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marks set the officers. looking up her rec
erd. She was arrested at IS on charge of
housekeeping and obbing; she was
charged with poisoning husband No. 2;
her tenement subsequently was found
burning, with pan of live Goals in the
bed; an Easthampton man who secured
her to puIse him when sick says he had Il
dread of her, believing she was poisoning
him, and his mother died under her care;
and Washington man, who hired her q
short time, writes her down as a skillful
sneak thief. During the two weeks after
this last escapade she sympathized deeply
with the victim, and often wondered who
could have done such thing. When
the Chief of Police sent for her last FRI
day morning to call on him, she wrote Il
long letter to Mrs. Willard, declaring
that whatever she might have done in
her life she was not guilty of this thing,
and that they would never see her again.
The letter she hid in Bible. Then she
astonished her hostess by dropping in
tears on her knees before her, protesting
her inltoccnccof what no one had accused
her, and bidding all farewell forever No
motive can be given for her conduct at
Mrs. Wizards except "pure eussedness,"
or an uncontroliablc mania for destroy
ing property.
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The Carriage Trick.


A certain builder of carriages made q
practice Of keeping carriage on hand to
palm off on tho Executors of deceased
noblemen. 1t was costly vehicle, hand
somely fitted up. As soon as the death
of a nobleman occurred, the carriage was
decorated with the arms of the deceased
in the best style of herald painting.
With this preparation letter was dis
patched to the Executors respectfully in
quiring when it would be convenient to
remove the carriage which had been
built according to the orders of His Lord
ship. 1t had been some time ready to be
taken away, and the price was ESQ, or
some such sum. This unpleasant an
nouncement usually led to q compromise
The carriage not being wanted, a sum Of
money was paid by the Executors to
take it off their hands. This was pre-
cisely what was anticipated. The car
riage was now ready for fresh start in
plundering. The armorial bearings were
obliterated; and the panels were pre-
pared to receive the heraldic blazonry of
the next nobleman on whose Executors
the same trick could be played off. Very
clever this; but, like all rogueries, it was
at length found out, and a loss of reprl-
tation ensued. What became of the car
risge that had undergone SO many trans
formations we know not.
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Passing His own sentence.
Now York TimeS1


Thomas McKenna, alias Mccain, a Ia
borcr, living at No. 80 West Thirty
third street, was arraigned ona charge of
burglary by Assistant District Attorney
Russell, i'll the Court of General Sessions
yesterday. McKenna, with a companion
named John DAILY, was arrested by Officer
w alsh, of the Twentieth Precinct, in the
factory of the Standard Mineral Paint
Company, No. 597 West Thirty-fourth
street, which they had entered for the
purpose of stealing paint. The prisoner,
on being placed at the bar, begged
piteously for mercy.
He had served two years in State Pris-
on under the name of Henry Murray,
he said, for burglary, and after his release
had tried hard to reform and lead an
honest life. lie was working for con-
tractor up to the day before he was
arrested, and was drunk at the time of
the robbery. Judge, your honor" he
urged, while tears coursed down his
cheeks, "it was all the drink, and only
for it | would not be here / have tried
to do right, but the drink got the best Of
me. If you let me off with two years, III
promise you that I'll be a better ma1
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Beckett, the Actor.

We quote the following characteriZa-
ton of one of the best low comedians of
the metropolis from AN illustrated paper
on "Actors and Actresses of New York"
in Seribner for April:
Mr.. Harry Beckett is by birth an En-
glishman and an actor, Once on a time
all theatrical babies made their first an.
pcarance on any stage as the child who IS
SUSPENDED over Tho raginp torrent in
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would have blown his head into pieces
no bigger than a pea-and then dash it
over the ships side, so that the fuse was,
of course, extinguished the instant it
touched the water, he was so astonished
that he could not speak.
He made one step, warning cry was
on his lips, but beforehe could say a word
it was all over.
When Tom turned, and was about to
hurry away on the errand that had been
so strangely interrupted, the Captain
took him by the arm.
"Afy good fellow" said he, and
although he had seen much service and
had been in many fight, the Captain
could not help his voice shaking little;
"my good fellow, do you know what you
have dVnew
eyes, sir" said Tom, with assmile, 81
have spoiled bombshell."
"And every man in this part of the
ship owes you his life" added the Cap
tain.
If you should ever meet Captain Tom
Black of Her Majesty's ship ''Stinger,"
you might ask him about this incident,
aud he would probably tell you that he
has heard about it a great deal himself,
and that he believes, from what hap
pened afterward, that the affair of the
bombsheli was very good thing for him,
but that it was all over so quickly that
he has really forgotten almost all about
it.--John Lewees; st. Nicholas for April
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not do worse. He will get about
the vote of has party, and if elected will
serve the city to the best of his ability.
Knorr has made a good Treasurer, and
Murphy good Prosecutor. These two
men deserved denomination. Kumler,
for City Solicitor, is also a very good
nomination. He is hard worker and
has the reputation of being a lawyer of
such ability as the place requires.
Setchel, nominated for Police Commits
sioner, is also spoken in high terms, and
viii make strong race. The ticket can
not, however, be considered intelligently
till the other is in the field A man who
may not amount to much now may be-
come very desirable person
to eject when considered in COM
parisol. with his opponent, and on the
contrary, Il psssably good candidate may
sink very much by comparison with a
hrst-class man running for the same place
on the othel ticket
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naMn mud lkrNa ut.

[R. H. Dana, in Harper's Magazine for April I
The author of "The Idle Man" and
the author of "Thanatopsis" contracted
a friendship through that incompatible
poem, which was of great intellectual ad-
vantage to both. If anything could
have relieved the sombreness of that I'M
lucky work, it would have been the po-
ems which the latter contributed to it.
The retired lawyerat Cambridge and the
active lawyer at Great Darlington CORE
sponded with each other upon what was
nearest to their hearts, which it hardly
need be said was not law, but literature,
of which they were the most earnest rep
resentatives in America. One of the most
important results of their correspondence
was an invitation TO the poet to write a
poem for the Phi Beta Kappa at Har-
vard-an invitation which he wisely ac-
cepted, and which produced the best
poem that was ever recited before col
lege society-"The Ages" This was in
1921, his twenty-seventh year. When
he went to Cambridge to deliver the
poem he lodged at The house of his
friend, and while staying there prepared
for the press a small collection OF his po-
etical writings, making several changes
in "Thanatopsis," and adding the begin
ming and end as we have them now, no
doubt by the advice of his critical host.
Four years later he abandoned the law,
and went to New York, where,h he started
the New York Review, which is nota-
Bile in the history of our literature as
containing the first poems that Richard
Henry Dana is known to have written.
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An Eagles Capture.

Saturday afternoon, says the Detroit
Free Press of March 18th, a number of
persons upon the wharf of the Detroit Il
Milwaukee Railroad we're induced to look
upward by loud quacking overhead,
when they discovered a flock of wild
ducks being chased by pair of eagles.
One Of the ducks, somewhat III rear of
the rest, had folded its wings, probably
from fright, and was being precipitated
Gy its specific gravity toward the open
water below like cannon ball, when one
of the eagles swooped downward and
seized the falling bird Just as it reached
the water, and before it had time to dive
beneath tile water The next moment
the eagle rose with its prey and flew to-
wards the woods in the rear of Walker
town. Its mate was seen following the
flock of ducks until lost to sight in. the
distance above Belle Isle.
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SEVERAL suits have recently been
brought against the Sheriffat San Fran
cisco for enforcing city ordinance re-
quiring him to cut off Chinaman's
queue when he is imprisoned. In defense
OF the ordinance it is urged that the
twist, being in the shape of rope, might
well be used as an instrument Of escape
or as means of suicide or murder. As
the head of every other prisoner is re-
quired to be shaved upon his incarcera-
ton, there is hardly any good reason
why an exception should be made in
Johns case.
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The Queer Case in HoIyoke, Mass

Spr!nngeid (Mass Republlcan.J
Mrs. Barnes, of Westfeld, against
whom there was almost sufficient evi-
dence to warrant arrest on charge of be-
ing the auther of the outrage at Mrs.
Asa Wizards on the night of Feb. 23d,
hung herself Saturday at the Windsor
Hotel. The body was discovered at $50
p. m, suspended from the door-hingc by
a piece OF sheeting four feet long by one
wide, and had evidently been lifeless
several hours. She had not been seen
since | o'clock. Mrs. Barnes was in her
second widowhood, and forty-nine years
old. Mrs. Barnes, a friend and former
schoolmate of Mrs. Willard, was visiting
at the latter's house on Dwight street at
the time of the outrage. This consisted
in the mutilation with pail of shears
of four oil paintings hanging in Mrs.
Willards apartments, three being land
scape scenes of Mr.. Wizards native
place, and one of their deceased child;
the sofa cover was cut the entire length;
"a $l75 sealskin sacque and muff were
badly slashed; handsome black silk
dress, in making which Mrs. Willard had
spent several months, was taken from an
upstairs closet and hacked to destruc-
ton; some children's wear was also cut
up.
Mrs. Barnes was not suspected until
! two weeks afterward, when indiscreet re-
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Danger in IA Sea, Skin sacque.

II was fearfully battered up citizen
ess that walked into Police Headquar
ters the other day and demanded war
rant.
Certainly" said the P. A., picking up
a blank. "What is the scoundrePs name,
madameW
at wasn'ta man; it was that ugly,
spiteful hussy, Mrs. McGufley. Pll have
her hearts blood"
"You don't mean to say that it was II
woman who battered you up in that fear
full mannerW
'I'll tell you all about it. You see
the disgusting creature lives next to me.
And this morning | was just polishing up
our cake basket-real silver, Yer Honor
when what should see going past the
window but Mrs. McGufey, starting out
for a walk in a seal skin sack"
eyes, madam, but"
"The idea of her in a seal skin when
she can hardly pay her rent. | just run
to the window to see if it was a seal skin
or not, and leaned out to look"
81 insist, my good WOMAN"
"And leaned-and lcaned-and the
first thing knew ] fell clean out on my
head"
"And that's what injured you in this
mannerp
Exactly, sir. Now | want to get her
arrested and sent to Jail for ten years, if
you can fix it that way Seal skin sack,
indeedw
But the official heartlessly refused to
interfere, and the female wreck walked
off, consoling herself with the reflection
that it was wash day, and that, at all
events, she could cut all the clothes-line
tied to her back fence and let down the
McGufey linen into the dirt.
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Editorial Spinnings.

The widows tongue seems to wag, even
il Simon docs not say 'wig-wag."
With a hop-akip-and- Jump, the Stewart
detectives are all making 1or Mclean County, H..
where mysterious Skeleton has been unearthed
Nattersoh was defeated for Secretary
OF rile Senate, but the successful man is Tennes.
scean. i You can't possibly be born Ohioan
!ou'd better take Tennessee as n second choice
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s'HtcfliuR Piles"

symptoms of which arc moisture. like per-
spiration, intense itching, particularly when
undressing, or after getting WARM in bed,
increased by scratching, might think pin
worms we're crawling in and about the rec
tuni, often times SHOWS itself around the
private parts. A pleasant and safe cure in
every case is " Swayne's Ointment" If al
lowed to continue, very serious results may
follow. .l-....,' =
Sent by mail to any address, Oh receipt
of price, SOC a box, or three for 81 %, by
DR.. Sw9yne & Son, $50 North Sixth street,
Philadelphia. Sold by all leading druggists.
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SAIarn,inE symptomsn

A cough orcold, if not promptly attended
%, may result in an incurabe lung disease.
For all diseases of the throat breast and
lungs, bronchial or asthmalic affections DR..
Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry
is a pleasant and certain cure. The oldest
and best remedy. 1t promotes expcetera-
ton and removes all diseased matter which
obstruc!s the lungs, the ulcerationis is healed,
and the sufferers restored to perfect health.
Trial bottles 25e large size 81. Sold at the
leading drug stores, or can be had by writ
ing to DIR. Swayne q Son, Philadelphia.
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PINTe, the Portuguese explorer, de
feated death, disease and the natives III
his journey through Africa. But what
temporal power could prevail against a
nan who was fortified, as Pinto says he
was, with twenty geographical charts,
many Typographical maps, three volumes
OF notes, meteorological studies, drawings
and diary of complete explorations of
the Upper Sambesi with its seventy-two
cataracts."
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colonel len HARRIS for Maycr
means Colonel Kiersted for Chief Of Po-'
lice. Let's see; what was the tenor Of
those well-executed cuts thai the En-
quirer printed in 1873 that induced Jerry
to retire from the head Of the Police Dc
partmentY
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THERE is no limit to the tender heart
edness ofLouisville people, They executed
gyrations of frantic grief when Kline was
lynched back of Newport, and when they
saw stuffed blanket 20 over the falls
yesterday they raised such q howl of
anguish that Boyton himself was swept
over in the excitement.
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when / come out, and you'll never see me
before you again" "MoKenna, said
Judge Cowing, "your repentance seems
to be sincere. You have named your
sentence, and ! shall allow it to stand"
McKenna thanked the Judge, and went
joyfully to the prisoners box.
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M1NoTu GARIBALDI with his three
thousand Italian colonists for New
Guinea go out pretty well heeled with
an exchequer of S6, 900, 900. The expert
ence of the Russian emigrants to South
America, who have all turned their faces
hemeward, will, however, discourage
many of Garibaldi's followers, very prob
ably, from risking their lives and little
fortunes in the tropical regions.
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81 THE ticket made at Turner Hall yes
tsrday is not remarkable one in any
particular, but can be put down as about
an average. 1t contains some good
names, others not 50 good, and still others
not at all fitted for the positions in
which they appear. 1t can, however,
truthfully be said that the Convention
made fair use of the material presented.
The condition Of our local politics has
become 50 depraved, and the means used
to secure nominations so revofting to
men whe have the confidence OF the
people and are worthy Of it, that it is
hard to induce good men to offer thep-
selves as candidates. This Convention,
which was really much better than we
have become accustomed to, bad not
before it for some of the Places the
names Of the men whose ,services the
public interest requires. Charles Jacob,
Jr., for Mayor is neither strong nor a
weak nomination. A much better
man might have been nominated,
and yet we should perhaps be
thankful that the Convention did
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WHAT is the matter with the New
Orleans banks? Has the panic just
reached the Gulf?
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"Our clms are trees of healing" when
made into Caswelrs Slippery Elm Lozen-
ges for coughs. For sale by John Keeshan,
apothecary. corner Sixth and Walnut
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SEvENTY-SEvEN years ago, when the
Republic yet tottered upon it's nfantile
egs, the statesmen of the period were
not without guile. Indeed it appears
from letters written in 1902 by DIR.
Mitchi.!! who vas himself member of
Gongtess at the time, that his fellow
patriots were up to great many tricks
which are condemned even in these davs
when trickery is 50 often regarded as a
virtue. There have been" says he,
'tmany warm and some violent speeches
among the members. But they are not
serious things, nor do they in any con-
siderable degree interrupt social inter
course. Gentlemen who have made these
violent speeches often get together and
laugh and amuse themselves about them
afterwards. There is a secret about the
newspaper reports which you ought to
know. Many things are told there which
never happened. Speeches are printed
as made which never were made. Many
speeches actually made never appear
According to the temper, humor and
party of the editor, debates are mu-
tilated, garbled and perverted" All this
in the days when our Government was
new, and long before the shams and vices
Of politics are supposed to have pene-
trated the uncompromising hearts of our
forefathers. All this when the news
paper press of America was in its youth
and purity, and when we are taught to
Believe the editor WAS the embodiment
Of all that was sterling and upright.
But DR., Mitchill has lifted the veil, and
we must still 60 further back if we would
find statesmen and journalists who were
above suspicion.
:
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The Republicans Of Cincinnati have nom
mated a ticket which will in all probabil-
ity, receive the entire party vote. For in
dependent voters there are plenty of names
to scratch, provided the Democracy puts
up a better ticket, which will not be hard
thing for them to do, as there is 10 lack OF
good material.
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CtScISHITI & wESrwooD MARROW GAuGEh
Daily except Sunday
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am.
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1898 D n, 1858 p M, 5:S3 pm.
Leave Brighton, G:23 m, e:o3 a m, 2:36 m. s.ls
SO pm, G:2S pm.
Sunday trains
Leave Robb's tNNcstwood), s:5S m, 1888 n.
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Wanted No Longer.

A conductor who is noted for his
great height, about six feet and half,
was accosted by young son of the super
intendent of the railroad with the re-
mark "My father don't want you any
longer; if you don't believe it go up to
the Office and see him." Tbither the
alarmed conductor imm ediately went
and accosting the superintendent, said /:
"What have | done to merit your dis
approval?' The superintendent assured
him that he had performed his duties
satisfactorily, and there were no COM
plants. The conductor then related
the statement of the youngster, when
the superintendent laughing assured
him that it was true; he wished him no
longer than nature had made him
The conductor felt that he would still
punch with care.