Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 March 1896 — Page 6

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.DON'T 'tAN OUT OF PLUMB.

Did v.-.: rvrr observe i:i your rambles Tie pei.;ieal scenes of the day How ' i. ivforee-r-. eisender a doubt Hy .: t-rj j i T! -t v.'. i;s way V Q"'he r . i i.s lsbip ;iys remi.ils nii of Who t ; '-.i h my ;: .n have come. 'At'it'i ' ?.- ' strit.ea magnilii eat pose, IIn' . . .-ac it l ieaa out of plumb. fPhey losr. too far ba k an 1. in f -t, be-c::-,f bent. Mos ;.. ( ';si til" post U Pi they take 'Aii'i .. .;. of expressing 'l"';i' i1!"''1' ';.!'! t 'I ii. y . r on to fear they may break. They v. ,i: vol) to feel that iliey'ie hoUot :. : ii u ise And i. :.t all crooked or dumb. Ye: i'..-r :'!.i',v will s!:i:i 1 wit!i their eyes : "i fdvtos And ... , i,-rion-Iy lean out of dumb. In MM' : '-r religio:?. i:i politics, too. II o ; vtitude we would i: i l-'. Bland :i tly fort! o the popular view A in: . '. try t strut r to pose. I',r . ! '.:.! our ea gerue.s.s may In too At . : has ha pp-Mied to A:ii i- : .V-'its to tower in matters of I-.y;--.' ;.') chance a w lan or.t of N- u Vi U Sim. THOOrEH BAl'TISTK. Jo;:u Uaptiste '.vas a Canadian FiVi.. :'., ami his.propor pin'-o in lif vmuitl :.e been tit" wmids of .New Itruu.-v. k or Nuva Scotia: tni. through drink r.nd tin devil and women. r a iir.". i.. Ik was a trooper in troop It of the Sri out h Tutted Stales Cavalry Rciu.t i.r. which company was stationed at I'oit Conejos, in Colorado. Now. the n.cat.ing of conejos is plainly "coneys." vLi liuro not. again, to be IMhlielly nxdcred as rabbits, but as prairie dogs; ai.d Trooper P.aptiMe was. when sober, just as mihi, and even milder, than aiiyprniric marmoset in the whole sago brush country. For prairie dogs vill bark." or rather whistle, at one. end Paptlsto only looked at a man with proa: round, foolish black eyes, which couM be very fond of a friend and show it most pathetically. Hut, in spite of this gentleness, there was a tertvr bruising about him. for he was 6Upcrkum;;uIy strong. His very hand, inn. his forefinger, was something to Itcw.ii'f of: he could break clay-pipo be ween two lingers; he couid inah co-oanut with his fist; he could ?Lo:iider a gnvat brass howitzer that cinmonly took live nnn to handlo Avitluut being "fazed." H" was a very dt. :1 of muscle, and when he was drunk his mind went wrong he got in.'K. The whole tnu p va soared of Iiisn Vcr. not all of them liTerally. for one. liobcrtson. the Mnlishman, could cvt a liaudh him like a child for Jack ciuht drink, himself. F.;;: I:oiv it was that the whob troop didi '; take to ihp:or. and h iving got drunk, ditln't cut its universal throat, vvas a puzxie. For the Hat plain w;is sage brush and alkali, and when it didn't rain it froze, and when the freezing v.;.s over a norther blew tit to perish : whole siiu.idrot:. man and horse, and when t!-e northers "nterei." the southerly wiials came up from the lowla tuN. and across Texas it was like a recreation ground in boll, with dirt and lieat and til'1. Some f the nu n t ophthalmia and went blind or saw double or bbiiked vaguely through a ruiii' i Ii!". luVNi f ter. and some lesertcd and died of alkali like the bullocks of a team - i the White desert or the grej't Mo i.i . e, and others got into diJlicuities ;;i I were knifed by Mexicans or No".u oi,b r rtoiian. ovin worse to handle o: rnknti.tm; and smne. like Judas, went out and hanged themselves, for 'h v lu;d sohl their own souls for an Atnriran eagle which struck Its claws of iron through their hearts. Oh. it's iv i? g I b be a soldier in peace time :i!iyivi,-p bur to be one at a United States -up pes t in a sage brush desert, whop !, d tll reigns in the ollicers hear' a being in such a hole, is tWorso than till. For there is no chaneo of glory or of lighting. At the very best a man rarely gets the chance of reddening his hands If he spare his own carotid and is delicate about his own jugular. So they drink and gamble and die - and the fools don't desert. About thr.-e-tpiarters of a mile from Conejos on the road to Chama there was a M.kM!i shebang a log shanty, a, grog sh inty and in it most people got rid of 'heir earth very promptlysome gol rid of their lives, too. It was n favoriu haunt of l'.aptiste's, though they did not much lite him there. For. being a soldier, they uad a natural tenderness about finishing him in the usual way. Tlte.y were afraid of his comrades, i'.it one d i v word came to the camp tha' rouble was brewing at Mexican .be"s Jt iptiste was drinking, and his rage was rising like a cyclone that comes Meekly and bursts all c.t owe. "Where".- KulM-rtsoiiT said the Corporal of tie- guard, and Jhoy roused the young fellow out. They knew he was the only one who couid handle the Frenchman. They ran down the road, five of them, and the dirt rosa In clouds. They choked in U-n yafds nnd each Strove to Im first. Then they spread out like skirmishers and left dirt behind ea-: h. instead of smote. "What's ibisV" said the Corporal as they (Mine within iifty yards of the sb.mty For ou' of l;e door tbim. came a man's body It rolled over and over, and then k appeared to bejllve. .lust as theownorof that apparent corpse disproved the inferem oof hU rternai limp ficss. anof licr body dropped on him, and then a third came, ami the three rolled Idnstily. .i??d roso up white and volubb whe;i they got tla h breath. Then I'.aptiste cam1 outside, roaring in French and Spanish and good round United ßtates a polyglot mass of oaths; and he rolled thein !'til they were almost Insensible and dropped their drawn

knives. Then Iiobertion ran In and took Itaptiste by the arm. lean's face was purple and the veins in his forehead distended. His teeth were set in a kind of trismus; he could not speak. Hut out of his n.outh cause loa in and out of his eyes lire. lie caught Kobertson by the body and lifted him up. The lhtglishmau stared him full in the face. "Von are hurting me. you damned fool!" he said in a quick, sharp voice. And Jean's face cleared up. lie put .lack down quite gravely and began to dust the aikali off him. Then In smiled and looked foolish. Jack put his arm in Jean's arm and marched him off to tin guardroom. The others came behind without a word. They locked the two friends up together, but in half an hour Jack knocked at the heavy door of bis adobe prison. "He's all right now. and fast asleep,"

said Jack as he went off. In the morning Jean's penitence was heartbreaking to see; a child could have whipped him. He almot cried when the young lieutenant bullied him. and he swore to be a good boy for ever after. This he kept for quite a long time almost a month. "Jean," said Ilobertson one day. as they sat outside when the sun had gone down, "you are a thundering thickheaded, good heart od idiot, and one of these days you will make me mad. and I shall just talk to you as you deserve." "Yes." said Jean with a smile, "I ought to be kicked." "Itut who's to kick you? Wo shall have to hire Mexican Joe's mule. lie's a kicker, and will knock the stutling out of yon too quick." And tin youngster laughed. It pleased him curiously to be the only one who could speak to Uaptiste. or handle the man when he was drunk. For he had good grit, and it gave hita a certain responsibility and duty that helped to steady him. "How did you ever come to enlist In this cursed armyV" said Jack. "Vou are about as fit for a cavalryman as I am to be general." "I came into Santa Fe dead broke," said Jean, "and they asked me, and I said 'Ves.' because it was so ditlicult to get work, and I was hungry. And people down here are so hard." "They are so," said Jack. "I know it." "And why did you join?" asked Uaptiste. "Hecauso I was busted and a fool and hungry and disheirtened," said Jack, angrily; "and I've a good mind to get up and get right now." ".No. no." said Jean. "I would be very lonely here. Von are my only friend." And he put his enormous list on Jack's shoulder. The boy turned round on him with a smile. "You're a bully good chap. Uaptiste. and I'll stick it out with you till our time's up. And then, Uaptiste, will you go home'.'" Jean got ui and leant against the wall of the store. They were sitlin.ir at the back of the building on a log. He turned his face a way. "No." be said, "not yet. I am afraid." "Afraid:" "Yes. 1 should kill them." He meant the woman he had l ived and her lover. Long ago he had told Jack tlx story, with the tears running down his face. For this man had cheated him out of his father's inheritance, and thereby of a girl. too. who had been bought, so Jean said, w ith Iiis own money. "1 should go back to do it." said Jaci; somberly. For he had a vindictive mind. "I cannot," said Jean, "for I love her still." "Then I would kill him," was Jack's suggestion. "Uut she loves him." "Likely she has got over that by now." said the youthful cynic of ". "Anyhow, it would be a good thing to do." "You don't understand." said Jean. "If I hurt anyone I loved I could not live." "You're a bully good sort. Jean." said Jack, and they relapsed into silence. For these two in that hideous, unnatural hole really loved each other. When that long, dry, somber month of August was over, and the alkali dust was thicker than ever, Uaptiste started in again at the drink, and Jack couldn't keep him away from it. Uut he escorted him to the guardroom three times iu the month, ami thereby saved some lives, and then Uaptiste got a letter from Montreal that drove him wild. Jack found him out on the plain rolling in the dust and tearing up the sagebrush with his hands. The man looked terrible and ludicrous, for he had been crying bitterly, and the dust marked his red face in patches till he looked like a circus clown w ho had not touched his paint for a week. And when he saw Ja k he shouted to him: "Keep away. Jack. I hall kill you, I shall kill you." So Kobertson sat down thirty yards off and watched him. Uaptiste kept his face turned away, and Jack heard him groan. Presently he rose and began hunting for little bits of paper. He called Jack to help him, and then, with the tears running down his face, Uaptiste cleared a space on the ground and tried to piece them together. As he did so he swore in French, and then be groaned. Presently he b?gttn to read what he could. "M3' sister wrote to inc. Jack. And she says yes, she writes that Matleline had a baby oh, it kills mol And then the beast was cruel to her and yes. it Is true, he struck her until she criedoutand the neighbors came in. And she is miserable, and he makeo hr miserable. And I would have gicn her toy soyjl, and let her beat me If she wanted! And now I am going home--I will kill him! To-morrow 1 must go. You must help me." And the poor devil burst into a passion of tears until he shook, and Jack went half blind himself, and the hot prairie danced and blazed In his eyes. He took Uaptiste back to the camp.

And that night Unptiste went up to Mexican Joe's. They gave him drink out of sheer terror,-for he scared their white souls with his eyes. And h-i talked and muttered and the bars ran down his face. Then one of the Mexicans, known as Pete, thought, he had softened and was chieken-hearted. .and he began to fool with him. Just then the round moon got up on the white plateau and stared at the plain, which was so lonely save for the military post and the place where they sold drink. And as the lights began to blink against the moonlight Pete began to laugh at Jean. Then Mexican Joe sent oil to the fort, and the guard came out at the double, with Jack among them. They were just in time to see murder done: for Jean caught Pete and broke his black ne. k with his hands. And hnck-hauded he struck Mexican Joe iu the mouth: he fell choking with teeth, and his own knife cut him, and Jack came ii running. Uut Jean was insane and blazing, and when poor Jack took him by the arm he looked red to Jean and the Frenchman caught him by the waist nnd dashed the boy's brains out on the log wall. Then the Corporal, w ho was white as a dried alkali lake, struck Jean on the neck with the butt of a gun and felled him. Uut Jack and Pete were dead. Th'y had to carry Jean to tin guardhouse, and it was dawn before he tame to. He knew nothing, and he asked for Jack Kobertson, and he was so down and so sorrowful that it made the nu'ti pity him. "Who shall tell himV they asked each other, and no one would. Uut as Jack wouldn't come Jean began to think, and a dull, stupefying terror came crawling into his mind. Was it true, or a bloody imagination of a dream? he asked himself, dry-tongued. And presently he wept out aloud and hung at the heavy door and shook it. lie asked them whether it was true oh, was it true? ''Are you there, Winter:" he asked of one of the men. "Yes, yes, Jean," said Winter, choking. "Is it true that that I killed Jack, Winter? If it is true, don't answer." And Winter sat on one of the guards beds with his face down. He never spoke, and Jean groaned like a inaa in his great agony. He neither ate nor drank, nor spoke again that day, and then the night drew on. and the moon got up again, and she looked down on two new mounds one was out at the back of Mexican Joe's and the other was in the little, whiterailed military cemetery where men were buried who died of hanging and bullets ami cut-throats when they were tired of Fncle Sam's outpost duty. Uut Jean was locked up close in hell. Uut at Mexican Joe's there was a great gathering, and they drank to Jean's hanging and told of Ulack Pete's exploits at thieving and the knife for the news had gone abroad, and Joe corralled the half dollars that night until it was close on 12. Then th:T.was a change in their cutertninmci.it. The devil entered in. About 11:00 there were only two inoi", in the guardroom, and they were lying on the benches dressed and asleep. Jean was walking up and down his cell. Once or twice ho came to the door am' felt it. Then he went back and measured the distant e fiom the wall. It was only nine feet. It was enough. That long day had torn him in bits; his eyes were ringed with black circles; his cheeks were sunken; he had a gnawing pain at the back of his head. He could stand it no longer. He rushed at the door with his shoulders and carried it into the middle of the guardroom. As the men started to their feet Jean seized a carbine and a belt of cartridges and disappeared through the open door leading to the main fort, and ran down the road to Mexican Joe's, lie hadn't got time to go tti Montreal. The light in the shanty shone through the windows and the door the one door. The Mexicans stood up against the bar. lie saw Mexican Joe standing there toothless. He shot him dead through the door as they turned. Ho killed six as they stood or wavered, two more as they dropped for shelter or ran. Two more he struck down with his rifle clubbed. And then, with two bullets in him and a bowie-knife in his breast, he went slowly to the cemetery. When the guard hunted him up there he was lying dead upon Jack's grave. London tl rapide.

An Old Hell's Inscription. The old bell of St. John's Kpiscopal Church, Kllicottville, N. Y.. has an interesting history. It hung originally in a monastery in Malaga. Spain. The monastery was sacked in 1S:"J, and this bell, with others, was shipped to New York. Nicholas Hevereaux, agent of the Holland Land Company at Kllicottville, bought it ami sold it to St. John's Church. The inscription on it is as follows: "Abe soi labos del angel qvo en alto svena Maria (Iracio plena Uargas Mefeci 170S." The meaning of this was a mystery for a long time, until Uishop Coxe studied It, ami saitl It was in corrupt Spanish, iu which b was often used for v, and which changed many other letters. "Thus," he said. " 'a be' should be 'ave' and iabos should be la vos.' " The inscription put iu pure Spanish follows: "Ave (soi la vos del angel uve en alto svena) Maria, plena gracia." The English translation he made thus: "Hail (I am the voice tif the angel who on high stands forth) Mary! full of grace." The last word, of course, mean: "Uargus made me. Malaga, 17US." New York Tribune. An Aged Iltirsc. A horse which (leneral John Morpan rotle in his famous raid in IW2 died near Versailles, Ky a few day ago. Morgan rotle the horse Into Versailles and left It there, taking in Its plaee a line mare. The horse was, when It died, more than thirty-seven years old.

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NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. How the Voices of Children May lie Trained and Cultivated Kij;id Discipline in Kiissian Schools Things a I.cginner in Teaching Must Learn. Training the Voice. With proper care, it is easy to establish in children a degree tu' musical perception which will lead them t form correct habits of voi.-e pro bit tion. Uecauso of their immaturity, the vocal organs of children are peculiarly susceptible to injury. Many labor under congenital defects which are ;vtpiently absorbed by those with who.n they an constantly brought in contaci. This, coupled with a certain degree of carelessness or oversight on the part of both teacher and pupils, h-ads to "ugly pronunciation, throaty t r nasal delivery, and indistinct." Words are "swallowed, jerked out and run together, in a most unsingable fashion" with no attention to phrasing, acoen: or rhythm. All this is encouraged by shallow. imperfect breathing and imoroper position of the body. Properly managed, however, the voices of most children have one prominent characteristic that of extreme sweetness, and the work in voice training should be directed to establishing and eveloping this quality. Pattern singing, by the teacher (if ke has the voice) or by pupils whose voices are pure ami resonant, will aid wonderfully in overcoming the faults described above. A bad pattern is usually imitated as readily as a good one, and for this reason voices that I RYE ALL

Teacher Now, children, stan I up nnd f;ieetha map for a moment, and see if ycti can ieil me iu what part of Virginia h: Uye Valley is located.

And then he got tend to contaminate the tone of the whole elass should be brought under subjection. It is a good plan to seat such pupils in front where they will be under constant surveillance of the teacher. Soft singing is the first principle of voie3 training. Harsh, strident tones are usually produced by forcing the voice; hence, the teacher should allowno amount of tone beyond that which the children can produce with perfect ease. Tiie methods of training suited to the voice of adult singers would result in injury to children's voices if used to a great extent in the schoolroom. In singing, children have the advantage over older people. While adults are studying how to arrange the vocal organs and "place the voice" properly, children just open their mouths ami sing; the tone becomes an object of thought and the vocal organs naturally vlax to give expression to the sweet melody within. In teaching children to sing, it must be remembered that wo are dealing more properly with minds chan with throats. We may teach vVein by imitation to open their mouths gracefully, but devices for "placing the voice" are. as a rule, useless in the schoolroom. Move the soul with "concord of swet sounds" ami the voice will place" itself. Children in their enthusiasm often Vn too loud and carry the broad, open iuality of the lower notes to the upper register, thus producing shouts instead of the beautiful head tones so desirable in all singing. As the voice ascends it should diminish in force but not in brilliancy. Many principles of voice culture, pronunciation, phrasing, etc., used In language, reading and elocution, can be applied advantageously iu teaching singing. During the singing exercise, teachers should insist xvjoix the observance of the following points: 1. An erect but easy position of the

body. ?.. Dorp Sut natural breathing. ". A chat and distinct enunciation with careful attention to making the consonants and singing the vovc!. This may ho taught by pattern. -1. A light attatk upon all notes, diminishing in force a1 the voice ase-.mds. Ö. Proper accent and perfect rhythm in song singing. Correct phrasing of songs as In language reading. 7. Examination of each pupil's voice. kee2Iag a correct record of its power, range and quality, and requiring him to sing the part to which his voice is best adapted. School Education. Cla Management. In instructing do not always conduct a class recitation in the same way. Some teachers are governed so entirely by routine that their pupils can almost calculate to a certainty the next action and word. When pupils are busy w ith meehanieal work as in solving problems or writing exercises generally let them work independently of you, always of each other: but sometimes observe their work ;w it proceeds, for in tiiis way you may study mind action. When pupils r.re left, to.) much to themselves, we d not know how much of that which they product correctly is by arident. We should avoid the other extreme, or helping pupils too freely: help them t help themselves. It is better not to call on the poorest scholar at the opening of the recitation, for it produces discouraging results and clogs the progress of the lesson; nor should we call on the bright pupils altogether; the effect is not good on their minds while the minds of the dull ones remain inactive. Ue patient with slow pupils; if one does not respond to your question, shape it differently, try to adapt it to his mind, and then gradually retrace your steps to

AROUND. in his fine work. the original inquiry. Always put your questions to the entire class; name the one to answer afterward; this serves to hold the attention of all. Usually name the pupils; do not say, "who knows?" The tendency is for some to neglect to try and summon their little stock of knowledge. Sometimes put a question ami incite ambition by asking. "How many know?" or "Who knows?" Have but little concert recitation, however, except in review. Insist on attention, but seek rather to win than to enforce it. Ue sure the attention is genuine and not feigned. Ex. Thinn" a HcuitcuT Must I.carn. To assume ami exercise authority. To estimate the intellectual and moral capacity of children. To assign reasonable tasks. To instruct one class while conscious of the presence ami conduct of other pupils. To teach and illustrate each particular topic in each branch. To keep all work in mind and correlate the various school exercises s that they may tend toward a definite and distinctly seen end. To so direct the school as to loop each pupil constantly busy with woik that is educative. To overcome special defects in training, habits ami temperament of pupils. Missouri School Journal. l'or Primary Tendier. Arbuse the minds of jour pupils. live them something to do. Tell only what you cannot get your pupils tti tell you. Makoyourpupilstalkabout what you told them. Iteview everything that is taught. Make the lessons brisk ami brief. Er.iist timid ami lull pupils. Cultivate sympathy with your pupils. School Herald. The molar teeth are hard to pull, because their roots are bifurcated, and thus have a much better hold in the Jaw.

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F IIIENDS CF CUBA. Ifcsolutions- Adopted 'v the Hons with but Slight Opposition. I.-.itf lh; war tail; i'vv. Spain, the Strugs! hig patri-c.s in Cuba were eultpi zed ia tiie House Moaday and syiap.f X'n-.--l with in a two hours' debate. .-tnJ ;he n;le were tiie;: MiMienuVd and tilt r"-i"!'iti o..s by tiK' 1I.MW Foreign Affair! C'lCllittee Were adopted as ;i substitute

for th if the Seaaie bv aa overwhelm ing :na.jor;y- L'-"! to 17. Aa analysis of th- vote shows that lsn Itipe.blicans, T'J I ein oerats and Populists voted for the iv.so'.ittioas a inj '. lb put.H -an and S I emoer.us asaiast tlieai. Tie' debate, says a W.-isiilagtori e-rr. spoadeat, whieh preceded their adoption was animated and breathed i spirit of liberty. At times it was eeeodingly dramatie. epecial!j when forebodings of war were uttered, i-:t tin-re was no bteinatiag the stronj tide. Tiie e:t:ig of the seev was hrib'iant. Th" iMÜerles were bhn-k with people attraeted by the prospeet of the stirring event. I a the reserved gallery were uianj prominent pernages. l'vea the diploiuatle g uiery. whieh is usually empty, was thron-,.,! with tie representatives of forLi tUhjcz -r. .v. sf.xoi: Di rrv t; i.omi:. Spanish Ambassador at Wadiin;ton. riga countries. On the floor the attendance was the largest of the session. A number of Senators, eame over from the other end of the capitul to watch the proceedings. The enthusiasm of the members and the spectators ran riot several timer? and the opponents of the resolution cut but a sorry figure when they attempted a couu-ter-demoustration. Owing to the brief time allotted for debate members wera fortunate in securing two or three minutes to present their views. When Mr. Hitt, chairman of Foreiga Affairs, arose a hush fell on the House. He moved to suspend the rules and pasa the resolutions reported by the House Foreign Affairs Committee for recognizing Calv-iu belligerency. Text of tlit; devolutions. Tie resolutions are as follows: "ltesolved. (by the House of Ib-presenta-tives, the Senate concurring). That ia th opinion of Congress a state of public war exists in Cuba, the parties to which are entitled to belligerent rights and the United States should observe a strict neutrality bet wien the belligerents. "Kesoived. That Congress deplores the destruction of life ami properly caused by the war now waging iu the island, and believing that the only permanent solution of the contest equally ia the interot of Spain, the people of Cuba and other nations would be in the establishment of a government by the choice of the people of Cuba, it is the sense of Congress that the ( JovernnieiP. of the United States si. oild use its good ollices and friendly influence to that end. "Kesoived, That the United States has not intervened iu struggles between any I'uropean governments and their colonic on this continent; but from the very close relations between the people of the United States and those of Cuba, ia consequence of its proximity and the extent of the commerce between lue two peoples, the present war is entailing such losses upon the people of the United States that Congress is of opinion that the Covernment of the United States should be prepared to protect the legitimate interests of Americans by intervention if necessary." ToM in u Fi'w lone. Kx-Congressman William Whitney K icedied of heart disease at Worcester. Mass. Cren. William Moffat Ueilley. prominent in the war of the rebellion, is dead at Philadelphia, aged 74 years. (Jeorge M. Sheidley, one of the pioneer of Kansas City, Mo., and a very wealthy retired capitalist, died at an advanced age. During a quarrel at Cheviot, O.. a suburb of Cincinnati, Harry Matlock shot and i.illed Mrs. Anna Strong, wife of the proprietor of the Cheviot Hotel. 'Hie massacre of thirteen Armenian families is reported from the District of Mo'ysh ami live Armenians are said X (have been killed at Kirchehir, in the Angora district. Henry S. Fox, Jr.. son of Hanker Fox of Houston. Tex., was acquitted of tho murder of his mistress, Daisy Douglass, whese proper name was Daisy Trelgeld, ami a native of Kansas City. Miss Marion Crawford, the artist, cripple ar.d protege of Fanny Davenport, Parti, Dr. Sayre, the Astor family and ot.h-:r people of prominence, died in NewYork and was buried in Minerva. O. Harry Pillsbury, who returned to New York from St. Petersburg, has no excuse to offer for his failure o carry off first prize at tin Kussian chess tournament, but says he expects to do better if given another chance. A correspondent in Guayaquil, Fcua-tl-ir. wires that Jen. Phitario Kowen ha arrived at Tumaco and has issued a proclamation denouncing Alfaro as a man incapable of overuins the country anil as a robber of the public treasury. The visit of the Sultan to the Tapkapou palace in the Stamltonl quarter, upon the occasion of the Mid lbunazau festival, to perform the ceremony of kissing the prophet's mantle, passed off without any hostile demonstration. The Maupin anti-gambling bill, which prohibits betting at race tracks, passed the Virginia Senate, ami now pios to the (lovernor. Its prohibitions are sweeping, and are especially aimed at race track and gambling establishments across the Potomac mcr from Washington. Miss tjertrude Middleten became violently insane and was taken to the Athens (i).) asylum immediately. She went therw ia December, and has since been writing poems for l'astern magazines. Failing to secure recognition or remittances she noon became penniless, and brooding over txer troubles unsettled her rniud.

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