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WoRsHrpPINa IN TIE RUNa
Picturesque Surroundings OF the Congre'
gallon OF ~. FrnncIa Of Asslsl.

cation OF st. Francis OF ASSIST
New York has nothing moro picturesque In
tho way Of ruins than tho dismaniled remains
OF the old Roman Catholic Church OF st
Francis OF Assist in West Thirty-fr-t street
which 10 soon to lie replaced by splendid new
church. The III .covcry on Thursdny night ofthe
remains Of III, Old graveyard by the workmcn
who nre tearing M tho rear foundation ha. nt-
trac,ed many sfghtseers. In the moonlight
the dsmant church has the romantic ap-
pearance OF n ven nnrahlc ruth.
The basement OF the old church remains In
tact, buried in front under hcan OF ia'len
stcne, and plaster, Services are held there
nightly. and will be continued until the
church is bnilt. Then 4 temporary wooden
chapel will be built and the services Will he
held there until the front OF the now church IL
The odd surroundings lend a. romantic in-
terest L, the service. AMI draw full conEregn;;
with the dust mnde by the demolition # the
uprer stones. But the lamp that WIS wHs lighted
before tho altar in tho bnsemen,; and tho
chanting OF the priests brings dweilers In tho
neighborhood out IN groups to watch the cele-
Old residents Of the ward gath;;re ! yes,er'lay
aIterno n about Father Ludcer Book. th. rus
digging M til. tones o the iorvotien graves.
Three coilbs have been unenrthei. When the
%i tsen @ snotssr
place.
The exhumed homes will he rein,errod as soon
as the Corone gives permit. The wo kmen
boxes, The collins Were .hndly dc a ed but the
good state OF preservation. M trace Of the
idantity Of he dead Bodies can be discovered.
the building Of the ,iismanted church was be.
gun IN 1all. The siic was hen a swamp upon
neigh horhood skateti in the winter. a wooden
Dairy building ut sixth avenue and Thirty.
ir-t street. and the old w,ntlen fnrmbou.c
der DIN Club. orpos te tho -Thirtieth street
station house were the only bui dinRs In tho
vicinity. Green fields siio,rhed AWAY on all
sides. Peter Fishers father built q shnnty
near the church. and there Archbishop Hughes
dressed hiDself tor the ceremony OF laying
the corner stoLe OF the old church.
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ECCENIRIC FARMER BOOTH.
A Yale Grndunte Who Can Got Alonr
without FrivoIlties,

A Yale Graduate Who Caa Get Along
Without FrivoIities.
WATERBURY,. Juno 19.-Back in the hills OF
Roxbury. in Litchaeld county. two miles from
any Post ONCE and four miles from railroad
station. lives one o: the brightest members Of
the class OF 1913 at Yale. Mr.. Harvey Minor
Booth. the plainest sort OF New England
farmer. And there. in an old weatherbes sten
house on lane or back road. he has lived for
nifty years. in good financial condition. yet sat-
isled perfectly with the exhausting toll Of cul-
tivating New England farm. His only recrea-
tion IL solving tho most abstruse alRebraic
problems known 10 science His only light Is q
tallow candle. and his iare is OF the most
iaREaI ihis Elnd MS , constant companion ut tho
In ali these years his only human companion
Vas was n nsDlnst.r sister, who died iew year.
farm. and by careful investment had nmassed
ffS1ns.de, 80 "a able wealth st the time OF her death.
ss nsS tsnSs a. u Er.y m4 H.: s d1a
hsbt % Hsts fiase,y tss oity ne
no one Of tho HORSES which he has In lis BARN.
For time nfter graduation be tired teach.
4. ss es sand %s
peeu iaritles Of the lair seq. 10 all appearances.
lie a., marry, S but the very next morIinT DO
get a divorce from him; and sho compiIed.
summer and winter be wears brown lean
brogans on bis teet In winter and nole In sum-
mer He Is familiar object to the Villagers az
he goes to the Post Ollice for The lai 70 checks
that come periodically. from his different In
yeStments. Ono day he carried homo on q
hand sled two miles and IN hill. $50 mounds ri
pork rather than take out one OF his horses
SONS years since MIR. Booth lost quite sum
In I'M In nvestment on the recommen dation Of a
Waterbury sunday school superintendent
al church peorle, and II ne learns that man
with whom he Is about to 40 business is a
church member II is said that he Immediately
drops the transaction.
The methods II hls sister were not so strict
a. his as the following story will show. After
her death he told friend to inquire at Water
bury savings bank for a dsposlt his sister had
said she had thore. The friend found no deposit,
but fortunately hsIpened 10 recolect that she
estate estate Of a. WsterSgry psn through whom tho
proved correct. The books had been given 10
n iRs Booth, nut had never been Transferred in
the ignk, As the Pr...idept OF the lank WAS
An o!d Q llege mate VI NJ. Dnolh-. lhr ira ter
was set right. The sum with interest. which
had been accumulattng was moro Than $4,000
$4,000 70 establish and maintain q sslset
Is In tho salary for q teacher. the sum has
proved ample, and tho school 10 prospsrlng.
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die OF any other disease. Fortunately In Eng
land. at any rate. thought 10 not catching. ou
splendid physique. as people. In entirely dus
to our national stupdlty."
Side by aide with these passages may be se
q characteristic extract from the concluding
paper on Tho Truth OF Masks" Mr.. Wilde
admits with delightful frsnkness that he does
no: agree with everything that he has said In
this essay. Indeed he owns that there IL
much with which 1 entirely Disagree The
essay simply represents m artistic standpoint
and. in aesthetics. attitude is everything. For
in art thero 10 no such thing as universal
truth. A truth In art is that whose coniradic-
tory IA also true" The application OF the
aphorism, couched in the sentence last quoted,
is likely to give the young ait student consid-
cradle trouble.
1t Is. however, whom he moralizes that Mr..
Wilde especially exults In startling the young
person with his extreme modernity. With Inn
pressive gravity he assures us that what Is
termed sin Ia an essential element OF progress /:
without It the world would stagnate. or grow
old. or become colorless. BY its curiosity. sin
increases the experience OF the human race
Through its intensified assertion ofindividual-
ism 1t saves us from monotony OF type" Be-
coming more and moro inconoclastic. Mr..
Wilde exclaims with energy: What are the
He proceeds to answer tho inquiry
thus: Mature. NJ. Renan tells us. cares little
about chaetity. and It may be that It is to the
shame OF the Magdalenr. and not to their own
purity. that the Lucretias OF modern life owe
heir freedom from stain. charity, a. even
those, OF whose religion 1t makes formal part
q multitude of evils. The mere existence Of
conscience. that faculty OF which people prate
of our imperfect development Self.denial Ia
simply a method by which man arrests his
progress. and self.eacriflce the survival OF
The mntilation Of the savage: part Of That
nld Worship rf rain which Is so terrible q factor
In tho history ri the world" Really this H. too
bad Mr.. Wilde. Whatl After being robbed OF
re- iGion may we not look forward to tho be:
nign altruism OF which Herbert Spencer and
George Eliot have boen the prophetsp
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coNNEcrrcur-Nrw YORK.

meg spoon. whose bowl IL the nutmeg, while
neg 1so% esrs srkn
view Of The famous Nous old tree 9pon the hansls,
on Il. handle a likeness Of. Miles Morgan. with
a.hoe in one hand aud a blunderbus over his
on the handle Of the Newburyport sroon, Tie
min +. Butler perChei On the handls.
a e ." Ss
small snace s on shs handle Is come Mug r:
Beans lie bepae ses the Whole ssorS 2.
fDShs hGi Ssx Of teF ss
ness Barnnn n1asspSs' pSe banss sn%Hs mas k''
the Maa ey fa IL
&, & 6s% AZ ss ssT Ss
tie sproach q co!umDuss III % feet M ""'n0sSs sss
esnss t'"%DssA Which c'rs going of 'ss: +:
money Is raised while ut The end Of the handle
Western Hemsphere as q bnc ground An.
rs IDEAS is tae Ph5nIx. - The bowl is
erecled on Chicagos. site. while III. top
Ph1pix hs,.g1snns rising from its ashes; against
The dssixn Ola oi another Chicago %M SPOON shows I:
Lincolns homo ~ sprinRlieid. and aives
en' Ie.s S rnd ysv s~
eller has dared tn bring out the familiar hog
upon Chicago snoon yet. but Ksnsa City Is
The bend Of u steer upon Ka sas CITY spoon
commentaries the dressed beef industry.
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A HFrDFIaERo pRorrs,o1.
Famous Karl Knies, who Never Had but
Ono Enemy In the World.

Karl Knies who recently celebrated the
twenty-nfth anniversary OF his accession to
the pro'essorship OF political economy In
Heidelberg. Is a tyne OF class which other
countries than Germany do not know. He
Is a famous man. although he has behind him
only life OF still usefulness. lie is so modest
that quick word causes him to blush like q
girl. yet under his rusty black hat there IL n
wealth OF knowledge which but half dozen
other men In studious Germany can equal.
For foriy-lve years he has devoted all his days
and half OF his nights to the collecting, system
ntizing. and explaining OF tho great truths Of
political and economic history. but no man
has ever heard boast from his lips or re-
proof for tho idlest 1uestioner among the
1.100 idle 1uestioners In Heidelberg. He num-
bers his pupils By the thousand. his followers
nre scattered over all civilized countries
OF the Globe. and his name is
hardly less honored than the fame OF
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Alaska.

From the North Western Magazine.
Ice built Ice bound and Ice bounded,
such cold seas OF silence! such roomi
Such snow Hight! such soa light, coufoundsd
with thnnders that smite iike doom!
sucn grandeur! such glory. such Rloomi
Lear that boom! hear that deep distant boom
OF an avalanche hurled
Down this unfinished world
Ice seas and ice SUBMITS ice apnceA
In spiendor OF white. as Gods Ihronet
Ice words to the pole, and ice places
ntrackei aud unnamed aud unknown!
HtAr that boom! Hear tho grinding the Rroan
Of the Ice gods IN pain! Hear tho moan
or yon ice mountain hurled
Down this unfinished worIdi
JOAQUIN NILLvR
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Doctor Koch.


Here Ia man who's known to all.
10th rich and poor and great and small.
And yet III spite Of all his fame.
] cannot learn what u his name;
I'm ,od by ono to take no stock
In all that's claimed by Doctor Koch;
Another thinks It all . Joke
About tho lymph and Doctor Koch.
a sick friend says he u try his luck
With medicine from Doctor Koch.
Though some QUO tells MIN Il . all bosh
To spend his cash on Doctor Koch.
And when speak the subject DER
With those we'll versed In physic lore
One warns me with . knowing look
To Keep away from ucctor koch;
Another says that shall watch
The good results OF Doctor Koch:
While number three does much reproach
The enemies Of Doctor kocn.
An when successes relate
or this scientific potentAte,
NY German friend exclaIms: " Was Noch
Won diesem " osfen Doctor hochi"
Clifford IIowARn.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
Love and wlsd0m.

One bright day In wintry weather
Love and wisdom met together.
All Love carried was his quiver,
Yet he did not seem to shivsr;
Wisdom. though in furs, was cold;
Love was younS and Wisdom old.
Wis 'oni, evor seeking truth,
Asked tho comoly. naked youth
How his body wasn't frozen
As he hadn't any clothes ont
Love, for answer. sent an arrow
whizziag Into wisdom's marrow,
And tho old mans blood waxed hotter,
Twill be boiling ere he's 20: her.
4 @ 0AuAH
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Prom the Cloak Repte,c.
Twas dark upon the beach that night,
We'd never met before;
She SAT down promptly by my side
And asked me for the score.
She wore . lovely percaie shirt,
A collar ami cravAI
And on Iisr dainty little head
1Lero perched . sailor hat.
We talked Of tennis and baseball
TIL thinxs not very sow:
And when cloud "tscursd the moon,
Ifaid we'd better 10.
event and now ! weep to think
What might have been my Joy.
Alas! II hal only known
That sho was not . Doyl
rox MASON.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fAtH.
This business kept growing every year. and
when the Salem man got ont his spoon the
New York jeweller saw his opp rtupity. He
lnv awake one night thinking about It. and the
noxt morning he had the iden OF q design In
in hi- hend. The upper end OF the spoons han.
die was to be a little statuette OF Peter stuy.
vesant. wooden leg and all. An old wood .cut
the ar.t spoon had been cast aud finished on Is
gave q striking likeness. Tho ep1on sold well
from the start. and the jSwsl,er followed II with
upon whose handle was the stout figure OF
Dledrich knlckeroooker contente.lly smoking
h; PIPE cae ont ne1t nt ard hsn the KIP sn
'oFE From slse& New York tho idea spread to other
towns and the dierent dssieH@s & @ that are soId
=, oons. is positlvely bewildrring. The Now
Bedford spoon has perched on tor Of the han.
on the handle itself is the outline Of hsrpoon.
The Interior Of tue bowl % T. Pit q ocean, 1 out
9isne aa a. hs bsse on IL. bsas the % p.dds
fnE' G Hh fs s:
psaf Sa.ee orieInay. II wSers shs handle runs 70
the bowl Is seen turtle. the totem" Of the
DS1 many Of H the Now England towns are now
rich In sonvenir spoons. upon which some xell.
e S
Rs shsss se. ass e:
whose handles h The iisusss 81 those intsressips
personaRes are stamped. Newport boaste Of 8
half dozen different spoons designed In its
%Ss n sno.sss i
OF Lime Rock.
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Married Lovers.
Prom the Detroit Free Prrss.

From the Detroit Free Pren.
They strolled along In u quiet way,
Neither ono with . word 10 say:
He wasn't morose. exactly. nor
- abe In the pouts or tantrumA for
The sun was bright and tho sky was blue
In lovo y way above these two:
An the ruses bloomed In her fair young face
Viii . in his there wasn't the fainIest trace
" tho fAintest sorrow. or the slightest care;
Suf about the couple there was the air
t'f 50 nethtnR intangible don know what
Kind Of n was, and wish there wAsnos
a. they .trolled along in . quist way.
And neither one with word to say.
l1dinerenti Maybe. Unsatisnsd ! Yea
Though neither one would care to eonfess
20 murh 40 tnat II Was simply = case
Be II country. or town or large, or small,
They two were long married. That WAS all
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Now York. coluasu. Celebration.

The representation OF the Spanish. italian,
and German Governments in this city show
great interest In the project OF having fitting
celebration of the anniversary Of the discov-
crr o. america in this city In. October. 1872.
on the subject The chief feature OF the Mes.
ent plan is q proposal for q grand procession
OF heats with tsbleauI. The project 10 30 well
abroad with q CON mmisslon to procure material
aRd. dsSiRns for some Of the piS6ss6edelIesx
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II BROOKLYN spoons the Brooklyn Bridge
part. Others have nkenesses Of Henry Ward
beesoher and Views OF the new memorial arch.
i6ria fnG sr aliSs,or reposes upon the handle OF
sfntns Of Robert + Leo upon ~ spoon. and
81. Louis 10 another Western city that goes
in ns s,ropsiy for the souvenir snoon The best
thS eminently literary character OF St Louis.
wThSsEs is a big sale Of souvenir spoon. IN
q Tourists that are always visiting that oty.
One Of The spoons has the White House. the
Capitol. and the Monument upon It.
souvenirs o. persons. Gen, Sherman has been
l,i lh,Ginorel with a very tasteful design, and the
ceilent There are several olumbu- spoons
besides the one Oh c0Ro has got out. Cne has
p"rtrai' OF olu ubus take fr IN nm o d ~ o.
sac On ,he rev'rs' III" n.nd er"Inmluss
nasshi !" s,Ltn Marin, I, ep c,e1. while
tns ;". b ,% hns tee n IN shi.i oarl when
characters compensated In silver on souyo.
pIr SPOONS arc Clsepatra Bsnjamin Frsnklin.
WILLIAMS. and John q. Whittier.
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eEamASY,s NryEsr CHILD.

| Helgoisnd s.d It's Peopie-A Strange Lit
tie Rocky Isiet, with Many Changes OF
| Ownership and Few Changes or Law.
BERLIN. June 9.-There were four hours Of
| bright early summer morning to dispose OF
In Hamburg before embarking on tho pas
aenger steamer bound for HelRolsnd-four
hours which passed pleasantly enough watch-
ing the awakening Of the riverside city. so
soon in the full swing OF life. thanks to the
matutinal habits OF the Inhabitants. which
makes Hamburg ms lively at 8 A. NJ. as any
English town ut midday Down the broaden
Ing Elbe. pnst the hugo transatlantic ships.
through the traffic OF n busy waterway. on TO
the little insignificant locality OF Brunsbuttel.
soon to become important. as 1t stands nt tho
mouth Of tho new canal being dug to unite the
North and Baltic Seas; beyond Cuxhaven.
with it's sand banks. treacherous and shifting.
the steamer at last. leaving the broadening
stream behind. sails into the real ocean. Pass
ing tho island OF Neuwerk Oh hour lnter-a
barren rock carrying nothing but n light
house-we are aware OF a thin gray line on the
horizon. which we are told 1, Helgoand. In
sensibly tho limo tn ckens and assumes
reddish hue: fow moments aud Its
Jagged cliffs lift themselves above tho
water. and presently the passengers, allcht-
ing from the boat have TO nfrront an or
deal. apparently q traditional custom OF tho
place. A double file Of inhabitants and tourists
Is arrayed to meet them: through these
ranks they must pass and receive point blank.
outspoken. and rarely flatterlnR comments on
their appearance. As on this occasion the
passage had been rough one. the suspiciously
white faces OF the new arriv nls elected oflcious
recommendations to visit the chemist whose
address was volunteered elaborately, while
remarks on tile crnmpled bonncts and curls
we're banded with equal directness and frauk-
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SOUVENIR SPOONS.
Nearly An the Cities or the Urited states
Seem TO AFord Them.

The idea OF souvenir spoons came from Eu.
rope. To nm unknown jeweller In Salem be.
longs the credit Of having brought out the first
distinctive souvenir spoon In this country He
know that his town and witchci aft were closely
linked together In Puritan days, 30 he stamped
a WITCH broom. h gh hat and all. upon the han.
die Of his spoon. while Just below the figure OF
the witch were three crossed pins the " pins Of
torment" He sold several hundred dozen
such spoons.
The New York souvenir 'spoous came out .
short time after the Salem spoon. A Union
square jewellcr tells an Interesting story Of
how he mado his FIRST souvenir spoon. For
several yenrs tourists came Into his store and
bought spo ms or knives and hal the word
New York" engraved upon tham. and took
them homo as souvenirs OF their visit here.
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HE.

Every one who has read Hazlitts writing
has been amazed at his inequality. There are
times when the very strongest seem no
stronger than he, and there are other times
when he is not merely dull and careless. but
proyersoly wrong. On this point Mr.. Saints
bury observes that II would be easy to collect
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whereas IN rope tN0Fo WOuIu DO IN appeal TO
the Imagination, and you would see what was
passing in a poetical point OF view Not of
course from he viewpoin. OF n rhapsodist like
Shelley. hu. not from tho view point OF prose
writing either. Crabbe's constant fault is that
he IL pictorial rather than postic and 1t is
even moro exact to say that he Is photograp PHO
rather than pictorial. One perceives Mt once
that Crabbes verse is measured prose II
ono tests 1t by tho maxim that the
Tyre Ia winge instrument aud must
transport. There is no wing In Crabbe, and no
transport. because thefe Is no music But be-
cause Crabbe does not satisfy tho deeper deh-
nitions OF poetry. 1t docs not follow that he Is
not ono Of the most vigorous and effective
writer's In our language. Cardinal Newman
said that Crnbbe pleased and touched him at
thirty years interval" and Jane Austen
"thought she could have married him." 1t is
curious that MIR. saintsbury, who sees SO
clearly the fundamental character OF Crabbe's
lyrical shortcomings. should dissent from Mat
thew Arnold with regard to Macaulay's
Lays" Arnold used to FAY. 1t will be re-
msmbered. that you could always discover
whether people understood the essential diff
terence between poetry and prose By asking
them In which category thoy would place the
Lays OF Ancient Rome" MIR. Saintsbury does
not hesitate to pronounce In his essay on WILL
son, though he does not trouble himself to
reconcile this diotum with his remarks on
Crabbe-the Battle OF the Late Regilus."
one OF the most wonderful war poems In tho
English tongue.
Evening journal., 1891-05-11
one pay for spirItual rhlnr..

GLENwooD SPRINGS, Colo, May lin
his speech at Glenwood Opera House sun
day President Harrison said he had come
TO Glenwood Springs for rest, but be felt
he could not deny himself to the large
body Of friends before him. In conclusion
he said Men should have one free day In
which to think Of their families, OF them
selves, OF things that are not material but
are spiritual LApplause.l l desire to
express from sincere and earnest
heart my thanks Co you for all your kind
ness, giving to you in return simply the
pledge that l will at all times keep ia
mind what seems to me to be the true in
terests Of our people. [Applausel
II have no thought Of sections; have
no thought upon any Of these great public
questions that does not embrace theology
and interests Of all our people and all our
states. Applause I believe we shall
find common interest and safe ground
upon all these great questions by moderat-
ing our own views and making reasonable
and just concessions we shall find them
all settled wisely and in the true interests
of the people" [Applause.I
Evening journal., 1891-05-11
HUNDREDS BURIED ALIVE.


The Anti-kidnaping League Thinks Anna
Dickinson's Case Common.
Z NEW YORK, May 1.-The Anti Kidnap.
ing league lawyer, Mr.. Albert Bach. TODAY
publishes card replying to the statement
OF the National Convention Of Insane Aay
lum Superintendents at Washington. that
no sane person has ever beea unlawfully
imprisoned IN an asylum. Mr. Bach de
nounces the statement as false and ridic
ulous' and cites the eases Of Mrs. Clarissa
z. l.athrop and Miss Anna r. Dickinson
both Of whom, he says, are shown by the
record to have been imprisoned without
any legal authority, and that OF Mrs. Har
riet +. Beach, wife Of the editor Of The
Scientific American, who has Just been
released from Bloomingdale asylum on A
haheas corpus obtained by the Anti-Kid
naping league and adjudged by the court
TO be entirely sane, as Mrs I4athrop pre-
viously.
Mr. Bach says hundreds Of such cases
are on record that the league il In pos
session Of evidence that many persons are
unlawtully confined ia the very asylume
whose superintendents deny that such 4
thing has ever happened, and that they
are investigating these cases lie stated
that in another case the league has posi-.
lively ascertained that the physician who
consigned a lady to an asylum certified
that she waa insane without ever havinu
seen her and chat the league "A working
70 have this physician indicted and pun.
fahed
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SADIE YELLED ofIREp
And Eloped with Jimmie During the
EnHnIng Confnslon.

And EIopcd with Jimmie During the
Ensning Confusion.
NEW YORK, May l1.-Sadie McClave. a
buxom fourteen-year-old girl, lived with
her father most of the time on board her
namesake, a boat, on the Norris canal
James Moran, thirty-five years old, whose
home, as well as that OF the McClaves. Is
IN Phillipsburg, made love TO the child
whenever her father, who dIdn't want
them to marry, was not by Moran has
been recently employed in unloading coal
from a canal boat tied up at the Orange
street bridge at Roseville, Newark.
Friday night when Sadie went TO sleep
she tied string TO her little finger and lei
il dangle outside the cabin window. When
Msran pulled It, late al night, she remem-
bered their plan, and pulling a shovelfnl
Of live Goals from the stove dnder her
fathers bunk, screamed 'sfirew McClaye
jumped up and with the help OF half a
dozen boatmen who answered his hail.
deluged the burning bedclothine. But
Sadie was not to be found. She had eft a
note saying that she had run away wItIl
Jimmie.