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THE SUNDAY , Bftk FEBRUARY 12. i888. TWELO } PAGES , THE SUNDAY BEE , COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICE NO. IS , I'KAItti 8T11EET Delivered \ > y currier in any pnrt of the city at twentyccntftper cek. wiNKM OrrifK , No. 4.1. imiT KniTQH N' 31 1 NOIt MENTION. N. Plumbing Co. Keller , tnllor , Full Roods cheap. Money to loan on Improved city prop erty by'W. S. Cooper , 1'IOMnln street. Good coal , full weight .guaranteed. C. B. Luinbct.fompuny , 000 Main street. Marshal Ouunclla is bu y serving no- tircs of Hpecial assessment on property owners for the ijriuliiiR of Broadway. A Htruy mid runaway team was found on the aii-coln by t/he / police yesterday morning nncl placed in a stable to awuit afl owner. M. A. Hoiiffh , of CruHcent , is suffering from perious injtiricH caused by fnlliin , ' with ii broken ladder. His breast bone in fractured and his recovery will bo Blow. The remains of Mrs. Van Pelt ar rived bore liwt evening and were taken. to the residence of her daughter , Mrs. lame A. Miller , No. 805 , Second avenue. The funeral services will be held to-day at 2 o'clock j ) . in , , from Unit residence. The name of John Churchill is pre sented by his friends as alderman at , largo. Ho is resident of the Fourth ward , and the claim is made ( with some justice , it is true , ) that from the fact of the number of its residents it is enti tled to double representation. The Council HlulTs "Macnnerchor" gives its annual masquerade ball in the Masonic temple to-morrow evening. The committee of arrangements con- Bists of L. Klrscht , Christ Striiub , Christ Paul , L. A. Bergman. A. Rink , Emil Duorr , K. Hosch and K. Sperling. Two of the Council Bluffs youths , Walter Swanson and Nina , Swunson , having their sympathies touched by the bufferings of Lena Woerbecke , the little orphan MI badly frozen in the Nebraska bli//ard , yesterday gathered up by a subscription nupcr $8. ! ! " > , which was brought by them to the Biu : otllco last evening. About two weeks ago it was announced by some of the city papers that the Manawii hotel had been leased to Messrs. Swan & Harmon , who would operate itduringtheprcsentyear. Such , however , is not the fact. Negotiations were in progress to that end , but they have not as yet been consumatcd. Mr. Harmon is absent in Michigan , and the matter will not bo decided until after liis return. City Woighmiihtor , W. S. Amy , will' again enter the race to bo bis o\\n suc cessor to the otllco. He has held the of- fieo during the past two years against all the opposition brought to boar against him. He has had little protec tion from the city ollicials , and lias held "his place by strict attention to business and the faithful discharge of his duties. It seems as though such qualities should win their reward. In defending the title to Fairmount park the city's attorneys have exper ienced difficulty in not having a com plete abstract of property. Learning this fact Messrs. Kimball & Champ have had an abstract prepared and yesterday they presented it to Solicitor Holmes , for the city. It is u neatly bound vol ume of twenty-two pages , closely writ- ton. If gotten in the regular way it would have cost about S.'ttM ) . The pres ent is invaluable to the city , and this enterprising lirni deserve special tlmnks for their energy , enterprise and liber ality. Last evening Abe Lincoln post , G. A. It. , met in tvu old-time camp lire. The proceedings wore interesting to an out sider , and doubly so to the old soldiers who ' 'fought , bled' and died , "and wore honorably discharged. When the tales of heroic action had l.'V'n told and the old war songs had been sling , a halt was culled , and while the post was at "parade rest" one of the number , in be half of his comrades , presented past commander , Major II. ( J. Barnes , with an elegant gbld-licadcd cane. The boys guaranteed it to bo a typo of peace and fully able to bear the weight of any reasonable number of declining years. Money to loan. W. S. Cooper. Union Abstract Co. , 230 Main st. Personal P Dr. E. L. Cook , of Macedonia , is at the Bechtolo. C. H. Converse , the Oakland attorney , is in the city attending court. Mrs. James MeNaughton is again able to bo out , and it is thought sbo will rapidly regain her strength. Mrs. Max Molin , wife of the proprie tor of the Creston house , was able to bo over her room yesterday for the first time in four weeks. D. Hoist's family returned with him from California. The son is much bet ter than lie was. Mr. Hoist brought with him , and bus on exhibition at the Kiel house a pomegranate , raised in China , weighing two and a half pounds. It looks like u huge orungo and would readily pass as sucli wore not Mr. Hoist too honest to allow the delusion. If you want to save money go to Hark- nois Bros. , 401 Broadway. Xo Money in AVhisky. Henry Thcder and Andrew Schwcn- Bon , of Minden , who have been trying to run saloons in a prohibition state , are having much trouble. They were lately arrested and taken to Oakland , where they wo.o tried before a jury. They wore found guilty and fined sev eral Hundred dollars each. Thcdor is in jail hero , and the other is out on ball as ho purposes to appeal. Yester day injunctions wore issued against them. The one against Thcdor was a temporary writ. The other was a per manent injunction , and the attorney foes were taxed up at $75 , so that the poor follow will have to pay both his at torney and the one , who prosccutedliim. Neither of the men have boon in busi ness longer than a few months , and the balance shoot is rather heavy on the loss sido. The attorney prosecuting these cases is C. II. Converse-of Oak land , and the attorneys for the defense Culllson , Smith & Turner of Ilarlau. The Union Pnulflo Bridge Hiitos. The Union Pucillo railway company bus prepared a schedule of ferry , train and wagon bridge rates between Coun cil Bluffs and Omaha. They go into effect on the 20th instant and are as fol lows : Ferry Cars. Wagon Bridge , Foot passengers , each. . W Ono homo uml riiler , . . . - " > U Ono-horso vehicle ! I3 Two-horse vehicle SO 3 : Thrco-horso vehicle..75 M Four-horso vehicle W ) Ct Extra horses , ouch ' > ' U Cue man free with ) each vehicle. EaehV23 ' K extra ntuu. ) . . Hones , mules and I 0-i > ' ' . \r cattle , i > er head Bbcep and hogs , p WILL .THE PARK BE LOST ? Private Parties Want to Wrest It From the Public. HELP FOR THE HOSPITAL. A IHufnte on a Itanch Dolnga 'n ' Court GninlilliiR Dens The New llcjjlstry haw To-Day' * Services. Fight IHK For a I'nrk. The first skirmish in the Fairmount park case occurred yesterday morning in the superior court. The question as to whether the city has rightful title to Fall-mount park , or whether the shadow of a doubt rests upon it , is the one to bo determined. It is evident that Wright , Baldwin & Haldeno , the law firm fight ing the city in this case , is bound to make as strong a showing as possblo , and if possible to wrest this beautiful park from the city. If not it is proba ble that they hope to rnlso such u cloud , that the city will be glad to spend a few thousand dollars in clearing it away. "Whatever the result of the litigulion may bo , it is certain that the city park commissioner ! ) will fight to the bitter end to preserve the city's rights to the park. In court yesterday there was a good deal of sparring , but the battle wus not really commenced. There were motions and countor-molions to llx up the issues so as to go ahead with the consideration of the merits of the case itself. Mr. Iluldeno was on ono side , while upon Ihu other were Mr. l'usoy : Mr. Burke and Mr. Holmes. The suit is not against the city , but against the owners of lots before they condemned the property for park purposes. The city wants to bo made a parly to the suit , for it is the real defendant. Thosuit broughtugainst the lot owners is a ono sided onons they are scattered , and would not care to light the case , even if the know about it. The rity , which is. the real de fender , docs not care to have the suit decided in favor of Wright , Baldwin & Haldonc by default , and hence it wants to bo put in the place of thu man of straw , Motions to this olToct tire Hied , and those preliminaries are to bo lirst fought over boforooithorsidc gets down to the real question as to who owns Fairmount park. There was little accomplished yester day. The lawyers spent nearly the forenoon in gelling their motions in shape , aud then the matter was laid over until next Wednesday. On the market for over twenty years. Still the most reliable and the -most popular sewing machine made. The light running Domestic. Olllco 10-5 Main st. Travelers Stop at thu Bechtolo. A lllulllto Un a Hunch. Mr. C. K. Froidman , formerly of Odcll Bros. & Co. , i3 now on a ranch near Pine BlulYsVyo. . , seeking health and strength. lie is by no means forgotten by his Council Bluffs friends , and they will bo glad to learn that his health is improving. Some of his frio.nds hero have bcun sending him some delicacies to relieve the monotony of the ranch menu , and in a private letter acknowl edging their receipt ho says : ' 'The ranch cuisine is too rich for a delicate stomach like mine ( with grease ) , and I am commencing to sigh for civilization. It is all right for folks to como out for a week or two and enjoy 'roughing it , ' but when ono stays for good , or next thing to it , the novelty wears oil , and loaves ' fried beef steak and fried everything in its terrible reality. I think these cowboys would fry the eolToe , if they could. When I am able to do anything I must stay out doors while I work , and so shall probably scratch for a living as a granger. I may devote my finest thoughtaud deepest research to chickens. I have succeeded in persuad ing them to lay one more egg each day than on the preceding ono , and have the score up to nine. I think chickens I can round up and cut out better than cattle for aear , or two , and their dispo sitions are more gentle. Besides , I am fond of eggs. I like them almost any way. I shall probably like them best n't 155 conls a do/en when I take the addled ones to market. When I got sufficiently bettor I shall perhaps start an agricul tural paper. 1 like the newspaper busi ness , it boiig my llr-.t love , and I have been , and am still , contributing an in tensely interesting series of articles on the 'Wild West' to the Dan bury News , my old paper. It beats nil what crime a man will lend himself to , but I must do something to occupy all my store of gray matter ; and , then , ! am so faraway from all the readers that I feel safe. " F. d'Urrc , 828 Avenue A , being about to remove to California , will dispose of a very line piano worth $ I5U ! , by radio on March 17 , at the Manhattan. Litllo Annie Clark of Avenue A. will draw the lucky number. Shoufo loans money on real estate. More Ilobtiery than Gambling. Whenever anything is said through the press to the effect that the gambling hells of the city are yet operating in defiance of law and under the very noies of the police , the whole light lingered fraternity rise up and with ono accord declare the statement untrue ; that the rooms are used as social card rooms ; that no liquor is Hold and no gambling going on ; that the places are conducted quietly aud there is no just cause for complaint. Of all the rooms that wore operating six months ago , but one .has suspended its gambling ar rangements. All the others are run ning whenever suckers enough can bo found to make up a game. Liquor is sold and rumpnsscs and lights are by no means of rare occurrence. Within Iho past two weeks there have been two drunken brawls , and but for the res pectability of the associalcs of the prin cipals , their names would have graced the police docket. In ,0110 case a man , evidently a stranger in the city , got into a "pluggor" game , and when ho kicked because ho was being robbed , ho AN as knocked down and kicked out of the buck door into the alloy. Most of the places are run on the "plug" plan. Professional gamblers , fighters and all round crooks are hired , and from to a half a dozen are on hand at all hours of day and night to llocco the unwary , fill him up with whiskey ( or drgusjand "knock him out" if the occasion re quires it to bo done. The second case occurred on Friday night last. Two young men , well 'known in sportintr circles had been "bucking tub tiger" and had lost. Ono of the losers . .al leged a crookedness In the deal and for his pains was set upon by two hired toughs and knocked out in short order. That this course of things is being carried oil with the full knowledge of Iho police ot the city , and in a sense under their fspionugo is openly alleged. .Such u condition ot things is a , disgrace : o the city , but that the city Is powerless' to remedy the evil is not to bo believed. There are citizens enough In this city , men good and true , Who , working con- cerledly , can elect a city council who will oee that the law is enforced and and these sink holes closed Up. Let It DO done. Ono thousand head of ono , two and three-year-old steers for sale. Will give credit to reliable parties. Enquire o A. J. Greennmaycr. A fine corner lot on lower Broadway for this wcok'only. Johnston & Van Patten , 8IJ Main street. Voting. The now registration law will take the place of the other in governing the coming election , which takes plnco March 5. Under this new law the vo ters whcTso names were on the registry list-last spring , will not need to be re registered , Ihoso names being copied onto the now books by the board. The board will moot on the 2Hd and 24th for the registering of votors.and then meet again on the ! Jd of March. The board will also bo in session on the day of elec tion , but only such voters as wore ab sent from the city during the previous chances to register , and those who have become naturalized since the last pre vious meeting of the board can register on election day , and they will have to swear in their vote ? . The following are the places for reg istry and voting : First ward John Hammer's store. For registering on election day , .Ten- ning's barn. Second ward Dohany's livery stable. For registery on election day , city marshal's olllco. Third ward Dr. Stewart's offlco , No. 4t5 Fourth street. For registry on elec tion day , Hattenhaur's carriage factory. Fourth ward , First precinct No. 5:55 : Broadway. For regibtrv election day King & Company's store , No. 540 Broadway. Fourth ward , Second precinct Kcl- loy house , No. 1212 Main street. For registry on election day , Sandwich Man- turing company's warehouse. E. II. Shcafo loans money on chattel security of every description. Private consulting rooms. All business strictly confidential. Ofilce 600 Broadway , cor ner Main street , up-stairs. _ If you desire to pet a new Hall typo writer cheap , drop n postal card to H. A. P. , Une ofllcc. A great bargain for the lirst who applies. _ Services anil Sermons. The following announcements are made in regard to the churches and re ligious organizations of the city : FIHST HAl'TIhT. Preaching by the pastor at lOtfO-n. m. and 7liO : p. m. ' Subject for morning ; "Growth. " For- evening ; "Not Far From the Kingdom of God. " Scuts free. All cordially welcomed. SAINTS' ciiuucii. There will be services as follows : Prayer and testimony at 10:30 : a. m. ; Sabbath-school at 12. Rev. M. II. Forscutt will preach at 7t : : < i o'clock p. in. The public are cordially invited. COXOUlCaATIOXAL. Services to-day , morningand evening. Preaching by the pastor. Morning sub ject : "Spiritual Relationship. " Even ing : "Building Up. " .A cordial invita tion is extended. ST. PAUL'S KIM SCO I' AT , . Divine services to-day at 1045 ; a. m. and 7:80 : p. m. Sunday-school at 12:16. : Young men's bible class at 12:15. : Ser mon topics , morning : "Tho Conlllct Between the Church and the World. " The last sermon in the course on Tols toi's great book , "My Religion. " The Brotherhood of St. Andrew will wel come all visitors at evening service. Young men and strangers always cor dially welcomed to these services. T. J. Mackay , rector. ST. FKAN'qiS XAVIEIl'S ( CATHOLIC ) . The Rev. Father O'Shea , the ro- demptorist missionary , arrived in the city yesterday morning from Storm Lake , where ho has been giving a mis sion for IJev. Father Smith. Ho is the guest of his old friend , Father Mc- Monomy. and will remain over Sunday. Ho will preach at the high mass to-day and will lecture at 7M : o'clock to-night in the church. Mubjcct , "Tho Infalli bility of the Pope , as Proved from the Protestant Bible. " A collection will be made at the lecture for the boiielit of the Irish National league. UltOADWAY MKTIIODIST. Revival services conducted by the pastor at 10:30 : a. , in. and 7:30 : p. m. Meetings will bo continued during the week. Great interest is being mani fested , and many are being saved. Come. - Y. 31. C. A. Yes , the Y. M. C. A. rooms are open every Sunday from 3 to 0 o'clock and there will bo a gospel mooting for men at 4. You are all invited. Good music and good singing. All free. Dot UK" ol' Court. Yesterday morning Judge Thornoll received a telegram Jrom Sidney , his homo , which stated that his wife's mother was in a dying condition. In view of this fact an adjournment was taken and the judge took the first train for home. His return on Monday is doubtful. Juugo Carson is in the city and will preside in case his associate docs not return in time to open court , The February session at Avoca begins on Tuesday , Judge Loufbourow presid ing. It had been arranged that ho waste to preside during the trying of the Coff- mnn case. The proceedings wore begun while Thornell was district attorney , which barred him from presiding in the case. It is doubtful if the Richardson-Scott cnso , which is now on trial , will bo con cluded by Tuesday , the time set for hearing the Coffman case. Should Judge Thornell's absence bo prolonged , matters will bo somewhat complicated. The Two The ladies who are associated to gether under the mysterious letters "P. E. O. " cleared over $ -50 Dy the sup per they spread for the purpose of securing - curing funds to furnish a room in the Cottage hospital. None outside of the members seem to have any inkling what the name of the secret society is , beyond the initials , but it matters little tlo , so long asof \ \ purposes are appar ent by their moving along such philan thropic line s. The supper give by the Indies was a bountiful and very tempt ingly arranged ono. The tables were beautifully spread. The ladies very kindly remembered St. Bernard's hos pital "also , sending down there a quan tity of provisions and delicacies. St. Bernard's hospital was also given substantial assistance by the St. Monica society , which is composed of the load ing ladles of the Catholic church. They called at the hospital in goodly num bers , and left various donations , It is the purpose of the society to give such a donation monthly to this hospital. The sisters are doing a noble won ? , and they merit public encouragement and sup- port. With two such worthy hospitals ' started it seems that the generous 'citi zens need bo in no sluto of hesitancy about the .giving of. money and meuus to care for the' sick and suffering , as such money and menus will surely bo wisely distributed through either institution. Sweeping HcdiictlonH. Wool blankets 20 per cent off , under wear 25 per cent off , wool goods 20 per cent off , ut Hnrkncss Uros. , 401 Broad- Wh t'B In Nnnic ? "Can you tell mo whore the transfer is' ? " Inquired n gentleman of the BKK man yesterday. Then ho continued : "I am a stranger in the city , but I have read the papers published hero for years and have felt tolerably -well acquainted with Council Bluffs and Omaha. I must confess , though , ! have no Idea whether the transfer is in this city or Omaha , or at some point miles from cither of them. " The reporter indicated the location of the place inquired for and in the con versation that ensued he received a , "pointer" which Boomed to bo a goo'd one. one.It is true that the papers refer to the Union Pacific transfer depot in that general way that gives to the stranger no detlnite idea. Of course the local population understand the phrase , but inasmuch as the other fact is true would it not bo well in writing or speaking of that place to give Its full name ? "Tho city Q. P. yards" would localize the place. A citizen suggests that it bo called the "Union depot" until another ono is built. This is open to objections. When the now one shall bo completed this term , applied to the transfer now. would cans ? confusion in the minds of the reader hereafter. If you want to furnish a house .go to Hnrkncss Bros , for your carpets , 401 Broadway. Shoe Flics. Thursday -night Officer Dyer was standing on the corner of Main and Broadway. Upon the opjrosite side of the street , on the First National bank corner , was a suspicious character who had attracted the policeman's attention. After watching him awhile Dyer started to cross the street to whore the follow was standing , when ho took to his heels. Away they went across Main street , and when the follow disappeared in the Scott house alley the officer was n poor second. A long hunt failed to uncover the hidkig place of the night hawk. Returning to the bank corner the of ficer found two pairs of shoes upon the sidewalk which the runaway had dropped in his ( light. Who was the thief or who is the owner of the shoes does not yet appear. The shoes are at the police headquarters awaiting a claimant. Mn sonic. Excelsior Lodge , No. 2oO , A. F. & A. M. , will hold its regular communication to-morrow even in g at 7.30 o'clock. Work in the second degree. Visiting brethren cordially invited. By order W. M. Viewing The Ijevee. The city council yesterday afternoon wont in the patrol wagon to view tho' levee , and see what condition it is in. It is found to need some attention , and stops will bo taken at onc'o ' to afford full protection from any possible trouble from high water. Tiio- * importance of this needs , no comment. Even if no damage was done by high water this spring , the very fact that there was any water on the bottoms would bo harped upon to the great detriment of 'tho ' city at largo. Last spring , although the water was very nigh , the levee was such u protection that there was none on the bottom lands , although across the river there was some trouble. By a little work and the strengthening of weak places , it is believed that the bot- loms will be kept equally dry this spring. The city can afford to take no chances , however , and should see to it that there is not the least shadow of a doubt as to the sufficiency of the protec tion. New embroideries just received at Ilarkncss Bros. , 401 Broadway. Another School Whipping. The residents of Oakland are now going through the sensation of a school beating. It is claimed that the princi pal of the schools , named Marsh , un duly punished ono of the boys , using a hickory ruler , with which ho struck the boy BO heavily as to leave great welts on his body. One blow is said to have been across the small boy's back , and the result of this may be serious. It is also claimed that there are other in stances of the teacher's severity. Some declare that the teacher was in the habit of using profane language to the Supils. The reports are varied , and oubtleis many of them exaggerated , but the school board has _ concluded ta investigate , and will meet' the .coming week for that purpose. The seating and standing'capaclty of Dohnny's opera hduso were required last evening to accommodate the aud ience who witnessed the "Fool's Re venge. " The house was sold before the chart left Bushnoll's , and when Keene stopped before the footlights 1,122 per sons received him. It was the largest audience that has gathered there since Langtry visilcd the city. Comment upon and criticism of play and artists are alike useless. Keene selects his company to support him and not to show his strong points by contrast. This is a rule that might well bo adopted by other stars. The body of Mrs. McMahon was re ceived by Undertakers Field & Estop last evening. This was the first intimation received hero of her illness , and no de tails have boon secured. She was the mother of Frank McMnhoa , who was killed some six weeks ago , and also of Mr. C. E. McMahon , who was for n time connected with the Y. M. C. A. gym nasium in this city. The remains were sent from Tabor. In. , and will bo taken to-morrow morning to the homo of Mr. Dryden , in the country. The fun oral will take place at 2 o'clock to-morrow. Mead , the fellow who was arrested on Friday lust for the larceny of nn over coat from the Mergen hotel , was brought up yesterday for examination. This ho waived and was committed to await the action of the grand jury. Miss Addio Sawyer , of Sioux City , is expected hero 'to-morrow ( Monday ) , and while hero will bo the guest of the Misses Bedison. > The Klcctrloal Distribution of Time. Aa electric dog-cart for ordinary roads has recently been devi.-ed. The eleclric current which drives the cart is supplied by six accumulators , which , when fully charged , are good for a six hours' run. Those accumulators are placed under the seat. Experiments made with this electrically driven cart show that on asphalt a speed of nine miles an hour can be obtained , whereas on a soft macadam road only four miles an hour are possible. Mine. Etelka Gcrstcr , the popular prlmo doimu , whoso only appearance in New York thin winter was effected uniler unfavorable. circumstauce * , will be heard again In tUo concert room. FUNNY.TillNCS BY FUNNYMEN The European Situation Ono Chain Was Enough. A GEORGIA KEG OF BUG JUICE. New Fntiglcd Departure Changed Ilia Opinion A. Mttlc Close A WHO | Girl Who ItcfiiHccl to nitc A VVIntcr-ttny Dream. The European Situation. CMonyo AVirn. Snys Franco unto Bismarck : "Morbluul and sncro ! For AlHiico and Lorraine I'll ' Get .even Rome duyl" To Himslii says Austria : Hands oft ami bowarol There'll death on your borders , There's wroth in the air ! " Says the ivar with a bluster Of trumpet and lance : Mv Comic-Its shall pipe and You UK Ferdinand shall dance I" Bulgaria's princeling , As still UH jou please , Is courting the shade of Umbrageous trees , Ami Bismarck , the crafty , Phlcumi'tlc in mood , As mum us an oyster , Keeps on sawing wood. One Chair Was Knongh. "Hold on. " said the doorkeeper at the theater , as the swain pushed past him ; "you can't both go in on that ; tliis ticket is only for one seat. " "That's all right , mister ; ono cheer's been big enough to hold both of us many a time , ain't it LixeV" And in u cloud of Line's best blushes they were gone before ho could sound the recall. _ Maid or the Hallet. A pretty young maid of the ballet Would not enter the stutfo from the allot , When she started to go That way to the she "Twos " there that the' mashers would rallct. It Was About tin Kvcii Tiling. In n cold night last week a druggist was awakened by a terrible rapping at the door. Going down ho found n poor follow who wanted to purchase a dose of salts. The shop was entered and the dose prepared. "How much did you make by that op eration ? " asked his wife as ho got into bed. bed."About "About 'i cents , " was the reply. "A shame it is , " returned the irri tated cune , "for a man to disturb your rest for a , dose of salts. " "Recollel , my wife , " said the drug gist , "that the dose of salts will prob ably get oven with him before morn ing. " _ The Atlanta Campaign. They unplugged ttye Kepofbugjulco That was plugged with Cobofeornus , With the prohibition statute , With thu little paper ballot , Far down in thu realm of Georgia , In the land of Monsieur Grady , In the hunting ground of Colquitt , Then they rolled the plugsldc dow.nsidc , Holleil the bungsitle upside downside , Turnart the jugsiilo insiilo outside , Turned the wetsitlo from the Inside To cho Inoldo that was outside , And drank deep the tribe of Antis , Drank the dark Itluo Af ricanus , Drunk the blcar-c > ed , red-nosed Paleface , Drank the hordes of Ignor.unus Till they turned their insiuo outside , Till they felt their Jugside subside. Till their wife and little ones sighed , That's why they op'd thu Kegof bugjuice , Why they rolled the plugside downside , Rolled the bungsldo upsiilo downside , Turned the Jugside inside outside , Turned the wetsldo from thu inside To the liiRido that was ouy lile , Why they turned their insTdo outside , Why their \vife and their child sighed , Far down in the realm of Georgia , In the land of Monsieur Grudy , In the hunting grounds of Colquitt , For the curse they could not all quit. Didn't Itcllevo in Them. "Don't you want a few signs , 'Hon esty is the best policy , ' hung on the wall ? " said a man who had such signs for sale , to the grocer : "there's money in 'em. " "No , I guess not , " replied the grocer , "I've been doin' bu&ijiess on this corner for ten year in a stiddy , conservative sort o' ' way , and I don't b'liovo in makin' any new-fangled departures. " Changed Ills Opinion. Ho met her on the horso-c.xr , And ho offered her a seat , And ho thought shcw.is sin angel , Till she walked upon his feet. A Mule Clone. Mrs. A. "What sort of people are your next door neighbors ? " Mrs. B. "They are about us stingy as people get to bo. " "Is it possible ? " "They are so stingy they starve them selves. Well , I'll give you some idea how they live. I was there the other day and saw a mouse reduced to a skele ton como out of the pantry with tears in his eyes. _ A Dilemma. " 'Tis winter , my daughter , the coa 1's going fast , I really can't tell where It goes to. The period for trifling , it scorns to nio's past You could marrynext week If you chose to. And this is leap year dear , and youth cannot last , A offer make ono of your beaux to. " "Oh I've " the maid cried , papa , so many , , aghast , "I cannot tell which to propose to. " The Girl ItcfuseU to Bite. A young man proposed for Ihe. . hand of a beautiful girl. As she hesitated , ho said : "I await your answer with bated breath. " The girl , who is a good deal of a humorist , said : "Well , Mr. Blank , .you will have to bait your breath with something besides whisky to catch your humble servant. " A AVIntcr Day Drcnm. Upon a flowery bank I Ho And watch the swallows sailing by , Swift-winged , along the river's brink ; The watch dog's distant bark I hear , The rooster's clarion , shrill and clear , Deyond the wooded hill , and near Thu curot of the bobolink. The far-off islets , creeks and bays Lie shimmering In the golden haze , Beneath a blue and cloudless sky. I gaze around mo and admlro T io sunbeams gild a distant spir And buttcrtlics , with wings of llrj , Como tlltting round mo where I Ho. I see the mower leave the field To seek the shade the branches yield , While his perspiring brow ho wipes But now the vision fades away ; I hear u voice , half angry , say , "John , will that plumber como to-day To lliaw these fro/en water pipes I" Only Signed With Her For n Season. San Francisco Post : There is a good story going the rounds about It. A. Latham , the eccentric base ball player , who is somewhat of a clown upon the grounds. Latham's married life has been rather varied and his experiences many. Last year ho mot a local base ball player In the east , who asked him : "How is your wife and whore is she ? " "I don't know , " replied Latham , in differently , "I only signed with her for " a season. A I'ntiil Delay. The young man had been trying to tell her how madly ho loved nor forever over an hour , but couldn't pluck up courage. "Excuse mo a moment , Mr. Fcath- orly , " she said , " 1 think I hoar a ring at the telephone. " And in her queenly way she swept into an adjoining room. Presently she returned and then his mad passion found a voice. "I nm p'orry , Mr. Feathorly , " she said , "localise you pain , but 1 am al ready engaged. Mr. Sampson , learn ing that you were hero , has urged his suit through thu telephone. " Too Iionrnrd hy Half. From tlie Jhttchct. A college man from Boston town , Ono sunny day of summer leisure , Was introduced to Betty Brown , And thought that ho would try please her ; For Betty taught a village sehool , And doubtless In her llfo had never Beard much of ollgles and isms , In language dignified and clever. The college man from Boston town , Of cosmos and of protoplasm , Talked like a book to Hetty Brown , And of the lute seismic spasm ; Explained the reasons , using wordn unheard before In country places , And spoke of ancient Greece spots , where Explorers seek for antique traces. Of abstruse iiucstions , now and old , Of art. Invention , progress , science , With volubility ho told , While Betty listened with defiance : At lust said he , "I understand That you're a teacher on vacation. * i ' "You'ro misinformed , " said Betty Brown , "I am a Bored of Education. " No Alibi ibr Him. "If you are innocent , " said a lawyer to his client , an old darkey who was charged with stealing a ham , ltwo ought to be able to prove an alibi. " " 1 doan specs wo kin , " said the darkey , doubtfully. "At what time was the ham stolen ? " " 'Bout 'lebben o'clock ' , cloy say. , "Well , where wore you between 11 o'clock and midnight in bed ? " * "No , sah , I was hidtn' do ham. " She AViiM Supm-HtltloitN. She ( just in from an afternoon's shop ping and running to her husband ) "I have had such a lovely time. I've just como from Blank's and I saw two such lovely jackets , ono at $1 li ! and another at $22-3. " ' Well , and which ono did you finally buy ? " "You know , dear , how superstitious I am about the No. IK , so I simply had to buy the $225 one. " Near Salt Lake City a forest flro surround ed u flock of 500 sheep und burned them to death. A Mcudvllle , Pcnn. , man says ho has al cat who regulates the natural gas lire , turn ing on more gas when the rooms gets cold. WA colored woman near Dresden recently gave birth to a child which hud twelve lin gers and twelve toes on each hand and foot. " ( f > Wilbur French , of Flint , Mich. , has lost five horses by lightning in thu lust seven years , mid nearly every trea on his farm has been struck. On Christmas day Mrs. Wesley Hay of Marshall county , Ky. , presented her husband with a duurtetto of babies two grlis and two boys. They are doing well. A young owl came Hying ovnr the building ng on Grant avenue , in Garden City , ICm. , and flow as straight as an arrow at a man standing on the corner. When the bird readied him the man throw up his hands suddenly and caught it as ho would u bull. nW. G. Sterling , of Greeley , Col. , recently shot in North Park u magnificent specimen ot the irolden eagle , ono ot the largest seen in the state for years. It measured suven feet liom tip to tip , and was evidently of great ago. A man in Gcneseo , 111. , saw two mlco in his staolo. Ho hastily ran to u neighbor's and borrowed u rat terrier. Thu ternur w.is thrown into tho. barrel , und at thu lirst nab took off thu hcu'd of one of thu mice with a eraek-llke breaking u clay pipe , lioth thu mleo were fro/en to death. A farmer near Galena saw a largo owl sitting on a tree. Ho got a gun and bla/ud away , but didn't disturb thu owl. His sons and his neighbors tried their skill ut shoot ing with no better results. After all the ammunition on hand had been expended u boy el Imbed the tree aud found that thu owl was dead and fro/en fust to thu limb. For several nights lurge flocks of screech owls have been hovering around the cornices of high buildings In Columbus , liul. A dis patch says un investigation was instituted und thu discovery madu that the "owls mo catching und devouring hundreds of Knglish sparrows. They drug them from their nests or roosting places beneath the cornices , carry them uwuy and devour them. " John Ek cam Into a grocery at Ilib Lake , Wis. , ono day lust weuk with the tips of his lingers frozen , und the proprietor advised him to thaw out thu frost by holding his hands in an open barrel of kerosene which stood just outside thu door. Ek did so , und when ho withdrew his hands a few moments later found that they were fro/.en solid. When u thermometer was placed in the oil the murcur.y marked iil)0 ) bulow zero. Last Wednesday there was born to Mrs. Fred Miller , at HIcu Lake , Minn. , a speck of humanity that barely tipped the beam ut a pound and a half. Its fuel are not over an Inch in length , und a gentleman's ordinary linger ring will go over thu foot and upon thu unklu. A child's small tea cup will cover its head. The father is n large , heavy man , und the mother u woman very little under the average sizo. They are both Germans. The child when two days old Ayus as lively as a cricket , , and is perfectly formed and healthy. Delaware township , Ohio , reports u colored woman who yesterday became a grandmother when but twenty-five years old. Tlio woman , Clarissa Jackson , was married when but cloven years old , und in her twelfth year be came the mother of u daughter. This daugh ter , when twelve yearsof ago , married , und yesterday gave birth to a child , the grand mother buing two months short of twenty- live years of ago. All the parties are ro- spcctablu colored people iu good circum stances. Samuel Wright , of Albany , Ga. , for want of something better to pet , devoted his atten tion to n kitten. Ho afterward acquired un owl , and housed the two together in the sumo room , in the hopes of having a nucleus for u happy family. Ono duy last wcuk hu went to look in upon his puts , but was surprised to ilnd the room us silent us the graveyard of some deserted village. Instituting a search , ho discovered evidences that the cat had boon devoured by the voracious owl , and that his owlshlp had died of too much eat meat. A big g-ray gander , which made friends withJ. K. White , who runs u ferryboat on Chucky river , near Jonesboro , Tcnn. , about a year ago , has become remarkably attached to him. It goes to church with him , und remains on the outsldo till meeting is over , then rotums with him. It also accom panies him to the postotllco , u distance of u mile and u half. It seldom goes to the water ulone , but when Mr. Whitu is ferrying it swims by the sidu of the bout. It doesn't keep the company of any living thing save Mr. White , to whom it scums entirely devoted. Carl Holmor , of Oakland , Fla. , while going homo the other evening after sunset saw un object lying on the ground in the woods. Paying no heed to It in the gather ing darkness , ho was greatly alarmed to Ilnd that it was u rattlesnake , but with rare good fortune ho stepped squarely upon his head , when Instantly the tall was erected , he says , higher than his head. The snake was par tially disabled by thu wulght of Mr. Holmer , who ran home , got u doublo-barrolod shot gun , returned und shot the reptllo. The snake measured seven feet In length , three Inches through the thickest part , and hud eleven rattles und u button. MUHl'c-Ah AND DRAMATIC. Colonel MuplcBon was declared u bank rupt In London last Friday. Sir Arthur Sullivan is writing a new opera for Miss Gcruldino Ulmur. Miss Mary Anderson , her doctors say , must not act more than oncu u day. Mrs. Langtry's new private car , being built In Wilmington , bus a padded bed-room. Clay Grrcno has written the book ami Fred HustlsUiomuslo for a now comloopura called "BlRh-Cock-a-Ixrum. " Fred Marsden bus signed H contract with W. J. Scunlan to wrllo u new piece for him. If Is U ) bo completed within nine months. Atkins Luwruuco L4 spoken of as loading man for Mrs. Soott Slildrms' tour next j-cnr- Mrs. Skldoiis will play In her familiar ropor. tolro. The lirst two months of "L'Abbo Con- stantln" al the Paris gyinnasobrought to the theater treasury the net mini of itHUMJOf. ( * 70tKH ) ) . Tony Pnstor IIM engaged for his traveling rotnpnnv Mist Annie On It ley , Buffalo Blll'n "Little Sure Shot , " the adopted daughter of Sltling Bull und his Irlbo. The farewell engagement of Henry Irvine aud Ellen Terry In tlw United Stales wlfi open at the Now York Star thcalro on Mon day , February W , In "Olivia. " Miss Flora Walsh ( Mrs. Charles Hoyl ) has retired from "A Bole In the Ground" bo- causouf til health , and will accompany her husband to California for u vacation of sev eral week * . "Tho Wild Went" will again form Iho sum- mcr attraction at Erastlna , Stated Island. Buffalo Hill and his show will sail for New York In May and take up their quarters In the old stand. Mrs. .Tosophlno Atnmon , the Cleveland woman who went to Jail rather than betray the whereabouts of her ward , once studied for the operatic stage as the porlcgeo of Clara Louise Kellogg. , leanno do Oullancy , ono of the most popil- lar of the younger singers of the Berlin opera , died u few days ago In that city of coiifitimptlon , at the ago of twenty-three. She was born in Vienna. John'McNally , the dratnallo editor of the Boston Herald , has written u musical und fan-leal drama called "Upsldo Down , " which will bo produced at the Windsor thealcr on thu UHh lust. , with the Dalys as the stars. Anew sel of bells for performance of Wag ner's Parsifal has been iniuiufactiircd at Coventry , Eng. Mine. Wagner has pro nounced them satisfactory , and they will bo used at the performance In July aud August next. next.Miss Miss Monk Meyer , thegranduiecoof Anton Hublnstcln and u pupil of Liszt , is thu mu sical prodIpy of Vienna , Austria. She Is not il eighteen years old old , but has composed the music and written the libretto of au opera. At Alx-ln Chancllo , Franco , It was re cently decided by a leading Judge Unit a critic cannot bo excluded from a theater because - cause his erlticisnis do not please the man agement. In this case the critic obtained largo damages. John S. Clarke has commenced prepara tions for a spectacular piodnctlon of ' "Hi m. let" ut his Uroad Street theater , Phllad 1- phla , In which his son. Creston Clarke , will play the title role , supported by Miss Olga Uroiidon , us Ophelia. "Mam'/cllo Crenom , " the now three net operetta of MM. Adolpho Jaine , Ovorges Duval and Leon Vassour has apparently /'I caught on at the HouffeH-ParisIens. Mile. Crenom is n young lady with a latent for thu use of strong language. The original contract between the comedian - dian W. .1. Seanlan and his manager , Augus tus Pitou , which was for live years , and ex pires at the end of next season. was on Thursday last renewed for another flvo years , making ten in all , Mile. Maria Hastia , ono of the best Aldus produced by the country of Verdi , recently I'ommitteed suicide by starving. Near her body was found a letter. In which she said that she had killed herself in eha 'in at hav ing grown too stout to play her operatic roles. Miss Helen Barry has accepted n new so- ricty drama called "Held Assunder" by T. Malcolm Watson , of London , which will lo piodueed at the Prince of Wales theatre In the hitter part of February. The first act Isi laid in New York and the last three in Eng land.M. . . Coquelin has started 'on another tour , lie beuins with Egypt , where no gives ton performances , and then goes to NlccC.mni > s , Mcntonc , Triesio , Vienna , Prague , IJuclmr * est , Belgrade aud London. With Iho ai-U r went his son .lean and a company of four teen.A bright . St. Paul hey of flvo summers tool ! a notion the other day to i ead Slmltespeiiro for amusement , . When his sister im'ted him , what play he had been reading he hud to stop to think. Finally a light broke in upon his memory , and ho answered : "A great deal about not much. " Mile. SehaelTer , an actress from the Paris conservatoire , recently refused to appear ut a Roman theater in tights. The count galj lantly exempted Mile. Schacffer trom play ing in pieces in which tights are required. The remarkable feature of the affair lies in the fact that it occurred In France. best'I SPECIALNOTICES. _ NOTICE. 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