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— THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 Beeston Se ec K as $1.98. Our $ kirts in Mohair, Silk pleased purchaser. Seeded PECIAL SALE LADIES SUL e style as above cut—guaranteed fit—all sizes—in tans, navy, stripes and checks. GIAL M0. 3.Ladies’ Shirt Waists. In this lot we have placed Lawns, Percales and Madras cand Scotch Ginghams. Some of these Waists sold as high All guaranteed at lowest prices or money refunded to any dis- Our prices an4 quality are never overrated. We shall at all times try to sell the best goods at lowest prices. CHAS. BAUM, 416 7th St. This Suit, as figure shows, is the same as advertised before, and which sold at $3.50 so rap- idly that we could not supply the demand. As we are selling out our dry goods, we conclud- ed to use up our own material. We now offer you the same style of suit, made of black and navy all-wool ladies’ cloth—the skirt 4 yards wide, stylish jacket faced with same material back to armhole—sizes from 34 to 44. Price, $1.48. Price, 55c. Seeteesenteetectentestestecsedsentesteecectedertontedieetenly aorferterteectertorior 00 Bicycle Suits can’t be beaten, White Pique Suits, extra Skirts. Linen and Crash Suits. oe and Wooiens. 416 SEVENTH ST. Seedtoatodiontontortostontostorgortontors Ba a a a ss ss a ad THE MISUNDERSTOOD CHAIR. A Return of Comfert to Its Friendly Service is Now Achieved. York Times. congratulation that the with the affair in horse- tay. and that the reign of lominating quality of t more, in © to find a resting place a2! in the sus- awing room fur- and ity ac of the di w a matter of little mo- le must be very good—and k in every wooden chair two of white enamel and a becomes @ rarely enviable posses: old English chair with pro; . cretonne covered or “done up” with er denims of blue and green, is an ce more than desirable for the cozy of library or boudoir. Car in wood and stained a dull green, it n porch belonging. i to stand for y having the stained leaf gre umerable bright-hued pil- an inviting nook next the net-hung hall of a bungalow 1 f our grandfather's the rusa-bott: of white ome the 5 an aristoc ning light of a d chair has had its ¢ it was and notw which its plush and he over-stuifed the drawing room t end alert of ou h damask, and is sug- dignity than comf. ppearance is deceptive. room furnishing is ever: ng to the square arm chair of ed unostentatiously with ered or striped damask, the which is much in evidence, colors. Or, ag to the td oaken carving with vork seat—a suggestion of a ay model d seat. ‘$ of such furniture were wise ‘ation, and builded better than For with slenderness of line were . endurance, and, haps least under- i quality of latter-lay designing. e+ SOLD FOR 8: SHE Dut a Pretty Italinn Girl Refused to Be Delivered. he Pittshurg Dispatch. ntonio Corillo, an Italtan shoemaker, of Braddock, mourns the loss of $25, the sum his bride was to cost him, and the bride also, and is still lonely in his shoe- making establishment. rillo {s not a bad looking Italian. His jet black mustache is kept waxed, his hair weil oiled, and his features are regu- lar. He has a good trade, but he was not happy, feeling the need of a helpmat Corillo had an elderly friend named Bu- cherello of No. 4 Spring alley, Pittsburg, but who has a little shop on Main street, Allegheny. To him Corillo sighed his long- ines, and shrewd old Bucherello said ho Was just the man to arrange matters. He would give him his daughter, a bright and pretty Italian girl of seventcen years, for # wife If he would pay $25. Corillo did not have the money, bui ordered that amount of teather, which areangement was satis- factory, and the bargain was made. But here an obstacle arose; the maiden, Corinna, when informed of the sale, pos! tively refused to go to Braddock or be- come a wife until she chose a husband for herself. She threatened to appeal to the police if forced into the marriage, which was to have occurred on Thursday, for which Corillo had invested in new clothes and elilted his bachelor apart- ments. A day on bread and water failed to bring her to a fuller sense of parental auty, and she still refused. Then her father gave it up and decided to keep both the equivalent for $25 and his spirited daughter. Corillo, of course, was not pleased Thursday when he went after his bride to find her scornful, while her father coolly laughed at his anger. He left the house, and after consulting with his friends, sued Bucherelle before ‘Squire G. H. Jacquay of Braddock for false pretense. Consta- bie Sullivan arrested Bucherello and locked him up In the Braddock station. He offers no excuse further than that the girl re- fused to carry out the bargain he made for her. The suit will be heerd Monday Svening. From of yellow or pale green satin dam- | ting | ed out | sat elon- | desk chair with the | kitchen | CHASED BY WATERSPOUTS. The Thrilling Experience of a Vessel Just Arrived at New York. From the Philadelphia Press. NEW YORK, May 21.—Skilled seaman- ship saved the British barkentine Edith Sheraton, which arrived here yesterday from Macoris, Santo Domingo, from being overwhelmed by gigantic water spouts while off Cape Hatteras. As it was, the vessel narrowly escaped being sent to the bottom with all hands. When the mate went on deck at 8 a.m. to take charge of the port watch, the wind was blowing light from the south, and the barkentine was running free under all sail. Overhead was a clear sky, and the sun was blistering the deck with heat, but away to the westward appeared a black | overhanging mass that speedily betokened | a squall. The wind began to shift to the westward in five minutes, but still held light, and the vessel lay almost motionless. Looking again toward the black mass of clouds to westward, the mate saw what looked like gray fingers of vapor reaching downward trom the lower edges toward the sea. | These gray fingers, fifteen miles away, had grown to enormous columns that reached down almost to the ocean's surface. Great spirals of water arose to meet the col- umns, and then eight enormous water | spouts came swirling toward the Edith Sheraton. The formation of the water spouts had not taken more than fifteen minutes, but the wind in that time had veered com- pletely to the westward, and had fresh- | ened enough to give the vessel steerage way. On the rapidly approaching spouts came, | Rathering force and volume in their pro- gress, but still the wind that blew over the barkentine was little more than a fresh breeze. The great whirling columns appeared to start abreast of cne another, but after traversing half the distance to the vessel they appeared in a straggling row, making a ziz-zag course that rendered escape for the vessel a hard problema. Two of the great spouts were rushing straight for the barkentine, but the vessel rapidly fell off before the wind, and the whirling columns passed to starboard of her, as did four others. Two more spouts were left to deal with, and at one time it was almost certain that one or both of these vast bodies would strike the Sheraton. One of: the spouts towered fully a thousand feet into the clouds. At its base, from the deck of the barkentine, the huge spiral appeared fully fifty feet in diameter, and the .top of this enormous funnel of water was at least 150 feet across. The big spout was now within 800 yards and traveling, as the others were, at the rate of twenty knots an hour. They were urged on by the squall in the clouds, far above the barkentine, which still had a fresh breeze. The spouts hissed as they came, as if a million serpents were en- twined about them or a multitude of steam valves had been opened at once. The distance between the colossal spout that threatened the Sheraton and the ves- sel was rapidly lessening, and the big col- umn of water was not more than 500 yards away, when Capt. Mitchell suddenly jammed down the helm. Heavily laden though she was, the Edith Sheraton poked hher nose in the wind, and the water spout Tushed by on the port beam. At almost the same instant the smaller Spout rushed past within thirty feet of the starboard bow. The danger was past. The vast volumes of water were rushing on to the eastward, the squall had passed overhead, and the Edith Sheraton was safe. In less than thirty minutes the spouts had broken. one after another, and -the sun came out as brightly as before. Se Pistol Practice tn India. From the United Service Gazette. The importance of our army pistol being given more stopping power is weil illus- trated by a case alluded to by Col. Fos- bery, which occurred in one of the actions fought during the Indian mutiny. An of- ficer, who especially prided himeeif en his pistol shooting, was attacked by a stal- wart mutineer armed with a heavy sword. ‘The officer, unfortunately for himself, car- ried a Colt’s navy pistol, which was of small caliber, fired a sharp-pointed picket bullet of sixty to the round, and a heavy charge of powder, its range being at least 600 yards. This he proceeded to empty into the Sepoy as he advanced, but, having done this, he walted just one second too jong to see the effect of his shooting, and was cloven to the teeth by his antagenist, who then dropped down and died beside him. Five out of the six ‘bullets had struck the Sepoy close together in the chest, and had all passed through him and ‘out at his back. Here was an accurate ‘weapon used with deliberation and skill, ‘having long range and great penetration, and all to no purpose. The enemy was ‘Killed, it was true, but not stopped until the had been able to inflict a fatal wound ven his slayer. IN LABOR CIRCLES Central Union ‘Transacts Large Amount of Business. LEMTER ON THE BEER BOYCOTT An Application for Membership Causes Discussion. Pena eee CARPENTERS AND JOINERS The Central Labor Union held a large and enthusiastic meeting last evening. Prest- dent Milford Spohn presided and Secretary Torrens, having recovered from his illness, was again at his post of duty. The reading of a letter, of which the following is a copy, from President Gom- pers of the American Federation of Labor to the Central Labor Union was Lstened to with great interest: “It affords me pleasure to learn the success with which the forma- tion of your new central body has been crowned, and, having been communicated with relative to other organizations of the District which should be attached to your central body, let me say that I shall write to the general officers of the organizations interested and endeavor to secure their co-operation and influence to attain the de- sired results. = “By the way, let me say that I am in re- ceipt of a letter from the executive officers of the National Brewery Workmen’s Union, in which they ask for your co-operation in order that the disputes existing betwcen the workers and the employing brewers might be amicably adjusted. “I am not in full possession of the infor- mation coveriag this case, and I ave seri- ous doubts that a repetition of the history of the dispute would contribute anything toward the attainment of the purpose de- sired; but it seems to me when an app! tion of this character is made it would not be umiss to commend the matter to your favorable consideration. Hence, I ask that your Central Labor Union appoint a com- mittee for the purpose of walting upon the employing brewers in question and en- deavor to eifect a settlement of the contro- versy to the satisfaction of all parties con- cerned.” The letter was placed on file, and the secretary instructed to send to President Gompers a detailed statement of the beer trouble from the time it began, several Months ago, to the present time. During the discussion on the subject it was de- veloped that the delegates were convinced that the letter which gave rise to the one sent by President Gompers, as above, was sent from this city, and was intended as an attempt to bring the Central Labor Union into a conflict with the American Federa- tion of Labor, and possibly cause a disrup- tion of the Central Labor Union, and the opinion was generally expressed by the speakers that there was no doubt that when the executive council of the A. F. of L. becomes fully informed as to the facts in| the beer difficulties here, the counctfl will | indorse the action of the Central Labor Union. An Application. An application was received from the Painters’ Protective Union for a charter, so that it could become affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The re- quest was discussed very fully, as in some respects the case presented features which had not before presented themselves. The Central Labor Union finally voted that the | application be referred to the National Or- ganization of Painters and Decorators, whose headquarters are at Baltimore, and that the C. L. U. would indorse the appli- cation. An appeal on behalf of the which Is being raised for the dependent relatives of the firemen who were killed at the recent fire on Louisiana avenue was made, and tlie union responded with a handsome con- tribution. A committee of five was appointed to co- ope committees already ap- pointed to arrange for the proper celebra- tion of Labor day, and it announced that a conference of all the committees will be held tomorrow evening at Bricklay Hall, ccrner of 7th and L streets northwest. The delegates from the Granite Cutters’ Union reported that they would demand of contractors that after August 1 all granite that is to be used in the construction of buildings in the District of Columbia shall be cut here. Other Business, Delegate Gant of the Steam and Hot Water Fitters reported that his organiza- tion had withdrawn their support from the labor bureau, on account of the action of the latter on the subject of high license. He also stated that since the previous meet- ing of the C. L. U. another employing steam fitter had signed the contract. In reply to a question relative to the con- templated action of the legislative commit- tee, on the subject of trying to secure the removal of three of the teachers of car- pentry now employed in the Manual Train- ing School, President Spohn stated that there had probably been a number of inter- pretations placed on the re: ion which Was passed at a previous meeting, instruct- ing the committee to take this action, but that the legislative committee had ascer- tained the fact that of the six carpenters employed as teachers in the Manual Train_ ing School not one was connected with the Central Labor Union, and that the com- mittee considered that these mechanics were also included in the resolution above referred te, and which demanded a share of the employment in the public schools be given to mechanics whose organizations were represented in the Central Labor Union. Delegate Roberts, who introduced crigival resolution, said the explanation given by the president was the true mean- ing of the resolution, and, after the state- ment of the latter, the Central Labor Union confirmed the action of the legislative com- mittee. Secretary Torrens was instructed to communicate with the District Commis- sioners and ask that a day be appointed fay the committee to be heard on ihe sub- ject. the Carpenters and Joiners, The regular mzeting of the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners held last evening at Costello's Hall, 6th and G streets north- West, was occupied principally with the discussion of the annval report of the na- tional organization, which has just been received here, 5 A Labor day committee of five was ap- pointed, and order of business was amend- ed so as to provide for discussions in the future of subjects connected with practical and theoretical carpentry. The organization, it is stated by those in authority, is growing rapidly. Last even- ing there were two initiations. Two propo- sitions for membership are now pending. - = Climate of British Guiana. From Macmillan's Magezine. Something should be sald about the cil-| mate of British Guiana, which has been badly maligned. [t is no worse and no bet- ter than that of any other primeval trop- ical tract. Malarial fevers exist, of course; they are inevitable in the tropics; but se- vere attacks may certainly be avoided by prudent living. If a European fresh from home walks about at noonday without an umbrella, or works at a paddle with the Indian beaimen on the rivers, or induiges in other continuous exertion without pro- tection from the sun, the chances are thai he will get an attack of malarial fever, and he deserves to get it for his folly. But if he takes life easily, has a sufficiency of good nourishing food, and as little alcoho! as possible, he may live to a ripe old age with nothing worse than an occasional feverish cold. it isan absolute error to call the country @ pestiferous fever den. The impression has probably arisen from the occasional nypearance of yellow fever in an epidemic Now, yellow fever is a very terrible malady, ctriking fear to the boldest heart ‘by the rapidity with which it carries off its victlius; but tt fs no more terrible than ‘smallpox, and an epidemic of the disease is about as rare in Guiana as smallpox is in the better quarters of London. It has not been known in the country since 188i, ‘ana then it was imported; it appears only at long intervals, and when it does a; ds vonfined lo the mouths of the rivers, ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS uu f Mr. ‘Anderson Victdrions in the Oongres- sional , Primaries, Police Court Cages Heard and De- eldea by the Mayor—Other Local aA Notes of Interes: ‘A primary election to select delegates to the district conventi§n, which meets in this city August 21, to nominate a candidate for Congress, was held in this city yesterduy, and, as was expected, a large vote was polled. Mr. Frank E. Anderson, chief of the law division of the bureau of pensions, won with hands down, securing sixteen of the twenty delegates. Mr. Anderson's op- ponent was Capt. George A. Mushbach, one vf the ablest lawyers and state sena- tor from this district. Capt. was heavily backed by the Mr. Anderson was backed by the more con- servative element, and his victory of yes- terday has thrown a great damper over the Mushback constituents. His victory was so Sweeping that that fact will carry great weight in the convention when it meets. A large crowd of citizens called on Mr. Anderson at his residence last night, and in response to the call he made a speech, which was received with the greatest ea- thusiasm. The election was one of intense interest all day, and the friends of both candidates were Confident of victory. Tonight there will be a large torchlight procession in horor of Mr, Anderson's victory. The fol- lowing is the full vote cast for each dele- gate in the four wards of the city: For Anderson—First ward—E. F. Thomp- son, 176; R. E. Knight, 178; J. H. Trimyer, 174; George P. Aitcheson, 173, Second ward—Frank Price, 171; John H. Strider, 171; William Tastapaugh, 169. Third ward—John Harrison, 37); Wiliam H. May, 370; D, R. Stansbury, 376; George W. Bontz, 376; Thomas H. Netherland, George D. Hopkins, 376; Otto B. Hopkins, ; W. A. Mankin, 374. Fourth ward—George R. Clinton Smoot, 25; Richard Roland, 203; French Sinoot, 292; Charles H. Pickin, 291, For Mushbach—First ward—T. ‘Alton Moore, 180; William Wools, 178; F. M. Hili, 183; William Dobie, 183. Second ward—I. M. Kell, 148; R. T. Cook, 148, F. F. Marbury, 147. Third ward—S. G. Brent, Bendheim, 340; K. Kemper, 342; L. C. Bar- ley, 340; L. Morgan Davis, R.H. At- kinson, 840; William Rodgers, 337; L. Brill, 346. Fourth ward—James MeCuen, 183; T. J. Fannon, 187; Oscar F, Carter, 188; Theodore H. Ficklin, 181; Thomas Downey, 181. Mushbach’s majority in first ‘ward, votes, four delegates. Anderson's majori- ties—second ward. twenty-three votes, three delegates; third ward, thirty-three votes, eight delegates; fourth ward, one hundred and seven votes, five delegates. Police Court. Hill, 295; J. 342; Charlies two Mayor Thompson this morning disposed of the following cases: James Doherty, ar- rested by Officer Howson, charge, disor- derly and fighting, fingd §5. Isaac Parker, arrested by Officer Roverts, charge, shoot- ing a pistol in the street, fined Mat Williams and Johp Henderson, arrested by Otlicer Bettis, charge, drunk and fighting, fined $5 each. Louis Weingart and John Bright, arrested by Lieut. Smith and Ofi- cer Knight, charge, disorderly and fighting, Weingart dismissed and Bright fined $5. ie Davis, Alice Rogers and Fannie piaan, a!l colored, arrested by Officer char disorderly and ‘fighting, fined $ each. Alexander Johnson and J | emiah Rearden, aprested by Officer Knight, charge, fighting, fined & each. Ann Fisher, (proprietress of a disorderly house in the “White Chapel” @strict, was charged with | selling Hquor without a Jicense. The char | Was clearly proven and she was fined $60. Sad Death of a Child. Willoughby, the fve par-old son of Mr. Donald McLean, Uled at his father’s resi- dence, on Soui Fairfax.street, yesterday afternoon. The circumstances of the little one’s death are peculiarly distressing. Some days ago he was'attacked by menin- itis, which soon produced total blindness, and to add to his distress he lost his hear- ing. The child has been critically {ll ever since, and esterday afternoon death claimed its own. Funeral of Mr. W. H. Price. The funeral of Mr. William H. Price, whose death was mentioned in The Star, took place from his, late residence, on North Fairfax street, yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended. The services were im charge of Alexandria Council, No. 27, Royal Arcanum, which order attended in a body. gine Company, of which the deceased was an honored member, attended in full uni- form. The members of the other fire com- panies also nded in uniform. Revs. J. T. Williams F.,T. Benson conducied the ceremonics, and the the Methodist Protestant cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. M. B. Harlow, William Simpson, George Dix, R. W. Ar- nold, George Uhler and bD. Harry Appich. Meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. A called meeting of the Alexandria Local Assembly of the Brotherhood of St. An- drew will be held in Grace Hpiscopal Church tonight at 7:30 o'clock for the pur- pose of transacting business of Importance. The executive committee desire a large at- tendance. The reading rooms at No. 405 King street, which were opened last win- ter by the brotherhood, have been closed for the summer months. An Interesting Lecture. ‘The Rev. Father Youman of the Paulist order, whose sermons in St. Mary's Church while conducting @ mission some weeks @go, attracted so much attention, gave an illustrated lecture on “India and Its Peo- ple” in the Opera House last night for the benefit of St. Mary's Church. The house was crowded by a large and appreciative audience. Father Youman is a native of India, and spent many years among its people as a missionary. interment was in —-— GORILLAS ARE EASILY CAUGHT, Doxa Are Useful Both in Tracing und Capturing the Savage Beasts. From the New York Weekly. The latest up-to-date gorilla that has come into civilization is a young lady go- rilla that has just been placed on exhibi- tion in the zoologital gardens in Regent's Park, London, having'’raveled direct from her home in Ngore)-which fs on the French Congo. This partictwlay young female is of the family of gofiliq savagei, a fact of which the most illiterate and unscientitic of her captors is ¢ully aware. When she was captured she waa a bit coy and ob- jected to eloping Swith a whole party of men s:multaneously, She was a bit back- ward when she heard gogs in the neighbor- hood of her home. ‘There were several of the dogs, and they were all looking for her, @ fact of which she Was not aware when first she heard their baying. The dogs had lgen ,get on her track by the men, who were anxious to capture her. She tried to get! awdy from them and failed, When she"ivas*busy trying to keep the dogs off the men giashed up and cap- turde her. fenny—for so she is known now —made such vigorous objection to being removed from her home that the men had to bind her. Then they slung her on a pole, and in that undignified manner was the young lady of the tribe of G. Savagei carted aboard a steamship. ——__-»+____ His Lending Card. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. A clergyman takhg cccasioral duty for a friend in one of the moorland churches in a remote part cf England was greatly scandalized on observing the old verger who had been collecting the offertory quietly abstract half a crown before pre- senting the plate at the altar rail After service he called the old man into the vestry and told him with emotion that his crim: trad ‘been discove.ed. The clerk -looked przgied. Then a sud- cen light.dawned on him. “Why, sir, you doan’t anean that ould half crcwn 0° ming! Why, Oi've ‘led oft’ with he this last 15 year!” The Columbia Steam Fire En- | THE NICARAGUA CANAL/SCAL PED ANDRIDDLED Report of the Majority of the House Com- mittee in Its Favor. The Estimates of Cost of the Ludlow Board Are Impeached—Neces- sity of the Work. The report of the majority of the House committee on commerce in favor of the Nicaragua canal, signed by the nine mem- bers, was submitted to the House yester- Gay by Mr. Sherman of New York. It deals with the canal project from the financtal and engineering standpoints, and particu- larly analyzes the report of the govern- ment board of which Col. Ludlow was chairman. The questions proposed for the board are said to have been the feasibility, permanence and cost of construction of the canal. ‘The first two questions are said to have been definitely settled in the affirma- tive. The modifications of the company’s project suggested by the board are said to lock to results desirable at some future time, but which the conipany deem best to defer until the demands u? commerce re- quire larger accommodation, so that they may be accomplished whea the canal is in operation, and a revenue accruing to make the charge less onerous. To have charged the railroad system of this country, in its incipiensy, with the cost of the heavy superstruciuce and equip- ment now in use would have been injur- ious. The deepening and widening of the Suez canal after its building is quoted as a precedent. The report impeeches the com- mission's estimates of unit prices of work on the canal by exhaustive quotations from statements of engineers. Whither the depth of canal and harbor shall be thirty feet at the outset, whether four locks shall be used instead of three, whether the water elevation should be 110 feet instead of 106, and other ditterences between the commis- sion and the company are said to be de- tails depending on wacther the policy of making provision for all demands in all ume to come is alopted. Because of its testimony on unit prices the report reduces the estimates of cost un the basis of the board's pians from $1:33,0400,000 to $102,C00,- 000, but holds that $100,000,000 will be an ample appropriation. 3 is laid upon the prospective benefits of “he canal to the Pacific coast states and the Alleghany coal mining and iron int-re: In conciusion the report says that the board of engineers have stated that they believe the canal entirety feasible, but differ with the engineers of the company as to the prebable cost of tne work. The ad- hai the sanal should be built by nee to the company, even if it cosis over $15,600,000, The aif- ference of opinion between the board of engineers and the enginzers of the com- pany does not in any way affect the feasi- bility or practicability of the canal, nor lessen its importance to the United States. It is no longer a question whether the canal will be built, but as to who shall build {t, and who shall control it when built. he feasibility of the proposed oceanic waterway has been fully strated, and its importance and tages to commerce have never been seri- ously questioned. {ts consummation is in- evitable, for its nec Ss presen* and im- perative, and when completed it will insure the safety and prosperity of the interests and industries of the American people. + e+ AN EASY Jon. vantages of the canal are so gr report says the ae government Mrs. Clovertop's Visit to Boston and Her Views on Running a Paper. From the Philadelpia Dress. “It beats all,” exclaimed Mrs. Clover- top, Who had just returned from a v: to the city, according to an exchange, “itj beats all how some foiks get aluug in this world! There's Harry Stavers, for in- stance. You know Harry. When he was to home here he never was no good at real work. He'd go dawillin’ about all day leng, starin’ into a book, and when he wasn't readin’ he'd be scribilin’ stuff fur the pa- pers aad magazines. 1 never saw the like of him, and I always id he'd never amount to nothin’, “But, la it does seem as though the lazier and the good-for-noth some folks are the easier they #1 world. Wher I was in the Harry. J always kind spite of his shiftlessness. Well, what do} you think? Harry's cditor of a paper down there, and they do say he gets pretty good wages, 100. “But, for my part, I can't see how folks can pay @ man for doin’ jest nothin’ at ell. “Harry has a nice room full 0° books and things and a big desk with a big krinkly kiver that snuts up as cute as you please | when he aia’t usin’ it, and there he sets all day as grand as a lord, receivin’ callers. “Folks are all the tme comin’ in to tell him what's goin’ on, and they tell him what side to take on all kind 0° questions, i What ought to gu iato the paper and what oughtn't; and, more than that, they bring in stuff aircady written—enough in one day, sometimes, to fill his paper for a week. “And they tell him jest how to run his paper; so you see he don’t have to bother his head a bit ebout it. “I never did see such luck. I told Harry he ought to bicss Lis stars, for 1 never did see anybody who got a livi.’ half so easy. | € Uireugh the ly I calied on hiked drarry, in “Harry jest smiled and sa Think so, | Mrs. Ciovertop? Jest in his quiet way, you know. ‘Think so: said I, ‘well, I should think 1 dl.’ “But, do you know, I don't believe he half appreciates his good fortuz Some folks, you know, never ure satistied see. ~ Giving Advice in Love Affairs. From the New York Herald. ‘There is no use of opposing a love affatr, not even when the actors play into your own hands. I know what I'm saying. I've | hud experience with two—the young and | the old man. My first experience was with { @ young man who didn’t know his mint, and asked me what he had better do, and I, Ifke a father, told him he had better not marry the girl he was courting. He went right off ard married her. An old man from the country came into ihe car where I was reading my morning paper, and sat down at my side. “Beg your pardon, sir,” he said. “Did you ever court a grass wider?” . “Oh, yes,” I said. “I've courted a dozen or more. Why?" “Did you ever marry one?” “Yes, “Wall—er—p'raps yer kin give a chap a point or two?” “Oh, certainty; all the points you want.” “Are they any different from other wo- wen?” “Say, old fellow, I've courted all sorts of ‘omen, both married and unmarried, and they are all just alike. They do all the courting, and generally propose before you have courted them a week.” “Wall—er—what's your opin'n?” “It is this—the man who marries one is a | jackass.” The old fellow scratched his head for a moment, and after he had got his idea racked in the right spot he said: “Wall—er—hain’t I as much constitution- ally right to be a jackass as yer have? Wall—er—I guess, and I'm goin’ ‘cept her proposal by wire. Write it out fer me, won't yer?” ae Justified His Slewncess. From the San Francisco Post. An eight-year-old San Rafael boy was being lectured on obedience last evening. “I told you that you could play with the Wilson boys till 5 o'clock,” said his mother. “Here it is 7 and you are just home. Why didn’t you come when I told you?” “T did, mamma. “Don't tell me a falsehood. Why didn’t yeu come home at 5 o'clock?” “J started home at 5.” “Then you stopp2d to play on the way.” “No, mamma; sure, I Sad “Do you expect ime to believe that it took you two hours to walk half a mije? I think I stall have to punish you for telling me false&cods."’ “Honestly, I started home at 5 o'clock and came straight home.” The mother fed the boy into the kitchen and took down a whip. He turned pale and tears welled up into his eyes, “Now, sir, will you tell me the truth?” “Xe-es, mamma; Charlie Wilson gave me a mud turtle-and I was afraid—to carry it—so I led it home.” jall the The Only Survivor of a Kansas Indian Massacre, THE MAN WITH FOURTEEN LIVES The Bill for His Relief Often In- troduced in Congress. ++ A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE es A bill has just been introduced in the Sen- ate which recalls the story that Senator Plumb told about the man who is to be ben- efited if the bill becomesa law: He intro- duced bills of the same character in the Fii- tieth and earlier Congresses, but they failed of signature of the President. The bill, in- troduced by Senator Vest, is for a pension to Robert McGee, who was scalped by the Indians while in the employ of the govern- ment. The story as told the writer by Senator Plumb shortly before his death is interesting and pathetic. In 1864 a slender strippling of a lad, fifteen years of age, came wandering into Leavenworth, Kan., seeking erhployment. His parents had died en route to the plains of Kansas and he was thrown on his own resources. The times were troublous ones. Companies were being mustered for fron- tier service against the Indians, and Rob- ert McGee volunteered and went with the others to Fort Leavenworth to be mus- tered in, but was rejected because of his youth and diminutive stature. The base of supplies for frontier posts was then at Leavenworth, and the govern- ment was at that time loading a wagon train for Fort Union, New Mexico, and the contractor, H. C. Barrett, found difficulty in securing teamsters. Among others, Rob- ert McGee was engaged, as he supposed, as a teamster for a government train. This wagon train was finally equipped, and left Fort Leavenworth July 1, 1N64, with an escort of government troops. The wagon train was just eighteen days out on the Santa Fe trail, and had traversed only a little more than 330) miles of the 1,100. There had been insignificant skir- mishes with roving bands of Indians, but nothing to cause alarm, and the vicinity of Fort Larned was deemed sufficient protec- tion from serious danger. The day had been hot end the mules and men were tired, so about 3 o'clock on the afternoon of July 18 @ halt was called, and the train went into camp. The orting troops stacked arms about half a mile distant from the wagon train and in full view of it. The outfit should have been on the lookout for surprises, and probably would have been but for the silly tradition that Indians never attack in the full light of day; so the teamsters and outriders pre- pured to take their ease. The Brules and Blackfoot Sioux were at that tme raiding Kansas, and ruin lay in their wake. The Brules were under the command of Chief Little Turtle. At 4 o'clock of the afternoon of July 18, 1864, 150 Brule Sioux, under Little Turtle, with wild whoops, swooped down from the hills upon the wagon train, and of all the small army of men in its employ Robert McGce alone came out alive to tell the story. All the others were shot dead as they lay or Sat about the mess, and were given no time to defend themsely The mules weyt to swell the herds of the yell demons, the wagon covers were torn shreds, in the flour emptied from the sacks upon the open plain and the wagons were destroyed. Prey of the Chief. Robert McGee was attacked by Little { Turtle himself and knocked to the ground by one blow of his tomahawk. As he lay there, partially stunned and bleeding, Lit- ule Turtle fired two poisoned arrows through his bedy, pinning him to the ground. ‘hen in a transport of fiendish- ness he took Robert’s own pistol and shot him, the bullet lodging in the backbone. Not quite satistied that he had done a good job, he stooped and running a knife around his head, lifted sixty-four squar inches of scalp, trimming it off jus of the ears) Thinking him dead by this time, Litue Turtle abandoned him, but others of the band in passing cut him with their kaives and poked holes in him with their long lances. The others in the train were kilied outright and most horri- bly mutilated. After the Indians had done all the devil- try they could, they rode whooping away, and the troops, who from their vantage ground had witnessed the whole business, came up to investigate and as tain ; Whether the Sioux had been properly met or not by the ill-fated men of the wagon train. Im relating the story, Senator Plumb said he was not sure, but he thought that the officer in command of the troops was court-martia missed in disgrace from the service, and that he never gave any satisfactory ex- planation why he failed to come to the sue of the poor teamsters. The only they took in the fracas was to ebury d. When they undertook to put under ground they found a lively despite the fact that he was scalp- ed and had fourteen distinct wounds, any one of which would have terminated the life of the average man, and besides that he had four minor wounds. Returned to Life. After burying the teamsters the soldiers | hestened to Fort Larned, thirty miles dis- tant, where young McGee was put under the care of the pest surgeon. It was three months before he was able to be moved. He had during that time fatr command of his mental faculties and was able to tell incidents of the attack. Barrett, the contractor, who had remained in Leavenworth, immediately on hearing of the disaster that had befallen his train. put in a claim for big damages from the gov- ernment, and was awarded a sum that made him independent, but he utterly re- fused to do anything for the boy who was the sole survivor cf the massacre. Recognized by the Administration. McGee's claims were laid before the President, and in October of 1364 Mr. Lincoln sent him a letter and pass by special envoy, telling him to come to Washington as soon as he was able to travel, and he would see that his wrongs were righted. Gen. Curtis, who was then in command, saw him soon after he was scalped 2nd gave him a standing order on the government for rations and clothing, and Dr. Clark, a surgeon at Fort Larned, recommended in his official report of the case that the Brule Sioux be assessed $500,000 for the benefit of the maltreated lad. When McGee recovered sufficiently to move about, his mind, which had been re- markably clear up to that time, began to clcud, and he became possessed of a desire to hunt Sioux to the death. In one of his freizied spells the pass and letter of Presi- dent Lincoln, and the order given him by General Curtis, were stolen from him, and neither the President nor the army took any further notice of him. An Indian Slayer. For a dozen years after receiving his in- juries McGee was a wanderer. He sought the companionship of various tribes of In- diars, learning many languages and @la- lects, friendly to all except the Brule Stoux, of whom Little Turtle was still chief. These Brules he hunted mercilessly, and when one day it was found that Little Turtle was “wiped out” it was said that the biggest notch on McGee's gun barrel marked the full measure of his revenge. A long mark for the chief and nine shorter ones for the nine under chiefs who had bitten the dust at the command of the trusty rifle that never failed to fire when aimed at a Brule breaat. After Little Turtle had gone to the happy hurting grounds McGee's mind began to gain its equilibrium, until he became at last perfectly sane, but since the weight of years bas been added it can be noticed that he is failing again. Not a hair has ever been made to grow upon his head, though he has been the subject of many experiments by eminent surgeons on both continents, and the medical colleges of this country are per- fectly famillar with the “man-with-four- teen-lives.”” He is now almost helplesa, the result of his injuries, and lives at Excel- sior Springs, Mo. d and ais- | BAD CIGARETTES. A Bostonian Throws Them Away After Ten Years of Slavery. “BASCO-CURO WILL DESTROY THE APPETITE. FOR TOBAOCO IN EVERY CASE.” Telegraph Postal Dept., Boston, Mass, Dec. 9, 1595.—Gentlemen: I have been an inveterate cigar: ctte vonsumer for the last ten yeurs, smoking two packages daily, supplen erted by cigars. Hav- ing used cther so celled cures without avail I tried “Baco-Curo” and I am glad to say that three boxes have made tobacco, im any form, ob- nexicus to me. My «xperience assures me that Baco-Curo will destroy the appetite for tobacec in every cove. Yours truly, -H. B. WIGGIN. 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On the way over from the car the two men had stopped to watch a dog fight, and, quite naturally, they were full of the subject when they came in. “You remember, Bob, that bull terrier of mine, don’t you?” the husband asked his friend, as they sat down to wait for dinner to be served. The friend remembered. “Well, sir, I kicked a patent leather shoe all to pieces on that dog once trying to make him let go of a little poodle that he had by the neck.” ‘Don’t say so! Well, they’ve the very devil of a grip when they once take hold.” “Yes, sir. Finally I took him up and tried to knock the little thing out of Bob's jews by hitting them against a t Did you finally get them apart Yes, the little fellow’s eyes were getting pretty dull and glazed when I managed to get my s! between Bob's teeth and pried them open. It was a close call for the poodle!” “You act as if you enjoyed it,” said Mrs. ungwife, with a disgusted expression. ‘Oh, I essure you, my dear,” very bur- redly, “I was quite—quite horrified. Didn't I tell you I kicked my, shoes to bits trying to get them apart “Humph! Why didn’t you carry snuff if you would own such a beast of a dog?” ‘Snuff, my dear? I don’t think you would have had Y to si a shoe if you had given the trute a good big pinch of snuff. “Ei I suppose that might do.” ‘A pa:l of water would be just as effec- .”" said the friend loftily, to show that he knew a thing or t Youngwife lo him. she said. “And then it would be s0 convenient a thing to carry around with you—a pail of water! You could carry one on each arm when you went out to walk with the dox.” The friend looked embarrassed. © about dogs. “No, that wouldn't d aid Mrs. Young- wife's husband, thoughtfully, “but it would settle things quickly to build a fire under them ad Mrs. Youngwife looked tired “It's a balky horse you're thinking of, Gear,” she said. “I haven't had a liberal education in dog fights, but that doesn’t scem to be just the rem! . Dinner is served, ma’am way. from the door- nd yet they say men are practical,” murmured Mrs. Youngwife to herself. “Why will that maid persist in saying ‘ma'am?’ * ———__+e-+_ —__ = THE BOY'S “RUN BACKS.” A Neat Little Story Which Carries Its Own Moral. From the New York Herald. The little lamplighter came zig-zagging down Burnet avenue. The gas jets popped into fiame, first on one side of the street and then on th like mission. “How do yuu like your job?” I asked, as he trudged with his ladder over his shouldef and his torch in his hand, a Pro- metheus in embryo. “They always give the meanest the little fellows,” he answered. “How can one job be wo other, as he pursued his god- jobs to an another, | when the lamps are all of the same height J equally far apart?” I inquired ‘Oh, but they give us all the ‘run back he replied. “And what in the J is a ‘run back “Why.” said the y are litue, short side str down which we have to go and run with nothing to do on the return trip. “Little man,” to kick about ha’ ‘run b: * be said I, fg all the © you are out jon’t_ commence hard jobs and of kn r- bockers. The longer you live the more ‘run backs’ you will have. There is not a job in the whole wide world which isn’t full of them.” “Why, there's the mayor, now. He don't have any.” “Don't he?’ I replied. “I reckon by the time he gets through with all h the oflice seekers, and creep thinks the whole job is a ‘rai Well, how about a preacher he insinu- ‘Let that pass, my boy,” I answered. “I would rather you thought I had no trouble than to have you remember me as com- plaining about them. But just lean ar ladder against that lamp post and sit on the third round, so that your head will be on a level with mine. There, that is good. Now, listen. “There are drawbacks in You call them ‘run backs.’ same. All aiong the pathway of life there are toll gates, where the travelers have to pay u fraction of their time, their strength, their money, their very life, for the privi- lege of continuing on their journ every career. It is all the “Those who travel over one road never see the toll gates on the other, and the mean ones are forever fretting and stewing because they have to pay so much more than any one else. It is bad enough to hear an old man moaning over the draw- backs of his life, but it is intolerable to hear it from a little boy. If you want to make every one despise you just keep res peating this compiaint you have made bys me. “If you want everybody to love and honor you—yes, if you want to achieve success— take your ‘run backs’ without a murmur. “When the good God gives us our medi- cine there is always a little bitter with the sweet, and we must not always be making wry faces over it. “Keep your torch full of oll, light every gas lamp on your route, whistle merrily while you make your ‘run backs,’ carry your wages home to your mother, be a good boy and you'll "be @ noble man. Good night.” ———-e-____ Goat Farming Profitable. From the Corvallis Times. There is profit in the goat business, ae cording to the belief of Irwin Smith, and is conclusion is based on his experience in handling goats for a year past. He began business on the headquarters of Shotpouch, in Benton county, near the foot of the peak, last year,with a head of ninety goats The increase was over 75 per cent, and when he sheared a few weeks ago he had 158 goats from which to sell wool. Some ef the likeliest kids sheared as high as four pounds of mohair. He has now a standing offer of $3 per head for his goats, from which it is seen that the increase alone netted him over $200. Nor is this all. He sold S. L. Kline Monday from his goats 572 pounds of the mohair at 36 5-8 cents per pound, and that netted him $200.19, or @ total of over 3400 profit from his original band. He did not give during the year @ single pound of feed to his goats, and be- stowel no further trouble on them than merely to take good care of them in lamb- ing time, and to furnish them with warm, ‘comfortable sheds to occupy at will during the winter.