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THE STORY 0F 6 romance AND gower-nordica ITS SAD END. vordica Was a Maine Girt Known Kme ; iiss Lilian Norton-Mr. Gower Was “ from Maine—Sketch of His Career. ninenal Success in Telephony. His Fl> cn ° l ^f n Srof Campmeeting John Pf S tom m Farmtagton,' Ms. AB en i . w Edwin Norton, was a pros- j.atllC , frtnm Rot.h hfvr Ber fanner in that town. Both her P er ,° US v .T 1 d mother’s families were ex- father S t?1* ceUent singers. fcthe T risers.' Lilian attended the ceUe ”L a torv' of Mnsic in Boston to re- "f.'Seal eduction. The .exed- * f her voice introduced her into lence « . Qjimore, where she took the concerts or ^ „ , TTQV TOQa part. Thus a way was pene! for her to visit Europe and a a prominent more complete musical Ration. “Accompanied by her mother she went 0pb f!« of Europe. Having finished wconrseof study and become notably to Jer power of song, she received an • Kkm with liberal salary to smg in ^ Royal opera at St. Petersburg. She with her mother to Russia. W The manager of the Grand opera of p'“ was so pleased with her singing ,VT he gave her an invitation to become £ pri^a donna of the highest seat of and hy liberal pecuniary rewards St to obtain her release from her r Petersburg engagement, but the Rnssir *- preferred her voice to the money offered. After she had completed to engagement in the north, she ac- “ ted the overtures made her m Pans and made an engagement to sing in the Grand opera. the makbiage. During her residence in Italy her name yas changed to Lilia Nordica to suit the Italian style of pronounciation. It was during her appearance as the great American singer in the Grand opera that she became acquainted with her second cousin, Frederick Allen Gower, grandnephew of Campmeeting John AUen. He said: “It was not a case of love at first sight, for it was full seven minutes before 1 became enchanted with ' the lovely singer.” The history of this young man is fully as romantic as is the success of Mme. Xordica. He was the son of the Rev. E B. Gower, a Baptist clergyman, who died in Farmington, Me., leaving a widow and three sous, the eldest 10 and the youngest 6 years old. As the fam ily were left in destitute circumstances, Frederick, the second son, was kindly received and freely supported for a year at the Abbott family school. He had given proof of his activity as an infant hy leaping from his nurse’s arms, before he was a month old, through an open window without breaking his neck. As a scholar he was more noted for vivacity than quiet study. After a year’s sojourn at the family school Frederick and his brothers, by the energy and ability of their mother, vrerg gathered, into a family h Rmidence, B. I. Thi two elde J ers were fitted by their "mother to enter * - Brown university, and were supported by her at college till they graduated. George, the eldest brother, became a lawyer, and has served by repeated elec tions as clerk of the Rhode Island assem bly, Frederick entered upon the profession of journalism, and became city editor of Ike Providence Journal. He wrote to Professor Bell, the inventor of the tele phone, to deliver a lecture at Providence on the new invention. By invitation young Gower went to Boston to assist fell in the preparation of his lecture. MR. GOWER’S SUCCESS AND END. His active and ingenious intellect be- oame intensely interested in the new in dention. He contrived to simplify the machinery and to increase the intensity of the magnetic power, using one instead o two batteries, and introducing cir- criar of horseshoe magnets, with n ® devices now used in the Gower- «11 telephone. Haying obtained patents and estab- n et ble Hell Telephone company, wer went to France and formed a KiephoM company there, of which he Prudent,.with a salary of $25,000. patents in Germany - f n ” au , f ^ dn England a company I aent wafu but tbe En S ksb govem- I teW i' t le iPhone, as they had the viw r*’' V 15 a l iar t °f their postoffice ser in,, ^ rcksm 3 °t the company a mill- Jdollars’ worth of telephones for their blae { ‘Acquaintance these two Barrio D ce l e hrities were united in leased 3nd ^ me - Nordica was re- SiaudonJ, 1 c? en o a S eme nt at the bandtoAnie-'^ 10 Came ber ^ 1T1S ‘ ■ tee, p InaiT * e d life was not a happy sasd to fficient cause Mme. Nordica I Sverfnr a ? epara t e maintenance, but I hpro' Tf lv ° r< ; e - While the suit was I. %re\ 6 eft su ddenly for Paris, leg out =.:iiv„ be ! n deepl >’ engaged study- isaiutto r-r. ; nt ' on to employ magnet- “^dered ntT °l of baUoons. This he age, to], e Sfratest invention of the pnrpos es ' mi Itary and commercial plansheVn’ ^® c iency 0 f some of his Across the c|f rt0 ? k in a balloon, alone, SSl Straits of Dover. Since his ^fatorswf fr ° m the view of the ^hasnerm. i° vn tnessed his ascension er been seen. —Lewiston Jonr- Tbo Only Case on Record. A curious surgical case is that pre sented byHenry Breen, of Fort Wayne. ±±e_ suffers from aneurism of the orbit “f 18 tie only case of the kind re^ He ^ rece ived many letters inviting him to appear be- foremedical colleges, so they canexam- nne and study aneurism of the orbit, but as he fears that the blood vessel back of the orbit may burst at any moment and thus end his life he has preferred to re main under the care of surgeons at home. was a brakeman on the Wabash railroad^ and while engaged in coupling rars at Cecil O., he was caught.between the steps of the caboose and the end of saw log which extended over a flat car and his skull was fractured. After alone and painful illness he rallied sufficiently to walk about, but it was found that the cords of the left eye were paralyzed and refused to perform their natural functions. The affliction grew worse and Mr. Breen went to Springfield, m? where the Illinois surgeons were holding their annual convention. He was ex amined by 173 surgeons, who pronounced his case “aneurism of the eye,” and the only one on record. He was put under the influence of opiates and an iron collar was placed about his neck, to which was attached thumb screw which was pressed over the orbit to stop the rush of blood. He was thus kept for forty-eight hours, but his case was pronounced incurable. He is now at his home in Fort Wayne. Breen is a man of strong muscular de velopment, and would appear to have more than the average man’s chances for longevity. He is not disposed to be melancholy over his condition, and says that he may outlive the entire Spring- field convention. At any rate, he has the strange distinction of being the only man alive who wears a collar made at a black smith shop.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Boys Worry a Chestnut Vender. The life of the chestnut and peanut vender is a hard one, especially when the street arabs of tough but tender years hand together and swoop upon him in serried array and compact sally. A specimen of the “lately landed” order stood before his caldron warming hi a five digits and nursing the glowing chestnut when a hand of young urchins sallied by. One gave a quick kick at the stand as they passed, which made it tot* ter. The Italian in charge made an ef fort to save it, but it went sprawling, tossing out the luscious nuts upon the street This was the grand strategic effect sought for by the urchins, as it put the’ vender in a hesitating position. If he chased the boys he left the stand, and if he went to the stand he left the nuts. The vender hesitated moment, and the little band of young arabs waited to see what he would do, prepared to scatter into complete indefi niteness. ■ The vender chose to look ta his stand, and hi a doing so was a signal to the youngsters. Like crows to the prey they swooped down upon the nuts in triumph, and with howls and hoots filled their pockets to the full, pay ing little heed to the forceful ejacula tions of the vender.—New York Times. While extra train No. 671 was coming east Sunday afternoon a few miles east of Mass Hope, On the Delaware division, Engineer Edward Taylor espied a large deer descending the almost perpendicu lar bluff on the north side of the track. The deer reached the track a few yards in advance of the engine, and those on the engine expected to see it run down, but instead it started down the track in -advance of the train for a distance of a quarter of’a mile, and then bounded down the bank toward the river. The men on the engine saw the deer until the train went out of sight. It was a buck with five prongs, and must have weighed in the neighborhood of 500 pounds. It seemed to be greatly fa tigued, and was probably started up by a party of hunters in the heavy woods back of Mast Hope. Taylor and his fireman confidently expected to have a saddle of venison for their Thanksgiving dinner.—Port Jervis (N. Y.) Gazette. The Farm Tools. It would seem as if, after years of good counsel on the subject, some farmers would at least take the hint and look af ter the farm tools—particularly after the season’s work is done; but it will require a good deal of preaching from the text before “conversion” is accomplished. So one would think who rides far in almost any direction this time of^ the year. Mowers and horse rakes still out in the fields, plows astride a rail fence, barrows leaning np against trees—these are some of the not uncommon objects which one may see on some farms. Get them in, give a coat of paint where needed, and save dollars.—Independent. Wonders of the Deep. Carl Boentjen, of Astoria, has on exhi bition a marine curiosity. It consists of an ordinary seaweed some 20 feet in length, and at the lower end the cluster of roots has a firm hold of an aggrega tion of marine shells several pounds in weight. These shells are occupied by a curious inhabitant that has a beak that resembles a cMcken’s, only it is divided perpendicularly instead, of horizontally* —San Francisco Call. Better Than They Expected. Some men who had lost an anchor ppaT Linekin, in the town of Boothbay, A Wonderful Piece of Mechanism That Represents the Sufferings of Jesus. J , acobs > a carpenter, of Bunz- T 1 ’ PpsMa, has been credited with con tracting a wonderful piece of mechan- ^ representing in several.successive Jw® Passion of the Saviour. AH the actors in the grand but beautiful arama are carved from wood, and are each about, six inches in height. The machinery runs by clockwork, and enacts toe various parts three times in each winding. The panorama first unfolded is a beautiful garden, with a figure of “ Prajer under.one of Too Good to Sell. In his life of Horace Greeley, James Parton tells* of an old newsdealer whj could not be persuaded to sell "the last copy of The Tribune remaining on his stand until he hadtoad time to read it. A similar meastutobf independence ap pears to lie in the character of the Ital ian who trundles his fruit truck to the curb in front of The Sun building every night. For a week or two he has been selling the California imitation of Tokay grapes, and his boxes are emptied very soon after dark. The other evening three customers stood at the curb wait ing their turn. One asked for half a the trees, figures of the three sleeDinn pound > and the Italian snipped a cluster apostles being plainly discernible ™ two 80(1 placed] it in a brown paper distance. As the in the paper deftly over bis machinery warms np the wheels and the figures move more rap idly, quickly unfolding the last scenes in toe earthly career of Jesus. The last supper the betrayal, the remorseful look which comes over the face of Judas when he first realizes the extent of his crime, toe examination of Jesus before Caiaphas, the dialogue between Pilate and the Jews—all flit before toe gaze in a manner so astonishingly lifelike and real as to make one almost believe him self at Calvary. After the sentence has been pronounced a figure of Jesus with the cross appears. The cross is mechanicaUy erected while toe little figures busy themselves himlmg the figure to he nailed upon it. Ladders are run np to the arms of the cross, a httle figure quietly slips over toe rungs, then there is a sound of hammers as two figures hold the one that is being nailed to the cross by the figures on the ladders. At last, when all is thought to be fin ished, a figure on horseback slides across the platform, draws his sword and thrusts it into the side of toe figure on the cross. The last scene shows Jesus in the sepulcher, with angels guarding the remains. Mr. Adams in his “Letters on Silesia” says: “It is toe most remarkable piece of mechanism I have ever seen. The traitor’s kiss, the’scourging, the nailing to the cross, the sponge of vinegar and every seeming pain inflicted occasion feelings which cannot be felt at mere description.”—St. Louis Republic. horn which he rolled hand. The second customer also took a half pound and got the second half of. the eluster. That cleared the cart—save for one luscious, heavy cluster lying against the back rail. It was perfect in form, richly ripe, and untouched by decay on even a single grape. The third customer reached over and picked it np. He was about to say “How much?” when the Italian angrily exclaimed: “What are yon doing with that? Put it down!” As the customer was not speedy in obeying the vender seized his arm and took the cluster away, after w]jich he laid it gently upon a piece of brown paper. “But I want to buy it,” protested toe customer, feeling for his silver. “Yon can’t do it,” said toe Italian bluntly. “Think I no want any grapes? That’s for me.” And he pushed his truck away from the curb and started down Park row toward Mulberry street.—New York Sun. How Frank Leslie Died. Mr. Leslie was physically strong and hearty to the very hour of his death, all his life Ijeing singularly free from aches or pains. His death was caused hy a small tumor in the throat; being just beneath the jugular vein, the tumor could not be touched hy the lance The day of his death Mr. Leslie took a long walk, little thinking that in a few hours he should be numbered with those who have gone on ahead of ns to the un known country. They sent for me in the heart of the city. I hastened to his bedside with all speed. When I arrived he lay sleeping. I spoke to him. He did not know me, or appear to take much interest in my words. StiU, I felt hopeful. I could no.t believe that he must die. Those about the bed were wiser. One said to me: “Do not deceive Queer Seed from a Crane’s Craw. A truly wonderful plant is at the Alle gheny conservatory. No one knows to what class it belongs or anything about it. It is the subject of much specula tion among botanists, and they anxiously await the development of a bnd that is forming. Then, they say, they can place toe plant. The botanists have a suspicion that the plant is a tropical one, and Superintendent Hamilton is treating it on that supposition. The history of toe plant so far as known is a unique one. During the summer one of a party of gunners brought down a crane. It was a beauti ful specimen, and the taxidermist of the party set to work to mount it. In the bird’s craw were found several seed. With a view to learning if the seed was kiUed by the bird eating it they were placed in water. In a few days the seeds sprouted. They were planted in loam and kept in a warm room. Ed ward Y. MeCandless took charge of it. The plant was an object of interest to Mr. MeCandless and his botanist friends, andits development was closely watched. Last week it was transferred to the con servatory. The leaves are long and broad-and heavy, not unlike a species of palm.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Wonders Under a Marsh. A remarkable* discovery was recently made in the town of Oneonta, where a company is engaged in digging phos phates from toe depths of a swamp. In one place the marsh is underlaid at toe depth of twelve feet hy an impervious stratum of blue clay, above which are found three successive and distinct eras of forest growths. The bottom layer is of deciduous trees that grow only on up lands, such as beech, oak and maple. The second layer is of soft swamp woods, such as elder, basswood and dogwood. The upper layer is of coniferous trees, such as pine, hemlock and spruce. The puzzle to the naturalist is the finding of upland trees at the bottom of the marsh, with the trunks and larger limbs and abundant specimens of leaves and beech nuts in a good state of preservation. An other wonder unearthed by the excava tions is the finding, at a point five feet below the surface and among the trunks of the coniferous trees, of a flat stone about five feet square which had been utilized as a fireplace. The blackened stone, the large coUec- tion of ashes and cinders, and the bits of crumbling bones of animals indicate that long ages ago somebody cooked food there. That somebody must have been man in the strictly primitive and savage state, for no trace of any utensil or tool, not even a sharpened flint, has been found among the debris of toe fire.—Al bany Journal. yourself;, this means death.” I pn eer on the’Track.'*-'"' ’ ^aarms^ver the dying man’s : ders and looking into his face asked mm to speak to me. He opened his eyes, smiled faintly, then said to me these words: “Yon are beautiful and I love yon!” He had thrown all his life into his voice. Ills head dropped back—he was dead. Yet even in the face of death this man had time to turn aside from the deep Plutonian shadows of eternity and consecrate his expiring breath to the love and tenderness of wife and home. Ah, sir, such a life as this could not have been entirely jn vain.—Inter view with Mrs. Leslie in Detroit Free Press. Charitable. A gentleman has been complaining to the papers that he has dropped a florin by mistake for a penny into the slot of an automatic machine and cannot get it back; no, nor even the piece of chocolate bargained for. “Boo, hoo, hoo!” Why, that’s nothing to what happened to me when I was a much smaller boy, and yet I did not cry about it. I was taken to “call” upon a most exceHent clergyman who had a missionary box upon his drawing room table. The po lite function hung rather heavy on my hands, and I was amusing myself with trying whether a five shilling piece—all the money I had in toe world, invested in that gigantic coin for safety—would go into the slit in the box. It was a close fit, but unfortunately it did go and slipped out of my fingers. There was a terrible metallic splash—a rock of silver falling into a sea of coppers—and then knew no more.” When I came to myself I found my family and the cler gyman in raptures over my charitable act.—James Payn. Dangerous Bags. I have noticed with some surprise the of people who have been bitten riders, and 1 the case of the Leath of a girl in Jersey City from 'this cause is fresh in mind. Within a week I have met three acquaintances suffer ing, as they told me, from spider bites, and one of them had a hand so badly in flamed that he was afterward obliged to have it lanced. In this connection housekeeper has shown me two speci mens of “thousand legged” bugs that were found in his house. They were each over an inch in length and had twelve legs on a side and two long feelers. The body and feelers were striped, zebra like, in black and white. I suppose they wiH he given to some en tomologist for examination, and while these particular varieties may not be closely enough related to centipedes to be poisonous they are at least unpleasant companions for a lady to find running about the house, and make her think she has seen a centipede or tarantula.—New York Star. The Ballot Law Helps tbe Printer. One of the most appreciable effects of the new Australian election law is the re markable boom it has given the job print ing business. Never before in toe history of elections have the printers been called upon for such vast quantities and vari eties of campaign cards and campaign literature generally. Under the new system the personal canvass is the most likely to teU, and hence the use for cards of all dimensions. The confusion exist ing as to boundary lines of wards and districts has been of benefit to the printer in supplying cards with maps on toe back, and best of aH is the rage among the candidates to have their portraits printed on their cords.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Spectacle Cure for Headaches. A New York physician who has for several years been studying the relation of the eye strain to headaches, etc., in children has published the result of his labors. He finds that cases of short tight, far sight and irregular sight often go unrecognized until the continued eye strain results in a chronic headache and , lassitude, or even more serions nervous disorders. The most approved modem treatment in certain cases of headache to order toe use of spectacles.—New York Journal. Full o f Enterprise. A hoy with a mowing machine called at a house on Second avenue toe other day, and asked the woman if she wanted toe grass cat. “Mercy, no!” she replied. “Noonecuts grass at this season.” “Til contract for next spring,” contin ued the boy. “But—I may be dead by that time.” “ThenTU contract to see that your grave is kept green!”—Detroit Free Moslems Alilior Bolls. The abhor bells, which they A search for toe oldest clergyman in England shows that the Rev. John Elli ott, vicar of Randwick, will be 100 in three months. He preached np to toe age of 95 regularly, and occasionaUy last ft IS a „ r , f r f " V< ' S,,s l>i«ion. l hat tteir 0 lTvl yiusfee,in : Vmauv lv „ esai ' ( -’ a lW fi rcD ®stanti9?° d peo Ple *>o f unjust Ulr ° Unf,i ' among many move suspicion. Yet on account of fundings have had the jj?®; Carbnn!!^ 1)icion directed toward "'‘.yielding sores, er "ptive anJ LC ’ rou gh skin having etc -> are in toe Me., grappled for it the other day and "^. aw ' evil gpnits together. In place o __... thought they had it. Twenty me a |y,Am they have men called Muezzins year. He goes to church now regularly ged it ashore and upon _ the _ ® r 5ta tioned in their minarets who caR out | every Sunday, and occasionally visits ’ — - - i- parishioners, come to prayer. Their cay is, “'IMere is no God but God, and Mohammed is his prophet.”—St. Louis Republic. at iflR the'* suspiciously as -° Us Mg-.of" some'“conta- tov.i ^ed that, au , d Ppmted ques- aw 6 ann °yauce *'i ) , l ' oducti . ve of consid- td^Kive t ', IHese skin blemishes ffitoBin lw°,T ea course find tefrk result nf ’ but not neces- become C® 100 * Thebk >°d exposing 1 ? 1 ^ ure on »accounfc of evi •‘°. a , uiinai y di™ P j° per food > weak tOMm ls Well to dlsor ders, etc. How- °f the hi em . ove toe unnatural «ll a apt T u se of ]> °? d and the flesh by a ^“lull’s Sarsapa- Ss' "y,'beauHfi affa ll s eternally and ."upaired or b a CS - t l le skin and re- Stre "gth aud activity. i0nS t0 th6ir pun y little be en restored to robust them by kind and tents. but the upper jaw of a whale. Ht was 13 feet long from the bow in from to either end joint, and 7} feet across from end to end.—Philadelphia Ledger. One of Jaekson’s Servants. Ann Grimble, colored, died in New Orleans list week at the reputed age of 102 years. She was at one time a servant in the employ of Gen. Andrew Jackson. The Washington body guard are rap^Ey giving way to the army of servants em- ’ by distinguished statesmen of date.—Philadelphia Ledger. Lots of Old Folks at Home. There are now living in one Louse jnst outride the village of Sfc ^ ily of four persons whosec^bmed fges ceHent health.—Kennebec Journal. Tiny little, sugar-coated granules are what Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are. The best Liver Pills ever invented; active, yet mild in opeaation; curqsick and bil ious headaches. Guided ArigUt. Father—I am very much afraid our daughter will elope with that young '^Mother—No danger. I reminded her last evening that girls who doped got no wedding presents, 1 that my words sunk deep into her heart. -New York Weekly. The 5th of November, which, even in the memory of those who do not con- rider themselves old, was generally ob served in England as “Gunpowder Day,” is said to be now almost ignored, even in London. After exhaustive experiments toe French postoffice has decided to substi tute a copper coated steel wire in place of the ordinary iron wire for telegraphic and telephonic service. The epoch of bigness has i Three little boxes of Ceylon tea, each eVQry phase of neckwear. Some of the •anriehintr five pounds, were sold by ano- (jj-ess bows even are of unusual size, tionin London recently at the^xtraordi- | w hile the big ascot butterflies simply break the record. 6ma ll,bnt literaUy tipping. “When and goes out in the snow Perique tobacco, which, it is said, grows to perfection only in St. James’ parish, La., will he hut a scant crop this year, owing to toe late floods. Ahoy of 17 and a girl of 13 were mar- One a dose. 3es uuu - Tiflr vuy ui x# ouu a gui uj. j-w India rubbers, the only art t0 cp | ried toe other day at Columbia, Mo. to buv one bottle of Dr. isuu s ^ mon g the wedding gifts were a doH Coih Spapat25oents OT dtakei.. ' and a faotart lifle. . America the Bourne of the Emigrant. The degree to which America offers prominent advantages to the emigrant is just now shown strikingly by the ex isting conditions in Iceland. It is said that that country is gradually becoming depopulated owing to the constant emi gration of its. people to the shores of Canada,and toe United States. These emigrants send hack sucU favorable ac counts of their new home that others quickly follow. It is estimated that 20,- 000 natives, nearly one-quarter of the whole population, have left the country in toe last year.. The emigrants are said to be chiefly from toe northern and east ern districts, where labor is carried on only under great difficulties, besides which recent harvests have been very bad and have entailed much suffering.— New York Commercial Advertiser. Climate and Health. The importance of climatology is grad ually becoming recognized. No one can doubt that of the many factors which contribute to help or hinder physical well being, a very large share must be at tributed to climate, understood in its widest sense—i. e., to those conditions of atmosphere and soil which are con stantly operating upon ns by day and by night. The air we breathe, its temper ature, humidity, pressure and purity, the amount of sunshine we receive, the character of the winds to which we are exposed, the na&re of the soil on which we reside, aH these factors have a po tent influence upon the organism in health, and still more potent influence upon it in its more unstable and sensi tive condition when the subject of dis ease. While few wiH care to question such obvious considerations, climatology is stiH comparatively neglected, and does not yet rank where it wiH probably some day stand—viz., alongside hygiene and dietetics. The reason for this com parative neglect is probably the vague ness which has hitherto for the most part surrounded this subject, and the paucity of accurate-and definite data relating to it. It is also unfortunate that the avail able information is so often obtainable only from interested persons, whose natural bias in favor of certain localities wiH often, in spite of the most upright [.intentions, lend a more or less unreal coloring to their statements.—New York Ledger. A Frog Child. ^ A child was bora in Birmingham, England, on Sept. 20, which bears strong resemblance to a frog. Its is warty and cold and clammy to the touch; when it cries it makes an un earthly croaking noise. There are three fingers on each hand and four toes on each foot. Besides the points enumer ated it has many other characteristics of a frog, even to huge, knotty looking, Hd- less eyes. The parents are almost dis tracted over the occurrence and hourly pray for it to die. , There are two other “frog child” cases on record, one the offspring of a Piute squaw in Nevada, which was bom about ten years since, the other a monstrosity which first saw the Hght of day at Goshen, Ind., in January, 1889.—St, Louis Republic. Curious People. It doesn’t take much to attract a crowd in New York. Let two gamins start across Fourteenth street on a run any afternoon, and before they have gone a block there wiH be a hundred people at their heels, aH running. No one but the boys know what’s up, but the crowd rashes thither without any inqniring. Let a man stop on a comer in plain view and gaze intently at the sky. and in ten minutes fifty or more people wiH have gathered about him and directed their gaze heavenward. Only New Yorkers would do this. Curiosity is the common failing. I witnessed a noteworthy inci dent of this character the other evening. It was at the comer of Sixth avenue and Fourteenth street. A man halted at the foot of the ele vated station and pointed bin umbrella toward the rear of the corner house. He did it to demonstrate the extent of New Yorkers’ curiosity. He stood there half a minute, when a second man halt ed. Then a third stopped, and within five minutes the street was blocked and the street cars couldn’t move. Several policemen were there, too, and aH gaz ing at the. rear wall Some one said thieves were climbing over the roofs, and other stories equaHy ridiculous were bruited about. FnUy 600 people stood there, not knowing why they did so. It was half an hour before the streets were cleared.—New York Star. Fields of Peat That Are on Fire. “Hunters who go to the middle divi sion of Roberts Island ought to be warned to be careful of their horses,” said Mr. Ditz. “What danger are their horses in?” in quired a newspaper man. “They are liable to be burned so badly they will have to be shot,” said Mr. Ditz. “Already this season two hunters have lost their horses in that way.” “How did that occur?” was asked. “It was due to the burning peat.” Mr. Ditz said. “You see, the land over there is made ground and the peat is easily ignited. What makes this fire danger ous is that it gives off no smoke, and hunters may ride through the peat with out being aware that it is scorching the legs of their horses. When they turn off from the road they go through a long stretch of this peat to reach the water’s edge. The horse’s legs sink down in this soft ground and he suffers as much as if he were walking through a'furnace. The peat may be burning where the hunter ties his animal, and there the horse’s leg3 wiH continue to be roasted until his owner returns and sees the agony he is in.” Mr. Ditz went on to say that it has net yet been found out how the peat was ignited. ‘It may be dne to spontaneqps com bustion,” he said. “The. heat of the sun beating down on such dry and inflam mable stuff is liable to set it on fire. Some people say that the hunters have caused the fire, and others that it has been caused hy burning up the stubble. No matter how it was caused, though, horses have been killed by it. They have not been roasted to death, but have been so badly injured that they have had to he killed, and hunters ought to be in formed of the danger.”—Stockton Re publican. The Age of Indian Outbreaks Is Fast. There is not the smaHest danger of a serious Indian outbreak in the north west. The conditions existing in this region have been entirely changed by the building of railroads and the estab lishment of means pf rapid communica tion among posts. It is quite impossible to organize an Indian outbreak under the eye of the agent on reservations without the conspiracy becoming known. With existing means of communication and transit an outbreak could be crashed in its incipiency hy a rapid concentra tion of troops'. There are elements which might once have' been dangerous in the situation at Standing Rock—a heaven sent prophet and a meddling woman— but the age of Indian outbreaks is past. Portland Oregonian. Dead in the Saddle. A special from Payson, U. T., says John Bolton accidentaUy MHed himself while going horseback from Payson to Salem. In the middle of the forenoon he left town to visit his sister in Salem, taking with him a double barreled shot- gnu, with which he shot himself. He was found on horseback with half the right side of his head blown off. He was sitting in the saddle leaning his head over the horse’s neck. Apparently the horse had not moved since the gun exploded. It is beHeved that he had been dead in the saddle two hours.—Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. Cigarette Smoking Increasing* “The laws against cigarette smoking,' said a member of one of the largest fimin that manufacture that. article, “which forbid their sale to minors and caH, in New York at least, for the immediate arrest of every youth under sixteen who is caught smoking them in pubHc places, have not had the slightest effect on the cigarette market. Despite these laws and the thnnderings of the medical press the cigarette business has grown steadily, and the entire output of the factories to day is fully one-third greater than that of two years ago. Even if the laws against the cigarette smoking minor were strictly enforced, which they are not, it would not at aH influence the trade. “The reason is found in the fact that the average little boy who affects the paper wrapped weed has only a very lim ited capital at his command. As he bays only the cheapest brands the big dealers wont waste time in selling to him. He rarely invests in a whole package, and deals almost entirely with those queer little shops in side streets where cigar ettes are sold in broken lots at the rate of two for a penny. As yon can easily see, the entire suppression of this branch of the business is not liable to exercise much influence upon the trade at large.” -New York Tribune. This Convict Was Homesick. A negro escaped from the convict camp in Montgomery county, Ga., recently. He had served one year of a term of fif teen. His escape was discovered almost immediately after he left the camp, and every effort was used to catch him, but without success. The rale in such cases is that if the escaped is not captured within twenty-four or thirty-six hours his arrest after that time is a mere acci dent. Everything that could be done to find the negro was done in this instance, but at last hope of ever catching him was given np, and the hunt was aban doned. A few days ago the negro walked into camp dusty and travel worn. The act was entirely voluntary. “I jes got homesick,” was his explanation, ‘and I wanted to see the folks.” “Did yon remember that yon stiH had nearly fourteen years to serve?” he was asked. ‘Oh, yes; but I didn’t mean to leave for good. A111 wanted was to see the folks once more.” He seemed, in fact, whoHy unconcerned about the future, and now that he “had seen the folks once more” was entirely satisfied with his lot. The negro Hved in Washington comity. He had walked nearly the entire distance there and back. He is working today, in stripes and shackles, with nearly four teen years ahead of him yet.—Atlanta Constitution. A Nct* Craze. While strolling through St. Paul’s churchyard a few days ago I noticed that the edges of nfttny of the crnmbHng old tombstones had been cHpped as if with an ax, and on inquiry I found that the clipping was evidence of a new craze that has broken out among curi osity seekers. Only the very oldest tomb stones are selected by the curio seekers. The craze in its latest form broke out during the summer, and in spite of the close watch kept few have been caught in the act of defacing the stones. Nearly aH the old tombstones in the yard are brown stone, and many have been split and seamed by the storms of a century or more. With these the work of getting a piece of the stone is easy, as a knife blade inserted in any of the seams wiH dislodge a piece of the stone. Close watch is being kept to prevent the spread. of the craze.—New York Tele gram. Pronounced Hopeless, let Saved. From a letter written by Mrs. Ada E. Hurd of Groton, S. D., we quote: “Was taken with a bad cold, which settled on my lungs, cough set in and finally termi nated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Saviour, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth I would meet my absent ones .above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles; it has cured me and thank God I am now a well and hearty woman.” Trial bottles free at S. J. McKnight’s Drug Store, reg ular size, 50c. and $1.00. Palled n Tooth for a Princess. Dr. William. C. Boswell, a young and skillful dentist, who, coming from Balti more, located in London last spring, had the honor of pulling a tooth from the royal mouth of the fair Princess Maud of Wales last week. It was a wisdom tooth and it hated to let go. The prin cess screamed like a locomotive. Dr. BosweU got £10 ($50) for the job, and of course the advertisement is a priceless one. As for the royal tooth, the doctor has mounted it and enshrined it in a vel vet case.—Eugene Field in Chicago News. An Odd Occupation. There is a little gnHd of men face tiously caUed “The Early Birds.” They rise in the summer before the sparrows, and though they do not go to work themselves it is their vocation to caH other people to work. On dark winter mornings they are out before the snow birds are awake. They have regular routes, and every morning between 4 and 6 o’clock they stop at houses, ring door bells and teU people it’s time to get up. Their clients, are butchers, barten ders, car drivers, restaurant keepers and car conductors, men who have to go to work very early in the morning, and to whom it is a serions matter to be fifteen minutes or half an hour late. Some of these early birds have from fifteen to twenty customers. They get from twenty-five to fifty cents a week from each. The bartenders usnaHy pay half a dollar a week for being called. The fact that their business is a success ful one shows that they are more relia ble and effective than an alarm clock. Their day’s work is finished in two hours.—New York Journal. Underground Treasure in Indian Territory. Rich veins of gold, silver and copper are said to have been known to the In dians of Indian territory for many gen erations, but to reveal the secret of these to the white man was made a capital crime by the tribal law. Two experi enced miners who had heard rumors of this wealth lately set out to investigate for themselves, and succeeded beyond their wildest expectations. A company of nine white capitalists and thirteen Indians has been formed, and the devel opment of the new El Dorado wiH begin at once.—Kate Field’s Washington. Marshal McMahon’s Memoirs. Marshal McMahon is stiH on his estate, La Forest, completing his much dismissed memoirs. He wiH not return to Paris tiH the work is done from title to finia. A few of Marshal McMahon’s most inti mate friends have enjoyed the privilege of listening to his reading of many of the latest pages of his hook. For the rest of tho curious world the marshal has made no provision. Only six copies of the memoirs wHl be printed—one for each of his four children, one for himsnlf and one for Ms wife.—Paris Letter. A Joke 'Saves a Life. George Busch, of Newark, N. J., was overcome by coal gas a few nights ago while in the cellar attending to a fur nace. Two friends who called at the house for Mm the next morning could not gain admittance. Thinking that he had overslept himself they concluded to get in the hack way and play a joke upon him. They opened a cellar win dow and discovered Busch lying in his night clothes on the floor. He was re suscitated with difficulty.—Philadelphia Ledger. Enpepsy. This is what you ought to have, fact, you must have it to fully enjoy life. Thousands are searching for it daily, and mourning because they find it not. Thousands upon thousands of dollars are spent annually by our people in the hope that they may attain this boon. And yet it may be had by all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used according to directions and the use persisted in, will bring yon good digestion and oust the demon dyspepsia and install insead eu- pepsy. We recommend Electric Bitters for dyspepsia and all diseases of liver, stomach and kidneys. Sold at 50c. and $1.00 per bottle by S. J. McKnight, Drag gist. The Craze for Tapestries. There is a present craze among coHect- ors for old tapestries. Six tapestries wMch were sold some fifteen years ago from the old Livingston manor house for $100 have just been resold for $20,000; and five large old Flemish specimens, which Mr. William C. Prime, the weH known archaeologist, paid $600 for in 1872, are now valued at $5,000 apiece.— Harper’s Bazar. Keep the back, especiaUy between the shoulder blades, weH covered; also the chest weH protected. In deeping in a cold room establish the habit of breath ing the nose, and never with the month open. A Maine Man's Unique Fence. A man at Small Paint is to have a fence next summer that would please Rider Haggard. It wiH not be made of elephants’ tusks, but of the swords of swordfish. The man, Mr. Sylvanus Wal lace, of the life saving station, has enough of these swords, gathered fish ing, to build a picket fence forty feet in length.—Bath Times. At the age of thirteen my son became affected with chronic diarrhea, caused by scrofula. I gave him Bull’s Sarsaparilla and it cured Mm. I recommend it es pecially for scrofula, fever, sores and general debUity. The cures I have Bonis Fagan, master of prints in the British museum, is on his way to this country on a tour of the world. He wiH lecture on the treasures of the British museums while on Ms travels. The Handy Man. Wife—That pane of glass has been out aH summer, and now a freezing cold day has come and we need it in. I’ve told you forty times to send a man here to fix it. Why in the world haven’t yon done it? Husband—Because I can fix it myself. —Good News. almost Benton Barracks, Mo, ■ Mfem A tunnel to Prince Edward island n _ across Northumberland straits, a dis- known it to make in some case seemed tance of six and a half miles, is the next miraculous.—Jennie Johnson, | great engineering feat talked “ 111