The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, February 03, 1892, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 C|c periling ft etos Morning News Bui ding Savannan, Ga. WEDNESDAY, FEBRI ABI *. Registered at the Poetojfflce in Sainnnan. The Mowmo the year, arid is served to subscribers in the etty at 25 c uts n eek, $l 00 a mootn, $j 00 for six mont'ia and $lO 00 for one year The Forming News, by mas . one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50: six m ntua, $6 00; one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mot', six times a week (without Sunday issue., three months, $2 00; Six months. $4 00; one yeat, s•* 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays. Tburs days and Saturdays, three months. $. 25; six months. $$ 50; one year, ;ft 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year. $1 28. Subscriptions payable In advar.ee. Remit by poeial order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of se ulers. Letters and telegrams snould be addressed •‘Morning News, ’ Savannah. G*. Transient advertisements, other than special oolun.n, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap "f want co.umn. 10 cents a lino. Fourteen lines of aerate type —equal to one Inch space in depth is the standard of meas urement. Contract rates and discounts made known on application at business oflloe. * OVK *KVV YORK OFFICE. Mr J.J. Flynn, General Advertising Agent Of the Morning News, office 23 Park Row, New York. All advertising business outside ef the states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro lina will be managed by him. The Mornino News is on file at the following places, where Advertising Rates and other in formation regarding the paper can be obtained: NEW YORK CITY— J. H. Rates, 38 Park Row. G. P. Rowki.l Si Cos., 10 Spruoe street. W. W. Sharp Si Cos . 31 l ark Row. Frank Kieknan A Cos.. 152 Broadway. pAFCHY A Cos.. 87 Park Place. J. W. Thompson, 8® Park Kow. American Newspaper Publisher’s Association, Potter Building PHILADELPHIA— N. W. Ayer A Bon, Times Building. BOSTON fL R. Niles. 25C Washington street Fettk.s< >ili. A Cos., 10 Slate street CHICAGO— Lord A Thomas, 45 Randolph street. CINCINNATI Kdwin Allen Company, 86 West Fourth street 8T LOUIS— Nelson Chebman A 00., 1127 ITno street Morning News Bureau, Whitehall street, MAOON— Daily Telegraph Opfice, 597 Mulberry street. ST. AUGUSTINE— H. Maroottb, St. Augustine, Fla INDEX TO NKW^ADVKRTISEMNTS. Meetings—Georgia Chapter No. 3, R. A. M.; The Equitable Building and Loan Association; Oglethorpe Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F.; Officers and Mem hers of Grand Lodge and Encamp ment of Georgia; W. 8. Hancock Post No. 3, G. A. R.; Magnolia Encampment No. O, F. Special Notices—As to Rills Against the Norwegian Bark Hoidorn. Auction Salks—Horses, Phaetons. Etc., by Robt. H. Tatem; Sundries, by J. Molaughlln & Bon. Legal Notices—Citations from the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham County. A Man-B. H. Levy & Bro. From New York—The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Company. Shoes—W. L. Douglas’ Shoes for Gentlemen, Ladies and Boys. Neckwear—Falk Clothing Company. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Kent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Washington Post calls a halt on con gressional freaks. It says there aro already too many of them. Andrew Lang's article on “Novels I Did Not Write” should properly have remained along with the novels. If Sullivan really enters the arena of literature, as he threatens to do, its ten to one that the collective uoun will knock him out. Senator Stanford and the Czar of Russia stopping in the middle of the political stream to swap horses is one of the unique things of the new year. Following au illustrious American exam ple, the young Khedive of Egypt is making a family affair of his administration. He has “found” the place of primo minister for bis uncle. New York is perpetually fixed in the democratic column. Deacon Shepard rays the state will never booome reliably repub lican until everybody reads the deacon’s afternoon newspaoer. Louisiana republicans ure making a "glorious” oampaign of it. The epithets "liar,” “thief,” “forger," bribe taker,” etc., on through the calendar are fiyiug thick enough to produce red sunsets. The reciprocity arrangement with Ja maica, tiarbadoes and Triuid ui went into effect Feb. L What ha3 become of tho dicker with Timbuotoo und tho island of Lilipotu has never been learned. "Atlanta went wild over Cleveland” is the language of a press dispatob. And Atlanta is the stronghold of David B. Hill in the south. Mr, Cleveland receives an ovation wherever he will permit it. The holding of tho United States supreme court that Gov. Boyd is a citizen of the United States, and entitled to bo governor of Nebraska, ends a remarkable and hard fought political coutest against a good man. A cigarette smoking minister, who also dances, has been requested by his New York congregation to resign. The dancing habit might be excused; but the preacher who ■mokes cigarettes deserves to be fired bodily. Kentuckians ought not to be “down on" Chile because she took water. Koutucklans have no use for it, and that loaves so much more of the favorite blue grass gargle to gurgle than if Chile had taken something else. The state of Georgia began Monday the payment of a debt of honor to tho widows of ex-ooufederate soldiers. The only thing to be regretted is that more cannot bo done for them than the limited appropriation allows. It has been suggested that in tho event of Minister Reid’s retiring the French mission be tendered to Editor James Gordon Ren nett. If the tender wero made it would probably be declined, as Mr. Bennett ap pears singularly lacking in political ambi tion, and indeed it may be inferred, in pa triotism. An Infant money making industry in Ggv. McKinley’s state of Ohio is badly in need of protection. The officers of the law are after it with a eharp stiok for turning out cleverly made dollars, quarters and halves. It is very easy to “shave" this “queer” money while the new issue of the voverumeut mints is being put out. Mr. Cleveland In the South. Mr. Cleveland has a great many friends in the south. In the southern cities he Is as ; popular as he was when he was President, and outside of the cities the people have a profound regard for him. The only thing 1 the farmers have against him is that be is i not in favor of the free coinage of silver. If j he had not written that letter against fres silver coinage there would be to noticeable j opposition in the south to his nomination | for President. In Louisiana, during his re cent visit to that state, there were over whelming evidences of his popularity. In the part of the state wbioh he visited the people made extraordinary efforts to show their appreciation of him, and all the way from New Orleans to Atlanta he bad convincing evidence of the fact that he has a strong hold upon the hearts of the people. At Atlanta yesterday he was given a reception that would hare satisfied the most exacting candidate for tbs presi dential nomination. It must be admitted that among the farmers, particularly alllancemen, there Is some opposition to Mr. Cleveland. It is opposition that ought to disappear, how ever, when the political situation is thor oughly understood. The alliancemen, or at least a large portion of them, are in favor of the free coinage of silver. Mr. Cleveland is opposed to it. The Demo cratic party is not going to indorse free silver ooinage nor is it going to nominate a man who favors free silver coinage. It knows that free silver coinage would not give the farmers the financial relief they think it would and it knows that if it should indorse free silver coinage it would be defeated ia the national elec tion this year. It could not carry a single eastern state with a free silver coinage plank in its platform. Senator Hill under stands that very well, and, hence, wants the silver issue pushed into the background. He is as much opposed to making the coin age of silver freo as .Mr. Cleveland. Why, then, should southern alllancemen oppose Mr. Cleveland? If by their help the nomination of Mr. Cleveland should be prevented would anything be accomplished in behalf of free silver coinage) Nothing whatever. What folly Is it then for alliancemen to oppose Mr, Cleveland’s nomination. They have a higher apprecia tion of him than of any other man named in connection with the presidential nomina tion of the Demooratio party. If he hadn’t written his anti-silver letter there isn’t one of them who wouldn’t be praising him and demanding his nomination. It is not yet known whether Mr. Cleve land desires the nomination. He isn’t seek ing it and ho will not seek it. He may not even have a chance to say whetbor or not he will accept it, because the politicians are against him. Those who manage party politics in nearly all the states are doing what they can to prevent his nomination. It ho is uomin Ued it will be becuuse tbo people demand it. Alliancemen should not permit themselves be led into opposing Mr. Cleveland because he Is against free silver coinage. The more they s;udy the silver question the less in clined they will be to demand that the coin age of silver shall bo made free. A thor ough acquaintance with that question Is all they need to satisfy them of their mistake in opposing Mr. Cleveland. Russia's Hungry People. It has been known for months that people in portions of Russia were suffering for food, but it is doubtful if it wus generally known until yesterday, when the report of our minister at St. Petersburg was pub lished, that millions of them were on the verge of starvation. Thousands have al ready died from hunger and disease* brought on by the want of sufficient nourishment,and there is no reason to doubt that thousands more will become victims of the prevailing famine. Our minister corrects tho widely enter tained, but erroneous, linprossion that the czar and his government are indifferent to the sufferings of the people in the famine districts. According to our minister’s re port the czar has been most generous in contributing out of his private purse to the relief fund, and the government has done and is doing all in its power to supply the 'sufferers with food. Tho conditions in the famine-stricken territory ure such as to appeal strongly to charitable people throughout the civilized world. In many localities the people are subsisting upon dried leave] and the bark of trees mixed with a little flour. It is evident they cannot do so very long, and yet it will be five months before another harvest. There is an abundance of food supplies in thlioouutry. If a charitable movement were organized in behalf of the starving Russian peasants the contributions would be im mense. It was stated on the floor of con gress some days ago that there was plenty of food supplies in parts of Russia not afflicted by the famine. Such oan hardly be the case. If there were the Russian gov ernment would have been more prompt in believing their distress. Now that it is authoritatively know just what the situation in Russia is it is probable that Russia will reoeive substantial assist ance from all parts of the civilized world. To withhold food from those who are starv ing when there is such an abundance of it would be unworthy of Christian nations. The technical method of expressing a fact, however disagreeable, is remarkably softening. In speaking of a man being struck dead by the lightning from dynamos, the electricians say, “be completed the cir cuit and was fatally affeoted." There is nothing shocking about that way of telling of a tragedy. The millionaire philosopher, who prints a long aggregation of words telling poor boys bow to become rich, is getting tiresome. Not one of the lot has said more than, “Be virtuous and you will bo happy,” and that has beon old for ages. Andrew Carnegie is last in type with such an article. The recently enacted Mississippi pension law embraces a large number of negroes who served as servauts to their masters in the army and who suffered injury in that service. The sectional howlers will please take due notice aud govern themselves ac cordingly. Without entering into the merits of the case, the verdict of the coroner’s Jury in the Porter homicide emphasizes that chivalry of the south whioh permits a man to go to extremes in defense of a lady, more especially if she is of his own family. The Blame boom, it seems, has taken on a “good western man” appendage. John M. Thurston is being urged by his friends for second place under the Maine man, Thurs ton is about as good a western man to bowl over as any yet mentioned. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1892 The Call-Davideon Case. The contest of ex-Congressman Davidson for the seat of Senator Call is virtually settled. The committee on elections has made a unanimous report in favor of Sen ator Call, and it does not appear to have experienced much difficulty in reaching the conclusion it has announced. In view of the fact that the report ie a unanimous one it is hardly probable that it will be the subject of debate when it comae up ia the Senate. It will be adopted at once and, in all probability, without any dissenting voices. There is, of oiurae, some disappointment In Flor ida at the outcome of the contest, but it isprobahle that the number disappointed is not greater than the number gratified. Senator Call has strong political friends in Florida, as well as strong political enemies. If an able and popular man had male a thorough canvass of the state for the senatorship before the legislature was elected, the chances are that he would have beaten Senator Call. But nothing of that kind was done, and when the legislature met the opposition to Senator Call had several sen atorial candidates in view. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that he secured the prize. The Mornino News took the ground from the first that Senator Cali’s eleotion was legal, because a majority of all the members of the legislature voted for him. The fact that a majority of the senators absented themselves from the Senate on the day fixed for the joint session was a matter of no consequence. The law does not re quire that a majority of each house shall take part In the joint session to eleot a senator. The governor of Florida, however, did right in withholding a certificate of eleo tion from Senator Call. He believed that the senator bad not been elected, and, that being the case, It was his duty to give the United States Senate an opportunity to pass upon the question. If the governor had not taken the course he did there would have been a great deal of dissatisfac tion throughout the state. It would have been freely said that Senator Call was oc cupying a seat in the Senate to which he was not legally entitled. Nothing of that kind can now be said, however. The United States Senate has decided his title to be good, and there will be general acqui escence in its decision. The Memphis Tragedy. Extraordinary murders are followed now by extraordinary trials, since the legal, medical, psychological and social soieuces have widened so vastly the scope of testi mony to be takeu before all “reasonable doubts” cua-o to exist. In view of this fact, the forthcoming trial of Miss Mitchell for the murder of Miss Ward at Memphis will be a most interesting one. Aside from the sensational features of the oase, it will open up a problem in mind study which tho experts may be ex pected to probe deep. After the unfortunate affair. Miss Mitchell ii quoted as having said: “I killed Freda because I loved her. I would rather she were dead thau separated from me living.” There was jealousy at the bottom of it; but not the jealousy that is the appo site to a normal love, because the love itself was abnormal. The tragedy indicates the existeuco between these two young girls of a social relation which at least one regarded as an affinity such as may prevail between the sexes, und desired to follow it to the common sequence—marriage. There is a moral in the story and the tragedy which it may not be easy to read. If it could be reached it would tell how to prevent those violent attachments whioh frequently spring up between young girls just on tho threshold of womanhood, and sometimes result in montal derangement, and at other times in crime, upon separa tion. The vast majority of these school girl attachments, formed during that peculiar period of transition from girl to woman, are violent, pure, sincere and short-lived; but occasionally the tragic ending remits. That those attachments should be prevented from becoming so violent as to divert girls thoughts from channels leading to a healthy mental de velopment cannot be doubted, but by wbat means? Miss Mitchell’s love for Miss Ward ap pears to have been of the nature outlined above. Her mind had become warped, ab normal, feverish. She loved “Freda,” and the thought of separation maddened her. In the delirium she killed her. Was that murder? Blaine Distrusted. It seems that the President and his friends blame Mr. Blaine for the ridiculous position in which the President placed himself by sending a warlike message to congress relative to the Chilean trouble just when Chile was writing an apology. A strong friend of the President is quoted as saying that Mr. Blaine deceived both the President and Minister Montt. There does not appear to be anything upon whioh to base this charge against Mr. Blaine. It is generally admitted that Mr, Blaine tried to keep the President from sending the message. He succeeded in keep ing it back a week, and it was finally sent against Mr. Blaine’s advice. Mr. Blaine had no means of knowing that Chile had decided to apologize, but he believed she would. The President also believed she would, and he was anxious to have it appear that she apologized in oonsequence of his message. The President probably feels unkindly toward Mr. Blaine beoxuse it was through Mr. Blaine’s advice that he did not send in the message a week sooner. Had he done so be wonld have obtained the credit of having forced an apology. But if he had been guided by Mr. Blaine throughout he would not have got himself into a difficulty which subjeots him to unpleasaut criticism. The President has only himself to blames for the failure of his effort to make political capital for himself. Serfdom is to be re-established in Russia, according to the cables, because tbe czar finds that his people cannot support them selves under the so-called system of “free dom” they have exercised since the father of the present autocrat granted them that boon. It is indeed a sad commentary on Russian civilization and the Russian government that the Slavs cannot accom plish what the negroes of tho southern states have since their emancipation. Chile sees how helpless her soa-ooast would have been in case of a war with the United States, and will negotiate a loan for building a railroad from Valparaiso to Iquique. The United States sees how help less its sea coast-would have been in case of a war with Chile, aud will go on building the new navy. Thus do both countries reap tbe benefits of the lesson, and the tax payers will foot tbe bills. PERSONAL. Robert Louis Stevenson, now in the South seas, is greatly improved ia health. Edinburg ladies are collecting money to erect a statue to Mary yueen of Scots. Yahia Khan, Persian minister of justice and commerce, died this week from influenza. Loro Chief Justkb Coleridge, who was re covering from an attack of influenza, has had a relapse. Oscar Wilde, having exhausted all the possi bilities of absurdity in other directions, ia now posing as a socialist. Mrs. “Stonewall” Jackson recently visited Richmond, Ya., to consult Dr. McGuire in re gard to a troublesome neuralgic affection of her head. William Chase Barnet, a grandson of Jus tice Cfllase, on* of the signers Of the declaration of Independence, died in Baltimore Friday, 77 years of age. Von Molt ex's sister, Frau Brocker, has Just died at the age of M. The late field marshal v woqt so refer to her in his letters as his favorite sister, ttEOßfia II ore, the novslist and essayist, is not unlike Emile Zola is personal appearance, though his head l as red as that owned by Swinburne, the poet. - 1 The condithliß of Scanlan, the actor, has im proved since 61s removal' to the llloomlngdale asylum, and It is thought he may be able to rettyp topis profession. Miss Jean Inoelow has expressed her opin ion of woman's rights without spoken frankness. “I doii’t appiove of them stall,” she said; “we cannot have rights and privileges, and I prefer pr.vdeges,;' nsd , WijuamS. Raymond of Fairmont, W. Ya., claim* u> if© the youngest confederate veteran. He%vaM4n service as a courier in 1802. when only 10 yt*ara of age, and in & year afterward bore bit coimnisaion as major. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the junior owner of that famous name, is getting well on toward the 50b. He is a pleaing and successful lecturer and fond of ph.ioso;;hical subjects, in wLicb he seems to center much of his interest. Samuel Edison of Michigan, the father 'of Thomas A. Edison, is in Florida to spend the spring months, and thinks some of going to Amsterdam, the place of his father's birth, to spend a year. He Is 83 years of age. Henry Laboucherk says the last time he saw Mr. Gladstone he appeared very stately, very simple and very singular in the sens.# of not re sembling any other man. He scoffs at the story of his shrinkage of stature and says it Is pure fiction. Bishop Herbert Vaughan, of Salford, re garded as the most likely successor to Cardinal Manning as archbishop of Westmiester, is the son of a lieutenant colonel in the British army, and is the editor of Tm Tablet aud Dublin Review. Albert Bierstadt, win is to paint four his torical pictures for the world's fair, illustrating the work of Columbus, hhs recently spent a good deal of time in Spam and the West Indies studying thoroughly scenery, costumes, equip ment of vessels and other details. Charles Villiers, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday in England, had been in par liament just three years when Victoria ascended ti e throne. He wsi an important figure in Brit ish public life forty years ago, though but little of his fame has descended to the present gen eration . At tub Vanderbilt ball in New York Mrs. Ogden Mills wore an amount of jewelry that would have blocked the sidewalk in front of any jewelor's store in which it had been exhibited. .She literally dazzled beh<> den* with her display of diamonds and sapphires, aud tho value of the gems she wore ran up into the hundreds of thousands. BRIGHT BITS. "When I went away,” said the returned wan derer, "Hardhit was crazy over Miss leeiy. Did he ever get cured of his fancy for her ? ” “O, yes: she married him.” Editor—Your stuff is awfully milky and watery these days; got anew Pegasus? Binks (the poet)—Yes, and I got the beast oft a milk route, too.— Mew York Herald. Angry Pedestrian (after a narrow escape)— Suppose, sir, yoti had run Into me? Bicyclist—l would have bruised your shin and broken my neck.— Street <£ Smith's Good, Aet vs. Funniman—Young Dudel's body has been re covered. “Why I didn't know he had been drowned!” “Hehasn't. He has merely bought anew suit of clothes.”— Puck. “Look hers, George, I am positively tired of your talking love to me this way every time you call.” “Marry me. then, and I’ll never speak another word of love to you as long as I live." For always having tbe last word Woman should not be cursed, For ere her busy tongue had stirred Man plainly had the first. — Xew York Herald. “You are loosing dreadfully downhearted to night, Damon. Have you been meeting with losses lately?” “.Vo. Pythias invited me up tc “ his baby to night, and I promised to g >Aeji York Prase. Elder Bkrry—lt is a hopeless task to try to convert Joblots; he hates anything new. ltev. Dr. Thirdly—What would that have to do with it? Elder Kerry—You never could get him to take any stock in the New Testament.—Aeui York Harold. “Do yod talk in your sleep?" •Yes.” “I wish I oould." “Why?” “It would save time. With a good grapho phono it would boa great accomplishment for a busy man.- Washington Star. “Ik you'd had to study when you were a boy as hard as I've got to study,'’ grumbled young Quillbaek over his arithmetic, “you might have made your mark in the world long ago.” ”L don't think I’m too old to make a few marks yet, my son,” remarked the elder Quill back, reaching behind the bookcase for the family rawhide —Chicago Tribune. Sue was one of the precocious little people who are continually embarrassing their elders. “I am glad to see you go to church each Sun day,” said the p is tor one Suoday, "can you re member the text?” “Ye* sir.” "What was mine to day?” “O,” she replied with confidence, “I said I can remember them. I never try to.”—Vi asAtnfl ton Star. CURRENT COMMENT tu. 7 ir ■- ■ ■ . gin -93 The Humor Of It. from the Chicago Inter Ocean (Pen.). If democrats were bunting a patriotic can didate and a man of brains, there is Senator Vilas of Wisconsin. There is do tar on his coat. a: ■ -/ 1 Conscientious Commissioner Raum. From the A'etc York Evening Sun (Dem.). Comtaiseioser Raum.- want* $115,856,600 for pensions in 1 Some folk* may think that he might as well have said an even $147,000,000, but t&e conscientious Raum would not be guilty of on extravagance, even for the sake of symmetry. - Thanks; The Democracy Will DoThla. From the Chicago Titties (Dem.). Republican journalists are Unnecessarily agi tated concerning the choice trf a presidential nominee for tbe Demie r itia pkrty. That choice will be made by the democracy of the whole country iu convention a*embl4d, aud will not be dictated by federal office bolder*, nor in fluenced by auy t arter of poetoffloes and foreign missions for votes in tbe convention, e> :■ i—♦, rr\ Poor Story, But Good Moral. From the Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.). It is said that the negroes of Hernando county, Florida, frequently amuse themselves by riding alligators. Taking advantage of * good opportunity to jump on the creature'* back, the darky manages to ride it ashore by simply pressing his thumbs over its eyes and urging it forward with his heels. Asp rants for high political office often make a mistake by attempting to ride the people as tbe Florida negroes ride the alligator. A Great Deal “Depends. - ’ f>om the Charleston Newt and Courier (Dem.). The pious New England republicans are hold ing meetings to denounce lottery gamblln in far Lousii.na, but they continue to capture tbe sheckels of tbe rural westerner and southerner in the flue game of “protection,” and to store them awav by the thousand in their fat savings banks, with a clear conscience and biand smile of Ab Sin himaeif. In deciding the rights aud wrongs of some games, it appears a good deal depends on whether you are on the winning or on tho losing aide. Was It Murder or Suicide? Old Widow Barbara Se’lars has the finest flock of geese within a radius of five miles of XVil liamsbridge. Bays the Toledo Blade. She sup ports herself and educates two grandchildren on the product of the birds, all but one of which contributed, either with eggs, feathers or flesh, to her Income The exc*pti n was a goose, known to be 20 years old, and with a possible claim to much greater age, for nobody could say when it was batched. It long ago ceased to lay, and its age protected it from slaughter. After it was last plucked, five years ago. its feathers did not grow again, and every winter it suffered severely from the cold, its companions In suitel it with derisive cackling, stole its share of the food and occasionally assaulted it with their broad iaks. lufe was a burden to it, and the other morning, before Williams* bridge awoke to the fact that it was freez.ng hard, the old go'se died. Jlrs. Sellers is in doubt whether it committed suicide or was murdered Long b-fore day light she was awak ned by the cackling of her geese and, though it was too darx to see them by looking out of her bedroom window, she knew by the direction of the sound that they were in and around the duck pond, a sheet of water about three feet deep at the rear of the house. At intervals, she says, she could hear the querulous complainings of the old goose, but its voice, after being several times cut off, at last ceased entirely. At dawn Mrs. Sellers saw that the pond was frozen over, and in tbe center was an old goose with its head under the ice. The other birds w ere around it on the slippery surface. They were watching it closely, and had it moved they would no doubt have forced it back. It was quite dead, however, and Mrs. Sellers th nks the younger geese beat Its bead below tbe water and made it fetay in that position un til the fee formed around it. She admits, how ever, that it may have grown weary of its life and bent its neck while the water froze it in. Colorado Railway Mon in Court. The following Colorado court scene is taken from the Western Railway , and is vouched for by the publisher; Gen. Billhamlll, Railroad Commissioner— W batchernamesir f “H. Colibran." “Watchter business?" "None of your bu—general manager of the Colorado Midland railroad." “How old are you?*' "Go t 0—52." “Married or single?*' "Yes." "Name first woman you ever loved. 0 “Annie Laurie” “Last." “Annie Rooney." "Color of girl's hair?" “Yellow—red ’’ “Have you directly or indirectly, advertently or inadvertently*, on or about a certain date, say between ihe hours of a. m. andp. m., ever committed a crime of which you would not speak to me?" “Never." * ‘That will do. sir. You may go; but see that it does not occur again." “Good day, sir." “Slave, throw the switch and let President Jeffrey in on the other leg of the *Y' and drop that Western Railway." “Morning, Jeff," "Morning." “What you been doin'?" “Nothing." "Why don't you do something?" ’Fraid to. "I Ojkey here, Jeff, you can't monkey with this court. See? Has your road ever taken from a shipper more than you thought he had?" "Never." “That will cTo; you may go." Tom f'chiltree’s Reputation. RThere i 8 many* a man who has the reputation of a story teller who never earned it, remarks the Philadelphia Inquirer. Just now I have in mind Tom Ochiltree, who was formerly a con gressman from Texas. He is famous nil the world over as a raconteur, but his tame is but slivhtly due to bis own efforts. Here is how Ochiltree gained bis fame. A Washington correspondent of a newspaper made a bet with another man that he coild take any member of congress and within a year make him known all over the country. They looked over the House of representatives together and finally picked out anew member from Texas, who bad a red bead. Up to that time he had attracted no aitention in Washington aud he was therefore regarded as a fit subject for the experiment. Then the correspondent went to work to make his red headed protege famous. How wed ho succee lei is shown by the fame which Ochiltree now enjoys. The correspondent went about his task in this way; Ho wrote numerous good stories and sent them to his papers credited to Ochiltree. He told those stories to other newspaper men who also used them. The Rtories were bright and, there fore, were copied all over the county. Soon everybody had beard of Ochiltree's stories, and it began to be the fashion with Wa-hiugton correspondents to credit anonymous stories to him, Ochiltree read the stories and toid them again. lie was naturally a rather clever man and knew how to take advantage ot the oppor tunity offered. The result was that he is now one of the best known rr\en in the United States, although be is notas’well known now as he used to be, os not as much is printed about him. Unrequited Affection. They are telling a story on a young man In Detroit—it doesn't make any difference who he is— somehow, has only recently got into curren, #[sip, says the Free Press of that city. It appears that during tho last summer ho put iu a nvfilh at a lake resort in the northwest, and tfefc® fell in love with a girl who didn't be lieve ia reciprocity worth a cent. His persist ence, however, was ia no wise abated by a little thing like that. One day the girl fell off the deck into the lake, and the young man, being somewhat of an atlielete and a swimmer, jumped in ana rescued her without much difficulty. "Now," he said, as he stood dripping on the deck. "I have saved your life and you must marry me.” “Marry you?" sha replied in bewilderment. “Must i?” "It’s as little as you could do,” he whispered, putting out his hands to her. She gave him one look as he stood there all draggled and sloppy and with a smothered shriek she plunged into the flood once more. The next time she was rescued by a boy iu a boat and tbe young man was so mad that he sent a bill to her father for anew suit of clothes. Tennyson’s Tribute. Following is the poem composed by Lord Tennyson, poot laureate of Great Briiain, on tbe occasion of the death of Prince Edward, Duke of Clarence and A vondale and heir pre sumptive to the throne of England: TO THE MOVRNEHS. The bridal garland falls upon the bier. The shadow of a crown that o'er him hung Has vanish'd in the shadow cast by Death; Bo princely, tender, truthful, reverent, pure. Mourn! That a world wide empire mourns with you, That all the thrones are clouded by your loss, Were slender solace Yet be comforted: For if this earth be ruled by Perfect Love, Then, aft -r His brief range of blameless days. Tbe toll of funeral in an Angel ear Sounds happier than the merriest marriage bell, The face of death is toward the Sun of Life, His shadow darkens earth; bis truer name Is "Onward," no discordance in the roll, And march of that Eternal Harmony Whereto the worlds beat time, tho' falntlv heard— Until the great Hereafter mourn in hope. TkNNYSON. A wonderful MIRAGE was recently distinctly visible near Lewiston, Mont., one Sunday after noon It has caused considerable alarm, how ever. because it seems to show that the Indians have started on the warpath annj-neountered a party of hunters. Through the vistas hunters and red men could b* seen repeatedly to charge and retreat. The Indians were appar ently well supplied with ammunition and anally succeeded in capturing a party of a dosen hunt ers. Those who wirnessed the wonderful scenic affect produced by the mirage assert that they could distinctly see the savages build piles of fagot* and burned their captives at the stake. Midwinter mirages in the clear, crisp atmos phere of the Rockies are rare. So far os can yet be ascertainel the Indians on the reserva tions are peaceable, and it is hard to tell whether the mirage or the people who witnessed it did the lying. BAKING fOWPBit, I%# Baking U-^Powder Used in Millions of Homes— 40 Years the Standard. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. n? PRICtc DELICIOUS Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. \&nilla •'I O f perfect purity. Lemon -I Of great strength. Alnond —f Eoonomy ,n the,ruse Rose ete.rj Flavor as delicately and deliciously as the fresh fruit. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Th microscope has revealed many wonders, among others that the common caterpillar has 4,000 muscles in his bodv; that tbe drone bee's eyes each contain 1,300 mirr-rs, and that the large, prominent eyes of the brilliant dragon files are each furnished with 28,000 polished lenses. In a catalogue of Mexican meteorites pre pared by M. Antonio del Castillo one mass is mentioned which exploded in the air and fell In widely dispersed fragments, portions of it being found in three places at the angles of a triangle whose two longer sides were some fifty-five and thirty-five miles in length. In one of these places two plates of Btone were discovered, lying about 250 yards apart, which had evidently once formed one huge block. Measure ments and estimations place the combined weight of the two blocks at eighty tons. In this one shower of "moon stones." according to M. del Castillo's paper, not less tnan 3,000 tons of rocks felL A hotel recently built on the top of Pike's Peak, at a bight of 14.147 feet above the sea level, has been frequently referred to lately as being the highest inhabited point in the world. Although the new resort Is unique in many ways, it has not the particular distinction here mentioned. The village of Galeria, In Peru, 15.6)5 feet above the s a, has long laid claim to being the highest inhabited spot on earth. But Mr. Arthur K. Pearce, an engineer who has been prospecting and making meteoro logical observations in the Andes, has found two minin'camps that are even higher than Galcra. These places are Vicharrayac, which as 15,950 feet above sea level, and Muscapata, it an altitude of 16,15s feet. Each place has a population of about 200 miners the year round. The Peruvian Andes have a good many high things of interest besides human habitation. Galera exists mainly because of the (ialera tun nel of the Pa r ana Oroya railroad of Peru, whicn pierces the mountain at that place, the summit of the road. But this railroad will he surpassed by a narrow gauge railroad which is now being buiit to connect with it. Tnis road will attain an altitude of 15.850 feet at its highest point. Tliere are five mining camps near Galera, ail belonging to one concern, which are connected by telephone lines which are probably the high est telephone lines in the world. The lines pass over two summits of more than 17,000 feet each, and the mean hight of the lines is over 16,000 feet. A vast amount has been written about the submissiveness of oriental wives, and few ex ceptions to tbe rule of passive endurance among tbem are noted. A short time ago, however, an oriental wife boater was punished by his vic tim in an appalling manner. Mahmud Khau, with his favorite wives, Ayamaand Khairnasha, was on his wav to Mecca. One night, between Bolan and Sindh, his tent was pitched opposite that of a German tourist, who observed what transpired within and thus was able to reveal the motive in a subsequent tragedy. At bed time Madhnmd Kahn threw himself on his couch and culled in Ayama to give him the usual rubbinr. Ayama, however, failed to treat her lord to his satisfaction, and snatching a piece of wood from the ground, he struck her a savage blow on the hack. Tne vouug girl, hardly 16 years old, started under the blow, and to the surprise of the watching tourist, made a slight, almost imperceptible, movement, as if to return it, as she set her teeth and glowered at the ground. Mahmud Kban evidently re marked neither the look uor the movement, for ho rolled over and went to sleep while the In jured Ayam stole away. Tbe little cara van moved on the next day, and in due time arrived at Jacobaba i, whence Mah mud Khan and his two w ive* set out for the last part of their j urney before embarking. Their wa to me next city led through a dense forest. Two days later Ayama and Khairn asha returned to Jacobabad alone. Tuey behaved strangely, and gavecontridtctory and confused answers to all Inquiries after Mah mud Kahn. They were detained and a search was made for their master. He was found naked and tied to a tree. At tho foot of the tree was a large ant hill, and during the two days of confinement the ants bad eaten much of the flesh off Mahmud Kahn's bones. He was dying when found, but was able to explain that his wives hail drugged him, tied him while un conscious to the tree, smeared his body with wet sugar to attract the ants, and after stir ring up tho ant hill left him to die. Mahmud Khan lived but three hays after the rescue. Ayama and Khairnasha were condemned to bard labor for life, but hanged themselves im mediately. The effect of the sun’s rays Is at a max imum in the equatorial regions, where they fall nearly vertically upon the earth throughout tho year, says (loldthwaite's Geographical Magazine. Here the air is constantly heated to a higher degree than elsewhere, and here it constantly ascends, drawing in the adjoining air from the colder regions north and south in two great surface currents. The impulse of thisdraugth is felt two thousand miles away; and across all the intervening distance, the trade winds sweep toward the belt of cams. If the draught created by the upward flow near the equator were the only force involved, the wind would blow from north and south instead of from northeast and southeast. But the whole atmosphere is in revolu tion with the earth from west to east; and at any given *oint, with the velocity of tbe earth at that point. This velocity, in any latitude north or south, is less than at the equator, since the circumference of the earth is le-s, and, therefore, the distance through which a point on its surface passes In a given time. Thus, while a point at the equator moves through 24.(00 miles in a day. a point on the parallel ot 60° moves througn oaly half that distance. Tho trado winds begin at about the thirtieth parallel of latitudes. Ac the instant where a particle of air in this lati tude yields to the impulse that draws it toward tho equator, it is already In motion to the eastward, but with a velocity less than that of any part, of the earth'a surface over which it has to pass in its journey to the belt ot calms. Hence, as it moves south or north toward this belt, it is constantly lagging behind. The earth whirls past beneath it to the eastward, giving to the airan apparent motion to the west. The effect of this feature is less marked as the equator is approached, because here the paral lels are more nearly of the same length. Thus at the end of their course the trades blow nearly due north aud south, and where they meet, neutralize each other, producing tho belt of calms that has b-en referred to. This belt has an average breadth of six degrees of lati tude. but is so variable that at times it seems to be wiped out entirely. It is not unusual for a ship that has lain becalmed there for days to see another coming up to her with every sail filled by the tra te wind, which now suddenly sweeps across until it actually mingles with the opposite trade, the shift from one to the other coming almost instantaneously In a violent but short-lived squall. Nor is tbe calm belt constant in position It changes with the obang ng seasons, sweeping north and south with the sun, and carrying the whole trade wind system with it. MEDICAL. HEALTH IS WEALTH' Da. E. C. 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