Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1887, Page 3

S THE EVENING STAR Sghiee. e Aaeay Me $ : WASHINGTON, -D.C., SATURDAY, D 31, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. THE PACIFIC RAILROADS, Peimts from the Majority and Minority Reports of the Commission. The reports of the Commissioners appointed by the President to investigate the books, accounts, and methods of the Pacific railroads have been made public. The majority report is signed by ‘Messra Little and Anderson. It discusses at some length the relation between the Union Pacific and ts branch linea The almost unanimous voice of all the witnesses examined, the report says, de- clares that the Dranch roads add largely to the ‘earning power of the Union Pacitic Railway. Many Of them go so faf as to assert that without these feeders the Union Pacific would be bankrupted in afew years It appears from the account of these | branches (hat, havi ard only to the operation | the expense of operation. Many of them do earn enough to pay ipterest on cost In at I to the expense of operation, and only a few of them in earning a surplus penses and Oixed charges. But the oMle and many other intelligent wituesss declare this circumstance has no bearing on the ques- Yon Whether the branches are or are hot an advan- | They assert that jocal operation, there is a large promt derived from the earnings ot ali busi ews interchanged between the branches and the main road by reason of the haul over the main | Toad. In the opinion of the Commission this Meni ts correct and the * The actual value of the system is 000,000; averag:s net earmiugs during the past two Years, $1,500,000, of Which §5,000,000 shoud be sredited to the parent line, ‘The report oes the detali of te funded debts of ‘ue roid, audds that it i universally concedeu by every In telligent person who as studied the subject Ul the Uniou Pacific Ruliway proper of its syst cubnot pay the Indeviedness to tue United States at maturity, It was decided, therefor Mit a scheme which shall secure Wo the United ‘States fuil pas meat of ali debts due tt from said cotmpany, With a reasonabie tate of interest, lav- ing due regard to the Dhanclal ability of sail com baby and the proper conduct of its bustness in | Such w manner as suail afford efficient service to ‘te public.” | MasomITY RECOMMENDATIONS. ‘The majority favors the ufty-years’ extension Scheme proposed to be applied to the Union Pa- cific, the Central Pacific, the Central Branch Union Pacific, and the Sioux city and Pacitic Kaliread Companies. This scheme makes subsianiialiy We same requirements of the four roads in all important partic Jars, except that, In case of non-acceptunce Of Lue Prescribed terms, the Central Pacific © aud the swoux CIty and Pacitic Co. are required to pay to the Government ali the net earings of thelr sub- Sidized roads, and the Central Brauch Union Pa- cifle 73 per cent, as agaiast only 40 per cent forthe Union Pacie. Tue proposition to adjust the in- debtedness of the Union Pucitic, Which may be Le.et as a sample of the uthets, provides thal tie ‘Secretary of the Treasury shall rst ascertain the indebredness Of the roads, and that the company shall thea age Its propery as security lor the principal aud interest of the bonds One trustee suai De appointed by the President and one by the y. Under tis mortgage the | company can issue Louds of $1,000 each to the MMOUNE Of Its debt, payable rly years after the 1st ot July, 1888. "Yue bonds shail bear laterest At 3 per cebt per annum. The mortwage 1s Lo pro- Vide that In a fault of the payment of inverest {ie entire debt shall thea Immediately mature, at The option of the United states. It inciudes Lie ewabislment Of w simking fund. statutory Hen of the United Staces 1s continued La | full Loree as security for tiv debt due tote United | ates. No dividend shall ve deciared except out | of actual earnings and after ail interest nas been | Paid, aud shall nat be over 4 per cent. The com- | pany may at any Ume take up all or any part of | the devt tn advance. If the rowd reruses to accept the Jerms of the bili there Sail be collected trout A040 per cent of tts annual earnings, THE MINORITY KEOKT. | Mr. Pattison makes a vigorous minority report, arraigning the railrouds in emphatic language. Me caleulates tha otal ald, Including grant of subsidy bonds, iat ts, @tc., extended to the six companies was as follows: Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific ¢rptral Branch. res oux City aud P: oa 10.04, 425.65 ‘aiFal Pacilic aud Western Paciiic. 18,611,080 existing | cS ce | > road, 1c is polnted out, | 1 Jet bouds and siveks were | issued for $255,:5402. The Cominissioncr points | fue Unat ta teciru Tor the advantexes alforued by | Lue Government to the rowds, Congress enacted | Ukat the companies shouid "bind themselves to Lave their stock mully puld ta cash; that they should build nirstclass roads: that they should carry for the Government at fair and geasonable rates, not exeveding the amount paid Dy private Pardes for the same kind Of service; Unat they Would operate ali tie lines of tue Pacific system as Owe counccied continuous line, affording to eael of the other roads eytal Lacilities as tO Fates, Une and transp.rtatioa, aud to convey telegraphic messages upon cquai terms for all persons. They Were .siso required 10 luake SWOFb aNLUAL reports showiag the amount of stoek actuaily paid in, and duwormation realing tO their finanetal operations, SUAKP CRITICISM OF THE ROADS. The commissioner assert that nearly every obligation which these roads assumed under the Jaws of the Vaited States or as common carriers has been viola ed, and he arratgns the roads in tue tollowing language: “Thetr inapagement has Deen « uativnal diograce, Since the date or tier inception they have been condueted upon a purely speculate basis Thelt permanent prosperity | has beru lost sight of, While their managers greedily sirove lor temporary advantaye. The | aided companies combiued with others to| Tax the comuuunities which they serv d, and | Tuey forced the cousuzning classes in all sectiuns | ol che country ty contribuie to the payluent of | Interest and dividend upon the flctitious capital Which they bad created. ‘They increased the cost of living. They laid proprietary claim to Une tram | 0f large sectons of the country. They squandered | iuilulons of their mouey to ‘protect’ their territo- Nal claims, while expending other millions in en- eroachments upon the territory claimed by other companies. ‘Ley constituted themselves the ar-| biters of trade. | They attempted to dictate the anaels that (rade suould tollow and to fix rates of transportation that were extortionate. ‘They | charged all that the traffic would bear, and appro- | Priaed & shave of Uhe profits of every industry oy Charging the greaver ‘of the difference be- tween tue actual cost of production ‘and th- price of the article in the market. They discriminate between individuals, between localities and Uetween articles “They favored particular Individuals and “companies. ‘They destroyed fossibie competitors, and they built vp parcicular localities to the injury of other locaiides, until matters bad reached Such a pass that nd man dared engage in any business in which trans- portation largely entered without mrst soliciting aud obtaining the Mot araulroad mat ager. They departed trom thetr legitimate sphere | 4s common carriers, and engaged io mining | 2rtickes fof transportation over Cueir own Lines. | ‘Tuey exerted a terrorism over merchants and over communities, thus interfering with the lawiul pursuits of the people. ‘They participated in elec Lou contests By secret cuts and Violent and rapid Buctuations in rates they menaced business, par alyzed captal, aud retarded investment’ and development.” ALLEGED OVERCHARGER, The report says turther that the companies have overcharged the Goverament $5,000,000 for the transportation of troops. He gives figures to show | that they nave made a net proft of §278,023,25 and that $25,000,000 have been paid Gut tur pools, Fetates, aud refunds of various sorts, which meUDE Was deducted trum their gross carnings Lefore the latuer were reported to the Govern daeut. Me asserts tha: Messrs. Stanford, Huutin ton, Hopkins, ahd Crocker, through contfact's mase Uy Lucumeives with theniseives, divided between | theta $14,000,000 1a cash and securities, aud Ghat Lurce of talese directors Miteen mouths ago, by de- | clatng to build a extension of the Calltoriia aud | Uregun division Of the Central Pacific Katiroad, peroually prouted by their own votes oy that sin’ | ‘bie Urausaction Uo the extent of $4,354,301. EVADING LOCAL TAXATION. It is also charged that the roads have repeated- Jy evaded local taxation, and in one case 7,500,000 | acres of land were sold, patents for which tie road had never even applied for. Had the Pxcttic Kail- Tow.s, It Is asserted, been honesty managed, divi | Gends of 6 pr eent per annum for elgutern years could have been declared upon all the moneys that they would have been required to pay in to coun peeve and equip tie roads. Yuey would have owned $406 salies ot Foad free trou ail devt, and worth ryt 000, upon an origiual vutlay ‘of less than efeodel te “and cares oF tucns, “the ie, Ceathal Facttic and Central Branch, could Bave repaid every cent of the principal and lave st advanced by tue Government date, andcould | Bave reduced Uneir cuarges to suppers to tue ex- | Lent Of Over $140,000,(0%, OF DEAry $5,000,000 per | Year. “But they chose,” says the commissioner, | “dishonest methods. At the outset they uivided SITZBTIIS of Nctitious capital; they dissipated Over §107,000,000 which should ave been applied to the paYmcut of the principal and interest of the Goverument devt, and they taxed sulppers to the €xteMt Of OVEF $140,000,000, OF nearly $5,000,000 & year, Uo pay for Uke Intiation of the eupiou of taese Companies abd 1OF the viclous practices that crept luto their management. The sum otal of Uber Mixmanagement FeuChes §247, 000,000.” AGAINST ANY EXTENSION OF TIO, Tn conclusion, Gov. Pattison posts out that the Toads have only offered Lo pay $36,000,000 toward settling an indebledness of $1272,000,000. He argues Praticabie, Uncre ig Only OBE COUTS: Open to Con- sre. aad thatis an iumnediate Winding up of the Affairs Of all thes enabling the Govern- weak 1 Wibdraw at omee Trou il connection Situ the raking of raluoeds, OF to the prodts ot tueir uanagement. "Tuere ougat to be tne Ag IME parcacrsuip: Between the “Govern ment and tue Pacine Raifoudses specdy ant solute Givorce. wh —— Kaniatlons 4s a wencce to tree government. He in addition to the actual | , } Willa Matthewson, and he iorbade him to come TRE READING STRIKE ORDERED. Philadelphia Knights Decide to Obey 11-700 Men go Out Yesterday. ‘The order to strike at noon yesterday issued to Reading Kailroad employes was obeyed by 700 men on the Shamokin and Mahanoy Division of the Reading Railroad at Shamokin, Mahanoy Plane and Ashiand, This may prevent the Shipment of coal for awhile, even if the miners consent to continue work. The Reading conven- Uuon’s order to strike seems to have been obeyed in the coal regions alone. At Reading the order to strike was not obeyed at all, and there was no change in the situation. The Knights of Labor are evideatiy losing ground. at Reading. This week three trades-unions with- drew trom the order in that city, and will be mustered into membership with the Track apd Labor Council of the Federation of Labor, the Steat rivai of the knights. PHILADFLPIIA KNIGHTS RESOLVE TO STRIKE. An unusually large meeting of Local Assembly im Philadelpaia last night and © Were present, besides, representatives of the eight other assembiles. Tue meeting was enthue and at its conclusion, abont midnight, tt Was stated that 5800 had ri to abide by the a Of the Heading convention and refuse to go to Work at 6 0° ‘Yhe delegates Trom the eigat ¢ was sald, nave ake siimuer action,” Local ab stevedores, engineers, condtetors, brakemen wid ovuers on the Philudel- Givision ot (ue tan Moe and 18 oNe of the WH aswunbites On che oystenm Local 7302 18 posed of 2 anders at Port Bichmond, Si Amba aders ab over stations Lt G85 comprises the cval- , Who have Leen out tice Tuesday, aad assemblies S819, 10,107, 2126, 1 aud 2176'are tue rom tue oluer depart iments of Toad. Asscmvly S800 appolnied & comuiltiee of three to wouLy the “Keadiag obiclals 64 caer action, abd this committee Wil visit Ub couspauy’s Oilices for that puzyore today. The leaders Of 5800, which body are tue moving Spirits in tne proposed general action, deciare tikae all Ube men are fin aud Wave omy delayed because Wey Wanted to take coucerted activi, They asserved that the entire system with We excepuon of mall serview will ve Ued up Wnday. 16 was also re solved at tue ineeting to bring suit for dauages | agulMst the Keading Company tor une aileyed | Wilifal delaying of Lelegraias between Uns city | and points on Lie company’s lines in reference Lo | the present troubles. sue executive coumittee of District Assembly 244 has issued the tulowing ‘our browuer Members Of Lue Kuighis ot Lavor and workingmen Ju geueral: We, tue employes of tue Phtiageipila and Keuding sjstem, Low on strike, respectiuily & Orgamized labor and luboring peopie in gen eh to restrain irom seeking empioyment on te Philadeipata and Keading Raiiroad in Pulladeiphia, or om any other portion of the Philadeipbla and Keading syst i, x3 tts empivyes are valuing Lor Uhe tundamental principle uf organized lubor—tue Tight to arvllrate ail dilerences aud tue prevention of Vie Uimlzation Without goud cause.” | Quile % sensation Was caused In Philadelphia during yesterday afternoon Wuen it became known tiat Jas. Gleason, car Inspector at the Willow street wharf, had "been discnarged. | He ts master Workinan of” District Assembly 5890, one of the strongest bodies in tne order, aud bas been promi benty ldentilied WiLiIts organization, Mr. swelg- ara’s reasou tor discuarying Mr, Giewsou, 1 15 a> served, Was Uecaust ot is deep ‘Interest in the re- Voit agalust the company, CORBIN'S ADDKESS TO THE MINERS. President Corbin has addressed a communica- ton Lo the employes of the Reading Coal and Iron Co. explaining Une company’s position in regard to the demiaud for an increase of wages made last Sepleuber, He says Lie company Was at that tume paylag its miners move Lian any Obler Com. Dany, nevertueless the Reading Company con- seuted LO Increase Uke basis 10F JOUT WUHLLs, With tue agreement thst Ue miners sould reuirn to the oud scale on Jauuary Lif Lue oluer cual compa. Lies Wad WOU Increased Wages by Wal UME, att, Corbin argues We question from several points of ppeals LY Lue tuiuers Lo ob-erve thelr ehonest men, He auds thas Lie come Paby cannot suerase ike Wages in 13 wines UD- jess Oller producers increase tues, He proses if Whe winers remain at work that Whenever there ay other reyiom tuey stall a of it egiow, Attemp have Leen muue for some tue past tO ger the inners aud laborers Lucre to join the ataigamated cialiuns, Oul Very HtUe success 1s belay Met rns At Norristowa ten employes of the Reading Railroad weit their postions ou sbitters of treigut trains at tie rodud-nouse and three at Bruge- Por Al Were prompuy discharged and tucit places Liled. ‘Thirty mute applicancs were ready logo tw Work. “ile strikers tried to. persuade Uuelr fellow-xniguts to xv oUt, but falled. Among the men Who quit Work and Were discharged Was Conductor Geiger, master Workman Of Assembly 1. A Plitsburg special to the N.Y. Zriune Decem- ber 28, says: Congressman Cutcheons (rep.) of Michigan, fa an interview to-day on the republi- can Homination next year sud ne thought Mr, Blaine had the most friends and would not be sur- peised Lo see the Michigan deiegattun for ex-Gov- eruor Alger, Who Lue Ovuer day presented a tious aud Decrole” Laniudes With a Wb OL coal and a Dar Fel of uur each, Congressman Wade,of Mussourl, suid MI. Blalue CoWd wave Wie nOMinutiON IT ae ‘Wanted It. ee Senator Reagan Poesnt Like It. HE THINKS THE BLALs EVUCATIONAL BILL MISCHIRV- OUS AND DANGEKOUS. Seuator Reagan, im a eter received tn Austin, Tex., says Lat tue Blair educational bill provides for au appropriation first aud Last of $77,000,000 to be expended for ue benelit of iusiruction in the common scnoois in the Various states, o be appor- toned accoruing to literacy. It adds to this the ulm of $2,000,000, to be upportioned in the same Way, [oF tue Outudilug of schoul-bouses, Says tue Sewator: “Tue whole Lraimework of the Didi sows that the particular feacure O1 it 13 Lo get tue Federal Goveruinent into Loe control of Lae cyuumon schools 01 Lue Various states. 1 look upon Uae uieasure as one of Le Most iuiscaievous and dan- KeTuNs chal was ever bem Uelure Congress. 1 eX- pect to Make an arguin nt agalust it lu ue Senate Alter the holidays. I Latuk 1U Wil pass tue Senate by w very large Inajority. My hope 1s, however, that it way be defeated 1 the Mouse of Kepresen- tauives.” see. His Freedom Costs $10,000. MARYLAND'S GOVERNOK REFUSES TO REMOVE THE JUDGMENT AGAINST LAWYER PEARRE. James Graham Pearre (son of the late Judge Pearre), Who was convicted about two years ago of an attempted felontous assault upon Mrs. Estetie | Kirkland, at the Hovel Albion, of baltimore, and | Who forfeited his $10,000 ball, will continue to re- main a fugitive from Justice. Wuen the Maryland court of appeals coufirmed the sentence passed upon him by the criminal court he fed from tne city, and is wealtuy funtiy promptly paid thejorteited Vali. “Then they carried the case. the governor, Who has dismissed the peti Uon and decided to aliow the Judyinent to stand, Pearre always clalued that Mrs Kirkland, who Was living apart Irom her husband, had Invited him to ber room, Some tme ago Nes Kirkland fled a petition tor divorce, and ier uusband en- tered a cross-Dlil, The case is pending. she de- clared iu her petition that her Lusband had. been intimate with ber said, and (nat on the night she Inade the discovery she attempted, in her despair, Wo Unrow herseif irom the Window of ler home, Dut Was prevented by her uusvand, wuoon bis kuees bezged her not to add ler death to his fault. see A Hostiie Meeting Exrecrep.—A dispatch from New Orleans says: J. D. Housion, erat, is weard dectaring that x-Congress- mat N. D. Wallace Was never elected to Congress, but gol the office through baliot-box, stuiMlug and that he Is a nOvorious corruptouist, The card ls a Tepiy to an equaliy severe attack recently made by Wallace upou Houston, and the trouble grows out of nivairy among democratic factions In “the pres entstate caimpuiga, A hostile meetag between ‘the men Is expected, 200 AN ARKANSAS LIUSBAND'S TERRIBLE REVENGE.—A special frum St, Frances, Ark., says Wiliam Her ngs, 4 Wealthy plauter, has for some ume een Jealous Of the altehUons paid to bis whe by to his uoure. ‘This Was disregarded by Matth- w- son, and on Tuesday last he caded and Invited Mrs ierrig to take a drive witu him. While the oman was gevtung ready, Herrig shot and killed | Matthew=on, and then forced his wite to drive to | Matthewson’s Louse with the dead body. On her | Teturn she found ome im flaiwes and Was shot | and killed by Herrig. “Herrig hen fled. Mrs. Here rig Was formerly an actress in Pauline Markham's company, aud later Was ia WH. Lyttle’s combi. nation. TREMER'S CHALLENGE TO THE WoxLD.—Jobn ‘Teewmer, wuo arrived In Jacksonville, Fla., Wed- nesday, has tssued « challeuge, open to all for the singleseull champlonsuip Of the World, $1,000 4 also for the cuainpionship of Lue World dou ‘alls, open (0 any two men Wo row against Hamm, Of Boston, and himself, for tae same amount. He expresses a preterénee for Florida ‘Where's the Yacht Challenge? ‘4 FEW DAYS OF GRACE WILL BE GIVEN TO INSURE AN AMERICA CUP RACE. The New York Sun, Dec. 30, says: Forty-eight hours after noon to-day the officers of the New York Yacht Club, the present custodians of the America’s cup, are not bound by the deed of gift to has been received. Rather than selves and the public the club days of January. At the New York Yacht club the members “are hourly expecting @ challenge from Mr. W.G. Jamieson. There has been some doubt expressed that a challenge was really com- ing, Dut several members of the New York Yacht Club stated positively yesterday that a letter had been received by a meinber notifying bim that & challenge Was on its way. “J suould be one of the first to know if Jamieson was building a boat,” said J.Beavor Webb, designer of the Genesta and Gglatea, “for he 15 intunate friend. If he has seit a challenge I ki noting of it, and he must have changed his mi since I last saw lim,for then hejsaid ‘I am too busy a man to bulld a yacht, and then 1U’s no fun cross ing Los Aslantic to take the chances of light ‘Weather In American waters.’” “To what cause do you attribute the tardiness of the English yachtsmen in challenging?” “They are afraid that if they send a 70-foot yacht Over you Will put one of 90 feet against her Without thine allowance. I consider their fears groundless. I should ave no hesitancy about challenging myself With a 90-foot cutter, Dut they inight Just as well leave it alone unless they chai. jenge with 4 centerboag!, a8 I have already told Uiem. If Jamieson builds a boat, you tay be sure Sue WILL be deeper than the Thistle, but with not ‘so muca beam as that Yacht.” ee ‘cor Plunged Througa a Trestle. ‘ SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO 4 MIXED TRAIN—THE WRECK TAKES FIR. Last evening a mixed train on the Pittsburg and Western Road, composed of seven freight and & Hi | wo passenger cars, went through a trestle near St. Petersburg, Pa., and was precipitated to the ‘bottom of a gully, a distance of 30 feet, Almost instantiy the wreck took fire from the car stoves, and in a short time the entire Wreck was a mass of flames. ‘The passengers all succeedea in getting ‘out of the wreck, and no loss @f life has been re- Ported, Those senwously injured, were Jas. HU. jings, Edenburg, Pa.; A. Kisson, EI Jao. \tkiuson, rarker, Pa; D. Hilliard, Edeuburg; . Haun, St. Peversvurg, and D, White, Foxburg. Itis supposed that several of the cars loaded wita bark were top-ueavy and overbalanced, and when the train stfuck the trestle the cars ¢a| breaking Gown two spans of the bridge. A re markabie feature of the »ffair was Ubat the ep- Ure Urach, including the tender, went down, leav- ing the locomotive on the track, With the engineer Abd freinan in thetr seats, A Baltimore Wedding Sensation. A SOCIETY BRLLE WEDS A FOO CHOW TRA MERCHANT. Baltiraore was the scene of another private wed- ding Thursday, which caused a flurry in fashion able circles, A dispatch from that city says: The bride in this case was Miss Leslie Buckler, the aughter of the late Dr. Riggin Buckler, once one of the most prominent physicians tn ‘the city. Miss Buckler 1s a beautiful woman, and has been for several seasons one of the reigning belles, ‘Tue groom was Mr. Thomas Pollard, a wealthy and in- Hluentia! tea merchant of Foo Chow, China, As iar as can be ascertained there 1s no reason for the great secrecy taken, The coupie met at the St. James Hotel, where they were joined by Mr. Geo, May, the sheriff of the city and brother of Fred May of New York, and Mr, Alexander Brown, Both of these gentlemen are prominent society people. With them they drove to une residence of the Kev, Dr. Wu. Kirkus, rector 01 St. Michael’s and Ail Angels’ Protestant Episcopal Church, Here they exulbited a marriage license, Which had been se- cured in the usual Way at Une Office of the clerk of Une Court Of common pleas, and there being no Oostacles the pair Were married in the presevee of Messrs. May and Brown, ‘The couple immediately Jeft Baltimore for a trip'to Wasulngton, and pre- sumably to the South, Mrs, Buckier Was kept in ignorance of the invention 0: tae parties, but as far as KLOWD an opportunity had not been givea her Lo object to the marriage. Mr. Pollard is com- Paratively unknown here, and te wuole affair seems to be mysterious as Well a8 Sensational to Baltimore fusaionable society, ~ 00. Against Gould and Sage. DISTRICT ATTORNEY MANTINE TURNS OVER THEIR CASES TO HIS SUCCESSORS. District Attorney Martine, of New York, yester- ay transferred the matter of the complaint of Lawyer DeLancey, oh behalf of certain of tue first- mortgage bondholders of the Kansas Pacific Kail- Toad against Jay Gould and Russell Sage, to his Successor, Col. Fellows, With the papers Mr. Martine inikes a memorandum in which he says, ju hls opinion, the acts charged constitute a crime. A possibie obstacle to a sticcessful prosecution 15 ihe statute of limitations, yeo there are strong Teasons tor believiug Chat this obstacle 1s not un- Surmountabie. ‘The question 18 so close and Lhe ileresis of Une people, as Well as Une defendants, are so iinportant Lat iv seems proper to ieave tne determination of Uhe question Lo the courts If the grand Jury secs ft to find an indictment. The ‘Section the district attorney refers o—41 Of tue penal code—relates to Une case of a person who Secretes, Wituholds, or otherwise misappropriates property of anotuer witu Which he fs encrusted in declares him gullty of larceny, and Upon conviction thereof, im aidition Vo Lue punishment provided tor suca a larceny, tue defendant shall be adjudged Uo pay a tne not’ ex. ceeding Un@ sun misappropriated oF stoleu, With 20 per cenc luverest, and to be imprisoned 10r nut nore tha five years.” —— Murderer Herrig Lynched. WB WAS NOT AT ALL REPENTANT FOR HAVING KILLED HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER. William Herrig, who murdered wis young wife and her paramour, near St. Francis, Ark., Thurs- day, was hanged that night by @ band of vigtlants, After the murder Herrig set out toward the north- ern boundary line, with the purpose, evidentiy, of escaping into Missourt, Directly atter the crime Was diScovered a force of men set out to flud him, This Was dune about 11 o'clock Thursday night, 4 uulies nozth of Rector. Wuen tounu he was asleep under a large tree. He was informed that he must die, and he made no protest. 1a fact, Said he Was Willing and ready; he bad done noun ing he had cause to regret. Lis wife nad been un- Ute to hun, aod he had killed her lover, and this he regarded as justice. Reyarding the shooting of his wile, he sald he could offer nothiug in the way of defense. He was then hanged on the very tree Under Which he was fouud sleeping. His Wite’s stage Mame Was Julia Bennett betore marriage, at oor How He Came to Marry the Heiress, From the Chicago Heraid, “Is queer, hard, tue world that calls itself re- spectable and likes to go to church, leaves out of account the unsanctified beginnings of half the good works in the world,” sald a sly-looking old gentleman in an fron-gray wig, Who sat in a club Window yesterday. “Now, see that young chap coming alons. He’s on his way to his stables and he’s going to take @ morning canter in the park. Iknow bin well, He’s one of us, and he’s a rising man in the legal profession. He's rich—or his wite 4s, and 10's tke same thing, for she worships the ground he waiks on. Now how do you unk he came to marry that lady—au orphan, sir, with a milion in her own right? By taking ‘boxing les- sons of Billy Edwards, sit!—on my word of honor, Yes, sir; Chat penniless Junior clerk in a law office Wou a charming woman aud a million by trying to knock outa prize fighter, “Odd! Well, rather! ‘hts 1s how it was, One Wiuter’s evening about 8 o'clock tals young teliow Was Walking up Broadway after working late at his oMice, Beiore hin tripped a young Woinan with a trim Waist and an uncommonly neat ankle. He Judged her to be a Lypewriter getting home late, aud she was evidently nervous Just opposite Boud street a hail-drunken fellow comes rolilng ‘ouvof the Grand Central cate, He catches a gilupse Of the pretty typewriter, and as they get under a Lamp-post speaks to ef. Sie says nothing and taster, Fellow ties again—no use, ‘Then he pats his’ arm around her waist, ‘Typewriter sereains My young pugilist Debind hits the fol- low a Clip under the ear. Typewriter scurries away. Fellow picks himseif up and talks loudly, Nobody around. Fellow draws a sand club and Dreaks the young boxer’s wrist, when along comes another of Ours Who knows the lawyer. He knocks the cmbber dows, ‘Then the two pugilists go of togewuer. “Lawyer gets bis arm 2ound up, and a couple of weeks later goes to.adinuer at his trlend’s with its arin in @ sting. Friend tells the story. Con- fusion of lawyer. Marked interest of beautirul heiress Opposite.” Sue was the typewriter. she Was out on a charitable errand on Bleeker street and kept late. ‘Tableau. Curtain rung down on orange biossoms, bridal vell, &c.” woobakn on tease GLADSTONE GREATLY SURPRISED. — The Paris Temps yesterday published an interview with Mr, Gladstone, 1n Witch the ex-preml-T deserives the sjsu Land Commissioner's rent reduction decree a3 a “cremendous decision,” and said he was thunder- struck at the news. HE aiso sald that Une tory cabmet, having al Venants, would now alienate the Tabdiords. a Waters, and wants lo arrange the matches this seasou. lie Will participate in the Punta-Gordon Faces next monta With McKay and Hamm, GeeEN Goovs MeN np INTENDED Vicrius CavawT.—Three notorious “green % were afrested in a salyon in 'New York ‘Th day watle tuey were negotiating with four coun- tuymen for tne sale of mythical counterteit money. ‘The intended victims were Jefferson Davis Lawrence, a grocer and farmer, and 4. Losier, @ saloon keeper of Sumter County, 8. C., and Jno.’C. Wilson and Cornelius Price Hampion, farmers from Yancey County, N.C. Two ot tne green goods meu were fined $10 eich for Vagraney. ‘The third, Damed Morris, was held for examina- {oa tn default of $1,000 ball. Lawrence and Losier Were committed w tue House of Detention as wit- nesseS against Morris, and Wilson and Hampton were let go, after belug soundly lectured by the court, i ~—se0e—____ ‘Maxrroue INTERESTS OP THR LAKES.—At a meet- ing of the Vessel Owners’ Association in CI Ouio, Thursday, 4 committee was appointed eupioy an attorney to represent the maritime ib- ‘Lerests of the lakes at W: A resoiution satued that (he democrave party was afraid at {ts late couvention tu uis — ; ‘state Lo array Itself against recoumme: the passage Of Senator Whit thorne’s bill, providing tor the establishineut of a merchant inarine “service, was wnaaimously —2e0—_____ Senator SawyER axp Mz. LaMaR—A from the pope's refusal to accept the ee ee ‘A Rowaxric Stony DENIED.—A Fargo, Yors. Some Sensible Young Wives. Teflned sensibility, 1s much more thoughtful for all these classes than the old-time culture in its Fata tough Seiad teaser young, 10 infant Was forme? Valued than it's in our day; but ail the Fest of the helpless were left to suffer th a greater or less de- gree from exposure and want. In our day the ap- Deal in behalf of those who without their own volition are utterly heipless and must but for the ministry of others is never unheeded. The charities that take the place of parentel care for ‘the orphans, that fur retreats for the imbecile and insane, that open the hospital doors for tne ‘sick and wounded, and that provide homes for the Wornout veterans of both sexes who are unfitted for further conflict, are among the best endowed ‘and most hearuily “supported of oUF beneficent tn- If the World had on its hands for support and maintenance oniy those who are thus commended toour pity the burden of lie would be much lighter for all who are disposed to earn their own living. But the childish at their extreme of life, ‘the unsound in mind or body, the impotent suf- ferers on beds of poin and languishing, form but a ‘Small part of those for whom others inust labor. And the proportion of the Gere as it seems to us, is increasing every year, We are not now re- fering so much to those who by trick, device, or Speculation live upon their fellows without addi anything by their own labor to the common stocx of physical or mental comforts, If the great body now supporting themselves by the adroit method, celebrated in auctent fable, of using aud blistering other hands to supply them with the roasts they Will not burn the Ups of their own fingers to ob- tain, were put to honest labor on their own ac- count the hard times among the indigent at the ‘bottom of the industrial scale would almost wholly disappear. But these schemers who live by the eaten Ot other brows are not included in our defl- ion, In every home where the domestic circle 1s un- broken the head of the house 1s called the bread- Winner, and in a large number of this class throughout the length and breadth of the land he is the only one under the roof who contributes materially to the common support. No wonder Uhat many who are thus handicapped fail in the ‘struggle for bread, after their best endeavor, and Ww the wall, A’ wife, the mother of five'chil- iren, sued her husband the other day for separa- Uon. He had never been unkind, he had no ex- pensive habits, he was not accused of idleness or Of Wasting his income, and he was devoted to his fam.ly. The referee betore whom the case was {ied Was surprised that nothing whatever was brought against the defendant save that he had ‘Ot beem able to provide his wife with ail the duxuries she had enjoyed in her paternal home, and that her five daughters were not as richly ap- Pareied out of his slenaer purse as many of their beighbors. It never seems to have occurred to one Of these six fault Nouers that there might be 4 reasonable limit to man’s earnings falling short of a provision sufficient to sauisty all their desires, Or Uo ask themselves it they could not in same Way lend a helping hand to the bread-wiuner in_ his effort to put the daily loaf on the table at which ‘they sat WIth such stalwart appetites, We know that in approaching this view of the ‘subject we are treading on dangerous ground, But We never could see any reason Why so many wives Should insist upon sitting in utter helpessness at the board tie husband is expected to spread for them and fancy that all witich ought Lo be ex- pected of them ts Uo pose as an ornament to tha household. If a wife ts to be a helpmegt in any- ‘Uuing more than in name she ought to feei su: respousibility to aid if the common task. We know that In many homes the weary round of social duties, the care of the servants and the Worry with the children consume the time and strength of the wife so that she can give no thought to the wise counsel she might bring as ‘her contribution to Use business affairs that Wear upon the Ife of her husband. But if she is not helpful to him tn some real and tangible way he ‘Must be a rare Worker or sooner or Laver he wiil be unsuccessful, And ‘what shall we say of the children? A fond mother whose chief ambition ever since she Was married has been to make a wise expenditure of her husband's income, but who never has thought ‘that she could in apy way enable him to add to it, Said the other day, “Now that m: laughter has grown up, She 1s such a care and expense Lo u: Another, ih the same social circle, Who had a truer view Of What both wife and children ougat to be in a home, speaking to other list ners, sald; “My daughter has grown so as to be quite a belp to me 1 hevercould do with one servant if 1t were not for her,” ‘There ts a pinching to make both ends meet 4u the former home; in the latter there is thrift and increasing prosperity. ‘there are thousauds of women Oi ull ages Loalay Who are as idie and as helpless as a paluited ship upon a painted ocean who have brain and muscle, and would have not only increasing Vigor and more contiriued health, UL a quickened sense of the great realities of lite anda keeuer relish for all tuat makes existence desirable, if they would no longer sit to be fed like ‘the uniledzed westling, but Lake some active part the wo.K that vlesses the world. Service of some ind 1s all that ennobles veing. ~ 00 Service. Fret not that the day is gone, ‘And thy task is still undone. “Pwas Hot thine, it se aus, at all; ‘Near to thee it chanced to fail, Close euoush to stir thy braitt ioe hy hear va Sunehere, tit a Book {OPO Hretshait do tuy wate ta shall do thy wate , All thy questions le ah It a oe eee aren ve! lightly out of heave, Hin shall be no sttubling fet Falling woere they suvuld be feet; He shalt hoid uo ctckeu clue: Fricuds shalt un Meu shall love hi Bhall uot satier ibs goed uni Day shall nerve his arm with li Shiniber soot lita all the uit Suuuiuer's peace aiid wiuter’ stor Heip him ail his wii! pertorm. “in uotig of uy tr thee mu servace tu forest. pe ROWLAND SILL. —EDWal - see FATAL FIGHT IN A MAGISTRATE’S OrFice.—For some Ume there has been bad feeling between Jobn R. Keels, of Sumter, 8. C,, and P. J. Bowinan, of Bishopviile, growing out of legal proceedings, ‘On December 4 Keels and Bowmad caine into per- sonal collision at Bisuopville, and Bowman Was, shot in the hip. On Friday, in a maxistrate’s office at Sumter, where tne pafties were preparing togive bonds to keep the peace, an affray tox Place in wnich knives and firearm were used, and ‘which resulted in the wounding of John k. Keels, his father, D. E. Keels, P. J. Bowman and Walter J. Hardy, und iu the deatti of George E. Haynes- Worth, Ule magistrate. SOUTHERN MERCHANTS AND THR TARIFF—At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Chatta- nooga, Tenn., last night, resolutions were adoj instructing Senators and Representacives in Con- gress lo favor raising the necessary revenue for the support of the Government by a tariff upom imports So adjusts d as to prevent unequal vufdens and encourage the development of our material re- sources, aud at the same Ume afford Just compen- sation to labor; that it 1s the sentiment of the people of Cuattanooga and tue territory contiyu- ous thereto, that no reduction should be made on utes on c0al, iron ore or their products, as such reduction would be vitally detrimental to the in- Lerests of large sections of country, of which this is the commer Suuuvan Wi. Nor Fioat.—Wm. E. Harding yesterday cabled ‘that there was no ity Of arranging a maten between Junn ayaa an Jake Kurain, Sullivan, the dispatch sta hot lsten to the overtures made unless ‘Odus of {$10,000 to $7,000 were given on Kilrain, A WELL-KNOWN STALLION SOLD.—J. 8. McCul- lough, of Urbana, IL, has sold to Capt. J. B. Wil- us, of Lakeview Stock Farm, Ky., the bay staltion Elida Lawrence, foaled 1877, by imporwed Billet, dam Sprightly,’ of Lexington, tor $5,000. Elias Lawrence was & prominent performer on the turf, Winning among other races the Baden-Baden han- dicap at Saratoga in 1880, when a three-year-old, Tuning three miles in 5.24. Ang Tory Henry S, Ives’ Booxs?—The books found recently in tue Hackensack River By bridge. keeper Geo. A. Lewis, and sup to be the L accounts of the firm ‘of Dater, &Co., New York, are in the . Norman rcp tpg oF lawyer, Who ith aes Meee, oo hw wis, Yesterday & gentieman who pre- sented himself as Samuel D. MeGiI called on Mr. Rowe and clatmed the books for the firm, Mr, ‘Rowe refused to deliver them, and said he would retain them until their ownership was proved. ‘Mr, kowe, in Somee an — of the Gisoyvered an entry ferrin, ‘Mr, Rowe 1s of the opinion that the to tr, Ives, in Terre Bonne Parish, La. A rom the south was blowing, cad in fire Was beyond control. The the ‘Main street, and on the street to ‘the ee of fi i uit i > | for the mascuiine head of the EMBARRASSING SOMNAMBULISH. Valuable to/ A San Francisco Bachelor Finds his a Apartment Gsompiod by Sleep- From the Alta California, ‘There can be no doubt that people who walk in their sleep are not desirable guests to have in a ‘paring house, They are liable to create strange confusions and disagreeable dilemmas, Up on Suttor street is a large dumestic hotel, where fami- Uesand single people are accommotated with all ‘the comforts of home, Under these circumstances it 18 generally full of people, Young married people are especially glad to find in such an estab- Ushment the conveniences of private life without ‘the trouble and worry of housekeeping, and bald- hase ‘to cecustine saseace, Seve pee of aste to accumulate ve put marrying until it fe cho Late to Wud pratieate eo ‘Such places as inevitably as ths needle turns to the north. The house in question was full of Such of people, But particularly noticeable among ‘them were a Diushin; ie fed whose beauty and grace was the theme poi tnd anda Stout, red-faced dealer in old trop, whose sleek and shiat was only by the smooth and polis surface oC his hairioes head. \deed, ‘i mor al the house that his slick and glistentag. cranium was the result or incessant bandana Eandkerchtet for time out of mind, had been regirded as a'leading feature of ‘his tollet, To say that this gentleman was modest Would only partially convey an idea of kis remark- able “backwardness 1n coming forward” in the Presence of ladies, The glances of femine eyes would n the carmine hue of his counteaance until the blood seemed ready to burst from his Veins. “And a Word addressed t him in the liquid aceents which only feminine voices can assume would cause every nerve of his body to thrill with embarrassment. Imagine the consternation of this gentleman when on returning late from his club one night he found his apartment occupied by alady. ‘Ihe discovery was not made wntli he had partlaliy dts- robed. Coming tato the room, the moon shining brigutly through the window, he began to throw off ‘his clothes without lighting the gas When his coat, vest, and shoes were removed, and & Woolen nightcap drawn comfortably over his head, js suspenders dangling gracefully irotn his watst band to his heels, and when in tue act of drawing off nis trousers, "he was interrupted by a gentle volve from the bed, inquiring: “Is that you, dear?” ‘The horror of the situation rose vividly before hiseyes, It was as if a lightning shock had trans fixed him. His feet seemed glued to the floor. If he had had any hair on his head it would have rose onend. But the blood, Which in the moment of his overwinelining astonishment had receded to his heart, now rushed Turtousiy through his veinsg ‘and seemed to concentrate in a gi@bve of burnin- Ted in the head, from Which the disheveled night cap had fallen. salons eats “Are you coming to ” came again same gentle voice ‘Tuis Was too much. With @ bound lke a pan- ther the gentleman leaped to the sofa, and, wheel- ng it from the corner, sprang behind it. ue moon pouring & flood of light through the window seemed to have concentrated all its rays On that particular corner. It was lit up with the brightness of day. The iady saw the crouching figure, and noted the obese and ungatuly form. It Was not her husband, Visivns of robbers, murder- ers, and thieves passed through her mind’ with the Tapidity of ligutning. With'a bound, as if up- Talsed by a galvauic shock, she sat "up tn bed, ‘Then with a shriek as if all the steam caillopes in the country had been combined in one fearful Giapason, She gave voice to her alarm. ‘The noise Of that awrul shriek drove out of tue man’s heart his first alarm, and repiaced It with another fright Sull more Intense, “For heaven's Sake, woman, be silent!” he cried from ls crouching place in the corner. ‘The lady only shrieked tue louder. From fright the wan Was rapidly passing into @ condition of distracted courage. PSM “Be quiet, I teil you!” “Oh, sit, for pity’s sake don’t kill met” “Kill you, Indeed! Confound it, I'm not going to hurt you. ‘Bui get out of here!” ‘This contirmed her worst apprehensions. A burglar had invaded her room. She would have fled, but the door was locked, and ber attire was nov fitted for a promenade through the hails. But she could Yell, and she did. A succession of Screatns filled the room that would. have Wakened the dead. ‘They roused the house, aud the halis rapidly filled with irightened people. Among them Came tue husband of tie rosy bride, He had com: howe late, and not finding his spouse asieep, as he expected to, conciuded she Was visiting some lady friends, and quieuly tumbied himselt into bed and Weut U0 sieep. ‘The screains of the alarmed lady had even penetrated his dormant senses, und he came rushing out with the rest, . Lieavens, Save ne,” again came the alarmed "ay trom the bacueior’s room, rhat’s my wife's voice,” he shouted, and his stroug shoulders carried the door from its, hinges, The sight hat met the startied group of people crowding ito the room was sv ludicrous aud. ab- surd that in spite of sympathy tor the verrur- suricken lady they gave way to uncontrollable lauguter, | ‘The trightened bateuelor bad wedged iuuselt between tie wall and the sofa until he looked as flat as a pancake, Oveasionally he glanced turtvely over the back of Ii, and then Sunk With a groan, The lady was too busy scream. ing to tatok Of anything else until her Musband’s indisnaut inquiry, “What the mischiet are you doing here?” brought her in some degree to her senses. “Un, Charley, there's a burglar in the room!” “Pui not a Vurgiar!” cried a smothered voice from velind tie so. Tuts 15 my room, and 1 ‘came howe Wo-ight and found « woman in it.” ‘These hysterical explanations tended 1n no de- gree lo allay Lhe auusement of the boarders. Sut Tually an Wuderstandiug Was reached. ‘The lady Was a sleep-Walker, and in als coudiuon had Wan- dered 1uLo tue Fovui aud gone Lo bed. Stingy With Their Wives. From the Chicaxo News, Are inost men sungy with their wives? Are the majority so selfish that they don't allow them a Teasonable amount of money for miscellaneous ex- penditures? ‘Yhere’s no doubt cf It, Averagely, 1s an unthinking stinginess and an unconscious .seifisnness, Neither 18 the average man altogether to biatne for it. iis wife ts more to blame than he. She hasn't trained him to recognize her fipancial rights. She has never adopted ab attitude that compelled him to recogze eu, AU Une best, man 1s a creature concentrated a great deal upon himself, He is apt to see his own Wants In @ Way that magnifies them, and. his wite’s, when he sees them at all, in a light of won- derful reducing powers, He 1s apt to think they don't count for much, anyway, and might as weil hovextst at all, A Woman .ed, housed, with new clothing each separate seasoh—what more can she need? ‘This is the argument of the man who controis the family purse strings by virtue of being tue family worker, Whose labor 18 paid for in money. Mis Wife assists him to get settled on the plane of reasoning. ‘Thousands of men would be {ndig. nantly astonished if accused of meanness toward Une women they have taken to their bosoms. Yet they are mead, penurious, pinching with them every day. ‘They would regard small sacritices, that women make constantly for them an impos. sibility in order uhat they migat divide inore eveniy the margin of income left over trom regular expenses for the “Inciden.uls” tuat are part and Putcel of every man’s existence, amy & woman, as she reads these words, will recall the time'often and again when she has ‘wuffered embarrassment and been debarred from indulgence in some sinall pleasure—tue purcnase ‘Of some dainty trifie—because of the petty ailow- ance doled out to her. ‘The mean man, the seifish man, the indifferent inan, 1s not always mean, sel- fish, oF indifferent because his wife has made him so. ’He 18 often $0 because she has allowed him tobe, “‘] think I should be pleased with this magazine,” said a lady @ day or two since wo an agent taking subscriptions for a 25 cent periodical, “I don't lke to order it, though, without first consulting my husband.” Tilts husband was well-to-do and iib- ‘eral In providing for hts family; the lady, mtelii- nt aud educated. She had no’ expectation that fle would deny hier the 25" cents a month to for the publication. She merely yielded to F habit of pending upon his judgment instead of using her own. She was only one of the mighty Dost of Women Who “ask my husband” about every detail of purchase. Doubtless she told wim about tt when he cate home, and thus strengthened his mviction that she required money omy when she seed directly for iv attd for a specitied object, Within the ordinary round of household duties there are few women who are not necessitated to o's deal of Independent thinklug and of acung uopn their thoughts. Famiues there are where the husband and father selects wach ronst and every slice of Steak; Where he personally superin- tends tne purchase of each pound of butter, and decides wi the baby’s cloak shall be of funnel or cashmere. But this 8 the exceptional hold, | The average woman takes charge housekeeping detalls and expenditures, laying far better senve in doing so ‘The Instant. however, that she ‘he prescribed domain of buying for halvers her reusoning faculties and hing with a red i 8 & F tp HI é i E Fy é : 6 & z giee & 6E He Tian any shoes on hls hind fet.» “and he is in of “sf ‘iAtd he is tn danger of talting down.’ PERFUMES AND BATHS. ‘What Makes Women Most Attractive and Healthy. From the New York Graphic. If a woman wishes to make a lasting Impression ona man let her always use some peculiar and Penetrating pertume—something distinctively her own, There is nothing 80 powerful to bring back ‘the past asa perfume. No sound of music or splasbing fountain, no rustling of silk or jingling of Dangles, no familiar phrase or combination of colors, 1s one-quarter so subtle a reminder as a perfume. The novelists constantly write of “tresses of perfumed hair,” and one of Oulda’s unnatural ber- ‘Oines was always preceded by the odor df the roses that she habitually wore. And women in real life ‘seem to appreciate the power and subtiety of-per- fumes quite as much as those in books. ‘The love of women for sweet smells ts as old as— ‘the hills. The favorite Just now ts the Violet. Although Unis modest iower is supposed to shun the day and hide behind mossy stones, and all that, to the poets, 1t cannot be Said that the women of the present day who shed its delicate perfume wherever they go tinitate it in that respect. ‘The violet ts extremely popular, Dut adeparvure is sometimes made in favor of heltotrope, the white hehotrope being the most delicate abd expensive. Tato the luings of dresses and cloaks ts quilted A quantliy of sachet powder, Whose percume usu ally 1aS¢8 about three mouths Dress pockets have a perfumed lining, or a sinail sachet may be sewed inside, or @ little’ sachet powder in a sealed en- Yelope, will be suicient to give the handkerchict a delicate perfume. Pincushtons are partly stuffed With the powder, as are bags of satin or plush, elaborately embroidered and ted with fancy rib- bons, Intended to be laid on tables or the backs of chairs, in bedrooms, boudoirs, or parlors. Vases, also, are sometimes filled with sacuet powder oF Prepared rose leaves, thus giving the rooms a Pleasant odor of Hower at a trifling expense, Bureau covers of satin have the powder quilted in the liuing, and sachets of silk or satin are made to it into each burean drawer, 80 that everything laid on them becomes inpregnated with the per- fume, The linings of mulfs are aiso perfumed, and gloves, handkerchiets and laces are always kept in taelr own particuiar pertumed receptacies, In Sending giits a sachet Is never thought super- fluous, and they are api vo be sent as an adjunct Wo a book, a habdkercuiet, or a set of doyites. Of course a Woman with any self-respect would go through vorvures, If necessary, In order Lo se- cure agood complexion. But mature must doa great deal in the first place, and after that bath- Ing beips things along amazingly. Women have Deen seen at balls in this cliy with tuelr necks grimy with dirt, This seems incredible, but 1t is true, If a woman can go toa ball in stich a con- dition, not only must she have lost her own self and one of the vest means for impioving U Piexion and softening the skin. Now York women have become very fond “of these Dats, and many of them take at least one bath every week Unrowghout the year, coming “up to town from a neighboring resort during the summer. ‘Tuere is no more delightful way of geting rid of the hottest hours Of the day than to pass them ina Russian bath. Some woien bathe to get fat, and some Lo get thin, sud they ail succeed in attaining their object. Alter the ‘bath many are rubbed With Vasedine tn preferenee to alcohol, or with sWeet oli, that belhg Lie most iashionable unguent at present, IC 4s Une correct tung to Use It on the face at night, after having batued it in very hot water, as tue surest desiruyer of wrinkles. Aud those Who care for peither vasedne nor oil take Uheir own perfumes to the bat, and are rubbed down with them, coe ‘The “Knock Alphabet.” ‘The following 1s trom George Kennan’s article on “Russian Provincial Prisons” in January Cen- tury. It describes a means of intercommunication resorted to by the Russian prisoners: «The talented Russtan novelist X—, who has been twice exiled to Siberta and a haif dozen times imprisoned, oid me last suinmer that when he was arrested for first ume he had never even heard of the “knock alphabet,” and Ubat when, during the second ¢ Of bis itaprisoument, te noticed a faint Lapp the other side of tae’ wall, he regarded it mere an indication that the adjoiniug cell was vccupted, and gave it no particular attention, As the kuock- tug ConUnued, however, and as ‘the faint taps seeined to be’ definitely segregated Into groups by brief intervais of ‘silence, be became con- Vinced Lat his unknown neighbor Was endeavoring to communicate with him. “Upon what. priuciple or plan te knocks were grouped he did not know, Dut ke conjectured Unat the number oF taps be Lween two ‘rests’ might correspoud with the serial number of a letter in the alphabet, One Knock Standing for ‘2,” LWo Lor *b,” three tor “cand $0 on up to twenty-six for %." ‘Upon. putuiag unis con- Jecture to the test he Was deitguted. to dud that the Knocks resolved themselves into the letters *D-0-Y-O-lirUe-C-e-F-s-L-aen-d?” He replied with forty-nine knocks, So grouped aud spaved as to make ‘Y-e-s;’ but long before be Kad Haished this Suort Word he became tournfull, conscious that at the rate of forty-nine knocks for every turee letters he and his unknown correspondent would not be able to excuange amore than half a doven ideas a week. The invisible prisoner ob tue otuer side of Ue wall did not seem, how- ever, to be at all discouraged, and vegan at ouce | another long series of knocks, Which extended to two hundred aud ninety-sX, and which, w translated, inade the Words*icach you vetter way — listen’ ” Nr. X—— then heard one loud tap near the corner of the cell, followed by a sound of scratching, Which proceeded from that point to- ward Lue door at about the height of a mau’s head, as if the unknown were drawlug a loug horizontal Hue With sume bard suvstace on Lhe other side of tue Wall After a bilet interval of siieuce there came Uo staccato taps aud the noise made by the scratching Of a second Ine pacal- lel With tne first one, but a litte lower wh. When seven of tuese invisible lines had been drawn. under one auowuer abou @ foot apart, With a group Of Kuocks at Ue begin Bing 1 each ove to denoie its Bumver, the unseen arlist Went back lo ove Knock, aud proceeded to draw six perpendicular ines crossing the first se- Tes at rigut angles, 90 as Lo luke a muge audible checker-uoard. “AS soon as Mr. X— ueard U Invi-ible duizram, tbe purpose for which it was tae tended fasied upon bis mind, aud beiore the un- known instructor had fluished knocking out Une words, ‘Put aipuubet lu squares,” the quick-wited Pupli bad scratched upon use vor of ils ceil a re= Guved copy of tie audivie tracing, and Was num bering 1s aes and columns. His diagram when fnisued louked something Nike tls: 1 2 3 4 5 “ afe 2 g | b ae dahiaede ‘ pS 5 Be hanes Peres 6 | After giving Mr. X— time to construct the fig- ure the jetted pear ps began another series of knocks, 30 grouped and spaced as to indicate the lines and columns in wWhicn the required letvers were to be found. Five knocks followed by three Knocks ment that the equivalent letter would be found at the intersection of the fifth line and third column; two knocks followed by one knock indi- cuted letter ‘f,’ at the intersection of line 2 and column 1; and five knocks followed by four knocks Meant letter *x,’ at the intersection of ine 5, col- mn 4. The first question asked by the unknown as 53.23 35 11 43 15.55.35 S1: ‘Who are your risoners then exchanged brief biographies, and Mr. X—— discovered that he had learned his a, b, c's and taken his first_ lesson in prison teleg- raphy from a common criminal—a burglar, if T remember rightly—who Was awaiting exile to Siberia.” ———_-reo_____ in Old-Time Wiggins, ‘THE FAMOUS GRIER’S ALMANAC—HOW 17 AUTHOR Was, ‘VIEWED BY A BOY. calculation for the almanacs, and almost every family in Georgia at least had a copy of this al- manae, and reLed on it for much valuable infor- mation. He pretei and man: wonder ! HI fi i H i a i! ae) i you ‘wetting’ before you go fa” re rode off opened ug but Ute heed to what tbe foked above and saw v0 sign of rain. {Sr several miles and tras Saough the Sota ite Grlersoon became ‘He was 20 anxious to know the he rode back i i i “My gon, I'll give you & Tielan Rr apy i ik eaaker. i neighboring islands the fisaermen test the depth Of the sea and also the nature of the sea-bottom end of an ore, of which the other end is plunged in the water, Ata depth of twenty feet and less the sound ts a crepitation similar to that produced when salt is thrown on Dut charcoal; at fry Htslike the Woking of 8 atch, the the-tae more of less rapid, according to ‘Ww! tom ts eatirely of coral or alternately Mud or of sand. If the bottom is the sound 1s clear; if humming of a swarm of Omaha Wife—“My dear, pearl necklaces are to be fashionable this winter.” “My gracious! You certainly don’t expect—" “Wait a moment, dear. For the last three weeks Thave been busy night and day wrapping all the gid Gannel 1 could find around Uke water pipes, They can't frecze tts winter.” “Aly angel, you shall have half a dozen pearl aecklaces if you want them.™ see Impecunions Dandies. SILLY GIRLS WHO WRD MEN WITH TITLES, A Parts letter says: All Italian hnsbands are not bad men, I have seen some as happy domes- Uc relations between husband and wife as I have ever seen anywhere, and I should judge that there 4s greater domestic felicity here than in any other Latin nation, but as a whole the stan- dard of family life and happiness, from the very thanner of contracting marriace, is far below that of AngloSaxou countries. The npecunious dan @ies with a romantic noble Ute have found out the Weakness of the American and the English girl, and they take agvantage of it, In 1s? I voticed in the bank of Messrs, Turner & Co, an English laay, I should say of wwenty-tive, Who, “accompanied “by a poor, sickly-looking father, was engaged in depositing some money. Tcouid see tuat she was the stronger character of the tWo and a person of determined will. I informed that ‘she Was ‘dead tm love” with an Italian, but that he would not come to terms until he had'made ita condition of marriage tbat all her money should be assigned to him, as he knew how to invest iin Italy to the Dest’ advantage, And she turned over every centime to him. Not Six months after her marriage this poor lady, from opulence, was turned adrift with only 8} clent money W hire a few furnished rooms at orrento, and I Was applied to to recommend per- sons to go there for pension, in order that she might earn her itving. ‘Only Unis year a ble American widow, residing here in Naples, allowed herself to be car= nied away by the attentions and the polite bearing toward her of an Itailan gentleman, She con- sulted more than one person, and among others Mr. Camphausen, our present American consu and they ali, in ahswer to her question—“Shali marry him?"—responded in the language of Mi Punch’s celebrated letter: “Don't.” It was, ho ever, no use; she “went and did it,” and in less ‘that a monta the scoundrel tried to'strangle her, and bas since heaped all manner of indignities upon her, In one sense she was a littie wiser than her English sister, and many of her own. She did hot assign him her money, aud hence the great ire of Mr, Impecuntous. ‘sos Prior Engagements, From the Chicago Trivune, “Miss Flory,” sald the employer, “you have becn in my establishment as book-keeper for five years, and I have raised your salary each year until now, Iam paying you all I can well afford, and Tam afraid I shall not be able to raise the figures for next year any higher than they are now—$1,200." “You have been very kind to me, Mr. Pluinmer,” replied the young lady, i Mféred £1,300 by SWagg & Co."to take er books exe year.” “The underhanded ‘Jiying to Cake my employes from me, ss? Weil, they can't do it! Till give you $ Fiorry, and you can snap your fingers rage « Co.” “Fourteen hundred dollars ts a ral offer, Mr. Plu ou, DUE Shroat & B: @ay'that ui into their oftice as hea Beiknap, hey! Th They Los Augeles Nirst!”” exclaimed Mr, Plummer. here, Miss Florry, Pil do better than that. take’ you into Ue fim, Pl marry yout Suroat & Belknap you aré engaged. “Ha! hat marry you, Florry?” “00,” Mr. Plumine (demureiy), I thank you sincerely for your off nap 's mt me word yester 'y Would p .¥ me $1,500 If I would go book-keeper.” “Suroat & ‘re @ pretty pair of sharks, give you $1,000, will they? Tl see ‘em in see ul but I can never be anything more than & daugh—” “Wha—what!” gasped the head of te firm. | “I have promised to marry your son Harry, Mr, Plummer.” See Saturdny Smiles, Nature {s full of wise provisions. Wives do their Worst cooking when ihey are young and irresisu- ble—Omaha World. A person makes better time by going slow. It ts generally the fast trains that are beuind time; an xecommodation always makes conuections—OL tawa Local News, ‘One of our prominent physicians was immensely pleased the other day, ite has a card hanging in ils office reading: “Consultations from 1 to 2,” fund a tniltionaire patient handed bum a dollar and a half and got out before the doctor noticed that Somme Vandai had placed the sign of § before the figures. —Tid-Bits. ‘The man who sits tn the corner of a lot and waits for an old cow to back up to be milked will go without milk all his days —Summat (Mo.) News. We have been examining a book of “Familiar Quotations” and after deep! ut Unhesttatingly Pronounce it a fraud, Frou cover to cover we have perused it, mic So 10 Speak, and have alled to Wiscover the familiar quotation in the language, viz: “Ob! George, this is so sudden."— Boston Courier. ‘The moral side of the case:—“ have always held that prize fights are brutal and a disgrace to our quilization, “The than Wo becomes Interested in Uhein and encourages them ts also of a low, brutal nature.” “41 guess you're right. By the way, some of the Engiisu papers coutend that in another round Smith Would have knocked Kilrain out,” “They do, eh? That's what J call gall. In five minutes more Klirain would have made soup bones of Swith, Tdon't see why tuose duffers stopped the fight on account of darkness."—Lincoln Jour- nal. Mistress—“Lina, who was the man I saw in your company last evening?” Lina—*Madame, Unat Was a distant brotuer of mine."—Frankfurier Zeitung. Mr. Powderty said some time ago that he had 500,000 masters. Mr, Howderly ought to be happy now. ‘The number of bis masters 1s diminishing.— Puck. ‘The holidays being over tt 1s in order to give ‘thought to the hollow pocketbook,— Philadelphia ‘To-day. Tora! eS and its needs ‘to wot pray: Keep me, iny God. from stain of Mpust tor to-day. ne Let me both sitizenty work july Pray’: Let me be kind 1s word and deed, meSast for to-day. ‘Let me be slow to do my will, for to-day. Let me no wrong or idle word Just for I. ‘Let me in season. Lord, be grave, Lat SHE Tay en Just for to-day. And sf to-day my life Give me iihy gseraments diving, Bop On, wa se. tardy Pie 5o, for to; morrow and tts needs norrow a1 : love But kets! ime. rude ine, love me, Lord, ‘Real Overcoat Weather at last! What shall it ‘be—a rough coat for winter days and nights or ‘something more dressy ? ‘We have Ulsters from $10 to $25—just the ‘thing for this kind of weather. In the dremy goods we have Fur Beaver from $15 to €25. ‘In Chinchilla from $10 to $25. Also, Kersey ‘and Melton in all the fashionable shades, ‘We will expect you, AUCTION SALES. - DOWLING, aucvoneer. Na or Al Lees Pott oe eet THOMA _FOR SALE—LOTS. eee Rd 95 by 200, ‘45 by 100, to 30 foot D and Virginia ave., 45 feet ehice Toi'on Bet bet. 70m and 8th aw, 20 by 76, 5 ¥ aw, “Bi SPARK Ty ond Bote Rw. between Land M., 30x06) Fr SALES BY THOS G. HENSEY, Hast Capitol st, bet. Gti and Boundary st. spposite 3, JOR SALE—A VERY DESIRABLE LOT ON OTM ts between Land Mote ™, 135. we SWORMST! BRAD “anim or EHP Fits tie Benne canvas 4 Sta PRR ENS ae see et nly "Sa a wee $10 per mouth, i : Ele a eed . aching teeth saved artifictal teeth | REE DENTAL INFIRMARY— TEI bd aruficial tceth tumertad without cost of tuaterial on application wt 1325 Dept Columbian University. trom 12 to excest Sunday. Extraction uf teeth free. DUKE, DENTIST, 715 14TH satrected without pala ty aid prepared and used ouly'by tue, {HU sets of arilicial teeth. RT. M. TALBOTT, DENTIST, 437 three doors froin Soneng ‘Deu drauches. eeth inserted @F per ect PROFESSIONAL. _ ROF. CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED CLAIR piricual 7 voyant, Astrologer amt property. fogether” Gives in busines, vee all femilly troubles” Cures sickuesa” All in trouble will save time and disapbointiveut by calling ou thie eu ine clasrvoyant, ax he succeeds where all otters ail, and advertises ‘ouly what he can do. sittings, 50c. Hours 9 to 8. Open Sundays. 421 Uth #t uw. o8-Low* DNF, BROOKE TELLS ALL HE Eve: LIFE. | Al business confidential Hlemen 50 cents each 408 (GUL streets northwest which are well worth the attention of every Indy wish= ing a well-made garment, perfect in fit and fimish, ‘The entire balance of Imported Garments below cost, 1 wrap made by Emil Pingat, €75, former price €275, 1 Black Plush, Raglan trimmed with Black Lynz and Jet at $50, former prive #100. Black Piush and Velvet Visites, plain and trimmed, at 25 per cent below regular prices. Seal Plush Raglan at $50, former price #65. Seal Plush Visites and Sacques at prices ranging from 10 to 20 per cent discount. New Markets and Raglans at from 10 to 25 percent below former prices, Special prices in Jackets. ‘MILLINERY. 50 dor. untrimmed Hats and Bonnets, selected ‘shapes, in all colors, at @1 each. ‘Trimmed Hats and Bonuets at 25 per cent reduction from stock prices, All Fancy Feathers 50 per cent discount allowed from marked price. ‘This ts the first and last mark-down aale of the ener sou, and purchasers will obtain rare bargsina, aye 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, Pirces Revvcev. Prices Repvceo. FUES and LADIES’ WRAPS, ALASKA SEALSKIN and FINE SEAL PLUSH SACQUES, JACKETS, VISITES and FUR-LINED CIRCULARS, MUFFS, BOAS, CAPES and ¢RIMMINGS. Our Holiday Sales have been beyond our expectation, In addition to our present #tock we are adding what is pew and attractive in Wraps. B EL STINEMETZ & 80%, 427 1237 Pennsylvania Ave, next tocor. 13thet Fos Asp Wars AT REDUCED PRICES. ‘We have twenty-seven Seal Skin Garments im stock, consisting of SACQUES, VISITES, JACKETS, AND ULSTERS, which we offer at lower prices than can obtain to-day in any house in New York city. Genu- ine Alaska skins, London dyed. SACQUES FROM $100 UPWARDS. ‘Muffs and Boas Fur Trimming, Coschmen's Capen Gloves and MufMers, Children's Furs et prime cost. ‘Dunlap’s New York Hata, ‘Fine presentation Umbrellas and Canes, WILLETT & RUOFF, EATTERS AND FURRIERG, 905 Penneyivania avenue a18-3m Naroxaz, Noverrr Wonsa ‘Boom 45, Post building. ‘Tam now prepared, at the above-mentioned place, ts ‘manufacture all kindsof Patented Novelties, Models’ ec, Fine Gold, Silver, and Nickel Plating Gone, Beth ‘mates furnished. 419-3m ALBERT F. CHILDS, Prop