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OURRENT TOPICS.
ovraw nocktios are a new idea.
Hew York City has eight colored nhysi
cians.
Adaibsvillk, Ga., is built on a bed of
black marble.
The big Brooklyn bridge has earned (3 .
00(J,fX)0 in four years.
A fai.metto fiber factory is being estab
lished at Jacksonville, Fla.
Dunkley, the Kalamazoo celery king
has forty acres under cultivation.
Mbs, Cleveland objects to ringer rings;
she ottry wears one, her wedding band/
An English fashion note says: “Every
nice woman has given up wearing birds.’’
The number of soldiers’ monuments
erected this year will be greater than
usual.
Mrs. Cleveland’s photographs have a
large and increasing sale in Loudon and
Paris.
Los Angelos, Cal., has added a crema
torium to its attractions as a resort for in
valids.
There are more than 60,000 persons con
fined in penal institutions in the United
States.
It is said that Mt. Washington wai
never so white with snow at this season
as new.
Russell Sage, the New York million
aire, was fined SIOO for refusing to serve
on a jury.
■A- Baltimore man who has buried his
thirteenth wife declares that he will never
marry again.
Among the articles found on the New
York elevated railroads this year were
1,700 umbrellas.
The eighth annual convention of the Pho
tographers Association will be held in
Chicago August 9.
In thirty years Kansas has had but
three severe drouths—one in 1860, one in
1874 and one in 1881.
(Jueen Victoria will bestow 10,000 beau
tiful mugs on the poor children of London
June 33, at Hyde Park.
The conventions of Dakota are to vote in
November under a local option law on tho
question of prohibition.
Ihe Czar of Russia has a photograph
album containing pictures of all the men
who have tried to kill him.
At a ifew England dairy show there is
said «t) be on exhibition a machine which
butter in two minutes.
It is said that the young female class of
Chinese in San Francisco are adopting
American habits, costumes and religion.
The titles to city property in Salt Lake
are in a fearful muddle, owing to the pe
culiar way the Mormons have of raising
heirs.
Edgar L. Wakeman says he can give the
names and esses ui i,iwo j?ypsles
whose combined wealth will exceed $40,-
000,000.
; The new U. 8. Treasury silver vault
will be the largest in the world, having a
capacity for one hundred million silver
dollars.
Mr. Abell, of the Baltimore Sun, with
twenty millions or more at his back, is
said to be the richest newspaper man in
the world.
The shallow strawberry-box jokes are
about out ol season. It will now be in or
der to air your witticisms on the Delaware
peach crop.
■; The Hebrew population of Jerusalem is
Tapidly increasing. It is now 19,080, the
largest number since Titus destroyed the
sacred city A. D. 70.
Fifty-five million cans were used in this
country last year for canning tomatoes,
and as many as 300,000,000 cans were used
for other vegetables.
A company has been organized in Cincin
nati called “The American Co-operative
Dramatic Association,” for tho purpose of
regenerating the stage.
A women’s school of journalism has been
opened in Detroit. The girls are to be
taught type-setting, short-hand, revision
of manuscript and proof-reading.
Boors milk is the latest. It is made of
glycerine, nitrate of potassium, and other
compounds pleasant to the taste, and is
said to be much like genuine milk.
Nina Van Zantvt visits and talks to An
archist Spies daily in his Chicago cell, anf
it is said he has not only lost his voice, but
is wasting to a mere shadow of his formbr
•elf.
Mrs. Mart A. Talcott, of Chicago,
makes an annual gift of SI,OOO to the Hu
mane Society of that city. Her husband
gave the society $50,000 during his life
time.
A North Carolina clergyman not only
refused to marry an eloping couple, but
arrested the bride and telegraphed her
father that he held her subject to his or
ders.
It is reported that the Modoc Indians
that caused so much trouble a few years
ago, and were removed from their home
on the lava beds and quartered on a reser
vation, are now dying out quite rapidly.
Ei.isr. P. Buckingham successfully man
ages a fruit farm of several hundred
acres in California, and urges other
women to take up the same kind of work,
for which she thinks women are well
fitted.
Among married ladies photography is
being very popular of late. They like to
keep a photographic record of their chil
dren’s growth and doings and make a
family album, which is of the most unique
interest.
“Dzwon,*” the first Polish paper in the
United States, has just made its appear
ance in East Buffalo, N. Y. It announces:
“Wszelkie rekopisma ber, zastrzerzenia nie
zwracaja sie.” We have no disposition to
dispute it.
A man in Cambria County, Pa., recently
persuaded his wife to have her hair cut
short, telling her that it was now all the
fashion. He then took the shorn locks to
a neighboring store and traded them off
for whisky.
If you desire a place of residence with
an amusing name you can not go amiss in
New Jersey. You can live in Whisky
Lane, Hagtown, Recklesstown, Tumble,
Comical Corner, Double Trouble, Bum
Tav«rn, T»ttl*town, Bras* Castle, Scrab-
Uetewn or Pickier!!!*.
NOBLE SACRIFICE.
How a Faithful Dog Was Burned tad
Death
By Refusing to leave tls Friend and Com
panion, a Horse,
Cincinnati, 0., June 3,—No more faith*
ful and affectionate animal lives than the
dog. A story comes from Hrbettville; 6.;
which once more fully rind forcibly illus
trates this fact, The barn of Mr. George
BuriUg, near Greenville, caught on fire
yesterday and burned to the ground. In
the barn, hitched to his manger by a hal
ter, was a horse. In all its drives, and
even in its stall, was a mongrel cur which
had been called Jack. The flame*
spread so rapidly that it WaS
impossible to get the horse and
other contents out of the burning barn.
Jack was lying alongside his friend, the
horse, and refused to leave, but remained
beside the perishing animal, barking fran
tically for assistance, until the d vouring
flames stilled his faithful voice, and poor
Jack died a martyr to his devotion. The
horse was haltered and could not escape,
but the doors of the building having
been burst open, every effort was
made to call and perßiiade the dog to flee
from its peril, Jack, however, would only
run back and forward from the neighing
horse, pitifully whiDing and barking as if
entreating aid for its endangered friend.
As the lurid flames illuminated the sur
roundings and the roof of the burning
structure fell in the affectionate dog was
seen sitting on the prostrate form of the
smoke - strangled horse and howling
with grief. Refusing to be separated
from its dead companion, it heroically
died, sacrificing itself upon the funeral
pyre of its loved friend, an example of
unflinching devotion that would exalt hu
man nature and beautify mankind. Mr.
Buring, in speaking of his losses, men
tions the dog first in the category, and
the aDimal certainly ranks most promi
nent.
Liquor War in lowa.
Council Bluffs, I a., June 3.—A1l the
hotel-keepers in the city have been sum
moned to show why injunctions should not
be granted against them.. All the owners
of property where enjoined saloons are
still running are being arrested and placed
under bonds of $703 each to appear in the
district court for contempt. Several sa
loon keepers are closing up. The petition
for injunctions include all saloons, whole
sale houses and breweries in the city. The
general feeling among them is that they
must all go.
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nauroaaing on Sunday.
Newburgh, N. Y., June 3. —The Synod of
the Reformed Presbyterian Church of
America, in session here, have adopted a
resolution declaring that violation of the
Sabbath by the Post-office Department is
one of the greatest si- s of the Government,
as well as one of the causes of the Sabbath
desecration throughout the whole com
monwealth, and calling upon organiza
tions of all evangelical bodies in the United
States to combine in order to secure entire
abolition of whatever in the Post-office
Department is in violation of the Sabbath
law.
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Lomax Rifles Refuse to Contest.
Mobile, Ala., June 3.—ln answer to a
proposition received to-day from the To
ledo Cadets to drill for five thousand dol
lars a side, the Captain of the Lomax Ri
fles, of Mobile, writes that they will under
no circumstances be a party to any action
which would reflect in the least upon the
integrity of the officers of the regular
army, who were the judges in the recent
competitive drill at Washington.
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Duty on Merino Hose.
Washington, June 3.—Assistant Secre
tary Maynard has informed the Collector
of Customs at Chicago that so-called me
rino hose, composed in part of wool which
was sifted into the cotton threads during
the process of knitting, are dutiable at the
rate of thirty-five cents per pound and
forty per cent ad valorem as manufac
turers in part of wool.
Youthful Thief and Gambler.
New York, June 3.—John J. Goodman,
aged sixteen years, was arrested this morn
ing, charged with stealing $3,000 from the
Butterick Publishing Company, by whom
he was employed. Goodman carried the
mails of the company to the post-office
each day, and it was his custom to steal
any letters containing checks or money.
He spent the money in gambling.
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Fell Into a Well.
Wheeling, W. Va., June 3.—To-day at
noon, while some men were at work clean
ing out the public well at Harrisville, 0.,
George Blakemore, who was superintend
ing the work, leaned over the platform to
look down, when he lost his balance and
fell headlong into the well, sixty feet,
breaking his neck. He leaves a wife and
six children.
Mrs. Cignarali Sentenced to Death.
New York, June 3.— Shortly after noon
to-day sentence of death was imposed ( n
Mrs. Cignarali, who was convicted of mur
der in the first degree for shooting her hus
iband. She was condemned to be hanged
in the Tombs prison yard on Friday, July
23, next.
Twenty Years for a Vitriol Thrower.
New York, June 3.— Morris Marks, who
killed his boarding mistress, Ann E.
Kakwoski, by throwing vitriol over her,
was to-day sentenced to State prison for
twenty years, the highest penalty under
the conviction of manslaughter in the first
degree.
The Great Serpent Mound.
Hillsboro, 0., June 3.— The great Ser
pent Mound, the celebrated pre-historic
monument of Adams County, 0., has been
sold to the Peabody Institute and Harvard
University, the objeet being to prevent it*
destruction,
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1887.
OHIO TOWN
Deluged by n llUrsting Cloud—Consider
able Damage the Result.
Obkri.in, 0., June 5. —Shortly after noon
rain began to pour down in torrents,contin
uing without cessation until after four
o’clock. Long before this Plumb creek had
risen to an alarming extent. The fire-bell
was rung calling for help In tho flooded
region, and soon nearly the whole town
was aroused Water cut off eofftmunicatidri
between the prirts of the town separated
by the flood. The water carried
away nearly all of tho town
bridges, and rose several feet above the
floor in dozens of houses on Professor,
Mill, Main and Pleasant streets. Many
people were compelled to take refuge in
the top stories of their houses. Dr. Bunco’s
office was loosened from its underpinning
and floated several feet. The gas-works
were covered largely with water, and con
siderable damage was done. Gilchrist’s
lumber yard and planing-mill suffer
ed great damage, lumber floating
in all directions, and large logs from
Swift’s lumber-yard floated, jamming
against buildings on all sides. The front
of the carriage works was completely
blockaded by lumber logs and refuse.
Nearly nil tho houses in this region suf
fered much damage in respect to furni
ture especially. From the corner of Elm
and Professor streets, looking toward the
depot, there was nothing visible but
water for nearly two blocks. The trains
are blocked up and the three o’clock train
was compelled to go back. About three
hundred yards of track was washed away.
Nearly all the cellars of the stores are
flooded, causing thousands of dollars
worth of damage. Thud Rowland’s
blooded horses on Mill street wore saved
with great difficulty. The water is
now slowly subsiding and it will soon
be possible to tell the exact damage.
Some dealers declare the cause of the
flood to be the bursting of a cloud. The
terrible lightning accompanying the storm
did much damage in this vicinity. The
loss will probably roach $15,000. About
fifty houses were flooded, beginning with
Mr. Decker’s house on Morgan street and
making a clean sweep the entire course of
the creek.
DAVITT’S PURPOSE.
.trending a Movement to Rebuild Tenant's
Houses Demolished by the ltodyke I tail
ills.
Dublin, June s.— Michael Davitt ad
dressed a Nationalist meeting in the
Bodyke District to-day. He again urged
the people to offer the utmost resistance
to eviction and to retake possession
of their houses when they have been
evicted. He declared that it was the
H uty of the manhood of the di l
trict assemble and rebuildJfefMJ^^JV*'
lll»TN> WVtyll M. UKO.U. Alt! tX 11 JIfMUD tCI 111 S 111*
tention to hold a meeting next Sunday of
thirty or forty thousand men, for the pur
pose of rebuilding every house demolished
during the past or coming week. Cara
should be taken, he said, that pecuniary
and generous assistance be given during
the incarceration of members of any family.
He suggested that a fund be opened to carry
on the plan of campaign upon a more ex
tended basis, and he promised to subscribe
£IOO himself. He expected that within
six weeks £IOO.OOO would be subscribed in
Ireland, and within six months £1,000,00C
would be collected throughout the civil
ized world.
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Ex-Vice President Wheeler Dead.
Watertown, N . Y., June 4. —Hon. Wm. A.
Wheeler died at his home in Malone at
10:10 this morning. He remained in a
comatose state during the night, and
passed peacefully away without a sign ol
recognition of those about him. The ap
proach of death was so gradual that it
causes no public shock even here at his
home, though there is universal sorrow
among the people. Flags are at half-mast,
and the emblems of mourning are dis
played. The funeral will be held at 1 p
m. on Tuesday, June 7, at the Congrega
tional Church,with a sermon by the pastor,
to whom Mr. W T heeler had been almost a
"ond father.
Hunting Robbers with Bloodhounds.
Ft. Worth, Tex., June s.—Officers, with
bloodhoui ds, have been scouring the coun
try all day for the train robbers. A heavy
rain fell this morning, destroying the trail
and the bloodhounds failed to find it. The
robbers are supposed to be either in this
city or else miles away from the scene ol
tho robbery. The amount taken from the
express car was $1,350. The exact amount
in the three registered letters can not be
ascertained.
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A Missionary’s Awful Fate.
Des Moines, la., June s.— News has just
been received at Manson, Calhoun County,
that Rev. Dr. Reid, who left that place
last winter to become a missionary in Cen
tral Africa, had been killed and eaten by
a tribe of cannibals.
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Death of “The Fighting Parson.”
Mount Vernon, la., June s.— Rev
Granville Moody, the famous Ohio chap
lain known as “The Fighting Parson,’’
died to-day from injuries received in a run
away accident. He was seventy-six years
old.
Blinded by an Explosion.
Tiffin, 0., June s.—John Miller, aged
fifteen, of Carrothers, filled a can with
powder and lighted it. He looked in to
see whether it was going off, and as a re
suit mourns the loss of his eyesight.
Catastrophe at a Circus Performance.
St. Petersburg, June 5. Duriugthe per
formance of a circus last evening in the
town of Neschin a storm of wind unroofed
the building, causing the walls to collapse
upon the audience of two thousand peo
ple. The oil from the lamps ignited and
set fire to the ruins. A large number of
persons were burned or trampled to death
and three hundred others were injured.
Acquited on Second Trial.
Little V alley, N. Y., June 5. —Mrs.
Wileman, once convicted of the murder of
her husband, and sentenced to be hanged,
was on second trial acquitted.
THE CHURCH
Will Soon be Heard on the Labor
Question.
A Connell to Be Held Tills Summer to
I’rotmilgate It—What Will He Expected
of Catholic Workingmen.
New York, June 6.—The Commercial Ad
vertiser says: Cardinal Gibbons refuses to
say any thing of his intended action on the
labor question. Before giving his views
to the public, he will call a council of tho
eleven Archbishops of the American
hierarchy, and the decisive steps will be
taken which will leave no doubt of the
church’s attitude. From a closo companion
of the Cardinal, a Commercial Advertiser re
porter received some intimation regarding
the probable character of the forthcoming
pronunciamento. The right of laboring
men to combine for their common benefit
will be conceded, and all such
lawful combinations will receive the
blessings of the church. But Cath
olics will be forbidden to take part in
boycotts or other infringements of the
rights of citizens, and will be forbidden to
Join any organization which practices in
timidation, whether of a violent or other
character. No Catholic will bo permitted
to become a member of any order which
binds its members to secrecy or blind
obedience to the dictates of leaders. Se
cret passwords may be permitted, but a
Catholic must have no secret which can
not be reached by the confessional if nec
essary. It twill also be proposed that a
closer relation be brought about between
Catholic of labor organizations
and tho Catholic clergy. The
object of this is to prevent -Catholic
laboring men from drifting off from the
church on account of their association with
Protestants, and to keep them from adopt
ing theories which are antagonistic to tho
church’s dogmas. The necessity of this
course has been demonstrated clearly of
late by the number of Catholics who have,
innocently perhaps, taken up ideas
which the church frowns upon, and will
probably condemn outright in the
near future. It will not be proposed,
however, to make the clergy meddlers
in labor affairs. They will be merely in
structed to be vigilant, invite, confidence
and counsel members of their flock who
belong to Trades Unions. From the source
mentioned above it was also learned that
Cardinal Gibbons’ position in the McGlynn
case is simply this : He likes Dr. McGlynn
personally and does not condemn him for
advocating general property in land, for
tnat doctrine has not yet been pronounced
heretical by the Pope speaking ex-cathedra,
but, he does blame Dr. McGlynn for rebel-
Y*"* "urainst hi.s siioorjor uiul
dabbling rn politics to an extent, unbecom
ing his"priestly character. It is probable
that the council of Archbishops will be held
in Baltimore early in the summer. It seems
that at present a large majority of the pre
lates are inclined to look with favor on
labor organization now existing, but a
few are Among
those is the TCnerable Arc^mshop ’'Fen
wick, of St. Louis, the oldest prelate in
the hierarchy. He has pronounced the
Knights of Labor an unlawful body, and
has denounced their methods as barbarous,
since most of the Bishops do
not hold Fenwick’s views, it is almost
certain the council will adopt the mild
measures mentioned above.
Eafckquake Shatters the Mountains.
• Quebec, June 6. —News has been re
wived of an earthquake which recently
wcurred in the vicinity of St. Louise, in
me County L’ls let, F. Q. The mountains
in the second range of the Seigniory of St.
Roch des Aulnais were greatly di/.turbed.
Masses of rock from forty to fifty feet
square were dislodged and sent hurling
into the valley below. Some of the larg
est trees in the forest were uprooted. In
one instance the rocks falling from the
mountains broke trees of the largest di
mensions for a distance of two hundred
feet. No serious accidents are reported.
Smallpox Spreading in Cuba.
Santiago he Cuba, June 6. —Two hun
dred and sixty cases of smallpox are
known by the civic authorities to exist,
and it is estimated that fully 100 more are
being treated by charlatans. The deaths
in this city from the first to the twenty
seventh instant numbered forty, not one of
the victims having been vaccinated. Tho
disease has appeared at Guantanamo, and
doubtless will spread to all Cuban ports.
The masses are ignorant blacks, supersti
tious and inclined to prayers rather than
vaccination.
Sings His Own Funeral Hymn.
Pembroke, Ont., June 6.—David Gogolin,
the German who, in October last, killed
Mrs. Wherenthal, his tenant, because
she refused to vacate his house or
pay rent, was hanged here this forenoon.
A few minutes before the drop fell Gogo
lin sang a favorite German hymn with a
clear and unwavering voice, apparently
as cool as though an ordinary church
service was taking place. He died with
out a struggle. He made no statement.
Death of Chief-Justice Mercur.
Philadelphia, June 6. — Chief-Justice
Mercur, of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania, died at the residence of his son, at
Wallingford, Penn., at half-past nine
o’clock this morning.
Double Murder and Suicide.
Pittsburgh, June 6.—Frederick Herman*
aged thirty-five years, employed as a
helper in an iron mill, in his own house,
killed his little daughter, aged nineteen
months, beat his wife until he thought her
dead and then cut his own throat, severing
the windpipe and jugular veins.
Sunday Fisherman Drowned.
Vandalia, 111., Ji*ne6.—James Perkins,
together with his wife and children, was
fishing in the Okaw river, near this city,
yesterday'. Perkins started to swim across
the river, was seized with cramps and was
drowned.
LONDON VICE.
Shocking Disclosures of Practices Carried
On Despite the Neff Law.
London, June 7.—Since the revelations
of the rail Mall Gazette and the subsequent
passage of the criminal law amendment
bill prescribing severe penalties for the
offenses enumerated, it has been believed
by the public that the traffic in children
for immoral purposes was mado im
possible. The public mind was rudely
awakened to-day, however, to the
realizalion that though such crimes
may have been curtailed in number,
they are still committed, and with very lit
tle pretense of secrecy. A general sensa
tion of horror was produced in the Lam
beth Police Court this morning by the trial
of the case of Edward Procknell and three
women, charged with keeping disorderly
houses gnd with procuring scores of young
girls ranging in age from ten to fourteen
years. Tho prisoners and their victims
are all of humble rank, and the evidence
thus far taken proves that the re lucers
of the children were also of the
lower class. The prisoners woro
remanded for further hearing, and will be
vigorously prosecuted by the Government.
Detective Stevens, who is in tho employ
of the Reformatory and Refuge Union,
was the chief means of discovering tho
crimes of Procknell and the women. He
stated in the course of his testimony that
during the last four years he had rescued
four hundred girls of from four and a half
to fourteen years of age.
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Train Load of California Potatoes.
Chicago, June 7. —Twelve c«r loads of
California potatoes arrived in this city to
night, coming as a special train from San
Francisco by way of the Central and
Union Pacific lines, and making the trip
in seven days. The freight charged was
one dollar a hundred pounds. As for the
first time in the history of transportation
a train of this kind is to bo followed by
others, the disposal of the potatoes to
morrow and the prices obtained will bo
eagerly watched. The Californians have
forestalled the season in this State by sev
eral weeks.
Severe on the Underwriters.
New York, June 7. —The Daily Commer
cial Bulletin, in its monthly fire record,
places the losses of May at $10,635,800.
These figures are $3,500,0 0 larger than the
average figures for May during the past
twelve years, and larger than those of
May, 1886, by $3,630,500. The total fire
waste for the first five months of 1887
amounts to $51,886,500, against $44,150,000
for the period of 18*0. The
losses do not incluoe forest fires.
Revivalists Tent Razed.
-f . June 7. —The tent In
Wnt( n Imfiiw* «au JUaum.u v,>
been conducting revivals during the past
fortnight was razed Saturday night by in
dignant residents of this place. Tho
benches, pulpit and other appurtenances
of the gospel tent wore completely de
molished, Switzer and Mauson have made
many personal crusades iu the town, and
this retaliation by the citizens was not un
locked for.
Awful Floods in Hungary.
Vienna, June 7. —The distress in Hun
gary increases hourly. Numerous lives
have been lost, and entire herds of cattle
have been drowned at Mako. The flood has
reached Czanad, and fully 50,000 acres of
wheat land will soon be inundated. Czon
gard is submerged. It is calculated that
50,000 families have been ruined by the
floods.
Sisters Drowned in Georgia.
Macon, Ga., June 7.—Cleo and Claudia
Thorne, of Cleveland, 0., sisters, were
drowned in a creek near this town this af
ternoon. They went off to bathe. They
got into-deeper water than they had ex
pected to find, and drowned before as
sistance could reach them.
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Russia Raises Duty on Iron.
Washington, June 7.— The Treasury De
partment is informed through the State
Department that Russia has raised the
import duty on iron and steel, and on ar
ticles manufactured in whole or in part
from those metals, from twenty-five to
thirty per cent.
Prolessors’ Quarrel.
Henderson, Ky., June 7.—Professor
Clark, superintendent of the public
schools, arm Professor Posey, principal of
the quarreled about the
of a high school pupil,
and the latter was shot by the former and
seriously injured.
Locomotive Boiler Explodes.
Philadelphia, June 7. —The boiler of a
locomotive on the Philadelphia and Balti
more railroad pulling a south-bound train,
exploded at the Chester depot, killing one
man and fatally injuring others.
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The State Saved Hanging Him.
Morris, 111., June 7. —John Conley, who
last week murdered Mrs. Stoddard at
Braceville, and yesterday, while in jail
here, hacked his throat with a piece of
glass, died last night.
Anti-Sunday Shavers.
Springfield, 111., June 7.—A petition
signed by 4,000 Chicago barbers was pre
sented in the Illinois Senate to-day for the
closing of all barber shops on Sunday
Echo From the Tweed Reign.
New York, June 7.—A suit against the
Tenth National Bank, of New York, is on
trial for the recovery by the city of $350,000
alleged to be due as interest upon about
$1.u00,000 of deposits during a period of
.the Tweed reign.
Queen Kap in London.
London, Juno 7.—Queen Kapholam ar
rived in Loudon to-day. She wns met at
the railway station and conv ajfed to her
hotel by the royal carriage, •Ontforher
use from Buckingham Palat & by Queen
Vlotorl*
VQJL TV-NO. 16.
PITH ANL) POINT.
—Study a dimple, work hard at a
smile.
—We desire to be underrated only
by the assessor.
—lf time is money some men have
enough to start a bank.
—Be not simply good, but bo good
for something. Thorcau.
—A bald-heat’e l expression is gen
erally better understood than a long
haired one.— Pomeroy's Democrat.
—The lazy man’s happiness consists
in sitting on the soft side of a pine
plank and seeing other men work.
—“Whatever yon do, my boy, begin
at the bottom and work up.” “But,
father, suppose I was going to dig a
well?”
—The young ladies who have “noth
ing to wear” generally have enough
to keep them warm.— Merchant Trav
eler.
—The remark of (lie colored brother
that “Cussin’ de wedder is mighty
po’ farmin’,” is unquestionably true.
—Rural Vermonter.
—lf you wish to win the unselfish
devotion of the waiter you must show
him a good deal of “quarter.”—Bos
ton Commercial Gazette.
—ln murder cases where there is
danger of hanging the prisoner the
defense makes every effort to hang
the jury.— N. O. Picayune.
—Conceit is a fool; deceit a knave.
The first deceives itself, the second
practices deception upon others. Both
are intolerable.— Boston Budget.
—Lady Shopper—“l am looking for
a wedding present.” Druggist—“ You
were fortunate in coming here, madam.
We have just laid in a large stock of
the latest hair-restorer.” — New Haven
News.
—lt is a happy thing for us that this
is really all we have to concern our
selves about—what to do next. No
man can do (lie second thing. He can
do the first. — George MacDonald.
—Why it is that crying babies are al
lowed to ride in passenger cars, while
well-behaved dogs are relegated to the
baggage car. is almost enough to puz
zle a seven-thousand-dollar Inter-State
Commerce Commissioner. — Puck.
—Such a difference in people.—
Some weep because they part.
And languish broken hearted
And others—O nty heart’.—
hßL’ftUSe they
—When n crowd of a dogey orm ore
young runn congregate in a miff am
room at night, a stranger to the entire
company cai\ easily pick out those
who arc married. The latter consult
their watches every five minutes after
the clock strikes ten. —Drake’s Travel
er's Magazine.
—Hush! Papa is reading the paper.
Do not disturb him, for the daily paper
is the “great educator of the people.”
His has finished his murders, outrages,
and minor horrors, and is now in the
midst of some juicy details of the lat
est scandals. Be silent or you may in
terrupt his educatiorf. —Lije.
—lf some men would only put Ihe
same amount of enthusiasm into saw
ing wood that they put into sitting on
a plank and watching nineteen men
play ball their wives could kindle the
kitchen lire every twenty minutes
through the twenty-four hours and
still h ave kindlings to spare.— Journal
of Education.
le tent in
THE POOR EDITOR.
Trials and Tribulations of a Widely-Read
Furopeun Newspaper.
We take the following complaint
from a widely-read continental con
temporary, which gives the public a
few specimens from its daily budget of
letters. For the convenience of our
readers the letters dealing with the
same subject are placed in parallel
columns:
(1.) You would oblige 111 When are you go
vour readers by pub- iug to stop this eternal
lishing a few more de- subject about the lioi
tails about the laying garten?
out of the Hofgarten. ..
;•> 1 Your paper is so (3.1 My wife uses old
soft it is impossible to newspapers for clean
wrap any thing up in it. ing windows. Could you
If you can not, etc. not arrange to have it
rather softer?
(3) iam not inter- (3.) Why don't you
ested in your politics, leave this local gossip
If you can not give alone, which nobody
more room to local mat- cares to know, and in
ters and keep your poli- crease the number oi
tics in decent bounds, I your foreign corres
shall be obliged, etc. pendents? If these
changes are not made,
etc.
(4 1 You do not suffi- (4) Why are you al
ciently discuss the de- ways discussing and
tails of political events, criticising naked
People like myself, Every educated man
who do not understand forms his ow n judg
much about politics, ment on such mat
want to form their ters.
opinion from a newspa
per. If you can not, etc.
(5.) I like your paper, (5.1 Why have you no
but if you can not, be weather forecasts. I
fore long, arrange to know they are not v ery
give agricultural news, rel able, but I am inter
-1 shall be obliged, etc. ested in them, and it
you can not, etc.
(#.? Knowing your <t>. 1 In the name of
courtesy with regard to the large number o
the wishes of your read- State
ers. lam convinced that your subscribers we
I shall not ask in vain would most earne. t v
that you will kimUy urge you to devote as
publish the details much space to the pub
about the Saxon,Bruns- lieatiou of n 'attersi'OP
wick, Hamburg Middle cerning them as you do
Park, King Albert and to subjects interesting
Cologne Cathedral lot- to lawyers and military
teries, as well as the men. ° r ( d< > you think
price, of stocks. A that a watchman is less
good deal of ballast entitled to have his *ro
might be left out of motion publicly »»
your paper to make nounced than a General
room for these things, or an official.
Truitt ng that you will,
eW y . f —Fall Mall Gazette