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The Indicator.
BESSEMER, COLORADO.
Ax American abroad has Just killed
• count. Such a waste of material
will bo censured in this practical
The count might have boon imported
and sold at a good figure.
As a jocular surprise a Chicagoan
presented a bomb to a friend, who
handled it carelessly and wa» blown
as far as to catch a fleeing glimpse of
the Styx. It was fortunate that the
episode was labeled a joke, for its air
of earnestness might liavo misled ob
servers.
Three women of Haverhill. Mass.,
ran away from their husbands on one
day recently. The circumstance Is
not. perhaps, of especial importance
in other places, but in that good old
, town society has not had such a d<-
Hicious thrill since the cooking of the
last witch.
I The cruiser Adams will go to
Behring sea no more. The navy t
fmrtment has concluded that wni
the Adams does not amount to mu. h
it is too respectable a craft to be Mii.
joctod to the humiliation of defeat
every fishing smack that ■ -, *,.
run away from it.
Fisn Hatciiku Hoi n~k\ it.i.r. of Mas
sachusetts is accused of trying »,.•
propagate two-headed trout. No ex
planation is vouchsafed. '« ii it sur
mised that this is in order to furni-h
bites enough to go round in the
streams of the commonwealth, whore
fisheri are plenty and fishes few
A petrified finger i* reported t •
have been found in Idaho, and -.-i-no
is bothered us to its origin and own
ership. The conclusion that it is the
famous linger of scorn and became
petrified from overwork and astonish
ment in a vain endeavor to point at
the übiquitous Idaho liar, does not
seem illogical.
Tiik monument over the grave of
Lincoln is in a state of dilapidation
disgraceful alike to Illinois and tie
nation. ’: was erected too cheaply
and hurriedly in the first piaee. and
now i* falling to pieces. If a man so
great is in need of any monument of
the mechanical sort it ought to bo of
lasting material.
Ti-rkkv has but one poetc--. She
lives in a marble palae.- overlooking
the blue beauty of the Bosphorus,
and cats from gold piate. (Jive the
average American poetess half this
chance and tlio oriental conjurer of
verse wouldn't be in it. Indeed, if a
person of ripe judgment she wouldn't
be anywhere near it.
Accokdim; to an Eastern scribe the
art of letter writing is ulnuc-t forgot
ten. The daily records of the eourt.-
refuto this. The masses of dreary
correspondence published whenever a
person of note dies makes the refuta
tion emphatic, l'oople do. how- v. :
Write fewer letters than r • -riy. but.
this is not forgetfulne--; it i~ reform.
Canada is building two large j
trading vessels forth laio - They
are called trading vessels in cau-e an
old treaty precludes the i*<- of t i..•
title of men-of-wur. if the Unite t
States would give ( unada a •, , •-
claim deed to the lakes aed tie. >• t
trifling interests l>;».*k ft ..
shore, possibly I unada w>. | a. :
the compromise, uml ■••ao that
seems somewhat ndan.- i- . .
tinue its benign *«■:».
A*f this j
Irish dynaraitaril ......
• -us a blow as ci
political hopes <.r i . 1 .
pression by Parnell was
most important step in • • . ampnigu
that fed to the overt'it- V. ..f tie :
His reappearance now tiM-eat.-n- to
turn the fruits of vie: i , into Dead
sea fruit. Every In-h patriot si -
help to run the ra-.-al . own. Than
him the cause of home rule has
deadlier enemy.
The St. .lames (bi/.-n. : a i , , -
explanation of Mr-. M t . . ; ,i.-
alleged attempt t<> < , i,- -vm
*■ pai’tiy Ify playing m ! • da
zette says that -h. ate a numlK-i- >, f
needles and
She may have eat.-: tin- • . .■.: ■■ >
tha feigning part of • planution
will strike t!,.- gen, nl pnbi',.- as sin
gular. A person who liar swallow,-d
a lot of needles
sick in earnest, i ■ y ai-o not a
wholesome article . .o
It hu« heret.d.M, • n .
perfectly safe
forfeit if a p .- :n« di
cine should !ail to w-m.p if il
things claimed for i:. I.a a hard
headed English judge has just deei
that the patent medicine ad.erti-. ,
can be held to his offer, and the
makers of a pr*-vi-t tiv»* of inllu‘-i:/.a
will, therefore, bo required to puj
SSOO to a woman wiio took tin- medi
cine according to directions and was.
nevertheless, attacked by influenza.
Tiik circus manager as a purveyor
of news may be. like Chevalier Bay
ard, without fear, but he is certain I v
not without reproach. From one ae
connt of the dissection of an elephant
furnished to the, press yesterday it
appears that nine pounds of iron
chain were discovered in the beast'-
stomach, while another paper heard
nothing' of the iron chain but chron
icled the discovery of a watch and
chain. But the two accounts were
entirely agreed upon the nunv* of the
circus to which the elephant be
longed.
If England is building, in direct
violation of the international agree
ment of 1817. three large gunboats,
as is affirmed by the press dispatches,
there is no reason why America
should not do the same thing-, es
pecially as we are greatly in need of
“revenue cutters" of the description
England is said to be constructing.
When the matter comes before con
gress. as it probably will, there
should be but one way of dealing
with it. The American eagle should
neither be deceived by nor afraid of
the British lion.
The customs of the duello are
preserved in outward form, and all
the intricate technicalities of the code
are scrupulously regarded by ••pro
fessional'' and --amateur gentlemen
of the old school;” but the oldtime
murderous spirit lias gone out of the
business. The French are already
beginning to laugh at it as a crass
exhibition of human folly, just a«
Americans have done for the last
thirty years. Every fresh burlesque
Mrfomauce tend* to bring dueling
U»«o dM|»r Ulanput* an 4 to butor
RM fiafti dlUßPtinnrn
What Congress is Doing.
•lan. IV. -Senate. The funeral service*
over the body of Senator Kenna of West Vir
ginia were held In the Senate chamber and
were attended by nearly all the high officials
In the city. Including the President. Bishop
Keane of the Catholic University conducted
the services and preached the sermon.
lint’Sß.—No business was done.
•)\v 13. -Senate. —The bill to protect
-yal* of the Ninth Pacific ocean was passed.
The McHarrahan Mil wa* taken up, aud after
a speech against It bv Mr. Mills, the bill went
over until Monday. At 8 p. m. the anti-option
MU was taken up, the pending ipiesllon being
*hc amendment offered by Mr. White. It was
rejected by a vote of Ift to 33. Mr. Vilas
moved to amend the second section by adding
the words: 'And does not. in good faith. In
tend to purchase aud deliver the articles con
i'acted to be sold aud delivered according to
the icrius and requirement* of the contract. "
lie said that the pm pose of the amendment
was to distinguish legitimate transactions
from gambling operations. This caused a
long and lively discussion. The bill went
ll<>i se. Mr. Richardson, from the commit
tee on priming, reported a concurrent resolu
tion for the printing of liO.OOU copies of the
report ~f the agricultural department on the
sheep Indus'rv and on the diseases of cattle
for di-irlbuilou by senutorspiud representa
tives. Agreed to. Mr. Heltr.hoovcr moved
that Hu- House go Into committee of the whole
for the consideration of the private calendar,
bin the Republicans r,-sorted to filibustering
tactics 1 lie Ill's I fctV pages of the calendar
are full of war-claim measures, and the Re
public. ;n-. not wishing them considered, re
frained from voting, and left the House w ith
out a quorum. No other business was done
until the evening -.-'■.lon w hen pension bills
were considered.
•Dv. U, -Srnati: The new-Senator,Bond
-■•ii < affery. appoinieil to take the place made
vacant by the di-ath of Senator (ilbson of
I.oiii-larni. was «wa,rn In. The Nicaragua
• an.,l we- discussed for a time and then the
anti-oili ion bill was taken up. Mr. Sherman
of Ohio a-ked unanimous consent to have the
vote on the anti-option bill take place on
Wednesday. Mr. Wolcott objeeted. Mr.
Sherman Then ! hop • the senators having
tin- Mil in charge and having a majority in
f.-00, -f the bill will try to close that matter
or. Wednesday, bceau-e it is interfering with
important juibi:.- bn-.ness. Mr Wash
bum Then 1 give notice that next Wednes
day I will ask the Senate n> remain In session
Aftei a
■ i >-f executive session the Senate adjourned
ednp
pr>,printing <vft‘.lft.O<K) lo ratify aud confirm
agreement »iili th< ( herokee nation. The
•
con-id,-ration provides for the cession by the
t herokee Indian- -.f the Cherokee outlet,
which contains about 8.000,000 acres. An
amendment was adopted allowing the govern
meni -.x year- In w hi.-h to pay the money and
in the meantime to pay ft i>fr cent, interest.
The bill passed.
Tvn. Hi —S i:\ati:.—The resolution offered
• -i Saturday by Mr. Wolcott, instructing the
committee on foreign relations to inquire as
;,i the expenditure.- in and about the construe
t mi of the Nicaragua canal -luce the ac
counts of expenditure rendered two years
since, was agreed to. The joint resolution
introduced by Mr. IVITcr. limiting the presi
dential oillce to one k rni. was then taken up
and Mr. I’etTe- addre-seil the Senate In sup
port of ik Mr. I’elTer had not concluded his
speech at 8 p. m.. when the anti-option bill
can.r up as the special order, and he gave
□otici that hi i ..■! - sui • his argument to
il",trow. .Mr. t all rend an argument in favor
"f the i,i,i. The question being on the
amendment offered t,v Mr. Vilas. Intended to
confine the penal provisions of the bill to
purely speculative transactions, a short argu
ment was made lu favor of it by Mr White
ari-1 then the vote was taken. The amend
ment was rejected -yeas I.'. nays 3ft. An
amendment wns adopted that the aei shall go
into effect July 13. 1*93. Also an amendment
to -ectioii 8, to the cflcct that the act shall
m • apply to any agreement to pay or deliver
a part of the produet of the land as compen
sation for work or labor to be done on the
iand. «>ne or two other amendments wen
rejected.
!l, 1 -c. -< mning over from the former sus
pcu-ion ,!.■ wi- a I>lll to settle and adjust the
claims ..f Arkansas and other swamp land
gr.iui suit-. An effort to pass the bill failed.
Mr. ( hnpmnn from the eommlttee on presi
dential elections, moved to suspend the rules
a , ! pa— a |,• Int rr-o!tii!on providing for the
' ii,,ii of -,-iiat.oi- of the l lilted States by
popular vole. After some htibuaterlug on
the -part of the Repiihlicaiu the motion was
agr,, 1 without division and the House ad-
D-. ',7. m:\aie.-A Mil to repeal thesil
ver I.uH -'II purclia-*- pmv,-fou of the Sher
man t,i I was reported fmm the committee oil
llnain .- and tv. nt to the calendar The fob
lowing bill* were passed For the abandon
nn-iii ..f tort Bridger military reservation In
*\>,nnlng: •<> authorize the const ruction of
br.dge* a ro-t. the Hlawas*e. the TeunrsM-e
u ,1 the < l -.L-h rk.-rs In the state of Tennessee
Mr. IVfTer resumed the speech which he had
begun yesterday In support of his Joint rcso
lu i,.n to ameml the , Mi-iltntlim -.> a- to
I :.ni the presidential office to one term.
u ""-kt • biding In- g.i..- way for the Mr
(inirahnn bill, promising to conclude hi*
i,.-morrow. The .\t. «..rrnhan Mil
•a- then taken up and after debate the pre
-io: ,g oitlci-r -iiiMiiitted the <ju,-stion ••.•Shall
•be bill pa.-s - the t ion- of the President
to the contrary notwithstanding?" The vote
r.-uted Veils •_“.>. nays ls ; so i there not
being iw--thirds in the otilrmatlve, the bill
eeted I'he anti-option bill waa then
token up and Mi Hoar returned his argu
meni against It »n the ground of It* unconsti
tutlonallty Further arguments against the
onstltutlonallty of the anti-option bill »>-re
""•b-i-y s, i.ak.r* tiray. Vest ami Platt. Mr
• Ided to so many Interruptions that
he «:,< unable to finish bis argument and will
11,., -r. A i,ikon »a- agreed to pro-*
riding fora Joint meeting <>f the iwt, houses
<,f ( ongn-ssott Wednesday. February **th. to
count tin* electoral v >tc- A bill was passed
providing for terms of < in-uit and Hisirlet
four's ii Kvanston. Wyoming. Mr. Oates
‘ a -lup!|ii >, ii ik- kill to provide foi the
pnio-hmeii, of otTen>e* on the high ->-a- Mr.
Davis opposed the measure and had read a
letter from ihe secretary of the Sailors
l ni- ,n protesting against Its passage on the
gi"iii:,i that it would make an organization
among seamen almost Impossible. The bill
Jw !' SKNirr .■senator Sherman an-
I the death <‘f ex-lTcsident Hayes and
-poke brleliy of his high qualities. The Sen
ate then adjourned opt of respect to his nicin
-11 nr»E. On motion of Mr. English a bill
was passed to punish trespassers on the lands
of th<- civilized tribes. On motion of Mr.
Comb-, the report of the committee Investl
gaiing the Ri-adfng coal combine w«* ordered
printed In the Hmrd. In connection with
this order Mr. Combs said the matter would
he called up for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. Holman from the committee on appropri
ations reported the sundry civil appropriation
Mil and It wa- placed on Ihe calendar. Mr.
Haynes, who represent* the town and district
in which cv-President Hay es lived, and which
he once represented in the House, announced
i" feeling language the intelligence of the
‘•eath of the ex-President and eulogized him
as a soldier, eltizen arid statesman, lie was
followed by u large number of other members
■ :
Washington Notes.
D i< -aid ili.-ii Senator Morgan of Alabama
to be secretary of state in Mr. UlevclancTs
meeting.
Invitations have been sent out through
i olonel 11. i ( orbin. United States army, to
tin- governors of hII the states, inviting them
and their stuffs to pariicipalc in the inaugu
ration ceremonies.
Members of the appropriation committee
have under consideration u proposition to
abolish all pension agencies for the payment
of pens'ouers and the disbursement of this
n oncj from the treasury directly by means of
,'hcck'. 'l'he sub-committee preparing the
pension appropriation bill had Secretary of
iln- Treasury Foster before them on the sub
ject. on the 14th. The secretary said that he
was inclined to favor the scheme as a good
aed ferclble one. The sub-committee request
ed him to huve the dr.tail* of the matter in
vestigated.
fieneral Martin McMahon of New York,
grand marshal of the inauguration parade,
has made the following appoint intuits: Col
onel 11. C Corbin. United States Army, ad
jutant general, liencrnl W. I). Whipple,
United States Army, chief of stag; William
Dickson of the District, of Columbia, chief
marshal of the civic parade; Richard (Jroker
of New York, marshal of the civic organiza
tions of New York City and state: Deneral
Emmons Clark of New York, assistant mar
shal.
Secretary Foster of the treasury has sent to
the House a communication fram Postmaster
(icnei-al Wnnamnkcr submitting nil estimate
~f an appropriation of 1123 for the trans
portation of foreign mails for the fiscal year
ending June iK). IHIH. under contract as pro
vided by the net of March. 1891. for the pro
motion of the foreign mall service. This con
tract subsidy service iml titles nine routes
lialvestoti to La (iun.vru. New York to I.a
(•tiayra. New York to Uolon. rhwi Francisco
to Panama, San Francisco to Hong Kong.
New York to Buenos Ayres. New York to Rio
Janeiro. New York to Tuxpan anil New York
to Havana. This estimate was not Included
lu the regular estimate* of the department.
Mf. Blaltis'* condition on Monday was I
noriftl to b* urittcM.
GENERAL HAYES DEAD.
The Ka-l’realrient Lxplrea SadUenly at
Hla Haute In I'reiUont, Ohio.
Kx-Pre*ldetU Rutherford Hayes died very
suddenly on the 17th at his home in Fremont,
Ohio. Neuralgia of the heart was the cause
of his death.
Kx-Presldent Hayes left home last Monday
on a trip to Columbus, Buffalo and Cleveland.
At the last-named place be spent a few da s
with his son, Webb C. Hayes. During the
last month the cx-prealdent had complained
of one or two slight attacks of neuralgia of
the heart, but as they soon passed away he
thought nothing of It.
<>u Saturday he experienced a severe re
currence of the malady, but being prepared
for hi* return home, proceeded on hi* jour
ney. accompanied by his sou Webb. Word
had been sent home by telegraph of the con
dition of the general, and he was met at the
iralu by his son, Rutherford B. Hayes uml
Dr. F. 8. Hllbison, the family physician, w ith
a carriage. Filtering the carriage they were
rapidly driven to the Hayes mansion In Spie
gel Drove, where all aitentlou was given to
the stricken general during the night. On
Sunday he rallied slightly, and tested quietly
until Tuesday night, when he rapidly grew
worse.
Earlier In the evening there was every
reason to suppose that the patient Would pas*
a comfortable night, and the members of ilic
famlly retired to rest, but were summoned
when the physician feared the dread sum
mon- was near. Iheex ~ l time of death was
10:45.*
While dying he frequently referred to a
visit made to his wife's grave on the preced
ing Sunday, and spoke of the quiet beauty of
the snow-covered landscape. He said he al
most w ished he was lying there by the side of
his wife. It was all so peaceful, “and yet,”
he said "I am not unhappy. .My life Uan
exceptionally happy one."
The family were hastily summoned to his
bedside when it became apparent about 10
o'clock that the ex-president w-is sinking.
Ills last word* were to his family physician.
l>r. Hllbison, to whom he said: -T know that
I am going w here Lucy Is." the words were
speken distinctly and his face Imre a happy
smile.
Mr. Hayes was 71 years old at the time of
his death.
SLEIGHING PARTY KILLED.
A Locomotive Crushes Eight Voting Peo
ple to Death ami injures Several
Others.
A large company of young people from
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, took a sleigh ride
to Attleboro on Tuesday night.
A stop was made at Bates’ cafe, where sup
per was had. and to lengthen the period of
enjoyment a roundabout return course was
taken. They were singing merrily when they
approached the Lonsdale crossing on the
Worcester division ol the Consolidated road.
A high stone wall shuts off the view of the
railway ut this grade. When the party arriv
ed at Ihe crossing the head-light of au engine
was within twenty-five feet «>f them. This
was an engine drawing the freight from Wor
cester and It was Minnlng at eighteen miles
an hour. Before the party could realize their
terrible peril the anglnc was upon them. It
crashed Into the si.-lgfi forward of the center,
-mashing the vehicle and hurling Its occu
pants in all direction*. Before the engineer
could reverse. tL< train plowed Into the
wreckage and tlut victims. As quickly as
possible the tralu was stopped and the crew
hurried to the assistance of the unfortunate
people. From all directions residents of the
village hurried to the scene in response to the
cries and moans of the Injured.
The scene was an awful one. The dead
lay where they had fallen, lu gruesome posi
tion'. The Injured were in pain on the snow
covered ground, and their groans were heart
rending. The villagers hastened in all direc
tions to summon surgeons, and speedily all
those w ithin reach were oc the scene. The
Injured were quickly removed to neighboring
houses and the dead were placed In the depot
to Ite taken home and to await Identification.
The memltcrs of the party were more or leas
Injured those not seriously hurt l>eing con
veyed to their homes in sleighs and carriages
provided by the villager*.
Three young men and five young ladles
were killed while six others were seriously
hurt, ami one of them will die.
RAILWAY TRAIN BURNED.
Forty-nine Deaths In an Accident on a
Itusklan Komi.
A fatal railway accident occurred on a rail
way line between Hlatousk and Samara. Rus
sia. on the 17th. A train composed of sev
eml cars filled with recruit* was iiiunlng
from Slntou«k to >:ima:;,. when fiarnc* luufet*
fi.irn the f.,remo*t e:,i 'llietr.iUi a* going
full spei'.l ami LheviTe Vvopt backward,and
ju-a few minutes all of the ears were blazing.
Tue engineer, for some unaccountable reason,
did not stop the train until he had run a con
siderable distance.
In the meantime there was a scene of inde
nl,able confusion 111 the cars. The recruit*,
or at least a* many of them a» could, leaped
from the windows and doors. Some of them
landed uninjured In the heavy snow-banks,
while other- who landed In the cleared track
were killed. Those who were unable to get
out of the ear* were burned to death, for the
train wns entirely consumed. Some of the
men were terribly burned before they jump
ed. When the confusion had somewhat sub
-nled. the officer In charge of the recruits,
who.aved himself by jumping, called the
roll of his men. It was found that forty-nine
of them were dead and twenty terribly burn
ed and otherwise injured. A strict luvestlga
■ on will he held to determine the cause of
»ue lire: It I* supposed now that some of the
men were skylarking in the forward ear and
wp-ci the stove. The draft caused by the on
rushl.'ig train caused the (lames to spread
with such rapidity that nothing could lie done
to extinguish them. It Is claimed that the
engineer was guilty of criminal negligence In
not stopping tne train a* soon a* he saw the
lire. Hail he done *o the loss of life would
have been very small.
Dr. Graves Will Go Free.
The Supreme Court on the 17th reversed
the decision of the District Court of Arapahoe
I minty and granted a new trial to Dr. T.
I hau lier l«raves who was convicted of the
murder of Mrs. Josephine A. Barnabv. Thu*
i- practically ended the most famous ea-e in
the history of Colorado, for It I- admitted on
ail shies that there will be no further prose
cution. All the effort* of the district attor
ney and prosecuting witnesses were expended
:n the former great trial. To get the wit
iics-es together ..gain Is not possible. There
l-no law compelling them to attend. Two
are dead; nobody will expend the money ne. -
e.-sary to bring them to Colorado if those who
-till live were willing to come. This make* a
new trial entirely out of the question, and
Dr. Craves will doubtless be set free In a
short time.
Verdict Against the Western Union.
In the Federal court at Wichita Thomas
Metilll. a Lane county farmer, secured a ver
dict of $5,000 against tin; Western Union
Telegraph Company lor failure to promptly
deliver a message. McGill's wife was 111 and
.hi operation was deemed necessary and the
physician In attendance telegraphed to a
neighboring town for unotlicr doctor to ad
minister chloroform. The message was not
delivered until too late and the woman died.
The Khedive Getting Independent.
The Khedive ha* changed his ministry
without having obtained the assent of the
British authorities, who. therefore, decline to
recognize the new cabinet. The Khedive's
action i* believed to have been influenced by
Russia and France. The British authorities
await Instruction* from London.
Mr. Cromer. Ihe British representative in
Egypt, has Informed the Khedive that Ureal
Britain expected to lie consulted by the Egyp
tian government on all the Important steps
proposed to lie taken by It and especially In
changes In the ministry. The British govern
ment. be added, would never sanction the ap
pointment of Fakhrl I'asha ns presldeut of
the council. It Is a well-known fact that
Knkhrl Pasha Is opposed to the English occu
pation of Egypt.
VERY LITTLE GOLD.
A FICTITIOUS BOMB EXPLODED.
Discouraging Reports from the Nan .Tunu
Region.
The Denver 7Hmt* publishes a letter received
by Colonel Dodge from a civil engineer, sent
to the San Juan by the Rio Grande Wee tern
Railway Company:
“We have returned to Bluff City from the
reported San Juan gold fields. There were
about thirty men on the San Juan when we
arrived there, of whom twenty left the next
morning on the return trip, disgusted. Most
of these men had prospected the river at va
rlous point*, the best results giving but a few
colors of exceedingly fine scale gold, which Is
very difficult to save, even with plates or any
Improved method ;*o that with pans or ground
sluices It Is not possible for the men to make
average wages.
"Not above sixty or seventy men hare been
on the river at any one time. Parties have
been coming In, remaining for n day or two,
to rest their stork and prospect tlie river, and
then pulling out again for their homes, or, a*
quite a number are doing, for the Colorado
river. Thus the title lias been flowing In anil
out. yulte a number of old prospectors, who
had been on the San Juan river years age.
were aw are of tlie existence of the line flour
gold, hut came la w ith the hope that the re
ported discovery was not ou the San Juau,but
on one of the side canons.and hojted that soui,'
coarse gold had been found.
“The Utah A: Arizona Mining Company
have staked the river for ai>oui fifteen miles.
"1 judge that the reason why they staked
so much f 183 claims of ICO acres, but I am In
formed that all of these are not recorded) Is
that some one brought In word that gold c$
isteil on the river and on that report they gave
orders to stake everything In sight to secui
themselves and then proceed to make exami
nations. Their reported machinery consls'-
of one small hand pump, some rubber hose, a
small furnace and a ainnll amount of luinLcr.
They have had four men employed In sinking
a shaft, which was about twenty feet In depth
and which, at the time ne were on the river
wa* full of water. No gold, as fams 1 could
learn. Ini* been taken out of the river. Many
of the men are coming over to tlie Colorado
River, where the prospects are good.
"The one difficulty will li 1 that but very
Yw placer bar* are open to location, ns they
held by parties In this neighborhood who
represent outsiders. The White Canon min
ing district, whose recorder’s office Is located
at Dandy Crossing, extends from the mouth
of the Dirty Devil River on the east of Hall's*
< rosslng <m the west. In this district there
ar* recorded some placer claims of twenty
acres each. The gravel 1* reported as avc
aging about 35 cents per cubic yard, running
from Ift cents tosß per yard. There are nI->>
about 'JftO lode claims reported In the Henry
Mountains.
"The reports regarding the San Juan coun
try should be published, so a* to stop the
rush to a desolate s, , Hon where only
polntment will be met by those going In.”
Cold Weather in the East.
The last six day.* have been the coldest c\ r
known In New Ymk. The record of t!.e
Weather Bureau, which g>,<- back twenty
years, has nothing to equal this. The me .a
temperature of the past six days is 13.
Shsmokin. J’a.. Jan. 10.— At 8 o'clock 11..-
■nornlg the thermometer registered 84 de
grees below zero at Bar Gap, being the cohl
e-t recorded in the coal region since 18.YJ.
Many colllerii - are unable to work.
PlTTsiu’ito, IV. Jan. 10. The extreme
cold weather continue* unabated. Last nlaht
was the coble.t of the sea-on. the thermome
ter registering fi,>m 4 to lit degrees bc.ow
zei, There i- great danger or a coal fain ie
eau-ed by the freezing of the rivor and the
“trike of the miner*. Even now prices are
rapidly advancing.
Sl*aicT.i. Wi*.. Jan. I*V The mercury froze
solid la-' night at 40 degrees below . It regis
tered 45 below at Whitehall. 30 at La Cri-s-e.
and 48 at Medford. Terrible suffering among
the Winnebago Indians I* reported.
Binghamton. N. V . Jan. 10.—This Is the
coldest day of the se.i-on,being is below anu
Blaine's Wonderful Vitality.
Mr. Blaine passed another uneventful night
Saturday and whs reported by Dr. Johusion.
who left the hou-e at ft:Ml o'clock Sunday
morning, to be comfortable and to be a trille
stronger than he wa* At no time during the
n gilt wns the patient's condition considered
• •rdical and the family were permitted to en
joy an uninterrupted rest. Except for the
occasional uu,v« ments of the nur.-es prepar
ing medicine there wh* not a visible sign of
life w .thin the mansion. Dr. Johnston wa*
a*ked the question whether he cori-idere.l Mr.
Bialnc in * dying condition, but evaded nn
exact reply aud said that lie was constantly
growing weaker. Ho Intimated that while
hi* condition wa* susceptible to the slightest
changes the doctor did not believe liint there
was any Immediate danger of dissolution.
While more or le*» m\.i*hmeut was given
Mr. Ulalue, the ; , sleinn admitted thin he
U'llvlng o- iiinuliuit-and several time* hla
bfebs* been recalled by the administrate n of
‘nitroglycerine, which In its results has sur
prises! the physicians. It was evident from
the replies to the Interrogation of the report
er that Dr. Johnson was mystified at the won
derful vitality possessed by the patient.
Duquesne Strikers Convicted.
The jury In the case of iln- thirteen Du
quesne. Pennsylvania, strikers charged with
l lot. returned a verdict of guilty. Ten of the
defendant* were convicted of riot, two of un-
I iwful a—embly, and one acquitted. The
employes of Carnegie's Duquesne plant *n uek
last August In sympathy with the Home-ond
cr- Ihe day after the inauguration ~f the
strike the strikers placed guards nbout the
mill and non-uni, m men v.ere a-*nulted. it
was proven that tin- defendants had acted as
volunteer guards and had taken part in ihr
riot.
The verdict created much surprise, as ll
was believed It would not be guilty. It i
looked Upon a* a great victory for the prose
cution and I- the lir-t e.;*,- growing >, .1 of
the Homestead trouble. The punlshm, ut Is
the same for riot a* for unlawful assemblage,
ihe maximum being jftCO fine and two . ear*
In the Jail fir workhouse. The defense will
at once move for a new trial. Nuwrh all
the thirty strikers were indicted for riot but
tlir officers were unable t,» find the others.
The dctlcndants are all young men.
World's Fair Exhibits.
The traffic department of the World'- Fair
has issued a memorandum to exhibitor* and
transportation companies, containing the
latest regulations concerning the charge* for
the reception and handling of exhibits on the
exposition grounds. It Is nnronneed that
the exposition will make a terminal charge of
ti cents per 100 pounds, with n minimum
charge of fit) cents for any single shipment.
Extra charge* will bo made for handling ex
hibits over 30,000 pounds In weight, ami ar
rangements for the reception of inch exhibits
as may be brought In advance with the trans
portation manager. A charge of $5 per car
w ill lie made on all exhibits which arrive on
their own wheels, such as palace cars tu be
exhibited In the transportation building, and
$lO for locomotives arriving with their len
der. These charges will be made in each di
rection.
A Story from Rome.
The London correspondent of American
papers has cabled the following story :
"A significant rumor comes from the for
eign office concerning Catholic church af
fair*. It Is declared that the British minister
In Rome has Informed thegovernuicnl through
Lord Roscherry that the Vatican Is greatly
disturbed over the condition of affairs in the
United States.
"Archbishop Vaughn haslieen Informed, it
is alleged, that a very great peril menaces the
interests of the Pope in the United States.
So far as can Iks ascertained a plot has l>ccn
discovered having at Its basis a separation of
the church of America from the mother
church at Rome and the creation of nn lude
pendent body with a head selected by the
American bishops.
Suffering at Homestead.
The continued cold weather has increased
the suffering 11 Homestead and it Is stated
that nearly 300 people arc on the verge of
starvation. Contributions are still coming In,
but the aggregate amount is so small that it
will not procure the hare necessities.
In the mill there I* u great deal of dissatis
faction over the wage*. Yesterday was the
first pay day under the now scale, and many
of the workmen claim their envelopes did not
contain more I ban half Ihe amount received
lor the same pcr.Y I before the strike.
A numlicr of men have staled that they
would quit or strike just ns roon as there was
warmer weather. The officials deny that there
is any dl--:itLf»ctlou and claim tbut If the
wage* are smaller it I* because the men IU«
vot working m hard m formerly
Telegraphic Brevities.
Natural £ai» l* reported near Metnphl*. Ten
nrsece.
Efforts am being made to form a typewrit
er trust.
The Kansas legislative muddle remains In
statu quo.
The contract for the new battle ship lowa
has been awarded.
The Calumet Club building In Chicago was
burned down on the 17th.
A slight earthquake wiw felt at I’lalufleld,
New Jersey. Sunday night.
The Slgnn l’hl fraternity house at Williams
college honied: lo*s. #4*mNU>.
Heavy snows have Ison raging In Texas.and
there Is great suffering niiioug slock,
A severe earthquake shock was felt at Jef
fersonville, Indiana. Wednesday night.
Congressman laxlge of Massachusetts has
been elected to the l tilted States Senate.
The Michigan legislature has appropriated
>‘■o.ooo additional lor a World’s Fair exhibit.
The elate of Tnbusoo, Mexico, shipped 600,-
000 lizard «klns to the I'niteil Slates last
The “American Field" clip was destroyed
lu the .laceard tile at Kansas City, Friday
night.
A syndicate of Alaska canneries will be
formed at San Francisco with a capital of #.">,-
000,000.
Two negroes were lynched at (iaston, Ken
tucky. Wednesday, for the murder of un old
farmer.
The I'opulist House lu the Kansas legisla
ture has Imtu recognized by the governor and
the Senate.
Threatened trouble between tin 1 Big Four
and Its ojH-rator* lias been averted by mutual
concessions.
By the bursting of ally wheel In a wire mill
at Pittsburg one man was killed and several
others were badly hurt.
Senator Brice lias ordered 100 tons of coal
and 100 barrels of flour distributed among the
|ioor of Lima, Ohio.
The deadlock in the Nebraska legislature
has been broken so as to allow the Inaugura
tion of (iovernor ('routine.
Mr. Cleveland has removed to his country
-cm at Lakewood. New Jersey, where he will
reside until March 4th next.
The remains of Jefferson Davis will prolm
b!j l«- removed from New Orleans to Rich
mond. Virginia, in the spring.
Decatur, Illinois, and vicinity is in the
midst of u coal famine. At (•usner the resi
dents are burning cobs for fuel.
*■ The pioposed exhibition of public school
methods of Brooklyn, New York, at the
World's Fair has been abandoned.
William Slegler, a real estate man. Is trying
to M-citre a controlling Interest lu the Brook-
Ij n AVe/fz. which Is valued at 13,000.000.
The enterprising policemen of Chicago
have formed a “Protective Association,’’ and
w ill strike if their salaries urc not Increased.
The (lerninn coal miners whose recent
-trike was put down so violently, are getting
even with the mine owners by the use of dyn
amite.
Sixteen people were Injured by the wreek
of a wood train on tlic Portland A Willamette
Valley railroad, near Oswego, Oregon, on the
lClli.
It Is stated that the htain of Ben Butler
w eighed four ounces more than that of Daniel
Webster, which was on** of the largest on
record.
The World’s Fair committee of the national
Home of Representative* are hearing argu
ments on the i|tiestl<in of Sunday opening of
the Fair.
A report is out at New York that the Amer
ican F.xpress Company, w hich lias lost many
I aeknges recently. Is being systematically
robbed.
Another street ear full of people was
smashed Into kindling wood oil a railroad
crossing In Chicago on the 16tli. Seven per
sons were badly hurt.
The Wi-i ousln Supreme Court has decided
that ex-state treasurers must pay to the state
the Interest received bv them on state funds.
It will make a large sum.
The Manitoba government has declined to
send an exhibit to the Canadian section of
the World’s Fair. It will exhibit In Its own
building outside the fair grounds.QHH£9Eß
At Wichita members of the Brotherhood of
Slat ioiimen employed by tbe Santa Fe were
glv-a the alternative of <|ultl!ng the union or
the road. They stuck to the road.
(•rent damage lias been done to vessels and
■.d barges on the Ohio River In the neigh
borhood of Cincinnati by the forming and
breaking of tremendous ice gorges.
Three masked highwaymen held Up and
robbed 11.11. Ebert, station agent of tlm Mon
tana Central at Wlckes, twenty-five miles
from Helena. They got less than #IOO.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts 1* to
be : ked to determine w hether or not a per
son In -a constitutional right to resort to a
place for the purpose of smoking opium.
tiilhert Woeselier of Chicago arrived at San
Piauci-co on the Kith, having made a horse
back trip overland, lie rode one horse all the
way and made the trip In ninety-eight days.
The executive committee ot the Coal Club
of Boston and vicinity has recommended an
advance on all kinds of anthracite coal of
twenty-live cents per ton, to take effect at
I'pcin the demand of England. the Khedive
.f Lgypt has dismissed several of his new
ministry and promised not to make any
ehangi - in the future without the sanction of
British authorities.
William Ilazelltt. who, with a companion.
Pott.*, made the trip in a cask through the
w lilrlp-...! of Niagara, lm- determined to un
der! d.e the feat again. He has not yet settled
1 he dale of his attempt.
'I lie Rev. Edward Clark. 1). 1)., who has for
tic past twenty years been pastor of the
t liurch of the I’liritaiis, New York, lias pub
lic:. renounced Ills allegiance to the Presby
terian (ieneral Assembly.
Stephen 11. White, Democrat, of Los
\ngelcs. wa-elected I'lilted State* senator
from California, to succeed lion. Charles N.
I > !!<"., do tin- tir.-t ballot taken In joint con
ference of the legislature on the lMtb.
t lilef of Police Caster of New Orleans has
been found guilty h.v Judge Moist- of a mis
demeanor in having fulled to arrest andde
i:-i-i violator.-of Hie Sunday law. when re
■ , .dto do aI v the district attorney.
ih.e legislative situation In Kansas Is still
in d. The two houses continue to claim
(--. cry i king i.i -i ;ht. The Populist house has
lie i ."-i,:/edb. the governor and the Scii
.ie There is talk of submitting the whole
A>■ aIV train was wrecked by a broken
mil at pii.nt two mile- west of Revere. Mls
i-osiri. at It: 15 o’clock Tuesday morning, a
coach, iwo sleepers and a dining car going
over the embankment. One inan, a colored
walter, was killed, and six passengers badly
Injured.
(ietiei a! James B. Weaver opens the Popu
li-t eui.pilgn in Arizona on the ISth. Efforts
arc being made by the Populists to control
the next legislature, ill anticipation of stntc
-1 1. and elect L ulled States senators. He
be .i-. i-led by (Jcqcral A. J. H tractor of
Hiii.ol . and later by Mrs. Lease of Kansas.
Tliorgcr llamniestvedt of Red Wing, Min
ip -ota. broke the record for jumping on
- kal<-' a few days ago 111- course lay down a
steep Incline and out over a platform which
was thirty-six feet higher than the |*olnt
! where he alighted. The length of tin-jump
j was 103 feet.
! Toledo people are very much Interested in
the e.i-e of ( lay Hoppe an 18-yenr-old boy
wbo apparently died nearly two weeks ago.
I Ills parents, however, were not satisfied that
| be was dead and postponed the funeral. Since
llial time he has shown signs of life, and by
the aid of magnetic Iren linen t lie Un* shown
an Increase of animation.
Miss Sarah Herring, daughter of Attorney
(tcner.il Herring of Arizona has been ad
mitted lo practice In the territorial Supreme
Court. The young lady passed with credit a
severe examination before tin- bnr committee,
and was warmly commended by Chief Justice
Hooding. Slit- is the first lady admitted to
Un- bar in Arizona.
Tbe employes of the Monts- Carlo Casino
>ried. on Wednesday, to steal 3.10,000 francs
while the money wa* being carried to - the
cashier, Sixteen men. Including seven crou
piers. were arrested. It Is reported that a
imall dynamite cartridge was found In the
pocket of a watchman, who waH looked up.
Mr. Blaine's disease r-.-nialn* a mystery to
■ilh it the family and Lis physicians. The
latter decline, without the express authority
.f the family, to divulge the nature of the
omplalnt which bns now kept their patient
■ mtlniiously In bed for four or five weeks,
mil It constantly diminishing strength and
frequent "sinking spells,” threatening lintne
.ll ale dissolution.
The Kansu* I’opulist legislature has made a
■ iart. which If carried to a conclusion, will
and the solution of the complications In tbe
Supremo Court. It Is a bill to appropriate
K*M)OO for the World’s Fair. The. I’opulisU
•hose to make tbe test on a hill of this kind,
rather than on a legislative appropriation act.
They offer the World’s Fair bill because It Is
x popular measure, and they hope to place
the responsibility of defeating It upon the
Republicans If It l»e attacked In the Supreme
C.iurt, A decision by the Supreme Court on
lids hill would of course settle the dispute m.
:o which House Is the legal one.
In the matter of the settlement of the strike
if the Rock Island telegrapher -, a statement
jas been sent out by the committee in which
1 1* said that an agreement has been arrived,
it, which I* satisfactory to all conwnrd,
, oflCMriooa wtt§ mads on Mb ildm.
THE LEGISLATURE.
t Gossipy I.etlar Kegardlag tba Appear
•nta and Doings of Oar
Lswnaken.
Denver, January IS, 1893.
The (leneral Assembly after a wrangle ovet
ipolls that lasted ten days and represented
ii-arly #5.000 of state money In salaries, tin ally
>rokc the dead-lock lu the Senate, and on
Thursday, the 12tb, the standing committees
»f both houses were announced, lathe Ben
ite, the I’opulist-White Wing combine organ
zed that body ami took all the plum* In the
%ay of committees for the "faithful”, giving
•In- I’opulist* the abort end and leaving the Re
publican member* In the consomme. So far
i* the personnel of the Senate committees Is
toiicerued. It comprises tbe most experienced
xieuiber* of that body and can therefore lie
’onsldered e.pial to an average that could
aave been in . on more equitable partisan
I ne*.
Senator Mi liovney sounded the keynote of
the reform element in the Senate, though a
Republican hhusclf. In the Introduction of a
number of resolution* Intended to restrict the
tppi oprlatlon of public money*. One of these
"Mil.re* that the state auditor shall furnish to
In- .-t-naie within teii days a careful statement
A the probable available rc*ourccs of the
•late for tin- i-timing two years, and that the
-'-. ii tai v of the Senate shall keep the same
>u file f3r reference, so that the appropria
ting made by the iiencral Assembly shall not
•xcccd ihe i ■ \ • nue.
A joint memorial to the Congress of the
I nlied States on the subject of free coinage
...is been promptly presented and passed, as
m>* ai-o one nguliist the closing of ttye
World's Fair on Sunilny.
Though economy Is the watchword* niiioug
i he legislators generally, It Is a slgullcnnt fact
Hi:-.t appropriation bills form no small fat-tot
A the whole number. Among those that
have either been Introduced or are tnilug lu
.-iitiated by i lie member* preparatory to
• printing on their iimvu.specthig colleagues,
re uni- appropriating #I(X),(HK) for the state
■ il-h at i.i.iuii Junction, and #I.V).Ui>O for a
i. -< i-V"!i- ,i Twin Lakes which provide* for a
body of water six mile* long and two miles
wide a.i.l forty feet deep. This Is 111 the 111-
lere-ts of irrigation of the lower Arkansas
valb-v and H 1- estimated that 125.000 acre*
A ad Itlumal territory will l»e put under eiiltl
val on w hen the new reservoir 1- compleie.l.
A stale mail from Steamboat Springs to
North I’ark in Larimer county uud a slate
bridge across the Arkansas In l’rowers county
are uuioiig the smaller Item* of appropriation.
Some of the legislator- are a good
ileal exercised over the largo slico >-f war
rant* mi the general fund that have been
purchased a- an investment with money be
longing to tbe school fund, and u hill ha*
bo-ii 4nirodii--cil appropriating the sum of
ttiYJ.ono to redeem these warrants and repay
the school fund, and allowing Interest at thr.
rate of If , per cent, per annum from time of
•m il conversion. The warrants are chiefly of
IK*.7 K-’.i ami are a reminiscence of the famous
venth (ieneral Assembly.
The Hon • has provided very strict rules
.-.gains' lolilning and to protect Itself against
lm-corrupting influences of the tnlr.l house.
Consequently the d:-slre*to “seen member,"
which ha - erstwhile been an open sesame to
the Il'Mir of that august body no longer avails,
and tin.- unlucky applicant must perforce wait
whho-.it the charmed circle.
The w heels i f legislation are not moving ns
smoothly yet a* they undoubtedly Will in an
other w < ck. tin! I: Is a noticeable fact that the
new members are frequently overpowered
w ith u sense of their own Importance mid Im
agine themselves the cynosure of all eye-, or
el*e they are nlinoruially busy trying lo gel
tliclr hearings and And w here “they are at."
There are. of course, some lcvel-lieu-lcd fel
low.-, who have settled down to business and
do not intend to manipulate or be manipu
lated, to nay great extent. 11l- too soon to
forecast any Important legislation, but ills
-afe in say that some sort of u railroad law
will be passed.
One difference between the present nml
former legislature*, lie* In the fact that the
l’opuli-l nfember* elected from both the old
panic* are a little bit unsettled a* to their ex
act stain*. They are a good deal in reference
to the old line politician* as the newly landed
Irishman was lu regard to the l'lilted States,
"agin the government.’ So they arc "agin”
the old politicians on general principles.
Despite the many vaticinations in regard to
what Uov. Waite has done or Is going to do
111 lliu matter of appointments, your readers
may feel assured of one tiling, that up to
date he has done nothing He has made no
pledges hut listens patiently- to everybody
and allows wcll-mcnut advice to slide grace
fully through from one auricle to the other
on limited tickets without any slop-over priv
ileges.
The candidates for the Important offices
are consequently In an unhappy slate of un
certainty,that is very wearing on nerve tissue
us well as their finance*.
The mysterious reticence of those supposed
to In- elo-c to hi* excellency Is not horn so
much of prudence, a* an Inability to tell what
t tie old gentleman intend* to do. It i* safe
then in advl*e all-nnxiou* soul* to “wait,
meekly wait and murmur not.”
In my next letter 1 shall probably lie able
to give lie- names of some of the lucky ones
and show some of the secret springs influenc
ing the act* of Colorado's lav. makers.
The hill to prevent the acceptance of rail
way passes by member* of the legislature and
state officers Is not likely to become a law by
anything like a unanimous vote. The novelt v
of being able to familiarly pull out a little
pasteboard which Is merely loaned to the
conductor to register In hi* little hook, as an
equivalent for a railroad ride, is too sweet to
he hastily Ignored. More anon.
Hand I’Arctt.
A Big Mine Shuts Down.
The Rieo-Aspcn company’* mine at Rico
ha* clo»ed down.
The notion un* the result of a consultation
held between David 11. Moffat, president of
the company : Ebon Smith, general manager,
an lA. B. Boeder, treasurer. For some lime
the mines have been making no money and
the officers of tin- company have been con
templating stopping work In their shaft*.
'The miners are union men. They will not
work for less lhr.ii {-!..'>(> a day. and at that
s ale of w ages they are the only gainer* by
the operation off the mine. The company
made overtttn sto the men lo continue them
in work for the winter at lower pa.v, hut the
miner* would not listen to the proposition.
'The company ha* thirty-two claims in a
con-olldnlinii near Rico, all of which have
been worked during the fall and winter and
all of whh-h w ill now close ami remain closed
until spring at least. Two hundred men will
be thrown out of employment.
Will Raid the Rookeries.
The steamer Alexander, which flies the
Hawaiian flag, i* now fitting out at Ban Fran
ciaeo for a t rill a- which is said to Include a
raid on the Russian seal rookeries on Copper
Island The Alexander was formerly the
l.ew I*, but she was caught last year by n Rus
sian cruiser when thirty miles away from the
Siberia neon*l. She was taken to I’ctropnii
lov-kl and ichristened llu- Alexander. Cap
tain McLean was finally allowed to recover
hi* vessel, but he was ordered to keep aloft
the Russian flag.
When lie reached San Francisco he set
about n scheme of revenge. He ascertained
that Copper island l« guarded by only twenty
men. iik--' of whom are natives. So he decid
ed fit raid the rookeries with a strong force.
He has engaged sixty men for the Alexander,
and they are ail armed with she best Win
chester*. The Alexander can use steam and
sail, and *•:« :i i-iake a fourteen-knot gait with
out canvas, so there Is no Russian cruiser on
the Siberian coast that can overhaul her.
The scheme Is. In company with the ttcliooner
Eih'iird F. Webster, to nink» :i descent on
Copper Island rookeries, cleat, out the garri
son and slaughter the seal*.
A South American Disturbance.
The insurrection In the province of Cor
rientes. Argentine, promises io bccqpie more
serious than was at first apprehended, owing
to the passive altitude of the federal govern
ment. This Inactivity Is due to the fact that
the members of the cabinet me divided as to
the measures that should he adopted lo sup
press the rising. In the meantime the fight
ing In the province hns liecn actively resum
ed. e«(K!clnlly around Caserns, which is one
of the towns that has fallen Into the hands of
the rebels. That provincial government
scetns to he powerless to cop* with the Insur
gents. A large number of men on both
side* have been killed In th* several skir
mishes that have taken place. Home of the
prisoners have been shot.
After Kstiihhorn resistance ot two weeks
Caseros has been surrendered by tbe rebel*
to the government troops.
Cincinnati’s Coal Famine.
Cincinnati, ().. Jan. 12 - The situation In
tegard to the coal famine here Is becoming
serious. There are now on hand In the vari
ous yards and elevators only .about throe
weeks* supply. The amount now on the road
to Cincinnati Is estimated at 100,OOu bushel*.
The residents In the suburbs are having the
hardest time. The supply Is the shortest that
the city hns known for twenty years. Coal
dealers In Cincinnati are selling at #fi and
•8.50 per ton, while directly across the river,
In Irvington and Newport, the puce I* $4.
The abnormal conditions Just now—tbe river
gorged with Ice, navlgat’en absolutely
closed and tbe thermometer five degrees be
low zero— Is causing Intense suffering amoufe
miffiHq 1 *) ®o n rwd vora-
COPPER ** IVETE *Ls^ , SSJC^
t** 0000000^ &/£tiV GUARANTEED.
ADDRESS: SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
WEEKLY HUMOR GRIST
fIOATINQ CHESTNUTS FROM
TIME’S RUSHING TlDE
laws Redact lon* On Our Mods of Dally
Life—A Few Caricature* On Our lll
beralan Friends, hut Just fur Fun,
Yon Know.
Getting It Down Fine.
Friend—Why don’t you marry?
lioodfello—Can’ L
“You have a fine house?”
“Yea.”
“And a good Income?”
“Yes.”
“Then what'll the matter?’
“My housekeeper and her servants
have formed n union, nnd if I marry
outside ot their union, they’ll strike."
Smashes Acquaintanceship.
MoWhealiey—We'll altpake no more
»’ tlilm Dooleys, Ilezte.
Mrs. MoWhcuhey—What’s wrong |
«vid *m?
McWhoahoy—Oi jist scon Dooley
join* home wid a Hnybrew ben under
the arm av him.
English Iguorance.
Minks—A London paper tells ita
renders that every new President has
Ills picture put on the postage stamps
I wonder how they got that notion.
Jinks—They don't know anything
about this country over there. I sup
pose they’ve hoard about the new
Columbian Btntnps, nnd have an idea
that Columbus has been elected Presi
dent.
Time's Changes.
Mrs. D'Avnoo —Those street repair
ers have got through at last.
Mr. D’Avnoo—They have?
Mrs. D’Avnoo—Yes; they have taken
away their red lantern.
Mr. D'Avnoo—Taken away their red
lantern? Weill Well! Another old
landmark gone.
Many Purchases.
Young Wife —My dear. I've been
putting down everything I spent in nn
account-book, just us you said, but I
think I’d better stop.
Husband—Why so?
Young wife—lt's costing liko every
thing for account-books.
Pure Business.
cy. Nick—Where have you been fo r
the last week or so?
McSpot—Down South.
Cy. Nick—Business or pleasure?
McSpot—lv’o been getting some
'records’ for Bunkum’s wheel.
Cy. Nick—Ah, yes. So ’twos busi
ness after all, wasn’t it?
He Didn’t Want Any More.
McSpot had been brought up before
the Racing Board charged with violat
ing the amateur rule, but had escaped
with a Scottish virdlct of ‘ ‘not proven."
St. Kaymondus—Mr. McSpot we are
forced to let you go this time, but don’t
let us summons you iicre again.
McSpot—You bet 1 won’t if I can
find any way to keep you from doing
it
The Last Brick.
Coogttn (below) —Sny, Murphy*?
Murphy (above) —l’hwatdoyez want?
Coognn—Jist t’row down a bhrick
till Oi fill up me hod.
That Would Be Awful.
Mrs. Kccdick (indignantly)—Brid
fet, you must leave this instant! I 1
won’t put up another hour with your
impudence.
Miss Italferty—Aisy, now! If ycz
talks thot way sure nn’ I won’t
yex a rlcominlndatiou to show to the
ui.xt gurrel.
No Hope.
Winks (gloomily)—America has no
grout poets ntr/.
Minks —No. These Edison hair-cut-
Un are playing hob with literature.
Itwm -■ n ■■ ■■■ j■■
inif for breath, deeming as i/e/ch I
one would be your I nst, you have mmwF ■ ■ ■ nra WH!|
only to taken row U:seu Asthmaleat when the spasm Is broken, the breathfnffhecoM
easy and you feel nr, if an angel of mercy had unloosed the iron Krara of Jhe finS*
of death. The horniest moment of your life will be v/hen vou have used a
•f Or Taft’s ABTHMALEK2 nnd U has cured vou of CHI pi mi aia 'I
Asthma, f.'e mail lo any Asthma caterer a trial bottle M ir KT ■■
ftu *1 i™*ftau. cr. t«ft lew. a ttwt**(*r,s.r rla iil
An Observing Woman.
Miss lie Pretty (on railway train)—•
There! Yon said men were never po
lite to homely women. Did yon notioa
that handsome gentleman lowr the
sash for that ugly croature in front of
him?
Experienced Aunt (quietly)—The
train is going west and it is late ia
the afternoon.
“What hue that to do with U?”
“The sun was shining through her
into his eyes.”
Lacked Courage.
Dominic— Ah, how much better it
would bo if wo could only have the
courage of our convictions.
Deacon Crossroads—Wouldn't it,
though? I could a' made clean a thou
sand on Clcrolund.
Stylish Tramps.
Raggod Riley—Sure we’re fashion
fur ouet.
Weurie Wragglcs—llow kin we be?;
Ragged Riley—Th' paper Oi'm read-'
In' says tli’ new stoylo shoes has ven
tilated toes.
Strictly Correct.
Customer—You have a sign in you*
window—"A suit of clothes made whila
you wait.” Do you really do that?
Tailor—Yes, sir. You leave your
order, with a deposit, mid then go<
home and wait till the garments a ral
finished.
Gave Himself Away.
Mrs. Binks (with a disgusted air)—J
That Aunt Sallle, who writes the
clcs in the household department ot)
this paper, isn't a woman at aIL It’s *
man.
Mr. Binks —Why so?
Mrs. Binks—Here's an article that
says woman’s proper sphere is the
homo.
Correct.
Amateur Mourner—lt is an unfortn-,
nate state of things when an amateur
racer can make SIU,OOO a year out of ,
Ills racing.
McSpot—lt would be a blamed sight
more unfortunate state of things if n!
racer couldn’t make a year out
of his amateur racing.
He Got the Lids.
Mrs. Mooney (to her lmsband)—
Teddy, go out an’ shwoar over th’ beck
ilnce at tli’ Callahans, so they’ll t’row
our shtove-lids back at ye, or sorra th*
bite av dinner Oi can cook this day.'*
Profits of Purity.
Very Pure—How arc you getting on
with mnateur racing?
Sammy Spotts —Well, I’m making
just enough to starve respectably
Pure Fiction.
“What kind of fiction does Fleecy
write?"
"Principally notes for three months *1
Selected Pleasantries.
Not What She Expected.—Young De
Merritt —Miss Winnie, there is a little
question I have long been wanting to
ask you, but every time the words have
risen to my lips there has been soma
interruption. Do you—
Miss Winnie—Do not hesitate, Mn.
l)e Merritt—George
Young Do Merritt—l was going to
ask you, do you think a png dog hae
brains.—Harper’s Bazar.
An Unfortunate Mistake.—Roving
Raggs—After all, it pays to be perlite,
pardner.
Jocose Jaggs—Not always. Th*
other day 1 was actin’ deafanddumb,
and when a man gave a dollar I says, 1
“Thank ye, sir,” und he had me ar»!
rested.— N. Y. Herald.
And He Dyed, Too.—Mrs. Jones—>
The newspaper tells of a man who lost! ’
his wife, and in less than two
his hair was as white as snow.
Mr. Jones—That’s nothing so verr;
wonderful. Whyl I knew of a graj£-»
headed man who losu his wife, and 10.
less time than that his hair was aa
black as jet.- Pharmaceutical Era.
His Expectations.—OldGtaaees—Yon
want to marry my daughter,- *h?
Well, what are your prospects, young
man ?
Young Knurve—l hops to corns into •
a fortune some day. /
“Whoso fortune?"
“Yours."—Birmingham Leader.
Not so Bad—" What are you storm*
ing about. Joslah?" inquired MraJ
Chug water.
“Nothing!” roared Mr. Chugwate*:
throwing his hat on the loungej
"Nothing, only I’ve made a fool off
myself again! That’s all! I got
three-cent piece In chango somewherei
this morning, add find I passed it on *
street-car conductor a little while ago,
for a dime and cheated myself out
of seven— out of—er— no," he cob*
tinned, moderating his tone. “I guess!
it’s— hum — it’s all right, Hamantha. ''«■«
I Chicago Tribune.