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It is stated that a few days before his
death Mr. C’onkling said that in his opinion
CJinlge fire: barn was the strongest man the
Republicans could nominate. The Repub
licans of Indiana, Gresham's State, are de
termined to stick to Harrison. Gresham is
too honest a man to find favor with them.
The Boston Herald could not have been
sincere in saying that Gen. Ben Butler will
be appointed Chief Justice. There is as
much foundation for the rumor that the
General will be appointed as there is truth
tn the claim that somebody has discovered
perpetual motion. Just as much, but no
more.
Ex Senator McDonald seems to have lost
his grip on Indiana politics. He was de
feated the other day for delegate to the
Indiana State Convention, liis opponent be
ing an obscure jierson who stands behind
the counter of a bakery managed by his
wife. Bread, not brains, captures tho aver
age Indianian.
It is thought in Washington that Senator
Hampton will retire from the Senate at the
expiration of bis present term, in ]BSM. The
belief seems to be Ijased upon nunor. South
Carolina would regret to see Senator Hamp
ton take that course, but it is possible that
unless he gives up hor-rback riding he will
retire before 1881.
Boulanger says that he does not want to
play the role of a dictator. All he wants to
do, ho declares, is to mage French institu
ti ns oorreqiond with t use of America.
He should he careful not to copy t e prac
tices of the Rhode Island Republicans, who
openly bribed voters on the day of election
to vote the Republican ticket.
A New York nowvpajier calls .Senator
Hoar “a ridiculous old creature.” It is
really unkind to draw the attention of the
country to the senior Senator from Massa
chusetts <o rouspieuousy, Lut the truth is
lie never looks so thoroughly in his place hh
when rig-eel out in the bonnet and frock
with which f’uck has provided him.
Not all of the ex-Confederate Generals
invited to be pres-nt at the dinner in New
York on Grant's birthday will rexfxmd fa
vorably. Gens. Gordon, Johnston, Long
street and Bu -knur have sent regrets. Gan.
Billy Malone, however, will be there. He
can lie counted on whenever thoro is a
chance to gain a little additional promi
nence
Minister Pendleton, who represents this
country at Birlin, has several times been
reported to be somewhat anxious to resign
his mission, and perhaps he will do so now
that 1 e has lvn slightly paralyzed. He is
or.e of the best representatives that the
United States has abroad, and it is gratify
ing to know that his illness is not very
serious.
Opjiosition to Congressman Stewart, of
the Fifth district, seems to have suddenly
developed. Ex-Gov. McDaniel is spoken of
as a probable candidate. No doubt, how
ever, Congressman Stewart will be returned.
He has made a very good member, and if
ex-Congressnian Hammond is to lie kept on
the shelf, there Is no very strong reason for
making a change.
Gen. Booth, of the Salvation Army, saw
a good chance to make money the other
day, and he did not neglect it. At the
marriage of his daughter be offered tickes
to the wedding at #5 apiece, and it is said
that be sold 7,000 tickets. The General has
become wealthy since he organized the
Army. No doubt he thinks Salvation pays.
It certainly pays him.
It is probable that the racecourse has
been deprived of some fast horso? by the
burning of Senator Stanford’s stables the
other d:iy. The horses that were burned he
expected to develop during the summer, as
nearly all of them were supposed to posse s
remarkable speed. One of them, ‘‘Non
laine,” was regarded us specially valuable,
and trainers predicted that she would lower
the fastest time on record. The Senator,
(however, is abuiulnntly able to rebuild and
(restock his stables.
Why Mr. Cleveland is Popular.
The President does not hesitate to do what
he believes to be his duty. His independ
ence and conscientiousness strengthen him
with the people. Throughout his political
career he has kept steadily in view the pub
lic interests, and that is the main reason
why the people admire and trust him. Pol
iticians complain because they cannot in
fluence him to aid them in their schemes to
secure political advancement, but he knows
very well that if he were to become the tool
of the politicians he would no longer be
trusted by the people.
A day or two ago he vetoed the bill for
the relief of Paymaster Daniel M. Bach of
the army. Doubtless the paymaster's
friends thought he did a very unjust thing
but when the facts are studied carefully it
is apparent that the bill was not a just or.e,
and if it had become a law would have had
a bad effect upon the discipline of the army.
The paymaster was robbdfr of *7,000 of
government money at Antelope Springs,
Wyoming Territory. He was taking the
money to Fort Kearney to pay off the
troops there. The testimony showed clearly
that he was guilty of negligence, and the
finding of the Court of Inquiry was that he
had not shown proper diligence in protect
ing the money. Congress found no diffi
culty in passing a bill relieving him from
all responsibility for the loss of the money,
but the President felt that he could
not permit a precedent like this bill jvuuld
be to become a law. It would have been
much easier for him to have signed the biil,
and by doing so he would have gained the
lasting friendship of a great many people,but
he preferred to do his duty, however dis
agreeable it might be, rather than do an
act that would have a bad effect upon one
great branch of the public service. It is
because he stands up so squarely for what
is right, regardless of consequences, that he
is a power too strong for the politicians to
resist successfully.
Aiding the Mormons.
Those people of Calhoun county, West
Virginia, are making a great mistake in
persecuting a farmer namd Metz for em
bracing Mormonism. If they want to check
Mormonism they have taken the wrong
way to do it. They may deter a few iu
their immediate vicinity from having any
thing to do with the Mormons and their re
ligion, but the effect outside of their imme
diate influence will probably be to create
sympathy for Metz and his family. Already
he is spoken of as “Metz, the Mormon
martyr.”
Eight or ten months ago a Mormon mis
sionary went to Calhoun county, and by his
suave manner and great shrewdness and
tact., ingratiated himself into the favor of
the community. His mission was not re
vealed until he was joined by a brother
missionary, upon the arrival of whom the
two went energetically to work to make
converts. The usual methods were re
sorted to, and it was not long
before they mado considerable head
way. Among the proselytes, Mr.
William Metz, a well-to-do farmer who
had previously borne an excellent reputa
tion. was the most prominent. He aided
the missionaries in every posable way and
stubliornly resisted the successful efforts of
the people to rid themselves of these Mor
mon pests. He made himself so conspicu
ous that after the missionaries had left the
wrath of the people was transferred to him.
Ho was ordered to leave the county, but he
only sold his land and purchased more a few
miles away. The day before he was to
move, the house ha had purchased was
burned. He bought another, and "t also
was burned. His well was choked up, his
fences destroyed, and his cattle poisoned.
He is now almost without means, his wife
and children have been forsaken by rela
tives and friends, and he is undecided which
way to turn.
Perhaps he is over-zealous in a bad cause,
but a month or two of sober reflection
might have brought him to his senses. He is
no more rash than tho people who allow their
indignation against the Mormon mission
aries to extend to one of the victims of the
missionaries. Instead of persecuting him
the people should kindly- point ou*. to him
his mistake and try to induce him to aban
don a cause in which he is certain to meet
with disappointment and misery. Doubtless
they think they are doing what is for
the bed, but it is a question if they are not
doing Mormonism more good than harm.
Chairman Mills tells a reporter that lie
is not annoyed by the various statements
ma le in A' T ashington concerning the action
of the Democrats in allowing the tariff
bill to be temporarily put aside. One of
these rumors, noticed in the dispatches yes
terday, wi". that the Democrats did not de
sire a vote on the bill until after the Na
tional Convention. Another is that the
friends of the bill want to gain time to
muster its full strength. Mr. Mills says it
was deemed necessary to allow the general
appropriation bills and a few special orders
to intervene, but at the proper time tho
line will be draw n and the debate closed.
The Republicans are anxious to pro ong tho
debate, and say that every man who has
gone to the trouble of preparing a speoch
should be beard. The Democrats, however,
will not allow it to run on indefinitely.
An effort is being made by the Hotel
Hrgister to abolish the public register and
adopt in this country the European custom
of having the guest’s name privately regis
tered and not opeu to public inspection.
One of the reasons advanced in support of
the change is that guests will be protected
from "green g*xxis” men and swindles of
all sorts. It is very doubtful, however, if
there would be any such protection. Un
less the Register can give a better reason, it
should not insist on the innovation.
Mrs. l.angtry’s manager punched the
head of a watchman at, the railroad depot
in Houston, Tux., tho other night, because
he would not permit Mi’s. Langtry’s car
riage to bo driven across a pavement to
reach her car. Tho handsome actress paid
SBO imposed ns a tine on hey belligerent
manager the next morning, and went on
her way rejoicing. It’s rather costly fun in
Houston to punch a watchman’s head.
Congressman Hatch, of Missouri, appears
to l*e nfliictod with the perpetual motion
craze. Ho is the champion of James B.
Fry, who thinks ho has discovered the prin
ciple of |*orp'tunl motion, and wauts Con
gress to aiil him in getting a firm grip on
it. Thoro ure more motions in Congress now
than can be conveniently and swi-e 1 of.
’
It is roixirted that Henry Gillig, the man
ager of the American Exchange in London,
was fouud to be partly paralyzed when he
reached England the o her day. lie ought
to be thankful that ho is so much better off
than tho graditors of his defunct exchange.
Thu? are reported to La whoiL’ ,'araL zcd.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1888.
The South Moving On.
The New York Herald of a recent date
contains a very interesting article on the
increase of cotton mills in the South. The
following extract is taken from it:
During the next twenty or thirty years
the South will give us a pretty lively shak
ing up. Before the war, you know, they
never dreamed of stripping for the race,
and we had it all our own wav. But the
times have changed, and the men of the
South have changed with them. Now, what
with their iron mines, and their coal mines,
and their new methods of agriculture, and
their shrewd enterprise, and their eommer
cial daring, we shall have to draw our belts
a little tighter and strike a livelier gait, or—
well, what of itf This is a free conntry,
and a big and rich country, and there is room
enough for generous rivalry to get a good
deal of exercise and make a good deal of
money.
It is refreshing to note this spirit of fair
ness. A good many of the newspapers of
the North refuse to admit that the South
is rapidly becoming a formidable rival of
the North in industrial growth, or in any
line of development. Of course they can
not help seeing that the South is moving
forward, but their political bias is so strong
that they allow it to control them even in
material affairs. They are forgetful of the
fact that there is no politics in our indus
trial growth, and that Northern and South
ern men stand shoulder to shoulder in in
dustrial development. Many enterprises
that Lave been started in the South are
backed by Northern capital, and many more
that will be started will be backed by it.
Why is it that Northern capital is so large
ly invested here? It is because the shrewd
business men of the North have found out
that such investments pay. A Northern
man who recently visited the South
was strongly impressed with the
energy and spirit of progress which he wit
nessed. In commenting upon what he saw
he said: "It may be that much of this ac
tivity is due to capital, which gets
its share of the profits;’But it is
true that here thousands, yes, millions of
dollars are spent, and here skilled and un
skilled labor find employment at fair wages,
and,in a climate devoid of the rigors of
winter.” During the next twenty or thirty
years the South will closely push the North
in industrial advancement, and every step
forward that she makes should be a source
of satisfaction to the whole country.
Marrying a Title.
French dukes may or may not make de
sirable husbands for American girls. Tney
are certainly expensive luxuries sometimes.
This is probably the opinion of Miss Isabella
Singer who, as has been stated heretofore,
is about to marry the Duke de Cazes. Miss
Singer, it seems. Is going to bear all of the
expenses of the occasion, and she has suc
ceeded, through her lawyer in New York,
in getting an order from t’ie court to which
she applied for $60,000, which amount she
considered a reasonable one under the cir
cumstances. From the statement made by
her lawyer, she is probably correct in her
estimate, for among the items of expense is
one of $6,000 for a marriage contract, with
the government tax. Besides, she is going
to buy horses and carriage for the Duke be
fore the marriage takes place and will have
to furnish a house. Perhaps she will also
pay for her future husband’s personal outfit,
for the sum total of his earthly possessions
seems to consist of a good address and a title.
The marriage takes place April 25.
However, Miss Singer is abundantly able
to bear the expenses. She is a daughter of
the late Isaac M. Singer, the sew-ng ma
chine manufacturer, who left n fortune of
about $13,000,000. She has $1,.500,000 in
vested in this country, and in addition she
owns $200,000 worth of real estate and per
sonal property in England.
In contracting a marriage of this sort.
Miss Singer is following the example set by
her mother, who, very soon after Mr.
Singer's death, married the Duke de Cam
poselice, the only difference in tho two
cases being that Mrs. Singer first mar
ried tho Frenchman, who was a cafe
tenor, and then purchased his title
for him. It may be that genuine and mar
riageable Dukes were not plentiful at that
time. Mrs. Singer, however, was deter
mined to be a Duchess, and tho ambition to
possess a title seems to run in the family,
for another one of her (laughters is the
Princess de Scey Montbelliard, Marriages
of American women to titled foreigners do
not, as a rule, turn out well, but women
who are crazy for a title don’t deserve a good
husband nor a hnppy married life. Women
who make good wives are satisfied with the
noblemen of this country—nature’s noble
men. There are plenty of strong, earnest,
honest, pure-hearted young men all over
the country who are much more desirable
for husbands than the titled adventurers to
be found abroad.
A special to tho New York World says
that W. A. Pledger, who is one of the dele
gates to tho Chicago convention has had a
dream. There is nothing peculiar in this.
No doubt Pledger lias had several dreams.
This particular dream was peculiar, how
ever. Pledger tells about it as follows:
"Last night,” says he, “I was thinking over
what we had better do at Chicago, and t
came to tho conclusion tint we must nomi
nate John Sherman. I fell asleep and
dreamed that I was in the convention and
the delegates had lieen voting for Blaine
and Sherman, when suddenly some power
caused me to jump up and nominate George
M. Pullman, of Illinois, No sooner was the
uama out of my moutii than the whole con
vention rose as one man and shouted for
.Pullman. I tell you that George M. Pull
man will be next President of the United
States." Senator Sherman will road this
with regret. It shows that Pledger is not
as stroug a Sherman man as lie might be.
A New York woman, who wants it known
that she has danced several times with the
Prince of Wales, says the Prince is a polite
gentleman, by no moans effusive in com
pliments, and a little reserved in his manner
toward women in the drawing room, but
altogether he would pass for an agreeable
and thoroughly matured man of the world
without his royal backing. Ho was very
polite to the young lady while dancing with
her, and on oue occasion when tho dance
was finished lie left her with a courtly bow,
saying, "You American ladies ure fine
dancers.”’ Truth compelled her to sty that
dancing appeared to bo rather an exertion
for the Prince.
The children who are to sing at tho musi
cal festival in Petersburg, Va. next month,
numbering 400, want Mrs. Cleveland to Ik*
present at that time, and they have sent
her an invitation gotten up in handsome
style, in which they also urge her to bring
the President along. This is certainly n
novel plan to capture the Prosiderit, but
perhaps it will work better than others that
have been tried. Nobody could blame him
for following where his handsome wife
i goes.
CURRENT COMMENT.
But a Poor One for the People.
From the Philadelphia Times (Dem.)
Down South they think Judge Kelley's tariff
speech a splendid argument for the tariff
millionaires.
Ho Made But Fetv Acquaintances.
From the Boston Herald ( Ind .)
And now Mr. Joe Chamberlain says he met
but few people in this country who favored
Gladstone’s policy. Oh, Joseph, what a whop
per:
Knows How to Shake Hands.
From the Xew York World (Demi)
Gov. Hill’s excursion through the western
part of the State, opening armories, etc., has
been u arked by a series of ovations. The old
fashioned Democracy of the Governor seems to
commend him to the people. In addition to
this he Is a very suave gentleman, and he shakes
hands as though he meant to he friendly. There
is a great deal in knowing bow to shake hands.
Sad Republican Outlook.
From the Xew York Star (Dem.)
It Is a sad outlook for the Republicans, but
the country still obstinately refuses to go to
rack and ruin under Democratic rule. Each
year of President Cleveland’s administ ration the
number of business failures has diminished
from the previous year by nearly 2,000, and
now the three months of the year in which
everything was to collapse, because of the
awful tarifT reform, shows the same decrease as
the three months commencing each previous
year.
BRIGHT Bim
Harlem ha* a base ball club called "The
Girls.” It Is doubtless referred to as the Femi
nine.— Norristown Herald.
Strawberries never are good until they are
cheap. Any boarding-house keeper can tell you
that much.— Xew Orleans Picayune.
We know now what Adam’s last name was.
It was Badeau. He was for a time the only
man, and yet he was not happy. —Judge.
"Who will have the last word,” is the chief
question to be decided at the National Woman
Suffrage Convention.— Minneapolis Journal.
It has been discovered that kisses—love
kisses we mean—are full of electricity. Now wo
know why old maids have always described
them as shocking. Boston Courier.
Health resorts are places where a man's
health goes when it leaves him. This is proven
in the fact that the men who lose their health
generally go to sm-li places to get it back.—iV/i
--sucola Commercial.
Ethelinda —So you are really engaged, dear!
How on earth did you manage it?
Arabella—The calendar helped me. It’s leap
year. I cannot teil a lie. I did it with my little
ax.— Font End Bulletin.
Minister—l understand that you do not be
lieve that a person is sufficiently punished on
the-earth for his misdeeds?
Neighbor—O, yes, I do now; but I didn’t until
I heard you preach.— Yonkers Statesman.
Subject—Can I communicate with my wife in
the other world?
Medium—Do you want to see her spirit ?
Subject—Grea tbeaveus.no! I saw enough of
it while she W’as alive.— Washington Critic.
Patrick Brady boasts that he has worked in
a powder mill over thirty years, and has never
been killed once. Unless Patrick s reputation
for veracity is in a critical condition, his state
ment is likely to be credited.— Norristown Her
ald.
A Good Bet to Hold— Dumley—Brown wants
to bet SIOO that in ten years more New York
will have a population or over 2,(X)0,000.
Robinsou (excitedly)—Take him up Dumley,
take him up, and let me hold the money.—
Harper's Bazar.
“This is very strange," remarked Billy Bliven
thoughtfully after he had tasted the contents of
his butter dish. "Very strange, indeed.”
"What is strange?"
“That such delicate, pale butter should turn
out to be so robust.”r--uercAa/if Traveler.
Citizen— My wife and I have both got a cold,
doctor. What < night we to take ?
Physician—FUxseotJ lemonade I generally
recommend.
Citizen-Thanks: how much will it be?
Physician—Konr dollars, please; $2 apiece.—
Xew York Sun.
Doubtful part* I*fter partaking heartily of
the free lunch)—Gimme a glass of water,
please.
Bartender—Don't you feel a little mean to call
for water after eating all that free lunch?
Doubtful Party—Well, I don’t feel quite right.
That tripe, mister, ain't what it ought to be.—
The Epoch. t
Minister (to sick official)—Y’ou are aware,
dear brother, that you are about to die?
Sick Official—Yes; I am aware of it.
Minister—And do you feel that you can go
with resignation?
Sick Official—Yes; I’m going without resig
nation. We die, you know, but we never resign.
Washington Critic.
"Now James," said the grocer to the new boy,
"our stock is first-class in every respect. There
are no flies on it, and never will' be, and you
mustn't hesitate to crack it up to customers.”
Then, James, profout dly impressed, went to
wait on an old lady, who presently went out
without buying. “What did she want James?"
inquired tin" grocer "She asked me if we had
any fly-paper I could recommend, and I said
yes, that there was no flies on our fly paper, an’
nover would be.”— New York Sun.
Boston Dams— lf Mr. Sullivan is going to retire
from the prize ring what are his plans for the
future?
Editor Sporting Journal-Nothing decided
yet, madam.
“I wonder if he would accept a position in a
private family?”
"Possibly, if the job suits him.”
"Well. 1 want to engage him as a sort of
household messenger to carry orders from the
boudoir to the kitchen.”— Omaha World.
PERSONAL.
Miss Mary Tillikghast is one of the most
successful among the women who have made
a business of decorative art . Vanderbilt once
paid her $30,000 for inventing anew kind of
tapestry hangings for his houses.
Box. Charles Gayarre, who was a member
of the United States Senate fifty-three years
ago, is still living in New Orleans. He was born
in that city in 1805, an l is said to tie a walkiug
encyclopaedia of Louisiana history.
Matthew Arnold was not a brother of Ed
ward Arnold, as has been erroneously stated.
Edwin Arnold’s father was Roliert Coles Arnold,
a magistrate. The father of Matthew Arnold
was Rev. Or. Thomas Arnold, bead master of
Rugby.
"Let me be Queen of Persia for one single
hour and 1 shall die happy!" This is an ex
clamation which is said to have escaped tho
present Empress of Germany twenty-five years
ago. At ttie time she was already ailing, and
her days seemed numbered
I.ikut. Com Robf.kt M. Berry, executive
officer of the new cruiser Atlanta, has been de
tached from that vessel and sent to the hospital
at Pensacola to be treated for bronchitis. Mr.
Berry's health was seriously affected by his
service as commander of ttie Rodgers when in
search of the ill-fated Jeannette in the Arctic.
L. P. Hcobard, of Greenwich. Conn., at the
age of concluded to leave off smoking and
deposit in the bank the amount that he had
been accustomed to spend for cigars. He had
smoked six cigars a day. which, at B*4c. each,
came to $lB6 30 per annum. After a few years
Mr. Hubbard took his cigar money from the
bank and bought a beautiful home.
Tnk wome of the Pacific coast have an inter
esting way of obtaining money for spring lion
nets. Suys the Esmeralda (Cal.) Si ts: "Mrs.
S, A. Knapp and Miss M. Forbes went out to the
Pamlico mine last Tuesday and extracted there
tr im a half pound of ore. Returning home
they had the ore washed, and as a reward for
their trip received a bar of gold bullion worth
$87."
Liano CnANn, or Mr. Liang, as he is called, In
terpreter for the Chinese legation at Washing
ton, is a great poker-player. He is a graduate
of an American college, a fact which in part
explains his skill in manipulating straight
Hushes and full houses. Mr. Liang possesses
that quality which card-players call "nerve,"
lb' w ill back a small pair to the extent of s‘>oo
with an oriental placidity which is apt to de
ceive the most experienced poker expert in
Washington.
, Now that Henry F. Gillig has gone to smash
and sailed aw ay to Europe st< mes about his New
York prancing are creeping out. Fourteen
years ago he was iiitrodnced to William H.
Vaudernilt. Mr. Gillig was evidently bent on
pushing the acquaintance and met Mr. Vander
bilt at every possible opportunity. Shortly after
the introduction Mr Vanderbilt sailed for
Europe. Mr. Gillig was on the same steamship.
Mr. Vanderbilt throughout his life was modest
and retiring, and he wished to iai particularly
quiet on this voyage. One evening at dinner on
ttie steamship, with the saham tables thronged.
Mr. Gillig rose and holding a glass of wine
toward the diners he piped out, to Mr. Vander
bilt's amazement: "1 Julies and gentlemen,
permit mo to propose the heullh of that illus
irious American and millionaire. Mr. William
H. Vanderbilt." The guests responded pleas
antly, but Mr. Vanderbilt never spoke to Gillig
after that. i
Senator Hearst Found Him.
F)om the New York Graphic.
There was a dinner party at Chamber lain's,
in Washington, the other day. and .Senator
Hearst. of California, was there. Aseigars were
lighted the Senator was moved to relate an in
cident in his earlier experience. There had been
a freshet in California, and the Senator's party
stood on the bank of a swollen stream, not dar
ing to cross. As they watched the rush of the
swollen waters they were startled to behold a
man drifting down the river on a broken fence.
Just opposite them the fence caught on a snag,
and the poor fellow, already almost exhausted,
clung feebly to his support, from which the
mighty current threatened instantly to wash
him off. So help was possible from the pros
pectors They had no long line with them, and
it seemed death to plunge in the river. Sud
denly a lad appeared on the opposite shore with
a rope around his waist. He tied the other end
to a stump and sprang fearlessly into the seeth
ing torrent. After incredible struggles he
reached the drowning man, and the lad's com
panions drew him ashore. The Senator's voice
trembled as he told this story. A tear ran down
his cheek and a profound hush fell upon the
jovial party. At length the Senator said:
“Gentlemen, I’ve got more money than I hod
then, and I give you my word of honor that if
I could find that boy I'd give him a check for
$10,000.”
There was a murmur of approval. Not a man
doubted the Senator's sincerity. Col. Tom
Ochiltree slowly arose. His eyes were cast
down. His form was as shrinking as possible.
He hesitated a moment and theD ho faltcriugly
said:
“Hearst ought not to mention it. But what
you have said emboldens me. old fellow. Noble
heart, your hand! I was that boy!”
He Doesn’t Know What Fear Is.
“There you see," said a well-known sporting
rnan to a New York Telegram reporter last
evening, “one of the gamest chaps ever born.”
He pointed to a tall, well-built young man with
large hands and feet, who was passing down
Eighth avenue at Twenty-fifth street.
“Who is he:” asked the reporter.
“His name is hard to get at," replied the
sporting-mau; but its Herman Born berg, or
Biomb rg. or something of that sort. He knows
no more about boxing than the man in the
moon, and yet if he got a chance I believe he
would have pluck enough to face Sullivan.
"Jack JlcAuliffe, the light weight champion,
whose average weight is about 150 pounds, was
recently with a variety company, and
the management offered money to men
who had grit enough to stand be
fore him successfully for four rounds
Along came this chap who had never faced a
professional pugilist before. He borrowed a set
of tights, apd to the surprise of everybody went
on the stage with JlcAuliffe. JlcAuliffe pounded
him unmercifully, but he remained there for
four rounds and got in some solid blows. The
audience yelled for another round, and I'll be
hanged if he did not come on and box that
round and then announced his willingness to
fight more.
“Not long ago Joe Higgins, the professional
catch-as-catch can wrestler, offered SSO to any
man whom he could not throw in fifteen
minutes. JlcAuliffe’s opponent accepted and
went on. He had never wrestled before, but it
took Higgins the greater part of fifteen minutes
to get the fellow-down. He offered to wrestle
Jluldoonand the ‘Jap.’ but he could not borrow
the tights. He does not seem to know what
fear is, and I honestly believe he would face
Sullivan,"
Fine Horses in Washington.
From the New York World.
The President’s horses are by no means the
best looking ones of Washington, and the
beauty of the seal-browns has been overrated.
Whitney drives high-stepping blacks, and his
footman and coachman have cream-colored
livery with silver buttons. His harness is sil
ver-mounted, and it was imported from Europe.
Coleman, the Commissioner of Agriculture, has
a coachman in blue livery, as the farmers will
be delighted to know, and his team is of chest
nut color. Senator Chandler’s livery is green,
and his harness is silver-mounted. He has a
black coachman, and his horses are of the color
of Senator Blair’s hair, which is sorrel. The
British Minister has an elegant pair of grays,
whose tails are banged in English fashion. Don
Cameron’s coachmen and footmen have dark
green livery, and his horses are worth
SSOO and upward apiece. He has
two bays which he values at $-2,500.
and these are clipped. Sabin has a couple of
flue block horses, and he keeps a good stable.
Leland Stanford has a stable which cost him
between $25,000 and $50,000 to build, and he has
the biggest landau in the city. It cost, I think.
$4,000, and it hangs so lightly on its springs that
a touch of the finger will move the body of the
carriage. In this landau Senator Stanford drives
a team of big blacks which are worth their
weight in silver, aDd he has, in addition to these,
a number of fast horses, and Mrs. Stanford has
her ow n team. Senator Stockbridge lately paid
SIO,OOO for a horse of Leland Stanford, and Stan
ford did not know he was selling it to Stock
bridge at the time. On Stanford's breeding
farm in California I am told that a colt is born
for every day in the year, and these colts are
worth SSOO apiece and upward at birth. He had
an auction of some of his horses at New York
and brought SBO,OOO, so a friend of his tells me,
home in Lis clothes.
Every Inch a Man.
From the Christian Intelligencer,
She sat on the porch in the sunshine
As I went down the street—
A woman whose hair was silver,
But whose face was blossom-sweet,
Making me think of a garden.
When in spite of the frost and snow
Of bleak November weather,
Late, fragrant lilies blow.
I heard a footstep behind me.
And the sound of a merry laugh.
And 1 know the heart it came from
Would be like a comforting staff
In the time and the hour of trouble,
Hopeful and brave and strong;
One of the hearts to lean on,
When we think all things go wrong.
I turned at the click of the gate-latch,
And met his manly look ;
A face like his gives me pleasure.
Like the i>age of a pleasant book.
It told of a steadfast purpose,
Of a brave and daring will;
A face with a promise in it
That, God grant, the years fulfill.
He went up the pathway singing,
I saw the woman’s eyes
Grow bright with a wordless welcome,
As sunshine warms the skies.
“Back again, sweetheart mother,"
He cried, and bout to kiss
The loving face that was uplifted
For what some mothers miss.
That boy will do to depend on;
l hold that this is true —
From lads in love with their mothers
Our bravest heroes grew.
Earth’s grandest hearts have been loving hearts
Since time and earth began;
And the boy who kisses his mother
Is every inch a man 1
Dining With the Queen.
London Cmresoondence .few York World.
The Queen seldom sends invitations much in
advance of the day for which they are given.
This is the one point of complaint made against
her. She nearly always summons her guests by
telegraph, and on the day when they are ex
pected to be at Windsor Castle. The dispatch
always names the train upon which they are to
depart from London, utid often a guest so se
lected will have to drive, rush and burry in the
most violent way in order to be able to get his
things together and make tbe train. These in
vitutions are regarded as commands. They
override all other engagements. Any one re
ceiving an invitation from the Queen, or anv
memlter of the royal family, has a per
fectly satisfactory reason for cancel
ling any other engagement necessary to its
acceptance. The Queen sends a carriage and
lour horses, guided by postilions, to the Wind
sor station for each guest. The dinner hour is
always 9 o'clock. The guests drive to Windsor
Castle, and on their arrival they are each given
a private silting room and bed room Tea is
served to them in tbeir sitting rooms. Of course
tbe guests do not dress for the dinner until alter
they arrive at the castle. They .11 go down to
the dining room at a given time, where the
Queen receives them. At a nod Irom her they
sit. nod she is, of course, the iP-st to retire from
the table. The gentlemen do not remain at the
Queen's tal he after the iadies withdraw, as is the
English fashion. Allot the guests go out to
gether. When t tie dinner is at on end the Queen
rises. All of t tie guests t hen staml.The Queon thou
goes around the table and exchanges a few
words with each one of her guests. She then
retires. Then the guests resume their places at
the table and remain for a short time before re
tiring to their own rooms. Allot the dinner
guests remain for the night and leave upon a
certain train in the morning. The guests are
not only told upon which train they must come,
hilt they are also notified upon which train they
are to depart. None of them see* the Queen
after slu- leaves the dining room at tne dinner.
They have their breakfast served to fbeui iii
their sitiing rooms. Occasionally, when the
Queen wishes to show a special mark of favor to
a guest, she will ask him to remain over to a
later train and visit the mausoleum. But even
in the enjoyment of this great privilege this
s(iecially tavored guest does not see the Queen
again.
It is unfortunate for a Kansas man to lose his
bunch of keys. Until they are recovered he is
generally obliged to go to the nearest river
when he le Uursiy.->Ltnco< Journal.
ITEMS OTINTaRa
At Penfielp. Pa., W. E. Piper, \ .
for natural gas. at a depth of 350 llT 11 *
subterranean reservoir, and, aceolf UL
local paper, *‘out gushed enough tbe
continuous stream to furnish motivl m a
a saw mill.*’ r r for
Women’s rights are evidently recA. .
Lexington, Miss., where at least
occupy positions almost always filled\ *
Mias Lmily Wright is the post master, ?•
is express agent, and Miss Mollie Hoskff.
charge of the telegraph office at the depl m
James Donnelly, only 15 years of agi
arrested in San Francisco the other daY
pocket lifting. He is considered one 01
cleverest thieves in the business—so eleven
deed, that, although he has been arrested scA
of times, his connection with a theft could na
be definitely proved.
Georoe Roth, of Virginia, Col., received a d\
of the Esquimau breed from San Francisco. 1
bull dog took after him on the street and ehasel ]
him to his owner’s house. The animal ran in]
at the open door, which was at once closed.*
The pursuing dog ran with such speed against
the door that his neck was broken, and he drop
ped down stone dead.
Two tombstones in Greenwood Cemetery,
New York, located on different lots, bear the
name of John F. Mason, with the record: “Died
Jan. 30. 1883, aged 67 years.” A family quarrel
explains the double memorial, Mr. Jlason being
really buried in only one grave. His widow
erected one of the gravestones, and his children
by his first wife the other.
A West Point, Neb., bridegroom is spending
his honeymoon in jail. A party of young men
went to give the newly-married Couple a char
ivari, which so incensed the bridegroom that
he emptied a shotgun loaded with salt into their
midst. The entire charge was received by one
of the party in the face. He will lose both eyes
and be otherwise disfigured for life.
Kin a Theebaw’s revenue from the famous
ruby mines of Burmah, it is said, did not aver
age 150,000 rupees annually. All precautions
which were practicable \vqre taken to prevent
smuggling, and stones of the value of 2,000
rupees were royal perquisites, but they were
generally secreted or broken up by the "finders.
The English have stopped all work at the mine3
since they conquered Burmah.
The story comes from Shainokin, Pa., that
James Bailey, a miner, with a wife and seven
children, went out in the Reading strike, was
afterward unable to get work and became a
burden on the towD. A few days ago he got a
letter from an English lawyer who wrote that
Bailey's uncle, who had disowned him because
he hod married a poor girl, had just died, leav
ing him a fortune of $1,600,000.
WftLis Tibbits. of San Anton's Canyon. Cal.,
saw a monstrous bird descend and fasten its
talons in a kid. In endeavoring to arise the
bird caught itself in a wire fence, and, being
unable to extricate itself. Mr. Tibbits procured
a rifle and shot it. It measured 8 feet 7 inches
from tip to tip. and was a sort of cross between
a vulture and an eagle. The bird had one leg
broken, and had been shot at on several occa
sions.
A remarkable photograph was taken in
ShelbyviUe, 111 , recently. The picture repre
sents a group of five generations, from the aged
great-great-grandmother to the little child of
nut a few months. The parties to this remark
able sitting were Grandma Catherwood, aged
86; Dr. T. L. Catherwood, her son. aged 61; Mrs.
Maggie Hoxoy, her granddaughter, aged 38;
her great-granddaughter, Jlrs. Eva Corrington,
aged 19, and little Harry Newton Corrington,
her great-great-grandson, aged 3 months.
The shooting of a big dog by a French custom
bouse officer in the north of France the other
day, has given rise to some queer dog stories in
the French papers. The officer shot the dog be
cause he was suspiciously fat The post mortem
examination revealed the fact that the dog wore
a leather coat made to look like his own skin,
and skillfully fastened at the shoulders and
haunches in such a way as to completely con
ceal the ends of the hair. In this coat the dog
carried several hundred cigars.
Considerable excitement has been caused by
the discovery of electricity in the water works
well at Lebanon, Mo. Some time ago, during
the dry weather, the ’Frisco Company put a
pump in the well, but before connection was
made with their tank water was plenty and the
well was abandoned. An attempt was made to
remove the pump, when it was found some pan
of the pump was fast to the piping, which ex
tends down about 800 feet. It was also found
that by tue application of small steel articles
that the pipe is highly magnetic and steel
readily adheres to it. The well is 1,200 feet
deep and has 900 feet of water in it. It has
filled in and been drilled out three times.
On the Casa Granda river, in Northern Chi
huahua, some miners made a queer discovery
the other day. The mine is called the San
Pedro, and there is on it an old incline going
into the mountain at an angle of 45°, and evi
dently following the richest ore streak in a zig
zag manner. At the end of this incline a sub
terranean chamber was found which had been
fashioned into a Catholic chapel. The chamber
is some 30 feet in diameter and about 200 feet
high. Seats have been cut from the solid rock
running all around the chattel, and so has been
an altar and a pulpit. The whole was found
neatly whitewashed, and presents a peculiar
aspsot. The ancient chapel could be used at a
moment’s notice as a place of worship.
The medicine man's lot is often an unhappy
one, and a recent occurrence on the Simeoe In
dian reservation attests this. As related by a
San Francisco paper: “A child of Dick Wyneco,
a prominent chief, was sick and the Indian doc- ■
tor was treating it in the quaint and horrible
custom of the Indian race. Several children
have died lately, and Wyneco came to the con
clusion that the learned doctor was the cause
of their taking away, and as the child was grow
ing worse each hour he decided to kill the doc
tor, and, by so doing, restore the little one to
health and prevent the death of others. Acting
upon this decision, he shot the medicine man
with a Winchester rifle. Death was instanta
neous. The efforts of Wyneco were of no avail,
and the child died. The murderer is in jail at
Fort Simeoe.
A paper has been started in Chicago as the
organ of the bakers of that city. A part of it is
printed in English, another part in German and
a third part in Polish. The prospectus, as given
in English, is verlmtim as follows: "As you
will see, the purpose of this paper is to lay bar
several existing malpratitices in the backing
busines. We only take this last step, because
we are forced to take it. We ask the reader to
put the responslblliti to those persons who
moved, by tbe greed of money making, ignore
all due regards for Ciean’ness, health, aud hu
manity, and who also conspire to bring in to
Jail those persons, who desire to alter this con
ditions. We shall prove in the following arti
kels. and we shall illustrate aur arguments by
appropriated examples, that the,.baker-bosses"
in making the bread, to not have any regard
for the ncssecary cleanliness. This is a danger
ous aflair for the public, and the union’s are
willing to guarJ the interest of the Public.”
A Meriden, Conn., clothing dealer recently
offered a spring overcoat to any person solving
the "anti-rattle box" puzzle. This consisted of
a short cylindrical wooden box, securely sealed.
The point was to shake the box without rattling
the contents. On the box w-as printed: “You
can't do It; but it can be done." Those who got
hold of the boxes, after slmkiug them in differ
ent ways, cut them open aud found the contents
to consist of pieces of tin of different shapes
As no method of doing tbe trick could be
thought of, it was generally supposed that the
puzzle could not be solved. Charles kl. Fair
child, of the Meriden Electric Light Company,
came into possession of one of Hie boxes. He
dissected it, noticed the bit< of tin, thought a
moment, and then, taking apiece 01 magnetized
iron, rep'oeed the cover on the box and applied
the magnet to one end. It, wns strong enough
to attract all the small pieces of tin and hold
them fast to the end of the box, however vio
lently It was shaken. He got the overcoat.
The use of paper fabric for building purposes
—by the term paper being meant broadly
flexible sheet Tnade of vegetable or other fibre,
which has been reduced to a pulp, aud then
pressed out and spread aud dried—is now advo
cated by some builders on the following
grounds: First, continuity of surface—that is. it
can lie made in rolls of almost any width and
length, is flexible, or by gluing s-v-ral layers
together may be made stiff, and will stop the
isisjagrs of air because there are no joints: sec
ond. It has no grain like wood, and will not
split; third, it is not affected by change of tern
jierature, aud thus has an advantage over sheet
metal as roofing material; fourth, whereas in
its natural condition It is affected by moisture,
it may be rendered waterproof by saturating
with asphalt, or by a variety of other methods;
fifth, it is non resonant arid well fitted to pre
vent the passage of sound; sixth.it is a non
conductor of heat, and can also be made of in
combustible material, like asbestus, or rendered
file resisting by chemical treatment. The com
bination of pa;>r with other substances and
solidifying the mass by pressure, renders prac
ticable the production of a material capable of
replacing wood for many purposes; and not.
least Hniung its characteristics of sdaptibility Is
tbe esse with which it may bo made into sheets
of any width and thickness, that will not warp
or shrink from heat, cold or dampness.
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Th-y will dye everything. They are sold ev7j
where. Price lOc. a package. They haveners
Inr Strength, Brightness, Amount in Paej'Jf,
or for Fastness of Color, or non-fading l Qo*nn
They do not crock or smut; 40oolois, For sale *
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t< n and Houston streets; P. B. Rr.m, *’ rll *jL
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