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LANGUAGE 70 ORDER.
A Witness VINO Spoke Any Way that Night
D be Required.
From the Territorial, New, Enterprise. q

| From the Territorial, New, Enterprise. -
In an assault and battery case, tried be-
fore Justice Moses a day or two since, a
Mexican was witness. The business pro-
ceeded as follows:
Judge-You speak English, do you not ?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Judge-Well, you will please go on and
tell what you know about the assault made
by this man upon this woman.
Wltness-Yes, sir.
Attorney-Ye ondersthand, sor, that ye
air to go on now and schtate to the coort
and jury what ye know about this case-in
yer own language, dye ondersthand
Witness-Yes sir, understand perfectly
we'll. You want me to tell the story in my
own language.
! Attorney-Exactly. Proceed, sor.
Witness-Este mojare venia mi la casa
Attorney-What air ye sayin'?
| Witness-Este hombre tombein-
Attorney-What is that ye air sayin'?
| What did the man do-what did he say
| Witness-Aque, sonora, 20 quere habla
uste-
Attorney Growing red in the face)-
What air ye .jabberin'-Italian, Frinch,
Dutch, or what?
Witness-I am speaking in my own Ian
guage, sir, as you requested me to do
am a Spaniard, sir.
Attorney I didn't name for ye to spake
yer own language whin | said for ye to
spake yer own language. 1e can spake to
me as I'm spakin' to ye, can't ye?
Witness-f can try, sir.
Attorney-Well thin, thry, sor. Schtate
to the cortland jury what ye saw OF the
assault
Witness Well thin, yer honor, this man
and this woman kim to me house, and sez
The man to the woman, sez he, want to
spake wild ye, sez--
Attorney-What do You name, sor, by
spakin' in that way?
Witness-Sure, sor, ye axed me to spake
IN the language Se use yersllf, sor, an sure
I'm afther thry1n to obleege-
Attorney--I don want any sich language
as that from ye, sor, l.
Judge-Just proceed in English, pie ase,
with what you saw ofIthis affair
Witness-With pleasure, sir. l should
have done so at first, but the learned coun-
sci seemed rather particular in regard to the
language III which he wished me to give my
evidence.
AS the witness proceeded with his story
the lawyer sat hopping his brow with his
baudana. and scowling black as thunder
cloud ON al in the room. '@
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Rulers of France Since 17e5.


Napoleon | assumed command of the
French army in 1895, and was declared
FIRST Consul under the Consulate December
25, 1875. In 1902 he was elected Consul
for lille. lie assumed and was declared
Emperor May 1s, 1904. He was defeated
by Wellington, at the battle of Salamanca,
October 10, 1912. He abdicated the throne
March 81, 1914, and started for Elba May
4 following. He returned to Paris March
90, 1915. Battle Of Waterloo june is and
Is. when he was defeated, and July 7, fol-
lowing was sent to st. Helsna, where he
died May 8, 1921.
Louis Philippe was elected Kiag Au-
gust 7. 1890. The revolution OF February
% and "a, took place when Louis Philippe
escaped to England. Louis Napoleon was
elected President December 20, 1848. He
assumed the title and prerogative of En-,
peror December Q, 1852. At the late wal
Pans capitulasea January %, 1871. aud
the Germans entered the city March fol
lowing. NJ Thiers was appointed Presi
dent February II, Of the sam, year Tht
present Republican constitution was adopt
ed February rs, 1875.
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A HuGE BELL.--At the temple OF Ularc,
in Kioto. Japan, is seen the largest bell in
the world, hanging in tower on the bill,
and as perfect in tone as the day it was
suspended. By measurement it exceeds
tae great bell at Peking China. and at Mos
COW. both OF winch are also said to be
cracked. Where the bell was cast and By
whom, is lost in the shades OF antiquity.
Chinese and SanscriE characters cover the
entire surface OF the bell, but no modern
Japanese scholar or pri4st ran translate
them. The bell is twenty-four feet in
height, and sixteen inches thick at the rim,
and, when the priest sounds il at eight
o'clock every evening, its majestic boom is
heard many miles down the sAlley. None
of tie els ii Japan have clarpers, z bul
ars sounded by suspended levers Of wood,
used like h.ttering ram, aud striking the
bell Oh the outside.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
Knight of the Enthusiastically night


A Knight of the Enthusiastically night
/ Puck.
Conkling's custom house hymn "Holt
the Port p -...
| Jones, Of Nevada, has great lode on his
mind.-N H Journal.
"Can marine animals talke Certainly
seal skln,-- Wor. Press. n.
/ Erennyson is steak eater. He loves a
little tender line.- N. Z. Herald.
/ Niagara Falls are haunted by witches
since the horseshoe fell down.--GraphSc.
The GOODNESS between the two sides of the
/ Senate is described as the icy-Thurmanal
line. e.-Ph5g Bulletin.
The latest furbelows, says fashion item,
are fur ank1ets. Fashions in furs can't get
| frlr-below that.-Nor. Herald. =--
In Switzerland donkeys have bells on
their necks. In this country it is not ua-
usual to see them with bellies on their arms.
--Lowe1 Courier. .-+ Ia s=a
| ACJ 66E eAC ALAlaA AhAks9 AVA os4 OaAeoA
is, Wo-rack-ta-c che -rish-he- -ka-h haw." II
means Oldham who-weats-out-the-b base
ment-of- his -pantaloons.- pr. Press.
They eat monkeys in Japan. They cure
hunger by the siaeia similbus curantur
| method. Explanations of this furnished,
ON receipt of request, accompanied by
stamps
The young man who took his girl out to
see the moons of Mars in looking glass
has been decorated with the order of the
Grand Bounce by her indignant father
Andreao's BGsGr.
Chow to Discourage Your Minister" is
the title Of an article in the newspapers
We known of no better way than to give
him donation parties. One or two of these
will bow them down to the ground.-Oa
CITY Derrick.
We would like to know why it is that a
young man can sit down, heaye sigh Or
two about the size of cider barrel and
then dash off dozen pages to some angel
of about II year old plumage, but when he
begins to write to his mother, he can scratch
himself bald-headed and then not get over
page and half.
Patterson used to be newspaper man.
o scissors.-P. I. Man. That explains a
thing that has been worrying US. If Pat
terson belongs to the Sisera family we can
understand his natural aversion of going to
Jael.-Phsladelphia Bulletin. We car
hardly s'credit'' it.-Gso5e Democrat. No
you can't "credit'' anything. However, Pat
son proved a ''foeman worthy of your
steal," for that paragraph was stolen from
the Norristown Herald. - Detroit Free
Press.
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Our Greatest Leak,
Pittsburgh Chronicle,

Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Indian committee of the House have
concluded 70 report favorable on the bill
transferring the Indian Office to the War
Department. Under the new regulations q
radical change will be made in our methods
of dealing with the Indians. 1t is to be
hoped we will have an Indian policy worthy
the name. Among other new and radical
departures, the Indians will not be regard
ed as separate nations. The government
has sustained for considerable period the
relations of guardian to the black man.
Now it's proposed to try the efficacy of a
mild sort of guardianship to the red man.
Almost any change will be an improvement
on the present way of doing things. How
anybody can seriously term that system"
where the relative attitude of the parties
to contracts varies as greatly as the attitude
which the government OF the United States
occupies toward the different tribes, sur
passes our comprehension. The govern
menf like the doctors, when they are push
ed for resources, varies it's forms to suit the
symptoms manifested by the savages. Suf-
fieient inducements are to be offered the
Indians to improve their behavior. The
army sill be employed to police their res
eryations instead of driving them like
cattle to fodder three months in the year,
and fighting them the other nine. "The
cardinal principle of the new Indian policy
that IS to be inaugurated by this bill, is ex-
act justice to the Indians, and firm ad-
ministration of the law for their protec-
tion." Such, at least, IS the statement Of
one who has perused the bill. There is q
great deal in this sentence. The people of
the United States have been taxed many
millions simply because they have not hon.
ored ten per cent. of the drafts calling for
''exact Justice
In this connection it is matter of sur
prise to us that anybody should be sur
prised at the space Secretary Schurz has
devoted to this subject in his report. It is
the thing above all Others that has cost the
country millions upon millions, often vast
ed wickedly, in addition to the unspeaka-
BILE sufferings entailed upon the pioneers of
past generations, and experienced at this
| hour: "Our Indian policy" is simply
another name for tremendous leak. AS
all along efforts have been directed to bail
| ing out processes, it is to be hoped some
means may be invented TO get at the cause
of the trouble, and stop the leak.
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A FATAL FLAT BoAT.-John B. Pain
ter, of Pittsburg, with a party of coloni-
zars, thirty souls in all, left that city on
November 80 in fat boat, intending to
travel by river to Arkansas. They launch
ed their boat about two o'clock, and had
only floated short distance, when one of
the steering oars broke, and the boat began
to drift with the current. Just as they en-
tered the Ohio River. the fiat-boat struck a
fleet of coal barges, and the flat-boat part
ed in three pieces, throwing the emigrants
into the water Some of them climbed
out ON the coal barges, and others were
rescued by skiffs. 4 Swiss family, name d
Rife, consisting of father, mother and two
children, aud a maa from Philadelphia,
lame unknown, perished. All the rest
were saved, although with the greatest
difficulty. One woman, with an infant,
floated several hundred yards before she was
picked up.
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BIondin in Paris.

Paris Letter nN Y. E,cning Mail.
The relgning SENSATION in Paris at the
present time is the performances of Blon-
din at the old Palace of Industry. The
building was erected for the "World's Ex-
position" of 1851. It is about 800 feet
long by 200 broad, an6 will accommodate
80, 1000 spectators. It was packed on the oc-
casion of Blondin's first appearance. Two
great poles or masts were erected 200 feet
.part, reaching an altitude of full so feet.
A wire rope was stretched across the top,
and fastened firmly by means of side guys.
The long rope was SO taut that Blondin's
weight did not seem to sink 1t an inch. At
each end of the rope was little platform,
on the back of which was a little inclosure
of curtains for changing dress Blondin
was drawn up to this elevation by ropes and
pulleys. He wore diadem of gold. with a
dress bespangled with what appeared the
same M ,terial. There was no net under
meath. 1t was an exciting moment when
we saw him take his pole and step out up
on the rope. When about half way across
he stopped, sat down on the rope, lay down
on his back, ETC., went across and back.
He next appeared in a closs-fitting dress,
walked out on the rope, and even danced to
muse of the band. He stood ON his head
ON the rope, and turned a asummersault,
first resting his shoulder on the rope. He
next shouldered chair and walked out,
placed it ON the rope and sat down on it;
then stood up in it; then put two legs ON
the rope and stood up ON it. He next ap-
peared dressed as cook, all in white, with
white cap. He shouldered a COOK stove,
walked to the center of the rope, placed it
on little arms extending ont on each side of
the rope. This he opened, rubbed his
sauce-pans and plates clean, started fire,
cooked four eggs, looking through each TO
see If it was fresh. These he ate, and top
ped off with glass Of wine; but happening
to take the wrong bottle his bowels were in
agony. He instantly took an antidote, rub
bed his stomach, and nodded stali right. !"
He then cooked number of pancakes and
threw them down to the audience.
His next pelfol nance was 10 walk across
the wire with his feet fastened In two wick
er baskets, is inches in diameter. He next
blindfolded himself, and put sack over his
head reaching to his knees, With holes on
the sides for his arms. In this condition
he walked across the wire. He next drove
himself across on veloc;pede. Lis last
performance was to carry a man across on
his back.
All this was done in such an easy grace
full, jolly, sanafroid manner as TO relieve
the spectators Of much of the anxiety they
would otherwise have felt.
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REMTNIscENcE OF NELLIE GRANTS
WEDDING. When Mrs. Sartoris, radiant
with happiness, had gone from homo and
kindred to cross the ocean and find new
ties with strangers, her wedding robe and
veil were the last articles TO be put away in
one of those zinc packing boxes that was
used TO preserve her silks from the effect
of sea voyage. An attache of the White
House took q porter up stairs to bring
down this last packing boz, which was i'm
Nellie's room He knocked receiving no
answer, he entered. Mrs. Grant confront
ed him, and by sign motioned him not to
permit the porter to enter, and laid her
finger upon her mouth to invoke silence.
The man glanced about tho apartment to
divine the cause of this imposed quiet.
Upon his daughters bed, his face buried
i'm her pillows, convuised with emotions, lay
prone and PROSTATE the grief-stricken
father who had gone through all the cere-
monies of that marriage day with dry eyes
and unmoved countenanee, but parental
love for a favorite child had conquered the
q belted sphinx only in the privacy OF bis
daughters chamber. Detroit Fres Press.
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HE GRABBED HER.--A good story is cur
rent in Lower Peoria, which has the. adai-
tional merit of being strictly true, at least
so we are informed. II seems that . Mile
sian gentleman of somewhat advanced age
has q SON, who recently went to his father
and proceeded 10 inform him that ho pro-
posed TO commit matrimony. On receiving
the announcemens the old gentleman said:
s.Well. my son. to whom ~ Miss Jane
So and So, 2 replied the son, naming her.
..Do yon love her !" was the next gpestion,
10 which satisfactory answer vas given.
..Is she good girl r. 'sYes, a. nice . GIRL
as there is in Lower Peoria" s'Wells my
son, hew are you going 20 support her; has
she any money r. ''Yes father, she has
81, 500 that know Of y Then, u said the
old man, rising from his scat, catching hold
Of his son and yelling out the words, grab
her ny boy; grab her, Dou't vail 40 ak
anybody d consent. lnasmneh9as the
wedding came off 4 compile of DAYS ago, we.
assume tho son followed the fathers ad
vics and grabbed her. Tsofia tIll. ]
Democrat.
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LES. RAIsToN.
The Gossip That is Current About Her.

+ Three columns of scandal or romance, as
the case may be, about Mrs. w. G. Ralstou
are printed insthe S. F. Chronicle. In 80.
odd, when Mr. Ralstou was steamboat
clerk, be visited New York and met in So
| ciety Miss Louisa 1horne, lady connected
with Commodore Vanderbilt's family. The
two became warmly attached, but their
union was opposed by her wealthy parents.
Her untimely death brought the romance
to an end, and her lover, inconsolable over
her loss, sought relief in the distractions of
business. An exquisite miniature, painted
upon ivory which she had given him before
her death, was never far from him. Before
he married Miss Lizzie Fry, he told her
with rare frankness that he never could love
her or any other woman; that he had con-
secrated his affection to one who had gone
before him; but if she, with the full knowl-
edge of the facts, would accept marriage
with him, he would make her as happy as
he could. She accepted the terms, and the
wedding took place; but although outward
" all wes4G fair with the married couple,
they were not mated. After her husbands
tragic death, Senator Sharon settled up the
estate, at an immense personal sacrifice, and
contrived to pnt Mrs. Ralston in possession
of over 100000. Late in 1875 she went to
Paris with the intention of takinga modest
house, living quietly, and educating her
children. On the voyage to Europe she
made the acquaintance of gentleman who
represented himself to be the son of an
American contractor in St. Petersburg.
She lived very expensively in Paris, and her
new friend was constantly at her house.
When she returned to San Francisco last
summer, she was induced by her friends to
convey what was left of her estate, much of
which she had already squandered, to Col.
J. D. Fry, in trust. At Rawlins she joined
her Paris associate, and, before she sailed
f,om New York for Europe, she demanded
Of Col. Fry reconveyance Of her property
and surrender of the trust When this
request was complied with, and the balance
of 100000 drawn she dispatched E. g.
Ames, a Providence lawyer, to San Fran
cisco with power of attorney. This is,
by implication, an expression of dissatis-
faction at the manner in which her estate
has been administered by Senator Shalo
Mr.. Ames has called upon the Senator for
an account of the estate, and has taken
pains to resent the insinuation that his eli
ent's Paris friend is rogue.
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BRITIsH COLUMBIA GoLD MINES. "A.
wv. Vowel, Gold Commissioner of the Cas-
slar district, British Columbia, reports that
the number Of miners has not at any time
during the last year ex ceeded 1,a00. includ-
ing 300 or 400 Cinnamon, and The yield has
been $500, 900, including 81 7s, 900 from Thi-
bert's creek. $4,000 from McDa,ne' j
creek, and ssl. 900 from Deafe Creek. The
season was not favorable on account of MI
merous freshets. IIethinks Thibet's cree K
may double It's yield next year. The Carl
boo district produces about $500. 600 anua-
ally.
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An Ill-omened Wedding Gift.
Mr.. Jennings in the n. Y. World

Mr.. Jennings in the N. Y. World
Mr.. Disraeli seems now to be looked up
on by the nobility, whom he has incessently
d me unce and chanactured, as their guar
dian angel. He must be present at their
| marriages; if he were elgeble he woull un-
doubtedly be asked to christen their chill
dren. It was curious sight to see him at
the Oratory last Wednesday, his face half
sunk in the Astrachan collar of his coat,
yet his eyes keenly observant as ever few
| things escaping them. 1t was pretty, too,
| to see him kiss the hand OF the bride and az
| forwards of the Princess Louise, who smil-
and seemed pleased at the eourtier-
| like grace of the Prime Minister. Then he
went to the wedding breakfast and made q
| happy allusion to the presents up stairs.
What would he have said if ne had spoken
his thoughts concerning one of those pres
ents-the necklace formerly worn by Mary
Queen Of Scots, (which has ever since
been in the possession of the Howard fami-
", as the newspapers say with awe? Per-
haps he will make of 1t an incident 10
some new novel, and tell US how the fourth
Duke Of Norfolk engaged poor Mary in a
sort Of marriage intrigue, she. doubtless,
hoping to gain her deliverance thereby.
Tie divorce from Boutwell, was to be OBJ
tanned, and the Duke, while processing
fidelity to the Elizabeth, believed that he
had completed all arrangements for de-
| throning her. But Queen Bess was wo-
man not easily tricked; she cut off the head
If her trusty liegenlan, the Duke. Per
haps Mary's necklace was sent TO him as q
| token that she consented to his scheme.
should have thought it rather an ill-omened
present to bride.
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How WOMEN play WnfsT.-Al

How WOMEN rLAY WHIST. AN women
pl IL cards alike. Wateh a woman at q
game Of whist and you'll get . pretty cor
rect idea Of low all v.,men play whist.
eLa me, Henry, is il ny play Let me
see-seeond hand low that's the first time
around Of that suit, amt it? Well. III
play-no, hardly think ! will-now you
stop looking at my hand did ypn see any
thing-of course I'm gong % play, but
must have time TO think-what's trumps--
spades. thought Ii was elnns- veil, Ill
no--yes- well, there r Then she viii
clap an ace 90 her partner's king and insist
on keeping the trick for fear she will be
cheated ont OF Ii IN tha final coant.
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The melting Of the Did fractional cur
reney plates, which has been in contempla-
tim for some time by the COMMITTEES ap-
pointed by the Secretary of the Treasury
10 destroy theirs, has been postponed for q
time to asy III The action Of Congress upon
suggestion thai specimens Of fthese plates
b deposited Id the Smithsonian Institute
q ! .eurios fur Forthcoming generations
ia gaze and wonder at.
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One q Ny Letters.

Three score and ten is not very green
old age If as astronomers assert, the period
of time in which this earth will be inhabit-
ed is as minute to eternity of its actual
existence. And yet some people really for-
get that they were ever young.
There she stood, the apple of their eyes,
trembling with suppressed weeps. Their
frowns deepened as the mother wiped her
glasses preparatory to reading letter found
in the girls pocket. 1t began, Angel of
my existance."
:.Wbat = howled the male parent. " ou
don't mean to say it begins like that? On
that a child of mine should correspond with
but pray proceed, my dear
"Hem! existence spelled with "a too!'
proceeded the mater.
"Why. the lunatic can't spell, chlpped
in the old man.
at is impossible for me to describe the
10y with which your presence has filed
me.''
"Then why does he attempt it, ass! but
pray, uOn let me iHttIiupA s'a'
go on; let JOY be unconfned."
II have spent the whole night in think
ing Of yoa CHATS picturesque, any Way)
-: and in bitterly deriding the obstinate,
besotted old whelp who will not consent 10
orr un,on."
"Oh! let me get at him. Whelp. Is thy
servant a toad that he should thus be spo-
ken off"
"But Theodorus, my dear, /" interrupted
his other half.
Yes, yes: one moment. ! was ABOUT
tn observe that the hand that could pen
snch words would not hesitate to scalp the
most cherished relative
Theodorus, didn't see this over the
l4af =
Eli let me see hum: Yours with all
the love Of my healt--Theedorus, May ~
1885. Why. bless my eyes, it's one OF fss
lptterst'' (sensation.)
Yes, pa" chimed in the Ul'ye branch'
II found it In the closet yeeterday-only
you wouldn't let me speak,
You may 80 TO the PARK, my calio'
J.ni we've made nice mess Of it.
| ..Yes. love- Next time we will look q
| the date first. ''--B0atoa Times.
z
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& ~. - . y
sHARp lIAcKMEN On Wednesday night
two entsrpri;ng hsckmen, who are usually
live 70 everything that may a''sment 'nelf
: t,.ns. combined bus n 8 with pleasure
hy means Of an imported joke. A. ti'e au-
dience as Ealdwin's Theatle was dep srting
me I,ack,nen stationed themselves az tue
d,,os u,tl, large and impressive umbrellas
ouep. The first lady win, emerged from
NE door gathered her dress up ana crlea, q,
!. pa. b the nnibft lsA--it's pouring
Tie ,,murella began to opens and those oe-
i Id nagined torrent. large number
81 N III a,,sai, nee ia gg1sd Tor haIf y block
II hefore they discovered the mistake, VINE 2
Il !, i number male frantic dives fer CARL
sass !. !, il HE dark. The effect of the lpke
,s was very indicrous 10 those ontsldes % s.
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