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Show Clutch grasp catch BOY RETURNED it Ize. MY BURGLAR. This waa the last line that met ray I laughed, threw the book on THE PARENTS gaze. OF FREDERICK the table and begun to undress. REW ARE HAPPY NOW. Wilt a 1 meat tu bed that night my "If any one enters my room tonight,'' bair as black as it used to be, I thought, aa I folded up my vest and tor Too trars He Wandered About fho Wbea the day dawned it was light. So placed it under the pillow, 'TU dutch you may see bow badly 1 was fright him, grasp him, lay hold on him, (lobo Not Knowing llie Manner of eued. Hla Hadden Itrpnrture fruna Hume - A catch him, aeiza him, and ydl for I was paying the penalty for over- help. Very Mynleriuun ('nor. work at the time by taking a health When I went to sleep I dreamt that to it and I pay carried along $475 I was wading trip, a trout stream fishing REDBRICK GORwith. I also took a fish pole and a for black baaaupwith a wad of money DON Ilew has reMichifor the direction northwesterly for bait and that aa faat as I caught to hla home turned gan woods. fish I waa rubbed of them by a redIn Buffalo, N. Y. When 1 was leaving Detroit on the headed horse. Rew is the young ateamer 1 wrapped up f400 In a rubber From the number of fish I had Cornell student who band and stowed them away In the In' caught I must bava I slept Judge that ao mysteriously disaide pocket of my vest, and 1 soon ac two or three hours; then 1 found myof qulred .the habit appeared from Ithatouching myself self suddenly awake, listening Intently, ca almost exactly every time I thought of It to see wheth- and anxiously anufflog the air. 1 waa er my cash balanced, or, to apeak more certain two years ago, wnd of two things. Some one was whose fate waa for accurately, ttf aee whether 1 still Lad moving In the room, and I smelled the bulge on my vest. ao long wrapped In horse. As soon as I found this nerfoua haIt la easy to write of this thing now mystery. He waa found laat month in bit fastening Itself upon me 1 was sorry In a Ceylon, where he had gone as electrispirit of levity, but, I had no such cian that I had not always carried Urge feeling on a French trading 'steamer, and as I lay there straining my sums of money and got used to the sen- ryea to no hla return home during laat week was darkthe in Inky purpose sation, but it was too late for vain re- ness, but hearing that fellow movo the remit of the efforts of detectives grets, and I determined to make the about the room boldly, without caution, who, for nearly two years, hunted for best of it But I decided that I would as though It mattered nothing to him him In all parts of the world. Young Rew reached Buffalo last Wednesday always In the future have plenty of whether I slept or wakened. money. If I move, I thought, ho la ready and haa been at the home of hla paIt was a little too early In the season with hla knlfa or club to sllenco me rents ever since. According to the for the summer run of schoolmaams forever." statement made at the time when the on the lakes, and there were only a I did, not know whether or not ho first definite news of hi eon reached steamfew passengers on board the had already taken the vest from under him. Mr. Esbon B. Rew, the young boat. These were made up mostly of my pillow and I did not cara Juat then man's father, he went to New York afrommerclal travelers and a fair as- to Investigate. I moved not a muscle, ter Cornell, engaged passage leaving slouch-hattesortment of those but when the flrst tumult of sudden on a cattle ship and worked hla way to men who travel on shoddy-cla- d fright had subsided I tried to think Bordeaux, France, At this place he trains and boats everywhere ' without (o reason, secured employment with sn electric any apparent reason or object There "I am here for my health," I thought. firm that was about to erect an elecwas one lady on board. Now won't It be healthier to lie still tric plant In Central America. He There waa also another passenger and let him taka my money than to sailed from Honduras In the early part a man with a sinister eye movo a finger and let him take my Ufa of 1895, visiting Jamaica, Martinique, and a smell of horse about him so prowhat little I have? How did be get and Cuba, and then returned to France, nounced that the lady passenger asked In hero? Ah, of course! the window. where he contracted to look after the for "the radish" at dinner, thinking to I couldn't but be Is muscular. electric machinery of a tramp trading budge It, avoid hurting his feelings by saying I should have thought of that, bound for the East Indies. horse radish In his presence. The ship What waa the man doing? Mr. Rows statement also was to If I had not been carrying a wad of sounds ha made were exactly such aa a money into a lonely country I should man makes In dressing. Heavens? the effect that on the day when hie eon Oct. 2. 1894, the young hsva paid little attention to this would he exchange clothea with me, disappeared, person; but I was carrying a lenvlng hie horeey old suit In the man felt an irresistible desire to leave and to go to some place where he could wad of money, and I suspected that ho room? He wae nt the wuhatnnd pourknew of it For the life of me I could perfect himself In French and German, ing out water washing hla hands. My the In which be felt himnot help pressing that wad with my fright wan giving way to anger nt the self languages deficient In Angers every time I met him or heard cool college. These stateimpudence of the man. Doubtless ments. his voice or smelt home. I waa cer- he bad which were made by Mr. Rew on my clothea now, Including from information contained In the lettain that ho noticed this InvolunUry the vest, with the wad of bills In the tcllon and that he knew the reason of Inside ter written to him by hla son, after bewaa I to Coward that pocket. it, and I earns to belisve that be was Jle (hero and let him take my prop- ing told by the detectives that hla paon the boat because I was and that ha rents considered him deed, are corroberty. would get off when I did, man hlmaelf. orated by the young I hesitated nn longer, but sprang at 11 from . Ho did get off when I did, the cry of When asked to explain hla movements bed and with the o'clock at night on the lonely dock In between the time of leaving Ithaca and "Help!" rushed with resistless fury fhe town of Qravelton, and no one left slam reaching New York, however, he la unover the partition bang against Ihe boat there but us two. 1 saw him able to give any account of hla wanstood. man where I the thought disappear In the darkness and 1 took Some one fried to open my door, then derings. For a apace of several days, my seat In the hotel bus. mind Is a blank. knocked on It for admittance. Backing be declares, hla The Qravelton hotel was one of those toward It so as to moment From of the an setting out from from guard myself large, cheaply built houses which one attack by the burglar, I found the bolt the lower end of Cayuga lake until he will And In all the lumbering towns of and lock and threw the door open. A found himself aboard the vessel bound the west where land Is cheap and pine flood of light filled the room; the win- for France, be says he' can remember are Is cheap and regular boarders cloned and the only persona nothing. He came to hla sense to find dow waa cheap and numerous, but my room waa were myself and my visitor a hlmaelf on the ocean. Hla story la told pretest aecure. dean enough and reasonably dressed, with a lighted In such n straightforward manner The window had no fastenings, but the gentleman fully hand and a trout basket that It la believed by hla parents, and in his lamp casement held the iaah had swelled and it la not known whether he walked or over hla ahouldcr. It In a grip which all my strength slung from Ithaca to New York, or bow rode waa a burglar In my room, "There could not loosen. The door waa proaee couldn't the scoundrel, many "I I days he took for the Journey. began. vided with a bolt and lock, and the some of the tales that were and hla handi I him beard but Possibly washing (ransom waa too narrow to admit the rife of a young man answering young on putting my" but man. I felt pretty secure, body of a I stopped, for I saw my elotbee hang- Rew'i description having been seen in I was made nervous by the fact that various sections of the state were the curtain failed to cover the lower ing where I bad left them. me heard really founded on the fact that he had have must "I think waa you morally part of the window. I certain that my ugly fellow traveler washing and dreaafng," said the gen- been there. He Is unable to tell whethstood outside In the darkness, watch- tleman, and I must ask you to pardon er or not they are true, however, and ma for disturbing you. I should have this part of hla wanderings may aling me with hungry eyes. I did not feel sleepy enough to go to remembered that the walla between ways remain a sealed book. Aside from these first few days, bed, neither did I And It particularly these rooms are very thin. the story of hla adThat Is my burglar story. I might young Rew tella with great minutedetail in ventures Imdevise a better ending for It if my ness. Hla education enabled him to were distribequally powers aginative a claaa of people uted, but they seem mostly to center In find friends among I could have who threw in his way opportunities for my olfactory nerves. profitable employment, and from and sworn that I smelled horse. C. H. AUGUR. through whom he succeeded admirably In learning the languages. French and hla lack of proficiency In German, The Mother of Hem Koltllers. which hail ao worried him at college When Col. Knok, of the duke and had indirectly caused him to go light Infantry, acquainted away.. He has worked hard since he h, Mrs. the queen with the fact that went away and has made money. He of Garrow, SL Bernard, Cornhas seen the world and has returned waa seven of mother the sons, more of a man at 22 than moat men wall, all In the army, her majesty caused are at SO. From being a rather eickly the following letcr to be written to Col. Knox: Her majesty considers the fact of seven sons of one family serving In the army, all with exemplary characters, reflects Infinite credit on THERE WAS A BURGLAR IN MY themselves and the parents who have ROOM. brought them up. The queen desires rheerful to sit In the one little wooden that you will congratulate Mr. chair which the room afforded, and give her the flO and framed print gaze at the cheap wall paper covering of her majesty, which I send herewith, Ihe pine partition, or the ''skied" pic- and tell her how glad the queen Is to ture of'a flaming red, long tailed bird think of this fine example of good 'and . sf paradise with his head art backward honorable service to their sovereign book were neck. in on his My my and country from the sons of a single trunk affd there waa nothing at hand Cornish family, llcr majesty has kept :o read except an old newapoper which the photograph of Mrs. Kereth which was doing duty as a cover to the wasb-Hanyou sent me. ami would be glad to one of the seven brothers in a have Glancing nt this paper I saw that the group, hut If this eanuot le obtained of was to made up of view page exposed The photographs have syndicate" matter and that the prom- separately. hern framed together in an oval frame, waa coincia article inent .by startling of Mrs. Kevetli being In the middence the story of an adventure with that FREDERICK 15. REW. dle, and sent to the queen. London I t burglar. I began reading It. hoy, whose fowhic.-- s (or outdoor exer-- i e The narrator told how he found him- (Irnphle. was c.iime;! In a great degree by self In a strange room seeking for a h!s anxiety for health, ho has (level pi To Horutliy. safe place to bestow his money for the into a sturdy, healthy specimen of physical manhood, li is features, however, night; how he determined to place it Ah. Dorothy. 1 love you well! between the leaves of a dictionary, and have lusl little of their boyish expresWhy do you worn mo ao? wishing to remember the exact place Why illtl you ring our friendship's knrl. sion. although he has gained probably lie thought he would open the book at . ' pouiiiD And order me to go? we'sht and la hrimed me Ihe word money, but behold, when lie darker thnn his tainted rcvcral hlia-liopened It the flrst word that he saw Why, whi n the merest friendship cuds:. naturally dark eoirpicxl-in- . i'arii!!; was murder. ail of his wanderings, young Rew And lane declares himself, llcre the narrative was broken by a Comes there a rift which nothing changed his name nor .map dish, which adhered firmly to the to conceal his Identity In tilt-- 1 mends? paper in spite of my careful efforts to and It is to this fact alone thnt his disOh, lane, thou art an elf! ;i move It, aud I read no further. covery U due. for fhe oniy clew thist 1 arose and shook myself, Pshaw!" the detectives who had folios c hi n he friends again. Sweet Dorothy, I said, what a fool I am. He's probaaMH fhe world Wire able to gain if And enilln as oft of yore; bly Just an ordinary hoatlcr come up And. though it be the direst pain. h's whereabout was the fact that a here to work, or perhaps to aee hla old hip-ne- il young man givinT his name ha more. I'll ask (or nothing mother. No doubt he's aa honest ns on hoard a French vessel at 1 am. I wonder what word he would bound for Ceylon. Their agents Nat Tat Harlilail. have found If he'd opened the dictionmet the vessel aud Identified at Ceylon "Oh, Nell, I have Just heard or you the young electrician R the man Miry ary at Cah,M I soliloquized, and out of mere Idle curiosity I took from my marriage. Did you make a good were looking for. hnndbag the nearest approach I had to match?" Young Row's contract with the ownI believe that our families have net ers o the verrel bound him to rcmin a dictionary a little paper covered book of synonyms, and opened It at C. decided yet" Truth. THEM W8HMHIMWI0(WM0f i with the steamer until she returned to Southampton, but he wrote from Ceylon to hla parents that as soon as he reached Southampton lit would leave the steamer and take the flrst ic liner for New York. How well he kept hla promlue may 1k Judged from the fact that between ihe arrival of the French vessel at Southampton and his leaving that port on the American liner New York only two hours Intervened. He did not even wait to cable to hla parents, but came at the earliest possible moment. At New York even less time was lost, for after reaching there he spent less than an hour In the city, taking the first West Shore train for Buffalo. He wrote a postal card In New York, advising hla parents that he was coming, but the card did not reach them until after be had been at home for several hours. The Joy of Mr. and Mrs. Rew at the return of their son can better bo imagined than described. They bad mourned him aa dead for a year. I trans-Atlant- tu duaty-boote- d, red-head- MR. ESTEPS QUEER PIG. cause of the jaws being apart, Mr. Estep made the astounding discovery. Inside the mouth waa one enormous eyeball, and on the front of that curiously situated organ of vision were the pupils, or sights'' of both eyes. Such a nightmare In reality was probably never before seen in the history of the world NEGRO SHOT AND BURNED. Metro Out a Trrrlblo luntihuirnt for aa Assault. At Slayden's Crossing, a hamlet between Lamar, Miss., and Grand Junction, Tenn., In the former state, Walter Brown, a young negro, was shot to death anil then burned for a murderous assault upon Mrs. Slay den, postmistress. aged 73 years. Brown applied to Mrs. Slayden fqr a small sum of money which she la supposed to have owed him, and she told him to look In a bureau drawer and get it.. Finding 10 in the drawer, the negro strurk the woman a blow on the head with a He bludgeon, fracturing her skull. at once fled, but was captured near Grand Junction, anil taken back to the scene of the crime, where he waa promptly identified. Hla captors at once riddled him with lead, and afterward piled wood about the remains an J burned them. Mob Vlrtlm of Mark Mrrlgr. Miss Hallie Leach, of Youngstown. Ke-vet- of Ind., formed the acquaintance Charles Brown at Bloomington about a year ago. and after a brief courtship consented to marry him. A mock marriage ceremony waa performed and Brown and the young woman left Iowa, where they lived recently. A few weeks ago Brown deserted the woman, who arrived home last week. A correspondence with the Bloomington authorities disclosed the fact that the marriage at that place waa a fraud. Brown, whose home is near Areola, 111., will be arrested aa soon aa he can be located, and nn effort will be made to prosecute the other parties implicated in the pretended marriage. Ke-vet- h, Ma, Found Threii t'nriwp In n llousr. neighbor culled at the home of Charles Pfeiffer, in Brlghtwood, a quiet suburb of Indianapolis, and was horrified to find the dead body of Pfeiffer hanging from the transom of the dinreing room. Further investigation vealed the bloody corpsts of Willie, the baby, and Mrs. Jennie Pfeiffer, his wife. The liJily of the former waa lying In its carriage an.i one tiny hand still clamed the hnstlu from which It had ilriiwn nourishment. The Ixaly of the wife was found stretched usn a bed with the head almost severed from the body. d. Omtli of Khr. r . f- - She" is ib ad, official new s to that effect having been ri reived In London from Pretoria. Her real naiun was Majajie. She wna t!.o mysterious Wocdbush tribes ip'cen of the of South Africa, and she Is known ta have been at least 1LM year old, probl more, there being offiably a good cial pro.d.i extant to show that she in exisicr.ee and reigning was aiii-ada.-- , a uomi ill vine queen more than a century ago. Queen Majajle waa the original of the heroine In Rider Haga and popu'-tsovv, gard's ' SU.'' ib-n- 1 - SPORTING. NOTES AND COMMENT ON -- well-know- I r In the front rank of military rifle shots in the United States. CUR- forbrtt RENT EVENTS. vii Khiirkry The latest conrernlug the match between Jim Corbett and Tom Sharkey S limiting Cantent May Ila la contained In the following dispatch A Ilia t'iiri-Kfrom Sun Francisco, Cal.: If James ilmiLfil tiuMlp at Hi J. Corbett and Thomas Sharkey ever JusUlti- - lm null Ni'liui-fi-- r Againcontest for the heavyweight cham(utkur SMirlllic Mullt-r- . pionship In San Francisco It is more than probable that they will manage ZWER-lelHAICLES the meeting themselves. Neither the of Yardville, National nor the Eureka club has den N. J., posited a cent of guarantee money, and to all pigeon-shoo- t' It is not believed that either club haa ers In the east as a any intention of doing so. Corbett is shot and conducting all negotiations for both a purveyor of the himself and Sharkey, and this feet fastest kind of pig- goes far to prove that the alleged eons, Is trying to match waa a fake from its inception. arrange a great No one haa been able to discover a pigeon shooting dollar of forfeit money deposited by contest to take either of the fighters or their backers, some time though each of the pugilists claim to place in December at Trenton, N. J. have placed $5,000 In the handa of Hla plan Is to have a championship stakeholders. contest and each man will shoot at 100 birds with an entrance of $100,. The Cup fur WiMiira (iolfrrs. blrda to all be of a blue color and seThe Cox cup, emblematic of Robert lected for speed. He thinks that 10 to 12 entries can be oecured and he la the women's golf championship of the willing to furnish these birds free of United States, is a vase of Etruscan He desires such men as Brewer. Dr. Carver. Budd, Class, Gilbert, Klllott, Fulford. Grimm, Clarldge, Wln-Uo- n, McMurchy, Upaon, Helkes, and others of the same class to enter and make It a championship event This would come the nearest 'of showing Vho deserved the title of world'a championship" than any event that we know of. Let someone put up a suitable trophy to be shot for annually at 100 birds, every one at SO yards, no favorites, no handicap, entrance $100, be beat man to win under the heat conditions. The winner can come pretty near to being the beat shot In this country nt leant. Push It along. Char-1and we believe you will succeed In gfving n big event. fr r -- u, well-know- first-cla- ss 1. Kirni Uat. Old Rolls Helkes, of Dayton. O., the whrld'a champion Inanimate target shot, has some old guns which' he prises quite highly. One Is a Joseph Golcher smooth bore, muzzle loader, which Las a barrel 45 Inches long. The wood of tne stock extends to the end of the barrel and was made strong and serviceable. This gun la over 75 years old and Mr. Helkea told the writer that be had killed quail on the wing with that old gun 24 years ago. This gives a faint idea of about the time that Roll began to learn the art of wing shooting. Another gun waa of the flint lock pattern and waa more than 100 years old, having once been used by Mrs. Helkes grandfather. This weapon had lieen made for a field gun and was light and really well balanced, ft seemed to come up to the face with fhe proper fit and was a relic highly prised In the Helkea collection of shooting trophies. He also had a flint-lur- k pistol that might have dona stft-viIn the revolutionary war. Among the trophies which this great trap shot has collected are cups of every sise, shape and value, and have been won in honest contests at the trap In various parts of the country. Hie collection of medals, badges, button, silverware pins,, gold watches, and would start a small Jewelry store. Mr. Helkea comfortable home In Dayton !a well ornamented with trophies of h skill with the shotgun, and we hope tlf? collection will continue to grow frr many yearn to come. ce C'apt. Hru Kirk. CapL Ben Elck was born at Sterling, 111., Jan. 30, 1871, and at an early age took a great Interest in firearms As a boy 15 years of age he ranked aa a ride shot among the beat in his community, and many were the bright predictions for bla future. Jan. 14, 1X89, he enlisted as a private in Company E, Sixth Infantry, Sterling, 111. In 1892 he was appointed ordnance sergeant, and In that capacity served hie regiment faithfully till In 1896 a letter from Col. D. J. Foster announced to him bis promotion to Inspector of rifle practice for the Sixth Regiment with nnk of captain. He commenced hie shooting career in 1889. and from that time on rose steadily till, aa the records of for 1S91 and 1892 the adjutant-gener- al show, ho stands second to none. At rifle competition held the Inter-sta- te at Fort Sheridan in 1892 CapL Elck made a record to lie proud of. In eora- - A s -- Trunk I. Ik Klrpliunt aud Carries Ita Kyra la It Month. Tom If Ill's queer pig, the bull- dog calf," and the feathered sheep of Round Valley, Mont., have been completely and forever laid In the shade by a monstrosity in the shape of a pig farrowed on the premises of Mr. L. C. Estep of Eaaton, 111. Mr. Estep's queer pig la the eighth wonder of the world, and waa aa much of a monstrosity aa any one small piggy could possibly be. It had a perfect elephant's bead and trunk, the little Imitation proboscis being about Hi Inches in length. No, it waa not a perfect elephant bead that finished off the body of Mr. Eatep's pig. Elephants have eyes, in front or laterally, according to species, " ao the books say, but this queer creature's head was perfectly smooth and eyeless. When the little oddity waa first born it had its mouth wide open, distended to its utmost capacity. In making an examination to ascertain the d, l QUEER PIG. A Ha GENERAL THE COX CUP. with elaborate figures, predesign, sented by George Cox of Edinburgh,. Scotland. It ia valued at $1,000. , I'nipoM--d lliprrt llandlrup. The negotiations for a match between Frank C. Ives and Jacob Schaefer, which were opened by the latter, not giving any promise of fruitful result., and the winter sport requiring s boom the veteran standby, Maurice Daly, comes to the front with s proposition which Is likely to meet with a favorable reaponse all along the line, and It la to be hoped that such will be the case, for the game sadly needs pushing along juat now. Here ia what Maurice han to say for the benefit of the gentlemens game: There la no apparent chance of a match between Schaefet and Ives, and without contests la sure to languish. In my opinion the only solution of the problem ia a handicap tournament.- - Ivea and Schaefer are ao superior to the other players that they cannot sulv a scratch game. Therefore a handicap rae In the only way out of the difficulty 1 think everybody would enter such a tournament, and the interest in it would be great. With Ivea, Schacf r, Sloseon. Spinks. Gallafher, Cattii. Maggloll, Sulton, Hatley, McLaughlin. Capron, Eamcs, and others la a handi cap contest, there would be a decked revival of the. game. Another con. vat that would attract some attention would be a scratch cushion carroms tournament between Ives, Schaefer, Slosson and myself. I stand ready to do all possible to promote these tournaments, and think that petty questions of tables, me tips and chalks Bhould he left in the background. e tawing ruRlllHt. "I'm going to fight Fits on Broad waj , New York, said Jim CorbeLt the other day. I'll rig up a club and go Into the business for this. But Fitzy ain't going to let you spring any such trap as that on him," replied an admirer of the Australian. "He's getting suspicious again, eh? Does the scoundrel hive the nerve to insinuate I would do anything but fair in my own house? I'll tell you wh.it." went on Jim. "let FI's furnish out a club and Ill fight h'm In it. But would he? The latent from New York in regard to the big onm is that they tiled to mske the public believe they h.vl put up twice as mtu-- money Insuring a match between them than they real! had; also that Corlx-t- t wants to go lu'o the show business ngaln before having another go. IVrliups if they sho'ild double up and spar through the roan-tr- y they might be able to command full houses for a time. As it Mauds now neither can draw better than I a'f JOSEPH IWIXOVAN. a house. Hilly Hill In KiiRluntl. rjuWo j1 i CArr. BEN' KICK. j . with forty men, including the regular army team of ten men, of whom Curt. Baldwin, U. S. A., said their record had never lieen equaled. Papt. Elck won third place, losing flrst by but five points, lie termed a phenomenal shot and a man of iron nerve. As a skirmisher he has more skirmish records hanging to hla belt than any man In Illinois, shooting as high as thirteen shots from the breech-loadin- g Springfield army rifle In thirty seconds. Comparing records, Copt. Elck atgnda 1 Billy Hill, somewhat famed a pickaninny. 1 the lntciit of the American colored boxers to cast his lor with England ami I note that he is padding his record u trille fur th-sp- that country. le ought probably to do pretty well tin re. as :he abIn fighting surd notion of u I'ulur-Rn- e does not find congenial soil in llrita-'n- . r, The "pick" Is a hard man as a liable to do anybody, but nevertheless somewhat this side of rver being a champion. lie might to do ns we'i at weight as the Coffee Cooler" has done with men of his class. of 1 l!g,,t-weltc- Violet Rand, the youngest daughter of the lamented Katherine Rogers, has been added to E. II. So'.hern's company. She Is a sister of Eleanor snd Katherine Florence Williama Mu-ret- tl |
