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i r4 JL lAAAAAAAi . TODAY'S WEATHER. J Forecast for Oregon and Wuhlngton, tfalr weather followed by rain, K Th ASTOHIAN hat the lar?(!,t LOCAL y M circulation) the largest Gf.NtKAL ctrcu'j- ,, " tlon, and the largest TOTAL clrcu'atkn of . i all paperi published In Astoria, J; y'-V y jy ji jrjrisjp "V i'1" Ssil- ' rw -v -i"r EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 52, 1895. NO. VOL. XLIV. ..-l:J I' I rf i C'7 IZ .3 -r' y tT A TsZA' 1 f" . - TT 1 .X. 1 IT ' S - r "J Xmas Presents! or wwrjtjyjCm?r coats in the war at $2 50, $3, $3.50, $4 or $5 Silk' Handkerchiefs, Nt-ckwear, Suspenders, Fur Top and other Cloves, an-i all kinds of Furnishing Goods, Hat3, Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas, etc. I. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 50B and SOU COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. The Finest and Host Complete Line of. Holiday Goods In the City! At Prices to Suit the Times. Griffin & Reed's City Book Store. THREE LOTS. Ilia desraMe location, 2 block from High School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HMLS FIKST VDDITION. On the new Pipe Line B.)'ilevtrl - I mi the place for a cheap home. A Block IN ALDER ..ROOK. STREET CAR LINK will he extendo I thin snminor to within 5 minut-K iralk of this property Will tell at derided Imrvpun. ACRE AG P.. ' In 5 or ID nor tr-fN inside the 'ily limit1, ! dj"iiina t'lavul. GEORGE HILL. 471 MondSt.. Occident Block, HILL'S KEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Luciffiitre New Lines of We haw receive 1 an immon new stock of g'od dur ing tliH pjist wee imd will truaranle : i"u- pri es t- ' e a' least 2' er t'l.t 1 ver tha i a y o 'i r s ore n this city. OREGON TRADING CO, (x)o Commercial Street. Q TO Rpal Estate (Den, Barkers and Business flen Of Astoria Generally. A POINTER ' (all intctbe AstarUa eftuM lar Commercial editlM. T . Q It faeans Money M in Your Pocket, fj One of n y Men's Suits in tin war ;;t $5 $7 50 or $10. A wool Mackintosh in ..the war -at $5. SG.50 or $10. A wool Ovetc -at for men in the war, prices at $7.50, $10 or $12.50. Boys' wool Suits in the cloth ing war at $1.50, $2.50, $3.50 a By8' Mackintoshes and Over- Neckties ! Suspenders ! Silk Handkerchiefs ! Hosiery ! Underwear I Hats ! Clothing ! Umbrellas ! Blankets, Etc., Etc. The Rescrt 473 Commercial street, is the plnfl. whrn- the bnsit,e ninn and the laboring man tin fur w'ih m called "BKST 'N THE COAST." or a nic- col drink of the vlt-br .ted QnmliriiiaH beei. ShiiiI- i hen nf every kind msjde to order. dI n fl-uHnt fiee lun.-b nerved evev y dm . H"t Bitcton l'ukel Rean netTed every other afieruooo. Ion are elcome. . Grosbauer & Brach . J iUlyH rUDlilU uIdKHKi i ' - - ' , HEAD y(J ROiM fiiEB TO ALL -Jlpn event day from 3 o'clock to 5:30 i..l to 9:31 p. m . SnhMTiptiun ratei f3 per annnm. ' Southwest car. Eleventh ma4 DuM Sis. . HAlmr. PrltK I presents. See JlUllUll V UlW I are looking for Poured Into the New Reservoir on the Hill. PRESIDENT PARKER THE MAN Who Turned the Wheel, While the Water in the Fouutaiu Shot High in Air. With' shouts of the approval of assem bled citizens the first water from Bear Creek was yesterday afternoon turned Into the great reservoir on the hill, and the people realized that they were almost In possession of a completed water sye tem second to none on the coast. At 2 o'clock, the hour announced for the test, a large number of ladies and g.n tlemon had gathered at the reservoir, to gethcr with the members of the water commission, Messrs. W. W. Parker, pres ident, J. Q. A. Rowlby, F. A. Fisher, M. G. VanDusen, Samuel Elmore, and W. T. Dement, and Chief Engineer Adams. At a given signal, President W. W. Parker turned the wheel that released the water from the Bear Creek pipe line. Into the great fountain In the center ot the basin, the stand pipe of which Is about twenty-five feet high. The water rose from the fountain to a height of 70 feet, and fell In spray Into the reset voir, glistening and sparkling in the sunlight. In a moat beautiful manner, mnklng a plcure that will long remain In the minds of those who were present. The gieitest enthusiasm prevailed amongst th P'op- ple, and at the suggestion or Judge Gray three .cheers were given for the water commission. After the fountain hnrl nlaved several minutes, COTn'sslner F.1- more turned the water into the waste Kink, and- Commissioner Bowlby- thrn turned it out again. All parts of the ma chinery were seen to work perfectly and Engineer AdamB came In for congrnni'a' Hons on the success, of his great pipe line. Because of a gravel sl'de near the head of the pipe line, the full pressure of the water was not turned Into the rounta'n, It Is the Intention AO keep six ml'llon gallons of water In the reservoir all the time, and to first fill up the b'g tank w'li require a day and a half, with the foun tain running under full pressure. The following Is the official report of the commissioners on the proceedings of the day, forwarded to', the Astorlan for publication: "As you probably have learned, lnrle pendent of this mehtlon, the Astoria wa ter commission this afternoon had the water supply from Bear Creek for the city, through the pipes of the new water works, turned Into the new reservoir, at the head of old West Seventh strert, Shively's Astoria, now Seventeenth street, city of Astoria, Mr. Adams, the engineer having previously notified the commfs slon that everything necessary for that purpose was in readiness to let -In the water. . Afew clnutes af-ter 2 p. m., the hour named in the morning paper for the oc currence of the Interesting event, your correspondent Invited thereto by the en gineer. In the presence of about 200 peo ple who had gathered to witness the act, commenced the forty turns of the gate wheel which let the full stream of water through the main pipe into the reservoir. Immediately the water showed itpe'f at the top of the standpipe and fountain near the center of the reservoir, the spray rising higher and higher as the gate opening was extended, until the gate was fully open, when the spray at the foun tain reached an estimated height of sev enty feet. ,,' After running a V ninutes through the fountain, the,' .osr was turned Into the stand pipe li. the well of the gate house. After the standpipe was fll'ed and the water went off. Into the waste p pe fur por-e mlni'tes, It was t'irned l"to the reservoir again, spouting up In many Jets some 70 or 75 feet high, and falling thenci all around the fountain, Into the reser- I voir, In which cord Hon ths founta n was left as the spectators departed, every one as-far as coti'd be learned, fu ly satsfl. ' with the stability of the works so far and the good pmsnect for an abundant supply of good water In the near future, as soon as the tunnel Is completed early In 1MI6. v No mifihap, lack of complete working oi the machinery, or anything else occurred to Indicate any miscalculation In the con struction of the water works thus far. - Respectfully, W. W. PARKFR, Chairman Astoria Water Commission. Albany has a genuine body-snatching case crd Adrian Comely and William West'ii!! are under arrest for the crime. Early yesterday morning Nlghtwatcnmen Hale and Williamson saw a couple of men take something from a wagon and carry It up Into the Baltimore block by the rear door. They had come In through the back alley. Marshal Lee was notl Itxl In the morning, and upon investiga tion found the body of a pauper who was burled on Sunday, December 1, In the private cemetery opposite the Jewish cemetery, hid away In the bul'ding. The man had died and was burled without his name being known, and the fact was not even noticed in the papers, the fact not being known. The two defendants were recognized by the nlghtwatchmen. ... . 1 klHA1 i T W The nigni oeiore uuuey h v. . Roberts, the drayman, his wagon for a small lob'in the morning. The two men died for the wagon about $.30 o'clock and Mr. Roberts got the team reaay lor them, and offered to go along and assist them, of course not knowing what It was; but they didn't want any help. Tne horse and dray were brought back be tween 4 and S o'clock. Comley and Westfall were taken before Justice Freek- sen at 1 o'clock. The former plead not rullty, and waiving examination was held 1 in nonos, 9 u cae, ior mo f i Jury. . Westfall demanded an Immediate trial, dec'arlng that he could prov ant alibi for the entire day, and 1 o'clock was set for it By consent the cae wu ad journed until o'clock Monday. Cw.y hed not secured bail at prea time. There ' I- itntn vi of si illation as to whom I the body was gotten, for, but th praba ' bllity Is that It was gotten for the pur f . 'a. It would be useless for anything else, as body is never used for dissecting ex cept when taken Just after burial. It unquestionably was not on account oi eny local order. Democrat A GREAT TOUCHDOWN. GUlls, of Butte, Make the Beat Play on the coast. San Francisco, Deo. H. TheButte foot ball team, which traveled to San Francis co to win glory and dollars, went down before the Reliance Athletic uiud today by a score of 10 to 4. A twenty-four hours' rain had made the grounds a Held of mud and water and the heavy men from Butte were greatly handicapped thereby. They had never played on a muddy field before and they slipped - and floundered on the slimy grounds, while the lighter Reliance men, accustomed to the surroundings, were not seriously Incommoded.- Beveral timer when Butte had the ball dangerously near the Reliance goal, fumbles deprived them of a chance to score. Gill Is, of Butte, made the tar play of the day, the beat run ever seen on the coast. The ball was within ten yards of Butte's goal, when It was passed to Gill is. He slipped around the end without aid from his fellow play ers, got past -the Reliance tackltrs, rquirmed through the Reliance line, and with a clear field In front of him sped down the field and- scored a touchdown. That was all that Butte scored, as no goal was kicked. Reliance won because of superior handling of the ball and bet ter team work. A large amount of mon ey changed hands on the game, as the Montana men brought with them plenty of coin and bet it freely. AFTER THE INDIANS. Washington, Dec. 2L The troops In New Mexico have been ordered by Gen eral Miles to make a hot pursuit of all Indians. now off their reservation, end It thev will not submit to be returned to their reservation under arrest, to de stroy them If necessary. Troops are now after the murderera of the Merrill family, a party having been sent out from Dcm nlg, N. M. ON If ALL STREET The Panicky Feeling Quieting Down. Estimates of tbn Gold Eiport Next Week Very High- Only One Large Failure. v. Vnrk Den. 21. Wall street espe- daily In the Immediate vicinity of thej x letter from Secretary Olney gave a Block exchange, is ordinarily on Satur-1 congratulatory cablegram from the i Bra day afternoon one of the least ftequtnied llUan senate, transmitted througn tne and mostquiet streets of New York. mlngter of Brasll, of President Clqve- Today, however, almost until evening, nrriwrlH nf nennle thronged the neighbor ing streets and groups of members of the exchange and curbstone Droaers w gathered in Wall street, Broad and Nas sau streets, and Exchange place, discus sing the happenings of the day. Consid erable satisfaction was expressed over the news that buying orders from Europe had been received by some of the representative-foreign houses for execution on Monday, and It was predicted that for eign capitalists and Investors would speedily realizing the folly of sacrificing their American securities. The general Impression was that the nxtreme tension had been relaxed and that with reasonable leniency on the part of banks, quieting down would occur Monday. Considering tha suddenness ot the break the street has come out In better shape than could have been anti cipated, as with perhaps one exception, none of the failures had been of the first "lass. The great question confronting the Inanclal community early next week will be that of the probable extent of the with drawals of gold. The estimates range as high as 110,000,000 o $12,000,000. FROM THE BANKERS. New York, Dec. 21. The New York Fl- encler says this week: , The extraordinary conditions whlrh sent r.ioney up to 80 per cent causing a col 'epse of values on the New York stock exchange Friday, are not shown fully In the bank statement for the week end ing Saturday. There was a fharp con traction of $3,344,300 In loans, a decrease of $2,743,700 In cash holdings, and J3 764,700 In deposits, the result of the week's op erations reducing ihe excess reserve by $1,302,625. New York Banks, however, have now nearly $18,000,000 In cash over legal requirements and their action in throwing Immense amounts of money at low rates on the market Friday, when It ja UII llto lliai net .-ii. .a, " ... .. that the panic of 1S98 was to be seemed duplicated In a more serious way. entitles them to the lasting respect of the nation. Leading bankers here universally dplore the Venezuelan affair. . . HEARNB 18 FREK. Bowling ureen, mo., uev. u.vn i the most sensational murder cases ever( In the courts of Missouri ended today, after a two weeks' trial, In a verdict ot no guilty for Dr. J. C. Hearne, who was charged with the murder of A. J. 8 111 - well, a prominenr pacaer oi rumni , Mo., seven years ago. Mra. Hearne at wv., ... , - - . the time of his death, wai the w fe ot ' Stlllwell, and Is also under Indlctmtnt : for the crime. FREE CAVALRY HORSES. Spokane, Dec 21. C. I. Smith, one ot the largest stockmen In Lincoln county, living near Almlra, today telegraphed President Cleveland that he would fur nish the government 1,000 cavalry horses ; free o( cnarg9 ln eae of war with Eng. . nd. MORAN CO. GET IT. Washington, Dec. 2L Elds were today Ai.niJ t fh treasury denarfrrent for the cnrrietlofi of the revenue steamer SL,.!.!... fi-. i'h.n wr four bi.ls. Ot which that of Moran and Company. 1 A. 1 our new line of Ladies' and Gents' Umbrellas. If you Xmas presents we can suit you. SHANAHAN BROS. Action Looking to Coining of Silver Bullion. SENATOR VEST'S RESOLUTION Congratulatory Cablegram From Brazil on Cleveland's Enuncia tion of Monroe Doctrine. Washington, Dec. 21. The session of the senate today was not able, in bringing out a very pointed statement from Du bois, of Idaho, who was understood to voice the views of the silver element ot the senate, to establish the fact that no financial legislation wj.s poes'blo along the llnjs declared by President Tleveland and strenuously urged In the message ot last evening. It was patent to every sen ator, Dubois said, and should be under stood by the public, that the presdent's deselre for the retirement of greenbacks, or the authorization of a bond Issue, were utterly impossible of accomplishment. The only action the senate would take. If It were given an opportunity to vote, would be to adopt the resolution of Vest offered earlier In May, directing the coin age of silver bullion In the treasury, and the payment of government obligations In sliver. The first response to the irresl- dent's message, urging financial relief, came In the form of a resolution offered hv Vest as follows: Resolved, That the secretary of the treasury is hereby directed, in pursu ance of existing law, vesting In him full power to do so, to coin as rapidly as possible the silver bullion In the tr asiiry, purchased under the act of July 14th, 1890, Intn standard silver dollars to redeem, cancel and retire treasury notes of tho United States of July 16th, 1890, issued In purchase of such bullion, and also to redeem UnlCtd States notes commcnly called greenbacks. In standard silver dol lars, as well as in gold, using wmum-vvi may be most abundant and convi n enet. Vest asked for the Immediate considera tion of the resolution, but Piatt, of Con necticut, objected, and the subject went Butler soon brought forward the sub ject In another form by asking the Imme. dlate consideration of a resolution di recting the secretary of the treasury to nay the government obligation In gold when the parity of metals isa t 26 8-10 grains of gold for 412 1-2 grains of sl.ver, and to pay In sliver when this parity wai disturbed by the advance In the value of gold. in piutt oblected. land's recent enunciation u - doctrine. The senate adjourned until rues(jay. THE PATHETIC SIDE. , Life1 In Great Cltles-MIUlons Who Live In Misery. v ,-. .One of the most pathetic, and I ert not sure but I ought also to say tragic, books I have ever seen has Just been sent to me from Char es acrinner s aui.n, ... -1'he Poor in Great Cities " It contains a collection of paper P"''ll8hedJ'0'"e time since serially in flcrll.ner s Maga rlne. and Is by various authors, all of vhom have had a larg, personal experl ence among tho poor. It Is a roHI thing to havo theae valuable paper In book form, for If one wlf-hes to know how the under half of the world live, or starve he can find all necessary Informa Ion here I ought to mention that the vol "me to profusely and admirably lllus- The poor we have always with us, and there seems to be no reason to expi ct anything else until the fringes of the mlllenlum sweep over the face of the world. I have read the volume with in creasing wonderment that more has not been dene, and with gratitude that so much has been done. During the last twenty-five years the public attention has been specially attracted to the problem of poverty, and it has even been a fad m fashionable circles to go slumming, which Is only another way of saying that those ui ti rt I a v a I n Alirestion because they have eaten too much g3 1own into the cellar of surety to look at sqtianti pour, ju.i . it... arn.iM an Into a museum of horrible curiosities. It ultlmates. how-ver, In nin. hand of missionaries with means of caring in some uegree iur wretched creatures who nev-r know In k. Arnini wherti they will s'eep at night, ti would seem as tftough we who ......... - - . . ., . . have plenty onght not to sleep at all. but , we oo, ana very " "; ,:'T0" I I1C lltl in.- " Ixindon naturally takes the lead In this volume. On the Fast Hide nione mere are at least a mll'lon peonle who liter ally live from hand to mou-.h, nnd often go to bed In the streets without bating ...ui nnnn ihelr mouths to lake iny exercise, ij.j,ei churchmen have done something i.-,,. hllll. h.n .na there a chaoel and tried to furnh the ragged folk with the ,, o( , livelihood. But I th'nk the , wesleyans have tnken a stride or two -hpa(i 0f ke churchmen, and th Bniva t.oni., .n tar and away ahead of alt the others. New York Is not as bad as l-o"d m, but It Is heerthreeklng, nevertheless. The stories told In this book by men who are engaged In philanthropic work would draw tears from a graven Image. There are sections of this city whlth reek with filth, moral and physical, and there are thousands of young fellows and young girls who have thestuff In them to make good men and women, but whose environ ment all but dooms them to lives t t dis grace and shame. We must not forget that a rrat lm provement has been made ln our tene ment houses, (hat their anl!arv condi tion Is not what It was twenty y-srs ago, nd that there are boys' clubs, and resd- "g room, and lectures, and concerts, find ( sorts of thlnrs to sl'ure h -n'se-ahle t...m their rr:-rry. F- 'o lb FitK. ! t- i Army shows Its peculiar srm'us fori ! A. 1 ! . Cn4SM master of the situation, and In spite of Its kettledrums ana nres ana iuko vati- v I 1 1 II nets Is doing an lmmeasuranle amount of 111 1 11 li good and deserves all possible encourage ment Then our authors take us to Paris, where we find an enlightened public opin ion on this subject, and whore sume of the best men and women In the city devote a portion of their time to labor among the poor. Then ve go south as far as Naples, but the outlook there Is very dark and discouraging. I forgot to mention Chicago, and beg pardon of the mixed population of that bustling place. They have some of the richest of the rich and many of the poor est of the poor. Chicago la praotlcally a foreign city I mean no itffense and you naturally find there a mingling of poverty and socialism which Is nt a savory dish. The good people on the laxe, nowever, are aoing a generous worn In the way of charity, and If poverty Is a bit more stubborn with them than with us It Is not their fault. I should like to commend the book to every one who Is thoughtful on the sub ject of poverty and the moans by which It may be prevented or at least mitigated. NEW SEALING INSTRUCTIONS. England Refuses to Join Will Be Treat ed Accordingly. Washington, Dee. 21. The secretary ot the treasury has completed and signed the new sealing regulations fcr the gov' ernnient of American vessels during the coming sealing season In Bering sea. The regulations do not differ materially from those In force last year, except that here after vessels entering Bering sea will all be required to stop at Ounalaska, or Attou, and there have their arms sealed up, and they may leave their arms at these points In charge of customs orllcers. .As Great Britain has declined to Join the United States In establishing regu'a tlona for the government of their v asels those Just completed by the secretary on ly apply to American sealers. If, how ever, Canadians and other British vessels violate the restrictions of the Purls award, they will be dealt with on discov ery as provided In that award. LIKE A TilEIIMT Was Cleveland's Message ceived in Germany. Re- German PresS CondcmuuCleTciaud'e Action-Would Have Us Think Germany is Backing England. (Copyrighted, 1895, by Associated Press.) Berlin, Dec. 21. President Cleveland's message to congress on the boundaiy dis pute between Great Britain and Venez uela dropped like, a thunderbolt upon Germany, and Immediately overshadowed all questions of domestic topics, i Almost a general condemnation of the action of President Cleveland upon the part of the German press Is due less to love for England than to the conviction that the Interests of Germany are also threatened. In political and even In gov. ernment circles, the attitude of the Mar quis of Salisbury Is receiving unusual unanimous approval, evidently with the hope of Impressing Americans with the fact that Germviy Is backing Engalnd. ' If the dispute between Great Britain and the United States was to grow vory acute It Is thought here that the former country would endeavor to obtain a pro nouncement on the part of European gov ernments on President Cleveland's Inter pretation of the Monroe doctrine, for the success of Cleveland, it Is thought, would have a grave consequence In the future relations between the European powers and the turbulent South American states, Latest news from America, however, Is regirled as promising the refusal of tho business men to endorse President C'eve land's attitude and all eyes are directed toward the developments of the finan cial crisis. SENT vTO PUNISH THEM. Tradition of the Indians Accounting for the Presence of Women. Among the many Interesting traditions that have been brought to light recently by a gentleman who has been making a careful study of the legends and folklore of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians of the Indian territory, b one that ni counts In an odd way for the origin of woman. It Is little wonder that the Cheyenne and Arapahoe braves look down upon their women as Inferior beings In view of their supposed origin. The legend says that originally all men were created with long, sleek comely, talis. These tails mere their delight, and the adorned them with paint, beads and wampun. Then the world was at peace; discords and wars were unknown, but men became prosperous and grew proud and envious and forgot their Maker. He became uls pleased with their conduct, sent a scourge upon them to teach them humility and to make them realize their dependence cn the G rest Spirit. He amputated their tails, ami from these beautiful appendages fashloneil women. Women, say the Cheycnnes, still retain traces of -their origin, for w find them ever trailing after men, frisky and Impulsive. There are strange resem blances between many other Imllnn legends-and some of the familiar incidents In tho Old Testament. Neal Dow Is now 90 years old and In vigorous health. J Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report lSf(s? "t -N fctatf . - Cnm ..IUI -f . III mi in 1 11 1 T1 1,1 President's Message is Pigeon Holed. COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED , Members at Sea in Regard to the Gold Keserve So Holiday Recess Yet. Special to the Astorlan. Washington, Dec. 21. When the house convened today, Speaker Reed announced the committees. The following are the chairmen of the . most Important com mittees: Foreign-relations, llltt, of Illi nois; ways and means, Dlngley, of Malnei rules. Speaker Reed; appropriations, Can non, of Illinois; banking and currency, Waller, of Massachusetts; rivers and har bors, Hooker, of New York. Hermann, ot Oregon, is chairman of tho committee on Irrigation ot arid lands, and El! Is, of Oregon, Is chairman of the committee . on expenditures In the department of Jus tice. Most of the members of the house were, all at sea today as to what rhoulil be done In response to the appeal of the president's message for means of protect ing the gold reserve, but there was a unanimous desire to stay here and fnce the situation. The Democrats were de posed to await the action of the Republi can majority, and the latter rc?rrcd ready to shoulder the burden. Here and willing to vote for gold bonds, but the overwhelming sentiment on both sides was that the passage of a go'd bond was Impossible, as it would be bitterly fought by the sliver men. The house responded to the president's message by pigeon-holing the resolution for a holiday recess and preparing to go to work to provide some relief for the treasury. The ways and means committee, to which the message was referred, met Im mediately to organize and on Monday the framing of the bill will commence. Dlngley called up the holiday recess resolution whbh had l?pn returned with an amendment from the senate and movtfl Its reference to the committee on wnya and means. The motion' was agreed to, although there were a few dissenting voices from the Democratio benches. Then at 12:55 the house adjourned until Monday. t UTAH TO BE A STATE. Washington, Dec. 21. Tho new consti tution of Utah, which was brought hre a week ago by the Utah commlss'oners. has been examined by the president and Attorney General Harmon, and found ln all respects ln accordance with the terms prescribed In tho enabling act. Tfe-erore the president will. Issue his proclamation January 4th next, declaring Utah a stato of the Union. -THEN AND NOW. CHAP. I. Young Archibald Ashcraft ran his lin gers through his hair, folded his arm and gazed at the sheet of paper before him. Thcro!" he exclaimed exultantly, "ii Is completed! It has cost me many a headache. It has robbed me of my sleep, filled my waking hours with un rest, and rendered even the food that bus passed my lips distasteful to me, but t have no regrets. It Is worth the sac rifice!" . He had written his first poem. ClIAP. II. "I will take fifty copies of the papfr, If you please." It was the tremulous voice ot Arem- bald Ashcraft. He seized the papers eagerly, threw the money ln front of the clerk and rushed out. The Dally Bread had published his poem. CHAP. III. "Y-yes," said Mr. Ashcraft hesitating ly. In reply to the question ot a friend who had found scrapbook ln his desk and was looking through It. "It's a a sort of poem I wrote some years ago. I forgot about having pasted It In that book." CHAP. IV. "Archibald!" exclaimed Mrs. Ashcraft, what Is the matter? You Beem excited. Has anything gone wrong in your busi ness?" "No," replied old Ashcraft, throwing his hat and overcoat on the lounge. "I had a little trouble with an Impudent caller, that's all. He came Into my olllce Just befare I started home. Said he used to work on the Dally Bread. Threw up to me a poem I wrote for that paper twenty-five years ago, and I kicked him out! Dinner ready 7" CROSS-EXAMINATION. Cleveland Plain Denier. "I don't see," observed old Crlttlctis, "why they should make such a funs about Holmes' lawyer trying to get a get a witness to commit perjury " "Why not, pray?" asked young Cuk.: stono. "Because that has been the prtn-!nt business of lawyers for ten thousand years." Commissioner Roosevelt wl'l address it meeting at Philadelphia on the isth Inst, to get Repwblliars In line fur mnnU-inu reform. F.x-Mlnlster Potter la rne oT the active spirits In the movement. 4& $3$,7s, was tne lowni i inai wra w. i..-... I fe . pose of rriklng the bones Into a ketetam.4 8tt!, at