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WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884. - . V RDi&ffCE Of WEDLOCK REMARKABLE MATRIMOfttAL UNKJte Sharldan Shook Ix>at Hte W!f? agjC y*a? m. p??t..?> w? Tied Btr-A Pleasant A2JEalr All Arooad. ) EK, Y. Cor. Detroit Post and Trfbzme.3 .x , The romantic attachment which found' Cjimax 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 j Circles, in [which they were well-known. , Br. A, M. Palmer is a gray-haired, ; pleasant-faced gentleman of about fifty fears of age, whom at first one might take for a parson, and Mrs. Shook is a buxom* ! fall-Mown lady of about forty-two. | Many years ago she was a superintendent *t the St, Nicholas Hotel, where Mr. Shook met and married her. Their lifa appears have been a very pleasant one- for A _4flJBd many years. Sho was then a band* ?' some and striking woman, foil of ritftHty, and whose beauty would attract notice j anywhere, Mr. Shook; after his marriage H to her, grew in fortune and prosperity un- : m in 1871 he took his former secretary,,A. | ft SL. Palmer, frnm th? ! Ii ,'Clinton Place, where the latter was ; librarian, and made him manager of the j I Colon Square Theater, which had been j I started, previous to that as a variety j I theater. I fljMr. Palmer, who is an educated and well j E frersed man, but at that time new to tha i BWhfctf world, failed in the first year of bis management. In the second, however, be began to lay the foundation of the great ! fame the Union Square theater afterward j achieved. j> About that time Mrs. Shook began to a> j gfiire a great taste for the theater. She not j only wrote a play entitled "Without Jk j Heart," but wanted to act in it, and on two | 0? three occasions did give afternoon pet* ; fcnnapces at the theater. How far Ma fehooi approved of these leanings on. her ! (?v UVCKT uub appear, out mo reis?on?i? fiveen the Shook and Palmer fam2?eaFfc?> cam* very intimate. \ Mrs. Palmer resided (or the most parfcte ?fezss,and after 1878 or 1S79 lived fcfcera _ continuously with her children. The resi? j flenco of Mr. Palmer and the Shookswas Bt. Stamford, Cooa., where they bad a pretty, house at a place locally called Stil> raters jost two miles north of the villager Shook, engaged by his political and targe bnsinessjinterests, seldom succeeded i In getting to Stamford. Mr. Palmer was a i tegular resident there, leaving the city J itjy afternoon on the four o'ciocfc train dor? , ? Ipg summer time, in winter the Shook* ! I and Mr. Palmer lived in Thirty-fourth i near Eighth avenue. i ? There seemed to be not & cloud ta dl> I ^BTbthe general harmony of the family ! fibec, nor, indeed, has there been since; i fet about 1879 or so disputes took place 1 fiatween Mr. and Mrs. Shook* apparently i ftgin?ing in the objections ihe wife bad !; Id lier husband's constant business ab? : i Sgacqs. The breach between them grew ; 1 ji&3& gradually, Mr. Palmer, acting bIm 1 &S$s as a medium between them? ?od j oro vine a *riemA zb doul. ~~ ic culminated I graflvf in Mrs. Shook sains her hasband j _ Xordivorce. fc $here was no opposition on the part of j L- 3fr. Shoot, possibly because he felt that j ~ * business and* political engagements | fcrtcticaliy prohibited him from being ; Bmc&ofra family man, and Mrs. Shook ' 35pt he? dh<rce without any contest* It i ieecjs to haye-eeumw a qcsstion about 1 Ibafr time-with Mr. Palmer, who was al- j ready the partner of Mr. Shook, whether j he should continue to be her sincere j fr&nd* t Then for a time Mr. Shook separated his business interests from Mr. Palmer, but resumed them azain in about a year/ For lb? past two years, that is to say up to the time 2fir. Palmer finally resigned the reins Df management of tho Union Square Theater some months ago, he had rooms at the earner of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth ftreet. Since thattime he has resided at Stamford, Conn. L -JQast spring it was rumored that Mrs. Falmdr, tiring in Paris, was about to begin divorce proceedings against her husband. Ibis statement was-sttennouslyfclenied both by Mr. Palmer and ex-Judge Dittenhoeffer, f?ho was counsel to Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Shooka* well. It new appears for the first j Kme that Mrs. Palmer really did get k dijrorce from Mr. Palmer, though the wfaol?' '' affair was managed quietly, without any publicity whatever. . It is believed by those who are supposed* - "to know best that the decree of divorce be1 Mrs. Palmer, who has the custody iaMhfrghiHr?i>, and A. M. Palmer, who has.. continuously resided here, took place very ; recently. At any- rate both Mr. Palmer ' andMrs-Shook evidently came to the conclusion that both being free they could do Dotting better-than to marry each otter, tfhich they did at the beginning of the month in Stamford, the officiating clergyman being Rev. A. Eo Palmer, pastor of U? FirstBaptist Church of Farmington, *ad the lather of the groom. Sfo- doabt, uoder the circumstances, it una. Kxr *11 W*a noi4ifto fA keep the romantic story a profound secret. The whole affair has been a genuine ro* pTftnrefrom thefirsi. Mr. Shoot and the p?s?nfcJtrs. Palmer have continued pleasrelations since the divorce. That is to say; whan the; happen to meetthey would always-pan the compliments of the day ' and iadulge in ptwwaDt conversation. Mr. Palmer has el-so always entertained his fidandly relations with Mr. Shook. 1 ?i*ee?PEO." tHKoomUiw District of Georgi?-TS>? I * SlcipMt JMadetta(Ga.) Special.] James McMIn was employed by revena* | officers to go into Gilmer County and lo? | cste illicit distilleries. McMin has ? i cousin named Lazarus Shadarick, who lives ! lour miles from EHijay. To his house Mo> | Min went*. carrying along a boy who was ' left at. the house of Shadwick, while he j went down the line ot the Marietta & \ North Georgia Railroad to cut cross*tiee, ; as he-said, bat in fact to locate illicit die* j tniAriea. A ffvw davs after McMin aD? I peared in the neighborhood ho reported ttt j officers, and the result was the seizure by > De$sSy-21arshal Gastonof three illicit di> taJteiies: and the.capture. of seven men. ! TKftaffeir created a -bjyscmation in Gil* : mar Cconi?. Sflsdwicx had two sons, j Jan^- and Sd, aged respectively thirteen j and^fteon years. As soon.as the work: of Sbiettrtt JftxKm began to ahosr itself su> i -pieicn was directed to .thc.two sons of | a& :^3?m was: living-las. little hut five j ;a3iio8-3,way. An old womsa, who sym* ! sternly- with the moonshiners, | - .^weiifcio-'the honse- o* Shadwick, aad stated ! Yt&Hfc. b?t two scaa had. reoorted the dis* < tillers^ asd-after abusing them for some 1 personswho would do such J r^jjNwgjrcaiM not baallowed tolive in that i neighborhood, and she would kill them i - first. On.Toesdayra week ago the two boys were . started off to a mill a mile and a half away, j They loft on-foot abou: iaylight, and were : tn ty?nrn afcdinaer tim*. Theyjdid i nSKjo so,however, bat no naeass'noss was felt, its it was supposed they had found the . mill Unable to.grind. and thev had to wait. mgnx came, and they failed to appear. Mr. and Mrs. Shadwick became unoasy, and began a search. Next day two sacks were seen on the roadside that were identified as the property of the boys, but the missing ones could be traced no farther. Excite ment ran high, anu a number of people turned out to look for the boys. The rivers and creeks in the neighborhood were dragged, and every effort made to unravel "?Q mystery. The di pressed mother firmly believes her boys have been murdered and sunk in Ellijay River. She is in a frenzy of grief, and continually asserts that her boys have been "drapped," which is the moonshiner word for put out of the way. After the revenue men had made their seizures they got McMin and his boy and safely escorted them out of the neigb borhood. At last accounts the country ? there was wellstirre dup. SHAVINC A MADMAN. Philadelphia Lawyer Xas an Exciting ! Experience with a Lunatic. [Philadelphia SpeclaL] uShav? my hands for me," said a rather j stout, middle-aged, poorly-dressed man to j Henry Somers, a journeyman barber who j thaves bankers and brokers at No. 40 South j Third street, this afternoon. The proprie- j tor of the shop, as well as the colored boot- j black were out at the time, and Somers ! was alone with what was evidently a lunn- I tic. "Villard has exploded," the man went i on, "Jay Gould has committed suicide, Bill Vanderbilt is frozen to death, and the I stock market is going to the demni^jon bow-wows." The fellow had commenced to wash his hands, had covered them with lather and presented them for shaving. In attempting to humor him the barber cut him rather severely across the knuckles, hereupon he grew profane and threatened to thrash him if it was repeated. On second thought he seemed inclined not' to permit an opportunity for repetition. He threw hinsielf back in the chair and demanded that hiv board be removed. Somers took the scissors aad began cutting it,when the man went ir.tolT rage and declared he never permitted scissors to touch his beard. 41 Use lather and ft ?-:.J U TUa?? 4-Uo4. a roiur, uo ?aiu. xuuc, fuac m usj tap. My name is Droxel; Tony Drexel. Don't you know ? " The barber declined to use the cup indicated and the fellow's excitement increased Springing from the chair he seized a razor and savagely attacked the j barber, who made an effort to escape. The madman headed him off and a lively chase around the shop began. Over went tables and chairs, and several times the barber carrowly escaped the fierce dashes made at him by his pursuer, FinaHy he found himself hemmed in a corner^ and then turned and grappled with his assailant. By a dexterous movement he twisted the razor from bis hands and sent it flying across the rocAn. At this juncture <$.t> lunatic, who eras out of breath from his exertions, but who was terribly excited, turued suddenly, shouting: "Look! it is the dovil!" made i dash for the door an J the next moment: je was running up Third street. URIAH AND SHE ARE SPEAKING. fen Tears of Dumbness and a Month's Absence Brine a Christian to His Senses. [Coalton (Pa.) Cor. of Trenton (N. J.) Timen.] On the night of December 12ch last Uriah Wales, a prominent citizen, disappear under circumstances so singular that an unusual sensation was created in the iridnity, and now one equally as great has oeen caused Dy ms reappearauue. an uau been for thirty years a class-leader and A* horter in the Free Methodist Church. His wife was" not a communicant, and she frequently ridiculed her husband's religious enthusiasm. Ten years ago he told her that he would never speak to her again until she saw the error of her ways and experienced religion. He stubbornly kept his word, and all communication between him and his wife was conductc.J_ through a son. Early in December last a revival: began1 in the Free Church. Mrs. Wales had long regretted the unfortunate position in which she and her husband stood toward one an other, and, as all other efforts to break bis stubborn will bad failed, she resolved to put an end to tbe matter herself by complying with the condition upon which their former relations might be resumed. She accordingly attended the revival meetings, aad-on the evening of December 22 it-was Joyfully announced in meeting ibat Mrs. "Wales was converted. Her husband then rose and said: u For ten long years I have been a widower, but now, thanlf-God! I have a wife again I" Mrs. Wales arose from her knees at the. ar&ar, ana sstounaea wib cuu^m^uiuu uj ssyicg, flnnly and earnestly: MI do sot believe that any man who is truly religious can deliberately" ignore his wife for tan years, and T ask for special prayers for my husband's conversion." She then turned toward her husband,who seemed paralyzed with astonishment, and said: "" , "Uriah, get down on your knees, be awakened to the error of your ways and ask forgiveness for your sins. I will lead : you to the Lord myself." "* As she walked toward him he turned and : WWllfc UUTIlCU:j UUb Ui. MIT7 UIU1U19 CUIU WfW not seen nor heard of afterward until lost San day night. ' ; Prayer-meeting was in progress at .the church, and the congregation was singing a hymn, when a man entered, and as he walked quickly down tha aisle and stopped at a pew where Mrs. Wales was sitting, all recognized Uriah Wales. The singing stopped. Before his wife could" recover from her astonishment be embraced her, at cue same time exclaiming : " The Lord has forgiven all, and I am ! now a true Christian." The pastor and congregation flocked to i the pew, and besieged the long-missing j brother, whom they had looked upon as ; dead, with inquiries a* to where be had ! been; but he returned no reply to them ex-1 cept: " I have been communing alone with ! the Lord." A SINCULAR ACCIDENT. How t ?{ro Woman Slid Down the Pole at an Engine-Houite. . tLouisviilo Post.] A colored woman named Anna Beard met with a very serious accident at the i Va' K AnmWIl/Uloa WAotiirrfflV ftften. jn. 1 V CU^iUVUVUOV J J The manner inwhich the .accident occui-ed : is rather a novel one, without precedent, and was the result of an idle cariosity, j The woman above-named is a large, portly ; negress, weighing upward of two hundred | pounds. For some considerable time she j has been doing small jobs at washing for j some of the members of the house, and fre-> - i quently when she would call for the! clothes she would see some of the boys ; slide down on tho pole. It looked like a . simple and harmless operation, requiring simply a little nerve and one leg half! twisted around the iron bar. It was great \ labor for the woman to descend the steps J with all her superfluous fl.>sh, and the slid- i ing operation was done with such ease and j grace by the men that she thought she ' would try it also, though wiih perhaps : less grace. At any ra e she resolved upon the experiment, and yesterday afternoon : when she called to collect the washing j she made the trial. The trap-door which j ooaas into thfi e&OCiPZ department was j open, ana tlie nremon were aTi sweatee! round the stove, some roading and others chatting of Louisville's early history. Suddenly the peace and quiet were broken ' by a distressing yell that proceeded from | the mouth of the trap-door, aud lookius: up I the bovs discovered the bodv of the old j washerwoman banking manfully to the j pole with her garments and one leg caught j in the trap and the others oscillating in j wild endeavors to find some substantial support. In spite of Lor dangerous predic| ftment the scone wa< so ridiculous that it j was impossible to repress an outburst of { laughter. Tho woman was so fat that she ! could barely sque. z t through the opening, i ! Some of the men rushed to tli-> second floor ! I to assist her, but ore they ar. ived she had j disengaged herself and slid down the pole, j i striking the floor beneath with such force j i that her right leg wa< badly sprained at 1 i the ankle and dislocated at the hip-joint. She was so badly injurod that she had to be carried to hur home across the street, ! where she has suffering greatly. She has concluded that she was never : made for a firoinan, and her work in the ; future will bo con&nod to sliding on the ' wash-board. MASQUERADING IN WOMAN'S GARB. ; Concealing: His Sox Under Petticoats Until ] Love Compels an Astonishing Revelation ? A Clergyman Compie tea the Work. [Winchester (Va.) SpeoiaL] One of the best known ladies of the j Shenandoah Valley, Va., has turned outto ; be a man. Miss Elizabeth Rebecca Payne, j daughter of the late Joseph Payne, seven j miles from Winchester, who has lived for j thirty-eight years as a lady, suddenly j avowed herself to be a man a few days ; since, and .startled James P.. RileyyClerk ! of the County Court here, by applying for j license to marry a Miss Hiuton, a woman who had resided in the Payne family as a | domestic. . The lady who fired the heart of Mr. j ruyuu witn sucn passion as to compel mm t^throw off the fcabit of a lifetime and declare^bis sex is prepossessing and fortyyears of age. The strange affaii has caused a most, decided sensation iii the Shenandoah Variay, and nothing else is ! talked about. Payee is said to have appeared in this world ff>" a female, and was brought up as such. one ever questioned his sex, and his \Own avowal of masculinity took away the, breath of the community. X Elizabeth Rebecca Payne w*s or.i of a family of five or six daughteri.Ee was brought up as a woman, and waskdmitted Into the best society in company with the other members of the family. He was always regarded as a somewhat masc&Jine girl, but no one ever suspected he was^a man. He was a most graceful and dash> ing equestrienne, and always challenged > general admiration, as he frequently rode into Winchester with his habit and soreswhat long hair trailing in the jiFind. He was one of the most widely-Ifnown ladies t in the valley. / In addition to good birth and inherited une rendered it nccessary for some one to put? shoulder to the wheel. His sisters were distinguished for their culture and j personal charms, aud several of them mar- | ried prominent gentlemen. Mr. Rebecca : Payne devoted himself to the management \ of a farm and. to the supervision of a ! store which he had established at "Rest," < where he also held the appointment of ' Post-mistress. He also dealt in cattle and ; horses, and became an expert in that way. All V?*a anfAmnooe ort/1 lift acquired considerable wealth. Determining to marry, he threw off his dresses and applied for a license from the ; Court at "Winchester. But the astonished ; Clerk, who, like everybody else, knew him j as a woman, declined to issue a license for j a woman to marry a woman, when Payne j proved his real sex by producing the cer-1 tificate of Dr. P. W. Maguire, of "Winchester. License was still refused, on th* around that Virginia law compelled a mas j to have given names which show his sea before he can act as a man before the law, Payne then determined to have his name changed at the March term of the Circuit Court. The affair is a nine-days' wonder in th? Shenandoah, and has created more excitement than any event which has dirturbeo the social circles" of" the State for a hah century. No explanation has been offered ; as to why he masqueraded so long as a ! wnman. Rnmor has it that Pavne and hii ! sweetheart went to West Virginia yester- i day and were married, but this lacks confirmation.*... One of the-Trl?U of Women in Cities. [New YorkCor. Boston Herald-] A venerable relative of mine, almost seventy years of ago, accompanied by a girl of seventeen, found herself on Broadway after dark afeiw nights ago, without a cent. She had lost her pocket-book, and neither she nor the young companion had money or acquaintance in that part of the city. They entered one of our largest restaurants and took a seat at a table, intending to send a note by iv district messenger to the house ofa Mend in - * ' - ' A Oni>Vr?q ^ . IQifK^UbU an cow. a n?4vw. *,ri,4VwV-w?, anatbe elderly lady was about to ask him toiurnish her' with paper and - pencil and ;hM&l a messenger, when he very-politely said to ber.'that she could-not remain in the saloon.' >uWhy not?** aIt is" against our roles, madam, so allow ladies- here after daifcw' In vain she protested; in vain a * ? -?^ ^~ *^u/v . laolf* in ttoin i sue S6UH JQ^r mi-U W vug uofltt) AU T??m i she explained the circumstances under which she was unexpectedly there; his orders, and those of the women- at the desk, were imperative, and they were turned upon the street. If they had accosted any one of the hundreds of men passing up the street, and had turned with a perfect stranger, with the worst possible intent, back to that restaurant, they would have been welcomed guests. Wh>* Because they would havo had a man with them. WToat a burlesque on civilization is this; what an outrage on decency it is; what a world of infamy it suggests; and yet I .warned that that is the rule, not only in ibis restaurant, which is one of the best 1 known, in the country, but in all the chief j restaurants in the city. No man's wife, ! SAnpfcter or sister can obtain assistance, j refreshment or rest fa a public bouse in j ihe city of New York after dark, unles3 ' die be attended by an escort of the mas- j inline persuasion. It is very difficult for j ladies to obtain accommodation in any of j wr hotels. ' ===== A Becjar on Horseback. [Rappahannock Call.] Christopher Jenkins, familiarly knows j as Kit, one of the best known and most original characters in this section, died at his home, near Sperryville, about tw? weeks ago. During the war he had several . sons killed in the army, and ever since h< has lived by private charity. At one timt he owned a very good horse, and would make periodical trips of thirty or forty infn snv>TTiin<r til sftKrft aii find always came borne loaded down witl provisions. On one occasion it is related that he left his horse at a livery-stable a] Culpepper and took the train (or Richmond, where he was very successful, and cam* ?ob39 with a-/.considerable amount ol , money. ADVICE TO MOTHEBS. SOME MORE ANTITHESES OF DON'T I A Newspaper Reporter, Oat of the Abandonee of His Experience, Formulates a system to ise louowea by Mothers. LN. Y. Mail 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 j ! breeds estrangement. ! Do reflect that a pert child is an abomi- j | nation; train your children to be respectful and to hold their tongues in tho presence ; j of their superiors. i Do, if the baby cries, warm its feet be- , fore you dose it. Do sing to tho little ones; tho memory of 'j & nursery song will cling to them through ; life. I Do attend to them yourst lf; a go-be- | tween betwixt mother and child is like a | middle-man in business who gets the i largest share of the profit-. I Do dress the children sensibly; cover up | taeir nmos in winter, aim sruay aeaitn > first and appearance second. Do show the children that you love them; j do not expect them to take it on trust.' 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 id always their father, and disrespect to him is a reflection upon yourself. i Do, as the boys crow up, make companions of them; theu they will not soek companionship elsewhere. Do let the children make a noi3e sometimes. Their happiness is as important as your nerves. Do respect their little secrots; if they have concealments, worrying them will . never make them tell, and time and patience will probably do thoir worlc. . ? Do allow them, as they stow older, to fc have opinions of their own; make them \ individuals and not mere echoes. * Do remember that without physical c health mental attainment is worthless? t let them lead free, happy lives, which will <3 strengthen both mind and body. Do bear in mind that you are largely r?- ^ sponsible for your child's inherited char acter, and have patience with faults and p failings. f Do talk hopefully to your children of 8 life and its possibilities; you have no right ^ to depress them because you have suffered, fc Do teach both boys and girls the actual ? facts of life as soon as they are old enough s iv onuersuiua mem, ana give inem ? t g sense of responsibility without saddening i< fcbem* i Do find out what their special tastesvard, -<] vsnd develop them, inste^ 01* spoinatiuotil iHU^rey and patience in forcing them w into studies that are ropugnant to them. tl Do teach them courtesy by example; tx yp> courteous to them. ir Do, as long as it is possible, kiss them good-night after they are in bed. They do 9 Vli '* - --J 1 ^l.._ ?1nnn ? ? Do, if you have lost a child, refllWFi^i ^ that-for the one that is gone theie is nc tj more to do; for those remaining, every- t] thing; hide your grief for their sakes. ^ Do make your boys and girls study phys- tl iology; when they are ill try and make c them understand why, how the complaint ^ arose, and the remedy as far as you know jj it. it Do impress **pon them from early infan* si cy that actions have results, and that they n aqn ria+ oooot-ua /v^ncnnttonr?nc attati hv hpinfl V?UUV. ..... ^ ? ? 0, sorry when they have acled wrongly. <j Do, as your daughters grow up, teach them at leas'" t':3 true merits of housekcep- ^ ing and cookery. They will thank you for si it in later life a great <|r.<tl more than for p accomplishments. <* Do try and sympathize with girlish u flights of fancy, even if they seem absurd c to you. By doing so you will retain your b influence over your daughters and not n teach them to seek sympathy elsewhere. c Do remember that, although they are all a your children, each ono has an individual b character, and that tastes and qualities e vary indefinitely. D.? cu tivate them sep- f arately, and not as if you were turning & them out by machinery. (j Do encourage them to take good walking p exercise. Young Iadio< in this country are ii rarely good walkers. They can dance all 4) night but are tired out if they walk a mife. -fl Girls ought to be able to walk as easily-as- k boys. Half the nerv us diseases which tip) fb flict young ladies would disappear ifthe* # habit of regular exercise was encouraged." ! a Do cultivate a liltlo imagination iu your children; when they are small encourage. ? them to enjoy fairy tales; as they grow.' -p older lead their tastes in the direction of & imaginative literature. Life in our century- ?c is too prosaic; give them a taste for rov mance whilo they are young. - 1 Do take them yourself, if you can, to s places of amusement; let. them associate s you with their^enjoyments: when they are * parents themselves the memory of it will t _nfluence them in their treatment of their J children. For their sates enjoy life wrtfc* them if possible; clcads will come sooa ^ enough. , '] jfc Do, if you say no, mean n#. Unless you- 9 have a good reason for changing a given c command, hold to it. ' S Do take an interest in your children's c pleasure; mother's participation is a great .c /InUcrht. - fit ~~~o?? Do remember that trifles' to yon are mountains to then; respect their feeling?. * Do keep up a hifefr standard of principles; your children will--be your keenest ~ judges in the future- Do bo-honest with them in small things as well as^tL great. T If you can not tell them what they wish to '"J know, say so rather than deceive them. Do reprove your children for tale-bear- ^ ing; a child taught to carry reports f/om ? the kitchen to the parlor is detestable. t Do send the youngsters to bed early: de-~ ^ cide upon the proper time, and adtare- -j to it ? Do remember that visitors praise the j children as much to please you as because" ~i they deserve it, and that their presence ir oftener than not an infliction. Sixty Year* with oat Eat log. [Grcencastle (In<L) Special] % John F. Jones, or "Uncle Jackey," as ' be was more familiarly eallod, died in this city yesterday, in tho eighty-fifth year of ' his age. He was widely known to th? ' traveling public of this and adjoining 1 States, having kept a hotel here and also ' at Columbus, Ind., during the greater part ?-i- ti?_ Tin ' Ui U1VU1C* f T UCU U WJt UV WfMin . mistake a decoction of lye, which caused g contraction of the gullet, and prevented 1 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 him- ! self for a greater part of the time, he had Dot eaten a mouthful of food, a statement - ! which his guests were not-disposed to ' credit without an explanation. Despite his affliction, -which was supplemented by a most acute attack of- hernia, he hadlan inexhaustible vein of humor in his compost tion, which found, vent in amadous' wAnt t/i cM thA - labia in a roar." His remains -wen tkken j , EogoLgmbtta, lad., for interment. j ' } , . I - { \ REMARKABLE -MttUNG LEGEND. 3ingnlar Find in tho Wilds of New York? The Fatality Attending Attempts at Exploration?A Probably Apocryphal Story. [Toronto (Ont.) MaiL] From time immemorial a strange fascination has attached to the pursuit of hidden sreasure. To this day persons are seeking for Captain Ktdd's buried gold. Once in a groat" while a valuable " Arid " rewards partient search. Recently near Danburgh, 3a., a small oak tree was blown down by ie storm. A man named John Frank saw something shining as he was passing, and examined the roots of the same. In the iolo left bv the tree he claims to have found almost a pock of jewels. The jewels were diamonds, rallies and pearls, and parties who have seen them say they are .< svorth fifteen or twenty thousand dollars^ ihe belief expressed by the few who hkve < gey of- fEe lot lost by Ihe 'C<m- ' federate Cabinet, as they were on that; : [dad when they were lost. It is supposed that the party that buried them, was killed ( ?6n after, and consequently they rwere , ' sever unearthed. 1 : As to the Steuboa affair, here is the 1 story, date-line and Ml, as it appears in an ' ?xcbange: J , ** Corning, N. Y., December 30.?a npmier of Philadelphiam are negotiating , for ;he purchase of a large tract of laud in.the 1 ?wn of Jasper, this county; somewhere on which legend has for time out of mind lo- J :ated a silver mine, which the parties hope- J ? find. On the tract is the "treasure: ?ve" of much local fam-j. Tho legend is { hat during the French and Indian War ^ rwo Quaker brothers by the name of Dick- ? nsoncame into the Couoct6n Valley to 1 rade with the Indians. They gained the 1 confidence of the Indians to such an eltent 1 hat the latter revealed to them the exist- s mce of a silver mine somewhere on * Seimett's Creek. The brothers bad in their >tc ploy an old servant who had come with ^ hem from Philadelphia. Tho Quakers j worked the silver mine, the ore of which * ras very poor, and hid tha treasure in a j ave known only to themselves, until such ime as they could convey it to Pbila- ^ lelphia. u. Near the close of the French and In- * lian war a stranger appeared at the cabin > it the Quakers, in th<> doepes* part of the ^ rilderness. Ho said he was a deserter rom the French a:iny, and begged for helter and food. This wa< gladly given 8 im. Tho flrjt night ho was iu the cabin 5 t? overheard the Quakers talking about C heir treasure, aftor they supposed he was. leeping, and learned that it was secreted 8 omewhere in the vicinity^ Ha . also earned from their cju/ersation^that tjieg Etoufod to-start^ tiMir^rvaat for _P^lSie || ould inform hirn us to the hiding-place of? * 10 treasure ia case anything should hapen to the brothers who were working the* "Tho diabolical thought outered the' -j. and of the stranger to murder the: "V ftnnjors"te tfco-u&orning, pursue and over*- rj ike the servant, munler him, and secui*.} ^ ae message revealing the place where the' ^ easure might be found. He carried out' 'j is plans, but, upon getting possession of vg le uic?sa^e, found tha* it was written in ipher. He was unable to find a key that fould solve the mystery, and, haunte 1 by is fruitless crime, he fled to France, tak- 5 lgthe cipher with him. For years h* 1 tudied it in vain, and finally died in a v lad-house. This is the legend the first. . 5 attlers in the region handed down to their ' ? esceudants. V ''In 1810 Gregory Harding settled in the -. jwn of Jasper. He had been there but a ^ tiort time when he dreamed that near his & o laco there was a cave, the opening of rhich was covered by a large fiat stone, ? pon which wa: a copper kettle. In the ave was stored enormous wealth in silver, at it was guarded by two ghostly senti- ^ els. Harding did not investigate tho ac racy of his dream. Shorfly afterward ? twin brother of his joined him. Thisrother had a dream corresponding it* very particular wui: his brother's. The ? wo then searched for the cave. Thoy * ?nnd thelftfeality just as they had seen it * jiranmo oni^ Hi<5<v>vered the cod* er kettle and the flat rock, but, remember- c ag the specters that guarded' tbetreasure c eaesthnt, they did not; vemtmroJto disturb ' L* Jbo next day Gregqiy- E*?Iing was ? illed by a tree he was felLiagyand bis tother- wis tbrowzrfrcta afcorse and * illed; T& secrrt af cavo?* locality 1 ied'wKh' ttem; r " In 1830 :;a^2?ethodist'mlcjster iiamed * Liison Creeneaa?<ilora theG?aesee yalley ^ rith a^oniaar-'wi3J?-;had a glass, by looking , atc/which sibesaidiihe coutd'See -the-secret . aye-'wbere tsKpferBiffu^e of*vso murddred fosters was-fclctdctt, and its eipctfct location, "hey/went in-searfch of-ii. They ?onad the V pot the womairsaw io the j?las?-an d then ^ he-was sudtje.piy^i icten Dima, %ta luey . cere obliged^Tetarn withoat^feeovering r he cave. Th^-KopfcW &r "^ijbight at he - reside ooe of "B&r; J-s^edM&r^evens, Fhb'Iivfid^vii^ifc^Vlioh^bey rested -what' ha-1 uccjsrre<? Sis 'sou Silas ^ ried the j?,*ia*4'cbu 11 see the cave and v t?3ocatr6nf was the only: one who g ould see it;;- 3S<bro a^r Nathan and him- ^ eH-started'1 xi^i/'day t'o search for the ^ ave, bat a*- they: tiefcred- the spot he besme nofr-oniy-.blind,. bat deranged, and j he-search way-nocessarjly giveirop again." j L Gotham SfiOi^^frder IMoedf'a{IHit of * [Intei New York Sport.] i ((I had a {^Mad -come from New- Mexico * ecently. SS^iaiSJ^and ii?'mistake, and * mo tka ti-inninrrv to as crneer a earn- c jfing transaction as probably- ever took. J ilaca. A-ywrngprinter named McKevitt ( rat-there-bas-a- remarkable-capacity for 1 ;pelling-words backward aad' telling at 1 >hcet?wmany lette'rs-thsW attfto them. 1 7* ell, my friend went to him and tried iim. The trial -was satisfactory, and then leVent abou t looking for a maq to catch. ' 3e struck Jiim. He was-a Professor of an j Sastera College,'traveiIng with a party of } itudeats. My friend" bet the party, who , jooled their issues,-$10,000that iffeKevitt ( ;ould' tell the number of* letters in any } ivord'on hearing it pronotmced/an'd then i spell it backward before another mart jould- spell it in the 'usual*-manner. Both men were to wrft? the words jut. Any word in the English la> juage was to be allowed. Hie professor ] was to dictate the words: ' 'IrflSompre&en- j libility,'cried the professor 'Nineteen let- ; ;ers,' said McKevitt, and he spelled* it , backward, while his opponent gaze<V at i aim wonderingly with his mouth open, ind forgot to write the word down. So it was through the list of twenty words pot X) him, and the professor and the students ! left tho place wiser as to the possibilities ' Df man, and each poorer by a cool the**- | land. -I M A enrious thing happened to a party at p jiie time when we ran a bank la upper , Broadway. A cat cost us 550,000. It was this way: One day a big black cat came--1 into the ~bsnk and no one coaid drive him ; out, "We had been losing a great deal be- 'i fore that and we at once began to retrieve ! our fallen fortunes* Then we took-good < care of the cat "and' soon had ?50,000 at our i back. One- day: the cat was stolen, and ? within two n&htawe lost every centwrH d won." [ I MOST COW-BOYS' FATE. THE DEATH OF A TYPICAL STOCKMAN, j He Dlod with Bis Boots Oil?Some of the Dead Han's Proud Achievements Recalled by an Admirer.' [Grand Island (Neb.) Times.] The killing of J. J. Hamlin by his broth. I er-in-law, Johnny Smith, not long since, near Valentine, ends the career of a re* markableman, 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 the1 unfortunate man's life. Physically, Hamiin was a biff little man, i1 Hewasif<5t*tfWW"nvo feet four inches-m ^ height, yet his average weight was one J hundred and seventy pounds. He was 1 * symmetrical, toci, in his ."outlines, thus j tearless. He seemed to feel. that no. man could get away with him in a fair encount- ( r, yet he was not quarrelsome. He would * Bven take a deal of abuse from a man, es- r pecially If the man. was in liquor. Ta illus- c trate this fact we need only to refer to two 1 incidents in his life. Once bo was decoyed 8 Into a rear room of a saloon in Sidney, 8 where a bully pulll*d a revolver on him be- ^ fore he knew what was wantod of him in t mc ivw/iii4 - uau uaau uc the pistol out'of the bully's hand with his i> lit ahdatthe sarno time drew his own c pm.. Looking tlia bully in the eye, he jaid; "You coward and sneak, you intend- Q 3d to kin me without giving me a chance * tor my life, didn'c you? Yoa see, I have v pou in my power, but I will give you your ^ worthless life this ti:ne, but I give you due c warning that the next timj you make a 110 ve toward ina of this kinl I will not ^ ipare you." At tais ne tunicaaua lei* tne lowering, quatiris: bully in the room. At .another time he was throwing dice a with Buffalo Bill in Dave Perry's saloon in forth Platte, when sonv; dispute arose beween them, hut whic'i was decided by a ^ efereein Hamlin'a favor. Hamlin said: Q 'Let's take the beer and call it settled." S [he pjiart^stepped to the bar and took beer. ? tVhjgA^uffalp Bill had drauk his beer, initead of getting tho Rlasi down he. threw t gt'^Hafnlln, JdsJ^i^ssihghis heaa by a [uick'dodge of thaihtended victim. At ^ he same time Bill threw the glass he ^ _L:^- iii _ i* is tt i A. > ,- V pra,ug lute a wgw;upoa liumiin, uu& ms * tanch little, victim was. roady for hi , b ind, j^mcicertS^n Htaii^iix tell it, threw 11 ils-bfe antagoni^t jn a' heap on the floor ^ ,nd halclhiin there until others interfered oiii they ^rere separated. When Bill had w 'gt up Baye Berry slipped around where terras standing near the bar and offered ^ im^,bom&-ldiife, .but' Bfll ,was too much ^ dunlin saw the pro- ** afttgMB agtea. oenouncQ&iE"'8S>%?ciOWt cow- b] rdlyattompt on the part.ftt Pert>^0 as_ oi assinato thru He told P*&Tythat p, arved to.be shot down like the dirty dofcL q, e Was, -and dared hiin to take the knite or l*-j fdstol and attempt to use it oh him. Per-1 jf was afraid to do it. He then told But- \ ^ alo Bill that he was surprised at his con- a< iicfc and he cbuJrd see no excuse for his * Growing the glass. At this Hamlin went pi ptoBW, andlayiug bis finger almost on | "<? |ill?s nose, -said: "BdU if - -yon ever make oj _hredk like that on ma again I will kill ** on too dead to skin.^ Bill knew Hamlin n icant what be safd and was able to do it, C nd never afterward gave bim any cause b' Drresentpaent. .. . ... to .To illustrate the bull-dog courage of lainlin we need only to refer tp one or two _w icldehts in his border life. On one occa- 111 was_attacked by a Mexican in 5C fcCarty's saloon in Sidney, who comfenced catting, at Hamlin without any th oodjcause, and when Hamlin was not & wars of his vicious purpose. Hamlin ^ prang backward and received a scratch E rom the sharp knife of his assailant. The ae lexican followed up and continued sfcrik- to ig with his knife. By the time he got np 5 Hamlin the latter was ready for him, w nd commenced cutting, too. Thus they 01 nifed 'each ' other, cutting 'and slashing f? In O maTincr t/v chill tlifl Mnrw? tl VVU,V|*WVA >U M ?v f'the most desperate. Finally, however, 9' [amlin drove his murderous antagonist m oward'the"door, out of the door and across tie*street, where the Mexican fell, literally & ut to pieces, Hamlin received several bad uta, but paid no' attention to them, and ta raa around the next day" as if nothing had appened. Another time he pursued three borse- b< bieves Into the canyons south of Sidney. to lere the "rustlers" took refuge behind ? ocks and dirt and defied their pursuer, ? n j j -it ft lamnn stayeu wun caem an uay auu an ? ight, and the next day he got a shot at cl he head of one of the thieves and killed ^ im. He continued to "camp on their 111 rail" until another one made an attempt H ogo down to the bottom of the canyon for 1 rater, when he got another shot, this time to rounding his man in the shoulder. At 1 bis the other thief made a break and tried i* o escape, when he, too,was brought down, hi iamlin went up and put all throe of the it aen on their horses, strapped them on, b aid with fifteen head of stolen horses st rhich he recaptured, took the whole outfit hi tack to Sidney. During all this time he ii 7as without food, and bad only a little w urface watar to drink. Thi* shows some- * hingof the bravery and persistence of tl he man. tl He became addicted to drink during the b ast two years more than ever before, and S lis latter and more frequent trouble, and b inally' his " death, may Jbe attributed to ti itrong drink. When sober he was kind a md generous to a fault, and those who v, mew him years ago, when he drank but k ittle, can hardly realize the truthfulness ti >f the charge that the trouble between him S ind Smith grew put of Hamlin's abusive <| induct toward his wife; who was a sister tj )f Mrs, Smith. Yet liquor has the power * ,o transform the bravest man into woman- d jeaters, and to make the most generous v ind manly h6art craven and beastly. b A Mad Engineer. Paris Special to the London Dav ^olpgraph.] A startling event happened * u early "> jour this morning in coun cti->u f,b the nail train from Brest, which is dm in Paris at 4:50 o'clock- While proceoJinj; at tall speed the passengers observed tha brakes to be put on with such su Ideuness ;hat fears were entertaiue i that a collision <3 teas imminent, especially as the >pot at j, cehich the train was drawn up was in utter iarkness. Upon the guard reachm; the 1 ' ' i.-t j ^ X 9ngine ne lounu iue slohoi wg w Dverpower the driver, who had evidently i lost his reason. Atter blocking tin* line j, thr guard joined the stoker, and s :ovoiled In securing the unfortunate man, l it not- * Until he bad offered a do-pra-e r s-st- * once. Tfee locomotive was then put in t motion, the seare.-t st:i:iou was r- a -ied s without further misadvn u:v, and iht t driver was placed in cu y. '! e tnii;. ultimately arrived in J ar s a <*r > v. 8 hours' delay. t t - a 1 Gets a Spanking. z V^vuu*/ Mywn??.j v Edward Baribeault is about seventeen ? ^ears old, bat is small for his age. He rax) s iway with Emma Keefe, who is fifteen i ye&T3 old, ^Saturday, and the pair were named in Hartford. On their return ? lome in the evening Edward took his brid? i straight to the residence of his mothwsand t sought her blessing.' He got Instead a -vog-' j arouj cuffing and wm sent -straign&'cg ? bed;^fcutthe old;lady subsequently ? j tented ancKhe coupl? were made happy, t tei. ATTMOMEOMiUKES ? VISIT TO A OISRUPTED HOUSEHOLCW i What the Father of the TlcUm otYomg i Nutt Has to Say or His Dead SfreJ* ' Son?His Mother and Slater's mouo^. > [Unlontown <Pa.) Cor. Pittsburgh Commfltolak GajfetteJ ; j t Early this momfog your correspondent drove up to the/fcouse where AsboryStrable lives. Tho^day was cold and stormy* md the feouse looked indescribably irearv, de^ite its size and substantialappearing^ surroundings. "Yes," sai? ku.i33 ^vyaDie, as sue opeaeu tue uuur ux ipons^tp the clatter of the knocker, "yes* BWSrar^flwt home. "Walk in." rhrough the hallNyid Portable room and tlfcj^fSght-for Asbcry Struble was found. He was sitting closa fettie fire-place, where a warm blaz&wen^ ' i^5-om ?"heaptag pile of red coals. There was a look of patient resignation | >n his face, bat he lookeid like a manwfro vould carry bis harden to the end and nake no moan. Worldly comfort was Indicted by ev< /ything about him, wealth by oany trifles too light to mention but yet trong to speak. "With him in the room * at his" wife?the mother of Bakes?his son j Jeorge, his daughter, and a boy adopted ; iy the family. His greeting was courteous : -he was always that?but - he did notrel- : g sh- the errand upon which the- visitor o ?ma. t For a moment after the question was put t . dead and painful silence followed* 2t K>dy spoke, nobody moved, but every eye o fas turned on the old man at the fireside, i le sat gazing into the bed of glowing I oals, then raised his hands and answered; tl Every thing has been done legally; I a ave nothing to say." ' gi "Do you think the verdict Just?1 si "I really prefer to say nothing mora tc bout it; it is over now." 01 . .e spore wnn a nrmness an<l dignity w aat forbade further questioning. The si- hi snce that had prevailed after the first w uestion came back again, and the little G roup in the room had not a member but Q1 lat was dumb. Again the old man at the s< reside was the first to speak: "It is not Mrs. Nutt alone who has suf- cz sred?innocently suffered?through these b3 agedies. There have been hearts as eavy under this roof as in any house in w ayette County. No one feels more deep- ^ r for Mrs.'Nutt than I do, but to me and w tine as well, the trial has been hard and le cross heavy. Look at it as you will^it I* as been very sad. But with it all, the m' orld knows onlv one side. 1 feel P< 3lit that history will vindicate Lyman bli ukes; I don't expect his fnma to to m eared in our time. Had I been at the by ial I could have aided Mr. Patterson rought out testimony that was not heard ^ ! My illness prevented this, and-1 en]> ^o: >se it is for the best. Lawyers are prir- P? sgcdjyjfcha^force of custom, but they Jiswill apply he ;d himself great discredit "m" txv " said. I believe that had Clark ^ lurder,' instead of waiting until ^ icle called for him, both men would hav# sen alive to-day. Mr. Breckenridge did ot think it was. his uncle calling him. ^ aptain Nutt was a good business man, at like his son he had an uncontrollable p 1 ? we mper." , Mr. Struble paused. What he had said ^ as spoken in a low tone, the words fall* | g slowly, ana tee lines aoout 1113 moats iminj oat distinctly as the lips closed at ie end of the sentences. All this tirad j*u ere had been no interruption. Wif?, . lughter and son sat with their eyes on ^ ie husband and father, listening intently. e gazed into the fire musingly, and then, . ( t though some power was compelling him 1 speak, he continued: " He was only four years of age, Dukes as, when he came to me, and I raised him ^ itil manhood. His boyhood I know per# ctly, and I am familiar with his life un? jrQ 1 he left us. In all these years he never larreled, he never kept bad company, he Jver drank. He was a gifted boy, and . id he lived would have made a mark as Z," igh as the promise of his early days had d me to expect. Come with me. I want i snow you a picture I nave." ^ Leading the way across the wide hall* aver seen except in the old-fashioned juses built by men of wealth years ago, > a handsomely-furnished parlor, Mr, fcruble stopped before a center-table. A nted photograph of Dukes stood there in W( rustic frame. "There he is," said - th? 1111 d man, picking up the photograph. "Doei m 3 look like a fiend?" Holding the picfc- Ct re in his hand, be stood Io?t in meditaon, his thoughts traveling back to the lit- an e fellow of four years whom he had taken *h > his home as a son, whose career at col- ^ ige and at the bar he had watched with lterest and with pride; beside whom he m" ad stood, never wavering in his support, t the Fayette County Courts; whose dead ro jdy he had gazed upon in that blood- 10 &ined room in the Jennings House; whom &a a had followed to his last resting place ^ . i S . . it _ t Jll L A- _ ?til? _ fll l tnat graveyard on tne nm, due a uitia w" ay distant. 83 Without another word he turned and left 08 le room. In the sitting-room there wert 60 le same faces to be seen.- It was time to ring the interview to a close. Mr#. truble, up tq. this time a silent witness, ed owed her gray head and with the tear* P3 icklin&through her fingers sobbed: "lam w' mother and I sympathize with Mrs. Nutt, ^ 'ho, too, has borne children. I do not ^ now whether I have received - sympaietic thought from her or not." Miss truble was greatly moved by her mother's istress and finally gave way to her emo ions, weeping silently. As the outer oor opened she said?in a manner a faro 11 rell?" I, too, sympathize with Mrs. Hutt, at I also sympathies with my mother*" A CURIOUS STORY. > . e^ AeFrecco Decorating: of the Capitol Dome at Washington Alleged to Embrace a Counterfeit Presentments of the Heads 4 of Noted Confederate Leaders, a LWashington SpcciaL] A curious story concerning certain fresco n iecorations of the capitol dome at Wash- f ngton has recently been revived in a way u hat may create something of a sensation. ^ mmediately after the war, when the paint- ^ ag in the interior of the rotunda was finshed by Brindiui, t! e I:.iiian artist, it was 0 onrtnonly sail that the heads of the figures s q the group of tyrants being dispersed by J hp Goddess of Liberty were exact repro- . entations of certain leading characters of L he Southern Confederacy, also that the ;oddess was an aduiirablo portrait oC a ^ tandsome Washington female with whom c he artist maintained a close friendship ! * jid who for a long time passed as his wife, i .Tie truth of the story was vigorously de- j tied at the time, but evor since then scores i if people who have com3 to Washington fr md gazed up into the dome have i>cen ix ;tartled by the wonderful similarity of the hi reads to those of certain Soutl>crn leadors. Brindini died a short time ago, and there w several persons in Washington who 1st mew Him intimately who are- now willing j xi admit that while the artist was execut- j ng the work, during the war, he expressed i v determination to put in tha facej of Con- ? ^derate chieftains to represent the tyrants, j {q iius perpetuating their infamy as rebel* ' against toe uovernment TBe races bear a striking resemblance to those of Alexander H. Stephens, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Judah F. Benjamin and Robert Toombs. The scene is a dramatic one. The figures representing the five tyrants are emerging from a cloud and in the atti tude of shrinking in terror from the Goddess of Liberty, who, clad in ancient Greek garb, is descending upon them, sword in hand. A prominent lawyer in this city, and also a well-known newspaper man, both of unquestioned veracity, are among those who claim that Brindini acknowledged that the faces were those of the five Confederate leaders named above. The woman whose figure was made to serve as tne avenging goaaess is sail living in Washington. Though once fair ind willowy, she is now fat and fifty, and ' * : 9; has little about her suggestive of the BthereaL. ~^S\piember of Congress said Sunday that index'a changed 9 iffairs- when the jage a new artist -ork of Brindini and suhstitote a gf3up~~~- ? hat will not be an snpleasant reminder to >110 section of the country. ABOUT BAC-H1NH. The Chinese Town Which, the French AM Investing and Hope to Capture. [Brooklyn Ea^le.] Since 1870, or earlier, Bac-Ninh hat been arrisoned by Chinese Imperialist troops, r, to be more accurate, by the Kwang* ting militia. These troops were sect by he Viceroy of Canton at the earnest enre aty of the King of Ann am. The whole f Tonquin was then in danger of' falling nto the hands of the Black and Yellow lags, and It was only the intervention of hie Suzerain power which prevented such catastrophe. _ Ten years ago there was a irrison of two hundred Chinamen in the tadel and there has never been anything > show that they have returned to^thair urn country. General Tehen, ft Chines* arrior who has'made some name for imself, was then the'commander. A lew eeks ago it was announced that this same eneral had gone to the Kwangtong-Ton* iin frontier. Probably he has since ude> irted" across the border line. However Lat may be, it is as certain as anything in be in Tonquin that Eac-NInh is held 7 the Hwang-ti's troops. As a position BaoNinh is not a place hich gives the Chinaman much chance. le fortress is a quadrilateral, furnished n ith bastions, and, like all the others in >nquin, is of the Vauban type. When st a European was there the few guns ounted were honey-combed with age. jssibly there is' something more fonnida9 there now; but in any case it does not ach matter, for the place is commanded some low "HiHq from & mnitar a le distant. These eminences ana per* :tly devoid of vegetation end offer, therere, no difficulties in getting the guns into sition. It is in making their way to these hills at the French will find the trouble. Un* :e the majority ol Eastern towns, Bacnh does not stand ona river. It is about -o miles from the Tai-Binh arm of the ng-koi delta aud four from Do-ho, a akment ,a yard ay by theflo&tj"1' M!11 Dbably ight of field artillery A that it is in the occupation^? >e, the town is of no importanoe^Mj ) not more than five or six hona^H itched houses, arranged in a semicircle^ side the fosse of the citadeL . These lses are, however, siirroanded with high 11 boo and cactus fences and are scattered W >ut regardless of order" in a tangle of nboo clumps and palm trees. If retreat mt off there may therefore be some dea ate fighting before the place is taken. c-Ninh is now very strongly fortified i will prove a hard nut for the French to ck. It is very probable that the?hinese Tison have been strongly reinforced m over the border and that dnring the >t six months the work of strengthening i. bastions and forts has gone on steadiIt is just possible that Bac-Ninh will >ve the Plevna of Tonquin, and the at* apt to carry it is, therefore, watched ;h keen interest both in the Far Europe. How a Drummer Wen Bis Bride. [Omaha Republican.] Among the travelers who arrived on the hn train last nieht were a vounz man and )man, who were on Sunday night mads in and wife. The groom is a traveling in, Frank . Graham, who represents a licago house. His bride is a young lady nineteen, whose home was at West Leb? on, In<L The Chicago man was visiting e Hoosier town in s professional capac* t when he met his wife under curious cumstances. He was on his way to set a customer of his house when he ard an explosion in a dwelling along the ad. He rushed in, and was just in time seize some bed-clothing and smother the ;mes, which were consuming the cloth* g of a young lady, the sole occupant of e room. After putting out the fire, and f j8 ving the house from destruction, he - ' fij lied a physician, who did what he could relieve the sufferings ox tne young i&ay, raham was "struck," and instead of leavg town the next day, as he had intend!, he remained until the lady he had so ilantly rescued was nearly recovered# ben, as stated above, he married her, and ^ e two started West on a wedding tour. was a curious fact that on the way to e city a telegram overtook them auiundng that the bride's uncle bad left her '--v. rty thousand dollars. A VENTRILOQUISTS TRICK. ow a Crowd of Citizens mad a Policeman Were Fooled at a Patrol Box. [Cincinnati Enquirer:] A funny incident occurred Saturday rening at Fifth and Race streets, where ie of the new patrol boxes is located. A s lan possessed of the powers of a ventrilo uist threw his voice into the box, and Lade it appear that some one was calling 3r the patrol wagon to come at once, as a lurder had been committed hear by. A ^ rowd soon gathered about, and the vo!c< i the box was heard every few momenta rging the operator at headquarters U urry up the wagon. The crowd strained leir eyes trying to catch the first glimpM f the wagon as it came dashing down tin fcreet. Finally Officer Hike "Kennedy av eared on the scene. Being.told some on? ad been killed and that there'was a maa a the box calling for the wagon, he pro .need bis key and opened , the box. BuJ he box was empty. The cause of 4be exitement soon leaked out, and the crowd eparated with a good laugh. v BoHed Another. [Arkansaw Traveller.] "I see," said' Mr. Tomlinson, turning -_/ f| om his newspaper and addressing bis itter two-thirds, "that old man Gretiie is buried another wife." "What, yon dbnt say go? Why his flnfc ife only died two weeks ago* Wbeffflid > marry, again?" "He hasn't majried again.'! , "Tomlinson, are you a"toolf "Presumably, my deary-bat f&J&i ttburst?' Grettle boar an's wile, He is