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STATE SPECIALS.
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A FATAL FRACAS At EAGLE PASS
@eF~-
A Mexican woman Killed aud u Lieu
tenant In the American Army
shot-w, u RaIIston Indioted
for Murder ~ nrenham,
Miscellaneous Matters,
Special to the Herald

Special 90 the Herald
San Antonio, April d. 80 An
Express special from Eagle Pass say'i
During fNcas at Mexican iacal near
town Inst night n Mexican woman was shot
and killed. Lolut, Decker OF the Twenty
fourth United States lphntry,was shot IN the
mouth and severely wounded, Several shots
we're fred. John Rollins, soldier Of the
Twenty fourth Infantry was observed COM
ing from the scene Of tho murder, and, ro-
sisting arrest was fred upon by the Deputy
Sheriff and missed. lie WAS subsequently
arrested Snd held Ms the principal 10 the
affair. An inquest Is now progressing
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Washington, April 13.-Money order and
registered letter privilege of mails were to-
dsy. BY order of the Postoffice Department,
denied TO Massich G.. Cossulich, S. Plassano
and ]. Garcia, all of New Orleans.
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Notorious Murder Trials.

New York, April 13.-The second trial Of
Billings, for the murder of his wife, began at
Ballston, N. Y, to-day, and the third trial of
Bucholtz, for tho murder Of John Schultz,
began at Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Killing rrostr In e.eorrie.

Augusta, Ga, April la.--Hesyy frosts tor
the last three nights have killed the fruit and
vegetables in this section. The damage has
ham extansive
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Special TO the heialu'
Austin, April l3.-r. L. Hutchinson, esq,
of Breckenridge has been appointed District
Judge, vice Judge Flemming resigned.
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Augusta, Ga, April lS.-Dr. L. Bland,
who was shot in the election riot at Edge
feld, N. G.. yesterday, died to-day.
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r...o. pr,nt Fnctorx nurred.

New York, April l8.-Henry Austin q
Co, p cotton print factory burned last night.
Ioss 81 800.
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New York, April lathe American min
ing expedition was organized here to-day
with 152 members. Business will commence
on Nav LIST,
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The Garmans For Hancock.

N. Y, World: Yesterday morning
the Executive Committee of the
German American Independent As
sociation held a meeting at No. 200
Third avenue and adopted the fol
lowing resolutions;
Whereas, the past history Of Gar.
field and Arthur, the nominees of
the Republican National Committee
of Chicago, does not in our judg-
ment offer any guarantee of a pure
administration in the event of sue
cess of the republican ticket; and,
Whereas, the unblemished char
acter and indisputable integrity of
Hancock and English, the nominees
of the Democratic National Con
vention of Cincinnati, are guaran-
tees of an honest and efficient ad-
ministration under their leader
ship; therefore,
"Resolved, that we hail with de-
light the nominations made by the
National Democratic Convention
,.s recognizing the principles recog-
nized by us; that we form central
committee to be known as the Ger
man-American Hancock and Eng
llsh Central Campaign Committee;
that we invite the district TO forth
with organize themselves into dis
tIict campaign clubs; that we in
vite the co operation Of all indie
pendent citizens. so that the cause
of honest government may be tri-
umphant II ext November.
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Terrible Scene in a Theater.

A terrible scene took place in the
Teatro del Circo at Madrid a few
days ago. During the performance
madman forced his way into the
house, armed with a hatchet, and
contrlved to climb from the audito-
rum upon the stage, where, bran
dishing his weapon furiously, be
announced himself to the terrified
audience as "the Avenger of Man
kind" Upon one o: the attend
ants approaching him with the OBJ
ject of persuading him to Withdraw
from the stage, he smote the unfor-
tunate man to She earth with one
deadly blow; and he managed to
keep the police of, when they at
tempted to arrest him, by whirling
his latchet round his head with
such force and swiftness that none
of the ''agents of authority" dared
to rush in upon him. Presently,
however, party of soldiers made
its appearance in the theater, under
the command of an officer, who
summoned the raging maniac to
give up his weapon and surrender
himself, but in vain; whereupon the
detachment received orders to fire
at him with blank cartridges, in the
hope of frightening him into sub
mission. All this while he was yell
ing at the top of his voice, flourish
ing his hatchet, and threatening to
kill any body who should approach
him. Recognizing the impossibility
of ofoverpowering him without risking
the soldiers lives, the officer in
command gave the order to load
with ball and fire upon. A minute
later the wretched man lay a corpse
upon the stage, three bullets having
passed through his head; and, this
highly sensational dramatic episode
having been thus brought to a
close, the audience returned to their
places, from which they had fed in
terror when the madman made his
first and last appearance upon the
stage, and the evenings perform
ances were resumed at the point at
which they had been interrupted by
"Mankind's Avenger."- London
Telegraph.
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parish minister was to pay a visit
of examin alton to his school,. As
he was, of course, desirous that his
pupils should show off to the best
advantage, he gave them an extra
drill the day, before the examina
tion.
CHOW" said he, addressing his
pupils, when you read before the
minister to morrow you may leave
cut the ticks, though you must
think as you go along, for the sake
OF elocution."
So far, so good. The next day
the minister was ushered into the
schooi-room by the master, who
with smiles and bows, hoped that
the training of the pupils would
meet his approval.
Now it SO happened that the first
boy called up by the minister had
been absent the proceeding day,
and in the hurry the master had
forgotten to give him his Instruc-
tions how to read. The minister
asked the boy to read chapter in
the Old Testament, which he point
ed out. The boy complied, and in
his best accent began:
"And the Lord spake unto Mo
ses, saying tick, speak unto the
children of Israel, saying tick,
tick, tick, and thus shalt thou say
unto them, tick, tick. tick, tick" "
- i
liked a shower bath on the poor
master, while the minister and his
friends almost died of laughter.
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Pond Lily Culture.

A tub of some kind, some gar
den soil and water, are all the re
quiTements. A tub may be made
from a portion of cask, and if de-
sired it may be sunk in the ground.
Place in the tub good soil enough
for the roots, perhaps a quarter
full will be sufficient; put in the
plant; it is not necessary to plant
it, merely pressing the stem into
the soil will answer. The big af-
fair which passes for the root is re
ally the stem, which lays along the
bottom of the pond. One side OF
this produces roots, which take a
strong hold of the soil, as every
one who has tried to get up one
knows, while buds producing the
leaves and flowers are on the upper
side. Whea the tub is filed with
water no further care is required
during the summer, except to sup
ply water as it may be needed, as
it is not likely that the rain will
make up the loss by evaporation
Unless the tub can be so pro
teoted that it will not freeze solid
it should be removed to the cellar
on the approach OF cold weather
Only enough water need be left in
the tub, when it is moved, than
will be needed to keep the sol
moist.
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The Bows Discovery.

Alameda Reporter: We have the
smart boy in Centreville. To ex-
plain all, must first tell you of his
father. Like many gentlemen here
he takes his cod liver oil aud whis
Ky each morning OF course such
an opportunity of impressing tenn
perance principles upon the youth
ful mind could not be lost. So,
each dose went down with a shlver,
terrible frown and exclamation,
"Boo! could stand the cod liver
oil, but this whisky"-another shiv
er-"is dreadful"
Our boy listened and stored it
all up in his youthful mind. The
other day he was cleaning out the
top shelf of closet for his mother.
"Ma, what's this2"
Mother looks cautiously and
smells:
"Ohi rancid cod liver OIL" soon
another bottle IS handed down, an
other and another; contents vary
ing from a teaspoonful TO half a
cup, "spoilt cod liver OIL" AT last
the youngster raised his eyebrows
and gravely remarked:
"Ma, it's funny that pa let's all
his good cod liver oil spoil, but
never a drop of the whiskyp
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A Dead Give Away.

London Referee: She stood in
the effulgent light of short tallow
dip, waiting for him at the front
door at A. NJ. He came. He was
husky. She didn't mind that. He
was drunk-she was used to it.
"Jim," she said softly, knocking
him down so as to drag him up to
bed easier; "Jim, did you voter
"Yesh, dear"
"You've been long time"
"Yesh, love, poll did't close till
jest now"
"Where's the money!
"What?'
"The money."
"My dear, l don't understand" "
Didn't they pay you for your
votep
NO"
She looked at him playfully, with
toa constructor twinkle in her
eye.
"It's time women had the fran
chise," she muttered; "the men
amt up to it.''
Then she rolled him under the
bed, to be out of the way, and in
the morning she got him into an
asylum, under the new Punch and
and Judycature act.
HE gave his vote for nothing"
she said to the magistrate.
Dangerous lunatic,' wrote his
worship; and at the next election
there was q voter short.
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Tell God.

A curious story is told of the
wreck of large British coal ship
which founderod far out at sea, last
June, OIL the coast of California.
The sole survivor was a Portuguese
sailor named Lopez, who was
picked up, lashed to a raft, as he
drlited In the path of al inward
bound vessel for Puget sound.
lie was taken TO the Marine Hos
pital at Port Townsend, and after
a week of skillful nursing became
sensible so as To relate his extraor-
dinnry adventure. He had aoated
with dozen companions helpless
ly in the Pacific for ten days,
without food or water. One after
another his shlpmates died from
thirst, until he was alone with the
last survivor, and he was dying.
Lopez said 10 him.
George. do you think you arc
going TO GodI'
On receiving an affirmative reply,
Lopez added, with all the intense
ness of despair, when You get
where God is tell Him Lo send rue
some water"
The dying man promised that ne
would do so, and soon breathed d
his last. Shortly after, a copious
shower fell, and Lopez was ena-
bled by its help to hold out until
rescued, as stated above, on the
twenty second day after the sink
ing OF the ship.
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A Prediction About Hancock's Penn
sylva1ia Mai ority.

n. Y. World I'd: Major General
Ii. w. Slocum and family, of
Brooklyn, sailed for Europe yester-
day in the mship City of Ches
ter. Just before the vessel sailed
he said to a reporter that he would
return about the middle of Septem-
ber as he earnestly desired to take
part in the approaching canvass.
"On my return" said the Gener.
al, 81 shall take the stump for Gen
eral Hancock and shall be ready to
do anything or go anywhere that
may be required. L think l shall go
West 10 Indiana and Illinois,
where there are some of my old
boys of the army. They are lots Oi
them there and should like to
meet them again"
what do you think OF General
Hancock's chance of an election?'
was asked.
He will sweep the country like
a hurricane" was the reply. 'He
will certainly carry Pennsylvania,
for he was by far the greatest sol
dier that State contributed to the
war and the Pennsylvanians are
very proud of him. The soldier
element there is very large and he
will have all that in his favor. His
majority will astonish people" ="
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4 BIRD STORY.

It's strange how little boys mothers
Can find 1T all out as they do,
If a fellow does anything naughty,
Or says anything that's not truel
They'll look at you just moment
Till your heart in your bosom swells,
And then they know all about it
For q little bird tells!
Now where the little bird comes from
OrwEere the little bird goes,
If he's covered with beautiful plumage,
Or black as the king of the crows,
If his voice is as hoarse as a raven
Or clear as the ringing Of bells,
know not-but this l am sure Of
A little bird tells!
The moment you think thing wicked,
The moment you think thing bad,
Are angry or sullen or hateful,
Get ugly or stupid or mad,
Or tease dear brother or sister
That instant your sentence he knells,
And the whole to mamma in minute
That little bird tsllsl
You may be in the depths of closet
Where nobody sees but mouse,
You may be all alone in the cellar,
You may be on the top of the houss,
You may be in the dark and the silence,
Or out In the woods and the dells-
No matterl Wherever it happens,
The little bird tells!
And the only oonCriya4ce to stop him
Is just to be sure what you say
Sure of your facts and your fancies,
Sure OF your work and your play;
Be honest, be brave and be kindly,
Be gentle and loving as well,
Aud then-you can laugh a. the stories
The little bird telsl
--IJune Wide Awake
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A Monster Meteor.

A recent dispatch Both from
Macon, Ga, says: Near twelve
O'Clock last night a meteor as large
as a barrel, starting from the ze-
NTH, plunged down the north east
ern sky and exploded with a report
that reverberated for thirty sec
onds and shook the earth at this
point. The meteor was a about
five seconds falling, during which
time the city was lit up as by cleo
trio light. Much excitement pre-
vailed in the negro quarters, the in
habitants rushing into houses, clos
ing doors, and filling the air with
screams and prayers. The time be-
tween the disappearance of the me-
teor and the report was about three
minutes"
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Household Helps.

Dry paint can be softened and
removed by an application with a
swab, and solution of oxalic acid.
Never touch lettuce with
knife, as it impairs the flavor and
destroys the crispness of the leaf;
always tear it apart with the fin
gers.
When it is necessary 10 chop
suet for any culinary purpose, If
flour is sprinkled over it while
chopping, it will prevent the pieces
from adhering.
Fish, when fresh, have firm
flesh, bright, clear eyes, rigid fms,
and ruddy gills. Lobsters and
crabs must be bright in color and
lively in movement.
To CLEAN PAINP.-Mix common
whiting TO the consistency of com
mon paste in warm water; rub the
surface to be cleaned quite briskly
with a piece of flannel dipped
in the whiting, and wash off with
pure cold water.
DRIVING AWAY ANTs.-Fake car
bolic acid diluted with water, say
one part acid to ten parts water.
and with a syringe throw this Ii
quid into all the crack, and holes
where they nest. and they soon van
ish. Cockroaches are also driven
away by it.
SPONGE CAKE.-Take four eggs,
two coffee cups of sugar; beat the
eggs and sugar well together; two
coffee. cups Of -four, two table
spoonful cream of tartar, one tea
spoonful Of soda and two. thirds
of a cup of boiling water; add tho
water last and lemon To flavor.
This, though apparently very thin.
will be delicious cake.
PINE APPLE TART.-Take ono
pineapple, pare carefully remove
all specks; measure, and take the
same quantity in butter, one cup Of
cream, five eggs; stir butter and
sugar to n cream and add IL TO the
pine apple, previously grated; then
add the eggs, well beaten, and the
cream. Line your pie plates with a
good crust and bake to a light
brown in a moderate oven.
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A Mouse on a Spree.

A mouse recently intruded him
self into lady's chamber, and
found upon her toilet table small
vial Of whlsky--which, IL is but
fair TO say, the lady used tor the
benefit OF her .crimps. The vial
was stoppered with a paper cork,
which. of course, was saturated with
whisky. The mouse nibbled of the
top of the cork, and finally succeeds
ed IL drawing IL, and then regaled
itself with what the paper had alb
sorhed. Under the stimulus thus
secured it had made its presence in
the room very evident, and care
ful search for il was promptly in
stituted. 1t was soon discovered
in the drawer of bureau, stretched
out at full length on a comfortable
bed, dead drunk. When 1t was re
moved and thrown upon the ground,
the shock restored it to partial con
sciousness and TO a staggering ef-
fort at locomotion. Moral: IL is
not safe even 20 smell the cork Of a
whisky bottle.-[ Norristown Her
aid.
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A Woman's Patient Suffering.

Manchester Mirror: A lady died
in this city last week at the age lof
sixty-four years, whose life was un-
usual in its course, in some re-
spects, if not romantic. About
forty years ago she arrived in a
farming district in the suburbs, a
perfect stranger, and called for ac-
commodations at G small tavern.
About two months after her arrival
here she gave birth TO daughter.
Her bills at the tavern were prompt
ly paid, and she became resident
Of the town, supporting herself and
child as a housekeeper for various
families. When the child was
eight years old she was adopted by
one of the best families in the town,
and finally died at the age Of thir-
teen years The mother continued
to act in the capacity of house
keeper, and finally performed this
service for q wealthy wldower,
who at his death, left her the sum
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A Faded Town.

Detroit Free Press.
Michigan men who have lately
returned from Custer City assert
that the glory of the place has for
ever departed. In these days when
a stranger in buckskin, loaded down
with knives and revolvers, enters
the town and yells that he is the
great Rocky Mountain lbex and
spelling to shed gore, no one gives
him a second look. If he jumps
into a saloon and slams down a bag
full of dust and calls for the drinks
for the crowd, the saloonist won't
touch a decanter until he opens the
bag to see If it isn't filed with
brick=dust. There was time when
man could stand on the public
square and banker for a good old
fashioned rough and tumble fight
and get it before he could flop his
arms and crow twice, but that time
has fed. He can stand there and
banker and crow and flop, and the
old residents will laugh in contempt
and ask why he doesn't start a taf-
~ lOuuuIy y III OuobST.
There is no fun there any more.
When a man jumps into hotel
dinlng-room with a bowie-knife in
his teeth and a revolver in each
hand, he can't hit anybody if he
shoots, and as soon as he begins
shooting, the guest nearest him
rises up and then knocks him down
with a piece of cranberry PIE, or
hits him in the eye with boiled
potato. 1t used to be great sport
for Wild Bills to ride into town on
mule and shoot and yell and
whoop and slash until every body
was driven Indoors, but it is not
done any more. The last one who
tried it was knocked off his mule
with quart can of tomatoes and
taken before the court, when His
Honor said:
"Thoughtless and giddy boy, you
probably don't mean any harm, but
a feller who can't even wouCd a
a cross eyed dog in firing twenty.
four shots into a crowd shouldn't
bO oNOh III SANACA SAJ1s hN oNh
tence of this court is that you have
your hair cut, your leggings ripped
off, ana then be kicked out of the.
city, never to return under penalty
of having your ears cropped"
Men used to go toiling up and
down the street picking their teeth
with huge knife and asking where
the graveyard was, but even this
game OF bluff was cut short last fall
when the constables attached the
toothpicks for debt and chucked
the pickers into the basement lock
up on suspicion tina. they were
looking around to steal old axes
and buck saws. Hardly a month
ago the "Great Tornado of the
Plains" was knocked down with
an axe handle and run in and fined
$25 because he stood on a barrel
and yelled for some one to tread on
his liver pad, and thereby disturbed
four men in a house near by who
were reading tracts.
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of $4,000. For three or four
years past the lady, who was always
very highly respected by all who
knew her, has been an invalid. She
went under an assumed name, and
never told any person here the sto-
ry of her misfortunes, nor where
she came from, nor who were her
relatives until within a year or two.
IL appears that her parents, who
lived in Vermont, brutally turned
her out of doors when her miscon-
duct became apparent, and she was
obliged to seek an asylum among
strangers. During all the forty
years she lived here, her early mis-
fortune and the cold-hearted con-
duct OF those who should have
pitied and shielded, weighed heavi-
ly upon her mind, and she was
rarely seen to smile. She never
saw any Of her near relatives after
she was driven from home, nor did
she ever make any inquiries con-
cerning them. She left property to
the amount of sbout fifteen thou
sand dollars, dividing it among her
friends in this city.
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Say Tick.

The following example illus
trates in ar amusing manner the
absurdity of the ancient rule for
minding the stops in reading.
A country schoolmaster, who
found it difficult to make his pupils
observe this difference, in reading
between a comma and a full point,
adopted a plan which he flattered
himself would make them prof
cient in the art of punctuation. 1t
was this:
In reading, when they came to a
comma, they were to. say tick;
when they came to a semicolOn,
they were to say tick, tick; to a CO.
Ion, tick, tick. tick, and when to
full point, tick, tick, tick, tick.
Now, it happened that the wor
thy master received notice that the
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said Mrs. Spoopendyke, dejectedly.
"What are they doing up here?
1 see; oh! 1 see; this is supposed to
represent me making dive. When
| get this on, I'm going head first.
Where's the balance? Where's the
rest2 Give me the suit that repre-
sents me head up" and Mr.. Spoop
endyke danced around the room in
fury.
;::Just turn it over, my DEAR" said
Mrs. Spoopendyke, "and you are all
right"
"How'm going to turn it overY'
yelled Mr.. Spoopendyke. "S'pose
Pm going to carry around steam
boiler to turn me over when l want
the other end of this thing up?
S'pose I'm going to hire man to
go around with a griddle spoon and
turn me over like a fiap-jack, just
to please this dod gasted old bath
ing suit? Dye think | work on
pivotsY'
"Just take it off and put it on the
other way" urged Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, who began to see her way
clear.
Mr.. Spoopendyke kicked the
structure up to the ceiling, and
plunged into it once more. This
time it came out all right, and as he
buttoned it up and surveyed him
self in the glass the clouds passed
away and he smiled
81 like it, he remarked, "the
color suits me, and / think you
have done very well, my dear;
only" and he frowned slightly, 81
wish you would mark the arms and
legs so 1 can distinguish one from
the other, or some day 1 will pre-
sent the startling spectacle of re
spectacle elderly gentleman hop
ping around the beach upside down.
That's ALL"