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EWTOLUIES \ OF POETRY
Jooph Loscr and Hia Verses on Philosopho !
and Religious Topic1
LIGHTER RHYMING BY JOE KERR
PltrItl ( ' Sotig , ; ntad I'opiiii )
At1tIlrN-.rek4.tt'n I.ntpt ,
t1nitt n Siry % VrItpr-Ol.L
III tia Church VSIIIIIhlCII.
A volume of poems , kumorou , pathetic
nn ( otherwiRe , from the pen of Joe 1 < err ,
welt known from many contributionA In re
cent years to the newRpnpcn and familiar
to roadera of The 13cc , has just been brought
out under the name of "Time Cheery l3ook'
It IR vcIi named , for Its PurPose to make
men cheery and more companionable ought
to ho a aucccs. Joe lCerr'8 veres imeeil
no hard Btudy that they may ho understood.
There Is nothing deep and mysterious about
them. mior are the subjt'ets ho chooses to
write about so far above the reader that it
Is necessary to form clubs or societies to
assist in mounting to a position where the
lines can be read with comfort nail timmiler.
standing. The present voltimue is characterIstic -
Istic of the mami , One of the poems is entitled
titled , "Over Behind do Moon , " and liert Is
one stanza :
In dt. hind of ( In shadows. * le ttlmter hats
of the lzuhIe nrc smnuhler dan iucu lamp-
mats ;
UIIC1 repmhhIcnus ( l'ro ( urn all democrats.
It'M-Ovr'r l3ehltitl do itoon.
Not all of Mr. Kerr's work Is of the
strictly limimorous. here Is the opening of
' a poem on If \'crn Rich Today : '
I r I were rich today
i'd cease this ues'.r ending strto fnr brcail
] ro ahi the stmtishiie of may htf were tied ;
Idy entitles then would ho of more than
' air ;
I'd cut acquaintanceship with t roubh'-ctmr ,
And there would be no ehamice for iu1y toll.
t Iy grand mtmnbitlomu and may hopes tu foil ,
If I were rich tod.ty.
prom first to Inst the 1)00k ) is clean and
vhohesomo and it vill do to read In in-
staliments better than all In a lump. G. W.
Dhhliugham & Co. , New York. $1.50.
: Now poets are arIsing every day and It
' is reasonably certain that some of those
cotirting the Muses will make a mark In
the world that can be seen In after years.
One whose ambition cannot ho doubted and
p whoao ability Is ovidemit is Joseph Leiser ,
p. young Macrican who has bent writini ;
but a few years. lie has engaged In literature -
eraturo tinder dIsadvantages , for at home
V ho vas taught a mixed Jargon of hebrew
and German , wimichi aided him but little in
expressing hli thoughts. But ha was given
a goo(1 education. studying at the UniversIty
of Rochester and later at the University of
Chicago. Afterwards ho made a tour of
V Europe on a wheel alul has since been called
to the lOSitlOn of rabbi In a Jewish church
at Sprlngfleld , UI. During his last year in
college ho developed a strong literary ten-
( honey and lila verses written then and dur-
t lag the first. year of his professional life
have been lUhhlShCl under the title of " 13e-
! fore the Dawn. " Ills verses are almost entirely -
tirely philosophic studies. lie has been
V thInkIng hard about seine of the problems of
I lifo and death. One of the longest anti most
. PresumPtious of his Productions Is on "Time
: Day of Atonement , " in which ho iays :
t Then tin' heart of man grbw lonely.
) l YenrnH for common feliowhlu
\Vlth the mind that moves and wlll.
\Vlwre the mind of mortal l4oj.iurn
. Imst tIme heart companIon go ,
Both twlnborn gifts ot God.
- ' So the heart of Tntlll , trzt'erlmig
V innmd to the seat or soul.
PIckH tIle varied threads o ( feeling ,
Carric these again to God.
In a charming 'Easter Greeting" there is
a spirItual elevation that is wonderfully
. lcasIiig. lIe. says ;
Ve thud our God In rock anti tree.
In Sirius of unmarked space ;
III beast and roan. lu all that is ,
Divinity on earth we tr.ice'
0 greet the world ! 'rhmero Is tia end
LV0 life itild mall , through life and death ;
; The softest whisper is a. sound ,
Amid spirit Is a liVing brcuth.
The volume Is tilled with beautiful
thoughts couched In chaste language. Nr.
Leiser need not fear the judgment of time
on his work. I'eter l'aul I3ook company ,
hluffalo , N. Y. $1.
In a small paper bound hook bearing the
tItle "Under Stars and Other % 'crses" Wallace -
lace Rico anti llarrctt Eastman have gath-
rcd a number of pleasIng verses on themes
stlggCStC(1 by the war and the victories ot
the American sailors. The title poem con-
thins this :
T'll me what Htnndard rare
Streams from the spars ;
11l stripes and vh1te they bear ,
hub , with brIght stars.
V
fled for brave hearts that burn
'ithi liberty ,
for the peace they earn
Making men free. V
SturM for the heaveit above-
lUau for the deep-
\Vher' , In their country's love ,
hIeroe shall sleep ,
Other poems are "Tue BaptIsm of the
Flag , " "Time First American Sailors , "
IhaInbrIdgo , the brig and the Blockade , "
etc.Vay & Williams , Chicago. 25 cents.
The readable qualIty of a modern love
story depends wholly on the setting given
it by the writer , and however much be may
ho subject to criticism for haste in the set-
tiug of his stories It can be saId of Stephen
it. Crockett that in ' 'The Stnnlnrl flearer"
lie has built a love story on scones that arc
so familIar that only tin artist could make
thlefli attractive. lint lie tines , it Is a story ,
as ho says , of times ' ' 'hieim tile ilassloris of
imien s'cro still working like yeasty sea before -
fore the storms of time Great Killing. " it
is a story of love anil disappointment , of
success mmmiii failure , of brave hearts and ( aim
ladles-and they arc ludies wimo really lived
and rode along ttio by-roads of tln ScottIsh
highlands , for we have read of them before
anti have lcurxietl to love them. ' 'Thu Stout ! .
ard Bearer" Is In Mr. Crockett's best vein.
it is worthy of his peru , D , Appleton & Ce , ,
ow York. l.50 ,
Time Saturday Evening Post , Pluliadeiptiki ,
hi one of tIme oldest of muertcaa ller1odIcai ;
In fact , the oldett It the sometvlmat brnlemi ;
line of de3cent is % ohlowed. It Is the legitl-
mate , lesecntlant of Benjamin Frammkliu'a old
Gazette. which lie bouaht when he flrst vt'nL
to Philadelphia and niade sonmetiming of In
' lila time , But the Gazette long ago gasa
way to the newer l'oiit , iumider whIch name
the paper 5Va3 one of the most PoPular ss'eek-
licti of America for a time. Now It Is
in the hand3 of time Curtis Publishing corn.
vany , with W'illI3mn ( leorgo Jordan 03 the
edItor , and It Is receiving new life and
itrcngtb , The l'ost has a field not ocupled
by any other publication amitl Its topulumity
Is aliro to increase rapidly under the umew
, muanagemuent ,
I number of the younger niagazluieti of
Anierica ziro 1nsttIng upou good Amuericit
Iletmon ouly for Amiiericnmi readers. Time Na.
ttonal of Boston Is doIng thIs. Slid with sue-
cc3s , The \ugtust Iuo will be ml tIciloil
number , Including utorIe3 by Octave Thmamlet ,
i"raneis Ijade , Ilaytlen Carrutlu , Wlnthiun
Packard , Vrauiic lllckuclI , W. P. NIchols and
ethers of the most vopular young , mneriramt
authors. The storits s'iI1 be superbly II-
lU3trattj by a staff of fatuous young Macri.
tao artlsls , Tue July miumimber of thIs muaga-
Ziflo contains it very Interesting account of
time visit of an enthusIastic young Amerleami
to the late Me , Gladstone ,
The late cx-Govermiot Carpenter of Iowa
Is the sUbjcet of a sketch Iii the July number
of j Midland ionthly , Imomu the PCXI of
J 1' Iolllver , member of congress for the
Tenth Iowa district , it Is a skeleb by one
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who wits a a son to the pIoneer of northru
IOwa , and ho writeu feelingly of the man
end hI * work. There sro a1o In the stxne
nungazlne two gocl portraits and a kctch of
Osborne Dolgnsn , who went with hlobson to
sink the Merrimac. Ielgnan Is an Iowa
boy and the 5ketch is reliable. Time dIdlantl
Is keeping imp In 'the matter of t1meIines
of articles and enterpriec.
In time Writer Is tim followIng bit of gas-
sIp about one of the new authors :
WillIam It , Llghton , who wrote "ned
Stirling , Ills Story , " In time Juno Atlantic ,
lives In Omaha , Nob. lie svas born In ISCG
In DIckinson college , I'cnnsylvania , where
hIs father at that time hmelti a nrofcasorshlp.
III health through boyliootl made systeumatic
education Impossililo and , with a little ju-
dIcIou "herding , " he was lt.'t to browse
lrctty much at. will over a wide pasture of
InghIsii literature. lie ss'as admitted to the
bar In 1890 , intendIng to abamidon law for
literature whoa lie should be sutilciently
ripened , Iii 1893 ho wrote and sold a
her of short stories , which were pubhtsiteil
about that tIme , but ho found that he
lacked jtulgmnent and insight into the sub-
ticties of humati character. "No one has
any business writiumg fictIon , antI partlcu-
laily short fiction , ' ' says Mr. Llghton , 'untIi
lie has acquIred abIlity to read human an-
tore with a utegrec of accuracy. " Thei'e-
tore , be dovotd himself to work In the law
courts amid to the study of mmmcmi untIl last
tall , ssVhcn he began a aCconti campaign
against the magazines. flesldes "Ned StIr.
hag , ills Story , " in the Juno AtlantIc , Mr.
Lighten has had publIshed one story in
Scribmier's for April-"JIm Chimney , Profemu-
slonal I'ohiticlan"-nnd others In the Chap
Book , hippincott'mm , the Youth's Companion ,
etc. Other stories of his are to ha pub-
llsheil soon ,
The old south hIstorical pIlgrImage to tl
Kimig Piuillp coumitry has lromited much
hess' thlseuisitlon of the early Indian history
of New flmmglund and Its lIterature. 1mm thu
valuable series of Old South Leaflets there
already appear three leaflets related to thIs
fold of our hIstory-time first lairt of John
lIlot's Indian grammar , Eliot's "BrIef Nar-
ratire of the Progress of the Gospel Among
thu Immtilamms , " wrlttcmm Iii 1670 , and \\'hcel-
ock's "Narrative of the DesIgn anti Progress
of the IndIan School 1mm Lebanon , Comma , "
( the school which was finally merged In
Dartmouth college ) , wrItten in 17G2 , To
these three Indlnum leaflets are imow added
two more--the first gIvIng the chapters upon
thu mnaummers and clistonul of the Indians ,
( roam % iorton's famous New English Canaan ,
1637 , the other the account of the beginning
anti end. of Kimmg PhIlip's var , from flub.
iarl's history ot I'lmlllp's war , PubliShed
just at the close of the war , in 16T7. Hub-
bard's was time best of time three or four
conteuimporary historIes of time war and It Is
a good fortune to our students and time ieo-
1mb to have these liberal extracts from It
Placed In their Imamitis at this time.
An lmmtcresting news Item to the publishing -
ing world Is the reorganizatlo and Incorporation -
poration , on July 1 , ot the 1rauk LeslIe
nubhishming house , founded in 1855 by Fraimk
Leslie and since ISSO the exclusive property
of Mrs. Frank Leslie. The president of the
new company is Mrs. Frank Lehle , while
FrederIc L. C'olver , who has managed the
property ( or the last
three years , Is secru-
tary amid treasurer. Extensive lmnproveimments
will be made in the printing plant anti in
nil deimartmnents of Frank LeslIe's Popular
Mommthly this tall.
Llternry No1.
The Cosmopolitan Oitleopatlm is the name
of a Periodical sooli to ho pUblihod itt Des
Moines.
The first Installment of S. It. Crockett's
now serial , "Thmo Silver "
Skull , is to appear -
pear In the August number of the I'all
Mali Magazine.
John Kentirlck Bangs has succeeded Laurence -
renco Hutton as book reviewer for liar-
per's MagazIne.
It Is exeected that a tenth edition of
fllchmarti Lo Gahlienne's "Tho Quest of the
Golden Girl" will be announced within the
mouth.
The change of the Critic from weekly
to mmmonthly has cammited some surprise , since
time tendency Is all the other way. Those
who iiltvu been redicting the era of the
weekly magazine are ( himmappointed.
The Pride of Jenimico has .lust ruin Into
its fifth edition. The popularity of this
novel in tIle taco of the war excitement is
mioteworthy. In suite of limo fact that time
publishers have already made arrammgemnonts
for the tiranmatlzation of this book , they
have recently received three further prop-
ositlons for its appearance as a play.
Lamson Wolfe & Co. report for publica-
Lion at an early date tlmree books that are
euro to be of interest to all book hovers ,
namely , 'Yo Lyttle Salenu Malde. a Story
of Wltchmaraft , " by Pauline Bradford
Mackle ; "fly the AumrehianVaiI , and Other
FlegIos , " by Bliss Ctmrmnan. anl "New York
Nocturnes , and Other Poems , " by Charles
0 , D. Roberta.
% ' 1NNl1i DL'tllLh , UFfltOiNi.
JIIicul IIft' in n lilmiv.Iumg hotel lo
Suu.e 'I'errllle&I Guest , . ,
It the firemen of San FrancIsco could dose
so there is little doubt that they would elect
to honorary memberahlp in theIr ranks Win-
1mb Doable , who was a waitress in the Union
hotel , which was burumet.l a tow nights ago.
0mm ama won cremated In time building and
others svouid have shared his fate but for
time girl's bravery.'hemm the fire started
forty parsons were ftRle'I ) , and no one was
aware of danger until time rear tipper part
was iii lianmes , which were rapidly eating
their way downward , Firemen were soon at
su'ork. but by that time tIme gumests hind become -
come terror-stricken and svcre rushing about
time halls , half sutfocntett by smoke. Then
WinnIe Doable called on several of them to
follow her , i5lme led them through a smoke-
tilled passnge to time outer air ammd safety.
Then she returmmed to further aid the work
of rescue.
fly thIs timmmo PolIce Sergeant Conboy hind
found Jolium 1cDonald in a roonu on time third
iloor surrounded by ( lames. lie Was 50 badly
burned that he (11011 iii a short time ,
After Mciunald had beezi carried out Con-
boy s'cmit to 0mm of time tipper windows and ,
lookIng down , saw \\'ilhlam Ilogera lying
Insensible emi some imlanks piled lii the litUe
closed alley besIde the building. It seenmetl
as if the umman was beyond rescue. there being
no apparent way to reach imium , Conboy
shouted for sommme one to guide imimmi to where
lnerq lv. Miss lealmltu took the lead. and
through heat au. ! smoke that tested time
courage of those s'ho followed she svent Un.
falteringly mmmliii itogers was reached and
rescued. lie lmatl junmped ( rein an upper
s'limdow. but t.hi . as lie struck the planking
anti was rendered umicomiscioums. lie was
carrIel out and takeim to the hospital , where
it was foumid that. his lirluclimal injury , a
sPralmietI back , s'ns umot serious. lice work
done , Mitts Ieablu slipped ausay anti svent
to time hotwe of a trie'mmtl , Sue did not seem
to thlmmlc that site had 'lone auythimmg out of
the ordinary. The heroine is of attractive
apimearance. She line bright , clear-cut tea-
tures , hazel eyes amid dark hair. She is 25
years of age amid for several years has supported -
ported herself from her carmmimigs us a walt-
ross ,
mt'lt'ii It Caught lii Snuslide ,
SILtVFLE , July 14-News of the tragic
death of Dr. William M , fleaud , the noted
mmmimilmig expert of I'biiadelphmIa , at 'aIdea
glacier last May lies arrived here. It comae
( torn II. C. 'ntkImma , formerly of New York ,
who su'as fornmcrly with tr. fourth , Whit.
klns barely escaped with his own life. Ac-
com'diumg to Watkins' letters , they were
caught iu a emmowelide just after crossing
the gla'icr. They started hack to tbe
tiumber line , A sniahi elide came ( town aiitl
burled fleard'atklno cncaped and for ten
( hots struggled through the snow day anti
nlghi FimiIIy he rcacbd'aides. . i'romn
another source it was learned that Beard's
body was recovered.
ODD \VAYS \ OF SIIUFFLING OFF
Peculiar anti Mysterious Are Some Vist of
the Dark Meaenger.
A DRUMMER'S ' DEADLY SET OF TEETH
Fatal W'IuIak llnthum' ' . mmd Falls , ft
i'olnt'd lu , tIme Ujiper Berth
115 Delce' for Crosa-
Imig hue hiuummie.
Death comes to hmminumnity in ninny forms.
Some by diseases well known to men of
medicIne , some by nccIdent , some from no
assignable cause. But of all time peculiar
deaths which have eser overtaken a man ,
that of a drummer In Quincy , III. , a few
years ago , is about as strange as any.
Tecimnlcally descrIbed , it was a case of
strangulation ; actumaiiy , it. was from swallowing -
lowing a set of false teeth.
The ummfortunnte man registered at a lead-
tug hotel In the pretty lIttle city by time
Missiselpimi late at night. i1 was very
Weary and sotmgitt his room at once. lie
retIred lrommmlmtIy mmd his mti'iglmbors knew ime
was sleeping by the snores lie sent forth.
Late In time night the drowsy clerk was
roused by a furIous ringimmg of the roomim bell
of tIme drumnuner. A boy was sent In hot
haste to see what was wrong , ammd met a
wildly excited man , wlmo waved his arms
and made motions , but uttered no souimd
save a curious wheezlmmg.
The boy rushme'i frightened back to time of-
flee aimtl said time maim ss'ns either sick or
crazy. A idwsiciams was sent for ammd a hasty
oxanminatlon mmmdc. Time man strtmgghi'tl
gamely for life , but as ho could not speak
and was too far gone to write , the tiocior
was itt thu tiark for a long tinmo. lie did
everything ho ouid , but wIthout avail , The
patient died. As no visible sign of the cause
of death cotmid be obtnimmctl the coroner do-
citieti UOfl an autopsy.
As time man constamitly clutched his throat ,
timat region was first epiored. Inmbedtled
in the muscles and membratmes of tIme throat
the doctor ( oumnil a couple of false teeth on
a small plate , They hind effeettmaliy simtmt oft
the victim's ' breathing when the parts began
to swell , Time nina tiled of strammguiation because -
cause he aas unable to lmmtormim his attendant
what. was time matter. It was supposed be
forgot to renmove time teeth en retiring and
that lie nccidentahiy swallowed themum lit a
snoring convui8ion.
IgilLed hl ) % Vi.lsky ,
Drosvmmlng 1mm a vat of beer Is a death
which to EOtti(3 ( mmmcmi would be a positIve
pleasure , One svcary Willie suffereti death ,
however , 1mm an oven more attractive forni.
He was killed by ThIs particular
luau was eimgaged in thin delIghts of absorb-
lag a barrel of liquor whemm his fate overtook -
took hini. lie was not aim invited guest ,
imeithor dId he own the spirits. lie broke
into a cellar we-li stocked with proof spirits ,
nmid , as the family was away , decIded to enjoy -
joy hmiruself. So lie loathed up on time whisky ,
occasionally tossing in beaker of rate
wino us a relish ,
The ( tin was great for a time. lie woult )
amble about-for so his tracks hroved-fromu
ono barrel to uimmotimer , sorting oumt his drimmks
like a man with a loveiy thirst mind time mres.
emit means to care for It , But after a long
timmie of these devious wanderlmmgs , rnotio
of any kind became very diiflcult. lie was
also sleepy , so ho decided to bestow himself
where he coulti get at the real stuft as soon
as he should o.wakemm. lie lay dowmm near the
whisky barrel , his mouth near the open
faucet. so he could take a fresh one when
agreeable.
lie forgot to turmm It off , and also lost
track of most otner things as time passed
away. lie rolled over a time or to and
finally lodged , snoring , drunk and openmouthed -
mouthed under the faucet. 110 swallowed
a couple of times , but time whisky was coma-
lag too fast and ho choked. Ito was too
drunk to move , amid ho literally drowimed
tinder the rain of old rye. lie was found
dead under the faucet , with ovdcnces ! of
suffocatIon as wehi as drunkenness to mark
the course of his flIght to another world.
lie 1'eIi ( lute Ilumudu'el Feet ,
When one of the big hotels tim Kansas
City was in vrocess of construction a struc-
ttmrat iron worker , John Cartwrighmt , fell
froni the sixthm story to the basement front
a steel stringer. lie missed everything in
his massage amid dropped to the cemented
floor without coming In contact with any
interceptIng beanis. lIe hay upon the floor
for a time , thou slowly rose and without
assistance departed for hIs home. lie was
driven to the southern portion of the city
in the forenman's buggy. wemmt to bed and
in two weeks was apparently nil right.
Rverybody marveled that lie escaped with
his life. For two months ho seemed as svell
as ever , Then queer mottles began to form
on his back and he experienced acute , agonizing -
nizing pains in time lower regions of the
back. lie was forced to ptmt iii the tinmo
lounging about hmis huome , A couple of weeks
after he stopped work paralysis of the ox-
trenittles supervened anti he was bedriddemm ,
Everything medical skill could devise was
resorted to , hut. he steadily grew worse amid
finally dieti some three months after the
original accident ,
An autopsy was held to detormalno if possi-
bic what ailment carried the muon oft. Time
spinal region was explored thoroughly ( rout
time neck to the sacrum withotmt any serious
trouble being locateul , Then omme of the stir-
geous saw a diseased filament front the ate-
dulia and caused the vertebra there to ho
sawed open , There the doctors caine ulmomu
a pus sack , showing that time slmimmal cord
hatl decayed for a couple of iumchmes. A closer
examination revealed that nil of the bones
in Cartwright's system subjected to the
shiocic of his fall of nearly 100 feet but one ,
and that a vertebra , hail suiTereti fracture.
A entaIl piece of otme of these hiati ruptured
time membrane of the chord , secondary in-
tianmatmition had followed , iii tumra smiececdetl
by death.
A I'olimlt.d 'VvIi.
Aboumt as pecumlirur sum endIng to a man's
life as hos bent recorded was that of Thonia
it. Rogers of Fort Scott , haum , itogers was
a cattlemunim svhostu herds roamed in the bot-
tout lands miear the Neosho river. Time owner
was insured in the left eye by a simrig of
irouwood and ho dIed imm great agony three
daYs later. with no sicmms on the surface In
indIcate thmat he hind received a fatal injury ,
It was a amost singular ease and caused a
large natount of conimnemmt at the tinme , now
a doren years ago ,
htogers went out on the tango with a
bunch of cowboys to cult omit a mmmmmjmber of
Steers ( or marketIng , lie rode with his nmttmm
amid they soon had a likely looking bunch
ready ( or time tralu corral. But there was
one beast that tvas determumied ant to sutr-
render its frvetiommm without a rumm ( or it.
This animal riaclo a tiashm for time thick
umnderimrumsim and woods sVimlclt skirt time river
aimmi itogers set call after hiinm. Into time
woods steer and pony lilutiged , itogers tote.
immg the jace.
Time steer was a good miodger amid keimt
horse auth mnami gtiemusimmg. Finally , in mmmak.
lag a. sharp turn and a quick sprimmg , Itogora
felt somumethhm strike htiimt violently imu tIme
left eye. Of course time 1)31mm was ( rightful
and the razcr forgot imotit his etcer. lie
returned to time hommie corral amid tumrned over
time bunch to hits foremnomi. ills eye was discolored -
colored , hu not mimurli blood could be seen.
hiogers mimaintained that the wountl suns ummore
than sut'rflciai , but time surgeommmm said it
would get well itt a couple of days.
him three days time wounded iimami was dead ,
of brain fever , the doctors said , but lie was
death. Timemi a post-mortem was heltl to
locate the blood clot and a smmrprising state
of affalts was revealed. It seenma that time
t twlgLong and pointed and bard as steel ,
bath imenetrntotl the brain , passing in at ths
inner angie of the eye.
ienhlm Oil time W'hmet'I ,
It does mmot require much ed a bhosv or
pressure on time aesopimagus to strangle a
man. Timis organ , time umpper portion of the
breathing umpparattm3 , is exceedingly semi-
SIti'e to injtiry , as will be remembered when
the trilling accIdents which result in death
are considered. It the nerves coimttohlImmg
the aesopimagus are atartleti suflicicimily to
form a stricture , as 1mm lockjaw , the patkrit
rarely escapes suffocation. This Is
ilitistrated by the fate of a Chicago
cyclist sVho died stitlthetily after an accident
mutch less setiotms than a hundred he lmd
experienced before ,
Tlmls aman was ruling his whcl hmonme one
evening carrying another arotmmmmi his neck.
lie was a skillful rider anti muado iigimt of
time task of holding the etr.i. ss'heei aummi
balancing his mnruchimw. Hut timer a
latent weakness in his hmic3'cle , siilclm caumsed
ft collapse of the frommt forks. 1mm time resultant -
ant fall the tint of the extra ssVheel caimmo in
% 'iolemmt contact 5Vitlt hula throat , causing
muctite ham for a moment , with a sensation ot
siiortmmess of the breatim. html tIme rIder rose
nmmti _ placctl his broken nuaeimlne iii a Place
of safety and timought no more of the
muatter ,
lie never reached hOme alive. Before lie
hmatl gone far his throat bcg.mn to close aim'h
lie startetl for a doctors ollice , requesting a
friend to run stitim iilmn. They neser readied
time otflce , as time eufferimig man fell before
lie got there. lInt t lie fricuid securetl ttic
sturgeon nail rcttmrned to where time victim
sins stiii alive , but faiiimg rnmihly. ! The
binierr of time accident ssas told auth the
,1cietoi : beat all his emmergies to relieving the
mutjcttmre. It was unavaiiing. for the nmamm
tileti svitimimm a couuido of houmrs after time ( au ,
No external amarks of violence coulti he
observctl. tIme mmerves macrely having heroine
oxditetl atid clasping lila throat iii such a
mimammner as to shalt off the brcatim as
eii'ctuaily as the hamigumaum's rope could have
done.
St riungi' flentlm In a Smeepiuig Cur.
Every man who has rIdden in a. sleep-
lag car iii recent years lies imotied the
wire cables used to brace dowmt time upper
berth. The cables are eme-fourth of nit
inch in dianmeter amid are fastemieti to the
iower divisiomi , so the tipper berth cannot
close wIthout their breaking. Hut the
reason for thus is pesslbiy not luuowmt to
every reader. It gross' out of the death of
a lr.SEeiuger ) iii aim tipper herthi , a stilt for
damages and the loss of time action by the
railroad comnpamm ) ' .
Time accidemit hmnpiieneth , if nmeumory is not
at fault , over iii Ohio. A passenger trnimm
ss'aa travellmmg at express speed , when the
axle of the sleeper broke , time car iuuclmcd
heavily on the ties , all time glass went out
amid thou time vehicle settled thown imartiy on
one side. The drawheati was broken and
the rest of the traiti escaped ijmjumry. No.
body on tue sleeper was hurt so far as
could ho leau'rmed at first. All limo pas-
semigera were accoumited ( or and time sVeriu
of clearing time track auth trnmmsferri'ig time
imasseumgers to another car trait conmmnenced.
All at omice time porter reiiiemnbered that
tipper Live hind beemi occupied. lie looked
through the pnsseimgera antI asked ( or timi
atari , but nobody knew ammytiting about
butt or where Ime nmigiit be. Timeim time fact
that the berth had been occupied sins
verified antI time trmilmmmnemm ruisheti back into
time car to ins'ostlgatc. Time upper ilve s'as
closed , jaimmated shut by the lui'chulimg of the
car. For a bug timeefforts to force it
open svere umnavnhliumg. FImmally , w iimt time
thing was opened , the pasaemmger was foummti
Inside , smothered to ticatim. Every effort to
resuscitate him failed ; he wan dead. Timis
accldemmt and time resulting lawsuit hroumhut
about time hracImmg of upper berths opt'um Iii
all sleepers of unodermi make.
T1FhY 8'l'tTMmII.mm ON t FOIt1't 1 : .
Iloty a RIt'ha Vlumd 'na Mmde in Idaho
in the isiri' Jim. , .
An old ProsPector tells a story of the
first days of uminiug In Idaho which sounds
like a ronmaumce , relates tii Denver Itepub.
iican , hut svhmlch he vouches for as hcitig
strictly true , and which agrees with the
story frequently told by time late Judge
CraIg of Dommgias coumity , vhio was one of
time liarty that staked off time tli'st. claims iii
Idaho. "Time first find of vlacer gold in
Itlahio , " said the old pioneer , "was made
early In 1S62 by JIm ' . \'arren , a prospector ,
who put in the time wliemm ant engaged iii
the field iii patromii'iiiig the gaining table ,
A little camp had been established at Florence -
once , but time diggings ssero poor amid there
was so little to be made that time men
drifted asvay in little squads to find better
pay. Warren anti four others started out
together , hut soon afterward a .iisrmgrcememit
arose and 1Viirren left time party to go It
alone. After two or three days he camped
one evening eu time stream mmoue kmioivmm as
Wnrremm creolt , and , timore beluig ( air Immtllea-
tlons. time next day was spent iii prospeit- :
lug.
"i'ammuing sevcim pans of dirt lie saved tIme
proceeds , and taklmmg samples of time qirirta
went back to Florence , the gait ! was
weighed and found to be sv.rth 7' ' ) edits , o
10 cents to the pan , This was not a hii
thing ( or those ( lays , but it led to time cx-
pectation of better strlkV.s , .ui'l aim expedition
of sixteen amen was tmrganizomt to investIgate
tile flOW fInd.
"On their way to Warremm creek they came
across Warren's four companions , front
wbom he hind partetl several days previously.
They srero 'tin Iiormms' nmmd poor prospectors ,
and bath been unsmmccessfui , Seeiug Warren
vith time crosvd , they commeltided that Ito had
made a strike , aimul followed hilum , W'arremm
mintl his frlemmds , not carixmg to elmaro the
discovery with time four amen , resorted to a
ruse to timross' thrum off time scent , mmml spent
several ilays on Secosim creek-no called frommu
tIme war of sveessIomm , svhlch imad then hmeeit
recently heard of. Tile four gamnujicra , lie-
lmmg umenrly out of provisions , svcre frozen
mit ummtl coimiiehlt'th to meturim to Fioreimce.
This expetlltion then hurried toVarren
creek amid staked otmt time \'mmrrcn mneadois's
for timeamselves mmd their fricuitIs , Eight
men svcre sent back to Floremmcc for provI-
muons , time rest reimmalnlumg to work tIme clalmmtu.
W'imIio time eight zmiemm si'ere moimc ; soimme of
those swim remimairmeti discovered latter dig-
glmmgs at Summmmer fiat , obtalnlmmg fronm $2 to
$4 to time pan.
"Time claims at V'arren meadows were
nbandommed and mmciv clainms staked out eu
the mmciv ileiti. W'imemm the nmcVmm m'cturmi 'd trout
Piorenco svith time urovisions they were (01-
loWeLl by about COO nmlimers , ss'lmo suspected
that rich dirt hind been found , aumil umwartnetl
along W'mmrremi crick auth Its tribtitarlemu ,
makinu rich finda everh'where. Time original
locators wore extremely tortumiate itt time
Sumimmor Fiat diggings. 'i'uvo men , mmanmed
liemsao amid Osgood , worked together , ammtl
.lockcd out 100 otmtmt'cs the first day auttl
forty oumnees dtmrltmg time umext forenoon. The
assay cilhro lmatl just been estahihislmctj at
liaise. amid this 140 ounces of dumst swore time
first receipts of the ( ) iflce. The gold was
fommmmml to lie ssVortum $14 an ounce , time not
retumrmimt of thin tue iimt'fl ( em" a day and a
hail being $ lPGQ. 1mm three ss'oeks that Iinrt3'
of sixteen moon hmath takemi omit front their
cialums arm Sunimmmit Flat .10.000 otmuecs of
gold. Before time close of time season 100,000
ouimces V5Vero takeum ommi , nimtl the origlmiuui
mmwmmmhers of time expedition hmati enough
fluency to keep thmenm etmmmifortuuimly ( or life.
About as mmmcii mmmore 55Vfl9 taken out duiring
the mmet. season hcmre ( limo bar svaa ox-
lmausted ,
"Thin L'onthsty of time mlner5 iii tlioo
piommeer ulays was Illtmstm'aied by an jumeidemit
whim hu occuirreti dmiring this stanmimemle t'3mfl
Fioremiec. In thu crO\5i of 0011 .mh'ut followed
tb eight macui sent to Florento aft'r
lirov1oums was a ummami ntekmmame'i 'floton , '
of a ti'rifty turn , who hougi't tivo barreh
of whisky and a swagon haule I by a pair of
I niules , imi ' kumowledge of the is'rrag. imr-
pector 1eadIn hIm to the coarluslon that
the crovd , limltc4 to water as a bcveitgC ,
would soon begin to stutter from the pangs
of thirst. On th vay to the uliggiags
one , Vandeveimtcr , offered him a itantltome
atlvance on the first cost of time sihisky , nimti ,
the otter being accepted , the whisky was
ttmtiit'd over \'amidovemmter , who set time
barrels on end under a tree , took mit the
lmeamls , hmuiig a tin dipper out lime sltict of
each barrels fixed a contributIon bo'c umli
against a tree , ii'tlm a slot 'in the closed lid ,
and sweat on whim the crowd , leaving time
Iniprovised saioon to take core of Itself. The
imilacrs pasting to and fro vould lake a
drimm ! . drop a c'ontrlbuutlomm tim the box , nail
pass omi. Soummotinmes ees'etal drinks 'tvotmld be
taken svithout resort. to time bimelesicin , but
Iii hhi end the drinks weto s'eIl imaid for.
mmumgget ss'ortii $1 or more being frequently
dropped In for a sIngle drimmk. Strange as
it nmny seem , there was no e.cessivo 1mm-
duilgemmee at the barrels , nmid no one mmmedtlieil
ss'Hhm time eommtribtmtioum box , anti before the
cioo of tbe season \'amm's barrels formed
alma of th laumdnarks of the vomimmtry.'aum -
dtm'eiitor tulieti nut a hmauiulsoimmo summi front
li ! ummiuilmig clalimi , antI svhen cold si eatimt'r
Set 1mm returned to his barrels , built a cabin
anti opened a saloomm 1mm duo focal , nickIng a
good denim-up ( coin lila couitribtmtlon box.
as the diggings lasted lie keimi iiis
regular bar , but olwaye hail a keg of
svbIsky , a cump and a contribtmtlomm box on
time Otitsimle of the cabin to acconmmoiiato
thmo who preferred this niethod of indumlg-
lag in the miners' delight.
SlllCll ) 'i'mm.t'i' mi.ts smix smit'u'mci ,
l'um'er lliuuu Jiltait Ut'iic tur Ilme
mmiuimm'um .sm'nmut.lul ,
\\'alter ( 'ox , a regitient of icnver , has
in his posesslon svhat amity be coimsiulered
during time iresemmt crisis betweemi this country -
try and Spain a relic of more than usual
lmmtcrest , says the 1)emms'er Repuiblicaum. It Is
a piece of Spaniolt oak from one of time
Siimtmmisiu ships wlmlclm commmpriscd the fammious
armimada supposed to he itms'immcible.
Time Spammlsh nu'mimada was fitted otmt by
Philip II of Spain in ISSS to Imms'ade antI
coumquer Emmglaimd , auth svas contnmammthi'ii by
the tluike of Medial Slulonia. It consisted
of 129 shills , of whelm 69 store mote titan
' 0o tons. It svas mimanmietl by S.000 sailors
mimI carried 19O0 eoltll r , umioro timnu 2,0(10 (
cammnnn anti footi for 40,000 amen , for six
moat his.
Queen flhlsmtheth iintl SO shills , rmtsmmnrtl by
0,000 sailors , umatier I.ord hiowai'd , Drake ,
ilnwkins mmii 1roblsht'r serving ummder iiini.
Tue SpanIsh ships cauime tilt time vliammmmci Iii
time ot'umm of a erescemmt , which ummeastureul
seven miles long frommi lmormm to horn. The'
mlnmlrimls ummade such a plucky at tack omm time
huge lied sciIhi their muitmall sVesselq timat tue
Sitmumiaruls got badly rattled , a gale sprang
till. amid the ummwkhly and bathly imiamiaged
Imiviulimig iieet was itrokeum up. Time htmittereti
s'esels that ss'ere hot ealmtuired or muummik by
Qtmeemi Riizuibetiu's sailors swore nearly all
driveim ashore cii different vnrts of the flag-
iiim coast.
Mr. Cox ncqtmiretl lossession of hIs
souvenIr imm thii sway : lie was cdiientctl at
fllmmimdeii's school , cue of time oltlest iimbhio
schools of lmmgtaumd , the interior ss'oodis'ork
ammd wniiiscoating of swimlohi ii mis tnkt'tu ( mmii
Omit , of tltesc Sluimmish war sitilis ss'reckcd on
time Rmmghisim roust. after limo battle , Al-
thmotmghm time woodwork Is jealously gumiurtled ,
Mr. Cox tlteideti a ilicce of this famed
Simnishi eak ss'cmumltl lie a umplemidiul itiemimemito
or his alnia mumater. antI , as luttit ii iii a spirit
of dni'imig as numyi lung else , Ia' suurrcptitously
cimiselhed alit etiougim Spmim : 1dm oak to mnmmko a
smimithi shiieitl ,
The oid school is ( till of historical Interest -
terest , such ummen as the liresdmmt Am'cimbisimop
of Caumterhitiry , the' late' earl of ievon , Sit'
W'iilimuimm Vm'lrond , M , P. , time first whfli of
the ce'miscrvatis'e' PartY : Jack ittislI , the
hitmmstlimg Parsomi ; Mr. It. 1) ) . lliavkmnere them
noveilat whose "iotna icmomie" ,1e'ee'rht ' tue
ottl i'iace , nmi.t ninny su eli knowmi imest Ummil
lreemmt leading flnghisimumien ss't'me eultmeatel
at time out ecimeol.
( , imileIs (4) Ott fl SInk. ' ,
COLtIMUUS , 0. , .lumhy 11-A slmevlmti to tiio
1)l5imatehu froimm MamifieIuI says fmirt.fl'o
itisotmers lit time state refnrmmmstmiry mime
StiVuiiig tip by their tlmtmitmls iii dtmngebmlit ammti
given oumly ( mfl ( ' st'atmt iim'al a ( lay , imievlmig
iomme cmi it "strIke' ' iwi'numSt' their tobaro
Stmily Sins cult or ? . There were tsveiity-livo
tmtlmt'rs iimmpliemitetl , but thme'y rcturmir'd to
stork ssimeuu informucul s'liat tue vuumisummmmeut
siould be.
t'iumul ( lmme ihiudy iii time 'i'mmnumel.
( "l1S'flLANi ) , 0. , .itmiy I l.--A u'cswuio
PartY svcmit tlt.ss'n . imimo tiit' wntu'r torla tutu-
imet today niml rermu'iied a ilistamien of f.mt)0 )
fet't. s'imicit Is 300 feet further ( bait imny
lmrt'viohis umart himis gomic. 'i'iit'y mhimtcosem"il
time tinily of one of the s'ic'tlmns , stipiios'ul ,
lii be tlmrmt of trcnimhey , butt ostiiig to time
( suiting cumitlitiomi of time resetme putty ,
cotiiti iiot I cmnos'o I t.
( l I fumeum In t'omntI I'.t , lInit ,
SACIlAMflN1'O , , lumly I -After a long
catm'tms I he at ma 1gb I cii t hmillimmi hmtmt lumus'o tIe-
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unit mis thou' omuutulidate for govemmior.
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/ / pure nourishing milk for ( he babies.
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