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* , ' && m« |J T- SA VED AND LOST. *' k 1 I ' | his flaming sword stood over against him, or how many times the wretched man behind him drew back from his ghastly task. At length the shells were allcast, and Peter, with what strength of fnlnd he had, thanked God that his trial was over, but as the men were leaving the foreman said to the two friends: "I wish you two would stop for a bit be­ side the casting pit In the other shop. We were late running the metal in, and jsfjRP? ffez :?sS:" f *>•$*??. i> v , -- BI\TED with dust and sweat of his work at the foundry, Peter Gurxiey wearily plodded his way A great longing for the rest and fert of his lodgings came over him, braced his tired muscles into ac- again, as he turned down the l&Bgy street in which he lived. There <*' only one redeeming feature In . Worship lane, and that was No. 27, /f^Mt Defore its gate Gurney stood with eyes. . Bright green paint •'Irtoae on door and railing--a row of ^"^ieWy flowers struggled to show their in a box on the front window, meat window curtains hid the room vtifsltbta. Hi **Tt ti# look wonderful smart, but not . i %nall smart, enough for her," he mut- ^Wed a* he pushed opentfee* gate and ^ lapened the door. -Carefully wiping his boots on the d'lpWny BMt, he went strftight to the ^ Jkltchen. vl' "Where's Dick?" said a voice from ijyjSbe scullery beyond. . .jrv^ "He's got some errands--he'll be back & - h to a bit," he answered, as he sat in an fa, a arm chair before the Are and gazed r, > \ * approvingly a round T Bright oleographs j neatly fastened, to the paper; the v, , |t%--ifen chairs and table were spotless- e5ea° and the grate was as bright r-' ics labor could make it. 1 "Well, Peter, how do you like my 4> , pictures?" said a pleasant voice; and . f ^ % * Mrs. Dart, drying her hands, came into kitchen. Her trim, neat figure, her »<' ;. refined accent and her sweet, pale face, , >)tll proclaimed her foreign descent, and, ^ST'< " I ^together with her tidy house and smart j>f" , brought down upon her the scorn "*• tfjwd hatred of her neighbors. "§} the big man looked at her with a j "I took, which she seemed to find „ iMibarrassing, for she began getting \ V *endy the supper. !?!• :i "Lass," he said, turning his back to i'.> \ ..'Jte* and leaning over the firje, "I'll not |L » f fM* saying as how I haven't been well ,, , fjpwed for here, or that my lodge ain't •/?\ „ , :#Mafortable, but--I'm going tot; find an- {{« • = fitter, lass, if I. can." v \) ^ Tfhe girl's face grew paler yet, and « eyes contracted and dilated in her ' ^ "Going to leave us, Peter? When ^ s jpnTrc been such good friends. Why, have Dick or I done that you «|fceald go away?" A little catch in her li/ty . , voice and the tremble of her chin / -^warned him that tears were near at life. 'fcii and he sprang up and turned " ' a#mBd her. Is* • .. .•:4 --, «u». yon don't understand, you see 1 musn't stop here no - ̂ 1 IT *Tre offended you, Peter," she said, '***• i ^vflftaBy, not seeing his meaning. , 4H » •-.* j lass, you ain't offended me,Vor * j > \ . , ' i f y o u t r i e d ; b u t i t ' s -- w e l l -- I V. . • • ^••rt tell it. The first day I come here X *3* JOOr lass, and as it was, so it is, WJ N | '4H»i I can't stay here; don't you see L %' , |t «iw*tTr His voice rose and trembled j.« . |v;witlte passion. "Ah, lass, you can't tell "Z, , f >*ow ?'Te longed for you, how I've hun- 4"" V *• •psssi *ui .vuii, uiglit oiiu day. Your 1'^' ~ •>e® eomes in front of my work--your Is with me always--for I love v>, "1 v S*®*" Maddened by his grief, he threw his £ *"' h •erepiee to tile winds, and strained her fcto breast with a force that fright- -JmmmV hpr: Rhft tnr» liAroolf on<i f INTO THE tAWIBTO DEA.TH BELOW HIM. It must be raked for at least an hour before it settles." "All Tight, sir," saf4 Dick, cheerily. "Peter and I will stay, never fear." The workmen streamed out, leaving the two men and the watchman the only living beings in the vast works. P'eter shivered as he followed his mate to the great pit which radiated a burn­ ing heat on. all sides. With long iron rakes they cleared "the molten sea of scum that dimmed its glowing surface, and watched the blue flames that flick­ ered from time to time on it. Although the sweat was running down him, Peter felt an icy coldness creep over him as he drew nearer to Dart, who stood looking keenly at the liquid mass before *tiim. ^ He raised his rake to thrust him headlong td an awful death, but he was unable to move, for there stood plainly, between him and his vic­ tim, the shadowy form of Dick's wife, with hands uplifted. He flung down his rake with a fcurse and came and stood close : to ills friend, who was stretched out over-the pit gathering the fresh rising scui|t- Whether the fumes overcame him, Dick Dart will never know, for he fell; ^himself falling for­ ward and uttered a sharp cry. In­ stantly Peter flung out his left arm and with a mighty, effort burled the fall­ ing man back, but lost his own balance as he did so" and fell with an awful cry into the yawning death below him. His scream of mort&l agony rang through the building as .he lay for an instant on the liquid fire. Then the flames burst out around him and lit a few seconds hoi fL.traqe of Peter Gur­ ney remained. Gone to an awful death, It is true, but with the fresh glory of a hero's crown upon him--and who shall judge him? i*autiug in froht of him. A heavy T^fbotatep sounded on the flagstones out- and a loud, cheery voice called "Is Peter in, Missis?" The pair stood looking at each other, with a heartbroken sigh, Gurney away and went silently to his Lt half-past 5 the two men left the for their day's work in gloomy A fierce hatred for bis chum, by the evil thought of a sleep- i night, filled Peter's mind, leaving ttae for idle talk. Come what /• i* BlfU he had resolved in some way to '.;*^,lfcnsrt his chum out of the way. "Sup- s :y. P®w be tripped when carrying a i -'j '••diet of molten iron?" whispered the V \« TO LEAVE US, PETSB ? Ingentofui l*mnndLrf Advertisement. While this is not exactly the castle-ln- the-air age, yet there are thousands of of their time on terra firma. This is due to the "sky-scrapers," where' the upper floors are honeycombed with of­ fices. Enterprising merchants have taken advantajge of the fact and are trying everything in their power to at­ tract the attention of this elevated army, whose fleeting glimpse of the world is obtained from lofty windows. The latest scheme is one projected by a laundry, which employs dozens of covered wagons. On the toy of the wagon cover is painted in glaring let­ ters the name of the firm, and those who look down from above can read as the vehicles nfn by. tn VA t' V :'wi m tempter; "it wouldn't be your fault. Supposing you, pushed him into the pit molten steel, who would suspect his chum?" With these thoughts racing through 91s mind, Peter began the afternoon's w»rk of shell easting. Groups of men, «peh carrying a long iron pole sheathed at the end with wood, approached a iKge furnace; a hole was knocked in the end, and a small stream of molten Hissing steel flowed out, sending show­ ers of sparks in the air. With a long kssk the foreman pushed iron buckets «B#»r the flowing rivulet of metal; Mcirene, when filled, was slung by its iMreters on the pole, and was borne aiKjaWa-r-liigh to the shell molds and S&crs emptied. Peter and Dick started 4^ length with their load, with the lat­ ter in front* and once more murderous JiMHJghts filled the former's mind. A trip en his part would.send the molten Metal streaming over his chum's back, tmA MMrtber accident would be added" long list, and--the girl he wor- would be free. SJttle did Dick Dart suspect how WW times that afterttoon Azrael with tr~- ^ pr::zjr^~: Whale Caught by a Cable. , A correspondent of an English tech­ nical journal, writing from Rio Janeiro, states that while the telegraph ship Norseman was engaged in picking up a cable off Gape Frio, in order to locate the cause of a fault, it brought up a whale which had become entangled with the cable. T^he cable sheathing, strange toy relate, was not parted, but the copper cohductor' Was broken. The whale had probably been there some t wo or three weeks, Judging by its con­ dition, and it had evidently been much worried by sharks, it measured four­ teen Jf^t^across the tail. Curfew tor Corean Men. A curious custom in^ Seoul, Gorea, is the law.Whijch makes it obligatory for every man to retire**®'"his home when the huge bronze bell of the city pro- Claims if tofbe the hour of sunse%and the time forx-losing the gates. No man is allowed in the streets after that hour under pain of flogging, but the women are allowed to go about and visit their friends. * mar from Civilised ttaze. African jexplorer . (dumfounded) What, you. Clarence Vere De Vere, in the heart of darkest Africa! What in the world are you doing here? Clarence Vere De Vere--I'm wearing the necktie Miss Darlilig gave me for Christmas. I promised her I would, you know--Putk. SOME UNUSUAL TITLE a Tho Names of a Few Book* VhiCk Have Not Been Copy righted* The journalist who had just written a delightful little brochure, entitled The Liberty of the Press, or Sow to nock the Props from Under the Archimedean Lever that Moves the World," was calling on Mr. Young at tlie library to get it copyrighted. Mr. Young gracefully referred him to a clerk in that department, and as the clerk was getting the paper ready he was making himself interesting by talking. "Yes, sir," he was saying, "I rather thlak you have hit upon a good title for your book. Of course, some people won't know what the dlckc^hs--I beg your pardon--what on earth it means, but that doesn't make any difference to you. They are stupid people who wouldn't buy lt anyhow. Still there's a good deal in a title. Of course, I don't mean the kind our rich girls love to marry," and the clerk chuckled, "but titles of books. You understand. I just made a list I came across to-day. They are from different sources. Here's a few that funny fellow Tom Hood gave to the Duke of Devonshire to go on some Jummy books for an entrance door to his library: 'McAdam's Views In Rhodes,','Boyle on Steam Designs for Friezes, by an Arctic explorer,' 'Pygmalion, by Lord Bacon,' 'Cursory Remarks on Swearing, by Jupiter, 'Per­ cy Vere, In forty volumes,' 'Cook's Specimens of the Sandwich Tongue,' 'On Sore Throat and the Migration of the Swallow,' 'Kosciusko on the Right of Poles to Stick Up for Themselves,' 'Lamb's Recollections of Suett,' 'Chron­ ological Account of the Date Palm,' and several others. "Then there were some old volume* of the time of Cromwell which had ti­ tles like these: 'Crumbs of fcomfort for the Chickejis of the Covenant,' 'High-heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in Holi­ ness,' 'Hooks and Eyes for Believers' Breeches,' 'The Spiritual Mustard Pot to Make the Soul Sneeze with Devo­ tion,' 'Tobacco Battered, and the Pipes Shattered About Their Ears that Idly Idolize So Loathsome a Vanity, by a Volley of Holy Shot Thundered from Mount Helicon,' 'A Poem Against the Use of Tobacco,' l>y Joshua Sylvester; 'The Snuffers of Divine Love,' 'Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul for Sin,' and some more of the same sort. Added to these are a fpw scattering ones like these: 'Waves of Sound and the High C,' 'A Javey - Forever, by an Active Prize Fighter,' 'A Rich American, or the Earl's Choice,' and so on through a list of odd ones." The clerk handed, the journalist a folded paper. "Thank you," said the Journalist. "Fifty cents, please. Anything more to-day?" smiled the clerk, and the inci­ dent was closed.--Washington Star. INSULTED THE BOSS. Unjfortanate Mistake Made lijr an Ig­ norant Lawyer. "I've worked hard all my life and haven't much to show for* it," sighed the country lawyer, who must be con­ tent with lots of business and the smallest fees that he can be induced to take. "Yet I might have lived a life of ease and drawn a^continuous salary for serving the publib in some capacity. "When I first settled in the little town where I have lived ever since, it was under the political control of an old German who was more nearly ab­ solute than any of the bosses who are now credited with runninjg your big cites. Onp of his leading henchmen had offended beyond forgiveness and the 250-pound autocrat of the county called on me. Because I knew just a smattering of German and thought my^ self a little better than the primitive people among whom I had settled the only golden opportunity of my life that I can recall went glimmering. 'You know how a big strong Ger­ man roars out his gutturals and how easy it is to. Imagine that he's in a towering passion when he may be in his most gracious mood. He pounded lEe table, ground his teeth, swore and itsed objectionable epithets until I con­ cluded that I had stood about enough of his d.buse and kicked him out of the office. I was not long in learning what my ignorance and impulsiveness had cost me. The vials of wrath had been poured upon the other fellow. I was to be made prosecuting attornej', then judge and finally sent to Congress. A way would have been opened to me to seek the hand of his eldest* daughter, who I had already decided, was the most charming woman I had ever seen. "The m'ost humble apologies I could make cut no figure with the local direc­ tor. He cut me off from any hope of political preferment and saw to it that his children perpetuated the feud. A little better knowledge of German and a little more common sense would have made me a rich statesman: As it is, I'm an impecunious lawyer and a for­ lorn bachelor."--Anaconda Standard. D&ffUerreotypea. A Boston man is still taking daguer- rotypes, and has been doing so over half a century. He insists that, in spite of all modern processes in photog­ raphy. they remain the most correct likenesses ever produced. [iif Papa's Estimate of Willie. Marie--I told papa, Willie, dear, that I thought you were just too lovely for any -use} - '•*>" / v Willie^-And what did he say, darling? Marie--lie said he feared as much. Now v*hat ooul<J be have meant by that, Willie, dear?--Detroit Free Press. Coffee and Its Uses. When there are in a community epi­ demics of typhoid fever, cholera, ery­ sipelas, scarlet fever and the various types of malarial fever, which are transmitted almost entirely through the medium of food and drink, coffee is a valuable, agent and may be used as a drink instead of water. It is a valuable agent in assisting in the digestion of food, and aids the blood in taking up more nourishment than it would without it. It quickens the circulation of tlfe blood and respiration. It is also stimulating and refreshing, due to the caffeine it contains. In tiding over nervousness in emer­ gencies it is a sovereign remedy. As a stimulant and caloric genera^r In cold weather lt is 100 per cent, ahead of whisky or other liquors. As a disinfectant it is one of no small usefulness in the sick chamber. ' Fatal Explanation. • The Tumbling Suitor--I have coine to ask you for your daughter's hand- but stay! Let me assure you that I am not a fortune hunter. It you did not have a cent in the world I would love her just the same. gf Oltl Blllyujis--Young man, you are either a llar^W a fqol, and In either case I wouldn't want you rto hftve* daughter. Get out! n* Earth'* Curvature. j Careful measurements prove that the average curvature of the earth is 0.99 Inches to the statute mile. EPPINGK IT8 IMPORTANCE AS AN AVENUE ir OF feMPLoyfttsiVf; jht* of Labor Moving ftiierjtetic- ally in Behalf of Legislation that 8nall Secure to American Ships Sailors a f»!»Dcant of Protection. Hope of Labor. In a recent issue of the American Economist appears au interesting com­ munication from Captain Campbell, Chairman of a committee appointed at the annual convention of the New York State organization of the Knights of Labor to investigate and report con­ cerning the revival of American ship­ ping interests. It will be recalled that at this convention a resolution was adopted pledging the Knights of Labor to the policy of encouragement of the Industry of shipbuilding and to the res­ toration of the American merchant marine to a position commensurate with the wealth and commercial activ­ ity of this great republic with its popu­ lation of 75,000,000. This industry, says the resolution, "should be as much en­ couraged and protected as any other American Industry, and In the name of American labor we say to our legisla­ tors: 'Don't give up the ship!' " Captain^ Campbell, Chairman of the committee having the subject under consideration, is excellently qualified to condubt this campaign in behalf of the fair and equitable treatment of an in- dustry. which only requires Intelligent to raft their plants overtime. and extra hours of labor Is the record these firms. In compffi;is«n with the | figures of 1807 some 40,000 more per­ sons are now employed than In that year. Instances of a like nature might be multiplied In which the hands em ployed by some firms have been nearly doubled, one steel company alone adding 1,800 men to its pay roll. We havfe reached the turn In the lane at last.--St. Louis Age of Steel. ^! AE0UND A B« Millions for the Farmers. It will require a thousand millions of dollars to measure the Increase in the farmers' receipts for last year's pro­ duce over the values that prevailed in 1805. The total return for staple crops alone for this season is estimated at $100,600,000 more than was received last year. The wheat exported from the United States during the past twelve months sold "for about As much as the whole crop was worth in either 1883, 1894 or 1805. / These conclusions, based upon statis­ tics gathered by the Orange Judd syn­ dicate of agricultural weeklies, tell the story of the farmer's share of the pros­ perity of our great commercial year. As a result of investigations covering the entire Union and running back as far as 1893 the Orange Judd Farmer forecasts "an industrial activity early this fall qifite unparalleled, with quick markets at home and abroad for the surplus of American farms." Two of the most reliable evidences of the increased purchasing power of the farmer are the redaction of mortgage indebtedness and the increased sale of manufactured goods that are made ex- SHOULD BE STOPPED AT ONCE. *3oo,odo,aoo. Anif/OAl PROMTS *NM£f(C FOK CAft^tr- w» AieaiCA** C O I M t R U . 7^5 Uncle Sam--There they go, loaded down ̂ rith American money, and not an American shipowner among them. Th is foolishness is going to be stopped. and consistent recognItion4at the hands of the United States Government in order to thrive and prosper just as our other domestic industries have done under the American policy of defense against injurious foreign competition. This committee of the Knights of La­ bor should be prepared to submit at the next annual convention qf the New York State district lodges a practicable plan for the agitation of the question. Its chairman is a seaman of many years' experience in ocean traffic, and the members of the committee may be trusted to co-operate cordially with Captain Campbell along the lines indi­ cated in his communication. Who should know better than the Wffetlcal, hard-headed worklngmen of tne country the importance of putting the ship building and ship sailing indus­ try upon its feet once more? Landsmen though they for the most part are, they can see In rehabilitation of America's oversea carrying trade a valuable outlet for the energy and industry of the ris­ ing generation of workers, as well as a field for the employment of vast sums of capital which now seek investment on land only. " There is not a workingman in the United States who can afford to disre­ gard this important movement, so vig­ orously initiated by the State Congress of the New York Knights of Labor, for the reason that there is no direction toward which American labor can look with equal confidence for addltionaf op­ portunities and rewards. The revival of American shipping is the hope of American labor. Don't give up the ship! Silver Money in Santiago- Gen. Shafter telegraphed the Govern­ ment at Washington, requesting that the paymasters who are sent to pay off the troops in Cuba bring only gold and paper money, as the tradesmen of San­ tiago refuse to take silver money ex­ cept at fifty cents on the dollar, the value that Is put upon the silver" coins of Mexico and South America. Here is a lesson which ought to be heeded by the free coinage advocates/ Of course our silver dollars, backed as they are by gold, under the pledge of the Government to keep all our money equal in purchasing and debt-paying value, are just as good as gold and pa­ per, but the merchants of Cuba do not understand that. They rate our silver coins the same as the silver of coun­ tries in which silver monometallism prevails is rated. They cannot under­ stand, of course, how a silver dollar, worth only fifty cents in bullion value, can be passed for one hundred cents, because they know how silver has de­ preciated in all countries where lt Is the standard of value. This only proves that if the free coin­ age advocates could have their way. and golf! were driven out of circulation, as it surely would be by the unlimited coinage of the cheaper metal, our sil-, ver would be rated, In fact, as the mer­ chants of Santiago now rate it, at fifty cents on.the dollar in gold, or at just about its bullion value, and while our own people were compelled to take it as legal tender, its purchasing power would be reduced Just one-half in the markets of the world.--Cleveland Lead­ er. pressly for farmers. Millions of dollars have been paid out in wiping out farm and chattel mortgages, while the trade with farmers has increased this year, from 10 to 300 per cent over the corre­ sponding seyen months of last year. Manufacturers of, agricultural imple­ ments report a particularly heavy In­ crease in sales,.--Chicago Times-Her­ ald. > A Fortunate Thins;. Those who have been so vigorously argufng that.the protective tariff sys­ tem would ruin our foreign trade find themselves, as usual, completely re­ futed by facts and experience. Our ex­ ports are great beyond all precedent, and it cannot even be said that this Is due entirely to ®ur grain exports to meet deficiencies abroad, for the state­ ment alluded to shows that we have, for the period designated, exported more manufactures than we have im­ ported. The balance of trade being So Immensely in favor of the United States accounts for the great inflow of gold; It Is most fortunate for this country that at thts particular time this has been the case, otherwise the Gov­ ernment might have been embarrassed even more seriously than it was during the Cleveland administration, when the President was compelled to sell bonds to replenish the gold reserve in the treasury and maintain the public eredit* --Walkes-Barre Record. Another Exploded Fallacy. On an estimated population of 74,522,- 000, the per capita circulation of the country was $24.74 July 1,1898, against $22.57 in July, 1897. This is high wat­ er mark. The virtues of per capita cir­ culation are somewhat overrated, as the rapidity of circular on has quite as much to do with the matter as its vol­ ume and'the volume of credits is nine times more Important than either. But, nevertheless, wasn't It the Bryanites who used to go up and down the land telling how the per capita had contract­ ed and was bound to contract under the gold standard? Events-have added one more to the stock of exploded fallacies --that's all. BRIEF Pi k^iioirNEWB. % IMM- The Turn in the Lane. Industrial activity fa the United States is far more general and vigor­ ous than the chronic growler is willing to admit. This is a big country, and a great deal of business can be going on without any particular stir or noise being made about it. Elephants fail to perspire under light loads. In the State of New York, not less than L390 new manufacturing concerns have started In business this year, and 1,500 old firms that had closed their doors have started operations again. Some 400 manufacturers applied for permission "Protection on Pnrpose." ; The United States claims the right, and exercises It vigorously, to carry out a policy of "protection on purpose." It is a discriminating policy, intended to favor the manufacturers of this coun­ try and to be prohibitory of certain lines of manufactures when for any reason lt is desired to develop or favor those lines at home. It has often hap­ pened that our tariff policy has serious­ ly disarranged the manufacturing in- dustrles of Europe and caused bitter and unavailing protests from European Governments.--Bingliamton (N. Y.) Re­ publican. Farmers Will Understand. It is hoped that the farmers will stjjdy the results of Republican policy. Jf^the farmers of this country will do this--only read the facts and figures-- the fusion repudiationists and free traders will be buried so deep in the quagmire of political dishonesty and inefficiency that they will, never "be heard of again.--Tacoma Ledger. Authorities Suspect that Was Strangled-Wheat P®or Showing--Woman to Save,Her Baby from Violence. an Infant Mitkes a Gives Her injured in a fall downstairs. At the in- qhest Patterson and his housekeeper reit­ erated ^he story of the child's accidental death. and a lent of pW;. ;ld died ^Kild was th* editor of > lh« y(|grs, took a large dose of smcidsl intent. Mrs. T. W. S. Kidd of in a Chicago hospital. Mi wife of T. W. S. Kidd, Springfield Monitor. £ Burglars forced an entcapcf toil schont tailoring establishment Jones at Ottawa and carried away up suits and piece goods vâ a$i&-'tat $530. Joseph Bastian, a resident of Irakis tor tndny years, committed sni cP^fhiS home with a clothesline, during th«^ ab- sence of his wife, who ^is fisititig » neighbor. Citizens of Berwyn, LyonK Itireralds and the other villages along, the De»- plaines river are loud in their tampiklBta of the Sunday picnics from Chfc«g^ which make night and day hideous ia * those suburbs. The trolley cars bring* many picnic parties to these suburbs Sun­ days. M .y . The trial' of Martin Hughes, €Seot®t Shanks, W Taylor, Louis Hirt and other :vl Child's Body Is Bxhancd. Suspicion of foul play led the coroner and State's Attorney to inquire into the death of Margaret Patterson, the 8-year- old daughter ol a farmer of Irwin. When exhumed there wits every indication that death had resulted from strangulation. James Patterson is a middle-aged widow­ er with four children, the eldest 12 yean of age. Some months ago he engaged as housekeeper Eliza Zimmerman. Accord­ ing to the neighbors the children have been inhumanly treated, whipped and compelled to spend hours in a cellar when its floor was covered with water a foot deep. The other night screams were heard coming from the house. The next day the little girl died. The father made XillL UU11 the statement that she had been fatally 'union miners charged with assault with t ^ Wheat Crop in Illinois. The new wheat crop has been oa the market for some time at Nashville, but thus far h«s made a very poor snowing. The average weight of the grain is fifty- six pounds to the bushel and the grain is small, though the kernel is as good as- during any previous year. The maximum yield was twenty-two bushels to the acre and the minimum yield was four bushels to the acre, in Washington County. The mills throughout that section are all run­ ning full time and there ia no danger of a shutdown. The Camp Spring mill, lo­ cated at-Nashville, with a capacity of 1,800 barrels every twenty-four hours, i» tunning night and day, and the Huegley mills, with a 1.000-barrel capacity, are- also running fill time. Purchased by a Synxiicaftt* The entire electric street rait^a^ sys­ tem at Quincy was sold to a Maine syn­ dicate represented by W. B. McKinley of Chicago. The same syndicate controls the street car systems and the electric light plants in Joliet, Bay City, Cham­ paign, Springfield. Ohie, Trenton, Mo.,, and other cities. The consideration paid at Quincy was about $220;000. The syn^ dicate will at once spend $1X),000 for ex­ tensions and rolling stock. Capitalists- in the same syndicate expect to close deals for the gas works and Thomson-Houston electric light plant within a few weeks*. If all the plans are completed an invest­ ment of nearly $1,000,000 in cash is likely. Faves Her Baby, but May Die, Mrs. Henry Rusk of Rio is in a serious condition and may die, because of having been kicked and beaten by her husband while she was trying to prevent him from whipping their child, 3 months old. The child was fretful and crying and Rusk got into an argument with hi^ wife, claiming that whipping a baby was the best way to make it mind. He started to carry his theory into practice; when Mrs. Rusk in­ terposed. This angered him, and, turning on her, he knocked her down and kicked her furiously. Neighbors heard her cries and interfered. Rusk fled. Rusk was caught at Gladstone and lodged in jail; Bullet Through Her Heart. Mrs. Dora Roberts, wife of W. H. Rob­ erts, a building contractor in Metropolis, shot herself in the heart at the residence of Mrs. A. D. Davis, a near a^ighbor, dying instantly. She left M note ex­ plaining her motive. Neighbors say that recently she had been fearful of losing 6er mind and talked of it continually. She was hysterical when she entered Mrs. Da-' vis' house and exclaimed that she could bear her trouble no longer. The commu­ nity is terribly shocked owing to the prom­ inence of Mrs. Roberts and the sad fate that seems to follow the family. Only the Beginning. This year has more than vindicated the faith of the Republican party In the tariff which it established as s.)tm hs It assumed control in Washing The best of it is that the year appear^ to have been only the beginning of a long period pf expanding foreign trade. --Buffalo Express* What It Means. » Fewer imports, it Is true, may mean a falling off in revenue to that extjent, but a larger home market means more work and more money of our own.-- New York Commercial; Brief State Happenings* WiHiam Woodward, a farmer listing1 west of Galesburg, and p young man named J. Ross were struck by a Santa Fe train and instantly killed. At Kewanee, George Messmore,. a prom­ inent farmer, and his 11-year-old son,, were instantly killed while crossing the railroad track with a horse and buggy. The mysterious disappearance of Albert A. Towner of Chicago from the whale- back was accounted for when his body was found floating in the Chicago river near the Rush street bridge. A strange man was found dying on the commons near the Illinois Central tracks at Areola. He was moved by officers to the Appleton boarding house, where he died without revealing his name. Papers found on him bear the name of Otis Bridewell. It is said he intimated to some that his home was in Indiana, aot far from Terre Haute. Paul J. C. Steeg, the missisgr bookkeep­ er of the Ohio and Mississippi Valley Coal and Mining Company, at Marion, has been located at Chattanooga, Tewu Steeg disappeared frem Marion two. weeks before, and with him went ^1.500 of his employers' money. He was a so­ cial leader in Marion. A reward of $100 w#s offered for his arrest. When Ida May Work of Dallas; Texas,' was graduated from Fort Worth Semi­ nary in 1881 she received a gold medal in the form of a Maltese cross. She lost the medal shortly afterward, and it turn­ ed up in the Chicago stockyards the other day. It was found in the stomach of a cow-, which had been shipped from Dal­ las. It will be returned to Miss Work. The auditor of public accounts is being subjected to considerable annoyance as the result of a Springfield telegram print­ ed in a Chicago paper to the effect that the State Board of Equalization would meet the second Tuesday of this month. This is an error. Under the revenue law, as amended at the special session, the board meets the first Tuesday after Sept. 10, which this year will be Sept. 13. The body of Arthur Leonard was found wedged between the elevator car and the sixth floor of the Western Cold Storage Company's plant at Chicago. It is sup­ posed that Leonard's head was caught as he peered over the edge of the car. . The board of pardons has made an un­ favorable report to Gov. Tanner of the ease of .George Bogart, ex-city clerk of Evanston, who was an applicant for a pardon. Acting upon the board's recom­ mendation the Governor has refused ex­ ecutive clemency'in Bogart's case and the penitentiary sentence stands. BogSrt was convicted of embezzling $8,000. At Springfield, the railroad and ware­ house commission announces the appoint-' Went of F. G. Ewftld of Chicago as its consulting engineer, to till the Vacancy oe- iksioned by the .resignation of Mr, Tar- "bett. Mr. Ewald has been connected with the engineering department of the city of Chicago. The Secretary of State has licensed the incorporation of the following: Monroe County Hunting and Fishing Club, Har- risonville; incorporators, Jacob Hoffmes* ter, Jacob Schenk and B. H. Wutkins. The Bostedo Pneumatic Tube Company} Chicago, certified to a change .of name to the Bostedo Pncksgc and Cash Carrier Company. intent to kill Charles Spires, a non-union miner, came to an abrupt end in Judgs L. S. Ham's court at Pana, when, after all the evidence for the State wag ing and lief ore any eridenoefor the defense ha*t b$eii taken the union miners' attorney succeeded in securing discharge of the men. ; . Superintendent Julius Broeh of th* Pana company has made the miners' un<- ion, through their president, George M. Cravens, a proposition to open his mine with union men under organisation and pay 30 cents- per ton for digging and fur­ nish all supplies except powder and pay day laborers and company men the Stats scale price. Although the miners refused the offer, it is believed an agreement be­ tween the Pana company and the mea will be had soon, which will settle the lbngest and hardest fought strike between miners and operators ever had in the his­ tory of Illinois mining. ; T h r e e l i v e s w e r e l o s t a n d f i f t e e n per- *ons were injured in' a fire which'pertly destroyed the Hotel Berwyn, 148-100 North State street, Chicago* early the oth­ er morning. Starting in an adjoining building the flames spread through the lower part of the hotel structure, cut­ ting off all chance of escape by ;the stair­ ways. Panic seized the guests roused from sleep by the alarm. In a frenzy of fright a number jumped from the win­ dows to the sidewalk, others were res­ cued from their apartments, while a num­ ber succeeded in reaching the street la safely by means of the fire escapes. As- Jailer Joe Wright entered the U* side corridor of the jail at Greenville ne found that Will Savage, James Allen, Bud Allen and Jim Cruthis, all desperate characters, had gotten out of their cells. He ordered! them back, whereupon they jumped on him and beat him severely. The jailbr's-wife caihe to. the outside cor­ ridor and asked her husband to let her give the desperadoes the keys, but Mr. Wright pluckily refused. They had th® jailer down and threatened to kill him, but he absolutely refused to let his wife turn them loose. When assistance final­ ly came Mr. Wright was released, badly beaten, but not seriously injured. Louis McCollum attempted to commit suicide in the presence of Miss Louise Bergen at Springfield. McCollum, who had been paying attention to Miss Bergen for some time, asked the young Woman to marry him, and got from her a confes- sion that she had promised to become the wife of Harry Frank, a soldier of the Sev­ enth Illinois. McCollum had a previous claim upon the affections of the young woman, he thought, and after pleading with her almost all day to give up the Chicago man he drove to her home in the evening and swallowed a bottle of lauda­ num. Two physicians, assisted by the young woman, tried to restore the despeft ate young man to life. Miss Bergen sajfr that if he lives she will marry him. : Gov. Tanner has extended executive clemency to four convicts.* The fifteen- year sentence of Abner Reed, convicted of burglary and larceny in November, 1894, in Jersey County* was commuted to five years. The twenty-year sentence imposed upon Gabrielle Lopelli un No­ vember, 1884, in Will County fdr man­ slaughter was committed to five years. She was convicted of killing a man named Hogan and is now in the asylum for the criminal insane. The five-year Sentence imposed upon William C. Gavitt. in De­ cember, 1894, in Jefferson County for at­ tempted assault, was commuted *6 four years and nine months. A commutation to seven months, was granted James T. Cunningham, who was convicted, in Oc­ tober, 1897, in Cook County, of man­ slaughter. He killed a man named Cas- ?iday. ' At Decatur, Louis N. Clevenger must stand trial for murder, for he was'told by the sheriff that .Toseph Tilford was dead. Cleveager and Tilford were both in love with Mrs. Josie Watson, a prettjfr«Svidow . and a daughter of Joseph Myers, a wealthy farmer; Tilford was forbidden to call at the house, but the attentions of Clevenger were encouraged: by the father. Oleveng^r was intensely jealous and told the young woman that if he ever'saw her ib company with Tilford he would kill him. Tlie woman did not believe him* He was never known to quarrel, and she therefore thought nothing of his threat. Oil a recent afternoon she met Tilford , near her father's house and together they started for a ramble through the woods near by. Clevenger saw them and fol­ lowed. Suddenly appearing before them, he drew a revolver from his pocket. Til­ ford saw the weapon an<l^«trted to run. When Clevenger opened fire. The first - bullet struck his victim in the back and he fell. Clevenger then ran up and fired two more shots in the prostrate body and then beat Tilford's face with the butt Of the revolver. Tilford was only stunned and he managed to crawl to his father's house near by, where he reported the mt«s :> derous assault. The sheriff was notified and Clevenger was arrested. Mrs. L. M. Davidson, wife of a travel­ ing salesman, died of lockjaw at her home in Decatur. A week before she was in­ jured in an accident on the electric car line. The car ran off the' track and her leg was broken and lockjaw a?t in and caused her death. Gov. Tanner has appointed Jshn M. Darnell of Rushville a tnembtr" of tlw' board of live stock comjnissloncfs to suc­ ceed James E. Goddard, deceased. The Governor .also appointed Jordan Chavis of Quincy chaplain of: the Eighth reft- ment and D. D. Odell of Joliet chaplain of the Third. Mrs. Maria O'Brien and Mrs. Bate Del- ehanty jumped from second-story win- i dows at 363 Indiana street, Chicago, to ~ escape the flames started by the explo­ sion of a gasoline stove. Annie O'Brien was rescued from the burning house by firemen. All three women were slightly burned. A freight train on the LouisvlUe, Ev« ansville and St. Louis road was Wrecked seven n*ie» from Carlyle. The wreck was caused by the rails spreading. The engine and twelve cars loaded with mer­ chandise left tlie track and w^re piled in a heap. A-, A. lister, a brakeman, resid­ ing in East St. Louis, was killed and John Chizk of Moant Vernon slightly injuMgt *2Sla:. m-Mm