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WOMEN AS BULL-FIGHTERS. The Brutal Sport Carried on in France as Well as in Spain. (1Irom the Low1on Telegraph.) Bull-baiting and fighting is not yet over in Frar.ce any more than in Spain. Despite the outcry that was raised some months ago relative to the dis graceful scenes that occurred in the amphitheatre at Nimes during a bull baitine carnival, the same spectacles have Yeen again witnessed amid the enthusiasm of ten thousand spectators. On Monday, May 10, the famous am phitheatre, a relic of old Roman times, was full to repletion with a crowd of excited beings who had come to wit ness the skill and prowess of the Mata dor Frutos and his compeers. What was more, three toreras were to appear, this being the first time that women have entered the r-enas at Nimes. At three o'clock i, ae after noon the performances began with a grand procession of Spanish bull fighters, male and female, who rode proune nto the enclosed space to the ilnd of military music. Three toreras in fancy costumes, all spark ling with fila ree and bangles, headed the proces-ion. Then came the quad rille, composed of five toreators, beaded by the great Frutos himself in gorgeous habit ment At the sound of a bugle a splendid black bull of cr -ed spanish breed bounded snorti to the ring. The women iimediatery set to work with their banderilla-, which they flung at the face and body of the catreerimg toto. The tips of the animal's horis were covere-i with round knobs of wood or leather while the women were ply-iz their darts, so at to prevent accideuts, bat tiee protectos were afterward removed in ,omie imstances while the men were performing. A second bull, a red one, which was next let loose, wade -traight at one of the toreras, a young woman, profes sionally dezignated as Senorita Denita del Amo, and knocked her over in a second, but not, however, before she had succeeded in planting two lance headed pennous between bis eyes. The woman was disengaged with surprising deftness by her male com pations and returned to the charge with courageous persistence. She was loudly appiauded by the public for her performance. A fresh bull was intro duced, which brought out the finer play of Fratos, whose first proceeding was to clear the bull with a pole as easily as if he were clearing a fence. Re then simulated death by lying still on the ground, escaping with marvel ous adroitness as the bull came near him with ferocious intent. The torora Benita del Amo then sat on a chair in the middle of the areni and calmly awaited the onslaught of a fresh animal. In the twinkling of an eye she wa% caught on the bull's horns and was tossed high in the air, falling stunned to the ground. This was the most deplorable part of the perform ance and no more serious accidents occurred. The- quadrille of men instantly at tracted the bull's attention from his prostrate prey and the woman was quickly sprinkled with water or vine gar . and rose apparently uninjured from the ground. Her light clothes were torn to shreds. Frutos repeated the chair movement, but, more adroit than the woman, he nimbly sprang aside before the bull could bear down on him and just escaped a terrible horn thrast. Six bulls in all were let -loose. The women's performauces were great failures. ORANDil ARMY OF TUE RSEPUBLIC. Who Oibiginated the Idea and What Is Has Grown To. * The order'of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in the State of Illinois early in the year 1866. To Dr. B. F. Stephenson, of Spring field, 1ll., belongs the honor of sug. gesting the formation of this union of *veteran soldiers and of launching the organization into existence. The ob. ject of the combination was to afford assistance to disabled and unemployed soldiers. Dr.- Stephenson had been a surgeon in a volunteer regiment dur ing the war, and wias firmly conymnceu -that an organization of the returned volunteers for uzual benetit was im perastively needed. A ritual wvas drafted u'nder his supervision, andl the first post of the new order was formed at Decatur, 1ll. Other pos5ts were soon mustered throughout illinois aud contiguous States and the First D)e parazient (State) &onvention was held at Springtield, li., July 12, 1866. -General John M Pahner was there elected department commander. Oc tober 81, 1866, Dr. Stephenson, as provisional comrauder-ini-chief, sent out an order to all the Posts then formed, calling for the first National Convention of the &.rand Ar-my of the Re'public. This was held in Indian apolis, Ind., on November 2o follow ing, and representatives werec present from the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, New York, Penn sylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, In diana and the District of Columbia. General S. A. Ilurlbut was elected as commander in-chief During the year 1867 the order spread rapidly. The various States completed their work of department orgatnizaltion and Pos were formed in all the lai-ge towns and in many counties. The second National Encampment. meeting at Philadelphia, Pa., January 15, 1868, found the order in a most promismng condition. In 1868 the first observance of May 30 -as a Memorial Day by the Grand Army was ordered. May 11, 1870, this date was fixed upon for an nual observauce by an article adopted as a part of the rules and regulations of the order. Unfortunately, during the warmly-contested political cam jaign of 18~6$, the idea that the army was intenmkd as a pontical organmza tion gained curr-ency, with the result of injuring the order greatly. A heavy decrease of membership fol lowed, causing almost a total disrup tion of the order in tile West. in May, 1869, a change in the ritual was madle, pr-oviding for three grades of membership, but this met with little favor, and in 1871 all sections provid ing for degrees or r-anks atuong ieir. bers were stricken from the rules or the order. At the same time a rule was adopted prohibitinig the use of the organization for anly partisan purpose whatever, a principle which has ever since been strictly adlhered to. The Five O'Clock Tea to Die. Four c'clock lunches ini the old French style are replacing the British importation of:> o'clock tea in fashion able Parisian circles. The lunches are generally given by young girls to their newly married friends, and arc ar ranged with elabor-ate simplicity. Thus, the table linen is trimmed with thread lace, the service is ususally of "crackled" red glass, and the favorite beverage is iced nmilk, ser-ved in artis tic bowls, and flavored with a glass of u Kirsch." PARLOR MAGIC. How to Make a Cigar Dance on a Hat---Ar: Easily Performed Trick. A hat is borrowed; likewise a cigar. The performer breathes on the latter to mesmerize it and declares that when so mesierized he can compel it to stand upright on the crown of the hat. He endeavors to make it stand up accordingly, at first without success, but presently the cigar does actually stand upright, self-supported, on the crown. At command it will bow to the companiy, salute the ladies on the right, the ladies on the left, and so on. The performer then asks for a little music, and begins to move the hat about, still crown upward, first in one hand then in the other. The eigar retains its vertical position, but sways about, sometimes to one side, some times the other, as if endeavoring to keep time to the music. At any moment the performer can request a spectator to take the cigar from the hat and to satisfy himself that it is not attached in any way. The seming mystery rests on the use of a very simple piece of appartus -a little rod about the size of a lead pencil, but rather thicker, of ebony or some other heavy wood, and with a needle-pint an inch long projecting from one end of it. The performer gets this inside the hat and in his pre tended ettorts to balance the cigar on the hat )ushes the needle-point up through the crown and into the end ot the cigar, which the aceforwar 1 stick, upright on the point. Any inclioa tion given to the ebony rod within the hat will naturally make the cigar bend in the oi pp1te direction and so to salute the company, etc. The hand may now grasp the brim of the hait only, leaving the ebotsy rod swinging free withiti the hat, and as it swings t will comnmunicate a swaying motion to the cigar above, as if affectd by the muisic. When the trick i7 completed You invite some spectator to take the cigar from the hat. At the same muoment that his tingers touch the cigar vou withdraw the needle-point from below when tl:c cigar naturally falls and nothing whatever remain., to indicate the meoims that supported it. The nerformer irmediatelv begins to brush the hat with bis handkerchief and under cover of so doing is enabled without difficulty to smuggle away into his sleeve or pocket the little ebony rod. I' LUCK IN PETTICOATS. - A Veritable Texas Heroine, who Comc- to Grief at Last. (Frian the AtIa ta Colatioition.) Just iiow Bettie Travis is the talk of Texas. The frontiers of that State have produced many women of daunt less courage, but Betty in her way has surpassed them all. This girl is a beautiful blonde, sym metrical as "the Greek Slave," charged to her finger tips with electricity, and as wild and- fearless as an Amazon. In so-ae unexplained way Bettie got into trouble in Hunt county, and the minions of the law made an attempt to arrest her. She stood her ground with a six-shooter, and kept the offi cers at a safe distance until she suc ceeded ii effectins: her escape. She sought a home with her relations near Bairdstevn, but they proved quarrel some, ael she found it necessary to draw a ;istol ard drive them into the next coantv. For this a constable tried to arrest her, but shle got the drop on him with a Winchester rifle and thei rode oil' to pastures neCw. Tile hirn-spirited damsel w~as next heard of ini tile Indian Territory. There she was charged with~ violating the revenrue laws, and at determined effort wais made to secure her captturie. Miss Beule was equal to the emier ency. She donnied a mnatn's suit of apprel, and arming herself with a doublebgrrelleg shot gun and a revolver, terrorized all the officers and settlers until she made her way to Red River. The ferryman declined to carry~ her over without pay, but ttle irl took aim at his head and pur suaded him to land her on the other side. Such career~s are generally as brief as thev are brilliant. A deputy sheriff finally captured poor Bet tie Travis near Paris. He found the girl roam ing the wvoodsh like a veritable Ophelia babbling unintelligible nonsense, and adoinig herself with wreaths of w'ld lowers. Fortunately the deputy had sese enough to see that he was deal ing with a lunatic instead of a desper ado. HeI treated tis prisonier kind iv, and turn'ed her over to the State lunla tie asylum. Texas now feels a sense of relief'. For a long time it has been a question whether Bettie woulid take Texas or Texas would take Bettie. A Mohammledan Joke. It is th~e belief among the Mohatm medanis that if early prayers are said fort' mio~rninigs in successionl at the mosque before any one else arrives. the person so doing shall have good luck and prosperity. There was a poor m'i in Constantinople who was the picture of bad luck and improvi dence. Every morning early he re paired to the great Mosque of St. Sophia sud inivariably found some onle ahead of him, thus breaking the charm. One morning, as usual, lie discovered the earlier devotee, and, as he proved to be the same one all tile time, he thus spoke: "My friend, I am b~oor aud need good luck. For many miornings I have come hither to pray, each time earlier than before. Give me a chances; tell me how you get here earlier than I every day." To which the early devoteeb replied: ' have two wives. When I awake in the morning, one brings mec my slip pers, the other my ablution bowl, and by these wives attending to mny wants tgether, I am enabled to be off earlier for prayers than if 1 had onily one wife." The poor man resolved to profit by the advice. lbe gq himl another wife, and in a few dai! dis covered the real secret of the e4ly devotee, viz., the war between the two womn~ made very early morning prayers at the mosque a blessing. Won't Let Jleff Davis Hurt Them. (KFn ine lu'Jacw Td~'rapl'.) lello, there ! Hello, friends of the Grand Army of the Republic, you who scented the battle alar~ ol'antd shotuted ha, ha, as vou jumped'the bounty: you peioners and politicians, taike your heads from under the cover. We will not let Jefi Davis hurt you ie is armed with a swvord made of white rosebuds, but he will not stiek you. Come out from under the political wood-pile and walk right up and draw your pensions. Don't b.e afraid. Come out ; the boys shall not "pop a cap," and you can stop your ear~s while we explode the old anvil. Tile Confederate yell may be scary to fellows of- weak nerves, but it don't os the government a cent THEY TURNED THE HOSE ON HIM. All the Town was Mad Because the Brute Beat Itis WIfe. WATERF01n. Pa.. June 18.-Some time since Arthur Higgins. a well-known young man about towii, brouit home a bride from Louisville. Ky. She was a pretty antd charming gir, but frail and deicate. Yesterdytv Iliggins was caug-ht br-itally beating her for no other cause than the breaking of a plate. Two of the citizens who. witnessed the assault reported the case to the ollicers of the Eagle Hose Conpany, of which Hiins was a niemblier. Last night about 6 o'lock a false alarm of fire was 4rven aInd among others who began working at the brukes was ligins. Ac cording io previous arri-angenents he was seized hy two or three while others pro duced I larn- ernekery crate under which he was placed and the stream of water turned tipon imiii. By this time several hundid estizens, and ns many women as mena, wr' assembled enjoying the fun. HiIn et, his escape after a few minutes, ilt was soon1 Ciaught and held while the swift stream was put in his face. After a thorough soaking he was allowed to escape. The tirenan of the tire company then calilei the orgamizat ion to order and it was moved and seconded that I1iggins be expe led in disgrace. It was carried by a shout of v-:as wh1.ich was heard through the whole viil:ge. Higgins made a hasty sneak through thI~e :lleys for home. Later in the eveniti- Ig .- was suspended fromt the Order of U nited Worknen, to which lie belonged. The woP (in hlid a private indignation meeting this evening and will see that Mrs. i'riuls i t'prtc'te. The biusiness men of the towa have pledged themselves to de fray the expen.e of sending Mrs. Higgins hone to I uisville. Ky. Imr ortant Raitroad Mo, enwnt. SZince . ll ichmonnd and Danville Ridl Road C(o;, py cam-e into virtual possession of all the oads centering at Charlotte, save the Caroli :a Cenral. rumors of proposed radical cha-ses have beei rife. and it seems to have In --ore a settled fact that on the nrst MA av ia .i1 V the IRicnhuond and Dtnv ille sl h.-gin t booi things. The new polic.' wM I one of enterprise and progres iive's :nd we are told that after July 1st. Charlotte will not only have through dn s t .ior1ristown. over the At lani i T -nnese & hito, and Western North Ca ilina roads. but will have double daily trin a to S vanah, over the Charlotte, Columinia .% Agsta :a.d the Georgia Cen tral rd . instead of the dailv train to Au gusta. a, :.t p*e. Thie object ill pttting the new tiii on the C. C. & A. will be to secure th- Nort hern t ravel, as the Piedmont Air Line, i'll 1-- enabled to make the rin bcwe -I V.,sinton and S.amnah at least six Ihour., quleker th:i can he done by the co::st lino. .11n rri-angenent has been per fected wit the Georgia central whereby the liih -i'id D:mville ears will run throug'rh furm Auu-t to Savannah with out a ire:. WXhen t his changC is made the w0hit postal cars will be run on the Charlotte. Coliibla rand Augusta railroad, and it is believed thit the lay train will carry tie local miil as at present. Full conieCtiais will then be made at Charlotte on all traiis from the South for Northern and Wesh, Iarn points. :tmld for south-hound trains o:. all Southern points. The ar rangemen: wa an adinirable one for the pisene traflc :ind will secure a large in crease of au~ie:s for the_ Ri-hmuond and Dantvill" nm:panv.-(o,'l',iAf (Jxcrrer. A Mean Boveott. Aiout .' meinest specimuen e: the Itoy cott wh'i-ehs appeared il tlis counitr is tt w has been dei(Ied -ainst the Wayn pi-ioilie. in Erie county, Penn. Unt'il he ;.resent admititrttion came into power the p stoillce in this little village. the principal industry of vhich is represented lhv al che-- factry. had ibe(-ei presidled over y Mrs. Iiry nutalard. bit that lady has be-in fitrid to) give way to Mrs. 3lartha Preston. .vho is said to be a D~emocrat. though e :isidering the fact that Pennsylva niaL wtOne a' have not vot e. it is diflicult to see why 1hie- should be chissed either as D~emo erats or' Meputulicans. The Republicans. .show t eeir displeasure. hav~e boycotted the otlic anid hired a niam to -arryv their il to Elginboroughi. -ten miles away. The bove'..tt, of course, do~es not effect the governen-t, bu.t it does effect very materi ally the l.stnistr ess, wthose coinpenisation depends -n the amtount of biusine-ss (done through her oflice. The Republican pa triots ~of Waytie postoilit-e art- thtis engaged in the nole aittempilt tn take the bread fronm the mou:.h of a woman in order to spite an administr-ation wvhic-h their ac-tioni can in no way etfee . and to do this they are paying monev out of their own p)ockets. The meanness mdt the absurdityv of this imupor-ted system of tlipressiont we-re nevere better il Instrated.'-.Vn Tor-k 77wo-. Where~ (ildrten $warma and Sw armi. 3Iexico is the hot tied of children. The hnd is tIouoded with thetm, anid a small famn iyis a thi:ng unknown. They greet you at every w indoiw. at every corner. on every womn's baik. They liil the carriages aind the plaza: theiy are like a swarm of bees arondh aI honeysuckle-one on evt-ry tiny fower antd hundreds wtitinig for their chance. A mn died the other (lay who was fellowed to the grave by eighty-seven sons aud <ilughiters'. ail had bur-ied thir generathions in the States: so lie was at father o the graiud total of 100 children. There is aniothen ani livinig in Mexico who hans had two wives and wuhio ha~s living forty five chihireni. Down ini a small village, out fr-om \'era Cruz, is at father with sixty eight child r-n. .l ilowin;g the small average ot'ftve to aI f'onilv, one tan see howv numer Otis the eralul-chllidrent wotuld lhe. I amn acquaintted with a gentIaan wuhose mother is liut thirt-e-n imdh a hadf years olde-r than he. tand she htas eighteeni more of a family. It is a blessed ting tha~t the niativeLs are~ able to live in at cane lint and exist on beans and rice, else the list of de-athis by starva tion would be sonmething dr-adful. 'Thie Apoigle of time Lepe-rs. We reti-et to hear' tiiat the Ap)ostle of the Lepers of Molionai is begin nitng to pay the penalty of his hecroismi. S hut awaty from all civilized and heah byv humanity, Fatht-r Damen has for yeai:s been a willingprison en in the island. in which are colld-eted and conined tile lepers of all the neighbtoring Sad(wieb group. Fon a Yogtie tog cut off fromn the ouit ward world. Father Damen conitinued in goot health, though alone among the deaid. put the stroke has fallen at last. In a letter wr-itten recently he says: " Inmpossible for me to go any more to hloninlu, on account of the lep rosy breakitng (out on meit: -The microbes have fintally settled thiemiselves itt my left leg and my ear. and (ine eyebrow liegins to fall. I t'xpect ti ha~ve my face soon disfig ired. Hlavinig ino loubtamyself of the true chrcter tif myv disease. I feel calm. re signed, and happier among myv people. Al mithty God knows w hat is best for my santiietion, andt with that conviction~I say datily a gli ood .'Fia das t e." 'Where is'the he-rtismt whicht wuill vie with this T M-ezma: Eeczema is one of the ugliest and most troublesome of all blood diseases. It pree(ds from hiumoi-s in the blood which are sometimes. verv- difficult to eradiaio. Four five wearv 'u-cans SJr. J. D. Rodefer, of Greent'dtale, Va , sufl'ered trribhv from this disease. He writes: "Finding no relief ' the many medi eines till'I used Brw Iron' Bitters, I purchased three boettles; from the use of which I have ohbtained almost entire re lief. I recommend it to every one in my neighborhood for any disord1er of the blood and ana nral tonic."* GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Facts of Interest Gathered from Various Quarters. The silver in a Bland dollar is worth only 76.57 cents. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,118,639 bales. Twelve thousand Orangemen are drilling in Antrim. The Conservatives have selected Colonel Campbell Walker to oppose Gladstone. Robert Robinson, aged 16, of Wades boro, N. C., died Sunday of hydrophobia. Conrad Miller, of Baltimore, aged 62, suicided by jumping into the Patapsco River. The cholera continues to rage in Venice. An average of 20 new cases an d 10 deaths occur dailv. Lord Derby and other prominent Liber als have issued a manifesto to the electors of Liverpool. The Comte dc Paris has declined the Queen's offer of the use of the Claremont Castle. A severe shock of earthquake, lasting two minutes, occurred at Asbury Park, N. J., Saturday. All the Republican nominees for State offices in Arkansas have been withdrawn from the ticket. The Brotherhood of Telegraphers have resolved to fall in line under the banner of the Knights of Labor. San Jones has finished his work in Bal timore. having converted 2.000 persons out of a population of 340,000. One hundred natives and ten English people lost their lives through the eruption of the volcano at Tarawera. Terrible storms and floods have prevailed in the French provinces, and three shocks of earthquake visited Poictiers. The coroner's jury has found another verdict of willful murder against the police at Belfast. A dynamite bomb was hurled into the carriageway of the house of the Mayor of Racine. N is. Roscoe Conkling is to get $20,000 for acting as government counsel in the Broad way railroad investigation. King Ludwig's old physician denies that the King was insane. He maintains that Ludwig was only eccentric. Mrs. Wallace, of Knoxville, Tenn., was frightened to death recently by a runaway horse. The British troops are dying by hun dreds in Egypt. Ten dropped dead from beat Sunday last. A whoe family was swept away by a Itood in Cheyenne. Wy., and (ne of the bodies found in the top of a tree. At a fire in a mattress factory in Chicago Monday afternoon a number of operatives, mostly girls, were buried in the ruins. Dave Wells, of Macon, Ga., blew out his brains yesterday with a pistol. Domestic trouble and liquor was the cause. It is stated that Parliament will be dis solved on the 24th inst., and writs for the new elections be issued on the 25th. The Augusta mill owners posted a notice that all the mills will be shut down unless the employees of the Algernon Mill rtlurn to worr at once. The Knights Templar of Richmond have gone on a jaunt to Providence, R. I. Their train is a special, composed of six Pullman cars and one smoker. A man named Summerkalb, aged 85 years, and his wife, aged 78, were burned or suffocated by the explosion of a kero sene lamp in New York. Nelson Palmer, of Baltimore, committed suicide in jail, where he was incarcerated on the charge of forgery last Friday. He was respectably connected. McGraw, the objectionable overseer in the Algernon cotton mill at Augusta, has resigned, andl the threa'ene-d outlook in the mills there has been averted. A terriric storm at Crookston, Minn., wrecked the Germuania Hotel, injuring eight persons, and the Catholic Church, and seriously damaged two other hotels. Abraham Lincoln'~s tomb hashbeen turned into a money-making machine, by making visitors who desire to see it pay 25 cents each. The Vatican does not approve of the ex pulsion of the French Princes, but has de cided to take no action respecting the mat. ter. A crazy negro wvoman attempted to hang her three-year-old child in Yamaacraw yes terday. The child was rescued and the woman taken charge of. The convicts employed on the Pittsboro Railroad, North Carolina, have refused to work, andl the authorities are trying to starve them into obedience. The heat in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday and Satur-day last was inrense, the ther mometer recording 96 degrees in the shade. Three cases of sunstroke occurred Satur day, The Michigan Democrats have decided to run T. B. Barry, of the Knights of La bor Executive Board, for Lieutenant Gov ernor. At a nmeeting of "The Brothers of the Red Cross." a Socialistic organization, held in Chicago Monday, anarchy, Nihil ism. revolt and plunder were advocated. Winfield Lee Compton, of Kansas City, Mo., was married on June 2, and on their wedding trip stopped in New York, where he shot himself and wife Monday. On and after 'August 1st, the seven prin cipal theatres of Chicago will abandon iindow advertising. It will cut off an average of 3,000 deadheads. Representative Smalls has ait last sue ceedled in getting the House to pass his hill providing for the redemption and sale of the school-farm lands now held in Beau fort County. Morrison's motion to go into committee of ti-e whole to consider the tariff bill was defeated yesterday by a vote of 157 to 140. The South Carolina Representatives voted with the minority. When the early train from Atlanta reached Charlotte Tuesday, a stout-built. gray-haired passenger was found to be dead in one of the seats. His name was discov red to be John Wilson, of Winston, N. C. There is great excitement in Ottawa, Ont., over a report that the Fenians con template an attack on the Canadian fron tier owing to the defeat of the home rule bill. Never say a woman can't keep a secret. Four of the wives of Cabinet members knew of the President's engagement since January 1. It waus a ma~n who tinally let the cat out of the bag. The memberfs of a colored church at Newport, Ga., have a mania for funeral sermons. They not only save a corpse over for Sunday, but not long ago preached six sermons over the remains of one venerable brother. The coroner's jury in the case of Mc1en zie, the American Vice Casui at Dublin, who killed himself after fatally shooting his wife, rendered a verdict that McKenzie was insane vwhen lie did the shooting. Galveston, Texais. was visited by a ter rific storm Sunday. which submerged parts of the city, swept bridges away, interfered with shipping and cut off telegraphic com muniction. Thgz wind blew at the rate of sixty miles an hour. An imimense multitude assembled at the 'tation to bid Gladstone Godspeed in his Scotch camp~aign. He was greeted by en tusiastic crowds all along the line, and was received in Edinburgh by 40,000 peo Among the subjects discussed by the Washington, were the following: "The Gods Geometrize," "The Ethics of the Classics," and 'The Ultimate of all Relig ions." Every bachelor purchasing a $50 suit of a certain clothing house at Hemingford. Neb., is provided with a wife. It will be seen, on reflection, that this makes thr ,uit pretty expensive in the end. The terms of International Typographi. cal Union with the Knights of Labor are. that it will join the Knights in any reason able endeavor to sustain the rights of work ingmen, but will not impair the integrity of the union. There was a rush of the populace to view the remains of King Ludwig. Many persons were knocked down and trampled under foot in the rush. Guards were posted with fixed beyonets to keep the crowd back. A. sentimental writer says "a baby is a link which binds its mother to heaven.' Pretty often it is a link which binds her to the house when she is "almost .dying" to go out making calls or to do a little shop ping. Jacob Weiler. aged 62, of Lobackville, Pa., while at supper Wednesday night was informed that a letter containing $1.700 back pension money had been received for him. In hurrying to finish his meal he choked to death with a piece of meat. Captain Wm. Davis, for many years Su perintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, committed suicide on the Ala bama Great Southern South bound train Sunday. He leaves a large family who can assign no cause for the deed. The victims of the Belfast riots were buried at the expense of the public. The coroner's jury in the case of Mary Reilly, one of the victims of the recent riots, re turned a verdict of willful murder agaimut the police who fired into the mob. Typhoid fever is epidemic in Bellaire, 0. Over 300 cases are reported, with many deaths. The terrible sanitary condition ot the place, togetlher with the fact that 4he inhabitants drink river water inpregniated with garbage from Wheling. W. Va.. just above, is the supposed catui-e (If the Ci demic. A freight train on the Kansas City Road was wrecked some distance West of Chieng-o Monday cvening. Fifteen ears were en tirely demolished and several tramps who were stealing a ride were crushed to death. being mutilated in the most horrible man ner. European intelligence is to ihe eifec; that the relations between Germany and France are strained. This means that the teelinL-. while veiled by diploma-ic usage in the courteous phrases common to such inter course, are anything but amiable, and might lead to war at ary time. Winfield B. Thompsc n of Kansas City. Mo., who shot and killed the girl he married only two weeks ago and attemp:ed to kil! himself at the Sturtevant Ilouse on Tues day afternoon, lies at the New York I los pital in a critical condifion. ie las three bullets in his hewvl and one in his body near the heart. Ile positively refuses to clear up the mystery that surrounds the strange crime. Miss Cleveland's forthcoming novel "The Long Run," will be issued this week. It is a love story. the hero being a somewhat eccentric clergyman, the heroine an uncon ;entional young woman, and the locality a summer resort. It is said that Miss Cleve land recently received from the same pib lisher $600 for a ten-page introduction to a book published by him. One thing is certain, coercion will nevwr again be attempted by English legislators in the government of Ireland. omC of the rancorous Tories would no doubt he glad to employ the old thumbscrew and bayonet policy, but they dare not. The discussion of Home Rule has advancedI public opinion a hundred years on this point, and public opinion is the only power before which tyranny trembles. King Ludwig. who was recently deposed from the Bavarian throne, committed sui cide at 6 o'clock Sunday evening, lie lad gone out for a promenade in the Park of -Berg Castle, accompanied by Dr. Gtudden, his physician. The King suddenly threw himself into Starmherg Lake and was drowning. The physiciin jumped in to rescue the King :md was also drowned. The Rev'. Mr. Cairroll. coh,ed. of South Carolina, mnade a begging speech at Ashtury Park, in which he said: "'This is myv litrst visit to the North. 1 have always been told that Northern men are more generous~ than Southern men, and that Southiern ladies are more beautiful than .Northern la dies." The men laughed, hut not a wo man gave him a cent. A strike or a shut down among the fac tories of this city would be exceedingly un fortunate at present. The financial outlook is not of the best, and the times are uneonm monly tight, with a crop prospect not at all pleasant. And to addl to these, any mio ce ment which will take $50,000 per month from local circulation (which amount is now paid by the factories in wages) would indeed be deplorable.- Aug"st' Ereaing News. A novel wedding will soon be celebrated near Edenvillc. a village a few miles from Warwick. N. Y. The contracting parties will be Charles E. Williams, a Paterson merchant, and Miss Hlarriett A. Waterbury. daughter of .J. Eliphalet Waterbury. Through some strange freak tihe couple have selected midlnight as the time that the ceremony will he~ perforamed. Apart fr-om the hour the wedding will he like other big affairs of the kind in the country. Amid all the wild talk about c'vil war in Great Britain over the llome lRule question. it is of practical interest to not ice that the proportion of Irish in the Quen's army is small and crowing sma~ller. There are now in every ~1,000 soldiers 7;00 Englishmen, 178S Irishmen, 78 Scotehmnen aind 14 of other nationalities. Eighte-en years ago the number of Irishmen wacs 308 per 1.000, and wvith the exception of a single year, 1880, the proportion has since been steadily decreased. Mr. Dawes has introdlucedl in the Senate a bill requiring the Secretary of the Treas ury nnder the authority of section :3571 of the revised statutes to regulate the issue of United States notes. There shall lbe out standing at all times not less than $30.000, - 000 of the dlenomination of $1 and $:35.000. 000 of the denomination of $2 without in any manner changing the limintation upon the entire amount of United States notes so issued now fixed by law. The government is suing General Thomas Jordan, who was chief of staff under Gen eral Beauragard during the rebellion and was dluring the Mexican war chief quarter master at Vera Cruz. Ihis accounts as quartermaster a! Vera Crux~ were audited and pasad~ as correct. It now alppears, thirty-nine years afterward, that there was a shortage in his account of some captured goods, the value of which with interest will reach many thiousaind dollars. The defense is a general denial. JTudge Beven of the United States D)istrict Court will hear the case. A special catte dispatch from Paris says: The French Republic has now definitely taken the lirst step on the downwaird pathi of proscription and political persecuition. Feeling too weaik to toleraite its enemiies on French soil, it has expelled them.: The Cote de Paris will not settl. dielinitely in England. but will r-egard himself as merely traveling In a foreign countriy, probably intriguing against the French Gov-ernment ten times~as muchl as if he had been left lone. Probably the fact that they have kept so quiet has had nomeh to do with the lack of symp::thy for them. If they had more conspicuously filled the role of aris tocrats more voices would lbe raised for them to-day in France. Apart from their representative position nobody appears to car a straw about threm. OHI MY BACK Every strain or cold attacks that weak back and nearly prostrates you. BRDW r THE7 BEST TONIC - StrngtenstheMuscles, Steadies the Nerves, Enriches the Blood, Gives New Vigor. Dit J. L~ MiTE. Fairfeld. Iowa. says. "Brown's Iron Bitters is the best iron medicine I have known in my 30 years' practice. I have found it specially beneticial in nervous or physical exhaus tion ad n all debilitating ailmento that bear so heavily onthesystem.Use it freely in my own family." Genuine has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Tak' no other. Made only by BROWN CUE'!ICAL CO.. BALTIMORE, MD. LADIrE' Haiexa Boox-useful and attractive, con taing list of pr izets for retipee. information about coins. etc., given away by all dealers in medicine, or mailed to any addrcss on receipt of 2c. stamp. FOR COUCMS AND CROUP US TA:TTWOV." AEE R~y B E Tu La Ex 3M X 0 The sweet gum, aW gathered from atre of the sans ame on ng the sman streams in the Southern States, cot~sa stimulating expectorant principle that looses the phlegm produciag the early morning cough, and stint. lazes the child to threw off the false membrana to croupan whooping-cough. When combined with the healing m lazinos principle In the muilein plant of the old elds, pre I Cwuoxzz Rd*Dy op Swz Gcm A MXuisze the finest known remedy for Coughs. Cr"up, 1Wbooptng-Cogb ad Consumption; snd so palatable. ay child is pleased to take It. Ask 7roerdrnaaelst for Lt. Price 25c. and $1. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Gs. Us~e DR. BIGGERS' HUCKLEBERRY CbRDIAL fon Dianbea. Dysentery and Children Testhing. Far ase %d4rasssts. AU1RANTil1 Mostof the diseases which aflilctanlrind are oragin-' ally caused by adisordered condition of the L IV ER. For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of theoLver, Biliousneas. Nervous Dyspepsia, Indigos. tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation. Flatu lency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma Malaria. Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbone Forr Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar. rhrea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foual Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-dow Pan Back. GE 'S A URANTil1 is Invaluanbie. It is not apanacea for all diseases, b URE all diseases of the LIV ER, It changes the complexion from a wary, yellowr tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AURANTII For sale by allDrugg-'sts. Price $i.00 per bottle, C. F. STADICER, Proprietor, 140 SO. 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For Terms, Directions, Testlimonials, and fo pJiblications of the Compjanly, atddress THE ASHLEY PHOSPI Nov25Lly JHNSONP ar-CURS-iphheraCropthma, Brone , 1 inrrhena Eidneyroublcs. andSpinal Dltases. Pamnp Those pins were a wonderful discovery. No others li p e ilsaind otabou thr and youwtans be t fee. Sold everywhere. or sent by matl or 25c. an stemps Pwdo is absolutely give w"~ithf Sodeverywhee or set by mai fr 25 cents in stamp. "rIOTHERIS FRIEND" HIAKES CHILD-BIRTH EASY. The time has coine at last when the terrible agrony incident to this very critical period in a woman's life can be avoided. A distinguished physician, who passed the greatest portion of his life (forty-four years) in this branch of practice, left to chilbearing woman this price less legacy ;aul life-saving ap pliance, "TIlE MOTHfERS' FRIEND," and to-day there are thousands of the best wo men in 'our land who, having used this wonderful remedy before confinement, rise up and call his name blessed. W e receive letters from every section of the country thank ing us for placing this prepara tion in the reach of suffering woman. One lady froii North Carolina writes us that she would like to thank the pro prietors on her knees for bring ing it to her not- as in a pre vious colfinement she had two doetors, and they were com pelled to use "iloforni, instru ments, etc., a1d she suffered almost deth: ne she use:l "NO F ! : ND aind her u:e:* u ick and niinast i. (N Now why should a ' .1 n suffer when shee n it:We can prove all we 1 by v trdnass. a~u any : terest ed en1 c al;, r. ::: t-:- hus b.anis do so, et our''''i e and seet osi.' ig ini ; '-is, which we cannot pliWch. not publish 'e i.'-: .:t it s a most wonderful iiinL:.t to iused after the tirst twto ior thr'e' i' Senid for our trea'ioe on the Health and Iappiness of Woman, mailed free, which )ives all particulars. THE BIADFIELD REGULATOR Co. Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all druggists. gnjm TAD F MARK. 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