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SLVER TO BE GIVEN A SHOW.
mmnley favors an interna-
T tional conference.
LllllLnid Before Him ly Senator
IMlrott Meets His Hearty Appro v
ii IfThe Senator Declare* the West
lliilil \ot Look With Favor .in
tlilSeleetton of a Pronounced An
ti-liver Man For Secretary of the
l'^sury.
Canto, ©., Dec. 28.—Senator E. O. Wol
cott s*t two hours with Maj. McKnley
to-day ha departed in a very happy frame
of mind\
"I cac| to Canton,” said he, “as chair
man of tfe committee of live appointed by
the repullcan senators in caucus to draft
.1 bill to cVry. into effect that plank of the
St. Louis latform on the subject of inter
national dnetallism. The bill meets the
hearty apibval of the Pres.dent-elect. It
authorizesVe President to appoint dele
gates to anhternational monetary confer
ence when sAh a meeting shall be called.
Several Eurdean countries are interested
In the matteljand the sentiment in favor
of further rectnition of silver through in
ternational agkement is spreading abroad.
There may beV conference within a short
time after MajMcKlnley Is inaugurated.”
Senator Wolqtt talked of a number of
topics, and reitgrked that a pronounced
anti-silver manwith a record of opposi
tion to bimetallipt would probably not be
looked upon inghe west with favor as
Secretary of tho Treasury.
Politicians fro* Minnesota who were
here to-day decide there is active opposi
tion to the appojtment of ex-Gov. Mer
riam of Minnesotmo the cabinet, and that
if he were appoint*! Senator Davis would
oppose his continuation.
Frank S. an active factor in
New York politic* spent half ail hour
with Maj. McKinlv. He said the repub.i
cans of New Yorl'had united in asking
for the appointmeit of Mr. Bliss to the
cabinet, and declaad Mr. Platt would be
the next senator fpm that state.
Mrs. Maria 8. Siton, an aunt of Mrs.
McKinley’s by maniage, has been invited
by Maj. and Mrs. jicKinley to make her
iiome in the white house with them, and
lias accepted the infltation. She is one of
Mrs. McKinley’s , warmest personal
lriends. Maj. McKinley was overwhelm
ed with visitors alljday.
STORM SWErT SCHOONERS.
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Two Vessels 'Frtm a Georgia Port
Have it Rough Voyage.
Philadelphia, Pa.,*,Dec. 28.—The storm
swept schooners S.j L. L. Pollard from
Brunswick, and Malil Hopper from Bruns
wick, Ga„ have reached here badly bat
tered up by gales hurricanes, which
they encountered onjtheir way north. Both
vessels are laden pith railroad ties lor
the Reading Railriad Company.
The Pollard left Brunswick Dec. 7, for
Philadelphia. Off Chincoteague, on Dec.
15, she was struck by a northeast gale,
during which heavy seas continually swept
over her, carrying overboard almost her
entire deckload of ties. Both the forward
pumps and water tanks met the same fate,
the sails were torn and biown away, and
the jib lost. During the gale the vessel
sprung a leak, which still continues. The
crew were washed about and injured, and
the second mate. J. H. Hardy, was pick
ed up in unconscious condition, after hav
ing been washed about the decks more
dead than alive.
The Mabel Hopper’s run was almost as
severe as that of the Pollard. Christmas
eve she was frozen up from deck to truck,
during northeast storms, sails were blown
away, and the vessel labored heavily in
seas, which broke over her at times from
many directions.
The coasting schooner Sarah B. Putnam,
which left Philadelphia several weeks ago
tor Norfolk, to load pig iron for Norwich,
t'onn., is believed to have foundered in
one of the recent storms oft the coast. She
left Norfolk two weeks ago, and nothing
has since been heard of her_
FIGHTING THE TOBACCO TRYST.
A Canuilin.x Regius Salt to Recover
Lost Proflts.
Montreal, Dec. 28.—The charges of crim
inal conspiracy to impede trade, made by
-I. M. Fortier, against the American To
bacco Company, is assuming an aspect far
more important than it was at first ex
pected. Warrants have been issued in
Quebec for the arrest of such members of
the company as may be in Montreal, and
they will have to appear for trial in Que
bec on Jan. 7.
In the meantime the profits which Mr.
Fortier would have earned had not the
American company, alleged, impeded ihe
trade, is now being figured upon by his
attorneys, who will at once institute civil
notion for damages. The sum will prob
ably total up an aggregate of several
hundred dollars, and the suit for its re
covery will be bitterly fought
Preparations are now being made by
which warrants will be issued in nearly
every province in Canada wherever the
American company has succeeded in get.
ting a dealer to sign an agreement. These
warrants will be served on the Montreal
members, and they will have to appear
for trial in as far djstant a province as
Prince Edward Island.
PAYING TELLER MISSING.
Discrepancy of Between SI,OOO anil
$2,000 In His Accounts.
Chicago, Dec. 28.—A special from St.
Paul, Minn,, says: “Leander Bosch, pay
ing teller of the suspended Bank of Min.
neqota, has disappeared. He was last
seen a few hours after the bank’s suspen
sion last Tuesday. Mr. Bosch prepared
Thursday to place his accounts in the
hands or the public examiner. When the
receiver took charge, however, he was
informed that an item in the accounts of
the paying teller could not be satisfactor
ily understood without a personal explan
ation "from Mr. Bosch. The discrepancy
amounts to between SI,OOO and $2,000. and is
so small that the assets of the bank ore
not affected. The sum, indeed, is so trivial
that it is believed Mr. Bosch could read
ily replace it from his personal means,
nhould the omission be not explained by a
recheeking of the books. The disappear
ance of the paying teller arouses great
anxiety among his relatives and immedi
ate friends.
HARDWARE COMPANY FAILS.
The Claims of It* Credit#™ Plaeeil
at $28,158.
Tyler, Tex.. Dec. 28.—The Daglish Hard
ware Company of this place filed a deed
of trust this morning, making W. L. Cain
as trustee and naming creditors to the
amount of $28,158. R. Bergfield of this
place is named near the head of the list
for $5,C2u, and the First National Bank of
Tyler in placed at the bottom of the list
for $B,lBl.
ST. FAIL TO HE RE-CAULKED.
The Unit* uu Her Plate* nasi Frame
Strained by Her Engine*.
London, Dec. 28,—Three hundred rivet
ers and caulkers have gone to Southamp
ton fro/n tha ship yard of J. & G. Thomp
son oftGl.isgow for the purpose of caulk
ing the American line steamer St. Paul.
H is atated that the entire hull of Ihe St.
Paul below wuler level must be reriveted,
her engines having strained her bolts on
her pintes and frame.
Hen 111 of .fudge A. 11. Lanier.
Statesboro. Dee. 28.—Judge A. It. Lanier,
former ordinary of Huiloch county, for
several years, died lasi night of paralysis.
Judito J*aultr wa* well yesterday, uppur
-1 < y. attended divine services He retired
for the night aa usual : was taken apeeoh
at lb o’clock, and was a corpse in a
few hour*. Mr Lanier was o good citizen,
u wall a* a business man.
RUNS OF TnE U ICERS.
Three Favorites, a Second Choice
and Two Outsiders Win.
New Orleans, La., Dec 28.—Good weather
and track ruled here to-day, and 3,000 peo
ple turned out. While three favorites
won, the books had the best of the day
with long shots securing two of the last
three races. Jockey F. Morse, in the
last event, rode one of the best finishes
of the meeting on Terra Archer, a 50 to 1
shot. Summaries follow:
First Race—For 3-year-olds, selling, one
mile. Pete Kitchen, 103, Hart, even, won
by half a length, with Judge Steadman,
10.1, Scherrer, 2 to 1, second by four
lengths and Lauraa Cotta, 98, T. Burns, 10
to 1, th.rd. Time 1:44. Woodlake, A. B.
C., Image, Rosalind 111 and Waterman
aiso ran.
Second Race—For 2-year-olds, mile and
one-sixteenth. Anger, 103, C. Reiff, Ito 2,
won by a length, with Elyria, 104, Sweeny.
15 lo L second by two lengths, and
Farmer Leigh, 106, L. Soden, 4 to 1, third.
Time 1:5141. Cannonade, Senator Penrose
and Harry B. also ran.
Third Race—Six furlongs. Shuttlecock,
95, Songcr, 1 to 2. won by a head, with
Senator Morrill, 110. Caywood, 6 to 1, sec
ond by half a length and Campania, 107,
T. Burns, sto 1, third. Time 1:14%. Ra
mona. Gluck, Ella Penzance and Strath
reel also ran.
Fourth Race—Mile and a furlong, sell
ing Sandoval, 99. Clay, 15 to 1, won by
four lengths, with Newhouse, 87. Dorsey,
6 to 1, second by a length and Constant,
302. C. Reift, 5 to 1, third. Time 1:56>4. Faslg,
John Hickey, C. C. Rumrill. Chug-nut,
Helen H. 11l and Henry Harris also ran.
Fifth Race—Selling, six furlongs. Sau
terne, 99, Kverett, 3 to 1, won by a neck,
with Sim W., 102, Hart, 2 to 1, second by a
length and R. Q. Ban, 107, Campbell, 5 to
2, third. Time 1:1%. Sky Blue, Hippogriff,
Panout and Laura Davis also ran.
Sixth Race—Selling, seven furlongs.
Terra Archer, 104. F. Morris. 50 to 1. won
by a neck, with Sir John, 112, Corder, 60
to 1, second by a length and Mamie G.,
104. Caywood, 3 to 5, third. Time 1:29%.
Davezac, Issie 0., Montell and Miss Row
ett also ran.
LIVERY~STABLE IN RUNS.
Seventeen Horses Perish—Tlie Lons
$:t0,000 anil No Insurance Carried.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 28.—The large
livery stable of J. R. Darwin, at Dayton,
Tenn., was completely destroyed to-day
by Are. When discovered, at 3 o’clock this
morning, the ilames had made cons.derab;e
headway, and despite the efforts of a vol
unteer lire company, the stable and all Its
contents was burned. The loss will ag
gregate $30,01X1, on which there was no in
surance. A large number of fine carriages,
wagons, etc., and an immense, quantity of
feed were consumed, while seventeen
horses were burned to death.
NORTH CAROLINA’S FINANCES.
State Treasurer Makes a Good Show
ing: In Hi* Report.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 28.—State Treasurer
Worth, in his biennial report, states the
amount to the credit of the sinking fund
at $103,740. He estimates the state expen
ses during the following two years at $821,-
850 annually, far below past cost. He re
commends only one increased appropria
tion, for the state normal school for
girls, from $17,500 to $20,000. The banks of
Ihe state are in a sound and prosperous
condition The valuation of taxable prop
erty has fallen off $5,500,000.
NEW SILVER DOLLARS.
A Total of $709,724 Turned Out by
the Mint* Last Week.
Washington, Dec. 28.—The issue of
standard silver dollars from the mints and
treasury offices for the week, ended Dec.
26, was $769,724, and for the corresponding
period last year, was $896,828. The ship
ment of fractional silver coin from Dec.
1 to 26, aggregated $728,699.
MISSISSIPPI’S SCHOOLS.
County Superintendent* unil Teach
er* In Session. \
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 28.—A majority of
the county superintendents of Mississippi,
and numbers of prominent teachers are
here to attend the second annual conven
tion of state superintendents. The address
of welcome by Gov. McLaurin and the re
sponse by State Supt. Kincannon were the
principal features of the day. To-night
the superintendents discussed matters per
taining to their offices and the good of the
public schools of the state.
BOSTON’S BROKEN STRIKE.
The West End Company Secure* All
the Men It Needs.
Boston, Dec. 28.—A1l this morning there
was a swarm of applicants for positions
in the employ of the West End Street rail
way. Supt. Laffln says he has about all
the men he needs. Among the men who
applied this morning were several of the
old hands, who were re-engaged aa extra
men. The cars were running regularly
to-day. _
DRY GOODS DEALER FAILS.
Hi* Store* Cloned Under Mortgage*
For $22,000.
Marquette, Mich.. Dec. 28.—Louis Gra
bower, the leading dry goods merchant of
this city, and having a large branch store
at Baraga, failed this morning, his stores
being closed under foreclosure of chattel
mortgages aggregating $22,000. No state
ment of his assets and liabilities has yet
been made.
Death of a Good Citizen.
Homerville, Ga., Dec. 28.—Charles Craw
ford died here to-day. His home was in
North Carolina. He was a young man of
good character and stood high in business
circles. His remains will be buried in the
Homerville cemetery to-morrow.
V 1 *
Lost With Fifteen Men.
Malaga. Spain, Dee. 28.—The Ashing
smack Colon, belonging at Euengiroia,
twenty miles southwest of this city, has
been wrecked in the Mediterranean and
her crew of llfteen men drowned.
Lyncher* Ordered Indicted.
Owensboro. Ky.. Dec. 28.—Judge Owens
of the circuit court this morning ordered
the grand jury to lay aside ail other busi
ness unMl they had indicted the lyncher*
of Alfred Holt, colored.
Cincinnati Firm Collnpe*.
Cincinnati. 0., Dec. 28.—George A. Gras
sell &Cos dry goods dealers, assigned to
day They have been in business for twen
ty years. The assets are $29,000, and the
liabilities s3o,m
Married by Necessity.
Frank McKelpin and Lula Moore have
heen united in wedlock, after experiencing
more ti’oubles than ordinarily fill to the
lot of bride and groom Frank was first
arrested in Augusta and brought hack to
Savannah on a warrant charging the se
duction of the girl. Her father swore out
the warrant and was active in bringing
about the marriage, that, for several .lay.,
was prevented by none of the parties hav
ing tnonev enough to meet the incidental
expenses of the step and the prospective
groom being in Jail. Finally, however,
everything was adjusted, and the cere
mony performed by the minister of the
bride’s church.
—Class in Journalism at College.—Pro
fessor—Who Is the happiest man In the
country, now that the election is over?
First Student—McKinley.
Second Student—Mark Hanna,
Third Student— Hrymn.
Fourth Student— The voter
Professor-No. my boys, you are all
wrong. U require* sums practical expe
rience in .tourntMsm te answer (hat ques
tion correctly. The e*h** editor la the
happiest man.—Hays sssd Players,
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1890.
FALL OF A GIANT CHESTNUT.
Ou It Fagan, Chief of the Jersey Pine
Robbers, St* ting a Century Ago.
From the New York Sun.
Freehold, N. J.. Dec. 26.—The historic
Fagan tree, a colossal chestnut on the
Dutch Lane road, about a quarter of a
mile from the town limits, hus been cut
down. From the giant chestnut the body
of Jacob Fagan, one of the chiefs of the
notorious Pine robbers, who was shot in
Eastern Monmouth during the revolution,
was hung as a warning to evildoers.
The stump of the tree measured twen
ty-eight feet in circumference. The in
terior of the trunk had decayed until there
was formed a cavity large enough to ad
mit the body of a man. In it some boys
recently kindled a Are and killed the oid
tree, and necessitated its being cut down.
For ail the years of this century the
chestnut had been a prolific bearer of
nuts, which, however, grew only on (lie
limbs of one side of the tree. The barren
side of it was said to be that from which
Jacob Fagan's body was suspended. Neat
this tree, it is said, was located the gal
lows where thirteen of Fagan's fellow
ruffians met their death at various t.mes
previous to the killing of Fagan. Past
it *a dTston of the British army Aed
when on its retreat after the battle of
Monmouth, and in its shade died young
Lieut, the Hon. Harry Courtayne, who
was wounded in that engagement.
The Pine robbers Aour.shed during the
revolutionary war and terrorized all this
section of New Jersey. They were gen
erally Americans. chieAy lories. The
county was sparsely settled and primitive
forests covered this section, which couli
be traversed only by circuitous saddle
paths. Hence it was chosen by refugees
and tories as an asylum. From the.r re
treats here they conducted marauding ex
peditions against patriots. When hard
pursued the Pine robbers would hide in
eaves burrowed in the side of sad hills
in tlie most remote recesses of the forest,
the entrances to which would be concealed
with brush and wild vines. Such a cave,
supposed to have been used by these rob
hers, was discovered not long ago near
the old Our House tavern on the road
from Farmlngdale to this place. A long
time ago another cave was found in the
Hominy hills near Colt’s Neck. The ban
dits of the pines ranged over a wide ex
tent of territory, having regular stations
at various points In the forest. From the
facility with which they moved about and
eluded the armed posses that sought their
capture, it is believed that they were aided
and abetted by the tories and English
sympathizers.
These robbers instituted a reign of ter
ror. Whole families of defenceless Amer
icans were rauraered, houses and barns
were plundered and burned, and crops or
cattle were destroyed or stolen. Ultimate-,
ly it became unsafe to go unarmed and
farmers carried their muskets to the
Aelds and even to the place of worship on
Sundays. These victims of the Pine rob
bos*4'ho were not murdered were carried
to the British prison ships in New York
bay and there conhned as prisoners of
war. Finally the United States set a price
upon the heads of the outlaws, and like
wild beasts they were hunted to their
lairs and slain until, at the end of the war.
they had been totally eradicated.
By reason of his deeds of violence and
bloodshed Jacob Fagan was the most no
torious of ail these robbers. One Mon
day late in September, 1778, he made his
last raid. It was upon the house of Maj.
Dennis, on the south bank of the Manas
qttan ri\er, about four miles below How
ell’s Mills, where was concealed some
plunder from an English ship captured by
Americans. Fagan was accompanied by
an old accomplice, Bill Burke, and by a
new member of his band, nnmtxl Henry
Smith. The latter was a respected citi
zen, a stancii American and a zealous ad
herent of the revolutionary cause, who
had joined Fagan and Burke for the sole
purpose of betraying them into the hands
of tire law. When near Maj. Dennis’
Smith persuaded the two ruffians to re
main concealed in the bushes while he
went forward to reconnoitre. At the
house he found tuat Maj. Dennis was
away and his wife and two children were
alone there. Upon being informed of their
danger the daughter, Amelia, who after
wards became Mrs. Coryell of Philadelphia
secreted a purse of money in a bediick.
and, with her little brother, sought con
cealment in a near-by swamp, from which
she could see all that went on near the
house, where Mrs. Dennis remained alone.
Scarcely had Amelia left than the two
robbers entered the house and ransacked
It without finding much of value. In dis
appointment at their failure one robber
proposed murdering Mrs. Dennis, but the
other objected, and so she was finally led
out and bound to a young cedar tree. Then,
catching sight of Amelia. Fagan fired a
shot at her that missed the mark. Then
the robbers fled.
On tlie following day Maj. Dennis re
moved his family, under a strong mili
tary guaxd, to a plft.ee of safety near
Shrewsbury. Smith contrived soon to In
form Maj. Dennis of another raid plan
. ned on his house by Fagan and Burke. As
a result a squad of militia lay in ambusn
along the bridle path and killed both ruf
fians The bodies wore buried where they
fell, but the next Sunday a crowd of pa
triots disinterred Fagan’s body, and, after
wrapping it in tarred cloth, hung It in
chains from the chestnut tree near this
place. There it swung to and fro until
buzzards tore the fiesh from the bones,
which fell piece by piece to the ground.
Than the skull was placed against the
tree with a pipe between the Jaws, ar..l
long remained there.
VIGNETTE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT.
Fine Piece ol Work by the Bureau
of Engraving anil Printing.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Washington, Dec. 25. —One of the. finest
pieces of work done recently at the bu
reau of engraving and printing here is a
vignette bust portrait of President-elect
McKinley. His picture stands twenty
fourth in the list of Presidents prepared
at Uncle Sara's big money-making estab
lishment, and it will be preserved for fu
ture emergencies, such as bond issues,
treasury notes, or silver certificates.
It is against the law for a picture of a
living person to be used for any purpose
on notes of the government, but there is
nothing to prevent pictures of distinguish
ed Americans being made and put away
for use when an occasion presents itself.
These pictures are engraved on steel plates
by one of the most capable artists in his
line, and the impressions are made upon
india paper such as is used for etching pur
poses.
Correct likenesses are generally the re
sult of this process, and It is conceded by
all who have seen the portrait of Maj.
McKinley that it is one of the best pic
tures ever made of him. His clean cut,
Napoleonic features are brought out
strikingly clear, and It would be voted al
most a speaking picture If shown at Can
ton, or anywhere else in the United States.
When the inauguration committee de
cides upon the invitation card for the inau
guration ball, it is probable this portrait
of the President-elect will be called into
requisition for the bureau of engraving
and printing has supplied such Invitations
during the past two or three inaugurations
of Presidents of the United Btates.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
Geese Travel Over 100 Miles to Get
Back to Tbetlr Old Hsnnt*,
From the Philadelphia Times.
Homer, La.—About the middle of last
September Jim Pennypacker, of this par
ish, moved to Texas, locating not far from
As a parting gift Penny
packer’s mother-in-law, old Mrs. Ames,
presented him with a fine pair of geese.
Soon after he got fixed in hi* new home
Pennypacker wrote back that the geese
bad disappeared, and nothing more ass
thought of them till yesterday, when they
•howed up in Mr*. Arnea’ backyard, some
what bedraggled. U is true, but unmis
takably the same pair and very much re
joined to get home.
They had unde the journey of considera
bly over a hundred miles In order to re
turn to their old haunts, and another sing
ular part of the story la that the pair
brought along with (hem a wild goose that
had been shot in the leg and disabled. Mo
doubt a friendship with (he stranger had
been formed a* (hey were en rou(e for
horn*, slid (hey had brought him along ty
where he could be < sred for Tlie three
*eem now a* happy as way be in Mr*. ,
4imi’ backyard. 1
■ADITS OF CENTENARIANS.
Furious Reason* Given by the Long-
Lived Ones for Their \ge.
From the London Standard.
Those few people "who succeeo. not only
in passing (ho allotted three score and ten
but in living half as long again, some
times give very curious reasons for their
length of days. Most of them, indeed, think
that they are preserved by tin r temper
ance and regularity. But Mr Whittington
of Hcllingdon. who died when he was 104.
could not say that. He never drank any
thing but London gin, and of tills he con
sumed 1% pints every day. A Mrs. Mae
pherson, of Caithness, lived to the line old
age of 117 by the simple plan of subsisting
on buttermilk and greens. A Mr. Smith,
of Dolver, ate everything that came in
his way, but hisoniy drink was buttermilk
which, he thought, dissolved all those
earthly matters that clog the system. He
died when 101 years old. Of Mr. Price, of
Glamorgan, who also completed lui years,
it is said, “Herb tea was his breakfast,
meat plainly dressed ills dint i r, and in
stead of a supper he refreshed himself with
smoking a pipe of tobacco.” Dmiy exercise
is thought io be the best possible promot
er of health, but long life can be obtained
without it, for a carpenter named Hum
phries, of Newington, London, was never
one mile away from his own home, yet he
dodged the fatal scythe for 102 years. But
exercise, and even hardship, are certainly
not antanognlstic to longevli \. Anne I>ay,
a Gypsy, did not sleep in a bed during the
last seventy years of her life. She lived,
nevertheless, to 108, and was as bright as
a lark when the last hour came. Among
the examples of moderation in diet, Miguel
Soils, of San Salvador, Is conspicuous. He
was, according to the Lancet, Imi years oid
in 1878; and. If he is still to the lore, is like
ly to complete Ids second century.
He believed that he had lived so long
because he had never eaten more than
one meal a day. Even in that he limited
himself to what he could tuck in during
the short space of half an hour. He there
fore was a living argument against those
hygienists who bid tis eat slowly and
masticate well. His diet was chiefly veg
etable, meat, which was always cook' and
the day before, entering into It only twice
a week. For two days In every month he
fasted, and he drank large quantities of
water. His plan Included several other
details, and, on the whole, we of the throe,
score-and-ten can, w’ithout envy, wish him
Joy. Macklin, the comedian, who lived and
died in Covent Garden, was a wonderful
oddity, in virtue of which—or perhaps in
spite, of which—he managed to get through
107 years. He followed the wise and sim
ple rule of eating when hungry, drinking
when thirsty and sleeping when sleepy.
All these he did on a liberal scale, lie
never took eff his clothes cxeepi lor the
purpose of having his body rubbed all
over with brandy. He always slept in
blankets, and history does not record a
single journey on Iheir part to the laun
dress. And his couch, which was hard,
was placed In the middle of the room.
What is most strange about longevity is
that it comes, like the dew of heaven, lo
every class. Kings who live in luxury,
beggars who go tnrough existence In a
state of chronic cold and hunger, giants
and ripples, abstainers and drunkards,
large eaters and small eaters, tollers and
sluggards, brain-workers and body-work
ers, vegetarians and carnivores, smokers
and non-smokers, sane and insan.—all
have apparently an equal chance of tho
prize of long life. An old woman who
died in Ireland at the age of U 2 was all
her life a beggar, and, during the last
half of it. was never known to eal a
square meal from one end of the year to
the other. In the United States, on the
other hand, a man even exceeded this
figure, and he was never known <0 pass
a day without eating as much, all by him
self, as an ordinary family of five.
It was also an American who grew a
new and fine set of teeth at the age of
106 for the purpose of eating three pounds
of pork, three pounds of bread and a
vast quantity of cabbage on (he day
when he gave up the ghost. On the other
hand, a Shoreditch barber, who died aged
105 never drank anything but water and
ate only once a day. A priest of Nice
lived solely on vegetables, which Kept his
machine running in perfect order for 100
years. Among a host of others, one gen
tleman of 127 years, a grandson of the fa
mous Thomas l’arr, attributes his length
of days to extreme temperance and regu
lar exercise. And Mrs. Judith Bannister,
who died at Cowes in her 103 th year, lived
on apples, biscuit and milk .ifid water for
the last sixty years of her life; w hile a
man named Oonflt of Burythorpe achieved
tne wonderful span of a century and a half
through moderate eating, great exercise,
and gulping down a raw egg once a day.
By a pleasant process, one earl of Hunt
ingdon contrived to celebrate 100 birth
days. He took care to eat oysters at every
meal. Roasted turnip for supper every
night in the year formed the elixir that
carried Mr. Wilson of Sussex through 116
years. And Mr. Ekins of Combe lived a
century by feeding, during the latter two
flfths of it, on tiread, milk and turnip
tops. Mrs. McCarthy of Cork breakfast
ed at 7. dined at 1 and supped at half-past
6. This she declared was the secret, of hot
long life. She died aged 103 years.
Hut Philip Laroque, a Gascony butcher,
was drunk twice every week for eighty
years, and yet lived to be 102. while a
Kerry man, named McCarthy, drank rum
and whisky as we take tea and coffee. If
he was ever tempted to descend to claret
or ale. he drank immediately afterwards
an equal quantity of poteen, "a* a wedge."
he said. He kept doing this for ill years.
Smoking heavily was the practice that
kept Mrs. Robertson, a Scotch woman,
going for 106 years. And Mr. Richard
Brown of Peterchurch was never seen
without a pipe in his mouth. It would be
interesting to hear some Transvaal rec
ords, for in that country they keep tho p.pe
going with as much constancy as a blast
furnace. Owen Carollan of Duleck. near
Dublin, lived 127 years by temperance and
hard work. But M. Fontsnelfe prolonged
his days in a pleasanter fashion. He at
tributed his longevity to a good course
of strawberry eating every season. And
once, when he was just on tho point of
giving in during the winter, he exclaim
ed: “If I could only hold out till the
strawberries come I would pull through.”
And he actually did. Boiled eggs, tea and
sugar candy was the curious compound
that kept Baron Capellis alive till he pass
ed his 194th year. The diet of Mrs. Wat
kins of Glamorganshire was simpler. She
lived to 110, and, during the last thirty
years of her existence, subsisted entirely
on potatoes. Oatmeal, according to mod
ern scientists, is the worst possible food
for those who wish to live long.
Idiots Have Good Memories.
From the Popular Science Monthly.
Winslow records the case of a man who
remembered the day of burial of every
person who has died in the parish for thir
ty-five years, and who could repeat with
perfect accuracy the names and ages of
the deceased and of the mourners at the
funeral. He was a profound Idiot, and
could not reply intelligibly to a single
question beyond this, nor could he be
trusted even to feed himself.
Morel cites the instance of an idiot who
was unable to count twenty, yet could
name all the saints of the calendar and
the daya of their respective fetes.
In some of the books on these defective*
is mentioned an Idiot with a wonderful
memory for English history. When sup
plied with the slightest cue he recounted
Jn measured tones whole passages of it.
Fairet noted an Imbecile who could give
Immediately the days of birth and death
and the principal event* In the life of any
celebrated personage mentioned to him.
Such Instance* of elaboration of special
memories where all other faculties are In
abeyance might be multiplied. The case*
above mentioned were, no doubt all of
them, examples of extraordinary develop
ment of the auditory tracts and centers
There are other case* In which the visual
memories are disproportionately develop
ed. as In Idiot* with unusual memory for
places or face*. Tb*ae patient*, too, are
congenital defectives^
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to know whether U’g pure diamond or
not.
Jeweler: Look like a married woman*
“Yea."
"Tell her It I*. No use maltin' trouble
for poor husbands these bard times.’—
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SI UK Cl RES roll INSOMNIA TRIED
BY THE WESTERN WOMAN.
An Many of Them an There Are Ways
of Carina a (olil—An lin I tut in.i
Hutu storm the Only Tiling That
Promised Sun-run, lint thr Neigh
bors Interfered.
I-'rom the New York Sim.
The western woman looked fagged and
worn. She not only looked it. hut she was
it, and she gave her friend, Mrs. Qotham,
to understand that unless something hap
pened. and happened soon, something else
would be sure to happen, and she knew It!
Mrs. Gotham said she understood perfect
ly. It was too bad, she agreed, and she of
fered the western woman the address of a
"lady physician” who was splendid.
"It ain't a physician I need,” said the
western woman wearily; “It’s sleep. If I
could sleep the way 1 used to tn Oshkosh,
I'd be as good as new-. Hut I can't. I lie
awake hours and hours, and, as I said, if
something doesn't happen, I don’t know
what's going to become of me!” ,
“I know,” said Mrs. Gotham briskly.
"You’re going to have nervous prostration,
and that’ll run Into melancholia, and then
you'll commit suicide. That's what will be
come of you.”
The western woman gasped.
"Is this one of the programmes which
are subject to change?” she asked with a
quizzical smile. "You seem lo be so well
Informed.”
"Change? Of course you can change It!
AH you need to do Is to drink a glass of hot
ntillt before you go to bed. You'll sleep like
a baby.”
The western woman made a gesture of
protest.
"But I can't drink milk.” she said. "It
disagrees with me. and would keep me
awake if I were fairly dead sleepy."
“Oh!” said Mrs. Gotham. She was taken
aback, but It was only for a moment.
•'Well,” she said, “have you tried count
ing?”
The western woman gave her a reproach
ful look.
"Have I tried counting? ' she said. "Wuti
t-three-fr-tive—why. 1 ve count, and millions,
and the more 1 counted the wider awake
I got.”
"Oh, hut you musn't count fast like
that. You must go s-l-o-w-l-y.”
“1 know! 1 know! Wunn—twoooo—
(hreeeee—Oh, I've done that till l was
black In the face."
"And it didn't' do any good? Well, 1
see you are an obstinate case. What you
need is to count this way, inhaling and > x
hahng siowly on the same count: Wu-un,
two-00, three-ee, fo-our, and so on "
"Up to twenty-live,” Interrupted the
western woman. "Yes, I know all about
that, and I know a still better plan. You
Inhale and exhale the same way, but in
stead of counting straight ahead, you go
this way; one, one, two; one, two, three;
one, two, three, tour, and so on. That
will always put you to sloop—lf you arc
sleepy enough. What I want Is something
that would make the pictures' on the walls
doze oft?” „ ...
"Well, have you tried hot foot hatha.
"Yes. hot ones, that blistered my Joints
and, in addition to that, cold ones that
chilled my very marrow. And Ive even
tried putting one foot In a hot hath and
the other in a cold one at the same time.
I didn't know hut I might happen on the
very thing 1 wanted; hut it didn't have any
effect except to give me eh.lts and lever
next day.” . , ,
.virs. cotham looked downcast.
•'l’ve tried everything that anybody sug
gested," resumed the western woman
wearily, "and nothing does any good, ho
these things ever do any good. Hid you
ever hoar of anybody's putting himself to
Bleep by any of tin**© trick*. i be lie v.
people who can’t sleeji lie awake rriaklnu
them up, ami, I must nay, .sonic of (hem
are fairly diabolical. For instance, some
one of aii ingeniously cruel turn of mind
told me that i must elevate* my feet high
er than my head if l wanted to go to sleep.
J look the wuggestlon in good faith, and
Dial night 1 put my pillow under my feet
instead of In its customary position. V\ eli,
after 1 had stood on iny head for an hour
or two 1 did go to sleep at last. But such
sleep! I dreamed that a big green dog
was sitting on my chest and how liiK al
tcrnately in one of my ears and then in
lh "[Vlon t suppose you did find that pleas
ant ” said Mrs. Gotham sympathetically.
"No, but 1 found It pleasanter than I did
my next experience, iou see, 1 told the
woman who had suggested the plan what
"bought of it and of her, and f you U
believe me. 1 was goose enough to let In r
bamboozle me again. Sne told me that
I ought to have put my feet on something
a good deal higher. \Vell, I thought .hat
maybe the fault hud been mine. At any
rale. I was willing to make another trial.
So (hat night, when I went to bed. I cast
about tn my mind for something to put
my feet on. I had only one extra pillow,
so that would not lie enough. There
wasn't a hassock in the room, so I conclud
ed to pile up a lot of hooks in the foot of
the bed and put the extra plliow on top of
them, and my feet on top of tnc combina
tion. ’’’
"How ingenious!” said Mrs. Gotham.
“Did it work?” ......
"Weil not any to speak of. 1 did most
of the work. As often as the books top
pled over—which was pretty often—l piled
them up and got myself into sleeping or
der again. Of course I didn t s.eep. I
didn’t have a chance to. But it wasn’t
monotonous. It was too exciting in fact,
and Anally I concluded to abandon my
library attachment and try the footboard.
This wasn’t easy because it necessitated
my hanging the clothes over the foot of the
bed Instead of tucking them in.
"I will say this for myself, continued
the western woman after a pause, “I
thought it would happen. When I got
back into bed and gingerly drew the cov
ers up as far as I dared. I felt morally
certain that they would never stay where
they belonged. And they didn't—they
didn’t! I think I had worn myself out the
early part of the ivight taking care of my
circulating library. At any rate, whether
It was from sheer exhaustion or not, I fell
asleep with my feet up on the footboard.
I suffered various tortures without wak
ing up entirely, but. Anally, when I dream
ed that my feet were frozen tight in ajt
Arctic Iceberg and my head was being
rapidly buried by a Sahara sand storm, it
seemed to be high time for me to get back
to my proper senses. 1 did, and It was
Just In the nick of time to escape dying
the death of Desdemona. The covers, of
course, had stealthily crept down from the
mountain top of my toes and seitled In
drtf's In the vallev where my head lav.”
"What a breezy way you have of putting
things!” said Mrs. Gotham.
"Do you think so? That comes of living
in Oshkosh. We have cyclones out our
way, and we get into the habit of being
breezy. But anyway, my experience in
try’.ng to sleep has been enough to wake
any one up. There! I didn’t mean that
literally, but It Is true Just the same.
I remember another method I was advised
to try It was to lie Hat on my back, with
my arms down at my sides, then bend
my feet slowly upward and downward
from the ankles. I was to tiend them as
far as I possibly could and inhale and
exhale as I did it.”
"Was the plan a success?"
"Oh, a glowing zuocers. But 'in the
wrong direction. It produced the must
excruciating cramps tn the soles of my
feet and the calves of ray legs, # 0 that I
didn’t get to sleep until morning. But,
of course, there's iu> telling how it would
have worked If I hadn t had those cramps.
One must give a thing the beneAt of the
Uaubt.
"Have you tried making a light meal of
crackers and co ! "'f*t# Just before retir
ing?" asked Mi - Gotham, returning to
the charge.
"Yes, Indeed' l hat smy favorite meth
od. It never pitta me to sleep, but the
meat tastes g< "and. My favorite retiring
dish is lettm <nd celery salad, with a
simple Kren t' dressing. That ought to
put me to "P it anything would, but
instead it always sets me to thinking of
the way " garden out In Oshkosh used
to look • lit the •Jbddle of May, and
—poof! , ,-r/ bit of drowsiness Ales In a
tries fed I haven’t told you some of the
eccsnt’ 'hings I have been Induced to
try V- 't, for instance, do you say lo a
large "of water set on a tame near
the > That waa recommended to me
xs a .‘glrtc. Why, it's like curing the
rhe i ism hy ca rrying a potato in your
you try It?” asked Mra. Gotham.
"W It /•' admllU-A Ihe western wo
man, apologetically. "You see, I had to
out of consideration for iny friend’s feel
ings. I asked her, though, where was the
philosophy In it. She said there wasn’t
uny; didn’t pretend there was any. Hue
wanted to know if there was any philos
ophy in my insomnia, and i had to admit
that there wasn’t rhyme or reason In it.”
’Very well!' she said. ’You see! It’s
a case of set a thief to catch a thief!’
”1 don’t think that the quotation was
very pat. but I tries! the pan of water
Just the same. I didn’t catch anything ex
cept my pet mouse, and I was rather sorry
about that. When 1 was lying awake in
the middle of the night the mouse made
It seem less lonely and dull. He used to
nibbie cheerfully at anything he oou.d
And. und was really quite companionable.”
"Mercy!” said Mrs. Gotham. "Maybe
that was what kept you awake, having
a mouse gnawing and squeaking around."
"No, it wasn’t; for utter lie came to an
untimely death by falling Into the pan of
Water, I didn’t sleep any better than be
fore. Somebody else said that If I would tie
a feather (Just an ordinary goose feather,
you know) to the end of a string, and hung
the string from the ceiling so that the
feather would be about a foot above my
face, and then He there ami watch it sway
back and for th as t breathed on tt, 1 would
soon drop oft to sleep. Well, I said that I
couldn't possibly go to sleep with a light
in iho room, so the woman sahl that I
could hang up (he feather Just the same,
and then imagine I saw it Aoating back
ward and forward.
"1 thought I'd try It. There wasn’t any
way of hanging tho feather from the cell
ing, so 1 tied ihe string to the handle of
my umbrella and stuck that over the top
of tho headboard. I got the leather In what
1 considered the proper position, and then
1 put up my hand cautiously, to locate the
feather, and settled myself underneath it.
Well, 1 never got so Interested in anythlng
in iny lite! h im, i woutu give a good strong
blow-breezy again, you see—and then l
I would put up my hand to try to discov
er what the feather was doing. You
wouldn't believe the tricks that feather
played. I’d bo sure it was off in one direc
tion when tt would be off in the other.
Then 1 would put my hand out at a eel
tain point and try to blow the feather
against it. Then I raised to bat the feather
from one hand to the other. It was so ex
citing, und the fact that It was all In tho
daik made It doubly attractive. But l didn’t
go to sleep.
“Finally, I realized that I wasn’t doing
Just the square thing by my friend’s sug
gestion, so I settled down to let the
scneme have a chance, j was reaiiy getting
sleepy, too, much energy, and down came
feather, umbrella, and all! I tried it the
net night and tho next, but either tho
whole thing tumbled or slipped enough to
let the feather como down and tickle my
nose and ears, so I gave It up,
"1 tried another scheme of my own in
vention. The theory was all right, but It
didn't work out as well us I should have
liked. You know how soothing Is the
sound of rain on the roof? Well, my Idea
was to attain the same end by different
means. I Just leu the door Into the bath
room open, and then I arranged the faw
ects so (hat there was a continual shower
in the tin tub. Hy the way, you see there
are some advantages in not reaching
cleanliness by way of china."
Mrs. Gotham looked puzzled.
"I don’t think 1 undersiand.” she said.
"What has china to do with cleanliness?"
"Nothing at all, Mrs. Gotham! You're
perfectly right. I was only—l was onlv
yoii didn’t see Ihe connection, hilt really
It wasn't so had. You know I haven't a
porcelain tub. Well, porcelain Is china,
you see, so naturally I don’t tHke my
baths in china. (Tnai s an Improvement
on ihe way I put It Arst.) You see now,
don't you?"
"Why, I—l think—of course, I know—”
"Tin tub,” explained the weHtem wo
man anxiously. “Not porcelain, conse
quently not china—oh, well! never mind!
Talk about eating the hitter fruit of one's
transgressions,” she murmured to her
self.
"Well, I wns going to tell you about my
pattering of the rain upon the hath tub.
I'm inclined to think that It might have
worked pretty well, but a medical friend
of mine happened to come In one morning
before 1 had turned the. rain dff, and when
she found out about it she made a great
hue and cry about sewer gas. Said If I
didn't shut the bathroom door she
wouldn’t answer for the consequences. 1
don't know that they had asked her to
answer for them, but she seemed to have
such a sense of responsibility that I re
spected her feelings and promised to shut
the door and put oolton In the keyhole.
"I consoled myHelf by thinking that I
could turn on enough more ra!n to make
it audible through the door. That night
I read unlll about midnight, and then 1
turned oil the water, turned out the light,
and turned in myself. It made a good
imitation of a violent rainstorm when the
water comes pouring odt £ the angle of
the roof and falls In u perfect Niagara
on the tin roof of the porch below. It
doesn't do that way here, but It does out
In Oshkosh, and J was being lulled Into
the sweetest sleep when 1 heard someone
knock on my door.
” What is It?’ I asked through the key
hole.
" 'The water's running In your bath
room,’ said the woman from the next
apartment.
"‘I know it,’ I replied, calmly. ‘lt's a
stormy night.'
”1 heard the woman whispering to her
husband, who was evftTSnfly standing in
the doorway of their room.
" ’She gays it is a slormy night,' said tho
woman. •
“ ’Stormy nothing!’ growled the man.
It’s as cioar as a hell.’
" 'l’m afraid she’s gone crazy, John.’
" ‘Well, crazy or not. I’m not going to
be kept awake by that racket. Toll her
she’s rousing the neighbors.’
” ’l’m afraid to irritate her, John. Sho
might murder us all In our bed*.’
’ Til tell her. then!’ and he did. fit lan
guage that strove to he, both forcible and
poilie, imii sueceedeiFbetter In the Arst
attempt than in the second. There 1 waa!
I tried to explain to them that I hadn't
been .sleeping for weeks and weeks, and
that really 1 thought it was my turn; hut
they didn’t see It thnt way, so I had
to change tho weather in my bathroom
and resign myself to another sleepless
night That was the only thing, of all
that I tried, that promised to be success
ful. Everything etse made me grow more
and more sleepless, and I’ve made up my
mind that I’ll never try another scheme,
no matter what It Is."
’’That’s too had, exclaimed Mrs. Goth
am. "! Just now thought of an Infal
lible method, and It’s so simple.”
"What Is It?" asked the western wo
man apologetically.
"It's only to tic your head up tightly In
red Aannel, covering your eyes and your
ears, too. It's splendid!”
"It couldn’t do any harm," aaid the
western woman, refiectlveiy; “and the
neighbors couldn’t object to that. Maybe
I will try it, but I know it won’t do any
good!”
if EI.II iT-IM A f’M'KKHEI,,
An Atnaslng Experience With n Mon
■ icr of the Allegheny.
From the New York Sun.
It was the very first time I ever saw
Uncle Billy Kay. landlord of the Barley
Kun tavern, and before 1 was out of the
wagon, he took his pipe out of his mouth
and said;
"Jim Morse has found his watch.”
I had not been aware that Mr. Morse
hail lost hla watch, but I was glad to hear
that he had found it. I Bat down on the
tavern bench.
"Them Allegheny picker'l Is terrible sav
age,” salt! Uncle Billy. “An’ big, too, an’
alius hungry. Bfegest an’ hungriest plck
erT that ever grow'd. But I never 'epect
em ’em bein' robbers. They be, though.
They stole Jim Morse's watch. Leastways
one of ’em did. Held him up as reg Tar as
could be, too, and’ took It right offen him,
chain an' all! But Jim’s found It. 1 never
speeded he would, I s'peet you're goln'
to try the Allegheny picker'l?"
"That's what 1 came over here for," 1
replied.
"Well.” said Uncle Billy, shaking his
head, "you wart to look out. They’m
actin’ bad Jlst now. Ye better leave your
watch to home, If you’ve got one. ’Taint
likely you’d be as lucky about gettin' U
back a gin as Jim Morse was. When Jim
come In here an’ told me ills watch hail
been stole I felt terrible sorry for him,
’cause he’d ben savin’ up for a consider
able time to git it. an' Twa’n’t Ukely that
he'd ever git another one. But when he
told me who had awls It 1 Jlst b’lled over.
Ter 'twits only (he week afore that the odly
pig that Jim had waa stole by a b'ar, an’
a hawk stole nine of his chickens, an' now
when 11 come to plcker’l-ralsln' up an'
etealln' his watch, U waa moroe’n 1 could
stand.
” 'Ding It!’ says I. Tt ain't safe to be In
this bailiwick no more!' says i.
’’ 'Course it ain’t,’ says Jim. an’ he look
ed so durn down that I gave him two good
snifters an’ half a pint to take home with
him.
“Jim wa'n’t out arter plckerT nuther. He
was bass dullin'. Right down yonder by
Kttgle Rock Is where it happened. Jim was
(handin' Jlst above his knees In the water,
playin’ a bass he had hooked, when pi ink!
came lumpin' agin his stomach that
knocked the wind out of him an' doubled
him up most like a jackknife. Now. s’poss
you'd hen winded and doubled up by a
plunk In your stomach like that, an’ when
you looked down an’ see that It was a
tremendous big picker'l that done It, an’
the plckerT had grubbed your watch chain
an' was ttiggin’ an’ yankin' at It like
mad, wouldn't you been s’priseil? Funny
if you wouldn't! An’ o' course, Jlnt waa
s'prlsed when he see that setch was Just
what was happenin' to him, an' ’fore he
got all his wind back and could straighten
up, the picker’l had snipped the watch
out o’ Jim's pocket, yanked the chain
loose, an' was dtvin' back inter the water
with hiH plunder. An' Jim said the pick
er! was mean enough to stop when It was
half under water an’ wiggle Its tall at
him the aggravutln'est kind! Darned It
it don’t m ike me. bile to think of It!
"But ylatenhiy Jim come In here jlst
yoopln' an’ yellin’. I thought for sure
that the losln' of his watch had druv him
crazy.
" ’Billy,* says he, Tv# found my
watch!’
” ’Jim.’ says I, thinkln’ ylt that he was
crazy, don't let It work on ye like that.
Why, ding It! I’ll buy ye another watch
myself!" says I.
’’ ’Buy me another un?’ says Jim. 'What
do 1 want with another tin when I've got
my own watch back?' says he, an’ he pull
ed out the watch and chain the plckerT
stole.
“ ’Jem,' says I, ‘miracles?”
*’ ‘Furty nigh to it!' says he, an’ told
me all about It.
’’Jim's cousin, Bob Boydon, lives three
miles below Eagle Rock. It wus two weeks
ago to-day that Jim was robbed by the ow
dacious picker’l. Bob Boyden's the uneom
monest best picker’l ketcher on the river,
’cause he hatn’t ufeerd ot ’em. When a fel
ler hooks one o' these Alleghaney picker’l
an’ hauls it In an’ gits a sight of It a-eom
ing, If he don't cut his line an' let the
PlckerT go, that's fellow that ain’t afeerd
to tackle his weight In wildcats. Bob Boy
den's Jlst one o' them kind o’ chaps, an'
he 11 go right out all alone and tackle them
picker’l any time. Well, sir, day afore yts
torday Hob thought he’d go out an' nev
some fun with plckerT, and he went. An’
I want to tell you, It's a good thing for
Jem Morse that he did. Rob hadn't trolled
long aforo he got a strike that was a
strike.
” ‘Helshazzar's ghost!” says Bob. There
halntno precedent for setch as that!' savs
he. There’s Ash on the end o’ this line,
this trip!’ says he.
wa "> you bet? Tatn’t worth
while for mo to toll you how Bob hud io
fight an’ tussle an’ sweat an’ swear ’fore
he got his picker’l ashore, but he landed
efn. There was two of ’em. Hut only on*
of era had Bob’s hook In its Jaw. T’other
one had come along, Just the same, 'cause
it was fust to the hooked plckerT by a
watch chain. Bob said this was the most
s prisin’ thing he ever see. One e.nd o*
the chain wus fast In one plcker’l's Jaw.
wedged there tlghtcr’n wax, and t'other
end was some’rs tn t'other picker'l'* in
nards. Bob felt as If he ought to 'vestt
gatu. He ripped t'other plckerT opin, an'
what do ye think? He found a watch fast
in Its gullet!
"Bob began to dance for Joy over this
here prize he had took, but purty soon be
slopped an' turned pale. He reeo’ntzed the
watch an' chain ns Jim Morse’s. Now.
he hadn't Iteerd o’ Jim havin’ his watch
stole, so there wa’n’t only one thing fer
hint to think had happened.
” 'These picker’l has waylaid Jim an'
gobbled him,' says Bob, ’an all that's left
Is this here watch an’ chain, says he.
"Bob didn't lose no time, I can tell ye,
gettin' up to Engle Rock to carry the orful
news to Jim's folks. Well—but o' course
you know what the upshot must a heu an'
the lively time there was to Jim’s. The
one plckerT had tried to steal the watch
from the first plckerT, and’ that's the way
they both got In a scrape. But it was
edgin’ purty close on to miracles the way
Jlnt found his watch, wasn't It?”
HOMESICK HIPPOPOTAMUS.
It Longed tor the I.ittiKiinge of Its
Childhood Home.
Prom the I,ondon Watchman.
During Bayard Taylor’s visit to the. zoo
logical gardens In London he noticed a
hippopotamus which lay in Its lank ap
parently oblivious of Its surroundings. En
tering Into conversation with the keeper
one morning, he was told that the crea
ture refused to eat, and was gradually
starving Itselt to deatn. "I fancy its home,
sick,” uddod tho keeper. "He’s a fine spec
imen, and It seems a pity wo should loso
him, but he's mooed ever since the keeper
who had charge of h.m on board the steam
er left. He pays no attention to anything
1 say.”
Bearing that the creature came from a
part of Africa he had once visited. Mr.
Taylor, on an Impulse, leaned forward and
addressed It in tho dialect used by the
hunters snd keepers of that region. The
animal lifted Us head, and the small eyes
opened. Mr. Taylor repeated his remark,
when what does Mr. Hippo do but pad
dle slowly over to where lie stood. Cross
ing to the other side of the tank, the
experiment was repeated with the same
result, the poor thing showing unmistak
able signs of Joy, even consenting to re
ceive food from tho hand of his new friend.
Mr. Taylor paid several visits to the gar
dens. being always noticed by his African
frlersd. Finally, before leaving the city,
he taught tho keeper a few sentences he
had been In the habit of addressing to the
hippopotamus, and went his way.
Two years later he waa In London and.
curious to know the result, again paid his
respects to his amphibious friend. To his
surprise, the creature recognized his voice
at once, awl expressed his Joy by pad
dling front side to side of Ids tank after
his visitor.
Bayard Taylor say# that it convinced
him that even a hippopotamus may have
affect lon*, and tenacious ones at that, aa
well as a good memory.
McKinley's Double In Congress.
From the Washington Post.
It Is now the time for the man who
looks like McKinley to get In his fine work.
His name is Charles N. Fowler, and hs
is a congressman from New Jersey.
Mr. Fowler has the smooth face and Na
poleonic cast of countenance which make
the Vresldent-elect so conspicuous. He ha*
a noble brow, a piercing eye, and a digni
fied bearing, which would do credit to
him in the high place of President. But
with all his marked advantages of per
sonal appearance he is ill at ease. It la
too great a burden to bear to resemble
greatness.
’’Why." aald Mr. Fowler yezterday,
"when I was crossing on the ferryboat to
New York a few days ago I noticed a
man watching me very closely. Finally
he summoned up enough courage to step
up to me. 'Are you Mr. McKinley?’ he ask
ed, In awed tones. ’No, Indeed, l replied,
with a smile. ‘Well,’ he said, ’I hardly
thought that McKinley could get into town
without the newspapers having something
about his arrival.
”1 told my experience to Mr. McKinley
when I called on him afterward,” contin
ued Mr. Fowler, "and he asked me if I
made the man apologize. T should say not,’
1 said, 'for he could not have paid me a
higher compliment.’
“But that ' n’t ail. On my way back from
Canton the conductor of the dining-car
came to me and aald that the two ladles
who had dined opposite to me wanted to
know if I was Mr. McKinley. Of course I
pleaded not guilty, but I said that as I
had Just left the President-elect they might
have seen a refiection of him In my face."
—The telephone, it is said. Is not making
much progress In Russia. And no won
der! Fancy a man going to a ’phone, and
shouting: "Halloa, is that you, Dvtaas
thlvchsmartvolcsklc?"
“No. It Is ZoHemsschouskafHrnocknstlff
sgrowoff.
"Who's speaking?”
"Hi ximochockiertrjuakiahokemoff. t
want to know If X!lferoinanakrfilsklllma
juwchzvaatowskswclbleraki Is still stop
ping with Dvlsostkivchsmartvoisasko?"
Tit-Bits. _
—"Dearest,” she asked, snuggling up to
him, "are you aurs you love me mors
than you did your first wife?"
"Why. darling," he replied. ‘T paid only
17 for her wedding ring. Yours coat |U. '
Then a look of trust overspread her
countenance, ami she murmured "Oh.
Ltatk**** m * <l " ,n,, *° Uau AS>F-‘ ’ —Ci*vliUiA
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