ST. LOUIS THE PLACE.
fha Republican National Conrenllnn Will
Ba Raid In That City.
Wabhikotow, Deo. 1 1 The Republican
national convention will le held nt St.
Louis on June 10 next. Thnt was the ds
olslon reached bjr the Republican national
committee assembled here after spirited
balloting lasting two hours.
The successive ballots are shown its fol
lows: First. Ft Louis, 13; Ran Francisco,
10; Pittsburg. 9; Chicago, 8; New York, 1.
Second. St. Louis, 14; Ban Francisco,
Id; Pittsburg, flj Chicago, 8.
Third. St. Louis, 18; Pnn Francisco,
10; Pittsburg, 6; Chlongo, 0.
Fourth Pt. Louis, 2ii; Pan Franolsoo,
19; Pittsburg, 1; Chicago, .
Fifth. Pt. Louis, S; Pan Franolsoo,
16; Chicago, 8.
The morning was spent In hearing
speeches In behalf of the oon tending cities,
the doors being open to the various enn
testing delegations. This concluded, the
oommlttee began Its afternoon sosslon be
hind closed doors. An eager crowd choked
up the oorrldors leading to the committee
room and awaited the announcement of
the results.
The first Important question of the ses
sion was the Axing of the dnte of the con
vention. The executive committee report
ed n resolution favoring June lrt. This
was amended by Committeeman Lannnn
Df Utah In favor of August 18. There was
a sharp debate, and Mr. De V'oung of Cal
ifornia finally proposed a compromise be
tween .Tune and August viz., July. The
De Young and Lannnn amendments were
both defeated, and then by a practically
unanimous vote the date wna fixed at
June 16.
Then came the main contest between
the cities. Thero was much excitement as
the balloting proceeded, the committee
men from the interested sections hurrying
about and seeking to effect combinations.
At the outset Pnn Francisco secured one
more than the 19 claimed from the first.
The announcement of her lend wns greeted
with enthusiasm when It renuhed the
outer corridors. The strength of St. Louis
Was somewhat greater than hnd beon ex
pected, while neither Pittsburg nor Chl
ongo made the showing anticipated. St.
Louis gained steadily on each ballot. Pan
Frnnoisco sought to moet this by drawing
the votes of Chicago, but without avail.
The first serious brenk occurred when Da
vid Martin of Pennsylvania led the Pitts
burg forces toward Pt. Louis. On the
fourth and last formal ballot Pan Frnnols
co's forces broke for the first time, Michi
gan, Wyoming and Connecticut going to
Pt. Louis. Thnt settled It and gave Pt.
Louis the convention. The choice wns
made unanimous on motion of Mr. De
Young of Pan Francisco.
Trolley Injures Threa Persona,
NKWiuino, N. Y., Deo. 9. A rapidly
moving trolley freight oar struck a wngon
on Broadway, in which were riding Mo
ses Daley, Patrick Leahy and Mlchnel
Burke. Daley and Leahy received sorlous
scalp wounds and bruises, and Durke's
back was Injured. They were all taken to
St. Luke's hospital The condition of Da
Icy Is considered dangerous. Simeon Gra
ham, the motorman, was arrested.
Killed by a Railroad Train.
Phiiadeumiia, Deo. 1Q Mrs. Eliza
beth Sepplg, aged 45 years, and her
6-year-old child Catherine were struck by
a Pennsylvnnla passenger train at the On
tario street crossing. Mrs. Sepplg was In
stantly killed and the child fatally injur
ed. Their bodies wore thrown a distance
of SO yards.
THRILLING SEA STORY.
Crew of an American Vessel Rescued as
It Was Sinking.
The British steamer Rosemorran,
Oaptaiu Norman, from Norfolk and
Newport News for Loilh, lauded at
Plymouth tbe other evening the captain
f the American ship Belle O'Brien,
Irom San Francisco, before reported
(onndcred, together with his wife and
18 of the ship's crew. These were picked
Ip from a small boat on Nov. 27 as they
Kere abandoning the sinking wreck.
Captain Col ley makes the following
ltatement :
"Our voyage was a stormy one from
the first, and the ship was soon driven
from her course and began to leak. We
wero not anxious tor our safety until we
got within 75 miles of Qoeeustown, on
Nov. 11, when the ship encountered a
terrific, gale, with tremendous seas,
which swept her decks and stove and
carried off ber bulwarks and deckhouse.
The ship was then leaking badly and
taking water very fast.
"The crew manned tbe pumps con
stantly in the effort to save onr lives.
The water contiuned to gain, however,
and on Nov. 19 tbe water in the hold
was ten feet deep. In the meantime one
man had fallen overboard and was
drowned. On Nov. 19 we got ont the
longboat and towed her astern. Three
seamen and the second officer were in
the boat. The high seas caused the boat
to plunge so violently that it became
necessary to cnt the painter to prevent
her from swamping. Tbe boat was with
out oars and was provided with neither
food nor we . ir. When tbe painter was
cut, tbe bof drifted away into the dark
ness, and I immediately had another
boat lowered, manned by the first and
third officers and five men, provided
with flashlights to search for her.
"The Belle O'Brien watched for hours
for the return of the boats, but we saw
neither of them again. Boon another
gale sprang np, and tbe pumps became
very difficult to work on account of tbe
grain in the hold choking them. As the
water gained, the grain continned to
well outil it bulged the planks on the
ship's sides and heaved ber decks. We
did not relax our desperate efforts to
keep the ship afloat until we were sight
ed and picked np by the Bosemorran. "
Mo Canals on Mara.
At tbe regular monthly meeting of
the section ol astronomy and physics of
the New York Academy of Sciences,
Professors Rees and Jacoby and Charles
Post read papers attacking the alleged
discoveries of lines and canals on the
planet Mars. The attacks were princi
pally directed against Percival Lowell
of Boston, who while at Flagstaff, A.
T. , claimed to have seen the same lines
and canals discovered on tbe planet by
Signor Schiaparelli in Italy. After tbe
reading there was a general discussion,
and the conclusion arrived at was that
these people were romancers and not as
tronomers. Tbe academy therefore dis
carded the theory of canals and lines on
the planet Mars until such time as tbey
could be seen more plainly, or at least
by a greater number of persons.
Wm Tax Lord For Vetarana.
A bill will be introduced la tbe Vir
ginia legislature imposing a specifio tax
on oleowargurlne and ooinpouud lards
for the benefit of disabled Confederate
veterans. It is calculated that $50,000
ner year will be realized by it.
IIEltO IN BLUE CLOTH
THE ODD CASE OF POLICEMAN ORIF
FENHAGEN OF NEW YORK,
rl Stopped Threo Runaway Horses At
tached to a Fire Knglno at the Oolanv
blan Celebration la New York md Not
Show Any Peculiar Symptoms at First,
Roundsman Edward E. Oriffenhagen,
who hns been undergoing treatment In
Austria for a nervous malady that has
puzzled physicians in this country and
in Europe, returned to New York six
weeks ago, Uriffenhngen was anxious,
because of the notoriety that his case
has gained, that his arrival should not
be known, and although he has since
appeared before the Academy of Medi
cine few of his old friends on the police
force know that he is in this country.
The profound physical shock from which
his illness dates was received ou Oct.
12, 1893, dnring the Columbian celebra
tion in New York, through an aot of
heroism that won him promotion. Grif
fenhagen was at that time a patrolman,
and he was assigned to dntyon that day
in Union square on the line of march of
the big parade.
As the New York fire department di
vision wheeled into sight after the
Grand Army posts engine 9, one of the
largest in the city, swung out of the
line of machines ou either side of the
street and into tho open space in the
middle. Three big bays drew it, and
the driver made the tnrn from Fourth
avenue into the plaza with his horses
on the gnllnp. From the press stand it
looked like a little fancy exhibition.
That was - the way it impressed every
body at first. Down between the lines
dnshed the three bays, and before it
passed tbe cottage stand the driver
shouted to a policeman :
"They've got the bits."
The three bays went plunging by at
if to a fire. Union square and the side
streets, except for the narrow tline
through which the parade was moving,
were packed with thousands of specta
tors. Policeman Oriffenhagen, who was
on the north side of the plaza, heard
the driver's cry. As the galloping horses
approached, be took a short run and
jumped for the bridle of the off horse.
Ui-iffenlingen caught the bit with his
right hand. Had he not been a well
trained athlete his jump might have
lnuded iiim beneath the horses' feet
The policeman held on, and the bays
tore ahead as if nothing had happened.
Qriffeuhngnn was dragged for half a
block. Sometimes he was swinging in
the air. That was when the big bay
would throw his head high np. At other
times his legs were swinging tinder the
horse's body. The policeman's grip was
firm. As the heavy engine approached
Seventeenth street two dozen polioemen,
who had been keeping the crowd back,
sprang forward and fell on the bays.
The horses tore along for 60 feet more,
and then came to a stop. Tbey were
halted within a dozen feet of the orowd
that could not be pushed back any far
ther. Uriffenhngen was the last man to
releaso his hold. He was made a rounds
man on the following day in recognition
of his bravery.
Uriffenhngen received no physical in
jury, apparently, beyond a severe nerv
ous shock. Dr. ClmrleB E. Nammack,
surgeon of police, in describing his case
in the last number of The Medical Rec
ord, says:
"One week Infer he was obliged to
consult his family physician on account
of a severe pain in the chest. He was
treated for two mouths without relief,
and then went to Dr. Loom is, whose di
agnosis was strain and shook, and who
ordered him absolute rest. In the spring
of 1894 he consnlted Dr. C. L. Dana,
who advised him to go to Germany for
hydropathic treatment. He accordingly
obtained leave of absence, went to
Europe, and saw Dr. Luyden of Berlin,
who sent him to Tnalheim. '.
Oriffenhagen is now 84 years old and
apparently in good health. His case is
one of traumatic neurasthenia and its
symptoms are unique. When a reporter
saw him, he was walking in the lane
back of his honse. His weight has fallen
f -oni 230 ponuds to 185. BefWU Joining
tbo police force Oriffenhagen was a
gymnasium instructor in Providence,
and he says his 380 pounds was mostly
bone and niusole.
Oriffenhagen remained on duty for a
short time after bis promotion, and then
the symptoms that indicated the seri
ousness of his nervous shock began to
develop. Ho first noticed a diminished
power of persistent mental and physical
application. Then came nervous irrita
bility and mental exaltation. The reit
eration of the story of bis heroism
worked him up to a pitoh of excitement
foreign to bis temperament He suffered
from pain in the chest and weakness in
the legs. Oriffenhagen waa slow to yield
to these symptoms.
When Oriffenhagen was examined a
month ago, it was found that his pain
and temperature sense was normal. His
tactile sensibility is impaired, however.
He cannot distinguish a penoil point
from tbe end of bis finger.
His hearing is not diminished, but be
cannot listen to band concerts, which he
formerly enjoyed, without pain. His
heart action is weak, and bis musosus
re easily fatigued. A slight irritation
of his skin leads to persistent redness.
Dr. Nammack says: "The diagnosis in
this case lies between tranmatio neur
asthenia, traumatio hysteria and simu
lation. Tho last was excluded by the
absence of motive therefor, absence of
striking symptoms and absence of efforts
to exaggerate existing slight symptoms.
Hysteria waa excluded by tbe absenoe
of anaesthesia or other stigmata of hys
teria, such as paralysis, contracture or
spasm, and absenoe of paroxysmal phe
nomena. Although the oaae has now
continued for over three years, improve
ment has been slowly progressiva He
has had none of the vexations and ex
citement incident to medico legal cases
of tbis character. "New York Bun.
Talk About Impndaaoo.
Hilton Miller took $65,000, every
cent in the treasury of Perry county.
Ind., and ran off to Canada live years
go. A man representing himself as a
drummer went to English, Lud., Oct
15 and made himself so popular he was
entertained by tbe sheriff and the prose
cuting attorney. He inquired all about
tbe Miller case and the bondsmen. -It
tnrned out that the man was Millar la
disguise. The sheriff is frantio over the
Affair. -
STORIES Or THE DAY.
roany BMo off I. (fa at tho Capitol at Wash
hnaton.
Unroll the map of tbe United States
ind draw a straight tine from Boston to
3an Franolsoo. There is a Democrat lo
representative In eongmss from each end
st the line, which will not cross or De
south of another Demooratio distriot.
The Boston district is represented by
John F. Fitagerald, who waa born in
that city in 1865. The Ban Franolsoo
distriot is represented by James Q. Ma
rulre, wbo was also born In Boston in
1808. These lonely Democrats shook
bands across the continent for the first
time yesterday,
"How did it happen f" asked Msguire.
"I don't know," replied Fitzgerald,
"but I think it is because God is still
good to the Irish. "
Representative Harmer of Pennsylva
nia is the father of the Republican side
of the house. -"After carefully looking
over this body," remarked Representa
tive Steele of Indiana, "I am convinced
that Solomon in all his glory was not
better equipped with offspring than is
Father Harmer. "
The Demooratio canons over the fonr
appointees allowed the minority was
more hotly contested and more exciting
than the average election for speaker.
Tbe principal contest was between Isaac
Hill of Ohio and Henry Mobler of Illi
nois, for the position of assisant ser-geant-at-arms.
Ike Hill, who bas held
the place for many years, was extremely
worried over his prospects. Hepredloted
his own defeat, but came ont triumphant
by a vote of 61 to 48.
"What a fool I am, "said he. "I've
been making a mountain out of a Mahler-Hill."
Representative Curtis of Kansas
prondly claims a fair share of Indian
blood. He won a good seat in the house
raffle, and then courteously surrendered
it to Dingley of Maine, whose blaok
ryes, aquiline nose and dark complex
ion give him an even more pronounced
Indian aspect.
"Curtis is part Injun," said one of
his colleagues from Kansas, "but he's
not an Injun giver, at any rate."
Rev. Mr. Milburn, ohaplain of the
Semite, and Rev. Mr. Couden, the newly
elected chaplain of the house, are both
blind.
"If these two chaplains weren't
blind," said Representative Crowley of
Texas, "they would have to wear blink
ers. Congress wants its sins prayed for,
but not seen. "
"The only reason why I object to
blind chaplains in both bouses, "said
Senator Lodge, "is that the Amerioan
press may think it was done intention-
lly-" , ,
Representative Josiah Patterson of
Tennessee, who has been making sound
money speeches through the south,
brings baok discouraging reports of bis
experiences in Mississippi. He encoun
tered Private John Allen of Tupelo in
joint debate at that place.
"There was a good crowd," says Mr.
Patterson, "and I gave them a logical,
convincing and absolutely irrefutable
demonstration of tbe sound money argu
ment in a short discourse of an bonr and
a half. And then what do yon think Al
len did? He Just got op and walked to
the front of the platform and said:
'Friends and fellow citlsens, what tbis
man says is all bosh. I will demolish
him with a single question. '
"Then, he turned on me Uke a tiger,
bis eyeballs glaring, and his forefinger
shaking under my nose, and shouted:
'Mr. Patterson, I want yon to tell tbis
intelligent audience, without the slight
est attempt at evasion, whether it is or
is not true that an English dnkewas re
cently paid in New York city tbe mm
of 116,000,000 in gold as a bribe to in
duce him to marry an Amerioan heir
ess!' "Then that set np a yell which yon
could hear five miles off, and they shout
ed: 'You've got him, John! Stiok to
him I Don't let him throw yoa off,
John. He can't answer it I You've set
tled him.'
"I took the next train north. " - ,
"I say. V said Felix Mc01oskey7'd
yon know why the senators, when they
heard there was a new red carpet in the
house, got a new green one for their
chamber?"
"No," replied Henry Olay Balsa.
"Yon know more about these fellows
here than I do, Felix. Why was ltf"
"Because the senate is the upper
house, and proposed that even In the
Amerioan congress they would do all in
their power to keep tbe green above the
red. These Republican senators know
bow to catch, ths Iiiab vote. " And relit
winked and 8ulzer nodded wisely.
' The only original Felix MoCloskey,
whose face almost alone makes the hotel
corridors homelike to wandering Demo
crats familiar with Washington, during
the last two oongressea, sat in the Ar
lington the other night retailing stories
of the period of 1840. MoCloskey 's
stories sre far from clerical. As he
talked a stranger took Botes, MoCloskey
now and then casting sidelong glanoea
at the writer. When at last the latter
went ' away MoCloskey exploded)
"That's wbst I call cheek. To take
notes of my .'a!k and pot it in a paper
without my consent"
One of MoCloskey 's com pan ions, who
is something of a' wag,. ran after the re
porter and soon returned laughing.
"That's all right He mistook yoa
for Dr. Tslmage, that's all "
"Is that soV ' said MoCloskey.stralght
ening np in bis chair and robbing his
smooth sbaven face with a pleased ex
pression. "That's another matter, of
coarse."
And all his audience smiled. New
York World.
Francis Boh latter, "the healer," ar
rived at Trinidad, Cola, the other day.
The alleged miracle worker carries a
copper rod of ourtoaa shape that he
olaims was presented to him by the Fa
ther. Schlatter aaya the. rod possesses
magioal powers, and he guards It with
great ears.
Toss Hiss Oat
The foandex of Cbristianit and the
founder of Mohammedanism were both
bora to places that are bow sudor ths
rule qf the Turkish saltan, who, until a
few years ago, ruled also over the birth
place of Mooes, the founder of. Judaism.
J-Nsw York Sua.
MINNIE HAS RETIRED
SHE HAS BEEN ARRESTED 1,000 TIMES
AND HAS SAVED 100,000.
Ths Cleverest remain Thief la America
no Oono "Oat of Baslncs" Oovo a
Farewell Ranqnel Something, of Ber
Remorkohlo Caraar.
Minnie May, well known to the po
lice of Chicago and other cities as a
clever and bold thief, bas made enongh
money at her nefarious calling to settle
down for life. She has retired, as it
were, and with her husband, Danny
Nugent, baa gone to Dayton, O., where
she owns a comfortable home.
The occasion of Minnie's departure
from Chicago will be remembered for
years to corns by her companions, A
few nights ago she gave a farewell ban
quet, at which all the leading lights of
her set were present. The next day she
and Danny, who, by the way, is one of
the "best" diamond thieves in the coun
try, left for tbelr Ohio borne. There
tbey intend to spend the remainder of
their lives in ease and luxury.
It is estimated that in the last ten
years Minnie May has stolen to the
value of upward of $100,000. Some po
lioemen put the amount as high as
(300,000. At any rate, she has laid
enough by to keep her and Danny with
out further ado as long as they live.
Minnie May is still a young woman.
She is not more than 118 years old. Tbe
last ten years she bas lived in Chicago,
and during that time she has been ar
rested more than 1,000 times for rob
bery and disorderly conduct She has
been, called "the wickedest woman in
the world," bnt there is often doubt ex
pressed aa to the applicability of this
term.
Minnie May wns born on a farm near
Milwaukee. Her mother still lives on
the old homestead. When Minnie was
about IS years old and an innocent bnt
bright and euergetio country girl, she
-was engaged to be married, bnt the
prospective husband disappeared two
weeks before the day set for the wed
ding. The proud spirited girl felt dis
graced in the eyes of her family and
friends, so she left home suddenly and
went to Chicago. She quiokly drifted
into tbe life of crime iu which her
shrewdness and in many ways her com
mon sense caused her to be successful.
Quickly her oleverness in getting a vic
tim's money attracted the attention of
the Central station detectives.
The polios were at first loath to be
lieve that the Innocent looking, rosy
cheeked girl from Wisconsin could do
the deeds accredited to her. Nearly
every night some man, usually a stran
ger in the oity, would report to the po
lice that he had stopped to talk to a
young woman on the street, and after
leaving her discover that he had been
robbed. Sometimes it would be a watch
that was taken, and again it was a dia
mond stud or a fat pocketbook.
Minnie was arrested before she had
been "in the business a month," to use
her own expression. Her photograph
was taken and pnt in the rogues' gal
lery. The detectives at tbe Central sta
tion were told to arrest ber every time
they saw her on the street, whether she
was with a victim or not In this way
the polios hoped to drive her from the
city.
But she remained just the same.
dodging tbe polioe whenever she could,
and in spite of the fact that she has
been locked at the Harrison Street sta
tion something like 1,000 times she has
succeeded in stealing a fortune. For
years she was a well known figure in
the neighborhood of the Grand Paoiflo
hotel. She usually selected strangers in
town aa her victims. And there was a
reason for this. If a stranger lost a dia
mond or his wallet, it would usually be
a flnanolal loss for him to try to stay to
prosecute the esse. Even if the victim
did suoceed in having her indicted Min
nie would have tbe oase continued from
term to term and In that way tire the
prosecutor until, disgusted, he would
give up the attempt to get her punished.
One secret of Minnie May's remarka
ble success, as given by herself many
times in conversation, was that she did
not dissipate. She seldom drank any
thing and was never known to be under
the influence of liquor. But many a
time after good night's work she
would enter saloon and buy drinks for
the loungers until everybody was glo
rious. Minnie would then call a cab
and go to her home on the West Side.
Tbe next night she would be down town
again looking for vlotims in tbe neigh
borhood of Clark, Adams, Jackson and
La Salle streets.
-Minnie's' diamonds and wardrobe
were the best that money oould buy.
Her scarrings were said to be worth
11,100, and she bad diamond rings ga
lore, enormous in weight and value.
She had an assortment of sealskin coats
and muffs and wraps, as well as hand
some gowns, and one who did not know
her might think she belonged to a
wealthy family. Minnie May's face is
irregular in outline and far from come
ly, but aha has teeth of exceptional at
tractiveness, and her smile transforms
her faoe into one far from unattractive.
Captain Horace Elliott, chief of de
tectives, said, when he heard of Min
nie's departure from Chicago, that be felt
like dancing a jig. "She's the oleverest
woman thief in tbe United States,"
said the veteran detective, "and I'm
klad she's gone from Chicago. She bas
been a nightmare to the police of this
town for ten years. " Chicago Times
Herald. He Bllna Next Spring.
Not one of the fleet of 60 or more seal
ing schooners hailing from the port of
Victoria will go sealing next spring if
the owners stand by an agreement
reached some ten days ago. Usually the
sealers have sailed from Victoria in
January, February and March. The
agreement made at the meeting of the
owners waa that, "owing to the poor re
sults of the spring voyages, the sealing
fleet defer operations until August,
1896. " Lost spring the schooners hunt
ed off the Japan coast and at Copper
island. Th(s year operations will be
confined to Bering sea.
News Is raoelrad from Kankakee (Ills.)
Insane asylum that Billy Andrews, an old
time olrous elown, is dead. Death was due
to parosla He was about 65 years old.
Louis Charles Antolns Gullbert Pierre
Pulton, marquis de Cbjunbrun, who Is to
Wd hi tat alar K.rat Nichols on Thursday,
sesured the marriage llosnse Is Cincin
nati yesterday.
NOTHING TO DIQ BUT GOLD.
Wonderful ntacoTerles of tho Yellow Ore
Hear Salt Lake City.
Recent discoveries of vast goldfloldn
at Mercur, about 65 miles soulb of Salt
Lake City, which give every indication
of making that place one of the largest
and richest gold mining camps in the
world, bave created Intense excitement
For about two years only one property
has been operated, and that by tbe Mer
cur Gold Mining and Milling company,
and in that period it has paid dividends
of over 1600,000. It now appears that
the valley for many miles in every di
rection cm tains ore equally as rich or
richer than the Mercur company's prop
erty. Within a short period a distriot of
seven miles by three miles has beon al
most entirely taken np, nnd fully 1,000
miners and prospectors are at work.
Three new mills have been started up
and are now operating even more profit
ably than the original one. New discov
eries are being made daily, nnd there is
great excitement. The extent of the sur
face in which the ore is found appears
to be practically unlimited, and the
stock of numerous companies which
have recently incorporated is eagerly
sought for at from 60 cents to 3 a share.
Captain Delamar, the multimillionaire,
recently obtained an option to purchase
the properties of the Mercnr company
for 11,600,000. The option runs until
Jan. (I, aud there is scarcely a doubt he
will take it up. New York Tribune.
GIVES UP THE PULPIT.
Inlteid of Serving tho Living He Will
Bury tho Dead.
Following close upon the action of
the Rev. Julius Feicke, who gave up
preaching to enter the saloon business
because the pnlpit did not afford him a
living, comes another New Jersey cler
gyman who, rather than starve, has
abandoned the ministry for business.
Tbe change this time is made by the
Rev. W. R. Clark, pastor of the First
Congregational church of Gnttenberg,
and he has gone into the undertaking
business.
Tbe church is a small one and com
posed of members who are not wealthy.
It does not pay a regular salary, but
when the Rev. Mr. Clark accepted the
pastorate he says he was promised that
he should not want for anything. The
donations and subscriptions upon which
the trustees depended to make good their
promises were not forthcoming, and Mr.
Clark soon found himself face to face
with the problem whioh drove Mr.
Feicke out of the ministry. .
He has tendered bis resignation in a
letter, in which he said that during the
six months he had acted as pastor of
the church he had received just $28.60.
This was hard enough to bear, but when
certain members of tbe congregation
began to slander him it was more than
he oould stand. New York Herald.
DRAW POKER AS A CURE.
Ir. Hutchinson Encourages His Maniac to
Play tho Game.
Draw poker aa a cure for insanity is
being tried with great success at the
Western Pennsylvania Insane asylum at
Dixmont. Dr. Henry A. Hutchinson,
the superintendent, speaking recently of
the 700 inmates under his oharge, said :
"We have some famous poker games
there. I must confess that I was afraid
to permit its being played at first, fear
ing tbe effect on some of the patients.
But instead of being injurious the game
bas turned out to be a perfect godsend
to us.
"It is the very thing we want, and I
am satisfied the end justifies tbe means.
It seems to have a quieting effect on the
most boisterous patients, who play with
the skill of a Mississippi river planter.
"One is surprised at their cunning
and coolness. They use chips, bnt do
not bet millions of dollars on their
hands, as one wunld imagine. As a gen
eral rule the bets are small." New
York World.
Aa Athlotlo Clerk of tho House.
Major Alexander McDowell, the new
clerk of tbe honse of representatives,
boa been in turn printer, editor and sol
dier and is now a successful banker in
Sharon, Pa. Notwithstanding his many
business oares. Major McDowell is an
enthusiastic student of musio and pos
sesses a tenor voice of rare power and
sweetness. In bis banking bouse in
Sharon he has a private room, where be
has been accustomed everyday for years
to hold a noonday service of song with
a few of his friends and neighbors, their
favorite selections being Watts' hymns.
The major is also an enthuslastio tennis
player and now and then plays quarter
back with the local football team.
STRANGE TELEPATHY.
Miss Morris Awful proaaoalttaa of Hot
Mother's Death.
While a fair was being held in the
basement of St Mary's Church of the
Immaculate Conception, Williamsburg,
N. Y., the other night, Mrs. Sarah Jane
Morris, a widow, was suddenly taken
ill and died a few moments later.
Her daughter Maggie waa to have
sung at the fair that evening, and Mrs.
Morris had gone there to hear her. At
the moment when ber mother waa taken
ill Miss Morris wss practicing in ths
scademy adjoining the church.
Without knowing of tbe illness, Miss
Morris suddenly stopped singing, and
when ber teacher asked her what the
cause was she began to cry and said she
was all choked up. Presently a messen
ger arrived and told Miss Morris that
her mother had been taken ill. While
Miss Morris and tbe sister were hurry
ing to the church they met another mes
senger, who told Miss Morris that her
mother was dead.
How I Love Thee.
How do I lore thsel A tiny drop
Of rain splashed down ou the mountain top
One April day. Then It Joined two more.
And tbey trickled over tho tufted floor.
Gathering strength aa they raced down hill,
When, lol from their onion thero an rang a rill
That oadenced quick to tho m luteal breeze
That played with the leaves of tho lofty trees.
And then aa its wandering way it took
Tho rill grew strong aud became a brook.
And tho brook danced on, and tho Munbeanis
bright
Made sport at they played In Its mellow light,
While tho dimpling pebbles were filled with gleo
And nudged each other inoeuaantly.
But the hastening stream bid them all goodby
And flowed down, down 'neath the changiug
ky
And grew to a river broad and deep,
with a stately stride and a godlike sweep.
And the sun burned down, but the river flowed.
Too otrong to care how the hot orb glowed,
Plowed out to the deep and tho ohangeleat sop
Aud thij, dear heart, la my lovo fur the.
Tom M alarm ia atunaey'a.
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POTATOES A3 FEED FOR STOCK.
flplnlonn Fur-re,-,! on tlie Snlcct by Km.
Inrnt Authorities In Nncli Matters.
The big pota'o crop and the 001150
qnent low pries nil over the. country
have fori-ffl nmny l'arn:(is to consider
the feeding value of potatoes ns they
never dirt before. Kven tlumtrli grnin is
bIho cheap ml nhninhi'if, it enn ho
ttorert nnd feil in mi!-' qui nt seasons,
fchile, however laio tlm potato crop
limy be, it " ill all have disappeared by
next .Tulr. It may ho ri-nnnitiy, there
fore, under ceTtainc'n-tiiiistaiKvs to feed
(he potatoes nnd h'-hl the pvain. Hero
are n few facts ab' iit, potatoes ns stoi lc
food. From the chriuist's standpoint,
the com pin a live vnlii".-: of different foods
would bo about as follows:
vat.i r of oni: nrvorrn roiTM s.
PntntOf-s X :."! C, ,r!i
Sktmmtlk '.'1 v.h-j.t
Wheat br;m lot IVi". In'n .
! II
i r.
Oata M (i ' 1 OjVi r h:.v. . 70
Of coarse t'je n fion s are only com
parative. Th 1 fi" 'd value of tho pola
to lies chiefly in i:s starch. In older ti
obtain the 1 t rcults, the potatoes
should bp coom -1 especially when fed
to hogs and poultry, l'mfr sor Henry
cont-ln'di .1 tl;:.t 1 :" pound:: 1 f p 'at 'i s
wereeqnalto loo pr,..ud- of coriinc n 1 in 1
pig feeding- In this experiment, the jn- ,
tntoes weio e. ..!: -d in n Kettle and I
enough eoninieal added to make a thick
pudding or inuli. In Franco the pota
toes are eool;ed and fed to cattle and
sheep with excellent, results. Wo have
baked nnd fed tin m to hor-cs successful
ly. Professor IT, 111 vs., vs the potatoes
mny bo choppr d with a loot cutler or
spado nnd fed raw to cattle, horses or
eheep a daily ration of not over !
pounds for sheep, 10 for n horse, or 2T
for n cow. Tiiis may ha sale; hut, says
Kurnl New Yorker, "wo would prefer
to bnke or boil Hie potatoes before feed
ing to any nniinal. The raw potatoes
appear to liavo a s, .in.vhat lax-alive ef
fect, and small (UMi)'i:i-." of them may
bo good for cattle on diy f, cd. or whcie
cottonseed n;"al is !, avi iy fed. From
choice, wo would 0 .ol; potatoes and feci
to hogs or ponlhy. Vo would expect
them to bnV"i-:li alt, . ut nno -fourth as
much ns cornmenl wic a properly 'bal
anced' With M l eaeel- f.:ljlK "
At tho Leipsie st.':;i,u in f-remiatiy
potatoes liavo 1,. en f. d to cows, sheep
and Rwino to te.-t their value, anil tho
results have hi on s-m li v.- to justify tho
continued n.- of p-,iato,s w inn clicip
and pleniifnl. From th is s!a! ion tho lol
lowing advien comes ; "Potatoes should
be cooked for swine, aud for fattening
cattle they can be f. d
cooked win 11 given with
Other Fubstant e-. ', ,-. -t
be fed daily iu p, um ,
potatoes. Tito l..i,; r ) :
cut. As a 1, 1 tie ur
cither raw or
lie.v, meal and
a iniik J.1...U1.1
1' v.a i 1 raw
:toi s .-IcuM he
.1 not pood for
young lambs
of ago. "
' for cati lo under :3 years
Kalamazoo 'i levy.
Kalamazoo eclevy is known tho world
over. The nau.o is sne'a a i-naraiitco of
quality that, it, is u-ed for tho better
kinds of ccle.y, no iiiati, r where it is
raised. It i;::,y bo of be vest to know
that tho bur-, ' .cs u;o p:, ki d for market
in wooden l ee; al oar. ll.n sizn of n
peach crate, say 2 1 iic'aa long, Iti
inches wido and fior 8 iia-lusdeep. Tho
bulk of tho crop is handl, d and shipped
by middlemen, wl iitract for it, or
handio it 011 commission. It is shipped
by express and f.i:;:l,t; tho latter of
Into has become am 0:0 popular met hod.
The celery in. ..d , s aro what might bo
called bottom land-, located north and
south of ihe ci. v. Tin y are surrounded
by hills and ilivi-i, d by ihe ridge of
higher gtou.nl noon v. hioh tho city in
built. Tiny are pts!, ij threo miles
long and a 101I0 wide, li.o soil is a
heavy black mack, iiriimilly very fer
tile, but it 11. ,v- )..;. s l.'io liberal ap
plication of fe.ato::, rs aud manures.
The Jnu 1 r is faiui 'e l ch-elly by tho
stables of tl.n City ; i.k. a a load of cel
ery is hank-d in town, a load of manure
is taken back.
Tho in, adow s r la tiem 1, mils, ex
plains American ko ,a ui;; ,', aro not
common farm m; lauds-, as numt people
suppose, hut ere evidently a peculiar
form of black l.uiok, tho result, of vego
tablo (loco'.npo.--:tioij. Tho area is coia
paiatively limited a, id mu.it inert asa
largely in value as tho demand for cel
ery increases.
Allo.ll Soil.
Alkali in a name given to a class of
substances that have , riain well dclinetl
characteristics, finch as uniting with fats
to form soap ami neutralizing aeids.
Potash, soda ami ammonia, aio all "al
kalies. " Tho trouble in an alkali soil is
not due to an exceos of potash, but to
the presence of too much soda in a harm
ful form. The remedies aro to get tho
soda out of tho soil by Hooding or drain
ing, or to change it into m,.h u form
that it will not bo harmful to plants.
These spots intuit p, rh.ots bo helpi d by
drainage, but. unless water can bo
washed through ihna, there is nut much
hope from this. Tho b-.-t way is to
chuuge the form of tho soda. This can
be done by broadcast ili j, plaster or gyp
sum ut tho rate of 700 pounds per aero
and barrow in t or cultivating it well iu
ou these gp-ji. ituui New Yorker.
UeHtructloa of llod.-nt.
Osugo orange hedges anil hedges of
honey locust aro oitcn mined in severe
winters by tho work of held micoor oili
er guawiiig animals. In California a
wicked creature, the p "pher, is equally
destructive. Tho I'ulif. ruiatis get rid of
the creatures by pla.-iLg a few crystals
of strychnine, can iuliy iu.-:do of u raibiu
and then putting a iu tho runs li.ad.i by
the animal. Tin v cat a:.,I die. Median's
Monthly euys that in tho east for licld
mice peas are treated in the same man
ner with arsenic. Tho peas ure first
Soukbd, so as to rcuder them tkjff, uud
urscuio placed inside.
lo Injure Cyi'liftta.
A bi ycli.-ia' acciihnt insurance com
pany has ju.-t b. .u iu -.mined iu West
Held, JU'i It prepcsis to insure bicycle
riders uguiii.-t ail manner of accidents
met with whil, 1 ridiny, their machines.
The I il.o of u ituilleHc-M.
The laltlelield of Full Uun has been
sold for k.-s than c'i an m iu. This is
fur below ihu cu.-t mary tpiotation fur
historic baultiiulda. 12oluu lluald.
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No. TH. Deletion.
Kxaniple: Take strife from to promote
snd leave to wndo through. Answer: For
ward, ford.
1. Take n union of three from a lover of
his country ami leave an Irish nloknaroe.
2. Take n Mow from colorless and leave
a pronoun.
8. Take n conjunction from slncore and
leave n famous Spanish poem.
4. Take n refusal from a French presi
dent and leave n vehicle.
6. Take relatives from falling and leave
to ut';-r melodious sounds.
e. Taken re-peel ful address from wished
for and leave an act.
7. Take to depart from grent suffering
nnd )i"ivo an 1 rul- ti nlto numlier.
8. Take a prep, isitlon from ending and
leave an Inhaliitant of the wnter.
II. Take sulfiasre from a bigot and leave
a river of Scot land.
ID. Take a writing fluid from making a
lharp sound nnd leave to ndhero.
II. Take n c,i7v place from a general
pard ai a".. , a e a feminine name.
IV. Take an entrance from the recipient
of a h ir ley ami leave the sheltered side.
13. Take uproar from a burden and
leave to tarry.
1 1. Take to Inquire from a small recep
tacle anil leave a w.'u'er.
la. Take in vert lieles from revelry and
leave howy.
When the little words taken from the
longer ones ttave hern placed one below
another, d e initial letters will spell a na
tional holidav.
No. 7 1 a.- Pnti-ticil Furs.
Once I "ur a little creature so furry and
Fofi that I longed to take It In my hands,
but his brirht eyes were watching mo, and
Ir was no ca-y matter to catch him. I sue
eeeiled at last, however. I had been hold
ing In n-.y hands another furry object
which somewhat resembled tho first men-tioiM-d
cue. but it had neither head nor
tail. To make them look more allko I cut
off theliule nniuial's head nnd trill. I
joined him i.nlie nl her article which I had
been bottling up, ami btholdl I had Home
thing very palaiabln for breakfast. 1
No. 7M.IM.
Kile r.e. how rvinles cty pmin het sndn
.;:!: :' :i:i ,t nonii li. t tbt'lun lflis
H in t . r -10 t.-'lrin-. rata el thocr slantl,
l rl-.a-.vr . lit U. ,1 1 lireiiivi uo hiltilngy Hal,
Pan. ,-iir.v. n. r ni , lit peal nail wi-tray ktftes.
Het 111 ol ra as after troth, cht clod nomo airo.
No. 71.1 Pictured Word.
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Golden Days.
No. 7 10. Anagram.
str.-iTiire how prune nre humnn kind
laioiu ss of their friemls to mind,
i k Willi wonilrons cnertfy
mote in ev, ry liruther's eye.
'Ti
Tie
To
Th
0 imi.s-' miulit t.-utte cie-li to eanh
1 they p. .s-,-s the iover of speech,
Hi
Mil
t na n 1.1' i-. ason, heaven endowed,
sai
Al:
bei
iilil ri e sl.Mve this m,mitrel crowd
I 1 ill Hie lolit uf intellect
1 k tir.it their own faults to corroct.
No. 717. Crossword Enigma
In scorch, net In burn;
la ianor,.. not in learn;
In lutia", not iu short;
III silehe... not in retort;
In Lie,., not in nosu;
In ilaiiil, li-.n, net in rose;
In biseoril, not in tone,
Whole 11 country well known.
No. 7 1 S. Single Acrostic.
My initials will form tho nanio of s
girl: 1. A hoy's name. 3. A girl's name.
3. A name of a flower. 4. An animal, o.
A live.
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No. 710. Hidden Fish.
f-;lie has lost her ring.
Do not use 1 hat. pot; it Is so leaky.
You will knock uver tho lamp, Reyn-
Ob ! I have hurt my heel, Mary.
He has got his arm In a sliug.
1.
a.
:i.
old.
4.
5.
No. 7-0. Kfogrnplileiil Anagrams,
1. In Penh. 2. I braise. 3. Try a rat.
4. I rage, go! .1. ( are. t;. A nice load. 7.
I sat, l.aur.t. 8. Do learn. 'J. Noisy paal.
A Case of Had Manners.
"It Is a pity that you are not more socia
ble, " remarked ihe cyclone to the earth
quake. "Ilir-iead of taking people out and
blowing them off, as I do, you give every
0110 tho shake."
Key to the Pussier.
Ni. 00-?. A migrant: Rudiments.
No. 6'.i:t. Transpositions: Traipse, pi
rates, piastre, "praties, " rat-pies, pastier,
parties.
No. CD-I. Charade: Magplo.
No. O'Ja. Half riipiare and Bhonibold:
RAISIN FATAL
A C K F. S MEDAL
I I! O N DAVID
8 K X HENRY
I RAYED
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No. fiOii. Numerical Puzzle: Facetious.
No. tbi7. I'rliual Acrostic: Dragon
fly, elk, Uanilngo, owl, caglo. Initials:
Defoe.
No. Oils. A Farmei's Trick: lie placed
3 eggs in the first box, U in the second, li
in tlio third, and these three boxes with
their contents ill the fourth.
No. lia'.i. ( VntrV Change.: Gun, gin.
No. Ton. A Tree l'uzzlii: Uoech, palm,
spruce, li r, pine, pear, apple, plum, olive,
hickory, rosewood, gum, willow.
No. ial. Anagrams: In tho Kitchen:
1. Spiders. 2. i-iorilizcrs. :i. .Stove lifters.
4. Rove brushes. 5. Syllabub whips. 8.
Tea cuddies. 7. Teakettles. 8. 'i'oupots.
9. Tin dippers. Iu. Tin yoni pans. 11.
I'ln pans. 1.'. Tunnels. 18. Vogotault
knives. 11. iVaillu irons. 13. Washbasins,
in. W.ishiubs. 17. Water pails. 18. W.
tcr pitchers. 19. Wire siuvus. 20. Yeast
strainers.
church Organ 011 a ltainpaaa.
Tho grand organ iii St. Paul's Protes
tant church in Kahwny, N. J., brorbt
tho services to mi abrupt close Sunday
morning. The choir hud begun to sing
tho gloria, when soiueihing happened
to the organ, ami every pipe began to
sound. It was several minutes before
tho supply air could be shut off aud the
noiso ceased. Tho pastor, the Rev. R.
P. Cobb, attempted to dismiss the con
gregation during tho noise, but his
wolds could not bo hcurd, aud the peo
ple left the church to save their eardrums.
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