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\y MADMAN COMMANDS" Stcy oftha P't.ful State of Lieut. General Methuen. ORDERED AN A I i i Against Advice of ManylOfficers? Quarrelled With Leadets To be Relieved Soon as Possible. A ppecia! cable to tbc Chicago i(^^' "-Vibarit; fr>m London says: Lieut. Gen. Lord Methuen, ^commanding the roluoiii advancing to the relief of Ktiuberiey, is to be relieved of his corawitbin two weeks. Later he wili he fcent to Cai?e Town and eventually ordered home. When he reaches E^iuua he will be retired. Th se facts have been confirmed by an o iicial of the war office. Lord Mcthn3 i's c ase is a sad one. Aiwajs a man oi rather frail physique?although a c e?er boxer and an ail roucd sportsmiu?his constitution began to show M^ni of breaking down almosts immeciaurly after he took command of his *.;vj>iub. Tares uavs after the battle of Belmon*, (>en. Wolseley suggested to the w*r oiiee that Methuen be relieved. His advice was not heeded. The wisdom of the aged but keen commanderin-chief of the British army is now realized to the fullest extent by the war offioe who scoffed at his suggestion. Friends of Lord Methuen insist he is oclj in broken health, that the strain of many campaigns has shattered his fcatoraiiy nervous system. Those who know the circumstances and the situation on Modder river iqaally well and who are willing to state facts plainly, say that Methuen's mind is unbalanced. Constant Droof of this has been com ing to ihe notice of the officials of the war office ior two weeks past. The commander of the Modder river forces has bombarded the government with some of the most remarkable messages ever received from a general in action. One received a few days ago, is a fair sample of the rest. It contained just three word.-: "Darkness after dawn." it is stated by tiiose acquainted with ihe lu-cr Workings and campaign adopted by the war office, that Lord Kitchener, the hero of Omdurman, who with Lord Koberts arrived at Cape Towq today, will proceed immediately igj _ to Modder river. He may not take active field command of the troops but^ will put the column in working order v;. again and then assign some one else, probably Gen. Colville, to take Methuen's place. Lord Metheun, in addition to his other eccentricities, has quarreled with a number of officers under him. Three of them, Col. Arthur Paget, Col. Gough and Capt. Campbell, he ordered home. m? l - n . 1 j.ney arrived in juohgou iouay. vox. Goug'o, who commanded the cavalry detachment in the Mager.sfontein battie, is seeking a vindication by courtmartial. When Gough attempted to discuss the plan of the Magersfontein attack Methuen ordered him under arrest. The London press is considerate iy suppressing the true state of affairs - so far as Methuen's ailment is con\ cerned. But the papers do cot hesi*V tate to print the hard facts about the battle of Magersfontein, which are just reaching London through the mails, all of whicH to to shoT7, ia the language of an officer that "the attack wa3 that ot & iu<tum<in.7' The death of Lord Wauchope, com mander of ihe Black Watch, was one of the many sad results of that en gagement. Lord Wauchope, it is cow well known, realized ;ne futility of the assault as planned by Methueu. He argued strongly and expostulated bitterly against it. Methueu, however, persisted and the two quarrelled over the matter the night before the battle which proved so disastrous to the British forces. A member of ths Black "Watch in a letter just received, gives the details of the charce which led Wauchope to his death. He quotes the general's dying words?words showing now fully he realized the situation even iu tlie h ur of his death. The letter reads: "It was one of the hardest nights we ever saw. T.:c rum leJi iu torrenis and we went on and forward, falliug, stumbling ana a.ii';<ibg ^v-.r rocks and ant-hills. It was impossible to sc where we were going. After wo h -d been taken by surprise our right bat talion charged but the men were mown down like grain before a reaper. Gen. Wauchope was shot at the beginning of cue cnarge. wnen ne saw the mistake that had happened he bhuuted: Rilly 'round me. Black Watch Its lay fault." "Then he fell, literally riddled with bullets." "Waushops, no dou'r?t, went out to tiad death," writes Serpent Grcv, '"when such a diastrous fire op jned. He had previously shouted to the Argyll Highlanders. ;>Djn't blame trie for this. I received my orders and had to obey them. With proper haad.in;: we could havd cleared the Boers out in " two hours: As it was we were taken into a butcher shop aad left there " Dozens of other letters are printed ail of the same tone. TTvflmnlae 4*% X? ao 1 T iVft 1U JAWCU. JU11C. The test of the strength of every system, whether in science or business is the extent to which it shows actual results. By this test the Keeley treatment for the whiskey habit and the morphine habit may safely be judged. All over the couutr? there arc examples of its splendid results?the many ~ i i-i. i. iu vtuiuu 11, oruuzut fiappiucss and succcs's where before there had been failure and misery. Science indeed has worked wonders. No erander achievement is hers than the discovery of the Keeley treatment. .Full infor mation may be had by addressing The ^ Keeley Institute, Columbia, S. C. Ten Thousand Wanted. The bill that the Confederate veterans r>rot>ose to ask the eenera! assemhlv to pass providing for a monument to the South Carolinians who lell on the battlefield of Ohickamaugs fcao been drawn up and will be introduced in a few days. The bill will be accompanied by stroDg memorials, etc. It provides for a commission consisting of the governor and three Confederate veterans, which commission will select, locate and supervise the erection of the ? V - V-Vj wppi Vjn.UVlV'l VI $10,000 with which to defray expenses of tbc commission and the erection of the monument. .? A Baby Gets Damages Charles H. Farker, 4 years old, of | Norfolk, Va., who was badly injured j by a heavy sign falling on him last winter, was awarded $7,500 damages ' gainst the city in the city circuit ooart. A motion for a new trial will j be argued later. j YaJfCY SEOAK'S KlSSIOff. i He Has Gone to Utah to Redeem the 1 Whole Mormon People. An Orangeburg Couity man has gone on a strange mission to the far West. r\f TY?^om}v?r 21. nnhlish j.lie iiiuuiiv, v* ^ ?; ed at Salt Lake, Utah, says: "Let the Morman Church beware! W. Yancy Saioak, of Branchvilh, S. C , arrived yesterday, Mr. Smoak is the man who says be was called by the Lord to do a great work in Utah. This work is to convert, from their faith all the adherents of Mormonism. Mr. Smoak's summons came while he was in Branchviile, where he is said to be one of the foremost citizens. After receiving the call Mr. Smoak went to the bank and drew out a quantity of long green he had there, shook hands with ihe boys ' i - v:. e?;i? at tlie store, Daue ms isumj au augv~ . tionate farewell and hied him Zionward. He is now in the fiild of his divinely-appointed labor aod a hot time is looked lor. Mr. Snu-ak called at a leading bank yesterday and made a goodly deposit. He rufuscd to tell where he was staxin^ in the city and gave his address as Branchvil.e. It may be remarked in passing that Branchville has two railroads low ana things are looking ail right there. Mr. Smoak is a man of middle a^e, wearing a ieddish beard and mustache, and a crops- A-cre-pretty-fair-this-j-ear look. He had on a business suit with the coat collar turned up. He wore no overcoat, and it was not ban a ca- threshing weather either. He said he expected to leave for a short trip last night or this morning, but did not disclose his destination. It is expected that he will return soon aud begin his preat work, which promises to be c / thoroughly enjojable. No immediate effect on the Church because of Mr. Smoak's presence was appearent jester, day. It was supposed that he would held indignation meetings on the streets, but nothiDg of that nature was reported. People prominent in church circles were breathing easier last night and are somewhat reassured. Vaccination is useless in ca.-es like this. It mav be that Mr. Smoak is only wait ing for the ice to get out of' the creek before he begins operations, and that he may start somethicg as soon as we have a soft spell. But this is mere conjecture. Some ".fere comforting themselves last night by reflecting that the Temple was still all right-, and that so far as known the Tabernacle would still be fit to hold services it next Sunday. No unusual disturbance was reported from any of the ward meeting houses and the tension eased up a little towards midnight." Mr. Suioak has give1: himself a tough task, but his friends in Orangeburg County wish him SU3Ce5S NOT MUCH OF AN EATER He Ate But Little, But You Ought To See the Welsh Eat, . Captain B. W. Morgan, every inch a Welshman himself, likes to tell thia story when there is another Welshman in hearing, says the Pittsburg News. He went home to dinner one day and found a paperhanger at work in the house. He asked the time, and Captain Morgan told him it was noon. "I guess I'll knock off and go home A; + ' +*,a nanorhansrpr r? LU Uilllia Clitii, buw ?/?*?/w ? marked. "Stay and eat with us," the captain said, and the invitation was accepted. Captain Morgan vras attentive to his guest during the meal. He had a prodigious appetite. The captain helped him to roast beef several times, until at last he had some curiosity to see just how much the fellow would eat without crying enovgh. The game wa3 growing quite interesting when the fellowjjegan to show signs of quitting. "VVlii you nave some vi ue yium pudding?" the captain asked him to revive Ms failing appetite. "No, thanks," he replied, "I've had enough, I think." "Oh, take a small piece of the pudding." the captain urged; "it's genuine English plum-pudding, and homemade at that." "Well, I don't mind trying it," he said. The captain helped him to a section of the pudding weighing about a pound and he ate it with much relish- Then he shoved his chair away from the table and leaned back for an after-dinner chat. "I'm not much of an eater," he 6aid, not noticing the smile on the captain's face; "it takes very little to" satisfy me. Say, you ought to see the Welsh eai." "Are they hearty eaters?" asked the captain. "Hearty eaters r repeated me leilow. "Say, they eat like a lot of hogs." The Japanese Woman. The chief duty of a Japanese woman all her life is obedience; while unmarried, to her parents; when married, to her husband and his parents; when widowed, to her son. In the "Greater Learning of Women" we read: "A woman should look upon her husband as if he were Heaven itself, and thus escape celestial pumsnmeni. "The five worst maladies that afflict the female mind are: Indocility, discontent, slander, jealousy and silliness. Without any doubt these five maladies afflict seven or eight out of every ten women, and from them arises the inferiority of women to men. A woman should cure them by self-inspection and self-reproach. The worst of them all. and the parent of the other four, is silliness."' The above extract shows us very clearly the position which women have. until quite recer.tl;*, taken in Japan. As a Gei-man writer says, her condition j? the intermediate link between the European and the Asiatic. On the one hand, Japanese women are subjected to no seclusion, and are as carefully educated as the men, and t?.ke their place in society; but, on the other hand, they have absolutely no independence, and are in complete subjection to their husbands, sons and other relations. They are without legal rights, and under no circumstances can a wife obtain a divorce or separa tion from her husband, however great his offense. Notwithstanding this, in no country does one find a higher standard of morality than among the married women of Japan. Faithlessness is practically unknown, although the poor little wives must often have much to put up with from their autocratic lords and masters. They bear all. however, silently and uncomplainingly, their characteristic pride and reserve forbidding them to show to the outer world what they suffer. We Europeans might well in many respects imitate, and have still much to learn from our little cousins in the Far East.?Cornhill Magazine. Storm and Tidal WaveAdvices bv the stciuisliip Empress of Japan tell of a fierce storm sweepire the Japanrse coast on Dec. 24, by which 35 junks were lost while being towed from Oska to Robe and 171 persons perished. A. tidal wave accompanied the storm, bv which 411 lives in aii wore lost. Christmas Dinner. No i!i ettoots need follow the eatiDg of a big Christmas dinner if, after same, you take "Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys.*' 25e a bottle. tf I1MISWI. Like Those of Sin They Often Lead to Death i STORY WITH A MORAL. | The Downfall of Homer Bird Due j to a Reckless Woman's Wiles. He Deserted His Wife in New Orleans and Went Off With an Adventuress, Joining an Alaskan Expedition?An Awful Crime on the Banks of the Yukon. All the way from New Orleans to the frozen Klondike Plomer Bird traveled with a party of prospectors, friends and townsmen of his, says the New York Journal, and there, on the hanks of the turgid Yukon, he killed two of them for the sake of the temptress who had lured him from his wife and children. Norma Strong was the woman. Her victims were Robert L. Patterson, a newspaper publisher, and Hans Hurlin. a manly young fellow, who was employed as bookkeeper for a wholesale shoe house in New Orleans. Bird Is now a prisoner at the military post at St. Michael's, Alaska. Homer Bird was a member of the Merchants, Dealers and Lumbermen's Exchange of New Orleans. Three years ago, as he was standing in front of the buildinsr. Norma Strong passed by. A glance?lie followed. That was the beginning which led to the double murder. He became infatuated with the woman and visited her frequently. His wife knew of the attachment, but long ago she was given to understand it was broken off. Little is known of the woman's history. but it is believed that she came from New York State. She was iu Chicago during the World's Fair. The races attracted hor to New Orleans. Robert I.. Tatterson was the chief organizer of the expedition. He was passionately fond of baseball; so was Bird. They became acquainted at the ball grounds and often met there. Both were members of the "Rooters' Club." Patterson mentioned his Klondike scheme to Bird; he told Norma Strong. She persuaded him to join the expedition. The other members of the party were Elans Ilurlin, a bookkeeper who lived on Canal street near BarnDa r-t street: Charles SchefHer, a print t-r?and Norma Strong. Each man contributed $1,000 to the outfit's common fund. None but Bird knew the woman was to go until they met by different routes in San Francisco a year and a half ago. There they were. The woman was determined to go. Bird was determined to have her. And she went. Dissensions soon .arose. The unfortunate ITiurs Hurlin was a Gne young fellow of 27 years. lie was of splendid athletic development, a member of the Young Men's Gymnastic Club of New Orleans. Those who know Norma (Horner Bird.) Strong dec-Iare that it was she who aroused this quarrel, playing one man against the other, as a chess player pawns. Charles Sehefiler is scarcely 20 years old. He is a sensible young fellow and his family are loath to believe that Norma Strong gained any influence over him. The last letter his mother received from him was dated Sept. 2G, 1S98, in which he stated that the party was about to leave for Holy Cro-s Mission, '>AA miloc nhnvrt St, Mif-lincl's, on the Yukon River. IIo inclosed some flower?. which he had plucked and pressed. Not again hearing from him. his parents were in tortures of anxiety until came the news of the murder of Patterson and Hurlin. They were comforted by the knowledge that their son was alive at least. This little party of men went into winter quarters at a little mining village, there to await the coming of the summer. There had been other people living in this mining camp, but failure or the intent cold had driven them to the more thickly settled sections. Bitter quarrels, fierce jealousy infamed the men of the party. He and Norma Strong would remain together. The woman, it appears, did not encourage this plan. Besides, it was almost impossible to separate and, again, all had ownership in the common stores. The fatal morning came. The five were at breakfast Bird took up his riue aixu, >\1U1 luuiuci m iiis utruii, left the others seated around the campfire. Soon he -was bidden behind a snowdrift. lie took careful aim and fired. Patterson foil back with a bullet through his breast. The others? the woman shriekiBg, for she had net thought that her wiles would lead to murder?jumped to their feet and tried to run through the snow. Bird nulled the trirrtrer nsr.iin. Hur lin fell dead, sliot through the head. ; For reasons that he only knows. Bird had decided to spare Scheffler. lie came from behind the pile of snow, and pointing his rifle, now at him. now at the woman, said: "Swear that you'll never tell a word of this or you'll join the others. I'll kill you, too." Both swore to keep the dreadful secret. There Iny the dead Hurlin. It was necessary to bury him. ScheSer and the woman dug a shallow grave under the snow and laid the victimaway. Full of remorse, the woman; m;rsea rauerson as oesi sae coum, gave him all the comforts possibleIn a few days he died. Another frozen grave was dug and he was laid away. There the three survivors remained, until summer came. Bird did not regard the youthful Schefiler as a rival; perhaps the woman considered Sclicffier a prey too callow. Whether or not visions of his victims haunted him,. Bird seemed happy with Norma Strong. _Thejgnows_ melted, th? ice nroue up, ana tney journeyea 10 sc. Michael's. There the woman told of the murder to the authorities. Bird desperately resisted arrest, but was thrown into prison. To make his punishment the more sure, Norma Strong and the youthful Schefller were held as wit- . nesses. LONG ODDS IN BETTING. - Wagers Laid in England That Dis- i played Faith in Luck. Quite an astounding number of an- 1 nual occurrences are made the subject of wagering. Years ago. before the vagaries of the weather had brought the j four seasons Into discredit, wagering I that snow would be found on tha | ground on Christmas morning was very popular. Even now, when the weather behaves with a sublime indifference to the time of year, wagers are still made as to its raining forty days if St. Swithin's be wet. One enthusiastic supporter of this hoary legend a few years since wagered all he possessed on one wet anniversary that there would be rain every day during the prescribed period. It did rain twenty-two days, but the twenty-third ruined him. A well-known bookmaker who lays himself out for what he calls "fancy wagering" has stated that the amount of money wnicn -was wagered on the late William E. Gladstone reaching the age of ninety was simply enormous. He also says that being a believer in the unexpected happening in politics. he accepted at the time of the home rule split in the liberal party three wagers of ?3,000 to ?1,000 each that Mr. Chnmberlain would one day l?e prime minister of England. The stakes are deposited in a bank under a ueea wuicii pruviues lor me mowing of the interest until 1901, the date when the wager expires. During the building of the Tower bridge one of the workmen wagered to cook a big pudding ten feet under the surface of the Thames. Needless to say, so impossible a feat led to a deal of money being laid that he conldn't. On the appointed day the pudding was tied in a sack and sunk to the required depth, the assembled crowd being greatly amused with the cartful manner in which the performer handled the sack. At the end of three hours the pudding was drawn to the surface, and was found to be thoroughly cooked, the only fault bein c that it was a little too well done. The sack was half full of lime. PUT THE DEACON OUT. He Railed Against the Church Fairs and the Women Objected. Deacon Isaac Southers, an Evangelist from Florida, has been holding revival meetings at Baltimore, Md. He was ordered out of church by the women of the congregation. The trouble began when .Southers denounced church airs, saying he would rather see the church used for a liquor saloon. The ladies were about to hold a fair, and they felt very much scandal -1 - ^ i.1. ~ 7 ~ y"l t ~ ? lzeil. vne ui iiie iuuies aiuse iu uci seat and publicly demanded a retraction. Instead of apologizing, tlie preacher repeated what he said, remarking: "A devil, backed by a number of devils, *vho are all hypocrites, has asked me to take back what I said about church fairs and a saloon, but I would rather see them roasting in the flames of hell" Immediately after the services the women got togemer anu ueiermmea that lie should preacli 110 more. They marched up to Mr. Southers and took him by the scruff of the neck and heel of the trousers and threw him into the street. Criminals Should Be Externynated. At a meeting of- the Chautauqua Literary Circle held at Newburg, X. Y., recently, Rev. C. F. Wixon, an elderly clergyman, declared it as his belief that criminals should be exterminated. Mr. Wixon said he would have the state regulate the profits of the trusts as it regulated the rate of interest; the workingmen's condition he would improve by promoting them for merit; the criminal class, he said, would eventually be exterminated. "I believe," said Mr. "\Vixon, "that when a man is twice convicted of grave crime he ought to be exterminated, because crime is hereditary. I don't like the guillotine; it's too bloody. I dont like hanging; It's too violent. I don't like electrocution; it's too uncertain and expensive. I?well? I'd chloroform them. I don't believe in saddling the expense of maintaining 100,000 criminals on honest people." One Way of 3Iaking a Living. There are many and various ways of making a living in this big city, says the New York Times, ani between "chasing eighths" in "Wall Stree: and chasing potato-bugs in Jamaica, the ways of gathering dollars are of wide range. One of those seldom seen by any except the people directly irterested is the outgrowth of recent extensive waterfront improvements in the Navy Yard. Stringers, timbers, and plankins: of yellow pine and spiling of cnriir>o haw hppn lisprt hv thp <sr>ntr A* T V. ~ ? ' load, and around the corner of the yard, in Little-st., some enterprising young men have started a woodyarr*. Ends of spiles, rejected planks, anything of wood that is found floating in the "VVallabout Channel is "taken in out of the we?," dried, split and peddled around the neighborhood at prices which the kindling-wood people cannot touch, but which, low as they are, represent good wages for the work done. "Man, It's 3Ie." She was a Dretty child of four or five summers, and she knew it, says the New York Tribune. Her mother took care that the fact should not escape the observation of others and in this she was ably seconded by the little miss. The other day the child was on dress parade in Central Park, and was naturally piqued at her failure to attract the attention of a man who sat reading on one of the benches in the Mall. Two or three times she passed him, ana still he regarded her not. She looked at him in amazement, and then, with a look of mingled Incredulity and determination, she went up to rrm stamped her little foot on the pavement and said, "Man, it's me!" Difference He (during tie honeymoon)?You don't know how lonely my bachelor life was; how unbearable the evenings were when I would have to sit alone in my dreary den and sew on buttons. She?Your eveniDgs won't be dreary now, love. I can sit by you and thread your needle. One Kind of Strife. "Strife," he said, as he finished read, fnsr the Peace Conference renort. "is a necessity." "Not at all," replied Henry Peck, absently. . "There's no law compelling a man to marry."?Philadelphia American. The marine disaster off the coast of New Foundland last week was very sad - - - ^ 1 ! T indeed. ?iany lives naviug uccu i lost. ' I ifiisriiwi i Done From Expediency and j Not From Cowardice. A VERY TRYING MOMENT j Phenomen That Causes Each Man in j a Roomful to Believe That a Re- j volver Is Pointed Straight at Him? ! Why Bad Men Are Passive. "If you will take my words for a little experience I had recently perhaps J. LdU IlictAC UiCU.1 tU )UU IIUW 1 (. 15 pvofible for three bad men to hold up a room full of fairly brave men and get away safely with their money," said k merchant from the State of Washington who was a guest at the Lotos Club one night last week, to a New York Sun reporter. "I was in such a holdup not long ago, and I have ceased jeering at fellows who have been through similar experiences. I was or.e of seventy men who were held up in a big gambling hall, and as I am not a regular patron of such places I k~pt ouiet about it at home. The gambling house is one of the best known in the Yv'est, and on the night of the holdup it was filled with a representative crowd. A search would have disclosed the fact undoubtedly that many of the men present were armed. No trouble in recent years has occurred in this place and there is no reason to anticipate any. It was nearly midnight when the door opened and three men, masked, and each holding two revolvers entered the room. " 'Hands up quick!' shouted the foremost man. "I was sitting at a faro table when I heard this command, and as I looked up, I found a revolver pointing straight at my head. "When I compared notes with the other seventy odd men later, I found .that each one had the same experience. There were only six revolvers, and yet each in the room wo 3 willing to swear that one of them was pointed straight at his head a!l the time. The crowd was simply paralyzed with fright For two or three seconds not a man moved. Then over in one corner a Leadville sport brought his hand around to reach his hip pocket. " 'Stop that or I'll shoot,' said one of the masked men, covering him with his revolver. 'Hands up, now. Quick! "We mean business.' "Every man in that room did hold his hands up. There was no hesitation tV.en. It was my first experience in that kind of game, but it was not until I was able to take my hands down that I realized how tiresome the operation was. There we stood, each man with his hands stretched high above his head, held up in a room on a busy street wnen an outcry wouiu uniis help at once. It was a pretty sure thins however, that no one v-uld make the outcry. The three masked men had eyes for every move, and their revolvers po'r.ted all ways at once. It is easy for a man who has not been through such an experience to suggest that if several men had only made a break these fellows would have run. I can honestly say that the barrel of the revolver into which I looked seemed to me to be a3 large as a sewer pipe. I even thought that I could see the end of the bullet, nnrf T was awfullv afraid that the man who held the revolver might get nervous and shoot me by accident. I tried to look pleasant to appease him. All this had taken perhaps a minute and a half when the spokesman snouted to us: " 'Line up against the wail with your backs to me and the man who takes his hands down will get shot. Quick, now gentlemen, If you please. Obey orders and you won't get hurt.' "We lined up as directed like a lot of school boys. " 'Now then, my friend here will relieve you of your valuables without jour assistances,' said the spokesman. 'Don't move, because there are two dead shots behind you. Keep quiet an<? It will soon be over.' " 'It was a very good piece of work. I can assure you. One of the three went right straight down the row, taking each man's watch and money. He ciion z get as mucn as c.\jjct;icu emu as near as we could estimate later, the total haul was under $5,000. There was over 35-00,000 in the safe which the robbers overlooked. When we had been entirely cleaned out, the spokesman said: " 'Now, gentlemen, we are sorry to inconvenience you further, but we sha.l have to request you to stand just as ^ou are for five minutes more. Don't cut the time short or you will get hurt.' "The side door opened at this instant and we heard the order 'Hands up. Chink, or you are a dead man.' It was one of our Chinese servants who was l-f-turning with a tray filled with drinks. ITT- -41*" rt5r.+y'ivcryioc>linf? Jtie promptly UIUJJJJCU UU UUJ ail the glasses and threw up his hand^. We heard no other sound for five minutes. Each man counted the seconds | to make sure that he shouldn't take down hi3 hands ahead of time. The proprietor was the first man to move. As soon as he felt it was safe he turned una found the robbers gone. He picked up a heavy chair and threw it througf the window. It carried the sash with 1i and the crash that followed attracted general attention in the street beio-v. The proprietor stuck his head out of the window and profanely shouted such details of the hold-up as might put the people in the street on the trsfk of the robbers. It was useless. however, une leuows waixea out. quifi.iy. took off their masks and disappeared without leaving any clue. Yfs :i'I piled out of the place to aid tIte search. TVhen we found out that a chase was hopeless, most of us cam.; tack to the gambling room to ia!k 't over. When we entered the place we found the Chink standing in the ruins of his glasses with his hands till above Ms head. The -proprietor told him to take his hands down. The Chink would not do it and two men who pulled his arms to his side had all they could do to hold him. He had looked in die big barrel of one of those small revolvers and he hadn't forgotten it. "Now this was an actual experience anl some of your New York papers *>-.< 1 5?i-rrmnts of it. If I were mixed uo ir< an affair of that sort again. I would I raise my arms just as quickly. It was j expediency and not a yellow streak thai made that crowd act ns it did." Perils of Early Housekeeping. Young "Wife?Harry, those bundles of kindling wood you sent home this morning were just the right size, except that they were too long. I hired a boy to break them all up into suitable lengths for the stove. Young Husband?You did! Maria, those were lathes for the partition we are going to build in the room upstairs! Well, of all the?there! Don't cry, dear!?Chicago Tribune. Good Things in the Days Y>"ork. Dear is the wage which pays us well; Joyous the chance to get to shirk; But sweeter yet that dawdling spell Before we buckle down to work. ?Chicago Record. A New Definition. "I'm sure, ma'am, ycur boy looks old I enough to pay full fare." "Yes, I know he does. He's so remarkably precocious!" ? Cleveland Plain Dealer. There Are Other Insects. He?I wish. I could be a kissing bug a little while. She?Oh, well, there might te a little kissing b?e( you know.?Cleveland Leader. STAGES OF STARVATION. Diary of a Young Woman Who Recently Died in New York. These are extracts taken from the diary kept by Evelyn Adams, reader and vocalist, during her struggle to live in New York. Come to the rescue or I shall soon lose my reason. I cannot hold out much longer. The last stage of despair Is upon me * the creeping by j inrhes to the end of all things. O God- Can the Christian world be <o I cruel? So cold and mercenary? [ Bowed down with despair and yet through it nil she raises her eyes to the beacon light and a smile comes to her lips. "I shall yet be an author! I shall yet succeed." I have sent them a telegram. They will hardly send a favorable answer. Yet what a grand story it is. "Don't want it." Ah, well! I expected it. "There's a basket of fruit for you." etc. Good God, and not a sou in my pocket and they are worth a million. Why didn't they slip a $10 bill into the ba.-ket. "As they help the least of these"?but in my anguish I have to smile bitterly. But I shall yet succeed. Uunsrrv?so faint?I would not object to something nice to eat?long time since I've tastc-d anything good. Nov, to-morrow I'll have to go and buy the paper. I wonder if I'd better eat or save a penny for it. The past forgot the future? Sweet spirit of prayer, lead me right. I pray. Keep me worthy. lie doesn't like my writing; says I Scrawl all over the paper. But I don't suppose he knows all authors do that. I don't know what they (the publishers) are waiting for unless it is to get my shroud to make into rag paper to print the book on. They'll have it soon if this keeps on. 1SS7? Sept. 30.?Arrived in Boston. Stopped at he Hotel Waterson, No. 8 Buifinch place. Saw Gen. B. F. Butler and took his advice in regard to the Adams case. 1SS7?Oct. 22.?Returned to New York and engaged in business at No. 233 East Fourteenth street $60 a month. 1S-SS?Sept. 5.?Went to Boston. Delayed in the Adams case. isss?Sept. 21.?Wolfborough. 2s". H., to prosecute my claim against Susan P. Adams, of Ossipee, N. H. 1SS9?Feb. 2S.?Finished the first chapter of "Fly and Lightning, the American Explorers," by Evelyn Adams. 1SS9?July 1.?Left New York for Utioa. "Was ill with bronchitis. Remained in TJtica five weeks. J980?April 31.?Finished XVI, chapter "Fly and Lighting." 1890?May 1.?Sick for three weeks ond Trork rrm^h nf the time. 1S90?April 11.?Finished XVI, chap"Fly and'Lightning'," XXIII chapters, 573 pages, about 100,000 words. July 12.?Made arrangements with the I'nion News Company. Asked assistance and was refused. Suffered the worst?suspense is a killing thin??not knowing what to do. Sept. 20. sold all my clothes to raise a little money to help along. Oct. 6. Commenced "7s Marriage a T.nftprx'?" TT.ive onlv S7 left. Am try in? to keep up. Nov. 24.?Writing "A Gay Christmas" to send to Philadelphia Transcript. 1S91?March 1.?Sold collection of minerals and stamps for $20. Have 20 cents in my pocket. Received food from Mrs. Mears for the last two weeks. Hope to succeed yet. Calm within; ferment without. March 22.?Still keeping up courage, nil dosperandum. Have tried ten different ways to raise the money to publish the book "Is Marriage a Lottery?" Failed each time; still hoping. "Be of good courage, ye shall yet triumph." Hsvf resorted to sewinsr to keep the wolf from the door. Have gone to every possible place from to the Sacred Heart Convent. By the kindness of Mrs. Mears life has been sustained a little longer. They have deprived themselves for my sake, I fear. 0! poverty ?death?slow torture! They will hold the plates of my book. I shall yet win a fortune. An author's or an artist's works always live long after they have gone. And this is my determination, to make a success before I do die. The Complaccney of Tilings. The conductor of tne tram naa answered them civilly. "How kind everybody is to us!" whispers the briue. with a happy smile. "Yes. even inanimate things are kind to us!" cries the bridegroom, fo: the car window had just submitted to bej ing opened by him with little or no I resistance.?Detroit Journal. She Thought Awhile. Geraldine?Life will be one grand sweet song after we are married. 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Its waters are so 1m- I pregnated with arsenic that death re- j suits to most creatures that drink from j it. Running from the spring Is a tiny j stream, clear as crystal,' which sinks into the ground about a hundred yards ; from the spring. Along the banks of . this stream are to be found the bones I of hundreds of small animals, and even of deer, sheep and cattle* that have drank of the water and died. Stockmen have built a high fence about the spring and, so far as is possible, have inclosed the stream. It seems impossible, however, to keep stock from drinking the water. Situated many miles from any other water supply, cattle will get it no matter what precautions are taKen to prevent them. Hundreds cf head of stock are lost each year on account of It. Watson had lived m the vicinity for a quarter of a century and was well aware of the fatal properties of the spring. He was out hunting stock when he became separated from his companions. 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