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chimney and the coal lighted. After burn
ing awhile the draft is shut off and the stove
is wheeled around the room.
The room is warmed in sections, First It
is wheeled up to the old man who throws
out his fingers, then across to the old lady
who embraces it, and then up to the baby.
Then it is wheeled back to the chimney. the
draft opened and the fire rekindled. There
are usually two chimney holes about the
room. After one room has been treated to
fire. the stove is rolled into the hall or into
another room, or taken by the handle and
carried upstairs. The same stove is used in
the bedroom to dress by, rolled into the
breakfast room like a baby carriage, then
into the sitting room. 1t is multum in parvo.
1t is cookstove, fireplace and furnace. The
American who burns ten tons of coal in
range, IL tons in furnace, and two tons in
CRATES, Is amazed when he sees whole house
in Paris warmed with one ton of coal. The
20 tons used by the American would warm
the Boulevard des Italiens.
NO SMOKE IN PARIS.
Poor people in France do not warm with
fire at all. They sing the "Boulanger
March," clap their hands and smother
themselves In old clothes. The poor fellow
who has inherited an old fur coat is envied.
The coal burned is bituminous, but 4, 900, 900
Parisians don't make enough smoke to be
visible. The air of Paris is as clear as the
air in the middle of Lake Erie. The smoke
in Chicago or Cincinnati one day would
supply all France for q year. The smoke
of Cincinnati, Cleveland or Chicago would
fill shivering Frenchman with Joy, for it
would suggest to him that someone was
warm. Pittsburg smoke, now thing Of the
past, would have paralyzed Partisan.
The prices of different foods in Paris are
enormous. A good glass of milk costs 10
cents, beer is cents, crackers, which in New
York cost cents, are 20 cents; bacon which
sells in Chicago wholesale at 5K cents
brings "a cents, dish Of fried potatoes
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LYNCH LAW WITH sAvAGEs.
malaEasy Thief Pounded Into Mincemeat
With Heayy Cfubs.

malaEasy Thief Pounded Into Mincemeat
With Heavy Clubs.
A writer in the St. Louis Republic thus
describes the death of thief among the
Malagasy savages: The thief was chased by
q mob, and finally caught in a hut All at
once three powerful men of the Booroozanoo
tribe emerged from the crowd, armed With
heavy clubs. The unarmed, wounded, faint
ing wretch sank upon his knees with piteous
screams for mercy. But one big brute swung
his club and brought it down with terrific
force upon the shoulder Of the kneeling
thief.
We distinctly heard the blow from our
balcony and saw the blood squirt out upon
the self-appointed eIecutioner. A second
and third attack speedily followed, and the
poor wretch's shrieks were appalling. We
saw the poor creatures limbs stretch out; his
cries changed to low means, and it was clear
that death was near at hand.
Yet the inhuman savages did not cease
pounding the carcass until it was q shape
less mass of mangled flesh, the bones of the
feet being the only ones in the whole body
which were not broken. With a refinement
of cruelty, the murderers refrained from
striking their victim ON the head and more
vital parts, so as to prolong his agony. Nor
was it until some time after his death that
they broke open his skull for the dogs to
devour his brains; that, according to the
Malagasy custom, the remains might be re-
moved for interment
The murder was not finished until nearly
o'clock, and the disfgured BODY. from
which nearly all semblance of humanity
had disappeared, lay exposed to the gaze Of
thousands of Malagasy savages, including
all ages and both sexes. Straw was fpallv
strew upon the place to sop up some of the
gore, and after sunset, by means of a couple
of poles, the body was thrust into an ad-
jscent gully.
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learn from the letter ga" up. When they
do learn they surpass the men, for the pretty
reasons set forth in the foregoing. The
male swimmer must always display his
muscular powers. The nymph, from the
very absence of this, is distinguished for
the grace and ease of motion she possesses.
LACKING IN CONFIDENCE.
OF course a woman makes an awful lot of
fuss in learning. But that is to be expected,
and does not bother the teachers one bit.
Joseph McCune and Jimmy Taylor are the
instructors at the natatorium. Thus far
they have saved three persons from
drowning in the big salt
water pool there, and all three
and one boy. So that with all their fuss
the women get along admirably as far as
safety is concerned. The trouble with
females generally is they lack confidence in
themselves, aud fear they are in danger
when they are really as far away from it as
possible, Mr.. MeCune tells me that one of
the prettiest swimmers in the school OF
ladies day is constantly bewailing the fact
that she cannot learn to swim, and always
fears she will sink out of sight She swims
vel, but cannot bring enough confidence to
bear in herself to believe that fact
In river or ocean disasters this lack of
confidence in herself is forcibly shown BY
woman. She will cling with death-clutch
TO her male rescuer, when, if she only would
believe, she is calculated by nature to be an
easier swimmer than man, and may learn
the art more readily. All women ought to
learn to swim, but it would be of no use to
them in emergencies unless they would also
learn TO exercise presence of mind.
THE A, B, C's OF IT.
Girls and women of all ages come to the
natatorlum to learn. The first lessons given
them BY Messrs. McCune and Taylor are in
the arm motions Of the breast stroke. From
pulleys in the ceiling ropes drop to the
water. These are fastened by means of
belts around the bathing clothes to the
waist The rope is adjusted to support the
body just high enough to let the head re-
main out of water. Then the pupils are
shown how TO stretch out the arms. bringing
the palms together in front of the lace. The
second movement is to swing the arms back,
and the third is, BY q downward motion to
carry them forward again, After the per-
son is made familiar with these exercises.
the instructors go into the water and by
swimming close to the surface, demopstrate
the peculiar frog-like motion of the limbs.
just here occurs the greatest dificpltv
with all beginners, both male and female
although in this instance again. the woman
breaks herself quickest of the false motion. |
In swimming the body should be kent nm.
der the water at an angle of about 45 de- |
grees. The limbs should be spread apart.
frog-hke, under the water. In learning. 4
psrson's first and persisten1inclination isito
beat the legs up and down upon the surface
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THE DETEcTrvE oLIMBEp IN THE pEsERTEp ROOM

tomb, and everywhere I saw evidences of a
hasty departure; furniture in disorder; some
unwashed dinner plates on the kitchen table
before fleeing the occupant had hurriedly
dined on potted ham, and he was not
hungry, for the contents of the open can
were almost untouched. The doors were
locked, that is, the doors of entry, and saw
ing an old blue necktie, there was not a
scrap of human attire in the house; no
trunk, no handbag, no comb, no toothbrush,
no doubt of it now; the man had run away,
and thus foolishly revealed his guilt. In
an absent manner nibbled at morsel of
ham while walking from the kitchen into
the front room. opened the blinds to
obtain more light, and then studied the
fragments of paper that filled and overfowed
a small straw basket. To properly assort
the scraps was the labor Of week. ALI
intended to do at that time was to see if fate
favored me, by learning some words or lines
of a compromising nature. I may say at
once that I discovered nothing directly
bearing on the crime, though strained my
eyes for some two hours in the effort. Never
theless ished out 9 few useful hints and
suggestions. In the necessarily hasty study
came across three specimens of the sigma
ture of Ella Constant, the murdered woman.
The poor creature evidently bored the man
with her correspondence. An ominous
scrap was 'eYours till death, EllaP" Most
of the fragments bore tracings Of fair
woman's hand; there were four or five diff
ferent styles of writing, but they were all
feminine tracery. That they would bear
more elaborate study was convinced, and
so wrapped every morsel in newspaper,
tied it up and brought it away with me.
Leaving the house by the window went
about seeking for some neighbor who could
enlighten mo as to when the missing man
was last seen. Unfortunately, most of the |
houses were closed, the occupants having |
departed for good. Two houses farther
down met an old woman who was washing |
the front steps. She was performing this |
duty before one of the most elaborate cot J
tages had yet seen in this out-of-the-way |
place, an attractive building in the Queen |
Anne style, and with kind of windmill at
the back of it. The owners were people of'I
taste, for in the garden saw two or three |
sunfowers and some hollyhocks. the only |
cultivated plants in place given over to
golden rod and asters. The sunfowsrs /
looked habby and the holly lyhocks sickly, |
but an attempt had been made to conquer |
the desolatlon Of the place, and the INFER
'ility Of the ground. approached the old |
woman. and said:
"Can you tell me where Mr.. Durand
ives?"
"The last house yonder," she said, point
ng with very soapy hand, "but I guess
Tou won't find him. 4
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A D1sAsToUs CENSUS.

How David and Joab Counted a Lot Of Poo.
pie Who Died Right Away.
Boston Herald.l
It will be remembered by students Of the
Bible that an enumeration of the people Of
Judea by Joab, acting under the orders Of
King David, was followed by three days
pestilence, which carried off some 20, 900 of
the recently counted individuals. It was
thought at the time that David and his super
intendent of census, Joab. had no authority
to do this thing, and the nation suffered for
their supererogation.
That impression fourishes to-day with all
Its pristine vigor in the minds of Moham-
medans and other Oriental peoples, and it
10 not altogether extinct in the enlishtened
precincts Of the United States
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"Why?"
"Because the milkman didn't find him,
the baker didn't find him, and the butcher
didn't find him. The house has been closed
all morning."
"Do you think he has gone away for the
season?''
"Perhaps; but it's cheating of honest
poor folks, for he's run away without paying
his honest debts"
"Was he seen yesterday"
Yes, and last night, too. I seen him with
my own eyes when was taking down the
swill to dump In the water"
"At what time?''
"At about o'clock"
"What was he doing?"
Sitting on the stone beyonst there"
She pointed to large rounded stone that
was half submerged at full tide.
What was he doing?''
Amusing himself by tearing up papeP
and watching it float on the water"
Did he speak to you?" ~S~a
Yes, told me to tell my son to call for his
money in the morning. NY son you know
is the mIlkman, but it's little money that
he'll get for his last months 81 quarts of
milk"
"At what time did your son call a. the
house?''
"At the usual time, o'clock in the morn
ing. You won't see Mr.. Durand, and no
loss to you, SIR"
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appear. They all got alarmed. Quickly
they gathered around the corner, and as the
seconds passed they grew excited. They
looked Tor bubbles, and one man ran bur-
rldely down the steps TO the water to exam-
inc the surface, thinking that the diver had
killed himself by striking his head against
the asphaltum bottom. It was two minutes
and hall, and he had not vet come mn.
The group was breathless with anxiety.
when all of a sudden there CANA a lond
guffaw from the extreme corner at the other
end OF the pool. The astonished group saw
the diver sitting on the wall with his hands
locked across his knee, rocking with Ianoh.
ter. His dive had ended in another part of
the pool than the crowd had been led to
expect
WHAT EXPERTS CAN DO,
Speaking sbout diving, Messrs. McCune
and Taylor are expert themselves at that
sort of thing. McCune will dive sometimes
from the springboard, and after swimming
underneath the surface to the other end Of
the pool, will return the entire length of 67
feet, under water still. and reappear at the
board from which he started. Mr., Taylor
who is only 81, ten years younger than Nc.
Cune, will swim under water one length of
the pool. Taylor is q son Of the vell-fnown
English oarsman.
But after all, Pittsburg women must not
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Collier, in 28:29. These are the great inter-
national records. Will the growing culture
of swimming in Pittsburg among both sexes
beat them?
Physicians welcome the new era in
aquatics in Pittsburg. They say it will
make a race of strong, healthy men and
women. 1t has been an art that has been
neglected heretofore. Although surrounded
by rivers, the city's water front has never
been adapted to swimming in late years.
The Allegheny is too oily as a general
thing, the Monongahela is lined with too
many industries and filled with an enormous
amount OF traffic, and the Ohio is too far
away.
THE PEOPLE WANT IT.
The public wants to swim. The records
of the natatorium show that. On any Sat-
urday fully 400 men and boys patronize the
institution. The attendance averages. La
dies day two weeks witnessed the attend
ance OF 300 of the fairer sex. Last Tuesday
found $50 in the pool. A club has been
formed by 60 East End women, who hire
the pool for their exclusive use two hours
on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pro-
fessional men are taking to the fad with
wonderful avidity. Doctors and lawyers
especially attend in the morning.
The best swimmers who go down to Jor-
dams river bath boat on the Allegheny
river front, just opposite the natatorium,
are the big swarthy iron workers and the
tiny newsboys. Anybody that is tough
and hardy physically" explains Mr.. Jor-
dan, ''can swim like fish, and you bet the
Pittsburg newsboys are at home in the
water. Here we have trapeze and rings for
muscular exercise as well as water sport"
Some OF the newsboys start at one end of
Jordan's boathouse and skip from one
trapeze to another until they miss one and
fall into the water. It's better than dive,
some Of them think, and such boys as
Jimmy the Tough" would laugh at the
idea of having an instructor, clad in bright
blue trunks, to teach him "the biz"
"What for we want salt water?" said one
of the youngsters. "The river is good 'nutf
for u.s." L. E. SToFIEL.
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DR. PHILIP WOOIF-
Author of "who is Guilty ?"
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH


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TKNNYsoN's HABITS.

he Often Gets Through Most of His Work
Before the Breakfast Hour.
rowle in Frank Leslie's Popular MonthIy.J
Like almost all authors. Tennyson does
the greater part Of his literary work in the
morning hours, between breakfast and
luncheon, and sometimes breaks the hack of
his work before breakfast. His inyariable
habit is to take q long stroll before luncheon,
accompanied often by friend, and always
by two Of his dogs. The afternoon and
evening are given up to rest and social re-
creations.
The poet is seldom. as we have said, seen
in the streets of the metropolis; but occa-
sionally his tall; sturdy form, his broad soft
shocks of hair. his deep dark eyes beneath
heavy brows, and heavy gray beard, may be
seen thrseding the region round about st.
Paula
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As it was near the hour when the after
noon train was to arrive, I temporarily re-
tired from my unsuccessful quest and went
over to the station, as 1 expected couple of
assistants by the o'clock express. They
arrived in time, and one of them sent back
to the city on the next down ward train,
with the order not to sleep until he had dis
covered the house where q Miss Ella Con-
slant lived and learned about the woman
all that it was possible to learn. Policeman
Grope wasa clever fellow when he had a
superior mind to guide him, and had no
doubt that he would succeed, especially as
communicated to him certain in
formation which I had obtained from
the basket of torn-up letters The
other policeman / set to watch the
hotel, especially Mrs. Amelia Glaye,
should she venture out, and whom I nil
nutely de'cribed. 1 hoped by this means.
among other things, to discover the where
abouts Of the runaway, Durand, for had
no doubt that the woman was fully ac-
quainted with the actions of the man. She
had lived to learn that her heart was not
dead and buried with her old lover; the i'm
pecunious and Indifferent Durand uudoubt-
edly knew that on her marriage she would
come into q fortune. She clung to him from
love, he to her from interest, and he would
not run away without giving his accomplice
information as to his retreat A woman in
love is woman without . mask, and that
the infatuated Mrs. Glays would seek the
presence OF the murderer was little less than
a certainty in my mind. The reader has all
the facts then possessed; if his suspicious
are directed to other persons can only envy
his foresight and wisdom.
Night had come on by this time. and I
was tired and hungry. had promised to
dine with DR.. Brandt, and had no right to
keep him waiting in his hospitality, espe.
cially as needed his opinion on the case Of
Mrs. Glays.
On reaching his cottage the good man
gave me the heartiest of welcomes, and in
my absence had personally prepared the
most tempting of dinners. He keeps no
servants, as he does not wish to be depend
ent on "wretched human, Cabling, chat
tering beings" as he calls them. / had no
reason to object to the eccentricity, for I
never sat down to q better dinner in my life.
nor one better cooked. Wedrank our coffee
and smoked our cigars In the sitting room.
and here for the drst time the doctor referred
to the murder. 1 gave him full account
of my proceedings. especially of my inter.
view with Mrs. Glaye. although did not
sven hint at the personal history she had re-
lated to me. He agreed with me in regard.
ing the flight OF the man Durand as q great
stupidity.
'tIt is one gross confession Of guilt" hs
Iaid, in his peculiar English. "a woman
Is wiser; not that refer to my good friend
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lowy ease that makes poetry out OF motion.
Her buoyancy keeps her nearly to the top
OF the water, so that every stroke is discern
able. A man would sink lower down, be-
cause of his heavier build. The ethereal
form of woman, skimming almost on the
surface; the feathery disturbance Of the
water touching her nstty bathing suit with
q soft fringe of spray; crystal ringlets encIr-
cling her neck as they widen and interlink
with each beat of the water; liquid drops
quIvering on her tresses like pendant dia-
monds-she is hoater of exquisite beauty.
THEY'RE QUICKER THAN THE MEN.
But of course you don't see her yourself.
You must take the word of the, natatorium
instructors for it all. They will tell you
that since the swimming school opened their
most apt pupils have been the ladies'
Women learn to swim quicker than men.
Not only are they light in form and sylph-
like in motion, but they are pliable. They
come to the waters edge perfectly ignorant
of how to swim. They are willing to con-
TESS this, nay they cannot hide it. A
teacher takes them in charge. II this in
structor is a man they place perfect conf
dence in his ability to teach them, for he is
strong and muscular, and swimming, after
all, seems to a woman TO be q part of a
mans manly sports.
A man is hard to teach, because he gen.
erally has ideas of proper swimming, more !
or less fixed, or If he hasn't he learns very
quickly to watch other swimmers rather than
to submit to routine instructions from a
practical master. II is hard for a man to
handle a man in a matter OF this kind, but
the woman, knowing nothing, is willing to
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THAT SETTLED IT.
Eject of a Euture Papa.in- Laws Cordially
on n Bashful Young Man.

Eject of a Euture Papa.in- Laws Cordially
on n Bashful Young Man.
rwRIrTEN FOB THE DIsPArcH.l
"Your father was exceedingly, should
say unusually, cordial in his manner to me,
tonight" said the bashful young man, after
the old gentleman had passed on upstairs.
""Indeed. did he impress you SOP" asked
the fair creature who sat at his side. "And
what do you think, he said this morning? o,
1t was such jokel Guessl''
"I'm sure haven't the slightest idea."
'Such jokel He said-he said that as
he passed through the hall last night he
was Sure he heard you-heard you-kiss mel
The i-deaP'
"Why, er-why, never did such q thing
in my Ii"
The old gentleman will have new SON
in-law next month. POLK SWAPS.
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Remedy for Dyseutery,

An eficacious remedy for dysentery has
been found by DR.. Jakoblef, Russian
physician, in bisulphide of carbon, largely
diluted. The quantity given per day was
from three grains to i've grains in half .
tumbler of water or milk, with q little pep
permint. First Of all, however, one or two
grains of calomel were administered hourly
until its effects were perceptible. and during
this time enemata containing ~ grains OF
suIphide of carbon in ~ ounces of water
were administered twice daily.
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get the idea because they are learning to
swim quicker than men at the new nata-
torlum that they can outdo a man in a con-
test at the art She has not the powers of
endurance that a man has in the water. Miss
Ineresa Johnston made the quickest mile
ever swan by a woman. It was in open
water. and was done in 35 minutes. A mile
in open water was also done by a man, J, J.
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ung Win tne crown
in front of the Grand
Hotel, slipping his
after-dinner coffee, and
conversing in French
with a gentleman and
two beautiful French
girls.
Mr.. Tilton has
grown old, and his
hair is white; but he Is
still the same hand
some man. He is q
conspicuous man any
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amusing to see the people turn around to
look at him. When I saw him here six
years ago, he had voluptuous look as if he
was surrendering himself to Epicurus and
the waters of the Seine with the
rich Juices from Burgundy; but now he
looks spirituelle again. When asked him
about returning to America, he said:
mo, shall never go back. 1 love Paris,
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Peeps at The Pretty Pittsburg Ladies
Who Are Learning to Swim
at the Eatatorium.
MORE APT THAN THEIR BROTHERS.
They Float Light as Cork and Glide Along
the Surface With the Grace of
Mythical Mermaids.
EXPERTS In THE RIVER BATHING POOL.
Trich at Diving and Clever Performances That
Astonish the Beginnerk
.wRrrrrN roR TEE p1srArcH.i !

WOMAN is q natural
foater. She proves her
claim to that honor two
days In every week
down at the Natatorium
on Dug ues ne way.
Watch her as she stands
poised upon the spring.
ing board, ready for a
dive into the swimming
pooll Her whole atti-
tude is one of grace,
even though she is just
a beginner. With arms
outstretched and par
TALLY raised, the palms
of the hands touch each
other, and. with an airy
leap, she makes the
plunge. See how
quickly her light body
comes to the surface
from the depths below.
The pretty arms and
1.-THE limbs strike out
with that peculiar, will
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ECONOMY IN PARIS.
The Proverbial Thrift of the New
England Yankee 0utdone.
ONE STOVE FOR A WHOLE HOUSE,
French Bellies Wear Ounce Hats and Sleeves
Like Flour Barrels.
THEODORE TILrON ENJOYING LIFE

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATCH.1
PARIS, June 12.-About the first familiar
face met on the Boulevard de Capucines,
Paris, was Theodore Tilton. He was sit