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LEOISLATirE SEWS ASD SOTES. A Record of Proceeding in Doth Branches of Vie V. S. Congress. Senate, August 5. Allison moved to take up tho final adjournment resolution. The time was fixed at ! o'clock. Edmunds and Harrison wero nppolnted n. committee to wait on the president nnd inform him that coneresa was prepared to ndiourn. The house bill lor tho relief of soldiers of the. Twelfth Michigan volunteer infantry, dis honorably discharged, wns nmended nnd passed. l-.lmtiiuln reported that tho com mittee of the two houses npnointed to wait on tho president to inform him that tho two house had completed tho business uf tho session unci wero ready to ndjourn un less lie Iinil some lurther communitimi in ninkc, had performed tlmtduty, nnd wore iniormeti uy tuc president that he had no further communication to innke, and tliat ho congratulated tho two houses on tho termination of their labors. The hour of adjournment having nrrrived, the chair aaid: "Senators Ueforo announcing tho icrmiuutiun 01 mis session ol tho senate, I ocg leave to return to each ol you my griiiei-u tunnies lor your uniform courtesy uuu Kiiiiiiies4 to mo as your presiding ottl cer, nnd especially for tho resolution of to day in which you have expressed your np provnl. This session hns been distiii guished by the great number and variety of I. !... . 1 . . . . . Huujecis which navo been considered and uy ine marucd absence ol political controver sion. Tho varied needs and aims of the rapidly growing country havo occupied most of I ho time of tho senate. A short recess will enable you to ereet your con stituciits and 1 hope nnd trust that ench ofor'ou will return next December with re newed health and strength to your import ant duties. In pursuance of tho resolution of thu two houses of congress I now declare tins session closed sine die." Hurried leave-taking among tho senators and em ployes took placo nnd half an hour later tho chamber was empty. House, August 5. 'While the clerk of the liouso was reading tho presidential veto on a pension bill tho president's assistant sec retary, l'ruten, nppenred at tho north door of tho chamber. When ho announced tho president's npproval of tho deficiency, sun dry civil and river and harbor bills there wns a round of nppluuso and tho gloom wlncli nnd fioltled upon tho members by reason of rumors that were riFe Hint tho river and harbor bill had been vetoed was dispel ed. At 'J:'2C the committee to wait upon tho president nnd inform him that congress was ready to ndjourn appeared at tho liar ol tlie House announced that it hnd performed its duty and that tho president had nothing further to communicate to congress. On motion of 0 rcill, of 1'cuii fivlvnnia, tho senate bill was passed accept ing the gift of the Grant relics. In the midst of business, tho hour for ndiourn ment having arrived, the speaker, without any preliminary remarks, declared tho house adjourned sine die. isterior greasers for war. Tlicy Want llevenge for Palo Alto, Monterey and Jtuena Vista. City of Mexico dispatch: A party in northern Mexico is in for crossing swords with the United States. It is reported on good authority that General Casus, who has recently depredntcd in tho vicinity of Sabinns, has offered to join hnnds with tho federal government and clean out tho Yan kees. Government disiatehes from Victo ria, the capital of tho stato of Tamnlipsus, received in Muovo Laredo, are to the effect that the town is much excited over the EI Paso nnd Eagle 1'ass complications. Pub lic opinion as to tho justification of Mon dragon is divided, somo claiming his acts wero justifiable and others condemning him. Tho governor of Tnmnlipsas is said to have asserted that if lie were in tho po sition of Governor Hornn.t, of Ch'liiiahiia, he would never give Cutt'ng up. The peo ple of his statu appear to uphold him in liis opinion. Eroni Parrns I.ineras news comes that tho prospect of war with the United States is hailed witli delight as many in that sec tion wish to aid in wip'ing out t ho remem brance of their defeat at I'alo Alto, Monte rey and liiiena Vista. Their inborn nnti pathy and intense hatred for Gringoes iree out daily, as is shown by their insult ing and annoying t rent nun tot Americans who are ho unfortunate as to be living in their midst. Tho governor of Coahuiln HeeniB to be more conservative than cither of those of Tamcliias or Nuevo Leon, nnd is said to bo in favor of peace and concilia tory measures. A private telegram from Sa'tillo says that a brigado of infantry arrived in that city this morning. Theirfuturedestinntion is not known. Stock men arriving from Mexico Htato tlint news of tho troublo witli the United States has just readied remote regions in tlio interior, causing great oxcite ment and making it dangerous for stock buyers to stny in thoir midst. Importers in iMievo l.areiio are counteriimiuliu-' or ders for goods in contemplation of troublo. ns they nro confident Cutting novor will bo given up. J lie present suspense is pnralyz ing business on tho border. LET THERE HE REFORM. lirutallty in the Hospital or the, Insane Sear Indianapolis, The brutality of somo of the attendants em ployed at tho insane hospital near Indiana- polls, I ml., has led t!ie superintendent to put a lady In each ward to report such cases and to Investigate complaints. Several of the at- teuilents havo been discharged within the past tin days and reform has been Inaugurat ed. Tub posts of tho G. A. U. hare entered upon an investigation, and the following evi dence U given b-an old soldier who was In -the hos-pttal. It Is a rumple of the statements of a number of witnesses: "Patients are afraid to complain of nbues committed, i mm- it tried. A patient lu G ward, Charles .Merrltt, and Fred AiiimIou attendants, made a complaint to Dr. McCIure. The attendants -swore he was a liar, and as ho was insane the testimony was not acceptable. After tho doc tor had passed through the complainant was taken to the b.ilh room, tae door locked, and was kicked and stamped upon until worn out, when ho promised luver to complain again. There was a patient lu G ward named Albert Drown, from Wabash, an epileptic, generally quiet, hut given to wild, restless spells. Ouo day when In ono of these sjiclls the attendant, Ainsdcn, was Instructed to tako him to II ward. Tue patient hung hack and did not want to go. Ani6dtn trlpjx-d .and threw him face dowunard on the floor, jumpen astride of him, grasped him by the cars ami beat his face m the bare Unor until the bkol came plentifully. I reported tin. case to Dr. Thomas the same day, but notl.Iuj; cauu of It. One u.ght In February, 1SS5, Kb Itohatnte, a DiH-atur count,- patient, became .restless and ta k-4 loudly to himself. Mer rltt, tht) attendant, took hfni Into the batk room, and I heard him beat him unlll Dahomlt called out: "Fur (intra uk. glycine my life I" lie was then hatl.oJ, h.s clothes changed and he was mated lu tae hall where I could see nhii. He was crying, and blood was riinnlug from hi muutti auJ uute. ilrrntt itocd b) him with a wet towel uipia the blood awn) and slapping and eur.mg him for crying. also reported thu caw without rcJulL" THE WITS. OF 3IH. TILDES. llctatlres Liberally Remembered and a Good Deal for Public lteneflt. Aew ork dispatch: Tho will of tho lato bauiuel J. Tilden wns read at Greystone this afternoon by Lnwycr Jnmes C. Cnrter, of this city, In the presence of nil tho rela tives. Colonel S. J. Tilden, who spoke for the family, said that not a word about the w ill could be given to tho press. The fund ly had decided, ho said, that no Intimation of the terms of tho will should bo mndo public until it was offered for probate, nnd as the dato had not been fixed for tliat, ho could not say when it w ould bogiven to tho press. L.itkii. Hon. John Uigelow was seen by a reporter at his home, .No, 21 Grainercy Place, and from him was learned the fol lowing facts about tho will: Andrew II. Green and George W. Smith are nnnicd as executors and trustees. All ol lildcn's kindred nro generously nro vided for in this way : The whole estate is placed in the bunds of tho executors as trustees. Each heir is to receive an equal snare in mo lino ol ins or Her consanguin ity; that is, nephews ami nieces equal amounts, nnd their children certain amounts, but they are to receive onlv the income derived from nn equal, seimrate. specific sum, tho principal at the'r dentil to be disposed of in n manner winch Uigelow could not state. None of his relatives, ho said, except Mrs. .Mary li. Pelton, his sis tcr, nro given any specific bequest forever. To her lie bequeaths the residence. Xo. 118 West Thirty-eighth street, anil the sum of 100,000 to live upon. Allot his real es tate except this is placed in his executors hands to bo disposed of as they see fit, cither by snle. rental, or exehanee. Grov- stononnd Gramcrcy nark nronerlv fulllm under the same rule. The executors are first charged witli the duty of setting apart iur ni ri-iiiuoiin mo sums mimed or t nun from which the sevornl incomes nro to be derived, this doue.it becomes the duty ol the executors and trustees to enrrv out Ins wishes regarding certain public benefi cianes. They are charged with t lie duty, iirsi, in esiamisiiing a ireo library in his native village. New Lebanon, also in Yonkers, and, if in tho discretion of tho trustees they choose to establish a free library in this city, they may do so, and if not, they are at liberty to use tho funds that a free library would cost in tho pro motion of tho educational course. A ei-ont deal is loll to the discretion of the trustees. In general terms relations are handsomely taken euro of by receipt of sjipcial incomes, which consume, Uigelow says, an amount not to exceed his estate. All the rest and residue is dovoted to tho public good, and the trustees arc charged with the responsi ble duty of choosing such methods as shall jirovo of tho greatest good to the public in tho disposition of this property. Tho estate is not as large as estimated by some people. Its value had been placed at $10, 000,000, but Uigelow says this is doublo its actual value. CATTLE OS THE HASHES. The Condition of Stock on the Feeding Ground of the West. Chicago special: John X. Simpson, pres ident of the live stock association olTexns, is nt the Palmer, having just traveled over the cattle country from the const to Wy oming, lie was asked hist night about tho condition of tilings in tliat section. "Tlicro has been an unprecedented drought," ho replied, "nil tho way from tho gulf to llrit- ish America west of tho Mississippi, nnd the effect in some sections, especially in the southwest, is that there will bo no cattle from that region this year 1 uionu from Texas, Xew Mexico and parts of Arizona. Farther north tho cattle are getting fat and are being mnrketed from Montana now. My observation in Wyoming was that there was good fair range and that the cattle were fat and looking well. There is plenty of grass now, but it. will bo short there next winter. A revolution isgotngon in tho beef business. Tliorowill bo achango from shipment of live stock to n shipment of dressed beef, and in my opinion it w ill come from the Missouri river points Kan sas iity and Omnha and nlso at. Paul. Eventually meat will be dressed there and shipped east and the stock-yards business of ( lucago will he affected vorv much- Hut do not know that it will hurt tho largo slaughter houses here. They aro supplied by n largo district of corn-fed cnttle. Ar mour, Swift, Morris and Ilainmond draw tiieir supplies from it nnd are not depend ent on tho west. In truth, they are almost independent of the range district." THE VIES IS UGLY MOOD. Tlie Cowboys Kill Two Indians, from Which Trouble is likely to Jtecult. Durnngo (Col.) dispatch: Tho e'ght bun .1 .1 T . .1 ! . J 1 t uicu iiiuiuiis ai iiio souinorn Uto agency aro again in a stato of excitement over tho killing by cowboys of two of their number, who wero oil the reservation on a rotista bout trip through tho Disappointment crecic region. Tho news reached tho agency Tuesday by a Navajo courior, nnd 0. S. Merrill, of tho ngency, who is hero, reports uini mo Indians aro indignant nnd boister ous. The Utes havo been discontentod for weeks. A month ngo a party numbering!!! tho vicinity of one hundred left tho ngency Tor the country to tho west and south, v""n 10 iituuiuuu oy ino cnillo- men. Their depredations, such ns killing cattle, burning grass, etc., havo been re ported from time to time, and a collision between them and tho cowboys has been nnnlafl .1..II.. T.. u.. . I..,.,,.,, . hi iiiiui'ijllllioil Ol sucn troublo two companies of soldiers havo been stationed on Disappointment creek. Tho killing occurred about sixty miles west 01 i m ran go. une particulars havo not been received, and nrobablv novor will hi ns tho cowboys kceji such affairs a secrot among inemseives. Tho Utes nt tho agency are reported to bo lu n deploralilu condi tior. Disease is fast diminishing their ranks, 'Jhreo rears aco thpv nuiiibnmil 1,100. Now thev are onlv ei-ht hundred strong. During tho past year ibout one Hundred or them have died, while thora nave been only fourteen births. A YOUTH FOL SLAYER. A Hoy Marries a Woman Twenty Years Ills benlor and Kills Her. .New Haven (Conn.) special: Hubert Drukely, of Baltimore, 10 years old mid said to bo worth $50,000. took un his res- Idenco in Vi oodbury, Litchfield county, six months ngo. i ive weeks ngo ho niurried Mrs. Warwick, of that plnco, who was twenty years his sonior uud was divorced from her first husband somo years ago. 1 no marriage wns considered Htrauso by tho people of Woodbury, nnd they were not surprised when it was seen that Drnkul v and his wife bvod unhappily together, with frequent (jiiartols. Last night, at 11 o'clock, Drakuly shot Ids wife through the neari. Killing nor insianiiy. Jio then Mint liimstdf in the hum) and foot, per Imp acci dentally. Ifttgnve hiuikelf up whhout re sistance tti ollicera whom he met an they were cuing to the house to nrrmt him. He udmittcd tho Uilli riff, but would make no statement' of his reiuonaand expressed no feeling in tho matter. , THE SEWS IS lltllEF FORM. Mary Carrier sues William Benson, n De- tioit capitalist, for bastardy. An Irish loyalist delegation is coming over to explnin thoir position. Fowler llros., of Chicago, lost $in,S-tr in checks stolen from a messenger. A Fairchild, Wis., Methodist church was burned down by incendiaries. The unionists nro charged with tho re possibility of the lfolfast riots. Tho Irish Parliamentary Fund associa tion has $511,000 in a Xew York bank. Tho Connecticut state democratic con vention is booked for September 'JStli. "llutfalo Hill" is likely to w in his suit for $15,000,000 worth of Cleveland property Six lumber, hard waro and furniture firms failed in lloston. Combined liabilities $500,000. Geoivo Lester, of the well known minstrel company, is charged by Ids wife with noun doniiieut. Miss M. Cole, of Shennndonh, la.. jumped between tho cars of a moving train and wns killed. Insane. An effort is being mndo to boost pine lumber prices on the strength of the Wis cousin conllngrations. T. I). Sullivan. M. P.. counsels tho Irish to feed nnd clothe their families and pay the landlords nftorwards. Ex-Governor John W. Stevenson, of Ken tucky, died suddenly at his home in Cov ington, Ky., aged 7S years. Zinimler. Herman it Co.'s brewery at Woodstock. III., burned. Loss, $70,000 North Carolina republicans will do with out a state convention this year. The boiler of a thresher exploded near Lake Mills, Wis., and killed Anthony Klein and his son, Joseph Lesterand his boy and Joseph Haas. Two others wero fatally scalded. Thestalo department has not received Minister Jackson's resignation, but it earned from some outside source tliat Minister Jackson has for some time be anxious to bo relieved, ns his family aro lisinclined to remain in Mexico nnd he does not wisli to bo separated from them CUTTISG'S TJtlAL TAKES PLACE. The Court Takes the Case Under Advise ment for n Few Days. El Tnso dispatch: Cutting's trial took placo yesterday. 15y advico of Consul Brig- hum he denied jurisdiction of tho court No cvidenco wns introduced, but the proso- cuting attorney addressed tho court in Spanish, demanding Cutting be sentenced to two years' imprisonment nt hard labor. that being tho longest term given by the statutes of Texas. Ho also demand tliat Consul Brigham bo censured for olllcious interference. Medina spoko in Spanish, do mnnding speedy punishment. Then tho law student appointed by tho court to de fend Cutting spoko u few words, claiming Cutting did nut know he wns breaking Mex ican laws by publishing statements in Texas, and asked tho court to assess the lowest penalty. Tho court took tho mat ter uiif'.er ad visemcnt and said ho would give judgment within iiitcen days, l lie people in nil this section aro excited over tho affair. Senor Nicolas Migo, Mexican federal judge lor Paso del Isorte district, came Ironi Lhl hualiua 'Wednesday night. Roberts, resi dent of Paso del Norte, came up on the snuio train and says Migo showed liiiia full pardon forCutting, signed by President Uinz, and explained to him that the inten tion was to convict Cutting, sentence him, nnd then instantly pardon him. 11ns wns thought would pacify the United Stntes without denying the right claimed by Mexico to punish Cutting. Judge Migo declined to talk. THE SAVY'S WAR STRESGTH. Now York special: Commodore Chandler, of the navy ynrd, takes a happy view ol tho probability of a naval or military con flict between tho United States and Moxico. When questioned by a reporter ho ploadod ignorance of preparations being mndo to sliip ainmuuition from this city to San An tonio, Texas. II it is truo, he remarked, that a nuiriber of gun carringes is to bo for warded to-morrow, I know nothing of it. I do not nttach nny importnnro to tho ship ment, for it is n frequent occurrence. The report that arms aro to bo shipped from Bock Island, I feel certain is untrue. There is neither cannon nor ammunition there. Wo fell easy over hero on tho possibility ol wur with Mexico. It would bo a one-sided combat and no honors or credit could be claimed by this country. Wo nro n trillo too largo for thoni and I dare say thoy know it." "In tho ovent of war is this country pre pared?" " Decidedly. Within a fortnight nltor tho declaration of war wo could havo at least a dozen war ships in tho harbor of Ver i Crui and a good sized flotilla about the Gulf nl Mexico. Tho North Atlantic squadron is within easy call. Tho fleet is composed ol tho flagship Tennessee, first rate; Brook lyn, second rnte; and Twatara, Alliance, Galena and Yantic, of tho third class. Thou wo havo at the yard hero the Powliattan, Kntorprihe, Mystic and tho now Atlanta. All of theso can bo gotten in readiness a short notice. Tho new cruiser Boston. building nt Chester, could, in an emor-'oncv. be ordered to sea in u mouth's time. JUMPED TO HIS DEATH. Kansas Citv, .Mo., Aug. 11. Tho 77m says: About 7 o'clock yesterday morning John Powers, a wealthy cattleman, killed himself by Jumping from a fourth story win Uow of the St. James hotel. Mr. Powers ar rived hi the city Sunday nnd registered at the bt. James, giving his residence as Moheetla, Texas. He had Lccn drinking heavily, and at once piuced liumeir under the care of a physician. Monday ufteruoon ho had re covered somewhat, hut his nhyrlclau or dered him not to d Ink anything. Monday night, It Is said, Mr. Powers (Unobeyed his physician, hired a hack and took In the town. Yesterday morula-' ho was la a bad condition again, and was locked lu his room. About 7:3J o'clock he called to a chambermaid who was passing along to unlock the door. She did not do ft, and a few minutes Inter a porter who was standing In tho luiM-ine-it area In the rear of the hotel caw Mr. l'ortr climb out of his window and attempt to giutp the MatersjKHit which rail within a few feet of tho wludow. lie failed to catch the ut and fell to the avcinent a distance of sixty feet, striking- on his head and tlmuMcr. He was dead when olckud uu. His bodv was removed to Carlat's undertaking rooms, wheieit was embalmed. It will bo shipped to Texas to-day Mr. J 'o wer was climated br those who knew him lu this city to have been worth from (200,000 to f aw, 000. He had a wife and family In Muheetie. The British cabinet lias not ret decided whether o call an autumn session of parlla meut, hut -till discuss the matter next week. A FEW GOOD REASONS. Twenty-six Mnrrlr-d Men Tell "Why Tliry Mnrrlod. Wc lately sent out postal cards to tho married men of a small I own in west ern Hew York, says Tul-Ihts, with the inquiry: "Why did you marry?" Wo give :i few of the rospouses: That's what 1 havo been trying- for cloven years to litul out. X." 'Married to get even with her moth er, but novor have W." "Because 1 was too la.v to work. I. V." "Because Sarah told mo that live other voting men had proposed to her. C." "Tho old man thought eight years' courtin' was almost lonsr enough. 15." "1 was lonesome- anil melancholy, and wanted someone lo make mo livu Iv. N. H. Slit) makes mo very lively. IV "1 was tired of lmyinir iec-croain nnd candies, and going to the theaters and church, and wanted a rest. Have saved money. J. (V "Please don't stir mo up. J." 'Because 1 thought slto wns ono among a tliou.-Miid; now I sometimes think she. is a thousand among one. E." "1 think it was lioeauso 1 was cross eyed; now 1 am aillictod with two pairs of cross-eyes daily. "PinT.i:." "Because 1 ditl not have tho experi ence 1 have now. (.!." "Tho governor was gonig to give mo his loot, so I took his daughter's hand. II." "I thought it would bo cheaper than a broach of promise suit. A. C." "That's the same tool question that mv friends and neighbors ask mo. C. II." "Because 1 had more mono- (htm I knew what lo do willi. Now I havo more to do than I havo 11101103 witli. p. D." "I wanted a companion of 1I10 oppo site sox. 1 S. Sho is still opposite. A." "Don't mention it. F." "Had dillieulty unlocking tho door nt night, and wanted somebod3' (o lot me m." Bon." "1 was embarrassed, and gave my wife the benefit of 1113 naino so tliat I could tako tho benefit of her name sign ed to a check. Si'nootJS." 'Because it is just my luck. V. ,1." "I didn't intend to go to do it. S." "I yearned for comnanv. Wo now Iiavi it all tho time. Kahi.." "Have exhausted all the figures in the arithmetic to figure out an answer to vottr question; between multiplica tion and division in tho famih, and dis traction in addition, tho answer is hard to arrive at. ()u Man." "I married to get the best wife in tho world. Si.mo.w" "Because I asked her if she'd have mo. SI10 saiil she would. I think she's gol me. Bi.tviNS." J'ny or Puss. There is a general interchange- of passes among railroad men, and the president and vice- president of the Pennsylvania raMroad have passes nil over tiio country. President Roberts is n very strict man. Ono stormy day in winter lie got on tho Now York division and took a seat in llio middle of tliu car. The conductor know him. as wo all do, nnd when he passed him the pre sident simply nodded. Jt was a ealcli, and Koborts was onlv (rvinr to see if his man would break (lie rules and not make inm show his pass. The conduc tor fell into (ho trap. When ho passed (lirouh tho train airain. Boborls arose from his seat, and tapping him on tho bhoulder, said: "Seo hero, you have- not scon my p.ass. ' "Ao, sir," faltered tho conductor, lui( but I know who you are." "Tliat makes no diU'eronco." retorted Koborts witli a frown: "tho rules aro niado lo bo obeyed and not to bo brok en. Tho rules laid down for votirguid- nnco say that any passenger who has neither a ticket nor a pass must pay his faro or you must eject him from tho train." "1 know it," replied tho conductor, but" "No 'huts.' Now yon may go." "1 haven't seen vonr nass vnt. though," demurely remarked (ho tickot- punehor. wishing to demonstrate tho thoroughness of tho lesson. 'J lint's rijrlit," ropliod Roberts an- provingly, "make no diilerenco be tween the president of (ho road and (lie poorest pa.-sengor." Ho readied 111 his inside coat nuokot and then into his vest pockets. Tho conductor grinned. Roberts' sallow complexion arrow nalor ami then red- dor. Ho went through his poekots again, out 110 passes. J ho conductor s binile grow more expansive. 'liiirnpl oxelniniuu tho pros don t. "Singular! Just stop as you pass this wav iiirain. Tho conductor stormed, and tho ores- idont dryly handed him a 85 bill nnd (old him to tako out tho fare. Ho had left his book of pusses at his ollico. New ark Call. An Honest 31 tin. Farmer boy (to father) "I havo tried to fire them logs down in tho fiold but they won't burn." Farmer "Which, thoso gum logs wo rollod tip tho othor day?" Boy Ych. sir." Farmer "Well, we'll tako eomo gunpowder and blow them opon." Hoy "Then what will you do with them?" Farmor "Take them to town and sell 'oin for kindling wood." Arkun saw Traveler. A Practical Suggestion. "Mammii, what nro you looking for?" asked llttlo Minnie Flapjack of her mother, the widow Flapjack. Tin looking for my wedding ring. Vvo limited for It high and Tow. I wouldn't lose it for anything." I wouldn't bothor about it. mamma. If it comes to the worst vou can cot married iignln. That's what I'm go ing to do when I am a widow." Texas u.'.v ........ THAT LOVE-MATING DAY. I.Ike vllon clyslan, A eoldcn-liiilred grace, With beauty and duty Allnmc In her face," (illdet ever before me A lirht In my wav Since she swung hi theliammock That love-niatlug day. All s.nlnes' to gladness, All Ludt to full (lower, All wooing to eoolngs Were changed In an hour: All nature grew radiant; Woi k seems to be play Since she swung In the hammock That lovc-mathig day. As story of glory Bnkludles the soul, Subdulm: and wooing Tc lofty control, So she hath Inspired nie, That spirit so guy, Since she swung lu the hummock That lovo-niatlng day. I.Ike ylslnn elystun, A golden-haired grace, With beauty and duty Atlaine In her face, (Hides ever before me A light In my w ay Since she swung In tho hammock That lovo-matlug day. II'. IhWitt Wallace, in the Current. A Painful Kditoritil Curoov M3' name is Archimedes llardpan Until recently 1 was editor of "Tho Waybaci; Horn of Plenty." My jour nalistic career was short, sad and pain ful. I am now brooding over tho pain ful past. 1 have so much painful past to brood o'er that 1 haven't time to do much else. j.ot the frivolous and (rilling pauso hero and turn to another column. These remarks aro not for them. They nro for (hose who can weep a tears over my painful past. My wife's name is Maria. couple of Sho is a woman of an economical turn of niijid and great force of character. In her domestic walks "waste nothing" is her maxim, and her constant o Hurts to havo mo help her "waste nothing" liavo neon the cause 01 much ol mv painful past. J ho advertising patrons of "Tho Horn of Plenty" paid me mainly in sad-irons, cork-screws, garden seeds, heal'h food and a variety of other things which congress has thus far neglected to make a legal tender. In (liis respect my paper was truly a Horn of Pleinv. It was more of tho nature of a hollow horn. My hrst advertising contract yielded mo a dozen liver pads. 1 tried to trade them to the grocer for a piece of bacon, wlncli, 1 thought, would givu my liver moro joy than a pad, but ho looked at mo coIdl3 and said that liver pads had gone out ot SI310. vwien Marin found them on mv hands she ins. sled that- 1 should wear thorn, and when Maria n sists 1 usually give in to save troublo and loud talk. For twelve weeks 1 wore a largo, scarlet-trimmed pad over an innocent nnd well-behaved liver. T lien Maria gave the east-oil' pads to the local benevolent i.ociet3 lor tho poor. My next important contract brought mo an artilical leg. That rather stumped Maria, as wo wore both fully supplied with legs. Tho old wooden limb caused lier a great deal of mental pain. Sometimes sho seemed lo almost wisli I would I010 a log somehow or other, so tliat the artilieial limb could be turned to use. I know that she was grieving herself sick because I couldn't wear it urn! wouldn't tn. 1 oft found her wooping o or tho old unavailing leg, and 1 was sorry 1 had told her anytntng auoui it. mho worried over it for months, and then a bright idea struck her. Shosontitto a dear rela tive on tho occasion of her wooden wedding. Tho dear relative hud a full set of logs of her own, but Maria said tliat did not matter, as an anniversary gift was not valued for its usefulness", ihh lor 1110 giver. 1 neu a traveling agent traded mo a case- of horse pownors. That sort of health food nonplussed Maria for a time, as wo had 110 horse to food them to. Sho often gazed on 1110 in a W113' inai seemeu to say 1 ougiii to unit lior perplexity by taking tho health food myself, but sho did not speak out, and I was glad. After somo months I von ttired to ask about tho horse powders and thou Maria told mo frankly sho hnd mixed them in my griddlo cakes, and that 1 luul seemed to Hue them thus. one eoiiiiiu 1 iiiiiik 01 naving ineni go 10 waste, sue sunt, ami as 1 complained so much about taking any little tiling of that sort, sho had decided to smug gle them into mo In disguise. I had another sort of respite from keeping tilings from going to waste. when a mustard plaster maker sent mo 'six dozen of his biggest and strongest plasters, witli a request for a wrilo-up. "Hoar Archimedes." said Maria, with a lender look at inn, "wo cannot allord to waste these excellent plasters, You must lot mo put several of them on you evoiy night. A man of your utiiiii ana iiauiis is niiuio to nave some sort of sickness at any moment. Thoso six dozen mustard plasters 111113 savo your life." 1 kicked, but to no purpose. I went to bed with six or seven lartro. warm. thrill ng mustard plasters stuck about hero and there on my person. There was one on each foot, n largo ono cover ed my gotlilo backbone and another warmed itself in my bosom. It also warmed my bosom. When all theso shop-madu mustard plasters got to work thoy mndo things lively for poor old Archimedes llardpan. TUoy tilled me full of Intense excitement. I am a tough old fossil, but I couldn't stMid a great deal of that sort of tiling, so I rose up in bod with a wild, blood chilling wurwhoop and filled tho air with mustard plasters. I sold "The Horn of Plenty" soon after that last painful event. Maria has given thoso vigorous, thrilling inus tard plasters to the missionary society to send to the heathen, and when tho heathen adorns h msolf witli nine or ton of thoni and a stovepipe hat. and goes to church with a tr iimphal air, I shall waul to hear how he doports himself. I atn, therefore, anxiously Hwalting itdvlcu.1 from the heathen. I don't know thu heathen, hut I am well acquainted with those mustard plaa tors. Scot', 'uy, in Detroit Fret Irat. PERSIAN HORSES. Woiidrrful speed or Very Slior Measurements. Mr Wolf von Scliiobrand, whoso bub ble pricking lcttors from Persia wcr not relished b3 the subjects of the shah, is back again in tho United Stales, and one of Ids oarPy visits aft:u ids arrival in New York was at t ho olllccof The Turf, Field nnd Farm, where ho got his lira lessons in incisive journalism. Tho Per sia of reality i far different from the Persia of romance and imagination. Il is a laud without roads and without civilization. Tho rough bridle paths speak unmistakably to tho tourist of n non-progressive people. Tho saddle is in general use, and tho best horse.- aro tlie Arabs, and aft ir thoni come tint Turcomans. Some of tho latter attain to great size, and are used by tho rich foi display. Tho average Turcoman is a licet nnd hardy horse, capable of going from 100 to 1 AO miles without rest. Il is edttcaled to get along with .1 very littlo water, and to subsist on ball ol higiih concentrated food, tho two prin cipal ingredients of which are suet and barlo3-llour. When tho master con templates a raid he gradual reduces, for a period of thirty days, the footl ami water allowance of tho horse, and thus inures it to paivation. (trass docs not grow in tho vicinity of Teheran, and the principal food of tlie horse is barlej-, except for two months each year, when tho daily ration is of herbs posscssod ol laxative properties Outside of tho gates of Teheran is the race-course, the longer circuit of which is about live miles. Only ono 1110 'ting is hold each twelve-month, and at thu beginning of tho Persian New Year, the opening of spring. Arabians, Tur comans, and a cross between the Cos sack and Turcoman compete, and tha chief race is live circuits, or about twentv-ono miles. Mr. Sehierbrand saw tlio distance run in '27 minutes 17 seconds. Either the time tnkon was not correct, or. tho winner was 11 won derfully good horse. Tho purses wort of gold and silver coins, tied up in lit tle bags, which wore pitched to the sue' cossful jockeys, who caught them in their turbans. No outraiioj feo is charged to t ho races, and no bolting system is carried out. About two hun dred thousand persons ch'-orod tho co'i lestanls, tho walls of tho city bo.ng dense witli people. Tho outer wall? overlook the course, and from thorn thu spectator gets a grand view of thu horses. Tho shah witnesses tho sport from a pavilion, as do also his olll.'crs. and members of the different loirntions. The jockeys aro mainly boys, but somu- t lines a heavy-weight, a full-growu man, acts as pilot. The Arab from Bagdad is prized mora highly than any other breed of horses. The ordinatw saddle-horse lias an easy cantor, ami no is suro-iootod, but Uvs.y to a striking degree. The touri..t has to uso the lash freely to mako any kind of speed bet ween " tho rude stations which mark tho course of tho romrU bridle pat lis. Turf, Field, ami Farm. OLD whimsicalities; Dream of eggs, sign of 11101103. Dream of snakes, sign of enemies. Dreaming of muddy or rushing water brings trouble. F.nding a horseshoe or a four-lcavcd clover brings good luck. If you cut your nails or sneeze on Kntnrtluy you do it "for evil." Sho who takes tho Inst stitoh at 0 quilting will bo the fust to nninw. If you cannot mako up a handsome bod 3 our husband will have a homely nose. If 3011 spill tho salt some ouo will be "unit!" with you unions vou put some in the fire. r- Stub your right loo. vou nro froinc whore you nro wanted: your loft, whoru you aro not wanted. If llio rooster crows on tho fence, the weather will bo fair; if on tho doorstop. 110 win bring company. If the first Sunday in tho month is unpleasant, there will bo but ouo pleas ant Siindav during tho month. If your right oar burns, somo ono in praising you: if your loft, your friend aro raking you over thu coals. Returning to tho house for a moment iftor having onoo started out will brins back luck unless 3 011 sit down. When, in dropping a fork, it strike tho lloor nnd stands upright, it will bring a gentleman visitor: if a knlfo. a lady. While nt tho washboard, if tho suth splash and wot tho clothos you aro wearing, you will have a drunken hus band. If you drop your dishcloth vou will have company: 11U0 if you swoop a black mark; or if two chairs stand ace. dent ally back to back. If a baby sees his face in tho glass it will bo the death of him. If his null.-! nro cut lie will bo a thief. If ho tum bles out of bed it will savo his being a fool. Broak a mirror, sign of death. Death Is also forotold by a dog howl ing under a window; hoaring u mourn ing dove, a strange dove hovering nboul, or dreaming of a white horse. If you seo tho now moon through tho glass you will havo sorrow as long as it lusts. If you see it fair in tho faoe you'll have a fall. Over tho loft should er bad luck over the right good luck. Chieago Ledger. A Mitigating Circumstance. Gits Do Smith, while somewhat tinder tho iulluence of tonics, mot Mrs. PoUs Snivcrly, with whom ho wns onco oh very intimate terms boforo sho mar ried Suivorly. Un this occasion Wus so fur forgot himself ai to nkrfwulYlijp;tQ 1 be IMS IIIIVO, III UIIITiptHlllMl- V:. "Mr. Do Sii3i14wMmiivflilr. 'I inn now tho wife ofHOthor. It to not nroner that 1 should listen to sunk suggestions from anybody but my own husband. 1011 must remember I hih h marr ed woman." Well, ain't I a married man?" ex claimed (ins, w1ioms!1mk1 to think that H UlltlgatIU2 C'JrcttMMMMM. ttMNM Sitings. '