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A Washington, despatch to the New Yetis
Star says : " If the delay in the matter of
the fisheries.controversy should, saa now
seems, probable; result in e more intelligent
apprehension of the questioe by the people
of this country, Mr. Bayard will have
earned the gratitude of both pales of the
St, Lawrence. From the very outset of
the dispute the true.character of the issues
involved has been seditiously
i
ohscuredbya
set of demagogues in New alegland and. n
Congress, From the very outset, it hag
been made to eppear that the Canadians
sought to oppress and outrage our fisher-
men. The humblest effort by the. Dominion
authorities to assert their undoubted and
conspicuous rights was converted into a
brutal and wicked assault upon our
manhood. The establishment by them
of custom house regulations for their
own coasts, and ports was described
as an act of rowdy bravado; the enforce-
ment of those regulations became a grind.
ing insult too hideous for endurance, It
was never once admitted that the Domin-
ion had any claims which we were bound
to respect. It was never hinted that Can-
ada's territorial privileges amounted to
anything more than an idle metaphor, or
that her disposition to uphold them could
be other than a vicious and unprincipled
assault on our dignity. While we were
claiming the whole Pacific Ocean north of
the fiftieth parallel, denying the right of
English vessels to come within 100 miles of
our shores, and regarding these colossal
assumptions as miracles of modesty and
self-abnegation, we flushed with a nob
rage at the establishment by Canada of a
three-mile limit along her Atlantic Coast,
and fairly gasped with fury when it
appeared that our vessels would not be
allowed to violate Canadian revenue
laws within Canadian jurisdiction.
There was never a more impressive
exhibition of blustering ruffian-
jam, and it is to the imperish-
able honor of the Administration that it
refused to lend itself to the senseless
clamor of that time. It stood like a rook
against the furious tido of misrepresenta-
tion and malignity. It offered a stern and
immovable barrier to the most vicious
conspiracy of the generation. And now
the fruit of this manly course is beginning
to appear. A clearer understanding of the
case has presented itself to men. Within
the past fortnight two signal indications of
this have transpired, notably in the power-
ful speech of Congressman Butterworth, of
Ohio, delivered in his city a few nights ago.
The fact is cropping out that vast and far-
reaching mutual interests unite Canada and
the United States, interests which, in their
present aggregate and their futurepromise,
are to th e question of the fisheries as a moun-
tain to a mole hill. The people of the cities
along the lakes aro awakening to the know-
ledge that they cannot afford to sacrifice a
great and growing branch of their traffic to
the unreasonable and arrogant pretensions
of Senator Frye's Yankee fishermen. Every-
body agrees—the entire country demands
with one voice—that our citizens shall re-
ceive fair and courteous treatment at the
hands of the Dominion authorities, and
none will more jealously and more vigi-
lantly guard this point than President
Cleveland and Secretary Bayard. But it
is no longer possible to delude the country
with a false presentation of the case, and to
inflame the public mind against Great Bri-
tain through the medium of slanderous ex-
aggerations. This delay, which has been
so angrily criticized by Senator Frye's
organ, is coming to be understood as a
fortunate and auspicious interlude, during
which the country hag had leisure to learn
much truth and to relinquish many mis-
chievous delusions."
JUMPED FROM A WINDOW.
A Detroit Hotel Boarder Throws Himself
from a Fourth Story Window and is
Dashed to Death.
A Detroit despatch says Chas. M.
Haslett, who arrived at Detroit about a
week ago, and for the last few days was
stopping at the Brunswick Hotel, at 1
o'clock yesterday morning jumped from
the window of his room in the fourth story
and struck upon the stone pavement be-
neath. He was frightfully crushed and
died almost immediately. The coroner
was summoned and began an investigation
and took charge of his effects, which con-
sisted principally of a gold watch and some
$70 in money. From a letter found in
Haslettai satchel it appears that he was a
druggist, and had come to Detroit to nego-
tiate for the purchase of a drug store. A
letter was also found, evidently from a
lady friend in. Three Biveis, dated May
2nd and signed " Hattie." In it she urges
him to beware of his failing, hopes for the
best, but fears the worst, saying, 1 d But if
you do as I think you will do, then God
help you." The dead man was about 85
years of age, with dark brown hair and
short side whiskers, and presented the
appearance of a thorough business man.
He had been drinking heavily for the past
few days.
Outrage on a Clergyman,
A Paris, Ont., despatch says : On Satur-
day morning about 3 o'clock some mis-
creants desirous of venting their spleen on
Rev. Mr. Koyle, Methodist minister,
attacked his residence, the parsonage ad-
joining the church, by throwing stones and
smashing two largo panes of glass over the
front entrance. On hearing the crash Mr.
Koyle got up, but the,sperpetraters had fled
and disappeared in the darkness, Mr.
Koyle had been in Brantford yesterday
watching the proceedings in certain Scott
Act trials, the violators having been fined
some $50 each. He puts this and that"
tegether. The perpetrators of the 01.16r/bp
have not been positively, ascertained, but
sufficient is known, it iS believed, to put a
detective on the track, and every effort will
be made to bring the offenders to justice.
In Pittsburg,. Pai s a few nights ago a som•
nambraist walked off a balcony, fell about
twenty feet, was picked up add carried into
the house, and after a time ho awoke: The
shook of the fall, which sprained his foot
and bruieed him generally, did not rouse
him front his'Sound sleep.
Lincoln Wrote that famous paper (tlie
Gettysburg tarittithi) in so hinny different
ways that he must have written and re
written it at least a thousand times. Still,
t was worth the trbublea—Jereet City Argus.
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Murders. nal Two Little altattsaselttafiretn, Themllurles Pe Beek Yard and
Cenfesses Crinte•
A last (Tuesday) night's Beading, Pa.,
despatch pays: Win. Showers, a cigar,
;raker; aged 59 years, was arrested at Allu-
via Lebanon County, at midnight, charged.
With murdering his two grandchildren,
Willie and Sosteatel, aged 3 and 5 years.
The children were the illegitimateeffsPring
of Showetia deceased daughter. Two weeks
ago lie drove into the mountains with the
children and returned without them,
Npthing had been heard of them since, and,
as Showers told many conflicting stories
regatding their absence, the District Attor-
ney ordered his arrest,
Search was made for the children, and
resulted in finding their bodies buried in
Showers' yard with ropes around their
necks. Showers claims to have
taken the children from their home
to deliver them to a man at. Tower
City, who was to adopt them, and
that while on the way he missed his road
and put the little ones out of the carriage
while he went to water his horse a quarter
of a mile away, and that while gone the
children disappeared in company with two
strangers. He denies all knowledge of the
bodies being in the yard. Showers was
engaged to marry a lady, but her one con-
dition was that the children should be first
got rid of by placing them in charge of
some other person. Failing in this it is
believed he resorted to murder.
Showers has confessed the crime of mur-
dering the boys. There is great excite-
ment in the vicinity of Showers, and
threatssof lynching are freely made. When
found the bodies of the boys were nude
except their night shirts, showing that
they had been taken from bed and mur-
dered in cold blood. They had been
strangled with ropes bound around their
necks, and their skulls had been crushed
in with a club. Their bodies were badly
decomposed.
A PRISON ROMANCE.
A Hardened criminal Reformed by the
Wife. lie Married in Rio Cell.
A Wilmington, Del., despatch says :
Charles Blake, a once hard criminal, was
released from Newcastle jail to-day, after
finishing a three years' sentence for bur-
glary. When he began his term of im-
prisonment he was required to stand in
the pillory an hour, and was to have
received thirty. lashes ; but, through the
pleading of Blake's sister, Governor Stock-
ley remitted the lashing. He escaped from
jail three times while serving his sentence,
but was as often recaptured. A glamor of
romance surrounded Blake during his
entire term at Newcastle. Women ad-
mirers kept him supplied with flowers,
fruits and dainty trappings for his cell ;
and in September, 1884, Sheriff Martin
permitted him to be married to the woman
of his choice. The bride was Miss Gussie
Turner, of Philadelphia, and the wedding
took place in his cell. She has since been
very assiduous in her attentions to him,
and was at the jail when he was released,
so they left Newcastle together. Blake
recently signed a pledge to abstain from all
intoxicating liquors, and declared to the
Sheriff and others at the jail his intention
of leading a respectable life. It will not be
the fault of his devoted wife if he fails to
adhere to this laudable determination.
KILLED BY A SPIDER.
Death of an Infant in New York After
Twenty-Four Hours' Agony.
A New York despatch says : Fritz
Kibitz, 1 year and 8 months old, was play-
ing about the floor of his home at 650 Fifth
street, about 4 o'clock on Saturday after-
noon, when suddenly he began screaming.
His mother ran to him and saw a big
spider on his left hand. The little fellow
held the hand up and acted as though he
was in great pain. Mrs. Kibitz killed the
spider, and observing a small red mark on
the child's hand, concluded that the spider
had bitten it. She applied some lotion,
but the child still continued its cries. A
few hours later a small red lump appeared
on the hand, which kept spreading until the
swelling extended to the arm. A.physician
was called in, and measures were taken to
stop the spread of the poison. His effects
were unsuccessful, and. on Sunday tale
child's arm almost to the shoulder was
badly swollen. The little fellow suffered
great agony, and cried incessantly until
Sunday night, when he died. The spider
was described as having a small drab body.
Late Scottish News.
Mr. William Watson, late Sheriff-Substi-
tute of Aberdeenshire, the pioneer of the
movement which resulted in the introduc-
tion of industrial schools into Scotland,
died in Edinburgh on the 12th of May.
A committee of gentlemen has been ap-
pointed to receive competitive designs for
a statue of Burns for Ayr. Sir John Mc-
Dowell, Athens, has generously offered a
block of marble for the pedestal of the
statue.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, New York, has,
through Dr. Charles Rogers, of Edinburgh,
requested to be allowed the privilege of
contributing a bust of Sir Walter Scott to
the Statuary Hall of the National Wallace
Monument.
Mr. Themes Stevenson, C.E., son of the
builder of the Bell Rock Lighthouse and
father of the distinguished essayist and
story-teller, Mr. Louis Stevenson, died on
the 8th of May at his residence in Heriot
row, Edinburgh, in his 69th year.
The Original Bagged School, founded by
the late Dr. Guthrie in 1847, was on the
6th of May removed from Ramsay lane,
Castle hill, Edinburgh, to new and corn-
Modione premises at Liberton,which have
been erected at a cost of abo£10,000.
Rev. Dr. Story has resigned his charge as
minister of the parish 61 Rosenetith. Dr.'
Story was recently appointed Professor
of Ecclesiastical History in the Glasgow
University, and in consequence he has been
obliged'to sever his long connection with
that'parish.
Three Mies strolling in the woods near
Mendocino, Cal., found a doer, and their
dogs caught it' aid held it until they cut
its throat.
Jacob Welch, of Ritchie County, West
Virginia, cut down a hollow maple tree the
other day, from which ran twenty-seven
full-grown squirrels.
aeOHTHWgea.
Considerable local feeling exists at Battle.
ford heCause of the decision of the Govern.
meat to collect the. arms of the Wag
guard and remove them to Winnipeg. The
meidents of Battloford think the .arms
should he left, there as a Pleasure of Pre-
Paatiela
It is rumored that MgOinty, who was
shat b Conductor Selkirk at Donald,
is dead-
Peter Pant, the man who shot Chief
Monaca has effected his escape. The Chlef
is dpin well and no danger is epprehended,
The bullet has not heen extracted yet.
tionater Schaltz was interviewed yester-
day in:. Montreal while on his way to
Ottawa. Speakiag . of the importance of
measures for increasing the national food
supply of the Northwest in view of the
extinction of the buffalo, he said the
principal points to which attention !could
be drawn were the fishproduct, wild rice
and the cultivation of the rabbit.
A petition to the Dominion Government
praying for certain amendments to the
Lands Act has been drafted by a commit-
tee appointed at a publig meeting held in
Regina, and will be forwarded to Ottawa.
In reply to a request from the Council of
Whitewater, Man., for the extension of the
Manitoba Southwestern.Railway, Mr. Van
Home stated that the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company had no money to expend
on branches in Manitoba.
An immense mass meeting was held yes-
terday in Winnipeg to discuss the railway
situation, all parts of the Province of Mani-
toba being represented. The proposed rail-
way to the boundary was enthusiastically
endorsed, and resolutions condemning the
disallowance policy and Sir Geo. Stephen's
recent telegram and urging the immediate
construction of the road were adopted.
Ground has been broken at Grand Forks,
Dak., for the Northern Pacific extension
to the boundary, to connect with the Mani-
toba line.
The first train on the C. P. It:readied
Vancouver, B. C., on Monday last, the
engineer on the occasion being Mr. P.
Wright, and the conductor Mr. Bernhardt.
On a shield on one side of the engine was
a banner with the inscription, " Our
National. Highway," and on the other,
" From Ocean to Ocean." The whole
train was draped with bunting and ban-
ners. The town had been tastefully
decorated for the occasion with arches,
evergreens, etc.
Reports haws been received at Regina
that the Blood Indians have stolen forty
horses from the Gros Ventres, south of the
line, and serious results are feared. Lieut.-
Governor Dewdney, with a detachment of
Mounted Police, has left fox MaeLeod, to
endeavor to pacify the Gros Ventres.
Mr. W. L. Boyle, the well-known banker,
was dined by the Manitoba Club prior to
his departure for New York, where he is
going into business.
Twenty-seven miles of the extension of
the Northern Pacific Railway from Grand
Forks, Dak., to the boundary have been
graded. The company will reach Pembina
November next.
Mr. Scarth's supporters are greatly in-
dignant at the action of that gentleman in
maintaining silence during the discussion
in the House of Commons on Mr. Watson's
disallowance resolution. Some of them say
he will be asked to resign, and if he does
not do it they themselves wilagive evidence
against him in the eleetiont trjal with a
view to displacing him.
The Local Government has formulated a
scheme for granting a bonus to cheese fac-
tories, with a view to encouraging their
maintenance in this Province.
Samuel Poole, formerly a London, Ont.,
farmer, has been murdered at Montreal
colony, thirty miles north of Whitewood.
He was missed last Sunday, and a party
which set out on Monday in search found
him about one hundred yards from his
house, tied by his neck to it, tree, face down,
and his head smashed and face, badly
disfigured. There is no trace of the mur-
derers.
A Qu'Appelle despatch says : At 8 o'clock
this morning news was received here that
H. adeLeish, a settleta who left yesterday in
pursuit of half-breeds who stole his horse,
had been shot last night near Wolseley.
The murderer is a half-breed named Raisett.
An indignation meeting of citizens was
held, and a party of twelve horsemen and
three teams leave by special train for the
scene of the murder. The expenses were
subscribed by citizens.
An interview was held by LieritaGover.
nor Dcwdney with the Bloods on Saturday
at Fort McLeod.' Red Crow and about one
hundred Indians attended. Red Crow said
he had lost over forty horses by Gros
Ventres lately. Mr. Dewdney took advan-
tage of this to say that stealing mutt be
stopped. Red Crow said when the Indians
wore arrested the young men decided to
come to McLeod and make a declaration to
steal no more. After the loss of the
Bloods' horses, however, they became
unsettled and did not come, but deter-
mined to go south and get even with the
Gros Ventres. It was settled at the inter-
view that they should not go, but that a
joint attempt will be made by the Indian
Department and the police to got back the
horses and arrange an understanding with
the Gros Ventres to prevent further raids
on both sides. The United States Govern-
ment intends to remove the Gros Ventres
from the Milk river country, thus reducing
the danger of collision with the Canadian
Bloods.
A petition has been' prepared and will
probably be put in cam:dation among Mr.
Searth's' supporters at the late election
calling upon him to resign his seat at
Ottawa because of his silence on Mr. Wat-
son's anti.disallowance resolution.
A majority of the City. Council has
clecidcd to consider, an application to the
Legislature to make Mayors elective by
the- Council.
Intelligence has been receiVed of the
whereabouts of Joe Fent, who recently
attempted to kill Chief of Police McRae,
and his pursuit has commenced.
A mass meeting of the Knights of Labot
was held to-night, and resolutions in oppo-
sition to railroad monopoly Passed,
":Lone Men," convicted of shooting Oar.
poral Joasieta, has been lodged in Manitoba
Penitentiary.
Sergt. C. N. Mitchell, a member of the
Wimbledon team, has left for the East,'
It is said that fully 3,00 Men will bo
employed this summer in the construction
of additional snostailaeds in the Rockies for
the Canadian Pacific, Railway Company.
COLLAPSE OF A BUILDING.
An chi atruetare in St. Louis Tumbleil
Down, Burying &Vera People Aft kits
itutas-
A last (Manday) night's St• rLsmis de.
sailtch paYsAt Boob to-clay .thethree-
story s hrielc 'building Nos. 414 and 410
North Thitd street collapsed, and several
men are supposed to be buried in the flan*,
The building was occupied by Fleth do
Moodk and Bailey, Lange & Co., painters,
At the hour of the collapse most of the men
Were in the yttad at the rear. Several men
were sitting on the windows when the
etructure began to phrase. One called out
from the third story, " The thing is coming
down I" but as the vibration ceased the
men supposed the cause of the shaking to
be telegraph men walking over the roof.
The men hastened to the front of the build.
ing; and found the wreck here more °Sim-
plot° than in the rear, the whole force
seeming to have concentrated over the
offices, pulling the wall inwards. The
police patrol and the firemen quickly ap.
peared and began the work of digging for
those buried under the ruins, though the
banging walls threatened another crash.
The men that made, their escape are sure
there were several clerks and employees in
the offices. The building was very old,
being amongthe few ancient structures
still standing in this city. It has not been
occupied until recently. One man, named.
August Steffins, a painter, was taken from
the debris at 1.30 p.m. He was badly
crushed, but is still living. He says all the
men in the front part of the building
escaped. He was pinned down by a plank,
which kept the mass of the debris off him.
The search for more victims is progressing.
EGYPT'S FUTURF,
The Terms Under Which England Pro-
poses to Evacuate the Country.
A London cable says : The Anglo-Turk-
ish convention relative to Egypt provides
for the maintenance of all existing firmans
and the neutralization of the Suez Canal,
and guarantee internationally the inviola-
bility of Egypt, It also provides that the
British shall withdraw from Egypt in three
years unless the country is threatened with
danger either internal or external. England
shall, after the withdrawal of her troops,
supervise the whole Egyptian army for
further two years, with the right to re-
occupy, with or without the aid of Turkish
troops, if order is disturbed or an invasion
is feared. Certain branches of the Egyp-
tian administration will be specially settled
without fresh discussion. All the powers,
except Russia, co-operate with England to
expedite a settlement, and England made
every possible concession to arrive at an
understanding with Turkey. The con-
tingency of eventual military movements
by way of the Suez Canal will form a sub-
ject for future discussion. The convention
is received with favor in all quarters at
Constantinople.
A St. Petersburg cable says : The Roves
Vremyia says the convention places Egypt
under the perpetual tutelage of England.
France and Russia, this paper says, are ex-
pected to protest that the Porte has no
right to dispose of the future destinies of
Egypt, inasmuch as Turkey has no pro-
prietary right in Egypt, but merely the
right of usufruct.
Running an Engine Through Bui3h Fires.
"It would be no surprise to me," said a
locomotive engineer at the Northwestern
depot yesterday afternoon, "if the forest
fires now raging in Wisconsin and Michgan
would burn everything up for miles around.
In all the years I have driven an engine in
the Northwest I never yet have seen the
country so dry. It is seldom that one sees
the sides of the track burned over at this
time of the year, yet there is scarcely a
hundred feet of turf along the rails from
Milwaukee to Chicago that is not scorched.
In many places the fenceshavebeen burned
and beautiful lawns ruined. I saw an
engineer on the Wisconsin Central in Mil-
waukee yesterday, and he told me that he
had run through a mile of flames on his
last trip. The heat was so intense that his
signals were destroyed, and the paint on
his engine blistered in a hundred places.
The windows in the cab were cracked, and
the smoke was so dense that ithe engineer
and his fireman wee compelled to tie
handkerchiefs over their mouth and wear
goggles. If the people up North don't have
rain within forty-eight hours I predict that
the loss will be incalculable and the suffer-
ing widespread and terrible."—Chicago
Herald.
A Boston Man and a Detroit Girl.
It was on a west-bound train. A Boston
young gentleman had struck up a conversa-
tional acquaintance with a Detroit young
lady.
" Do you like Smollett ?"
" I—I guess I've never seen him. Who's
he with ?"
The Boston young man started, but fear-
ing that he had been misunderstood, he
heeded not the query.
" You are surely fond of Fielding ?" he
continued.
" Oh, yes, it will do," replied the Detroit
girl, " but slugging is what I like, and you
just wait till our big, four get after your
bean-eaters—they'll make 'em think its
raining baseballs out in the back end of
your park."—Chicago Herald.
Cominunity of the Precious Blood.
A Montreal despatch says : There have
been added to the nunnery attached to St.
Patrick's Church eight sisters of the Com-
munity of the Precious Blood. Those nuns
rise in the morning at 5 o'clock and retire
at 9 p.m. According to the regulations
governing the community they are obliged
to sleep on bare boards. At midnight a
bell is rung, when they rise avid pray for an
hour. Another rule is they, fast on every
Friday. During the day the sisters alter-
nately prostrate themselves before the
Blessed Sacrament The sisters never
leave the monastery, on any occasion, but
spend their lives in contemplation and
prayer.
A prominent nurseryman sayethat nursery
practices in peach propagetiori and ()ultimo
have weakened the vital power Of the tree,
which is unable to resist as depressing
influohce§ at forrherly 'whet the trees from
seeding grew'well and lived to old age.
John W Keely, havieg, he liein says, cos ,
pleted his great Motet, is at Work on an
Improved telephone'. But where is the
Motor meting?
The Fenr-T-enI It.orer!
Through the meadow sweet With eleaer, stielled a maiden and ber tem; Wrapped in ineeitidiee deeele,
With their hearts united sweetly,
Did they plight their troth anew ,, Seeking oft the meadow
Ho With brown eyes, she with blue.," Bearelnna fur ienr-leef saner.
Walked they thus their watch still keeping,
'Mid the blooming 'aerie saeatee
For the auguring leaflets growing In the meadow sweetly 'blowing,
With tae brooklet flowing ; Whore they spent their sportive childhood, 'Heath the same eternal sky, tn. the meadow and the wildwood.
In their hearts a temple lifted,
Filled with lave, and richly gifted
With the virtues over dwelling
In the hearts, with passion swelling, Which requited loves imbue. Thus they strolled the meadow Oircy-.- He with brown eyes, she with blue—
Seeking for a four-leaf clover.
Aud the maiden with her lover
Pound at length a four.leaf clover,
And above it faiths were plighted, And their hearts fore'er united
In the holy name of hive. And beside tho sacred altar,
Their betrothal rites to provo,
Came they, without word or falter.
And they dwelt beside the wildwood,
Where they'd Spent the gladsome childhood : And the shadows still are sleeping aaeath the vines in silence creeping,
In the sunlight and the dew
And two children now stroll over— He with brown oyes, she with blue—
Through the meadow sweet with clever.
aaseen LEE HUNT.
The Miller's Man.
They've titles nowadays for all,
And names for Jacks of every trade,
Workmen and servants, great and small, "Employees" now all masquerade. " Professor " A., he cuts my hair,
An " Artist" makes my pot and pan ; But ha ! ha I hat the world is fair,
That calls mo still—The Miller's Man.
A farmer's team brings in the wheat, And, in our country water mill, We make it flour that all may eat
Of wholesome bread a hearty fill, I back my sacks, eight to each ton, Such long has boon our English plan, And who can stand beneath each one
And walk it off ?—Tho Miller's Man.
The good old Saxon word for rue
Call me a Man, and I'm content. Let those be called, who like to be,
The Tradesman's " Help," the dealer's" Gent." By honest work and labor still
To earn my" Wages" is my plan ; So hors's good luck to Master's Mill,
And luck to me—The Miller's Man.
The Old Man Was aVase.
" Ho is a man of rank, papa, A lord of high degree,
His wealth is simply fabolous,
And he wants to marry me."
" Be still, my child," the old man said, " And cease your idle fuss. I've learned that both his wealth and rank Are simply fabulous."
A. Somnambulist Woman Who Hugged a
Policeman in. Her Sleep.
Patrolman Warren, of the 3rd precinct,
was standing on the corner of Temple and
Cambridge streets about 2.80 o'clock yester-
day morning when he saw a white object
moving through Lynde street towards Cam-
bridge street. At first he supposed it was
a spirit of some west ender. However, he
waited until the object reached the corner,
when he saw that in was a woman with
only a night dress on and with her hair
hanging loosely about her shoulders. He
then surmised that it was some insane per-
son. He had taken but a few steps when
the woman started down Cambridge street
at a rapid pace. He pursued her but could
not overtake hdt until she had run as far as
the corner of Chambers and Allen streets.
He then saw that she was asleep. He took
her to the station. Lieut. Gaskin, who was
on duty, was looking to see if she was
still asleep when she placed her arms
around his neck and laid her head on his
manly breast. The lieutenant tried in
vain to break her hold and he ordered Dr.
Cilley to be called. The woman remained
asleep until the physican reached the sta-
tion and then opened her eyes. After look-
ing at the lieutenant a second, or two she
exclaimed :
" My God l Where' am I ?"
The lieutenant told her not to be alarmed,
as she was in the bands of friends. A quilt
was wrapped around her and Officer Warren
took her to her home in Lynde street. She
refused to give her name. The officers of
that district say that she is subject to som-
nambulism and has on several occasions
been found walking in sleep on the street.
—Boston Globe.
A. Wise Young Wife.
There," said the young wife, turning
from the mirror to her husband and giving
him a sweet smile, " what do you think of
these bangs ? Do they become me ?"
Charles, who was at that moment en-
grossed in the task of reckoningupthetotal
cost of bonnets, bangs, dresses, etc.,
answered with a clouded brow :
" I should think you would be ashamed
to ask such a question, Mary. Your vanity
is becoming absolutely insufferable."
Charles," she said, in a tremulous
voice, " if I am vain it is for you. You
would not love me if I was a slattern and
a dowdy. It is for your sake that I try to'
make myself as attractive as possible."
Having said this she burst into tears.
Then Charles arose and gathered her in
his arms, and kissed her fondly, and said':
" Your bangs are lovely, dear, and you
are lovely, and if all wives were as neat
and desirous of attracting the admiration
of their husbands as you are, there would
be a groat deal more conjugal happiness in
the world than there is at present. There,
my love. Now, forgiye me for my rude-
ness,—Bosten. Courier.
One, but Yet So Different.
If Germany kicks a Frenchman, France
kicks a German ; if France mobilizes her
troops, Germany will mobilize het troops ;
if Franco says " I3ooh I" Germany says
" Bah 1" To such an extent do these
countries carry their unnatural imitation
that if France should go to war with Ger-
many, Germany would probably go to war
with larance.—San Francisco Examiner.
The Sebringville infanticide ease hits:
dropped, on account of One of the village
doctors acknowledging to the jury at the
adjourned inquest that the body was that
of a deformed etill-born infant, 'partly dis-
sected, placed in the pond by him.
One of the latest devices a Waved amp-
pest. Its chief advantage id that no ladder
is required to enable it to bo olettned and
repaired. It can be lighted by bending _,it
over, the lamplightot carrying a key for
that purpose:
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