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MS NAME ON HIS FISH.
Sa1Drtsed When He Caught . Floun
aer of the tame Name,

sa1Drised When He Caught . Floun-
der Of the same Name.
Many strange objects ere dragged
from the bottom of the sea, but Prov
incstown must surely take the palm
for finding the queerest sea spoil Of the
season. The schooner Little Jennie
made a very successful founder voy-
age on Saturday afternoon of Long
Point, taking eight barrels, say 1900
specimens, of pleuro-noctus maculatus.
Ordinarily, founder fishing is accom-
plished by means of the dredging ap-
paratus or hook and line. and the
method employed by the Little Jen-
MES crew--that of seining-is but rare
~ tried hereabout. The dredges bring
up many freak founders. Occasion
ally a specimen, white on back and
belly, with eyes of black, the sole
points of color in the entire fish, is
taken. Now and then a founder with
the under side the exact counterpart
of the black or brown upper comes to
the surface, and founders white on one
side and black on the other, top and
bottom, throughout their entire length,
are found. All these are considered
strange finds, but the find of the Lit
tie Jennie mel beats anything yet.
-Four sets of seine on the edge Of
the ground close to the Long Point
shore gave a yield Of eight barrels. AS
one big lot was being dumped inboard
one Of the crew saw q strangely mark
ed founder tumble among the mass.
Ills curiosity was aroused. and he
delved amid the Topping mass of fiat.
fish until he uncovered and extracted
the particular fish. Then he was as
tonished to Ind that the founder bore,
in inch-lopg capitals, his " surname,
ELLIS" He carefully wrapped the fish
in his coat and brought 1t to land,
where q score of sceffers became be-
levers, after q careful examination Of
the inscription. The name or inscrip-
ton a at some time in the past, cut
in the founders belly flesh, and heal
~ sas perfectly. is as plainly leglble as If
printed with the blacklist ink.
Without doubt a fisherman named
Ellis cut his name OH this particular
founder and threw it overheard. its
small size, about seven inches In
length, rendering it almost valueless.
The oddity Of the affair is that another
Ellis should assist in the recapture
and be the one to notice the strange
marks.
Insley Ellis is the one who brought
| the fish to land Saturday, and he was
a surprised lad, to say the least, dur
| ing all the hour that succeeded his
reading of his name inscribed upor
| the flesh of a founder caught. The re
porter will vouch for the truth Of the
story, he having. with many others, ex'
amined. the fish, and pronounced thu
inscription the result Of cuts made
weeks ago at least Who cut the
name. and when and where:-NeW
Rodfard Standard.
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EXPERIENCES WITH BURGLARS.
Tragic Story and Another With
HumOrOua Side.

Tragic Story and Another With .
Humorous Side.
Burglar stories are rife nowadays.
There are a hundred experiences told
Of burglars or would-be burglars for
every robbery, and those are numer-
ous. One of these is a true story and
Of a double tragedy. 1t is a story of
the rash use Of firearms. 1t was a
young man who discovered the burglar.
He heard first a slight noise outside
the house, was sure he heard steps,
and, looking out, saw a light. He aim
ed at the light as he took his revolver
and fired. There was no further noise
and he went to sleep, content that he
had frightened away the burglar If
there had been one. In the morning 1t
was found that his revolver had done
good execution. A man, heavily armed
and we'll supplied with burglars tools,
was found dead outside the house door.
1t was a great shock to the man who
had killed him. He had killed q hui
man being in cold blood, and he was
~inconsolable. He was a fine young fell
low, with q life of promise before him.
1t was in vain that his friends endeav-
ored to console him by saying that the
man was evidently desperate and other
lives might have been taken II he had
been allowed to carry out his plans.
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GUNPOwDER's FIRST USE.
MOhammedans Were the Earliest to
Employ Cannon in Warfare.

MOhammedans Were the Earliest to
Employ Cannon In Warfare.
People outside Of military life who
have no connection with the making
Of %gunpowder know it only as a coarse,
black powder like sand which will
flash off with a loud report If shut up
in a case Of any kind and set ON fire.
1t Is a very queer mixture, made up
of three simple and we'll known sub
stances, no n of which will explode,
although two will burn. No one knows
when or how it was discovered, for as
far back to the dark ages as records
or tradition will carry us we find that
gunpowder, though not used for guns,
was known. 1t was, no doubt, looked
upon with awe and fear by the an
clients on account Of its flame, it's noise
and its rending force, but their limited
mechanical skill could suggest very
little use for it.
Possibly 1t was used in warfare long
before the beginning of history, but
the first a in historical times, to
form an idea of the terrible destruc-
ton which this awful, bursting, fiery
substance might produce was an Eng
fish monk named Roger Bacon. Monks
in his day were the chemists, scholars
and writer's of the world, and this
Roger Bacon Travelled and studied
much and made continual experiments
in his laboratory to prove for himself
and to develop what he learned from
others. He probably saw gunpowder
among the Moors in Spain, and tried
for himself its explosive effect. Then
he wrote Of its composition in the year
1867, and in his writing suggested that
it could be used in engines of war to
deal death and destruction to armies
Of men.
Soon after Roger Bacon's time his
suggestions were taken up and guns
We're constructed, first by binding iron
bars together with hoops, to form a
tube, then by casting a tube out of
brass, with one end closed. Stone. of
suitable size were selected as shot, and
the powder had to be carried around in
chests or barrels and shoveled into the
muzzles of the guns. In spite of these
drawbacks, very large guns were built,
for there was one used by Mohammed
II. against the Greeks at the siege of
Constantinople in 1853 which threw q
stone weighing 600 pounds a distance
of one mile.-St. Nicholas.
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a drowsy way, as II she were too
sleepy to enter a vigorous protest, and

a drowsy way, as II she were too
sleepy to enter a vigorous protest, and
yet felt that she oight not to let such
a statement go unchallenged. lyon
bought 1t yourself. No 0ne else want
ed such n changing thing in the house."
Well, it's the only thing in the house
that. 1 4 al rely upon,' he retorted. Il
admit that l regret it when it gets
after me In the morning sometimes.
but when l get thoroughly walked up
l realize Its value. There isn't any
thing else in the house that isn't more
Or less affected by the weather. If 1t
isn't just as light as you think 1t ought
to be You turn over and so to sleep
again. II the sun stayed behind a
cloud and l didn't have this alarm
clock the chances are I would sleep
until con You have to see just so
much light shining in the window or
you won't believe it's time to get up.
and that is where the alarm clock
comes in. You knew l wanted to get
up early this morning, but l will bet
l wouldn't be awake now If 1t had
been left to YOU"
"That is right" she admitted. II
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He Mnde n Dive or His Vest.
would not have walked you up at this
time. What time is it, anyway
six O'clock" he answered promptly.
"That was the time l set the alarm
clock for"
II did not ask you about the alarm
clock" she retorted, rs she made her.
self as comfortable as possible under
the bedclothes while lie got up and be-
| gan to dress. II asked you what time
it was. 1t is dark enough to be mid
night" ,..
you?" he asked sarcastically. Are you
banking a combination of wOman's i'll
tuition and a cloudy morning against
the u%nequivocal assertion made by taht
| clock:"
ooh, l suppose the clocks all right"
she answered c%arelessly, as If it were
q matter Of small Importance anyway,
"but l would have more confidence
in it this morning if I hadn't seen the
children. playing with it last night
after you had set it. Somehow that
seems to have destroyed my confidence
in"
At the first mention of the children
he had made a dive for his vest to con-
suit his watch. and before she could
finish q man about h~alf-dressed was
moving rapidly in the direction Of the
chjldren's room with II large slipper
held aloof in his right hand.
The sounds that preceded from the
childrcn's Don a moment thereafter
awakened all the neighbors and set
them to guessing what the children
have done to deserve such severe pun
ishnent at 3 o'clock in the morning.
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MRS. CASTLE FREE
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LADY
is PARDONED.
British Ohicials Take Compassion
Upon u California Woman
Owing to Her Mental and Physf.
cal Condition and She Ia Given
Her Freedom - Her Husband
Takes Her From the Prison,

London. Nov. II. - Mrs. Walter NJ.
Castle Of San Francisco. who was sen
fenced at the Clerkenwell sessions to
three months Imprisonment without
lard labor, after having pleaded guilty
to the charge Of shoplifting. was re-
leased from Wormwocd Srrubbs prison
to-day on medical grounds. 10y order of
the ho:sle secretary, Sir Matthew White
Ridley.
The commissioners Of prisons, it ap-
pears, directed til" medical board to
inquire into and report upon the health
of Mrs. Castle, whose condition was
causing anxiety to the prison authori-
ties. She was watched day and night
by special attendants in the intirmary
and was shown every attention possi-
BILE. The commissioners after receiv-
Ing the report of the medical hoard on
the state of Mrs. Castles health, COM
municatcd with the home secretary
who promptly ordered her release from
prison II that she be placed in the
care of her husband, who has UNDER
taken to take her back to the United
States with the least possible delay.
Mr.. Castle called at the home office
and was there informed that his wife
would be Immediately released. Ac-
companied by a nurse he entered a car
riase and drove to the prison, where
the jailers ushered him into a waiting
room. and after n brief delay, Deputy
Worthy granted the unusual permits
sion for the carriage to enter the gates
and drive to the door of the hospital
of the prison.
There Mr.. Castle and the nurse
alighted and went to the door. A few
moments later Mrs. Castle, dressed in
deep black, was almost carried out Of
the hospital by the female attendants.
She was deathly pale, her face was
tear-stained, and she appeared to be on
the verge of collapse, and sank fainting
into her husbands arms. He tenderly
embraced her and tried to console her.
The nurse enveloped Mrs. Castles face
in n heavy veil, wrapped her up in a
shawl, and assisted her to the car
rage, where her head fell upon her
husbands shoulder and she sobbed
Historically. AS the carriage passed
out of the prison gates the driver ap-
piled the whip and drove rapidly away.
While Mr.. Castle was in the waiting
room of the prison lie was interviewed
by a representative of the Associated
Press. He said:
~ feel twenty years younger and as
though the nightmare of the past
month had vanished. My wife was iii
formed last night that l would come
for her to-day. She was utterly pros
trated yesterday. l shall Immediately
retire to the country, place my wife
under a doctors care, and endeavor to
restore her health in order to permit
her speedy return to America"
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What of ItH

he said, "that the girls provide them"
"Yes?' she returned interrogatively.
ooh. yes" he replied promptly. Il
can show YOU extracts from books to
prove it. in addition to referring you to
people who know all about it them
selves"
"What of itY' she asked somewhat
coldly.
He was a trifie staggered by both the
manner and the question, but he ell
deavorcd to make the best of it.
ooh, nothing much" he answered;
"Only It does not seem exactly nat
ural."
"Most natural thing in the world"
she asserted.
saw, now, you don't really think
that is exactly the proper thing, do
you:" he asked, rather disconnected.
Why not?"
He made a hasty effort to collect his
thoughts. and then suggested that it
| seemed to be expecting too much of q
girl.
"Such things seem to come more
more gracefully from the men," he
said.
perhaps you are right she answer
! ed. but it's a mere tritie anyway, and
suppose we might as we'll get used to
it. The bride has to furnish practi-
cally everything else for the mod
ern fashionable wedding. including a
dowry that is big enough for two. with
additions later. She might Is we'll fur
nish the ring. too"
He didn't propose-not just then. He
deemed it wise to give the matter fur
Their thought.
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Absolutely Valueless AID Uninter-
estinE.
should impose upon us to such an ex-
t%raordinary extent" she said, at last,
as he threw down the paper.
The girl in the tennis suit looked at
her in%quiringly.
":They make such a pretense of get
ting up news especially for u.s." ex-
claimed the girl in boomers, land in
variably fail so miserably."
why, the fashion page" began
the girl in the tennis suit. by way Of
protest.
absolutely valueless and uninter-
esting," broke in the girl in boomers.
"Nothing but gowns, gowns, gowns
and lingerie and lace. and not one
word about-er-er-what really inter-
ests us now. Why, half the things I
wear are not mentioned on wOman's
pages or in woman's magazines."-Chi-
cago Evening Post.
"Oh, WELL" explained the girl in the
tennis suit, apologetcally, "you must
not forget that it is only recently that
you began to-er-wear 'em."
"But 1t IL not entirely a matter of
bifurcation, either" protested the girl
in boomers. There is very little about
SePSS eOAA S"ISS ACuoA uAl6,
toe-clips, handle bars, road records,
diamond frames. centuries, cigarettes,
knee action, neckties and all the other
things that a girl is naturally inter
ested in. We nave to turn to a part Of
the paper devoted to men to find any
thing about any Of these things"
"Oh, that is natural just now. You
see"
"There's no politics on that page,
either" interrupted the girl in bloom
ers. "You cannot find out how to reg.
lister or in what colors the ballots will
be printed or where the speeches are
being made or anything else that Is in
teresting. Then there isn't any golf
news or tennis news or anything of
| that sort-nothing but a lot of stuff
| about homes and gowns and husbands
and other trash that no one cares any
thing about. What Is needed Is a
woman's page that is DEVOTED to mat.
tiers that women are really interested
in; to fashions that they will wear; ia
bicycle schools instead Of kindergar
tens. You see, we've been moving too
fast for these editors-at least some OF
us have"
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PACK OF RATS.

They Tackle 81 Foreman and His
Assistants In a Sewer Shaft.
Minneapolis, Nov. II. Milon T..
Sleeper, a eve foreman, and a couple
of his assistants had an encounter yes
terday with a pack of sewer rats. In
traversing the sewer tunnel under
Tenth avenue southeast they cornered
a pack Of more than a score of the big
rodents in a shaft. When the animals
found they We're in a trap they turned
on their pursuers and attacked them
viciOusly. But for their rubber boots
the men would have been severely bit
ten. Five of the animals We're killed
and the remainder finally broke away
and escaped.
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Odd Stories Of Life.

1t is her opinion ut the present time
that no reform movement is fully.
equipped unless 1t has brakes on II.
You see." she explained, Il tried to
reform George"
"Of course said the engaged girl,
that's what you married him for,
wasn't it,"
well, not entirely" answered the
young married woman. hesitatingly.
"-And, OF course, you didn't succeed
put in the older married woman; II
did-at least, I got him started, and
now there's no stopping him. You
see. l got him to stop drinking first.
He didn't drink much, anyway; hut
got him to stop 1t entirely, and for a
few weeks he was so cross and irrita-
BILE that l almost regretted that I'd
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FOUGHT A BEAR.
A Young Minister of Western Mon.
tunn Killed by the Animal.

A Young Minister of Western Mon.
tann Killed by the Animal.
Troy. Mont, Nov. II. - Rev. J. D.
Monitor of this place lost his life in a
desperate encounter with n bear in the
mountains near here Saturday. He had
been out with a hunting party and
separated from them Saturday morn
ing. That night he did not return, and,
becoming alarmed, his companions
started out the next morning to search
for him. The search vas kept up until
that afternoon, when Monitors hat was
found in the snow. Blood was seen
and evidences Of a terrible battle with
a bear were found. Following the trail,
the dead and liberated body of the
young minister was found about 100
yards away.
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Hobart Guest of Honor.

New York, Nov. 12.-Garret A. Ho-
bart. vice president-elect, who gradu-
ated from Rutgers college in 1863. was
the guest of honor at that institution
to-day on the occasion OF the celebra-
ton of Charter day. The old Glasses
We're well represented, and a great
crowd of visitors had gathered, Mr..
Hobart received an enthl siastic re-
ception from the students and alumni
when lie arrived under the escort of
President Austin Scott.
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Why Mott

He had some thoughts of proposing.
1t vas natural that his thoughts
should take some such course, for her
fortune was figured at something over
a million, while his was figured at
something less than 500: just at that
moment, although lie probably would
not have admitted it.
Then it was that the subject Of con-
versation Lrifted round to engagement
rings, and he mentioned that in some
countries men wore them.
"And the strange feature of it all is"
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This Is Your Opportunity.

This Is Four Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
q generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon.
strate the great merits Of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren ST.. New York City.
Rev. John Reid. Jr.. of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. /
can emphasize his statement, ut is q posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed."-
Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
The Dickinson press., 1896-11-14

Recent Affair in Everek Worse
Than ut First Reported.
Constantinople, Nov. II. - The re-
ports i'll circulation here on Thursday
last that a massacre had occurred in
an Armenian village near Kaisarich,
and that sixty persons had been.killed,
were not exaggerated. On the con
trary. the affair turns out to have been
serious than at first announced.
The massacre occurred in the village of
Everek. One hundred persons We're
killed and nearly all the Armenian
houses We're pillaged.
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done it. But he got over that, and l
was so pleased with my success that l
undertook to get him to stop smoking.
He said he felt so much better since
he stopped drinking that lie was begin
ming to believe there was a good deal
of benefit to be derived from abstemi-
BUSINESS, and he stopped smoking. 1t
was three months before he was in fit
condition to inhabit the same house
with a human being and two or three
times l begged him, for heavens sake,
to go to smoking again, but he would
not"
"You ought to be gratified to think
him." said The engaged girl.
ut must he very gratifying to have a
husband who neither smokes nor
drinks" said the older married wo-
man. '"Illere are not very many Of
them.'
ITS a good thing" returned the
young woman, bitterly.
Good thing" exclaimed both the
others.
Ives, a good thing" repeated the
sis. "A reform movement that you
NHA ! Slop NACh SOu WoAIa ~ 10 ohS VI
the most annoying and disagreeable
things that it is possible to have
around the house. My husband thinks
he feels so much better that he has be-
come Il crank. He doesn't believe in
pepper or condiments of any descrip-
ton any more, and has instructed me
to dispense with them. entirely in the
house."
"Outrageous!"
"He considers coffee injurious, and
won't have 1t on the table, and he in
sists that candy will drive any woman
to an early grave"
"PreposterOus!"
isn't it? But there doesn't seem to
be any help for it. He's says that now
he's started he's going to reform the
household from top to bottom"
That's the way with men, my dear.
You marry II to reform him, and he
thinks you have married him to be re-
formed" and che older married wo.
man looked very wise, while the en-
gagged girl looked in the direction Of a
box of bon-boEs on the table and be-
gan to think that, possibly, she would
be better not to try to reform Harry
Mt all.
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Enrlx Morninr Traxedy

Ting-a-ling- ling ling! B-z-z-z! Ting
a-ling!
"Confound that alarm clock" he ex-
claimed as he turned yer in bed.
"There is never a morning that I don't
regret that l ever permitted 1t to come
into the house."
Permitted it," repeated his wife In
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The Dutiful Servant.

Master addressing his Irish 8
vanb-Terence. I'm going into the
country to stay at my mothers place.
II Mr.. Dudley calls tell him that III be
back on Tuesday.
Terence-Begorra, I will sorr. And
after a pause) what will I be after
saying to him if he doesn't call, sorr?-
Tit-Bits.
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Very Poor Shot

Anoka, Mimi, Nov. 8. = Nellis Veid-
mark had n row in a saloon near the
depot and threatened to shoot several
people. He went home and secured a
revolver and shot several times at a
number of people. The chief of police
was notified and when he appeared
ing no harm. He was finally arrested.
The Dickinson press., 1896-11-14
More Detective Acume..

Glow did you spot HING" asked the
reporter Of the detective who had Just
nabbcd a brilliant young confidence
gentleman, disguised as a bloomer
girl. 1.-The disguise is perfect"
Il happened to catch him blushing,"
said the astute sleuth-hound Of the
law.-Washington Star.
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Riding safely at Anchor

Cleveland, Nov. S. = The four steel
canal boats which broke away from
their tugs off Dunkirk in the terrible
storm, and which 1t was feared had
been lost, with eight men, have been
found riding safely at anchor six miles
of Dunkirk.
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Henry White Convicted

st. Paul, Nov. 12.-Henry r White
has been found guilty of assault in the
first degree for shooting Tillie Schrump
Mt Hamline in July last. The penalty
is Imprisonment for not less than five
nor more than ten years in the penitcn-
tiary.
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uerIer.oo CrrnteI n,ror..

Henderson, Granted a Divorce.
Chicago, Nov. S.-David Henderson,
the theatrical manager, was today
granted a divorce from Grace Roth
Henderson, the we'll known actress.
George A. Ballantine, the son of q
wealthy New Jersey brewer, was
named as correspondent.
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Not I'm to Date.

The girl in boomers was thoroughly
disguised. She had devoted herself to
a woman's magazine for q matter Of
half an hour or SO, and had tried the
woman's page of a daily newspaper.
cit seems an outrage that they
The Dickinson press., 1896-11-14

Morning Sun, in Louisa county, Iowa,
will be granted free delivery in ac-
cordance with experiments now being
made by the department for the estab-
lishment of such delivery i'll rural dis
tricts.
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Almost a Hint.

He had been engaged for several
years, and me day last week II re-
marked:
Have you noticed those clocks in
the jewelry store on Main street,"
"No; is there anything peculiar about
themw
Eyes. they name the day."-Texas
Siftings.
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!Rnxaltx Weda

Vienna, Nov. This morning, in the
chapel Of the Hofbucg. Louis PHILIPPE
Robert, duke of Orleans, %pretender to
the Archduchess Dorothea.