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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.