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Zj4 .. ; PIK N,S -- H RDV/ II uNE OF WEDDO1CK REMARIKABLE MATRIMONIAL UNION'. Row Sheridan Shook Lost is Wife and flow Pa1Mner, lils Partner, Mar ried 1er-A Pleasant Af fair Au Around. [N' . Oor. Detroit Post and Tribune.] The romantic attachment which found elJinax.. in the marriage .of Mr. 4. M. Palmer to the lady who, up to a year ago, was Mrs. Sheridan Shook, excited a great deal of interest in New York theatrical circles, in !which they were well-known. Mr. A. M. Palmer is a gray-haired, pleasant-faced gentleman of about fifty years of age, whom at first one might take for a parson, and Mrs. Shook is a buxom, full-blown lady of about forty-two. i Many years ago she was a superintendent at the $. Nicholas Hotel, where Mr. Shook met and married her. Their life appears to have been a very pleasant one for a - good many years. She was then a hand some and striking woman, full of vitality, and whose beauty would attract notice anywhere. Mr. Shook, after his marriage to her, grew in fortune and prosperity un til in 1871 he took his former secretary, A. M. Palmer, from the mercantile library, in Clinton Place, whore the latter was librarian, and made him manager of the Union Square Theater, which had been started previous to that as a variety theater. 1 IMr. Palmer, who is an educated and well versed man, but at that time new to the theatrical world, failed in the first year of his management. In the second, however, he began to lay the foundation of the great fame the Union Square theater afterward achieved. About that time Mrs. Shook began to ao quiro a great taste (or the theator. She not only;'wroto a play entitled "Without a Heart," but wanted to act in it, and on two or thre occasions did give afternoon per, formances at the theater. How far Mr. Shook approved of these leanings on her part does not appear, but the relations be. tween the Shook and Palmer families be. came very intimate. Mrs. Palmer resided for the most part in Paris, and after 1878 or 1879 lived there .continuously with her children. The resi. dence of Mr. Palmer and the Shooks wai at Stamford, Conn., where they had a pretty house at a place locally called Still. water, just two miles north of the village. Mr. Shook, engaged by his political and large business:interests, seldom succeeded in getting to Stamford. Mr. Palmer was a regular resident there, leaving the city ev ery aftgrnoon on the four o'clock train dur A ing st? Iner time. In winter the Shooks and Mr. Palmer lived in Thirty-fourth street, near Eighth avenue. There seemed to be not a cloud to dis turb the general harmony of the family then, nor, indeed, has there boon since; tit about 1879 or so disputes took place between Mr. and Mrs. Shook, apparently beginning in the objections the wife had to her husband's constant business ab. saces. The breach between them grow . gradually, Mr. Palmer, acting al op as a medium between them, and proving a friend to both. It culminated Onally in Mrs. Shook suing her husband for divorce. There was no opposition on the part of Mr. Shook, possibly because he felt that his business and political engagements practically prohibited him from being much of a fulnily man, and Mrs. Shook got her divorce without any cnntost, It seems to have become a question about that time with Mr. Palmer, who was al ready the partner of Mr. Shook, whether he should continue to be her sincere friend. Then for a time Mr. Shook separated his business interests from Mr. Palmer, but re sumed them again in about a year. For the past two years, that is to say up to the lime Mr. Palmer finally resigned the reins 4 of mazgagement of the Union Square Thea ter some months ago, he had rooms at the corner of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street. Since that time he has resided at Stamford, Conri L.ast spring it was rumored that Mrs. Palmor, living in Paris, was about to begin divosroe proceedings against her husband. Tis statsmont was synuouslydenied both -by Mr. Palmer and ex-Judge Dittenhooffer, who was coun JI to Mr. Palmer, andl Mr. A ~ Shook as well. 'It now appears for the first titr'i that Mrs. Palmer really did got a di vorce from Mr. Palmer, though the whole affair was managed quietly, without any pnblicity whatever. It is believed by those who are supposed to know best that the decree of divorce be tw'een Mrs. Palmer, who has the custody - of the children, and A. M. Palmer,, who has continuously residled here, took place very 4 recently. At any rate both Mr. Palmer and Mrs. Shook evidently came to the con. clusion that both being free they could do nothing better than to marry each other, which they did at the beginning of the month in Stamford,the officiating clergy. man being Rev. A. I. .Palmer, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Farmington, and the father of the,.groom. No doubt, under the circumstan 'os, it was thought best by all the partu q to 9 kWeep the romantic story a profound so cret. The whole affair has been a genuine ro inance from the first. Mr. Shook and the present Mrs. Palmer have continued pleas ant relations since the divorce. That is te say, when they happen to meet they wvouldl always pass the complimente of the day and indulge in pleasant conversation,. Mr. Palmer has also always entertained hi. friendly relations with Mr. Bhook. Sixty Years without Eating. IGrooneastle (id.) Special.] John F. Jones, or " Uncle Jac. -y, as be was mere familiarly called, (lied in this city yesterday, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. Hie wvas widely known to the traveling public of this and adjoining States, having kept a hotel here and ale Ct Columbus, Ind., diuring tihe greater pmart of hi, life. When a boy, lie drank througil mistake a decoction of lye, which caused * contraction of the gullet, and prevented his taking food in any obher than a liquid form. Even that was attondled wvith dif. Rcalty, and be 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 tinmo, lie had not eaten a mouthful of food, a atatement which his guests wvere not disposed te credit without an explanation. Despite his ffliction, whigh was supplemented by c most acute attack of hernia, ho had an in, exhaustible vein of humor in his compost Sion, which found vent in numeroui "jokes and jibes that were wont to set thi * ble in a rear." His romaine werq taker go Oelumbus. Ind.- far ind3mmnt " DAPPED." Mysterious Disappearanoe of,Two Boya is the Moonshine District of Georgia-The spy Eseapei. LMariotta (Ga.) Spooial.] James MoMin was employed by revenue officers to go into Gilmer County and loo cato illicit distilleries. McMin has a cousin named Lazarus Shadwick, who lives four miles from Ellijay. To his house Me. Min went, carrying along a boy who was loft at the house of Shadwick, whilo lie wont down the line of the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad to cut cross-ties, d as ho said, but in fact to locate illicit dis. tilleries. A few days after McMin ap-. pearod in the neighborhood he reported to a officers, and the result was the seizure by Deputy-Marshal Gaston of three illicit dis- I tillerios and the capture of seven men. The affair created a big sensation In Gil. mor County. Shadwick had two sons, d James and Ed, aged respectively thirteen and fifteen years. As soon as the work of Scout MoMin began to show itself sus- t picion was directed to the two sons of Shadwick, but for whatcause isnotknown, as McMin was living in a little but five c miles away. An old woman, who sym pathized strongly with the moonshiners, t went to the house of Shadwick, and stated I that h-s two sons had reported the dis. h tillers, and after abusing them for some t time said that persons who would do such a thing would not be allowed tolive in that c neighborhood, and she would kill them first. On Tuesday a woek ago the two boys were 1 started off to a mill a mile and a half away. I They loft on foot about daylight, and were expected to return at dinner time. Theyldid not do so, however, but no uneasiness was felt, as it was supposed they had found the mill unable to grind. and they had to wait. Night came, and they failed to appear. Mr. and Mrs. Shadwick became uneasy, and be gan a search. Next day two sacks were , soon on tho road$ido that were identified as the property of the boys, but the missing i ones could be traced no farther. Excite ment rat high, and a number of people turned out to loak for the boys. The rivers and crooks in the neighborhood were drag-Md, and every effort made to unravel the mystery. The di4ressod mother firm. ly balievos 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 "drappd," which is the umoonshiner word for put out of the way. After the revenue men had made their seizures they got McMin and his boy and safely oscorted them out of the neigh. I bori.ood. At la:c accounts the country " there was w0ll stirre dup. SHAVINC A MADMAN. A Phlladelpi%ha Lawyer Was an Exciting Experlence with a Lunatic. ('hilalelphia Special.] "Shavo my i.ands for me," said a rather stout, midd.l +-a;ed, poorly-drossed man to Henry Somers, a journeynan barber who shave<. bankors and brokers at No. 40 South Third street, this afternoon. The proprie. tor of the shop, as well as the colored boot Ilaclc were out at the time, and Somers was alone with what was evidently a luna. tie. "Villard has oxplodod," the man went on, "Jay (ould has committed suicide, hill V'andcrbilt is frozon to death, and the s:tek market is going to the demnnitJon how.wows." Tht follow had commenced to wash his hands, had covered them with la' her and presented them for shaving. In nttenpting to humor him the barber cut him rather sev.rrely acrols the knuckles, wlhereupon ho grew profane and threatened to thrash him if it was repeated. On second thought ho seemed inclined tnot to pet it an opportunity for re"potition. Ie threw himself back in the chair and demanded that his board be ronoved. Someors took the scissors and beigant cu' thng lt,when the tian went Ir to a rage anid declared ho never p)ermnitted scis. sors to touc't his beard. " Use lather and( a razor," lie said. " There, that is my cup. My name is Drexel; Trony Drexel, Don't you know ime? " rThe barber declined to use the cup indi catedl andu the follow's excitement In creasedi. Spiringinag fromt the chair be seized a ratzor uaid savagely attacked the barber, who mnado an ofrort to escape. The miadmant headed him off anid a lively chase around the shiop begant. Over womit tables atnd chairs, and several timtes the barber ntarrowly oseapeds( the fierce dashes made at him hby his ptursuori. Finally he found him self hemmuned ini a corner antd then tuirtned Onduu grapplced with his assailant. By a dox terouis movement lietwisted the razor from hi<i hantds and1( sent It flyitng across the rotAni. At this junictutre iDa luniatic, who was ouit of biroath front htis exertions, bit whom was terrily excited, t.urnued suddl(enly, shoiutitng: " Look! It is the devil! " miado a (lush for the door atnd the next moment he was run ning iup Tlhirdl street. One of the Triate of Women In CIties. INow Yor'k Cor. Iloston IHerald.] A venerable relative of nmitne, almosta seventy years of age, accompanied by ai girl of svotooni, foitud herself ont Broad way after (lark a few nights ago, without a ccitt. Bhte had lost her pocket-book, aitd neither she tier the yountg compniion had montey eor acquaitntanico in that part of the city. Theiy etntered Otto of our largest rc-a. taurants andt( took a soar, at a table, in totnding to setnd a nioto by a district mos. senggor to the house of a friend it Thirteenith street. A waiter approachted,J attd thme elderly lady was about to ask him to futrnish her with paper aind pencil and to call a messenger, whoa he very politely said to her that site could tnot remain in thei saloont. "Why not?" "it Is against our rules, moadamt, to allow ladles lucre after dark." It v-ala she protosted; in vain shte sent her card to the (desk; In vain uhue explained the oircuimstances under witich site was unexpoetedly there; his or -lors, atnd those of the womnen at the desk, were imperative, andi they were turned upon the stroot. If they had accosted any one of the hundreds of tmotn passitng up the street, and had tutrnted with a perfect strangoer, wvith the worst possible intent, back to that restaurant, they would have betn welcomed guests. WVhyt Because they would have had a man with them. What a burlosqtum on civilization is this; what an outrage on deconcy it is; what a world of infamy It suggests; anid yet I .earned thiat thamt Is the rule, not otnly in ;hiis restaturanit, which is otto of the best stnown Ia the uout try, but inm all the chief -ostanw'itts it tIme city. No tian's wife, laughter sor .!'tr catn obtaina assistance, tofroshmetunt or rest fi a public house in he city of Nowv York after dark, unless ihie he attonidil by an escirt of the mas atlinto persuasion. It Is very diffleult for ladies to obtain accommodation int any ao UAT IS IT? HE OR Sl0 MASQUERADING IN WOMAN'S GARB. lonoealing His Sex Under Petticoats Unt% Love Compels an Astonishing Reve lation - A Clergyman Com pletes the Work. [Winchester (Va.) Special." Ono of the best known ladies of tho honandoah Valley, Va., has turned outto o a man. Miss Elizabeth Rebecca Payne, aughter of the lato Joseph Payno, seven Ales from Winchester, who has lived for hirty-oight years as a lady, suddenly vowed herself to be a man a few days ne, and startled James-P. Riley, Clerk f the County Court here, by applying for Iconse to marry a Miss Hinton, a woman rho had resided in the Payne family as a onlestic. The lady who fired the heart of Mr. 'ayno with such passion as to compel him - throw off the habit of a lifetime and de [are his sex is prepossessing and forty ears of age. The strange affair has ausod a most decided sensation in the honandoah Valley, and nothing else is elked about. Payno is said to have ap ,eared in this world as a female, and was rought up as such. No one ever ques toned his sex. and his own avowal of asculinity took away the breath of the ommunity. Elizabeth Rebecca Payne was one of a amily of five or six daughters. He was rought up as a woman, and was admitted nto the best society in company with the other members of the family. lie was al vays regarded as a somewhat masculine ,irl, but no one over suspected he was a nan. He was a most graceful and dash ig equestrienne, and always challenged ,oneral admiration, as ho frequently rodo to Winchester with his habit and sonie vhat long hair trailing in the wind. Ho as one of the most widely-known ladies a the valley. In addition to good birth and inherited scres, he developed remarkable talent for s woman, when reverses in the family fort no rendered it necessary for some one to put a shoulder to the wheel. His sisters yore distinguished for their culture and personal charms, and several of them mar ied prominent gentlemen. Mr. Rebecca Payne devoted himself to the management f a farm and to the supervision of a tore which he had established at "Rest," where he also held the appo:ntment of Post-mistress. lie also dealt in cattle and morsos, and became an export in that way. ll his enterprises prospored, and ho has icquired considerable wealth. Determining to marry, he throw off his resses and applied for a license from the Court at Winchester. But the astonished Mlerk, who, like everybody else, knew him is a woman, declined to issue a licenso for woman to marry a women, when Payne ?roved his roal sox by producing the cer iflcato of Dr. P. W. Maguire, of Win. hestor. License was still refused, on the round that Afirginia law compelled a ma' a have given names which show his ses efore he can act as a man before the law, Payne then determined to have his name -hanged at the March term of the Circuit ourt. The affair is a nine-days' wonder in the 3honandoah, and has created more excite. nont than any event which has dirturbe the social circles of the State fori a hall ontury. No explanation has been offered is to why he masqueraded so long as a woman. Rumor has it that Paynm and his weetheart went to Vest Virginia yeste lay and were marriod, but this lacks con. lrmation. UNCONSCIOUS THEFT. Rev. John IIofixn:n's Unpremueditated Appropriation of Another Man's IIorse -An Amusing Miilw%au:ee inuident. [Milwaukee Sontin.h.] i itching up his teami in front of Rlohl hing's music store at Milwaukoo Weoines lay, Rev. John HLoffmnan. of Graniville, on oeredl the establishment to select a picco of ausic. The p pit orator- has an interest nig family ot nino childreni, all musically nelinied, and hie soon becamie engrossed ini burning evor- the leaves of the latest comx iositionis. Just thon James Por-to,r, a gr ~er, drova up, also intenut on securing ai piece of mnusic. H aving been arrostort once or leaving his horse unhiitched for a loxng Jamo oni the stroeet, Mr. Poi'tor- looked round for somoething in thoe natur-o of a iltching post, but failixig to discover ich a convenience, hitched his horse to he rear of Rev. Mr. Hloffman's vehicle. Vhile he was lookin;g over- somno scor-es in ide, the p)roacher- hmad effected his pu Thases, unihitchoed his horse and drove way. Whleni Mr. Porter- camne out to lrive home lie looked for lisa buggy 'andr >undl it niot. Rushing across the street, ie notiflodl the police that somxebody had tolon his horse, and in a few Uinutes tel pihiono moissages wor-o trainmitted in ov ry diroctioxn inst;ucting the police to keep sharp lookout for the darixig horso-thiiof .ho had had the texmerity to inn awxay pith the team in broadl daylight. In thie neantimo Roy. Mr. Hoflmaxn was calmxly ;roceedling Granivillowvard, utterly uneon cious of the furoro lie had innecenitly reatedl. As lie sat in his seat meditative. y rovolvixng a text ais a good snbject for mext .Sunday, lie becamxie aware that some. ody hxad persistently followed him as far is Winnebago and Ninxth stroeot. (llanc. aig around, the truth dawnied upon hxin ike an ixispiration. The raplidity with hich his hxoxso retraced his course would ave done credit to Jay-Eye-See. A granid econciliatioxn scene took place at the Con. bral station, and, like the average nove!,, ~verything ended well. A VENTRILOQUIST'S TRICK. how a Crowd of Citizonis amid a Police man Were Fooled nit a Patrol hox. [Cincinnati E~miuxirer.] A fuxnny incident occurr-ed Saturday -vening at Fifth axnd Race streets, whore .ne of the new patrol boxes is located. A man possessed of the powers of a vent ril e'xist throw lis voice into the box, and nado it appear that somxe one was calling for the patrol wagon to come at ont(o, g:-g nurder hxad been comumitted near by. A rmowd soon gathered about, and the voIce La the box was hoard overy few mioments. irgiuig th;e operator at hioadqluartors te hurry up the wagon. The crowd str-aixnex bhelr eyes trying to catch the fIrst glipst >f the wagon as it came (hashing down the street. Filnally Oflicer Mike Kexnnedy ap peared on the scene. Being told some oxm had been kIlled anid that thoxo was a mar n the box callling for- the wagon, lie pro. lnced his key and opened the box. Bu' he box was empty. The cause of 6heoex. ditemeont soon leaked out, and. the crowd oeparated with a good laugh. a ATTACKED BY A BUCK. r he MonNter Craven itlol and Ruins t Good Namso of the Door Family. ltollaidsvillo (Pa.) Cor. N. Y. Sun.] Tho gaino law of l'ennsylvania prohib ho killi1 of door aftor January 1, a -onsequently something of a sensation v :reat.d in this village when Jordan Mal n: Frank Orover, two well-known c tOns, drdvo in on Saturday with the bo f a largo buvk in thoir sleigh. They dr tl in front of Crano's store, and the ett il ;oon snroittrundud the sleigh, a ltOstionts pour'd Ithiek and fast on Mal tind Grover. Such ai bold and opon Wc ion of 'the law had ntot been known ~cars. John lollantds, a well-to-do citiz ook tho men to task, and declared that .'ould( havo them arrested. They told h 0 ha.; het ter not have them arrested ur: so hoard how they camo by the doer, i 3rov, r muade the following statote which MalPes corrol.orated: - " 'e wer.e driving through tihe? pieco woods boyond Fairlantd's mill," said ''when suddenly the buck jumped out I lhe road 3i. attacked our horse. It tr o strike the horso wit' its front ft W5'e wt"hiltp."d 1up3 itnd yelled at Ie,.r to frighten it away, but It turt n rs and triied to jiimp into - Frank fought. it with an ax-he c 01 hal(p.:nd to have with us, while 1 pl I.e whip (n the horse. But the nore Fri Ibttt""r-"41 it over the 11e11 the ividde o', mind it filnally ran ol to the edge of wood ', itnl, giving on leap, landed plu hll the sleig', right across our foot. "We1. lot I jumuped out and mado for woods. The horse went onl, with the b lyinig eca(r across thr :deigh, its hind I hangiln over on one side and its forel 1 the other. It took the deer <quit( whilo to got itself out of the sleigh, thon it came to tring back after us. were both :c red half to death. Fr sne3("ceded in 1"ettintg up a treo out rehe!, but I couidn't, elimbll , 1n(1, seein was lin f(r a light, I grabbed a rail frot lot that haplwenod to bo cut and pilel thi and who-n th buck (n33me rushing at nt lot hhn3 have it siuare in3 the forehead, dow1n("d 11m. Before lie could got u hammnered the life out of him. Frank t got down out of tle tree and ran down roa(d after tho horse. le found it by side of the rad all t ight., a3 mile away. brouglit.the sleigh back, and we loaded buek in and brought it h o1'ie. Whe (031< see 3any3' particular point in leaving it the wood; for wildeats to feed on. deer mnus: have bocen diriven by dogs ut it wats crazy, itd didn't know what it doing. If you take us up, Mr. lt(latnd don't believo you'll be able to traka us guilty.'" Justice Wilson, who was present, i positive that there was nothing in the 1 fcrbi.lding peaceful citizens to dofi themselves against the attacks of v beasts known to be so lierce and ble thirsty as deer. Mr. ltollinds, conc"lu(I under the circumstances, not to make arrest. Mipos and Grover ofl',od to raflle der off' for twenty-ilve dollars, and give ten dollars of the proceed,t: to tho p fund. The oiler wis accopted, and twor fivo chancos, at one0 dollar a i chane, wN soon lisp'o:o1 of. Justice Wilson t two ch:nc"."s. - Johin l0lllds took I chances. Justico W1'ilsoni won t 3e door. was lifted out of the sleigh and placed the Stonle ,toop. In the afternoon the Squire drove do and loaded it ini his sleigh. On his v 1hom0 be w30 tas stoppd by Constablo V "Squire," said the constable, "I'o a leotle war'nt fur ye !" "A wart ant!" exclaimed Justico I son. " What for?" "To 'rest yo for havint' von'son ill p'session, 'ginst the law.'' The c"onstablo served hi.s warrant. hadiu be(en3 sworn'3 (out by) John 3 ltollani. s taikenj bofore J u tico Clairk, wheo wa3ived Xi3l exa iati1on and gave 03n0 h dredo. dollrs baiil to apjpear' and1 an.wer char13ge at th3e neOxt termll of cour3t. A CURIOUS STORY. TiteoiFresoo D)ecora3 in3g of 1,(t'ii apit of 1)< ait Wasin Iigton Aliegecl to4 E,nbrh C(33outreit I''resen31tnitntsl of lte lit oif Note<d Conlfederato L.eaders. [Wa3shinlgton3 Special.] A cur3ious story concerninlLg cer'tin frg decorations of the cap1ito)l dome34 at Wi inigtoni 1has recently' beeni reviveud in 31 v that miay create some3thinug of a senlsatri Imm33edi ately after thoe war3, wilenl 1.h3( pai inlg in the inlterior of 113he rotun33d3 wvas ishied b4y Brinin3i, theO I talian11 artist, it, commonly113 said1 tha3t tho he0ads of the fli lin the grouip or t.yr'ants boin3g dlispor'sOd t!a' Godldoss of Lib3ert.y wer'e e~xact roel senitationls of cer'ta1in leadhing chlara3ctor' the0 SouIthern' Conifederaicy, also thait h3andsomo311 Wasinigton1 femal31e wvithi wh theo art1ist mlain3tainod a close friends anid who for' a long timo3 passed as3 his w Thel tru(th3 of thle stor'y was vigor'ously tIlod at thlo time, bt o3ver since4 t,ium sco gf people who have comoi to Washingi 131( gaz'/ed upj into the (103m1 have b, stariitled by tihe wondlorfull similalrity of boads to those1 of certa1in Souithern lead< BJrlindini dIiedl a short timo ago, and( th 13ro severa1l per'sons In Washinlgtonx v knowe~ hiimiiat el1t3y who aro no0w will to adm33it that wh'1i1o tihl artist was aeo 13ng the wvork, du1rin3g the war', hoe expr'es: ii dettermlinlationl to puit ini the facos of C foder'ato chieoftains to roprosont th3e tyr'ai thus perpe)tuatinlg thoir infamlIy as roel againsit theo Go0vernmeni0t. Tho13 facos b~ .striking r'esemlanco t.o lhoso of Alex der' li. Stephenis, Robert E. Lee, S3tonov Jalcksonl, Judah P. B3enjamnin an3d Rob Toomnbs. The sconoe Is qa dramnatic C The figures reosenO0fthlg tho0 fivo tyra aro' omeriginlg fromi a cloud an3d In tho tutdo of sh3rinking in ter-ror' froml tho C dess of Liberty, who, clad in3 anlcienIt Ori garbl, 15 descondling upon03 thiemi, sw4 13 inhand. A promflinent lad3~yOrin li cIty, and3( also a weoll-kniown niewv per man13, bothI of untqueostionted verac ero amnon~g thoso whlo claiml thalt B1rim1 acknlowledged that th3o faces wore th3oso the five Confedorato loaders n3aed abc The .' "man whose figure was made lervo as5 thio avongin3g goddess Is still Ing in Wasinlgtonl. Though on1ce I and willowy, she Is now fat and fifty, 3 h~as little about her su3ggestive) of athoereal. A member of Congress saidl Siunday ti f tho accuracy of th3is story shIould be i riatabIly established thoro nmay como1 a tit inder a chalngod administrtioni of puth Yaffrs, when3 the powers that be will gage a now artist to tub out theo 301111 work of Brindini and sub)sttto a gr< t~hat will not be an unpleassent rornitidei Dnn sentIon of fhn nnnntre. it ad ras >0s Itl. dyI ow I iro hold nd way, )0S of the I- ahbaso ( in John Io, 011, My D:An ho was received. im fully send you yo l sa is necs til sale. It is singultu ,ld gotten a judigenten Miore siigultar that t nt, let you for;Iet, it so stIpp>oseS, yot have of oitough to satisfy a judh, Biefore you pay it, it wol, lie, ' you have not piti It, or at Ito not Prove that you have il love to mother and all th Atrect Ioattely, your son, tot. To ill; ItltOTitElt. tho D.:Au .onsN8TON: Your request ollars I do10 not thlink it best to ,t . t just now. Al the various times whel. the helped yott at little you have sai<d to me, lve caln get along very well nlow," but in at ttime I ilnd you in the sa1n1e ditlieulty tag. foed Now t his can only happen by some dlefect. itk your conduct. Wiaat the defect is I think I now. Yout are not lar.y, anl still you are an liler. I loubt whether, since I saw you, you the i tave donea gool whole;<lay's work in any one tipl taly. You ilot not very inutcha dislike to wor-k, and still you do ntot work ltuch, merely be cauwe it does not seem to you that you could the got uitch for it. This habit of usolessly wast uck ing time is the whole dliculty, and it is vastly I tinlportant to you, and still mnore to your chil egs dren. that you should break this halit, It is mg uore impoxrtsant to thlemt benottey) have longer to live andi can keep out of a(anlIdle a habit beforo they are in Itoastor thatttn they can id get out after they are In. You are now in need of some reatty money, and what I proposo is thalt you shall go to work, itnk "tooth and naill," for somebody who will give of you ioney for It. Lot father and your boys tave charge of things at houno--prepare for a g I crop antid take the crop-and you go to work In a for the best money wages, or in discharge of 3 r t any dobt you owe, that you can get. Anti to secure you at fair reward for your labor I now 0 I promise you that for every dollar yoat will, bo tnd tween now and the Ist. of Many, get for your lator, either in toney or on your own hnulebt P I ed(noss, I will give you one other dollar. By ten this, it yot hire yourself tat ten dollars a ito n tiths, from tino you will got ten <lollars more, making twenty <dollars at un nth fromn -our the work. In this dto not itnoatn that you shall go Hs or to St. Lo>uis, or the lcar ,tahinos, or tho goldt the nines in Californita. but I mean for you to go at it for the best wages you eann get closo to Inl't home-inl Coles County. Now, if you will do this i yot will soon be out of debt., and what is bettfsr, you will have a latbit that will boop you The frot gettlng lit dei a,irain. But if I should ntil nttw clear yo t out, next year you will be just s a<de'p in as ever. You say you would al vasiost Ie our place it'iieav"en for seventy or s, 1 eighty dollars. Then you value your place in out Heaven very cheap, for I am Sure you uan, with the oifer I anake you, get the seventy or eighty dollars with four or five months' work. vas You say If I furnish you the monev yout will n 1v de ino the land, and, if you don't. pay the money back, you will deliver possession. Non 311d sense. If 'you can not now live with the land, how will you then live without itl You have at ways beens kini to ite, aid I do not now moan od- to be unkiid to you. On the contrary, if you ed, will but. follow my advice, you will find it tho worth more ttan eighty times eighty dollars to you. Affectionately, your brotter, A. ht NCOLN the -- ;eo ABOUT BAC-NINH. oor The Chinese Town Which the French Are ty- Intvosting and Hope to Capture. oro [Blrooklyn Eagle.] .,ok Since 1570, or , oarlier, Bac-Ninh has been wo garrisoned by Chineso Imperialist troops, It or, to bo more accurate, by the Kwang on tung militia. These troops wore sent by tho Vienroy of Canton at the earnost on wn treaty of the King of Ammlain. The wholo av of Tomttill was then in danger of falling in- into the hands of the Black and Yellow Flags, and it was only the intervention of got the Stazorain power which preventod such a catstrophie. Ten years ago thoro was a Vil. garrison of two hundred Utinamllot in the citadel and there has never bon anything yer to show that, they have returnod to their own country. General Toben, a Chinoso it warrior who hats mado some name for tbC. haimselIf, was then to commanider. A few va weeks atgo it was anntounted thtat tis sanmo hao G3ieeral had gonao to te Kwangtuing-Ton-. un qutin fronttier. Probabiy lho has sincoe "do the ser.todl" across the bordoer lino. However that mtay be, it is as certain as aitythinag can the ini Tonqinl that Bac-Ninht is hteid by thte Iwang-ti's troops. As a position B3ac-Ninh is ntot a placo0 into whiebt- gives te Chaiiatan much01 chiance. aco The fortress is a quandritlateratl, furnisheda aids with baustioits, and, tiko all tho othors int Toniquin,~ Is of thec Vauiban typo. When last at Euiropoan was therto L,te fewV gutns saO mtounltedi wor'o htoney-comtbedl witha ago. shi- Possibly thorao Is smtigmore fria -ay ble titere now; butt int anly caso it (does not oin. mtuch-l miatter-, for the pinco is commnnltdedJ ntt- by somet iow hilts frotni a quarter to htalf a ilnl- ilte distanat. Those omnaences at-u per v'as fectly (levotad of vegetation and offer, there ros5 fore, nto diffiiculties In gettinig the guns into by position. >ro- It is In making their way to these hills i of thtat to F'rench will fInd te trouiblo. Uin Vto like to mtajority of Eastern towns, Banc f a Ninht does ntot stanid ona river. It is abot (tilt wto iljes from to Tal-IBaih armi of te hipi Sontg-kaoi delta anal four fromt Do-Ito, a ife. uttall vitlago ont te Song-chti Canal. Fromn ale- ts inater placo is ani imperIal road rous to Ilac-Ninuh. Thlis road Is, htow on aer, a tmore dc-iaislon. It Is an omt yont bantkmenot tt mut, a yard wvide, worn the( awaty by i.e floods in many placos andt urs. p)robablty nowhiore able to suapport thte oto wteightt of flolad aritiliery. Apar-t fromt tho rhuo fatct that It is ini the occuplationi of to CII intg 'toso, the town Is of no Importance. There mtnt- j a-e not, mtor-e thani five or si:. handredi sod ihtatchted houases, arranigoad in a semticirce on- >tsidlo te fosse of the citadli. Thaeso its, j ouses are, however, suarrounided wiithi high 'ols batmtboo and cactus fences and are scattered oatr ibout regardless of orator it a tntglo of ant- biambtoo cilmps and palm trees. If retreat rall Is cut off there may therefore be soumo des ert pea-ate fightting before the place Is taken. ale. B3ac-Ninh Is now very stronigly forifhi nts and will prove a hurd nut for- thte Froec to0 *ti crack. It is very p)rob)able that to Chinaoso ad- jgar-risona have been strongly reInforced ook ftromt over tile border anti that dunrinlg tho ord past six mnonthis the work of strenigthenintg ~his the bastions and forts has gone oat steadi p-ly. It Is juist possibte thtat Bac-Nianh will IVy, prove te Plovna of Totquia , tnnd to at lInt tempt to carry jim Is, therefore, watched of wIth keen Interest beth hat the Far- East atil yvo. int Europe. __ _______ to Blurlcen Another. liv- [Arkansaw Travoitor.] 'aIr "I see," said Mr-. Tomlinson, tutrnIng mnd froam hals newspaper andi alddressting his the botter two-thirds, "thaat oldl man Grottiao has bturkud anotheor wito." tat "a'~tla, yott don't say so? Whiy his first ro- wife onlty (1ied two weeks ago, When did nto, ho mtarry again?"t tlec "lHe hasn't mtarried agein." On-. "Tmisn are you a fool?" tic "P1resumably, my dlear, but why this ip autbuarst? GJrottle has burled another, to' snan's wife- lHa Is ali uradtt.ryu ro. owur, bill again!" Mrs. Wulos are. altar, and astoundou saying, firmly and earn. " I do not blievo that a,. truly religious can dolibora. his wifo for ton years, and I - special prayers for my husband's cot.. sion." She then turned toward her husband,who scormed paraly ved with astonishment, and said: " Uriah, got down on your knees, be awakened to the error of your ways and ask forgivoness for your sins. I will load you to the Lord mysolf." As she walked toward him ho turned and went hurriedly out of the church, and was not soon nor heard of afterward until last Sunday night. Prayer-meoting was in 1rogrestl at the church, and the congregation was singing a hymn, when a man entered, and as ho walked quickly down the aisle and stopped at a pew where Mrs. Vales was sitting, all recognized Uriah Wales. The singing stopped. Ijeforo his wife coult recover from her as, onishmlent h ombraced her, at the sane timo oxclaiming: " The Lord has forgiven all, and I am now a true Christian." Th pastor and colgregatioln flocked to the peww", and besiiegod the kmg-missing brother, whom I hey had looked upon as dead, wit it inquirios ai to where ho had been; but lie return. d no ro.ly to them ox copt: " I have been communing alon With the lord." A SINGULAR ACCIDENT. How at Negro Wen4n Slid D)own thoP1ol at aun I.:nagiw- I ouso, ILouisvltle Post.] A colored wolnatl i:ameod Anna Board mot with a vty seriout accident at the No. 5 engine-liaie y,sterday aftornoon. The maine in ao cli the accident occurred is ratber a nov. I 4 -ne, n. ithout procodent, and was thi, a stilt of an idle curiosity. Tho womn a ibov-naimed is it large, portly negress, wi;gliin g ulwpward of two hundred p-amds. For sotmue considerablo time she hats beet doing small jolts at washing for sottie of the meml-ers of the houso, and fro tiuetntly when ,ihe wouhi call for the clot:es sh wool i .te sott of the hoys slide down on thi pole. I looked like a simlplo and lal s operatiot, requiring simtply a little inetvo aund otto leg half twisted arounda thle iront iar. It was great lbor for theo woin a to desentd the stoeps with tall her sutpi' I tutu fIash, tatnd the slid inag oerationa wais donao witha such case anid grace) by the im-a that, site thoudght she would try It ash it tihoughm witha pierhaps loss grace. At atny ra'e situ resol veil upon the experimtita, atndi yesterday aftornoon wheat site catlild to coll-ct the waishing site matide I th trial. T1he tratp-door which openis inito the sleepting deptatmnt was open,l and( thte firetmont wvoro atli soatod roundl the stove, somte roandiang andt othors chatting of Loutisville's early history. Suddenly the penitee an iu iet wotro btroken by a dist ressing yell tht parIceededl from thoen moutht of the tat-dloori, aand looking utp the botys diise veritd the bodtiy of thto old washorwoana hiantgintg tanfutlly to the polo with her giaments atid otto leg caughat int the trati andl the otiters oscillatittg int wild etndeavotrs to hindt sotae subtlstantial suppoltrt. Ina sitite iof hr~ diagorouts predilc amtottthe scone wa so) ridlicualout that it was imatossibile to repress atn outtburst of latughter. JTho wom'au~t was so fat tha.t she couald barely sqtaeezo throuaghi tohetpoitng. Sotma of tho maotn rtashed to tih' secnad floor to assist hter, buit eu-o they art. ived she had Pdisengaged horself iaad slid dowtn the pole, strikinig te floor benathl witha sutch force that btor rightt log was badly sprained( at the aniklo andt diislotented at theo hip-joint. Ih wase Wso ad)htly injuated that alho had to be carried to her laomae across the street, whore shao has beeg suafferinag greatly. SIte has toludedt o that site was never miadet for a flromnap. antd hier work int Ito future will be conftinled to sliding otn the washt-board. How a D)rummner WVon lls. Bride. [Oaha Rtepublictan.] Amnotg the travelers whot arrived otn the hauto train last ntighat werpi a yontug manU and wVoman,tt who were ont Sunaday naight tmado man and wife. The grooaa is a travelinig tanat, F~rank Orahalam, whao rep)resonts a Chicago house. Ilis bride is at young lady of inaeteen, whtoso homtai waus at WVest Loib aann, Inid. Tho Chicago mann was visitng theo Hoosier towan int a professional capac ity whtot lae met his wife uinder curious circumistatncos. iIe was oat his wvay to moot a customer of his houtso whent ho heoard ant exlosioni in a dwelling ttlontg thte road. lie rushed int, aitd was juist in Limto to seize some bod-clothiaaganid statther the flamnes, whticha wore contsumaiing theo cloth itng of a youang lady, the sole occuptat of thte roonm. After ptutting out thte fItre, anid saving thto house fromn desiatrutiona, ho clledl a physiciati, who dlid what ho could to roliovo the stifferintgs of thoe yotang lady. Graham was "istiruck," and insatead of leay lng town thet ntxt day, as lie had( intend 0(d, Ito romainod util the lady lie had so gallantly rescuaed was noarly tecovered, when, its stated above, hto imarriedi her, and iho two started WVost oan a wevodding tour. it was a cutriouas fact thtat oan the way to lte city a telegram overtook themn an nouncing that the bride's unicie bad loft her forr.v thoandn dars. hav. "Do y. "I really p. about it; it is over not. Ho spoko with a firmness ... that forbade further questioning. '1a'. lence that had prevailed after the first qluostion came back again, and the little group in the room had not a member but that was dumb. Again the old man at the tlrosiilo was the first to speak: "It is not Mrs. Nutt alone who has suf. fored"---innocontly suffered-through these tragedies. There have been hearts as heavy under this roof as in any house in Fayette County. No one feels more deep ly for Mrs. Nutt than I do, but to me and mine as well the trial has been hard and the cross heavy. Look at it as you will, it has boon very sad. But with it all, the world knows only one side. 1 feel copil. dont that history will vindicate Lyman Dukes; I don't expect his fame to be 3leared in our time. Had I been at the trial I could have aided Mr. Patterson and brought out testimony that was not heard of. My illness prevented this, and I sup, pose it is for the best. Lawyers are priv ileged by the force of custom, but they tako too much liberty at times. I think this will apply to Senator Voorhees; he did himself great discredit in some things no said. I believe that had Clark Broek enridge guno into that room in the Jen nings House when he heard the cry of 'Murder,' instead of waiting until his uncle called for him, both men would have been alive to-day. Mr. Breckenridge did not think it was his uncle calling him. Captain Nutt was a good business man, but like his son he had an uneon;rollable tompor." Mr. Strublo paused. What he had said was spoken in a low tone, the words fall. ing slowly, and the lines about his mouth coming out distinctly as the lips closed at the end of the sentences. All this time there had boon no interruption. Wift, daughter and son sat with their eyes on tho husband and father, listening Intently. Ho gazed into the fire musingly, and thob, as though some power was compelling hin to speak, ho continued: " He was only four years of age, Duke. was, when ho came to me, and I raised him until manhood. His boyhood I know per. fectly, Agi I am familiar with his life un. til he left us. In all these years he never quarreled, he never kept had company, he never drank. He was a gifted boy, and had he lived would have made a mark as high as"the promise of his early days had led me to expect. Come with me. I want to show you a picture I have.n - r Leading the way across the wide balk never seen except in the oldfashiob houses built by men of wealth years ago, to a handsomoly-furnished parlor, Mr. Struhle stopped before a center-table. A tiuted photograph of Dukes stood th~ere in a rustic frame. "There he is," said the old man, picking up the photograph. "Doe. ho look like a fiend?"H Holding the plot, ure In his hand, he stood Jest in miedig. tion, his thoughts traveling bs,ek to the lit. tie fellow of four years whom he had taken to his home as a son, whose career at col. loge and at the bar he had watched with interest and with p)ride; beside whom he had stood, never wavering in his support, in the Fayet,te County Court.; whose dead body he had gazed upon in that blood. stainedl room in the Jennings House; whom~ ho had followed to his last resting p, in that graveyard on the hill, but a .'ttile way distant. Without another word he turned and left the room. In the sitting-roomn there wore the same faces to be soon. It was te to bring the Interview to a close. Mra, Struble, up to this time a silent witne.ss bowed her gray head and with the tears trlckling'through her fingers sobbed:. "I am a mother and I sympathize with Mrs. Nu4t, who, too, has borne children. I do not know whether I have received a sympa thotic thought from her or not." Miss Strublo was greatly moved by her mother's distress rul(d finally gave way to her emo tions, weeping silently. Au the outer door openedi she said-in a manner a fare. well-" I, too, sympathize with Mrs. Nutth but I also sympathize with my mother.' 4 Beggar en Ilorsebaek. [itappahannock Call.] Christopher Jenkins, familiarly knows as K.it, one of the best known and miost original characters in this section, died at his home, near Sperryville, about two weeks ago. During the war he had severed sons killed in the army, and ever igoge ha has liv~ed by private charity. At one thnes he owned a very good horse, and would make periodical trips of thirty or foaty miles into adjoining counties to solicit dd and always came home loaded down wt provisions. On one occasion it is eM that he left his horse at a lvery-etab~?, Culpopp)er and took the train for Wbwd where he was very successful, and home with a considerable money