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INDEX TO MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— DeKalb Lodge No. 9, T. O. O. F.;
Magnolia Encampment No. 1,1. O. O. F.; Work
ingmen's Union Association.
Special Notices—An Essay on “Lost Oppor
tunities;” Sale of Three Houses on Henry street
on Tuesday Afternoon, by C. H. Dnrsett; Lux-
Wious for Summer, Butler's Pharmacy.
Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
Auction Sab.es—Furniture, Potatoes, etc., by
H. Dorsett.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
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Bale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Early in July the publication of a
new serial will be begun in the Morning
Hews and the Weekly News. The title
of it is “A Hidden Foe” and the author of
it is the celebrated English writer of fiction,
G. A. Henty. The narration of the story is
brisk and lively, the plot strong, the situa
tions powerful, the characters interesting
and the effects dramatic. “A Hidden Foe”
is a romantic work of fiction, the perusal of
which will excite the liveliest feelings of
curiosity. The opening scenes are in Eng
land, the family introduced having strongly
marked characterists. A sudden tragedy
causes considerable change in the prospects
of certain individuals. Mysterious circum
stances are discovered in connection with
the family history, and an eager search is
instituted to trace these matters to their
source. Unknown to each otner several of
the characters embark for Australia in the
same ship. Perils and adventures abound,
the author displaying intimate knowledge
of the sea. The vessel founders in the
Pacific, a small party of survivors being
cast away on a lonely island. Every
chapter contains its quota of incident, every
installment an effective scene. Throughout
the story the element of love and romance
receives prominence, and “a happy ending”
brings a clever work to a conclusion.
Seldom has such a determined fight been
made for a principle as the struggle for the
establishment of the eight-hour system by
the carpenters. Thus far it has cost the
unions $63,000, and there are twenty-four
strikes still pending in the country. On
the whole the carpenters have been victori
ous.
Mr. Samuel Lumpkin, of Lexington, Ga.,
will be a candidate before the next legisla
ture for supreme court justice. Mr. Lump
kin is a man of marked ability and high
character. His uncle was the first chief
justice of Georgia. He is so weil and favor
ably known that he is certain to be a strong
candidate for the place be seeks.
Winston, N. C., is a progressive town.
The citizens of that place have just voted in
favor of issuing $309,000 worth of improve
ment bonds to erect a market house, citv
hall and city prison, and to provide for a
sewerage system, weil paved streets and
water works. Winston will be the pride of
Horth Carolina if she keeps on at that rate.
The political outlook in Brazil is cer
tainly not reassuring and encouraging.
The men at the head of the government
have encountered many difficulties in
changing it from a monarchy to a republic.
But this is neither surprising nor unex
pected. Still, the revolutionary leaders
have not been very successful in establish -
ing their authority, and, therefore, it is not
to be wondered at that the British consul at
Sao Paulo should warn foreigners that
it would be wise for those engaged
in commerce and seeking investments
involving risk of capital to exercise caution
in their undertakings. To harmonize the
divergent interests of the states will be a
task of extreme difficulty, but a wise policy
of conciliation may accomplish it. It
may be taken for granted that each state
will be for decentralization, and as much self
government as possible under a system of
federation; and the struggle for states rights
will no doubt be severe. These rights were
tile principal motive for seeking a repub
lican form of government. The stability
of the republic will, to a great extent, de
pend on the extent of the autonomy con
ceded to each of the states forming the re
public.
The President a Candidate.
The President, it seems, has some friends,
notwithstanding Benator Wolcott’s sneer
ing allusion to the contrary, and they want
it understood that he has not made up his
mind to retire to bis law office in Indianap
olis at the end of bis term. They insist
that he did not say, as reported, that he
would not be a candidate for
renoraination. According to their story,
what be did say was that he
intended to do wbat be believed to be right
with respect to any silver bill that might
reach him from congress, and that if his ac
tion did not meet with the approval of the
people he would gladly return to the prac
tice of his profession.
This denial by his friends that he has de
termined to retire from politics may be
assumed to have been made with bis knowl
edge and consent.
That being the case he may be re
garded, very properly, as being a
candidate for renomination. Doubt
less the other aspirants for the republican
presidential nomination are not at all
pleased with this condition of affairs, be
cause. whether he is popular with his party
or not at the time the campaign for the
nomination begins,’ he is certain to have a
great many supporters in the nominating
convention who, if they find that he cannot
be nominated, will support the man of his
choice. These delegates will be either federal
office-holders or under the control of
office-holders.
The President can reasonably depend upon
the support of the office-holders, and their
support is worth a great deal. There are
tens of thousands of them, and they make
their influence felt in the local conventions
of their party. In the south especially they
run the conventions of their party, and
they have it in their power to name the
delegates to the national convention. In
order to hold their offices the most of them
will be very active in having Harrison del
egates chosen.
With solid delegations from the south and
other delegates from the north the President
would have a very considerable following.
It may be stated with a very considerable
degree of certainty that he expects the
office-holders to work for him. He does not
seem to object to their taking part in poli
tics. He has not announced that he does.
If he remains silent on that subject his
silence will be interpreted by the office
holders to mean that he expects that they
will do what they can to have him renomi
nated.
Notwithstanding, however, that he has
the office-holders on his side, it is far from
certain that he could get a renomination.
His party leaders are not pleased with him,
and they will exeit themselves to defeat
him. However, it is too soon to make any
prediction as to who will be the next Presi
dential nominee of the Republican party.
Many things may occur before the meeting
of the nominating convention that would
cnange the whole situation. In the mean
time, however, it may be considered as cer
tain that the President means to have a
second term if he can get it.
The Cession of Heligoland.
The determined opposition of Englishmen
to the proposed settlement ot the dispute
between England and Germany relative to
the ownership of certain tracts of country
in East Africa is rather curious, the opposi
tion being mainly to the ceding by the
British government to Germany, besides
the protectorate of African territory, the
island of Heligoland. The relinquishment
of any land over which John Bull has
gained control strikes the average English
man as a surrender of an inherent right to
possession. Rights of natives may be
ignored, but, in his opinion, whatever has
fallen into the power of the English should
remain there forever.
The concessions to German}’ in Africa aro
far more important and valuable thau the
cession of Heligoland, which is practically
a German settlement, having been formerly
a dependency of the Dukes of Schleswig
and Holstein. England secures from Ger
many a stretch of coast line, so that it will
have no competitor in the country lying
south and west of the Italian protectorate,
except the Congo Free State. England also
secures the protectorate of the Sultanate of
Zanzibar, including the islands of Zanzibar
and Pembo.
Heligoland has a population of about 3,500.
It is of no benefit to England, and would
probably have never been heard of, except
in the schoolroom, if Germany had not de
manded as a distinct con cession its sur
render. England obtained it in 1807 from
Denmark. Germany wants it and the small
adjacent island simply because they aro in
the North sea, near the mouth of the ElbK It
is certainly not on account of their com
mercial advantages, as they have none, nor
because they might be utilized for a sea
fortifications, their remote location render
ing them impracticable for that purpose.
Pride is the only Interest the Germans can
have in the possession of these two barren
places in the sea which, geographically, have
always belonged to their territory. But,
the English say, Lord Salisbury has gone
too far in ceding Heligoland Why?
Simply because it is English territory. As
long as he merely divided
the African spoils with another claimant,
the Englishman, silently, but reluctantly,
acquiesced,but to consent to barter or trans
fer Heligoland, to which his country has
secured a title, he will not. Strong influ
ence will likely be brought to bear on par
liament not to ratify the agreement. Policy
may, however, overcome greed, and then
the African question will disappear from
European politics.
The republican editors are going into hys
terics over the discussion whether Chairman
Brice is competent to remain at the head
of the national democratic committee
or not. These gentlemen seem to bo
greatly concerned about it; in fact,
they are the only ones who are paying any
attention to the matter. The Democratic
party Is not worried about Mr. Brice, and
just now it is not of tbe slightest moment
whether he holds on to the chairmanship or
resigns. There is no political work for the
committee or for him to do. When
the next national convention meets anew
committee will be chosen, and Mr. Brice's
term of service, like that of the rest of its
forty odd members, will be at an end. It
is, therefore, a waste of time to discuss
whether he ought to be entrusted with the
management of another campaign or not.
The Democratic party will see to that.
The outcome of tbe approaching election
in New York city will in a great measure
depend on the testimony of Mr. Richard
Croker before tbe Fassett investigating
committee to-day. There is thought to be
no doubt that he will explain satisfactorily
the charges made against Tammany lead
ers, and that the citizens’ movement against
Tammany will be nipped in the bud.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1890.
Railroad Building in the South.
The progress of railroad building south of
the Ohio river since Jan. 1 tends to show
that the material resources of the south are
undergoing a rapid development. The En
gineering Sews last week published the fol
lowing table, which contains some interest
ing figures on railroad building in the
south:
;W. Virginia 296.5 j 669 26$
; Virginia .. 80.2 411.8 406 292
IN. Carolina 111.6 | 477.5 384 491
8. Carolina. 98 210 294 i 830
Georgia 19168 , 278 1,051 1,487.75
Florida 73.5 132 14) | 1,122
;Altt>amn 64.69 421.5 01* 1,111
: MisstHttippi.. 13 i 67 697 j 4517
Tennessee.. 82 ! 386 822 739
Kentucky ~j 62.5 j 213 247.5 661
Totals.,. 802.06 2,802.3 5,147.5, 7A 50.45
l Ii l I
At this time last year there were 2,885
miles of railroad under construction in the
foregoing states. This year, at present,
there are 2,802 miles. This year, however,
there are more miles under survey than
last, 4,934 being the number on J une 15,
1889. and 5, on June 14, 1890. Geor
gia, where the larger railroad corporations
are continually strengthening and en
larging their systems, leads all other
southern states. It is not only gratifying
to note the bright prospects for the future,
but also that in the construction of the
roads the projectors have studied the best
railroad systems of the country. At the
rate railroad building is progressing the
southern states will in a few years be as
thickly grid t ro:ied with railroad tracks as
the states of Illinois and Ohio.
The Morning News has recently noted
the growth of industries, the settlement of
hitherto wild and barren regions in the
south, aud the constantly increasing flow
of capital and immigration into the southern
states. Railroads are continually seeking
new traffic, and it will not be long before
these new regions will bo invaded by
them. Railroads are great civilizers. They
build up the country and stimulate trade
through competition among themselves.
The outlook for railroads in the south ern
states is certainly very hopeful, and pros
pects for the material growth of the south
are very promising.
The question whether or not Dr. Edward
Malone, of New York, who died a few days
ago, was to be buried in consecrated ground,
he having belonged to Dr. McGlynn’a Anti-
Poverty Society, caused a great deal of dis
cussion in Catholic circles, two other fol
lowers of the ex-priest having been refused
burial in a Catholic cemetery. The bishop
decided that Dr. Malone should
fie accorded Christian burial, and in expla
nation why it was denied to others who
were also connected with the Anti-Poverty
Society he said that they ‘‘died suddenly
after attendance at the McGlynn meetings
without receiving the last rites of the
church, a stipulation expressed in the rules
governing the cemetery. Dr. Malone re
ceived all the sacraments on his [death-bed,
and was, therefore, in full compliance with
this rule, no matter what his previous
actions may have been in regard to the New
York ecclesiastical controversy.”
It has been a matter of wonder to the
public since the Sixth avenue bank crash in
Now York brought to light the fact that
outside institutions were given the advan
tages of the clearing house in
that city, as well as elsewhere,
through individual members. Many
bankers wanted the practice abolished, and
the matter was referred to a qommittee of
the New York Clearing House Association,
which presented a majority and minority
report, the former in favor of discontinuing,
and the latter favor of continuing the
custom. No action was taken on the re
ports. The majority report sums up the
proper view of the case in one sentence,
that "such liberality toward rivals is with
out parallel in the history of finance."
The Senate in making its committee
clerks permanent officers at a salary of
$1,500 a year each, which involves an ex
penditure of $52,500, more than double tuo
present appropriation for such clerks, sim
ply created a number of soft places for a
lot of political pets , as each senator has,
also, if he is not a committee chairman, a
private secretary paid by the government.
The members of the House, who are not
allowed even postage stamp], are very
likely to raise a howl, but, as usual, they
will no doubt agreo to this extravagance.
Business in stooks and money for a
week has had a bearish tendency all over
the country. The developments in regard
to silver legislation, in connection with the
exportation of $2,509,619 of gold since June
13, and the unsettled condition of railroad
rates have depressed prices and well-nigh
crushed the hopes of the bulls. There is
some difference of opinion as to the mean
ing of gold shipments, but it appears that
they are special shipments, and do not por
tend a great export movement.
Pulpit politics seems to be the latest fad
in New York. Rev. F. B. de Costa of that
city announced in the newspapers last week
that he would preach a sermon on the fol
lowing Sunday with the purpose of “show
ing some slight practical difficulties in the
way of municipal reform and the need of
reformation of reformers.” Politicians view
these efforts with complacent unconcern.
They are well aware of the short time it
takes to make pulpit politics unpopular.
European Travel.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, June 19.—“ More Americans are
going to Europe this season than ever before.”
remarked a state department official as he
handed his assistant a large batch of applica
tions for passport* He said during the month
of May 2,889 passports were issued to travelers
by the department of state, and during the
present month the number o£ applications have
averaged about 125 per day. Every person who
goes abroad does not make application for a
pass|<ort, as there are a large number of mer
chants and other business men who run over to
the other side two or three times each year,
and they are so well known in the
looalities they visit that they do not feel the
necessity for a passport. There is one class of
American citizens who seldom cross tbe water
without a passport—the Hermans. More than
three fifths of the applications for passports
come from German American citizens. Thev
areatraidthe German military law will be in
voked against them; so they not only carry
with them a passport, but they also carry their
naturalization papers, to assure them of the
protection of the American authorities. The
records of the American steamship companies
show t hat a greater number of people are going
to Europe this year than during the Paris ex
position last year Many delays in issuing
passports are due to the carelessness of ap, ll
cants They in a majority of cases forget or
neglect to state whether they are native born
or naturalized citizens, which requires two or
three communications between the applicant
and tbe department to ascertain that fact.
PERSONAL.
Prince George has been sent cruising, with
the Hope of curing him of love for an Earl's
handsome daughter, whom it is considered pru
dent he should not marry.
Justin H. McCarthy, the play-adapter, who
is beginning to attract attentionin literature, is
a sou of Justin McCarthy, the well known nov
elist and journalist. Both are in the House of
Commons.
In Dresden, a celebrated portrait painter,
Benedict Kietz, has just died, ajjd Jn Munich a
historical painter. J. G. Hildeiraperger. Many
very notable (uctures about olfaDica are the
work of the last aamed mastagf
Rev. John Atkinson Harbor. Mich.,
it the oldest livingprencheFJt the United States,
and perhaps in th- world. He was born in
Flemington. N J.. in 1797, aoft was .licensed to
preach In the Methodist chgrch 'ih ißf^
Paul MAtthbws, son of the late Jnpbce Stan
ley conducted the services last Sun
day In a Cincinnati Episcopal church. 1 He will
l'o ordained shortly and will then go so Oxford,
Knd. lo complete his preparation for the
, tr y- \U
M*E. VAudhtDERA' hter of P.rnsstjs is owner
of the deserted brewery, 40 Ruexfe laßlanchis
serid. fhe upper story of which Was trie "scene
of revelry by might" on the eve fit thedbattle of
Waterloo, winfl the Duchess of Richmond gave
her famous i
Stanley, it is stated, was ir love with a Phila
delphia girl ip JBpT, apd fpr a couple of years
subSedufehtiy, 1 While he Was 01V 'tlje New York
Herald staff as an ordinary ©oEftp°ndent, and
found his betrothed married and a mother w hen
he returned here in 1572, after his expedition to
Livingstone.
Dr. G. B. Loring, minister resident at Lis
bon, who is now home on a visit, says the Portu
guese king and queen are very nice persons,
and treated him in a kind and friendly way.
The people are contented with their govern
ment, he says, the republican element being
quite small.
Bellamy is accused of taking his book,
“Looking Backward," from an old German
author named Bebel. who wrote a novel on the
same lines, entitled, "Women, Present and
Future.” Bellamy meets the charge with the
statement that he cannot read German, and
never heard of Bebel.
William O’Brien. M. P., since entering polit
ical life, was on the point of joining the order
of the Oblate Fathers, near Dublin. The
strongest eflouts of Parnell and Dillon were re
quired to persuade him to forego his intention
until the home rule question was settled. In the
meantime he met his fate.
Isaac Murphy, who rode Salvator, the win
ning horse in Tuesday’s Suburban, is a young
colored man who was reared in the household
of Mrs. Hunt Reynolds, in Lexington. Kv..
where he lives with his wife and owns about
$30,000 worth of real estate. His salary as a
rider for J. B. Haggin, Salvator's owner, is
stated at $15,000 a year.
Dr. Lindsay of Boston has joined the noble
army of men who have the ability to say no
when they are called to go up higher. f He has
sent word to the diocesan authorities' of Ala
bama that he cannot leave Boston, and has
affirmed what Dr. brooks affirmed when he de
clined the episcopate of Pennsylvania—that
there are cases where a man had better do the
things that it is certain that be can do well,
rather than attempt to All a position for which
he may be no better fitted than many others.
Henry Georoe, Jr., has written a note to a
newspaper in Washington, In which he calls
attention to a paragraph which stated that his
father had indorsed the candidacy of Robert
Pattison for governor of Pennsylvania. Mr.
George says his father is at present in Australia,
and that there is no one in this country author
ized to speak for him on such matters] but that
he believes that if his parent felt called upon to
make a choice of the Pennsylvania candidates
he would decide in favor of the Hon. Chauncey
F. Black, because of that gentleman's advocacy
of the Australian ballot system.
States.
I Track laid.
! From Jan.
1 1 to J ime
! 1. 1890.
Projects of soma
promise
Located and under
survey
Under contract or
construction.. ... |
The best ccre for obesity is to board for the
summer at a farm house where you will be
treated like one of the family. —Boston. Gazette.
But, dear Mr. Critic, if bells are taken from
the street curs what will be left for a courteous
man to get up and give his seat tot—New York
Commercial Advocate.
When Richard 111. offered to give his king
dom for a horse he might have meant a horse
that would win when he bet on him in the race.
Philadelphia Times.
A Goon Idea—Sergeant—So you are in 'love
with the cook at Mr. Brown's. I hear.
“Yes, but only on a week s trial till I see what
sort of a cook she is ."—Flieaende Blatter.
Easily Overcome— “ Suppose your wife ceased
to love you?” suggested the cynic.
“Well.” said the young lawyer, “I would get
out a writ of attachment.”— New York Sun.
“Why do you suppose Rover always carries
his tail between his legs lately?”
“He never did until we moved into a flat. I
think he is afraid of hitting things, you know.
He is so clever."— Flieaende Blatter.
In the House Press Gallery.— Georgia Cor
respondent (calmly)—Don't get left on Turner’s
resignation.
New York Correspondent (excitedly)—Good
God, man; what is the matter with Turner?
Georgia Correspondent (still calm)—lce has
doubled in price, and he proposes to get In on
the rise.
At the Congressional hotel ten minutes later—
gurgle, gurgle, gurgle—“ Well, ice and mint and
things can’t be Beat for this weather.”— Wash
ington Critic.
“Ethel,” inquired the prudent mamma,
“wbat kind of a young man is that Mr. Pedun
cle who has been here to see you flee or six
times?”
"He seems to be a model young man,
mamma,” replied Ethel. “He has never
chewed, smoked, drank liquor or sworn an oath
in his life, never goes to theaters, and says ha
doesn't know one card from another.”
“H'm! Just so,” said the prudent mamma,
“Is he coming this evening?”
“Ithiuk he is."
And the oi l lady went into the parlor and put
all the valuables under lock and key.— Chicago
Tribune.
Why They Parted—" Mabel, I love you.”
Mabel listened as it the remark were brand
new.
“Do you not feel, Mabel, that in your life you
needsome one—Some one like me?”
softly—veix softly; proba
bly shgj'wia neker realize soft her answer
was. j
“Harold, dear, I have bftdh felt that I need
the love of a manly heart tike yours; I need to
becherished; I need protection."
“Alas,” he moaned, "then We can never be
happy.”
“Why?”
“Because ”
"Speak on."
“Because lm a free trader-’t— Washington
Poet.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Cow Goes with the. Cottage.
Prom a Cape May Point Letter- to the Philadel
phia Times (Ind.)
001. Sawyer sent an Alderney cow over to
Mrs. Harrisj^i^4iis ( for her use while
Discouraged Editort iJokaTwo Ways.
JTruM.l]l£..ilinneapoliß Times (Dem.).
Looking backward wo can see how* the census
word n ijgft 8 ave been better dqtie, (Bid looking
forward we see no prospect oC its ever being
done worse. ______
What His Game Is.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal {Dem.),
Mr. Reed is playing a game. He is playing a
game for the presidency. But he is playing It
neither like a politician, gentleman nor a
gambler. He is playing it like a crook, with
marked cards, and a gang of confederates close
at hand.
What Does It Amount to?
F)rom the Boston Advertiser (Rep.).
The interstate commerce commission con
tinues to give off opinions with astonishing fre
quency. But what does it all amount to? Little
or no attention seems IS be given to the en
forcement of its decisions where tbe railroad
corporations are recalcitrant. In how many
cases has punishment been inflicted upon de
fiant corporations since the law went into effect?
BRIGHT BITS.
Henry Tudor.—
Henry 2-der was a 1-der
(His wife was a 2-der, too).
He got on a bender.
Grew mellow and 10-der.
And made a oig blunder, too:
Ho ruet number 2 der,
And straightway he wooed "er,
And told number 1-der,
She’d have to go under;
He couldn’taf-4d er;
It cost lots to board 'er.
Then he hacked and he hewed 'er,
And took number 2-der!
Now. wan t he a l der,
The son of a gunder?
—Brooklyn Life.
Ha Was a Stalwart.
A member cf the congressional party which
visited Y'orktown on Tuesday to celebrate the
anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis
tells a good story at the expense of Representa
tive Baker of New York, whose geniality is
proverbial. When the steamer Charlotte, of
the York Rr.gr line, reached West Point,
the captain announced that an opportunity
would be given those who wished to inspect the
town for an hour. So Mr. Baker invited Repre
sentative Morrill of Kansas and Sherman to
join him In a drive, and accordingly chartered
one of the ancient hacks left by Cornwallis to
drive them about for half an hour, or a
‘ dollar's worth."
As Mr. Baker never neglects an opportunity
to play a prank on a colleague- especially on
Mr. Morrill —he waited until the venerable
darky, who was doing the “jehu act." had
closed a glowing description of West Point, and
quietly remarked to Mr. Morrill: “Now, Mr.
Blaine, if you could only get President Harrison
to recommend an appropriation for the building
of a college here it would be the making of West
Point," The remark visibly startled the driver.
Appreciating the joke, and desiring to turn it
upon Mr. Baker, Mr. Morrill replied:
“Oh. certainly, Mr. Morton. I will do that;
but why don't you pass a bill through the Sen
ate appropriating the money, and get Speaker
Reed here to put it through the House?’" Rep
resentative Sherman promptly remarked that
he would "rush it through the House." The
darkey nearly fell off the box in a fit. Here
he was driving about in his hack Vice President
Morton, Speaker Reed and Secretary Blaine.
Whispering to the boy on the seat with him,
the news was soon scattered among the entire
colored population of West Point,
whicn gathered on the wharf to see
the distinguished trio. With hat in haod
and bowing and scraping in the most profound
manner as they alighted, the old man remarked
to Mr. Baker as he handed out the dollar: "Look
heah, Mr. Morton, I'se always been a stiff repub
lican , and voted for you and Marse Harrison
two years ago, and, if you has no objection—
please 'scuse de old man for axing it, case he's
awful poah—can’t you make dat $2?"
To confess the joke would have disgraced
them in the eyes of the crowd, and without a
word the jolly Baker handed over another
dollar, and set up the lenronade and cigars the
balance of the trip whenever he was addressed
as "Mr, Morton.”
He Meant Well.
On a Grand River car the other day, says the
Detroit Her Press, were thirteen women and
two men, and one of the latter, who was short,
and fat, and fussy, suddenly laid down a paper
he bad been reading and stood up and said:
"Yes, that's so—that's so. I perfectly agree
with him. Yes. ladies, it is my opinion that
every one of you ought to learn how to swim.”
All looked up in a half-scared way and the
man continued:
"It might save your lives. Suppose you were
on a steamboat and the bottom dropped out of
the dumed critter and what was left of it went
under, where would you be? You'd sink like so
many cobblestones. But suppose you could
swim* You'd simply kick ott' your shoes and
start for the shore, and every blessed one of
you would ■ —
Here the conductor entered and whispered to
the man, who followed him out, saying:
"But women orter leaxn to swim—of course
they bad.”
“Yes. but keep quiet,” whispered the con
ductor.
"Keep quiet? Is it agin the law to say that
a woman orter know how to—"
“Yes, but this is not the place."
“Not the place? Thirteen women here, and
yit you don't want me to advise ’em that they
orterlearn—”
“Come! Come!”
"Oh, you go to grass!" growled the man. as
he made for the steps. "I have alius said that
women orter learn to swim. I know they had.
If women could swim they’d have more confi
dence in themselves. Women, my advice to
you is—"
But the conductor helped him a little and he
dropped to the street, and as the car left him
he walked after it and said:
"Well, if they don’t want to learn to swim
let 'em git drowned!”
The Red-headed Girl and the Painter.
A famous painter, an enthusiast in bis art, has
a craze for models with red hair, says a New
York letter to the Utica Observer. He was
going through a down-town street when he
happened to see a young girl with the ail
desired locks hurrying along with a pitcher of
beer. She was a striking specimen of animal
beauty, and she did not seem to have very
much to protect her from the breeze besides
the clinging calico wrapper that draped her line
form. The moment the artist saw her he
quickened her pace, calling out as he ap
preached:
“Hi, there! you girl! you with the red hair!
Stop!” She gave a switt look over her shoulder,
and, seeing the strange man making toward
her. she began to run. The artist did likewise.
Down the street lied the terrified girl, her face
as white as death and her beer slopping over as
she flew along. The street boys joined in the
chase and a policeman, thinking the girl a thief,
intercepted and brought her to a halt, panting
like a deer.
“I have done nothing,” she cried, glaring at
the artist as he came up.
“Has she stolen anything from you?" asked
the policeman.
“O, no, indeed,” replied the artist, "I never
saw her before. I only wanted to ask her to
come up to my studio and pose for me. I am an
artist, you know, and need red hair.”
The boys set up a shout. The policeman
looked at the artist as though he were an es
caped lunatic and called him a very eloquent
name. The girl in the meantime had recovered
her breath, and when the undaunted artist
asked if she was willing to pose for him she de
clined iu language that made the gamins howl
with delight and gave the artist a shock that he
will never get over.
One Swindle Explained.
A drummer who travels for a Boston grocery
house says that he sees in Maine some of the
sharpest tricks that are practiced anywhere on
his route. He gives the Lewiston Journal the
following specimen.
A farmer's wife bustled into a store in Wash
ington county the other day, and went for the
proprietor with:
"Mr. B, I bought six pounds of sugar here
last week, and when I got home I found
a stone weighing two pounds in the package.”
"Yes, ma'am.”
"Can you explain the swindle, sir?”
"1 think I can,” was the proprietor’s placid
reply. *r“When I weighed your eight pounds of
butter week before last X found a two-pound
pebble in the jar, and when I weighed your
sugar the stone must have slipped into the
scales, somehow. We are both growing old,
ma'am, and l am sorry to say that our eyesight
isn't to be trusted. What can I do for you to
day, ma'am?"
For a moment the woman gazed at the
tradesman over her brass-bound spectacles.
Then she recollected herself and remarked that
she had a dozen eggs which she wished to trade
for hooks and eyes.
Dr. Talmage.
I heard a good story about Dr. Talmage the
other day, writes a New Y'ork Star reporter.
It was at a base ball game at Washington park,
Brooklyn, and it was mv lot to be seated near a
loquacious individual who was very critical of
the good and bad points of the game and of the
people he saw around him. After he had ex
hausted about every possible subject of conver
sation he said:
“Ah, there is Dr. Talmage over there. I see
him here quite often. He is a mighty good
man, but it's too bad he swears so.”
“Swears!” I exclaimed. "Do you mean to
say that Mr. Talmage is profane?”
“Oh, yes. he swears like a pirate. It was like
this: ■ He was sitting next to me at a game here
last week, when O'Brien stopped a red-hot
liner which ought to have been good for two
bases. Forgetting that I was so near the doc
tor, I said: ‘By Jove, that was ad and clever
play!" and the doctor, who is a great admirer
of O’Brien’s, replied, ‘That's so.’ ”
Love’s Call.
From the Boston Globe.
The buds by the wayside are breaking, my dar
ling.
Tbe violets tremble with crystals of dew.
The linnet and robin are waking, my darling.
Sweet echoes of fond tender welcome to you.
The hills in the distance are tender, my darling.
With first blush of spring just awaking from
sleep.
The thrill of young life now would render, my
darling,
Its meed of a heart's love so constant and
deep.
Then come, for the love-god unfolds his bright
pinions.
And fly to bis fair shady bowers with me;
Ob, come! he will send rosy cuplds—sweet min
ions—
To lure and to charm, and to watch over thee.
A lapidary at Denver, Col., has just finished
a novel necklace for a New York lady. It is
composed of the beautiful stones found in Col
orado and New Mexico known as the peridot, a
species of chrysolite, ranging in various shades
of green and bearing a resemblance to the em
erald. There are in all thirty-five gems, rang
ing from one to four carats in size, and they are
perfectly massed and finely cut. It took six
weeks to make tbe trinket, and 400 stones were
cut to obtain perfect specimens. The necklace
was sold for SI,OOO.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
A rose bush at South Pasadena. Cal., is
credited with showing 3X1,000 blossoms.
Thebe are six Wilsons in congress, two sen
ators and four representative. Politically they
are a tie.
As aged lady died suddenly in a hotel in
Alabama, and in her bustle $3,010 was found
concealed.
A Berlin firm pays to the city 100.000 marks
annually for using the 400 official town posts
for private advertisements.
Census enumerators in Philadelphia report
that they have encountered no difficulty in ob
taining answers to their questions.
The income of the University of Oxford for
the present year is about £66,200. During the last
year the university has increased its capital by
nearly £13.000.
The street cleaning department of New York
has appointed three physicians to examine all
applicants for positions on the force, to deter
mine whether they are physically fit to do the
work required.
The Humboldt river and its tributaries at
Weils, Nev.. are gorged with carcasses of cattle
that perished last winter, and the stench is un
bearab e. Many railroad employes have been
made sick by it.
The increase of about 1.000,030 people in
thirteen years in Spain is attributed in a great
measure to the success that has attended the
changes in the hygienic condition of the large
cities and towns.
After three weeks of hard labor on a sup
posed silver mine in Pennsylvania, an expert
who had been called from Philadelphia decided
that there was no indication of anything of
value except a fine bed of clay.
An officer sent from Washington to look
into the filibustering story about Lower Cali
fornia is said to have reported that those who
made up the yaru have been unable to produce
a single man who was recruited forthe so- called
expedition.
It is related of a Johnstown (Pa.) boy who
was drowned the other day that as he was sink
ing in the river he called to his brother on the
Bhore: “Steve, be sure and take the milk
home." This was an errand on which the boys
had been sent.
The girders and suspenders of the Brooklyn
bridge are being painted for the second time
since the completion of the structure. This
dangerous work is done for the most part by
men who have had some experience in the rig
ging of a ship.
The Pennsylvania railroad is experimenting
with a shaking grate on its freight engines, and
the result is said to be satisfactory. An engine
equipped with a grate ran over five days with
out clogging, and the fire continued brisk. No
blower was needed.
A few days ago it was stated that Harry
Hine, the actor and member of Hallen & Hart’s
“Later On” Componv, had fallen heir to $50,000
by the death of Horace S. Lanfair, a wealthy
merchant of Baltimore. It now turns out that
he will only get between $3,000 and $ i,OOO.
Leading authorities seem to agree that while
electricity is an unquestioned success as a sub
stitute for horses in street car propulsion, its
use instead of steam locomotives on ordinary
railroads must be postponed at least until many
improvements have been nlade in electric engi
neering.
It costs less th an $160,000 a year to keep the
streets of the city of London clean, and about a
tenth of this amount comes back by the sale of
sweepings and refuse. The rubbish amounts in
the year to 65,000 tons, about 25,000 tons of
which is burned and yields 4,000 loads of ashes
and cinders.
Dion Bouccicaclt has been paid for his
various plays, among which are "London As
surance,” “The Shaugraun” and "Colleen
Bawn," upward of $3,000,000. Yet he is to day
poor, and at 68 he is hard at work on anew
play, being in need of the money that ho ex
pects it will bring him.
A prized palm tree in Rome was blown down
during a recent gale. It stood in the gardens of
the British embassy, and was, perhaps, the tall
est tree in Rome. It was historical as having
been pierced by a cannon bail during the attack
on the city in September. 1870. It was strapped
with Iron where the ball had pierced it. and was
the only object in the vicinity which showed the
traces of the attack which opened Rome to the
Italian army.
Curious how perfumes are one day the fashion
and the next forgotten. A few years ago
‘ 'Jockey Club” had many adorers; now it seems
to be given over to elderly beaux and ladies
who are a little bit nervous when the question
of age comes in. Following it there was a rage
for Opoponax; then white rose received all the
attention; after that we suffocated under tube
rose ; this was succeeded by an ocean of violet;
now we are all perfumed with white lilac,
although the coming odor is said to be vervain,
a most delicate scent, and one that at its best
is really difficult to procure.
A horse belonging to a Brewer, Me., grocer
appears to hold the palm for politeness just
now. One day recently he had been backed up
to the door to receive his load, so that the
wagon stood directly across the sidewalk.
Turning his head he saw someone coming on
the sidewalk, and deliberately, although those
in the store kept calling to him to stop, stepped
into the road an l stood there with plenty of
room tor passing, nor would he return, in spite
of all commands, until the traveler had gone on
his way, rejoicing that he had not been obliged
to go out into the muddy street.
A summary of vessels built during the year
!889 gives a total of 1,286,079 tons for British
ports and 46,210 reported from continental
yards. Northeastern ports head the British list
with 717,699 tons, the Clyde standing second
with 385,201 tons and Belfast next with 79,855
tons. The exports of engines and machinery
w ere the largest ever recorded in the history of
British commerce, namely £15,254,658. against
£12,932,625 in 1888, an increase of £2,822.033.
Taking simply steam engines and parts thereof,
the Argentine Republic was the largest cus
tomer last year, taking £610,296 worth.
Helen Keller of Memphis, Tenn., now 10
years of age, has been deaf, dumb and blind
since her recovery from a severe attach of
brain fever, at the end of her 3d year. But
having been taught by the methods of the Per
kins Institute for the blind, at South Boston,
she speaks, by the finger alphabet, French’
German and English with great fluency, and
has studied natural history, zoology, political
history, mathematics, geography—with the use
of raised maps—and, strangest of all, music.
She writes a good hand, and expresses herself
with ease, while her questions snow a phenom
enal intelligence. Withal, she is an exception
ally cheerful, happy and affectionate child.
The officers and crews of the steamers plying
between Tacotna and Olympia are on the look
out for an immense octopus or devil fish, which
is reported to exist in the waters between the
mouth of the Nesquaily river and Henderson’s
inlet. The monster has been seen at various
times for a week past, and steps are being
quietly taken to capture it. Tne men on the
steamers are very backward in speaking of it,
they fearing that others will attempt to capture’
the prize. When last seen it was lying on the
water, vigorously splashing one of its thousand
tails, and it looked to weigh at least 500 pounds.
It measures from tip to tip, as nearly as can be
estimated, fully fifty feet. Such a fish is un
usual in Puget sound w aters. Its peculiarity is
a sort of deafening roar, which it makes in
quick succession.
S. S. Latta of Verona, N. Dak., and Miss
Minnie Thompson of Cincinnati, 0.. were mar
ried by Justice Hemenway at the West hotel in
Oakes, Minn., recently. The party had been
corresponding for some time aud photograps
had been exchanged, but they had never met.
The bride was well dressed and prepossessing
in appearance and explained hsr unusual
course by saying that women were so much in
the majority at her home that she preferred
taking chances in the matrimonial lottery in
the west She refused to be married on Friday
and the ceremony was deferred until midnight
to avoid the disaster sure to follow a wedding
on the unlucky day of the week. There are
three couples in that vicinity who married
without previous acquaintance, and they seem
as happy and prosperous as those who woo and
win in the good old-fashioned way.
Some three years ago a man from Clinton,
Ky., named Graham, moved with his family to
Kingman county, Kansas. He did not dwell in
Kansas satisfactorily because of an inordinate
dread of cyclones on his wife’s part, and her
dislike for the state because of its reputation in
that way. His eldest daughter, besides, during
his residence in the state, was in continual
apprehension of being scalped by the Indians,
for which she had a special dread. Mother and
daughter by their dissatisfaction Anally pre
vailed on Graham to return to his oid home in
Kentucky. This was about a year ago. Bix
months ago the town of Clinton was struok
by a cyclone, the Graham house was
completely demolished, and Mrs. Gra
ham met her death in the very way
that she had left Kansas to avoid, and the still
stranger part was that a flying timber struck
the daughter and severed her scalp. The daugh
ter recovered, but ia disfigured. Graham him
self was hurt, and is still prostrate.
QUEEN VICTORIA.
What She Drinks and W hy the Court Physi.
dan Recommended It.
The London World has been making an in
vestigation of what the Queen drinks and nas
ascertained definitely that, upon the advice of
Sir Wil iam Jenner, she drinks whiskey diluted
in water. This is for the purpose of retaining
her vigor, renewing her strength and prolong,
ing her life. The whiskey which she drinks ia
obtained from the distillery on her own Bal
moral estate, and of course is perfectly pure.
Thus the World offers a valuable suggestion iii
this fact: England's sovereign drinks whiskey
under the recommendation of the court physi
cian and on account of its medical properties
and she drinks it absolutely pure, having it dis
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science demonstrates the superior value of
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