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HuMonors Ia. MoNrv.
The outcoue or MS Practical Joke on n was.
dertnr pig.
iron, the 50. Louts Republic.

Frora the 81. Louis Republic.
Theodore Mowen, n Clarksville, Mo-, timer,
10 confined TO his homo with a broken arm and
badly bruised body, as the result Of a peculiar
accident.
Ono Of Thcodore's friends called on him to rc-
pair n leaking waterspout. The jolly timer got
his ladder and climbed up, carrying his little
stove. iron and stick Of solder. He proceeded to
his work and was making good Roadway, when
a moving object on the ground below caused
In Cisrksvillc. as in many other country
streets and fields. fecdisg on the surplus provis.
ions of the community. IT happened that when
damaged spout, one of the numerous family Of
multiplying guNdrupe g came s%norting and
resist the temptation to have a little fun. He 10
a goo lover Of roast pig, lie also ENJOYS q hog
one OF the fat animals putting on speed and ut
terinR shrill cries ~ he travels.
tered UNDER the ladder. MoSwscn t6Honsht It would
SS q capital iokG, to drop a bit Of molten solder
So n' loud nf' he " could ses Se S9~ H tIst ala "a not So"1 no f%s I the
! direction in which the pig wns moving.
ana III ,n,j jGSst +, put ut ny ir9S In th Th tpc ii get IT. It rel rel hot !
daisy Idea" and. suiting, tho action to bic
little stream of molten metal poured on the
The pig uttered a piercing saueal and made .
dasn forward. Mowen laughed loudly enough
to p%erfornte tho spout with joy. The idea had
worked like a charm.
The pig h~esitated n moment after starting oft
then, as II understa ndinR tho situation per.
fectly. he walked through the over rung Of tho
ladder. His head got through all right, but his
body was too big. The result was that ladder,
Mowen. solder. aud pig fell in q heap to the
ground.
The pig escaped uninjured, but Mowen's arm
was, broken and he sustained severe bruises on
the head. face. and body. Friends heard his
cries and came to his assistance. He was picked
up and carried to his home, and his condition 10
regarded rs serious.
The pigs burns are not dangerous, and tho re-
y%engeful creature again Is rolling In the mud Of
Clarksville.
Mr.. Mowen doesn't think his trouble Is any
"lnughing matter" He has foresworn Joking
when engaged at his trade, and anybody who
talks to him about 1.-THE pig in the poke and the
He barRained for just a little fun. he says. but
did not reckon on having his good intentions re-
ciprocated.
The incident is known In Clarksville 40 the
pig accident" and the animal HIT caused the
disturbance hns the right OF way in every street,
field, and house In the city.
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INDIAN TERRITORY B1Aox HOLES.
Horrible Prisons In which between 100 ana
500 Federal Prisoners Are Kept.
From the st. Loufs Globe. Democfc

From the st. Louis Globe. Democrat.
The other day a prisoner was brought to the
bar in one Of the Federal courts OF the Indian
Territory. He WAS told that he could have his
choice of a Jail or a penitentiary sentence.
Judge" said he. let me go to the penltenti-
airy. For Gods sake don't send ME back to Jail"
At Ardmore the space between two brick
buildings is inclosed by walls across the front
and rear OF the lot. A roof partially co vers the
Enclosure. The gable ends are open. and a driv-
ing rain or snow storm vets the interior The
mud or the dirt floors is often ankle deep. Such
is one OF the United States jails OF the Territory.
Under this shed and in the mud the Federal priss
oners awaiting trial are herded by guards, who
patrol the front and rear day and night.
t South McAlester Is the second OF these
national disgrnces. 1t is a stone building fifty
feet wide BY about eighty, feet long: The sides
KIM. In one end Is q door; In the opposite end
are two windows. The only mir that can enter
Is by the door and the two windows. Men and
women prisoners are confined in this stonO
building. Recently tho number thus housed
was l76. The smell which comes from the in
terror IS such that few persons can approach the
door without being siCkened,
I Muscogee is the third OF the Territory jails.
a nre destroyed the old building in use. and o
new structure. crude for such purposes. hut a
marked Improvement on the other two jails, 10
now In use.
These three places. two of them without coun-
terparts In the whole country, are employed to
awaiting trial or under sentence. They are the
only jails for a population of 800, 900 white
people. After the first of the year the Federal
three jails may. serve as well for the Indian
p9 iIbIS ,hn To keep The 7o0 or 500 prissoners
nays $4,000 u year to jnilers and keepers. The
course OF the Government toward the Indian
Territory has been reprehensible in many re-
more loudly for reform than these horrible
makcshifts for prisons.
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The "reorganized Democracy" Of Column
bus 10 going to have q banquet on Jackson's Day
that will be stuffed moro generously with toasts
and songs than human nature, unsupported by
the example of tho Hon. ALLEN o. MYERS.
would be able to stand. There are to DO twenty
seven toasts. and then volunteer toasts are to
come. 1t will DO midsummer by that time. for
among tho orators 10 to be Gen. ADoNrRAM
JUpsoN WARNER, who will resume his
remarks on "The Free and Unlimited Coinage
Of Silver" Gen. WARNER 10 fourth on the list OF
speakers. The other twenty-three and tho vol
unteers will have q mighty long while to wait.
Fortunately the Hon. HORACE LEoNIDAs CHAP
MAN, late the Democratic candidate for Govern
or. 10 safe. He 10 second on the list. and will
DO able to lift up his voice for the poor" in
his usual manner.
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JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS, takes a thoroughly
gloomy view OF the outlook for this country, In an
Interview In this oity.-Mnnedpoits Tribune.
n IL impossible for the Hon. JAMES HAMI1e
TON LEWIS TO take n thoroughly gloomy
view Of anything. II he allows himself to de-
spair for u moment n glance at the little silver
backed hand.mirror which IL his favorite com.
panion treasures him at once. What IL the plu-
tocrats continue to heap up i~ll.gotten gains and
the blessed hour Is delayed which is TO mako
everybody except pfutocrats happy by means Of
10 TO II Tho James hamilton Lewis countenance
has lost nothing Of Its superb lovellness, and tho
James Hamilton Lewis series Of whiskers re-
maths without q peer. Out Of respect to his
Pcpocratio Gu stituents In the State Of Wash.
ington Mr.. LEWIS would like to look sad, but
he can't do It. The only complain which he
made in MINNEAPOLIS was that there was no
cheval glass In his room at the hotel. Being
assured that his coat didn't "hunch up" in the
back, he resumed his habitual sweetness Of ex-
pression.
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To this must be added the production for No
vember and December. 1897. which belongs
s9 ehs o. esS about Se9 4s. d 5sS 600 en sai T . in forsnna the
Is there Is no prospect of over IL, .00O, 900 gal
Ions being produced next year, even II there Is
no agreement for restriction.
that 1t is thought the effort now on foot to
effect a consolidation OF interests may be sue
cessful. Pooling has been attempted again
and again OF recent years. but the interests
impossible to reconcile them. Last spring the
most promising Of all the efforts was made
under the suspices of the Spirits Trust, Messrs.
and Mr.: J. b. Wa hen, John q. Roach, Thomas
II. Sherley, and Others representing the bour.
bon distillers. They got options on most of
the d~istillery property In the State, and were pre-.
a Disagreement came up and the project fell
through: This was not surprising. though,
for the interests OF the whiskey and spirits dis.
suppiants the other. Too many distillers un,
derstand this for them TO have any faith In
Within the last few days secret conferences
t%illers In the state, and a new scheme OF com.
bination is under way. No particulars have
been given out, but II Is known that Mr.. John
Atherton and other big distiliers who control
is recognized as the leader of the liquor In
terests In the State, and one OF the leaders In
America. He Is one of the Few who saw the
storm coming In time to save their fortunes.
He has unusual powers as an organizer, and
he has begun right by first intere ting the big
producers. When they combine the little fell
be In their power so to regulate production
as to put the market again on Its feet. and
that is the only salvation for the biggest man
ufacturing interest in Kentucky. By it they
as those OF the Monarchs. Otherwise mat
tiers will go on from bad TO worse.
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Fireproor Wood IN warshIps.

wAsHISGToN, Dec. 27.-The report which As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt prepared for SEQ
rotary Long In regard to the use of fire.
proof wood on warships was handed to the
Secretary to day. Mr.. Roosevelt expresses his
dlsapproval OF the use of timber treated by the
hreproof process for Imprinted decks exposed
to water. He says that the wood has a ten
dency to absorb moisture, which makes IL lose
Its preventive effect. He thinks no ddiLional
benefit will he obtained by ITS use for decking.
as Ore is not likely 10 spread on "a polished sur.
face. For bulkhedd partitions and joiner work
PROBING process. Without exposure to water
and with the protection afforded by a coating of
paint, the wood; he believes. will serve TO insure
oAfety against fire.
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In all, ten JOSIAH QUNoYs have been elected
Mayors In Boston. while four others received plurali.
ties-Uttcd Herald.
Don't try to make JOSIAH QUINoYs so common.
Some annalists maintain that three JOSIAH
QCNoYs have been Mayors Of Boston. but
modern research tends to the belief that
there never was but one JOSIAH QUINCY.
The present Mayor of Boston 10 known to
be more than three hundred years old.
He was born in Northamptonshire some time In
the sixteenth century, and has been o candidate
for Mayor fourteen times In this century be-
sides performing considerable public service In
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. His
calmness is due to the fact that he has always
had plenty of time.
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The Pablo School Lecturers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sfr: Apropos to your
article in the other weeks Sun about the 900. 900
people attending the public schools free evening
lectures. how Is it that the great majority of the leo.
tur rs are Jews or OF Jewish extraction. or II not
Jews they have g pronounced foreign accent. which
in some of them Is quite hard to understand, unless
you are close to them and pay rapt attention to their
words?
Also Us q regular attendant I noticed. aud excep.
tioually so. this time q pronounced Yankee from his
accent. He In the course OF his lecture intOrjected his
own personal prejudice or bigotry when he said, lee.
turing about New Mexico. that all over the plains
here and there Q wood n cross was erected to show
the fanatics and fanati ism OF the spaniards who
planted them. Isthis right on the part OF q public
t%ecturarp Respectfully, HENRY MAYKR.
NEW YORK, Dec. "a.
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/ was told n curious story the other day about
the late Senator Kenna of West Virginia, whose
days.
" hen he first came to Congress a Mrs.
Kcaron, who lived in tho same boarding house.
persuaded him 10 buy n tick + in n raftir at a
church fair Tor a cooking stove and a complete
kitchen outfit. His ticket turned out To be Inc
lucky one and he sent the goods to his home in
Nest E]irginin: While he was arranging rcr
was introduced to the young lady Who After.
ward became Ms wife, and jocuiarly Invited
would be very glad 10 do so. The next wintee
Mrs. kenr2n sold Mr.. Kenna q ticket in another
lar gwen oy ne same church. This time the
SUGGEST J.. lie put the ring carefully away
until II was needed nj his wedding a few months
later, ana IL so happened that his bride was M
hTst person TO use The cook stove. '"'
Mrs; kenna is now .Postmistress at Charlos.
has decided that its represcntatI i've in The Smi.
iery o. statues Of statesmen at the Canitni sk""iI
kitchen furniture at a rattle. "Nu Ms
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A bill making a CLOSE" season for musk
rats 10 before the Virginia House OF Delegates,
and the people of the Eastern Shore are Said
to stand by 1t to a man. The uninitiated from
other parts of the State have been inclined to
derlde the muskrat and Its champions, but ac-
cording to the author OF the bill and It's
friends muskrat meat Is q dish for gods
and men of educated palate. A correspondent
OF the Richmond Dispatch cites authorities to
establish the delicate favor OF muskrat. Per-
haps the most instructive witness mentioned
was a man famed for his good living. the late
SAMUEL G. TAYLOR. who for many yeAra was .
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PRIpATE HoWE's PAY.
After He Had Put Up s81 900 He and All Hls
ReEiment Got Their Money for Services

"ob huetT UNIV "
From the Youths Companion.
When the civil war broke out an immense
meeting was held in Bridgeport. Conn.,. and
many men volunteered for the army. To the
general surprise, one of the richest men In the
State, Elias Howe. the inventor of the sewing
machine, arose and made this brief speech:
for his country. I don't know what / can do.
unless 1t is to enlist and serve as a private In the
to "ta and do what 1 can u With ViTihh'S a musket %"AN"s
But it soon proved that the chronic ! ,meness
from marching with a mnskot, even to the OK
tent Of standing sentry. Determined to be of use,
however. he volunteered to serve the regiment
as Its postmaster. messenger, and eXpreSsman.
Sending homo for a suitable horse and wagon,
he drove into Baltimore twice a day and brought
t + sps he ee would ,ii rn ,sa' oTsr a bSlI Pc the 81 State y to " dsl fSea
a letter to some lonely mother anxious for her
which he needed during the rainy winter.
For four months, after the Seventeenth Con-
so pressed for money that no payment to the
Troops could be made: and there was eonse z;
the soldiers, and painful anxiety endured by the
men themselves.
the paymaster's office in Washington and took
his seat in he corner to await his turn for an in.
terview. Presently the officer said:
Well, my man, what can / do for you T.
have called to see about the payment OF
the Seventeenth Connecticut" answered the
The paymRster. somewhat ~irritated by what
he supposad a needless and impertinent inter
nothing without money. and that until tho
Government furnished some 1t was useless for
soldiers to come bo,hering him about pay"
II know that the Government is in straits"
returned the soldier. II have called to find out
how much money. it will take 10 give my regi.
ment two months pay. am ready to furnish
the amount
The amazed officer asked the name of his
visitor, who modestly replied, "Elias Howe"
He then wrote a draft for the required sum
$31 900. Two or three days later the regimen
was paid. When Mr.. Howe's name was called.
he went up to the paymaster's desk and signed
the receipt for $2s. IS of his own money.
The officers of a neighboring regiment sent
over to the Seventeenth Connecticut to Gee II
they could not " borrow their private"
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Tho Anti-Book Agent Bill.

Perhaps the extreme manifestation yet
witnessed of the differentiation or anti.
trust craze Is found in a bill introduced in
the House by Mr.. WHEELER of Kentucky.
This time the grasping and avid subscrip-
lative repression.
The anti.book agent measure introduced
by Mr.. WHEELER provides that mo person
holding q copyright for any book, map. or
pamphlet shall enter into any agreement,
combination, or understanding with any
person or persons whereby the parties to
said contract shall have the exclusive priv
ilege to sell books, maps, or pamphlets, or
into any agreement, combination, or un-
derstanding for the purpose Of controlling
or regulating the output of books, maps, or
pamphlets, or for fixing, establishing, regu-
lating, controlling, or influencing the price
for which books, maps, or pamphlets are
sold" The penalty proposed by the bill
is a cancellation of copyright.
The portentous phraseology Of the
Wheeler bill seems to cover a direct attack
upon the present system by which the pub
fishers of subscription books-not q PERM.
cious industry except from the point of view
of the housemaid who answers the front door
bell-dispose of their inoffensive wares by
agents with exclusive territorial rights or
privileges. It is q measure calculated to
make the book canvasser tremble.
But If books, why not egg heaters, court
plaster, and stove shakers7 The same great
principle applies to all. Why should one
man. in his free country, enjoy, to the ex.
clusion Of his fellow-citizens, the right to
| peddle any proprietary article in In given
State, county, township, or ward3
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Fatal sLuxDE n BY DRUGGISTS


Attributed 10 Their Long Hours or Labor
what's BeInE Done TO Remedy This.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. The deaths
of Solomon Levin of 8 Chrystie street and Ruth
Schulang Of 442 East Eighty .eighth street. in
consequence Of drug clerks mistakes, last
Thursday. would seem to Indicate that some
thing 10 wrong in the drug trade. The Drug
Rists' League for Shorter Hours Is of the opinion
that the daily working time Of drug clerks
fourteen to sixteen hours) is the cause Of the
frequent deaths like those mentioned.
The league Is not satisfied with presenting its
ten-hour bill to the Legislature In its next ses-
sion, but also intends to call the attention OF the
January Grand Jury to the above state of affairs.
President Wilson Of the Board OF Health Is in
favor of our bill, and we shall call upon the
Mayorof Greater New York for his help.
The Joint Committee Of the Social Reform
Club and the Druggists League for Shorter
Hours, with Charles f. winRate as Oh irman.
ter Of health. The women's Health Protective
vancement OF the Interests Of labor, the Central
Labor Union, and others will be asked to aid.
of The the " GuassSSld hr Ecc clrsnds a ths iaaGEsems sRs
Consumers League, the Knights OF Labor, and
q number OF trades unions, physicians. and we'll
The Social Reform Club has taken up the mat
Ter very vigorously and INSTRUCTED Ernest II.
| SIobuy II JuLueo u. Itey uoiub,
eRRtes to the Joint convention Of the State
branch of the American Federation of Labor
and the Workingmen's State Assembly, to be
held at Albany Jan. IL, 10 push the bill Of the
Druggists League for shorter hours as energet-
ically as possible.
Mr.. Charles F. wingate Of ll9 Pearl street,
the director Of the coming International Health
Exhibition at the Grand Central Palace. will ex-
hibit there two kinds of drug stores, the wrong
one with cot for clerk behind counter. &C., and
tho right (sanitary) one.
The next meeting of the Druggists League
for Shorter Hours will be held at the Gramercy
Lyceum, 113 West Twenty.third street, Jan.
10. at 8 P. NJ.
At present the officers of the league are gath
erinR statistical material showing the liability
Of drug clerks and druggists to throat and lung
troubles and how the insurance companies are
affected by this class OF trade.
Mrs. James Scrimgeour of 70 Macon street,
Brooklyn. the. President. of the Brooklyn
Women's Health Protective Association. has
Endorsed tho bill, and will ask her society TO in.
dorse the same at the next meeting. The
league hopes for your kind cooperation in this
matter OF public concern. and would feel very
much encouraged II your valued paper would
investigate It's claims, protect the interests of
the public, and Join us In asking that this bill
New YORK, Dec. 90. EDWARD THIMMn.
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Al Associated Press Paper P,ys Its CompIi.
meats to Melville 4. Stone.
From the chfoaOo Inter. Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
newspaper. whose ~plenitude of bogus news DO
trays the influence OF Mismanager stone. publishes
the following:
The rules OF the Associated Press make Il possible
to susp nd or me any member receiving or giving
news TO any association antagonistic TO that organize
Press may see nt to make an example Of the Inter
Ocean
We have invited hismanager Stone repeatedly to
make an example +" Of US. We have dared him TO
enforce his boycott and defend his monopoly In tho
courts. We have snapped our fingers at his threats
and have exposed the rascality behind them. We
have stuned his own reputation down his throat and
yet he has given no sign of night. II there is any lex.
ample" present or future. In all this. II Is certainly
that OF q bully and q coward hoist by his own petard.
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pillar Of the ola Meuseneo Hardshoil Baptist
Church in the northern part Of Accomac. 80
strong was his liking for muskrat that when he
was 80 years old he spent an entire Sunday in
digging some Of the willy little animals out Of
their holes on the banks OF Messengo Greek, for
which he was summarily turned out Of church."
The anecdoto seems conclusive, and the muskrat
ought TO be- acknowledged, protected, saved for
those who know and like him.
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Tho merry Days.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

Little room for melancholy
When the house Il hung with holly,
When the mi tlctoe we wreath,
n the red lips smile beneath;
When the iAme that ard races
caves the crimson in sweet faces;
And the merry hddles win you
With q reel from old Virginia;
Whoa the sliny a you shake down
For an old-time Georgia "breakdown"
All the world can give it's giving
Christmas times. and life's worth liyingl
II.
Little oom for care OF signing
When the sparks from oak logs fiyinE
Up the whist ling chimney 20
And, like n~refiIes, melt In snowi
When the frosty bells are ringing
And The air 10 sweet with Singingi
When we feel thew aft OF curls
In q wild ride with tue girlsl
When the toast the rounds Is going.
Aud the sharp. sweet elders iowingl
All the world cun give IT'S giving
Christmas times, and lies worth liyingi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
LynehinE Defended By = Negro Preacher.
From the Chicago 1imes- Herald.

from the Chicago TtneS- Herald,
BRUNSWICK. Ca. Dec. es.-The Rev. d. Anderson. .
negro preacher. author, and lecturer. who Is now In
this city. has created q sensation by defending lynch
ing. He contends that It Is sometimes 1ustinable.
Mr.. Anderson made the declaration from the pulpit
of q colored church that nine.tenths OF the victims OF
mob violence In the South not only deserved their
fate. but received what society was compelled TO ad.
minister In order to insure protection OF the white
homes OF the South.
II IL said that open threats have been made against
the preAohsr by many OF bis own color.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
Neal Dow. Libby Prison ~spe.os...

"A man with a specially ia never at n loss for
zeal DOW was in, Libby Prison during ibc ccivii
ma i ~ YOU'D stir up his fellow prisoners with
In the midst OF his eloquenee. n any ~ ,hu
stunr%s appeared, he would quickly take mn
Of III" bbnnse us ms theme, much to Inc delieht
the FAMILIAR remarks: "N"N 'hS near
shOp w. viz ESSn ! saroRs we must put down the gree
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The citizen most disguised with the
particular part of the disgraceful campaign
against Gen. TRACY, which yesterdays SUN
showed WHITELAw REID to have been guilty Of.
would be Mr.. SETH Low, II Mr.. Low could con-
scientiously claim for himself the right to con-
denim any one of the supporters. however con-
temptible, who Allotted him In delivering the
metropolis of the Empire State to the Tammany
servants of the Chicago platform.
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Truth has followed up its gorgeous Christmas
number with an ordinary number. which bsArs out
ths promises OF Its new editor, and gives pleasant
evidence OF ting change In the magazine,
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the venesful and seihsh machinations Of
the politicians In and about the Strong adj
mInistration, the officials to succeed the
reformers will be Of Tammany Hall.