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VOL. I.
JOHNSON CITY, TENN., SATURDAY, MAY 24,' 1884.
NO. 11.
Jioal Dow declare that he lias con- .
Verted Petroleum V. Nasby to tho pro-
hibitioH crood
A now vault's being "placed in the
Treasury fainMing at .Washington
thatvfir bo capable of holding $75,009,-
IKX) of specie. I" :,.
it is estimated mat tno dugs on ex
hibition at the bench show in Madison
Squire Gardfm, Now Yolk; last week,
are worth $350,00.
iouiisiaonoiueiierai "believe this to ba erroneous, and the
.l 'ner ner K,chmoud'
and S 0m youngest Bon:c-f General
uraiu is a wine uuc m n.aii street.
Tht) SCatff oi the Florida shipwreck
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alike uionaWpeet;. Tho more we
iear ttwuMnem, jne worse mey an-
JMsar' ': ' L'J' I I "
During Urt) ylarl 1883 the railways
of Great Britianu killdd X?3Q porsons furnished to the assessors, at Burling
andHjurodj8,123 persQiuj. And yot tow. It is as follows : Personal prop
Englisheh oiSTalwayB talking about erty, $50,825 ; real property, $15,120 ;
the dangetHf filing infthe United
MftUjfcfB i .
Aojriaij nonada hfls been gran-
, . . .
tod fr dg-ade because her husband
yok6ti3s8Ttu with a steer. Now, why
doesn't she su the minister or squire
wnoj yexqa ner jip wun me ouier i
brute?: ( ' " "
It is caipulatea-that tncro are now
residing in tho United States nearly a
thousand Japanese, and of tins num
ber 11 is said mat .not one has ever
been convicted of tiny criminal offense
in an American court.
Tho trusteos of Earlham College, at
Richmond, Jnd., have decided to erect
hi i , . A j - s,r i
n 11 ii in or , ir rmt K4 (VhY nnrf
- U'TV-rn Tp- 7
vice uireu uuw (iruivsMurB,
This is the
leading collegecf the Society of Friouds
in the West,
AbuHreotwjg of the .John Hopkins
LitrHri-Hoi'fv in Kltiinrir. rvisma
in 15 diflorent languages, including'
Chinese, Japanese, modern Greek,
Danish, and Norwegian, were recited
and translations were given.
The Governor of the State of Coli
ma, Mexico, hits commissioned Emilio
Mahlo to map tho Lake of San Pedrito,
flll",K!W wummiiig .1. . Kup-
poreu vpauiniBiflKe ib me cause 01 me
nnnual vellpw Jfovtir epidemi:
Louis Schaefer, a rich Democrat of
Canton,r0io, ii practical in his .cs
teenjr'pJCnom.Tis Jofferson's good work
for roiycyd.!i JilrSohaefer offers to
Mrs. Mickleh'amI jefTorson's errand-
daughter, a home in his house as long
M she may live.
Mr. Cofkrell, announcing .in the
Senate the other day his pair upon a
tnotlcH slWI am rfattvd (with Sena
tor iforrihl'of Termoritwho is absent
tc-dayjorjfua firt,inie' during twen
ty-iunVyetoVof Berv?cd 1 In ' tho Con
gress of tl&i.i?nitd. States.",
Tho MtOfOf the historic Black Hole
of Calcutta, which was Vscovred aev-
orat months ago nd excavated, has
been fifledip d ".decently paved
over. "A1 handiwiae tablet of white
marblo, bearing a BUitable idscnption,
it abouj to be placed near the spot.
a TJL5i Ji Afc " 11 1.; .
pantaloons of dudish rotundity, a shin
ing shirt bosom,' whiti' necktie, a plug
hatr brown-black locks of hair hang'
ing Howh her neok. That's how Dr.
Mary Walker t looks '4s1 phewalk up
rennayivama avenu y tu(JapitoI.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson told a friend
in (UUauoga the other day that she
had "talked with numerous old South-
ern-soldiew -who had fought tho war
thitMght aua .who ne knew would
riisKiiw smtiuii tiHi tiutiu arms
'1 1.1 "i T. -ill- .f
topiwiecvihs ynion,ns tnoyqid in imi
to.tof1ri..v-.;7
Astronomers, tell us in-, their own
Bimpreihtclligfblewray that the grad-
Are longer because the sun rises earlier
and wts later; v.T .
Mi- ',. nM,mo u... '.
appoi.Sfe7y Judge W4Hiamson, of
the. Criminal Court, Saturday, to rep-
vaannf a mVivK ri rainAvlmaa ami at.
tr!l ir .rloii- nrimn.. . Th J,,d
, , .
KWhi 'ft' a m'nfhW fb
motherless '
- - - V,,
".iT ' - s
Miss Chamterlain, known as a beau-
ty, will pasfie sununcr at Newport.
It. ia nVie nl Uftrtm' ill J admirer writr
urn.. Jii L.ti.,...;, k .v.:.
anA HilA h Wn. a.,d ft i
Olio iiicvX'T ? vii'j"vsvAi vi ntuto
mftrkklv harmonious with her
j o
i i
to
the "iliiyCM .W ,the l-liptjc of Jhe !
terMtiil MrioT MM Wight Wset ,
at &bHitfsh Mi that' tha-'daysj
I fit it iiiwtlt vi ..'lithe sum should be doubled every
It is the opinion Of tne Rev. Dr.
Ecclsston that San Francisco is the
Paris of. Americaiitt.Uie fondness oi
the people for amusement, their love
of UfiiUy .disregard of religion,
and tfteiecklehabiteof speculation,
He also notes that California has pro-
. portlonately more suicides than any
other State, and he . finds prolific
causes in dissipation, financial einbar
rasHinent, and 001111110 trouble,
Mr. Ciller, of Nottingham. N. H
says that he reasonably hones to live
to the ago of 100 years. At 93 ho in in
good health and enjoys life, taking
particular pleasure in reading the
reports of tho proceedings in the Uni
ted States Senate, of which he once
was a member.
Life insurance companies make
uiscriimnation against the negro on
i . . ...
the theory that his life is shorter than
that of the whita mnn. Soma eTiwvta
Massachusetts Legislature passed a bill
forbidding such distinction ; but Got.
Roi)inHOn tiMM to aonend hi
nature,
"Senator Edmunds' alleged great
wea - ,h Bay(j- tho BosUm Journ(dt
hil8 liccn tho themo of m much talk
in certain quarters that it mav bo well
to giro tho summary of his list as just
PU tax, $2 ; total tax, $72,145."
Thelatoat invcNti'iation of M. fttnoh
it the rapidity of perceptire power
0 -
seem to show that studied vision is
quickest in its operation, and auditory
perception occupies the seventy-soc-
i""fc .et-cviuu luiijr.
requires tho twenty-first part of ft
Touch
ec
ond longer for transmission
than a
visual perception
A. H. Andrews, of Chicago, has
been commissioned' to make tho gavel
that shall bo used at tho Juno conven-
won in unicago. ne nas sent 10 ev
ery State and Territory for pieces of
wood to be used in making tho gavel.
T?rwlr martin ttm f .-.m . V.2-I'tjt
ukuiu iiutu vimuiVt UUU DTJV
'
from Vermont and beech from New
Hampshire already have boon receiv
ed.
"I never cared to vote before this
year," said &mma Abbott, "but this
time I wish women had a ballot, and
if I had a vote it would be cast for
General Sherman. He's a grand old
man. The only thing they can say
against him is that he's fond of kiss
ing pretty girls. But where's the man
that isn't? I wouldn't even trust Mr.
Silden."
From a French state nanpr. latolv
brought to light, it appears that in
1770 tho following Parliamentary de
cree was solemnly passed and dulv
registered under King Louis XV
"Whosoever, by means of red or whito
paint, perfumes, essences, artificial
teeth, false hair, cotton wool, iron cor-
iotB' hooI8' 8l,oe8 with hiKh hce,lH or
nips, Biiau bcck 10 enure into mo
bands of marriage any malo subjort of
hia Majesty, shall be prosecuted for
witchcraft, and declared incapable of
matrimony.
William D. Kelley characterizes as
without foundation the story that he
is in poor health ; that the cancer from
which ho sufferod so severely last sum
mor has returned, and that his frionds
are anxious that he should be appoin
ted as Minister to Spain or Italy in
hopes that a more gonial climate may
prolong his life. Mr. Kelley Bays
that his general health is excellent
that there is no symptom of a return
of the cancer, and that he would a&
cept no position under tne govern
ment save that which he now occu
pies,
Tho. chance of the Chicago hotel
keepers making a profit out of the Na
tional Conventions seems to be bright
er than that of any Bingle candidate
foj the Presidential nomination. The
facilities for lodging guests are being
temporarily increased by partitioning
the large rooms and parlors into tiny
bedrooms, and by turning the servants'
I ....
quarters and working departments
into places for lotlging. As to the
provision of food for the expected
crowds, there seeme to be some doubt
ttlout &e adequacy of the prepara
tion
President White tells the Cornell
Alumni Association that he sees real
improvement in university life within
the last fifteen years. He thinks that
many follies and absurdities, which
UBed to PttfiS udchallenged because
PuW,iC P;nionut8ide f collego was
. , .. , ., ,
M,reu wiruugu iiie p. e CApocw
to 86" tho maltreatmect of fellow stu
I J..,. . 1. - ! 1.1 t t
awltli,ln,'",l'ulwul!UI pruiesBors aiiu
I uv t Hi-Kjin'ts uy uiiiwh:b hi discipline
the t&cUhy entirely eliminated . very
goon from th0 colleges.
I
William King, very rich London
l -
ercni, wno loveu mo, auopsw
curioua to lengthen the period
i , w :n..l i v
. .. .
year that the testator should bo kept
alive. The second year the sum be-
Lcame $2,000 ; the third year, $4,000;
the fourth, $8,000 ; tho fifth, $16,000;
the sixth, $32,000 ; the seventh, $64,000 ;
tho eighth, $128,000; the ninth, $256,-
000; the tenth, $512,00. Upon the
death of Mr. King, a few weceks
ago, the physician was paid $750,000,
- i between ten and eleven years having
I passed since the agreement.
Emma Abbott, speaking presuma
bly from experience, tells how to pow
er your face without ruining your
skin. First, never use powder with
any lead in it. Before you apply the
powder anoint your face with glycer
ine. Wipe the glycerine all off, then
put the powder on in an artistic man
ner. After you are done with your
cUi.....u ut, , uu u, ruuu.ng vw-
i s iu u ..nri ik: I
soline on it, then wash thorougly in
soap and water.
A dramatic paper tells of a man I
whose livelihood is gained by paint-
ing the faces of amateur actors and
actresses. Nearly all of the proles-Ian
sionala do this work for themselves,
He gets $9 a night at an evening enter I
tainmont, and has entire chargo of
every face. that goes on the. stage- Dor
$20 ho will provide all necessary wigs
and whiskers. He goes to the the-
atre at 7 o'clock, selects a room, places
achairin front of a mirror, and is ready
for work. Tho men are easily treated.
As a rule, all they need is a little rouge
on their chins, shaded eyebrows, and
whitenod foreheads. The make-up of
the women is much more difficult. A
man is usually bo astonished by his
beautified appearance after he has So did Benedict Arnold; but ho de
been painted that he has little to do sertod his country in time of sore dis-
beyond admiring himself in the glass. I
The reverse, however, is true of socio- I
ty actresses. They are never satisfied. I
M m.h norr 1,..
.""" I
mintbr wirv Kh ho bn
teHtin.? for her claim to ubo.it .18.000
aia of Unl in Naw Minft. wlli.h
frrewoutofthe-two grants made in
IRaiaml 1WW hVm.nnl Hn.nt.1,
fttWiv ih. titi. .mln t h A
thnh hr f,.thr. o-nwal PUrt
The Sunreme Court having e.nnnrmd
ii miiiiUii r,t tvo .;5.i .t.-
wiw iwuuivj y iaw viiiuu ifluv iuq i
House of Renresentatives has decided,
by a large majority, to pay her claim
at the rate of $1.25 per acre or about
$48,000. Mrs. Gains is now an old
woman, and it is ft question whether
her life, spent in tedious litigation,
even though she has in the end been
successful, has been as happy as it
would have beenTHf she had never
brough a suit and passed it in peace,
yet one cannot help but admire her
indomitable pluck, and congratulate
her upon her success.
Hoston merchants are rivalling one
another hi rather questionable, ftdver- J
tising devices. A clothier removed all
tho goods from his show window, and
put in their place a big, live monkey,
For. days tho sidewalk was blocked
with spectators, aud policemen had to
bo detailed to proBorve order. . The
free monagerie became such a nuisance
that thoJMayor deciding it to be in tho
nature of a show suppressed it as a
place of unlicensed amusement. An-
other turned his windows, which were
very spacious, into a wax works oxhi-l
bition surpassing 111 horror the objects
in the crypt of the Eden Musee. This
drew immense multitudes, and, as
some of the exhibits were decidedly
objoctionable, the proprietor achieved
his object in being talked about by
the whole town. A third man attract-
ed attention more pleasantly. He
converted the plate glass of his store
front into immense mirrors, in which
gazers simply saw themselves more orl
less satisfactorily.
Cnm Killed.
Columbia, H. a, May IS. W. Bo-
gan Cash, the murderer of "Marshal
Richards, was shot . and . killed by a
sheriff's posse while resisting arrest at
his home, near Cheraw, this morn-
mg.
Governor Thompson received the
following this morning. ,
"Cheraw, 8,, C.i May 15. To Gov.
Hugh Thompson;.;! went with a
posse last night to arrest W. B. Cash.
I instructed the men not to fire unless
absolutely necessary. We surrounded
the house and barn, placed two men
between the house and barn and two
between the barn and the swanm.
Finding Cash in the barn I ordered it
surrounded.
Cash came out and Hied.
The fire was returned after Cash had
fired several shots. He was killed, be-
ing riddled with bnllets. None of the
posse were struck except W. H. Hil-
ton, whose finger was shot off by
Cash.
Signed
. "E. L. King,
"Deputy Marshal."
Mrs. Lanfftrjr.
New Yobs, May 17. In suit ci Ar
thur Elwood, the actor, against Mrs
Langtry for alleged breach of contract
the jury to-day returned a vdrdict in
favor of Mrs. Langtry. She was pres-
ent 111 court and attracted much atten.
tion. W hen asked why she had Jis-
J !.". r . '
pen sea wuo bit. JMwooa s service,
she replied : "Because he was indiffer
ent in hia acting." As Mrs. Langtry
left the court room she
remarked
that people would get tired oi suing
her, bye and bye.
' Chattanooga, May 12. The heavi
est single strawberry shipment tiver
made in the South was made to-night,
2,600 crates being Bhipped. It Is
tiwsht fully 2,000 crates will be ship-
ped to-morrow.
A VOICE FROM CANNON COUNTY.
One filer Leading Men Prefer
the Wennded nnd Heroic
Bale Retd.
Special to the NuhYUle World.
. Wooubury, May 16. I see Dr. Nor
ton gives as an excuse for supporting
Judge Reid for Governor that Reid
msua . vnni, Cnntlrf i,i;0.
I
haTe never hekrd of j . Reid
"
UnyUood inthelo8t cause. But W.
B. Bate not onlv madn a cmllunt anl.
dier, but was shot all to pieces and
bears the effect of hia wounds to this
day. The idea of a man giving such
excuse for deserting his party,
when he aces the gallant Bate hobbling
along the streets of Nashvillo day by
day on one leg and ft piece. Has he
forgotten mat uov. Uate was also a
Confederate soldior, and the bravest
among the brave of all the gallant
sons of Tennessee the Marshall Ney
of the South. A man who has fought
thousand battles for his country and
Prty, and not one against either. A
man wo nas been true to his princi-
pies, to his friends and his section, and
never deserted either.
Reid made a good soldier, did he?
tress, and he tilled a traitor's grave.
England rewarded his treachery, but
despised the traitor. The Republi-
"warded Reid, but in their
!.... . V. I !...
Jttortn e,l calleJ on
his
comrades "to dress on him for ninty
ne years or u,e war." And yet, when
" e0aei h Jin6d tho80 Very
enemies and aided them in oppressing
lnd disfranchising the very men he
had lnduced nd encouraged tocontin
fight. This is the hero that
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r"""5 rB cw,eu on w wornip
Morton must have a poor opimon of
Je men who fought on either Bide of
e 8t.?88,e- lf he t.hlnk9 that
there is a gallant or true soldier, Fed
eral or Confederate, who does not in
his heart despise and condom n Rcid's
course, in deserting his comrades in
arms. Let a man be true to his friends
and his principles and his enemies
will respect him. But if he deserts
either he deserves tho condemnation
of every good man. No man should
be prescribed North or South, on ac
count of his position during the late
war, : Men differed and differed hon
I estly. Those who were true to their
J convictions had the repcct of their
opponents. I am .ft Confederate eol
( dier, and yet the archives of the Capi-
tol will show that, day after day, in
1875. 1 voted for Andrew Johnson for
United States Senator. I am proud
of my vote till this day. Johnson was
true to his principles, his friends and
J his section, and never deserted cither.
When the war closod, and tho Union
was saved, ho used his power and posi-
tion to stem the tide of fanaticism
which would have made conquered
provinces of the South. Where, then
I was Morton's herd? Was he fighting
I to save the liberty and property of the
men whom he had induced to contin
ue the struggle against the United
States Government? Nay, he deserted
them, joined their enemies, and was
aiding them in oppressing his old com
rades. This is the hero of the feast,
at which soldiers are invited to ban
quct. Ye gods I it would turn the
I stomach of a buzzard. No, no Morton
no ex-Gonlederate man can accept
your invitation to such a feast; nor do
I believe you can induce any one to fto
1 do. Evil will be the times, and the
J country on the sure and rapid road to
I ruin and decay, when the morals of
I men have beed so corrupted that they
J will honor a man who deserted his
I principles, his comrades in arms and
I his country. This -is the answer of
I every true soldier, citizen and patriot,
to your card of invitation. Mr. Mor-
ton excuse us;
Respectfully,
we cannot accept,
James A. Jokes,
Afraid t Cstll en lllctne.
An Ohio delegate to the Chicago
Convention was in the city last week
"Let's go call on Blaine," said a friend
to him. "No," replied the delegate,
rl won't do it I am for John Sher-
man for President, and before I left
home I was warned not to. call on
Blaine if I didn't want to get myself
in trouble. They said that if Blaine
got a chance to exercise his magnet
ism on me, he'd make me vote for him
in spite of myself. .I won't risk call
ing on him. I am afraid of him."
So
I far as is known, none of the Blaine
delegates - have been afraid to risk
themselves in the presence of the mag'
netic Sherman or the charming Ed'
I munds.
The Clnnai feathering.
"Where is the bar?" asked a gentle
man hurriedly, as he registered at
Chicago hoteL
"Just aroend to the left, air."
"Where is the bar?" asked another
gentleman at the same plaee a mo
ment later.
"Just around to the left, sir."
"Where is the ba "
"J ust around to the left, uir. By
Jove," the clerk continued, "the dele-
eates are biginning to come iu."
JMKJE Iti:il'N MUIC'IlkE.
Mt. Steeling, Ky., May 16. Friends
and relatives have been coining all
day to the residence of Richard Reid
to comfort the sick and distressed, and
to pay the last solemn devoirs to the
dead. All day thero hiw been an un-
ontod quiet, and people seem to at
tend to their business with a listless,
nonchalant air that betokens a deep
feeling of abstraction and sorrow. It
is ft fact, and was generally remarked,
that : for days prior to the Judge's
death, he was in feature and in bear
ing but the semblance of his former
self. Deep circlets of dark haloed his
eyes. His face had lost somewhat of
its fullness. Iu walking hocarriod his
head down in a most unusual manner.
Wednesday. he seated himself in the
midBt of a small crowd of people in
the court house yard, and sat for sev
eral minutes without saying a word,
showing a listlessncss of manner that
was noticed by all present. The night
before his death he was out several
milos from town canvassing, in cmo
pany with H. M. Woodford, our Coun
ty Attorney. He stated to him that
since the attack on him by Comeilson
he had not slept a half-dozen hours.
He gave vent to words that expressed
his deep dejection. He remarked,
among other things, that if there had
to be killing he would rather it be him
self than his assailant.
Comeilson received the intelligence
of Rcid's death with blanched cheek
and faltering voice. God only knows
the fearful effect which thoso words
had upon him.' Being advised to go
home, as his presence, might cause
aomo disturbance, he protested, but
said he would go in a few minutes.
Later he went to his home.
There was not much feeling here
against him. Most people believe that
he is an honest man, and that if he
did err in his conclusions as to the
guilt of Reid, he did 110 more than a
man having the strongest circum
stances to judge from would have
done. If his conclusions were such
as would reasonably have created the
impression on his mind of his friend's
guilt, and which would have induced
any mair of ordinary intelligence to
have assaulted his defamer, it is given
as the opinion of one of our best law
yers here that his actions were some
what pardonable. None doubted his
courage. He showed how deeply he
Considered the mortification which
the words of a Court1 opinion caused
him.
Your correspondent has soen and
talked with him frequently, aud the
tenor of his words was about what he
considered the greatest grievance an
honest man could bear. He has Buf
fered greatly, judging from his appear
ance the sunken, lacklustre eye, the
the hollow cheek, with its ehastly
whiteness.
He left on the east-bound midnight
train for his distant destination last
night. Few know that he is absent.
Only one or two recognized the lone
passenger on his solitary jouruey. His
wife and children were left behind
him. . He has eight children tho oldest
of whom is fourteen.
The Judges of the Appellate and
Superior Courts will be Reid's pall
bearers, and tho funeral is to take
place at the family resicenee to-mor
row at 3 o'clock p. m. The Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad have made
arrangements for a special car
to
leave here after tho funeral service
for Lexington and points below for the
benefit of thoso who desire
to
attend and return home the
evening. ,
same
Chattanooga.
Chattakooqa, Tenh., May 17.-
south-bound freight train on the Geor
gia division of the East Tennessee
Virginia ana lieorgia railroad was
wrecked last night by an axle break
ing on a trestle near Dal ton. Sixteen
fine homes were killed and considera
ble damage done. The New England
editors were delayed twelve hours by
the accident.
A freight and construction train on
the Alabama Great Southern railroad
collided near Carthage to-day. Both
trains were badly wrecked, but the
hands escaped by jumping off.
Kllbonrn Accepts $20,000.
Judge Hagner decided the other
day upon the motion to set aside the
verdict for $37,500 obtained by Hallet
Kilbourn against Sergeant-at-Arnis
Thompson that - if Kilbourn would
remit $17,500 of the award "he would
deny the motion. Kilbourn's counsel
consented to remit the amount men
tioned, and accordingly entered up
judgment for $20,000. This does not,
however, necessarily end the case, ami
District Attorney Worthington say
he will file & bill of exceptions.
Graphic. Dibdin had a horse
which he used to call "Graphy." "Very
odd name!" said a friend. "Not
all," responded Tom. "When
bought him, it was Buy-o-Graphy
when I mount him, it's Top-o-Graphy
and, when I want him to go, it's Go
o-Graphy."
Lightning JerkerN,
Tho telegraph service in Washing
ton is said to have no superior either
Europe or America. I had n brief
hat with a gentleman who is a recog
nized authority on all such matters,
only a few days since, and he said :
Tho fastest sender in America is Mr.
V. Do Graw. Some years ago a
ongrcssioiial committee went over to
New York and examined the offices of
the Western Union. Tho members
ere taken in charge by Mr. Walter
. Phillips, who. is now general man
ager of the United Press association,
and who is recognized as the fastest
receiver in the business. Mr. Philips
sat down at tho 'clicker' and telegraph
ed Mr. De Graw to give an exhibition
of hia fast sending, for ten minutes.
Chronometers were taken out, and
Mr. De Graw began. At the expira
tion of the ten minutes he had tele
graphed four hundred and ninctv
words, an average of fourtv-nine words
minute. Mr. De Graw has charge
of the work at the capitol for the Uni
ted Press association, and occasionally
goes to a wire and sends so fast that
tho receiver has no difficulty in know
ing who it is in Washington that is
rattling the sounds with such rapidity.
Sonic time ago Mr. Phillips made a
et with an operator in New York that
he could telegraph an editorial at the
rate of forty words a minute, for tcu
consecutive minutes. Now Phillips is
recognized as the fastest receiver in
the United States, but since his attack
of partial paralysis of the right arm,
Occasioned from over work, he is re
garded us a slow 'sender.' The New
York operator snapped up the bet in a
hurry, but Mr. Phillips accomplished
the feat with ease. The secret leaked
out after a while that Phillips had
written the editorial, and the pecu
liarity of it was that it did not con
tain a word of more than nine letters
Mr. James, of the Associated Press,
sends the most perfect Morse of any
man in tho country, and thero are a
number of others who are noted as
telegraphers, but those I have men
tioned arc known all over the union.
Vnnderbtlt Painted on Marble.
Wm. II. Vanderbilt's portrait has
been painted by a London artist on a
marble slab an inch thick. The like
ness appears on the other side of the
slab equally us good. It is not only
on tho marble, but in the marble and
through it, and cannot be eliminated
from it You may grind on it all day
with pumice stone and you -cannot
hurt it. So long as even a shaving
is left the portrait remains unharmed,
Split it up with a saw and every slice
is two portraits.
The portrait is life-lik, the skin be
ing flesh color, the hair and whiskers
light brown, as if on the verge of
turning to gray, and the coat dark
brown. Mr. Vandorbilt has not scon
it as yet. It is valud at $2,500.
The process by which this kind of
work is done is something of a secret
The portrait is first painted on the
marble. When dry the slab is placed
flat on a car and rolled into an airtight
oven of modern temperature. Under
the car is an open tray full of water.
which is heated slowly by gas. After
being subjected for some time to
slow steaming process the slab is sud
denly transferred to another oven
with a temperature of 300 degrees
and kept there till the process is com
pleted. When removed tho colors are
found to have ponctrated the marble
and the picture appears. on the other
side.
A Lion Tamer Killed by Lionesses.
A terrible accident took place the
other day at Auxonne, by which one
of the men connected with jnenage-
rie, which is now being exhibited there,
lost his life in a cruel manner. The
unfortunate man was showing the
beasts to some friends, and iu passing
before a cage containing a lion and
two lionesses he had the imprudence
to put one of his arms between the
bars for tho purpose of stroking the
lion's mane. With a terrific bound
the lionesses immediately sprang at
the man's arm, in which they buried
their claws, while the lion, by a singl
snap of his teeth, severed the arm
clean from the shoulder. , Tho unfor
tunate victim was taken away by an
other attendant, who was obliged to
beat the beasts back into their cage
with a three-pronged fork. The man
died in hospital on Sunday morning
in the most terrible pain.
Tfagnlfli'enfly Lighted.
Several electric light companies are
having a lively time at Wimhington
competing for the job of lighting that
beautiful city. Pennsylvania avenue
is splendidly lighted from Fourteentl
street to the capitol by two very jmiw
erfnl lights placod insido of reflectors.
One is on the roof of the treasury
building and the othor on tho base of
the dome of the capitol. Although
they are over a milo apart, it is sai
the street is nearly as light as day.
would seem as if that idea might I
adopted in other cities to ndvaubtg
and with economv.
A tcam-ster the whip.
A kibs is often taken for granted.
Always forgivo your enemies enpe-
ially those you can't lick.
Delegates not instructed may bo
guided by the barrel.
Advice to the Seventh Regiment
If you wbiji to bo good workmen, study
your Creeumoor.
Tho worst thing about a handsome
oinan is sonic other fellow s urm
than your own.
What sort of a little girl will sho bo
after you are married awhile? A lit
tle conjugal, of course.
If would is pronounced "wood," and
ould pronounced "cood," why wn't
uld pronounced "good?"
Burnum'N sacred white elephant is
probably a female elephant. It's name
is "Toung Toloung."
Some of our base-ball seem to have
been vaccinated. They can't catch
uything.
A philosopher says : "Woman is an
enigma." We don't know about tho
cnig, but she is often a ma.
The man who always remembers
tho poor is tho fellow whoso impecun
ious relations wont let him forget them.
"This is fun," ironically yelled an
angry man who sat on a tack. It was
more likely sat ire.
For tho building season : When
oes tho carpenter most use his adze?
When he is making out his bill.
A fashion writer says "raised figur
es produce an excellent effec t." They
do, raised 011 tho gallows.
A spring houso is a house with
spring in it, and a Spring bonnet
is usually worn above a waterfall.
The latest form of the jersey is to
hare ribs of silk, with lace between,
on the out side. Formorly, it was the
U18 on the inside that used to show.
In Siberia a man can buy a yife for
ight dogs, but in this country it is
logs sometimes tlwt prevent a man
from getting a w ife.
Why women will kiss each other Is
more than wo can cwUih onto thero
isn't a particle of . yum-yum in euch
kisses.
"Toilet Secrets for homely Women'
is tho title of a late book. Bet you
there won't be many of 'em called for
in this town.
- ItJsnsJiard for a curious Postmas
ter to pass a good hftiul of postal curds
without seeing thorn as it is lur.ft gos
sip to "go by" without calling. '-.
"Do you believe in cremation?" sk
ed a dude of Miss Dudine. ''Yes, my
leah. Ice cremation." Poor dudo
lapped his hand on his empty pocket-
book and fainted.
"If men knew all that women think
they would be twenty times more au
dacious," says an exchange. We don't
think they, would, now along about
house-cleaning time, anyway.
A question for puzzlo-solvcrs : In
waltzing with a young lady not over
seventeen years, pretty; and one of tho
never-get-dizzy sort, does tho young
man go around the lady, or does the
lady go around tho young man?
A Jack Tar of the name of Bill Blunt,
was once hauled into a lady's pres
ence, at a sailors ball, to apologize for
an alleged insult. "Miss L - , I un
derstand I have insulted you 1' quoth
Bill. "You told me to go to Jericho."
"Well," said Bill, "I have como at the
request of several persons to tell you
that you needn't go.". ,,
Coming into court 0110 day, Erskino
perceived the ankle of Mr. Balfour
who generally expressed himself in a
very circumlocutory manner tied up
in a silk haudkerchiof. "Why, what's
the matter?" Bnid he.
"I was taking a romantic ramble in
my brother's grounds, when, coming
to a gate, I had to climb over it, by
which I came in contact with the first
bar, and grazed the epidermis of "my
leg, which has caused a slight extra
vasation of blofd."
"You may thank your lucky stars,"
replied Erskine, "that your brother's
gate wasnt na lofty as your tyle, or
you must have broken your neck."
Proof Pofltlve.
A small boy-testified, in an Austin
justice's court, that tho affray, took
place tn a Sunday.
"How do you know it was on Sun
day?" "Because that day I had to go to
the side door of the saloon to get beer
for dinner." "
Perjury In the Kharen 18 tilt. ,
Sax Francisco, Mar 13. Mrs: Mar
tha Wilson, colored, and H. L. Weels,
who first testified on behalf of M'us
Hill in the Sharon divorcu case, and
when called by the defense later swore
that their first testimony was false,
were arrested last evening for perjury
Bail in each case was fixed at $-0,000.