rim uxarxismt killed.
Ah Art for Which the Perpetrator, if
CauttUt, H'nulil Soon fiiiffer.
Oniulia dispatch: Ncwp van received In
this city yestorthvr of n tcrriblo accident
wlilr.li oct-nrml Tuesday night tit Dunbar,
Otoe county, Neb.
The.Mij,oiirlPiicifioexpres8loiind smith,
irliicli leit Omaha at 0:10 p. in. Tiieadny in
cbnrge of Conductor Wilson wns wrecked
near that phi co at 11:150 Tuesday night.
Tlie engineer, James Ui itt, of Wyandotte,
Knn., wns instantly killed, tho drop-lever
hnvins been forced clean through his body
The ilreinnn, Frank Denter, was slightly in
jiired, and tlio express nie.ssgnger, Frank
Chetiowith, received injuries from which he
will probably die. Allthu cars were thrown
from tho traik and boiiio of them badly
wrecked.
Thu biig;ag'; cur wns thrown a dinlnnco
f 200 feet. Hone of the pnss -ner Here
injured, although nil were badly idinkon up.
In the sleeper were. ludco .loliu I. l!ediek,
Williiiun A. Iti il-ek and Boine tilhrr Omit-
haiift bound for Bt. Louis, but uuiio u-re
hurt.
The rnurfe. of flu aetiileiit was tin1 rfl
inoval of two rn.l. That it u prcint-di
tated then is no du'ilit, for t It loi-.atiou in
on uti oiiiiiitiiKniPiti MisL near t lie i-roMKins
of a stream one. mile west of Dunbar, and
iu.it before the train eame thundering
iilon two men wero si-en milium; away
from tho plnro whore the rails wero re
moved. Two crowbars vi r found near
the Hctlie of the wrt-i-k, together with notno
other tools whi.-lt had undoubtedly been
tisrd in lemoving the rails. Tho tools wero
of the .sort used on track rcpaiiing work,
and it would aiuiea-r front this that the
wreckers were railroad men.
Nebraska City special: The terrible arri
dent which oioerred last night on the Mis
hear! t'acilie railroad near Dunbar, in which
the bravo James DeWitt, tho engineer, lost
ids I'de. Iiiib been so fully and strongly
pushed to see whothomiserennts ore that
made the derailment that cnued his death
that to-night I). Y. Hoffman and James
Hell are eonllned in the jail in this rity un
der the coroner's verdict of bong tin-perpetrators
of Huh hellish deed. J. Stllson
I'ottor, who pi-oiecnlcil the soaieh on be
huh' of the Missouri Pacific railroad, IM
.Marnell, editor of th Xubraskn City News,
and to Sheriff Mcf'allum certainly belong
the credit of feireling out and bringing the
guilty parties to trial. There is intense ex
citement at Duuhar, and if the prisoners
hail not been brought to this city to-night
tl en- is no doubt luit there would have
been a lynching. Tho evidence adduced be
fore the coronet's jury was such as leaves
no doubt but lite guilty parlies have been
found.
piorar cltz's suxsatwx.
o.'ou.x Utty special: A petition lias been
signed by five. Sioux City prenchers asking
the governor to appoint special counsel to
aid in tho prosecution of tho Haddock
murder case. Tho polition names L. I..
Mills, of Chicago, and .fudge, C. C. Kourso,
oN)es Moines, as lawyers, cither of whom
will lie satisfactory to tho petitioners. A
meeting of tho attorneys for tliu prosecu
tion was held to-day at which it was do
tided to agree to tho request of tho peti
tion. The petition also requests thn gover
nor to grant immunity to Goorgo Trieber,
who has for weeks been in communication
with Attorney Woods. Treiber is a most
important witness and no other man knows
more of tho secrets of tho defense. Treiber
was stationed to shoot Dr. Haddock on
the night of tho niutder, and lie distributed
some of tho money to get other conspira
tors out of tho way. lie fled to Canada
and went theneo to New York, spending
several weeka there. Two weeks ago ho
embarked for Hamburg where ho now is,
awaiting tho result of negotiations. At
torney Woods lias a letter written by
Arensdort to Treibor siuco tho latter left
here.
TiaiiTixa ron kaxsas.
Topeka special: A new departure, and
one that will bo a pleasant surprif-o to the
people of Kansas, will bo that of tho
Union Pacific liailroad company, which to
day files thirteen charters for railroads
covering over 1,800 miles, all within the
state of Kansas, and reaching every sec
tion. This movement, is tlio commence
inent of an uggressivo war, in which mil
lions of dollars will bo pitted against mil
lions, and two gigantic corporations will
contend for tho mastery in this state. It
is not a war on paper, but onein which the
contending forces will be armed with picks,
shovels and scrapers, and tho territory
battled fur thu productive lands of Kan
ens. Only surmises can bo made, but it is be
lieved that the Union Pacific, feeling itself
being crowded to tho wall, bus determined
not only to hare it own half of tho bed,
but concluded to have it all. In tho mean
time some ono will bo gainer in this
struggle.
mi-; sioux airv assassixatiox.
A Sioux City special says Unit in tho
afternoon eosaioit of the district court
George W. Arco, for tho attorneys of Arm
strong and associates, asked to havo tho
case-set for trial at the earliest possible
day during this term. County Attorney
Marsh objectod to have a delliiitoday fixed
until he had timo to con'cr with his asso
ciates on tho sido of the state. It was
linally agreed that tho murder caso should
be callod Friday morning, when tho tima for
trial will bo lixed. bomo of the lawyers
think this is a bluff on the part of tho de
fetiso to discover yrhetliertlientnto is ready.
Arensdorfa curb will be called first. A har
ness maker named GusHchiuidt has to-duy
madu a statement that on tho night of
Haddock's murder ho was in a front room
of tho Columbia house suffering with hay
fever. An ho sat by a window he saw
Lcavitt shoot Haddock. Schmidt mado
this statement privately three, innuthti ago,
but if he goea on the stand for Aronsdorf
the state will show that ho has made con
tradictory statements to several persona.
A UYHTUItl' CLKA11KD.
Asjicn (Colo.) special: In May last
Charles McGuire while traveling from lied
cliff to Glenwood springs, was taken sick.
Ho stopped ft tho cabin of Mr. Maybury.
u Gypsum creek. During the night ho be
came tlcl.rlous ftttd left the cabin in his un
isrclothes, since which no trnco of him
could be founj. Yesterday a man named
Htifppeo saw Homo clothing sticking out of
.,Mn!"lT' two mile8 fromMaybury'H cabin,
! i ' n V'ut' ,imi ,re,T tlio skeleton
''I ,l rf- identlncntion wns made
complete by lh0 clothing.
BKLOW ZKllO.
Chjcaoo, Iu., Jan. d-The elgnal service
bulletin fcow6 that the temperature at 0 o'clock
this inornlDK was follows nt tho points
rMiucd: et. Viucent, Mlun.. 40 decrees below
J.-roj Bismarck, Dak., si below- linfXni
l).k., 7 bclowj EL Paul a Mjft
Platte. Neb., 10 below; Cheycunc Wro. c
low; Salt Lake aty,3)aborl J ' b"
AJf EXPLODED lWILKlt,
DexSjsox, O., Jan. lO.-Tbo boiler of a
Panhandle locomotive blew up Just as it start
ed across the Onadenbutten bridge, Tho en
Ulnccr, fireman nnd conductor were on the
engine but escaped without serious Injury.
The cause of the accident Is not known, ai
there waa plenty of water. The engine is
total wreck.
Tniminr.t: Kxrt.nsiox.
iou.vustowx, O., Jan. 6. At 3 o'clock this
morning, Jack Temple, a watchman In the
scarcely complete Andrews block on south
Market street, opened a window to secure ven
tilatloa wheu Ir.ft.ititly ntt explosion occurred
ami ho rati Into tho ttrcct with his clothes
aflame and rolled in the snow. Flame burst
irom tne uulluinj- which burned with extra
ordinary rarildltr. and was totally minimis!
1 he block was of brick and stone and had
juu been completed at a cost of f tO.OM. Sev
eral ml loin I ii'' buildings were badlv damaced
anil the total loss will reach considerably
over iou,uuu, wiui probably Tn.tXA) liiur.itice.
Watchman Temple was badlv burned and
was removed to the city hospital. Another
watchman, Thomas Hrannlgan, aged It', Is
nn.ssiiij;. anu is eupposeu 10 no in me ruins,
while Assistant Cblef D.ivls of tho fire de
partment was painfully burned. Two lines of
natural gas mains ran past the Andrews build
lug. and It Is supposed the fluid leaked and
was curled Into the hulhlltiir throuch n drain
trench ?nd was Ignited when Temple opened
me winnow sua creaieu a uraii.
nr.Aiii of. tons no Ant.
Xew York dispatch: John Kimih. the
great ship builder, died at t o'clock th s
morning. The cniu-crous grow t!i hud eaten
its way into the side of his neck, below the
angle of the jaw-, involving the large after
ies, which became liable tn rupture itt any
noment. ltoni-ii was in g'-eat tmiti all day
yesterday mid to giv him ix-Ht t.i isi doses
of iiioi pintle were injoi-l-d, a. d hi- w ns un
conscious most iu the lime, in uieien
consrioi-H moMients he hud he pnke to his
son (inrrelt who miiswiIIi linn nil thet'ine.
The young tit it ri remained w itii him duruig
the night. He occupied a ent at tho bed
side mid helped the nurses. Duly a few in
timate frend-i of the family were admitted
lo the house yesteida v. but uohodv other
than the nurses ti tit physicians were
allowed to see Itmi- h.
tiii: i'lot Fr.tA. riinoiran.
New York dispatch: A man named Ferris
was permitted to enter the Tombs prison
to-day to visit a piisoner. but after lie had
got inside it wns discovered that ho had
concealed under his coat a box containing
two flasks of oil packed in cork filings and
addiesHt-d lo Alexander .Sweeney, u prisoner
under sentence id death for the murder of
a canal boaluian. It is claimed by tho
prison olllrinls that the intention wns to
have sweeaey set tire to the filings and
tliiow the box into the ball when, an
alarm ol firo being raised, the prison doors
would bo opened uml in the confusion
Sweeney might escape. Cork filings sntu
rateil with oil from the broken bottles
would, it is said, be one of the hardest
things in thu world to extinguish when
ignited.
A HKXTOVKV riiUl).
Glasgow special: Frank Laswell shot
nnd killed George Seaver. Seavcr's wifo
had filed suit against him for divorce, and
pending tlio trial went to bonrd with Mrs
Dearing, Laswcil's mother. Last Sunday
Seaver, learning that ono of his children
wns sick hurried to Mrs. Dearing'a to send
his wife to see tho child, but was inform
thai Mrs. Seaver was then nt Lnswell's
Arriving at tho hitter's house. Lnswell do
chned to admit him. To-tiny t he parties
met on tlio btreet. Jiolli ilrow their pistols
ana a general tiring commenced. J,nswell,
having emptied his pistol, retreated, and
euvor fell shot through tho breast nnd
sine, iio men in a lew minutes. Heaver
has since tlia war been a mail conductor
and accumulated considerable money.
,l.V IIICIII TO A 1-OltTlTXK.
Milwaukee special: An K veiling Wiscon
sin Superior City special says: Alexander
Crawford, a well known Duluth iron manu
facturor, received notice that bv tho dentil
of his cousin, named John Thompson, in
uauert, Austria, a ortune of over XI. 000,
000 has been left to him and his four
brothers, giving them each nearly $000.
000. Crawford laid pot seen his cousin in
forty years.
JL UO It It IDLE DKATU.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. ".John Taylor, an
employe of Koth's vlnccar works In this city,
fell Into a mash tub at time place this morning',
and was so badly scalded that he died this af
tcrnoon at 5 o'clock. He was standing on t
board extending across the top of the tub.
when ids foot slipped. Tho temperature of
the mash was about 17il dec., and beioro ho
count be extricatoii the llesti on somo portions
of his body was literally cooked and fell off In
great naucs.
A TOUTUVUL MUItDKltRlt.
St. Louis, Jan. 7. A special from Jnckson,
Tcnn., to tho J'ot Dispatch snys: "Schott
SIckler, 1'3 years of age, las-t night shot and
killed Cheater Dodd, 10 years of aire, tho son
of a prominent citizen of this city. The two
had quarreled over soma trivial matter, and
tho older boy trot tho worst of It. Ho went
home and procuring a shottrun, sousht out his
enemy anu suoi uun."
Secretary Whitney's Wealth.
A proupo of New Yoik politicians wero dis
cussing isccrctury hitne.y's good fortune In
Having married u rlcli wife. "1 suppose you
mean to fay," sam ono oi nio parly. '11101 llio
money that Secrctay Whitney spends Is given
to him by his wife. Theie. was never a great
er uusiaKc. secretary w tutuey's income is,
or was before lie entered the cabinet, nearly
500,000 annually. I don't pretend that his
Income represented any fixed sum, but I do
say that ho has been u very successful busi
ness man, and almost everything ho touches
turns to gold, and has done bo for years past.
He has an extraordinary fondness tor keeping
large sums of money about him. I was sittlug
in his olllce tho day he concluded the purchase
of his country scat, on the Tennallytown road.
When tho necessary papers were "signed tho
agent began saying that the Secretary might
make his paiments In an v way ho desired,
when tho latter coolly turned about In his
chair, and ojciiIiiir a drawer, drew out ?40,003
In greenbacks. He counted out Jill,' 00 In an
cxiispcratlugly Indifferent fashion, and then
tossing the ret Into the drawer, again resumed
tho conversation as If nothing unusual had
hanjK.-ned. Wnddiujion for. AVio York Ittr
iila. StreiiRtli of tlio G. A, It.
The returns of the numerical strength of
tho Grand Army of the Republic for the last
year show a great Increase over former years,
and still greater numbers are expected on the
next muster rolls. Following are the figures
on me nrst oi the present year.
Arkansas 573
California. 4,1213
Colorado 2,2J
Connecticut.... 5,'J40
Dakota 'J,089
Delaware G71
Florida 160
fiulf 203
Illinois 22,1S.J
Indiana 17,018
Iowa 17,371
Kansas 17.?JJ
Montana 339
Nebraska CltH)
New Hampshire. 4,KH
New Jersey 0,120
New Mexico. .... IH7
New York .T3.S31
Ohio 31,189
Oregon 000
Pennsylvania. . . .35,097
Potomac 1,787
Khodc Island.... 1,074
Tenn. nnd Ua... 1,45(5
Texas 200
Utah 243
Vermont 3,783
Virginia 704
Washington Ter. 770
Kentucky 1.3H
Maine ii.nu
Massachusetts. 17,0oo
Manland 2,187
Micnlgau lb9.)7
Mlnucssota 0,072 West Virginia. . 057
Missouri 0,271) Wisconsin 0,418
Frederick lialne, consul general at Deri In,
has Informed the state department that Amer
ican citizens suffer great annoyance In Europe
unless .equipped with passports.
Slight shock of earthquake are still a mat
ter of dally occurrence at Bammerrille, South
Carolina.
ANTISHl'TIC SL'KCJIJKY.
A Wordcrftil Aihsnce Over th? Old Method of
Trcstlac Vt'onmN.
From tho Philadelphia North American.
Fifty yenrs ago, on tlio minutes ot
tho 1'enusylvnnin Hospital in this
city, especial mention was niado of
the fact that an amputated fingerhad
healed by "first intention," that itt,
without tho process of suppuration
and granulation, which is tho U3tial
mode by which tissues heal. At tho
pro3ont time it is usual, and not un
usual, to have an amputated le,; heal
by the "first intention" as well as the
wounds made in the performance of
nearly all major and minor opera
tions of surgery.
So rapid has been the progress in
the improved methods of what is
known as antiseptic surgery that
many medical men are astounded to
hear of the results that are- being
obtained, and the general public are
not at all aware of the great advances
in tlie suruical art. Indeed, antiseptic
surgery has been in its infancy for less
than a dotn years, nnd has only re
ceived its perfect application within a
few months.
In the human body there exists a
reparative power by which thu sepa
rated fragments of a broken bono nro
united. The simplest mode of heal
ing an open wound is by tho "first in
tention or "immediutu union," for
which surgeons havo aimed lor hun
dreds of years. They had observed it
in rare instances, and looked upon it
us a possibility, but as previously
stated, they seldom succeeded in get
ting it, and tho instances in which
they did gob it wero deserving of
special note. If union fails by tho
"fust intention" inflammation super-.
venes, and healing is accomplished by
a long and tedious process of suppu
ration and granulation, requiring sev
eral weeks or perhaps months for tho
closure of a wound of any considera
ble size. And this is always connected
with ti great drain on tho vital forces,
and danger from blood-poisoning.
What is antiseptic surgory? It con
sists of certain precautions and ap
pliances for the exclusion of tho air,
and with the air thonumorous germs
of diseaso and putrefation which float
in it, and tho application of a germi
cide, which destroys tho vitality of
these germs during and after on" op
eration. Tho more perfectly this is
done, tho moro likely will there bo
procured the primary union by "first
intention." Everybody knows that a
cut ot a linger, if promptly tied up and
kept at rest, will heal readily, but if it
be neglected and allowed to get par
ticles of dirt and the germs of diseaso
into it, there is considerable inflam
mation, tho injured member becomes
p.ainful and swollen, (Uncharges mat
ter and is slow tn heal. Antiseptic
surgery aims at the simplicity of do
mesctic practice the accurate coapta
tion of the parts, provision being
made for tho freo discharge of secre
tions from the wound, and the exclu
sion of tho air and germs of disease.
Uy the adoption of antiseptic meas
ures tho turgeon simply follows
nature's indication. Ho puts the
parts in the best possible condition
to heal, and nature does tlie healing.
Tlio methods adopted mi order to
secure this success are simple, and
'but fi little more expensive, consider
ing the first cost, but infinitely less
costly than the old way of dressing,
when consideation is made for tho
timo and wasto of repeated dressings,
and the lessened risk of blood-poisoning
and death f.-om exhaustion from
prolonged suppuration.
The most essential element in anti
septic surgery is cleanliness. Tho
part to bo operated upon, or tho
point of injury adjacent tissue, is first
thoroughly scrubbed with soap and a
lino orusii. it is tiieu snaveu to re
move hair and dead cutaneous cells,
and afterwards washed with other,
to remove lat ana oily matter, it is
then washed with an antiseptic solu
tion, and tho operation is begun. A
small stream of tho solution is played
upon the part at short intervals as
the operation progresses. Every
opening in tho tissue- is washed out
with this solution. Tim parts are
brought together with catgut sutures,
which havo been rendered aseptic, and
theso sutures are absorbed, conse
quently there is nothing to como
away. Catgut being an animal
tissue, is capable of absorption,
and is used for ligaturing ves
sels, sewing up tho parts and for
drainage. For this purpose several
strands nro placed in tho deopor part
ot a wound and drain by canuarity.
After thero is no further secretions
these nro absorbed. After tho super
ficial opening has been closed and tho
edges brought into close apposition,
a strip of "protective" is luid over
the lino of sutures. Over this is
spread" a fold of several thicknesses of
gauze, antisepttcally prepared and
dusted thickly on its surface with
iodoform. Over this is placed cotton,
also rendered nntisentic. and the
whole dressing is confined in nlaco bv
roller bandages. This dressing is put on
will uu nub tutu almost dripping Willi
the antiseptic solution. Tho dressing is
not changed unless there is somo sign
that all is not doing well, until a
proper timo lias elapsed and it is
known that tho parts have healed.
Under tneso methods hosmtnl can-
greno nnd erysipelas aro very rarely en
countered, and there is so little dis
ci i a rgo of pus that recently it was im
possible to got enougn lor exhibition
to a class at a medical college.
This method, witii slight changes in
tho detail, is now employed at every
good hospital in the country, and by
every surgeon who u up with the
times.
David Dudley Field, whois preaching
n crusade against legal verbosity, says
that the peoplo of New York pay an
nually over $100,000 for recording
uurplus words in mortgago3.
General Horaco Porter, in a speech,
Bpeaking of American extravagances,
alluded to the fact that a gentleman
had paid 818,000 for n peach-blow
vase, when for $5,000 more ho could
havo bought an Alderman.
A Ueirprnr IjOjixon to a "Wonnm
Who r.elrieniletl Him $50,000
in Cash.
Old Matt Hland, a brush peddler
and a miser, died in squalor ft few
weeks n$o m the third story back
room of a little house on stiles street
above Sixteenth in Philadelphia. A
few days ago his will wns admitted to
probate in the ollicc of tho Holster
there. It bequeaths his entirefotluno
of SoU.tJUl) to .Mrs. Harriet Walton
the wile of William II. Walton, a we'll
to-do whol jsalo chemist, who lives at
1,-toJ lit raid n untie. Mrs. Walton
says: "I think that it was early in
JSS-1 that Old Matt as wo used to'call
him, first canio to the house sellin
brushes, llo was a miserable-looking
old fellow, with a racking cough, poorly
elnu.liut alwavs remarkably neat am
clean. I bought n brush from hint .mil
he seemed very grateful. About i
week afterward hu eatneiignin and im
plorcd me to buy another brush, be
cause it gave him luck. Tho brush I
had bought before, lie said, was tho
first one ho had sold for three day
but it sort of sot the ball rolling and
he had sold a dozen a day since I
made tho purchase. Trade had begun
to slack oil again, and so Irj begged mo
to give mm a start.
Mrs. Walton said she took an inter
est in him and bought one. What
was more, she gave him his break
fast, and from that timo he was a reg
ular visitor, eating his breakfast in
her kitchen about three mornings
week and selling her more brushes
than she could lind use for. Ho came
in tho winter only, however, and she
learned from him that, in the summer
ho tramped around tho country ped
tiling ins wares.
"lie was a curious old fellow," she
continued; "possessed of ti fair educa
tion and a rare tutu! ot lnlormatton
on general topics, lie told mo onco
that ho had married when young, and
had lost his wife three months after
1 lo had never been the same man since
Ho was a native of the north of Ireland,
and was a brushniaker by trade. 1 Lis
father wns a successful mechanic,
and my belief is that most of the
money which ho left was bequeathed
him by his father. About it month
ago ho stopped coining lien;, and I
supposed lie must bo ill. l had no
idea where ho lived, and had no idea
that he was anything but what ho rep
resented himself lobe, a poor peddler,
until 1 received notice early in the
week from a lawvor that Matthew
llland had died, leaving me his solo
legatee. At lirst l couldn t imagine
who it was, and thought there must
bo some mistake, for I uidn t even
know his lust name."
l lio legacy is lor tho most part m
cash on deposit in one of tho up-town
banks, though among his treasures
were two shares of Psnnsvlvania
Uailrond stock and ono share of the
Insurance Company ofXorth America
Tho
Cooil Ijittlc. I5oy and
tho
Younjr Parson.
Oho Sunday a young clergyman from
a young congregation preached, by ox
change, to a congregation which is ono
of tho serene, old-fashioned, undis
turbed sort, where everything theolog
ical passes pla?idly from ono year to
another, and where tho rising genera
tion's undoubted human nature is al
lowed for in a quiet sensible way. Tho
visiting clergyman remained to the
Sunday school, and after thoexeicises
wero about half finished ho rose to
mako a little speech.
"I know that von nro an entorpris
ing Sunday school," he said "becauso
I seo so many new books. I know
that you aro n happy Sunday school,
becauso l seo so many smiling faces
around me. And I know that you are
a generous Sunday school, because
that little boy over thero by the Ion;
pew door otTered mo a peanut as J
camo in." Tlio attention of tho as
sembly was instantly directed to tho
little boy. who began to snicker un
controllably to himself.
"Wroll, what's tho matter, my little
man?" asked tho clergyman. "You're
not sorry you offered mo the peanut,
aro your'
"iiid you th-think that was a pea
nut I gave you?" asked tho little boy
still snickering violently."
"W'hy.yos; wasn't it? '
"No o ol'twas only a shell!" Tav
ernor in Boston Post.
Webster and tlio Wiso Farmer.
From tha Youth's Companion.
Webster was out ono Summer day,
near Marshfield.busily shooting birds.
It was a hot afternoon in August
Tho farmors wero getting their salt
hay on tho marshes.
Ilocame, in tho courso of his ram
blos.to tho Green Harbor River, which
ho wished to cross. He beckoned to
ono of tho men on tho opposite bank
to tako him over in his boat which
lay moored in sight.
Tho man at onco left his work, came
over and paddled Mr. Webster across
tho stream. I lo declined thopaymeut
offered him, but lingered a moment to
question his passenger.
"This is Daniel Webster, I believe?"
"That's my name," replied the
sportsman.
"Well, now," said the farmer, "it
seoniB to mo, I declaro, if I could get
$5 or $0 a day, plead in cases up in
Boston, I would not bo wad in' over
theso marshes this hot weatliershoot
in littlo birds!"
Opposed to Fighting:.
Now York Sun. John L. Sullivan
happened to bo standing on tho cor
ner of Kearney and Geary streots in
San Francisco the other evening, when
two politicians canio to blows, and a
big crowd assembled. John at once
hurried away to his hotel, and was in
very bad humor for tho rest of the
evening, nnd this is what lie is said tn
have said to Pat Shcedy: "Now, thin
is a nico bloody row, ain't it? This
thing will bo telegraphed to tho Knst,
nnd everybody tiiero will think l'vt
been mixed up in it. in it, ftiiceuy,
why don't you keep away from thu
fighting crowd?"
AtriCUOTlS CF VICTOn HUCO.
Jicv Mo-liw ir lit-. Visor n'lil 1 1 ISo-uint-U
tittle UyiJutit, trout it itoott
.lust rtthlUlieit IIU Wontlel--lu-ly
Tciiiii-ioitn Jtf-niory.
The pultl slier of the magnificent na
tional edition of Victor Hugo's unn
pleto wnrkx. M. Ihnile To.lunl. h:i- jitxt
issued the fir-l part of the ' Life" of thu
poet, ur.lteii In- the br lli.uit I'nri-dun
literateur, M. I.hu'k Uibuch. writes a
Paris e:Too!iile!it of Th& AVw Yurk:
Mini iud (.(. This portion of the
wo:'v is (limited lo the youth of Victor
Hugo, and contains until.' fresh anec
dotes uml docript mis. Vcior Hugo
had a remarkable tenacious memory.
He could always turn to a verse, or
even a word, that ho wished lo lind in
hor vtt.xt ocean of his' writ 'tigs. When
Jor 10 ears old ho went lo Sjta n. and
the impression made upon Ins boyish
mind by tho Moic.Mpte arch teclutv and
th other remains of the Arabian dom
ination wero never cllai-i'd, Man v eui fl
later, when he produced hi "Orient
ales." the critics wondered how th's
poet could have caught Im; sim-.t of a
land and people that he had not seen
"It is a singular fact," sa s M. I'lbaeli,
"that this t)iisv-c!ia:r oriental .t. who
had never breathed in the odor of the
rose on tho stem but had oulv wander-
od among th walls impregnated with
its hcolil, that this traveler from tho
Spanish orient had huh bed the local
color more thoroughly than thn poets
who luid joiirnevoil through the oast.
Chateaubriand. I.ainartine, Theophilo
(iiiutior. and others Mill. h..vo brought
back with them charming' narrations
that mid, however, nothing to their
genius or talent. Victor lingo's ver
ses, on the contrary, inspire von with
oriental scenes, and yet tliev aro only
echoes still ringing in his mind fro.n
that ono far-oil' sojourn in Spain."
Hugo had not only a Mrong. heallhv
intellect, but also a sound body. To
ward the end of his life ho grew deaf,
so that it became a real inlirmiiv. But
otherwise ho preserved all his faculties,
physical and nt 'iital, up to his last ill
ness. M. Ulhaeh records several
examples of Victor Hugo's budilv
vigor. When wriling "Notre Damu of
Pans" ho used often to go twieo a day
up to the top of the tower. In the even
ing he was generally accompanied by
friends.
"On ono of lliesu occasions, writes
M. Uibuch, "Victor Hugo was gazing"
w. th delight at tho purple hii".s of tho
setting sun, (urning Ins piercing littlo
nyes in the direction of the Arsenal li
brnrv. which is a long distance oil". '
seo Charles M oilier on his baleonv,1 ho
remarked oarlei-sly lo his friends; ho
lsu I. alone, there aro two ladies Willi
him one of them is his datigliler, but
the other 1 do not know.' Notwith
standing their respect for tho poor, and
their knowledge of his wonderful visual
powers, the littlo group indulged in an
incredulous smile. But when, an hour
later, I hey called on Modier, they wore
astonished lo lind that Victor Hugo's
eyes had deceived noither thorn norhiin.
I once asked tho poet il this story was
true, and ho told me that it was. and
substantiated it with this one: Wheu
in college ho used to attend lectures on
physics in tho medical school. One day
tlio professor wished to try some exper
iment in optics, and invited tho stud
ents to go with him lo the roof of tho
building, whoro ho sot up a telescope
turned in the direction of tho (Tardea of
Plants. Ho then asked tho young men
to read ii sign which seemed undeeiph
erahlo to the naked oye. Victor Hugo
happened to bo the first one called up
on. 'I do not need tlio aid ol tho tele
scope,' ho said: 'I can mako out tho
sign. It roads: L'hunlicr du (Jurdihal-
J.ciiwinc."
In fact his oxcellent ovesight stood
him m stead when ho began to grow
denf. "Ho saw so well," says our bio
griiphor. "that ho seemed to hear ev
erything, and when ho asked that :
nhraso ho repeated it was moro to mako
sure that ho iiad guessed correctly than
to satisfy tho demands of his deal car
A lew mouths before his death l wns
dining with htm and was giving an ac
count of my hist visit to Spain. I wont
on so far as lo admit a liking for bull
lights, whereupon Mine. I.oekroy said
to mo in a low voice: "II. is fortunate
father doesn't hear you, for ho detests
that cruol sport. Pray don't say any
thing moro on that subject.' So I took
up another topic. But my host gavo
such a searching look that I felt that I
was discovered.
" 'I didn't Boizo tho wholo scntonoa, '
remarked the poet: 'you said that 3011
liked P' 1,3 3
"I vontiu'cd to provaricnto.
" 'I was saying that I like- tho Boho-
mlnn dance.'
"No, no," intorruptod Victor Hugo,
shaking his hoad, while 11 smile spread
over his face; "you said Hint you liked
bull lights.
But enough on tho text of this facina-
ting volume. Now a few words on tlio
rich illustrations that aro scattered
through it. TI1010 tiro tlirco portraits
of Victor Ilnco 0110 by M. Adrioti
Didior, tho wolf-known French engrav
er, copied from a photograph mado by
Charles Hugo, tho fathor of Georges
and Joanne, at Jorsoy in lSTi!). Tho
face is cleau-shnvon, and tho dark hnlr
falls in heavy locks on either side, hid
ing the cars. Tho colored portrait, af-
tni- llniirrm a ni-tmnnl wnlftlinlnp la (lin
Victor Thigo as wo know him, with his
short, white- hair, his stubby, frosty
beard, and his four-scoro years. Tho
third is tho pout on his deathbed, drawn
by tho painter Kdmond Dupnin. Tlio
voltimo also contains an engraving of
tho superb catafalniio designed by tho
famous architect Chnrlos uarnior and
placed under the Aro do Trlotnpho on
the occasion of tho poet's funoral; and
ono of the picturesque house Huo Notro
Damo dos Champs, which Victor Hugo
inhabited at the timo of his marriage.
But perhaps tho most interesting, If
not tho most artistic, illustrations nro
two wood cuts by Muullo from original
SKctehes by Victor Hugo himself, who.
you will rcniombor, was nhnost as clov
er Willi mo pencil as ho was famous
with tho pen. I closo this incoinnloto
enumeration by mentioning tho fao
slinilo of 0110 of Victor Hugo'a lottors,
which it curious as x specimen oi his
ulurdy gooso-qulll chirography. and also
uocaiuo ii reiors 10 tlio eider utimas in
0110 ot liU fits of bad humor.
Scientific Miscellany.
A-boat has been successfully propell
ed on tho Soino by means of nrtlho nt
w.ngs act. tig on tho air and driven by
a rotating wheel.
The museum nt Biiohik. in Kgvpt,
conla us what has been called tho oldest
picture in the world -a fresco from a
tomb at Maydooin representing six
geese.
A case was lately reported to the New
York Pathologic d Sooiel v' of a negro
child, which lu'ed but two months, w.th
only one lung tho left, the other being
rudtnie ilarr and never iiill.tted. Thu
heart had only one auricle and ono ven
tricle -both the left.
A novel museum is bolng established
bv Dr. (iiiilheati. n blind professor in a
Pari institution for tho hi ml, His col
lection comprises articles .specially do
vised for the use of the sigh tics, and is
already quite valuable. It includes a
ery complete- dUplav of th s vnrioin
kinds of letters which havo been uso I
tor road.ng by touch.
Tlio tleel no of the silk industry in
India, for which various causes have
been assigned, has at, length been
proven by Mr. Wood Mason, anHuglish
naturalist, to bo due to a destrttet vo
parasite dise:e-e of the worm. Tho
affect on seems lo In identical with
pebrine." wlrch ravaged French silk
worm nurseri '.s from IS I!) to 18d.", and
was eradicated from liuropo by tho dis
coveries of M. Pasteur.
A "Wesloyan Scientific Society' ' has
boon" organizt'd in England under tho
presidency of Kov. W. II. Dallinger,
r. U. S. Its objects are tho encourage
ment of practical scientific work
among amateurs, tho guidance of be
ginners in tho study of natural hislory.
Tho interchange 'of opinions upon
scientific questions, and tho collection
anil circulation of uso'ttl facts bearing
upon tho scionco in general. Similar
work is bung done by the "Agassi,
Association," which already claims
over 10.00J inomhers. Each society
expects soon to havo its own monthly
journal.
A Man nt His Best.
It has boon said that "if wo could
realize tho wonders of our physical or
ganization, wo would bj hypochond
riacs, fearing cvjry moment that somo
part of tho niaelrno would break
down." Yet how true is it, that man
knows more about almost every thing
than ho does about himself.
In tho various vocations of life, how
of Ion do wo find that the watchmaker
will detect tho smallest speck that in
terferes with the movement of a watch,
sooner than ever dream of the derange
ment of the pulso-boat of his own heart.
Tho engineer 'would not daro run an
other rod with his locomotive under
certain conditions; yet hu unconscious
ly will drive his own human machine
ry wohn there is more to bo feared
from the result than there would bo to
run his engine with a loose bolt or
missing pin.
Thu question is often nskod, What is
perfect heallhl1 Nearly all tho answers
that have been given are essentially tho
snino in substnuoj, and may bo express
ed in a few words. As far as possible,
with the constant molecular changes
wh eh are constantly going on
in the body, that man possesses perfect
health when every organ in his body is
performing its natural function without
special conscious ell'ort. Of course, tho
brain, being the seat of tho will, is cog
nizant of nil this, in much tho sumo
way as tho instrument in the telegraph
olllco has a certain impression that tho
lines aro In working order; hut if the
"wires bo down" at any point on tho
circuit, the effect is at onco perceived
in tho operating room. Every effort
should bo made, especially by the young,
to keep themselves In first-class "order.
They aro worth moro to society, tlio
world, and tho church, by so doing;
thoy aro physically and morf.lly hono
fitted by it. Even as 'market value"
they can command holtorposiliuus and
higher wages. H jutys to be well. the
Uoltlcn little.
Tho Critic.
Critics aro persons, and all persons
aro warpod, to somo nioasuro, to fit pro
fessions, and all professions con
tain somo oxeontrics and
cranks. Tho profession of tho critio is
not freo from tlio weaknesses that at
tach to other professions composed of
mortals. The good and tho bad arc
found in nil vocations, and tho bad, or
tho would-bo critic is tho worst, and
when properly understood, tho most in
significant of nil erring mortals. Ho
has egotism enough to thrust Idmsolf
into nil things, but not sense enough to
know how to behave when ho gots in.
The Current.
White Wines Preferred.
"Thero Is 0110 remark of Solomon's
on tho temperance quostiou which I
cheorfully indorse. '
"Why is that?"
"Look not upon tho wine when it h
red. I have always followed that nd
vlco and stuck to whlto wines, which
aro not adn flora tod with logwood and
other drugs." Texas Silings.
It Wouldn't Pay tho Hill.
"Mr. Black, Pvo called to seo why
you.havon't taken any notice of my re
peated duns."
" 'biionco is goiuon,' you Know, air.
White."
"Well, now, It scorns to bo a (turned
rht moro llko brass. It won't par
any bills." I'hilagclphia Call.
Tho evil cifocts of marriage botweon
blood relations wero never shown moro
strongly than in tho caso of Georgo Wr.
Lako, of Stnton Island. Ho was recent
ly sent to Sing Sing prison for criminal
relations with his own daughter. It
scorns that this daughter was herself
natural child, and tlio fathor, after
educating hor. brought her home, and
forced her to lira with him. Sho bora
liiiu livo children, of whom all proved
to bo idiots. Tho mothor herself bo-
camo Insane, iso novelise could con
ceive a tragedy more gloomy than this
ami nonoeouiti depict more powermiiy
tho result of tho violation of natural
hiWB.-rVom Dr. Footed Health JUHthb.