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T SUGAR BOUNTIES.
THE LAW I5 DECLARED UNCON-
STITUTIONAL.
The Comptroller of the Treasury Renders
an Opinion on the Celebrated Oxnard
Sugar Bounty Clnlms-Claimants Can
1 \ Go Into Court and Tcst the Validity of
1 Their Demands-An Important Decis-
ion.
Declared Unconstitutional.
WASUINGTON , Sept. 7.-It. B. Bowler ,
the comptroller of the treasury , yesterday -
terday rendered an opinion on the now
/ celebrated Oxnard sugar bounty
' claims , in which he holds in effect
first , that he , as comptroller has
jurisdiction of the case , and second ,
that , in his opinion , the act of March
f 2 , 1835 , making the sugar bounty appropriation -
propriation io unconstitutionaL IIe ,
howcler , decides that the papers in
, the case be sent to the court of claims
for the rendition of a judgment , in
order that there may be furnished "a
precedent for the future action of the
executive department in the adjustment -
ment in the class of cases involved in
these sugar bounties. "
The particular claim decided is substantially -
stantially on the same footing as all
other sugar bounty claims , for the
satisfaction of which congress , at its
last session , appropriated 5:53,283.
The comptroller answers at great
length the arguments presented by
counsel at the hearing , in which his
jurisdiction was attacked , and in the
course of his reply , he says statutes
which do not conform to the constitution -
tion , are not law , and therefore , when
t statute is in apparent conflict with
the coustitution it becomes the duty of
the executive officer to determine for
himself as between the statute and the
constitution whether the statute is the
law.
law.As
As to the constitutionality of the
.act , the comptroller says in part that
e 'the principle has so long been decided
that taxation must be for a public purpose -
pose ; that an attempt to take money
from the people by the forms of taxation -
tion for a purpose other than a public
-one , is not an exercise of legislative
. power and , therefore , that an attempt
'to do so is a mere nullity , as an effort
by the legislature to exercise power
uot granted by the constitution.
Manufacturing establishments have
been uniformly treated as private
rather than public enterprises. Nu-
lnerous decisions are cited tending to
' show that factories of all Itieds , sawmills -
mills , rolling mills , etc. , are private ,
and are in no sense public enterprises.
It is suggested that when congress
gets out of the domain of law and into
the realm of equity and justice their
power is unlimited. That would be
no doubt true if congress could get
out of the domain of law , but it cannot -
, not do so.
The bounty of the act of 185 is not
' Limited to those who may have suffered -
fered an injury by failure to receive
the bounty of the McKinley act , but is
given to all alike , whether they suffered -
fered loss or not. There is nothing
which indicates that it is intended to
make compensation for such injury ,
and that cannot be implied.
By a refusal to pay the claims the
ultimate rights of the claimants are in
no way affected , for they have a perfect -
fect remedy in court to test the validity -
ity of their claims and obtain payment
thereof after a final determination of
the constitutionality of the law , if it
be held unconstitutional.
A CONSPIRACY CHARGED.
tctter From a Duluth Ilan Who Says
the Prisoner Is Not Fraker.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Sept. 7.-The Kansas
. Independent , a Populist paper , pub-
fishes a letter from a citizen of Duluth
to its editor , L W. Pack , which purports -
ports to expose a conspiracy on the
part of the insurance companies and
the chief of police of Topeka to arrest
William Schnell and palm him off for
George 1V. Fraker of life insurance
fame. The letttr is written by a German -
' man of the name of Harberger , and is
to the effect that Fraker or Sehnel ]
is a crazy hermit , whose great
.ambition is to achieve notoriety.
The author of the letter
declares that it can easily be proven
that Schnell has lived in the woods of
Minnesota and Wisconsin for years ,
and that he passed in the locality
where he was arrestedas "ring of the
Forest. " It is alleged that it is not
f the intention of the insurance companies -
panies to push this prosecution after
the money handed over to Fraker's
exe2utor has been recovered. It explains -
plains that the reason why Fraker s
companion in Minnesota was not taken
into custody was that the would swear
that the prisoner is not Fraker and
furnish the names of any number of
-witnesses who would so testify.
J. P. Davis , president of the Kansas
Mutual Life Insurance company , in an
interview said there was no doubt of
Fraker's identity , and that no effort
would be made to secure the return of
the insurance money until all interested -
ested admitted it. He said that lie
believed Fraker would be sent to the
penitentiary , although he admitted
that a number of prominent Kansas
+ and Missouri attorneys whom he had
consulted had expressed the opinion
that he could be convicted of no crime.
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For Killing Danlcl Stonaf
I LHiERTY , fro. , Sept. 7.-George W.
Russell was arrested at Smithville this
morning on the charge of having mar-
' - dered Daniel Stone , the farmer who
was found June 25 at his home , a mile
east of there , with his skull crushed.
The officers say that the evidence is
very strong against Russell. lie runs
a pool hall at Smithville and has had a
i bad reputation. He once lived in
Kansas City , and is said to have killed
t a man there.
A Florida Girl's Terrible Fate.
A3IILtA , Fla. , Sept. 7.-Last Tues-
-dav night Stella Johnson , the iii-year-
old daughter of a widow who lives'
near here , was kidnaped. This morning -
ing the nude corpse of the girl , strapped -
ped to a log and horribly mangled ,
Swas found floating in a small lake
about six miles from her home. The
girl's neck had been broken andher
throat cut from ear to ear. Her right
arm had been severed from her body
at the shoulder.
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WILL SECURE JUSTICE.
This Country Will Investisato Chinesa
Blots.
WASnINGTON , Sept. 7.-The United
States governient , it is announced at
the state department , has decided to
enter forthwith upon an independent
investigation of the Cheng Tu riots ,
with the co-operation of a Chinese rep-
resentative.
As at first arranged , the inquiry waste
to have been made in co-operation
with England , but there has been a
change of plan within the past few
days , occasioned partly by the fact
that the British consul at Chung Ring ,
who is to conduct the investigation on
behalf of his government and to
whom , with the concurrence of an
American missionary member , it was
at first proposed to entrust the preliminary -
liminary investigation of the facts ,
has been detained at his post , and , it
is said , will not be able to begin the
inquiry for a month or more. There
are also understood to be other reasons
why the state department has decided
upon an independent investigation ,
such as France has already made and
such as England will make later.
It is said at the state department
that it is not true , however , as has
been represented , that the policy of
this government has been changed by
any feeling of dissatisfaction or resentment -
sentment caused by any apparent delay -
lay on England's part in proceeding
with the inquiry. The department has
other reasons , which it is not yet prepared -
pared to make public.
China is expected to lend her support -
port to the American inquiry to the
extent of supplying an escort to the
persons who wiJi conduct it , but who
have not yet been designated , and
will probably furnish an official who
will co-operate with the American investigators -
vestigators , as in the Ku Cheng in-
vestigation. The investigation is expected -
pected to be made by some officials
now on the Chinese coast.
TRANSFERS IN THE ARMY.
Extensive Changes of Infantry Companies
and Troops of Cavalry Ordered.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 7.Extensive
transfers of troops in the West were
ordered to-day by the secretary of war
as follows : The present garrison efFort
Fort BuffaloN. D.to Fort Assinaboine ,
Mont. ; two companies of the Twenty-
second infantry from Fort Assina-
boine to Fort Iarrison , Mont. ; one
company of the Second infantry to
Fort Yates. N. D. , to be joined by another -
other company of the same regiment
now at Fort Keogh , Mont. ; three companies -
panies of the Tenth infantry now at
Fort Yates and their commanding
officer , Lieutenant Colonel Comba to
Fort Niobrara , Neb. , from which two
companies of the Eighth infantry arc
to depart for Fort Russell , Wyo. ; the
three companies of the Seventeenth
infantry now at Fort Russell to
go to Columbia barracks , Ohio. ,
four troops of the Seventh cavalry -
alry now in the department of
texas , to the department of the Colorado -
orado ; four troops of the First cavalry
now in the department of the Colorado -
orado to Oklahoma , two troops going
to Fort Sill and two to Fort Reno , relieving -
lieving four troops of the Third ordered -
dered from Oklahoma to Jefferson
Barracks , Mo.
Fort Buford , N. D. , and Fort Hancock -
cock , Texas , are discontinued as army
posts and directions given to turn over
the public lands to the interior depart.
ment. Where the troops and companies -
nies to be transferred have not been
designated in the order , the department -
ment commanders will make the selection -
tion of the troops to be removed.
AFTER ROTHSCHILD.
Another Attempt to Dynamite Ilim In
Ills Paris Danking IIouso.
PARIS , Sept. ' 1.-M. Rothschild's
banking house in this city was the
scene yesterday of another nihilistic
attempt. At 3:20 : o'clock a man entered -
tered the bank from the Rue Lafitte.
In the vestibule a detective , who was
on guard there , saw the stranger trying -
ing to light the fuse of a bomb which
he carried , with a cigarette. The
ashes on the cigarette prevented the
ready ignition of the fuse , and the
man , seeing that he was observed ,
threw the bomb upon the carpeted
floor. The weapon did not explode ,
and the man was arrested. When he
was taken to the police office he boldly
avowed himself an anarchist. He
made a desperate attempt to use a
razor before he was overpowered by
the detective and a policeman , who
had come to his assistance. Police
officials believe , from the appearance
of the culprit , that he is a brother of
Pawels , who perpetrated the Madeline -
line outrage.
To Combat Silverites.
Crlc.tco „ Sept. 7.-Democrats from
all parts of the state are attending the
meeting to-day of the Honest Money
league of Illinois at the Palmer house
for the purpose of preparing for the
presidential campaign of 183t , . Leaders -
ers of the party were present , and
after transacting routine business discussed -
cussed the work of the coining year
and the means of combatting the free
silver element of the party.
A Tennessee Negro Lynched.
Nasilvn.LE , Tenn. . Sept. 7.-At Fay-
ettevillelast night , Dock King , colored ,
arrested on the charge of attempting
to criminally assault Mrs. Charles
-
Jones , -Fayetterille , was taken
from jail by a mob of 200 incn and
hanged. He protested his innocence ,
but he was identified by Mr's. Jones
and her sister as the guilty man.
Two Topeka Papers Consolidate.
TOPEI A , Kan. , Sept. 7.-The Kansas
Breeze , the official state paper , F. C.
Montgomery and T. A. McNeal , publishers -
lishers , and the North Topeka Mail ,
Arthur Capper , publisher , have been
consolidated and beginning next week
will be published as the "Kansas
Breeze and Topeka Mail. "
Mr. Harrison Wants Adirondack Lnnd
OLD FORGE , N. Y. , Sept. 7.-The negotiations -
gotiations which ex-President Harrison -
son is carrying on with Dr. Steward
Webb , owner of thousands of acres of
Adirondack land , will probably result
in his buying a number of lots near
First lake , in the vicinity of Dodd
camp , where he now is.
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F DP BE HIND BAR S
WHERE HE DRAWS BIG CROWDS
TO SEE HIM.
Many Old Fricnds and Acquaintances
] lave a Talk With the Swindler In the
Kansas City Jail-Taken to Richmond
-Lawyers All Agree that lie is Sure
to Go Over the Road.
Fraker , the Swindler.
KANSAS CITl , Mo. , Sept. 5.-Dr.
George 1y. Fraker was brought back to
Kansas City at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
James Patter. on , a druggist of Excelsior -
celsior Springs , was the first to grasp
his hand.
"Well , Dr. Fraker , how do you do ? "
he said with emphasis. The doctor
alhswered in a scarcely audible voice :
"flow are you , Jimmy ? "
Judge A. H. Doolcy of Excelsior
Springs was the next to speak to him
and he was recognized , too , by the
doctor. Melvin L. Zener , the manager
of the Hartford Life and Annuity company -
pany , which had paid $15,000 for
Fraker's "death , " spoke to the doctor
but was not remembered by him.
E. L. Moore , manager of Tie Elms
hotel at Excelsior Springs , Attorney
D. J. Haff , J. P. Davis , president of
the Kansas Mutual Life assooiation ,
the company which ran him down , and
United States Marshal Jo .0. Shelby
were among others who crowded
around the doctor and spoke to him.
He was hurriedly driven to the sher-
iff's office. As lie sat with nervous
hands clutching the hat on his crossed
knees , he was beset , browbeaten , volleyed -
leyed with questions. Every detective
and lawyer and newspaper reporter in
the room Cook a hand at it. He answered -
swered all questions with the same air
of meeltnes and weariness which has
characterized him since his arrest. He
had said often that he was tired and
worn out from hiding out from the
men who were hunting him. He said
lie was glad the thing was over. lIe
did not appear glad , but he did look
resigned.
Before Fralzer was taken away a reporter -
porter talked with him.
"I notice , " he said , "that a great
many people seem to believe there was
a conspiracy with several persons in it.
Now this is not true. When I went on
that fishing excursion I was preparing
to take a trip to California to bring
back my nephews. I had collected
some outstanding debts and had $5.10
in my pockets when I fell in the river.
When iI got out of the water half a
mile below where the accident occurred -
curred , my clothing was covered with
mud and 1 was wet to the skin. I first
thought of going back to the camp ,
but I did not want to return to the
Springs in such a plight , so I stayed in
the brush all that night and the next
.lay and caught a freight train for
Kansas City the next night. "
Dr. Fraker was placed in cell No. 4
on the south side , third floor , of the
county jail. Fromn the time of his arrival -
rival until late in the evening the jail
was besieged with people who wished
to see him. Probably 200 were admitted -
ted to see him , but very few succeeded
in engaging him in conversation and
fewer secured any information from
him. Dr. Fraker was tired and slept
fairly well last night , though after
epjoying the freedom of the Northern
woods so long , confinement in a close
jail was most disagreeable.
About 10 o'clcck Fraker induced one
of the other prisoners to shave oft his
Lurnsides. The amateur barber did
a butdher's job before an audience
that would have delighted the proprietor -
prietor of a museum. When he had
finished Fraker's face was bleeding ,
but fairly smooth , with no beard left
except his mustache , which is light
and thin and not very long. The
presence of the crowd disgusted him
and he would sit reading newspapers
and pay nn attention to the remarks
and questions of his visitors.
Fraker was taken to Richmond , Mo. ,
on the 5 o'clock Chicago , Milwaukee
and St. Paul train this afternoon ,
Sheriff J. H. liolman of Ray county
and City Marshal Byers of Richmond
having come after him.
Attorneys Haff and Van Valkenburg
bay there is no chance that Dr. Fraker
will escape conviction in the circuit
court of Ray county , where h will be
tried on five counts of attemptng : to
cheat the insurance companies. 'I'lhe '
information lodged by Mr. Van Valk-
enburg in Ray county against Dr. Fra-
ker , and on which the warrant for his
arrest was issued , charges him with
violating section 3S6 of the statutes
of Missouri. This statute makes it a
felony , punishable with seven years
in the penitentiary , for a person to attempt -
tempt to obtain money from any other
person by means of a cheat or fraud or
false pretense ; or trick of any kind.
You will notice , " said Mr. Iiaff ,
"that to violate this statute it is not
necessary for a person to obtain the
money by fraud ; the simple attempt to
obtain it is a violation of law. The
statement is made in some quarters
that because Fraker did not obtain
any of the insurance money , and did
not seek to obtain any of it , his will
having left it to his relatives , he cannot -
not be convicted under this statute.
! 111 supreme court decisions on this
point hold that it is not es = ential that
the person bhnself : should actually -
ally receive the money. It is sufficient -
cient for conviction if it be delivered
in accordance with his wish , or for his
advantage , or for the purpose of effecting -
ing some object of his.
Other lawyers who were asked about
the possibility of conviction in Fraker's
case said the statutes covering attempts -
tempts to defraud were very broad
and would undoubtedly cover the case
of Frak er.
SOMETHING ABOUT GEORGE UARRY.
Although Attorney Herrick has persisted -
sisted in his refusal to say whether or
not it was George Harrywhogave him
the information that led to Fraker's
arrest , Fraker says to-day that he is
positive that Harry was the man.
" 1I0W about your boy at-the shanty
where you lived ? "
"He never heard of me as Fraker
and did not know anything about my
history. That is Impossible. His
name was Fred Springstead and he
eonldn't possibly have known anything -
thing to tell about me. He thought
my name was Schnell. "
The fact that it was shortly after an
exchange of letters between himself
and Harry that Herrick got his first
intimation of Fraker's whereabouts
k . f. -
points to harry. Before there could
be another exchano of letters Fraker
moved to Minnesota , and not long afterwards -
terwards Harry disappeared. Simultaneously -
taneously a store was robbed in Raton -
ton , N , IL , where Harry's mistress
is said to live , and simultaneously ,
too , Mr. Herriclt's friend dropped out
of sight. Harry knew the name and
address of the only man in Wisconsin -
sin who knew Fraker's address. Fra
ker thinks Harry wrote to this man
for his address and that as he knew
of the previous correspondence between -
tween the two the young man gave it.
If harry committed the robbery with
which he is charged there was a motive -
tive for him to keen his whereabouts
secret. When he vas arrested tw c
weeits ago there was no longer any
reason for him to keep himself hid ,
but he needed money and there was nO
easier way of netting it than by giv-
fug up Fraker and securing the reward -
ward previously promised , probably
more money than Harry had ever before -
fore seen in his life.
harry was one of the men who was
with Fraker on the night of the alleged -
leged drowning. He was the chief
witness for the Fraker heirs. He testified -
tified that lie saw the doctor fall in
and drown. He may be a witness
against Fraker at his trial in Ray
county , though his former testimony
might impeach his evidence now. It
has developed recently that no
has been a professional thief for
years and that as long ago
as 1875 lie was a friend of Dr.
Fraker. In that year Attorney James
Garner was prosecuting attorney of
Ray county. The James gang was
looting banks all over Western Missouri -
souri and bank officials were uneasy
and in Richmond , Ray county. all suspicious -
picious strangers were arrested and
held until they could give some honest
excuse for being in town. Among the
suspicious ones arrested in Richmond
was George Harry and he was held till
officers from Texas came and took him
to Texas on a charge of horse stealing.
EOMBS FROM THE CLOUDS.
Dynamite Balloons Prepared for Cuban
Rebels.
HARTFORD , Conn , . Sept. 5.-Samuel
Andrews , a machinist of this city ,
claims to have perfecteda war balloon
which he has sold to a syndicate of
New York Cubans for use in aid of the
Cuban insurgents. It has been tested
in the fields and is said to work per-
fectly.
Instead of the ordinary car fixed
with an armored box from which a
number of bombs can be suspended
the bombs are ignited and released by
automatic machinery in the box and
after all are discharged , the box explodes -
plodes , destroying the balloon. Andrews -
drews claims to have a device by which
he can control the direction of the
balloon.
NEw YOnii , Sept. 5.-Advices from
Santiago de Cuba are that Dr. Donald
Dodge , alias Frank lt. Boyle , who
says lie is a correspondent of a New
York paper and who sailed from
Nassau by the Ward line steamer
Niagara , was arrested by the
Spaniards upon hisarrival in Santiago
de Cuba and confined , charged with
being an emissary of the Cuban junta
in New York on his way to Maceo's
rebel camp. Despite the Spanish military -
itary governor's expressed purpose to
have Dodge court martialed and shot
9.s . a spy , Consul Hyatt , after several
tong interiews with the civil governor , I
succeeded in having the case transferred -
ferred to the ordinary courts.
THE GOLD RESERVE.
Deposits Made to Offset Anticipated
Withdrawals of Gold.
NEW Yorit , Sept. 5.-It was quite
evident yesterday that the Morgan-
Belmont bond syndicate expected an-
other.large drain on the sub-treasury
this week. At the opening of business
it was announced that the Farmers'
Loan and Trust company had deposited -
ited $2,000,000 in the sun-treasury. No
explanation of the deposit was made ,
but it was gene.ally known that it
was for the account of the bond syndicate -
cate and the belief was confirmed
later by Washington advices.
This is the second financial institution -
tion to come to the aid of the syndi-
cate. The first was the American Exchange -
change National bank , which deposited
$500,000 about a week ago. At that
time it was said that a number of national -
tional banks and financial institutions
which had been members of the bond
syndicate had agreed to aid Messrs.
Morgan S ; Belmont in their efforts to
keep to the spirit of the contract with
the government to maintain the gold
reserve against exports 'in every way
in their power.
liicdico-Legal Congress.
NEW Yoni , Sept. 5.-The Medico
Legal congress , which convened in
this city to-day , has attracted a great
number of leading scientists , lawyers
and physicians , not only from this
country , but from Europe. The sessions -
sions of the congress will be held in
the United States court in the post-
office building. It will continue until
the night of September G , when a banquet -
quet will be tendered the visitors at
the rooms of the Press club by the
Medico-Legal society of New York.
For a Banker's National Association
NEW YORK , Sept. 5.-At a meeting
of the New York State Banker's association -
ciation , resolutions were adopted declaring -
claring in favor of a national association -
tion made up of delegates from state
associations and a committee was ap-
peinted to arrange . for a national
meeting
Women May Go Armed.
LEXINGTON , Ky. , Sept. 5.-in an edi
torial in his paper H. II. Gratz of the
Kentucky Gazette , says that the next
legislature will be asked to repeal the
law prohibiting the carrying of concealed -
cealed deadly weapons so far as
women are concerned. He declares
that it is necessary for women to go
armed to protect themselves from
negro assailants.
An Illinois Leader Dies in 1iansas.
BLUE RAPIDS , Kan. , Sept. 5.-Jame9
G. Strong , ex-state senator of Illinois ,
died this morning , aged 53. II located
in Dwight , Ill. , in ] 853 , and was director -
rector , secretary and treasurer of the
Plymouth , Kankakee and Pacific rail-
rad , and identified with the Kankakee
River Improvement company. In ; 370
he introduced the first bill for the appointment -
pointment of a board of railroad corn-
missioners in Illinois.
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GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
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Interesting and Instructive Reading for
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HE BOY WHO's
always wishing
That , this or that
might be ,
But never tries his
mettle ,
Is the.boy that's
bound to see
His plans all come
to failure ,
His hopes end in
defeat ,
For that's what
conies when wishing
And working fail to meet.
The boy who wishes this thing
Or that thing with a will
That spurs him on to action.
And keeps him trying still ,
When effort meets with 'failure.
Will some day surely win ,
For ] he works out what he wishes.
And that's where "luck" comes in !
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OdIitles of ' .Vild Animals.
"People who live near the haunts of
wild animals see a good many strange
sights if they are watchful , " said a
woodsman. "Our folks once had a
stumpy lot with woods on three sides of
it. The field had been seeded to clover ,
and fifteen or twenty woodchucks dug
holes in the ground and lived high and
in peace till a bear got in the habit ,
along in July , of stealing out of the
woods just before sunset every day ,
crouching In the tall clover and pouncing -
ing on a wood chuck , while ] t was getting -
ting its Supper. Father wouldn't shoot
the bear because its fur was good for
nothing then , and he wanted it to thin
out the wood chucks. When the bear
killed a number of woodchucks and carried -
ried them into the woods , a wise old
woodchuck in the upper end of the field
began to smell a rat , and whenever the
bear stole out of the timber , the cunning -
ning old woodchuck would sit by its
hole and whistle like everything to warn
the other woodchucks of the bear's
presence. Then he and all the woodchucks -
chucks in the lot would scoot into their
holes , and the bear would slouch back
into the woods looking sheepish.
"When the alert olAl woodchuck had
played that trick on bruin a few times
the bear went to thinking , we thought ,
for at noon one hot day we saw the
bear shamble out of the woods and climb
up a tree just above the cute old wood-
chuck's burrow. Not a single woodchuck -
chuck was in sight and that made us
wonder what the bear was up to. The
bear stayed in the tree all the afternoon -
noon , and just before sundown we saw
the cute old woodchuck crawl out of
its hole and take a survey of the field.
He didn't see the bear , and pretty soon
he scampered off some afstance from
his hole , and began to nibble content-
edly. No sooner had the woodchuck
started to eat his supper than the bear
let himself drop from the limb. It landed -
ed near the hole , got its feet in a second -
end and lay flat in the clover. The
woodchuck heard the thud and scampered -
pered for his hole , and the cunning bear
nabbed him and squeezed him to death
in a hurry. With the wise woodchuck
out of the way , the bear had smooth
sledding , and before the end of August
it killed every woodchuck fn the lot. "
Crows Outwit a Farmer and Geta Diener.
"Crows are so fond of eggs that you I
can play some amusing tricks on them , "
writes a well-known Illinois farmer.
"One summer I placed a studded porcupine -
pine in a field , spread a little straw over
it , and stuck some hen's eggs onto the
uills. A crow soon spied the eggs from
a treetop , and flew down to get one.
It lit on the ground near by , and then
it flitted up and settled down on the
straw , but it hopped off very sudden- .
hy , looked sideways at the eggs , and
scratched around as if its feet didn't
feel exactly natural.
"The crow tried again , got its feet
pricked anal flew back to the tree , where
it sat silently till two more crows got
fooled in tli same way , when it began -
gan to coo snd chuckle as if it was
laughing at them. Then the two joined
him and the three sat on the tree till
two more got their soles pricked , when
the five went squBing away to the
woods. The next morning I noticed a
big flock of crows flying back and forth
from the woods to the porcupine. Finally -
ly they all disappeared , and I found that
the black scamps had outwitted me , for
they had piled up a lot of twigs on
the quills , and on them the cunning
crows had got a foothold , stuck their
bills into the eggs and ; arried them ,
off.
"One spring I fed the crows on
chopped frogs till the corn got well up , I
and by so doing kept them out of the
cornfield. I scattered the frogs in a
field next to the corn lot , and the crows
soon got so that they watched for mete
to come with the fodder. When I had
fed them a few times a lot of kingbirds -
birds got in the habit of following mete
to the feeding ground. They lit on the
trees , and when the crows settled down
to eat the king birds whaled them back
to the woods , where they kept shady till
the kingbirds sent home. "
Mice I.un a Sphining Wiieel.
In 2. little shoemaker's shop in Third
avenue , New York , there is on exhibition -
tion in the window a miniature thread-
spinning machine run by two trained
mice in a sort of treadmill apparatus.
The proprietor of the store , who is an
ingenious German of an Inventive turn
of mind. planned and invented the ma-
cline himself , and , as it was built on
a small scale to fit the space available ,
it could not be operated by steam power ,
so he conceived the idea of training the
mice and having them do the work.
The little register fastened on one side
of the machine shows that the mice
daily perform work equivalent to traveling -
ing ten and a half miles.
A Christian hero.
The heroic example of Gustavus Adol-
phus was recently ca3'ed by a contemporary -
porary in connection with the centenary -
nary celebrations lately observed in his
honor in many lands. The noble deeds
of this great hero are as inspiring today
as they have ever open. The picture
which historians draw , representing the
king and his warriors on one occasion
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In straits and difficulties out of which t ;
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no way seemed clear , kneeling with un- , I'
covered heads and pleading for Gods ,
help and guidance , repeals one element
of his power. Akin to it is the power
of his prayer uttered on the morning j
of the battle of Lutzen , in which he
was slain. " 0 Jesus , help me to fight f ] G G
this day for tttc glory of thy name. " , _
When this prayer was offered , and i
Luther's great hymn , "Em'n feste Burg , 1
had been sung by the entire army , the
command was uttered , "In the name of
Jesus , forward , march ! " An example
of this heroic type has a strange reduplicative -
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duplicative power ; from age to age its
embodied ardor and faith and courage
will quicken the souls of countless mu- ! 1 !
titudes of struggling men and women.
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Caught a Big Garth' ! , . 1
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H. Lutz , while fishing in Lake Marie G
recently , caught the largest garfish ever
captured in that lake. It measured
forty-one Inches and had a bill seven
inches long. He says :
"I was casting with a steel rod and
live frog. and had about fifty feet of
line out , u-hen the fish took the bait
with a yank. I at once began to play
him , and attempted to lani ] him , but he
pulled like a horse , and in his struggle3
jumped repeatedly as high out of the
water as four or five feet. I thought '
several times that my line was a
'boner , ' but determined to land him if j
it took all day. After a hard and ex- :
haunting fight of an hour and a half I
tied him and got him to the side of the i
boat , where my chum managed to finally J .
land him with the aid of a gaff hook +
and landing net. lie proved to be a '
huge b the largest ever caught
in those waters. I 'have had trouble
in landing catches before ; but never 'd '
anything to approach this fellow's re-
sistance. I was several times forced to
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play out all my line , and to hold on to
the gunwale of the boat to save myself
from going over. "
I'olly Get isvon with the Oid ] fan'
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A New Bcdford man whose niece had
coaxed him to buy a parrot succeeded
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in getting a bird that was warranted a
good talker. He brought it home , and , f
after putting it in a cage , stood before
it and said : "Say uncle , Polly ! " The a
bird did not respond , and after repeating - 1 "
ing the sentence a dozen times or more
with no better success , the uncle put
his hand Into the cage , and grabbing
the bird by the neck shook him until
his head wabbled around , all the time
yelling to him : "Say uncle , Boll darn
t
you : say uncle ! " The bird looked limp
and lifeless , and , disgusted with his
purchase , the old fellow took the parrot -
rot in the yard , where ! re had a coop
of thirty chickens. Thrusting the half ;
dead bird in with the chickens , he exclaimed -
claimed : "There , by gosh ! You'll say
uncle before you get out ! " Next morn-
lug the uncle went out to see how the
parrot was getting on. Looking into
the coop he counted twenty-nine dead
chickens , and in the center of the coop
stood the parrot on one foot , holding
the thirtieth by the neck and shaking
it till its head wabbled , and screaming :
"Say uncle , golf darn yer ; say uncle ! "
Companloas in Sliseliief.
A dog and a horse owned by Col.
Willis J. Hulings , at Oil City , are inseparable -
separable companions. The horse has
learned to pick and untie all sorts of t
knots , and unless the door is fastened
with a padlock it is impossible to keep
him in the stable during the present hot
weather. This trait gives the dog much
trouble , for the horse pays no attention
to his barking or sharp nippings , but
keeps trespassing on the colonel's lawn
or that of his neighbor without dis-
crimination. After all I
trying by manner -
ner of stratagems to get the horse back
into the stable where he belongs , the
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dog will give up the job in disgust , rush
into the house , and by harking or dragging -
ging at the dress of some of the women
members of the family entice them to n
the window or yard , and as plain as if
told in words , show that the horse is in
mischief.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Knew IIIm by Ills False Teeth.
Policeman John Roebuck and Edward
Coggin travel beats in the vicinity o ;
the Illinois Central's Thirty-ninth
street station , says Chicago Record.
At 2:0 o'clock yesterday morning they
saw the light usually kept burning in
the ticket office go out. On looking
through the window of the station they
saw a man with a lighted match in his
hand examining the front of the safe.
He had a coupling pin. Just at that
moment a heavy freight train thundered -
dered by , and the man proceeded to
smash the combination with the coupling -
ling pin. He struck several blows ,
when the policemen entered and seized
him. The safe contained $1,000. Tie !
burglar was taken to the IIyde Park
station , where Lieut. Lavin recognized
him by his false teeth as henry Stone ,
alias "Mouthy John , " an old-time thief. .
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His Wife's Permission to Be Ilanged.
"Tell Alexander Simms to be hung on
the 10th. I can't come. Don't ship his
remains. "
The above was the telegram received g
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by Sheriff Bowden yesterday evening
from Ella Simms , the wife of Alexander
Simms , who will be hanged to-morrow
morning at Il o'clock for the murder of
Policeman Minor.-Florida Times-tin ,
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Give.
Give as you would if an angel
Awaited your gift at the door ;
Give as you would if tomorrow
Found you where waiting was o'er ;
Give as you would to the Master
If you met his searching look ;
Give as you would'of your substance ,
If his hand your offering took.
write Iita Eight.
Write we know is written right
When we see it written write ,
But when we see it written wrfght ,
We inow it is not written right ;
For write , to have it written right ,
Must not be written right or Wright ,
Nor yet should ft be written rite ,
But write , for so 'tis written right.
.Invenile Logic.
"Pa , did Juno Juno ? " asked thoughtful
little Ned.
"No , I did not know Juno ! " the startled
father said.
"Well , pa , Juno was Noju , that you
surely know ;
And then if Juno Noju , why didn t
Juno Juno ? "
On Broadway.
Hayseed-Writ building Is that ?
Smart New Yorker-That's a tens ,
story building. Can't you count' - -
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