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relieved From Jury Duty,

Milwaukee ErtaiHg WseoHSia.
Once when u Wisconsin circuit Judge
was empaneling a jury, ho said that II
any one wished to be excused from ser
vice reasons should be given Mt once
and their sutficiency would be duly con-
sidered. One mar had a sick child and
another sick COW. Presently, after con-
siderable Illumination, an IrishmRn arose.
His face and attitude bespoke a heavy
sorrow aud a reverent humiliation to
Divine Providence. His words were
few and simple: "Jedge, me woiie's
did," with q stomachic emphasis on the
odd" The judges heart was touched,
and he said: "Well, my good man, 1
guess we'll have to let you co.
The Irishman slowly took Ills hat and
went. When he had gotten his body
well outside Of the room he poked his
face back through the nearly closed
door, with a triumphant grin, and said:
"Yis, sorj an slle's been did ihorty
year"
The sheriff was told to let him go, for
the Judge was Irish himself.
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MY VILE" said Mr, Harrison, III
painfully, almost mnrbidly, anxious to dc
everything she eau for poor children, 90
peClally ior orphans. Aud about Christ
mas times she seems especially nervoui
about II, There 10 q story about IL o.
course, but II IL too long and too painful
10 iell nowM This 10 Mr.. Van Meter
whose ~OarneslnesS In his chosen work
made him rejoice Ia every new found
friend, aud whose enthusiasm was con-
taglous.
before long the story was known. Mrs
Hatriaon's father was q wealthy manu-
ia%clureFer, whose two daughters were
tho children Of different molhsrs, and
developed "a they grew 10 wonanh0od
Blrikingly different characteristics. The
elder one, Sarah, was the daughter Of
Ills Hrst vile, who had deserted him aud
her infant child 10 run away With one oil
his clerks. lie knew little Of her story
after her flight, but In the course ota
year and a half hO learned that she had
beOn iofsaken by her lover and had
plunged Into such terrible course Of
diASlpatlonthaI death lad beOn i1efCl.
fully speedy Ia oveftaking her, A year
later he married the second time, 4.
Again adAughtef was born 10 him and
% the two children grew up they were
treated, % nearly a. possible, exactly
alike, Everything that money could
buy, OF Affection dictate, wa u their
command, and every influence Of refine.
inNnt and education was eKetted 10 81
them for a high place In society, but
whether II was some talnt In The blood,
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more than four thousand women work.
ing under salary from the Government
In Washington,
The average watch is composed Of l75
different pieces comprising upwards Of
2,400 separate and distinct operations in
its manufacture, The balance wheel
whirls S,65Si miles in one year.
II does very little good to mark icon.
idential" or personal on a letter to a
great man. The private secretary OF u
man of national importance said yester-
day that II q letter should come marked
ION no account to be opened by the pri-
vate secretary" he might hesitate a mo.
ment, but he would open It,
Aguest at a Tampa, Fla, hotel arose
In his sleep and walked about the city
for hours without waking, When dis
covered he was trying to get into a foun-
dry, claiming that he had slept there.
He was finally led to his bed, and upon
waking In the morning was astonished
upon being informed OF his adventure,
Chipping" Waiters,-A correspondent
Of the New York Tribune AYERS that q
decent meal cannot be obtalnedi in many
places IN New York unless the waiter Ia
"tipped" In the beginning, He adds;
"The waiter will not trust you, You
must not only pay dearly for what you
have TO eat, but landlords allow you TO
be subjected to the insult Of the unfeed
walters, There are hotels and restaur.
ants In New York which are stunned by
many people because they will not
voluntarily subject themselves to such
abuses. And this feeling Of opposition
10 the extOrtion Of the walters Is rapidly
growing, and will continue to grow.
The hotel and restaurant that will adopt
the stand taken by many similar places
In Europe, and put up signs reading, 1T
Is requested that no fees be given to wait
ers,' will forthwith see their daily re-
ceipts increase. There is no reason why
the public should be compelled to make
up salaries paid by stingy proprietorG."
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that the situation was getting desperate,
went up to the bench and whispered:
"tJudge,' said he, do you remember
where We were last night and what we
Noh, yes said the Judge, smiling,
wv were in my room having a social
"tJudge,' continued Mr., Cannon, the
young man you have selected for fore
man was there also.'
"The Judge looked sharply at Mann
and then asked Joe;
",Is he t5S young fellow that raised
"'The same fellow, said Joe,
"'Ah,' said the Judge, that changes
the situation
NThen, turning to the grand jury, he
said in q louder tone and with great
aMr, Mann, you can stand aside for
this term OF court
"The Judge proceeded to charge the
Jury, and dwelt especially upon the in,
furious effects OF card playing, That
night we all met in the Judges room,
The day had been a dull one to all oil us
except Cannon, AT a previous term he
had got fifty indictments against the
town people for card playing, Most OF
them had come into court the opening
day, pleaded guilty, and paldtheir fines,
which in each case Included 80 Tor
Prosecutor Cannon. We knew all about
It, and we entered into q quiet combIna'
ton to empty Joe's pockets. Somehow
the luck was against our scheme, One
after another dropped out OF the game,
until ut 2 o'clock the only men at the
table were Joe Cannon and Oliver Davis,
q cousin OF the Judge, The rest OF US
sat around ready 10 back Oliver with
the moral influence Of our presence
Occasionally Judge Davis would glance
ut divers hand and say;
".Play him, Oliver, for all the game Ia
worth, I've got the money when you
run out
"After awhile Oliver turned to the
Judge and said:
"Let me have 1t, Cousin David; the
crisis Is upon u.s.
"The Judge pulled out $500, slapped
it on the tableaRd exclaimed;
"Teke that, Joe Cannon, ii you are
SDon't get excited, Judge said Joe
4 will reach your pile in a few minutes
"And he did it. AT A o'clock in the
morning he raised Oliver for the last
time. We all shook our heads, Joe
swept the table. He had cleaned out
the whole crowd. AS he got up he
looked around the table and said;
"Gentlemen, the next time you put
up a combination against Joe Cannon
make 1t strong enough 10 win. am
prepared to lend you all enough, at low
interest, to pay your tavern bills
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DttrOh Free PTe@.
A colored man entered a Woodward
avenue iewelry store yesterday with a
small silver watch in his hand, and pass.
ing It to the repatrer he CURLY said:
"See what ais It,"
"The handspring Is gone" replied the
repairer, ss he opened tho case, "and-"
hDat's all right"
"And the jewels and"
"Dat's all right
"An9 most 81 tho wheels"
upat'sall right"
I'm fact, there l. only about one.quar-
ter OF the works left"
"Dat's all right. Kin 1t be fixGdf"
mo"
rs i wpth obor a dollars"
WNo,h
aDat's all right. lie gwine to put II
in de ole womSn's stockin' fur Christ
mna.n
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is impossible 10 realize that only a few
years farther back there was such a
place in the centre ofthe city as the Five
Points. Nowadays II does not take un.
usual courage for a moderately athletic
man 10 walk alone in broad daylight
through any public street In the city.
Then Il was not safe TO do SO, and even
policemen rarely ventured alone after
dark into the region known by the old
name. Now the horse cars run through
the centre OF 1t. Broad streets have been
cut through, and old buildings replaced
with new. Factories and stores stand
where were formerly tumble down rock
cries, that had stood since the last CEN
fury, aud that were swarming with the
most degraded poor and the most despair
alto criminals. When the Rev. w. O.
Van Meter, with a few fhendsaS earnest
and determined aB himself, first started
a mission school within the borders OF
this valley Of the shadow Of crime, he
was repeatedly warned by the police oil
the dangers he incurred, and II was
some time after the work was started
before he dared to take, even under es'
Cort, In the middle OF tho day, the ladies
who were anxious 10 aid by teaching In
tho school. II seems now like a story
OF a foreign land and other age, but j
saw In 1854 or 1865 a party Of dozen la
dies and gentlemen mobbed q they
started llomeward from the school one
Sunday noon, hustled into the street
md RisaiIed with volleyB Of obscene
oNths and rotten vegetables, and 90 beSet
by a horde Of half drunken men and
women that they were glad to escape
with whole bones and ruined garments.
And The pollCe seemed powerless to pre-
vent or tunlsh such outrages, for this
was no unusual occurrence.
Tho region about what 10 now Paradise
souasc, for the distance Of a couple oil
hiocLa IN every direction, was honey
combcd with blind alleys and secret pas
SSvcs, Some OF them running nader.
ground from one block 10 another. II
was q city Of refuge Ior criminals, anu,
though they warred and pteyed upon
ono another With entire lawlessneSs,
they combined As a unit 10 protect any
one among them from tho processes OF
the LAW, Aside from the criminals, tue
nonuiNlIon consisted almost entirely, II
not quite 30, Of the poverty stricken, Tor
dire poverty and desperate crime then,
as vety often In history, went hand In
hand,
The children, who were ccaxed oheby
one into tho mission BChOolroom, were
ACtOWd Of little Bavages, Their ignof.
ancO was something amazing. y was
not very uncommon 10 find among them
boys aud girls ol6 or years old ,yh9
slCully declared that sally OF "Blll'
was lie only name they had and once
or twice children were found who agtu..
ally dLd not know whethel thOy had
ever lad fathers and mothers, Some
lad no homes. God only knows how
they kent alive, for they slept In holes
and corner, and fed like yARrant caw
and duqs on whatever they could pea,
find or Bleal. t%mpoasiblOY Certainly IL
IL, hut IL Ii true, nevertheless, "A
Among the widest and ehyest oil eIl
who came In was q boy who was the
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IIoluanCs and Facts.

Swipesy - What did santer Claui
bring yer, MlSeryP
Misery-0h, I got a brand new warn
oyercoat, and a pair o. dandy pants, and
a lot O. candy, and Smother little thing
l can't jest remember. Whaiu gitH
S%wipesy-0h, / got a sealskin cap, an
some warm Cloze as goes on under these,
an fourteen dinner tickets, and lots o
candy an things. Now, Misery, straight
-wha'd' yer git2
Misery-(yoice Just a little shaky)-
Say, swipesy, I hunged up my stocktn.
all right, and, do yer know, | never got
a bloomin' tlingl
Swipesy-also shaky as to voice.
Nor me, either.-Smih, Gray q Co.'S II
Illustrated Monthly.
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or 0 morbid brooding over Q mothers
sin and shame, something led the elder
daughter TO turn away from good and
seek evil for her early youth, me
father sought in every way possible 70
avert the misery which he toresaW Tor
himself and for her, but 1t was oil no
avail, A Maynard youth was followed
.by utter reckleasness as the unhappy girl
became q woman, She still made her
fathers house her home, and would
spend q large portion Of her time there's
buttheTe we're prolonged absences which
the family stroye IN. every way TO con-
ceal, and into which they dared not
inquire closely for fear Of shameful dis
closures, The climax came in q peCu'
liarly painful way, Among the gentle
men who visited at the house was MI,
Harrison, and It happened that, while
the younger daughter was the one he
sought in marriage, both the girls telltn
love with him, Sarah's passion was
none the less violent because OF it, law
less character and Its utter hopelessness,
and when she learned that her sister
was TO marry the man she herself loved,
she left home finally, after a terrible
scene In which she swore vengeance,
deied all authority, and spurned the
love OF her father, mother and sister,
For three years nothing was heard OF
her. Her father, old before his time
with sorrow, mourned for her truly, and
would at any time have received her
back with open arms, but no word came,
and he knew too well the futility Of
trying to track her or to Iure her home
again. AT last one evening she pre-
scented herself and demanded an inter-
tervlew, which was readily granted,
It was behind closed doOrs, aud no
one but the father ever knew Just what
passed between them. He told his wife
and daughter, however, the substance o.
It. Sarah, had demanded a portion oil
his fortune, and had offered for 1t TO
hide herself from him forever, to take
another name and lead her own lie in
her own way.
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it happened, however, all passed of
quietly, and little George had seen such
a Christmas as he had never dreamed Of.
Aunt Sally" was found, and every
effort was made to induce her to reform.
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How lie Would slide.

Mrs. smitem Ito her son)-Which
would you rather have for Christmas,
Robbie, q pair OF skates or a sled?
Robbie-Can't | have both2
Mrs. smltem-No, | don't think Santa
Claus would consent to that,
Robbie-Then give mo the skates.
Tommy SlimsOn's got u sled, and | can
lick him.
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CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS.

No stocking Is so small that Santl
Clause will overlook II.
II you received any presents las
Christmas that you did not fancy, THU
lisa good time otyear 10 dispose Of them
Puck.
People are 50 good.natured Just be
fore Christmas that one may DO pardon
ed for expressing the wish that The
holiday season might last all the yea
round,-Phiadephta Call,
"1ook DIP or down the street, breth,
rem, there Is your neighbor. 1fyoul love
him, Christmas 10 O success II you arc
Indifferent 10 him, II 10 q failure II you
hate him, 30 far as concerns you II Is Q
catastrophe"
In sending q friend a Christmas OF
New Years card don't write your name
on II, because II spoilsi " for responding
Remember that your friend may DO oW.
Ing somebody q card Of this kind, aud
yours will come In handy.
UMen and women who consider them
selves good and are 90 considered by
Others, ale going 10 enjoy the celebfa.
ton Of the anniversary Of the birth Of
Him who came 70 bring peace on earth
aud GOODWILL 10 men IN spite Of the fact
that many about them, other good men
and women-judged by the same stand.
ard a. themSelyes-afe suffering from
cold andhunger, shlyerlnRih rags In the
street,
fHz olD AND tfE NEw,
owhefo ID the poet who has NOT sung
OilhO ring Olthe Ohtllttial bell
Those precious Ghltnea Of tlqffinVnt
HlhRlHg out that ell y WCly
Hull hO flng Of the m0defh ChfihithM belle
m more precious than that Of old,
WiIh M lWo.eafAl, hAwl(t9 diamond lt0nO
ID NJ eight canal hoop Of gold.
Christmas 10 what we make IL We
know many homes where the gifts would
seem poor enough III were mot for the
goes With them, Tfialng toys
would seem almost yAlueless but look
AZ lIe love and sacrifice they represent
and All Gould's ~ill.gotten wealth could
moi buy them. The poorer the giVet the
rfealef the Riit-have We not read how
lhe Widows mite outWgighSd the whole
treasury 7-RUrdl NNb Yorker,
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Mr.. Cheshcorn-Rawther nice Of my
wife, dear boy, Made me a smoking.
gown and cap and blew me In Tor a box
Of cigars.
Christmas comes only once ayoafY
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She consented to 60 home, but whether
she remained there or not l do not know.
Sensational as anything In fiction, is II
not2 Yet, excepting In some few de.
tails; II Is q true story.
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wise Bird.

atWhy don't you eat, Mr.. GobblOf 2"
because / don't wish 10 be- eaten, my
friend, Are you not aware that Christ
mas 10 ComlnR2n-H dtpert Young Ptopk.
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Cue day-and It CHANGED to be Christ
mas eve-a lady and gentleman ap.
peared In the little room as visitors.
They had read Of the mission work, the
gentleman explained, and had come
from their homes in a nearby city to
SEQ 1t, andto give what little help was
In their power. There was q story back
OF II, but this story was not told till al.
terward. Their name wa not Harrison,
30 | may call them that.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-28
ANOTEO GRIMM AL
Pardoned by Governor Foraker

COLUMBUS, o., November g.-"oyernor
Foraker tonight granted pardon 10 III.
Carroll, who was serving "A life sentence I'D
the Ohio penitentiary. Carroll was con
yicted twenty-five years ago OF the inurder
of Adam Rose. Waterman OF the Brown
county courthouse. The crime was COM
mitted in an attempt 10 rob the treasury
vault of that county. The history oil ar
roll is one of the most dramatic ana III
tensely interesting chapters in the criminal
annals of this country.
lie escaped the detectives after arrest,
went West, married a daughter OF Mayor
Armstrong, OF the United states Army. ana
became "A resident Of Illinois. In that state
he was captured after he had served In the
war of tie rebellion. since his incarcera-
ton i'm the Ohio penitentiary he murdered a
fellow prisoner in burst OF passion
There has always been much doubt
as 10 the identity Of the noted
prisoner. as he was convicted entirely on
circumstantial evidence, and this, together
with his usual good behavior in prison,
caused his pardon. The Governor also par
doned Anthony Boccioco, an ex-policeman'
of Cincinnati, who was serving lie sen.
tence for shooting 10 death saloonisi
named Adam Dollar.
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GERMAN BARK
wrecked on Long Brsnch-Ten Of Her
Crew Drowned.

Crew Drowned.
NEW YORK, November 2I.-Ihe German
bark Germania. from StettOn for New Ork,
was wrecked of West End Long Branch to-
night. and ten out Of her crew OF fourteen
were drowned. the other four reaching
shore with the aid of the lite-saying crew
from Green Pond station. The lost are
Captain Wiuth0rst. William Baltz,
Ernest Better. Arthur Brauer. Gustav
Bergenheim, Gustav llOldenhainer, JOhn
schumacher, Franz Niarossin, Richard
Wittenberg. sailors, and the cook, name
unknown. The vessel struck on the sands
about Is o'clock i'm heavy gale and sea
shots were heard for half an hour, and then
suddenly ceased Before the life-saying
crew could reach the vessel two men
were seen swimming ashore, but
had been nearly exhausted. They were
saved BY Charlie Denning, of Long Branch,
who swan out and dragged them ashore.
They were First Mate Doyan and SAIL
maker Bergach. The other two saved
were bows, who We're cllnging ~
barrels in the surf when the liie-saNerS
reached them. Mate D0yan says the captain
was i'm charge when the vessel struck. Doyan
was below. when he heard the cry oi break
ers. and the order to luh. Before he could
reach the deck the shock came. and
one the masts was carried away
The moment he reched the deck big wave
swept him overheard. One of the rescued
boys, named Gustor, says ne was on deck
when the vessel struck.
He says the captain and some OF the
men were drunk when the vessel struck.
The captain drew a revolver and SAID
he would shoot the man at the
wheel, but just then big wave swept
them OF. The vessel was an old one. Her
cargo was rags. cement and empty barrels.
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General Charles W. Field.

General Charles ". Field, late superin-
tendent Of the Hot Springs, Of Arkansas,
was in the city yesterday, and paid the
links a call.
General Field was one Of the brayest Con-
federate soldiers in the late war. His first
commission was that Of brigadier-general
Of the First Virginia Cavalry, which he held
during the early part Of the war. lie was
afterwards appointed brigadier-general OF
the infantry, and was finally appointed gen.
eral. and was assigned to Hoods division.
which he held until the surrender.
General Field is graduate Of the United
States Military Academy at West Point.
where, after graduating, he served several
years as instructor of cavalry tactics, being
succeeded in that capacity by Governor
Lee. He would make an excellent successor
TO General +. II. Smith as superintendent
of the Virginia Military Institute, for which
position he will, in all probability. be recon-
mended to the board at its meeting on the
10th Of December.
lie left the city yesterday evening at
o'clock for his home in Washington.
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HAPPY MARRIAGE IN NORFOLK
Mr.. ii. W, u. Glover and Miss Edith Gle
borne.

NORFOLK. Va. November u Special.
Miss Edith Cleborne, daughter Of Medical
Director {. j. ClebOrne, L. :. ". i'm charge
of the naval hospital here, was married at
II. Mary's Catholic Church this morning AT
IL O'Clock to Mr.. ii. W. Il. Glover, of the At
lantic Coast Line. The church was thronged
with fashionable people. and a nuptial
mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Payne.
Henry W. Van COrtlandt, of New
York: Middleton :. Guest, of >helda.
and 4. Chasteney Cleboune. L. Byrd
Thompson, ;. Wentworth, Paul and sam
uel 7. Forbes. Of Norfolk, were the usherers,
and T. Glover Berry, Of New York the
grOOm's best man. The maids OF honor
we're Miss Lucy Cleb0rne, sister Of the bride,
and Miss Fife Smith. Of Portsmouth,. They
wore dresses Of yellow silk null, with large
yellow null hats, gloves and slippers to
match, and carried baskets Of red chrysan-
themums. The brides attendants wore
white null dresses with yellow sashes,
gloves and slippers. and carried baskets OF
yellow chrysanthemums They were Misses
Florence and Eleanor Wilson, and frankie
and Mary Clark.
The brides dress was heavy Ottoman
silk. petticOat OF silver brocade, trimmed
with passementerie. She wore veil OF
tulle. and "A wreath Of orangeblOssOms. She
was given away by her father, Medical d.
rector CiebOrne.
The church was brilliantly decorated
with cut flowers and growing plants, ana
the imposing ceremony lasted an hour. A
reception was held from half-past twelve 10
four o'clock this afternoon at the residence
of the brides father in the naval hospital
grounds. aud tonight Mr.. and Mrs. Glover
left for bridal trip West.
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BIG RAILROAD SCHEME
tn Cameo; Pitt.burg With tho south.

To COnnecs ffttsDufS WIN INV 'o"'"'
WHEELING, W. Va, November IA
few DAYS since il was announced that a
corporation had formed to complete an AR
line from Pittsburg to the south. through
the oil and coal regions OF West Virginia,
and ria Charleston, crossing the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad at Far
mont. and the Chesapeake and Ohio
at Charleston. There was considerable
mystery about the project, and the names OF
the incorDorators were not known. III Is
now given out that the gentlemen
who are backing the big scheme are
Nessrs. N. :. Quay, OF Beaver W. J'
W. Cow,len. of Wheeling William Reed,
Richard DIETRICH. William +. Walters,
James w. Miller and b. W. Vanderbilt, Tor
the standard oil Company; Is. [. thirsty,
Hugh Ferguson, T. :. Christy, OF Pittsburg,
and J. T.. Ross, OF Belleyiew. The company
is chartered under the laws Of West Nlr-
ginia, and the capital stock already sub
scribed is 81, ooo,OOo
Work will be commenced in the spring on
the new road, and in addition TO an outlet
10 the South, will open a new branch route
10 the West from Piitsburg ria CINCINNATI.
The road will be known as the Buckhannon
and Holly River road.