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A CRITICS COMPLAINT.


We met the other morning, and | told him TO
his face,
That his verses were prevailed by harmony
and grace
That made them quite refreshing, and / told
him was sure
That his patronymic musical would eyermore
endure,
praised his Bryon collar, and his melancholy
smile,
And vowed he looked romantic in his vener.
able tile;
told him as | quoted from his literary
sweets,
That he looked as meditatiye as the late la
mehted Keats
In ecstasy murmured that the world would
e'er applaud
His pathetic little poem to his cousin Lady
Maud
And furthermore assured him that his al
legory, Pet
In beauty quite reminded me OF Gareth ant
Lynnette.
| told him-yes, told hini-I told him all hi
lines
| Were us rich with thought and fancy as Ne
! vada is with mines;
| ! swore his iingles set my mind, like GLASSES
all elink,
| And he never even whispered, will you com
| and take a drink
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

At Scranton, Pa, Peter Powell fatally
shot his brother in quarrel on Sunday
June l.
V. E. Black, the tobacco merchant OF
Cincinnati, o., who was shot by the col
Ored drayman George Price, May so, died
June ?.
Certain females of the royal family OF
Burmah, for whose safety the British Govern
ment stipulated have been put in irons and
will probably be starved.
Troy Dye, formerly public administers
tor Of ) lcramento county, and his partner in
| crime, Edward Anderson were hanged at Sac
ramento May 49, for the murder Of A. NJ Tul
lis last August
A Portland, Oregon, dispatch says
General Howard confirms the report that two
men have been killed by Sheep-Eater Indians
at South Forks, Salmon river. Troops have
been sent after the murierers.
2 At 4 o'clock on the morning Of
June 9, the house of ex-Goy. c. K Davis of st
! Paul, Mimi, was burglarized, and property tC
the amount of 5000 taken. Suspicion falls up
on his hired man and he is under arrest
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CASUALTIES.

The eruption of Vesuvius is increasing
30 new craiers have been opened. They cover
several square miles, and all pour forth lava.
May 81, fire damp explosion occurred
in Glendon colliery, Mahoney county, Pa, in
stantly killing a boy and severely burning five
Others.
MAY 80, there were fires, more or less
destructive in Deshler Ohio, at East Toledo,
Ohio, at Mibury Ohio, and Forest fires in the
vicinity Of Huntsville, Mich.
The Russian towns Of Walnike, and
Gboje and four large villages in various dis
tricts have been burned, and thousands OF
peasants reduced to beggary
While John King and Walter Swan
were crossing the Niagara river at Lewistown,
n Y, May p, in a small boat 1t was drawn in
TO the eddy and upset and both men were
drowned
Eva Williams aged IA, and Emma
Davies, aged Is, Daughters of the proprietors
of the Chittenden hotel, at Columbus, o., were
drowned May 80, in the Oletangy river while
bathing. The bodies were recovered
A terrible thunder shower visited
Westfeld, Mass, Sunday evening June l. The
house of Mr.. Thompson struck by lightning
and damaged, and his wife supposed to be IA
| tally injured. He escaped with singed hair.
| At Menomonee, Wis. May %, Charlie
Clark and Charlie Wells aged respectively II
and IA had been fishing on the logs with other
boys in Knapp, Stout X Cos mill pond and had
all returned to the shore except Charlie Clark
who fell through the logs in getting towards
shore Charlie Wells Immediately went to the
other boys rescue, aud in attempting to save
him was also drowned.
Great damage was done by forest fires
last week along the lake shore north Of Mil
| waukee. Twenty buildings were burned near
Horns Pier, and also a number near Ahnapee
Many families were rendered homeless and
destitute About three miles of telegraph
poles were destroyed. cutting off communica-
ton with Sturgeon Bay where it is supposed
considerable damage has been done.
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A Drunken Deer.

1t Is stated by an authority that the
deer-at any rate the French deer-tor
all his amiable qualities gets drunk. But
only at this time of the year. He then
throws himself with avidity upon GER
tain tender shoots containing JUICE
which ferments in his stomach and IN
toxicates him to such an extent that ne
strays from his usual haunts and follows
his nose Thus it came to pass that
deer in liquor was discovered by peas
ant, also in liquor, lying dead drunk IN
a ditch ON the road to the village OF
Queu-en-brIe. The peasant, delighted at
the godsend, tied the deer's legs together
with handkerchief, and, having hoisted
the animal on his shoulders, prepared 70
carry him off The deer reused from his
drunken sleep by this treatment, became
SO troublesome that the peasant, VINO was
of an inventive turn, took of his blouse,
passed it over the deer's head ana I'M
proyised by means Of it straight jacket,
which paraIyzed the beasts movements
He had Just finished these intelligent pro
ceedings when he perceived two gehu.
armies, who, without more ado, requested
10 I've furnished with his name ana al
dress. in view of legal proceedings In
the meantime the deer, whose ices aao'
been united, scampered of a little en-
barrassed BY the blouse. to his doe ana
family, whose CONSERVATION at his strange
appearance may be imagined. He prob
ably had bad time of it when he reach
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door," replied the small offender, sand
that boy what licked called me names,
and then ! raI.ned for him, and ketched
him too, this way, mamma" and the
"Buccaneer' ran the length of the hall to
illustrate the manner of capture.
"Where do you think the bears are that
Miss Price told you about, Joseph?'
Il amt fraid Of no bears, y he replied,
striking an attitude which would have
done credit TO 'Bennicia." I'D lick
the bears too, mamma, if they coined
round here calling me names, and J
wouldn't care if | didn't have no clothes
on neither
What did / do with him! Well, his
father entered at this critical juncture
and when / say that Joseph's father is like
all the rest of the fathers, mothers will
realize how difficult it would have beer
for nae to do any thing.
"Whip him, I'd Ike to see anybody
do that with Mr. Smith around !"
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A NARROW ESCAPE.
HoCd Young Minneapolis Girl and a Chi
cdqO Companion Here Precented from
Entering Upon a Life of shame.
lChicago Tribune Nav 49,

HOU Young Minneapolis Girl and a chi.
caqO Companion Here Precented from,
Entering Upon Life of shame.
Chicago Tribune, May %.
Israel Messer, known all throughout
Cheyenne as slew jake" was yesterday ar
rested by the Armory police, charged with
attempting to reduce girls to prostitution.
Monday night business man living on
Thirty first street, reported that a female
relative of his and her companion, had been
induced to make preparations to enter upon
a life of shame at Cheyenne. After a vigor-
Gus search yesterday, the girls were found
in the rear of saloon at 66S State street,
owned by son of Messer's. Their names
are Maud Lewis and Nettie Shepherd. The
former is 10 years of age, and is the daugh-
ter of a dry goods dealer at No. 308 Fifth
street, Minneapolis. She has not been home
for over a year, and has lived
with an aunt in Michigan until a
short time ago when she came to this city.
The latter is Chicago girl and lives with
married sister at No. 121 Superior street.
She is only IL years of age, and came to this
city about one year ago from Louisville, KY.
A lady living at No. 235 Wabash avenue adj
vertised for sewing women about three weeks
ago, and both girls responded and obtained
employment. About two weeks ago Messer
was employed at the Louise 10 lay a carpet
and took advantage of the opportunity by
ingratiating himself into the favor of the
girls. Since that date he has seen them
frequently, and by falsely picturing to
them the pleasures of a certain life, easily
induced them to consent to go to Cheyenne
w. L. By his assurances, they were to re-
turn to their homes in a few years laden
down with money and diamonds sufficient
to keep them in ease the remainder of their
days. The girls understood perfectly well
what sort of life was in store for them, but
so finely had Messer deceived them as to the
pleasures they were to enjoy that they fully
consented. He then purchased for them
$3.50 worth of fine clothing, and it was Just
as Messer had gone to the depot with the
trunks containing this apparel that the po-
lice succeeded in finding the girls in the
saloon.
As nearly as the police have been able to
ascertain, Messer has been engaged in the
loathsome traffic for some time, but in all
previous instances it is thought only worth
less creatures have been sent out. He had
a business arrangement with Ida Hamilton,
keeper of a notorious resort in Cheyenne,
w. T., but she had written that no more
girls well known in Chicago were wanted
there, but that if she could procure two
strange girls she could afford to pay $50 for
each. Ii was evidently to comply with this
offer that Messer had induced these girls to
abandon virtue and hard work for life of
shame.
During the evening the prisoner was adj
mitted to $1,000 bad until to-day. Miss
Shepherd and her companion were taken in
charge by her relatives, and were quite easily
persuaded to abandon al thought of making
such trip.
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a crisp. One Of them is /. Troxen and the

a crisp. One Of them is L. Troxen and the
other one unknown. There are six persons
missing, supposed TO be burnt and in the
ruins. Fifteen persons are injured seriously
from falling, and about twenty slightly in.
jnred Every room in the hotel was occupied
principally by attorneys, witnesses and others
attending court Loss on hotel aud furniture
$4,000; insured $4,000. Loss ON the per-
sonal property Of coarders $4,000,
The Mark Lane Express of May 81, saws
Advices from Norfolk and ten other countries
are discouraging A large quantity of wheat
has been plowed in and the ground resown
with spring corn, and the estimated acreage of
wheat in these districts this year viii scarcely
exceed half the acreage growth, Farmers
continue to market the reserve wheat very
freely at country markets, but business is very
duh and buyers apathetic and prices slightly
declined. At Mark Lane the offerings were
made and previous prices maintained with diff
| 1culty The imports Of foreign into London
last Monday were $4,000 quarters. The
subsequent arrivals To Friday were
| 5000 quarters. At the commencement
of the week sellers Shove considerable
| frmness, but the return of fine
weather and weaker reports from America
deprived trade of its buoyancy and sales were
| difficult at previous quotations. Business was
| fairly active during the week as the retail
wants of millers kept sellers employed and the
| finer growths of spring American wheat were
in fair request Maize improved six pence pei
| quarter since Monday and considerable guam
! titles were sold at that advance but other
varieties of feeding corn sold at former values
With small arrivals at ports of call during the
week the floating cargo trade for wheat was
dull and prices declined six pence per quartet
Maize, with limited inquiry, was three pence
and six pence per quarter lower. Barley
steady. Sales of English wheat last week, IS,
672 quarters at II shillings pence per quartet
against 1854 quarters at 81 shillngs penc,
per quarter the corresponding week Of pre-
yieus year. The imports into the united king
dom for the week ending May 18th amounte,
to 443,2Sl hundred weights OF wheat and 256,
$40 hundred weights Of -four.
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hale expected she would drop down on
her knees and make another PRAYER for
thanksgiving. b. and | returned TO the
station house and told Captain William
son or the finding Of the money, and ask
ed him to LET the glri go, AS We had proof
positive OF her innocence. He said that
the law would not allow him to do that.
but that we would take Ter out of the
cell and let her spend the remainder of
the night in. the public room up stairs.
The pleasant task ct telling the poor girl
that we were assured of her innocence
was left TO me The Captain went down
stairs and bought her up. She was a
very pretty girl.
my grit said to her, when she
came up, the money you were accused of
stealing has. been found, and we all know
you are innocent You will be dis
charged in the morning as soon as the
court is opencd.'
The honest girl didn't get down on
her Knees and offer up any prayers Of
| thanktuness. Assured in her mind that
she was wal out out of the scrape, she
changed her tactics wonderfully. After
looking sccrnfnlly for "a minute at the
1
out into a string OF oaths halfa yard long,
and for fully ten minutes cursed Mr.. b.
and all his friends in style not to be OK
celIed by az expert bootblack. She was
able at prayer, but her praying capacity
was nothing TO her talent for swearing
There was .At sl cath or a vile name evel
heard by mortal ears that she did not ap
ply TO POOR g., and It was all done SC
quicilly that there was nothing eft fol
him but to stand aud take it like a lamb
After she got through he Gained her ex.
cited mind very maeh by putting $25 in
her hand She was discharged in the
morning; Mr. B. returned to Connecticut
AMI Judge G. sailed for California ours
ins the circumstances that would not Lei
him stay in the city long enough to pros
ecute the policeman who locked him
up
THUS, concluded the Jolly landlord
"did justice triumph, and rescue The
innocent from the hands of the spoiler.'
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ing. One is obliged to pay it or have the
dress unmade and yet when finished, it
is "only a two-dollars-and-a-half Dress
and never feels fine. Ifsome few upright
dressmakers would reorganize this price
question they would not only make an
eternal fortune, but win the undying
gratitude Of fellow countrywomen
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SAYS New York correspondent:
believe we are now down to the the ante
bellum rates. Indeed the cost Of mate
rails Is SO low as to be a source Of amuse-
ment. IF we could throw long folds Of
silk or muslin over us in the style OF an
tiaue drapery, and do away with dress
makers and their extortionate bills, nearly
every one could be handsomely dressed.
one can buy very pretty twill goods for
travelling costumes at ten cents yard.
Twenty-Five yards makes the dress. 80
s. so supplies the stuff, but it usually
takes SEQ TO $50 for the making and ind
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.
TuE son and herr apparent of the Khc-
dive, Prince Hassan. is dull, dumpish
young man, with small eyes, thick lips
and a sensuous cast of features He lives
in semi-rcgal splendor, maintains a pal
ace a harem and costly stud of horses.
and is n bon rirdnt of the first water In
the Russo Turkish war he headed the
Egyptian contingent, aud distinguished
himself by his quarrcls with Mehemet
Ali During the siege of Plevina he
lurked behind the fortresses Of the Quad
rilateraI, doing little or nothing to OBJ
struck the progress Of the invader New
ertheless, lie has been received in Eng
fish society, the University of Oxford has
conferred ON him the degree of ID. c. L.,
and fashionable circles have disccrned in
him many sdmirahlo qualities.
QUEEN VICTORIA has brought all her
children up with. ideas strict economy Her
daughter who married the Crown Prince
of Prussia, is, in this respect, child af-
ter her mothers own heart ON the oc-
casion Of large dinner, given not long
ago, her royal highness was seated at the
table with her back turned to the buffet
upon which the carving took place, but
on the other side Of the room, directly OPP
posite to her, long mirror reflected faith
fully what she was supposed to ignore,
and therein she saw head waiter take
chicken upon q fork, and, instead ofcary-
ing it for her guests, secrete it. After
dinner her royal highness went rs usual
10 the kitchen to see what had become OF
the Undiscovered TODD, for the servants are
not allowed to touch that, and finding
one chicken still missing the offender was
al once dismissed
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ed his own quarters, while the peasant
had TO reckon with the isgal authorities.
Thus we see how deer, as well 40 (. man
got into trouble through drink.
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ANNIE KLINE, the daughter of a Miss
issippi planter, became somewhat famous
during the war as a rebel spy, and was
once sentenced to death, but finally iiber-
ated Her family lost all its wealth, and
she subsequently went to California, hav-
ingimarried William Townsend. In San
Francisco, she started mandatory of
wax flowers and did very we'll until, in an
anti Chinese riot, her establishment was
burned. \ suit against the city for dam
ages failed, and at last accounts she had
disappeared with her daughter, leaving a
letter indicating that she meant to kill
herself and child.
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rs there any danger of the boa con-
strictor biting me!" asked a lady of the
Geological Gardens. Not the least,
marin, replied the Snowman; "he never
bites; he swallows his whites whole
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IT Is said Of the late Asa Otis Of New
London Conn, who left nearly $l,000,00O
to cause Of foreign missions, that probably
no man in the United States spent less
for personal adornment than he. He was
never shabby or Gntidy in appearance,
but he chung with love surprising that
of a women to a linen suit of scant mea-
sure in the simmer time, and "a suit OF
prehistoric pattern clothed him in the
winter season, He kept no horses and
did his marketing himself, carrying home
his purchases in large willow basket.
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Ar recent meeting of the British
Archaeological Association to statements
made that these articles were of recent
date, evidence was adduced to show that
they were we'll known to the Romans
The earliest examples, however, in Eng
land and North Europe appear to have
been of leather one of that material be-
ing shown. 1t was in use in County
Cork 50 late as 1920. A large number Of
examples Of brass, dating from 1900
were exhibited They were mostly found
in London, and some of the seventeenth
century have inscriptions.
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The Empress of Austria is good ten
ant. 1t is said that she has already eX-
pended on Lord Longford's place
in Ireland, which she hired the past sea
son, $4,000, and further paid $2,50Orent,
She has taken it for next season on condi-
ton that, prevented from going, she is to
be let off by paying bonus. 1t is curl
Gus that the Empress-Qucen of Austro-
Hungary should 90 to Ireland two years
running. and that the Queen of Ireland
can only manage visit twice in forty
two wears
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LEADvILIE, the new Eldorado in Col
orado is built exclusively of wood, and a
prediction Is current in the city that il
will soon lie burnt in order 10 let the car
penters and lumberers build it over again
Two attempts have already been made to
burn it; a guest of the Grand Hotel, com
ingup from dinner, found some shavings
in blaze under his bed and lot of boxes
and kindling in the rear of a restaurant
were lighted, but extnguished by the
cook, who happened to step that way
Still new houses are daily run up as if by
magic
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The greatest lafitu.lc IS permitted in
contrasts of color and variety of material
in MI costumes intended for home or car
riae,e wear. Garden, lawn tennis, croquet
and archery costumes are made as bright
and picturesque a. possible. All colors
and tones and tints. softly blending or
sharply contrasting. and made brighter
and gayer still with g1ld braid and gold
thread embroidery. arc brought into play
in making the hutterilY-like toilets that
fit here and thcrc over the green
yelvety lawns.
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a Boston telegraph clerk smiled when
he gave man THIS message from his
wife: "Unbo US child is born, nine feet
long by two feet %ide;" but the man
understooG il meant that he should buy
an Illuminated Easter text.
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Nj PARTON has recently given to the
public the poem Following the Drum, -
recited by Alexander Hamilton just be-
fore his duel with Aron Burr, which re
calls the fact that John Randolph ''ot
Roanoke" was moved to song on the eve
of his celebrated, but fortunately less ia
tai, encounter with Henry Clay, when, il
Is said, he quoted from memory the lines
from Milton, the first of which are:
GLOW mounfully sweet are the echoes that
start
When memory plays an old tune on the
heart
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In the Southern States it is estimated
that the churches members are divided
as follows Baphsts, 100000; $4,000
white and $4,000 colored; Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, 100000; Meth
odist Episcopal Church, 1872 900; African
Zion Church, 10000; Southern Presby-
terrain Church, $4,000; Lutheran Church
100000; Protestant Episcopal church
$4,000 Methodist Protestant Church
South, $4,000; Congregationalists $500.
"
ACCORDING to statistics recently col
lected by the Government of st. Peters
Jurg there are in Russia about 100000
insane persons The Russian papers have
been complaining of the Dad condition
and management of the insane asylums
which in most cases are of the nature OF
barracks rather than of hospitals. The
Russian medical organs have also been
taking the ground that insanity should
be legally recognized as sufficient cause
for divorce, since it is a transmissiblC
disease.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

THE English Wesleyans are showing
some hesitation about accepting the pro-
posal of American Methodists for an Ec-
umenical Methodist Conference. They
say there are differences between the va
nous branches, in doctrine and polity, but
it is hoped that these differences will not
prevent the holding ofthe Conference.
IT is said that there are no fewer tan
100000 persons in Holy Orders in the
Russian Church. The Holy Synod re-
ceives about 100000 rubles annually,
Of which one-half comes from the State
There are in Russia 420 cathedrals, 49,.
302 churches, aud 12,40S chapels. The
clergy in the rural districts suffer greatly
for lack of support. In 1877 1899 per
sons entered the Orthodox Church, among
whom were 653 Protestants and 1,33S
Roman Catholics,