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SHOOTING OF GOEDEL. COWARDLY ASSASSIN SENDS A RIFLE BALL INTO HIS BODY. Dyinir Man ! Declared Covcrnor Eleotby Contest Board Armed Men Fill the State House. Frankfort, Ky. (Special.) While walking through the capilol grounds on Mb way to the capltol building at ten minutes after 11 o'clock this morn ing, William Goebel, the democratic contestant for governor of Kentucky was shut down and very dangerously wounded. llarlund Whittaker, a farmer from liutler county, th home of Governor Taylor, is now In Jail in Louisville. charged with the crime. There is no direct evidence against Whittaker and he was placed under arrest more be cause he was caught around the cap Hoi building when the chots were fired than for any other apparent reason. He denies In the most positive manner that he had any connection with the shoot ing or knew anything about It. He was running toward the scene of the shooting: and not away from It, when ne wa caught and arrested. Senator Goebel was wounded by a rine ball of small caliber, not over 28, which struck him in the right side Just below the arm pit. The ball passed through the back part of the right lung, across the body on a diagonal line, pass Ing out below the left shoulder blade. Mr. Goebel was on his way to the senate chamber. In company with Col oneB Jack Chinn and Warden Eph Lll lard of the Frankfort penitentiary. Mr. Lillard was a few feet In advance of Joebel and Chlnn, who were walking side by side, Goebel being on the right and Chlnn upon the left. FROM TAYLOR'S Ut'ILDINO. From the outer edge of the capltol grounds to the step of the capltol build Ing the distance Is about 300 feet. Two thirds of this had been passed and the men were walking slowly, when sud denly a shot rang out from a large hree-story building which stands fifty feet east of the capltol building. This building Is used for ofTlces by nearly Hll the leading officials of the state, Governor Taylor and the secretary of state having rooms on the first floor. : As the first shot was heard Goebel gave a quick, Involuntary exclamation of paJn, and made an effort to draw Ms revolver. His strength was unable to the tank, however, and hp sunk upon the pavement. With great rapidity several more shots were fired, the bul lets all striking the brick sidewalk close lo where Goebel lay. None of them touched him, however. Lillard hastily turned around to aid Oocbi, who was supported by Chinn who had his arms about him almost as soon as he touched the pavement. "Get help," said Chlnn to Lillard, and lurnlgn to Goebel, he asked: "Are you hurt. Goebel? Iid they get you?" "They have got me this time," re plied Goebel. "I guess they have killed ni. In less than a minute a crowd of men was around Goebel.. He was losing much blood and was becoming very weak. He, was hastily carried to the office of Dr. E. E. Hume, In the base ment of the Capltol hotel, and about D, 009 feet away from the spot where the nhootlng occurred. Here he was laid on a sofa, while Dr. Hume made a hasty examination, pronouncing the wound to bo of a nature that must cause death In a short time. SMILES AT DEATH. Qoebel, who showed great fortitude and courage throughout, smiled weakly as he heard the verdict and feebly roll ed his head from side to side in token of dissent from the opinion expressed by the physician. , He wa.8 then carried to his room on the second floor of the Capltol hotel, and In addition to Dr. Hume, Drs. Me Oormtck and Ely were summoned to attend him. After a careful examina tion of the wound the doctors an nounced that while exceedingly dan gerous It was not necessarily fatal, unless complications or blood poisoning should set In. The patient himself kept up his courage, Insisting again and again that he was not going to die. It was decided by his friends to call In tho services of Dr. McMurtry, a prominent surgeon of Louisville, and urgent messages were at once sent for him. After the wound had been dress- ed Henator Goebel showed great ex haustion, and It was anounced by the physicians that he would In all proba bility die In a short time. He rallied, however, and under the Influence of art opiate sank Into a gentle slumber, which lasted several hours. WHENCE) SHOT CAME. The bullet which struck Mr. Goebel nu fired from a window In the center of the third atory of the office building , Just east of tho capltol. That window was raised about eight Inches from the sill to permit an unobstructed passage for the bullet when Mr. cjoeoei snouiu come within range. i Both Chlnn and Lillard assert that, while the first shot came from the di rection of the window in the third story, there were other shots fired from dif ferent portions of the same building. Borne of those who heard the shots asy that at least one ahot was fired from the office of the secretary of state, nils, however, is not true, as there ware men In the office of secretary of state who rushed to the window as soon as the shots were heard and all of them declare that there was not shot fired at ail from that part of the build ing The window In the third story wsb left open, no effort having been made to close It by the would-be assassin, while not another window In the building waa opened, nor were there any places where bulleU had beet) fired through them. Whittaker was arrested as he came down the steps on the east side of the state offlce building, .directly below the window from which the shots had been Bred. As he reached the sidewalk and waa hastening toward the scene of the hooting he waa met by John E. Mites, who la 7 years of age. , Without hesitation, Miles threw him self upon Whittaker. winding his arms around him and calling loudly for help. It was right at hand, and In an Instant Whittaker waa surrouaded by a group of men, many of them with drawn re volver. He made no attempt to es cape, knowing well that the slightest stempt to do so would have brought a dftsen bullets Into his body. He sub mltted tjuletly to a search, which was nulckly made of his clothing, the pro reeds of which were three revolvers and a bis knife. REVOLJVER9 NOT USED. ' 'A.' quick examination ef the revolvers thawed that none of the cartridgea had been used and there waa no powder smut upon any part of his weapons, proving conclusively that he e-otrld not haw VM4 uyttbli Uuee rrri In addition to this, all those who heard the shots, join In the statement that they were from a rifle and not from a smaller weapon. Whittaker was led quickly away and placed In Jail, where a guard was plac ed at the outer entrance to keep out all people who had no direct connection with the Institution. The prisoner is a man slightly over the medium size, with sandy hair and moustache. He was disposed to take things calmly, although he repeated again and again that he knew nothing whatever of the shooting. "I was on the first floor of the build ing." he said, "when I heard Governor Taylor tell that man Davis, the capitol policeman to go over at once to see General Collier. I said I would go with him and that was where I was going. 1 wanted to know, too, what the shooting was about. When I stepped outside, that man grabbed me, and that's all I know, and that's a fact." GOEBEL DECLARED ELECTED. While William Goebel lay at the point of death In his room as the result of an assassin's bullet, the contesting boards which for two weeks had been listening to the evidence In his contest for the governor's chair, declared him entitled to the the seat. The board met in the city hall to consider the evidence submitted to them and to prepare their report to the leg islature. A few legal authorities were read to them at the recjuest of Senator Allen, who wished light shed upon a few doubtful points. The vote was then taken and by a strict party vote of ten to one William Goebel was de clared to have been legally elected gov ernor of Kentucky. SCENES DURING WEDNESDAY. Never was there a more complicated political situation than that which to night confronts the politicians of Ken tucky, and never waa there one of which It seemed so difficult to guess accurately at the outcome. the republican party, which two days ago was vainly striving to hold Its members In their seats, upon the noor or the house and which seemed almost powerless, is tonight In the sad dle strong and vigorous and carrying things with a high hand. The power lessness of the republicans of a few days ago is more than equalled by the apparent helplessness of the democrats of today. All day long the democracy have been groping around, trying to find some way in which it could seat In the gubernatorial chair its leadei, William Goebel, who lies slowly dying of the wound Inflicted by the bullet of an RHSfUKjcln. No matter which way the democrats turned they were confronted by the same prospect, a line of blue, edged with steel, and it was fully understood by both parties that the line and che steel were there for business purposes only. There was no bluff, no false alarm about It. All day through the streets of Frank fort soldiers marched and counter marched. Drills In the street were frequently held In order that the men might be warmed by exercise after they had remained in the biting wind. Around the penitentiary was a line of troops, In front of the opera house was a guard, three companies stood at rest In the open space In front of the Capi tol hotel, sentries patrolled every side of the building In which ex-Governor Hradley resides and a detachment of Infantry held the court house against the possible comir.g of the members of the legislature, with the intention of declaring that not the living Wil- llurn S. Taylor, but the dying William Goebel was the lawful head and cb'.cl executive of the commonwealth ol Kentucky. GOEBEL SWORN IN. William Goebel was shortly before 4 o'clock tonight sworn In as governor of Kentucky, and J. C. W. Kechman, a few minutes later, took the oath at lieutenant governor. The oath was administered to both men by Chief Justice Hazlerlgg of the court of ap peals. The plan to make Goebel governor waa set in motion early In the after noon. A statement was prepared say ing that the boards which had heard the contests for governor and lieuten ant governor had decided In favor of Goebel and Eevhmar; that the boards intended to report their findings to the egislature. but that they had been pre vented from doing so by the action of Governor Taylor in declaring the leg- slalure adjourned. During the day the militarism es tablished by Acting Governor Taylor created a situation which threatened bloody results. Taylor Issued a proc amatlon proroguing the legislature and ailing another session at Ixindon, Ky. n the heart of the republican moun taineer country. The court of appeals adjourned Indefinitely, the members fearing assassination at the hands of the same clique which was responsible for the shooting of Goebel. The legls lators atempted to hold a session at the state house, but were ordered out t the point of the bayonets of the re publican militia, and were told that If hey attempted to hold a session else where, or even Indulged In a confer ence, they would be arrested as con spirators. Finally Adjutant General Collier announced that it the demo cratic members did not meet at Lon don February 6. at which date Taylor had called another session, each would be arretted and carried by military force to the meeting. About t o'clock at night, however, the situation was radically changed. The majority of the legislature signed an order declaring William Goebel the duly elected governor of Kentucky and J. C. W. Beckham as lieutenant gov ernor. Mr. Goebel, although dying, was Immediately sworn in by a Judge of the court of appeals. Governor Goebel signed two orders, one dismissing Tay lor's adjutant general from command of the militia and appointing General John B. Castleman; the other com manding the militiamen to disperse to their homes. The result of this action will not be seen until In the morning, when the new military commander will attempt to assume control of tho state militia, which has been reorganized on a republican basis by Taylor, but about 300 militiamen say they will obey Gov ernor Goebel. Ultimatum to the Sultan. Constantinople, Jan. 31. Owing to the refusal of the minister of Justice, Ab durraman Pasha, to hand over the 15 year-old Italian girl, Sylvia Geniell, who had been placed In a harem of a Turkish officer, the Italian ambassa dor; Signer A. Panzl, has sent an ul timatum to the porte, declaring thai tinlena the girl Is surrendered to th Italian embassy today, diplomatic re lations between the two government! will be ruptured. Although the minis ter of Justice contend that the girl has embraced lslamlsm. It Is believed thai the pert will yield to the ambassa dor's demand. Later In the afternoon Sylvia Gemell waa conducted to the Italian embassy and haaded avar to tier father- THE ETIQUETTE As In fox hunting, so, too, in pig ticking, a man must be most careful to avoid riding in another's line of proximity that he cannot draw clear in case of the leader falling, says Col Baden-Powell, who is now penned up In Mafeking by the Boers. The consequences of all such collis ions as above are bad enough In ordl nary riding, but in pig sticking their quality is enhanced by the fact that spears are added to the elements of the catastrophe, and also the tushes of an unscrupulous boar. Many have been the accidents from carelessness In observing such rules, Including the lamentable death of Mr. Startin of the Tenth Hussars, and it is therefore all the more necessary that a beginner should be most careful to carry them out. The race for "first spear' 'is a repro duction of a coursing match on a larg er scale. The leading pursuers race nec k and neck, gradually outpacing the quarry, until a sudden "Jink" on the part of the latter throws one or both of them several yards to the bad, and so they continue, first one leading and then the other, following every turn of the hog, until one or the other suc ceeds In getting within spear's length and, reaching out, pricks the boar, and so wins the honor of "first spear." To establish a claim for a "first spear" the hunter must be able to show blood on his spear, even though It be but one drop, but this system of "prick ing" the boar is not commendable, and should only be practiced in a very close race, or where It Is desired to draw the pig on to fight. If the rider has it all pretty well his own way he can af ford to wait until he l in a position to give a good spear, when he should de liver it with such determination and strength as will Insure a partial disable ment of the boar and the safety of the horse in the encounter. From the foregoing one might be led DEADLY SHRAPNEL IN WAR. It seems more than a little strange that, in spite of all the boasted Im provements in weapons of war, the deadliest of all Instruments of death In use today was as familiar to our grand fathers and grcat-grandrathers in the ?arllest years of the century as to us. Machine guns, such as the Maxim and Catling, each pouring forth a very deluge of bullets at the rate of several hundred a minute, and mowing down the enemy's ranks as a scythe mows down grass, as very terrible weapons; but for Bheer destruetlveness and the power to demoralize the enemy they must yield precedence to the shrapnel shell, within whose "operative area" nothing can live. These deadly projectiles were In vented early In this century by a Col onel Shrapnel; but, as is the case with so many Inventions, the original shrap nel shell wan of very primitive con. struotlon. It consisted of a spherical Bhcll, filled with bullets and a bursting' marge oi gunpowaer; nut, as It had a trick of exploding at the wrong tlmythe shell is Ignited, and with, a terrific and was only reliable In its uncertainty it was often a source of as much dan ger to friends aa to enemies. ; It is, however, from this crude pro jectile that the wonderful shell of to day has been evolved. Tbe modern shrapnel shell consists of three parts. tne case, the head and the tube which runs through Itsr body. The explosive FOR A BROKEN NECK. New oYrk Herald: Walter B. Duryea, ho has been for five months the most carefully watched patient In the hos pitals of this city, la rapidly sinking. ft was even reported that he was then dying. This was denied, but it Is ad mitted that he cannot long survive. He has been In the Roosevelt hospital since last August. Dui-yea's case will long be pointed lo js an illustration, both of how much ind how little science and love con ac complish. Both have exhausted their resources, and both have failed to ar rest, except for a brief period, the vanishing life. Never was there a more heroic bat lie, whether It bo considered from the point of view of the scientists, who have arrayed their best wisdom against the forces of death, or from that of the stricken family, who have clung with the tenacity finst of hope, then of de spair, to the fleeting sands of life; or from that of the courageous sufferer, who has not flinched In his daily battle with pain, or lost for a moment the cheerful serenity of the loftiest moral heroism. Walter B. Duryea Is the son of Edgar IS. Duryea, a rich starch manufacturer of Glen Cove, L. I. Last August he tried to accomplish what was consid ered an exceedingly difficult feat of Hiving, In the Casino, at Oyster Bay. Hiie water was, however, much, shal lower than he thought, and his head ttruck the bottom with tremendous lorce. He rose to the surface stunned, tlmost Insensible; and was rescued by "SNIPING BEFORE LADYSMITH." A good deal has been written In South African dispatches about "snip ing," and the word seems a new one coined since the outbreak of hostilities. It Is described by the Ladysmith cor respondent of the South African News is follows: This sniping Is an amusement, and Is ndulged In by the Town Guard when matters beconth .unusually dull. In srder to play the game you must ad vance at about 3 o'clock In the mornlna- while it is still dark, some 200 or 300 yards ahead of your lines. Jf you can obtain any cover, so much the better, If not you must lie In the open veldt. Vou must carry provisions and.drlng for the day, because It Is impossible to retire upon the fort while It Is lisht on account of the fact that while you are aaiplng the enemy is sniping you also. Thus you lie for a whole dv waiting; for an opportunity to obtain thot at some unusually reckless Boer. i-nese opportunities, l need hardly aay, are few and far between, aa the rf centrally finds the petition of tht sni OF PIGSTICKING. 'to Imagine that the man on the fastest horse should always win the spear, bul in practice this Is not the case. Ir. three out of five runs the spear will b taken by the best man, not the fastest horse. An experienced man on a slow horse will know when his case is hope less as regards racing, and coming first up to the pig he will then pull in, col led his horse in hand and Jook out for a "Jink" to throw the leader .ou and let him In again himself. Some times it happens that two men racing neck and neck will spear at the same moment, and In this case the run counts a dead heat, and honors and tushes are divided. In a cup compe tition it counts as a dead heat and has to be run off again. A "first spear" Is not allowed to couni unless the boar is eventually killed where a single spear, authenticated by a drop of blood, is sufficient to es tabllsh the claim of "first sDear." Disputes will occasionally arise undei in is rule, as it often happens that boar that has been wounded and then lost and given up in the early part ol the day Is found later on and hunted and killed. In such a case the honors go to the man who first speared him In the run which resulted in his death. In cup competitions a wounded boar is not run a second time, owing to the danger of a difficulty In proving the second wound In the event of a dispute. A man, knowing that he must relv on himself entirely to bring the run to a successful Issue, learns to put forth all his powers in the chase, to watch for every turn of the pig more closely, to nurse" him through the thickets, and rush him in the open, to wait a good opportunity for giving a disabling spear,' instead of pricking and prod ding;, to use his reasoning senses and woodcraft on the temporary disappear ance of the pig; and to keep an eye on the surrounding country and take measures In good time to prevent the quarry gaining some Intended refuge charge Is plac ed in the base of the shell and on a kind of diaphragm placed over this charge 200 or 300 bullets rest, being kept in position by resin, which is melt ed and poured over them. Running from the base to the point of the shell is a tube filled with powder to connect the explosive charge In the base with the fuse which is placed in the head of the shell. Before firing the shell the dislance ol the enemy is calculated and the fuse is cut down to such a length that the shell will explode at the precise frac tion of a second when It can inflict most damage. In other words, the fuse must be of auch a length that the charge will be exploded when the shell Is about 20 feet above and ISO feet ir front of the enemy. The fuse Is Ignited by the act of fir ing; and as the shell screams through the air at the rate of 800 to 1,000 miles an hour, it burns rapidly until, Just as it is on the point of striking the ene my bodily, the charge at the base of explosion the shell Is shattered, poring down its deadly volley of a quarter ol a tnousandi bullets over an idea ot about 600 square feet. The bullets are so evenly distributed from this terrible "spray dlffuser" that, if 250 men were massed withlng this area, every mar would either be killed or dangerouslj wounded. his companions. It was found that hh neck had been broken by the shock No expense was spared, no care thai could be lavished upon the sufferer wai neglected. The father brought him t this city In a special train. Conferences were held at which the best surgeons and physicians sat ii long debate over the case, and it wai decided that young Duryea could no1 live. But he did live, and when science saw that he could still fight agains death, It resolved to ally Itself with hi: unconquerable spirit. Nature would bi defied. The thin and frail shell of bom that protects the spiral cord that car be loosened but once, had been shat tered; but science had Its devices. I: could counterfeit nature. A metallic frame was made, whlcl was placed about the head of the suf ferer, and which supported the broket column and held the vertebrae in theli old position, and kept the cord un snapped, and permitted life and will t flow along their familiar artery. Then the physicians consulted again They reasoned It out that a surgica operation, of great delicacy and fear ful responsibility, might, If successful prolong the life of the patient. To this the sufferer consented. Several months ago, to add to hit sorrows, he was attacked by pneu monia, and this, while light, affected the Injured spinal cord and made a second operation necessary. From this also he recovered. After this his nec kwas Incased Ir plaster, and this plaster mould Is ir. turn held In place by a strong leathet per pretty toon after the first shots arc fired. Ills position toward midday be comes exceedingly irksome. There cat bo no doubt as to the usefulness of tht sharp-shooting. It worries tho encmj considerably, prevents his delivering at accurate fire on our men, and ever renders the aim of his artillery uncer tain. For the last three or four dayi this, and the necessity of doping 100 pmjnd shells at Intervals has been oui only amusement. We live for the most part In bomb proof shelters underground, because II Is unsafe above. They are noisome, stufTy, and there can bo no question that as the wet season approaches, and the enemy draws his cordon nearer and nearer around us, the sanitary situa tion will become more serious. The en emy Is unable to do much more than wreck our buildings and tear up oui streets with his big guns at 5,000 yards, but when he shall have brought it to within 2,000 yards, and sapped us until his trenches command our rifle pits at Mo to MO yards, he will be able to da great daman to life and limn LIVELY NEW Paterson, N. J., Special' to New York Sun: A crowd of fully 600 people sur rounded the house of Jacob Stahl at Sixth avenue and East Fifth street to night, declaring that they were tired of the manifestations of ghosts In the house and consequent effect on the members of the Stahl family, and that they were going to storm the house and rout the visitor from the other world. A number of policemen were stationed at the house and they kept the angry crowd out only with the greatest difficulty. The scene was merely the culmination of trouble in the house for the past three weeks. Stahl, his wife and seven children oc cupy the house. Mrs. Stahl No. 1 died seven years ago and' Stahl married the present Mrs. Stahl two weeks after his first wife's death. The theory of the neighbors Is that the first Mrs. Stahl had awakened to wrath over the second marriage rather late In the day, and that the trouble experienced by mem bers of the family lately are but the manifestations of her desire for re venge. une nigni aoout tnree weeks ago Stahl and his entire family rushed out of the house and went for shelter with neighbors. They declared that the fur niture was dancing all around over the rooms and that there were no signs of any human agency in its gyrations. The neighbors were skeptical, but they gave the Stahls shelter. The same thing happened two nights later, only this time it was added that shoes were arising from the floor and swatting the children In the head. Again the family received shelter. Two or three nights later there was another visitation of the ghost and the Stahl family immediately visited the neigh bors again. This time they said that coal had been thrown at them while they were in bed, and that unearthly screams had been heard all through the house. Some of the children bore bruises on their heads, and they de clared that these had come from the coal that had been thrown. The neighbors were stirred up by this time. They rather objected to being awakened at all hours of the night, and being forced to listen to ghost stories. The Stahls were evidently so thorough ly frightened that they forebore to make any criticisms. Wednesday the eldest son of the fam ily declared that he had gone into his room and closed the door after him. As soon as he had done so the door had been violently thrown open and an' OYSTER CULTURE IN FRANCE. Consul Albion W. Tourgee, In a re cent report to the state department, speaks as follows in regard to oyster culture in France: Oysters are a luxury In Europe. The natural beds have been exhausted, as the American beds are rapidly becom ing, and artificial culture has long been depended upon for a supply of this lus cious bivalve. The chief breeding ground In France is the Bassin d'Arca chon, a triangular tidal bay about nine miles on each side, entirely landlocked, and opening out of the Golfe de Gas coigne (Bay of Biscay) into the depart ment of Gironde by a narrow channel about three miles in length. The coast Is sandy and deserted. A solid forest or maritime pines (Pinus pinaster), hand pJanted during the present century, has checked the Inland march of the sand dunes and protects the basin from the southwest winds, which blow fifty out of the fifty-two weeks of each year. The shallow bay is networked with navigable channels, between which at low tide rises the half clay, half sand flats utilized for breeding the succu lent mollusk. During the low spring tides the flats are covered with quanti ties of a cheap variety of ordinary roof ing tile, which has been previously coated with a sort o coarse white wash. The spawn brought In by high water catches on these tiles, and the lime of the whitewash helps the little mollusk to form his first shell. Toward winter these tiles are taken up and carefully scraped. The oysters, as large now as one's thumb nail, are spread in flat covered trays or baskets of close ly woven osier to protect them irom the starfish, crabs and other enemies, and moved nearer the salt marshes on the east side of the basin to grow. When they have become a little accus tomed to an Independent existence they are placed in trenches a little below the water level, which are provided with sluice gates, by which they can be flooded at will. They are thus prevented from being chilled In w inter or dried up in summer, and are easily protected, the gates being covered with wire netting of fine mesh; but the primary aim of the gates Is to accustom them to being de prived of water that is to teach them lo keep their valves tightly closed when out of water. In about eighteen monthB their education In this respect is com plete, and they are raked up, barreled and sent on a Journey ot several days to the copper rocks at Marennes, France, and to Whitstable, England, to fatten and assume the bilious green tine and brassy flavor demanded by FACTS ABOUT LYDDITE SHELLS. It Is very frequently stated that the lyddite shell contains a certain com pressed gas, which, when exploding, means death to any living creature within a radius of 100 yards (some even say 400). This Is an additional life devouring agent to the ordinary de structive powers of the shell. This statement is no doubt an exaggeration, as the use of such shells would be in violation of the rules of civilized war fare. The composition of lyddite Is held secret, and It Is thereore Impossible to give any details regarding it. Compe tent authorities, however, have no doubt that it is only a modification ot melllnlle, the authorized explosive used In the French and German armies. This much Is known, that lyddite stands be tween that explosive and thorite, a newly invented compound, of which the secret has been purchased by the Unit ed States government. They are all compounds of picric acid or trlnltro phenol, a pale, yellow, crystalline pow der, with an Intensely bitter taste, and possessing marked toxic qualities. Pic ric acid Is an old compound, having been discovered In 178S by the German chemist Hnuxman, who obtained It by acting on Indigo with dilute nitric acid. At present 11 Is largely manufactured by treating carbolic acid with strong nitric acid. , Since the early fifties chemists have been experimenting with this substance, In the hope of produc ing an Ideal explosive. Bolllnette's fa mous powder, compounded of the am monium salt and potasslo chrnmate. was made In 1MD, but found to be too sensitive. Fontaln s mixture, In ISM, JERSEY GHOST. a enormous lot of bed clothing had bees) hurled over his bed. He ran out of tk room in terror and then, becoming bra ver, returned to see what had caused) the demonstration. He lighted the gas; and, as It happened, put hla pipe aa the bureau wihle he started to nveati gate. In a moment he turned around and the pipe was gone. He declare that he searched the room, thoroughly, and that there waa no chance for any person to be in the room. A few min utes later he found the pipe on the floor, broken in two. Last night most of the excitement was caused by the fact that Mrs. Mar tin Curley, one of the neighbors, esor roborated the story. She declared that she had gone Into the house and that the minute she entered the door, a ahoe that had been on the floor suddenly Jumped into the air and bit one ol the children in the head. She a vera that there waa no one within ten feet of the shoe, and that she immediately! picked up the shoe to see If there waa any string to it, but found that there was nothing attached. When this story became noised about the crowd began to gather, and it wma only the arrival of the police that pre vented the crowd from going through the house and turning it upside down from garret to cellar. The neighbors declare that they will make a thorough Investigation, and that if they find that it is the work of practical Jokers It will go hard with the guilty persons if they catch them. Huddersfleld, England, must be lh paradise of those who believe In muJ niclpal ownership. Every artisan, It la said, lives in a house owned by tha city, comes to his wor kon a municipal car, and gets his light, heat, bread, butchers' meat, bathing, recreation.hoa-' pltal care and medical attendance from municipal establishments, we Deueve. however, that he has to bury himself. Some of the cases of the newspape editor are indicated in a suit for tlo.ofM damages for libel brought by Simeon Burkhalter ot Lafayette, Ind., against the Daily Journal of that city, because in a serial story running In that paper the name of the late Mary Burkhalter is mentioned in association with other characters in the fiction in a way, It is alleged, to cast obloquy on the faralljl name. in , European epicures. - About 250,000,08 are shipped annually. The work on the beds is done by barefooted men and women, both clad in bright crimson knee breeches and sweaters, which ren ders the sexes quite undistingulshabJe. The regular trenches and dikes, kept la place with spiles interlaced with wat ties, looks like a. Dutch garden. To one accustomed To the plump clean, white and gray American bi valve, the flabby, yellow or greenish European specimen is not inviting. Tht shells are flat, thin, irregular and at slimy and corrugated as an old bar nacle, while the inmates are about the size and thickness of a BO-cent piece for a five-inch shell. On the spot thej sell for from 7 cents to 10 cents a dozen. Elsewhere they command more and the greener the higher price. Oysters are never eaten here except an the half shell. A suggestion to put them into soup or patties, to scallop ot stew them, shocks a French chef as a proposition to broil watermelon would a Carolina cook. I think a "pan roast' would be regarded here as little lest than sacrilege. Even when by much persistence you have achieved soma form of cooked oyster, the chances art infinite that the most noticeable result will be a fit of homesickness caused by regretful memories of the delicious "Blue Points" or succulent "Lynn Ha ven Bays." It is to be hoped that out oyster men will learn and practice th art of propagating and nourishing the oyster so as to preserve both its su perior size and flavor. Indianapolis Journal: The most a proprlate funeral text used in a long time was that selected by a Kentucky minister for the last tribute to one ot the men killed In the recent shooting affair at Frankfort. The text was: Bs ye also ready." The readiness of tho deceased had been eloquently shown bj the fact that he carried a large revol ver and the text itself left to the lndl-) vidual taste of the audience the deci sion as to whether the admonition was intended to prepare men to defend themselves or to die. Mrs. Mary Arnold Ward has Just ea tablished a school" for cripyled childrei in London, formed on the same princi ples that distinguish that of New Torlc As in New York; an ambulance collectr and returns the children every day an a trained nurse Is in attendance. Tht children are taught by a woman ap pointed by the London school board. caused a lamentable explosion whlel led to its being discarded as a milltarj explosive. Designolle was more suc cessful, producing a mixture which was favorably received, and Is still In us In the French army, though largely supplanted by melinite. This last fa mous explosive was invented by It. Eugene Turpin, and consists of a mix ture of fused picric acid and nitrocellu lose dissolved In ether and alcohol. Mr. Turpin has produced many patent mod ifications of this mixture, of which lyd dite Is one. The alleged fabulous pro perties of the English explosive arc only imaginary. When melinite was first put forward, equally astonishing powers were claimed for It by General Boulnnger, but these have not been Justified. Lyddite has not been effect ually tried in warfare, and authorities declare it to be little different from me linite, with which the Boors are well supplied. By the decomposition of the picric compounds by explosion carbonls acid gas, not per se a poisonous gas, I evolved. In a small and Inclosed space this gas will probably suffocate ani mals, but it is difficult to see how It can have any death-dealing properties in the open veldt. Owing to the terrlns . explosive force of the compound th shells will have a wide range, certainly a radius of 100 yards. For further par ticulars ahout these high explosives there Is no better work to which oin con refer than Lieutenant Walker1! "Lectures on Explosives," the ornefcV text-book on the subject In tho Ualost States military academies. i r-zzr'-' r" ii m p v.u.. X