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EXTRAORDINARY FLOODS.
Hko,Hnie>, Flooded and the Buildings
Crumbling—Twenty Death*.
Cm or Mexico, Juno aa—Report#
received yesterday from Silao,say that
It rained furiously all day and niglft.
Monday the river broke into tho north
jend of the town, rushing through the
streets in great volume and force.
Moat of the houses being adobe soon
^became saturated and fell. Among
jlhem some of the principal buildings
of the town. It is reported that about
twenty persons were buried in the
ruin* or drowned outside. All the
■tatton buildings' are occupied by home-
less people, who subsist on water-
melons and fruit found float-
ing on the water. Thq rain
has been general throughout tiie
nrholo counrty, and ail around
POao is flooded, and several dykes have
gften away. Tho Mexican Central re-
mits the roadbed for a long distance
n the vicinity of Sifoo carried away
>y the rlverr. Tho company is working
toy and night to succor the stricken
jltv, but It was still raining Tuesday
ina the water pouring across the track
n Silao from both sides. Such steady,
leavy downpour was never before
known in that locality. Grave fears
ura entertained for the city, owing to
;ne level ground about Silao. If the
•Jver continues rising tho entire city
may be washed away. Advi'ce,s from
Querturro state thnfii passenger train
Was derailed on the Mexican Central
railway last night River Teliinas,
pear Qticrtarro, is overflowed, produc-
ing great loss to agriculture. Three
persons were dr.owned. Trains stopped
• Ht Loges, not knowing wlusn they will
bass. Serious fears are entertained.
The river is stity rising.
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
TbfM of the Oang Holding Up the Train
In the Creek Nation Have
Ueen Arretted.
Tahlkquaii, I. T., Juno 1H—News
lias just reached here of tho oapturo <*
jthreo of tho robbers engaged iik hold-
ing up of'tho Missotiri'fatsilk: railroad
ftnln last Friday near Gibson station.
They woo captured in a house occu-
pied by one Harry Sisson, who was
sentenced to bo hanged onco by tho
Iourtsof this nation for murder, and
is neck was saved by tho intorforoneo
f United States District Judge Parker,
irho "habeas' corpused" hita fl-om the
Mhorities lrere. This was about
fcven or ciglit years ago. Ho lias
Inco served a two years' term at
letroit, Mich. Two of tho parties
Captured were brothers named rhipps,
{applicants for citizenship in tills na-
tion, and ono colored man by the
Dame ofJ"Onc-Eycd Rogera.1* Sisson
' ade his escape by running out pi the
juse. It is thought he is wounded as
e was shot at a dozen times at close
nge. Three of tho gang are Still
WASHINGTON NEWS.
HOW THEY RECEIVED THE NEWS.
rge and went west, though the plU-
Jrs aro close on their trail, and ft to
expected at any hour to hear of their
capture. This Is tho iu-st train robbeuj'
of tho kind that ever happened in tho
'reek Nation and tho officers are d'o-
jrmlnod to captnro the robbers and
iho*v them tlio Indian 'DjrrLtmy is no
place to ply their nefarious vocation.
ENGLAND.
Stanley's Death Not Confirmed.
London, Juno 2D.—Advices from
Zanzjbar state, no news has been
Received thoro in coniinnatiou of tho
report of Henry M. Stanley's doath.
iTho report of his doath is discredited
there.
The appeal of John Dillon from tho
sentenco to six months' imprisonment
for violation of tho crimes act Wad
heard to-day, and tho sentenco was
confirmed.
It is eomi-ofllciallr stated that the
czar has declined to sanction the pro-
posal of Gen. Vannovski, minister of
■war, that the number of reserve
Sattallons bo 'doubled, on tho ground
iat the proposed increase would bo
Joo severe a burden on the financial
resources of the empire, and because
the present political situation in no
jwisc justifies such a measure.
Detailed accounts of the sales which
occurred*® the const of Iceland last
month show that 400 French fishermen
were droWued, and thirty vessels
wrecked.
A HEAVY FINE.
Sherman, Tex., Juno 20.—An inter-
esting caso was decided here to-day'
resulting In a lino of $450 assessed
against R. A. Gibbs for selling whisky
contrary to law. The defendant, Gibbs?
is a druggist and sold half a pint,of
■whisky onii doctor's prescription, and
considered himself justified. Ho has.
appealed. Nearly every dj-uggistl
In tho county is indicted for similar!
offenses. _____
SHOT BY AN OFFICER,
A Negro Shoots at an Officer and Is
Wounded in Return.
Navasota, Tex., June 20.—Yester-
day during the emancipation celebra-
tion at Hidalgo, Washington county,
pear Old Washington, Alf WelJs and
Another negro had an altercation,
jpeputy Shovlft Will Parrott attempted
to arrest Wells, who drew his pistol
and fised at t&6 officer without cfl'oct.
Psrrott then fired tfyd shots at Wella.
Both took effect, inflicting, ib is sup-
posed, mortal wounds.
Allison Cooly Passive—Sherman "the
Man From Shropshire" and
Can't Give Up.
Washington, June 26.—Though he
tried to bear his defeat with equanimity,
Senator Sherman wore a crestfallen
air that was patent to every observer
after tho nows of Harrison's nomina-
tion was brought to him. For several
days ho has wore an anxious, worried
look, and though tho fates seemed
against him, those who were intimate
with the Mansfield sago knew that he
clung to tho hope of a nomination,
even up to the last minute, with des-
perate pertinacity.
Allison reoeived the nows with the
same tranquil air that has character-
ized his demeanor during tho whole
limo and remarked: "It is a good
choice. We are bound to win in No-
vember."
Sherman never uttered a word. He
was evidently heart-sick at coming so
near to liis long cherished ambition,
only to see tho prizo pass to another.
It is generally believed hero that For-
aker's half-hearted support was one of
the main elements of Sherman's defeat.
Tho democratic leaders view the
matter with only that degree of inter-
est incidental to such an occasion, and
tho majority of them believe that Har-
rison and Morton is a ticket very easily
beaten.
Senator Bock said: "Cleveland
will havo several more votes
to spare than ho had tho
first time. Thero isn't any doubt of a
democratic victory. Wo will carry In-
diana with a whoop, and I am sangu-
ine that California will also go the
right way. Harrison's record on tho
Ciiineso question has Cl-eated an ini-
mical feeling against him on tho Pacific
slope, whilo Thurman occupied the
very highest placo in the affections of
those people."
Other sonators spoke in a similar
strain, not one failing to express tho
utmost conildonco in the result.
Col. Win. H. Popo will leave Tues-
day for Columbus, O., with the com-
mittee which goes to notify Judge
Thurntan of his nomination to the vice
presidency.
MONEY KOIt TEXAS.
Wasiiingeon, June 20.—Tho follow"
ing is a correct statement of the ap"
propriations for Texas contained in the
sundry civil bill, which about com-
pletes the allowances that will bo ro-
commended at this session:
Completion of the Galveston building,
800,581.71.
Completion of tho Houston postoillco,
$50,000.
Completion of tho Jefferson court-
house, $25,00j.
Purchase of a site and commence-
ment of tho building at Texarkana,
$50,000.
Construction of a fence around the
tho Tyler building, $1000.
An appropriation of $1800 is directed
to remove tho magnetic observatory
from Los Angeles, Cal., and to re-
establish it ciHici'' in Washington terri-
tory or at Austin or San Antonio.
Messrs. Mills and Crain have been
invited to take part hi tho Tammany
ratification meeting, to be held on the
4th of July, and have agreed to be
among tho speakers at the meeting to
indorse President Cleveland's nomina-
tion.
TERRIBLE LOS3 OF LIFE.
Unprecedented Inundations in Mexico.
Twenty-five Hundred People Drowned
in the Floods—Railroads
Washed Gut
El Paso, Juno 20.—"Human bodies
woro floating ull about us as thick as
drift wood." Such is tho language of
Mr. Lavino of Arizona, who recently
eamo from tho Hooded districts bf
Mexico, in the stitto of Guana,jirtito,
about 200 miles this side of the City of
Mexico. Lavino atul nine associates
got caught at Lagos and escaped on a
raft after the Mexican Central
railroad track had boon washed away
on both'sides of tho town. Meager
as aro the reports, enough is
learned to indicate that thu de-
struction of life by this great Inunda-
tion is unparalleled m the annals of
tho country. It is reported that 1500
people were drowned near Leon, and
that about 1M0 bodies havo already
been recovered. Leon is a city of over
one hundred thousand inhabitants,and
is culled by many the most beautiful
city in Mexico. The length of the
Mexican railway's track rendered im-
passable by tho lloikl is variously
stated at from thirty to ono hundred
miles. The Mcxicau collet tor of cus-
toms at- Paso del Norte received an
ofllcial telegram yesterday saying tliajt
a hudrcd miles of track was 'impassa-
ble and that it would bo, ton days
before the mail could go through and
twenty days before freight could bo
moved, l'tinds for the $ufloret's arc
being raised all over Mexico, some by
subscription ami uomo l>y bull-light
entertainments.
DROWNED IN THE BAYOU.
About 4:30 Monday afternoon, a
young son of Major W. II. Crank, of
Houston, was (frowned In the bayou at
the foot of Main street. Ho had eomo
'^own to th^bayou a few minutes be-
fore, and with some companions about
his own age, wns enjfaged in lishing
for minnows. Ilis foot in some man-
ner slipped and he fell bead foremost
into the water. Where the unfortun-
ate lad fell is a barge, throe-fourths of
which is sunken, and the current drew
him just under its edge. His body
was ix'covercd in about an hour after*
wardr
DISTRICT M. ^CONFERENCE.
HtM.siioiso, Tex., Juno 20.—Tl\o dis-
trict conference of tho Fort Worth
district Methodist Episcopal church
(South) convened in this city at 0
o'clock this morning, Rev. J. Fred Cox
presiding. About sixty delegates are
in attendance, and a great deal of
interest is being manifested. Tho
conference will remain in session tho
remainder of tho week. Rev. J. M.
ll.ircus, of Akarado, will fill the pulpit
at the Methodist church to-night.
THE LOM& HIGHWAYMAN
Orawa His Regular Salary From a Pass-
ing Stage Coach.
Tho outgoing stage from Balliiiger
was again robbed Sunday evening three
miles beyond tho stage stand by a
single lone highwayman, six feet high,
dark complexion, wearing a mask over
his face. Thoro wore eight passengers,
whom ho secured over $200. Tho rob-
ber did not molest tho mail or registered
matter. After taking what tho pas-
sengers had with them ho took the best
horse in the stage, going in a northern
direction toward tho cedar brakes.
Stage roljbery is getting to bo such a
common thing out here that very little
Interest is manifested. Every one
speaks as if it was a daily occurrence.
LOST A TOOTH—CHILD POISONED.
At Whitowright Friday the infant son
of Dr. R. May poisoned itself by eating
several pills containing stryenine. The
child was discovered before it had
eaten very many of the pills. An anti-
dote was administered and the child
was saved from a horrible death.
A boy lost a tooth at Whitowright
Thursday under rather peculiar cir-
cumstances. lie was chewing gum and
it exploded in his mouth, blowing out a
tooth and tearing up his gums in a
horrible manner. His mouth was filled
with smoke and blood for several min-
utes. It is supposed that tho head of a
parlor match got mixed up in the wax,
and exploded with the above result.
Tho city council of Whitewright,
Texas, has raised tho tax on retail
liquor doalors from $02.50 to $75.
S. B. Penn was pretty badly bruised
up Thursday at Whitewright by a live
hundred pound block' of ieo falling
from a dray on oik of his logs.
EVERYBODY HAPPY.
Lampasas, Tex., Juno 25.—Fine
crops in Llano county; u!),000 acros in
cultivation,15,000in cotton. The plant
is small; prospects fair for good crop.
Eight thousand acres of corn will pro-
duce 45 bushels per acre; 5000 acres in
oats will produce 00 bushels per acre;
about 2000 acres in wheat will produce
80 bushels per acre. Fruits and vege-
tables in abundance. Farmers all
happy; miners happy—in fact every-
body happy.
Miller ii Swanson's silver mine at
Uaby Head, in this county, is showing
every evidence that it will prove im-
mensely rich, and it is attracting much
attention.
Some prospects now for getting tho
Aransas Pass Railway to Llano.
FARMERS COMPLAIN.
There is a great deal of complaint
among tho farmers at Vernon about
tho continued cattle round-ups by the
large cattle companies, and that their
stock aro being driven from their ac
customed ranges by tho cattlcmen
during the farming season and harvest
time, and tho farmers complain that
they havo not time to spare from their
crops to attend theso constant and
continued round-ups of their cattle by
theso cattlo companies.
The merchants and fruit dealers aro
very much dissatisfied with tho pres-
ent high express charges on fruit
slipped from tlio oast, and say that they
cannot handle fruit with any profit to
themselves wliilo tho express charges
are so high.
ALLIANCE MATTERS.
Tho Farmers' Alliance of Panola
county assembled in mass meeting at
Carthago. The object of the meeting
was in behalf of tho exchange at DaW
las. After being addressed by Dr. G.
Malcolm of Henderson, thero was a
liberal i*?s|ionso by tho brotherhood of
Panola county. There is considerable
spirit in tho order throughout tho
country, and they do not intend to al-
low such enterprises as the Farmers'
AUianco Exchange of Texas to fall
through. Tho AUianco of Panola
county havo organized a eo-operativo
store at Carthage, and will soon open
for business.
hunt count* alliance.
The county Alliance of Hunt county
will nfect at Orion on tho 5th prox
The growth and influence of this or-
der in this county is wonderfpl and
powerful, and their meetings arc full
of interest and busincs.
STORl Wl> COAL
The Santa Fo railroad company is
storing large quantities of coal at Pan-
handle, Texas, but for what purpose it
is intended has not been made public.
Through passenger trains from Kansas
City are now running on the Santa Fo
road, miking close connections at
Panhandle with the Fort Worth & Den-
ver, and travel that way has materially
iuerluiscd in consequcnve.
WORK TO BEGIN.
Vice-President H. L. Newman, of the
Kansas City, El Paso & Mexican rail-
way company, stated Saturday in El
Paso that a meeting of the New Mexico
directors of that company would be
hofll next Thursday, to authorize bonds
and mortgage for the construction of
tint road. Engineer Hubert Burgess
and pftr.y left El Paso this morning
for \\ bite Oaks to lay out the lino of the
road through tiie 'canons near that
town. The contractors will begin to
ship ties into El l'aso fo" the costume-
tien of the road as soon as yard room
Hud sido tracks o-in be wo pa ml here.
San Antonio, l ex., J tine 20.—Hon.
Oscar Bergstroni, chairman, has called
the Tenth Congressional District con-
vention to meet nt Taylor, July 20.
He anticipates no opposititioil to Gov.
Savors.
Tho engineers locating the Austin
branch of the Aransas Pass Railroad
have reached Luling.
Lancasteii, Tex., June 20.—Tho
closing exercises of the Lancaster
Masonic Institute were well attended.
The entire programme was well car-
ried out, and reflected much credit on
both teachers and pupils.
The Ross Democratic Club is prt-
paring for arousing picnic. Gov. ttosa
will be the orator oi the dw.
Graver Mai Accents.
BRAVELY BECAUSE CONSCIOUS
OF RIGHT.
Confidently Because Ita Trusts ia the
People, 8oberly Because Democracy
Cemprehends the Obligatlona
which Success Imposes.
Tho national domocratic committee
and tho notification committeo appoint-
ed by the late democratic convention to
notify Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Thurman
of their nomination for president and
vice president met at tho Arlington
hotel Tuesday. The notification com-
mittee, with Hon. P. A. Collins of Mas-
sachusetts in tho chair and Thos. Pottit
of Kentucky as secretary, conducted
its proceedings in secret session.
The committee adjourned at 12
o'clock and it was announced that it
had decided to notify tho president at
2 o'clock Wednesday and also to loavo
Washington Thursday evening for Col-
umbus to notify Mr. Thurman. The
letter of notification was submitted by
Mr. Jacob of Kentucky and was ac-
cepted by tho committee. The letter
was signed by all those present.
The notification committeo, accom-
panied by members of tho national
domocratic committee, and the Col-
umbia democratic club of tho District
of Columbia, met at tho Arlington
hotel at 1:80 o'clock this afternoon and,
forming into pairs, marched to tho
white house. They were ushered into
tiie east room and ranged themselves
in the south end of tho room. Palms
filled all tho windows and alcoves in
that portion of the room and potted
plants decorated the mantels.
The president was notified of their
arrival and descended to tho oast room
accompanied by the following named
persons: Mrs."Cleveland, Rev. W. N.
Cleveland, the president's brother, and
wife of Forest Port, N. Y.; Mrs. W. E.
Hoyt, tho president's sister of Fayette-
ville: Mr. and Mrs. Lainont and Mr.
W. S. Bissoll of Buil'alo, all of whom
were present at the notification of his
first nomination; Mr. Bayard, Mr. and
Mrs. Fnireliild, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney,
Mrs. Endicott, Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson,
Mr. Benjamin Folsom and Speaker
Carlisle.
how tiie notification was made.
Texas was represented by Colonel
W. H. Pope of Marshall and
Congressman Charles Stewart, the lat-
ter acting for O. T. Holt of tho nation-
al committeo. Representative Col-
lins of Massachusetts, president of
committeo, made a happy little talk by
way of introduction and then Charles
D. Jacob of Kentucky road the formal
letter of notification.
In concluding his brief yet pointed
acceptance the president said: And
yet I will not bo denied tho privilege
of associating with tho timothat in the
exercise of the high trust conlidcd to
mo I have yielded obedience only to
the constitution and these obligations
of my oath of office. I have (lone those
things which, in tho light of the under-
standing God has given me, seemed
best conducivo to tlio welfare of my
countrymen and tho promotion of good
government. I would not, if I could,
for mysolf nor for you, avoid a single
consequence of a fair interpretation of
my course. It but remains for me to
say to you, and through you to the
democratic party of the nation, that
I accept tho nomination with which
they havo honored me, and I will in
duo time signify such accoptanco in tho
usual formal manner.
Secretary Whitney lias invited the
national committee to lunch with him
at Grasslands to-morrow.
Mr. Gorman has positively refused
to servo as chairman of the national
executive committee and it is thought
thtU Mr. Barnuin will be re-elected,
though somo think Mr. Scott is tho
coming man.
The bill authorizing tho improvement
of the mouth of the Brazos river by a
stock company, introduced in tlio
house by Senator Coke, was called up
by tho latter and passed tho senate.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A Lady Struck on the Side and Down
the Body by the Subtle Fluid—
Her Shoe Torn Off.
Mrs. Henry S. Dye, living on White
creek, about three miles from Rosstou,
in Cook county, was struck by light-
ning Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Dyo were in bed in their room when
the storm began, and Mrs. Dyo arose
and wont into an adjoining room.
There was a load clap of thunder, and
the evidence of a lightning stroke nerfr
by in the sound, and Mr. Dye went
into the next room and found his wife
on the floor apparently lifeless. lie
lifted her on the bed and then wont for
assistance j when no returned ho found
her still alive, but at last accounts it
was thought she was past hopes of
recovery. The bolt of lightning struck
her on the head and ran down licr loft
side, knocking off her shoe and burn-
ing her very badly.
FATAL ENCOUNTER
In an encounter at Orange, Te.\..
Tuesday afternoon between Capt. Nci'
Burcli "and W. O. Brice, tho former
received a wound in* the head from
which ho died this morning just before
8 o'clock.
The river is higher here than k was
in the spring, and tho cypress timber
men arc using every ott'ort to put in all
the timber that tho time allowed to
them will admit. To-day the water is
receding and will soon bo too low to
run timber out of the swamps.
Tho shingle manufacturers feel bet-
ter since the recent'rains.
CADDO MASONIC OFFICERS
Bennington lodge No. 19 A. F. and
A. in., Bennington, I. T., elected the
following oflleers for the ensuing
masonic year: W. W. Impson, W. M.;
William "Ganger, S. W.; E- G. Llovd,
J. W.; G. G. Gardner, secretary, W.
L. Wilson, tylor.
JUDGE LYNCH IN ILLINOIS.
Wm. Moore, the colored man who
assaulted Mary A. Bingardiner at
Mattoon, 111., "Saturday night, was
taken from the county jail at Charles-
ton at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning and
lynched by masked men. Moore's
victim is only 10 years old.
HUNTING WITH FALOONS.
Fecullar Sport In an Arabian Dei-
art
In our second day' s journey wo met
eur two falconers, writes a correspond-
ent to Harper's Magazine, who bad
been sent on in advance to find and
mark the game. Now for a hunt with
tho falcons! Ah, royal sport of kings,
nothing can compare with it! In front,
scanning every bush-side,the falconers
ouch with one bird on bis ganntleted
left hand, and another perched on his
turban. Both hawks aro hooded and
jessed exactly as in the old knightly
days. We make up a party of eight or
ten cavaliers, while the rear is brought
up with two or threo servants armed
vitii guns for defense as well as offense
against the eagles, who sometimes
pounce on the falcons. Suddenly rises
the cry "Walil" from one of the falcon-
ers, as a hare darts from Its form. Up
soars one falcon unbooded, while the
other is drawn from its uncertain porch
on the head of the Arab to join the oth-
ers. Wo rein in our impatient horses,
that bound and snort to join tho chase,
for it Ib imperative to keep behind the
falconers.so as not to interfere with the
birds that are now dashing at the head
of the hare, which doubles, and mar-
vellously, considering its headlong
flight, evades the beaks of its enemies.
The chase is now at its height; every
one is trying to bo in the first flight;
the sunlight plavs on tho rich drosses,
the bright arms," the glossy coat of the
suporbliorsoB. whose elasticity of move-
ment and aristocratic gait imprint on
my mind a scene unrivalled. Onward
hurries the hare as she bravely runs
for life, in and out of the high hil-
locks of sand tufted with brush,
which our horses take, one after the
other, without a stumble. Urged by
the cries of tho falconor, a hawk fierce-
ly swoops down again. Ah, she is
touched by their morseloss beak, and
rolls over and over, showing her white
furrod belly! 'Tis nothing; she regains
her footing, and darts onward onco
more. I gladly givo rain to mv Arab,
i.ho momentary chock liav.ng brought
him to his haunches, us with arched
neck and starting veins he crushes tlio
bit with rage. I find the heat now tor-
rilio; tho bare is still traveling with
seemingly undiminished speed. Tho
two falcons now swoop from opposite
directions; they meet almost abovo the
head of the hare;one fall with a broken
neck, and frenzied cries from the fal-
coner. In a moment a fre'Sh bird is un-
hooded and cast off, and at tho first dash
at tho now exhausted hare roll her
ovor dead. I dismounted with the rest,
men and beasts sweltering and foam-
ing; the falconers rehooded their hawks
' which had settled on the carcass, and
made preparations to feed them with
the entrails mixod with tufts of hair,
which was said to assist digestion. Our
attendants now produced some kid
and dried dates, which washed down
with water and a touch of absinthe,
formed our meal. Getting into as much
shadow as the hillroclts afforded, and
thus gaining some relief from the
piercing rays of tho sun, we lit our
pipes and cigarettes, while a pleasant
languor overtook us followed by a pro-
fuse perspiration. Au Arab began to
play on a flute an air of a barbaric yet
melodious character, the notes being
often susfaincd for a long time, and
producing a most delicious soothing
effect After our siesta we conimencod
our afternoon march, with very little
change in tho character of tho desert,
but lato In tho tftiy wo entered into a
superb oasis, verdant and refreshing.
A Clever Trick.
Realty there is no use trying to write
the interesting things we see women
do, and leave actrcsses out of the mat-
tor. They are forever doing odd
things, partly because it is innate, and
partly for purposes of public exploit.
But this was not true of the ono I
camo across yesterday. A traveling
mediehio van stopped in^the fashiou-
able suburb of Staploton. It was
equipped with a lecturer, a comic vo-
calist, a violin player and an actross.
The charlatan himseit made what ho
called a scientilic medical address, the
point of which was that tho suro way
to be cured of anything whatever wns
to buy a bottlo of his wonderful pan-
acea. The singer and tho fiddler gath-
ered tho crowd for him, and hold it by
songs and playing whenever his ora-
tory lost its grip on their attention.
The actress was not ostensibly a part
of the show. She plaved a difficult
and ossontial role. In the guise of a
rheumatic old woman, she hobbled in
qmong the multitude on crutches, and
was singled out by the practitioner.
"Come here,,niy good woman," be
said "and I will euro you gratis."
"You couldn't do it if llotydu try,"
alio replied. "More than a liundrod
doctors have failed, aud I guegs Til
have to die a cripple."
She permitted herself to be per-
suaded, however, and at length was
seated in n chair in front of the
geous wagon. The ouaek set a screen
around her several minutes, in the pre-
tense that lie was applying his miracu-
lous lotion to her rheuiuatio leg. When
she was disclosed with a flourish to the
gaze of the crowd again she stood up-
right, walked on her supposedly cured
limb, and vehemently declared that a
miracle had been wrought The sale
of the bdttled liquid was brisk for a
whilo after that 1 should not have
suspected tho woman of malingering,
for she did it cleverly, only that I had
aeon her go through with precisely tho
samo performance tho Week before,
and less than ten miles away. I
learned that she wns a somewhat bro-
ken down but still clover impersonator
of old women, nnd 1110- manager of tho
medical show is her brother. — Chicago
Herald.
Unexpected Gratitude.
"I adoptod that boy," he said, with
the tears running down his face; "I
look him out of the workhouse when
ho was a lad, nnd I kept him and fed
hrm for nine years, and he's paid me
back by running off with my wife.
Gontlcinen," he continued, wiping his
face, "I'll stand you a bottle of wine.
You don't often meet gratitude In this
world, but a kind act Ts sure to bring
its ovrn reward. I've sons him a check
(or $500."— Ouray Solid Muldoon.
A FARMER .VICTIMIZED.
Tiie Wny in tVlilcU ii® W«i Tricked
Out of six Hundred liollur*.
A farmer named Roberts, residing in
the southwest part of this county, near
Liiorai, says a Springfield (III.) dis-
patch, was tho victim of oonlidence
men last week to the extent of $600.
Mr. Roberts wns in tho city Monday,
and the stoiy, as lie told it to Chief of
Police Donelun, is given by the Reg-
ister as follows: '•WodnosiUiv, two
mon, who gave thoir names as Dr. Wil-
son and Jiulgo Henderson, claimed to
be a candidate oil Uie Republ.can stato
ticket for some office, but stated that
he was a great admirer of Gov. Palmer
aud hoped ho would be elected. Wil-
son wanted to purchase my farm, and
we agreed on $1&000 as the price.
Wilson said ho would have to go to his
sister's and get the monoy, and the
three of us started out together; We
had gone some distance down tho road
when a man who seomed to be ac-
quainted with my companions hailed
thorn, and we stopped. Tho man pro-
posed a game of cards. Id which Hen.
derson and Wilson assented, but the
stranger soon cleaned them out I had
$000 in the bank at Waverly and I
drew the money. I commenced to play
cards with the man, and somehow—I
can't tell exactly how—the man
claimed to have won, and took pos-
session of my $600 and leit Wilson
appeared very sorry, and'said that,
when he and Judge Houdorson camo
back the next morning to bring tho
money to pay for my farm lie would
make my loss good. The men failed
to appear the next day, aud 1 then
renlizcd that I had been victimized,"
Mr. Roberts lives bitt six miles from
tho farm of John Workman, who was
taken in to the extent of $600 in a sim-
ilar manner n year ago. He was asked
if he had ever heard of tho Workman
ease, and answered, "No, not unlil to*
day.' .
Food of tho Primitive Man.
Primitive man, wherover ho wiu
first cast, whether in one contor or in
more than one, must of necessity havo
found his food in the plant world. We
cannot imagine him commencing his
career learned in the arts of hunting,
killing and cooking the lower an mats
for food. Many infer from this cir-
cumstance that tho argument in favor
of the vegetarian practice is copied di-
rect from nature, signed and delivered
by her. Not quite so fast. There
is one interposing bnrriev to the free
acceptpjice of vegetarian deed and act
of conveyanoo of food from nature to
man. Nature herself of her own right
royal will, makes for animals, herbi-
vorous nnd carnivorous, one distinctive
animal food; a secretion from tho liv-
ing nnimal organism, a fluid which is
a standard food—meat and dr<nk in
one—tho fluid known under the n. ue
of milk.
Against absolute vegetarianism, then
we may fairly set up one exception de-
rived from nature as the unerring
guide. On observing tho habits of an-
imals we discover another natural fact.
Wo find that animals of quite dillerent
nature.in respect to primitive selection
of food, possess tho power of changing
thoir modes of feeding and of passing
over, as it were, from ono class to an-
other. This change is distinct but lim-
ited, and wo must accept it with all its
oxtention on tho ono side and with all
its limitation on the other. Tho fruit-
eating npo can bo taught under priva-
tion to subsist on animal diet; a dog
can, I believo, be taught to subsist on
vegetable diet But it would be as
impossible to teach a sheep to eat flesh
as it would bo to make a lion feed on
grass.—Contemporary Magazine.
Conies Homo to Dine on Friday.
A devout Roman CathoUe lady of
Brooklyn owns a largo tom-cat that on-
y conies homo tt> dinner on Friday,
when fish constitutes the entire meal.
Whether the animal mortifies h:s Hash
by eating nothing at all on tho other
six days of tho weak, or is so fondly
attached to fish that when lio can't get
it at home he goos elsewhere, has not
been ascertained, but he is certainly
always in the dining room ten minutes
before the fish is placed on the table on
Friday, and that day lie turns disdain-
fully from any meat that may be offer-
ed to him.
Onco some cold tripe that had been
saved fron? tho previous day's dinner
was placed before him. It looked and
smelled like fish, and he seemed to be
in doubt about it. At last he cautious-
ly tasted it, and ffeund, probably, that
its flavdr was not uniisli liko either.
Being s,lill distrustful, however, he
took it into tlio buck yard
and bnriod it and returned to the din-
ing-room for his share of the shad.
The next dny he came back
for the tripe, only to discov-
er that tho house dog, having no relig-
ous scruples, had rooted it up and eaten
it
Sinee that time he has only visited
his owner at the dinner hour each Fri-
day.—Kew York Sun.
An Intelligent Com p.
A young man—who is having his
first experience with the printer and
tho proof-reader forwards us this one:
I wrq|i <wcot poem to lovely Louise,
The fairest for whom a lover could sigh;
Ami when it was printed the printer bad
spelled
The dear darling's name by dropping the 'J.*
— WiAhington Critic.
What the Matter Was.
'i wonder what's wrong nt tho
Fahlories' mansion? The bolls are
all muffled, the sidewalks covered
with matting, and the doctor just
drove away." "Why, haven't you
heard? Their pug has pneumonia. —
Life.
The Tains of'Young Gentlemen. ->
A young lady in Atlanta stepped to
tho window to watch a young man go
by, and just then a large picce of plas-
tering fell down on the chair had
vacated. Bad she kept her seat she
would have been killed. —J
Press.
ft
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