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' Tlbilliant concert.
nr Michelena-s Benefit Well At-/
tended and an Enjoyable Affair.
The complimentary concert tendered
T ANARUS“ f Michelena by his Savannah
at Ludden & Bates' music rooms
frll and ; b . was attended by one of the
U,t Tcoreciative audiences that has
® OS 'nn Savannah in some time. The
gathered > wit h lovers of good
rOU!US ml they would permit none of the
formers to rest until they had ap
*>er red a second time.
, he exception of Senor Michelena,
" 'J dans were all local talent, but
*k;, m would have received just as large a
f praise from any audience before
thev might have appeared.
W The selected piano solo for four hands,
Coburn and Bates, was beauti-
dered and they-were compelled
w their playing, so great was the
from Louisa Muller, by
sun( r by Senor Michelena. was
? H red with much feeling. Indeed, Se-
W Viii t cl, na's whole heart was in his
!“ r iItat 1 tat night, and his beautiful rendi-
Snß were highly appreciated.
••The Angels’ Serenade,” by Mrs.
Schreiner, was applauded to the echo,
her hearers were not satisfied until
It appeared again. Mr. Julian Walker,
atne out full and clear in "La Stella
rEnSdrtnte •' and the duet, “Lost Pro
-9° r ‘, x ,| -by Michelena and Walker, was
one of the most highly admired selections
OB the programme.
Mr Kafael Salas sang “Come Where
the Lindens Bloom.” His baritone was
iccellcnt. and as an encore he sang “I’m
fiat Going Dow u to the Gate.”
1 here is a pretty little story connected
with Logheder's "Se tu la Vedi,” sung
bv Senor Michelena. Logheder, years ago,
ngmi to travel with an operatic actress
named Komaldi. He was madly in love
with her, and she pretended
to return his affections. When the
company returned to New York
tJ'er one of its tours she left him, and fell
In lot e with a wealthy New Yorker,
ghortly afterward Logheder met Miche
lena and told him of this song. “Se tu la
Vedi. which he had written. It is writ
ten in Italian, and Logheder said he
would never translate it into English.
The words quoted mean in English, “If
You See Her.” The passionate song was
de boated to Senor Michelena. and
Logheder asked him to sing it all over
the world, wherever he went. Michelena
promised, and thus the song ap
pears on all his programmes. It
was sung in a soul-stirring manner
which held the eurapt attention of the
luilience.
Mr. James Douglass is an accomplished
violinist and his solo was highly appre
ciated by his hearers. He has a softness
of touch in handling the violin which is
the result only of years of study. He was
forced by storms of applause to play a
second time. The evening’s programme
was concluded by the duet, “Home to
OflrMountains,” by Mrs. Schreiner and
Senor Michelena. Even at its conclusion
the audience refused to leave until they
sang again The concert was one of the
most successful ever given in Savannah.
FEBRUARY WEATHER AT SEA.
The Hydrographic Bureau’s Forecast
for This Month.
The hydrographic bureau's forecast for
February indicates stormy weather north
of the 40th parallel and along the Ameri
can roast north of Hatteras. Strong west
erly and northwesterly gales along the
transatlantic steamship routes, with oc
casional periods of strong winds and fresh
gales from the northeast. Occasional
northers in the Gulf of Mexico. Icebergs
and field ire off Newfoundland and on the
j Grand Banks. Fog at intervals on the
[ Grand Banks and near the New England
I coast, but not in extended areas.
The month was marked by some very
severe weather over the northern half of
the North Atlantic ocean and near the
American coast. The storms moved rap
j idly to the northward und eastward and
disappeared in the higher latitudes. In
[ the rear of the storm centers strong gales
from southwest to northwest con
tinued for two and three days
at a time between the 40th
and TiOth parallels, and were accompanied
by snow and violent hail squalls.
On Jan. 2 a storm was central near
lat ;>a N . ion. 44° \V. Thence it moved
easterly and northeasterly and was cen
tral on the :td about lat. 57° N., lon. 28°
W. 1 orre of wind 10-11; lowest barome
ter, 28.41 ins.
A secondary to this storm appeared
near lat. 50" N., lon. 21° W., on the 3d,
moved about south by east on the 3d and
_ diminished in energy rapidly and
tyas central west of Spain on the sth.
r orce of wind 10-11; lowest barometer,
-J.4.) ins.
lue storm of Jan. 7-8 increased in
energy very rapidly as it moved to the
° , ‘east, anil caused violent gales north
uj , 01,3 N., and east of lon. 35° W.
Highest force of wind 11-12; lowest
barometer 28.50 ins.
On the afternoon of the 9th a storm
th. Ul °, ab °ut northeasertly, crossed
® ‘vansatlantic steamer tracks
. a f i ll 21 W. Vessels near the
the afternoon and night of
wiih f ' r u e !' ortCll the wind as blowing
w, V hurricane force. The following
:UYjlr ‘eterfor the 9th were reported:
OfwindYlj 65 in8 '’ aDd " 7 ' 70 iDS ' ForceS
torm thealternoon of the 12th another
lon n - C ur Ssei tlle steamer tracks about
X ' „. 11 moved very rapidly to the
rectinn nv i at V? disappeared in the di
at't “ of the i-aero islands. During the
sek I! ,i? aad nlght of the 12th, the ves
an. ou-ur steamer tracks between 10° W.
12 V’ re Poried the wind with force
birolneter2B. 1 P us‘ exception ' ' Lowest
iuv 8 storm moved northeasterly
Lenprill* ° f * ova “ad increased
them n £* At noon (G. M. T.j of
found'-iT, l' 1 i'- as p ent ral south of New-
Poi-d sllLi,' es sels to the southward re
iorcc , ai jthwesterly and westerly gales,
1 accompanied by snow anil
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sleet. On the 14th and 15th it moved
rapidly to the northeast.
On the 17th and 20tli areas of high
pressure (30.82 ins and 30.70 ins.) moved
eastward across Nova Scotia causing
northeast gales to the southward.
During the night of Jan. 29 a low from
south of Hatteras united over New Jer
sey with one from the lakes. The de
pression thence moved toward Nova
Scotia, deepened rapidly and caused
heavy gales on the New England and
Middle Atlantic coasts.
Fog was reported on only a few days.
ORDERED TO MOBILE.
Dr. L. E. Gofer Succeeded Here by Dr-
J. H. White.
Dr. L. E. Cofer left last night for Mo
bile. Dr. Cofer has been stationed in
Savannah for several months as the rep
resentative of the marine hospital ser
vice. He received orders this week to re
port at Mobile, where he will probably be
permanently stationed.
Dr. Cofer has shown himself an efficient
and valuable officer during his six months’
stay in Savannah. He has shown
an energy and activity in the
conduct of the affairs of his
office which is commendable. He was
especially active during the recent yellow
fever epidemic in Brunswick, in render
ing all the assistance in his power to the
local health authorities, and won for him
self the confidence and esteem of the city
officials and citizens generally.
Savannah is indebted to Dr. Cofer for
his active interest shown in the move
ment to secure the erection of a marine
hospital for Savannah. It is hoped that
the interest in this movement will not be
allowed to flag because of his removal.
Dr. Cofer was accomjianied by Mrs.
Cofer. Both Dr. and Mrs. Cofer have
made many friends during their stay in
Savannah, who will regret their early de
parture. Dr. Cofer is succeeded by Passed
Assistant Surgeon J. H. White, already
well and favorably known to Savannah
ians by reason of his several years of ser
vice as marine hospital officer at this
point and at Sapelo. Dr. White was sent
to Hamburg by the government a year
ago as the foreign representative of the
marine hospital service during the pre
valence of the cholera in that section of
Europe. He will be given a hearty wel
come by his many friends here.
MADE A DUCKY LEAP.
A Colored Tinner’s Fall From the
Southern Express Building.
After carefully fastening four sections
of his ladder yesterday morning, John
Ray, a colored tinner, climbed up to re
pair the gutter pipes on the Southern
Express building. He had not been at
work but a little while before the upper
section weakened and gave way, throw
ing him to the ground, a distance of fif
teen feet.
Like an agile cat. the negro landed on
his feet and then fell. When picked up
it was found that no bones were broken,
and he had escaped with only a badly
wrenched ankle. A wagon was called and
the injured man was taken to his home
where he received proper treatment.
SIX NSW MADE DEACONS
Ordained at the First African Baptist
Church.
E. W. Parker, William Brown, C. M.
Roberts, D. J. Boston, P. M. Hunter and
Newbern Burroughs were ordained dea
cons of the First African Baptist church
at a special service held for that purpose
last night. The ordination sermon was
preached by Rev. Alexander Ellis, of the
Beth Eden Baptist church, and the charge
to the deacons was delivered by Rev. Al
exander Harris. The services were par
ticipated in by Rev. E. K. Love, pastor of
the church, Rev. N. H. Whitmire. Rev.
Dennis McLemon, and the officers and
members of the church. Rev. Ellis’ text
was “Be thou faithful unto death, and I
will give thee a crown of life.”
READY FOR A SET-TO.
James Duffy of Toronto Here to Meet
Pat Raedy.
Mr. Jas. Duffy, of Toronto, Canada, a
pupil of Prof. Dan Daly, arrived on the
Citvof Augusta last night.
Mr. J. D. Curtis brought Mr. DufTy
here to meet Pat Raedy, who has been in
Jacksonville since his go here with Mc-
Rae but at present it looks as if there
will be no match between Duffy and
Raedy. as Raedy has left Jacksonville for
Hot Spriugs, Ark., and from information
from good sources will not come south
this year.. , .
Mr. Duffy is willing and anxious to
meet anybody In his class.
Killed by a Falling Tree.
Andrew Jenkins of Bryan county, a
well known crosstie cutter, was killed
yesterday near his home by a falling tree.
He cut down a tree which lodged in the
brauches of another tree. He endeav
ored to pull it down, but it was insecure
and before he could get out of the way
fell on him and killed him. He was
about H 6 years old, and leaves a wife and
family in Bryan county, where he iwas
well known and highly respected.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1891.
AT THE Y. M. O. A.
The Annual Meeting for Members to
Be Held Monday Evening.
The annual meeting of members of tho
Young Men's Christian Association will
be held Monday night at the rooms. At
this meeting the board of directors is
elected for the ensuing year, and it is ex
pected that a large number of the active
members will be present. President Gil
bert has appointed Messrs. Walter E.
Coney, James M. Owens, and R. G. Kree
ger as nominating committee, and tho
members will vote on names presented by
this committee.
The usual sorvice for men will be held
Sunday afternoon at 5:15 o’clock. All
young men are invited to this meeting. It
will be made especially attractive for
men.
CITY BREVITIES.
Yesterday was a remarkably quiet day
In police circles. Not a single arrest was
made, and at 1 o’clock this morning there
was not a case upon the books of any kind.
Arthur Williams, a 10-year-old oolored
boy, was run over by a Savannah, Florida
and Western train at the Gwinnett street
crossing night before last. He attempted
to cross the tracks when the gates were
closed and was caught under the tram.
Capt, Jordan F. Brooks, county ad
ministrator, was appointed administrator
yesterday of the estate of David A.
Monney, who was recently murdered at
the door of his cabin on Hutchinson's
Island. The property left is worth about
*IUO.
The Sportsmen’s Convention.
Circulars are being sent out announcing
the meeting of tho Georgia State Sports
men’s Association in Savannah, on Feb.
28, at the De Soto to pass resolutions in fa
vor of laws for the protection of the game
and fish of the state. Arrangements will
be made by the local committee for the
reception of the visiting sportsmen. It is
the desire of tho committee to have
at least one representative present from
each county in the state. Any informa
tion upon the subject of the meeting can
be obtained by addressing Mr. G. L. Ap
pleton, chairman, or Mr. H. B. Lemeke,
secretary of the Savannah branch of the
association.
Closed Up by the Sheriff.
G. A. Brunning, who kept a grocery
store at Waldburg and West Broad
streets, has been closed up by the sheriff
on an attachment issued from the superior
court in favor of M. Ferst's Sons & Cos.
They state that Brunning owes them
8773 40,and tha the has mortgaged his stock
for 81,500 to a clerk in his store. A warrant
was issued for Brunning, from Justice
Naughtin’s court, charging him with ob
taining goods under false pretenses, but
he was allowed to go on his own recog
nizance.
To Appoint the Registrars.
The county registration commission,
composed of Judge Falligant, of the su
perior court, Judge MacDonell, of the
city court, and Judge Ferrill, of the court
of ordinary, created under the new regis
tration law, announces that it will receive
suggestions in i ruing up to Feb. 10 of
names of persons eligible for appointment
as registrars.
Funeral of Herbert P. Hardee.
There was a large gathering of friends
and relatives at the funeral of the late
Herbert Percival Hardee yesterday morn
ing at 11 o’clock, at the Independent Pres
byterian church. The pallbearers were:
Joseph D. Weed, William P. Hardee, H.
J. Read, Julian Hartridge, Mills B. Lane
and James G. Hardee. The interment
was in Bonaventure cemetery.
A MOKOAN STEAMER AFLAME.
Fire Consumes Her While She is
Lying at Bluefields.
New Orleans, Feb. 2.—The steamer
John Wilson, which arrived here this
morning, brings news of the burning of
the Morgan steamship Harlan at Blue
fieldsson Jan. 23. The Harlan cleared from
here on Jan. 15. with a valuable general
cargo, and a crew of 27 men. The Wil
son and Harlan were anchored near each
other on the day in question when tlames
suddenly burst from tbe latter and en
veloped the ship. Her crew made a gal
lant effort to save the vessel, but were
driven off by the heat and many were
compelled to plunge into the water. The
Wilson put out her boats and succeeded
in rescuing all of the crew of the burning
ship. •
A NEGRO ASSASSINATED.
The Top of His Head Blown Off With
a Shotgun.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 2.—Rev. D. G.
Cook, colored, was assassinated last night
as he was returning home from his church
in Fayetteville, Tenn., where he had held
services. The assassin used a shotgun
loaded with slugs, and the entire top of
Cook's head was torn off. Jones Clark,
colored, has been arrested on suspicion.
TOLLESON GIVES THE LIE.
1 Scnsation.il Incident in Hie Harr;
Hill Case.
The Epithet Applied to Ben Hill of the
Counsel for the Defense—An Apolo
gy Ester in the Day And a Reduc
tion of the Fine to s2o—The Closing
Arguments to Be Made To-day.
Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 2.—8. H. Hill for the
defense and Col. N. J. Hammond for the
prosecution, made the only two speeches
in the Hill case to-day. To-morrow the
closing arguments will be made by Tins
ley W. Rucker for the defense and Soli
citor C. D. Hill for the state.
The court room was crowded to its
utmost capacity during the day. Both
speeches were able and weighty, and it is
impossible to predict which side has the
advantage. Mr. Hill arraigned Echols,
the impeached lawyer witness, in scath
ing terms.
A sensational scene ensued when Mr.
Hill referred to J. R. Tolleson, who had
been very prominent in the recent pro
ceedings against the defendent. He said
Tolleson had trumped up charges against
Harry Hill.
“That's a lie,” said Mr. Tolleson, jump
ing up excitedly.
isolicitor Hill, who was sitting between
his brother and Tolleson, sprang to his
feet to grab the banker.
“Keep quiet,” said Ben Hill. “Don't
notice him, Charlie. I care nothing about
what he says.”
Judge Clark, when order was restored,
fined Tolleson $25 for contempt Of court.
Ben Hill then proceeded to the conclu
sion of his speech, without referring to
the personal incident.
TOLLESON APOLOGIZES.
At the afternoon session Mr. Tolleson
asked the privilege of making a state
ment.
“I object to this man Saying a word,”
said Col. Hammond, who had just arisen
to speak for the prosecution.
“The court will allow him to make an
unconditional apology without explain
ing.” sfiid Judge Clark.
"Your honor has anticipated me," said
Mr. Tolleson. “I merely desire to say
that knowing that Mr Hill intended no
reliection on me 1 apologize for what hap
pened. and hope that it will drop with
this case.”
"Have you anything to say. Mr. Hill!”
asked the court of Ben Hill, counsel for
the defense.
“Nothing at all, your honor. I care
nothing about it either ono way or the
other. You may remit the fine if you so
desire. ”
“Mr. Tolleson,” said the court, “In
view of your apology I will reduce your
fine to ivo. I must impose some tine on
you for the moral effect. 1 would sug
gest, in all kindness of feeling, that you
are a little too aggressive, and if you
would restrain yourself more you would
be a better and a very much more popular
citizen.”
NEW YORK’S SENATE.
A Judge Grants an Injunotlon and a
Muddle Follows.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2.—The state Sen
ate is dn [a peculiar 'condition. Its
thirty-three members, two presiding offi
cers and all its clerks are forbidden by a
court injunction from acting unless or
dered to do so by the lieutenant governor.
This morning an injunction was granted
by Judge Clule, of Albany county, for
bidding the placing of Henry Wolfert's
name on the roll of the Senate. The
reason given for the injunction was that
the clerk has usurped the powers of the
presiding Officer*." .CJ " '
REFUSALS TO CALL THE ROLL.
At this morning’s session of the Senate,
a roll call was ordered by the republican
majority, but the clerk refused to obey on
the ground that the injunction forbade
him to call the name of Wolfert. Lieut.
Gov. Sheehan, who was presiding, also
refused to call the roll. Senator Saxton,
the republican leader, assumed the
responsibility, and in spite of the protests
of the democrats called Wolfert's name.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
There are very serious doubts in the
minds of some of the best lawyers
whether a judge has any .right to enjoin a
legislative body. At the hearing before
Judge Clute, Monday the attorney general
will represent the clerk and Judge May
nard will probably represent the demo
crats.
DONE UP IN TWO ROUNDS.
A Rough and Tumble Fight Follows
the Meeting in the Ring.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 2.—Two New
York pugilists, giving their names as Ed
ward Murphy and John Monihan, man
aged to evade the police here early this
morning, and engaged in a mill, which re
sulted In a victory for the former. The
purse was smajl and the battle short,
lasting but two rounds.
The first roupd developed no slugging,
but the second was a fight from the start.
Murphy landed hard on his antagonist’s
ear and hammered him on the neck,
bringing him to the floor.
The affair wound up in a real “scrap”
between the men, In which no regard was
paid to science or the referee, and the
spectators separated them. All parties
were arrested. Murphy went to jail. He
was also arrested on a charge of highway
robbery committed here last March.
Frank Wongp, the Indian pugilist, was
Murphy’s second, while a Norfolk sport
performed the same office for Monihan.
Mr. Brady of the turf exchange was the
referee, while Louis Lyon acted as time
keeper.
BOSTON’S CRACK LANCERS.
The Troopers En Route to New Or
leans for Mardl Gras Week.
New York, Feb. 2.—The Boston Lan
cers, the crack military orgrnization of
the “Hub,” passed through this city to
day en route, via the Shennadoah valley
route, East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia, and the Queen and Crescent, for
New Orleans, whore they will spend the
Mardi Gras week. There were 127 in
the party, and they traveled in
a special Pullman vestibuled train
consisting of four sleepers and dining car
and a baggage car. They will visit the
caverns of Luray, and at Chattanooga
will be met by Company A, First battalion,
whose guests they will be while in Chat
tanooga. They will spend a day at Look
out Mountain. From Chattanooga they
will proceed to New Orleans, and will be
the guests while there of the Continental
Guards.
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON.
Mr. Inman Explains the Passing of
the Dividend.
New York, Feb. 2.—John Inman, a di
rector of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company, says, regarding the passing of
the dividend on the preferred stock:
“The company earned its preferred divi
dend, and the intention was announced
to pay it, but Messrs. Guerney,
Woodward and myself, members of the
executive committee who financiered the
company through the panic of 1803 by
loaning it money, and taking care of its
credit, thought it wise to defer payment
and strengthen its financial condition, as
on account of the preferred dividend be
ing cumulative the stockholders would
lose nothing.’'
STORY OF A NEWSPAPER YARN.
It Deceived Medioal Authorities All
Over the World.
From the New York Mail and Express.
It has been a favorite pastime of mine
for years to study popular fallacies, and
to make calculations as to the percentage
of acceptances thereof by people of every
day common sense. It is as astonishing
as it is interesting when you come to
figure it out, how a statement, plausibly
put and leavened with just enough fact to
give it life, will be swallowed without
question by men who should refuse to ac
cept bald assertions as fact by the very
logic of their positions. I mean by this
that a bit of ingenious sophistry should
uot convince a logician; a problem false
iu its proposition should not coufuso a
mathematician; and, to come to the con
crete and more practical, tho description
of a surgical operation that never did, and
never could take place, ought not to de
ceive an anatomist and surgeon. Lot mo
illustrate this iwint firsi.
MENTAL HOMICIDE.
I cannot recall the precise date, but it
was in the latter part of ISBI or early in
1882 that a New York newspaper con
tained an article describing a most re
markable operation in cranial surgery,
which, it was alleged, had been per
formed by a Philadelphia physician upon
his man servant. Tho operation was not
one of necessity nor of experience; it was
made simply to satisiy the operator by
ocular demonstration that the functions
of the motor and sensory centers were in
dependent, or, more specifically speaking,
that the motor could exist and act with
out the presence of the entire sensory sys
tem. To demonstrate this, our experi
mental friend induced his faithful servi
tor to surrender a few ounces
of his brains. He was placed
under ether, and after a flap of
scalp had boon thrown back a circular
incision was made in the right
and left parietal region ot the skull. The
pieces of bone cut out by the trephine
were placed in an antiseptic liquor, a sur
gical spoon was introduced, first into one
cavity and then into the other, and tho
operator removed from each side about
an ounoo of brain from the convolutions
which his researches led him to believe
governed the seat of cerebrial activity.
The bony lids were replaced over each
circular opening, the scalp Maps put back,
and the patient was ready for bed, where
he remained several days appatently ob
livious to his surroundings All the in
voluntary functions of the body proceeded
as before, and when the man had suffi
ciently recovered from tho physical shock
he was put on his feet.
He eonld not maintain his equilibrium
in a stationary posture, but when started
walking would continue the motion of legs
and feet until he brought up against an
obstruction that hindered further pro
gress. The physician congratulated him
self on the nicety of his measurements
and calculations, but as time went on he
realized that while he had committed no
crime for which the statute books pro
vided a penalty he was nevertheless, to
all intents and purposes, a murderer. Ho
had not extinguished tho spark we call
life, but he had destroyed the ego, or, If
the term might be employed, he had com
mitted mental homicide. The story went
on to tell how tho victim was eventually
placed in an asylum for the insane, where
110 was regarded as a congenital idiot, and
so entered on the books of the institution,
ills master. It was said, brooded to such
an extent that he eventually died of re
morse, leaving behind him a history of
the operation and its me ancholy result,
and from this posthumous paper the
story was written.
FOOLED THE DOCTORS.
It so happened that I was an intimate
friend of the author of the queer yarn,
and he was anxious to learn whether the
scientific world would give even a con
temptuous denunciation to it. With that
purpose in view he marked tho article in
fifteen or twenty papers. Theso ho
mailed to various medical journals and
scientific societies throughout Europe and
America. I’ll confess surpise when, some
three woeks later, 1 saw an Edinburgh
periodical take up the subject, accept it
as a fact aud criticise the physician in the
severest terms for having uared to trifle
with the human brain when there was no
necesstiy and. whore there could be but
one result.
The gravest apprehension was enter
tained for any medical society that would
permit its membership roll to be disgraced
with the name of any practitioner who,
in a mistaken devotion to science, could
forget that he was a man and the member
of a profession whose mission was not to
destroy, but to build up; not to aid to the
weight of human woe. but to take from
it. To clinch the argument it was shown
that an operation on one of the lower ani
mals would have been of equal value to
determine the exact seat of certain cere
bral functions, as though made on a hu
man being.
One or two western newspapers repro
duced the article without comment, and a
Melbourne weekly, copying from one of
these, said in a footnote that it was "an
audacious act that none but a Yankee
surgeon, regardlessof criticism or results,
would undertake.” In none of these pub
lications was there any challenge of tho
veracity of the statement per se. Asa
matter of fact the only basis of truth for
the publication was the fact that a medi
cal student, who had a strong predilec
tion for the study of nervous diseases,
had evolved a theory that a condition like
that described might be produced by such
an operation. He did not place his
thoughts in the assumptive future, but in
the assumptive past, and his written
record made it appear that a surgeon had
actually found a man fool enough to per
mit himself to be deprived of his senses
completely without reward and without
hope of recovery.
From this the story was woven, with
such ingenuity as to completely cloak the
vital point, viz., that in 10,000 men it
would be impossible to find one, even if
weary of life, who would be willing to
undergo such a transition ever for a pre
vious reward of temporal comforts. This
particular fallacy is one that would pos
sibly be maintained by the thoughtful
more than by the thoughtless.
Milan to Leave Servia.
London, Feb. 3, 3a. m.—A dispatch to
the Standard, from St. l’etersburg, says:
"Ex-King Milan is about leave Servia, as
a result of pressure from Russian sources.”
Still Balloting at Jackson.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 2.—ln the demo
cratic senatorial caucus to-night the fifty
fifth ballot resulted: McLaurtn 50,Taylor
37, Campbell 30, Lowry 21.
Next.
When you have tried so-called reme
dies for dyspepsia, headache and bilious
ness, with no benefit, let your next trial
be Simmons Liver Regulator. It has
never failed in relieving and curing.—ad.
The French, who have carried the art of
hardening plaster to where It Is utlllred for
flooring, either in place of wood or tile, use
six parts of good quality of plaster intimately
mixed with ono part of freshly slacked white
lime finely sifted. This mixture is then laid
down as quickly as possible, care being taken
that tho trowel Is not used on It for too long
a time The floor adds the National Builder,
should then Le allowed to become very dry,
and afterward be thoroughly saturated with
the sulphate of Iron or zinc, the iron giving
the strongest surface, the resistance to break
ing twenty times the strength of ordinary
plaster. With sulphate of zinc the floor re
mains white, but when iron is used It becomes
the color of rusted Iron, but if linseed oil,
boiled with litharge, be applied to the surface
U becomes of a U * ltlful mahogany color.
Especially is this the case If a coat of copal
I varnish is added.
I W- I I I sin
! 0 BAY, can you aee by the candle's dim light, I
What so badly I need for to-morrow’s house-cleaning?
I know if I have that, I'll get through by night I
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out by the Columbia people.
They are marvels of beauty, and so are their
wheels.
We have still a few more of those cheap Boys’
Wheels. Pneumatic Tires, $35; former price SSO. Cush
ion Tires, $18; regular price $25.
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