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Q ONLY FOUR WEEKS MORE TO LIVE.
| M 37iIj ( Uie Jletl Missouri's Governor Can Do
w/fm for Jlrootit , tlin Murderer.
QJ St. Louis dispatch : Tho governor
H this morning rcudoreil his decision in
| E | which ho declines to grant a commuta-
H iion of tho sentence against Hugh M.
| B Brooks , alius Maxwell , but granted a
H respite for four weeks.
BI > The first news that young Brooks ro-
M\ \ < ceived this morning was that tho gov-
RH ernor had simply granted him a respito
13 for twenty-ono days. This ho construed
' * . to mean that tho governor intended to
IlK take time to fully examine tho case.
I'H ' Later Brooks received a telegram from
wM his attorneys announcing a respito of
IjH four weeks and stating that tho govor-
1111 nor refused absolutely to commuto tho
IH flentenco or intcrfero in tho matter.
mm This was a sad blow to Broolts' hopes ,
Ilfl tiud ho said that ho could not undor-
l | | stand it. Ho had felt confident that tho
II governor would t-co his way clear to
I grant his appeal for commutation , but
1 : r uow all hopo is gono and ho must pre-
1S pare for the end. There was no oxcito-
W { ' , mont and very little curiosity about tho
I jail or four courts wIkmi tho news came ,
/ and th re doesn't s o it to bo much in-
M\ \ turost takou in thy mutter by citizens
' | genorally.
Mrs. Brooks said , after the governor's
decision was known to her : "I confi-
< dcntly expected commutation for my
< eon. The poor boy has never had a fail
Mi' trial. In that , 1 believe every fair-
El minded portion will agree , whether ho be
i nn Englishman or of other nationalitj * .
I Not an atom of justic hits ho had from
ly tho lift rinuing to tho end. My son is
Ml not guilty of murder , and I did hope
Hi that Governor Morehouse would save his
I ] life and spare his family from tho grief
M { and shame that now hangs over them. I
Mi don't know what f shall do. I have not
I ) dotermiued on my plans. I wish I was
I | at home. Bc3'ond the pleasure of seeing
B | my son , mjourney of several thousand
HI miles has fieen a fruitless one. I don't
BJ lenow whether my husband will visit
HI Missouri again or not. "
Hf The lady broke down in her deep grief ,
Hi nod the sorrow and disappointment oi
B | both her and her daughter was very
B" great
HI Tho Minneapolis Flour Ouiput.
B | Minneapolis dispatch : The North-
HI western Miller , in its issue of to-day ,
Hf says : Tho mills ran unexpectedly boavi-
K ly last week , and averaged over 23,00 (
Ht barrels of flour per day. Tho weok'f
HI -output was 152.500 barrels averaging
HI 25-120 barrels dnily agntnst 100,200 bar-
Hf rels the weekobefore , and 109,400 barrels
Hf for tho corresponding time in 18S7. The
H | West Side Water Power company has
Mw some work to do which requires an emp-
Hi tv canal , and tho water was shut out
Bf- Tnosdiiy and kept out Wednesday and
B\ Thursday. As all but three of the mills
B' depend on this canal for their power , it
B | will be readily seen that at least one-
K third of the week's output will bo cut
Bt off and look for to
, znairy to-day prac-
K tically end this week's operations with
B | the mills on tho west side canal. The
BI extremely hot weather lately prevailing
B | makes the wheat grind much less freely ,
B | and cuts down the working capacity
B | of the mills to quite a perceptible ex-
B > tent There has been a very apprecia-
Bi ble improvement in tho flour market the
By past week , it taking the form of a con-
Bj , siderably butter demand , both at home
B | and abroad. The feeling is evidently
B § gaining ground among conservative
B | members of the trade , that values will
B | rather advance than decline further ,
III and there is an inclination to bumore
MS freely in consequence. Local quota-
B tions for flour are the samo as a week
B Jigo , but they are held more firmly with
I ) buyers bidding quite freely at figures
I ' higher than heretofore offered. Several
HI orders of 10,000 to 15,000 barrels are ro-
I j ported to have been booked for export ,
Hj . and this branch of trade is regarded as
Bg of much more encouraging appearance
Hj ihan formerly. The direct exports of
BF ilour for the week wore tho largest for
H .several weeks. They were 59,200 bar-
R rols against 31,700 barrels the preceding
Hi week.
HL A Brutal Father Fittingly Punished.
Mi Phillips , Wis. , July 15. An outrage
Hj. -was committed by a father here that has
Hi been seldom , equaled in the state , and one
H | which was followed , by summary punish-
H | znent by rightly indignant citizens. For
HI some time past Gust Johnson , a home-
K steader , has been punishing hia 10-year-old ;
Hi buy in a most inhuman manner for soma ,
HI trifling misdemeanors. Last Sunday morn- ]
He in ; : Johnson , who lives in the township of (
Hj "Worcester , tied the youth to a post with a
K log chain and flogged him to a point where
Hi death would have been preferable. Tha i
H | little prisoner was not released after the I
Hi Hogging , bnt left to sutler from his wounds ]
Hi until Monday night , when he succeeded in =
I ft making his escape to tho woods , where he
It roamed about until Wednesday night with-
Mt out food or shelter , lie wa3 found by '
M ) a Wisconsin Central station crew nearly j
Rf fUmished and exhausted with hunger , |
B | And as fnghtened &s a wild animal , lie ,
Hj reported his father's cruelty to the crew ,
HI .and , with other indignant citizens , they
HI waited upon Johnson Thursday night , and , '
Hf with a rope , proceeded to string him up to ]
Hi the limb of a tree , but he begged so hard (
I d pitifully and promised so faithrully
K | never to whip the boy again that he was
Hj lowered to the ground , and. after receiving '
Hi 2 sound threshing , marched to the railway '
HI tank , and was given a cold batb. i
Rt It ha ? since come to light that Johnson j
H | has been in the nahit of tieing his son with ,
Hi a lock and chain for weeks at a time ,
Hi feeding him on bread and water and ad-
Hi ministering a whipping every day. The '
l | boy is now being taken care of by the <
Kg people of the settlement
(
m\ A Disastrous Cloud-ButsL (
H ? Wheeuxo , W. Va. , July 13. Adrices (
| from Hughes river , a small stream flowing (
I through Doddridge and Kitchie counties , ,
[ say hundreds of farmers in those counties j
M\ \ are absolutely ruined. On Monday even- <
j lag a cloud burst , and in a short time the
It -waters wera higher than ever
It known. Every bridge on the stream ,
| | is gene ; housej , barns , granaries , - ,
I ! and growing crops have disappeared (
I j entirely , and piles of drift and debris are <
1 ! left ten or twelve feet deep in the valley , i
I' For miles soil was washed off as clean as a : !
I ] f oor. leaving a hard , smooth clay surface , i
| | The loss is placed at f 500,000. On Wedi
I ] nesday Terra Alta , Preston county , was 3
Ij visited by a cyclone. The track ot the cy- j
l { clone lay through the heart of the town , t
I' and twisted houses from their foundations j
II vad carried roofs hundreds of feet from the ,
l ! buildings. ]
I ! '
> The Republican Committee. ]
11 2Cew Yoek , July 13. The republican *
I ! natwnal executive committee was in session i
I- m to-day. Vice-Chairman Clarkson , of Iowa , j
W\ \ presided in the absence of Senator Quay , t
K Among the business transacted was the ]
l | creation ot a sub-committee for Minnesota , i
Wj. Dakota and Montana , with van3 , of Mint t
K sesota , as chairman , and a similar subt
K committee for California , Oregon , Nevada 1
B and Arizona , with De Young , of California. :
H chairman. A committee consisting of t
B Clxrkson , New , Dudley , Fessenden and
m Ilobart was appointed to establish and open 1
' national headquarters , and to act for the t
I * < xecntiTe committee darinz recesa. 1
DJ r • . . ' i ii !
BASELY BETRAYED.
Itobbetianil Desevtlon ofn Devoted JTittbaml
bu III * Jtrtdn of a Month.
MABYSViLLE , O. , July 15. Quito a sen
sation developed in onr city yesterday
morning by tho report that Mrs. Emma
Bayley had left for parts unknown , taking
with her over $800 of her husband's
money. Mr. Sylvanus Bayloy is a hard
working young man about twenty-flvo
years old. 7 care and industry ho had ,
as a common laborer , accumulated about
? 1,000. On tho 13th of June ho was
married in Springfield , Ohio , to a Miss
Enimi Fleming , who , it is said , married
him not for love , but in ordor to eavo her
self from expsosure for intimacy with a
wealthy and prominent married man of this
city. Since her marriago eho has striven
in every way possiblo to get possession of
what little property he possessed. Ho de
termined to go west , and , drawing his
money from tho bank , placed $800 in his
trunk , which sho immediately appropriated
and desorteuT.
I5oyloy immediately went to Springfield
and ficcurod tho arrest of Mrs. Magaw , a
spiritualist and fortuno teller of Spring
field , as an accomplice , and brought her to
Marysvillo this morning. Sho was released
this altemoon. The detective who made
the arre.it left on tho 5 o'clock train going
ca'-t. While hero ho found a clew of tho
whereabouts of Mrs. Ilayloy , and will ro-
turu to-morrow , when ho will have some
thing sensational to reveal. 3
IN MALE ATTIRE.
A. Woman Masquerades for Six Years , But
is Finally Exposed.
Sioux Oitv , la. , July u. A lew days
ago tho oflicer of tho Fort Madison peni
tentiary discovered that a prisoner con
victed and sent up for horse stealing at this
placo was not a man , but a woman , and
iho was promptly transferred to the
woman's department of tho penitentiary.
The woman was convicted under tho name
of Charles Millor. She had lived in this
place under that namo for six years and
a half , and there never was a suspicion that
she was anything but a man. She passed
as the husband of a woman with whom she
lived , and whom sho supported by man's
work. For two years she worked on a
rented farm , and then earned a living for
herself and family as a barber. About a
year ago she and her supposed wife adopted
a child , taking it from the poor house.
She took a team from a livery stable and
was convicted therefor , having maintained
the fraud as to sex both through trial and
in jail. The alleged wife has suddenly dis
appeared and cannot bo found. Whence
Miller came or what the motive for the
fraud can only be guessed.
Getting Ready lor the Campaign.
NEW Yobk , July 11. Tho republican
national committee at 3 p. m. received the
executive committee of tho league repub
lican clnbs , headed by W. W. Johnson , of
Nevada. Judge Thurston , of Nebraska ,
was introduced as their spokesman. Ho
aid the coming campaign was one of war ,
and that hie committee camo to receive in
structions as to thoir position in tho battle.
Chairman Clnrkson in reply said the
national committee appreciated their ad
vice and were glad to have the co
operation in the campaign. It was decided
to request the national committee to ap
point a committee to confer with the ex
ecutive committee of the league as to tho
beat plan of utilizing the support of the
league. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster , of Iowa ,
tho woman's temperance advocate , was
ushered into the rooms and in a long ad
dress presented plan for the formation oi
a woman's national republican club.
At a mooting of the national
committoe to-night Senator M. S.
Quay , of Pennsylvania , was
chosen chairman , and State Senator J. S.
Fasaett of New York , socrotary. They
were also appointed to hold the same oui-
ces on the executive committee. The ex
ecutive committee was chosen as follows :
M. H. DeYoung , Samuel Fessenden , Geo.
B. Davis , John C. New , J. S. Clarkson ,
W. C. Goodlee , J. Manchester Haynos ,
Garrett A. Hobart , A. L. Conger.
The presidents of state leagues of repub
lican clubs held a conferenc to-night with
the national republican committee. A
conference committee has been appointed ,
the leagues to confer with a similar com
mittee of the national republican commit-
tso to-morrow.
The Iowa Railway Traffic.
Dubuque , July 13. The last Iowa
legislature passed a law requiring the R.R
commissioners to fix a distance tariff for
Iowa railways to take effect July 10. An
order was obtained by several of the
roads from Judge Brewer on June 2S , re
straining the publication of the law , but
the Commissioners claimed that the pub
lication was completed before the restrain
ing order was served. The tariff there
fore went into effect on July 10. The
Secretary of the jobbers' and Shippets'
Association of this city telegraphed the
Commissioners to learn if the new tariff
was in effect. The Secretary answered
that it was. The Dubuque shippers now
announce their purpose to prosecute any
railroad making a freight charge in ex
cess of the rate fixed by the Commission
ers. Under the law suit for violation of
the tariff must be brought by the Com
missioner ? , whenever such violation is
called lo their attention. The nen.l'y
for the nrst offense is a fine of not leas
than $1,00(1 ( nor more than 33,000 ; for each
subsequent violation not less than $5,000
nor more than S10.000. The Commission
ers may dismiss suits with the consent of
Attorney General of the State. The offi
cers of a railway company , making ex
cessive charges , may also he indicted and
the penalty recovered by criminal pro
ceedings. So far , agents of railroads
centering in Dubuque have received no '
instructions to use the Commissioners' 1
tariff.
Was She Killed for Blackmailing ! |
Des Moines special : An Ottumwa
special says Alice Kelly , a fine-looking
woman 25 to 30 3ears old , was found
dead at 7 o'clock this morning on the
edge of the timber on the "Old Field"
in the outskirts of tho city. A horse
iud buggy standing hitched near at- (
tracted the attention of two passers-by , 1
who found the body coyered by a lap- i
robe , tho throat cut , and head badly <
pounded. Lying near were a razor and ,
an iron bolt a foot long. Miss Kelly's .
first appearance here was on Juno 13 , ,
when she registered at Dick's hotel as ]
hailing from Detroit , Mich. About two ,
weeks later sho left and went to a pri- ,
vate boarding house , and was arrested ]
for jumping a board bill. She escaped
on a point of law. Yesterday she left
ber boarding house , the proprietor re- :
fusing to keep her longer , and went to ,
tho Eevere house , where she took Gup-
per. About seven o'clock last evening ,
she engaged a buggy and drove alone
to the green houserwhere she got a bo-
quet afterwards found on her body. An '
hour later she was seen on Third street '
done in the buggy. This was tho last
seen of her. The nature of her wounds {
show it to bo murder. She was a bright t
bold woman , and the opinion prevails t
that tho murder is tho result of her S
blackmailing somebody. 1
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Overflowing Rivers.
Wheeling , W. Va. , July II. Tho rise-
in tho Valley river at Grafton yostcrday
from rains for tho past two days was un
precedented , and to tho lumber interests of
this section is disastrous. Thousands
of logs woro swept away , booms destroyed ,
and mills near tho river badly damaged ,
several building * were washed down tho
river and crushed to atoms when they
struck the strong iron railroad bridge here.
This flood so far is moro disastrous to
Grafton than tho firo of a year ago , and
the loss to the town and section will not
fall far short of $250,000. The dnmago at
Raullsburg will reach $125,000.
Around Parkcrsburg the railroads
have been badly washed out in all direc
tions. Farms are flooded and hundreds of
acres of growing crops and harvested grain
deluged. Millions of feet ot timber woro
afloat in the swift current going to destruc
tion. Every stream is out of its banks , and
numbers of families have had to move
10 higher ground. Farkersburg losses are
over $100,000. At Clarksburg twenty
*
houses were carried away and an ines-
timable amount of property ha3 been
ruined. Last night was a night ot terror.
Tho water roached the highest stage at 1
o'clock , and by those who remember the
floods of 1852 it is conceded that it entirely
surpassed it. Tho loss to tho town and
county cannot even be estimated , bnt is
very heavy.
A Papal Encyclical Letter.
Dublin , July 15. A papal encyclical
letter was read to-day in all tho Catholic
churches in tho diocese of Dublin. In it
the pope says he has heard with regret that
excited meetings havo been held at which
inconsiderate and dangerous opin
ions regarding tho recent papal
decree have boon uttered. Ho has seen
forced interpretations put upon the decree ,
and statements made that it was propared
withontsufficient inquiry having previously
been made. Tho pone Bays his de
cree was based upon tho most com
plete information , H13 holiness re
iterates his affection for tho Irish
people , and says ho has always urged them
to keep within tho bounds of justice and
right. Tho bishops , ho says , must remove
all conception and leave no room
for doubt as to the force of the decree.
Tho whole system of tho plan of campaign
and boycotting is condemned as unlawful.
Tho encyclical letter causes intense dissat
isfaction. At Bray the peoplo left the
church during tho reading of the letter.
Horrors of the Flood in Mexico.
St. Louis , Mo. , July 11. Late advices
from Leon , Mexico , tho principal scene of
the great flood , say that masses of people
are packed in portals , stables and every
available place of shelter , averaging one
person to less than a square yard of space.
Everything possiblo is done to relieve
the suffering. Children up to 12 years
of age are among these masses with
out a thread of clothing , and at night are
wrapped in whatever rags tho family has
for covering. In view of tho nature of the
buildings involved they being constructed
of adobe and the great number of them
which were destroyed , it is still believed
that tho bodies of many hundred people
are in the ruins. Some threo hundred
were recovered , but the stench was so
great that further search was abandoned.
A New Counterfeit.
Washington dispatch : Yuisse Cru-
giera , an Italian , was arrested in a fur
niture storo in this city while attempt
ing to pass a counterfeit $5 silver cer
tificate of the new issue. Tho appear
ance of the note aroused the suspicion
of the salesman , and Crugiera was ar
rested. He said that he had just como
from Now York , knew nothing about
the note , and did not remember where
he got it. The note was examined at
the treasury department , and pro
nounced to be one of tho counterfeit
issue discovered last February in De
troit. They are said to havo been made
by Charles Johnson , alias Davis , a no
torious counterfeiter who was arrested
in Toronto for making money on hia
own account.
Calling Upon Gen Harrison.
Indianapolis , July 12. A number of
visiting delegations have called upon Gen
eral Harrison. The principal event of tha
day was the roception of a delegation of
about 2,0 JO persons from Boone
county , accompanied by three bands
of music. D. C. Scull de
livered an address on behalf of the dele
gation , to which General Harrison replied ,
and concluded bj thanking thorn for their
early interest in the campaign. After the
speaking was over an informal reception
and general handshaking took place.
Brutality of a Father and Son.
Decatur , 111. , July 12. Marion county
is terribly worked up over a dastardly
assault committed on Blanche Peck ,
the 17-year-old daughter of a well-
to-do farmer living rear Argenta.
The girl , who bears a clean reputa
tion , was found this afternoon lied to a
post , where she had been left by the vil
lains after they had accomplished their pur
pose. She charges Alfiod Williams and
his son John with committing tho crime ,
and officers and farmers have been scouring
the country all day in search of them.
The Engineers Siand Alone.
Cleveland dispatch : Concerning the
statement telegraphed from Philadelphia
that several labor organizations ol
America would be consolidated , Assist
ant Chief Engineer Ingraham , of the
Locomotive Engineers' Brotherhood ,
says : ' "Tho Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers will stand upon its own
strength , and will consolidate with 11c
other organization. No such step has
ever been contemplated by us. I know
nothing of the intentions of othei
unions. "
Accidentally Disemboweled Himself.
Laxcasteb , O. , July 15. Ex-County
Commissioner Henry LaDgle , of Liberty
township , met with a singular and terrible
accident yesterday. Mr. Langle is a man
of heroic size , weighing 325 pounds and
standing six feet four inches high. Taking
a large butcherknife and going into the
yard use it , he tripped and fell , plunging
the knife up to the hilt in his bowels. A
surgeon was quickly summoned from the
nearest village , who prononnced the ghast-
Iv wound most orobablv a fatal one.
Tho B. & M. has established a com
mercial agency in Lincoln. This agency
will look after tho commercial interests
of the entire Burlington system in the
west.
west.The
The Union bank of Pairmonfc hae
closed its doors. It is not thought the
suspension will be permanent.
Secretary J. BT. McShane is sending
ant the fourth annual premium list for
tho Omaha fair , which convenes Sep
tember 3 and continues till September
3. Premiums amounting to § 20,000 will
be given.
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UPON THE BALCONY.
Professor Paul Microbe sat intently
gazing at the houBO across the way ,
find for onco in his life lounged in a
perfectly natural position , with a re
laxed and human look on his face. It
would have been plain to the dullest
that for once in his lifo , any rate , the
professor had forgotten all about him
self , his stomach , his dyspepsia and
malarial tendencies , his theories on
bacteria , and , more than all , the im
portant fact that precisely at 6:15 : it
was his custom to partake of a pint
of new milk scalded and two slices of
stale Graham bread toasted. The
professor was tall , lantern jawed ,
slabtided and sedate. He lived by
theory ; in fact , life itself was a theory
to him ; ho had a theory by which he
fed his stomach , a theory by which he
pruned his mind and made it sprout
only on tho north or scientific side , a
theory by which he raised his chil
dren , and innumerable theories
regarding diseases on which ho
wrote books , taught in a
college , lectured in Boston and
killed people in an experimental way.
He only ate certain foods , and then
only at certain times , and in the ca
pacity of a guest would have been , I
fear , thoroughly impossible. A per
son who sniffs at a salad and asks
suspiciously "is that oil in it ? " who
holds your hospitably offered cup of
tea off at arm's length while he rudely
queries "green or black ? " who can't
or won't ride backward , nor sit in a
room without an accurately measur
ed amount of ventilation , is , I con
tend , a thoroughly impossible person
and not to be thought of as a chum ,
a guest or in any of the more inti
mate relations of life.
Professor Microbe lived in a city far
removed from this gay , seductive
southern town , and his duty was far
from here , but what with his theories ,
his dyspepsia and his skim milk sys
tem of starving his stomach , he had
pretty nearly experimented himself
off into the land from which no ex
perimenter has yet returned , and had
been ordered off south for a complete
change of scene , food , air and mode of
life.
life.Said
Said his doctor to him : "For heav
en's sake , man , quit your fooling with
yourself ; shake yourself together and
live as God Almighty intended you
should. You are a monster now a
deformity. Eat plenty , drink plenty ,
laugh , go to the opera , to the theatre ,
dance , and , it Mrs. Microbe here will
let you , fall in love. " "If that is
your theory , of course , doctor , " said
that sandy lady. Mrs. Microbe really
was a lady who seemed to arit in the
teeth. The professor had married her
in pursuance of a theory , and the re
sult of that marriage had been two or
three surly , unruly , ill mannered cubs ,
who bid fair to grow to man's estate
heartily hatingtheoriesand theorists.
And so , to cut a long story short ,
the professor came south , leaving be
hind him everything and everybody
which comprised life from his point of
view. The savants welcomed him ,
and made much of him , therefore he
liked the south. A man would think
it fair summer at the south
pole if only thero was some
one there to keep his vanity warm.
But the hotel did not suit him. as he
was constantly uncertain about the
newness of his milk and the ase of
his Graham bread , and so , by a
stroke from Fortune a merry dame
who marked him for a victim , and
intended to have some fun with him
he found lodgings m a charming
old Spanish house in the very heart
oE the French quarter. It was a
room quite too lovely for desecration
by a dusty old professor , however
distinguished , who lived on theories
and oat meal mush and was full of
bacteria. It was a front room in an
entresol over a furniture shop , with
arched Spanish windows blinking
out on a balcony of wrought iron of
most exquisite beauty , In a corner
of the balcony stood one of those
grand old water jars with peeling
sides of yellow , brown and salmon
and which might have held two or
three of the "lorty thieves , " but in
stead was full of earth , for a splendid
rose vine that clambered all over the
railing and sent its tender , sweet per
fume stealing shyly into the room so
desecrated by microscopes and bot
tles of liver pills and bundles of medi
cated red ilannel , and the Lord
knows what in the way of instru
ments for the detection and location
of bacteria.
There was a faded Axminster car
pet on the floor , a carved bed in
which had slept a king of France and
a prince of Spain , an arnioir large
enough for a tomb for some Italian
benevolent association , a dressing
stand inlaid with mother of peai'l ,
cabinets , arm chairs , tete-a-tetes cov
ered in frayed brocatelles that had
cost a fortune a yard , a pier glass
that one could not break with a sledge
hammer , faded tapestries at the arch
ed doors , oid marble vase3 in the
niches where once some demoiselle
had prayed to her shrined Virgin , and
in the midst of all this the professor ,
or , to speak correctly , his belongings ,
for at the moment the learned mem
ber oi a dozen scientific societies , the
eminent Fellow and Ph. D. , was hang
ing over the balcony watching the
houseacross the way.
Wax tapers burned on the marble
table and the steam had ceased from
the pint of new milk in its fragile bowl ,
but still he sat watching the
house opposite. He saw lights ,
colors and many persons moving
about , chairs scattered any how in a
fashion that would have scandalized
Mrs. Microbe , or the professor either ,
in his own house ; books , music , flow
ers , magazines , an open piano , a gui
tar , a dog all ruflled up in old gold '
ribbon , a cat jingling a silver bell at '
her blue neck , a tray with glasses on
it and a bottle that was neither lime ,
wuter nor apollinaris , nor yet ginger
beer , and moving about here and
there a glorious woman with night '
black hair piled on the top of her '
beautiful head , with bare neck and 1
arms , daintily slippered feet and a '
laugh that seemed to stir the few re- '
maining bristles on the professor's <
head as he listenad , so sweet and se- J
ductive it was. She wore a blai and 1
white gown , and once she reached out i
her long fair arm after red roses '
crammed in a blue bowl. She gather- |
ed up a handful of the flowers and '
fastened them on her breast , turning
her head as she did. so that the un- '
regarded looker on had a most deli- <
noua profile of throat , chin and oval '
' cheek. As the roses fluttered on their
now , sweet shrim * , tho professor reach
ed out his hand , lotting fall , un
knowingly , a new work on bacteria ,
that he ought to have been roading ,
but was not. His fingers touched tho
rich blossoms of a rose upon the bal
cony railing ; the petals felt soft and
cool to his nervous , acute touch ; the
perfume came up to his nostrils like
the sweot breatlfof a child or a wom
an , and then his hand closed over the
flower , tearing it from tho stem and
bruising it beyond repair.
Down in the streot all was gay and
cheerful. Women stood in their shop
doors chattering ; open carriages roll
ed by ; somebody in the piano shop was
playing the quartet from "Kigolotto , "
and between the jalousies of a near
house the professor could see a party
of men and women playing cards at a
round table. A man who believo * in
bacteria will co to any length , and
thero is no doubt the professor , eye
ing them pitifully , thought their friv
olity tho sign of unmistakable bac
teria which he hoped to locate and
discover some day. But to-night the
professor was less disposed than usu-
al to be critical or severe , and he
leaned over tho railing looking at
life from anew point of view with such
an unmistakably healthy and human
curiosity as would have delighted his
doctor. A crowd of opera singers
came out of the restaurant at the
corner , and as the latticed doors
swung like pendulums , he had winks
of views of a sanded floor , round
tables , waiters in white linen jackets ,
little hillocks of golden bread piled on
the counter , little green forests of
chicory , tumblers of red wine. Tho
opera singers were talking away and
singing airily scraps of Rossini and
Verdi as if there was nothing in the
world so common as grand opera ,
The women were fat and reminded
him of the rue de la Paix and the
boulevard des Italiens , and the men
had beautiful throats rising above
their low cut collars. And then he
looked over the way again. She was
at the piano singing , with her beauti
ful head on one side like a bird's.
" 'Monsieur Microbee , Monsieur !
Your new milk will be h'old if you do
not soon drink it up , " called laughing
Nanette from the balcony above the 1
entresol and pelted him with a rose. J I
Professor Microbe smiled. Not the
way he smiled when he evolved a new
theory or when he read his scientific
papers , or even as he smiled in the
stillly starched bosom of his own fam
ily , but a genuine smile that said , "I
don't care , Nanette , " and he caught
the rose and fastened it in his button
hole.
hole.The
The beautiiul woman was going to
the opera : A carriage was at the
door.and she stood before the mirror ,
pulling out the rich puffs of her night
black hair and fastening a red rose
behind her ear. Her lovely arms were
uplifted , and a song and a laugh came
from her red mouth. Some one wrap
ped a cloak about her , gave her her
fan , glasses , gloves and flowers , and
then she was gone.
Is it necessary to explain that Pro
fessor Microbe followed her to the
opera , nearly paralyzingNanette when
she met him in the corridor dressed in
faultless evening attire and looking sc
distinguished and every inch a profes
sor ? '
He looked about the grand olc |
building , crowded with women and
here and there the black oasis of z
man , and he recoanized with amaze
ment and relief the familiar faces and
bald heads and peculiar bumps of
quite a number of learned professors
and distinguished M. D's. These sat
listening to the music of "William
Tell. " grunting contentedly over the
sweetest passages and at the difficult
bars , saying broadly and loudly ,
"Bravo ! bravo ! " as if grand opera
and not bacteria.music and not meta
physics , was the very best thing in life.
Under the mummy cloths in which
the professor had persistently wrap
ped his soul , he was a good deal like
other men. There wasn't anything he
wouldn't do , nothing he wouldn't en-
joyif only he was kept in public coun
tenance by those of his own kind , and
the sight of those familiar bumps for
no man in the world who knew of such
things could fail to recognize the '
bumps of our 'learned men , once he
had seen 'em did more to revolu
tionize the professor than gal
lons ot papsine or whateve might be
the stuff dyspeptics are made of. He
at once and forever flung his theory
about midnight suppers to the deuce ,
as his doctor had ordered , when he
heard her say to some favored mor
tals : "come home to supper with us
after the opera. " |
And that night after the opera he folI I
lowed her home , and went again to
his balcony to gaze into that free ,
jolly , joyous dining room , where no
blinds were pulled down and where
people sat about eating chicken salad
with oil in it and boned turkey and
cold breasts of pheasants with dry
champagne.
He went into his room finally , and , ,
heating up a little tin of water over !
the gas , took his nightcup a cup of
boiling water. What would Mrs.
Microbe say to yon scene of revelry
and cold turkey , to the piano trolling
out in the midnight air , to the gay
voices , to him listening and watch
ing outside ? His thoughts went
back to the pure if stiffly starched
bosom of his family in their far off :
home ; he remembered tho sedate or
der of everything , the rule3 governing j
his always tidy home , the regular <
hours , the day3 for doing this and
the days for doing that , the absolute :
correctness of everything and every
body. Life went on in a groove , and
was narrow , but pure and sweet and
clean. He had the best of it , he knew ;
there much tinsel and •
over was flip-
pancy , and too much laughing and ,
singing. He liked that too , or he
thought he would if he might try it 1 '
once. It was a little hard that oatI I ]
meal mush should be so tasteless and | '
chicken salad so full of flavor. What . :
would Mrs. Microbe say to a mid
night supper in her leather hung din- ' '
ing-room. By no flight of fancy could | '
he think of her as sweeping her hand
around in a genial , general way , and j' '
saying to all who might be present : I
"Come home to supper , all of you. i'
We will find something to eat , I j <
know. " <
Professor Microbe wrapped his ,
dressing gown around him and crept
out upon the balcony. How jolly ,
thev were across the wav , singing ,
"
"Wflliam Tell. " After all , did his J
theories and his oatmeal mush diet
and his laws of abstinence do him any
more good than "William Tell" and l
boned turkey ! "Live as God Almighty .
intended you should. Eat and drink ,
and enjoy this beautiful world It is ]
a good world , be good and happy in 1
it. God hates a sordid heart. "
The prolessor reached out to Nanl
ette's lovely roee vine , he plucked off '
every royal sweet blossom and , like a J
boy throwing snowballs , he flung ,
them across the way upon tho bal
cony. And tho noxt day , in writing
up items for tho paper , ! mado tho fol
lowing : "Profehsor Ebonezer Microbo ,
tho distinguished scientist , who has
been spending some timo in tho
city , returned homo this morn
ing , finding that the climato of the
south did not agroo with him. "
Catharine Colo in New Orleans Picay-
.une.
Justice in Nevada.
Two husky-looking men , wearing
high-topped boots and broad-
brimmed hats well smeared with
grease.met at the corner of Broadway
and Seventh streettho other day.says
tho Oakland ( Cal. ) Herald.
"Hello Jim ! " said
, the tallest man ,
"I thought you wuz up in Nevada.
When did yer come down ? "
"Jest got in , " replied tho other.
"How's things been goin' up thar
fur ther two ? "
1 past year er
| j I "Sort o' lively. Er littlo while after
you left Swaphorse Gulch I wuz er-
I lected chief ov perlice , "
"Sthat so ? "
j
I "Yaas. Er few months after that I
i knifed Billy Botta fur makin' or five-
card draw an' catchin' four aces agin
my four king ? pat , an' by er speshul
erlection I wuz mado mayor ot ther
town without er dissentin' vote. "
j "Yer don't say so ! "
I "Yaas. Purty soon after that I
got stuck on Dave Sweeney's wifo ,
tilled Dave with load , got him planted
t out in ther corpse patch , an' married
ther woman. Ther citizens showed
1 ther erpreciation ov mo by givin' mo
er gold-headed cane an' er interest in
j ther town-site. "
> I "You wuz bavin' er run ov luck.
' Whut made yer pull out ? "
j I "Waal , I got mad er few weeks ergo
' an' made er fool ov myself. "
I "How ? "
! "Twurz erbout er horse bolongin'
ter Joe Comstock , ther drayman.
Yer see , Joe's horse got inter my yard
one day , an' begun ter eat up somo
flowers my wife had planted out in
front ov the house. I got mad an'
throwed er stun at him. It hit him
on ther leg , an' made er ringbone. Ez
soon az ther horse begun ter git lame
Joe told ther citizens erbout it , an'
they started out ter string me up to
a tree ; but I got onto 'em an' skipped
ther town. "
"That's tuff. "
"I wouldn't care so much erbout it ,
but I've jest heerd that sence I left ,
Joe's gone ter livin' with my wife an'
is wearin' my black hat an' gold-
headed cane , an' I hear thar's er
move on foot ter elect him mayor in
my place an' run him fur the Legisla-
tur' next year. "
A Curious Lightning Stroke.
Atlantic Constitution.
The lightning's freaks have been
strangely illustrated in Burke county ,
where the fluid struck one of the cab-
ins on McMaster's place. The house ,
a small , one-room cabin , was occu
pied by an entire family of seven. Tho
house was struck upon the cone , the
current running along the edge of the
roof for several feet , thence to the
insidewhere it ran down thestudding ,
which was about six inches in diame
ter , tearing it into splinters , this
within two feet of the head of a bed
occupied by two children. These
were not even shocked , but the light
ning flashed across the six feet inter
vening between the other bed occupied
by the mother and three children ,
setting the bedclothing on fire and
severely burning three of the children ,
but the mother was left unharmed.
Thence the current ran into a chest
under the bed , setting fire to the
clothing in it. The eldest boy , 13
years of age , hasn't the smallest
vestige of skin left on his back from
his neck down , and is perfectly raw ,
while the next , a boy ot some 5 years
old , has the skin burned off from the
small of his back to his heels , and his
hand is terribly burned. The third a
baby,2 years old , has the skin burned
off from the hips down. e
Equilibrium of the Sexes.
In Europe there is a greater excess
oi women in the north than in the
states of middle Europe and the east ,
in some of which the women are in ,
the minority. Through Europe as a 1
whole , the number of women is very <
definitely in excess appears to be in- '
creasing. It was very great after the !
Napoleonic wars ; then the numbers '
gradually tended toward equalityand 1
nearly reached it (18-i7 ( to 1S0O.
1,009 to 1,000) ) ; then they diverged J
again , and stood in 1870 , 1,037 to
1,000. The phases of increased differJ
ence are generally observable after I
wars , and , latterly , appear to be the J
result partly of the enormous emi- j
gration which has taken place to oth- *
er quarters of the earth. In America ,
as a whole , and the Australia and I
Africa , on the other hand , whither (
this emigration with its preponder-
ance ot males is tending , the men are
in excess , and the excess are increas
ing with the constant arrival of new *
parties of emigrants. Nevertheless , c
a near approach to equality prevails *
over the earth as a whole , and this r
whether we regard the white , blackor s
red races , or their mixtures. c
s
Easy to Hit. r
The following anecdote admits of
1
wide and varied application. Most of
us can apply it to ourselves if we will , j
It was the story of a minister who , A
preaching in the pulpit of a brother f
clergyman , said some thing3 about t
racing and fast horse3. c
He was told after the sermon that r
he had touched one of their best mem
bers at a tender point. I
"Well , " said the preacher , "I cant ;
not change my sermon for him. " r
In the evening the man was intros
duced to the minister who said , "I un
derstand that what , I said touched t
one of your weaknesses. I assure you e
that I was altogether unconscious of o >
the weakness when I said it. " u
"Oh , never mind , " said the man.
"It is a poor sermon that does not n
hit me somewhere. " si
_ fi
A few days ajo a drunken Kentuckian
ot the name of "Dick" roamed around to _
the cafe of the New York hotel threatening S1
to "do up" any one who would not acree C !
with him in all things. He declared that p
he waa a Southern "fire-eater" and was 9 ;
looking for blond. Finally a well-dressed , " :
; ood-looking young man walked up to him
and knocked him down. Before the Ken
tuckian knew what had happened ho reJJ
ceived a Bound thrashing , and was glad to h
make his escape. The good-looking younj b
man was Fred May. ti
* * .1 , ' rff nfflZf * * * * *
A Home In India *
Tho Quiver for May.
A mud paved court , opon to the
sky that glorious sun-illumlnod sky
ot India , that gives poetry to every
thing , but enclosed with walls and f
surrounded by a sort of arcado or I
veranda. Within it threo or four 11
women wearing tho looso trousors of II
Mussulman women and colored sarces II
liko the Hindus and sovoral young II
girls. Thoy were not handsome , boing j | |
rather of tho thick-lipped Nubian II
typo ; but several of them , and es- 11
necialljr the elder woman , who teaches | |
in the little school , looked intelligent , II
and thoy received us with courtesy II
and apparent pleasure. Tho children II
from outside wore not present , a | |
circumstanco for which tho older II
woman apologized ; but sho brought II
forward her own children to bo ex- | |
amincd , and thoy acquitted them- § 1
selves with credit , reading fluently II
from an Indian primor and answering ; II
all tho questions my fiicnd put to jl
them. II
This family , poor as thoirsurround- II
ings seemed to be , enjoys a moderate jl
prosperity. Comfort , as wo under- 1 II
stand it , is unknown in Indian homes. I II
Our next visit was to be to a j II
Hindu family of the poorer class. J II
Our scramble over rubbish heaps and 1 jl
drains recommenced , and landed us ] II
at tho foot of a breakneck flight of ' lm
stairs whichwhen wo had ascended , ]
we came upon the funniest littlo cor- ]
nor of the world in which it has over II
been my lot to find myself. It was jl
part of a house , but what part it was jl
one found it difficult to make out. jl
To mo it seemed liko a balcony or I
ledge , hung on tho sido of tho house. I
On 0110 side , guarded by a high par- I
apet , it was open to the sky , and I
looked down on a large , baro court ; I
while on tho other sido was a range I
of untidy looking cupboards and cells. I
In this curious nest a littlo flock ot I
women , young and old , with a few I
children wero gathered together. I
They received us with the utmost
courtesy a grace that novor deserts I
the Hindu at homo set for us the
wicker stools that are kept for visit- I
ors , and drawing their sarees around I
them , squatted around us after their I
fashion. Ono and another , in tho
meantime , were pouring out little I
ejaculations of welcome , which my
friend , avIio is a fluent speaker of Hin- I
dostani , answered smilingly. Present- I
ly there came out from asmallenclos- I
ure. which was moro like a bathing I
machine than anything else 1 can I
think of , a young and very pretty
woman , with a small baby m her H
arms. The little creature , who ap- H
peared to be the latest arrival in tho H
crowded nest , was handed round , H
kissed , praised and commented upon ,
while the young mother stood by
smiling. I learned , upon inquiry , that H
she was eigiiteen years of age , and H
that this was her fourth child. H
The baby having received tho fitting H
amount of attention , a bright little *
girl , with eyes as brilliant as stars ,
was brought forward to read her les- H
son. ; She was only seven years old , H
and her readiness , intelligence and H
pretty , winsome manner made her H
one of tho most bewitching little crea-
tures I had ever beheld , while I must H
say : that no English child of her years H
could havesurpassed herin knowledge. H
Other little ones , who were not so H
brilliant , follollowed , and then the H
women took their turn , spelling out
of the Indian primmer patiently. H
Collision With a Hairpin. I
"Marchy weather , " remarked old H
Mr. Bottle , as ho seated himself at H
the breakfast table and examined his H
napkin to see whether ho recognized I
the stains. H
It was one of those rare mornings I
when all the boarders had come down H
early to breakfast an incident , the H
Landlady remarked , which restored H
her flickering faith in human nature. H
No one answered old Mr. Bottle's H
remark. He took the conversational H
trick , as it were , and everbody waited fl
for his second lead.
The Bank Clerk was bending all his H
faculties to decide whether the egg he H
had just opened was genuine or a H
counterfeit , and the Younger of the H
Two Maiden Ladies , who disliked con- H
densed milk in her coffee , was watch- H
ing : for an opportunity to appropriate \
unnoticed a goodly share of all the |
natural articles on the table. \
As for the Young Lady Boarder , \
she was busy with the marriage no- |
tices in the morning papers , and of M
course could not bo expected to an- \
swer. Old Mr. liottle " finished hi3 H
oatmeal , and finding that he had left \
his spectacles up scairs gave up at- M
tempting to read the paper. \
"Thanks , Mrs. Codhooker , " he said H
affably , addressing the Landlady , \
"you may give me a bit of hash this \
morning. The fact is , " added the old \
gentleman to the table generally , "I \
find it delightful to be in a really | H
homelike boarding-house , where I can m\ \
ieel that thefood is trustworthy , and I M
am not continually tortured by the M
profound conviction that every article MM
ol food I eat is composed of alien sub- |
stances. MM
"I remember. " he continued genially , MM
'when I was at college years ago , we M
aoarded in commons , and you never M
: ould tell just what you ate. The M
ood was fearfully and wonderfully M
nade. One day my chum , who wa3 |
sitting next to me eating apple pie as M
: almly as you please , all at once M
struck a stratum of unmistakable M
kerosene in that pie , real coal oil , M
nixed with the pie crust , and ap " |
Old Mr. Bottle suddenly stopped M
lis reminiscences. He was on his last | H
nouthful of hashand there seemed to f M
lave been a collision of some sort. M
IVith an agonized expression on his M
ace , he slowly produced a piece of M
jent wire. There was no room for U
loubt. Even the landlady had to ad- M
nit it. It was a hairpin. M
There was a pause before old lir. M
bottle gathered strength to speak , and M
hen he spoke m tones of deepest sor- m\ \
'Off as of one whose confidence is M
shattered : M
' 'Mrs. Codhooker , I did not expect M
his of you. If I were young and my t
yesiaht sound , I shouldn't mind , but M
' me , an old man , and my spectacles M
ipstairs it's cruel. " M
The landlady , in a horrified state M
nurmured that it was a mistake. But M
omehow the excuse didn't seem very \
itting , and the kerosene pie episode M
emained unfinised. Old Mr. Bottle |
at in silence shipping his coffee in a M
uspicious manner , and the Bank H
Ierk remarked to the landlady that H
lerhaps he had better take another H
gg and be on the safe side. M
It is said that a man named John B. |
lurray , a wealthy citizen of New York , |
as been abducted by his maiden sister , | |
ecasehehad married a. youns wife ot M
wentv. |
