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"MASKING" IS BAMiED
FLIRTING A MISDEMEANOR IN
TENNESSEE.
A State Htnttite Ainu to MipprcM Toit
Ardent "lulintilp" Mrmure l'nmted
In Cuimpq imico f Thidr Anmtury At
tention lt tJoid KITei't.
Tennessee lias a number of laws pe
culiar to that stntc, but in this resprot
the "Johnnie" lnw, passed by the legis
lature In 1897, Is entitled to Hist place.
Previous to that time thu presidents
of the various Institutions of learning
In different parts of the state were at
times compelled to call upon thu civil
authorities of the cities in which the
colleges were located to pay tholr in
spects to the class of young men
known as "mashers." Arrests Invari
ably followed, and the boys weie often
nutessed n nominal line by tin city
Judge or recorded, under the head of
"disorderly conduct," or something of
the kind.
Upon ono occasion a number of
young men from East Tennessee made
n trip to Cleveland, the home of a large
female college, nntl weie soon caught
lurking about the college buildings,
lllrtlng with the girl students. They
nppeared several times in an effoit to
carry on a courtship with certain of
the young ladles, and finally they were
arrested. After nn effort on the put
of their papas the "Johnnie" boys were
released from custody and allowed to
go on their way rejoicing. The lend
ing educators of the state talked over
the question of suppressing those
youths mid of securing the passage
of an nntl-"Johnnle" law In the legis
lature. Tholr work resulted In the introduc-
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SENATOR W. E. SMITHSON.
tlon Into the legislature by Senator
V. E. Smlthson of a bill for the pro
tection of boarding schools and col
leges for females, nnd the principals
nml students thereof. The first section
of the measure made it "unlawful for
any poison or persons to wilfully and
unnecessarily interfcro with, disturb,
or In nny way disquiet the pupils of
tnny school or college for females in
(Author of the Antl-"Mashlng" Law.)
this state or the teacher or principals
in charge, while on nny public road or
street, or In any building or structure,
or on the school premises; nor shall
any communication be had, for such
purposes, with such pupils, or nny one
of them, either orally or in writing, or
by signs or otherwise, and It shall
also bo unlawful for any person to en
ter such schools or colleges, except on
business, without first having obtained
permission of the principal In rhnrge
of samo; and nny person guilty of
either of said offenses shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, nnd, on con
viction thereof, shall pay a fine of not
less than 5 nor more than $30 for each
offense, on the first conviction, nnd
upon tho second and each subsequent
conviction of a like offense shall pay a
fine of not less than $ 10 nor more than
$."0 and bo Imprisoned at the discretion
of tho court. In the county jail, not
less than ten nor more than thirty
days."
Section 2 provided "that It shall be
unlawful for nny person, or persons, to
loiter, wandor, stand, or sit upon the
public roads, or to frequent or unnec
essarily pass along the simo In such
manner, with Intent to annoy, vex, or
disturb tho owners, lessees, or occu
pants of any promises In tho state used
for tho education of females, or with
Intent to disturb, annoy, or harass tho
teachers, principals, or pupils, or any
one of them, us they pass along the
pubtor hlghwny, stiects, or alleys of
any city in the state. Any person or
persons violating this section of this
act shall bo deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, nnd on conviction shall bo
fined nnd punished In tho samo way,
nnd to the samo extent, as If convicted
under tho first section of tho act."
At first reading the legislators made
flight of tho bill, and laughed nt Its
nutnor Senator Smlthson. The news
papers poked fun at tho measuro.whllo
tho "Johnnies" had llttlo to say upon
the subject, A comblno had been fixed
up In the houso to defeat tho passage
of tho bill, because tho loaders thought
tho enactment of such a law would bo
it pleco of foolishness. Finnlly soveral
femalo college presidents appeared and
urged tho passago of tho bill as In
troduced. When tho members of the
legislature learned that they really
wanted tho law, tho hill secured tha
hearty support of every mombor.
Tho law has been a groat benefit to
tho educational Institutions, and now
the boys who often used to appear
about tho campus and erst smiles at
tho girls aro not to hn seen. Thoro 13
quite a romance attached to tho (lr.it
nnd only nrrost that has boon niado
under tho "Johnnie" law. Shortly
JvnftcrRs passage a young man residing
-rti s. r
-s i--. i -;?.
at Knoxvllle wis arrested for violating I
the law. It appears that the young
Imly to whom he was paying attention
was his sweetheart and the arrest only
hastened a wedding ceremony.
Educators say that the law is n ouc
coss, but it Is not very popular with
the young men of the state.
ANIMALSWITHUROKEN HEARTS
Cm o la Which U03, Hump ntitl lllrdt
lliitn III..! from (Irlof.
There have been many eases on rec
ord of animals dying of "broken
hearts," usmiuII) dogs and horses, and
sometimes bluls. says the New Yoik
Herald. Not long ago a joung woman
In this city, who owned a tlordon set
ter that was ery fond of her. was
married and moved to l.akewood. The
dog was left behind and at once be
came Inconsolable. He would eat
uothlntr. anil stood look 1 11 si out of the
window for hums at a time, whining
and moaning pitifully. The dog was
wasting uway from exhaustion. Thoi'c
who knew him hiiIiI he was dying of
a broken heart. When it was seen
that he would die If he could not see
his niNtress he was taken to her. Ills
Joy at seeing her was oxtrntagant, and
he at once got better. His mistress
came to New York for a two weeks'
visit, and left the dog with the serv
ants In l.akewood. When she return"d
she found him dead, 1 lug on one of
her garments. The poor biute, think
ing himself again deserted, lay iIowm
to die, and could not be driven or
coaxed from his place, neither would
he eat or drink. A hore belonging
to a hiowety had bion driven for yenis
by a man to whom he had become
much attached. One day the driver
failed to appear at the stable, and an
other man was put on his wagon. The
horse, however, refund to be ililvou
by any one except his old filend. and
after many trials he was put back In
the stab'.j and another horse took I1I.1
place. The hors continually watched
the stable door for his master to enter.
He refused to eat the hay utid oats
placed before him. Day by day he
grew thinner and weaker. At last he
fell down and could not tiro, and tiled
before his friend the driver leturned
to duty. The voterin i'v nugeon who
attended him said he died of a "broken
heart." Last summer a woman who
lives in Harlem went to the country
for a month's holiday. Hcfore leaving
!Iip gave her pet canary. W-i. Into
the hands of the woman In the next
Hat to care for until her leturn. Dick
missed his mistress the next day and,
after a tender little song, hushed his
voice and would sing no moie. He ate
very little nnd begun to droop vMbly.
As tho days went by he became simply
a miserable little bunch of bones and
yellow feathers. One morning tho
woman who had charge of him found
him on his back, dead, In the bottom
of his gilded cage. He had died of
grief at the loss of his mistress. A
hundred instances might be cited of
animals who have died of grief nt
being separated from those they love.
Did their heaits break, or was It sim
ply exhaustion, duo to lack of nourish
ment, the samo as If they had been
humans Instead of brute animals?
SHOT BY A FOOTPAD.
Ho 1 hooch t KidglilmM Wrro l'liij Ititf n
1'rnrtlcul ,lokti on lllin.
H. C. Gooding of Los Angeles, Cnl.,
former chief Justice of Arizona, was
shot at his door by a footpad. When
two men called to him to hold up his
hands tho Judge thought they were
neighbors playing a practical Joke.
When he saw they were reully In earn
est tho Judge grappled with the nearest
man. Ho was getting tho bettor of
the fight when the other robber shot
him near the heart. Ten minutes after
tho shooting of Judge Gooding, the
Rev. Peter Grant, a Huptlst minister,
was robbed by two men, evidently the
samo who shot the Judge. They took
his watch nnd $.". but returned 25 cents
for the nroachet's breakfast. Mr.
Gooding was appointed chlof justice of
Arizona by President Harrison, and at
tho close of Harrison's administration
went to Los Angeles, where ho has
slnco practiced law.
ICcceltcd i CIiiipU for 6)ll,.1UO,000.
Mr. W. S. Stratton of Colorado
Spilngs, Col., has lecelved from tho
Venturo Corporation, Limited, of Lon
don, ii chock for ?lS.r.OO,000 In final pay
ment for the Independence mine at
Cripple Creek. Pi lor to Its salo a year
ago that mine had yielded u not profit
of $2,fi00,0C0. Vneovered are bodies
how fS.OOU.OOO, after p.ilng $1,104,000
dividends In nine mouths. Tho work
ings nro less than 1 Ow) feet deep.
Slock quotations place $lo,000,0U0
valuo on tho mine. A year ago Strat
ton sold the mine for $10,000,000, of
which $a,500.000 was paid down.
Trleil li rriTin jMiile Child.
What oppeam to have been a pre
meditated ami deliberate attempt tt
child murder was brought to light
when Charles Allen, a traveling um
brella mender, dU-'ovorod nn Infant
boy, about four weeks old, fnco down
ward, and nearly burled in tho snow
on the outskirts of Dover, N. II, Tho
Infant, which was crying, was In nudo
condition, with Its clothing near by,
Intllcntlng that the child had been
Btrlpped In order to hasten its death
nntl laid down In the snow to perleh.
Hn Know A Wo.
Mendicant "Oh, sir, you don't know
what It is to want bread." Mr. Young
husband "I don't, hoy? I'd have you
understand that my wlfo has been nt
tondlng tho cooklnn school, nnd I'vo
lived for six weeks on angel's food,
pruuo whip, chni lotto russe and Span
ish cream. I not only want bread, but
I want doughnuts und npplo plo."
KILLED BY SPECTER.
WEIRD LEGEND OF WISCONSIN
MINING DAYS.
lliuintliiE He Old
ItlilgPHiiy, WU,
linn Coined tho
llirro l'orinn.
Mllllnr.r Itoiil nt
nu tliiriinnr Spirit
Mulunt Draltit uf
In the little town or Rldgewny, ly
ing about twenty miles fiom Madison,
Wis., excitement during the past sov
tial weeks has been at high pitch. The
cause of this agitation Is the lcappear
anco of an Individual Known us the
Uldgeway ghost. For many years the
ghost at dllfeient times has caused a
lelgn of tenor throughout that sec
tion of the country. That this appari
tion has given tangible evidence of
Its existence Is shown by tho fact of
Its having been the cause of three
deaths, one of the victims being John
Lewis, father of Evan Lewis, one time
champion wrestler of the world. It Is
a strange, weird tale, bearing all the
earmarks of a ghost story, neverthe
less In many Incidents facts bear out
the reports in the case. One mile east
of Itldgown, on the old military road,
there stood an old deserted farmhouse.
I'or years a mere shell or boards, so
shrunken and hardened by the summer
suns that decay and worms never af
fected It. the house stood until some
men at noonday, when tho ghost could
not walk, tore It down. This was tho
one-time home of an old miser of the
lead mining days, named Holbein, who
mysteriously disappeared one day,
leaving no clew to his fate. Ghostly
manifestations were at Intervals re
ported as having taken place at the
old house, but the lead miners were a
hard-headed lot, afraid of neither man
nor devil, and the stories of lights In
the house and moanlngs nt the road
side mnde little Impression. It was
not until tho mining days wero long
over that tho startling, unexplainnble,
terrible manifestations of the ghost
wore made. One night, as Dr. Cutler,
a Dodgevllle physician, was returning
from a visit beyond Rldgewny, which
Is six miles from Dodgevllle, he was
suddenly affrighted to see n dark figure
sitting on the buggy tongue between
his horses. The reins slipped from his
nerveless grasp, nnd the horses dashed
away at full speed, the specter riding
the pole nothing discommoded by the
shaking he was getting. Down a hill,
up another, dashed tho frantic horses,
ami lo, the specter vanished.
The doctor's story of tho occurrence
met with little credence. Ho was
known to be one who loved tho (lowing
bowl. He had taken n drop too many,
said his seolllng friends. It was a
dream, n specter of delirium tremens,
of mania, n potu. Hut the doctor de
clared that ho was sober. Ho recalled
the fact thnt a year previous, when he
really was a llttlo full, while passing
tho solf-samo hnunted spot, ho had be
come uware of a dark and silent
otmnger sitting beside him In his car
riage. For n mile tho stranger rodo,
saying never a word, ami all at once
ho' was gone. All the time, tho doctor
had asked no questions of his drunken
wits and had considered this nothing
more than a strange experience. Ho
saB now convinced that tho man be
stdo him on the seat and tho thing on
tho polo were not of this world.
Whereat tho people laughed In tho
daytime. Hut not long afterward tho
reputation of tho doctor received u
sudden and torrlblo vindication, ns ho
wns himself to Inter vindicate it, al
most ns tenlbly. John Lewis, father
of Evan Lewis, champion wrestlor of
the United Stntes, known In tho world
of sports every where, wns a prosper
ous and respected farmer living In tho
vicinity of Hldgoway, a man of sober
life, of undaunted courage, and blessed
with tho tremendous physical strength
his eon baa Inherited. Sixteen years
"THE UNCANNY HUGENESS Or" THE THING."
ago last fall he waa returning home
after nightfall, having spent thu day
assisting a ft lend In butchering. The
night was not dark and when he dtew
near the haunted spot he determined to
cut across lots to reach his home. Ho
was appioaehlng the stone wall nt the
roadside to climb it, when his atten
tion wiib arrested by the wight of n
figure that seemed to have gathered it
self together out of the Just now ten
nutlcss air. and stood confronting him
In a mounting attitude. He knew of
no enemy, and highwaymen were un
known In that retired quarter of the
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KOiiii'unr uwiiK iu iiifiiiicii mm. nu in-
hailed the llguie, ami no response be
ing maile be advanced upon It. The
figure did not budge; but stood a tow
eling shape or bhu knoss, a gigantic
and grisly tiling.
Some unaccountable awe and the un
canny hugonohs or the thing inudo
Lewis decide to avoid a coiilllct, and
drawing his butcher knife fiom his
pocket, he htartod to pass by, when
the figure, raising an aim with a for
bidding gesture, stepped athwart his
path. Obeying n hasty Impulse that
was more tr a ghastly ami soul-chill-lug
terror (ban It was anger, Lewis
let drive his keen knife, only to find
himself piercing the empty all. In
the morning a neighbor found L.wls
lying Inside the stone wall In a seml
coiibcIoub condition. Of what hap
pened after he had struck with tho
ltnlfo, he had but vague Impressions.
He saltl he bail been hurled In the air
as if In the vortex of n cyclone, pound
ed, beaten, crushed Into Insensibility.
Uoyond the awful pain and the awful
fear, he remembered nothing with dis
tinctness. He died u few bonis after
lie had been carrl"tl home, bis neigh
bors having it that his heart bad been
literally torn to pieces with the shock.
Whether It was the shock of flight,
whether it was Ills physical Injuries
that killed him, none is ready to say
with certainty. As he lay dying, ho
assorted his belief that his death was
occasioned by u supernatural being.
Thus did the death of John Lowis
make the first vindication of tho repu
tation of Dr. Cutler, of Dodgevllle, and
tho scoffing ceanod. Hut u second tlmo
and a thlid was tho doctor to bo vin
dicated. Returning home one night, a
dressmaker encountered the ghost und
being pursued by it, soon arter died of
tho shuck occasioned by the intense
flight. At last Dr. Cutler himself,
finally and triumphantly vindicated his
word, though at tho cost of his own
lire, for dying as a result of fright, ho
became tho third of tho victims of the
Implacablo specter or tho old military
road. And now tho mysterious appa
rition has again maile Kb npponrnnco
and the good people of Rldgewny await
with much nnxlety the result.
Tri'n Ylrldi I'.lirtrlolty.
A German authority has recently an
nounced tho discovery of a troo in tho
forests or central India which has most
curious characteristics. Tho leaves of
tho tree aro of a highly sensltlvo na
ture nnd so full of electricity that
whoever touches ono of them receives
an electric shock. It has a very sin
gular effect upon a magnetic noedlo,
nnd will lnlluenco It at a dlstanco of
even seventy rcot. Tho electrical
strength or tho tree varies according
to tho tlmo of the day, it being strong
est nt midday and weakest at mid
night. In wet weather its powers dis
appear altogether. Hlrds never ap
proach the troo nor havo Insects ovor
boon scon upon It. Tit-Hits.
Tho IMIIiir'n Advice
Olllce Hoy Please, sir. I'd llko to go
to my grandmother' funornl this aft
ernoon. Tho Editor You should bo
economical. Don't wnsto your grand
mothers no eaily In the season; savo
thorn for tho final. --Tlt-Hlta.
HIE MOONSlllNEKS.
A PRODUCT OF CONDITIONS IN
THE SOUTH.
Flirt Arc Fnlrljr llotimt In Their l)rnt
ln Willi Tht'lr IVIIotT .Mini IIutii
No Hcruiile Alioiit llm-llnlng to 1'ny
TaiPA to Mm (lovorninmiU
The niooiiHniner of (ho mountain re
gion possesses for lovers of tho pic
turesque an unfailing attraction. To
the stranger he appears nt first glance
B very or,,lmiy imiMiiimi
lie Is gen-
earally long, lean, slow of speech, inlitl
of manner, rough of dress and tlepoit
meut und apparently dull In Intellect.
Hut. once his confidence Is gained, he
proves to be an Intel esllng character.
In his humble home, which Is usually
a double-roomed log hut. he Is Indus-
llrlous, fait ly honest, kind to his wife
i mid children, sometimes deeply relig
ious, fond of music mid dancing, and
his conversation is by no means dull.
Tho student or language will bo de
lighted with his quaint speech abound
ing as It does In niehatc ami obsolete
woiiIb handed down without the aid ot
books or manuscripts, ami ho nearly
forgotten elsewhere thnt even English
philologists sometimes full Into the or
tor or classing them us American pro
vincialisms. Nearly always bis sur
naino shows him to be of pure English
descent und he lias preserved unim
paired the old English passionate love
at personal fieetlom nml of home, and
his unquestioned light to defend the
latter, even ugalnst the powers that be.
Tho moonshiner has a great respect
for tho law, with a few Important ies
prvatlons. All the statute books in
existence cannot persuade htm that ho
has not a perfect tight to make ills
coin Into whisky ami sell It without
Interference in tho shape of revenue
taxes and the deputy marshals. This
view of tho matter, ns explained by
himself, is quite simple: Resides a
few vegetables ami fruits, corn Is the
only crop ho can ralso with his slow
ox or steer on the few spots of arable
land belonging to him. This ho can
sell Tor HO cents per bushel after haul
ing it from fifteen to forty miles over
tho worst roads In tho world. This
samo bushel or corn will mako three
gallons or whisky, which is easily
transported, ami for which, If ho Is
successful In dodging the "revenues,"
lie will receive fiom $11 to ?5.
Resides the maiiuractiire ami sale or
whisky tho mountaineer has one other
Important source or Income the
treasury or tho United States. Con
sidering the trouble mid risk to which
ho Is subjected by the Importunities
of government agents, ho thinks him
self fully Justified In drawing fiom
tho government nil tho money ho can
get his hands on. Often, therefore,
io becomes a professional witness.
3na dollar und n half u day with mllo
ige, is no small matter to the man
tvho rarely sees moro than $100 in u
renr.
It was said a fow years ngo thnt
sTcat abuses had arisen in tho United
States courts of tho southern moun
tain region from this source. A num
ber or men having united In n conspi
racy to dofrnud tho government, ono of
tho number would bo reported for
some minor violation of tho revenue
laws, tho rest summoned iib witnesses
ind even when tho caso went no fur
ther than the grand Jury thoro was
money ror all. If It came to trial ac
'pilttal wns tho usual result, nnd tho
iinount received by tho conspirators
was largo. Hut, tho ways of a Jury be
ing mysterious, In rare Instances, the
Jefondant was convicted. In such nu
event ho cheerfully served his two or
throo months In jail, receiving his
Bhnro of tho proceeds when ho re
gained his liberty. At the next torin
of court ho would npponr ns a witness,
whllo one or his follow consplrntors
took his place In tho prisoner's dock,
mil tho work went merrily on.
Their Only l)lmi;rioiiiiil.
Tho only marital difficulty that Vlc
or Herbert, tho composer and director,
mil Mrs. Herbert ever had occurred,
lccordlng to Mrs. Herbert, during
tholr honeymoon, whllo crossing the
Atlantic. It was brought about by
seasickness. Tho composer was sick,
and Mrs. Herheit was nlso ill. Tholr
illness took tho form of Intense Irri
tability und morbid sensitiveness. Each
movement of the ship produced u groan
from them, nnd each noise on board
the vessel an Indignant protest. They
tried to sympathize with each other,
but their voices lacked sincerity. At
the end or tho third day tho composer,
arter recovering from a luich of the
vessel, said: "Dear, I havo ono favor
to ask. Don't speak to me again on
board tills ship until wo reach shore,
or 1 shall throw myself ovorboard."
"My dour," answered Mrs. Herbert,
with her first sigh of relief since em
barking, "tannic you; I've been want
ing to nsk you that samo favor myself
all day." PhlladolphluSaturday Even
ing Post. ..
Vthj It Win llrlivp.
Wo reatl In tho Hook of Proverbs:
'A sort answer turnoth away wrath."
It Is also true thnt a witty reply oRon
takes tho edgo from nn unwelcome
criticism, us In tho following Instance,
from tho Chlcngo Post: A friendly
magazine editor was talking In pleas
ant hut clltlcnl mood to a contribu
tor. Ho snld: "It seems to mo you
iiso n faulty figure of speech when
you say a 'bravo old hearthstone.' How
can n hearthstone ho bravo?" "Well,
sir," cnld tho contributor, "tho ono I
am writing about has been under llro
for nearly forty years without llliich
Ing." Hunger is n euro cure ror lovo.
LAZIEST OF KINGS.
Leopold Huld lo Hold tho ltrroril, Milan
HrliiR Onn of tlm Hm-ltrcm.
Ex-King Milan of Hervln has boon
called tho laziest of nil tho roynltlo
moiety because he Is never nfoot he
roro 2 o'clock. When ho rises ho goes
nt once, hair-dressed, to n solid lunch
or heavy meats, puddings and wines.
Arter luncheon he smokes a rouplo of
strong cigars; then, If there Is nothing
pressing to bo done, he goes back to
bed and either reads or goes to sleep,
us tho fancy takes him. At G o'clock ho
Is up again, and usually goes out In
scat ch of amusement. He Is seldom
back ut the palace until dawn, whou
he tumbles Into bed. Hut whoever
culls Milan u lazy man never heard ot
Hid one hunting expedition or thu king
or the Holgluus. lie wautei to have
the sensation or killing without going
In search or his game. So he sat In his
nrm-chalr and potted at a lot or rab
bits lot loose from a bag In ft out of
Him. When the smoke cleared nwny
and he called for his bag he had to ho
told that all that had been found was
ouo tall and n certain small quantity
of Huff. Ho never went shooting again.
Tho czar occasionally aids at a bat
tue, but the thing boles him and ho
goes only out of politeness. Tho prince
of Wales Is a good shot, and Is fund of
shooting, but his big-game days aro
over. The empeior of Geriruuy IiuiiIh
and shoots a great deal, but those who
know hi in best say he does not euro
much for tho sport. With him it Is u
matter or tindltlim-tlie tight thing for
a loyal peisonago to do. The king ot
Portugal, who holds the reiord ot r.t
ncss ninong tho royalties, Is debarred
physically rrom such violent exercise.
Tho king ot Sweden never touches n
gun. The sultan or Turkey cannot bear
to see one. The king or Italy Is tho
only real representative ot tho old
kingly tradition, lie Is a mighty hunt
er, und frequently throws up all the
routine of work without n word ot
warning and goes off with Col. Plzzlni
bolinl to spend several weeks In pur
suit or game or all kinds with which
the mountains abound. Formerly ho
established no moans or communica
tion with Rome. Neither Queen Har
gheiita nor any or his ministers ever
know where to find him ror weeks at a
time. He might have lost his tbron.j
In a sudden upheaval und known
nothing or It till ho descended to thu
plains. Of late, howover. be Inn be-
tonie wiser. Now a carrier loaves
Rome eveiy second day dm lug his ex
peditions, bringing reports or all that
happens. New York Pi ess.
"PAT. THE BLACKSMITH."
A Htiinblo ArtUmi Mudn lnuiou hy
111! I'lrtiirr.
"Paint me us a blacksmith," Bald
Patrick Lyon, nnd the nrtlst did so.
So It camo to pnss that Lyon's portrnlt
Is probably the best representation ot
an actual living blncksiulth at his work
in thu world, says Success. It Is a
mil-length picture, llfo cir.o, in his
blacksmith's apron, resting his brawny
arm nnd blackened hand upon hU
hammer, whllo n youth ut tho bellows
lenews tho red heat of tho Iron his
omployor has been laboring upon. Tho
original, painted by John Neaglo In
182(1, Is In the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts; the replica Is nt tho Hos
ton Athenaeum library. "Pat. the
blacksmith," ns ho was familiarly
called In Philadelphia, was born In
London, In 1779, nnd came to Philadel
phia In 1793, whoro ho died April IB,
1829. Ills curly struggles mado hlnl'
become- an Ingenious blacksmith, nnd
ho was n local celebrity. Ho built
ninny flro engines. He was ouco sent
for to open nn Iron chest liindo by hlm
seir; tho owner had lost the koy. Pat
dexterously performed tho operation,
und, holding tho lid with ono hand,
presented the other with a demand for
$10. It wns refused. Pat let full tho
lid and walked off, leaving the treas
ure ns rast sealed ns bororc. There
was no remedy und reluctantly tho
owner or tho strong box again sent for
Pat. Ho promptly nppeared nnd tho
box was Instantly opened. Tho first
demand or $10 was quickly offered; but
no, "I must have $20 now," said tho
operator, and $20 was paid without a
murmur, for tho lid nnd the lock wero
still In tho Iron grasp or tho lockmuk
er. Tho story ot his Incarceration wns
this: Lyon was the blacksmith nil
locksmith or tho Hank of Pennsylva
nia. The vaults wero entered and a
lnrgo sum of money was carried off.
Suspicion fell upon Lyon. Pat was nr
rested and Imprisoned for n long time
in the castlo, which, by his desire, tho
painter hns introduced Into tho his
torical portrnlt. In process of tlmo
tho real culprit was found to ho tha
watchmnn. Pat was released and mado
his old employers nnd recent persecu
tors pay handsome damages $12,000, I
bollevo. Ho went back to his nnvll,
forged Ills wealth and hammered Iron
burs Into banknotes and eagles.
Tha Kxlrciuo rmmltjr.
Tho present lord chief Justice (Lord
Russell or Klllowcn), years boforo ho
took silk, was sitting In court ono
morning, when nnothor barrister, lonn
ing across tho benches during tho hear
ing of it trlnl for bigamy, whlspored:
"Russell, what's tho fcxtromt penalty
for bigamy?" "Two mothers-lu-law,"
replied Russell.
Htrani;o Indent.
McJIgger That's a funny thins.
Thingumbob What Is? McJIggo'-
Miss Pabsey was an old maid boforo
sho was married, nnd now that lior
husband Is dead she has becomo a
young widow.
Tho proper dlstanco Itetwoen
eyes Is the width of ono eye.
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