Wyoming takes the lend. A woman has unnonncod herself as coudidato lor tlia governor' oknir. The curb of ex-president Harrison calls itttutitioii to the fnct thnt Wash Ing.im, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson ml Fillmore married widows. According to a now directory of the elito, Brooklyn has its 1,000. This seems to tho World to open the way lo the Greater Now York's M)J. An editor in Kansas, calls every limn who pays a year iu mlvnnce "Colon. 1" j nix months, "Major" ; three months, "Captain" i tho others, "Mr." A California modioli paper com mniiia on tlio startling fnct thnt thnt tnte, with fewer iuhnliitnnts thiin New York city, hni rive grent insiino asylums, with about 4,500 patients. One tlgiiro of speech has Frofisor Roentgen of Wurtzberg ruled off tho dictionary of cant. Anyone enn now see ns far into a millstone ns the X rays will penetrnto and to their pry ing qualities there is yet no known limit. A Scot once said that if ever tho North Polo was discovered one of his countrymen would be found sitting upon it taking snuff. The New York Bun snys it is to he hoped that Nnu en is iu a position to ref;ite or con firm this tradition. It lias burn decided by tho supreme court of Michigan that it is not a pre judicial error in the trial of a crim inal c i so tor the prosecuting attorney to call the witnesses for the defense a "lot of liars" a "lot of dirty pups who ouuht not to be be believed" if the circumstances of the case seem to jus tit v tho truth of the assertion. Tho court says that whilo such language is severe, there is no rule prohibiting au attorney from rxprossiug his opinion of the truthfulness of witnesses where their testimony is conflicting, and tho jury, will be called upon to decide be tween them. We make a great mistake when we . despise small thincs, moralizes the Atluutn Constitution. We loose time, labor and hionoy reaching out after the big prizes, when wo could ninko a fortune by turning our attention to tin small affairs of lift). The New Yoik World call attention to the fact that our hens contribute yearly over n $133,000,000 to the wealth of the country. Thoy hnvo caused the riso and growth of that worthy olnss, tho chicken farmers. As our contemporary wills says, no chicken farmer ever led riot. I ew of them have gone to tho gallows and few have bcou sont to jail They are as a olass as quiot, peaceful and contented as thoir hens. Tho d mand for chickens and oggs is prao ticnlly unlimited. They are products which will stand shipping long dis tanncs, and they are articles of liniver al consumption. Here iu the South we are paying altogether too little at teution to This money-making in dustry. Tho Spaniards who mude thronton in demonstration, the othor day, in front of the Auiorioan legation at Madrid, were promptly dispersed by tho police, but they will doubtless muke trouble agaiu.if our government recognizes tho belligerency of the Cu bans. Spain it a peculiar country. She is proud, sensitive aud poor. Once she was ouo of the powers, but now ahu lives apart from tho other nations, aud is out of tho line of modern pro gre-. No oouuty aeeks her allianoo, Her friendship is courted by nobody But the people of this decaying tnon no by still think that they are power iu!, and that other nations dread them. They even believo they can , bid defiance to the United States, and they do not realize tho fact that they have held Cuba simply through the torbearauoe of other uutiona, There are good points about these people They are high-spirited, brave and loy I to their country. Under great leader thoy wonld forge to the front, and in time regain same of their old prestige. Under their present condi tious they are handicapped. They owo more than they can ever pay, and when thoy lapse Cuba foreign money lenders may demand the dismember meat of the kingdom. There is not in all Europe a nation easier to con qaer, and yet the Spaniards know so little of what is going on in the world, that they talk about liking the United States, and some of their orazy jour nalista huve boasted that they will take . Florida from ns aftor thoy get through with Cuba. It is a sad thing to sea nation die, but Spain is fnes to fuoo with death. When this living skule to flonrisbe the sword aud thrat n tLs United States, the ueeticW r sbics an opera bouff soon. Just From Georgia. TILL BOKO 1111 tiong time Till son time i But hlnls are on the whig, An' whun thn irreen comes erecpl An' violets nre peeplii' Where now the snows lire sleeilu You'll henr the sweet hlnls slug t f.nntr time Till souk time i Tint soon the laly'll spring, An' hi the brightest bowers Vou'll innrk the days with flowers, An' love'll ruin the hours, n' nil thn hells'll ring I Atlantic Constitution. Uncle Sambuq'8 Fortune. Trophinu Oogulin, generally known iu the district ns master Trefnme, hnd so often related the story of Unolo Snmbuq nnd his fortune that ho hnd ually como to believe It himself. The simple truth of tho mntter wns thnt IYter Jambtiq, a ne'er-do-well who hml given his pnrentc no end of rouble, hnd shipped us an ordinary seamen on a tnreo muster one nne ay iu the yenr of grace 1818, nnd hnd never been seen or heard of since. These hnrd facts wore too ridiculously implo for tho worthy friends nnd ro- ations of tho vanished Fetor ; they could not understand how anyone could set out for America without reaching thnt continent nnd making is fortune; so the worthy people grndtinlly evolved the iden thnt Uncle amliiif hnd gone nnd done Iikowise, id would one day return rolling in riches of course, to dio iu due time nud leave his fortuno to them. So the yenrs rolled by, aud uncle Snmbuq's fortune grow biggor iu the mnginntiou of his people. Tho older relative died, nnd master Trefnme be came heir to his uncle. Now, it hap pened ouo dny that Trcfumo met a sailor whoso acquaintnooo he hnd mndo a year or so previously. This man had just returued from a voyage to the stntes, and Trefnme seized tho opportunity to nsk him if ho had heard of uncle Snmbuq whilo on the other side. The sailor, probably out of polite ness, and in order to plcaso Trefumo and his wife, informod them thut ha had a distinct recollection of having on several occasions met an individual on the quays of New York, who was undoubtedly vory wealthy, nud was the exact imago of Snmbuq. That settled the matter; there could no onger be nny doubt thnt undo Snm buq had reached Amoricn and mndo his pile, as any reasonable person would do. A few months passed. Ouo morn- ng when bo was lenst expootiug it ho received a lettor from New York. Tho letter bore the seal of the French cm bassy. Trofume carried that precious letter about with him all day without breaking tho sen), in order to show it to his friends. Not till the cvcuing,in the preseuce of his wife and children his hands trembling with excitement, did he vonturo to opon it. it was somowhat bulky probnbly it con tamed bank notes. J. no papers were carefully taken from the envelope, and proved to be Sambug's death certificate and a brief note with it from the em bassy. So he is dead?" remarked his wife. Of course he is," roplied Tro fume; "doesn't the ambassador say so?" 'The ambassador doesn't say any thing about the fortune," observed Trofume's bottor half. "I suppose you want him to tell us all about it straight off before the mnn is fairly dead,", repliod Trefnme ear onsticnlly. "We can wait, and be knows it. He'll write again in a day or two." But, strange to say, the ambassador omitted to write that other letter. As the time weut on surprise deepeued into anxiety ; a veritable fever a gold fever took possession of them; they lost interest iu everything. Thoy could think of nothing but Suinbuq's millions and wonder what had beoome of them. At length their anxiety reached suoh a pitch that Trefume announced his intention of undertak ing a journey to New York a deeiBion which met with the full approval of all concerned. "I shan t be away more than a month or two," said Trefume, "and the boy oan look after the boat A few hundred franos won't break us besides I know I shall be ill it I don't no and see what is going on over there." . . I have said that everyone approved the derision. I may add that had it been otherwise it would have made no difference. When Trefume got an idea into bis head it wanted soma get ting out. He (raveled to Havre and. embarked on a Teasel bound for New York. He knew absolutely nothing of the great city he wns approaching. He could not speak the langnnge he was as helpless as a child in a wood. He be gan to get very anxious, nud looked around for somebody toconfldein nnd obtain assistance from. He tried the tindnr-ntewnrd, a fellow-eoiintrymnn, but the Intter wns too busy to be bothered. Trefume, however, refused to be shaken ofT, and the uoder-stew-nrd, iu desperation, glanced about for somebody to whom ho could refer the persistent tlshertnnn.aud so got rid of him. "Hero!" ho said, pniuting to two of the passengers, "These are the the men to help yon. They know Now York so well that they could Hnd their way blindfold nny where in tho City. Try them." Trefume looked at tho men and thnnked his compatriot heartily. He was delighted nt tho thought of meet ing two peoplo who were so well' ao- pminted with Now York. Thoy were two shifty-looking chnps, who liml been left severely aloueontho voyage. Ho wont toward tho two pnsscngurs, who, aftor chunging a word or two butweon themselves walked away be fore ho could reach thorn. Trefumo walked after them, but they still avoided him nnd began Conversing cnrncstly tngothor. The fishermnn hesitated ; he thought they had some thing privato on, and he did not wish to intrude. It never entered his head that they wero avoiding him. Ho did not intend to lose his chance, no he continued to walk after them at n respectable distance. Two or three time, wliou he thought the moment opportune, ho approached them hat in hand, nnd attempted to speak to thorn iu his host French but was met with a scowl and growl which mudo him retire. Tho two men were evidently much perplexed nt tho strange conduct of their fellow-passenger. They wore worried about it, too; so, finally, thoy spoke to tho undcr-Bteward con cerning Trefumo. I ho ollicinl was more busy tunn ever, but he was fond of a joke, and thoiicht he might ns well culivou tho rotitiuo of tho day by a littlo full. "You know thero has been a big1 robbery in Paris?" ho said in a con llduntiul whisper. "Well, I wouldn't mind bolting that- this man is Jeuu Ernest, the cleverest detective iu Franco, who is on tho track of tho thieves, nud has disguised himself ns a llshormnu from thn South." Tho two men looked ut each other, thanked tho iiuder-stoward,niid dived into their cabin, from which they only emerged when thn ship was ac tually alongside tho quay. I'oor Tro fume looked for them in vain. Thoy got off tho steumer unobserved by him, nud ho was left to Hud his way around New York as best ho could. How he went through tho rest of that day, whore he lodged at night, ho never knew. He began on the following day lookiug for the em bassy, asking tho way in his proviu olal French, and being laughod at and treated with contempt as an impostor, until sick nt heart, and thoroughly discouraged, he sat down on a door step and began to cry. Uncle Satnbuq might have journeyed to his nntive country to die, and thus have mndo things onsior for his heir. After a few minutes he plucked up courago aud determined to try agniu. Ho had just reached the end of the street when he saw one of the inon to whom the understewnrd had roferred him on tho steamer. He had changed his clothes and cut off his board, but Trefume was positive it was the same man. "Monsieur, monsieur;" ho cried, ruuniug towardB tho man. Whether the man heard the words or not, ho took to his hoels as soon as be saw the Frenchman running. "What I" said Trefnme to himsolf in an indigunnt tone. "This man knows New York as well . as I know Edoume, aud he won't help me I I'l' boo about thnt." Away they went, the stranger and Trefume. In vain the former doubled thia corner and that; his pursuer stuok to him nutil, thoroughly ex hnusted, the stranger took refuge in a bar and awaited the arrival of his pursuer. "So I have you at last I" exclaimed the Frenchman. "Why did you run away and give me all this trouble ? Now you must" "Hush I" interrupted the man, turn ing pale in spite of the violeut exor oise. "Don't make a fuss," he con tiuned, in excelleut Frenoh ; "that will be of no uso. Come and sit down in this oornor." , "Ah I that's bettor," thought Tre fume. But he simply looked know iugly at tho man aud took a seat "I know what you com to New York for," said the tnau. ' "Good again I" thought the fisher man ) but before he could speak the stranger continued I We can arrange this little affair, onu't we, without any further do. lay ? " "Of ootirse wo onn," exclaimed Tre fume, thinking still that tho mnn wns talking about uncle Snmbuq's for tune. 'That's ngreed. Now bow much do yon want P" "My fair shnro'repliod the French man. "I'll give you this pocket book it lias one hundred thousand franos iu French notes I hnve not hnd time to exchange them for 'Americnn uiouey. They are good. Y'ou need not be nfrnid that they are bad or stoppod. Will that satisfy you ?" One hundred thousand francs. II It wns nn immonso sum, but was it l fair share? How' much was uncle Snmbuq worth ? Is thnt my fnir shnre f " askod Trefume. "How much do you expect?" askod tho other irritably. "It was a gooii thing, but it wasn't a gold mine, and thero nre sevcrnl to share it. Either thnt or nothing. "Well, I'll take It I" snid Trefume, beginning to fear that ho might lost all. Vory wclll Now, you hnve this on condition thnt yon go buck in the Brotngiie, nnd the Bretngue Btarts in two hoiiri. And remember, you have never seen me t" "Done I" said Trofume. Tho pocket book was banded to him nnd ho scrutized the notos. They were all right. He tried to explain it nil to himself; ho was not clear on some points; but tho more ha tried to think t out, the inoro confused he would become. Only one thiug was clear; ho had succeeded iu getting a good slice of uuelo Snmbuq's fortuno and ; was a rich man. Thoy remained whoro they were foi i nn hour, then tho stranger went with to proenro a ticket, saw him safely on ' board, nud watched him until the shirJ started on its voyage across tho At Inutic. Thus it enmo about thnt mastel ireiumc, Having na.i mo gooei loriune 1o bo taken for n detective.becnmo the heir of uncle Sambuq, who hnd died penniless iu a uospuni n lew ween? before I I As to Trefnme, ho wns never able to arrivo at any proper understand ing of tliu nfl'air, but he did not worry himself miicii on that head, Later or work ami when lie liael L'lven up donned n frock coat, ho used to shuk( his head and declare, with much gravity, that in business matters those American fellows wore far ahead ol any other people. See how quickly they settled that the little matter ol uncle H imbqu's fortune. From the Franklin Strnud Magazine. War to bo Fought on Wings. Although much remains to bu ac complished before oitber submarine or aerial navigation bcoomos so per feotod as to oomo in useful for pur poses of war, it seems pretty safe to prodict that by tho end of the twenti eth century they will be regarded much as we view telephones aud elec- j trie light It is little more than hall n oontury ago since the idea of pro polling vessels across tho Atlantic by steam power was not only ridiculed by the loaruod in such matters, but proved to be absolutely -impossible. There is no impracticability in living under wntor or in the uppor nirjgivea proper appliauoes and both are well within the soopa of human endeavor. All that romaius, therefore, is to dis cover trustworthy means of pro pulsion and of steering, of sinking at will in the one case nnd rising at will in tho othor. Such trifles as these should be tho niorost nothings to me chanical science; iudoed, claims are already made on behalf of certain talentod inventors that both problems are practically solved. What warfare it will bo when one power holds su premacy in the air and auother power down among the fishes I That would, iudoed, be a praotioal illustration of the grim Bismarckian jest abont the whale and tho elephant Perhaps, however, by that time the winged sol dier will be rendered oapable of div ing as well as of flying, while the sub marine warrior may be given the fly ing fish faculty of shooting into the air. We make Bure that we shall soon bear these claims also, put forward on behalf of the iniraouloua Edison and the little less miraculous Goubet Loudon Graphic Telephone Versus Telegraph. It has recently boen pointed out. says The Philadelphia Inquirer, that already the telephone is used, by aotual oount, ton times asmuou as the telegraph the annual figures being put down about 75,000,000 telegrams audi 750,000,000 telepho.no talks. VENEZUELAN GIRLS. Thoy Ripen at Seventeen Into Cap tivating Creatures, Picturesque Cavaliers Court Them Through Grated Wlndowa At about the age of seventeen tho girls of Venezuela ripen into tho most astonishing beauty. Their eyes are of tho most lustrous dnrknes, their hair abundant, wavy, ami ns brilliantly dnrk ns their ryes. As a rule, thoir teeth are white and perfect. Their complexions ns delicate nnd trans parently lovely as tho petals of tho tropical night fluwor.nnd their figures ns supple and slender as lizards. Thoy are especially noted for their well mnde feet and hands. It is not un common to tind them well-dressed, with a grent gift of tongues, speaking easily French, Knglish nnd German, besides their unlive Spntiish fluently. Daughters of wealthier families nre usually sent to Paris for a few yenrs "finishing" in a fnshiotinhlo convent school, and they quickly acquire in the capital of fashion thnt grace nnd chic which is eminently I'arisiau. Taken altogether, ouc of theso Ven ezuelan girls, just homo from Franco, is as captivating n creature ns one oin woil imagine. Unfortunately for their beauty and charm, the ciiut'ite is abso lutely destructive. Only the most en ergotio can keep up nny regular exer cise, and without it in theso tropical countries this lovely bloom of their first years is almost as cvaucsoout ns the life of tho latest flower. It is entirely duo to thecliinnto thnt this is so, because in very many cases where tho girl is able to bring a sub stautinl dowor.the parents arrange for her a marriage in Europe, and somo of tho most beautiful womeu of the continental capitals nre Venezuelans, who retnin tlieir beauty well on into middle ago. If, however, their fate . is to return to Veueznoln they hnvo only to resign themselves to nn enrfy I flight of nil their physical attractions. I As a rulo and this rule is almoht .... xfiI)ti(111tllPV nro mrriud . . ... . . ,, . , , . ,., In,,ee(1i ,uo gre(ltcr lltlmber of ,unr. ringes nro contracted before the girl hns passed hor eighteenth birthday. The modes of courtship nro very like thoso of old Spain. The Venezuelan houses are mostly of two stories. The first door is upon I tho level of the street anil lea ds 1 straight into 'the central patio or court yard. This story is given up to the offices nud servants' quarters nnd i is very low. Tho floor above contains the reception nud bed rooms aud looks out upon tho s trout only by moans of a few grated windows, nud hore nnd there is a tiuy balcony. About sunset it is customary for the young swells to station themselves beueath there win dows upon horse back. The first story being so low they nro thus almost on a level with the balconies. The young men ride in the most picturesque fashion. Tueir horses are descendants of the original Span ish horses which were full of Arab blood and have the same arching nocks aud abundant wavy mauos aud tails. Thoy nre usually cream oolor, and thoir bridles are of elaborately braided and colored horse h.iir with huge sil ver bits. Their saddles are frequently lined with velvet, have high Moxican pom mels and are hung with leather tassels aud bits of shilling brass or silver. The horses are extremely well trained and will stands still as statutes with arch ing neck aud delicately poised feet, while their riders pay calls and com pliments at the grated windows, from whioh look forth dnrk and brilliant eyes. Girls of the higher olass are very strictly guarded. There are few balls or amusemeuts, so that thia twilight smiling through bars or bloonies is about tho moat exciting social expe- riouoo of their day. A little of this sort of thing gives tbem some idea of the desirable men of the place, and when one of the prancing cavaliers offers through the medium of bis parents his hand and heart to some peoial pair of bright eyes, her im pression of his attractions is usually suoh as she has been able to form tbronsh the gratings of a window. Love even under these difficult oiroumstances is usually the founda tion of a Veuezuehn marriage, for in a oonntry where life is so simple and inexpensive, considerations of con venience are not as imperative as in more sophisticated communities. As a rnle, too, the marriages are happy. The women are generally amiable and, for the most part, excellent house keepers. Love of their children is an absolute passion with both sexes and forms very strong tie between tha parents. Detroit Free Press. Thinks She Was Once Cat. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox bolievos ia reincarnation. She thinks possibly . she wns n cnt once. This is due, prob ably, to the fnct thnt ,she bestows much of her surplus affection, her in terest and the unanswered wondering of her heart upon Banjo.' Banjo is her pet cat He is, of course, tho most rcmnrkiiDie example of thn feline rnce that ever scampered nfteru fluttering ribbon or tried to chase its own tail Banjo is au aristo crat nnd he is intelligent One char acteristic that .Mrs. Wilcox points to with pride is Banjo's love of mice. Other cuts mny be nfrald of mice, bnt llnujo is composed iu their presence. At night ho slumbers in a downy pil low iu u warm- room, furnished ex clusively for his comfort Mrs. Wil cox declares thnt Banjo wns not always a cut. Klin has nn idea that in somo former existence she and Banjo were friends. It is her theory that the sonl goes into tho vegetable and mineral state from timo to time, and that oo. cnsionnlly it passes into animal life human beings, for instance. By cen tering our forces on a given point, Mrs. Wilcox, thinks, we can tell in advance the next stopping place ol our souls. "Over three-fourths of the inhabit ants of the globe," she said, "believo In reincarnation. I do not cull myself a theosopbist, bocAUse thoosophy is only a branch of a mighty treo of truth under which my soul finds shelter and truth and satis faction. There are too many doo trines in the world nnd not enough beliefs. I inn satisfied with my namo- less religion tho reincarnation theory. I believe their is a possible Christ iu each of us, aud the more noselfish we livo tho-more quickly we attain to it by lessening the future incarnations and hurrying on to the goal." Phila delphia Press. I Their niiifs iiartened the Moon. -"While I was on n hunting trip last mouth at Ionian, Kan., I saw a sight which few sportsmen have ever seen," snid cook Horinan. "One night, just ns it wns growing dusk, our party wns hunting on a lako where we had beon having good suoccss with duok. Sud denly the sky seemed to be clouded ovor, so thnt we thought a storm was coining up, but on lookiug to see what wns the causa of tho sudden darkness, wo discovered that immediately ovor us was a flock of wild geose, which literally covered tho sky for as far as the eye could reach. I do not believe I would be exaggerating if I was to sny thnt the gecso in that flight wore numbered by the tbousands. For half an hour we watched them flying by, forming nil sorts of pioturesqne groups like runps in the sky, shifting rapidly from one combination to another. They were flying just high enough to be out of gunshot reach, but I man aged to kill one tired straggler, whioh had fallen behind one of the big bunches and ventured where he could be reached by a long shot It, was a sight which I sholl never forgot, and I am still regretting thnt we conld not have got a crack at them. " Kansas City Journal. Last Stand or Maimed Fei. A fox was captured near Heaths ville, Va., roccntly, that possessed 1 1 1. v a 1 vrtnntf mn uuiy lurcg icgo. .Ju.vi. j q - were on their way to the village when a dog belonging to them atarted the fox and gave chase. A honnd belong ing to a neighbor was then tnrned loose to assist the other dog. When tho fox realized that there was no chance for his life be orouohod behind a bush, waited for the dogs to come nn, and gave battle.' He was soon dispatched, and on examination was found to be minus a leg. The missing member had been cut off, presumably by a steel trap, close to the shoulder and the wound bad healed np nicely. Those who saw the chase said it was wonderful what speed the fox eonld make, although thus disabled. The poor fellow has probably had to devise many a cunning trick and use bis wits to the utmost to prevent being canght by the many packs of hounds that have been hunting around here during the fall and winter. Bichmond Dispatch. What Did They Suspect. The overworked bunk cashier who was in need of vacation bad written to the agent of a steamship line to this effect: "Im a thinking of taking a trip to Central or South America, Please acquaint me with particulars Relative to rates of fare, etc., to and 'The answer oame by telegraphic "(Private and confident! of our steamships will 1 Honduras next Wednesday. ana quickest way out o: toe Chieaco Tribune. 1
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