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'A CaEDERATBnOME.
.
TKi NOBLE CHARITY ESTABLISHED
AT AUSTIN, TEX.
It Originated with the Jeka B. Heed
Camp of Confederate Til gram nil
Been Helped by Xerth and Itmtk Sev
eral Inmate Rettered te Health.
TIi appeal for aid te the "Confeder
ate' home" at Austin, Tex., cornea with
peculiar force te every generous mind;
for new that nil thoughtful men leek
upon the civil war as ene of these con
flicts which, "in the providence of Oed,'
Bust conic," llicre is a growing feeling
that all its victims should be kept from
want. When the great war ended the
Federal veteran returned, te be well
paid, te be assured of a pension, If dis
abled, and preferred in the choice for
olllce; returned, tee, te a prosperous com
munity, whlle the Confederate sorrow
fully sought a desolated home, with only
wounds and glory for his pay.
Of course, no nation could with any
''consistency extend aid te theso who
had fought against it, and the states
wcre much restricted by constitutional
enactments: nevertheless several of them
have dene much, as they gained in abil
ity, for their disabled soldiers. The
"Heme" nt Austin has dene much with
mall means and is growing. It is
a result of the organization of the Jehn
U. Heed Camp of Confederate Veterans,
which, in 18S3, named a committee te
begin the work. Maj. Jeseph 11. Stewart,
who lately canvassed sevcral northern
cities for aid, was made president and
Capt. Chatlcs II. Powell secretory. With
the first funds raised they bought fifteen
acres near Austin, en which was a seven
room house, with structures for Bteck
and poultry, and nt this place eoine fifty
disabled veterans have nlready been
given a temporary or permanent home.
The accounts of expenses are such as
te excite n sad smlle in the northern
reader accustomed te the almost lavish
appropriations for soldiers' homes. Fer
instance, nothing is paid for medical at
tendance; the physicians of Austin al
ternate in donating their services, and
they have had remarkable success in
curing some chronic ailments. The bills
for mediciue nre very small, the drug
gists of Austin filling nil prescriptions at
the prlme cost of the drugs. And for
previsions the net outlay is small, because
such of the veterans as are able work
at gardening and the cam of pigs and
poultry, and se are largely self support
ing. Nevertheless the resources are to
tally inadequate te provlde for all vet
erans who really need help. Many ways
of raising money have been resorted te,
and by a gift concert scheme about 11,
000 was secured.
On Nev. 1, 1880, the home was opened,
the first three inmates being men who
had enlisted from Alabama, Louisiana
and Texas. Sixteen were received the
first winter, and of the fifty taken in nil,
seven have died nnd many have been
restored te health and returned te their
friends. Maj. Stcwait has received
$2,000 cash in Bosten, nnd as muchmore
from ether cities, and has but fairly get
the cnterprise befere the charitable as
yet. One of the directors is a Federal
general, nnd the home has the indorse inderse
ment of the Q. A. H. of Texas, which at
its Hst btate encampment at Austin
adopted resolutions requesting the Texas
legUlature te endow the institution with
pulilie fundi. This could net be dene,
however, as the constitution of Texas
forbids appropriations for any purpese
net spccilled therein. Governer Itess
discovered a way by which the veterans
received grants of wild land, but unfor
tunately most of their claims were loca
ted in the se called "Greer county,"
which is in dispute nnd probably be
longs te the United States. A plan is
new afoot by which the state may
"adept" the home ea a state charity and
thus ebviate the constitutional objection.
Thcre h ft geed deal of cliaracter in
the old soldier, be he where he may, and ,
n correspondent of The St. Leuis Globo Glebo Globe
Dcraocrat, who lately visited the home,
gives Bome entertaining sketches of the
inmates. Among them is ene Charles
Henry Gedwin, of Dersetshire, England,
ii tailor, who found himself ene of the
crew of the Cenfederate cruiser Ala
bama by what he claims a mistake, but
concluded te stand by and fight it out.
He served in the Crimean war en the
British steamer Trent, and, after being in
an American merchant ship engaged, in
bleckade running. He was with the
Alabama when she went down, was
CO.NFEDEBATE HOME.
picked up by a French pilot beat and
afterwards obtained Ills written dis
charge, which reads as follews:
"Aide tel et Dteu t'aldera."
CncRBOl'ne, June Hi, 1S&1.
TbU Ii te ceniy that Chariet (jeJwln, captain
of After Guard, Confederate States steamer Ala
Lama, has this day been paid and honorably dis
ci larged from the naval service of the Cenfederate
Btatcs. lUcmnD W. Curtis.
Acties Paymaster, Cenfederate Btatcs Navy.
It. EEHHE3,
Captain, Confederate Btatcs Kavy.
Indorsed) Delivered by Lieut. B. K. Ue ell,
Jlarine Cerps.
Andrew Jacksen Daugheney, another
Inmate, was born in Dublin in 1820. He
was a bugler for Gen. Sul Res3 (new gov
ernor of Texas) of the Sixth Texas cav
alry. Cel. Fred Carleton is present com
mander of the camp, Will Lambert ad
jutant, and Lieut. Henry E. Shelley
president of the directem. Mrs. Val
Giles, of Austin, has been very nctlve in
raising funds for the home, and is re
garded ns the principal lady patron.
Other workers are Cel, Lambert, Maj.
Shelley, Crtpt. WsHi esd eUier citizens
of Austin. Maj. Gen. Stanley nnd hl3
staff, btatiencd at San Antonie, have ex
erted themselves te nld the home, as have
their ladies also.
A. J. Daugheney acts as warden of the
home. Anether inmate i3 Dr. Themas J.
Calhoun, of the noted Seuth Carolina
stock, who lest a leg at Malvern Hill.
Still another is Lewis Irwin, of the Con
federate navy, nn educated gentleman,
who was formerly a correspondent of The
Galveston News. And there are ethers
who have seen life in many phases, but
have been unfortunate- and mubt rely
upon the reward offered by theso whose
ltattles they fought.
The place is rather handsome. The
buildings, which are clustered en a high
gravelly knell nnd hillsides, but lightly
timbered, are small, nnd the main ene in
which nearly all the inmates are quarter
ed is quite contracted in its apartments,
sorne of tlie rooms being net ever eight
br twelve teat, witb two or three bed
Bl J 'samRnslels JL " anV
ciRtxTOK. mu. crtxa. dnnirr.
, itcwabt. oeruuioa bobs, uasnrr.
in each, a few chairs and a table
of the cheapest kind constituting
their meager furniture. But such
ea It is there it stands, as neble
a heart monument under the circum
stances as could be expected, and as such
appeals warmly te the interest of the
public for its endowment.
i CAPTURE OF A DEVIL FISH.
The Parasite Who Travel with the Mon Men
tot A, Troublesome Fellow.
We are Indebted te the Ret. W. O.
Beurchler, It. N., chaplain te II. M. H.
Comus, in the West Indies, for the sketch
of this incident, accompanied by the fol
lowing account of It,
"As her majesty's ship lay at anchor
in English harbor, Antigua, the little
barrel like buoy tliat marks the place of
the anchor, te which it is fastened by a
four inch repe, was observed te plunge
about and splesh, diving under the water
and disappearing. Reports of this un
seemly behavior of our buoy wcre con
veyed te the officers, who treated them
with the cautious suspicion that such an
unlikely story seemed te deserve By 1
o'clock in the afternoon, when the buoy
had danced for nn hour and a half and
seemed te require soma looking after, a
beat was dispatched te Its assistance. The
catise of the disturbance was then mani
fest A huge devil fish had get foul of the
buoy rope, and there he was, struggling
awny, about six feet below the surface
of the water, with two geed turns of the
repe around ene of his mouth fins, as I
may call them ferwnnt of a better name.
"He was secured with a sharp hook
by a gallant midshipman and was then
harpooned; the repe in which he was en
tangled was cut, and he was slowly
towed alohgslde nnd was heisted en
beard.
"When he was laid en the deck we had
en nmple opportunity of admiring his
vast proportions. He was net 'a thing
of beauty,' but nn awe inspiring monster
of ,the deep. There lay the great fish,
like a giant black bat, with his huge
wings extended en the deck, measuring
across, from tip te tip, 10 feet 4 inches.
The ether dimensions wcre: Breadth of
mouth (horizontally), 3 feet; length from
head te end of tail, 12 feet 8 inches;
length of tail alene, !i feet. But it was a
puzzle nt first te find out where his
mouth was placed.
" 'I have it, hlr,' cried n blue Jacket In
great glee; 'and, what is mere, he has a
fish in it his dinner is there!' As he
speke he opened a pair of great black
lips, rather te ene side of the fish, I
thought, nnd below these lips was a
whlte caity, large enough te contain
ene's head. And thcre was n fish, euro
enough, inslde it, but this little fish was
nlive; he bounced out, ft fish the slze of a
small herring, nnd skipped furiously
about the deck between our feet. Thcre
wcre mero wonders presently, when an
other blue jacket found another mouth,
with another fish in It, allve and well,
and this fit.li, tee, caine out and skipped
en deck between our legs. Then it
dawned upon us that these small fishes
could never have been.. eaten by the big
devil fish; and further examination
showed that each of them had a flat
plate en the back of its head; it looked
as if they had held en te something by
this sucker, and It proved that se they
de. We put them in a bucket of water,
and they hung en te the sides of it with
the back of their heads se vigorously
that the hardest pull could net
shift their position, much less dis dis dis
lodge them; though when the bucket was
emptied , they came off its side at a touch.
The small fishes had clung te the devil
fish as his parasites; net feeding en hhn,
for they left no mnrk behind, but using
him for their traveling habitation. The
cavities in which they ledged wcre his
nostrils. Meanwhile, we discovered the
real mouth of the devil fish, three feet
across, lying between these cavities. This
enormous mouth is quite toothless; the
devil fish sucks down his feed as oue
would an oyster. What is his feed I can
not tell, for after I had finished sketching
him, and befere I had well begun dis
secting him, orders wereTgivcn te hcave
him overboard, as he was making the
deck filthy with the streams of bleed that
continued te flew f wn his dead body.
"Stories have been told of the devllfish
taking a luckless swimmer between his
great fins, folding him in n deadly cm
brace und sinking witli him te the dent lis
below; and this muy botrue enough, but
the Man La Diabelus, or Manta Birestrls,
as he is scientifically called, is said te feed
only en eea weed. At the i.ame tiine he
is troublesemo and even dangerous, fend
of meddling with the mooring of fisher
men's beats, as he did with our moorings,
and eetting them adrift, nnd when pur
sued a f a vorite pastime when they were
mero plentiful at Pert Royal turning
upon the beats, and, if net quickly dis
patched, capsizing them. I have often
seen these fish leap out of the water an
amazing Bight en the coast of Venezu
ela, where they are common and grew te
the Bize of twenty feet bread." Illus
trated Londeu News.
Geicrunr of Wyoming.
Mr. FrancU E. Warren, whom Presi
dent Hairisen lias appointed governor
of Wyoming territory, was born hi Hius
dale, Mass., about forty-four jears
age. When a boy of 17 he en
listed in the Forty-ninth Massa
chusetts volunteers, nnd rese from
tlie ranks te be captain. At Peit Hud Hud
seu wliile n corporal he distinguished
himself by volunteering te perform a
desperate mission. In 16C8 he went west
nnd settleu at
Magie City In
Wyoming terri
tory. He became
a clerk In n fur
niture house, and
the proprietor
giving his atten
1 1 e n elspw here
Mr. Warren be
en in e manager,
and eventually
proprietor of the
business. He is
new president of fkancis e. wajiken.
the Warren Mercantile company and
Warren Llve Stock company, a director
in the Cheyenne and Northern Railroad
company, and a stockholder in electric
light and gas companies.
Governer Warren lias been territorial
treasurer, president of a legislative
council, and twice a member of the as
sembly; chairman of the territorial Re
publican committee; an alderman of
Cheyenne, and once its mayor, Ue was
for two years territorial governor under
President Arfeur, j' "wiaw.
rirVfBpsSStSff.
KING JdHlf 0 ABYSSINIA.
TE LAST ROYAL DESCENDANT OF
QUEEN OF SHEBA.
A Wonderful Country A taewHIeterr
ken by 1,000 Tears of Obeenrltr They
Annihilate Three Egyptian Armies-Italy
Galna en King Jehn HU Death.
The recent death of King Jehn of Abys
sinia ends the eldest royal line In the
world. Though we might reject the
claim of the Abyssinian that their mon men
archs wcre descended In a direct line
from King Solemon and the noted
"Queen of Shebav-and thcre seem te be
geed reasons for accepting it still the
royal line is very old. There ere records
of Abyssinian affairs from the establish
ment of Christianity, about 400 yean
after Christ, te the entrance of the Port
uguese, 1,000 years later; the record is
then broken by the long civil wars, but
thcre is no ,doubt that King Theodere
and King Jehn were of the old royal
stock.
It is, next te Egypt, the most Interest
ing of all the countries of the east, hav
ing been for ever 1,000 years a sort of
island of Christianity in an ocean of
Mohammedanism, and interest in it has
greatly revived Blnce 1805 by the British
invasion, Ithe Egyptian war and war
with the Mahdl, and finally by the hand
ing ever of the task of conquest te Italy,
which government has made small pro
gress in the work. At present Italy has
seme 20,000 troops in the country, and
her poeplo ns well as all the pcople of
Eurepe are intensely interested in the
.result.
This part of Abysshdan history begins
with 1805, when King Theodora began
te oppress foreigners, nnd in 180? Eng
land, enraged nt the imprisonment of
her consuls nnd torture of her missiona
ries, dispatched an army of seme 13,000
Scotch and Indian troops, under Lord
Napier, who pushed at ence for the in
terior nnd captured Magdala, the royal
stronghold. King Theodora killed him
self when the city surrendered. Tlie
English returned nt once, bringing away
the captives and the only son of Theo Theo
eore; he was educated in England, but
died of consumption, and was laid in n
tomb ln the royal precincts . of St.
GeorgeVchapel, which is 'attached, te
Windser castle. After a bloody civil
war, Prlnce Dejack Kassal (Jehn), of
the old royal stock, was crowned in
1873 as emperor of Ethiopia, and Negus
(king) of Abyssinia. The old Coptic
race which he represented is said te be
reduced te Bome 0,000,000, while the
Gallas, the invading mountaineers of tlie
south, are twice as many; but new they
are united against all foreigners.
Meanwhile the pert of Massoweh, en
the Red 6e.i, was given te Egypt, and n
frightful war with Abyssinia followed,
in which three Egyptian armies, num
bering seme 25,000 men, wcre annihilat
ed. Of the first two net a man escaped.
Iu the last wcre many English and
American officers, among them Gen.
Loring, nnd these escaped. Tlie English
ngaln interfered with a preposition te
glve up Mosso Mosse
wah te the Abys
slulans, as it is
their only sea
port; but the
world cried
out in fanatical
opposition te it,
ns thcre is nn old
prophecy nmeng
them that if the
Christians of
Abyssinia cver Jens Oi' abtsstnia.
get firmly planted at Massoweh they will
cress into Arabia, destroy the holy city
of Mecca and the tomb of the Prophet,
nnd thus destroy the unity of tlie Mos
lem world. England, te nppcase her
Mohammedan subjects In India, Egypt
nnd elsewhere, withheld Massewah from
King Jehn and handed it ever te the
Italians, who were just then seized with
the colonizing fever.
Immediate war resulted. It had been
discovered in these vnrieus expeditions
that the climate of the interior valleys
nnd plateaus of Abyssinia is delightful,
while that of the narrow strip of low
land en the coast is simply deadly. Even
in the cold season the thermometer fre
quently marks lOOdegs. abeve rcre, whlle
during the het and rainy months white
men nre completely prostrated. Frem
this land of death the country rises very
abruptly by rocky plateaus te a general
level of 7,000 feet, and from this level
sharp mountain ridges rlse 0,000 feet
higher. Between these ridges and in de
pressions of the great plateau are many
valleys of marvelous fertility, where
grain and fruits may be produced in such
nbundance that the country, as a whole,
could sustain in great affluence mero than
five times its present population. But
the routes thereto are contested by the
fiercest and most warllke races, who
rarely gfve or ask quarter. And at the
beginning of the war it was estimated
that King Jehn hed 3-10,000 troops of this
character.
Tlie statesmen of Italy profess te be
alarmed at the great emigration of their
poeplo te the two Americas, and report
tliat 8,000,000 Italians nre new domiciled
in ether countries. Tbcy dcslre a colony
where their immigrants would be of use
te the mother country, and undoubtedly
Central Abyssinia will furnish it if
they can held it. Massewah is only a
week by steam from Naples, through
the Suez canal. England, Turkey and
Egypt are most anxious tliat the Italians
shall succeed, France Is for the present
neutralized, Germany is indifferent and
Russia pretends te be, but it is signifi
cant that many of her Cossacks are in
the Abyssinian army and that the bomo bemo bome
wliat famous Hetman Atchineff was a
declared ally of King Jehn. The first
event of the war was the massacre of a
detachment of 000 Italians nt Dongelt
net n man escaped se the Italian army,
under Gen. San Marzane, was inflamed
by a desire for revenge as well ns by
patriotism.
The progress of the Italians into the
interior was followed by a civil war In
which King Jehn was killed. The he
called Christians of Abyssinia liave many
Jcwihh and Mehammelan practices, such
ns circumcision nnd polygamy. They are
ecclesiastically uttachetl te the Coptic
church, whose patriarch ut Alexandria
bends them nn "abeuna" or "father
l4lep." He ordains by breathing en the
candidate "spitting," seme spectators
call it. About A. D. 1110-330, Frumentius
went into the country as n Christian mis
sionary, nnd in n century or se th poeplo
were nominal Christians. The first mis
sionaries reported finding Christians in
the country he claimed descent in faith
from tliat officer of Queen Candace bat
tized by the Apestle Philip (Acts vil, 27).
In the Sixth century the Abybsiulans
declined the Reman definition of the
Homeousian nnd became Monephysites.
A little later the Mehammedans con
quered Egypt, nnd the church in Abys
sinia was isolated for 1,000 years. When
restored te communication with western
Christians they were in a very debased
condition.
An old silver manlcure set, with han
dles in rcpousse work, is the latest. Tlie
instruments rest en a tray engraved with
a Scottish pastoral tceaa. Jewslws'
3&J: t. -gLjfe"H
UNCLE SAM'3 "NAVEE."
The reneaceU, leak In Dry Deck Admi
ral Klmberty The Lest German Ship.
Here Is a cut of thoPcnsacela, recently
sunk in dry deck at Norfolk, Ve, Though
net At present a first rater by any means,
the Pensacola has had an eventful his
tory, and she has en many occasions
erred as flag ship. During the civil
war she served in the blockading squad
rocs. She is an unarmercd wooden
crew steamer of the second rate, is
230.8 feet between perpendiculars, and
has 44.8 feet breadth of beam, her dis
placement being 8,000 tens, her maxi
mum draft 20 feet and her maximum
speed 10.8 knots an hour. She was
launched in 1S58.
'-adaBalaflHHMnlE
TOR rCKSACOLA.
Admiral Leuis Ashfleld Kimbcrly,
who was In command of tlie l'ncllle
squadron of tlie United States nt the
time of the storm, was born in Trey,
N. Y., in 1880. Ilia father, n practicing
physician, removed seen after tlie son's
birth te Chicago, then n mere collection
of a few dwellings around Fert Dearborn,
Dr. Klml)crly became ene of the incor
porators of tlie town of Chicago and oc
cupied prominent positions there.
In 1840 young Kimbcrly was ap
pointed te the United States Naval aca
demy by President Polk. His appoint
ment was secured by the Illinois delega
tion, among which wcre Stephen A.
Douglas and Jehn Wentworth. After
being! graduated Kimbcrly passed
through the subordinate grades, being
commissioned lieutenant in 1853 and
lieutenant commander in 1803. When
the civil war came en he was Bcrving en
tlie Potomac, but seen after was trans
ferred te the Hartferd, Admiral Farra
gut's flagship. Kimbcrly was with For Fer
ragut when tlie forts below New Orleans
wcre passed, and during the operations
against Vicksburg. Indeed he partlcl
pated in all the conflicts of the old Hart Hart
eord, ano??J2a'"ftleilo-4. enough experi
ence for ene officer.
At the bnttle of Mebile bay Kimbcrly
ncquutea minscu
with distinction.
The captain of
the vessel in his
official report of
the battle said:
'Te Lieutenant
the oxecu execu oxecu
tive officer, I am
indobted, net
only for the flne
oxample of cool
ness nnd self ks ks
scsslen which he
Bet tO tllOBO ADMUtAfi KIMBEIILY.
around him, but for the excellent condi
tion te which he had brought every
thing belonging te the fighting depart
ment of the ship, in conscqucnce of
which thcre was no confusion anywhere,
even when from the terrible slaughter ut
seme of tVT guns it might have been
looked for."
A story is told of the admiral when he
was a youngster in the rescue of theso
en beard a British ship which foundered.
Kimbcrly was ene who volunteered te go
te the rescue. After all had licen re
moved tlie wlfe of the captain of the
sinking ship discovered tliat she had left
her pet deg locked in the cabin. Mid
shipman Kimbcrly made a dash for the
cabin. The deer was locked but he burst
it in. The deg, net understanding tliat n
friend liad ceme te save 1dm, barked and
showed Ids tveth se that the midshipman
was forced te threw a cloak ever him.
Then he picked him up nnd carried him
te his mistress and received her thanks
therefer. - ,
Admiral Kimbcrly was married in
1874, at Frankfort, Germany, te a daugh
ter of Capt Cushman, of the navy. Miss
Cushman, who was 18 years of age, was
completing her studies. The admiral is
nearly six feet high and quick in his mo
tions. Ills complexion is bronzed by the
many suns he lias sailed under.
An Old Time Matter.
A veteran correspondent of The Bucks Bucks
pert Clipper describes n muster that took
place in Hampden sixty years age, of
which he was a part. The first sound
that struck his ear in the morning wns
the martial musle of the Carmel band,
en its way te the field, and seen tlie read
was full of tramping soldiers. The state
militia of theso days wcre net required
te dress In any but their usual clothing,
and their appcaronce was net brilliant
by any means; but the gay uniforms of
the Banger company, Capt. Bryant, the
Hampden rifles, Capt. Hannibal Hamlin,
ana the Hampden light Infantry, Capt.
Snow, Bhotie out like stars in the leaden '
sky, and added greatly te the whele dis
play. Capt. Hamlin was every inch n
soldier and his horsehair plume was n
sight te sce. One novel feature of the
Hampden muster was the "sailor com
pany." A month befere the muster, nil
the sea faring pcople, captains, mates
nnd seamen, Including seme of the larger
boys, made up their minds that they
would hae a little diversion en their
own hook und in their own way en the
interesting occasion. Se they organized
a ceinjany, drilled and went te muster,
tee. Their apearance en the field u itli
their white pants, blue jackets, tarpaulin
liats with a liberal display of black ril ril
bens hanging as neck bands, was neat
and trig, and they were the admiration
of all observers. LowUten Journal.
Jerl Chandler llurrl Kmlrarruurd.
As the streetcar rolled into West End,
the ether day, an elderly lady remarked:
"Daughter, Joel Chandler Harris lives
ever that way."
"Dees he, ma?" said the younger lady.
"De you knew where Joel Chandler
Harris lives?' inquired the mother of
ene of the jtasscngers.
The gentleman addressed blushed a
little,
"Um what does he de?" he asked.
"Oh, he writes things for the paper, I
bellove," was the answ cr, "but I don't
knew. Daughter, what does Mr. Har
ris de?"
"I don't knew, I'm sure," replied the
young lady. "I simply heard 6omebedy
say that he lived out thid way."
Then the gentleman asked the driver
if he could point out Mr. Harris' house,
and the driver turned red and stared nt
the questioner und ctammcred out an
answer.
Beth ladles looked hard at the i.tran
gcr and at each etlicr, and suddenly be
caeo very silent. Tlie car stepped nnd
Mr. Joel Cliandler Harris lest no tiine iu
getting out and turning his steps homo hemo home
wrd. It gives a man a funny feeling
te hear questions asked about him in
publle by strangers. Atlanta Constitu
tion. bam" Carpenter, tne welt known
railroad man, does net care for theatres
or social affairs, but he has a weakness
for studying up and Inflicting upon bis
Mandt the queerest tad most uaexpect-
f in
jRef5HP5r!
TllK NEW'ATAXIS CURE.
INTRODUCED INTO EUROPE BY DR.
MOUTCHOUKOWSKY.
If the Plan In nn flood n Ilia Name It l'n l'n
praneuttrrable It It Sure te De Suffering;
Ilnnmnlly a Vatt Deal or Geed-Hanging
for Nervous MTrakneta.
Tlie physician-) of Paris, ever ready te
try novelties in hepe of perfecting their
methods, have adopted from the Russian
doctor, Moiiteheukowsky, nnd greatly Im
proved, n system of suspending patients
for the euro of that peculiar nfllictien
called "locemotor ataxis." In America
we nre familiar with that stage of the
discase which renders the victim Incnpa Incnpa
bie of bending his splne readily or using
Ids legs, but in France, owing, the phy
sicians say, "te the high life of Paris,"
cases ero often found in which there is
absolutely no feeling lielew the knees.
Tlie patient docs
net knew when
his feet touch the
ground, and is
sometimes able te
walk whlle feel
ing as if he was
suspended in the
nlr.
American sur
geons have often
employed suspen
sion simply for
con vonlenoo
while treating the
mine. Moutcheu-
fBcrroRTerTHr.iiKAD. kewsky con
ceived the idea that, independent of any
Other treatment, the suspension itself
treught benefit, nnd tried it en many
cases at Odessa, The French nt the Sal-
Dotriere have carried the matter much
farther, nnd have effected seme such re
markabeo cures that the practlce has be be bo
cemo n regular "fad," nnd new the visi
tor te that noted medical Institute may
See nny day n de7cn or mero persons lit
wrally hanging by the neck nnd shoul sheul
jders, with a grewsome rescmblance te ox ex
jeeuted criminals. Of course care is taken
te bring no mero strain en the neck than
It will bear, but even when most of the
pvcight is sustained by the shoulders it is
Fly tlie best "seasoned" patients who
n hang ten minutes.
The apparatus is simple. Frem r pul
ley overhead n cress bar is suspended;
from that depends n well padded cellar,
Milch is closely fitted around the neck,
With four straps going tip no as te hiake
tlie weight even nil around; the arms nre
'thrust up te the shoulders into support
ing loops, and then by the cord from the
pulley the pntlent is drawn up till he
swings clear of the fleer. The rest of
the proceedings nre nccerding te the in
dications of the case; sometimes power
ful clectrie currents nre passed up the
Apine, 'making the patient squirm Uke n
hooked eel; sometimes powerful scorify scerify
ing applications nre innde te the back,
nnd in ti few instances the cruel "mexa"
was applied. But new the physicians
maintain that with repeated suspensions
they can de ns much geed without the
"cruel burning" ns with It certainly n
huinnne achievement,
IMTinNTB TODEItaOINCI TREATHENT.
The new method, Bays Dr. J. Rengade,
"i'j actually popular It is discovered all
nt ence that thcre Is mi entirely new nnd
unsuspected set of complaints for which
the suspension is a euro, at least nn
amelioration, and the 'precocious old' or
blase young think they find it a restora
tion of their 'rcrre ctcinte' and lest en
ergy." He adds that in France there is
nn immense number of cases in which
the splne is completely "demoralized;"
the "ntnxlque" or "tabetlque" cannot re
strain his body from sinking down upon
his thighs; the limbs will net regard the
premptings of the wilt Leng before
leaching tliat eint the patient trembles
ns he walks; his body heaves forward
beyond his legs; he is in constant fear of
falling.
AMlitant Secretary of Stati'.
William II. Wharten, who has been
appointed assistant secretary of btate by
President Harriben, was born forty-eno
yearn age in Bosten. He was graduated
with high honors
from Harvard in
1870, nnd later
fiem the Harvard
Law cclioel. He
has published an
edition of "Story
en the Lawu of
Partnership." He
was a member of
the Bosten ceni'
men council for
several years, nnd'
. , ,, , WILLIAM U. WIIABTOW.
the Republican
candidate for president of that ljedy.
Frem 1881 te 1S88 he served in the Mas
sachusetts legislature, and during his
lust year was chairman of the judiciary
committee nnd leader of the houte. Mr.
Wharten Iia3 nctcd as private Becretary
te JudgeOray of tlie United States su
preeo court. , --, ;.--
Tlruu Utituecu Heiiteme awl Execution.
The rule In England, even In cases
where there la no doubt that thoscntence
will be carried out, nllews three Sundays
only te Intcrt coo between the trial and
the execution e that If a man Is tried
en a Saturday, he has very little mero
than a fortnight ullewed him te prepare;
but where there is hepe of n reprluve the
delay of the announcement that the man
is te dle till within a few hours of his
execution net only ndds a torturing elo ele
ment te his punishment which he has
net legally incurred, but it HmltB the
tiine of his real preparation te the ene
last agitating day when hln friends ceme
te taU a final leaveef him. Tlie matter
Is net oue of miner Iniertance, as was
keenly felt, ue belloe, by the saintly
Abbe Croze, the chaplain of La Roquet te,
In Paris, who ministered te all the cul
prits tliat during a period of twenty-five
vears expiated their crimes en the guil
lotine. The French system of leaving a man
in complete Ignerance of the tlme w hen
his execution Is te take place until the
fatal hour actually arrives told very
heavily against that geed priest's efforts
te bring such criminals as Trenman,
n
t.VaWaeeaBBBPTa
WMrr--wm&-:
r jResr'-rr
JTTy
Avignem ana uiiieir te a m Btate et
preparation for their entrance en the
dread eternity. The strange laxity of
French prison dlsclpllne nllewcd seme
of these men te le engaged in nlayinc
card, with their jailers till wlthffiew
hours of the r death, but It may be
doubted whether the mero decent pro pre
ris cms of' our English custom, which
dedicates a condemned man's last day te
farewell Interviews with his friends, can
avail te render that brief space of tlme
sufficient for the heavy rcsponslbilltiefl
with which It is weighted. Blackwood's
Magozlne.
ALEXANDER I.
something Concerning Iho Hey Recently
l'laced en Servln'a Throne.
Alexander I, ns the 10-year-old boy re
cently placed en the threne of Scrvla by
the abdication of his father, King Milan,
will be known, is a healthy nnd nctlve
boy, as the annexed portrait shows. In
fnct, he is flne looking enough and sturdy
enough te be the son of nn honest Ameri
can. He has the deep dark eyes of his
mother, Natalie, with the slightly somber
vlsage of his father; in repese his face
is said te be tee solemn, lacking the
graces of childhood, but, like ether boys,
he is cnpable of great ivacity of expres
sion when nnhnntcd. HIi parents were
real levers nt the start and for seme tlme
after his birth, but they have quarreled
nearly ever since.
The causes need net lw detailed here.
The sympathies of the world nre gener
allv with the woman ,lu such cases; but
ALKXANDUll I.
sympathy does net always run with geed
sense, and the performances of ex-Queen
Natalie! in traveling about central ICurepn
and stirring up hostility ngnlnst her
husband lalse a reaoennblo cuspiclen
that she was n "mighty unpleasnnt wo
man te have nbeut the house." The king
finally exerted his reynl proregntivo and
compelled her te return their son; lie
has new cut tha gerdlnn knot by yield
ing hid threne te the boy nnd making
himself ft private citizen,
The young king has u stormy career
licfoie him, but his threne 13 reasonably
pecure. Of their own strength Scrvla,
Rnuinania,Qrccce and ether little inwera
broken 0(1 from Turkey could net stand
n month against Russia or Austria; but
they nre oecure liecause neither of the
great jiowers will allow any etlicr te
swallow them up. The scluiptchlnn,
which is the national Icglslnllve assembly
of Scrvla, promptly confirmed the action
of Milan and the reynl investiture of
Alexander, nnd de Eurepe ha3 imether
"infant monarch."
2 THE ROSES DY THE RUN. "
The reecn and the clever
Are very twect and fair, b
And I lore tlie fragrant nVn
Tbeybroathe upon tlie air; '
Dut sweeter enemed the blossom
Detlde the meadow run.
The tlme that you wrre twenty
And 1 was twenty-one.
new fondly I remember
The tlme no culled them llirre.
And 'iinaUi the abady uuitilca
I were tbcm In your lialr;
Hew Uicre In bllsH re tarriel
Until the set of ami,
The tlme that you wrre twenty
And I vu tneuly-oue.
It may liove been the Den cm,
rerlinps a leek from tlicv,
Tliat bade me whUju-r softly
llew dear thou wcrt te 1110;
I Dever tepixl te question,
I only knew 'twas dene.
The time that you wcre twenty
And I was twenty -ene.
We're had our summer, darllnc,
Tlie ilelila of llfe are brown,
Wo'te traveled up thu hill nhi,
Wo're en our Journey den n ;
Yet oft I wake from dreeralnir
Theso dart have Juit begun
Tliat you again are twenty
And I am t cnty-oue.
When Ufa and leve are ever,
AnJ I am laid nt nt,
t hepe norne ene will fattier
And place upon my breast
Such flew'rs a uxed te bUwueui
ItaiJde the meadow run,
The tlme tliat you ere In cnty
And I was twenty -eua
A Snake' Ilnltle with n Cut.
It Is net often that a newspajicr man
comes across two tntosnakestorleslnono
day, but a rcjiertcr heard yesterday of
two which are well authenticated. Mr.
Cyrcnlus Hall, the artist, has n summer
home at Isle of Hepe. Three weeks age
Mrs. Hall, te enceurage her hens te lay,
bought a half dozen china nest eggs nnd
placed them In their nests. On looking
for them n few days nftcr they wcre net
te le found, nor were thcre nny sugar
bowls or tea eets alxnit te show that the
china eggs had hatched. The disappear
ance of the eggs wan a mystery, until ene
day last week a chicken Biialie was killed
en Mr. Hall's farm, and two china eggs
were found Inslde of it. Hit snakeslilp
liad been doubtless Buffering from dys
pepsia for sevcral weeks.
Mr. Hall's snake experience did net end
with the eggs, however. That gentle
man has ft large cat, which is bald te le
ene of the be6t nnd brat est of the fellne
siiecles. A few nights nge the cat was
locked in the stere room. During the
night a tcrrlfie nolse was heard emanat
ing from the room, nnd It was supposed
that a strange cat had gotten in nnd the
heuse cat was trying te put it out. Mr.
Hall went te the place nnd let the cat (or,
as lw supposed, two cats) out. In the
morning a large, Jicadlcbs, black snnka
was found in the stere room. It had evi
dently attacked the cat, nnd, true te Its
constrictor instincts, tried te crush It, but
the cat gnawed the snake's head off nnd
escaped. Savannah News.
Cathedral of St. rlcrrv.
The t cncrable cathedral of St. Pierre,
in Geneva, in which Calvin preached in
his day, is te be restored. It is intended
te renew the main facade and te finish
the tower 011 the north side, besides al
tering and embellishing the Interior at
nn cxpense estimated at 050,000 francs.
A company has lx?cn formed for the pur pur pur
eoeo, after the pattern of the ene which
restored the M luster of Bale. New Yerk
Heme Journal ,
I
. It is a mistake te paint sin tee allurlm;
and attractive. It makes young pcople
want seme. As a matter of fact sin is
ugly and full of misery and pain, no
matter hew it may be colored or sugar
coated. j
Testimony in a recent suit brought by
Harris, of Phlhdclplda, te obtain wages
due him, roveilWPhe fact that he had;
been employed te make trousers for 00
cnu a aen( or 7 eU ajpalri
JJOW TO BAVK LIFE.
.,!!,'?tJ,Jl.cen T J" n t'titstfe ef tka
jnrcKt nnd lunKt. What cause It t OS.
Pn,?., "WVTJ1' b" Pussies). H
mutt be cheeked, or pnentneala, qnMh eoa eea
"".!" rl,.en or ,eme terrible pn imenaVy tmftM
win fellow. Beran doctor. pgiTa cedflTwr etL
meera cough wrapt, hut tha meit adraacai
U'rt-ciibe eilmnlantt. Nature mum baas.
tmtnl. fnn whl.aey mil de tt. eea what
...'IF AniUe Flint, of Beltnvus (Raw TerM
,".' ;fi ' "Tn Judicious me of Sesi
ill if, "? t one of i ha itrlklaff eharae-J.VM-yfi,'"
K?MaJn ti,e practice of &4U
clnn flurlnic thn last half et ntury."
V hn BHfJ-tB.,7 5 ,MnM. Mw Tertr.sayS!
1 he purity et Unfly'a l'me Malt Whisky (as
Mmi.ii, analytical teita will readily mtIMI
Phytli Ian or an expert) should eertalalv n n
emuii nd It ta Iho htghvat publle favor."''
iMinys Hiiro Malt whitkfhja certain est
nnd pie venture et conaetUen and thMiaba
l.milnev.iryf.inlly. ft It tela by al? Sroir Sreir
Hj'ti and dealers. Oe lure and secure tha na
ulne. 7).
WIN M9 AfO LTQVOMa.
Philadelphia, February 21, 1889.
ltUNOAlUAN )
I BKAL. S
lMl'EIlIAIi ANDHOYAL AUSTBO
HUNQARIAN CONSULATE.
MM
According te the Instruction! et tha
Renl Hungarian Ministry for Agricul
ture, Industry nnd Commerce In Buds
Pest te this Imperial and ltejal eeniulate
it is hereby attested te that the Royal
Hungarian Government wine cellars t
Duda-Pest were established by the Hun
garian Government, February 1, 1882,
and that the establishment is since under
control of said ministry.
The nlm of these wine cellars is te tup.
p'y the world's markets with the best
w.nes produced in Hungary, free from
any adulteration.
Mr. II. K. Siaymaker, agent of Lan
caster, Pa., has by the Government's
general agents of North America been
aieliited agent for Lancaster, for the
sale of these wines, which are bottled
In lluda-Pest, under the supervision of the
Hungarian Government, and bear the
original protective label of the Royal
Hungarian Ministry for Agriculture
the bottles.
LOUIS "VYESTEttGAARD,
Imperial and Royal CpjiajileIAjrtU.
m
Angary.
NRAL.
T. & It. 1IUNCJ. CONSULATE
!'l
AT
l'HII.'A., I'A.
AMKNDMBXra
AMKNDMKNT TO THK CONHT1TU.
lien prepntna te thn cltliem or Ibis
''eimmmwual li liy tha (loner! Alterably et
the :mm.en wealth et I'enn.ylvanla, for thatr
u)ironlnrreenilenht a rpeelal (tleetmn te
In held June 18. It 69. fnbt tbedhy order of
Ui 1 foeroury or the tleinmenweaHb, In par.
kinncuef XVlllef the Constitution.
.IMnt roieliitlnn proposing an amendment
te ihe Oeniiltuttun et ih'.a common wealth 1
hi utieh 1, lie it retolveo by the Senata anfl
lloiite of Kepreaantatlyes of the Common-
nilth et l'eiinaylranla In Ucneral AetaaiMr
unit, Hint the following amendment tapru tapru
pend te tha ComtltuUen of tha Common,
-eaitn of Funntyl vanla, in accordant with
1 10 Mtjcnteenth Artlcle iheroel 1
AMKMDMKMT.
There thai! hit an additional article te tatd
C'nnit'Uullim toueatalsnat.dai Artlcle XIX,
aa tollewi. :
ARTICLIXIX.
Tre manufacture, tale, or keeping for sal of
IninilcalliiK liquor, te be nted aa a Dnvertee,
It heieby piehlblled, and any violation of this
prnhit) turn thall be a mltdemeaner, ponlth penlth
atiln as shall be provided by law.
ihemuniifaclure, sale, or keeping for sale
of intoxicating liquor ter ether purposes than
ns a uevi'raxe may be allowed In inch manner
only aa may be praactleed by law. Tha tien-
ml Afsembly than, at the flnt trtilen tuc
ri.'idlnjr the adoption of thlt nrtlda of tba
ivimtltntlen, enact laws with adequate poeal
U01 for IU enforcement.
a Uuu ceny et the Joint Kotelutlnn.
CIIAHLK1 W.nTONF,
8c c rotary et the commonwealth.
tnlesmdS
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU
HON propetod te the citizen et thlt
OoimnenwcAllh by the Oeneral Aaiemhly et
Iho Cniiiinnnwealth et Fentiylvanla for their
unrrovaler rejection at a epeelal election te
1 a held June 18,18). rublltbed by order el
ihenecretary nt the Common wealth, la pur.
innce of Artlrle XVllt of thu Conitltntleo.
Joint resolution propetlng an amendment.----te
thn constitution of (ha commonwealth is- r '
Ciotiek 1. Btil rtielved by At &.mtfiand
Jleute 0 Hrprticnlaltvei elht Commenwtatlh
1 l'tnntvlwniii in Utneral Aifmbly mtt
't hut thu following It propetod as an amend
irtut te tha conttltntlen of tba Cemma,
wealth of fennaylvunla In accordance) with
thn provltlent of the eighteenth artlcla
tlieicef:
AMK.1DMENT.
rtilkoeiit fmmaectloneno of artlcle sight,
thnfnur qualifications for voters which read
as follews:
it twenty-two years of age or upwards, fea
rmllluve vuld, within two vests, a atataer
con niy tax, which stall have been attested at
lestt twn months, and paid at lean one month
b lere Inn election," te that the section
hleh reads as tel lows I
Kvcry male cltlmn, twenty-one years of
tgn. neitflsaliig the following qualification,
shall b entitled te vote at aU elections :
first, liu shall have t) eon a citizen of tka
U' IUkI Slates at least ene month.
Becend, lie shall have resided In tba stats
nt, tear (or If, having pruvleutly been a
qualltlwl elector or mil ln botnclt'zenel the
tiutf.hu klivllhave removed ihcrrlrem and
re'nruuil, then h'x mouths) Immedlattly pre
ceding the election.
'ihlid. ile than have resided In the election
dltirlct where he sball ortcrte vetaatletat
two month, immediately preceding theeleo theelee theeleo
llen. ruurth. II twenty.twe year of age or op ep
wurdt, be shall liiveptlfl, wlihln two jeirsa
sluUiur emniy tax, which shall have been
aiiotted at leati two ineuthi and paid at least
01111 mnnlh he lore ihH loettou," shall be
amended, te a te read aa follews:
Jtvury male citizen twenty-ene years of age,
reimanliiir the lollewlng quallflC4tlens, thui
buenllUedU) vetnatthu polling place of the
elcci Ien eNtrlet of which he shall at the limit
be a reildf nt and net eltewheie :
first. He shall have been a cttlzen of the
United Malm at leust thirty days.
Mcena, Heshu'lhave retlded In tha state
run year (or If. having previously been equal.
lflcd ulectnrer native born cltlsnn of the ttate,
hu shall have removed therefrem and ie
turned then fix month) Immediately preced
ing the election.
-j bird, h shall have resided In the election
fll-tilct wheie be shatl offer te vef at least
Hi rtydays Immxdlately preceding the else else
ten. 3 he legislature, at (he teaslen thereof
110x1 alter thu ad ptlonef thlt sroilen, shall,
rmI irem lime te time thereafter may, onaet
Uus fojirenoily enlorce thU prevision.
lenrili. Kvery lunle citizen of the ageel
txui.ty rme year, win stall havebeenacltl
zin ler thirty dajs anduu inbabliautef Ihls
m utxennyenrnuxtpiutellngaii tlectl'u, ex
reptut innnlclii.il elect Inn'.aed for the last
thirty days a resident et theeleutlnn district
In which te may ener his vote, thill beei
lltltd te voteat such election In ihe election
district of which he shall at the time be a
rualdent and net elsewhere for alt offleers
thit new urn nr liereatter may be elected by
tbepcon'et J'reitilctt. Yhatiu lime of war ni
elector in tha aumal mtlltury sorvlceof the
mate or of the United stales. In IhAarmyer
navy thereof, thill be deprived el his vote by
reason et hlsuDtePCO from such election dls
titut,undtbu leKltlaiure shall rave power te
provlde the manner In which and the tine
audplacnut wh'cu such abeenteltctersmay
vete, aud ler the return and cauvss of their
votes In thu election district la which they
respectively ruslde.
rllta. for tiiu punose nf voting, no parson
ths.ll be deemed te have gained or I041 a resi
dence by reason of Lit preaeuceer abtence
while employed In the servlcoet the United
elates or the Btate, nor while engaged In the
navigation of the waters et the state or of the
high teas, nor whuea student et any college
or seminary et learning, nor whlle kept at
any almshouse or public Institution, except
the inmates of any home fur dt-ahltd and In
digent soldiers uud tailors, who, for tha pur
pose of voting, thtll be (itemed te reside la
the elocltea district wheie said home Is
located. Laws thill be made for tscertatuleg,
by pieper proofs, the citizens who shall be
entitled te Ue right of s uffrage hereby estab estab
lihefl. . ,
A uue copy of the Joint r'dutlen.
UllJIttbKB W. O.OMsr.
secretary of ihe fouimeu wealth.
tnail7:md
PATKNTS nORINO APH1I. AND
Hay my Icet dueeulynn allowance If Ce
sired. WHte MM. U. ullCOCK.WevenUi
street, Washington. 1. C, r O. Ms MS.
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