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GREENSBORO. GEORGIA.
A MOORISH ABDUCTION.
Haw an Amrrlrnn and an EacllnhmaD
Kearned a Girl Iran Slavery.
The following incident of Moorish life
fhoronghly illustrates the state of in
security to which the natives are subject,
■nit -which appears to be the normal
condition of their existence in Moroooo.
One day an American and an English
effioer were riding along the beach, and
when about two miles from Tangier per
ceived a group of fishermen who ap
peared to have some altercation with
a truculent looking Moor, armed with
the usual long firelock. On seeing the
horsemen approach some four or five
men, accompanied by a pretty looking
Moorish girl of about seventeen years of
sge, separated from the crowd and called
ont that the armed Moor had been try
ing to carry off the girl by force, threat
ening at the same time to kill her if she
resisted. While this explanation was
going on the man of whom the complaint
was made had taken to his heels and,
being a good runner, had gained a con
siderable distance when the two gentle
mem rode after him.
Finding himself pursued he made for
the river, which he waded across up to
bis middle. His pursuers plunged in
afterward, and on being hard prjfosed
the Moor again wailed the river. Threo
times this manoeuvre was executed, bnt
at last the two gentlemeu came up with
the fugitive, whom they capture! and
disarmed. They then gave the fellow in
charge to the fishermen, who had now
arrived on the spot, having followed tho
chase on foot and stmt him, accompanied
by tho Moorish girl, to tho fort, where
the Khalifa administers justice. The
girl, Ilachma Hobson tz by name, stated
that about two months ago she was en
ticed by two women to take a walk with
them on tho bench. When a short dis
tance from the town two armed Moors
suddenly made their appearance and
carried her off by force to the village of
El Mennar. Here the men were joined
by a third, and she was detained by
them, being continually subjected to
brutal outrages.
After about a fortnight she was taken
to the village of Imgogha, and from that
to IJeui Hassan, near Totnan, where her
captors met a party of mountaineers,
and now the girl discovered from 11 con
versation which she overheard that an
arrangement was being made to sell her
as a slave to these men. The bargain,
however, not being completed at once
she was taken to a village near Torre
Blanquillc. on the coast and not far from
Tangier. During tho temporary absence
at two of tho Moors tho captive con-
trived to dude the vigilance oi the third,
luul BecuieAhW voniard, which sne con
cealed about hex vTon, intending to
defend herself if driven o, extremity.
Blxe then Blippcd quietly ont oi 'o. Q v jp
l*ge, and, ouoo clear, ran as fast an Bin
was able in tlio direction of Tangier.
After her departure some time elapsed
before the man in whoso chargo tho girl
bad been left discovered that she liftil
made her escape; but then, having
armed himself with n loaded gun, ho
startcit in hot pursuit, overtaking his
victim on tho beach, where she had on-
Sonntcrcd sumo fishermen, who wero
rawing iu ihcir nuts, anil from whom
aho implored protection. Judging fiom
her account, sho appears to have re
ceived tho most brutal treatment while a
prisoner, ns sho was constantly required
■Argo tinongiitTiO nuffvu Moorish dances;
but. not being always able to perform
these to the satisfaction of her perso
nntors, they used, she affirms, to switch
her severely, and certainly tho condition
of the girl’s logs bear testimony to their
having undergone very harsh treatment.
Slipped an Eccentric,
Quite often, indeed, we feel ns though
this old world had slipped nn eccentric
nnd was only working one side. The
■wicked man tlourishes like n green bay
tree, while his honest neighbor gets
whip sawed every deal. The doctor pro
scribes quinine for yonr chills, and the
druggist puts you ‘up something worth
less nnd cheap for $2 nn ounce. There
arc fifty-three authors of ‘‘beautiful
Snow,” and not one for the “Bread Win
ners.” In Fhila lelpliia one manufac
tory makes nothing but century old
"grandfather’s decks,” and furnishes
pedigrees for the sumo to the purchaser,
until to own a tall, antique clock is
proof positive that your family began
only with your father. In Chicago they
make violins that look 100 years older
than the most genuine Btradivarius four
weeks after they arc made, so that now
an ancient, honest-looking, decrepit
violin is prirna facie evidence of glaring
and outrageous fraud. There is milk in
the water of eomtncroe and sugar in the
Baud the grocer sells. We have rigors
where we used to hove chills. “Old
Subscriber” is usually n man who bor
rows the paper from a neighbor or reads
the copy pasted up on the bulletin
board; “Constant Header" never reads
anything in all his life save the pictures
on a circus poster, and “Taxpayer” is the
aignature of a tramp. A struggling
genius writes a poem with a soul of tire
that lives forever and a day and dies in
tears and loneliness and poverty in ahull
bed-room fifth floor buck. The Queen
writes a book that no living man outside
the Guelph family and the proof reader
could be hired to read, and has pie three
times a day, owns four dogs and has
India shawls to give to the flood sufferers.
UriiLIETTE.
iVliflt Ruined Him.
One remarked that be bad been rained
in Wall street, another was busted in
oil, a third was cleaned out on wheat,
land so it went around to the old man]
wvlio slowly observed:
“Gentlemen, the Qnarfermaster-Gen
caral of the army in 18(13 busted me.”
“How ?” asked half a dozen voices.
■“Well, I wanted to introduce cheese
as a ration, and I brought such intlu
enees to hear that the Quartermaster
finally agreed to make a contract with
me. I went to buying cbeese, of course,
and I didn’t stop until I lmd invested
every dcllar I could muse, and bought to
the limit of my credit. It was all nice,
new cheese. ”
“Well?'
“Well, he wouldn’t take a pound of
it.”
“Why ?"
“Because he wanted old cheese, you
won see; lie win ted something which
could be driven right along with the
army, and thus a.ye the cost of trans
portation !"
’“lp yon would freeze,” said George,
(Snuggling up a little closer, ‘‘you would
make delicious ice cream.” ‘‘lf yon
were to freeze,” responded Amelia, with
severity, after catching a whiff of liis
l>reatb, “you would make a rum punch.”
CURKENT COMMENTS.
At Coiur d'Alene, says a traveler who re
cently arrived at Denver, everything is very
dear. It coats twenty-five cents to get a paper
by mail, and fifty cents for a letter. Nothing
is considered less than a quarter. Shaving is
a quarter,hair cutting fifty cents, and any kind
of a meal costs sl, and eggs fiftv cents extra.
You can't get a place to sleep for less than il,
even though yon bunk on the floor.
Mcskioon, Mich., justly claims pre-emi
nence as the greatest lumber producing city in
the world. The total product of Muskegon
during 1883 was 680,079,254 feet, exceeding the
product of the Saginaw valley by several hun
dred millions. She produced daring the same
period 189,854,150 laths, and cat 310,491 shin
gles. One-fourth of the vessel traffic of Lake
Michigan is transacted at Muskegon, and over
3,000 vessels were cleared from the port last
year.
After all, Mr. Matthew Arnold is a very sen
sibleman. His criticisms of America were not
all against us. He declares that our ladies are
charming. The young ladies he found very
engaging. While many of the gentlemen have
the tone of feeling and speech of English gen
tlemen, he considers our lsdies better informed
and more attractive in conversation than their
English sisters. Mr. Arnold says that America
holds the future. Refinement will come after
this commercial century, and with enormous
wealth, culture and leisure, a grand and bene
fleient civilization will be sure to come.
Toe mania for investing in cattle ranches
still ragea among our English and Soatch cous
ins, tml as heretofore, it is peculiarly affected
by tho notabilities. The latest Joint stock en
terprise of this naturo presents a string of
titled names; tho capital stock is fixed ats3,-
750,000; and the vendors or promoters agree
not to receive any dividends on their shares in
the first threo years, unless the common Btock
csrns 8 per cent. Enterprises of this class have
practically superceded our railroads and, in
deed. all other American devices to secure the
aid of English capital in developing the hal
cyon Weßt.
Oun sister republic of Mexico is running too
rapid a schedule. Hhe has embarked in an
ambitious scheme for establishing lines of
steamers to European ports on the subsidy
plan, anil concessions have been made to an
other company witli a view to establishing a
Pacific service. At a time when the Mexican
treasury is empty, and the government is mov
ing heaven and earth to borrow a few millions
abroad to enable it to keep out of bankruptcy
and meet its subventions to tho new lines of
railway, it is folly to recklessly pledge its credit
for tho promotion of visionary speculative
projects. Without moro economy our neigh
bor will be compellod to inako an assignment,
and in that event Undo Sam will bo the as
signee. 0
Da. Paul, Von Sedoewitz, in a recent articlo,
takes the position that the mind, liko tho mus
cles and other physical organs, is strengthened
by exercise, and that there is no culture within
tho reach of tho human intellect sufficiently
extreme to overthrow the reason. That there
ro physical anil mental degenerations he ail
nuts, j le j g no t w iUj n g to attribute them to
tho excess oi i, —, al cu pt, ure _ o n the contrary
he believes they are rs by physical sgen
cies, such as alcohol, the Yarn,,.. form , of
cotic drugs, and psseibly tobacco, ti„ , nil cof
fee. These things arc now within the reach ...
all classes, and they aro moro extensively used
than over before. This fact would seem to
hear out tho doctor’s view that tho incroaso in
mental diseases is due to physical rather than
to purely Intellectual causes.
V _
Ir wo denude our hills and slopes of the for
ests wnicli torm tneir mtturai protection, in
loss than fifty years wo may expect to sec half
of tho south Atlantic states reduced to a sterilo
area. Tho rain will wash the soil from the
hilltops first, anil then from tho slopes. The
naked rocks now covered with loam anil clay
will lie laid bare, and will rcfloct the lays of
the sun and incroaso tho summer heat; storms
will blow unobstructed over the country, and
every change of tho wind will c.auso an abrupt
change in tho temperature. Tho rainfall will
bo diminished and bocomo irregular. Periodi
cal freshets will carry away tho best part of the
soil, even from the valleys. These unavoidable
results of tho further devastation of timber
aro pointed out by all writers of forestry, and
history is full of warning examples
We may say what wo please about a literary
stylo, but it must bo admitted that women are
far ahead when it comes to letter writing. 'llie
letters of such famous women as Mme. ile Be
vigne, Mme. Itcooinier, Mme. Koland, Lady
Mary Wortley Montague, Miss Itussell and oth
ers are unrivaled and unapproached by any
existing efforts of malo pens. Women of or
dinary intellectual capacity writo charming
letters, witty, jaunty, dashed with the individ
ualism of tlio writer, and characterized by the
vivacity, piquancy, tact, graoo and personalty
common to tlio gentler sex. Fortunately logio
has no place in letter writing, and a woman
may boas fresh, natural and gossipy as she
pleases. Of late years it lias been remarked
that the women who sueoed in journalism aro
generally correspondents. The letter willal
waps ho an important foaturo in 1 teratnro and
in journalism. It is conversation on paper,
and allows full play for egotism and arrogance.
There aro no rules of composition to hamper
one. There is simply an expression of facts
and opinions in the most natural way,
The horrible performances of the fanatical
aect known as the IVnileuts, when they cele
brated Holy Week in New Mexico, baffles de
scription. That such cruel self-tortures should
be pcinjitted in a civilized country seems
incredible. On Easter Sunday the Penitents
initiated a nsophyte, a boy eighteen years old.
The Iniy was lirst rammed into a pair of tin
pantaloons. A sharp punch waa then used to
perforate the tin like a grater, driving the,
tin into the flesh at each blow. After this tire
victim was stripped to the wais*, dressed in a
nair of cotton drawers and marched through
the streets. He was flogged all the way by a
stalwart Penitent until the blood ran down his
back. But this is nothing. A short time ago
the Penitents of Bio Arriba county tied one of
their number with his own consent to a block
of iron and threw him into tho river where ho
was drowned amid shouts of frenzied delight
from his friends and relatives. In Taos county
in ISSO a Penitent was crucified because he
begged to die in that way. The religious
frenzy of these people is simply insanity. The
Catholics of New Mexico are endeavoring to j
stamp out the Penitents, but they are not
meeting with tnneh success. It is supposed the
sect originated in Spain, and was driven out
at the time of the revolution.
At Cabanca, Sicily, tho most colossal crim
inal trial of modern times is now in progress.
Three hundred prisoners aro on trial charged
with being members of the Maffia secret society, 1
an order supposed to combine brigandage with !
anarchism. About 1.500 witnesses have been i
summoned for the prosecution. The defend- •
ants, many of them, are wealthy and influen- !
tial, and they have engaged 112 lawyers to de- ;
Ind them. The government finds that it has
no public buildings suflioiently large for the j
trial, and the Benedictine has been I
selected as the temporary courthouse j
A iracticxl joker may not be a crank, but
he is fully as dangerous and just as much of a
nuisance. He is always shooting people with
unloaded pistols, and frightening women into
fits by playing ghost, and in short the. e is no
end to his idiotic freaks. Some idea of the
extent of the practical joke business may be
formed when it is stated that s New York cigar
house keeps several hands constantly busy
making innocent looking cigars with their inte
riors charged with gunpowder, so arranged as
to cause an explosion after the smoker has en
joyed two or three puffs. These cigars are
ordered from Maine to Texas, from South Car
olina to California. O'Donovan Itossa's boast
that he had sent to England a lot of explosive
cigars to blow up Gladstone and his cabinet
may not be n idle one. There is no telling
what damage might result from a box of cigars
all charged with dynamite.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate.
In the Senate Mr. Jonas, of I-ousiana, intro
duced a bill to appropriate $1 / 00,000 in aid of
the world's fair at New Orleans. A similar
bill was introduced in the Home Mr.
Logan, from the judi- iary committee, re
ported favorably on the bill to amen l the Con
s’itutioa so as to i mpower the President to
veto one or more it ms of an appropriation
Li 1 while approving the remainder of the bill.
The bill to provide a uniform system of
bankruptcy was amended and pass id.
The bill was passed providing for the gov
ernment and control of the nainte Marie
Kalis canal, which was given to the United
States by the State of Michigan, and also the
bill protecting Indian reservations from the
unlawful cutting of timber The House bill
providing for the establishment of a bureau
of animal industry and the extirpation-af
pleuropneumonia among Cattle was substir
luted for the Senate bill. Mr. Coko severely
criticised the department of agriculture for
spreading false reports of the nature of the
disease among American cattle.
' A bill was reported favorably for the ad
mission of Tacoma as a Htatp of tho Uni m;
also the bill authorizing bridges aero is the
K ill von Ku 11.... A bill was passe 1 providing
for tho disposal of abandoned m litary reser
vations The bill was passed amending tho
revised statutes relating to trespassers on In
dian lan Is. It ail Is imprisonment to the fine
already provided for The Henat: continued
the debate on t ie bill to provide for a bureau
of annual industry and to suppress i attle and s
easis.
House.
" xhree messages were received from the
President. The first recommended the ap
propriation of $625,5:46 to settle the awards
made by the French and American Claims
commission. The second recommended the
appropriation of $25,000 to pay tho expenses
while in this country of tile embassy from
Siam which is soon to arrive here. Tho thii-d
recommended the appropriate >n of $10,005 to
pay the expens sor the approahing Inter
national conference at Washington to fix a
meridian proper to bo employed as a common
zero of longitude throughout the globe.
The ' messages wero referred... .The
bill to establish a bureau of
labor statistics was amended anil passed.
It provides for the establishment of u bureau
of labor statistics in charge of a commis
sioner at a salary of $3,509, who shall acquire
all useful information upon tho subject of
labor, its relation to capital, and the means
of promoting the raater.al, social, intellectual
and moral prosperity of laboring men and
women. He is authorized to employ such
employes as ho may deem ne ossary tor the
working of the bureau, provided that tho
total expense shall not exceed $35,C00 per
annum.
Mr. Mutchler moved to pass a bill repealing
the sections of the revised statutes restrict ing
tho terms of certain Presidential appointees
to four years. Thi appointees referred toare
district attorneys, territorial judges, survey
crs-gencrnl. registers mid receivers, collectors
and surveyor.! of customs, and presidential
postmasters. The motion, after considerable
debate, was lost A bill was passed creat
ing a bureau of navigation in the treasury
department A bill was pa sol providing
•ha', all persons who have served three
months t,r more in tho military or
naval service of the United States
in any war, and wh,,, by reason of injuries
or disease originating in that service, aro un-
in whole or in part, to cum a living by
Manual labor, shall f, • enUUcdlo u pension.
brandy 'lstilled from f#w * ftrantinz a pen*
sion to the witldv or (Ta.mmmdar Uel.ong
to tax the manufacture and pale of oleomar
garine; to promote education by carrying all
new.sjmip©i*s free of po>tfcgQ.
Tho naval appropriation bill and the j>ost
oftiee appropriation bill, with Senate amend
ments, were reported bark from tho commit
tee on appropriation*; non-concurrence wna
moved in ea h ease and objected to, and
both bills were referred to the committee of
the wh01e.... Tho Kansas < oitestod elo lion
ease of Wood apainst Peters was decided in
favor of Peters, th sitting member.
Four reports were submitted on the pro
po ©1 woman’s suffrage coustit utional alien i
ment, the majority report b ‘in ' a Ive se...
The Ho. so concurred m the Senate ordnance
amendments t >th * naval appropriation bill
and reft sd to con ur mother Senate amend
ments The Senate aim Mid meats to the
postoffice appropriation bill wore non-con
curred in
fIMMINENT PEOPLE.
Miss Pauloa is giving lectures on cooking
in Detroit.
Mrs Sahtoris (Nellie Grant) will spud
the summer at Newport.
Dev. T. DeWitt Talmaob lias been pastor
of the llrooklyn Tabernacle ten years.
John Briuiit says that, next to Milton, his
favorite reading is the poetry of Whittier.
Francis Mußi-ny, the tenvoerance worker,
is about to attack tin. strongholds of Midi’
igan.
Mrs. Di'buys, of Pass Christian, daughter
of General G. T. Sherman, is the owner of
ono of the loveliest rose gardens in Missis
sippi. She has 1150 varieties of roses in it.
President Arthur has a cracker and .
cup of coffee for breakfast between nine and
ten, and after that he eats scarcely anything
until dinner at eight. The dinner is always
gool.
Mrs. Senator Sherman is very quiet in
manner and has not any gray hair, being
much younger thin her husband. She is
fond of French literature, nnd in religion she
is an Episcopalian.
Chief Justice Waite, of the United
States supremo court, is a short man. and he
wears a dignified broad brim lied hat. The
face is a very strong one. ’! he chief justi e
turns his toes oat in a dainty way nnd
touches tlio ground with the whole fiat of tho
sole.
Henry Ward Beecher had a lecture en
gagement at Evanston recently, and missed
the train troni C hicago. Ihe Chicago an 1
Northw. B‘ern railway official! sent him to
Evanston oil a speci’l engine. Ho was on
hand at 111' lecture hour, but suffered a mor
tis yin; di-appointment by finding a small
au-i enco— '* the smallest ho has ever had,”
said his agent.
Cari.os Auukro, the Cuban revolutionary
leader, is a man below tho medium height
and weighs only about. 115 pounds. Ho has
black curling hair, and a small mustache
which turns up at the ends. His smiles are
grim and there is a look of fierceness about
his lace, but ordinarily he is the most harm
less person imaginable in appearance. Ag
uero belongs to a wealthy family in Puerto
Principe, lie is not yet thirty, and has been
in arms against Spanish authority in Cuba
almost continuously sineo ho Was fourteen.
It is narrated of Bismarck that ho has ac
quired French to a degree that even the high
er circles of so iet-y at Geneva or St. Peters
burg would hardly find fault with. Besides
this, he knows sufficient English to come up
to rather hi jli expo -tuitions, and understands
enough Italian to have no difficulties with
the newspapers of that country. With Polish
he is likewise acquainted, and Russian became
sufficiently familiar during his three and
a half veins' stay on the Neva to enable him
to converse in that language.
The emcre sof Austria, while recently at
a Wiesbaden hotel, spent her days in athletic
training. Si lie seldom attended the ton certs,
theatres, and the other amusements of the
fashionable watering-place, but a day rarely
passed vvh -n she did not ride to some of the
surround ng chateaux or villages, accom
panied by her groom. Not content with
these lon- rides, the empress devoted several
hours daily to feia ing and gymnastic exer
cise s, in which she is said to show more skill
and endurance than many a practised fencer
or gymnast
It is said that John h. Sullivan is very
fond of going to pound parties.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tasters and Kiddle States
Fifteen out o’ the sixteen district dele
gates to the Republican national convenf.ou
elected in New York are for Arthur.
Ah ocean steamship—the Oregon—has just
made the voyage from Queenstown to New
York in six days, ten hours, ton minutes, the
fastest time cn record.
A LACBtfiaetory, the only one of its kind in
the United t-ltates, i about to be started at
tVilkesbarrc Penn.
T WHnf*i annual exhibition of the Wo
menV— Association of the United
Btotes wo o-ieneJ in Horticultural hall,
PMladshk'i'i. Ihe display is a great improve
ment upPf. the association's first exhibition.
A PAR&Y consisting of Jacob Kte'er and
his young son, George Hilliker and wife end
NathanleSWright, were drowned while fish
ing for slid from a rowboat in the Hudson
near Verjplank Point, N. Y.
THEfctf vs a deiermi ed str cggle between
the ArtUu and the Blaine factions at the
New York Bepullican State conven ion,
held In l,tica. Finally, by a coalition le
twe.n Ar .b r and the id mn is n:e i,
four delegates at large favo able to r.iimundl
were elLrel io the la'ioral convention by
vote* rar> -,ng from 25t0 472. Senator Mit
kr rit—ivid 343 vo es five less than a
if the convention. Judges Andrews
(Re* an) and Rapallo (Democrat', were
rein . ted for judges of the court of ap
peals* . A limit a division. Presidential elec
tors weiy chosen, and anew State committee
was apptnted. The latter is divided between
the BfctKe and Arthur men. The platform
approvdf the administration of i're-i lent
Arthur, id “ccutes pirotection, oppos s fui ther
silver o? cage, and favors Federal aid for ed-
Uca iofp purposes.
JirJtrj eksev G-eenba- ken. at !heir fttrta
,-</ nin Trenton, elec.ed four de egates
"to * and sti i t delegate; to
V Greeiib cx convention. I.eld
ir , rfifc Mae-‘-8. All the delegates
t- .i <rl Put er for President
S VOTED delegates to the national
were chosen by the Connecticut
k State con en ion at Har ford,
were aiopted praisrig I resi
r/and de daring that if oc asinn
a the delegation would meet the
tmon mous sen irnent of the Republican liar y
oi toe vSste by pr suiting the name of teas
tor Rainey as tandidate for President.
John H. Df.ane, a New York lawyer, and
the largest b ilde ■ of house! in the c ty, h.g
failed lor $.1X1,000. l.e hr.s erected over
1,01.0 buildings in the up, er part of the city,
and 2,000 men hive been employed at one
time on his structures. His a-s-ets aia
thought to be largely in excess of bis liabiii
tiis Mr. Deane is pom mat y ident led
with the Baptist church, and has presetted to
institutions connected w.th that denomination
over $500,020.
The ■£? fish sloop-of-war Alert, presented
to the Tin ted B tat es by tile Briti h govern
ment, lias arrived at th i I rooklyn navy
y id. H: eis the stron est vessel ever built
for the Englidi na y.aml in 187.5 w. nt lurther
into the Arctic r gious than any other I
had ever been. The Alirt will a cem any
the other vessels - the Thet , anil the Bear—
as a supply ship in the search for Lieutenant
Greely’s Ar. ti • expw ilition.
Maine Gre nla kera a- emM and In ktate
convention at L wi ton nominate! a fill
ti 9ct heiiled by Dr. H. B. Eaton, for gov
ernor Hoe fo r del'gate at argo to the
lust cnato o i enti n in Indian q oli , adopted
are o i tion la. oring the nonii n tion o ’ < ien
eral Butter for ! re Til nt, undreaffirn ed the <
p atfonn of tho Chi ago conv litioa of ISFU,
One orth ) largo Fall River (Ma s ) citton
mills—Bagaiuor.i Mill No I—l as boon
l urnel wths ground The fire is sup. osei
to ha e been of ineen Vary origin. Ka a noro
mill wai a bri k structure 550 ieei long,
eight. - feet wile, anil was live stories high.
It had 34,’(g10 spindle! and 159 loonfa. Thera
ware abouTtKlo l ales of cotton and a large
amount o? finished cloth in tho basement.
The mill and n a hinery were value 1 at
$-09,(10'.
Governor Cleveland has-ign and the 1 ill
pass il by the New York legislature [ rohibit
ir.g the manufacture of oleomargarine.
Couth and West
Governor Ordwav, of Dakota, lias been
indicted by the United .States grand jury at
Yinkton "n a charge of corruption in county
* u 1 iivu!down, sixty
thriifi fell ilend of heart disease
*Jss£:** ,re • tc Yj" u
Abi'iCT ,‘!00 feet of snow-shed on the Central
Pacific railroad near Truckee, CaL, fell slid
deniy. covering a working train and a nnm
txsr of ( him s • laboiv rs. Si v ( hiua non were
killed And five mep’s li rj.
Big oi wel!s have been d:s ovt‘re 1 near Ma
rietta, Ohio, an l tpaculators are flo king to
that sect o i in droves an l buying or leas
nig the laid for miles around.
Heavy rains caused a piu tiul inundation of
Arkansas city, Ark.
Salinevillf, Ohio, is slowly sinking into
the earth. The town stands on an immense
hill, which is undermined by several largo
coni mines. A lew days since people were
st art Uni by observing their houses and yards
sinking into tho ground, and hastily sought
cafe r quarter*.
The l odies of the io*i victims of the Poca
h *ntß (V'a.) mine disaster h:i\eall been re
co\eredL
H. B. Hulbert. recently deceas ed, leaves by
will over $1,000,0 Jt i theeitvof Cleveland,
Ohio, for the pi.rpo e of building an art gal
lon. and S.OJ.OOj to tho C.evclan 1 City hos
pital,
.and hE Mississippi Rej übl can State conven
tion at Jackson elected del© .' ates-at-large who
favor Arthur.
The Mississippi Republicans, at their State
convention in Jackson, elected unpledged
delegates to the Chicago convention.
During a fit of insanity William Austin, of
Allen county, Ky., threw two of his little
children into the fire and stood by while they
burned to death. His wife seized their third
child from its cradle and fied to the woods.
The election in Louisiana has resulted in a
victory for the Democratic t icict. In a led by
McEnery for governor, by about 20.1W0 ma
jority.
Senator Mahone was at the Inal of af
fairs in th; Virginia Coalition convention,
held at Richmond. The platform adopted
de dared emphatically for Arthur and pro
tection, and announced that the name of the
party hereafter would be tin Republican
party, and that it would act in the luiure
with the Republican party in national poli
tics.
At the lowa Democratic State convention
in T n lington the f< ur delegates at large
rh- suv for the national ccnvention were un
instrueu'd, bat are understood t > be tor Til
den. The platform adopts 1c p, ses prohi
bits. n. ■
A fire in Cincinnati destroyed all but a
small p irticn of the Ameri an Oak I e thcr
tancery buildings, the largest est bli hment
of its kind in the world. There were 45 00J
hide; in .he factory. Four hundred per ons
arc thrown out of cmpl yment and the pe
cuniary fu is about- $403,U00.
The Dakota Republican Territorial con
vent ion de te.i Elaine delegates to l hicago,
and adopted a reset ition in-tr. cting them to
vote for Blaine an:i Lincoln as long as there
was a p. s ib litv of their nomination.
At the Michigan Hcpibiican convention,
he elm brand Eapids, debates fov all the
and strict* in the Stati w. r • e’e t -d for .he Chi
cago c-onven ion. All 1 utfour of thstwenty
eight delegates are for Blain >.
The Ohio Republican convention at Cleve
land nominated a State t eket, four delegates
at large to the Chicago convention, and
presidential electors. The deleg;, t -s at large
are divided between Sherman and Blank
tr! : ' rnat “ s < ? hose ? ,' vere all c olored men.
T he ph t mm aaouted is outspoken for protec -
bon J. s Robmscm lor secretary of slate
heads the btate ticket nominat.d.
J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, who was re
cently nominated and eoirrmed as solicit r
of the tr. asury, has written to the President
forma-.ly declining the office.
Foreign.
Qi kex yicroßtA is again a grandmother
her daughter-in-law. t! e Duchess of Edin
bm-gh. having been delivered of a daught r
A steamer containing 450 refugees from
ohendy, bound for Berber. Egypt, ran
aground on a sandbank and was soon sur
rounded by swr.rms of rebels, who massacred
everybody on beard.
Advices state that Kassaia, Egypt, is sur
rounded by 0,030 rebels, who fire into the
town nightly. Osman Digna. with 2.003 of
the False Prophet’s followers, is rep6:t?d to
be again threatening Suakim. an t if he at
tacks that town numerous neutrals will join
him against the hated Egyptians.
Men. women and children to the number
of 2.C00 were ma-saerod bv El Mahdi's Arabs
when they captured the town ofShendy.
Interviews ere pub s id with leaders of
tie Irish fa tion- in 1 ari c Patri -k Casey
advo at * the dynamite war, James Stevens
proposes an arm ii revo ntion, Join O’Leary
favors open re: el on agoi st F.n land, and
Father x.o a o the Catholi -Co lege of St.
Sulpi: e. 'on !e mis to.- us :• of lor ea id thinks
that tom • r..le wiil be tho panacea for Ire
land’s grievanc s.
While a perfcnnanci was going on at the
Sidali cir us in Bucharest, the roof of the
structure fell in u rn the spectators. The
lights were extinguished by the crash, and
a terrible panic ensued, which was increased
by an outbreak of fire. Five dead bod es
and ICO wounded were carrie i from the spot,
and many people were reported missing.
Hc iiO Sc henk and Karl Schlossarek. who
murdered twenty Fervant girls, were hanged
in Vienna. Robbery was the incentive to the
murders, the victims being in every casi in
due od by Schenk, under promise of marriage,
to accompany him with their savings to some
lonely spiot, where they were quietly put out
of the way.
Widespread constellation, several fatali
ties, and great damage to property have to
fu 1 ed from a savers earth inake shock in tho
eastern counties of England. In ado e l
towns people rushed from their houses in ter
ror as buildings, steeples, towers and chim
neys were sent i rushing to the ground: the
earth tremb e l perceptibly for mhes around,
and in one town—Coiehestor—several stree s
were rendered dangerous to traffic, so l adly
bad the buildings been shattered. The
shock w as distinctly felt in London.
Washington.
THe Hons- committee on reform decided to
report adversely the bills for the repeal of the
civil service laws and to reduce the salaries
of the President, cabinet officials, judges of
the supreme court and Congressmen.
Representative Rosecr ans has i re pared
an amendm nt to the {tension appropriation
bill, providing that paymasters of the army
shall be detailed to ac t as pension agents.
Genkkat, Hazes, chief signal officer, has
decided to establish a signal station in Ala-ka
at the head of Bristol bay. This will enable
observations to be made of the great tidal
waves that roll in upon the coast at that
place, as well as of the currents and the ordi
nary meteorological conditions.
By a resolution of the Senate tho commis
sioner of apri-y.lt ire and the lecretar.' of the
Smithsonian institute have been admitted to
the floor of that body.
By resolution of the Senate the United
State! has formally re ogni-ed the African
International asiociation. which by this act
become! to this con ry one of the estab
li-hed governments of the world. This ass
ciation i- engaeeil in opening up to commer e
the valley o: the Congo in Africa, and the
pref ident is the king of Belgium, while the
chief exe -utive ofilrer is Stanley, tho ex-
Slorer. It has already acquired mu htea i
ary and established many stations in Afri a.
The secretory of state, in a communication
to the Fenate on the production and consump
tion of wheat anil other cereals, says that the
United States should be drawn upon during
the pre-ent year for 17/,000,(KK) bushels of
wheat against 1!'8.G00,000 bushels from all
other wheat-growin; countries, and that it
appears tliat the I nited States, instead of
being controlled by, should be able to control
foreign markets.
The wi rk of laying stone on the IVashing
t n monument has been remmed and will te
pushed to a completion curing the coming
sea on.
President Arthur has appointed P,ol>ert
D. Graham, of Ninth Carol’na, sexretary of
the civil eni-e commission, vice William S.
Roulhac nsigne ’.
A PATHETIC JOURNAL
l.ast Word* of Dr. Ausbler, of tho
Jennnclte Expedition.
The joui"a] of Dr. Ambler, surgeon of the
Jeannette ex{ edition, was introduced in evi
don; e doling Lieutenant Danenhowor's ex
uminat on before the House committee of in
quiry at Washington. The doctor s journal
was found on his body when the lro/ei,
corpses of Command! r De Long and his com
anion.? were recovered bv the search expedi
t ion. The lact eutrie siu the diary are as
follows:
Sunday, ! ! th October, 1881.—Yesterday
without food, except the alcohol. The caie
tain spioko of giving the m m option to-day
of making their way as be!t they could: that
he cool 1 not keep op. This orimd in the
mnming, when he hail marie two mllPßrihat
ive had to retrace. I told him if he gave u >
1 took command, and that no one ixlould
leave him i<*n%ao t wai anve. fthea sug
geifed that we Fend two men ahead to try
and make the settlement, and that we make
tho best of our way with the rest of ov.j
party. This was and ne. Ninderman and
Noros are ahea i. God give them aid and
we are getting along. The c aptain gave me
the option of going alien! mvself, bit 1
thought my duty require 1 me to fie with hitn
and the main billy lor the {resent. Lee is
about broken tl wi. Alex o has shot three
grouse by Go Is aid and we wiil have some
th nz t ) eat.
Wednesday, Octob r 12, 18-I.—We have
b.N'ii without food sine j Sunday exe ptone
oun c of al oho’, on - dram of give, rinj ves
t rday and to day. V r e h ive mad ;no j re
gress sine; Monday up to 3 oYlo.-k. W ind
fi lid snow ng; inst ut. We ha ,-e been lying in
hollow in tin liver bank.
October is, PCI. —Alex e did last night of
exhaustion from hanger and exposure.
Thursday, Octob rJO, 1881.
o Edward Ambler. Esq., Markham I’ostof
fica. Fauquier Countv, Vn.
My Dear Brother:‘l wrote those few
finis, in the faint hope that by Gods merci
ful pro Uer.c; they may reach voa all al
home 1 have myself no.v very litt e ho.oeol
surviving. We litre ben without food :or
nearly two weeks, with the exception of four
prariiieg.iiis among eleven o* us; wo re grow
ing weaker, and tor more than a we>k have
had no food. We can barely manage to gel
wood enough now 1 1 ke : p warm, and In a day
or two tint will be passed. I write to yo.l
all—my mother, sist r. brother Cary and his
wife and family— to assure you of the deej
love 1 now and have al w ays bonis you. li
it had bean Goa's will for me to have seei
you all again, 1 had hoped to once more.
My mother knows how m - heart lias beer
bound to bars since my larliest years. Goa
bless her on earth and prolong her life ir
peace and comfort. May His blessing resi
upon you all. As for my sol f, I am resigned
and bow my head in submission to the Di vin
will. My love to my lister and Brother Cary
God's blessing on them and you. To all my
friends and relations a iong farewell. Let
the Howards know I thought of them to the
last, and let Mrs. Beg ram also know that she
and her nieces were continually in mj
thought. God in His infinite mercy grnrf
that these lines may reach you. I write thei
in full faith and confidence in the help of oui
Lord Jesus Christ. Your loving brother.
J. M. AMBLER.
A Parisian Story,
A celebrity of a certain s*rt in Brussels
known as La Manchotte, from her having
but one hand, was lately found with her
dog dead, from charcoal fumes in her
room, an incident which was the talk of
the town for twenty-four hours, A ro
mantic story was previously circulated
aa to the loss of her hand, to the effect
that she passionately loved a young offi
cer who, taking her beautiful hand in
his, caressed and admired it, saying he
wished he had such a hand. ‘‘lt is
yours,” she is alleged to have said, “as
indeed, is everything I have,” and the
next morning the hand was sent to him.
A. Brussels paper, however, savs that in
the interest, of truth it feels bound to sav
that La Manchotte lost her hand by
poisoning her fiDger with verdigris while/
clearing a copper saucepan when she was
i ki .chen maid.
Civil Rights in Connecticut.
The Connecticut House of Represent
atives, after an explanation that it was
substantially a copy of a United States
law, passed the following Civil Rights
bill offered by a Democratic member;
Every person who subjects or causes
to be subjected any person to depriva
tion of any rights, privileges or immuni
ties secured or protected by the constitu
tion or laws of this State, or of the United
States on account of such person being
an alien or by reason of his color or race
shall be punished by a fine of not more
than SI,OOO, or imprisonment for not
more than one year, or both.
HDIAI MONSTERS.
Ycuqf Women Lured to their Deatni
by Offers of Marriage,
1 Hugo Schenk, the monster in Daman form
who murdered t menty Fervant girls in Austrian
and his accomplice, Schlossarek, have been
hanged in Vienna, Austria.
Schenk, bis brother Carl and Schlossarek
for a long time pursued the calling of murder
as a regular trade and for the past three years
lived luxuriously oa the profits of blood. The
Schenks, Silesians by birth, are the sons of a
judge, who caused them to be well educated-
How they first took to the occupation of mur*
der is not known, but the Vienna authorities
have discovered that they associated them
selves with Schlossarek, a confirmed crimi
nal, and with several other bad char
nc.e:s. It is not uncommon in Vienna
for servants who have saved money to ad
vertise for husbands in t e local papers, and
Hugo Schenk—a married man, living apart
from his wife—used to answer such adver
tisements, sometimes under pretence of being
an engineer in receipt of a good salary and
occasionally as a wealthy aristocrat with con
t -mpt for class prejudic -e. He would meet
the girls by appoin ment, and, after paying
court to them for a few days or weeks, induce
the silly, trusting creatures to draw their
money out of tlie hank, and, so provided. ac
com; any him on a journey to get married.
Hugo Schenk would get oat at s omc roman
tic spot, where he had arranged that his ac
compli es should beinreadincss.and together
they would st. angle or shoot the girl, secure
her property, conceal her body and retarn
qi lckly to town, as if nothing had happened,
to plan fresh mur Jets and to carry out their
regu'ar business of killing. *
A man somewhat of Hugo’s 3tamn wa? ob
served at one time, from a passing railway
train, struggling with a woman, not far from
Lundenburg, on the Northern rail way of Aus
tria. The passengers were sure th ;y saw the
man in the act of raising his arm to stab the
woman with a dagger which he held in his
hand, but when the police arrived at the spot
indicated, both were gone, leaving not a tra a
behind. Schenk afterward admitted that he
did murder a woman in that neighborhood.
There is little doubt that he kille 1 a great
many women beside those whose disappear
ance has been reported to the police. Two
are accounted for in May, done to death after
four weeks’ courtship; and at the time the
house of Schenk had no fewer than fifty oth
ers on their books, with all of whom Hugo
correspondo 1 in lovelike terms, while the in
timacy which was to lead to their graves, ri
pened. Had these Austr an thugs continued
to conduct their frightful and abominable
trad; with ordinary prudence they migh‘ bi
still at large: but ona of th in, having killed
a servoc! girl, had the audacity to take her
bank book to the post office, with the obj ct
of drawing the deposit standing to her credit.
The woman had bean mls ed. Suspicion was
n iturally aroused at tho posto fice, and the
three principal members of the firm were con
sequently arrested. The Schenk broth rs anil
Be dos arek were placed on trial on the 12th
of last month an 1 convic'.ed nud sent ’need to
d-ath. Th > sent n e of Carl Schenk, whe
feemi to have been but a tool in the bands of
the two arch fiends, will probably lie com
muted to ini; risonm -nt for life. On the trial,
th) three murderers pi aled ‘ extcuuatng
circumitanoes.”
The method of executing murderer? in
Austria is somewhat pee :liar. Sixty persons
are allowed to witness the execution, which
tikes place in a .‘■mall courtyard in-ide the
prison. A post about eight feet high is
erected in the cen‘ er of the yard. At the top
of the post is a tm ill ho ik and at the bottom
a pulley. The condemned man is brought
out at 7 o’clock in the morning precisely
and pla' e 1 with his back against one of the
posts. He is not fil’ndfolled. In front of (
him the troops an 1 spect it irsform an irregu
lar semi circle, while in the center stand the
judgei of the last court of appeal, in ordiuary
morning dress. Alter sot. o little time is oc
cupied by the readrig of the sentence, a sig
nal is given by the public prosecutor for the
exetuTon to proceed. Two steps are placed
at the foot of a posy which the condemned is
bidden to mount, his hands being then pin
ioned to his left thigh. The chief executioner
then mo ants a ladder, and. taking out of his
pocket a ropo with a loop at .both ends, passes
it mound the culprit's neck’, and, securing a
knot, under the left ear, tightens it. Mean
while one of hta assistants ties his feet toge'h r
with another roe, uni. pss ing it through
(he {lll ey, keeps the O’fier end in his hand.
The chief executioner then gives the signal,
and. wi:h the aid of another as istant. the
condemned is lifie 1 by the rope atta lied to
his neck about six inches and hanged on the
hook at *he top of the post. The attendant
holding tho rope attached to his legs simul
tan ors'y puds with force, while his chief
p aces his hands on the i rim’ilal’s mouth and
eves. Schenk and Schle ssarek met their doom
in this manner.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC
John T. Raymond will act all summer.
Manitoba is his July objective j.o nt
Rosa France has been engaged by Law
rence Bariett as soubrette lor next season.
Scalchi sang fifty times this season for
Abbey, oftener than any other song-bird of
his company.
Barrymore’s play, Naijczcfa, will be sent
on the road next season with a strong emo
tional a *trc93 as star.
Mrs. Charles Denison, a society lady of
Baltimore, will act at th 3 Madison Square
theatre, New York, next season.
Mlle VanZaxdt, the American prima
donna, lias signed with Manager Mayer to
sing in opera coiniqua in London.
Gounod has completed a new work, an
oratorio, which is entitled ‘ Mors et Vita,”
and is a sequel to the “Redemption.”
The forest scene in ‘May Bios om,” per
formed at the Madison Square th eatre. Ne w
V ork, has a number of artificial bird > fiyin
and singing, all operated by wires in the
hands of one man.
Minnie Palmer was presented to the
Prince and Princes < of Wales dur.n - the per
form race of “My Svve thoart” at the Roval
Strand theatre, London. Match 21. Miss
Palnwr sails for New York August 12.
All bara Bernhardt demands for an Amer3
loan tour next season is $1,200 for herself for
ieh performance; also, all her expenses from
Pans and back, and hotel and travelino-ex
penses while here, in addition to the salaries
of the company. The manager to pay all
other expenses for theatre, advertising, etc.
American opera singers are just now en
joying marsed subcess in Europe. In ad
dition to the triumphs of Mlle. Nevada at
Pans m the role of Lucia, an older favorites
Mile. Albam, has beo.i adding fresh leaves to
her crown of laurels in Germany. In th;
Traviatashe has won golden opinions recently
at Antwerp, and Holland lies next in her pstn
of victory-.
Fanny Horton, aor.ee celebrated act;- sc
won her first applarso in a somewhat singu
lar maimer. Durin j her performance in a
paiticular scene she was loudly liisred, when,
advancing to the footlights, she ask and:
‘Which do you di s'ike-my playing or my
person fi’ “Th ; playing the playing! was the
answer from all parts of th; house. “Weil,”
she returned, “that consoles me; for playin -
may be bettere 1, but my person I cannot
alter. The audience were so struck with the
ingenuity of this retort that they immediately
apnlaudei as loud as they had the moment
before condemned her, and from that night
she improved in her acting, and soon became
a favorite with th; pubic.
2,080,000,000 feet of lumber were cut
by the mills in Minnesota and west Wis
consin last year.
The Telegraphers’ Brotherhood has
been doing a great deal of quiet work
smee the strike.
Mrs. Gaines denies that she is rich.
She has not recovered enough property
to pay her lawyer.
Two veterans who were with ‘‘Old
Hickory” in the war are still living in
Catawba county, is’. C.
Nova Scotia miners oppose the re
moval of the duty ou coal in reciprocity
with the United States.
Damages —A San Francisco physi
cian has sued a man and his wife whose
family physician he has been for three
years for 810,000 damages for slander in
saying: “He is a quack; he is no doc
tor; he killed our child,”
THE BANKBUPTCY LAWS.
$.) nopsie of the Bill Fstabliahiag
Inifortu Sy-Ecxi of Bankruptcy.
The bill establishing a uuiform system of
bankrupt y throughout the country pssseJ
the Unit'd States Senate by thirty-two yea*
to set enteen ray a
The bill as passed constitutes the several
distri t courts of th e United States and of the
Territories and the supreme court o: the Dis
trict of Columbia courts of bankruptcy. For
the purp ses of ba.ikruptry the courts shall
he always o. en
On the ap >li ation of any party interested
the dlstri t judge may rerti 'v any question of
l’.w involved to th- United htites circu’t
court. The decision o! the c rcuitco ert shad
not be reviewed by th? supreme court, ex *ept
upon a certificate of disagreement between
the two clrc it ju ti es.
The bill authorizes the circuit court in each
judicial district to appoint commissioners
who shall have the powers of tho master in
chan ery; also a supervisor in bankrupt y
for each ju lie ial circuit to examine into the
admin stration of bankrupicy pro eedings in
his circuit. Every larty letitioning for
bankruptcy shall par SSO, and every trustee
shall pay ona per cent, oi the gross amount
rea toed from the assets, and every debtor
m iking a compo ition f hall pay one-half of
one per cent, on ti ) amount of su: h compo
sition. These fees are to be paid by the Clerk
of the Court into the treasury ol the Unitel
States.
Any person owing debts exceeding $ 195
and unable to pay may. by pietition, apply
to be adjudicated a bankrupt, and the filing
of such petition scail be deemed an act or
baukrui’my. Ar.y perron owing debts ex
ceeding X.,000 iraa Laves his State to avoid
his creditor* or cenceals himself to avoid
arrest" or toe service of legal process, or
makes a frxu orient transfer of his property,
or suspends payment of his commercial pia|ier
or open at ounts for thirty days after the
same ere doe and payable, or who makes a
fraudulent pi jference, shaU be deemed trr
have cc’.nimtted an act of bankruptcy and
may be adjudged a bankrupt on petition of
three or more of his creditors whose bills
vould amount in all to SSOO.
The bill excepts and e tempts in favor of the
Oeukrupt the necessary and proper wee ring
ap.iarel of himself and family, ands :ch other
prop: rty as may be exempt i rom attachment
by the laws of the United State?, or of the
State ia which the bankruptcy preceding*
are instituted, and the courts may, from the.
assets, allow the bankrupt a sum not to ex
cee 1 SSOJ for his sappo t, pending the pro
ceed \rgs, if his circumstances require it,
reasonable wages for any services rendered
his estate at the request of iiis to nstee and the
usual fees when attending as a witness
WIT AM) WISDOM.
Alone exhibition: Picture of an old
bachelor.
Where nothing is, the King has lost
his right.
He who anticipates misfortune falls on
his back and breaks his nose.
When is butter like Irish children?
When it is made into little pats.
To many who have hoped and waited
has come good cause to be elated.
Residents of Colorado have aaopted*-
tlie Norwegian shoe. The Norwegian
shoe is a big thing.
In a courtship the position ot purser
is occupied by a man, while woman looks
after the rigging and stays.
“Women,” it is said, “jump at con
clusions.” We never heard mice called 1
by that name before.— Boston Star.
Too many persons like to tell how
“tuff” they “used to be.” We always
shun those “tuff ’ sinners for fear they
may have a relapse.
“Wiiat is this big corner in pork I
hear about?” asked Laura across the
cheery tea table. “The big comer in
pork,” replied Tom, “is the ham.”
A health journal says that you ought
to take three-quarters of an hour for
your dinner. It is well also to add a
few vegetables and a piece of meat.
He would not marry her because she
hnd talk teeth. But when
kept him awake for nights with tooth
ache and neuralgia, he wished he had.
Newspaper advertising compels in
quiry, and when the article offered is of
good quality qnd at fair price, the nat
ural result is increased sale.— McGregor
Mews.
It has been discovered that a Tennes
see man has four living wives. He cer
tainly has no excuse for not always hav
ing at least one clean shirt for an emer
gency.
Leap year is a good time to engrave;
indelibly upon the hearts of the young
men that mnch misery is caused by not
saying ‘‘no” at the right time.— Buffalo)
Express.
“It seems to me that all the plagues
of Egypt came together and hit me at
once, in a different place,” says Baker
Pacha, according to the Burlington
Hawkey e.
An exchange notes the fact that a
complete piece of music can now be
bought for the same price as a five-cenft
cigar. Yes, but the bother of it is, it’s
just about the same quality.
In a recent Western political conven
tion an ex-preacher, who is now a poli
tician, offered the following resolution :
“Resolved , That the weak shall inherit
the earth; and, further resolved, that we
are the weak.”
First Dude : “Ah, say, would you
marry the daughter of a p’irate ?” Sec
ond dude: “Aw, certainly not; but I
once paid attention to the daughter of a
free hooter, and don’t you know, I got
the worst of it.”
Edith (aged nine) -‘‘Have you written
all the invitations to my party, mamma?”'
Mamma—“Yes, Edith.” Edith—“But
the best part will be when the accep
tions and deceptions begin to come in
won’t it, mamma?”
An English nobleman now traveling
in the West has offered his heart and
hand to a servanf-girl. Perhaps he
knows what wages servant-girls get in
this country and is after her money.
Philadelphia Call.
A Paterson girl cared a lover of his
infatuation by striking him over the
head with a bottle of patent medicine.
The proprietors of the stuff are after
him for a sworn certificate to add to the
almanac literature of the day.—Bis
marck Tribune.
“Didn't yon promise to love, honor
and obey me?” said the husband after
a wordy wrangle with his wife. ‘‘Yes,”
came the reply with a hiss, “but you
were so exceedingly tender then that I
thought you’d always let me have my
own \vay. That’s why I promised you.”'
Philadelphia Herald.
oTjstice —The London Times com
menting upon the Cincinnati riot-, says:
Occurrences like this must give to the
statesmen of that vast and growing re
public food for reflection. One way to
lessen the difficulty of preserving order
is to secure a decent administration of
justice, where the Boss and the criinint
lawyer no longer have things so muoh.
their own way.
A man was received into a hospital in
Paris the other day with a yard of rope
hanging from his mouth. Traction upon
the cord revealed a section of clothes
line measuring eight feet. He had been
surprised in an attempt a i suicide, and
had tried to conceal his design by swal
lowing the cord. He lived through ifr
all.