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marricl girls OF 81 who 60 mad with
drink every night. and assault the rul-
1!ans, their associates, though to stick a
knife intoa man is recl;oncd beyond tho
rules CT the game. 1t was not stated
where the assault took place, or what
Was the position OF the wounded man.
or the relations Of these twain. There
fore the case occupied five lines, and no
one paid the slightest heed to the terri
Die wreck and ruin Of q life. Thet a
Sri of q should be 10 .ked up in prison
1cr seven long years, and at the end OF
that tina Should be separated from the
Virtuols by the memory of shame, and
crime, and jail, is q thing that happens
every day. Only another OF our unhap-
~ sisters come to grief. We are such
Il large family that We can not love all
our sisters, can We?
In the city there vero some persons
who Showed each other the paper, and
whispered: John Stokes oldest son.
b"vl!sh Unllea SAINT thing" A week
later the n.attsr was clean forgotten,
save by thc younger men who still re-
mem5orod the romantic episode in the
lie Of Harry Stoke, and still told the
tale now he was knitted in a row, by a
girl. and taken up for dead. Now, had
lie case been fully reported; hal GER
tain questions been asked, which should
have been hcd;-had | boon upon the
jury would have asked these questions
namely, why this girl called upon this
young gentleman in his chambers on
Sunday - hat boL hi;
rotations? VII Their she brought that
knife with her? what she said before
the thing was donc? and SO forth; there
might have been some sympathy for the
girl; the jury know not--might have
brought in q different verdict and there
would have been corresponding ver-
diet, or an equivalent sentence passed
upon the injured man by the world out
side the courts.
Let lis add one or two details not re-
ported in the papers.
The case was taken after luncheon.
When the prisoner was placed in the !
dock, she lifted her veil and looked |
round the court with seeming curiosity. |
She was pale, but not trembling or con-
fused, nor did she appear in the least
afraid. If she had been q mere spec
tator she could not have been more I'M
moved. When sho had looked steadily
at the Judge on the bench, the jury in
their box, the clerk below, the counsel
in their wigs, she lowered her veil, fold
cd her hands, and stood impassive. Be-
ing called upon to plead. she made no
audible reply, but the official beside her
leaned over her and informed the Court
that tho prisoner pleaded, Not Guilty.
The principal witness was Henry
Stoke. Considering all facts Of the case,
one might have expected him to be in
highly nervous and agitatcd condition Of
mind and body. It is always horrid to
go into witness box and give evidence,
even when one has to give, so to speak,
outside evidence But in such case as
this, when ones motives may be SO
cruelty msinterpreted, and ones actions
ha-shly judged, and when one may be
asked the most d,sagreeable questions
about things one would willingly bury
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CHAPTER Y.
TIE CASE.

The case, which came on for trial ::
ic" weeks later was very briefly and
lIinperiectly reported in the papers, The
lactS, as they appeared in the reports,
were neither sensational nor interest
ing A certain Ruth Heron, aged 81,
unmarried, was charged with stabtiDc
ana "ounding with intent to murder one
Henry Stoke. The prisoner was repre-
scnted by counsel, but there was prac
u ally no defense, and the Jury found
their verdict without leaving the box.
IN passing sentence, the Judge told
me prisoner that only q yrovidential
ih'2lnosition had prevented her
from being charged with actual muir
ger; he should sentence her to the
term OF seven years penal scrvituae.
LII" prisoner, who appeared perfectly
then left the deck.
AS reported, the ease locked like
nothing more than Il common street
crawl among drunken and disordc~y
persons. There are thousands of I'M
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Picking Chickens to Music.

The sailor>has his musical shantv "a
which he keeps time as he trots abonf
the capstan until the anchor is hoisteil
to the peak. the farmer trills a Law ~
hghten his labors as he pitches hay
into the wagon, and these songs ara
familiar to many, but whoever heard
or saw gang OF Italian chicken piok-
ers sing and denude fowls to the tima
! of the music?
such scene can be witnessed anr
Friday evening at the Clay street mar
ket, while the employees of the biz
poultry houses that have their places
OF business there are preparing for
sale the chickens that the housewife
buys for the Sunday dinner.
The men seat themselves in half
circle and each takes a fowl. Ona
stroke of a sharp knife across the
throat puts the unfortunate squawkinr
oroller out Of its misery, and then the
foreman of the gang starts his song. /
AS they catch the air and the time the
others chime in, and in On instant the /
pluoklng begins. With rhythmic|
motion the nimble fingers grasp the
feathers and phil them out during all
the time of the song.
Feathers f. in all directions. but the
song goes on until the last PIN feathers
are removed and the carcssses ara
tossed into a pile, ready for the man
who puts on the finishing touches and
prepares them for the inspection OF
prospective purchasers.
The rapidity with which chicken
is stripped of its feathers is astonish-
ing to the uninltiated who have tried
it but few times. and so adept have.
these men become that they finish
their fowls almost simultaneously, and
the process is repeated in unison.
Three dozen birds are not considered
" heavy nights work for one mon, and
when pressed for time they manage 10
compass even more than that.
The song they sing is remarkably
Lively and sweet, and much resembles
the song of the fishermen as they row
Their boats, though the tine is much
[aster.-San Francisco Call.
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and forget. and when facts Of q most

| and forget. and when facts Of . mos,
! damaging kind may have to be admit.
ted, to go into q witness box mist he
the most diaasrecablc thing in the world
LOT q sensitive and candid soul. Only
consider what the young man Nigh,
nSVo TO confess! Yet he marched into
INC pox upright and confident, his cheek
little flushed, without the least an.
parent nervousness. The reason of this
was, suppose. a little note which Law
III MS pocket. 1t contained these
words: ~"o
NY sister bids me- tell you that she
w'll give no account at all OF what took
pace. She will have no question aske.,
ABOUT her relation with you. What YOU
say IN your evidence shall go unques-
'lo'isu' NAOMI"
ne went into the box, therefore, for
''hcd BY the knowledge that he could
say anything he pleased. Let us be-
'ieVe that he dix; really conceive himself
TO have been deliberately stabbed bv
!he girl; he SO we'll deserved that pun
lsilmellt that he had no doubt in his
hl'l'd aF to her having done it on pur-
pose. nc dcposcd simply that the girl
ilad called upon him, that there had
neHh an alteration, that the prisoner
Seizco Il small papcr-knifc with Il steel
olade, and that he remembered nothing
more.
Inc counsel for the defense said he
was instructed to ask him one question:
Could not the wound havo been inflicted
by accident:
Witness said that he could not say.
There were no other questions asked
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TIRED OF CURLS.

There was little boy whose mother
had made little Lord Fauntleroy Of
him, training his hair in long curla
and dressing him in black velvet
knickerbockers and jacket, ornament
ed with white lace. One day large
girl though t to frighten the pic
turesque little chap by rushing toward
him brandishing large pair of scis.
sors, and e1claiming, 'l'll cut off your
curlsl".
The little Lord Fauntleroy was not
frightened. He merely replied in a
shrill little voice, "Wish you would -
-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
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A Bullwhacker's Terrible Weauon.

In the story Ct freighting trip across
the plains, printed in tho New York
Sun, occurs this passage:
"Next to the Diamond r. this
freight train was the largest in tho
country; it was owned by Holmes &
balch, the former partner being our
wagon boss, or train master. II re-
CURED q man of rare tact and iude.
ment to handle lot of the bullwhaoR-
ers of that day, for no rougher, wilder
set OF mon ever lived. Holmes wan
such man. He did not fraternize
with his employees, but was kind and
consideFate, low voiced and pleasant
in his speech, and consequently was
we'll liked by all. Our lead bull
whacker, the man who drove the lead
team, was Missouri Joe, eaid to be the
most expert man with a whip in the
West. He knew every one Of the
1000 cattle in the train, and could tell
to which team it belonged and its
place in the line. It was wonderful
to see him handle his whip, which
was twenty-five feet long and weighed.
twenty-sixth pounds without the
stock. He could hit four.bit piece
nine times out of ten at twenty feet;
with wide, driving pepper on the
end of it he could crack it as loud as
the report of small cannon; pointed
with silk it was a terrible weapon
Balch once bet $1,000 that Joe coald
whip steer to death in fifteen min
utes. A large steer was turned into 8
corral. and, carefully pointing his
whip with silk, and betting $500 on
himself on the result, Joe prepared TO-
win the money. Standing in front Of
the animal at the proper distance, he
sent the long lash between it's front
legs. and back under the belly with =
powerful sweep. The slender point of
the lash cut open the steer, and its in
testines dropped to the ground; in
thirteen minutes it was dead"
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NOT A BARGAIN.

"You want as much for this Their
mometer, said the woman who had
arrived before the store opened so as
to be the first at the bargain counter,
''as you did for those you showed me
last August"
"Of COURSE" the salesman answered.
t:It's the same thermometer.
''No, it isn't. There ought to be q
reduction in the price. Those others
had nearly twice as much mercury in
them as these have."- Washington
Star,
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New Horse Collar.

A horse collar has been patented
that hos this advantage, that its size
can be adapted to fit any horse. The
fastening, which is somewhat elabo.
rate, is located at the lower part of the
collar. and although adding nothing
to the beauty OF this essential part of
horses harness, is without doubt o
valuable invention. Hardware.
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TIE sCoR0HER's COMPLAINT.

"What's the matter, Sweaty?"
''Matter! Just had row with q
bloke on the crossing because I run
him down with my wheel. Some of
these fellows that walk seem to think
they own the earth" .-Detroit Free
Press.
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A 6pRINTER.

Bitter has been learning to ride a
bicycle he bought On the iastalment
plan.
GLOW is he getting on?:'
'First rate. The company hasn't
been able to catch Elm. "-Spere Mo.
ments.
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LIKE STOVES.

s'The higher altitude attained" said
the Professor, 1.-THE colder the temper
eture becomes"
II should think it would be warm
er," replied one of the Students"
"What would make it warmer?"
"The mountain ranges. "-Harlem
Life.
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CHARITABLE.

Mamma Ito Willie, who ia sliding
down the cellar door)-"Willie, what
are you doing?"
Willie-''Makin' pair O. pants fur
a poor orphan boy. "-Pittsburg Bal.
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DEEPLY ABSORBED.

Father-"It was strangely quiet in
the parlcr while that young fellow was
calling last evening, Edith"
Daughter-''Yes, hes one Of TIE q.
OF NJ. tacklers and seems to think of
nothing else. Detroit Free Press.
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4 BAD CASE,

Fynagon - "0i see th' docthe-
CONT yer house, Mrs. Murphy"
Mrs. Murphy-"Yis; Murphy is
bad of. tn docther seq he has tn
daylazlums wild trin1mln's.'' Judge.
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DOESN'T FOLLOW.

Blynkins-''A girl who can sing Just
as soon as she gets up in the morning
must have sweet disposition.
Wynkins-"Not necessarily. She
may have q grudge against somebody
in the neighbozhood." baltimore
News.
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Els REVENGE.

last" ~
Flows that?"
Induced him to join a football
team, and he's a lightweight, you
know. Detroit Free Presc.
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NEGLECTED EDUCATION.

Smith, wish had studied boxing
when | was boy. You see, need It
so much in my profession"
Jones (surprised) -" WAatl as q
lawyer"
Smith-"No, as fathor."
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IN ANOTHER CLASS.

"You friend is an artist, I think you
said" ~
"No, sir; I did not. I said he drew
pictures for the Sunday papers. -
Philadelphia North American.
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The city of New York has 1857
mllllonaires. In 7-cent lodging
mouse in that city, a missionary COL
lected Sl.35 for the Grant monument
fund. Most of the subscribers earn
not more than 30 cents a day. But
the point is evident, Grant is to have
hls tomb, and we won't rub some
things too deep.
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AN ARCHITECTURAL EXPERT

IN ARCRETECTURAL EXPERT,
Eyes, indeed, it is very fine build.
ing. Belongs to the Ionic Order"
Mary a bit, sor. Have Oh not been
tellln' ye it belongs to the Ancient Or.
der of Hibernisns.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Iho POETS Utilitarianlsm-An Ant
Pupil-Charitable-An Architect
ural Expert-Neslected Edu:
cation-iiis Revenge, Etc.
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'THERE is provincial notion in
this country" says Mr.. Smalley, Lon
don correspondent OF the New York
Tribune, "that England must get the
worst Of any arbitration whatever, so
that arbitration itself is not popu-
lar" That means that the average
Englishman is SO sure that his gov
eminent is always right to the full
extent Of its claims that any abate-
ment or compromise of them is un-
Just. Yet outside OF England the
British government is not usually re-
garded as the embodiment of fairness.
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AN APT PUPIL.

AN APT PUPIL,
She. "Why, you foolish boy, if I
married you, you wouldn't be able to
even dress me-"
He-"Well-er-couldn't learn?"
Brook n Life.
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me poets lot would happier be
IL ne could sometimes turn 'is
Attention from the thoughts that burn
10 firing upthe furnace.
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF POWDER.
Five Men Blown tn Pieces and Many Others
Injured by the Blast.

by the
KINGSTON, n Y, March ia terrific
explosion occurred at the Latin Rand
powder mill at Rifton yesterday. Rifton
is about six miles from this city, and yet
the force of the explosion. which was
closely followed by second explosion,
was plainly felt here Five men were
blown TO pieces, and it was with difficulty
that the Identification of the missing
could be arrived at. The list of killed fol-
lows: Elas Peterson, John Jones'
Emory Decker Norman Decker and Solo
mon Smalley. About fifty men were en-
ployed at the mill, and many of them
were hurt although at present it is not
known how serious the injuries may be.
The glazer and dry houses went up,
shattered to atoms. Only five men were
engaged at work in that department and
those were the five who were killed. What
caused the explosion will never be known.
Almost Immediately an adjoining build
ing took fire. and it, too, was blown TO
pieces. The terrified workmen tried to
reach places of safety, but many of them
were struck by flying embers. The entire
surrounding village was shaken on its
founda ton, all the windows for miles
WtTc DiOhCl, anu ohO puhhihS
close to the powder mills tottered as
though they would fall.
In all 1000 pounds of powder were de-
stroyed and the loss to the company is
placed at 800 000 O; the men killed all
were married except Norman Decker.
Their bodies were frightfully mutilated.
portions of them being scattered among
debris far from the scene of the explo-
eion
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stoned to demonstrate and Died.

men were killed and three slightly injured
by an explosion of dynamite which shook
the earth and was heard for miles around.
The dead are: John Claggett, former
tax collector. of Howard county; Lee Will
Jams. colored laborer, of Charlestown, w.
Va. The injured are: Phillip Morning
star, Josiah Jones and Charles Ditzel, all
of this place, and all suffering from the
shock of the explosion. None Of them is
seriously hurt. 1t was case of thawing
dynamite at fire. Claggett had just
stopped to demonstrate against the care
lessness when the explosion took place.
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TIE DEATH RECORD.

Mrs. NANCY JANE ORENDoRFF WE'LL
known throughout Illinois, at Blooming
ton. Ills.
DAVID HURLBURT. pioneer resident of
Valparaiso, Ind.
Captain w. ii. BRADBURY, deputy war
den Missouri penitentiary, at Jefferson
City, Mo.
WILLIAM CROUCH, widely known
among travelling men, at Lyons, Ia.
FRANK KLoTZ. prominent in fraternal
circles, at Lebanon, Ind.
TIMOTHY FoLLETT STRONG, veteran ed
itor, at Fond du Lac, Wis
Judge JAMES X. LINCOLN, n descendant
of President Lincoln, mt Liberto, Mo.
Rev. DIR. MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER, at
st. Louis.
ROBERT EDWARD EARLL of the Smith
sonian institute, at Washington.
ELDRED s. HALE, veteran of the Black
Hawk war, ut Primrose, Wis.
HENRY QUIGe, pioneer resident of Vir-
ginia Ills.
THOMAS NJ. SPEARS, for many years
chief Of police Of Kansas City.
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REV. c. o. BROWN ACQUITTED.
Practically Exonerated of the Charges Made
by Mrs. Davidson.

Practically Exonerated of the Charges Made
by Mrs. Davidson.
SAN FRANCISCO. March IL DIR Brown
is acquitted of the charges of adultery and
unministeral conduct by the church coun-
Gil which tried his case. The council ex-
cused DIR. Browns actions after the
charges had been made made public on ac-
count of his quick temper. With regard
TO the young lady who it is alleged he
threatened, the council says: 1--WE find
his conduct to have violated all rules
which should control the actions Of a
gentlemen and Christian minister, and we
censure him for it, while we gladly recog-
nize the kindly and manly words of APP
probation and reparation offered by him
to the young lady in our presence.
The council says DR.. Browns explana-
ton of the payment of money TO Mrs. Da-
wilson is unsatisfactory, but there is not
trace of suspicion in the minds Of the
council concerning the hitherto STAIN
less reputation Of DIR. Brown. Brown
and his friends consider the verdict q
complete vindication.
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TURBULENT POLITICS IN GOTHAM.
Republicans Have Warm Times and Hold
Double Conventions.

Republicans Have Warm Times and Hold
Double Conventions.
NEW YORK, March lin all congress
sional districts of this city, with the ex-
ception of the Sixteenth, the Republicans
last night held conventions for the pur-
pose of electing delegates and alternates
to the national Republican convention i'm
which turbulence and confusion were the
chief characteristics in the Twelfth and
Fifteenth districts. In the Murray Hill
Lyceum where the Twelfth district con-
vention was held. it frequently looked as
II only the presence of squad Of police
men prevented scene of personal en-.
counter between the opposing factions
favoring Morton and Mckinley as presi.
Dental candidates.
In spite of the claims of Cornelius n.
Bliss and Colonel Cruger, the "anti-ma-
chine" banner bearers, they were defeated,
but only after stubborn fight. Even
then they would not accept defeat, and
under the leadership of George Bliss their
cohorts got together and held an opposi-
ton convention and elected their own
delegates. In consequence OF this action
there will be contest before the national
convention.
A wild scene of riot and disorder marked
the opening proceedings of the Fifteen tn
congressional district convention at Rem.
wick hall. Over 900 excited men cheered,
hooted and yelled at each other while Po-
lice Inspector Cartwright, Captain Dean,
four police sergeants and 100 roundsmen
and patrolmen vainly endeavored to re-
store something like u semblance of order.
The fight was between the Platt and
N Al
two conventions and two sets of delegates
oln fnH
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Another bastard Who Can he Spared.

MILWAUKEE, March 81. - John Hol-
ringer. a railway employe, last night shot
and killed his mother-in-law. Mrs. Katie
Miller, and fatally wounded his young
wife The tragedy occurred at Mrs. Mil
ler's home and was inspired by Mrs. Hol-
Finger beginning suit for divorce. The
women were alone when Holzinger kicked
In the door and opened fire. Mrs. Miller
was shot through the heart and the wife
fell on the stairs in attempting to escape
and was shot as she lay there. Holzinger
later surrendered to the police.
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Told by Spanish editor to Try and Take
Cuba by DECLARING War.


Cuba by Declaring War.
NEW YORK. March % "A dispatch to
The World tom Madri says; La Epoca,
the leading Spanish ministerial organ.
says: IAN exhaustive examination of the
accounts published by the leading Amer
lean newspapers of the debates In congress
shows that setting aside hypocrisy, the
real issue, as some senators point out IL
whether the United States can take pos
session of Cuba by force or not. II they
can, why let them declare war against usi
let them set their fleets in motion and
send them TO Cuba
''They need not doubt that we will re-.
cejve them as it behooves us to do II
they cannot declare war then, as the most
honorable members Of congress have said,
let these debates cease and let Spain gov
ern herself with the liberty she is entitled
to and which nobody can limit Any
thing Is better than to go on threatening
and hiding under the veil of jingoism the
well known intentions of those whose
aspiration is the independence of Cuba in
order to obtain its annexation afterward. Z"
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Gertrude TAYLOR Confesses Murder.

terry of the poisoning of the Dillon Taylor
family at Craig, Mo. which has resulted
in the death of Dillon Taylor and the
probable death of Robert Taylor, his son.
and the latter's wife. was cleared up when
Gertrude Taylor, aged IL, confessed that
she was guilty of the poisoning. She said
she had formed dislike for her brother
and his wife and her father because they
would not consent to let her keep an or
gan which had been in the home for a
year. The girl was held in 81, 600 for muir
der, but her wealthy uncles say she shall
not be convicted if money can save her