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i ’l '. ‘l l . l g g, t. l l l l ’ . at" SEWER! Tale of Oruelties Practised in an American Reformatory. What a Youth Siill‘creil. A Buffalo despatch says :â€"On the 20th of last October Frank L. Wallace, 21 years of age, stood before Judge Seaver in the Court 0! Sessions and pleaded guilty to the charge of grand larcency. He had stolen some a property from one of, the cheap hotels in Buffalo, and had been arrested in the Cen: tral station as he was about to leave. \Vhen taken into the Police Court on the morning after his arrest he raised the window near the prisoners’ box and jumped to the ground Although he was considerably injured by his de‘an lea-p, he succeeded in getting as far as the canal before he was caught. As soon as he had sufficiently recovered from his injuries he was taken before Judge Seaver and sentencd to the Elmira refor- matory under the, usual “ indeterminate” sentence until he should be discharged ac- cording to law. Since that day, according to his own statements and other evidences, he has, suffered what few men have suffered in the civil prisons of America. If what he states in the following letter to Judge Seaver, and what he told the writer yester- day, is true, there is a burning need of ref; ormetion in the Elmira reformatory, which shall reach not only the inmates, but the man who is at the head of the institution. HE \VANTED TO SPARE lI'S MOTHER. When sentenced by Judge Seaver, Wal- lace refused to give the names and‘address- es of his relatives, saying that he did so to spare his mother the pain of knowing his disgrace. He then hoped to get out in six months or a. year at the most, and return home. He admitted that the name he gave was fictitious. He was sent to Elmira on Oct. 21, and when questioned by Keeper Brockway as to his relatives, still refused to give any information, and for the same reasons, For this refusal \Vallace was punished. He told the following story : “I will tell you the truth and nothing more,” he said, in a way that showed he meant it. “ On my arrival at the reformatory I was taken before Supt. Brockway and asked a great many questions. I answered everything to the best of my ability until he came to'tlic question about my home and my parents. I refused to give any inform- ation on these points. ‘ Please excuse me, sir,’ I said, ‘ from answering these questions. I will tell you anything else in my power, but I can’t tell you these things.’ He asked me why, and I told him. I explained to him that my mother was in poor health, that I thought agreat deal of her, and that, I believed it would kill her if she knew .What end I had come to. He kept pressing me, but I would not tell. Then he became sarcastic, and asked me if I didn’t know that he could loosen my tongue in just five minutes if he wanted to. I only replied that-1 was willing to obey all rules if he would only not press me on these questions. Then he became angry and ordered a guard to take me to the dungeon. What I suffer- ed there that first night I. can never forget. It is a small cell without a ray of light, and so far below' ground that all noise is shut off. The guard took me there, and leading me to a corner made me get down on my knees' and then he snapped shackles on. both my wrists. I could hardly realize what had taken place untiljthe door had been locked and I at-. tempted to straighten up. Then I found that I had been chained to the floor in a dark, suffocating cell, and that the chains were so short that I could not get on my feet. I was forced either to lie on my stomach or partly on one side. I could not turn over on my back on account of the shortness of the chains. It was at a time of year when the cold weather was just be- ginning to come on, and the steam pipes that ran through the cell were kept so hot that I nearly suffocated. I tried to work my coat and clothing off during the night, but was shackled so tight that I could only remove my clothes from the front pait of my body. , Toward the morning the air be- came so stifling that I thought I should suffocate before anyone would come to me. “On the day before, when I had refused to answer questions, Mr. Brockway had said to me :â€"-‘ I have a mind to flog you within an inch of your life, you little thief,’ and as I lay there roasting through the long 'night I wished that he had done that in- stead of putting me in the dungeon. “ On the second day,toward night, I was taken out and taken again before Mr.Broek- way. He toldme to sit down, and asked me how I felt._ “ He took a seat directly opposite and very close to me. There were several others in the room who can testify to what took place at that time. He again asked me the questions about my home and my parents, and I again refused. Then he flew into a terrible rage and kicked me on the right side of the face as I sat with my head in- clined like this. \Vithout anything further he ordered me back to the doggeon, where I was chained for six days and nights with little to cat,and no light or air and no sleep. I have pretty good iierves,but several times I prayed that I might die to end my suffer- ings. The whole matter was such a shock to me that I becune almost insane, and be- gan to think that Brockway himself was in- sane and might intend to keep me therefor- ever. A day and a night seemed like». year, for I could not tell when it was day and when it was night except by the arrival of the guard to bring my bread and water. My wrists, arms, and back aclied so that it seemed to me that I could not endure it. IN .SOLITARY CONFINEMEST. “ On the seventh day he had me brought ’ sfore him again, and asked me it I was _, lady to answer his questions. I replied chat I would do anything else, but that I would not go. I would die first. ‘ All righ t,’ he replied, ‘I‘llput you where you won’t last long, and then what do you want done with your bones?’ This he said with that hateful smile that he has. I answered that I would as soon my body should go to the dissecting table as anywhere else, if they wanted it. . . ” So then I was put into solitary con- finement, where I was kept for four months. This place did not bring the pain that the dungeon and chains did, but it was terrible to bear. “ It was asmall screen cell with every- thing removed from it, and nothing to read, arid no one to speak to. Twas kept on half rations, and not allowed to see anyone. liq-:Jl‘ prayed for something to read. I IN A DUNGEON. ' , had. l I am not particularly religious,‘but I begged for a. could have devoured anything. Bible ; I sent. to Brockivay, and he replied in quite a. long hate. I committed that to memory, and eVer can forget it.” Then \Vallace repeated the words of the note, which was to the effect that it remain- ed wholly with himself whether he enjoyed equal freedom and privileges with the other prisoners. When he would submit to Broukway’s request he could have what he desired 10 read; but until then he would remain where he was and as he was. “So there I remained week afterweek until at last I was sent here in March, when it was found I would die before I would answer their questions. This place is a palace compared to the reformatory. It is just what I imagined a great prison to be. There is hard work and the strictest discipline, but no cruelties, so far as I have seen. found that other prisoners have bad very much the some experience at Elmira that I There are hundreds of men in here who say that their health was broken down there on account of the terrible floggings and hardships they received. Out of one draft of 50 sent here from there I am told that 3.3 died w'thin a year. A great deal of this is due to weakened back and kid- neys caused by the terrible fioggings that are given at the reformaloi'y. “The men are strippzd and bed by two strong guards while Brockway flogs them across the small of the back with a piece of rubber hose filled with water. That is What is principally used.” “Were you ever flogged there ‘l" “No, but I have daily heard the cries of men who were being flogged, and have seen them come up the stairs crying like little boys, and With scarcely strength enough left to stand It is a common jes: there that Brock-Nay always flogs two or three men at noon time just to get up an appetite for dinner.” “And, now, Wallace, tell me as a friend why it was that you refused to give the in- formation about your parents ‘2” ‘.‘I tell you seriously. it was because I think so much of my dear old mother. She has always been so kind to me and thinks so much of me that I knew it would kill her. I hoped to get out in six months, and go back to her without her knowing that I had been in prison.” It is likely that Wallace’s revelations will lead to a thorough investigation inf-v the management of the Elmira reforma- tory. AN AWFUL AI‘I‘AIlt. flow a Mother and “pr Italic Met Death at Ottawa. ' An Ottawa ipecial says :â€"-â€"A frightful ac- cident occurred at the Union station this morning about 8 o’clock in the presence of several hundred persons. An immigrant train of 12 cars, with about 500 souls on board, arrived from Quebec, most of the passengers being destined for the North- west. \Vhile the second-class cars were being changed for colonist sleepers, the .people were about the station and yard. Nearly all the immigrants were foreigners and they did not seem to understand Ivhat the train arrangements were. \Vliile the cars were moving into position a French woman, Mrs. Jeanne Martin, hugging to her breast a young boy, attempted to jump on the platform ofa. car. Instead of reach- ing the steps with her feet her arms only clung to the car, dragging her and the child along the ground for some distance past the platform. At this point her foot must have caught between two rails at the switch, and the jolt which resulted from her foot being wedged in the switch tore her grasp from the car. She swung aroundimmedi- ately under the car and in that position the wheels passed over her and the child. The little lad was out clean in two just about the waist. The body was also bruised and cut in many places. The mo- ther was most horribly mutilated, one leg being severed from the body near the hip A MUTINY AT SEA. The Awful Retribution Which over-tool: the -Jlntlnccrs. To the northwest of the Sandwicl Islands group a chart of the north Pacifi: Ocean shows Bird, Necker, Gardner, and various other islands and many shoals. These islands and shoals are really a con- tinuation of the Sandwich group, though but few of the islands are inhabited. Some of them are little better than a great mass of rock heaved up out of the sea, without verdure or fresh water, while others are so difficult to approach that navigators give them a wide berth. Midway Island is al- most exactly lialf the distance between the port of San Francisco and Yokohama, but 300 miles 8011le of the track of vessels mak- ing that voyage. The noon observation'taken on board the Since I have been here I have bark Harvest Home had given us the lati» tude of Midway Island when a man aloft reported a ship’s boat dead ahead. \Vo were then headed south-southwest, but not making over four knots an hour. The boat had neither mast nor sail, nor was the man sitting in her stern sheets making signals. I had him under the glass while he was yet two miles aw.iy. The boat was a captain’s gig, provided with a single pair of ours, and the man was taking’ things with as- tonishing coolness. lllfl WAS A CASTA\VAY, of course, though he acted more like a man who was drifting about with a fish line over the aid . In El!) cases out of 100 the man in the boat would have stood up and gestured and shouted, fearful that we mightpass him by even by daylight, but as I watched this man I saw him bite off a fresh chew of tobacco and survey the bark in a critical way. A line was got ready, and as we passed him within twenty feet it was hove and caught and made fast, and directly be was along side. Everybody was astonished to find the boat well stocked with food and water and to see the man come aboard as calmly as if he had been lying in harbor. He was about 35 years of age, dark faced and sinister, and gave his name as John Williams. He slaimed to be an American, born and reared in Ecuador. The story told by Williams was not an improbable one, but none of us gave him credit for truth. He claimed to be Captain of an English brig, The Swallow, which' had been chartered to convey 200 natives of the Bonin Islands, off the coast of Japan, to Cure Island, next to the west of Midway. The island was safely reached, he said, but the natives were not pleased with it and demanded to be returned to the Bonins. There was a row about it in which one man was killed, the two mates sided with the natives, and he was put ashore to shift for himself. They left him the boat and provisions and sailed away, and instead of stopping on the island he had pulled away to the north to get into the track of ships. ' The story was fishy from start to finish, and out of our entire crew no man had a .favorable impression of the stranger. We | l l joint; One hand was torn off, the car wheels . passing over the palm. The woman Was alsovbadly bruised about the head. In this terrible condition of mutilation she was raised on her one foot and pulled from beneath the car. When rescued too late from the dreadful wheels she stood on the one leg leaning against the platform. Although undergoing terrible agony she was not unconscious. The poor husband, on seeing the death of his boy and the plight of his wife, threw himself prostrate on the track where the accident occurred. He grovelled in the dust and dirt among the mangled remains of his son until kind hands removed him from the spot. The poor man was almost wild with terror and frenzy over his loss. The boy’s remains were taken to the morgue, while the woman was immedi- ately conveyed to the hospital, where she died shortly after. BITTEN BY A MAD DOG. A Number of (‘ows in. Connecticut Die of ~ Hydrophobiu. A Bridgeport, Ct., special says:â€"-There is great excitement among the farmers living in the vicinity of E-iston. \Vi'thin a day or two seven cows, some of them valuable stock, have died from hydrophobic. About a month ago a mad dog appeared in the vicinity. Before it disappeared it had bitten a- farmer 11' ed John Powell and a boy named (Jase. It is not known exactly how many cows were attacked. No serious results were noticed until a. day or two ago, when one of the cows was attacked with hydrophobic. in a most violent form. Seven have since died. Some of the mad animals in their frenzy dashed through the streets and created great alarm. The brutes died in great agony. When the cows died Powell feared that he would be attacked by the disease. He is confident that the poison is in his system, and that sooner or later he will fall a victim to the terrible disease. His friends fear that if he cannot soon be satisfied that there is no danger he will go insane. The Case boy is too young to realize the danger, and the facts have been kept from him. Their condition attracted much attention and a fund was started to defray the expenses of the treatment, but exLieutenant-Governor Hyde, of Hartford, has made arrangements to have Powell and Case treated by the Pasteur method in New York. .\ ‘ __â€"o______. The great luxury of riches is, that they enable you to escape so much good advice. The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom venture to return the com- pliir eats had. of course, to accept his story, or to pretend to. I would give a month’s wages to know the facts in the case, but have no hope of ever solving the mystery. There was no English brig on the Japanese coast called the Swallow. None of the residents of the Bonin Islands had been taken away by any craft. The Captain and I puzzled over the matter for some time, and finally decided that Williams had been Captain of some craft, and the crew hid inutinied and sent him adrift. Either that or he had pulled away from a craft on fire or about to founder, leaving all others to take care of themselves. From the look of things in the boat we were satisfied that he had not been afloat over three or four days. Courtesy demanded that the stranger, being an officer, should become a guest of the ship, we having our full complement of officers, but after a day or two he insisted on doing duty as an able Seaman. THIS WAS A SURPRISE, but no objections were made. He was placed in my watch, and a boy who was of little use was turned over to the cook as assistant. The man brought us ill luck from the start. He had not been aboard two hours when it fell calm, and during the next thirty hours we (lid not gain a. mile of wasting. When the breeze came again it was foul for us, and the observa- tion taken at noon on the sixth day of his coming aboard put us only 130 miles to the west of where we picked him up. \Villiams p had shown himself a. thorough sailor, and though our distrust and dislike of him abaft the mast were not, lessened he soon struck up a friendship with the men for-v ward. Mutiny is such a rare thing at sea that officers never worry over it. On a dozen different occasions I. caught VVill- iams yarning it with the men of his watch, and I couldn’t help but observe that he had become the leaderof the fo’- castle, but there was nothing to call for reproof. \Ve had a full crew and a willing one, and there were no cursing and knock,- ing down aboard of the Harvest Home. 5 While discipline was strict, the sailors had the best ofgrub and fair treatment. This being so, it may surprise you when I relate what finally happened aboard of us, but you should remember what a sailor is. He is, as a rule, uneducated, childish, super- stitious, easily led, and always inimical to his officers, no matter whether. they treat him good or bad. Give Jack Tar a feather bed, hotel fare, a day wages, and only' two hours work in twenty-four, and he would blast the weather, condemn the ship, and curse owners and officers. He would do no more if overworked, underfed, poorly paid, and knocked down twice a day. Jack is Jack, and that ends it. Williams had no sooner got among the men than he began telling of a great treas- ure buried on one of the .Kurile Islands. Talk treasure to a sailor and you can bring him to mutiny. The amount of money was given at several million dollars, and VVill- iams claimed to be able to locate the exact spot. It probably never occurred to one of the men to ask why he didn’t go to the Captain with his story, and try to arrange for the removal of the treasure, but if it did he had some answer at hand. He pro- posed taking possession of the bark, sailing her to THE TREASURE ISLAND and securing the great wealth, and then using her to get to England. As to the officers and such men as would notjoin, they were to be cast adrift- in mid-ocean to take their chances. We had a cargo valued at $125,000,aud I think the man‘s game was to peddle it out among the Marine, Caroline, and Marshall islands, get what he could, and then look out for himself. So quietly did he do his work among the crew that 'le ' the south, we found ourselves right in the [make out that they knew some one had iot the slightest hint of what was going on vaswafted aft. He enlisted eight of the use in his cause, and on the seventh day of dis coming aboard, and while the Captain .tnd I were eating dinner, the climax came. he second mate was seiznd, bound, and gagged. and an alarm was raised that he and fallen overboard. Both of us rushed from the cabin, to be pounced on and made prisoners. It was a surprise all around, ind no insolence was offered any of us. 7 When Capt. Holt demanded an explanation Williams enlightened him. He said : “ We are are now in possesswn of the bark. We are going after a great treasure which is to be equally divided between man and man. It was no use to talk to you, for you would have scoffed at my story. It was agreed that none of you should be hurt, and we have kept to the agreement.” “ \Vhat do you intend to do with us ‘3” ' “ Send you adrift within an hour.” “ Where is your treasure island ‘2” “ I will not tell you.” “ If you really know of a buried treasure, why not let us sail the ship there and share with you ‘2” “ Because that would mean less money for the rest of us.” ‘ The Captain appealed to the men, declar- ing that Williams had no real knowledge ofa treasure and would lead them a Wild goose chase, and offered to overlook what had happened it they would return to duty. The feelimg of the crew was expressed by the old boatswain, who took off his cap and stood in humble attitude as he said : “ Capt. Holt, we hcv nothin’ ag’in ye nor the mates. but here’s a. chance fur every man of us to git rich and we feels we must take it.” There was more argument, but the men were stubborn. Those who had refused to join the plot now came forward and gave in their allegiance to Williams, and prep- arations were begun for casting us adrift. One of the quarter boats was hoisted out and it in were stowed water and provisions sufficient to last the three of us a fortnight. \Ve got a mast and sail, but neither chart. quadrant. nor compass. Could \Villiams have had his way about it we would have been knocked in the head or sent adrift without food, but the men were a unit for fair treatment, and he was too crafty to oppose them. As soon as we were in the boat the bark altered her course to the‘ southwest, and as we were left behind sev- eral of the men waved on good-by. The moon observation had given us the latitude of Patrocinio Island, distant about 250 miles, due south, but as) the weather was fine it was determined, to remain in the track in hopes of "BEI l\ G PICK ED UP, but meanwhile making What progress we could to the east. For three days we did not sight a sail. We had run over a hun- dred miles to the east when, at daybreak on the fourth morning with afresh breeze from course of a big ship bound to the east. We hOisted a signal of distress and lay to for her to come up. As she neared us we saw men aloft and knew that we were observed She passed us not more than fifty yards away, with at least six men looking at us over the port rail, and we, of course, ex- pected to see her come to shortly after. she kept straight on, however and was three miles away, before we realized that her inhuman Captain had no intention of picking us up. The ship was the Red Prince, owned by a firm in Yokohama and sailed by Capt. Charles Brown, and was then on a voyage to San Francisco. Had not the matter been commented on in the public press Ishould not advert to it here, as such conduct is rare and almost past belief. It was not only fully reported in American journals, but when Capt. Holt met Capt. Brown in Yokohama three years later he sent him to the hospital with broken bones. \Vc had made 350 miles to the east and were having fair weather of it when we made ' A GREWSOME DISCOVERY. About 3 o’clock in the afternoon we sight- ed a strange object only a. point or two off our course, and, running down to it, we found our old bark floating keel upward, with two of her masts and a great mass of wreckage surrounding her. She had been struck by a sudden squall with all sail set, and, though the masts had been broken off, it was too late to prevent her turning tur- tle. There was but little sea on, and we ulled in among the wreckage, and I scram- bled upon the bark’s bottom. We had a faint hope that if sound below she might be righted, especially if we sighted a craft which would give us assistance. She had probably been in that position for three or four days at the least, but there was still sufficient air to buoy her up. I had not yet walked her length when I heard a knock- ing, followed by faint shouts. The Captain came abroad to see what he could make of it, and it was not long before we were satis- fied that at least two men Were imprisoned in the cabin. 15y lying down and placing our ears to the copper sheathing we could boardedthe bark, and they appealed to us to cut a. hole through which they could escape. we had neither axe nor hatchet, but if we had been fully equipped the chances would have been against us. It was a spot where no one could stand upright to use an axe, and every fifth o: sixth wave ran right over her. We believed one of the imprisoned men to be Williams and the other the boatswain. We could catch their words pretty plainly, but they seemednnable to make out our replies. We could do nothing for them, but decided to remain by the wreck for a day or two in hopes of aid from some, craft. At sunset the:wind died aWay, and the night was without a zephyr. At sunrise next morning the first object our eyes lighted on was an English tramp steamer bound from New York to Japan, with coal oil, and close abroad of us. We looked for our wreck, but it had disappeared. The main- mast lay floating about, but the hull and its tangle and its prisoners had gone to the bottom. ‘ _ . He Won’t be Expelled- Mouldy Mikcâ€"“ By all th’ saints, has yer lost yer mind? Wot you carryin’ that saw for '2” .1 Ragged Robert-â€"-" It’s all right. I stop at houses an’ offer to saw some wood fer me dinner.” ‘ ' “ You’ll be expelled from the Travelin’ Gentlemen’s Union. “ No, I won’t. After dinner I tell ’em I can’t work till I file me saw. They lend me a file an’ tell me to go way off where they won’t hear me lilin'. Most any saloon will give a drink for a good file.” TMGST AWFUL Turin. Fifty-Three Dead and Many In- jiiifeif. The Town or. l’omeroy, 111.. Absolutely Swopt ~From The Face of the Enrlh. 'q A.,despatch from Fort Dodge, 1a., says:â€" Pomeroy, a town of 900 inhabitants in Cal- honn county, was practically destroyed last evening by a cyclone. Between 50 and 100 persons were killed and nearly 200 injured. Many of the injured will die. The utmost confusion followed the advent of the storm, and it was severalhoursbefore the condition of affairs was known. A re- lief train was sent out as soon as possible over the Illinois Central rail-road with phy- sicians’ tents and supplies. The town was in total durkness’and the streets were filled with the wreck of homes and business houses. The scense were appalling, as men with lanterns went about in the debris. In some instances entire fam- ilies were wiped out, the mangled remains being found in the ruins of their homes. The cries of the injured were heartrending and the general confusion V'was increased by the wailing of the survivors who were sep- arated from friends or who had relatives in the wreck. The work of rescue was slow and the train-load of help made little headway. The south halfiof_..the town was razed. There was no place to care for the injured,and;a church which was just outside the track of the storm, was turned into an hospital. The surgeons worked there by the aid of lanterns andlamps. Those with broken bones were stretched upon the pews, While others who needed surgical attention for less severe injuries were compelled to stand or lie upon the floor and await their turn. The dead were laid upon the ground in a. vacant lot at the edge of the devastated district. Through the narrow aisles left between the dead bodies the survivors passed, looking for lost ones. In the con- fusion it was impossible to secure a. list of the fatalities. ‘ LATER A‘NFUL DETAILS. Fifty-three dead, seventy-five fatally in- jured and 150 with broken limbs, cuts and bruises more or less severe. This is what the tornado of last night accomplished in the matter of casualty. The town of Pomeroy is one compblete wreck. There is scarcely a house lef standing, About 15 acres of debris constitute now what was yesterday a thriving village, and splinters are all that remain. Pomeroy is part and parcel of the prairie, the death-dealing Wind having left it barren and desolate. Scarcely a. tree remains. Piles of broken timbers and occasional'pieces of furniture are all that can be feund of what were once the largest buildings in the place. Two hundred and fifty houses were in all destroy- ed, and the money loss on these and their contents is placed at $200,000. EVery- where about Pomeroy to-day were dead and dying people. A dozen men were dig~ ging graves in the burying ground on the hill just north of the village and THE HEARSE \VAS KEPT BUSY carrying the victims of the storm to their last resting'place. Doctors from a dozen or more places hurried through the streets, and in their wake followed squads of soldiers carrying coffins. Special trains from all surrounding towns brought thousands who were 'ready to. take part in the work of caring for the dead and'wounded. Clothing, food and medicines were shipped in by the ton. Soon order was brought out of chaos, relief corps were organized, and things were going along in a business-like way. Last night in Pomcroy is one that will never be forgotten by those who were here. llarknessfollowed quickly in the wake of the tornado, and those who escaped death and injury were'compelled to grope their way among the ruined homes, guided along by the cry of some poor unfortunate who was pinned under the falling timbers. Almost every light of any description what- soever was destroyed, and the people from Fort- Dodge and the surrounding places who were the first .to reach the scene failed to bring lanterns with them. The search for the victims, therefore, was necessarily slow until morning came. It was not till the first streak of light appeared in the cast that the enormity of the disaster dawned upon the people. They looked where once a city stood and 81w nothing but a timber- strewn prairie. Every residence to the south of the railroad tracks had disappear- ed and thespires of seven churches in the place that only a few hours before shot up- ward in the skies were nowhere to be seen. Dead horses, cows, cats, dogs, and chickens were scattered over the ground; pools of human blood mingledrwith the mud at every turn showing where some victim of the tornado had been tossed. « MURDHROUS ROBBERS- A Windsor {litizcii Attackedâ€"omen Ma- honcy to the Rescueâ€"A Close Shawn. A Windsor special sayszâ€"About 10 o’clock tic-night as David Grant, better known as “Judge” Grant, was going ' home, and when at the corner of Dougall avenue and London street, he was held up by three men, who attempt-ed to rob him. Grant called lust-in for help, and Officer Charles Mahouey, who was near by, ran to his assistance and collared the largest of the three. The other two immediately re- leased Grant and turned their attention to Mahoney', who struck one of them on the head with his billy. The other two imme- diately pulled it revolver and fired at the officer, who struck the gun up, the bullet passing :within half an inch of his head. The shot was fired at such close quarters that the powder burned Mahoneyis eyes slightly. ,- He, however, hung onto his man, ,and landed hi safely in the lock-up. The other two meh made off immediately after the shot was fired. but Will probably be caught-before morning. The prisoner is not known here, and refuses to talk. _ Love’s Mathematics. Mrs. Burns-’has two boys and loves them both tenderly. John, the younger, said : “ Mamma, I love you more than .you do me.” . “'I think not, my dear. -But why do you think so ‘2” :“Because you have two children and I have only one mother.” No small portion of that which struts about under the aspects of rightand liberty and benevolence, is, in truth, derived from human nature. lsome of the most sneaking propensities of ,M- "4..., .. -... M *9, .._,~ A AV"; .1 ,_fl n y