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HWKHa GXI^DKB receive®« from the Century. ?$X ia alleged that the Shah of Persia throne of gold studded with \&®tasvrorthf80,000,000. Oh, shah! , #•„. 'V ' -- • ? TH»~ii&e*t church in Salt Lake City, 5 oompleted, will be the Catholic which Bishop Scanlan is WOMEN should insist upon a share of census taking. They can askques- tiona and find out about people quite as r ehccessfully as men. : I J :% ; THK London Zoological Society ̂ has a * SJgembership of 3,076. At the dose of ;T rear its animals numbered 2,290, of I -which 1,121 had been added during the , Ibj-slfpira. •'* £ . t£j£, TEXAS had seven so-called evangelists : *i work ail last year, and * religions publication doubts if the State is not '* the worse for it. It cannot learn that it { M any the better. - '"F WILL the people who love to cavil at t the newspapers stop and reflect upon f . &h& noble results the press of the coun- £ as achieved for the welfare "of the f* eaffering. We hope so. \ * ; ' ^ -'THE first grindstone ever seen in . Madagascar was left by an American '^essel a year ago, and the Queen re- *fards heroes by allowing them to turn *t while she sharpens her ax. ;V"!«^;NICK PEARL, of Cincinnati, wanted to *ij$e for fear he might have a cancer, and Ehe was going he figured that it uldn'i erei much more to take his - vife alor'W He therefore cut her throat *»t. w- ^ OXJB hundred and fifty feet is the • ^height of the statue our Italian friends , propose to erect to Columbus. The -discoverer was a great man, but the F -merit of a statue is not determined by height,/ * -i f -- THE Cincinnati police have orders to lieizeand confiscate all toy pistols and firearms found in possession of -Children, and dealers in such goods 'have been notified not to sell to minors pain of being arrested and punished. tTHE Louisiana Lottery Company evi-ntly has no fear that the fool killer ^will get out of work for a good while ' 'jvt, as it offers to assume the State debt "•W $12,000,000 fojr ah extension of its 'Bceuse fifty years. It is a bonanza to .*bie owners. A.A LITTLE girl in Texas was so fascinated a snake the other day that she was Enable to move before the snake struck 3ber with its venomous fangs. Bear in Jqaindthe fact that it was a little girl and Jayf**r7' V -:" m'l'j«rENT writer insists that men go because of a habit inherited from °*tive ancestors. We hiad always d that the majority of our fel- itizens went fishing in order to their imagination full play in their sequent fishing stories. f A CABLE dispatch says that the Ru«- f vian army is to be armed with breech- , loading rifles which fire with noiseless |K>wder. The Czar will have a good tloae keeping those arms out of the l^nds of Nihilists. Noiseless powder jU j*st what they have been huntiug *^ter. - / /fJlT appears that the lover of niush- ' . looms ia in danger not only from pois- «jtoous species but from a poisonous state the edible kinds. In Switzerland several cases of poisoning from dried iQushroom have led to the conclusion tiiat poisonous ptomaine-Kke substances iaay be developed in edible mushrooms slight putrefactive changes. ' .^IF the walking continues good, invalid ACtd indignant printers will be able to tfcd a home in Colorado Springs, a •couple of thousand miles or so from } New York. Eighty acres of land have been offered there and accepted by the ; International Tyi>ographical Conven­ tion, with the understanding that the - gildings shall be erected within three J"*"*- ' PROF. G. SORMANI has shown thafc 10^6 flesh of animals which have died of V^wtanus maybe eaten with impunity, t&e bacillus passing through the sys- without causing special disturb­ ance. An animal may swallow, un­ harmed, ten thousand times more than Would kill if placed beneath the skin. * TFhe germ itself is unaffected by the digestive juices. r».r .; COL. CYRES BDSSET, Assistant Sec- i *atary of the Interior, is an old mend ; ol Secretary Noble, and was Colonel ia the regiment in which Mr. Noble 4pained his shoulder-straps. Col. Bas­ ely assisted his sabaltern officer in i&any ways, and when the time came •the Secretary of the Interior was only ! ibo happy to offer his former benefactor Abe best post at his command. " t ' i ' ONE of the most remarkable uses to which silk and other fabrics are being pt»t to of late, is the veneering of fancy furniture. 1-is latest wrinkle has not its yet gone into general use, but the | -extent to which the idea can be utilized : appears well-nigh unlimited. It is quite as cheap as wood veneering, and in rich­ ness of appearance the silk veneers ap­ pear fully equal to the finest effects in . woodwork. THE Boston Globe starts the theory Miles Staudish was an Irishman. Because hw name was written P. Miles Standish, he was probably the original P$mr -Miles. The New York Sun d<Wicj» this theory, firsts on the ground flliit llBlog Stflniluh lowt Ilia unfn thwmoTt ' bashfulness, which no Irishman ever did since world began; secsnd, Miles Standish sent another man to do his courting for him, and no Irishman ever did that either. BAKXER J. RHINELANDKB DILLOX, of New York, wears on the little finger of his right hand a ring with a history. Years ago Gen. Grant, while fishing in Greenwood Lake, caught an eel. Now, an eel is about as hard a thing to take off a hook as swims, and while the Gen­ eral was freeing his hook of the wrig­ gler, the wriggler drew a beautiful horseshoe ring from the General's finger. The ring fell overboard and was found in a pickerel caught by Mr. Dillon. The finder offered to restore the ring, but was told to keep it. WHEN General Lew Wallace strides up Broadway, New York, he does not look Uke a man who fought in the Mex­ ican war over forty years ago, though he looks old enough to be a veteran ol our civil war. His eye is piercing, his movement is light and his spinal column is unbent. He has held the offices of Governor of Utah, and Minister to Turkey, he has written novels and re­ ligious books; ho has studied law and practiced it. But those who talk with him can easily find out that he has not forgotten his adventures in Mexico be­ fore he had reached the age of manhood. He is now in the sixty-third year of his busy life. PERHAPS Clara Barton does not cam to have her name in print or to have her deeds heralded, but it is a curious fact that for the last century those who,have come to the front doing the gigantio work of relief in disaster and leading in the ministration to the suffering have been women. Miss Nightingale and Mrs. Dix became immortal names, and Clara Barton will live as long as Amer­ ican history continues to be read. She appears always as if by magic whenever any great disaster occurs, and at onoe organizes relief. That is, she has a genius for help. She is now President of a confederation of societies of all civ­ ilized lands, called the Bed Cross, for "relief in war, famine, pestilence and other national calamities." We weren't there, but we never had reason to doubt the veracity of the gen-* tleman who informs us that Senator Sawyer the other day witnaased for the first time in his life a game of base-ball as played by professionals. At one point in the game the man at the bat knocked the ball over the heads of the outfielders, and the crowd cheered un­ til Senator Sawyer felt the warmth of enthusiasm rising in his own bosom. "That's too bad," he finally said to the gentleman' beside him. "What's too bad?" "Why, it's too bad they didn't have a man there to catch that ball. By George," said the Senator warmly, "if I were manager of that club I'd put three more men out in the field, if it cost #2,500 a year." THE crusade agai&st the ri*e a&$ growth of slavery in Africa, by Cardi­ nal Lavigerle, is one of the noblest en­ terprises of the day. The jealousy of England and Germany as concerns the possession of ports on the'east coast of that continent, leaves the Arab raiders irresistible, and they are working such mischief as seems incredible. The ab­ solute inhumanity of the traffic in hu­ man beings has always been one of the worst features. The story as told by Drummond in Scribner is, however, astounding even to those accustomed to the horrors of American slavery. Whole provinces inhabited by a kindly people of agriculturists have been turned to wilderness; whole nations obliterated; 50 per cent, of the victims killed and the rest sold into a wretched1 bondage. The Arab is a restless devil of cruelty. Mr. Drummond urges that the United States has also a duty in aiding to sup­ press this brigandage that is overrun­ ning half a continent. Is he not right. The Pretty Young Widow. I saw such a pretty young widow t}ie other day in the most fascinating and utterly becoming cap that eould be im­ agined, says a London letter. I always judge of a widow's grief by the shape of her cap. I wonder is that unkind? This young lady, I feel sure, was no victim to sorrow. There was nothing whatever feeding on her damask cheek. I am certain that she made that cap herself. It had a niching of crepe or lisse in the front, which was bent down a la Mary Stuart, and in either space beside the l>end was a mass of softly fluffed-out hair, curled within an inch of its life, and then drawn out so that each individual hair showed an independent little ring of its own. We were calling at a friend's house where she was stay­ ing, and we heard our hostess say two or three different times to fresh callers: "Poor thing. Quite recently lost her husband. Peels it deeply." * * * The cap was coquettish, the fringe was inviting and the countenance >vas by no means forbidding. Laurel, our Ameri­ can friend, is great on the subject of widows. "I know," she says, "that society expects widows to sit on their husbands' coffins and make everybody uncomfortable, and society is just the first to turn and rend them for it. Just you wait till I'm a widow. Til be a real smart one. This is the sort of cap I'll wear." And she sketches her own pretty head, with a cap about two inches square on the top and a pair of "weep­ ers" streaming oh the air behind, "There! shan't I look nice? Oh, girls, I wish I'd been born a widow, that I do!" - He Kissed Me. A. Nebraska paper narrates this educational incident: A high school girl, class A, being told by her teacher to parse the sentence, "He kissed me," consented reluctantly, because opposed to speaking of private affairs in public. "He,"she commenced, with unnecessary emphasis and a fond lingering over the word that brought crimson to her cheeks, "is a pronoun; third person, singular number, masculine gender; a gentleman pretty well fixed; universally considered a good catch. Kissed is a verb, transitive--too much so; regular --every evening; indicative mood--in­ dicating affection; first and third per­ son, plural number and governed by circumstances. Me--oh, everybody ah* FORAKERTHEIRLEADER OHIO'S KtARLESS GOVERNOR HAWED TOR A THIRD T£B1L Harmony and EntUugfasm Stamp the Work of the Convention--Stirring Speech for rtotMttoa by Congressman YP.C. Cooper --A Munificent Demonstration. The Ohio Republican Stale Conven­ tion at Columbus was composed of' 828 : delegates. W. C. Cooper, of Mount Ver- j lion, was made temporary Chairman. In j an address accepting the honor. Colonel Cooper Bpoke of the success of the Re­ publican party at the last na ional elec­ tion, and plunged into a discussion of the issues on which the Republican party , will make its canvass. He said the Re­ publican party still believes in the prin- , ciple of protection to American icdus- i tries. It will ask for an adequatevtariff to protect the wool indast ies of Ohio j and the country, and for a reduction of | the burdensome tariff on sugar. The party believes that the American inar- ket, the finest in the world, should be reserved for American citizens. The protective system benefits all classes under it; 3(H),COO workshops have been built up in this country and the farmers and merchants have been benefited. The friends of lree trade are making much of the fai-t that in two im- *vrjrta.nf. mii'ins districts of ths COUUtry the men are idle and ascribe it to the I workings of the prospective syxtcm but it proves nothing. The idleness is not enforced, but is voluntary, and proves nothing as to the condition of the conntry beyond the fact that American workmen are independent iuen, able to stand up for their own rights. Under the Republican administration the sacrifices of the Union soldierc will be recognized practically. The j Government will now do that of "which the Democrats talked so much, and, ' toward which they did so little--build up ; a navy that will be efficient to protect the coasts of the country and make the United States what it should be, queen of the seas. The administration will open its arms to honest, industrious immigrants, but will endeavor to close the ports against the various off-thi ©wings of the old world. Civil service will be honestly and prop­ erly ©bserved. Other questions may come and go; the heaven and the hell of the tHyMtol AM 'if,' ' EPFISFTRL The tkwli was the following nominatiol lYeaaurer Clerk Supreme Co art. Attorner Oencx&i.. )d by Judge Sanreme Court- Board Public Works School Commiasiont<r., -T^IU C. BTOWB Urlian H. Heaiw • IX K. Wataon ;. J. Dickman • • William Befell • .John Hancock GORMAN'S EULOGY OF BARNUM. It is claimed that Senator Gorman's warm eulogy of the late Chairman Bar- num at the recent meeting of the Dem­ ocratic National Committee was in­ tended as a slap at the fiee trade ele­ ment. It would hardly seem that such was the fact. Senator Gorman was eulogizing Mr. Barnum as an ideal Democrat, whose devotion to his party was so unwavering that he would give it all possible support even when it CLOTHI .:Vv tmim Customer--Seems t' me th' pants is a leetle too long an' th' coat too short. , Grabberstein--Mine friendt, dat suit championed doctrines which he be- vos mate ver a map,of you doa'toxaully iieved to be wrong. As an illustration fit em den it vos ontly d' vault of your ft. f ORAKER. GOV. J. Democratic party, if it hns any, may pass away, bnt the vital question of the integrity of the Constitution, no matter how loud the cries of the "bloody shirt" may be, will not pass away until it has been settled that the people shall not be disturbed in the rights of citizenship and nntil the system of suppression of votes in the South shall be abolished. The following platform was adopted: The Republican party of Ohio, in convention assembled, hereby announces the following platform of principles: 1. We renew our adherence to all the princi­ ples so clearly and strongly ajuiwiaJted by. tha Republican National Convention of 1888, and ©specially to the principle of protection in its two-fold meaning and operat ion ; protect ion to every American citizen at home, in all parts of the country; protection to every American citi­ zen abroad, in every land, 011 every sea; pro­ tection to every American citizen in the exercise of all his political rights and privileges; protec­ tion to American industry and labor against the Industry and labor of the world. 2. We heartily approve and Indorse the ad­ ministration of Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, and pledge him our cordial support in the discharge of the duties devolv­ ing upon him as Chief Magistrate of the na­ tion ; and especially do we commend the just and liberal policy of the Pension Bureau in carrying out the pledges of the loyal people to the Boldiers of the Union. 3. That we favor the passage by Congress at Its next session of a proper and equitable ser­ vice pension bill for all honorably discharged Union Boldiers and seamen of the late war. 4. We demand a full and adequate protection for the wool-growing industry, which will, in 3ue time, give to the American wool-growers the American market for all the wool required by American wants. We indorse the provisions of the bill on the subject passed by the Senate at the last session of CongresB. 5. We heartily indorse the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury whereby worsted it aiade slu liable at the game rate as upon woolen goods, thereby benefiting our manufacturing Mid wool Industry. 6. We cougraulate the people of Ireland on ttie progress of their struggle for home rule, and in this connection we indorse the course of President HitPrison on the selection, f • hon­ orable positions in the diplomatic BI. . ice, of worthy and representative Irish-American sitizens. 7. Resolved, That we heartily indorse the ad- uinistration of our gallant and able Governor, I. B. J'oraker, as wise, pure and patriotic. His promptness in responding to the call of suffer­ ing humanity has endeared him to the hearts of *11 generous people. His splendid administration of the finances of the State, so mismanaged by Che last Democratic administration, bringing order out of chaos, replenishing a depleted treasury, re-establishing the credit of the State, villile at the same time reducing the rate of tax­ ation to a figure lower than it has been for half S, century, entitles him to the gratitude of the people, and marks him as one of the most brill­ iant of our Governors. 8. Resolved, That we indorse the wise laws rsed by the Kepublican Legislature in regard the liquor traffic, and pledge the party to keep abreast of public opinion upon that sub- led. 9. Resolved, That we send greeting to onr hon­ ored Senator John Sherman, visiting in foreign lands, and assure him of the great confidence we have in his wise and patriotic statesman­ ship, his loyalty and devotion to the high prin­ ciples of Republicanism, tho grand doctrine of protection of American industry, au lW(heat ballot, and a sound and equal currency, and as­ sure him a hearty welcome to Ohio upon his re- •urn to the United States. Besolutions were adopted expressing the sorrow of the convention at tne death of Mrs. Hayes. Col. Cooper was chosen perinanent Chairman of the convention, defeating Congressman McKinley. The following names were put before the convention for nomin- tion for Gov­ ernor: £. L. LampBon of Ashtabula, Wil­ ton Vane® of Hancock, Ashbel Jones of Medina, R. R. Dawes of Marietta, Joseph W. O'Neal of Warren, J. B. Neil of Co­ lumbus, B. P. Kennedy and Major Joseph O'Neil of Lebanon. Governor Foraket's name was not pre­ sented, but the first county called gave him three votes, and others followed. The first ballot resnlted as follows: For- aker, 297; Kennedy, 127; Lampson, 89; Neil, 37; Dawes, 96; O'Neall, 59; Morey, t7; Vance, 45; Gibson, 23; Jones, 96. Necessary to a choico, 427. The second ballot showed few changes, Fordker gaining fifteen and Kennedy a few. The vote had just been taken, how- iver, when the Chairman of the Adams County delegation, the first called, made the break by changing their six votes to Foraker. In an instant the convention was a scene of the wildest confusion. Everybody wanted to change to Foraker, knd the Caairman for a few moments lost control. It was sn enthusiastic soene and the most magnificent demonstration ever witnessed in an Ohio convention. Mai or McKinley, General Grosvenor, knd Mayor Gardner, of Cleveland were appointed a committee to inform the Governor of his nomination. They re­ turned in a few minutes, escorting the j successful candidate. The soene as he Sassed through the ball beggars descrip- on. The followers of all the leaders * Salted in aaiaiac saak sa aptear of ap- he cited Mr. Barnum's course in the last campaign. A firm believer in pro­ tection, Mr. Barnum nevertheless gave his support to the Democratic free trade party and did all he could to pro­ mote its suceess. His death ws3 be­ lieved to have been hastened bv his zealous labors in behalf of the Democ­ racy. Said Senator Gorman in his eu­ logy : It is well known that Mr. Barnum di«l not think the lines of battle Were in all respects discreetly chosen. Many thoughtful Demo­ crats there were who believed bis declina­ tion would be misunderstood; that with certain Democrats the electoral votes of Now i'ork. New Jersey aud Connecticut were indispensable to success. They urged him to remain ou the committee: that even if his counsel mid direction weie not indis­ pensable his withdrawal would be hurtful. His patriotism or his pattisanship--wliieh to him were synonymous terms--tri­ umphed. He remained on the committee and served as our Chairman. Tho labors were too much, the strain too great Those of us who were near him begged that he discontinue his work before the contest closed. He turned to us and said: "I was convinced against my wish that my ser­ vices and the vote of Connecticut were necessary to my party's success. I' go home to-morrow to redeem my promise. It we are defeated in Connecticut it Would break my heart. If we carry it, and I should never see you again, remember I but did jny duty." Bather than as a reproach to the free-traders, Gorman's eulogy may be regarded as an admonition to the pro­ tectionist Democrats that the true Bourbon will sacrifice any political Opinion or principle for the sake of a party victory. Because Mr. Barnum tiid that in respect to his protectionist principles, he was lauded as a model democrat, and it would seem that Sen­ ator Gorman intended to commend Barnum's example to other protection­ ist Democrats. Mr. Barnum's course was praised as that of a sterling Dem­ ocrat, and the only legitimate inference is that other protectionist Democrats are admonished to do likewise when called upon by the party to battle for free trade. Party fealty comes first and matters of political principle are Secondary to success at the polls. 8uch was the doetrine Gorman injected into his eulogy of the late Democratic Chairman. The truth is that the more radical the Democratic party becomes in its advocacy of free trade the more impor­ tant and valuable are the services of its protectionist members. The posi­ tion which the party has taken makes it certain of the votes of all men M ho consider free trade the supreme issue, and hence the great problem with the managers is how to retain the largest possible number of Democrat ic protec­ tionists. StiCeess * is * thought to be most likely if protectionist managers are provided for a free trade party. That was the course followed last year, and doubtless a great deal of strength was saved the party by protectionist Democrats like Barnum and Gorman. Mr. Cleveland fully approved tliis policy. While he advocated free trade and made it the chief issue, he .took care not to exclude protectionist Dem­ ocrats from recognition, fellowship and reward. Any protectionist Democrat who would support free trade heartily was still in full communion. Many radical free-trailers urged that protec­ tionist Democrats should be shown no toleration, but Mr. Cleveland never assented to such a policy. He wanted all the votes he could get, and as he was stire of the free-traders under any circumstances he considered it the best policy to have protectionists like Bar­ num manage a free trade campaign and retain as many as possible of the high tariff Democrats. In all likelihood that will be the Democratic policy in the next campaign.--Chicago Tribune. Whitney and Brice. . The report now oomes from some of Calvin S. Brice's friends that Brice'a election as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee v* a triumph for William C. Whitney and not for Gro­ wer Cleveland in the race for the Pres­ idential nomination. Brice's real am­ bition, it is said, is to go to the Senate, and in this desire Whitney's coal-oil friends in Ohio could be of good ser­ vice to the rainbow-chafer. Although Brice's business interests are in New York, in which place he passes four- fifths of his time, he is technically a resident of the Buckeye State. Henry B. Paine presumptively has actually given up all aspirations for another term in the Senate, and Brice is to be made his political heir. The Standard Oil Company, therefore, as was expected, is to throw itself into the canvass for members of the Ohio Legislature this year, which Legisla­ ture chooses a United States Senator, but its influence is to be exerted for Brice instead of Paine.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bill Morrison's Castor 011 Trast. It is asserted, denied, and asserted again that a castor oil trust has been formed. The more plausible statement is the last. There are only seven mills in the country crushing oil from the eastor bean, and they are protected from outside competition by the enor­ mous tariff of 194 per cent. The esise with which a trust could be formed in this business, and the wonderful profits that could be exacted from consumers under the prohibitory tariff by such a trust, give a color of probability to the assertions made. But this outrageous duty of 194 per cent, on castor oil is not all the work of Kepnblicans. Col. "Bill" Morrison always stood as guard over the protection afforded his castor bean and oil constituents, even against his own revenue reduction scheme.-- Springfield (Mass.) Republican. EX-SECRETABY WHITNEY'S war ships seem to be much more unfortunate on their trial trips than those of John Boach, for the imperfections of which he levied such penalties on that great ship-builder as drove him to bank­ ruptcy, sickness and death. The rec­ ord will keep, and will be full of in­ terest when the ex-Secretary becomes the Democratic candidate for Presi- dent.--ekioago Journal. ontly maker. . The Color Line Again. Passenger--See lieah, boss, can't dis heah railroad aftood t' run immegrant. cahs enough to 'commodate de fochin populashun, so dat native bohn citizens don't done be bordered wid um! ^ Illustrated Adv. A gentleman desiring to travel would like to dispose of «.first-class trouser stretcher. I K Polite floorwalker--Just walk this way, madam. ! Astonished shopper--Wliy, bless my soul, young man. I couldn't ever walk that way if I tried a hundred years. ft "Please bang her hair just as nicely as you can a la Langtrry. and, oh Mr. Barber, do be veiy careful, please, as poor Fannie is extremely nervous and easily excited." Prepared for An j thing. The traveling missionary had had a somewhat varied experience. He had been through a rough country and his meek spirit had been sorely tried. He hail found the spirit of irreverence and disbelief all over the land and the ground was stony. But he left in de-" spair when he struck an old man at the railway station in Texas. They were both waiting for the train. He got into conversation with the grizzled veteran of frontier life. They discussed vari­ ous things, and finally the missionary asked: "Are you prepared to die?" „ "I guess you've always got to be pre­ pared in this country. "Yes, I'm pre­ pared to die or get the drop on the other fellow." "I don't mean that. Are you prepared for a hereafter V "Why, certainly. A hereafter I Look here, stranger. I was brought up in Arkansaw, an' I went from there to Missouri, an' from there I came to Texas, an' I've lived here 1Q years. I guess I can stand any hereafter as may | be."--San Francisco Chronicle. Too Healthy By Fifty Per Cent. A well-to-do gentleman, the pos- eesor of a charming wife and residing i in the State of New York, lacked only one thing to make them both happy, and that was an heir to inherit the blessings that had been given them in the way of property. Twelve yea!rs of married life failed to bring them this blessing. A change of climate was de­ cided upon, ahd the family removed to Longmont, in this State, where the hus­ band engaged in the cattle business. A year's residence inColorado had scarcely gone by when, not only one, but a pair of bouncing babies came to bless the lives of the parents. Was the lady satisfied? Not at all. She packed* her trunks and bundled off to the old home, declaring "Colorado was too healthful by at least 50 pec cent."--Denver New*. EMTOB--I want you to take charge of the 'Queries' column. New man (modestly)--I fear I cannot answer the questions our readers would ask. Oh> _ _ yes, you can. Most of the questions are Jyjth k State from'college graduates, and they are " Treaty. Sibtlant Story of ttt* fticehlrlw Soft tor th* Sympathy ; Svwt Sopttronla Sprig**. Shrewd Simon Short sewed shoes. Seventeen summers, speeding storms, spreading sunshine, successively saw Simon's small, shabby shop still stand­ ing stanch--saw Simonjs self-same squeaking sign still swinging, specify­ ing, "Simon Short, SmithBeld's sur­ viving shoemaker, shoes sewed, soled super finely." Simon's spry, sedulous spouse, Sally Short, sewed shirts, stitched sheets, stufted sofas. Simon's six Rtout, sturdy sous--Seth, Samuel, Stephen, Saul, Shadrach, Silas--sold sundries. Sober Seth sold sugar, starch, spice; simple Sam sold saddles, stirrups, screws; sagacious Stephen sold silk, satins, shawls; sceptical Saul sold silver salvers; selfish Shadrach sold calves, shoe-strings, soap, saws, skates; Silas sold Sally Short's stuffed solas. Some seven summers since Simon's second son, Samuel, saw Sophia So- phronia Spriggs. Sam showed strange symptoms. «e!dom stayed storing, selling saddles. Sam sighed sorrowfully, sought Sophia Sophronia's society, • sung several surreptitious serenades slyly. Simon stormed, scolded severely; said Sam seemed so silly singing such shameful, senseless songs. "Strange, Sam should slight surh splendid summer sales! Strutting spendthrift! Shatterbrained simple­ ton !" "Softly, softly, sire," said Sally. "Sam's smitten. Sam's spied some sweet sylph." "Sentimental schoolboy!" snarled Si­ mon. "Smitten! Stop such stuff!" Speaking so, Simon sent Sally's snuff­ box spinning, seized Sally's scissors, smashed Sally's spectacles, scattering several spools. "Sneaking ajoundrel! Sam's shock­ ing silliness shall suv. case!" - Scowling, Simon *topf*»u speaking, starting swiftly bhopward. Sally sighed sadly. Summoning Sam sue spoke sweet sympathy. "Sara," said she, "Sire Simon seems singularly snappy; so, sonny, stop strolling streets, stop smokiug eegars, spending specie superfluously, stop sprucing so, stop singing serenades, stop short! Sell saddles sonny, sell saddles sensibly; see S6phia Sophronia Sprigs soon; she's sprightly, she's stable;so solicit* sue, secure Sophia speedily, Sam." "So soon ? Shall Sally's son Sam so surely seek soup so soon?" sakl Sam, standing stock still. "So soon, surely," said Sally, smiling; specially since sire shows suc'i spirits." So Sam, somewhat scared, sauntered slowly. Shaking stupendously. Sam soliloquizes: "Sophia Sophronia Spriggs -- Spriggs-- Short. Sophia Sophonia Short. Samuel Short • st>onse. sounds splendid! Suppose she shou'd say- she, she shan't! She Shan't! She shan't! Soon Sam spied Sophia starching shirts, singing softly. Seeing Sam she stopped, started, saluted Sam smilingly. Sam stammered shockingly. "Spl-spl-splendid summer season, Sophia!" "Somewhat sultry," suggested So­ phia. "Sar-sar-tin, Sophim" said Sam. [Silence seventeen seoojjds.l "Selliug saddles still, Sam?" "Sar-sar-tin," said Sam starting sud­ denly. "Season's somewhat audorfic," said Sam, stealthily stanching steaming sweat. (Speaking sensibly.) Saitin," said Sophia smiling signifi­ cantly. "Sip some sweet sherbet, Sam." (Silence sixty seconds. ) "Sire shot sixty sheldrakes, Satur­ day," said Sophia. "Sixty? Sho!" said Sam. (Silence seventy seconds.) "See Sister Susan's sunflowers." said Sophia, socially scattering such stiff si­ lence. Sophia's sprightly sauciness stimulat­ ed Sam strangely;- so Sam suddenly spoke sentimentally. "Sophia," said Sam spontaneously, "Susau's sunflowers seem saying: 'Samuel Short, Sophia Sophronia Spriggs, stroll serenely. Seek some sequestered spot, some sylvan shade. Sparkling springs shall sing soul-suoth- ing strains; sweet songsters shall silence secret sigliings; super-aigelic sylphs shall--'" Sophia snickered, so Sam stopped. "Sophia"' said Sain solemnly. "Sftm," said Sophia. "Sophia, stop smiling; Sam Short's sincere. Sam's seeking aoafo -swept spouse, Sophia." s . Sophia stood silent. "Speak, Sophia, speak! Such sus­ pense stimulates sorrow." "Seek sire, Sam, seek Bire,". phia, soothingly. So Sam sought Sire Spriggs^ . * ^JSjjre Spriggs said, "Sartin." -• • * AM Old^Time Ueorgia DueL f A duel was fought between Maj. 3V seph T. Camp and Col. Woolfork in the year 1830 at Fort Mitchell, ten miles below Columbus, Ga. At sunrise they stood with pistols at thirty paces, aud at the fire Col. Woolfork fell with a bul­ let through his heart. Maj. Camp was wounded in the thigh, but no one knew it until after his rethrn to Columbus from the duel. It is true that the whole town of Columbus, at the time, was wild with excitement over the duel, and divided in sympa­ thies between the duelists, both of whom were high-minded and distin­ guished members of the legal profes­ sion. «& Instead of a number of ladies and Mrs. Woolfork gathering in an up-stairs room to overlook the duel across the river from Columbus [duel was at Fort anxrOer* M M 'M& Iif men who tried Milton for they all died violent _ Woolfork, who was killed in the Camf W oolfolk duel, was an uncle of To Woolfolk, the young man now on triSi at Perry, Ga, for murdering nine meitt* bers of his household, including his te­ ther, Capt, Woolfolk, a brother of Co|» Woolfolk, who fought the duel with Maj. Camp in 1830.--Atlanta Journal. Tragedians and Peannts. "That's so," said Nat Goodwin to a, friend.on Broadway, sorrowfully; "I got the coldest kind of indifferent recog* nition from Lawrence Barrett recently because of a story that appeared in The World, wherein I was described, with Charles Beed, as personating an inter­ view which Charlie had with Mr. Bar­ rett while the latter was in company with Edwin Booth. We met in San Francisco on the atreet in the usual waj- and Lawrence recognized me coldly. Nothing more. Then I knew that con­ founded story had done its work* Ko more stories for me," concluded Nat. with a sad smile. "You don't mean that novelette $£ which you made Mr. Barrett say thai he thought 'Bfuss Monkr-vs' do von?" asked Francis Wilson. A "That's the romance I refer replied Nat calmly. "Well, continued Wilson, "I rua'it that story and roared with laughter over it. ̂ It was worth the alight jam. received," and Francis broke out into * Persian laugh. " Nat looked at him for a moment quietly, and then remarked: "Thai may be, Frank; but you are only a oo^- median. Now if you were a tragedian you couldn't see a bit of fun in it. AhP* continued Nat. thoughtfully, 'Tm begin­ ning to entertain different views 6i things of late." "Oh, I wouldn't take a little titfaqE like that to heart," remarked Mr. Wil­ son consolingly. "Tragedians an much the same as other men." _ "I'm not so sure about that," was tl|if : reply. "But X kllO^ it," oTSpllgfiigiflj! and I'll prove it to you. A few nighte ago, when Booth and Barrett were M town, they came up to the Broadway Theatre to see "The Oolah." Well, they got there late. No boxes and no seats down stairs, so they had to go up to the balcony." < "Merciful powers! Booth and Barrfttt in the balcony looking at a eomic openj^ That's not legitimate. Impossible!" "Season y^iir admiration, Nathaniel?* i' continued 'Wiisoa with an Oriental wav-i cf his hand. "Up they went into tho balcony and there ihoy sat the per* formance through*!" ' <4 ~ -s "You amaze me." ' " ', t "Hold on! Next day the fich Itisfi lady, who dees the sweeping in the theatre, made her appearance in the busiucss office and said: 'Begor! This is the quarest theayter I ever wurked in. I thought it was a ftifet-ela** house until now, and that the people who atdP paynuts were siut to the gallery. Why^v there's paynut sheila hriongjj in. in the first balcony to trow the Bowerjf • theayter pit in the old days iuto th% shade, 'And where do yon think ihoaa peanut shells we», ^fi>Haal^ FzawM' Wilson. . , , ;; , * ' "Where?" H x "Just under the seats Booth Barrett occupied. ...... iX "That settles it! Frank, if that ever gets in print, want no part of it. ^4„«ye»ing..-- To Get Back T< Within the last few years a new waj of reducing weight has become popular; This does not so much reduce a man'# total weight as it prevents the increase of weight in the stomach, which is what most men want most. A man who la growing stout wou!d not care if the itf. creased figure which appears every time li<» steps on the scales were to show that he hail larger arm and leg muscles, that his che*t had increased iu size, and that he had a bigger frame; but when 1M" sees the evidence before him that more pounds do not mean these things, but an increased waist measure, iwti thinks of methods to reduce his weight. The thing is to take off the fat above the waist. A simple way is to sweat. Sweating a man .reduces his weight. H the total sweating could be taken from the stomach and the loins the weight of the stomach would be decreased, while the plump shoulders and round arms and legs would be retained. Tbft simplest way of sweating the stomach and the loins is to wrap enough Haaa4t around them, and then take some ex­ ercise. It is not necessary to take violent exercise, though violent exercise will do it. With enough flannel aroun& the stomach a man can sweat hia stomach without sweating the rest of his body. A man can wear a flannel stomach bandage without anyone knowing it. Perhaps the best is the kind that a man has especially made for him, though it costs a little more than the other*. He can buy eight or ten yards of the best and most porous flannel, and the man who makes his shirts will make the, bandage for him. He is measured far- it, and when it is done it is shaped like an hour glass, though the top oircunfc- . ference is smaller than the hip circuit}* fere ace. It should cover a man from* his 7 Jps to the lower part of his breast bon«/. Buttonholes are made in one end of the bandages, and buttons set back a few inches from the other ®n#. The bandage should not be tfeht, btil easy fitting. - : The bandage should be worn next the skin and over it a flannel shirt. N»" v «! nndt i shirt is needed. A man can weat?~, this bandage on a walk through that streets to his business, or he can walk around with it on in the park. It worki|v quicker if he rides horseback with it oj| and bounces around in the saddle; he can put it on and go to a gymnasimjp m 'i I Wir< m Mitchell] it is true that Mrs. Woolfork I and l>ounce on a springboard. Thef did prepare a breakfast the morning of the duel for her husband's second and several lady frie ids, presuming that Maj. Camp would fall and her husband be victorious. But fate was against this estimable lady. He* husband was brought back dead. The morning of the 12th of August, 1833, Maj. Camp was ^ walking down Broad street in Columbus. With him was Mr. John H. Broadnax. As Maj. Camp passed the store door of Gen. Howard, Col. Milton appeared in the the door of the store with a double- barreled shotgun and opened fire on Maj. Camp. At the first fire Camp fell mortally wounded. Milton, for fear Camp would rally, shot the second load into Camp's back while he was ly­ ing on the ground. Dr. Chipley was present and testified that the first shot caused almost instant deaths In court John Milton was found not guilty of murder. He moved to Flor- v here he became the Governor of He died a violent suicidal I "b by blowing out his brains. The Y >*e befell ail ol the twelve jury- object is to take some form of exercise which will move the whole body and make the stomach sweat. The flannel bandtige absorbs the sweat. After the exercise it should be rep moved, and a cold bath should be taken. After the bath it is a go*w thing to rnb the stomach and loins with alcohol to prevent the jiossibility of., taking cold. The flannel bandag^.' works well. It decreases the circum­ ference of the waist. It takes off th* fat from the places where a fat man wauts the fat to be taken off most. mention only one case, it reduced n mans waist one and one-half inches in a three days' ride.--New Fort 8*m» . ' j A Ne Seed ef tinkles. Eastern Man (in Chicago)--I under* , V. stand that Chicago now has a regular Jr • corps of guides to show strangers about ' the city, the same as Paris. ^ • Chicago Hotel Clerk (briskly>--Xm^.." sir, yes, sir; but there's no use' money em them. Any ; direct you to the tioeet V- • .A