JUST STOLE. FOR FUN. [
STRANGEST THIEF ON RECORD
IS NOW IN JAIL.
f>*n ir lie fled Wanted To Tliuncli
• llaftlnemt Man. He hlrheil for the
Mere Plraanre of It X penile 111*
Tine Untiling.
:NITTINO blockings
In u prison cell is
the man who, a few
days ago, was the
assistant manager
of the Hotel Wal
dorf, In New York
—Henry Staats—
the strangest crim
inal freak that ever
gave a new page lo
the record of theft.
He stole without reason for stealing,
and without enjoying benefits from his
I hefts. He gathered u remarkable col
lection of Implements of the burglar
that he never used. He had sleeping
potions that he did not administer, and
a slungshot that was not employed. He
Is the fantastic personality In the great
., company of thieves, the man who stole
jjnerely to have the pleasure of stealing.
Ills knitting Is his incidental pastime,
a relaxation to quiet Ills nerves be
tween ihcfts, a sort of mechanical bro
I Tilde that gives ease to a mind tortur
ed with thought of what next to steal.
i rid now i.o hi ('in ii. Aiiu wii'-n
ceases to amuse him, ho embroiders or
makes lace. This man who steals and
knits and makes embroidery, Is Intelli
gent, Is a competent hotel manager, Is
a strict director of men, Is economical
111 his living. He Is :« years old, rud
dy of countenance, of course courteous
in address, or else he could not he the
A assistant manager of the Hotel Wal
dorf, He Is married, and until discov
ered to he a thief was deemed an ex
emplary man, devoted In his attention
to the business whence he gained his
; alary. Ill Ills thefts hi- showed no
partiality. He took silverware, rugs,
paintings, napery, even slippers. None
of these articles he used. He stole them
and stored them, as though the knowl
edge of their possession was sufficient
satisfaction for the pursuit of his ma
lignant Inclinations. Many of the
stolen urtlcles were stored right In the
Hotel Waldorf, where be was employed,
locked up In trunks, which he dared
open but seldom. Other articles were
In his little bedroom, a room for which
he paid a rental of $11 a month. Pa
trons of the V'aldorf who pay $12f> a
day for a suite of state apartments may
he astounded to learn that a room may
he hired In New York for $6 a month,
and still more astonished to learn that
a room hired for that Insignificant
price was Inhabited by the man to
, whom they made application for their
sumptuous drawing rooms and cham
bers. Confessing his guilt, he sits In
a cell and knits, counting the stitches
carefully, as an old maid who depend!
upon her own nimble fingers for her
stockings and her wrist warmers. This
prodigy among thieves Is by name
John H. Stants, by birth an American.
His relation affixes him to a distin
guished ancestry, the Stauts family,
founders of Staatsburg-on-the-Hudson.
For nine years he was employed at the
Hotel Normandie as assistant mana
ger. Heaving on his own account he
went to the Sturtevant. where he re
mained for about four years. He has
held responsible positions In other
large hotels. He has been assistant
manager of the Waldorf for about two
years. Careful search was made of the
four trunks and sixteen large boxes
placed In the storeroom of the Hotel
Waldorf by Htaats. Hy taking bun
dles to this storeroom Staats was first
Hiisplcloned of theft by the dotectlves,
who, disguised as workmen, were sta
tinned In tho lintel after the theft of a
rug valued at $2,000 from the Marie
Antoinette room and reported to the
police. In these trunks were found j
iiuautltles of tablecloths, napkins, tow
els, sheets, knives, forks, spoons, can
dlesticks. tureens, cake dishes, ladles. \
pltehers and Jugs, the llneu and the
silverware used In a hotel, and also :
several rugs, among them a rare Per- !
slan fabric value5 at ftioo There were, i
moreover, call belts, bu'h mair, plr- i
lures aud small ornumenla. In all an !
e«|uipiuenl suIBclenl for a bole) of con
siderable lire and Import a nee. Most
of these articles were marked with
• W“ in a wreath, showing that u,. ,
are the propel ty of the Hotel Waldorf,
but some have the marking of other
hotel* The mystery uf the true enar
aeter of this wan Hunt* gains . omptl i
• nion by careful Map* t lion of his fit
He room In the walla are nail hole*,
so many Ihat (hey are not reodllf
counted People in the hoiu« hv
•luantly bea d him hammering n,
■trova nails and drew them, a* he stum
things and aloud them, and apparently ■
U no more neefwl employment Hut
the nail hole# are no lee* esptlrelde
than th* ml»*»iton of burglar* tmpi*
manta and a hot I la of lethal pnimn [
found In a drawer of his bureau. A
paper found In the room may lead to
the detection of a theft more extraor
dinary even than others already de
scribed. This paper is in receipt for
furniture stored. From the Waldorf
some of the leather covered furniture
is missing. Staats may have taken
even chairs and couches to gratify Ilia
infatuation for the property of his em
ployer. The Information gained up to
this time falls to show that Staats
made any use of the stolen property.
None was sold nor pawned. Some
times the little room was decorated
with bric-a-brac, that remained for a
short time, and then was tak n away
and reproduced by other ornaments.
Kvldcntly StaatH took some of the
stolen articles home, kept them there
for a time, and then placed them in
the trunks and boxes in the store room
of the Waldorf. The confession by
Stauts to the chief of police is plainly
not the whole truth, for, while he ac
knowledges taking articles from the
Waldorf, he says he used them to Tar
nish a flat, In which he and his wife
lived, and, moreover, he denies thefts
from the Normandie and other hotels,
though articles bearing their markings
were found in his boxes. Moreover,
Staats airily says that the tools found
In his room were mementoes of a
western trip, and that the "knock out
drops" were prescribed as a medicine
to Induce him to sleep. This assertion
about the chlorul Is denied by the doc
tor whom he mentions as the author
of the prescription for the mixture In
the bottle. This man had no vIceH
that cost money, lie did not gamble,
nor drink expensive liquors. Occasion
ally he took a young woman In Brook
lyn to drive, but not In pompous style.
Kven the use he made of his salary of
$150 a month Is not apparent. Tills
freakish thief Is called by the captain
hi mi. n i nn i a,
of detectives "a miser-kleptomaniac.”
This seems to flt his conduct, save hla
knitting, knitting all the evenings In
his little room, knitting, knitting all
the day long In jail; counting stitches,
one, two, three, four a turn; making
the heel as cleverly as any Shaker who
ever held a hall of yarn on her lap. Is
there a grotesque record of crime In
the woman’s work of this thieving
man? “He beats me” said Chief ol
Detectives McClusky, and that epitom
izes the opinion of every man connect
ed with the detective bureau. His
wife, who is supposed to be his accom
plice, has not been arrested. Staats
was arraigned In Jefferson Market po
lice court. Manager Hilliard of the
Waldorf appeared as complainant and
charged him with larceny of goods
amounting In value to |«3.80. The
real value probably reached Into the
thousands, but this merely nominal
amount will serve to hold the accused
on the charge of grand larceny.
Mlie Knew How to Hide a Tanilniii,
He was an estimable young man in
every way. and she was more than es
timable—in his opinion—so, with file
idea of wheeling bis way into her
heart, he saved and hoarded his shek
els and purchased a fine tandem. Hut
"the best-laid plans o' mice and men
gang aft agley.” They had ridden
some fifteen miles, and after slowly and
laboriously pedaling to the top of a
long hill he, after mopping his drip
ping brow, gasped out convulsively;
"M-M—May, you c—-*c— can p—p—
put your feet on the c—c- coasters
now." "Why,” said his companion,
‘Tve had them on ever since we
started." He said nothing, but set his
teeth grimly, and she has wondered
since then why ho has not called on (
Sunday evenings.
Mnriler Myatrry »t Ml. Luui.
A mysterious murder developed at Si. ;
Louts recently In the tiuding In front
of the (lately theater of the body of ;
Benjamin F. Lamar of Kalrlaud, l. T., !
with Ills skull crushed In. Lamar, who 1
Is u member of the territorial legisla
ture, value to St, Louis several days j
ago with a party of friuuds to see the .
sights. He had a large sum of money I
whvu last seeh, but none of Ibis was In j
his pockets when found. The police j 1
are uow looking for a woman uauieil j j
Fannie Wolf, wfttii whom Uiusr was
I i
hi'vu. ! .
i
K*r«trl Mr >***•'• ll««4 luumi t
Will bun I'irotiu, u l*ont04*11, while i (
'Hutting fur vuaI In MwIih1 HunUluir uti j ,
ill* Kentucky elile of the Ohio rlvvr, ,
f 00 tut it skull, the lotfr jaw uf which j ■
im lii the Jew wrrv nut* >
teeth Two front teeth were goM tilled
An ri|ert 4*ntt*t It u the ahull j \
iif 4 women between Ik wn4 33 >*nr* j *
oh! It li i4P)mnmn| in be thet of iHmrl ■
Hr>wn for w hoe# murder J«. hwict *44 I I
Wei linn were hew **4. Mhouhl thet t
(Move tine It he* in t|«» rltvr u%#9 i t
nineteen month* \
4 Ai*nw*n t!
A 1 keerfut ulM in Haiti Ml or* knt 1
4rb«» eight men Iimm b> *«fcy»g l
them In repent tether |*k|l| thin mi* I 1
ten** A ie»«i Mote* 4Mnuyt in atm**. I I
FORETOLD HIS DEATH
DREAM OF ENCINEER ANDER
SON BORNE OUT IN DETAIL.
' I
;>«■•!> if<* tlie Present I rneiit He Taken llln !
Train Oat «f Mprinillrlil Arrhlrnt
Happened Prerlneljr an It Appeared t»
Him In the Vision. '
HOSE who dabble
In the occult have
a fruitful theme In
the death of George
Anderson of
.Springfield, III. Mr.
Anderson, who was
an engineer on
the Wabash rail
road, died of
Injuries which he
received In a heart
end collision at
Maples recently, lie, It Is alleged, wan
'esponslble for the wreck, having fall
id to comply with orders which he re
el ved regarding the train he was to
puss at Naples. On the morning of (lie
iccldent Anderson arose from a trou
Pled sleep, He had dreamed that he
lad been In a collision and he had ex
perienced all the horrors of being
'aught beneath his engine and pinion
id by Ils heavy boiler. The escaping
iteam had, in his fancy, begun to cook
ils quivering flesh when he awoke,
remhllng with the shock hls Imag
natlon had conjured. Anderson was
roubled by the dream and he told the
nembers of h1s family about It, He
laid be felt that there wus a warning
n the dream and he was almost per
ittuded not to go out oq the road that
lay. However, when he had eaten hls
preakfast, the engineer put hls fears
islde and started for the roundhouse.
He was about to get Into bis engine
tab when the fear that had disturbed
ilm earlier again came upon him. He
•poke lo the hostler regarding hls
(ream and repeated what he hud said
it borne. Anderson's (rip was west and
>n the way to the Bluffs the engineer
alked to his fireman about the pro
icntlrnent be had received. It evideut
y preyed much upon hls mind, for he
became abstracted in Ills manner and
ilmost heedless of hls surroundings,
rim nearer the train approached Its
lestlnatlon the more distraught Ander
lon became and he had the appearance
>t dreaming again as he went about
ils work In the cab. He did not give
its usual attention to his fireman, and,
is the train approached Bluffs, he
ipoke to him for the first, time In many
nfles. Then hls mind seemed to he
'ar away and hls fellow workman felt
hat something was wrong with the
inglneer. At Bluffs Anderson's train
was met by an extra engine to help It
bver the hill and, while this locomo
tive was being coupled to the train,
Conductor A. I., Garrison got the or
lers at the depot and took them to
\nderson. The engineer heard them
’ead and attended to the reading in the
lame absent-minded manner that bad
narked his conduct throughout the
nornlng. Taking the copies he rne
thanlcally placed them under hls seat
'ushlon. As the conductor turned
iway from the cab Anderson called
him back and said: "I am going to
Ibave one of the most awful wrecks
rou ever heard of." The conductor was
itartled by the tone In which Ander
lon said this nnd he asked him. when
he had recovered from hls surprise,
what made him say this. "I kuow It Is
»o," replied Anderson, "because I had
:rouble with my engine all last night
ind could not sleep. I am going to
pave a head-end collision.” Garrison
aughed at the engineer and told him
le had only suffered u nightmare and
.hat It was superstitious to suppose
hat such dreams as he hud had meant
inythlng. Anderson shook his bead
tloomlly and answered that he was
latlsfled the accident would occur. "I
OKoKliK ANUKHSON.
lave been foretold uf 11." he said. An
lemon, being In possession of the or
ient, hud control of the train us it
lulled out with Its two engines on the
Inal run to llsuiilbul The orders In
truded him to meet a local freight at
tallies and wait below the switch lor
hat train to take the siding When
he point was reached Anderson gave
10 indication of stripping hu engine
nd. ns the trnln dashed by the
witch, the It reman looked up in aUtm
o see hts engineer, sitting as If in n j
rane*
At the same moment the Un-man j
iwrked abend and them saw the local
anting down upon then* li was ap j
«r*nt al a glance that n collision was j
set liable and lhe Uremaa sprang for
he hull board As he did etc. he tried
it the engineer "Jump Hsurge lump'
Vs re going to hll the total'" Vw
arson turned and knitted nl the ti
tled Kreman la a dared maaaer hut
cade ao ar.nstnant toward the mb ea
rs are Ko» Hod a eehe. lump, man*"
•reamed the Uremaa. and again the
«w tide red eras of the swgtaeer were
turned upon him. This time the fire
man thinks he saw something of resig
nation In their expression, hut it may
have been the folding of the engineer's
hands across his breast that gave this
impression, for Anderson quietly
crossed his Jacket with his arms and
did not move from his seat. Repeat
ing his last cry the fireman sprang
out into the right of way, and then
the trains came together with a crash.
The collision ruined the engines and
piled cars high above them in a mass
of wreckage.
Anderson was caught beneath his
engine Just as he hail dreamed he
would be; the steam, escaping from
the demolished holler, enveloped hltn
and cooked his tlesh. The realisa
tion of the torture whieh had filled his
thoughts was upon the unfortunate en
gineer, He was finally taken from his
awful position, but he had received in
juries which he could not survive.
When death carne it was a blessing. To
those who will tiot believe that there
was a mystic warning of impending
danger in the dream of Anderson, the
Naples wreck will ever he a powerful
example of the force which the Imagin
ation may exert.
Kvery other man on the train man
aged to get off in time, und none of
them suffered more than a few bruises.
Anderson permitted himself to he
rooked beneath his engine because of
IiIm surrender (o what he believed was
a decree of fate. .So thoroughly had
Ills mind become Impressed with the
truth of ills dream that he made not
the least effort to combat it. even in
the face of the greatest danger. lie
saw to it. Indeed, that the presentiment
became a reality In all Its horror*.
ON HIS VICTIM S CRAVE.
I Mur«|i*rrr How*m| ‘Turnl|»« lo lllilt
til# Citmc.
A murder case rivaling In horrible
details the Gulden siippe tragedy in
OSCAR OILLI8.
New York has been developed at Mont
gomery, Ala. Oscar Glllis, porter (or
Marks £ Kohn, grocers, and John Glo
ver, butler for Henry Well, roomed to
gether In an outhouse on Mr. Well’s
fashionable residence premises on Fer
ry street, four block* from the busi
ness center. A few weeks ago (21111s
disappeared. The following day some
unknown person telephoned his em
ployers that the porter had gone to vis
it friends In South Alabama. A few
days later Glover left the city without
notice. Friends of Glllis suspected
something was wrong, and told Ihe pn
lice their suspicions. Then reporter*
and some of Glllis' friends commenced
a careful Investigation. It was learned
that there had been gambling in Glovei
and Glllis’ room one night; that Gtlllr
had won, and had several hundred dol
lars; that Glllis had disappeared: that
a negro who had seen Glover several
days afterward digging a deep trench
In Well’s garden was told by Glover
that It was Intended to bury some
weeds and trash, but. that the negro
cook who occupied a room adjoining
(Hover and seen him lift Glllis’ body
over flic brick division wail one night
about a week afterward, and was told
IHIIIs had been sick and was being
taken to the train. The Investigating
party found the garden had been re
ently worked and sowed In turnips.
Gut by candle light, and with the aid
>f a fence puling, the location of the
alleged trash pile was discovered by
he looseness of the earth about It.
After industriously digging, (Hills'
iody, decomposed badly, was found
diortly before 1 o'clock In the morn
tig. wrapped in quilts and bound with
•ord like an Kgyptlan mummy. Hvl
lence Indicates that afler the card
players bail gone, Glover crushed Ills
(lonintate's skull wlih u bed slat anil
hen cut his thrAat with a razor, thul
an Ilien wrapped the body In quilts ami
Kept It In his room about a week, then
lug the hole in (he gar deal, burled the
sidy ill the dead of night, sowed the
(round above It In turnips, and left the
iity for Atlanta Ihe police are try
ng Jntluairlously to capture him.
;»«•« Tiutra.
The Marshall cuuaty, West Virginia,
(rami jury has hriikeu ihe reeortl In
he mailer of liquor tudlituieht*
tlb hael t'al'ahsn. who conduct* a
a toon neat Wheeling, sold liquor
vtihout a state or county license and
he graud Jury futtud Mai Indictment*
igaluat him All were lurset! upon ih*
esUmony of one man. who said he had
-might a drink from Callahan every
lay for a yea. If ("aliahnn pays iht
Ine and costa It means o*er H.mt uu
if Ms pocket This I* the largest SHI*'
>er of indictment* ever trough! again*'
me man In a state ruin
The river Rhone get# Ita water *1
mat entirely from the gwtaa glacier*
md melting anon In winter unit Mu.
no c«M> motet* uf water pnaa n
liven point. In rummer the Mure la
ihwut TM.aun. and during high water
, l (■» «*> cubic meters
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII NOV. 14. ACTS 29;
I 7-31.
UoMm Tut **l am Not A«hsmed of
the Gospel of <’l»rHt* for It Is ths
Power of God I nto Saltation to Every
One That llellevstlt” Horn. I. 10*
Time.—Paul reached Rome about March
1, A. !>. 81. Here I* Lewln's schema of j
dates: March 1. arrival at Rome. March
4. address lo the Jews. Hummer of Cl!,
martyrdom of James, '‘the brother of our ■
Lord,” In Jerusalem. Autumn of tili. Paul (
wrote (‘{duties to the Ephesian*. the Co
loNMlans, and Philemon. Hprlng of 83.
wrote epistle to the Philippian*; soon af
ter was released from prison, visiting An
tioch, Colosse, Ephesus (perhaps Hnumi.
July, 04, the great fire In Rome, charged
to the Christiana; Nero's persecution.
Autumn of *14, Paul visited Philippi and
Corinth, and wrote First Epistle to Tim
othy and Kplstls to Titus. Autumn of Oft,
Paul was made a prisoner at Ephesus,
and taken to Rome, where he wrote the
Hecond Epistle to Timothy In prison.
Hummer of 88 (other authorities, CM), Paul
was beheaded; a little earlier, probably.
Peter had been martyred; four years Inter j
Jerusalem was destroyed
Place.—Rome, the capital of Ac Homan
empire; center of the world,
Rome in Paul's l»ay. "At the time of
Paul's visit the city hud outgrown the old
Hervlan wall, and consisted of an exten
sive and Irregular mass of buildings un
protected by an outer wall It was the
boast of Augustus that he found h city
of brick and left one of marble. Within a
circuit of little more than twelve mile#
more Ilian two millions of Inhabitants
were crowded, of whom about one million
werg slaves. The free rltlxcn# were mot»
then a million; of these the senators w« »
r.o few In number as to be hurdly upp" - I
clablc; the knights, who filled a fc'ca'* |
proportion of the public offices, were •"»'
more than ten thousand; the troop# (|ti;c- ■
tered In the eltv rnav be reckoned at flf*
Iren thousand; the rest were the pH1' ]
! iirlmiiii, or common Homan oltlxcn*."
1 llowHon. "The rlly had been enriched j
with ihe spoils of many conquered ni
I Hon*, and on every Hand wan luxury, wllb
j lie attendant vices avarice debauchery ;
and sensual pleasures which. Indei d, con- !
I el II tiled I lie dally life of Ihe people The
I arts wire cultivated aa never before, and
| tiny Wen made lo minister lo Ihe vile*' I
1 tel most bruitly lust* and passions, and j
■ an almost wholly unrestrained dlssoluie
tiesM had taken Ihe place of Ihe simpler
; virtues of earlier time*. The religion of
I , ge.nlstif Is wholly dlvctf-.d fr-ini moral
' '*y, and Indeed it ■- *t>-ealled worship u.t*
!tt inn tty cases (he grosses) anil the most
Impure orgies. There were also school*
( f philosophy, i hiedy of (Ireclan origin,
which pretemled lo leach something roll
id 'virtue,’ but their precept* were with
oul authority, and the practices of tho
teacher* gave the lie lo their professions,
anil with the common people the sense of
right and Ihe claim* of duly were almost
absolutely unfell and disregarded. Of till*
H. .-thing pool of moral corruption and
charnel house of nplrllual d'-aih a view
I* given In (lie beginning of Paul1* Epistle
lo ihe Homans, written only a few year*
before."—Curry.
Paul In Prison. 1. Paul'* labor*. (1) He
preached and laugh!; (2) he wrote lo the
churches. We po»*e*» four of his writ
ings composed while In prison al Home—
the epistle* lo Ihe EpheNlan*. Coloaslan*,
and Philippian*, and Ihe short letter to
Philemon; (.1) ho prayed for them (Eph.,
I. IB; 3. Ui Phil, 1, 4, 8); (4) he sent mes
senger* and hclpera lo them (Eph. 8. 2);
Phil. 2. 18, 2fd. 2. Paul'* irlala. (1) Anx
iety anil dlinger (Phil. 2. 23); (2) envy anil
strife In Ihe church (Phil. I, 14-12); (3) a
silk friend (Phil, 2. 28-27); (4) Ihe confine
ment and apparent disgrace. 3. Paul's
comfort*. (1) Faithful friend*. (Euke,
Timothy, Kpaphra*. Mark, Arlstarchua
anil Tyehlcu* were among Ihe friend*
who, during (he whole or perl of Ihl*
lime, were with the apostle (set) Col, 4.
10-14).
Advantage* of Pgul's Position at Rome.
—"I. lie was safe from all the Intrigues
and plot* of the Jew*. He could not have
been heller guarded, t. He wa* brought
lull! conspicuous notice. Everyone could
bear of the famuli* prisoner and learn
the story of his past labors anil of hi*
journey lo Home. Tho Oospel at Homo
was thus 'a city set upon a hill.’ 3. He
could preach tho Oospel with perfect free
dom lo all who came lb could converse
with Individual* or preach lo companle*.
I The soldier chained to him wa* relieved
at staled Interval*, no that a large num
ber of soldier* would com* under hi* In
Muenco. They would hear all he said lo
ulhers; he would converse also with them
personally, anil they would be won by the
sweet ness of hi* spirit, his patience, hi*
earnest ness and love. Tradition say* (hat
(In* great Statesman Heneca was among
tho converts lo Christianity by Ihe
preaching of Paul. It la quite possible,
according lo Professor Eumby, that the
Gospel was Introduced into England by
Itonian soldier* who beard Paul preach
Ihe Gospel in prison."—Faioubet.
Paul's Hubsequent History.—"Hint* In
Ihe eplstba anil Irudltlou* supply ull that
I* known or conjectured respecting thin
last stage of the upoatle’s ministry. It I*
supposed that, on being liberated (writ
er# <1o not agree a* to the precise order)
he visited again part# of Asia Minor and
Greece; went to Crete and founded, or
more probably strengthened, the church
es there; made his long contemplated Jour
ney to Spain; wrote his First Epistle to
Timothy and hi# Epistle to Tltu#; after
several years of effective labor was ap
prehended again us a leader of the Chris
tian sect; was brought a second time as
a prisoner of Christ to Home; was tried
there and condemned to suffer death. His
Homan citizenship exempted him from
the Ignominy of crucifixion, and hence,
according to the universal tradition, he
was beheaded by the hi of the lie (or. Th *
same testimony places his martyrdom In
the year A. I>. tin, the Inst year of Nero's
reign. H was in the dally expectation of
this event that he wrote tin* last of his
epistles, the second to Timothy.'
Hm Kelt.
Hint# to Teacher*.
We hsvs here a sermon. Note the cir
cumstance* under w hlch It was preached. ,
Paul, a prisoner, chained to a soldier by j
his side (verse lit, though In hi* own
house, the leaders of the Jewish colony at
Home gathered to listen. The dream of
the apostle's life was now accomplished,
ami he was at Home It mattered little
i to him whether he came a* a prisoner or
as a freeman, for lie wa* there, a* every*
v. here, under the care of his |«ord
I He| us look at the preacher uf this
termini. t He was a saved man Paul i
himself had felt the power* of j
that Gospel which he preached I
The man who ha* lent saved ’
is the only ♦*#** who i*4 i talk to unsaved I
men about salvation
-- j
MlbttlNU LINK*.
The returns of Ike dog taxes show j
that there are S.fdtMieo dog* la France j
The tales yield M§*Jbi francs a year j
Taro Chicago women have recently
opened an age no for fern liking to lit
erary flu he. schools or private individ
uals facta on any eohject dvalrwd.
A nee bicycle bub kss an oil ebatn*
bat In one aide connected with the ball
mean by very ina tubes through ehK*b
the nil fowa slowly to beep tba bear
lags lubricated
TENDS A DYING PARENT.
Ptvotmt NtcrlHru f Him I; »;f» Krroy
of New York.
Isolated from the world, with all its
comforts and pleasures, and living from
day to day in a rude hut on the sand
dunes of Staten Island, Kdlth Kenny
spends her days ministering to the*
wants of her dying father. Ill-heaUU
has made a hermit of Rev. James B.
Kenny and relegated bis devote*:
(laughter to a lonely life on the blest*
sands at the western end of the Island
Kor years the father and loving daugh
ter have dwelt there. The aged cler
gyman could not live anywhere else,
and his only child devotes her life to
his care. Her single thought is that
happiness may attend the declining
years of her unfortunate father, wbvi
spent a fortune traveling over tk'»
world In search of health. The conple
possess little beyond the home built
by the Invalid, hut they ore contenttrt
and happy among the swamps anl
hills of yellow sand.
Twelve years or morn (he old man
lolled on the little structure of brick
ami cement which they call home. It W
not yet completed, but the place la
comfortable, and Mr. Kenny can
breathe there. He Is troubled wills
asthma, and the damp salt air of '.be
marshes prolongs Ills life. rtometlirws
the old mun Is troubled with his heart.
These attacks generally come on In
the night, and Kdlth, the daughter,
hastens alone through the swamps to
fetch Ihe doctor. But the brave girl sn
not ufruld, Her only fear Is the
thought of leaving the Invalid alone.
The nearest physician Is al Mariner s!
harbor, two and one-half miles away.
The road through the swamps Is dark
and treacherous, and at one place MT«*
Kenny climbs a ladder to a high rail
road trestle, nearly a mile In length.
Many a man would lack the nerve to
make this trip, hut the girl speed*
along the ties with never a mlsliao.
And, after notifying the doctor, so
great Is her anxiety for the sick man.
EDITH KENNV.
she hurries back alone. I,ast wlney
■he made this trip many times In thn
dark, but never met With mishap.
A Tel* of th* a**.
Two American captains were recent
ly relating their experiences on differ
ent voyages. One of them told the*
following story: "About lp.ro. o»
March 2 my ship was proceeding under
full sail when a cloud about the site
of a man's hand was observed on the
horizon. It came on, and as It neared
the ship we discovered that It wan
composed of locusts. They settled oil
the sails and you couldn't sec a tilt of
canvas for them. When they (lew -
away there was not a stitch of canvas
left on the yards.” "Ah," said the
other captain, "I can quite believe that,
for at about 3:20 p. m. on Murch 2 my
vessel was proceeding under full sail
when we observed a small cloud on
the horizon. As It approached the *
ship we discovered that It wan a cloud
of locusts, and as they passed our ves
sel we saw that every man Jack of
them had u pair of No. 1 canvas trou
sers on."
Hanger* from Lamp*.
The lamp Is such a necessary article
In the home that it Is strange It should
be neglected us often us it Is. It re
quires but a few minutes' care each day
to keep It In order, yet this snort lime
Is denied it by many housekeepers. An
Ill-kept lamp Is a dangerous, as welt
as unsightly object, aud many of the
explosions of oil lamps, which uppear
almost every day lu the newspapers,,
might be traced to carelessness In car
ing for the lumps. No woman having
the welfare of her family at heart will
willfully neglect this very important
task. The danger of allowing children
or even careless grown-up people to
handle lumps cannot he over-estimat
ed.
Mr. CuutubM' Kuutimil t)atch*r.
Mr. Coomb* s of Vv Mid haven. 1,. I.,
rigged a pitchfork lb frout of his han
dlebars with the idea of tnutsnxlng t tie
llrst footpad he might meet aud fork
ing him off to the coroner's inquest,
and while riding one night without a
light .a colored scorcher, head down,
bucked Into It full tilt, smashed hi*
pitchfork and wheel, buried bint Into t
comatose eoudtUun, and got away—
Coo tubes escaped arrest for carrying a
milt fit It'll WfitlHJll bv rtutMili nf h In In.
OMUlllllll)'.
Urii.iMlU u« liar llrtuei»g I p
A good lligbtaud minister waa cu
deavurlug lo »t«*r a boatload of rttjr
young ladle* lo a landing place. A
■mult wa* bursting, the steering was
difficult, On* of the girl* annoyed atm
by Jumping up and vailing antlouaiy;
"O, where are ww going to*' “If you du
not *tt down and k«*p mill, my young
teddy," Mid lb* minister piloi. »u*
rlnvily. that will rarra greatly de
pend on how you were brought up *
Hea l*nea M-U **..«*
To *n ordinary rubber bone the *u
perlaiendent of lb* fhmgreaaiua*l li
brary baa aoavhed lb* .uaipremur uf
tb* pneumatic lube o<ltu, and alnty
guar* b>* mlillua buuh* by turaiug wa
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