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THE OMAHA DAILY BE3ii : TUESDAY. DECEMBEK SI , 1897.
BO BASE BALL FOR OMAHA
Western League Irannhlso la Tendered , but
Hot Accepted ,
CONDITIONS ARE TOO HARD TO ACCEPT
T. MpICrc llpflliirH tli < " Honor ol
"it 1M > H Tvant
lit Ilie ( Jnle
CHICAGO , Dec , 20. After having the
eighth franchise of the Western league prac
tically awarded to Omaha , Manager James T.
McKco today , In n brief note of explanation ,
notified , the base ball magnatcn that the
conditions that would have to bo fulfilled
were too hard and after thanking the gentle
men for courtesies extended , nnd "Hoping
that I have not put you to any unnecessary
trouble , " Mr. McKco declined the honor of
managing a team In the western city.
The magnates ot the Western league mot
today for the purpose of formally awarding
the franchise for the elirhth city. It w.ii
decided at the meeting last night that Omaha
was the best place tor the franchise , and at
Manager tMcKeo had agreed to all the condi
tions of the lejague ho was given the priv
ilege. The note from Mr. McKce > was a com
plete surprise. There was a strong feeling
that Grand Rapids would retain the
franchise after the refusal ot the
Omaha 'representatives to take It ,
hut from the number of times Henry
Strobcl of Cleveland was called Into thr
room when the meeting was being held
It was evident that the application of the
Ohio city had many friends. Those two
cities were apparently the only two remain
ing lu the race. None of the ball men In
nttendanca would discuss tlio matter , how
ever , beyond the- statement that nothing
definite had yet been decided on. President
Ban Johnann did aay , however , that ho ex
pected the matter to ba nettled late thlii
afternoon.
What the Inward meaning ot Omaha' . '
withdrawal Is was the subject of much
speculation. 3IcKo is confessedly a Srnuld-
Inff mar. and it wrii. hlatec , though no cm-
would adtn t the truth of the- rumor , tha- .
behind It lay a phn for the placing of u
Wcstorn league club In Chicago with Captain
Anson cs Its manager. This pl'ase ot the
matter wa ssuggiutsd to McKee today , but
i hengsortcd there was not the nllghtesi
foiiari-illon for such a report. He said lift
decision , not to accept the frnnrhlso far
Omalia WE made becau.se he did not see his
way clear to fulfill the conditions Imposed 'by '
the league
In speaking of the matter ho Eald : "Im the
first place all the good pkoers in the West
ern league are disposed of and It would be
impossible for me to get a gocd team to
gether , and even then , this being If ? Initial
year. It would ot course be n tallonder. 1
would have to build now grounds besides payIng -
Ing up the Indebtedness en the franchise. I
figure KM t It will cost me $10.000 before we
play a game , and then there Is a bond for
$10,000 which will haveto be glvon. All
In all It M too tough a preposition for mo to
go against. "
It WM finally decided thit the question ot
awarding the eighth franchise should bo re
ferred to a committee of three , of i\hlci !
President Johnnrn Is one , who will give t'ao
matter careful study and report Its findings
to the league by mall. A rrall vote will
then be taken , and the much mooted question
settled for three years at least. The next
meeting will take place February 21 , In Kan-
cas City.
KvtMilM on tluIliiniilnix TrncliH.
SAN FRANCISCO , Dec. 20-Weathcr
clear , track 'fast , at Oakland today. Re
sults :
First race , five furlongs : Irnden won ,
Brambella second , ' Miss * Alice third. Time :
UK.Second
Second race , seven furlongs : Myth won ,
Fortunate second , B. * i W. third Time :
l:27H. :
Third race , mile and a sixteenth : Salvado
won , Bernardino second , Don Clarenclo
third. Tlmo : lM\'t. \
Fourth race , Plnkorton handicap , six fur-
IOIIKH : St. Ciithbert won , Tor.slda second ,
Eddie Jones thlid. Time : 1:1 : : iy. .
, Fifth race , five furlonas : Tiger Lily won ,
Morlnel second , Lady Ashley third. Time :
1:01V- : .
. Sixth race , one mile : Moylan won. Double
Quick second , JInsouro third. Time : 1:4071 : ,
NIDW ORLJSANS , Dec. 20. Fair weather
and n. good track were the racing conditions
today. Results :
First race , six furlongH ; Dudley E won ,
Sir. Hunt second , Balance All third. Time.- :
1:27. :
Second race , six : furlongs : French Gray
won , Pontut Canet second , Gypcelver third.
Tlmo : 1:18 : ,
'lirtlrd race , mile nnd twenty yards : His
TJrother won , Elkln second. Jolly Son third.
Time : 1:48. :
Fourth race , mile und twenty yards :
Mazarine won , Charlna second , What Next
third. Time : 1M7.
Fitth race , one mlle : Viscount won , Rush-
ford second , Miss Youny third , Time :
Col. I llnr f < > r Soulli African.
BUFFALO. N. Y. . Dec. 20. "Rill" HelTcr-
man ot Johannesburg , ' South Africa , who
has been touted as a second Fltzslmmons ,
made his Initial appearance In an American
ring tonight ii ) what was to have been u
twenty-round KO with Tommy Ryan ot
Syracuse , llofterman was the easiest vic
tim that Ryan aver met. llofferman was
tall nnd lanky , with u lent ; reach which ,
however , was no obstacle to the Syracuse
man , who landed when nnd where he
pleased , Heffermnn was slow and awkward
and llynn played with him for three roundn.
while the crowd laughed derisively. In
the third round the Soul'.i ' African wag Hent
to the lloor by a left on tiie chin and took
the limit In getting up. Ho went down
Blood In a Torrlblo Condition and
All Run Down In Health Has Become -
como Strong and Healthy.
"f was nil run down , blood Jn terrlblo
condition nnd I was troubled with a severe
scrofulous humor which caused mo great
suffering. I took medicine for a long
time , but received no permanent benefit.
AtthU timp I waa working in n general
Btoro , and I thought I would look over the
medicines mid see if I could find something
thing- that would hit my cnee. I read an
advertisement ol Ilood'a ' Saraaparilla aud
concluded to try it. The Ilrst bottle
lielpod mo wonderfully nnd I continued
ita use until I had taken nine bottles. By
this time I felt llko a new man , and elnco
then have not been nick a day , I am now
Btrong and healthy nnd I have such confl-
dsnco in FTood'n Bnrsapnrlllo that I recom
mend It ns the best medicine on earth. "
JOHN J. LITTLH , Munnavillo , N. Y.
Hood's Sarsapanlla
Is the boat In fact the Ono True Blood Purifier.
Prepared by 0. 1. Hood & Co. , Lowell , MUM.
_ . , , are the Deal attsr-dlnner
Hood S PlIlS jilllJ , aid dlsestion. 2Jc.
npraln a moment later from n righthander
on the Jaw nnd w-a counted out.
\ \Vliori- I'ttKllUt Clotn 11 U Niuuc.
NDW YOHK , Dec. 20-John ( Kid ) McCoy ,
the noted ex-Jmnk hurglnr. whoso record
Is known to the police of nil countries * , was
Uruck on Wiu head with a club nnd prob
ably fatally Injured today hy John Mcdln-
nls , proprietor of a Bowery lodging house ,
McCoy wan lukuti to a. hospital and -Me-
Glnnls was arrested ,
Lately McCoy hns earned n precarious
living by felling locka. At ono tlmo he took
part In a realistic drama called "The Stow
away , " In which he nnd "Splko" Henne sy
cracked n safe on the Blase. Norman Solby ,
the Indiana pURlllit , It la said , after wit-
neatlrra n performance of "Tho Stowaway ,
announced that thereafter would call
hlmsHf "Klil McCoy. " nnd Ii8 has ever
since appeared In the ring under that name ,
Rntiien.
NEW YOHK , Uec , 20. The players se
lected to tnko part In the IntercolIeslAto
chr.ii tournament In this city next week
arc *
Columbia-Arthur S. Myer , 1931 ; Qoorgp O.
Sownrcl , 1S9S. Substitute * , J. C. Fftlte , 1S01 ;
B. H. Jacobs. 1S38. '
Harvard JameH Hewlns , 1EOS : E'.mer
Southard , medical. Suballtutes , 1 * . L-onp ,
ISft ? ; K. 13. Thnycr. ISOfl.
Yale Ixnils A. Cook , 1000 ; William H.
Murdoch , 1SO.S. Substitutes , II. Logan , 1900 :
J'p : ' David T. Dana , 1SOI ; William
W. Younjr , 1MB. Substitutes , K. D. Carter ,
1COO ; C. II. Halo , 1SSS.
ItiMmctt Tnlti'H It Knnlly.
PHILADELPHIA. De.c. 20.-Jaclc Bennett
of McKoesport knocked out Billy Krnst of
Brooklyn In the thirteenth round at the
Olympln. club at Athens , Pa. , tonlKht. The
bout was scheduled for fifteen rounds and
was llennett'H from start to finish ,
o\ LOOKOUT run. KII/UIUSTBHS.
I.omU'd nt
Three VIMMI-IN Vow Helntv
( Qirrcfpomlonce of the Asuoclnteil Prcs1" . )
PDNSACOLX Fla. , Dee. IS. There was
considerable activity on board the United
States ctuamer Montgomery yesterday , owing
to Information having reached Ita commander
to the effect that several Bitspscteil filibusters
were In the harbor. Consequently the cruiser
ftartcd the tires and mids preparations for
Rottlns under way nt a moment's notice.
The crew of the cruiser worked In conjunc
tion with the revenue cutter Pcnrose. Late
In the afternoon the Montgomery put a squad
of armed men , in chafKO ot nn officer , on
board the Penrose , and thsy will bo relieved
every four homo until further developments.
The Montgomery also flttad out several ot Us
boats with guns , ammunition and armed
crev.s to patrol the harbor , while the Ponross
did duty outside , around Warrlngton. All
the boats of the Montgomery Invo orders to
lire two blank charges to bring to any sus
pected vessel , and upon Its neglecting to
Btop , a third shot this tlmo n loaded shell
la to be llred.
The Somors N. Smith , a pilot boat , a ves
sel called the Dritanpla. and a schooner arc
loading hero under olflclal supervision. The
Smith Is said to have run several success
ful expeditions 'n the past , having cscapei
the Montgomery once , and na It came in
from aca on Thursday night and has been
taking on board all day long a cargo ot some
description , an unusual proceeding for a
pilot boat , the Montgomery Intends to follow
as soon as it gets under way.
The Britannia and a schooner have also
been taking a cargo of boxes , supposojj to be
ammunition , etc. , on board , and It is re
ported that the Dauntless la waiting some
where outside the bar in order to ship the
munitions at sen. It will thus be seen that
a well organized expedition to Cuba is ap
parently being equipped hero.
SOU l > ' ! pIitlnK 1" IlnliiMiiln.
LONDON , Dec. 21. A dispatch from
Vienna to the Daily Telegram reports that
there have been sanguinary conflicts at sev
eral barracks In Prague during the Mst few
says between. Czechs and German soldiers
Twenty-live men have been severely wounded
The authorities confiscated the Czech newc
papers that reported the affrays.
Jury Snjii'lt Is Willful Murder.
LONDON , Dec. 20. At the Inquest today
over the remains ot William Terrlss , tht
actor , the eoroner'o Jury rendered a verdic
of willful murder.
DeutliM f a Dny.
NEW YORK , Dec. 20. Stephen Bucking
ham Sturgts , ono ot the.founders of th
Northwest National bank of Chicago , Is dea <
at his home In Brooklyn of apoplexyagec
70. He was born in Mansfield. O. , and wa
graduated nt Kcnyon college , at Cambria , i
the same state. He was the son ot Ebe
Perry Sturgls , a prominent merchant am
banker and one of the pioneer settlers o
Mansfield , O. Mr. Strugls was a banker i
Sacramento , Cal. , during the gold fever years
Ho afterward went to Cleveland and was in
control of the Forest City bank ot that city
when the war broke out. He was made
lieutenant colonel of the Cleveland Light
artillery and went with that battery to the
front at the opening of hostilities. Soca
afterward ho was forced to retire from active
service on account of Ill-tiealth , but gave
valuable assistance on various sanitary commissions -
missions aud on committees In support of the
government. When the national banks were
started he founded the Northwest National
bank of Chicago. In 1877 ho retired from ,
active business , engaging only as director of
several enterprises.
NEWYOIIK. Dec. 20. Louis Lclaml of the
family of the famous hotelmen ot that name
died In this city today , aged 03. He , with
his brothers , have been among the most
prominent hotelmen In the United States.
His last active management ot a hotel was
In connection with the Sturtevant houae
in this city , from which he retired about
seven years ago. With his brother , C. S.
Leland , ho managed the old St. Charles
hotel , ono of the famous Broadway hotels
in earlier days. The Leland hotel in Chicago
cage , still In existence under that name ,
was ono of the best known of Leland's en
terprises , as is the Leland at Springfield ,
111.
111.UE
UE DCLOUD , Neb. , Dec. 20. ( Special. )
Loyd Hlchardson , son of W. N. Itlchardson ,
died suddenly last evening.
Iiiitt * I'nlliu * .N'
15. B. Wlltaey and Fritz PJerrou came to
blows last night nt Sixteenth and Daven
port HtreetH and were taken care of by tlio
police van. PJerrou states that Wlltney
made an uncomplimentary remark about
his wife.
Kittle Owens , the colored quern ot the
Third ward , was arrested again last nlsiiit
on the- charge of larceny as bailee. Kay
C.imeron claims that she entrusted 43 to
her friend to secure a bond for tier and that
the money was spent for other purposes.
P. P. Chlodo , a tailor nt 1012 Capitol ave
nue , reported to the police last night that
u Hiienk thief had stolen live null pattern *
and two overeoat patterns from his store.
Ilnlil on it ( iaiulillnir Joint.
A raid on gambling roams at 218 North
Sixteenth street was made hint night and
a number of sports were gathered in. A
Kamc of stud poker was In progress , but no
money was In slsJit. The keeper of the
house , Ham Joru-.s , and three participants
wern taken In custody on the charge of
Rambling , Klvo spectntorH were also
Ibckcd up as Inmates , oC a disorderly house.
All of the men gave assumed names , UH
tlirlr real titles are by no means unknown
In the city ,
_
Tituiiiiuiiy'H 1'rliimrleN ( 'nlleil.
NU\V YOUIC , Deo. 20. The genernl com
mittee of Tammany Hull met tonight und
deelded that the primaries of the organiza
tion Hliull be held December 29. A motion
to continue the present executive commit
tee was paused unanimously , Neither
lllchard Croker nor John C , Sneehnn were
prcteiit ut thu meeting ,
. . .1HE BEF.
B . YLPItaua <
FOR. . .
K Queen of the Ice Carnival
MY CHOICE FOR OUEEN POLARIS
IS ,
Ballot Boxes located at Mlllard Hotel , Boo U ! < 1 , King Pharmacy , 27th
and I eavcnworth ats. ; Chna , A. Tracy'a , ICth &ud Douglas ; Bhrader's
Drug Store , North 2Uh and Seward uta.
OimiS & LOVH , Cnrtilvnl Mnuagors ,
This ballot must be deposited within S day a front data.
Coupons iray l > a malleii within two days to Carnival
' Qtllre. Omaha.
inrv mcoNSCtoL's or
limnrrnr Cnr Plllcitn'Kli I.nliorer-i
Collfilpn TTHH n. Train.
DBNfVEn , Deo. 20. Six ot the tracklayers
njurodi In the col Ils I on last evening on the
) onver & Hlo Qrando ratlroid near Cnatlfc
lock arrive * In this city eifly this mornlag
nit were Inken to thrir homes. They art
larry Myera , J. Olson , Frank Wilson , J
V-itson , MlKe Murphy * nd Henry Custer.
heir Injuries constated ot bruises and
< T > ralns. The more aerloualy injured , who
re being cared for at Castle Hock , or In the
railroad hospital at Sallda , are : Oliver
Mtmer , comopund fracture of right leg ; C
Nelson , leg broken ; Will O'Neill , shoulder
nurt ; J. Can tie-Id , head cut ; C. B. Carltoa ,
he-ad cut ; Will Letts , bruised ; Arthur Mulkln-
eu , face cut ; George Murray , noaecut , anklt
) nilscd ; J. W. Tate , leg bruised ; S
Dlomtoln , nose gashed , arm brokea ; Pat
Cooney , shaken ; William Thompson , he 4 cut ,
> rulsc-d ; J. No-Ian , oldo wrenched ; M , Gallop ,
cga wrenched ; Qeorso Horn , face hurt ; II ,
lennott , legs out hnd 'bruised ; Eric Scholtz ,
icad gashed ; tlkc Sullivan , incae brokea ,
eft side badly Injured ; Barney Dcvlne , cut
over right eye , left leg wrenched ; Charles
0. Johnson , right ankle spmlcod ; John
Cavanah , face torn , left leg hurt ; Thomas
{ ennody. legs Injured ; John Ryan , cut ,
roseph Fre-etnan , head cut ; Emit Protect , legs
iidly wrenched ; J. Gallagher , anklepri'lned ,
. * . Whalca , head gashed ; J. Reynolds , foot
acerateil ; J , Mercy , eldo strained.
The coach which the men occupied was
running wild down hill at the rate of about
hlrty-fivo miles en hour whoaIt crashed Into
the engine of a freight train going in the
opposite direction. The engineer of tht
relght saw the runaway oir coming acd ahut
off steam and applied the air brakes , bringing
i'fl train almost to a atop before the collision
occurred. The engineer and fireman isaved
themselves by jumping. The passenger car
was completely wrecked and many ot Its
occupants pinned In the debris. That n-ono
were killed seems a miracle. When the col.
Isloo occurred the men were chatting and
aughlng , entirely unconscious of danger.
Their car had been left standing on the main
; rack at Castle Rock , attached to a caboose ,
while the engine wae detached to sldetwck
some other cars. The coupling broke , and
the car with its human freight started to rundown
dow-n grada uncontrolled. Its occupants sup
posing It wcs attached to the train.
FAVOU ! ) POSTAIi SAVIVCS IJAMvS.
of Liilxir Kml'li'icM All lint
OniCliiU.sc 11 f Itlll.
NASHVILLE , Tean. , Dec. 20. When the
National Federation ot Labor met tcday a
resolution relative to legislation on the pos
tal savings bank system was laid before the
r-cttventlon by the committee on resolutions.
The resolution endorses the bill ( .lending be-
( ere -congress favoring the establishment of
postal savings banks , with the clause rela
tive to the national banks stricken out. The
resolution was adopted.
A resolution expressing approval of thp
national movement for the purification ot
primary elections was adopted.
Resolutions wore adopted that an effort be
made to organize firemen ; that .speelil in
structions for the organization of journeymen
halters and their local unions be Issued ; that
efforts be made to organize the trlckmasons
who arc as yet unorganized.
Seveial resolutions relating to boycotting
were acted upon.
The convention will tirobably adjourn this
evening.
The resolution in regard to the free coinage -
ago of silver at 1C to 1 was taken up and a
substitute on the Gage bill waa adopted as
follows :
Resolved , That we declare ourselves most
positively opposed to the Gage financial lilll ,
recently introduced in congress by the see-
ictary of the treasury. It Is a measure
that , IE adopted as n law , will only all the
more tlrmly rivet the gold standard on the
ppople ot the country nnd perpetuate Its
disastrous effects in every form.
Kcso'.ved , That we pronounce the Gage
hill -undisguised effort to retire our
freenback currency and all government
paper money , with a view tp the substitu
tion of national bank notes in their stead
and thus fasten tcic natloYml bank system
for years upon the American people.
The convention decided to increase the per
capita tax to 2 cents and the change goes
Into effect February 1 , 189S. An amendment
to the constitution requiring officers Jiere-
aftcr to be elected on the last day of the
convention was adopted.
The convention will complete all business
tomorrow and adjourn.
WOIllCKUS AIIE IsnTTBIl ElII'LOYED.
Tiiiiiruvoil Co-miltlnti > r Airalrn In 'Vow '
York.
NEW YORK , Dec. 20. According to the
World , ot 2D7.850 workers In this city , the
records show that 92,075 are out of work.
Last year at this tlmo 125,375 were Idle.
Ernest Boehm , secretary of the Central
Labor union , estimates that fully 100,000
persons are in enforced idleness now. This
estimate is probably near the truth , for it
to the 92,000 shown to be Idle by the World's
figures bo added the many clerks , book
keepers , accountants , etc. , who are seekIng -
Ing work , the total will reach 100,000. Com
i parison shows that so far as the number of
unemployed is concerned , the situation is a
marked Improvement over that of a year
ago. More men by the thousands are at
work. This is particularly true of men
engaged In the building trades.
Within several years there has not been
so much building aa now. In some instances
walking delegates have been made to find
a sufficient number of workmen for employ
ers. The Increase o" employment has come
for the most part to skilled labor. The only
striking Instance In unskilled labor has been
in the ranks of laborers on streets and for
contractors. The same story Is told nt labor
bureaus. The most interesting comparison
In this line Is offered by the figures of the
. Free Libor bureau of the Association for
i Improving the Condition ot the Poor. The
books show that in December this year 841
persons secured employment through this
bureau , whllo In December , 1898 , but 263
places were secured.
M.VK1XC ! SIJHVKVS OF 'J'HIJ YUKON.
rioveriiiniMil Sti-niner < o Hi ; Sent Ij ! >
Hit Illvpr.
OAKL'AND. Cal. , Deo. 20. The United
States geodetic surveying ship McArthur has
seen ordered to Alaskan waters and with the
evening of spring will head for the Yukon
river , there to 'remain until a series of Im
portant surveys have been accomplished and
a thorough study of the country made. The
McArthur lies on the ways at the Hay &
Wright shipyards , receiving repairs , but will
soon bo in readiness for active service. Cap-
Bin I. Wllhelms , In charge of the ship , undsr
Instructions from the Nnvy department at
Washington- secured bids for towing a
small atern-wheel steamer to the mouth of
the Yukon to alJ In the surveying work and
to servo for the navigation of rivers too
shallow lor the McArthur. The McArthur
will worl ; up > he Alaskan ccast , taking ob
servations , until the mouth of the Yukon la
reached. Then the stern-wheeler will be
lirougbt Into use .and the crew and ofllccia
will go upitho Yuk'on as far as possible , carefully -
fully surveying the country and preparing
charts for a new government ratt ) of the
district.
MOXSTKR IHItlKATIO.V
Would Only Co t tin * Trifle of Three
IliuiiU-i'il MIllloiiN ,
TOPEKA , Kan. , Dec. 20. Governor Leedy
announces that ho will present a scheme to
the Nebraska Irrigation convention which , If
carried out , will cause the arid plains to
blossom < . the rose. A 1,000-mllo canal
from Montana to Texas Is the startling propo
sition to bo formally made by Governor
Leedy to the coming Irrigation congress. Thu
purpose of the canal would be to divert the
Hood of waters of the Missouri , Impound
them and let them down when wanted , The
canal would tap the Missouri river at Milk
river in Montana aud empty Into Red river , in
Texas. The governor maintains Incidentally
that the ccwt would be wily ; 300,000,000.
Striker SlimiU u AViiiiinn ,
TROY , N. V , , Dec. 20.lnco the strike
began several weeks ago In the West aide
foundry In < ho town of Colonle , u suburb
of Watervllet. collisions between the strik
ers and the men who took their plac's have
been frequent. Today three strikers went
to the house ot Joseph Haliler. ono of thu
Webt Side's present farce , and llred several
b-hot at > hlm. Ono bullet struck Mrs. Holilur
In the neck. Her recovery la doubtful.
LIST , WRICKING TAXPAYERS
im n
Oonsldoi Tqarsolvoa Portunato in Not
Living iu "Gay Parae. "
AN AMAZING' ' SYSTEM OF TAXATION
Kenrly $1)2 n Ypnr Itiiponeil on Uvcrj-
3Inn , AVoimin nml Child l.lvliiic
In ( lip'1 l''rcnch CnitKnl
\Vhl t It Vn-itn to Die. I
Talk about taxes and taxgathcrers. In
taxes as In other material things the French
capital surpasses the l > cst efforts of Ameri
can municipal managers ,
A correspondent of the Now York Sun ,
writing from 1'arls , explains the amazing
system ot taxation In vogue there. To ap
preciate the system fully the correspondent
states that the population ot Paris , by police
cwisus. Is 2.592,000. The yer capita tax for
municipal purposes Is J26.55. The debt ol
the city Is $531,490,0 ( > 0 , . a per capita of ? 205.05 ,
nml carrying an annual Interest charge of
$23,346,000. The aggregate tax tor munici
pal purposes yields about $68,000,000 and the
department or gtato tax $5,600,000. Besides
having to pay this great tax , which amounts
to over $27 for every man , woman and child ,
the proportion oC the government budget
which the city of Paris pays Is nearly one-
auartcr of the whole sum. The. figures for the
fiscal year 1S97 , partly estimated , are $169-
480,000. Add to this the municipal and de
partmental tax on the Inhabitants of Paris Is
not far from $92. This , taking the avoragc
slzo of families In all civilized countries but
Prance , wotlhl mean that the head of the
house must deduct from his yearly wages or
salary about $100 for the surport of his
government. As It Is. the sum la not halt
that ; the Fronts family grows smaller nnJ
smaller , to the naive wonder of , the govern
ment and lu sjiito ot Its almost tearful pro
testations.
PINCHING THK POOH.
It might bo said that per capita figures nro
misleading that the rich sustain uronortlon-
ately mere than their burden of taxation , and
that wtat falls on the poor Is Indirect. Hut
that Is not so ; in France It Is ttio poor man
that cays the tax. Hero are some illustra
tions :
The barbarous , but time-honored Institution
of the octroi furnishes $31,000,000. almost half
of the total municipal budget. The octroi , It
may not to necessary to exulaln , Is a custom
house especially for the city of Paris. At
every city gate , at every river landing , at
every railway station , Ita olllcers stand ready
to pounce upon what the ordinances eay is
duties , one at the frontier and one at the
gates of Paris. Hut the great bulk of the
revenues Is derived from country produce ,
wino and tucl. It strikes the poor with ex
actly tfto same weight that It strikes the
rich. Almcbt every article known to nun.
with the two notable exceptions of milk and
fruit , ray octroi. The duties arc not par
ticularly heavy , but they count in a noor '
man's expenditures. Meats , tor Instance.'aro
taxed from 1 to 2 cents a pound ; eggs , 1
cent a dozen ; butter , 3 cents a pound ; cheese ,
2 cents a pouhd , ; psh , from 2 to 4 cents a
pound ; salt , 1 cent a pound ; coal , from $1.20
to $1.60 a ton. . , : " ,
In real property In Paris , as oYwwhcre In
Frnnce. the layya are all in favor of the land
lord at the expenses ot the tenant. Rents
are comparatively cheap , but why ? In the
ilrst place , aHlandlord nays no tax on his
property unless It Is rented. In the case 01
apartmuct houses , when an apartrr.ect be
comes vacant Jlie- landlord COCOES to pay taxes
exactly In the proportion the vacant apart
ment bears to. . the whole house ; in otlier
wore ! * , IE half , .bis , apartments are un'.et , he
piys just half tlip.tax Assessed on the hoiv.e.
In ( he secccil fllace , , outgoes tenants art
obliged to psy"auage cliarscs" to the lanfl-
lord , wUpther ; , they have made any damage
or net ; it Ig eally a charge for "wear and
tear. " in the. third p'ace , the tenant pays a
tax on every stick ot furniture ho owns , OL
every door cad window la the apartment he
occupies , on every gUlon ot water that he
usw. if tneic is gas on the premises he has ,
to pay whether he uses It or not. He pays
a heavy government tax for the privilege of
having It , another tax for the preservation
of the street trains ; another tax graduated
upon the number of turners installed ; an
other * tax for the keeping clean ot the pipes
in the house ; lastly , a considerable sum to-
the gas company for the rent of the meter
The manufacture of gas Is heavily taxed In
Paris , and the result is $3,000,000 a year for
the budget. The other taxes mentioned are
mostly national , nad bring In over $100,000-
000. Roughly speaking a rent ot $250 a year
In Paris means about $330 when you have
paid all the consequent taxes , andi a monthly
gas bill of $5 means really $7. The price of
gas Is $4.50 per 1,000 feet. The poor man
and the rich man , ot course , pay each bis
proportion.
DIRECT TAXES.
fa the direct taxes there Is a. personal or
poll tax , which amounts to the value of
three days of your labor , the sum to b& fixed
by the ajtseflEora. It ranges usually from $1
to $3 , Among the other 'taxes are those on
your business. If you want 1o start a bakery
you pay $10 for a Jlcecse and ai percentage
on your receipts thereafter ; if you are a
'oarber you cannot open a shop without payIng -
Ing to the government beforehand the sum
of $8 and a proportion of your earnings as
Img as you keep open. These taxes cover
every tradeprcfcwlon and business , BU
department stores like the Don Marche and
the Louvre pay over $200,000 yearly taxes 01
the business they transact. Every legal
document must hive its government stamp.
Every check you craw , every receipt you
give , requires a 2-cont stamp. If you stick
up a. poster on a dead wall , or 'o a etrc-et
car , you muit pu > t a stamp on It ; If you
write out a sign proclaiming that you want
an apprentice or havea furnished room
to rent and stick it In your chop window you
must attach a stamp to It. If you have a
dog , the government charges you $2 ; but pups
are exempt until they are weaned , under
the surveillftncD of th& police. A carriage
coats you $12 , a saddle liorso $5 , u bicycle $2.
A bllllerd table Is rated' the came as a
carriage $12 a year.
The custom .houso du'ty ' on sugar Is four-
fifths of a cent a pound ; the government
tax , on domestic and imported alike , is C
cents a pound. Tobacco1 , cigars and cigarettes ,
also matches , are a govotumfnt mor poly.
Considering their nullity , the profit on their
manufacture muol amount Ito several thous
and per cent.
Many of these Items are , of course , na
tional taxes , but as they are levied by muni
cipalities In c'tlicr countries , 'they might
properly bo regarded ao municipal. In any
event they urs distinctly germane to the
oompirison of 'the cost of government In
Paris and Now * Vrirk , for the French national
government efioills a great deal for Paris ,
nuldo from this mbnlclpal outpouring ,
It la rathci" > tllrlous to note In what ways
( ho municipal 'council of Paris puts out the
$08,000,000 UlkJ. It gathers yearly. It IB
THE FAVORITE GAME'
; "i
A Llttlr iIliifJKh , " " ' " " " " 'I 'J'l'tt of
Aui vM-'iiu > Hiuluriiiiue ,
Football lius Ki'own In favor In Amor
leu until today it occupies a most promInent
Inont plnco" > ir Hthlotlc sports.
Twt'iity-llVi1 thousand people roc-entlj
witnessed tli'tf pimt ! nt Now Haven be
twccn Ynlo and Princeton.
Tlio work IH tremendous and requires
young men of powerful physique um
good Htrong Ill-arts and lun s.
The trainers quite universally forb !
the use of coffee because of Its cffcc
on the heart. >
A majority of the best and most care
fill trainers nro pronounced In their rec
ommendatlons of I'oatuin Kootl Coffee
because It gives the athletes n warm
delicious beverage and , better than that
It supplies In liquid form the solectei
food elements , which nature uses to
ImlUl .In pvej-y nerve and muscle.
rl'he"careful selection of food for pow
erful athletes furnishes a lesson to the
less powerfully built brain worker who
really needs more care In the selection
of food titan docs thu strong man who
can make a pretty good attempt , at cll-
almost any sort of food.
purely A socialist body , and some of Its ex
penditure * l vo been criticised rather
strongly by the perfect ot the Seine , who
la the government watch-dog over Its ndtlons.
Twlco In recent yoare , for las'tnnco. ' It hoa
sent largo municipal funds to striking co.il
m-lncM In remote parts ot the country ; which
made some of the 1'nrls taxpayers squirm.
The council Is said , to bo strictly honcst , _
however.
Of course the largest amount ROCS for In-
tcrcsiJ m the city debt. $23,340,000. The
police depirtmrat. Including the garde re-
publlcanlnc , requires $ GS52,000 ; the fire de
partment , $180,000 ; schools a d colleges , $3-
790,000 ; asylums and hospitals And public
charities. $6.732,000 ; public works anl fine
ants , $1,700,000 ; streets , including clearing
and repair , $5,000,000 , ; parks and street light
ing , $2,500,000 ; markets , $440,000 , a-nd the
octroi service , $2,000,000. One ot the small
expenditures for which the Parisians .Imo
never a protest Is $24,000 a. year for two
public balls , which the city gives At the
Hotel do Vllle.
TJio municipal government of Paris ceases
to tax you only when you die ; but oven that
act costs you somdtlilng , Officially you candle
dlo in tray one > cf nine classes. It you did
In the first you pay the city $8 ; then the
scalu goes down 'to $1.20 , which Is tic ! tax
for the ninth cl-iss. lint as long as the
Parisian lives ho pays the- biggest iaxes ! yet
Imposed by astute flntnco officials. Under
the second empire the iilghcst per capita
tax In any year was $22. Sxico the begin
ning of the century the population ot Paris
has Increased a Ilttlo more than fourfold ;
thu municipal budget ( has Increased Ithlrty
fold.
UY .MO MOV ( HtDlHl 1IUSIXKSS.
Holiday Unslm-isM nt l\v\v
York I'oHtollU-o.
NI3\V YORK , Dec. 20. T.io Christmas
money order business of the New York post-
ofllco thin year greatly exceeds that of auy
previous year. The outgoing European mall
has practically been closed , but the Incom
ing mull from foreign countries has Just be
gun to arrive. All of the foreign mcney
order business Is transacted through the New
York pOEtolllco and a gret m&ss ot orders
will bo bandied hero this week.
Our Christmas presents > to Europe , repre
sented by the money orders sent during the
Ilrst eighteen days in December , were $1,536-
S3C iu 140'JOS orders. Tie largest number of
orderj , 73,400 , &ent to Great Britain and Ire-
Ucid , reptesenic < ] $759,745. The remainder of
the money orders were divided as follouo :
Germany , 3U.S70 orders , $328,741 ; Italy , 2,923
orders , $31,551 ; Sweden , 15,735 orders , $167-
C6G ; Norway , 3,444 ordero , $40,000 ; Switzer
land , 2,108 orders , $21,307 ; Uelglum113
order. ? , $ C,35fi ; Doni : rk , 2,187 orders , $20-
31R ; Netherlands , 130 orders , $3,615 ; ( Austria ,
3,992 orders , $19.203 ; Hungary , 1,027 orders ,
$11,060 ; Franse , 2,263 orders , $2S,1G4 ; Portu
gal , 15 orders , $193 ; Luxemburg , 03 orders ,
$931 ; Capo Colony , 33 orders , $398.
The Incoming orders up to date- with the
countries sending them are : -Genr.uny - , 4,234
orders , $133,260 ; Great Drltaln , 7.5S3 orders ,
$91,070 ; Sweden , 1,610 orders , $65,000 ; Den
mark , 218 orders , $1,775 ; Nctherlcads , 186
orders , $2,829 ; Norway , 251 orders , $4,100 ;
Switzerland , 199 orders , $3,500 ; France420
ordeia , $7,500 ; Hungary , 1G5 orders , $6,600 ;
Italy , 126 orders , $1,400 ; Austria , 370 orders ,
3.TOO.
iM.otvixii IIKIU\ < : siCLAIMS. .
Coiniiilssioiu'rM Arc Aliont Itcitilj to
MaKr Thrlr lU'iMM't.
BOSTON , Dec. 20. After a week of con-
cronce in Boston Justices Putnam and King
! io commissioners for the United States and
Canada respectively , in the arbitration of
Bering sea claims , have completed their work
or the present , and , it Is understood , wll
eon begin the preparation of their reports
o their re.'ijectlve goveinments. It is umler-
teed that an agreement as to the amount
f indemnity claimed has been reached in
11 but a few cases , and those are likely 10
ho settled without the appointment of nn
implre. The amount awarded to Great
Jrlt.iln Is. to bo paid within six months of
he time wftea the final decision Is reached ,
vhether it Is made by the commissioners or
> y an umpire. It Is understood that the
otal approved claims will amount to more
bun $1,000,000.
A
With All IloiI'JiullH TIilN Sfrviuit r.lrl
Wan ii TrciiNiiri * .
"It's a little venturesome to announce that
[ have something new in the \\ay of a ser
vant girl , " laughed the young matron , chat
ting with a Detroit Free Press man , "but I
rather think I can Justify the etatemeut by
the facts. "
-"Does It come UD to the lost Ideal ? "
"No. it's not that , but it's worth her salary
to enjoy her originality and her delightful
verdancy. The first night she came to us I
put an alarm clock In her room , and at an
jnearthly hour in the morning she was rush
ing over the house shouting that there was
someone ringing the telephone- which I
liad made her custodian. I had a call from
a dear and very fleshy friend of mine. In
moving about she dropped her belt without
no-tlcing It. 'Here , missus , ' sild Jane , on
picking up the lost article ; 'I guess youu
dropped your trunk strap. ' The other day I
told , her to boll the eggs just three minutes ,
jut when they were served they were as hurd
as bullets. When I took her to task she iu-
slsted that she had obeyed my orders , and
then tried to let mo down lightly by saying :
'I suppose yous furgot , mum , that the clock's
twenty minutes ahlnd time.1
"She's so modest that when the coachman
eats In the kitchen she retires to the cellat
and refuses to hear a summons till ho is
gone. My husband let out a yell at her the
other night when ho found her trying to grind
the carving knife on a wheel of his bicycle
and she was so startled that she cut the tire
almost in two. She's not a good cook and
not tidy. "
"Wyh In the- world do you keep her , then ? "
"Well , she has never asked ino to have the
kitchen rebuilt , allows in ? to have such even
ings out as I want and docs not comdomn ma
for having children. "
"Oh , the precious jewel ! "
HfooUliiildcrn' I\K MI < IN Short.
PAUGO , N. D. . Deo. 20. The ilnal report
of J. A. Ilnnwny , stockholders' n < icnt for
the National Brink of North Dakota , which
has been under consideration before Judge
Aniidon of the United States court , wnu
today declared by the court to show n
shortugn ot $10,000. Juilfro Amldon ordered
that this sum bo repaid nt onca nml ap
pointed D , B. Holt , United States commis
sioner , us receiver , to turn over the nssetH
to the stockholders , ir.mwny wan later taken
Into custody on a criminal charge and
placed under $3,000 ball , Ilanway was for
merly n wholcHiilo manufacturer of dry
goods In New York ,
STBUBKNVII-LE , , O , , Dee. 20. The Stanton -
ton Monument association onganlzed here
tonight ) > y cle-ctinR the following odlccrs :
President , AVhltelnw Hold , New York ; vice
presidents , General Daniel JO , Sickles , Now
York ; Alex , .McCluro , Philadelphia ; Wil
liam If. Held , Chlciigo ; II. a. Dohrman ,
Bteubenvllle : Hecretary , J .It. Doyle ; treas
urer , G. A. Maxwell ; trustees , Samuel Mac-
doniild , Washington ; 1'aul K , Dana , Now
YorkS G. Porter , Columbus ; Gconjo W.
McCook , J H. Strainer , II. B. Grler , Charles
OiilliiKher , D , W , Matlock , Steubenvllle ;
John France , Toronto.
Hi'iitH UK * Ilcuord al Drnvrr ,
DKNVKR , Deo. 20. The oldest Inhabitant
cun hardly recall n colder spell In this
vicinity or one tliut continued longer thnn
the ono which begun last Wednesday. The
minimum temperature In Denver during the
twenty-four hours ending at 8 u. m. today
wax 2 degrees below zero , and Uiu record
at 8 a. m , was the same. In Pueblo the
minimum , was 2 degrees lowr ttiun In
Denver.
ItfiliirluuCultoii Mill WIIKI-N.
SUNCOOK , N , II. , Deo. 20 , Notices have
been posted at the China , Pembroke * nnd
Webster cotton mills , makers of print cloths ,
announcing n reduction of wages of aboul
10 ner cent on January 1. This will affect
superintendents and overseers and all em
ployes. Including nearly l.WO opcrjtlvea. The
monthly pay roll amounta to about 127.000 ,
It Is probable that the cut -will be accepted ,
llaiiUriuiti-d li > - nn Ulllelul.
ST. I..OUI8 , Dec.1. 20. The appointment of
a receiver for the Investment and Ioan
UHsoclatlon of Belleville was asked for this
afternoon bv its stockholders. Two weeks
ago W. I > . To'.le. the manager of the nsso-
cliulon , disappeared and an oxamlnatlon ol
Ills books has shown a uhortagu of over
11XX ( ) . which it Is alleged renders the asso
ciation insolvent.
THURn HF.llOKS.
A \ VUHcHoy. . n White Mtut mul n
Illicit .Irrrnut In thpV r.
"During our- advance on Atlanta , " said n
veteran colonel of the union army to the
Now York Sun , "the cavalry operating on
the right wing of Sherman's army had early
ono morning a ibrlsU Ilttlo fight with Arm
strong's 'brigade of confMlcrato cavalry In
the scrub o.\k bushes near D.ilUs. Seven
or eight union soldiers were killed nnd ns
many -wounded. After the enemy hud re
tired the wounded -were co > llectxl ( In a log
shop beside the road , 'Where the ourgeons
attcnde-d 10 their Injuries. Among those
hurt was boy belonging to the Fourth
Michigan. Ho was not more than 1C years
old. and M'tlier ' small for his yc\rs. His
wound was serious , ( being a > body wound
which Mod Intern-ally. The 'brigade ' surgeon
In charge wan the surgeon of the Fourth
and kne-w the boy well. When he came to
him , as ho lay on a bed of shavings , tlio
loy asked ;
" 'Doctor , Bin I going to die ? '
" 'My poor boy , ' replied -the surgeon , 'you
are badly , very badly wounded , ail I am
afraid wo can't save * you. ' The tears stood
In the doctor's eyes as he spoke.
" 'Won , if I must go , 1 must , and there's
no usd fretting about It , ' said the lltlto fel
low.
"Just then ho looked toward the open
doorway , and there stood his soldier friend ,
a ihoy like himself , who had hoard of the
critical condition of his comrade , < ind now-
stood near him , m-replng his heart out in
oorro-w.
" 'Hollo , Billy , ' feebly cnlle-d the wounded
lad. 'Don't cry. Come and bid me Rood-hy :
I'm dylng'llko a solillv. ' Then , holding his
comrade's hand , and looking up Into the
faces around him , ho exclaimed : 'Hurraii
for tlio old flag ! ' A smile was on hla face
when | the light went out of his blue eyes.
"Previous to the skirmish mentioned , nnd
whllo the union cavalry wcro In position
guarding Sherman's right , sentinels were
placed nt various points to prevent a sur
prise. The country was almost an unbroken
forest , with dense undergrowth. After Un
tight the position nt the cavalry \vu
changed , and the sentinels , It was thought ,
were all called In. But one , whoso pent wa.i
somo\\hat remote , In the thick woods , was
overlooked. He had been posted In the
early morning , and all that day and the- fol
lowing night ho remained In thu wilderness
without water or food. He heard the uolsi-
of the combat ; ho noticed the silence that
followed It. and rightly Imagined that liU
comrades weregone. . On the following
morning at roll i-all he was missed , and
then it was remembered wh re anj when
he had been placed on duty , and a detach
ment was sent In search of him. Ho waa
found , \\eary nnd almost hopeless of relief ,
hut in nil the long hours of .solitude , darkness -
ness , thirst and hunger he had not even
thought of deserting his post. Ills duty
held him there , and life was not to bo
weighed against duty.
"Sometimes this fcarlesrao.ss was shown
by other than regular soldiers. In the early
summer of 1SG2 , Morgan nnd hi.s 'hind made
their appearance In middle Tennessee , and
General Duniont with his cavalry left Nash ,
vllleIn pursuit of him. He came up with
him at Lcbanrn , nnd at dawn dashed into
the town where Morgan had pissed the night ,
The fight that followed didn't amount to
much , for Morgan , although a great raider ,
was a poor fighter , and as usual , when
confronted by union trcopi _ who meant busl-
nrcs , he skedaddled. Some of his men were
so hard pressed that they could not so with
him. and these did some firing from wfndowo
ot houses In which they had taken rofugo.
One rebel ersconced himself In the c'ocond
story of a little cottage , and1 from a window
facing the street fired several chots , two
of which seriously wounded two of our sol
diers. This one iron commanded the street.
To appear In front of his fortress was to
receive his flro , which he delivered quickly
and then retired. How to dislodge him or
Ket n ehot at him was a puzzling question ,
and it Is ( julte probable- that the solution
would soon have been found 'n burning the
bouse had not a young negro servant of
the adjutant remarked :
" 'If you'll , gib mo u oirblne I'll wing dat
rebel. '
" 'All right. Jim , ' replied the adjutant.
'Here's a gun. Let's see you do it. '
"Jim took the carbine , examined the loadIng -
Ing , nnd deliberately walking up the street ,
took his otandi opposite the dangerous win
dow. There remained watching for per-
hai i ten minutes or moio. Then he suddenly
) lazed away. The rebel had appeared , Jook-
ng out , doubtless for a chance at some union ,
soldier , never suspecting a mortal enemy In
ho young negro standing opposite. Jim had
shot him dead. "
TItlCICS OK
TlIC J1' | < TH01I XfVIT , KorK > lH HlN
I.lllrH , hilt IfttkM11II1OH ,
Some one has forcibly remarked that
'roper names escape from the memory as
easily as greased pigs , and Illustrates the
emark with an anecdote concerning Joe
Jefferson , who never forgot his lines , but
las an imperfect recollection of names.
Jefferson had been introduced to General
jrnnt at a time when that distinguished
soldier was the lion of the social world , and
-ho popular aotor was much impressed with
.he personality of the hero. A few lioura
ater , as he went up In his hotel elevator ,
says the ChicagoTimesHerald , a rugged
looklns man with a military bearing 'bowed
pleasantly to him. and made an observation
regarding the speed of the elevator , when
Jeffersoni said :
"I beg your pardon. Your face Is very
familiar , but I cannot recall your name. "
"Grant , " was the laconic , but perfectly
courteous reply.
"I got off at the wrong floor , " said Jeffer
son , "for fear I would ask him next If ho
had been In the war. "
Jefferson did worse than to forget the
names of other people ho sometimes forgot
tils own. He called at a postolllco In a
small place and asked the clerk ;
"Any mall for mo ? "
"What name ? "
"Name ? Good gracious ! I dcm't know.
Let me think. Why , I am to play 'Rip Van
Winkle' tonight at your hall. "
"Joo Jciren n ? " suggested the clerk.
"Yes , Jefferson ; certainly ; thanks , " and
receiving his mall , the -actor went away
happy.
A favorite trlclc of a capricious memory Is
to substitute tome other name for the ono
wanted , a process duo to asslmllatloo , A
couple of women OIL a Chicago street car
asked the conductor to leave them off at
Pennsylvania avenue.
"Thcro'a no auch avenue In this suburb , "
S3 Id the conductor.
"But there certainly Is , " reiterated the
women ; "we have friends living there , ant
ought to know. "
"Perhaps you mean Keystone avenue ? "
suggested' ' a passenger , and they said that
was juot what they did mean , but they knew
it had something to do with Pennsylvania ,
which was Impressed upon their memories
as the Keyatose State.
A good story U told of an excellent woman
who had this fatal faculty for misconstruing
names. Her daughter was expect'ng a ca |
from a gentleman , and nho Impressed upon
her mother the fact that his ramo was a
very simple one and easy to remember
Cowdry. The mother repeated It uc-tll she
was sure she could not possibly forget It
and on the evening whrm he called hurrlci
forward to meet him , saying , graclouXy :
"How are you , Mr. Drycow ? "
An KngllHh travulcr coming to Tnbrfpz , n
town near the boundary between Persia um
Georgia , hnd great dllllculty In llndliiK loilg
Ing for the night. A German merchant o
the place came to hla help und it v. IH
nettled that ho should take up Ills nbodu
with n Ncstorian Christian , who had beoi
employed an dragoman by novcral embassies
going to Teheran , and who wan said to
spouk Kngllsh. The holt's manner of In
troducIriK himself WIIH amusing : "Yoi
come with me. nil rluht. You know mo'
I LnznruHt find mo llth John In middle
chapter ; all missionary gentlemen know mu
all right. "
_
(5 u rf err Ordinance al Iiiilluiuiiiollx.
INDIANAPOLIS , Hid. , Deo. 20. Tlio elly
council tonlKht by a vote of 12 to 7 , two
members foclni ? absent , piuscd a curfew
ordinance , prohibiting children under 1
years from uslasi the streets after 0 p. m
in fho summer and 8 p. m. in the winter
An effort will be made to defeat U on u
reconsideration ,
IlnlHu tlioVn i- .
MANOHBSTKU , N. H. , Dec. 20. Notice
ot a 10 per cent reduction In wages on Jan
uary 1 liuva been posted lu the Amory &
Jefferson cotton mllU In tb'.a city. The Amos
kcag mills , employing 10,000 hands , postei
tlmllar nottcco last woek. TJo Amory &
J ffar < son mills umploj11,000 opuratlvci.
OK SHOUT wouns ,
Viirloutt I'miuitiN ICxnnuilen of 1Iuna
of Mcm < > > ylIiil > le J.
Kipling Is not the only man who hai
chosen monosyllables to give emphatic ex
pression to hl thought. If you will ren
member , says the Washington ( Star , Pope , tn
his csiay on "Criticism , " if marked , "and ten
low wont a oft creep In one dull line , " nj
'before ' ami after him there nvoro others , who ,
ns ho , were scarcely dull and soHlom crept ,
Hymn writers are strong In this. Taki
Watts In that well known hymn , for In
stance :
"Aro tlicro no fops for JHP to faceT
'Must ' I not stem the flood ?
Is this vile world < i Irloml to grace
To help mo on to OoJ ? "
Shakespeare found ono-sylla'btcd words
good enough for him , and you all know that
passage of Young's :
"The bell strikes 1. Wo take no note ot
time.
Save "by " Its loss , " rtc. , etc.
llalley's 'Testus , " that makes Its reader
fpel ns If lie had "eaten of thp Insane root
that takes the reason prisoner , " has many
examples , and this ono you will recall-
" \Ve live In deeds , not years ; In thoughts ,
not breaths
Wo should count tlmo toy heart throbs Ho
most lives
Who thinks most , feels the nohlcst , actB
the best. "
And the bible , the greatest of books , la
filled with the short 'words , night at the
beginning oC things wo find : "And Oml said
lot there bo light , nnd there was light , " and
at the end ot things , so to spe'.ik : "Vor the
great day ot Ills wrath Is come , and who
shall bo able to stand ? " And still further
along : "And the gates of It shall not bo
shut at all by Uay'for there shall ho no night
there. "
.STIUUJt.l.H l.V MIDAlIt ,
Torrlhli * l < Milit llt1w 0111 Two Mi n In
an riitliilsliril llullilliiK.
The ttnllnlshed four-story building on Ml-
slon street between Klrst and Second \\aa
the seeno of n div porntp encounter In midair -
air between H. W , Uoultlo and OI'OIKO
llyiu-s , relates the S.ui Krunelsro fall , None
of the lloora have boon laid and only , i fo\v
planks Ho on the Joists for the us < o of the
workmen ,
llynps has lioeii employed hy noattlo and
canu > around Intoxicated nnd d < mandcd M *
money of lira I tie , who was on tlu > fourth
floor , HyiH-s rllmbtnpr up to where hevi < > .
lien tilt' refuicd to iviy him. ns ho h.ul not
niiido out hl tlmi bill. The rt'fui.il i\iiKorcd
llyni'H and lAlthout a ii\oid of uaniliu ; <
seized the contractor and attempted to
throw him oft the plank on which both men
ere Ht.uulliiK.
Theio ensued nn cvetlln ! ? life and death
tniRtflp. Not lielnt ? , ible to hold his 'liro
n thp plank , He.ittle wrapped hlH legH
round two of the Joists , llynes at empicd
o push him , ofC and lor m moment the two
non swnyed back nnd forth.
To avoid the Impending tragedy Heattlo
nst himself leiiKthwlse nero * * the Joists.
rnCBliiK llynes with him. The men pulled
nd hauled for dear life , lio.utle to IMVO
ilmiolf from a headlong Joiuney to drain
jelow , Hynes seeming- lie utterly n ekles *
f hla perilous position. This frenzy euno
ear to proving f.Unl to him. The liquor ho
ix'l : taken hoon began to tell on him In t'o
tnmgle and Bonttle was KettliiMf Hie best
f It , i.vhen llynes' legs were forced sud-
only between the joists. Had HiMltle been
evengpful It might hnve been all ov-r wllh
ils assailant. There \\.IP nothing to p i vent
IIP contractor from rele.islni ; his ( _ i ip nml
Hawing his opponent to drop. Inst-il hu
ook a tighter hold on llynes and inaln-
nlnpil It , ilopplte the otnor's coiiilnu d
trusgle.s.
For four or llvo minutes lonper the con-
r.n-tor and his crazed subor 'Inute wrl hfd
nd tiiKKed over the jolst.s. Then Heattle's
rips brought other workmen to the * eeno
ind Ilynep was dratrnod back to the n'inic
rosslng. After Heiittle got to a il'icp ot
afety lie found that both hl.s legs had been
mdly cut In the effort to save himsel' ' and
ils nmitlnnt.
Hyne.s was with dllllculty taken to the
o.ver floor. There he was turned over to
Policeman John Wallace , i.vho lorki d h'm '
ip In the city prison on a chaiRo of battery.
Serious K'vikloHlnit of Oil Vniiiir.
KANSAS CITY , Dee. 20. AM a result ot
he explosion this afternoon of crude oil
npor at the works of the Kunsiis City Gn
company Frank Connors , asslHtiint gns
nakor , was so badly burned that he will
probably die. James Murphy , Ilroman , and
James .Miller , n. steam llttpr , were also
seriously burned , lint will recover.
* CclM n 1,1ft.ScnleiuM - .
NI3W YO1UC , Dec. 20. Seaman Philip P.
Carter , who on June 30 Inst killed whli n
layonet his shipmate and superior olllopr ,
Thomas F. Kenny , on board the battleship
ndlnnu , at the itrooklyn navy ynid , WMS
oday convicted of minder In the Ilrst de-
pree , the jury tixliur the penalty at impris
onment for lite.
A Government Slamp cer
tifying to the Apjo and Puiily
, is on every bottle of the
BE SURE THE INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP
OVER THE CORK AND CAPSULE IS NOT BROKEN
AND THAT IT DEARS THE NAME
, W.A.GAINES 8iCO.
CtlMtttNTfE
* > * TWIT cois wnu IMS Ban LING.
For Sale Everywhere * .
BOYD'S
DEC22 and 23
BARGAIN DAY MAT. , THURSDAY
The Ills hocliil Kvont
OO PEOPLE 00
nvetilns prices : I.o or floor , Jl CO. JI 00 , bal
cony , 75c , r,0c.
Mullnec Lower floor , SOo balcony , COf 2o.
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tmiUMIONR 1B31.
' ONIA' ONn MOIUJ I'filU'OrtMANCTJ ,
'I'O.VK.II'l' Hiir .
Alwny In tlm Load
HGYT'S
A BUNCH OF KEYS
( Or the Hotel )
ADA BOTHNER a TEDDY ,
1'rlces 25o , 60c , 7Bo , $1.00.
IKK
( JUILL'S
S. 1C. Cnr llltli nml Davenport Sin ,
CO.NCIWTS ICVKUV MUI1T TlM ! TO 13.
Mntlneca Tucmlax , Tliurmlny and Baturdny , 2'M
THIS WICKIt'H ATTUACTIONS'
Master Arthur Oaff Cornet Vlrtuso ,
The original Wrotbo and Wckofleld , Jrlau
Comedians ,
I'urlta and Georgia , Llllputlan Sketch.
Helen Elouno. Ketalo Haymond.
Klla Klrclmer. fiololat ,
IIOTUI.S
THE MILLARD
llltli and Douglas Sts , , Otir.tli
UHNTHAMA' I.UUATKU.
American plan. 82.0 pur iluy up.
Kuroponn plan , fl.O per day up
J. H. MAItKEL & SON , PropH
"IJATtKEB * HOTEL.
TIUUTUISXTII A.V1 JO.VKS STHEUTS ,
HO roomi. baths , ( team tuat and all modern
convenience * . Halt" . II.K > and 12.00 per < ! y.
lalto unexcelled. Up i .l low rater to