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A FISH HtWk'S FATE.
Aud tho Strange Manner In which Il wa,
Revealed ny an U"suspecting I'ickerel.

Aud tho Strange Manner In which Il was
Revealed ny nm U"suspecting T'ickerel.
HoBDY's, Pa, Nov. 27-Last spring Sias
Ridd. living three miles from here. saw a big
fish hawk. which had been clrcling above Lit
ties Pond for half an hour. drop like shot into
tho pond. having aimed for fish. The big bird
went clear under. and 1t was several seconds
before 1t appeared again. half way out Of tho
wator. Then. after an apparent struggle. it
went down again and never came un. The dis
appearance OF the hawk puzzled Ridd but he
nevor solved the mystery until last Monday.
On that day he hooked large pickerel In Lit
ties Pond. and after 4 good fight. landed him.
He was surprised to SEQ two dark. colored pro-
Jections from the shoulder OF the pickerel.
reaching up more than three inches. Closer
insDection showed that they were the legs OF a
hawk. and the talon OF each leg was buried deep
In the pickerel's back. The wounds made whom
they had been plunged In the flesh bad grown
over. and nothing could be seen OF the claws
six pounds.
The fish hawk OF last spring Ridd naturally
inferred. hnd picked the big fellow out for hia
dinner. and. dropping down on him, had
fastened its talOns deep In his flesh. The pick
erel was q heavier load than the bird could
raise out OF the water. and was too much for
ths hawk In every way, and just sank down in
bird was drowned. OF course and made nice
mea for such pickerel as could get at II,
privilege probably denied to the one that was
Juggling 1t around with its claws In his back.
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WHAT MAKESTHEW WRESTLER
MS NEEDS AND ms METHODS DR.
SCRIBED RI 4 MISTER


It is n Grent Thing for Him n his Feet and be
Hands and hi- ThouEhts All Operate at
Once-sone OF thT Narrator. Marches.
The greatest wrestler America ever knew
was undoubtedly Homer Lane. Was" be-
cause although he is alive and still wrestling.
he has yielded the honor Of cham pion. held
successivey for sixteen years. and enters no
longer into the important matches that made
him famous. Ho was born TO tho business. and
no ono over studied It's possibilities more faith
fully and thoroughly than he. For years past
he hns been in the exhibition line. md still
downs his antagonists with old-time vigor. He
Ia tho hero OF the numerous popular stories
thai float through the newspapers wherein
the characters are the local champion OF
community and an innocent. medium-sized
lightning-rod worker. who Is pitted against the
champion by outsiders. Tho local giant al
ways enters the contest confident and boastful.
and always gets thrown speedily and easily.
Lane at present lie performing in a Bowery
show house. whore tho writer found him He
is 81 years old old but there is ittln Indication
OF his years in his appearance HIS hhlr ana
moustachc are black and his lace unwrinkled.
while his motions are ns lively ~ d vigorous as
II he were still in his youth. He talked freely
about his experience and his business.
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From the London Standard.

;, Flower shows at the Crystal Palace can only
We Worst u f' than ali va savns
display by the Botanic or the horticultural society In
YESTERDAY not quite so ne as some We recoect: vet
tn i il s Il s sTss "i o N
aud udiclous culture is much more striking than usual
rs
are &s ssaed Soas 9 s
stil the result Ia NOT defined precisely Among the
Should single that OF Messrs Cannel swsniey which is
p9;itiyelg lite ed by orders Tor cer.'l"ato ot merit
Crystal Palace. when thev reach iSure OF fIO
Ss Witch ra "f nS ss sho% H. an of a"s
s. a % nTs , a S efwq of @ or S" IN mS
detail nf ook and manner II prC"t that gardeners
dese yes noIice aessrs Drovsr Fn ham make sp,rt.
f @ Aisn Is 10 s sa nv m w sn s'II. he
prize, Lord syt, sbury rg.nilr second and Mr = ".
s"a be oD;syeI ar and ha,m%s sSsmGs ten
I @ Of RaHaF S b%, h Bs
burH certainly the hest in the exhibition. yellow.
aS a G. so M Of sos S"' ;GG.a IN @ %
E"s Isp hS nS hs on Of Mrs
Perry, Brsdltuhaist-who stands sscond-nas exactly
t.n' .nsn rrumpns in the next class TO- SIX curvei,
ri anm and al it, ns os.. pan. Die s
played from uniform fail; purple that In which the
'j"s Lewis Of s.G ssss second nonos with
is ms Nnd NJ IL @ tay pysn mETa ar WIN IGaTs % a.
-Ot knglanh, nne puky oSl. ln the competition for
nam esrtsHy best al round .ar sacf u his sins.
eNhints IL greatly surpassed esewher- In the case Of
Mrs Prarcr tNouthSnptonh who follows is Iriompls
du SnTd, new 20 US ana deIghtfu!a pale brown PIX,
lined Win pa,e duu, -lnguIuy neat original aud cas-
ing The Rev Canon OdssOn succeeds In the yetl
tnn for Twelve Japanese etiea distinct general
excellence hui seVeFn beat hs best individually; in
urrA 81 Mrssrs Moore BeIrytr latter rare seen in
prrtse, oIGs' ugh common t"rt G the nverestHE
the frut agnu with The invely golden grandi.
nora. Mr j. Cutioq t.,lownt win ii. o Hudioulrr-
whore there need OF AL ths perfection lie shows 20 de-
feat ten. Sir ,. fItEwygran; Canon NOdgIun third,
with very tine show OF k,aue Mr. j. W Flight stands
fOrcmo, W the display Of ~ rerNei varieties and Mr.
Is. haImin fur ~ anrmnue huwsrrd. livery yrHI
these eccentrlcilrs become more eccrnric, but may
well he thought that somehow Uur gardeners the
wrong trAeS, Assurehly the flowers do grow in
beauty qutntness though IL 1. clear that shall
have ncurved and rtfsxed varieties Of the anpm
ans chrysanthsmum Ar. Moore's Fleur de Mare.
however must BE- excepted FROM this criticism 1t
sinGulArly lovely, and suggestive OF its name
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pose you feel yourself going down,
how are you to prevent your opponent
getting q falI2 Why. by twisting about In
some other such trick. Cbristol WAS great
man for avoiding n fall Ho wns ono OF tho
most even matches for mo that over met. /
have seen him raised into tho air by his an
tngonist and come down apparently with full
force on tho stage, whore he would strike on
arch his nelly 30 that his back would be foot
or more from the floor. and his antaeonist. as
soon as Christol had fallen IN that attitude.
wou; ID Jump down on him. trying to force his
shoulders 10 the floor. Christol would main
tain that position under any assault. and,
watching his opportunity. spring TO his feet."
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'estle in more styles than collar

Did you ,wrestle in moro styles than collar
and elbow?"
Yes. hut that wns my favorite. In that the
wrestler uses both legs and arms. He can trip
and get locks on his antagonist. In GrRco-
Roman the action In exclusively with the arms
and hands. and tripping Is never allowed. In
the latter too. no no d IL given to begin with;
the contestants play for IN opening the rule
being that no hold below the waist is allowed.
and n man must under nc. circumstances trip
or use his legs in forcing his antagonist to the
ground. The catch -as- ca atch-can style ia really
rough-and-tumble wrestle. man can do
most ANYTHING except kick and bite ~ II.
There are several other styes-side-hold Lam
cashire. nndsso forth-but th"y are not much
used. These three are the popular styiee. and
the ones by which u mans ability Ia usual
determined. In one ot my best matches tried
the GRECO Roman. 1t was in sacramento with
Christo. / was showing at the time. and
tn" regular thing at the end OF each per-
formance was for the stage manager to
announce that Mr.. Lane would meet any
conner who wanted to tackle him. Sotnetimes
there were volunteers. big strapping fellows.
who knew two or three things about wrestling.
account OF my superior knowledge and quick
ness. remember one case particularly OF
man In Stockton Cal. who came staggering
on to the stage and mnde so much noise about
1t as to irritate me. l determined to give him
lesson. and when we got pt II measured off
the distance, and. working him near the edge OF
the stage. threw him clean oil it into the or
chestra. He broke the orchestra rail and
smashed the bull fiddle when he came down.
come up for another bout. and the next time l
swung him into tn" air 80 that his heels
smashed the chandelier. and he got rather
badly cut by the gas Tx ure.
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Postage stamp Collecting In France.
From the London Teleoyaph

The mania fer collecting postage stamps
sess 20 be gaining more gronnd than ever IN France
among tho most famous collectors In France is man
who has over million postage stamps preserved In l3D
Tichly bound volumes, and another WHO keeps two
clerks emplovet in slas-itvIng aud arranging his
collection. Added to this there In Paris
about l50 wholesale hrms employed In the trAie, and
one OF tho best known ot these has lately offered from
slUI S2O for Of the 1880 Tuscan
postage stamps dated before 1890 will be ptiu for AT the
rate OF S3D each while stamps from MAuuUuS for tho
year lst7 fetch 5000 aud French siampa for lS49
quoted NJ IS each some OF the numerous collectors OF
these curosos evidently TO think that they will
be able TO hand down 10 prostsrity faint eigles which
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What has been your habit in regard to diet ?"
Haven't paid much attention to 1t except
wres led SO constantly rs a rule that / have
kept in flrst-ciass trim hut when. for instance.
had been ticket seller for a year or so. found
1t necessary to eat carefully for a while. while
was exercise ing. to brace up. Every athlete
a short time but with lack OF exercise the wsnd
goes. and wrestler is nothing without wind"
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But about Christol. The stage manager
had given the general challenge as usual. when
he stood up in n front seat and said he would
tackle me-. didn't know who he was at first.
but when did offered to make a match with
him for $500 n side. He wanted to wrestle
GrGco- Roman. but didn't. SO we COMPROMISED
in the ordinary way. one round to bs GrRco-
Roman. one collar and-e ibOw. and penny to
he tossed for choice of style In the third. Well.
the match came Off. aud Christol's style Was
fixed on for the first round. 1t was Almighty
tough battle. He was tremend ndousy quick and
active. and so was l. We were very evenly
matched. but was Mt one disadvantages was
so used to working with my feet that It was
utes we kept at it hard and earnest. At last
got him in q favorite position and forgot
my foot and I had him down on his back
like flash. knew that had committed q
foul. and expected to be declared the loser OF
the round by the referee. but the whole thing
was done 80 quickly that not one man among
the spectators saw how did 1t. Nearin. the
referee. WAS down on his knees watching the
struggle. and he saw 1t. but said nothing; it
wasn't my place to- There was a long pow-wow
about II among the referee. my watcher. and
Christol's watcher. Meanwhile the spectators
yelled and hooted. and declared that 1t was the
fairest brow ever seen. Nearin at last came to
thing ever saw done. but shall have to de-
ellie against you.' made no kick. knowing he
was right. but the spectators Just howed. and
1t was some time before we could go on. In the
second bout threw Christol at tcollar-and-ebow
after q 8 tort struggle. Then penny was tossed.
and I won. l succeeded In throwing Christol
the second time, and so got the m0tch.'
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you know. means that the men ret good. firm
hold OF each other. each with his hands grasp
ing the others collar and elbow before
the word is given. 1t il necessary
a mans shirt would get torn all 10 pieces. But
a coat is hot. makes n man rerspire very free
ly In the vosnt exercise. and nv harness was
10 give the wrast!"r chance 70 work with less
heat. 1t consists OF straps over tic shoulders
and about tho wai1r. with one running down
the arm 10 the elbow for the other fellow TO
take hold Of. This gave the antagonist much
better grin than he could get on II coat and
prsVented too much persplraticn on the wear
or. There are many features Of wrestling 10
learn besides how to throw and how not TO get
throHp. ThD usual rule for q fail Is that the
shoulders must both be on the floor at the same
time. and 1t least one htpA Now sup
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Gambling is Getting Unpopular.
From the Philadelphia Record.

What with the abolition OF puts" and
"otlls" By The chicago Hoard OF Trade and the dis
eouraRsmsnt ~ - poker by the Austrian Government
ths lot these dark November days SSan0I y
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First Episcopal Church In the Town OF FShkill
To Comm'm1 Mr.. kE ebert Hun
by birth NOTwsEian, IA Lis felinO attached 10 the
Life Guards OF the Prince OF Orange AftsrWATdA King
William Ill Of EnElAndD He resided for a number Of
In this country and died with
fI1aKILL. January. I631
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THE GOOD PHILADELPHIAN.
AN INTERESTING JN7ERTIEW WITH
GEORGE WASHINGTON CHILDs.

The HewiidcrinE Mussum In which He Does
Hts Daiiy wsrh-Hi- Theories of Jour-
nalInm-why He Dcciiues 10 he Mayer or
Presidont-He Copsid-rs Henry George n
Crank-H,p Deed. or Puro Beaevoionce.
From the Cinenndh Enqufrer.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 19.--An imposing
building Of brown stone. towering toward the
clouds, stands Mt the corner OF Chestnut an d
Sixth streets. 1t is the homo OF tho Philndel-
phia Ledger. Midway between the block. OF
which the building forms the whole. on a se-
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On nm Ola Communion Pitcher.

NEwBURGH. Nov. 24-The Episcopal Society
OF Fishkil own curiouSly fashioned communion ser.
vice pitcher bearing insci nn which Ia the
tic record Of probably OF the most remarkable
otlongevy ever known The inscription Is rs follows:
Presented by
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tra;ion. and there is no doubt that Gen. Arthur
contemplated an uEiorced nomination as q
view Of the circumstances under which he
came into offlco as TO be almost beyond the
He q any man to asnieys @ fCr himself
oosrsi% s4rGSgh frHse bsrtSr or the
S ac oSs o: the s''sa'.es spoD ;s pern'''0h .rS,a
No man knew better than Gen. Arthur that
a anomination by his veto OF the Rivcr and Har-
o9r o,ll; 4 Is said that President Cleysland
unable to resist the pressure that was brought
10 boar in It's favor Shough ho mad grave
doubts both as 10 the constitutionnlity. and the
eApel"ncv OF sucn n law. But IL il safe to say
that hs mad 70 face no such violent aggressive.
and persistent pressure as President Arthur
under nsideration. Some OF the strongest
anu most lnilu iai Republicans In Congress
wsrs ,e shs most Jealous supporters oi that 6lll.
and whom they found that there were grounds
nn r.. ana, snshir'Gn hey massed their forces az
Drought pro the whole force OF tho most infiuen-
ia! Republicans In Congress 20 bear. 1t WAS q
President Arthur little. For several days and
nIEntr na , II was Kept Up. he was coaxed. urged.
sn snr "a, snSS % even IN pulled little some golng
suicide What was harder than all else to baRr
was the piteous beseechings OF members who
them political ruin. Gen. Arthur knew per. eT.
iestly well when he took up hls pen to write tho
own santence ofdoom. IL some OF the politicians
OF Congress could effect It, yet the consideration
never caused the Pen 10 hesitate or tremble.
Ihere IS no doubt now that the veto did make
personal enemies OF mon who otherwise would
nave oeen friendly Ia his nomination. Yet
Zen. Arthur WAS Always very proud OF that veto
ana NJ the speedy popular approval OF II, and
Le never could speak with tolerance OF tho
shanefusly dishon"st trick OF unauthorized
pairing by which the vNto Was pVnrridden In the
senAte. No more shameless conspiracy was
ever perfsctad than that which the Senate per-
mlUod TO be done with this veto and Gen.
Arlhnr never forgot nor fOrRays IL. For the
men Who engineered Il he lost all respect not
pecAnbe thsy proposed overriding his veto but
~SAsss thsJ. bT trlek and deception. were able
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28

With very avenue OF trade and
commerce flied to Overlooking, and
strikes and lawlessness in many
places crippling the business inter
ests If the country, What you Il be
don win this gre I army of workers
thrown out of employment? Tnis is
a prob en- which Should he careful. '
iLouyht of aud not be considered in
tue temperance fanatics style, that
every u:an engaged III the sale and
production of liquor IS a villain aud
ought to rot. Tie liquor trade
producing capabilities IL 1880 WAS
$797 800 ,402; thai is. it produced and
expended this vast SUN of money,
and the amount is constantly III
creasing. The tiih,s it pays is enor-
nous and goes 4ieat way towards
Tightening the burdens of taxation,
and for this town to vote to deny
herself the legitimate TAX and rev.
enue from Its sal', in the light of tue
above facts, would seem to be a PAR
tcularly foolish thing to do; not
only unnecessarily increasing our
present tnx-ra,e from the non-grant-
ing of licenses, but also by the
money expended in prosecutions to
enforce law empha'icaily declared
q dead letter where tried.
+. l. BLoDGETT.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28
Educational.
4 Territorial and County Institutes.

Arrangements have been made TO
hold County and Territorial In,'i utcs
III Olympia, during ;wo weeks, COM
mencin. July Gu. P.rf. Taylor OF
Sea tie, Normal teacher III the Terri
iorIal Univ, rsl:y, AMI Prof. Follans-
bee oi . ympia, BON we'll known
H. prominent educators and insiitu {:
conductors of good repu,a tuon. will
AID the Superintendent IN making
our County Institute II success, ii
meeting, where the spnit OF our ex-
celleub school law shall be carried
out, VIZ: "At which instruction
shall bs given in the bost ne ,hois
of teaching the branches repaired
by law III the pubic schools The
County Commissioners have made
an appropriation to dcsraS expenses,
aud We remind the teachers that
they should feel it a duty us we'll as
privilege to he present during the
entire session. that the means pro-
vlded, aud the labor expended gu
the part Of the conductors shall not
be wasted. but may accomplish the
greatest possible amount Of good.
Mrs. z. G. HALE,
County SuperinteLd nj.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28
Death of Mrs. General Sprague.
Tacoma Ledger, 25th inst.


At the residence Of her husband,
G neral John ". S.MnCn-. IN \
reei a., evening d I A. DC: ock,
Mrs julia Flancis Spr.,u" parsed
p.ac.fl VI ard -udd My to res , after
a lingering illu.ss OF several mouths.
Hell decrease Is the Cause VI tue deep
est sorrow among Dinny Vt he p-o-
Die OF Tacoma ! his .ad, VS. eDe
of the most an,able Of women, aud
by her gentle aud exce.ien. quahlie>
hal drawn around her u large circle
of friends who loved aid admired
Der for her Kindness of heat and
loving disposition. She was univer-
sally respected by all who knew her,
and none but the sweetest words
could be truly SAID Of her character.
MIS-. Spraeue was born i'll Huron.
OHIO, June 20, 1926. and was "a, the
time Of her decease ntariy sixty years
of age. She moved with her faulty
10 the Pacific coast in May, 1870,
and since 1879 has resided III Ia
coma. About two years ago she was
thrown from her carriage, at which,
time she received injuries which re-
suited in a spinal and heart trouble
combined, the latter of which com
plant was the immediate cause Of
her decease.
Early in the fall OF 1856 she was
taken Ill, but her condition Was not
considered dangerous, as she had
been i'll for years, until her confine-
ment to her room, about the middle
OF November last, where she was
obliged to remain until short time
ago. During TINS period she WAS at
the point of death several times,
when taken with acute pains in the
III bit side of The heart. Yet iu these
sinking spells u:'en her life WAS des
paired Of, she rallied and recovered
her health and strength SO much as
TO be able TO leave her room and
came down stairs onl IS few days ago.
Nearly every day for We, k she has
been out driving and only " stelday
she was taken ont in her pharloD ;
part of the afternoon she spent IN her
chair upon the front porlico at her
residence. Early in the evening she
retired. Soon after she asked to be
assisted to her reclining chail, AMI
almost instantly alter re .chin4 1t she
expired. The stranger may gather
the dlitt of the il tiueLce of such II
character as thi, lady possessed. bu
it is for those of her own h"usI holt
alone to know The full -xrup iiica-
ton of such life, whose nobility
and value to society had been 'htiI
constant. Joy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28

COMMERCE, the new Tacoma jour-
nalis;ic venture, is, as we expected i;
would be from Mr.. Fullcr's acknowl-
edged ability, welcome aid IN the
cause Of progress and righteousness.
1t is a lwenty-four column paper.
neatly printed, and well filled with
local and general news. The fast
issue contuined AL Illustration OF
The Tacoma" tie hotel in which
our terminal neiShbors take SO much
pride; and the second portrait Of
Gen. J. w. Spra! ue. one Of The lead
ing men OF the West. This feature
will be continued in future issues.
The STANDARD, the oldest, cordially
extends the hand Of fellowship t.
tie Commerce, the younges, membe'
of the Territorial press-ganS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28

A NEAT little paper has made its
appearance on our table, published
at Seattle, entitled The Model Com
monUeaith, edited 10y Laura T. Hail
1t ls the organ Of the new orsauiz /.
ton known as the Puget Suuhc
Colony, the object OF which co op
GRAFTON for success as body rather
than for individual profit. Tn,
scheme proposes some very radica
chauges IN the methods OF bnsiness
but there Is little doubt that i,
would result in ben. fit to the gen.
er.ii'y of aboliug men and women
if they could lie induced to give Ii 1
thorough trial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28
PROGRAMME.

George II. Thomas Post No. 5, G.
A. II. will assemble at Headquarters
on Sunday, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. al
which time u committee for the dec.
grafton of graves will be appointed,
after which the comrades will march
to the Methodist Episcopal Church
to attend services by Rev. MIR. Rob
ertson.
On Monday, May 3lst. the Com
mi.tee for Decoration of Graves will
meet at Post Headquarters at 8
o'clock NJ. and proceed to the
cemetery and decorate the graves
of deceased soldiers.
At 2 o'clock Z. NJ. the comrade~
will assemble at Columbia Hill,
where the report of The Committee
on Decoration will be received, after
which appropriate memorial exer'
cises will be held to be followed by
an an address to be delivered by
Hon John F. Convey.
Elk soldiers, sailors and marines,
and all citizens are invited TO attend
The ladies Of o ympia and Others
are earnestly requested to contrib.
ute flowers 70, the occasion, which
should he delivered at Tacoma Hall
before 8 o'clock A. ". of Monday,
Nav 31st.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28

SOME very good people seem to
regard the Bible as a bluLderbuss
with which it is their privilege to
shoot their enemies full of holes.
They stenously protest, however,
when the muzzle il turned towards
themselves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-28

OK motion of Deputy United States
Prosecuting Attorney G. II. Hanford,
the case of the United States against
c. E. King, one Of the Twenty
seven," Tacoma "conspirators" has
been dismissed.