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SUICIDE,

SPECIAL DtspateA to 1ns Chicago 1rtnun4.
DIXON, ILL.,, Dec. o.--Our quiet city was
startled this morning ut tho report tint q. Il.
Aosher. Ut tho ilr1n OF Cutting i Mos!ler,
landlords Of tho WaYerly House, lind been
missing since Sunday nftur dinner. From
some expressions dropped BY him to one OF
the k,ys III his enploy--yix.: that l.ock River
was hardly wnrln enough TO drown Il man In.
nlld also from nppvcllcns{ons Expressed by
Ills wits that she feared for tie worst on IT.
count Of his grcnt MeIltal anxiety arising
from business embarrAssmenls, fears were
entertained he had committed suicide. After
pretty 4il'gent search by i. Cheney, ESQ.,,
ut the urgent request Ut tlle anxious family,
Dir. M0sl.er's 0vvrc0at md scarf wer1 fund
carefully lald away OIL some t!mbers a.!inin.
the dam. It wlH feared also from footprints
thnt hu llal walked out OIL tho Ice ulnl pruba-
ply jumped In tie opu!l water buloW tho danL
Thy etlso Is II sad 0na indee.l. Mr.. Mnster Is
widely known to this travelling public, l!D for
1,!any yeals having beef. owner md lanulnrd
Of tue Wallace House III Sterling. llu wus u
n!Ill ~ Years of age, genial and atIabIe III llIs
sunnnerx.
slall. u favllisf Of Gree! County, Ohlo, living
for rAtany yeaTs Ah0nt midway between Xcnill
4iI puytan. shut himself dead lust Satur.
day with snlcila! inNtlvu. lio gripyetl over
nlstaae ,: ~ selling l.;s @ oid homestead! @ ile
been tlonoreA with uIiices.
:. sY:e.a! DnyS,s* u Ia* cAts4ae 7ttesa':
ST., Louis. Dec. M.-i.nuts Miller was
iiis chair with E!ts bruins spatterctl Uver the
n0or alid revolver IN each hatld. I[u had
shot himself III the right tenple. killing lI,!,
self INSTANTLY. lie hull this suetill revolver
dung ttsa wtiu!e work. Miller WIS d Ger
, Ji,ail, 81 yearH Of aye. alld the propEietor al
, 1880-12-21

MEMPHIS, 1enn., Dec. 2o.-Josial, Dcloach
died In t!Is city to-,lay at the advanced ago
Of u years. Deceased WAS prominent TN
lnn MIN during tho late Civil War. lie 1t
was who gayo Gep. Grant timely warning OF
the approach Of Van norn's cayalry which
saved the General from, capture. This Incl.
dent occurred IN this cullilty, near Collier
vile, II! 1sG3. Gen, Grant ut tic tIina was on
Il accommodating cxpcuitio,l antl Ind intont-
etl resting for tic night ut De!oacll's l,u,,se.
The service rendered WRs not forgotten, md
OIL his ascendency to the Presidency, DcloncIl
received tho appointment OF Postmaster,
which position liz lletl during tho eight ypurs
OF Gen. Grants Administration.
, 1880-12-21

8pst4at Utpalth to Tia CAtt49V 7F3bNNks
CEDAR RArll,s, IT,, Dec. !Q.-Thrce mtn
came here froln Taduville, this county, Sun.
day after coffin for MI old Iady WIN died
Saturday. They represented to the untts'
tnker TINT the deceased wls pooT, md that.
tho coffin was to be charged to tho count,r
which was done, With tla money given
them for the coffin tho three got drunk, anu
wIlllc On their way home BECAME engaged In
n severe quarrel. Two of the three beat thu,
other until n0ariy dead, then put hlnl III lllo
Collin aud drove lIotne, settling tho colllli with
ita contents on tho doorstep Ut Tho house
where 1t was neetled Tho man was found
Illsi,!a, and 1t IL feared h. cn,lllns recover.
Search las been nltlltu for tho tw0, but tAey
culnDt ba fnllutI.
, 1880-12-21
The colonists On the Kansas Bor.
der lmpatiently Watching
and Waiting.
They Claim that the Lands They
Would Occupy Are Not In.
dian Lands.
DR.. Wilson's Mission to Washington. So
Fur Barren Of Results. :
Greek Representatives Give Gloomy De-
Roription Of the Oklahoma Lands,
They Affirm That the Coonists Are Miners,
and Not Agrtculturists.

~ TIE fnoH1. -,
-.eA1pWEht', kas.' Dec ".IIho soIa'c1s
were reinforced to-uhy ny Inc arrival OIL
.wenty.ise recruits Il'o eoaofa'sts fs,llam
III eM,Ap: ~ tls very coit' aIla a'saefeean'e.
rnty ifeeht tcnMs' 9f'veh ny lnu'ahs' a.e
"o1o 'oi'tl,hs 1ot fost Neno' aMt 'i'o sltests ",
nv eloWuea VIII eoiohlsis' so1tlets' A's 4'l.
niahs. lucy M'nRle, iaMa:n atla JOKE sun. a!e
III soot' ""nlot. 'oseIll ~ 'aeE eah'e w run
ohn.''onl.' Ni'l sal" no ',s!0 lell t.',t.s.ss'en
tsanss .'t went III leoin lialper ao l'llu,al
nuuhtles c"'nIe" OIL tiie einafion' a""''!ne .,
~iNsne. ~ ~ cM"'4 w 10 seo VIM WIS u1e
an.te'' w. -. -: Nougt' WHY .'as ose1 -.
son.,'a'u "s In.o''''cnt tos,' i!1nc1s nanes
aV"'"mesL ',ts y. t's p'e, a'l''eu .n's SseMs y.
~, ~ "ts WY !" ""snss'o'. ~ ~, .tpo.. 'o ~
s' w "mose ssaA ,,tt nu w. 80 ~. .'
a,i,, ~, ~ 49,. "15y., S,,a, Il. NV
.t -. ~. :" t"'os =. y. .s.u op.i's ~ t,a
~ ss.ie'un. Nv w. ea.is .4ns. asssss s"e
h','s ,,' .,a = tlels ma III 1e'eJ," ~ p.su e,' u"s
" .ue ites.ue'.. H., tao s"au ~ ".ts 'a.'o
~ My" sIen i.o sous .,',. ~ ~ ~ ' u''u. ~.
eupeu ~ 4na'a"s VI "'".s ~ W., "s."ss .no
sss'ee's ,auao neco.u,nH ~ .a"' a'n '.'pc'
al.e ~" WI soo, ~ w. .,.o ooo1eas sa su'
lheS nave won uae rlghtpy tnelf pers's":hey.
alnt. Rainfall denies the report that he saitl
, 1880-12-21

Sr. LOUIS, No., Dee. CA special from
Jacksonville, ILL.,, to tl's l'osi-DtspatcI: says
frnight traiu OH the Chicago, Burlington u
Quincy IlAllr,att ral Into Il freight train on
tic Wabash load ut the CROSSING Ut the two
roads at Chapin, tell miles west Of here, Mt !
o'clocl this !Mornirg. sn!aslIiIg three loa.lstl
cars Ut the Wabash and badly damaging Its
own engine,
, 1880-12-21

6psttal DhpateA to Ths Chteaco Tribune.
NEW ioRK. dec, a0.-trllv Naw York Gem
trnl aivkErle railroad Companies have with
drawn fron, their recent agree,..cns to sell
tickets 10 Immigrants In Castle Garden ut II
reduction Of ~ per cent FROM tarItf rntes,
ami u,nler the order ot tic Commissioners OF
Emigration all cash passengers are now
booked exclusively In tue Garden via the
, 1880-12-21

aptttal Dispateh 10 Tbs Chicago Tribune.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. a0.-1n tho Circuit
Court this afternoon Alvin Fix Is seeking to
recover $1,000 fru,n tho Lake Erie t. Western
Knltroatt Company. 1le alleges that llc pllr-
chAscti r ticket from An,btn to Lafayette ntMl
return, lnt On attempting to return was
elected frUu the cur. lie wants damages,
, 1880-12-21

ST. Louis, No.. Dec. D.--Tlte report Of the
State Railroad commissioners, which will be
ready for publication III few days, will
state TINT 100 miles of railroad has been COLI
strlctet In this State the pnst year. the
NEW rUntt consists entirely 0f branches ant!
feeders, however, and Is nlaue up OF about
twenty short lines.
, 1880-12-21

Of this city. took place yesterday. Nr.
Straw cnltlu to Etkhnrt When bllt fow otler
whitn pyisons wcre In these pnrts. Ile r.
nlat!!ed here steadily fran then until ills
!lentlI. He was borm IN 17'7, Sgpt. IT, ut Hop:
ktltnn, n. II. lie leaves u wife atut sGyernl
Der tic good leeds OF UMcu Straw.
, 1880-12-21
OBITUARY..


Special Dtspateh to Tie Chicago Tribune.
ELG1S, ILL.,, Dec. m.-'rwo DEATHS have
occurred III the 1Msane Asylum since Satur-
tlay. Andrew Wiley, patient of tho 1s.snnc
Hospital since 1872, died ut the agc OF TT
Shipped to friaiitls In Kankakce. ilo,alberg
Maso,,, Il natiyo Of Yorkshire, England, Int
terly u resident Of Chicago, died at Tic aKe
Of til yelrs Of exhaustion, md tho remains
ceased llad been n patient lii the Institution
for 1lenrIy four ypnrs.
DR.. Oliver, assistant physician of tho III
satle Hospital, IL very III.
, 1880-12-21
FIRES.


Special D4patfh to 1A& Chicago Tfib,lnA
JASEsyiLLE, Wis, Dec. 70. About 8
O'clock this morning fire broke out in
Henry A. Doly's feed mill, OIL North Mnin
street. The building WINS totally destroyed; !;
also, n stable In tho rcar, containing Two
liorses, md mn adjoining building, used as
workshop by +. q. Stevens j. 70. The mill
contained large quantity Ut ground fee,l.
14Uss, nlout SlU. 900; Insured In the Hartford
for S1.GD0
, 1880-12-21

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. N.-The Lake Erie
Il Western Division to Sanlusky was com.
ptctcd today, nild trains will be soon ruiz
Ming. Thts shortcuts the distance between
vt. Louis and Cleveland about forty miles.
, 1880-12-21

Special Dttpdtch TO The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, u. G., Dec. a0.-Dr. Robert
Wilson, the agont of tho Oklahoma raitlers,
male MI attempt to SEQ tho President to-tlay,
bdt failed. rs tho latter WIS out OF tho city.
t'csl. Tlcasant Porter. President OF the
Creek Council. Gen. +. N. Hodge, and cx-
Gov. Coacllnalt, Of tho Creek Nnt!oll, who
are here, aro decidedly ayerse to tho scheme
Ut Payne, Wilson, nnd their followers. They
say tEat tho majority Of tilcsu mon arc wild,
reckless advcnturers, vito llaye no serious
Intention of becoming bona-fito settlers,
but ure bent on plllage nid pluntler. Tllcy
think there nre rich luines IN the Territory,
and they coSet them. Tie character OF tile
lands III tho Oklahoma tract, these indians
say. is Of tho drlcst possible, the climate be-
i1lg far more rRinless ttan any portion of
Kansas, 50 tllat no settlers III Kansas nwnro
of this pecu1iarity could wish to mike M cx-
change of locality. Gen. Porter, who Inns
ridden all over this portion of tho Territory,
says he has never seen drop OF raiu full
upon 1t. Another error III the statement
,l,ade By the Payne people l,as reference
to tho extent OF this available no,,-occll-
pied territory. lrstcad OF being from ten
to fourtcGn millions Of acres, there are but
about tive millions, and, dcductLng that part
n,,l ALTAR viii 1n,iiona ro,,,rvai thtl,or ~,
s,,o IIn,tnh stntes within III" nast fo,y voors
liar, orn iy,r obnmt thrnn ,u,,,tons '~' tart
.rn"sa vii, 1m1toms It ia trmc oro ,nnrinr ~
ottemrt tn cultivntc thnaa 'auia onI 1ni.,
nw, IN I'm vicinitv ~ tho forta sm,,s,st1n9 o
",on ti,o f,ovcrnment For thtu rcaao,, tho
pnv"a man In mt rccopnizc thom no s"tt,ars srs
T., -, on, so,,a. -, ''' '>1e''' ''|''es' .
Az = ~ tho f4reok rroo+v ~ 1874 oova, !,
In co;p1i.rca w,,h tia lins,ra a"' .. :.
a., ,,,,.a', ..a.". ~ ,"oo.a a.,,os e1s '.,,. y.
u.u ol.u s nsa ...s W 'o1M.e ~ D Dte; Iu'a.as
M'u ttssn .', 4.e's u 1tSons "s!'r5
eeae M!a eoaIos n T. - taao eseu a otas' " w
so'n @M .'aso ~ no'c3 . 1t, ~ sacI ".lol evils
'Ecu A''at"''a "a .. o o'.Sa .,s 't ou'tes n'"y
cnoosc ~ . se!aiu s''e'Gon. ~ .ia W.. Aui o, y
tnc't eaa'9 ~ nD!nna. ~ % W. u.'.asa ~ W ae,
S,e. e.c: a aS i ht't t,mnat ~ "t - , ~" cta
nearly three and half million acres. Al
the Hauo time tho Senlnoles cedetl aboNt
t,yo nnd n hnlt million nnres enst
| ~ .,tn .x,s. ,.,t,r,,, I. ..o,s ...,,,'ta',
VI LUIS 'Eact' WIZ" - Nv" occ"btea
ny taH Tribes OF W!ld 1hulaa8 0otoro men
| TUNED. TherU Is now In tie service OF the
limited States n well-dlsclpllnctl antl wclI.
or,,oI ho,tv ~ 1r,ltan nniica wlIo., t,as
49, 49, ~ o;,,ssnss. ..I1 av' "'!sa ''. t'aa
Formerly uo'c e'nc'ent y, sesslCU ~ III kccpIhe
good order In tho Territory. These lnen are
thoroughly loyal to tho Government and cur
t1,otr ,,.r+ ,,,,. .,'oi .s,',. -, "ess 80.
1l'a'"tls vi uu'st p",I Nv u'e's ts'lst III tat
Government, Wlllcn, they say, ms al~ayt
| urOtectctl tEOm from invasion, but they vii
, 1880-12-21

New ORLEANS, Dec. e0.-Th!s morning the
steamship Il. Ward. from I}alize, ran into the
wreck Of the De Soto, twenty-five miles be-
low the city, knocking holes III her hull. She
began to fill nltd wn9 rim aground. Assist
allcc has been sent. No Insurance.
, 1880-12-21

nETHotr, Dec. 20.-unbrcl Chnrpin, NJ,
ngel farlner, wandered from home in South
Held. Oakland County, six or eight weeks
ago, while temporarily Insane, alId Yesterday
his dead bnuy wns found by some hunters
frozen In a marsh near Royal UMk.
, 1880-12-21

Folsr SCOTT, Dee. :U.-'Yeslcy Wetcn ae-
!iberately shot anl killed Charles WhkncI
hero rl!s afternoon. 1tappears tliat "M'
ney WINS too Intimate With Wechs WIZ
willis Wclcl. was lll Colorado lust. su!','nettt
'Wslch took hls wife to Noyada, Mo:. To- III. ~.
hur out Ut Wllitney's, way. Whitney t,,r tu,
lowed thon,. md took tho woman M ira1 .ity IT,.
Weich returned. md, meeting Whitney !, ns ~
saltUil this afternoon, alll without speakill1
a wurll, drew Il pistol a,tl shot llMl ,,.Vt ne"".
Weleh surrendered hlElsplf t0 tle ollce1s'
, 1880-12-21

3tr. j. N. Mccullough, Vice President OF
the Pennsylvania Company. and Mr.. II. u.
Ladyar.l. GENERA! tsEanagur ot tho Michigan
Central, aro expected here to-day, alll, US
Alr. John Newell, General Manager Vi tho
Laku Shore u Michigan Southern lsallroad,
IL already III towtl, 1t looks very much
Us 1t tho meeting OF the General Managers Of
thu rUads lending East from THIS ely, already
referred to ~ IllE tRlpuSE y t9, cGllu olf
which has llabit OF denying everything It
CUTS ''sc0o!,eI" 0lI..
The meeting. as already stated, Is to be for
the PURPOSE III considering tte as(yisahtlit Ut
recommending to the trunk linus On a.lyAnce
IN east-boun,l rates. 'rlluy Ara nlsu to con.
sitlur' tho troubles regarding east-b0ulttt
passenger trsliltC brNIglit OH BY the cutting OF
rAtcs by tho r0u4s east from 1T. l.0uls.
, 1880-12-21
1ES1fiNEIl.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 20.-EdRar Hill,
t3encrn[ Freight Agent of the Short Line
Read, has resigned to accept position OH
t1o Clevalaild. Columbus, Cincinnati u lii
tlEailapolls Kond.
, 1880-12-21

institute. Tlere was gnnd attendance.
E'ii(or .Vatcr, Of tile .fonrnal, na,o the utn,,
Ing address. Distinguished educators frtnn
which Will contttl,le during the week.
, 1880-12-21

Special Dtspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
CLINTON, ILL.,, Dec. 20.-Afr. G. d. Roach,
Wabash, st. Louis s. Pacific hallway ugcnt
Mt Midland City, ILL.,, who Inns only been mar
rted three weeks, died Monday Of typhoid
fever, uged Z, years.
, 1880-12-21

CrEvELASn, O., Dec. a0.-A Leutlcr spe-
cial says TINT today Francis Parsons, II
years old, respected citizen uf Rave1,,ln for
Ina.y years, wss killed by IL swltcll-cngne.
, 1880-12-21
LATE LOCAL ITEM,

4 case Of slual.pox ut No. II. Vest Randolph
Wis lust night reported by tho West hudson
street poi!cu.. Tho Health Department w!ll iu.
yessixl1u to-day.
, 1880-12-21

Special Dspateh to The CAteaqo Tribune.
Miles, Allch., Dec. 20.--Charles Jewe1t, an
old resident, one OF the first lawyers ever IN
tho city, md for several years prJ,bate Judge
OF the county, died this morning, ugcu 20
SHnrN.
, 1880-12-21

Hpsetai Dspateh to tbs Chicago Tribune.
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 20,-rlle Sh,ta Jour-
ful publishes tonight extracts from solno
twenty Renubllcun newspapers, muking
pbout sixty III nli, fayorlnE strongly thu elec-
hOn OF tho lion. Elisha ". kcycs Us United
Etutes Senator to succeed Angus Ca,uerut,.
, 1880-12-21
M0RTuARf,

6psetat Utspdteh to The Chicago Tftbun&
ELKilAKT. Ind. Uec. D.-lho funeral of
TlMutty Straw, al old aud respected citizen
, 1880-12-21

TlPPEcAN0E TEACHERS.
Sptetal D4pateh to 7nt ChAdao 1ftbtnA
LAFAYETTE, tnd.. Dec. e.@at-'rAa teachers
Of Tiupceanoa County luet to-day in annual
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-08

The law can never make a man honest il
can only make him very uncomfortable when
he is dishonest.
"Penny-wise, pound-foolish, soliloquized
the man in church, and he put the penny in
the box and the pound in his pocket.
A Western reporter describing the appear
ance of the belle of the town at local picnic,
tried to say that she looked du fat, but the
types got it ''all feet !" He keeps out of the
reach of her feet since.
A meddlesome woman, sneering at young
mothers awkwardness with her infant, said /:
81 declare, woman never ought TO have
baby unless she knows how to hold it," Nor
a tongue either" was thequiet rejoinder.
lady, being asked her age, said when
/ was married 1 was eighteen and my hus-
band was thirty. His age has doubled, and
so of course has mine. That makes me thir-
ty-six" And she was astonished at her own
frankness
When boy has been off all day, contrary
TO the expressed wish of his mother, and on
approaching the homestead at night, with an
anxious and cautious tread, finds company
at tea, the expression of confidence and recti-
tude that suddenly lights up his face cannot
be produced on canvas.
The train had started OF. A young man
rushed breathlessly in. Got left, did you 2"
"Well, amt here ?" he responded Then
one said he could go across the bridge and
catch it, and another told him when the next
train would go and made various suggestions.
The chap looked at the disappearing train a
few seconds, when somebody asked, "Where
were you going?" Then the wicked fellow
said, "Oh, l wasn't going in the train, but
there was fellow aboard to whom promised
to pay bill"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-08
The Inten.lty Of Arctic Cold.

The chronicler of Lieut.. Schwatkas recent
expedition in search of the remains of Sir
John Franklin records some interesting facts
regarding the great cold Of the Arctic regions.
The lowest temperature met with by the COM
pany was l03- below the freezing point or IL
below zero Fahrenheit-a degree Of cold al
most impossible to imagine by the people of
more temperate climes. The effects of such
intense cold upon the human system were not
SO marked in the case of the lieutenant and
his companions as might be supposed, and
even during a month in which the average
temperature was Gj below zero the health of
the party remained unimpaired. The men
adapted themselves as much as possible to the
habits Of the natives, feeding largely upon
blubber and fat meat, by which the vital heat
was sustained. Plenty OF game was found by
the adyeLturers, who were able to secure with
their repeating rifles enough reindeer at one
time to last them for several days The diff
Guilty of approaching these animals was often
very great for in the still cold air the step of
a mAu upon the snow could be heard two
miles away, and the grating of the sledge
runners resounded like the clashing of tenn
pered steel 1t was not an easy matter to
keep guns in working order in this climate,
for at 60 and 707 below zero strong oak and
hickory would break like icices, and all lubri-
cants harden and interfere with the working
of the locks When the guns were brought
into the warm atmosphere Of the huts to be
cleaned, they would at once become coated
with moisture, and every part had to be care
fully dried and wiped. lest the hunter, on
stepping into the cold air again, would find
useless block of ice in his hands. bottle
of whiskey which was in the stores was con-
gealed to the consistency Of thick syrup by
the intense cold, and the cup from which one
Of the travellers essayed to drink actually
froze to his lips. The low temperature of
this latitude permitted some Of the Esqumaux
in the party to practice terrible revenge
upon some wolves which had attacked them.
They set upright in the ice several keen knife
blades and covered them with blood. These
the wolves licked, slicing their tongues, but
being prevented by the cold from feeling the
wounds at the time, and their own warm blood
tempted them to continue until their tongues
were so scarifed that death was inevitable
The natives also bound up long strips of
whalebone with pieces Of meat, and, after
allowing them to freeze, dropped them in the
animals way. These pills would hold togeth-
er until they had passed into the intestines of
the wolves, when, the meat having thawed
the whalebone would spread open and pro-
duce an agonizinG death. Hunters believe
that nothing is bad enough for wolves, but
these devices of the Esquimaux ought to sat
isfy any one.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-08

Not every criminal who incurs the penalty
of Punishment to Siberia is on that account to
be compassonated, if We may believe the ac-
counts of Mr.. Juchanzef's sojourn in exile,
recently published by st. Petersburg jour
nal. This eminent malefactor, known through
out Russia by the significant sobriquet of
The Stealer Of Millions has contrived to
retain possession of the enormous fortune he
acquired by high-class swindiing When con-
demned to deportation, he Travelled to Kras-
nojarsk, the town selected for his penal resi-
dence by the imperial authorities, in princely
style, attended by a suite of servants, car
riages, and horses, and it would appear that
he is to become the leader of fashion in that
Siberian city. Tailors perfumers, and tobac-
conists advertise their wares under his name
club, and is about to contract an alliance with
a young lady belonging to one of the first
families of Krasnojarsk. His dinner parties
are attended by the chief official personages
and local notabilities; ladies of the best So
ciety flock to his evening receptions, and ac-
cept the splendid presents with which he ju-
diciously courts their favor and social coun-
tenance. 1t is proposed by a committee of
Krasnojarsk "AOHRes' to present him, upon
his wedding day with wreath of laurel, oak
leaves, and roses Altogether, for a convict
ed misdemeanant, undergoing sentence of
Punishment, he appears to be leading an un-
commonly pleasant. life. Not 30 the thOus-
ands Of his dupes who having trusted their
fortunes to his keeping, suffered total ruin at
his hands, ds,-LOndOn Telegraph.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-08

recalled. Her second start was her successful
one She went round the track like n ma
chine. Her head and back formed a straight
line all the way the evenness was never once
broken. 1t seemed TO me as If the pace was
all the same, though stop-watchss showed
that it varied. When she passed the three
quarter Of a mile pole, the crowd sent up
great cheer "The fastest time ever made !"
exclaimed my Jockey Club friend, 81 minute
3G seconds" Turning into the home stretch,
the mare camo along, evidently quickening
her speed aud she was watched in breathless
silence as if the entire concourse was one
man watching the seconds on one stop-watch.
It was an anxious crowd, its heart beating
with hope, as if the fate of a nation depend
ed upon Maud s. and her driver, whose voice
was suddenly heard breaking in upon the gen
eral silence. The driver was urging the mare
on, not with whip, not with spur, but with an
earnest, eager cry, to which she responded
On she came, with an easy stride that did not
suggest speed SO much as grace and elegance
''Hi! ya!" shouted her driver, and the next
moment she passed the WIRE or winning post
in tumult of wild enthusiasm. negro
groom In attendance on the mare flung up his
watch and his hat, and rushed after her. A
great cry went up all over the place. Ladies
waved their handkerchiefs, men flung up their
hats and shook hands with each other Two
ten and a half 1.-TWO ten and three-quar-
ters !" cried one to another. In the midst of
the joyous commotion the mare and her dri
yer came back to be clothed and admired.
She was surrounded by a crowd. They raised
her blanket to pat her with fond hands. A
darky hugged her. One man kissed her.
She received these attentions as meekly and
gently as pet pony might submit to the car
esses of children Then the time was Off
H., IL, 4
more, and Maud s. disappeared, while her
performance was being telegraphed ito all
parts Of the civilized woodland Russia, as
my friend Sutherland Edwards would put it.
you have seen the biggest thing America
can show you, said my pleasant companion
Of the Jockey Club, taking me by the hand
II congratulate you"