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Newspaper Page Text4 C|c|lTanung|tctus Morning News Building Savannan, Ga. friDl F.sDA V.T'ITEMBKR 10.1891. " Registered at the PuS‘offlce in .SatannoA. News Is published every day in the year, and is served to subs rlbers in the city at 23 cents s * eek, $1 00 a mouth, $5 00 for Mx months aad $lO 00 for one year. The Horsing Saws, by '. one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six month*, *6 00; one year, $lO 00. . The Morning News, by mm , s'x times a week (without Sunday issue . three months, $0 00; Six months. $4 00; one year $s 00 The Morning News. Tri-Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, S. 25;ix months, $2 50; one year, £ 5 00. The Sunday Sews, by mail, or.e year, $2 00 The Wikki.v Sews, bi/ mail, one year, $1 . Subscriptions payable In advance. Hem It by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of se .den. Letters and telegrams s.iould be addressed “Mornino New*. ' savannah, Go. Transient advertisements, otner than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want co.umn. 10 cents a line Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one Inch space in depth-is the standard of meas urement. Con tree t rates and discounts made known on application at business office. * ol R NEW YOKE OFFICE. Ma. J. J. Fltsn, General Advertising Agent pf the Morkino Sews, office 83 Park Row, Kew York. All advertising business outside ef the states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro lina will be managed by him. Tbs Morning News Is on file at the following plaoea, where Advertising Rates and other in formation regarding the paper can be obtained: NEW YORK CITY— J. H. Bates, 38 Park Row. G, P. Rowell A Cos., 10 Spruce street. W. W. SHARP & 00.. 91 Park Row. Frank Kiernan & Oo , 158 Broadway. Daochy A Cos., 87 Park Place. 5. W. Thompson. 38 Park Row. American NewspaperPubushu's ASSOCIATION, Potter Building. PHILADELPHIA— K. W. Aver A Son, Times Building. BOSTON — (L R. Niles, 850 Washington street. Pmttbnoill A 00., 10 State streak CHICAGO- Lord A Thomas, 45 Randolph street. CINCINNATI— Edwin Alder Compart, 88 West Fourth street. NEW HAVEN- The H. P. Hi bbard Compart, 25 Elm street BT. LOOT*— Meiaor Cues man A Cos, 1187 Pine street Morning News Boreal - , 314 Whitehall street MAOON- Daily Tmlboraph OmcK, 587 Mulberry street IfIDKI TO KKW ADYBBTI3KMKNTS~ Msetiros— Knights of Pythias Tybee Club. Special Nonces—Pine Wood for sale, P G. Purs*, President; The Merry Workers’ Enter talment; Special Notloe as to Bills ol laden, Strauss A Cos.; Mineral Waters, at Strong's Phar macy; Last Notice, State and County Tates, 1891; As to Crew of British Steamship Rosnsath snd British Bark Pnretoer; As to Bills Against British Bark Katie Stewart; Of Interest to the Ladies; Announcement, The A. J. Miller Com pany; Turkeys, etc; W. P. Green A Cos.; Notice of Dissolution, R. D. MaoDonell A Cos.; Notice, H. F. Graham; Notice, R-HX MaePonell ’& Cos.; Christmas Suggestions, Falk Clothing Company. Amusements— ‘ 'The Pay Train" at the Theater Dec. 19. Oollat’s Time Sale— For To-day Only. But a Bitoot -The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Company. Seasonable Aan cuts rob Presents— B. H. Levy A Bro. Auction Sale— Still Another Sale of Fuml lure, by 0. H. Dorsett. Clothing, Etc. —Falk Clothing Company. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Want-d; For Rent; For (ale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. Michigan university girls are real mad. Because of au article on 00-education In their monthly publication the faculty went Into the czar business and suppressed the whole edition. That arouses all of the American spirit of liberty and lndepen daneb at Ann Arbor and excites a strong tendency to open revolt. They are literally breathing vengeance and those bold bad professors would do well to hold onto their hair. Wisconsin has a Peck of trouble waiting for those of the bruising fraternity who may drift that way. After Mr. Joe Tansey bad made all ar rangements that he considered desirable and necessary for a cordial “scrapping'’ so ciable with Mr. Dan Bgan be was disap pointed by the imperative objection that Gov. Peck interposed. Bo Milwaukee is to go without thumping hilarity for the pres ent at least. OH and water may now be expected to assimilate at almost any time. Political gnmor from Pennsylvania states that Sena tor Quay and his ancient enemy Chris Ma gee are united for the purpose of nominat ing Blaine agaiust all the intrigues for Har rison that Headsman Clarkson can manu facture. Should the two Pennsylvania professionals go “agin” the national ma chine there will probably be a mighty lively and interesting tussle in the republican cor ner of the land. All Connecticut has just been astonished with a crank who was even more high priced than Banker Bage’s visitor. When be entered a Hartford bank and demanded $2,500,000 in large bills to put in his sachel the employes all pitched in to get together the money. But they changed their col lective mind and bound Mr. Crank in a •uug package and bundled him off to a con venient lunatic asylum. That was about the beet course and the quickest. Saves trouble and makes no litter about the prem ises. At least one woman has proved more than a match for the Impertinent individual who goes about pinching the arms of pretty women whom ho may meet alone on the street. Aq Indianapolis woman feigned to aoquiese In his peculiar manner of making acquaintances and oven went so far as to make au appointment for a tryst which she requested her husband to assist her in keep ing. Together they turned the enterprlsiug Stranger over to the police and learned that be was a Chicago drummer upou ad ventures Intent. That probably acoouuts for his remarkable exhibition of hardened cheek. When a Connootiout man married a girl whom he thought to be the daughter of a Merideu doctor only to discover that she was merely a servant In the doctor’s house ho was so mad that be turned her out of bis bouse. Then she promptly brought suit against him for desertion. By way of try ing to justify the fraud she perpetrated upon her husband the woman unblusblDgly states that she “liked Hubbard aud wanted bim.” While that reason may be quite sufficient for her it is so unusual as to have a tendency to turn publio sentiment against ber and render the husband bitterly resent ful of the deception. But there is no telling just what turn “Connecticut push and enterprise" may take. Mr. Cleveland Not a Candidate. The Nin York Advertiser prints con spicuously an article to the effeot that Mr. Cleveland is not a candidate for the demo cratic nomination for President, and that be does not desire the nomination. The basis of the article Is an alleged oon venation with one of Mr. Cleveland's close Minis. This friend says that Mr. Cleveland has made no effort to get the nomination, and that he will not make any. He even goes so far ns to say that he does not believe that Mr. Cleveland would accept the nomination if it were offered to him. The statements contained in this artlole are certainly contrary to the very general impression. The belief among democrats in all parts of the country is that Mr. Cleve land would not only like to have the nomi nation but that he is s*-eking it This im pression mav be wrong, but there is a great deal to justify it Within the last year Mr. Cleveland has appeared before the pub lic many times not only as a speech maker but as a letter writer. In all of his speeches and letters there has been something that has left the im pression that be would like to be President again. He took an active part in the last political campaign in New York, and it Is said that his influence was more effective than that of any other man in securing for Gov.-elect Flower the large majority he re ceived. It may be true that Mr. Cleveland would get no additional honor out of the presi dency, and that the satisfactloa of having another term would not compensate him for the worry and annoyances which are inseparably connected with tbs office, but there are few m:o who would not accept the presidency as many times as they could get it for the sake of the power attaohed to it The statement that Mr, Cleveland's recent political |activity was due to a desire to help his party Is not entirely satisfactory. He was not active in the campaign pre ceding the elections of 1890, though he was nrged to take part in it. His aotivity la the campaign of 1891 was, therefore, all the more significant. It It probable that Mr. Cleveland is not going to make a canvass for the nomination, but if it should be offered to him with a considerable degree of unanimity It is pretty safe to say that he would accept it. Indeed, he could not very well avoid doing so, because the offer would mean that in the opinion of bis party his chances of being elected were batter than those of any other man. Not much confidence Is to be placed In these alleged Interviews in which the polit ical purposes of men supposed to be presi dential candidates are given. A few days ago a western paper printed what purported to be an interview with Mr. Clarkson, the chairman of the republican national com mittee, in which Mr. Clarkson was made to say that Mr. Blaine was out of the race for the presidential nomination. The interview, it seems, was a bogus one. This talk in the Advertiser relative to Mr. Cleveland’s purpose has not, in all proba bility, any more foundation that the alleged interview with Mr. Clarkson. Blaine Hard to Heat. All of the peculiar ingenuity for which the professional politician is noted is now kept in active exercise by those who are anxious to devise sagaciously plausible and Imaginary reasons why the President and Secretary B,aine fail to take the weighty and Important political prophet so com pletely into their most intimate confidence as to fully disclose to them their respective plans relative to the forthcoming presi dential canvass. Among the most unique explanations of the suppositious strained relations that are now presumed to exist between “ the Presi dent and his Secretary of State” is that ad vanced by a New England veteran guessor from Massachusetts who solemnly aud im pressively declares that Blalue Is merely being used as a club to batter Harrison’s prospects out of shape by unscrupulously designing intriguants who really have but little more use for Blaine than they have for Harrison. Apparently the theory upon which this hypothesis Is based is the assumption that these unknown wily schemers wish to keep Blaine and Harrison In at least an ostensi ble acrimonious wrangle, with sufficient heat in their discordant relations to keep them so conspicuously before the publio eye, and or use their respective adherents to take sides so earnestly as to scare others off the field and eventually disgust even their own partisans with the vindictiveness of their opposition to one another. Then is supposed to oome the time for the shrewd plotters to bring forth their Irre sistible candidate and rush him right through to the putative glory of a repub lican nomination and the almost inevitable humiliation of an ultimate defeat at the polls. Whatever may be the fate of Mr. Harri son in his contact with the manipulators of the party maobine the chances are that Mr. Blaine has had altogether too much expe rience in traveling with the machine to let it dump him off very easily. If that ma ohine wishes to keep fully intact it would pursue the part of wisdom in confining any cute tricks that it may contemplate to Mr. Harrison if it doesn’t desire to be Indefi nitely laid np for repairs. Now comes the inevitable Atlanta paper with a characteristic vagary to the effect that “Cleveland’s alleged Interference in the speakership race has hurt him terribly.” That’s real sad. In the opinion of these who were always opposed to him this “al leg and interferenca" hurts him just as "ter ribly” as any real interference would have doLe. Whether he interferes or fails to in terfere it hurts bim all the same iu tho dis ordered imaginations of these ambitious hoodoos. Nevertheless Mr. Cleveland is not much troubled. While he continues to "say nothing and saw wood” the democrats of the country will stick to him iu au over whelming majority. Despite the calamity howlers at his heels Cleveland will got there just the same. International copyright is said to affect the publishers of foreign hooks but little. Yet it may affect authors very seriously after awhile. Books for international copy right will pav authors nothing more than national oopyrlght* and the publishers are likely to only hold them out of other countries thau where they are written. That will merely serve to olroumsoribe the fame of authors without profiting them anything. Still "the folght for ould Olrland” goes merrily on. At the last battle of the doughty Celts at Waterford last Sunday several hundreds of them got so mixed up that they finally got themselves bundled into one bulky end active difference of opinion that was pretty hard to disentangle. Patriotism hat not been piled so high in a long time. TIIE MORNING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16,1891. Wstson Has Some Friends. Congressman Watson has some friends in his congressional district. They seem to be In McDuffie county. They have called a meeting at the court house of that county for next Saturday, and their object is to refute the “false impressions” that have gone out to the country with reference to Congressman Watson’s popularity in his district But these friends of Congressman Watson cannot be very good democrats. They are probably third party men. If they were dem cra's they could hardly approve Con gressman Watson’s course in refusing to go into the democratic caucus. The fact should be keDt clearly in mind that Congressman Watson was elected as a democrat. He was not elected as au alli sncemsD or a member of a third party. He was elected to represent a democratic district What right, therefore, had he to remain out of the cauous of the Democratic party! Other congressmen of Georgia who are allloncemen. but who were elected as democrats, went into the caucus. If Congressman Watson had gone into the caucus he would not have had to vote for Judge Crisp or Mr. Mills, or any other one of the candidates for speaker. He could have voted for himself It he had desired to. His refusal to go into the caucus was a distinct announcement that be was no longer in sympathy with the Democratic party. It is impossible to see how democrats of McDuffie or any otner county of his district can consistently approve his course. Those McDuffie county men who want to vindi cate him must have some purpose in view not in harmony with the purposes of the Democratic party. The great body of the voters of the Tenth distriot are undoubtedly democrats. That being the case it is probable that the McDuffie county meet ing will be followed by other meetings in the Tenth district, and that the objects of the other meetings will not he to vindicate Congressman Watson, but to demand from him an explanation of his course. The attempt at vindication may prove to be a boomerang. There Was No Conspiracy. A day or two after the attempt to kill Russell Sage with a dynamite bomb nearly all the New York newspapers accepted the theory suggested by the detectives of that city, that a number of cranks had entered into a conspiracy to kill millionaires who should refuse to comply with their demands for money, aud that they had selected Rus sell Sage as their first victim. There was very little to support such a theory, and the Morning News at the time said that there was no foundation for fl it has been satisfactorily determined that the man who threw the dynamite bomb at Russell Sage was Heary Korcross, a note broker of Boston. And it is absolutely cer tain that he had no accomplices. He told no one of his purpose. He left a letter in his office addressed to his fathor, jn which he said he was going to New York to get $1,200,000, and that if he did not succeed in getting it he would kill himself. It appears to be admitted that bo was in sane, though neither his parents nor any of his acquaintances remember any aot of his wbioh excited snscipions that bis mind was unbalanced. It was known that he had a scheme for bnllding an elevated railroad, and that he devoted a great deal of time to It, but nobody was acquainted with the fact, subsequently discovered, that he had been experimenting a good while with ex plosives. The admission in his letter to his father that he iutended to kill himself If he failed to get tho vast sum of money for which he went to New York is accepted as showing that he was of unsound mind. A sane man would not have made such a preposterous domana, and an ordinary crauk, having made such a demand, would not have killed hlmsolf when compliance with it had Doen refused. A story has been started that Noroross’ insanity was caused by his failure to in herit a small fortune which an aunt of his possessed. This aunt a few months ago was married on ber deathbed to the man to whom she was betrothed, and immediately made a will in his favor which her relatives unsuccessfully contested. Norcross’ parents say that he never expected anything from his aunt, and therefore the fact that he got none of her money did not cause his in sanity. Quite a number of craDks have made thomselves conspicuous in New York, and elsewhere in the country, since the Russell Sage incident. In fact, there is at present a little epidemic of the kind of insanity with which people who are called cranks areaffiiatod. Cranks, like crimes of certain kinds, come in bunches. The cranks who are now attracting attention, however, will disappear, in all probability, very soon, and little will be heard of that class of peo ple again until someone of tlieir number commits an act of unusual violence. That mulatto woman in Chicago who carries around the name of Anarchist Par sons is still howling against American in stitutions just as if she was bound to stay here. On the contrary she and all her tribe would contribute to our national hap piness by au immediate departure for Seno gambia or any other seaport. They are perfectly at liberty to start without delay and keep a-joiug just as long as they feol so disposed. But as loag as they remain in this country where a majority of several millions differs from their views of life they will have to defer to the govern mental theories of that Imposing majority. That is the rule of democratic government and they could not find anything healthier to live under if they traveled for centuries aid overturned all of the national struct ures of the earth. Quite an extraordinary scene took place Sunday morning in the English church at Newry. When the vestrymen entered the church in a body and took the communion cloth off the altar Rector 8. Smart seized tho cloth. But both he and it wero dragged into the vestry. There tho letters "L 8. H.,” which were embroidered on the cloth, were cut off by the vestrymen and thrown into the fire. This created the greatest sen sation among the congregation, wbioh had gathered at the report of the disturbance. Religious bodies appear to sometimes be come as turbulent as a base ball game. They should not get excited. South Carolina may yet secure the prohi bition measure that has long been fought for by its champions. But a desperate effort to nullify its effects would bn made by the saloonists of the state. Some of its best frlouds were a trifle surprised at the ease with which it got through the lower house of the legislature, and it may event ually pull through the Senate though it doesn’t look now as if it would, g*. A MAIL WAGON HSLD UP. ' The Heart of Chicago fhe Scan* of a Bold Robbery. <''oo*oo, Dec. 15. — Jesse James' exploits' were outdone to night ta Chicag.. On one of the leading thor ugbfares five daring highwaymen suddenly sur rounded one of Uncle Sam’s biggest mail wagon* and at a revolver’s point foroed the postal employee to throw out several sa.ks. The bulky giv ornmset vehicle was then sent fly ing on its journev, the occupants being threatened with Irstaat death if they made an outcry or stopped. So complete was the surprise effected by the bandits that the mail drivers failed to utilise the servioes of a large bulldog revolver wbioh wai be side them on their seat. Near midnight, the stolen mail tacks, slit open and rifled of their contents, were found on Superior street, in the north division of the city, fully three miles from the scene of the robbery. At that hour every available man of the city detective fore- and the postoffloe in s', ector’a staff were straining every nerve to obtain a clew io the Identity of the high waymen or their whereabouts. THE ROBBERY. The wagon was >n its way to the main postoffice with mail from the stoak yards and southwest stations. It was in charge of John Creighton, an experienced driver, who, after collecting his valua ble freight, drovo down Blue Island avenue to Halstead street and then turned east on Madison. He was half way to Des plalne* street when five men sprang from the sidewalk. One seized the horse by the bit, while the others covered Creighton with revolvers and oommanded him to keep quiet. The team was then led to au alley extending north from Water street, and there, while one of the men covered Creighton with a revolver, the others foroed open the door of the wagon, and hastily selecting the regis tered pouches from the others, made off through the alley. Creighton’s guard kept the captive oovered for five minutes, and then left him. THB MISSING MAIL. Throughly frightened, the driver whip ping up his horses, drove as rapidly as possi ble to the maiD postoffloo, where he re ported the affair. Au inventory was then made of tbs contents of the wagon and it was found that two registered mail Douches from the stock yard station and that from the southwestern station and the Blue Island avenue station were also missing. The value of the contents is not known, but is said to be heavy. FIELD INDICTED. TH* Grand Jury chargee Misappro priation of Stock. New York, Dec. 15.—Edward M. Field was indicted by the grand Jury this after noon. The Indictment charges misappro priation of fifty shires of Union Pacific and Denver and Gulf raiiway stock of the par value of SIOO each. Mr. Field spent the night at police headquarters, but was not confined in a ceil, because he is regarded as a lick man. He was given the sitting room in the basement, where throe detectives watched him all through the night. Tho greater part of the night he spent with the inspector, although that offiolal says nothing about it. The in spector, when asked if he oonsidered Field insane, said: "He certainly does notact like an insane man. He is rational in his talk, and more than that he seems guarded in what he says." FIELD GIVES BAIL. Field sat complacently in the distriot at torney’s office from 10:80 o’clock this morn ing until 4:80 o’olocx this afternoon. Dr. Douglass of Bellevue hospital, who is one of the commissioners of insanity, called and bad a long talk with the district attorney. Dr. Matthew FlMd, a relative of the defend ant, called later. When the court oaleodar was disposed of Field and his lawyers, Wilkie & Stou*, went before the judge. Bail was fixed at $25,000, aud John T. Terry, a banker, and J. Piarpont Morgan qualified in that amount. THE ACCUSED REARRESTED. Field, accompanied by his counsel, then left the court room. When he reached the street he was at once rearrestod and taken to Ludlow street jalL This last arrest was made on an order secured by R. E. Dietz of Brooklyn and Issued several weeks ago by Judge Pratt of that city. Field will be called to plead to the indictment Thurs day. REFORM CONVENTION. Delegates Appointed to Represent the Farmers' Alliance. Topeka, Kan., Deo. 15. —The executive committee of the farmers’ alliance has ap pointed Frank McGrath of Beloit, W. H. Uttey of Parsons, S. W. Chase of Cowley county, Col. W, A. Harris of Leavenworth county, and H. B. Mason of Emporia, dele gates to the great reform convention called for St. Louis, Feb. 22. The objeot of the eoh*y<.'ntion will be induce the industrial organizations to join the alliance, and 1,090 persons will attend from this state. The action of the executive oouncil is meet ing with a great deal of criticism among some members of the People’s party. With the single oxoepticn of C. W. Chase, chair man of the executive committe of the People’s party, every delegate is an out spokeu opponent of tho sub-treasury scheme. McKinley 111 With the Grip. Cantos, 0., Dec, 15. —Maj. McKinley was no better to-day. HU physician posi tively refused to permit any one to see him. He says, however, that no serious results are apprehended and he hopes to have the governor-elect out for a drive by the end of the week. He has the grip. A Blaze at Florence. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 15.—Fire at Florence, Ala., this morning broke out iu the Stafford block and spread through the eutiro row of buildings. The loss is $25,0C0. The insurance is the same amount. SANDERSVILL3 SIFTINaOD. An Historic Safe—Mr. Rawllng’a.New Residence On Fire. Sandersville.Ga., Dec. 15—There Is an historic safe In the law office of Evans & Evans. When Sherman’s bummers aud rob berscame through Sandersville at the close of the war they tried to blow it open with powder. Holes were drilled in the top, filled with powder and touched off, but oifly the outer ca ing was damaged. The Inner part of tho safe is made of case-hardened steel, and It was imposiible to drill into it or blow it open. It was as dilfloult to get into it as it is for a man to escape from the steel cells of the new jail now being constructed for Washington county. Sherman’s men also tried to force tho door of the safe, but all of their efforts proved futile. The safe contained S6OO, but they had to give up the task of getting the money. The safe is burglar proof. It is still doing duty, the damage it sustaiued by the attack of the soldiers in blue having been repaired. The Paulz Jail Company offers a reward of SI,OOO to auy mau who will enter the steel cells of the new Jail, take any tool of bis choice, and cut his way out within twenty-four hours. . B. TANARUS, Rawling’s new residence In the southern part of the city caught fire in the root this morning about 6 o'olock. The en gine of the Sandersville aud Tennllie rail road gave the alarm, and by the quick aud prompt work of neighbors the flames were extinguished before any damage was done. The origin of the fire is not known. Arrangements are bring made for the ruuning and trotting races at George Gilmore’s track, near Wartlien, on Christ mas day. Thus far twelve entries have been made. Five purses have been made up, wbioh will bring out all who like horse raoing, aud will insure good races. All wtu> w&pt to eater should be there by 9 o'clock a. m. on the day appointed. Man chon will be there. Rev. J. W. Weston and family will leave for their new home in Macon this week. Rev. H. A. Hodges and family will arrive this week, and Mr. Hodges will begin bis new work next Sunday. He will preach morning and night at the Methodist church. Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, presiding elder, preached his farewell sermon at the Metho dist church Sunday morning, and Rev. J. W. Weston pressed his farewell sermon at night. Both of these ministers of the gospel have many warm friends in onr midst. W. E. B. Banvlck and Miss Belle Mc- Carthy were married at the residence of the bride’s unole, W. J. West, near Sanders villa, at 3 o'clock last Sunday after noon. Mr. Banvlck is a son of W. B. Banvick of this piece He is An employe of the Central railroad. He has won for his bride a young lady of whom he may well be proud. John Braswell’s little son, Johnnie, of this oonuty, whose age is 12 years and weight only fifty pounds, made this year four bales of cotton, 300 bushels of corn, 100 bushels of potatoes, besides cane and other small orops. He did nearly all of the work necessary In raising these crops, which is a good showing for such a young farmer. A good deal of syrup has been made in the county, and some of the farmers are selling their surplus crop at 35 oents per gal loo. A band of burglars seems to be at work at the various stations along the Central railroad. Several stores at stations between here and Savannah have been burglarized. The burglars effect an entranoe by boring through doors or shutters. Two negro men lost a log apiece at Ten nille, Saturday morning. They stole a ride on a freight train from Ooouee, and, thinking that the train was not going to stop at Tennllie, jumped off. They did not leap clear of the track, and one lost his left leg and the other his right, which was so badly crushed under the car wheels that amputation was necessary. Dre. Hatch aud Burdett performed the surgical opera tions in their usual skillful manner. Superstition Won. I was walking with Jones the other day when he suddenly stopped, says a Detroit Free Press reporter. “For heaven's sake!’’ he exclaimed, with a wild face, •’why didn’t you keep me from doing that?" “Doing what?” I asked in complete astonish ment. “Why, from walking under that ladder! It's the most unlucky thing in the world to walk under a ladder." “Nonsense!" I declared, and Jones looked grieved, hut held his peace. That very night at supper Jonee spilled his salt, and he cast at me a look of dismay that would have been comical but for the mental anguish it expressed. In the neighborhood of 18 that very night I was awakened by Jones—we were bachelor friends and occupied the same room. "What'i the matter?" said I. ’“Don’t you hear it?” asked Jones in perfect agony, with the point of his jieaked nightcap nodding over his face In the most dejeoted man ner imaginable. At that moment I did hear It—a long, un earthly howl from a neighbor's dog. My own blood chilled for an instant, and then I shook off the feeling Immediately. "What of it?” I asked pettishly. "What of it?’’ repeated Jones reproachfully. “Why, It's one of the worst signs in the world. Somebody's going to die. ” "The whole neighborhood hears that dog," I returned, "and 1 pan t see why the diokena you want to worry about ail creation. Go to sleep and be sensible." "I can't go to sleep. I’m so nervous and fldg ‘ 'Look here l Til bet you the cigars you have a run of good luok Inside of twenty-four hours." •Til just take that bet," said Jones In a hope less voice, and I turned over and went to sleep, while he walked the roam all night. The next morning at breakfast Jones dropped his knife. Later on he tipped over his salt again. Then he fell down the steps at we start ed away, and Anally tore bis coat on a protrud ing nail In the gate. "I've had unlucky signs enough to overwhelm me—there! did you see that cross-eyed man pass us? That means calamity, calamity,’’ be groaned. On the next corner wo met De Smith, a solicitor. “Mr. Jones, I’m sorry Indeed to be the bearer of bad news, but-——” Jone* turned white and tell against the fence. “But what?” he gasped. “Well, your grandmother died this morn ing ’’ "There,” sighed Jones turning to me, "what did I tell you. Snlfkius” Those signs we were talking about can be depended on,every time.” “And left you $10,0.01" continued lie Smith, “You owe me the cigars, my boy,” said I calmly, ae Jones braced himself up. "Wait. Did she leave any one else anything?" “Yes. She remembered your cousin, Ned Huston, by a cool $50,000.’’ “Uood luck, eh?" said Jones turning to me once more; "Tve been looking forward to that $50,000 for the last ten years, and hero’s what I get That’s a blow between the ribs, old fel. There's a cigar store. Come in, De Smith, It’s on Snlfkens." Lullabies from All Lands. Prom the Bockaicay Journal. DANISH. Sleep, sleep, little mouse I The field your father plows: Your mother feeds pigß in the sty; She ll come and slap you when you cry. CHINESE. Snail, snail, come out and be fed; l*ut out your horns aud then your bead, And thy tnammy will give thee mutton, For thou art doubly dear to me. SPANISH. The moon shines bright, Aud the snake darts swift aud light; I see five baby bullocks. And a calf young and white, ARABIC. Sleep, mv baby, sleep; Sleep a Slumber hale; Sweetly rest till morning light. My little farmer boy, so bright. ZULU, Hush thee, my baby. Thy mother's over the mountain gone. There she will dig the little garden patch, And water she'll fetch from the river. NORWEGIAN. Row, row to Baltnarock, How many fish are caught In the net? One for father, and one for mother. One for sister and one for brother. SWEDISH. Hush, hush, baby mine; Pussy climbs the big green pine; Mother turns the millstone. Father to kill the pig has gone. GERMAN. Sleep, baby, sleep; * Thy father guards the sheep. The mother shakes the dreamland tree. And from It falls sweet dreams for thee; Sleep, baby, sleep. Somebody will be glad to find among her presents Christmas morning an extremely pretty and novel work-case, or, as our grand mothers woo Id have called it, “lady's com panion.” When it is opened out flat, the shape is suggestive of a four-leafed clover; In order to close It up the ribbons are drawn together and tied into small bows at each corner. It is made of cardboard covered on the outside with pale pink silk, and on the inside with white linen, ou which tiny scattered roses are embroi ered in delicate colors. The pockets are olv jof silk, and some of the ribbon is sewn down to take the scissors, stiletto bodkin and needle book. HA KING POWDER. eSS Used in Millions of. Homes— 40 Years the Standard. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Millions. Every one, no doubt, has heard of Dr. Price’s Delicious Flavoring Extracts, but, al though millions of bottles of them are annually manufac tured, there are yet hundreds of housewives who know nothing of their excellence from actual use. These fla vorings are without question the finest and purest of their kind manufactured in the world, and they will eventu ally be used as a luxury from one end of the country to the other. The grocer who en courages the sale and use of such pure and wholesome ar ticles, is doing his duty to his patrons and making his business a success. ITEM3_OF INTEREST. A Yakima (Wash.) artesian will Is exhibit ing most peculiar characteristics. - The drill was sent 290 feet, when work was suspended, awaiting casing, owing to a phenomenon which cannot be accounted for. Sometimes there is a suction and sometimes a blast of air from tbs well One day a piece of paper placed over the hule would be drawn down, while the next it would bo sent flying Into the air. That an air cham ber has been struck there is little question, but the varying mood of the wind is what is puz zling those who are interested. Tns time can be approximately told at night by the position of the dipper. If position of the ‘‘pointers" is taken at any given hour, say 5 o'clock in the evening in winter time and as soon as it is dark in the summer, the hour can thereafter be pretty accurately measured by the eye during the night. Frequent observe tions of positions will have to be made at the given hour, as. owing to the constant changing of the earth's position in space, the position of the “pointers” in relation to our point of obser vation and the star also change. The postage stamp will be 52 years old in May of next year. Its inventor was a printer, James Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland, who died In 1853. England, flfty-two years ago, In troduce# the new system of preparing latter postage, and according to a decree of Dec. 81, 1839. issued the first stamps, which were to be put before the public on May 6of the follow year. as noted above. A year later they ware introduced iu the United States and Switzer land; and within three years had become oorn mon in Bavaria, Belgium and France. The timbers at present most sought after for shipment from Honduras, where the trade was opened 100 years ago, are mahogany, cedar, rosewood, tebra and fustic. Mahogany and cedar are the leading exports and are shipped mainly to England, alt ough some contracts have recently been taken In the Onlted States. The price of mahogany in Lon don ranges from sllO to $175 per l,oo> super cial feet, and cedar S9O to SIBO. Rosewood, xebra and fu-tlcs are cut into shaft lengths and shipped as ballast. Rosewood brings from $95 to S4O and fustics S3O to $45. The logs are all squared before shipment. The present average cost of the squared timbers on the bars ready for shipment Is SBO to $lO per 1,000 feet ma hogany and cedar, and $8 to $lO a ton for rose wood, zebra and fustic. The “African pumpkin” or gamheo, Is very different from the well-known American fruit of that name, being a tree with a short but abnormally thiCE trunk, but it Is of the pompion family to which belong the melons. The trunk grows about 11 feet high, with a diameter of from 3to 4 feet. The rind is white at ohalk and perfectly smooth, and the clumsy trunks among the green shrubbery look more like marble columns than any thing else. These plants at tain a wonderful age; Wejlstedt reports hsvltsg found at Kadhub, not far from Tan;arid, m the bark of a gatnhen trunk an Arabian in scriptiou bearing the date of 1640. The wood is not solid and compact like that of Ur> trees we kuow, lint full of sap and cuts like a turnip. A penknlie is sufficient to out a stairway into the trunk of a gamhes. over which the flowers on the top can be reached. MissCoha Arledob, a young girl 14 years or age, with her father, arrived In the town last night from the forests of the west and from the Big Horn basin, says the Denver .Vs tes. Miss Arledge met with a most serious and remark able aocldent at tor home recently. Her father Is a ranchman In the Big Horn basin, and one day last week a oowboy rodo up to his ranoh oo a young horse that he was breaking In a spirit of jest he dared Mias Cora to rido the horse, when, wlthoat a thought, she vaulted intb the saddle, throwing her leg ar und the horn, and the horse started Into bucking and pitching at a furipus ratx% but she stuck to him, quieting him every jump. Then the horse began to run, and ran fbrtwo straight hours over the prairie, with Miss Arledre hang ing to the reins and throe cowboys iu hot pur suit. One of them at lost succeeded in lasSolng the frightened animal and gradually bought It to a standstill. Miss Arledge was told to get off, but she aqewered that she could not and just (hen the horse made another plunge, broke the lasso and started again on its wild care 6. It ran for over twenty miles and then dropped dead, and its darhiE rl ter was found unoonsoious by Its side At first it was thought that her leg was broken, as she old not appear to have the use of It, but upon an investigation Jt was found that no bonea was broken, but We nwboles of the right log, from the long and severe strain in holding to the horn of the saddle, hpd Inst their power, and the leg hangs limp and useless. She was’ sent to Omaha lor treatment. The powers of the fakirs, or faqueers, of In dia and Persia of simulating death are marvel ous and almost Incredible, remarks the London Times. Several sects in these countries regard the art of apparent death as a part of their re ligious r.tual. ari l practice it assiduously. In their ancient hooks it is described as pura nayam, or stopping the death. Many cases in which these Indian fakirs have allowed themselves to be buried alive for long periods have been verified bv British officials in India and attested by evi dence which disjiels all doubt of their truth This impersonation of death continues for as long as oil, or even ten, months. ”he vray tho fakirs go to work to produce this condition Is to have the little ligature under tho tongue cut whereby they are enabled to stretch this organ out to a great length. Then they turn it back. Inserting the end In the throat, closing up at the same time the inner nasal apertures. The eztrrual apertures of the nose and ears are closed with wax and the eyes covered to exclude the light. Long preliminary practice is, however, needed in holding tho breath and a long course of fasting before burial. The fakir then sinks into a condition resembling death and the body is wrapped in linen, placed In a boxand buried. When the box is taken up at the expiration of the long-oontlnuod death like sleep and opined tho fakir Is found cold and stiff; no pulsation can be felt; the heart, the wrist, the temples are still; 'the body is not cold os a corpse would be, hut Is colder thau that of other living men, except over the seat of the brain All the reeretlon* are ful.y stopped; tho noils, hair and beard have In creased growth. After being resuscitated tho fakir feels great dizziness, and for a few hours caunot stand up without support, but grsdu olly he recovers strength, and enjoys amazingly the wonder he has excited. MEDICAL. HEALTH IS WEALTH 1 Dr. E. C. West's Nxav*aadr and BeauTt. um, a, guaranteed specific for iirei,„. boss. Ooovulaioos, Fffis NrvSi* t *Tl*' BMdaohe, Nervous Prostration caua-dby U t ? l * , * of atoohol or tobooeo, Wakefulness pswssion. Softening of the Brain U *' sanity and loading to misery, decay s 0 io ' Premature Old Age. Rarrennes*.uL“, and In either sex. 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