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ry /' A BTAUUOM KUJL8 A BKAB. |s«« aalUi<U7 to t)ie Bstcoeof HU Haa- tor, Hho Bu QItsd op tike Fight. A Bonutoii, X'*., despktoh bs}b: Delos iVoodcock, wbo lives iu the soathweat cor- ner of Lehigb townabip, owns tn old etAl- lioQ that be oUb likrry. The home is a ehuuky brown aDimal ol • (^anadiau Tariei), nearly 17 years old. lie has a large mane and (oretop, and a thick black tail, and for years be has been so cross l^nd TicioQS that tio oue except Mr. Woodopck could baudie bim in the stable or harnciiB him. Mr. Woodcock, wbo owns a btnall farm in sixht of the Lehii^b Itiver, has bad the stallion for eleven years, and twice dariu|{ that time tbehoriebas come within an ace of killing bis owner, and Mr. Wcod- cock has often threatened to sell old Harry lor what be ooald get ; but he baa had the animal go long that he hated to part with him, and now he says he is (>lad be didn't â- ell the horse. The reason why be says he is glad is because the viciona old brnte saved his life on Monday, and since then Mr Wooacock has looked upon old Harry M a hero. Late on that afternoon Mr. Woodcock rode the stallion over tu Giles Chadwick's place after a bag of oats of a new variety that be wanted to sow in the spring. Chadwick lives on a bill between Trout and Tobj^hanna Creek, and the distance between (be two farms is nearly two miles by the shortest cut. Fur a mile and a half the route leads along the west side of what is known aa the i3ig Msri^b and through a long strip of liuibur land. Mr. Woodcock's little dog Joeli tagged along behind the old stallion on the way over to Chadwick'a. It was about snndown when Mr. Woodcock E laced the ba^; of seed oats on the old stal- on's back, mounted the horse behind it, and left Chadwick's place for bis own home across the Lehigh. Owing to the bag of oats the horse could Dot go faster than a walk, audit was getliogdark whtn hestruck the woodland path close to the side of the Big Marsh. Up to that time the little dog Josh had been trotting along in the rear of the old fttallion, but all at once Mr. Wood- cock noticed that Josh was not following the horse, and so be reined the stallion iu and whiatlvd for the dog to cume on. Josh made no response to hia inaater's call, and Mr. Woodcock wheeled the horse around, rode back a few rods and called aloud to the dog. Juat then he heard Joah yelping on the frozen surface of the laurel and alder- oovered swamp, and he rode the horse back and fortb, and triud to catch a glimpse uf the dog through the openings in the boabes, still calling Josh by name and coaxing him to come out ; but the little dog p kid no attention to the repeated oalli, barking more furioasly than over, and seeming to be teasing some kind of an animal with all the energy he possessed, and Mr. Woodcock, seeing that it was im- posaible for biin to make the dog mind, concluded to hitch the horse and go into the swamp to see what Juuh bad tackled. Mr. Woodcock said that Josh yelped like â- ixty juat then, and so he dismounted, took off the bag of oats and placed it on the ground near the routa of a tree, and was loading the stallion toward a sapling to failch uim, when out of the swamp â- prang the litile dug hotfling from fright. Close Iu bis heels tramped an old she bear, frothing at the muuih and snorting, and II was she that Josh bad been yelping at kmI diaturbiiig in her neat under the rooin iif a fallen trte. Mr. Woodcock said that >iiu litile dut{ ran past bim as though he wau scared half tu death and got out of â- ight in no time, and that he himself was 00 utartled by the bear's sudden ap{>ear- •Cci) that he forgot to hitch the horse. The •Dgr; old bt-ar soeniod to think no more about h«r toCBx-ntor the moment she saw thu bag of oata t|ki£K there, for she pounced upon ii with a r(NlFS|hat made the stsllion prick up bis ears an^cok mal, and began to rip and tear it the pr«<'ioU9 seed â- aid this c»per of him to act more v does, and that, the siallioii to de»d limb, rushed at the bear, and began to maul nor over the bead. Xbo Urst blow Diide her bellow but instead of turning tail, a-, lie Fxpuctud she would, she plun^i il at him a "1 kauuked him beela overhead, forM^ bun over in the snow, and nearly brokV one of bis legs. He signirmed from under her paws, fueling that she would kill him before ho c mid get to the horse, for in the struggle he bad lost his club; but just as ho gut upon In' knoea the bear sprang at him witb anu.lier roar, and pitched him head llrat intn « masa of biiehrs near the side of the |ialli Then he was sore that the old boar would kill him, but he pulled himself awny from htr by grabbing hold of â- oint) short twigs, and jiiit then he heard the old Htitlliuii snort a couple of times, as he had heard (be animal do before when he was real mad, and \\w iii-xt thing be reali^coil the horse bounded past liini and caine down on the hiiikr with both lure feet. The weight of the horao and the sharp calka on ilia aliues tore tli« be«r'a hide, but that only made her mure murderous than ever, as she tumid upon the horaa and trieil to strike bim down. Ily this time Mr. Woodcock had got his arma around n tree, where he ciuld huh what was going oil. All of thu ataliiun'a old viciiius. ness seemtd tn have mnio back to him in an instant, for ho struck at the bear with hia fore fuel nt least half a do/ton tinun in less than a minute, tearing the buar'a ll.sli and hi e at every lunge. The bear drew hlood on the stallion's shoulder once, and then the horsi gavn a snort of rage, whirled as quiuk as a lUith, and drove both of his hind fuet against the bear's left sido thno or four linioa. That knooked thu wind out of the bi-ar, but thu horao wan nut through with her yut, fur he right about faued and went to stamping on her, keeping that np until he had killed her. When the bear h»d btopped kicking, Mr. Woodoouk eaid the stallion coulud off and acted as if he was uatiHtli-d. It was pretty dark by that tiiin', and Mr. Wood- oook, who had been badly bruised by the bear, and whose f tie bad been consider- ably Boratoheil in thu briars, picked up what was left of thu injured bag, mounted the horsu and rode lionio. Littio iloah bad get theru bt f ru him and bad snoaked into the house with hi>t tail between hia legs, Ibe buar having frlxliii iimI him so iiiiuih that lie couldn't be got tu leave the house for three days. On Tiii'Bilay morning Mr. Woodcock and Oi'UH (} loilirich, a iirlKJihnr, >v> lit lo wheie thu diB(' b"ar lay In thu omirfi.i of b»lt an hour they found her ucst, itiid in it lay two tiny cnbs snag and warm, bnt very hungry. They took the canning little fellows home with them, fed them milk from a bottle and kept them where it wa^ warm, and yesterday the cabs were all rikht. Mr. Woodcock means to keep tl^ old Btalhon till death takea bim away DKKAUFUL UOMiCSTIO TBAOKDT. A Man Murders Bis Father-ln-La'T, Hother-lu-Law and llrolher-la-L' w and Salcidaa. An Aastin, Nev , despatch says : A frigbtfal tragedy occurred at Italian jan- yoD, twelve miUs from here, Thoraday afternoon. Bamuel liandle kili'.d bis father-in-law, George Hosking, and hia brother-in-law, aged 15, by shooting them with a shotgun, the charge entering the neck and severing the jugular vein of the former and tearing away the face of the latter. A boy named John King, hearing the shot, came toward the boaae. He was met by Uandle, holding the gun. The lat- ter asked the boy to shoot him. The boy refused. Kundle thou took the boy's horse and rode three miles to the lower ranche, entered the house, and with hia pistol shot Mrs. Hosking in the bead and then shot himself in about the same spot. The four bodies were found at the two ranches lying at riiiht angles, forming a cross. The shooting was the result of a family qaatrel over a division of property. THB UEADLY »OILEB. mo TR4I'FEB8 LOST. Donald and John KInlayaon Perish In the Far North wnit. A Prince Albert, N.W.T., despatch says: Intelligence has just been received from Cumberland of the death of two trappers named rinlayson. The brothers left the Carrot Kiver settlement, about forty milea from here, last August for Deer Lake, tak- ing with them provisions and a trading outfit, intruding remaining all winter trading iu that region. After getting settled they started for the H. B. Co.'s post, 'JOO milea farther north and at the other end of the lake, and had not been seen ainoe until a short time sgo, when a Hudson Bay trapper disoovered their dead bodies about two miles from their camp. It is supposed they were lost on the lake, and their ptovisiona giving out they were starved to death before they could reach home. They belonged to Paris, Out. to pieoea and make Ily. Mr. Woodcock le old bear's caused Illy than be usually without Ntopping to hitch the sapliug, liu grabbed a 8BB REFU8KU MKUICINK. Death ol a Believer In Christian Science la BrookljD. A Brooklyn despatch says : Mrs. Dewey, wife of the well known New York wine merchant, George Dewey, died of consnmp tion a week ago. Bhe was a believer in Christian science and refused medical treatment nntil within a few days of her death, when Mr. Dewey insisted on calling in Dr. FiBk. The physician found that Mrs. Dewey's lungs were almost gone and recovery was impoaaible. Mr. Dewey had been favorably inclined to the Christian Bcientiata, bnt he is now disposed to make trouble for them. The matter is causing considerable discussion. MARBIKU UIM. AMVWAV. She IIhiI to be Taken froin a Hick Il«d anil Carried Uownatalrs. A Wilkcsbarro, Pa., despatch asya : MisB Fannie Uobinson, a well- known young lady of this city, waa taken from her sick bed yesterday, carried dowuBtairs and married to W. D. Orifiin. The groom came from a long distance once before to marry bis be- trothed, but she waa taken suddenly ill and the event waa postponed. This time the bride would not consent to postpone, ment. 8I.IDINO ON TUB UALIJSTRADB. A Iloy'a Fatal Arrldont-ne Slipped and Fell Three Stories. A Jamestown, N. Y., telegram says : Last (ThiirBday) evening Fred. liaakell, H years old, was playing in the Sherman House eliding duwn the balustrade from the third story. IIu lost his hold and fell to the Btone pavement of the oHice, a distance of MO feet, lleetrnck on his head, fracturing the skull. There is no chance for his recovery. StartUDg Kipertuiiue nn » Hallway. Some rdkr davB ago aa No. 1 waa rush- ing along ^kt Htayner Falls, Conductor Nidd's attennou was drawn to one of his lady psHdengert^ho was apparently ill, and bending oTWr tbo lady witb motherly Bolioitudo she whispered something in his ear which made bis hair stand on end like quills on the (ratftl noroupiiie. He soon went to the otbar^dy ptsaengers, ox- plained the naturft of fne news which had so startled bim, and riMim sted their assist- ance, when, much to his astoninhment. they all cleared iatO tlin next car and left him alone with hi* palirnt. Hastily rush ing into the sleeping uar b«.ii»htainud ao3ie bedding, and shortly after tllllL lusty voice of a hue young boy was heaiK above the rattling of thu train. Bhe waa iftkon on to North Bay, where mudical assiatwhcu was procured and kindly hands carried jnothur and noW'burn chilil to the hotel. On the nvwB being tlasbed to Montreal diraetions camo back to christen the youngBter "' Van Hornu," and the company dirented the uondnotor to assume the title of " Doctor," hia visiting cards now reading " Doctor Nidd, auuouoheur-general to the C. P. U." â€" Altjomix (htitip. CU'-e for Inaoiniila. Kecently there came to work in a Brook- Hold (Conn ) family a flwodiah woman, who, hearing of a yonug woman's trouble from insomnia, told her of the practice of people in her country who are aiiiiilarly sfllicled. It waa to take a napkin, dip il in i mcoIiI water, wring it alinhtly, and lay it aorois her vyci. The plan was followed and il worktiit like a charm. The lirat night the girl slept fonr hoiira without awakening, somoiliing Bhe had not done for Boveral months. At the end of that time the nap- kin bad bocome dry. Ily wetting it again she at once went tn sleep, and it r< quired tonsiderablo force to rouse her in the morn- ♦ Many a young man lUida his courtship come to a full atop when it reacbea the interrogation point. Tbo comedy in which Mr. William U. Crano will star next H^-aioii is oallu.l "The Balloon," and i» now rnuning at theBlrand Theatre in London. Ive Men Klllrd auri KIcven Injured by a Boiler Kzplualon. A last (Thnrsday) night's Pittsburg de- spatch aaya : A boiler explosion occsrreid in Morris' foundry, on 23rd street, this uiW, to day, killing a number of men and inj^- ing oibera. The explosion oocarred just after the noon whistle had sounded, and many of the workmen had lelt the works to get their dinners. The concussion shook buildinga for several squares. In a few minutes a large crowd bad gathered about the wreck, and the scene was most agoniz- ing. Wives, motherB and children ran about crying and eagerly eoarching for their loved ones. The work of rescue is going on vigorously. Four are believed to be still buried beneath the debris, and it is found many more were caught in the wreck. The canse of the explosion has not been learned. The building waa a large, onestory brick structure. The plant was worth S'iO.OOO, and will prove a complete loss. Nothing remains but a mass of brick, mor- tar and timbers. The ooncusaion shattered windows aod damaged houses for three blocks around, and it is t more people were not kilh The boilers were inspected s and were thought to be in fir tion. The real cause of the probably never be known. The work of reecue was ( this afternoon, bnt no mo(( fonnd. All the employees 1 counted for. Of the Uo wor i killed and eleven injured, a . aerioasly. Stephen Carter, h only one in a dangerous condi probably die. The cause of tb still a mystery. Boms of the heard the gauge tried a few it the explosion and everytbin right. Kvery one agreea thai was careful aad competent. T been in the bouae ei^jht years. reach S.'iO.OOO. A correct list of the killed as asfoUowa: Killedâ€" Gua Linnet 25 yeara old, aingle; James Ci maker, 30, married; Jacob I boilermaker, 28, married ; Ch bache, boilermaker, 45, marr Clark, boilermaker, .'iO, single Stephen Carter, akuU fractc places, band badly burned, w die; MartinConuer, paii.f ally i the bead and legs ; Frank Mi scalp wound and shoulder bis Frank Smith, boy, injured abo< legs; Jamee McColl, Wm. Ki Barr, Wm. Kroner, Wni. Be McKee, John Forest and B. more or less cut and bruiw seriously hurt. Peter Lover, buried underneath some timbi painfully injured about the he* but will recover. BBtiCCBD FROM DKATH. The Glad UellTcranux of Five Miners Im- pri.O'tcd in a Mine. A Mount Csrmel, Pa., despatch says : Fivn of the six miners at Black Diamond Colliery have bt-i n recout-d alive and well, and the sixth will soon be brought to the â- nrfaoe. ilall and Revels, Ihongb suffer- iug extremely from nervous exhaustion, gave tonight the first account of their ex- perienoe. Ibeaa two were driving near the ulmles in brtam No. 8, in the south slope of the mine, uOuut noon yesterday, when they heard a terrihc roar, and the next minute they experienced a ehock which caused Hall to exclaim, " My God, Nick, the slope has caved in." Brvels descunded 10 the gang- way, and 12 feet from it fuDnd their egress to the elope cut off by huge rooks. He called to the miners wurkiugin No. 7, and soon saw Pokus crawling from the debris. Tbey both joined in the sbouta, and then heard Hearsballaky calling from Ko. 7 chamber for help. He was pinioned by a large rock, and urged his comrades to come to bis rescue. Tbey climbed apa distance, but Ibe danger grew eo great that they had . The Outra|-ed faitor. •♦•-''Tvanctum penetrated, uid I looked ur in Profc?.'"'* Ti^'- vro' fs I was correciiag, and he caniht Hi8aV°«'yi'VS- _»iiu„,„ was agttiBBt hiui, as he stood Ofci.uvN:','"""'. I iuBiuuXf'""!''*'!"' n soJirregMlar attire. bores.V' ""Idly. tli»t 1 h»du't room (or And that ql, . tiuioofoXi"" "" â„¢'^''' P'<^'-"'"'i8 than the Then he grimV'' ,, , , on an luch\'""®°'""^'i"Jiled,withhie head â- Asking if, 'moacW . « Vaut) no. V"' wctribmors, was Imogene 111 coDfcps that sonie- and why my blood fftisi I was startled ; yes thing likoablui Came o'er my uditorl should rusii In such a way unus-ji.. Had been making an iiciii I'd never he«u, For her iioems were peci were full charged ; And ou rtadioR them IM („ wa.s much enlarged ; Bo, in une ecstatic mt,uieat bi before, ' I had writien her and had told her â€" yes, and more. Then my visitor continued, that u>yi fair enuu^h, ' But thia writer rartul f.^r hnai>,*M« at Imogene nugh her fice ir*.*. BTAKVINO ONIC'H »KLr TO A (Icurglail Former ThuM SatUflt acleiiee Iu 1 \%eiity-bl.K iJi An Atlanta, Ga., despatch i death iu Macon of John Adam* factor, whose forgeries fool neai has created a sensation. Sine ceration in jail Adams refused a was Friday night. Fib. hltb, wl put in jail. lie immediately I die slowly by starvation that h« part expiate hia crime and sins, gave way to the cravings of b once, and then it was only for a eat two oranges and a piice of food his stomach could not retai il cannot bu said that the fast tion was broken during the twen of Buffering and shame. I he tM day passed at 11 o'clock 11 and he entered tho twenty sa deep and peaceful slumber. H< at his home in Macon, ha taken there from tho j week's coulinumeiit. He ws charge of the authorities, hia f am for a special guard that bo ml| home. Since the first all tfforts bim to eat have been fruilluaa. knees his a^od mothur begged hit h H life, but all bntreatiea wen He begged hia parents to allow i force f<iod or nourishment into h Baying that this would only p Buffering. Hia courage was t martyr, most remarkable tb The authorities are nuiversally (K tor allowing him to die this w the general vurdict that they w gent in failing to firce nourishi Adama' stomach, t hyaicians dei his life could have hi en prolonge or more in this way, and it is believed that bad this method beet to he would liavo desisted in h While in jail ho assigned to tht Bank Life Insuraucu property ai to SIH (100. This is said to have been done in constderiitioii of a proiniHe not to prosecute him. Other creditors will fight the assignment ami some starlliiig dis closures are txpeoted. PAGES MISSIN^ i: Xpert. you were at the laat Mrs. Câ€" Dootor. illness of my eldest boy ? Doctor â€" Yea. MrB. C. â€" You also attended professionally my first husband, who died. Dootor â€" Yea- Mrs. C. â€" Well, my second husband is •iok, and I would liko you to seo him through ij{b. ^m^'^ICi- rranl. tell Mr. Bangs that M istrees â€" Dldauu I waa Bleeping? " Margiiret â€" I dtdf'xiiim. Mistress - What llid he say? Margaret â€" He atyd mo how did I know. Mistressâ€" -And whil'lid you reply? Margaretâ€" I towld hMo said so yeraelf. Compllinentjt of tli« Seaann, Fenderaon (risin^j to go, after incuBHaiitly ever einoe his arriVkl) I didn't think it waa so late I eujojtd tho evening immonscly Fraiikley â€" Oh, thank you, Mr. Fenderson ; but then it don't matte any difference where you go, you aro always sure ot enjoying youraelf. ^ __ Vury Alaitiietlu. Physinian â€" Have you ever taken aconrse of magnetic treatmt-ui ? I'aliuiit â€" Yea. 1 elid down a toboggan chuiu on the neat of my trousers once, and it you want to sen gpirka as big aa hot ooalH, all > oil havu (^ot to eay IB. •• Ltt hi go, Gallagher." ly! I have Mils age, say ou orinereaooais, lor women voter*, and awtar them to ihtiragu. An iiuinarriud woman who would publicly own up to 30 might perhaps bo safuly entrusted witb a vote. i Kaally l><>ii«. Ticket Agent {â- m raihoad atation)â€" I wish some way would b> invented to keep men away from the laiiies' window. Bystander - Kasy enough. Put the sign " For Ladles Only " on the other window. The l>omeHtlr Keiort Corteoas. Sonâ€" I'apa, lio* do tht-y catch Innatioa ? Cynical Father With large straw bats and feathers and white or'-ases, jewelry and neat gloves, my boy. ftlainiua (musingly) â€" Yes, I remember that's how I dressed before wo were married. â€" Ho»lon Saturday Kvening Gazette. i The Klmt Klaa. (Hy nu oxi'ort iu iho Now York Herald). A girl who acoupta her first kiss with a grateful sigh, aa thongh her life had been saved, oannot bopu to retain her value long. flwlJi I Ui.~H ill every in-itanoe Bhonid be a shrinU.i, aiiuire brush, struggle and break away. Batineia Brown ? ( leik - Just stepp to sen about guttim " Ah 1 Wniru'a. ninent. oago) â€" Where is or to tho tailor'a w overcoat. r " Juat stepped over to ^M 1>ivoroe Coart to see about getting a neST^iA^' Bent the mercury np among thu nineti.ts in â- ' Boodlers' Corner," Montreal.â€" iV. 1" Herald. An Vdlior's lllrtliilay. The Elgin (Tex.) Tirms ays: To-day was our birthday aiiil »eo< lelir>»i>dihe occasion by " stttiiig up" two ooUinuBof type, out- ting half a cord of wood, ri cking the baby two hours, and cleaiiiug uur shotgun. There's a fiiiut hint of siiring 111 llio air; There ia iniul under fuot Kveiywtierc; And objects (tonu hid l>v ho t>o»utlful snow). Which wo had luryoi. are V't i^inuiug to ahuw Here aud there. Old rHhlnrs aud shoen, Aud aiijplets and chown, Empty pint >nd iftiart butile', no matter whose, And no end uf tbiii,.M uu no lunger eau use ' I Aud ob, ob, i.h. I Here a whiff of old garl'Sgo beciiining to blow, I Aud hark I tnoreV tho cr, oun Ii. ciuuiuy tu crow- Loud let UH l^ill.; j Welcome toppri^ g, Tho time fur uucovuriuiievur^ihiug. The sales of Mrn. Burnett s 'â-  Fauntle- roy " and "S.ira Crewe" amount up to date to 125,000 copi.B. j A speech of the Prirccsa of Wales re- * corded in the phonograph is; " You are the most wonderful inetruint m I have ever seen or heard of. I wiah that I might have one ike yon for my own." ' Mr Kenneth McKm/.iu.M PP., of Portage la Prairie, writea Postniajii, r Btirton of Guelph, that on the 6th iiiatant he auwe- twenty jM^ht la of wheat. Mr.MeKen/ie w / I bn COi leg th< tio â- it cie La mc tb* PI An immense urowd of Eonliah im granta Imve arrived at wek. 1 1 ia WinnlWii proliiitrd that thu iiiflcix this i^iJg[B?#yf' Puslii.ch, in this couuty.an tijjfâ„¢* "•'•'•y*«'K 0" fariuiug extsngivelj Manitoba. or J car will exceed the numbers of rcCLnt The Hiat(in,esl Rooioty of Wianipeg w years. '» pto.-^erve Fo*t dairy gateway.