VARIETY THE SPICE OF LIFE. And the Versatile Nebraska Editor's Ex istence Is Highly Season oil. From the Lincoln Jonrnal "As we pen these lines." wrote the able edi tor. "oor eyes are rivers of tear*, and our soul is fraught with poignant woe. A gentle, lu minous star that shone more lustrous than all the stars about her. has died out. and is dead forever. Gladys Swivelhnrst?Gladys.the beau tiful, the young, is dead." At this juncture the foreman entered the able editor's room, and informed him that a short item was necessary to fill the last col umn on the second page, and the editor wrote this: "We must have money to carry on oar busi ness. Several hundreds of dollars are due us, and if they are not forthcoming imrat diatelv the accounts will be placed in the hands of a collector." Having dashed this off. he continued the arti cle about the dead one: '?Her life and death reminds me of the short but beautiful existence of the flower: born un der smiling skies, nourished by gentle breezes; only to be cut off by the pitiless wind from the north. It seems like an unhallowed dream? that Gladys is dead, but she is doubly dead, in that she died so young." Here he was called to the telephone, and was instructed by the manager of the Brokeslate coal company, to write and print a short read ing notice for that corporation, and he at once compiled this: "Every man's house should be his palace, nnd ? palace would be very uncomfortable without warmth. The prudent man will order his coal from the Brokeslate coal company. This coal is free from dirt, dust and clink.-rs. It burns freely and gives great heat. Purchasers will always receive full weight, and having used this coal once will buy no other." Then the death notice was continued: '?It was in the morning of th" wedding day: the golden glow of the sunlight, streaming into her chamber, seemed a promise of a life of happiness to come; but. ere the shadows of the evening had fallen upon Jhe brown earth, the deeper and colder shadows of death dimmed those tender eyes, left tlio damp upon her beautiful brow, and all was over." Here a messenger boy handed him a note. He read it, and taking another sheet of paper, toon sent the following to the printers: "James Cobbleton tells a good joke on Andy 3hellhom. For several nights the latter hacl been annoyed by cattle which broke into his vard. causing general havoc. At last, enraged beyond endurance, he bought a gun, and. hear ing the usual racket in the garden about mid night. he openeil the window of his room and blazed away. In the morning he found that he had shot one of his own cows, which had broken from the stable and wandered into the yard. The laugh is on Andy?" He again resumed the obituary: ??We have watched this young girl grow from childhood to young and glorious womanhood. We have watched her when she went by like a sunbeam, and marvelled at her beauty: and to day we see the bridal robes substituted by the clinging cerements of death, and our tears seem drops of blood ebbing from a crushed and anguished heart." When this was written a reporter entered - the room and handed him a murked copv of a local contemporary, after reading which he rapidly penned the following: "The scnrrillous dish r^g which is published in an obscure alley of this town by a lop-eared 1 leper who spends his evenings trying to wash the tar off his body with benzine, says that we } received #50 for supporting Gen. Strutover for the office of constable. It is scarcely worth while for lis to brand thi- as an infamous lie I which would make Ananias green with envv. were it not for the fact that there are people who do not know the true character of the moral and physical wreck making the charge. We do brand it as a lie. therefore, and as a lie we will cram it down the craven throat of the degenerate coward who uttered it." The obituary was then taken up again: '?In this, the dark hour of our sorrow, we have the sweet consolation of knowing that the gentle Gladys, too lovely for the harsh blasts ind tempests of earth, is now where the tear sever falls, where the sigh is never heard, where the footfalls of death never echo on the jasper streets. We can only hope in the nncer :ain future, when we too hare crossed the waters of the river of death, we can meet her there?there where the chorus swells forever, ind snowy pinions fan the perfumed air." Another telephone message, and the editor, taking a fresh slip of paper, scribbled this: "Genial Tom Breighton is going about town to-day with a broad smile, on account of a handsome boy baby who has taken up his abode in the house. Tom has the congratula tions of ye editor." Then he wrote the final sentences of the death notice: "This is indeed a sweet thought, yet we are itrieken with sorrow that in all the weary years to come we can hear her voice no more. But what avail words? We cannot speak the thonghts that surge through our brain; the tears fall from our eyes on the paper before tas. and the pen drops from our hand. Peace, eternal peace, to the ashes of her who is gone." The day's work was now done. "James." said the editor, wearily, to the re porter. "let us go over to Patsy Carder's sa loon and shake for the drinks." Gov. Hill's Inaugural Address. HE ALLUDES TO ELECTION CORRUPTION ASD RECOMMENDS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. In his inaugural address at Albany yesterday Gov. Hill touched on national topics, saying among things: "It is believed that the recent presidential election was the most corrupt of iny in the history of the country, so far as the direct use of money was concerned in induenc :ng the electors, and public sentiment is natu rally awakened to the desirability of some re lief. It is claimed that at least ??HC0.000 wi re expended in the twentieth aud twenty-fourth i congressional districts in this state in the ef- < forts made therein to elect congressmen and j to secure electors believed to be favorable to the policy of fostering private interests." After outlining' measures that might hare a good effect in securing purer elections if adopted, the governor utters a warning against attempt ing too much, lest nothing at all be done, lie also suggests that the legislature recommend to Congress the following amendments to the f Constitution of the United State*: That the term of office of the President and Vice-Presi dent be six years; that the President shall be ineligible for re-election: that the President shall immediately upon the expiration of his term become a member of the United States Senate for life, and receive an appropriate salary. This amendment shall apply to all living ex-Presidents. The governor also suggested a conference of state representatives, looking to the adoption of uniform marriage and divorce laws through out the country. She senate organized with the election of Hon. J. Sloat Fassett. republican, as president pro tem. and the house elected Fremont Cole, republican, speaker. A feature of the inaugural parade was the presence in line. 011 foot, of Bev. T. Dewitt Talmadge. who accompanied the thir teenth regiment, of Brooklyn. There is no doubt that an active politician tan be an honest man if he tries, but there is a serious question whether he can be an honest man and still keep on being an active poli tician.?Journal of Education. 'Tve been working like a horse all day." growled Fogle. as he sat down to the supper table with a look of gloom. Mrs. F. remarked very quietly, "I'm sorry to hear you say so, dear. Uor-cs. you know, never work unless they are driven."?Boston Transcript. John Butler, an aged Frenchman, living near Foxcroft, Me., who on Monday set tire to the buildings he occupied, killed his colt and goats, stabbed himself slightly four times, took Paris green and went into the woods, died Tuesday morning. Abner Prugh. born in Frederick county. Md., January 1, 1789, celebrated his one hundredth birthdav anniversary near Davton. Ohio. Tues day. with four generations of descendants rep resented. At Areola. Miss., there is a great deal of ex citement over the developments growing out of the burning of the residence of CoL Paxton. The fire was incendiary. Seven colored ser vants. five men and two women, have been ar rested. A rattling prize fight between Jimmy I.yddy, of Newark. N. J., and Sam Walker, of Brook lyn. at a Long Island resort yesterday morning, was ended by Lvddy fracturing his left wrist in the 5th round. A cocking main, consisting of nine battles, was fought between Sew York and Brooklyn birds near Orange, N.J.,Tnesday morning. The Brooklyn birds won the main on the ninth battle. The battles were for ?100 each, and (500 was staked on the main. The ovster-dredging vessels on trial at Cam bridge. Md.. were condemned to forfeiture for illegal dredging. Tne yards of the railroad at Lima. Ohio, are blockaded with freight trains which were run in after the strike of the yardmen Monday night. Yesterday the brakemen decided to back up the yardmen and refused to work, not withstanding that their wages were raised. The Chicago Theological seminary, an insti tution under the control of the Congregational church, begins the new vear with a gift of ?350.000. The last *l.aOO of the *300,000 re quired to secure the 950,000 of Mr. B. G. Peters, of Manistee, Mich., was pledged Monday after noon. FOOTSTEPS OF SCIENCE. What it Has Done During the Past Y ear. WOXPF-Brrr STRIDES IS ELECTRIC SCIENCE?I* PROVEXENTrt IN TELEPHONY. TKLEORAPHY, AND LIGHTING?PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS ADTAXCKS? THE LICK OBSERVATORY. From the Bo*V 11 Advertiser. Ah year after year takes it round science, in all its branch 's, is taking greater and greater ?tridea. Within the memory of many children now living, discoveries have been made stu pendons in their results. 80 wonderful, in deed. have been Home of theae remits that, even in later years, they wonld have been pro nounced impossible had some prophet presaged them. In Puritan days, certainly, an Edison or a Bell would have yielded up his life as a sorcerer. Of the advances which have been made in science during the past year the most notable, as well as those of the greatest practical utility, have been made by those who delve in the realm of electricity. The most important ad vance in electrical science or perhaps, should be said, in the practical utility, have been made by those who delve in the realm of electricity. The most important advance in electrical science or perhaps, should be said, in the prac ! tical adaptation of discoveries already made. 1 has been with the long-distance telephone. It has long been known and demonstrated that two persons, hundreds of miles apart, may con duct. over a complete circuit of wire, a conver sation perfectly audible to both parties. During the past year this idea has been so thoroughly developed that to-dav Boston is within easy sper.king distance of New York. Philadelphia. Buffalo, and Portland, and audi ble conversation.} with those distant points are curried on every day and hour iu the practical business affairs of life. The electrical world has also been moving in the way of new inventions in that subtle sci ence. Prof. Klisha Orav. of Chicago, of tele phone fame, has invented what is known as the ?'telautograph." By means of this ingenious invention the sender of a dispatch may, if he like, have it transmitted and recorded at the other end of the line in an exact facsimile of hischirograpliy. This invention is regarded as valuable by business men as affording a guarantee to the recipient of the authenticity of the message received. Through another ingenious invention the telephone girl at the central station is to be henceforth deprived of one of her most potent weapons. When the recording telephone be comes an appliance of actual daily use, she can 110 longer replv, "They don't answer," when yon are anxiously endeavoring to "geta connec tion." She simply switches you on to your friend's telephone, whether he answers- or not. and you talk away. If the man at the other end of the line is absent, the sound waves record your message upon a sensitive plate. When he return* he places his ear to the instrument, opens the switch andlistens. while thestored up message is repeated to hiiu by the skillfully concealed apparatus. Electricians, in the belief that the telegrnph ' as now used is but in its infancy, are constantlv ' at work endeavoring to devise means by which the expense of telegraphic communication may be lessened. Dr. J. H. Bogers. of Washington, D. C.. has perfected a system by which, for the purposes of telegraphy, the sounds of the En glish language are compressed into ten ele mentary characters. By means of this system, when it shall have been put iuto practical ope rations. the work now requiring ten wires mav be performed by a single wire. The question of multiplex telegraphy, also, has been so far solved that, through the me dium of the Delaney patents, sixteen messages may be sent each way over the same wire at the same time. By this improvement the ex mns of telegraphing by the method now in use will be reduced fully one-half. The perils of sub-marine diving are to be greatly lessened by means of an English in vention, made public during the past year. Tliis is nothing less than an arrangement for telephonic communication with the diver when at tin bottom. The instrument is ingeniously fitted to his helmit. and he is thus enabled to converse rendilv with those in the outer world. S >u?li America even is interested in devising new a;>plicances in electricity. It is said that Senor Pidrahial, of Bogota, lias invented a tele graph instrument, bv means of which mes saffes may be sent without the aid of batteries, and evt 11 without the usual insulators upon the posts, which have heretofore been regarded as indispensable. Be-ide these, there have been manv improve ments in the manufacture of dynamos, motors, accumulators and secondary generators, thus simplifying electric lighting and electric rail ways and putting into them a commercial and useful stage. Prof. Edison's phonograph hasalso been greatly improved and promises to be of commercial utility. At present scientists in New York are considering the best methods of car rying into effect the law establishing a death penalty by electricity in place of hanging. It is dith_-ult to understand, however, whv one method of taking human life is regarded as less barbarous than another. In photography the past year has seen no great discoveries or improvements, but a rapid advance in methods of detail. Early in the year the public heard much concerning com posite photography. A popular magazine con t :ned a lengthy illustrated arti-le upon the subject^ r.nd a well-known scientific publica tion contained an interesting account of some sncces.jful experiments of G. 8. Xotman, the Boston photographer, in his line of work. Mr. Xotman. however, is convinced that composite photography, from a scientific as well as a practical point of view, is valueless. While it is entirely possible to procure a photograph in which several persons shall unite as the sub ject. the last impression upon the plate will be the one whose characteristics will the most strongly predominate in the result. There fore Mr. Xotman argues a composite cannot be of value as combining the characteristics of all the subjects. There has been a great advance in the pro duction of artistic effects iu portrait photog raphy during the past year. Ttie effects of light and shade and the varied poses of the body are as carefully studied by the photog rapher as by the portrait painter, and some surprising and gratifying results are attained. The past year. too. has seen considerable ad vnn.-e in rapid photography. The methods, long known, of instantaneous photography have been applied to portrait work, and now the sitter finds the ordeal over when he im agines that it is but just begun. In this connection should be mentioned the experiments and discoveries concerning the movements of living beings, by the aid of pho tography, made by Mr. Muybridge. These creat d a profound sensation a'mong the worid of art and proved to the artist not only that photography is not to be regarded with scorn, but that many of the theories of motion hereto fore held by them are radically wrong. Amateur photography has* taken immense strides within the past year, not only in methods, but in the extent to which the fashion has reached. Some interest has also been ex cited iu the use of the flash light in instantane ous photography by night, although this method has not yet attained %uv practical utility. The semi-centennial of the photo graphic art is to be celebrated next summer. In astronomical science the most important 1 circumstance is the completion and erection of 1 the great Lick telescope on the Pacific coast. ' Cambridge has the honor of having made the lens for this magnificent instrument, the lai gest iu the world. A large observatory has alac. been completed in Vienna. The annual report of the Harvard observa tory was published in the Adeertia-r of Moudav, December 17. During the year two solar eclipses occurred, one Januarv *23 and the other July 22. On the first-named dates valuable ob servations were made, but on the second clouds j ! prevented successful observations. During the ' i year nine asteroids and five comets have been I | discovered. Koine valuable observations were ! also made bv Miss Byrd. teacher of astronomy | at Smith college, and Miss Whitney, professor | 1 of astronomy at Vassar. in determining the | I exact difference in longitude between Cam bridge and Northampton. No great discoveries have been made, however, during the vear in | astronomic science. Science has met with two great losses during the year in the deaths of Prof. 8. F. Baird, ! director of the Smithsonian Institution. Wash ington. D. C., and Prof. Asa Gray, of Harvard j university. ?s? A Man with a Double Heart.?A Trenton, N. J.. special to the Philadelphia /Ves* Bavs: The Mercer county Medical society devoted the better part of its session this afternoon to an examination of William King, the colored minstrel who has the reputation of having two hearts. The colored man is about forty-flve years of age. and has been an old traveler. The examination proved that he has a divided heart such as is found in the lower animal king dom. The heart beats are perceptible on both sides, excepting that the sound is less per ceptible on the right than on the left He claipis to be able to drop his ribs like a set of reaction blinds, but this was detected to be caused by his control of the oblique, transverse and rrctus muscles. He claims that he can change the locality of his double hearts, but this was pronounced a piece of jugglery, the result of long practice. He caused his'pulse on his temple to ceaae beatiing for a period of | sixty seconds and the physicians pronounced it , a successful effort. King is now in the county , jail for being drunk and disorderly. ??? The Delaware legislature convened yester day. the republicans organizing the house in accordance with the action of their caucus. The democrats organized the senate. TIIE HOLE IX THE WALL. What Led to the Origin of the Senate Restaurant. Interview with Ctpt. Bwsett in the Ohio St?t? Journal. "Tell roe about that hole in the wall." "Well, it was one of the famous institutions of our early days. I'll give yon a full history of it?something that has neTer been told in print. It had its origin in ham and bread. One of the Senators suggested to John Beall. who was sergeant-at-arms a why back in the thirties, that it would be a good thing to have a little luncheon set near by the hall, where hungry Senators could run out and get a bite to eat. So Beall's wife boiled hams and made bread and Beall brought them down and set them up in a little circular room just north of the rotunda and on the east side of the corridor. Soon he added pickles, nuts, salads and such little delicacies, and the place became very i>opnl?r. Tnen somebody suggested to Beali that there ought to be a bottle of whisky there, and after the whisky had been procured there came a de mand for gin. rum. brandy, wine and all sorts of things. In a little while the place became a regular saloon. There was no bar. of course, not even a sideboard, the bottles and demijohns being set in rows on the shelves. For a long tune the Senators used to go in there and help themselves to whatever they wanted.and the ex pense was run in under the contingent account, as horse hire or something like that. After a time the stock got so large and popular that it was no uncommon thing to see a dozen Senators and their friend* in there drinking and having good times. The little room, not more than twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, and tnking its name from the fact that it was simply a hole in the wall, lighted only by one window, was often badly crowded, and a good deal of confuaioL resulted in the arrangement of the stock, so that the Senator who had a favorite brand of liquor had much trouble in finding it. Thns it became necessary to put a man in charge, and after a time the expense became so great that it was not easy to work it off in the contingent account. Then the Senators were required to pay for what they got, and after this was done the popularity of the -Hole in the Wall" fell off very rapidly. But it was kept up till some vears after the Senate moved into its present chamber in 1859. It is a good thing. I'm thinking, that the walls of that dark little room are dumb!" mm* ? Don't Lean Against Iron Posts. THE DANGER TO LIFE BY THE GENERAL C8E OF ELECTRIC WIRES. From the New York Mail and Express. I was talking to Dr. Norvin Green, the presi dent of the Western Union telegraph company, the other day, about the iron posts erected by the electric light companies, whenever they have to replace one of the wooden poles now in use. One of the companies in question has refused to put up any such posts, for the reason that they would constitute, at night, a constant menace to the lives of the men whose business it is to make repairs and adjust breakages in the case of a lamp refusing to give its cus tomary illumination. Dr. Green confirmed the justness of this position in the mat ter, and said that if it should happen that the electric light wires were insufficiently insulated and an iron post were used, a man on the street leaning up against the posts would in all probobility receive a shock that would strike him to the ground. Even in the case of wooden poles a workman is very careful not to touch electric light wires, because the current is so strong that it would probably knock him off the post, although the wood furnishes 110 conductor to complete the circuit with the ground. With an iron post the circuit would be completed and the man would suffer death. The calculation is made that telegraph wires carry a current one hundred times stronger than telephone wires, and that the current of electric light wires is one hundred times stronger than that of telegraph wires. Speaking of insulators Dr. Green said that during the war it was quite common to string the wires around the trees without any attempt to insulate outside of such insulation as the wood furnished. When it was wet the current, of course, ran off and telegraphing came to a tempornry standstill. The most curious insu lators Dr. Green ever heard of were put up down in Texas. A fellow put up 150 miles of wire, which he had stolen somewhere in Ten nessee. and he provided the trees or poles with cows' horns and strung the wires along on these novel affairs, and they served very well. ??? The American Woman. * AX o" hell's latest comments on her and her DRESS. From the Forum. In the large cities of the east the first thing that caught my attention was the thinness of the men and the plumpness of the women. This seemed to hint that the former lived in a furnace of activity and the latter in cotton wool. This impression soon deepened into a conviction. The more I saw of these large cities and the brilliancy, wit, and refinement of society in them, the plainer it became to me that if America had thus early rivaled the older nations of Kurope in all the elegincies of fash ionable life it was because of its treatment of woman. It seemed to me that her lot was as near to being perfection as an earthly lot could be. A respect amounting to reverence is shown for her. and it appears to be the chief aim of her protectors to surround her with luxury and make her path through life a sunny one. So far as adding to her mental and physical grace goes, this plan of making every woman an uncrowned queen has answered completely. Seeing her high position she has set herself at work to fill it becomingly: and it is the culti vation of America's daughters, it is their charming independence anu a consciousness of thei* power that make them so attractive and I render American society so delightful to the stranger. In their treatment of woman tne j Americans might give more than one lesson to men of the old world, even to the Frenchman who. in the matter of politeness, lives a good deal. I am afraid, on the reputation of his an cestors. The respect for woman in America seemed to me to be perfectly disinterested, purely platonic. In France, this respect almost always borders on gallantry. A Frenchman will "always stand back to let a woman pass, but he will generally profit by the occasion to take a good look at her. If an outsider be competent to form an opinion. I venture to say that the American woman does not render to a man a tithe of the devotion she receives from him. The French wife repays a husband's devotion by protecting iiis interest; an American one too often rep:iys it by breaking into his capital. But Jonathan complains not. To him it is only seemly that ?'beauty should go beautifully." It one fortune goes, he sets to work to make another, and the sweat of his brow is soon crystallizing once more upon the neck and arms of his beloved womankind in the form of diamonds. The dress of American women must be a considerable item in the expenditure of the country. They dress well on all occasions and portent tres bien la toilette; but they have yet to learn the highest effect in dress?a com mingling of simplicity and elegance. To see the street toilettes one would think that only the looms of Lyons and Genoa were capable of furnishing the material for a woman's gown; and in evening dress there is an apparently deep-rooted tendency to over-elaboration. It must strike Europeans as very droll to see ladies attired in low-necked ball dresses to re ceive afternoon callers, but I found the prac tice was universal. Afternoon teas being fre quently given to introduce a young girl into Bocietv. one could understand a little extra toi lette Wing thought necessary in her case (though in France a woman playing hostess carefully avoids eclipsing her guests); but it is not only the "bud," as she is called, who is in full war paint; it is the bud's mamma, or aunt, or both, in looking at whose bare necks I have often been inclined to exclaim: "Ladies, throw a veil over the past." There is something strikingly incongruous in this jostling of the white satin and tulle of the hostess with the street dress of the callers. The Mellen-Coolidge Conspiracy. DONAHUE, ONE OF THE CONSPIRATORS, WANTS *1.000. WHICH It ELLEN WAS TO HAVE PAIS HIM. A dispatch from Boston January 1 says: It will be remembered in connection with the notorious Mellen-Coolidge conspiracy, which was frustrated by the Boston police two years ago, that Adrian L. Mellen, of Baltimore, had given to John Bull (John Donahue) or de posited at the Revere House $1,000 to be given to Bull upon the happening of certain con tingencies. Soon after the exposure of the atrocious attempt on the life of young Mrs. Mellen the money was turned over to Clerk John P. Manning, of the superior criminal court, and was claimed by Bull. The latter, in the course of a few months, entered a suit in the civil sessions of the superior court con tending that he was entited to the money, as it was to he paid to him in consideration of his service in procuring evidence to be used in a divorce suit, which was to be instituted against Mrs. Mellen; that he had performed the ser vices and earned the compensation promised him. The suit was nol pressed. The money is awaiting a judicial order for its disposition. It was stated yesterday that Donahue is coming to Boston and promises to press his claim. Mellen is still oat of reach of the officers. Bradstreet's summary of failures in the United States shows the following comparison: Failures in 1888, 10,587, against 9,740 in 18S7 and 10,568 in 1886. FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. Peaceful speeches from leading European statesmen were notable features of the New Year receptions abroad. Herr Tisza, th? Hun garian premier, replying to liberal members who offered him congratulations, adopted a tone which increased the belief of Austrian military men that war is still beyond the bounds of the twelvemonth. Austrian and German watcher* of Russian preparations concur in de claring that Russia, in spite of her recent ef forts. continues in a state of military disorgan ization. Emperor Willinm made no reference to political affairs at his Sew Year reception to the diplomats, but in addressing a deputation to whom he gave audience he predicted that the year 1889 would be peaceful. President Carnot expressed hopes for a peaceful year. King Humbert, at Rome, declared it his earn est wish to preserve peace, and said he felt peace was assured for the year. Prince Bismarck's attack of neuralgic gout is abating, but he is unable to fix a date for coming to Berlin. The emperor and empress sent Prince Bismark costly Christmas gifts, the emperor in a long autograph letter expressing gratitude for Bismarck's services and hopes for his early recovery. The ailment of the czarina is said to be be coming like that from which her sister, the duchess of Cumberland, suffered several months age. and the family physician has ad vised the czar to summon Prof. Leidesdorf, who cured the duchess of Cumberland. Deputy La Guerre yesterday entertained Gen. Boulanger and a select party at dinner. Gen. Boulanger expresses himself as being sure thut he will win the seat for the depart ment of the Seine. Mr. Gladstone telegraphs as follows from Naples: "The TnbltCs version of my letter to the Marquis de Riso touching the position of the pope is untrustworthy. The statement that I recommend international arbitration upon the Roman question is incorrect under the present circumstances." An enormous landslide occurred yesterday at the mouth of the railway tunnel between St. Raphael and Cannes. France, and the line is blocked in consequence. No one is injured by the accident. Official statistics show that 238.000 strangers visited Vienna in 1888, including 5,000 Ameri cans. It is reported that Osman Digna hag 1,000 men and five guns at Handoub. The public prosecutor has served upon Prof. Geffckon an indictment for high treason for publishing extracts from the diary of Emperor Frederick. It is a voluminous document indi cating a long trial and the calling of numerous witnesses. The indictment traces the entire working life of Geffeken in trying to prove that he nas been a persistent enemy of German unity. The meeting of the socialist congress at Hninfeld has been marked by moderation in speeches and resolutions. A notable feature of the congress has been the denunciation of violence, open or secret, as a means of attain ing ends. The Hamburg A'achrichlen states that the East Africa company is negotiating with the African plantation "company to join in com mon in the support of a volunteer force re cruited in India to restore order in East Africa. Great anxiety is felt concerning the safety of the new steamer Gulf of Guayaquil, which sailed from Liverpool December 24 for Valpa raiso. Two lifeboats, life buoys and a quantity of wreckage belonging to the vessel, have been washed ashore at Fishguard, Wales. The game of base ball, yesterday, between the All-America and Chicago teams, at Mel bourne, was won by the latter. Score?All America, 8; Chicago, 9. The teams will sail on the 7th instant. The council of the Russian empire has re jected the Tolstoi reform bill. ??? Stones for Each Month. From the Philadelphia Times. If you were ubhered into this world at the beginning of the year, in January, then you should wear a garnet, because that will make your husband true to you and will make you a good mother. If you selected February to make your bow then you must have an amethyst, for that makes"you truthful, it will protect you from slander", and will make you reverent and God serving. If the winds of March wafted you thither take a sapphire: then you will be preserved from quarrels and will be faithful. For April, changing every hour, put on your finger a diamond and you will be kept free from evil and pure your life long. In May you take an emerald for good health and long life. An agate for June will protect from spooks and keep your husband faithful. July, warm and sunshiny, causes a ruby to glow for you and fills the heart of the man you love with passion and adoration. For August choose the sardonyx and you will be a happy mother, but you will have to look out for your husband. September* endows you with a moonstone? you will be lucky in games of chance and have many loves. October makes a good housewife, for the car buncle promotes love ol home. November gives a turquoise and many friends; their faithfulness is shown by the stone retain ing its color. In December to yon and to all the world of big and little people I wish the turquoise, be cause in that month there came to us a friend, a little child. "For unto us this day is born a king.'' God bless every oue of us and give us a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and a thought for the stranger at our gates. To Die by Electricity. THE NEW YOEK LAW IX RELATION TO EXECU TIONS WHICH BECAME OPERATIVE YEBTEHDAY. From tlie New York Tribune, Jan. 1. The law providing for the execution of murderers by electricity went into effect at midnight Inst niglit. Any person committing murder after 12 o'clock will on conviction be sent to the state prison of the judicial district in which he is convicted and will there, if no appellate court reverses the conviction, be put to death under the direction of the warden of the state prison. The law does not change the method of executing the death penalty in the cases of murd"rers whose crimes are commit ted before to-day, but who are convicted after to-day. The judge before whom a person is . convicted of murder in the first degree will ] fix the week within which the sentence is to be cxecutcd. but the exact day is to be determined bv the warden. The prisoner will be kept in close confinement until the day of the execu tion arrives. No one except certain privileged persons will be permitted to see him without an order of the court. The death-penalty will be inflicted in the presence of a justice of the Supreme Court, the district-attorney, the sheriff, certain other officials, and a jurv of twelve citizens, or of aB many of them as desire to be present. No ac count of the execution of the sentence may be published, according to the law. except the statement that the sentence of death was car ried out on a certain day. The body of the murderer must be buried within the prison walls, and a sufficient quantity of quicklime must be placed within the coffin to secure the quick dissolution of the body. A Subterranean Village. From the Pall Mall Gazette. At Anjou a herd of cattle have made a won derful discovery. While on a walk across their grazing ground they suddenly vanished from the sight of the cowherds, and were afterward discovered in what seems an ancient subter ranean village. The ground under the cattle had given way. landing them in a mysterious place of dark delis and winding galleries. Stone seats have since been found in the place, ! and fragments of black pottery, hatchets of ! polished stone and other articles are now being brought to light. What the Czar and Czarina Read. From the London World. The emperor of Russia has decorated several French authors and has thereby offended the Germans, some of whose principal writers would also have been decorated, no doubt, but for the fact that neither the emperor nor the empress ever reads German. His majesty's favorite au thors are Dumas pere, Balzac. Paul de Kock, j and Edmund About; while the empress likes Prosper Merimee, Victor Hugo, and Octave Feuyjet; and she also reads many English works, preferring those of Dickens, Scott, j Marryatt, Thackeray, and Wilkie Collins. They 1 are both particularly fond of Lever's novels, aud "Ten Thousand a Year" and "Valentine Vox" are constantly, taken up bv them, and "Vivian Gray" ana "Henrietta Temple*' are also favorites. Confident of Their Merit. Miss A. M. Peters, Moulton, Ala., writes under date of September 22,1888: "Enclosed please find *1.00, for which send its value In BaxNDkrrH's PiLLa. I would like to have them at aa early a date aa possible, aa there Is a considerable yellow fever scare In tills part of the state. In Decatur, Ala., about twenty-live miles from this place, fifteen cases are reported. I in tend to try your pills on any cases that may ap pear in my family. 1 have full confidence that If they are. taken in time they will cure it, and almost any other disease." FINANCIAL. J* si blanc man. banker is]) BROKER. So. 1405 F st. n.w. ordara executed on all the Exchangee. Stock*. Bomla, Grain. provtaiona and Petroleum. PRIVATE WIRES TO SEW YORK ASD CHICAGO. interest allowed on deposit*. aii-3m Jsa W. 00b80s. JXO. W. MACABTSET, Member X. Y. stock k? C0R80S k MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 r 8T. n W? Bankers and Dealer* in Government Bonda. 1/*n? Collections Railroad stock* and Bond*, ind all aecuritiee listed iif j,;*ch,ncf* of New York. Philadelphia. Boston and Baltimore bough: and sold. A si-ecialty made of investment securities District .^hote^^u iuwrance and T.1 american Bell Telephone Stock bought and soldjyia LADIES' GOODst A LADY, FORMERLY CARRYING ON DRFS8 jh ? ?ew Yort would like the patronageof ^ 3 .'"dies Moderate prices and perfect fit. Cutting and bastings^pecialtr. 7 C *t nedlthw' f^s?po^??t,h?,oej??/N ? OF LEATHEB v Holders, Brackets, ke. Jap ancap Scpull*. Napkins, Fans, kc. Great varietT of scrap Book pirturps. Studies for Painting, blrthdiv Cards (jan.es. Gold Paint. jtjatqoULD7421 9th .t ollt-ss BETURNED FROM new tiilt .kl ?!o '"'otishercustomer*and the public that she will make pirectoire Empire Gowns and Tailor-made Suite. 728 13th at. n w di;;"i^ ccperfluous HAIR DESTROYED. leamng so \TOjS BRANDIS, 1229 PENN. AVE Tailor-made Gown*. Riding Habita. Eveninr and oireet Costume*, etc.. made at abort notice Perfect fit and work, one fitting required. Reasonable t rices jp. Ljrd * Taylor. New York. uifwrn Ban* a Co., St. Louis. Buttonholes made. nl3-^m# LILY DRESS SHIELDS ARE THE BEST. MANU ufactured br the Brooklyn Shield Co., Brooklyn. X |5>.? 1 111 leading dry-good* house* in the c lilted ?"tes- _ oc4tfebl c.h?eyeing, SCOURING AXD DRY clfax" ING ESTABLISHMENT, 1205 New York ave fil?n *. 'i't-1*' work ?' every descrin AND CARnT tw t ?v,^u'V?emi1* ,r>rWRM ANTON i ijii iirv3"E LEECH, formerly with A.Fischer and Mai son 1 nese, Pari*. ja*'lly A ?^^/2-t:?v5'?,vsivxc.sfeeaniso E8TAB ?fklishment AXD d^e ORKS. ?<>6 G ?t. u w adyeda^0morl^^bla^d,i ?k kiw>i:d A. FISCHER. ti4 ?0? G *t. n.w. GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. gi T. kff.n. tailor oca-tm 414 9TH STREET H* D. barr, IMPORTER AND TAILOR. teturn^ ldf0nn r?u th*t hu new oood8 esubluhment*?011*11^ *u ^eilt8 ? 1111 pennsylvania AVE. mhl7 Washington. D. C. jhousefurnishings. The P, Hanson Hiss manufacturing COMPANY WALL PAPERS. _ . FRESCO PAINTING. furtiitnr^ Upholstery Goods and Curtains. _ 815 15th at. n.w. Baltimore Home, 217 S. Charles at. dll-3m Cooking By g a& A full line of GA8 COOKING 8T0VE3 On hand and for sal a. mh31 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. Diaries calendars ALMANACS. NEW YEAR CARDS alvthmercial STATIONERY. h.e'>)8 "id Requisites lor the 1889 Inter national Sunday School Lesson?. job c- c- PURSELL. a~? -us 9th st PRINTERS. "%f cqueen a W allace, 1 umive^wjkssr bifem8 FINE WORK A specialty. dl9 FAMILY SUPPLIES. Bridal veil SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLOUB is the Premier Flour of the World. The only Minnesota Patent now made from aU old wheat. For sale by the following well-known grooera: JOHN H. MAGRUDER, 1417 New York ave. chas. I. KELLOGG, Maaonic Temple, 9th at. GEO E. KENNEDY & SON, 1209 fst W. E. ABBOTT, 1721 Pennsylvania ave. R. A. % ALKER, 1600 7th st. E. M. burchard k rrl)., Penn. ave. and 4$4 it G. W. & H. W. OFFUTT, Georgetown. A. O. WRIGHT, 1032 14th st. P. F. BACON'. Pennsylvania are. d8-wfca THE BEST GRANULATED SUGAR, 7wc. I i}t v ite the public to examine my immense stock of "njoeries, wfiicfi I offer at extreme low t.^ es ^ry &il?rmluitod cr" irkp'u?s dl i~31" 944 La. ave. n. w. PIANOS AND ORGANS. casders fc 8tayman. manvw jjih ,JKOS ' WK}it:R. FISCHER and F.STEY hc^ul mrtlm,i0v,a''n'.llirnodatn',?' terms and for rent special atteuiiun called to our new style I E8TEY ORGANS. Two hundred and four thousand <1204,000) F?t/>v ?ie53f e bsen sold. Everywhere the pre^ u " husm/ a 2{ue' ?h,urch' chapel, and School r a^)iiie y"?top Lstey onmn for ?75 fjujv monthly payments. Call and examine " t.-,A _.baxders fc'STAYMAN, l^t v nh "i "??.w"?w"?rton, ij C. 1,0 i;|,^ Charles at., Baltimore, Md. ja~ 121 < Mam st.. Richmond. Va. Be?ore p ur c ha sin; o~hxsewhere see the Krakauer Piano* and Burden ormms st 4"7 10tlj ?fc. 11. W. ix u ki" h V dl? pxctical Piano Maker, General Agent. K kk nk V aaa 5bb rke k k ann A A br f kk SNN AA BBB KE k ? N N AAA B B r k K S ns A A BBB bek pianos usequaled ^^^touch, workmanship riwiftl il t.' .th8pecialynbrcemen^ _ d6 ____^l?ial?lke? s^e WOOD AND COAL >E8T We w ill Deliver The Bi FOB CASH: RED ASH . ; - to zs ?& chestnut.;'";;;; ?? 5 8TOVE ASD &ANGK ? SHAMOKIN ? ?? wjrt."'tt*?t'."mv?lrw t il ,'c:' Coal 1 com woodi johssos bb0theb8. ?d Bail yarda, 12th k Water sta. southwml 1515 7th *t?. w. 1740 Pa. ava. a. w. lllsothatb.w. 41310th ita. v. kxciuit* a??nta in the District forth* aaie of aome of the best coal mined. supply more families than an v retail yard to the United Statea. aoy heabubb, FAIB dealing, PROMPT deliveruu^AKD REASONABLE PRICES hava j RAILROADS. ? < aianJanrua, and Rochester. , laiff. it i-m falo and Niarar*. dsily except Saturlai 10:00 p. m_ with Sleepin* Cur Waab.mrt. n t. i, with Sl< c*.'. M?tfrn F.xi 00. J1 00. and 11; 10 a.tn.. - 00. 4 10.10 00. and 11 ?? P.m. cm Sunday. ?:00. 11 -10 a.m.. J 00. 4.10. 1*' 00. and 11:20 p.m. Liu,.t.-,1 Express of lMi^an Parlor Car*. ^ 40 a.m. daily, except Sunday, *d 3 46 p. m. daily, with limine Car. For Boston without chain-. 2 00 p.m everf day For Brooklyn. X. Y . all thronrh train* ?" double fernad* across New York City For Philadelphia. 7 -'0, 8:10, H :00. 11 OOan.l 11 <0 a m., 00,4:10,0 00.8:10,10:00. andll -'Or m. OuSr.uday. 0:00, 11-40 a. m.. 2 ' Oft 8 i U, 10 00 aud 11 -0 p.tu. Ijiulte.1 fcl'Tvaa, all Parlor Cur*. M-40 a m. week days, and* 4 j p.m. daily, with IHniua- Car For Baltimore. 6.3.%, 7 20. 810. P OO. ?*0. 11:0t), slid 11 40 a in., 12:?o. 2 00. l:4o. 4.10, 4 20. 4 40.0 00.7 40. * lo.io O0.a|#U 20 p ni On ?-' 00. S ll-.So pan. For Pope * Creek Line, 7:20 a m. and 4 40 f-m daily, except Sunday. For Aui>s|h lis, 7 20 and 0 00 a.m.. 1 -.05and 4 40 p.m. daily, except Sunday. Sundays, # 00 a. in, 4:10 p.m. ALEXANDRIA AND FRFDIRlCKsBIlp RAIL WAY. AND ALEXANDRIA AND WA*INOTOX RAILROAD. For Alexandria. 4 30.6:35. 7 .e.1, 8 40. P 4i- 10 -57 a. m. 1- 04 noon;0.">. 4 .25. 6 00,5 55, #05. S-0.?, 10 05, aud 11 37 p in On Sunda> ai 41". U 45. 10 57 a. m , - :30. ?> 55, s 05v and 10 Okp ui _ Accommoilati"Ti lor W^anUco. > 'J5 a. m and 5 00 p. m week day*. For Richmond aud the South. 4 30. 10 57ft m. daily. and ti:05 p. m. daily, except Sunday Trains leave Alexandria for H'aaluiuriou, #4V?, 7 05. 5 00. y 10, 10 15.11 07 a. m 1 I. J-O'l, 3 V.i. 5 10.6 30, 7 :05,0 32,10 *2 and 11 m. On Sunuay at {? 10 and 11:07 a. ui.. 2:0<>. O 10, ? 05, M 3 J and 10 42 p. m. Ticket* and tafumiation at the office, r ifCte^at cor ner of 13th *tre1 32,10 42 and 11 '*1 m. On lay at_S*: 10 and 11:07 a. ui.; 2:00. ? 10,7 05 li.iKieaat cor ,-iii.*ind at th? - lb. ? kin? .4 d r,-(4#*uce?. j hliiou. el: !??' ^ AD. I Schedule in effect Dec Dili. 1 s jd. Leave Wa*luu?rtou from station comer ol |p? Jersey aveutie aud C 45. 7:30. M 4."atldll 30 p m Sundays, ?> ::o,? 30,45 a.m., 1 15. 2 05,3:25, 4 30.4.3a, 6:45,730.?:4&, and 11 30 p.m. For Way stations between Waahinetoti tad Balii rnore. 5:00,0:40. 8 .10 a. Ill. 12:10. 3:25. 4:35. <1 45. 11 30 P.m. sundaya, 8:30 a. in., 1 15. 8 .5, 4 35, 0 45.11.30 p w. Trains leave Baltimore for Wa*hln?1 dkys, 5.10,0:20,?? 30.7:20.S 00, .45-1, ii H OO.ft <'5.10:30, l-i5-init:utetram>a.ii, li 3:Otl, 4:10, 5:0a t>:00; 6:30,8:00, 1" 00 4 Sundayi 5:10. C:30. 8:00. 0:00,0:05 II 1:15 2:00. 4 10. 5 00, ? ::0, 8 i>0. 10 0 p.m. {10:00 P.m. I Church tnfciti Waaliinjrton oti ?t 1:1."> 6 m., ?toppiuif at all nutioT.s ou :.lMhi*oht*u ranch. For Frederick, tl0:10a.ni., t4 35, Sod 1:15 p.m. For H ur*?rstt)wn. tlO 10a m . ap?l ^5-34(pim. Trains arrive from Chicago daily b:35. a nairnl 9:35 p.m.; in- in Cincuiuati and Ht. i>tua tiailv 4*~0a.m, aud 1:55 p.m.; trom PUtsburK *8:215 . Bl, 35 p.m. PHILADELPHIA DIVTSIOV For Pbiladeli?hia and Wilmiiurtoii. daily. 1:15 a. m,. 2:05. 4 *,,Ounu 11:30 p. m. LiJlI-t Pirl .?r 0a*? ??u tue K 15 a ia.. aLd4 :*J0 p tu. trainn. ?lt-ep.n>r Or ou me 11 30 I* in., open at ii p.m. For iur? rmedihte point* between BniH?ore and Philadelphia. ?ti .3ii a.iu. *:J:05and*4 >< ptia Tr^u;s leave Phil-idrlrina for W ^.!? nily. {8ii! ?day only i Ba*o.-a^e called for and checke^l at h m htti resi dences ou orders left at ticket utbees. o1 ? 1 1351 W M. CLEMENTS, CHAS.O. sei Washington to N> wQri-?en*. 11:24 A. X.?Fast Mail Daily lor WarreMi. Char lott. bv:lle, Gordonaville, Stations Ches S Oka Route, Lynchbuiv. Hocky >U uut. l>a!iville and dfjh- -na be tween Lynchburg and Danville, Ureei'st- rtk l.?ieurh, Charlotte,Columbia, \iken, Aiurueta, Ail.: t?.f -inline ham, MontirouierT, New tirleaus, Texas a: dCa lorbia Pullman Sleeper New York to Ail ,i>U: V , Ifeu. p,.rlor cars At jiiita to Montgomery: Pullman Sleapr. M,,nt iroinery to New O.i-ans aud M. an Bers aid Solid Trains V, -n to Louisville also for I ynchbui*. Bristol. C MemiiLis, Little Rock, and all southwest Through Puiliuan Sleepers Wasuin^u l t* lempUis without clianpe. 11:00 P. M ?Sotithern Express Daily f<* Lync h burtf, Danville. ltaleioinu. VERNON: Ml. VEliNuN: POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. MT STF.AMER w W CORCOR\> Leaves 7th-8treet ? l.arf duly (ex -| t s fcr'or Mt Vernon and River Landings ;is Jar down VSnnotit. at 10 o'clock a. m. Returning, reaches Mfcintrtou about 3:30 p. lu. 1 slO^ L L Bl.AKg taiu 1>JR POTUMAC RIVER LA.\uiS .> , r NEW IRON KTEAMHl "W aKI F**)" Leaves 7th-street wharf ou MONDAIS '11J1sDAYv :i:.d SATI RDA\S at 7 ? I:.. Relnrniiuf TtlkDAl FHIDAYH and SFNDAYS p. ni. tor..-i tap? Ki,, r Landin** as far as Nomini Creek. Va . St , Vac,), (j,, ;j..d l.cocard'.own, Md. Conn, cts with B ? CO K. K. ct Shepherds see sc lied via. JuUN B. PA iHtl 1. Airt C. W. RIDLEY. ManaKer. Ja25 IS OCEAN STEAMK38. HORT ROUTE TO LONDON, NORDDECT8Clii.it LLOYD S. lot) 1'fcHt Steamwa. To Southampton (London. Ha\rt >. Aller, V.o.1,, Jan. 2, C:.iO a.m.; 1- uid:_ jln 0, noon; Elbe. Wed? Jan. l?i, (j a. ij. ; ,.5?n .Wed i J;tn. 23,10 a.m.: S?ale, Wed., 1 ?.n. 30, o: 'Oa ^ . f.,. Sat . Feb. 2. 7 a.m. Comfortable staterooms, excellent tal la, .^urlon. Sidoou apis lutu.ents. Prices 1st ,sbll,. ?7ikIKj ward a berth, uccordintr to Kx-ation. 2d aaU? *5(i ? b?-nh; steerage at low rates Ai pi>''to B. F.Mk mjp J?23 Peau. ave. BE ALI.. BRO\V fc Ct<. ljt_ j y ^ PROFESSION A U ARRIVED-TBE GIPSY MEDICM. MMClaf-vi, 503 12th at U.W. conaclt her in Love, ilaniatre, Divore^^j kuk1. nesa; you will be more than aatial.ed timr?*ed toiretht r Reciov^tmj 4nuu. - a i...... tiu. i P. Jr" d. n tieasures. (jives lucky numbers. iurr:afr s. Brintn se|>araud u-tretber. Li ii. Ousiiieaa. Memoves all lauiiiy Uoul.leii^ ' ? y?s f.uences. Cure* sickneaa. II mail ?a5-'*^ SI. 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