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| EL MAIIDI Is dead. Tha English
wonld hare thanked him if ho bad climbed
the golden stairs a year ago.
county , acsording to the
atato census , ban a population of a llttlo
6ver 72,000 , or moro tbnn one-tenth of
the onllto population of the state , and she
pays moro than ono-tonth of the ontlro
taxes of Nebraska.
DOHINO tbo month of Juno there were
olghtytwc ohtbs In Omaha , of which
fortyp'gnt were females and thirty-four
wore .nates. The noxoa muat bo moro
evenly balanced thin thii , or else It will
bo only a question of tlmo when It will bo
a difficult matter to obtain rocrnits for
the regular army and baao ball clubs.
SOMCTIIINO should bo done Immediately
In regard to Honscom park. The keep
er should bo a thoroughly competent
man and paid a salary as keeper and for
nothing olso. If there la to bo a restau
rant maintained the privilege should bo
lot to outside parties , and the keeper
should have no connection with it , His
14 tlmo should bo devoted entirely to the
I , beautifying of the grounds and protest
ing the property.
Mu. HOADLEY , having been braced up
by Grover Cleveland , now manifests his
willingness to accept the democratic nom
ination for the governorship of Ohio. Ho
thinks that Mr. Cleveland's friendship
and expressions of confidonca will carry
him through. However , ho will find Mr.
Forakor a much stronger opponent than
no was two yoara ago , owing to various
circumstances that have since arisen.
That circumstances alter cases will bo
demonstrated in the coming campaign.
Ir the city council can possibly spare
enough money to pay the difference be
tween the rough granlto blocks and flat
atones , sufficient for smooth cross-walks
on Farnam street , it should do so nt
once , and f > ivo the .public the benefit of
the exchange. If the council does not
want to do thin , wo wonld suggest that
the asphalt pavement bo extended from
the cross-streets far enough Into Farnam
to make crosa-walko. This would bo
better oven thin cross-walks of flat
atones.
TIIE result of the test , case In regard to
the sidewalk in front of the Van Namoo
property hcs been very effective. "Wo
shall now have a first class walk on the
corner of Farnam and Twelfth streets.
This should by no inoano bo the last ef
fort to improve the sidewalks on that
thoroughfare. If the board of publl
works has authority enough to compo
t the owner of that lot to lay down a unl
. . form and substantial sidewalk , it has am
' ' plo authority to compel the owners o
other property to do the oamo thlng'an
there should be no favoritism. Lot th
good work go on , and give > us first claa
walks on Farnam street at loast.
TUB omnibuses which have been drlv <
, on oQ of Broadway , in Now York , by th
street curs , are being sold out at ancllon
The Now York Commercial Advertise ,
nsy :
Thero.js Bomething pathetic ia the ealo c
thing ) { annliar by long use , even If they hop
pen to be things so proralo as omnibuses ,
Kearly a hundred of these vehicles were sol
Thursday , chlelly for out of town traffic , a
ruinously low prices. Cliu average sum U eai
to have been but $30 , mid ono woo sold fo :
SIC , Now , when wo consider the cost c
tentt , the proaent liking for camping out , am
the case with which nu omnibus can bo take :
from point to polut , it appears strange tha' '
some advonturoua tourists did not buy omnl
buses to tiBaIni , > lace of tonta or huts in tin
wilderness or by the chore. The vehicles L-ce ;
out the weather , are well oft the ground , am
by thcaite of curtains can be mada as private
M may bo desired. For either a sportsman o
.A trayelioc photographer a liroadway omnibus
jprotonts decided advantages , wo should eay.tc
jJd to those of association.
TIIE hand of Jay Gould has beoom
vlciblo In the Mexican financial muddle ,
It le jsald ho Iiu Lad an agent In Mexico
for -come tlmo in his Interest The
Hoxlc&n congress voted a Corfolturo of
what fa known aa the Grout railroad
conoestlon just before It adjourned , I
appears iiftt tbo forfeitnio was a more
blind/or working through .a ecbcrao that
teems to hav.o been eminently successful.
Arrangements * were made with govern
ment oflielals fi'r ( lie "lomoca decree , "
and Gould wont .short on the bonds and
stock of the Oentril and Nutloual rail
roads to an cnorn/ona amount. The
deoroo was. promulgated and sccatltiea
fell , as they inuvllably would , to an ex
tent to rep y Gould"his 850,000 ,
which ho bad deposited Jn the Monte
do Piodad , besides nraklng many times
as much moro money , after dlv.idlng with
partner * In Mexico. Three dart1 before
the decree was promulgated telegrams
were constantly patslng between the
Mexican palace and New York.
OMAHA LEAVES DENVER BEHIND.
Wo had supposed all along that for
several years Denver had a greater
population than Omaht , and anch has
been the general Impression , not only In
this city , but olsowhoro. The Denver
admit that that
papers now , however ,
city has lots than 60,000 population.
Although wo have boon confident that
Omaha would outstrip Denver in the
course of lime , we had no Idea that she
wonld accomplish that result BO soon.
The Denver 2fcws says ;
According to tbo state census Just com <
pleted , the present population of Denver
proper is CI.407. It was 35,029 In 1880 , showing -
ing a gain of 18,778 , or almost 53 per cent in
Cvo years. If wo include ton surrounding
suburbs , which really form parts of this citr ,
although not included within Its corporate
limits , the population of Denver falls but lit
tle short of 00,000. There are not many cities
in the country , and wo doubt If there Is ony
other , that can show an equal percentage of
gain In the last five years. There has boon no
"boom" since 1882 , nothing but n steady ,
beautiful growth.
So far as percentage In giln during the
last few years Is concerned , Omaha
Is ono of the faw cities that can show a
greater toin ? than Denver. In 1880 , she
had 30,052 , or 4,977 loss than Denver ,
and now she has 01,835 , within her city
limits , or 7,428 moro than Danvor ,
Omaha's figures , which are obtained from
the stole census as those of Denver arc ,
do not Include the suburbs of South
Omaha , West Omaha , and Saratoga ,
which would Increase her population to
00,000.
Wo have loft Denver behind , and
within the next ton years wo shall catch
npwlth Kansas city , St. Paul , and
Minneapolis , all of which claim donblo
the population of Omaha. This city ,
however , during the last few years
has had as rapid a growth as any of these
cities , and It has boon a [ substantial and
healthy growth , there being nothing like
a "boom" which other places bavo de
pended upon.
TIIE superintendent of the Omaha
waterworks Is very tender and touchy on
the wrong spot. Ho goes into a spasm
beciuso this paper has soon fit to call at
tention to the digging of tranches on np-
per Farnam street where paving Is about
to bo begun. The touchy waterworks
official says that the BEE In venomous
jerks "demanded the whys and where
fores of the dilatory proceedings on the
part of the waterworks company. " Now ,
wo would Hko to know whoroln there
was anything venomous in our Inquiry !
Was U not very timely and proper to call
attention to * ho fact that the delay for
cutting trenches for water and gas Is liable -
blo to cause the pavements to sottleJ
Could a vigilant piper do loss than direct
attention to anything that impedes the
proper construction of our pavements ?
If the delay ha * been caused directly by
the city officials or council there Is still
nothing venomous or jerky about the
offensive paragraph. There certainly
was nothing said to which any water
works official could take personal
offense. As wo said at the out-
oot , the superintendent Is altogether
too touchy on the wrong spot.
The superintendent says that the com
pany had to send cast for Rome pipe and
a hydrant or two. This reminds ns of
an old-tlmo landlord of the Herndon
House , who , Instead of keeping a supply
of provisions on hand , wonld run ont
just before each meal and buy just
enough potatoes , moat , etc. , for the Im
mediate demands of the boarders. That
Is no way , however , for a water
works company to do busi
ness. It should keep on hand a suf
ficient amount of pipe and hydrants and
joints enough to lay halt a mile at least
at any time. There would then bo no
delay. There are many other things
wo could say about tha waterworks com
pany which wo have left unsaid , und it
does not seem at all necessary for the su
perintendent to rush into print with
what ho may imagine tD bo a grievance.
Right hero lot na say that Mr. Dumont ,
ono of the member. ) .of the com
pany , did call the attention of
the editor of this paper
to the cause of delay , aCtor the article in
question bad appeared in print , but
among other matters this fact was over
looked. People who are In the habit of
accosting tbo editor of a dally noirnpjper
on the street to toll him to mtiko correc
tions are liable to bo disappointed , unless
they put the matter in writing. It Is ab
surd to expect the editor to rush down to
his office every tlmo ho Is thin spoken teen
on the street. No rational person ought
to expect any such thing unless ho lives
In a village where the editor takes pump
kin ; , eggs , and cord wood on subscription ,
anddoos all the writing , typo setting ,
soliciting and delivering of his paper
lilmself. Had the superintendent of the
water irorks sent In a written communi
cation it wonld have boon published.
The Nebraska census compilation of
fifty-six counties gives a population of
013,860. There are yet fonrteon coun
ties to bo hoard from , and it is estimated
that they will bring the total population
of the itato up to nearly 700,000. This
shows an increaio of nearly 250,000 in
five years. Although those figures are
not quite up to our expectations , yet
they Indicate a very rapid growth. When
the next national census Is taken in 1890
Nebratka will have over 1,000,000 In-
liabltante. Only ono county , Flllmoio ,
ibows a decroiso. Its present popula-
Ion is given at 10,442 , whllo in 1880 It
lad 13,452 , a decrease of 3,010. This Is
thtr a singular fact , and we hardly
; now how to account for It , uci&ss the
ensus baa ben very poorly talua In
bat county , or else sorao mistake * have
een made in the reports , That HO ninny
oople should have moved put of tbo
ounty in so short a tlmo Is hardly prob-
b ! & . It Is p ? lbl $ , however , that they
have located in other counties , and If BO ,
Holt connty may bavo attracted them
within Its limits , as It shows the greatest
percentage of Increase. In 1880 It only
had 3,287 , while the present census gives
it 20,395. This makes It rank as the
fourth county in the state In regard to
population. Its lucroato has been
as wonderful as the reported
decrease In Fillmore county.
Tha censns officials , however , have evi
dently overlooked the fact that slnco the
national oenius of 1880 Browncounty has
been carved ont of Holt connty. If the
present population of Brown connty
should bo added to that of Holt , which
would bo proper in making a comparison ,
a much greater increase would bo shown.
BEFORE putting the special mail deliv
ery Into general operation , the postoflico
department will probably see how the
plan works in Now Yo.rk , Boston , Phila
delphia , Chicago , and a few other largo
cities. It Is not likely , however , that
this special delivery will bo Inaugurated
until September or October. The design
for the ton-cent stamp to bo nsod for this
purpose has been approved , and the con
tract for printing has been awarded.
The stamp will bo about twlco the size of
the ordinary postage stamp nud the shape
of a dollar bill. On the loft of the stamp
there is a pretty vignette of a messenger
bay in uniform , Across the top are thn
woids "United States special postage de
livery , " and along the bottom the prlco
of the stamp , 10 cents , Is expressed
in figures and letters. Conspicuous on
the body of the stamp are the words ,
"secures Immediate delivery at special
delivery office. "
THE serious Illness of Mrs. Bayard
will postpone for some tlmo any further
action on the part of the secretary of
state relative to the appointment of con
suls. It ia said that tboro are now on
file ton thousand applications for consul
ships. The applicants for thcso places ,
however , will not bo any moro disap
pointed than the rest of the grand army
of offico-Bcekors , aa President Cleveland
proposes to tnko a vacation of several
weeks. Meanwhile the ofllco-bolders
will bo given a rest , and will continue to
draw their salaries with the usual regu
larity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IN comparing the receipts of the Now
Orleans exposition with these of the
centennial nt Philadelphia It has been
generally stated that while the former
exhibition was a financial failure , the lat
ter was exactly the opposite. This is
not the case , however. The Philadel
phia Call , in reply to the New York
World , which stated that Philadelphia
made money out of the centennial , says
"this will bo news to our subscribing
citizens , who sank $1,600,000 in that
enterprise , of which the whole nation
reaped the benefit.
THE Iowa democrats are wrestling with
the liquor problem. Their acrobatic
platform carpenters are puzzling their
brains how to get up a "high , low , jack
and the game1' Hconso local option
doublo-back-actlon platform for the com
ing campaign. With Mayor Vaughan , of
Council Bluffs , as their cand date , snchta
teeter-board plank would not bo neces
sary. _ _
THE obituary writers are again disap
pointed. Emperor William's health has
Improved greatly , and ho Is now as active
as a cricket. Ho may live ten years yet.
Tbo latest cable advices are that ho will
probably bo able to take an active part In
the Angnst manoonvros with bis sword ,
helmet , and in fnll war paint.
WE should like to know why the Oma
ha Republican did net publish Mayor
Bojd'a letter to Charles Francis Adams.
At the risk of being called Into court to
make good the damages , wo wonld gently
Intlmato that the only reason we can
think of la that the paper is under the
thumb of the Union Pacific.
WE are not surprised that the cattle
men in the Indian territory should enter
a formal protest again the proposed abro
gation of their lind leases. Thay are
having the benefit of millions of acres of
grazing lands at a nominal rant of ono to
three cents , an acre.
CHOLKKA. continues to count its victims
by the thousands' In Spain. There were
U17 now cises on Sunday. SD far there
have been 30,000 cases and 13,000
deaths , the death rate being noirly CO
per cent of those who are attacked.
THE fact that the Western Union has
swallowed another telegraph company ,
tbo American Rapid , should causa no
surprise , as It Is but natural for an
anaconda to swallow everything that Is
swallowable.
TUB people of Texts do not look with
favor upon the reported propssltion to
locite the Apaches in Greer connty , of
that atato. They bavo got all they can
do to take care of the festive cowboy.
THE Hawfaye Blade is the name of anew
now democrat ! : eheet at Das Molnos.
Its projectors may find U mostly amuse
ment to fool with edged tools before they
get through.
MEXICO is a sorely aflllotod country ,
[ n addition to her financial embarrass *
the voracious grasshoppers have swooped
lown upon her fields ,
surprises the natives by
limping forward us the third town In tbo
tate , The oeusus returns glvo It over
1,000 popuhtion.
* *
WE consider it a blunder that the
louha exposition should have been mis-
amcd the Nebraska /air / , Thii has
given the onemlos of Omaha a * plausible
excuse for exhibiting petty spite. Tbo
fact It , Omaha has organized a permanent
expositlan association , just as Ohlcigo ,
St. Louis , Kansas City , St. Joe and other
cities bavo dono. It Is not a Nebraska
fair , but rather an Inter-state exposition
in which western Iowa , northern Mis
souri and Wyoming Intend to take an In
terest with Nebraska , It Is in no icnso
gotten np as a rival of the state fair , because -
cause the stata fair cannot rival an
Omaha exposition. The population
within a radius of fifty miles of Omaha
can furnish exhibits and attendants
enough to make such an exposition a suc
cess in every particular.
ANOTHER delegation of Nebraska office-
seekers Is moving upon the national capi
tal In hopts of catching Mr. Cleveland
before ho escapes to the mouuntalna of
Now York.
A OUA.l'JLKli 0V EKUOU9 ,
Odd Blunders Mndo by
Opcrntoro ,
London Standard ,
It seems , however , as If the transmis
sion of messages was superintended by
some telegraphic Puck , whoso special de
light la to commit malicious perversities
In the sense of messages for no other pur
pose , apparently , but to gratify his pre
dilections for practical joking. To some
his pleasantries may ciuso amnsomont ,
but they are moro frequently productive
of embarrassment. How friendly greet
ings passing between families bavo baon
altered , what dreadful suspense and
alarm ha < § boon caused among households
and perturbation among business men
through the hidden telegraphic Imp , none
but these who have been victimized can
fully appreciate or understand. A gen
tleman ones telegraphed asking that a
horse might bo sent to the rail
way station to meet him and was
snprlscd to find a hearse Instead. A
prominent statesman was accused of de
laying legislative work through an "un
fortunate Idleness , " when the honorable
gentleman's "illness" was the cause of the
delay. From being "bad" a man was
made "dead , " and ono that was "no
worse" became "no moro , " through tele
graphic agency. Messages are sometimes
made to read precisely opposite to what
Is meant by the sender , and trouble nud
disappointment Is frequently caused by
these perverted communications. "Send
chock this afternoon" has become "tond
chase this afternoon , " "your bacon" has
been transformed Into "your banker , "
"linseed oil" has been converted Into
"llneeed meal , " "fifteen wagons" Into
"fifteen tons , " "clothes" has boon made
"solos , " "sold" made "unsold , " and the
announcement "salmon received" has
been changed Into "balloon received. "
When meetings are arranged through
the medium of the telegraph
it occasionally happens that the
time and place of mooting
Is altered. Sunday has a decided ten
dency to become Monday , Tuesday is lia
ble to bo made Thursday , and the first
train has been altered to the last train ,
while places of mooting have been
changed and converted into something
that was painfully perplexing to the re
cipients. "Constantinople among the
grocers" was a rather unintelligible an
nouncement , and the changing of the re
quest "send no moro" Into "send on
moro" was calculated to produce annoy
ance. Hero Is a curias picco of composi
tion which a telegraph clerk turned out :
"Speaker urged a compliment concern
ing the desirability of their cause and
the hounds of the execution. " This
being interpreted meanoth : "Tho speak
er urged a complaint concerning the de
sertion of their cause at the hands of the
executive. " St. Vitas' dance seems to
have puzzled an operator , for ho ren
dered it "vllo dance , " a definition which
the unfortunate sufferer might not have
disputed. The phrase , "antiquities of
the church , " once got a telegraphist Into
trouble , for ho had the audacity to write
"iniquities of tbo church , " which must
have shocked tbo "unco guld. " A paper
had to apologize for having through a
telegraphic error in the report of an
unsavory lawsuit referred to a "religious"
Instead of a "lltlgous" family. There
can bo no question bnt the clerk who
wrote ' 'subterranean taverns" when
"caverns' ' was intended , must have baon
Buffering from the effects of a recent visit
to some underground liquor shop.
Garo of Horace in Summer.
American Actriculturlet ,
The usually tough skin of the horse is
softened by the flow of prespiratiou dur
ing the rush of spring work , and a rough ,
ill-fitting collar , a useless , chafing pick-
pad , or a projecting buckle , quickly pro
duces pain. No ono can blame a horsa
from faltering when ordered to press Its
raw and bleeding shoulder against the
collar , that It will sluk into the bruised
flesh. To avoid ( { alls all parts of the bar-
noes should fit closely. A laboring man
is careful in baying boots of proper
size. Ho could not endure twelve
hours of hard labor while his
foot were cramped within an un
usually emn'l ' space , or In boots so
large that his feet slip In them and
wear the skin away by constant friction.
As a rale , horses arc worked in to6 largo
collar * . A eoft pad under such will pre
vent galling. When the anlma's are
brought In from work the harness should
bo removed at once and cleaned , and the
necks and shoulders well washed with
oastllo soap and water. After bathing
the worn parts at night rub on some soft
ening oil. Use no oil In tbo morning.
The collar should not bo oiled , as it will
then gather dirt through the d y and
form a rough coating that will ohafo the
exposed parts. Keep all parts of the
barness clean , especially thosa that press
npon tbo horse , and see that the same Is
true of the portions of the horse against
which the harness presses , It is much
easier to prevent than to euro gall.
Electrical .ttoadllglits ,
Electricity for headlights on locomo
tives was tried for the first tlmo In the
east on an engine of the Lehlgh Valley
road that left Jersey City for Easton on
last Saturday night. The light was seen
at a much greater distance than was pos
sible with the oil light. Jacob Ho ok , the
jngineor , also said that ho could see
plainly n mile ahead of him on the track ,
rhe furthereat be could see with the oil
ighl in front of Lim was 13G feot. The
ilectrio light , ho said , burned steadily
md didn't flicker , as oil HghtB often did.
le declared that electricity for headlights
ras far moro satlflfaotory than oil.
Haloed tlio Qa rn n tine.
Ill , , July 13. In accordance
rlth a recent act of the legislature Governor
'tflesby ' issued n proclamation recalling all
titling orders ogaicet tha Importation o (
ittla loto IlllnoU from certain localities in
tber states icbediilcd a ; iPfltmnlnK plturo-
Qqnaionia ,
MAUD B GOES WEST.
She IB to Try nnd Bout Her
ton Itccord t Cleveland.
Philadelphia Special to the Now York Times ,
The best known and most distinguished
passenger that loft the Broad street sta
tion on the western express , shortly after
11 o'clock to-night , was Maud S. Her
destination was Cleveland , whither she
had been ordered by Mr , Bonner ,
her owner. Her cqnlno companions
wcro McCleod , John W , Helen Houghton -
ton , Omar and Otho. The other
horses composing the stable under train
ing at the hands of W. W. Balr remain
nt Boltnont driving park In charge of 0.
0. Phlpps , the lessee. Maud S. and the
other horses that accompany her , were
loaded on a special car at Bryn Mawr ,
at about 0 o'clock , and brought to this
city , where the car was nttscncd to the
regular western express.
The summer mcotlng at Cleveland will
begin on the 2lUh , and Mr. Bonner has
consented to allow Mand S , to glvo an
exhibition trot on some day during the
meeting. Jay-Eyo-Hco Is also train
ing at the same trackbut It Is Improbable
that Mr. Bonner will consent to arrange a
match between the two great trotters , al
though Mr. Case , the owner of Jay-Eye-
See Is anxious to do so. Maud S. has
been in training at the Belmont driving
park for the past three months , and loft
to-night In bettor condition than she has
over been in before ,
"Tho llttlo lady , " slid Mr. Balr , slapping -
ping her affectionately on the neck , "never
felt , looked , or acted bettor in her life
than she does to-day. Her sojourn in
Philadelphia has evidently done her lot ]
of good. On the 10th of Jnno
she did a mlle in 2:11 : | , which ,
considering her condition , was better
than that ruado by her when she
scored'ber top speed of 2:00at : } Lexing
ton on November 11 , 1881. 1 under
stand that I am to drive her an exhibi
tion mlle at Cleveland during the moot
ing thoro. Where wo shall go at the close
of the mooting Is for Mr. Bonner to say ,
bnt I hope ho will order us back to Bol
mont. I wonld select that track In pref
erence to to any other in the country for
training purposes , With a few alter
ations It could bo made the fastest one In
America , but the Indifference of
the Philadelphia public to horao racing
gives no incentive ) to managers to
make any cxtonolvo alterations. I expect
to return hero , however , and if I do I
intend making this the fastest track in
the world , backing or no backing. Why ,
since I have been hero , " concluded the
trainer , "I have sent McOlood a mlle
'around ' that track In 2:19 : , and fjr a
quarter at a 2:1-1 : gait. "
On entering the car at Bryn Mawr
some of the other horses balked and ob
jected to climbing the plank , but Mand
S. throw her llttlo oara back , and , with a
knowing wink , climbed Into the car and
took up her position at the end of the
car where the straw was deepest.
Curious Facts About Centenarians ,
New York Times.
SYRACDSE , Juno 27. For moro than
thirty-five years Joseph E , Perkins , of
this city , has boon collecting statistics In
regard to people who have lived 100 years
or more.
"I have moro than 10,000 instances , "
said the antiquarian to a Times correspondent
pendent , "of people who have lived 100
yoara and more. These names have been
gathered from every part of the globe.
This country loads In longevity , and Con
necticut la at the front among the Unltod
States. In that state I have gathered
statistics in regard to more than 0,000
persons who were moro than 80 years of
ago , and of this number twenty were be
yond the centenary limit , Vermont and
New Hampshire also show many instances
f longevity. The Chinese are short and
the Russians long-llvod. As regards the
BOX , the majority of these 10,000 cases of
centenarians are women. I account for
this by the fact that they loss irregular
lives than men. I have Instances of fifty
old maids who como to my century stand
ard , and only twelve bachelors.
"Among the oldest people In thn
United States , " said the specialist on
old people , "were Flora Thompson , a
nogress of Nashua , S 0. , who died at
the ago of 150 years ; Betsy Frauthnm , a
native of Germany , who died In Tennes
see at the ago of 154 years , and Sims , a
slave , who died In Virginia , 180 years
old. I have the cases of ton persons who
lived In safety for 100 yeow , and were
then burned , to death. In Onondaga
county I have the sketch's of fifty con-
tonotlann. Among them Is the Rev.
Daniel Waldo , who died in 1802 at the
age of nearly 102 years. For moro than
GO years ho was a clergyman in the Pres
byterian church , and on the anniversary
of his 100th birthday ho preached a ser
mon In the FlrstiProabytorian church of
this city. The last six pensioners of the
revolutionary war were centenarians , and
I huvo their photographs. Thou there
was John Weeks , of No London , Conn , ,
who married his tenth wlfa when ho was
100 years of ago and oho only 10. Ho
died at the ate ot 11-1 , His gray hai
had fallen oil' and they were renewed by
a dsrk growth of hair. Several now
teeth had also made their appearance ,
and a few hours before his death Lt. ate
throe pounds of pork , two or three
pounds of broad nnd drank a pint of
wiuo , The last man in the party that
throw the tea overboard in Boston har
bor , at the beginning of tha revolutionary
war , was David Kennloon , who died at
the ago of 117 years. Then there Is a
Scotch tinker by the name of Anderson ,
who was 11-1 years old when ho diod.
"Nicholas Schathcowekl , of Posen , was
another follow. Ho depoiod on oath bo-
fora the council of Constance , A. D. 1414
that ho was 1C5 years of age , and that
his father , whoso ago at the tlmo of his
death was nearly 200 , oould remember
the dcathjof the first king of Poland , A.
D. 1025. Among the oddities to bo
found In my book will be the photograph
of a man who died at the ago of 121 yoira.
He bad 144 children , grandchildren and
great-grandchildren , and outlived them
all. Then there was Margaret McDoiral
of Edlnbnrg , who died at tbo ago of 10G.
She married and survived thirteen hus
bands. John Rovln and bis wife , of
Hungary , lived together as man and wife
lor 148 years , lie was 101 and the 172
pears at the tlma they died , and their
poungost son was 110 years old when the
parents died. I bavo ten Instances of
people who died on their ono hundroth
inniversary and nine of centenarians who
iroro born and who have lived and dhd in
ho aamo houao. I have three cantenar-
ana who worn born dumb , the oldest
ivlng to bo 121 yoirs old , Then there !
rero three dwarfs , each one less than
breo feet in height , who lived to tha
ig ; , respectively , 100 , 104 and 117.
Lnero arj three CMOS among the
rntonarUns where tha husbands nnd
rlfo each died on the same day , [
nd onu of thu meet curious things in my
ollectton Is that In regard to a black
nd whlto centenarian Eich of them
rat bmi with six fingers and tees on
ach hand and foot. Then there is the w
HO of 9 m u who married ( sixteen times' b
and had no cheldrcn. The cato ii offset
by that of another centenarian who had
forty-nino children. John lUva , an exchange -
change broker of Italy , lived to the ngo
of 110 years , and had a child born to him
after ho was 100 yoara old. Ho attribu
ted the romnrkftblo preservation of his
health to his habit of chewing citron
bark. William Farr , of Birmingham ,
England , bad 144 descendants , and sur
vived them all. Ho loft h'.a ' property , to
the value of 10,000 , for charltablo pnr-
potos. Botz , a Sioux squaw , who died n
little wlillo ago , lived for moro than 100
years. She had been the wlfo In turn of
an army oOiscr , an Indian chief n bor
der highwayman and a Methodist minis-
tor. Attlla , king of the Hunt , died A.
D. 500 at the aso of 124. Ho had just
married a beaulifnl girl. William Ward ,
of Winchojtor connty , died in 1778 at
the ago of 107. His brother John WAS a
maglstrAto and attended court In Whlto
Plains ai late as 1773. William Ward , a
member of this family , carried on busi
ness as banker , 1783 , at Broadway ,
Now York. Another queer inci
dent Is that of a centenarian who
was married fonr times , and bad a daugh
ter by each wife. Thcso daughters mar
ries , and each of them had fouttocu chil
dren. Thou there was a man who wont
over the century line and had twenty-
two children. His first child was a boy ,
nnd girls nnd boys came after that in
regular rotation. There was a person
known as Elizabeth Page , who lived In
London and died at the ago of 108 years.
This person bad acted as a midwife , and
was supposed to bo a woman. After
death , however , It was discovered that
the supposed woman was a man. A
woman by the name of Agho Tlmuslor
died in Franco at the ago of 104. She
had a board thirty inches long. I have
300 Instances of people who liycd In
thrao centuries and 77 of these who lived
to 100 yean or moro. I have the caeo of
a widow who survived her husband 02
years. The most remarkable inatanca of
longevity in British history is the case of
Thomas Parr , of St. Leonard , Shoro-
ditch. Ho died in 1588 at the ago of 207
years. Ho was born In the reign of
Richard II. , and lived in the reigns of
twelve kings and queens , namely , Rich
ard II. , Henry IV. , V. and VI. , Ed
ward IV. and V. , Richard III , Henry
VII. nnd V1IL , Edward VI. , Mary and
Elizabeth.
A Legal Homnnco ,
London News ,
A case has como before ono of too
French law courto as dramatic In Its realities -
itios as a'talo by the Elder Dumas. An
old woman lived In the village of Villa-
joint , who had the reputation of being
very rich and a graat miser. Ono day at
obapal she was accosted by a stranger ,
who told her she know the troubles that
aflllctcd her , and was able to cure
them. A visit to the miser's honso
followed , nnd the stranger
found out that poverty was tbo
trouble , and she promised to euro it.
Some llttlo money was necessary where
with to start , and 400 francs were pro
duced nnd locked up in a drawer. "Llko
produces like , " slid the stranger , handed
the key to the owner , and she promised
to return In a week , when the sum wonld
bo found doubled. She did return , "bnt
the money had not Increased. It seemed
there was not sufficient stock with which
the natural law could operate. The
miser , now convinced oE the honesty
of her deliverer , produced all the
money she had In the house , 4,500
francs , and these were locked up and a
day three wcoks oil fixed for the great
ovont. The day came nnd so did the on-
chantresi , bnt still the treasure was un
disturbed. The poor woman now added
another 2,000 francs from her banker ,
and the enchantress fixed a final dato.
Moreover , a ceremony was to bo gene
through. At midnight the bed-room fire
was to b3 lit , a saucepan placed upon It ,
and just as it struck 12 some powder waste
to bo poured on the sauce
pan. These dramatic directions
were obeyed , with the re
sult that the powder exploded , the honso
caucht fire , and the poor woman was
nearly burned to death. The enchant
ress was , however , discovered and ar
rested. The faith of the victim was un
shaken. When the police proceeded to
open the drawer , she begged of them not ,
as the charm would bo broken. The po-
llco were not deterred.but of course the
0,500 francs were gono. The court con
demned the prisoner to twenty years
penal servitude.
"Ho 1'uilt Cliccso In Bloiu Ear , "
Now York Telegram.
Helnrlch Dlnkol , a little , fat Gorman ,
was frightened when ho took his tnrn at
the bar in answer to his name this morn
ing."What
"What Is the nuttor with you. Holn-
rich ? "
"Donnovcttor nodtlnga. Chudgo , idt
vhaa bodter nf you lodt mo gene home
vonco alreadty to meln frou. I dui't
make such foolishness Hko dct peforo , "
answered Holnrlcb ,
"You were drunk and created a dis
turbance in the Bowery. "
"Chadg * , I don'dt vhas full , " ho an
swered , doprecatlngly ; "I only trink
dwenty , dirdty glasses lager. "
HIa Honor ntirid at the litto man and
queried , "How about the disturbance ? "
"I trlnk dot lager mlt a goot frondt
undjvhaigoln'homo. In dor Bowery ] ! vos
dry , und 1 gj for some more ligor. Some
vellers cay , 'Datoby , you vbai droatln' ,
alnd'c it ? ' und I say , 'Noln. ' Don ono of
dom vellers make mo mulct hat ofer meln
face und pudt cheese in main earnnd I hll
him auf dor noso. Dot voa right , alnd't
111""I
"I guess yon'ro moro sinned against
than sinning , Holnrloh , " eaid the Court.
"You're discharged. " '
"Dot's so , Chudge , " said the llttlo
nan' his face beaming with joy , and lie
turned out , thanking His Honor as he
ivont.
Judge Belford'a Hoc.
Jt Louis Globo-Dainocrat.
The most noted dog In Colorado is an
English deerhound , the properly of ox-
Joiigrosamsn JAIUOS B. Bolford. Ho is
mown throughout thn state as Spothsv-
ng boon tbo companion of Judge Bel
ord in most of his congressional cam-
lilgDB. When Belford was on tbo stump
na got off something good Spot would
also a little moro nolso about it than any
if the other auditors , and would keep up
uoh a protracted howl at times that the
rowd wonld join In giving his mister >
hroo cheers and a tiger. When Belford
rent to praottoa at the bar In tbo morn-
ig , or to take something to cheer him ,
pot never failed to g'j along and take
is libation In the sliapu of a strong
ooktill. He wai never known to "got
ft" his plni"as the saying is , although it
us tbo delight of the judge's oonslitu-
nts to treat Spot with distinguished con-
deration when tbo pair were making
10 circuit in the campaign. Ho was
uown ta nil the railroad men and wonld
,
avol from Denver or any other point In
IB atato to ( he juduu'a homo In Central
Ity when ho thought the elooUouearlng
mlnots had lasted about long enough.
DAUK1NG MUSIC IN UKIt KA113.
Cuts na * euro for a Clironlo C o of
InsomnlA.
' 'I want a dog , " said a lady of uncer-
tMn ago , recently , to our respected pound-
master , "that will bark all night without
stopping. 1 don't euro whether ho IB
brindled , yellow , or black and-tan , BO
long as hit bark Is shrill and high. "
"You'd Hko his bark to bo on the 0 , "
suggested the official , "and not bire o'
tone. I suppose ) "
"Oh , you Qovornmout officers are al
ways so witty , " retorted the spinslor ,
"but I really do want a dog of the kind
I have dctcribcd. Have yon got oao' "
"I have about sixty-seven , madam ,
who yelp all night. "
"Oh , how delicious ! " murmured the
lady ; "how 1 wish 1 could afford to bur
thorn all and food the poor things.
"Perhaps yon'vo got agrudgo against
your neighbor ? , " Insinuated the cur-
catcher.
"Well , that's ' how It bogau. You ace
they are always saying unkind things of
mo , because I llvo nlono and am nn-
wedded , ahoml and the gentlemen uoxt
door said ono day In his back yard that
ho wondered how old I TTAS , ana his wlfo
guessed somewhere between twenty and
olghty , that is , there or thereabouts. So
I bought n dog with the awfullcst bark
you over hoard , At first ho kept mo
awake , bnt I got so used to him that , now
they have poisoned him , I can't sleep a
wink without him. Do you know that
hearing nil your dogs bnrklng so beauti
fully together is making mo sleepynovrf
Have you Rot n chalrl"
"For heaven's sake , madam , don't go
to sloop hero 1" yelled the now thoroughly-
scared janitor of the canine county jail.
"I'll glvo yon two dogs , madam , that
will never lot np barking , for nothing , If
you'll only go right away with them. "
But ho was too lato. The Jady bad sunken
on a bench and was snoring placidly. It
was five hours before they could waku her
np , and as she sailed down town , loading
a ono-oyod bull dog and a yellow mon
grel , the pound-koopor wiped his clammy
brow and whispered hoarsely : "Mo go
and take tea with her and hoar her slug
' My love Is true to mo } ' Not for a
nholo year's dog foes. "
ICnts at the Zoo ,
Philadelphia Times.
Just as the last visitors were leaving
the Xoologlcal Gardens late yesterday af-
tornonn , a wild scream WAS hoard in the
lions' and tigers' honao , and three of the
keepers tumbled all over each other In
their hurry to roach that part of of the
building where they supposed some ven
turesome visitor was having an arm lacer
ated by angered boasts. When they got
near they atoppod and laughed loudly. A
very palo and ranch scared young lady
stood upon a bench with her skirts tight
ly'grasped , wbllo twenty-two rats roamed
with the utmost unconcern over the floor.
"Rats ! " exclaimed a keeper , after the
young lady had been relieved ; "rats !
Why , there's hundreds of 'em hero. Just
stand in that corner and I'll show yon
something. "
When all was quiet dozens of rats ap
peared. They scampered along the floor
at the edge of the animals' cages and
dined luxuriously upon poannte , broken
cakes and orange rinds. Tivo of the
bolder ones crawled up Into the cage that
containcs tbo largo lion , and starting upon
a foraging expedition lntor , various cor
ners , crept rather cautiously up almost
to the vary nose of the lion , who lazily
rooted his fine head npon ono paw and
tnrned bis big brown eyes npon his bold
visitors. When tboy bad eaten all they
could find they jumped to tbo floor and
joined the others ,
"That nld lion don't mind 'em as long
as they don't touch him. If they do
they've got to skip mighty lively to got
away. Tbo other day ono big fat rascal
got Into the cage and toughed the lion on
the leg. Almost before I could wink the
rat was lying flat and dead under the old
fellow's paw. Ho uover allows man or
boast to fool with him. "
Oldest OJty in the United Stnten.
Correspondence Boston Commercial Bulletin.
St. Augustlno la the oldest European
settlement in the United States , and was
founded by the Spaniards in 1505 , moro
than fifty years before the landing of the
Pilgrims at Plymonth , and has been con
spicuous In history as being besieged ,
taken and retaken till 1810 , when it was
ceded to the United States. It changed
hands no less than three times during
the civil war , and really the town proper
has something of the aspect of a sleepy ,
old world , broken down Europaan vil
lage that , with its narrow streets , co-
qulna-stono houses , with overhanging
balconies , seem to have boon loft hero
and forgotten.
The history of St. Augustine carries us
back almost to the middle ag03 , It baa
seen the Spanish fleet of Monendez In
1508 ; the French adventurers of a year
or two later , who avenged the slaughter
of French Huguenots ; Sir Francis Drake's
expedition in 158G ; the raid of English
buccanocra In 10G5 ; the South Carolina
invasion of 1702 ; the Ineflootual attack of
the famous Gen. O lethorpo in 1740 ,
when Spain nnd England were at war ;
boiides other leas noted expeditions end
conflicts down to the time cf its transfer
to the United States.
Thn cqalna stouo , of which the old
fort ia bnilt , Is said to have been selected
because it was well calculated to resist
cannon shot and does not splinter when
struck. The old Spanish wall , which
formerly extended across the peninsula
from shore to shore for the protection of
tbo city , has all been taken away with
the exception of its principal entrance ,
the city gate , which la still left standing
aa a curiosity of the past , and with its
queer sontry-boxos , towers and loop- r i.
boles Is a picturesque and Interesting
object. Some of the old Spanish streets
are scarce fifteen feet in width , and the
bouses , built of coqulna stone , were first
ooverod with mastlo and then yellow , or
whitewashed , the overhanging balconies
it tbo second story bringing them s.i'l
icarer together.
Looking After tlio Dclontiru.
3 jiecial Telegram to The BKK.
NKW YOIIK , July 13. Secretary of War
Jodlcott Is hero with A special commission to
avestigato the dofontea of the harbor and
east , lie said to your oirreipondent this
noruimt that ho should vUit tbo forts with
lia commission and finish tha tour at Now-
ort , nnd report with recommendations to
ouprem on the completion of these inventiga-
Tlio nfexlumi KdttorH In Nowl'ork ,
NKW YOIIK , July 13. The Mexican editors
rero entertained this morning by the prosa
lub &uJ visited the city hall and Mayor
! race , whura tieetin ; s were exchanged ,
Llterward visits were made to placoi oi In-
itoat throughout the city , < -
A'im-H ,
The Glmrlen A. Fowler Ht. Bernard dollar
oni , at Kt Loulu , failed yeiterdny , AeseU ,
JI.O/O , liabilities , not stated.
Kie I'd coop ftctury at Ojlikoeli , Win ,
uruetl yesterday , hoes , ? 18CCO ; in ur nce.
IO.OCO.
