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HONORS. HOODOO NOTIONS OF NtGROM.» mnrrtmfe at just as effect IhtkMpoara May Have (lot from AtfiM His Idea of Witch en' Hroth. hand would b| cost nothing; mo* r^fm Philodelpbia THE PLAINDEALER mp -- •- • • VAN SLYKE, Editor and P*b. lie HENRY. ILLINOIS. THE LATEST FA& pyjpl* VO« got th» new disorder? • ' If yon haven't, ti-» in order •j o suei-utnb to it at once without It in called appendicitis - •#rv diffei'siit. *• orn g&ntritls c™~" Or the common trash diseases «Cto-aaj|^ &creates a happy frolic, me fiethinjj like a winter eolio 2 Thnt has often jarred our inner organs WHW; ©Sly wrestles with the wealthy, And otherwise mo t healthy-- Bavins not it. then you're nigh to kiEgaom come. - Midway downin TOUT intestine, ttt interstices infestin', Is a little allty blind and dark M #l|»t| Leading off. simply nowhere, Oatchmg all etra^ things that go there ; As a pocket, it i i clearly out of Sight. •It is prone to stop and grapple , ' I With the seed of grapo and apple. , ! . Cra eoldier button swallowed with yoB* ®W. Hsvltog levied on these chattels, • f Then begin internal bnttlee • That are ap; to end in mansion! ill theBJr« Once located, never doubt it, >•! •. You wr «ld never be without it, It's a fad among societv that's gay; Old heart failure and paresis _ . H*tc docamped and gone t > pieces, i • And dyspepsia has fallen by thfl'WSy.;, Then stand back there, diabetes, • Btor here comes appendicitis. . .a. . W ith a brood of minor troubles on the wing; Bo, vermiform, here s hoping You'll stand all drastic doling. ikLI eratlle :fy'y2\ P-" • And earn the apptnation, 'Uncrowned -- New York H jOAUGHT BY A TRICK. i, [ * "It's a jolly old place," said Squire Silex, nodding at the tire as though the tire were personally interested in tbe matter. "A line ancestral man­ sion, as ttey say in the novels. Been In the family a hundred years and 6hall be a hundred more, if I have anything to say about it! And, Bertie, I'd advise you as a friend, to think seriously over my proposition; it's a chance you won't come across I every day." I j 1 Herbert Silex felt his mustache i * :®ftrplexedly. ! "But, uncle," be began, "the idea j of having one's fancies and paitiali- i ties put in harness, as it were " i '-Bother," unceremoniously inter-' rupted his grandnncle. "Who wants | to do anything of the sort?" 1 >1 . '-You, I should suppose." I "That's just where your supposi- j tt6ns are at fault All I ask of you ! is to come down to the Cedars and ; tee the girls--your second cousins, you know, and all that--the most natural thing in the world. Of course, they can't help being curious to see yo», after your long absence in Europe; and if you like either of 'em, and she chances to retain the feeling, • <H)y, you shall be my heir.*' "And if i.ot " • Then." said Squire Silex, with a curious contraction of the upper tip, '^you'll have to do as many a better one has done before you--work your 'own way in the world." * Herbert was silent. "At all events." went on his grand- once, "you can come down and see me and your cousins. Call it next week, on Saturday--fine weather, seasonable and plenty of it No place like the Cedars." So Herbert Silex promised, and the Squire went exultantly home to tell laSs widowed sister of the plans he jtod laid. ! "Oh, Jared,M said Mrs. Playfair, j ««you'\e made a mistake." 'Made, a mistake!" echoed the Squire. "How? I don't understand fou, Matty." "If you wanted him to fall in love with one of the girls, you never should have breathed a word of it; BOt a single word." 'V "But wjby not?" A ' ^ "Because, of ^ourse, he'll set him- j||#lf to work to imagine all sorts of obstacles and hindrances. Toe very fact that you want him to marry his cousin will be the best of reasons why he shouldn't. It's human nature. Ten to one he'll take a dislike to his Cousins on the tirst meeting, all be- '~«ause you were too eager to carry four point." •v .v "He can do as he likes," sputtered T1 / B, W. TDNNELX* a director of was quite anotliU Vbteg. A!i«l Amy RFjEK was a little tireaoiM with her poetry, and her mvprim* rLi»ie,jyMon was j : well enou^««M|p^j^pM to be one of those yoaofct ladffcr Who are made to look at only. And as for Lucy--- ' 'Tell me, Lucy, what's the reason you won't, go with us to-morrow?" Bertie Mlex had fairly caught the little shy damsel on the broad stairs, where the bars of moonlight from the Gothic window made the floor look as if it were inlaid with pear). "1 would rather not-, Herbert" "Hut why? You are fond of skat­ ing?" "I like it sometimes," she an* swered. hanging down her head likf a lily of the vailey. ^ "Promise me that yon will ga* But Lucy only shook her head. "Lucy, have I said or done any­ thing to nffend you?" "You! Oh, Herbert, no." "Then why are you so cool and shy to me?" »'Ans 1?" ••You know that you are?" Vl didn't mean if she, hesitated; "but " "Well, what is the 'but?' Gome, Lucv, you shall not escape me now. I will penetrate into tbe mystery of all this avoidance--this apparent coldness toward me" "1 don't wish to interfere with your uncle's plans," said Lucy. "His pans! 1 don't understand you." "He wants to keep the Silex prop­ erty in the family," went on Lucy; "he--he wants you to like one of the girls " "Lucy, if there wasn't another woman on the surface of the globe, I would not marry either Clara or Amy." "But why not? They are beauti­ ful." "Granted; but you see l don't hap­ pen to fancy them." "But you could ir you were to try." "1 don't believe I could. Love can : not be guided or controlled; it goes whithersoevei it is sent At all events, I don't mean to try.", "But* your uncle." "I am very much obliged to him for his kindness, as a matter of course, but i can't sell myself, not even for the Cedars and his wealth." Lucy was silent "Moreover," went on Herbert, "there's another reason, rfnore cogent than ail the rest, why I do not fancy either one of my undeniably charm* ingcousina^ ' "And what is that?* "Because I love some one else" She lifted her blue eyesJto his. "Whom?" she ventured, to ask. "Yourself, Lucy." "Oh, Herbert!" "It is the truth, nothing but the truth. Do you think 1 was/ made of cast iron, or granite, to live a whole month in the same house with you and not lose my heart? Do you think you can learn to love me well enough to become my wife? We shall be poor at first, but I can work valiant­ ly for us both, &hd 1 shall not be afraid of anything the future has in store for us, if I can have voa." That was Herbert Silex's wooing; and Lucy answered: • If--if your uncle consents." "Will you come to him with me now?" ••Yes." So they went to Uncle Silex, arm in arm. "Hey! what's this?*' crjedtbe old gentleman. "Only that I love Lucy Saxoo, and want to marry ber,'* said Herbert bravely, "What! and lose tbe Cedars?" "Lucy is worth a thousand Cedars!" Aunt Matty wiped her spectacle glasses. "Didn't I tell you how it would be, JaredV" she whispered, beaming all over. " o you haven't told Jbim?" ex­ claimed the Squire. *'/: ,• | Lucy shook her head, blushing and [ smiling. • It was your secret, not mine." "Bert," said the Squire, gravely, 'look here. Suppose I were to tell you that if you took Lucy you would WHO WANT TO BE EftNORS OF 8TATG* Dsvoerst*, Bepabltauu and FopulUts-- ••Bad Boy** Peek of Wisconsin, Htnry Clay Kv»na of Tennease« and fk A, Hol- eomb of Nebraska--And Others. B. CLAY EVANS. CULBERSON .Bier brothei. > 'Of tourse he can, and probably j have to take the Cedars too! A f will." "But what would you have done?" "Why, 1 should just have asked pim down for a pleasant little visit, 4|nd let the girls' eyes do the rest" i "Then why didn't you say so'J" fi "Why didn't you ask me:" "I wish 1 bad--but it's too late »ow/' > doesn't follow by any • -TA That apeans." And Mrs. Playfair, in a mysterious f ries of whispers, told her brother hat she meant It was a glorious winter twilight, When Herbert Silex reached the Ce­ dars--the sky belted with orange,tbe flaoon just steering her silver crescent Into view above the western woods, While evergreens,veiled in whiteness, kept guard around tbe old mansion. It seemed scarcely an instant from the time the old knocker sounded a summons before be was in the old ball, his uncle shaking his hand, and ^bur of the ijrettiestgirls he had ever «een gathered around the tire. "Are all these my cousins?" 6aid f ierbert, internally congratulating imself upon his new relatives. - -No such good luck, my boy!" sa d •tJncle Silex, chuckling. "Amy and £lara, come here and kiss your ^ cousin. Nonsense, nonsense; no shy- p tiess here! We are all one family, re- •< member. These yellow-haired lassies are their visitors, Lizzie and Lucy .. feexon." t And so Herbert became acquainted ' all round. J Miss Amy Silex was a tall, grace- ";i Kifli with great dreamyeyes, and a tremendous appe£ te for poetical quotabious. Clara was a brunette, altogether on a smaller' pattern, who ^ laughed and danced about as if the world were all an amusing joke. Miss Lizzie Saxon was a light-haired %\j beauty, with cherry cheeks and the f most bewitching of smiles; while ^ Luc)--well, Herbert Silex came to | the conclusion that Lucy wasn't pretty at all. Too pale, too slight too shy. ^My cousin Clara is certainly tve prettiest of the lot," thought Her­ bert "Heigho! it's a pity a fellow couldn't marry'm ail. I'll do my best to fall in love with Clara" But love and laughter do not al­ ways harmonize Pretty Clara was the most charming of companions for balf an hour, but when EI roert came to consider it as a life question, it '1 don't exactly understand you, sir." "Well, here it is. Tbe girls have changed names ar.d identities, for 'this occasion only,' as the theater bills say. Lizzie and Lucy are my veritable granddaughters. Clara and Amy are the true owners of tbe name Saxon. And you've fallen in love with yjur cousin, after all, just as I wanted you to do!" And Squire Silex laughed heartily, although there were tears in nis eyes. And Lucy's blue orbs, turned to ber cousin, appealed mutely for the par­ don that was already awarded. "1 couldn't help it," she said softly. "Nor would I wish it otherwise," answered Herbert tenderly, ' *so long as I have you!" And Aunt Matty's little ruse de guerre had succeeded.--New York News. 'fit- J Advertising • Circus. The various phases of show ad ver- tislng are apparently simple until you come to circus advertising, which is on a scale unknown to the theatrical world. This not only in the vast amount of money annually invested in it, but in the perfect labyrinth of details incidental to the system. A single advertising car, such as used by Barnum & Bailey, independently of the money invested in the car and the paper handled by it, costs $1,000 a week. Multiply this by six, the number of cars used by that firm, and you have the sum to­ tal of $6,000 a week for this single line of advertising. Each car carries sixteen men, and is accompanied by a responsible manager and by an ad­ vance press agent, who attends to the newspaper end of the business. There are other showmen that bill quite as heavily as Barnum & Bailey, and as the most inuocent person knows, the quality of the show is not to be iudned by the character of the bills or the square yard.* of boards covered. There is probably no other business in the world that expends anything like the money in advertising that is invested in heralding the advent of the modern circus. And^ there is probabl y a j pf money that yields a more t3ftaln, im­ mediate, and liberal return. K. W. Tunnel!. E. W. Tunnell, Democratic candi­ date for Governor of Delaware, is ; 0 years of age, and one of the prominent business men of the Sta*e. Atter leaving school he engaged in the mercantile busi­ ness with hi* father at Blackwater. In 1870 he was elected to the Legist ire, and in 1872 engaged in the drug business with hi-i brother-in- law under th i firm name of Mustard & Co. A number of years ago the legis­ lature appointed him the Far mer s Bank, Georgetown, and he has been Clerk of the Peace of Kent County. He takes a lively interest in public affairs, both State and national. He has never married. -v- • Henry Clay Evans. >. Henry Clay Evans, whom tile Re­ publicans of Tennessee have chosen for their leader in the eubernatorial fight, is a prosper­ ous manufacturer. He is 51 years of age, was born in Juniata County, Pa., fought with the solcliers of Wisconsinduring the war, and has since made his name well known as a business man and politician of Tennessee. After the war he located in Chattanooga, efa- gaged in the manu­ facturing business and was twice elected Mayor of the city. Later he wa-> one of Tennessee's Congressmen in the List Congress. Beinsr defeated for a second term, President Harrison appointed him First Assistant Postmaster General. Chita. A. Culberson. Chas. A. Culberson, recently nomi­ nated for Governor by the Democrats of Texas, lias long been active in law and in politics. He is a son of David B. Culberson, who is now serving his tenth term in the House of Represent­ atives. Chas. A. Culberson was born in Dadssvllle, Ala., about forty years ago, but has been a r e s i d e n t o f T e x a s nearly all hi* life. He was educated in the common schools of Jefferson and the high school at Gilmer, and in li70 en­ tered the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington, graduating in 1$74. In 1877 he was admitted to the Var of Texas. In i 880 he was elected County Attorney of Madison County and is now serving his seconck term as Attorney General of the State. Thomas* J. Mijori, Thomas J. Majors, the Fepublican nominee for Governor of Nebraska, is the present Lieuten­ ant Governor. H e was born in Jefferson county, Illinois, 5 5 years' ago, and at­ tended the common schools until he was 18, and then went to work. In 1859 he re­ moved to Nebaska, where he has since r e m a i n e d , e x c e p t during the late war, when ne served three years in the South. When Nebraska be- * came a State, he was sent to the first and second sessions of the Slate Sen­ ate. In 1880 he tried to enter Con­ gress, but was defeated, and since then has served two terms in the State Senate and two in the House. Charles A. Basket. Charles A. Busiel is the Republican ncminee for Governor of New Hamp­ shire. He was born in Meredith vil­ lage, N. H., in 184^, became a resident of Laconia when only four \ ears of age and has since lived thete. He learned the hos­ iery business in his father's mill and has be ome wealthy in it. In 1878 and '79 he was a member of the State Legislature and was thn first mayor of Laconia. He is a man ot large inter- iHABLES a. busiel. e9t8 outside of his regular business, being a director of the Concord and Montreal and other railroads and president of the Lake Shore railroad. Until 1892 Mr. Busiel was a Democrat, but tbe tariff plank in the Democratic platform that year caused him t j j: in the Republicans. Chas. tl. Sheldon. Gov. Charles H. Sheldon, of South Dakota, was renominated by the recent Republican State convention. Charles H. Sheldon was born in Lamoille County, Vermont, in 1 8 40, and lived there until the war broke out, then he enlisted in the Seventh Vermont Infantry, went with Gen. Butler to Ship Island, and was in some of the most im­ portant engagements of the rebellion. He* enlisted as a private, and was mustered out March 14, 18»>*>, as o H. sheldobl captain. He then lived in Illinois for eleven years, in Kentucky for three years, and in 1881 removed to Dakota Territory and located on the farm where he now lives, near Pierport, S. D. In 188P, he was elected to the ter­ ritorial council and was permanent chairman of the Republican State c n- vention in 18.,0. He was elected Gov­ ernor in 1892. Sllnn A. Holcomb. The Populist nomine 3 for Governor of Nebraska is Silas A . H o l c o m b . H e is a man of magnifi­ cent physixue, be­ ing G feet 2 inches the Wisconsin Democrats nominated for re-election in November next, is widely known as the author of "Peek's Bad Boy," and a humot-iat of exceptional clever­ ness. The fight over the Bennett 6chool law first brought him ivito politics in 18t!0, when he was chosen Mayor of 'Milwaukee on an ' felrfi-Bennett platform,.- Later in the sam» 'year, when the isaue was trans- oeorgk w. peck. ferrei to State politics, Mayor Peck was made the democratic candidate for Governor, and was elected to that office in November of the same year. The Democratic voters of Wisconsin are miking a strong fight ta secure another term in the executive office for the first Democratic Governor of the State since the civil war. CROPS OUT OF FROST'S WAY. They Are Matured Before the dipping Cold Orts Aronnd. Reports as to the condition of crops thr ughout the country, and the gen­ eral inuuence of weather on growth, cultivation, and harvest made by the dit ectors of the different Stale weather services to the United btates Weatner Bureau and received at Chicago are as loilows: Illinois--Temperature tin northern por- tlo i a Love normal, elsewhere about or slljhlly below; rainfall, except Id central portion, below; sunsblne abova Corn cut­ ting progressing but practically beyond danger of frost, Fall grain up and look­ ing tine, peclded improvement In pas­ tures. Indiana--Corn safe from frost, most in shock and yield better than expected. Plowing and seeding nearly done. Wheat and rye coming up nicely. Pasturage much Improved. Tobacco of inferkn*qual­ ity and quantity and cutting nicely. Wlscousln--Weather favorable for fartn work. Rainfall above normal and temper­ ature slightly below. All crops out of tbe way of frosts. Corn and potatoes turning out better than expected. Fall feed never better. Seeding well advanced. Ground in fine condition. Minnesota--Drought continues In west central sectioa; elsewhere good rains have revived pastures and placed soil lu excel­ lent condition for plowing. Considerable injury 10 gardens by frost. Potato digging and corn husking general. Iowa--Corn cutting has progressed rap­ idly; more fall plowing and seeding done than average of last two seasons; early seeding grain and pastures growing nicely. Kansas--Abundant rains In east half of State, light showers in west half, with nearly normal temperature and sunshine, have brought for v. arc! pastures, g&rdeos, and late crops; wheat and rye growing; ball-storm injured some fruit. Nebraska--Ground very dry and fall plowins and seeding progressing slowly in most sections of the Stata Some eaftMSj sown full grain coming upnlcely; pastufijp? much impvoved. Missouri--Rainfall sufficient for present needs, except in a few localities. Seeding progressed favorably. Wheat and rye Coming up well. Corn cutting finished in many counties Pastures good. Light frost in northern section; damage slight. Michigan--Temperature and sunshine above normal, rainfall below. Favorable weather conditions have promoted farm work and allowed plowing, corn cutting, and wheat seeding to push forwaru rap­ idly. Potatoes doing well in most coun­ ties; some being dug in southern counties. Ohio--Abundant rain has put the ground in fine condition. Sowing of wheat com­ pleted in many counties; acreage below averase. Pasturage is fine, and feeding from stack no longer necessary. Corn cut­ ting well along; while ihe yield is low in average, it Is better than was expected. Potatoes short yield and email In size. Tobacco moderate and fair quality. _____ i GRAIN CROPS EXl£KD THE DEMAND. The Per World') Output Estimated 35 Cent. Above Consumption. Samuel E, Morse, the Consul ̂ General 'at Paris, has sent to the State Depart­ ment at Washington an abstract of the official report on the wheat crop in France for 18;'4. It is est mated by the trench statisticians, tays Mr. Morss, that the crops of 1894 throughout the woild will be 35 per cent, in excess of the world's demands for consumption and seed. The annual consumption of wheat in I-ranee is estimated at frctn 118,000.000 to 175,0C0,000 hectolitres, an amount not in excess of, if equal to, the probable domestic production for the current year. July 31 the amount of imported wheat awaiting withdrawal for consumption from the customs en- trepot* was 559,62i hectolitres, so that there will be a large surplus over the probable demand for tho next twelve months, even should another bushel not be imported. POPULAR G. A. R. MEN. G. H. 8HUTE.I I was ruminating about this pecul­ iar superstition of the negro race, says a'writer In tbe Atlanta Constitu­ tion. One of their color has been very sic<c in this town, and it got spread among them that he was con­ jured, or "coujud," as they speak it, and right here comes in the diuerence between the blacKs and the copper- colored and nmlattoes. The belief in ' conjurin*" seems to be confined mainly to the blaclc negro. Old Aunt Ann declares that he was "Jonjud as sho* as you'r bo'n, for he is turn in' right green." It was these same black Africans who had all the sup­ erstitions about Brer Fox and Brer Babbit We had ail colors among our slaves when I was a boy, but it was only the black, broad nosed, and thick-lipped ones who told us stories by the cabin fires at night. They 1 nly had a love for the marvelous, and their descendants have it yet. They believe-in hoodoo or voodoo and conjurin*. They have a.strong emo­ tional religion, and if the spirit throws them down a faint it is a sure sign they've got it good. What it is they don't know, but it suits them, and there does not seem to be any change in their mode or worship. Education has not made any dii.er- ence that we can perceive, tome white people are a >ected the same way, but it is tne exception and not the rule With the negroes it seems to be spasmodic. Its effects have no good influence after the spasm is over. We used to say of oneof our servants: "Becky is going to cut up to-day. She fell down in a trance last night at meetinir and she had to be carried out." And she did cut up. She was the nurse for tour children, and they had to keep away from her until she got over her tit. She was accused of being a conjurer, and a black negro named Luke swore out a warrant for her, and Tom Perry, the 'squire, is­ sued it, just to see what Luke could prove. He said that she made him sick in the back and kept him sick, and he handed the 'squire a dime that she gave him for a chicken and pointed out the spot on ic that was the sign--the proof that she had con­ jured the money before she paid it to him. That was all. "What do you wish done with her?" Said I. '•She have to swaller de dime," he said, "and dat break de spell. I tried rabbit foot, and 1 bury lizard under de dcor, and 1 plat de old mare's mane when de roosters erow for mid­ night, but it. don't do no good. I is dyin' every day." But Luke got well and Becky didn't swallow the dime, either. One of my fatner's negro wotqen got jeal­ ous of Minty, the cook, and deter­ mined to poison or conjuie her to death. Minty got sick and my father told Juno to make her some chicken soup. She got from an old rag a red scorpion's heap, a lizard's leg, a bat's wing, a betty bug. and three or four ceuti pedes or thousand legs, as we call them, and the tail of a ereen snake, and bad the horrible mess cooking in a sauge pan when my mother happened in to see how Minty was and took tbe top off the pan to look at the soup. Juno confessed that she had been gathering material for that soup a trood while, and she wasn't much disturbed at tbe discov­ ery. She declared that Minty had "conjud" her husband, and I reckon she had. So my father had to sepa­ rate the families. Now, did fchake- srteare get his witches' caldron and its venomous contents from the old Africans of England? Fillet of fenny snake, In the cal .ron i>oil at.a bake! Eye ot newt and toe ot froj, Wool of bat una tongue of dog; Adder's fork and lima worm utlng, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing. Two Who Have Been Honored with Higl Office by Their Comrades. One of the popular elections of the G. A. R. for the next year wa * that of Chas. H. Shute, of New Orleans, as Junior Vice Com­ ma ider-in-chief. Mr. Chute has been long identiiled with the G. A. R, a d Is one o f the well-known men < f the organi­ zation. It is espe­ cially appropriate, in v ew of the next encampment bei n g held below Mason and Dixie s line, that the South should lje r e p r e s e n t e d a n o n g the principal o fa­ cers. Mr. Shute has an enviable war record, is a man wall known and popu­ lar in his own city, and Grand Army men say will make an excellent aid to Commander-in-chief Lawler. A. P. Burchfield, who was e'ected Senio * Vice Commander-in-chief, was born in Allegheny Jan. 20, 1844. He graduated from the pubblic schools and then entered mercan­ tile life, but left it to enlist as a private in Company E.One Hun­ dred and Twenty- third RegimentPenn- sylvania Volunleer.--, with which he re­ mained until they disbanded inl8j?. He was then only 19, and again ente're 1 r er- cantile life. He has since been identifiedp* ntTBcroiKUk with G. A. R. matters. Mr. Burch­ field is one of Pittsburg's representa­ tive citizens. A Kissing Nation. The Russians ate an eminently kissing nation. The kiss is the na­ tional salute, and has been in vegue from remote antiquity. It is more of a greeting than a caress, derived equally from religious , feeling and from Oriental custom. Bathers and sons kiss; old Gene als with rusty moustaches kiss; whole regiments kisa The Emceror kisses his officers. On a reviewing day there are almost as many kisses as shots exchanged. If a lilliputian "corps de cadets" have earned the imperial approval, the imperial saluts is bestowed upon the head boy, who passes it on w.th a heavy report to his neighbor, he in his turn to the next, and so on, till it has been diluted through the entire juvenile body. On a holiday, or "jour de fete," the young and delicate mist ess of a house will not only kisa all ber maid-servants, but all her man-serv­ ants too, and it the gentleman ven­ ture not above her hand, she will stoop and kiss his cheek. As for the Russian father of a family, his affec­ tion knows no bounds. If he leaves his "cabinet d' affaires" ten minutes in the course of the morning, and enters his lady's saloon above, he kisses all his family when be enters, and again when he quits the room; sometimes, indeed, so mechanically that, forgetting whether be has done it or not, he goes a second found to make all sure To judge, also from tbe number of salutes, the matrimon­ ial bond in these high circles must be one of interrupted felicity; a gen­ tleman scarcely enters or leaves the room without kissing his wife, either on lorehead, cheek or hand. MEYER 8CHOENFELO. The In Forty Years, The Monday paper! announced two events: In Kngland a child had been born in direct succession to the throne; in France the President of tbe Republic had been assassinated. In the course of nature, forty years at least will elapse before the turn of the child to mount tbe throne will arrive What in forty years will be the position of England and of Prance? It may be that both will be republics. It may be that England will be a republic and France a mon­ archy. It may be that in France the republican form of government will have been retained, and in England the monarchiai form. Who can pre­ dict tbe future? In France repub­ licanism has taken root, and is each day more closely weavfng itself into the life and habits of Frenchmen. In England the old doctrine of the king by right divine has been for long a thing of the past. Monarcny or republic has become a question of expediency. I have no doubt, how­ ever, that the large majority of Eng­ lishmen are at present for a mon­ archy. in the sense of a monarch reigning, but not governing. But whether this will be the popular phase of thought forty years hence it is impossible to say, and probably will depend greatly upon the person­ ality of the successive occupyers ol the throne. Someone was once asked; "Huw is it that queens have proved tetter sovereigns than kings?" "Be­ cause," was the reply, "when queem are on a throne men rule; when kings are on the throne women rule."-- London Truth. 'vjij Cured His Colto. A few nights ago, on a train com­ ing east on the Michigan Central road, the porter of a sleeping car aroused half a dozen of the male sleepers to ask if they had anything to cure a case of colic, says the De­ troit Free Press. A drummer for a city hardware house fumbled around in his coat, and finally said: "Here's a box of soda mints which may help him. Hetan use tbe who^e box, and be hanged to him, for he's no business to have colift!" Nothing further was heard of the case until morning, when a strapping young man, with a far-west look to his hair came into the sleeper with tbe mint box in bis hand apd in­ quired for the drummer, an t said: "Took 'em all but one, and tney smashed my colic right in the eye. How much to pay?" "Nothing, sir. I'm too glad to have been of service to you." When the other had gone tbe drummer opened the box and we saw his hair trying to climb upk "Great Scott, out whiM», do you think?" he gasped. ^ u ' "What is it?". ' vXV.':, "1 gave him the wrong box, and he's swallowed eleven bone collar buttons!" . Swords of Damascus. To the love s °of strange goods the bazars ot' Damascus are far more ah luring than those of Cairo or Constan­ tinople; the capacious chests of the merchants contain much that we would buy were our purses longer. Old embroideries of wonderful colors, delicate China silk of many hues, swords of cunning workmanship, all these lie piled beside us on the floor. It is but seldom that a really good specimen of the Damascus sword can be obtained, for the art of forking aud engraving steel is dewi, The swords were made of alternate ^jtyers ot iron and steel, so finely t&iv^ered that tbe blade would bend t*> the hilt without breaking,' with ar. «jdge so keen that no coat of mail ^ould resist it, ;<nd a surface so high.^ pol­ ished that when a Moslem wiol>^l to rearrange his turban he used his sword for a looking glass.--Chl^igo inter Ocean. The Spanish King's Boy Amy; A Rome pacer describes tbe infeot army being drilled at San Sebastian in readiness for the arrival Of the young King of Spain, who, mountad on his little puny, will review the army, which consists of 400 boys of from five to eight years of age. It has been recruited from the Basque prjvln es. The infant soldiers wear a blue uniform, with red caps, and carry small guns, manufactured on purpose to suit their strength. All classes are re [resented in the small army, from tbe son of a general 1o simple worklngmen's sons. The chief of the corps of sappers and miners is a boy but five years old. A band of music composed of fifty bf*ys whose ages are from seven to ten years, can already play the national march and other pieces. Tho army has six com­ panies--each with its captains and lieutenants. Goes Prepared. An unusual summons was received over the telephone not long ago by i Dr. David Birney, of the University ! of Pennsylvania, from a wealthy man [ in New York, who wished him to go I to Long Island. Dr. Birney endeav- ! ored to find out something about the ! nature of tbe case he was expected | to treat, but the man, after securing i his promise to go. refused to talk | further over the 'phone. Tbe doctor ! packed a case of instruments at ran- ! dom, and met the man in New York. After taking dinner at the Waldorf, they tooic the train for Long Island, but not a word was said about the operation. When they arrived the doctor and paid A Kecond-Hand Marriage. • A curious incident is related as j nian thanked the taking place in a well known church j him $50; then, in response to the recently. A wedditn; was being Who loses all found? fault, that itHtiif physiat 0 feet 2 tail and built in pro­ portion. Mr. Hol­ comb resides at Bro­ ken Bow, but is a na­ tive of Indiana,where he was born in 1858. He is a well-known lawyer and Judge of the District Court. Last year the Popu- lists nominated him the Supreme Court, but efeat. Geo. W. P»«k. George W. Peek, whom Leader of the Great Costmakera* Strike In New York City. As the leader of the ccatmakers' strike in New York. Meyer Schoenfeld has 8^ rung into prominence. To him all tlie credit is given j for dealing the death blow to the odious sweatshop sv>tem, against which the strike was directed. P r e v i o u s t o t h e strike Schcenfeld was not known ex­ cept as a coat maker, and an executive mombar of his union. He is an exc llent speaker and is at all times opposed to violence. It is be­ lieved that the signal victory of the coatmakers will cause a 6trike among, the cloakmakers, of whom there are nearly 20,000 in New York . . . • KB7EB BCHOBXT*KM>1 solemnized, tbe. contractu# parties being a lady and gentleman who move in the fashionable circles of so­ ciety, while In the corner of the church stood a youthful couple, a mulatto boy and girL The pair wat hed the c&remony intently, and copied each movement made by the bride and bridegroom whom the priest was making man and wife. As they knelt down so did the other couple kneel, and when the Itfide- grojm placed the ring on the bride's finger, the young mulatto did like­ wise, only his ring was of metal and his bride was less fair. At length, when tbe procession emerged from the church, the humble couple fol­ lowed, looking as if thev were quite as much married as their more fortu­ nate brethren, it transpired that such was, indeed, their belief. They had no money wherewith to pay the Driest or the fees, so they thought a look of wonder from the astonished surgeon, said: "I saw my sister bled to death from the want of a physi­ cian, and since that day 1 have never traveled without one.,!--Philadelphia Record. Trapped. v . v - It was rather startling $»:. foe awakened by the light of a dark lan­ tern shining in one's eye?, but Editha'* pjliteness did not desert her. Won't you sit down, Mr. Bnrglar?" she said sweetly. Unthinkingly he .obeyed and met his doom For in another moment he was so entangled in the tidies, throws, rib- toons, etc., with which tbe little wil­ low rocker was covered that he co.ild do nothing but sit still and glare at her as she stepped over t > the tele­ phone and called tt}6 police.-^-Indi­ anapolis Journall. wm - Few people in not know that the late Gen. Jt.p E. Lee's war horse, Traveler, , almost as much fame as did the ehrated Confederatecorumander him- «' self, says the St Louis Republic. Af- ter the war an artist wrote to Gen. * Lee asklug for a description of Trav- ; eler, which <ien. Lee wrote to him. ' ! A copy of this description was made > 44 by Miss Mildred Lee, daughter ofthe General, for a ,^t. Louis fiiend, who gave it to the Gleaner. This is what the General wrote about his famous ' horse: "If I was an artist like vou X s could draw a fine picture of Traveler,. " representing his fine proportions, muscular figure, dtep chest, short back, strong haunches, flat legs, rH smnil head, broad forehead, delicate ears, quick eyes, small feet, and black mane and tail. Such a picture would inspire a p:;et whose genius* could then depict his worth and de­ scribe the endurance of toil, hunger, thirst, beat and cold, the dangers; and sufferings thiough which he has ;r passed. He could dilate upon his '* sagacity and affection and his invari-; '>;• able response to any wish of hia^ rider. He might even imagine his^\rJ thoughts through his long night .** marches and days of battle through which he has passsd. But I am no ) artist and can therefore only say that he was a Confederate gray. . " j "1 purchased him in the autumn of 18B1 <ln the mountains of Virginia, Jp'fei and he has been my patient follower * " ever since--to Georgia, the Carolinas. Hll and back to Virginia He carried-!*;: * me through the :*even Days' battle ,3 around Richmond, the second Man- / assas, at Sharpsburgh, Fredericks- ' : S burgb, the last day at Chancellorsville, to Pennsylvania, at Gettysburg, and back to tbe Rappahannock. Front the commencement ofthe campaign in 18m, at Orange, till its close, around Petersburgh, the saddle was^fj scarcely off his back as he passed through the fire of the Wilderness, Spottsylvanla,Cold Harbor and across the James Riven He was in almost daily requisition in the winter of 1804-05, on the long line of defense, 'fi from the Chickahominy uorth of... Richmond, to Hatcher's Run south of the Appomattox. In the campaign of§1805 he bore me from Petersburg ;'%f| to the final day at Appomattox Court Hou^e. You know tbe com­ fort he is to me in my present re- ,^0 tirement. He is well supplied with *J*%. equipment. Two sets have been sent ' to him from England, and one front the city of Richmond, but I think •/ • his favorite is the American saddle from St Louis. '*Of all his companions in toll-- \ Richmond, Brown, Kowan, Ajax.aud ^ q u i e t L u c y L o n g -- h e i s t h e o n l y o n e v that retained his vigor to tbe last. The first two expired under their, onerous burdens and the last two " failed. You can, I am sure, from what 1 have said,paint bis portrait" This ends the description, signed ;» \% with the name of the famous Gen. JRobert. E. Lee, Lexington, Va., the *K anmmer before he died, i , Lore of Comfort* Indulgence in the pleasures of the table, the love ot prolonged sleep, the fondness tor the easy cbair, and the dislike of exercise soon produce phy­ sical inertness. The athlete who wou d strengthen his muscles and invigorate his frame trains himself to abstain from many physical com­ forts Though wo may not wish to be athletes, we certainly desire that robustness and elasticity which open the door to 8'j much of life's happi­ ness and value Who does not envy- the powers of the hardy traveler whi> t can tramp lor miles without fatigue/ , ; who can climb a high mountain and - enjoy its prospects, who can ride or row or swim, and perhaps save a life that must have been lost but for his c physical vigor? So it is for each of us to discover for himself at what stage the love of comfort prevents , the development of bodily energy, and then resolutely to say. "Thus far shall thou go, and no farther" A Bit Hasty. I ••What have you to sat tpb tnlS i : charge of assaulting Michael Raf-f ferty?" asked tbe Judge. • Oi licked 'im." replied Mr. Dolan./ .looking the Court in the eye. "An" wid no disrespect to anybody to whom respect is due, its hopin' Oi am that Oi done it good." ' Was there any provocation?" "There wor tnot same." ? ••What was it?" "Oi hov a goat, yer anner. _ ,, animal, too 'Does yer goat give *4 milk?' says Rafferty to me. "It does,;' says Oi. 'Thin,' says he, 'it's butter; milk.' 'It's a swate an' foine as any ,, ye iver saw,' says Oi. Certainly, but It is butter milk,'says he, an* thin we came together. Though Oi" mus* say, yer anner, that whin Oi&|| come to repate it over a few toimes an' consider the nature av tbe goat, Oi'm compelled to say Oi wor a bite . ,'?j hasty. Bebad, if the Court'U give me lave, Oi'li 'palogizeto Rafferty, sot^ ^ Oi will-"--Washington Star, 31 Tbe Pin Story Improved. ' A prominent banker in Sydney waa holding forth on his early life. } "How did I get my first start life?" he exclaimed. "Why, one day J| I picked up a pin." |;s: "^h, that game's played out," was the cry. . "1 picked up a pin," the banker ^ continued, "a diamond pin, which X pawned for £50, and after giving 10i' >>s 'bob' to charity to change my luck £r began my ca eer as a money-lender with the other £49 10s. To-day, after thirty years' hard labor, I am a^.:ig| iuii.ionaire, and to celebrate the, event 1 have just given 10s, more to J charity." A Farm all in White. On his Dorsetshire (England) «»*. J tate Lord A1 ngton has a "white |f farm." It is so"called because every V* animal on it is white. Ther^ are white horses, white cows, white don- • keys, white bares from Siberia, and a white pygmy buli. The dogs ancC ili tbe cats are white, and so are the. \ ̂ rats and mice. % Thkre isn't anyone in tbe world who can get a sore on his nose, and. not look tough. PEOPLE are usually willing, to their duty, but they do not like to (tat­ too much of iU i' f