded them up as quick, I
venture to say, as ever they were
loaded before or since. But before
Sam came back I was clearing the
decks iu the quickest way, aud throw
ing everything overboard that I could
get my hands on, woola, silks, wines,
spices, and I can't tell what; away
they went over the vessel's side. I
recollect one little case that looked
like a jewelry box, but I was too ex
cited to think of keeping anything for
myself till after Ham came back, then
whenever I run foul of some little
thiugs that would go into my pockets
I put them iu.
"No doubt we might have kept a
good deal more than we did, though
Ham saved some things; but for the
most part we shoved things right aud
left. I have a confused idea of earthen
ware and little pretty boxes aud
heavier bundles, whose contents we
could only guess at, all going over in
to the water, or to the teams after
they arrived.
"When we reached home, we did
have a few things to show our friends
as relics of our adventnre, a few pieces
of liuen and muslin. Bister Betty had
a dress made out of some of the white
stuff, and that very little bottle I aaw
you smelling of today, Madge, that
was filled with attar of roses that come
aboard the Fleetwing very unex
pectedly, and belonged to the pirates'
cargo."
"What became of the pirates?" Bert
asked.
"I'm glad to say they were caught,"
graudpa answered, "and punished as
they deserved." St. Louis Htar.
Only Practicing.
Mistress What are you doing,
Rieke? Throwing the dishes at that
target? Are you crazy?
Maid Crazy? No; I'm going to be
married. Das Klein Witzblatt.
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Feminine Progress In Canada.
The field of women's work is broad
ening in Cauada. Miss Elba H. Fitz
gerald, M. A., has taken her seat as a
member of the council of Queen's uni
versity, the III st woman to be so hon
ored by a Canadian educational insti
tution. This same institution took
the initiative 15 years ago in admitting
women to its degrees. Miss Fitzger
ald has live Canadian (lists to her
credit, as follows: First woman gradu
ate of a university, first womnu medal
ist in a university, first woman classi
cal specialist in Ontario, first woman
principal of a high school, first woman
member of a university council.
Rltnrt and Long llnirn f'nniHInatlnn.
Chicago tailora have invented a
combination gown for women which
promises to be immensely popular.
This is the skirt with the detachable
bottom. A skirt is cut thnt drops to
about golf length, and then, quite
separate from it, is made a slightly
gored rlouuce, along the top edge of
which are worked many small button
holes. Now, when the day does not
promise n smiling face the skirt is
worn out under its abbreviated guise,
but if the eye of the morning is clear
then the buttonholes in the top of
the flounce are connected with a
series of little buttons running along
the inner edge of the skirt's bottom,
and in about one moment a complete
full-length wnlking garment of the
latest fashionable form is the result.
New Cravat Chains.
A pretty little novelty jnst making its
appearance is the cravat chain. It is a
little affair, which may serve other
purposes as well, as it is but a bit of
chain a few inches long nnd terminat
ing in two bnlls about the size of a
hazel nut. These may be plain, dull
gold, with rhiuestones or colored
stones set in desigus, or they may
be merely scattered, or the ball may
be flattened, of blue enamel or imita
tion turquoise, etched in some mys
terious symbol. Tho chains are
passed double just below the kuot of
the foiir-ln baud or Ascot, the balls
passing through the loop, tints secur
ing it front slipping. The chain is
also fouud useful iu securing the natty
little jackets in vogue this sensou,
when it is too warm to buttou them
all the way and is yet uudcfiruble to
have them hang without some confine
ment. In fact, those pretty little
chnius tuny bo useful iu mauy ways
for confining the folds of an umbrella
or securing a dainty handkerchief to
one's parasol handle or fan, and bo as
sured if my lndy is so fortunate us to
possess one she will always nnd some
means of keeping it iu evidence, pro
vided it is a handsome one, for it in
innate iu womankind to like anything
iu jewelry which partakes of the na
ture of a pendant or baugle. HLLouis
Globe-Dumocrnt,
Rqmiwi a I irrui ika-n.
.Specimens of the beautiful lace
which is beiug made by the Chippewa
Indians are now seen in a few of the
fashionable houses of New York. They
are mainly iu the form of table covers.
bed spreads aud pinno covers, Tho
laoe is peculiarly adapted for these
purposes, as the designs are bold and
forcible aud show to great advautngo
when placed over a delicately-colored
silk liuiug. In quality aud stylo, how
ever, the lace is quite as subject to
vanutiou as is t lint of auy other make.
and ample opportunity is therefore af
forded for the individuality of the
worker to assert itself.
It is to Miss Hibyl Carter of New
York that the Chippewa squaws owe
their knowledge of lace making. Iu
1891 she conceived the idea of teach
ing them this accomplishment. The
beadwork they formerly made, while
it displuyed their patience and nira
blenossof touch, was quite unsalable.
The accomplished teacher that Miss
Carter, aided by the Episcopal mis
lion, seut to them was Miss Pauline
Colby, Hhe speaks of her pupils as
being most eager to learn and says
that the idea once grasped they work
witn an accuracy wuicu tar surpasses
that of white women.
From the first the lace found a ready
sale among wenlthy New York womeu,
wuo encouraged the work by giving
large udvnnoe orders. Mrs. Cornelius
Yauderbilt and Mrs. J. Pierpout Mor
gan have fine bedspreads, for which
tuey paid SOU apiece. Mrs. Astor,
too, has been a liberal patron. The
Indian women receive at the rate of
ten ceuts an hour for the completed
work. A collection of thislnoa is now
being prepared for the 1'ui is exhibi
tion. New York Huu.
In Clioatlng Wedding dirts.
, For those in moderate circum
stances, if the giver has money enough,
it is usually not difficult to provide n
present that shall be useful and wel
come ana valuable. And for those
with whom we have a autliuient iutim
acy our knowledge o'' their tastes a id
our freedom iu cousnltiug the n ugaiu
make the matter eay. But when it
becomes necessary to mukj a bridal
gift to those of whose tuales we are
uncurtain, or to those that are so
wealthy that they already have almost
everything the heart call wish, who
have silver und gold and jewels, houses
and lauds, theu the tusk becomes
more iuvolved, aud really a good deal
more interesting.
To such persons a gift that shows
the expeuditur of money is unneces
sary aud unwise; and if you have not
a superfluity of money, and they know
it, it places you in a foolish light. For
a gift to such people ,tuo world that
is, our corner of it has to be ran
sacked, aud something has to be
found; curious or beautiful or oig
Inal and unusual, that only research
could have turned up or an ingenious
mind have conceived; something that
does nut merely represeut a bank ac
count, but thought, care and the qual
ities tbat money cannot buy; some
thing out-of-the-way and undreamed
of, and as sure as anything can be
sure to be without a duplicate among
the gifts. Hitch a present is worth
more to the builders of the new home,
tho founders of tho new family, than
any of the costly things thnt they
could buy themselves, and it not only
stands for that for which, In a way,
gold has no purchasing power, for the
long affection nnd preparation, but for
the effort in which there is n certain
touch of the genius that evokes won
ders from the hidden and unforeseen.
But, after all, what do they care for
the best of our gifts, these two people,
who, without a dream that there is
trouble in the world, go forward to
gether into their new life as if their
feet longed to dance to the fairy music
of the land whore
East o' the sun, west o' the mnnn,
F.nt o' the sun nnd fur away,
The time Is nlwnys afternoon.
Harper's Bazar.
Kierclse fur Women.
It is now generally conceded that
exercise is one of the necessities of
existence, but is not so commonly un
derstood how the physical powers may
best be cultivated. The type of middle-aged
woman, purple and plothorie,
that disgraced her sex iu the last cen
tury, has not wholly died ou't, but
she hits descended to the level of
the lower middle classes, and even
there has almost the effect of an an
achronism. We travel with her by
omnibus or underground sometimes,
and rebel ngaiust the double allow
ance of space occupied by her un
wieldy proportions. We have no pity
for her hopelessness and shortness of
biealb, for we reeoguize in her the
product of culpable indolence and self
indulgence, of sedentary habits, stuffy
rooms and heavy mid lay dinners. The
most common forms of exercise taken
by women nowndnys, walkiug and cy
cling, develop the muscles of the legs
and of the lower parts of the body.but
are of little use ior the arms or the
muscles of the upper part of the body.
The evil results of these partial
mo! hods of exercise may be gathered
by a visit to auy exhibition of modern
pictures aud an examination of the
portraits of womeu iu evening dress.
In evoiy case the arm is represented
as a stiff, feeble-looking limb, covored
with soft and flaccid flesh. Tho biceps
are faintly indicated, the triceps not
at nil. In a word, the muscle, upon
whose condition the firmness and
beauty of the flesh depends, is not
"alive." I quite admit that there is
not much it sthotio chnrm iu tho ab
normally developed arm of n profes
sional "strong womnu," but I main
tain thnt there is still less iu the arms,
practically crippled through disuse,
that are to bo seen iu the portraits of
fashionable women. A properly de
veloped w oman should nt least be able
to support her owu Weight, and while
hanging from a bar should be able
easily to draw herself upwards until
her chiu is above the level of the bar.
If she cannot do this hor arms are not
of much more use to her than if they
wore mnde of kid aud stuffed with
sawdust.
In the gymnasium we find the oppor
tunity of tukiug scientifically regulated
exercise, combined with all the amuse
ment of the childish games, which we
very mistukably put away with other
childish things when we come to
woman's estate. With the help of
ropes aud burs and swings we can in
dulge in a very fair imitation of our
childish romps, and we do so with the
comfortable conviction that we are ful
filling a duty and not wasting out
time. If we have persuaded friends
to join us, our pleasure is enhanced by
cougeuial companionship; there are
also the strenuous joys of emulation,
and the generous admiration of an
other's prowess. Music adds to our
enjoyment, and our costume alone is
enough to insure high spirits for the
time being, allowing, as it does, full
liberty of limb. Ladies' Realm.
I Million's Fad and Fancies.
Very small gold buttons adorn the
bodices of uet, lace and orepj de chiue
gowns.
Very fine batiste embroidery trims
many of the new gowns, and while the
price is high the quality is beyond re
proach. Feathor boas in all the light shades,
and very thick aud long, are worn
with foulard gowns and will be worn
with the muslins Inter on.
White t tfleta aud light fancy eo!i re.l
silk blouses of all kinds will ue wo. u
with not ouly long skirts of crepe de
chiue au 1 luco, but with duck skirts.
Ou all fashionable gowns for the
summer, yolce nnd guimpe effects are
constantly iucreasiug aud each new
model fiat appeurs discloses some
thing novel, daiuty and picturesque.
Thin gowns are fitted around the
hips by taking clusters of fine tucks
at the back and carrying them down
sovo nl inches below the wnist, aud
tho superfluous fulness at the sides is
also disposed of by a group of tucks.
A novelty iu capes is a broad scarf
of crepe de chiue draped around the
shoulders. Iu some instances it is
shaped a little by a yoke, but the sim
ple, straight scarf, three quart rs of a
yard wide nud long enough to full to
the knees after it is knotted, is quite
as good style.
Laced tan boots with heavy aides
are used universally for golfing. The
tread is very broad aud the heals
low. The Bume geueral style of shoe,
ouly built on the Oxford last, is the
fashionable street shoe. Pateut leathei
half shoes and pumps are stylish for
ufteruoous, and high Frenoh heels ap
pear ou all of the eveuiug slippers.
AN ORDER FOB A HAMMOCK.
Make me a hammook, deep and strong,
Of hue and pattern tasteful
Of dimensions not so very long,
Fur spans this way Is wasteful.
I'm seeking a hammook built tor three.
Not often you have oall so
Unusual? It's for Nell snd me,
And for young Dan Cupid, slso.
Bo eommon the hammook that's built tot
two,
It barely draws attention i
But the one I am ordering now of you
Must bold the three I mention.
Make It with suoh a wonderful weave,
For comfort and ease designed us,
That Nell, by my side, will hate to leave,
Aud no bungling chump can llud us.
Ths hammock must know my toucb, ol
course,
Since I nm the chap to use It i
But It must rear up like a balky horse
When another man would ohoose It.
And steady and true must this hammook
swing
To the will of us happy three, sir:
For 1 wish to be sure that no siK'h thing
Asa "fulling out" will be, sir!
Edwin L. Hnbln, In Tuck.
HUMOROUS.
Tommy," said the teacher, "what
Is meant by nutritious food?" "Home
thing to eat that niu't got no taste to
it," replied Tommy.
Willie (on being asked to bring from
the library table a book that happened
to be bound in paper) Do you want
the soft-shelled one, mamma?
Htudeut And was the operation
successful? Kminent Hurgeon No.
We found thnt he didn't have a verl
forui appendix and he got well.
"Why must yon and your good wife
separate, Pat; can't the trouble be
patched up?" "No, sir. That's joost
it, Hhe wou't patch up me pants."
"Who are all those men I have seen
ealliug on you lately, Hmith?" "Oh,
they're gentlemen of tho press."
"'ou dou't soy?" "Yes; my credi
tors." "Clementine, whet did you do with
that curtain goods you bought last
week." "Well, it was entirely too
loud for enrtaius, so I mado a shirt
waist of it."
"Do you believe men show charac
ter in tho way they carry their um
brellas?" "No; but they show lack
of character in tho way they carry
other people's umbrellas."
He had a taate for poetry:
Although he never wrote,
He loved to delve Iu reams of rhymes,
I've seen nlm do so many times
Behind the printing office be
Was Just a William Oont.
"You have been very good this
morning, Willie," said the foud mam
ma. "Now, what reward would you
like?" "I would like to be allowed to
be naughty all the afternoon."
Mrs. Ootrox Mabel, dear, are yoB
sure Mr. Woodby loves you for your
self alone? Mabel Yes, I'm sure he
does, lnummn. He is always so rest
less wheu you are in the room.
"Here is nn article on 'The Bight
Kiud of a Wife, " she said, looking
np from her paper. "I suppose," re
turned the heartless man, "it refers
to the one a fellow doesu't get."
"I have docided to ask your father's
eonsent by letter, I'auliue. Now,
what sort of a letter would you advise
me to write?" "I. think, Claude, I
would write an anonymous letter."
Teacher (to new scholar) What is
your name? New Boy My name is
Jule, sir. Ttaoior 1'ou should have
said Julius, sir. Aud now, my lad
(turning to another lad), "what is
your name? "Bilious, sir."
The woman was furious. "Do I
hate her? At this moment I feel as if
I could pass her house without look
ing iuto hor front window to see if she
had any new thiugs iu her parlor 1"
Auger with a woman is terrible.
What Might Have Happened.
"Hir Harry Vane ! Hir Harry Vane I
the Lord deliver me from Hir Harry
Vane !" said Cromwell as the soldiers
of Captain Pride turned out Parlia
ment. Hir Harry was speaker then,
but he was governor of Massachu
setts before that, and in the old Bay
state his name is still remembered
and respected. Sir Harry's headless
ghost is said still to haunt the gardens
of his Kentish home of Fairlawn. Lady
Vane, wife of Hir Harry's descendant,
believes that she has heard the foot
falls of the Massachusetts ex-governor
sounding at midnight along the flagged
walk. Lady Vane the other day wrote
for an English periodical an article ou
Hir Henry. Htrange as it may appear,
the name of Hir Harry Vane bad al
most been forgotten by Englishmen
until last summer, when the under
standing between Great Britain .and
the United Htutes revived his memory.
An editoriul preface to Lady Vaue's
article says;
"The year that has opened sees a
strentheuing of the bonds between
this country and America. If Hir Henry
Vane had not been recalled from the
governorship of Massachusetts, Amer
ica might still have been ours; but
that was not to be, and Loudon turned
out to see him beheaded (Juue 14,18ti2)
on Tower Hill, as many a gallant gen
tleman had bsen before him." New
York Press.
Haw Fisherman Uarla Met a What.
William Davis was out in his small
boat near Libby inland, where he was
preparing some lobster traps, when a
very large whale rose out of the water
not forty feot ahead of his bout and
begau spouting water into the air. The
wiud waa blowing iu the direction of
the bout, spattering the water all over
him aud befogging him to such an ex
tent that he imagined himself iu a
typhoou. But before Mr. Davis could
recover suflioieutly to chatige his
course the boat was tip to the whale,
Oue flop of the monster's tail nearly
filled the boat with water, and theu
the auimal sauk. Mr. Davis estimates
that the whale was from sixty to
niuoty feet long. Lewis ton (Maine)
Evening Journal.
KEYSTONE SIHfS CONDENSED
OUSTED FROM OFFICE.
Mayor Dtplnct, ol Krlt, Aika far the Rtt tgai
tlon of Strut Supsrlnltndtnt O'Hafin.
RtfuM to Vacate ths Office.
A week ago Mnyor John Deplnet, ef
Erie. asked street Superintendent
John O'Hagan, a Democrat, for his
resignation, and then sent to select
council the name of his successor.
O'Hagan refuses to vacate the office,
and on Frldny he Issued orders to the
ward foreman to do certain work, In
florin nee of the mnyor'a orders. Mayor
Deplnet Instituted uuo warranto pro
ceedings In the court of common
pleas, and O'Hagan was ousted, pend
ing the final disposition of the case In
to days.
Abrnm C. Fhaeffer, of Wltmer was
killed on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Lancaster the other morning and his
body horribly mangled. It Is supposed
that while waiting to Jump a freight
train he waa struck by a backing en
Bine. Portions of his body were found
on both the east and west tracks. His
head was cut off, the skull crushed
and completely empty. One arm was
still attached to the trunk, which was
badly crushed and from which the
entrails protruded. The other arm
and both legs were cut off and ground
to pieces.
One-handed Sheriff May, walking
alona the Dellevernon road near
Oreensburg, came upon Peter Btro
nesky, who escaped from Jail here two
months ago. Ilia wife was with the fu
gitive, and when the sheriff placed him
under arrest, she threw aside a I-months-old
babe and defended the
man. The two beat the sheriff badly
In the half hour's struggle, and he was
faint when a farmer appeared and
clubbed Strongesky Into submission.
The woman was not Jailed. Her baby
Is badly Injured.
The Delaware County Historical so
ciety Friday paid a visit to the Caleb
Puscy house, at t'pland, the oldest In
the state. It Is a stone structure and
William Tenn was a guest there. Caleb
Pusey, who was a Inatmnker, emi
grated to America In 1682 with his wife,
Ann, and built the house In 1683. Ha
was one of the commissioners ap
pointed by Penn to mark the circular
north boundary of Delaware.
John Kuhn of Atlantic was fatally
Injured a few days ago by a vicious
cow. Kuhn waa crossing the pasture
when the animal attacked him. Hia
wife ran to his assistance. The animal
turned on her. Its horns catching In
tho woman'a hair, and almost scalping;
her and tossing her over a fence. The
beast turned again on Kuhn and would
have killed him had not prompt assist
ance arrived.
Recently an unknown woman drove
up to the Chester county hospital in a
farm wagon and said she had a sick
man whom she found In her yard, nnd
had brought him to be cared for. The
"sick man" was removed from the
wagon and the woman drove away.
When the man was examined It was
found he had been dead several hours.
Victor Holmes, the Company K sol
dier wounded In the Malate battle last
July, waa accidentally ahot In the arm
In his room at VVaynesburg, he having
entered college again. Hia battle
wound was very severe, nnd he Is still
so weak thnt he fell when going to a
physician's office but his condition la
not serious.
Samuel McNay, an aged and
wealthy farmer of Waynesburg waa
fatally Injured in a runaway accident
a few days ago. Hia team frightened
at a bicycle passing and lie yas
thrown out and dragged a considerable
distance, his skull being fractured.
His 10-year-old son narrowly escaped.
During the discussion of consumption
of the lungs by the American Institute
of Homeopathy at Atlantic City on
Friday last, Dr. A. M. Cuahlng. of
Springfield, Mass., said that If phys
icians would give their consumptive
patients five or six eggs In lemonade
each day they would have no funeral.
Potter Ilryan, a Pennsylvania rail
road trackman, while at work near
Tyrone, waa attacked and seriously
Injured by a vicious steer that broke
away from Ha owner on the public
road and went through the Juniata
river. Bryan waa picked up uncon
scious, but will probably recover.
At Somerset. A. W. Lyda of Johns
town Jumped from a third-story win
dow of the Vennear hotel recently. He
waa heard praying In a loud voice for
two hours before he Jumped and says
he Jumped to escape four men who
were pointing guns at him. It la
thought he will recover. .
The establishment of the free rural
delivery fpim the Washington postof
flee haa cut In ao on some of the coun
try postortlces that they will quit busi
ness. Ed H. Clark at Lagondta. five
miles south of Washington, has sane
In his resignation as postmaster there.
Mont Bentley, of Sharon, was In
stantly killed at the Douglass furnace
Friday morning. He waa descending
In one of the cages when the steel
cable broke and he was thrown out
and the cage fell on him, frightfully
mangling him.
An explosion occurred In the chem
ical house of the Eddystone print
works at Chester the other night,
blowing the building to pieces and de
stroying a laboratory valued at I2G.0OO,
fully covered by insurance. No una
waa Injured.
Besides the 400 coke ovens to be
erected on the big coal tract recently
purchased by the Standard Connella
vllle Coke Company near Pleasant
Unity, over 100 houses for the work
men are to be built.
Two Lake Erie trains came together
a few days ago at Bellevernon and one
of them waa practically demolished.
Firman H. CI. Hlnchcliffe Jumped over
a 35-foot embankment to save him
self. Word haa been received at Oreens
burg, that Benjamin Rubrlght. a far
mer living In Franklin township had
found $:t,0o0 In gold while tearing down
an old house in which his father at one
time lived.
A Philadelphia and Reading railroad
wreck train ran Into the rear end of
a fast freight at Reading and Engineer
Patrick Cassldy. Fireman Michael P.
Caasldy and Brakeman Brady were
Injured.
A ferryboat containing 35 people was
struck by lightning at Harrlaburg a
few evenings ago In the middle of the
river. The bout capslxed, but. owing
to the shallow water, no one was In
jured. Oeorge Bailey of Sharon, Pa., w
probably fatally Injured in a runaway
accident Thursday nltrht.
A small daughter or Jesse Cogan,
who lives near Ureensburg, while ut
work In a potato patch, dua up a
watch that la supposed to huve been
the property of Oen. Arthur bt. Clair.
James M. Philips, of Butler, who a
few ilavs ago waa reputed to be a
wealthy producer In Butler county oil
fields, was sent to Jull under the Insol
vent debtors act.
Detective Morrlssey arrested James
Green, at Harrlaburg, said to be want
ed In Seattle for murder of a cabmun
nnd in Walla Walla for buncoing a
farmer out of l-".0OJ.
Attorney William 8. Wright, of
Bristol, charged with embeaslement
was discharged by decree of Judas
Yerkcs.