Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1887, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON # D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. MR. TODD. A Meeting at Manavwns Adopts Reso- Intions Severely Condemning Him. ‘The opposition to Rev. F. M. Todd tn the town tana Vicinity of Manassas, Va., took definite shape day ina meeting of citizens. The call for [the mecting was circulated and signet by those of Mahe cttizens who believed that Mr. Todd's gutlt. 1 he matter of the recent charges against him had ‘Deen sufficiently proven to render him unworthy Xolonger occupy the pulpit of the Presbyterian ehureh there, Mr. J.C. Weems was chowen chalr- @™an and Dr. A. Newman ‘retary. In taking the chair Mr. Weems declared that the feel Ang actuating the meeting was one of “reasonable indignation.” He said the com- unity felt outraged at the continued Sccupancy of a pulpit by a man who had violated Sue of God's express commandments. Public Opinion, he deciared, considered the charges as fully sustained by ample testimony. Mr. W Maintained that the verdict of the presby Feally an adinission of Mr. Todd's guilt added, upon ti hority of one of the Members of the presbytery, he sald, that the latter been restricted to ‘a verdict of gullty, or Rot guilty, it been guilty. “The Speaker criticised. the presbytery for its Willingness to tolerate Mr. Todd, a 0 Morally Mithy, a breaker of the divine law and Of the civil Iiw.” In conclusion, he sald: “This ‘Ulcer upon the body of Manassas Society must be Femoved before it can be cleansed and made Whole as before would hav SOLUTIONS ADOPTED. Acommittee was then appointed to prepare Fesolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. ‘They reported a series of resolutions declaring th Francis M. Todd had gained an unenvi- able notoriety throughout the Country in conse. Quenee of his recent” trial for_unchastit Botwithstanding his virtual conviction by thé resby tery, he still retains his pulpit, and teaches ings sacred with polluted hands; Tan over- Whelining p pminunity, amounting Slmost to unanimity, Is fully convinced that Mr. ‘Todd ts guilty not only of the erime for which he Was last arraigned, but also of drunkenness and Jaseivious conduct. It was declared that Mr. Todd occupied the pulpit In Manassas in abso- Tute deflance of enlightened public sentiment, to the imjury of the church and manifest Binderance to the cause of religion; | that ominunity repudta rodd with loathing Sgust, and is indignant that he shoul priestly robes whilst his conduct 18 a re- eh ang a stench In the sight of man and God; that the community demands that ft shall forever y for Mr. and that hareh that ering and unwilling All resorts to the anthori- implored to the objectionable sentiment of the reso- er” of Mr. Todd was as charged, from ss, bis re- ain aitidavits olutions were shim upon a shall bear the nly depree esbytertan fon as Will ren eral ¢ es presbytery, 2 Of reputable eltizens, adopted. Mr. E: igar Nichol declared that he was morally of Mr. Todd's guilt. He sald If he enter- a singie doubt on that point he would not urraign Mr. Todd, but, despite his in- ton to deal ‘Iententiy With ‘the minister, he ie his conduct with innocence, lina could not recon EVIDENCE NOT RECEIVED BY THE PRESEYTERY. Mr. Nichol read four affidavits which he sald ‘Were sent tothe presbytery as evidence In the re- cent (rial of Mr. Todd, but not used by that body. Levi Hixson swore that somewhere in the months of June, July or August, 1 Mr. Todd passed hima on & country road; that Todd was in a bug) and he had with him a woman (not his wite) wii he bugged and Kissed. Edmund Penn made 0a ‘that during the sum e saw Mr. Todd and tm ina buggy; that they got out, ued the thick bushes where Muddiman ire That somewhere on the to Dumfries, he saw Mi Was a woman fn the buggy with him, and Mr. ‘Todd hugged and kissed her. They drove Into the Woods and remained there some time. The wit hess could not give even the year In whieh he saw this. Newton Woodyard also made aflidavit that Some tine In INST he saw Mr. Todd caressing a mas he drove along a country road in aMdavits are very vague and indefinite. several afliants were very positive in eaeh that th have been seen Was not Mr. et they could not tell Who She was. After adoping the resolutions the meeting ad- Journed. Mr. Todd declares that his church sus. ins hitu, and that he means ty stay and Oght it out, gi ‘The Thistie’s Transatiantic WILL SHE CARRY OFF TH A telegram froin London say: ‘Thistle for her transatlantte veyage no structural alterations have been made. She will be rigged ‘With a short topmast, a very short bowsprit, and @ boom of half racing length, and will sail under Voyage. AMERICA’S CUP? In preparing the astorm mainsail, small foresafl,a jib, and a staysatl, Her racing spars and spare mast will be wer by one of the Anchor Line vessels. T, ah old Atlantic sallor, will navigate Capt. Barr, the conimander of the ‘Thistle, refuses to express an opinion as to the ‘Thistle’s chances of winning the America’s cup. He asserts that she can run away trom the May. Hower in ight winds, but shakes his head regard- ing the Volunteer. He says that, Judging from the efved, a mule American lines’ has been taken In the cofthe Volunteer than has been male in the construction of the Thistle, aS compared with the Genesta and Galatea, Doubtless, bi the Volunteer isa fast boat, and he declines to vaunt th aS compares "with the new Atnerican Mr. MacDonald, the inate of the Thistle es that Unless th Volunteer 1s able to beat greater departure from the Mayilower by twenty minutes over the New York course the Thistle wil win the Amer cup. Lively Times in a Court-room. TWO LAWYEKS THROW LAW BOOKS, BIBLES ISK BOTTLES AT EACH OTHER. A sensational scene occurred in the Atlanta, Gu., couri-room yesterday during the trial of a eriminat case. During a colloquy between Col. Geo. T. Fry, one of the lawyers for the prosecu- or L. W. Thomas, an attorney for the was given by the former. Imme- diately Mr. Thoms sprang to his feet. and threw Scopy of the Revised Stathtes at Mr. Fry. ‘The latter hurled a Bible at Thomas. ‘Then law books thick and fast. Finally Fry selzed a heavy iron spittuon and was about to brain his adver- sary When bali and lawyers interposed and Wrenehed it from him, Neither inan was hurt in the Mint, but one of the Jurors was sprinkled With ink trom a bottle cast by Thomas, while a lawyer received a pint of muctlage in” his fi Van Epps Watehed the combat with sero snd When quiet was restored asked the ts if they Intended to proceed with the Were cited to appear for contempt. ey Stand at the top of the Atlanta aha W ar, 1 wish se bUXeS Of F ou would bring ‘bh bonbons to- Wha— Rer tea it w sutne tee INTERNATIONAL SetLuINe Kace.—Arrange- ¥ aie for an international single to take place at Oswego in August. The dista ~, id Notional ASsoctation rules ne first prize will be the Police ship medal, valued at $300, and Prize of $00 to the Winner, £300 Tosecond and $150 to third. The race will be under the management of Chas. T. Brockway. ‘The fol- lowing have so far entered: Geo. Bubear, J. SE Courtuey, Albert Hamm, Wale Koss, Geo. H. Hosmer, and PH. Conley’ ‘The 5 Will be Commodor= Phelps, of Uswexo, \ aimpbell, of Syracuse, N.Y. Win. E. atta soe ~ Tue Ixptaxa Exectios Fratps—The Federal Court in Indianapolis was crowded yesterday by People anxious to listen te the testimony in the Tally-sheet cases. The general tendency of the testimony corroborated, to some extent, the evi- ence given Thursday by Perkins, the inan who turned state's evidence, as published in yester. @ay's Stax. During the day Mr. Hurty, an expert wascalled. [He inspected the mutilated ‘and gave tt ashis opinion that ngures xplained the method by which this could be done, and gave practical Hustration in the presence of” the court ud jury, soe EXcrreent iy a Mixine Car.—A Phillipsburg ‘At an early hour thts morn- nasked men visited T. L. Cur- Sun Franelsco, Colorado, ‘and his associates, an, and taking the ic ‘vigilantes 3, 7, ‘ae T nt they should leave camp ou peril of their lives. Kopes were put about Uber necks as more suggestive to their exit from ton against them was “jump- = Under impulse of fear they darkness. This morning La- urned and swore out Warrants adjacent mi Went forth into Iuar and ‘Toit &gaist such of their assailants as they could ree- Ogulce under their imasks. ‘There Is great exclte- Ment in can id 13 not yet. Ex-Constt, Poxcn CoMina ro WASHINGTON.—Jas. W. Porch, of St. Joweph, Mo., ex-consul-general to Méxten, passed Uire Piso, Texas, yesterday, en route to w York. In an in- nothing to regret in Tegard to lis action in the Sedgwick mattrr. He sald he had prepared a fnal report in the case, and should stop at Washington to present It. He has become general manager for a new steamship Une running between New York, Mexico, and New Urieans, =a al Hanns, CRUEL PaKeNts, AND Two StI- Abbott, aged thirty, the son of Wealthy New York parents, has disappeared, and Ras evideutly couluitted’ suleide. te married a Young Canadian girl and Was cast off by his family. ‘Then he Went to st. Louls and lived in Poverty. A few days ago his wife died, the doctor Bald, Of cholera-morbus. The next day the hus- band found a letter written by her before she died, fu which she declared het Intention of taking het Lite by potsion and begging him to follow hers The Wetter Is a pathetic one, setting forth all their trouble, and accusing herself of “being the cause of it all. ‘The second day after her death he dis- fepeared, and the next day his employer got feiier, {2 Which he declared its intention of follow= Wit eu : - aS bh his lecter he enclosed his ‘Wheir Public Manners, From Harper's Bazar. Rudeness 13 a quaility ordinarily credited to those of low social rank or extreme youth, and we hear rade boys or men more frequently eriticised than girls or women; but our observation for some Years, and in several American cities, in- duces us to think that active pubite selfishness, Which constitutes rudeness, 1s by no means, nor indeed chiefly a masculine quality. What woman does not dread to enter a street r full, or rather haif full, of women? There may plenty of room for the added passenger, but “ladies” occupying Seats pay no heed to the rights of others, sit at an angle which makes two per | sons ocetipy the space intended for three, exhibits & ponderous Inertia when requested to “move up a little, please.” and_ frequently looks di at | the rash “conductor or oficiously amiable pas: senger who tries to make room for the fast | comer. 1 45 too often a woman who fn the ordinary rafl- road passeng (one buys exemption from bar- n cur) easconces herself in one. seat beside bag and shawl, and turnsa blind the tnmld late arrival—zenerally another who ineekly asks, “Is tals seat engaged, Do not women fnvartably push_and_ jostle each other at the railroad depot gate, forgetting that It 4s impossible Tor two persons to pass through the same opening at the same Instant of time? At the theater, 1s It nota woman who disturbs her neighbors by gigcling and audible comment? Do not Women, indifferent to others’ comfort, carry Donnet-shields which seriously Interfere with the stage view, and practically Hilt the outlook from. otherwise desirable seats? Go foto any popular fancy or dry goods store, where the customers are mainly women, and one is struck by the lack of consideration and courtesy foreach other shown by the shoppers, and when Women are employed as clerks, Dy the trequent exchange of sharp and rude remarks between pur- chaser and selier. Even in church, where one {s taught that class distinctions and privileges should be ignored, What woman does not shrink from being shown as a stranger into a pew partly occupied by women, the pioneers so evidently show their unwillingne to move up? a eegge et The Raid Against Swallowtai! London Letter to Philadelphia Telesraph. The raid against the regulation dress-coat, Which was commenced some time since by the Prince of Wales, and afteward abandoned, celved a new Impetus a night or two since, when Lady Roseberry gave a party “to meet the kings and princes now in London.” Their majesties and hignesses turned up in goodly numbers; and for ouce ina While {t was possible to distinguish be- tween those invited to meet them and the walters, ‘The mot @ordre had gone forth that all che gentle- Inen were to array themselves in frock-coat, White Vest, knee-breeches, silk stockings, and Windsor shoes; and the result was a very Interesting study, nen taking Delleve very much that they did not feel coid about the calves. It makes afar better appearance than the conventional ing livery, but, If generally adopted, tt would ugh on those Who Were not remarkable for pinent in a certain portion of their frame. eberry deserves thanking for an endeavor mtan improvement in masculine attire but whether she will succeed where the hetr-ap- parent fatled is doubtful. John Bull, when he goes. ‘out to dinner or an evening party, will regulation suit of sables, with plenty of shirt- even if he does look like a walter he ‘The Poison in Ice Cream, The July number of the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, edited by Edward Hart, professor of analytical chemistry of Lafayette College, pub- Ushed today, contains an article by Professor Victor €, Vaughan upon tyrotoxicon, the polsonous Substance sometimes found in tee cream. ‘This Substance Was discovered by Professor Vaughan about a year axe, and he has since spent a great deal of time tn examining 1t, He has discovered that tyrotoxicon 18 fdentleal with diazo-benzol, @ substance whieh y Years, and which was first prepared from antilne by Peter Grless, a German cheintst.. ‘The poison 1s caused, by a peculiar fermentation of the eream before It and It can be Separated from the cream u ether, Au finportant point hans researches 15 that the potson is enurely destroyed by Dolling the tee cream mixture before it 1s frozen, 00 Sunstroke. AND WHAT TO DO FOR THE VICTIM WHILE AWAITING THE DOCTOR. From the Home Knowledge. A sudden prostration of the nervous system re- sulting from extreme heat 1s commonly called sunstroke. It 1s a mistake, however, to suppose ‘that exposure to the sun’s raysts necessary to pro- duce this prostration, for workmen who are ex- posed aliday to the seorehing sun do not have sunstroke as often as persons of sedentary habits | who walk on the shady side of the street. ‘The usual symptoms Indicating an attack of sun- stroke are a full, heavy feeling in the head, dizzl- ness, ringing inthe ears, deranged vision; 'fatnt- ness'and difficult breathing; but sometiines the Patient falls unconscious without any of these symptoms being present and without the slightest warning. In severe cases death may ensue in a few hors. Those who recover from an at- tack do so slowly, and continue to be greatly prostrated for some time after, diza- hess and falutness coming on after the slightest mental effort, while the full, distressed feelin in_the head’ continues for inonths afterward, Sunstroke ts best avotded by tmmediately ceas- ing all mental or physteal effort as soon as the Hirst symptoms of prostration are felt, and above | all by avolding the drinking of tce-water When overheated. The head should be protected Dy sunshade, and care should be taken to keep the digestive’ organs health: using Mht food. When an attiek occurs the patient stould be re- moved to a cool place and placed ina recumbent position, cold water or lee-bags should be applied to the héad and mustard paste, capsicum of other Stimulant to the extremities and over the sto Hartshorn should be hell to the nose, and as soon as the patient can swallor of brandy, with ten drops. of essen ginger, should bé swallowed. “Wnen improvement bezins the pa- Uent must be kept as qufet_as possible and all exe posure to the heat avolded for the balance of the summer. coe Where Are the “Social Distinctions?” From the Springfield Republican, So the President of the United States, rulerof the greatest nation, In many respects, on the face of the earth, can to-day go to the Uttle villages in w York State and shake hands withold neigh- bors and common people who remember him forty Years ago as a plain, ordinary boy, in no way dif- ferent from other boys then and now. He can polnt to the schoolhouse where he conned his les- Sons and tried his Jackknife on the pine desks of | former Umes, He ‘confesses to having changed gates for neighbors in hours of nocturnal lawless- hess, somewhat as he has since changed a consid. erable number who sit within the gates of official Position and trust. “He remembers the pond Where he tshed unsuccessfully and the woods Where the tradition of a panther's howl puta Innit to his strolls. “He recalls the academy and the unfortunate difference between hls own bare Virgil and the Vingils of other boys, well filled with ting notes. ‘There also is the same Village store, whicre the mintster’s son “clerked 1” from twelve to fourteen years of age, putting Up Sugar and molasses, and “selling plug tobacco w the canal beaten.” ‘This start in lite bears essen- Ual resemblances ‘to the boyhoods of Lincoln, Grant, and Gartleld, It means that the political forces of American life bring tothe front and | make national lead Servants out of inen | whose origin ts great average of the people. | ‘This fact 1s so plain that, like other commonptace | {ruths, 1tis sownetimes in danger of being ov looked. “It ansivers columns of humbug and hours of windy talk about pretended distinctions and differences and social Classe - ton A Curious Clock. From the New York Merchant World. A clock recently patented in France 1s in imita- Uon of a tambourine, on the parchment head of which fs painted a circle of flowers, corresponding to the hour figures of ordinary dials. Ou examina- on two bees, one large and the other small, are discovered crawling among the flowers. The stnall bee runs rapidly from one tlower to another, com- pleting the circle in an hour, while th Lakes twelve hours to complete the ‘cireult Parchment surface is unbroken, an ply laid upon it, but two magnets conne: the clockwork inside the tambourine move Just under the membrane, and the insects, Which are of trun, follow tein. 2 See SATE SCOLER Dunks —A, glass of cold water, hot Ice-water, Is the most delicious, grateful, and gratifying beverage that a person can Lake 1h hot Weather, besides costing nothing and leading to no bad Babits, Men ia giass factories, where the heat 4s fearful, drink water only, not iced, and are thy and vigorous. Field hahds, on cotton and sugar plantations, drink a mixture of molasses a Water. A safe drink for harvesters Is water 1a Which oatineal hus been stirred. In Warm weather, When there fs excessive vermicular action of the bowels, or looseness, as it is familiarly called, every step @ person takes has a tendency to set the Dowels tm motion. ‘Instinct and cominon sen: therefore, dictate the must perfect fest. Drinking Mulds aggravate the malady. Lumps of ce chewed and swallowed tn as large pleces as possi- ble will allay the excessive thirst. Parched rice rd and eaten with bolled milk fs the best food. Tals treatment, will cure nine cases out of ten it 0) “ithin forty-elght hours; if not, call a physielan.—National Bducator. " re One TREAT Tue ENGLISH SPARROW IN —Sparrows are being properly appre- ated. “Hundreds of thei are how caught Deron terprising people for sale to certain restaurants Where reed birds are tn demand. A German Wo- man on 3d avenue has three traps set every day, and she catches probably seventy-tve a week. ‘They are cooked and served to her boarders the same as reed birds, and are declared quite as great @ delicacy. ‘This’German woman bastes them, leaving te little wooden skewer in the bird When served. They ure cooked with a bit of bacon. She Tempts them with oats, and, after the cateh, they are feed a while with botied oaten meal” She sprinkles oaten meal in the back yard also, al thereby fattens the free birds. ‘The females are the chotce meat. ‘The males can be told by the circle of white feathers at the neck. ‘The females | are as plain as Quakeresses, So soon as it becomes Fenerally known that the sparrow isa table. Ged thelr number will rapidly grow less. People don't like to experiment, but When it 13 discovered that ‘the sparrow has been declared good by those upon Whom they have been tried, no boarding-house meal will be deemed in good form unless a dish of fat sparrows adorns it. “Sparrow ple 1s @ delicacy At w set betore aking —N- dimes BUFFALO BILL’ LONG RIDE, ‘The Exasperating Mule, From the London Globe. On returning from a long ride, in which T had ‘been much harrassed by the Indians, 1 was one night accosted by Curtis, tire chief of the scouts, who was ina difficulty. The general was anx- fous to send some dispatches to Gen. Sheridan at Fort Hays, some 80 miles off. ‘rhe scouts available did not freeze on to the job, They urged that they were not sufficiently well ac- quainted with the country to go by night. The dispatch was important, and so Curtis came to me and asked me, it I was not too tired, to volun- ‘wer. It was rather a ticklish plece of work. The whole country was Mned by Indians. Itwas a dark night ana a storm was threatening. How- ever, the dispatches had to be sent off, and so T assehted, bargaining only that Ishould be pro- Vided with the best mount in the fort. This was Teadily assented to, the scouts took @ fond farewell Of me, and with their wishes for success ringing im may ears, I set out on my long ride. ‘The night was dark as pitch, but this gave me all the better chance of escapthg the Indians, My greatest danger was lest ny horse should stumble in a hole and run away, leaving me on the prairie. To prevent such a catastrophe I tied one end of my rawhide lartat to the bridle, and the other to Iny belt, a wise precaution, for within a few mniles my horse fell twice in prairie dogs holes, and got away before I could get hold of the bridle, but When he got to the length of the lariat he dis- covered that he was picketed to Bison Bill, which considerably abated his playfulness, In this way I proceeded through the night, and reached Walnut Creek, 25 miles out, in good time. It was here that I met with my first adventure. Gotny slowly through the darkness, I suddenly foun myself in the mUdst of a number of horses, which, becoming frightened, speedily moved off in all directions, 1 knew at once that Iwas near In- dians, so without waiting to apologize, I cleared out a8 quickly as possible. Just as f thought my- self clear, a dog barked a few yards away, and then I heard some redskins talking. They did more than talk, too. They mounted their mus. tangs and gave-chase. I urged my horse to full speed and succeeded in getting away without loss of ite. 1 continued my way for several miles in stralght course, and I pushed on toward Smol Hill Ktiver. 1 reached this potnt soon after 3 o'eloc in the morning, and then pushing northward 1 struck the ld Santa Fe trai10 miles from Fort Hays just as day was breaking. Arrived at the post soon after revellie. Tinade straight for Ge eral Sherldan’s headquarters, and presented my dispatches In person. I was most cordially re celved by the general, and, having taken food, and seen that ny horse Was well cared for, thought I Id proceed to take a little rest. 1t was, how- ot to be, for Twas sdddenly sent for by the 1, who Wished to see me. As I approached ‘arters I noticed a number of scouts grouped and evidently engaged tn discussing: something linportant, and T soon learned what thts was. “General Shéridan desired to send an im- port ispatch to Fort Dodge, a distance of 95 rnlles. Volunteers were requested, but none responded, ‘The general told ime this, and what could 1 do? eneral,” I sald, “If there {s no one ready to volunteer, fil carry Your dispatches myself.” ‘The general expressed himself greatly pleased at, my offer, but at the same time sald that he had not thought of asking me to undertake the duty, as Thad been fully hard-worked already. But it Was very important that the dispatches should go. “If you don’t get a courier by 4 o'clock this after lo the business,"1 responded, “but Linust horse, and meantime will take a little $ not much rest that I got, but punctu- lock T announced myself ready, and, amounting afresh horse, started on the road. { erossed Smoky Hill River at dark, and 1t was just daylight as Trode up to Sam Log'crossing, on the Pawnee Fork, where a company of colored cavalry were posted, under Maj. Cox. Here I got a fresh horse, and, continuing iny lonely ride, covered the remaining’ 25. miles to ‘Fort Dodge, ‘and arrived Soon after 9 o'clock, without having’ seen a single Indtan, Having delivered my dispatches and rested an hour I was informed that Lhe commander Wished to send some dispatches to Fort Larned, my own post. 1, of cq@urse, readily undertook to carry thesé, ahd my offer was gladly accepted by the general, “provided I thought 1 could stand the trip alter my recent fatigue.” “AU T watt 18 a fresh 1lorse, sir, Here was the difficult: thing as a decent horse . to be had being Government mules, of which U Wasa large cuolce, Tmade no diffieuity about this, “Trot out your mule,” 1 sald, “and I am ready now.” nly aniinals: ‘The mule was rapidly forthcoming, and at dark I started once more on the road for Fort Larned, ‘and proceeded without Interruption to Coon Creel 30 miles from Fort Dodge. Here I disinounted and led my mule to a pool to give him some water. T also stood myself a drink, using my hat fora dipper, and while engaged in procuring this refreshiment my mule suddenly Jerked off and ambled away down. to the cree! ‘rhen it flashed across my mind that, in the hur ot departure, I had omitted to make iny lariat fast to him, and that he was at large. Tfollowed him gently, in the hopes of getting hold of his bridle, and that he would perchance Stop. He did not,'He made straight for the wagon Toad, Dut Instead, of making for Kort Dodge, as 1 expected he would, he turned toward Fort Larned, and jogged merrily along with a most happy and unconcerned air. Several times I succeeded in getting just up to him, When he wouid put ona Spurt und go ahead easy, slacking down as soon as Tgave up chase, I was sorely tempted to shoot him with my gun, which I fortunately held in my. hand, bubthe report would have probably brought the Ihdians down on me, and ashe was, besides, company forme, Trefrained, And thus tne mule tnarched on, and I followed on foot—cursing. From Cooh Creek to Fort Larned {3 35 miles, and. we—that 1, the mule and’ myself—made pretty good Ume. “There Was nothing to hold the mule, and I Was striving hard tocatelt him—which urged hun on. Tn addition to the excitement of this pe- destrian competition, I had the knowledge that I light any moment be pounced on by Indians, and have my hatr lifted. ‘The mule stuck to the road, and I stuck to the mule, Just s day began to break we found our- selveS sUll in the Same order of processton on & MIL looking down on to the valley of Pawnee Fort, with Fort Larned looming tn the distance, and ast sur- veyed the scene, and the mule surveyed me, the mnorning gun belehed forth half a lle away. We took stock of each other with expressions of mucual distrust, Then, addressing my opposite nel 8D “Time's up,” Tsald, “and 1s my turn, deeply ind arte T am ed to you for your company, but we hen I raised my gun to my shoulder ed away, hitting tue beast on the hip. In- serting a second cartridge I fred into_him again, and UWice more, Unt ab last he lay strecched out hice and comfortable. Like all Government mules, he was a tough one, and died hard. My shots brought out the troops, and when they learned what had happened they al! said 1t served him right. I then walked into headquarters and delivered my dispatches, and _ received, the compliments of the general. I proceeded to put in some hours of solld sleep, and then left that same night for Fort Hays with more dispatches, h 1 delivered early the next morning U6 G Sheridan. My record of the: rides 1s as. Fort Larned to Fort Hayes, miles, in 12 Fort Hays to Fort Dodge, lnites, in the suc twenty-four hours; Fort Dodge to Fort Lari piles on mule, 35 miles, tule, the might, and bac! vs autles, the next—total, 295 miles, oer a rough d by hositie Indian’, without any ofr I was highly mented by Gen a my achi “Cody,” he sald, ded to appoint you gulde ind chier’of scouts, with the command.” And thus 1 was I came to be chief of scouts, Ccitivative Corree.—There is needed a rich Soll, plenty of water and perfect shade; for U cofve plant cannot stand direct. sun-rays any more than cold. Just before the rainy season, » planted in pecullar diagonal lines, $0 43 sive about ninety trees to the acre, and given farmer's care for five years, He at once nat trees beside thein, Which answer a purpose of shading the tender growth and producing quick returns. Meanwhile, the of slower growing bucare, which fs permanent, 13 planted, and by the time the coffee ts large enough to bear ts ready to shield it for life. ‘The owner how takes possession of hts estate ani it begins to yield, continuing for tuirty years or more, with an averige annual product’ of ten pouuds to a tree About the tmiddié of March it 15 in full blossom, bearing a pretty white daisy-shaped tower, Witt half a ‘dozen lanceolate leaves and a delicate va- niila perfume, ‘The frult or berry, containing two beans lying face to face ke chestnuts In a »Tipeus early in autumn, when it is picked, husked, Washed, sorted according to size and ity, and sent off to market in sacks of from '30 pounds.— American Magazine. A Test FoR MALARia.—A loving father who, at Summer regort last season, had left bebind him four beautiful children, dead of diphtherta, satd to me “That hotel proprietor Was as much a mur- ras ithe had shot my little ones.” Yes, dear sir, but you, the guardian, ought. to nave’ been arined and equipped aguinst such foes, An hour's intelligent examination of watersupply and drain- age ata proposed country home would in a large Inajority of cases prevent the risk of such a catastro- he, and migh be made before a landiord could ob- ject. ‘Take in the dressiug-bag an ounce vial of Saturatea solution Of permanganate of potash, which any druggist will prepare for a few cents, and put half a dozen drops into a tumbier of the drinking water that ts supplied, If it turns brown in an hour, iU18, broadly’ ‘speaking, unfit to drink; Atnot, ft 15 nov especially harmful, Ita country hotel's sewage system 18 confined to cesspoois within a hundred feet of the house, and near the Water supply, take next train to a point farther on. ‘These matters should force themselves on one's personal attention, quite as much as the under- takers bills that occasionally follow their ne- glect.—American Magazi A Livny Noxoazyantax.—James Preston whose roperty at Shenandoah was undermined by the obinoor colliery, and who 1s now in Pottsville, Pa., to secure damages, 1s a remarkable man: Preston 1s ninety-two years of age. He is living now with his third wife, and has been the tauner of thirty-six children, eléven by his frat wite, who died in the old country; eighteen by his sécond wife, who died in America, and seven. by bis ent wife, ‘Thirty-three of them were boys, each wife presenting him with one daughter. Preston was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and lived in New York for twenty years after coniing to Amer- fea, He started to Work at Turkey Run Colliery in 1870 as inside loader, and ts working there reg- ulariy still. His mind ‘is clear, bis eye bright, bis Voice strong, and he seems Ukely, barring accl- dent, to complete his century. His children are scattered far and wide. ————— ‘The severest electric storm gxperienced in Rieh- mond in years, accompa yy heavy pre- Vatled last evening between 6 and 7 Oelock, ‘The steamship Aller, which arrived at New York yesterday, brought £101,500 in gold. Gov. Util, of New York, yesterday reviewed the ‘23d regiment at the State camp at Peekskill, What is Hypnotism, THE WAY IT WAS DISCOVERED AND EXPLAINED BY A PHYSICIAN, From the Leisure Hour. In 1841 James Braid wasn practice as a phy- siclan at Manchester. Thither came La Fontaine lecturing on mesmerism and performing expert- ments of the familiar type, illustrating the theory of the stronger will and the dominant idea, Braid ‘Was interested in the lectures, suspected the ex- Periments to be impostures, and declared the theory to be false, He worked at the subj bim- self, and in the years followi1 issued several books containing most remarkable experiences re- garding what he called neuro-hypnotism, but which after him was fora long time known as Braidism and is now described in all the dictionaries and text books as hypnotism. Braid found that most of the phenomena could be self-induced. That a man so to Speak, could mesinerize himself by fixing ny ees on some inapimate object and concen- trau his attention. He thus, to his satisfaction, proved the subjective nature of the influence. To talk of animal netusm from an inanimate ob- Jeet was absurd. “Sraldisin met with much oppo- ‘sition. It was furiously attacked by the mesmer- ists, whose very citadel it threatened, and it was received with horror by a large section of the pub- lic, who refused to believe in the possibility of its phenomena. There was no mystery as to the method of procedure. All that Braid did was to take any bright object, such as his lancet case, be- tween the thumb and fore and middle fingers of ‘the left hand, and hold it from eight to fifteen inches from the eyes of the patient in such a posi ton above the forehead as was necessary to re duce the greatest strain on the eyes and eyelids. On this bright point the patient was to stare 11x- edly. In ordinary cases in fifteen seconds, if the Patient's limbs were lifted they would evince a Vendency to remain in the position to which they had been raised; in a few seconds more a strange feeling of exaltation would spread through him; in a tew seconds more he would be asleep and in- sensivle to pain, ‘There never is anything new, and, of course, there was. nothing new in Braid’s discovery. The magicians used Uo hypnotize their believers by making them gaze at the seratches on the crystal sphere. The Egyptian priests hypnotized theirs by making them stare at the mysitc ns on the bright metal mirror, ‘The anchorites lifted their eyes fixedly to the iirmament and went off into ecstacy, The monks of Mount Athos hung their heads and looked downward until they felt their Senses swim away, and the Indian ascetics of 1887 r by squinting at the tips of noses, a3 their ancestors have done for ages. * As to mesmerizing animals with the “passes,” which, granting Braid’s theory, 13 the Same thing as hypnotizing them, there are innu- merable examples. The iguana can be hypnotized, ‘so can the cobra, so can the turtle, Secure their fixed attention tor a minute or two and they are helpless. As it 13 with an animal so it is with a man. Hold his undivided attention for a short period and he will fall awayintoa state resembling: catalepsy. Let him look at a glittering piece of glass, a diamond stud or an emeraid pin and be- fore ils eyes have begun to ache he will collapse. ‘There 1s a case on record of a student who Was told he would be hypnotized from a distance at 4 ona certainday. He was to look at the clock a little before to see how the time was going. An umpire, a well-known physician, was told off to watch him. At a minute or two to 4 he looked at the clock, and his gaze became fixed, und as the clock struck he fell back as if he had been sent to sleep with full mesi Tt does not suit everybody to hypnotize, nor does it ‘be hypnott ‘he be. for fun,” may find the. pattent go off into and refuse to be “awakened by a tap Or a puff;” So it 1s best to leave experimenting to competent medical practitioners, = coe When Sun-Stroke is Imminent. AND WHAT TO DO WHEN IT OCCURS—IT3 SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT, From the Philadelphia Times. ‘When during the heated term one who has been exposed to the sun's heated rays begins to suffer from headache, giddiness, nausea and disturbance of sight, accompanted with sudden and great pros- tration of the physteal forces, sun-stroke 18 prob- ably imminent. If such an one will take time b} the forelock and immediately retire to a cool plac making use of some simple restoratives, such aromatic ammonia, &c., he may be spared further trouble; butit he persists with his business he will doubtless soon become very 11, which 1ilness usually takes the form of heat exhaustion, heat apoplexy, or genuine sunstroke, the thermle fever Of some writers, Those who are exhausted by the heat have a Cool, moist skin, a rapid, weak pulse and respira- Uon'movement, and the pupil 18 dilated. In fact, the symptoms’ are those of collapse. “These pa- Uonts Wil, probably. revover promptly, an event which may be hastened by the use of a tonic and restorative treatment, ‘Those who suffer from heat apoplexy frequently become unconscious at the onset. ‘The heart and breathing apparatus 1 not markedly disturbed, and the pupil may benormal, but the unconscious" hess deepens and the case rubs on to a fatal ter mination. An artery has been broken 1n the brain, and the poured-out blood pressing on the nerve-centers brings about the fatal event. A {treatment calculated to draw the blood fromthe brain to the extremittes—ot foot-baths, bleeding, vc. —promises to be the most useful in such cases. he thermic fever patent 1s unconscious and convulsed, and his body temperature may be 108 to 110 degrees Fahrenhelt—that 1s, ten degrees above normal. ‘The skin of this patient fecis as ‘though it would burn your hand when laid there- on, in this case the thorough and prompt app! cation of cold ig needed. Tee to the lead and cold water to the body generally will be in order. Medl- cal advice should ve promptly had tn either of the two cases last referred to,” Complete recovery from sun-stroke 1s rare, the brain being perma- neutly crippled in many cases. Residence in a cold climate affords some hope for such patients, eee The German Ministry. GOSSIP ABOUT BISMANCK’S FELLOW LABORERS. The Paris correspondent of the N.Y. Graphic says: Some interesting detafls regarding the Ger- man ministry—Prince Bismarck’s fellow laborers —are given in a work that has just appeared here entitled “The Court of the Emperor William.” It 1s related that a superintendent of public Works came to announce to the minister, Herr Mayback, the fortunate conclusion of some’pend- ing negotlation, and entering the room in haste, exclaimed: “I have the pleasure to—” “You have not ‘the pleasure,” sald Herr May- back coldly, interrupting him; “you have ‘the honor’ to speak to me.” Herr Luctus, the talntster of agriculture, 1s Bis- marek’s intimate friend. He “thee's and’ thou's” that terrible functionary, and, {t 15 sald, knows, how to calm the chancellor when he gets into ‘tantrums”—not an uncommon occurrence, by the way. Herr Von Gossler, in whose care 18 the portfolio of public worship, ‘has never got over being a Ger- Tan student, witht all the namie tmplies. “He en- Joys himselt best In the company of young Ger- lmany, and gladly presides over the student banquets, showing them of what feats he 1s capa- ble in the drinking line. twas he who pleaded in favor of the uUility and “chivalresque esprit” of rapler duels, in Herr ransart von Schellendorf, the minister fiud only a “driver” in the way of work, nearly as much out of his subordinates, She does out of himself, He 1s said to be often surprised by the daylight coming tn athis windows when he has been absorbed all night over the de- project. It 1s added that he and that his explanations are so AU 1s Sometimes dificult to catch the y Isismarck seems to be in favor of a thin ten years ago the ministers were all men of considerable avolrdupols. Perhaps he finds that he can get more work out of the former, ‘The Parrots and the Car Drivers, From the New York Sun, ‘The Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, car drivers are greatly annoyed by five parrots that hang out of the windows of five cottages on Furman street. Recently the car stopped for a woman, but before she could get aboard a poll gave’ two shrill ‘whistles that the driver took for the conductor's signal, and he started on. “The woman,” says a reporter of the scene, “was swinging her parasol in an eager and hysterical attempt to counteract the result of the whistle, and the conductor was forced to leave the mystery of the bogus signal un- solved while he whistled for the car to stop. Polly whistled again for it to go ahead, and it did not stop. The other parrots had now become inter. ested, and they Joined in. Gesinnt Polly No. Lin a contest with the conductor, until Polly No. 5 was. reached, and he yelled tn a poorly disguised voice: ‘south erry!’ “Then the parrots joined the pas- sengers in a hearty laugh at the success of their effort to bring about iid transit.” The English Sparrow, ‘Theodore H. Mead, in American Magazine. Many years ago We first made the acquaintance of the sparrow, and we were fascinated by his saucy, contented drollery. It was in London, and Just outside the window within which our studies Were supposed to be carried on was a leaden root Wwhereon could be observed at every hour the do- mestic manners and social customs of these rest- less little rascals. We were never tired of their antics—their tempestuous love-making, theirinde- fatigable housekeeping, their petulant quarrels, sharp-tongued and sharp-beaked, too: and cast shrewd little glances from time to time at us, with much the expression of a party of sav: making merry near the great idol of some divinity. Since those days, like most other Americans, we have become rather Ddiaze on this sub} ect, less re ‘Sponsive to the sparrow’s advances, and have finally chine to consider: him no sbevter than a winged Tat. In fact he is in one respect a good deal worse, for he is doing what the rats cannot do: driving our song birds from their former haunts about our homes to distant and unknown resorts, where they can be free from his chattering persecutions, About our home there are fewer song» birds than ever within our recollection. Not a single catbird came last summer, nor could we hear of one about, the neighborhood;’ not a wren; not: the val- orous little blue-bird; not a tanager; nota martin; not an oriole. Formerly there were many, and the groves morning and evening reso with their led notes; last year they were fewer; Unis year there were none, ee of scarlet tana- {fers und a patr of orchard orioles were indeed seen for a week Or go, but were soon kilied or driven of Only the robbins and the spotted thrushes hold their ground, and who can tell how ‘they will do sor’ ‘These three juirrels find strolling cats, ave “among thems ddve the Inischlet, and every. lover of" birds should give ve orders t nave all sun vermin shot ar aight. 2 Circumstantial Evidence. Kate (at the window)—“Louise, dear, there’s crape on the Van Brisket’s door, Some one must oulse = “Tmpoestblet 1 itive the doctor my ’m ve hasn't been there for several Weoka”— Lge, At a conference at Little Rock, of the republican leaders of Arkansas, a resolution ‘passed Se ee ete in nominate s full Presidential ticket In 18087 jow to Travel and Keep Cool. THE SECRET REVEALED BY A LADY FROM THE BACK- ENSACK MEADOWS. ‘From the New York Journal. It was Thursday morning of the past week. ‘The thermometer at the end of the car, inthe deep shade, near the ice-cooler, marked 96 degrees, the Done-yard odor of “everything” was wafted over the Hackensack meadows and into the car win- dows, the pretty girl on the shady side of the car had closed the Duchess’ latest novel and fallen into adoze, with her dainty little white sallor hat rked up over one ear ina rakish manner. Her ‘Was as straight as the cat tails that ripened along theroadway inthe hot sun. Two people in the center of the car talked of bables, and the babies slept. Every one was hot, cross and tired, all except one woman. She sat at’a closed window, talking vivaciously to her neighbor, @ meek an neat-looking young lady in a dark-biue sateen. After the conductor had gone through and Gbinched the cards for the last time,” as a little Gerinan girl remarked, as she sat baking in a seat near the door, the following instructive conversa- {ion floated about the car, the couversationallsts belng the cool-looking woman and the neat young: lady? “le makes me cross to look at you; you look so Provokingly cool,” sald the Blue Sateen, as she mnopped her little face with a tiny grimy’ pocket handkerchief. “I only got in at Englewood and te yan Poa es deep little laugh, ‘cool woman gurgled a deep ig Uke ‘spring water gurgling at ar hillside, Sue Wore a dark-gray French” gingham, a rather broad-brimmed gray hat with two brown wings onit, long liste thread gloves, a neat linen collar and cuffs and a white gauz® vell about the face and knotted at the throat, "HOw can you keep so cool?” asked the ho’ little Blue Sateon. “My dear, don't get_any warmer and I'll tell you,” sald @ deep contralto from the cool Indy, ‘and at this deligntrul information the Baby and the Pretty Giri both woke up to listen. “In the first place, I keep still,” began the con- tralto. “I don’t even talk, as’a general thing. ‘Talking requires exertion, auld exertion makes one warm. "When I start out to travel I dress mnyselt in a gown that 1s comfortable and cool. I put my front hair up in curl papers and have it nice to take out when T arrive at my destination. These ‘two Uttle curled pieces you see under my hat are false. I wear them to keep from looking unusual. “I always put on a vell at the beginulng of the Journey aud wear ituntil theend. It keeps out the time irom the sort coal they usé on this road, and do not have to exert myself wiping my face every Jew moments. ‘Then I always Wear cotton gloves und keep the window closed for the same purpose. I don't drink ice water, for it brings out, perspira- Uon, and T don’t eat candy (here the Pretty Girl Nushed and tue Baby cried), because It 1s sticky und heating. But my coolness depends on my keeping stiji, I dow't talnk [nave changed my attitude since I got tn at spark MIL When I get to Bridgeport this afternoou I shau't take an hour or tWo Loudness tor dinner, Ishall just bathe my face and hands with a litie eau de cologne, comb out my curls, put on fresh collar and cuffs, and shake the dust from my gown. ‘hen the journey Will not have harmed my complextun, and to guard against the least danger of sucht a catas- Uophe I suail cover my face, neck and hands With cold creain to-night.” ‘The Blue Sateen Was lost in admiration of this Plan, and the Baby was 90 charmed it went Unrough the tunnel without blinking. Atthedepot ‘the Coo! lady tert the car leisurely and swept down the platform: looking like a tres cucumber, pata ees ‘The Late Ben Halliday’s Thrift. From the Chicago Tribune, His keen eye to business was one of Halliday’s strong points, An ex-Treasurer Auditor who 1s still Uving in Washington sometimes tells his friends of an experience which proves this, In the early days of the Pacific railroads some of the men who were pushing the enterprise stopped at the autitor’s house. ‘The raflroad's bonds were gotten up in the best style of the engraver's art, aud one of them pleasingthe eye of his little girl it was given her asa plaything. At that time the value of tne Yond was not worth much more than the paper 1t was printed on. When thechild got tired of her pretty plaything, the mother as a careful _house- wife, put it aWay ina tn box along with other things. Nobody ever thought of the bond again Ull the girl had grown to’ young woman and Was about to be married. ‘Then the mother, in looking over the mementos of the past,came acfoss the old Pacific Ratiroad bond. She had a dim tdea. {t might be worth something, and took It to her husband. He laughed at.the hotion and was going to toss the bond into the fire, but his wife inter- fered. She knew it was too valuable to burn, and proposed that her daughter should have it aga inarriage portion, “Finally the husband was per- suaded to take ‘the boud to persons who would know if 1Uhad any market value, But they were skeptical, and the auditor was about to give up in disgust, When he ran across Ben Halliday. If any one knew the worth of Pacific Railroad bonds, he thought, 1t ought to be the old man. Halliday showed & languld curiosity, and casually remarked that the bond might be good for a iittle somethin, Af tts owner had time to trace tt back. How mucl did he think 1t was worth? Oh, perhaps $80 or $00 on the thousand. Wouldn't he give $100? Well, perhaps, to oblige a friend he would. And he did. ‘The face of the bond was for $5,000, and the happy auditor was soon cashing a $500 check, His daughter got this as her marriage portion, and the story was told a few friends as an illustration Of the good luck which some people had. "A year or so later some Culifornta people had business with the auditor, and he incidentally told them about the bond. ‘They were all interested. “Good bargain, Wasn't it?” he asked, when he finished. “Yes, for Halliday,” replied ‘one of the Callfor- nians, “How 802” “Well, that bond was worth $5,000. It must have helped 61d Ben mightily just at that time.” see Tom Waller’s First Romance, From the Philadelphia Times. jany stories are told of the picturesque ex-Gov. Waller, of Connecticut, but none more interesting than that which describes his first romance. He was then an impecuntous law clerk, but he fell in love with the mayor's daugther nothwithstanding. So far as the lady was concerned his sult was suc- cessful, too, but Mayor Loomts was an august per- sonage, and he not only objected to the unton, but prevented it. ‘This set-back put the spur to Wal- jer’s pride and ils energy, and he forthwith deter- mined to be a bigger man than the mayor of New London. He devoted himself to business, kept a weather eye on politics and Was soon ‘elected mayor. Mayor Loomis was meanwhile credited with @ yearning for the governorship, but he had to stand aside and see tt go to hts would-be son-In- law. And by and by Mr. Waller was mentioned for the Vice-Presidency, made a national reputa- tion and was ussigned toan important place in the diplomatic service, and then Mr. Loomis began to feel regret for his inistake. ‘The sequel ought to be, of course, that Mr. Waller finally won the father’s consent and tarred the daughter, but, a8 a inatter of fact, each found a mate years ago, and now Mr. Waller's house 1s next door to that dccu- pied by the daughter of the mayor and her hus. and, and the Uwo families are on the best of terms. ————+e+______ Robbers with a Woman for Chief. From the Pall Mall Gazette. A band of highway robbers was the other day brought before the High Court of Poltava, at the head of which stood a noble lady of the name ot Rustanoviteb. The band was exceptionally well organized, and it appears to have been extremely dificult to obtain a “membership,” every intend- tog member having to undergo a severe examina- tion by the lady chief, who apportioned his work to cach, Mme. Rustanoviteh was in the widest sense of the word the head of her people, who Diindly obeyed all her orders She distributed the “work,” had her agents who sold the results of the ssvork,” and divided the spoil equally vetween them, keeping, however, the lon’s share for her- self."The headquarters of the band were on the banks of the Dnelper, in the department of Pol- tava, and the police had for some years tried un- successfully to capture the bandit, the efforts of the most skiliful detectives being’ frustrated by the splendid organization. ‘The final capture was due to the treachery of & member. All the mem- bers, as well as the daring lady chiet, presented a vold front to the authorities, and were all of them condemned to terms of imprisonment, gusta orcba tls Boating as an Exercise for Women, From the Boston Journal. Feminine interest at the boating season is dis- played by bright colored ribbons worn in favor of a particular college crew by sympathetic attend- ants at races and by enthustasm over the victors. Yet, active part in boating 1s healthful and strengthening, when rowing is done in moderation. and carefulness, It broadens the chest, strength- ens the muscles of the back and arms'and gives vigor to the system. The vigorous crews at Welles- loy College illustrate the enthusiasm which it in- spires and show the effective work that can be rformed by young women in earnest at the oar. Tire canoeing, which is now the fashion, induces instruction in the art of sculling, and nothing 1s more graceful than lo see a youlig girl sending a light canoe through the water with quick, ener- getlc strokes. In the first place the youl oars. Woman Wears an appropriate costume of loose blouse walst and flannel round skirt; she then se- cures a light boat, and iscareful to obtain in the beginning the art of the best position and move- ments, With a shart practice she Isableto achieve success in propelling the boat rapidly throug! water, and soon attains. strength foF a long yl and a'strong one. ————__+e5e___ Importing “Gladstone” Bricks, Boston Special to the New York Tribune, Boston has purchased 155,000 so-called Glad- stone bricks, to be used in the construction of a partof the new court-house, They are from the kilns of W. E. Gladstone & Son, Hawarden, Wales, ‘Their trade name is “The Premier Brand,” frst pat, or, more correct fail i ‘ine'price paid delivered is 2650.0 thousand or Nature a Poor Imitation. From the Pall Mall Gazette. ‘Coquelin was playing the part of Annidal in “L'aventurie” in a provincial town some little time ago, and when he came to the scene in which. Social Pushers, Boston Letter in the Providence Journal. ‘That the most humiliating feature of modern soclety ts to be found in the of those who wish to “get on” in the fashtot world has of- ten enough been remarked; yet there is still room for amazement at the ingenuity of the devices to Which snobs will resort. We have had a good many weddings recently in the neighborhood of Boston, and among other brides of high social Sition has been ‘iss EL, Whose. tarnily t6 eat noted for its exclusiveness. When the invitations for the wedding Were sent out Mrs.A., a Woman who s really devoured by soctal ambition, was not included in the list of guests. She had met Mrs. X. and had somewhat overstepped the strict pro- pHleties of etiquette im the manner in which she ad called ‘upon that exclusive lady. Now, she Was doubtless much chagrined at not receiving @ card for a wedding which was to be a very large one, but she Was by no means ready to abandon the'leld, On the day after the invitations went Out Mrs. A. sent Miss X. a valuable and well-se- lected piece of plate as a Wedding gift. Miss X., in the privacy of a select circle of intimate rriends, declared that she would not have the present. It Was urged upon her that she certainly could not return it, , But will not acknowledge 11” she declared “But then, my dear,” her mother said, “you will be putting yourself in the wrong. | You cannot be Tude, and especially to a nobody itke Mrs. A.” “don’t care,” persisted the daughter, “I will not invite her anyway. ‘This is my wedding. and Iwill have whom I please. She can’t buy an In- Vitation with her trumpery old present.” But, of course, in the end, Mrs. A. was invited, and she appeared at the wedding with the air of belng the most intimate friend of the family. It amused those who knew the story, but Mrs A. 18 clever enough to make the fact that she wasthere tell for a good deal in her struggle up the yoclal heights. A still more amazing trick was resorted to by a Boston lady this winter to get toa reception where she wished to appear. She Wrote to the hostess, to whom she had never even been presented, that She had a lady high in Washington society staying With her, and that it was so much tie custom in Washingvon to attend receptions uninvited that her friend had seen no impropriety in telling some acquaintances that she Would meet them at this gathering. The nove went ontosay that as hostess: the writer was put In so awkward a position that she had ventured to lay the case before the lady Ning the entertainment, hoping that she would e willing to send cards to herself and the stranger. ‘On this occasion the scheme was a failure. The note Was answered merely by a formal regret that the list of guests having been made up before the receipt of Mrs. ——'s note tt was impossible to com- ply with her request. The lady from Washington Probably never knew of the use made of her name, AU least ehe did not present herseit at the recep- Uon. And speaking of the Washington vice of intrud- ing upon soctal gatherings, Witch has become $0 inUch of a scandal that it 1s strange hostesses at the capital do not tn self-defense, resort to the de- Vice of demanding cards at the door, a lady of that city told me recently of her own experience, “T sent out invitations,” she sald, “to 800, Any- where but in Washington that would have meant about 600 guests. I ordered supper for » thou- sand. About twelve hundred came. When sup- er was served, a mob precipitated itself on tue ining-room, ahd of course the uninvited were first. on hand, Not very long after I went myself to see that the Wife of Senator Q., whou I especi- ally wanted to be polite to, had something to eat. ‘The dining-room looked as if 1t had been sacked by a famished army. I looked about and sald to her: ‘Mra. Q,, there is a candle on that table, If You are Russian enough to eat it; and over there 4s half an orange.’ ‘That 1s positively all there ‘Was left, and the caterer said I was fortunate that the mob did not carry of the dishes and the fur niture,| Party-giving in Washington has come to mnere opening your house toa mob of people you wouldn’t know for the world, and for my partl am sick of it, Ishall give dinner parties hereafter, ‘That will take care of the people I most care about, and the rest must go.” Happily we have not come to this in Boston, but people do make frantic efforts to get into the Proper sets, resorting to tricks too snobbish and inean to bé endurable or, indeed, believable, did not one know that they exist, oor She Understood Racing. From the Dakota Bell A middle-aged woman with a solemn cast of countenance, and wearing a plain black dress, ap- Proached Col. Dan Scott, secretary of the Sioux Falls Turf Association, one day this week and said: “sir,I understand there is golng to be some hoss racing here next week?” “We expect to have some madam.” “So Theard. A lot of gawktes are golng to get on the track With two-wheeled sulkies and fence. Tail horses and Jean over and saw on the lines and crack Ue poor beasts with a short whip and holler and crowd and try to get ahead of each other?” “Why, Why, madam ——." “Then a big crowd of baid-headed old. tes and corn-stalk dudes will stand around and bet on the horses.” taWBY, Madam, I suppose there will be some bet- “’Fhen there will be a lot of old blokes up on the Judges’ stand too drunk to tell which hoss does come in ahead.” N-0, oh, no—.”" "t you ‘no’ me. I tell you they will all be drunk! hen a man with a mouth ike a new cel- lar Will stand up and sell pools on the races, He, and cheat, and Ureak the law.” “I'm sorry, Madam, but—.” “I know it’sall so!" And the race will be sold by the owners, or some miserable driver will be paid to throw it, and if an honest man does bet on it ‘he'll get beat out of his money.” “Madam, I'm sorry that you appear to beso much opposed to horse-racing. “Me penne) to hoss-racing: “I gather so from your remarks.” “No, sir, not much; I just understand tt, that all. What I called for Was to see if you coula’nt give me a pointer on which 1s going to beat. I've sold a heating-stove and a winter cloak, and I've got my eye on « long-legged gray mare, Dut I don’t ‘Want to go and put the money on her Unless she’s ing to get there on the home-stretch. I’m will- bely m Rose up jas got for the cloak to any- y that'll put ine on to a dead sure thing to put ‘the stove money on!” > — eee. ‘Where They Were Born. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Some time after the war Gen. Crittenden met ‘three ex-Confederate officers at dinner, and they became very friendly. “Major,” sald Gen. Crittenden to one of them, “where were you born?” “Well,” said the major, getting a little red, “I was born, sir, in Nantucket, Mass, but you see I lived ten years in the South and I married a South- ern lady, and, asali my interests were in the South, of coursé I fought for them.” “And where Were you born?” he asked the sec- on “Well, sir, I was born in Nantucket, Mass, but Td lived ih the South twenty years, and of course—.” “I see,” Said the General, turning to the third. “Colonel, where were vou born?” “I was born in Nantucket, Mass, too, but 'd been thirty years in tue Southy anda, “Thav’s curious, isn't 1t?” me general,” said one of them, “where you born?” il, L was born in Huntwell, Ala., but I lived 4m the North for many years, and I fought for the nion.”” ‘Then they all drank around. Just as the Twig Incii: is Bent the Tree’s med. - From Harper's Bazar. One winter evening, not many years ago, at Doylestown, Pa., three young lawyers were seated ata table in the law library-room playing cards. One of them had recently been admitted to prac- Ucelaw, and during the evening he frequently ‘used the expression, “it is me.” The incorrect- ness of the phrase grated upon the ears of the other two lawyers, and at last one said: “Joseph, don’t youknow you are frequently saying ‘it 1s Sate you are well aware that you shouid say, He replied: “Jacob, I know I ghouldsay “It is I,? butl oy it incorrectly from ‘nabie® . Jacob said: “I think I can aid you in saying -it correctly, if you will only commit to memory the rhyme, ‘it is I, sald the spider to the fly.’” “Well, that would aid ine, I admit,” said Joseph, Rag Thad not committed another me when a aS Inquired Jacob: “Well, what is that?” necloseph sald: “At Is me, sald the spider to the lea” Unequal Punishment, From the Toronto Mail, July 19, Among the curiosities of justice in Canada are ‘these: A burglar pleaded guilty in Stayner and was sent to jallforamonth, Two or three days afterward a boy, who declared he did not know he was doing wrong, placed a coupling pin on a rail- Toad track and was sent to the reformatory for four years. Happily the obstruction to the ap- preaching tratn did no damage: At Milton another Y placed a stone on the track. He was brougnt before the court and disc after a night in disparit Judge did not deal with the two cases, ‘From the Portland Oregonian. ‘On the trip of the Alaskan to Astoria a f i li Ha i Li peas i Cyras Ficid and His Daughter, From a New YorkfLetter. Mr. Field was seated in a big chairzin a down- town office. He was cool and self-possessed. He talked on all sorts of subjects. _Hisquick, nervous eye was riveted upon his desk. Befgre him lay an open telegram. Every few minutes he would pick itup and read tt. Then his facegbrightened. A smile played about the corners of his mouth. He seemed as merry as a sunbeam. “Ah! thal is bet- Yer than a check for a million, str,” he said. “Read that, Read whatit says. Give it to me and Tl ‘The Perils of Wining. From the Salt Lake Tribune. Allover the west men Will turn pitingty to read the story of the finding of the six dead miners im the Comstock. They made a brave fight for life, Dut in vain, That they were all found lying close {together awakens a hope that at last they al together entered a drift which was so surcharged with gas or dead alr that they sank down and died Without pain. That mighty lode has drawn man} victims within its terrible arma. The gnomes. guard their (reasures there have exacted territle read'it. Never mind heart, Isn‘tit | tribute of those who have gone down to rifle thelr Good Hews: It's the best thing I've heard 1n a treasure vaults Through all the twenty seve jonth.” nod jegram across | years that the confict has been n, the ¥ Spy ee tims have averaged one cach Werk, And they are ‘the table. It was from his family physician and read: “Your daughter ts very much better. She is Improving Very fast. She sends you her love. And then Tremembered that his daughter, bis favorite child, 1s an tnvalt has been such for years, and her father is more wrapped Up in her ‘Than allelse, He has taken herall over the world, to the best physicians in Europe and America, and has spent a fortune in trying to get her health restored. He has been like an elder brother to her, and has lavished tme and attention Uy her, to the exclusion of ailelse, Many a big. financial deal has had to wait until Mr, Field stole away to his daughter's sick-room, where he often acted as nurse as well as companion, It has been his habit ‘to spend most of his lefsure time in his daughter's company, He would read to her, gossip with her, tell her the news of the day, and was withal so cheerful in her presence that in her moments ot atest pain she would cry out for her father. Sit near me, father; I'm very sick,” she would gay to him; “but T'shall be better soon. You are always so cheerful and so hopeful that you do me. more drugs.” m0 rongest and bravest, y fire, by as, by dead air, by falls, by caves, Dy breaking machinery, by’ explosions, the lives are yielded up, Until the real Comstock miner has taken on a look different from that of other men—the look Which the veterans of an army wear when the steady facing of death has tee come ‘reduced to a mere matter. of cour and face and ‘gestures and. volee | are Adjusted to it, Working constantly underground, Ras its effect upon all men. They become sentem Uous often and terse of speech. Generally, toa, they ‘become low-volced, for the rule becomes Second nature to reserve, ax far as possible, thelr lung power. Then their surroundings naturally lead to this ‘Their candies only relieve | the eternal darkness; the mountain has taken them to its awful bosom, and tts tendency ts to bush them into quiet. When through the years they toll that Way, and once a week are called upon to bear to the Surface the mangled or swollen remains Of @ brother, the tendency Is to drive what 1s merry and Joyous in thelr lives away, FLEgTaNy selected from te st ‘good than and again Mr. Field, a man of blood and fron, a giant in finance, a Gitraltar in determina- ton, has sank down disheartentd In his office chair, and buried his face In his hands, sobbing like a babe because of the Dad reports of hts daughter's health. On the very day of the late panic he walked up and down lis office floor Wringing his hands lu a frenzy of grief. ‘The news that day from his daughter was Unfavorable, and he was afraid that he might not see her alive again, His millions were sipping through his fn- gers, but he gave his orders to his brokers quleuy and (would then resume bis pactug toand fra, This ‘child has been the apple of his eye. — cna do Midsummer Love Stories, } From the New York World. A young German carpenter was married to a pretty Bohemian girl in Omaha the other day after & six months’ courtship, which must have been conducted entirely in pantomime, as neither can speak a word of the other's language. ‘The serv- ices of an interpreter were needed at the altar, but the young coupie seemed as happy as if they bad talked sweet nothings into each other's ears all Another Jewe Pomeroy. BOSTON'S BOY MURDERER AS ARIVALIN MaqNE—I KBCORD UF TO DATE. Asspectal from Portland, Me., July 20, sayat The youngest person who ever attempted to come mit amurderingthis State was brought before Judge Gould, of the Municipal Court, thismorning, Geonge E. Lawrence isa boy of but twelve years, but he has managed tu his short life to at Least ate tempt the commission of many crimes. some months ago George was sent for by bis brother, who isthe foreman of a great stock farm im Kansas, Soon after he reached Kansas he de. yped decided Jesse Pomeroy traits and became the terror of that section, After Detng With bit brother a short time he stole a valuable horse and: “skipped the ranch” as his bro cornered the young rascals being well armed, managed to ke bay for some Ume. He thought of Kill horse, but fnally concluded to surrender, After a persistent attempt to reform him, hie brother took him back to Cape Elizabeth, He bes iad thelr lifetime, haved bimself rather worse than better, and last Sam Peters is a good-looking young negro, who | Week his brother, John Lawrence, gave him some has been hauling Watermelons into Quitman, Ga., | Wholesome advice. George sald to John: “I'll do from his master’s farin in Brooks County. On Whe Way he always kept a sharp lookout for a pretty yellow girl who somethines firted with him frou the roadside. Last Monday, as ke was passing her house, she cried out, “Wish'I had one of dem are Watermillions.” Sai said he would give her the Diggest one in the lot if she would ride into town, with him, and she accepted. By the time they | two days more, and becoming convinced Unat be had reached town Sam Nad persuaded hertomarry | Was bound to kill some one if left at Mberty, Bik ‘a preacher was hunted up and the knot was | brother had him arrested and Judge Gould. sent him to the State Reform School during 18 minor A romantic wedding took place at Edwardsville, | 1, TLL, the other day, when Prof. Jas. O. Duncan, of Vahdalla, a widower, was married to Mrs. Lilile Carroll, 6¢ Springfield, a widow. The marri Was thé culmination of a series of coincidences in the lives of the wedded pair. The Rev. J. B. ‘Thompson, who perforined the ceremony, officiated in the same capacity at Prof. Duncan's’ first mar- Mage, and also at Mrs. Carroll's. first marriage, and preached the funeral sermon at the death of Prof. Duncan's wife, and at tne death of Mrs. Car- roll’s husband, “It was this strange fatality of clr- cumstances which Indued the couple to seek again the services of Mr. Thompson. ‘A pretty Nebraska widow, who had ensnared the affections of many respéctable farmers living near Wyman, was recently ordered to leave the country by a’band of “regulators,” under penalty Of a coat of tar and feathers. Nothing daunted by the threat the widow bought a double-barreled shot-gun and awaited developments. When the rey- soo ulators approached the house to carry out thelr | he Snow Plant of the Sierra} threat the sight of a loaded gun poluted from one | Of the Windows deterred them, and one of the you for that.” During that night George got dnd quietiy opened his kuites “hen Jon fe1U the hand of bis young brother passing slowly over his face and down to his throat. He up and grabbed the hand of the young villain just as the polnt of the knife touched his throat and ny Jusi In time to save his life. After watching him 200 ‘Wanted to Know if it Was Legal, From the San Franoiteo Alta, Acouple were married in Idahounder interesting circumstances last Week. ‘The bridecame from the West on the Northern Pacific Ratlway and the bridegroot sped from the East via the wings of the morning and the same road, She transferred to train and, standing on the Pullman platform, ere married by an Idaho justice of the pe A Scotch misstouary on hls way to con. Vert the Federal office-holders in Alaska looked ‘on in astonisiment, and when the Justice fintshed the Job (and Jumped off the moving train be tumed to @ by-stahder and exclaimed: “Great Gawd, mon, Is this legal? Do they do Unings laait that th Unis Kentry? jevadnas ‘One of the most interesting products of the Sterra Nevada Mountains 1s the beautiful snow Plant. The sclentific name for this flower 1s Sar coles ranguine, meaulng “blooded flesh.” June 18 its month of blooming, and it can now be found growing in secluded spotsin the mountains, where the snow falls deepest inthe winter, and’ where the fall grass grows thickly and casts an unbroken, shade, ‘The plant itself 4s from four to ten inches: in height, and is of a bright scarlet color, Includ- ing leaves and flowers, although the stem 1s pink and White. The flowers are attached close to. Uhe ‘stem, and the leaves curl upward and partially whole being in the ve adelicate frost. like edge, which makes them extremely beautiful, Every Visitor to this Vicluity always inatages 1 Secure one of these curiosities to show to Irienda Delow. How these pl not known to Dotanists, as they are m nor bulb, ‘They are supposed to be parasitic, and cannot be propae gated. Localities where they are abundant one Season May not procure a single specimen the ext. A beautiful Indlan legend is connected with he origin of this ower, which 1s to the effect that ‘once upon a time a lovely Indian maiden died of a broken heart on account of the taithiessness of her lover; that her spirit sought refuge in the dark ‘nOOKS in the forest, Where sounds of her sobbing number, in admiration of the woman's pluck, ad- vanced under a flag of truce, proposed marriage, and was accepted on the spot. T! a parson Was called in, the marriage Was celebrated, and the night wound up with # round of festivities. Henry ol ton) a bachelor from the West, who Was recently visiting his brother at Owen Sound, Ont, expressed the desire one day to get married, before his return, The day of his departure had already been set, and to expedite matters he offered his brother's wife a deed of fifty acres land If she would get him a wife by the Satut following the date of Ube offer, After explor ng ‘the town without success for several days, on F day Mrs. Wynn met a Miss Melrose, who Was will- ing to accept the offer. She was introduced to her prospective husband ‘on Saturday evening, just fore the boat was leaving. A consultation was held, the pair were married ou the spot. Mrs. Wynn was handed over the deed for the Mitty acres of land and the bride and groom steamed away for their prairie home. ee ‘The Failure of a Telegram. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, July 18. A novel suit hasbeen filed in Judge Reed's court in Topeka, Kan., and will come up for hear- ing July 20. The case 1s instituted by sixteen young ladies who sue the Western Union Tele- and walling are fréquentiy heard among the trees; graph Co. for $300 damages each. The complaint | that tie tears she sheds are drops of ‘blood, and States that owing to the failure on the part of the | wherever one of these touches the earth ‘where company to deliver a Which was to have deen sent from Valley Falls to Nortonville in Feb- Tuary last the young ladies were compelied to walk eight miles to reach the village of Perdue, where they were to give an entertainment for the beneftt of thelr church. They were lost, and wandered around over the prarie from 6 o'clock in. the evening until 2 o'clock the next morning. ‘The Rarity of Christian Charity. From the Philadelphia News. On Tuesday there Was published in the Daily News the story of a poor woman who, deserted by her husband, was driven to seck shelter in a rick- ety stable at 234 and Wood streets, where alone in darkness she gave birth to a babe. The article at- tracted the attention of Lawyer Jas. H. Haverin, who was at Sea Girt, and, belleving that such a | pathetic recital could not'fail to arouse womanly springs up a crimson plat Saturday Smiles. “You are not so Strong as you used to be, John,” sald a fond wife to her husband. “When you were courting me you could hold ime on your lap three hours. Now You cannot hold the baby on your lap three minutes.” —Soston Courter, People at the shore enjoy saying they “si under blankets.” The “blanket” test may be | Netent for Uhese saustied mortals, but why shoul they Want to sleep under blankets these July nights ts beyond the comprehension of even aCon- cord plilosopher.— Boston Herald. lo, Major,” sald the Judge tls morning, “I ‘Craven Sou tora, week; “where have you “Been home, sick as @ dog,” replied the | major. “You! Why, you were always as bealuhy as could be, What inthe world made you iit” “Well, I tried to follow some rules on health I saw } im the papers."—Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. ‘A Gentle Hiat,—Omaha Husband—“The theater Wil be halt over berore wo get started.” Young Wife—“Well, I can't get these gloves toned.” ‘Don't see Why you should be 0 slow and awke ward about a common thing like that.” sympathy, he clipped {t out, pastea 1. on a sheet of foolscap paper, ind, putting his own name down for a donation of $5, placed the paper on @ center- table in a conspicuous part of the hotel parlor. ‘AU Sea Girt on Tuesday there was represented probably $50,000,000 of capital. There were a humber of society belies with caramel-ted pugs, and quite a gathering of dowagers, who during the winter devote an hou or two 8 week to discussing the wants and needs of the heathen of the Sand- wich Islands. Many of these ladies were mothers themselves and Mr. Heverin congratulated him- self in having been thrown in a company where a ‘thousand doliars or so could be raised in flve min- utes without the owners feeling It. He sat down and waited and watched that center-table, Anews- Paper clipping always attracts attention among ‘women, aud in less Uhan ten tninutes every woman in the house had read the details of the sad story. ‘This was the result: A dozen sheers, half a doze shoulder shrugs, but not a solitary nickel. Nay, not even a kindly word, In thelr expenstve robes and with fortunes blazing at thelr fair throats in diamonds these women passed by the appeal which of all others draws out true womanhood with less attention than they would give to the yelping of one of thelr lap-dogs. Lawyer Heverin tore up the “No, there were always plenty around to do that for me, you know, dear.”— Omaha World. A writer in a volume of verses just published in young men London fabricates tls rather grisiy double-bar relled pun in speaking of Russia's ruler: And I should little wonder, friends, to read one morn or uigut, ‘Toat mighty dynasty had died through nasty dyna te. Lightning knocked over three men who were sit Ung on boxes in front Of a grocery tore In Pater= son, N. J. One of them was knocked senseless, ‘The other two exclaimed: “Leggo! I'm comin Tight home.”—Burlington Hawkeye. Little Girl (to guest at dinner)—“Are you English anger, packed his 1d came bi Mr. Wynn-Pell?” = ee ee ait, W5un-Pell—“"Yes, my dear, Do you like Bug Why She Wasn’t There, 9d From the Onis World, Little Girl—“Oh, yes. Our servants are all Ehg- lish, “Maima says they are more respectful thaa, Irish servants.’—New York sun. On a Governor-street car yesterday. Yi Toss. of my house and what T say there qoes™ my house, and wi ” Pa: ‘On next seat leans over und remarks: “Beg pardon; but 1s your wife at home?” Young married man, tn less forcible tones: “No, she's 1, the country.” Everybody ‘car euniled loud.— Providence Journal. Woman (to drug clerk)—“Got enny postage First Omaha Girl Just home from school)—“Tt ‘Was too bad my friend Clara was not at the com- mencement to read her essay. 1t was beautifully Nritten, and she had a perfectiy lovely graduation Second Omaha Girl—What,was the,title of your, friend's essay?” “Those Beaste of Men.” “she ought to have read tt and let some of the beasts of inen know what we think of them. Way a : ‘stamps, man?” “Well, you the rht before commencement Cl 4} s' ts Sloman “2 Ei aan: cron ps ——— - eee- ‘Woman (also. “Gimme me two, an’ OMe A New French Epidemic, of ‘em 1s for you.” From the London News. ‘Clerk—“For me—what for?” ‘The medical world 1s becoming alive to sharp | , Woman—“To paste on the topo’ your head 0 epidemic of sweating sickness which has burst | KeeP You brains from oozing out.’ a out sporadically in many parts of France. This!" 4 Happy: _—First actor the disease has always existed in a mild form, and 1s | ger of a revolver six times). “Die, Ou ordinarily regarded as a mere summer heat rash | Villain!” Of the military kind, but this year it 18 accompa- nied with violent perspiration of a most weaken- ing kind and a eruption covering the whole 7 hich ing inoue Gages «biter appear ness, which used to be a scourge in the time of the Edwards and the Henrys, when the Engish arm- Jes were in occuy Of part of France. It is an- nouneed atialy from Bours that tough he We Sweating sickness spreading tn that ‘ nelgborhood, the mortality attendant | , If all men were to pay as they go there would be Upon itis retnete the decting less going and more paying. Lowel Citteen, ———or Give a weakling punch enough and he will soom ‘The Flannel Shirt, make a Juay of —New From the New York Sun. “Hello, Jones. How's witer” ‘We printed yesterday a frank statement of fail- pF ee, bh and dise- bre by a man who had undertaken to wear a 2an- | "'s:_peter_-come in, good and faithful servant.” nel shirt instead of a white shirt during the sum-| Newly Arrived yy mer. His failure was owing, as he said, to the lack | It’s lady's help I was, sir. of promised support from supposititious friends, ome ee a. Come in.” chiefly artists and literateurs. What promised to} ‘,7hAt’S heaven, ts 1t7 bea “movement” in fannelahirt wearing petered | «liow siemens oub a gato, ly an Su, cep it haver”- Wort ver ‘we should advise cur friend, if he ,e oan- nel shirt, to wear it. There is to be said in Summer Neon. its favor. It isin much cooler than other arr is of bes, shirts, ‘The stiffness ‘other shires have and | "Winuatutucl Shri eels S nanoel eiire mover oven, for tae yet. dferance, Foabon that i never bas ft, But though itis some Ty Mania what off-hand in style, the true quality of the of ie farabeeh Celine wearer never falls to abow through it clearly. A ‘wind barpe sigh tn overy: a But he must wear conscientiously. The ‘within ® Deighboring stream conscience comes in when it dictates a change of ta ‘shirts, although in the case of flannels the neces- Ae Re ‘sunshine sity for It may not be 90 obvious to outsiders. ‘Beem the sweet moon. Because a shiry does not look soiled 18 no reason zy on for being turned replaced the Swnotzp sy Buxco Max.—Wm. awelk