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?-• •'#. • *. •\ '«•'» " "- ;i >: . . t * : : ' ^ < . r v ? * - >V; i / '" r mm*> i./: ̂ *, "3^ i&"V"V/^ * '•»f,tv1 '\\v «*&-" ',$8^1 f*'A' TUB ART OF CQl'lyUOIP' 9» ye ut her. didjre, Cyria ? Ati' she answered £' with a'No?* Jbft'yw think ttoo world & Mudv desert wilder­ ness of woo? i* UIP wind Is full ov groanin' an' the air It full nv pizeu. "tliere niu't uo blessed star uv hope peeps over yer horizon'! t* UM purty MM ell in' nm look Tike on abcarse. -- i' the joy« uv thin probation yon are find in' verv Fkure<\ I' the bird* sing funeral Urges to the EAR* UT CvruB Baker, i* the' universe is lyin' ready for the under­ taker. flat, sir. ' you couldn't *Cjrru» Baker, yer a * -' ». 11 be flatter; "She way to get the girl ye tore la jest by keepin' at Ivor. AO th«* purty de • wav 1 tiew ajgerecurtw^tbis. |a tyat the j !>ul.l like to I#* fer.ttn* jroeSra •TOtat the gals wouM like to ld|w fer.'Aml you're % got to make Vin doit, • i Don't bang *roun" i-lookin' lonesome as an icicle in June. Alt' go o-jtvglin' through the worl', a fiddle out nv tune. -JRie'call rd' see her now an'then, bat don't get sentimental; -JtS'drap in once or twice » month, as if'twas accidental. l&wt don't do no reg'lar eewtin', an" don't hang roun' and haunt hor. An'don't say anv words uv lav. however much yer want ter; „ . " ' . -An' ten to one she'll sweeten up, for Nancy can't . etav toured, . v- ' -Aft' net "time she'll say "Yea1' so qui-k that \V " yon'11 be overpowered. HJkA' then the nnlveraeH bebrfru fall nv *ong an' j ' praise, ^t%f> b'llr 1111,6 a fl°wer i*tch #tnck fn,i of9t*r | Hannah," said Aunt Vashti, with an'ap- Tho *iad1l be » fiddler piayiu' ttine* upon the proving nod, as she took her scat at the grass, * , ; table au;l glanced around the sunshiny KLC?U£. ^B"t;' "T* Wen m •n. little room, where the canary sang and she is a very good woman. She brought us all up.** "Oh, yes, I know, but--what is to "become of my German translations ? my $15 a week?" "I rather think you'll have to give up that idej^ Hannah," said Miles. "And settle down into a mere oook--- a drudge--a housekeeper?" "A home-maker, dear, for Aunt Vashti and me," fluid Milea, fondly tak­ ing my hand. But I jerked it from him and ran away to hide my tear* in the secrecy of the little three-cornered cupboard beliituVthe stairs. I oried all night long. I thought the problem ovor and towards daylight I made up my miud. Of what use wan my promise at the altar to love, to honor and obey, if I could not reconcile myself to such a question as this? Yes, I 'must accept Aunt Vashti Voorhees and make the best of her. I must give up my dreams of independence and work on in the old treadmill of house keeping duties. It would be difficult to put into wonds the pangs which this sacrifice Cost me. Perhaps some reader who has passed through the same heart ordeal may com­ prehend them. At all events, I rose early the next morning, and prepared the daintiest breakfast I knew how to cook. Thee is a good housekeeper, Chumt. THE BATTLE OF LIFE. \* ' ' ___ ^ »¥ AMY RAXUOMm They were juM- lighting the long rows «(lamps down the side streets that bit- tar New Year's night when 1 cam* IKMBC--orange dots of flame againat a gray and frozen twilight. But the keen wind might have been a May zephyr, 4be specks of gas might have been yel­ low banks of daffodils, as far as the thermometer of my own heart went. I •ooald have danced aud sung out of the fall no ss of my joy; for I had got a place aft last- Miles knew nothing of it. Miles, fellow, had gone solidly and stead- fly along his way, never dreaming of tiw project in my head. His salary had %een reduced; he had been obliged to sacrifice all his savings to pay the debts of that scampish elder brother who ran •away to Japan after having betrayed &is employer's confidence, and I had weenetly made up my mind to help him MI possibly could. "We can board cheaper than we can 3b»p bouse,"' thought I. "I will sell aj piano and all that foolish glittering ^bcic-a-brac that came to me as wedding isentfc, and I'il get something to do. WOSIKS'S brains and fingers are worth thing in this age of the world." But it was not so easy to "get some- g to do," as I soon discovered. the window glass shone like diamond sheets. I- ran after my husband when he started for his office and overtook him on the stairs. "Miles," said I, "I've, been wrestling with the evil spirit within me." "I saw that something troubled you. Puss," he answered, kindly stroking my hair. "But I'm conquered," I whispered. "IH give up the German translations, and devote myself to making you happy. And I'll be very, very good to Aunt Vashti." He stooped over and kissed me. "My own good little girl," said he. That was reward enough for me. Miles was not a very great talker, but every word he littered carried weight with it. I trimmed the wicker chair with rib­ bons, and bought some chintz in pretty shades of olive and maroon to make cur­ tains for Aunt Vashti's room. As 1 was hemming them the old woman herself came in. "Thee is making my room very pretty, Hannah," said she, "I want to make it seem like home, Aunt Vashti," I answered smilingly. "Thee is kinder to me than my nephew- Thomas' wife, or even my own niece Corisande, in the city of Chicago. I might almost fancy thee was my daugh­ ter. But listen; Hannah: I am but a pilgrim and a stranger here in this great wicked Babel of New York. I am on my way to settle in Vermont, where V ,, , . ,i there is a little colony of Friends well Nevertheless after much searching and i knowntome. And I have not been -many weary days I found a book pub- ! aitogether truthful with thee and Miles, my child, though I have in no case sullied my lips with a falsehood." "Not truthful, Aunt Vashti?" I ut­ tered. "Not altogether; my child, I said; it has pleased Thomas, Corisanae and Miles, all three of them, to imagine-- why I know not--that I was very poor. I do not deny that in my davs I have suffered poverty; but of late the little garden that I owned in the. suburb of St. Louis has been cut up into city lots and purchased 'f me at a price that 6eems little short of marvelous in my e>es. When I unite with a colony of Friends of which I spoke to thee a few hundred dollars will be all that I shall require^ Here in this bank-book is the residue of my little fortune. Thee is welcome to it, Hannah--thee and Miles --for thee was ready to welcome me, as thee believed, in poverty, and to share thy scrip and thy crnat cheerfully with me." "But, Aunt Vashti, I can't take it!" "Thee will have to, Hannah! Thee cannot help thyself! As for me, I shall rejoice to be rid of the dross!" said Aunt Vashti, calmly. In the bank-book there was an ac­ count of a little over five hundred dol­ lars. In vain was Miles' protest--in vain my remonstrances. For quiet ob­ stinacy I do believe a Quakeress excels the world. She went to her " Colony of Friends" like a nun disappearing into a convent, but she left her gold behind, greatly to the disgust of Cerisande and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. Neither did we break up housekeep­ ing. The next day after Aunt Vashti's departure 1 received a letter from the publisher, suggesting that I should take the literary work home to do. It was contrary to his usual practice, he said, but he approved my method*, and was willing in my case to make an excep­ tion. So I got the chance to earn a little money of my own, after all--and I did a good deal of solid work between the intervals of pudding making and mince meat manufacture. And Miles contrived to tide over the season of financial calamity, and we have a snug little sum laid away against a rainy day, and all because-- Mi es says it is because I am such a good little wife. But I think it is be­ cause I made up my mind to accept the duty nearest to my hand--as represented by Aunt Vashti--instead of having my own way in the exact shape that I wanted it. And when we once make up our minds to give things to the Lord it is surpris­ ing what good care He takes of us. " I 'We fisher who wanted some translations -<4one at his place of business. He was willing to pay a fair price, but of course X <oonld not be A housekeeper and a •4«ily worker at the same time. "We'll give up housekeeping," I ^thought. "I am sure Miles will never j •object to that. And I can add so much j to «sor inoome. Oh, I'm glad 1 worked 1 ma h&nl on German when I was a girl at boarding school." >, I could hardly wait for Miles to come that night, so anxious was I to im- jwrt my precious secret to his sympa- ] the tic ears. Of all nights in the year, wbv should he be so late on this partic­ ular one?" At last he came. I could hear his atep upon the stairs, halting slightly as 1m sometimes did, when he was very •fired. "Poor Miles!" I thought; "oh, poor ^ boy! But he shall learn, at last, what it is to have a wife who is a real help- i«eet." v he came in, to my surprise, he carried a little wicker rocking-chair in one hand. "Oh, Miles!" I cried, "what is that?" "A rocking-chair, Hannah; don't you y- * Where did yon get it?" & ^1 bought it, to be sure." • j^But, Miles, we didn't need it. Wged, somewhat ungraciously. ' Ittve plenty of rockers already." "None just like this." ""No, perhaps not, but. Miles--oh, Miles, I have so much to tell you! I have such a plan!" * And I poured out my whole story into 3|is astonished ears.* He heard me, writkout a word of iuterrnptiatr-4hen 1 low and long. < "But, our home, Hannah- what is to ; become of that?" "I can earn fifteen dollars a week, Kiles , and we can get comfortable board -on that--and all your salary can go to- •w&rds dress, and th<3 interest on the life ^asurauce, and--" 4 Me shrugged his shoulders. "I had enough Of boarding house* be­ fore we were married," said lie. "Why, Foss, I wouldn't give up this bright, •oOBy little dwelling place of ours for 4uytliing." My lips quivered; achokiug eensa- ziion filled my throat. Was Miles like all other men? Did he want to bind ae down to this everlasting wheel of ^L>mestio drudgery? "And besides" he added, nodding at 'the little wicker rocking chair, "I tlnougfit that home especially for Aunt utfoshtil She is coming to live with us." r "Aunt Vash i!" i >'r At the same moment there was a iScuocking at the outside door. Miles <«|>rang up to open it. There on the *W»ry threshold was a neat little horse air trunk, with the initials "V. V." in headed nails, at one end. Close ^behind it stood a small woman in a ; Quaker gown and bonnet, and the neat- <«st of sewing silk shawls. » "Thee is Hannah, I presume?" said •**he. "I am thy husband's Aunt Vashti it < Voorhees." . |? -i 5v < And in five minutes she was rocking tthe wicker charr, with the cat in her p, while I, with tear-bedimmed eyes, ,.p , *l*8atin ed myae f to get some tea for her. lit Aunt Vashti Voorhees, indeed! Here another of these family vampires, V* _*rho ,* between them, had nearly ruined V ,v jKioy Miles. He*e she was, resolutely ^ settling 'down, like a human wet . )>lanket, on mv poor little Tesolves to ; help Mm out of the slough of despond ] /; rfnt<> which he was gradually settling. What was I to do about it? Was it my ' «<iuty to submit tamely to such usurpa- fj, "tioit as this ? uMiles!" I cried, when the good old . ^S'Ottiaa waa safely tucked up in bed in jjfi*;, *«urting guest chamber, "htvs she come v'|4 *o - stay ?" ,if >% "Why. myiear," said my husband, iqpologetical y. "«be has nowhere else \ '• t|o go. My sister, 'Corisande, won't her in Chicago, and my brother, gu»rreled «ith her l©|j; ago, Bat SMlJCmiNW QUININE. A* Incident of the bate Vipl«MUta«a Daring the progress of the late war the Confedeiates felt the need of quinine for the soldiers along the Mis­ sissippi and Arkansas rivers, a drug of which they were very short and which they were prevented from getting by the blackadeof Southern ports. Finally a number of bright young men were de­ tailed to smuggle quantities of the drug in from the Uniou lines. , Among those selected was Dr. James Guthrie, of Po­ cahontas County, W. V., now one of the leading physicians of that county: He was loaded down with gold'" and managed to reach St;> Louis as a refu­ gee. There he went tc\ work in the hos­ pitals and as a doctor his frequent pur­ chases of quinine were not considered suspicious. When he had collected a large quantity he soldered it up in tih tubes, which he covered with cypress bark, thereby making the tubes look likestiokB of wood. So perfect was the work that a thousand men might have glanced at them without the slightest suspicion of any irregularity in their make-up. When all was ready* the young doctor bought an old wagon with a pair of broken-down horses which the mealiest-principled Union or Confederate force would never have dreamed of confiscating, and then after clothing himself in a suit of clothes bought at a second-hand store he started out of the city. Over 100 miles were made, with Several narrow es­ capes, before the doctor again neared the river with his old team. When he arrived upon the bank he followed the road still down the stream until he came to the house or dugout of a small farmer. Here he unloaded his bark- covered tubes, and after tying them together and at taching a bunch of brush to them to make them look like an or­ dinary bunch of drift he put them in the river and let them float off in the current, which they did, looking like a bunch of brush which had floated from the shore. The old wagon and horses were then driven to the home of the farmer, traded off for a boat and pair of oars, with three or four days' provis­ ions, and an old blanket thrown in as good measure. The young smuggler floated and rowed away night after night, some­ times ahead and often behind the bunch of brush which hid away the all important tubes of quinine. In the daytime, whenever near the lines or outposts of the Union ferces, he would remain hidden in some creek or small stream with hi? boat and bunch of driftwood in close proximity. After three nights' travel early one morning, as he way quietly floating and pad­ dling along about 100 yards from th6 shore he was halted for. the fifth or sixth time and commanded to land. Of course he did so, expecting to again find himself questioned by a Union vklette. Meantime the quinine was calmly and smoothly floating along just ahead of him. But this time the young dc ctor found himself confronted with a squad of Confederate cavalry, an otft- pest of Gen. Joseph Shelby's brigade* The captain in charge closely ques­ tioned him as to his business and where he was going, and not perfectly satis­ fied with his answers ordered him to mount a horse and ride to camp, about one mile below. Young Guthrie. knew that if he yraa taken into a Confederate camp which was located below where he had been arrested his quinine was safe and he quietly mounted, deter­ mined, however, not to give a hint of his real business until he was sure that he was with friends. The squad and their prisoner soon reached the headquarters of the Colonel commanding, when the prisoner was turned over to the commanding officer. When the young smuggler found that he was really with friends he produced his credentials and told the commander the secret of his business. A boat, or rather two or three skiffs and sm»ll punts, were soon found, and the young fellow, acoompanied by several soldiers, paddled along shore up-stream, until they met the little bunch of driftwood. They soon towed it ashore at the camp, where the long tin tubes with their bark covering were taken out of the water. The quinine was found in per­ fect condition, and was immediately forwarded under a guard to the near­ est large post. Young Guthrie was given a letter vouching for the safe arrival of a large supply of the great drug. He was seut to Gen. Smith's command, where, after a high compliment for his courage and ingenuity, he was well paid and recom- A Clear Case. Eminent lawyer--Gentlemen of the jury, according to the testimony pre­ sented, the evidence against my client is purely circumstantial. A murder was committed, and the autopsy showed that deceased had been hit by a club. A few persons saw my client standing over the prostrate man. My clieut had a club in his hand. The club was bloody. He was seen to strike, or, I should say, gently tap the injured man a few times with the afore­ said club; but, gentlemen of the jurv, remember the injustice that has been done in the sad, regretted, unrecovera­ ble past and be cautious. Remember the hundreds of innocent men who wpuld have suffered un justly if, at the last moment, some lianpy circumstance had not thrown doubt on their guilt. Now, gentlemen, it is very evident to me that my client, in returning to his peaceful home from a prayer meeting or some­ thing, just happened to see the de­ ceased committing suicide by beating himself on the head with a club, and my playful c.ient, true to the instincts of humauity. rushed up, jerked the fa­ tal club away, and playfully patted him with it, as an admoniti m that he should not try to commit suicide again. Vetdiot oi jury-- Not guilty,--New .York Sun,.. stir theeoflfee. There will be rather an unappetising looking sediment ii the bottom of your cup when you have d ne with it, but you will have enjoyed a deliciously fragrant cup of ooffee be­ fore you see the sediment. Clear Water Frogs, OH Casper entered into an arrange­ ment to furnish frogs for a restaurant. One day he came with a lot of frogs that were muoli smaller than the kind he had been accustomed to deliver. "These are rather small," said tfie proprietor. : "Yes, sah, da's tie cl'ar water frog, an' in fack da's wuth mor'n de udder ones, but I reckons dat I'll hafter let yer hab 'em at de same price. Da's monstrous hard to ketch, sah, an' dar skins fits so close dat da's hard to peel off. Des look at dis heah one. Won't he make er rich white man smack his mouf ?" Shqrtly after the old negro went Away t1ie proprietor; calling a friend, said: *'I have jast eaten some of the finest frogs I ever saw--a new variety to me. They are the clear water spe­ cies." "That's a new kind, surely, for I thought any frog could live in clear water. Let me see one of them." The proprietor brought one. The man, after examining it, began to laugh "What's the matter?" s "Matter, why it's a toad." "What?" "Yes, it's* toad." The proprietor went out into the baok yard and leaned over a barrel. The next day the restaurant man met old Casper on the street. "You old scoundrel, I ought to kill you!" p, "Whut's de matter, boss?" "You know what's the matter. too broucrht m« n l<*t of toadsu "Whodid?f •„ "You did." "Yer mus' be mistaken, sah." "No, I'm not, you infernal rascal!" "Now, look heah, boss, whut did I. tell yer dem things AVUZ ?" , . "You said they were clear-witer frogs." "So da wuz." "You are an old liar, they wore toads." ".Boss, yer's gettin' mighty close down in yer pussonal work, Whut I tole you wuz de truf. I didn' say da wuz bull fraugs. Da libs in de dew, an' ef dew ain't cl'ar water, w'y, den, my eyesight's been er 'ceibin me fur many er long day." "Go on, you thievish rascal." "I'll go on, but I ain't no thievish ras- kil. I doan want no mo' transackshuns wid yer, fur yer ain't er 'liable pusson. Yer's so,uster dodgin' de p'int yerse'f dat it flings yer outen fear wben er man tells yer de truf. How could I he'p whut name yer gin to de fraugs? Yer has a perfect right ter call 'em toads ef yer wants ter, but, artcr all, da wuz cl'ar water fraugs. I's er gre't mine ter hab yer 'rested fur 'busin' me, but ez is dis yer fust erfence, I'll let yer o9Ln--Arkanmio Traveler. '•t i 1 - His Steers Ran Away. "If Iliad anythiug to say about tho matter, I would rather have ten horses run away with me than two oxen," ex­ plained the champion liar to his fellow- sinners in the Ananias Club after they had seated themselves within the semi­ circle at the roll-call room, "When I was a bit of a lad we had a yoke of steers with which we did all the hauling on the farm. They were pesky critters, as contrary as all git out, and would soon run away if they got half a chance. One morning father sent me out with the steers to haul up a lot of cord-word--every farmer didn't own his own gas well in those days-- and I started before daylight. There was a lane two miles long through which I had to pass, and those con­ founded steers concluded to have some fun with me. I wasn't thinking of any­ thing till all at once the steers started to run away. There was just room in the lane for the Wagon, and the fence was made of rails. 'Talk about running! That hoss of mine can't begin to cover gfound like them steers did. We fairly flew. Away went the stakes, the wagon bed, the reach broke and the hind wheels flew into an adjoining field 200 yards distant. 1 hung to the king bolt and laid down flat on the axle of the front wheels. I knew I didn't care to drop off, or the concussion would do me up. The wheels were thrown from one side of the lane to the other, and knocked down a panel of rail fence at every lick. The steers at last run down and stopped of their own accord, but not until I was fearfully bruised and mended (to undertake another trial of pounde(l. Ifc wa3 ^eral days before I thrt onmA cisvaar Mim rimna Iia ttiiAaAA/lA/l * _ _ _ * the same sort. Five times he succeeded in getting through the lines with large quantities of quinine, but the Bixth time he was captured and sent to prison at Fort Delaware where he remained un­ til the war was over. Two Appreciative Seals. A distinguished Maine geutleman says that some years ago he was mak­ ing a journey down East, when the train became snowbound. It was then evening, and there was no hope of pro­ gress until daylight. But near at hand was a little village which boasted of a public hall. It was suggested that the passengers adjourn to the hall and listen to an address by their distinguished fellow traveler. He finally consented to do his part; the hall was warmed and lighted, and the lecture took place. The next day the gentleman was ap­ proached by a sturdy young yeoman, who said: "You are the man who made the speach last night, ain't you?" The ideutity having been duly established, he went on: "I want to thank you for it; I don't know when I've enjoyed my­ self more than I did when you were talking. The orator experienced the genial glow which unconventional and un­ sought praise is wont to inspire, and he cordiallv took the honest fellow's hand. "Yes," the young man continued, "it was a good thing; you see, my girl iH on the train, and while you were lecturing she and I had the car to ourselves."-- Portland Journal. could get out again, and I had two weeks' hard work rebuilding the fence that was knocked down." KIILED AND MUTILATED A NATVBAL OAS H0KROB AT COLIJM- an rrp o.lou fWnn * Main Causes the Death of tlw People •nd the More or Lesi Serious Injury of Three Score Others. Columbus (Ohio) dispatch: This city has been visited by a horrible calamity. The fire department was at the corner Df Wall street and Noble alley busily engaged in extinguishing a fire, when an explosion suddenly occurred in the burning building. It was supposed to be gasoline, and no one was,Injured except » lady Mrs. Marriot, who resided there. She was taken across the street to a house occupied by William James, a bookkeeper. A crowd of spectators surged close up to the building where the fire broke out, and when the flames were got under control and the crowd was beginning to disperse another ex­ plosion occurred that shook the earth for several squares distant. - A sheet of.flame shot up into the air and tho next instant Mr. James' house was a mass of ruins and Its occupants were buried beneath the debris. The scene that followed was terrible. Wo­ men and men ran to and fro, thfeir faces, heads and shoulders covered with blood. Ouided by shrieks, and cries, the men who rushed to the rescue of the victims groped about in the darkness and dragged out the injured, and now and then stumbled upon a lifeless body. The second explosion was of natural gas that came from a leaking gas-main In Wall street. The following is a list of the killed: CHARLES BECH. JAMES SEYMOUR, a colored V>y. Mrs. MARRIOT. An unknown white man and an unknown uliiiu. Soma of the wounded arc: Dr. T. K. WISMNGEB. WILLIAM BRODT. ABCHDE NKIL. MANGLED HUMANITI. CKVWJED AKD BOASTED ' V WAY WJBICK. • fl Mr. BAHKIKOER. Policeman SVKSKT, WILLIAM REILIK. ELMF.B GATES. ED. KKEMER. THOMAS DOYLH. TABON BEER. WILLIAM JAMBS and wife. T. SHOTTTIIIU. CHARLES LTOKLEIEHB HELL SMITH. Mrs. CONW. CHARLES LOWZBT. FLORA BOWERS. . BEMJAMIN MORGAN. MARSHAL KILBOURNE. G All of the above are badly bmned ana cut, some perhaps fatally. There were about forty others who received less serious injurios. H. H. R1DDLEBERGER DEAJH. rhe IvScutor Virginia* A Good Cap of Ceffee. Max O'Rell furnishes this recipe to make superior coffee: Take an ordinary saucepan (a small one) and poyr into it as many cups of water a* you require cups of coffee. Let the water boil, then put in as many tablespoonfuls of ground coffee as you' have cups of water. Put in sugar to suit the taste at the same time. Wait1 until the coffee boils, then lift the saucepan from the flre and hold it un­ til the bubbling subsides. Put it back on the fire until it bubbles again. Re­ peat this five times. The fifth time let it remain on the fire for a minute or so, when the "cream," (which seems a better word to use than iroth or scum) will rise to the top of the saucepan. Then pour out the coffee into cups and let it settle. Above all things don't mm#i 0rant's Beginning. In connection with the reminiscences of General Chetlain of the difficulties overcome by General Grant in his en­ trance upon his military career, the fact is recalled by Illinois parties famil­ iar with the circumstances at the time that confidence in his ability wan de­ veloped so slowly that even prejudice might be inferred. His early successes were quite generally attributed to luck rather than generalship; and, even after Shiloh, he was put on "the ragged edge," as it were. He came to the command of the Twenty-first Illinois Regiment when it was greatlv demoral­ ized by tho utter failure of its com­ mander, Colonel Goode, as a'military man. The latter is remembered as a lawyer, rather older than Grant, of more impressive presence, good address and seemingly one far more likely to achieve renown in military or any other department of eflort than the unat­ tractive and rather seedy-looking man from Galena. If circumstances alone are tho factors in eminence, Goode should have passed into the hands of the historians as one of the world's greatest captains, rather than Grant. While the latter went steadily forward up the ladder, the man whose retire­ ment gave him first plape, drifted to a quiet Illinois town and opened up a small but toney saloon. As lie stood behind the bar dispensing the drinks it was often remarked by customers that but for "fool luck" he might have been the man winning victories and moving up to the highest station. But they were mistaken. Water seeks its level. Circumstances are but the channels. Grant might not have achieved even the small success of Colonel Goode, as a mixer of drinks, but he had the qual­ ities that made a great General.--St. fmU Qlobe. A Man oJT Little InflaemMb. , American Traveler (on his first visit to European city)--Who is that man in the carriage that everybody's running to see? , Native (proudly)--That is* the King. American Trayeler (disappointed)-- Shucks! Is that all he is ? I thought maybe he was some fellow that had just jjiuogaiurr.--Ch rMgo^Trtoune. from Away* Woodstock (Va.) dispatch: Ex-t3enator H. H. RiddleJjerger died at 2:30 o'clock on the mornins: of the 24th. His death was not unexpected, and all the members of the family were at his bedside when the end came. Senator Riddleber- ger began his public career when he was but a boy. At the close of the rebellion he was a captain in tho confederate army and was but 20 years old. He was one of the most dashing sol-ir. u. RIDDLEBEBGEB diers and fighters of the Tenth legion. He was born at Edinburg, Va., and re­ ceived a thorough education. He stud­ ied law and was admitted to practice in 1808, and quickly became the idol of the people around the section of country in which he lived. For two years after the war he was the commonwealth's attorney and was twice electpd to the House of Delegates and once to the State Senate. Mr. Rid- dleberger combined the profession of law with that of editor and was connected with three papers in that capacity--the Tenth Legion, Shenandoah Democrat, and Virginian. lie was a member of the. State committee of the Conservative party until 1875, was a Presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of 1876, and the same on the ReadJ aster ticket In 1880. In 1881 he was elected to the Senate as a Read j uster. His term ex­ pired in 1889. Mr. Riddleberger was an orator of no mean ability and a man who could have won a brilliant reputation but for his fondness for alchoholic stimu­ lants. MOST MUST SERVE HIS TERM. His Sentence to One Year's Imprisonment Affirmed by the Supreme Court. New York dispatch: Johann Most, the Anarchist agitator,will have to serve out the sentence imposed upon him some timo ago by Judge Cowing. The charge against him was in­ citing to riot. His trial took place dur­ ing the excitement caused by the hang­ ing of the Chicago Anarchists. Shortly after that event tho Anarchists in this city honored the memory of their dead brethren with a parade. There were also a number of meetings held, at one of which Most made a iiery speech that excited his auditors to wild frenzy, and before he could finish he was ar­ rested. His trial followed and he was sentenced to serve one year in the peni­ tentiary and pay a fine of $500. The case was appealed and tho Anarchist re­ leased on bail ponding the appeal. The general term of the Supreme court has handed down its docisiou confirming the conviction and sentence. AN ALARMING SITUATION. JOHAKIT MOST. Few* Entertained of a Revolt In the State Penitentiary. Helena (Mont.) dispatch: Gov. Toole, Marshal Irvin, warden at the State pen­ itentiary at Deer Lodge, and the speak­ ers of the Republican and Democratic Houses Of Representatives haye held a conference to discuss a plan for provid­ ing funds to prevent a revolt in the pen­ itentiary and the escape of the 144 con­ victs confined therein. The penitentiary can accommodato only 144 convicts, the number now on hand, and some of these are now confined in log shacks In the prison grounds. There are only four­ teen guards and the chances are that the prisoners, who are preparing for a break for liberty, will carry it into exe­ cution unless steps are at once taken to head them off. The plan proposed was to have a committee of three of each party to select such bills now before the House as require immediate attention and pass them, and especially those ap­ propriating funds for the penitentiary. The Democratic House Speaker demurred >nd asked time to consider the proposi­ tion. Minor News Notes. „ Tnuf Natlonal Howard Rank of Balti­ more, has been authorized to begin busi­ ness with a capital of $200,000. THE reports that a revolution had Krt»ken out in Costa Rica are denied by representatives of that country in Wash­ ington. A "Motionn Passenger Tiain "Wrmked Xfaar Carmel, Imt., Eight Pemons Being -Killed and More than Ttrenty Injured-- Cremated In W|bt of Impotent Bea- •ners. | Indianapolis (Ind.) special: Passen­ ger train No. 1 oti the Motion route, which left Chicago Sunday night (26th) was wrecked Monday morning one mile above Carmel, a village sixteen miles north of this city. The train was rnnnlng at a rapid rate and was approaching the long trestlo across Wilkerson creek when the tender jumped the track. The engineer re­ versed his engine, but before the air­ brakes could check the speed of the train the locomotive and baggage-car had cleared the trestle. Tlie sleeper and smoking-coach went over into the creek, both taking fire al­ most immediately and being consumed in a remarkably short time. Those who escaped uninjured busied themselves in taking the dead and in­ jured from the wreck, but before this could be accomplished tho heat of tho burning cars became so intense that Lh^y hAd to withdraw. The list of' the dead is as follows: Mrs. NELLIE ETTBANK of Broad Ripple, Ind.. burried«to death, 38 years old. C. O. DEMING of Frankfort, Ind., skulr. crushed, 35 years old, died after being res­ cued. Mrs. OCTAVIA OLDHAM and her twin girls, 2 years old, of Sheridan, Ind., burned todeath. Miss MARY HOOVER of Horton, Ind, 24 years old, crushed to death. Miss ETTIE IIENSLEY of Indianapolis, aged 20, burned todeath. HENRY MUNSON, Nora,crashed todeath. The injured are: Srrors, slightly hart. A.L.CLARK, traveling man of Westfield, Ind.. cut in the forehead. HENRY SLUSHER, Jeweler; of Indianapolis, cut on the head and right leg fractured. OTTO GRESHAM, of Indianapolis, body cul ana bruised; not seriously hurt. ABE ANOLE. conductor, out on head, arms sprained and believed to be Injured Inter­ nally. CHARLES ANGLE, son of the conductor, bad cut on leg, cut on forehead and perhars in­ jured internally. B. C.WHITE, of Indianapolis, out on head in several places and body badly bruised. JULIUS D. PEARSON of Sheridan, Ind., tra V els for Frank MacVeaghA Co., Chicago, bad lycuton head and injured internally. G. W. STINGLE, of Rossvllle, Ind., righ« a!rm broken and body bruised. LEWIS NAUMAK. of Cleveland, commercial traveler, rljflit leg injured, head, face anfl arms considerably burned. HENRY MILLER, of New York, traveling man, hurt about the head and large gash io region of each temple; fears of internal in­ juries; supposed to be fatally hurt. EXPRESS MESSENGER MUNGER, of Indian* apolls, injured internally by safe falling oft him. HENRY CLARKE, of Eagletown, Ind., badlu bruised about the head and breast. HORACE CAREY, of Westfield, spinal inju­ ries. "THOMAS CADWALLADER. of Chicago, se­ verely bruised. JACKSON (colored porter, Pullman car), in­ jured about the head and hips, N. B. INOERSOLL, of Chicago, head and fact bruised. GEORGE GOOD, of Frankfort, Ind.. side hurt -- COWLES, traveling salesman, brother of J. E. Cowles, of Chicago, collar bone broken and scalp cut. MISS MAY FITZPATRICK. of Indianapolis spinal Injuries and head cut; condition seri' ous. GEORGE MILLER, of Frankfort, Ind.. leg hurt, but not badly. MRS. ELLA DOUGLASS, of Frankfort, Ind.. injured internally. • J. P. ALTEIMKR, of Chicago, 'badly bruised and cut In face. Chicago dispatch: News of th frightful accident was received at the general offices of the "Monon" in Chi­ cago soon after the calamity occurred. It was learned through the private dis­ patches received by the general superin­ tended that five people met death in thfl wreck and that three were seriously in­ jured, though not fatally, and that eight others had received many cuts and bruises. M. E. Ingalls, president of the "Big Four," who was reported to be among the Injured, was not on the train. The conductor of the train was W. C. Angel, and the general superintendent thinks that the similarity of the names was the occasion of the report that Mr. In- gajls was hurt. Conductor Angel was ,§fcrip}i£ly injured, but he was able to sil ,up,.lu a couch that wa's prepared for him jn one of the cars that did not leave tho track and send a full report of the acci- d'ent. Conductor Angel, in his account of the affctlr, says he left Chicago with his train Jand no mishap was met with until with­ in fifteen miles of Indianapolis, near Car- iftel station. At this point a rail broke and'the tender left the track. The trai Was ( limbing a trestle-work leading to a small bridge crossing a creek, and when the tender toppled over the embankment it pulled the baggage-car, two coaches, and a sleeper from the rails, and they fell in a heap in the ditch. The stoves in the cars were knocked from their fastenings by the fall, and the red hot coals were thrown In all di­ rections. Soon the wreck was in flames and the iniurcd were making frantic efforts to crawl out of reach of tho fire. Those who were not hurt worked heroically to extinguish the flames, but tho sleeping car was almost entirely con­ sumed before sufficient water could be carried from the creek. Those who were burned to death were pinioned under the wreck by several heavy timbers and could not be released before the flames reached them. NELLIE BLY'S TRIP. Around the Seventy-Three World I Days. New York dispatch: Extensive prep­ arations had been made by representa­ tives of the press the afternoon of tho 25th for the reception of Nellie Bly, who had completed a circuit of the world in 73 days, beating her r!val. Miss Emma Bisland, and beating by a week the time of Jules Verne's famous hero, Phineas Fogg, in his 80-day tour. The itinerary of Miss Bly's remark­ able trip is as follows: Nov. 14--Left New York by Augusta Vic­ toria at 9:40 ;t. in. Nov. 2a--Reached Southampton; London by rail in three hours. Nov. 22--Left Victoria station, London, 8 p. m.. on India mail. Nov. 23--Calais. Paris, and Turin. Nov.24--Brlndisi at 10:40 p. m. Nov. 25--Left Brlndisi, steamship Cathay, I p. m. Nov. 27---Itmallia. Dee. 3--Aden. Dec. 10-- Colombo (Ceylon). Dec. IS--Penang. Dec. 18-- Singapore. Deo. 2iV--Hong Kong. j Dec. 28-- Left Hong Kong for Yokohama, ^apan. Jaq, 7--Left Yokahama via Paeiflo Mall steamship. Jan. 22-- Reached San Frnnciaoo. Jan. 25--Reached Now York. Nov. XI to Jan. 23--Seventy-three days- Royalty In Danger. Athens cable: The Queen of Greteee had a narrow escape from a fright­ ful death. While driving through i the1 streets in an open carriage an L electric-light wirw broke and a por- _ , __ nation of It fell upon tho Queen and tight- c'Httcis C. Hannon has been appointed ly enwrapped her. Within a minute •toie keeper and gaugor in the First after tho ' *iros were removed from her district of California, and D. M. Rean the current was turned on and he? lame in Fifth district of North Carolina. ; escapo is regarded as almost miraculous. AS, JKNTKEPB1SIIC6 COBPOBATlMfc ..} ' -.*«• Una Agents Ennrlwa" ^ ^' The Pbenix dV Brooklyn is one of the wonders .of fire insurance, and jons of thi famous companies of the world. Its rapid rise in popular favor is without parallel. The familiar sign, "The Phenix of Brook­ lyn Agents Everywhere," while appar­ ently exaggerative, is almost literally true, so far as the United States is con­ cerned. Should the reader, .no matter whom or where, wonder whether the «M?H> pany is represented in his plao*, he has only to make an inquiry "down-town" to be convinced; Its" agents. re workers. The Phenix moves, and this in part explains its sueoess. Another explanation is that it is as prompt and active in the settle­ ment of losses as in the pursuit et premiums. The headquarters of the 'company's Western and Southern department are lo­ cated in its Own building at Chic go. In the West and South it does a business as large as, if not larger than, that of any other company. In farm insur tnoe it leads. ̂ Last year, its premium receipts in this territory were over $2,400,000. Nothing succeeds like success." Dar­ ing lti89, this company materially strengthened its assets and net snrptas, its fuads now aggregating over $4,780,000.' Ihe company was the first to pay a loss resulting from the Chicago fire. It, r>aid $425,OCu to sufferers from that 'disaster Mid $450,000 to Boston the' ye ay follow­ ing. Since its organization in 185S, the Phenix has paid losses representing I nearly thirty-eight times its present capital, the total paymen s being $37.- 1 ii ? (?• The relief afforded by the re- distribution of this vast amotml among th© people cannot be accurately deter- mined. It has supplemented credit, PRO­ MOTED trade, and fostered all industries. firAnt nnwhoM A# .-4 ments have thus been enabled to substi­ tute the new for the old, while a still greater number of private homes have been restored from their n6hes and ruins. The Cabinet Bejected. "Darling, will you be mine?" said the young man, as be gazed rapturously into the liquid depths of her steel-gray eyes. "I want you to be a member of my Cabinet." "lhat depends on the rest of the Ci net," sweetly smiled the girl. "May , Select my associates in the Cabinet?" ' "Yes, darling." t " Then I'll be Secretary of the Treasury, Bridget will be Secretary of the Interior, mamma will be Secretary of War, and--" But he had vanished.--ArcdJa RecOtii. • ,* 4 Copy of Original. TAN WERT, Ohio. July 11. 188ft. Rheumatic 8yrup Co., Jackson, Mioh: GENTS--1 his is to certify that I h»fa what is called sciatic rheumatism so badly that I was all drawn over to one side. My hip sank in so that you could lay your hand in the cavity, anu I could do no work for over one year. I tried some of the best physi­ cians and did almost everything I oould hear or think of, and nothing did me any good, until I purchased a bottle of Hfb- bard's Rheumatic Syrup of. Hines & Son. druggists. VHn Wert, O. Four bottles cured me and have never had It since. ALBEEX KINO. We certify to the above testimonial. H»ss St SON. Druggists. AT a ballon a German watering-place last summer, the wife of the Berlin councillor, Meyer, told the editor of a so­ ciety weekly that Fran Hubner, also of B^r in and her vis-a-vis in a quadrille, had blenched hair and a fabe con.plexion. The editor of the society ̂ weekly repeated this information to Frau Hubner, who. upon her return to Berlin, Bued Frau Meyer for slander. Two weeks ago tho case was decided. Frau Marer was fined $50, and was severely lectured by the court. - The Kemedy for the InBoenan. A remedv recommended for - patients affllpted with the influenza is Kemp's Bulsam, the speoittc for coughs and colas, which is especially adapted to diseases of the tnroat and lungs. Do not wait for the first symptoms of the disease before secur­ ing the remedy, but get a bottle and keep it on hand for use the moment it iarfeeded. Ir nesrlected the influenza has a tendency to bring on pneumonia. Ail druggists sell the Balsam. AN 18-year-old girl who could sneak little English was recently sent fton Texas to New York with a carl pinned to her dress giving her destination. IT is the womnn who loves to hear her­ self talk who ought to invest in a phono­ graph.--Texas S if tings. SUODSN CHANGES OF WEATHER eause Throat Diseases. There Is no more effectual rtm dy for Coughs. Colds, etc.. than BKOWN'S BRONCHIAL TBOCHBS. Sold only in §oxe*. Price 25 cts. A TEACHER near Allentown suspended a scholar for swearing in Pennsylvania Dutch, and the affair has caused a divi­ sion in the local sohool board. What It Cost& Must be carefully considered by <h« great majority of people before buying an article which oeetnu absolutely necessary. Hood's Saraaparilla eoia- mends itself with special force to the great. middle classes, because it combines posiUva economy with great medicinal power. It is the only medicine at which can truly be said *100 Do1 es One Dollar," and a fcottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla taken according to directions Will average to last a month, while other medicines last but half or quarter as long. Try Hood's Sarsaparilla and see for yourself. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggista. fl; six for $S. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Maas. IOO Doses One Dollar TELEpPHY.M I American School of Telej ti sroodi paying to every gradual*. _ Telegraphy, Wis. MENTION THIS PAPER WMM WBITIWW TSS ZTZVEZMMUAM. fciiMoiis'mffi* FATSK a O'FiaaELt., Atty.at Law,Washington F. A. LE1MASK, ^Vaxhingtoii. D. C. *i*K«-nii tor circular. ttmNe r© PRICE-LiSTS SF IMCKHIESj' Patterns and Yarns, end Colored Pattern Book free. Ageuta Wanted. K. JKOSS & CO., Toledo, Ohio. PATENTS MENTION THIS PAPKH ,. . " iff •' *• . 1;.?' ;> ? 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