miirilcrons Bobbers Overhauled.
On llio Tcliulnlic. Holmes county. Miss.,
three men entered tho residence ot Mrs.
Knry Schlandcr, n widow lady, nnd bound
and gagged lior find a peddler, who vraa
'topping over night. Both prisoners were
tortured until thsy revealed the place
whero their money was concealed. The
rollxrn secured $1,300 from tho woman
and $100 trom the peddler and departed.
Olllcers were soon In pursuit and camo up
vjth two of tho robbers at this place, when
ordered to halt, tho villains opened fire,
which was returned with futal results, ono
man being killed and tho other wounded.
The latter, however, mado his escape, and
hns so far eluded pursuit. On tho dead
man's body was found $250 of th tol,"
money.
THE FOltTY-NlNTP CONGRESS.
A Kecord of Proceed lug In Both
Itrnnclicf of tho Same.
Hknatr, March 215. Tho senate pasiod
tli'i bill grantin? n pension of $2,000 per
year to tho widow of Gen. Hancock. On
motion of Van iVyck, tho senato took up
nnd hj-vSC(1 the bill to confirm tho entries
heretofore made on public lands in nccord
anco with tho rulings of the laud ollico in
force at tho timo tho ontries wero mado.
Ingall'H resolution of inquiry, offered yea
tcrilny, was agreed to, asking whether tho
postmaster general had received the senato
- resolution calling for information iib to tho
number of fourth-class postmasters re
moved under tho presont ud ministration.
Honsre, March 23. In tho morning hour
tho hoiiso passed tho Fourth of July claim
bill. Tho amount involved is $238,200. A
number o! bills were introduced at tho ex
piration of tho morning session. Humes,
of Missouri, submitted tho conferonco re
port on the urgent deficiency bill. It wni
agreed to and tho house adjourned.
8K.VATB, March 24. Tho army bill wont
over and tho rcaolutious reported from tho
judiciary committee wore taken up and
Morgan addressed tho senato in opposition
to tho majority report. Considerable
cross-firing occurred in tho debate between
Senators Hoar, Gray, Kdmunds, Butler
and Harris, nnd, without action on tho
resolutions, tho senate adjourned.
House, March 21. Tho house, after de
bate upon au amendment offered nnd re
jected, passed tho Indian appropriation
bill yeas 220, linya 5. Tho house then
immediately went into committee of tho
wholo on tho postofllco appropriation b'd.
Blount, chairman of tho committee on
postofllres and postroads, briefly ex
plained the provisions of the bill. It ap
propriated, ho snid, $ 14,. '120,538 as against
an eslimato of $5 1,!)HG, 1 (JG and an appro
priation of $03,700,1)1)0 for tho current
ytwr.
Senate, March 20. The committee on
rommcrco reported tho bill to provide for
lncourngcmcul ot American shipping and
to promote commercial and postal re
lations witli foreign nations. Tho chair
laid before tho senato a letter from tho
postmaster general transmitting, in com
pliance with a recent senato resolution, a
tabulated statement of fourth-class post
masters romoved sinco March 4, lfiSC. lie
(erred. Voorhees took tho iioor in opposi
tion to (he majority repnrtou the IMmtimls
resolutions. In tho courso of his address
Voorhees snid it tho attorney general wore
guiKy ns charged, (lion ho should ha im
pcachiHl. That wub a mutter for the house.
Tho majority ot tho senato had turned
KHidofiom tho legilimato business of legis
lation. Labor all over tho country was
overtaxed and scantily paid by reason of
long standing iimf vicious legislation,
Voorhees heartily endorsed Cleveland'
action in making removals so far as in lion
had boon hud, and ho would heartily un
dorso the president's action in the same
direction if it went a thousand lcugucd
farther.
House, March 20. In commltteo of the
whole on tho posloillco appropriation bill
Gueuthor, of Wisconsin, said that tho postmaster-general
had been made n target for
inuumerablo nnd vicious assaults and mis
representations, which, in his opinion, hud
been entirely unfounded, and dictated sole
ly from a spirit of revenge and spit" by c r
tain steamship companies, nnd especially
tho I'acilic Mail Steamship company,
which, seeing its well laiil plans for n suc
cessful mid on tho treasury frustrated by
tho posUiffiee department, hud set up u
most terrific and prolonged howl tit to lie
compaiod only to tho howl of a tiger whose
prey had been snatched away from li'm.
The reasons given by tho postmaster-general
for not exercising' tho authority given
him in regard to tho foreign mail service
ero good and sufficient reasons. The
evening session of tho house was devoted
to consideration of resolutions expressive
of the sorrow of that body at the deal li o
Josoph Uankin, late representative from
Wisconsin. Kulogialic addresses were do
livcrcd and resolutions unanimously adopt
ed and, as a mark of respect to tlm mem
ory ot tho deceased, tho liouso adjourned.
Sknath 'rnrch CO. Among tho bills in
troduced was ono by Hoar providing for
itiquoits upon national authority. Hoar
aid tho bill was suggested by reports of re
cent occurrences at Carrolltown, Miss. Pre
ferred. Tho Kdmunds resolutions were
then placed before tho senate and Ingalls
took tho lloor. Speeches wore mado by
several senators, Kdmunds closing the do
bate. Hairis having demanded a separate
voto upon tho Kdmunds resolutions, tho
first resolution, adopting the report of tho
comin tteo on judiciary, was adopted
yeas 32. nays 2(5. The second resolution,
condemning tho refusal of tho attorney
general to send copies of papers called for
by the senate, was adopted yeas 32, nays
20. Tho question being on llio t bird reso
lution, declaring it to Im the duty of the
senate to refuse its advice and consent to
tho proposed removals of officers, docu
ments in reference to supposed misconduct
of whom uro withhuhl, Gray raised tho
point tlmt it changed a rule of the senato
and was not in order. Tho president pro
tempore overruled tho point of order and
Mr. Gray appealed from his decision. Mr.
Gray's appeal was laid on the table. Mr.
, llrown moved to amend by striking out
tho third resolution altogether. Lost. A
voto Ixiing taken on tho third reso
lution, it was ugrf-od to yeas 30, nays
20 Messrs. .Mitchell, of Oregon; IticMle
hergur and Van Wyck voting with the
democrats. The fourth resolution, con
demning the discharge of ox-union soldiers
and tho putting in their places of men who
had rendered no military service for the
government, was then voted on am) a, 'reed
to yeas tit), nnys 1 (Morgan). Morgan
offered a resolution declaring that nothing
in the resolutions already ml opted was to
Imj construed as declaring that tho conduct
of the attorney geno:al rendered him liublo
to impeachment and that tho senate dis
claimed tho right or pnwr to punish him
by imprisonment or otherwise other than
by impeachment for the offnuse churned
against him in tho resolution.
House, March 20. On motion of Springer
(ho voUi by whhh tho house a few duys
sinco defeat! the senate bill grunting n
peifdon of JfiO peunonth to tho widow of
(Jen. II. W. Benhum was reconsidered and
the bill was passed yens 118, nays 65.
At ltd evening session the house pnmcd
forty pension bills and adjourned until t
morrow.
Si:natk, March 27. Tho senate was not
in session.
Housi:, March 27. Tho chaplain's open
ing prayer was as follows; "Givo ear, oh
God o Jacob, and awaken us to see tho
danger which thrcntens the civilized world
n revolution more tremendous than any
of which history tells, in which scenes of
terror mny be enacted in every capital of
J'.uropo nnd America, tor long tno few
havo mustered the many, because they un
derstood llio open secret tools for thorn
that can use lliem but now the ninny have
learned tho secret of organization, drill nnd
dynamite. Cause tho rich of tho world to
understand that the time has come for
grinding, selfish monopoly to cease, that
corporations may get souls uniiein, witu
justice, honor, conscience nnd human
kindness. Teach tho rich men ot this
country thatgreatfortiinesnrolcnt tliemhy
Thee Tor other purposes than to build and
decorate palaces, round private collections
of urt, to stock wine cellars, to keep racing
studs and yachts and nnd heller company
than hostlers, grooms and jockeys, pool
sellers nnd bookmakers. Tench tlieui. oh
God, that it is Theo who has given them
power to gut these fortunes, that it is to
prove thenrto know what is in their hearts,
whether they will keep Thy commandments
or no, and that these comma'udmcnts are:
thou slialtlovo the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and Ihy neighbor ns thytelf; that
if tlie rich men of this land keep these coin
mnmlmeuts, tho poor will follow the ex
ample, and wo at least will be saved from
the days ol tribulation that nro fast
coming on all tho world. Help us, oh God,
and piivo us." Mr. Grosveuor, of Ohio,
nsked unanimous consent Hint tho prayer
bo printed in the Record. Mr. James ob
jected, remarking sotto voce to a gentle
man who asked him to withdraw tiic ob
jection, that it was made because tho
prayerwnsan incendiary sprorli. The silver
bill was then considered without definite
action until adjournment.
Sknati:, March 29. After tho routino
morning business Logan's army bill was
placed before tho senate. Logan defended
his position on the bill. As to ono of the
arguments advanced by tho senator from
Kansas (Plumb), that because laborers
were poorly paid soldiers should not be
better paid than at present, ho thought
that a very poor argument. It was very
singular that men ol wealth and bankers
rich enough to be hardly able to count
their money were always found to be tho
friends of tho workingmeu laughter in gal
leries. This was all right for rich men to
do, but when anything was said for tho
workiugmi'ii by those who had the actual
experience of workingmon, that was alto
gether improper. It was only bankers and
rich men who were to have tho right to
speak for tho workingmon. "I was brought,
up to labor on a farm at $0 a mouth,"
said Logan, ''and when any man insinuates
Hint f am not a friend of tho poor man it
is utterly unjiiHtiliablo." Referring to the
suggestion Unit the increase of the armv
was wanted for show, "for circus," Logan
repelled it. The people did not want any
"show" about it. They had "show and
circus" enough in the senato laughter, and
while the senatorial circus was on lie did
not know any more active performers than
the seuatois who were opposed to this bill.
Renewed laughter.
IIousi:. March 20. A bill was introduced
by Hill to enable the people of Dakota to
form a constitution; also to establish the
territory of North Dakota. A bill was in
troduced by Willis, of Kentucky, to aid in
llio establishment nnd temporary support
of common schools. Referred to the com
mittee on labor. Tho following joint reso
lution was offered by Belmont: Thai the
sum of $1-17,748 bo appropriated to pay
tho Chinese government in consideration of
losses unhappily sustained by certain Chi
nese subjects by mob violenco at Hock
Springs, Wyoming, said sum being intended
for distribution among tho sufferers and
their legal representatives in tho discretion
of the Chinese government. That further
restriction of Cliineso and coolie immigra
tion, if it shall bo found expedient and
necessary, can bo most properly accom
plished by modification of existing treaties.
FROM THE MASTER WORKMAN.
A Secret Circular "to the Noble OrdeV
orKiillitn of Labor of America."
St. Louis dispatch: General Master Work
man Powdorly has issued a secrot circular
"to tho Noblo Order of Knights of Labor of
America," which has just been mnde public.
Powderiy instructs tho sccrotnry of encli
assembly to call a full mooting and rend it
to tho members. Tho address opens with
an ordor to tho nssemblica to ceaso initiat
ing additional members. "Wo must have
patience. You havo had patienco for years
and had not the Knights of Lnbornppeared
upon the scone wo would still bo wuiting.
VViur scale or prices should stand ns they
nro for tho present if you cannot raise them
by any other process than a strike. You
must submit to injustice at tiio hands of
employers in patienco for awhile longer.
Hide well your time. Kind how much you
are justly entitled to nnd a tribunal of ar
bitration will settle tho rest."'
Powderiy then cautioned tho assemblies
against receiving into- their ranks employ
er mid wi,rns the knights that politicians
are planning night ami day how to catch
the Knights of Labor tor advantages for
themselves and party, and adds that to
use tho mi mo of the order in a political
way is criminal, and must not occur.
Again, referring to tho eight hour move
ment tho circular says: ''Assemblies of
Knights of Labor nrist not strike for ti.
eight hour system May 1, under tho im
prtsdnn thoy nro obeying orders from
headquarters, for such an order was not,
and will not bo given." Powderiy contin
ues: "While I wiite, a dispatch is handed
mo in which I read these words: 'They dis
charged our brother, and wu struck, for
vou know our motto Is 'an injury to one is
the corn-em ot all.' ' Yes, tho injury to ono
is tho 'concern of all, but it is not wise to
injure nil for tho sake of one. It would
havo boen far bettor to continue at work
and properly investigate tho matter, bring
ing it before every known tribunal than to
have struck."
In conclusion the mnstcr workman says:
"I wrote this rirciilar'to lay before the
order the exact condition of things. lam
neither physically nor mentally able to
perform the work required of me. I nm
willing to do my part, but not to be asked
to maintuiu a false position before the
world any longer. One of two things must
take place, Kither local and district as
semblies must obey its laws, or I must lie
permitted to resign from the vocation
which obliges mo to play one part before
I he public and another before our mem
bers. Those who boast must checked by their
assemblies. No move must be made un
til tho court of Inst resort has been ap
pealed to. Threats of vio'euce must not
1)0 made. Politicians must bo hushod or
driven out. Obedience to tho laws of Hie
knidithood must have preference over ;
Ihoseof any other order. U meseinmgi
ara done, the next five years will witness
the complete emancipation of mankind
from the curse ot mom-poly. In our mem
bers we require secrecy, obedience, assist
an co. natience nnd conruL'c. If with these
aids you strengthen my 1 anils I will con
tinue in the work; if you do not desire to
uhh st ins in this way, then select one bet
terqualifVMl to obey your win ami J wiu
retire In hm favor."
LAB0H TK0UHLES IN BELGIUM.
Diniciiltlc of IVorUtngtucii Not Coll
lined to the l ulled Male.
Bruseolls telegram: The city was pin'
enrded during tho night with calls issued by
tho workingmen's federation for a great
meeting of workingmen. The striking
'miners at Liege attempted general rioting
Inst night, but were overpowered by tho
police. Tho troops stationed at Antwerp
are held within their barracks, to bo avail
able for suppression of any disturbance
that may bo created by unemployed work
ingmen. The strike at Liege hna become nlmost
general in (lint district. Conllicts nro
taking place between tho strikers and tho
civil guards. A largo number of foreign
agitators have arrived in thoilisturbed dis
trict and are urging the strikers to con
tinue t heir resistance to tho nuthnritic.
Gung-i of men mado up ot anarchists and
roughs of tho worst description are pa.-ad-tug
in tho suburbs, creating disorder and
perpetrating outrages. Citizens nro way
laid and money extorted from them by
threats of violence. Postmen going their
rounds-are accompanied by guards of sol
diers. Arrests of personsengaged in thedis
turbnnocH are being made by the wholesale.
Many riot rsliavelieen captured whilesleep
ing in the fields, where Ihey had fallen whilo
drunk. Tho town hall is occupi"d by tho
civic guards. A strong reinforcement of
troops are iiriiving at the scene of t ho
riots. The civic guards aro holding tho
pit mouths.
The iniiicM strike lmscxtended to Charlo
roi. The men demand a 25 per cent, in
crease in wages, and pending the granting
of it, have quit work and gone to rioting.
Tho gen d'armes havo been successful in
dispersing tho mobs that have collected.
An attempt was mado to-day to blow up a
railway train near Husselt. A package
containing thirty-five dynamite cartridges
had been placed on the rails but was swept
aside by tho cow-catcher without being ex
ploded. While the engineer was examining
he package it exploded and blew otf three
ot his fingers. Placards havo been posted
in Liege summoning the workmen to-morrow,
and concluding with tho words: "Lot
each man bring a revolver. Then forward
JAY GOULD OX THE STRIKE.
Tho Iilno on Which IIo I'ropoicn to
fight II' It TnUe All .Summer.
Tho New York Tribune publishos a long
interview with Jay Gould relativo to tho
strike on his lines. Tho following is the
substance of Gould's remarks: "Tlierocan
bo no compromise in this case. There is no
room for compromise, for tho strikers have
confessed in effect that they have no grtov
mice ngniust tho company. Iam bound to
light the question to the bitter ond, and for
this reason I havo asked the opinion of
Judge Dillon as to the legal rights under tho
circumstances, and his decision is that it is
our duty as well as our right to prevent
the interruption of tliebusiness of the road
bv all legal means. Ho sa.vs that tho com
pany has n clear legal remedy ngniust the
Kn'ghts of Labor organizations for suits
and wo propose to test this question in the
courts."
Mr. Gould said further: "We shnll sue
the members of the organization and, in
fact, papers m the case are being prepared
in accordance with .ludgo Dillon's opinion.
Wo propoi-o to recocover damages of every
member of tho organization who has any
property. A great many of tho employes
of the Missouri rncille Imvo homes winch
they be. light out or their earnings. They
are responsible to us for tho lost-es wo have
suffered if they aro Knights of Labor. We
uill show tlicm that wo intend to force our
legal rights. I propose to fight it out on
this line. There is another featuro of the
case, and that is that every shipper and
manufacturer and every person who has
suffered from tho strike lias tho same legal
redress." Tho success of this striko, lif
said, would unsettle confidence throughout
tho world nnd tiie-o workmen would bo tho
first to feel its disastrous consequences.
IIo lias no news, ho said, which would lead
him to suppose that the strike would ex
tend to tho cast, and intimated that lit
might ask for iuumctious restraining work
ing Knighls of Labor from couttibuting to
tho Mipport of thoso on tho strike.
TALKING RACK TO JAY GOULD.
What the KiiIkIiIn ol' Labor Have to
Nay of II1 ICcccut Utterance.
A St. Louisdispatchsays: Tlioexecutivo
board of district assemblies 101, 107 and
ll.'i, Knights of Labor, hns issued an ad
dress to the Knights of Labor and trado
unions throughout North America intended
as a reply to tho statements mado by Jay
Gould in regard to the strike of the railroad
employes of tho southwest. After quoting
from the statement of Mr. Gould tho sen-
lenee saying that tho employes upon his
roads have presented nogiiovances to their
management, tho address says: "Wo havo
wearied tho press a nil worn the types of the
world in stating our grievances and de
manding an opportunity to present them
to Mr. Gould mid his lieutenants. We
have offered through the highest channels
that represent us in tho nation to meet
liiiu upon any field. We havo sought wo
havo plead wo havo demanded that we bo
heard. To all this Gould has turned a deal
ear. And now before tho world wo dial
lengo him to licar our complaints before
tho world wo Impeach his veracity when lie
savs wo have not presented them. Before
the world lot the trial go on.
Referring to the decsiou of Gould to sue
the organization ot the Knights of Laboi
the address says: ''Gould and his counsel
well know that such silly emanations are
an insult, to the intelligence of our school
boys nnd n challenge to the courage of our
grailduiothcis." The address closes with
an appeal to tho strikeis to stand firm
until their organization is recognized and
their demands grunted.
Militur Forls in NchrnBlio.
Two appropriation bills, says a Wash
ington dispatch, liave just been reported
from tho committee on Indian affairs, to
the house, miik:ng appropriations for the
rebu Idiug ot military posts and the com
pletion of posts already begun. The first
contains u i'lnuu appropriating $100,000
for the rebuilding of Kort Robinson. Neb.,
and the second bill causes the completion
ol improvements begun on Fort Niobrara
and Omaha, in Nebraska. Representative
Dorsey, of that state, had much to do in
securing the repotting of theso bills, and
they will be pas-ied, us they uro regulurap
prupriutioii bills.
AnsnRslnffpil.
A Ran Antonio special says; A prlvato
dispatch received at Galveston conveys
the intelligence ot the assassination by
Mexican out'nws of Mr. Lawii Teltuer, in
Bauta Clara canon. Mexico, while en routo
from Jlmulco to the silver mines In the
state of Duraugo. The murdered man was
at ono time a wealthy and prominent citi
zen of Chicago, mid for the past h'x years
bus been engaged in mining in Mexico. ThU
makes the third Aiuerlruu murdered lu the
cauou this year.
A Typical "Sport."
Lennder Richardson, a New York
correspondent of several papers, lived
in Hartford for tv whilo several years
ago and became acquainted with a well
known sporting diameter, Pat Sheedy.
It will bo remembered that Sheedy
found tho Hartford field too limited,
and some years as;o Fought tho larger
cities, principally Chicago. Richard
son ran across him in New York re
cently, and in a gossipy letter to tho
Boston Herald on tho New York
sporting fraternity has this to say:
Sheedy is about the best man of tho
lot in all respects. He has tho repu
tation of being ns square as a die,
and ho possesses tho coolness and
daring of the typical gambler invented
by Bret Harte. Indeed, Mr. John
Oakhurst never had in real life a moro
realistic prototype than Patrick
Sheedy. Ho is a lino looking fellow,
with a white, clean shaven face, clear,
grey eyes, and an attractive and boy
ish smile. Ho is always dressed frith
quiet taste, and thcroisnothingabout
him that is ilnshy or ostentatious.
When ho was a bov, Sheedy became
the companion and pupil of tho most
celebrated of all tho three card monto
men, who was known up and
down tho wholo United States
as Canada Bill. This redoubtable
personage used to dress up like a
tanner and go traveling on railway
trains. When ho had lleeced his man
he would retire in his country cos
tume to the private room on tho car,
and ten minutes later ho would como
out in such genteel dress and- so com
pletely changed in appearancothattho
sharpest eyo would never recognizo
him. His pupil, however, has not fol
lowed tho same line of business-. Sheedy
has always been a legitimate gambler,
if legitimacy can be spoken of in con
nection wit h a railing like that. Up in
Hartford, where much of his early
career was spent, they tell a good
many interesting stories of this young
man. One of them is that ho camo
hack there, onco upon a time, after
having been absent for an extended
period. He had plenty of money with
him, and, after paying his debts, which
is tho lirst duty oft ho gainblur, ho be
gan to play faro in a local report. Ho
had been at it half an hour or so,
when he discovered that ho was beitm
put through the process known by tl,o
alluring title of a "skin name." Mr.
Sheedy said nothing, but rose, from his
seat went down into tho buck yard
and camo back aiiain with an ax in his
hand. With this weapon ho proceed
ed to smash every article of furniture
in tho room, nnd to knock out tho
windows and sliattoi thedoorn. Hav
ing accomplished this picturcsquo re
venge he walked out in silence, leaving
the astounded and frightened pro
prietors in solo possession.
A year or so back Sheedy took
charge of the ndairs of John L. Sulli
van, and the two men worked together
without any serious difliculty.
In fact, they never but onco had
anything that approached a row.
That occurred' in tho lobby
of tho Coleman JTouso in this city.
Sullivan was slightly under tho influ
ence of liquor, and was ugly, when
some discussion arose about a divis
ion of funds. Tho great slugger bo
cutno anmy over something said to
him by Sheedy, and exclaimed "I'll
smash your jaw."
"What's that?" queried Sheedy, in
a tone of tho utmost coolness!
"I'll smash your jaw," repeated
Sullivan, with a wicked look m his
eye.
Tho pale-faced gamblor took Mr.
Sullivan by tho coat lapel and led him
to ono side. Then ho said in a very
low tone:
"Havo yon got any friends you
would like to see, or tiny business you
would iiko to attend to in easo any
thing should happen to you?"
"Well," responded Sullivan, "and
what if I have?"
"Because," observed Sheedy, with a
facial expression that could not bo
mistaken, "You take my advice nnd
settle it all up before you smash my
jaw. Y'ou will never havo an oppor
tunity afterwards."
Sullivan looked at Sheedy nn in
stant, and then lowered his eyes, with
the remark that ho was only fooling.
But he didn't fool any more in that
direction. Sheedy, thoy tell inc, has
not boon in very good luck lately. In
deed, tho large amount of money of
which ho was stud to he possessed
twelve months ago, is said to havo
protty much all gone. Still, his stand
jng among tho men with whom ho runs
is such that he can get pretty much
anything he wants in tho way of finan
cial assistance for the asking.
A Successful Kcniiouiist.
It is really worth whilo for tho wage
worker to save, although tho process
his become so unfashionablo among
men of fixed iucoiics that to follow
it is regaded almost as a mark of ec
centricity. The path to influence and
independence for tho toiler begins and
steadily follows on tho line of small
economies applied in daily life. Ten
years ago, in a Pennsylvania manu
facturing town, a machinist went homo
ono evening and said to his wife: "I
am tired of this work lor others, and
we'll turn over a new leaf. I get $3 a
day. Now, wo will put away ?10 a
week, and livo on the rest. Jf we can't
Jive on it, we'll tstarvo on it." Ho
carried out his determination. In
two years ho had $1000 in bank.
With this ho began business for him
self in a small way, capital was at
tracted by his energy, and now ho ia
at the head of one of the Iarge.it man
ufacturing concerns in his section,
j irh, prosperous and respected. Whnt
this man did was nothing of supremo
dillicultv. A strong, resolute will nnd
a fixed purpose weto needed after hia
determination became fixed. Why
should not Hich an example Attract
the nttention pf other wnge-wcrkers,
equally ablo and of like mental qual
ities? ls only tho beginning that
costs; after that tho task of self
elevation becomes easier with each
day. Philadelphia Kecord.
Country Girls, Think Twice:
I'rom the Urovidence Journal.
Before making tho plunge into city
life, country girls should ask them
selves what is really to ba gained by
it. Perhaps in their quiet rural homes
some stray advertisement has reached
them, promising to young women
high salaries for light work. Hundreds
of advertisements aro framed for
the very purpose of deceiving tho un
wary. They accomplish their purpose,
however, anil largo numbers of young
girls rush up to tho city, dazzled by
tho generous profusion of promises.
A girl from tho farm answers ono of
these advertisements. Life may have
been slow at home, but there was al
ways good food and plenty, nnd there
wns some ono to rare for in tho
old farm house. When sho goes to
the bui city slw finds that tho
"light work" consists in working nil
day in a badly lighted and ill-smell-inn
workshop, whero scores of other
girls nnd women nro "employed at
wanes hardly high enough to keep
body and soul together. Wo know
what often comes next. Tho girl has
left home, sho is ashamed or unwilling
to return, and sho must take the con
sequences, ono of two things shamu
or suiTering. Many a girl finds lirst in
tho frivolities and next in tho iniquity
of the streets that excitement by
which regrets and remorse may be
deadened. If sho is too strong in
principle, too pure and elevated in
totio thus to sink down to ono of tho
pitiful women of tho streets, sho may
find herself in some cold garret, lonely,
overworked, despondent nnd miser
able. Better remain at homo than
risk tho failure which attend so many
girls who go up to tho city in pursuit
of high jay for light wot k. It is tho
saddest of all ventures, forsaking a
country homo for the illusions and
deceptions of a largo town.
ISxperienoo AVith n Cowboy.
"Ainiee, tho vivacious actress, tells
of tin experience sho had inLonworth,
Tex., with a real cowboy," says tho
New York Sun. "This fellow opened
tho entertainment, by laughing very
coarsely whenever tho actress spoke.
Siio managed to got through tho ficeno
and appealed to tho manager of tho
theater for protection. The little-man
said that as tho cowboy seemed to bo
surrounded by admiring friends ho
thought it would not bo wise to at
tempt his removal. Bcsidcs.theToxan
theatrical code forbade interference
with tho nudionco after tho admission
money had been paid. Ainieo is not
easily abashed, and nho decided on her
course. When sho went on again sho
got as near tho rowdy as tho limits of
tho stago would permit. He
began his laughing, and his
friends joined in. So did tho actress.
Sho stood still, and, pointing an ex
pressive finger at him, laimliod as
though immensely amused. Tho row
boy's face changed, and his lauuh
stopped. Aimee's didn't. She held
her sides, nnd laughed and laughed tit
tho nmn. Ho grew red in tho face and
looked uncomfortable. Still thoartress
laughed, and by this tiniothejuidienco
was roaring with her. All eyes turned
on the unfortunatoToxan. 1 Io couldn't
stand it. Abashed and thoroughly
cowed, tho cowboy rushed for tho door
followed by a great shout. and was not
seen again that evening. Tho play then
went on smoothly."
The Pictured Rocks.
The Pictured Hocks of West Virginia,
says a Morgantowu (W. Va.) letter in
tho Baltimore- Sun, on the Evansvillo
pike, about four miles from this placo,
havo been a source of wondor and
speculation for moro than a century,
and havo attracted much attention
amongtholearncd men of this country
and Europe. Tho clill upon which
theso drawings exist is of considerable
sizo and within a short distanco of tho
highway above montioned. Tho rock
is a whilo sandstone, which wears
little from oxpostiro to tho weather,
and upon Ua smooth surface are
delineated thooutlines of tit least fifty
species of animals, birds, reptiles and
fish, embracing in tho number
i i i i i
i pantners, ueer uiumio, ociera, uoavors,
.wildcats, foxe, wolvos, raccoons,
opossums, boars, elks, crows, eagles,
I turkeys, eels, various sorts of fish,
largo and small, snakes, etc. In the
midst of this silent menagerie of
specimens of tho animal kingdom is
tlie full length outlinoof a female form,
beautiful and perfect in every respect.
Interspersed among tho drawings of
animals, etc., are imitations of tho
lootpiints of each sort, tho wholo
space occupied being l.r0 feet long by
U0 feet wide. To what raco tho artist
belonged, or what his purposo was in
making theso rudo portraits, must
over remain a mystery, but tho work
was ovidently done ages ago.
Jay Gould's Sensible Daughter.
Miss Gould has lately boen given an
ollowanco of 5,000 a year for her
wardroho, but Inst year did not spend
over two-thirds of that amount. Sho
is very fond of pretty dresses, made
in a simple, girlish fashion, and has
fewer silk or satin gowns than one
would suppose. In sunimershedress
es in white most cf the lime, wearing
linen and flannels in tho morning, mulls
and embroidered dresses in tho aftor
noon, and on special occasions white
silk or lace. A dress mado entirely of
Valenciennes hire over surah silk is
the favorite, and although very simplo
looking cost the neat sum of $5U0.
A brown corduroy, trimmed with
silvor-fo. fur, with a cap and muff to
match, was her favorite walking-suit
this winter, and on Sundays she wore
a dark blue velvet, with beaver trim
mings. She is fond of bronze shoes
and always keeps four or ilvo pairs
on hand, nnd always dresses her own
hair, whi:h is long, dark mid naturally
curly. New York Morning Journal. '
A CUP OF COFFEE.
It Contains Morn T.lfe-Glvln Properties
Than Any Other Stimulant.
A dozen or moro gentlemen sot
about a tablo at ono of tho great Now
Y'ork restaurants recently, says tho
New York Times, their faces betraying
tho contentment nnd self-satisfaction
induced by tho dinner, which had pass
ed to tho conversational and loqua
cious stage. Flames from a soft-coal
fire threw ruddy gleams across the ta
ble, which was littered with dishes
and cups. Tho company was a nota
ble one, comprising among others tho
leader of a heroic party in an Arctic
exploration, a white-haired veteran
who had seen service in two conti
nents, nnd a sprinkling of army and
navy officers, great merchants, and
rich nnd indolent loungers nbout town.
Ono of the merchants 'was discoursing
upon coffee.
"I tell you," said ho, leaning bnck in
his chnir, nnd balancing his spoon,
upon the egg-shell edge of his cup, "tho
old axiom that there is nothing liko
leather, is a mistake. There is noth
ing liko coffee. It has more life-giving
qualities than anything else, and will
last."
"Ilight you aro," broko in tho arctic
leader. "I know from my experience
In tho coldest weather wo had there
was no such revivifying stimulant as
colTee. When tired and about frozen
tho incn wouldn't touch alcohol, but
their first ulTorts wero always to heat
tho lamp and dole out tho cssenco of
tho fragrant berry. Another thing
peculiar about the coflco wo had was
that it wns just ns good two years
after wo sailed as it was tho first day
out."
A beatific smilo broko out on tho
fnco of tho first speaker as ho said:
That is so."
At this stago tho old veteran awoko
from his revery with an abrupt
"What's that; colTee? Let mo tell you
of some of my experiences in tho lirst
days of tho rebellion, lhnd command
of a brigado composed of regiments
from all over tho north. Wo wero
stationed right on the Potomac, and
every ono but myself was down with
tho old-fashioned ague tho kind that
when a man sitting'on a fence has a
chill tho fence for half a milo on cither
sido tumbles down. I used to take a
cup of hot cofTeo when I first awoko,
and after thinking over tho matter I
tried this with tho men of ono of tho
rogiments. No matter what tho
weather was, whenever they camo in
from picket or other duty they had to
gulp down hot codec, strong as blazes.
Tho result? Well, after two weeks
trial they nover had any more shakes.
I would have tried the same regimen
with tho others, but by this timo war
in earnest en mo on, nnd such littlo
episodes ns having tho shakes wero
passed by without notice."
Aiinio Ijouise Cnry's IComnnco.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho pretty ronmnco of Miss Annie
liOniso Cary's lifo did not end whero
tho novelist usually leaves theheroino,,
'at the altar, but is still as fresh in her
heart as it was on her wedding-day,
and sho is as happy a wife ns can be
found in tho land. Sho is living with
her husband, Mr. Munson Bnymond,
in handsomely-furnished apartments
on Fifth avonuo, New York, where sho
is surrounded by tho many raro and
beautiful works of art collected by hoc
while on her professional tours abroad'
previous to her marriage. Always o
favorite in society, she is as much
sought after to-day as she was when
her famo was world-wide. Miss Cary
was soino years ngo betrothed to tho
intimate friend of her husband, but
whoso death abroad a short timo
previous to their marriago left her
alone, and it was whilo acting upon
his triend's dying instructions to
look after Miss Cary's interests that
Mr. Raymond found himself in lovo
w ith his charming chargo. Tho result
of tho matter was a very quiet wedding
ono beautiful summer morning at
Portland, Me., when 'Miss Cary laid'
aside hor laurels for a bridal wreath
and Mr. Bnymond clnkitcd a good
wife. It was a genuine lovo aflair,
and, whilo tho public lost a singer
whose placo has not sinco been filled,,
her husband won a true woman. It
is seldom a favorito of thopublicsteps
so gracefully into domestic life, bub
Miss Cary is a true American girl, who
can grace nny position in which sho
may find herself placed. She is very
domestic in her tastes, and among
her greatest pleasures aro tho frequent
visits sho and her husband mako to
tho quiet Now England home of hia
parents nt Norwalk, Conn., whero ho
has provided ovcry luxury nnd com
fort for tho aged pair. Occasionally
while thero Mrs. Ruymond is heard to
sing in tho village- church or at tho
family fireside, but sinco her marriage
sho bus never sung in public.
A Governor's Greatest Grief.
Tho Now Y'ork Times snys: "It,
was tho daughter of Governor Hub
bard, of Connecticut, who sot the
fashion for rich men's daughters to
elopo with their coachmen. Her will
fulness was the brilliant man's great
est grief. Ho presented to the world
a calm demeanor nnd apparently a
placid soul, but his bearing did not
frankly tell tho story of his lifo. H
Buffered moro bitterly than his friends
nnd companions suspected. On ono
occasion a rumor was curront that
ho had hecomi) reconciled to his daugh
ter, and that sho was to como into
his household again, nnd a newspaper
icporterwas assigned to investigate
tho rsport. Ho found Governor
Hubbard in tho law library of theState
Capitol. "It is not true," said the
Governor calmly. "It is not true,"
and he went on reading tho law book
beforo hjin. Ho dismissed the subject
just as ho might havo sent a book
agent about his busincBs.huta minuU
or two later, us tho newspaper man
looked down into tho library from
thoeallery above, an altowther dif
ferent eceno presented itfclf, Th
strongman stood in a nicho by on
of the tall book-cases, his head in hia
hands, crying like achild.heartbrokwM
Alone ha was himMlf."'