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T HTRRIN ROBBERS . GEt LEFT.
OLD UP
A CALIFORNIA TRAIN
EUT CET NOTHING ,
SCARED OFF BY ANOTHER TRAIN ,
t
The Enfifnoer and Fireman Compelled
to Have the llIessongor Open the 1Sx
press Cnr-Passengers Flred at
S flro Looked Out of the 1Vin-
dotvs-Jump on the Engine
and Make Thelr Escape.
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STOCKTON , Cal , , March 11.-The cx-
press train known as the European
Mail was held up near Castle Switch ,
.about four miles from here , at 10:20
o'clock last night , but the robbers got
- I nothing and were forced to flee by
the arrival of the Oregon express at
time point a few minutes later.
As soon as possible the Oregon cx- ,
press came hereand a large posse of
Officers left on it for time scene of the
robbery.
1ti'hen the robbers left they started
t vay on the engine of the European
Mail. This they soon abandoned anti
it rolled into Lodi half an ! tour later ,
going very slowly , with no one on
board and registering but forty
pounds of steam. George Andrews ,
the engineer of a freight train lying
there , got aboard and stopped it. : L
i stick of dynamite was found on the
.seat in the cab.
The story of the hold-up , as told by
Engineer Engles of the mail train , is
-as follows : "A short distance south of
Castle Switch myself and Fireman
! louse were startled by a man who
crawled over the tender and pointing
a pistol at our heads , ordered us to
Stop the train. lie was masked. I
stopped the engine and the fellow
i then ordered its to get oil , which a c
did. Two other masked men
were standing on the ground
awaiting to receive us. They ordered
us to walk back to the express car ,
the men telling me to instruct the
messenger to open the dpor as they
had dynamite and would blow the car
up if the door was not opened. I told
4 the messenger this and he opened the
door and then shut it again after
which he fired two shots at the rob-
1 hers. A passenger stuck his head
, out of one of the windows and one of
the robbers fired at hum. The men
threatened again to blow the ear to
pieces with dynamite if it wa , not
opened and the express pesseriger
'then complied with their demands ,
time men got inside taking us with
them and ransacking the car. All
'the money was in the big safe and
they did not try to open it
'They got nothing whatever. After
satisfying 'themselves that there
was nothing of value outside of the
safe and that had been securely
J locked , they jumped out of the car
and went ahead to the engine again ,
taking us with them. Reaching the
engine the men uncoupled itfrotn the
train and firing some shots at the
passenger cars to scare their occupants -
pants , 1 suppose , pulled the trottle
and started toward Lodi. A brakeman
was sent back to Stockton to flag the
. Oregon Express , which was soon to
comae along and we waited until the
engine came from Lodi. "
NO SHAVING ON SUNDAY.
The Missouri house 1'asscs the Senate
Lill to Close Barber Shops.
JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. , March 11.-In
the house this afternoon Senator
Lancaster's bill closing all barber
shops on Sunday was passed. The
vote on the proposition was SO for to
, " 0 against
Against Alien Ownership.
JEFFERSON CITY , Mo.March 11.-
The bill to prohibit alien ownership 1
of lands in the state was passed by
the house this morning. Major Bit-
tinger s bill appropriating $1.,000 for
statues of Benton and Blair , to be
placed in Memorial hall in Washing-
tonwas also passed by the house.
St. Louis County Not in it.
,1EFFERSON CITY , MO. , March 11.-
Immediately after the morning hour
in the senate , Mr. ' Turdeman's reso-
ltttiotm to incorporate St. Louis county
in the capital removal amendment
I was called up and defeated by a vote
of 2 to 26.
Agricultural Separation Bin Favored.
JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. , March :1.-
' r The senate committee op agriculture
has decided to report favorably the
, ilfum rty house bill separating the
agricultural college from the state
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1I 1 I Ibr Mayor of Chicago.
CIUCAGO March 11.-Frank Wenter ,
I president of the board of directors of
the Chicago drainage canal , was nominated -
inated by the Democratic convention
1 to-day for mayor of Chicago. Post-
I master Hesing withdrew from the
contest , having refused to allow an
Ii indorsement of the administration of
the present incumbent , Mayor John
p Hopkins ( Democrat ) in the plat-
form.
Adjourned at Last.
ToI'EI1A , ran. , liarch 11.-The mis-
cellancnus approprifttion bill , regularly -
larly enrolled and signed by the governor -
ernor , reached the house at 4 o'clock
afternoon. This ended the
yesterday
" work of the legislature , and at4 ; : > 0
' adjournment sine die was
o'clock
k voted. Need \ot Toll Their Ages.
L TOPEKA , Kan.March 11.-The legal
authorities of the city have decided
that in registering for municipal
' elections tvolnen are not required testate
state their exact age , but will comply
withi the law by simply stating that
they are "over 21. "
P ( No County Seat Chingos.
f GUT11RIE , Ok. , March 11.-The house
after an all night deadlock killed the
Bounty seats in the Cherokee -
bill to move
but passed a bill under
okee strip ,
seat elections can be
which , county
ca lled'iIIriY'count ' } fn 1596.
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MR. HARRISON QUITE ILL.
. ,1e ix Prestdont SnfinrIn ; From the
Grip and the E1Tectt of Overwork.
L'DrAti.U'OLIS. Iui. , Mar.ht 1.-Ex-
President Ilarrison is canfiucd to his
room by a severe attach of the grip.
Ills night was fairly comfortable but
his daughter , Mrs. McKee , has been
sent for.
In speaking of General Harrison's
illness , his attending physician , Dr.
henry James , said : "General Harrison -
son has been working very hard recently -
cently in Richmond. He has taken
a bad cold , almost the grip. He has
an acute bronchitis , and last Thurs-
day' he had pleurobynia , what are
termed plurisy pains. He is in bed
and very weak. Ile is seriously ill
but 1 should say not in any danger.
Overwork has a rood deal to do with
his weakness. "
PROTECTED BY JAPANESE.
Foreigners in Ylon Kuw , China , Well
Cared For-Froslt Successes.
YortORAJiA , March 11.-The latest
news received here from the front is
that the Japanese have occupied
IZoban without opposition , and that
Tien ICow , the New Chwang foreign
settlement , has been captured by flue
First division of the Second army ,
but the coast forts about New Chwang
are still holding out
It is officially announced that the
safety of the foreigners at Yien rote
has been guaranteed by the Japanese ,
who arc inquiring into the personal
injuries they have sustained. . The
foreign settlement is guarded by
Japanese troops , the , British and
American war Jiips , the Firebrand
and Petrel respectively , leaving their
protection in the hands of the Japan-
csc.
TRAMPS CAPTURE A TRMN.
Fifty Disroputables Terrorize air Eastern -
orn Freight Crew.
Wn.3rIxGTox , Dc l. , March 11.-Last
night a gang of about fifty tramps
captured the Philadelphia , Wilming ,
ton and Baltimore freight train from
Baltimore , just outside of Baltimore
and at once began to abuse the train-
men. After the tramps had secured
possession of the train they began
quarreling among themselves and
during one of their fights a man was
thrown from the train and it is sup ,
posed fatally injured if not killed
outright
This morning time inen were all sent
to jail for long terms. Others will be
arrested if they remain about here.
A GREAT LOCKOUT ORDERED.
Two Ilnndre.l ' 1 housand Shoe Workmen
of England to Bo Idle Nest Saturday.
LoNDoN , March 1l.-Owing to the
complicated dispute as to the use of
machinery and other matters , the
members of the national federation
of boot manufacturers have notified
the operatives to stop work next Satur-
nay. This action affects 200,000 em-
ployeeslthroughout the country.
An lower County Cie It Short.
Cr.INTOX , Iowa , Marchr 11.-The expert -
pert accountant tvlto has been examining -
amining the books of D. R. Ifarkham ,
the defaulting county clerk , has
finished his work and reported to the
county commnissioners. The report
was not made public but.it was learned -
ed that the defalcation will reach
nearly $10,000. The commissioners
ordered action against the bondsmen.
Ma rkliams whereabouts are un-
known.
Three 1 ramps Shot by Police.
Booxi , Iowa. March 11.-The police
were called out last night to quell a
disturbance by tramps at the rail mill
east of the town , of which the tramps
had taken possession. The tramps
resisted and the police used their re-
volvers. Jim Freeman , alias Riley ,
was shot through the heart , Tim
Lanmzn through the breast and fatally -
tally wounded , and the third tramp
through the arm.
Tito Fleet to 61ako a Tour.
WASIIINGTON , March 11. - Unless
there is a change in the program ,
Admiral Meade's fleet will soon visit
several of the ports and countries in
the Gulf of Mexico and Carribean sea
where disturbances have been re-
ported. These movements are not
connected with airy recent events ,
for the itinerary was arranged before -
fore the fleet left Hampton Roads.
Colonel Colt Vindicated.
L'orx3mnus , Ohio , March 11.-The
Ohio National guard military commission -
sion appointed by Governor McKinley
to inquire into the shooting of certain -
tain citizens- Washington court
house by Ohio troops under the command -
mand of Colonel Alonzo B. Colt , while
defending a negro prisoner from being -
ing lynched , sustains Coit. Governor
McKinley has indorsed the report
li'arden Chase Under Fire.
TOPEKA , Kan.liatch 11.-Charges
have been filed with Governor Morril
against Warden Chase and his management -
agement of the penitentiary. This
has not been officially announced , but
politicians who are in a position to
know , say that it is a fact anti that
steps will be taken to begin the investigation -
vestigation next week.
llaytien Rebellion Stories Denied.
BEnLIN , March 11.-The officials of
the Haytien legation here deny the
existence of a revolution in the
northern part of Hayti. They say
that they are in receipt of official dispatches -
patches saying'that a state of perfect
quiet prevails throughout the coun-
try.
Kansas Finances.
ToI'EIA , Kan. , March 11.-The report -
port of State Treasurer Atherton for
the month of February shows that
the cash balances on hand in the
state treasury amount to$1,301,4S6S5.
The total receipts during the month
were $720,638. GS.
: L Scotch Fainter Passes Away.
Loxnoy , March 11.-The Times announces -
nounces the death of Waiter Hught
Paten ; R. S. A. , IL S. W. , F. S. A. , the
Scotch painter.
5o Prize Fighting in Oklahoma.
GUTIIJLIE , Ok. , liarel111. - The bill
permitting prize fighting in Oklahoma
was killed by the senate. I
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TRET MADE SERMON
"NEW GROUND" TI-FE SUBJECT
OF SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE.
From the Text of Romans TV:20"Lest
I Should Build Upon Another Man's
Foundatlon-Saving the Sceptres Is
Encouraged.
0 0.l
'TER , WITH THE
help of others. I
had built three
churches in the
game city , and not
feeling called upon
to undertake the
superhuman toll of
building a ' fourth
church. Providence
seemed to point to
this place as the
field in which 1
could enlarge my work , and I feel a
sense of relief amounting to exultation.
Whereunto this work will grow I can
not prophesy. It Is Inviting and promising -
ing beyond anything I have ever
touched. The churches are the grandest -
est institutions this world ever saw ,
and their pastors have no superiors this
side of heaven ; but there is a work
which must be ' done outside the
churches , , and to that work I join myself -
self for , a while , "Lest I build on another -
other man's foundation. "
The church is a fortress , divinely
built. Now , a forttess is for defense
and for drill and for storing ammunition -
tion , but an army must sometimes been
on the march far outside the fortress.
In the campaign of conquering this
world for Christ the time has come for
an advance movement , for a 'gener'al
engagement , " for massing the troops ,
for an invasion of the enemy's country.
Confident that the forts are well manned -
ned by the ablest ministry that ever
blessed time church , I propose , with others -
ers , for a while to join the cavalry and
move out and on for service in the open
field.
In laying out the plan for his missionary -
ary tour , Paul , with more brain than
any of his contemporaries or predecessors -
sors or successors , sought out towns
and cities which had not yet been
preached to. He goes to Corinth , a city
mentioned for splendor and vice , and
Jerusalem , where the priesthood and
Sanhedrim were ready to leap with
both feet upon the Christian religion.
He feels he has a special work to do
and he means to do it. What was the
result ? The grandest life of usefulness
that man ever lived. We ipodern Chris-
tiami workers are not apt to imitate Paul.
We build on other people's foundations.
If we erect a church we prefer to have
it filled with families all of whom have
been pious. Do we gather a Sunday
school class , we want good boys and
girls , hair combed , faces washed , manners -
ners attractive. So a church in this
day is apt to be built out of other
churches. Some ministers spend all
their time in fishing in other people's
ponds , and they throw the line into that
church pond and jerk out a Methodist ,
and throw the line into another church
pond and bring out a Presbyterian , or
there is a religious row in some neighboring -
boring church and this whole school of
fish swim off from that pond and we
take them all in with one sweep of the
net. What is gained ? Absolutely nothing -
ing for the general cause of Christ. It
is only as in an army , when a regiment
is transferred from one division to an
other , or from the 14th regiment to the
69th regiment. What strengthens the
army is new recruits.
The fact is , this is a big world. When ,
In our school boy days , we learned the
diameter and circumference of this planet -
et , we did not learn half. It is the latitude -
tude and longitude and diameter and
circumference of want and woe and sin
that no figures can calculate. This one
spiritual continent of wretchedness
reaches across all zones , and if I were
called to give its geographical boundary
I would say it is bounded on the north
and south and east and west by the
great heart of God's sympathy and love.
Oh , it is a great world. Since six o'clock
this morning at least 80,000 'have been
born and all these multiplied populations -
tions are. to be reached of the gospel.
In England or in eastern American
cities we are being much crowded and
an acre of ground is of much value ; but
out west 500 acres is a small farm and
20,000 acres is no unusual possession.
There is a vast field here and everywhere -
where unoccupied , plenty of room more ,
not building on another man's founda-
tion. We need as churches to stop bombarding -
barding the old iron-clad sinners that
have been proof against thirty years
of Christian assault , and aim for the
salvation of those who have never yet
had one warm hearted and point blank
invitation. There are churches whose
buildings might be worth $200,000 , who
are not averaging five new converts a
year and doing less good than many a
log-cabin meeting house with tallow
candle stuck in wooden socket , and a
minister who has never : .en a college
or known the difference between Greek
and Choctaw.1re need churches to
get into sympathy with the great outside -
side world and let them know that none
are so broken-hearted or hardly bestead
that they will not be welcomed. "No ! "
says some fastidious Christian , "I don't
like to be crowded in a church. Don't
put any one in my pew. " My brother ,
what will you do in heaven ? When a
great multitude that no man can number -
ber assembles they will put fifty in your
pew. What are the select few to-day
assembled in the Christian churches
compared with the mightier millions
outside of them ? At least 3,000,000 people -
ple in this cluster of seaboard cities , and
not more than 200,000 in the churches.
Many of the churches are like a hospital
that should advertise that its patients
must have nothing worse than toothache -
ache or "run-arounds , " but no broken
heads , no crushed ankles , no fractured
thighs. Give us for treatment moderate
sinners , velvet-coated sinners and sinners -
ners with a gloss on. it is as though a
man had a farm of 3,000 acres and put
all his work on one acre. He may raise
never so large ears of corn , never so
big heads of wheat , he would remain
poor. The church of God has bestowed
its chief care on one acre and has
raised splendid men and women in that
small enclosure , but the field is the
world. That means North and South
America , Europe , Asia and Africa , and
all the islands of the sea.
It is as though after a great battle
there were left 50,000 wounded and dying -
ing on the field , and three surgeons
gave all their time to three patients
under their charge. The major-general
comes in and says to the doctors. Come
out here and loDk at the nearly 60,000
dying for lack o surgical attendant : '
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' 'No , " say the doctors , standing there
and fanning their patients , "we have
three important cases here and we are
3ttending to them , and when we are not
positively busy with their wounds , it
takes al ! our time to keep the flies off. "
In this awful battle of sin and sorrow ,
where millions have fallen on millions ,
do not let us spend all our time in
taking care of a few people , and when
the command 'comes : "Go into the
world , " say practically : "No , I can not
yo ; I have here a few choice cases and
f am busy keeping off the files. " There
( re multitudes to-day who have never
nad any Christian worker look them in
the eye and with earnestness in the ac-
: entuation say. "Come" or they would
long ago have been In the kingdom.
My friends , religion is either a sham or
: t' tremendous reality. If it b e a sham ,
let us cease to have anything to do
with Christian association. If it be a
reality , then great populations are on
their way to the bar of God unfitted for
the ordeal , and what are we doing ?
In order to reach the multitude of out-
ciders we must drop all technicalities
out of our religion. When We talk to
people about the hypostatic union and
1'rench encyclopedianism and Erastin-
ianlsm and Complutensianism , we are
as impolitic and little understood as If
1 physician should talk to an ordinary
patient about the pericardium and in-
tercostal muscle and scorbutic symp-
toms. Many of us come out of the theological -
logical seminaries so loaded up that
we take the first ten years to show our
people how much we know and the next
ten years to get our people to know as
much as we know , aad at last find that
neither of us knows anything as we
) ught to know. Here are hundreds of
thousands of sinnirg , struggling and
lying people who n sd to realize just
3ne thing-that Jesus Christ came to
save them , and will save them now. But
twe go into a profound and elaborate
3efmnitfon of what justification is , and
after all the work there are not , outside
of the learned professions , 5,000 people
.n the United States who can tell what
justification is. I will read you the definition -
nition :
"Justification is purely a forensic act ,
the act of a judge sitting in the forum ,
In which the Supreme Ruler and Judge ,
who is accountable to none and who
alone knows the manner in which the
ends of his universal government can
best be obtained , reckons that which
was done by time substitute , and not on
1ceounf of anything done by them , but
purely upon account of this gracious
method of reckoning , grants them the
full remission of their sins. "
Comparatively little effort has as yet
peen made to save that large class of
persons in our midst called sceptics ,
: nd he who goes to work here will not
oe building upon another man's founda-
tion. There is a great multitude of
them. They are afraid of us and our
churches , for the reason we do not
know how to treat them. One of this
class met Christ , and hear with what
tenderness and pathos and beauty and
success Christ dealt with him : "Thou
shalt love the Lorq thy God with all thy
neart and with all thy soul and with all
thy mind and with all thy strength.
Phis is the first commandment , and the
second is like to this , namely : Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
mere is no other commandment greater
than this. " And the scribe said to him :
'Well , Master , thou hast said the truth ,
for there is one God ; and to love him
with all the heart and all the understanding -
standing and all the soul and all the
strength is more than whole burnt offerings -
ferings and sacrifices. " And when Jesus -
sus saw that he answered discreetly , he
said unto him : "Thou art not far from
the kingdom of God. " So a sceptic was
saved in one intervie v. But few Chris-
tion people treat sceptics in that way.
Instead of taking hold of them with
the gentle hand of love , we are apt to
tdke them with the iron pincers of ec-
z lesiasticfsm.
Again , there is a field of usefulness
but little touched or occupied by those
who are astray in their habits. All
northern nations , like those of North
America and England and Scotland ,
that is , in the colter climates , are devastated -
tated by alcoholism. They take the fire
to keep up the warmth. In southern
countries , like Arabi t and Spain , the
blood is so warm they are not tempted
.to fiery liquids. The great Roman armies -
mies never drank anything stronger
than water tinged with vinegar , but
under our northern climate the temptation -
tion to heating stimulants is most
mighty and millions succumb. When a
man's habits go wrong the church drops
him , the social circle drops him , good
influence drops him , we all drop him.
Of all the men who get off the track ,
but few ever get on again. Near my
summer residence there is a life saving
station on the beach. There are all the
topes and rockets , the boats , the ma-
.hinery for getting people off ship-
wrecks. One summer I saw there fifteen
or twenty men who were breakfasting
after having just escaped with their
fives and nothing ' - ore. Up and down
our coasts are built these useful struc-
ures , and the mariners know it , and
they feel that if they are driven into
the breakers , there hill be apt from
shore to come a rescue. The churches of
God ought to be so many lifesaving
stations , not so much to help those who
are in smooth waters , but those who
have been shipwrecked. Conic , let us
t un out the life boats ! And who
will man them ? We do not preach
enough to such men ; we have not
enough faith in their release. Alas , if
when they come to hear us , we are laboriously -
boriously trying to show the difference
between sublapsarianism and supra-
lapsarianism , while they have a thousand -
sand vipers of remorse and despair
coiling around and biting their immortal -
tal spirits. The church is not chiefly
for goodish sort of men whose proclivities -
ties are all right , and who could get to
heaven praying and singing in their
utvn homes. It Is on the beach to help
the drowning. Those bad cases are the
zases that God dikes to take hold of. He
can save a big steamer as well as a small
sinner , and when a man calms earnestly
to Uo(1 foi help lie will go out to demdver
5UCh a one. if it were necessary , God
would come down from the sky , followed -
lowed by all the artillery , of heaven and
a million angels with drawn swords :
Get one hundred such redeemed men
in each of your churches , and nothing
could stand before them , for such men
are generally warm hearted and en-
thusiastic. No formal payers then : Nq
heartless singing then. No cold conven-
tionalisms then.
Furthermore , the destitute children
of the streets offer a field of work com-
naratively unoccupied. The uncared for
children are In the majority in most of
our cities. Their condition was well
illustrated by what a boy in this city
said when he was found under a cart
gnawing a bone , and some one said to
hm , "Where do you live ? " and he answered -
swered , "Don't live nowhere , sir ! Sev-
entythousand of the children of New
Fork city can neither read nor write.
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When , they grow up , if unreformed ,
they will outvote your children and
they will govern your children. The
whisky ring will hatch out other
whisky rings , and grog shops will hill
with their horrid stench public sobriqty ,
unless the church of God rises up with
outstretched arms and enfolds this dyIng -
Ing population in her bosom. Public
schools can not do it. Art galleries can
not do It. Blackwell's Island can not
do It. Alms houses can not do it. New
York tombs can not do it. Sing Sing
can not do it. People of God , wake up
to your magnificent , mission ! You can
do it. Get somewhere , somehow , to
work.
I have heard of what was called the
"thundering legion. " It was do 179 , a
part of the Roman army to which some
Christians belonged , and their prayers ,
it was said , were answered by thunder
and lightning and hail and tempest ,
which overthrew an Invading army and
saved the empire.And I would to God
that you could be so mighty in prayer
and work that youu would become a
thundering legion , before which the
forces of sin might be routedtand the
gates of hell made to tremble. All
aboard now on the Gospel ship ! If you
can not be a captain or a first mate , be
a stoker , or a deck hand , or ready at
command to climb the ratlines. Heave
away now , lads ! Shake out the reefs
In the foretopsall ! Come , 0 heavenly
wind , and fill the canvas ! Jesus
aboard will assure our safety. Jesus on
time sea will beckon us forward. Jesus
on the shining shore will welcome us
into harbor. "And so it came to pass
that they all escaped safe to land. "
ABOUT BLUE ROSES.
Sirius and Arcturus are Said to Have
Changed Color.
A veil-known naturalist recently
wrote : "We may have a yellow rose ,
but it ds pretty well agreed that if we
ever see a blue one it will be by a process -
cess of continuous variation and selec-
tion. " By this process it is meant that
if a blue rose is ever produced from a
red variety , for instance , the change
will not be a sudden one , a leap from
one color to the other , but the result of
a gradual progression through a series
of steps leading regularly from red to
blue , says the Youth's Companion.
In fact , it has been found that both
plants and animals exhibit a tendency
toward a definite succession of colors ,
and certain colors have been regarded
as representing higher stages of evolution -
tion than others. The changes toward.
these "higher" colors are usually continuous -
tinuous and. require a series of variations -
tions , while , on the other hand , instances -
stances of sudden reversion to "lower"
colors are not uncommon.
Red is regarded as a higher color , In
this sense , than yellow. The yellow
primrose sometimes varies to red , but
the change is never sudden or discontinuous -
tinuous , because it is a change in the
direction of progression. But from red
to yellow the change sometimes occurs
by a jump , so to speak , because it is
going backward. The same thing
seems to apply in the case of birds.
Red and green species of birds may
vary to yellow , but the utmost efforts of
breeders to produce red canaries from
yellow ones have only resulted in an
orange hue.
Gave the Wrong Prizes.
One day last week Patrick O'Fln-
nerty , an itinerant cigar vender , was
arrested and brought before Commissioner -
sioner Shields for selling his wares from
a box that did not bear a revenue stahp.
When the revenue officer had finished
his testimony O'Finnerty cross-ex-
amined him.
"Can you swear the t those were
cigars that I was selling he asked.
"Certainly , " was time reply.
"What is a cigar ? " asked O'Finnerty.
"Why , tobacco , of course , done into a
roll for smoking purposes. "
"Well , then.you've made out a mighty
weak case against me , " exclaimed O'FIn-
nerty , "for the rolls that I was selling
were made of cabbage leaves. "
One of the alleged cigars was thereupon -
upon cut open and an expert who was
called in to examine it declared that ,
while he was not sure that it was made
of cabage , lie felt justified in swearing
that it was not tobacco. O'Finnerty
had given away a small picture with
each cigar. In discharging him from
custody , Commissioner Shields said :
"You art a bright young fellow
O'Finnerty , but I think you are not consistent -
sistent in ) throwing in a picture with
each cigar. Corned beef would be more
appropriate.-Tobacco.
The Winning Word.
Two suitors and which one should she
choose ?
"Be mine , fair maiden , " said the first
" ; Wealth is at my command , a heart's
devotion is at your's , your least wish
shall be fulfilled , my life has but one
object , and that to make you happy ! "
The other suitor scowled.
"Choose me for your mate , " he said.
"The barren wilds is where I make my
home. Naught can I offer you but the
trials and turmoils of an outlaw's life
in far New Jersey , but" A malignant -
nant smile of triumph lit up his sinister
face-"three trclley lines on which the
men strike not run past my humble
cot ! "
She put her hand in his , this fair
young Brooklyn girl , and with him fled
away to be an outcast's bride.-New
York Wor1J.
turlosities of the Bank of England.
The Bank of England has in its possession -
session a bank note dated Dec. 19 , 1699 ,
for 555. It was printed from an engraved -
graved plate , but had blank spaces
for the amount , date , number , and sig-
natures. Across it are written memoranda -
oranda showing that it was repaid in
three installments. In appearance it is
not altogether unlike the modern note.
In the bank library is another note ,
for 25 , which was not presented for
111 years. Another curiosity , said to be
unique , is a note for no less than
1,000,000 dated 17S2.
Wrltor Scott's Popularity.
As an indication at this late day of
the relative popularity of the works of
the Bard of Avon , the Westminster
Gazette learns from the English publishers -
lishers of Scott's novels that for 360
copies of "Ivanhoe" 230 copies of
"Waverly" are sold , 275 copies of "Rob
Roy , " 265 of "Kenilworth , " 255 of "Guy
Mannering , " 230 of "Old Mortality , " 239
of "Tile Antiquary , " 205 of "Quentin
Durward , " 190 of "Woodstock , " and
160 of "Count Robert of Paris. "
Trotters Come High.
Killing trotters comes high in Mis-
souri. A resident of St. Louis has just
recovered a verdict for damages from
the owner whose horse ran into and
caused time death of the troter Mark
Twain , 2:34 : , in 1591. The plaintiff' ' gets
$1,114.65 , and the defendant has further
to pay costs , amounting to over $4,000.
Elopement in Oklahoma.
Okalohama has an elopement sensation -
tion , Rattlesnake Bill having run off
with Clara Melville , daughter of a
wealthy cattleman. ' The lovers rode on
the swiftest horses , and the father , who
pursued them , arrived too late. He ,
forgave them , however , and a gland
supper Rat given at-'the ' Two Bart
ranch.
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The owner of an Irish water spaniel
was out walking with him , when he " ,
crossed a frozen mill dam , and peel , ' ;
dentally dropped his snuff boa through '
a small crevice in the ice. The dog was ,
greatly distressed at not being able to
get the boa , bc was obliged to go
home with its owner , who thought no
more of the matter. Two months afterward -
erward when the frost had gone , he
and the dog passed the same place.
The dog paused opposite the spot where
the box had disappeared , seemed to
think intently for a minute then
plunged in , and returned to the bank t
with the snuff box in his mouth.
Profanity anti I'aln
Too often.o together. ltafraln from arveatint 1
if you are suffering the tortures of rheumatism -
tism , and seek the aid of llostetter's Stomach
Bitters , which will expel ice rheumatic virus
from your blood. Kidney and malarial complaints -
plaints , dyspepsia , constipation , neuralgia
and biliousness are all relieved by this stud-
ing and comprehensive family medicine ,
which should be kept always on hand for :
emergencies.
A Faithful FrienI.
It is good for a man to have a friend 1 i
who can say the right thing When
Tommers got so hard up that he had to
take a job at laying gas pipe he lvasas- .t
tonislied to find his friend Brown look- U ;
,
ing down at'hrm in the trench one day. i §
"This is not the first time I have seen
you here , " said Brown. "And , by the
way , I saw Miss Willis the other day
anti she asked about yon. "
"You didn't give me away , did you"
" 1yell , you know , I cannot tell a lie ) "
'Yon contemptible-
"Bold on ! When she asked what had
become of you I told her the last time
I saw you you were at the corner turning - l
ing up the street.-Cmcmnah Trib- . ;
une.
Tourist Tickets Via the Wabash ,
Railroad
Are now on sale to all the winter resorts of ,
the South , good returning until Juno 1st , i
' 93. ALso HAIVEST EXCURaiON 'I'ICIiETS ' to -
all points south on excursion dates. in addition -
dition to above , Railroad and Steamship {
tickets to all points in the UNITED STATES
and Eunors , at lowest rates. For rates ,
tickets , excursion dates and full information -
tion or a copy of tire ! dome Seekers Guido ,
call at Wabash Oflce ! , 1502 Faruuur street , r
or write ;
G. N. CLAYTON ,
N. W. P. Agt , Omaha. Neb.
Acsthetit , isrt III heat. '
If once we come to know the charm
that the open fire has to offer , and if
once we realize its potency against
many illsv we will surely insist upon
its presence , let the inventors and the
economists offer what they will. For
during the long winter days , such as
we recently have undergone , it makes '
the home so bright and cheery as to
shut out even the thought of the dreary
bleakness without. And when the {
spring opens , and even when the summer -
mer comes , it allows of just sufficient
heat at eventide to chase away the
dampness that is certain to be felt. It
makes home a centre of warmth and in-
spiration. It chases away dull care.
It invites the day-dreams that we all
must love. It provokes imagination to "
play his jolliest pranks. It sends its ' tl
influence forth and bids us hasten back
that we may enjoy the good it has to
otter. It acts as a magnet and draws
the family close together. It promotes
merry chat and harmless jest. It suggests -
gests good homely games , and the
young folks seek it out. it becomes a
centre of attraction , and brings good
friends to share its light and warmth.
It makes a house a home in very truth ;
and , withal , it does more toward producing -
ducing that decorative effect that appeals -
peals to all mesthetic souls than does
any other object to be obtained for the
same , or even double , the essential
outlay.-Harpers Lazar.
Prosperity is a great teache ; adversity
is a greater.
ABank
r
Failure ;
AN INVESTIGATION
DEMANDED.
A general banking business is done by
the hunman system , because time blood deposits -
posits in its vaultswlcateverwealth we niay
gain from clay to day. This wealth is laid
up against "a rattly city" as a reserve fund
-we're in a conditionuf healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufcieut capital to
draw upon in the hour ofourgreatest need.
' ! ' ! mere is danger in getting thin , because it's
a sign of letting down in health. To gain
in blood is nearly always to gmin in wholesome -
some flesh. The odds are in favor of the
genus of consumption , grip , or piiemunoma ,
if our liver be inactive and our blood jut-
pure , or if our flesh be reduced below a
Ireallliystandard. What is required is an
increase in ourcerrcfrghrlingsrerrih. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enriches
the blood and makes it wholesome , stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds p the strength. A mnetiiciue which
will rid the blood of its poisons , cleanse and
invigorate the great organs of the body ,
vitalize the system , thrill time whole being
with netvenergyaud make nertuancnt work-
of it , is surely a remedy ofgreat value. lint
when we coale a positive statement that eS
per cent , of all cases of consumption can , if
talen in the early stages of the disease , be
CiIRED with the "Discovery , " it seems like
a bold assertion. All Dr. Pierce asks is that '
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to the World's Disuensary .lied-
ical Association , Buffalo , N. Y. . , yon can net
a free book with the names , aduresses and
photographs of a fare numnimer of those
cured ofthroat , bronchial and bung diseases ,
as well as of skin anu scrofilloas affections
by the ' ' Golden Medical Discovery. ' ' 'they
also publish a book of moo pages , being a
medical treatise on consumption , brouciutis ,
astiuna , catarrh , which will be mailed on
receipt of address and six cents in stamps.
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