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WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884. __ 1 gDMASCE Off WEDLOCK remarkable matrimonial unkjw to^Sheritoa Shook Lost His WIfeuagS ^TSow Palmer, His Partner, Mw* lied Hfcr?X Pleasant AT- ( ?sir All Arooad. 1 IS. Y. Cor. Detroit Post and Tribune.! ; The romantic attachment which found' climax in the marriage of Mr. A. H. Palmer to the lady who, up to a year ago, was Mrs. Sheridan Shook, excited a great Seal of interest in New York theatrical > circles, in [which they were well-tn own. , Kr. A. M. Palmer is a gray-haired, j pleaf- ont-faced gentleman of aboat fifty fear* of age, whom at first one might take lor a parson, and Mrs. Shook is a bosom, I full-blown lady of aboat forty-two. t Many years ago she was a superintendent V at the St, Nicholas Hotel, where Mr^ Shook set and married her. Their liifr- appears Mohave been a very pleasant ot? tar * ; - foodmany years. She-was then a band- | ome and striking woman, faB of ritaiity, j iand whose beauty would attract noOce | anywhere. Mr. Shook^ after his marriage j to her, grew in fortune and prosperity un- j tlf in 1ST! h? fcnrtfr %?? trwrrrtxr ?mttawr. A. L K? Palmer, from, the mercantile library ;la : g .'Clinton. Place, where the latter vrss j librarian, and made him manager of the j Union Square Theater, which had bees ; H started previous to that as a variety H theater. ' B ?{Mr. Palmar, -who is an educated and well i Nned man, but at that time new to the i ' H theatrical world, failed in the first year of . bis management. In the second, however, ; 1 he began to laythe foundation of the great j1 tame the Union Square theater afterward j 1 achieved. j ] | About that time Mrs. Shook began to ao- j QQire a great taste for the theater. She not j 1 only wrote a play entitled "Without Jl ! ' Heart," but wanted to act in it, and on tw# j ] 'pr threo occasions did give afternoon pet* ' J formapces at the theater. How far Ma i Bfcoofc approved of these leaning* on. he? part does not appear, bat the relations ?? twees the Shook and Palmer famxHesPte cam* very intimate. \ Mrs. Palmer resided for the most J>arti? JlBm?ncd after 1378 or 1879 lived Cher* _ GontinaotBly.with. her children* The rest fience of Mr. Palmer and the Shook* was B&. Stamford, Conn., -where they had ft pretty house at a place locally called Stil> yrater?just two miles north of the villager s Mr. Shook, engaged by his political and ! t targe bosinessjintoregts, seldom succeeded 1 t fngetiiiigto Stamford. . Mr.Paimer was ft ! a fcegolar resident there, lesvins the city ev- j a oftoroooa on the four o'clock train dur? c Id? summer time. In winter the Shook* b and Mr. Palmer lived in Thirty-fourth ? Street, near Eighth avenue. j a j! Jhere seemed to be not a cloud to di> t ^aybthe general harmon? of the family h jBsec* nor, indeed, has there been since; r fet about 2S78 or so distastes took place ? reen Mr. and Mrs. Shook, apparently w SEgtiaoing in the objections the wife had si tc her husband's constant business ab? a IHpcy* The breach between them grew h gradually, Mr. Palmer, acting _al?? MKH a?' *. nuuffnm fiafniMTi tnom. ?Tld living a<rM>nd t? DoauTic culminated J suing her husband j fjtterewas no opposition on the part of j ' ___ 3ftr. Sh ooi, possibly because be felt that | , business and* political engagements I jgrxtfeally prohibited him fronr being ; 1 cmc&CTa family man, and Mrs. Shook ! 1 got her divorce without any contest* It j j Seems to have ?et**n^a question about j j Ihatrtisae-with Mr. Palmer, who was al- ! ] readythe partner of Mr. Shook, whether ! , be should continue to be her sincere ! trfemL I Then for a time Mr. Shook separated his business interests from Mr. Palmer, bat re> 1 Sumed them again in about a year. For lha past two years, that is to say up to the j time Mir. Palmer finally resigned the rein* , Of management of the Union Square Thea- , Cersozne montns ago, he had. rooms At tbe teener of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth . (treet;- Since that time he hcs resided at . Stamford, Conn. 1 ' . spring it was rumored that Mrs. ( Palmer, living-in Paris, was about to begin } divorce proceedings against her husband. Bus statement was-streauouslyfciBnied both by M*. Palmer and ex-Jadge Dittenhoeffer, i ffho was counsel to Mr. Palmar, jgul Mr. , S*ook.as well. It now appears for the first f time that Mrs. Palmar really did gat k di> , tvrce from Mr. Palmer, though the whole affair was managed quietly, without any po&Hcity whatever. J . 2t is believed by those who are supposed* . to know best that the decree of divorce be* twees Mrs. Palmer, who has the custody ustitoerehSdren, and A. M. Palmer, who ha*:.; -cootinaously resided here, took place veiy 1 cebently. At any. rate both Mr. Palmer and Mrs; Shook evidently came to the con* clusioathat both being free they could do nothing better-than to marry each other, 9hich they did at the beginning of the month in Stamford, the officiating clergy-. man being Rev. A. E. Palmer, pastor of j tbe-First -Baptist Church of Farmington, *z?the lather of the groom. Nadoabt, uoder the circumstances, it ^jatfeoogpfcljesfc by all the parties to ' fcaep the romantic stony a profound se- ! cwt 25ie whole aSair Las been a genuine roaMkneeKfrom the first Mr. Shook and the pmaiMtei Palmer-have continued pleasant relations since the divorce. That is to say; whan they happen jtonaeettheywould always-pass toe compliments of the day andiSdnfcgerin pleasant caarersation. Mr. Palmer has also always entertained his . trfendly relations with Mr. Shook. "**W?PPEa?' O^XooeoUim District of Georgia?T&e I : fl^ SmpM. " pifcdetta^Ga.) Special.! JameaMcMlnwas employed by revenue j oScers to go into Gilmer Couaty sod ;? j . cafe illicit distilleries. Mciiin lias a cousinnamedLazams Shadwick, who lire* ! fowrnflei from EHijay. To bis boose Ho* j jfffa weni^ carrying along a boy who was left at. the house of Shadwick, while he i went down the line ot the Marietta St Korth Georgia Railroad to cut cross-ties, i as he said, but iir fact to locate illicit die- j tilleries. A few days after McMin ap? j peered in theneighborbood he repoctedto j - - officers, and the result was the seizure by ! Doguty-Marshal. Gastoa of three illicit dieSSteotes ?id the.capture, of seven men.. ;:jgjawEM3ognig?- IMWWM3E cat* wu iuu?, >t a^-iifteen years. As soon as the work of S6ri6r38D2Ba began to shear itself so> p^aoa was directed to iher.fewb sons of j. ^hafecaaaei¬knowi^ : 9s.-Mc2?is.-was. living- in a little hut five ! mii^ sway. An oM w<anan, who symjJuuaiy with the moonshiners, j ^^aftioijhfrhoaso- of Shadwick* aad stated: j tiUocs^ ????St&c abusing thera for some J a-feiagwonid not* be allowed to live in that ! neighborhood, and she would kill them j -ttrst. toObeaSymiaeefcsgotiie two boys were ; * started off to a mill a mile and.a bail away. { Xbey left on, toot about davJight, and were : ^^^**?xpected to return at dinner time. Tbeyjdid i noS^ia so-, however, but no uneasiness- was felt, as it was supposed they had found the mill unable to.crind. and thov bad to wnit. rr.gaz come, and they railed to appear. Mr. < and Mrs. Shadwick became uneasy, and be- ' gan a search. Next day two sacks were { seen on the roadside that were identified ' as the property of the boys, bat the missing , I ones could be traced no farther. Excite- : ' mentran high, and a number of people j * turned out to look for the boys. The rivers j v and creeks in the neighborhood were j I dragged, and every effort made to unravel j i the mystery. Th'e di pressed mother firm- : ly believes her boys have been murdered : 8 and sunk in Ellijay River. She is in a j Q frenzy of grief, and continually asserts that | v her boys have been "drapped," which is . i the moonshiner word for put out of the j c way. After the revenue men had made ! 5 their seizures they got McMin and his boy j t cofalxr ?kC/>arfn/1 fVtnm anf a/ fKfl noi(rK. i H ?"V* VJVVi WU bUVUl VUV ?UW UV4gi?- | borhood- At last accounts the country ? j 3 there was well stirre dup. | t! SHAVING A MADMAN. ? - D A Philadelphia Lawyer An an Exciting v Experience with a Lunatic. [Philadelphia SpeciaL] - j n "Shave my hands for ma," said a rather j fi stout, middle-aged, poorly-dressed man to i v Henry Somers, a journeyman barber who j shaves bankers and brokers at No. 46 South ft Third street, this afternoon. The proprietor of the shop, as well as the colored boot- , r black were out at the time, and Somers ! was alone with what was evidently a luna- i tic. "Villard has exploded," the man went : on, .."Jay Gould has committed suicide, | Bill Vanderbilt is frozen to death, and the i stock market is going to the demni$on j bow-wows." The fellow had commenced j S to wash bis hands, had covered them with ! lather and presented them for shaving. In ; d ittempting to humor him the barber cut j u tiim rather severely across the knuckles, J tl whereupon he grew profano and threatened j & io thrash htm if it was repeated. - Un j si second thought he seemed inclined 0 not" to permit an opportunity for H repetition. He threw himislf back ^ in the chair and demanded that his^eard d >e removed. Somere took the scissors ?cid >egancutting it,when the man went irto?> ^ age and declared ho never permitted scis- *&? tors, to touch his beard. " Use lather and i razor," he said. u There, that is my cup. y1 klynameis Droxel; Tony Drerel? Don't a rA? VnAaf mw V S ** fc The barber declined to use the cup indisited and the fellow's excitement in- ^ xeased. Springing from the chair he 5" eired a razor and savagely attacked the urber, who made an effort to escape. The 111 q ad man headed him off and a lively chase c< .round the shop began. Over went tables nd chairs, and several times the barber larrowly oscaped the fierce dashes made at ^ iim by his pursuer. FinaHy he found himelf hemmed in a corner^" and then turned nd grapplei with his assailant. By a dex- w, erous movoment he twisted the razor from ' ^ is hands and sent it flying across the ocAn. At this jnncture '#.e lunatic, who 111 ras out of breath from his exertions, but P .. i ? . * in t&o was terribly excicea, luruea suddenly, I bouting: "Look! it is tho djvil!? made w dash for the door and the next moment w ? was running; up Third street. ^ URIAH AND SHE ARE SPEAKING* a fen Tears of Doabneu and a Mouth's A> nee Brinf a Christian to His Senses. P' [Cotlton (Pa.) Cor. of Trenton (N. J.) Times.] w Qji the night of December 12th last Uriah p< (Tales, a prominent citizen, disappeared ri inder circumstances so singular'that as ? in usual sensation was created in the vi- oi nnity, and now one equally as great has st Men caused by his reappearance. He had j w seen for thirty years a class-leader and oit- P sorter in the Free Methodist Church. His hi wife was not a communicant, and she fre? A juently ridiculed her husband's religious a< mthusiasm. Ten years ago he told her that he would never speak to her again d until she saw the error of her wr.ys and'ex- C perienced religion. He stubbornly kept C lis word, and all communication between & ' bim and his wife was conducted through a a ion. " p: Early in December last a revival: began ti in the Free Church. Mrs. Wales had lone * cl regretted the unfortunate position in which g the and her husband stood toward one an- tc >ther, and, as all other efforts to break his b ftubborn will had failed, she resolved to F put an end to the matter herself by com- cl plying with the condition upon which their C former relations might be resumed. She nccordinelv attended the revival meetings, S sad-oa the evening of December 32 it-was n (oyfully announced in meeting iba? Mrs. t] Wales was converted. Her husband then a rose and said: a For ten long years I have been a wid- ^ ower, but now, thank"-God! I have a wife gi igain!?? d Mrs. Wales arose from her knees at the. fi iltar, and astounded the congregation by jayiUg, ffermly andearnsstly.: : > ' u I do not believe that any man who is truly religious can deliberately ignore lis wife for ten years, and X1 ask -for se special prayers for my husband's convex*- gi 31011." \ W) one men lumea cowara ner aiu^uiu,wuu a < teemed paralyzed with astonishment, and m laid: ' " m , "Uriah, get down on your knees, be cii awakened to the error of your ways and ta ask forgiveness fo.r your sins. I will lead te you to the Lord myself." ' . in As she walked toward him he turned and- T1 went hurriedly out of the church, and was * a* not seen nor heard of afterward until to Sunday night. y<Z foo Prayer-meeting was in progress at .the m church, and the congregation was singing sa a hymn, when a man entered, and as he rv walked quickly down'the aisle and stopped & at a pew where Mrs. Wales was sitting, all jfc recognized Uriah Wales. The - singing at stopped. Before his wife could recover w from her astonishment he embraced her, ?t at the same time exclaiming: w " The Lord has forgiven all, and I am a] now a true Christian." 01 The pastor and congregation floctec to i st the pew, and besieged the long-missing I st brother, whom they had looked upon as bf dead, with inquiries as to where he had be been; but he returned no reply to them ex* tt cept: u I have been communing alone with the Lord." v A SINGULAR ACCIDENT. * How Xejro Woman Slid Down the Pole A at ma JEogioe-Houiie. fc - CLouisviilo Post.] fe .A colored woman named Anna Beard S* met with a very serious accident at "the i te Jfo. 5 engine-house yesterday afternoon.*] fb Tte iriamierin.wkicG the .accident occurred: A is rather a novel- one, without precedent, j a and. was the result of au idle curiosity. I? Hie woman above* named is a large, portly K negress, weighing upward of two hundred pounds. For some considerable time she has been doing small jobs at washing for some of the members of the house, and frequently when she would call for the a clothes she would see some of the boys | o slide down on the pole. It looked like a ! a simple and harmless operation, requiring v simply a little nerve and one leg half 8 twisted around the iron bar. It was great i labor for the woman to descend the steps ! h with all her superfluous fl-?sb, and the slid*! n in^ operation was done with such ease and [ n grace by the men that she thought she ! a would try it also, though wich perhaps : p less grace. At any ra e she resolved upon ; t] the experiment, and yesterday afternoon : C when she called to collect the washing! n she made the trial. Hie trap-door which j ? oaens into tbe eteepipz department was | s i ^ >pen, and the flremon were all sweated j ound the stove, some roading and others j ihatting of Louisville's early history. Suddenly the peace and quiet were broken >y a distressing yell that proceeded from I ne mourn 01 cue trap-uoor, auu looting up he boys discovered the body of the old vasherwoman hanging manfully to the >ole with her garments and one leg caught n the trap and the others oscillating in vild endeavors to find some substantial upport. In spite of Lor dangerous predicament the scene wn so ridiculous that it eas impossible to repress an outburst of ; OMftrllfai* Tl\;? lirnluAll ttf.lO C?A t *% * fUftf ! Mu^uwi* A AAV ?? it ao ov iuu vuttw auo j ould barely sque. z-: through the opening, j >ome of the men i ushe<l to th-> second floor ! o assist her, but ore they ar? ived she had I Lisengaged her?elf And slid down the pole, triking the floor beneath with such force hat her right leg wa< badly sprained at he ankle and dislocated at the hip-joint. ?he was so badly iujurod that she had to ecarried to her home across the street, rhere she has beca suffering greatly. She has concluded that she was never jade for a fireman, and* hor work in the j uture will bo con fi no J to sliding on the ; rash-board. 1ASQUERADING IN WOMAN'S GARB. \ onceaUtog HI* Sox Under Petticoats UntS | Love Compels an Astonishing Ke relation?A Clergyman Completes the Work. [Winchester (V a.) Special] One of the best known ladies of the | henandoah Valley, Va., has turned ontto j e a man. Miss Elizabeth Rebecca Payne, j a'ughter of the late Joseph Payne, seven j lues irom *v incoester, who nas uvea j.ur ; airty-eight years as a lady, suddenly j vowed herself to be a man a few days j ince, and .startled - James F^RileyyClerk j f the County Court here, by applying for : 'cense to marry a Miss Hiuton, a woman j rho bad resided in the Payne family as a j omestic. The lady who fired the heart of Mr. ayne with such passion as to compel him i^toirow off the habit of a lifetime and deareTtis sex is prepossessing and forty ears o? age. The strange afifaii has uictAri ii ttir?v decided sensation iii the henandoah Vaiiay, and nothing else if ilked about. Payiie is said to have apBared in this world a>; a female, and was . rought up as such. So one ever queisonod his sex, and his own avowal of tasculinity took away the breath of the immunity. \ Elizabeth Rebecca Payne was one of a ; unity of five or six daughters^He was ronght up as a woman, and wasfadmitted ito the best society in company with the rfuur lueuiuers ot wne ianmy. no w,w cu- j ays regarded as a somewhat masc&Jin? irl, but no one ever suspected he was-,.# | an. He was a most graceful and dash*, g equestrienne, and always challengnd meral admiration, as he frequently roda- i to "Winchester with his habit an&-'suas^ I i . rr. nat long nair trailing in theprina. xie as one o? the most widelyjfhown ladios ? . the valley. In addition to good birth and inherited ^ ae rendered it necessary for some one to | tit -a shoulder to the wheel. His sisters t ere distinguished for their culture and j jrsonal charms, and several of them ma.red prominent gentlemen. Mr. Rebecca : j ayne devoted himself to the management! ^ I a farm and. to the supervision of a j , ;ore which he had established at "Rest," j here he also held the appointment of ost-mistress. He also dealt in cattle and ( orses, ana Decame an expert m tnas way. i { 11 his enterprises prospered, and he has I ? jquired considerable wealth. Determining to marry, he threw off hi? j resses and applied for a license from the | ourt at Winchester. But the astonished lerrk, who, like everybody else, knew him 3 a woman, declined to issue a license for woman to marry a woman, when Payne roved his real sex by producing the car'' ficate of Dr. P. W. llaguire, of W:[> jester. License was still refused, on th? round that Virginia law compelled a man >-have given names which show his ses efore he can act as a man before the law, ayne then determined to have his namt laneed at the March term of the Circail ourt. t AfFniV 10 <1 e> trof TI AUG auon AO o )i?iy-u? j J TT VU^V4 ma henandoah, and has created more excitelent'than any event which has dirtorbod lie social ' circles" of" the State for a h&H mtury. No explanation has been offered * to why he masqueraded so long an a 'oman. Rumor has it that Payne and liii areetheart went to West Virginia yeateray and were married, but this lacks conrmation. . . it?: C One of tbajTrlaU of Women ia Cities* t [New Torfc=Cor. Boston Herald.] ( A venerable relative of mine, almost J venty years of age, accompanied by a 1 rl of seventeen, found herself on Broad' 1 ay after dark ar few nights ago, without cent. She had: lost her pocket-book, and 1 dther she nor the young companion h.id : oneyor acquaintance in that part of "be ] by. They entered one of our largest res- i urants and took a seat at a table, in- < ndlng-to send ? note by?& district mes- 1 nger to the house of a friend in < lirteenth street. A waiter Approached, l WAO oViAnf +A oat liim 1 IU .WW Oiuciljr i?Uj wwa mwmv furnish her with paper and. pencil and < c?Eli a messenger, when he-very po lit sly .id to her.that she couldnatremain in the ] loon.' >uWhy. not!?* **It is against our < lies, madam, to allow ladies-here after trjt" ' In vain she protested; ir; "vain i ie sent her card to "the desk; in vain ie explained the circumstances under ] hich she was unexpectedly there; his or- ; jrs, and those of the women- at the desk, I ere imperative, and they were turned >on the street. If they had accosted any ] le of the hondr6ds of men passing up the * * * A J ?:*u A root, ana naa vurucu wmu a i^uw? i . ranger, with the7 worst possible intent, J | ick to that restaurant, they would have j >en welcomed guests. Why? Because J, tey would havo had a man with them. Tiat a burlesque on civilization is this; hat an outrage on decency it is; what a , orld of infamy it suggests; and yet I arned that that is the rule, not only in I is restaurant, which is one of the best ! lown in the country, but in all the chief ; istaurants in the city. No man's wife, : wghter or sister can obtain assistance, j freshment or rest fti a public house in : e city of New York after dark, unless : I te be attended by an escort of the mas- j < dine persuasion. It is very difficult for j ] dies to obtain accommodation in any of j 1 ir hotels. * " 11 A wepir on uoraeoacjc. I i [Rappahannock Call.] j I Christopher Jenkins, familiarly known 1 s Sit, one of the best known and most ' riginal characters in this section, died t his home, near Sperryville, about tw? reeks ago. During the war he bad several .1 ons killed in the army, and ever since h< ' ias lived by private charity. At one tin* 1 e owned a very good horse, and would 1 lake periodical trips of .thirty or forty liles into adjoining counties to solicit aid 1 nd always came home.loaded down witi revisions. On one occasion it is related hat he left. his.horse at a livery-stable at ' Jul pepper and took the train for Richmond, rhere he was .very successful, and cam* ft .considerable amount oJ i1 ioney, j / v p'~ ADVICE TO MOTHERS. SOME MORE ANTITHESES OF DONTI A Newspaper Reporter, Oat of the Abundance of His Experience, Formulates a System to Be Followed uj iuvtucrs* [N. Y. Mall and Express.] Do remember that other people have children as well as yourself. Do believe in a child's statements until you are sure they, are incorrect; mistrust 1 breeds estrangement. Do reflect that a pert child is an abomi- I nation; train your children to be respectful I ?nd to hold their tougnas in the presence of their superiors. Do, if the baby crics, warm its feet before you dose it Do sing to the little ones; tho memory of . & nursery song will cling to them through life. Do attend to them yourself; a go-be- a tween betwixt mother and child is like a j middle-man in business who gets the jj largest share of the profit-. Do dress the children sensibly; cover up ( their limbs in winter, and study health i first and appearance second. Do show the children that you love them; < do not expect them to take it on trust.' i Do, as they grow older, win their confidence; if you do not, somebody else will. \ Do maintain a respectful tone to their ( fathor before them; if he is not all you wish, still make them respect him; he is always their father, and disrespect to him is a reflection upon yourself. Do, as the boys crow up, make companions of them; then they will not seek companionship elsewhere. Do let the children make a noise sometimes. Their happiness is as important as your nerves. Do respect their little secrets; if they have concealments, worrying them will . never make them tell, and time and pa-"': tience will probably do their work. . Do allow them, as they grow older, to have opinions of their own; make them individuals and not mere echoes. Do remember that without physical health mental attainment is worthlessi let them lead free, happy lives, which will ? strengthen both mind and body. Do bear in mind that you are largely r?> j sponsible for your child's inherited char- ( acter, and have patience with faults ' and , failings. * Do talk hopefully to your children of 8 life and its possibilities; you have no right i to depress them because you have suffered, t Do teach both boys and girls the actual t facts of life as soon as they are oil enough s to understand them, and give them 8 s sense of responsibility without saddening ] them. i Do find out what their special tastes are, d md develop them, inst'?" uL speucWESatej Kssvr, uruaoy and patience in forcing them y, nto studies that are ropugnant to them. tl T\r> fcar.Vi +>iom mnrt?sv bv example: fc# <d :ourteous to them. -n Do, as long as it is possible, kiss them -j jood-night after they are in bed. They do iv a an ! lf- ! ? < iiimi ??"* Do, if you have lost a child, relBBStihi ihat-for the one that is gone theie is nc t nore to do; for those remaining, everyhing; hide your grief for their sakes. ^ Do make your boys and girls study phys- y ology; when they are ill try and make c hem understand why, how the complaint v irose, and the remedy as far as you know h t. _ i. Do impress upon them from early infan* s y that actions have results, and that they E jan not escape consequences even by being s ;orry when they have acled wrongly. d Do. rq vrair d&uchters stow ud. teacb ;hem at least the true merits of housekeep* ^ ng and cookery. They will thank you for s t in later life a groat <|pal more than fo: p tccomplishments. y Do try and sympathize with girlish t lights of fancy, even if they seem absurd c oyou. By doing so you will retain your t nfloenco over your daughters and not i each them to seek sympathy elsewhere. c Do remember that, although they are all a rour children, each uno has an individual t :haracter, and that tastes and qualities e rary indefinitely. D> cutivate them sep- t iratelv. and not as if you were turnine f hem out by machinery. " ? Do encourage them to take good walking p ixercise. Young Iadio> in this country ate =1 arely good walkers. They can dance (dl ft light but are tired out if they walk a mife. .4 3-irls ought to be able to walk as easily^ar Ji joys. Half the nerv .us diseases which fifej & lict young ladr.'S would disappear if toft? 4 labitof regular exercise was encouraged." "i Do cultivate a liltlo imagination iu your :hildren; when they are small encourage j, ,nem K) CIIJvy X?Iry mica, CO iupj givw. TJ >lder lead their tastes in the direction of j maginative li: .-ature. Life in our century; ;c s too prosaic; give thom a taste for r<>J i nance while they are young. 15 Do take them yourself, if you can, to places of amusement; let. them associate ? )rou with their enjoyments: when they are ^ parents themselves the memory of it will t influence them in their treatment of their J jhildren. For their sabes enjoy life witS* 3 ;hem if possible; clcads will come sooir ^ mough. ~jj Do, if you say no, mean n#. Unless you- V iave a good reason for .changing a given < ;ommand, hold to it. 1 l Do take an interest in your children's' < ^ ?- ?:>w A / pleasure; mom?r> (nuuci^ukiuii u a jjioan i.v ielight. r' 4 Do remember that trifles' to you are- mountains to them; respect their feeling?. ,j Do keep up a high standard of princi- * pies; your children will be your keenest^ judges in the future. Do bo honest with them in small things as well as" jiijrreat. } [f you can not tell them what they wuh to * Icnow, say so rather than deceive them Do reprove your children for tale-bear-' ^ Lng; a child taught to carry reports f.'om ^ the kitchen to the parlor is detestable. j - Do send the youngsters to bed early: dM - cide upon the proper time, and adtare- ] to it. -j Do remember that visitors praise the children as much to please you as fcecauie: - tb?y deserve it, and that their presence -iB' ' oftener than not an infliction. Sixty Years without l&rtlogr. IGreencastle (Ind.) SpeciaL] * _ % John F. Jones, or "Uncle Jackey," as city yesterday, in tho eighty-fifth year of his age. He was widely known to the traveling public of this and adjoining Spates, having kept a hotel here and also at Columbus, IncL, during the greater part af his-life. When a boy, he drank through mistake a decoctiou of lye, which caused B contraction of the gullet, and prevented his taking food in any other than a liquid form. Even that was attended with difficulty, and -he succeeded in forcing it down his throat by external means. For over sixty years, though a Boniface himBelf for a greater part of the time, he had pot eaten a mouthful of food, a statement which hjs guests were not disposed to credit without an explanation. Despite his affliction, which was supplemented- by a most acute attack of hernia, he hadran inexhaustible vein of humor in his composition, which found, vent* in numerous' *jokes~ and-jibes that were wont to se* the lahto in a roar." His remains wer? taken gojgolgmbas, fed., for interment. ' 1 [ -1 \ REMARKABLE MJNINC LEGEND. ilagnlsr Find in the Wllda of New York? The Fatality Attending Attempts . at Exploration?A Probably ADOcrvnhal Story. - " - I [Toronto (Ont) MaiL] From time immemorial a strange fascination has attached to the pursuit of hidden vreasure. To this day persons are seeking forCaptain Kidd's buried gold. Once in a jr?at " while a valuable " find " rewards patient search. Recently near Danburgh, 3ra., a small oak tree was blown down by he storm. A man named John Frank saw iomething shining as he was passing, and examined the roots of the same. In the aolo left by the tree he claims to have found almost a peck of jewels. The jewels trere diamonds, rubies and pearls, and parties who have seen them say they are. worth 15'teen or twenty thousand dollars, ite belief expressed by the few who hfive L<oen fortunate,enough to see them is that | part ofS5e1otlo$t by the'ConEederatw Cabinet, as thay were on that "Cad when they were lost It is supposed that the party that buried them, was killed won after, and consequently tbejrrwere, aever unearthed. As to the Steuben affair, here is the itory, date-line and all, as it appears in an exchange: , * Coknino, N. Y._, Itocerubcr 80.?A number of Philadelphia^ are negotiating;for :he purchase of a large tract of laud in.the ?wn nf Ja?rwr t?il?" onr:mrtv. somewhere on srhich legend has for time out of mind looted a silver mine* which the parties hope'k> find. On the tract is the 44 treasure;. save" of much local fama. Tha legend is ;hat during the French and Indian War wo Quaker brothers by the name o' Dicknson' came into the Coliocton Valley to xade with the Indians. They gained the ?nfidence of the Indians to such an eltent ihatthe latter revealed to tham the existsnce of a silver mine somewhere on Bennett's Creek- The brothers had in their imploy an old servant who had come with mem irom mua ierpma. me vusjiurs worked the silver mine, the ore of which vas very poor, and hid ths treasure in a Ave known only to themselves, until such ime as they could convoy it to Phila[elphia. u. Near the close of the French and Inlian war a stranger appeared at the cabin > ft the Quakers, in th^ docpest part of the - ;v eilderness. Ho said he was a deserter. !rom the French a:-my, ,and begged :for helter and food. This wa-i gladly giyen dm. The flrjt night he was in the cabin : 10 overheard the Quakers talking about heir treasure, after they supposed he was. 1 leeping, and learned that it was secreted 1 omewhere in the- vicinity. He also -j earned from their conversation that they Qtended to start their servant for Ptrilar '?). lalnhh, th? iwrt d&v. and v^u v. -IgzicS'ould inform him as to the hiding-pTS?^SHH lo treasure ia case anything should- hap ~ en to the brothor3 who were working the? line. . ^ "The diabolical thought entered the' ij lihd of the stranger to murder the; ^ Hlwf far-tirs Maoniiwg, par arm? and over--? V ake the servant, murJer nim, ami ??cut#4^| ae missagt! revealiugthe place where the.\ reasure might be found. He carried out* l'j is plans, but, upon getting possession of Vj tie message, found that it was written in ; ipher. He was unable to And a key thai- ; rould solve the mystery, and, haunte 1 by . is fruitless crimo. he flad to France, tak- j ngthe cipher with him. For years he J tudied it in vain, and finally died in a * iad-house. This is the legend the first. . ettlers in the region handtfd down to their escoudanti. j, ''In 1810 Gregory Harding settled in the own of Jasper. He had been there hue a * hort time when he dreamed that near his ' ilaco there was a care, the opening of ' finch was covered by a large flat stone, j ;pon which w?: a copper kettle. In the ave was stored enormous wealth in silver, - *' - --"?a'-' J l. ?' ? 1 mc 15 was guarasa uy twu g uusuj scuuiels. Harding did not investigate the acuracy of his dream. Shorfly afterward ' .twin brother of his joined him. This.- J rotber bad a dream corresponding i?~ ~ very particular with his brother's. The * wo then searched for the cave. They Oand the. fefeality just as they had seen it * n their dreams, and discovered the cop- 1 ?er kettle and the flat rock, but, remember- 4 ag tba^gpecters tbat guarded' the- treasure ( ieto&sffrlt, they did not viwpurodto disturb ' it Ttro'oe^t day Gregtjiy Sitting was ' ailed -by-a- tree he was?fellings and his fefcber- 'wffss tbrdwxr "Crom y itog^e and j ly?&r J Hed'wlth' ttein^ _ * " ! "In 1830 ^"JlJ^odi^* minister-named J rfth trwomwr^rt^had a glass, by-lookiug . ntorwbicb shessidsbe coald-jsee the secret sawirwtfere tfe^waffure of*?fo- nrorddred ^ Jokers was-hiMett, and its enfct location. Fhey.went in-saarifc of-ft. Tire^-found the pot thewonMBrMiw io the cJassah d then , ihe-was sudiiepSy^ricken blind, r?id they vefe obligeftt^a^trn witbout^fepvering he cave. They-'ssoj^w-* for. ~tj$*toght at ; 'Q9.-nwittfnwp yt wrt v??. >--*j, ^O'ltvddJin-1 the-' vrtri,iy rektBd:?wh|it 7)&M. ocpwpe^-^gns" scm Silas lied the 1 i see the cave and teJoctttlon, tihrrh9: was the only: one who sould aee-iti-Hubro u?r-Nathan and himlelf stBCrtediiuacj/'day "te' searcTi for the save; neiired- the spot he belame. not-XHt^ifcfcd,. btttrd?rc?ged, and ihe^search wa^-nocess arily giveirvp again." \ Gotham StOre CSrrder Ctrtoaaa^Grlat at flntei (!&&&& New York Sport.] ?'I had afrteiid'come from Naw Mexico ecentiy. Ha {a"-2y;and ao mistake, and srok the wia?fc&$ferty to as queer a gam* oling transaetfett as probably ever took, place. A'-ywmg prmter aimed McKevitt ?rft there-bg8-a remarkable--capeeity for tjiriffag --words backward- and* teffing at jheebowmany letters-there are In them. Well, my" friend went'to him ana tried blm.: The trial was satisfactory, and then ijewent about looking for a-maq "to catch. Be struck-bim. He was-a Professor-of an Eastern College,' traveling with a party of students. My friehd" bet'the partj^who pooled their issues, -^iC^QOO^tfca^-llfcKevitt could* tell the number- or letters ip 'any word'on hearing it pronoun eed^sn'd then spell it backward before another mas could- spett it' in- the-'ustad''mannerv Both men were to writs* the words out. Any word in the English language was to be allowed. The profes'/or was to dictate the words;' 'Ifleomprel^nsibility,' cried the professor 'Nineteen ters,' said McKevitt, and he spelled" ^ backward, while his opponent gaze^r him wonderingly with his mouth oP?n? and forgot to write the word down. S? ** was through the list of twenty words to him, and the professor and the student3 left the place wiser as to the possibility89 of man, and each poorer by a cool the** sand. w A carious thing happened to a party at One time when we ran a bank in upper , Broadway. A cat cost us $50,()00. It was this way: One day a big black cat came-' into the "bank and no one cotdd drive him out. We had been losing a great deal before that and we at once began to retrieve our fallen fortunes. Then we- took-good care of the cBfrand: sooerfcad ?50,980 at our back. One-day* th? cat was stolen, and within two oightiwo lost every ceufcwe'] 1 ?* a wvu." i / / MOST COW-BOYS' FATE. THE DEATH OF A TYPICAL STOCKMAN. He Dlod with His Boots On?Some of the Dead Man's Proud Achievements Recalled by an Admirer.' [Grand Island (Neb.) Times.] The killing of J. J. Hamlin by his broth* er-in-law, Johnny Smith, not long since, near Valentine, ends the career of a re* markable man, and recalls a prediction the murdered man often made, that he "expected to die with his boots on," as that was the fate of most cow-boys, and also calls up some tragic incidents in the' unfortunate man's life. Physically, Hamlin was * He-was-nofr-atrove five feet four inches in height, yet his average weight was one hundred and -seventy pounds. He was ! jyjnmebicai, tpo^ iri his .'outlines, , thus fa^rtess,;Her seemed to feel .that pp. man could get away. With him in a fair encountA. ?./v4> UA T7~ rJ Wf j en uo wo3 uuw xj.C WULUU even take ^ deal of abuse from a man, especially If the man was in liquor. To illustrate this fact we need only to refer to two incidents in bis life. Once bo was decoyed into a rear room of a saloon in Sidney, where a bully pulled a revolver on him before he knew what was wanted of him in the room., r Quicker than a flash ho knocked the pistol out'of the bully's; hand with his uau ttiiu. av tac iumu time urew ms own ?un._. looking t!i& bully in the eye, he said; "You coward and bneak, youintended to kill me without giving me a chance for my life, dida'c you? Yoa see, I have you in my power, but I will give you your worthless life this time, but I give you due warning that the next tims you make a move toward ma of this kin i I will not' spare you." At this he. turned and left the towering, quaking bully in the room. At .another time he was throwing dice with Buffalo Bill in Dave Perry's saloon in North Platte, w;hen sonw dispute arose be tween them, but whlc'i was decided by a referee in Hamlin'a favor. Hamlin said: "Let's take the beer and call it settled." The.^DPt^st6ppedto the bar and took beer. Wb^jh Buffalo Bill had drank his beer, instead-of setting theglasi-idown. he threw It aCBtetitln, jii^t -i^sihghis head by a quick'dodga el tKe'jh tended victim. At . Hie same. time. Bill threw the glass he 3pcaokli&;&%erupon Hamlin, but his BtancfcL. Httle. victim .vvas. roady for him, an^^mckor^u^taS^^jt9ll it, threw hisbfg-antogonjfet jn a' heap on the floor. and-,hald hiin.theie uatfl -others interfered Bkfid tbev-were sebarated.. When Bill had got up Dav<& f erry slipped around where tie szaa standing near the bar. and offered tifm a^b0^^knij^,-bu?^ffl ;was too much saw the pro* i^fehclow, cowfe^o asie'wAs, anli dar?cfli I'fdsitoland attempt to ^.w^a6ra^to do it. .JBo; thep tolcrTflH^^ !sio BUi'tikt.ha was surprised at his conS^^nd -cbtid see no excuse, for his 1 ihrowingftfie, glass... At. this Hamlin went ' xp^tc Bill, andJI^ng"3^fiiigor: almost on ' D:ii _ 1 L ' * J - uotii : 0 ?Ai. 1 u-^vu. ovci ma^c i^redklite th^cm me again I will kill ' foil too dead to skin." Bill knew Hamlin : nie^nt wh&tjbe siitfU an&was able_ to do it, 1 ipd never afterward gave him any cause tor r^ntment. 1 To, illustrate the buii-dog courage of Sazplin we need only to Tefer tp one or two ' ft^deirfs In_hl3 border life. On one occa* ' >i?n &e was .attack3d by a Mexican, in ' tfcCarty's saloon in Sidney, -who com- 1 ngnced cuttingat Hamlin . without any 1 jood {cause, and when Hamlin was not 1 iwaro of his vicious purpose. TTamHn l sprang backward and received, a scratch. !rom the sharp knife cf his assailant. The 1 Mexican followed up and continued strik* 1 ng with his knife. By the time he got up <o Hamlin the latter was ready for him, 1 md commenced cutting, too. Thus they ' coifed each other, cutting'and slashing : uu?T? rvthnr In ft manner to chill the blood ' jfthe most desperate. Finally, however, 1 Hamlin drove bis murderous antagonist io ward'the*door, out of the door and across the*street, where the Mexican fell, literally nit to pieces. Hamlin received several bad ' nitst but paid no attention to them, and. 1 was around the next day as if nothing had happened. Another time he pursued three horse- ' thieves into the canyons south'of Sidney. Eere the "rustlers" took refuge behind < rocks and dirt and defied their pursuer. 1 stayed with them all day and all night, and the next day he got a shot at the head of one of the thieves and Jailed him. He continued to "camp on their brail" until another one made an attempt to go down to the bottom of the canyon for water, when he got another shot, this time wounding his man in the shoulder. At this the other thief made a break and tried to escape, when he, too,was brought down. Hamlin went up and put all three of the men on their horses, strapped them on, and with fifteen head of stolen horses which he recaptured, took the whole outfit back to Sidney. During all this time he was without food, and bad only a little surface water to drink. This shows something of the bravery and persistence of the man. He became addicted to drink during the last two years more than ever before, and his latter and more frequent trouble, and finally"his^death, may Jbe attributed to strong drink. When sober he was kind ana generous W & iaui^ auu luuao wuv knew him years ago, when he drank but little,-can hardly realize the truthfulness of the charge that the trouble between him and Smith. grew out of Hamlin's abusive conduct toward his wife; who was a sister of Mrs. Smith. Yet liquor has the power to transform the bravest man into woman* beaters, and to make the most generous and manly heart craven and beastly. A Mad Engineer. [PariJSpecial tothe London Dai. ^olograph.] A startling event happened & u early hour this morning in conn cti;?u ?-,h the mail train from Brest, which :s du<> in Paris at 4:50 o'clock. While proceeding at loll speed the .passengers observed cue brakes to be put on with such su Idouncss that tears were entertaiue 1 that a collision was Imminent, especially as the j-pot at which the train was drawn up was in utter darkness. Upon the guard reachm;the engine he found the stoker endeavoring to overpower the driver, who had evidently lost his reason. Atter blocking tln? line the guard joined the stoker, and s::c<voded In seeming the unfortunate man, l.u noluntU he nad offered a de-sp-rare r distance. The locomotive was then put in; motion, the neare.-t sturion was r- a-ied without further misadv. n u:v, and ;ht driver was placed in en r?? y. 'I e tnii.ultimately arrived in J'ars a ?*r >.v hours' delay. Gets a Span Mug. \ [Merlden (Conn.) Special.] Edward Baribeault Is about seventeen /ears old, bat is small for his age. He raij away with Emma Keefe, who ia fifteen years old, "Saturday, and the pair were married in Hartford. On their return home in the evening Edward took his bridi straight to the residence of hismothe^and' Bought her blessing.' He got instead a vigorous cuffing and was sent Mstraight<io .r.yfvyuit #Ka" snbseauentlv rfr" lented ancKh* coopla werfr made taygy? I ATTHEBOMEOPi)UEES VfStT TO A DISRUPTED HOUSEHOLtb What the Father of the Tletim of YOOTJ? Jfutt Has to Say of His bead Sje?* Son?His Mother and Slst^fff * EmntJnnl / . ? [Pniontown (Pa.) Cor. Pittsburgh CommeicW| Gazette.] ' | Early this morning 70m- correspondent ! drove up to th^faouse where AsburyStro* ble lives. The 'day was cold and stormy^ and the ^ hrouse looked indescribably dreary, ^de^pite its size and substantialappearing; smrroundirigs.' M Yes/*'?ai$t | Miss Stable, -as she opened the door in re bu but) uutuuer 01 uie juiucjuuy ""yes* Hr. S^rfltiBSatta^at home.' Walk' in.* i Through thehallN^pd into^-Jorge^ *com?t ? I fortable room and tb<? sought-for Asbcxy | I Struhle was found. He was si^ng ; TK^ was a loot of pafient resignation [ onhis face, bat he looked like a znan-w?o would carry bis burden to the end and make no moan; Worldly comfort was Indicated by everything about him, wealth by many trifles too light to mention "but yet stroiig to speak. With him in the room j sat his wife?the mother of Dnkes?his son j George, his daughter, and a boy adopted j Dy the family. His greeting was courteous ?be was always that?but -he did not relish' the errand upon which the- visltof came. For a moment after the question was put a dead and painful c^Isnce followed. Sb? body spoke, nobody moved, but every eye was turned on the old man at the fireside* He sat gazing into the bed of glcwins A/NoU 4-1... ? U.*-1 J J wtuo) uwu laueu ms imuas oaaausvereu; | "Every thing has been done legally; I ! have nothing to say." * "Do you think the verdict just?' "I really prefer to say nothing more about it; it is over now." He spoke with a firmness and dignity that forbade farther questioning. The si* lence that had prevailed after the first question came back again, and the little group in the room had not a member but that was dumb. Again the old man at the fireside was the first to speak: ."It is not Mrs. Nufct alone who has suf- 1 fered?innocently suffered?through these ' tragedies. There have been hearts as heavy under this roof as in any house in Fayette County. No one feels more deeply for Mrs.'Nutt than I do, but to me and mine as well, the trial has been hard and the cross heavy. Look at it as you ' has been very sad. But with it all, the \ world knows only one side. 1 feel confident that history will vindicate Lymaa ' Dukes; I don't expect his fame to be 1 aleared in our time. Had I been ftt tha trial I could have aided Mr. Patterson and brought out testimony that was not heard Df.- My illness prevented this,'and-1 su]> pose it is for the best. Lawyers are privileged by the force of custom, bat they MK t)v> rmiftiLHbsrty at times. I think BT will applylH^ggfrg Voorhees; ho ?d himself great discreditTB" raisaid. I believe that had Clark s Murder,' instead of waiting until - '> uncle called for Eim, both men would hav? been alive to-day. Mr. Breckenridge did ' not think it was. his uncle calling him. Captain Natt was a good business man, 4 but like his son he had an uncontrollable p ?mper." " Mr. Struble paused. What he had said 1 was spoken in a low tone, the words fall* 1 ing slowly, and the lines about his mouth * ;omin; out distinctly as the lips closed at the end of the sentences. All this timt j* there had been no interruption. Wift^ ^ laughter and son sac with their eyes on bhe husband and father, listening intently* g Ee gazed into the fire musingly, and then, A* 1_1 - U sb mougn some power was compelling aim to speak, he continued: g " He was only four years of age, Dukes was, when he came to me. and I raised him C3 until manhood. His boyhood I know per# fectly, and I am familiar with his life un? ^ til he left us. In all these years he never quarreled, he never kept bad company, he y never drank. Ho was a gifted boy, and ^ had he lived would have made a mark a* " high as the promise of his early days ha4 ? led me to expect Come with me. I want w to show you a picture I have." ^ Leading the way across the wide hall, never seen except in the old-fashioned houses built by men of wealth years ago, to a handsomely -furnished parlor, Mr. Struble stopped before a center-table. A tinted photograph of Dukes stood there la a rustic frame. "There he is," said^the old man, picking up the photograph. "Doea he look like a fiend?" Holding the picture in his hand, he stood lost in meditation, his thoughts traveling back to the little fellow of four years whom he had taken to his home as a son, whose career at college and at the bar he had watched with interest and with pride; beside whom he had stood, never wavering in his support, in the Fayette County Courts; whose dead hod-ir ha had cazeri rmon in that blood stained room in the Jennings House; whom 1 he had followed to his last resting place ' in that graveyard on the hill, but a little * way distant. 1 * Without another word he turned and left * the room- In the sitting-room there weri 1 the same faces to be seen.' It was time to 1 bring the interview to a close. Mr*. ' Struble, up tq. this time a silent witness, 1 bowed her gray head and with the tears I tricklin&through her fingers sobbed: " I am a mother and I sympathize with Mrs. Nutt,_ ! who, too, has borne children. I do not know whether I have received a sympa* thetic thought from her or not." Hiss Struble was greatly moved by her mother's distress and- finally gave way to her emotions, weeping silently. As the outer door opened she said?in a manner a farewell?" I, too, sympathize with Mrs. Hutt, bat I also sympathiza with my mother." A CURIOUS STORY. The Fresco Decorating of the Capitol Dome at Washington Alleged to Embrace Counterfeit Presentments of tbe Heads of Noted Confederate Leaders. [Washington SpcciaL] A carious story concerning certain fresco decorations of the capital dome at Washington has recently been revived in a way that may create something of a sensation. Immediately after the war, when the painting in the interior of the rotunda was finished by Brindini, t! e Imiian artist, it was commonly said that the heads-of the figures in the group of tyrants being dispersed by tlie Goddess of Liberty were exact representations of certain leading characters of the Southern Confederacy, also that the goddess was an admirable portrait of a handsome Washington female with whom the artist maintained a close friendship and who for a long time passed as his wife. The truth of the story was vigorously denied at the time, but ever since then scores of people who have com3 to Washington ! and gazed up into the dome have ibcen startled by the wonderful similarity of the heads to those of certain Southern leaders. Brindini died a short time ago, and tlc.o a50 several persons in Washington who knew him intimately who-are- now willing j to admit that while the artist was txeeut- j ing the work, daring the war, be expressed j a determination to put in the facte* of Con- 1 federate chieftains to represent the tyrants, j i thus perpetuating their infamy as rebels ' against t ms wcernment Tne races bear a striking resemblance to those of Alexander EL Stephens, Robert & Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Judah P. Benjamin and Robert Toombs. The scene is a dramatic one. 1 The figures representing the five tyrant* j are emerging from a cloud and in the attitude of shrinking in terror from the Godj dess of Liberty, who, clad in ancient Greek j garb, is descending upon them, sword | in hand. A prominent lawyer in this ! city, and also a well-known newspa* per man, both of unquestioned veracity, ' are among those who claim that Brinrifnj acknowledged that, the faces were those of the five Confederate leaders named above. The woman whose figure was made to serve as the avenging goddess is sfcfll liv! ing in Washington. Though once fair lad willowy, she is now fat and fifty, and ' ' - v has little about her suggestive of the I ethereaL fofc&b3v tttcsbB^Bd B MSUtL&QP1*} z work of Brindini ?ad snhstitute"a~grcu^?? ?that will not be an vnpleesant reminder to tne section of the country. ABOUT BAC4UNH. The Chinese Town Which the French ArS Investing and Hope to Capture. * [Brooklyn Eagle.] Since 1870, or earlier, Bac-Ninh has been garrisoned by Chinese Imperialist troops, or, to be more accurate, by the Ewang* tung militia. These troops were sent by the Viceroy of Canton at the earnest entreaty of the Sling of Anrnm. The whole of Tonqain was then in danger of' falling into the hands of the Black and Yellow Flags, and it was only the Intervention of the Suzerain power which prevented such a catastrophe., Ten years ago there was a garrison of two hundred Chinamen in the jiwtaei ana toere nas never Deen anything to show that they have retained to^thdr ~^ own country. General Tehen, & Chinese warrior who has ~ made some name'for himself, was then the commander. A few weeks ago it was announced that this same General had gone to the Kwangtung-Ton? quki frontier. Probably he has since 4*de> serted" across the border line. However that may be, it is as certain as anything can be in Tonquin that Bac-Ninh is held by the Hwang-ti's troops. As a position Eaoftinh is not a dace which gives the Chinaman much chance. rhe fortress .is a quadrilateral, furnished ^ with bastions, and,'like all the others in ronqoin, is of the Vanban type. When last a European was there the few guns noun ted were honey-combed with age. Possibly there is' something more formida)le there now; bat in any case it does not nuch. matter, for the place is commanded >y some low hills from a quarter to half a uile distant. These eminences are per ecfcly devoid of vegetation and offer, there* **'V ore, no difficulties in getting the guns into >osition. It is in making their way to tbeeehQls hat the French will find the trouble.. Unike the majority of Eastern towns, Baofinh does not stand ona river, it is about wo miles from the Tai-Binh arm of the k>ng-koi delta and four from Do-ho, a - ^;^-?^^z^cbiCanaL From T^feout a yard W*~?? wona"^?____ t ."TVs L ma/l^J ~^V, way by the flod*? ^Jtopport ?T robably nowhereili^^^irt fp^ reight of field artillery, the Or set that it is In the' occupe^on^^-J^ ese, the town is of no importance^r^*? re not more than five or six banO* latched houses, arranged in a semicirctv utside the fosse of the citadel. . These ouses are, however, surrounded with high t amboo and cactus fences and are scattered \ bout regardless of order" in a tangle of am boo clumps and palm trees. It retreat ? /v? f 4-V> aha m?TT fkamfAM Ka e^ivuk > VUVVU VUV1V UM>; VUVlOM/iO LTV OVUIW WW erate fighting before the place is taken. ac-Ninh is now very strongly fortified ad will prove a hard not for the French to rack. It is very probable that tluTChinose arrison have been strongly reinforced rom over the border aud that dnring the ast six months the work of strengthening le.bastions and forts has gone on steadily. It is just possible that Bac-Ifinh will rove the Plevna of Tonqoin, and the at* jmpt to carry it is. therefore, watched rith keen interest both in the Far i Europe^ Sow a Drummer Wen His Bride. ?> [Omaha Republican.] Among the travelers who arrived on thd ' ' v ate train last night were a young man and yoman, who were on Sunday night made nan and wife. The groom is a traveling nan. Frank . Graham, who represents * Chicago house. His bride is a young lady >f nineteen, whoso home was at West Leb? mon, Ind. The Chicago man was visiting fee Hoosier town in a professional capac* ,cy wueu ne Uiew 1US ?uc mmm vuiivus arcumstances. He was on his way to . neet a customer of his house when ha leard an explosion in a dwelling along the road. He rushed in, and was just in time x) seize some bed-clothiagand smother the lames, which were consuming the cloth* ing of a young lady, the sole occupant of . She room- After putting out the fire, and saving the house from destruction, he fl ailed a physician, who did what he could to relieve the sufferings of the young lady. Graham was "struct," and instead oz leaving town the next day, as he had intend* ad, he remained until the lady he had so gallantly rescued was nearly recovered, >v when, as stated above, he married her, and ^ the two started West on a wedding tour. It was a carious fact that on the way to the city a telegram overtook them ' pouncing that the bride's uncle had left her N torty thousand dollars. A VENTRILOQUISTS TRICK. How a Crowd of Citizens and a PoUoe* y!man Were Fooled at a Patrol Box. [Cincinnati Enquirer.] A funny incident occurred Saturday evening at Fifth and Race streets, where one of the new patrol boxes is located. A t i man possessed of the powers of a ventrilo quist threw his voice into the box, M made it appear that some one was calling for the patrol wagon to come at once, as a murder bad been committed near by. a crowd soon gathered about, and the vole* in the box was heard every few momenta urging the operator at headquarters tc hurry up the wagon. The crowd strained their eyes trying to catch the first glimps* of the wagon as it came dasfrfag down the ^ street. Finally Officer 3?ikd "Kennedy appeared on the scene. Being,told some on? had been killed and that there* was a maa in the box calling for the wagon, he pro duced his key and opened^ the box. BaJ me dox vriis empty, mo ?hlw w*. ?iu w citement soon leaked out, and the crowd separated with a good laugh. * ij BuHed Another. [Arkansaw Traveller.] J/c "I see," said' Mr. Tomlhwon, taming-?- - -*! from his newspaper and addressing Ids better two-thirds, "that old man Gntti* * has buried another wife." "What, youdont say.so? Why his ?AC^A WfrllM ne marry.again?" _ "He hasn't mayried agaia.1? , ? "TomlLison, are you a fojl?" "Presumably, my dear^lxtfc iutborst? ' Grettie b88 tagiq%3m3BSBq toan's wilt. He ia *a fejow?" ~ *