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LITTLE GEORGIE'S RiPID TRANSIT
The Thrilling Hide OF n Helpless Young
ster Attached to n Traction Cable.


A COOL vel-headcd man in an emergency
saved the life of a flve.year-old child yesterday
on Hayes street.
on the cable routes to dronR string with cork
attached in the slot. and as the able catches it
and drags it along TO follow it up for a block or
George I Rai H G" eight t years old whose
father keeps furniture store at 3OI Hayes
street. persuaded his little brother spro that
they could ride without paying George pro-
cured q three eighths. hve-s strand clothesline
from the back yard Of the store and carefully
Tbe Was stronp ms se
California stage robbers. There was six feet
of the rope loft when Georgia concluded to
some trouble he dropped the loose end OF the
cl9thesline into the slot;
me rope was vas promptly taken up ny the pig
down the street to the establishment Of his big
eight-year- old brother. The connection was
From that point on the child was dragged with
the rope around his waist past Franklin street
and Van Ness avenue; distance of 800 feet.
and as no came sailing across the avenue.
William r. Murphy. who keeps book store at
Jog Hayes street, saw the phenomenon He ut
but glance, demonstrated that it was not. It
was only live youngster skating with the
ca hdSi and sn no one 70 st9P IT -. oro
upset with that youngster. With rote around
his waist the engine house engineer: not
tied to the cable. It was only natural that When
the line was drawn taut in the middle that the
the line dragged his head or his legs.
Providence and Mr.. Murphy saved the Young
ster Mr.: Murphy saw the haby's prrdica-
cable were badly mixed when Murphy saw
them and he followed the child from Polk to
thejunction at Larkin street with u view to re-
lease 1t from the cable.
There was only one way in which to do it.
and Mr.. Murphy severed the connection be-
tween the boy and the cable at tho junction of
Hayes street.
Mr. Murphy bears some evidence of con-
hict with the cable. He had been Juggling with
seyering one strand after another and finally
severed the connection at Larkiu street
The child did not suffer much damage from
his unhappy trip. His left ear from contact
with the uneven basalt blocks on HAYES street
was partially torn away and in contact with
one stone a cash Of four inches was made on
his scalp Otherwise he was not injured.
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SULLIVfN'S TAIL STORT.
Hngeniously Inhumnn Conduct with Which
lie Charges y Farmer.
From The philadelphia Pr,

Prom The Philadelphia Pres.
FoEsYTHE No. Juno S-Ten days ago Henry
epi ,b;a PROSPEROUS farmer and cattle raise
ing town. whore he purposed huying humble,
OF cattle. Since that time nothing was heard
Of him until to-day. when he walked into his
home looking so haGgard. unkempt, and dis
reputable that no one recognized him. He
told strange story Of his mishaps while alb
Charles Wilson. n farmer. sullivan got the best
Fl to t the e xs Of ssv %an dollars
reyGnGe!t. in a deep canon near the road Which
one had ever explored. and which was reputed
TO be the den Of ferocious wild animals and
vcnomous reptiles.
wilson dragged his captive into it. Stripping
him naked. he bound him firmly to giant col
the cave, dripping on him and with vermin.
bugs. and repui worms crawling over him.
Sullivan spent several days of unspeakable
It was, not his captor's. plan to kill him at
once He vas to die 10y inches; Each day he
visited sullivan. BRINGING with him Just food
lnGa th0gsand times worse than the agony Of
death. WhnT sullivan suffered. he says. can
heaped-up dishes OF food. and. placing 1t Just
beyond his reach. would gloat over his agony.
and mentally such n wreck that Wilson. fear
ing he might die before he had satisfied his
Frryenge. adopted mild"r tactics. and fed him
libCrally for II few days.
In one of the efforts made with revived
strcnGth Sullivan broke his bonds and fed
He found his way home and told his pitiful
ttory to MS wife. who started the authorities
on the track of the inhuman Wilson. The
haze been found The is caught no court OF
justice will try him.
Sullivan is q mental and physical wreck as
horrors.
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coNLKrs TEDIOUS JOURNEY.
The Trip OF AN Iriured MA. Over League.
OF Mountuin and Desert.


| Los ANGHLFs, Mny 23-There is now lying
10 the Sisters Hospital q miner named John
uonley, who was brought, TO this, city on sat;
n. Dolan. from Lincoln county. New, whore
they have boen working in the, IA Dorado
receive any attention for almost week no is
resting easily and his chances Tor recovery are
The hardships he has undergone show him
to be ,man of wonderful endurance and
nerve. Last Sunday he. and number Of
twenty, iive miles from the he Colorado River:
Just after setting OF . big blast Coniey entered
seconds later the shaft cayed in. burying him
under tons OF rock and dirt. The m en- knew
there h WAS smn, chance e , ,H Z: Goney
their friend. In a few hours the mass OF earth
and rocks was removed and Conley's body was
alive.
Two immense boulders had knocked him
other in such RI u way that a small opening was
iSr his and hs hs ese oap being
ge,d. and in falling he received , some
was no hospital nearer than Los Angeles
whore Conley could receive tho attention
,h his Ss IS At Seed As the ssnSs
have given UP and allowed their, compan on to
are not u that kind. They lost no time in
fixing up rough stretcher. and in few min
utos after Con!ey was on his way to Los
Inc distance to the Colorado River from the
mine Is twenty-iiye miles. over country that
ten miles Is over rough mountains and lava
beds and It one point th9 two brave men had
stretcher so that they could ct him over a
make a s*inctG bridge across ravinss. and at
n re- IN n n ttatr urls
The heat was thing terrible IN these
rough mountains, and most OF the time the
The rest of the route Is over u desert. and
havet to give up but ther did not. and reached
two mics There would not be another
ing SO rapidly that they Expected him to de at
any moment They knew that it would never
do to wait for the next steamer. and they were
shnky boat put in an appearance.
THO boat was chartered and Conley made as
q a' fhe n rhs
that few. people ATTEMPT to navigate 4 IN small
when they reached Needles they learned that
Another delay was CAUSED. and the party did aid
not reach this CITY until Saturday.
ran hysn Ts af esa ii. o h I HSsY
wagon happened to be sent to the depot by
mistake. and after placing the, wounded man
to tho Sisters Hospital he objected. He said
he was acting for the County Hospital. and in.
put on his war paint 50 quickly that the driver
changed his mind and the wounded man was
doctor in attendance on Conley ia confident he
will recover. but he will be crippled for life.
and may never be able to walk again.
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The Confederate cavarymnn was often puZ.
zlcd as how t. provide himself with a horse
The authorities gave him III" choice TO keep
mounted or go into tn" ranks with his muskct.
mont To he dismounted and become a foot
soldier was worse t. him than a court martial.
and he would risk much in his efforts to get "a
hors" from tn" enemy
his horse killed in n skrmsh near Warren
ton. and as Ia. best chance was then to cap
tUrc on" from III" encmy he put his wits to
work to drNlse the ways and means.
He was with the outside pickcts and not
far OF. on III" pike. We're the cavalry pickets Of
the enemy. He procured piece of Telegram phi
wire from IL" railroad. and when twilight
came on stretched this across the road. fasten-
ing one cnd TO til" fence and the other end to n
convenient trc'. !u>t high enough to catch a
cavalrynnn about the belt. When matters
were thus arranged To his liking no started
down the pike ana stopped il plain view OF the
enemy
1t was not long before three Of them gave
too dark for them to see The wire and on they
came. determined TO have n prisoner. The
chase was sharp ANA quickly over. so that by
the timethr rebel s"hcmcr had passed through
The sequel l. NOS hard Ia guess. Two OF the
pnrsucrs were uulck!v and most unceremoDi-
ously unhorscd. IL" third being so much as
tnuisheiand frightened ut their fate as to turn
out their riders ontinucd down the road. and
were easily captured hy the Confederate. who
hy his clever IuSn. became their owner. and
kent rs pace in the cavalry.
mad" their way back 70 their comrades as
"rceifallcn and asst oniShed as two men could
we'll Ice, The hero Ot this incident tells the
tale himself, and adds he rode one Of those
horses TO ArpomattcN. and from there 10 his
home, and that Iii was one o: the best he ever
a.
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EVERY INCH 4 SPORT.
Dog that Takes Life ns He Finds II, In
City In the WiIds.


The dog best and most widely known to San
hound belonging to c. D. Ladd on Kearny
and the fox hound equally divided. and he
seems to have inherited the keen nose and
energetic characteristic OF the one. combined
nclinationsl with tho nervous eXcitabiity
an5 6 Gfn a i9s SnSt Of him tine Long
grew in seltIshness and Intelligence SO he now now
enjoys the apnellation Of ANDY the Bum"
the same. extraordinary animal. partly street
Arab partly sport, and mostly tramp. with
famous feats are long trips into the county HS
alone in quest Of game and the establishment
of free-lunch route. which has given him a
Last evening Bum lay stretched out upon a
sheet sheet Of IN tn rear OF his master
lonely trip to the Sonoma redwood forests
after deer.
., lie is the most notionest dog [ ever heard
OF. remarked an attendant. whom Bum re-
CARDS us one of his particular friends. When
Bun. takes notion once into his head moth
ing can change him..
He goes where he likes and does as he
pleases. but WAYS makes his place his head
fr him. ma ea S a Know %d where not nd
their grub but he never worries about his
meals.
route OF Tree lunches and saloons.
Sometimes he grows, tired of the CITY and
takes to the country. He inst trots down to
the ferry sails over to Sausalitn. and then
takes seat in baggage car II the rrdwuods.
We have heard from him in Sunoma. GAIA
dero. and Glen Ellen frequently. where he
goes 10y himself to the deer grounds familiar
to him. There he hunts deer and small game
for aweek at atimr, and then returns home.
How does he travel Well. all the conduc-
tors. engineers. and brak"m"n on the North
Pacific Coast hallway know him we'll and lie
is very friendly with them. They let him Ii. in
the Luggage car and he drops of wherever it
suits him
And how does he live up there? Nothing
suits him letter than Will nice fresh game.
which he catches and relshcs more than his
free lunch diet. He dearly loves hunting
Phi 10 ,jacoby the SchuetGrn King. killed
several deer with him. and says he had the
best nos" for deer Of any do. h ever shot
over. But Bum loses heart now that the deer
law stops hunting, and he s,ros away to trail
deer alone; When go hunting small game /
have to play trlc ks at tho railroad depot to
leave him behind / wait VII the train IS
moving and then lump on. He follows mo "A
few blocks. hut soon gives up in disgust"
Ar" you not afraid OF loSlut. him -
Not 4 bit of il. He knows III. city hotter
than myself and gets around everywhere.
Look 1T him now: he is satisfied w!th a paper
bed. At night he would get up on the cases
and TAX" rug or cloth to lie upon llc wants
to nave things comfortable and 10 enjoy him
sell either out hunting in the country, by him.
sell, Gct'lnSa bone or sleeping. That's Bum.
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Poor girl, she said. "She must lead an awful
life; PIT then she must have known what it
is he unkind to her. asked the woman
"Oh. no. guess not, But they live in a lit
tle farmhouse ont in the country, with the
nearest neighbors i've or ten miles away,
Think how lonely II must be-
husband"
.".G9h. yes; he cant set away very we'll"
or SO 20 find one"
And he doesn't have to stay away from
dinner to entertain country customer Z"
lie stayed away he'd have 10 20 without"
Ana shes sure to have his company
evenings"
"oi cours'. But think of'living on that va Ct
prairio with no pel:i bors-hard!y house in
sight can ANYTHING y" moro lonely"
oh. yes said the little woman promptly.
Living In this city. in the midst II thou
sands. with clubs and theatres. hut hardly q
soul yon know. No one can he rs lonely "a ono
WI" ishion" ainongthousands. The Loneliness
Ci y iltilc back room overlooking u court IN
n"ihins to tho loneliness ~ "A brilliantly
hGhted BAH room 10 ii stranger in IL,
the beautiful lakes in the Empire State are reach
~ ny the New YORK Central See time tail.
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His Honor's Secret Was Safr.
From he Kanaas oip Tin rs

The following story, hns been toIi me about
James teGatt. the lobbyist, a1d a certain
Ae Galveston deer water prole,S-
You can steer en- W t. me. Judge" saia
Jim. and get them to hire me to prom 70.
their little scheme They want, decp water
put me n line 70 make i. Judge, and it, a
The Judge hesitated, but he wanted that
.'Ct, course" said the Judge cirgerly. Il
would be very GLAD t" servo YOU, Mr.. I;e-ute.
TO do You favor But" he continued, i'm
name must never I've mentioned in tho trans.
action. Tint you must promise. My name
must neNer,occur or he mentioned in tho
transaction NJ any stage
=, lin promised. and tho Judsn "saw" thn
Galveston projectors, with hr result that To-
E Ear Was ENGAGED and paid tho $1,000 fno"
We'll. Mr. Legate." said no. in. amahio an:
that very nicely"
TO- And I'm eteInally ollIEc.d, to You, Judge,
to 100 Linteri@Gted tega,r, ~, d%nt ,hinG
After pause. duripG which l.eEate had II
dim, far-away look in his eye. the Judge con
cluded to SPUR him gently.
You got the money all right. l"gatef"
Oh; Yes, got It IN ms war nnEs right now"
md Jim slapped his enriched pocket appr0v-
insly: And III always rrm"mh"r the help
You were 70 me tor, iuigm Nhcn a man in /.
never forget him. I'm "a GallouS man. but that
sort Of thug touches me.
VOL said the Judge, after hriof wait. Il
suppose you remember our urOmiSog"
.'Gh! Distinctly said l"sptc. warmly grasr.
ing tho others hand, and III keen H. inn
Your name, shall never be mentioned In con-
ne"tion with ms Transaction. Never In any
way or form. lou can rely on my secrecy
i'm Dlirltly' N'
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LEXINGTON. Mo-. June &-For more than q
week past the 700 coored inhabitants OF Need
NOR. 4 suburb in tho southern part OF the city,
haze been wonderfully stirred up By peculiar
phenomenon visible at full moon.
IL was noticed that about IL o'clock each
nlSht, when the moon WIS at its brightest, 4
peculiar. dark shadow would partially obscure
tie night OF the orb. 1t would travel slowly
utrosS ths face Of tho moon. occupying nearly
fhiry minutes in its passage. When 1t was
lirst noticed. but little attention was paid to IT,
(ol"rai Llen who had seen il swore that M an
carving q pack on his back passed each night
between the moon and Needmore. occurring
fo frequently that il became nightly occur
renee the ploEomeEon was observed. and the
colnred people became frantic.
The shadow was regarded as tho pOrtcnt OF
some dread visitation. BY some it was thought
10 herald tho coming ~ the Messiah. while
others looked upon il AS u solemn warning to
let alone tho hen roOsts OF their neighbors.
FOR three days now meet ngs Of tho colorad
people have leen constantly carried on in the
Methodist Church at Ncednore. Day and
night PRAYER meetings are held. and 80 greatly
worked up have they become that work has
been ahandoncd; They pray during the day
light. and nj night watch for tho march of the
SHADOW across the moon. When it Is seen the
iant ana the men grove! on the ground with
their faces to he earth. Several cases OF par
tia orat leasttomporary insanity are reported
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One of the Characters OF London.

The PIecadilv pct goat has, no particular
name, 1t is about ton years old, and has lived
to Ared De H%sF MHsc
situate in Brick street PiccadI!ly. ever since
1t WAS few months old.
In the very centre Of tho West End. the goat ha 5
acnulred some very iaSii,l"uS tastes though
he is thoroughly well behaved. lie, cannot
to put up with much Inconvenience at such
times on that account. as the goat will not go
warm. preierrlng the co-oy and comfortable
stable As "a ruo IN winter II is most amusing
to sec the goat come to the door at an early
Imneteorolosica! conditions do not suit il, fancy
factory. the goat VIII wall. of, ard perhaps not
be seen again un:il about nightial. Should a
goat Is out. it vii! on its first approach make
for home, or. Il At too great u distance !0r this.
stances will permit and stay there until the
ground is thoroughly dry again. Generally
tho goat Is not far wrong in its calculations on
INC weather, many people in the nci@hborhool
having noticed that when the goat goes out IN
the earl morning tho day is sure to be u fine
Oxford street, Regent street. and even further
curing the season when he meets many of his
him to his favurite cakes and swootmcnts He
has one questionable habit. which is a liking
iUr topacco; uut HeiWli only accept certain
Kind OF light-colored: mild; favored cigarette
taDacco. t? which he i rather partial Many
doors are related He has been known when
spit at by person to turn round and walk
home. apparently thoroughly dsgnstci.
The. goat has his, regular houses Of rnl
in the principal West End squares and
most toothsome morsels arc to o had. He is
very particular In his tastes; and will accept
nothing unless i DO exactly what he likes.
His master, Mr.. Miller. has had charge OF De
Rothschid's stables Tor twenty -nve years. and
has always been in the habit Of Keeping a
goat among the horses. n practice In which he
has great faith. and states that to this alone
he attributes tho absence Of all Infectious dis
ease from the stables
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An Aged loon whose specially WINS North.
criy Gsies.

| rson ne Chie,g, N,s- Record
The great lake loon that has Tor twenty
seven years warned mariners OF storms from
the north flew into the fishing schooner oil
Can't. La Feyre during the storm on Saturday
night and was captured.
Il have been fishing In this end OF Lake
Michigan for thirty years" said the Captain
last evening. and never, saw but one loon;
time l saw him was about 1850. one stormy
afternoon. Tried to run him down with my
W ihn n %gPsc End AsP that nffr saw S
low Off and on several times or heard him
screaming in the night IT was aIwayS, Just
back at events now | remember that whenever
i have seen the fowl his presence has been q
wafhnE OF Ss9rm to tS sSnn any
thing but northerly storms. rs | remember
now EXCEPT 9ncethat was the afternoon 81
did not seem TO care how many people saw or
heard him He would ily Wildly S,cS and
screaming all the while.
The storm we had that night, You rem1e,mr,
whole town burned Sp made up my mind ID
iii;cmencd devil. and MD concluded to xiii il
time l saw the. chap for four or i've years
discharged both barrels at him; He would
Killed him each time. but lie would show him.
self agdin Just before anorther was coming.
In 1880 or 1881 one sunday afternoon.
some young fellows. in little steam launch.
took UP the chnso with me after the loon. We
pressed him hard. and | got shot at him.
breaking one Of his wings rs then thought.
got him aboard my schooner. tho boat am
sailing now. and was examining his right wing
when he banged me, in the face with both
wings. toppled over into the water and sank
out Of sight. | am convinced that this Is the
same loon. because hereis his right wing all
bare OF feathcrs-that's where shot him.
Just before tho, sudden .norther, set in yes:
terl'ay that fowl flew right aboard my boat
and let mo catch him without the least effort.
Last Thanh giving Day q party Of seven
men in a sail YACHT had a chase in the basin
after this loon; continued the Captain. which
was watched for two hours by crowds Of people
on the lake front and Michigan avenue. The
loon pursued its usual tactics when chased. It
swan and flew around in q circle. gradually
making the ring. smaller and making the chase
more difficult for the yacht suddenly tho
yacht was put about head on toward the loon.
At this instant violent squall struck the little
craft and capsiZed her. Two OF the men. father
and son. lost their lives The others chung to
the overturned yacht and were rescued by
Capt. Edward Napier and his tug. which put
out from Van Buren, street"
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-u.eIdc Prevented by a DOG.

ON y. -, lou. R,pnyic.
\ nl'.r shepherd dog, the property Of Joseph
marklli' feat yesterday afternoon that enti-
tl"- Il Ia wear medal for bravery. III" brave
animal plung"d from the foot Of Suulurd street
IN; III mH NJ torrent Of the Mssis sippi and
sea-. g. "a 'iruw ninG man 10y the collar ui his
coat -W I'M with him 10 tho shore, thus saving
Inn - va certain death.
The scucd man was Joseph Renert. u
wears IT aga. who resides in the same house
With ~ lin. Roiacrt had been drinking hard
PASSED ..twcrn them, and Reinert, who had
recon" ,Hry mor2se. vowed that ho would
commit suicide. lie left the house and ran
thu TIM IA arrived on the lcvee. Eeinert had
plGu,;na in'rthH water aud was being swept
save hini a he could not swim. but his dog.
who had followed behind. plunged in and
reached Reinert just as no was disappearing.
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Ono Of tho natUra! curiosities In K!ikitat
county ~ Lone Lake. which lies In butte or
mound IN the Simcuo foothills six miles north
west OF this city. The butte looks as though
.r XXI NAG 'aHod IN; e. IN" trees are lying
growing whore the lake now lies THIS lake
cannot be seen until ono reaches the summit
rounded by wall or bank Of earth which
is covered with trees The bank itself is
more than 100 feet high. The early
which this body Of water now covers u good
many years age. There is no doubt the waters
have fallen, and now lie sloyly decayips be-
meath n waters. It is fairly possible that the
lax" VIII one day Hi the entire cavity in tho
NJ the lake WAS stocked with carp and it's
waters are fairly alive withthem now. Last
season 4 great many catfish were piit into tho
lake, They Will thrive Their. and soon rxtrr-
nluqtr N" other nsh. The lake AFFORDS excel
lent toltins. and is hacoming pleas ire resort
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From The Boltrr Ag.
It is about big ilsh that write. but 1t is a
1ru ec sio1y saw ne nsh t99s MS
Ran The annals Of Gaps Sod paLshSd T. tho
the carcasses Of whales. sharks. horse mack
erel. DC. which required that they be towed
below low water mark. which would Indicate
that these marine animals wore SO common
as to be in some degree offensive in warm
theif OIL RsRf whales s e ItY evenly forty
eighty. and sometimes 100 barrels; hum pbacks.
e
gallons. and a boat load Of dogdsh yielded about
Now my big fish was called a shark though
VARIETY Sad Mr n A%d
pronounced the fish liver shark or sea ele.
plant. and considered it rare. The fish was
form as mackerel lie Was Caught in ISL z
inside insi Of what is called Long Point. form
Lea harbo HE hni sread
bbiic fish had got en!angled in them
tho shore. where the tide left him high and
dry; Being at that time en- gagged in business
monster ana. see him cut up torthe purpos, 4
extracting his liver By the way. all the oil Of
shark is in h Ri; HS Se wniS tba, Ola whale
rule and measured this shark and found his
length to be Just thirty-one feet: tho breadth
OF his tai was seven feet: and his circumfer-
ence in the thickest part sixteen feet.
have stated thnt the liver Of this shark
termined: The liver was cut in pieces and
pitched into dory: the dory carried "a ton
and half in weight besides the rover. as has
been proved. bringing her down to her upper
streak: the dory was twice loaded deep with
this liver. and SO the fishermen Thought the
bounds. l concluded TO c,Al it two tons. and
SO it Is recorded in this veracious chronicle.
After the oil had been tried out found that it
time 5000.