THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JUNE 5 , 1880. 9
Spirited Addresses in Behalf of the Toilers
t tin Shop and Fnrm ,
THE CALLOW SENATE HEEDLESS ,
Tlio Necessity of Protecting the 1'itli-
Ho Domain for Actual Settlers ,
niul Forfeiting Unearned
I./aml Ornnts.
IV.
IltJIIFAtT OK I.A11OU STATISTICS.
1 linvo been listening with attention to
FCC if posslby one could lind some prac
tical good to result from a bill of this
kind. It Is true , labor is demanding
leliuf from Its burdens , nnd not the im
position of mote. It is demanding that
taxes shall be reduced , nnd not that tnxcs
shnll bo imposed , Hut , uufoiInnately ,
when there seems to bo some proceeding
loquiring nttention , tlio mil vurs.il nanncen
is a commission , or else u distinct bureau.
When the manufacturers , by reason of
the operation of the law which is nmdu
for Uieir protection , are necessarily cir
cumscribe 1 in the sales of their produc
tions , and it becomes necessary for them
to save a percentage on their lincstmciit ,
thiiii the first thing is either to shutdown
their mills or put their laborers on star
vation wages ; and the senator knows the
fact the next morning after that is done ,
and so does every senator here , nnd every
clti/cn who reads tlio papers. The. fact
is that lliii ? workingmen want taxes re
(
moved. T.hcy.want . some legislation that
will not impose the same amount on the
man who Inbors for his daily bread and
the support of his family and childien as
on the millionaire. The laboring man
who pays a half-cent duty on his sugar ,
pays as much from his poverty into the
treasury ns Gould or Vauderbilt pays
from his riches. Are these the kind of
statistics the senator desires by this bill ?
Mr. lllulr : Precisely the kind , and a
vast amount more.
Mr Van Wjck : What I desire is to go
ns far ns the gentleman may go In pro
tecting labor and removing from it the
imposition which now rests upon it.
Mr. Hlair : Let us begin now with this.
Mr. Van Wyck : Ucgin now ; and lot
us sco to it hero that the inborlnir man
pays no more on goods manufactured
tlnn ho can buy them for from abroad ,
because by some Injurious provision in
the tanII' , which you make in the interest
of protection to American labor , you put
more duty bu the coarser and cheaper
articles , which labor is lequircd to pur
chase nnd consume , tlmn on the more
eostly fabrics which are obtained byyour
( ioiikls and Vandei hilts.
On March 10 , 1881 , Mr. Van Wyck
moved , : us an amendment , that they
recommend for its management a proper
person idonlilied with the laboring inter
ests of the country. Ill tlio course of his
remarks he said : Why stop nt the Chi
nese ? Direct it to nil foreign labor com
ing here under contract. The latter is
more destructive of American interests.
True it may interfere with the privileges
heretofore exercised by iron and glass
manufacturers to supply contract labor
from Kurope , and thus take the bread
from the mouths of our own people. See
to lethal whpn they ask for bead yon do
nol gtvOjihciu iisjouo. We cnn nnd should
legislate'today in the interest of labor ,
and not wait for the creation of any
bureau. Three-fourths of the Ameiicnn
people arc demanding the establishment
of the postal telegraph , the forfeiture of
unearned lands by railroads , the rescue
of What is left of the public domain from
the grasp of companies , native or for
eign , aim from fraudulent pre-emption ,
timber culture and desert entries , nnd
reserving the same for actual settlers.
The results of reckless and extravagant
legislation at the demand of railroads arc
upon us. Tills panic is worse than com-
muuisip. .Congress nnd the courts are
responsible. The rcsuH of our laws and
their adminstration hns been to produce
riots in Cincinnati and panics in New
York. Not only labor , but all interests
outside of the gamblers , demand redress ,
but concilia ? answers them with laws
establishing bureaus. Divorce cougiess
fiom the' inlluenco of the inonoj'-povver
ami corporations. We have been for
twenty years and more suoiect to tlieir
control. 1 trust I am excusable for allud
ing to some things that would bu in the
Intel est of labor , above nnd beyond and
greater anil more far-renchiu" than a
mere bureau of statistics spreading itself
from ocean to ocean witli the e.xpuudititiu
of ? i5,000 a year. All thu laborers of this
country are demanding the laud held by
combinations in dehance of law for
twenty years. For twenty years in the
northwest land has been withheld from
M'tllemeiit. For forty years in the state
of Florida laud has been withheld from
the actual settlers. We move not in that
direction. When it is asked that we shall
3toi | and gather in what has been im-
prov idcntly granted , to which wo get here
the title , and provide that what is left ns
be occupied only by the homesteaders ,
that does not seem of importanceeiioiigh
to call for a moment's attention in this
body. A few weeks ngo I indicated that
labor needed less ta.xes nnd probably
tuiver statistics. I'rom the time that
Bums wioto his "Cotter's Sntiuduy
Night. " from i the time that Thomas
Ueod'i ? "Siuig cd the Shirt" was written
till now , tliliio Is jio legislative body anj'-
Alieio in 'Oliristendom engaged in its
business that hns not been fully informed
as to the needs of labor , and what niiirht
bo expected to be some sort of remedy in
its behalf. Then let us act for thu benelit
; > f labor instead of merely providing
ollieinls to gather statistics.
May an Senator Uayard asked Senator
Van Wyck to advise the senate more pro-
ci-ely what lie meant by "a person ideii-
tillui with the laboring elates of his
country , " which gave rise to n long and
nniUhiup colloquy between the two
Afterwards Senator Intralls mmlu a char
acteristic speech , to which Senator Van
Wyek replied. Wo present a tew sentences
tences ; Tlio senator eloquently ilei.oimeei
cominunlstlo tendencies , but 1 wonlt
iiiggcst that communism of capital is far
iixiiu dangerous to the nation and it.-
imispcritv than is communism of labor
Those who nro horrilied at the idea o !
communism should remember that :
communism of capital , repiesented by
IIN many men us can bo counted on the
jingcis of onu hand , cnn g-ither in mi
innur chamber in New Yoi k or Chicag
nnd combine against the interests of his
ttato anil 'mine by striking at the pro
ductive industries of all thu states of thh
I'nion. Allusion is made to thu home
stead law. Not only labor , but nil Inter
csts , almost unanimously nro this day
asking congress to save the public do
main for homesteads , With lavish ami
piotlignto hand congress hns given U
corporations empires of laud , which hav
been withdrawn from the occupation o
the settler for twenty and in some cases
neaily fortyj ears. And when this com
munism of capital cnn cuter , ns it has in
the years tronu UV/tllo laud department
of Oils nation ; vv lien it could come in and
( it down nnd place its arm around the
form of thu secretary of thu interior ;
when it could invade the department , of
\ntncoA \ } tlitf attorney-general
to sign opinions upon which millions of
acres of Iniid wore to be abstracted from
tlio settlers nnd to be placed in the keep
ing of wealthy corporations , can wo point
with special pride to the laws nnd their
administration for the la.U Iwoiity years ?
This combination of capital is a more
deadly communism than is the labor
interest , which comes hero to-day mildly
Icinnmlingsomcthing , not-statistics , fiom
ho American congress. All glory to the
lonicstond Invvl While prodigally we
c millions of acres which should have
) cen the hcrilagc of labor for years to
. ome , we are seeking to resloro 10,000,000
icrcs to the public domain , which lias
> ccn clo cd ng.iiust the occupation of
icttlors during the Inst ( ( iiarlor of a con-
ury. Let ns hope that congress , in tlio
pirit of justice , may rend the spoiler of
us prey. The senator say * ! that power
s with the people the power of the
> . \ot-box. ] | True , but the people are for
giving and long-siill'ering. lly adroit
imnipiilatlon of national conventions , by
incly rounded periods in congress , for a
Imo the people may bo deceived and
onietimes betrayed , yet when courts be-
oiuo the mo'ins of protecting vice and
rime , and laws to mnko the ricli richer ,
tvhnt wonder if sometimes tlio people's
notcst , coming with the voice of a teni-
> est , becomes an avenger ? History re-
, ionts itself. 'Iho Israelites , when they
bore the harsh bondage of Pharaoh , bore
't qyon to the making of bricks without
lraw , before thev rose up in their power ,
not to strike down I'har.ioli , but to turn
their backs upon Ids government forever.
Yes , the people do sometimes assert their
> owor. lx.'t me cny to thu senator that if
his congress should adjourn without any
cglslntion upon tlio living question of
reselling aim protecting the public do
main , the possibility is tliat the American
; cople will rise up nnd strike down those
ivho may be in power.
iNiT.it-srA n : coMMr.ncr ; .
The case given by tlio senator from
) regon is paralleled by ninny on the 1'a-
3illc railways. The Central Pacific has
lone this thing for yeais , and now the
Union 1'acilio is doing precisely the same
lilnir. In the case.of a carload shipped
i'oiu Now York to San Francisco , $300 is
lie through rate , and if a ear stops COO
-inlcs this side ot San Francisco it is
charged the through rate. That , in all
conscience , ought to bu sulllcienl : but
hey do nol stop there , but they charge
he'local rate bacK from San Francisco
JtfUO. When the Union Pacific was
inished it was to be a computing road ;
nnd yet , after this government had given
nllhons of acres ot laud to build a com-
) oting road , its managers exercise pro-
jiscly the same acts of tyranny , of des-
lotisin ai.d outrage upon the people liv-
ng along the line of tlio roiul , and in
heir greed they make n combination to
keep up the througli rates. 1 sny to my
'riend ( Mr. Cullom ) that his people in
llinois , ami the people of my friend from
Iowa , and those of the state which I have
he honor to represent , feel the hardship
uid the extortions of this outrage. The
senator's people have felt the dNurimlna *
ion in his stale ; they have felt it in the
tate of my friend from lown and in my
own state. We know ilfty after day of
'nirdships repeated and long-continued
by reason of these exactions. We have
been grappling willi il for ton years , and
now my Iriund says we must not do * a
ittlo because we cannot do all.
This discussion continued at crcat
_ ength , Mr. Hoar , Mr. Slater , Mr. Mc-
1'licrson and Mr. Allison taking p.irt.
Mr. Van Wyck said : A railroad com
pany , a creation of law made by the
people , has no right to become an engine
of oppiession. U hns no right to carry
grain and Hour from Chicago to New-
York for nothing , nnd then require all
the business between Chicago and New
York to pay not only its legitimate cost ,
but also the cost of tlie tr.insportation of
the grain between Chicago nnd New
York. That is the very point whereon
we take issue. If my friend Irom Iowa
would commune with his people at home
on this subject , ho would learn more fiom
them than ho cnn learn from any com
mission created by any act of congress.
On June 10 Mr. van Wyck made an
elaborate speech , the question being on
an amendment by Mr. Sl.iter foi-
biddmg any railroad to charge more for
a shorter distance than for a longer. He
said : i'lie great elevators of lovva can
reach the cais of the senator and assure
us that the present management is com
plete , but the multitude ot business men
and small operators , if enjoying'his con-
liduiice , could illustrate tlio extoilions
which injure business and puraly/c trade
Since 1872 all political pm tics , m national
and state conventions , with great una
nimity have demanded rudioss from
grievances in tianspoi tation ; thai no moi o
grants of public lands bo given to cor-
potations , and that lands not earned be
restored to the public domain. Since
187J the great corporations have stilled
the cry of thu people , have paraly/.cd
legislatures and congress , so that but
little of redress and no forfeiture has
resulted. So often deceived , their sufler-
ings > early more intense nnd bitter , the
power of corporations moio ngjjresMvo
and defiant , the people have become mote
in earnest , oven to the surrendering of
p.uty lines. After speaking of the warn
ings uttered by JelVerson and the fathers ,
and of the "popular clamor" which the
senator from Alabama disregarded , Mr.
Van Wyck said : That popular clamor
was the voice of the nation : and when in
thu nation's triumph canie the second
birth of freedom , and the lire-bolls in the
night , loferred to by .Jellersou , were
hounding tlio ring ot victory , and this
country nnd become in fact as well as in
name the land ot the free the voice of
the people was the voice of ( Jod. So
to-day , while the dwellers on the plains
of Iowa , Kansas and Nebraska arosnller-
ing with granaries full to overflowing ,
ami are compelled to burn corn as fuel ,
while the tellers in Wisconsin and Min
nesota are selling < wlicut > bulow the cost
of pioduetion and secure but a traction
above what the pauper labor of India re
ceives the senators fiom Pennsyl
vanin , whore the dependent and unem
ployed aio denied the privilege of in
creasing the production of coal ami are
suHeriug for the corn produced on the
prairies ; the senators from New York ,
whom with bonded head , sorrowing heart
and weary lingers women stitch , stitch
their famishing lives into shiilsat tluee
cents each , while perishing for wheat
which thu western farmer pioduccs at an
actual loss ; tlie senators from New Eng
land , where thousands of men and women
with haggard faces and children of tender
3 ears , prematurely grown old , stand
begging to toil atjliii closed doors of her
factories , vyhoro tariff protection lias
promised Immunity from suffering anil
tlio privllego. to labor at a fair recom
pense they can all. unite in the grand
boast of thu senator4roin Alabama that
they have the courage to oppose populai
clamor ,
The bill passed by the hoiiao known as
the Heagnn bill was infinitely better than
the senate measure. It declares otlenses ,
atlhes penalties , directs tlie prosecution
and allows the citizen to'rfolcct attorneys
and a state or federal tribunal. The sen
ate bill denies nil those privileges , am
makes thu latter end worse tlmn the Ilr.st
The people only demand reasonable
rates no discrimination , no pooling , no
rebates , no greater charge for a short
than a long haul , All these are In the
bill passed by the house , The people are
In no mood to bo trilled with or deceived
It will by an unfortunate day when a re
publican senate declines to accept ti
measure adopted by a democratic house
in the interest of the people. According
to the statement , of Poor's Manual
fl.OOO,000,0 X ) of fictitious watered stock
is represented in the stocks and bonds o
railionds. On this Interest and dividend !
nro collected from the people , made :
moittrngo on every aero of land in the
republic , an inflation paraly/ing nidus
try , laying n tav on the producer am
consumer ; yet vvu must remand all thi
to the natural laws of trade. Hero is u
great nnd acknowledged wrong. The
icoplo of every state understand U if
senators do not. The remedy is simple.
Make extortion , discrimination nnd pool-
ng a crime ; provide penalties and open
ho stnto and federal courts , and you will
lion have ninde n beginning. To-tiny the
nrmers of the west arc working their
> wn farms on shnros the railroad takes
he lion's share. They receive not a uol-
nrprolit or interest on money invested
n land , teams and machinery. Other
ntcrcstA nre. equally depressed. Tire two
ncn ( Ctoiild nnd VnnucrbllO. "who cnn
inch purchase the state" of Kansas nnd
s'cbrnskn , certainly uecd no proll'cr of
isslstancc. No possible danger of in-
iislico cnn come to them , It is the dweller
n the dug-out who with raised Hands is
appealing to the Inw for protection. The
unntor never belle cd strong anil arro
gant slavery , in the days of its control of
congress and Hie judiciary , needed sym-
lathy and prollers of assistance , as did
hoslnvo manacled and cnnging beneath
ho lash. Corpoitlous behind four bil
ious of stolen property , for .years con-
rolling state legislatures , the national
congress , us remorselessly us did slavery ,
iced not the sympathy or active support
offscnntors. His tlie toiler , seeking labor
utho furnace heat , in the underground
abyrinth , the settler in the dug-out on
he frontier of Kansas ami Nebraska ,
vhoso wives and children are drawing
varmtli from corn because grcal corpora-
ions refuse to reduce thu rates of freight
o that the coal of Pennsylvania may bo
e\chr.nged for tlie corn ot the we't. For
wcnty years these corporations lunc
rrovvn rich , strong and defiant iniola -
Jou of law , ami now let us see to it that
ho protection of the law shall bo given
o those who are the victims to their ex-
ortion.
The nnby Itlnj * orB ; > aln.
iVhcn llrst I saw niv ma , the cpiccu ,
Said 1 to tnjself , snid 1 ,
She Is the. funniest slcht I've seen ,
Said 1 to myself , said 1 ;
ate those bending tornis , and who
[ 'liese men that kneel nnd niultci , too' , '
Well , this w hole thlinr is aw fill new ,
Said 1 to in } self , snid 1.
Why do they Iniich , nud 11111 and shout ?
S.xld 1 to myself , said 1 :
iVh.it Is this inmpiis nil about'.1
Said 1 to inj self , said I.
\m I n babe of ten pounds' weight ,
So red nnd puny , still so great
As thus to Mioven iiilahU stnteV
Said I to myself , said I.
Now , It I ciy they'll let me be ,
Said 1 to mj self , said 1 ;
'II tivnlittlu yell nnd sec ,
Said 1 to mvself , si'-l L ;
Jut the moio 1 cried , 1 do declare ,
The more they rent wuii shouts the air ;
iVell. lids iiofsc contest's baldly fall ,
Said I to myself , said I.
iVhnt were those words I heard them slug ?
Said I to niv self , said 1 ;
Oli. yes. 'twns "Hall the new-born king ! "
Said I to myself , said 1 ;
And can It bu I'm ' kingot Spainv
i'an 1 ( Oh , colly , what n pain I
1 think I'll try another stinin )
Said 1 to myself , said I.
11ONI3Y "Foil "rilK luYDlES.
Some of the new silk mulls hn\o frlse 01
satin snipes.
Vests nio sometimes icplnccd by squaie
: i ImmiiiK ov cr the chest ,
M.md ( irangcr lirst eained hci livllhood by
uniiing a sewing machine.
Woolen gulpuie Is used for skills or for
i > nucls , plnstions and revcis.
Plain-colored bodices mo woin with suui-
iner plaids and checks by voting persons.
Sain Jovvott , the favorite Boston actress ,
was at ono time a ticasury gnlnt Wnslilui-
011.
011.Nnriov \ flounces nro still worn. Those ot
aee aie olten lined wilh bright-coloicd
nlletas.
Long , loose , black draperies and short.
full nnions aio niiangcd over kilt plaited
skirts.
Sur.ih , pongee and foulard silk nro com-
jined with woolen lace nnd with open-woik
mateiials.
Black silk or satin biocndcd with flsines of
irisrht color me employed as the foundation
for lace overdi esses.
Deep lace flounces aieemploycd foidinnlng
the backs ot skills. Tlie liouts of these
dicsses usually are beaded.
Olive preen , beige , fawn color , chestnut
Mown , hcliotiopo nnd "bnttci" yellow me
the leadiuir colors m Paris.
The Wnshlngton land collected for the
uiioso ot buying Mrs. Hancock a house
now icachcj nearly 310,030.
Conservative Parisians wcai Iliac , mauve
and bcliotiope blossoms on theii bonnets ,
: iiul icpubllcnns wear jellovv.
Kilt plaited summer dicsscs have plaits
wide and scant , tliwcby icdiielnir the weight
nud the amount ot umteiial used.
Dudlccs of open-wot ) ; labiics aio made
full , plaited nt the sliouldui mid waist. The
sleeves aio puffed , the puffs being sepaiatcd
by bands ot galleon 01 ribbon.
Tilmmlngs concspondlne to the dicss
matciial may be bought le.uly made. They
me hemmed , plaited or ninkcd. Forligmed
mnlciial plain manning is used , .mil vice
v ei sa.
lilack lace dresses may be bilghtcned hi
coloicd iibbons. The piescnt latitude lu the
arrangement lor color penults the use ot
black silk undeidiesses for lace ot anv coloi
or textuie.
Last je.u's leaf-shaped basques at the back
ol bodices of woolen niatcilal aie .still In
fa\or. Where these aie used the bodho is
trimmed with velvet or nioiio antique , and
two points ot this fall below the lent points
ot thu woolen matcilnl.
Ion , : walking clonk Is made of clicsuiit
brown striped silk , and reaches to the bottom
tom of the ( tress. It lits the figure trimly
nnd ha * sling sleeves trimmed with losaiy
bends. The rovers nnd colliu nre trimmed
cotrcsjmndlngly.
White dicsses with deep embroidered
lloiiiiulng on the skh t have the lloiince looped
high over the hip on the lei t. side , showing
tliicaiinuowlloiinc.es coriespoiidiiii : to the
wide one , or else ol plain material. The bodices
ices ot these dicsses. are bulled or made with
basques.
A b mnet with n soft crown of black , has
aeoionet of pink loses , veiled by a lull ot
( 'li.intillj lace , mound the jetted biim. Hluh
loons and ends ot black velvet nnd pink
laillu Fruncalsu ilbbon complete the dim
ming. Tint strings , which me tied nl the
side , nruot thu velvetiibbon.
The Philadelphia Hecoid Is tlio recipient of
a luttui Irom a stiong minded female , who
says : "Onu axiom is laid down which is M >
sound that wuteelenlled upon to give It to
the woi Id : 'Kevin scold jour husband beloro
supper. Put him to his purgatory uu a mil
stomach. ' "
One woman Is icpoitcd tohavosald to her
husband , while on her knees sciubbh.g :
"When you hnvo got eight hours forjour-
sclf , I hopq you w 111 try to get something tor
mo. 1 have worked sixteen hours to-day and
have not done jet. " "Xuver done" was long
ngo said , bowovei , ot w Oman's work.
Fleui-do-lls is n favorite ilowei with the
Parisians for mllit.irv imiposcs. atlording , as
It does , the correct coloring ot the two po
litical paitles. The "royal purple his" Is af
fected by those of the " .indent icglme , "
while thu radicals weie the yellow his that
loves the sii.lgy banks ot streams. Those
who mo nil things to all parties combine thu
two.
two.Lady liaudolph Churchill's couit diess Is
ofmniigold color without any relict , train
velvet , body velvet and satin petticoat , only
relieved by jewels. One of tlio London papers
says that "few women could have ntlotdei !
to bu the center of so much radiance , but lu
this instance the weaiei'-s beauty was tit I )
flamed by no means extinguished , "
liy the death of her husband , Francis W.
Tracy , Agues Kthcl Tiacy conies Into the
possession of two mllloiis. Miss Kthel Iclt
the stage on her man Inge mid has since.
lived in retirement In liulfalo. Shu has ap
i KM led In occasional performances for char
ity. Shu Is said to have been on re a poor
sewing girl nnd to have been etnploved bv
the late Matilda Heion.
The prettiest fabrics displayed just at pres
ent are the chluu and glace silks. ' 1 hey nre
both picturesque and nrtUtlc , many of theft
In the style ol the gay ] > oinpadoiirsatteeii8
only softer ami more dainty In coloring
Largo ( lowers of delicate tints are strew ci
rather far apart on silk of exquisite texture
the edges or the llovvers shading off into thf
silk. The silks themselves' are made in nl
tints Imaginable.
Prussian census statistics show- that thu
population of women Increases faster thai
that of meu. Tlio execs * of vvotocn is O'JO ,
' .7 in a population ot 08,313.833. Ten per
ent Of the excess Is In Iletlin alone. Since
. " 0 tlio excess of womdn has crown nt the
Tito of 12,600 annually , which could probably
o Tully accounted for li&tho proiKindcnuico
f men among emlcrnnt mul refugees from
ho Pellsh provinces.
A Now Yorker snjss "I was slttlne In
K'lnroiilco's when two ladles dropped In to
unclicon. WJ.cn thev entered 1 hcnrd a
west , tiny UnkluiB of luv Islbla silver bells.
Vltcn they were scatpa'tlip sound ceased.
Vhrn they moved their feet the music began
gain. I asked a friend it it was n music
xx carried In the pocket. She ahl they
vcra from Philadelphia , where It Is now nil
ho rage to carry umbrellas w ith gorgeous
ovcrlngs and to wear three garters , tweed
ed ones nnd one jetlevv one , and the jcllow
no Is worn on tlio loft 1C ? . To tlio vcllow
no Is attached n Httlo silver bell , like n
lelgh bell , tor luck. "
Didn't Feel Like Talking.
He stood beneath her-window there ,
Whilega/cd iimni him from above
The eves of her iio deemed most fair
In tlie blight brilliancy ot love.
"Oh , speak to me I" the youmj man cried.
"Oh , speak to mot WhlAirt thou stllll"
Shn only answered with aMch ,
And leaned upon the wlhdow sill.
"Hv all thn vows of fondest love.
lly nil our pllchtcd hn ) > cs nnd fears.
( ) ! i. speak to me , my de-arl my dovcl"
She only answered witi ( her tears.
Why stood she silent'1 AVhy the cn'tiso
To leave her lover In las doubt'.1
Shu did not dam tomnvo her jaws ,
Her new fnhu teeth had fallen out !
The kamraroo , it Is said , enjoys n "bcantl-
'ill spiing. "
Jf seven dn > s make ono week , how many
las will make one srong7 |
Kxtrnct fiom the matrimonial market ic-
xjrt : "Pulled wools me quiet. "
A joimg poet out west , In describing
icnvun , says : "Hlstnwoild of bliss fenced
n withgbk"
Why me joiing ladles nowndnys like bells' . "
llccaiise you can never Hud out their metal
nitil jou hnvo given them a ling.
Ho ( after sin v eying the compinv ) Mixed
ot ; hmdlvn ireiitleman lu the room. She
; innoccntly ) Not one that 1 Unit see.
First stranger Slow. Isn't If. ' Second
stranger Ves , vciy. first strainicr Let's
go home. Sccong sti auger 1 can't , I'm the
lost.
"If the decolletto' fashion does not draw the
.lues somowhcie , " says Ihotlicr Talmngo"the
nlinatho tig leaf will again be nn indispen
sable toilet aitlcle. "
An old lady , icadlne the btcu-inphy f.f
harles O'Connor , thunlloired tatbor of the
New York bar , exclaimed : "Poor mnn I ho
iad n dionxllul lot of children. "
LizhtnliiL' Mi nek the ( esldouco of W. II.
1'caiH , ot Kan Clnic. WIs. , last week and de-
nollshcd it entirely. Those wl'o have tcnrs
: o shed will please send the shed to Mr. 'Icnrs
mill he can build n new House.
Mounl.ntna Is In a state ot nctlveerup
tion. Recording to n cablegram. Hero's-
clmiicc for a tilal of patent spring remedies.
A testimonial from .Mount Ktna would be
.videlyiead . and veiy elfccthe ns nn ndvei-
Isement.
One of the most luoidlnnto cigarette smo-
kcis in tiiis countiy has recently become an
iiitliastnstlc theosonhjst. Whether n thcoso-
ihlst is n most pitlfiirobjcet than an Inoidl-
nite cigarette smoker Is not explained , but
almost any change must be lor the better.
Talented scnioi Pardon me , Miss Ihidd , Is
t true that you aie engaged to my classmate ,
Jlimley Ilovvaid ? Miss 13 That's a lather
jointed ( iiiestlon. T. S-r-E\cuso my nsklnir ,
nit lam liistoiInn for oilr class , ami am get-
ling nil the giinds on the tcllows 1 can.
[ Lite.
"I would not maiiy-mi castcin man. If I
iad to live an old maid all my life [ "exclaimed
n lm\om Mlssnini las-j , "Why not'.1' ' de-
nnndcd her astonished companion. "Be
cause eveiy paper jou pick up contains mi
account ol the falhue ot the eastein mails. "
Acrv modest lady sent her vciy modest
laujjlitci a pietty young damsel out one
norning for some article .Among tlie many ,
she Informed a clcikin one of the stoics"that
ici motlici wanted to get-tlueo yards of cloth
: orpilmitivctiiaugulnr aopciuhccs tor her
infant. "
"Popojcan't Lgo to the , zoological rooms
: o see vlie eamomlle light Wltli the ihinocer-
cowl" ' "Saitln , mj soiiJtyht don't get your
iioiisars lorn , Strnncc , my dear , what a taste
: hnt boy lias irot foi natural hlstorj' , isn't it ?
Jso longer nye than jcstenlar he had eight
1'homas cats hanging by.their tails liom the
clothes-line. "
A.I the Circus De Bagcs : Hullo ! I didn't
expect to see jou hcie. DC Knggs : 1 really
care nothing tor this sortiof thing , but my
childien en Ipv it so much. DoUagKs : Wheio
am the clmdieuV 1 dop % sec them. Oe
Kaggs : Thov mo at home , the little dears.
Wouldn't bu safe to bring/ them lu such n
ciowd. When 1 go home 1 will tell them
iboiitthcpciformaiico. ,
Tliubasso-piofimdo got In his Httlo work
with that touching SOUL' , "The Storm Kieiid , "
nnd one note must hnvo stiajcd up into ( lie
( lies , and been monkeying , m omul the stage
snow bov , for just as ho v\ns dlirglnir his way
Into the second ver.se , dow.n came the snow ;
nnd before the stage hands could stop It ,
there were seveial dillts tiom onu to ten
feet high , mil thu Miiimt-intcrs got thuli
hands nnd lecttio/uii. The audience thought
this w.is the cud the cold , stage-smew ,
bitter end and they were about mak
ing lor the door , 'when our old
filend Wmsaw emeiued from ono
of the drifts , and said not u guilty man should
escape , lie told this stoiy which completely
jiai.dj/cd theaudience anrl they staved there
until a relief expedition was sent alter them.
"A1 fiiund of mine , " said liones , "went up to
the pliotoginiiliursthcothci day and nskcd
the upeintor it houhaigcdns much tophoto-
mapli Inanimate objects as lie did to photo
graph animates. ' 1 he onerntorsaid ho didn't
that ho caiin : down tnlly one-half. ' .Now , '
said tlie photographer , 'can I do anvthinir tor
you' . " 'Well , yes , ' said my filend , " contluuil
llones , " 1 want my plcttuo taken , biitjou'lt
have to nlvo mo about 'ii per cunt oil , for I've
got n wooden leg. ' " It Is seaicely possible
to believe , but tlie nndlenee went so ein/y
nvci this chestnut that they demanded It tor
live and niniaitci distinct times , until Wm
saw didn't know whether ho wns in Poland
or Wjomlng countj * , N. Y.
WHAT iiniv TAKI : .
John Hull In the moining tnkcs soda mid
biandv ,
And ilcli "mf nn' nrf" fern nooncr ;
lint the festive Canadian
And bluu-iioscil Arcadian
They take the A mm lean schooner.
Not Kipo Till Kail.
Ho wasi lagged , duty tramp ;
Ills clothes weio bad , Ids shoes weie damp ;
Iliitstlllh hnd.ililtu | plan ,
And took an old tomato can ,
Audio n lestnuinnt ho went.
His mind upon the ticclqncli br.nt.
He milled Ids hat down o'er his eyes ,
Ami looked iiiystcilons and wine ,
And said : "Pin spollln' torn tiu'ht
Jest hold this can of dvnamltc. "
Xo sooner said than nil had tlown
Tlieii golin ; lelt him quite alone.
HnchuckloJ soft : " 1 have no pelt ,
But now I'll dynamite myself. "
MUSIO.Ui AN'U DU.VMA.TIO.
Cedar lUplds. la , , exacts a dnlly license fee
of KiOO tiom visitingclrcnfces.
Mi. David Dclnsco has been enjnged as
stage managei foi the Lyceum theatre next
season.
Mitchell's new operaJ'phtha's Dnugh
ter"vvas lately pioduced'nl Naples will
{ neat success.
Daly's company had a splendid im-ptlon
In "A Night Oil" nt thu piftty little Strand
theater , London. '
Business Manngor AV. J. Hunter , Jr. , of
"A Tin Sold'ei" company , is shoitly to wei
Miss Itllllo Duaves ,
William Speneei , composerof "The Little
Tvcoon , " was mauled ln > l'hlladelihla ) last
Thursday to MisClaia T. Stackhouso.
Sims ltcovc > < , the KuglUh tenor , Is gettliif ,
old , nnd Is now sntlerlng fruui rnronlc indis
position , which has disappointed many nudi
eneoa.
Mary Anderson U said to have purchase !
a stock ranch out west somewiieie. Perhaps
Miss Anderson intends toralsoau America )
stock company ,
"Tho Khedive" will bathtj name of ( Jlibert
and Sullivan's now comic opera. II vvll
probably bo produced at the Firth avenue
theatre about November.
Jeffreys Lewis recentlj-had to icquest ai
audience in Los Angeles to waso munchlnu
and criibhinc of peanuts su that the voices o
the r.ctors might be heard.
The Theodore Thomas .summer night con
certs \vlll be given thUsoasou in the e.xposl
tioa bulldlmr , Chicago. JK-glnuliig Monday
July 5 , nnd continuing liveVecks.
A new tcuorlias bccu ds9uvejcd'lu | Oarls *
uho. His nnmo Is Felix Mlnncr , nnd ho Is a
letter by trndo. If n Is being educated for nn
.rtlsticcareer at the public o.xponse.
Manager Palmer , of Iho Madison Square ,
ins secured the American rights to "Tho
heat Pinl : Pearl , " n farce-comedy which hns
ecu ono of the successes of the London sea-
on.
on.Aocordlui
Aocordlui ; to .lohn Stetson's books , the
D'Oylcy Carte "Mikado" plajcd at the Fifth
vcnuo to a total of sariooo for 'XM pcrform-
nccs , nvcragneSlOo3 ! for each reprcscnta-
Ion.
Ion.A
A hto Madrid paper states that 000 slgna-
nrcs had been affixed to a | > ctltloti protesting
gainst the employment by local Italian opera
iftiiagorsof a Don Olovaiinl , who Is In his
Ixty-slxth year.
John A. Macknj-.tha comedian , has been re
torted ns inisslnc for some dnj'S past. His
rlcnds say that he has goua to .Kuglnnd ,
vhilo his enemies allege that ho is playing
possum for an advertisement.
Signer tialvlnl wasallowed four wax candles
ach day with which to light uphlsdiessliig
ooins nt the theaters ditilm ; the past season ,
lo was \erj' economical with tlium. nud has
ailed away with nsiiftlclunt stock to llliimt-
iat his Italian castle lor mouths.
Charles O. White's new grand opera house ,
hat Is now In cotiiso of construction In De-
roll , promises to be ono of the finest struc-
uius In the west. It Is to be on the giound
leer , and will have a seating capacity of
oino S.fiOO , with the legulnr pi Ices of ndinls-
Ion that are adopted in the second class
vesteru cities , vU. : SI , 75 , W ) and 'J5 cents.
Ml. AVhilo has atle.idv booked the in Inclpal
Utiactlons that nro on thu load next buasun.
Disaster.
llvimnl tn //n-oii / (
hole In the t > ockct's \eiy bad thing ,
And brings n boj" trouble faster
Than anything under the MIU , 1 think ;
My mother , she calls It disaster ,
For nil lu DUO ilnj' ,
1 lost , I inav say ,
l'hlough a hole not as big ns n dollar ,
A number of things ,
Including somuilngs ,
' 10111 n chain Fhto woiuns a collar.
My knife , n steel pen , a nice little note
That my dear cousin Annie had suut me ;
I'liebiiy who found thai pinned lion to Ids
And tries alf the time to toimcnt me.
I'd lost n new dime ,
That veiy same time ,
[ Hit it lodged lu the iieel of my stocking ,
And ono thine beside ,
Which to jou 1 confide ,
Though I fear jou may think it quite shock
ing.
I'lm doctor had made sonic nlcn little pills
I'oi mu to take home to the baby ;
But , when I reached tlicic , 1 was quite In
despair ,
They had slipped through my pocket , It
may be.AunlSiillle
AunlSiillle , she ,
As cool nscan b" .
Snid a hole in a boy's loputntion
Is hnrdci to cine ,
And worse lo endure ,
Than all pockets unsound in the nation.
Still , a hole In the pocket's a very bad thing ,
And Pm sure n real cause of dlsastei :
But baby Is wull. so you novui must tell ;
I'erlinps he gotwell all the lastci.
KI3MG10US.
The Fox Kiver association of Univcrsalists
ncuts at Blue Island > line 8.
Twenty-two Baptist chinches have been
orunnUcd In Nebiaskn during the imsl jcar.
The announcement that the Kev. 1C. U.
Weed had declined the blshoriiieol Floiidn
was incoiiect.
Nc.uly one-fouith of the entire population
ot Kansas nro membcis ol some ( hrlstlan
church. Included In this me 40,1 ! 0-Metho-
lists.
The tomb at Assouan. Kgypt , of the sixth
dynnstv , dl-icovoied by Cunuial Grenfoll , Is
found to bu Inviolate and the mummies me
peitcct. Its date Is liom ISOOO lo : iroo B. C.
Itev. Phillips Brooks has ended the uncer
ainty about his disposal of the assistant
jishopilc ot the dlocusu of Pennsylvania bv
> eiuling a lorimd declination ot the piollcred
lonoi.
The New York Methodist coufcicnce , le-
ccutly held at-.Fulton , adopted a icsolution
asklnu the bishop nut to appoint any pel son
nspicsldlng elder "who uses , tobacco in any
torm.
The Methodist church south has elected the
Following additional bishops : Itev. Dis. W.
W. Duncan , ot South Carolina ; C. B. Callo-
\\iiy , of .Mississippi ; KiiL'cne It. Hcnihlv , of
3t. Louis , mid Joseph Stnnton Key , ot
Georgia.
Paul Cook , picsident of the Fiench Metho
dist confcicncc , nud who has taken a leading
part in thn spie.ul ol Methodism in that coun
try , is dead. He wns thu oiurlnator of French
Sunday schools , mid was at liistthc vie tim of
much pel sedition.
The next of the -
general assembly Picsbj--
tcilan chinch Will contain about 4bU commls-
sloneis. n i eduction ot about 100 , mainly dls-
tiibuted as lollows : New York , ! SJ ; Pennsyl
vania , U ; Ohio , IS ; Illinois , IS ; Indiana , ;
lown , 12 ; total , W.
Klght unlive tencheis nnd their wives have
recently left Sidney to engage In missionary
woiU In New ( iiilnea. They have been
trained In the institution at Kanatonga , and
are sent oul under Hie auspices of Ine Lon
don .Mlsslouaij society.
Bishop W. H. Miles , ot the colored Metlio-
dlstipisco ; ] > al thnich In Ameilca , weighs
:100 : pounds , wears a suit which cost him iiom
lour to seven dollars , c.uries a pair ol old-
tlmc red leather saddle pockets , and Is woith
S-0ooo in money mid city piopeitj- .
Thobonid of piibllentlon ot the Presbyte-
ilau church icports that its receipts from the
sale ol Its periodicals last year weio &KXI-
UiU.70niid It makes tluivei viommkable.state-
moul that thu unpaid bills given up as hope
less for the entlio jcai amounted to 5740.
Philadelphia lias sixty-seven Baptist
chinches nud seventeen missions. The total
chinch membership is 1 ! > , { IV * . There eight-
thtce bible schools , with oillccis and teach-
eis , ii.003 , mid schohus , 'J-V-'Ttt. ' Theio mo In
the city O.V ) Sunday schools , with an attend
ance of lWbS5 ! , scholais and over 10,000
teacheis.
According to iccant rcpoits from Bohemia
It nppcais that the old Catholic movement Is
making iapld piojriess In the soiithcin pait
of that countiy. Ills believed that a veiy
Imgu accession Is likely soon to bu mndu to its
ranks. The chinch cler v. It Is said , have
taken ahum , nnd they have signed an ad-
diess to the bishop , inglng him to nppioach
thu govcinmcnt , nnd. It ncco.ssmj' , the cm
pel or , in outer that thu movement maj bu op
posed by legal and admlnlstiatlvu measures ,
. .
Oh , Torn Mnu !
Oh , fora man ! the clcai voice sane ,
And tlnoiigh the chinch the echo lang.
Oh , torn man ! she sang again
How could such sweetness ulead In vain ?
The had bov gilnncd ncioss the aisles , "
The deacon's downs weio chainred to sudle * ,
The slngei's cheek tinned deepest pink
At base nnd ( emu's wicked wink.
The till Is ( hat boil ) Iho alto pmt
Then took thiihtinin wiihnll theli heart ;
Oh , lor a man , n man , n man
And then the lull voiced choii began
Tn sing vv Ith nil their might nud main
The linls to the uiil'.s rufialn ;
Oh , fora mansion In thu skies ,
A mun n mansion In the skies.
*
KlXOUIyHITIiS. ;
Unelu Sam welcomes Into Ida domain S00
Inbius n dnj * , not counting thosu wliocomo
by sea.
While n man lu Clinton , Pa , , was picpai-
Ing logo to bed , he was stunk b > a thunder
bolt and Imd nil his clothing snipped fiom
his body , Icnviiu : him iiiilmincd.
A icsldent ol' r.linvvood , N. C , , hns a newly
loaled qolt that has no mane and Its tall re
sembles a nit's ; Is body Is coveted with wool
Ilkun iihecp. The owner sheared It a lew
days since , and obtained u nimibci ol pounds
ot wool.
A mnn bus tried the experience of setting
n hen on n double joked cgt : with entire suc
cess. On Sumlaj a Httlo head came through
each end ot the egg , mid when thu shell was
removed two chick vveru found. They were
slightly united , but weio easily bcpaiatcd.
A sportsman in Clj do , N. Y. , u tew days
ngo shot a inuskr.it nnd waded Into the
water to get It. Uukiiow ning he Intruded
uiion the spawning giound of a shoal of
piekeiel nnd was attacked by nlaigo niimbci
of monstei males so fiercely that he was glad
to escape without the int.
A. SloHt Liberal Otter.
The Voltaic Belt Co. , Maishall. Mich. , offer
to send their celebrated Voltaic Belts mid
Kleetrlc Appliances on thirty d > s' trial lo
any man afflicted with Nervous Debility ,
Lossof Vitality , Manhood , &c. illustrated
pamphlet lu sealed envelope with full partic
ulars mailed free. Write tbcru at once.
A Question.
If you nnd 1 had no\cr met ,
Ami never known each other's fneo ;
Would you hnv e trod 5 our enlm hoinewnyp ,
Yrt sometimes longed on rnlny dnjs
1'or sweeter resting plnecV
If you for mo hail Iheit nnd died ,
A sllcaeo nnd n mjstcry ;
Should 1 lm\o sometimes faintly felt
That somewhere In the world , there dwelt
The only one for mot
If 1 to you thro' endless tlmo
Had passed unknown nnd rampart ;
Would joii In dreams have seen my face ?
Would there lm\o been \ncnnt place
heft lonely In jour heart ?
Thcro nro lots ef people who mix their re-
lliclnn with business , but forget to stli It UP
well. The business Invarlbly rises to the top
as n result.
Itev. John S. Kene of Heckslicrvlllo palish ,
near Pottsvllle , PA.niystcitoiisly disappeared
a few dnvs ago , nnd so did nblnek-cjed
maiden , vv no had been keeping house for
him.
In the Peeshawur Cemeteiy , In India , Is the
following nmuslngepltnbli : "Saciedtothe
memory of Itev. , lulssloimiy , aged ,
mmdcicd by his cliowdhlai , 'AS ull done ,
Kuod and faithful servant. "
Kev. Bohcit Bush , of tlio colored Baptl t
church , JelTcisoiiville , Inn , , was to hnvulni-
incised thirteen converts In the Ohio , but
only ono of the thliteeii , n small child , inndo
Its appearance. After Mr. Bush bad bap-
tired the child , he obsei ved that "lu diagglug
jour net you alwajs catch some tadpoles. "
A Philadelphia minister believes In the
efliency of piajer , but ho does not appeal to
believe In prnjlug to heaven for things
which will bo fuiiiished lu thn natural euiusu
of events without belnz piaved for. Speak
ing to n number of his parishioners , he Indi
cated Ids feelings by stntlag : ' 1 hnvo otlcu
prnjcd that I might bo humble ; 1 uevei
itinjcd that 1 might bo poor. 1 could trust
Biittonwood street church for that. ' "
At nn outdoor negio meeting In Oconec
( ! n. , n tew Sundays ago , the picachcr and
some ot his flock got to arguing on the pro
hibition question , and the pal son nut so mad
that he had tlm-o of his deacons tinned out
on account of their being In Invor of whisky.
This enraged the deacons so much that they
got up a following nnd went In the chinch
and tinned thu pieacher out and locked the
dooi.
dooi.The
The minister was struggling to put on a
new foui-plj collar and thepeispir.itloii was
stalling liom every pine. "Bless the collar ! "
ho ejaculated. "On , v es. bless It. Bless the
oliissed collar ! " "My deal , " said his wife ,
"what Is > our test tor this moinlng'ssei-
monV" ' 'T-tweiily-lhst vckso t-liftv-fifth
Psalm , " ho replied lu short gasps. " 'Thu
w-woids of his Hi-month weie s-smoothcr
than b-buttcrbiit w-vvar was In Ids h-heait. ' "
Acpilaln southern dinkey had obtained a
license of the Baptists to preach. He was
holding foith In the pie enceot many of his
bicthien nt one time , when he undertook to
dcscilbo the pioccss ot Adam's eie.itlon.
Said he : "When Cod made Adam Ho stoop
down , sciatic up a little ( Hit , wet It a little ,
warm it in de hands , and squecvo It in de
right shape , and dcu lean It up against do
fence to di v " "Stop derc ! " said a Univci-
sallsldirkej"You sny dat aio do Instils
man cbcr made'.1'1 "bnitin ! " said the
preacher. "Den , " said the other , | cs'tell a
Idler vvhar dat m lencc come trom ! "
"Hush ! " said the pie.icliei ; "two moic ques
tions like dat would spile nil do feology In
do woi Id ! "
Lieutenant Cicely , U. S. N. , of Aictic
fame , is exliemely pious and pinvcrlul.
Lieutenant liny , aiiothci noted cxploier , is
quite the icvcise. They icccntly met nt
Washington and fell lo discussing theii
experiences in the Noith sea. " 1 suppose , "
said Itav to Gicdy , "that jou kept up n
steady Mi cam of prajer thiough all those
tcnlb'lo il.ijs. You believe In the etlicacy ot
IH.IJCI ? ' "Indeed I do. Eveiy moment of
the dav 1 found stiencth nnd consolation In
scndlnc up prnjcrs to heaven. " "Well , "
icplleii Itaj , "Iswoic like a tiooper the whole
time I was In the noith. 1 danumd the cold ,
tlio ice , the food , the covcinmcnt , my men.
1115.self , and brought the whole of my unity
homo alive , while von lost nine-tenths ot
joins. Can jou explain thlsV"
Itnts niul Cats.
Stiance footsteps haunt my chamber In the
night ; , t ( i
When shadows lengthen In the pale moonlight
- '
light
A sound of wciul and phantom foims in
Might.
( Itats ! )
And fiom without my window comes a sound
Like harps /Italian playing underground ,
And wailing voices tiom the dark , piolound.
( Cats ! )
isnuc VISIONAL.
M ss Jennie Fisku's will has been sustained
nnd nndei it Coinell university will get nt
least Sl.fXJO.OOO.
Hong Yen Chang lins graduated , with 10S
A met leans , ! i om Columbia college law school ,
He Is thu Hist Chinese lavvjci that Aincilcn
has educated.
The wife of Senator Lelnml Stnnfoid. of
California , gave the klnilcigartciis of San
Fianeisco S" > ,003 on her iccent birthday , the
socoud gilt ot that si/e fiom her.
The pi evident of Welleslcy college , Miss
Alice K. Ficeniin , Is still young. Her exe
cutive capacity Is maiked. Her faculty of
extempore speaking. It is said , has excited
admiring surpiise In Kiigland. She Is a
graduate ot Michigan uiiivoislty.
Fiance is working haul to build now
schools foi hei childien. Onu of them , tlie
Lvceo Jansen doSalllj' , has been finished a
little moio tlnn a jc.u , nnd the technical
join imlsaic still occupied with descilptloiia
ol It , jet It already contains 1 " > 0 pupils , leav
ing only fifty vacant desks. Thieo others In
Pails , even moio leccntlv completed , nro lull
almost to overflowing , and the government
has lately uiidcitaken the establlshmeiil of n
number of gicnl subuilmi schools , both to ac
commodate the population of the outljlng
villages , and to tellovo the city schools , by
taking liom them the childien whoso parents
picfci to pay tlio expense of sending them
eveiy moining n little wnv Into the countiy
tortile sake of tresh nlr nbout the sulmibaii
schools. The last of these , thu Ljcuo Laka-
rel. has just been opened atSceaux , n picltv
viliigo twenty minutes'ride to the north-
waul liom Paris. Like the others , It Is de
signed on n gicat scahi , the total cost ot the
bulldlni ; , without the land , having bucu more
than si.fiOO.ooo.
Scrofula diseases manifest themselves
in the spring , Hood's Smsaparilla
cleanses Hie blood nnd removes every
taintula ,
* >
CO.\\UIU.\MTIi9.
rongicssman Davcnpoit , the New Yoik
mlllloimiie , is to mniry Miss Clinton , ot JJ1-
mlrn.
Juctlce Stanley Matthews will be mariled
June 7. The hone ) moon will bo spent In
Km ope ,
The Pi luces ? Beatrice , of liattoiibunr , hats
Buigovci the head with a sllppei eveij time
ho piaiscs Langtij' .
Agnes Cmioll , a stepdaughter of Cenoial
Lee , has been betrothed to Count Antony
ilaiisseii-St.uinn , of Viuniia ,
It IH now stated that Miss .Mary Andcisou
has become the latest object of the umoious
Senator Jones' Infatuation.
The lovely Miss .Monitor's wedding gown
w as Ten nj son inn poem with Swinbiirncan
hue and BiyantoiiinmuntH.
M. II , C. Hancliett , Is the name of the Ten
nessee larmei whom Miss Mmrico.tlm novel
istIs to many somu time during thesiimmei.
It Is lepoited that the bctiotlmlof Princes
Louise , eldest daughter ot thu prince ol
Wales , to Prince Osvni.son of tlio km , ; of
Sweden , will soon bu ollidalty declared.
Congressman Davenport , of New Vork.ono
of the richest bachelois in the house , am
the late icpubllcan candidate lor governor
against Coveinor Hill , Is to bo mauled In n
slioittlmu.
Thu eldest daughter ot the president o
Vene/uela Is about to cut American hclicssch
out by mainliig a duke. But they don *
care. Theio s us good dukes in the pond as
em came out of it.
"That Miss Jones is u nice-lookinggiil
Isu'tsheV"
"Yes , and she'd bo the belle of the
town if it wasn't ' for one tiling. "
"What's that ? "
"She has the catimh so bad it is un
pleasant to bo near her. She hns tried :
do/en things and nothing helps her. .
amsorrj' , for J likelier , but that doesn'
make it any less disagreeable for one Ube
bo around her. "
Now jf shn had used Dr. Sage's Catarrl
Remedy , theio would have been nothing
of the kind said , for U will cure e.ttaul
every tiino.
ASSASSINS OF WAR TIMES.
TLo Dangers of Detectives TerrgUng th
Tiends in Washington.
STORY OF A POISONED BOUQUEl
Trnoklnjrft Vltullcllvc Woman In
thnorc thn Detective Shot liy
n I'nl Kscnpo of tlio
I'Hnulpata ,
Detective in Uolrolt 1'rco Pro MI Dnr
\\K \ \ the war Washington was lllled with
oiuo of tlio worst people in the land , and
n rulililion to thieves , thujjs burglars ,
amblers and that class of sharpers ,
here was an olomcnt winch coiiMalitly
) lottoil and con pirod against the Rovorn-
limit , if not atnin t almost ovnty indi
vidual otlleinl. It was tlio duty of tlio
secret service huroau to look ujt niul
> eop tin eye OH these people , and I nm
lonest in stating IHJ belief that wo drove
out of tlio capital , In ono way or another ,
uul nt onu time and another , 100
lieu and women vv ho Were plot-
lug conspiracy nitil assassination ,
lu tlio summer of 18it ( ! a member of tlio
cabinet who had expressed considerable
lUtcrniss tovvaids what was called tlio
lisloyal clement in Italtiiuoio , received a
voiy line basket of Mowers at his dink.
They were placed on the desk \\hllu lie
was at lunch , and tlio colored attendant
who received them stated that ho took
: hcm from the hands of a woll-dresscd
> oy They wore. ( lowers of which the
) llleial was pnitieulaily fond , and ho
spoilt some time admiring thu gilt and in-
mliug thu perfume. Within a mini-tor ot
in hour ho was taken .suddenly Jll and
iad to hu sent home in a oarrJaffO , Tliciu
wore .sovcr.il storms whispcieilAUo\U , but
L belloro , from what followed , that ( hn
joinmct was poisoned and had been stint
n in hopes to cause his death , Hu vyas
lone up for four or live days anyhow ,
ind I received orders to make eveiy
jlloit to limit down the person who had
sent in the bouquet.
It wns little 1 had lo encourage mo in
ho start. 1 got a desciiption of the boy.
lowevcr , and after a day or two l found
.H'ople of \ \ horn ho had enquired his
way fiom the station to the secretary's
jlllce. It was easy enough after tluit to
race him as having como on from Haiti-
noro. lie came alone and ho had the
jouquet in a band-box The bouquet
was tied with a grass coid. and 1 took
this cord and went to Baltimore and
scarcely rested a moment until I had
seen tlio owner of every green-house.
I applied to twenty or more buforu 1
'omul the OIK ; who put up the
lowcr-s. I reiiH'inbeicd the cironm-
dauce , idonlilied the coul and described
tlio buyer as a handsome looking lady
ibont ! )5 ) years of ago who had come in a
lack. The vehicle wa s ijrawu by a white
iml a bay horse , and inside of. two , hours
1 had found the driver He described UiOi
lady about as the lloiist had done , and
uliled that she had gold-Iilled fioul tooth.
) luc eyes , : i little sear on her ehin , and
was sharp and decisive in her speech.
She had taken the hack at the stand and
loft it at the same ijlaee.
Lf this woman intended the doUh : > of
the otlicial she had irouo to the green
liousc in an attire selected for the oeca-
ion , and one she would not wear again
on tiie street. 1 hung ahout the various
hotels until certain that she was not a
est of any of them , unit then I could
unly trust to accident for success On
two occasions 1 caught sight of a face in
a carriage which answered the descrip
tion and followed tlio vehicle without
success. J aeh limp it escaped me by
rapid driving. Again I caught .sight of
the lady on the stieet. Shii entered a
dry goods store and 1 followed. She
.soon passed out and I was at Hen hucls ,
hut she dodged into a crowd gaUici' jiU >
about the scene of an accident and 1 lost
her. An hour later I suddenly5 iliseOv-
eied that I was being shadowed. 1 did
considerable tinning and dodging before
1 would admit that this was the case ,
hut 1 dually had to acknowledge tlintHho
hunter was being hunted.
"Shadow" medium-sized
My was a -
man , about 40 years old , well dressed ,
tespeetablo looking , and doing his work
in the neatest manner. He did not lose
sight of me until ho .saw me enter my
hotel , where I brought up about 0 o'clock
in the evening. I had no clew connect
ing the man with the woman 1 was look
ing after , but it was natural lor mo to
inter that theie was some connection. I
wioto out and made my daily report , atn
supper , moked iv cigar , and then started
for the theater. It wouldn't bo at all
strange if 1 found my lady there , even if
I had the seat ne\t to hot * . 1 was within
twenty lect of the door of the the.iter
w lion a rough and ragged-looking man ,
who certainly spoke in a disguised vojco ,
stopped me and said :
"Mister , I'ni a discharged soldier , and
I've been sick , and am out of money.
Won't you buy this icvolver of mo
for W
lie pulled the weapon from his pocket
and shoved it toward mo , mii//.lo first.
liefore I could compieheml the lull iin-
poit of his woids theie was a ( lash and a
report , and 1 was dimly conscious of fall
ing. Four or live minutes later I came
to myself to lind that a crowd had gath
ered , and that I was in the hands ot a
doctor. A. bullet from that revolver had
plowed along my skull , making a wound
which laid mo oil' duty tor u mouth The
fellow who tried to niuuler mo escaped
pursuit , and is to this dav undetected.
If ho was not the po.'son who had shad
owed me in the afternoon , he was In that
poison's employ , and both weie acting
tor the woman. It was afterward ascer
tained that she was a woman who was
notably vindictive , and that she left for
Knglaud befoio I was recovered fiom my
wound.
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Knop Quiet
And take Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera
and DiniThu-a Remedy , It cures pain in
the xtoimich almost instantly , (5bt ( u 25
cent bottle , take nothing else. Yon will
need nothing else to cure the worst case
of Uinrnrn , Cholcr.i Moilius or bowel
complaint. This medicine is mailn for
bowel complaint only and has been in
constant use in the west for nearly lit-
Icon \erus Its success ha1" been un-
hounded and Its name become a house
hold woi d in thousands ( jf homes. Try it.
The theory thut the Indians ure de
creasing in number is not sustained by
information from Sitting Hull's people.
During the month of February among
those eniollcd at Standing Hock , Dak. ,
there were seventeen deaths and twenty-
one births ,
"When r. by * M rick , we gaye her 0uteri * ,
Whop ( he wiu a Child , the cried for Cutorla ,
When he became It IBS , she clung to Cutorta ,
WLui the titd Children , eh jjare th m C
A South Carolina judge decides that
tiee climbing is uu alienable right of
bo s , over which municipal authorities
have no jurisdiction.
Mr. A. 1) . Smith , Idaho , N CM cured
rhumatisin with two bottles of St. Jacobs
Oil.
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St. ruler's cathedral , Just finished nt
Moscow , has live cupolas , and i > 00pounds
of gold were used in ovcrlayiugthem.
The door.s of 110 temple cost $310OUO. and
the maiblo Hours $1,500.000.
' ridings of comfort nnd joy. " Hcd
Star Cough Cure relieve * throat and lung
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