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MARCHES must end ’•"* * mBK M r MHKt TIIK U*. fEELS HE HAS BEEN LENIENT. |(|U , (IK AKHKO DKPITIKS \v tITIMi HH A CALL. ,11 (Mil I ompanlra Have Kmlra l*o n rented n lu* Humor* of j n.rrhr. - hrrlll Aakrrt Yl llche 11 In Prornl file* Mnr. lH *— Mllebell Hf llal Or r, I Nom*—"HMilu> I'HM.,I Willi M , iMKurliiini'i'* by the IHurr*. pii Oct. 7—A reprMn|iiil*i' .„claN Pr*i Ifirnwt i© night n Harvey tu reached the limit , jt *•** In regard to the m.ir hl.ig t>diea of men. and that the f , rnu*l obey hla request to lennin the pal© of I he law t.tk" the consequence* known that he feels he • , .( lenient with the crowd* an h Ajbly be *•;l that the action of ,ixlre*l tnrn In running arrow* the , cp. of Calvin, Pardee 4k Cos., at Lat , u*r#|jy. has had much to do With itm to In* roon- stern hereafter, u carload of the sheriff * d#!*!- tw |v armed. He* In the L high Val r, ,iil \ rds. ready to start at a . i.otlce. A loi'omoiiv© I* near by ,m up. and ali the telegraph op rt on the Lehigh Valley Hystetn lit are on duty for the purpose of t ,t . ,* tn ***••* to HherilT Harvey and i ( . ? i hlef of the coal and Iron poiice ®ro. i u . also learned that, owing to rum cr> . t ntcmplated marches to-morrow n i ng all the coal companies In this jve extra coal and iron poilce r. n duty to-night. All the Lehigh Val . ~l Company olllerles In this city i fuvlly guarded. This company had ~j of its policemen brought here to i •: uni Wllkeabarre. Wahanoy City, t • . i and Ilt Creek. Hu*vt> • iliai o Pn ji • . | at the strike headquarter* this j . n ar and requested him as prrslden* I'nltcl Mini Workers to us* his l r. to have the *trik#?s refrain from f matching and said If h* did not. • yinchell would be held morally re -4.1 . Dr whatever hap|H?n*d vr Mitchell, It is understood Informed • i# riff that orders for the mar> hrrg mi *■ emanate from headquarters, but , I. ss. he would do .Ul !n his power ~. the men on a strike preserve j * very possible manner. • . culd be learned to-night there no marching to-morrow morning i u h event is hardly likely to be any ii: u lUXLETtw. qtt hell nnil niher' Official* f onald rred MrlWr (|Hi*lloni. .on I’li. Oi t 7.—A# conference V * : believed to mark the beginning • #ml of the anthracite coal miners' ahich enters u|mxi its fourth Week >rrow, was held at the headquarters rnlfed Mine Worker* here this u i .j| Th©f© present, besides FTes \lit heil. were Fred Dllcher of a m**mher of the executive lwird. i it• sUbnts T. I> Nl boll* of District .\ Lik.i wanna ond Wyoming V.l- Janv# Duff;. District No 7 Ie i Vah. y. John Fahey. District No <J. j kill Valley .*ug|. i.o in lot mat ion was given out. kn*wn that lh# question of issuing . i, for Joint (convention was th© priit matter discussed. Th*- Associated I * is 01-le to annt>un* that the • <m -• invention will he h**ld a* B*rani*n. M>m**thlng unforeseen should urise n now and the lime of Issuing the B# ides taking up the matter of a • iitkm cafl, it Is understood that the ■ton of representation was also con . I The three district president* ii full reports * to the conditions as t ♦ now exist in their respective dls |.t t Mitchtdl. after the .*onfcrenc* ha\“* something to say t<> tn *t winr* g ird t the conventloi If t it** has he-ri fls*d. only Mr Mpcbtll • h;- colleague* know it A.ur*M. ti> prin i|Hi! matter to come • *h- miners will l>c me imi *i>tix o iedlon of the 1 per c*nt net ln i • ofler’l by most of the operators. P r *i**nt Mitchell sal I tosby that not * "!flci| of the f*nlted Mine Workers ' 1 ‘k* it hind in any action the col -•n mov take m the men must them* * Mttle everything %m> his hrlpfr. •’l" rutoriT to |rr Crnl. Offer Not f n ilrratoiMl by the Hitters. • itoi Fit Oct. 7.—Now that i i-on f| - t conahler th 10 jer cent offer t* i attention l.< turned to the * • 1 of what the mmpanlef nuan by • t in th *asi- of the and U’er The miner work -by *onlr.cf b * * the l.ibo**er out of his earning?- • ' i * th. miner cuts six toads of coal. • which h* gets 18.30. out of th a he i' f*>r powibr, oil in 1 r*-|i4ir of tools *' ’* * of hi** helper. The labonr's fix. i it *> much je r day. and in c nit average- about sl.7* Aft r • ■ 'h l lih>rer and th expenses of |‘* v ,r o 1 the min**r has a hoot hf* f**r himsi If. Ten per cent a*l -11 w,v **n the miner t>o cent* extra p**r ' ' Hie ia I Nrcr want* hi* 10 per *ent.. • nt?*. anl a- a consequence the ~ r niusi be emient with 4.** cent* extra l * .-rnt. Hut In many instance* a •- two laborers Th!r means that r s must iti out of the Hi rent- and 1 lf ' r turn *|f enjoying an ad °f only S per rent. , h.,w th. operator- want this offer '•d | not known here The local ' r * •' that the tnifi who fr;im©l • lth* r did not have In mind that r " ~uu, f pave th‘ i iborrrs or else, hav t, ! * lf> mind, tigured th*- laborer out r # r altogether, ami left >• miner ond laborer to settle Is ' f h* rnsclvcs aHiat. If any. |orttn of f** fffll not, it is thought, b* t wiii anything |ee* than a full 10 _ * nt abl this It Is believed. I* , “ ,f * * u-e i hitch when the conven ers to consider the quest ion " Q 1 IKT %T bHAMOKIN. Attempt Witt lb Made fo ftart I M I oilier!***. ri *a Oct 7- Tt U hvi been ,f *-t day in thN locality since the r, gan three w*eks ago. Outside of '•*■* of miners attending eervke at j * ' r hurc|>e. the men kept close to feeiinjf rmfH|rnt that the strike ‘ ‘c 1* w mutter of the fMSf If • • Mp* i a4l* for a ionvent on , ( n ' nu/i, r.| at Mount Pirmtl last *• h would do. However. ih -<*!% *y that until they are <r ,Ji f k they will not reimn for work. * u . ' f whal inducement* operator* Al “ ( ,u arryjng . ompanics offer atu-inpt will Us m*u to-tnorrow to start up veral ollterl* > in thb > Hon. but strik- leajt *a> the tn, a I not nspot.d 'iH HKKT THI HKIIAY. Ilellrxeil Mlnrrk' • uiucnllnn Mill Not let llioilh. I hil.i'ielpni,i, Ot I. 7 It i> the gcia rai belief that 1 n . aUi t Mitchell 4) f the l’iut *vl Mine Workers hi I to morrow |*iue i call for a ouventlon of miners o cocsHler the offer of In na-ul w*: to ts I* Id a S- ranton. and the . uppo* tlon I* that Thursday r*xt will be name! h th time Indication* are coming to the surf i *> that hasty action will not likely be rea h and on th- question by th*- uxivtntlon, and that r-> ss*s will U- taken, p*n'ln; *o fcrciii ot committee* with the operator- These confe>*nces will u* requested w th th purpoe* of obtaining a cleat und**i stamllng as to tin |iermant-ncy *f the in r*f**e| pay. If .* < eplcd. ami to e -certaln ihe o(rerat<Hs' vi w on the propor tlon of In*Teas* to be t*■•;>• jvelv allow ed th* ininei- ini mine UU-ur# Will. M.NII lltuui's llioili. baliin lind* That Soldier* %rr No Isiagrr Needed. Shenandoah. l*a , Oct. 7. Om Oohln an nounced b*-njght that lf the w*.thr con a r * favorable to-m<*rrow. llnttery <* will break .imp ond l ive fr horn* Th* situation In this district, the general say*.!* no* sq.-h • *o require the pr *-n of the troofii-. and h intends to order ail th** soldiers .<way os soon a* posdhb Organiser Harris said to-day that lie will go to th* I'aniher Creek Vail* y t* morrow for rh* put|M*e of assisting In the oi ganixatiou of the in.ru workers there. A NTUH% Ok lilt: lilt I. t \%K. %alel .lone* l %lleuecl to Hnvr Tried a I onsptracy New York. Oct. 7.—Th World to-mor row will publish a statement upon the re cent a- v* iopmenta growing out of Mil lionaire Klee Th World will *a> : • The district attorney l> prepared to prove that in January laat. Iwfore law yer Patrick hu*l eMablithed Intimate rs lationn with Rice, \ alet Jon* trie*! to foim a consplracv with another person to e-t his fortun* Jonc*.. afft davit* alkge tn tSic |urt<uanet of his du ti* . frequently cam# In contact with o trusted friend of his aged employer This man is a person of poMtton and standing in th*- financial world The valet studied him carefully and for several week*, un til be thought In dared approach him with hb mysterious scheme. To this person Jones stated that he knew th*' provision of Hire* will, that the estate was worth several millions and that he {Jones) had ah oute control over the old man •*I have It In my power ’* he I* alleged to have aid to I<b* s friend, "to *h old fellow to mak* a n* w will anl to put you In It f>r a very large -um of money f will do this If you will divide with m No one w ill ev* r know anything about It but you and tn*. The plan 1* perfectly safe and will make u* millionaire*.* ** • It Is stated that the man who was ap proached by Jone* In this matter, when h* m**t Jones on subseouent o<- asltins. seenie*! to enter haif-h* artedly Into tni* plot and for a t!m*- even played fist and loose with the scheme. Finally Jone- told lilm he did not think the scheme possible, and they ceaaed to discuss It.** ROOMSVBbT HANI|I KTTKD. He l*retllclel lurro# f*r tle llepnb- Iteiin I'nrly. Chicago. Oct. 7. Oov. Roosevelt *i*ent the greater iart of to-day with Senator Hanna, talking over plan- for the cam paign. and to-night was Imnqvfrted by the Republican national managers at the <*hl . ago Out* Among thos* >re*ent were t'rut'd State Senator* Fairbanks. Itever ilge Hanna, Cullom an I Spooner Mr Roosevelt, In addressing th* guests, re viewed hi> Western trip an*l predicted suectss for the Republican ticket In the morning the Governor attended service# ct Trinity Dutch Reform**#! Church, after which he went for a drive in company with Col Curtis Oulld f Bos ton. Oov. i:oo*evet will make several ad dresses in Rlltuds towns to-morrow r••ach ing St laxul* to morrow night, where he. will remain until Wednesday. Hit \ % N %T lll** 111 HIM Pl* At 17. ••pent (hf > %mon, Rr!.tl- ( swlem. 111. S.ili'TTi ll*.. Oot. 7 William J. Bryn io-<luy !-!**•<* in th- city of hti> *ftrt!i. jml Mnt the <ly with He *r rlv.-l here ihoin noon. onl •hnel ■( th rcblen-e of Mr> Molile Wefwlrr. hi .autln. Thirty of 111* relative# other-.l m th- r< -(dence and pjriook of the <Un ner. In the ifternoon. no< omiwnl<.l hy Jam-. C Dthlmon. thr n.illunel committeeman from Nrhr.skn Who nan i hartco of th -1,1 ,ir In which Mr Bryan travel*. Il K. rtnlvely. (he ncw.peper corrwpond ,iiH. onil oM frteiel* reshllnn In ihla city he ivent to th* rrm ntvl loohml over (tie Keene* of hi- boyh>o<* t\ ts "( KIIIMV IV THK KAIK.” tV. J. Mel 01->. on Acdir, W Mint In Klnittliiiltnn. VV. \m. Huntlmrton. VV. Vn . Oct 7—William J Mci'auley. an actor of Khlledclphia |>loy tnx with "A Woman In the Cam" com pany, an .hot here to-day by IV ir! Newman, who afpr the Mhootln*. ceceiaxl lo (thlo. McCauley ond thr#- frl nds hod enter *d u r* taurant ar.d wer# tnlktng to Miss Dorrey Brown when Newman entered * nfl opened tire, killing McCauley Instantly Newman Is said lo have been Jealous of McCauley's attention to Miss Brown Hr eitnen In (••*• ll|psMra. WgshHigfotv, Oft 7 —Th*- revenues In th* i*hi..pptnc fur th* first seven moot lie rf 19(* w**re ll.TV's** in In r*-e* over the cor reef -ondlng i** ri**! of iswt. of $2. "to.BG. Tt- - uefoms receipt* w ?c 11 •K2.24'* md Ihe Internal revenue receipt*. LiAd.lol The postal receipt* f<r July were 1110.043. Lonnil m Dead Body. Gallipoli■*. o . Oct 7.—The ** wl ivmlv **f L,*W“*. Harwood igsd -'* with the ekull <*ru#hc npi • rent 1) by * blunt Instru ment wo*, fuun*l on the Ohio nvwr rooi thr*r miles b-|ow this citN oday !•! ward Burmdt. who was Iw-t seen with Ear wood In a wagon, Will* arree’ed 4 . |. Ilrnrkel Drad. Cincinnati. <♦ Of* 7 -Word has been rece4vel her#* of the d* *4b n K#n f-rsn* cisco, of C H Henckel. n prominent bus iness man of Cincinnati wh>* went to Sun Francisco with • onsfderahle sum of money sev*ra! months ago Elt Frrasax Inlnred. Chicago. Or.(, 7 Eight per*rns wrp tn jured to night, one fatally by a on! Is lon Itafwern a Calumet electric car and m soufbourai laike Phorc snrl Michigan •ourhem rrstn Irwin Dows#- the moo man. was Internally njurrd. and may die Up-to-Date.- Cualomer Some rah# please Walter—Shirt- waist or hunting case? Customer—What do you mean? Walter—Ml ur hard shell, sir?—Fuck. . THE MORNING NEWS; MONDAY, OCTOBERS. 1900. FLOIIIDA'ft TRK HI KKH. Makes Nrpnri Nhusrln* IlNlwnres to t redlt of Fund*. Tall.ihasree. Fla . (VI 7 -The reiiort of ihe state treasurer Hied with the Hover nor. *lh- balances to th credit ef the several stat.* and educational funds it the close of buslne-s. Se|t . 1810, as follows tbi.eral nunui fund SIBI.OBO 10 (the Mill school fix fund 44,41a IS Stat** Board of Ihalth tax fund 1A) 5S lv ns ion tax fund M.A37 &i Tix certificat#* fund 10.Ox* 21 Principal of scho-*l fund 32. 42.1 t! Agricultural College fund 3W t 2 Kxperlment sfatlun fund ...... 184 SI White Colieg* Morrill fund 10,.w HO t'oiored Colieg Morrill fund .. 12.8. Wk’ Station Ira Mental fund I*B To Interest of *. h< oi fund 11.f.70 ;w* College Incidental fund ... *4 Colieg. mess hall fund .. 1* PfincliMil of e* minarv fund ... 10T* 17 It- nds f 1x7.1 -inking fund &SJ 02 Hun<l* of I*7l. sinking fund 3* 71 Total $338,818 81 Four more tax book* have been rrcelv* I at the oinptrolli-r’h **fh •*. which *h>w ♦he following valuations 1W 1W Liberty .. $ 338.047 W I 411.037 00 D** Solo 2,00'. 018 4 2.48H.84* 00 Volusia ;am Tr. 00 3.0 M IP* 00 Jefferson 1 47#.M k , 31 l.Sfl .'llii M $.; w. :,..*KOI $7,411,813 M These four counties mak*- n t**al of nineteen out of the foriy-five q>uitlew n th** state. hhl m- h shows an in. ream in he x#mt<l voluitbxn of property The total valuation In th*- nineteen onjrvtlex for 1800. war $4e.571.723 14 and for 1000. the valuotbon is $47 *244x. making n n<d its r< as*- of $2. l"?.xN(V:t4 m tax v alts h Jo*ljr* John W Malone of Qulo-'V, h**lng •.ii’isp<sed(, the fail term of the Circuit Court for Liberty county mu not held it Hrlsttkl the past week, but Judge M i lone and Plate Attorney George \\* Waik er have g*n** to niotintsroavn. where they wfii nuhl the fall term of said court for Calhoun county thl- week ot II I MINi:*F. rni*l RATION. % f hinrar Dentist U hose Wife |*la>s MnrchrM <m n Plano. Frank M Todd In Aln s lee* * “It Is impossible to state and useless to try to guess how many Chinamen are now In this country Mr Rcharf. late t rilled States Chinese inspector mt ihe P°r of New York, thinks there may be 70\flUU, but th* estimate seems too high The census does not and • annot ifford any reliable data, you might hf w** 1 try to tak* i census of th* fls‘ Custom house stat It* tc* ar.- wcrthltsa ex ept to show that ever ex luslon law pass* and has slim ula ted immigration They ©annot take account of the thousand- smuggled In along the S.itfcO mile.' of Mexican and Cj nadtan border and along the Oulf coast. The Canad.an Pacific Railw iy Is s.ld to bring In from direc to five thousand an nually In bund, the company agreeing to pay he I>onj?>ton government the B'* ap button tax for every one thut hie not left th** country within a staged time. The inspector* c innoi tally those. All we can b sure of in regar*J to the number of (*hlnes- here i* that It U very large, and that it is constantly increasing Beyond that on** gif |h .*> good as another "An early complaint against the China man W .s that h*- did n t bring Ills family and *lld not mean to remain her* Of late there are evidence* that lie |., growing ••ontentexl here, o he is in the Dub h de pendencies. mid that occasionally he looks up*>n this* country .■* his home, our larg est Chinese community, San Francisc o s Chinatown, contains anywhere from K>.uo to 40.0110 Chinese, according to the bla* of th*' person guessing, and Is noth eably tak ing on an appearance of greater pernu nence. When th*- local papers b*-gaii re cently to talk of moving It. which they do whenever th* rdßor*' fertile brains run out of oth*r s* nsatlon*.' It wis brought to the attention of th** mover# that a number of mercantile hmj#**# in Chinatown hud ea* h millions of dollars Invested, and thut It would he as sensible to talk of riiMvitig half the retail and bunking busi ness of Kan Francisco. “Nor ©an It longer be sail that all the Chinese women among iim ar*- her* for immoral purposes, a great many China men have brought their wives an.l are raising their families h**r. From the rear of th*- laundry can sometime he heard the prattle of the Chinese infant There are Chinese e hools for Chinese children There Is ti Chinese dentist on Hi'-ram*-nto street who has an upright piano in his parlor, on which his wife plays Sousa; there |> U Chinese photographer, who tes tlfieM that the fear of u amcra Is growing less among his countrymen every day. When a Chinese woman plays an upright piano and . Chinese photographer can do a good business among his ‘cousins' they are rapidly getting out of joint with the old order. They have migrated in the true M'ns*-. If they retain • liking for burial r Asiatic soli it Is nothing to the point In a Western View gninr home dead Is e good as not going home at all. The volume of the overflow from the Chinese empire t*. of course, heyond sat isfactory calculation Kong Yeu Wei puts the number of Chinamen now living abroad at 8.000.000 What other country on the globe could lose % X*/Or> sub Ject - In the period of a single lifetime nod not fee| that it hid suffered a tremendous deple tion of Its \v*a|ih and |*>wer‘ , “ 01 H DMIKD FHt IT* I*O PI LAR. Rrospeet nf an I npmeed-n ted Ex pori (o itrrmisyr, From th* Washington Ht-ir The pfospeet of an unprecedented sx- P<rt Am* rl# in drte*l prunes gprlr ot |M-a hex and pears, as well as evaporated appl* -and rt-plirrts. to Germany this autumn and winter Is *-x ••dtngiy bright. ■** Consul General Mason nt Berlin, pro vlded the crop In Ihe I’nlted Ktate- is sufficiently plentiful to furnish i larg supply at reasonable prices He .-ays that the popularity of American dried and preserved fruit.-* tn Germany h is steadily Increased from y*ar to year, by reason of their relative cheapness and unrivaled rti vor an*l excellence. It ap|>ear# that Cali fornia prunes are rapidly supplanting the fine but expensive French product, as well a** th* low grade Bosnian prun* s. In the German market, and there is nothing In that market tha' (-an ?-u eefully com j>ete wnh the dried pears and peaches and evaporated apples fr *m the f*n!td Bft American exporters ar#- naturally gra*l fled ai the dtacontlnuanc. f the tedious and annoying ln-pc*-tlon of dried frtilis at the German frontier, und that ihe wy tj* now often to an unrestricted trade Th* frontier Inspection was Institute*! as a precaution nvatnst supf*oeerJ danger of ih** Introduction of the Han Jnn- scale Consul General Mason says (hat the gyp. ply of dried American frulr•* wet year was lii>ufTlcieiit in ir, t the demand of The Orr mati mark*!, hut that large contracts have l*een made this year by American merchants, who. after attending the Parle ••xposltlon. vl-lted the principal cltle- of Germany ond i>erorially offered their pro ducts to the more lmp>rarl dealers. The Inspection of fresh fruit will still lv maintained at the frontier but. the con sul getters! thinks In a fair and liberal spirit He calls attention lo the fact tbit heretofore moat of the cases o# Han Jose m**m!e hav* been found among Ihe highest md most * xpenslve clues of apple*, such as are wrapped in tissue paper nnd put up in boxes for family ami hotel use. and that such Infection has rarely been detect ed In the common grade* of apple* which are packed looaely In ordinary barrel# This probably results from the fact that the choices) American apple* come from districts Infected by the acwle while the stmtej* alorg the nurih*rn frontier—New York. Michigan. Wisconsin and low which produce the common id>le, r gen e.'aUy U*o t rum th*t THE DECAY OF BAG-PIPING. •COT* DMPIOHO7 THK L%PMS OF OLD (l AWD. The Diatom of the Fnmowa !a irv*• le. *Mll •* flu % e Hern Invented In Scotland—lt Wm Ihe Forerunner of the ItrKnn—>*tf met hlna Heredi tary to the %rt of Playing It—“ Hoots Like llie Xlasle. From the New York Tribune. Once every year th* Kootohtnen of New York lay aside their American habits and eotm-time* their American clothe*, and lor a few hours become clansmen again Phi# occasion is the annul! outing of the N*w-York Caledonian Club The l ist oti*- ing was *u • ssful, Jkt* the forty-€hf*e prevlou entertainments and the dancing, the games and the merry-making will b* remembered and spoken of until It D time to plan for th* nexi picnic But there are members of t'u* organisation and also •eoteltmen who a* not in the fowl who think that th* se • u'lng# are not what they u.**•■l to la . that they Will never In- quit* as attractive ms they were tn their best •lays until th* piping competitions ar*- r** vived I'nli five years ago one of th* fcatur* of th* t'aled man Day wax this contest The pipers played their best Their work was judg and by * committee, and the man who was pronounced the winner heau-* of his p* rformance on the pipes and his aj pearsnee c.irried ii way his prlte with nil the pomp of a h- ro In the eyes cf many of the spectators th* prise piper was higher in rank h.*n the men who ex celled in the game-* and t dancing Th. men who failed to win a prise practised hard during the next year, learned new tun s and Invented new \arlat *n old • ne* tn order to win the laurels at the • ext contf-H*. and give lesson- to hoys who hoped .some day to be as pip* rs But now there's no Incentive. said a Caledonian piper, "and the consequence ! that piling is going down hill No one t ikes lesions, and those who •!•* kn*>w how to play do not practise enough The onlv people who know good mush when thev h* ar It are ihos** who were raised In Scot land where |>enp!> know what .i pt|i, Is In this country fakirs ars allowed to plav. and their perfrrman*-**s give people a false Ul*-a of the bagpiper They are responsible for the lrnpr*slon that all pl|e music 1* disagreeable and inharmonious There are only slxxit twelve pipers In New York They dll plav on the Scotch tdpei ard with a few #-x**eptlons they pi y by note The Instruments used bv these in**ti all com© from Koot’and All th* tunes also ore imported Once in u while “ said the pl.'xer, “you can hear i pl| er do a popular tune, hut l< doesn s sound right Nothing seems to come a© well from the pipes as the old Kcoteh tunes named f* r people and places dear to the Krotchman The bagpipe has not declined In popu !orlt\ |n Europe The Scotch regim**nts still have their pipers, and no great house would be complete without a piper He always KT** 4 * with lh* head of the house, and whin at home he piavs every morning and on ail occasions of corevnony The I iper greets tha guest on his arrival and the strain of the pipe bid him farewell *• An antiquarian and a stud* nt of folklme who has made the history of the bagplne a study when e ked to te.l what he knew about bagpipes said “It's bagpipe* you want fo know about 1 It** Well. If that's all the Information you're ofter thf* !s the sh'p for It at the pretty picture of some specimens In the oolleofloti <*f my friend Eugene d* Rrlrquevllle ♦ Versailles, and didn't T see that same friend hand Inga prettv little Insrtument with carved Ivory pipes In I! rhls summer In Pari*, and hear him try to persuad** th* Jury* of (’lasse Dlx (••pf thaf a man who could make so pretty a musical bag at the tall etui of the nine teenth century ought to get a gold m**tal or a grand prlx or a cross of the Tagion of Honor or arm such distinction? Tea. verily. ! did But that wi* a French bag and (hey called If n musette The pipes In the picture, too. are French, and relics of th* time when kings and q-ens. ladle** and nobles, thought If m graceful pastime to play at shepherds and shepherdesses, and sing dainty pastorals to the drone *>f th* pipes “The history of the Instrumen* * If I were a Highlander Id hot mv (Ml I beg that it was Invented In Hcotland for doesn’t Aristides (Jutntlllanos tell shout Its pre val# nee In the Kor ttlsh Highlanders ever so long ago and can anvhody remember whn It wasn't used to tun** up the High lan*ler to righting pitch ’ But If I were on Irlshm in I’d swear by the piper tha* played before Mno* that It earn** Into ex istence In the Emerald Isle, and 'hat the piper himself balled from lb- obi sod However, seeing ms how- I’m onlv an American with a love for studv and :n --tlqullles. I m bot;rwi to say that neither •cotchman nor Irishman invente*J the bag ! p||es. but that It I'lm* to them both. In e’l probability from the Rr* rn n 'The ancient people of Italy bad the in strument. and distributed It over Europe nn they did their lawe and other things Klngularly enough. he Dal an peasantry preserve a recor I of the source fr*>m which they may have derived It In the name which they give It. Th*- common Dalian name is cornamusa hut In country d*strl '# #ou ma> still hear It sfioken of in the xampognla. and If you are interest #* in the philology of the subje t you mav ! find in thut word not only trace# of th.- Arabic xummarah bi-ooon ami the Greek svmphoneia. hut abo of the ('haldai sam ■ i*onla. or •Htnponcyah f guess samjionla in Chaldalc. at any ra*e It's In (he Blhlb al Look cf ftanlel. which has about the earliest reference to the bagpipes that 1 knw about All the woids that I have mention**! with their likeness In physiog nomy means bagpipe, although you never vv ul*l have gu sped It from the tran*lt(! n whirh the Keventy gave to the <’haldai* word In Ihe third chapter of Daniel They nj|#d It dulcimer, which was and Is a | stringed Instrument, played upon with hammers You remember the passage- It is in the story about Fhadra* h i ,md Abednego. the three Hebrew gentle man who refused to fall down and wor ship the golden Image that Nehuehadne* xar the King had set up. though all good ritlxcns had ie*n commanded so to do at what time they heard the sound of th# cornet flute, harp, sackhut. psaltery, dul ! . Jmer and all kinds of music * The Old '|e***amrn? revisers fifteen years ago put bagpipes' as a marginal reading, not be Ing brave enough to follow the musical scholars, who had long told them that the Chaldaie word meant bagpipe But wnat j ran you do with Bible translators? There is on* . as** In the (M Testament wh*r you may take your choir between 'ln struments of music* and ’< oneuhlne- That's a pretty how d'ye 00. Isn't It? Oh! yes. the agplpes. Don't you like phiio , logy? “You may now make your own guess as to which of the p- oples of antiquity first > oncelvtd the Idea of sticking pipes or whistles into a hag so that by filling the Ug with wind they could blow more of • hem at ones thin they could with th* mouth That Is the Interesting feature In the development of mul< al Instruments that the bagpipe Illustrates It's the prl mltlve organ, don't you see The wind chest of th** modern organ in which wind In forced by means of bellows. Is only h development of the ancient winding which had pipes stuck Into It ard was Inflate*! with breath from the player s lungs And here attention ought to be called to the fact hat. although the Irish dldn' |nv*n tha bagp'p*. to *h*m Is conea tad the rre ut of having Introduced the Improvement Idoubtbs- suggested hv the organ) of a ; supply bellows worked by the elbow of the player Tha shape and meterlal of the ol*l . wttxj reservoirs suggest that the hsgplpe (.LAius Bom (ho kA at. a 4l was tuiiural *tough lii the countries where water hot lies ware made of th skh n of &nlfti*L that the saint* skins should be used as the receptacle for wind In fMiand and the DknaUie the hagptpv uel t be called Kosa—still u. undoubtedly— b .mse th bag Use*l to ha made out of a g*Mts rkln horn* i*lng retained Koa I HU vie for goat. Even In my pretlv French picture you will *, how the unspeakably old *-us tom has be**n retained. Well the oki Greek# had the Instru ment ar.d dirt the Romans, through whom, as I have sab! it w.r** doubtless transplanted to ihe British Island* Nero wik # txraxe o|*l |dper and If he mad** music Mt aP at the burning of Ronn It n*M> have been the hagp pe ’hat he 4la\ I It cowidn t have bcn the fiddle, as tlr |*>l>ulai story goes because ther* wan n* ■i I Mt i • <s• * Wlm toward tu* nd of h'F (Steer. he l*loo*|\ llmp-ro: ;ot Into trouble with hie Kp.inlsh ami Oall c legions. h* made a v* w that If h shouhl h<ld on to the g.>vernm**tit he would celebrate lus victory with gam* nt whb'h he himself wouid appear > pei former * the hydraulic organ the chorlc flute and th* l agylcs (Tib! i uilcuUrt !>o 1 lik* the music of the bagpipe? Mv dear hoy. 1 ltk* oil thing-* old lik*- Gobi smith old frimds. old time*, old mannet* old tmoks, old win- but In this a * tn# lik it.( Im largei> one ot sentimental curl < lty I ha\ never |**'rsua<i*N| mvs lf that bt*aui** I hav*- nt unquenchable ttut -t fr nithmal ard a.*\age mu-b or all kind-, therefore all rational ami *vmg* must 1-* beautiful anil Ht for art Tli* ►•• ale of the b.<g|>i|>c is not Just or ling t* our hearing and things ut of turn* t* t*aln ful KtJll the Instrument doc* not .iff* M me as Khyiock >*aye It aft* *ts some men nor d> I always tint k Its th# first |ait of llmry IV Fa! Hblood lumas m* lane holy as * glbeat or i lugg *1 b* ar P Hen -nr and old lion, nr a lover's lute Fil Yea. or th* srone >f a Llncolnghlre l tag pip** H* r* by the wav if a god story to Illustrate thM* there ;irc savage hr*HFt* b*ii muse **r rather hiKpq** n.;;*!<•. .n -not soothe it Is fr*N an and B**ottiah a rlter Asa K(Veh bagpipe wh" traversing hc mountaine of I'lster he was one evening en oun*rcd by a hunger starv'd Iris i wolf In this lltrer th* i**s*r man 0.uJ.1 think of nothing better than t# oyen his waller and tr>* th#- effects of hi* hospital I ty. lie did so and the savage *w rl ow** I all that was thrown to him with #>• >m proving a voracity a if ht* nppeii'* wa* Just but coming to him The whole slock of pmvtaioc you mav b* aur* was s- m spent, and now his onl\ rrsoun c was (o the virtue rf the l>agi ip* wh! h th- moru ♦ri no sooner heard than he t(Nk ti the mountains with Ihe same precipitation that he had tome down The poor plp**r could not h> |*erfe*tly enjoy his deliver ance but that, with an angry ln'k at parting, he shook his head and saWi "Ay* Are th*-s© your tricks'* find 1 known your humor you shouhl have had your music bef*r© supper’" •flow do piper* learn? I fancy that the art Is In a sort of way hereditary and ther**fore like reading and wrt ing In Ihe estimation of l*ogberry It cornea by nat ure Tom T*n the piper's sor. learn- It from hi* father But there ar** modern method* for the hriffplpe and anciently there were ptp*-r' tclw* -If In K- otl*nd. !>ea-twlse It I* of recor*! that George Mac k|e ‘th* reformer of Ihe lowland pipes attended a a*'hool for piper# flu: sev* n years The music that Is printed for th#* pt|N-a n>w Is primed In the usual notation but that Is of * r* *mu occurr vote Formerly th* pipe tones hud their own system of sytni*o!s. with outlandish name** • FIFTY DAYS OF TORII HE. AluN-king ITifterlesrs of Fleeing xtteslonartes In Alisaal. From h* New York Hun A writer In the North China Dally New In a copy of the paper Just received her* sarys that of all he provinces In China Hhant has l>een the worst In respe.-t of •he diabolical massacres and barbarities pn* iced against foreigner# “At one time.'* he wrlies. “It looked as If not a single foreigner could hy any possibility escape the murderous purpose of Yu listen Fortunately some have e# aped A party of refugees from Khans! recently arrived Mt Shanghai, after encountering such Miff* ring** and halrbceodth . scapes as will be difficult to find a paraded any where “The party consisted of Mr and Mrs A It Maunder# with two ehlldern (two oth *r# of their children died on h* way) and A Jennings and Mlfta Guthrie nil from Pingywo; K J. r*o*g*-r i*n*l two ehlldern from Lucheng (Mrs Cooper Miss Mb-e and Miss Houston, also from dial city, were killed on the way or di*d from injuries recalved); Mr and Mrs A K. Glover with two children and Miss Gates, from Lusn All were members t*f the China Inl.itwl Mission, and of the nlneSeen wb*> started five |*erlsh*d.“ The survivors tell th** following story in the evening n im>h arrived #♦ ! our house In the suburb, and we were I driven to take refuge In the yamen The ; magistrate declared he <v>;ild not help us He had r*<-elv*-d orders no longer to pro •eo foreigners and bade us depart In pence At tenth, in answer to tsir on treaties, he agreed to send us to Taiyuan. FA It distant, under escort, so we s*nried north for the -wfiltal W*- got within twen ty II of 1 without advgntur* when we met u native Christian whom we knew flo.lng south. He (nplored us to turn hack as the Inland Mission had ♦a-en already burred. ♦he Roman Cafltollc catahlishmenf p illed iown an*l nil fhe foreigner- were In the Baptist Mission compound surrounded by a grenf mob whi* were threatening to burn If w!h *ll who wer* Inside On tha we turned lock toward Ringvno. and our e* corf at cm’e left us We had no# much money and fh* ieopl- demanded exorbitant prices for everything, even for the simple permission 'o puss Long the road IVe sold our clothes and pawned whatever would pawn. Including our w<doling ring*, and In this wav reached our station nt Lucheng safe but stripped “Lucheng had not yea been rioted but only two days' peace wa-* allowed us when with the friends there we had to flee for our lives at mtdnlrht with nothing hut one donkey load of bedding and clothe# and a supply of silver which we divided up among the parD Whl* h direction to tnke we did not know To go norih again was out of the question, and eastward to flhan tung was equally Impossible so we made for the south hoping to get through Honan and Hupeh to Hankow But we had only got forty It from Lucheng when we were stopped a* a large vill g- hy tom*- two hundred people w-ho demanded mony We <ould not satisfy them so they seised our donkey and In sheer wanton mischief tore all our bedding and clothes to pieces Then they stripped us next, taking each person's * lothes. hat. shoes and stocking* and little store of silver, leaving us noth ing. ladles and children Mike In this affair we lost the natives who were ar • ompanylng u#. some of whom we fear were killed, while w* were driven along the road by men with chibs It was a terrible situation The Maxing sun burned us to the bone, and some of us had no* so much ns a little piece of rag to wet nnd put on the top of our heads Al every village we were a • ked and driven from on# to the other with blows nnd curses "The villages there are very thick, and before we got dear of the mob from one the mob from the next had already arrived to take us In hand .Wither food nor wafer could be Obtained Mow we contrive*! to exist! we hardly know for days our onlv support was found In the filthy puddle* by the road*l*ie When w- rsFhal a city If was a little better Apparently each magistrals was anxious that we should fome to our end In the next county, so when we went to th# vamen they would gtva us a little food and send an e*cor* o [Mf u* aulely oyer lb* l*>rd*rs at th*t particular yamen's Jurisdiction Arrived at that point, *h *•**• **rt always left U*. Miid we had to struggl* on ne before Mis* Rice u is killed oil 'he r*ad fifty II nor* h of Tset* hnuf i ut Shan-i That day both sit#- wild Mi**' ll* rioii si* down on th* roadside, c.tying tlwy would will ingly die. but walk n*(ber step they* could rof In the previous *ttv *he ir.gi • rule had given ns a small piece ! stiver which w* ha t to carry in our hand, huvkg nowhere rise to put u \V* Ihnugbf w* in ghi be aNt* to hire a cart ftr th*s*- lad •#*# with this piece of silver ‘O two of us W .. village f, ncgotltifr Thu vi rs refused th** cart, but n the ante me they- pounded *ur knuckk wit stick till w * dnq>jrd the silver, and th* u drove us down thv- road awav from our party Jst then It lagan to rain and the party witp the # x<vptbn *f ihe two )mI l retired for shelter t* n rmpt! guar*l hou>e near There ,* mob fell upon them and drove them *n, and In thl> w *\ the two ii •ipiesi* kMHoM got i*f on i were b*aen t* death Nothing *-uild l* - till Tsehchau was reached when the tun Istrate #*nt back to inqtir* Mi • ltt*e was found to l**- already d*.l but MB" Huuston although dr* i lfutlv injur* and w. still alive Hhe dl and liter ward at V unm nng In Hup* li and th laity wis brought on to Hankow for burial The crossing . f the Yellow liiv**r wa on*- f our most irvleg • x|H-r.*-nc* . The yamen had placed us tti ■ rs. and promis ed to send us over D m ix soon a- w*- wei- in fit* (•*. the carts df**V*- *w >\ and •h* boaim*n ordered u* to land um iln as ttiy declined |toint blank t hav* anything tdo with us For two days w* **.• on the bank Of the Y*llow River not knowing wi t*. ilo \\. wet* iik* lh* I * .|*t. at th.- Red He Rharaoh w b. itn I neither right nor left wa-* their any re. treat, and no m*ms of rossing ov* r t m the third dv the boatmen unexp* c.d|y changed their minds and n*>k us r*v-r Ti*s first city we im* *• south of 4h river wa Changchou The Magistrate was hlttf'ly anil foreign ar.l miM h.*l w*- only irriv*-*! twenty-fuur Imhiin sooner he would have had the pleasure of klllinc us oil IDs order# were to allow r* foreign devil to e*.. j|w, hoi tn# Empr* *-- Dowaver had taken pity on them atwl he h.*l ju-** hern Instructed It* have them all s* • t ►* prisoners. Into llupeh Accordingly, from • his prgnt w* were sent a r**-- Honan, from t> to city, n- prisoners, hy th* v*• men. sometimes in carts and eometim mounted <n the liar*l w*o*len pa* k <1 dler oi loi)k*VF For fo**l they gav* Ü bread and water, nnd n**w li r* showed u.- any kiridne till we r-a* h* I Hinvaiig hou tire last rMy in llonan Here w# wer* no longor treated a* prisoners, and her*' met w'ith th** ril*vet- from Loan who bad arrived there after a similar Journey. The flu|M*h tn igtMrate* w*re x<-**dtng|\ kit i At th<- first city. Ylngsh-m. w* wr* sup piled with food ami clothing and kept tn the yam**) five da\> as she rl south wa** l*kwked by soldiers proceeding to Wliln. whom It would not In* safe to meet The Ylng'h.m native Christians also •’•■ught us out nnd showed us great kind r>#*Fs as thev also did Mt the Hies **f Tehn us* Ynnmnng and MsoolrHii Mrs E J CNVjer *lle'l at Ylng-tmn of tlie Injitii* and hardship undergone, and her lardy w i brought to tionkow for burial Thus end. and nt Hankow *m the 14th of August a Jour ney of fifty days' duration of which th* wonder Is that single one survived to tell the tale At RI HV FIGHTING ROOWTRR. Vanial-hrit %|| t m*ra t nfll Kn<irk. nl Onl lu a Me rap \% (tli Two Hull- PTnin ih- I.i-wirtnn Journal. Aulairn la (hr proml poa,*f<-nr nf it mrmflrrful ron Irr M!s NrllU- II . (hr Ill dr (taiiKhlrr of Mrn ld.hr.- of Hi- Auburn wa'rrwork* tohl th< talc lo thr Journal IMa mornlnii nnd tl Is north ro|adn That Indy hat* a frtrnd In Warr. ri who him (wo Ittllr children—a boy and a Ktrl One of dir u. iirhhof. kept hrnr, -tod nlMiut two yearn wo i H(Hn( of < hlrkrn* wan hatched Thr okl mother hen -elected one of the chickn nnd flrrd tl out of Ihe brood Under nh clrcumntanere whatever would *he re. otrnlie or own II Thr oui> w,n Anally jrenrn(r.| lo the tutl.. duuKhter of Mm lll.bre'r friend, who nurred and car ed for II undl It grew lo Im- iptllr a chh’k rn Finally II become too liirite to keep In Iho hfMina uiat wux put outdoor* An the mile icirl could no longer care for It ttn before, rhe nnhl It (o her brother for five cent. With lltir change of owormhlp Ihr chicken began lo drvelo|> new Iralln of chara. Irr Thr new owner plogueal II and thr . hick roon grew tturly, and flnallv pugnaclou* Well, Ihr young hlr.l'n dlnporHlon did nol Improve like hvlrtr with age It nteadlly grew worne One of the nelghtairr had a garden, but If any member of Ihe family a I templed In gather any of Ihe vegetable- Ihe young mower would fly al him with o. h fun that lu hid to give Up (he |n. and fly hlmoelf The r—(ill * Ihol Ihr rooalrr had the garden to hlma-lf nnd the relation! louwren the two famlllm b>. rame .(rained A lady from (to. klaial came over one day and .old ihal -h* would nol tv* afraid In go Info fhe garden and pick omc Kfrlng bean. Thr roo.ler 111 on her head, lore down her hair, broke her eyegl,i.e. nnd mad* mlnrenieal of mod of her finery That ended thr lial tie Thr vletorlou. bird flnnlly lxga to .lop protdr on fhe rood and turn them back It woukl ehgpe them elear Info Ihe vll- Ugr. a half mile dl.ianl Thr nHghlair romplained th** life In that aectlon *• tiecoming unbearable. Kate, dog- and ev erything rlne would fly nt ltd approach Mailer, al In.l reitched a cllma* The law wa. threalepi and unlr.n the nhnoilnu* I,lrd .hould he removed Klndlng tt Im|o all.le lo re-tor. harmony In any other wuv. It w t- al la.l decided lo .hip the roomer away The 1 aly of Ihr houre In thin erncrgi n v con.lilted her Aoburn friend .u>i. wi aaaurrd that Auburn had Mime fighting Ido#.) a tel > mild car. for heraelf even with ,01. moler of the art The young .on of Ackerman Vlrkerv w .elected lo ink charge of Ihr bird, and humble 11. proud rplrli In due time the roonfer re.i, Oml the .hoe city and wae Inmalbd In It. new (|U*rter In Mlnol avenue For ( few dot • Ihe bird remained quiet. Ir wa- .Imply ( tudying the |t(t*ilon ond Inking l hearlng. Ihen It opened up ((gain * ■ eric of unbroken Irltimph. followed In rapid aurcegnlon Young Vickery wi. placed horn dr com'att Mr. Vickery de clared tha* rhe would never he driven lv a roomer- rm ralll-d forrh to men her ad verrary Alar* rhe met fhe fate of all who had trodden Ihe earn*, path ond ro-m retired mglortouely from lh.- field The Itv fuller look up the < udg.-l and me* the game fate. One morning the mooter wa. nmong the ml-ring Th< gmc. ryman enon cam- In .ti,.i mid that be had tfltw Ii Mil* lhar morning between th. roooter and two Mg bulldog* For a tong lime vie lory hail trembb- l In the hoi in' ~ bur llnnlly had perehid upon the banner of rhe dog- The bird w* left for dead upon Ihe hel I Bui here wa* where all calculation* failed The ouppo.ed corpae wa. found and brought hack lo rhe bonne Few tear, were ,hed and the family Indulged in mutual eongrtiula tlon*; but. ala.' the roomer war nol dead, hut rleeplng He wan .Imply knocked out An experimeoi iron motored and brought him (o a re.du Ing oenre of hi* defottf For Ihe flr.l rim h- had hen whipped, hit! hlo honor wa ■ ellli Iniael A few day*' root and he wan rgaln ready for battle The neighbor* in iho* ection of roe city are now tt.mhling batween hope and fear They hope that fhe ballla between the remoter and th.- dog* mav he renewed hut fear that toe dog- tn*v go under the next rim* At pretmni ihe flghtrng blrl lo in a mrong barred cage ,in.l wh-n fed 'he alderman and hlo eon com- wrlth a big rlub and n • hoigrtn The eoae lo exciting much In tereol In Auburn, and * nree of peo|>!e vl.lt anal look ar ihe turd wtrh tuingltai Itgllogg ot awe aici admiration. THE WEATHER. Fore. f.*r M.aatiiy and Tuesday For (leotgla <did K*nifh •'•ralina-IDIn Uf.d i .il i* w* I’her Motwbiy, Tuesdov IMi t weath**** •\ •>t bowers MstOA th roag. fr*-h sorth*a. i.rly, ** ill ft ing to brisk north westerly wrlnde h'r l .istrrn Fkri*l • llain Monday. with i ouit r w eat her in north i portion; Tuesday shower* and frtsn *as;srly winds Cut VA .-*terti I* lori<l* Clearing and col 1- -r W a het Mofi*kt> ‘u do fmt waih • t fresh in*rtherly wlrel.- Y*-*-terday'** W-a*fter *•• Ssvinii ih. Maximum i* misrattir** J If* p in 8S degree^ Minimum tempera tiff© 7 o** i in 77*k*grew* Mean ternp*-rattire 7* k*itre a Norm t-mp* nilur* 7dd**gre.- Ex. * .if temperature . x d^r f *e. * muul t*-.1 . v - * m. * K-t 1 4N degree ( A uinui •t• • I >x<*- s ,ic#- Jan I ft? d* greet) ItiiinfMll .. ..... (8) Inch Normal 14 liw'h i:\v.s *in .> • t | t>• Inches Det|c(eti > in. *' Jin 1 , 707 inches Rlvi l(e)N>rt The* hikrht of the Ha v *i*i di river o i Augtia s a tn . (78*h t-.ert Jim time) v* terdu was 7 1 feet, m )!*• f I I foot luri u the preceding • w*ntv fNir fs*ur* itlon* talon nt th* am* moment • and Mm** if a I ef4l|oi . i h t 7 I*o H p m . 7fth meridian ttm* N ini'--* of Station* f T V Kaio Boston. • imidv 82 i L { T N*-w V -rk citv cloudy **’. 1*) isi l*hilal<-ipni i . nudy *j h to T Wa • diigUNi 11 v. ldy 74 t; T Norfolk. bar 72 8 j •) I Lift* ra *• r 7H g \ tlmlru t*n -l* .if 7*, ,ni t’hariidi* 11.a1.1v 7x \ s uu IlMleigli, * dear 7X L 00 • ’hat • st*n. partly . kl\ 7* % | 01 \tUnta raining hm 20 T X ugu-ta, v loudv 74 L 1A Kavantiah. 1 loudy 7*. I, Im* keonvlib pt *My 7* L. 01 Jupilr iliaidv b> h •) K*-y W* -t. partly Tampa, eltnuiy 71 L ' 00 M > 'IU raining f om x 1 ;ji Mnfit cornerv. cloudy f 70 )• T \ • ksburg cloudy 8" J I. i (A New Or loan- raining . { fin I. 1 24 Galveston . bs*r M L Hi ’orpus cltristl, clear m 10 *n INilestlne. clear .... 7k I h oft Memphis. kiialv f 7f b T Cincinnati, • .*uly ) 6*r 10 4A liltshurg. raining M L It Buffalo, ratnlrig L J 3A I-tn*it. clowly ...... M ( ; and ('hi* ago. rloudv jB2 10 00 Marquette. r|e*tf 42 L *d St Raul. # loudy 4*. I, oft Davenport, cloudy 4A j |ft j m St Louis, ckuidy 84 14 | 00 Kansas Ctly. clear ..... M N id Oklahoma, .bar ... M ft 01) iNftig*. City, U*Hr r*4 J *L j 00 North Riatt* . (dear hh L is) AV B Boyer, lasuil Forecast Offl* im. N 111 I MIC INK *l V I AXARICI Halr-ttiitotng Aiprrlearr of a Man S *-|U %%(•> In (i| iii uii llhrr. From the llalMmnr* Kur Thr* horrililc • x|N'rie(ri * of int wh© h#s h**#*n s w**|.t MW iiy l\ bonn- in* r’ties** ur )*nt ar *1 Amts himsrlf at Usi in h- Drink f m •atiii.nl may |M*ssl!|y le |nwriii*-<l but lh# r#- h re few who sutvlv*- lo teiafe lo ut’ tl iMrth-iilur* of su h md ordeal. Yst ihen- Ij* our* lnsiarir <• when a man si* hvh! *1 ihe very . tlx** of lh- falls Ther*- ar* f*>w more Imposing hl(a of ecenery In Canada ih.m where the Of laws river i-Mir# thiDxlerinx n*l fusming over •he ('hail'll* r*- fiiile When ih- water In fh* river Is l*w ns li lh in aiiiumn, ih* re is fill Of Niton! 4l f**ef . luit Niter* lh*‘ riVff Is swollen hy me Dug snows tn ihe spring Ihe upjMrent *l*|th of Hie fall is Ivseen© I At any llrn# (he rush nnd swirl **f the •real river over (hi I* 6 *!*' of m*-k Is a sight worth e*eing lu some places fh*- wl*r |surs rwr in a tlenoe mix! Irr**sießle volume, while at other points u tluiltow stream will spray Itself over a high** inble of rsk On (lie ii|qH-r iMlaw • are floui***! txaimi f lg- whi* h f*-e*| the laige lumber Indus trie# of that region. ILmdllng these wet log is a l r*a* herons business. und II Is • usy l* (<*-• one’s foothold an*l fail Into the swift eliearn Accident# of this kind occur freqiH*nil\ Th#- only that dal not hav* a fatal t rntiiuition is ih#* one referr ed to here. Tlie nan) war busy forking these log# with lh‘#e sharp prongs u-l to ew.n< them about and drow them In. -when l.w mi'M-il his fooling anl fell lino lh** river. Though a strung swimmer he could not wltbstiiid (he current and w.# swept out into fh*- stteatn ami #n toward lh* fails. Nearing th* falis In* found h‘mself still conr ious and II happen#**! that he wa* I*#-- Ing il*m t• •1 over one nf Dios*- *ah.es of ro k where th*- wa f er Is so eh.* Mow that he felt himself touched H* struggle#! to regain his feel, and was successful In so doing. © that he found himself standing In perhip* a foot of rushing water • th#- brink of the cataract, n great torrent suiglng by him on #*\-ery hand. But It s##-rne| hopel# s- ||# k saw n# way of g. ring to fthor*-. and no ona fr*m (he shore could get to him Many |eoplt on the banks of the river were wat hlng him nnil living to study out sotm- |*kn to sava him Finally, a larg* derrick w t** brougnt to hsar. such as Is usef in building o;er4- tlone A gr* ut arm with rope** was swung out over (he t#rrent and when ihe man imd fastened hm*#*lf securely with IM r<>|N*s be was tals#sl up high and swung in jii**t as a large stone would be r*#D*d In *ons true ling a building. V(reM-h ##f Froisise 4 •••*. From the London Graphic. Should breach of promise coses In* en roll raged? On the ofws hand, there ia sornelltnes cruel h#*rt lesstu a displayed by men, in whl*h case* .* verdict of thunqdng m*ney payments is tle gr**ai •st punishment to tlie 111-d*ers; ©ti the other harnl. It Is not n# esearlly the most Innocent or th*# nvosi d©e**rvlng who • hKs to g*> Into *wirt The woman who trust# her fair fam* to the fender mer cies of h**r lovet knowTv pretty well the consequence# of her ad. while thr ready unhappy and Ul-u##*d woman who has sufT**re*l most and whotw life I? 1 complete ly shatter#*#!, shrink fr.*m (bagging her woe# into th# lurid glare of th© law i(Mirts Pecuniary isiymants can. after all. #>n!y aonthr outragsd feelings, very often the least drainable fe©!!*)##. these- of rag#* and anger. The tender, confiding fr tnah- kve# on In spite of everything, and is probably th© lest to la-ar witness against th# man who has ruined her proa |ncis. 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