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BOY INCENDIARIES CAUGHT.
Accused of starting II Dozen Fires
In La Crosse, wis.

IA CROSSE. Wis, Aug. l3.-Several
boys were arrested last night for caus-
Ing the recent series of incendiary fires.
There have been a dozen In all. three &C.
curing at one time. The most serious
destroyed Crosby's planning mill.
The boys had no other purpose than
10 see the blaze and the firemen at
work. They stole into a patent kim
ding wood factory and stole the material
10 start the fires with.
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EXPENSIVE CAT, THIS.
ONerturns n Lamp and Causes a
$500 BIuHc.

A cat overturned lamp in the apart
ments of Mrs. Mary Rose. on the third
floor of the ive-story tenement house
at PA West Thirtieth street, at II
o'clock last night. From the fire which
followed $500 damage WAS done.
There was no one in the rooms when
the fire started. Mrs. Rose and her
three daughters being in their grocery
store, three doors away.
Mrs. Catherine Levy, "A tenant on the
top floor, discovered the blaze and had
n still alarm sent In. The flames were
confined to tie Rose apartments.
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BODY IN THE WHIRLPOOL.
Remains of n Woman Seen below
Niagara Falls Yesterday.

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Aug. 13-
A human body was seen in the whir.-
pool yesterday. 1t appeared to be that
of a woman. The hair was gone from the
head. and the color indicated that 1t
was badly decomp )sed. as II 1t had lain
In water two weeks or more.
AS the body kept circling in the centre
of the pool, 1t was impossible to secure
Il. This morning II was not visible.
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Sighted Iceberss and n Can buoy

The German steamship Gothia, from Christian
sand July 2S, passed an iceberg 100 feet hlEh In
latitude $685. longitude i3.57, on Aug G. Capt.
swain, of the bark Alice reached this port to-day
after the unusually long run of hfy-ninc days
from Antwerp, She was In ballast and had light
winds and fog. She passed very close TO an Zee
longitude 472O On Aug. 10, In latitude ~. ~.
longitude 6s,3s. she passed a large black can
buoy Adrift.
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FREE CONCERTS TONIGHT.
PrORrn n'mcs at Washington square
and Paradise Parks.

There will be music at Washington
Square this evening by Conterno's Ninth
Regiment Band. Following is the pro-
Rramme.
PART l.
The StarSpnnglcd Banner
J. March, Admiral Gherardi,'
Dr. &. L. Conterno
:. Overture, Morning. Noon and Night In
vienna OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ......,... Suppe
J. Ballad, "A Mothers Love- .Dr. q. e. Conterno
T. waltz. Sweet Marie ................... Moore
B. Grand fantaisie on Irish Melodlos .... Catln
PART II.
6. Overture "Belisaro" ............... DonizettI
!. African Jubilee, THE Darkies' Frolic."
Laurendon
S. Cornet solo, THE Artist .....,...wm. Jaeger
William Jaeger
o. Charvari "a Night in Berlin see. Hartmann
10. March. Daisy Belle ....................En ye
There will be music at Paradise Park
this evening by Conterno's Fourteenth
Regiment Military Band. Following is
the programmes:
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Failures In England and Wales.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Aug 13.-For the week end
ing Saturday last there were 1F fail
ures In England and Wales, against ITO
failures for the same period of 1893.
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The Peoples Theatre also threw open
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Winning Case.

Mr.. Sergeant Wilkins once defended a
breach of promise case for singularly
ugly little man, which he told the defend
ant, after reading his brief, must be
bounced" through. And the sergeant
did bounce it through in truly remarka-
BILE manner. Gentlemen of the jury, "
he said at the close of a most eloquent
speech, ''you have heard the evidence for
the plaintiff, and, gentlemen of the jury,
you have seen and have admired that most
bewitching plaintiff herself. Geiltlemen,
do you believe that this enchanting this
fascinating, this captivating, this accom-
plished lady would for one moment favor
the advances or listen with anything save
scorn and Indignation to the amorous
protestations of the wretched and repul-
sive homuneulus, the deformed and degrad-
ed defendant2'
His client looked up from the well of
the court and piteously murmured: Mr..
Sergeant Wilkinsl Oh, Mr.. Sergeant VIII
kinsl''
''Silence, sir, !" replied the sergeant in a
wrathful undertone. Gentlemen, he
continued, bringing his fist down heavily
on the desk before him, do you think
that this lovely lady, this fair and smiling
creature, would ever have permitted an
offer of marriage to be made to her by this
miserable atom of humanity, this stunted
creature, who would have to stand ON a
sheet of note paper to look over twopences"
The jury at once gave a verdict for the
efendant-Argonaut
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The Man who KNOWS 1T All.

He bears within his massive girth the
meat and essence of all worth The stars
round him. revolve; the sky rests on his
mighty shoulders high. And SO he walks,
erect and grand, the solar system in his
hand, and matched with him the sun
looks small, the mighty man who knows
| it ALL
Then let the sun go out at noon and
throw a towel Ger the moon, and let the
stars remote and high drop, like loose but
tons, from the sky and send to Nights
Plutonian shores your selectmen and
sophomores, but spare him for the good Of
all, the mighty man who knows it ALL
All, when he dies, will wisdom die, the
sun of knowledge leave our sky, and We'll
be left in dark and doubt like Moses when
the light went outl Oh. leave us not in
darkness blind, thou luminary of man
kind, through dark blind ways to grope
and fall, oh, wondrous man who knows it
ALL
Give to the vulture and the shark your
statesmen and your men Of mark; give to
the beasts who know no pity the members
of your school committee. Let bear and
lion do their work upon your learned city
clerk Spare not the mighty and obese
and portly justice of the peace, but save,
oh, save, we humbly call, the wondrous
man who knows it ALL
With him all truth, all lore begins; ON
niscience and this man are twins. All wis
dom's watermains outspread from the
main cistern of his head, and should this
mighty cistern burst then all the schools
would die of thirst. So spare, kind fate,
we humbly call, this wondrous man who
knows it alli-New York World.
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One ON Hoe Bailey.

Senator Perry j. Lewis tells story on
Congressman. Joe Bailey, for which, how
ever, he quotes Senator A. M. Carter of
Fort Worth as authority.
Zone day." said Lewis, Garter and
Joe Bailey were standing on the stree
when they saw approaching them /.
darby mounted on a frisky and spirited
horse, whose fine appearance caught the
fancy of Carter, who is lover of fine
horsefesh. Carter hailed the darky and
remarked:
"Thats a pretty spirited animal you
are riding, old man. Is he good run
ner?'
".Well, no, sab, he isn't much of a
runnin boss, replied the rider.
"'Oh, then he is a good trotter, l sup
pose remarked Carter.
s''No, sab, he amt no trotter neither,
said Scipio Africanus.
"'Oh, see, calculated Carter; 'heis a
No. PAGER
"'No. sab, dis boss amt no trotter,
nor he amt no PAGER needer.'
"Well, what is he fit for anyhow
asked Carter.
"'Just ter prance aroun an look line,
boss replied the darby, AN OATS why
has outen acompliment named him arter
Marse Joe Bailey dar.'" Galveston
| News
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He Got His Rife Back.

A good story is told of young re-
cruit who enlisted in regiment of foot.
The young fellow Joined the army while
the country was threatening war with
Egypt, and he intended to make o good
soldier. One day he was on guard duty
and was slowly stepping along when
an officer approached.
After the usual salute the officer said,
LET me see your rifle. "
The raw recruit handed over his rife,
and pleased expression stole over his
face As the officer received the weapon
he said in tone of the deepest disgust:
you're fine soldier. You've given
up your rife, and now what are You GO
ing to dor" The young fellow turned
pale, and putting his hand in his pocket
drew big knife, and preparing for bust
ness said in voice that could not be
misunderstood:
''Gi' me that rife, or I'll bore hole
through you in minute.
The officer instantly decided not to
play any further with the raw recruit,
and the rifle was promptly surrendered.
London Tit Bits.
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Auction Sales.

Sales by auction, SO far from being
an invention of late years, were known
as far back as the time of the Romans
1t is supposed by some that they chiefly
used the plan to dispose of the spoils
taken in war. As these sales We're said
to take place under the spear, it is fair
to conclude that they stuck long spear
in the ground to mark the place where
the sale would be held. 1t was long
the custom in England to mark the
time during which bids might be offer
ed by burning an inch of candle, the
last offer before the light went out be-
ing of course the one that took the arti-
Gle on sale. This custom led many to
make no bid until the candle was near
ly out, and many often delayed so long
that the end of the fame still found
them silent.-St Louis Globe-Demo-
GRAFT
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A patr;otic RnIa.

There is new rule in the navy depart
ment that is as picturesque as it is pa.
triotic. Whenever government vessel
on its way up or down the dirty Poto-
mac passes by Mount Vernon the bell on
the vessel tolls, and the sailors and Off.
GERS form in line and doff their caps and
salute the home of Washington. Nc
matter what the crew are doing, all
work is stopped while the ceremony is
gone through. Sailors will stop in their
labor of sweeping off the deck, drop
their brooms and rush to get into line.
There has always been kind of desul-
tory practice of this kind, and the home Of
the Father of His Country has generally
been honored in an informal way by gov
eminent vessels in passing, but now this
tribute Of respect is compulsory, and the
vessels vie with each other in the prompt
ness with which this salute is performed.
Boston Advertiser.
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While in most parts of the world, ex-
oept Africa slave catching is becoming
a thing of the past, the practice is still
carried on to some extent in Tonquin In
spite of the efforts of the French to put
an end to it, The practice of exporting
them as slaves came about in this way:
In 1885 the Chinese soldiers who in
vaded Tonquin, which was In revolt
against China, found themselves encum-
bered by prisoners. but at last decided
to ship them to China and see If they
could not sell them. 1t was at this time
that emigration agencies were recruit
ing in China thousands of workmen to
toll ON the guano islands Of Chile. The
hundreds of male prisoners were easily
disposed of to these emigration agents,
and the women and children who were
among the unfortunates were sold to
we'll to do Chinese.
This opened a new trade, although at
first it was not easy to sell the women,
because wealthy families did not wish
to have servants with black teeth,
caused by their practice of chewing the
betel nut. So small price was asked
for them, however, that all the women
were finally sold. Today these women
are in demand in some parts of western
China AS servants they are gentle,
obedient and laborious and are SO high
ly esteemed that they command good
price. -Exchange
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The Women of HeIlas.

Alas for the Greek idealsi Here is
what the women of Hellas look like
now, as told by correspondent: 1.-The
women wear short, shapeless tight
skirts reaching little above the ankles,
made of the same material as their rugs,
and short white tunic made of coarse
serge Their hair is worn in long
braid, and to make it reach past the
waist they plat in horsehair or black
tow and decorate it with cheap coins,
beads or coarse, bright cottons. Greek
children are pretty, and SO are the very
young girls, but when they step from
childhood to womanhood they soon lose
all their good looks. The women toll
not; neither do they spin. They are as
lazy as the men and seem to have no
higher idea of life than lying in the sun
and drinking coffee or cold water. The
food is a cross between German and
Greek. The bread is black and under
baked, and the butter is churned from
sleeps milk and never gets solid The
COW is not milk purveyor in Athens,
but humble beast of toll Our break
fasts We're served in our rooms and were
severely simple. They consisted of green
tea, with sleeps milk, black bread and
the pure honey of Hymettus. The honey
of Hymettus is not so delightful as it
sounds, because the bees browse among
the strong scented asphodels, with
which the mountain is covered, and the
result is not appetizing. Philadelphia
Ledger
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plumbers of Wen Known Writers.

Time would fail to tell of the thou
sands of anachronisms made by authors
of every station and every grade of rep
Inability. The Chambers Encyclopse-
dia says that the fame of Beaumarchois
rests on his two operas. lie Barber de
Seville" and LIE Marriage de Figaro"
when everybody knows that Figaro"
was composed by Mozart to the hbcetto
written by CAST, and that the Seville
Barber" came from the fertile pen of
Rossini. In nicholas Nickleby" Dick
ems makes Squeers send the boys out in
midwinter to hoe turnips, while in the
'Tale of Two Cities" he confounds the
names of Samson, the French executioner,
with Samson. the Jewish judge.
Longfellow calls Erigena Scotchman,
whereas the meaning of the word signi-
fies an Irishman, and in 1.-THE Two An
gels" crowns the death angel with anna
ranth, the flower emblematic of life, and
the life angel with asphodels, the flowers
of the grave. Victor Hugo in lies Ira
vailleurs de la Mer" renders the Firth
of Forth" by Premier des Quatre and In
"Les Miserables" dismisses for good in
the middle of the story character whom
he afterward reintroduces and of whom
he has much to say.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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snoncer,s peouIiarities.

Herbert Spencer, while travelling in
England, pounced upon every man in
the cars who smoked or who even at
tempted to smoke out of the windows.
SIS it disagreeable to your" they would
ask. mot at all" he would reply,
"but it is against the law, and the law
is proper one You have no right to
break it, and you shall not do it, and if
you do not desist will call the guard. !"
With porter, cabby or steamboat cap
tain he was ever ready to do battle in
the cause of justice, but he had no pa
thence with chronic fault finding. 81
used to visit Carlyle" he said, "but he
has got so cross and misanthropic and
raves so constantly about the HORRIBLE
state of things that couldn't stand it.
l do not want to argue with him, and /
won't listen to his nonsense. and SO
stay away San Francisco Argonaut.
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The Clock Winding Snake.

In Persia there is kind of snake
which is known to the natives as the
clock winding snake. 1t derives its
name from peculiar buzzing noise
which it makes that resembles the wind
ing of clock These snakes are per-
fectly harmless and frequently glide III
and out of the houses, no attention be-
ing paid to them by the natives. Dur
ing visit there several years ago
was attracted one morning by an unu-
sual twittering of birds, and ON looking
up saw about 90 sparrows on the top
of wall, all jumping about in an ex-
cited manner.
At first was at loss to understand
the cause of such a eommotion, but
presently l heard the peculiar buzzing
of the clock winding snake and in q
minute perceived the reptile crawling
along the wall, making directly for the
birds, which appeared to be fascinated
and made no attempt TO fly away. The
snake glided in among the birds, and
choosing one to his liking deliberately
seized it in his mouth and swallowed
it. / picked up stick, and after kill.
ing the snake cut him open and extract.
ed the sparrow. After about 10 min.
utes' exposure to the sun the bird goi
up, and in few minutes more flew
away apparently unhurt. - St Louis
Globe-Democrat
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THE OK CART.

Some Facts Concerning That laundering
but Picturesque Vehicle.
One would scarcely expect TO find OK
carts made in this city, but they are
made here by one manufacturer as part
of general wagon making business.
The sale of OK carts in this country is
decreasing Here the use of them has
always in large measure been confined
to the rough and hilly farms of the New
England and middle states, and even in
those states they are now giving way to
carts and wagons drawn by horses. Old
farmers brought up to use OK carts con-
tinue to use them, but their sons do not
The younger men buy not oxen, but
horses, not OK carts, but wagons and
horse carts. How much of this change
is due to the fact that the stony, hilly
lands are now pretty we'll cleared and
that oxen are less needed for blowing,
how much is due to the spirit of the
age with its quicker movement in all
the fields of labor, how much to great
or inclination toward luxury, it might
be difficult to say, but the OK cart is
passing away. 1t is still used, however,
to some extent 1t may be met perhaps
in the haying field, perhaps under the
spreading elms at the village black
smiths shop The cart met amid such
surroundings is quite as likely to have
been made in the city as in the country,
for they are all substantially alike.
The only important changes that have
been made in OK carts in MANY wears
have been the substitution of iron for
wooden axles and the broadening Of the
face of the wheel. All OK carts are now
built with iron axles and inch tires.
New York city built OK carts are sold
in western Connecticut, IN western
Massachusetts and in New York, and
occasionally in remoter parts of this
country. There is steady demand for
them from the planters of the West In
dies and of Central and South America.
An OK cart costs about $100.-New
G-n
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MENTAL IMAGES.
Material Pictures Contemporaneous With
Thought Impressed Upon the Brain.


Material Pictures Contemporaneous With
Thought Impressed Upon the Brain.
ga man conversing i'll earnest, says
Emerson i'll his essay ON Nature, . II
he watch his intellectual processes, Will
find that o material image, more or less
| luminous, arises in his mind contempt
raneous with eve~y thought, which fur
nishes the vestment of the thought T"
This power of forming mental images
appears to vary in strength among ind1-
viduals to O considerable degree. Natu-
rally we should expect to find 1T power
full in poets and artists Charles Dick
ans has himself told us that he actually
''saw'' his creations as he wrote, and M
Tame mentions painter who only look
ed at an object while he sketched its
outline and was able to fill in the colors
from the image of it in his mind. On
the other hand, there are people of equal
intelligence who, being unable to see
such mental images themselves, have
doubted their existence, and Mr.. Fran
CHS Gallon has shown that habits of abb
stract thought, such as men OF science
and philosophers indulge in, are apt to
weaken the capacity of forming mental
pictures.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick Of Winona. Mimi,
an experimental psychologist, has made
q series of observations on this phenom-
enon with the help of his classes. The
scholars were asked to write down just
what came into their minds when GER
tain familiar words, such as book, !"
stree, - Church, - were called out, and
the answers were carefully investigated.
He found that the majority of the stu
dents formed distinct images of the OBJ
jects corresponding to the words, and
the rest formed indistinct images, with
few exceptions, who seem to have in
dulged in philosophical distractions.
The word ''book, for example, called
ND visions of Bible, dictionary, a
novel, in all but few scholars, who
thought of flood for the mind" or the
thoughts of some person. The word
stree" was represented by some kind OF
tree, more especially the illustrious cher
ry tree which George Washington cut
down. The word "church" usually
evoked picture of some church in the
vicinity, but some of the hearers thought
of religious organization. T" 1t is ev-
ident from his results that most people
are ''visualizers" in thinking, while a
few are ''nonvisualizers. " The tenden-
cy to form distinct images was very
conspicuous among the female students,
and in both sexes it reaches an abnor-
NAL development about the ages OF IA
and 10, or during the period of adoles-
cence, which, it has been otherwise OBJ
served, is also one of exceptional good
health and rapid growth. The tendency
is further checked or fostered by the CO.
equations in life.-CasselPs Magazine.
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Rosebery's Foresight.

The foresight Lord Rosebery display
ed in arranging his matrimonial PLAN
is illustrated in the following anecdote
Shortly after he had returned from hi
continental tour he was one of house
party at Mentmore, lordly pleasure
house which Baron Meyer Rothschilt
had built for himself in Buckingham
shire. One evening, at dinner, the con
versation turned ON the exquisite deco
rations of the room. Lord Rosebery'i
observation to his next neighbor, b.
way of epilogue to the conversation
was, eyes, this place would suit me ex
cellently." When, seven years later, h,
had married the daughter of the nous,
and was the owner of Mentmore, hi
friend, happening to meet him, remind
ed him of this observation. Lord Rose
berry replied with assumed gravity, bu
with a telltale twinkle in his eye
"Well, of course you know that the un
expected always happens. San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
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Evidently Mistaken.

He was polite appearing man, with
a small leather case in his hand, and
when he rang the bell the lady Of the
house, who was 'reddin up the par
lor, did not fear to go to the door, rag
around her head and all.
81 am selling small article here, "
he began as soon as the period of usual
salutation had passed.
81 guess not, she interrupted
81 beg your pardon, +" he said in a
cloud of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
81 said guessed not, " she smiled.
"Guessed not what?''
"Guessed you were not selling a
small article here.
"But | assure you, madam, l am,
and have been selling them all over
town for week past. :"
81 don't doubt that, but it isn't any
sign you are selling one here, for you
are not, nor will you. | don't know
what it is, nor do l want to know, and
/ wouldn't want it if / did, so good
morning" and she firmly, but gently
closed the door in his face.
"Wonder if that is another one of
them language sharps from Boston,, he
soliloquized as he went down the steps.
Detroit Free Press.
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Mrs. Home, the wife of the author
who wrote 1.-The Tragedy of Douglas, "
was very infirm and very peculiar and
spent her time on sofa in the unusual
occupation of chewing nutmegs.
A gentleman who was great admir-
er of her husband S work called one day
to see him, and not finding him thought
it would be only less delightful to talk
with the wife of so celebrated man,
He was ushered into her presence and
began to ingratiate himself by praising
her husband. She made no answer.
Then he attempted to talk ON topics of
general interest, and still she was silent.
At last she spoke.
ANY prospect of peaee9" she in
quired.
Eyes" he replied enthusiastically,
certain now that conversation had real
ly begun, there is every hope that a
glorious peace will soon be concluded. "
ooh, ayel" said She "Will it max
any difference i'll the price o. nutmugs?'
The hero worshiper took his leave. =
Youths Companion.