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HEW YORK LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
'Another attempt has been made to
IMroduce here the small open carriages
which are so popular in continental
dtles, notably Paris, but have never
■nececdcd in gaining any popularity
in New York. The new open cnDs are
tike those in I'aris, and in most par
ticulars resemble the Paris fiacre, dif
fering from this vehicle chiefly in the
natter of color. They have been in
troduced here not by the private com
panies, but by one of the railroad cab
companies, and will not therefore be
available for one of the uses to which
they would ordinarily be most fre
quently put. They are especially
adapted to park drlviug, and for that
gnrpose would he found more suitable
than the nnnsoms, which are Just now
the most popular vehicles for that
purpose. It remains to be seen If
thene lltttle equipages, which have
nerer been popular here In the past,
can be made profitable, or whether
New York Is In this respect more like
London than Paris and prefers the
kaaaom to the fiacre. The automobiles
seem to be making little or no pro
gress here, and the number of them
seen on the street to-day appears no
larger than It wus when the first of
them rolled up and down the avenue.
In London they are sal,? to have
grown popular enough to arouse the
enmity of the cabbies, who are so op
posed to them as to threaten all kinds
of damage. But in spite of that the
automobiles are said to prosper still
They are not easy to upset nnd theli
compact form makes It easy for them
to hold their own in occasional en
gagements with hansom drivers. The
most decided effect they have had Is
said to bo tlie proposed introduction
in London of 12-cent fares.
The New Century,
Among the new features in Journal
ism is the theosophist organ called the
New Century. As the Theosophist So
ciety claims to be a universal broth
erhood it is of course opposed to the
present war. and with very good rea
son too, for the war is killing all such
pettty publications. Now is the time
indeed when the big flsh eat up the
little ones. Some of the Theosophists
may remember that this idea of uni
versa 1 brotherhood was the pet fad of
the unfortunate Cloots during the old
French revolution. He called himself
the "orator of mankind." and to teach
the "brotherhood" he marched a pro
cession through the streets of Paris
dressed to represent all nations, and I!
was received by the convention with
great approval. Cloot's motto was
"pour genr liuiualn." and he uttered
this when he voted for the death of
the king, but very strangely he also
I became one of tWvictims of that day
of national madiiess and was guillo
tined on the same spot with the king.
If the Theosophists read the Bible
they will find the brotherhood doctrine
so clearly established that there Is
hardly an;, need of a new organ.
Renurts IVltliln City Limits.
Municipal consolidation and electrk
railroad development have brought
within the limits of the city of New
York and within easy reach of all ot
Its inhabitants, at the lowest rates ol
fare, a series of summer resorts such
as no other city in the world contains
New York is unique in this that it hat
within its own boundaries the advan
' tages of both city and country, of land
and water, of l'arm and seaside. The
whole territory has now been knit to
gather by systems of electric and ca
ble railroads that will, indeed, soon
transform the acres of potatoes and
onions into town lots and pretty vil
las, and which are giving a new de
velopment to the water resorts. The
trolley now rnns to Far Rockaway
which, by the way, is within city lim
Its. Rockaway Beach, Coney Island
Bergen Beach, Canarsie, North Beach.
Fort Hamilton. Bath Beach, South
Beach, all of these are now parts ol
New York. All of them, with the ex
ceptlon of South Beach, which is on
Staton Island, can now he reached
from the Manhattar end of tne Brook
yn bridge, most of tnem without
change of cars and for a single live
cent fare.
Pulitizer'a Paper Mill,
Pulitzer is using such an immenss
quantity of paper that he has projec
ted a mill at Beaver Falls, Penn. He
also is interested in a paper mill In
Maine, but evidently Intends to have
a double source of supply. Since his
return from Europe he has united
wIWS the Herald in the effort to obtain
war news, and in this manner he Is
trying to bold tirst rank. It is said
that the Evening World is not sue
ceedlng as well as formerly, which is
not surprising considering the preseni
intense rivalry. This has led Pulitzoi
to engage Pillsbnry, Jate of the Boston
Globe, who brings some practical ideas
from bis former field. In fact, Pulit
zer is looking for nelp from every
quarter. CYRUS THORP.
A FAVORED SON OF MARS.
Colonel Sonofabiggan (in Ouba)-
Bah Jove, I weally showed gweat pwe
aenoe of mind in bwinglng my unibwel
la with mo. I'll telegraph home th
.. ftrst opportunity I get and have fathei
and ma my mackintosh and bath wobe.
A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT.
In Order to Convince a Jury a Lawyer
Drank Polton.
Kansas has her "lady" soldiers, but
Nebruska has a wan who surely is
equipped for conquest In any clime,
If courage is any sign. He Is now a
brigadier general and his name Is
Colby, or Kolby. In a cause celebre
in Omaha be defended u husband
against the charge of having poisoned
his wife. The entire State became In
terested in the long trial. Autopsies
were held nnd poison enough to kill
ten people wns extracted nnd placed
in evidence. The case seemed cer
tain to go against the defendant. Ev
erybody said he was guilty nnd would
go to the gnllows; everybody except
Colby.
In the summing up Colby had the
glass containing the poison placed be
lore him, nnd in a vigorous peroration
said: "Why, Your Honor, and gen
tlemen of the Jury, to say that this is
poison is to make chemical analysis
a fraud for all time. There Is abso
lutely nothing in this powder that
could harm a man, or woman or child.
The question is whether my client
poisoned his wife or not. He did not.
To show you the uttter harmlessness
of this 'deadly' potion I will eat It
here in your presence." With that ha
tossed down his thront the entire con
tents of the glass. The court gasped,
the prosecution was paralyzed, the
jurors nearly fainted, while a great
revulsion of feeling took possession
of the audience that choked the room.
In the agitation of the moment
Colby, pretending to be greatly un
nerved by his effort, slipped out of
the courtroom door, closed it behind
him and then ran across the street to
his office as hard as his legs could
carry him. There he found physi
cians in waiting with a stomneh pump
and such antidotes as were needed to
quiet the action of the poison, for
deadly poison it was. They got to
work on him and In a few minutes he
wes well enough to drink a tin-cupful
of red liquor and return to court.
When the jury saw him sit down
quietly at the bar it brought in a
verdict of "not guilty." Such a man
would make a good soldier.—New
York Press.
PRINCIPALITY OF MONTENEGRO.
An Indepoiiilont Little State and Deter
wined to Remain 80.
Though but Imperfectly known In
America, and for that matter In west
ern Europe, tbe tiny principality of
Montenegro is a land full of interest,
and destined in the near future to play
no small a part in tin- history of east
ern Europe. Modern Montenegro, the
smallest independent state in Europe,
after Mfai'i?, Andorra affil San Ma
rino, dates from 1851. The govern
ment of the principality Is an ahvoiute
monarchy, hereditary in the princely
family of PetrovltJ Nlegoche, by order
of masculine primogeniture. Not
withstanding the oft repeated preten
sions of the sublime porte, Montene
gro has always refused every kind of
suzerainty on the part of Turkey and
has remained to this day an indepen
dent state. IT the hands of this auto
cratic prince, Nicliola I, are concen
trated all the politieai, administrative,
Judiciary and military powers of the
principality.
The Montenegrin army is wonder
fully strong for so small a nation, and
consists of 24,000 men, divided into
two divisions of 12.000 men each.
Each of these divisions includes two
brigades. Every Montenegrin brigade
Is formed of Ave battalions, splendidly
armed with Mluie and Thomas Sedert
rifles. The reigning prince is the com
mander-ln-ehief of the army; under
him is a chief of the staff, with two
generals of division and four briga
dier generals. The army consists al
most entirely of infantry, with a smull
contingent of artillery. To their great
physical strength, marvelous agility
nnd keen eyesight, the Montenegrin
Joins a remarkable knowledge of ev
erything pertaining to the science of
warfare. But what in particular char
acterizes the Montenegrin as a war
rior and what makes him superior to
any European soldier is his strong
sense of individuality, his pride of in
dependence. which enables him to per
form the most wonderful acts of cour
age. Though small, the Montenegrin
army, owing to the special charaeter-
Isties of its soldiers, is a force that
will play a leading part in the next
conflagration in eastern Europe.—
Providence Journal.
Found It True.
"Do you find, Mrs. Brideby, that the
old saying is true, that what is enough
for one will do for two?"
"In some respects, yes," said the
charming little lady. "In the matter
of chairs, chiefly."—Harper's Bazar.
THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA.
PRETENDER TO SPAIN'S THRONE.
l>on Curl on n Brave Nan lmmensely
"Wealthy but VWry Penurious.
Don Carlos, the pretender to the
throne of Spain, niny at uny moment
become a prominent personage In the
affairs of that country. He lives, as
ho has for years. In Loredan Palace,
on the Grand Canal, Venice, where he
and his wife, the Duchess of Mndrid,
keep up a semi-royal state. The two
ladtes-lu-waitiug upon the duchess live
within the palace, while the gentle
men in Don Carlos' suite club together
and live in a mess, Just as officers in
the nrmy do. The well-knowu penu
riousness of Don Carlos Is such that
any one attached to his suite must
live on as little as possible.
Before the death of his first wife,
with whom he had not lived for many
years, Don Carlos led a life well cal
culated to give the gossips plenty of
materlnl for their scandals. He seem
ed to enjoy making his escapades pub
lic, and even the Venetians, who are
by no means prudish, were shocked.
Don Carlos' first wife, and the moth
er of his children, was Princess Mar
guerite, daughter of a murdered king.
She was called queen "by birth and
by the gqodness of heart." She war
a fair woman with soft blue eye%
and most gracious manners. _
toy CARLOS.
Since lils ninrrlnr.'e to the Princess
Bertha lie Rohan, a rather pretty anil
stylish young woman. descended from
the ancient sovereigns of Brittany, he
has apparently led a most exemplary
domestic life. lie is often seen bath
ing on the Letlo, and going up and
down the canal In a penny boat in
a most democratic manner. In fheir
gondola he anil the duchess seem al
most loverlike, both sluing under the
shade of the duchess' parasol.
Notwithstanding this apparent dem
ocratic simplicity, thoy exact from
their friends and acquaintances court
ly homage when they "receive." The
duchess' royal hand is extended to he
kissed, and her manner coultl not be
more ceremonious If she were reigning
Queen of Spain. Perhaps she is prac
ticing that she may he able to receive
In good form when she does come to
the throne—lf she ever hoes.
It is said that the duchess is jealous
of her position and will have no one
forget it. Some of the Venetians
whose pleasure it Is to call upon her
object to being reminded of their re
missness when, for some reason, they
have t not gone as often as her court
etiquette demands. When Sir Henry
Laird settled in Venice he and Laily
Laird left cards for Don Carlos and
the duchess at Loredan Palace. What
was their surprise to have their cards
returned to them with a message to
the effect that people calling upon
royalty wrote their names in the visit
ors' book, and did not leave cards as
they would when calling upon ordi
nary people.
Don Jaime of Bourbon, the only son
and heir of Don Carlos, was educated
at the Vienna Miltary Acedemy and
is at present serving as a captain lu
the Russian army, practicing against
the day of revcolution In Spain, per
haps. He has an Independent and
adventurous spirit like his father, and
is quite as gallant.
When Don Jaime heard of his sis
ter's elopement with Count Folchi, a
penniless artist, a cripple, and a mar
rled man, he obtained leave of ab
sence from his regiment and went to
the Spanish frontier, hoping to catch
the couple on their way to France,
and to kill the count; but he missed
tliem and they still live to repent their
hasty action. Don Carlos was natur
ally very much cut up over this es
capade of Donna Elvira's. He ad
dressed a communication to ids fol
lowers announcing that his daughter
was "dead" to him and asking them
to pray for "her miserable soul." He
would have nothing to do with her,
notwithstanding Donna Elvira wrote
to hint from Barcelona imploring his
pardon nud making excuses for her
conduct by saying that, since his sec
ond marriage, she had found life mis
erable with her stepmother, the duch
ess. Neither this letter nor the fact
that the wife of Count Fillippo Folchi
had obtained a divorce, so that the
count was now free to marry his
daughter, had any effect upon Don
Carlos; he had buried his daughter
and would not have her resurrected.
Don Carlos is Immensely wealthy,
and with Increasing fortune he has
grown avaricious. It is said that his
household expenses are conducted on
an economic scale that would do credit
to a miser.
With all his faults, he Is as good a
man, and in many respects a better
one, than the majority of royal per
sonages. He Is a brave and courage
ous soldier, daring to rashness. He is
a fine horseman, and onn, when he
pleases, effectively assume that air of
divinity which Is supposed to be about
a king.— Washington Star.
The Elder Matron—"You shouldn't
mind the baby crying a little. it
strengthens his lungs."
The Younger Matron—"Oh, no doubt,
but it weakens his lather's religion."
JACKSON'S FIRST DUEL.
It Grew.Out of ■ Practical Joke and He
Kver Regretted It.
None of Gen. Jackson's biographers
give the details of his first duel, and
he himself never eared to speak of
the matter in later years; but some
years ago a granddaughter of Col.
Waitstlll Avery told the writer the
full story.
tValtstlll Avery was a Massachu
setts man who went to North Caro
lina. carrying with him a letter of
recommendation from no less a per
sonage than Jonathan Edwards. He
soon acquired reputation and Influ
ence, and in time became Attorney-
General of the State. It was his cus
tom to take students of law Into his
family, who became tutors' of his
children.
In 1784, when Andrew Jackson was
but 17 years old. and ambitious to be
come a lawyer, he applied for this
situation. The tradition Is that he
was refused because a daughter of
Avery's took a dislike to his uncouth
appearance.
Young Jackson next applied to
Spruce McCoy, a lawyer in Salisbury,
N. C., in whose office he was fitted
for the bar, and he shortly made his
appearance in the courts. When Jack
son was 21 years of age he and Avery
met in the trial of a case at Jones
boro, Tenn.
It was Jackson's habit to
his saddle-bags a copy of "Bacon's
Abridgement," and to make frequent
appeals to it in his cases. This pre
cious book was alwnys carefully done
up in coarse brown paper, such as
grocers used before the neat paper
bags of the present day were invent
ed. The unwrapping of this mueh
prlzcd volume before a court was a
very solemn function as performed
by Jackson.
Now Avery had by this time dropped
whatever of Puritan sednteness had
commended him to Jonathan Ed
wards, and was uncommonly fond of
a Joke. He procured a piece of bacon
just the size of the book, and while
Jackson was addressing the court ho
slipped out the volume from Its wrap
ping and substituted the bacon.
At length Jackson had occasion to
appeal io Lord Bacon. It was an Im
portant rase, and he would not trust
to his memory. He would confound
his opponent by reading from the
book itself. While still talking, he
raised the bearskin flap of his saddle
bags. drew out the brown paper pack
age, carefully untied the string, un
folded the paper with the decorous
gravity of a priest handling the holy
things of the altar, and then, with
out looking at what he held In his
hand, exclaimed triumphantly, "We
will now see what Bacon says!"
The court, bar, jury and spectators
were convulsed with laughter before
Jackson saw the trick that had been
played upon him. Of course, he was
furious. He snatched n pen, and on
the blank leaf of a law-book wrote a
peremptory challenge, which he de
livered then ami there. He asked for
no apology—nothing but blood would
do. He commanded Avery to select
a friend and arrange for the meeting
at once.
Avery made no answer to this per
emptory demand, thinking his pep
pery antagonist would laugh rather
than light, as he grew cooler. But he
did not know the young man. Jack
son grew hotter Instead of cooler.
Next morning he sent this note, which
was full of bnd spelling. My North
Carolina friend had seen the orlginnl,
and in copying it had corrected the
orthography, but these are the exact
words:
"August 12. 1788.—Sir: When a
man's feelings and character are in
jured, he ought to seek a speedy re
dress. You received a few lines
from mo yesterday, and undoubtedly
you understand me. My character
you have injured; and, further, you
have insulted me in the presence of
the court and a large audience. I
therefore call upon you as a gentle
man to give me satisfaction for the
same. And I further call upon you to
give me an answer immediately with
out equivocation, and I hope you can
do without dinner until our business
Is done; for It is censlstelit with the
character of a gentleman when he in
jures another to make a speedy repa
ration. Therefore. I hope you will not
fail in meeting me this day. From
your obt. St.. ANDREW JACKSON.
"P. S.: This evening after court ad
journs."
Avery concluded to accept this
challenger nnd so. in the dusk of the
summer evening, the duel came off in
a hollow north of Jonesboro, in the
presence of the same crowd that had
laughed at Jackson's predicament.
When the word was given Jackson
fired quickly, and his ball flicked
Avery's ear, scratching it slightly.
Now was Avery's chance to change
the later history of Ills country, but
Ills Puritan blood asserted itself. He
fired In the air, then advanced and
offered Jackson his hand, which was
accepted.—Youth's Companion.
I Proud of His Good Memory.
When white people first went to live
In Hawaii, their native servants; it is
said, persisted in calling them fiy their
Christian names. An English woman
of strong will determined on her ar
rival in Honolulu that the servants
should never call her Mary, and in
structed them carefully in the pres
ence of her husband. One day when
she had visitors her cook put bis head
In at the drawing room door and po
litely inquired, "What vegetables for
dinner to-day, my love?" He had
heard her called that, and seemed
proud of remembering not to say
Mary.—Boston Transcript.
"Some men," said Uncle Eben, "Is
mighty proud ob dnh ancestors. But
ft de ol* folks win alivel has my
Aoubts 'bout whethuh de feeling would
be reel proselfied."—Washington Star.
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A Mew Fad.
The ring made of a horse shoe nail
is the latest fad of the girl who is not
superstitious, but "never can pass a
horse shoe." To be a reliable source
of help in time of trouble, the nail
must be taken from a horse shoe
found by the girl herself, and which
has been accidentally lost. The nail
>'s taken to a jeweler, who bends the
unwieldy metal to fit the middle finger
ot the left hand, cutting off the super
fluous length and leaving the head as
a setting for a stone, or merely as a
finish. The horse shoe ring is even
used as an engagement gift and is the
sort of a present a girl likes to make
her fiance, because the value is in the
expression of sentiment. Two horse
shoe nails, one found by a girl and
the other by her fiance, ate welded
together, bent to fit the wrist and
given as an engagement bracelet. In
this case a solitaire is set in the head
ot each nail. It is an awkward, un
comfortable ornament, but a fad,
nevertheless.
Eapid Improvement.
"My wife was a victim of boils and
had several of them at one time. She
began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and
soon began to improve. After taking
a few bottles she was entirely cured.
I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for
rheumatism with good effect." C. W.
DAWSON, Nimble, Pa.
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills.
Easy to take, easy to operate ; relia
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Beef War at Hazleton,
Up in Hazleton where the beef war
is about over, a beef war has been
started and there is a general kick.
But the increase in the price of meat
continues and the butchers are be
coming thoroughly disgusted. The
best sirlion steak on Saturday brought
from 20 to 22 cents and Porter house
in some instances 25 cents, whi'e
good round steak brought from 16 to
18 rents
To Clean Windows
' Choose p dull day, or at least a
time when the sun is not shining on
the windows : when the sun shines
on the window it causes it to be dry
streaked, no matter how much it is
rubbed. Take a painter's brush and
dust them inside and out, washing a'l
the woodwork inside before touchin,
the glass. The latter must be washed
simply in warm water diluted with,
ammonia. Do not use soap. Use a
small cloth with a pointed stick to gel
the dust out of the corners ; wipe dry
with a soft piece of cloth. Do not
use linen, as it makes the glass linty
when dry. Polish with tissue paper
or old newspapers. This can be
done in half the time taken where
soap is used, and the result will be
brighter windows.
Our Flag the Oldest.
As to the age of the United States
flag, the following from an address de
livered a short rime ago by Colonel
Samuel Harden Church, an authority
on all subjects bearing on historical
research, may be of interest to our
readers : "Our standard 'is twenty
three years older than the present
flags of Great Britain, seventeen years
older than the French tri-color, nearly
a hundred years older than the pr~-
sent flags of Germany or Italy, a.d
eight years older than the flag of
Spain."
For Longer Rural School Term-
The resolution of the Pennsylvania
School Teachers' Association, calling x
upon the legislature to increase the
school terms in rural districts from six
to nine months, is a move toward
ending an injustice that has long ex
isted. The public school should pro
vide means of education for all alike,
yet the children who reside in towns
have long had a decided advance
over the children of farmers, not alone
from the superior instructors,' but by
reason of from three to four months
more schooling each year.