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a .ltOTiwirs mm: act.
Cuicaco, Tlx., Dre. 1G. When Jojcjti
Kwn, a cutter en p'oyed In a Clark street
tailor shop, relumed to hU home tonight lie
found the i(xr fading to bis flat look-d and
tiurrcii. Mjoious knock Ins broii-nt no re
sponse, and when tlie door whs finally forced
tlie lodi 's of Ids wife. Antonla. and Ills irt
months-old cliild were seen thiugUm; from the
irnii5oni ri tlie beI loom uoor, sufpju.leu uj
ple'-cs of a Miaul tlrsp.
'1 he dead woman wm a native of Saxony,
and 21 u-nrs old. She married Ko?a les than
two year3 nco, nnd their domestle relations
nre oaid to have been pleasant, but Mr. Kosa
Uccaine ucnrJv cr.izen wuen ner ctnia took jlck
recently. It U M:ppo?ed that she committed
the deed nben temtxirarlly hisaiiL.
man is :m:.i r .i;o.vr.
St. Louis dispatch: The death from h.
dropliobia (ii the daughter ol Louis
Grande, cx-cliiiirninn ol the republican city
central committee mid n proinincit quar
Itinti anil contractor, was reported to the
coronrrlo-dn.v. llnrliara Kliwibelh Grund.i
was thirteen years old. Pome time nqo she
was pinyms mi n youns pupnv. onlv two
months old, when it bit her. The wound
wn not serious and ns the do? was knowi.
never to linvp been out o the house hIiic
tho diiy of birth, mid bad never been with
other iIot.s, nothing was thought or it.
About eight days a an, however, Ihoyouny
liidy biiui to shoiv t-y mptoms ot thedrnul
hseae, and two physicians were called in
Their cf.'oitn to relieve her sufferings ucr
ol no av.iil, and he rapidly grew uorse un
til yesterday, when she died in great ajjony
a tiuxo or mi: vast.
St. Loins dispatch: Knight of Labor Dis
trict Assembly N'o. 1(11, is to become e.
thins of the post. It is rapidly disintegrnt
ing, and in a Hhort timu will cease to exist.
Tho assembly included all the local assem
blies of men oniployed on the Gouhl .South
west nystem of railroads, and on tin) au
thority of its executive commit tcu the
strike of Inst npring mih ordered. Since the
nettleineut of that dillirulty positive orders
Jinve been g venou the Mmsouri Pncilicnud
its connections prohibiting the issuance of
passes to employees who may be delegated
to represent local assemblies at tlie meet
ings of the district assembly. These dele
pates then were forced to pay fare or stay
uwiiv, and calling a meeting "meant a eou
siderable expense upon the organization.
The district assem'ily had jurisdiction in
Missouii, Kansas, Indian Territory, Arkan
sas, Texas and Kentucky. The sum of nec
essary f.ues was more than the treasury
could sland, and it was decided as the
power of the assembly was gone it would
be better to disorganize it.
A.vrr-Mon.vox i.rcisi.A rio.v.
Washington special: The representatives
of the nuts Moriuonsnre making very earn
est effoi ts to bring up in the house the bill
reported favorably from the judiciary com
mittee 1 st summer, which proposes to
make still more strong and effective the
statutes against polygamy. They are win
lident of success, and have assurance from
the speaker that an opportunity sh.ill bo
given to consider tho bill. Prominent
nmnng thoso who are urging the passage of
the bill are Kate Kiel. I, Mr. JSaskiu, of
Utah, and the nephew of lirigham Young.
The Mormons nre also represented hero mid
nre active.
There are the usual stories about the use
of money by tho Mormon representatives.
The danger of tho bill is, of course, in delay,
and the programmeot the Mormons atthis
session, as it was at the last, is to secure
delay. They had their wishes gratillod at
t ho bist session to an eminent degree by de
lay, whether in consequence of their own
efforts or not, they probably may never
know.
a nnsi'KU it:: rmxn ricnr.
Ronton dispatch: Tho mostsavage prize
fight, wthout exception, that lias ever been
fought in this part of the country occurred
nt a late hour last night in a disused lolt
in one of the wharves in this city, the
ptincipnl.4 be'ng Dick ("rouiii, of lloston,
nnd Abe Humor, champion light weight of
the United States navy. The pugilists'
Jinnds wore covered with the lightest of kill
flints, and they f(. light until both were un
able lo stand, when the referee declared
the contest a "draw." Eghl desperate
loiinds were fought. Thete weie several
knockdowns and blood was freely drawn
(in both sides. Tlie m-es of both men were
ten b'y cut and disfignied and both had to
lie earned fioin the spot. Marly in theday
police got n hid ot the affair and on threo
ncuutions durii'g the evening when tho
preparations h id been completed for tho
light they ntip-ered and prevented it.
There was Imd blond between thopiiuci
pals, hem ever, nnd finally tlie lolt was so
Mind, into and fioni which lighters and
flprctiitoi s had to descend mid ascend hand
over Land on lopi-s. Ten well known
(porting Uioii rontiibutod n purse of 5200,
and only they I esides thescconds w itnessed
the !!'
soxi: lyAsui.saTox aossri:
The estimates ol the supervising archi
tect tor the lepairs ol public buildings have
been sent lo tho senate. Among Mioiii are
the following: Chicago customs house,
extension of ventilation nnd repairs,$lfls,.
000; Chicago Marino hospital and break
water, $i,noo.
Tho collections from oleomargarine up to
Nov. U0, wero $'J2n,209.
The supremo court of tho United States
has granted a motion to advance the im
portant bank tax rase of tho Mercantile
National bank against tho city of Now
York, involving tho question ol tho legality
of state taxation upon national bank
hliarus. The case is rot tor argument tho
tirst day after tho February term.
The collections of iutoruul rovonuo dur
ing the llrat five months of the present fl -teal
year amounted to $.18,00.;, 80(1, being
5"'J-,r00 less than tho collections during
the corresponding period ol tho last fiscal
year.
A special says: There Is still talk about
n revision ot tho tariff (luring the present
session ol congress, but it is chiefly con
fined to thofo democratic members who
voted with Mr. llaudall against consider
ing the Morrison bill. It is staled by Mr.
McAdoo ami others ol this class that
though they votod against the consider
ation ot tho Morrison bill they do not
"ant to bo known as lieing opposed to any
nnd every kind of tariff reduction, nnd it is
proposed to hold nnothor conference tor
the purpoBo ol swung it some reduction ol
the tariff cannot bo made when the Hewitt
odminUtrMlon bill is taken up.
tux roimis to m: uaxokd.
SruNKr, N. J.. Dee, n -Of tho ulr.e youth
wnteaeod here tor cilinlnally asiaultlut: a 1&-year-old
sonant girl, the executive has decid
ed to commute llw eutiiee of three for life.
1 be tlx others will be baujecd.
Awnug tU foutholM pojtoOleei whloh
will iMiooine fnwldential January 1, lSSr, are
Kin., and UUrkivlile, Mo. eoaMti,
'Im-ky P. i ? Ctf
:i s ens. i, :e,t nt i
r.u- two I
ot Id l.'.M.-ht a ! m N. Il:
' ..-ker. o',i 1 nad notion" .v an Jr -h
!'.' t o'lMni-s to up ti'nl t.!l b.T t li.it
-a:n,-! II n t ist -rday, m", 1 to mo-i'i:
'I'.it Murky, tiow's yer toltiii?. or niwi !'
'Xcllie :ts 111 tins pun try wn.shirt' tlo
dishes an' s.timtliiii s-hoiitod: Ax hcrt
Site's to- busy to look nt ver ony way.'
s'o I starti on with 'Troth. Nellie,
it's :i bud !oifo fill' a bye to bo liviti'
alone.'
" m sliu wld nary a tvinkl
Mike Kyati, tluit's j.tbin sint to
prison, is" in :i bail way imlaile.1
Oeli.' si l. ' tlii'te'.s niony n bye
lliat'.s lonely liviti' rite wid his" fnetuLs
an' navbor.s. Sure tin' I'm lonesome
me? U."
" 'How can I b'lavo that. says she,
whin yu'v.- a liiMttl?'
" 'I'ldduls.' six, I, 'are eliccrlu'. but
I've gui nie two eyes :-ul on sontethin',
buinc thin' elieeriner.'
"Ih forgot to ax mo what that stun
thin' wit, f,o 1 troltoil oft' by another
road, s.ijiii':
" l aitli. Nelly, I'm pa'ng bach across
the pond in Marchitnry.'
"indade!' sea she, llurtin' the tlihrag.
'An' t's a pity ye iver eutn over!'"
'Yi-,' so. I, Mane sed thet same in
her last h-ther.'
An' who's Jane?' nU Nolly, peit:n'
red loiko tho urabi on tho table buaohlu
her.
" "Sim thinks a powur o' nie,' fez I,
onluTtUn'.
" 'Sliure an1 that'n quare. Is she
younc; es meP'
' 'lis.'
" 'An' belher Jookin'?'
" 'rajile nio;irht think so.'
" 'An' is sho wtiitin' fttr vo?'
" 'Y.s.'
" 'She'll bo chanIa' nainos sure,
reekoiil"
" 'Yis.'
" "Wat's her name now?'
" Mane Mnrkv!' cried I will dc-Ii-ht.
(
' Tiiin' she's your sister,' sez Xully,
cross es her mistress. ' ell. it aiu t
much matter seein' ez how I've trot ii
bye wolehiti' fur me ovur in liaily-
corati.
'Wat's his name?' axt 1 tnrin' hot
cold to watisl.
'Harney Flyiin.' scz she.
'About me size?'
Yis.
'An' does lie, Inv ye?'
'Nixt to I lie Varrin.'
Is he eontin' to Atiierk'ky sttro?'
No.'
'Whv not, bedad?'
'Oeli, l'at. lie's married alridily!'
''l'li. spalpeen!' sas 1.
'Don't ;ivo him hard names,' ppb
Uaniev "! mi's mo stin-lirtither!'
All'
she
'Tlieu she hi lit that purty hiuj;li o'
hern an' I wint up close.
" 'Nelly,' s.-z J.
" 'Wat, rat?'
" 'Cud ye luv a bye loike me?"
" 'Troth an' 1 wu'dn't tliry.'
" "Why not, ilarlint?'
" 'l'adh, I wus niyer axt to.'
" ''I'iien I'll a ye now.'
' 'Don't do it,'" sez slie. 'I'm that
fuil o work 1 couldn't raply for a
montli,' and tlie dishes llew'd ivory
way os she said it.
"Dut I sat down on the .slip.
" '1 kin wait.' se. I.
" ''l'lie mistress woll cum an' foitul
you In re.'
"I'd be plazed lo mate her.'
" "I'll tell herye're a robber.'
' 'Ueoi ra. that's just what I am. for
I'm alther Nellie MeC'u5ker's heart!
" 'Ye' II be arretted.'
" 'I've bin alriddy and yer bin' eyes
did it,' sas I. '(.'tun. Nellie, look mo
up in ver warm heart fori ver.'
' 'Deli, its boulted and I've lost the
key.'
" 'Thin I'll eloimb in at t ho winder,'
"She. huii her curly Irad lur a niin.t,
and whin she looked up 1 axt her to lie
me woife."
' 'I II fjuv ye fo've seekinds, sez L
'I'.f ye wuil just foteh nie the hi; jiewt
er .spoon ye vo bin wipin'; of on won't,
thin put it baek in the drawer.'
"Shepeoped at nu over th.i top av
it.
"D'ye ye mane what ye say, Tat?'
" 'Yis, ilarlint,' saz l".
" ' I li;n here is the spoon!' "lloston
Ilcra d.
Vanilerhilt'H Tomb.
A writer in The New York Graphic
.-ays: I paid a visit not long ago to tho
old Moravian cemetery at Siateu island,
where the Vanderbilt crypt is built. As
you enter the j;ato by the little wooden
church, before you is an onl. nary vault,
where a man watches intrlit ainl day,
and hem the body of tho at million
aire rests for tile t ma Imins;. Follow
in,' tho road that leads to the left
through tho woods, yon conio after a
few minutes upon lh"e lar;e sepuieiier
designed lo contain all that is mortal
of tlie "rent radroad kin;?. It
scquested, lonely spot.
i:. i b in in i
and a sense ot
isolation comes over you as the roat,
massive tomb is tirt seen. It looks
much like a Moorish receptacle for tho
dead, with the two round cupolas of
granite rising from the embankment at
tho back. 'I lie front of the tomb is of
blocks of white granite beautd'tilly and
wonderfully carved, and through the
two s'.de gratings can be seen tall urns,
each bearing an itiscr ption. It is pro
posed to lay out ton acres of ground
about tlie tomb in a park.
How it Country Taper U linn.
The "copy," after Iho managing ed
itor has revisod it, comes to the com
pos ng room. It then passes through
the hands of the foreman, then tho
printers set the tyno from it, then again
tlie "devil" handles it, and lastly tho
copyholder and proof-reader tackle it.
The latter is expected to correct the
spelling, ailjiut the tmtictualiou, "lix"
the grammar and see that no typo
graphical errors 'cur. He must Know
everybody, ami tho initials of tholr
names. He must bi a physician, meta
physician, antiquarian, jili'lologit, logi
cian, eonehologist, theologian, nulural
Ut, botaiiUt, up the dead luugungw,
mid must be, IkhhIiw, wuqimintod with
the whole hold of general literature,
p(Atry, lieliim. hUtorj. art, otu. It Is
not btirprUing. then, that an error ahp
Into a pper oncu In n wlillo. Haiti'
mure American.
.Mr
Gems of Thought.
)t wn a verv roper ati-urr to b'tn
win) a-ked. why an iii.-mi should be de
lighted w til licautv? Tiiat it wa a
iiuetioii that none luif a blind man
i coi i. it nK. s nee :m
j doih so inncli nttrn'c
I men that is in no m
ant till
object
i he sijjbt of ail
's power not to
be pleased with it. (
Men resemble the cc.is in nothiuir so
much as in doing good to their fellow
creatures. Cicero.
I hold It eownrdlce
To rest mistrustful where a iniMc heart
Ihitli pawned an oj en luitid III iiii of love.
f.'iakf tart.
A man thai can not mind his own
business, is not to be trtt.-ted with the
king's. Suvillc.
A good word is an easy obligation:
but not to speak ill requires only our
sdence. which costs lis notliiu'r." 77-
1 think the first virtue is to restra n
the tongue; he approaches nearest to
the gods who knows how to be silent,
oven though ho is in the right. tuto.
Vlmt I the worst of woes that wail on a cot
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow !
To view each lovi d one blotted from life's pnj;o,
iiAnd be alone ou cartii, us 1 am now.
fiyro i.
Deference is the most complicate, tiie
most ind.rect. and the most elegant of
all conipl. incuts. Shenstoue.
An egotist will ahvavs .speak of him
self either in pra so or in censure; but
a modest man ever slums making liini
s df the subject of his conversation.
La I ruyerc.
Wherever I tind a great deal of grati
tude in a poor man 1 take it for granted
there would be as much generosity if
he were a rich man. 'opr.
To smile at the j.-t which plants a
thorn in another's breast is to become
a pr.ncipal in tlie mischief. -Shcritlan.
Money and lime are tlie heaviest
burdens of 1 fe, and the unhappiest of
all mortals are tho-e who have more of
either than they know how to itsu.
Juhimon.
And 'th remarkable Hint they
'lalk most that have tin- least to siy.
Your ilalutv si,a!crs have the mrse.
To plead their e.iu.-vs uv n to v.ore;
As ihimes, who native In au'j want,
Still uglier look the mure lacy paint.
'riot'.
It Was Not Slieol in Those Days.
In the good old days "befo' de wail"
our fathers and mothers were more
firmly fixed upon lite rock of orthodox
than their degenerate sous and daugh
ters, and Iho new-fangled "isms" made
slow progress among those who were
grounded m tlie belief that "In Adam's
fall we siii-ned all," ele., etc.
A lady of our acipiaintaiico tolls a
good one illustrative of tlie aoove. Shis
and her brother wero attendants upon
the Sunday sehod of the orthodox
chinch in tlie illace in which they
lived. The Uiiivorsahsis were endeav
oring to establish a church there, nnd
held Sunday services and Sabbath
school in (lie town hall.
As the children were on the way to
Sunday school one day. the boy insist
ed upon leaving tlie beaten path and
attendintr the lately or:atii..'d school.
greatly to h'.s si-ter's indignation.
Inconsequence of thcomg man's
contumacy the allair reached the di
mensions of a regular "scene" upon
the publ.c street, m which a sturdy boy
was marching oil" toward the hall,"witii
a I.I tie girl hanging to his jacket shirt,
weeping in a heart broken fashion.
"Wnat's the matter. s;s?" asked a
gentleman whom tliev met. "lias
your brother been whipping on?"
"No, sir, but he's real naughty."
"What has he bien doing:1"
"lie's goin' lo that ixuv Suiiday-
sdiooi at the liall:
"I didn't know it was naughty to ro
there. What is the matter with tho
new school?'
"Why didn't von know? Th"v
haven t got any hell there." Chicwjo
l.cilijcr.
Loiters to the. Lady of tho White
House.
Many persons have the idea that tho
posilionof mistress of the White House
carries with it no other ihifies than tho
social one of presiding on state ocea
sions or assisting mo i resiient to re-
cove. In reality the position is far
from proving a sinecure, for Mrs.
Cleveland endeavors not only to read,
but answer personally till coinuiun ca
tions iiireeieu 10 ner. v licit one re-
Ilect.s upon the size of the mail daily
delivered at the White House it will be
seen that this is no light task, but,
rather, one which would give constant
occupation to a secretary specially en
gaged for such work. Upon returning
from the Adirondack", Mrs, Cleveland
found the mail awaiting her largo
enough to fill a good-sized clothes bas
ket, but sho went bravely at it, and has
just concluded her self-imposed tail; of
reading through and answering this
formidable pile of manuscript. Wash
iiujton Capitol.
lie Had an Attachment fur Her.
Ono of Sheriff Harrington's new
deputies called upon a pretty Washing
ton avenue widow to servo an attach
ment. "Madam, I have an attachment for
you."
J no wnlow blushed, but said some
thing about reciprocation.
"You must proceed to court."
"I profor that you do that -"
Coin", hurry, pletu-o, the justlco is
waiting!"
"Oh, well, then, you have tho license,
I suppose?"
Tun deputy cloarcd himself in timo.
St. 7.0KW Chrouidc.
A Honiui7.ii.
"ThatiUmo i only worth 11 vo cents,"
sa'd the groceryman to Johnny Fizzle-
top.
"How's that?"
"It's got a hole in it"
"So a hole in a dimti is good for five
cenlri."
"J UBt 0."
"Thou give the dime Utek to mo.
I'll iiiinoh another hole In it and thou
It will bo worth tun canUs. Ily thund
er, I'll punch tlx hole In it ami then
It will bo worth thirty cunts. I'll Imvo
monov to throw at thu blnld pretty
Miou' 7'cxoj bifttngs.
A GKAFTY WOMAN.
One lit the (.renti-st ( outldrnre Ortern
tors or Iter Tliui - -How She Do-
rolcl mi OKI .Mint.
A Philadelphia dip:itch of No. :.',) to
Thc.(io York Tims sas: Onirics
l)a ton Talmago brought his roinatie
and peculiar connection with the no
torious adventures. Mrs. Annie Wall
ingford, to a most dramatic climax this
af let noon, when he appeared as a w t
ness in a suit ailed ng his interests
which was on trial before .ludge Fell,
lie test lied to the fraudulent and crafty
methods by which the subtle adven
turess got him in her toils and secured
from b in an assignment of all ho own
ed ou earth. The old man's frame
hook witii excitement and his voice
trembled with emotion as he declared
"it was a fraud and a cheat. I never
owed her a cent of the ?lo,0(M said
to have been a consideration for the
assignment. She has robbed me of
Jt.'t).0iK. She lias seeuteeu husbands
md twenty different names." Mr.
Talmago said ho knew whereof he
'poke, and his knowledge was acquired
by lone; and hitler experience.
'I'he public has had only scraps and
inklings of the most remarkable chap
ter in tin life of the woman w ho is
;:usdy cut tied to the distinction of b.
uig one of the greatest confidence
operators of her t inc. She met Charles
D. Talmago in l'aris in 1S7S, and their
relations scon became quite intimate.
In less than a year there was a quarrel,
an exchange of l ines and gems. A
law or put th.ngs in shape and tho two
ictois in tlie drama separated. Sis
(ears elapsed before, they came to
gether again. The meet ng was in i;
Doarili!ig-!iou-e in Amv i ork, where
both were living. Mrs. Walhngford
has concealed the ravages of time w.th
rosmetics and a tawny wig, and for
nearly a week she pascd before Mr.
l'almage's inattont vo eyes unroeog
ni'ed and unknown. Meanwhile, she had
taken tlie measure of her intended victim
and formed plans which contemplated
nothing less than the getting possession
of his entire fortune. When the time
rvaa ripe she revealed herself, brought
tip pleasant memories of the past, and
prevailed upon the old man to go and
live with her in a Hal on Sixth avenue,
near Twcnty-e ght street. Then she
fommenced to carry out her well-plan-aed
schemes, jjho knew that at an
?arlicr period of his life Mr. 'I'alniago's
mind had been unsettled, and that he
w:i' constantly in more or l.-ss dread of
a recurrence of his mental malady
vhich might land him in a uiad-Iiou-e.
1 hi was the string on which she play
nl. She d scovctcd that Counselors
uoorgo W. Arundel and I!. O. Moon, of
;h:s c ty, had in their possession about
pS.Olltl which they had recovered in a
su t in wh oh they had acted as Tal-
tuajie s counsel, lo rel tins money
was her lirst object. ith all the in
fluence she had oer her deluded vic
tim this seemed an easy task. She told
ti.m that Messrs. Arundel and Moon
ivire his enemies and would con line
him in an insane :is linn if he came to
Philadelphia, tdie assured him that
Ins relatives and friends had already
instituted proceedings to have him do-
ared a Junatie. Nie lured men to
track him on the si reels of New York,
and then pointed them out to him as
detectives sent over to entrap him and
get him back to Philadelphia, liy
these means she persuaded him thai lie
could not safely come to this city. The
nuest on then aro-e how he was to jret
the money from Mr. Arundel. To this
Fhe proposed an easy answer. There
was nothing to prevent her coming to
Philadelphia, therefore give her a
judgment note and let her collect it
from the attorneys. Talmngo still hes
itated, so ho was taken to a lawyer's
office and browbeaten into acquic.s
:cnce. Past experience had taught tho ad
rcntuross caution, and she fortilied her
position until it sicim-d impregnable,
ti'ot suiislii d willi getting Tahnago's
tdgnnturo to a judgment nolo forS, 100,
me also made liim sign an allidavit
stat ng that the judgment was lor bor
rowed money and that ho had no de
fense to it of any kind or tort. I 'ear
ful that this iirgiil not bind Ii.h real es
tate she tool, in addition an assignment
of all his properly. Ile.side.s all this .she
got h in to wrde her a letter, dated
in 187!), admitting that, lie owed her
nione. 'I'o give th s paper the proper
ippcarauco of age she explained that
bbe would dip it in lea and carry it in
her pocket for awhile. These papers
iho brought on to Philadelphia and
tjiread upon the records of the common
pleas court No. !k No Philadelphia
lawyer would nssi.st in Iho conspiracy,
;o that ho was obliged to act her own
attorney until she brought a lawyer
over from New York with her. hiio
issued an attachment against Mr. Arun
del, and expected that she would got
money immediately. Mr. Arundel Mir
pried her by making a most vigorous
nnd persistent defense. Without hav
ing any precedent for his action he
stood between tho woman and h s for
mer client, held on to the money in spile
of i lie orders and protests of the latter,
mid was fully sustained by the court.
Mrs. Walliiigford made repealed efforts
to force him to jrio lb- uionev up, hut
was always bulked. 1'iiially she got
J sgu-ted and k eked Talmngo out of
the Hat. This was just what. Mr. Arun
del had predicted to the court thatslie
would do as soon as she found herself
unable lo get the money. Mr. Tiilinngo
11. en caiue on to Philitdclph a, and Mr.
Arundel explained lo him the true con-
ilil on of aflairs. lie whs duly grateful
mid beramo ns bitter against the wo
mantis bo had formerly l ie n strong In
his puskiou for her. Ho retained Messrs.
Arundel and Moon to ims.st him in get
ting the court to op.-n the judgment
entered on Jthe $fi,HQ note. Deposi
tions wero nnket), in which ho described
how it hud been oxtruled from him,
nnd declared that ho owed the woman
nothing, Tho court promptly granted
h application and opened tho judg
ment.
Mm. Walllngford, however, has not
jot given up the content. Although
the has no judgment. ho has the note,
the allidavit. nnd the tea-Htalned letter,
upon which fche intends to tusk u jury
to give her a vnrdiut. Her ellortsaro at
proeiitilironUKi to Mnjiiriii n lawyer
vlio viiu co mo nt to ropius-'iii nor.
EXPLORERS ASTONISHED.
Kritinrlcntilo tilscovorlo thnt "mhiio of
Tlicni HnM ltce.-ntly Mmlc.
U happens nw and then tli.it :mi ex
plorer makes a s Misat oa.il and wholly
unexpected d mw cry. Several tin quo
facts with regard to ci tain tribes of
savages have recently been ascertained.
Mr. W. Montagu Kerr, for instance, has
found among tho Makorikori trib.s in
in Africa, whom he is the lirst to de
scribe, gunpowder which they make
themselves for use in the Hint-lock mus
kets which they obtain from nativo
traders.
This tribe lives far from tho east
coast and quite a distance south of tho
Z.mihosi river. Their gunpowder burns
slowly, and its eplosie lorco is far in
ferior to that of ours, but it answers
their purpose very well. They mix the
elllorescenco of saltpeter with charcoal
which they make from the bark of the
lnufati tree. This mixture is baked in
an earthen pot for several hours, and
then it is pulverized and spread in tho
sunlight, where it is left for some time.
It is not at all I kely that tlie Makori
koris. like tlie Chinese, discovered tho
art of making gunpowder. Their fath
ers doubtless learned it from tlie Portu
guese or f i out slaves who had hvei!
among white men on the coast. Wo
hear sirango things ottce in a wh leof
African tr.bcs, but it was hardly to bo
expected that a wh illy unknown tribe,
hemmed in by tlie mountains of inner
Afiiea, would be found eiiiraed in tho
manufacture of gunpowder.
A few ears ago Lieut. Yt issmnnu
came home and told a remarkable story
about tribes lie had met w.th south ol
the Congo river, who were far more
civilized than most African people. His
report is now fully coulirmed by the
travels in the same region of hieut.s.
Ivtiud and Tnpponbeck. They found
last year, between the Cono and Sau
kuni river, many street villages, with
large, gable-roofed huts standing
squarely on either side of the street",
inhabited by brownish-red, line-looking
people. These villagers have advanced
not. ons of comfort. They sleep ou
wooden bedsteads instead of ou the
lloor. Their homes are the largest ot
found in Afr ca, and are kept clean.
Their streets are about lifty yards
wide, sometimes two or three miles
long and are carefully swept. lie fuse
of all sorts is taken away and thrown
into pits dug for the purpose. They
are clever hunters, and tram their dogs
to follow game. They carve pestles
out of ivory for pounding manioc, ami
they have astonishing skill as wood
carvers. Lieut. Kund brought home
two wooden cups representing negro
heads, which might readily be taken
for I'hiropean products, owing to their
superior workmanship, liohind the
bouses ol tins populous .enge tribe are
neatly kept gardens and plantations of
liauanas.
When Lieut. Holm visited an isolated
settlement of Fust Creenlanders two
years ago he was astonished to find
among these natives, ot whom tho
world had never heard, walrus spears
of which the handles wero made of
wood, although no limber grew there,
and the points of hoop-iron. Ho as
certained that the sea current bad
brought these useful commotlil'c.s to
the poor Fstpiiiuaux in the shape of
wreckage an. I iron-bound boxes.
It has recently been shown that in
parts of Chili where Kiiropoa'n trees and
filauls have boon introdti'-ed the native
llora is actually disappearing nnd the
imported vegetal ion is nourishing in its
place. Lxporters are otten surprise
lo see the familiar plants and fru Is of
other rejnons growing as exotics where
they did not dieam of tindiug them.
Kerr di-eovored the tomato in the lar
exterior of Africa, and Sehwcinfvrth
was much astonished to find tobacco
in the heart of the continent, where it
was raised and enjoed by natives who
bad never beard ol its American home,
though the name by which the weed
was known among some tribes Jwa.s
doubtless derived from our uamu for iL
A'cu York Hun.
Had n Taste for 'far.
"Can I do anything for you?" polite
ly Inquired tho young man in charge of
tho cigar factory olhco as a stranger
entered.
"Why, yes, I guess so," was the
rather slow reply. "You make a brand
of cigars called the 'Joax,' don't you?"
"Yes, sir, wo do."
"And you keep a.lvertis'ng that you
are lxuiiid to preserve tiie excellence of
the brand?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, I've been smoking tho 'JonxV
for a couple of years past, and it's only
lately I've noticed achangoin tho taste.
I thought I'd drop in and son about it."
"Why, sir, we are using ovon hotter
tobacco."
"And tho Mimo fillers?"
Hotter fillers, sir."
"Well, that's probably Iho 'matter.
Up to a fortnight ago they had a beau
tiful taste of tarred rope, "and my wifo
used lo inhale, the smoke for catarrh.
Since thill time they seein to have a
dort of sheep-twine taste, and Iho smell
is like an old towol ou lire. 1 was go-
idg lo say that if "
"Our cigars are mado entirely of
cho'ee tobacco, sir!"
"No rope inbidu?'
No, sir!"
"Oh, well, then, I guess I'll change
my brand. Tarred rope lays over
sheop-twlno any dy J n tho week with
nie, and thorn's my wife's catarrh and
the baby's whooping cough to by con
sulted. Sorry to have troubled you,
sir, but all of us havu our taato.'you
know." Detroit Free Iresa.
Ineroasa of Population.
In round numbers tho population of
the United States increnios at the rate
of 1,000,000 u year. The census of 1B80
siiowed a population of over 950,000,
000, and c!oo estimates based on local
censuses give In lhViG oU.OW.OJO. Of
this increase about one-third is from
abroad. Two natives roach the stage
of action for one foreigh born rosidont.
'J he ratio of native inuroiuo uuit In tho
future bo greater, as tho native element
la constantly growing larger, while tho
foreign U uboul stationary.
r.atllc IMnor;
nir. Sfttdlo,
ral p
a. nn i . ot course.
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v cw fill" panorama .m l tiie. efore tito
r.rti-ts are 1 ge to go to :t ln.picnt
ly, as tlie pain ng ne irs compact. on, in
order to observe the effect and progress
of their work.
Th's, loo, is tho place of conference,
and despite the signs of "No Admit
tance," within and without, visitors
tiro frequent and usually welcome.
These visitors are otten veteran sol
diers who took part it the action repro
sented, and who often make helpful
suggestions.
I be army stories that aro toll on
the central platform, when old sol liers
meet and discuss the old davs, would,
if collected, make a prodigious volume.
Tho lloor of the platform is chalked
and rechaikod with diagrams, some re-f-rring
to the panorama itself, but
more to illustrate oecutivncos upon
other fields. The strong pine rail sur
rounding the platform is penciled all
over With kindred decorations, whiio
scraps of paper, upon which are mem
oranda of incidents and a variety of
data, as well a.s names anil addresses,
are pinned lo the convenient t.niber
w ith thumb-tacks.
'I'he artists paint steadily, every indi
vidual being mainly occupied in perfect
ing his own work, though never lies -tilling
to r.sk or extend aid in some
spec al direction. One artist, fjr in
stance, lias an excellent ligure of a
mounted ollieer, all complete excepting;
the portrait, n photograph for which is
p. nncd to the cenavs. While this art st.
goes to strengthen : line of battle,
another ono will rapidly paint in an ad
mirable portra.t lor tho incomploto
ligure. Soon, auollier brush is busy
w ith the horse, while still another artist
calls for some special saddle and bridhi
to be brought to the platform that ho
mav paint the trappings.
Now, look at the back of Iho photo
graph w hieh i:? pinned to the canvas -a
faded rnttc lc visile of a .oung otli
cer; upon a slip of paper we read thu
following: "Col. K, now ou (Jeneral
Sheridan's stall'; then captain, (ieneral
Thomas's stall', II 17" (meaning the
section II, square 47 of tho panorama;)
"French cap, blouse, captain's straps
stall'--dark-blue trousers, gold cord,
cavalry boots, stall' sword, McClollan
saddle; shabrack black horse; sou
sketch."
This instance will give an idea of tho
way in which fads are preserved when
a panorama is painted uy artists who
conscientiously strive to make of tho
work a great historical pa nt ng.
Theodore It. L'uvis. in NZ. Xich-jlus.
Orausro U roves in C.ilP'orniu.
In comparison to the extent of south
ern C'aliforn'a, the localities su lud to
tlie growth of the orange, lonion, and
linio aro very l.iniled. I mean by this
that tho places where tho orange can
be brought to perfection, without cod
dling, wrapping, etc., are few and lim
ited in extent; even on tho fur-famed
Uivcrsidc tlu re nre many groves on tho
lower ground where they get an occa
sional freeze, and where, in I heir young'
slage, the trees h iveto be wrapped una
covered each winter, and in the valleys
nearer the coast. Los Angeles, for in
stance, tliev get so many togs that tho
fruit is more or less spotted with fun
goid growth, which in aerially all' -els
their keeping oual'tics aiod 'sale, so
that, really speaking, there is only tho
mesa land, near the interior foothills,
where the orange, lemon, and limu will
llourish summer and winter, whero tho
fruit is brou;;nt to its highest perfec
tion, ami where, 3 ear by year, thu
grove ields n good income to tho
grower. Hut given a good location,
planted to good budded fruit, there is
no tree planted that will yield such ait
income as the orange. The planting
is done from February to Juno. Seed
ing plants cost from 10 to (iJ cents each;
budded trees from 7o cents to SI each.
They aro planted all thu way from
eighteen feet apart to thirty fed, and
the estimate ot last season's planting
in the three count es viz., San 1) ego,
San Heriiardino, and Los Angeles, was)
1,000 acres, or neatly Hd.OJO trees,
and these are almost o-elusivoly Wash
ington Navels. 'I'he output of lustsen
hon was about l.W.000 boxes, or soni
what over US.O'JO.ODO oranges, ami
Jiivorsido alone nulled 9:100,000 for
their crop. An orange orchard, if it is
well attended to and properly cared
for, will begin to pay about the liftli
year from planting, 'i'he lemon is hard
er to cultivate than the orange, and tho
crop is inornoxponslvo to handle. Tho
owner of a lemon grove must havu a
cool curing-house, if he would make,
anything out of his crop, because the
lemon should bo picked before It is
ripe, and placed in bins in n cool room
lo cure. When picked the skin Is thick:
and not very juicy, but when properly
cured it comes out with a thin skin and.
an abundance of juice, and such fruit
always finds a ready market at a good
paying price; but the California grow
er-, are only lust beginning to tutu this
out. lrick 3 Magazine.
Severity in Verbosity.
Sin'lh and Jones wero bowailing tho
great increase- of or 1110 In our coutitry,
and endeavoring to ace. Mint for thu
alarming number of defalcations by
men in positions of trust. Smitii
maiiitiiued (hat our Judges wero not
siillielontly severe in thu penalties im-
po-eil upon this class or oll.ui.lers, and
said ho believed "if the courts would
ivo those follows 'tho butt end of tho
law' there would bu loss stoaling by
persons holding lldttciary positions."
"J believe von, says jouos. Anil,
by tlie way, our judges don't sooui to
bj at ail like .Mr. i-.yarts.
"How so?"
"Whv, given to long hontoucea, you
kuow." Lhiomjo Ltdijer, ,
A Wuaiu of Time,
Cermnn: Why don't you Amoricana
drink beer as wo do?
Voting America: How's that?
Ciorman: Sip it slowly, and take,
half or three quarters of nn hour to u
glas.
Young America (with disgust): It
would tako all night to get full. Life.
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