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Deplorable End of the Author of a j
" Beautiful Sons.
The Ups and Down. In the Life of the
Composer of "There's a Licht In the
Window for Thee, ltrother,"
Once Ho l'opular.
A few days ago an old man, dressed
in raps, appeared at the city prison in
Coflej ville, Kau., and asked the jailer
to allow him to sleep in one of the
empty cells .over night. He declined
to tell his name, but said he had ar- j
rived on a freight train from Texas.
Kis request was granted. Next morn
ing he was found to be ill and, though
properly taken care of, died four days
later. A few hours beforn death, says
a Topeka dispatch to the Uonton Her
ald, he called the jailer to his side and
told him his name was Edward Dun
bar, and that he was the authorof that
beautiful hymn: "There's a Light in
the Window for Thee, l.rothcr." He
was buried in the Coffeyville ceme
tery. When Dunbar was a small boy he
lived in New Bedford, .Mass., and
worked in a factory. His mother lived
at the foot of the street on which the
factory was located and, as the lad's
work kept him atf-ay till after dark, j
she always placed a light in the win- j
dow to guide his footsteps homeward.
One day he took a notion to go to sea, I
aud off he went on a three years' ,
cruise. During his absence his mother i
fell ill and was at death's door. She
talked incessantly about her boy, aud I
every night she asked those around
her to place a light in the window in
anticipation of his return. Vhen she
realized that her end had come, she
said: "Tell Edward that I will set a
light in the window of Heaven for
him." These were her last words.
The lad had grown to manhood ere
he returned home, aud his mother's
dying message so affected him that he
reformed and became a preacher. In
the course of his reformation he wrote
the song: '.'There's a Light in the Win
dow for Thee, lirother." The song be
came widely known.
Rev. Edward Dunbar married a
young woman in New Bedford during
his work in a great revival in 1S58, aud
several children were the result of
this union. The young divine soon
made a reputation as a brilliant pulpit
orator, and the publio was therefore
greatly 1 surprised when one bright
Sunday morning he skipped the coun
try, leaving his-wife and children be
hind. .He came to Kansas, and after
snatching ,'arands from the burning
in different parts of tha state, he went
to Minneapolis and began to show the
people the error of their ways. A great
revival followed and hundreds were
converted. .
. Miss Eunice Bell Lewis, A handsome
young heiress of Indianapolis, was one
of the converts. She fell in love with
the evangelist and married him against
the wishes of her friends. Shortly
after the wedding Dunbar returned to
Kansas to fill an en"agement at Leav
enworth, While ne was away the
friends of the bride, who had mistrust
ed the evangelist all along, laid their
suspicions before W. D. Webb, now
judge of the Second judicial district of
Kansas, and Judge Austin Young, who
were law partners in Minneapolis, anil
they took the case. The result was that
they soon found evidence sullieient
to warrant an arrest, and Dunbar's
ministerial career was brought to a
close.
HUNTING WITH TURKEYS.
Tame Birds Used to Capture the Wild
Ones.
"Tame turkeys can be trained to
hunt wild ones," said a St. Louisan re
cently to a Globe-Democrat man. "I
owned one called Dick, down in Polk
county, Tenn., that obtained a state
reputation. I was offered one hun
dred dollars for hirn at one time, but
then I thought he was a phenomenal
bird. Since his death, however, I have
discovered that the talent for hunting
wild turkeys is not uncommon among
tame ones. The call of the wild fowl
differs from that of the domestic one,
but the latter can easily learn the for
mer's calls if the hunter is patient
enough to teach him. The tame tur
key can be taught so that he can be
taken into the woods, and will then
send forth the challenge call. If a
turkey cock is within hearing an an
swering note of defiance is invariably
made. This is replied to, and finally
the wild turkey will come very can
tiously until he sees the tame one, as
he is a suspicious creature. But when
he sees the turkey his fears are gone,
and he starts at once to do battle.
Then the trained turkey runs and the
hunter shoots.
"The advantages of this method of
hunting are very great. While a
hunter can imitate a turkey call pret
ty closely, there is an accompaniment
made by striking the ground with the
wings which cannot be reproduced,
and without this the game is sus
picious. . The hunting turkey must be
taken in hand when very young and
constantly drilled, but beyond the pa
tience required very little skill need to
exist upon the part of tbe trainer."
England receiveu about 10,057,600 let
ters from the United States last year,
Germany received from us 5,858,040 let
tersand France 1,884,040.
Tnis postal savings bank system was
inaugurated in Oreat Britain In 1860.
On March 81, 1891, the deposits num
bered 8,77fi,506 amounting to more than
1100,000,000.
In the grand duchy of Luxemburg
persons desiring work or help have now
only to send a postal card to the direc-
Where?
At Abrabamsick's. In addition to his
tailoring business, be lias added a fine
line of underwear of all kinds, Degligee
shirts, hosiery, etc. Also baa on baud
some elegant patterns (or suits. A.
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AN unstable boundary line.
Bow Some Guileless Tillers of the Soil
Move It.
"You have heard of smuggling, I pre
sume," remarked a guest at one of the
hotels to a Cleveland Leader man.
"Well," he continued, "I ran against
the most stupendous scheme in that
line last summer I ever heard of. You
are doubtless aware that ordinary
everyday smugglers are content to
transport their goods over the line
from one country to another, the ob
ject being, of course, to evade the pay
ment of the customs duties. The peo
ple with whom I came in contact were
superior to such common methods,
which might do for low pirates and
outlawed brigands but not for a live,
wide-awake Yankee, and especially a
Canadian Yankee. They didn't move
the goods. They moved the line.
"Up in the farthest easterly part of
Maine there comes a place where
Maine stops and New Brunswick be
gins. That is the boundary line be
tween the two countries. That is also
where the Canadian Y'ankees spoken
of have their homes. They are natur
ally given to farming, some of these
people, and even if McKinley did put a
duty on grain, poultry and other things
it didn't make any difference with
some of the sturdy yoeman who live
alongside the line. The publication of
the news of the passage of the tariff
bill didn't cause them a moment's un
easiness. 'They simply went on raising their
Canadian wheat and their Canadian
oats. At the same time they kept their
eyes on the boundary line what they
could see of it. The visible portion of
this remarkable boundary consisted of
upright iron posts, set at intervals of
one mile through the land. Not being
clinched on the other side of the earth,
these posts are responsive to influence
placed on them on the Canadian side.
In other words, they can be taken up
and reset.
"About the time these upright and
honest farmers over the line have their
crops in condition to harvest a peculiar
thing happens. Some dark night a
half dozen of them go 'coon-hunting,
and when they return to their fire
sides they are on American soil, they
and their grounds and with them the
crops. The boundary line has moved
and is located a half-mile or so farther
toward theArctic ocean. These guile
less tillers ofthe soil then dispose of
their products at United States prices,
and some time during the winter, in
some unknown manner, the boundary
line takes a , backward leap, leaving
them again on Canadian soil."
- tl trlit Swttter Than Electricity.
'VWlo the principle of seeing by
electricity at a distance," says Prof A.
Graham Bell, "is the same as that ap
plied in the telephone, yet it will be
very much more difficult to construct
such an apparatus, owing to the im
mensely greater rapidity with which
the vibrations of light take place when
compared with the vibrations of sound.
It is merely a question, however, of
finding a diaphragm which will ba
sufficiently sensitive to receive these
vibrations and produce the corre
sponding electrical variations."
CRIMc IN UrtcAT BRITAIN.
It Is Decreasing, Hut the Oehtor Lists
Are Largely Increasing.
There are someencouraging features
in the report of the commissioners of
prisons in England and Wales which
has just been printed in London. The
statistics and diagrams which exhibit
the fluctuations nF crime during a long
series of yenrsdriiioiistrati' that "their
general coui'sc and tendency for many
years past has been in the direction of
diminution;" "that this diminution has
taken place particularly in those
classes of crime which are committed
by habitual criminals, viz: Oifenses
against property with violence, forg
ery, and otTi'iiscs against the currency,
and oifenses sigainst properly without
violence (which erunpri.se the groat
bulk of crimes committed); also that
this diminution was concurrent in
point of time with the development of
various measures intended to bring it
about and that it occurred in spite of
the great increase in population, which
might have reasonably accounted for
an increase of crime." It is also
pointed out that the number of first
convictions has fallen gradually from
100,01(1 in 183 toV.'i.:i!)U in WM, which
shows thut the criminal ranks are not
being filled up by fresh recruits. It is
further shown that the diminution in
the younger pari of the prison popula
tion is four and five times as great as
in the older portion, which proves that
the younger part of the community is
not supplying criminals to take the
place of the older and more incorrigi
ble. It is also demonstrated that
there is no such coincidence between
the variations in the amount of crime
and in the amount of drunkenness as
to establish that connection between
the two which some temperance advo
cates too hastily assert. The com
missioners point out, however, that,
while crime has thus decreased and
the criminal population of the prisons
has diminished, the debtors have in-
creased largely and continuously; the
number committed in 1K78-'7'J was 6,-
1)04, and in lMW-'Oa it hud gradually
risen till it reached 10,031.
RAILROAD RUMBLES.
Canada has about 14,000 miles of rail
road. Philadelphia has more miles of sur
face street railways than any other city
in the world.
The railroad grade crossings in Mas
sachusetts are fast being abolished.
For fifty-two consecutive miles on the
Boston eV Albany road there ia not one.
This has been brought about by the
combined compulsion and assistance of
the state.
Twentv-p.ioht railways were sold
under foreclosure during 1892, having
mileage aggregating' 1.92SJ miles and an
appart capitalization of $95,898,000.
During last year thirty-six companies
having 10,508 miles of road and repre
senting a capitalization of nearly IJ58,
000,000, have defaulted and been placed
in the band of receivers.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ARsommvf PURE
LUCK IN COPPER BOLTS.
A Chance Discovery Lays the Foundation
of a stevedore's Fortune.
The fortunes of some men have tboir
foundation in very queer incidents. Elmer
A. Barton, of Duluth, Minn., says the Chi
cago Herald, is comparatively a wealthy
man, while fifteen years ago he was a day
laborer getting a job whenever he could
unloading vessels, or any thing, in fact, he
could find, but work around the docks was
what he most looked after, and this fact
was indirectly the cause of bis streak ot
luck. Lying outside the harbor of Duluth
was the nearly submerged hull of a vessel.
No one appeared to know how long it had
been there, but "the wreck," as It was
called, was considered one of the features
of the place. The boys used it as a swim
ling station, and it was a proud day for
many a Duluth boy when he could say ha
had been able to reach "the wreck." This
was another link in the chain of Barton's
luck. He had a son who, with the other
boys, made daily excursions through the
summer out to the old hulk, and one day
this son brought back with him one of the
bolts and a piece of wood that had become
loosened. By chance the father saw the
bolt, and he asked the boy Borne questions,
the result being that he himself
made a trip out to the wreck in
a small boat, taking an axe with
him. After this excursion, Mr. Barton be
gan making inquiries about the old boat, but
could got no information as to when she ar
rived there, or when she was sunk, or
where she came from. He also managed to
got permission from the authorities to re
move it, the permission being the more
readily given as it was In the way of some
proposed harbor improvements. Mr. Bar
ton began his work quietly making no stir
about it. He managed, by the aid of long
saws, long-handled axes and hooks, to do
tach piece after piece and get it ashore,
piling it up in the yurd that surrounded his
cabin. It took him nearly the entire year
of 1874 to do this work, but it proved a profit
able job. That bolt the boy had brought
home was solid oopper, and It opened the
father's eyes to the possibilities. His in
vestigation showed hinj that all the bolts in
sight were of the same motul, and when he
had completed his labor he had secured
many hundreds of pounds In weight of
Valuable copper. Besides this, he had in
the cords of wood piled up on his lot a value
that proved a great surprise to Imn. The
vessel had evidently been of foreign build,
for she was composed of a number of differ
ent aud valuable woods, the bulk of it being
teak, a specie of oak, but there were large
quantities of mahogany, some rosewood and
a bttle ebony. Altogether it was a good
year's work. Ha found roady market for
his copper bolts, and the wood going otf
piece by piece brought him a nice little sum.
It was this money that gave hira his start in
life, and he was shrewd enough to make
each dollar multiply and increase.
BROUGHT TO TIME.
A Scene That Whs as Intensely Dramatlo
as It Wits EiUoyuhle.
Never did tho heroine of a play receive
such sympathy from her spectators as was
accorded the leading lady of a little scene
snacted at a hotel one recent evening, Bays
the Detroit Commercial Advertiser. Dur
ing the afternoon an attractive couple en
tered the hotel. The young man was about
f place in tie hostelry. Tho most showy
feature of his attire was a huge white neck-
tie. The young lady was taller and moro
portly than her companion and possessed
very ruddy complexion.
To a casual observer lt was evident that
both were from tho country and that thoy
wereabout to luke part in an event of great
Importance to them. Tho young man ap
proached the clerk and said he wanted to
register "Fred Hastings and friend."
Mr. Clerk dipped bis pea ia ink when his
guest exclaimed : "Hold on, you needn't
write that You wait an hour and I'll
write that different."
He ordered a cab and drove to the house
3f a preacher, reluming in about an hour.
"Now I'll register," be Baid, as he smiled
sroadly, and wrote "Fred Hastings and
Wife" with a big W.
The newly-married gentleman then joined
Mrs. Hastings In tho reception-room. Hn
was not seen aguln until 6 o'clock, when
ae skated across the rotunda like a man on
oilers. Ho was brimful of happiness com
bined with other good things. It seems that
je had surreptitiously crookod his elbow
jjany times during tho afternoon and tbe
ijit "geesor" was telling.
(Standing In the center of tho rotunda he
pulled a large wad of money from his in
,ide pocket aud declared he intended to
blow" it all in. This was Mrs. Hasiiug's
3ue, and she emerged from the reception
room and walked straight to her hubby. In
silence she gazed fiercely at In in for a few
leconds.
The spectators, and there were many,
.ookedon and wonderod. The suspense was
.roken by the leading lady, who, with a
.woop, grabbed her bad acting husband by
.he arm.
"Come on," she ordered. "You arc mar
fled now and you can't cut up any monkey
shines with me."
Meekly ho followed the "man of the
aouse"to the elovator, and they wcro soon
,ost to sight. The scene was intensely dra
natlcand hugely enjoyed.
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WASTEFUL MINING METHODS.
Fifty-Five Per Cent, of the Coal in the
Beds Rendered Unavailable.
While other plans of coal mining have
been proposed, writes II. M. Chance in
an article on "The Anthracite Coal In
dustry" iu the Engineering Magazine,
the old method of working by parallel
breasts, separated by regular pillars of
ig Btm almost univerBaUy used.
That great waste resu ts from thts
method is admitted by all. In working
thin beds the pillars can be removed,
or at least a large portion of the coal
they contain can be taken out after the
rooms have been worked to the limn,
hut this can be done to very limited ex
tent in thick seams. By adopting mod
ifications in the long-wall system, or
combined long-wall and refilling sys
tems, a much larger percentage of coal
in the thicker seams could be recovered,
but such systems would perhaps in'
crease the cost per ton, and thoy require)
a large preliminary outlay in doadwork
before mining on a large scale can bo
jommenced. Conservative estimates
place the quantity of coal lost by being
left in tho ground as pillars at forty
per cent, of tho quantity originally
present.
The cost of mining and preparing
coal for the market varies widely be
tween different collieries. When the
coal is wet and contains much bony coal
or slate, the cost of preparation is large
ly increased. Perhaps one dollar and
forty cents to one dollar and ninety
cents per ton may fairly be taken as
tho average range in cost of produc
tion and preparation. This Is exclusive
of royalty, which averages from thirty
cents to forty cents per ton. Enormous
quantities of water are pumped from
some of the mines, some of them rais
ing between one million and two
million gallons daily.
In addition to the coal lost in pillars
left to support the roof, a considerable
portion is lost by becoming mixed with
the "gob" or refuse left iu the mine;
some is reduced to dust by blasting and
handling, still more wasto is made by
.rushing, screening and handling in the
I breaker, and the rejected slate always
bus more or less coul adhering to it
which is lost in the wasto dump. Less
thlin forty-five percent, of the coal con-
tained in the thicker beds is sent to
market, the balance being wasted.
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