Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1887 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL" WKDNE8ÖA Y FEBRUARY 1(5 188?'.

A MYSTERY NO LONGER.

Ths RtEiins Eecenily Fcsni Near Lifiyatte Identified as Tlca cf Hls3 Kribiit Tis Ohio Recdirg ia S juices Lara Indiisa, and Farmers Return:! Horn. Adiiticnal Detxils cf tLa HcrnWa Tragody Recently Enacted Near Warsaw. Injured Ills Spine A Mao Disappears While Asleep A Bab Smothered Several Deaths-Other Specials. Lafatette, Ff.b. 10. The fate of the missing Lula ll&boitt a3 solved to-day. Her mother was shown the remains found here Hunday and at once identitied them. Mrs. James Stone, the twin sister of the dead girl, also recognized them. Mr. Slabbitt was not positive in his identification. The recognition resulted from the condition of the teeth and cocformity of skull. The clothing held by the Sherifl of Clinton County was recognized as that worn by the girl the nieht she disappeared. It is torn and bloody. William "Walker and wife were examined, but nothing new was developed. Walker was thought by many to know Eomethine about the case, übe post mortem was held, and physicians decided that death was the result of strangulation. A piece of the cloth found on the body was identified as a piece of overalls worn by Green. It was recognized by three witnesses. In the post mortem the physicians found the waistband of the overalls and a piece of muslin supposed to be part of Miss Mabbitt's chemise. Theory is held that Green strangled her, tied his overalls about her and sunk her body in a creek by the aid of ft stone. This materially settles .the inquest, and unravels what has been a dark mystery. Green's arreBt will be effected as he is undoubtedly her murderer. Mr. and Mrs. Mabbitt have returned home. The mother's grief is pitiful. - Additional Detail of the Triple Marder. Wax.-aw, Feb. 10 The Sentinel published an outline of the recent terrible slaughter of an entise family of this county yesterday. Tlie following ha3 come to hand: Taro younp men in going from one part of the neighborhood to another on foot abaut seven miles from here, crossed the farm of llenry Dunham, a wealthy farmer, whose hou93 and farm buildines stand a quarter of a mile from the road. Fifty feei from the house in a lane was a wateTk-g trough. It had been overturned, and lying across it was the body of Mr. Dnnbarn terribly mangled by hoM. Ifhe head aad arms, the legs and lower part of the bodv was simply a skeleton, there being no tlesu to amout to anything left upon them. The yourg men, horrified beyond measure, spread Ihe news at once, and Mrs Dunham was found in the honsp, her head and fbce literally cut to piecr1 and she weiterin in her gore insensible but still alive, and her ten months old babe lying on the floor, with its head almost severed from its body, and, of course, lifele?s. Mrs. Dunham will probably Tecover. ter injuries being more from los3 of blood and exposure to the cold thin otherwise, and no definite explanation of the tragedy can be made until then. 'o weapons can be found on the premises, and the wounds appear to have been inflicted with a Small pocket knife, covered with blood, iouad near and outside of the tljor that Mr. Dunham mast have passed out of to where lie was found. There are no indications that anyone beside hlrs3e'f had anything to do v itb the matter, as nothing in any part of the house appeared to be disarranged, except in the 9itting-room and bed-room occupied by the family, and a pocketbook containing some money was found under the pillow of the bed. So it is supposed that the crime was committed by Mr. Dunham while inSane. He fell out of his barn last July a distance of fifteen feet, injuring his head and Bpine severely, and since that time has been noticed to act peculiarly at times, and there is no doubt but the accident sericusly affected his mind. lie was a wealthy farmer and respected by all that knew him, was about fifty years old, and married his wife, who was a very estimable widow laiy, a little over two years ao, and their married life had been to all appearances a very pleasant one. The crime must hare been committed on Monday evening, the 7th inst, as the family were evidently just preparing to retire when it occurred. Fonr Wayke. Feb. 10 A fj-ecial to the Gazette says: Joseph l'lew, a farm hand was arrested ti.-dav for ihe murder of the entire Dunham limily near Warsaw, the sickening details of vh ich were described yesterday, lie fe in jail at Warsaw and the neighbors of the murdered familv threaten to lynch him. Dunham's Ixscket-boolr. and $-o in moey were louad in Piew's pockets. lie w?.s employed fcy Dunham, and two weeks ago theyquarTeled, aad Tlew was discharged. When he Jeft he threatened to get even with Dunham. A part cf Dunham's scalp was found trampled in the rand, which disproves the theory of suicide. Mrs. Dnnaam is growing ftronter, tut still unconscious. Dunham and bis child were buried in one grave to-day. A Wedding and a flatty Departure. Wa-.ash, Feb. fv At North Mwcaeiter yestefday afternoon John W. Vint, postmaster and merchant at Lakeside, Ind., and Wisa Dora White, of the former place, were united in marriage. Vint Is the individual Vho become infatuited with Mis3 White, Vrbo worked in hi familv, and who3e Intimacy with the maiden resulted in his wife beginning a suit for divorce. He was in a Bpiendid condition financially, and highly respected in the community. Af'er he and bia wife separated h-? transferred his property to her and hi3 daughter and then come ca to Miss White's home in North Manchester and had the marriage cere nanny perlorroed by Rev. Freeman. The affair "created a considerable f?nsation. and Mr. and idrs. Viatdid not linger around North Manchester after the wedding, but took the first train for the West. A Teacher' Llreo Keruked tor I ram or allty. Jakr, Feb. 8. County Superintendent A. M. Sweeney has revoked the license of Hilton Hersberger for immoral conduct, lie was convicted of Improper relations with bia sister-in-law. Hersberger, claiming to bave authority from the State Superintendent, continues his teaching ai principal of the Inland graded school, entirely Ignoring the action of the Count Superintendent. Jlersberger hails from Frankton or Andersen. A Novel Kind of OamlIlng. lAtlanta Constitution. 'Yes, we used to have a spasm of goodness 5n the army every now and then,'7 said an old soldier yesterday. "Ihat is to say, the tlfxcrs would get good and try to make the lest of na come up to their ideas. You see, "tvhen time hung heavy on our hands we voukl while away our leisure by an indulgence In tie wicked game of chuck-a-luck, or In eeven-up, or by an occasional poker frame. I remember when we were in Mississippi--" "What ia cLnck-a-lnck?" "Mercy Ht! Didn't yon ever see a lot Df fellows mark oft numbers 12 3 4 5 G, put the money cn the numbers and then throw die, and the xellow'a numbers turned cn take thn not? Wall t ... poin on to say, the officers bad a msm, and decided to break op gamblinc. They took very card and dice-box In the camps. A Jot of felloTs woald each fret a little piece of bread and smear on It a bit of syrup and lay

out the spread and then all sit and wait

There were a million flies about the camp. and in a minute you would see a fiy light on a piece of bread and go for the syrup. Well, the owner of that piece of bread would take the pet. That and other devices for evading the orders of the officers conviflced them that they could not head us off, and they gave back our cards and dice and we resumed business. A SUCCESSFUL STAGE TRICK. A l'uzle as to fthat lleromea of the Lady of the Palauquln. Gentlemen's Magazine. 1 In an opera called "Lea Amours du Diable," produced in Paris some years ago, thtre was a curious scene which puzzled all who saw it. A slight palanquin constructed in such a manner that it wa3 obvious that there was no possibility of its having a double bottom was brought upon the stage supported on the shoulders of Blaves. The actress who occupied it withdrew the curtains and gave some orders to her attendants. Then the curtains were closed for an instant, and again opened, but the occupant of the palanquin had disappeared. What had become of her? The feat had been executed close to the front of the stage and under a brilliant light, and the spectators could plainly see that it wa certain that the lady had not gone down a trap. The mystery remained for some time unsolved. The explanation of the pnzzle was simply this: The pillars of the palanquin appeared to be very blight, but instead of being wood they were hollow metaltubes. Through these tubes ropes ran on pulleys at the top of the palanquin, descending in the inside and fastened to the frame, on which was placed the silk cushion on which the actress reclined. To the other end of the ropes was attached a heavy weight which exactly balanced that of the lady. One of the slaves was impersonated by an expert machinist. So soon as the curtains were drawn he pulled a cord which released the counterpoise, and the frame, together with its burden, rose to the top of the palanquin. There the actre;s lay quite comfortably, a wire gauze overhead enabling her to breath freely. Fains had been taken in the construction of the palanquin to make it appear frail, while in reality it was very strongly built, that the roof might bear the strain upon it of the weight it had to support. The bearers were men selected for their muscular strength, and they were drilled in the practice of taking up the palanquin after the disappearance of its occupant and carrying it oil the atage at a sharp trot, as it it were empty. lilrls Who Send Lot Message ty Wire. In the rost-otlice and Telegraph Department of the Government in Paris ate employed upward of 50O young ladies ai telegraphers. Most of them are at work m one immense room, and the ceaseless click-clack of their instruments makes one of the most 3lonishirg babels. They are employed at salaries rar.ging from $t'X to $173 a year, and for this pitiable sum these skilled employes work seven hours a day. But that is not the worst. The schedule of working hours Is after this fashion: Today they come to the department at 8 in the morning and work tift 11, then they are "on"' until 5, when they come again and work till U; to morrow they will come at 10 in the morning, work till 1 in the sfurr.oon, then rest till 3, when they go on again and work until midnight. It would sefm as if such a routine would wear them out speedily! Perhaps it does, but they do oot fchow any striking debility while at work. They are active and intelligent, but no ore knows how often one of them drops from the ranks to give way to a new em-pl'-ye. They transmit nothing but the o3icial business of the department, communicating all the time with the country er the suburbs. All other communication is positively prohibited, but it must not be supposed that the rule stands unviolated. There are man at the other ends of the lines, and but nothing more need be said; the most ideal courtships proceed over the wire, and occasionally marriages are the result. To prevent the misuse of the Government lines, there is an overseer, whose sole duty is to see that the 00 girls stick to business. It is a wonder the Government does not sensibly give hira f00 assistants. Whenever a dispatch is sent which does not pertain t j budnes3, if the operator Is caught, a fiDe of one sou per word is imposed. At the end of the month soue of the girls find themselves in debt to the Government. The overseer is a very excitable and irascrible albeit highly virtuous oUicial. I saw him at his business on my visit to the department. An unfortunate miss, all absorbed in her clandestine correspondence, did not perceiva that Monsieur, the overseer, was just behind her, taking down everything she. was sending. The other girls dared not warn her. Presently the overseer said abruptly: "What are vou sending, Ma'm'selle?" She blushed, turned hastily to her memoranda, and stammered: "Instructions to Lyons concerning the delayed second class rratter, M'sieur." "II a-a-h!" roared the now txcited overseer, "and this Is the way you send it. Listen, Ma'm'selle! 'I am as blonde as you could wish, light-blue eyes, and I insist upon it my figure is plump in spite of your assertion. You can not tell, Monsieur, the figure by the way I transmit. I am twenty-two, and muEt insist you raise a mustache that shall be curly, and at least an inch long before you call.' There, Ma'm'selle, that makes sixty -one sous, to which I add a reprimand." VLen the overseer stalked away, and for fully ten minutes nothing but oilicial business was transmitted over the wires. The Lat Act. epcdal to the BentineL Washismon, Feb. 10. The gaseous protest of the rump joint session of the Indiana Legislature against the seating of Senatorelect Turpie was hurried oü quietly to the Committee of Privileges and Elections. Lvn fcenator Harrison was ashamed of the prcjoeedir gs. This is the last act in the roariV)f larce. Colonel Dudley stated yesterday to the Sentinel correspondent that the jig was up and that nothing further would be done. '1 he protest will be entombed in the archives of the nation, and sleep to rise no more. In the sixteenth annual shooting nmch for the Grand Prix at Monte Carlo, France, the Americcns and English got left. Count Falina, an Italian, won the first prize of $3,"jJ0 and the silver vase; Signor Ghi.io, alo an Italian, the second prize of $1,1'); M. Morgorge, a Frencnman, the third prize of Sl.CUj, and P.aron de Preb, a Belgian, the fourth prize of $;x,. Pond's Extract. As a household remedy there are few family medicines that are as popular as Pond's Lxtract. It can be found in the house of almost every family, North, South, Fast or Vest, in thia country, and largely used abroad. First made over forty years ago In a small way, it has continued to Increase till now its sales run Into millions of bottles a year. Its use are almost uaiversil, and one of its valuable properties is that it is perfectly harmless. In cases of wounds Its healing powers are wonderful, its astringent properties stopping the flow of blood; for bad wounds it's just the thin? to apply until the doctor arrives. For Inllammations, the pain and swelling go down immediately on its application. To name what it can do would fill a book. Header, we ask yon, If you have not already done so, to try ft. lie sure to get the genuine. SU Louis, Mo Republican. a. MOST LIIIEKAI. orFEB. It a Voltaic Belt Co., Manhail, Mich., offer to lend tholr celebrated VoUtto Jklti and FIaHHi Appllmncee on thirty dan trial to any man afflicted with ti err cram DoMllty. Loaa ot VitaUty, Manhood, etc Illustrated pamphlet in seaied envelope with f aU particular!, ntiiel frw, vrmi thia ateuoc

THE THISTLE KIN Cr.

Ills Curious Freaks lu Ohio What Oave Gov. ernor Hayes His Lack. IToledo BUde.J Old Silas Harber is dead, and his last words were: "Don't let any thistles grow upon my grave." The announcement of his death will cause universal regret all over Ohio, where he was to well known. 8ir.ee the days of Johnnie Appleeed, Silas Barber has had more friends than hundreds who have given him something to eat out of pity or charity. For half a century he wandered through this State. His last days he spent in the Seneca County Poor-hcuse. He was well known all over Wood, Erie, Lucas, Sandusky and Hancock Counties. He had no relatives in the world, and no one could tell where he came from, although there was a local tradition that he came from Canada all alone in a beat by himself more than fifty years ago. lie had bat ooe mission, one object, on earth, and that wa3 to exterminate all kiads of thistles. For the entire half century he never relented in his warfire upon these enemies of the farmer. From dawn to darkness Le worked with scythe, grub and hoe, cutting out and killing these enemies of the farmer. No one could tell how he lived; he refused to accept any pay for his work, and none of the farmers could impose upon him, for he would not work unless he could cut the thistles. In winter it was noticed that he migrated with the birds southward, but back he would ccme with the thistles again in the spring. He had one other failing. He imagined, sometimes, that he was a great General; at other times be thought that he was an officer of the law, with full power to make arrests. Yeaas ago tome practical jokers sent him with orders to arreit the Chief of Police of Tiüin. By pretense he succeeded in getting the Chief of Police to show him into the interior of the jail. He then read an imaginaiy warrant and locked the police captain up in a cell for a long time. It was a more common practice to induce him to arrest some country swain who was courting his sweetheart. Armed with his imaginary warrant he would force his way into the presence of the Joying couple, and in spite of tears, protestations and entreaties he would make the arrest. He would walk a dozen miles to arrest any man, and more than once has he aided the police and constables in discharging their duties. Judges, preachers, Congressmen, whose early homes were in Sandusky County or Seneca, tell amuing stories of how ""Old Silas" captured them. When the forest roads were fenced up Silas Barber did not approve ol it. He would tear down rols of the fencing in order that his favorite thistle fields might remain 0(en and the common property of the whole world. But the farmers alays forgave him the mischief for the good that he wrought. Conductors were kind to him and all the railroads in Northwestern Ohio gave him free rides over the roa Js. One day Silas Birber made his appearance at Columbus carrying an odd-looking bag. He called at the residence of Governor Hayes, who was the Governor of the State at this time. The servants refused to allow him to see the General, thinking hira crazy, but he watched the do r, and wh?n Governor Hayes came out "Old Silas" presented His Excellency with a large black cat, saying: "As you have been kind to men so be kind to the cat." Governor Hayes kept the cat until after his election to the Presidency, whea it dud. Hayes' old friends and neighbors say that to this black pat much of his good fortULewasdue. TILTON'S DREADFUL, JOKE, Uhtn lie and Suoan II. Anthony Walked Dowo ISroadwaj. (Washington Post I Four or five years ago I met Theo lore Tilton, one of Miss Anthony's most intimate friends, et the St Denis restaurant, in New York, and we partook at the same little table. He was a strikingly handsome man, six feet four inches high, with Mowing brown hair, blue eyes and mobile face a man of fifty and well calculated to attract attention anywhere. Miss Anthony had just come into her property, and she dressed a little better than usual, and was intellectual looking, with fine gray hair, and considerably above the average Btature of her sex. Tilton came in laughing, and in reply to my question, said: "I have just had a little joke on Susan Anthony." I showed an interest in details and he went on: "We were walking down Fifth avenue.and as we were both very tall, we excited some curiosity. Suddenly she noticed it and said tome: "Theodore, what do people keep locking at us to for?" "Nonsense!" I said; theyare not thinking anything about us. It is your fancy.' That quieted her for a few minutes and we talked and walked on. Shortly she became excited about it again and exclaimed! They are staring at us! 13 my bonnet right? I can tec them whispering to each other as they pass. Do you suppose they know us, Theodore? What do you suppose they are saying?' " 'Well, I don't know, Susan,' I answered; 'very likely they are saying, that's Theodore Tilton see how kind he is to his old mother:' " Tiiton langhed merrily at the dreadful joke, and I have never happened to interView "fcusan" about it. Mccettty Among Georgia Crackra. lAt'.anta Constitution. I am going to tell a story which illustrates the refreshing honesty of the simple-minded piney woods crackers, A certain girl, who was unconscious of the dividing line between the lawful and unlawful, became an accessory to a murder. There was a great deal of sympathy for her, and one night the jailer left the door open so she could get away. She escaped, and her relatives, as simple as herself, tuilt for her in the depths of a forest, a hou3e of bro.-h. There the trirl spent her dayB and nights. At last her hiding place was reported to the Sheriff and it became his duty to rearrest her. He went to the home of the relatives who bad concealed her and called out the old man. The Sheriff explained his business and asked if the girl was really iu the neighborhood. The honest old cracker replied : "Cap'n, she air! She's rate over in them air woods." It would have suited the Sherifl" better if the old man had lied a little bit. "Are you sure she is over there?" ha asked. She wr.z thar a bit ago." "Now, I tell you what you do." siid the Sheriff, still hopeful tnat the girl might get away. "You go over there and see if she is tLere and come back and tell me." "I'll do it," said the old man. He was gone a short time and on his return said: Cap'n, she's thar!" So the Sheriff had no alternative but to go to the hiding place of the girl aad make the arrest. To-day that simple cracker girl is in the Georgia chain-gang; and they say she Is gent-e, modest and very industrious a model convict, An Kipert on Cow. INew York 8un.l A raw-boned granger from Arkansas entered the restaurant at the Union Square Hotel the other night. The gaslights dazzled his vision somewhat and prevented his making the usal careful scrutiny of the bill of fare, lie ordered a tenderloin steak and disposed of it in a great hurry. When the check was brought he arose and staggered- to the cashier's deik. "How much?" he Inquired. "This durned light doan't give a feller & chance ter read." "Sixty cents!" replied the cashier In a dazed ort ef wsy. "Sixty cents!" exclaimed the Arkansas man. "What d'yer take me far? Sixty cents fcr a piece of cow that didn't cost eight! I'll see ye hanged 'fore I pay it." Hisvoica rang through the dining-room and omce, and ataxUcl aU the guest Two

heavy porters were, dispatched by the clerk to bring him within range of the clerk's persuasive voice. The granger graciously repponded, but refesed to come to terms or to lower his voice. "Taint the money," he replied to the clerk's entreaties to pay up, "but its the principle of the durned thing. I know what meat costs, an' I ain't goin' to be no durned fool an' par sixty cents far a hunk of meat that ain't worth eight" "You'll have to pay," said the clerk. "Wall, I won't. Ye kin iiev me arrested ef yer want ter, but I won't pay no sixty cents. I'll pay forty, but no more. I'm a goin' to walk out, an' ye want to make up yer mind fore I get ter the door." The clerk let him go half way across the onice and then called him back. The affair was compromised on forty cents. The granger blew in the remaining twenty cents on "good old bourbon. DAVIS AND TOOMDS.

Waa the Georgian Offered the Confederate Presidency. I Angus .a, Ga., Chronicle. Mr. J. C. Derby, of New"York, permits the editor of the Chronicle to make public the following letter, never before in print: Beauvois. Miss., September 1, 1SSÖ. J. C.Derby, liq.: My Dear Sie Your kind letter inclosing a reported interview with General Robert Toombs would have been sooner acknowledged but for my absence from home during a large part of last month. The same cause, with numerous engrossing engagements, will exp'ain to you why I have done nothing on the work to which you allude. The logic of General Toombs remarks will hardly commend itself to a severe analysis. The conclusion to be drawn from his view would be that a military education unfitted a man for military command, but qualified him for civd administration, and hence it would follow that graduates of the military academy should only be employed as civil magistrates, and that Generals for the army should be sought for in the literary colleges, or perhaps in the theologtcel seminaries. We had many distinguished generals whose previous life had been passed, as we have eminent bishops who were bred as soldiers, but not therefore ia either one case or the other. With characteristic consistency, he finds the two men fitted to be President of the Confederacy among the graduates of West Point. So far very good for his theory, but then he finds General V. S. Grant the greatest soldier produced by the war. He was also a graduate in our military academy. I might retort to Mr. Toombs' criticism of myself as a civil executive by leciting hu career as a soldier, but 1 forbear. In regard to General Toombs having refused the Presidency of tue Provincial Government of the Confederate States, I must admit that he was iu a better position to know the facts of the case than myself, as he was present when the election was held, and, as a member of the Provincial Congress, was a I arty to the can vaas and final choice, while I wa far away engaged in the duties intrusted to me by the Convention of Mississippi, by wkich 1 was appointed Com-mander-in Chief of the array of the State. It is a pity, however, considering the reward due to the self-abnegation of Mr. Toombs, and to the historical irnrortance of the natter that he has not more specially stated in what manner and by whom the offer which he declined waa made to him, especially so since other; who, like Mr. Toombs, were members of the Provisional Congre?, "werfi present and participating in the election, have published statements which show that they were not aware that the offer was made, which Mr. Toombs, in his self-denial, declined. Should you feel interest in looking lurther into the matter, you will find that some of the statements of members of the Provisional Congress, at pp. 2M et seq., Vol. I: "Itise and Fall cf the Confederate Governmeut." If I have intiicted uponyou a longer letter than was expected or desired, on a subject of so little general interest, you must attribute it to your friendly manifestations, and believe me respectfully and truly yours, jEFFt Rsois Davis. FALLING i.ooo FEET. It Was With a Parachute, and the Man Touched Bottom Safely. San Francisco Chrouicle 1 The announcement that Trofessor T. 8. Baldwin would drop from a baloon when at an elevation of 1,000 feet, by mean3 of a patent rarachute, drew an immense concourse of ptop to the terminus of the Ha'ght street cable line yesterday afternoon. It was close on to 3 o'clock when Professor Baldwin made his appearance, clad in pink tiphts, and no time" was lost in arranging preliminaries. The aparatui by means of which be proposed to reach mother earth from the altitude before mentioned wa3 made of canva?, and attached to the side of the balloon in such a manner that the strain of the aeronaut's weight on it would sever the connection. When fully expanded the machine was seen to be an enormous parachute, from the outer edge of which hung numerous cords of about e'ght feet in length, which met beneath, and had suspended from them an ordinary trapeze bar. Professor Baldwin was accompanied by M. Blanchard. When the desired height fcal been reached Professor Baldwin grasped the trapeze bar with both hands and dropped over the tide of the basket, As the rush through the air expanded the parachute it seemed to pause In midair. This was only momentary, however, and as the law of gravitation bf gan to ass rt itself the distance between the Professur aud the earth visibly lessened. As he hung to the bar ho could be seen anxiously looking beneath him, as if speculating on what kind of territory he was going to hyid in. Down he came, gathering velocity with every foot until it was very evident that forae miscalculation as to the rate of ppeed of the machine had been made, and that if the Professor had the bad luck to be dumped on a pfeket fence or on the roof of a house the trip would not be devoid of accident. All's well that enda well, however, and the only thing that sutlered through the experiment was a small wattle tree through which the aeronaut crashed before striking the ground. He landed in a lot attacked to a small cottage, and was immediately surrounded by thousands eager to know if he had been hurt. That he was none the worse for his rapid descent was clearly to be een, as, after being congratulatedby Yan Tassel, hehtrewlaback somersault and engaged in a fifty-Yard spur. The reason given by Professor Baldwin for the un pec ted speed with which he came down isthat the parachute did not expand fully until very close to the ground, by which time he had gained a velocity that was rot easily .checked. Others present considered that the diameter of the apparatus twenty-four feet is not sullicient, and that it cht tobe increased at least five feet to intare absolute safety in making a descent of 1,000 feet. Mr. Btanton's taallantry and Fan. The late Henry B. Stanton was always full of fun. His humor was as irresistible as it was inimitable. A month or so before his death, as he was coining out of the New York Sun office, he met an old member of the Sun staff, who had his pretty young daughter with him. Mr. Stanton greeted his friend in bia usual cordial and cheery way, and then, glancing at the young lady, asked: "Is this your daughter?" He received an aillrmative reDly. Mr. Stanton looked from one to the Other, and then, with a merry twinkle in his eyes, said : "Well, her mother must have been a very handsome woman.' Do you ask nie tor my secret Why my teeth are pearly white? "Why my breath is ever fragrant T And my enms are rosy brightr - My secret'! oft been told before Viae B&xodont; and nothing more. Ai an aftor-d inner plli.to promote mj digCS Uoa, Ayoc's PUia are wonderfully eecttret

INTERVIEWING DICKENS.

Dow the Great Novelist Tanght a Reporter the Art. New York Times. In a musty little dressing-room just off the sage of St. James' Hall, in Buffalo, Charles Dickens gave an ambitious young newspaper reporter his first lesson in Interviewing. That was more than twenty years ago, and during Mr. Dickens last visit to this country. The great novelist gave - two public readings in Buffalo, and on the day after his reading in that city he went to the NIagtra Falls with a party of friends. It was to obtain his "impressions" of the Falls that the ambitious young reporter sought Mr. Dickens a few minutes before the rising of the curtain on his second night's entertainment. As luck would have it the distinguished author was alone in the dressing-room. He was sitting at a rude pine table reading a newspaper by the light of a sputtering candle. "What is it, young man?" he said, somewhat gruflly as soon as he became aware of the reporter's presence. "I am a reporter for the Bu3alo Express," said the intruder with forced calmness. "Yes, yes! well, what is it?" exclaimed Mr. Dickens in a tone so freezing that the reporter shivered and instinctively turael toward the door in expectation of an admonition to "get out." "Well, what do you want?" repeated the great Boz. "Wh-wh-what do you think of Niagara Falls?" stammered the reporter. "None of your " began the famous novelist with rising asperity. "I beg your pardon, eicuss me, I thought " nervously interjected the reporter as he edged toward the door. "Wait a moment. Come here!'' Mr. Dick ens' demeanor and tone had changed completely. The reporter looked up in surprise. The expression of annoyance in the face of the novelist had given way to one of amused interest. "So you were sent to interview me, were you?" said he pleasantly. "Well, I hope you will excuse my candor in saying that your paper could not have sent a person less likely to succeed, even if I werej willing to be interviewed, which I am not. My young friend, let me give you a word of advice. When you want to interview a man don't act as if you were alraid of him, and don't throw a net at him as though you were seeking fish in invisible depths. No man whose opinions are worth publishing will respond to a wholesale invitation to unbosom himself. Don't esk weak and frivolous questions! You must have an intelligent plan of campaign when you go interviewing. First of all, you must know just what you want to say, and your questions must bo sufficiently incisive to awaken the intereet of the person to whom they are addressed. Once you get a man interested in a subject it will require only a little ingenuity to keep him talking. After what I have seen to day I can not help feeling an interest in Niagara Fall3, bitr if you will excuse me for sayirg so, you lack the ingenuity to set me talking on the subject. I wish you well, however. Good niüht." Mr. Dickens 'impressions'' of Niagara Falls were not printed in any Buffals newspaper the next day, but his pithy remarks on the subject of interviewing were printed on the tablets of that young reporter's memory in red ink, as it were. NOTES OF LEGISLATION'. Sir, Foster Get Pack at Mr, Paltoa-Mr. Won all's Legalizing flills. Mr. Cough created a laugh yesterday by calling for the yeas and nays when the Speaker announced that the question TR-1 QU the passage of a bill. Mr. Tatlon raised a point of order on Mr. Foster dnring the latter's speech jesterday, and complained that Mr. Foster was reading editorials from a newspaper. Mr. Foster got back at Mr. Patton by saying: "When I have occupied the time of this House one-fourth as much as the gentleman from Sullivan I will Bit down. If the gentleman from Sullivan would read other opinions besides his own this House would be r.-.ore enlightened." Mr. Worrall, of Brown and Monroe, Introduced two bills, by request. Nos. li'2 and to legalize certain acts of the County Commissioners of Monroe County in regard to building certain turnpikes. Mr. Worrall stated that these bills were prepared and forwarded to him, with numerous petitioners, with a request to introduce said bills, and that, as this ras a question of vital Importance to the county, about which the people greatly differed, he desired thm referred to the Judiciary Committee for a complete investigation, so that both sides might be heard and whatever was right and best for the county reported to the Hu3. There seemed to be a spirit of fight in the air about the Capitol vesterday. Mr. Jewett grew quite heated in his remarks touching the Journa', and Mr. Tatton in the a'ternooneaidthat aryone who insinuated that he bad been approached by a lobbyist was "an iDfernal liar." Over in the Senate the plsyef forke lightning was almost continuous. A Doe That Loves to Steal. Profepsor Nathan Franko's dog, savs ths Omaha Itepublican, is a disgrace to his favored species, Fxceptionally intelligent and good looking, provided with the best of h6mes by the most indulgent of masters, he ought to be above reproach of humanity and In er joyment of the esteem of a whole circle of canine acquaintances. But he isn't. He is a common thief. H'a name is "Faust." Massive of frame and handsome of feature, ho is goodly to gaze upon. His is not the Sullivanistic style of ponderous beauty, however, for bis hair is abundant and his eyes gazelle-like. He is the tort of a dog mules do not kick and . little bjys hate to equip with tin cans. His countenance is open when he gapes. At all times he is frank and deceptive. It is his insignia of hypocrisy. His thieving is not even redt emed by cunning of design sad boldness of executive, like that of a boodle alderman or a speculative bank cashier. He steals without regard to the value of his boaty, and in nearly every inslance is detected." His owner says he is affected with incurable kleptomania, but his victims describe him as a miserable petty larcenlst, a soulless sneak thief. The indications are ttiat he will continue to plunder and plunder until he sinks into an unwept and unhonored grave. He is yourg in years, but antique in crime. When he was a diminutive puppy with big head and long ears ridiculously disproportionate to Lis body, his pilferings were excused as a natural ebullition of the mischievous spirit of youth. In those days he stole slippers and shoes, but as he increased in weight and strength the articles he froze to were heavier and more valuable. Now he carries off anything he can lift or drag. He attempted to steal a bicycle the other day, but it was too awkward for him to carry, and tears of anguish rolled down his cheeks as he turned away from it A scarred upper hp bears testimony to the seriousness of an interview he had with a red-hot stove. The stove wasn't hurt very much, and is still where it was during the interview. If any householder misses a door-mat or a section of garden fence, or anything of that kind, it might be to his interest to inspect the back yard of Professor Nathan Franko's residence. That is where Faust deposits the plunder he is unable to inter. Amatenr Theatricals In England. lllamblcr In the Brooklyn Eagle. A gentleman interested in amateur theatricals informs me that quite a little stir has been created by the Dews from Kngland to the tflect that none bnt professional ladies appeared on the other side of the big pond. The article in which this announcement was made alio stated that a lady in society would as soon think of appearing in amateur theatricals as she would of committing ocialiulcide. This little piece of news has naturally UiioTW those ifho, beliCYO ia ere-

rvlhirg CrigiLsh into a highly nervous btate, and my friend" believed that it would have a very radical e fleet cn the amateur craze In this country. If the English ladies hold that it ia not "good form" to appear in .imateur theatricals, of course their American .'vlmirexs can not consistently continue to apyieir upon the amateur boards. We are told that on the other side it is all very well for gentlemen to take part iu amateur performances, bnt they will not countenance their wives and daughters appearing before an audience, even if the latter is male up of their friends and associates. My friend informed me that Lady Colin Campoell wis one cf the few women in English society who had been brave enough to disregard this rule. Ht Latin Brot to. To use the simplest words possible to convey one's meaniug is considered by scholars to be in far better taste than to interaperse one's conversation with long words and foreign phrases. Use words ofx whose meaning ycu are sure, is a good rule to follow, ana then ycu will avoid blunders. The f blowing amusing incident may illustrate the point: A traveler in Western Iowa, noticing on the wall of the parlor of the hotel the legend, "Ici on. parle Francaise," said to the proprietor: "Do you speak French?" "French? No. United States is gjod 'ncngh for me," "Then why do you keep that legend on the wall? That means 'French is spokn here. " "Is that so?" "Certainly." "Wal, now, if that rascally feller didn't sell tue that for a Latin motto: 'God Bless Our Home!' After this I'll tick to it, I'hited States is good 'nough language for me." Mil. 3oden, who niadeCsuch acredi table showing with Jack Dempsey in their fourround contest at the Theater Comique at Philadelphia, on Monday night last, has found friends who are willing to back him against Dempsey for a fight to the finish for $1,000 a bide, provided Jack is willing. Boden says be is satisfied he can win, and would like very much to have Dempsey make a match with him as soon as convenient.

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