The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, April 24, 1896, Page 7, Image 7
IP'-V fymtim&r&mi' ''W' I ijjllini 'W"WHt1PP"twi 1 J-''!' ti.,." .' i THE BED CLOUD CHTEK. FRIDAY. i 24, U. THECI'HANSITIATION SPAIN AND UNCLE SAM MOVING CAUTIObS. MAY BE A SPLIT. I CY LELAND'S VIEW. . ir Will llnvc Nit Kttvrt on Mrltlnlivr In Kiiiim.. Voith , Kuu April JO. I hulrmuu I'lit- (ioirriiuii'iil "Mur l thi- ( oiii-i-1oih in thi' Miinil if tin- Miil.irl mill IIkIicN Will .gri-p tat 'Hit I line liMiirm-uW Mini fair lliiiiilni; l'riirl v. Ni:w YoiiK, Aprils, -A special fiom Madrid says. "Although no definite official exchange of view., has yet taken place IicIhci'ii Hie Madrid gov ernment u ml President Cleveland, nevertheless Mr Cleveland lias been e.xtrnoffiehillv informed nf tin- dlsno- sition of the Madrid irovernnienl and extent In which it could go m ectlng the advaneei Mr. ( leveland might harhor an intention of male Ing as mediator bctwcii Spain and the ( ub.in insurgents. Hot It governments evidently urn feeling-their way caulion-dv and wutily to llnd a path to amicable solution. Hotli seem disposed to take all thu time, necessary to prepare public opin ion in both countries for an arrange ment compatible with the patriotic susceptibilities of the .Spanish people and with their material interests. Those interests arc gravely affected by indefinite nroloiig.itioii of the .struggle, which is ruinous not only for Spain but for Cuba and for all the' for eign countries interested in the com meri'o and agricultuie of the M.iiii-h West Indies. "The keynote tf the whole question seems to bo how far public opinion in Spain will allow the government to go in concessions of political and ad ministrative autonomy and in tariff reforms for Culm ami Porto Uico. and how far President ( leveland as medi ator could ga in guaranteeing that tho Uiuan insurgents would soniiil MmiPjr Dcmoi-rnM IM1U of l!tnq 1 hn A. I If Silver Aim Unix Mm Caititrntlnn. Nicw Ytuii,, April vu Now York t'cmoeiaiN nave ahoilt in:u i imllmlr Cv .o bind nf lie liciiiililicmi State minds that there wilt be two Demo- committee said In an interview hero era tic parties after the Chicago con-' that the A. 1'. A light on MeUlnley vintion During the great light for (Hit not amount to anything "The the repeal of the Mieriuatt silver law, opposition to (iovemor 'M-Kiulcv has "Silver Dick" Itlaml was continuously hired some eheap men to Issue inani- predicting, in his peculiar, dramatic festoes and adopt resolutions against WOMAN'S SPITE. fit? '; 'wu I' w. way, mat I lie Democratic p.ui hud arrived at "the patting of the way." A great many laughed at Mr lllanil at tho tune, and some of his own follow ers even were not inclined to take him as being entliely serious. Now an alarming condition of affairs has arisen within the Democratic partv, and the sound monev men limrin ir. Ktund's prediction Is realie thnt Mr to he veiilled Leading Driuocrats in this state, like. Mr Whitney, Senator Murphy and evfiovciuor Flower.ure now fear- j ful that the' parting of the wavs"that Mr. lllaud talked about will material- , i.e during the Chicago convention. I President Cleveland and the sound I money Democrats are now only hop-' ing against hope that a free 'sliver I platform will not be adopted in Chi-, cago. They are perfectly well aware ' that the chances are in 'favor of the ! triumph of the silver Democrats, and they uto preparing to act accord-' iitfly I It is said that as a result of their plans the Cleveland, or sound money! men, will, in the event of the capture of the National convention, bolt, orgoulc mint hereon vcnlioti.uud iium- . nunc n ue.tei. i lie sounil motiuv people have llgured th.it cities situ ated in the Southern ami Western Stutes would elect sound money dele gates. While this might prove true, although the silver Democrats have just Won big victories in several large cities, like St. Louis, it would not count for anything in the convention. in llie I'emoeratie. rtationtil convention LAST APPROPRIATION BILL iceept satil entieessions. unit liniv f.'irlin crtnlil agree that the American eitiens and t,lu ""lu r",u ' "ell established tue v.unaii reiugecs wouiii cease to as nist the rebellion. When once that is clearly understood, Spain, to insure the prompt pacification of Cuba, will go to any length in the way of con cessions short of independence. That Spain will never assent to without an appeal to war, in which she would risk her last soldier and her bust dollar." Tliti 'I liroo rrlitiincrs uf W.tr Mint Havanv, April '.().- Three prisoners i amount carried by tho bill of war, liregorio ISorges, I'.stcbau Hernandez, uud .lose Itacallao, were shot at T o'clock yesteiday mo-ning in the Cabana fortress. They belonged to the inbtirgeut baud commanded !v Dr. Hruno Zayas, aim were captured by the soldiers of tin; Ararapiles bat talion durinir the attack made by the eucinv on Munagua, this province for i t Ives, 8 till, 000; judgments of the court . . ..."... ' ... . ..-.,.-. . . . .. ot claims, sid.um,; inutati iteprnlatton claims, S lO.OOd; audited claims, S'.'IU,. Inuin I'niiitnlltro llattitirtu the frnl llpllrlnnrjr Mcminn-. Wasiii.no rti.v, April SO. -The House committee on appropriations to-day reported tho general deficiency bill, the last of the regular appropriation tueasutcs for this session. The total is $1,701,- 3)0. The principal deficiencies are Treasury department, Sl,0"t,Oo(); District of Columbia, SI I'!. 000; War department, giiOT.oOo; Navy department, gi''jooo: Interior de partment S'tOl.Ooo; Department of .lustice, 3-"' l.ooo; government printing olllce, stuu.ooo; House of Itcprcscnta burning property in that vicinity THE CRISIS AT BULUWAYO Ihai I.tti-M illca- l'raiiu 'I Iiiti- .tr Mini AtitrinliiK. Cut. Towv, April 'JO. The latest advises received here from lluluwayo have greatly increased the anxiety. Military men, scouts, Dutchmen and Knglisliiucn, civilians of all class, vet eran troopers and government officials concur in the .statement that (iovornor Uobinson has not told the truth if he has notified the hnmegovcrunicut that lluluwayo is in no danger. The Itntish there are few in nuuiliers and many Matabeles, presumed lo be frlendlics, have by some excuse or other succeeded iu entering the town and it is feared thiy have planned to rise as soon as the Matabeles are heard outside the line of defenses. The number of lighting white men ut IJuluwayo is under 'Mio and of this small number, compared with the l.'i.OOO Matabeles in the vicinity of tho town, M0 aie reported to have been dispatched to hold Mimgwo I 'ass. Tart of the remaining (Ml whites in tended to leave lluluwayo yeslenlay to attack a Matabele imp!, composed of I.ot)engula'H crack Imbe.ii regi ment, from which the native police, who have been shown to have started the rebellion, were recruited. These warriors have been secretly profiling for some time past by the drill tactics of police deserters and as the latter loole with tliein arms anil amiuuniiioii and all the sumdics they their hands on, the Imbe.o regiment is likely to prove more, than a match for tho small Itrittsh force. The great trouble at lluluwayo seem" to be that tho majority of llie leaders are dash ing men, who are promt to engage the enemy first and estimate, its numbers later." 000; out of postal revenues, SI. I'M, 000. In addition to this, the urgent de ficiency act, passed eaily in the ses sion, carried 5ii,:'.0.", I.'lti, making a total or deficiencies this session of SH, OOO.'Td. In to. day's bill is a clause authorizing the Secretary of tho Treasury lo transfer to the "city of At lanta the buildings erected 'for the government exhibit at t the Cotton States exposition and an item of 810, 000 to be paid to the Italian govern ment for indemnity to heirs of three of its subjects who were killed and two others injured by mob violence in Colorado. In making tho appropria tion for ludiaiidepredalioii claims, tiio committee provides that none of tho judgments shall be paid until the at torney general shall have certified to the secretary that he has caused to bo examined evidence presented to thu court ef claims and such other evidence as he shall be able to procure as to whether fraud has been done to tho United States or exorbitant sums allowed. Thu total appropriations by tho House during tho session aro ' S.'.O.I,-II'.'T.IO'". him in the hope of turning public at teution in another direction but tho j .scheme will fall." he said. "The A. I. A. as an order is not fighting Mc Kinlcy Here iu Kansas, where thsro has lately been some talk among tiio disgruntled few, the A. I'. A. is for .McKinlcv. and so voted through its representatives iu the lehltacooven tiou. Somebody has said that the present A. V A." unpleasantness grows out of the l'illey-Kerens tight In Mis souri. I am sure tins is not. true. Tho fight 'as brought on by the men who are running for the Presidential nom ination against McKinloy. McKinley is a sure winner. My guess is that ho will be nominated by acclamation." ALLISON MEN CONFIDENT. lowitiM rri-imrlru; tn Mnkt. it (Irritt lniiinjtratliin In Purtlirr lilt THina. Dks Munt.s Iowa. April '.'(, II (J. McMillcti, chairman of the Uepubli-au State Central committee, who has been iu charge of Senator Allison's Iowa campaign, has returned after u short absence and issued a statement through the press that tho friends of Senator Allison would begin at once to orgauie to make a fine showing of tho State at the St. Louis convention. Ho stated that aftei a careful analysis of the situation he was convinced that thu Iowa man was stronger to-dny than at any time during the active canvass, lie said: "It is plain to all that there will be no nomination on one of the early ballots, and when it entiles to u protracted UMiouug, Allisou is sure to grow, because he is a man who is safe and on whom all fac tions can unite." THE LAMBORN HEARING. rrrllmliiitrjr Kttiiiliiiitliin of tlm Mnr- iIiti-iI Man' I'lilltlrrn. I.i-'.WKNWoutii, Kan , April 'Jo. .lustice of the Peace W II. Hond and the attorneys on both sides are exped iting matters as much as possible to day to conclude tho preliminary exam ination of Charles and Annie l.am- born and Thomas Davenport, accused of the murder of John T. I.amboru, which occurred two months ugo last night. The trial was begun at 2;.'l( o'clock yesterday afternoon before as many spectators as could crowd into the hall. A largo number of witnesses have been heard, but no ease what ever has yet developed against eitiicr of them. "Detcetivo" Charles Schueffer ar rived here this morning and will prob ably go ou the witness stand. POPULISTS WILL NOT FUSE mu.de huiiil. dance, REVIEW OF TRADE. The "rlint" Siiilinls n M:trnllli I.oNiiON, April '.'0. The Times has an editorial this morning cjuched It: serious terms on the situation iu South Africa. It. says. "It Is apiite time thu nation and tliegoveruiuent should realize that we have serious work both iu tho Soudan nud South Africa. The government ought to take steps to as certain the extent, awl character of 'tits Hoor armaments, which evon tho Prausvaal agent does not deny, hut which ho explains Is out of respect for an old and neglected law. That being the caso, President Kruger cannot oninlain if we follow suit. The gov ernment ought not to alelay to place an experienced oltlcer ul tho iiciiu oi both tho regular and Irregular forces designed for Mutabulcluml." A New hllor Tlrltnt 'rnNHtiil. WASiHWiro:, April W There is a new presidential tlcitet in the Held. It rcaiU: For President, . I. Donald Cum erou, of Pennsylvania; for vleu presi dent, J. S. liluclcbiirn. of Kentucky. This ticket ban been quietly discussed among the Democrats who think tho free silver element will control at the Chicago convention. Tilt, t'h.uisa' to Mlil-Summrr Unit lla drought llfllrr Unit's, Nrw YoiiK. April m -I!. (i. Dun &. Co. s weekly review of trade says; The sudden change from sleighing I ta-i mill. summer heat, with fair skies could lay I ; ,,.,. ,,iiiu ,n totted the nrevalput ide.t that good weather only was needed to bring general improvement to business. I'.verywhere there has been more retail buying, and in some branches better demand at wholesale and at tho works has resulted, but not iu most lines. There is no abatement af the almost universal disposition to deal with unusual conservatism and not lo anticipate future wants, and thi( has been especially conspicuous where combinations have been formed or prices advanced. The comparative infrcijueniy of serious failutes, with money lc.-s disturbed since gold ex ports begun than might have been expected, helps to give encourage ment, but does not kindle speculative tires; that such improvement, us ap pears is mainly of a healtny sort. Shlniitents of boots and shoes from lioston in April thus far have been eight pur cent less than lust year, though larger than in previous year.-. Textile win Its are less fortunate. Tho silk association states that forty per cent ot tho muchiuery and hands in the country are idle, partly becauso of Increasing Japanese competition. Several more woolen mills have shut down, and some have reduced wages ten per cent, whhe many are working oi Iv half time. Wheat rose five cents last week, mot some reaction, but Is a shade higher than a week ugo. l'uiltires for the past wcok iit been 'J '.'I in tho I'lilteil States, against ',' lust year, und thirty-six in Canada, ugain.it thirty-four lust year. Flalt Discounts SlrKltiley rlslui Ni;w Yoiik, April ia.-i:.-Sonator Piatt, who returned from Florida yes terday, declared that he met Senator Quav only Iu n Jacksonville barber shop, lie expressed positive opinions that McKlnley's managers were mak ing rush claims anddoclured hU beJloi that Oovernor Morton would win. UlC I'lru ut tliiiuillnr, OUIn. Oklahoma City, Oklu., April 20 Obandlor, tho county seat of Mnonln county, has suffered grcut loss by lire, which burned the postollleo and nearly all tho business portiou of. tho town. The loss Is not known. An (Mil City TrrMurrr Hlmrt. Criiu: I'Ai'in.s, Iowa, April .'0. The report of outgoing City Treasurer J. C. Stoddard, who held the office for almost u ijuai'ter of a century, shows u hhmtage of SIS, 000. Tho city will take .steps to protect Itself Where tho money has gouo is a mystery, as It is not believed thut Stoddard bus pro fited by It- Olio I'.irtt fur the Itmind Trip Cnu u., April 20. Westoi'n roach have agreed on one are for tho round trip for tho annuul convention ot tli Society of Christian Kudcavor, tvhlcli is to be held In Waslitugtou in July. Chairman Itotjulln nf Mlmtnurl lli-rl.ircs Thnt llliiml Will Not Hit Ailoptnl. Sr. Louis, Mo., April U'0. -Chairman A. Kosclle of the People's party state committee, dcclatod to-day Hint the Populists of Missouri would not sup port ex-Congressman Illand if llie lat ter should be nominated for the Presidency on a silver platform. He did not think that tho adoption, tu advance of action taken by the Popu list convention, of a silver platform by the Democrats at Sedalla the other dav would alTcet the Populist vote iu tin's state. He taid: "Tho l.l.oOU Populists of Missouri are going to stand firm, no matter what t lie Dem ocracy does at Chicago. Wo will get at least 10,000 votes from the t',c pub licans iu this state, and with the accessions from tho Democratic ranks we are going to mix things mightily in Missouri this year." GIGANTIC BICYCLE TRUST. Tho Aim In to Control thf I'rloi of Kvt-ry Wiia-a-l Tut tin that Mnrkait. Toi.kix), Ohio. April o A gigantic bicycle trust is taking shape, with every probability of Its headquarters being located in this city. The com bine alms to control the price of every wheel put on the American market, and to that end it will manu facture in large quantities everything that enters into bicycle construction. Smull factories will "be gobbled up or driven out of the market, A local manufacturer, in speaking of the matter, said that tly combination will bo larger and more far reaching than thu Standard Oil Company. Auttrln's i;uiirror Dfllpil. Vii'.x.na, April 20. Dr. Lucger, tho nuti-Semitic leader in the Kcichsrath, was ugain elected burgomaster of Vienna to-day by a votu of us to I1:. Dr. Lucger has been repeatedly elected burgomaster and as frequently reject ed by the emperor. Ou December 'J last "it riot followed tho anti-Semitic meeting held iu the prater to protest against tho rejection of Dr. Lucger. Cuitnt-ctlt-iit Will I ml or it MclUnlnj. Nkw Havi:k, Conn., April U0. Prom a careful review of recent events Iu tho He publican field in this State it can be stated now that the Repub lican Statu convention, which is lo bo held in the Hyperion Theater In this city next Tuesday and Wednesday for tho selection of delegates to thu St. Louis convention will instruct for McKinley for president. An KvnogHilt Taut Vlulnut. Jl.uuiinu. Wis., April 80. The P.ov. Morrill Twins, whose meetings have been broken up by persons who did not like their peculiar stylo of evangel ism, has been ordered out of town by the mayor. Ills violence In denounc ing Catholics and other opponents led to a riot at the church Thursday uveu- ing. , . A Tornado ut Hcuucllu. liitil. Scan il a, Kan., April "0. About 0 o'clock last night it small tornado swupt through this town and section, D.imago was done to building'), but it Is not known that anybody was hurt. The utorni culminated in a rain. Y WALTZ. Mis Neville?" Kate Ne Mile turnel at the sound of Hoy Pal mer's" Hllft Wlll'C, and without a word laid her hand ou h 1.4 arm. A minute later they had Jollied the dancers. As they moved In perfect step to the It iv gently pressed the girl's In silence they finished their but as the paused near a win dow the ouiik ninn bent his head with a whispen'd "My d.it ling'." Kate blushed, but she lifted her eves to his with all her heart In them. There was it tkHli of light In hU dark eyes, and his heart exulting!)- said "Won!" He diew it long bieath, he was too happy to speak. The silence was brok en by Kate's paitner, who came to claim her for the next dance. Hoy watched her ns she moved away, his loe lighting his fare, uucouselous that angry eyes were watching him. Just outside the window sat a girl with scowling brow and clenched hnmls. She had heard that passionate whisper, ami the knowledge that the man she adored hud given his love to another roused In her the wildest fury. "Many her. I should like to see you!" she muttered "If 1 am not to be jour wife, she shall not. Ah, my dear sir. 1 will wring nur heart this night iiy, now! Mr. Palmer." she called. At the sunn I of his name ltov turned and saw the git I who had drawn a.l.lo the curtain. "Why. Miss Merrill, how can you re sist that music?" he asked. She stepped through the low win dow Into the room. "I am so tired," she returned. "And It Is so dellcloiisly cool here that I stayed to rest myself." She was mistress of all the arts and wiles of a finished won. an ot the world, and she used her skill to keep him by her side. Hriglit and witty, her com ments upon things and people amused Hoy in spite of himself. "Ah, there goes Kate Neville!" she exclaimed, as Kate appeared. "How beautiful she looks to-night! Hy the way, what Las become, of Mr. Stanley, who was so attentive to her Hie winter before last?" Itoy bit his lip, hut, forcing down his annoyance, ho said: "I know Stanley very well. by. I nev er heard that." "Did you spend the winter lu Men tone two years ago?" "1 was abroad all of that winter, an swered Itoy." "I spent two months here. I met Miss Kate Neville everywhere, and Mr. Stanley was her shallow, much to my surprise, for I had credited him wi'h more sense." "What do you moan?" "Why, I was puzled to know what nttrnctlon such a girl could have for a man so refined aa Mr. Stanley." Iirge diops nf perspiratluii stood thickly on hoy's forehead, nnd Ills hands were clenched as Cora went on: "No one knew what tho trouble was. lie left the city suddenly and Miss No vlllo was followed everywhere by un til her suitor. 1 think Stanley's with drawal was a lesson to her, for she has been more circumspect, this winter. Ah, here conies my part'"r and 1 suppose you me delighted, for I fear I have boied you nearly to extlnctlo'.i." With a gay little laugh Com Merrill ran off, fully conscious of tho anguish she left behind her. Poor Itoy fell straight Into tho trap. - "".' ,' lovely face grew thinner and palor no one suspected the cause. , The season was drawing to n clo nnd she tejolced at the jitospect ot leaving a city where she had surfered so much. The rooms were crowded when sho entered, and In the moving mass of Im munity sin' failed to see Itoy Palmer, whose eyes never left her face Poor Ito' He hud trained his heart for weeks, and It rose In rebellion the moment he s-iw the girl. He started like one shot at lie noticed a young man push his way to Kate's side. It was Stanley, lie boed over Kate's hand with n great cnipresse ment and she welcomed him warmly. With compressed lips Hoy turned away, shit at heart. Later in the owning lie met tSanley In the dressing mom. In some way Kate's name was Introduced, end Stan ley spoke of her In terms of great admi ration. "She H an old acquaintance. Is she not?" Hoy asked. "No; quite the contrary. I have only known her u few weeks." "Do you mean to tell me you were not acquainted with Miss Neville two winters ago?" demanded Hoy. A crimson Hush spread from Stan ley's collar to the toots of his lialr. "1 expert yon tefer to a distant rela tive of this Miss Neville, who was Iieie two winters ago and who Is a very different kind of a girl. C.ooil night." Stanley quleklv disappeared, without nothing how his iuforniatlou had af fected Hoy. The lloor nnd celling seemed to meet before the eyes of that )nuiiK mini, and the things iu the room chased each other In the wildest way. (living him self a shake to restore his scattered senses, he turned and went swiftly downstairs, lu a few minutes he was beside Kate. "Miss Neville, this Is our wall?.!" With a gasp Kate turned at the sound of the voice that four weeks be fore had addressed her In almost tho same' words. The suddenness of the attack was too much for her: unre sisting she allowed him to lead her to n small reception room. lie chucd the door and then all the man's self-control forsook him. "Oh, Kate, can you ever forgive mn? Can I ever mako ou love me? llellevo me. I have been mad!" He certainly gave her good cause to think he was still iu that unhappy con dition. Keeping her hands clasped In his, he poured forth hla story Inco herently, perhaps, but It left no doubt in Kate's mind of Ills love for her. Slio kept her face carefully averted. "h, my darling, Is there nothing I can do to win your forgiveness?" "No," she answered, in a low tone. "You forget I am a woman" "Kate, do not break my heart'." ho Interrupted, catching his bieath des perately. "And to a woman who loves there Is nothing to forgive," she finished in n whisper, hiding her face on his breast. THE FIVE Onn nf PINGEHED ORANOE. WorW ,... 'Kfnm ft I Wy ;: mr t s. U -z Z.T Jar ft "ii ? .- "t "s Wis wg n VJ CAN YOl KVKIt F0K01VR ME? Ho never for a moment believed the girl would maliciously deceit e him uud yet it seemed impossible that Kute, whom he had believed to bo almost perfect, was decnllful, hold and coarse. As he entered thu room lie. enme face to face with Mis. Latimer, an old friend. "Oh, Hoy, you are Just tho one 1 want! You must go with us on our yachting trip. I won't take a lofusul. 1 am disappointed that Mr. Stanley can not Join us, aa ho hoped to." Here was an opening for him to es cape meeting Kute. Instuntly he accepted thu Invitation, then said, somewhat abruptly; "Mr. Stanley was at one time, 1 be lieve, a grcut admirer of Miss Neville." Mrs. Latimer appeared vory much enimtnuHHPd. "Thut was un unfortunate affair, which I hopod was forgotten," nhe ati Mvorod, and Iheti piused on to another topic. Neither Knto nor Cora saw Hoy again .hat evening. He went home and spent the most mlserablo night of liln life. As tho minutes passed und Hoy did not appear to claim the remaining dances slio hud promised him, Kate's hvart grow heavier. With a sitpiemo effort sho concealed her unhapplness; with witty repartee and merry laugh ter sho hid an aching lierut. Hut Iu tho privacy of her own mom she gave way to hej- grief. "Oil, why did I lot hi in look Into my oyen and rend my aecrot?" slio cried, In nu agony ot shame. And tlm poor air! hurst into a passion of tears. A tow days later sho heard that Hoy lind gone away for somo time. As the weeka glided away, If Kate's llnlhla.il Itt'ltttr Tlmn They Kiii-it. The truly gifted engineer always makes one pail of his work fit into another, und no energy is ever wasted, A wealthy engineer who had set up a very fine place lu the country, where he had carried out many pet constructive projects, was visited there by an old friend. The visitor had so much dlfuritlty lu pushing open the front gate tint hu spoke about It to the proprietor. "You ought to fix that gate," said thu guest. "A man who has everything 'Just so' should not hate a gate tint Is hard to open." "Ha!" exclaimed the engineer, "you don't understand my economy. That gate communicates with the water works of the house, and every poraon who comes through It pumps up four gallons ot water."- Philadelphia In quirer. Aliolll'inrU u lha. HtMiutts A Washington correspondent has been unkind enough to delve Into the records of tho United States Senate und producu Its expenao account for upol Ilnurls lemonade and mineral waters during tho summer months. He finds that the sum of 51,72S,t5ti was spent for this purpose in tho mouth of July. It each Senator drank his proportion tho cause of prohibition must have an over whelming majority In this brauch of congress. Milwaukee Sentinel. The St-Krti (Jiio.tloii, The negro problem will neter bo solved until the color race Is placed In a condition that will enable every colored man to earn his own living. Ilev. P. A. Hubert. ODDS AND ENIJS. The dynasty of the mlkadoa of Japan Is the oldest In tho world, being senti mentally 2.5rti nnd historically 1.G0D y i art old. For years past marriage In England bus been ut a low ebb; tho rule per thousand diminished steadily, but of Intci the tide has turned ant! those who feared tho population wuh diminishing are cheered. The ajxecsa ot blrthB ovtir deuths In three months has been 82,19V. Tho law respecting folding beds, as recently handed down by a Malno com l, l caveat dormltor lot tho steeper he on Ills guard. In tho cuso In questlim the folding bod folded and caught a man. Thu seller ot the bod wa:i Biied for ."i.ODO damages, but tho decision was in cvoiy particular fntor ahle to tho dofendaut. A proposal to exclude from the army, thu leglslulutv and municipal olllce all portions whose fathom and grand- fatheis were not cltlzena U before tho French chamber of deputies. The rulu would have kept out Napoleon llonu- purto and Oambetta. A law admitting only tho children of French citizens to the civil tcrvlco Is ulao under cunsia ration llie IturiMt 1'litnt. In t tin nmt It Vinr (llovnt. One of the rarest plants In the work Is the five-lingered orange. The Jap. anese, who, as well as the people ol China, make u specialty of cnltlvutlnu ornamental curiosities In Hie tcgetabia world, consider this one of the iiumI remarkable and wilim It accordingly Hut a single plant, which has been pur chased and hi ought to San Francisco Is, It Is believed, the first that ever left Japan. The plant that bears the ex. truordluary fruit Is Itself rather an ec centric member of the vegetable king dom. It Is a dwarfish D"o, which, when fully grown, does not average mora than five or at most six fent in height, and Is crooked enough to have been planted In the gnnlon of the etookoil man spoken of by Mother (loose. Fot a erookeder plant does not exist. The gu.irrcd trunk Is tangled up with twist ed branches that seem never to have fully made up their miitils which way to go, so that it would indeed by a dif ficult tusk to find two eonseeutlva Inches In the, whole ttce whose llnea of direction uro the sntne. The con sequence of this Is that the plant, which. If It co'ild he straightened oii, would be nt least twice as tall, 5s iu lu oiul us It Is high. Ah fitting Iti cross-grained character. It bus on hand hidden under Its leaves nnd located In the most unexpected places, nn un stinted supply of long, tough, needle pointed thorns thut understand their business thoroughly. Hut nil such lit tle unpleasant peculiarities on the pari of the Hve-fingered Japan orange trot may well be forgotten when it Is seen In July, covered with Its beautiful blossoms, like those of an ordlunri orange tree, but tinted wilh a beautiful pink blush of color and exhaling a most delicate nnd delLious perfume or later in the season, wuen its irun has ripened and it looks as It It wa hung about with great JJellow gloves. These gloves are so redolent of the same perfume that scentH the blossomn thut thi; odor cun be recognized a full mile from where the oranges are grow Ing. On close examination, however, tho fruit proves to resemble n human hand more than It does any glovo n lean, slender-fingered, yellow, Chlnest hand, wllh thumb and four fingers complete, each finger tipped with tin long nail thought no stylish In China, hard, pointed and claw-llko, extending a goodly length beyond the ends of tha digits. The hnnd Is partly opened, tha fingers curved a little upward toward the palm, and the fruit Itself very large, especially In proportion to tha sl.o of tho tree that bears It, often reaching when full grown ten Inches, measuring from the wrist to the end of the middle linger, Including the iinlLi Supports are always necessary, or thn weight ot the orange would break the biunclt upon which it grows. That con tour of the hand exactly represents that of a human being, the proportional length ot tho sevcrnl fingers and tha thumb nro correct nnd even tho cordJ on the back of the hand of a rather eniuclated person nro represented by tho divisions of thn fingers thnt can bo 1 1 need from tho point whero they sop urate to the wrist. The fruit, though exhaling so delightful a pctfumc, i not edible, ns It Is not properly nn orange at all, but belongs to the osagn oranges of tho Madura, no member ol which bears fruit that '"in bo eaten. i A Moilurn "Mitrrtiloiinw." The waitresses of London want their champion. A very bitter cry has been raised by them nnd for them In many quarters of lute, nnd never more pa thetically than In thn Shorcdltch coun ty court recently. Here a girl ot 18, who may bo described ns the "Mar chioness" of n coffee tavern, sued her employer for two months' wages, ono for work done, the other for notice duo on summary dismissal. Sho had been discharged for coming down lato In the morning that Is to say, at 5 o'clock Instead of 1:30. It turned out thnt aha never got to bed till 12:ir a. in. and for Uicbo twenty-odd hours of labor a day minus two hours for re3t In tha afternoon she received Just 1!! shil lings n month. Her Interesting em ployer represented that on tho morn ing lu queslon, "sho wits crawling about and could not do anything." "I don't wonder," was tho simple and suf ficient nnswor of the Judge; Tho uu happy Blrl was ho pour thnt nhe actual ly could not pay tho henrlng-feo until some unknown benefactor In court liHitdod her the monoy. Of course flho won her case with costs, and with an additional four shillings for her at tendance. Twice twelve Is twenty-four aud four aro twenty-sight tho poor "Marchioness" lni3 probtibly more cap ital than ever slfo owned In her llfo. Sho will be sorely tempted to spend the wholo of It In a good fortnlght'n sleep. A Hlooping-match of coffeo tavern wait resses might bo no hnd Idea for tho next competition at tho Aquarium. London Dally News. Left tin tho Cttr. The lost article room of tho elevated road system In New York receives about 30,000 rnlscellanoouB dopoBlta n year. Nearly ten per cent aro umbrel las, and ranking Becond aro tho Bach fla. About halt of the articles are culled for, and the rcmulndor, after bo Jng held for six months or a year, ac cording to tho value, aro sold at auction. tint as Cotton illni. Knts have been found very useful In cotton mills whom tho raw cotton has been Imperfectly glunod. In n Span ish cotton mill tho storeroom wan In tailed by Bwarnis ot rats, who pulled tho baloa to pieces to got at tho sooda left In tho cotton. Thoy did tho work thoroughly, without Injuring the fiber lu any way.