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THE VERY LATEST FROA ALLTMp WORLD OVER." (otercstlnK Itsms About Our Own Country, Qreat BrIUin. the United States, and All Parte of the Qlobc. Condcnacd and . Awflrtad for Baay Reading. CAIilADA. Ottawa has thU year laid ten miles elf Kianufiltiic edUewaili at a cost of |65,50U. Patricli Eenaud, a Montreal laljurer, was blown to i>ieces by an explosion of "dynamite. The Governor-General and party have arrived in Uttawa from their trip to the Northwest. Messrs. H. & A. Allan of the Allan Line have let contracts for a 10,000-ton freight steamer. k'or the past year 5,137 vessels lock- ed through the Canadian Soo canaJ, carrying 4,577,397 tone of freight. The Thirteenth Infantry Regiment olf HamUton, scored their fourth vic- tory in the Uzowski Cup competition. The four-year-old daughter of Mr. ToliTi Draper, of London, waa terribly ourned through her clothes catching fire. Mr. W. W. Qgiavie, of Montreal, haa donated |1,000 to the Geuera/l H^pital in Winnipeg, and 9^0U to St. Boniface Soiipital. Mr. Alfred ^Baylis, a grocer, keep- ing store at the corner of Bay and Cannon streets, !Uamilton, committed suicide by taking utrycbine. There is good reason for believing that the Uomiuion Parliament will be Bummoaed for ibo de.si>atcli of business the first week in Maj°ch. The number of immigranti) arriving tu Cajia^ for the season jast closed is officiaily reported at 21,341 com- pared with 21,398 la«t sea,soa. The AViginipeg Board of Trade is pre- paring 1,000 invitations to be sent out lor a business men's convention, to be be'id on February 4. At Weatworths N.S., Mr. Fred Coch- rane 's house was destroyed by f lie and hia two children, aged two and four years, were burne>d to death. The Toronto Railway Company got i'udgment in the E;iiuhe<iuer Court Tor i56,UUU the amount of uuatoms duties wrongfuiily collected on its steel rails. While Lord Aberdeen wus in Win- nipeg, a sneak thief entered his private oar and stole hia fur ca|> and other ar- tioleci. The thief was arrested. Co^. Thomas J. birley, treasurer o£ the Ontario UoJd Mines Cumiuny, off Mew York, is all present in Montreal to interest Canadians in the deveJop- ment of Ontario niinea Mr. Fisher, Minister of Agriculture, 4tas decided thit a dairy school for the . Maritixue Provinces shall be conducted in January, Feibruory, and March, at Sussex, NJiw City Solicitor Meredith of London has informed the Council that, in Ihis opinion, the corporation has no power to pass a by-law piuhibiting the sale of milk within certain dates â€" that is, to stop Sunday milk-peddliug. The. Uttawa civic Finance Committee has adopted Sir Oliver Mowat's curfew bell legislation, and on and after Jan- uary l9t children under sixteen will be warned to leave fabe streets at 8 p.m. in winter and 9 pjm. in summar by the ringing uf bells. Amongst the (>roL>able Uovernment measures at tlie next session of the Do- minion Parliament are bills to give the two Controllers Ministerial status, to revise the Franchise Act, to amend the Civil Service Acts, and to provide for • plebiscite on prohibition. Mr. Frank Maxwell, a teaoher uf modern languages at Winniiieg, quar- relled with his wife, and she left him, Oind took a pt^sitiou us housekeeper. Mr. Maxwell called to nee her, ajid sUtt threw a dipperful of lioiling lye into his face. Maxwell is frightfully burn- ed, and wilt protNibiy lose hia eyesight. The Grand Trunk Kailway manage- ment is considering a numljer of im- provements in its Montreal property. One is the city's proposal to run the tracks on a viaduct, which will do away with grade crossings, and the other is the purchase ol the entire block of buildings facing the Uona- ventui:e station ^r its new offices. GRKAT BRITAIN. John Stewart BligK sixth Karl of Sarnley, is dead. He was sixty-nine years of age. The cruise Indefatigable sailed from Portsmouth to relieve the cruiser Mo- hawk on the North American and West Indies station. Counse: for Edward J. Ivory, alias Ed- ward Beil, the alleged Irish-American dynamiter, have obtained a postpone- ment of his triaJ in London until next month. United States Ambassador Bayard was present on Thursday at a luncheon in the Bristol Uramuiar whool, and pre- sented the prizes. He made a very felicitoiu speech. There is good authority for stating t'b)a.t the French Kmbassy in London, which ^vHl shortly be relinquished by the Baron de Cource'i; has i<een offered to M. Ribot, ex-Preeid<mt of the Coun- oiH:. The aetion for breach lof promise brought by Miss H'ei'.ein Grant, of Dun- dee, against Mr. James M. White, ex- M. F. for Fortar.sh'ire, was ea'liled in the f^inburgh Court (Session on Friday, but was postponed until next sessions, UNITED STATES. Prof. Hermann, the magician, died at Great Va'Uey, while en route to Brad- ford, Pa. The largest electrical power station in the wor'.d is to be constructed at Berlin, near Hartford, Conn. Hon. H. L. Pierce is dead, aged 71 years. He served two terms in Con- gress and was twice Mayor of Boston. James Smith, a mulatto, was hang- ed at Upper Marlboro', Md., on Friday, for the murder in July lost of Miss Margaret Birown. An ordinance for a four-cent fare on all the street car lines in Chicago was passed by the City Council on Monday night. The daily appli«isition list for relief in Buffalo is steadily growing, and the departnoent is now caring for 447 more families than (or the same period last year. , . ThB steamar Germanic, which arrived in New York on Friday, hiad a very rough passage. Miss L. S. Sayre, of London, Ont.. was severely hlurt by be- ing thrown against a writing desk. The United States Senate Committee on F'oreign Relations has ordered a favorable rp,port on Mr. Cameron's re- solution recognizing the independence of Cuba. Tho war feeling in the United States is growing. There is talk of armed companies being formed at various points to fight Spain or to free the Cubans. Rev. Barada McKane, of the M. E. Church at St. Louis, Mo., his wife and son on Tuesday narrowly escaiied death from rough-on-rats, which was acci- dentally mixed with their food. Mr. Burton, of Ohio, on Thursday in- troduced in the United States House of Representatives a joint resulution, di- recting the President, to ex)nduct negoti- ations with Great Britain to secure, if possible, the abrogation of so much of the treaty of 1817 as forbids the build- ing of warships on the great lakes. John C. Bode wig and George W. Johnson were sentenced at Detroit to serve 20 months each in the House of Correction, and to pay a fine uf 92,500 each in addition. During the A.K.U. strike, two years ago a Grand Trunk passenger train was wrecked near bat- tel Creek and the fireman of the loco- motive was killed. Bodewig and Ji hn- son were arrested for the crime and finally convicted. According to commerciail advices from New York, business throughout the United States shows practically little or no change outside the passing Uc- tivity of the holiday demand, and this is over as far as wholesale bouses are concerned, except for small sorting-up orders. The volume of holiday trade noticeable that in several lines cheap bos been a good average, but it is .goods have beem in unusuaJly increased demand. Outside the special .seasona- ble requirement:^ there is little doing, amd no movement of any consequence is expected until the middle of next month. Some grades of iron are quoted lower, and uncertainty exi^s as to the future of prices. 'The boot and shoe industry is dull. The tendency of prices continues mostly downward. GENEIVVL. Li-Hung-Chang has bought a resid- ence in Pekin, and intends to settle there. Four additional battalions of Span- ish trimps embarked on Thursday for the Philippine Islands. MM. Godarl and Surcorfi, the aeron- auts, are about to organize a balloon ascension to the North Pole. M. Deucber, of Thingau, has lieen elected President of the Swiss Repub- lic, and M. Ruffy, of Lausanne, Vice- President. The rebellion in the Philliplne Is- lands is spreading and bands of insur- gents infest the outskirts of the city of Manila. The French Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday adopted the credit asked for to meet the expenses of the visit of the Czar and Czarina to Paris. Passengers arriving at Key Weat from Havana report that Antonio Maceo, is alive and well, and is in the Province of Matanzas. An explosion oc<'urred in Cremer's match factory, in iJavaria, demolishing the building, killing fifteen women and children, and seriously injuring seven others. According to advices received from Berlin, Vienna, and Paris, there is no truth in the reported escape of ex-Sul- ton Murad from his |>lae« of confine- ment in Constantinople. It is understood thiat an English .syndicate has obtained a concession to l)uild and maintain a long railroad in China, which will Im a pi>werful coun- tep-check to Hussion designs. A despatch from Caraisas says that I^resident Crespo will not yield to the [popular demand for the rejection of the protocol arranged by Greai Britain and the United States to setl le the Vene.- zuelan Imundaiy question. THE PARTING HOUR. There is something in the "parting hour" Will chill the warmest heart- Yet kindred, comrades, • lovers, friends. Are fated all to part ; But this I've seenâ€" and many a page- Has pressed it on my mindâ€" The one who goes is happier Thau those he leaves behind. No matter what the journey be, Adventurous, dangerous, far. To the wild deep or black frontier. To solitude or war- Still .something cheers the heart that dares In all of human kind. And they who go are happier Than those they leave behind. Tho bride goes to the bridegroom's home With doublings and with tears; But does not Hope the rainbow spread Across her cloudy fears ? Alas 1 the mother who remains. What comfort can she find But thisâ€" the gone is happier Than the one she lerves behind. Have you a friend, a comrade dearâ€" An old and valued friend? Bo sure your term of sweet concourse At length will have an end. And when you part- as part you wHlâ€" O take it not unkind If he who goes is happier Than you he leaves liehind. God wills it soâ€" and so it is ; The pilgrims on their way ; Though weak and worn, more cheer- ful are Than all the rest who stay ; And when, at last, poor man, subdued. Lies down to death resigned, May he not still be happier far Than those he leaves behind? ALL IT WOULD HOLD. Miss Coldeal â€" Have you a picture of your fiancee, Mr. Chumpleigh? Cholly Chumpleighâ€" No. I carry her portrait in my head. Miss Coldealâ€" Oh! A miniature, I presume. IMMlEaXfiATELY. He â€" I am going to kiss you when I «°; Sheâ€" I«ave the house at once I SflHI fBDS& VEMICTS MISTAKES WHICH CAUSED THE RUIN OF INNOCENT PERSONS. The Fatal Klement of ' ««»«lp In' lettiia- tliiBal I'rlalH-rbr Nurilrrer WiUluniit -Thg MUler or H«cr«nAM--The Two rare»(ersâ€" An AiKlrlau Tlriiborur. On very slight evidence a colored sailor came very near being mobbed on suspicion of identity with the London mass murderer Williams, and Andrew Tenkler, a poor Austrian peasant Ixiy, paid the penalty of another man's crime on the scaffold. Williams's mode of pro- cedure consisted in entering houses through kitchen windows for the pur- ixise of robbery and diminish the risk ot teJItale witnes.-4es by murdering ev- ery occui)ant ot the Imilding, from the grandmother in the invalid chair to the little l)oy in his trundle lied. No liv- ing person had seen him fat« to face, but .somehow the rumor got abroad that the twilight terror was "a black fel- low," and besides starting a mob after every colored Stranger that misim- pression greatly aided the real criminal in continuing HIS WORK OF BLOOD, The seafaring darkey was rescued by the police after being felled by a show- er of brickbats, and on regaining his -consciousness got the mob, too, to their senses by proving that his ship had ar- rived oniy that very day, and was re- leased before a hundred sensation mongers contrived to recollect that they had seen him lurk about the .scene of the latlt butchery, or that he had chased them four Iilocks with a knife a foot and a haJf long. Poor Andrew Tenkler did not get off so easy, A grioh old miller had been murdered in hia bed, and aft«ra week's rookery-cantle lot surmises, suspicion fastened upon a young fellow who had been employed about the mill a year ago and saved every copper of his wages for household plans of his own, till he had been discharged on ac- count of a quarrel with his rather cross-tempered employer. He failed to account for his whei-eabouts on the night of the murder, and from the mo- ment that fact Ijecame known, aggra- vating circumstances came down on him like a whirl of dry leaves in November. His discharge, with various insults ad- ded, it was known, had cut him to the quick, and his brother had urged him to seek employment on the Trauiistmn Railway, l)ut he refused to leave , bo- fore be bad (got even with the old mis- er. He couid pick up joIm anywht-re, they had heard him say, aixl he want- ed the miller to see that he could get along without him, "That mill will burn down some day and send old ^V. to where he belongs," one witness had heard him remark in commenting on the miller's overliearing treatment uf bis employes. About a week before the commission of the crime he had tried to swap a little pocket pistol for a dirk knife. Now that pistol was gone, and be had mure than proliabtly traded it off for a kuifo somewhere. ON BEING At*KED TO PROVE An alibi, he repliud that he hod pass- Oil the night at u sung .uid doiux'. tavern, l>ut a troop uf unimiieocbublo witnesses re«-ollectod that he bud mere- ly droppixl in to get a drink, and t hen slipi)e(l out into night ami ilarkuess. 'L'he moon rose at aliuut 9.311 Ihal even- ing, and a little after lU the wife of a tollgate keeper noticed a fellow in a soldier cap approach her turnstile and bang twck souiewUer>!, till a teamster stopijed to pay his toll, wlien the man in the cap sneaked througib on the shade side of the wagon, and had van- ished before the driver started his horses." That driver, loo, ha<l noticed him, and mentioned a suspicion that the night prowler was going to st^'al a ride, if nothiiij{ more valuable, but when he stopix-d to investigate the suspts't had disupiieured like a night mist. Weeks after it wus ascertained that some soldiers of ths Linzer Garrison had deserted alxiut that time, and a neighlior, when too late, recollected that young Tenkler's night rauil>lt!s might \m accounted tor on a very dif- ferent theory. He had a sweetheart who preferred him to a rival with la violent temper, a fellow who had of- ten threatened death on the BjKit to any tresiKisser on the proscriptivo ground ot his affections, and whose re- putation tor riK-kless vindictivene-ss might have made Tenkler unwilling to explain his alieence on that fatal nigbt. Had he sacrificed himselif to save the isputation of his sweetheart? A re- viewer of the strange case suggests that tho poor fellow had come to con- sider the Prosecuting Attorney hi.s per- sonoJ enemy, and might haveiiuagiiied that the testimony of his inamorata would l)e rejected, and compromi.se her without saving his neok. Ho was found guilty of murder in the firsit. degree and executed after the liarbarous fash- ion still practiced in Central Europe â€" i. 6., had bis head cut off by a func- tionary with private doubts about the justice of the venlnot, and who in the oonse<)uent state of nervousness failed to finish his job, t AT I'HE FtRST STROKE. They chopiK'd him to death, and gos- sljw wondered why the widow of the murdered man refused to witness tho act of retribution. She refused to ad- mil callers during the whole week fol- lowing the second tragedy, and soon af- ter sold her mill and removed to Linz, where she got quietty and unoJistru- sivelry married to one of her husband's customers, an athletic (grain dealer, who had visited her mill at two month- ly interval^, and sometimes had accept- eid an invitation to slay ail'l night. He was a model of physical manhood, and in the prime of lmshy-l)eArded attrac- tiveness, but given to drink and rather dangerous in nis cups. "You must not suppose that you can do to me what you did to poor. W." (he^flvst hual>and),. one of the servanta heaird his wife say when he had struck her in' the faosr- On beih^ discharge<l soon after tlie eaves* Lroiiper repeated that remark, and gossip promptly began to rag« again, auil the bushes soon .swarme<l with amateur detective.sâ€" this time, however, on the right trail. Circumstantial evidence attained pro- portions that could lie no lunger ignor- ed, and the ex-grain dealer suddenly took to his he^'ls, but was recaptured and, like Louis XVL, ascertained that the attempted hejgira had not improv- ed his chances of acquittal. His wife, too, had Ijeen nrnated, and fearing the truth of a rumor that her husliand was going to s'lve his head by turning state's evidence, resolved to forestall him by making a dean breast of the whole affair, while he was still wast- ing the Court's time with halt-way ad- missions. He in his turn then Iiwame abundantly communicative, and with all their contradictions on secxjndary iHiints their confessions left no <loul)t that the Bxwrutioner of .\ndrew Tenkler had chopped up the wrong man, THAT GLARLNG INSTANCE Ot murder by jury made the authori- tie.8 rather cautious to proceed against tho suspected eneimy of a man who had vanished as if the ground had ope,no.<l to swallow him, cap and boots. Had he lieen murdered and buried out of sight? What ftlae, in the name of common sense, cuiUd have become of a wealthy young fellow who had no earthly reason to run away? But- haste had proveil its perils, so they continued to investigate his an- tB<!edenta, and in the meantime offered a reward for his discovery, over or under ground. A letter frcan Passau advised them to save further expense. The writer, under the lost man's sig- nature, informed them that he was still very much on the right side of his cof- fin lid, but that for reasons not need- ing specifications be found it expedient to live incognito for a year or two. To settle all their douibts he had call- ed U|K)n a numlier uf mutual acquain- tancivs, but added that nothing would induce him to drop his mask again lie- fore the expiration of the next 18 montha. > > This reappearance in the flesh could not well be questioned, eye witnesses being too numerous and ixaitivie; but bis visit had in every case been Umit- ed to a few evening minutes, and his present di^uise baffled the ablest de- tectives. Tlie mystery, in fact, seem- ed to defy solution, when the original reward was islaimed Uy the discoverer of his mangled remains. This time iden- tification was conclusive, but the delay of 10 or 12 weeks had given the mur- derer ample time to hide his tr.ocks. The double gaiig(>r probably was some accomplice of his and, Iwsldes a gift of imper.sonatlon, must have hod a con- siderable talent for the IMITATION OF HANDWIUTING. Tho causes celebres of the Pittaval collection include the still stranger case of two assistant foresters (Govern- ment Game Wardens) who quarreled and soon after vanished from their wonle<l hauntsâ€" the one having 'leen murdered and the other flung into liri.son for life* Ix>ng years after the real murderer turned out to liave lieen ' gentleman poacher, a well-to-do inn- keepiT, who imlulged his passion for ad- venture t)y midnight hiinlinu irips, and, to avoid exiMjsure. first tried to brilie and Ihi'ii kiUeiia forester who ouught him in the act of <|uarterinK a deer. Inferem^s liasnd on a pr«viou8<iuar- rel also rime near miHgiiiding the in- vestlgators of a recent dynamite mys- tery. A whole family of Polish factory laborers had Ijeen blown up by an ex- plosion that shook thw neighborhood likft ,in earthquake, and go-ssips at once ftew to (he theory of an old fam- ily of I'lilish factory laborers had lieen >>lown up by an explosion that shook th«» neighliorhood like an earthquake, and gossiiH afronce flew to the th«H)ry of an ohi family feud, till it w.a.s learn- ed that dynamite cartridges had lieen pilfpre<l from a neighlioring quarry by youngKters, who ha^t iisexl tliein with the above results, but luHsibly for the original purpose of scaring l.he )H-lat- ed visitor of a tuiualie relative. SAD PARTING. The Law.ver'it Suit Nlnvral a Unary by I'loklnu I p M (air. It was a solemn .scene. After many a hitrd-fought battle up- on t he field of his profession, somet iuies for and. somet imes against the appoint- ment of administrators luid executors, the old lawyer was receiving his final subpoena and leaving a possible will complication for hi.s own heir's attor- neys to write caveats upon. "My s<m," be murmured, at tho same lime btK'kuniiig liiui to draw a little nearer, "both real e.state and personal has lieen left to your mother and sis- ters, but 1 have provided amply for you. In adilition to a long le,ise yet to run upon the offices, and an a.buu- dant sujipiy of stationery and pens, I l)eqiiea(h to your u*« llic .Slowuiove casi' anil â€" " "But, father," replied the son, as he proudly reared his head aloft in self-approval, "during your illness and consequent absence liom office I de- voted a few hours to I he Slowuiove casb and was able to adjust the matter in a [lerfcctly satisfactory manner to all concerne<l, and the case is now olosect up forever." "What !" shrieked the dying man, "clijMe<l It up I Why 1 lived upon i liat ease for '20 years, and exiwcted that, it would always urovitio you with a mod- erate incume. My .stm- you had Ix^tier â€"leave the â€" law business alone. Beâ€" a But both the fond |>arcnt and his parting advice to his eldest son were lost to his bereaved family forever. A KING'S POCKET PIECE. Charles 1,'s gold pocket piece, pre- sented by the King to Bishop Juxon aj^ the time of his execution, has just lM!en â- sold at the Moiilalgtu .sale in I^undon for (|3»850, by far the highest pricervver paid in ICiigland for a single coin sold by auction. The previous n-cord price was 32,500, paid for the Simon petition crown. The Juxon medal, aside from its historiwU 'interest, is unique, Ixsing a pattern five broad piece engraved by Thomas Rawlins, and the only one struck. Every step in its history, from the Bishop's bands to Mr. Montagu's is clearly established. It was sold in 1854 for 9L300, and 10 years later for fl,726. H TBI 5^ m,.ssm, SCENES AT THE BICYCLE TOURNA- MENT AT NEW YORK. Mrkenlng In IH Briilullty-Tli« Noderm Price FlKhl In >'ot iu .'t Wllh ibe ' Mix- IHiy Bicycle Buecâ€" The Kidera Have Uudoubleilly Hburlened Their Uvea â€" Ncriim III tlir Pliiloh. The greatest endurance race the world has ever seen ended at 10.10 p.m., on Saturday night, at Madison Square Gar- den, New York, when Teddy Hale, the Irishman, won with plucky Rice seo- ond and Reading third. More than 12,000 persons screajmed and howled with the maddest enthusi- asm as the end was neared. It was a race until the very last hour. Twenty-seven men started last Sun- day night. Twenty-five -ot them hop- ed to finish. Fifteen did. Twelv* of these broke the former record for 142 hours of 1.600 miles. Maddox praotio- ally made the distance for which he was trained, 1,650 miles, and finielbed in eleventh place. The end saw twelve human wrecks. Never did men finish a long-distanoo race so terribly echausted. Some ot them were raving lunatics. Even Hale was completely ont of his head the greater part of the time. The position of the men did not change after 4 p.m., when all the rid- ers left the track for an hour, during the sprint races. The long-distano* men were then shaved, shampooed and bathed, and dressed in their finest garb for the finish. They looked infinitely better for a few minutes, and began to ride swiftly, while cheer after cheer went up. Maddox started a tremendous pace in his effort to pass Moore, Rice and Hale rode weakly. After five miles this Wilkesbarre man was scarcely able to move. Bouquets and floral pieces flood- ed his training table, Init he knenw nothing about them. A bouquet was handed tu him, but he threw it down, " It's poison," he said. FLOWERS AND WINE FOR HALE. Hale wtks simply smothered with flow- ers. Bottle after bottle of uhampagna was sent to him in floial boxes. Hardly any of the riders were neg< lectcd. Tbt( adoration of the women commenced as the end drew near. Hun- dreds- of them waved their handkei^ chiefs and joined in the cheers as the gritty men plodded along their weary way. There were 6,000 people in the Garden at 4 p.m., and the number increased from that time on. They were there to cheer Rice. Halt the time the young man didn't know the applause was tor him. He wabbled painfully on one lap. Opposite the training quarters the cry was started, " Rice, Bice, Rico, Rice." It was imiiossible to say how many throats hurled forth the cry. There was .something infectious and tre- mendous aliout it. It pierced the dull brain of the exhausted man, and he tried to ride faster. Then tho Wilkes- barre men started a yell of their own. made for the occasion, " R-I-C-E, who are wet Who are we? Friends of Rice from Wilkesbarre." They yelled it constantly and fierce- ly, liut only tor a little time rxiuld the terribly e.\huu8!ed man of pluck un- derstand it. His htad was droqpiug constantly. At about 7p.m., when there were only three more hours to ride. Rice left his whclc on the Twenty-sixth street side u( the track, opposite the trainers' quaru>rs; He shook bis fist at the electric light. ' Sloii throwing stones at me," be said fiercely. Then h« sat down on the rail. A s*!ure of trainers rushed to his side. â-  Come, Joe, get up and ride," they said. ' I won't," he replied. "How can I ride when they are all throwing stones at nie. Look .wihere they struck nie, on the bead. 1 can puit my fist In the hole." CAlUtlKD TO HIS WHEEL. He could not walk, i'hey carried him to bis wheel. He started uncertai^^ ^ Again came that suul-moving cry'*' " Hici'," " Kioe," " Rice," " llice, howle in concert as be moved. Men and \vi men screamed and howled with tear/' in their eyes. It woke up Hice. With wavering, trembling hand, he took off his little brown cap and then the crowd seemed tu go quite ciazy. Hale, too, lost his head completely and wanted to leave his wheel. " You promised mu a pneumatic saddle aa big us a pillow," he said. " and 1 can't ride until 1 gel it." Plummer, tjic manager, had to (iro- mise Hale 92,500 to gu on, and the irishman setiined to think he would get It, which shows the sad mejital con- dition he was in. Maddox rude a three-minute gtut for an hour, and tell fainting from hia wheel, while two men passed him. Kead- iui{ seemed to think be might tire the crazy Rice, but he could not. About 8.31) the race was practically ended, although some ot them remained on the track. Hale was one ot them, and between 9 and 10 o'clock he made a mile in 2.40 which .seemed iiiiijossible for a mon who hiul riddeji 1,91)0 miles in 141 hours. Pier<u)M»ts^ sliuwed remarkable .speed ujid(j(*th(V.«flail cheering, and little 'Tay- lorjtX^ J'eady for a go. But, he was a [fif^nlJly sleepy colored boy. About ten onfinutos before the race was over he a)id Rice fl61lided, and Taylor had to bci. carried .j^frolii the track. OUR HALRS NUMlBEREU The nunilier ot hairs on the human scalp varies from 'JO,000 to wy.ltOO, A single hair can supfKirt a weight of two ounces and is so elastic that it may lie. stretched one third of its entire length' and then regain it.s former sirn wi cun- ditlou. .^^ i» in»; »i !•