Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"v VOL. XV. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 15 1886 -NO 28. T*E LIrTLE _ SOHOOLMA'AM. '"Speakin' of the rural regions," said an old obap at the end of . a bar, who had trouble in raising a glass of beer to his mouth with his right arm, "I might be indoood to relate a leetle adventure which happened to me in Injiany." He was earnestly advised to free his consolence of its burdens, and he eon tinued: "Well, I hsd been ha,ngin' around In dianapolIs for several weeks, and finally the pollee judge advised me to, leave town.. I never argy with a police judge. When they come right down to fatherly advice I aceept it and git..1 left the town ipside of two htours, and it didn't take me over three hours .to roach a mile-post ten miles away. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon, as I was restin' beside the highway, a sehqolma'am passed. She was a chipper leetle body, weighin' about ninety pounds, and white-faced, and when I sort o' ria up to ax her if she didn't have a bite to eat in her basket she uttered a womanish yelp and started off on a dead run. I didn't hev my swaller-tail coat and standin' collar on that day, and I guess she took me fur a tramp. "Now, gents, when a feller is ragged, hungry, and out o' rhino, what does lie doP He makes a break, in course. I walks along fur about a mile, and when I comes to a farm-house with a look of comfort about it I stops in and asks if a poor man who has lost his hull family in the great Chicago fire can git a bite to eat, to brace him ip as he journeys toward the settin' sun. The motherly old soul of a farmer's wife would hev set out a square meal for me, but that leetle schoolma'am was there to prevent. I heard 'en whisperin' together in the next room, and by and by the old lady came back and give me the bounce. A tramp as has belonged to the purfesh fur fifteen years hadn't orter fire up over sich a trifle as that, but it hit me like a blow below the belt, and I determined on revenge. "I went into the orchard and stole some apples, and then laid around to watch. I found out aforo d.:rk that the farmer was an old man, and that there was only three of 'em in the house. Long 'nufl 'fore the lights were out I had arranged with myself to break in. There was a chance of plunder, and I intended to scare that leetle schoola'am out of a year's growth. I don't say as I would hev laid hands on her, but that very thing might hey happened, you know. "Well, about half an hour after mid might I begins operations by creepin' up to the back door. It was shut, but not locked, and I crept in, struck a light, and found my way to the pantry. There was cold meat, pumpkin pie, and bread and butter, and if took me a good half an hour to 1111 up. I might hev got out then, but I wanted somethin' else. There was nobody sleepin' down stairs, and after pocketin' a wateh I crept up-stairs into the old folks' bed room. They was sleopin' as sound as you please, and the moon shinin' in furnished all the light needed. I went through a bureau and got a wallet, and was searchin' the old man's pants, when I heard a step at the door an a voice cried "ut: 'Surrender or I'll shoot!' "It was th t leetle schoolma'am. She stool In the door in her night-dress, a revolver pointed full at me, and I could 8e&.-her eyes blaze. I made a rush to seize her, when 'crack! crae ! went the revolver, and one bullet str ek me in the right shottlder and an ier in the side. I went down as if . shot through :the head, and up jumps the old. man and piles on to ine like a ton of brick. 'The little schoolma'am vent down .stairs after a rope, and then helped tie ,me hand and foot. More'n that, she .kept guardi over tie wvhile the old man 'went off for an oflicer, and every time I fetched a groan she htad that revolver ready to shoot. "in conclusion, gents, permit tie to 'remark that the court give mue tiye .years for that little affair, while the ,plucky leetle schioohnat:'am received a pubbie p ursei of $200. Sometimes i've felt as if it was my dlooty to hunit her up and marry her. ".--New York Hun. Shte Was ini Trouble. A young woman, befurred and eye glassed, sat near the stove wveep)ing. It was not a hearty, yard-wide weep, but a furtive droppinig of half-repressed tears utpon the corner of a scented hand kerchief-merely a bit of a 'thawv in a cold wind. '"In troubhle, is?" queried the gray haired and symntpathetic pasLsentger. *' "Ye-y.- ' was thme sniveling rel'ly. O "May I inquire, the nature sol your woe, young lady? Possibly I can 'com fort you." And for answer she snufled un two or three times int her nose, reached into her dress poet~ and putlled out a ernum pled telegram, saing: "RBead that." The sympjathtette passenger adjusted hs sectacles, hremmed andl hawedl, turned half roundl ini his scat, and( *eau tiously held the omintous nhissive to the light. lie read: "Come home at once. Your doggie is sick."-Chuicago IIerald. Returning for a moment to the mu usteal theme, tAte criticisms that, one hears on these classical symphony oc eaLSions are simptly charming. The his toriab heard a yountg lady remark that she did( so enjoy dear D)el Puonte in "l.a Somunanibila,"' because he ualway-s wore,su.lh oxqiitlyfittitng gloves. 11cr neighbors at the concert d iscovered that the sameo young lady htas a pet aversion to one of our wvell-knowni bass soloists, because when deliveilng an aria ho al ways rises first on one toe and then on the otheor ini vin endeavors to shake a ce:nt downu his trousers pooti It is an :actual fact that a swell young mian, after hearmng Charl-s R. Adams sintg the pairt of Odlysseus at the Cecilia thie other night, wats asked how he enjoyedl it, and 'eplied: ''O, very nmmch! i've awl'wa Sknlown of Charle.s Franels Ada:ms, but I never hteaird himu slng beforet" B 1osteon llecordl. General Liongstreet thinks thathi uncle, William Longstreet, i At ~ltl Ga., should share with Robert.iulo the laurels of the Invno fsem boat. Ths ingemions Geomj anwa big'with the idea as early asll88 butwas was not antil 1808 Ih a hu 'uoaf). ,ran a bab st.am in the a unessull Doctoring Royal Patients. It was p matter of wonder to many persons in Paris that Dr. Fauvel, the great French specialist in throat dis Bases, had not been scunmoned to attend the King of Spain at the conmmence ment of his malady, especially as Dr. Fauvol had always attened Queen Isa bella and her children during their resi dence in Paris for any troubles of that nature. But such a proceeding was for bidden by the strict rules of Spanish etiquette, which prohibits one of the royal family of Spain from being at tended by any physician who is not a Spaniard by birth. At the time of the last illness of the young Queen Mercedes there resided in Madrid a German doctor who was espe cially famed for his treatment of typhoid fever, the disease from which the Queen was suffering. He had recently saved the life of Mrs. J. It. Lowell when she was suffering from a violent attack of that terrible malady. A few days be fore Queen Mercedes brer:thel her last her Spanish dc,tors sent for their Ger man colleague and re<iuested him to )rescribe for their patient without seeing her. This he positively refused to do, maying that he must examine into the physical condition of the Queen before lrescribing for her. But that could by ro means )e permitted. "Then," lie said, 'let me mierely see ier-let me go to the door of her room mnd look at her without crossing the threshold." Even that concession was refused. "'Then, gentlemen," he declared, "I can do nothing. I will not attempt to prescribe for a patient that I hnve not iven seen." He withdrew from the palace, and a rew days later the young Queen was lead. But the sacred laws of Spanish regal etiquette had been preservecl with )t. infringement. A similar affair, but with a diflerent denouement, took place good many years ago in Russia. The late Czarina, the mother of the nresent Emperor of Ruissia, was, shortly after ier marriage, attacked with a serious iflection of the stomach. Up to that ine no physician could approach the beside of one of his lady patients of the nimrial family nearer than ten feet. 1'he Empress grew worse and becarme ilarmingly ill. The Emperor Alexan ier gave orders that a famous physician :alled Botkin, of whose skill in such 'ases lie had heard, should at once be tent ior. Botkin came, and, to the hor ror of his colleagues, lie walked straight up to the beside of the Empress and took hold of her wrist to feel her pulse. lie was instantly huiried from the room and was loudly remonstrated with on the impropriety of his condcuct. beinn told that his Imperial patient was to be looked at from a distance, and that he must not approach her, much less touch her. Botki listened in silence to ill that the other doctors had to say, but when the report of the consultation was drawn up lie refused to sign it. The Emperor, who was exceedingly anxious respecting Botkin's opinion, sent at Dnce for the report, and on noticing that the name of the now doctor did not appear in it he caused him to be iummoned at once to his presence. "Your Majesty," quoth Botkin, frank y, "I can not pret.end to treat a patient tIat I an not permitted to examine. r'ho Empress is, I learn, in a very criti nal situation. I think I can save her, but to do so I must be allowed to go 'to work in my own way." The Emperor rose from his chair, look,Dr. Botkin by the arm and march ed with him into the sick-room of the Emprems and straight up to her bedside. "There, )oetor," he said, ''examine rour )atient, and if any one pretends to nterfere with you rienember you are boying my comnimnds." 'The course of treatment pre.scribed by the great physician proved successful. The Em press was saived, amid that particular rule of Imiper'ial etiuette was abrogated forever. --Mr's. lloope's Paeris Letter in, theC Pl'aldelphmia Tc' egriapih. Olovelandi and Autograph Colleo tors. An Indlianap-olis ,Journal coirresponid ont at Washinmgtoni wiritesq: A per'son outside of Washmngton has no idea of the immense amount of time the Presi dent aind his cabinet are compelled to waste almost daily in writing autographs. .i'he senators are comparatively free from this nuisance, when one compares the requests made of the Presideont arnd his cabinet. It Is almost a system, the making of autographs at the Whiite House, aind the President has been com pelled to adopt some miethod, or other wise he would have to refuse the r'e quests altogether, or else be interrup tedl every hour. The doorkeeper at the cabinet-room is madle the custodian of all autograph books sent to the Wiite House. Hie piles these dainty little vol uimes on a shelf on his big dlesk and lets them rest there until about live o'elock in the afternoon, when lie orens each one at the proper page andl thaen carries the pile to the library for Cleveland's in spection. The Presideiit rarely looks over the books, but takes up a pen and dashes off his name in a rapid manner and passes to the next. 1Then the dIoor-. keeper carries the pip away.Thie Presi dent generally, durn x1 this hour, writes off a number of autographs on small cards, with the WArds "excutive man sion" p)rintedl oud on corner. These are sent away by inAil in~ answer to the hundreds of irequest thbat come through Uncle Sam's caiter. ' Some one suggest ed to the President that-he let one oflhis clerks write his autog raphis, but ho re plied: "I am still able1 to use my right hand andI arm, and It (does not take long to sign my name." So the change was neveri' ggested againi. An Extra Quarter.-A pc(ddler of tin ware in one of the mfounitin counties of this State eaKed at a farmi-house the other day, where the woman wanted to sell himn a bear' skini. '"'ain't worth no great shakes," said tihe peddller' after looking it over'. "The b'ar was kiuled two months too early.'' "How much?" asked the womian. "A bout 75 cents." '-See hore, stranger," she continued as she gave tIhe skin a rub, 'awhen I tell you that, this 'ere b'ar clawedl my hua. .and to death loss'n two months ago, and that I'm still a grievin' widder-wo man, can't you mauke flhe pr~ice a dol lar P" Being a m:an of sentiment and *iflware combined he said he ouuld. Wall Srtet New. A Deputy Sheriff',, PhiOophy. Nearly all the deputy sheriffs in this city live well, dress well, and grow fat, and yet they are not happy. Ask one of them how his business is, and with a deep sigh he will answer.in heart-break in tones, "Oi, things are frightfully (1111. There ain't a cent in the busi. nl(ss any more, and I wish to heavens I could find something else to do." But they don't spend much time in looking for anything else, and the distress of mind that these gentlemt'te sufler when any change in the sherils oflice is about to take place is highly inconsist ent with their alleged deplorable condi tion. Doputy Sheriff Aarons occupies all entire house in a fashionablo portion of tho city. It is well furnished and his wife and seven children always dress well and look happy, Mr. Aarons smokes good cigars, mi(1 has grown so fat in the sherifi's oflice that lie finds difficulty in getting wit hin writing dis tance of his dcesk. The other (lay, while he was resting himself after writ ing the (late on the top of a legal docu lent, a reporter said to him: ''How is It that voui seem to be so contented when all he other deputy sheriffs aro complaining of hard timcs?" Mr. Anrons scraped a little pice, of quail off his mustache, and replied, confidentially: "About two years ago 1 wanted to get a now suit of clothes, and as my tailor had made money enough to retire after having my custom for :a year or two, I began looking around for a new - tailor. I spok^ to one of the deputies about it, and h- advised me to try a tailor who is locateil on Broadway, a short distanceo fron here. I left miy ordeu for a coat, aundl told the tailor to deliver it at my house. When the garment arrivect the messenger refused to leave it until I pail him for it. I sent it back. The next day the tailor told me had so much trouble in getting money from one or two of the deputies that he was afraid to trust a stranger who was in the same - busmness. Now, the men lhe mentioned ade as much ioiey as 1 do. The se cret is just the same ho re a it, is in every other business. I look after my money and other fellows don't. I come 1 to the offMce at the san hour every morning, attend strictly to butsliness un til lunch time, and t hei pay $1 or more for a good meal. Vhen the da's work is done I go home ai t:a thtre. Tha men who are always romnplvining spen(m 40 or 50 cents on their way down in 1 the morning, the sami on th. ir way home, buy a cheap huich, and devote their evenings to phying cards or sciuaderiug their mon'v in some other foolish wav. It is thespendinr of small coins that makes a man poor and keeps him there, and a man is r'ever any bet ter otY if he tries to save money by de priving his stomnacl of food."'--lVew York Mail and Express. Brazilian Women. To one who makes a tour of South America before going to Brazil, it seems as if all the homely women on the con tinent had emigrated there, for pretty ones are extremely scarce. Their conm plexions are sallow and muddy, and they all have a bilious look. Another oddity is that the women are invariably fat, and the men invariably lean. Their complexions are ruined by the climate, and the lives of indolence they lead give them a tendency to obesity, which is augmented by the excessive use of sweet moats. The women are munching con fectionery from morning till night, andshi scarcely eat anything else, and their time is divided between snoozing in a rocking chair or pecking through the blinds to see the peop>le on the streets.1 One can ride about IRio all (lay without seeing a Brazilian lady,. aind the only ghmp)se aiman ever gets of them is dur ing the evenings at the cafes or at the1 play-houses, unless lhe gets out early in the morning andl catches them on their At6 o'clock every morning the streets are full of women on their way to church, and at 7 o'clock they are on their way to their homes, and from 7:30~ there isn't a petticoat to be seen until the gas is Ii ghted and the lhonses are emptied into the streets, park, the ice cream booths, and1( the theaters. Th'lere they ppearin their Paris finery, ovroae with jewelry, munch candy, nibble ices, and gossip. Next to her complexion, the ugliest thinig about a Brazilian woman is her voice. It sounds as if the parrots had taugh~lt her to speak, and wheni you hoar it behind the blinds, as one often (lees, it is always a matter of doubt whether "Polly" or her mistress is talking. But the BIrazilians do not call their parrots "Polly" as we do. The common name is "Loreta." A Brazilian wonman rnever goes shop ping. Servants are sent for samples, and if It is a bonnet the senorita wants to buy, a box or baskot containing all the latest Parisian styles is sent up for her inspection. Most of the purchasing Is (lone in this way, and a womian is seldom seen in a shop. But iir~ all these remarks the negroes arc exceptedl. Th'le streets swarm, day and night, with gor gceously d ressed Dinahs, wearing' tur bans that would shame a pasionl tlower for color, and usually yellow or red gowns. They chatter like miagpics, and seldom seem to be going anywhI ere or to have any object in life beyond gos siping with the friends they meet. The color line is drawn In religion. The negroes have churches of their own, with colored saints and coloredl priests, and have separato street cars. '1 hey (10 not come In c<ntact with the whites in any way except as servants.--Rio Ja neiro Letter in N. Y. Sun. In a ~pcr :cadi before the Public Health A ssoci-aion, D)r. D. E. Salmon said that L-. ravages of hog cholera were unust dly severe andl widespread last year, t nd cost producers nearly $30,000,000. !Aforrl.g to the sanitary aspects of the question, lie said: "The (hisposition of the million carcase of hogs that have died from this disease is a matter which affects the health of our1 people. Sometimes they are left to putrefry, sometImes they are thrown in to the ponds andl streams which furnish dlrinkin g water to ouri cities, sometimes the lard is rendered from them, and what finally becomes of this p)roduict is an Interesting subjet for speculation.M It is at Los Angeles, Cal., that a wo man gives uip all her tIme to forty eats. WIT AND HUMOR. It's a chestnut that's over its primo To remark, as we do in this rhyme, That. If under a coiling You're standing or kneeling You're certainly something sub-line. -Yonkers (Jazotte. rhere was a tman once on a tline who thought him wondrous wise, lie swore by all the fabled gods he'd never ad vertise: Bnt the goods were advertised ere long, and thereby hangs the tale rhe act was set in nonpareil, and headed "Sheriff's Sale." -Salem Gazette. A WEIGH. She entered the store with n charming smile, And said to the clerk: "0, Charlie, say, have you a tuoient to spare for mo And let inc know how much I weigh?" 'One-thirty is what the figures say." "How heavy I atn! Assist me. please." Andi the grocer saw with his weather eyo The young man give tier a gentle squeeze. 'Who was the girl?" asked the grocer-man. For a moinent the young nia answered not; rhen he softly sid(1 in a imshful voice, "0, that is t he weigh I long have sought.'' -Lowell Courier. Jack--"Grandma, have you good eeti?" Grandmla--"No, dear; unfortu ately I have not." Jack-"Then I'll rive you m y walnuts to keep till I come )aek."---oston I;eucon. The King of liavaria has shut himself p1) and refii-is to i' seen. In this coun r'y one, two, or Imore kings cnn be seen )y any one willing to plt tip money for he sight.-Nhuslile 'nion. A Down East parson prayed in church igailist prorgressive ('ieclIre, aind h is Con ,rregation, who had never heard of it >efore, have been busy learning it ever ince, just to see if it was so very bad. l)io Lewis thinks people should go to >ed at 9 and get upj at 5. The unso )histiented doctor loesn't appear to be tware that, it is bet wcein those hours that dl the fun come('s off.---1Ioston Tran reript. . In the ante-rooi of a Miiister of State. 'Is the Under-Secretary of Slate in his >flice?" ''Yes, siri, but when he is in he locsn't receive anybody."' ''All right; '11 come some <hay wht'n he isn't in." !''rcnch Paper. - Ile-Are you fond of readin'r tiction? )Ihe--Vcry. II' -Are you reailing the crial, ''Sweet Birdie Sitmpson,' now -tinning in the ('ross Country Magazinc? The- es, and all the articles on the late var. think they are delightful.-N. Y. Su? The newspapers are full of prescrip ions for the cure of hydrophobia. Vhat ve consider the best irescription of all mas not yet been published. It is this: old lead, one-half ounce. )irections: pply internally to the dog's head--S. ;utis (I.-I). A western exehange says: "Pyramid .ake, in Nev:da, has fallen eight and tud Lake has risen twenty feet in the ast year." And yet people have the ef rontery to claim that. Nevada is devoid >f excitement and growing dull and uni interesting.-Puck. - Johnny (just after Sutnday-School) ''Sa3', Jak, what is a soekdola(rer?" ac k-'"W hy, don't you know? 'That's what they sing in chur1"cli when they get ready to go home. Tie minister gets ip and says: 'Let us now sing the sock lolager.' "-Boston Begcon. Two card-pllayiing friends were passing hirough a pine forest inl Maine, whel )no asked the othoir this audacion, onundrun: "Why cannot the nro irietor >f this forest fell his own timber?' "Ie mause no one is allowed to cut when it. is is own deal."-Shoc and .cathcr Rc 7orter. "Yes," said Bobby's father, as lie troked his little boy's head fondly, 'Bobby is keeping a bank for his odd )ennies and nickels." "'And how miuch iave you got saved up, Bobby?" asked lhe visitor. '"Twelv-e cents,'' hie replied, 'besides thie .$3.25 pa owes H.-t-N. lThmes. ''Shine 'emi ui~pa'r' said ani Italian oot.black to Pat, just landed. "'Phat's lhe charige?"' asked Pat. '"Five cent a.'' 'Begorra," said Pat, as he seated hhi elf in the chair, ''it is a foine' counthry-3, .meriky, where a 1)0)r Oirishmian cani ~et his boots blacked b)y a gintlemian vid goold rings in his ears."'--N. Y. Sun. Browni-"I don't see how votu can lnd time to go to elitrch everv'Sunday. Pmn- sutr I can't, I've so muteli to do:'' b'ogg--"Yes, I suppose y'ou do turln off a ;oodh deal of work Sundays. I wish I aoul1d (10 it; but the fact is, I can't go. without 1my3 sleep as well as you can." Wonder- what lie meatnt! --Boston TJran cript. A little 3-year old who has sev'ei-a itmes visitedl the imie muitseumls withl uis par-ents, was Sunday ta ken to c-licithl vithi ia memiiber of the faniily, and after return ing honm was asked by3 hiis fathter what lie saw. "Wecll," saidl the young iter, ''a man got up1 and shook his aims lfnd talked; but I idin't like it nmuchi, 3eause they di't let uts see thle mionk iys. "--St.1 'aul Pioncer-Press. "'I'nm sorry3,"' observed thte partishicione, "'that I can't paty miy p)ew-r-ent this qutar :ir."' "'lim very sorry too, Mir. Joties," returned the cler~gymian; "'I presumedyou osit y'ouri money gamll)lin g in stocks?"' ''No, I can't say that I did.'" "T'hien in tspeulating in oil?'" "'No. To tell the ~ruthi, I did iiot. I attenidedl you- crh- tei ~air tho othetr eveninig atnd goIt irdped in o a lottery." "'O!"---1cAk. 'Two beggais, who ply th-i trade ini ifth avenue,ia-e tak inig a leisurely sirollI, when t hey mieet a not her cf thiri gu ild, who lifts liis hat to thtetm with gteat re ipect. One of the t wo is abhout, to ret uirn thie saltitat ion with equl 1l suavity. "''i bd >n!'" cies the (other; ''hmat ate y'ou tip to"'Whiat.'s the imatter?'' '"Whly" withl witheinitg contempt "h'le begs ini the Fouthl Ward!''- N. Y Mail. An eminenedt scientist at tribuites thle re imarkable longevity of ai womani whto recently died ait the age of 109 to thle faet that she niever wor'e a hiigh bon net in a theatre. We :ilso tinder-st and t hat theo vigorous health I of a hiiladelphi1a rnan now in hiis 9h9thi year is duei to t he fact that lie ntever wenit omit between the lets to make astr-onomiieal obsermvat iotns Lhrough a glass. - -Norris town JIeraldi. ,Jeemis kniocks a cupl otl the mianitel, shiver-ing it inito a thous nd fiaginen ts. Flis mistress, hein'tig '.he noise, ruishies n and stands a mionment stopefied by the re-sult of her- ser-vant's awkwardniess. '0," she cries, with tears In her eyes, 'my beautifuil, old Sevres!" ''0,'' ex ilatims Jeems, in a joyotis tonie, a ser ipico mdile spireadinig all over his face, 'I was so fright.teed at first. I tilought t Was somct h ing ceinlw. "---Pakris FIqanro GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Facts of Interest. Gathered from Varioue Quarters. -RIepresentative Randall is stifcering from the gout. -Moody and Sankey are meeting with success in Atlanta. -The revolutionists in Buenos Ayres have been completely defeated. -Statietics show that in Europe the women have a majority of 41,569,000. -Europe is stated to have an avail-H able military force of 9,000,000 sol diers. -Thousands of negroes in Alabama will requirc active help for many weeks. -The captured Apaches t-yec been sent to Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. -Poker playing in the Kiinball House, Atlanta, has been broken up by the authorities. -If the weather is favorable, a grand naval review will comie oil' at Penlsa cola on Wednesday. -Ri,chefort and several of his French Iadical friends have been arrested on charges of incitinlg riot. -The naval evolutions at I'enlsacola, on Tuesday, were very successftl and were contiinuedf several days. -lon. Win. E. Forster, Chief See retary for Ireland-un(ler the previous Gladtone Ministry, is dead. -The steamer Mountain Boy was turned over at Owensboro, Ky., by a gale and three men were drowned. ---The Bland silver bill was defeated in tle IIluse of ltepresentatives on Thursday, by a vote of 162 to 126. --W. C. Ackerinan, the celebrated ''boy >reacher," attempted suicide in New 'ork. Disappointed in love. --Thomas A. ''niteher, Prolessor of Latin and Literature in Yale college, was found dead in his bed last week. -Tle Mexicans are down on the Chinese. An A ti Clhinese denon stration was recently Made at Mazat lan. --The Gem ('ityv Mills, Q;uincy, Ill., the largest f1our inills in that section, were burnt la:t week ; loss nearly $200,000. -Several prominent Mormons have been arrested in Salt Lake City, charg ed with umlawftul cohabitation. 'T'hev gave bail. -The people in portions of Labra dor are cufTerinig tor boil and aie con stining their dogs. Actual starvation is unminnent. --Dr. Lucy C. Waite, of Chicago, has been adniitted to the Uniivesary of Vienna on equal terms with the male students. - -liepresentat ive louk, of Tennes see, is ia hopeful nlan. lie actually supposes the l:epublicanas may elect a Governor there -The past winter has been very severe and distructiye to birds inl G meat Britain. Large nu:nbers have died from want of lood(. -llarvard's 250t ii ainiversairv occurs next October, and the stu(lents want to celebrate it, but. the faculty retmain silent on the subject. -Witnesses before the telephone in vestigating committee last week were not public men anc t tie testimony was of no .ecneral interest. - The King of Greece and his? Min isters have decided to abandon war preparations, as Prince Alexander has yielded to the powers. -GeIn. Pope left San Francisco on his journey into ret iremenit in a special train. Tinmec was when he wvas glad to retirie with his b)aggage traini. -Thle Republ11 ianis cof Cinmcinniiati carried the iinuniici pal elect ion byv ain overwhenic ing manajorit y, thle D1 emio crats beintg kep,t hmomie by bad wveathier. -A Paris pap~er states 1 hat t wentyv five cases of cholera have appeared( ini lie towni of' Au diernme, in Flinisterre, and1 thait one( of t hem has fWroved Ihtal. ---Dr. Printon II. Warner, a well k nown physician of Wiaitimonre, dliedl of' hydrophobia, oni 'Tuesdaiy . lie was bit ten by a smadlI dog Chr ist mas da'. - Four I wild( trmains oni thle Chiic'a,'o and Northiwest ern lh ioad caime imia collision oni t he coutsk irmts of Ileloit, W.is. 'Three persons wveie badly in j uredI. -Secretary Manninig continues to improve. I Ie was piermnittedl to gel outi of bied aind sit up a short t ime oni Thursday, the first attetnyt sinlce his at tack. -Ex-Senator McDonmald deniics hav ing a grievaiice againsat thme Adminis trationi andt says he hiis expressed nmo opinion as to the effects of Clevelaind's policy. -IRioting hats b)een remiewed in East St. Louis an(t the police had to brinmg heirm Winicter' iflea to bear on tIme crowdI bef ore they could be madec to retire. -The hx ights of Labor have isued an av . cs fronm St. Louis, signed by three of' the executive boards, ini whicb it is dleclared that Jay Gould mrust be overthr'owni. -A juvenile vagabond, who had beenm conivicted of thme lfmrder of at wvorknman on the Chmamups dle Mars, was executed at Paris, last week, wvithi lie guillotine. --Every rilIroad bridge between Newpomrt, Tenn. , and( Asheville, N. C., except the iron bridge near Warm Springs was carr'icd away by the recent floods. -The Geineral Conivenitioni of' tIme Ep)iscop)al Churiich ii bIe held ini Ci cage in October. TIhiat city has already suIbscibedC $8,000 for thue entertain nment of the body. -A qutestionm likely soon to come to the froint is the priacticab)ility of' tun inelinig between England ai 'd recland At cne po0int the distanice is less than twenity-twvo miles. -The lower house oif the P'russiaii Landtag, b.y a vote of 214 to 120, adIopted a b)ill expi'opriating the hand of' Poles ini .Posen and colonizing the prmovi nce wvit h Germans. -The Bialkan Conference iil ap p)oinit Prinice Alexander Governor of East ltoumelia for five years, ignor'ing the Pruince's refusal to accept thme ap. noimonfut fr tha tom. -W1m. Ellis, of St. Francis, Ark., a hard drinker, who habitually boat his wife, shot her and her infant fatally with a Winchester rifle. le was hur ric(t to jail to avoid lynching. --A fire in the Central i'oad warehouses at Savatllah, on esday destroN el forty-five Car loada of 'corn and damaged three hundred bales of cotton; estimated loso $25,000. -The Mormons have Just closed a four days' session at Proro, Utah, over ten thousand people being in attend anc. They have no intention of emni grating by wholesale from Utah. -The boiler of the British steanship Enchantress ashore on Frying Pitn Shoals off Vilminlgton, N. C., explod ed last week. Three wreckers were badly scalded-on1o dangerously. -The llepublicans have elected the Mayor of Madison, Wik., for the first time since 1880. Rtacine and Kenosha also elect Republicans. The entire Republican ticket was elected at La Crosse. -Ii the recent municipal election at Fort Worth, Texas, every Alderman choseii was t knight of Labor aid the Mavo' leans that way. Incendiary pi,t'clies were mnatde at a r,cent publc meeting. -Louis 1'. chnidll, of Freeport, Illinois, killed Ihitaself'-drivon to the act, it is believedi, throulgh dism issal from the Knighls of Labor. lie was charged l with divulging the secrets of the Order. -A fire broke out in a lunibet' yard in La Crosse, Wis., on 'T'uesday, and spread inl (iflielrnt directions; fire engincs fron adjacent tow ns had to be called in. The loss will reach fully Q1,5)M),00u.~ -1te})resentative Samuel J. RtaV (all's adlmirers are talking of him asta succezesor to Mr. Manning in th\c ''rei-ury I)-partinent. Con tine chliekents hetort Ihey are hatched is aEn old habit of the sanguine. --Isalore Sheienbain, it youlngr man, Welt into the sleeping r"oom of Annie ltosentcinl, a pretty irt of Ii(It'ae, inl Milwatkie, and killed her and t.I.en hinseli with a pistol. No cause is assigned for the ten ible act. -A strike of cotton spiliste's and weiavei's gintrallt the ho'ver'inr of wvages is inl progress at Ens '(de, llolLauid. So far' no ti-or(lers have occurred, althougli the Soei;alists :(re trginig lie strikters to r'S(o t It) fori1t ible m11eaMu'res. -I)r. lulller C. lkose, of 'almiyra, Ohio, claii to htuve iniventild a litost ex,'eil'int telethone transmtitter. In a ti - over )7. miles of wire a wlispe' was he'aid (listinctly, tn(d al-o thl. tick iig of a watch held teii feet frtom the tranlsmiitter. -The 1e}ort ')f'the lioval ('Iolunis. sionl 1 rapp itl to itnuie imlo tltt biu dle}pre>,in atlhroug homt rea li itia conltains it m}t Very'\ strottl stitteiiienits about th e doaiae to tIi lrad}e ofI that ('01111try by highl tar"ll', i1 the Upitedl States. -The Chinese .\llisten was grossil instied on itis arrival in San Fi'teiset last. Tuesday. 'The Collector of Cult toms refused to let liii lit(d, withou an inspurlion of his credentials. Th affalir caused (1tu(e it seisation, but thir is yuieted dhown. -The inotih of March, with its dr3 wiuds, has always heen ia disustrolls ono in the fire recorl. ''hIe waste fi this couniiry andii C~ana<la for that mOnitI has aaveraged $7,000,000. Last eal the Mlarch losses footed up1 $9,000,000, and this year they were $10,65>0,000. -13. C. Coyle, it respected citizen oi D alton, Gat., was iaken fr'om his homiti Two younug femai:les were wVhi pped by the saine1 patty. 'The whipped ini. v idlIs ar'el char'ged with Irieporiiting the whlipperCis for rnuningi illicit distilleries. --Shieiff Slatchi, of' Coebisc conity, Aizoina, wenit teln. Croo)Ik with Ii warranit for1 G~er'oimio andi for'ty onie "dJobii DoesC.'' Genl. Cr'ook r'epliedh that, the Inianitis are hield as prisoniers o1' war unider' inustrl'jins trmii Wash inugion, atnd lie wonub( not give fthem --Onesa of' the miail car's attached to ftst nmtil t rain No. -1, wvhichi left Chuica go at b.:t p. mi. on Thurtsdlay oin thec L akhe Sh)ore I tailr oad, wats f> ued it Oak 11 arboir, Ohio. ThI e cari coni tainued, beCsid es thie miail, a casket iniI whichl wVere thle r'emuains of' a miiother' anid hiei -llinois ReCpubIlicanis are phlunlinig the 1uselVes over' "pattrlonaige"'( dissenl SiOnIs amonlg thle D emnocrats ini thle IEightecen th( Congressionail (listrlict, of that State. Of' coiiurse thle suggest ion is miade that these will1 cause Coloniel M orriison I's dhefeat. 'JTie same11 thing has0 been id il bcfor'e. -M~i.is. Foster', wife oif thle litec Senai tor' frou,a Conieeiicuit, who0 waVIs the alctinhg V'ice0-Pr'iesideut an d P'resideit of fthp Selte pr'( ouc. fromi 1865--67, atfter' Sjl\end01ing thle wViniter' in Wiashinlgton, hais gone to Beau torI, S. C., tor' a visit to thle fu inily of Lieu tenantit Lyman, Unaited States navt~v. - It seems to be a genieral imrpr'es sioni in Witshin igtoni Mr. TI. L. Fortune, editor' of (lie Freem~n, thle indoepiend eiit organ of thle co lored people1, woulId like to have t he ltecor'der'shiip of' Deeds att Washilngton ini casoe Mr'. Matthews is niot conifirmiedh. Mr'. Foirtune's frienids think lie will get it. - Will. S. flays, the noct-author-, dIoes not wanht the Louiisville P'ostoflct aitl has telegr'aphied to Washiington: "T'1ell Presidheiit Cheyclandl for' the L4ord's sakhe niot to apploint mec Post. master04. I dlon't wanit to be annhoye( b,y 100,000) citizeiis W~ itinig places I dt rathier enigmeer a bani{ -y ule."' --M. Sarr'ien, Minister of thie Inte~ rior', has or'dered all thie mnayorse am prects of the country to do theil utmost to dIssuade Fr'enchumen fr'oi emigr'ating. T1hie ofllciahs arec instruct ed to expattiate onl the obstaceles ai disappointments which await new-' comer0is itn all ptarts of thie wor'ld, par' ticutlarly~ in Am leriea. --Goernior' Lee, of Vir'giila has issued( a str'ong apipeat to the peop1)1 of his State, assering that the dlebt ques tiOn csum be f'orcycri settled by the palttriotic citizenus of the old1 Commoii wieahth r'efuisinig to dleal in ihie dIetested coutponis. A call1 has been isstued for' putblIe meeOtings( to deniotunce thie men who offer coopons for taxes.* -Representative Herbert hasi.ntro= dued a resolution to aDpropriat'e *300,. 000, to be inamdiatel$ available, tY be expended under the directiou. jf the Secretary of War in the purchase nd stribution of subsistence, stores And ter necessary articles to aid in 'the relief of destitute persons in thegvir flowed districts of Alabama. *i#, --Mr. George Hearst, of California just. appointed United States Senator in place of the late General Miller'is not only one of the very rich men of that State in lands, mines and money, but he is also a public-spirited cltizen and a Democrat. ie has won 'th' honor at Governor Stoneman's hands,. and will fill the place with credit. -itobert G. Phillips was hange"at' I ndiatnapolis last Friday noon for wife tmurder. Phillips att;em~pted suicide;atC the same time he- killed his wife, by cutting his throat. The wound haid never thoroutghly healed, and he has breathed through a tube since June 24 last. Ilis body was taken down in twenty minutes after the drop fell. -. The (.overlnment University at Tokio, in Japan, is to be raised to a higher standard, and celebrated pr"o lessors will be invited from difFerent countries. lFour other lniversities, secondarv in m 1np1or'tanco, are to be es, tablished. Gireek, Laatin and soe other languages will be added to the curriculum of the Tokio University. -A I.assenger traini over the Fitch burg, Mass., Railroad was throwi t'oti the track down an enbanknent ot' two hundred feet, near West 1)cer field, Thursday evening. Several per sons were killed and many others seriously wounded, some of whoal-t will die. The ears caught fire from the stoves, and two or three were de stroyed. - -The testimony of the Chicago builders to practically the same as that of Ihose at Vashinegton. Contracts for buildings that would give weeks of' steady employment to mechanics ancd laborers are being pigeonholed or rejected because tee unsettled condition of industrial matters makes the accept anee o1 a contract a mat ter of almost certain loss. -Republicans have drawn three of the four great military prizes. Gen. Terry and Gen. lloward became Major (ienerals, and Col. Ruger steps itto tho shoes of a Brigadier (icneral. They are all well known both fir military and political service, and two of the three especially for the latter (Itlality. j ('ol. Potter, who becomes a Brigadier .eneral, has the merit of being a Dcml ocrat. -h'l'h present Cabinet is one of heavy weights. The President weighs over :300 pounds. Mr. Manning, at the tile of his attack, weighed 325. Mr1 '. (harland and Mr. Lamar are both large mnen, weiLhing over 200 pounds each. :.lessrs. Bayalrd, and Ludicoti, though tall, are rather spare. They each tip the scale at about 200, whilc Messrs. Whitney and Vilas will each mark about 175 pounds. --Mr. Manning's serious illness shows that a Cabinet position is not altogether a bed of roses. Mr. Vilas has not maintained robust lea'th, thongh he is quite well at present. Mr. Lamar's fi'iends are always anx ious about him. Mr. Garland has lost flesh lately, and Mr. Bayard shows the marks of his great sorrow. Sec retary Endicott is by no means robust but Me'- Whitney shows as much phys ical as mental virility. -Tle activity of the temperance folks in Massachusetts ha incited the liquor mn of that State ~o form ant organiizaitionj which will be alIed ''The Massachusetts Protective Liquor ijeal er's', lirewers5', Di1stitlletrs' and Clerks' A ssociation." According to the con stiutioni, no disreputable person, no one who sells to minors, no keeper of at house of1 ill-fame, nio one und(1er 18 years of age, anid only such (druggists as pay an annual foribit of $50, will be allowed to become members. Hie Tio)ok No Itsks. "'You say you1 liv~e with yI~our' parents,'" sa irl a chin:ia decaler whlo was puttti ng a . lot of yotungsters thriouigh a eivil-service eAxamIinaI tion for the x>si tt io errlanid boy in his e.stabliishmiient. 'Yes, sir." "Araiil youIIf' are1 uick at figuires?"' "Yes5, sit'." "'Now, suppos)0e I had dlroppied around the corner' to get lunch and a lady should comeii along who wished to pur1' cbase two( dozo,en cups and sautcers- at $.0a dozen." "Yes, sir." ''After atgreeing to taike the goods she hainds you a $5 note. I low much change would y'ou ret un to heri?' '"Two dlozen cups iand saucers?"' asked the boy, gazing toward the ceiling.r '"That's what !:::'0l.' "Sh~e muii-' ne at bord i'-ttotr.( keeper to--" "'Never nindl what she is. IIlow i melt change wouhld you hand hter'?'' asked the dealer'1. ''A dol11lar and a half a dozen?"' "YXes, yes. Nowy, then !" "lI)on't you think that's pretty darn'm h igh for---"-' "'Nevert min11d whe:~tter' it's htight or how. I low much mioney~ would you r'e turn to thte huly13?" "'But theau five dlol lars might lbe had,'' ejactullated the boy, winking ait the .-toro eat. "WVe wviil suppiose tthe bilt to b)e good," s:aid the dealer, shiarply. "'I don't see what one wvomanti wa.ntsq to buy all themt eupls anid saul(cers for, amny w'. When imy sister go,t marr'ied so -''heu you1 can't give ' t the ani fWhat -but)heu I'hanlgi'?" "Ye's, ye'5. "Oh!' ''('oime, wheat is thne answeri?'' ''Well,'" imurmuredt thle boy, shifting to i s oftheri foot and1( kein'1)ig anm eye ont lie cat, ''I'd j ust tell thle Ihu ly to call 'rouind wi-no'u Olwals in and( tect her chiange', foi' thle hill might be a b>ad un, andl I doln't niever' taike no risks.' "You'reci enage4d."' ejaculated Noe den Ier. -Ma(ifor'nia Maverick. Th'le word Shenanduoah mneans "the dautlghter' of the star1s.'