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STOBIE OF BIRDS.
Hawk That TTndortook Too Biff
a Oontraot.
Kiddy Wa Ton rienvy for Iltm, and Mr,
Hank raid Dnnrly ior Ilt Sport A
Hat-Destroy ii,j Onrnrhn from Its
reroh by broldmc SwallotYi.
Ono day this Bummor, writes the Now
York Sun's Soranton (Pa.) correspond
ent, a big hawk darted down Into
Ethelbert i Poaroo's barn-yard, up in
Derrick township, seized a tough old
jhon, flow aoross tho road with her, and
Bottled down behind arail fonco. Biddy
fwas too heavy for tho hawk to sail away
With, and sho squawked to tho full ox
tont of hor lung power whllo horbroad
rwinged captor was pinning hor to tho
ground. Tho hawk appeared to know
that its notions were .bolng watched, for
Ipvory fow seconds it raised its head and
peeped botween tho rails toward, tho
Jhouso, whero Mr. Poarco, who had got
lis rlflo tho moment the hon thief
uropped behind tho fonco, was waiting
to got a good shot at it. Tho old hon
Bquawked right along, fluttered for all
Bho was.wortlf to froo herself from tho
hawk's big claws, and struggled in tho
'grass, whllo tho hawk hold her down
with apparent oaso, glanced through
(the fonco, and seemed to bo afraid to
(begin to devour hor so near the farm
buildings. Twice tho hawk mado an
effort to rlso with its noisy prey, but tho
,old hen's weight was evidently sovoral
.ounces moro than it had "been used to
handling, and again it was forced
(to sottlo down. Mr. Pearce had
drawn a' bead on tho spot in tho f once
'where tho hawk was and tho
next time it stuck up its head
'and peeped between tho rails, ho pulled
Hvoly fluttering behind tho fonco, and
pretty soon tho hon dashed into tho
broad, with her wings spread out, and
-wont limping and squawking toward the
'tarnyard as though sho was scared halt
ito death. Tho hawk wasn't visible from
.-where Mr. Poarco had banged away at
it, and ho ran to tho fence and looked
'.over. Tho big bird lay sprawled out as
dead as a stono, and when Mr. Pearce
'examined it ho found that his bullet
.had out tho hawk's brain out as nicely
as a knlfo could havo done tho work.
Early in tho spring Farmor Lewis It.
Hanloy's boys trapped a large male
ihorned owl on their father's place in
jPooono township. Tho bird was a florco
jftghtor Whenever any ono wont near
him, and tho boys wanted to confine him
in a cage. Mr. Ilanley wouldn't lot
them, and ho turned tho owl loose in
one of his barns whero there wore lots
of rats and mice. Tho owl soon booame
used to tho barn, caught and ato enough
rats to keep him fat, and acted as it ho
enjoyed his now abode very much.
,From his porch on a beam tho owl
watched for game, and whenever a rat
(showed Itself on the surfaco of tho hay
mow he 'dropped down as light and as
'noiseless as a foathor and nover missed
catching it In his claws. He eleane.
out the rodents at such a rapid rate that
within a month the remainder 'of them
, took fright at hlB murderous habits nA
fled to another barn on tho opposite side
of the yard. Mr. Hanloy then trans
ferred tho owl to tbtt other barn, whero
he slew tho rats in tho same way. After
awhile tho farmer left the barn doors
open a good doal el tho time, but the
owl never tried to fly away to his old
homo in tho woods, seeming to be en
tirely contented with the living ho was
getting without an effort.
At about this time the swallows ar
rived (from the -South and started to fix
up their old nests to the pea of the
barn, where the rafters came togother.
The owl was moping on one of the lower
beams when tho swallows began to get
ready to ralso families, but during tho
day ho flew to a higher poroh .and took
a nap. In a short time tho swallows
caught sight of the big bird as he sat
only a fow foot bolow ono of thoir
tneste, and no sooner had they spied him
than, they began to give vent to noisy
protests against his remaining there.
Presently the whole colony was in
tan uproar over the silent and mo
itionless owl. Every swallow in it flew
"bade and forth from one end of the barn
to the other, darted past the owl at olose
as they could without touching him, and
made tho barn ring with their-squalls of
anger.
The owl didn' t seem to know what all
the fuss and flurry was about, but the
jpugnaoious swallows kept tup suoh a
radket and hammered him so hard that
he finally came to tho conclusion that
they didn't want him there, .and do ho
dropped to .a lower beam and clung to
it. That pacified a few of the swallows,
.but tho majority continued tto sail past
his head and to tell him that he had
.better olear out of the barn .entirely,
juntilttho owl sought a still lower perch,
Where he sat and blinked At ids loud
imoutbed assailants.
This one-sided warfare .was kopt up
ifor three days. Mr, Haaloy saw that
jthero would bo no peaoe for the swal
lows so long as the obnoxious owl re
mained in the barn, and so he caught
the big bird and put 'him in a cage. As
Boon as the owl was out of sight tho
swallows quieted down, resumed thoir
pest fixing, and woro as happy as could
be. Mr. Ilanley has kopt tho owl oaged
up all summer, but as soon as the swal
lows sail away to tho South he will let
him. have the freedom of tho bars once
more. ,
A Xegim Millionaire.
Daniel Scales (colored) Is a million
aire of San Francisco. He is a friend of
Senator "B. K.. Brace and Frederick
Douglass, and his acquaintance withdis
tingjuished men of the Nation is exten
sive. Mr. Seales is of fine appearance.
He dresses in tho height of fashion, and
his gray beard frames a face of amia
bility. Tho venerable lawyer arrived
in Denver yesterday and registered at
the St. James annex. Forty years ago
he went to California, and his early in
vestmouts in San Francisco property
made him rloh. Mr. Seales has never
been in politics. He has confined him
self entirely to law and realty. Al
tboughin'his seventieth year, ha is as'
lively as a nrioket He believes lnen-
tarisfUfe.
HOW WAG-'EAfirtERS live.
TJnitor Protect lull,
mOM THK NEW TOfiK
WOULD FHttE
Tl! ADH AUTnOMTV.
at'ECIAL TO 1 IIU SUN
DAY WOULD.
TALL HlVEll,
Mnss., Aug. EO
This thriving city of
mills is a graphic
illustration of what
tho city of Now
York can do In the
way of building
Under Troo Trnde.
FItOM VAHIOUS FKFE
-riuun AsiioiiiLii
ENL0ISU AUTHOItt-TI1-S.
stoiw nmoiiT
"In the City of
Glasgow alone 41,
000 out of every 100,
000 live in homes
having only one
room, and, further,
nearly one-third of
tho wholo pcioplo
dwell in homes of
only one loom, and
fiomes for its worK
ng people.
A Sunday World
reporter has mado
a tour through the
city nnrt wns as
tounded nt what ho
saw and learned.
Tho mill hands
here live in good
stylo on less than
an average of $1 n
day.
Their homes are
modern houses, v lth
bay windows.luwns,
gardens and shade
trees.
Tho a v o r a g o
monthly rent Is only
13 for half of one of
theso elegant homes.
Twelve dollars is
deemed excessive,
nioie than two- l
thltds of tho poojilo
of Scotland dwelt In
homes of not more
than two rooms.
"Wo find novertv '
and misery. What
does it mean, when
all those families
are living in homes
of ono room, to us
who have several
rooms and all the
comforts of life ? It
means moio than I
can describo and
more tlmn I will at
tempt to enter Into;
and as need begets
need, bo poverty and
mUery Ueget pov
erty and misery.
And so in all our
great towns, and
not a little in our
small towns, there
Is misery and help
lessness, much as I
lme described. In
fact, looking at the
past, to mo it is a
almost extravagant.
To rent a whole
house; with all
modern Improve
ments and amnio
f rounds, costs $15 to
18 a month.
E. Hlggluson, of
the law Arm of
Dubuque & Higgln
son, was tho
writer's informant
and companion on
the tour through the
city.
fie conducted tho
reporter along a
Wide avenus, on
melancholy thing
to look at; there is
much of it which
excites in mo not
astonishment only,
but horror. The
fact is, there passes
beforo my eyes a
vision oi millions of
families not Indi
both sides of which,
between the street
and sidewalk, a plot
of gresn sward had
been left.
At the top of the
hill a view of the
city in half a dozen
directions was com
manded. The gen
eral aspect of tho
streets was that of
an enormous coun
try village, builded
of handsome houses,
nestled among lux
uriant trees, and
each one the posses
viduals, but fami
liesfathers, moth
ers, children pass
ing, ghastly, sor
row - stricken, in
never ending pro
cession, from their
cradles to their
graes."
JOHN BUSKIN.
"Thou Eh En
gland is deafened
with spinning
wheels, her people
havo not clothes;
though she Is black
with the digging of
of fuol, they die of
cold; and though
she has sold her
soul for grain, they
die of hunger."
KAT.IN "SOCIAL CON
DITION OF 1'i.OPLB
IN ENGLAND. "
"If wo have enor
mous wealth wo
ought to remember
that we hao enor
mous pauperism
also; If we have
sor of a lawn and
a garden.
ach
street: toils
lighted by electri
city and several had
street car lines.
"Hero you can
gain some idea of
our city," Mr. Hlg-
ginsonsaid: "There
i room enough here
to give each in
habitant ten acres
of land, and yet we
have grown from
48,000 to 75,000 la the
past ten years.
MODEL TENEMENT
HOUSE.
"There is a typical
tenement house,"
he continued, point
ing out a moderate
sized house of hand
some architecture,
With a pretty ver
anda ana bay win
dows. The grounds
consisted t a
smooth shaven
lawn, shaded by
several fine elms and
oaks. There were
a hammock and a
rustic seat. Flower
gardens bloomed on
all Aides of the
house.
middle classes,
richer and more in
telligent than those
of any other coun
try in the world,
we havo poorer
classes, forming the
majority of the
people of this coun
try, more ignorant,
more pauperized
and more morally
degraded than the
poorer clashes of
most of the coun
tries of Western
Europe."
JOSEI'H CTIAXIUCU
XJUN. .
"The class of agri
cultural laborers of
this country are
never able to do
mora than make
both ends meet, and
have too look for
ward, in time of Ill
ness or on the ap
proach of old age,
to the workhouse as
the one inevitable
refuge against star
vation. .....
Children aw stunt
ed in their growth
and dulled In their
intellects .for want
of proper nourish
ment and proper
food. The houses
of the poor are so
scanty and so ineffi
eient that the most
It looked
like a
private residence,
signed for tho oc
cupancy of a man in
easy circumstances.
"That .house is oc
cupied by to fami
lies of mill hands,"
Mi. Higginson said,
one on the first
floor and the other
on tho second, with
each having ouo-half
f the big attic. As
you Bee, the bay
window extends to
the second story,
thus making both
floors equally pleas
ant." "Whatrentdotke
families pay I"
"Nine dollars a
month."
"Nine dollars a
month f
"Yes, sir. I can
show you scores, yes
hundreds of such
houses as tuat in
horrible immoral-
Jty prevails, which
seldom comes to the
.surface, but which
is known to all
those who move
among the poor,
while the ordinary
conditions of life
.among the lares
proportion of the
population are such
that common de
oeney Is absolutely
impossible; and all
this goes on insight
of the mansions of
the rich. . . Pri
vate charity of all
forms and religious
organisations cau
do nothing to rem
edy the evils which
are so deep set la
our social system."
Joafi uoBLxr.
"It Is an awful
fact It is really nob
short of awful
that In this country
(Great Britain),
with all Its wealth,
all its vast re
sources, all its
power, 45 per cent,
that is to say,
nearly one-half of
the persons who
reach the age of
sixty are or have
been paupers. I
say that it is a most
tremendous fact,
and I cannot con
ceive any subject
more worthy of the
attention of the leg
ists ture, more
worthy of the at
tention of us all."
BENRT FAWCKTT.
"There are fw
classes of workmen
who in many re
spects are so
thoroughly wretch
ed as the English
agricultural labor
ers. They are in
many respects so
miserably poor that
it they were con
verted into slaves
to-morrow it would
be for the interest
of their owners to
feed them far better
than they are at
precept. Thnub
out large acricnV
this city." Mr. Hlg
cinson replied calm-
jy, "in some or.
Which the rent will
he even less than
that. Yon cau hire
a whole house like
that for 115 or $20 a
month."
"Do many of the
operatives own
houses in this city t"
"Hundreds of
them do,"
THE IDEAL COTTAGE
HOME.
The writer passed
lurae number of
neat little cottages
with yards and
gardens, in many of
which corn, pota
toes, beans, squash
ea and nearly all
kinds of vegetables
were growing, an
ample supply for the
family table. "Such
cottages as that cost
only 1500 to $1,000 to
build," Mr. Higgin
son said.
At ono point Mr.
Hlgglnson pointed
out a block of three
story hguses, with
bay windows and
small yards in front,
the kind of house
that would rent at
60 a mouth In New
York just as fast as
the agents could
offer them to the
public. They were
charmingly situ
ated, facing a beauti
ful park thi sloped
down to the river.
"The man that
built those houses,"
aid Mr. Hlgglnson,
"made a Ellstake.
Hs can't rtni them
at $30 a mouth, even
thjugh ke ottered to
make a pfcejtsnt of
any ona of taam to
any person who
would Jive In it to
Tsars, Yob ,(
wr ."?"" ""
InMUHMl
lL
people want yurds
bout their houses,
and wont take a
house without so
long as tbey can get
them with a jnrd.
laborer will be
found who has
saved so much as
a week's wages. A
life of tolling and
lncchnut industry
0IIV1 i no othei
p-(n oct than a
mist, (hie old oge."
Lord Coleridge, tllo clileC justice of
England, in Ins l.uewoll speoch after
an cxtonded tour through this country
in 1883, said:
"It is not your colonl fortunes that
havo iuteiested mojlcnn see lhem at
homo. Whnt ITlo ndmhe, what I long
to seo and uover fihnll too in my own
dear England, is wluit lnay bo called
your upper and lower middle classes. I
have seen nmong them men who would
do credit to any c.ipital in the woild.
I have seen teu3 of thousands of houses
occupied by tho owners of them. I am
told that in goncial j'our farmers own
their farms, your cultivated gentlemen
own their houses, und your mtisnns
own their cottages. What a state of
satisfaction nud content this produces.in
timo of pe.icot What an irresistible
forco in time of war."
?lr, oiuiletonc.
"I repeat Ueio wh it I have often Baid
publicly and frequently put in print,
that an attentive reader of uttorances of
English and American free traders will
bo furnished thereby with some of the
strongest proofs of the benefits that ac
crued, that now. exist, nud will in the
future ticcruo to tho agriculturists and
laboring classes of the United States
from the Araeiican piotectivo tariff sys
tem. "
Cut. Ingot toll.
"We have taken the failures of other
countries; we havo taken the mon who
could not succeed in England; we have
taken the men who havo been robbed
and trampled upon wo have taken
thom into this country, and the second
generation are superior to tho nobility
of the couutry from which their fathers
emigrated. We have taken tho Irish
men, robbed; wo havo taken tho foreign
ers from the almshouse, and wo have
turned their lags into robes; wo havo
transformed their hovels and huts into
palaces, out of pauper paupers we have
made patriotic, splendid men."
George I Converse Imloist; McKlnley.
A dispatch from Columbus, O., to
Tho Cincinnati Enquirer of last Thurs
day says:
"The Ohio Wool Grocers' association
held a meeting on the grounds to-day
nt which Hon. David Harpstor pro
Bided. A series of resolutions indorsing
tho taiiff schedule of the McKinley bill
wero adopted.
Hon. Qoorgo L. Converse, the well
known Democratic ex-congressman from
the Capital City district, came into the
meeting alter the resolutions had been
adonted. and. beiiiff called upon for a
speech, created a decided sensation by
his unqualified indorsement of Maj. Mc
Kinley and Senator Sherman.
Mr. Converse said: "Mr. McKinley is
too good a man and too great a man to
be permitted to retire to private life,
and I think the wool growers of his dis
trict ought -o see to it that he is not re
tired, and tbat the pledges that were
made by the wool men from year to
year that they would carry this question
to the ballot box ought now be carried
to the ballot box to aid in Maj. Mc
Einley's re-election to congress.
An Haitam View.
George L. Converse, of Ohio, an old
time Democrat, who believes in wool
first and Democracy afterwards, has de
clared in favor of Representative Mc
Kinley for congress. This is as it
should be. Let the people eschew party
and tako sides according to their views
on high protection. Perhaps, however,
Mr, Converse may have concluded that
he would assist in giving McKinley
another chance in congress because the
Democratic legislature of Ohio have at
tempted to keep him oat of the National
legislature by an outrageous gerry
mander. The chairman of the com
mittee on ways and means will be like
ly to (jet votes that he would not but
for this act of egregious Democratic
folly, which has been denounced by the
independent press all over the country.
Boston Transcript.
Dcmicratlo Rottenneso.
The -people were told in the campaign
last year that if the Democracy succeed
ed in getting into power the rascalities
would prevail to an alarming extent, &a
nothing else could emanate from the
gang at the bead of the procession.
Warning was also given that the people
would "have to pay the fiddler, and that
the bill would be no small one. It "was
also foretold from the stump and by
the press what the nature of these
rascalities would be, notwithstanding
all the warning, the Democracy were
put in the saddle and the returns .are
beginning to come in.
Lew Bernard is boss of the gang,
while John McLean pulls the strings
and "wallops" or "loves" higher darling
as he sees fit. Hut Lew is smart in
ono thing. He mover disobeys. He re
ceives "his orders direct -from head
quarters and executes them if possible.
When .bo fails, somebody gets Hail Co-'
lumbia, but it is not Lewjr. That
youth is too tender a plant to suffer
punishment.
Since the Democratic rulers came In
to power in the state, tho old boodlers
and gangsters have secured fat places.
!They are now gorging on the fat of the
land, and in some places there is turmoil
and trouble around the flesh pots. Just
now Cincinnati is a sad example of
trouble among the "boodlers." The
gang have fallen out, and Louis
Reemelin, a member of the Democratic
board of public improvements, has been
requested to resign. It has been said
that he is not honest, but that will not
hurt Reemelin. It will make him
friends among the Cincinnati gangsters,
and they will stick the closer to him.
A boodler to be of good standing in Cin
cinnati must hare some scandalous at
tachments. Reemelin is blessed with
two, and hence is entitled to better
picking than the board of improve
ments, but that will suffice until some
thing better comes along. No doubt i
the villainies of the gang in Cincinnati
were unearthed, there would be a very
lively passenger travel northward and
toward the swamps in the alleged
search of health1. Reemelin is only a
fair sample of the Cincinnati Demo
cratic gangsters and boodlers. He is no
worse than ethers of the gang, and the
condition in Cincinnati is only what
could have been expected, only this and
nothing more. The incident may, how
ever, serve as any eye-opener to some
persona wfc0waiartUB they wart
. .i
THE SECRETARY Q- STATES OFHCZ.
A ralie Ilcport Ctrrultucil by the V. mo
lie Frcj Corirrlcit,
A fnlso report concerning the appro
priations of the secretary of fctato's
office is beintj circulated' industiiouBly
tbiougii-'Ut the (.i!o by the Democratic
press. It ia stipu sed to hr.vo originated
ironviteprefceuidtn o auincr, ot itlch- i
laud county, and is so far from the
truth that it Js a plain indication that
tho Democrats are at their old tricks of I
falsifying the lecoid and misleading tin i
peoplo this fall. It is stated that thero i
is nn increase ih tho appiopriations for ,
tho running expenses of tho secretary of '
state's office f..r i-i cxccs3 of that of tho ,
year 1839. The truth of the matter is
that the expenses during Secretary
Ryan's ndrninibtiatiou are moro than '
$5,0001css than they were during tho year I
1889. Here aro the facts: When Secio- I
taryRj an took charge of the office in
January, 1889, there were balances to
the credit of the several funds of the
C-aQce amounting to $-11,801.59. The
legislature of last winter, after a full
hearing before tho finance committee,
appropriated an additional amount of
$da,P80. 14, making tho total amount np- I
Sropriated $04,181.73. On the 10th of
Tovember, 1889, there was a balance in ,
the funds of tho secretary of state of ,
8,911.80. Tho appropriations for the
fiscal year 1820, by tho legislatuie
amounted to $37,850, which, added to '
tho balance on hand, mado a total of
180,761. SO. At firbt sight that is an ap- i
parent incieise of $.J.559.57 over the ,
proceeding year, but this amount was I
not nppropuated for the exclusive use
of the secretary of state's office. That
office furnishes all tho paper and print
ing for the legislature, and here is
where tha misleading statement of the
Democratic press comes in. Tho legis
lature, by a house joint resolution, pio
vided for printing not to exceed 00,000
copies monthly bulletins of the Agri
cultural Experiment Station. This
printing has no connection whatover
with the sccretaiy of state. Documents
of this sort are not distributed by him,
nor has he anything whatever to do
with them except furnishing the paper
to the public printer. For thq purpose
of purchasing this paper to print these
rnnorts on. the lecrislature annronriated
$1,000, which is included in tho appro
priations for the office of secretary of
state. In common justioe, this amount
cannot be chaigod to Secretary Ryan
nor to his administration. He has no
connection whatever with it, except aa
the law makes him tho distributing
officer for paper for public printting.
The appropriation has no connoction
with Lis office, and in no way bo
longs to his administration. Now if
you deduct this amoiyL 3,000, it will
leave tho appropriation tor the manage
ment of the secretary of state's office
for 1890, at tho amount of $38,701.80,
as against $04,181.73 in 1889. This
shows an actual decrease in the ex
pense of managing the office of the
secretary of state in favor of Secrotary
ttyan's administration, ot $o,u.4B,
other words, the office is run at a i
2
loao3
less expense than it was during 1889,
Franklin County' Officials In Trouble.
There is consternation among the
Franklin county fee-grabbers. At Mon
day's meeting of the city council the
special committee of investigation made
their report. Two .Republicans and one
Democrat are on the committee, and
the report is unanimous. It should be
explained that the county officers im
plicated were officers also of the city,
under a system peculiar to Franklin
county, and the investigation merely
covered oity transactions, and only for
1888 and the first half of 1889, although
the illegal fee-grabbing can be traced
back as far as 1882, and has been ap-
filied to county affairs proper as well as
hose of the city of Columbus. The
committee nnd that Auditor Rheinhard
during the 1888-1889 period referred to
illegally appropriated fees to the
amount of $10,920, and that during tho
same period Treasurers Heffner and
Pausch grabbed $8,G84, and of this lat-
I tor amount Heffner's haul was $3,000,
Hettiier is now a member or tne legis
lature from fhis county, and is the
author of the "ripper" law, which has
deprived the people of Columbus of the
right of local self government. He now
lives in a palatial house on Broad street,
following the Democratic plan here of
officeholders retiring with a competen
cy. The report of the committee of
council is a "stunner" to the gang who
have been fleecing the tax-payers of Co
lumbus and Franklin .county for so
many years. They employed the mo3t
skillful criminal lawyers to make ingeni
ous arguments in their 'defense, and
then made the most pathetio personal
pleas to be spared from the disgrace
which now confronts them. As a last
resort, the courthouse clique took all
the official advertising from The Ohio
State Journal and therebv violated the
law, which requires advertising in a
Republican, as well as in a Democratic
paper. Bat the scheme to boycott The
Journal into silence failed, and that
paper has remorselessly insisted upon
a full investigation. The council com
mittee recommend that the fee-grabbing
official be given ten days in which to
cover back the illegal fees into the
treasury, failing in which the city
solicitor is to institute suits for recovery.
A Disgraceful Spectacle Averted.
It is an interesting story that U told
of the elaborate preparations which the
Democrats in congress made for flight,
when they apprehended that the
sergennt-at-arm might endeavor to
bring them into tho house to perform
their constitutional duties. It seemed
that they hired twenty carriages and
kept them standing all day near the
capitol, ready to whisk them off in cose
of need to quiet nooks in Virginia and
Maryland. Ab it happoned the precau
tion was superfluous; the Republicans
gathered a quorum of their own num
ber, and were indifferent whether the
Democrats were in their seats or not.
But it is almost a pity tbat the condi
tions could not have been such as to re
quire the presence of the Democrats in
the house. Then what a scampering
there would have been out into the
country. What an inspiring sight
would have been presented of the
sergoant-at-arms endeavoring to run
down and bring back to their places
men whom the country has been paying
at the rate of $5,000 a year for the last
few weeks for doing absolutely noth
ing. Boston Journal.
"There is not a single eleotion pre
cinct in all this broad land where a Dem
ocrat may not cast his vote in peace and
safety and have it counted as cost.
But there are hundreds of precincts in
which it is as much ,as a man's life it
worth to appear at the polls with a
Republican ballot ia his hands. If this
evil is not sooa. cured, what will1 be
come otrs government T7; 8. Grant,?
Thia,,uttrauc QsVqenx Grant ia m
true to-day m whan he first ,tated U,
THE FATTEST OJ? ALL.
A G rl Who Woigho Four Hundred
end Fifty Pounds.
Her Aipo;:to If to Dallcntq Thnt Uer
I'arcntK Honiellrac" Ilccome Alnrined
Treo I'a I r it or Stud.lngii Required to
Mnko One for Dcllit.
A vcritablo mountain of rollicking,
rolling flesh Is good-natured, pleasant
faced llolla Ilcclt, tho largest girl in tho
world. Dolla, according to tho Pitts
burgh (Ii.) eeriest ondent of tho Chica
go Times, is sixteen j oars of ago and
sho tips the beam at exactly 450 pounds.
Sho is tho daughter of rcspoctablo but
poor parents; her father Is a coal-minor
in tho Wcstmoi eland regions, and hor
homo is at Cokoville, that county, near
tho Indiana County lino. Hor parents
aro bbth of ordinary sizo and nono of
her brothers or sisters show oigns of ex
ceeding tho average limits in point of
physical development. At tho ago of
flvo years ono sister reaohed tho weight
of 145 pounds, but sho died at that
period.
The "correspondent visited Delia's
homo and found her to bo a sufficiently
comely American girl, fetrong and
healthy, and of fair Intelligence In
fact, sho Is rather pretty, considering
hor enormous pioportions. Sho was
asked to tell fcomcthing about how she
came to bo so stout, but tho question
staggered her; sho could not toil. In
this conneotlon, however, tho writer
drow from her the most lemarkablo
foaturo of her oxlstcnco.
"What do you eat?" sho was asked.
"Not much," was tho astonishing ro-
piy-
"You scorn surprised, and I don't
blamo you for doubting what I have iust
told you, but novortuciess it is gospoi
truth. I never had much of an appotito."
"But how did you get so fat?"
"I can not tell. You would like to
know what I eat? I will tell you. It
will not tako lone. In tho first place,
for my breakfast I usually tako a cup
of coffee and ono or two hot cakes or a
slice of toast, nothing more; for dinner
I eat a slice and a half of bakers' broad
and a veiy small pleco ot steak or
somo potatoes and cabbago. My supper
consists of about tho same amount, with,
of course, an occasional chango of diet.
Roally, to tell yon tho truth, a meal for
an ordinary person will last rao two
meals and I v. ill havo all I want, too."
Mrs. Beck criued her daughtor's
statement and added that they wero
somotimes alarmed lest thoir child's
health should fall from a lack of proper
nourishment.
"Havo vou never tried to leduco vour
woight?" asked tho writer of Miss Beck.
"No 8ir x never have," sho repliod.
"Why Bhould I? I am happy, and never
know what it io to bo ill. I experience
no difficulty in walking, but I puff a
little when I go "upstairs."
When Dolla was flvo years of age sho
weighed 140 pounds, and sho has been
gaining steadily ever since. Sho has in
creased in weight at tho rate of one
pound per month for tho last fow years,
and is stdll gaining. In height sho is
C foot 4 inches. She measures 01
Inohcs around tho waist, 13 inches
around the nock and 31 inches around
tho fleshy part of tho arm. Her feet are
not long but aro abnormally broad, so
that it 1b imposslblo to procure any or
dinary pair of woman s shces to nt her.
Tho same difficulty is cxporlonced in
fitting her with hoso. Hor mother ex
plained that to meet the embarrassment
which this causes sho buys two pairs of
hose and makes them into one. Delia's
chair is a curious pleco of furnlturo, es
pecially mado for her, and is a sottoo
large enough for two persons. Her bed
is furnished with extra supports.
Compared with famoas fat women of
history Delia Beck outshines, or rather
outweighs them all ivkon her ago is
taken into account. Hannah Uattersby,
tho fattest woman that oer lived, did
not aoqnlro her enormous proportions
until after sho was forty, and Big Win
nie, the colored heavy-weight, was
thirty beforo sho made a record. Delia
and hor parents have at last decided to
accept the offer of a local museum mana
ger, and tho girl will then appear for
tho first time in public. Sho will con
tinue on th'e road and will manage her
self. ONE OF CUPID'S FREAKS.
A Divorced Couple Reunited After Eaoh
Has Burled Two Other Mates.
Jackson Thomas married forty years
ago a beautiful young woman about
twelve years his junior, wrltos a Now
port (Ark.) correspondent. After a few
years they concluded they woro not in
tended for eaoh other and woro divorced.
Both found now and, presumably, moro
suitable companions. Death robbed
eaoh in a short timo of tho happiness
thus found. Each tried a third matri
monial venture about tho samo time sov
oral years later, and tho now relations
continued until recently, when again,
by a singular colncldenoo, tho visitation
of death left each alone in tho world.
Tho boreaement of the one was within
a fow weeks of that of tho other.
Undo Jack, as ho is called, is now
elghty-ono years old. Tbo lady who was
his first wifo is sixty-nine. Old targets
for Cupid, suroly. But tho little archor
know that undor tbo doad ashes of a
double boreavomont in tho old man's
heart thoio was still Bomothing inflam
mable, bo ho aimed an arrow a flory
arrow, eo to speak aj tho ancient breast
works, and the old flame of forty years
ago burst forth again. It was carried by
Uncle Jack to tbo woman from whom he
separated thirty-flvo years ago. Tho
flame caught and spread.
Now the flro on tho household altar is
burning again, after a brief courtship.
Beating the Bell-Pauoh.
A Kansas City btreet-oar conductor
has found an easy way to beat the bell
punch. He goes off to some secluded spot
at night, notes the numbor indicated by
the register, pulls the maohlno until It
has, counted off tho entire 10,000 and be
gun at one again, after whch he rings
till tho register lndioatos 100 less than
whenhe began and stops. He is1 then
l a position lng tares honostlyvall
u.i.ujr buu te9oaueaaorinocoaapany
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Bull's Baby Syrup
Facilitates Toothing! Price omv ss eenu.
Sold at druggists. flegufatOS tho Bowofsf
Day's Horse
JPOWISEIK,
PrcTcnto I.nnj- rover anil'
cores lltciuner. lnnnml -r
In each paclctge. For tale br alldcaltrt. TrjTM
BULL'S;
For tho euro ot
Cough3,Colds, Croup,
Hoarseness. Asthma,
Whooping A fl 1 1 fill Incipient
COUGH
Bronchitis, wUUU 71 sumption
and for tho relief of i
SYRUP
Consumptive persons.
At druggists. 23 cts.
CIMlr LANQE'S CUBEB CIQAftETTES for Ca
OMUAttarrh. Pries JO Cts. At all druggists.
Uic Dlstlph's ol tiiis County
Will be rejoiced to leain of the sr.rcess
ot tho meetings held at this place by .Is
D. Houston, t "Minerva, and Frank.
Foust, of Pricetown.
There were eight additions to the
church, but the success of thj meetings
is not cau lined to additions. The whole
membership has been inspired with a
new zeal. There is no longer any doubt
as to tho perpetuity of the work at this
place. Work on the new church has
been resumed, and ere long the Dihciples
of this county can view with feelings of
prido this beautiful edifice, as n monu
ment to their Christian zeal and benevo
lence. Soliciting ngents aie now in the field
asking every lover of the cause to con
tribute means to assist in this worl. If
every Disciple in this county will conie
promptly to tho aid of this brave little
band tho early spring will find them
worshiping in a neat little church that
will reflect credit on our people and per
petuate the cause of the Master in our
county capital.
In order that the w oik on the build
ing may be prosecuted w ithout delay it
is necessaiy that each one be as prompt
as possible in furnishing donations.
Mechanics w ho ha e expressed their
deriro to contribute work will address S.
O. Wright, who will arrange as when
such work will be needed.
Send donations to T. S. Beam or paj?
to soliciting agent, remembering that it
is "more blessed to give than to receive,"
and "the Lord loveth a cheerful giver."
The Furest and Best
Articles known to medical science are
used in preparing Hood's Sareaparilla..
Every ingredient is carefully selected,,
personally examined, and only tho best
retained. The medicine is prepared un
der the supervision of thoroughly com
petent pharmacists, and every step iru
tho process of manufacture is carefully
watched with a view to securing in
Hood's Sareaparilla the best possible
result.
One of the oldest houses in Now Eng
land, the Low mansion, at Essex, Mass.,
which has sheltered six geneiations of
that family, is being torn dow n. It ie
ono of the colonial lean-to-roof stylo of
houses. Itsyawningfireplacesoccupied.
a space eleven by twenty fiw5.
Consumption Surely csurort "
twj"" "-Wo inform "',r r;,.,.
that 1 Lave a positive remedy for tlio 'u J. , , '?
dlwaao. By its timely ue taoiuunul , , l "' " J
case, havo been permewi, Jr c.rS it i iV,
to send two bottles ofim
jr.??.?--"a",i
r-mcij riti;.;ts.
end me their Eipre and p. o. ill
fully. a'.A.flL03HJl,SI.C..IBl
lr
181 Ptrl Gu. ,.
A burglar got fast in the window of a
house occupied by John Roach, of Patter
son. John is a moralist, and ho dressed
himself and sat down on a chair an
talked to that burglar for two longhoufe.
without a break. Then tho burglar
asked to bo either knocked on the head
or let go, and Mr. Roach talked to, hjffi
ono hour longer and then siitf,.! Mm
to Uepnrt.
Drunkenness and tho craving for
liquor banished by a dose of Siramona
Liver Regulator.
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There is a mule down in Coffey county,
Ga., that has been running wild for
Foveral months and srtill defies arrest.
Ho has been driven into a lot, but he
will not let anyone como near him.
When a person approaches with a halter
tho rambunctious animal stands on his:
foiefeetand cliculatrs his hind feet all!
around tho horizon with the rapidity oS
a cyclone.
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No harm eyer done by the use of Sira
mins Liver Regulator.
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If any "community wero as determined
to suppress the saloons as the United
States is to collect revenue 'from them,
suppression would be easy. -Christian
Union.
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S. S. Karr, of Almond, N. Y claims
that he was the last Union prisoner to
leave Andereonville prison. Ho securedl
the rebel flag which, had so long floated
over that prison and has it still in his
possession probably one tho most in
teresting relics of the civil war.
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