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VOL. X.
ELM\TTPT’S?rWi ¥ MEN
MAtaCH MENACINGLY AND MOVE MYS-
TERIOUSLY AROUND.
SkVrmtabing* on tho Retreat—Anxiously
Awaiting Reinforcements —Full Partic
ulars of the Soudan—An Awful
Affair News Notes.
Suakim, Feb. 25.—The Egyptian gunboat
Joor recently shelled the rebel position ii-xir
Sheik-Barghout a short distance above’ Sua
kim. The steamer Jaffarra will sail hence to
attemp a cattle r aid along the coast. The
have made an attack upon
friendly tribes who have bren supplying Kas
sala with grain. The result of the attack is
not known. An Abyssinian band under
liasaloula stole some cattle at Massowah. An
Egyptian detachment of the men, attempting
to recapture them, lost its commander and
six men.
Two hundred and twenty-six of (ten. (Jor
don’s black troops, accompanied by their
wives and families, who readied Ghibat
before Khartoum fell, have arrived at Am
bukoL
The grow ing heat will shortly compel the
removal of the British camp from Korti to
some point further north.
E.’ior.n, 'is i -mlmts <• hostile Arab; n »
iiuuwi.ig ut Tainai, but few ut the eruunj are
at prudent noticed along the coast near
Suakim. _
General Buller** situation.
London, Feb. 25.—The . evs from the fight
ing columns of the Nile expedition is of the
gloomiest character.
While Buller at his baking pla e in the
burning Bahida desert struggles for lift l . Lord
Wolseley remains a< help'*ss at Korti with
his back to the Nile and the long sire'.’ ’ of
desert between him and the 2,500 men under
Buller at Abu Kira. At Gakdul Wells, be
tween Korti and Abu K’ea, is an English
force, but it is with many
wounded. Buller’s only chance is to be able
to reach Gakfeii Well .--two day’s journey
over a water desert. How poor that
chance is the downeast of the war otllce ofll- ,
rials tells as plainly as the facta.
Latest Advices.
London. Feb. 25.—Wnlscly telegraphs the .
war office that the dispa -hes received by him
from Brackenbury state i hat the latter ex
pects to reach Abu Hamed, with his com
mand. soon.
The ft’T’- al of G -n. B. ackenbury’s column
at Abu Han. rd will L welcome event for
the British since there will then for a lew
weeks at least be possible a line of
communication with Korosko above the
second cataract. This line 235 miles long,
and there is only one point it which water L
found, but step? will doubt )cs« bt taken to j
forward stores of water to I'l Mural in ad
vance, and by forced camel marches the dis
tance can be covered in nine days. At I>;s1 j
this line will be an iiidi icrent one, but any
thing is preferable to the isolation of the past ,
several days.
Suakim, Feb. 25. Gen. Davis, with 200
troops, arrived.
Italian Auxiliaries.
Rome, Feb. 25. —The Italian forces nt Mas
sow ah will lie raised to five thousand effective j
troops and eighteen cannon. The Italians arc
increasing their earth works about Massowah.
and placing torpedoes in the harbor. Strong ,
sea and land defenses arc being constructed.
Au Awful Affair.
London, Feb. 25.—One of the most singular
Incidents ever connected with an execution,
or attempted execution, of a murderer hap- '
penod at Exeter, on the occasion of the carry- I
ing out of the death sentence pas.-t.-d upon
John Lee, recently condemned to I.m* hanged
for the murder of Miss Emma A. W Keyse,
at Babbacombe, near Torquay, November
15, last. Three attempts were made to exe
cute Lee, but each attempt was fut ile, the dr<>p
failing to work successfully, and the ex
ecution was consequently postpined. It will
lie remembered that Lee. who was an ex-con- '
vict, obtained employment from Miss Keyse ;
as valet by means of forged letters of recom
mendation. Lee wished to marry Mis-Keyse, i
who was an elderly ted v of wealth. Sh«; re j
fusel to wed him, whereupon Lee a.ss filed '
her. He then murdered her and set fire n> the
house to cover nis ’crime The flames were
soon extinguished by a neighbor, and the
murderer shortly afterward was captured
biding in the vicinity.
The futile attempts to hang Lee made the case j
the most horrible which ever disgraced the i
gibbet in England. At first Izc was j-erfootly ;
firm, and went to the scaffold undaunted.
When the first attempt to hang him failed the i
priV-’/Vr’s spirit remained unbroken. He was j
led from under the gallows and walked back
to.the a Ann step. When first placed
upon the trap tie resigned himself completely
but firmly into the hands of the executi -ners.
; He stood motionless during the preliminary
proceedings, and when the noose was placed
and the spring about to lie touched h • male
an apparent effort to adjust his body to the
expected drop, so that (loath might
be nw quick as possible. Wh?m the
click of tlie spring sounded he drew a breath,
a- !f he fejt lie wa< taking his last. When the
murderer was iip to realize that this gibbet
ha I not "done its w. x. and he was not yet
hanged, he appe; *d to start as if from a
nightmare, bu’ h quickly recovered himself.
The machinery then overhauled and the
woodwork wa> r ,uti i to lie wet and swollen,
so that the trap refused to work. After lie
ing oiled and tried until it was thought to tie
ajl right the prisoner was again brought
forth. The samS scene as be-
fore was then enacted and once again
wa< the wretched man led away and
the trap a second time examined and oiled,
and for the second time pronounced all right.
For the third time the prisoner took his stand
upon the trap, and the third t ime did the gib- .
bet refuse to do its work. The strain and sus
pense :i-»w overtaxed Lee. He sank down in
a swoon, and had to be carried away from
the place. No words can give an adequate
idea of the painfulness of the scene. A kind
of overpowering dismay, like that of super
stiUun. .seemed to have got control of th<
sheriff's officers. The gallows was de
sorted, and no one made any more attempt!
to put ic in w rking order. Th man that
was to have been hanged was limp, in •tionlesj
and in a most pitiable condition, lying in hit
prison cell dazed and stupefied and physically
exhausted The sheriff decided to ab&ndoc
his task. He closed up the execution yarc
and went down to the postoffice, telegiaphec
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the home sec
retery, the full history of the horrible failure
to execute Lee, and asked for instruction!
what to do n«' .:L
secret Negotiation®.
London, Feb. 25.—Secret negotiations ar<
being carried on between the government and
the Irish party in regard to the terms oe
which the Irish members of parliament will
support the government in a divsion on tbt
question of a vote of censure The govern
ment agents, it is asserted, offer as a return
for such support a modification of the crimei
act, but Parnell insist- upon a pledge thal
there shall be no renewal of the act.
The prospects for a government majority
i
faito fi S I Siwe.
are brighter. The Marquis of Salisbury’s
notice of a motion committing the tories to
the policy of a long occupation of the Sou
dan has drivei'. the radical, section ba<‘k into
the government ranks. Cohesion of the
group of peace extremists will secure to the
government thirty votes hitherto doubtful.
Six IN rish.
Berne, Feb. 25.—The ixxirhouse at Wohlen,
Canton of Aargua, has burned. Six persons
perished. Attempts were made to rescue, but
the rapidity of the flames prevented success
ful results.
Tumult in I‘arliainonU
London, Feb. .'5.—A ><-ene of great tumult
and excitement o urred in the house of com
mons when a motion was made from the gov
enimeut benches to suspend the regular order
- that a debate on the censure resolution of
opposition might be resumed. This was op
piM-ed by the Irish members, who succeeded in
causing a perfect uproar. William O’Brien,
member for Mallow, editor United Ireland,
was so bold in defiance of the rulings of the
speaker that the latter suspended him.
HUMAN SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
Disgusting and Revolting Discoveries Made
in an Abandoned Medical College.
Evansville, Ind., Feb. 25. In an old
building situated on court houst square, near
the center of the city, and which has for a
number of years Immhi used by th<‘ Evansville
medical college, a disgusting discovery was
made.
| Beenmin dangerous the building wasaban
doned last week and tht premises left open.
In the yard at the rear of the building were
found parts of human txxlies scattered around 1
promiscuously while here and there mongrel
were engaged in fighting for the posses
sion of a bone. In the garret of the building ,
which was apparent!v hk» L the place, of de- ’
p >sit for subjects alter they had been on the
dissecting table, about twenty-five bodies,
white and black, of both sexes were scattered
about the floor. In the room used for dissect
ing purposes were five tables. Four of them
i were standing against the wall covered with
bl(K>d, liair and other offal that had adhered
:io them. The other table was in position and
ha 1 apparently recently been us*. 1 1, as parts of
a human body were seatlured over the floor
an i I<xtkod as though they belonged to a fresh
subject.
la one corner was a common coffin which
; bad never iHsm under .r-mid but had proba
bly been taken there b . some enterp -sing un
dertaker. In many the ghouls had
pukd to remove t !&• Lockings from the feet
... the bodies. Ev» ; ry room in the building
. oiHains some jru iion of a i.m remains, and
: are ako ivccptecles >1 010 clothes, hats, bon
nets, etc. Theprctu. • were visited by hun
i tleads during the day. The officials have
:ak n no steps toward cleaning or fumigating
the place.
MERCHANT SWINDLER.
John Smith Carries on a Business That is
Anythii. but Honest.
New York, Feb 1 man giving the
; name of John Smith rent* d a store in Jersey
i City alx ut a month ago and soon began to
' receive quantises of merchandise by freight.
: A few days ago the police received inquiries
i by mad about one John Smith, who had ob
taia d shipmoqte of gocxls on sight drafts
( whi- h ha*l been dishonored.
lnv< ligation showed that Smith had at
once put the goods he reeeivefl in new pack
: u o < - mu! so-J ih.-m at ; *at ly reduced pnro>
Ito loud merchants, it is known that his
I swindling operations a.r:ount to
A»;oug the Ann; y.- un, I are Phillips &
| Co., 28 to 27 ' I inion street, Chicago, for
bams $275; Geo. E. Pfau, No. 270Mam street,
j Cincinnati, whisky 5445; various canning
i ooinpanit's in Maine and New York state from
$l5O to i-nch. A clerk of Smith s was
arrerttMi but Smith has thus far evaded the
Sent h Bullet *nt<» His Brain.
Ki Feb. —ikxj. Iz-tte, a no-
torious character of this city, committed
so.<-:de byway of the revolver route. His
• wife filed a petition in the circuit court seek
ing a divorce. She asked for the of
the three children and all the real and per
, sonal property. The prospect of los-
■ ing the property lx>re on Lette’s
■ mind harder than the sepa-ftfion.
ile plca hsd v. ifrli hi wife to . ithdraw pe
tition, and was refill’d, ilft-i an hour later
he went to an up-stairs room, laid down on a
bed, placed a 32-caliber Champion revolver to
i the roof of his mouth and sent a ball crashing
! into his brain. He died two hours later. A
; note found in a vest pocket spoke kindly of
his wife and children. For years he has kept
' a disreputable res rt, and was abusive to his
, wife, who expresses no sorrow at his death.
A Light Sentence.
Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—Glenmore M.
Todd, charged with embezzlement of $115,-
892.53 belonging to the Provident Life Trust
company, was arraigned Ix-fore Judge Wilson
ano plead guil y. Judge Wilson said the de
fe'idant Ind held a poßitioiV>f trust, and in
aLusing it he had coihmitted a great crime.
PYmi what he knew of the defendant he had
no doubt but what he felt, ke -nly th«- position
he was in, and hoped that after judgment of
law had been carried out the defendant would
do his be t to regain th*■ position in society
formerly wupied. He was then sentenced to
•two years and eight months in the eastern
penitentiary.
Mixed Riot.
Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. 25 —According 1
to agreement, the strikin'; miners went to the |
al shaft » induce the colored miners to quit i
work. Mistaking their motive, the striker- i
were fired upon by the negroes, but without
injury. The negroes tied temporarily, but |
gathering a crowd ma. -hed in a Ixxly to the
shaft. One Polish min* r was hit over the .
Lead with a revolver, another with a pick and *
i third with a hatchet. The striker ’ did not ’
resist, and the negroes finally • arnc to their ■
senses. Aii work i> topped at the shaft. The
itrikerw vill prosecute the leaders of the
riot.
•Mor® Oklahoma Boomers.
Des Moines, la., Feb. 25.—A society of
Oklahoma Lo*>rners has been organized m this
city fort; purpose of forming a colony in
that territm . A committee was appointed
to visit Ukiah, ma anl report on the advisa
bility of emigrating there at once A similar
srjciety ha“ t>een organized in Washington,
la., and the prospect is that there will bt
large nmabers from various parts of the state
to join in tut next raid that may be made.
Cuban A Hairs.
Key West, F.a, Feb 25. —Gen. Maximo
Gomez with Private Secretary Gonzales has
arrived by steamer from New Orleans. A
few Cuban leaders expected him and waited
his coming on the wharf and escorted him to
a private residence As a notice of a rnass
mecting to be held during the week is an
noun< ed it is evident that the Cuban causa is
to receive a fresh impetus.
Killed by Coal Carn.
Pittsburg, Feb. 25.—0n1y one man, Fritz
Belter, an employe, was killed in the coal
jxune accident. The heavy fog at the bottom
prevented his seeing the cars until too late.
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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA FRIDAY MORFIN 4 FEBRUARY
POLITICS AND CABINET.
THE POLITICAL FIELD TRAVERSED BY
POLITICIANS.
Mr. Vilas Not in the Cabinet, but will Go to
the Inauguration—Getting Down to
Business in Congress Betore
Adjournment—Notos.
Madiron, Wis.. Feb. 25.—C01. W. F. Vi
las, who besides attending to an extensive
law practice and assisting actively as a mem- i
l>er of the Wisconsin state legislature, is also i
professor in the state university law dei>art
ment, announced to his classes that while he
would be unable to meet them next week he
would give his regular le d ure on the week
follow ing. This is interpreted by his students
as an indication that he will attend the inaug
uration. but not become one of Cleveland’s
cabinet advisei’s.
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Mr. Hoar, from
the committee on privileges and elections,
made a report on the Dual credentials of Sen
ator Allison, of Iowa: one from the provision
ally organized legislature, and as in either
cast* there was no doubt of Allison’s election,
he suggested that the choice of credendials bo
left to the Forty-ninth congress. So ordered.
Mr. Cullom presented a memorial from the
legislato”e of Illinois for the settleruent of the
Oklaho; a difficulty. This sa gested the
taking up < io bill offered by Mr. Davis
authorizing the president to negotiate with
, the Creek, Seminole and Cherokee; Indians for
■the sale of their unused lands. The bill was
taken up and read three times, and passed in
less than five minutes.
| The naval appropriation bill was laid before
! the senate and referred to the committee on
appropriations.
Mr. Allison move to apply tjie five minute
rule t<> the appropriation bills and that it
should be in order to take them up at any
Limo, but on an objection being made the res
olution was laid over until to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell it was agreed to
! take up th< 1 jiension bills on the calendar uu
lor the five minute nd .
One p:. io\ 1-1 v, • .-.o :<;ken up and
passed. On next ! : i, the motion to consider
was lost, and the senate then became involved
in an ill-tonipared wraugie over the order of
precedence of the house bills or senate bills,
which whs finally adjusted by an agreement
bo take them up in their order all pension I ills
chat were favorably reported, whether house
nr senate bills.
House.
Washington, Feb. 25—Regular order
was demanded, and the house |>assed the bill
{lending for an allotment of land in severalty
to the Indians of the. Umatilbi reservation in
Oregon. The senate bill authorizing an in
crease of the capital stock of the Commercial
National bank of Chicago was passed.
Mr. Brents (W. T.) secured the passage of
the bill for a public highway at Port Town
■und, Wy. T., with an.i nendendment increas
ing the sum from $51,000 to $70,000.
Mr. Lowry (Ind.) secured the passage of the
bill iii< rea.->.ag the sum for a public building
at Fort Wayne, Ind., from SIOO,OOO to
1175,000.
The hour having expired the regular order
of the moniing was dispenw?d with.
Mr. Randall (Pa.) moved to go into a com
mittee of the whole on the deficiency appro
priation bill, which was antagonized by W’Uis
(Ky.), who desired to call up the river and
aarlx>r bill.
The house refused to go into committee of
the whole on the deficiency bill, but went into
ximmittee of the whole on the river and har
bor bill.
Mr. Hendci-jon (Ill.) addressed the house on
his appeal from the decision of the chair,
niling out the Hennepin canal clause on a
point of order.
Washington Notes.
Washington, Feb. 25.—The house commit
tee on foreign affairs discussed at length the
Congo question. It came up on Mr. Belmont’s
asking the secretary of state for the instruc
tions given to the American representatives
of the Congo conference. The matter will re
reive further attention from the committee
on Thursday next, no conclusion being
reachfvl.
Coi.uuissioner of Pensions Clark, before I he
committee on pensions, bounty and back pay,
produced a statement showing that the major
ity of leaves of absence granted during the
months of September, October and Novem
ber, were granted on account of sickness. Os
1,8(10 employes given leaves, but thirty-nine
were absent over thirty days allowed by law
First Auditor Reynolds exhibited the books
showing the time for which employes were
paid during the three months in question.
MURDEROUS PLOT.
Orth Stein, an Alleged Newspaper Man, at
the Head of a Mob.
Independence, Mo., b. 25 A plot was
discovered in the county >ll at this place by
which the whole numbei *>f prisoners would
have escaped had it been carried out. It wa«
revealed by a negro prisoner. Orth Stein, a
former newspaper man, and the slayer of
Ge<»rge Fredericks, proprietor of the Theater
Conii»jue in Kansas City, and who was re
cent! v brought here Chicago, was the
! leader of the proposed insurrection Tn his
I cell was found a piece of east iron with which
I the turnkey was to have been knocked sdnre-
I less, after which the prisoners were to have
j been let into the hallway, and at breakfast
time were to rush for their fre< <lom.
I Sudden Change.
Houston, Tex F••b. 25 -Benjamin G.
Clark and Charles Dillingham, joint receivers
appointed by the United .States circuit court
i of the Eastern district of Texas, in a suit of
| chancery dock* t styled the Southern Devel
opement Company vs. the Houston and Texas
Central railroad, have been placed in posses
sion of all property, real and personal, etc.,
and all employes are required to report to
them until further notice. The organizatiem
as it (-xisis will remain unchanged, and the
pre ent officers and employes will remain as ■
employes of the receivers. It cannot be said i
this i mportant change is in the nature of a sur- I
pn e, though it was not expected so soon.
Fprger Caught.
Key West. Fla, Feb. 25.—Eberle, who
committed forgeries in the eastern portion of !
the s; ate, was arrested in a house in the out
skirts where he had taken refuge from a :
storm. He is now lodged in jail and will lie
taken to Jacksonville. He is reticent, refus*
ing either to disclose his recent movements oi
his connection with documents for lands in
New Mexico and elsewhere taken from hiir
by the city marshal, insisting, however, that
they are executed in his name. His real
name is believed to be Hine, and it is said he
is well known in New York.
To Be Hung.
Grayson, Feb. 25.—Sheriff Holcomb and
an armed posse leave for Mt. Sterling on
Wednesday to bring here for execution on
Friday William Neal, the last of the alleged
murderers of the Ashland tragedy. Neal wil
be executed about 1 o’clock. He still main
tern* his Luuoceuce.
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OLD NEWSPAPERS.
THE VARIOUS USES TO WHICH THEY
MAY BE PUT.
The Many Excellent Purposes Which the
Daily Taper May Be Made to Serve
in Household Erononiics
Health Hints.
[Harper's Bazar. I
Ohl newspapers are of more use than
would appear at a first glance. We sub
I scribe to the daily new paper because we
must be informed on all the alTairs of the
day. Then many think the next thing is
to relegate them to the kitchen in order to
provide kindling for the household fires,
and it must be confessed that Bridget
makes very free use of them in that way.
But they serve so main' excellent pur
poses besides thal it seems a pity to let
Bridget have full sway, though she may
try to convince you that it is impossible
to get the breaklast without even using
those ol the very latest date
It has been several tunes suggested by
economists thal newspaperscan be made
to take the place of blankets in guarding
from cold, and it is a fact well worthy of
notice that they have been proved very
satisfactory in making light, convenient,
and warm bed coverings when others can
not be had. Travelers would do well to
bear this in mind when far from the re
gion ol hotels, and not throw' their paper
out of the car window, or leave it on their
seat in changing cars, for there is no tell- j
ing how useful it may prove in some
emergency to ward oil cold. As a pre- i
ventive oi that fatal disease, pneumonia, ]
a folded newspaper laid beneath the outer I
clothing across the chest is said to be in
fallible?
This Ims been confirmed Io tin 1 writer
by tne testimony of an individual whoso
avocations kept, him constantly exposed
to all weathers, night and day. lie was a
resident oi a country village, a perfect
type of a hearty, strong, vigorous man,
and he accounted for his robust health,
notwithstanding his exposures, by saying
thal, although inheriting consumptive
tendencies, he had been able to resist
them through the simple precaution ol a!
ways wearing u newspaper over bis chest
under ids coat.
As a preventive of cold feet, a piece
of newspaper folded in the sole is ipiile
equal, if not so elegant or expensi.ens
cork or lambskin soles, being light, soil,
ami easily renewed. If you wish to left
the power of a newspaper in excluding
cold, try lacking one, doubly folded, be
tween your window and your stand of
plants, and see how nicely they will be
protected, and how frosty the window
wil consequently be. Newspapers will
in the autumn, before severe black Irosls
come on, effectually protect green houie
plants, before you take them up, Iroln
cold and w ind.
The writer remembers once driving nti
about desk to a country place :in<t bring
startled at seeing what looked like a pin
toon of ghosts drawn up in white nrriiy
before the house, which lunicd out to b ,
on closer inspection, rows of tender plants
all tied up in newspapers to protect them
from the sudden frosts incident to t ■■
season, that in one night might cut them
all down. VV e have known tomato plants
protected in the same way, and made
to ripen in the open garden much longer
by this inexpensive, easy precaution
within everyone s reach.
Old newspapers are admirable as floor
coverings under carpets, or even spread
under ivensington squares, retaining all
the dust, winch neither remains in the
earpet nor sifts through to the boor the
then the., an be So easily removed thal i»
is a great saving to use them in this way,
especially as. the dust Well shaken out,
the papers are equally serviceable for
kindling purposes afterward, so can do
double 'hit besides the legitimate one of
heralding the news of the day.
Weather strips are now almost uni
versal, us well as double windows, for se
curing warm rooms, but where, as is the
case in some old-fashioned country house
they are not procurable, newspapers can
supply the deficiency very well by lieing
cut in long strips, neetly folded over, ami
stuped in the interstice ami so most e:
feclualiy exclude the cold winter air.
(tld newspai ers are excell nt to clean
windows with. Slightly damped, then
rubbed till clear, they serve the purpose
much better than even liueu cloth, fur
their is no lint to rub on. Newspapers
wrapped around the feet under the stock
ings are an effectual protection against
niusquitocs, as, with all their virulence,
they can not bite through paper.
(ild newspapers are faithful mirrors of
the pa-t. As they increase in age the very
advertisements become curious. There
fore, those who have no use for Hie mod
ern newspaper in all the various ways wo
have pointed out must find intellectual
profit iu storing them away till the lime
when some circumstnnc'- may drag them
forth frini their long lo.gotteii hiding
places to claim an interest in human eyes
which perhaps they never hud to such an
extent before.
Illustrated papers are very useful in
adorning the walls of moms, covering up
unsightly wall-paper or obnoxious holes,
the delight of children as wuii as their in
structor-:. itfording gleams of cheerfulness
and a ire in else gloomy apartments.
They are of such infinite variety, too,
with tin lovely illustrations of poems, of
natural history, ai-d c. mic sketches, as
well as portraits of beauties and notabili
ties. that they emtinually educate the
public taste and give the impccuuious a
glimpse of real art they cannot else af
ford.
Glyc< ; ine fr<»m I-ist Ilery Dregß.
Sfientifif Ixchange.,
“We are getting an excellent article of
glycerine out of distillery dregs now,”
said a manufacturing chemist, “and as
soon as the t act gets to be generally known
the refuse of the worm of the still will be
worth more than it ever was before.
Glycerine is a constant product of Hie
; alcoholic fermentation of saccharine mat-1
| ter, and all fermented drinks contain
; quantities of it.
I “In the distillation of liquids contain
, ing al< 'hoi the glycerine does not free it
! self from the 'mother ' or dre s, not be-1
I ing volatile, like the alcohol. The glycer i
ine is taken from the mother liquor by I
the ordinary cheln'cal methods, and su-:
perheated steam is then brought to act in 1
the residuum, wideii lemoves the impuri
ties and leaves a choice quality of glycer-i
ine. These dregs are used very exten-'
sively in the manufacture of glycerine in
France, but they have not come into much
use in this country as yet. ”
A Patent Associate Editor.
[Chicago Herald.)
A Kansas City editor has just patented
a pair of triple shears. It is an instru
ment with three sets of blades, two ol
which when properly manipulated will
adapt themselves to tlie columns of any
newspaper and cut both sides, while tht
the third set will chop the clippings out
at the proper place.
FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
The ApoHtlv o’ 1 ’heticism Etnitn Rome
Spp •»!<• Suggestions.
. •udon News.|
At a meeting on funeral reform held
lately at . i i--. ster, a lei ter from Mr.
Oscar \V dde vv,u read, apologizing for ab
seuce owing to a severe cold caught by
leciuriug in a Lincolnshire snowstorm.
Mr. Wilde added " i’he present style of
burying and sorrowing for the dead seems
to me to make grief grotesque and to turn
mourning to a mockery. Any reform
you can bring about in those customs
would be i f val e quite inestimable.
The present lenta'ion and extrava
gance of -c: i rite ■ -eem to me to liar
moni/.c but .11 with the real feeling of
those nt whose doors the angel of death
lias knocked. Tile ceremony by which
we part from those, whom we have loved
should not nterbiy be noble in its mean
ing, but. simple in its sincerity. 'The
funeral o' v.phelia does not seem to me
'a maimed ri.e, when one thinks of the
Howers strewn in her grave
“1 regret exceed • :giv that lean not hear
the actual suggest oils on the matter
' which will be made at your meeting. I
have always been of the opinion thal the
co im should lie privately conveyed at
night time to the eiiureh, ard chapel, and
that there the mourners should
next day , meet. By these means
the public procession through the
1 streets would be avoided, and ;
the publicity of funerals is 1
surely the real cause of their expense. As
regards dress 1 consider that white and
violet should be recognized ns mourning,
■ and not. I lack merely, particularly in the
' case of children. The habit of bringing
iiuwers to the grave is now almost uni-,
j versal, and is a custom beautiful in its
l sy inbolisni: but 1 caunot help thinkiag ;
that the elaborate and expensive designs
made by the florist are often far less I
lovely than a few th wers held loose iu the '
hand.
“'t here are many other points on which :
1 should Have ilked to listen, and one ;
point, on whl '. 1 had hoped to have the '
privilege of spe: kin ;-1 mean the expres J
siott of sorrow i i art. The urns, pyramids ■
and sarcophagi (ugly legacies to us) are I
meaningless a long ns we do not
burn or embalm our dead. If
we are to have funeral memorials at all,
far better u cdels are to 1-e found in the
beautiful i rosses of Ireland- -sm li as the
cross at iMon: -.mi'l nice —or in the delicate
lias reliefs in Hie Greek, tombs.
■' .ibove all. such ari. if we are to havft
it, should concern itself more with tbo
living than the dead should be rather a
noble symbol lor the guiding of life than
an idle panegyric m, those wh ■ are gone
If a num i.er Isan e aborate tombstone in
order to remain in the memory of his
ouutry, it is clear (hat his living at all
wus an act of .supei iiuity. Keats' grave
is n hillock of gieen grass with a plain
headstone, and it is to me the holiest
place in Home. There is m Westminster
abbey a peiiwigged admiral in anight
g wn, hurried oil to heaven by two howl
ing cheiub-. wliicli is one of the best ex
uuqjies I know of ostentatious obscurity. ”
'li*. AMoi hi ii Tctiiporance Reformer.
i \’fv Yor i . cliicit ”o Tribune.)
By the way, Mr:.. Vstor has become a
temperance reformer Tne groggmess < 1
some of the young fellows in society has
been disgraceful this season. Scarcely a
private i ail I has lacked a group of thor
oughly inloxicmed guests in the men's
dressing-room, where custom has marie
vine and < igars common, i n several oc
■ns.ons tin- recumbent forms of oblivious
swells JiuVe been left in corners and on
solns, to be cared lor by the servants after
lhe departure of the decent guesla
These thiu.es have been an increasing
s. andal.
Mrs. Astor has stepped forward to re
form. Rlie gave a ball this week. There
were no re resbments, solid, liquid, or
smoke, lob ad in 'lie dressing room.
1. the din . --b.1.1 .v re as o any tiny
Japanese labl- sas there were ladies, 'l he
tops barely held a plate and a wine glass.
Mo servants were on duty except at the
bufl'et, where lhe viands were dished ami
the cbampa ne. opened. The men were
expected to fetch ami carry for their part
ners. This device employed them, com
pelled them to do their drinking und r
the rest raints of l uninine presence, and
kept them all mea urably sober.
lhe IlucliexM of Edinburgh.
[Chicago Tribune.)
A suggestive little story concerning the
duchess ol Edinburg has found its way
into print through a Leeds journal. The
duke took occasion not long ago to reason
with her upon Hie peculiarities of manner
and general carriage which prevent her
from being popular like her sister-in law,
the princess of W a.es. A royal row ensued,
but wound up with the announced resolve
of tlie daughter ol th late czar to model
her comportment in future after that of
the Danish princess.
“It happened not long after, ” says lhe
chronicler, “that the princess of Wales
attended a charity lair given in aid of an
old woman’s home. The amiable Alex
andra. out of the goodness of her heart,
went round the room speaking a kind
word to each of Hie unfortunate women.
Now, the princess of VV aies is slightly
lame; and the duchess of Edinburg, who
was present and determined to carry out
the suggestions of lier lord to the letter,
went round the room be!; nd the princess I
and mimicked her, lamen- -s and all! As
may he supposed, matte: s were not at all
men ded. ”
A Critical Journalist.
[Texan SifJiigß.|
A menial bearing a large package en- i
lered the office of a great I fouston daily. ,
" W hat s that?” asked the editor.
“Mrs. Smith has written a five act play |
and she wants you to look over il, ami
give >rit criticism. SI., ’.vill call for il |
next week; good morum. " and lifting |
the package down from his shoulder, tin :
menial placed it on the talile, and started I
for the door.
“tome trick here. ust you wait live I
, minutes, and teen you ..a take it along ,
with you, ” exclaimed the editor.
Origin of Balloons.
(Chicago he. aid.J
The story published respecting tht 1
origin of balloons thal Mme. Alontgolfiei
I hail washed her petticoat to wear to a
great festival on the nex lay and hung it
' over a dialing-dish to dr;. The hot a;r,
swei.ing nt the f Ids 1' the garment,
: lifted il up and floated it lhe ladywat
' astonished and called i.e- . asband s atten
tion to the sight. It did nit take Alont-1
goltier long to grasp lhe idea of the hot-'
air balloon.
In the menagerie.
'ijrnnilius.; 1
Wife—What wouldst thou say if suddenly
the bars should break and the lions shoult
me devour* Husband —Good appetite.
Napoleon: Use dispatch. Remember
the world only took six days to create
Ask me for whatever you please excep
time; that is the only thing which is be
youd my power.
27 U 85.
How Ltncom Keooivod the News.
fArmy Officer in Pioneer Press.}
Those were indeed exciting days. The
Iron-clads were thundering away at the
fortifications al Drury's bluff, while Grant
was pounding at i ctersburg and tighten
ing his coils so as to prevent Lee from i
escaping. 1 remember the president talk
ling over Gen. Grant's plans, aud pointing :
out on the map bow lhe plans were to he j
executed, lie was rre.cly excited and |
could hardly keep quiet; lie wanted to get
near the front where the fight was going
on. On Saturday, pril 1, one of the
three flags which Sheridan had captured
Hie previous day at Dinwiddle Court
House was received by the president. The
day had been one ol suspense, and Mr.
Lincoln had been considerably worried
because of the Fifth corps losing ground
at Dinwiddle, so that when t 01. Bowers,
of the staff, came in near midnight with
dispatches, J hesitated about arousing the
president. Learning their purport, how
ever, from Col. Bowers ithey announced
tlie victory of Five Forks). I knocked at
Mr. Lim oln s door and, with an apology,
gave him the dispatches
I can see him now. as he stood there in
his night shirt that reached barely to his
knees and left exposed his long, thin legs
that were thickly covered with black
hair, lie held a caudle in one hand, and,
while I was reading tlie dispatches, with
the other kept reaching down and scratch
ing his legs. He was mightily pleased l
with the victory, a d putting his hand on
my shoulder he said, " Captain, I should
never ha e forgiven you if you hadn’t
waked me up to hear such good news. ”
i Sunday, the 2d of Aprb, was an es
pecially exciting day. Late in the morn
ing we rode out from City Point to the
entreuehments at. the point nearest the
battle then going on in front of lhe Ninth
' corps, and witnessed the struggle there,
when the >ixth, Ninth ami Twenty-
I fourth corps succeeded in breaking
1 through the enemy’s Imes. In the even
; ing there was a dispatch from Grant that
, Lee had beeu driven to his last lines about
; Petersburg, and teliing .Mr. Lincoln to
come out. If there was ever a happy
i man I think it was the pr sident that
night lie felt that the end was at hand,
and that, after four years of bloody war,
peace was now to liless the land.
“Gath’s" itelplul Library,
[('incinnati
“Gath” is really a marvelously prolific
writer, and when it is remembered thal he
daily turns out columns and columns of
newspaper letters, one wonders when ho
finds lime to do such odd literary work as
write novels and articles for magazines.
But iu spite of the fact that Gath con
tributes so much to the newspapers, those
Coinpleie chronicles of the doings of the
day, much of his writing is in the nature
oi ancient history. Bead one of his letters,
and from a reference to a local or current
event, you find that he has insidiously led
you into the past, sometimes you find
yourself lost in lhe mazes of encyclopedia
inlormation or reading history as put in
the mouth of some interviewee. 1 believe
that is a legitimate word
The real seerm of (lath's great produc
tiveness lies in Hie fact that h;s powers of
adaptations are strongly developed. 1
wont say that he erfiis from books, though
he often quotes from them by the yard,
kill, he adapts their matter to his purpi e
11 has one oi lhe most extensive libraries
on this continent, and his great hobby is
America. . everything which relates to
this country and its history is eagerly se
cured, and he has been gathering books
for years Whenever he comes to Cin
cinnati lie visits two or three of the book
stores and goes roaming among the dust
covered shelves and purchases without let
or limit. lam told he has thousands of
volumes relating to the pioneers of this
country. It is by n ason of this library
that die fountains of Gath’s pen never run
dry, and he certainly manages to weave
hi.s book-knowledge into his letters with
the most delightful and consummate art.
I don; blame him for doing it. Few
other men. e, en had they the opportuni
ties and facilities, would do as well. In
fact, I sometimes think that the public
are more edified by the lessons of the past
than by the records of the unfinished
present
Mortality and Fire-Arms.
Chicago HeraldJ
A Texas newspaper jiublishes statistics
of the homicides in that state during lvß4
to show that of the 156 men who were
killed l-lli had fire arms in their bauds
when they fell. Placing the adult u.ale
population of Texas al 100,OtlO, it esti
mates thal '■ 00.000 of them do not carry
arms and that 50,000 do, and it then
shows by a very simple process of
arithmetic, that one in every 360 who car
ried pistols was killed, whereas of those
who went unarmed only one in 22,000
was killed.
These facts are of interest to life in
surance companies if to nobody else.
They show clearly enough that the mor
tality among Hie warriors is very great,
whereas the men of peace enjoy reason
able Immunity. If it can be shown that
the same conditions exist elsewhere it may
lie necessary to raise tlie rates on men
who are so careful of their lives as to go
armed habitually.
Georg© Fliot on America.
[Mr. Cross’ “Life of Georg • Eliot.)
1 hope you are interested in the slavery
| question, and iu America generally—tnat
cradle of the future 1 used resolutely to
I urn away from American politics, and
deciare that the I ni'.ed Mates was the last
egion of the world 1 should care to visit,
l.ven now I almost loathe the common
American type of character. < lut I am
converted to a profound interest in lhe
[ history, the laws, the social and religious
i phases of North America, and long for
I some knowledge of them.
| .:s it not cheering- to think of the youth-
fulness of this little planet, an ; the im
I monsely greater youthfulness of our race
; upon It? to think that the higher moral
, tendencies of human nature are yet only
jin their germ. 1 feel this .sore thor-
I oughly when I think of that great western
I continent, with its infant cities its huge.
, uncleared forests, and its unamalgamated
j races.
Matthew Arnold’s Opinions.
| Chi'ago Tribune.)
In his last word about America, in The
Nineteenth Gentury, Matthew Arnold
ridicules ir Lepel ;>ri.mx s account of us;
says lie never before saw a people so
thoroughly suited o their institutions. He
belte.es that English society can only lie
reformed by abolishing the aristocracy,
and describes njmself, in conclusion, as
I bound to America by the memory of
i great, untiring ana most attaching kind
ness. Fo the smartest man in England
has a good word for the people he ex
pects to lecture to next year.
A Quiet Affair.
[New York Sun.)
Lady Friend —I was surprised to learn
l of your marriage. I saw no mention of
it in the newspapers.
Blushing Bride —It was a very quiet
affair—half a dozen kegs of lager and a
few sky rockets from the roof. -Mamma's
health, you know, is far from robust.
NO . 262
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b a,tht* t look, and *a the food ia aaalmlUted,
tbaD' d) acquires aubatanee. Appetite is re
stored, aud the nerr ma hyntem i etreated w?th
roveh neede d h t»wber, tb T «ne»’ *he of thia
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