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Th3 Tables Turned. ARD TALBOT sank wea Ilv nnnn s fallen tnw Tim .1 blanket swung from his f-7 shoulder by rawhide thong Mi Into forked ' V limb. Hit rltto slid for A ward on the ground, Stream of perspiration trickled down hi dutty face. He wa nr the auminlt of a mountain, and the rorcsts behind receded to a valley of ram extent, deuacly wooded, pro foundly alleut, primeval and uuluhali Mod. A shimmering river wound through tho distant tree, and Tatlait scowled aa h looked back upon It. Six days before the rim had lutvd htm from one of the aummlta lu tin quest of placer digging, lie waa uow returning, misutrul, half-starved and lust A deer suddenly npiHHtrcd ; before him, not two hudred yarda away, near tho top of the divide, It waa vudble In relief aganat th luminous sky, atandlnit on a aiual! tint rock, with fee gathered and head thrown sideways, curiously alert The miner uttered an Impatient cry. Ho had awn not Kss than thirty door within the last four hour aud had not a single cartridge left for hla rtflks One baud quickly ought tha revolver hanging at hht belt, but he shook hi head and aban doned the Impulse, tun mouth watt-red aa the door bounded off. Not aim morning had Talbot tatted food, and u waa now & o'clock In the afternoon. ; Resuudug hla blanket and empty rifle, he toon gained the narrow tun burnt creat and rejoiced to behold again the Okausgon valley, the giant brown buttea against the esstoru nor laon. tad the mighty, snow-clad peaks of British Columbia towering far to the north. For Ward Talbot waa one of that adventurous band who flrat pen etrated the reservation of the Mose Indiana In Wathtngton territory, when thrown open for settlement. Sinewy and strong wat Talbot, a young man of robust health ami ahrewd wPa;. lie wore brown over alls and blouse, with a revolver and light prospecting pick thrust lu hi. belt; and aa he stood beneath a tang led (Ir, hla boots In a mat of partridge berry vine, and the pendent needles trembling against the edge of his brews canvas bat, a look of perplex ity crossed hla frank and manly face, lie had come over at an unexpected angle and could not quite place hi surroundings. A few steps farther and the charred top of a tall burut pine rose to view. Simultaneously the young miner's face brightened. He found himself not five hundred feet from one of his own claims, the very flrat one he had staked out and which he had never visited since the day he located It The nearest corner stake was directly below him. The tents of Hone-shoe camp were In tight two miles away, and an hour's walk would take him to his own but and coffee pot Quite different was this . northern alopo from the southern acclivity he had lately climbed. The latter whs rocky and sandy. Its soli washed of vegetable mould by quick-melting snows. On this northern side he struck at once soft earth and a carpet of thick pine grass, down which he strode noiselessly toward a barren spot where boulders projected from the ground and a white stake showed This wat made of cotton-wood, rudely squared by an axe, and upon It was penciled: Stake B. j Southeast Corner Foet, ; Quarts Claim, Pillar of Fire, Located by Ward Talbot' May 25th, lfWtt. The miner smiled as he read this. and recalled the peculiar circumstances under which he had discovered bis first claim. While bunting soon after bis arrival In the country, he saw far up this mountainside a dead pine burning brilliantly. Making his way thither In the hope of meeting white men, he reached a deserted Indian camp by the slue of a little spring. The a ban doned cani-nre had Ignited a pile of dry brurth, and thence had communl cated to a dead but standing pitch pine tree, which roared furiously as It burned, casting off volumes of Mack smoke. Here Talbot discovered sliver float and a few traces of ore in the rocks, and staked out a claim, naming Ing It the Pillar of Fire. When the mining district was organized, he re corded his claim, but bad never found leisure to come np and investigate It thoroughly. Talbot now descended towards the center of bis claim. Here the high walls of rock converging toward massive platform, overhanging the ledge wherein be had found ore. As he approached the walls, he heard horse whinny, and stopped surprised. An Instant later the thud of the pick striking earth , echoed from the hill side below. There was no mistaking the sound. It fell In regular strokes, tinkling as It occasionally hit rock, Somebody was working his claim, Talbot set his rifle on end against the rocks at the entrance to the pas sage-way. He took off his rolled blanket and laid It down gently. Then be drew his revolver from his belt and Inspected it The weapon was of drag oon size, carrying bails of heavy cal lbrc. He cocked it qujetly, and stole forward between the rugged steps and down to the stone platform, overhang tog the hillside. The young miner's face bad become very white. He debated bis course as he advanced. So far no claims bad been Jumped in the district He had avoided disputes and brawls with the miners. He was peaceable and well disposed. But often the most peace able men are the most dangerous when imposed upon, and now Talbot had but one purpose to expel this "Jumper from the Pillar of Fire. He neared the shelf where the con verging walls narrowed to a space not six feat wide. From this point he could see the two opposite stake-ends of his culm nearly eight hundred feet below the u',! ;v, ni l itm''r. twTfim little l'iii'ili.-i'. Ii. .' ).! ! - ; center Make liuoeiluu.-o Mow In None of his boundary murks had been disturbed. Creeping forth on the Irregular plat form, Talbot peered over the edge. A few rods down tbe bill a man was stooping, pick in hand, working the loose earth. Miners' rights on the frontier are sharply defined by custom and per emptorily defended. Any one who jumps a duly recorded claim does so at his peril, and common assent Jttstl- flea his summary expulsion and the rignt or the owner to use force if nec essary, Talbot raised his pistol and prepared to hail the Intruder, (i hen a new discovery kept blin silent, The Jumper was not taking ore from the claim. He was putting ore In! Such was undoubtedly the case. lie had turned over considerate earth run ning in a straight line downward from the ledge whereon Ward Talbot stood, and out of a gunny sack of ore the stranger was sprinkling the soli, cov ering his deposits lightly with dirt Again the horse whlnned. Talbot saw it now, a calico or pinto tied lu the bushes. He knew that horse, and, peering again at the toller beneath, recognized him also, and understood tbe matter better. The man below was Mose Tannin, a hanger-on in Horse-shoe camp, reported to earn his money mostly by gambling and trickery. Two weeks before, In a cursory talk around the evening fire In front of the log hotel, Mose had of fered to trade his pinto horse for the Pillar of Fire. Talbot agreed, provtd-1 fd the pinto was delivered to him with In throe day Mow btd not brought the horse aud Vha proposed bargain therefore was never consummated, but evidently llio gambler now n turned ownership of the claim and wa "uniting" It for tome speculative purpose-, planting In the toll, m at of rleh quality, which would give an luex pcticaccd portion false opinions of the value of the hlge above. Talbot drew taiek aud doH'ooruhHt. He hud long since grown weary of the artttlce and cheating prevalent nuioiig miner, and wa half disposed to call out and forbid any treeims 011 hit property. Hut curloalty prevailed. He rcmatuod tllent aud took a position where he could peer down oeeaslou ally upon the workman, lie watched tlto care and craft with which the fragments of on were ttrewn through the toll, the skill with which the earth waa packed down over them, am! the patience with which Mose brought wi ter from the sptiug In hi frying pun and poured It lu successive streams over the surface, wasulug off all the pick mark, and all tracea of hi mmv caalued feet This done, the wily trlek liter withdrew, aud tying Ida gunny aack, plck-uxe aud frying pan to the pack saddle, cllmliod Into that uneasy scat and went off down the mountain with hla rltte across hit lap like any honest prospector returning to camp. At toon aa Mote wat aafely away, Talbot went lielow and discovered at once the full acono of the scheme. At the bate of ttm bluff Mow; hud unco ered a ledge of syenite and allvcr-lsmr-tng rock ten or twelve feet wide, out of which he had picked several bunhelt of ore of very ordinary quality, now lying about on the edge of the chasm. Among this be had scattered ore of a higher grade but of similar forntatlon, brought from the outside, In the hoH that It might beguile some buyer Into paying a good price for tbe claim. It looked to Talbot like a Hlmxy fraud, not likely to Impose upon any person t f Intelligence. He weut forward to hla center stake. Vpon a stone at Its base still lay I he baking powder can In which be had left his location notice- method used In exposed placet where ner, If nailed to a stake, would soon be destroyed by wlud and rain. He found the notice untouched within, and strode back scornfully up the hill. At Talbot returned once more above the boulders and turned the corner to ward the rocky walls, he met four devr unexpectedly, face to face, Springing forward promptly, the youth stumiHd ed them Into the passage way. With eager excitement he plucked his re volver from Its holster aud flrud. A doe fell. The others dashed lmck det perately through the smoke, passed him, and vanished over the divide. Advancing toward the fallen deer, Talbot reflected with disquiet that Mose Tannin would hear this shot, per haps turn back and discover bis iwnt espial. When, therefore, the wounded deer staggered to her feet ami stood holding up one limp fore leg shrinking from the stony verge, yet not daring to take the only path of retreat towird h.T enemy In the way, he hesitated to give a fitiul shot Drawing Ms ili-ut handled pick, he hurled It with an ac curacy and foce that struck the wound ed animal off the rock. Dashing for ward, Talltot saw the doe gather Itsclt up below and leap dowu the hillside. leaving splashes of blood every few feet So copious was the loss that hi felt sure the game would soon fall aud die. Hurriedly catching up his gun and blanket, he ran around the loU-n and followed after. Near the center stake he regained his pick, uotlmr us he did to the numerous deer tracks made In th wet earth. As the ground would set hard In that high altitude before the next noon, these tracks must necessarily help to hide Mose Tannin s trick, Following the crimson trail. Talbot found his doe In a thicket of willows near the brook, lying dead with head extended and legs drawn lu. Here be waited to see if Mose returned. It soon became evident that If the latter had heard the shot he had no delre to learn who fin d, but bad kept "n toward llorse-shoe camp, Thereupon Ward TalMt shouldered the carcass aud carried It Into a se cluded dell. In the gathering twi light he built a (Ire, cooked a haunch of venison, ate heartily, and, rolling np In his macklnaw, law down to sleep beneath the amnracks. Three days passed ere Ward came into Uerse-sboe camp. Meantime lu bad explored with success n distant ravine. Footsore and Jaded, he ap peared at nightfall before the but where bis partners sat around the Ore, Talbot's partners were throe soIkt miners, owners of a promising claim which they were developing. The youth bad chosen them as associates because alone of all the enmp they neither drank nor gambled. He was kindly treated, condoled with over his 111 luck, and given a cheering supper. Then all four went wearily to their blankets. An hour Inter a hand shook Ward's shoulder. A voice whispered In his eor: "Ho, Talbot! I say! .Get up a min ute; I've sometlrltig to tell you." The young man rose on his elltow By the dying light of the tire he saw Htymer, the burly, black-whiskered bar-keeper of the log hotel, who beck oned hlra to follow outside. They stood oy the glowing coals together. Stymer began In a low, gruff voice: "When I Orst came to camp, you gave me half your can of coffee." Tuihot sleepily , rememliered some such kindness to the destitute i.ew comer and rejoined Impatiently, "Whut or it r "I mado up my mind If I could ever throw you In the way of making three or four thousand dollars I voiml do it. And now I can." Talbot was wide awke Immedlatoly. Tired of mining, ho would iie glad ei en with a single thousand to return home, buy a good team and engage agin In furmlug. He listened eagerly as stymer continued: "Titer's a man In camp, Claynool of St Paul, has offered Mose Tunnlti three thousand dollars for the Pillar of Fire. I heard 'em tulle It over on a ' , b'Y'i" hrt"h Yo ' ,i!st. Inns r.n to m ,,.;.!. i -mil sell It ytr.ivsi-lf. - Mose never brought you that pinto, did ho?" "No," replied Talbot with much dis gust. "The claim Is still mine. But I don't believe It Is worth fifty cents." "That's not your lookout If it's worth three thousand to Clnypooi, take his money mighty quick." And Stytner hurried away under the quaking aspens, leaving Talbot much discouraged. For the youth, while iinx ions to sell any of his claims honestly, knew that the stranger mid been be gulled by Tannin to believe the pro poet a rich one, and he scrupled to uiKe advantage or tne ucr-cit. After breakfast, next morning, lie started down the creek toward "town." Ou the way he heard hoof strokes com ing up the winding trail, and spied the spotted pinto, stepping behind a clump of alders, he kept still while Mose Tannin rode by, evidently bound for Talbot's hut to deliver up the pinto. Ward was glad to avoid Mm, preparing to meet Mr. Cluypool first and undeceive him. Arrived at the hotel, he learned that the stranger had gone off early on horse-back toward the Pillar of Fire, alone. Ward at onco started off by a short 'Cut to the mountain. ' As he carried only his revolver, haversack, and poll-pick, his progress was rapid, and when an hour lnUr he reached his claim, he saw a horse tied to a fir near the center stake. There were fresh holes In the line of earth where Mose had strewn false float, and Talbot's quick eye saw new breaks In tbe face of the ledge above. Peering about for Mr, Claypool, he oly- served smoko rising near, and. making his way through the bushes, toon found hint lit a nook among the boulders. Here, to Word's turprlse, ft rough little furnace had been built of flat stone, lu which a Are waa roarluc. A blow plie, hammer, crucible, aud phials, of acid lay on the rock. Kvldently a rude nsitay bad leeu made of the ma terials gathered. Mr. Claypool stepped luto tight, hold ing tluy scale lu hit hand aud alstut to make record vlu pencil In a pocket tablet He started lu onfuslon when he met the youth's hnnctt case. Ward at once Judged hlut to be a professional man, or druggist or themlst, for hit complexion waa pallid sud lilt hands dainty mid white, "Well, you rtuu't nnd much high ore, I reckon," Mli'l Tullwt w:th the freedom common to tha frontier. "1 here' none here." Mr, Claypotd appeared much offended by this blunt Inquiry, lie waa a thin, alltn, middle-aged man of cold and re served mantlets, tuning a very crufty face. Ho looked ut the young man sternly, "No, This claim It -tot wrilh five dollars. It will not unsay ten ounces of silver to the ton." -Whereupon he slipped hit tttet tils Into a vallso which he slung to hit shoulder, strode scroti to hla horse, and rode nwnv without further com ment or attention, . Talbot waa much Irritated by this peremptory withdrawal, but reUeted to know that tha strnuge? had not been deceived by Msso. He was puttied, however, when he looked at the bits of mineral left from the assay. They were deeply marked with yellow chlor ide stain, aud he knew the ore ex amined must b tve lus'tt rich 1.1 mineral so that tha coucluslmt of the chemist secuttKi to be a strange one. He was glad be bad cecals! auy bate tempt atlon to try aud tell hit claim himself at a high price on the strength of Mote Tannin's misrepresentations, sine the acumen of the visitor would evidently have follml the attempt. He started off aerteut the bills cheerily with a clear cvn-lcnce and it light heart : All that afternoon Htymer chafed un easily Isthlml bis hat. Mose Tanulu had come In with Mr. Clayissd, aud the two tat by tnu t:blet, trying to close the bargain. Mose tbntMnded three thousand dollars for the l'ltlar Of Fire. Mr. Clnyisjol uow refused, de iieituccd the claim as u mere onlluary prosMct of unknown value, and even begau to collect bit baggage prepara tory to departure on the stage the next morning. Stytner, long experienced In the mute, tet them down for a pair of sharps, and uudersrood their rtntcs, lie devlued that Mose had "salted" the ctnltu. He had peered into the strong er'! baggage, by which he conjectured that Mr. l'layMwl, although fresh from town and Ignorant of the ordinary mining tricks, had picked up A smat tering knowledge of assayluj, and h.ul (Mine into camp hoping by stealthy tests to flud some valuable claim which he could obtain for a low price. He shrewdly Judged that Mr. Claypool be lieved the prospect wortn ti nunmi thousand dollars, and was affecting doubt and trying to make Mose think U worthless that he might buy It for a nominal sum. Meantime, where wns Talbot! Why waa he not hero man aging the bargain himself? Toward nightfall the matter was coo doused. Mr. Ulaypool With gnntt show of reluctance at last agreed to isiy three thotisnud dollars, from which price Mose woold not roede. And row he desired that the claim should lie Im mediately deedisl tf hi m. Mose confessed that he had nt yet received hit papers from the original owner. Ward Talbot, but agreiM to flud htm that evening and effect !oth transfers. , Soon after. Ward came by wit L a hitlf dost-n return: 1 tg prospectors, and Mose went out to htm. Htymer fol lowed anxiously to the door, Mr. Cluy pool sat within rending t newspaper. "There's your horse, Tallsd," sold Mse In an off-hand manuer, jsilutlng to the pinto tied to a tree near. "My horse? I don't want the horse. That bargain was off long ago." In vain Mose cxpatulatd, argued, rug.il. Ward had it right to call the bargain void, sltve the other bad not fultlllcd his agreement. At lust Mi.- drew a revolver menacingly. Stymcr from the dsir way gave .1 knowing wink, aud Ward, orontlng by this hint, treated the threat with Indifference. If Mose wanted the claim, he must buy It "What do you ask?" demanded Mose desperately. Ward hesitated. Rtymer plucked from the earth a piece of charred wood ami scrawled on the hewn door post behind Mote's back. "fl.fiOO"; which marks be Immediately 1 rased. "Fifteen hundred dollars!" was the reply. Most) burst forth with fresh exixtu lation. In vain he stormed and de claimed against tha cxhorhltnut de mand. Upheld by Htyiner's hints, Ward was firm, and the attgry gambler was compelled at last to s.-e that he must lose In this way, eue-ualf of his exiected proceeds. He was hastened to this conclusion by Mr. CIaypra ap pearance, who left bit newspaper. drawn by the loud voices, and who frowned when bo learned Talbot's Identity. The youth at once stisioctcd that the stranger was also trying to defraud, and all bis sympathy with Ihe supposed victim vanished, Mose now confessed thai before he could settle with the orlnlnnl owuer and properly transfer the claim, fif teen hundred dollars must bo paid Accordingly all adjourned to tbe slinn ty of the surveyor, who was also a no tary public. Mr. Cloypool had token pains to lenrn that (he claim was duty recorded and Ward Talbot's right n clear one. Deed was made by Ward to Mose Tannin, and by Mose to Mr. Claypool, as Moso would not eouseut a a direct transfer from Ward to the third party. "I will sell my right, but I give everybody to understand that I re gard the claim ut of little value," de clared Ward openly ere he signed the paper. The un-hoard-of honesty of such a statement tit such a moment nniim-d the miners present. Mr. Clay pool with a cold nod made no reply, but gave Mose fifteen hundred dol lars, aud the cash was passed by Mose luto Ward's hand. At this point tlw transaction i.topped, albeit the documents were all signed. Mr. Claypool overheard a remark from a bystander which aroused his suspic ions. He left the deed 111 the survey or's charge until uiortilug, , when be agreed to pay the balance duo. , ''Great was the hilarity In Horse-shoe camp the next day. Mr. Claypool hired two experienced minora to go with lilin to the Pillar of Fire, where thorough examination of the ledge was made, tne worthless quality of the claim dls closed, and Mose Tnnnlu's artifice un covered, Then ensued 11 furious scene in the hotel bar-room, Clnypooi de manding back his fifteen hundred dol lars on peril of arrest for eospiraey; and Mime llercoiy denying fraud, defy ing tho law, and threatening to hlioot tbe visitor if lie did not pay the re mainder due on their bargain. Stytner declared that he know nothing of the rights of the matter,-' but one thing was clearthat Claypool mid nothing to do with Ward Talbot, who sold out fair nnd square to Mose and took his money from Mose alone; therefore ho must look to Mose only, aud not to Ward, for his redress. This declara tion the miners present hoarsely cheered In the Interests of fair play, to Claypool' great alarm. It followed that Mr. Claypool, overawed aud af frighted, profound v chagrined to And himself to easily deceived, left camp at once, while Mose, tbe butt of merci less Jests, mounted his pinto nnd tied over tho trails to the Fraser river pla cers, . Tho nightly camp Are roared before Ward Talbot's hut til l shed 'tt genial rayt far Into tho recesses of the quak ing asps, while the youth spread lsfore hi partners In a farewell banquet Ihe choicest viand obtainable. Ills com rade passed the sooty coffee p. it wild merry words, and their grlxll leader said, at h whipped ommi a fresh can of potted ham: "I'm glad you'r going back to the farm, Ward, with the stake you've got It's better for you. I'd tike to return to civilisation myself, but an old miner like me can't change. You've hud a queer piece of luck, and the best of It K you were square and true yourself from first to last, and thoM two greedy sharps played their little game to your advantage. It Isn't often that mining trlekt aro aueh a beueilt to honest folkt!" A GOLDSMITH MAID STOUY. Tlw Way John Dwker Came to Buy a Future Trotting Qui eu. Squire Tom Bingham died In New burg, N. '., tome time ago. He helped to buy Goldsmith Maid from Uw Jer sey furtner, and never tired telling of It says the Newark, N. J Sunday Call. Tho story he always told of the part ho took In the transaction It at followt: ' ." ..'., "In 1804, John II. Decker, a friend of the squire's, lived lu Newburg. He wat a brother-in-law of Judge Fuller ton, having married the judge's tin tor, Hit father wat, aud It, one of the wealthiest Orange county farmers, who at that time lived near Chechuuk spring, three miles from Goshen. John 1L Docker waa of a soculatlvo turn and one day aald to Squint Bingham that he believed a good deal of money could be mado In buying up a carload or two of turkeys, which wero scarce In the market aud commanding big trices. The squire agreed with him, and lu November, IMiVl, tho two started out with a team to buy up the turkeys, They Intended to take lu Orange and Sussex counties. In the course of their trip they came one af ternoon to Uncle Johnny B. Docker's farm, near Dcckcrstown, In Sussex county. Johnny 11., at he wat known all through that country, was an uncle of Jehu 11. Decker's, aud he and Squire Bingham concluded It would be a good place to tie up fur the night, aud they did so. John 11, Decker wat one of tlto beat judges of horseflesh In all this reglou of good Judge. In the course of the afternoon he walked out to look at tome bonus his uncle bad In a Held, and among them sW a ymiug mare which be fell lu love with, lie tried to give her a close lusHH-tlou but be couldn't get within gunshot of her, she wat to wild. Slill he bud to much admiration fur the mure that the next morning at the breakfast table he said: "1'iicle Johnny, I'll give you 2."i) for that wild mare or yours." Johnny 11. sneered at the offer. He said tho mare was as worthlew at she could lc, but money couldn't buy her. She ws known all over the country as Decker's worthless mare. Johnny li s good wife wns anxious that he should get rid of her. To help the matter along she put It on the score of re lationship. "Now, father," the said, "here's John, your namesake aud nephew, and you must let hint have the mure, Julia, you offer him 110 hiore and be ll let you have her." "Ho Johu 11. couuted out $-' ami Johnny B. said all right be could have the mare, provided he could catch her." "So Johu aud I went out Into th. lot," Squire Tom used to say, "and trbnl to surround the mare. We chased mid circled and tumbled around that bit for an hour, with old Johu B. stand ing at tho fence enjoying the sceitc and almost bursting with laughter. After a while, when we were both al most ready to drc p, we got a conii r on her, ran her luto the burn and put a Imlter on her. When we led her -out a captive, John B. wanted to buck out and coaxed and coaxed John to let him have tho inure back, but Johu bad great Ideas ahead for the mure, nnd stuck to tho barg'iiu. We led the mare lM-hlnd tho wagon, to J ihn's father's, and there John ran lip against a sung, Johu't father and mother knew that lots of horsemen had been trying to buy the mar, because they thought they saw a great future In her ns a trotter, although she had never biH-u lu harness. The old people were op posed to John's being concerned lu a trotting horse, and when Johu suw his motlier crying over the mutter, he weakened and sold tho mare to BUI Thompson, known as Jersey Bill, who had beard that John II. had bought the mare and had come over from New Hampton, a couple of miles away, to see If ho could make a tucker for the antmnl. He gave John 11. his check for $;UK) and drove off to New Mump ton with her. "Decker nnd I drove on to Goshen, he lamenting nil the time that he had sold tho animal and devising schemes by which lie could get her back. When he got to Goshen he telegraphed to the Mldillelon bank, on which Jersey Bill's check was drawn, asking whether thi check was good for M), The answer was that It was good for only fMtxi, Then John II. was determined to drive straight to New Hampton and take the mare out of the stable nnd lead her away. Being a lawyer I knew that he would get himself into a pock of trou ble If he undertook such a thing as that, and I told him so. But be was bound to do It, and while he was get ting the horse ready to start he was handed a telegram. It was from the bank and It said that Jersey Bill had mado his check good for fldO. There never was a more disappointed, dls heartened man in the world, than Mr Docker was, and be never got over It "Well, Jersey Bill sold the mnre, as everybody knows, to Allien Goldsmith for $000, and Bill Bondlne made her the horse that carried the mime of Goldsmith Maid nil over the world. And that's the way 1 helped to buy PUBLICITY THIS BEST POLTCE MAN. President Charles W. Kllot, In Fo rum: Many puopln arc In the habit of complaining bitterly of the Intru sion or tho newspaper reporter Into every nook and corner of the state, and even Into tho privacy of home; out in tins extreme publicity Is really to bo found a new mean of social, Industrial, nnd governmental reform and progress. As Emerson Said, "Light is the best policeman." There are many exaggerations, perversions, and Inaccuracies In this publicity; but on tho whole tt Is a beneficent and a new agency for the promotion of the public welfare. Publicity exposes not only wickedness, but also folly and bad Judgment It makes crime nnd political corruption more difficult, and far less attractive. The forger, bur glar, and corrtiptlonlst need secrecy for two reasons first, that they may succeed In their crimes; and secondly, that they mny enjoy tho fruits of their wickedness. The most callous sinner finds It hard to enjoy the pro duct of his slu. If he knows that everybody knows how he came by It no good eaiiHo ever suffered from publicity no bad cause but Instinct ively avoids It. So new In tills force In tho world that mnny peonlo do not yet trust It, or perceive Its immenso utility. ; ' .' ; . , EARLY ENVIRONMENT A Beautiful Story That Is Well Told. A Sunday Sermon with a Moral Tbe Power of the Ideal ami tha Iuflu- enr of Karly Ku viroumeut Briiiouttrated. There Is a beautiful story told lu the September number of tho Aret.a that every young person ought to read, The story It told to Illustrate the Influence early environment hat upon tbe live of peraotis nnd Is In substauco at follows; A beautiful girl had crtsuuNi thu thresh hold of fashloiithle sislal life. She waa lu the midst of a nunry round of frivolous entertainments ami living ou tlrely for self enjoyment One night at a tmtgultlcciit reception alio was in trtMlncisl tit a lirllllant young mau wlioo pure child nature was aglow wlih that thigh ambition to do good and rise lu eminence by honest ami noble endeavor, which Is m often to bo found lu thu clcuu smiled youth. During tbo evening these two young IHHipio wero thrown iit?,, together, They appeared to be slnutilarly con genial and the young man confessed to Uie girt his secret aspirations. "1 shall rise some day," be wild, "1 mn determined to reach tho halls of stale thai 1 may battle for conditions which will make possible a nobler woman hood uud a purer munhsHl. 1 shall always throw my litiliieu.-e usm the side of Justice, even lliotiish 1 stand alone. 1 long to enter Die iii in agaiust the seltlMlniess and greed wllilih are mere IIcsmIV crimlilug the imor and tim ing to the level of animals those who should Iso rising to the plane or tnu ut vine. Thrilled by these words the soul of tbo beautiful c'.r! awoke. She felt a now' life and a hlglmr hope enter tier belug. He had said that when his education Wji finished be would H-r-Imps flud her and ask her to help mup out his work. This ouigusiniig or eon fldfiico nnd Implied love had come lu one of those supreme moments when youth Is still glorious lu tbo simple sincerity of iuitiimli!iis." It hud been uthHvd In the rect of the conserva tory amid the fragrance of flowers and the aorifistu splendor or tropical veg elation, nnd Is-fore the blighting effects of the world had tune to work uikib his simple being.' The next morning a telegram sum mimed the Klrl to her dlstnut home. and tho two were swept upnrt He entered college to finish mm eiluciltloll. She did nut see hlut ugnlii for years, but the iMjwerful Inspiration nwakeiied by tbe lofty Ideal which bad Is-eu photographed Uhiii her mind, changed her whole life. She said: "I will rise to his level; I will ls wwMiy of his royal nature," as the moral cuttiuslastii of the young man and the vivid ineutal b.iiiKery called up by bis bunting words came Into her mind. The years tuissed awav but the Meal remained and tiocame the nwmt real thing- of her life, an ever present Ineeiitlve to high thinking ami noble resolve. She grew stu teller nud more lovely nil the time under the aspiration of the Ideal of a clean, brave uud manly nature striving against ernr, injustice nud heartless aHl This Itlcallxatloii or a iiuiuan being with soul unlaw with tiro from the altar of trttlh and glorified by love quickened the sleeping god uattire wliiiln her, aud III time connected her until with the divine life wlbich calls Hie liuiunu spirit upward tt the sun calls forth the pl tiil-Hl sec;!. I lie iiign est thtiiMhiH, the noblest nspirntlous wire tho iiMiumtilous of her Urouins, Ilroa.l and gentle sympathy and deed of loving kindness fhatntteruMsl Iter lire. Wherever she went site left a friii'innce tcweet its the breath of uiun loi -tte, while In her search for knowl edge she learned to think broadly and Justly. Four years passed away aud she refused many suitor ih-ciiuso tney fell s fur Mow her Ideal. Someday he will come," she said, "my royal smiled lover, and I must be worthy of hlui." She was veiling friends In the city one tiny and (hey met, but tbo mau who siikmI before her v. us urn mo one who had talked so grandly several years before. "Have you forgotten your dreniu of a noble llfti to champion tbo cause of humanity, the asked with suppressed emotion. "Oh." ho replied, "that was tho sett tlmeiital dream of a boy, ami It hits given way to tho practl'-al occupation of life us we find It. In Home you have to do 11 do tbo Uomatis. 1 have learned that If 11 man Is to have a good Unit1 In this life he muni not bo A prude, and he must make money." She asked hint to lie frank nnd to tell her If tho new life suited blm. He said: "I may say frankly, no, I have never seeu the rare, high pleasure 1 felt before entering upon this new life. 1 have burned up the best of my Itclug and am really a wreck. At college 1 came luto nn atmosphere of moral death. High Impulses and lofty Ideals were laughed at I yielded to the lower voice of my nature, turned the key upon the heaven lighted chamber or my heart ami uescentieu to me laise mettt of my belug. I desired to ac quire money, aud from college I went Into speculation, . I have made much nnd lived a clubman s life. Tbe world calls me a Hue financier, my nsso elates a good fellow, but since swing you I feel bow mlserablo a thing It is to be a fallen man." This story Is given to Illustrate two great truths which sooner or later every deep student of life, comes to appreciate. It demonstrates tbo power of the ideal nnd tho Influence of the early f nvlronmeut A well knowu writer says that the Ideals which fill the mental horizon of youth color 'life for all after years. They are the well springs which water the thought gar den of the soul. Tho above story contains as good a Sunday sermon as the most able of divines can preach. Ever since the world began there has biten ti certain class of people, who, being governed by their own Hellish and grasping na tures, sneer nt everything that is lofty and high soulod. They sett nothing that is worth anything In life except the gratification of worldly desires. They sneer ut and ridrule tbe high Ideal life 'because they have 110 con ception of Its splendid compensation. The youth who has been properly reared by a loving mother nud a grave but Indulgent father and Who has been taught to revere tho beautiful and the good, Is sent, to college where tho glid ed youth of tho land are ready to laugh at, nud ridicule his most cherished Ideals. There Is no more powerful weapon In tho hands of persons who desire to turn one from the proper course than ridicule. The youth holds out bravely at llrst, but tho title ngulnst him Is too strong and he gradually turns from that which ho bad con stituted lu his own mind his life work, and Joins the great throng of pleasure seekers. He forgets the schemes of hope nnd pride wfilch his youthful hoart hnd first reveled In, and becomes a callous, selfish and blaze man of the world, whose early Ideals have neon trampled In the dust and whose glor ious and God-like Inspirations bare departed from hlra never to return tin , til tho Judgment day. Will not tho I .1 M ..... MM MA yoiitii or our ruontry " enjoying tho giannes or iiro t spnur time listen to the teachings of those who have passed through tbe Hery af,1i.hI nf M-iirtitiv oxiu.rlei-a and re- solve to follow the dictates of their own consciences and the cachings of iliiiiui u-iui l.iiu tlimii lit. Imttesd of departing from thu pathway of right ami rectitude to pursue mai uun-ni Ignis fuiutis railed worldly pleasure? ItUNNINO A HOP F1KLD, The cost of starting a hop field it considerably less than It was a few years ago, root now selling for M cents a bushel, rut, trimmed and nxuly for setting out, at compared with $4 a bushel formerly; The ground I laid out in even row, us ually 7 fii-t apart About 754) bop pole urn required for nu acre. These jade are of cedar or chestnut from Hi to '.'.1 feet lu length, and cost ou an average 121 'J cents apiece, Tbe first outlay on an acre of hosi I from ).'.-( to first. After the poles aro In the ground, the hops are grublMtl, thu narrow It used, and by Ihe hist of May the plants are tall enough to bo lied by boy and girl to tbo dcN. The last week lu Au gust tbo harvest begin, aud lasis Well on Into September. A field of 1 acre give employment to 40 pick or, live iHix temlers, a man to dry the hop, uud a suiM-rlnteuileiit The picker come mainly from Syracuse, Itouie, mien, Trop, Coboc, Albany, Klmlra ami Hlnghamton, and some- times a (tarty of St. ttegl Indians are brought down from Canada for the harvest. The picker are lodged and boiinh-d. and receive 20 or 23 cents a Isig of seven bushel. A rapid worker can fill four or five boxes a day. If employed without board and lodging, ho I paid X or 40 cents a box, To dry the hop In the kllubouso require 10 or 12 hours, the hotst Mug turned with long shovel during the proeint to Insure evenness lu drying. J hey are then pressed luto bulet Lreraglng in weight 200 pounds. Truth conqs'ls the admission that the male nop-plck ers are for the uiot part a hard drinking aud lawless set, and the Gos- !! wagon which g out from syra ciiso to evaugellie them has pb-uty to tin. Fifty thousand people mudst In pre paring for market tho bo grown lu .New lork state. Tho area of cultlva tlon Is chiefly lu Oneida, Madison and Otsego counties. Since 1H.HU the aero- age ha Increased more than SO per cent In IHlxj tbe yield or hoist in central New York wa 20.(1(0,000 annuls, or more than half the total production of the Culled States, which was estimated nt ,10.171,270 pouuds. This year atniut .TJ.otio.tNio pounds have been picked, dried and packed lu New lork alone. No com modify I of more uncertain value than Iioim. During the prescut season they have Ims-h offered In targe quantities as low as 10 ceuts a pound, which Is less than the cost of preparing them for market loist year they sold for 21 Colli a lMHiltd, They reached tbe highest price ever quoted 12 years sgo, when tficysjnere ll.l.t a pound, Some sHctilunto!'s refued to part wlih their holdings during the reg ular season, nnd were obliged to throw them on the market the following spring for 4 cents a lHitind, The home consumption of hops, which are lined almost entirely lu the milking of beer, Is very large, often exhausting the American product and compelling I111 portntlnim. In some years, the crw In P.nglnud and Germany belug light, the foreign brewers muke heavy drafts 011 the I lifted Slates nnd tint New York grower has nothing to complain of m the score of market prices.!- New York Post. HINDOOS HANDY WITH TH Kilt FF.KT. In the native quarters of tbe towns of India the strange sikriacle may Is scon of a butcher seising a piece of nieiii 111 111s nanus ana cutting 11 in two wltli n stroke of his kulfe held between tbe first aud second toe of his foot The slus-muker uses tie lust. but turns the tiulhilslied shoe with Ills feet, while his hiituls are busy shaping It So the cu renter holds with bis great toe the board which he Is cutting, and the woodturner handles his tools us well with his toes a with his fingers. This use of the feet to assist the hands in their lalmr I not, however, the result of practice, but Is princi pally due to the fact that tbe Hindoo foot Is quite different from ours In Its anatomical conformation, says the Chicago Dispatch, The tinkle of the Hindoo and the artlculatiou of llt back of the foot permit considerable lateral motion. Then the toe possess a surprising mobility. Tho great toe can lie moved freely lu ull directions, and the first and si-cottd toe art sep arabMl by a wide apace, some times as much as five-eighths of an Inch across at the base of the toes and two Inches at their extremities. The use of the hip Is also peculiar, and this renders It easier to use the toes In haTidllug tho objects by enabling tbe Hindoo to sit In a squatting position much more easily than we can. A similar forma tlon of the feet nnd toes Is found among the Aunanicst-, but It Is not as might bo supposed, a conimou tiling among barbarous and savage trllies. One naturally thinks of the resem blance to a. monkey which a human being using both feet ami bands In tho manner described above must present nnd yet M. ltegnnult Is care ful to tsiint out the fact that the Hindoo foot Is not ut all like the foot of an ape or a monkey. The great too is not opposed to the other toes llko a thumb, as occurs with tho monkey, and accordingly tho netlal dexterity of tho Hindoos Is not to be taken as nn Indication of Imlau de scent INSTINCT OF BIRDS. While a British brig wns gliding smoothly along before a good breeie In the South Pacific, a flock of small birds about the slr-e, shape nnd color or paroquets, settled down In the rig ging and iHHed an hour or more resting. Tun second mate .was so anxious to find out tho species to which the visiting strangers belonged that he tried to entrap a sisHimen, but the bird wero too shy (0 be thus caught and too spry to bo seised by the quick bands of the sailors. At the end of about an hour the birds took the brig's course, and disap peared, but towards night full they came back and passed tho night In the maintop. The next morning the birds flew off again, nnd when they returned nt noon, tho sailors scat tered some food about the decks. By this time tho birds had become so tamo that they hopped about the diM'ks picking up the crumbs. That afternoon nu 'astonishing thing 'hap pened. The flock came Hying swiftly toward tho brig. Kvery bird seemed to bo piping as If pursued by some little invisible enemy on wings, nnd they at once huddled down behind a deckhouse. The superstitious sailors at once called tho captain of the brig, who rubbed his eyes and looked at the barometer. A glance showed, that something was wrong with the ele ments, nud tbo brig was put In shnpo to outride a storm. The storm came about twenty minutes after the birds had reached tho vessel. For a few minutes the sky was llko tha waterless bottom of a lake a vast arch of yellowish .mud nnd torrents of rain fell. Why It did not blow very hard no one knows; but on reach ing port two days later they learned that a great tornado had swept across that part of tho tea. , , ta Li REP0BTEE3 OF YOUK TK3 THIS08 AND K9FLB TSXY WlTJt ABOUT. - The world' PoUw Cowl Wrlt-t'P Homor iwl H&M at ' Vint Hwl When lb,- "h"! P ia "J hymn In the Florence mission Moo lay ulght, a tiotit dbwliwtod H.king woman with flying hair, bonnet set on ono side aud an assortment of rag tied about her, sbssl op with them. Hm hymn began In tho iwnni sowunn sob dued lone, but high above It rose tbo vole of tho dissipated Usiklng woman In rags, At first they could not mako out what It was. but when tho othors Rtopissl singing she kept right on, and then they found that It was, "Oh. My Pearl 1 a Bowery UHi" . u- . Tbe woman Ismmed cfc fully i about as she sang, and emphasised . H rythin with a largo dirty huud. Tuo leader came down tha aisle and pUlned to her. that however merit orious her song was, It was not -to place Just then and there. She x.lltely thanked hlra, but with tho starting of the hymn anew, she sfctrted Iter carol stK.tit the pearl of tlm Bowery. After several of these mistake and explana tions tbo hder called in i-oiiceuuin Ksslg. At sight of the bltMeoat the woman ceased and Iss-ame exceeding wroth. She burst out Into a flow of such language as la not often beard. It even startled the policeman, who laid hold of her and hauhd her Into the street Wi screamed and shoutod and flew at tho policeman. It was a mad struggle all tlm way to the ttAtlou house, aud before Carrie Borwler-that wat her name-was safe behind the burs, the policeman had lost hi temper, hi hat. several button, and ft part of his mustache.- la Jef ferson Market yesterday wonting she wa somewhat subdued but sho got three mouths on tho Island. The famau Evelyn Granville, usual ly called th Granville woman, was In Jefferson Market polh court lb other day. It ha been many year slnee Kvelyn wa one of tbo famous awl brilliant membera of tlw demimonde of New York. She passed the senlth long slow aud is now getting to that period lu the down graile wliere the ihwci-ut hi tt wild and hurtled aud rough a the avalanche. Those wlm taw her that day saw this In tut ap pt-nmuce. She wa still clean nod well dressed, but her face was not the deli cate face that a few year back at tracted so many young men who went away sadder and wiser. She was arrested for hdlerlug about the corner of Thirtieth street and Sixth avenue. She admitted to tbe Jus tice that she sometime drank too much, but she denied that this was tbe cause of her arrest "I wa standing quietly on the cod ner." the said, "when this policeman. Hopper, came up and said, 'I've been (Hiking for you for some time.' And he arretted me. 1 think the lice arc (HTsecutlng me because they re afraid I'll testify before the Inow commit tee." - - Tho policeman testlmxl that she was doing a bit of high kicking end wautcti to light when he asked her to stop. The Justice told her to keep out of Tenderloin and let her go. She Is now living at No, 4 .'' sixth avcuue, and Is walling for her husband. Burton C Webster, to get out of prison, where he Is scrvlug a sentence for murder. William Andrew Thomas Lynch, the seaman poet of tbe Imios bark Hakon Jarl. wh ise elegale effusions, composed In the stress of the foundering hurri cane, were printed in the World d not need a hurricane to bring out bis genius for rhyme. He Is over lu the Scand inavian seaman's home, aud af ter profound reflection ujsju his very wretched, shipwrecked, ntoueylis ren dition, ho gave tongue a follow: Of sll the lives that I have seen The worst of all my own has lioeti. If that did not flower under the kiss jof tho poetic muse then there never wns a poetic muse. It's the lu st thing on life since the good old British poet pessimist rose and olwerved: ; Seeing as I'm so soon done for, Wonder what I wa begun for. Mat Carney, a young rag peddler, who lives at No. 618 Fast Eighteenth street which Is lu one of the tene ments of Bng Row, went to sins his sister, Mrs. Frank Redmond, Monday night, and, after quarreling with her, drew a knife aud plunged It Into her abdomen. He made no effort to get away, and wns In tbe police station cell even before his sister reached Bcllevue In the ambulence. To make a sure case against him, they took him up to the hospital yesterday and brought him before his sister, who wat groaning, and evidently midway between life and death. "Ho did It" she sold. "He Is the one that suibbod me! Carney laughed and turned away. "So long, Mary," said he, "1 lme you:ll have a pleasant death! They can't provo the murder on me." - Tho sister must pass through a dan gerous operation before there can be any nope of her getting well. Tho re-arrest of Itrl.wt Vt,.rni, know Indifferently as "Chlmpnnxoe" ami tbo "Olteen of Reirimtu" enlio tentlon to the fact that New York is turested with an uuusually numerous and persistent gang or beggars Just now. They haunt the clubs, thev loiter about the cab stands, they prowl ou mo eiiKo or uio crowus thnt pour from the theatres. They aro fulrly well dressed, us a rule; thry are persistent eseclttlly if the man they approach Is iiciruiupnuiea ny a woman, but they are moro nollto thnn ihn bonds that haunted the night streets ini wiuter. uruiget tne Chlnipatweo, got throe mouths lu Jefferson Market yesterday, and the noiien flltt ir-iili. be more active in brlnglug iu her OUUJWUl. Every ono who has chanced luto the Sixteenth ward of Brooklyn has seen or heard of that hltfTit fill) crnnf -k l so popular and so privileged that he Is """ ii uiuwtmins The Coat He belongs to no one, btcanse the ward belollirs to hllll. lie nml.l. ,,i., ..... , . ------ ... inn,,,,, ,;,- ctiuu a Mt-itm iih nnmu, nu a seuutor s, and wherever be goes he is Welcome. lie Mleuna In .1... l.,...i . of Sam Schaffer's grocery, at No. 52 -.uiu.ifi- su-eet, ano ir you are In a hurry to see him you can catch him most easily by waiting ou a box In front of the grocery until ho returns from bis round. Sunday the annt wmit ',,.. i .1 usual, and was linnet t. and W 1.11am Meyer, One of them hold the goat by the horns while the other drove n knife Into his neck. Both were arrested, but neither they nor nhvouc else was able tn o-ivo vi.,."..i... - - - w . - .... i-Airiium.IUll of the assault other than "pure Suttdav ouasednosa," They wore arrulngod lu tho Kwen street police station yester day. ns- If thev imit nuul,.,n.i . Doing, and wero held for trial. Hero is a llttl.v Htm.,, ti,.. ...I , .. . v J - - mil, lor mose who know the' ways of , Chinatown, has a dark and s-ud inoaulng. Two years ago a pretty girl trom Cherry hill was drawn Into that awful sluii. and refused to go back to Her parents. SllO hllll lint lumn .v..... .. , - "' ii'iiuy moiltllS before she went to live with a China- T ... . K uu 0110 01 those strange i estahliuhmniita .t,i.,h . ----------"-.. "..nu .uiit, me last depth of degradation. There her little HluTAl lo.u.3 ,1..,.. m . .. -.-v,.., ,va ui,u -uuriucu years old, csme to c br every now tad thru. 1 Mta. .tAm tas bmkawt Jtttt fn h hH w m " ' - - --- - - In a carelesw fashion, but tbers can t Cut when Annie, that ws the child's name, told ner sister that she was to. Ing to come to Chinatown to stay. Sb waa gotng to live wtth Ah t hing, 01 . m .Li. HmM mtA t. -t . Mtiiltl ftif dliMtlJlfl ltr. Tim iMiMist '"' ' - - - '-iti on Cherry hllll complained to the po lice and they got hold of the elder at. Ut sod put tw-r luto to Iniitltutloa. But Ab Chlng bid Unit Aunls sway a the depth of one of those mystirioui lahnrynthlne tenements and the omceri could not find her, -'.? A short time ago Ah Clilng tln-d of tbo child, turned her adrift and west lmck to Man Francisco, she went to lire with Mrs. Hayes, tod berame om of the unattached women of Chinj, town, which la, If possible, one grtds lower In tbe mire than wh'te wonua living with Chinaman. Tha agesu of the (Jerry society kept np their search and they flnully ran her dowa At No. 170 Hester street Sba told the Justice In YorkvlUV that tho was sixteen, but the sgents of the society were abb to prove that she wat but fifteen, and sho wss therefore com mitted to tlm House of the Uood Shep herd. Thl story of two sister la Chlnatovn could be duplicated at least a score of times. When McManu. of No. 443 F44 Forty-audit street, got to No. aoi F-sst Forty-slgbts street, on bis way bon Mofldtf ukffat far derided he would do well to Kit 4on and sleep twlle. , was Jiitt dotltu when be felt light ftngent at hi DocLets, and he made 1 grab,' At 'lie same time bo opened hla eyes and saw that tbe thief wu yours an la his shirt sleeve. H bmi vrs awl McMaout rso after htm with ft great butlolng tod scrvechluff thu stirred op everybody aad toovlo bin, tbe leader of a crowd. Tbe tkluf darted In at tbe door of .So 3)3 Fat-t Forty -eighth street and Vu lammed tbe door after him. When McMsuns sud tbo crowd arrived tbt door opened and youug man in bit sbltt sleeve stepP"! ut- "Tbe fellow ran through hero and got away," said "Oh, yea, said McManos; "officer, arrest that man. I know blm for Uw thief." Tbe young man, who wtt fJthan, the carpt beater, was hauled away to a cell, protesting hi innocence and fol lowed by bis mother and sisters, beat ing their breast and walling. ..Now, see bow the righteous triumph. Us ban wa nrrslgtwd In Yorkville, aad tho Justice wa Just about 10 convict blm when In ruxticd Hare Roach, the alderman. "Hold our he cried. Ib l.-asu the young man. He It Innocent!" And Have weut on to tell bow at 1130 Monday night which had been fixed as tho time of tbe arrival of the crowd before the door of (latum, tho carpet beater, be saw a young nun la hit shirt sleeve In his eoaelt yard. He ran out and laid hold of blm. Tbe young mau was panting and trembling. Dave deinnnde.l why he was In his conch yard, eo:tth-s and ptntlnx. but tbe young man gave no uuer. Dave qiifNtliHied hint closely, being con vinced that bo had done something wrong, but at the end of fifteen min utes let blm go because he did not know what elo to do with him. Tho titory of Roach, the ex alderman, cleared tiiilmu. tbe carpet beater, and lie ami his mother ami sister fell Into one another's arm and wept for Joy. Freddy Bate, of No, 4d Sixth avenue, wa the victim of a practical Joke on Monday night. He I one of that Joy ous fraternity that bangs about the Ithtlto and wear good clothing aad tolls not nor spina. "Chicago May", the giyest of tbe gay In Tenderloin, Invited hltu to take a drive with her and two of her "lady friends." Freddy Hcci-pted and the four drove and drovt nnd drove until tho cab bill was t.M. Then tlto three "lady friends" dis embarked and saying, "So long, Fred!" vanished around the corner. Freddy stood on the sidewalk with but cane In hla mouth as If in a trance. He wa rudely aroused By a thundering kick frost the cab man. Come, come, pay up!" Freddy protested that he had been Invited to drive by the "ladh-s" aod refused to pay. lie wot dragged to tho police station, and, in searching hlra they found one reason why be didn't nay. In Jefferson Market yea teuday tho Justice listened with len ient ears and discharged him, recom mending the cab man to look op "Chi cago May." It hi said that May spent tbe whole of Monday night travelling from one resort, drinking and telling her prac tical Joke. But she may have to pay tho $0.50, and Uiat Is a good deal to pay for sport wtth such a worthless creature aa Bate. The mora of this story it-wait until after the election to make unpleasant remarks about the police, when you are within , reach of a policeman's dub. It seems that there waa a fight be tween two racing touts in Broadway, in front of the Coleman house. Mon day ulght and Special Policeman Coyne wat there to smooth down the crowd. A man named William H. Olmstead who wa much annoyed, first at being retarded by the tight and second at having the fight stopped Just as it waa getting Interesting, fell afoul of (Joy no with his tongue. "You fellow r said he, "tell me where was tho Tammany police while that fight was In progress?" and he rc-K-ntod It so loudly aud so vehemently that Coyne urrested blm. lu Jefferson market yesterday ol instead had to pay $10 for his indiscretion. FILLING VACANCIES IN THE .ORCHARD. As usually practiced, the filling of vacancies In orchards tends only to loss of the -labor of setting, less of tho attention afterward paid them, and of the culture, given. Losess are most marked lu filling vacancies In orchards of lurge trees, because fruit trees thus get seldom develop luto productive, paying trees. The seem ing vacancies lu old .' orchards are it'll 11 V OCCMlliul hv ll.n u,il.,ls nr feeders of surrounding large trees, aud. often more fully occupied thau the soil nearer to said largo trees, as sunshine, rain, etc., reach the open spots best. Many orchardlsta think thnt roots tt-iiii.li i 111 tn BOA fWI. - " .m -j iv liut rw- w cupy no more ground than Is covered by tho tree-tops which they do see; nonce tney manure And cultivate be- nivnln Ua 1,.,... ..t rT. - - - w maiiiuiv us iur us nicy ex tend. . Oil elllMI.P Int-aDllimllnn I hill would find the spaces beneath' tho tree s brandies occupied by the main rootstemn. ivMlu 1 .1..,. .. i " 1,11,-11 njuurut 'i feeders are mostly far beyond tho spread of the top. The universal practice s to ant but I know of ono orchard where tbo Ti8 W(re -K-nH'y set 50 foot apart At least half the setting died, leaving many of the trees 100 feet apart In ho, row's, yet the owner said he could not put his plow luto a place lu the orchuwl without cutting roots. A .UUWnUkPe trnpiliinnH ..,1.1 41.., . ,, , I - W-.V-J WIU UIO IBM ho hnd followed the roots of straw mrry plants four feet-American unrdeuing. ' SAFE BUT "CRIPPLED. ' --v. vi-i, 1. -rno iiromwsu 3OT KnlokerlMH-ker. concerning Which - nnvlnt-v h.,.. 1 reached Nw a,.i . , ,.. 11.1 . " iu a crippiKu condition. She eneoi,,,t., . curie, and tho second mate and one Muittm were hx-t overboard. Tho mainmast was carried away, and tha DlllW'ili-ka i'uu nV. ....1. 1 oiutw -u, , jum ivmcv etlHK-ker carried sixty passengers, .