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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES.
place on Wednear, the Uth. at 12 r.. thehour
rtxed for tfcef uneral. and hold memorial services
la honor cf MU.Usipri' distinguished son.
The following is self-explanatory:
To the Agent of tlie Associated Tress:
Dear Sir Will you hate the kindneM to say
tor me. truh the Associated Press, that It -will
Ve a physical impossibility for me
to answer the thousands ' ot tele-
frams of condolence that hare poured
a from all parts of the United States. I there
fore Uxe this means of expressing my apprecia
tion of the profound sympathy exhibited by so
many of Mr. DaTl's friends to his bereaved and
grateful family. Very respectfully yours,
YiUXA HOWCLL DAVIS.
SHE LOVED JEFF DAVIS.
A Woman Who Decorated Her House with
Crap and Confederate Emblems.
gpecial to lli IxMUanapoU Journal.
Washington, Dec 7. There was mourn
ing in the Nation's capital today over the
death of tho President of the late Confed
eracy. A largo number of residents of
Voutheast Washington -were indignant this
morning when they discovered that a house
within the shadow of the Capitol displayed
the emblems of the lost cause, mmgledwith
emblems of mourning for Jeff Davis, the
dead rebeL The house is a small two-story
and English basement brick structure, the
number of which is 235 Second street, south
east, and is directly opposite the Lincoln
public school. All tho public schools aro
named after prominent men. This one
star.ds near the monument of Abraham
Lincoln, and the rebel-flag dis
play was taken by the Union
inen as a slur on not only the
national capital, but on the name of iho
dead patriot Lincoln. All day long the
houso was an object of interest, as well as
expressed indignation because of the un
warranted display. The shutters and
blinds of the dwelling have been tightly
closed ever since the announcent of Jefler
6on Davis's deat h. In fact, the very struct
ure seems to weep to-day with the woman
who occupies it.
A crowd of colored persons were loitering
about the premises when your correspond
ent rang the bell. They were not chary in
their condemnation of the ilannting o tie use:
but muttered threats and epithets of indig
. nation against the owner. In answer to
the ring, a small, thin, determined-looking
woman opened the door. She was hardly
rive feet in height, dressed in deep
mourning, and wore some old-timo jewelry.
Her hair was smoothed plainly down over
her forehead. Her face was flushed, and
her manner excited. She had answered the
door before in responso to tho question
about to be put. Her eyes flashed indig
nantly when the question came: 'Is your
house in mourning for tho dead leader of
the Confederacy!"
She drew herself up. crossed her breast,
and in an excited voiM exclaimed: "For
who else than Jefferson Davis would this
symbol of mourning be.hung out!"
Sho wasexnltant in her tones, and seemed
to glory in making known the fact. In re
sponse to a number of questions fthe said
that her husband's name was Frederick
Fairfax, and that she was the daughter of
a lieutenant-colonel of the United States
army, t who died when sho was
an infant. and left her . in
tho house she at present occupies.
Her husband, owing to exigencies of the
family,, did not go to the war, but all his
relatives and kins-fellows, with the ex
ception of Admiral Fairfax, fought on the
rebel side. x
After imparting this information, she re
f quested your correspondent to come inside,
as she wished to close the door so as to let
th house bear its semblance of mourning.
She led through a narrow hall to the dark
ened, uncarpeted parlor. There was a
sparrity of furniture, and what was there
was antique or much worn. Around the
walls hung pictures indicative of the lost
1 cansc, notable among them being that of
Robert E. Lee. Over the mantel hung an
oil-painting of the Madonna and the Infant.
Close by was a email bust of George Wash
ington. Mrs. Fairfax seated her
self sternly m her arm-chair,
and requested her visitor to be
fceated. Then with flashing eves and
flushed face she began to talk: "I glory in
the fact that I am the tirst person north of
Mason and Dixou's lino to decorate my home
lor the dead, noble Jefferson Davis. As
Boon as I received word of his death I pre
pared the mourning drapery and hung it
jorth. Why did I. not place out the con
federate flag? Simply because 1 think that
I have done all that I could. Aro not the
emblems and colors of the confederate
States emblazoned on the front of my
house! What more conld you expectT No, I
never knew Jefferson Davis personally, but
I am the woman who J. Q. C. Lamar once
eaid rccmbled Jefferson Davis when he
was a youth. 1 have met General Lee. but
then I love Jefferson Davis. I love all he
has ever done all his words, actions and
deeds. What more could I do to show my
respect for the great man than put out the
colors he loved so well? I am responsible
for it. I would have done it, no matter
who said not. This is my honse, and I shall
do with the place what I choose.
Do you ask me if any one has protested?
No, sir. they have nothing to say of what I
do. I have been waiting and longing for
this time to show my respect.
"Has no one attempted to remove them?
you ask mo." Then her eyes flashed wildly
and her fare grew red as she almost hissed:
"I wonld like to see the fellow who would
attempt such a thing. He would learn a
thing or two that he would not forget dur
ing his life. I will say once for all that
these decorations aro out to stay nntil after
the funeral, and let no one protest or
attempt to remove them. Let him beware."
The action of Mrs. Fairfax was hardly
more unusual than that of the Southern
Congressmen and others who met yesterday
And adopted resolutions expressivo of the
sorrow over Mr. Davis's death and praising
his patriotism.
KKMEVISCEXCE OF HIS LIFE.
The Story of Jlr. Davis's Marriage as Told by
Himself Gossip Contradicted.
A letter published in the St. Louis Globe
Democrat Dec, 2, lt2. in regard to inci
dents in tho early life of Mr. Davis caused
that gentleman to write a reply to a per
sonal friend, which was printed in the same
paper on Jan. 2 of the following year. Mr.
Davis says of the letter of Dec. 2 that
'every incident it relates is totally desti
tute of the least foundation in truth."
That letter placed him at Prairie du Chien
in lS'H, and ho continues:
I was then serving In the First Dracroons, U. P.
A., west of Ai kansas. The letter describes me as
engaged in playing a game of draw-poksr a
Kauie wnien. eo iar as I know, am not theu exist,
and of which I hare never learned even the tirst
rule. No officers of toe names given belonged
to the First Infantry when I served in it, and I
never knew the John Lorraine ltdescribes. There
was no officer of the name of Harrison who ever
served with me at Tralrie du Chien, and I had no
uch dltliculties as those the letter details with
any one. Whllo I was ou duty at Dubuque my
order required me frequently to go to (ialeua.
The son of tho hotel-keeper. Heading Ji!ntt,
was well known to me, and, if he were living,
would promptly brand the statement of the let
ter, jo far as he and I are concerned, as a false
hood. The truth is, I never drank nor gambled,
and any one who ever served with me would
probably say that in my youth I was overwilllng
to tight.
The toryof the elopement with General Tay
lor's daughter is as unrounded as the rest. I was
one of the two othcers selected from the First In
fantry for promotion in tho new retrunent of
dragoon organized in March, 1833, which sep
arated me from Colonel Taylor's regiment. In
1835 I went to Kentucky, where Miss Taylor
was with her father's sitter, near Louisville, and
there married her in the presence of General
Taylor's brother. iiter. his fon-ln-iaw and daugh
ter (Dr. and Mrs. Wood), with many other mem
bers of the Taylor family. I served under lieu,
formerly Colonel) Zachary Taylor In the slepe of
Monterey, and was one of hi commissioners to
arrange for iu capitulation. This fact sufficient
ly explode theceno described as occurring at
Kuena Vista.
Mr, Davis's personal friend concludes by
saying: 'This statement ol Mr. Davis does
effectually dispose of the oft-repeated talo
of General Taylor's ill-feeling towards him
and their reconciliation on the battle-lield
of Buena Vista; that the brilliant victory,
toward which the then CoL Jefferson Davis
so ably and gallantly contributed, was
gained several months after the capitula
tion of Monterey, 'and what is thus lost to
the quasi 'romance of history' will be a
gain to the accuracy of a biography, which
will always be of interest to all students
of the true hUtory of the great American
civil war.
Incidents IUlated by a Life-Long Friend.
Nr.w Orleans, Dec 7. Gen. George Wal
lace Jones, of Dubuque, an old and life
long friend of Mr. Davis, arrived here yes-
rzj. Hr. J cits U eishty-tiro years old
He cave the following history of his per
sonal relations with the dead chieftain:
'Jefferson Davis and I wero classmates at
Transylvania College, Lexington. Ky.. in
1S"J0, where he was esteemed' as one of the
brightest students as well as handsomest
men. In November, 1S23. ho was appointed
to a cadetship at West Point by President
Monroe. I remained at the college until
when I graduated. . In 1828 Jed.' as ho
was known to his friends, was assigned to
duty as second lieutenant of the United
States Cavalry at Fort Crawford. Prairie
du Chien. then Michigan Territory, and
now the State of Wisconsin. In the latter
part of 132S, a United States officer, attend
ed by a sergeant, both mounted, came to
iny cabin In the night time, at Sinsinawa
Mound. Grant county, which is about fifty
miles from Fort Crawford. The otlicer
halloed, and I went to the door, and he
asked me if Mr. Jones lived there. 1 told
him my name was Jones. He then asked
me if I was ever at Transylvania Universi
ty. 1 replied that I was there in 1S25. Ho
asked me if I recolleted a college boy named
Jeff Davis. 'Certainly I do,' I replied. 'I
could never forget the accomplished and
handsome young man.' He then Raid: I
am Jeff.' I jumped outside the cabin, and
pulled him off his horse, and we spent some
time in talking over ourcollcgeexperiences.
He remained with me several days, having
come expressly to sec me. He often visited
me at my cabin. .
"In 1S32 we became associated in the
famous Black Hawk war, ho as lieutenant
of the infantry and T as aid-de-cainn to
Gen. Henry Badge, commanding the militia
of Michigan Territory. I often accented
his invitation to partake of his hospitality,
as well as that of Gen. (then Capt.) William
S. Harney and Col. Zach Taylor, who often
divided their rations with me, as we volun
teers were often in want of food. After
the Black Hawk war, in the winter of 1S32-
Lieutenant Davis was sent to tho Du
buque lead mines, which, at the termina
J,
tion of the trouble, had been occupied by
squatters. He was directed by the War
Department, through Col. Zach Taylor, to
remove the squatters. Lieutenants Gardner
and Wilson, who preceded him, having
failed to drive the people ofl the reservat ion.
Lieutenant Davis, by his conciliatory efforts
and kindness. Boon got them to leave tho
reservation, under au assurance that their
claims would be recognized as soon as the
treaty made with the Sacs and Fox Indians
should be rati tied by the United States,
which he felt confident would be the case.
He induced all of the men to leave, but per
mitted one woman to remain in her hus
band's cabin, as the winter was excessively
cold and severe. Sho remained ever after
wards his devoted friend, up to her death,
about two years ago.
In I was the iirst Delegate to Congress
from WisconsinTerritory. Jeflerson Davis
reached Washington in the winter, and im
mediately called to fceo mo where 1 was
Htopping, at the Dawson Hotel, on Capital
hill. My next meeting with Mr. Davis was
in lSif, when I visited Washington as Surveyor-general
of Wisconsin, Idaho and Min
nesota, and stopped at the tame hotel as did
Davis and his accomplished wife.
"One day, as 1 eat hy his side in tho Sen
ate Chamber, talking to him, he turned
suddenly and said: 'General Dodge says
you are financially embarrassed and in need
"of money I answered that I was, there be
ing a judgment against me for $400. He
immediately drew a draft on his friend, tho
commission merchant, J. U. Payne, of New
Orleans, payable to my order, for 1.000. I
then wrote out and handed him my note.
He tore it up and trod it under foot, say
ing: Jones. when you have more money
than you know what to do with you tnay
pay me this, and not before
"As he detailed this scene. General Jones
grew eloqnent. and tears swelled in his eyes
at tho recollection of his old friend's gen
erosity. In 18T3, when Franklin Pierce be
came President, I, as tho tirst Senator from
Iowa, recommended ray old' friend and
companion for Secretary of War, and he
was also indorsed by the prominent men of
tho times.
"After the war Davis and I kept up our
correspondence, and four years ago last
spring I stopped at this hotel on my way to
visit my devoted and life-long friend at
Beauvoir. I was received as a brother by
himself and family."
Tributes from Southern Soldiers.
New York, Dec. 7. Public meetings wero
held in a number of Southern cities to-day
at which speeches were made eulogistic of
the life of Jeflerson Davis. The officer's of
the First Regiment of Alabama State troops
issued the following order:
The great captain of the Southern forces In
war, the lifelong citizen in peace has answered
"here" to his name on the final roll-call. The
soldiers of this command, their fathers fuid
brother?, followed the stars and bars he made
world famous to the cannon's mouth, folded it
sadly when their roar was stilled forever and
went to peaceful vocations. So did their leader.
To-day all that is mortal of him is gone his spirit
with bis od. his name with fame. The Hjk of
this regiment will be floated at half-mast until
the obsequies are over, and the officers of this
command will wear mourning on their uniforms
for thirty days.
Governor Lee, of Virginia, sent tho fol
lowing telegram of condolence to Mrs.
Davis:
The sympathetic chords of the heart? of our
people are deeply touched at the loss of one wo
have ever regarded with the greatest affection,
ami tho memory of whose valor and virtue wo
will ever hold sacred.
Governor Seav, of Alabama, sent the fol
lowing to Mrs. Davis.
It Is the wish of our people that Jefferson
DaviVg irrave may be made beneath the monu
ment to the confederate dead ou the Capitol Hill
at Montgomery, hard by the very cradle of the
Confederacy. '
Hoisted the Flag Full Mast.
Holyoke, CoL, Dec. 7. E. E. Brannon,
chairman of the Republican central com
mittee, and leading lawyer, became so en
thusiastic over the news announcing the
death of Jeflerson Davis that he hoisted
the stars and stripes full mast over his
office, flying all day. Considerable com
ment is made over his actions.
Will Raise $100,000 for the Family.
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 7. One hundred
thousand dollars will be raised for the late
Jefferson Davis's family by the sale of part
of the valuable land of his estate in Arkan
sas. Comment of the Press.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 7. The Times, to
day, in commenting on the death of Jcfler
son Davis, sas:
Benjamin. Toombs
"Lee and Jackson,
and Stephens on the
confederate side, and their mighty oppo
nents on the federal side Lincoln and
Graut and Chase and Sheridan have all
passed into that silent Ln.l where there is
no war and no political diherences. At
last Jefferson Davis, who has lingered
long, a venerable figure of a past age,
has joined them. The greatest of the
snrvivors of the Confederacy is no
more. Around tho spot where his remains
will be committed to the earth the whole
South will gather in spirit on the occasion
of his obsequies, to pay a mournful tribute
to one of the very noblest. truest and great
est of her sons. Thither in future years all
who esteem loftiness of character, honor,
adhertuce to conviction, ami who revere
patriotism and admire genius of the highest
order, will frequently repair to renew. their
love of country and respect for principle at
the crave of him whose name shall be im
mortal."
Baltimokf., Dec. 7. The American says:
"Jefferson Davis was an ardent advocate
of States' rights, and followed his convic
tions with an energyof purpose worthy of a
better cause. It is hard, it would seem, for
hini.inlookingattheprogressof twenty-four
years, not to se:that had his ideas of right
prevailed we could never have been what
we are now. But he lived in tho past, and
dreamed, standing in the allies of dead
hopes, of greatness that could not
be because it had i.ot truth and
right for its foundation. He was a
Iiotent sample of a man of splendid intel
ect. strong will, great courage, who de
liberately went wrong and would not be
put right. The American would not let his
whole career bo colored by the events of
four years of his life, and pays tribute to
his valor in the Mexican War and his great
ness in the United States Senate."
CfIANDLEU'3 DENUNCIATION.
A Speech That Expressed the Sentiments of
Eoyal Northern Citizens.
ZAcliariah Chandler, in tho United States Senate,
Mtrch 1,1S7.
Twenty-two years ago to-morrow, in the
old hall of tho Senate, now occupied by the
Supreme Court of the United States, I, in
company with Mr. Jefferson Davis, stood
up and swore before the Almighty God that
I wonld support the Constitution of the
United States, and took the oath to be
faithful to this government.
During four years I sat in these halls
with Mr, JeHcraoa Davis and saw tho
i preparations going forth from day to day
i for tho overthrow of this government.
With treason in his heart and perjury upon
his lips he took the oath to sustain tho gov
ernment that he meant to overthrow.
Your armies were scattered all over this
broad land, where they could not be used
in an emergency; your fleets were scattered
wherever tho winds blew and water was
found to float them. Your treasury was de
pleted nntil your bonds, bearing ti per cent.,
principal and interest, payable in coin.
weTe sold at 88 cents on the 1 for current
expenses, and mo buyers.
Preparations were carefully made. Your
arms were sold under au apparently inno
cent clause, in an army bill, providing that
the Secretary of War might, at his discre
tion, 6ell such arms as he deemed it for the
interest of the government to sell.
Sir! Eighteen years ago last month I sat
in these halls and listened to Mr. Jefferson
Davis delivering his address, informing us
what our constitutional duties to this gov
ernment were, and then he left, aud en
tered into the rebellion to overthrow the
government he had sworn to support. 1 re
mained here, sir, during the whole of that
terrible rebellion, and saw our brave sol
diers, by thousands and hundreds of thou
sands, aye, I might say millions, go forth to
tho theater of war, and I saw their shat
tered ranks return. 1 saw steam
boat after 6teamboat, and railroad
traiu after railroad traiu, arrive
with the maimed and wounded. I
saw with my friend Mr. Burnsido, when he
commanded the army of the Potomac, piles
of legs and arms that made humanity
shudder. And I saw the widow and the
orpuan in tneir nomes, ana nearuine weep
ing and wailing of those who had lost their
dearest and best.
Mr. President: I little thought at that
time that I should live to hear in the Sen
ate of the United States eulogies on Jefler
son Davis, living, a living rebel eulogized
on the floor of the Senate of the United
States.
Sir, I am amazed to hear it, and can tell
the gentlemen on the other side that they
little know the spirit of the North when
they come here at this day and with bra
vado on their lips utter eulogies on a man
whom every man, woman and child in the
North believes to have been a double-dyed
traitor to his government.
The Hank Trial at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Dec. 7. The trial of Messrs.
Means and DeCamp proceeded to
day without the presence of IMr.
Means on account of his inability
toendure the fatigue. The time was mainly
occupied in cross-examination of ex-cashier
Edward, who made tho statement of
the condition of the bank, Dec. 7, 1SS7,
unon which tho indictment was based.
There was a lack of 8140,000 of the
proper amount for the reserve. He tes
tiiied that Means and DeCamp said it must
bo fixed. He told them ho would not do
it. Meanstold witness that there had been a
failure of the receiving teller to enter $200,
000 placed. by him in tho vault. Witness
then made out tho statement, but made
Meads and DeCamp sign an agreement to
relievo him of all responsibility that
might arise from making the statement.
The witness testified that Means and
DeCamp and other directors owed the bank
at that time about S'00.000. Means' s brother
had since paid Means's debt. The defense
showed that witness had borrowed $18,000
from the bank without security. The de
fense will attempt to show that the falsifi
cation in the statement was not intended
to and did not deceive any officer of the
bank. ,
Business Embarrassments.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
, Frankfort, Ind., Dec. 7. B. F. Gift, pro
prietor of the Keystone boot and shoe 6tore
of this city, made an assignment to-day.
His liabilities aro 80,000. divided between
Toledo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago
and Lafayette houses; assets probably $7,
000. . Milwaukee, Dec. 7. Silverstone Broth
ers' clothing house, Nos. 422 and 424 East
Water 6treet, was closed by the sheriff last
night, on an attachment for $700. The firm
was one of the largest retail clothing
houses in the city, and carried a $25,000
stock. Their liabilities are not known. ,
Movements of Steamers.
London, Dec. 7. Sighted: Kansas, from
Boston; La Bretagnc, from New York, for
Havre; Italy, from New York, for Liver
pool, and llammonia, from New York, for
Hamburg.
Moville, Deo. 7. Arrived: Devonia, from
New York, for Glasgow.
New York, Dec. 7. Arrived: City of
Chester, from Liverpool.
Philadelphia, Dec. 7. Arrived,: Neder
land, from Antwerp.
Que ensto wn, Dec. 7. Arrived: Servia,
from New York.
Muncle After More Factories.
Special to the IudianapoUs Journal.
Muncie, Ind., Dec. 7. At a meeting of a
number of citizens this morning it was de
cided to raise a subscription fund of $100,
000 between this and- spring to be used ex
clusively in locating factories here next
summer. Negotiations are now in progress
with a number of concerns, among them
being some of the Lynn, Mass., burnt out
shoe manufacturers, who will come here.
The subscriptions will be commenced at
once.
Killed His Brother.
Huntington, W. Va, Dec. 7. ..Too Tem-
Eleton, aged thirteen, was shot and killed
y his brother Jeff, at Union,
yosterday. The boys were boxing
aod knocking off hats, and a boy
ramed Smith struck Jell" in the mouth.
This enraged him. While brooding over
tho blow a boy named Stowaaser came up
with a shotgun. Jell' grabbed the gun and
ereptied both barrels into his brother's
face. He lived three hours, but never
spoke.
A Politician's Peculiar Suit.
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 7. A case was on
trial in the District Court yesterday, whVch,
perhaps, is without parallel in the history
of American politics. One Republican who
was unseated as a delegate in a county
convention sues the party by whose evi
dence beforo the-committee on credentials
ho was unseated for S2.00O damages, includ
ing expenses and the harrowing condition
usually accompanying an unsuccessful
candidate
Shocking Tennessee Murder.
Pulaski, Tenn., Dec. 7. Report comes
here this morning that Jim Childress, liv
ing near Sugar postollice, in Alabama, just
below Marbut's postollice, in Ten
nessee, had been murdered. It seems he
was called to the door and shot; then
he was shot again and dratrged around by
a rope tied to his neck. No masks were
worn I)- 'the murderers. Childress had
helped his brother steal his bride recently,
una this may be a factor in the trouble.
' mam
Crushed Under a Falling Hullding.
East Liverpool, O., Dec. 7. Herbert Mc
Cracken. contractor, Phil Brickey, carpen
ter, and G. 11. Hairnes, carpenter, were terri
bly mangled by the fallingof the now street
car building at Salem, O., this morning,
about 10 o'clock. Tho entire structure col
lapsed, and the men wero taken out of the
ruins insensible, and bleeding at the nose
mouth and ears. All are injured intcmall,
and it is thought fatally.
Ilurglars Sentenced.
Euecial to the Iniluinaxoh Journal.
Marion', Ind., Dec. 7. This morning
John Leisure and William Eastes pleaded
guilty to burglarizing Edward Barrett's
store at Sav.zee, last Monday night.
Leisure was sentenced to two 3'ears in
prison and Eastes to sixty days in jail. .
Was Unconscious Three Months.
ie-ial to the Iml:anaiolU Journal.
Peru, Ind. Dec. 7, Mrs. Josephine Buck
ley, an estimable and well-kuown lady,
died here to-day from the eilects of being
thrown by a runaway team in September
last, since which time consciousness never
came.
neavily Sentenced for Attacking the Mayor.
Hillsboro. 111.. Dec. 7. Harry Frauk
lin, a Western desperado, who, one night
recently, assaulted and attempted to rob
Mayor Wilton, of Litchfield, was. in the
Circuit Court, yesterday, sentenced to
twenty-four years in the penitentiary.
Imprisoned Twenty-Four Years for Stealing.
Dkcatuk, 111., Dee. 7. Zeb Kennard, con
victed of horse-stealing, was yesterdays
sentenced at Suilivan, 111., to twenty-four
years in the penitentiary.
litre It I Again.
Cleveland Pla:n Dealer.
While hurrying through a Minding rain
storm a Cleveland young man saw an
inebriated individual clinging to a lamp-
post for dear life. "What are you doing m
the rain?" he asked, stopping a moment, i
"l z waitin fer nr honse to go by,"answered
the old soak. The gentleman kindly took
him by tho arm and escorted him home.
Once inside the door he turned round and
said: "Shay, misher, whaz yer name!"
"St. Paul." "St, Paul! Shas so? Shay,
Misher St, Paul, did y'ever git an answer
to skat epistle you wrote to theEphesiansl"
A GENUINE WESTERN KICKER.
Actual Paragraphs from a Real Newspaper
In the State of Washington.
Kent Advertiser.
Mrs. Maplehue (sweet little creature) in
forms us that we made a misdeal last week
when we used the phrase, "from text to
doxology." .She says that in every preach
ery whero a fly dominie runs the bank the
latest improvements in worship are worked'
and the doxology precedes the text. The
fact is that wo rely upon our wife for point
ers in theso matters, and sho admits that
Mrs. Maplehuemade a winning on that bet,
and that tho doxology is always dealt out
before the text is turned. The mistake was
one for which our wife was to blame, as sho
could have taken pride in giving us the
straight tip. Her neglect looks too much
like ringing a cold deck on a sucker; but,
as we are the editor, we cheerfully forfeit
our chips and do not squeal. Wo -admit
that we are to blame. When we used to
keep cases at a gospel joint the game wasn't
played that way; but we will never drop
any more boodle on that card.
We have been in town only ten days, and
already our warm friend Splog Magin, the
veteran mixer of the-whole-in-the-dark-sa-loon.
intimates that it is time for us to
whack up and give our score on his books
a blight. We would like to inquire if this
is the usual practice in this community!
We have done the-whole-in-the-dark honor
to imbibo at its bar the greater portion of
the elixir that we have absorbed since our
arrival. It requires inspiration to fit me to
illuminate and enlighten a community; if
Splog Magin hesitates to supply the
inspiring elixir we shall either
transfer our patronage and saturate
our system elsewhere, or we shall decline
to illuminate and enlighten the community.
We will certainly not submit to be bull
dozed by Mr. Splog, Magin's duns, or even
annoyed by his hints. We are destitute of
wealth; but we are heeled with gilt-edged
dignity, and wo will maintain our dignity
untarnished.
Mr. Van de Vanter, pater, passes the hat
at church with such a patriarchal dignity,
such a persuasive, powerful, solemn, silent
smile that you run your arm down among
your duds and dig up a quarter when you
intended to donate a dime; aud as it drops
from your fingers you retlect: "There goes
three good, comfortable smokes!"
GENEROSITY PAID.
A Nice Little Incident in Regard to the New
Justice.
Philadelphia Tress.
There is an interesting little incident con
nected with the appointment of Judge
Brewer to bo associate justice of tho Su
premo Court. A week ago tho President in
formed one of tho Michigan Senators that
the contest had narrowed down to two
Judge Brown, of Michgan, and ono other
person. Ho did not say who that other per
son was. This Michigan Senator's col
league went to tho White House, and
learned that Judge Brewer would probably
be appointed.
Michigan, which is in tho Sixth judicial
circuit, had two candidates Judge Brown
and Alfred Russell. Senator Stockbridge
favored Judge Brown. Senator McMillan
was backing Mr. Russell Upon being told
that Mr. Russell's appointment was out of
the question, both Michigan Senators in
dorsed Judge Brown, and were exceedingly
hopeful that he would be honored.
President Harrison was in a dilemma.
Judges Brown and Brewer were equal
favorites with him. and their qualifications
seemed about equal also. Then it happened
that a letter that Judge Brewer wrote to
one of his friends in Washington turned
the scale in his favor. In this letter, which
fortunately found its way. to the White
Houso, Judge Brewer stated that he and
Judge Brown wero old schoolmates and
college chums, and if he, as a candidate for
the Supreme Court justiceship, stood in
the way of tho advancement of his old
friend, he desired to retire from tho field.
The act of magnanimity, so unusual in tho
strife for political office, struck tho Presi
dent most favorably, and probably turned
his mind delinitely-in tho direction of
Judge Brewer. The Michigan Senators
aro naturally disappointed, having had the
prize almost in their grasp, and thej- feel
quite confident that Judge Brown is the
coming man for the next vacancy iu tho
court. .
THEY WERE FIRST COUSINS. .
Hut They Knew Nothing About the Law
Forbidding Their Marriage.
St. Louis Post-Dlspatch.-
A man about thirty years of age leading
a lady about the same ago entered the marriage-license
office at the court-house
about noon to-day. and asked for a license.
The jnan gave his namo as Henry W.
Grover, of Vigo county. Indiana, and the
lady- said her namo was Lu
cmda Beecher, of the same coun
ty and State. Clerk Harmann
tilled out the application and both swore
to the truthfulness of the statements made
and signed their names. Mr. Harmann
then filled out the license and just as he
finished it occurred to him that the couple
might bo relatives coming from the same
county and State.
"Perhaps you might be cousins!" he said.
The young man said they were cousins
second cousins. Mr. Harmann began ex
plaining the law recently passed by tho
Legislature regarding the marriage of first
cousins, telling them that if they were first
cousins, and secured a license, and were
married on tho false statement that they
were second cousins, or no relation what
ever, the marriage would be illegal and void
in the eyes of tho law; that no joint trans
action would hold in law. and
the names of their children
conld be assailed. When tho clerk
had finished, the young man said that the
lady was his first cousin and that he had
been courting her soveral years, but he
knew nothing about the law relating to tho
marriage of cousins. He then asked if a
license could be obtained in any of the
neighboring States where there was no law
against the marriee of first cousins. The
clerK told him ho could secure a license in
Arkansas or Nebraska, and the couple
passed out slowly aud sadly, saying they
would get married if they had to go to
Mexico for a legal permit.
Republican Abuse of the President.
Winchester Herald.
A good many Republican newspapers are
now engaged in abusing President Harri
son. This not the right spirit. Criticism
is all right, but abuse is wholly out of
place. If a moro honest, failthful. con
scientious man ever sat 'in the
White Houso we don't who he
was. If Republicans don't mean
what they say in their platforms, they aro
dishonest. They put civil service into their
platform of principles and now they must
stand by it. President Harrison has no
whero else to look to. Ho must bo guided
by tho principles upon which he
fought and succeeded. Now is a
poor time to show a 6or toe about
something wo all indorsed in campaign
time. When General Harrison was ex
pressing the principles of our party in his
splendid speeches at Indianapolis'we all
fehonted "amen' at the top of our voices,
and wero too well pleased to talk about
it. Has ho violated anjr ' of these
since? Has ho been ungrateful,
keeping in mind the public good?
If not, why all this fuss? True, all are not
satistied in regard to appointments, but
has the great aggrcsive party of this coun
try descended to a low and growling squab
ble for spoils? Is it an "organized appe
tite!" If so, it is wrongtonominaton high
toned, firm-principled man like President
Harrison, for ho never .strikes his colors.
An Unpleasunt Custom.
The Epoch.
"Mamma," said Miss Penelope Waldo, of
Boston, "1 don't like this Mr. Breezy from
the West, whom we met last night. ' He is
extremely uncouth."
"Howl" inquired tho old lady.
"We were discussing horseback riding
and ho said that he rarely used the saddle
and rode bare-back on almost all occasions.
Of course one cau dispense with a haddlo
if he wishes, but for anybody to ride about
in his bare back is unnecessarily Western."
The old lady thought so, too.
Consolation for Republicans.
Life
Democrat This has been a pretty hard
year for the Republicans in the United
States.
Republican Yes; but we carried Brazil.
STItENOTU OF THE CHINESE ARMY.
Theoretically Is a Million MenHistory
' ami Organization.
London Times.
With regard to the military organization
and resources of China much might be
written, but, to summarize the chief facts,
it may be said that the military organiza
tions on paper is only slightly less elaborate
than the civil administration, and that the
Emperor controls forces of neatly 1,000,000
armed men only, to a large degroe, tho
arms are out of date and the men untrained.
Although events have compelled the au
thorities to show greater activity, and to
increase the number of troops by the forma
tion of fresh corps, uch as Li Hung
Chang's trained regiments and the garri
sons in Manchuria and Central Asia, the
division of the army remains unchanged,
and goes back to the date of the Manchu
conquest, when it became neces
sary to organize the permanent
forces of tho Empire. They wore
then divided into Miree separate
bodies, composed of thf jes to which they
belonged Manchu. M; -gol and Chinese.
The Manchus number 6.8 companies, of 100
men each, or nearly 70,000 fighting men.
Tho Mongols furnish about 80,000 men; and
the two combined give what hps been gen
erally called the Tartar army. The Chinese,
or Green-flag, army numbers between C00,
000 and 700,000 men, but no attempt has yet
been made to organize this f orco for modern
war. China is strong in rtumbers. even
with respect to her army, which has always
been relegated to an inferior position in her
community, priding itself on the pre-eminence
of the educated civilian, but she is
lamentably deficient in organization.
Of late years strenuous efforts have been
made to render efficient those portions of
the Chinese army which are intrusted with
duties that are considered of exceptional
importance. The army of Li Hung Chang,
garrisoning the metropolitan province of
Pechihli, has for twenty years been sub
jected to a stricter discipline than the rest,
caused as much by Li's experience of war,
gained against the Taepiug rebels in co
operation with General Gordon, as by the
desire to ""save the capital. This force,
known as the model corps, or Black Flag
army, numbers about 50,000 men, and is in-,
trusted with the special duty of garrison
ing Port Arthur, the forts at Taku, and on
the Peiho and Tieutsin. If China possesses
such a thing as an efficient corps d'armee it
is to be found in this lorce, which is mainly
recruited from the Chinese population.
The men are well armed, and there are
many foreign instructors, among whom
Germans are the most numerous, fhelato
General Prjevalsky was skeptical of the
military value even of this force, but other
and equally competent critics entertain no
doubt that it is a fairly efficient body of
troops, and that the work to be done
namely, the defense of forts is peculiarly
suited to them.'
The garrison of Pekin is still composed
exclusively of the Tartar or Banner army.
Tho Pekin field force is always commanded
by a Manchu of high rank, and latterly
it was under tho personal orders of Prince
Chun himself. Tho organization of this
force is backward, and only feeble attempts
have been made to bring up its armament
to the exigences of juodern war. On the
other hand, the rawinaterial is the best in
China. It consists of the elite of tho Man
chu aud Mongol Banners, men of line
physique, who, unlike the Chinese, believe
the sword is better than the pen,
and that conrage is better than chicane.
If their training were taken seriously in
hand, China would possess in her north
ern province an army which could safe
guard Pekin against any conceivable in
vasion. Greater progress has been made
with regard to the Tartar army garfison
ing the all-important province of Man
churia. Twenty years ago the garrison of
that part of the empire "consisted of the
tribal levies armed with bows and arrows
and spears. A fiiirt-lock appeared an en
gine of destruction. To-day there are
nearly 200,000 Bannerineh on the rolls in
Manchuria alone, and of these it is stated
that one-third are armed with Winchester
and other rifles, and are performing garri
son duties at Moukden. Kirin, and on tho
Ussuri. It is not contended that these
troops are yet as carefully trained as tho
model corps of I J, but they probably pos
sess superior fighting qualities.
Leaving a wide margin for exaggeration
there is the important fact that China now
has ono strong army to defend her capital
against attack from the sea, and another to
oppose any assault by land from tho
Amour and Russian Manchuria. This
really means a complete revolution in
dhe military position of China.
Prince Wang considers that the system
of military competitive examinations
should bo wholly altered. Tho present
dynasty owes its existence to the practice
of archery, but the conditions of warfare
have greatly altered, and in place of the
bow and arrow we have the iron sword
and the terrible cannon, so that reliance
can no longer be placed upon antiquated
weapons. In Western countries, savs Wang.
.every man from the princo down to tho
humblest person learns trp art of us
'ing fire-arms; and joven foreigners in China
practice rille shooting periodically. In
this manner they become skilled marks
men and formidable soldiers. He recom
mends, therefore, that in the military ex
aminations, in addition to the practice
with the bow and arrow, lifting stones and
other heavy weights, the competitors be re
quired to shoot at a target with a rille, and
that gjeat honor bo bestowed upon the best
marksman. The successful competitor
should then be appointed to teach rillo
shooting to townspeople and others in the
neighborhoad of his home, so that all the
people may eventually understand the ac
curate use of fire-arms, and ho proposes that
a decree should be issued that promotion
jn the army should in future depenuVupon
the skilled use of fire-arms.
A LITERAL, DUEL TO THE HEATH.
The Principals Drew Lots and One Swal
lowed a Prussic Acid PilL
Boston Transcript.
A duel which occasioned a great sensa
tion at the time of its occurrence was one
between Henri Delagrave and Alphonse
Riviere, the cause being the success of tho
former in wooing a young lady to whom
they wero both attached. Riviere in
sulted his successful rival by slapping him
. on the cheek in a gaming saloon, and it was
agreed that a duel should take place, in
which the life of one should be ended. The
details were left to their seconds to ar
range, and, until they faced one another
upon the field, neither of the young men
knew in what form they were to brave
death. The following morning four men
met in a quiet wood. They were Riviere,
with M. Savalle, his second, and Delagrave.
who was accompanied by a doctor named
Rocquet. " Tho latter informed the rivals
that M. Savalle and himself had arrived at
the decision that in order to secure a fatal
result to one of the principals it would be
best to leave out of the question swords or
pistols aud to trust to the more sure action
of a deadly poison. As he spoke he drew
from his pocket a little box, in which lay
four black pellets, all exactly identical in
size and shape.
"In one of these," he said, "I have a suffi
cient quantity of prussic acid to cause the
almost instantaneous death of any one
who swallows it. Monsieur Savalle and I
will decide, by the toss of a coin, which of
you is to have first choice, and you shall al
ternately draw and swallow a pill until the
poison shows its eilects." While speaking
the last words, the doctor spun into the air
a glittering gold-piece, and, as it fell, Savalle
cried, "Tails." It fell with the headupper
most, and Savalle said, "The iirst choice is
yours. Monsieur Delagrave." The two
whose fate was contained in those innocent-looking
black balls had shown no
sign of trepidation while tho doctor ex
plained the awful preparations that he had
made for the death of one of them; and
Delagrave's face was perfectly impassive
as he selected and washed down with a
glass of claret one of the globules. "And
now, M. Riviere," said the doctor. Riviere
extended his hand and took a pill, which
he swallowed with as little appearance of
concern as his opponent. A minute passed,
two. three, and still the duelists stood mo
tionless. "It is your choice again, M.
Delagrave," said the doctor, "but this time
you must swallow the pill at the same in
stant that M. Riviere swallows the oue
you leave for him." Delagrave paused for
a nifyucnt, looking in silence at the two
balls that lay before him. The closest
scrutiny showed not the slightest difler
ence between then?; one was. harm
less, but in the other rested the
pall of eternity the silence and peace of
that sleep which knows no awakening in
this world. With a start, he drew his eves
from the box, aud, putting his finger and
thunio into it, drew forth one of tho re
maining pills. Riviere took the solitary
oue remaining, and loth men simultaneous
ly gulped down their fate. A few seconds
passed without any perceptible movement
on the part of either of them, aud then Ri
viere threw up his hands, aud, without a
sound, fell flat upon the grass. He turned
half round, gave one convulsive shudder.
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and, as his rival bent over him, breathed
his last. The fair cause of this awful
tragedy was so horrified at it that she re
fused to see Dela crave a gain, and the
memory of those few minutes weighed so
heavily upon him that ho followed Riviere
to tne grave in a tew montns time.
TITE CAT SAVED THE TRAIN.
How It, Was Done, as Related by tho Young
Fireman.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
As the train was about to pull out of the
Broad-street station I recognized an old
friend in the engineer. He nodded to ine
and I- jumped into the cab. Dick and I
shook hands and he introduced mo to his
tireman. a young fellow with large, truth
ful, honest eyes, and the most innocent
looking face I ever saw. Perched on the
seat was a huge black cat. ugly, scraggy,
and with a ground plan of fur that looked
like a'railroad map, it was so plowed and
cut up. Naturally I noticed the cat and
asked what it was doing there.
'That's a wonderful cat." euiid the youth
ful tireman, "and thereby hangs a tale.
Do you want it!''
Of course."
"Well, about a week ago we Dick and
me were making the run between Phila
delphia and Trenton. It was a dirty, black
night cold and a driving rain, and we
were that is, Dick was behind time, and
we were that is, Dick was making her
hum for all she was worth. We tUat is,
Dick had a clear track and the right of
way. A few feet ahead of the pilot it was
as black as nothing. We were driving into
chaos at tho rato of sixty miles an hour. I
could not help thinking that if we ran into
anytning we'd know more about the other
world than was ever written in books, and
1 said a little prayer that I learned in Kun-daj'-school.
The prayer didn't seem to do
me much good, and I asked Dick if it was
necessary to run so fast. Dick gave me a
look of mild contempt, and then I got on
my dignity and felt as if I'd rather like to
strike something just to change that look
of Dick's to one of surprise. This was
wicked. I knew, but I couldn't help it.
'Suddenly there was an awful crash
directly in front of me, a splintering of
glass in the cab window, and this cat came
tumbling in. My heart got right up in ray
throat and I thought I'd choke. 1 saw
Dick turn pale, aud terrified as I was, I re
member being glad at it. He didn't lose
his bead, though Dick never docs but re
versed the machine, and when the train
was stopped we that is, Dick got, out to
investigate. And what do vou think!
There was a rail misplaced within a dozen
fee of where we had stopped. The gag
man ut the. switch had seen it andnad
stationed himself up tho track to signal us.
He had a pet cat, which followed him
wberever he went. The cat was with him,
as usual. When ho heard us thundering
down upon him his lantern went out. He
laid it down to relight it; a gust of wind
caught it and it rolled down the embank
ment. Here was a state of things. Tho
liagman was quick to act, however, and
grabbing his faithful cat by the tail ho
hurled it at the cab as we rattled by. Here
is tho cat that saved our train. Didn't you.
Danger
The cat humped its ugly back in recogni
tion, and I looked at the frank, innocent
face of tne boy. Ho returned tho look with
wide-open truthful eyes.
"Shades of Mount Vernon! What a liar
that fellow in," said Dick, to a man in a
whisper. He has the reputation of being
the biggest liar on the road. He'd finish
tirst in a race with Tom Ochiltree. That
cat story is the latest 'saved-tho-train' bus
iness. I saw him tishthat cat out of a ditch
two days ago."
BRUCE AND IIOGIE.
Tlie Former Reminds the Latter of the Time
lie Carried a Valise for Li I in.
TyO. Carpenter, In New York World.
Another polite man among the leading
colored citizens of this country is Blanche
K. Hruce, who is now spoken of ns the pos
sible recorder of deeds for tho Distiict of
Columbia. As Register of the Treasury
Bruce was looked upon as the inost polite
man in the department, and ho made him
self popular even with some of the aristo
cratic, blue-blooded Southern ladies who
held oflice under him. In the Senate he
took his stand with such dignity that even
the Southern members respected him He
is not ashamed of his boyhood, and
his present position recalls the story
of his . Iirst interview with Senator
Itogie, of Missouri, during his term in the
United States Senate. Senator Rogie was
at iirst inclined to look down upon Hruce.
He did not think that the colored man has
any rights that tho whito man is bound to.
respect, and for a long time did not speak'
to liruce. He found after a time that Bruce
was a member of a committee which had
matters in charge in which he (Bogie) was
interested, and he found it to his interest
to make friends. He stepped up to Senator
Bruce one day and introduced himself, and
asked the Senator whether he could not
have a certain bill made special for consid
eration by the committee. Senator Bruce
replied that he would see to it at once, and
Bogie said, on leaving, that ho was very
glad to make Brcce's acquaintance.
"But," said Senator Bruce, "Senator Bo
gie, this is not the first time you have met
me. I had a chance to do a favor for you
in times past.
"Indeed," replied Senator Bogie, almost
hotly, "are you not mistaken! When, pray,
did you do a favor for me!"
"It was. Senator," responded Bruce,
"when you wero Lieutenant-governor of
Missouri and 1 was an unknown colored
boy on tho streets of St. Louis. Vou were
in a hurry to catch the boat and you
handed me your satchel to carry. I ran
along with you. carrying it to the boat,
but the plank wafrbeing taken in when we
reached the wharf and you had just time to
jump on board. Yon 3'elled to mo to throw
tho valise and I halloed out to vou to throw
the quarter which you had promised me.
You did throw the quarter and I got it, bnt
by this time the boat had got too far away
forme to swing the valise on board, and
the boat had to come back after it."
A Terrible MlsuudcntamlJng.
The Epoch.
A young man on his way homo from the
theater was ro displeased with a certain
actorthathe told his girl, who is a tritie hard
of hearing, that the certain actor referred
to knew about as much about acting as an
oyster.
But she misunderstood him altogether.
"Oysters, Oeorgef" she said, "isn't it
rather latn in the season for oysters! But
I wouldn't mind a little French cream."
Insufficient 1'unUliment.
Merchant Traveler.
"Micky, phwat in the wnrruldis Dinny
Dolan doin' with a black evef" "Has he
been over here, mother!'' "Indade he has;
him, an his father an' his mother, and tho
whole family of thim, barriu' the goat."
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CLOAKS .
Illinois Street.
"Well, I hit him because he said that I was
so ignorant that oi couldn't read anvthing
ence. So yo are icnorant, and ye'dno busi
ness strikin' the bV furtellin thq troot on
yez." "But he 6aid oi took afther mo
mother." "Did he sir that! An' was it
.only wan of his eyes that ye blacked!"
WOMEN WHO FENCE.
Well-Known Ladles Who Are Experts In
the Ue of the Foils.
New York Letter in Chicago Newt.
Fencing.is the fad of the young woman,
this winter.. The Fencing Club gives up
two mornings in tho week to their classes
there are classes in the Ladies' Athletic
Clul) and all the fencing-masters have
private classes of from three to twentr
women. Louis Senac is the greatest fen
cer in this country, perhaps, and has a fe
malo fencer as his assistant. When Mrs.
Laugtry found herself being driven from
the stage by increasing avoirdupois she
went , to Senac aud begged him
to rescue her. He put a foil
in her hand, took oiT twenty pounds
of her flesh, and made her oue of the best
femalo fencers that ever held a 6word. Sh'a
has a magnificent physiqne, muscles sound
and strong, tirui llesh and considerable agil
ity, and she learned to handle steel like a
master. A largo photograph of her, in fenc
ing dress, hangs over tho mantelpiece. It
consists of a pair of trousers gat hered to the
knee, so full that they 6erveall the modest
purposes of a skirt; a heavy jersey, such as
the fishermen of her native island wear,
and which she herself first introduced to
the fashionable world. It goes ou
over the head and has no opening.
A long pair of , ribbed stockings
and low fencing-shoes complete tho
dress. Sho stands . in the first xo
sition, her foil en garde, and with her matt
lying beside her.
Mrs. Potter fenced with Senac, and her
picture is tore, too: but Mrs. 1'otter wore
Turkish trousers and a skirt that merely
escaped the ankles and was slit up the
side. She was not plump enough to show
her limbs to the knee. She is too languid
in temperment to make a good fencer, but
worked hard at it and improved herhealth.
John Drew, of Daly's company, is one of
tho best amateur masters of tho sword in
America, and is Senac's favorite pupiL Ho
is quick as a Hash, light, agile and keen of
eye. Several times last winter ho took
part in amateur fencing bouts for which
prizes were otlered, and always camo otf
winner. Rachel Sherman, the old General's,
pretty, red-haired daughter, is a beautiful
fencer, aud has a lieu re as tine as a
thoroughbred horse. For -two years she
was a martyr to sciatica, and finally her
ph3'sician recommended fencing as a cure.
It was agony at first, but sho persisted un
til sho becamo a brilliant swordswoman,
aud tho disease was gone.
AMERICAN NEW.si'ArERS.
The Ex-Mini ster to England Is Not ri eaeI
w ith the Character of a Majority of Them.
EL J. rhelps. in December 8crihncr.
That wo are fortunate in the possession
of some newspapers, both in city and conn 1
try, which well discharge t heir proper oflice,
and are conducted with dignity, decorum,
ability and usefulness, all win concede.
But, as in the matter of books, tho ques
tion is, how many are of this stamp, aud
what relation do they bear to the whole!
And what aro the adjectives that properly
describo tho rest! Description, indeed, is
unnecessary, because the knowledge of it is
already notorious and universal, fso
thoughtful or educated perwon needs to be
told what are the qualities of the mass off
American newspapars, with the credit
able exceptions already referred to; whether
they are high or low in intellectual ability
and in tone, in what language they are
usually expressed, whether they seek to
enlighten and guide public opinion, or to
follow its worst aberrations and cater to
its lowest instincts; whether they at
tempt to discuss with fairness and can
dor the merits of controverted ques
tions, or whether they depend uion mis
representation of facts, upon cheap gibes,
and appeals to the meanest prejudices;
whether or not they observe the truth, re
spect private character and the decencies
of life; whether, in short, they serve, so far
as they go, to instruct, to improve, to ele
vate their readers, or only to delude and
debase them, are inquiries that thoughtful
men can answer from their own observa
tion. If they can be generally auswered
favorably, so much the better for the news
papers, and so much tho worse for those
who venture to question their character
and their iuliuence.
One thing, at least, must be generally ad
mittedthe newspapers have put an end to
all human privacy. There is no man so ob
scure. 60 unassuming, so utterly withdrawn
from the public eye and from all challenge
of popular attention, who has the right to a
concealment of any act, or fact, or word, or
thought of his own private life if it will
make an item, or, especially, if it bo one
from which, by any ini(jrepreteutatiou or
gloss, a sensational story can be made and
bold. Tho reporter is omniscient and omni
present The Weight of Drops.
6t liOUia Republic.
Boymond has lately published and inter
esting article on tho weight of drops. It is
well known that the weight depends upon
the exterior diameter of the droppiuc tube,
thoiuterior diameter havinc no iuliuence
except on the velocity of the llow. The
nature of the liquid determines the weight,
whatever may be the proportion of the dis
solved material it may contain. Boymond
used a dropper of one-eighth of an inch di
ameter, and determined the wcicht by a
vory delicate balance. The mean of his re
sults gave: For V graiusof dit-illed water,
JO dror.s: alcohol of m degress. M drops; al
coholic tinctures from fo to IU degrees, 53 to
Cl drops; ethoral tiucture, dropa; fatty
oils, about drops; violate oil, .V) drops;
aqueous solutions, whether diluted or sat
urated, '20 drops: wine. :u to 5 drsps, and
laudanum, about to IZ drops.
A l'olnt iu lluftton Etiquette.
Boston Courier. .
It is always well to bo instructed in mat
ters of social etiquetto, and the remark
which Mrs. A., one of the leaders of Boston
society was overheard making to a young
friend recently is admirably instructive.
"Do you know Mr. S.!" homebody asked
the young lady, speaking of a man just then
the fashion of the moment.
"Oh, yes," she replied. "I have known
him for years."
"My dear," Mrs. A. said, tho moment sho
had an opportunity of speaking to the
other side, "you must not say you have
known Mr. S. for years. obody could
have known him beforw last winter, for he
wasn't taken up till then.
At Kit's Har&aiarllla 1 a perfect cure for crof
ulu, that dreaded taint in the human, fcj
BROS
uut iuv icu iaiui miaciicus out, ami oi
couldn't evu read them if oi didn't lenrn
them off In heart hefnrehnml." ''Vn ilitf.