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The oold weather of the past few days
had not the least effect on the heat of local
politics. The city election yesterday was
decidedly warm.
President Turner, of the University of
West Virginia, has taken a stand against
the introduction of Greek letter societies
into oolleges. Of late, it has been no'ieed,
there has been more Greek fire than Greek
letters About the societies.
Goy.' Hogg, of Texas, would have to
cbauge the spelling of his name, or change
the unspeakable name itself, if ho should be
elected to the Senate in place of Mills.
Hoe* Mr. H igg imagine for one instant that
Cabot L dge would discuss even mental
pabulum with hhnt
The Cincinnati Enquirer ia dolsg grant
work (or the poor of its city bT demonstrato
ing that coal can ba delivered in too lota at
about ooe>balf the pr ca that dealer* charge
forit. The pa]r not only proves that tha
■‘bushel dealers” ara levying extortion on
the poor, but la delivering ooal with ita own
conveyances at the lower rale.
New York journals will now probably
give Chicago a rest about tho doings of her
daring masked highwaymen on the prin
cipal streets. Chicago has not had a rob
bery to occur in her postoffice lobby for
some time, while New York has. Four
rascals “held up" and robbed a man in the
New York postoffice a night
while he was posting a letter.
The New York Press has had a slight
lapse of reason. After printing all kinds of
bosh about Carlisle having consented to
accept the treasury portfolio only after
Cleveland had promised to support hitu for
the presidential nomination in 189 G, the
Press now says: “It is impossible to believe
that Mr. Cleveland would make such a bar
gain or that Carlisle would ask him to do
eo.”
A republican ooutemporsry has au inter
view with a Virginia politician who on!led
on Mr. Cleveland recently, and to whom
tbe* President-elect is' alleged to have said,
in regard to tiliing offices: “My policy will
be .not to reappoint old officials. I
shall endeavor, so far as is practicable, to
select new meu.” Whether or not tho story
is true, Mr. Cleveland will not be apt to
forget that some of tbe old officials were
good public servants as well as the sturdiest
kind of democrats.
An incident in an Atlanta court a few
days ago, reported by tbe ,/onnioi, puls a
very queer aspect on the wav they do things
vp.ln the capital city. A juror who claimed
citizenship in heaven was brought tsefora
the judge, The august court him for
an instant then asked: “Are you right sure
you are of sound mind?" “Yes, sir." the
hirer replied. "Wall, I don’t think you
are. sir. You can take your seat iu the box
aud report for duty hi the criminal court,”
said the judge. Almost anybody, then,
will do tor a juror in au Atlanta criminal
court; is that the idea;
Thors has been au idea abroad omorg
politicians that Senator George Gray, of
Delaware, might be a member of the next
cabinet. HU reticence in regard to his
candidacy to succeed himself m tbe Senate
lent color to tbe suggestion that he had been
or expected to he communicated with by
Mr, Cleveland on the subject aud he wished
to “say nothing midday low' until all had
been definitely arranged, lie favored ex-
Heoretary lluyard as his i uocessor iu caso be
should go Into tho oabluet, it is said. His
ranoiulnatlon, therefore, may be taken as
ineantDg either that Mr. Cla mend failed to
offer him a oabluet place, or offers 1 him one
he did not like to accept: au Senator Gray
Is out of Uia list of cabluet probabilities.
Carl e e far the TrAssury
At last it is definitely announced that i
Senator Carlisle h-us accented Mr. Cleve- ]
land's offer of the treasury portfolio. He
has already sent his res gnstiou to the gov
ernor of Kentucky, to take effect Feb. 4.
The selection of Sir. Carlisle for the im
portant position of Secretary of the Treas
ury gives very general satisfaction. There
are comparative y few who question his fit
ness to deal with financial mette-s, and
even those few would like to see him In the
cabinet in some other position. It is no
ticeable, however, that iu nun'icinl uii L-ieo
the announcement that be-will be at the
nead of the treasury is highly ap
proved He is strongly in favor
cf sound money. and is very
conservative in his views. He Is a progres
sive, practical and safe man. He has often
demonstrated his ability to grapple success- '
folly with questions relating to the tariff j
and finance, and the record he has is oue !
of which any statesman would be proud.
He will have a great deal of tiifluonee in
shaping tariff legislation and also in solving
the troublesome silver problem. His position
will be such that congress could hardly help
being influenced in respect to them even if
it should not Le in full sympathy with
him.
Mr. Carlisle will be the leading member
of the cabinet. Hu prominence tn his party
and bis ability would make him so even if
the importance of the department of wbich
he will be the bead did not.
Heretofore the Secretary of State has been
regarded as the premier of the government.
For the next four years the matters that
come within the jurisdiction of the treasury
department will be of far greater im
portance than foreign affairs, and the
proper administration of them will require
greater ability. Under Mr. Cleveland's ad
ministration, therefore. Mr. Carlisle will be
the member of the cabinet who will com
mand the most attention.
There is as yet, no reliable Information
as to whetber Mr. Cleveland has reached
a decision in respect to any other
of the cabinet positions. It seems to be un
derstood that CoL Lamont it to have one of
them. Keport has assigned him to either
the navy department or the war depart
ment. In a few days, doubtloss, it will be
pretty clearly known who have been se
lected for the other cabinet places.
Mr. Cleveland is now at bis I-akewood
cottage, and, consequently, is free to give
more of his time to the work of deciding
upon hts cabinet advisers than he has been
able to do heretofore. As long as he re
mained in New York bis whole time was
occupied with visitors from different parts
of the country. Few, exoept those be
wants to see, call upon him at his country
residence. It is safe to predict that he will
call around him a cabinet that will com
mand the confidence of the country.
The Anti-Option Bill.
It is expected that a vote will be taken in
the Senate to-day on the anti-option bill.
If a vote should be reached the bill would
be passed. It has been evident for several
weeks that a majority of the senators are
in favor of it.
Those who have followed the discussion of
the bill oan hardly help feeling that the op
ponents of it heve the best of the argument.
Their arguments have not been successfully
answered. The advocates of the measure
content themselves with the thought that
they are obeying the will of their constitu
ents. These same constituents, however,
will not hesitate to sacrifice them if the bill
should become a law, aud should prove
hurtful rather than bouefloial to their in
to: ests. And that ft would prove hurtful is
a foregone conclusion.
if the bill gets through the Senate it is by
no means certain that it will become A law.
It originated in the House, aud os it has
been amended it will have to go back to
that body for eonojrreace. Its opponeale
may prevent any aotlon from being taken
upon it
The bill is au effort to check tlie business
of the country along natural lines. That
the 1 unneve of buying And ■ tiling future* In
farm product* Is hurtful to the farmers oan
aol he shown. The opponents of the bill
deny that it is. They declare the contrary
to bs true, aud facts *n* n to sustain them.
It looks bow, however, as If It wretUd take
more than argument aad facte m convince
thoss who favor the bill that the opponents
of it are nos mistaken.
The City Election.
Mayor McDonough was re-elected yester
day by a very handsome majority. The
indorsement he received for a second term
must be gratifying to him. It is an an
nouncement that his enforcement of the law
against open barrooms on Sundays is ap
proved. Hia enforcement of that law
aroused a good deal of opposition to him,
and he appealed to the people. The people
have sustained him. He enters upon his
secoud term with the feeling that he has
the support of public sentiment in his effort
to give the people quiet and order on Sun
days. He will not have the trouble in en
forcing the Sunday law against barrooms
that ba has bad during his first term. Hu
Sunday policy will be acquiesced in.
Avery good hoard of aldermou has been
chosen. It will look carefully after tbe
city’s interests and give encouragement to
all legitimate efforts for tbe city’s prosper
ity.
F> llowiug Cob Ham’s definition of a
“buollygcster" come two explanations of
what a “mugwump” is, one from Col. Ellery
Anderson, of New York, a distinguished
member of tbe clan, and the other from
Cbauueey M. Depew, who is not a mug
wump. Mr. Anderson says: “I have giveD
a great deal of my best thought to this
epithet end am at present unable to say
who is a democrat and who is a mugwump,
a mugwump being a democrat or a person
who desires the success of the party whether
he joins before or joins after, and anybody
iu a community who believes in the honest
freedom of thought." Mr. Depew’s “mug
wump” is quite a different personage: “A
up is a man who cannot agree with
anybody but Bunself, and about that be is
iu doubt.”
The New York ll'oi 'd publishes a sensa
tional report of a corrupt lobby in Wash
ington ready to pounce upon legislators and
“Influence” them in tho interests of tbe
whisky trust. The story is plausible, when
it is remembered that tbe whisky trust has
never made a reputation for probity and
would not a bit uiiud paying tbe alleged
.? 1.000,000 to have its ends furthered by
favorable legislation on the matter of in
creasing tho revenue tax on whisky. If
there is truth in the story the whole of it
will probably soon be brought out, as a part
I of the sum for bribery was said to have
fouud its way iotothe bands of tbe wives of
i I‘ongreatuiun to secure their husbands’ votes,
and women are not gsod keepers of secrets
when they imagine that somebody else
Elio** the socret, also.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18, 1803.
Ballot Reform.
It Is a source if gratification to the Morn
ing N kwh that tbore it gradually manifest
ing itself throughout the state a feeling iu
favor of adopting the Australian ballot sys
tem. or some modification f it. For more
than three years the Morning News has
been urgiug this reform. It has calle 1 the
attention of the legislature to it time and
time again, and new some of the other
papers are favoring it.
The Rome Tribune published an article
in favor of a modification of the Australian
ryjtcm a— ~ iij: ago, and sent a copy of
it to Chief Justice Bleckley, In response
Judge Bleckley said:
“The suggestion you make for the adop
tion in this state of the Australian ballot
system, modified somewhat as has been done
in Arkansas, seems to me wise and ju
dicious.
"I say this upon the assumption that
abuses heretofore practiced, and wbich you
have described so graphically, are likely to
oocttnue unlees arrested by legislation.
Nothing is more manifest than that they
never should have existed and should not
exist now. The right to vote as the citizen
pleases, and without having to resist pressure
brought to bear at the polls to control or in
fluence bis vote, ought to be held sacred.
“For nearly forty-five years I have been
a voter, and daring that time I have not
attempted, by solicitation or otherwise, to
exert any personal influence over any voter
at any popular election. As I would not al
low any one to vote me, I conoede the same
freedom and independence to others which
I claim for mvself. This Is the principle on
which all should act in dealing with a high
and important function of citizenship as
that of voting.
“I am aware, however, that neither my
precept nor my example, nor both together,
will be any more influential in the future
than they have been in the past, and I am
convinced that some such law as you pro
pose is needed and likely to prove highly
aseful. I hope your wish tor its enactment
may be speedily realized.”
Those who have witnessed the looal elec
tlons in this city this month must be con
vinced of the necessity of a reform in the
system of voting. There is a large pur
chasable vote In this county, and that it is
purchased will not be seriously denied. The
elections to a very large extent are not an
expression of the popular will, because a
very large percentage of those who vote do
■o for money. It is a matter of Indifference
to them whether one set of officials are
elected or another, end this will continue to
be the case as long as the present system
exists.
Vote buying is not confined to this county
or this state. The svil is as notorious in
other states as it is here, but it has been
checked in a very great degree in those
states in which the Australian ballot sys
tem has been adopted. That system opens
the way tor a voter to cast his ballot as he
pleases. The briber cannot give the man
be bribes a tioket and follow him to the
polls. The vote buyer, therefore, hesitates
to pay money to a voter who may not cast
the ballot he is paid to cast.
More that half of the states have adopted
the Australian system, or a modification of
it, and it Is time that Georgia was thinking
about it. It is strange that no member of
present legislature has thought of making a
name for himself by securing the enact
ment of a ballot reform law.
A Plot Against the French Republic.
Anew phase of the Panama scandal is
protftised. The government of France
declares it has evidence of a royalist con
spiracy to overthrow the republic, and that
it will soon arreat some of the leading con
spirators. It is alleged that the conspiracy
we s batched in London and Madrid, and
that the Count of Paris is furnishing the
money needed to support it.
it has been suanteted for sums time that
the Panama sc aatfal was being used to fur
ther the interests of the royelists. Their
idea appears to be le destroy confidence in
tlie Integrity of the publ.e meu of the re
public sad precipitate a revolution, with
lbs hope that the people will turn to the
Count of Paris or Duke of Orleans to assist
them cut of their troubles.
There will be lively times in Frasce
whs;; the government begins to lasts ar
rests. The government, however, t strong
enough to suppress any disturbance that
may occur. Tha army ia loyal to tbs repub
lic and is under strict discipline.
After all, it is by no meaus certain that
the public meu of France are so generally
corrupt as tho reports ot the Panama scan
dal would lead the world to be
lieve. When the scandil sha’l have
been probed to the bottom it
will be found, in all probability, tint oolv
a lev ore guilty of accepting bribes or of
Corrupt prac icos, and that injjstice bus bsvn
done many by coupiiug their naitits with
the scandal.
While It is certain that sune of France’s
public men are totally uufit for the reipon*
aible p sitions they hold, nevertheless it ii
pretty safe to assume that not enough of
them ore untrustworthy to justify a hope
le e feeling relative to the future of the re
public.
Some leading papers are now disp eed to
think that Whitney, Carlisle and Flower
will he tbe leading candidates for tbe next
democratic nomination for President. Hilt
is hardly ever mentioned iu that connec
tion. Carlisle, by the way, said some lime
ago that he could uever be President be
cause he “was born on tho wrong sido of
the Ohio river.” At the same time, he was
not in favor of the secession of tbe southern
states, but was a “union man” during the
war. Furthermore, the election of Cleve
land last fall did much to dear away the
oolnveba of prejudice that cluttered tbe
bruins of too many people for too long a
time, and four years henoe it is quite pos
j nble that tbe north would be willing to see
a man of Carlisle’s record, character and
attainments in the white house, even if be
was burn on the “wrong side of the Ohio
river.”
Two weeks ago an excellent republican
newspaper authority publisned as a (set that
Stephan B. Elkins, Secretary of War, and
“one of tbe shrewdest financiers in the
oountry,” owned a considerable portion of
the San Juau “gold fields” in Colorado, that
he was manager for a company that owned
a claim seventeen tulles long along the Clay
Wash river. About a week ago the an
nouncement was made that tbe San Juan
gold field was a fake, a fraud, and was
worth nothing. A few days ago the same
excellent republican authority above re
ferred to quoted Klkiut as saying: “I do
notown any property wlhin 500 miles of
tbe new gold fields.” No “shrewd finan
cier” would be caught owning such prop*
erty after an exposure of tbe kind. The
“shrewd financier” always “gets In on tbs
grouud floor” at tha fine of tbe boom aud
got* out age*? Leto.s tha collapse cornea.
PERSONAL.
C. O. D. are the initials of an express meg
setiger at Atchinaoa, Kao.
Akelis Blvr.s-CHANLr.it scarcely ever use;that
part of i-er name which follows the hyphen.
Charles Villi ebs, fatter of the British
House of Commons, has just completed his 90th
year, having boen born on Jan. 2, ISG2.
Rev. J. W. M Williams D. I), has now been
pastor of the First Baptist churc i in Baltimore
for forty two years, and is still serving tnat
congregation actively
Capt John Vine Hall, who commanded the
Great Eastern steamship on her first voyage to
1 New York, died on Christmas day at Hamp
stead, England, m his bOth year.
The table on which the articles of agreement
for the surrender of Vicksburg were signed by
Gen. Grant and Gea, Pemberton is in daiy use
In a b-er Raloon in Vicksburg. The saloon
keeper has been offered a large price for the
relic, but ne ref uses to dispose of it.
The democrats of the New Hampshire House
of Representatives did an unueal thing in nomi
nating for speaker a man elected to the legisla
ture for the.first time Charles H Hoyt, tue
successful young playwright and theatrical
manager, was the gentleman thus honored.
Parliamentary language at Sydney. N. S. W.,
appears to be more forcible than elegant. Dur
ing a recent discussion in the legislative as
sembly res D-Cling t re .pendlture on Sir George
Bibb-, visit to f.ngland. ooe honorable memlier
referred to another as “tne blubbering ass from
Mudgel”
Is course of a conversation relative to the
death of Lord Tennyson, Dr, Oliver Wendeil
Holmes said; "There wete four gnat men in
the live- of whom 1 felt I had a certaiu relation
ship. They were Darw in, Gladstone. Tennyson
and Lincoln—men who made the year 1809 con
spicuous. and I was so unblushing as to creep
into that year, too."
Capt. Watkins and Capt. Lewis will retire
next month from the command of the City of
Paris ami City of New York and be assigned re
spectively to the City of Berlin and City of
Chester. The former ships will be commanded
by American officers—Capt. Randall of the
Friesland, of the Red Star line. Capt. Thompson
of the American line, and Chief Officer Beuyon
of the City of Now York being mentioned m this
connection.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri has a host of
friends among the senators. He and John A.
Bogan had often been hotly opposed in political
debate, but Senator Cocxrell was at “filacx
Jack’s” dpath-bed an hour before he'.dled
Logan toAk the big Missourian's hand and
called his wife: “Mary " said the dying man,
"Senator Cockrell politically in the Senate is
my enemy. Out as one whom e\ery senator
respects and loves he is my friend.’’ Tnese
were almost Logan's last worca
BHIGHT BITS.
He—You look sweet enough to eat.
Bbe—l do eat.—ihiew York Truth.
“The Bouton Trantcript tells of a Boston man
who thinks there is too much repartee in the
Episcopal service.—. Vein York 'tribune.
"I’ll be awfnl glad when paw swears on
smokin’ again,” said Tommy. “Tnia is the
fourth lickin' I’ve got in three days.' -Indian
a.iutu journal.
Conormssman Outhwaite. in complaining of
microbes in money, has not stated whether he
means to add "greenbackteria” to the scientific
vocabulary, Waihiuglon Star.
Gazzam—Old Soak is one of the most Inveter
ate jfauiblers I ever saw.
Kaazani—You are right. Why, when he is
alone he plays solitaire for the drinks.—Aeth
York Her ald.
I r it wasn't for the envy which the noise of
or emtio a bot tle raises In the bosoms of the
poor fellows who can't afford to buy it there
wouldn't be much fuu in drinking champagne.
Texas Stflinas.
Jixim—There are supposed to be about 420,-
000,000 Christians in tbe world.
Bings —There may be, but when any scandal
attaches itself to your name it is mighty hard
to b lievo it. .Veil) York Tress.
“Ullo:” said the messenger boy. ‘‘Ain’you
workin’ no inure. kidF’
"N*w,” said the ewAoflßce boy, “I ain't; I’m
on strike. D r walk ft,' delllglt coma around
an'sai 1 we wuz to git double price fer lickin’
deseiisw stampitdb So out, an’l west out.”
Indianapolis Jonrnat.
"And now." sain the country cousin to the
girl, "I have Shova vou everything on the
farm."
“0, George, you haven’t done any vuch
thing. Why, (heard papa say before I started
thst you had a mortgage on it that covered
nine tenths of the ground.”— Tit Bits.
Lmu Diot—There's some things I can’t
understand.
Little Dot—What things?
Little Dick—Chi.dCens likes to look at fires,
but childrens always sleep so sound they don’t
hear the coins aud they miss ad tbe fun, but
grown folks don’t care for fires and they always
wake up.—Good As is.
MisTßSes (to cock)—Bui why do you want to
Revs. Mary’
Cook—l don’t like the cookery, mum
Mistrtse— Why. you cook the things yourself?
Cook—Yss. 1 know, mum. But I’m only a
plain cook, and l lUougnt when 1 rains here
that you would make some tasty dishes now and
agaiu, mum!—Cick-Afs Vp.
A Bap fiimpsa.—Magazine Office Boy—O,
tl eris been an awful time up iu the editorial
room to-day.
Business dan Offer- EIl what’s the trouble?
Offics Boy—The 'salt t made a mis’aka and
put the "Ns Ad ■ Ittanre" sum at ths subscrip
tion office au i the “Welcome’’ door mat iu
front ot the editor’s room.—Good JVst vs.
Mauds- I was at the theater last night, but I
didn't see the star, Miss Buskin, She was ill
and unable to e.Dprar.
Clara—That was too bad. Without her the
play must have bean tame enough
Ainud i—Nor at all. Miss Buskin’s new Paris
gowns were displayed on •> ir if rms, and peo
pie said that the play weut rather better th_n
usual.—-B-alom TrvnsCript.
A MmGmr.c Circumstance.—)ndge—You
confess, then, rant you stole the coat?
1 runnier— \ us, sab, yer lionaii; but be easy on
mo di i ti co.
’ Isihvre any mitigating c rcnmstance
“Yes. sah, yer Smith. Dun’t he too hard on a
pore uiggao d.s lime. Do ne.v’ time yer can
sock hit ier me as hard as ver plea e l’ge
nebber gwinter quit ile hir.iess.”—Texas Sift
.nys.
CURRKNT COMiISMT.
Carii3’.e for the Cabinet.
From the Are York World lDent.).
The choice of Senator Carlisle for the treas
ury is a hopeftii . beginning. If Mr. Cleve
land shall continue on that line he will not
fail.
Many of These Should Be Erased.
From the Philadelphia Times (Dem.).
Many names on the pension roll of honor will
be found to have beeu put there le-s by the
hand of fame then the skillful penmanship of
I be shark a„oit.
Uncle Sam’s Money and the Canals.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
If Uncle Sam has a 3100,000,000 that he doesn't
know wbatto do with, there’s no use in going
all the way to Nicaragua to Bpend it. r ome
thouaandsof miles of permanent highways, or
some such invei-tinont at home, would make a
far better Showing for the money.
The Pope’s Representative in America.
From the Vein York Times {lnti. ).
It may be easy to overestimate the Importance
of the pope's appointment of Mgr. Satolh as a
permanent apostolic delegate in this country,
or wrongly to interpret tbe act, but it seems to
us that noi-Catholic Americans will see reasons
for great satistaotdou iu the announcement
that certain very un-American tendencies in
tho church here have been checked, and with a
firm hand, from the Vatican itself.
The Nicaragua Canal.
From the Baltimore American (Rep.).
The Panama canal would have been built and
in operation to day with toe funds raised, hud
Dot considerably more than one hair the money
been absoroed by tbe cormorants w inch a quasi
official relation created We want no such ar
rangement In this country. Either the [Nica
ragua] eanal must be built entire y by private
enterprise or entirely by the government The
responsibility must be direct au 1 absolute
Alae, Poor Kansas!
From the Philadelphia Prets i Rep).
Tbe political upheaval in Kansas lias placed
in ties gubernatorial chair a demagogue who
t reaches anarchy without beUevlug in it or
cowing It. His inaugural is the froth of the
occasion, and if wli considered by the people
of Kansas will hasten the end of tbe rule ot tbe
loose aggregation which has broken down par.
ties iu Kansas and Is tiireateniug to injure the
reputation of Its people for good tease, sobri
ety and honesty
Arrested for Nothirn.
Toward the end of the second empire, says tbe
Fan Francec > Arvnnaut, Prince Edmond de
Karinval was one of the most brilliant fre;]neut
ers of tbe Boulevard ties [fallens.
Very blonde, [ ale and slender, imperturably
phlegmatic—a temperament touching zero
witti the aid of his enormous fortune he amused
societv by his freaks and fancies, even coi.de
si en ;.ng .iccasionaUy to astound the populace.
(. n i evening he gave a dinner at his ow n man
sion; theewerwas exouisi e and ths dessert
was served in a whirl oi gayety.
‘Wry well; let us wager.’’ cried the prince
suddenly, replying to a c ia!lenge from the op
site end of the table, "that without having
stolen, murdered, injured my feliow-oemgs in
any way, without ha* mg committed tiny sort of
crime, broken any low or regulation, 1 get my
self arrested when I please and dragged to the
station like a vagabond thief, an assasem!”
Every one turned toward him in surprise.
During the silence which followed he adds i;
"1 wager 2.000 louis—wbo will take it up?”
There were wealthy men around the b' ard.
well used to heavy stakes; but the magnitude of
the sum startled them.
"Well, how.will you go about it?” exclaimed
Gastambide. the banker, wbo was very nervous
and excitable.
"Ah. that is my secret: You can understand
that if I told you beforehand ”
"Of course:” interrupted Gastambide: “but I
have it now! You will tap a policeman on the
snoulder, saying: 'Old fellow, I'm your man. I
have killed all my family iu a moment of frenzy.
Remorse is choking me. Take me up. old fel
low; let thr law do its worst”’’
Tl.ey shouted with laughter. The idea of the
Prince de Karinval tapping a policeman on tbe
shoulder, calling him “old ie low,” and begging
relief irom his remorse awoke ths wildest
merriment.
The prince alone preserved his cool gravity
lie exnlamed quietly to the Impetuous banker
that his Intention was not only to abstain from
evil-doing, but even to avoid any words or
actions t apubie of provokiDg bis arrest, and he
repeated;
“Who takes up the 2.000 louis?”
"I do!” cried Gastambide, with an exuberant
gesture.
Tbe next day. about? o'clock in the evening,
when the boulevards swarmed with people aud
the ree aurants began to fill up, a shabby
wretch made his way through the crowd with
bent bea I and watchful gaze, picking up here
and there the cigar enas others threw away.
The man was still young and had evidently
fallen from a higher rauk. to judge from the
distinction of his pale, refined face, his patri
cian hands, his general hearing.
Ftill, it was evident that this unfortunate man
was not discouraged or despairing, for in all his
misery there was a certain care aud cliauliness
not usually apparent in nu n of bis class.
As he tossed before Yigneron, a restaurant
then very fashionable, he stopped for a few
seconds to look iu at the clear windows with
their guipure hangings through which he could
see the dicers seated opposite two richly
dressed ladies, and dividing their attentions he
tw, eu the exquisite viands and their fair com
panions.
He advanced, entered, and timidly placed
himself at the first empty table
But he was scarcely seated when the head
waiter, a very distinguished and stylish-looking
individual, perceived him and hurried toward
him with au expression of annoyance.
“What are you doing there, you?”
“Why." replied the unfortunate, pointing to
the other guests. "I came to eat like all these
people."
“You have mi-taken the hour and the door,
my good man; the soup kitchen is around ibe
corner, and the eoup is dispensed in the morn
ing." %
Fie shook hii napkin at the Intruder to chase
him off, as one would a troublesome fly. But
the other did not seem disposed to quit bis
place
“I don't care much for soup," he answered,
"and the food given out iu the morning would
not suit me.
“Aad,” continued the shabby one, "there is
no rea*on why you should not serve me a din
ner when I am ready to pay for it. There—if
you have any doubt—there ii my pocket book,"
He opened his old cost, and from an inside
pocket drew out a pocket book stuffed with
bank notes. Selecting oue, he l anded It to the
waiter.
It was a note for 1,000 franc •; and there
were nt least fifty others in the purse, to judge
from its volume.
The waiter took it and scrutinized for several
instants, with wide nostrils aud uiedialire
frown. Then, abruptly raising bis head like a
man who makes a prurient resolution, he re
turned the bank note to its owner.
The latter ma lea movement ns if to rise, say
ing:
“Now, if you refuse to serve me, I will go
elsewhere,"
But the head waiter quickly begged him to
remain.
“No, no: stay. Give your order." Then
calling on one of the subordinates, he poiDted
to the mac:
“Take this gentleman's order," adding
rapidly in a low tone, "Do not lose sight of him.
Do not let him get out."
He presently disappeared. Five minutes
later he returned, accompanied by a police
man.
All the occupants of the restaurant had
op-ned their eyes wide when the vagabond in
stalled himself at tbe table, and had watched
him since then with marked disapproval
No one doubted that it was he whom the
ofliesr had come to seek, sod every kead was
turned to see what was going to Happen
Bure enough tha officer want directly to
ward him. He cotitlaual to enjoy a savory
slica without susitunr to natica the sensation
be had created. He even darted lik > one sud
denly awnkaaed when the man la uniform
touched his shoulder.
“I? What? Is anything tbe matter?"
Thewexplaiued. Bans not a for 1.000 franca
were not. usually produoatl from such pockets
as his. To have them ha must have stolen
thorn.
He defended himself energetically, but his
protestations were ia vain.
•*l doubt it' you can show a single paper or
cert fonts of ohnracter,” ebse-ved the officer.
"It. Is true; 1 cannot. But nrobably none of
these people pretent oan immediately produce
passports or proofs of identification."
•’No certificates. You have at least a name.
Ootne, then, wt o ara you?"
"I am the Prince F.dmondde Karinval."
“Why not the Kingo! England?" sneered the
officer.
“England is governed by a queen,” began the
man
• Enough, enough', no need for further ex
planations. Folios- iue:"
And grasping his s-iou’-der with his large
hand, the policeman fpreed him to rise and
conducted him to the station.
The wager waa won. Then, from tbe lower
end of the restaurant ‘toe fat Duke de Mor
vella, the lively Gastmnbide and the others
rose, followed and interrupted, explaining the
adventure to the policeman.
He was so ove come with astonishment, so
eager to apologize and so confuse I that, in his
naste to bow them out, he thrust his cooked hat
through a pane of glass, while bending low aud
murmuring indistinctly:
“Prince! Prince!"
Hia Life Proved Hia Royalty
Here is a good war story by Representative
Sayers of Texas, as given by the Washington
Pest:
“In the early part of the war,” he said, “when
nearly everv southern man in the north went
hack to his own section, Capt. Duncan Mcßae,
stationed at Fort Craig, N. M., was an excep
tion, Bis southern birth was known, and ne
was regarded with suspicion. 1 ife was being
made very unhappy for him by the insinuations
of bis northern comrades just at the time when
our brigade passed near Fort Cra.g on its way
from Texas into Missouri. Capt. Mcßae's bat
lery opposed us, aud I never saw men fight with
greater bravery than was shown in that brief
oattle by Mcßae and his men. out of the entire
company ouly five escaped alive. Me Ran was
kilted. Ins body ialliugalongside one of hisguns.
’Under a flag of truce a union officer came
across the battle field. 1 met him and happened
to know him. He told m*. in the course of our
conversation, that Mcßae on the previous night
had spoken to his comrades of their suspicions,
and bad said that, he proposed to prove his
loyalty on the morrow by his death. ’I shad
never leave that battle field alive,’ be said.
When morning came he seetned unusually
happy. ’I have seen my specter in a dream,'
he said, ’and now 1 know that welcome death
will come.’ And so it did. The man had sacri
ficed himself rather than endure the imputa
turns oast upon his loyalty.
"What became of the guns? They were
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ITEMS OF INTBRBBT.
The meteorological records of the world
chronicle several Incontestible instances of
b ack ramfalls, to say nothing of tbe more
startling phenomena of "showers of blood.”
"blue snows.” etc., says the Chicago Times.
Prof. Barker in April, 1845, laid before the Royal
Society of Dublin some observations on a
shower of black rain which f -II around Carlow
and Kilkenny, extending altogether over an
area of about 400 square miles. During the
course of bis lecture Prof. Barker exhibited to
the society a specimen of, this uncanny shower
which had beau sent him by a friend The
specimen shown in the vial was of a uniform
black color, muoh resembling common black
writing fluid. Dr. Barker found, however, that
after allowing it to stand for a short period the
black coloring matter separated from the
water with which it had mixed, render
ing the color of the rainwater much lighter,
but still dark enough to be called "black rain.”
The shower, whicn was in broad daylight, was
preceded by a darkness so dense as to make it
Impossible for one to read without the aid of a
candle. After this darkness Fad continued
some time a hail storm set in, attended with
vivid lightning, but without the least sem
blance of thunder. When this bail storm was
over the black rain began to fall. On examina
tion of the rain immediately after tbe storm
was over it was found to nave au extremely
fetid smell, as well as a very disagreeably
taste All light colored animals and all articles
of clothing exposed bore dark spots and
stains, and cattle refused to drink tbe water or
eat the grass until after a shower of "real
ra:n" had washed off the black, poisoning mat
ter.
What is the actual heat of tbe sun's surfac ?
Various estimates have been made, says the
St. Louis Republic, but as they vary from 1,000
and a fraction to millions of degrees there is
little prospect of an immediate and reliable an
swer to tbe opening question. Seccbi gave It as
F.is opinion that the temperature could he but
little, if any. short of JO.CCO.OO)'’of the centi
grade tberm.meter. Sporer thought that it
mlsbt be 37,000 . while Pouillet brought down
to somewhere between 1,400- and 1.761“ of the
san e scale. M. Be-querel, Prof. Langley and
S.r William Thompson all agree on about !,000
degrees of centigrade, making the r deductions
based on solar photospheres. According to ,M.
St. Clair Devilie the temperature of thesuu’s
surface does not exceed 2,800°; this also agrees
with experiments inode by both Bunson and
Debray. Hir Robert Hall, tue astronomer
royal of Ireland, in lus "story of
the Heavens," page 1.6. ;ays “We shall
probably be well .within the truth if we
state the effective temperature of the sun to bo
about 18,000“ Fahrenheit.” That some of the
above estimates are placed too high and others
too low there is little doubt. 'Fake that of Fee -
chi for an instance. What instrument or sys
tem of reasoning would give a inan au insight
into what 10,000,000” of heat really means? On
tbe other band, we l ave every reason to believe
that M. Pouillet placed tbe degree of actual
temperature -f the solar surface tar too low.
Prof. Y’ouug argues from an original and logical
standpoint. He says; "When beat, is concen
trated bv a burning-glass the temperature at
the focus cannot rise above that of the source
of beat; so. if we do not count on tne loss of
heat by lie transmission through tbe gloss, the
temperature at the f> cus should be the same as
that of a point placed at such a distance frura
the tun that the solar disk would seem just as
large as the lens Itself viewed from its own
focus" If this is the true explanation,* py
rometer eud a burning glass would give the
eun’s actual surface heat.
It may be said without fear of contradiction
that at least two-thirds of the nations and rac s
of the globe have some tradition iin many cases
very faint) of what w* call ths deluge or flood
of Noah, sayi the ct. Louis Republic. In India
these myths or semi-sacred legends apriear in
many forms; oue at least, that contained In the
Hindoo Manabharata, agreeing with our bibli
cal account In all of its roain details. Brahma
did not “speak with a voice of thunder from a
cloud," but appeared to Manu, the Fiindoos’
Noah, in tbe lorm of a fish, this on the Hiver
Wirini. From thence he was transferred to the
Ganges, having grown too large for the Wirini.
and, after au astonishing Increase of bulk
from disporting in tbe sacred river, be was
transferee Ito the Indian ocean. But ever,
here Menu (Noah) was in sneaking distance, and
it was from that ocean's depths that Brahma
gave orders for tbe building of a great life
saving vessel (ark). Manu did as Brahma di
rected. and on the approach of the great flood
took good care to stow away ie-ds of all kiuds
as well as tte living creatures of tue earth.
Last of all be provided quarters for the seven
Hishio of holy beings which wnere to outride the
storm Then the flood came, much in the same
way that that of Noah did, but tbe account does
not Bsy in as many words tnat “the fountains
of tbe great deep were broken up and the wm
dows of heaven were openeJ.” When the Mood
was "well on," and "the whole surface of the
earth was covered in water to a depth of 150
cubits." Brahma appeared to Manu in ths form
of a great fish swimming alongside the vessel.
This Brahma fish was an enormous creature
with a gigantic born, and to this horn Manu
lashed bis vessel with e stout rope of virgin's
hair Then began a series of wanderings that
throw Ulysses and tbe "Flying Dutchman’s"
feats into the shade. For years tne great vessel
plunged hither ad thither, now on this side of
tbe globe and then on that, but always at the
mercy of the god-flsb. tbe horn and the hair
I rope. After an age of aimless plunging over
i the great sphere of water tbe outlook at last
catches a glimpse of land; or, more properly,
rock, for it was the very apex of Mount Huu
arat (probably meaning highest peak of the
Himalayas,) and to that point tbe fish
pilot steered the great craft, God now
appears on the scene and gives orders for the
hair rope to be removed from the Brahma fish's
horn and its transference to a solid column of
stone on the mountain peak. God also com
manded that the mountain would ever after be
known as Mount Naubandbana, which means
"mountain of ship-binding.’' A ter the sub
sidence of the waters the powers of God,
Brahma end Manu (Noah) seem to have been
strangely intorwoven, for, we are told, "after
tbe flood, by favor of Brahma. Maou created a
new race of people, which, from that time for
ward were known as Manudsh. or people born
of Manu."
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