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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— Haupt Lodge No. 58, I. O. O F.;
Eerubbabel Lodge No. 15, F. and A. M. ; Mag
nolia Encampment No. 1,1. O, O. F.; Fidelity
Castle No. 7, K. G E.
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Bteamshi s Ferulands anil Bawtry; Notice to
Water Takers; Maple Syrup, etc., at Kelley's.
Military Orders— General Order No. 1,
Oglethorpe Light Infantry, General Order N9.
8, German Volunteers; Georgia Hussars.
Change of Schedule —Central Railroad of
Georgia.
Clothing at Your Own Price— At Appel &
Bchauls.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wantet; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Despite all the harrowing rumors of bis
personal slaughter Gen. Miles seetns to have
vitality enough left to vigorously deny that
he is dead. That seems to indicate an en
couraging degree of animation.
Possibly the Indian might prove to be a
much better mau than he is supposed if the
government agents would try the experi
ment of dealing honestly with him. At
present our frontier ambassadors are giving
him a very poor opinion of civilization.
When Inventor Gouley died at Wilming
ton, Del., the other day, he left Keely with
out a rival as a rapid producer of fiercely
active motors. After many years of labori
ous trying his motor was to have begun
moting within three weeks. But it is gone
with him now. Therein it is away ahead of
Keely's humming contrivance, which could
never be persuaded to go at all.
With its swaddling clothes still dangling
about its infant le anatomy brazil begins to
crow about a world’s fair all its very own.
If the new born republic wore just a trifle
older it would know better than to talk that
■way. Only see what a weary struggle we
are having with our third attack. And we
are “bent and hoary with eld” compared to
our iufant neighbor. “Better bide a wee.”
Dismissing Millionaire Henry Hilton’s in
dictment against tho New York World tor
libel was rattier rough on the judge. That
was tantamount to affirm ng t.ie World's
cha-ges against him of malfeasance and
outright dishonea'y in his administration of
the estate of the late A. T. Stewart,
which is now largely in his possession.
Wealth so acquired ought to accumulate
fast enough to satisfy the most rapacious.
But it can scarcely bring with it any great
degree of satisfaction.
London and Paris will soon be ready to
exchange polite “hellos” at the rate of 10
shillings per shout, if the channel doesn’t
get in an ugly humor and tear up the tele
phone cables before next March. Then
John Bull can assume his most impressive
bee- : n-a-jug tone of voice and ask the Bank
of France for another little loan—on bis
Irish potato crop, for instance—and the
great bull frog professor can b.a idly reply:
“Weith plaisaire, Monsieur Joan, weith
vair great plaisaire and saix pair centera.
Messeuers, ve haf glorious wet ha .r, vair.”
When a New Y ork lunatic attempted to
kill himself last week by jumping out of a
fifth-story window he hit the ground so hard
that the thump be got not only knocsed all
the illusions, but three big resounding
grunts, i ut of him, and wrecked his best hat.
Nevertheless, he now fully realizes what it
was he heard drop. For 75 cents the pave
mentcan be repaired, and Peter Hohr will be
ready for bis next job as able blacksmi h.
Life is not altogether smooth for some peo
ple. But this proves conclusively that Pete
is capable of h.tting very hard when he puts
his whole weight to it.
Under the caption of “causes for strikes,”
au article in a western paper altogether fails
to mention the new out-curve t at shatters
the umpire. It also omits the heavy ti ead
on an especially sensitive corn. Nor does it
even remotely allude to the benevolent cast
of countenance that some sleek and pros'
perous-looking citizen* near, and tbe inatc
or gradually acquired cbronio lianiupness
of other equally healthy and hearty citi
zens of nerve and enterprise who neverthe
less suffer fp m a dep easing lassitude that
prech dts grimy toil. After tbe manner if
enthusiastic essayist*, this writer appears to
be so wholly ignorant of bis subject that he
does not assign the actual “causes for
strikes.”
That Nicaragua Canal Treaty.
The publication of a treaty negotiated dar
ing P esident Arthur's administration, and
signed by him, binding tb.s country and
| Nicaragua to construct the Nicaragua
canal, appears to have crea ed a genuine
sensation in Washington. Our despatches
yesterday oootai ed two articles of the
treaty and a brief synopsis of the others;
also the main points of a mes-age which
President Arthur sent to the Senate with
ths treaty,
The Senate did not ratify this treaty—at
least, there is no evidence that it did—and
it did not, apparently, give it serious con
sideration. If it bad consider® i it at all,
the lactof the existence of the treaty would,
in all probability, have reacned the public
long ago. The treaty was msde over five
years ego, and remained a profound secret
in the Senate until last Tuesday, when it
was made public during the discussion of
tne complications between Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, growing out of the boundary
dispute affecting the concession made to the
Nicaragua Canal Company.
The treaty is valuable now only to the
extent of showing that the Arthur adminis
tration was willing to pat the burden cf
buildi g the canal upon this country. And
there was a g eat money maxing scheme,
doubtless, connected with the t. eaty in some
wRy, though, of course, that is only a m it
ter of conjecture. Ttiat it would have ben
wise in this coua'ry to have undertaken to
build the canal is very doubttul. It would
have been cuucemwy difficult, if not
impossible, for- uhs &)vwpment to have got
aiong harmoaiOosly with the government
of Nicaragua and tht governments of other
Central American republics. It is not im
probable that ob.Uic.ee would have been
thrown in the way of tne construction of
the canal constantly, with the view of ex
torting money from the eosMrnmeat, and in
that case force might bovij been necessary
to maintain pur rights.
And the governments ofr Europe would
have regard** the ownership of the canal by
this country with a jealous eye, and, per
haps, would have been active in influencing
the Nieai nguans and Costa Ricans to raise
frivolous objections to the building of the
canal. The Senate, therefore, exercise 1
good judgment in not ratifying the treaty.
But there are good reasons for thinking
that the canal will be constructed, 'i he
canal company is pushing forward the
work vigorously, if reports from the scene
of operations aro to be relied upon. It is
not improbable, however, that t ore may
be some difficulty in getting tho money
needed to carry on the work. The com
pany seems to have enough money now,
but how long will it last? It would not beat
a'.l surprising if the government should be
called upon for assistance in the near future.
And if thero should be such a call there
would tie a pretty strong sentiment
amoi g congress,uen in favor of re
sponding to it favorably. There would
he a big lobby o 1 hand and no effort would
be spared to create a public opinion favor
able to giving the undertaking government
aid. It is questionable, however, whether
it would be wise for the government to give
any additional assistance. It has already
given it all the encouragement that could
be reasonably asked.
Gov. Hill's Programme.
It was thought a few weeks ago that
Gov. Hill, of New York, would be a candi
date for re-election. It was argued that if
he should be re-elected, as, in all pro a
bility, he would be if a candidate, he would
stand a Letter chance for getting the demo
cratic nomination for President than it he
he should retire to private life or go to the
United States Senate.
Ho surprised a great many people iu New
York on Tuesday by staling in his message
to the legislature that he would not he a
candidate for re-election. The question
which now presents itself is this: YVill he
beeomo a candidate for the United States
Senate, or will he retire to private life and
devote himself to the management of his
little presidential boom?
It is not believed that he would like to go
to the Seuate at present, for the reason that
the people seldom look to that body for
presidential limber. If he retires to private
life it is quite certain that he will not be as
popular in 1892 as he is at present. It is
difficult to L riu any definite idea, therefore,
as to what his plans are. That he has a
plan by which he hopes to reach the presi
dency there is no doubt.
While Gov. HIU is an able man, and a
sound democrat, it will hardly be denied
that he is not as strong with the people os
bis admirers tell him he is. Outside of the
state of New York he is scarcely known at
all, and he cannot get the presidential nomi
nation if he has only that state to depend
upon.
Some of. the flew York newspapers are
doing all they can to increase his popular
ity. They ere not ineeting with a great
deal of success. They wou Id succeed butter
if Mr. Cleveland were out of the way.
Democrats all over the country, however,
are thinking only of Mr. Cleveland for 1892,
and it is hot probable that they can be con
vinced that he is not the best man for the
next democrat ic standard bearer.
Gov. Hill fs a comparatively young man
yet, and the time may come when his party
will regard with favor his presidential aspi
rations. His chances for get.ing the nomi
nation in 1892, however, are not, from ihe
present outlook, worthy of a serious
thought.
Bringing suit against a steamship com
pany fur making him sick while ut sea is an
altogether new departure for a passenger
to take. Yet that is what a New York
man has just done. Doubtless it is with
great difficulty that many others restrain
themselves from n like course. If the com
panies mean anv harm by so shattering a
passenger's appetite and completely wilting
his native gaiety, they undoubtedly mean a
great deal of it and very strong. This com
plainant charges that his stateroom made
him sick about J5.0J0 worth and legal trim
mings. That does not seem to make much
allowance for the vigorous energy and
“malicious mischief” of the dreadfully deep
blue sea. Possibly hit mental equilibrium
and normal appetite, like his claim, have
not yet been recovered. N vertheless if
tbe bilious gentleman’s action induces these
rollicking craft and wild waves to shake us
up more gently in future his suit will suit
every traveler wno finds it desirable or
necessary to go down to sea in ships.
Bernhardt is said to be infusing so much
verve and fl e into her impersonation of
“Cleopatra” that the theater in New York,
in which she was to have played next
month, burned down before she couid get
over to it. Statements that one of her
burning effusio s to her American manager
started the conflagration, however, are—uot
unlike the rest artiste —wholly without
visible foundations to sustain them.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1891.
6c emlng to Steal Two 8 rat is.
In Naw Hampshire and Connecticut the
democrats a e in danger of losing the
fruits of heir victories gained in the No
vember elections. In New Hampshire the re
pu Mica ns are making extraordinary efforts
to get control of tne legislature. If their
efforts are successful they will elect ths
gover ior, and alto a United States senator.
The democrats have a clear majority of
the legislature, provided the “if entitled”
members are not placed on tbs rolls by ths
clerk of ths H mte, thus ad nitting thus
members to seats, and permitting them to
take part in the organization of the House
before the legality of their election has been
passed upon. These ‘‘if entitled" mem tiers
are the ones elected with the understanding
: bat if the census taken in June showed
their respective towns entitled to additional
representatives they should be entitled to
seat*
Ths republicans claim that the clerk of
the House has the right to say whether
these “if entitled” members have a
right to seats or not. Tne dam -Grata, how
ever, insist that the House alone has the
power to pass upon that question. The ques
tion was submitted to the supreme court; of
the stats, and that tri lunal a day or two
ago a- cidedtbat it was without jurisJi tion.
The clerk of the House is a republican, and
the unlerstandi g seems to be that he will
place the names of the “if entitled” mem
bers on the rolls. The democrats, how
ever, declare that if he does they will resist
by every means in their power the organ
ization of the House.
In Connecticut the democratic candidate
for governor was elected by a few votes,
and the canvassing board will so declare.
But the republicans claim to have found
enough illegal votes to wipe out his ma
jority, and that, therefore, he was not
elected. They propose to throw the elec
tion of governor into the legislature. If
they succeed ii doing so they will elect a
republican for governor.
In both New Hampshire and Connecticut
the democrats were victorious in the last
elections, but if, by any means, however
wrongful they may bo, the republicans can
deprive them of what rightfully belongs to
them they will do so. The Connecticut
legislature met yesterday, and the New
Hampshire legislature will soon meet. In
each body there will be an interesting and
perhaps prolonged contest.
Gotham U a queer town, anyway you
choose to scan it o’er. Recently a man was
put on trial there for st nllng the jewelry of
a lady whom he had visited the evening be
f re. Now that must be a delightful sort of
innovation upon thetedious conventionality
of the old customs established elsewhere.
When the social amenities are suddenly in
terrupted by siummsry arrest of the “part
i g guest” before ho can do any speeding,
and a subsequent matinee in a police court
on a charge of petty or possibly grad
larceny, according to the estimated skill ai.d
ability of the visitor to “settle the case,” it
must lend to fsshi nable intercourse a spice
of oager expectation and alert vigilance ac
companied by a pleasing sense of peril that
can but prove a strong stimulus to all of the
faculties and arouse the liveliest apprehen
sions even though it may not command the
confidence and esteem of the gay world.
Ergo when Mr. Francis next pays a call of
ceremony to his erstwhile friend he had
better call the lady out on the stoop and
take a policeman along with him as a
guarantee of good faith. In that way he
may reduce the oxpetise to the normal
figure for a hansom cab and liberal fees.
Much has been said in condemnation of
Mrs. O'Shea and her share of the downfall
of Parnell. Reprobation aid contempt,
and even contumely, have been lavished
upon her with no stinted hand. Possibly it
may all be deserved. Who can say? But
where shall wo find epithets forceful enough
to adequately describe the conduct of her
distinguished brother, Sir Evelyn Wood,
who urged her husband to brand
her in the courts with the stamp of legal
obloquy merely in order that he might
pecuniarily profit by her disgrace. Thus he
hoped to divert from her an inheritance.
That bis disreputably sordid scheme utterly
failed will naturally be a source of no little
satisfaction to people who have a decent re
spect for womankind, even though frail,
and any lingering reminiscence of the
ancient tradition that gave to a sister some
sort of claim upon the counsel and pro
tection of her brother. All of this the
senior general of the British army appears
to have wholly overlooked in his indecent
haste to wrest from his sister her share of
their joint inheritance.
Just to see if all the naphtha was out of it
a brisk little Ohio urchin of an inquiring
i urn of mind introduced a lighted match
into the bung-hole of a barrel. What little
naphtha was in there jumped out mighty
quick. Nearly every stave in that barrel
hit the boy somewhere and the heads dashed
among hie companions and scattered them
over the adjacent property. Curled-up
buys and barrel hoops—also a few juvenile
whoop*—hummed in every direction. That
boy now seems to think that a barrel stave
is worse on me feelings than a split shi gle.
By this time he is also satisfied that there
was naphtha in that barrel. AU of his com
panions with their respective hat) and shoes
have been gathered up and th y will pro a
blv be willing to take some thing* for
granted hereafter.
Late advices from Ohio tell of a skittish
young widow of 38 who has just embezzled
a school boy of 17 and absconded with him.
She claims to have entrusted to his keeping
several thousand dollars and one rob st
heart. When he get* old enough to realize
his steady situation she may get sorry. But
when it comes to hustling for bliss a healthv
relict counts double every time.
Be uty Jennie Chamberlain of Cleveland,
who married an English guardsman, is said
to have received no recognition whatever in
the will of Millionaire Selah Chamberlain,
who died the other day. Yet it is to be
hoped that she may not hav£ cause to regret
that she was not born rich instead of so
beautiful.
Very likely the farmers will feel very
much ashamed of themselves when thev
learn that the French politicians do not ap
prove of the allianoe platform. They re
gard it as "vair inexpedient, vair.” Isn’t
that superlatively dreadful)
Metropolitan news; apers now manifest a
strong tendency to keep standiug the pertl
ne.itly inquiring headline "Where Are the
Funds!” or words to that effect.
Wbbn Lawyer Kimbrough attempted to tes
tify on be naif of hie client, at Memphis, Tenn.,
the other day. Judge Du Bose ruled that be
roust first re.iro from tbs oase. "The rule of this
court is that no attorney can testify in a case
for a c.ien .' ’ said tbe judge. “ ‘Wharton on Evi
doce' takas strong ground) seams sue i prac
tice, ant I will not permit It." Kimbrough
formally announced his retirement and then
gave his testimony.
PB K6ON Ak.
Anastasius. the chief of the famous Greek
brlga ds. whose cheerful habit ie to kidnap
harmie-t travel re. and keen them on abort
ootnrnoas until a ransom in ; Sid. ie and scribed as
a type of perf-ct Greek beauty, a very cultivated
man. who speaks four languag-s, and Has the
manners of court*.
That generous Croesus, Baron Hirseh, pro
poses to send to the Argentine Republic fome
rslf-iu Hion of the Jewish victims qf Russian
pereecuOoo, Pr site at PetUgrial offefß an
asylum and active help to the ttflfey Immi
grant*. fcdJMs as 14 that Baron fUrsc- la ready
to spend J-AMo.OO) to carry oilt-kls plan.
Frau Sophib Saltaxius, an able German
woman of letter* has issued an appeal to h*r
countrywomen to reform those national modes
of education which consider girls simply a<
future wives a a housekeepers. Tueir present
training, she savs. leaves German women with
out individuality, a id with pitifully low Ideals
of life.
"The Empress op Russia is now 49 years old.
Russians say t at she has not the capacity of
the Princes* of Wales to look considerably
younger than her years The chin be (tins to
double, and the ch<*-s nave lon* su ce taken
a comfortable expression. H--r figure also
grows matronly, toough still she is an indefati
gable dancer.
Caldmr Marshall. R. A., has placed his
resignation In the hands of the president of the
Royal Academy, ami will, forthwith, join the
ranks of the "retired.” He is Ihe Nestor of the
Royal Academy, having b en elected associate
in 1844, and full academician in 1862. eighteen
years bef re Mr. Hook, who now becomes the
senior member of the academy.
Sinjyo Buie's lanouape was a compound of
pure SLAt and mongrel ittgfth in which a
' nur.'t.M- uf FrSjfcrh words w- lje nrixjd. The
lpMer laweenMeked I.of run- tie rulers,
awl fiM t Mir wfpressiond w g* A-'piufflv djere
emphatic than pohte a tenderfoot wa-rapt to be
surprised when talking w ith the Indian chief
by the vigorous meaning of his phrases.
Prince Chun, the Chinese prime minister, ap
pears to be recovering from his long illn os
The populace at.ribnte it to the neglect of the
emperor, wh n buil dng a re idence for h s
fut ler, to have the site cleared of e il spirits,
who accord ngly torment the occupant. It is
reported among foreigners, however, that the
prince is trying to break off the opium habit.
Prince Victor of Holenlohe has completed
the pla-ter cast of the l.fe-sized statue of the
Princess of Wales, subscribed for by English
ladles. When the m rble statin- is finished it
will be placed in the Royal College of Music.
Prince \ ictor is said to have succ -eded in pro
ducing a striking presentment of the princess.
She is reproduced in the doctor’s cap and gown,
belonging to her Dublin musical degree.
Count Herbert Bismarux, after spending
five weeks with different fri nds in England, has
arrived in Paris. He lias gone thre chiefly iu
search of “distract! n,” which was also his oh
ject north of t.e channel. Whether the search
ha- been so iar successful is more than doubt
ful. as he is looking a sad and depressed man,
wearing the appearance of one from whom the
tide has flowed. An old friend with w om he
had been conversing was heard to temurk after
he had gone awav that tie was not up to date
and seemed liardly to take in w at is going on
in any part of Europe or what has go e on since
he dropped out of po itics. Prince Bismarck i
said by his s>n to bear up well a ainst the
neglect into which he lias tal en. He finds occu
paiion in business enterprise. His brewery
scheme interests him The princess takes far
more to heart their changed position. Sue is
in poor health.
BRIGHT BI: 8.
Sunday School Feauher— Why did Abou Ben
Ab n’s name lead all the rest?
Small Boy 1 remembering the roil at school'—
Becsti e ti ey wrote them in alphabetical order.
Princeton Tiger.
When the sermon is extremely long
The tired arid wicked sinner
Has but a single thought—to wit,
“Will I be late for dinner?”
—New York Herald.
Miss Oldmaid— Your room is very pretty.
Miss Rosebud, but I wish you would drop In
and see mine. It’s a perfect mnseuin of curios.
All presents, too.
Miss Rosebud—Birthday presents?—A’eto York
n'eeklu.
Caller— Your son has wonderful literary tal
eut, and I think It is a pity he should go to work
iu a sto?. Wlyr don't you make a writer of
him?
Hostess—lf I were sure his uncle would make
him his heir I would.— Good Neu s.
No Vassar oiiil lias ever been divorced from
her husband. The fact is easily explained.
Any reaso lablv agreeable and pretty girl can
get a husband, but It takes an extremely clevei
woman to retain him. That is where tile ability
of the Vassar girl tells in her favor.— PAiiu
delphia Pi ess.
"Dreadful scandal about Dr. Puix.”
“So?”
“He claims to be a bachelor, but I beard yes
terday he'd buried niueteeif wives."
“H rrible!"
“Yes, isn’t it. Other men’s wives I mean, of
course.”— etc York Herald.
Gentlemen who are thoroughly posted on all
the points of the genuine two-dollar silver cer
tificate and have abundant leisure and a coo
magnifying glass can detect the counterfeits
every time, but it is a little difficult lor those
who cannot afford to spend $3 worth of time to
ascertain whether or not they have $2 worth of
paper. —Phi adelphta Inquirer,
The title of the chief of the bureau of print
ing for the world's fair will be “prom ter gen
eral." By the time the exposition is under full
headway titles will bo thico-r than blackberries
We will discount the south with our military
appellations, and a .ood many men who never
smelled powder will be "geueruls” for the rest
of their life.— lndianapolis ,\ev’s.
There is In Isabella county. Michigan, a man
who claims that he fought with Hannibal
against Pome. At first thought came tho convic
tion that he was a St. Ixiuisnn who had some, on
strayed from home, but the conclusion is dis
proved by tin- statement that he is able to reau
any language at sight. St. Louisans do not in
dulge In such follies. The man is a mystery.
Chicago Times.
Too Goon.—" What is the matter, Harry!
Are you never going to get through shoving
tuts mo n ng?"
"I don’t know, child I don’t know what to
do. I went and got me some of the new beard
pomade,’ and it works so that before I can get
tbrou h stiaving the second cheek the heard
has already begun to show again on the other."
—Fliegende blatter.
The New Neighbor.— dire. De Gadd—That
new neighbor of yuurs don’t go to any parricu
lar church as I can sea He's an atheist, ain’t
he?
Mrs. De Gabb—Not so bad as that, I assure
you. He is what is called a liberal Christian.
Mrs. De Ga id—Well, I'm gl id to hear that,
and I’ll call on him this very day. Our church
is awfully in need of anew oroan and anew
bell, and we ain't got half enough col’ec ed to
pay the preacher yet. Liberal Christians is
what we’re sighin' for in this town.— New York
M v - i*t— ——————v* ~-a
CURRENT CfOjMMEN T.
Then They Cannot pprove the Force
lIIL
From the New York World (Dem.).
The Am rican people bate a gag, resent force
and despise fraud.
Strengthening His Fences.
From the Boston Herald ( Ind.).
Gov. Davis of Rho le Island is evidently a
candidate for re-election. He is going to be
married.
There’s Too Much of It.
From the Chicago Moil (Ind.).
Years may come and go and the decades fol
low eaca o: uer into the dim and voiceless past,
but the pleasantry of the grand piano and Chi
cago girl’s stocking will not down.
Books all Straight and Ready.
FYom the Cincinnati Enquirer ( Dem .).
In Cincinnati, to-morrow, 40,000 children will
resume tlieir school duties. So far as ascer
tained, there hav ■ be n no changes of books
during their ten days’ vacation. We have much
to be thankful for.
Now They’ll Know They’re Ignored.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
K number of petty newspapers In the state,
which a e able to swkllow end digest anything,
even Senator Cameron, because they are en
dowed with bo ler plate m-ides, are buzzing and
biting like mosquitoes at the Press in the hope
of receivin: udvertise neats. They must be
sadly disappointed to find that no notice is taken
of them.
"I have ben occasionally troubled with
Coughs, and in each case have used Brown's
Bronchial Troche*, which have never failed,
tnd I must say they are second to none in the
world."— eeluc A. May, Cashtsr, St. Paul,
Mtnn.—Ad,
Fouarbt With evoivera.
An attache of the Peruvian legation received
yesterday from Lima a story of a remarkable
duel which Is an irresistible reminder of the
scenes described in Balxac's nove.s. says a
Washington dispatch to the Chicago Pott.
Two wealtiy residents. M. Can rare and M.
Bareda married slaters both beautiful ladies,
but unfortunately the two became estranged
and for several years past they have not been
on friendly term*.
A short time since a younger sister of the
ladies wes nsa-ned snd the we .ding occurred in
grand style at t is resit-roe of Mrs. Bareda.
Oa account of the coolness her w en t ie fami
lies Mrs. Canevaro was not inured Four days
before the w-ddieg M. Geneva:o encounter'd
M. bareda oa the street, when be resen ed the
■ ndlgaity put upon bis wife by sailing inio his
brother-in-law after the manner of John L.
Sul Ivan, and M. Bareda retired to nurse a big
black eye.
be wounded honor of the parties could be
healed only by rec urge to the cod-, and a chal
lenge was sent ana accepted. Maria was an
expert swordsman, but a p i t pistol snot, while
M 'anev iro could hit t e title end cf a cigar
with a revolver at fifty paces, but knew nothing
of the sword.
Finally the seconds fixed upjthe matter, and
pistols were s. r-ed upon. A secluded sp t and
tie ear y morning of the wedding dy were
iixod upon, and at the appointed time toe two
conte'dan s spp-ared. each with two seconds
The revolvers were carefully loaded, an I thou
the a conds decided by lots sh.co should go to
M. Buraia and which to M Canevaro
Twenty paces wore measured off, the princi
pals took their places, and one of the seconds
counted off: "One, two, three." Both fired, but
M Canevaro was unhurt, snd M. Bareda felt a
bullet wnistla bet we -n his legs.
Again they tried It, and it. Bareda fired un
successfully, while M. Car.evaro's pistol did not
go off.
Tne seconds then took the pistol- and mixed
them up, giving the principals a chance to draw
again. M. C’an-varo drew the same oue, and
the third time the word was given to fire, when
Canevaro's pi tol failed and M. Bareda snot uii
antagonist in the head.
Bareda mourned his horse and galloped to the
city. Rushing to the Chinese legation, where
ne had made previous arrangements for the
purpose, he concealed nimself an i remained
Id on for a week on the supposition that he
oad slain his opponent.
When Canevsro fell the blond gushed In tor
rents from his head, and ap: test was sent for
at once, but later developments showed that the
bull, t struck lm n the forebead aid glanced
from the bone, making an ugly flesh wound,
and no more.
Both men have since been receiving congrat
ulations, but that night M. Bareda was, of
course, unavoid biy absent from tue wedding,
am since then he has been t unking his patron
saiut for his miraculous deliverance.
He Fooled Hla Cousin.
The fashion of letting the beard grow as a
protection to the thr at, says the New Vork
Star, was never, it seems to me, so general as
it is this winter. The addition makes a w n Jar
ful differe-ic • in the appearance or some faces.
I heard a lawyer tell a story that illustrates that
fact.
"YVu will notice,” he said to a party of
friends, "that I have quite a strong growth of
beard. Ist ipped shaving early la October, lhe
other day 1 v as riding on the front pi uform of
a car, as I was smoking, and am >n the passen
z rswhogot onboard wasaoousiuof mine,
er husband and their young baby. I had not
*e*n th > lady sinoe the dav she was married, in
the summer of 1889. and the hus
band never saw me but on the night of the
wedding. Then I had only a mustache. I
looked in at the front door and nodded to my
cousin, but she did not return the salutation. X
repeated it, but still there was no response. Be
ing convinced tuat she did not know me I de
te mined fo have some fun, so I kept smili g
at and nodding to her. She began to be evi
and ntly disconcerted, and, in a few minutes, I
not.eed that sne was whispering to tier bus
rand. After the talk the gentleman left bis
seat and went to the rear platform, when he
spoke excitedly to the conductor. Tuat wort y
came through the car, and, opening the front
door, said to me:
“.'You must either stop insulting the lady in
the car or get off. Her husband has complained
about your conduct. ’
"1 told him I did not want to insult any one,
and as he began to get excited I passed into the
car, and, taking hold of a strap, leaned over the
lady and said:
“ 'Wtiy, Mi nie, how are you?’
‘ She looked at me for a moment and then ex
claimed :
“‘Cousin Eddie! How are you? I didn’t
know you with whiskers.'
“The car was pretty well crowded, and as
everybody had understood that I had been cotn
lained of, there was a general laugh at the
denouement."
A Remarkable Ccinc'daice.
Charles E. Prother, a messenger of the United
States Express Company, was accidently killed
one dark night while he was crossing the track
of tue Kansas city. Fort Scott and Memphis
Railroad Company, says the Kansas City Star.
Prother had a companion with him the night he
was killed, and at the point where they crossed
the railroad track there was no light, and a
section of a freight train was Backed down on
them in the darknosa. Prother was struck first
and his head wi, ground to a pulD. Tne un
fortunate mans companion was also struck,
but was thrown to one side and was not injured.
The express messenger s clothes were torn to
shreds aad the contents of his pockets were
scattered far and wide. When the coroner
arrived on the scene and proceeded
to collect the remains he found two
letters Inclosed in one envelope addressed
to the dead man. One of these letters h-d
been written by Prother to the superintendent
of the United States Express Company’s
messengers in Kansas City, and was to the
effect that the writer was rend}' to report for
duty, after a short vacation. The other Setter
was written by the superintendent, and it
order and Prether to go to Hetheringt >n, Kan.,
and there take a run. To this letter, however,
was added tne following postscript:
‘Dba Charlie—You will also find inclosed
passes to H~> You will go to H— some day,
old boy, and never return. Georgs
This letter had been written the day before
'Yother was killed, and Is a re.rna kable coinci
dence. The superintendent probablv wrote the
"H—" without thinking and was then struck
with Its peculiarity, and added the final sen
tence as a joke.
What He Wanted $5 For.
Ammerl was a good-natured, soft-hearted fel
low, who, along with other excellent qualities,
was not averse to a well spread table, says the
Philadelphia Tnnet. But his purse, while meet
ing all his necessary wants, was har.ly large
enough to secure the latest, or rather the
earlie t. luxuries without some little stint.
Going through the game market one day his
eye was taken with a brace of qu .11. the first of
the season. He felt a strong inward yearning
to possess the delicate birds, but on makiug in
quiries he found the price was rather bevond
his expectations.
“Can't you come down just a little?" he
asked the proprietor. “That’s rather tteep, you
know.”
"Couldn’t reduce them a cent, sir. and make
anything,” was tue reply.
Ammerl gave a sigh, and. resolutely closing
out the tempting sight, passed on his way.
He had hardly turned t le corner before he
met an old friend, Pumpus, whose chief occu
potion in life seemed to be in continual dis
tress.
"Oh Ammerl," he joyfully cried, ‘‘l want the
loan of $5. T. ere’s trouble at home aud I
don’t know what to do."
Hardly was the money asked before it was
given. Tue borrower, with profuse thanks that
he had saved his life, left, while Ammerl stood
and thought.
Not regret at his generosity, however, but
whether he should go buy the quail and—yes,
he would.
Going back to the keeper he told him he
wanted that pair of b rds.
“I am sorry,” was the answer, “but I’ve just
sold them to Mr. Pumpus. and what is more,
Mr. Ammerl, unlike you he didn’t attempt to
haggle about the price one bit."
Why They All Like e ctor Stoddard.
Coming down town on a Wabash and Cottage
Grove cable train any morning, says the Chicago
Tribune, one sees a map hailing the train at the
corner of Peck court. He has a face that is
noticeable. It is full of years, but not of care.
Something of merriment lu ks about the
mouth, and the eyes s em to be picking out the
brigut spots. The writer has known the genial
face for some rears, but what wes most pleasant
was that every one on the oar knew- him, too.
This remark vas heard from several seats:
“Tuat is Stoddard, toe fine old actor in Mr.
Palmer's company.”
Mr. Stoddard always "puts up” at a private
house on the South S de when he comes to Oui
cage. He bates tne confusion and staring of
hotel life. He likes to walk about t,e city and
look into the shop windows. It is not proper to
intrude upon the privacy of a gentleman. His
wains and manners, aside from business, are
his own private affairs. But it is something to
have been so loyal to duty, so conscientious in
work, so painstaking, that the kindly eyes and
thou .hts of the world go out with you in your
strolls. Tnat is why every one who has gone
much to th* tbea er turns and looks at Mr.
Stoddard when he is on too street.
If yon would be rid of chills and fever 81m
moat Liver Regulator is whal you need.—Ad.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Clot* is successfu’ly made from wood.
Strips of fine grained wood are boiled aid
crushed between mils, and t-e filament*, bay
ing b en earned into parallel Ifaes, are spun into
tnreads from which doth can be woven in the
usual way.
Tbi crowded audience attending tbe Reei
denz theater in Berlin on Christmas eve was
forced to t t fifty minutes in darknoss, broken
only by tbe fe bie ray from a lantern plac and on
the stare, the electric light having failed in the
middle of tbe performance.
An Armenian paper has been started in New
Yo k, and is called Balk. Should it enter into
that decline to which young and feeble jeurnals
ar to exposed, it will bring the editor to ’’Hoc”
his valuables ere the blasts of another winter
sweep o’er us from the frigid zone.
As a test of steel manufactured at Reading,
Pa, tbe other day a ore-inch tar broke at a
strain of 251.8J3 pounds, “being about 20.000
pounds in exc -ss of the niftiest record authori
tatively known." Tbe test was made under the
supervision of the government officers.
“When I look at our honored guest,” ex
claimed tbe orator of the evening, “and re
member how he rose from an humble position to
be president of this vast corporation, I re. lize
forcibly the truth of the saying that there is
always room at tbe top " The pres.dent of the
vast corporation, a gentleman with a large bald
spot on the top of his head, made a meinoian
dum in a little note book, and tbe wages of that
young orator have never been raised.
A coraespoxdknt sends the following as a
good example qf mixed metaphor: “At a large
temperance meeting held last F urthof July,
the oraior, a man of wide reputation, was
speaking of tbe magnitude and extent of the
rum power; ho told in strong terms ths influ
ence it now has, and concluded his and scriptlon
with the following words: Tney (the rum
power) are now generating a current of elec
tricity w i.ich will one day rise up and smite you
with a sword, of dynamite.’ ”
Mrs. Mellok J. Cracraft of Dee Moines, Ia„
went to the county infirmary in Dayton, 0., a
few days agd, end found her mother, Mrs. J.
\V. Beach, who bus been tfcerelor several years.
Mrs. Gracraft became sepa ated from her
mother fifty yaara ago, during the cholera epi
demic. As ne .rly all the family had di-d from
cholera, each thought the other was dead. Mrs.
Cracraft went west and married a wealthy man,
and by acc dent heard of her mother’s when •-
about*. Tie nte-tlng was a happy one. Mrs.
Cracraft will take her mother to Des Moines.
“The best selling phbtojcrajihs to-day,” saida
clerk in a Broidway. New York, store that
makes a specialty pf sailing photographs of
foreign and local 0,-lebrJ les, "arc thoi of Mrs.
otter, Mrs. Langiry, Mary And rson, Edwin
Bo itb and Lawrence Barrett. Mr. Harrison’s
photographs have never sold well, nnd the sale
of Mrs Cleveland's Ilk ness tell short one-half
aft- r the do* ■of her husband’s adru nist ration
The demand for the pictures of Mrs. I.angtry
ani Mary Anderson has continued ui imer
ruptedl.v for the past seven or eight ye rs.
Women’s lastes are much more tickle than
men’s, as. for inst nee, the photographs of
popular actors vary in tneir demand as much
as tne style in spring bonnets.”
During the pretent century three girl queni
have, before the advent of Queen Wllbelmina,
almost simultaneously ascended the throne of
an European nation: Maria a Gloria of i ortu
gal, Isab Ha of Spain, ad Victoria of England
The two first had the misfortune of attaining
to the regal power while still nv re children.
There has been a w ido difference between ibe
histories of tbe spoiled daughter of Spain and
t e headstrong p- rtuguese e damsel, and that
of the grand and coii-ci ntiotis maiden of 18
who was called upon to reign over Great
Britain. By her close affiliations, t rough per
sister, the Duchess of Albany, to the En glish
court. Queen Emma will probably profit by tue
example Bet by the Duchess of Kant in the edu
cation of her daughter.
One time, in order to test the courage of a
Bengal tiger and a lion,” said a well known
showman, “we placed a shooting cracker in
the respective cages and fired the fuses. As
soon as the fuses began to burn they attracted
trie attention of both animal , but in a wid ly
different manner. The li n drew Into a corner
and watched the proceedings wlth a distrustful
and uneasy eye. The tiger, on the contary, ad
vanced to the burning fuse with a firm srep and
unflinching gaze. On reaching the crack <r he
tuok his paw and began to roil it over the floor,
and when it exploded beneath his very nose he
did not flinch, but continued his examination
until perfectly satisfl and. The lion betrayed great
fear when i.e heard tne report of the explosion,
and for quite a time could not be coaxed out of
his den.”
Minister Ryan of Mexico was in New York
Thursday with Senator Plumb. He has been in
Washington about two weeks, and told me he
exp cts to return to the City of Mexico in an
other fortnight. He will undoubtedly carry
with him instructions from the President and
Secretary of State ior the promotion of r ci
prooity with Mexico within the limits of protec
tion I asked Mr. Ryau about tbe report that
M. Uora ro, the Mexican minister at Washing
ton, is to return to Mexico to become Secretary
of the Treasury. Said he: *• i bat is an old
rumor, revived on account of Mr. Romero's
recent visit to his home. There is no truth in
it. I would tie certain to know if there was any
such movement on foot, aud ! am certain that
Senor Romero will not be recalled from Wash
ington on any account.”
A Montreal paper tells of anew religious
community that has recently been established
in that city. A family having b en cured of
the smallpox some time ago, the (laughters
manifesied a ilesire to become lull s. They
thereupon established themselves in a house,
under the rules of a religious community, and
with a costume consisting of red garment! and
white veils. The young women keep perpetual
silence, except during one hour each day. They
rise at 4a m and go to bed at Bp. m. In one
of the halls is a pillar four feat high, with
chains, a crown of thorns, and instruments of
discipline. On dais of public rejoicings the
sisters are chained in tun s to this pillar, and
carry a crown of thorns upon their heads, the
penance lasting one hour for each. Two or
three times a week they whip themselv s on the
bare skin. They sleep in s- >arata c lls, their
bed being a coffin, with no other beddiug than
a pall.
L. A. Towne, a wealthy man of Austin, Tex.,
tells this little story: “I got my start in life
through Jay Gould. I was a porter in a hotel
at Greenwood Lake, where Jay Gould used to
stoo, and the financier took a fancy to me
somehow. One day, lust as he starred for New
York. I said to him: M . Go ild, I have Baved
up S.OO and I would like to increase it in the
next fa a’ month* and go west and invest it ’
Gould looked at me sharply a moment and then
whispered ip my ear, ‘Buy Erie.’ I bought Erie
and cleared of er $1,006 on the ihv stment Tne
next time Gould came to the lake be asked me
if 1 had followed his instructions. I told hiru
that I had. Sell it at once and keep your
promise about going west,’ said Mr. Gould.
That night I telegraphed an oraer for the sale
of my stock, and the next time Jay Gouid vis
ited Group wood lake his favorite porter was
missing. He had g ne west, bought a ranch
and he has grown up with the coumry.”
A Calcutta paper says that the sale in the
bazars of India of Englis i matches at the
rate of two boxes for a pice is marvelous.
Matches to tbe value of over five lacs wer im
ported i to Calcutta in 18A9-’6O, tne amount
hav.ng neir,y do bie in five tears At ti e
hoi sAa price cf bout b 6 rupees for a cue of
53 cross the pre eut imp rt represents ]62,iHX),-
000 boxes. A1 hough import) and from the United
kingdom, most of these matches are made in
Norway and Sweden. Upward of two lacs’
wer h more are imported from Rei.-iu ri, Ger
many. Malta. Hong Kong, aid the Siraits Set
tlements. Tbo-e from Hong Kong and the
Siraits are m nu'ac ured at To io, in Japan
where the i dustry as started about fifteen
years ago. The matches are made and put up
in imitation of Swedish matches, but are in
feri rin quality, and sec ire a market chiefly
because of their Cheapness. Last year's im
port of Tokio matches amounted to over a
quarter of a lac of rupees.
The long aud curious intimacy between Lilly
1 angtry and Fred Ge hardt seems to have been
inte rupte i forevei ,|The relations were strained
at tbe time Langtry left this country last time,
but when Gebhardt heard that the fair creature
was ill in London he starred at once across the
ocean, determined to effect a reconciliation
Ass. on as he got to London he hastened to call
on Langtry. As luck would have it, he arrived
at her hotel at t e very time wh. n the Priuce of
\Vaies was paying his respects to tbe lady His
card was returned with the message that he
would have to wait aw hil —that Mrs Langtry
cou il receiv-no other vis.tor while his royal
highness was calling. Words would fail to con
vey even au idt aof the intensity of Mr. Geb
bardt’s wrath; be flounced out of tbe hotel
went back to hi* own rooms, packed his lug
gage and started for Liverpool by the first
tram. With this touching incident enlel th*
flirtation which for years had been a notorious
anil flaeraur loandal. Gebhardt haa be'airen
himself to the sport* of the turt and Langtry ia
losing aer money la Lon lon trying to mak*
people believe she can act.
Go and do likewise, if y OU r whiskers
are grizzly and unbecoming use Bucking
ham's Dye aud they wIU look aa when you
were younger.—Ad.
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