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TRE ° CRi+1RAR, WILL,
Sensational Proceedings on Behalf of Numerous
Heirs
...oils u! the Deceased Millionaire,.
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James of the Contestants..A Leal Battle lo-
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o g Several Million Dollars.
(Chicago s.)
The will of the late John Crerar, w
disposed of an estate of nearly $3,000
Bauch of it beim; bequeathed to oharit
and re i ious i
i g oscitations in this city,
be contested, , and court proceedings
soon be commcmoed in what will prob'
prove to be on.c of the moat oelobr
oases of its hind on record.
John Crerar diel Oot. 20th, 1889,
his will was pigs in the Probate Cour
the 14th of November of the same y
The document wee published in full in
Evening Netvs at that time. Of the eat
valued at about 03,500,000, a consider
portion was beggeethed to relatives,
first, second and third codeine get
120,000, $10,000 Rad 05,000 respeotiv
111r. J. MoGregor ,Adams and Edward
Shepard were given 050,000 each.
bequests in which the public took
greatest interest were the following :
To the Second Presbyterian Churn
Chioago, " so 'tong as the church preser
and maintains tyre Presbyterian faith,"
-sum of $100,000.
To the salve churoh for and on acoo
1of the wwheels hools of said oho
$100,000.
To the Sco ch Presbyterian Church, 1
street, near 6'h avenue, New York,
which churalt Mr. Crerar was bapti
and to which his family belonged, $25,0
To the Chicago ' lrphen Asylum, 050,0
To the Ohmage Nursery and Half.Orp
Asylum, 050,000,
To the chi'. go Historical Sooie
$25,000.
To the Chicago Presbyterian Hospital
the west division, 025,000.
To St. Luke's Free Hospital, $25,000.
To the Chicago Bible Society, 025,000.
To the Americe,u •Sanday Sohool U,n
of Philadelphia for western work, $50,0
To the Chicago Relief and Aid Sooie
$50,000.
To St. Andrew's Soeiety•of New Yo
$10,000.
To St. Andrew's Society of China
110,000.
To the I'ffleois Training Sohool
Nurses, $50,000.
To the Chicago Literary Club, $10,000
To the Chicago Manual Training Soho
$50,000.
To the Presbyterian League of Chica
$50,000.
To the Old People's Home, $50,000.
To the Chicago Home of the Friendle
550,000.
To Norman Williams and E. W. Jae
son, $100,000 for the erection of a statue
Abraham Lincoln.
To the Greenwood Cemetery Aesociatio
:$1,000.
To the YoungMen's Christian Associ
lion of Chicago, 050,000.
The part of the will relating to the e
dowment of the Crerar Library is as f
lows :
"Recognizing the fact that I have be
a resident of Chicago since 1862, and th
the greater part of my fortune has be
acquired here, end acknowledging wi
hearty gratitude the kindness which h
always been extended to me by my man
friends and by my business lend sooi
acquaintances and associates, Igive, devis
and bequeath all the rest, remainder, an
residue of my estate, both real and pe
conal, for the erection, creation, maint
nonce, and endowment of a free library, t
be called " The John Crerar Library," an
to be located in the city of Chicago, Ill
the preference being given to the sant
division of the city inasmnoh as the New
berry Library will be located in the nort
division. I direct that my execatore an
trustees cense an Act of Incorporatio
ander the laws of Illinois to be procured t
•parry out the purpose of this bequest, an
I request that Norman Williams be mad
the first president thereof, and that i
'addition to my executors and trustees, th
following named friends of mine will no
as the first board of directors in snob_ nor
poration, and aid and assist my executor
and trustees therein, namely : Marshal
Field, E. W. Blatchford, T. B. Blackstone
Robert T. Lincoln, Henry W. Bishop
Edward G. Mason, Albert Keep, Edso
Keith, Simon J. McPherson, John M
Clark and George A. Armor, or their sur
visors. I desire the building to be taotefa
and substantial and fireproof, and that
sufficient fund be reserved over and abov
its construction to provide, maintain . an
enpport a library for all time. I desir
that booke and periodicals be selected wit
a view to create and sustain a healthy
moral and Christian sentiment in th
community, and that all nastiness and
immorality be excluded. I do not mean
by this that there shall not be
anything but hymn books and ser
mons, but I mean that dirty French
novels and all skeptical trash and works o
gneetionable moral tone shall never b
r found in tine library. I want its atmos
Vlore that of Christian refinement, and its
aim and object the building up of character
And I rest content that the friends I have
named will parry out my wishes in these
partionlars."
Col. Huntington W. Jackson and Norman
Williams were made executors and trustees
without bonds.
When the will was printed it was
noticed that a prominent feature of the
dooament was a history of the deceased
and his family, or at least that was what it
purported to be, but it might also have
been noticed by persons who were more
than ordinarily observant that Mr. Crerar
omitted all mention of relatives' on his
'father's side, the brothers and sisters of
'hie father not being alluded to, nor were
they mentioned further along in the will
'when it name to the matter of bequests.
As a matter of fact, there were several
"brothers and sisters to the father of Mr.
Leerier, and as theedare all well along in
/life and have been married a number of
years their families now amount to are-
speotable company.
It is these people who for the Last five
-months have had a Chicago lawyer at work
'on the matter, and the result of his inves-
tigation is that proceedings to break certain
portions of the will are to be commenced.
These relatives of Mr. Crerar, concerning
whom he was silent when drawing his will,
are for the most part residents of Canada,
although some are £root New England and
SHite a number of them are named
tewart. It is hot dontendod 'bythe
lawyer they have engaged that the will as
a whole oan be broken, bot certain motions
the instrument that have been examined
aminod
by hila end by other legal lights are held
-to be, without question, fatally weak. In
'tile ldret plata:, it May bo said that the John
Crerar library, "for the erection and net
tenants of which Mr. Crerar Left
02,000,000, will never be built if the
testing heirs win their case. It is hel
good lawyers to be a well-settled poin
law, reinforced by numerous deois
that a man cannot leave money for s
thing that does not exist, that is to
created in the futureand the Dartm
College library case is on the record s,
as this point ie concerned. A similar
of affairs existed in the matter of the
of Samuel J. Tilden, which was broken
The attorneys in the case are Messrs
W. Brown (wbo defended Woodruff in
Cronin case) and Frank A. Stirlen,
well•tnown members of the Chicago
Mr. Brown today gave an evening New
porter a summary of the facts as folio
" Three or four months ago one of
heirs, James Stewart, a carpenter resi
at 35th and State streets camp to ns on
half of himself and other heirs for
opinion as to the validity of the will.
that time we told hire there were aorta
some of the bequests that were clearly
valid, but there were so many points of
involved in each that in order to gi
satisfactory opinion months of search
investigation as to the feats and the
were necessary. Before going into
matter at all, and before we wanted hi
put money into the matter, we would h
in the first place to be satisfied as to
genuineness of the heirs. After sev
talks we finally sent word for snot
brother, Robert, to come here from Can
We then sent Jamas Stewart to Chita
Canada, and Robert to:�the provino
Manitoba to obtain affidavits in proof
heirship, which affidavits we have,
they show the following persona to bell
under the oontest that we shell make :
" Duncan Stewart of Stratford, Onta
whose mother was an aunt of John Cre
"Elizabeth Menzies of county of. Hur
Ontario, first cousin of John Crerar.
" Duncan Stewart No. 2, of Stratfo
first cousin to Jahn Crerar.
" Christina Stewart of Stratford, fi
cousin to John Crerar. Catharine Stews
the same place ; first cousin.
" Margaret Crerar of Stratford, 4
cousin.
" Alexander Stewart of Stratford, first
cousin.
" Thomas Stewart of Stratford, second
cousin.
" Peter Stewart of Stratford, second
cousin.
Alexander Stewart No. 2, same plead
and relationship.
"Donald Stewart, same place, second
cousin.
" Catharine Stewart No. 2, same place,
second cousin.
' Anne Stewart, same place, second
amain.
" Elizabeth McGregor, Stanley, Ontario,
second cousin.
" John 0. Stewart, Manitoba, first main.
" John Stewart, Minnedosa, Manitoba.
" Catherine Forsythe, Minnedosa.
" On the probate of the will an old servant
ho had lived with John Cremes father
r a number of years in New York made
ffidavit that he had no brothers and
eters ; that no each relatives ever came
visit him, nor did he receive any lettere
om them, and if he had any such rela-
ves she would have known it. This
omen's name was Mrs. Robert Marshall.
his statement seems to have been taken
conclusive by the Probate Court here
d all parties interested. Subsequent
vestigatione have proved all this to be a
llaoy. As a matter of fact, the mother
John Crerar, sen., is buried on the farm
one of the contestants, who lives at
ratford, Canada. Her name was Mar.
ret Dow. There can be no possible quee-
n as to the claim of heirship. Had the
stator been aware 0! the existenoe of all
eco consins on his hie father's side he
nld undoubtedly have made some provi-
n for them as he did for those on hie moth-
s side. These heirs take the position that
ey are entitled as next of kin to any part
the estate that was not legally devised or
gneathed by the will. ' This property,
toh we claim was not legally bequeathed,
1 amount to between $2,000,000 and
000,000.
First in importance to the pnblio comes
bequest for the John Crerarlibrary, for
soh the testator left property of not lees
ne than $2,000,000. 'This devise, ander
authority of some of the beet-oonsid
d oases in the country, has created an
olid trust, contravening the express law
trusts in many particulare, and is one
ioh, we have no doubt, the courts can
, after a consideration of the authori
s, do anything else bat declare to be null
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and void. There was probably never a wit
in this or any other country in which the
executors were vested with powers of such
magnitude as in the case of the Crerar
will. The exeoutors are, of course, estime.
ble gentlemen. We do not attack them,
,bat we do attack their legal position, and I
understand that they drew the will.
" We claim that the bequest of 0100,000
to the Second Presbyterian Church, ' 130
long as it shall preserve and maintain the
Presbyterian faith,' is void on the ground,
among others, of uncertainty. Same is
true as to a second bequest of $100,000 to
the mission work of that ohurob on a
quasi.oharitable bequest. This has fre-
quently been held to be void.
" The other bequests which we propose
to attack on this and somewhat similar
grounds are, as far as we are at present
adviesd, the Scotch Presbyterian Church,
of New York pity, $25,000.
" The Chicago Bible Society, 525,000.
" The American Sunday Sohool Union,
of Philadelphia, $50,000.
" The bequest of $100,000 for a statute of
Abraham Lincoln.
"'There may be a question of the capa-
city to take bequests on the part of certain
inatitutione that are mentioned in the will,
but these points are not yet settled.
" In regard to the John Crerar library,
our position is that because the institution
was not incorporated, did not exist in fact
at the time of the testator's death, there
could be no capacity to receive -there was
no euoh beneficiary .as that named in the
will, and the decisions on this point are
numerous and all in our favor. Though
there are generally two sides to every law
question, the authorities on this point seem
all on one side. So far as the New York
bequests' are concerned it will be utterly
impossible for the New York corporations
to take, and also certain other foreign
corporations, this being under decisions in
various states."
No cause for Sorrow,
Ethel -I ane so sorry Sone father has
failed in business.
Idabel -Oh, don't worry. Mamma owna
everything.
Ile Goes to Church.
Woggey-How do you buy your music c2
Boggey-Like my wood, by the chord. '
Woggtby--I prefer to get mine like my
note paper, by the choir,
•A Great Change.
" Yes, Hardeae has turned out to be a
wonderful preacher: It is hard to realize
that he was on the stage ten yeare,"
" An eater, eh ?"
" lYo, drver."
NEVA GOLIAT•p,
The Strong Mau from Westphaiia and
Stories of Lord Arthur Veell.
Herr Sandow, who, it will be remota.
bored, defeated Sampson in a (tonguest et
the Aquariam, has unearthed in West,
phalia, and brought to London for exhibition
purposes, a gentleman who is benooforth to
be known as " Goliath." This prodigy is
said to possess the following peculiarities
One of his hands will easily cover a shoul.
der of mutton; the ring he wears on hie
forefinger is in circumference the eize of a
half-crown ; he can span a foot from thumb
to third finger he oan easily lift 800
pounds at once; he has never been de.
Rated as a wrestler; and, finally, ho is
stated to have, in a contest with a mad
cow, easily turned it on its bank and held
it there.
"With reference to the statement that
the new Westphalian strong man, ' Goliath,`
once laid a oow upon ire book by its horns,
it may interest our readers," writes a oar.
respondent, "to know that Lord Arthur
Cecil, a half-brother of Lord Salisbury,
once told mo a similar incident in oonneot
tion with himself. Lord Arthur, though a
short man, is of giant physique and enor-
mous strength. He was one day walking
through a field on his farm at Innerleithen,
when a young bull rushed at him. Instead
of turning tail, Lord Arthur coolly seized
the animal by his horns and pushed him
bank, wriggling and struggling, inch by
inch, till he got him into his stall, where
he left him cowering and trembling all
over."
It was Lord Arthur, who on one meat
elan, when traveling by rail, bade his new
manservant get the tickets, which the
man did, procuring two first-class tiokets,
and seating himself in the, same carriage
with the master. Lord Arthur said noth-
ing at the moment, but the next time he
bought the tickets himself, one first -plass,
one third; giving the man the firet•olaes
ticket, he traveled third himself. On the
next occasion the servant, being entreated
with the task, took two third-class tiokete.
Pall Udall Budget.
A Trifle Pessimistic.
Early in the century there lived in Edin•
burgh, says the New. York Ledger, a well.
known grumbler named Sandy Black,
whose ort-reonrring lite of spleen or.indi-
gestion prodnosd some amugrng scenes of
senseless irritability whioh were highly
relished by all except the fellow's good,
patient little wife. One morning Sandy
rose bent on a quarrel. The paddies and
the eggs were excellent, done to a turn,
and had been ordered by himself the pre-
vious evening ; but: breakfaet passed with-
out the looked -for compliment.
" What will you have for dinner, Sandy 2"
asked Mrs. Bleak.
" A chicken, madam," said the hus-
band.
" Roasted or boiled ?"
" Confound it l madam, if you had been
a good and considerate wile you would
have known before this what I like 1"
Sandy growled out as, slamming the door,
he left the hones. It was in the spring,
and a friend who was present heard his
little wife say :
" Sandy's bent on a disturbance today.
I shall not please him, do what I will."
The dinner time came and Sandy and
his friend sat down to dinner. The fish
was eaten in silence, and on raising the
Dover of the dish before him in a towering
passion the former called out :
" Boiled chicken 1 That's it, madam t
A ohioken boiled is a chicken spoiled i"
Immediately the Dover was raised from
another chicken roasted to a turn-
" Madam, I won't eat roast ohioken 1"
roared Sandy. " You know very well how
it should have boon cooked. In an instant a
broiled chicken with mushroone was placed
on the table. " Without green peas 1"
roared the grumbler.
" Here they are, my dear 1" said his
wife.
" How dare you spend my money in this
manner 2"
" They were a present," said his wife.
Rising from his chair Sandy clenched
hie fiat and shouted :
" How dare yon receive presents without
my leave 2"
Bow a Little Princess Passes the Day.
The tenth birthday of Princesa Wilhel-
mina, the Dateh heir apparent, has just
been celebrated. The Princess" governess
is en English lady. The Princess can
express herself very well both in French
and English. She has not learned German,
the language of her mother. She has a
pretty garden of her own, with chalet and
pigeon -croft. The Princese rises at 7 and
goes to her mother's rooms. Then she
goes to her father and gives him a morn-
ing hiss. At 8 the royal family take break-
fast, the Princess being present, as at ball
moats. After breakfaet she receives lessons
till 11 o'clock, She then goes to the
Queen's rooms, where (says an Amsterdam
correspondent) the time is spent in conver-
sation, or Her Majesty reads and explains
a chapter of the Bible. Before lunch,
which is served at 12.30, the Princess takes
a drive in Iter pony carriage or amuses her-
self in a boat on the large pond of Loo.
After lunch she has more lessons, plays
with her toys, and takes a drive with the
Queen. At•6 dinner is served and a few
hours afterward the royal family retire to
their apartments. -Pall Mall Gazette.
Eat Before Going to Bed.
Moat students end women who are
troubled with insomnia are dyspeptio, and
they should therefore eat before going to
bed, having put aside work at least an hour
before. If they are not hungry they should
simply be instructed to eat, and if they are
hungry they should eat whatever they want.
A glass of milk and a bieonit is sometimes
all that can be taken at first or mashed
potato buttered. If possible, the night meal
should be taken in another room than the
sleeping apartment, and for men in the oity
it will be found advantageous to go out to a
restaurant. Before eating, however, a bath
should be taken, preferably cold or pool,
which should be given with a sponge or stiff
brush, and the body thoroughly rubbed off
with a coarse towel afterward, -Somerville
Journal.
It is estimated that $20,000,000 annually
has been flowing to New Orleans to feed the
great Louisiana lottery octopne.
TEN REASON wUY..
" When I was at the party,"
Bald Betty (aged just four),
" A little girl fell oil her chair,
Right down upon tho floor,
And all the other little girls
Began to laugh, but me -
didn't laugh a single bit,"
Said Betty, seriously,
" Why not 2" her mother asked her,.
Full of delight to find
Mat atR g
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y r little heart l-
Had been so sweetly kind.
O Whydidn't you laugh, darling?
you like to toll 7
I didn't laugh," said Betty,
"Canso it was me that fell l"
-Many N.
Bradley, % in t
U S , Nicholas alas
for October.
-Stoves np.
Two Roman Catholic priests from
Europe, hired byBiebapIreland seteaobere
in the Catholic College at N. Paul
g ..... , Minn.,
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have been detained at Philadelphia ander
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Contract labor law.
x>Q� SECRILT O]V' $l700li08s.
1.. T. Barnum'e Advice to the Young Bien
or To -day.
To young men who would " et on" in
this world, and reach the age of get
years, with happiness and roc erg there
to little more to be said, But T will there
them to a stud of my refer
yown rel
ea o
!action:
Briefly, I wail say -Be 4 • --
honest ; do not
spend as much lie you make ; don't .smoke.
or drink ; depend upon your own personal
exertions, and do not leayeortant
affaire to a third person ; dont have
too many irons in the fire; do not
get above your own business, and,
above all, be systematio.' Advertise your
bneineee on all possible occasions ; but at-
tend to it, too, and see that your claims
and promises made to the publio are ful-
filled. It does not 'pay to have :a single
oaetomer go away dissatisfied. `Nor does
it pay to take money for services for whioh
yon do not render an equivalent.
The beet
working years of a maide life
are usually between 26 and 60; but much:
good work is possible long after the three-
score year mark has been passed. I can
say, for myself, that every moment of my
time is put to some definite purpose, and,
though I have numberless oalle ,and de-
mands, Ienjoy a reasonable recreation eaoh
day. Both work and rest, and joy also,
should make up the sum of a busy life. -
P. 2'. Barnum, in Ladies' Home Journal.
bouts Fast Telegraphing.
Buffalo News ; Daring the Birohall trial
at Woodstock there was some remarkably
expert telegraphic work done. John Hall,
manager of the local office of G. N. W.
Telegraph Company, made a request to
headquarters for the swiftest men in the
employ of the company. He waa given
Archie Peden, Dan Urquhart, W. Graham,
Thomas Allen, 0. W. McCall and Fred.
McClellan, who proved themselves thor-
oughly capable of meeting great emer-
gency. To Manager Hall and hie excellent
staff the News is indebted for very prompt
and efficient service, and it is a pleasure to
hereby give them public: credit for their
opeedy and aoonrate work. On Monday, the
last and greatest day, these men sent out
115,000 words between 10 in the morning
and a little after midnight. This would
make about eighty solid oolmmne of the
News. On the same day the C. P.R. branoh
at Woodstock sent out 80,000 words, and
the wire at the depot was also kept at work,
making over 200,000 words wired from
Woodstock on Monday, or about 130
columns of the News. It was great tele.
graphic work. Dunlap's oable alone on
Monday took to England over 30,000 worde
of the speeches. The Toronto morning
papers and others not too far away were
enabled to nave telegraphic tolls up to 5
o'clock in She evening, sending copy by ex-
press, or the number of words wired would
have been much greater.
Execution at Glasgow.
Oa Tneeday, Sept. 24th, Henry Devlin
was executed in Glasgow prison for having
murdered his wife in Shotte in Jane.
He beat her to death with a pair of
tongs. The prisoner was muoh excited
on Monday night, but paid great attention
to the ministrations of Father Clifford,
who was with him till 10 o'clock.
After that the felon could not sleep.
He paced up and down his cell, and
if he dozed at all it was only for a quarter
of an hour. Father Clifford and Mr.
Alston, the governor, saw the condemned
man at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. At 7
o"drodle Father Clifford said mass, an
altar having been erected in the lonely cell,
and while the prison bell tolled, his
reverence administered the sacrament.
Devlin refused breakfaet. He sub.
mitted quietly to the pinioning and
walked firmly to the scaffold. He was
pale. Asked by Baillie Graham if he had
any request to make, he said " None."
Death was instantaneous. In fact, he had
hardly touched the platform when the lever
was drawn, and he was launched into
eternity. Reporters saw the body immedi-
ately after the execution.
They Drowned the Conversation.
Brooklyn Eagle : The cable the other
day told a story to the effect that Joeeph
Hatton, the well-known newspaper -man
and novelist, turned on a person who sat
behind him and who persisted in talking
daring the performance of " The Master of
Ravenswood," by Henry Irving, and bit
him in the face. There is a better way.
Endure the talker's talking for one act.
Then, when the oartain comes down for a
wait, tarn to him and say: "Sir, did you
ever know each rude people as those on the
stage 2" He will naturally ask : " Why do
you think them rude 2" Answer him thus
" Because they persisted in talking so con.
tinnonely during the entire not that I was
unable clearly to hear much that you were
saying, although myself and all around me
were extremely interested in your conver-
sation. If they repeat the offence in the
next act, I shalt surely try to hies them off
the stage, and I hope that yon will join me
in the effort." That experiment has been
tried with success in the United States
and might serve well in England. It is
better than a blow in the face, for it hits 1
the offender right in the centre of that
vibrating imbecility which he calls his
mind.
Genuine Generosity.
First Beggar -Why didn't you tackle
that lady? She might have given you
something.
Second Beggar -I let her go because I
understand my business better than you
do. I never ask a woman for anything
when she is alone; bat when two women
are together you can get money from both,
because each one is afraid the other will
think her stingy it she refuses. This pro.
fesefon has to be studied like any other if
you expect to make it a suo0ess.-London
Tit. Bits.
Mr. John H. Shults, owner of the Park -
villa farm, N.Y., has sold out. His 110
horses brought $150,000, which makes an
average of about $1,366. While this aver-
age is Large for so extensive a sale, it is
certain that the horses Bold cost Mr.
Shnite far morn than they brought, and
that he is decidedly disappointed by the
result, The famous stallion Pancoast was
knooked down for 53,750 to Ben Johnson,
of Bardstown, Hy., and will return to the
blue grace region where he was bred. He
is probably as cheap a horse now as he was
the reverse when Mr. Shnite paid 528,000
for him. The most important sales of tho
day were as follows :
Nehuahta b tn. Stamboul :06,100
Gold Loaf, ch m, by Sidney 4,600
Sally Graham, br f, by Nutwood 4,300
Nut Pan,br o,byNntwood ood
Pancost
b s, Woodfod Mambrdno 4,30050
Madeleine, b m, by hianablotonian 8,700
Hanford, b s, by Piedmont., 8,350
Susie, I) , oh m, by Alcyone,,. 8,100
Issaquena, br m, by Panooast , 0 850
Mies Collins, b f, by Ben h ish 2 G00
Vor oto b re M
n t b anohoato
v r
r 2,500
fillo i
Stella, b m, by of oneor .......: 2;500
Of the above Stanford comes So Oaade,
having nroha o
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byMr. H. F Pi
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of Stanstead,Qaebee.
Nature has arranged it eo that a ;nate
can't kick himself, blit there are times
when he Melo as though he would like to.
BIUIIN NAILED TO A; THAW..
As True as a Great 'Many Dear Stories and
Certainly Original. .
Everett Paxson, A. Tiudol hWill
p , Morris
and Jtlliui Jacobs, brother of ..City Treas.
urerJ,rwos, returned to day from Yellow.
stone Park, where they bad been fishing,
hunting and loafing for live weeks. Th
are as bronzed ane Indiana, and as fruitful
in yarns as sailors. Thee killed carloads
of small game, all of which was shipped
east. As to large game, many bears were
seen, but the; gang fought shy of them.
Juliana Jacobs, however, had a woudorfnl
adventure with a bear, which ie worth
recording. On horseback ,he rode some
distance trona, the camp, and got
away from his companions. Tether-
ing hie horse' to a tree in the dense
forest, he oast' his eagle eye around for
game, end when several rods, from his
horse be descried an immense hear glaring.
him full in the face. Jacobs w.su'tloaded
for bear. If ho had been, it w.,utdn't have
been a simple and ordinary bear story.
The bear wasn't very troubl; some, but
whenever Jacobs started to retreat brain
would advance a few paces toward him, If
he advanced toward the heir the bear
would show his teeth and retreat a few
steps. Thus, with considerable mancnuvring,
about the same relative positions were
maintained. Jacobs searchcdail his pockets'
for a suitable weapon, and fiaally,found a
tenpenny nail. A bright idea seized him,
and he carefnllydrew the bird shot from his
gun and loaded it np with the tenpenny nail.
The bear was standing with his tail against
the trunk of a tree. Jacobs took careful
dim, fired and nailed the bear's tail fast to
the tree. The bear was now unable to ad-
vance towards Jacobs, and bo retreated in
safety to where his horse wee tethered.
Arrived at this point, another brilliant
idea streak Jacobs. He tock hie riding
whip and returned to the scene of the ad-
venture. He began flaying the bear with
the whip, in spite of the bears howls and
protests. Finally the hide was so loos-
ened that the bear jampsd clear out of his
akin and made his way into the woods with
yells of dichosa. Jacobs calmly drew the
nail from the tree, flung the skin over his
shoulder, monntca hie horse and returned
to camp.
Unfortunately, while the caravan was
crossing the Jefferson River the bearskin
tumbled off and was lost. Jacobs, however,
Mill has the tenpenny nail and can show it.
-Anaconda Standard.
A Terrible Indian Experience.
In a land of leeches you should think
twice before wading in water. Otherwise
you may emerge with e shaggy covering of
jet black. Something like this has happened
to two British warriors in India, Privates
Speed and Davis, who, having left Bareilly
for day's sport ano lost their way, were
fastened upon by the leeches in the pools,
which they had to arose bare -legged. The
two soldiers wandered about hopelessly for
nine days. Bareilly is near the jungles of
Nopanl, the favorite home of the tiger; but
before the nine days were oat- Davis and
Speed would have given a year or two of
their lives for the sight of an honest wild
pig. It is a marvel that the two did not
die of hardship. The heat in upper India
in Jaly is simply terrifio. Yet the two sur-
vived it, exposed to the son's rays during
the day, Bleeping in the open air at night.
Not a village did they come across, not a
human being, for the whole region was
submerged by the yearly floods. They
began by catching butterflies and they
finished off by being found nine -tenths dead
beside the metals of a railway line. The
first solid food they had in nine days was
two "ohnpatties." A ohnpatty is a wheaten
Dake, not unlike a Scotch bannock. There's
nothing about the restorative " peg," bat
doubtless it came in time. -London Daily
News.
Bright Wives are ISTanted.
" I want a wife who knows something,
who is worth having for what she knows ;
not one of these sooial butterflies," said
one of the greatest " catches" of the last
New York season to me at the winter's
obese. And he expressed the sentiments of
thousands cf the young men of to -day. The
scent for pretty wives is over and the look-
out for bright young women has began.
And the girl who to -day trains her mind to
knowledge will be the woman of to -morrow.
-Ladies' Home Journal.
Not Quite What Re Meant to Say.
Le Journal Amusant tells of an awkward
compliment : He -'Pon my honor, madam,
I should hardly have known you ; you have
altered so much.
She (archly) -For the better or for the
worse ?
He -Ah, madam, you could only ohmage
for the better.
Greater Thou a Econ.
" You are very proud of yonreelf, I think,
ohappie."
" Yes, I oonsidor myself a boon to man-
kind."
" Greater than a boon, ohappie-nay a
baboon."
A 1'llurderous Committee.
A Conetantinople cable says : An
Armenian advocate has been assassinated
in Stamboul by order of the Armenian
revolutionary committee, who suspected
him of betraying them to the Porte. Many
arrests have been made in Stamboul and
Perm.
She Was Tired.
New York Herald : Theatre Hat Joke-
What is the editor packing away so care.
fully in that box marked, " Handle with
care" 2
Plumber Joke -That's the summer girl.
She's been used so mach this season that
she's positively worn out, but with careful
nursing it is expected she will be able to
resume her place on the staff by June next.
-Mr. Newdollar-iioavens t what ie that
noise in the hall 2 Mrs. Newdollar-Noth-
ing, my dear ; only the now English butler.
dropping his h's.
He -You refuse me now, but oan yon
g:ve me no hope at all ? Miss Amy -Yes
Ill marry you when the Grant monument
is finished. He -Why not marry while wo
are still young ?
TROUBLE IN CSILI,
A. lbevolution Impending Which Will be
Fierce and Bloody., _.
Senor Juan ]3arotti, of Santiago, Cb
who has jret passed throw h New `
has been a: member of thengre
(Milian
s
Qongresa
and ie web informed on matters along that
southwestern Pacific coast.
" We are going to have a revolution is
Chili, and that before very long," said he,
" and I would not be serprieed if it should
turn out to be a very bloody one. There
area great many people In the United
States interested in Chili, for there is
large amount of American capital inveeteds
down there, yet there is a phenomenal
amount of ignorance afloat about onr
country and its condition just now.
The truth is that a bitter contest
has grown np between' thereefs n •
and Oongreee, and unless p e t
ons are taken t
me prompt,
o .settle matters,
bloodshed will be the result. The
ohanibor of deputies hasassed la e;
whioh practically out off the supplies of
the Government, and the President had
responded by taking charge of the Gov-
ernment moneys on deposit in the vari-
ous national betake, and as this sum
amounts to about 57,000,000, the Presie
dent and his advisers feel financially
pretty safe. But the Congress will dee
mend the deposit of this money in the
national treasury, subject to the laws
made by the representative of the pea•,
pie. The President is a hot-headed;
Stubborn and brave man, and has the
army with him, bat Congress has public
sentiment almost unanimously in its
favor. The whole strife would cease if
the President would choose a new cab-
inet, the members of whioh would be in
accord with the majority in Congress.
Bat the President will not do this, and
before long the world will learn the re-
sult. There will be bloody civil strife,
and he will be dead or driven from the
country, or its absolute dictator." -New
York Star.
Biographies of the G. O. X.
A New Yorker who has recently spent
some time in the literary oiroles of London,
says that there moat be at least one hun-
dred biographies of Mr. Gladstone already
in manuscript, awaiting the event of hie
death, at which time they will be ready foe
publication in book mform.
anuscripts, there areto b Besides
in the
pigeon -holes of all the newspaper offces
sketches of the aged statesman's Iife is
readiness for the despatches announcing
the end of his career that may be received
at any time. It is said that Mr. Gladstone
has seen some. of the biographies and
sketches, and he himself has prepared
memoranda for the use of some of his
biographers. -New York Sun.
The Emigration from Ireland.
Emigration from Ireland still continues
at the rate o! over 70,000 persona a year:
There was, however, a drop from nearry
79,000 in 1888 to 70,477 in 1889. The de-
crease is principally in the emigration frons
Ulster. The loss of population there by
emigration is less by 4,500 than in 1888.
There is in Connaught also a diminution OE
over two thonaand in the number of emi-
little over a thousand fewer thanrants. Leinster emiantsmred iine18881;.
whereas Munster emigration is nearly
'stationary, 27,404 last year as compared
with 27,719 in 1888. That province, it will
be seen, fnrnishes by far the largeat pro-
portion of emigrants. Nearly 80 per cent.
of Irish emigrants are between 15 and 35
years of age when they leave Ireland.
London Daily News.
spent on Cosmetics.
bliss Hate Field, who has been saying
some pretty sharp things to her sex and
aboat her sex, thinks that the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union might Weil
expend some of its surplus energy in re :
forming the women of America wbo spend.
' 562,000,000 a year for cosmetics, most of
which are made of zinc oxide, oalomel and
similar poisons. " How," she asks, " can
women vain enough to paint and dye their
hair bring fcrth children stalwart enough
to resist temptations that lead to all mane
ner of vice, including drunkenness ?"
Dr. Blakeley, Minister of Ednoation for
Manitoba, is ill with typhoid fever at his
mother's residence, Cherry Valley, Ont.
-" The world owes every man a living to
and none but fools oolleot the debt.
In Central Park, New York, on a fine fall
afternoon as many as 2,500 saddle horses'
are ridden.
There are 113 places in the United Stateer
named after " Mad Anthony " Wayne.
D 0 N L. 4S. 90.
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