CASEY AT THE BAT. There was ease In Casey's ‘manner as he. stepped into his place, There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile an Casey's face; And when responding to the cheers he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd conld doubt ‘twas Casey at the bat. Pen thousand eves were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt. Five thousand tongues applanded when he wiped them on bis shirt: Theén when the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip Deflance glanced in Casey” s eye, & sneer ourled Casey's lip. Ang now the Teather covered sphere came hurtling trough the alr. | AR® Casey stood s-watching it in haughty ia grandeur there: Clams by the story batsm an the ball hnheeded a Phat ain't my style,” said Casey. '‘Strike © one," the umpire said. . Fram the benches, black with people, there wentnp a raved roar, | 1iRs the beating of storm weves on the stern and distant shore: “EY him! kill the umpire!’ shouted some i ‘one on the stand, Amd it's likely tiicy'd have killed him had 8 not Casey raised his hand. WRN a smile uf Christian charity great Ca ioy's visage shone; : : Heed the rising tumult, he made the gama “On: He @gnaleci to the piicher, and once more She sphico id fie wr. : ; «1 it, and the nmpire “FEk A eried ie maddeone d thousands, and the echo nnewerad “Fraud!” Bubwte scornfni ok frem Casey and the 4 audience was ued : The saw his face gr wv stern and cold, they es saw his muscle train, Ang they knew th aL axey wouldn't let the ball go hy again. The emeer i« cone from Casey's «lips, his teeti gro» elinched in bhinte, : th eruel vengzosnee kis bat up- sotier holds the ball and now it go, : wir is shattered hy the force ty or blow. i Oh mime wre in this favered land the sun Jo shising hright, : ThEBAGd i+ nls ine somewhere and some , where he ris gre Hight; And semen here msn are iaughing. and some where chililren shout, ; fs no joy in Boston; mighty Casey Aas struck mt, —lver < Standard Recitations. PLUCKY “DOUGLASS ~ CLARKE. Only 14 Years old, Yet 1 He Tried to Trap Busrglars Without Waking His Father. Dongless Clarke, 14 years old, the son "of Arthur M. Clarke, of 111 Church lane, Flatbush. did his best at 8 o'clock one morning recently to capture two bur- glare who had entered the dining room of his father's house and were packing | AWAY the silverware. The burglars gained an entrance by ; prying open a rear window in the basement. ‘They had reached the din- ing room on the floor above when the noise startled the dog and he began barking. The barking aroused Doug- ‘lass. He did not disturb the rost of the © family, but with a Fghled lamp he started down stairs. He canght a glimpse of two men in the dining room and b+ softly ascended the stairs again. His mother and sister were awake by ‘thia time, “There are thieves in the house, manuna,” he said, “but don’t be fright- ened. They won't come up here. I'll just rum out and get a policeman in _ thres minutes.” : ~~ As he went off on his errand his father awoke. Mr. Clarke armed him- self with his revolver and went down stairs, but the burglars too had been startled by the dog and had disap peared. They took all the small silver- ware with them. When Douglass re- tamed. on schedule time with two policemen all that remained to be done ‘was to give alist of the stolen property. ~New York gun, The Dandelion. 2h dandelion belongs to the largest, oldest and most widely diffused order of plants. While other orders of plants have died out sud become mere fossil ‘pemains in the rocks, this order has sur- spived the geolovical changes of many idifferent periods, on ao 36 “s power | ‘of adapting itself to those chanizes. And these changes in their turn 1 ove only made it belter = its dA ¥6= all . the “waried soils and climates of the earth at the present day. We find members of thi crler in : every part of the zl ob Ma, in ples 5 ne far ~apert from. each other as can be, ! “It is the prevailing a id ani nt order i of vegetable life, th: most Lizhly fin- shed and the ma success] family of pists, And the dandelion ih i= of the net perfect rs belonginy to it, © fds the hed and crows of the vege- tai le kinodow, as mandy head and » grown of the animal erearion: and it is ~purions how this highes EVI c always is found only w ho + nan, the vhighest type of animal life, i= fonnd, 1 wand where. he dwells or culiivates the | A TRADES SCHOOL. AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH DOES PRAC- TICAL WORK FOR BOYS. Youths of St. George's College Instructed fn Various Parsuits by Competent Mas- ters. Carpenters, Printers, Plamburs and Telegraphers Display Their Skill. The trade school of St. George's Prot- estant Episcopal parish, New. York, is the successful evolution of an idea to keep youngsters ont of mischief at night. It oceurred to the rector of the church and his assistants abont five years ago that it wonld be a good plan to arrange some form of entertainment that would attract a certain class of boys in the parish off tic streets evenings. Word went forth that boys would be wel- cemed to the Memorial Building from seven to nine o'clock, and there in the basement the clergymen and others, who volunfesred their services, gath- ered them f{ zothey and told them sto- ries, and read to them, and diverted them in other w a amusing and instructive. : : From this arose the Boys’ Club of St. George's. The lads took readily enough to tha amnsement offered, and in their enthusiasm often (ried to help matters along by getting np diversions on their own acconiit, and it was not nnusual for the person reading or story telling tobe interrupted by the uproar of impromptu. wrestling 1:atches suddenly entered | apon by the more spirited lads. Indeed, th on v. Theodore Sedgwick, ‘recently, referring to the early days of the club, sii ne never put a picture on the walls but iehow or other it was smashed before tha end of a week, while he rantost: pleasure of the boys seemed | to be to pail down the chandelier so the pas would have to be tarnel off, the darkness givin a chance for rough and | tumble spor. But the growing good influences of the club were apparent de- | ‘spite these frolies, and some of the . wealthy men of the parish decided to enlarge its field of usefulness. | PINNED UNDER AN ENGINE. ' Nervy Engineer LichensVerger Tiosses Hig Cwn Mescue. Engineer Jacob Lishenshurger of the Lehigh Valley freight train that was wreck xl on the outskirts of Newark died at the St. Francis Hospital, Jersey City. of contisions received in he back, chest and head Ta He was cne more exampl: of the plucky men that have charge of loco- motives. For four hoars he lay with ‘one leg pinuel between (he cab of his engine an 1a railro ad t ie and with a fire raging ina huge pile of freight CATS within a few feos of Lon and lurmaten- ing each morpent to reac eh him. Y Vet he remained cool and eollectel all thot time in spite of hi ufferime and Sivoo t- ed the work of tLe mien who were striv- ing with might and main to release him. Although his lez was tightly panned the bone was not crushed. When the train strack the open switch it. was running over thirty miles an hour. As the heavy engine struck the soft earth its drivers sank deep into the soil, and with a Inveh it toppled over ‘on its right side. The train o twenty nine cars, heavily laden wit and lard, rushed on it, @ sien them formed a high pile over the tender There was a rash of « alding steam, t red hot coals of the fir box wee scatter- ed thronzh the heap of smashed cars and ina minute they were in flames, i As the engine left the track, Fireman | Runyon jumped and esedped with | 5 . - § | nothing more serious than puinful in- ‘juries. Engineer Liehenshergor also jumped, but the ening fell aver on its side and he was caucht fast as he fell. Benjamin B: ariholomenw £ ) ila brake- man named Dnffner, were 118 the caboose in the reat and were not hurt: A {rain hon from Elizilwitli te New- ark on thi nir 1 Railroml, whieh crosses the Lehigh just bidow the place | where the wreck was, came aling oh ort ly after ihe. accident and Conductor ; Robert Prall stopped it long enough to | send over all the buckets and tools b : had om board, i { | § In the mean time the fire was swiftl; nearing the engineer. - Something haf to be done and quickly. : “Keep off the fire, boys,” said Led berger. ‘“‘Koep off the fire ind got a i jack screw and try to lift up tae engine 4 a bit so that { can get my leg cui. The men. went to work with i From all the houses within a nile i Only gasps and drawing were at tempted at first. but the plan met with success from the ontset, and soon the other floors were taken. and plumbing, | | printing ani telegraphy were added, and then manual training for the little - chaps too small to try the trades, that their hands might be trained to use the ! tools when the time came to essay the ‘higher branci: § Now two hu: retard fifty bx oys work | six nights a week in the school and as many more regret that lack of room | deprives them of the benefits of the in- struction given there. Many of the pu- pils are employed during the day, but gladly work 2t the trade school benches | at night, thet they may soon be able to CATT AN Artisans Wages, The instruction that they receive is of the best. The directors of «ll the classés are exports in their respective lines, and are Dn to teach the boys. The carpentry class, which bends over the benches on the ground floor, is in | charge of Mr; Miller, a cabinet maker who is in Imsiness ' for himse If, and tables and de %< and clothes horses acd hatracks an! varions other products prove that his instruction has fallen on fertile minds Mr. Tucker, a master plumber. amp ris the secrets of lis eraft to aspirants who seo visi ms of big fortunes in the near: future, and the room in whi ¢ work is bright with ints Ii ¢ 28 Ail COTE tions, all 1 v th vs, and, as Mr. Tucker ‘ as well as ay man could do ten. Sight cases of type. flanked by ahand | press and give aspir- : ) ing vonng prin ers a cheuce to see them- Faolves in print, aad Mr. Nilson, foreman of a big feacher, the The printers money Sav 074, as perinee, means of | They do Ty month Herald, “gs ¥ wis Of ; soil. “Jt 18 never fo yand apart from him; now it follows him wherdver |! soes—t0 " Awerica, Australia and « Zealand; and there in the new homo it Locomes a gilent but cloguent re inlor of the desir old land he muy never rain... C0 » @ood Worl : Twn a Tops Said. rembling with excitement, Luise | stood in the parlor and waitéd for her over. Jt seamed an age = he had | ~. gone to son hes £ futher in u e, The JOUnE ‘an Wii 83 RPI HE » easily betrayed int hasty. activn, v1 papa was 80 grave aud stern. noth the door opened and Luise’s weetheart good before her. Llc was tn rined, his . cheeks glowed, a strange cIpression gle amed in his eves. wn “Have you spoken to papa? che asked, iti quivering Z tones. ; Yes, my dearest.” oo And what did he say, ‘Hans? Quick, | tell me what he said. © He said *No® to thee; oh! I see it written in th line eyes, But I will be thine-I am thine His | eruel harshnese has no terror for me. I J will fty with thee.” Hans Muller took a deep breath and Shen. softly replied: “He only said: * Thank goodness!’ ‘and went on with his writing.” -—-Staat- mnzeiger. 4 SE la okie fobs Bia S558 i Ls The Bus: 3 y “The busin who knows the golastii oF ot hes- itate to exnad Beery aneaus 10 olitain such & pat: 1 poient force) ‘in bringiu; «© LW ADAPT. The |. .guccessial 10 f making people ren to be found when they ho womaething that he sell Ad (sing of some King isabsolutels noc saary to success, Ever enterprisin: «man will tell yon | that simple t. 0. And the most effect- Live is the angoaucement in the daily me wspaper r ve uraging Him, A pupil wisperel in the next boy's i ear: “Our toucher. is fer.” The mast pil was framing a reply, snd said to him: “Come, my lad, speak up, perhaps you | are tight.” a regular duf- | “who had just put a ques- tion to the Ww te class, thought the pu- | | ets were bir onght. An alarm cf owing to the feds of the | They brought their bnckets, and soon a mek it brigade, 44 to the oma Te wreck. The flames went higher lighting up the flat, wet miles around, and in the Nght could be seen the dusky figures of the crowd | working with their buckets to save al man's Life. In spite of/ their efforts ‘every now ard then a gyeat volume of | flame, fod by the lard, would roll out as | if to destroy the men at one stroke. Each | | time the fire was driven back as if by ‘main force. A number of men /got a. lizht jack screw and tried to ryise the huge mass of metal. They might as well have | tried to raise a mountain with it. All this time Lefbensberger lay and | superintendad the oo He was cool- | ‘er and more -colietted than ary of the! men abont hira. ‘(det shovels apd picks, boys,” ho or- dered, “and dig this tie from mder my leg; then I can get out. The rescuers seized on the idea and | “began to work with renewed hope. But | fate was against them. The fire got be- yond the control of the bucket trigade and drove them away by its intense | heat. Again all hands tarmel to ficht the fire and ggain, aftera bard strug te. it was beaten back. : j The wre 7 ad occurred at 10:0, and it wis now © half past 1. Taree hours had pass Cqaick enough to those at WOTH, bat filte eternity to the man that 3 (Feta eT jr 5 np gid boy Ey he ENITION fh ks himcut of ny i can't sthy here to be bummed.” “Braje up, old man.” crix crowd Cheerily; “we'll have | fore lonz.. The wreckers are Cevery in inute. F imhlly ¥ lL eqtenshe Tee r fainte away. Dr. He ki 1%, ewarit pl 1 ‘ Ji r ! iY all i pital, - His 1 : was | the injaries about Were SO sgvere that, it strain he had undergone, 1 1 #1 Hin uci, Greatness Thrust Unor His School Visitor—Now thar. boy num- ber 1, who wrote “Macheth'® | Boy Number One {i | ly )—Pleaso sir, I didn't. School Visitor—I1 know you didn't: | but who did? Boy Number One (w ith a spasm of mt ling violent - A MODEL COTTAGE FOR $550. / | awe for the Erection of a Cheap gna | . Pretty Suburban Home. {Copyright 1885 by the Co-operative Building Pian Associstion:) It i one of the primary principles of political economy that the happiness and prosperity of ‘a country is gauged by the genersl thrift of the inhabitants, ‘and not by the abundance of fhe few. That w oud bw the merdel community in which cach head of the family owned, jn the derisive words of the Britsh statesman. An acre and a /cow,” even if not a single individ nal had much ‘greater possession than that. oLandlordism”™ i18 vanonsibla for mnch of the Tisery wifich exists in cities. lapnily there if a growing dis. po sition rin ids conn for wage ean ers to becoma honsehplders. It is not ' difficult for the labofirg man and the | small artisan to réenfler themselves im- ' dependent of landloyds. The suburbs of our cities live abuwadant room or growth, and ‘he lgnd is not all in tha possession of 1 few families. Every day it is proven [osfible for a man with ne. 7 (0 OP Boman OLan Asst, Avemirirs AY. + “ nent. pradence lenial to build and hime«elf. with searcely more y ontlay than he was callal ¥en in’ rent. A dollar or td more a roonth for a few years is jot Jifficnlt to manage, when it means in fhe end such a neat and attractive home 18 is picture! herewith, instead of a mere memory of shelter and fat profits a the pocket of a landlord. This little cgttage, which is capable # varions modifications to suit individ. nal tastes, can be built, according to tho ;a0st careful and reliable estimates, for ‘50. Its width, including hay, is 237 fet: depth. incinding veranda, 17 foet; height of first story, 8 feet © inches; sacond story, S feet. Kitchen jo’x IY’ 3 we 8x10 A Lang R bey, Verande. i & wide. First Floor. Exterior materials: Foundation, posts ‘or piers; first story, clapbeards: bay- window, gables, ~ dormers amd roofs, | shingles. wood flooring. trim and staircase. Ip- | terior woodwork finished in hard oil. Colors: Body, all clapboards and shin. ‘gles of bay window, terra cotta; trim, | Pompeiian red; shingles in gables and | sides of dormers treated with barnt | sienna and oil: roof, shingles, dark red; sashes, brimze green; blinds, terra eotta: veranda floor and. eeilings, oiled. The princip al rooms and their sizes, | closets, ete. are. shown by the floor plans. Open fireplace in the living root and cheerful bay window. Front door glazed handsomely. / gira Peellur may te added in whi i vesta- bles may i Roof Clas. 1 hich it ‘can be ly to the » mech Anic . Nou scarcely in excess of roan or two in the Amn Upsto- Date Donation Party. The Rochest Church, is the happy owner of a Wrand new bievele. It was presented te him the other night ‘by the members of the ‘church. The young people and many of the older members of the congregation virtue) —Please sir. I dent wanter be a | assembled in the ¢ hureh parlors ty pag | telltale, but it wuz Bob Buster, over in | ticipate in : Spoor man's social,” aad ine | decorner seat. I see him a-doir’ of it.— | Judge. ; | cidentally the wheel was pushed out | | from Se the cnrttains and givem to Mr. Haves Interior finish: Two eoat plaster, soft - Herald Says the Rev. A.W. ra oh Asbury Methodist THE LAW OF SELF-DIFENSE. A Man Not Obliged te Retreat When About to Be Attacked on His Own Premises. Supreme Court of the United States previonz to that of adjournment was that of the appeal of Babe Beard from | the judgment of conviction and sentence to eight years imprisonment for man- slavighter in Judea Parker's court for the Western District of Arkansas. The opinian of the Supreme Court rev ersing the judgrient below was announced by Mr. Justices Harlan, who has filed the views of the contt in fall with the clerk. They are important in that they set forth the law of self-defense. Beard had three brothers-in-law, young men, who came to his Bouse in his ab sence with the expressed determination of driving away a cow, ownership of which was claimed by one of them and also by Beard, after the latter had warned them not to come. While they were disputing with Mrs. Beard her ‘husband returned home. One of the brothers, Will. Jones, advanced upon Beard, who had a gun im his hands, and made a motion as if to draw a revolver from his pocket, which he had grasped in his hand. Beard straek him over the head. inflicting a wound from which he died. On. the trial Jolge Parker, in- structed the jury in regard to the law of splf-defenss. to the effact that Beird was compelled by that law to avoid danger at Jones’ hands by getting onl of the way if he could, and tha$ the only place where he need not'retreat further wae his dwelling house. : This charge, Justice Harlan says, was objectionable in point of mw on several: gronnd=: © HThe Cont, severdlfimes in its charge, raised or sug Stes] the hairy ‘whether Beard was-in the lawful parsnit of his business—tiat is. doing what he had a right to do ny. after pataerninge home in the afternoon, he went from his dwelling honse to a part of Lis premises near the orchard fence, just oniside of which his wife and the Jones brothers were engaged in a dispwbe—ine former endeavoring to prevent the cow from being taken away, the latter trying to drive it off the premises. Was: he not doing what he had the legal right to do, when, keeping within his own premises . and pear his dwelling, he joined his wife; who was in dispute with others, one of , whom, as he had been informed. had al- | ready threatened to take the cow away Lor kill him? We have no hesitation in | answering tliis question tn the siirmae tive. | “In our opinion the court below erred “in holding that the accused, while on his premises, outside of his dwelling house, was under a legal duty to get out of the way, if ha could, of his assailant, who, according to one view of the evidence, had threatened to kill the defendant, and in execution of that purpose had armed hims#if with a deadly weapon. with that weapon concealed upon his person went to the defendant's premises, despite the warning of the latter to keep away, and by word and aet indicated bis purpose to attack the accused. The defendant was where he had the right to be when the deceased ad vanced upon him in a threat ening manner and with a deadly weapon; | and if the accused did wot provoke the assavit and had at the time reasonable grounds to believe and in good faith be- Tleved that the decedsed intended to take his life or to do him great bodily harm, he was not obliged to retreat, nor to ! consider whether he could safely retreat, but was entitled to stand his ground and ‘meet any attack made upon him with a deadly weapon in such way and with such force as, under ail the circam- stances, he at the momeat honestly be- lieved, and had reasonable grounds to believe, was necessary to save is own life or to protect himself from great bodily injury. “CAS tow proceedings were not con- i 3 + abi . +3 ducted in aconraances with: these prin. | ciples, the jadument must be reversed and the cause remanded, with directions to grant a new rad A Cat That Craves Approval, Mrs. Mnuosins is a very good mouser and occasional will catch a great biir rat out 1 he barn. OF this feat she wp alwa avs very pgouad and invari Flak ly brings the rat after itis de ad te the house, where every member of he » {fam- it and praise and pet her wood, hrave cat. The wrred one of the mems- y took the rat upon a el and threw it over the back fence, but in a very few moments Mrs, Mng- gins had it back again; again and again was it thrown over the fence, bat every £ time 11. wa Af last 1 TW RR PTOM 112 atters by allo Start « ua do if buy a on for 5 very serivusi—What stick it on myself. Jwould stick it on the letter Easily Remedied: What, Topey, why so deject- Topey-—- The doctor won't allow me to drink an yw ine. : Sipper-- Well, vou idiot, why don't you get another doctor.--St. Louis Globe Democrat. : : One of the last cases decided by the | completely round, asting somersaults, sight. The water splashed hundreds of + foot in the air. There was a low, ramb- “ling sormd. as of distant thunder, and ey HEAVY ARMOR WA WAS SMASHED. One Shot Lik> These These Contd Stak Our Greatest Battleship, » That onr new man-of-war Oregon could be sunk by a single shot has been ! proved by a most remarkable series of armor tests which the Navy Department ‘recently made. And this single shot, . moreover, need not be in the bow or stern of the mighty ship, where her armor is comparatively thin, Right 01 the side, where her armor is. heaviest, protecting the ‘al parts of the vessel nour the water line with im- mense plates of Harveyized nickel steel, the impart of a single shot, it has “now been shown, conld crush in the side of the ship, probably sending her to the bottom. This mighty ship of 10,231 tons displacement, the largest Wir ves- sel ever con<tructed on this continent, a veritable colossus of the sea, which cost the Government millions of dollars and was capposed to be impregnable, is now known to be at the mercy of new- ‘ly improved projectiles which can ernsh in her sides and rip off her armor like so much tin. : As a result of these tests important modifications will be made in the arma- ment and construction of the new bat- tle-ships and men-of-war, For once the armor men have got the worst of it. There bas long been pending in the Navy Department a contest between the Con- struction Burean and the Ordnance Bureau regarding the main batteries of the two new baitle-ships. The Construction Burean is conposed of the ~hisfs of the various naval bo. resus, and hitherto they have favored 12- inch guns, while the Ordnance Burean has been decidadly in favor of 13-inch guns. An inch is a small matter for two dignified bodies of men of this kind to quarrel about, bat it means that in the present cuse the oniy way to settle the matter was by a practical tost of armor Versus guns, And it would seem from the tests that have just taken place that the 13-inch grin has immeasurably shown its superi- ority ft» the gun that is only one inch smaller iu the bore. The side armor of the Oregon could fairly well resist any 12-inch smn afleat, bat an ~dditional inch in caliber gives the victory to the gun and robs the Oregon of any claim to being able to resist the largest can non on men-of- War. GIANT ICEBERGS AT SEA They Are Made Plcturesqe by the De- structive Action of Ocean Currents. ‘Otto Nielsen, the Westernland’s chief officer, as hearty an old salt as eve trod a quarter deck, declares that he never saw larger or finer bergs during the whole course of his experience than up- on his last trip to New York. “Wa were approaching the ice circle off Newfoundland,” he said. “‘Puesing steamers had signalled us that lots of icebergs were drifting about, and we kept a sharp lookout. The day was fog- gy. and smashing into an iceberg in the dark is no joke, let me tell you. “Fina\ly the fog lifted, and the sun shone out bright and clear, As we were speading along I' noticed a white speck off tho starboard bow in the San. . "There she is!" [ exclaimed. * ‘What! queried a timid passenger; ‘do yon call that little speck an ice- berg? “ “That's just what it is,’ said, ‘and it's fully twenty miles away. It will be big erough when we get near enongh to take it all in.’ “We approached the berg sanklly. It appeared to grow right out from the sea. What a sight it was’ It had the ‘shape of a pyramid 100 feet high and 800 feet at lenst at the base. “The sun shone cm it from the south, causing it to send forth duaszling rays, Like sore hase of azure bine, “Now. abond i persons have any conception of their act- ‘nal size. Only one-ninth pars of their bulk is above watér. A -berg, then, showing un one hundred feet high would really be nine hundred feet were it all above the surface. : “What a sight some of those ice mon- sters world be could we see them just as thev ure when they leavs their frogen cradles of the Aretie! ol ae refriger- ators in He wel oeould | not produce] sach a sie “Yan ses” the nancdeal man coms tinned, ‘or rather vou do net see, an iceberg as 10 waswien 1b rst dlipped in. ty the water. The warm corrents melt flor particles of 3 below gravity is upset. so to speak. It becomes top heavy. Then. with a mighty upheaval, it turns over on its side, or. perhaps, We thet view the work of the currents in the fantastic shapes we see before us, 7 | “I once witnessed one of these inter- It was a mighty great tidal waves swept by us as the monster settled in its new position. “We saw many other icebergs during the trip. One wis 200 feet high and 8 feet in length. It was slowly careeni ever to one side, even as we watched it. There was a chip of the old block, its top. povered with snow just as it left its n tive home.” - diamond resting in abed | hergs in general. Few A PR SWRI SS ie EC mr lhe
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