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THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, FRIDAY, ji&mism lgj ANACONDA'S DEADLY WORK. Till ED TO CHUSH OCT THE LIFE OF A WATCH MA V. Tlien Killed a Fon The Snake Es capes l'rom the Box in Which It Was Shipped nnd Creates Hnv oc for a Time. The Thiladelnhia Inquirer says: Samuel Mosher ha's bad an experience the terrors of which he will never forget, and that he lb living to-day Is only creditable to the fact that another life proved more tempt ing. To be -wrapped In the death dealing embrace of a huge serpent, and have one's life slowly crushed out is a story tit for the fairies or a romance of the jungle, but to ha-.e It realized In the heart of a crowd ed city seems too incredible for belief. But the facts are convincing, and while the dead body of a beautiful educated pony lies on the floor in the curio hall of tho IClnth and Arch street museum with his ribs crushed in as If they had been frail Ftraws. and his face depicting the fea tures of agony, Mosher, the watchman of the place. Is in a serious condition at his borne, 730 Itace street, suffering the ex cruciating pains of Internal injuryv "Big Hen" has been advertised as one of.the star attractions at the museum dur ing this w-tk, and when the monster ana conda jneu'-uring over tnirty feet In length arrived on Saturday night from New York, whence he had been shipped by steamer, from Brazil, he was carried, with his wood en cage, to the upper floor and left there until preparations had been completed for bis transfer to the Iron bound exhibition case. The box had been somewhat damaged In transit, but no thought of the escape of the reptile had been narborcd. Moshcr was not a little surprised, therefore, when upon going upstairs at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon he noticed that a slat had been loosened and Blr Ben's head was protrud irg. Ills first thought was to force the i-nake back, nut in mis he was not quick enough, for with a sudden Jump, the ana conda sprang upon the defenseess watch man and wound himself around his body. Slow ha tightened his vice-like grip and was gradually squeezing the life jout of his ten-l!led victim. The first Intimation to others In the building that anything was wrong came with the shrieks of a second victim. Man ager Bradenburgh was in his private office, on the Jirst floor, and the other workmen were In the cellar collecting materials for the construction of platforms. Bucephalus, a mu-ical pony, who was alued by his owner at J100U0. was munch ing hay in one corner of the hall when tho llrst encounter began, and, as If with hu man understanding of the peril of the mo ment, came to the rescue. ,..used upon his hind legs he battled the monster with his eharp shod front feet until the former was compelled, in self-defense, to relinquish his STRUGGLE WITH hold upon the man and turn his deadly embrace upon the pony. And when the now aroused attendants had reached the scene, the poor least's body had been en circled by the reptile, and he lay groaning upon the floor, crushed and bleeding. Big Ben was now ready for another vic tim, but was frustrated . y too large a number of combatants. A noose was made on the end of a convenient rope, and with this tightened nlout his neck, he was forc ibly dragged back to tho cage. In which he Is to be shown to the public. Bucephalus vas relieved from his suf ferings by a shot from a revolver. ANTIPATHY AMONG ANIMALS. Different Species of Demit Entertain a DUHke for One' An other. The likes nnd dislikes of animals are unaccountable. Some horses take a violent prejudice against certain men, even though they are treated kindly and though the man's moral character Is fair. Between tho cat and the dog there is a violent an tipathy, which, however, is not Infrequently displayed by mutual respect, and even affection In exceptional cases. The ele phant hates dogs and rats. Cows dislike dogs, and -o do -sheep, and. what .seems Granger, are particularly partial to bears. On the other hand, heroes loathe and dtet camels and refuse to be decently civil to them after long acquaintance. They even hate the place where camels have been, which seems to be carrying race prejudice to an extreme. Evolutionists are accustomed to explain these Instinctive feelings as survivals of ancestral enmities dating from the days when one race preyed on the other. This would account for the natural enmity of the cow to dogs, for which cows were wild they werr obliged to defend their calves from bands of predatory wild dogs. But why should the horse like dogs? It Is but the other dav that the wild horses organ ized to defend their colts from wolves on our W( stern prairies. What could the-an-cestral horse have had against Uie ancestral camel of a million years ago? Above all. why should the horse approve of the bear? It must be that the horse has a dormant Knse of beauty and humor. The Ideal of the horse Is grace, combined with strength, lie disapproves from the bottom of his na ture of the hopelesslv vulgar, awkward and unesthetlc camel. The bear, he sees at once, though clumj. is unpretentious, truthful and not devoid of a sense of hu mor. The dog he recognizes as a good fellow, companionable and unselfish. Ho A 4-YEAR-OLD SMOKER. The Leahys Think He Is an Infant Phenomenon of the Highest , Rank. sJ WALKING OVER HIS According to the Philadelphia Record, I the people who inhabit the Hervey, or I Cook, islands (between Samo i and the So- l ciety islands) have a remarltble custom. The husband, on the dav of his marriage, I therefore forgets his ancestral predacious habits. A strong bond between the doc and the horse is th.it they are both fond of sport, whereas a camel would not go an Inch to see the best race that was ever run. The hor-o does not seem a little preju diced In the case of the camel, but it is a fine, aristocratic, unreason ible prejudice he nas. adq we nice mm lor nimseit ana tor showing tint the evolutionists cannot ex plain all the sentiments of a refined and highly org-inlzed animal. Man. of course, they can account for in every particular. FLYING WITHFEET TIED. Captive Hawks Make Off, Though . Farmer Dunning Thought He , Jlaii Them Safe. Farmer Dunning of Great Bend, Pa., is now positive that hawks can tiy with their feet tied. lie built a trap for the big birds and succeeded In catching three. When AN ANACONDA. Dunning discovered three fine birds safely lodged in the Inclosure, ho entered the trap and caught each one of the hawks and tied their legs together. After the three were captured and tied ho threw them out upon the ground, and by tho time ho got out himself the old birds bad recovered their cunning. To his utter astonishment he saw them arise, bound as they were, and sail away across the Sus quehanna river. Tho next day a neiglihor. residing two miles awav. saw one of the tied hawks feeding In his barnyard and shot it. BULLDOG KILLS A MONKEY. Jup Asked for Pennies nnd Beauty Pounced Upon Him. From the New Tork Herald. Donnettl Capezetta, an Italian organ grinder, stopped with his pet monkey In front of John Manning's saloon, in Eliza bethport, N. J., a few evenings ago, and began grinding out a tune on his organ. The monkey, Jup, walked into the saloon In search of pennies. He paused as he en tered, and. politely raising his jaunty red hat, bowed to the crowd before the bar. Ttlannlng's bulldog. Beauty, was dozing bv the stove. He awoke a second later, and with a growl of anger sprang upon tho little monkey. Beauty closed his jiws on Jup's neck. The big bulldog's growls and the monkev's squeals brought the organ grinder Into the saloon on a run His Italian oaths fright ened the dog, and he relaxed his grip. Cape zetta picked up Jup, but he had passed Into monkevland. The dead monkey was burled in the back jard. and ever the grave was erected a wooden sign, inscribed: : Here Lies : : JUP. : : His Jig Is : : Up. : Capezetta had M inning arrested for set ting the dog on the monkey, but the saloon Keeper was discharged In court. Then the Italian brought suit against him to recover the value of tho monkey. Poor ficorire. From the Clevelind Plain Dealer. - Mabel "I didn't know you wore rub bers. Getting worried about your health?" Maud "No I only wear them because George does hate so to put them on." Danny Leahy Is only years old and he smokes. To all the other members of tho family he Is Infant phenomenon, and all other infant -phenomena pale their inef fectual fires in tho glory of this achieve ment. Danny's father tells with pride how his wonderful offspring acquired greatness. When Danny was, scarcely more than a. year old his fond parent gave him an old pile as a plaything. Danny, with raie instinct, immediately carried the pipe to I1I3 mouth and began to puff away in imita tion of his daddy. Leahy senior looked on admiringly, and called upon Mrs. Leahy to witness how smart the boy was. "Tho blessln' o' God on hlra! Sure It's a bright lxy he Is!" exclaimed Mrs. Leahy, gazing at her phenomenon. Ever Flnce tli it memorable day Danny has lecn .1 smoker. He learned to load a pipe for himself long ago,. and to strike a match with the gravity of hla father. "Danny got so used to his pipe and to bacco that he had to havo them," said one of the sisters, "rather used to hide his pliws, but Danny seemed to know just where to look for them. He gets tobacco from my father's pockets and hides it away until he wants to ue it. We have tried many a timo to break him of the habit, but when we would stop him he would get black In the face and have fits. Then my father would have to fill, a pipe and give it to Danny to smoke." Danny's sisters are trying just now to break him of the habit. He has not smoked for three days and h Is very cross. The youthful smoker Is about three feet tall lie has a pale face and weak ejes The Lcahvs live at No 15 Shlpman street Newark. The head of the houBe is a labor er. The wonder of the large collection of children Is the baby who smokes He is the genius and the joy of the household. BRIDE'S RELATIVES. walks on the backs of the peopie of the tribe to which his wife belongs, the wife going through a similar ceremonv a few days later, her husband's tribe in that case composing this "street of human bodies." PULLING PET DOGS' TEETH. Dentists Have Special Forceps for Extracting: the Teeth of Cain nnd Dok. Dentistry for dogs has made some re markable strides in the last few years. Special forceps are made for extracting c-inino teeth. With the ordinary kind used to torture mankind it is impossible to get a grip on a dog's tooth. Being conical in shape, a forcep has been Invented that will not slip. It also is conical in shape; and is made to fit over the tooth and to grip all parts of it equally. One yank is always sufficient the tooth has to come or the jaw. A dog, unless he Is troubled with heart disease, is alwas put under the influence of ether when undergoing dental opera tion The anesthetic is given not so much to sc the dog any unnecessaiv pain as to protect the surgeon from his rage. A pup that will go through any other form of misery without a whimper will bite his best friend when It comes to treat ing an achinK tooth. If persons who worry about the failing' health of their short nosed canine friends and wonder why they are so feverish and irritable would only have their dogs' mouth examined, and a few of the superfluous teeth drawn, they would restore them to health and frisklness in an amaz inglv short time. Filling dogs' teeth frequently is practiced now. There is a well known dentist in New Tork who has a red Irish setter with gold In his mouth which his owner says Is worth J10. and double that amount, if tho value of his labor is Included Tho animal had a dozen "sittings" with the dentist and was put under the influence of ether eieh time. He Is now one of tho fastest dogs on quail in the East. Before his teeth was filled he suffered such pain that he wa& absolutely worthless in tho field. Cats' teeth are extracted in the sameway, smaller forceps being used, and Instead of the ether, a paper sack is employed. Mr. Cat Is dropped, tail first, into the bag and the teeth pulled before he has tlmo to object. A HEN KILLS A HAWK. A Story That Comes From PciuiNyl- vanla About the Prowess of n Hen. There was a fatal combat between a hen and a hawk on Dennis Murphy's farm, two miles from Ardmore, Pa , the other day. The hen, a lady of quality, as far as her pedigree of gamo ancestors Is con cerned, was scratching worms, for her newly hatched! brood oO chicks 'when the hawk began to circle In the air. Slowly A SPUR AND BEAK BATTLE. the big bird soared around until It got within twentv feet of the chiekens The hen then chased her offspring into tho barn and took her place in the ring. Feath ers Hew in' all directions, nnd within a half minute the spurs of the hen brought first blood. Still the fight continued. It was spur and beak all the way through, and at first the advantage seemed to be with the hawk. Finally, however, the work of the spurs began to tell, and what in the language of the prize ring would be termed "a chance blow" ended the battle. The chicken managed to strike the hawk's right wing up near the joint with its spur, and the large bird was rendered defenseless. Then the hen called her brood nnd went nn I peacefully scratching for worms. TAMMANY'SJJABY TIGER. It Is n Source of Annoy mice to AH Parties Concerned Ao One Will Have It. The animal that former Major John FItzpatrick, of New Orleans, sent as a sym bolical message or congratulation to Tam rrany Hall, through former Mayor Hujh J. Grant, of New Tork, is a source of an noyance to all pirtles concerned. Tammany declires to appoint an offlclil keeper of tha so called tiger, and not one of the bravs In the wicwam will have nnvthinir to nn 'with it. The arrival is in the basement of the express company's office In Ne Ycrk. Edward Dougl-i. an employe of the eompnnv. who has charge of it, sivs it is fed dailv on raw meat, and that It eats moie than its weicht of meat each daw Some doubt was expressed at first, as to TAMMANY'S PRESENT. whether the animal was a tigvjr cub. or an ordinary domestic cat, with peculiar mark ings. A naturalist who has examined it says it is a jasuar or mountain Hon cub. The express eomp iny has written to Mi. rit2pitrlek Inquiring what disposition is to be made of the animal, but has received no reply. Unless it hears from him tha ant ma' is to bo presented to the 00, or any irttltutlon that will accept it. Saved bj 11 Newfoundland Don, 1 Dr. John Nugent, coroner of Suffolk county. New York, w ho practices in South ampton. Long Island, narrowly escaped death in quicksand near that town. 1 He was rescued bv A. Corwllh, who was guided to him by his Newfoundland dog. The anlmalwhich was with Dr. Nugent, saw him fall in the quicksand and at once ran off. returning with Mr. Corwith, who was attracted by curiosity aroused by the animal's strange antics "lo the clog's Intelligence and prompt nc- " Hon It is believed the doctor owes his life. rtfjjSpffjf MISSING MAN IS LOCATED: Wife Will Rejoin Her Husband, Who la Found In Hono lulu. Frcfessor C. E. Copeland, a high school teacher, left Delaware, O., June 9 last, os tensibly to perfect arrangements with a book concern of New York city, for which ho was going to travel. At the time of his departure he took with him all the money he had in the bank, though representing to his wife that he had left it for her use during his absence. Every effort was made by Mrs. Copeland and her relatives to nnd the missing man. but it was not unil the latter part of last September that the professor was located, and then only bv accident. Rev. Mr. J. A. Lovvrv. a missionary in China, whoe fam ily resides in Delaware, was home on avis It. On his wav back to his field of labor he stopped in Honolulu, Hawaii, and while there met Professor Copeland. At the time of the meeting Mr. Lowry had a desciiptlon of Copeland In his pocket, which he was taking to China at tho request of Mrs. Copelind, in the vain hope that it might lead to his discovery- Copeland did not know Lowry and told him that ho was there trying to get a po sition in tho public schools of that city. Mr. Lowry wrote to his daughter in Dela ware that he had met Copeland and gave the Information as to his whereabouts and his intentions. Miss Lowry Imparted the information to Mrs. Copeland. Mrs. Copeland had never lost faith In her husband. When she received news of his location sho immediately wrote to him, ask ing for an explanation 'of his actions, ana assuring him of her belief In his ability to satisfactorily explain all. The erring man wrote that he was In a delirium at the time of his desertion and that he was not responsible for his actions. He says that his love for her is as strong as ever, and that he has obtained .1 position in the schools at Honolulu. He has sent his wife the money for her to Join him in Haw .ill. Mi-s. Ccpeland has forgiven her husband and has left for Hawaii She goes direct to San Francisco and will sail from that city on the Ritket for Honolulu. IT IS HARD0N WACO. Brnnn-Bnylor University Row Sends Baptist State Headunarters to Dallas. Delias, Tex., Nov. So. The first serious social and business blow to Waco, as a community, resulting from the Brann Bavlor university sensations and the trage dies following them, culminating in the depths of the two Harris brothers, ha fallen. The official announcement was made here to-day that the managers of th- state headquarters of the Baptist chuich for Texas have ordered the head quarters removed from Waco to Dallas, and th.it the business of the church will bo conducted from this city, dating from December 1. A rumor Is in persistent circulation, not only over the state, but Is heard also in Waco, that Baylor university , probably tho most important Protestant Institution of education in Texas, is to be removed from Waco. NEGRO TURNING WHITE. Remarkable Case of Leucoc-themIa In the Hoosler State. A most remarkable case of leucocythe mia Is attracting the attention of medical men of Eastern Indiana. The victim Is a large, well built man whose flesh begat to pale a year ago. Tumefaction has set in and be is in great agony and is confined to the hospital ward. The abdomen, which Is gei er.illy affected in cases of this kind. Is baaly swollen. The negro's hesh Is grad ually turning white and as it becomes whiter ho grows weaker. The fatal stage has been about reached and death Is ex pected soon. This is the first case that has come under the attention tf Indiana physicians for semcf years. It Is pronounced in all its svmf toms and features and is a good study for physician, but the victim gets little consolation, as the disease, is invariably fatal The disease Is simply a great In crease of white corpuscles, In the blood and a corresponding dlminishment of the red corpijscles. Its causes are. unknown. PLUNGED OFF A BRIDGE. Frightened Horse Drafts Two Young Women to Their Death In Ohio.) Middletown, O., Nor. iSMisSses 'Mary and Katie Freeman were druwned this aft ernoon and their mother is in a dangerous condition as tho result of a runaway. They were driving across a bridge that spans the Hydraulic, north of' the city, when their horse became frightened and plunged over the sldeguard of the bridge Into fif teen feet of water. The women went down with the horse and spring wagon. Their screams brought help to the scene, but not In time to save the daughters, whose dead bodies were recovered. The mother was resuscitated with great difficulty, and is still in a serious condition. She does not know that her daughters are dead, and will not be adviBed until she gets better. The father of the young women is a prominent farmer. He and his sons are prostrated over the condition of Mrs. Freeman and tha loss of Mary and Katie. They had Thanks giving dinner together, jusf before the w omen started out for a drive. Killed on His First Run. Independence, Kas., Nov. 25. (Special.) Frank Judd. a Missouri Pacific brakeraan, was killed to-day near Caney, west of here. He fell under the cars, and his body was cut in twain by the wheels. He had been employed as switchman in the yards at Coffeyv ille for a number of years, and this was his first run on the train. He leaves a wife and two children. Fire nt n eoro University. Tougaloo, Miss . Nov. 25. Fire broke out in the dormitory" of the Tougaloo negro university about S 30 o'clock last night and despite the heroic work of the students the buildings were quickly burned to th grcund. Forty -threo students and !k teachers lost their entire personal effects. The loss Is estimated at $20,000. j Knnsas Couple Found Dead. Jewell City. Kas., Nov. 23 (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. Brennan, an aged couple, were found dead in bed yesterday evening, near here. They had not been seeni since the night before. The coroner's jury found that death resulted from asphyxiation A dead cat was found in the room. The dead couple were In comfortable circumstances. A 1100,000 Fire nt Pensncoln. Pcr.sacola. ria., Nov. 25. About tlOHOO vorth of property was burned this morning bv a fire that was st.irted by an incendiary. The old freight house of the Louisville & Nashville railroad and the company's new freight house, the latter filled to the loot with merchandise, were burned. While the Firemen Dnneed. Chicago. Nov. 23. The three remaining business buildings spared by tha fire which devastated the little town of Willow Springs, two months ago, were almost to tally destroyed bv fire last night while tho members of tho flro department were at tending a dance. Mali Driver Fatally Hurt. Chapman, Kas., Nov. 23 (Special.) N. D. Stanley started with mall this morning for Rlnehart. Ills team ran away and met another on tho bridge over Smoky Hill, fatally Injuring him. He was one of the town's oldest residents. PUZZLED 0VERTHE HORSE. Humor of n Scotch Farmer While In nn Unpleasant i're- dlcnntent. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Sandy McFadyen, a Forfarshire farmer, had been spending an hour or two In the evening with a friend a couple of miles away. It was a moonlight night, and Sandy, after partaking freely of his friend's hospitality, was riding quietly home across the sheep pastures on nls "guid auld mare, when they came to an open ditch which the mare refused to cross "Hoot, aw a', Maggie," said the rider, "this: winna dae. Yo maun jiilst gang ower." He turned back about 300 yards, wheeled round and gave the mare a touch of his whip. On sho went at .1 brisker canter, but just as thev reached the edge of the ditch she stopped dead, and shot Sandy clean over to the other side. Gathering hlmslf up," Sandy looked his mare straight In the face and said: "Vera weel pitched, indeed, ma lass. But hoo are ye gaeln' to get ower yersel', eh?" Tennyson's Lot for Simplicity. Lord Tennyson dearly loved simplicity of dress where women were concerned, and he liked the old stvle of hair dressing. " He would have preferred all women to wear their hair flowing but, at all events, he wished that it might always cover'thelr ears in the early Victorian fashion. i"So few women" he said, "have small, well shaped ears." FORTUNB TO THOSE Sudden Death Balked the Plan of to Cut Off The relatives to whom Mary Clark Is said to have often expressed her hatred will this week divide among them the fortune left by the miserly recluse, who was found 'dead In her squalid but spacious apart ments at No 7 Greenwich avenue on Octo ber 17. The old woman had said that she would leave her money to some charitable institution to spite her relatives, but death came suddenly and an Investigation showed that she had made no will. Thete was a s.id romance In Mary Clark's life, and, although the old woman she was more than seventy years old was uncom municative, the neighbors gleaned from her me iacr mat sne n iu ucen aisappomica in love. She blamed her brothers and sisters fer her trouble, and turned against all, except one brother, Hugh, who twenty-live years ago kept a saloon, known as the TAKES A COFFIN FOR PAY. Dying; Architect In Tacoma Slakes a Novel Arrange ment. A remarkable arrangement has been en tered into between Architect Andrew Smith of Tacoma, Wash., and Conrad L. Hoska, a prominent undertaker and the coroner of Pierce county, in Consideration of Smith's preparing plans for an ad dition to Hoska's house in the fashionable North end. Hoska. on hl3 part, agrees that this work will be accepted as pay ment for Smith's coffin and burial expenses. Smith has a cancer of the stomach and believes that he can live but a few months longer. He Is gradually growing weaker, as he. feels dally the depressing effects of the dreadful disease that Is gnawing at his vitals. He has some money, not a large sum, and this he desires to leave to his children. Having this object in view, he made a proposition to Undertaker Hoska, which resulted in the strange contract. It happened that Hoska had been contem plating the erection of an addition to his home, and was consequently able to pro vide Architect Smith the work he so greatly desired. For nine vears Smith has been one of the most prominent architects In Tacoma. He planned the big St. Paul and Tacoma Lum ber Company's mill and many of the finest residences In Tacoma. He built two or three houses In the West end for himself. Intending to sell them. Then the depression came on. preventing sales, and financial loss resulted.- Since then Smith has planned several small buildings, but for three years there has been little for an architect to do. Smith is about 50 years old and has a wife and three children. SMALLEST DOGJN THE WORLD. Fuji Is a. Japanese Spaniel and He "Weighs Only Fifteen Ounces. Fuji challenges the world to prove that he is 'not the smallest dog in it, and is proud of the fact that he Is, worth Just $33 33 1-3 cents an ounce on the present price, list in the oanlnei market, says the New York Herald. He weighs only fifteen ounces, and Is of the royal dog blood of Japan, where those who believe that the seven days of the w orld's construction were in reality seven ages sav that his ances tors were sacred and pampered beasts In the mikado's palace S.OOO years ago. When his mistress, Mrs. E. E. Sattler, of Cincinnati. O.. puts him sitting in her joined palms, fingers pointing upward, his head Is the only part of his tiny, furry body that reaches above the fingertips. Fuji stopped growing a month ago, and nothing artificial was resorted to to make him a high priced midget. He is 10 months old now, and as happy a canine gambo lier as ever chased a bill of yarn around a house or worried a doting mistress' mil linery to shreds. Fuji is a Japanese spaniel. His markings are black and white. They are beautiful, but it is in his head that the dog fancier finds most to admire. His forehead Is high nnd broad, and bulges with brain; his nose is of the pronounced pug variety, nnd his eyes mirror a spirit of mischief and playfulness that made him so dear to the woman who owns him. THIS DOG THEREAL THING. Goes Hunting With a Loaded Gnn on Ills Back, According; to the New York Press. Edward Lagrew, a sportsman living near Summerville. Pa., is the owner of a dog whose general knowledge of what is re quired of him while hunting cannot be equaled. Lagrew has had a contrivance made which is fastened to the dog's back, in w hich he places his shotgun, both barrels loaded heavily and tho hammers at full cock. To the trigger Is attached a string, which he placed in the dog's mouth. According to the New York Press, when all Is ready tho dog starts for a flock of partridges, and. when within a few rods or them, ho crouches down and pulls the string. The first attempt he bagged eleven birds, and since the first trlaLhe has killed over fifty In this manner. The owner was recently offered $100 for his dog. DOG IS ADRUNKARD. Drinks Beer, Stale and Otherwise, From Morning to NlKht. A BinghamtoiT, Pa., saloonkeeper has a dog that Is given to dissipation. The dog is slowly but surely drinking himself to death. He watches the trough directly un der the Ice chest, where the beer kegs are placed, and when the trough becomes filled the dog laps it up. He refuses water, and drinks beer morn ing, noon and night. 'After drinking heavily ho will go to sleep, and the first thought on waking up seems to he of beer, as he goes directly to the trough and satisfies his thirst. He is becoming quite corpulent, and Is a confirmed old drunkard. Beyond Her Power. From tho Detroit Free Press. Mr. Gllfoyle "I stumped the clairvoyant at the seance last night." Mr. Goldsborough "How did you do that7" Mr. Gllfoyle "I asked her to tell my wife's real opinion of me." THIS IS FUJI. WHOM SHE HATED. Eccentric Alary Clark, Septuagenarian, Relatives. "Grape Vine," at Sixth avenue and Thirteenth street. Hugh died, and from him his sister in herited the valuable property at the corner ,01 Eleventh street and Gnenvvich avenue. Ibne erected a big four story tenement and occupied two rooms on the top floor. There were eighteen other rooms which she rent ed but within the last few- years, when a tenant moved out, she refused to again rent the rooms. Tinally she had the entire building except the ground floor, which was ociupUd as 1 saloon, to herself. There was utile furni ture in any of the rooms, and she was not grovided with a bed, sleeping on the floor, he kept a dog and .1 couple of cats. She dressed In the shabbiest of clothes and when she went to make purehises in near bv stores haggled over pennle. whining about her "poverty." "I ean't afford to piy a doctor.' she croaked when on October 13 neighbors told her she needed mcdle.il aid. Two days later she was found dead and her twentv rooms were In a filthy condition. The undertaker who was summoned found $7U0 in an old teapot and wrapped in some rags were eight bankbooks representing moro than $11 CKX) on depo-.it. In the drawt r of a dilapidated desk were three n 0e0 four Ser cent government bonds registered in Iary Clark's mme. Then there were various articles of jew chy of ancient design, and In the drawers of a rickety dresser were silk and satin gar ments of the stvle of many- years ago her old time finery when she was .1 belle in a little Irish village. There was also a check for Interest on the bonds. The coroner arrived and siid heart dis ease had killed the aged recluse. Her val uables were taken In charge by the public sidminis-trator. When neighbors who knew of her wealth spoke to the woman about making a will she would say: "Yes, 1 must make a w 111. for I wouldn't rest in my grave if I thought mv- relitlvcs would get my money. But. sure, there's time enough. I'll live to be a hundred." Now 1;hese relitlves will divide the old woman's propertv, which Is worth about $30,000. None of them lives in the Uty. Let ters of administration have been issued to John Medole. and tho American Surety Company furnished his bond. ALABAMA'S WOMAN BURGLAR. That "Queer Little Mnn" Mleht Have Remained Unknown but for Ullza Spenrs' Weakness. The New York Herald says: A few nights ago a Southern railway- freight car at Bir mingham was broken into and hundreds of dollars' worth of valuable merchandise was taken therefrom. The robbery, comlns on the heels of the burglary of several slcres and private residences, seemed to confirm the suspicions of the police that a band of expert and daring criminals was abrcad. What puzzled the police most was the re port, several times received, that in the neighborhood of the robberies and on Uie rights on which they occurred a queer, lit tle man, in an old gray suit of clothes and a black, slouch hat, had been seen loiter ing around. "Who was this stranger?" the police ask ed each other, "and where did he go?" But no one could discover any clue to his identity, and diligently- as they search ed they seemed unable to find out what became of the apparition. On two occa sions they- thought that they had traced him to the house of Eliza Spears, on the outskirts of the city. When they entered the enly person within the four walls was Eliza herself. She knew her visitors well, for her reputation was anytning but good; she had been tried for receiving stolen goods, but acquitted for lack of evidence. F.llza gave the polico carte blanche to examine her house from basement to roor. Sure enough, she was the sole occupaiit, and the minions of the law retired, more pt.rzled than ever as to what had become cf the queer, little man in the slouch hat and shabby coat. Tho detectives got on to the little man Iran again alter tne car roDocry. it lea then once more to the house of the Spears woman They couldn't be mistaken again, they said to themselves. They knocked on the door. There was no answer. Thoy krecked again and louder. Still no answer. 1 his was suspicious. It was early morning and Eliza should be home. Then tlity bioke in. Everything was still except for tho sound of stentorous breathing from a sleeping room, the door of which was ajir. Tiptoeing into the chamber, what was their astonishment to see, lying, face down ward, across the bed, with an empty w risky bottlo alongside, the very mys terious stranger whom thev had sought sc long. The slouch hat had fallen or, 111c floor, disclosing the stranger's bare head. It had a thick shock of hair, altogether unlike a man's. "Wake up here!" said the sergeant, shak ing the sleeper. "You're the man we want." The sleeper turned over and dIdosei the face of Eliza Spears. "Wl'Pt! You, Eliza?" chorused her can ters. "Yes." she leered. "So vou've got me at last? If it hadn't been for rum I'd have given jou a lively chase for many a year to (Cine." The mystery was solved. Eliza, thanks to her potations, had neglected to take hr usxal precautions on arriving home from the car robbery". She had not removed 1 .r mar's coat and let down over her trous ers the skirt which was closely tucked arcurd her waist. The police did this for her. however, and then she stood Mefore them lustra -woman, with a hard, wizened face, bronzed by exposure and lined wl-h dissipation. In man's clothes the deception as to her sex was remarkable. The heavy dewn on her upper lip materially as-it-ert her In her "make-up." She Is 40 years of age and about five feet four inches tall. MRS. CORA S. L0UK. If You Are the Woman Who De- serled Fnnr Children, Here's a letter for Yon. Mrs. Cora S. Louk eloped some time, ago frcm Garaett, Kas.. with one J. C. Suth erlard. She left four children, the eld est s years old. The little ones since their mother deserted them have every day ened for rer and cannot be convinced that she will not return. Florence, who is 7 years old, has just re cov creel from a severe illness and one of her first acts was to write the following letter. She handed It to a man who cared for her.J requesting that he send it to her rrrmmi. He told her that he did not know where she was. Then she wrote on the en velope "Cora Louk" and asked him to put it In the postoftlce and said perhaps it would reach her mother anv way.. Nothirg has been heard from Mrs. Louk since her departure, but her family haAO not given up the thought that she will return and the husband-lssready to'forglve her for the sake of his chltaren. Here Is the letter just'nslllttle Florenco wrote It: -v Garnett. Kas. Dear Mnnn:-I will write j'feir lines two you. Eddie Is sick: he is In hod. f p ipa worrie about him. Acy cry-for Mama two ccme home. Mama, vou write two me at d tell mc where you are. I have been lek two. and have ben suffering. Florenco write the letter but I cannot write raary gecd. I sit up In bed and .'write this let ter. Come quick for Florence. These letter Is from Florence. 'AUNTIE" MACDONALD IS 128 YEARS OLD. She Is Now an Inmate 'of a Home ; For , the Aged and Infirm at Philadelphia. -! FRIEDMAN'S 600D LUCK. RELEASED FROM A GEORGIA JAIL TO CLAIM A FORTUNE. Heavy Sentence of n Former Turkish Consnl Sidney Lascelles. Swin dler, Will N"ot Have Wife's Fortune to Squander. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, has pardoned Sigmund Friedman, a foreigner, who has been in jail at Macon the past SLven months on the charge of forgry. There 'Is nn Interesting story behind "tha pardon which came Just before th prison er's term of punishment was at an end. Friedman, the-poverty-stricken, penniless musician, who six months ago forged an other's name to .m order for S2.au. steps out of jail and starts at once to Germany, where he has fallen heir to $20.W0. Notice was received the other diyfrom Richards & Co . bankers of New- York, that Friedman's mother had died in Stet tin. Germany, leaving an estate of $i.000. and that Sigmund Friedman and a brother, who is a banker in Germany- were named as the only heirs. Sigmulid rriedman was at the time serving a sentence in the Bibbs county Jail for the crime men tioned. Judge Felton had taken pity on him and given him a sentence of only sK months for forgery, making it a mis demeinor. It was shown at the trial that the defendint was not at the time in. his ri,;ht mind. He was in a railrond w reck in the far West several years ago and received serious injuries about the head, from which he has never quite recovered. He had to spend a while in the state lunatic asylum of California. In consequence of the blow- he had received on the forehead. Ills Insanity, however, has been cured, except that at times when he drinks whisky- it comes back in a temporarv- and mild type. While under the Influence of whisky. He committed the crime of forgery for which he was sent to jail. Friedman Is a man of talent. He was for years a soloist In Gilmore's famous band. He has written several pieces of music, which were well received. While he was in prison ho spent most of his time com posing, and one composition, entitled "An gelus," has been praised by artists. Fried man first camo to this country In ls. a lad 16 years old. He served a while in tho Union army as a drummer boy and slneo the war has made a good living as a musi cian. He has been presented with a purse by his German compatriots of Macon, to take him to New York, and from there to Ger many to claim his fortune. Ha says ha will return to this country. GETS A LONG TERM IN PRISON. Former Turkish Consnl at Boston Sent Up for Fourteen Years or More. Joseph A. Iaslgl. formerly Turkish con sul at Boston, who was arrested In Nevr York last summer, charged with the em bezzlement of large sums from trust funds ' JOSEPH A. IASIGI. Former Turkish Consul Sentenced to Four . " teen Years Imprisonment. heldby,hlaj, and who was recently found guiltv in the SuffoUl county superior court, has been sentenced to serve a term of not more than, eighteen years nor less thin fourteen years In. state's prison, with one dav solitary confinement and the rest of me verm at nara laoor. NO FORTUNE FOR LASCELLES. His Father-ln-Law Left the Estate to His Brother In Rhode Island. Should Sidney Lascelles return to Fitz gerald. Ga.. he would doubtless find a war rant for his arrest Instead of a fortune for his dissipation. When he married Miss Clara Pelkey he did not marry her fortune, and when she became his bride her father made a will leaving his entire fortune and the fortune left him uoon the 'death of his wife two years, ago to his brother In Rhode Island. .Whether Lascelles knows of the will Is not known. It Is thought that he docs not know' the will had 'been made and the peo ple in a iizgeraiu are expecting tne missing Beresford to appear and claim the fortune in the name of his wife. This Beresford will not do now; unless he should attempt to ngnt 1 no win in tne courts. .Mr., Alexander Pelkey. Lascelles' father-in-law. has provided that his daughter, Mrs. -Lascelles. be cared for under the will in the event she should leave her husband. ThlacJaue it is said, was recently placed in the will by Mr. Pelkey. It is believed by many In Fitzgerald that Lascelles will now forsake his wife, find ing that her fortune cannot be used as leng as sho remains his wife. The last heard from Lascelles he was in Massa chusetts, where he came near being ar rested on account of a transaction. HIS BODY IS SHRINKING. Ohio Man Is Ten Inches Shorter Than He Was In 1SCS. Peter Cooley. who was admitted to the Soldiers" home near Sandi-ky. O., about fpurjears ago from Cleveland, was, when lie"enll5ted in the Fourth Indiana Infantry InlbKfive feet two Inches tall and straight as an arrow. His perpendicularity has In nowise, been affected since that time.but to day be stands exactly four feet four Inches In his stocking feet, having, without In any minner affecting his health or general ap pearance, grown ten Inches shorter. He li a well built, compact old man. now In his Hst "year, and is as lively and active as a. boy. i "'Great- men." remarked the thoughtful vouth.-Vare frequently misunderstood by the public" "That." replied Senator Sor ghum, gravely, "is very true. And mighty lucky ltls for some of them." Washington Star. lAnhtln ST.irv Arnrrjonnld httn timt rniint.,! put herTth year. On the morning of her birthday when breakfast w as served at the Heme" for. Aged and Infirm Colored Per sons, .Belmont and Glrard avenues. Phlla-tilphla.-she rapped on the table nnd asked the blessing on the mornlne meal. he la t hale and'he-arty still. ( Every morning Aunty Mary dresses her self .and at night disrobes without assis tance. Her appetite is good and her chief Infirmity Is that of falling sight. When she was over-.ia) yeas old she could see to thread "A needle and she sewed a wholo taz carpet,"vh!:h took a prize at a fair In Wllmingto. "V; htV.J5UnIn.ilbe past twelve months aha has been able ,to go up nnd down stalFs Of tho Institution alone, but a severe at tack or grip early in tha year took away her-strcngth -and tjio has had to use tha elevator, " Mary wasborn at Fogtown, near Val ley Forge, In-1763, She remembers when the- Revolutionary forues wero at Valley Forge and claims to havo talked with, Gereral "Washington, -who, she says, pat ted" her on the head. She was admitted to the home In December. livST. Among tho othet aged Inmates In the home who are well past the century mark are Rosunn.i Cropper. Sarah Rliey and Jennie Legge. rpppcr. "acfieer ET liter .muu gnjf otne rtnr age -off SHears. tea