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SPECIES OF liEDWOOD.
A SECTION OF ONE OF THE
CIIANT CALIFORNIA TRUES.
Wan One nt tliu Mint Woii.Krful i;.
Mulls at tint f;lilrt;' IJipmllloii, hiiiI
Ik Now Ono of tlm CurlnOtl.'-i hi I hi
Niitlminl Capital.
IUOU to till) open
ing of tho World's
Columbian expoil
lion at Chicago In
the fall of 189.1, llio
g o v o r 11 nicnt de
cided to pluco on
exhibition ono of
I'll' mammoth trees
of r,nHforiil:i. Thu
Idea orl g 1 n a t c tl
with tho Hon. H.
A. Taylor of Wlbconsln, thou United
States commissioner of railroads and
tho rcprcsontutivo of tho Interior de
partment on tho board of management
of government exhibits. Tho officials
In charge of the Yosemllo and Scqunl.i
National parks of California, wero in
structed by tho war department, which
supervises tho parks, to make- an ex
hibition of the location of tho various
trees and glvo an estimate of tho cost
of securing ono of tho monsters for
exhibition. Tho task seemed Impos
Hlblo, for tho llrst Rtop, to fell ono
of tho trees, Is tho work of live men
for a month with pumps, augers,
wedges nnd other accoutrements neces
sary to do the work. Several of the
trees wcro measured, photographs
taken and tho icport mado stating tho
po&slblllty of tho proposed plan. Tho
slzb of tlio trees was not tho only diffi
culty that confronted tho men but tho
location and access was also to be con
sidered. There are eight or nine groves of
these denizens of tho forest, averaging
one-half mile in length and one-eighth
tnllo In width, r.ltuated in a mountain
country several thousand feet abovo
tho sea-level and seventy-four miles
from Stockton. The most famous of
these are tho Coliveras nnd Mnrlpoosn
SECTION OF TUB "GENEIIAL
NOBLE."
giorcs. Many of tho. specimens easy
of access wcro found to havo been
damaged by fire, wind, or lightning,
while others, though In a favorable lo
cation, wcro not regular in form, but
partly decayed at tho base, or bulging
ho as to spoil their symmetry. After
a careful Inspection tho "General No
ble," named in honor of tho late sec
retary of the Interior dopartmont, who
was docply Interested in protecting
tho foreete and upon whose recom
mendation Sequoia National park was
made, was selected. This tree was
much entailer than others In tho grovo
(tho "Father of the Forest," now pros
trate on Uio ground, waa 435 feet high
and 110 feet In clrcumfcrenco) but
was chooen on account of its soundness
and 6ymmetry. After a selection had
been mado It was with difficulty that
any obo could be found willing to un
dertake the Job of cutting, hauling and
shipping eastward tho desired section
of tho largo tree. After numerous
methods and plans had been submit
ted a contract waa mado with the
Kind's IUtct Lumber company, a
branch of the Moore & Smith Lumber
company of "San Francisco. Tho sec
tion to be transported was subdivided
into forty-six smaller sections, somo
of these ploccs weighing over four
tons each. It had to bo hauled with
teams of sixteen mules each on strong
trucks built especially for tho purpose,
a dlBtnnoo of sixty miles over tho
rough mountain roadB. Tho cost of
hauling and delivering on tho cars was
7,G00. It took eleven freight cars to
transport tho forty-six pieces to Chica
go, awl tho total cost of Installing tho
Bectlons on tho Exposition grounds
was $10,475.87. After tho eloso of tho
World's Fair and tho exhibits were
holng removed to their permanent
locations this section of tho big tree,
which wnstaken from tho trunk twen
ty feet abovo tho ground, was shipped
to Washington and placed In tho
Smithsonian grounds a few yards from
the' agricultural dopartmorit; whero It
stands as ono of tho many curiosities
of tho nation's capital.
The "General Noble," from which
this section was cut, was 300 feet
high, twenty-six foot in dlamotcr and
eighty-one nnd one-half feet In cir
cumference. Its bark Is over eight
inches' thick, and tho treo Is supposed
' to be ovor a thousand years old. Tho
foliage of thoso trees resembles tho
cedar, tho wood Is very heavy whon
green and will quickly sink In wator,
hut whon seasoned It Is light as dry
' cedar and polishes nicely. No such
Bpcdmena arc found elsewhere In the
world, uor are thoy surjMsscd in
majesty and grandeur by any of tho
multitudinous marvels of nature. Thoy
wero discovered by Mr. A. T. Royd,
a hunter, In 1852, and at ouco wero
tho talk of the scientific mih and Jour
nuls of both continents Tho genus, a
iipxlcs of redwood, was named In
honor of Sequoia, a Cherokee Indian,
vhoso American name was Georgo
Guess. Thoy aro cinnamon colored
and tho bark Is smooth, porous and
light. Somo of tho fow representative
specimens now in existence arc named:
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Hercufcft, Hermit, Old Ilacholor, 014
Maid, Siamese Twins, Undo Tom's
Cabin and Mother of the Forest. They
aro not reproductive as no sprouts
spring from tho roots, therefore tho
government has, at thin late day, pro
hibited cutting thnm, theroby leaving
to tho morclful hand of Nature tho
final destruction of these giants of tho
forest.
llniiran' Krpe.
Unnynn had somo providential es
capes during his early life. Once ho
fell Into a creek of tin sea, ouco out
of n boat Into tho river Ousc, near Red
ford, and each time he wos narrowly
huved from drowning. One day tin
adder crossed his path. He stunned
It with a stick, then forced open Uj
month with n stick and plucked out
tho tongue, which he supposed to bn
tho sting, with his fliiK"ia, "by which
tint," he says, "had not God been mer
I'.lful unto me, I might, by my desper
iilencHM, havo brought myself to un
end." If thls.indeed, wero an adder
and not a harmless snake, his cscai
from tho fangs was more rcinarkaln
than ho himself was awnro of. A cir
cumstance, whlt.h was likely to Im
press him more deeply occurred In tho
eighteenth year of ills age, when, lining
n soldier In tho Parliament's nrmy, ho
was drawn out to go to the slego of
Lolcistcr, In Hi 15. One of tho name
company wished to go In IiIh stoul;
Hunynn consented to exchange with
him, and this volunteer substitute,
standing ticutluol one day at llio siege,
was shot through the head with a mus
ket ball. "This i Isle," Sir Walter Scott
observes, "was one somewhat resem
bling tho escape, of Sir Kogor do Cover
ley, in an action at Worcester, who
was b.ivcd from the slaughter of that
action by having been nbsetii from thv
Hold."
VVIiliifil (in .MiNilt'lmi.
An American woman In Spain tells
tills story In tho Independent: "Utir
gueto Is near ono of tho mountain
passes leading Into Fiance, and from
Its situation Is liable to visits from
various orders of tramps anxious to
avoid tho custom houses along tho reg
ular route. One of these gentry hap
pening to pass through tho village the
day a certain theft had been icported.
was arrested on suspicion and whipped
severely to forco a confession. As
nothing but a denial could bo wrung
from him another vngrant was arrested
and subjected to tho same treatment,
with tho samo result. It was event
ually discovered that a small boy, hid
den behind tho church tower, bad been
the culprit. Thorn was no redress for
the men, they expected none,
nnd would have been Incredu
lous it told they wero enti
tled to any. Amazed nt tho indif
ference wllh which this act of tyran-'
ny was received, I expressed my own
Indignation. 'What would you?' was
tho reply, with a gesture intended to
throw tho responsibility of the act up
on tho world at large. 'Thoy aro
worthless fellows; doubtless thoy havo
done other evil deeds If not tills one.' "
MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
At the recent celebration of llrook
lyn day at tho Tennesseo Centennial
Exposition, Mrs. Margaret E. Sangstcr,
editor of Ilurpnr'a Dazar, an honored
resident of Urooklyn, delivered tho
poem of tho occasion at tho special ex
ercises In tho Woman'B building. This
lady is identified with several volumes
of graceful and deep hearted poetry:
"On tho Road Home," "Llttlo Knight
and Ladles," and "Homo Fairies and
Heart Flowers." Sho has long been n
prominent worker In tho woman's
movement for higher culture and freer
opportunities, and yet has always
stanchly opposed those extremes of
opinion and practice which would rob
women of their own particular birth
right of femininity. In tho pagos of
Harper's Ilazar sho has recently opened
a department devoted to women's
clubs; and hor visit to tho south will
afford an opportunity of renewing hor
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MARGARET E. SANGSTEH
old acquaintances and securing new
ones, and thus draw herself and nil tho
leaders of higher culturo Into closer
and more practical relation. Sho will
oxtond her trip to Louisville, lu order
to bo present at a drawing room meet
ing; to Lynchburg, whero tho object
of her visit Is social; nnd to Knoxvlllo,
whero sho will bo the guest of tho city
at tho forthcoming carnival.
Working Under Ilimcultlnt,
It Is extraordinary what somo mon
can accomplish in splto of Ill-fortune.
Vcrestchnglu had his right thumb so
badly bitten by a leopard boiiio yearn
ngo, that It had to bn nmputatcd. On
tho field of battlo tho middle finger of
his right hard was made useless by a
shot. Dv a fall on tho Steppes later,
tho center bones of tho samo hand wcro
shattered. Nevertheless Verestchagln Is
ono of tho foremost painters in Russia,
and makes as dexterous uso of his
right hand, lamed no it is, an any man
in Europe.
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"MAinilB AND I."
WO years or moro
buck young A n
drew Wilson might
have been noticed
with an astonished,
half-scared expres
sion on his face.
Somo friends- -for,
bring a good fel
low, he had many,
ascribed It to hope
less love; ollfcrs,
of more material Mews, to simply
feeling off his feed. Roth weic equal
ly In error.
Ho had nltrady given promise as a
recruit to the llrst i auks of the literati.
Perhaps his "leading line." as lie him
self termed It. lay lu tho dramatic so
elal sketches of the Inteioslliig menage
a trols order. In fact, mi bard did he
labor that a month's rest and country
air were the Imperative orders of his
doctor.
Audriw leliictantlj roii-scntcd to the
country air, and, with u mental reser
vation on the part of lit beloved so
cial studies (as he hud the audacity to
call them), to the mouth's wA. In due
time In found himself settled In tho
best parlor of an old-time farmstead.
The household consisted of the farmer.
Mont and Jovial, hh. wif v shrewd,
quick, good-natured II ii . .mdy, and
their daughter, a qult girl wllh beau
tiful liquid eyes.
One afternoon lu the tcoihI week ii
was brought suddenly to young Wil
son's mind that these gnat brown
eyes betrayed a peculiar gleam when
they rested on his own auguM person.
The girl hud an extremely ictlrlng dis
position, of which it was difficult to
form definite views, but he determined
to mark her henceforth moie closely.
When, later, she entoied tho parlor,
ho chanced to be dozing on a Mifn by
tho window, with the tuning afternoon
sun on his face. She bent forward to
lower tho blind. Her bauds hovered
over his hair, her white hliiusu rustled
against him, and when she stepped
away, though no word had been spok
en, two led spots burned on her usu
ally pallid cheeks.
"Hy Jovo! that girl Is certainly gone
on me," ho said when alone; and ho
prided himself on his discovery with
the pride of a man who did that kind
of thing for a living though It Is prob
able any ordinary fool would have
made It days before.
It iiiu.il bo understood that Andrew
Wilson was a thoroughly honorable
man; flirtation, mild or otherwise,
was not In his way. lie had always
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IN THE OLD MILL POND,
been too engrossed In writing his
spicy, social tales to pay much atten
tion to mere flesh nnd blood. Resides,
ho was a very shy fellow, nnd scarcely
knew how to conduct a concrete nffalr
of this sort except on paper.
Vet ho was far from bolng displeas
ed; and in tho next few days, whllo
keeping his own actions down to tho
sovorely commonplace, managed to nh
sorb a good many mental Imprcsslous;
tho drooping of hor eyes, hor speech
disdainful, uiixIouh, moody In Hb va
riety tho lingering touch of her hands,
and so forth, nil stored as futuro
"copy" for tho good of Andrew Wil
son and his generation.
Then tho Idea of some Immedlato
sketches done from llfo entered his
head; ho called them "Maudlo and I";
they wero plqunnt little snapshots or
various llctltlous pleasantries, flirta
tions and general carryings-on be
tween that very charming, witty, and
Imaginary young lady, Maudle. and
blmsolf. At this period ho certainly
opened out a llttlo with tho brown
eyed girl; yet there passed absolutely
nothing, In deed or speech, to which
Exeter Ilnll Meeting might not havo
'.iBtcned unstirred.
Still, Innocent as the relation was, it
supplied tho foundation of his fin do
slcclo "Maudlo" yarns, but written up
a hundredfold with all tho cunning of
tho old dramatic style. And undoubt
edly thoro was good work in "Maudlo."
After tho real girl and hlniBelf had
been for an evening stroll ho used to
sit down nnd "do" a "Maudlo" sketch
ngm nwny, so that lively young lady
had actually a'ground layer of human
uatnro in her, which no doubt was tho
causo of tho favor sho excited.
Andrew Wilson's stay was lengthen
ed out considerably. Ho had wished
before leaving to close his "Maudlo"
things with a farewell sketch, his fic
titious Maudlo wns not n marrying per
son, und it would bo unsstlsfactory to
leave tho man still fluttering after
her.
But hero ho found himself at r
standstill; a pr-aratlon, oven lu story,
hns something inevitably mournful
about It, and mournfulncds had not
hitherto characterized tho series. All
ono morning ho gnawed his pen In
vain; tho fantastic airiness ho wished
for would not ha enticed tram his Ink
pot.
Then ho decided to wuit and see how
the living sho nnd himself parted; not
that bo expected anything tho affair
hod not been serious onougb, thank
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goodness; nevertheless, ho might pick
up a wrinkle or two ns before.
Even his last benevolent intention
wnc f'ustrnted. "Positively stupid! I
think sho might havo dlBgulsed, or at
least attempted to disguise, her coir
plete Indifference," grumbled Andre
to himself lu tho train, afterward, with
out knowing why ho wns Irritated.
Them feelings possessed him until
next day ho saw recorded the death of
the girl Willi the brown eyes; she had
drowned herself In tho old mill pool be
sldo which they had so often sat.
Andrew WIImiii was not used to this
sort of thing; ho did not understand It,
and that was why two yeai ago ho
went for n short time with a swired
expression on his fare. Also, he drop
ped his fa voi lie menngo a troln themes
--for a whllo.
REWRITING THE UIBLE.
Ihr Miirnlnii TU Urine t'mtnrtiiltrn
ll.V ll l.'llltlUflllllll,
IVvanso the blblo lu Its present form
is not as lucid as It might be to him,
an English enthusiast has determined
ti rewrite It. All tho Gteek and lie
brew Idioms ontl names In tho two tes
taments will bo replaced with puro
English words and name. The person
who has undertaken this stupendous
tahk Is Howard Swan of Howard
bouse, Arundel street, London, W. C.
He thinks after lh. blblo has been
transformed and rewritten It will bo
more beautiful and Instructive, and
mom widely read. In regard to tho
work he hns commenced lie said re
ntlj. ox pec that the rewritten
V'islon will give enormous stimulus to
spiritual energy throughout tho land.
It max take a little tlmo to become
popular, but I be'.love tbeie nru thou
sands nnd thousands who only require
to hit shown the proper road My ver
sion of the bible w, I hope, point tho
way. What I propose hi to produco
quito a different effect by the employ
ment of puro EnglUh, and I am con
vinced that a reunion of tho higher
thought of the various religions will
be attained by the reduction of all for
eign Idioms to English. In my ver
sion the book of .lob will bo headed
'Allllctcd,' and Isaiah will bo known as
'The Spirit Is Safe. I need hardly tell
you that I have been moved to under
take the work by very serious consid
erations, considerations which Involve
deep ami Important theological prob
lems. Hut into the philosophical basis
of my argument In favor of a blblo In
a new and, as I venture to think, Im
proved form, it Is not necessary to go.
And yet tbeie Is no reason why any
thing should bo withheld, for theso
very questions of religion at which I
am now hinting -vill bo In the mouth of
everybody before another year has
gone. The effect upon International
questions will bo of immense Import
ance. Now, as to my work on tho bi
ble, It Is Blmply this. Tho blblo at
pres'jut Is written In thrco languages
- English words, Greek Idioms, He
brow proper names. What I proposo to
do Is rewrite It in puro English Idiom,
which shall bo as vigorous in oxpics
siou an the original, nnd shall at tho
biitno time have deeper and more last
ing effect upon the minds of those who
read It. Then there aro tho Hebrew
names. How many peoplo do you sup
pose understand the meaning of theso
names? Do you know what Harrabns
means? You don't. Perhaps you can
toll mo what E.'.oklol signifies? You
can't. There are IoIb of others In tho
same fix."
THE CARD PARTY.
It Dricraile Woiiirn und llrliiK" Onl
Their Worm Trail. ' ,
Tho card party as a breeder of every
and all uncbniitablcnesn Is us potent a
factor as tho church fair, says tho New
York Commercial Advertiser. The av
orago woman of intelligence and com
mon senso will scorn to fill hor homo
with cheap trunipcry, Imitation bronzo
and conrscly painted china; but lot
somo inspired hostess offer tho least
beautiful of ornaments ns prizes and
every woman will play as If hor soul
wero at stake. She will keep sllenco
a frowning, ominous silence for
threo hours at a stretch, playing nil tho
while. Sho will set her nerves on edgo
watching hor partner's play nnd strain
her eyes trying to seo her neighbor's
band. And when tho worst comes to
tho worst sho will throw caution and
honesty to the winds and cheat and
lib nnd, If necessary, fight all for that
prlzol This Is tho downfall of tho
skillful player. The envy und hatred
of tho bad player are caused by her
Inability to get even a respcctablo
number of gold and red stars on hor
tally card. Sho does not know how
to mako the most of a good hand or tho
best of a band hand, and sho becomes
finally that unenviable species of flora,
tho "card party wallflower." No ono
wants to bo her partner, and good
players even dislike to play against
hor. Sho becomes n most unhappy
bore. For this typo of card lovor
only ono remedy. Sho must learn.
Out of her tho bad curd player ncefl
has grown it now vocation, that of
"card Instructor to women of good so
ciety." The instructor undertakes to
teach whist in so many lessons, michro
In so many, and all tho other games
and the various ways In which thoy
tho played. Tho social and domestic,
as well ns the scientific valuo of the
art of playlug cards well, should ho
Impressed uism the flighty woman who
pins her hopes and ambitious on a
"prize." Somo husbands like cards at
homo, of. Wfll as at tho club, and Jt Is
always better to know thnn not to
know how to play games which may
at c mm time helji to enliven i dull
eve: ;, rr a rainy day.
Mountain lions or pumas are Hu
morous along the Illinois river, In
dian Territory, and are killing cattle,
DIG GAME PLENTIFUL.
!!rr, Mump ittnl Cnrllioii Numrroo at
lliit ITiirr OltMiTM'a Knurr.
From tho Now York Sun: An In
dian missionary, llov. Father Iinlol ot
thu Oblat order, has recently returned
to civilization from the longest trip
yet mado by any of his order to min
ister to tho aboriginal Inhabitants of ,
tho wild and llttlo known country wa
tered from tho sources of tho upper
Ottawa river. From the outer confines
of civilization at Mattawa tho mission
ary traveled no lens than SOO mllea
through this rough north country, the
greater part of his Journey being mado
Vi a birch bark canoe. Ho passed hy
tho headwaters of thu Gatlneau, tho
Desert, the Coulogne, tho Damolno and
Lake Keepowa, visiting nlro tho In
dians of tho posts of Ilarrlcrc, Grand
Lako Victoria and Grassy lake. At
llarrlere tho missionary found 150 In
dians congregated to trado with (ho
factor of tho Hudson Hay Company.
Their method of bartcrlnir with Hie
company Is qulto Ingenious. For tho !
first day or two after their appearance!
nt tho post, they Bay nothing of tholr
hunt and imikn no offer to soil any
thing to tho factor. Finally their dis
cretion Is overcome by their want ul
tobacco or flour or trinkets, and they
cautiously advance with a fow skins,
which they dispose of for tho mean?
of supplying their Immedlato wants. .
To nil inquiries they reply that the
hunt has been a poor ono, nnd that
they hnvo secured but few trophies ol
their chase. Grad tally more and mor
peltries are produced, and soon tho en- ,
tho season's hunt Is disposed of, Inline
dlnto uso being made of tho goods ob j
tallied In exchange, with no regard for
future mcssltles. Nominally, theso .
Indians are Christiana, but practically j
they live in tho grossest Immorality.
Father Lanlel In his last trip persuaded
flvo couplo to pass tluough tho cere
mony of matrimony, and other mis
sionaries testify to the dlfuVnUy which
they exporlenio lu preventing polyg
amy anil lu Inducing some of tho lead I
lug men of tho trlho to put nsido their
superfluous wives. Theso lndlnna nro
exceedingly superstitious, nnd tho kill
ing of a bear Is tho occasion of a ro
murkublo festival among them. Tho
bear's head is placed upon o polo with
n plceo of tobacco in tho mouth. Whllo
somo contend that this is iilmply to ',
show other Indians that U'ars have
been found there, or to keep tho skull
beyond tho reach ot dogs, others say
that It Is to honor tho anlnul and pro
pitiate tho spirit of Its kind, At times
many boars' skulls may bo seen upon
tho samo pole. Occasionally tho skulls
of beavers are treated thu. Hut thlB
season beavers havo been exceedingly
rare, and hut few have been killed, und
now tho animal Is to bo protected by
law until 11)00.
Mttrnii to Oun In I'hliia.
A kind of Chinese nionry which Is
larg'tly manufactured and sold Is
worthy of mention, although tho trav
eler need not trouble himself with It
except as a curiosity. Thin is prepared
for tho special purpose of burning nt
the graves of deceased relatives, hb an
offering ti tho dead. The denizens of
tho other world are supposed to re
qulro and to bo capable of receiving
money In this way; but the Chlunman
is far too practical a person to part in
such a fashion with the currency of tho
empire. Instead bo biiyn for n fow
"cnBh" a largo supply of silvered and
glided pieces of paper, or of Imitation
coins blocked out of cardboard. Al
though theso have no purchasing pow
er ou earth, they aro supposed to count
for much in the transactions of the
spirit world, ily this practice, ono Is
reminded of nn old story of a inlsei
who loft his belongings to his son ou
condition that n certain sum of money
should bo burled in the colli n with him.
Tho eon wns, however, a chip of the
old block and cairied out his father'
wishes by placing In the coffin a crossed
check for tho rcqulicd amount, assured
that It had little chance of being pre
sented at his banker's. Chamber
Journal.
Hon of a Mantoilon.
Tho honcn of a prehistoric monster
havo been discovered on a large farm
about u mile south of Datavla. Whllo
Philip and Georgo Hakcr, dairymen,
wero digging n gravo for a dead horse,
at a depth of about threo feet tho shov
el' struck an obstruction, which, on
bolng pried up with a rail, wan broken.
It turned out lo bo an Ivory tusk In
a splendid stnto of preservation. A
portion of tho tusk is of tho consist
ency of, chalk. Ono end of it, howovor,
was not Injures, and was of solid
Ivory. It 1b flvo feet in longth, and
about flvo Inches In diameter at the
widest end, nnd nt tho point about two
and n halt Inches. A portion of a rib,
about 30 Inchon long, was also found.
Dr. E. E. Snow, who has traveled ex
tensively In Africa, pronounced tho
tusk that of a mastodon. ScIcntlfU
American,
Kngllnh IIUIiup.
Eton Is responsible for 14 of tho pre
sent English bishops; nnd Winchester
comes next with 8. Seven were edu
cated at Rugby, C at Harrow, G at Mer
chant Taylors, and the samo number
nt St. Paul's; whllo Marlborough,
whero the sons of many of tho clergy
aro educated, turned out 4 bishops.
Tho Archbishop ot York and tho Bis
hop of Colchester were both fonnerl
In the army.
Yellowttnne I'ark Hear
Col. Young, acting superintendent ot
thu Yellowstone Park, reporta that
coyotes and black bears havo multi
plied so rapidly In tho park, under the
protection afforded them against hunt
ers, that they havo becomo a sotirco of
nnnoyanco. Ho advises that somo of
tho coyoted be killed, and that speci
mens of the hears bo captured and
presented to zoological museums.
NOTED FORGER 18 CAUGHT.
. II. MnrrU riarnl Umlrr Arrenl at
SIifIIijtvIIIc Mil,
J. H. Morris, wanted In Chicago and
loveral other cities on charges of for
gery, Mdnnpplng, and hi pairing Jail,
was arrested recently by the pollen of
fHielbyvlllo, Mo, For the last four
months officers have been soarchln
for Morris nnd MIrh Funny Ruther
ford of Minneapolis, who, It In
claimed, was kidnapped from her horn
and kept In concealment by the al
leged forger. .Inller John L. Wlilt
man of Chicago has also been on tho
lookout for Mollis, be having escaped
from tho county J, over a year ago.
Tho pollco received u tip last May
from .Miss Rutherford's mother that
Morris und her daughter wero In Chi
cago and hod been seen hero by per
sons acquainted with tho young worn'
an. Officer Allen Ames of tho Cot
tage Grovo avenue pollco spent k
month running down Mrs, Ruther
ford's clows, nnd learned that th
couplo had left Chicago and wot
somowhero In the West.
Circulars containing tho pictures ol
Morris and Miss Rutherford and offer
ing n reward for Uielr apprehension
wero tout broadcast all over llio Wost.
nnd the arrest of tho couplo In Shol
byville resulted. Morris will not bo
brought to Chlc.igo, but will bo taken
to Memphis, Tenn., whero ho will havo
to f.ioc a dozen charges of forgery.
W' tie in Inmate of tho Memphis Jail
Mm1, escaped, and n largo roward
v. s offered by tho Memphis author!
ties for his apprehension, Miss Ruth'
erford was with him nt I ho tlmo of
hla arrest nnd was detained In Shelby,
villo to await tho arrival of nn olllcor
from Minneapolis, who will return hei
to her home.
MihH Rutherford was tho daughter
of Captain Georgo Rutherford, who ro
rontly died, and comes from ono of tho
loading families ot that city Sho Is
nn holress. Tho young woman Is
broken down In health. Sho tells a
long story of her wanderings with
"orris, but donlcs that sho was kid
NKvaBPj r'"V iff.
MORRIS.
lapped She first met him last wlii
.1. II.
lor on a river steamer w',ilo she will
her mother wero spending tho sen y
van In tho' South. Morris roprcsontod J
himself as a wealthy planter, - amy
last April ho appealed In Mlnncapollf
and Induced her to go to Geneva Lake
Wis., with him. Sho soon learned IKt
true character of tho man, but feared
to run away from him. From Geneva
Lako tho couplo eamo to Chicago and
stayed for two months. Morris learned
that tho pollco were searching for him
und with Miss Rulherrord lied to San
Francisco. They fltnld In San Fran
dsco until a cousin of Miss Ruthor
ford's met her on tho street with Mor
ris nnd notified thu Minneapolis po
lice. It was then learnod by tho po
Uco that the couplo hud left for Kan
sas City. Tho Chicago, pollco circii
lars were sent all over 'Missouri, and
from them tho Shelbyvlllo pollco reo
agnized Morris and arrostod hhn and
Miss Rutherford. Morris had half
dozen aliases. Ho was known Jn Chi
cojso as Morse, Thurman and Tutiie '
Whllo Imprisoned In the Cook, county
Jail ho impersonated an attorney and
escaped. He had been an Inmate ol
tho Jail several times, and at tho tiro'
of his escape was under a dozen In
dictments for forgery.
Robuara Mr Haul.
Tho home of Francis H. Scott, pre
ident of the Century Magazine com
pany, in Orange, N. J., waa entered hy
thieves tho other night and articles of
wearing apparel and household goods
amounting to $10,000 In value were
carried off. Tho police arrested three
persons In connection with tho crime
and hnvo recovered most of tho prop
crty. Ono of thorn is a woman, Marv
Rogers, alias "Chicago May," anil
whon the detectives broko Into her
room two revolvers wero lying on tho
bed. Sho tried to puss thom to tho
men, but was overpowered before she
could causo any bloodshed. Ono of the
mon is Cyrus Hyland, a Westerner,
and reputed husband of "Chicago
May." Tho third person Is George
Dennett, alias "tho Now York Kid," nn
associate of two criminals who nr-i
now In tho Indiana state prison for
robbing In the bouso of General Hur.
rlson.
family r.lvcil In a Box.
Ill tho rear end of a damp cellar n
Now York a fow days ago an S. P. O. A
officer found Mrs. Molllo Newjierg and
nor vwu caiiurcn,- ageu 4 and s years
Tho cellar was their home, and a big
dry goods box wus their bedroom. Old
paper and rags constituted tho mat
tresB and a pleco of old carpet sermt
ns a bed quilt Mrs. Nowberg'a hus
band eloped with another woman four
years ago, and Is now living wlih her
In Holioken.
FontpniU Kill an Ageil "Newilt,1'
Footpads In Chicago last Sunda
morning "hold up" Frank Brunmrtelii,
a newspaper carric, CO years old, and,
after struggling with him for a few
pennies and nlckols, umountlng to
$1.80, shot tho old man and made their
escape, Brunnateln died shortly afUrt
wards. 1
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