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A SWORD DUEL.
•A Hard Fight for tha Richest
Heiress In Virginia.
Tha Young Lady's Laughing Suggestion
Adopted by Her Two Lovers.
An Alexandria (Va.) letter to tho New
York Sun notes tho (act that "Mrs. Henry
Nevil, nco Dulaney, tho rlchcas hulress
in Virginia, has taken up her residence
in this aristocratic old town,’’ and con
tinues as follows: "She is often seen
on the street with her husband, tho
handsomo young Irishman who won hor
•t the point of tho sword, and the pair
•re much admired. Their presence here
has set people to talking about the fa
mous sword contest in which Neril
•bowed himself to ho the finest fencer
in the South, and by which ho won his
brido and groat wealth. It occurred
■omc ten years ago. Mrs. Dulanoy was
then tho bol la of this part of Virginia,
tier father, Oolonol Hal Dulaney, was
worth 15,000,000, and tho daushter was
to inherit half of tho amount. As sho
was beautiful as woll as woalthy, there
wero many suitors for her hnud. Among
them, tho two most fnvorod wero a young
Englishman named Randolph, who was
•n officer in her Majesty's Household
Guards, and Ilonry Novil, an Irishmnn
who ha l fought in tho French and Aus
trian aimlos. Doth wero hnndsomo,
manly fellows, though not burdened
will: riches, and for a time thoir chances
Seemed about equal.
| It soon became evident that they hated
«ach other very cordially, and all tide
water Virginia eagerly awaited tho re
mit of tho contest for Miss Dulaney’s
■miles. As both woro vary high tem
pered and familiar with tho uso of woa
pons, tho lady had a hard limo to keep
them from renting thoir hntrod in a
bloody way. Still, with a girl’s coquet
ry, she led them on, showing no decided
prcfcronca for oithor, and somotimos ap
pearing. in different to both. Ono evoning
tho three wero in tho drawingroom to
gether. The rivals nddressod each other
only when absolutely noeoseaiy, nnd then
with smothered anger in thoir tonos.
Finally Miss Dulanoy got tirod of that
•ort of thing, and said laughingly:
"Why don’t you go out and have a
good fight, instead of snarling at each
other always/’
"Wo will do it," they exclaimed in
ono bronth. Tho lady continuod tho
■conversation in a bantering tono, not
dronming that tho men woro in earnest.
Next day, howover, sho discovered that
they hud actually adoptod tier laughing
■uggestion.
When tho rivals lafl tho house they at
cnee arranged tho preliminaries for a
duel. A meeting place was selected just
ell the Dulnuuy estate, the time fixed
upon was the following morning at sun
rise, nnd swords were chosen as weapons.
At tho liinu ngreod upon they mot, with
their seconds, and there ensued the
most bloody duel that has ever taken
ptaco on Virginia soil. It was ovident
from tho beginning that Novil was the
more expert swordman on nccountof his
experience in the French army. Ran
dolph handled tho sword woll, too, but
lacked the graco and facility of move
ment of his opponent. Moreover, the
Englishman was very much excited.
As they faced each other
they exchanged glances, which
meant plainly a fight to the
death. Then they set to, Randolph
striking fiercely and wildly at his cuomy,
while the Irishman cooly took the defence,
parrying his blows with case and uwuit-
ing his. chance for a thrust. It camo at
last, and he neatly removod a largo picca
of Randolph's ear. Tho pain seemed to
madden the Englishman, and ho bore
down upon his enemy with indiscreet
desperation. Nevil quietly got in anoth
er strike, which mutilated tho English
man's nose. The rest of the fig .t was
rough nnd tumble on Randolph’s part,
while Nuvil not for n moment lost his
presence of mind, lie finally disabled
the Englishman by getting in a thrust on
his sword arm. He did this merely to
prevent downright murder, for ho knew
ho could take R mdolph apart pieco by
piece without injury to himself, and he
knew, too, Randolph would die rather
than yield as long as he could hold a
■word.
Miss Dulaney was soiry for Randolph’s
misfortune, but sho smiled more than
ever on Nevil whom, it turned out, she
had loved all tho time. Three months
afterward Randolph rose from his sick
bed disfigured for life, left the country
and has not been heard from since.
About the same time Novil and Miss Du
laney were married.
Regular caller—"I'd like to see your
father, Tommy, if he isn’t engaged.'
Tommy—"He is; but what is the matter
with Clara? She isn't ongaged.
Origin of the Oreat Western Cattle
Herds.
8. T. Slmmonds, wno lias made largo
investments In Western cattle business,
said the other day that the original stock
of cattlo from which tile great herds of
to-day have been for the most part bred,
woe an inheritance from tho Spaniards.
He added: "I was out in Wyoming re
cently, whoro I met Thomas Sturgis,
whoso intimate knowledge of tho cattle
business probably exceeds that of any
man in tho West. Ha told mo that the
breeding of ranch cattlo was begun by
the driving from Tex ts 1803 and suc
ceeding years into tho plains to the
northward of a part of tho vast growth
of cattlo which had sprung up there wild,
unwatebed and untamed during tho war.
These herds wero all of Spanish qr Mex
ican origin. The meat was coarse and
the animal full of tho wildness of gener
ations of tho untamed ancestors. These
cattlo have been improved os tho cattlo
business lias grown by tho importation
of breeding animals from Missouri, Iowa,
Illinois, Kentucky and in soma instances
from New York and Europe. In 1883
the ranchmen of Wyoming alone paid
out over a million dollars for breeding
animals. The general idea of tho public
that all a ranchman has to do is to turn
his cuttlo loose on the plains, round them
up onco a year and kill oil tho fat ones,
Is qulto ridiculous. The cattlo business
requires capital, labor and attention no
less imperative than any other branch of
industry."—New York Tribunt,
Washington’s Birthplace.
Thero is scarcely a sign now of tho
house In which Washington was born,
on the lower Rnppnhannock, nor nny
moro of tho other houses whoro he passed
his boyhood, over ngainst Fredcrlckburg,
and in tho lnndscnpo which must have
been known to our soldiers who fought
at Chanccllorville. Both theso houses
wore cf tho. old Virginia 6tnmp- big
roomy pileB of lumber, with long, sloping
bent roof in tho roar, and two hugo
chimneys slapped against tho exterior
walls at either end. It was at tho homo
in Staflord county must have happened -
that episode or tho cherry tree; audit
was there, too, happened (after his
father’s death) that other hotter au
thenticated incident of the boy’s sub
jugation of a young thoroughbred colt
which nobody could master; and yet
this introped lad known as Qcorgc
Washington, and known for many uthletio
feats even as a boy, did master the brute,
and so enrago him by tho mastership
that tho poor animal, in a frenzy of pro
testing plunges, died under tho very
seat of the boy master. This martyr to
young Washington’s irou resolvo was a
groat pet of his mother’s, under whoso
special guidance tho fatherless lad hod
now come; and thero may have been a
bone to pick botweon thorn regarding
tho colt; but never, then or thereafter,
uny real breach in their mutuni regard or
love.—American AgrieultUriel.
A Remarkable Climate,
At a point where tho two rnngos of tho
Cordilleras, tho eastern nnd wostern,
which traverse Peru from nortli to south,
meet, nnd form what is known ns the
junction of Pasco (ol nudo do Pasco) is
located the city of Corro do Pasco, 156
miles from Limn. It is built upon hon
eycombed foundations and possesses a
mos t remarkable climate by reason of its
great height above the sea level. From
December to March, n season which tho
people of tho Cerro term their winter,
whereas in reality it is their summer, tho
temperature during the day is from 12
to 13 degrees nbovo zero, at night it fallo
to near zero, but the wnter seldom
freezes.
During this season tho sun nppears at
times, and from tho purity of tho atmos
phere the heat caused by his rays is al
most unbearable. A person may be
standing partly in the shndo; that por
tion is disagrooably cold, while the part
exposed to tbo sun is uncomfortably
warm. It would be difficult to find
another locality where the atmospheric
changes arc more distinctly marked.—
N. Y. Graphic.
How to Fix tieorge.
Bachelor Uncle- Ah, my dear, you
look as pretty ns n picture. 1 don’t
wonder George thinks so much of you.
Has tho rascal proposed yot?
Pretty Niece—No, uncle, ho hasn't.
I really believo bo's afraid to.
“Why don’t you oncourago him a lit
tle, my denr?"
"Ido, uncle; but you kuow it wouldn’t
be modest to do too much encouraging.”
"No, 1 suppose. I’ll tell you what to
do, though."
"What is it, you dear old thing?”
"Just wait till his birthday nnd pre
sent him with one of those mottos—
'God Bless Our Home.’ If that doesn’t
fix him noth ug will.”—Pittsburg Vis.
[ patch.
HOW TO RUN A LECTURE COURSE.
BarScIte Give* Mu WMmu ASvtoo
she HlkjMt.
My dear Mr. Comity—So your “town
is going to organize a lyceum and have
a course of lectures, end as chairman of
the lecture committee you write to mo
for some practical information in regard
to organizing a lecture course ” Woll,
you have come to a fountain of informa
tion that is n spouting geyser cf facts
and hints. To insure a successful lec
ture course and a life of persecution you
must go at it about this way.
Select your lecturers, readers,
and humorists and then sot out
course tickets. You will soon learn that
nobody wants to hear the people whom
you have engaged, while everybody is
just wild to hear any amount of unavail
able talent. You will have to explain
to some of your people that Mr. Glad
stone is not lecturing in this country; to
others that Colonel Ingersoll refuses to
lecture in Y. M C. A.courses; to otliors
that Artemus Ward is dead; to others
that Olive Logan is not the widow of
the into Senator; to others that it would
cost too much to engage Haverly's min
strels for two nights, when the course
tickets ate selling for $2; to others that
Patti cannot bo put in the courso for
the samo reason; to som « yon must ex
plain why you have only two concerts,
to others why you havo any. iou will
also explain to tho Republican families
why you did not engage Mr. Blaine,
Senator Edmunds, John Sherman and
other prominent Republicans for all tha
lecture nights in the course, and to
the Democrats you must say why, al
though the committco was very anxious
to fill overy appointment by such men as
Secretary Bayard, Senator Vost, Colonel
Morrison. Henry Wattcrson and the
genial and socinblti governors of North
and South Carolina, it was deemed un-
advisablo By tho time you get along
this far every body in town will be down
on you.
Then you go for the hall man. If a
party of minstrels want tho itnll, they
will havo it heated for rehearsal m the
afternoon, they will have fires in every
drcsslngroom, they will havo every jet
of gas in tho whole house blazing at a
full head for over two hours, they will
scrawl their names on the walls, tear the
scenery r.nd bo in the hall till midnight,
washing und packing up, and the hall
man will charge them $25 unless they
kick, when Uc will take $20. If you
want it for a lecture, tho hall will bo oc-
cupicd about two hours in the evening,
tho stage will not be Bet, there won’t be
a spark of tiro in the dark and lonely
dressingroom, tho hall will bo half
lighted and the hall man will say to the
lecturer, "Vou don’t want the footlights,
do you?” and will fall down in dumb
amazement if he says ho docs, thoro will
be half a dozen boys and half-grown
men tramping un and down behind the
scenes talking and laughing during tho
lecture, and if a rending desk is wnntcd
you must furnish it yourself. Tho hull
man will tell you that Ills regular prico
for the hall is $10, but as this is a sort
of a local ulTair, such ns he delights to
encotirngc, you may havo it for $00 a
night right through tho course, and ho
won't charge anything extra concert
nighte if you’ll Und your own ushers.
Young Lady (at top of toboggan
slide).—Don't be afraid, papa, we won't
start till you get half-way down.—Puck.
A Brooklyn man, while chasing hie
wife end threatening to kill her, fell
into • Bistern end wee drowned. There
ii e lesson in this led incident. It
teaches Brooklyn wives not to flee from
their husbands when the latter want to
kill them.
When the appetite fall*. and Bleep grows
restless and unrefreebing, there is trouble
abend. The digestive organs, when healthy,
crave food, the nervous system, when vigorous
and tranquil, gives its possessor no uneasiness
at night. A tonic, to be effective, should not
be a mere appetizer, nor aro the nerves to be
strengthened and soothed by ttio unaided ac
tion of a sedative or a narcotic. What Is re
quired is a medicine which invigorates the
stomach, and promote* assimilation of food by
tho system, by which means the nervous syc
lem. as well ns other parts of tho physical or
gan t»m, are strengthened. Theso tiro the ef
fects of Hostetler's Stomach Bitters, a medi
cine whoso reputation is founded firmly In
public confidence, and which phi sictans com
mend for its tonic, nntl-bllions and other prop
erties. it isused with the bestresultsln fevor
and ague, rheumatism, kidney and uteriuo
weakness, and utbor maladies.
singers,
to soil
SUPERSTITIONS OF ENGINEERS.
Railroad Mea Who Obey Oaiaas-Tha Whits
Babbit-A pilot's Scary.
" Railroad engineers, os a rule, are e
superstitious class of persons,” mid an
old railroad man. "Thoy have foolish
fancies and attach importance to sign*
and warnings; but 1 know of instancei
where hundreds of lives have been snved
by engineers’ fancies and superstitions.
For over thirty years I have been a rad
ioed conductor, and during that time I
have eecn and heard many things that
under ordinary circumstances I would
have discredited. One of the best en
gineers that ever ran on the West Shore
Railroad was s man named Bronson.
One morning, just before starting time,
while be sat chatting with tho fireman,
tho engine bell suddenly rang out three
times. As neither the engineer nor fire
man had touched the bell, and as no
other perion was on or around the engine,
the men felt troubled over the strange
circumstance. They regarded it as an
ill omen and both men were filled with
dread. The train started on ite journey,
and mile after mile was quickly traveled,
tho engineer meanwhile keeping an
unxious lookout for danger. When
within about an eighth of a mile of a
rocky cut, the bell again, apparently of
its own accord, sounded three ominoue
notes, clear and listinnt. The engineer
beside himself with terror, exclaimed:
‘ My God, Bill I It’s a warning cf some
greet danger, and I believe it’* our duty
to stop. I’m going to shut her down if
I lose my place by it.’ Tito engine came
to e sudden standstill, and within ten
feet of the engine, lying across the track
woe a great rock eeveral tons in weight, i
which had become loosened by e recent
storm, and broken away from the great
mass above. A terrible calamity was
averted and hundreds of lives saved.
“ And now I’ll tell you of another in
stance,” continued the same speaker, "of
how an engineer lost his life by not heed
ing a voice of warning. One of the most
careful and trusted engineers on our road
was James Welch. One morning his wife
noticed that he was not in his usual
cheerful framo of mind, and questioned
him about it. Ho told her that ho was
not ill, but he said he had a premonition
that he would bo killed during the day.
llis wife, being a sensible woman, did
not sneer or laugh at his fears, begged
him to stay at home that day. Welch,
who was a disbeliever in signs ana
omens, laughed et his fancies and went
to his death. Two hours later the en
gineer was lying, crushed to death, at
the bottom of a deep ravine."
"Yes, I know such things to be true,"
said another man. "Silly ns it may
seem, I wouldn't run a train nfler see
ing s white rabbit cross tho track, with
out first stopping to investigate, if I
wero to be made president of tbo road.
I remember ono dark night wo were
scooting across country at a pretty lively
rate, when ell of a sudden, lsawa white
rabbit dart across the track just in front
of the engine. The wee thing gave me
such a look in that brief second that
something compelled me to stop the
train. 'Jne conductor and train' men
came rushing up to the engine to find
out the enuse of our sudden halt, and it
didn’t take long to find out cither. Only
a few feet ahead on the track were some
heavy logs.. They had most likely been
placed there end tied down by tramps,
who in the confusion of a frightful ac
cident, such as would have taken place
if I hadn’t stopped the train, would
have robbed and plundered the dead
end dying passengers,”
A Company of friends recently called
at tho house of a citizen of Middletown,
Conn., to spend tho evening. They
were asked to lay their coats, cloaks,
and shawls < n a bed where a baby wae
sleeping. The little one was unusually
good that evening, end neither stirred
nor cried. When the guests had gone
it was found to be dead. It had been
smothered by the garment! piled upon
it. ,
At a dinner party in Boston a young
man, who was visiting from tho weit, was
asked if he was fond of ethnology.
“Well, yc-cs,” ho replied, at a venture,
but I don’t think I’ll take any tonight."
Bodily pe ns are insta-.tly relieved by tha
u-e of Ht. Jacobs Oil. Dr. It. Butter, Master
of Arts, Cambridge University, England, says:
"It acta like magic."
"Which Is the better weather for your bust,
ness," wee naked a down-town bartender, hot
or cold?” "It doesn't make much difference,"
he replied; "in hot weather they take a little
something to cool ’em, and in cold weather
they take a little something to warm ’em up."
Boards of Hoalth endorse Bed Star Cough
Cn-e as a ej.ee ly and sute remedy for coughs
and colds, t-cientlsu pronounce It entirely
vegetable and free trom opiates. Prtoe, twen
ty-live cents a bo.tie.
INJ tSllCL COltKECTED.
IdcIb* ▼erlflcntUn «f Wldeeast Flfctto
Htatementiu
To the Readers of tdis Paper.
In common with many publisher* and
editors, we have been Accustomed to look
upon certain statements which we have seen
in our columns as merely adroit advertising.
Consequently we feel justified in taking
the liberty of printing a few points from a
private letter recently received from one of
our largest patrons, as a sort of confession
of faith to our readers. We quote:
41 We have convinced ourselves that by tell
ing what we know to be true, wo have pro
duced at last a permanent conviction in the
public mind. Seven years ago wo stated
what the natioual disease of this country was,
and that it was rapidly increasing. Three
vears ago we stated that a marked cheek had
been given it.
“The statistics of one of the largest life in
surance companies of this country shows that
in 1883 and 1884, the mortality from kidney
disorders did not increase over the previous
J ears; other companies stated the same (hind*
t is not presumptuous for us to claim credit
for checking these ravages. ►
'‘Seven years ago we stated that the condi
tion of the kidneys was the key to the condi
tion of health; within tbo past five years all
careful life ineurance companies have con
ceded the truth of this statement, for, where-
a tan years ago, chemical analysis to deter-
ne the condition of the kidnays was not
required, to-day milliona of dollar* in rieke
are refused, because chemical examination
discovers unsuspected diseases of the kid
neys.
‘‘Seven years ago we stated that the rav
ages of Bright's Disease wore insignificant
compared with other unsuspected disorders
of the kidneys of many misleading names;
that ninety-three per cent of human ail*
meats are attributable to deranged kidneys,
which fills the blood with uric acid, or kid
ney poison, which causes these many fatal
disease*.
^."Tbe uric acid, or kidney poison, is tha real
causa of the majority of cases of paralysis,
apoplexy, heart disaase, convulsions, pneumo
nia, consumption, and insanity; over half
the victims of consumption are first tha vio-
time of diseased kidneys.
“When the recent death of an honored ex*
official of the United States was announced,
his physician said that although he was suf
fering from Bright's Disease, that was not
the cause of death. He was not frank enough
to admit that the apoplexy which overtook
him in his bed, was the fatal effect of the
kidney poison of the blood, which had eateu
away the substance of the arteries and
brain; nor was Logan's physician honest
enough to state that his fatal rheumatism
was caused by kidney acid in the blood.
“Jf the doctors would state in official re*
ports the original cause of death, the people
of this country would be alarmed, yea,
nearly panto stricken, at the fearful mortal
ity from kidney disorders. ”
The writers of the above letter give theee
facts to the public simply to justify the
claims that they have made, that “If the
kidneys and liver are kept in a healthy con
dition by tho use of Waiter's safe cure,
which hundreds of thousands have proved to
be a spool (Ic, when all other remedies failed,
oml that has received the endorsement of the
highe t medical talent in Europe, Australasia
and America, many a life would be pro
longed and the happineai of the people pre
served. It is successful with so many differ*
ent diseases because It and it alone, can re*
move the uric acid from the blood through
the kidneys."
Our readers are familiar with the prepara •
tlon named.
Commendation thereof has often ap peared
in our columns.
We believe it to be one of the best, if not
the best ever manufactured. We know the
proprietors are men of character and influ
ence.
We are certain they have awakened a
wide-spread interest in the public mind con
cerning the importance of the kidueys. We
believe with them that they are the key to
health, and that for their restoration from
disease and maintenance in health, there is
nothing equal to this great remedy.
The proprietors say thay “do uot glory in
this universal prevalence of db ease, but hav
ing started out with the purpose of spreading
the merits of Warner’s safe cure before the
world, because it cured our senior proprie
tor, who was given up by doctors as incura
ble, we feel it our duty to state the facts and
leave the public to its own inferences. Wa
point to our claims, and to their public and*
universal verification with pride, and if the*
public does not believe what we say, we tell*
them to ask their friends and neighbors
what they think about our preparations."
As stated above, wo most cordially com
mend the perusal of this correspondence by
our readers, believing that in so doing wa
are fulfilling a simple publie obligation.
HeHiTnTwIceT
The following is a report of eight test!
of butter made by the United States in
ternal revenue collector at Dcs Moines:
1. Buttcrine. Pronounced good but
ter.
2. Creamery butter two years old.
Pronounced oleomargarine.
3. Fresh creamery butter, three ounces
salt to the pound. Pronounced good but
ter.
4. Sample, one-third lard. Pronounced
good butter.
5. Creamery, five ounces salt to pound,
Pronounced good butter.
0. Creamery, churned at 73 degrees
temperature. Pronounced oleomargar
ine.
7. Sample, half lard. Pronounced
good butter.
8. Unsalted creamery from the churn.
Pronounced oleomargarine.
It will be observed that the govern
ment inspector hit it twice out of eight
t imes.
Pompous young lawyer to prisoner—As you
have no counsel the court has deputed me to
defend yon. Prisoner—Am dat so? Young
lawyer—Yes. Prisoner (to Judge) — Den I
S leads guilty, yo’ honah, an' frows myse’f on
e mercy ob de court.
**Yeei I shall break the engagement.” she
e*id, folding her arms and looking defiant: “it
le really t #> much i rouble to converse with
him: lie's as deaf aaa pus:, and talks like he
had a mouthful of mnsn. Besides, the way he
bawksand spitsisdiggustirg.” “Don't break
the engagement for that; tell him to take Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Kenedy. It will cure him
completely.’* “Well, I’ll tell him. I do hate
to break it off, for in all other wpacts he’s
quite t’~ charming.’’ Of course, it cured his
catarrh.
The book that makes the greatest **«v in
society is the plethoric pocketbook.
A Great Offer.
No matter in what part you live, yon had
better write to Uallctt Sc Co., Portland,
Maine, without dela>; they will send you free
information about work that you cad do and
live at home, at a profit of from $5 to $26 and
upwards daily. A numb 1 have earned over
$50 in a day. Both sexes. Ail ages. You are
started in business free. Capital not needed.
Every worker who takes l old at once is Abso
lutely sure of a snug little fortune. Now is
the time.
No Opium In Piso’s Cure for Consumption,
C.ures where other ri medics fail. 25c.
A Lack t' Mortal.
For some months pest Hoitetter Mc
Ginnis has been paying euch marked at
tention to tho Longcomn girls that they
began to entertain hopes. All this wee
knocked in the head by • remark he
made e few evenings ego.
"I’ve always had good luck in my love
affaire," remarked liostetter.
"But you are still single, Mr. McGin
nis,” exclaimed the Longcoffin girls in
chorus.
"That's just what I mean,” replied the
heartless wretch.—Si/tinas.
.Prisoner—Do you think they will hang
me. Counsel—Let them do it if they
dare. It would be the best thing that
could happen for our side. We could
recover heavy damages.
"I sec the scoundrel in your face,” ex
claimed the judge to the prisoner, “I
reckon, Jedge,” was the response, “that
that ere’s a personal refleotion, ain’t it?"
A Boston girl who wears glasses says
that she admires pugilism, but considers
it immodest to fight with bare knuckles.