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1 ?. ' ' ' [ r " '' VOL. XLIII. WINNSBORO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1887. NO. 32. ii i in ii i-nirennnnTmnrrr i i ????...i... . .... un m ??????h1 ? .iuiiiiimi, n nm ~rab? mm? ???? i ROBERT E LEE I Federal oj> 9 j tue thirty Richmond R ?EN. L>OKl> WOLSELKY REVIEWS THE -^-ppomatto SK SOUTHERN LEADER'S XJFE. ox"y > Bgp pose 190,0< 5bL _ Grant. *' Tfie Scene Described When Acc?;itf(l a t ( ^ ^ Commission From the Mother oi I'resi- dents--A Comparison jtctwccH tliAn:cr- ; lean Soldier and England's Con<j?eri!is 0^"'^" Marlborough. Others, Will x- x- ,t , . ,v? ^ ,, peient men -Sew loRK, 3Iurcu 1.?Ox tne cables Xlil.s softn H printed in the New York papers the fol- however gc lowirg special cable from London to the crime :n tii World is the one which will attract most | a.^;l;rs ut cr tion to dut; I- j euce seems The leading article in Macmillans j too subserv Magazine lorjJarch is by General Lord j civil gov?.r 'Wolseley, on General Lee. Kefertncc ffn ^ut , . , , A , I those who: .is made in. a loot note to the recently ; t;, ,u matje published memoirs of General Leo by ! miist have General Long and Marcus Wiight, but iguorimt of in no sense a review of that worii. Gen- l'eul'-s t0 , T . - , ,, , great revol: erai Lee is given full credit xor the love ,,reat revoj, he had for the Union, and for the strug- mere leade gle he went through before finally taking 'parties carr the.decision to go with his own State. 1 General Wolseley describes how Lee ! ^ 'as accepted his commission as commander- edged now, in-chief of all the military forces of Vir- hope to wii ginia in a crowded convention of the dictator. 1 most eminent men of the State, and then had a Ml-. a rsaraliel between him and the have aecoi r great Marlborough: -General Lee's ?'ill, I am * presence commanded respect even from General L\ strangers by a calm, seli-posse^sed dig- owr ail the nity tlie like of which i have never seen J or two oni; in other men. Naturally of strong pas- ami that th< sions lie kept them under perfect control througJ by that iron and determined will oi Davis as Pj which his expression and lxis lace gave States. Lc evidence. As this tall and handsome soldiers or i soldier stood before his countrymen he l>avis \ was the picture of the ideal patriot, mund cms-i Unconscious and self-possessed*in his supposed tl strength, he indulged in no theatiicai Xlf, Wash: display" of feeling. There was i:i his have succee face and about him that placid resolve \ ?"hich tlieii which besuoke Great confidence in self, ! they submit [and which, in ins case, one knows not of a pontic: Iiow quickly communicated its magnetic de influence to others. He was then^ jus: Lord Yfo fiitv-four years oid, the age ol iltiri- >vas oppose* borough when he destroyed the French at the last,: srmy at Blenheim. In many ways and he had dra\ on many points these two great men the interior much resembled eaeh other, iioth were supplies, he of a dignified and commanding exterior, ened it. B eminently handsome, with a figure tali. Richmond i graceful and erect, while a muscular, dered. \Vh( square-built frame bespoke great ae t i \ ity 0f Lee's an of body. The charm oi manner which came, and t I have mentioned as very v, inning iu force of n Lee was possessed in the highest degree j nothing els: by Harlborough. Both, at the outset -q surrende: of their greut career of victory, were re- jnen remain warded as essentially national' command- ^rmsand th ers. Both had married young and were j to be. fcJui faithful husbands and devoted fathers. ; anguish of i Bk Both had in ail their campaigns the f0 the iiade sk same belief jh an ever-"watchful Prov;- corapiisli so dence, in whose help they trussed im- which he h Ht plicitly and for whose interposition they UIKj main, ^ proved at all times. They were giiteu terests of k] Wf with the same military instinct. _ the face, a chce same genius for war, the power, of fasei- sore place i' gjf nating those with whom they were asso- from the ki HV ciated, the spell which they east over ;here is no their soldiers who believed almost super- which eats : stitiously in their certainty of victor}. wiio has on Their contempt of danger and their d{u> a: ing courage constitute a paruiiei E?2t is: The artic. difficult to equal between any oiher two : sc estimate great men of modem times." ; "When ail ^ ' an cp.gamz?E. ! the secessio PL Reference is made as to liov.- General &? organized an army of 50,000 men in ' * 1.'e n Kr ? ,, , ,J , '. can review ^fcmontns, and as to now m anouier , .. , . - , , rebellion w: Htn ne had gained a great victory at , . ? Sm Run and: driven the Northern in- q Hpjrs back across the Potomac Jike -?*fr+ iar IB^ - , -. , , - , , in that stru His ot frigntenea sneep, ins army be- r.^arde(i ?f Wr supplied with ammunition., armv ^ ? , " Pores and clothing captured there. He ? tells the following story: f'iiome time afterward, when General Pope and lii.s *1' large invading army had been sent back -/nya ?Cfu^ livinsr across the Maryland border, i Kgk^ overheard this conversation between two |jp? "Confederate soidiers: 'Have yon heard b 01111 the news? General Lee has resigned.' ~~ T 'Good God,' y.as the reply; 'what for?' He has resigned because he says he can- j ^ not feed and supply his army any longer ^* Q2 now that his commissar)-, General Pope, 1 if -you ixa 1ms been removed.' 31r. Lincoln had. fuiiTv just then dismissed General Pope, re- > ?S~~U placing -him by: General JicUleibn." | ^ * INEFFICIENT SUBORDINATES. " | promptly g HT General W.olseley incidentally es- j jf^you ^ v'^ tuere'durin i^ull Bun, thsu ui6 Cojjieucr&tfcs cuu not v, follow up their victory there* as ukv Y~?t<.v L? should have done. A rapid and daring j?* <tU\ ' advance voald have given them poisession of Washington, their enemy s capi-1 . ^ Isi; Political considerations at Eicli- j H inond Vere allowed tp outweigh the very J, ? V evident military experience of reaping a j f ^ solid advantage from this their first great: 0j &00a 1 " ennr*?s?. This suggests the general criti- j 3 oism which follows: * 1 - r k i4What most strikes the regular soldier * ?o'. .n;.,; in these campaigns of General Lee is the j? inefficient maimer in which both he and - ? J .1 - ncn. j^is upponents vt-i'c cicen served oy tiieir -q .. , ^ Subordinate commander and how" badly . j>e u- ",f the staff and outpost work generally was T " performed on both sides. It is "most difficult to move, with any effective pre- *'s , cisiou, young armies constituted as titese { * T were during this war. The direction and movement of larse bodies oi newly! raised troops, even" vhen victorious, are : U:Jnever easy "and often impossible. Over ' f ,eeP and over again was the South apparently j ?f ^ls oa ^ within a stone's throw of independence,, j auc" UIJand it has been many times remarked' j >? when from want of a thoroughly good j staff to organize the pursuit, the oeca- jfIc AVi11* ? sion was lost, and the enemy allowed to j escape. Lee's combinations to secure (Fj victory were the conceptions of a truly "What \ great strategist, and when they had been ! returns to effected his tactics were also xnost always ! York mun ' 1 - 1 ---?- J fcpli vr.n \-.r e^erytnirg mul coiuci oe uesiteu ujj tv t ? ? ? i? the moment of victory. But there Lis w"^i cot g action seemed to stop" altogether. \Yas make iiis h r ever an army so helpless at the mercy of city, more ^ another as tiiat of -.IcCieiiac, -?vhen lie savings v%ii Rfe began his retreat to Harrison's landing, will purchj W after the seven days' fighting around ^ "*? em W Richmond? What commander could fasLi'ii r wish to have his foe in a tighter place ^ramercy than Burnside was in after his disastrous continue h attack upon Lee at Fredericksburg? Yet ~ot enjov 2 in berth instances tiie ->ortnern com- ? mander got safely away; and other similar instances could be mentioned. The 11 tovi critical military student of tin's -war. who ^ Allows the power which regular troops, -'Cfclly (it* > well officered and well directed by a :i -,;<t thoroughly efficient staff, placed in tha ^ould hands oi an able general unci who has 'ucrauv? acquire-..; iaiiciate and complete ilv<; onJ knowledge of what these two contemlins ^ "v7^c" i American armies were really like will, I ,je ^ade tl think, agree that from lirst to last the possibly n co-operation of even one army corps of porations, fmrr> t nc -BVYnM liftVA OTV<>T1 f?om- I <>f induSfe pieve victory to whichever side it fought common '. * " WILL - ?tT . . } 510,000 to at ANnr~A..t. _ will repeal Lord TVolseley says that Lee told him Secretary that he had only 3o,000 men in front oi" * JlcClclian at Antietam, with a few tired Tulkir. Reserves behind, while-dcClellan had an (liL. Vrin^i ^ army of 100,000 men. He states that Wallace ra Lte always .spoke well of McClellan, and to spe: Jkough he spoke bitterly of none of bis your best l ponents. In his reference to ox the c.vkkibean -live days' fighting around just before the surrender at 1 Tale ?r Mo,lern slave Tr x, Wolseley says: "Lee had i(j exhausted soldiers to oj> (Krom the Detroit J'ree l 'U fresh men under General I propose herewith to rela ry of :t crime committed for ing of the faults of General ago in the city of Jacksonvil >: "One of them was too ?* which I have had guilty I of wounding the feelings of ever since. Yv hen i first le ch lead him to leave incom- Fernambuco, Brazil, of wha . to fill important positions, ly heen done a few weeks be litr- I too vounc to fully Cump >od iu itself, may amount to gravity of the ailkir, though e man intrusted* with public experiencing a certain sense itical moments. Lee's devo- tion, and this has grown st y and great respect for obedi- the lapse of time, i have n< at time-* to have made him matter secret through anj ient to those charged with the shield the guilty parties, but nment of his country. He been able, nor am I now abh too literally the orders oi' how they might have been r 11 the Confederate cocstitu- punished. his superiors, although he At the close of the war, i +v>/.rv? r>n+,Vr.if those Confederates who had the science of war. He ap- log on princple admitted ti ve forgotten that he was the hud down their arms and : itionary chief, engaged in a *he peaceful walks of life, to itionary war; that he was no possible, the fortunes that r in a political struggle of wasted. But something lik ied on within, the lines of an pressibles spit upon thu amn jstabiished form of govern- them, and, heaping iruprec; '.'as very clear to many at the the destroyers of the in: will be commonly acknowl- slavery, left the country a that the South could only residents of Mexico. Proud 1 under the rule of a military a-<-l haughty as these men 1 G^ueral Washington had uever having filled a position Da .-is over him, could he a command, their success in nplished 'what he (lid? It I of the ALe-icans was but mdi lire, be news to many that short, their incomes conld nc ;e was given the command to eoval their expenses, and Confederate armies a month yes.rs fifty of the most unfoi y before the final collapse, returned, broken in spirits, 3 military policy of the South finances, to their native soil, iout the war dictated by Mr. On the morning of Ootobe rtsidenfc of the Confederate was sitting atop of the piling e had no power to reward of the wharf in Jacksonville, X) promote officers. It was ! book and pencil in hand, set vho selected the men to com- tbe dimensions of certain liv oiis and armies. Is it to be bers and planks as the scaler lat Cromwell, King William them and called out their ington or Napoleon could tents. Our vessel, the barke: ded in the revolutions v;itL -L^a, was uemg loaaeci wilii Barnes are identified, had bers for use ia bridge b\lldi ;ted to the will and authority -Panama railroad. ior an he an as Lee did to 31 r. Da.viti'" -he saiiors i lad been w<ltchi full-ricsed briar that had a> fEXSE OF KICEMOM>. ; 7 . ? iii i i - ,,1 . - . ,T f tiie broaci, black bosom ot th lseiey says t-ur.t "ucnera. i^e j and Tvas siowiy making her i 1 to the defense ot Hichmond wilhout tiie aid o? a tug> ana tuat uo\\as right, lor li every one of her patched an< ^General Grants army mto sot/0 catc3i the almost in -ur av?a3? from us base Oi freeze. Along toward evenii ; would nave greasy weak-, scl rca?jlied ^ ^harf and tic at it were vain to speculate. threc ^ haifl-featnied mer tell ana Lee s army mrcn- L ; k in haud ^ j shall ever iatnom tne depth sfa? c? out for tlie r8st ll0 :guish when the bitter end utte^ ord a black, c Then, beaten down by sheer j ?h seamed to commas umbers and by absolutely bri s le?t giviDg orders ,j Iff*? ?Dllfed to bis crew of three hands. V lt(; staiVnp "Hullo, Greaseri" called 01 ong with him la id down tneir tain who hail been etching ie: proud Confederacy peased proceediug; -whv didn't yo ely thecrusmng, maocteauig kg at the mouth" of the rh iwlai sorrow is only known <. ? > ;>' t, who has so failed to ac- L $'^re vabe ? me lofty, some noble aim for s;be,"eli? How wc a?, ^?g striven with might SqUare drink 0* whiskv strike ntn heart and soul m the in- ^ time Qf d mg or of country. Asmiung ^ sr! Me sabe whisky, rlul manner may conceal the jamn ? yr.ro f'lio e.vps nr.svililv pwn .. ^ 1 ?. i i : - i'-? j "ui course, iour Knowie lowledgeot Lis fnenus, but English language is not very heaheg fur such a wound thal's ecrtaiS; "Sui in the sm into the very heart oi ka that ba^ acqttirCa yc ^LIecr.1T e ' t have selected its brightest ge v AfH o-> the ladder arid take somei * closes witn tins entliusius- ^y^,. mav ,.ot be in all o- t.ie ^oniev-eiateceie-rain. Cqu;j 0f the common school the angty foeanp roused by ? in;nvIi;(jge of the Engli n are ouned with those which blJ ia the cas ?of this Mclic en the declaration ot mde- its 0?Cect v.-as such that vrfthii as wiaen; when Americans , ate joM om ia j tne history of their last great mallagea t0 convey the fae ith calm impiatality, i be: > Tessefhad ^ d&rtcni bj in admit that (Tenera! i_.ee [ i5 i._ t , geuuiiiueii wxiu mat a above an men on either side ?. a4. ,nA , ,...,. , ... ., that they had come to engage srgle. x believe lie "will be , \ , , ? c? , lu ll x negro laborers to worjy in a 1 )t only as the most prominent t ? f th , - tllg Citv is Confederacy, but as the j \v. +1 >r i i ? j. i v, hen the Mexican had retur ican oi the nineteenth centu- > r. , , , : . ^ "Tr : , . ; orig. and l had finished wit tatue is v?'eli worthy to stana [ 1aJ>' n?,vk,; . uedestal with that of Wash- ? - 25 i?g aiter suPper? Cal)tal : turned to mc ana said: . whose, memory is equady , ?Stewaid there*s sometLi] )0 ensnnned m the hearts of | abo;t thLs tMn? ? try men." j ; '\fhat tiling V" I asked. "~a> j "Why, this rotten little bri >o<i Kuiesto follow. dirty sails, its dirty crew, ant W-t and truthful. MdeiTCTOrk to do, do it cheer? J&ggggt * # - , ''Correct/, ' saidne. "If t ,oxaou Mend to ^ j0r fectorj hands ;>r0mi>tlv, .-and tees ?s ffil? stop at Xew Orleans-! '!:?xress' #***^fte? ? *"? a ^ , -es. ^ ^ u6"iiad by ilie eaigo. Or, * Sf* f . uusuies" L'e j they stop atPensacola? Wh g UuiiinefjS iiouisj. . come clear around here to 1 an get nch by sitting around j ,,;1, 0 1rtni1 riF Wire saloons. i v ? .vc to labor for a iiviug, re. an,a du4est of ?f 7-c~ atcuabo^tbeaor^gis ?f A '' J^raM#?s ^ two at night.. ? * ?*?' aediile trim toy business you! *,ak; * r 'i you matt; out oi it? to- u u-i jt , ,- "I make this out of it," sa osmess habit and reputation earnak LVOlte^r. I (4W. - * -- : urseif,. and *** ' va1r^, -10, ue nasn't. Those i' ?aurs vrii help ^ ^ye ^ to Tr}lon they e. I brig, but he was straight cj ?*>'. , , - . . .'me, thats sure."' be m toe great liasve ic gee; - ' . ,, , . ? j jScxt morning Captain iills pend time in idleness. j at :^e hotel, but the tlue i gone. "I used to knovv oi sav no. There is no neees-! men'before the war," said tl - ... i -i. .-i ^i v*as a bier T^lanter up n ?pmg li OUJ, UlU say it uriuiv j ? . ? -fully. " 1 Dania, just over the line, a think and act l'or yourself, j recognized him last night he it. ! he "was going back to get nor iers when von can. i slaves to go and work for him ?ad rather than behind time, j iu daJs tie ^aPl' sier to keep ahead than to j loaded and ready to sail, but : before we were to sail Captai -??? j attended a fandango, got int (L?\?lam) is n>so. j tion, was arrested and rele* tire to-Private Life in Albany I Personal parole to appear On or New York city. " jtne of arraignment ioi ram the Now York sun ) I ^ pleaded with the Iocj Twi,w. rin hp ftoset tlie trial for the ne: private life?" asked" one" New o!''another to-day. 4'I can ? saU ?m.d m&lst?a. u?cn ^ eeis?lv said tlie other "Ho ^eeiX Passea tcaiousl} e~.is~.ij, saiutne oaier. ne viKwn>*th TP-markr-vl th^r. hp o back to ihilialo, but will n,7: orne in Albany or New York : likely the latter, from his oa W- As it if* lie in the White House. He um iounu honor l?. st; ise a large, handsome house ? ' inently respectable, and not ^ve sickea the old rattxetra tr,,' , the Lrst nmht and been ) laoiepart of the city perhaps b= this^ ? Park. Mrs. Cleveland mil ? h J d . or social career m a manner ,, V, - * +1 * d by any wifo of an ex-Presi- , ^ charterers oi the .it *bZrW^ of Doiiv Madison. bng returned, accompame, ."eland will St up for himself t"?i J"""; I an excellent law office, in on uoard, a coupleot dray J -ill sv>end very lifc+le time and V1S102S v;0rC taken in' and 1 ffi? 7 . -n' i an hour the brie had cast i \?ry httle work, as he v-11 only I- > JL, X .minal place at the bar.' Ho ^ing down with the iurr >i expect very much o? a tide. oinmp oj leaning c i>nt What is he going ?th .?g gray r??e. Mrs 'i'hat is the ruu..oi the storv ^\ , i ^ oi, it ? -ii sight at last, and auout the s v.asaboutto coine. He will ,,B , > ,i , ? president of one or two, tore, large new business cor- !peu Q^ea 10 rVv to which his name, Ins habits ^I s* sorneta it and reputation for good ^ocrat tnc waolc tansiction. skse and strong will power . We had left Aspmwall no ? ' 1 - navinff discharged our loa<] 7 be wortii any wnere irom - , ~ . ,7 - -n Wo a vear. Ia short, lie ; on a little larger se-ile ;" ?*? oeisigiied uikiii .in oi mdes and horns, when tl .uunmugiius Deeii asked to do. ^ forctop caIle<I out: with friends the other day about ^ M^cuiate Mexioa ag up of children. Gen. Lew I" ,. vas ^ name the c: aid: "Train a boy to be brave } Paed t0 Tie ^clean brig til ik the truth, and vou have done J negroes at Jacdsonvi jy him." * ?hands were soon looking at ' sea. sails and Mack pennant of their old acquaintance, as she rapidiv approached Hum" t,xi>e- * - US. ''What in Sancho is that brig doing itcss.; ^ down here?" said Captain Eiisworth. te the histo- "There's something wrong, by hokey. irteen years Make signals for \or to heave to and le, I la., anu we'll speak her." knowledge jn },;jf iin kour the Mexican captain arned, near was in our skipper's cabin drinking clear t had actual- wliisky by the cupfuL At the end ofore, 1 was another hour he was lowered to his boar rchend the and both vessels resumed their course. I recollect "It's about as I expected," said Ellsof indigua- worth at the supper table. "Those chaps eadily with took the negroes to Brazil, lauded at St. >t kept the Cynthia, so the Mexican says, and be r desire to didn't dare refuse to obey tiieir orders. ^ have never "And what iiave they done with them?" to discern I asked. cached and "Either sold them into slavery and; pocketed the '"ash, or else they intend to n ail ]ieep "em themselves and become planbeen light- ters." ieir failure, returned to an intki:i;s'mng -ir." > rebuild, if liad L/cOB Possible Contingencies "Which -Vluy Arise :e 120 irre- Out oi island's Vote. c^-ty oh'ered There is a prospect that little Ehode. u}9n?. UP01J Island, that already has a numerical repSLitution Ox resentation in the ibeuate equal to that nil became 0? ^1C ]arge<,t State, may have an influ', ',m'*'eriou^ : ence oi tlie largest character in the next +f House of Representatives. In case there' ?^jier should be 110 choice for President ut the ine capital p0i]s jn tV;C election would be iierent. In thro,.vn into the House oi liepresenta)t be made i . ? i , - . lives, tut; \ <_>iw i>cjLuj\e.u u.y1 ulf ,1V ? each State having one vote, and the can1 ^uj ^ didate having a majoriry of all the votes nea t ana being selected. There was a contest over w , ,^70 T the election last fail in the second Rhode 1 island district which was settled by the a . |e ?6 House ordering a new election. That witn note- e]ec^on wiil be held April G, and on the rang iiowii choice then made may hang the next e oaK. tiin- x5residency. The majority of the States s measured jstwenty. lathe Fiftieth Congress if cubic coil- tjlc Vo^s ?or President is taken by States, Qtrne- ap e eac|1 voting according to the party ^ese^ tun- prefercnces 0f u majority of its delegaLng on u e the Republicans w hi have nineteen j >ui ur moie states and the Democrats will have tig a smaii scventec-n, classified as follows: jpcarea on liepubliean States?California, Col-1 t: kjv. 0racj0j Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, .Kansas, : iiaj u> e ^Litine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ne-j anu iaavuig hTVL^ Nevada, New Jersey, New York, I * ^ Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, iperccpu^ie Wisconsin. 2f> - V~ a Democratic States?Alabama, ArkanU dsas> Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, eac 1 wij i (^eorgja> Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryasnore anci -an(^ Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, ?ex wu ou. >s01th Carolina, .South Carolina, Tennes-1 urly-taircd ^ Texas, West Virginia. | v'3 New Hampshire is not included in n - exicun either of these tables, as its delegation is , ^ divided evenly, so that it would have no +\lU" u3"?" vote in the emergency contemplated. Ehode Inland is also omitted, for the! a iu?o l -e at it* dplivorjitinn is not vet i Cx anu be determined. It has two representatives in Congress. One of these is a Republi,, , can, and if the other, who is to be elected > a S00t| in April, shall be a Republican, the Re%ou auout -will then have the twenty yT , States nccessary to a majority, and , .?ie saue wouj,j so eieCt a Republican President. , , , If he shall be a Democrat, the delegao? 0 ;. e tion from Rhode Island would be a tie, extensive, a vote, and the Republicans; a?i amount j woui,j ti,er. },e ^elt with their fciueteen U,?ee/v l? States, or still one short of a majority;/ 31S. Coma ^vlr-TcTtic T>cTi:ocruts viouid bo no better ~mS' L , off than thev arc now. The result of the rcspec.s tne c.}ec;;0I1 in April will be awaited with m caicuuu- greaj-, interest, as the second district of blL laaoliaS? little Rhode island may have the disran captain potion of the next Presidency in its i.two hours as cabin ne i ,co . ts that his j see used a isoomekaxg. - 4.1. ~ I I CJJU liiiCC .sliOre, aild A Young "Wife Tests lier Husband's Love 3 a C2.r<T0 of and Becomes Sorry for It. ksbacco fac- * (*'rom the Mow York World.) of Mexico. Annie Pfaff, the young and pretty wife ned to ids of Saloonkeeper August Pfaff, of Xo. 198 ting up the Avenue A, wasn't quite sure that her n Ellsworth husband's love was ail her own, and in putting him to the test she passed ug all-iired through an experience which she entirely unexpected. Saturday evening Pfa.il' found her moaning piteously on the ig, with its s0-a> a"dd in answer to his questions she 1 - a1 rl>f>+. lia.vin?r ascertained that he .did 5 chartered no* love lier, she had swallowed a dose ( Ltemseives." ?* "l*ough on xiats." Instantly the hu j- ; dirty busi- band v,'as <^u hie knees beside her act! j ; . \ calling'heiv'pet names, and she was on j bey wanted f the point of telling him that .?!??' had why didn't been merely joking when ho dashed out the" French ?i the house,' and, meeting Policeman d, and can Schmidt, of the Fourteenth Precinct why didn't requested him to ring for an amb-.-'-y-,^ ' y iLid they as liis wife hud. poison and wj -s lacksonvill* "^"lllg. Alter the wlifsmau Lad 'sua; the laziest' moned .vu bulai.ee ho ivent' to the :odie.J An-j saloonkeepers apartments unu made a: be ' hired prisoner ot Airs, scion uu me cnarge 01 >e boarded, attempting suicide. ; What do ~ The ambulance surgeon looked down j iier throat, blapped her on the back and id I, "that walkud her up and down the liocr at the ' fou." rate of six miles an hour. Then she was ellows may taken down iLe stairs and placed in the bartered his ambulance, although" she protested that acu?"lr with she had not taken poison.: At l^dl&vue ' D " Hospital she screamed when she saw the doctor with the stomach pump, but she a r>1 o i couldn't help herself, and the doctor's e men nau ,. - , le of tho-e 011:1 L'e when not a te landlord *race oi poison was discharged from her ere' ill ,11a- <=!i. ' . ' nd when I ^he vs? fitggDft.-gstt anct she was going cmM cnirl ! borne with her delighted. husband when ~e of histoid Policeman Schmidt lnterposea. one in Mexico " Pr^oner *or attempting suicide, and 13 Leaf was ^ already reported the ease to "the evening captain he was compelled to arrest in E' 'swortS ^er? aUL* use ;he husband,- wlio hud given 0 an L'lterea- *L^e information, as complainant. >sed on 'his *^rs" in the sitting room e week from of the Filth street station house until " trial In Market Court was openea jesterillustrate ? * v- ,tTv~t1]p oefore Justice Oxieilly, and after she in's Anxiety a(* told her story she was discharged, is ' 'rights.s' ~ma ' *" away, and I V-.vf.r.; the PeueOck Feather. 1 wxsned he released Ihis lady says that she once warned saiu he, "I President Arthur not to keep it, as it iv and pay -was the most unlucky thing he could jail I could | have about the house, but he -laughed at p to pieces iier, ami said no was not superstitious, lalf way to Whan lie left the White House lie presented the bird to Mrs. John Davis, and r delay the the lady oi the legation called my attentle Mexican tion to the fact that Mrs. Davis had met i by some with many misfortunes since tor which idiately went the peacock was responsible. I had loads of pro- never heard oi this superstition before, n less than but upon ijiqiiiiy found that it was quite off and was prevalent in Europe, and the French ant and the .Minister toid me that tiiQ, ill lortunes oi ypress trees, the Empress Josephine wero attributed iminff from + *\ f ili-it cin^ i.ve-txeiv..Iv fnrid . sails; from of peacof*1-* leathers as ornaments and amc moment npaviy always wore thorn.?Washington L people liad Letter, teh the ear. ___ . ing singular '-Frailty, Thy .Vase U Woiiinn.' irly a week, [Hamlet. I of timber, That she is frail, often in body, ?rnarabucuo' " 'Tis true, 'tis true 'tis a pity, g in a cargo And pity tis, tis true. _ . ie lookout m . I).r- piurce's ." favorite PxuOgOm x tne best restorative tome lor pnysicul trailt] in women, or female weaknesses or derange ? ' menta. iiy druirgists. Price reduced t< rew had ap-1 onc dollar.' at iiati loaaeci ? . lie, and all j A post-master?'The superintendent o the patched ! telegraph poles. FACTS ABOUT THE CZAR. ?11 blc% over, and the scenes few montxis later on by the c< Paris;, as well as the repeate incidents in his stokmy life not ?.n z~? ^c.?^ ^is father made generally known. t.lc conspirators^ consideraiu; . the czarowuz s views ana hel( I xt T ^is sympathies for France, th """ *"" sympathies never wuouy u Father?He Favors the Strongest h??cl of still exist to-day. How 3 Govern,nent-His TV,fe the Idol of II,s ^ time had flight Home?A Devoted Husband. obviouslv shown whenAlexa j (From the New York Mail and Exp--3; after ti1~e assassination, of j "While the private and public life of ascended the throne. Th< every other European monarch has fre- Russia expected in Lis prock quentlv given the journalist's pen oeca- his people some promise, of h , * ties, and ii not a constitution mod to c ?-r a ream of paper, more or at kast an assurance from hin less, Alexander Alexandrowitch of Ens- nation at large, through its ; sia, has kept the modern hierophants, to tives, should have a voice in n ; whom every secret is known and who unmaking laws and in admini 4. j x ii x c rr finances of the immense em] | are initiated into the mystery ot life, neither in that document nor . .71 "U TIT"! 4. ,, r ^ jjicn/j wen iit uav. jiaa wcjji uiiu lisncu. mamiesto ox m.hj ?j., print about him, oft and on, lias tlie new Emperor say a word : uniformly been marred bv inaccuracies. Quite the contrary, he accen , . ,* m i. claims to autocratic power < J-Tlus is easny explained. ^ The preset broatUy and absolutely than Gzar is not readily approached, and since bad ever done. Loris Melmi his advent to the throne especially has former of a mild pattern, was i I- 'ie hedged about so thoroughly that the go-by likewise and Ignatie ' even the intrepid gatherer of nt-?i; has in his place. Schuwaloff foll< often lost scent before reaching him. ncw ft jg even Tolstoi, a man t Alexander III. saw the frosty sun of there can be nobody better <p the Neva first ilarch 10 (February -(3 by ^-sb every liberal aspiration tho Russian calendar), LSio, as the sec- everv sort of progress and p( j ond son of Alexander II., and was edu- ligbtenment. The present ! cated with his elder brother, the heir foreign policy is too well kno\ j presumptive, Nicolas, by two Years his comment, and the fact tha ! senior. The education of these two thought a trio of such m^n s j princes was put into the hands of Count j}e c?icrS} and Gourkko wort] I s?3oono5 out meir reai -goxiver- highest honors and oi his spei near' was x'rivy-Councilor Titow, re- dence, and that Kaulbars wlioi j called for the purpose from his post as article in this paper sufficient] Russian ambassador at the court of terizedj Las of kte Hkewise fc j btuttgart. In litow s piace_ State- ^ 1^ gVes and has even been Councilor von Grimm was appointed in to the grade of lieutenant-gene: IS58, when Alexander was 12 years of volumes age. From that time on the boy drank The family relations of Alex aaily deep from the fount of German have been uniformly pleasant, learning, as nearly all his tutors were jCvoted husband and a fond a professors of that nationality. Grimm, fatiier_ From his-union with however, in spite of his German name, _L>.me favo sprung four childi was an arch-Kussian by Heart, and the sons antl 0"ne daughter. T early influence of Iitow, a Muscovite of princess Xenia, is now neai tne old school to the linger tips, hau vears of , anJ irf a iovciy j*ink iuto the youthful princess soul ^irl, with blue eyes and fair 1 | Irrinim, twenty years ueiore, had guided rare goldeil tint; The eidest S0] i ^.G plication of the I'nnce Constantino was horn May 18, 1868, and J 2s lcolaie witch. militaiy training sturdy boy. George, the sec | was intrusted to an adjutant general^ re- born ^ 1S71> and Michael in 1 I siding in the winter palace, the religious empress is still a charming wc [ instruction to a learneu old pope, ana wears Ler fort ears wifcll i btate Secretary Baron Modest KorH, grdCy. Though not much of ? I author of several books on Russian his- when she %veddej the Bussian, tory, taught the high born twain all of fectcd herself since in order 1 Kussian statecraft, history and law they Ms taste foi. musie- Xiie EinD, rl^civ/Mic i j_ __ x * _c j. tl TI ever, is uui> iuua ui line jluu. April 24, ISGd, t j.6 ^deatn. of tlie q? ^lie melancholy, simple czarowitz intervened at Nice, and ^ Alex- l'olk-song^ of his country. Dag ander, then just attaining his majority, jQ ]n;m even to-dav, tvIich she was solemnly declared the heir to the please him. throne. In the following year, November 9, 1SGG, he wedded with much pomp ~33"??** the Danish lady who had been his late The Homestead Exemi-il. brother's iiancee, Princess Dagmar, ?:? King Christian IX. 's daughter. Baptized The Columbia Record agrees in the Greek orthodox faith, she received Herald in holding that somethi the names Marie Feodorowna in ex- be done with the homestead la' change for her former ones?3Iarie building up o): credit. In tail Sophie Frederika Dagmar. This prin- a lawyer from another State s< cess, as amiable and accomplished as she ago, he remarked that his S is beautiful, was born November 26th, had a homestead law, but it ws 1347, and was consequently her spouse's on fraud, and not an encourag junior by two years and eight months, dishonesty. Their law gave a The young consort of "he Kussian heir exemption from his honest del Vi"'"" Xi 'JiJLl iX 1/tiO iwrr? v/i twu til- Jiv.iiicr?t.v-rtw. ^ beautiful provinces, just swallowed up debts wore contracted, bat on by Prussia, was mourned with tears of trary prohibited him from sett impotent wrath, and where pious Wil- to his family more property th iiaui by the Spree hud been daily amount, and then trading upoi anathematized. What "wonder, then, appearance and reputation fo that the beautiful bride made her young and thereby defrauding the husband, then in the flush of enthusiasm In our State a man may give e so common to heir presumptives, a he Las to his wife, live like a ] sharer ia her mortal antipathy to the when men. ignorant of this : Hohenzollern dynasty? rarigement, demand payment The palpable effect of these uxorious debts, may defeat their chirr lessons was not long in coming. The ground that he has nothing.' ' prince within a few months was the ac- if he has neglected to do this t] knowledged head of the anti-Gerr.an <, lav still says he can keep $1,51 party at the court, at that tim,e and up to he pays a dollar on his most sa the iiour of Ale^^der iL's death divided gations. The fact i$ that we into the eld Jtiussian and the new lius-1 tirely misunderstood this law. sian or (ierman parties. In iicriin tney origin in me v, est, and was rc were well informed abont this, and Bis- ture of a bankrupt law. Men marck, together with his master, in- lo-t everything in the East f dulged in dire forebodings to what i went to'a Western State, took i would happen when Alexander II. should eminent "section,u cleared close his eves. The war of 1870-71 came wilderne^, built them a hi and the llames burst out afresh ^ith ye- iho enjoyment of this home i newed vigor. The C*ay and his immedi- protected from the opacity o I ate eftta^ia^e vers in rail sympathy with creditors* and this was right, i Germany at that time, and especial piims ] oCiiditions do not exist in Sou! were taken to emphasise- this of i * we ^r,ve nc nCcdof th _i: rru _ - . _ i 7 4 joau^r Alexander, on tiic ! now operates, ii a man meei I oilier. u^t} md a well-organized follow- [ tune, and gives up evervthii I ing of his own, whcss vympathies were creditors, ihey should forgive ; stro.ugiy Li another groove. The in- lie cannot pay. Lut when a : cyitdble result was that these sympathies tracts an honest debt, has the ; and antipathies frequently clashed and to pay it, and refuses t^ d^ ?>, j that snubs and the "cut direct" were moralizing and disgraceful for i dealt out very liberally and evenly dis- shidd him in his dishonesty.| tributed during the whole duration oi burg Herald. j the Franco-German conflict and for some ^ ^ ! time after to the representatives of Ger- v ? . . . .. I many as well as France. Personal en- - cv- for Kail | counters even and duels ensued and- An 0lHciai test o? fue stK1I | Alexander a busy me 01 appalatus, as applied by the 2 .it trymstoamv the outraged teebngs ^ st. Paul ma,fc kst of this ambassador and of the attache or ttat ^mpauy's short 1 secreoiry. which runs between ?i. Paul I Occasionally, iiowever, lie, too, ieit i nesp.0.03. xne novice consists I provoked, and on one notefcb o-caaon of the exhaust steam from the j the Emperor "was pui into a perfect rage the engine, carried through pi i by his sons Prussophobous pranks, it neatb. the engine and cars, v;:t was on the occasion of a court bail. This flexible coupling between each happened to be given the night when pipe connects in tlie centre of the telegraphic news of another disaster with radiating pipes on each 5 to French arms had j?st reached St. a branch under each seat. The Petersburg. The Emperor ghad been so inclined that water conder ! speaking of this to several of his inti- the steam escapes from the 1 { mates early in the evening and ir. toims the car. The test seemed to 1y. I of admiration at the wonderful achieve- satisfactory, the thermometer r I ments oi German valor. Soon after he SO degrees within the car, win j had entered the grand ballroom in tho it stood, 25 zero, with a pro^' winter palace, Prince Alexander canu- in pounds to tbo sr?-- inch'" likewise, fwst .iief.edweiy WknwS ??. lUt was'ditribatod by lus cat* of fnena? tw? priav - aad seen,cll t0 be deToia oi tl I tv'All thncA hHtHiu^ h.?~ . - I , . , . small w-r" ? ) naa piiiiiea wnicn is oruiuJiruj its j ?a'*ur* me lapels of their swal- coaches when heated by sto' xo<v-tails, these being diminutive repre- fireman of the engine declared sentatious of the French tri-culor. The test that he saw no perceptible whole set of ladies belonging to them in the amount of coal used, carried simultaneously bouquets to their test will be made soon on athi lovely little noses, which exhibited even with a greater number of cars. ! more glaringly the three colors making up the Gallic emblem. The demonstra- ' ,'"*7,,. , tion was w patent that it could not es- - 1 capo the imperial host and he was A caltel on a fricE1; wl conadembly angered. To take the edge, ^ m;rri;.d a fov an<, off this unpleasant incident, however prisea t., lind her in teari the Emperor walked orer to where the ?r themost nnbappv wile oftno German ambassador sa. anu, Aastil and jt k _u on ^"ol against las usual custom, danced a tour > or two of a quadrille with Lcr. The ;.^v; tasuua live caaomts, notning .banted -responded j 'a^sbm at home aU by leadmg toe spouse of the French am- H - . bassador to the mazy whirl, --.est the ] ; ? , ^ f ; I gentlemen of the German partr went honso ? ? out, ono by one, and returned witli (jer- ~ v , , wan colors?white, Waefc, red-iu their , "}<? .. .. Wf ** , fo? buttonholes, and their h<Ls in an hour f,nJ liaadia-ch or so had managed to obtain the eorre- oy^^ooing con-.-nlsiTel ! spending thing in doners. This, of i Sfe'" CS course, did not improve matters, and the \ =!>" ball for the rest of "the evening consisted | ~ A Li?> largely in couples of different political! ' " aSliiations sweeping past eacli other and i The Hawkinsviile (Ga..j glowering savagely. | vouches for the following: , A similar occurrence happened the j Imown citizen bought a logg-: r evening of the day when the Germans j tie and had it lolled and soup triumphantly entered Paris. That was ' for dinner. Xcxt morning > at the opera, but the emperor did not | turtle's head caught a chic.' 4-sk nn i-%i?f 1 ^tv? rvn ] vow! orwl \n>Q if. wi , .LUft?/?TOLL Ls_/ JL/J. J Jfcfcivt j tJii-.k " 0 i and unpleasant scenes are said to have j grip. The chicken was caug] f i b;-en qnite frequent just about that time . turtleV mouth was opened wi ! i>etween father and son. However, it and the chicken reloased. enacted a J armour s gigaxtic scheme. f ommune in ? , cl attempts Crush Out the Cotton See<l Oil Mo- A maid by niliiiis- nopoiy. Sat ec y * changed A Galveston special to the New York T*"r.,003 1 in check Times announces the arrival there of _ e ? ough those D. Armour and his party, on their ' \ Jove ied within Southern tourv and gives an interview 'ihat nueh of a with Armour with reference to a report i him was that lie and his associates were about to / 01 nder III., build throughout the South a do2,en or | He left: his father more large cotton seed oil mills. Mr. ** rasands in Armour freely corroborated this report, imation to and gave reasons for liis engaging in the "en irger liber- aew enterprise so widely different from A wee l outright, the business in which his fame and for- trail. 1 that the tune were acquired. y>'h:;t representa- -^r. Armour stated that the use oi' cot- thermor laking and torL seed oil in the manufactures of lard -p;.e r: steringthe and hog products had grown to such an \nrr )ire. But extent in late years that his establish- * _ , in the pub- ments alone consumed one-fifth of the , 1SS1, did total cotton oil crop of the United . +-i,,-o States. Hence cotton seed oil was an , *tn tlk>v/U.b UUiC, tuated his important item to his firm. The Ameri- aessen 11 iven more CiP Cotton Seed Oil Trust Company, a a 1 his father gigantic corporation, modeled somewhat Sc^ S(^$ :ovr, a re- after the Standard Oil Company, by a 011 3 soon given system of consolidation, had acquired The I appointed control of about all the cotton mills in o;va woi wed, and t'*e country and virtually monopolized ^ 50 P han whom tbe article, regulating its output and At GL laliiied to fixing its price upon purely arbitrary aQviI and retard grounds. Eecently, explained Mr. hammers >pukr en- Armour, the Trust Company became a L he I: linipcror's direct competitor of this firm by the Catholic i'n to need purchase of a large refinery and packing motioii f< t he has house of X. K. Fairbanks A: Co., and the De onl ls Tolstoi, establishment of Washington Butcher's de fool is iy of the *o:is. ''As sood," said Mr. Armour. Correct, ;ial conll- "as the Trust Company entered my field The v j ? ?-. t -y*s\c-fy-v -r>->olr^ c^nrlole tn a recent ?^ivuutgi, ?. iwui?tu w uuuv u^uuu y. eiiarac- myself independent of them in tlie mat- we see n< >und favor *er of cotton oil, and this couid only be There: promoted accomplished by erecting oil mills at in this c ra), speaks available points throughout the South." women v The new oil company will organize The w ander III. early uext week in Chicago. Armour shawl on He is a will be represented at the meeting by his to be gui nd dutiful j'1 -ior partners and associates. Capital Sleiirli the royal P-_ock of the company will be about commerc en?three 810,000,000, every dollar of which will all over t lie latter, represent actual property. \moni :ly twelve Jir. Armour was empnaac in ms aecia- au "Ovst amiable ration that no watering of stocks would n.ess, evei l'air, of a ke tolerated. He stated that his lirm -^yj10 j. 3, Nicolas, ^'ouid hold the controlling interest and ensv is a iine, that all the stockholders would be con- f0uj/' iond, was turners of the oil product; in fact, it is "Ti>\s i 878.' The the intention of the new company to sell ^ r >man and their oil to stockholders only. his oaken ease and Armour's associates in the gigantic un- " T p i musician dertaking comprise all the leading soap she per- manufacturers in the United States, in- VJ, "j :o gratify eluding J. S. Kirk & Co., of Chicago. J,. eror, how- Twelve of the largest cotton oil mills in 0 ian 'opera the world will be erected immediately, ^ airs and "nti equipped in time to grind tne seeu * . "aiar sin"s cf the growing cotton plant. b.eep.n wishes to As to the location of these great mills v- ncuc-\ ej Mr. Armour said that four cities had au^ *0ii c been determined upon, viz: Memphis, . ^ ~ Atlanta, New Orleans and Houston, fJie *\est> on. T?:cas. The other eight cities had been iale w?Ul selected, but some details must be per- A _ girl > with the fected before announcing their definite won} be tig should location. The Times' correspondent "has t0 crinkle w for tiie reason to believe that Texas will capture A^ corn :ing with three of the new mills, Arkansas two the best r ome time and Alabama and Mississippi one each. don't kn tate, too, 1 family. _ s a check wife Hunting in vtah. Tiie SCi ement to It is wc iuau iiv i jjeiiman drove into i- risco to-aay _>ts unless Und bought a ?100 wedding trousseau, (ilunei'u oforc the! ?0 to speak- The outfit "was really an ^'0I the con- elegant one, consisting of dress suit, kissiug s ing aside toothpick boots, derby hat and black d^t;3"thl an a fixed kids. With his gray hair cut close, bC;i^ _ i hbi own ciean shaven and starched, Ab resembled "vVi>-c r wealth, a college professor. To the obliging tmo, for ignorant. cierk who suggested silk socks and uu- t hoi very thing ?Crwear be rephed: tongue, lord, and '-Young ra&ja, I'vi married three gosh _ Statist! secret _ar- durned fu^e women, an' I didn't spark clergyma xui iione oi era a week. They're dead now, J ^ 3 qu the av> i?m goin' to marry 'nother one. i *"? ind eve-a don't know who it'll be, but the gal as A con ling, our ^ts me'll have to be qmcs bout it, oeen ^ 30 before ^ she'll have to tako s;e without no eycxjmt cred obli- frilled night shirt an'' fixiu's." =., have en- Auconipajiied'by "W, F. Fowler, the .It It lir.u its : sheen bonanzaito-, he started for ^ u-- * ' . the'na-1 more. by team in the morning, j ;, -? ^ wiio. had V^eio they intend to rustle for a wile .. . requestly | apiece among the school ma'am?,-? 1 * up a gov- Southern Utah Times. bright lit up the - "\Vc-il 1 ^6- 7T-T7 Luleitttl l-Jrae ab.,^,0.. Atop t> ^ A vuv.- Indjaa, accompanied by a 3Ir. lion, rece l?ut-iese c Dodge, appeared on the streets .Monday, hidy love id C-aroli- The' Indian was in full dress and was a to drown e law us it tine-looking fellow. A crowd gathered in The fei :s mis for- t;ie court house with Mr. IJodgo and the exhibitioi ig to his Indian to see what \i- urs. 31 r. Dodi'o overlookhini what explained lUat the Indian was one of the iy provid man con- tribe ox Caws living in the Indian Terri- "j>oes property torynear.the Texas border that this tribe ^ It is de- has dwindled in the past 17 yearn f?oni ooO wjie? the law to to 150; that the Te^aa drouth, of which so .lf. ' b i -Spartan- "uicii iias ucefc saw. mciuuea mis inue, and they were in a pitiable condition, and r ^ rftatthis Indian was traveling through the ;roul Eu States trying to collect something for the &? ro;;<i Cars, relief of his tribe. This Indian, he said, ^as outgi was a scout and guide for Gen. Carter, in A won: <i heating his war with the Cheyenarid had per- as patieni Milwaukee formed very val;v;abkj service in that ca- able to lo Thursday pacity. Tire Indian made a short talfc in draws a. ir.n t/a,n. f?s own language, which 31 r. Dodge in- light his unci "Min- '--preted, and a collection vra? taKen up. <-\0 s of the use Mr- I)ot'?e thcri *I? audience a talk l0 tho *li dome ol nuUhcm^i'^ ci?Sm!n? lbllt he L:ul prepared pes uader- s'^rtest asd best system ever in- { do not f. ? . rented, and attempted to form a class, but mr) u* patent f:;:lcd t0 ?et enoudi pupfis/Mr. l)od?e ^r c.u. lliis iiiid iliC' Indur. travel in their ovn convev- non"UP : cacu car They left Xewberry in the after- ? u-riside, v-itA nyoa< jr0in^ iu the direction o? Columbia. ? , pipes are " * Ltora Okrjer. and Sty t isr>H frnrsi - 5} CUIUS, C jotiom of 1 ? would be : periectlv * Froft Bafcor for March. egisteri i>" ie ?:ol\ Baker's prediction for March are ,'j: . - as fol'ov.-s: 1st, little cloud)'and ^-jr.d:* Mnce ^ e of six orjd rain and wind, cool: '^rd, rair, cold reputatic inside the wictl; jti1; little rainy, cold; 5th, little importat equitably, ci?udy, cool; 0th, fair and frosty, cold country, ie dryness .vind: Tib, fair, very cold: 3th and 9th, not been * ?> /lov lAMi little roinv 11th OL lllS 0 iiJ VL"V iilli, ilV0 4-J? . JLVVM; 1>VV>V ^ ? ? i*es. Tlie fair and mild; 12th, frost,, mild day: 10th. n?t lorn [ after the tiule rain and wind; 14th, little cloudy, factories idilferexice cold wind; Mih, fair and frosty: 10th, fair having ; Another and wanner; 17th, rain; 13ih, foggy Ijjtie iconics ough train rain and thunder, wind at evening; 19th, Vail, of heavy rain and thunder, foggy: 20th, heavy oa Wed rain and thunder, some hail and wind: 21st, engaged little cloudy, cold wind; 22nd, nearly fair, W est la wind; 23rd, fair, frost: 24th, nearly fair, making frost; 2-VJi, rainy, sleet; 20th, fair," cold: ported : io had only :27th, cold, cloud}*: 2Sth, rain and sleet: U was si L was sur- 2yth, rain, warmer: :30th, little rain, cool; chccsej: 01 st. cloudy and cold. $9,30i said to woman in tnt of mv ^ urther * (is-UIu;; Alter the Bachelor-. ;V{.j -P ? " *" J 2 {I s ior you Ati amendment to tlic woman suffrage .7., the time. bD; was introduced in the .New York Loir whos?'n home; he isiaiurr the other day, providing Iii::t on .;s r, ids to tiie tie 1st day of January, 1?!<S, uli In.t!'i;' bachelors attaining the age of ' )' ) years, fctmate wo- competent ! > provide lor a partner, yet :;i)ief to her staining from entering into the sacred* b^nds *, "that's? of matriinoay, sh;iil be subject to a forfeit- j , . ,e." Texas ure of one quarter of their annual income.. (*V-! which amount shall be collected by the v -;:i; _ State Comptroller and distributed equitabh ,'j y"-1^ among the widows and orphans of the 'lL'V.u, State. Sad to relate, this amendment was !).ulu,l.?; iVnominiousIy voted down! <twe!l- ? 1 ? "oW-Tirhea'.l tur- An Expensive Delay. toiii'nr i made of it ' the dead Is failing to provide the proper means "v * ken in the io expel from the system those disease ]-fc " th a death germs which cause scrofulr, indigestion, iit and the debility, rheumatism and sick headache. jt ith a knife The only reliable means is Dr. Barter's ft.jiow i , Iron Tonic. * ;rir! smi ** BRIC-A-BRAC. en coy. and tall, slim boy >oing on a stile; ; s lip wore a slight moustache, ;irl's lip wore a smile. thee," quoth the boy, and stroked faint and downy line; the siren softly sighed, lid dye it were it mine." that maiden like a flash, int/i tr\ tlm !e not with youth's moustache . sitting on a stile. Iding trip?Trending on the bride's is the favorite decoration of winter rioters? Furbelows. lan who commits suicide by hangof his own free will and a cord, 'oldest inhabitant" always means t he is apt to get rattled on facts, can apples arc in high favor for t London dinners. nan who thinks too much of himto "Washington, he will take rooms treet. ieer drinker would seem to be his st enemy in that he maltreats hirnersistently. isgow they are making a 165-ton two pieces), on which six steam> will strike. ite Matt Carpenter once said to a divine. "Pnr<??rnrv is simr>1v a ? ?o j ? r~j ? or a new trial. y difference 'twist de proud and* ; dis: De fool's got de mos' sense, old man. irtue which goes about seeking and temptations everywhere wliere )thing is more sickening than vice, is only one female trombone player cuntry. There are a great many rho do fluting, however. 'Oman who wears a ?900 India the tobaggan slide might be said Ity of rapid extravagance. dealers do not a rule employ ial travelers, still their runners are he country. ; oiacr xcceipis is one ior masing er Loaf." 2sow why should Idlea for an oyster, be encouraged? iiled the greatest number of cliick.mlet's uncle did "murder most is the way to make money fast," niser, as he nailed down the lid of i . chest. ioyie O'Reilly has written a poem I Lost Friend." "We infer that ned him $10. iw asserted that the human race is ears old. No 'wonder the hair is off nhe top of its head. g-car Conductor?You can. roll in you want to. Fat Man?Yes, >ut when I don't want io. idian idol has been discovered in says an exchange. An Indian d not be any curiosity. who habitually bangs her hair . Jt' very likely to get a husband's hair : and frizz and festoon. ;spondent writes to ask: "What is nethod for raising ralvosv" Wp 3\v?there are no dudes in our ^ ison of annual dinners is upon us. nderful hew many associations that live and thrive cn one good year. mecticut minister his denounced pmes at church sociables. Evie pa;son never has any luck hiniTulks," says the proverb; imd it is when a man is full o? liquor he d anything else, not even his cs show tkii the average life of a n is 07 years, and of a day laborer and yet Byron thought that whom love died young. lmercial travelers' society has anized, but, strangely enough, iinber is perfectly familiar with >efore he joins. ow fashionable to eat pie with a lis is because the crust of the. often so tough that it turns the ic kuife and spoils it. is a lake?" asked the teacher. A tie Irish boy raised his hand, like}', what is it?" "Sure it's a ie kittle, mum," airing sv.'uin, in a fit of dospera intly declared to his unrelenting that ii was his lirm determination himself, or perish in the attempt. iiale high hat at the theatre is an 3 of badwtaste that we could easily ?if the management would kinde us with a step ladder. hanging prevent murder? It is of history that cases are rare man is known to commit murder ig thoroughly hanged." ork iraported, two million cabbages zopc last year, which indicates Havana ciffar trade cf that citv own the capacity of Connecticut, lan may be perfectly angelic and i as pati&m can be, and still not be ok calmly on while her husband match along a picture frame to pipe. ir," said the worldly young man fe insurance agent; "I don't feel to have my life insured jOst yet. care to feel that I would be worth d than I am alive." A.ncicrson has made nearly $75,ng her London engagement. If is would oniy follow her example ip something for their futuie husiuring their: engagements, there : fewer matches broken oil. Cotton !Sce4 OU Products. Italy undertook to preserve the a of its olive oil by checking the ion of cotton seed juice from this the uses of cotton seed oil have clearly defined. But the quantity il manufactured has increased, and ; ago nearly ail of the cotton oil were combined in an organization ibout $40,000,000 capital. What of the product? Ex-President l.? T>?,1 uii; x xuuuw nesday, at a meeting of persons in llie chec.'ie trade, that in the rge quantities of it arc used in cheese, and that this cheese is exts a genuine product of the dairy. iowu that the exports of American ad fallen from si4.000.000 in 18-31 0,000 in 1S3G, and this decline was have been caused by adulteration, inquiry would dcubtless disclose that cotton seed oil is largely used nanufacture of lard. A complete it of the uses of a product for lanufaclure a capital of $40,000,000 cd would probably surprise a great arsons.?New York Times. Another Lift; Saved. i, two years ago a prominent citizen ago was told by his physicians that due. They said his system was so Led that there was nothing left to 1. lie made up his mind to try a ieparture." He got some of Dr. "Golden Medical Discovery" and iccording to directions. He began jyc at once. He kept up the treatr some months, and Is to-day a well !n;>"?v> mu 1/lOWVClJ' SKVCU il^> - -C ili folly to s:iy that love is blind. A 11 love is very (juiek to detect if bis le- at another chap. ?. >