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J*per that Mrs.
»E*k38ok. Thought
T,
>D would be lather
Jed if the Philadelphia
i allowed to go ou with
>nlating graveyards.
i era ha* developed
crop of thin-legged
la almost impossible
r other kind w raised
/frraJfTdeclaieH that
>me the Mecca of crim
d gamblers, thieves,
um and murderers dm!
the city both safe and
police force Is small aud .
the lferald makes the
tat the criminal classes
the action of the city's
is no credit to America
can even be asserted of
ly of the country.
[certainly a little thing. It
Idn't hurt anybody if it
>n to go off. Even children
1th it without any danger.
>ught not to sneer at it and
ier navy could knock the
can continent into tooth
jht to feel sorry for us, and
at her big war vessels got
ly when there wa* a pros
ibi intended to shoot, while
es stayed around and let
kifllRA'tiV a remarkable state
T ueut is made in the press of the coun
■ 7i often In an exultant way, of the
j V*M of tfeft oMwt inhabitants. Ports
with a population
oe^>us of 1«70, and is
•y no m«rs|^pulous now. With
" •rd«r»i" it 1*'claimed, Hve fifteen
.narians ages aggregate
cats, or years each. Among
jAt* wh6 hav%"died withiu the past
traears Were #iirteen people who
pjedigf years eieh.
ac*tsbtt9 boasts that its illit
mlation U| smaller than that of
ier -Hate; ami that its school sys
the pmt in the union. Massa
ts a noble Suite an«l an iutelli
butlthas Its Poraeroys that
d(Bdr<Mi aud its Heywoo-N
* who» Hk4 Abcah-mi, believe themselves
1 divinely Ordered to kill their off-spriug.
V alike Abtabat however, Hey wood
di<iit. It also has boys who shoot their
aiders and Others who torture their
■agrnMlMt while incest aud similar
rfrifusaaa hf>>io means uncommon.
T*>
j TiarMch of the life and achieve
Hits c f HCs ry I*. Davis printed in
iIh mbu« of Thk Si no.vy Kkcistkk is
..just-mad complete history of the ca
reer of Wefet Virginia's leading capital
ist and .-enk© Senator. The artiele is
^onc of Catcnal BnMM prod»etio—
^|aud rwriews Mr. 1>.\vis* life from a
^railroad bQtkeman to a I'nited States
^enatarv^Mn? how he started life:
tore iuute4 Mfce a eonduetor; ruuniug
} y!he (kit train at night; his career In
—— Atate^d 5fii ioual polities; how he got
£lch, a£d his quitting of public life.
'pMsHMPh is one of « series that the
i KirmVy'Hw jistkb has been publish
ing, and It Tlli be read with unusual in
terefltHK*M)g!'":it the entire State.
»
\
f
y
L ^ S^jBjbanufacturers are greatly
[ faWfeBd over tbe pending revenue
I nxegnui* In I'ougras. Tlie tax on
h per 1,(100, and on to
cent* |>er pound. Mr.
IB® qsmtuissioner of iutern&l
V has qput a recommendation to
thattb e tax be reduced to$4 per
4sho«l<l a reduction be made
possibility that it will not
to Idnttmn fifty per cent, of the
preset tax. TV manufacturers do not
uerjjflly ea*s tf there is a reduction,
but they wish that it would speedily
occur. ^ Then Uiey would set their now
idle JpMktt to work and proceed witb
tbrtl tHUn<9B»i understandingly. Then
, > af^jj^BrcS ">0,000 and tSO,Oo«' opera
r jr*li3^BMXeI!ihU<l State* who now find
| f tbikjubiww dull because of the uu
fttttiWnwIkiii of what the reduction
land then to take effect.
1** eouuUy promises to become un
nsowbjr rich Id pugilists. Mr. Juhki'H
(-ojettN.'Vhoj kas I teen living in retire
meat Ibf the f» t Ave years at the Au
bunCrvew York, peuitentiary, has con
sented to appear among his friend-tone*
more. .Mr. Jamks Mack, a gentleman
who has been pretty successful in knock
ing Australians out of time for the past
three or four years, is about to return to
hfcthese shore*. Mr. Wm. Knikton, an
■ ilugitoh gentleman familiarly known
astbe"8Nft»i> gun," will visit America.
TQM AJUjE* is already here. Then we
ivan, Eu.iott, Rookk,
A great
Moabtedly be (bed in
_ ^ and explanatory ami
cards to the S»wa papers,
will probably be dis
* expects to wo much
ed or many "right duKe^**
rival "knowledge-boxes."
i prize-fighter, as a nde, is a
[ wily diplomat who is as skillful as the
r sultan In keeping out of a fight.
' Oknkrai, Grant is constantly in re
.- t eipt of letters commending his recent
article on tbe Fit/. John Porter case.
Many of these letters are from military
men who are femilar with this ever
lasting controversy. -General Terry
write* expressing his deep gratitui
tions at finding that his own opinion is
f l|so strongly supported by Okant, and a
Vdozen soldiers, onco uuder OkaNT's
| command, among whom are Ueueral
a Francis A. Walkkk and Charles
Francis Adams, Jr., have written a
i joint letter fn which they say: "No
act whether of valor or of policy which
i. baatowked your great career should
<jM|^Ktaiore honor than the moral
the spirit of fairness and
in this defense of a
Iridier condemned on
fi^^stakeu evidence."
^^Hkut'iKLD Investiga
% tk» of Jerky was a
flKiiber,
esUy
H "VVeet V
keep posted
Ifcould read it.
IHK 1IWH1KIT OP SXJ1ATSB
uva.
In the roll call of the XLVUIth Con.
gress the name of Henry O. Davis
will not appear among the Senators of
the I nited States. Um career of public
service will, by his own desire, have
terminated, and the growing Common
wealth of West Virginia will be repre
j seated in the councils of tne Nation by
another. But the private life which is
to receive, will not shroud him. His
retirement will not be an oblivion. He
has announced his intention of devoting
• himself to his accumulating business
i affldff, which, from their very nature,
i wUl prevent the settling about him of
the obscurity of privacy. He is made of
the stuff which wears, not rusts, out,
and the prosecution of his busineH!* will
be attended by that untiring energy and
indomitable perseverance which have
| been the corner stones of his success in
life. His business is the public's busi
ness, the State's business. It is the
I building of railroads and the further
ance of plans by which the key it* to be
inserted in the natural treasure boxes of
West Virginia and her weaith distribu- I
ted to her owu advancement and the i
good and use of the world. Therefore,
while the working committees of the
Senate may miss him and the Congres
sional Kecord no longer mention him.
Senator Davis will not be unheard of,
even though under hisown vine and fig
tree.
There is something in the character
and the career of Hexry O. Davis that j
enlists the admiration of even an ene
my beyond the natural respect com
manded by success. There is in that ca
reer an example and a sermon. It is
the progress of a man whose hand
turned from the car brake to write his
name indelibly in the history of the I
State and Nation. It is the upward and
onward course of a man who stamped
with the ineffaceable brand of success I
whatever his hand touched, of a man j
who brought to the attainment of a dar
ling object an unswerving devotion and
unfaltering energy that could not brook
defeat. And wheu a man can set him- I
self toward an object and can bring to
its accomplishment all his strength and
ail his will, ami all his lorce, whom dif
ficulties cauuot daunt, and whom ob
stacles cannot thwart,and wfcocau callto
his aid and concentrate all the faculties
of his mind and his heart and his body,
to such a oue success advances half
way and he will rise above his fellows |
as surely and steadily as the sun climbs |
above the mountains.
Such a man is Hkxky G. Davis. I
And what he ha» done for himself in
his office he has done for his State in
the Senate. If his tongue was not
tipped with the silver of eloquence, it I
was rich in the gold of practical wis
dom; and if he did not thrill the galler
ies with the mu-dc of rhetoric, he im
pressed the committee rooms with the
soundness of his counsels. The shrewd
ness, the tact, the business principles of
his life were with him always, and thus I
armed he was indeed well calculated to
"take by the hand our blushing young
I commonwealth and lead her to her |
, proper position in the august circle of [
her sister States.''
OIK KOKKHiN TKl BE,
The eredit l>alanee of our foreign
trade for the month of October amount
ed to $lo,l)00,0u0, ami this is regarded as
an indication that gold will soon begin
to flow to this country. The outflow of
staphs is well maintained, with every
prospect of continuance u'util every bit
of our surplus is exhausted. This was
not conceded two months ago, but I
every day makes it plainer that Europe
will need all we have to spare, whether
it is cotton, wheat, meats, petroleum,
butter, cheese or corn. Recent statis
tics published iu a Paris market journ
j id of undoubted authority, puts the
wheat deficiency of Europe at 219,000,
000 bushels, and the surplus of the
seven great wheat growing countries at
C02,000,000. l>ut there are already indi
cations that thin estimate is an under
statement of the world's needs. No al
lowance was made on account of the
l>artial failure of the German po
tato crop. Holland also had a poor |>o
tato crop. The summer root crops of
all Europe were poor. In the west of
Ireland a famine is feared. A large
j»art of these deflciences must be met
iu this country. The exports of India
are nearly exhausted; ice is closing
many of the Nubian ports, and the
Australian shipments arc practically
.^topped. America is agaiu jthc gran
ary of the world, and ocean freight
room is scarce and dear. Every vesse!
that leaves the ports is crowded with
our staples, and they will continue to
he crowded until the people of Europe
are clothed and fed, >Ve have an abun
dance of cotton ami food, but probably
not a {tound more of either than Eu
rope will want at fair pri<-es. This is
the present outlook. This is why
wheat and corn and cotton do not
decline in value as some predicted. And
this is why sttuling exchange is near the
KolU importing point, and the balanoe
of tcade is in our Ihvor, and the import of
gold will noon turned. Some credit
however should be Riven to the diminu
tion in the purchase of luxuries from
abroad which bids fair to go further.
THE DKKPENT USE.
l'attsvdle. in Pennsylvania, is now
said to possess the deepest ^•oal mine in
Amcrica. Through its shaft, 1,576 feet
in depth, 200 cars, holding four tons
each, are lifted every day. The time
occupied for lifting a fall car through
the whole length of the shaft is only a
little more than a minute. A gentle
man who has reoeutly descended this
shaft speaks of it as follows: "A per
son of weak nerves should not brave
the ordeal by descending the Pottsville
shaft. The machinery works as smoothly
as a hotel elevator, but the speed is so
terrific that one seems falling through
the air. The knees after a tew seconds
become weak aud tremulous, the ears
ring ss the drums of these organs are
forced inward by the air pressure, and
the eyes shut involuntarily as the
beams of the shaft seem to dash up
ward only a foot or two away. As one
leaves tte light of Jhe upper day
the transition to darkness is fautastic.
The light does not pass into gloom in
the same fcshioo as our day merges
into night, but there is a kind of phoa
pbORWWi ,mi°S
41® iter flpuldton * r. Half *ay down
' h a roar aud sodden crash.
WBEKUMOI W1TEB »CW.T.
A question that before long will force
itself upon the consideration of our peo
ple is tbat of water supply. The pres
ent basin h** a very small area. It was
built when our population was only
about one-third what it now is, and
and when the water demand for manu
facturing purposes was small. And
while it has not actually outgrown Its
usefulness it has most decidedly become
inadequate.
Tbis proposition is uot merely a sup
positious one, framed from comparison
with the water supply of other cities of
equal size, and unsupported by experi
ence. The inadequacy of our water
works and basin ba« been clearly dem
onstrated, and for a oity of Wheel
ing'* size it will bo conceded tbat the
oretically her basinie capacity is un
precedented!}' unequal to the probable
demand. We may say it is alarmingly
so.
I. j>ou the creationof the W ater Board
we looked lor immediate and vigorous
action in the matter. But 110 definite
plan has yet been presented to the
public. It is understood, however, that
the subject has been seriously consider,
ed.
Several plans have been discussed. A
proposition was made to build a new
basin near the old one, the new one to
have a capacity of about four millious
of gallons. This, with the old one
would give the city nearly Ave millions
of gallons of water in her basins ready
for use in case of emergency. It was
fouud, however, upou investigation
tbat the coal had been mined under
the site proposed, and as there are only
thirty feet are so of solid matter above
the coal seam, we seriously question
the wisdom of that location. We do
not understand the Board has adopted
it either.
The idea has been advanced that a
wall might be built upon the founda
tion of the old basin and additional area
thereby gained. While this may be
possible we regard it as dangerous, ex
pensive and unsatisfactory. The heavy
pressure of a large body of water would
prevent the walls being built higher
than three or four feet. An immense
amount of costly masonry would be re
quired. And at best the basinic area
could not l>e increased more than one
half. We do not think the addition of
half a million of gallons would justify
the expenditure, even though it were
designed to make this but a temporary
relief.
While tiie Board lias the subject un
der consideration might it not be as
well to estimate the cost of ent'rely
new water works and basius to be lo
cated at some suitable place above
the city? A standing and
forcible objection to any plan establish
ing the works permanently where they
now are is that the water pumped into
the reservoir must necessarily be im
pure owing to the large amouutof re
fuse thrown into the river, from the
upper portion of the city. And as
Wheeling increases in population that
objection will be streugtheued theoreti
cally and affirmed by the actual test of
experience.
The Board of Public Works gives
evidence of life and spirit in the im
provements it is constantly making
ui>on our streets. The Water Board
should not beidle. The water we drink
and the health we have is of far more
importance than the streets we walk
upon. And we feel sure in saying that
our people will not be backward in
tfivhig Supi>ort to any practical and sat
isfactory plan that the Hoard may adopt
in the premises.
A LOhN lO K\(-I.ISI1 rictiosr.
English fiction sutlers in the death of
Anthony Tkoij/»pk. Ifthetruescope
of the novel is*, as some maintain, the
analysis and arrangement of real but
not actual characters, incidents and
events, then Trollope stands at the
head of English novelists of the day.
He had nothing in common with the
metaphysics of Georoe Eliot, the in.
t respective analysis of James, the dash
of Dickens and Reade, or the
satire of Thackeray. He did for Eng
land of to-day what Scott did for the
Scotland of the last century; only Trol
lope'* delineation is photographic,
while Scott's was free hand. He
knew what he was writing of. llis
lords and ladies talk and act as real
persons of titled0, and not like the
pasteboard and tinsel lords or tue To*
male novelists. Indeed Mr. Glad
stone has given testimony thai in
Tkollope's novels you may find per
fect pictures of real English life of to
day. No oue can read Phineas Finn—
)>crhaps his best novel—or the Warden
of Itarchester Towers without feeling
that the meinl>ers of Parliament aud
rural deans are just the sort of men you
would meet walking down Whitehall
to St. Stephen* Mr. Trollops wrote
a great mauy books. Nonejof them
were bad In spirit or execution. All of
them are readable, and some of them
remarkably good, and they are so be
cause they are «o absolutely and essen
tially trutnfh! and English. Mr. Tr >l
LOPE Was the son of a well known
authoress who traveled in this country
in the thirties, and be was 67 when he
died. .
THE PKSMIO* LIST
The Seuate has adopted a resolution
which calls for a full list of the govern
ment pensioners and claimants. The
certain beneficiary results which would
arise from such a measure should over
come all hesitation iu carrying out its
intentions. The cost of printing it
would be large, but it would be al
most insignificant compared with the
millions it undoubtedly would save. It
is as clear as daylight that the gov
ernment is now robbed of enormous
»ums by fraudulent pensions. Just ex
amine the report of the Commissioner
of Pensions! You find a startling pic
ture of the ruinous effects of war as well
as a startling exhibit of the longevity of
those who returned from the battle-field
crippled and receive pensions from the
government. 2,782,178 men enlisted
altogether, or when the re-enlistment*
are deducted, 2,063,291. Of the latter
number there were known to be liv
ing at the end of the war l,4Si,
022, and of this number 4o8,5.V{ so far
have applied for pensions. The pen
>iouable relatives of dead soldiers who
have applied number 297, Vki, and 2iG.
'W dead soldiers have left no pensiona
ble relatives. More than one half of
kffce nun who enlisted to save
f\^e Unio»," are dead and yet the re*
* large number of pensioners,
the living soldiers!
ln tl» KeoMloD.
would help largely jjgt
light. There »no rewon^by tbeiac
should not be paMtahed
it is adelicate matter e p*T®
those who recrtre » pension, ******
ulous one. Ttal
orably secured this reoog
*>» ^T'T;, he wbo
^ashamed to acknowledge it or
to have it known, that he
for patriotio service never oughtto^ve
had it. The only people, who will serf
ously object to it, are the swindlers, who
got Jheirtward under fatee V***™"
The pension list should be printed and
published in such a form ^U T\^
ceople in every community of
jSSy to examine it. If there are
half a million honest pensioners in the
country, nobody will
them all that Congress bees fit to allo w,
„re there any swindlers, let them be de
tected andjj>unished^^^^
the KES for cocjwm
One of the most essential requisites of
a good councilman is a liberal and pro
gressive mind. Perversely short-sighted
nieu have made Wheeling's city policy
tlie subject of derision upon every side
And when we compare out city p°»cy
toward railroads especially, with the
policy other cities pursue; when we see
the inducements offered by different
municipalities to large
whether manufacturing or not,to.make
their several localities an objective
point; when w« view the concern with
which other cities seek to acquire busi
ness and the shipping facilities neces
sary thereto, we cannot but say m our
heart, surely we are a sorely tried and a
grieviously afflicted people.
But whose fault is it? I>»rec y
Council's; indirectly, the people s. We
should choose a different class of men
It has usually lx*n our misfortune to
have our opportunities and our elections
at diflerent times. And we have chosen
men without reference to any particu.
lar object-save only, perhaps, the suc
cmb of party. The idea of electing men
upon their individual merits irrespec
tive of politics has not heretofore ob
tained among us. We are now how
ever, upon the eve of a municipal elec
tion, and great railroad possibilities are
before us. Shall we not, in view of this,
act with independence and determina
tion, and elect men to Council who will
deal Intelligently with these com
panies?
Hut the question is, how are we to get
fruch men in Council?
We can hardly hope to see either of
the political parties nominate a suitable
ticket throughout. If they do not, the
only way is to put a citizen's ticket in
the field. None are more available as
I good councilnien than the leading mer
chants and business men. They under
i fctand and appreciate the importance of
1 shipping facilities. They are keen aud
enterprising.
Let the selection of men for the citi
zen's ticket be made especially with a
view of securing a liberal policy, ror
we believe the realization of the rail
road schemes now so prominently before
the public will depend more upon the
encouragement given by Council thau
I upon anything else.
Ill K WIXTEK EVEKISiiS.
The long evenings oftbe year are al
leady with us. IIow wo shall spend
them is hu important matter. To have
no plan about it is to accomplish little
or nothing. To keep on with our day
time work, or even to keep our minds
continuously upon it, is a worse folly
than to spend our evenings in aimless
amusements. People go insane from
following one thing too constantly, by
staying in one place too closely, by
thinking in one line of thought only.
Not all the insane people are within
asylums; a good many such keep on in
their vocations with an insane devotion
to them. Their families and friends
are immediate sufferers. What the
busy work-a day i>eople need is to get
away from their work and all thoughts
of it for certain hours of the day. Even
ings give the opportunity. They should
be spent in that which is just aa different
from the day occupation as is practica
ble. Amusements should hold a place,but
certain kinds of work may be, from the
change they afford, a needed recreation.
It rests one set of tired muscles, to ex
ercise another, and the clQnge invigor
ates the whole body. So the mental
fctigue resulting from close attention to
business or literary labor, may be alle
viated by a change 01 mental exercise
bydolnn something else or thinking of
something.
Ourlbng evening* may be turned
into a permanent profit, too, m well as
pTrtiit diversion and rest. There
should be a plan about spending them.
Aimlessly floating along with them will
give little rest and less satisfaction.
Take up geology one winter, chemistry
another and so on. Get enough of
these and other branches to have them
in a kind of magazine to draw from for
your own pleasure and lor intelligent
conversation. Why should not a me
chanic persue lines of historical reading
during the bleak winter evenings? It
takes him out ol himself aud gives tone
to his whole system.
Young men and women in the shops
and behind the counters, should have
a special work before them for every
winter. Take certain evenings of the
week to learu drawing, painting phono
graphy, music, or a language. A talent
may be developed that will lift the
worker to a position far at»ove his pres
eut. At any rate it will broaden hi in,
make a better companion and citizen.
The pursuit of some 'tranches of na
tural science is an excellent thing to
add to one's stock of pleasurable knowl
edge. A little knowledge of rocks aud
mineral#, paints, insects etc., makes
every walk or ride a rich banquet.
new or «ofth.
The Baltimore Journal of Comineroe
calls attention to the fact that the sale
of Government lands in the Souther*
States is assuming large proportions.
Of the 8,650,219 acres 9old In 1S79 there
were 481,174, or 56 per cent- of the whole,
located in Arkansas, Ijouisiana, Mivsis
Mppi, Alabama and Florida, the only
Southern States in which the Govern
ment still owns lands. In 1880 the to
tal sales amounted to 9,166,918 acres
916,815 acres or 10.9 per cent, b&ng in
the South. The total salra In 1881
[cached 10,759,107 acres of whieh 1,517,
136,14.1 per (est, were in Ut» States
named. In the year ended Jane SO,
1882, total sales were 15,<K$tS&
wm, •aittttote * BimlMra am
cent, of
* ' *ve
chases ate doubtless speculative, but an
other and a large part are due to the
large flow Sevtbward of people migrat
ing from the North in rocent years.
As the year draw* to a dose people
are reminded •# the feet that during
the preceeding twelve months death
has l>een busy among them. Some idea
©f bow many penons die in a year in
the whole country is gamed from the
eeasns report which Lb in prem. The
total number of deaths which occurred
in th« United State* during 1-8HO was
750,893, or a death rate at 15.1 per
thousand. The male deatl rate is
placed at 15*% per.thousand, Mid 14.81
for the feaiale. Of 39#;644 deaths of
males, ia which the ages were giveu,
96,894 were under one year of age, and
in;:,880 under five years. Of .163j874
deaths of females, of which the ages
Mere given, 78,372 were lews-thau one
year old, and 138,920 less than Ave
years. Thirty-eight thousands three
hundred and ninety-eight persons are
said to have died from diphtheria, 22,
905 from typhoid, 20,261 from malarial
fever, and iH,->51 from consumption
ALL SORTS. *
Beech KB wou Id rather give one show
a day, make it a good one and have a
big house, than give two poor opes t®
bad business
Lomhjjc policemen may, it is sai»t,
hereafter wear mustaches. This will
make it much more pleasant for ladies
to be assisted over a crossing.
Retorts eomiug in show that the
majority of Cincinnati men got drunk
to celebrate the transit of Venus, aud
those who didn't known of it wsre
awful mad.
The brewers ofHt. i/ouis have started
a newspapei organ to work up an in
creased thirst for lager. This is a good
deal like jumping on a man when he's
down.
The time has come when the aver
age man has to wrestle with the temp
tation to boy his wife a smokjng cap
and a box of cigars for a ('hristmas pres
ent.—Philadelphia News.
Another county heard from, law
yer Kerr, of star route fame, prophesies
the annexation of Mexico and Canada
in the near future, but doesn't state
where our bank cashiers are to go.
A Kiuend of ours has been such a
dear, good husband for the past year
that his wife has decided not to make
him pay for a Christmas present for
himself. Virtue brings its reward.
Klizaukth ('ai>y C anton advisee
billiards for girls of the period. If a
girl handles a billiard-cue as dextrously
as she throws a stone, the man four
feet to the left of her is likely to have
an eye poked out.
•A New York teacher of the art of
swimming says that women learn
quicker than men. When a woman
lias got an elegant boaling-sui* she isn't
going to be forever in getting herself
ready to display it.
Heriiert Spencer Is a philosopher
and Bismarck is a statesman, but
either one is just as likely as au ordinary
man to put on his trousers first and his
drawers afterwards, when dressing
hastily at. midnight to run to a tire.
tea Table gossip.
Mim. Mki.vii.ie (Miss Carl yon), has
left a traveling company at St. Louis
because the leading man would Insist
upon giving her "the Henry V. kiss."
She describes the kiss and the trouble
it caused to a Tost-Dispatch reporter, as
follows:
It is the kiss that Rignold uses in
Hcnrv V. As lie does it it is not so
bad, f>ut everyone Is not the actor th&t
' Rignold is, and the consequence Is that
every time the kiss is used the whole
house titters, and there is a suggestion
of indelicaey about it that is very an
noying. Now don't imagiuethat I am
a prude, for I am not. I delight in love
scenes on the stage, but there is art and
there is awkwardness. What we call
the Henry V. kiss in England is this:
The gentleman comes behind
where the lady is standing and puts both
his hands over her shoulders on her
cheeks, so that the fingers of both meet
just beneath her chin. Then he pulls
her head back to his shoulder and
kisses her fairly on the lips, keeping his
.nouth to hers for fully two minutes.
After he kissed me that way once I al
ways afterwaid moved my mouth so
tha't he kissed me on the chin and not
on the lips, but it was unpleasant in
the extreme. It is »tage etiquette that
110 Jfntleraau sbonft[ ^ ^
on the Hi*. My hueband never spoke
about it, and it WOtlld be stwurd to ask
him to kia* my ear oato kiss me belaud
the ear. Of I wouMn't miud
about lb« kiss if it didn't pnt me in
such an absurd llcfct. The idea of
wanting to be kis*e<l on the ear is posi
tively dreadful. I don't know how peo
ple can imagine such things.
Fascinating Fkkddik:
Ilappy, handsome Freddie Uebhardt!
ISettingall the ladies warring!
Like a great, big, lovely leopard,
Or a lieciral tiger starring!
I.alKinchere and Lsngtry parted!
All fur darling Freddie Gebhardt!
Labouchere is broken-hearted,
And she'd have the Langtry pej>p«red!
0 that I were Freddie Gebhanlt!
Just as rich and strong as he is!
1 would be a bounding leopard,
Jnst like pretty Freddie Uebhardt,
I-angtry s pet, and sweet » she is!
— Louisville Courier Journal.
That was a remarkable scene in
c»»urt at I loading, I'enn., when a farm
er named John Henry, who is fairly
well ofT, brougnt his three yoaug and
band some daughters into court as the
plaintiff's in three separate actions for
breaee of promise of marriage. The
weeping victims are blondes, ami were
fashionably attired. The triafe-of the
elder sisters, Amanda and Amelia,
were at once proceeded with. The de
fendants are Edwin Reitz and Xonroe
Ijeiby, cousins, of lietoigh county. The
lather claims several thousand dollars'
damages. The hon*at farmer is bound
i to make something out of his girls if
be cant get them married. Should
(he trial result in awarding them dam
ages, the old gentleman might "set
'em again,'-* and accumulate a neat.
fortune by the opetation.
MkSv Lanutry has said at least one
thing for which gentlemen attending
theatres should be grateful. Hhe says
iadieaappear to much better advantage
withcat bat s at the theatre, and advises
American women not to wear head
covering f ,t such places.
LET HER PUCKER.
wliHtto*
hair lirlfUs
a thistle.
GREAT MEN'S RELATIVES
Satt Histories of Okfe s Flr«t Faw
Hits, By a Stat* OfRcsr.
Romantic Life of Dick Nevin, Who is Known
in Wheeling—A Gallant of Former O^ys,
Now a Day Laborer— Ex-Gev. Den
nison'f Son and DaueMer.
CoLtrjMrs, O., December 14.
"Her Ufa might h»*e had; bat the denxtfr
Of aAVing his had p»4 It past hitt car*."
The other day while sitting in front of
the Nei) hocse. tbr principal boetelry of
Ohio'a capital city, I was led to think, while
looking at the passers by,how many strange
family histories there are in Coltynbos. It
would requiie a rotanie to record the
stories of skeletons in tbe closets of aiany
a leading family in tbr city. 1 was brought
to this reflection by seeing Dick Nevii* the
twit, pass by. In former daya he revelled
in wraith,and was one of tit* important men
of Ohio. He was a politician and the pub
lic printer for many yeara. If there erer
was a man who broke dowa all the sacked
bnlwarks of the home it was Dick Kevin.
He sowed the wind for many years, and is
bow reaping the whirlwind. He ha«< lost
all of his wealth, and at piesent barely ob«
tains a living as passenger agent of a little
railroad over at Dayton. Hfc was once pal*
licly horsewhipped bv a fataona Governor
of Ohio for speaking lightly of his daugh
ter.
While thinking of
Mevla'i Manj Enrap^M
a lady passed, of whom a distinguished
official of the State Government hitting by
me said, referring to her.
"That is Miss Parsons. Her sister mar
ried a prince—a German, I believe. A
little, insignificant looking, dark-complex
ioned Dutchman, that almost any Ameri
can girl having good sense would not have
married for any consideration. But Mrs.
Parsons got a mania, while traveling in
Kurope, to have her daughter marry a
titled person. Thin German had a title,
bnt aothing else, and he finally consented
to marry the girl if her wealthy parents
wonld make a suitable marriage settlement
upon the lady he was to wed. This was
agreed to by the aspiring mother and the
family came home to prepare for the
nuptials. Mrs. Parsons intended to make
it a great occasion and ample prejiarutiona
were made for the event.
"A short time before the marriage was
to take place the prince arriv«d, and at
onee proceeded to the businesa of his
thrifty wooing. Old Mr. Parsons did not
take kindly to his highness, and refused to
settle more than $60,000 on the daughter
who was to wed him. The prince demand
ed $100,000, and there was, consequently,
quite a hitch. The girl's father would give
n« more, and the prince was obdurate in
his refusal to accept less. In this dilemma
Mrs. Parsons produced the additional $.">0,
000 from her own personal estate, and the
girl, a tine-looking, splendid woman, led
the prince her parents had bought for her
to the altar."
"Where are they now?"
"I do not know, nor does anyone h_>re
seem to have the knowledge. Naturally
the marriage was not a happy one. The
great, large house with extensive grounds
attached, that stands at the head of Town
street, is the home of the l*arsons family,"
continued the speaker. "They travela great
deal in Kurope."
Kate ( baiir Npra*«e*» E*rljr Hon».
The peculiarly shaped dwelling that you
see on the corner a square or two beyonu
whs the home of Salmon P. Chase wlicn he
was Governor and United Slates Senator,
ll was there that his famous daughter Kate
began her checkered life. She was the cen
tral figure of that houshold for many years,
and the leader of Columbus society when
it was composed of many notable people.
How many interesting stories could be
told of those days concerning people who
have now gone to their last rest to ha\e re
tired from the stage of active life.
While this gentleman was narrating the
strange histories of many people who had
years ago made up, and some of whom yet
compose the leading society of Columbus,
a little lady passed leading a child live or
six years of age. She was plainly hut very
neatly dressed, and beside being strictly
beautiful, there was an unmistakable airof
refinement about her, both in apparel and
manner. She was too small to be very line
looking, but her regular features, beauti
ful eyes and wealth of light brown hair,
added to perfect taste of dress, easy car
riage. anu a pleasant countenancc would
have made her a noticeable woman any.
where. The little girl at her side gave
ample evidence in her appearance of a
fond and careful mother's attention. As
mother and daughter passed where we
were sitting, the otlicial who had been re
counting the peculiarities of the most
prominent citizens of Columbus, said:
"That little lady has the most pathetical
ly interesting family history of any per
son in the city, and she is one of the most
crnellv wronged women in America.
"Who is she?"
"That is
Yhe Deserted Wife
of the good-for-notliing Neil Dennlson.
You know he is the son of ex-(iovernor
Pennison, who for so many years bore
such a prominent part in our Slate and
national history. Neil I>enoison, there
fore, had great advantages. His boyhood
was spent in the best of schools, and his
youth among men in high public positions,
for his father was a Cabinet officer after
he was Governor of Ohio. While yet in
his teens Neil was made an officer In the
regular army, and grew from a
good-looking boy to be an exceedingly
handsome man. He led a very fast life in
the army and finally lost his position be
cause of drink and dissolute companion
ship. Soon after he left the army hia
father took him in hand, brought him to
Columbus and tried to reform him. About
that time he met that little woman who
had just passed ui. 3he was then a school
girl, living upon the banks of the 8us<|ue
Wua. new ilarruburg, i'a. Mary Halde
I man was ! *»***•>"me. Her father
t enent in Pennsylvania affair*. "Hf was it
\he head ot a bigh.y intellectual lamiljT
and an iron master of some pretentions.
Young Dennlson was greatly pleased with
Mini Haldeman and she Terr soon fell in 1
love with her handsome suitor. They were
finally married at Harrisburg with innch
eclat, and when they joined hands at the
altar they made a very striking personal
appearance. Kvery one predicted a happy
future for the pair. She was so much in
Igve with him and he seemed so fond of
her that every one said: 'She can save
Neil Pennison from his evil ways, if no
one else can.'
Xn. I»ennl«on on the RU(e.
"A few days after bis marriage Neil
Penaison brought his school-girl wife to
Columbus. She was so beautiful and so
charming in her manners that she at
once became the most favored gue*t in
the best society in our city. Hy com
mon consent she reigned as a queen in
our social circles. Her society was
sought by men and women alike, and
she was so much flattered that it is strange
her head was not turned by this
universal adulation. For a time she had
great influence over her husband, and
seemed to have almost entirely charmed
him from his evil ways. She was a most
devoted wife and mother and Hung to her
husband with an absorbing deterruination
to make him the man he might be
through bis unusual advantages of birth,
education and connections. She seemed
for a time to have succeeded, and so well
did he advance that he waa nominat
ed and elected to the city council.
His wife cherished and aided his
ambitions in every way in her
power, and when his term of councilman
had expired the Democrats nominated bins
for Mavor of Columbos. with almost aoer
tainty "of his election. The exeitemcnt of
politics, however, teemed to be too i»ach
for him and be began to drink. After be
took to liquor be seemed to lose all mwml
responsibility, and was soon an associate
of the lowest clasaes in the town. Yet hia
wife elnng to hint with unqueationing
fidelitv, hoping that his election would
bring him the requisite good sense to ac
complish bis reformation.
"Without question she furnished him
with money out of the few thousands she
bad left from her father's estate, and did
everything that a devoted wife could do W
further his advancement. Kvery dollar of
her personal lortur.e she handed osrer to
her dissolute hu»l>tnd to aid hia in nia
canvass. His conduct was, however, so
outrageous that he was overwbelraisg'y
defeated, altbocgh the majority of his
party was over 2.000. Hia defeat seemed
to make him worr* .nstead of better, and
he went to the scums aa fast as a man
could. . . ,, s j
''Abcut this time hi* father died, and
freed from parental influence and advice
Neil went at a break t.eck pace frota bed to
WOn* no BevsiH Wlft,
who bad given bint ber last doll* to help
•lHK5Svenceroent was soon neglected,
flu* Shamefully ill-treated and finally
jklbMiT' left without means to support
btiWllSbd their four besutiml children.
IfcftClppg time she knew nothing of hia |
•Wrtebvuu, and there was a perfect storm
r tit eona^mity roused
by fail desertion of his wife and children.*
"Does she reside here no»J ,
"Yea. She Htm in ■ little boy np |
afreet, that her bnabsnd ■ ****** f~**
finally decide to let her hare wo» I
This, however, to the foil exteti
isaistince, and some timeanonwwii
forced to go ont and try to earn ***** lor
herself and child rem. Bbe to a *"•
ringer, and »he joined the choruaof tn
opera company to try and fit bemwf tor
•one position where aheoonld carnenaagfc
to acrpport herself and ehildran. 8h» ■—
jnat returned home, an# sxpectt in mww
days to obtain a position where her vow*
will provide a livelihood lor hewelf am*
her little one*. 8he baa clmw to her chfH
dren with snrpmsing lore «m fanderuaeai
seeming willing to make t»y sacrifices tor
them. I bmnl nothing in mmtm§ that no
woman in Ihfe land can tell tma personal
experience a sadder atory of wrong than
that little lady whom Xei» Ifcontooo
brought hefva few years ago in Hie bloom
mm it bope of her joyoua jouth."
"what has become of himf
"He is. living a wild, dissipated reck
less life somewhere in Colorado. -He per
haps won't live lbng unless be mends bia
war*, and it wotrid be a God'a blessing to
thr family he ba* so abased if he were to
die. It would rid them of a worthless
liMband and father who will alwayabe a
disgrace to them as long as he livee."
"Why don't abe get a divorce from htoaf
' Her nearest friends aay that ahe still
clings to the bope that be may yet referm
and return; that she cannot bear the
tbonght of dragging- her family skeleton
before the public ow> account of the four
beautiful children left under her protec
tion. She shuns publiritv and seeks to
shield her recreant husband to the extent
of her power. She left Mr. Ford'a opera
company aa much because her his
tory bad become known to the
public as because abe eenld not earn enough
to support her family properly. l:nleas her
husband's family shall he honorable enough
to provide for the children, the wife of Neil
lieanison, the pampered but dissolute son
of the late Gov. Peunison, of Ohio, United
States Senator and cabinet minister,Jwill be
again forced to earn her own living and
that of bis four children before the foot
lights." For her it would seem that—
"Nothing but a blank i*m*Jne—a dead, void
■pace;
Sad ktrpN In life that proaaibed aucfra raoe."
r. a.- r
SPLURGING ED. STOKES.
Popular Anaait ■••Ma* aa s»ro»per
•na mn Hs I'mM Wiak.
Itrooklyn Allgte.
The career of E< toward S. Stokes is
startling. 1 wan at Gabe Case's mad
house yesterday wheu he drove up
with his beautiful team of flyers, and,
springing lightly to the ground, stepped!
into the bar-room. On every side he
was saluted with "Hulloo, Kd.," aud
hands were stretched out to grasp his
ax he moved along. Merchants, bank
ers, brokers, lawyers, millionaire*, men
about town, gentlemen of leisure and
men of the highest social standing all
greeted him warmly, and was asked by
half a dozen men at once to drink with
them. Could anything be more extra
ordinary'.' He, as everyone knows, is
the man who deliberately killed Col.
Jim Fisk in the" Grand Central Hotel,
was tried for murder, and spent several
years in the murderer's cell in Sing
Sing. Wheu he came out nothing was
heard of him for some time, uutll he
huddenly splurged out as the proprietor
of the swell uptown hotel, which is now
famous ktecause it lias the most gorgeous
bar-room in the world. Stokes has filled
I Ms superb drinking saloon with a col
lection of statuary and picturcs--all
studits in the nude — which
is, perhaps, unrivalled in this
country. He next appeared as the
bosom friend of John W. Mackey, the
Bonanza King, who always stops at
Stokes' hotel when in New York. After
this he took to theatrical ventures by
loaning capital to actors ambitious to
build theatres. Lately he has begun to
ercct a theatre himself, though his
name is carefully kept in the back
ground for fear of the prejudices which
still exists in the minus of many aood
citizens against the man who killed the
gonial and generous Jim Fisk. His
very last move, however, has l>een in
the direction of trotting horses. He
splurged out in this direction very sud
denly. He jogged up to Fleetwood
Park one day behind a pair of keen
looking horses, nnmed I .y 111 an aud
Hell Flow er. He bragged rather
loudly of their ftpeed, and a match was
arranged between them and another
team, which Stokes won easily and
scooped In more thousand dollars than
lie had fingers, in half au hour, tiiuoo
then he has been very solid \yjth turf.
men, who always •^Uilre a man of that
kind. . „.okes is still a handsome man,
though his face Is very deeply lined ana
his hair gray. He is as vain as when
he held ladies' receptions in the Tombs,
utiJ dresses with an extravagance un.
e<iuaj':d by many millionaires of New
York. He is popular among men here,
which is a curious thing, I'll be bound.
One question constantly presents itself
—would he have attaiucd his present
Gsitlon of influence and wealth if he
d not killed Jim Fisk?
DOLLS WORTH MANY DOLLARS.
Baby Pet* trihc PdM Ruble* That
('«»( KnoiiKh u Make P«p»'i He»«
Ham.
New York Morning Journal.
Haid a doll dealer to a Journal report*
er: "The value of the last few wette' »
importation may be put at 3600,000.'f
Three hunrircd.thoiiHund dollant' worth
are now inikeriteUAopi tobeMliltf
private carttoew for holiday present*
iochlUien. The reet wfll be purchased
" n the wkftoUle tl t.r tjr out-ot
..a dealer*. Why, a readf-Bi!«>e
ill'a costume of ordinary elegant Is
>rth f9», and mrh eostumea are made
fd- spring, summer, winter and autumn,
u«a dolT could not reasonably be ex
jia-U'd to wear the same clothe* the year
r<fmd. The banner doll in this shop is
viiued at $95. Her dress and jewels are
very rich and elaborate."
'Shew mc an economical doll."
'Certainly," *ald she; "here is ons
iitwhite satm, with a White Matin cape
trimmed with swan's down, poke
Ixkinet ditto, silk stockings and kid
til iper*. It is $50. Here is an a*t hetic
•lull in old gold plaid plush sacque, with
s Iilue Matin drras and nd satin bonnet
with ostrich tips; a mere matter of$46."
The reporter gasped and turning to
tl* superintendent of the department,
mid, "L)o these dolls go out of the stock
al»ne7"
"No," said he; "they renulre elegant
tie*wau boxes of toilet articles, trunks,
I ffidboxex, Ar. A tolerable wardrobe
h tludes two extra dresses—ane of fanrj
wdin, the other of white satin: a fun
line of underwear; laoe caps, fashion
aUe hats, n«rkiaow>, ear-rings, brooches
ai«l a basket ef flowers. Heme ward
n tes are arranged in handsome boxes;
otters in trunks, readv for starting. A
far wardrobe easts $ 12: soase are SB,
while a limited wardrobe tor a very
ytuqg doll is ae»y ninety-eigtit eenta."
A miniature bedstead with a brocade
vH\ «t spread aad eardlnal satin cushion
curts&t. More luxurious ooucbes for
dells cost $15w Cunning rustic chain
sre W and W- Bronze high, eh airs, se
cured in a manner to prevent very ac
tive dolls from jumping ev Calling out
of them, are SB aad $10 aptaos. Laoe
curtained cradles for dolla which have
not yet been weaned, may ka had f«r
$*
THE LITTLE BANANA KEL.
Like a bar of Ik* beaten qM
I aleam Id tba»iimii>ur'* mm:
I am llttie, I know, ball tblak I san throw
A man that will weigh a tsa.
I xnd oot am aballence* baM.
1 blow ma ao vaunting tern.
Bat fooiuhtobs who tr»a4ath cams;;
Hell wtak bs bad ne'er hssa bora.
M»awas«SSKl _
> ketb* > hat£«<h MT?r;
h&wbSabtatt 221b?kL
With a down-comiM eeaab be na»kMa bta
Am?nux>* ba^slsartoasapoaaM.
r', «wt
nJ«rf?ma4s tbaeelVardoofsereak.
•EtaSSKC-.. —
qaJglgg *
II ustl lUprwuA
'"ittsas.
STRAY THOUGHTS.
He who think* and reason, mu4
doubt. - -
The wise man to never note alon.
then when in the society of
foolish.
*■
No 1MB cm kdtnly fteewhe » .
■lave to hii vim . _
He whemn wpwthimself need not
iter whet kit enemy may say.
AflMUtfrn taaderfce of the false sod
the weak; OM»iUa«| Hi the true dfc*
to act naturally.,
"Out «*—dW to what we are; onr
'Oar ufeu*H" » wiim ww Me, onr
imputation is what ather people think,
we eie.
The greatest of virtues leeelf-abnej^.
Men. It it also the most seldom prac
ticed and the lea* appreciated.
hi a republic the gueaimauat is the
people—the people are the government;
U the people h* wise and good, and we
will'have a wise and good government.
When a man knows eaougfc to know
that he knows nothing, he has entered
the high road to the-hingioni ofkuowi
edge.
Hrwho bat a little knowledge is apt
to be positive and dsgmalie, but He who
has great learning Is- seldom dogmatic
and never blgotedt Realising that
truth is man; sided and infinite, he
knowetbat no finite mind eaa grasp
her iober entirety, and waits to see
what aew form she may* present when
he shall have turned » page to thegrmt
book o# knowledge.
Happiness is a will o* the wisp, an
iguus Jatuus, ever alluring and eluding.
We fallow it ever, over mountain
meadow and morass. Vrom ctiilhood
to oldage, we never grew weaty in the
pursuit of the bright vision flUMan Just
before us, till at la* it sinks and Is lost
with ua in the grave just as we think to
clasp it to our bosom. "Man never la,
but always is to bs blessed.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
To live aprlghUy. then, la mm Um best.
To MTtMntlTM, and not t* 4*ma Um mi
—Dryden.
The angels find all their happiness in
use, (torn use, and aoescdtng to it.—
Hwedsnborg.
What would life be without hope, the
fresh spring of water bubbling up in
thu dry waste places of the heart?— M.
T. W.
There 1m never a nomeat when a
block-head does not deetn a wise man
capable of uttering noasenee or of com
mitting folly.—Marie Eschenbach.
Life is here often ground down Into*
mere existence, but It la the duty of
each one lo resist such action and by
every possible means seek to reoover
the higher plane which la nearer heaveat
for the kingdom of Wod cornet b not witti
observation, but is Within us.—H. P. C.
The Hooka nay well, my broth era! each maa*a
life
The oulconioof lata former living la;
Hie bygone wronga bring forth aorrowaaMI
woes,
Tlie bygnno right* breed bllaa.
Thnl which ye aow ye leap. Hee jrander
flelda!
The uraamum VMuumum, the oorw
Wit* corn. The tMlcnoe and the itartDM
knew!
Ho la a man* fate born,
—Arnold* " Mghl at Aaia."
He who prefers the material delighta
of lifo to the intellectual pleasures is
like the iKwsessor of a palaoe who takaa
up his abode In the kitchen and leaves
the drawing-rooms empty. Mario
Kschenbach.
Nature in herself is dead, and na
more contributes to produce the thinga
of the natural world than the Instru
ment to produce the work of the artist,
which must be perpetually moved In
order that it may act.—Swedeuborg.
Diphtheria ami TyphtM F»*w.
Xhe mortality statintles collected by
the Cencus Bureau furnUb Home Inter
esting points with regard to thedUtrlbu
tion of eertaln diseases. The number of
deaths during the census year reported
a* due to diphtheria Ih males, 18,848;
females. 18,&49; total, 38,398; giving a
proportion 51.33 par thousand of all
deaths in which the causes are reported ■
The total numl>er of deuthg from dipb
theria under one year of age was 2,896*
under five years of fcgo It was 20.035,
between fl.Te and fifteen yearn of an
!1,iG2. In the north Atlantic Htatestne
proportion of deatliH from diphtheria to
tlie total number of deaths having
recorded cause* was 51.20 per thousand,
being in (he cities 40.71 per thousand,
and in the Mmall towns and rural His*
tricts, 53.80. In the Gulf coast Htatos
the proportion of deaths from dlphthe*
ria was but 12.10 per thousand (13.74 In
New Orleans ana 12.27 elsewhere), and
In the lake regions It was 81.15. His
rltles, from Rochester to Chicago, give
an average of 78.16, and the remainder
of the region 84.15 per thousand. The
Htaiistics of enteric or typhoid fever an
equally Instructive. The total number
or deaths from typhoid fever rejwrted
are. males, 11,852; females, 11,053;
total, 22,805,1x3Ins In the proportion of
31.21 per thousand of all deaths having
reported causes. In the north AtlauUo
H tales the proportion of death/ from
Ihisttusi wwMJBp* thousand in the
f Mil 11 ill IjljN"inih#oottatry. IT
7.17and ths ml
or.tba odr tiuila hke
SSI™55
wtteygatfjfw to the remainder of tlH*
■will be seen from tbess
I neither diphtheria nor
I are especially diseases ol
ties. Tney appear to be
^^■^■ent in the •mall town* and
rural districts which have no general
water supply or system of sewerage, but
pl»tain their water from springs
wells, and observe the usual custom of
ttorlng excreta In ce*»i>ools or vaults
A New York correspondent write":
'Among the many ridicoloue fa»hi<>n«,
none now in vogue is more glaring than
wearing ornaments around tbe bat
made to imitate those horrible r*i»UU«
-snakes and toads. Imagine, If y"u
•an, anything more barbarie than to
tee a fine bonnet disfigured by these
Lbings peeping out under tbe
triromingH with which the boon*»
idorned. One bonnet that I •* baa
wieof these big green frogs peM>«»
right on top of It, and the long brings
were stamped with figures of tbe same
creature. What It was made out of '
not say, bat It looked real a* a lin
ing one. Another bonnet that I
vera by a fashionable lady had twelve
white mice (stuffed) as a part of ti»* of*
[lamentation. They seemed to par
Ing 'hide and seek' among the f«*he*t
ind velvet on the crown. On
boaneta I have seen owls' bead*, witn
fhelr great big eyes staring y«"
In the fax. A lady wealing a
with owls' beads on II almost frigbteosa
»little girl Into spasms rec*01'/'.*®!
was compelled to eat short her vWt to
let eat of the way of tie timid Uttls
ime."
Bman Cam FowrMW*--*
»tsat wasberwossan with alarv^j**
* frwhly ironed slothes got on s
»rt last evening. The car was «•>*+
ei, every cent being occupied
depositing her doth» basket near tJJ
font door of the ear, she turned si*jn?
i nd surveyed the tftaaUoo. No
■" ■« uimmi ioor or nve a*- /—• f
Afcwmiwrf-^ ip.