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1 1 "VMyWWtS&f plump bodies, that «aused Theo where she lived. the laay bouw, some one's 1||>H<ilnli»i1 NFIL 'HI ill In l In ribbons gay; HWAplMMBt life you leeul, whether night or ; I ifke IB epicure from a costly dleh; , with what vou like the best, ohkdcm, let. or fish: : at an ouutretcbed hand, knowing bat eomforts of your lite, pucay, no one 'gaes«ea. - fcttnp.og through the home it win, ndag s down the hall. Vhll of pretty, pltyfal pranks, lored and praised i by all; Wandering from room to room to find the Cboio- eBt •pot; Iftvored little household pass, bsppy is your lot. Mseping on my lady's lap, or dozing by the grnte; Ifed -with catnip tea if 111--•what a lucky fate > loved in life and mourned in death, ana staffed, ltmvbe, at that, And kepi up on the mantel shelf--dear pet cat I II. An little beggar cat. hollow-eyed and grant. Qnrepln? rtown the. alley way Ilk* a goet of want; Kicked and beat by thoughtless boys, bent on cruel play; Att & wiry lite 70a lead, whs the* night or • .» , day- ijilnting after crusts and crumbs, gnawing meatless hones; ^enabling at a human steps, fearing bcteks and stones; Sfckwkiug at an outstretched hand, knowing onlv blows; Wsretched litt le beggar cat, born to suffer woes. Stealing to an open door, craving food and heat; lightened otx with angry cries and broomed tortured teased, and chased by dogs throcgh the lont lv night; Stomeless uttia beggar eat, sorrow ia your . plight, - , • • Steeping anywhere yon oaa, intbe nun - and , ; snow; . Waking ia the cold gray dawn, wondering where to go ; Dying in th» street at last, starred to death at that: Mckcd up by the scavenger--poor tramp eat! : --Independent. NIGHT MESSENGER.? on Polk far from Theo was a girl, although she ought to have been a boy. Her short, curly hair, which persisted in tumbling about her eves in a way that was difficult to tell whether the part was in the middle or on the side, together with the don't care- walk that any hoy would be .jiroud of, made her a regular street gammie. Just where she came from j 80 his*#* their cheeks and him to ask * 'Jim and me live down street near Can*!. 'Taint here." 4'In that wretched part of the City?" came from Hawley, with a shudder, as he again thought of his ow n wee ones. " 'Taint so bad.. Jim says it Is a palace ter what some have He knows some kids what haint trot no home at all. Jim'll be much 'bilged ter yo' fer lettln' me come till he gits well." With this she darted out of the room, down the stairs, then hurried along Madison street over the bridge till she struck Canal, which she turned down with the swiftness of a nignt-bird cutting the air with Its wings, until she came to Folk street, where she entered a low, tumbled- dewn tenement house. ••See, Jim, what I've brought yo'," she said, bursting into the room. "The'r oranges. Mr. Hawley give me a nickel, an1 I thought yo' would like 'em, see'n' yo'r' sick. Say, ain't they bates? I'm tere keep yo'r Job fer yo'. Hawley said sa" „ • 'Did he?" * "law. He 'said he d!dn't Hire girls, but 1 told him I could do it as well as yo' could, Jim, an' he let me stay." "Yo' are awfrfl tired, I reckon, ain't yo9" said' Jim, munching his orange ".aw. I ain't a bit tired. It is Just fun ter take them messages. 1 say, Jim, when yo' get well, yo just ask Hawley ter let me be yo'r'sist- ant." "All right. My, bat them oranges are fine." « "I thought yo' would like them. Sick folks always must have things nice. Did yo' have yo'r supper?" "1 thought I'd wait fer yo'," said Jim, sitting up in bed. "It wouldn't taste good aloue." The truth was, a cat had gotten into the room and eaten the bread she had left on the table for him. "Did yo' Jim?" she said, gently. 1?I didn't think yo* would miss me i **1 am glad, then, Fm goln* te* TOST ! die, if Jim kin have tuioii* • AM with a smile on her sweet face "the wee girl" passed into that beautiful home where there are no street gammies, or night messengers to carry dispatches. --Evening Wis­ consin. HE WAS A PHILADELPHIA** f- ' nobody around the TriDune office teemed te know. It was one of those nights when the Associated Press wires were un- Bsually busy, and Hawley, the head operator, was having a hard time to keep up with the Washington spe­ cials. Neely, his assistaut, had not got around, and Jim, his messenger hoy, was nowhere to be seen. A great pile of dispatches lay before him, waiting to be taken to the night-editor's room. Hawley* was furious. Special after special came ticking over the wires, and no Jim. He couldn't leave to go and get an­ other boy, for "tick, tick," went the sounder with no let up It seemed to him that the operator at the Washington end of the wire was tanning at Nancy Hank's speed. He had taken the debate of the House, and had the Pres dent's message piled up before him, and neither Neeljror Jim had put in their ap­ pearance. Just as the last Congres­ sional report came over the wire, She bustled about getting a piece of bread for each of them, and a cup of water. They didn't have any but­ ter, but they didn't seem to mind it in the least, the way they ate their dry bread, and thought themselves lucky when they had it^ It was a wee room, luce the wee lioy and girl who sat munching their dry bread, and chattering as gay as two magpies, over a nest ot newly- hatched young ones--Just a cot with scant covering, which made them snuggle closer together in the cold nights to keep warm, a box which did for table and chair, and a broken down stove that ailed the room with smoke when there was fire in it. But they didn't have a Are very often, so the smoke didn't bother them much. But one to have seen these two gammies, as they sat there in the cold, bare room, talking over their prospects, would have thought them millionaires instead of waifs without father or mother.! Night after night "the wee girl" wuuai icpuri; tdiuc uvcr tuu wjre, J -- V T C • " ~^-- New York sending a biff rail*l opened the coor of Hawley s room « . . . . . i iMiAAlualn of ft AVIAHU nt\VA* AHA min. ; • road accident at a furious rate, which idled the yellow sheets higher ^nd higher before him. It seemed to hiiu that the operator at the other end was tending on a bet, so fast came the words oyer the wires. "If I only had some one to carry |he messages into the night editor," lie groaned, as "tick, tick," went the Boston wire, telling cf a tank failure in which hundreds of poor working- men lost their last dollar. ^ 4 "Lem me carry 'em," came from " foroeone at his elbow. U Be started, looked around and saw « wee girl standing by his side, with ' a ragged dress and a cap with Its *:*• - ^ rown nearly torn out, through which |5> . her short t£ick curls stuck through «J; : io wild confusion. If ; "You?" he said, wheeling clear |: - y ground in his chair, ana starinz at £>> tier is blank amazement, unmindful K. of the repeated calls from Pltts- fe „ , burgh. w ii ••Yes, sir, I kin carry 'era. Iam ^ Jim's sister, I be. He's sick: got the t; If rip He sent me ter tell yo' yo' A J -> needn't ter be 'traid, he wasn't com- ^ In' soon es he could. I kin do it, fer ; ^im told me all 'bout its he did." «3jf And without waiting for Hawley i iio say anything further on the sub- j W 'jectj she snatched up the pile of vel- j i low paper, and darted out of the j *oom, down the ball to the night-. ; ..v, s - Id 1 tor. , ^ i , , Ail through the night hours until ^ o'clock in the morning, "the wee i f f rl" glided in and.'Out of the room Without a word. Several times Hawley asked her if fhe wasn't tirerl. - s "Naw. If Jim kin do It, I kin." And away she flew with a fresh /£! 7 |>undle ot specials. f n. It was 3 o'clock whe i the last mes- ' * ' ^age came over the wire. Hawkey ^ laid aside his paper, covered up his " typewriter and rose to go. "If Jim can't come ter-morrow ; ufv- tight, I'll come again," she said, as , „4he twisted her cap vigorously with he didn't IS :!fj !S*. . #|>oth hands. "He said •want ter lose his job " ^ ,xi "But iou are a girl," began Haw- H' ley. ^ '$ • Cause I'm a girl taint no sign 1 ean't take 'em messages ter the nigbt- editor's room as well as Jim kin. If yo' nlease, Mr. Hawley, Jim ttaid he'd precisely at 8 o'clock, never one min- > ute late, always on time, until ; Hawley began to speak of her as the | automaton. She was so bright, so | willing, never complaining, Hawley j and the night editor began to look ! upon her as an indispensable mem­ ber of the night staff. Thev called her "the wee girl," she was so small. Bat a night came when she wasn't there at 8. It was a busy night,too, which put Neely ail out ot sorts, and Hawley swore until everything was blue in the office. Both Washing­ ton and New York were" sending specials at a furious rate, with no let up. "Girls are no good, anyway,w Hawley said, as message after mes­ sage came ticking over the wires. •'It is after 9." "Maybe she 1B tick," ventured Neely. "Then she can send word," growled Hawley, as "tick, tick," went the i New York wire, faster than ever. "1 | will get some one else in her place." ( Just then there was a big noise in the hall, and someone called opt "Is she killed?" and the door opened, and an officer came in carrying "the wee one" in his arms. '""he insisted upon being brought he:e, sir," said the officer to Hawley. ! Tney were all on their feet in a ' minute leaving the Washington re , port of the House and the New York ' markets to take care of themselves : "Is she dead?" came from them all in the same breach, as they saw the | blood on her face and hands. ! "Not yet," replied the officer, in ! low tones. "A physician will be j be.e directly." * ! "How did it'happen?" asked Haw- i ley, leaning forward and wiping the blood from her face with his hand- •kerchief. | • lI savedfhim--your little Ned," t she said, in broken tones, j "My lit0^Ned," said Hawley j quickly. j "Yes. 15^ see, it was this way I was hurrying over tho bridge te j.get here, and bad just yot'eross whet! ! a runaway came dashing along. Jus i front of me was yo'r little Ned. ' knew him from his long curls--hi j was here one night, yo' know, just give one leap an' I caught Ne< • from under the horse's feet He1 Vetwlthstandln* Which Fact He Made • Good Bsrgsln in New York. "Talk about Philadelphians being slow," said an up-towo dealer in rare books to a New York Evening Sun man; "why, I'll tell you about a lit­ tle incident that happened the other day. "A Phlladelphian who has a nice ptivate collection of jare engravings and etchings came to this city on> a visit and was almost (stranded finan­ cially before he knew it An brat- nary man would have written or telegraphed home for cash. But this one didn't. He was strolling down Broadway, undecided whether to con­ tinue his walk as far as Philadelphia or not, when he came to a little shop where engravings and etchings are sold. "His mania for collecting forced him to enter the shop and examine the stock, although he didn't hate money enough to buy a fair-sized chroma Turning over a number of etchings and engravings lying upon a sort of bargain table at the rear o£ the shop he came across a fine copy of the (celebrated Bajon portrait of Tennyson, of which he had a highly prized specimen in his own collec­ tion. Thinking it strange that the etching should be lying among the other cheap objects on the table he asked its price of a clerk. " Take it along for a quarter,' said the clerk. " 'All right,' said the Phlladel­ phian. rolling up the etching and paying over the money. •• 'Shall I wrap it up for you?' asked the clerk. " *Oh, no; you needn't mind,' and the Philadelphian walked off with his prize. He did not walk far, though. Stopping at a well-known engraving »dealer's shop not four blocks away the Pbilidelphia man offered the etching for sale, " Twenty-five dollars,' was the offer of the dealer. The Philadelphia man accepted the money, although it was but a little more than half the price at which the Bajon portrait is catalogued, and went his way. He had paid all the expenses of his New York triji at one stroke." '̂ Jbr' i i i Hpongy Gams* Spongy and swollen gums, a condi­ tion often attendant upon middle age, may or may not be the result of any particular disease, but they are very inconvenient, and may even cause serious trouble. In their healthy state the gums are firm and, it may be, somewhat hardened, with just enough Mood present to color them adeli&tepink. Gums in this condition offer a sup- oort to the teeth which it would be hard to surpass. In the disordered condition of which we are speaking, however, they become swollen, and are - so charged with blood as to present the appearance of having been parboiled. The slightest disturbance is sufficient to cause a Sow of blood, while there is a constant sense of discomfort,and a constant desire to pick at or suck them. Soon the teeth become more or less loosened, and by reason of the pres­ sure of the tongue and the food be­ hind them, tend to spread apart and protrude outward. The substance of the tooth is next attacked, and the tooth becomes |discolored and de­ cayed. The gums refuse longer to hold the teeth, and, in fact, time alone Is necessary to convert the whole mouth into a useless and dis­ gusting object. As we. have seen, all this may be consequent upon an over supply of blood to the gums. The remedy !• rather preventive than curative. 1 Jb irst of all, we have to consult with the family physician to learn whether or not the system needs "toning up" as is not unlikely to be the case. Probably he will prescribe also some astringent mouth-wash. But whatever may be the result of our consultat on with the family doc­ tor, we must at once begin a syste­ matic "exerc.se" of the gums, and continue it every night and morning^ A tooth brush must be selected more for its stiffness than anything else, and with a little cool water and cas- j tile soap, or even cold water alone, we must literally scrub the gums, paying heed to neither blood nor feelings until we are satisfied that „T..__„Ji»r lnqulrTi "Is FHrtlo» «itl» inu*a»e? > has evoked *n adoiScSbie atUoie from the Spec- tator. lUrtlnf is mainly a matter for the consideration of the fair sex, for as for men, they get no serious hurt from it The yeoman who loved Clara Vere de Vere, and cut hi* ffetufet on her account, must have btifen% very poor creature, and would hafee made a mess of bis farm in any case, If\he had had the least modicum of common sense, he would, on the discovery of his most ridicu­ lous error, at once have made up to his dairy-maid, and found in her a real helpmate. "The man who looks bactrwith wrath and resent­ ment upon a flirtation because the woman who shared it has; married somebody else, must be a curmud- geon'^ not, indeed, a "laggard in love," but a traitor to it "The greater her charms and the greater number they attract, the more in­ cumbent is the duty laid upon a woman to please the many before she makes happy the one." It has been, we are reminded, "tne immemorial privilege of her sex." This strikes, one, indeed, not only as true chiv­ alry, but as good sense. "For what has the disappointed suitor lost? Nay, is he not rather the gainer by such favor as she showed him?" There is, indeed, one exception to this liberty: she should not endeavor to win the affections of one who is another's admirer. She who does this is a bad lot, and generally and deservedly goes to the bad.. Of course, there are selfish, and egostic men, who, being unsuccessful in their suits, are determined that no other shall be more fortunate^ and shcot down his bride at the very al­ tar; but to call these miscreants lov­ ers is a misnomer indeed. As a rule, men get over these little disappoint­ ments very easily, whereas women do not, for a host of reasons, the chief of which is that a substitute for a lost lover is, in their case, much more difficult to procure It is true that we read a good deal about "the designing woman" in novels written by ladies. It gives them pleasure to describe these dexterous and wily creatures doing such mischief among the other sex; mothers, too, beliefe that their pure and innocent sons are always in danger from these un­ principled young persona And yet <James Payn de lares In the Illus­ trated Loudon News) the fact is that at 27 none of them can hold a can­ dle fdt evil intention to any ordinary youth of 17. The hypocrisy with which, for their own ends, men af­ fect to fall In with the female view of flirtation and "the designing Woman" is contemptable: even the most impudent of them seldom ven­ ture to adopt it among themselves. SIEGii OF METZ. Some of the Fearfnl Trials of the Beleag- nred City. M The bulk of the horses lived In so snrry a fashion that it was* a mere farce to divide their poor carcasses into the three categories ot first qual­ ity, second quality, and "filet" They fell dead of debility and leanness on their way to the slaughter houses. |t is easy to imagine that the "bouil­ lon" and cutlets from such steads were not strong in nourishing quali­ ties. And yet these starved anat­ omies were the only scource of meat in the city during September and Oc­ tober. About fifty of them were daily consumed. The price of the meat was never very high. In mid- September the common parts were sold at about 3d. a pound, the second best parts at 5d., and the choicest parts (excluding the "filet," which was the recognized luxury of the city) might be had for 7}d. a pound. Nor were the prices any higher the day before the capitulation. But by then there was about as much nutriment in a carpet bag as in the black unsightly lumps which disfigured the butchers' shops. After the siege a considerable num­ ber of horses were offered for sale at from 2f. to lOf. apiece. For their reputation's sake they had batter have died and been eaten a fortnight previously. Milk, lard, salt, and vegetables were the articles of which Metz most felt the lack. Beef at 6a 8d. a pound/ and eggs at a franc apiece were manifestly indulgences for the rich alone. But the sudden depriva­ tion of milk was a more serious af­ fair. The death rate of children during the siege was double the nor- mal rate. It could hardly have been "•.berwise. The mothers could neither suckle nor buy milk for tbelr new-born babies. These, with few exceptions, speedily found their way we have eradicated all traces of stag- cemetery past the Polygone. nant blood from the porous tissues. Salt soon ran alarmingly short. It This jbay seem rather harsh treat- <*°t up to l.f. a pound. Then some ment, but it we persist in it we &hall . relief was found by the free distribu­ te rewarded. >tion of 8alt water troin a certain oe 'bilged if yo' wdulu let me flil bis ' aU right--the big policeman said sc Si® place till he got 'round. "Very well," replied Hawley but- toning up his coat. "If you think you can do it all right, you can come. But I don't like girls in an office." He knew Theo was one of the many thousand wee girls in the. great city ef Chicago who were street gammies. It was nothing new to him to see a half-starved girl's face, clothed In thin garments inthe dead of winter. He had seen them every night an be I went to his work, shivering in the ! cold blast from off the lake. There ^ were scores of just such waifs as Theo in the city, but he never' htopped to ask them how they lived, or even cared. He had seen girls who should have been in bed hurrying along the crowded streets, belling their papers and singing in saloons. It was an every-day sight for him to seo wee girls huddled up under some iron stairway selling matches, but ver paid anv attention to them, etban did thousands Of others who had plenty. It would be difficult «to overesti­ mate the influence which healthy gums may exert over the teeth.-- The best Salve in the world for cute, bruises, sores, ulcere, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and posi­ tively cures piles, or no pay required _ It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by G. W. Besley. < TRIED AND NOT FOUND WANTING^ GIBSON CITY, III., March 8, '94. | Syrup Pepsin Co., Monticello, 111. | GENTS:--I deem a word in your interest not out of the way. Having been troubled for a number of years with constipation and indigestion, I used your "Pepsin Syrup" with satisfactory effect and can j truthfully say it is the best of medicines. It does just what it is recommended to ^ do. I can recommend no other as I can ! Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Yours truly, J. W. Mitchel. ! Those who doubt this testimonial write; me at Gibson City, Ford Co., III. To be further assured of the efficacy of Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, get a 10 cent bottle (10 doses 10 cents) of J. A. Story. 45ml New stylish clothing for men, boys and children at S* Stoffei's. imdrtanlrawnkfr -fifriir beres and hoar froati mm mm m supposed tli« <*; VQimial summer, where th# bad '<r|t*rs . go. Nemttieleas Instinct wilt stronger than intelect and old Crusty decided that, even through he wore in hell, be would split for a pond. He splltted, and through tbe pine woods he went, leavlug a long streak of fire. His rapid flight to the pond gave him the appearance of a gorgeous meteor floating away, leaving behind it a trail of flame. A minute later the trail of fire was a mile long, the 'gator was rolling over and under in the cooling waters of a cypress pond, but the woods were burning up. The festive darkies, who a minute be.ore, were waiting and watching in unfeigned glee to see the 'gator burn, were now busy fighting fire. After a long whHe they succeeded In putting it out, but ten crops- of boxed had been destroyed.--Atlanta Constitution. FATA*, ENCOUNTER BETWEEN STRIKERS AND DEPUTIES. Vive KUled Outright and Others Mortally Wonnded--Officers U1T« the Order to Sire Seemingly Withoat ProvoeaAI&a--Opera­ tors Arm for the Conflict, Tho Shatio The late Shah of Persia was more anxious than able to acquire the1 fame of a poet. He had Just com­ pleted a new performance In very "peculiar metre," and summoned the Court Poet into the royal presence to hear the poem read. The Laureate was either an unusually conscientious courtier, or he was afraid of losing his berth if his master took to rhym­ ing on his own account, and when bis opinion was asked he--to use the­ atrical language--"damned" the composition. The Shah, enraged at the uncoartly criticism, gave orders that the Court Poet should be taken to the stable and tied up in the sime stall with the donkey. Here tbe poor sinner remained until his royal rival had perpetrated another poem, when he was again commanded to appear before the throne, and submit to a second infliction of sovereign dull­ ness. He listened In silence whilst the poem was read, and at the con­ clusion, his opinion being requested, he fell upon his knees, and signifi­ cantly exclaimed to the royal author "Send me back to the donkeyl" <J«dge Waxem'i Proverbs. Ther alut nobody in a republican form uv government that cant do roncr ef he gets a fair chanse. Its mity hard to split a party dlf- erents without splittin the party. Edditers make more statesmen than statesmen makes edditers. Party wheel hosses bav a chanse now an then to git in an ride. Coxeyism iz revvolushunizm sprout- in. The sand in some Congresmans craws curns mity ni bein slushy mud, under preshure. The pee pie uv this country dont nead more money, so much az they nead to kno how to handei what tbave got. i£f a man steals hosses he gose to the penitenshary; ef he steels voats he gose into offis. Nochin short uv Provvideots kin say whether cappitle oans laber, er laber oans cappitle.--Free Press. of Slaughter. At daybreak Thursday morning the battle' which had bean threatening at the Stickle Hollow, Pa., mines of the Wa hington Coal and Coke Company for the past few days occurred, and. as a result at least seven strikers are lying dead aad many, are seriously wounded. ( Shortly before midnight 2,000 strik­ ers a gambled at tho Stickle Holl w plants, coming from Lucyville, Fayette City, Treoort, Allenport and many other points on the Monongahela River. Some of them were armed, but the male rity were not. They went into camp near tbe plant, where they re­ mained until 3 o'clock in the morning, when they adjourned to the public read leading to tne works, over whicn the workmen would have to pass to the pit- Here they formed a line to imercept the workmen and attempt to get them to i eturn home. Accoiding to program they stopped the firdt t elegation of miners and after a 1 ttle jferciuuBion induced them to join the s rike. Tho men turned back, and ab n.t the time they were Btarting homeward with their dinner buckets the deputies, who were on guard and witnesses to the affair, were ordered to shoot. They tired into the mob at close range, an fired to kill. It was the bio jdiest, conflict of the present st ike, and the awful work of destroy­ ing human lives was accomplished ;n three rapidly tired volleys. The pro­ miscuous revolvers and small arms of the strikers were no match fer the Winchesters of tfce deputies, and tho strikers < uickly repeated, leaving their dead and dying on the battle- ground. Many arrests followed the conflict, and the jail is filled to over-i flowing with the disheartened strikers, who offered c mparatively no re ist- ance to the officers of the law. There were e'ghty deputies, and all contin­ ued to shoot a* lon<? as the men kept in range. This informant saw four dead in the road and three in the wheat fie.d. The abor eaders, ac­ cording to reports, are para'yzed at the turn affairs have taken. They re­ fuse to talk abcut it. It is thought no more attempts will be made to bring out those workmen unless asma larmy Is raised. A Uniontown dispatch says that ef­ forts are being made by the strikers to prove that the attack of the depu­ ties upon the strikers was unwa rant- able, and that they were slaughtered without warning under a galling fire de ivered at a dista .ee of fifty feet. But later reports indicaie cJearly that the encounter was a two-sided battle--the first engagement in which both officers and strikers were shooting to kill. All the dead ar J strikers. Officers of the coal company say that the strikers served nottce upon them that they ex­ pected to assault the works. The depu­ ties considered the interference with the workmen a9 they proceeded to the works the beginning of the assault, and opened fire. She Fixed It. At * late ball in Paris a very stout gentleman, proprietor of a bad ca­ tarrh and a very charming wife, in- s stedj very inconveniently at tbe close of a polka, that madame should return to the bosom of her family. "Never mind," she said to her part­ ner, "ask me to dance in the next (tuadrille all the same--I will find a way to stay for it." Slipping out while the sets were forming, stie went into the gentlemen's dressing-room, found her husband's hat, and threw it out of the window. Then return­ ing, and requesting her spouse to first find his bat and call the car­ riage, she accepted partners for the next six dances, quite sure of two hours before the hat could be found. I'm so g.-ad be wasn't killed." '•But you, poor 'Wee girl,'" cam from Hawley, with something like ; sob. "Oh, it don't matter fer me. ain't no count, anyhow--but Ned, i would been awful tet had hin killed." " "Will she live?" asked Hawley, a the physician bent over her. "No," came from bito slowly. | "Am I goty' ter die?" she asked , looking up at the Dhyslcian, her eyei ; tilled with tear?. , "I am afraid vou will, my dear,'! j he replied, smoothing her dark bail gentlv. , * . , - r . 1 I "Then what'll become ,i<of Jim?'i | 8he said, piteously. M J m*aT ATE of .Joseph Kinsc, deceased* ---*f l will care for him," said Haw-" and so, when maturity was reached, c.irn in some form or other was wanted at the table three times a day."^Washington Post f saline spring, which the proprietor generously made over to the city for tbe time. Tbe chemists also put their heads together and manufac­ tured a substitute for natural salt. Until the capitulation, however, this deficiency was much felt* and de- cored itself in the ill health of tbe t<-uple. The salt water contained tw.iy three parts of salt in a thousand. Little by little, too, the grocery and other stores lost their stock. Early in the siege the officers made large purchases, as if they foresaw a time of hardship. Sugar bfeame almost as rare as salt, and nothing after tobacco was so acceptable a present In the hospitals as a little of it screwed up in a piece of paper.-- The Gentleman's Magazine. A Needed Reformation. Miss Sarah Adams is an indefatig­ able worker in the line of philan­ thropy. She has been given entire control of one of the most unwhole­ some blocks of bouses in New Eng­ land. It Is known as Cotton Mill Block, and is In Shelton, Conn. Originally this tenement was in­ tended to accommodate only forty families, but at present theraare fre­ quently Wo families living in one room. She has examined the entire plant, and proposes radical sanitary changes, with which the present ten­ ants must comply or vacate. She con­ tends that it is perfectly possible to have cleanliness and cheap living at the same time, and she proposes to prove it ' Wonderful Vitality of Insect Emcs. The eggs of insects have greater vitality than any other life germs^ now Known. After exposing silk­ worm eggs to a temperature of 38 de­ grees below the nero of a Fahrenheit thermometer for fiye hours, Spoilanzi, the entomologist, was surprised to find that they had not been frozen at all ^nd that their vitality was not in the least impaired. On another oc­ casion he treated a dozen grasshopper e£gs to a temperature of 5H degrees below zero without injuring the life germ in tho slightest degree. Pope, docu- is at- j ley, taking tier little hand that was fast growing cold, and pressing it to his lips, "Will yo,' lly, but yo* are good. Jim'll have it fine now, won't he? He kin go ter school, eih't be, an' have all he wants ter eat?" • . m~\- •::: Administrator's Notice d MRS. :̂i "'A i'" MULLIGAN--I'd rather the bull family sick than you! Mulligan--So would It he* Mr. An Alligator Story. An all gator story which beats the record comes from Early County. Some negroes were at work in a turpentine farm near Damascua, clearing the trash and straw away irom the boxes preparatory to burn­ ing off tbe woods, when they came across an alligator who had crawled out during the last warm spell to put on his new spring suit, but who was knocKea back into a state of|dormancy by the recent cold sna'. Tbe old fel­ low was lying thcrejstiff,hard, motion­ less and crusty, and the negroes decided that they would make an end of him by burning him up: so they dipped turpentine out of the boxes and covered him over eatirely with that inflammable substance, and then heaped the £lne straw cn The Pope's Ring. The seal ring worn by the and used by him on official meats to which his signature tached, has on it the engraving of a fish, with the cipher ot the wearer. Since the thirteenth century every Pope has worn a ring of this charac­ ter, and it is shattered with a ham­ mer when the wearer dies, to prevent its use on a forged document THE devil puts In a good deal of time in trying to make people be­ lieve that they must bid good-by to joy on the day they give their hearts to Christ NOTHING will so qntckly make a sinner sick of bis sin as to come in contact with those who have a joy that can be seen and felt. MOBBED BY STRIKERS. Desperate lUlnols Miners Fill Up th< Shaft of a Centrtlla Mine. " A mob of £00 yelling, shouting and desperate Illinois strikers from Du- quoin and St. John's mines captured an Illinois Central train early Thursday morning and compelled Engineer Stewart to haul them to Central ia. Ar­ riving there they rushed to the Big Four mine in the northern part of the city, operated by Pottenger & Davis, aad wrecked thousands of dollars' worth of property. Thirty non-union men found work­ ing in the mine were driven like frightened sheep from the leads, while the strikers made several attempts to do bodily injury. The rage of the leaders of the mob knew no bounds when the workmen escaped, and in a few moments the scarcely less infuri­ ated strikers ep ead destruction about the mine. Dumpcarts, props, tlmbets, old machinery and all available loo-e material were hurled into the shaft, completely filling'it. The glass and sa h of the buildings were smashed and the mining machinery were speed­ ily rendered u e'ess. According to a press dispatch, scenes of wanton destruction and intimidation continued until 9 o'clock, when the pillagers formed und^r leaders and marched to the Cdin mines, eight miles awa., there to repeat the work of de­ struction. Tlie local committee made an ineffectual attempt Wednesday to induce the n en working in the Pot­ tenger mine to stop work, hence tha attack of the strikers. When it was learned In Centralia that the mob was en route in a captured freight train, a special train was made up for Sheriff Helms and his posse at Salem, but the official arrived only to see the matauders marching toward Odin. Cuic<ly recruiting fifty deputies Sheriff Helms armed his oarty with Winchesters and 1 m ruunds ot ammunition each at the local arm­ ory and left lor (Jd n in a special tra n. Gov. Altgeld was asked to send tha State militia to the sc ne. but refused toio»o until the loi al authorities had1 used tbe means within their power to preserve peace and protect property. top of him and then poured more twim. "THEY say Bilkall's boy is a prom­ ising youngster." "Takes after his father, then. Old man ain't (aid a cent in 3ix years." CAULKK--Doesn't it worry you to think of yoor daughter, on the ocean? Old Lady--Dear me, pa She can mm * "4 \ BRLEFLFTTSE SEVERAL, bridges were washed away near Anoka, Minn., by a Hood. Gov. W AJTE of Colorado will make Populist campaign speeches in 1 llinois. THE Taylor brothers, murderers of the Meeks family, are said to have been cornered in the woods near No- vinger, Mo. IT is said the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, a brother cf the Czar, will marry Princess Maud, youngest daugh­ ter of the Prince of Wales. ANDREW J. GRAHAM, author of the system of shorthand which bears his name, died at his ho i e in Orange, N. .T. He was in his (i-ith year. THE Kellys and RalTertys, ot South- ville, Masa, settled a long-stand log feud with revolvers. Two will die and two others are badly wounded. J. L. HASTINGS, Representative from the Twenty-second Senatorial District of 111 nois, died at his home in Galesburg. He was 3t5 years old. THE matter of the sale of the Guar­ anty Loan Building at Minneapolis, Minn., will be taken up shortly, J THE international conference of Riv- er brethren closed at Abi ene, Kan. Bishop Entile was elected Mcdorator and J. B. Staaffner, of Illinois, Mixtion Treasurer. A MEETING of the leaders of the commonweal is to be held soonatDes Mo nes. Iowa, to formulate a plan for a nati nal organization to perpetuate the movement. AN admission fee was charged to Randall's camp at Fort Wayne, Ind., and considerable money was secured. Pr .v sioni ia plenty have been fur­ nished by citizens. • -iPKE?* ' ' ' • . .• • of Hoaw The discussion theory that two enough for any rational or heilt&r human being continues TiKOroosly; Opinion is not all with the ID yen tor, for the majority of people Insist that eight or nine hours' sleep is necessary to perfect health, A few I instances are recalled r>y persons who have gone into the subject deeply of men who bave succeeded io getting along with four hours' sleep out of the twenty-four, and isolated cases of extraordinary periods of wakeful­ ness in cases of danger and great ex-, cltement are quoted. The walking matches which were held atone time; in New York gradually resolved themselves into a question of how long a man could get along without sleepy and tin one instance a walker went five days with an average of less than three and one-half hours' sleep out of each twenty-four hours. Mr. Edison's theory is that ; the practice of sleeping eight or nine? hours is a relic of barbarsim, wnich became part of our nature when? there was no artificial lights and that when darkness came on there * was nothing else to do but sleep Night editors, night watchmen, night telegraph operators, and other mem­ bers of .the numerous army of labor­ ers who turn night into day, sleep! fewer hours a day than other people. There are many thousands ot men in this city who go to bed at 7 o'clock in the morning, after completing their night's work, and who are awake and stirring at 12 o'clock. They find five hours' sleep enough. So do the men who have to go to market eaily, such as the purchasing ! agents of the big cafes, restaurants, clubs, and grocery firms. These men risS at 3:30 or 4 o'clock in the morn­ ing, although they seldom go to bed before 11:30. Occasionally they take a nap in the afternoon for an hour,* but that does not upset Mr. Edison's theory in any way. Perhaps a more notable instance is the life followed, by some of the owners, trainers, ? stablemen, and jockeys of tbe big; racing stablea While the horses are in training during the season they are nearly always "taken out for a trial in tbe early hours pf the morn­ ing. The names of. scopes men % could be given who* rise? at ^4: HO: o'clock every morning during the rac­ ing season, repair to the stables, and S who never get to bed until near / the hour of midnight. Sailors sleep; four hours, then have- an ...eight h hours' watch, and so ,<$& $he officers on the ocean steamers.: ^fhe se'co'nd four hours' rest at the exoiration of the first eight hours on deck is often spent by the officers and men in read­ ing, smoking, and lounging about. Sometimes they snatch^ an hour's sleep or so, but seamen "assert that ^ five hours' sleep is enough for any able-bodied man.--New York Sun. IN THE GRIP OF AN OCTOPUS. H , *. Hie Terrible Experience of a Woman oa an Island tn the Pacific. _ ' There is a woman in San Fran­ cisco wbo recently lost a night's sleeps through reading how citizens .' of Monterey captured an octopus. The Incident recalled an experience she had for that night she never closed her eyes in sleep Her husband was superintendent of a gaug of laborers who were working guano beds, and h s wife and child were with blm. One day the woman was walking along the beach when she saw in a pool a particulaaly beautiful shell. Baring her arm she reached down into the water for the prize when suddenly there was a splash and two snake-like objects entwined themselves around the limb submerged in the water. It was a devil-fish, and in a moment J the pressore on her arm was such as to cause her terrible pain. Struggle as she might she was unable to re­ lease herself, and finding that all her eiiorts in that direction were vain, she told her little boy to run home f; tor nelp. The child sped away, but by this t me the mother began to feel her strength failing. She also - realized whith horror that tbe tide was rap dly rising. Wave after wave dashed over her body, which had by this time been seized by all the arms of the octopus. Fortunately the- monster was a small one; it otherwise ' wculd undoubtedly have dragged her into the water to death. The water rose higher and.higher, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that she managed to breathe Finally a wave bigger than any of the others rolled over her, and ber desperate ef­ forts to regain her breath left her r, without any strength. Her senses gave way just as sne heard a shout and a rush of feet The next moment half a dozen men had rushed into the . water and seized her unconscious, form. The woman was dragged; ashore, the octopus still clinging to, her arms and neck, and in a few min­ utes regained consciousness. The octopus, which was promptly killed, was one of the smaller kinds, measur­ ing only seven feet from the body to/ the end of thelougest arm. A Large Hotel. 1 -f The Impecunious Bohemians '<&••. London, when too poor to pay for ar- night's lodging, sleep in what they poetically name tbe Hotel of the Beautiful Star, or the Hotel de la. Belle Etoile, as it is called by those ? who speak French. It is a large hotel, and the lodgers can choose from among several cham­ bers. such as tbe park and the Thames embankment; and always find elbow-room and plenty of water. < Eight or ten years ago Mr. Christie Murray--he tells the story in "The Making of a Novelist"--was sitting in the Savage Club in company with four distinguished men of letters. One of them was the editor of a> London daily, who said, "1 do not suppose that any man in jny present position has experienced in London tbe privations 1 knew wben I first came here, I went hungry for three davs, twentv years ba .'lc, and for three nights I slept in the park." "You cap thatv Christie!" said one of tbe party. "Four nights on the embankment. Four days hungry," he answered. H a neighbor, a poet, chimed in la­ conically, "five." All of the party had slept in that hotel which is always open for every­ body. v THE well-meaning man sometimes i breaks the most crockery. • • • • ,V ;-;4