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To the Editor Of TIE EVENING STAR:
1t is suggested that ladies who intend TO re-
ceive on New Years day allow their Christmas
evergreen wreatIs to hang in their paror WIN
dOWs until after New Year DIS an invitation to
their friends to call on the latter day. Q.
This suggestion would be worth more were 1t
not for the fact that many persons follow the
custom much older than that of making and re.
ceivinG New Year calls. Of leaving their Christ
mas decorations hang where placed until twelfth
night This fact would take away from the sig
nifcance OF the plan as suggested by our core
spOndeut.-ED. STAR
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A woman has been arrested at Leyden who
has confessed numbering sixteen persons to OBJ
tain Insurance money.
Robert Humphreys, Of Barlow county, Ky,
jealous Of his wife, peered through his bed
room, and saw what he fancied was the head OF
a man in bed. He fired, and fed. It was his
own child that he killed He was sentenced to
death; but before the day for the hanging he
escaped. This was twelve years ago Three
months ago several Barlow county men, pros.
pecting In Catoosa county, found him working
on farm under an assumed name, within Q
days walk OF the scene of his crime. He was
taken back to be resentenced. The commission
of lunacy has Just declared him hopelessly
insane. and he has been sent to the state asylum
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Another Cousin of A. r. Stewart.
SUING TIE WIDOW AND JUDGE HILTON TO RECOVER
HIS SHARE OF THE ESTATE.

SUING TIE WIDOW AND JUDGE HILTON TO RECOVER
HIS SHARE OF THE ESTATE.
St Adams dispatch to the Boston Journal saws
that another cousin OF the late A. 7. Stewart has
turned up In Vermont and Is claimant for a share
OF the wealth possessed by the widow OF the dead
merchant and Judge Hilton, the executor OF the es-
tate. The claimant Is John Stewart, resident In
Johnson, who says he was born near Lsburn I'm
County Antrim Ireland; that his fathers name was
Thomas Stewart, and that he was brother of AL
eXander Stewart, who was the father OF Alexander
Turner Stewart, the New York merchant.
He has already begun suit against Cornelia NJ.
stewart and Henry Hilton to recover his share OF
the estate, and has been to New York to consult
with l. E. Chittenden, who carried to successful
issue the suits OF Alexander and Matthew Stewart.
OF Proctorsvtlle, against the executor Of the Stew
art estate. On January 10th Judge Taft, of the
windsor county court viii attend at Granville to
take the deposition OF Mrs Isabel COsgrOve who
was born in the north Of Ireland and is the widow
OF Barney Cosgrove, who was an uncle OF John
Stewart. This claimant asserts that he can prove
by her his birth and parentage, and also his rela-
tionship to the late A. 7. Stewart.
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To the Editor or EVENING STAR:
Through the medium of your columns de-
sire To call the attention OF the public and the
authorities to the dangerous practice of the w.
and G.. r. r. Co. in running their cars down
Capitol Hill in slippery weather. When single
teams are in use the driver unhitches the horse
and the car slides down with the conductor at
the forward brake. In case the car is not heavily
loaded IL generally proceeds in safety down the
hill. turns the curve Of LIST street. and is then
checked i'm its further course. The whole one
ration s in itself Of most reckless nature as
has been repeatedly proven by the accidents that
happen from time to time. On last SUNDAY was
a passenger on the car that left New Jersey ave-
nue. at 2:15 p. M. There were quite number
OF passengers inside the car. and 1 stood on the
platform when the car moved down the steep
hill on its own accord, with the young conduc-
tar at the brake. Before the car was half way
down the hill it was evident that with the
terrific speed it had gained it would be impossi-
sible to bring Ii around the sharp curve at the
bottom OF the hill The brake was pOwerless and,
with lightning rapidity the car jumped the
track. ran across 1St street jumped the curb
stone and continued running on the sidewalk
towards the church, until some blankets, falling
under the Wheels, stopped its mad career. In
the meantime the passengers were badly shaken,
the windows broken and all movable gear scat
tered about. During the mOmentry excite
ment | could not learn Of any injuries received
by others, but in my own case l discovered
number Of bruises. large bump on my head
and consequently headache ever since, and an
acute pain in one Of the sides. small divcrg-
ence in its course would have thrown the car
against the formidable church building at the
corner or the lamp-post would have killed or
crippled one Of those at the forward end of the
car. Ii the Commissioners have no power in
this matter they should at once call upon Coz
gress 10 pass an ordinance forbidding the above
mentioned manner Of running cars down hills
without horses. small outlay would keep the
track N a safo condition for horses to precede
the cars, but it seems that the company would
rather endanger the lives OF its patrons than
make timely expenditures that may save it,
sooner or later, large amount Of indemnity.
w. C. W.
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HIS Great Western Cattle Ranch in the
Hands OF a Receiver.
From the New York Star.

From the New York Star.
Dorsey In trouble! This Is the beginning of
the end. He is man of rare attachments, and
hiight nave become prominent figure in public
allairs' But prosperity spoiled him. and after
all Ills star route jobbery, his great New Mexican
cattle ranch spturge, and his other equally wild
investments. I'm not surprised to hear that he
Is in the tolls at last
The gentleman who spoke in this tone of the
great star reuter- is prominent federal official
In this city. He was accosted in the lobby of
the post Office by a Star reporter YESTERDAY
afternoon and then heard for the first time OF
the appointment of Mr. James E. Temple as
receiver of the PalO BlancO Cattle company at
Springer. New Mexico, and of the further fact
that an injunction had been granted restraining
the company from disposing of any property or
increasing its stock.
Ex-senator Dorsey and the president of the
company, James W. Bosier, of Pennsylvania
(who died on the 18th inst), were the principal
stockholders. and they had business dispute.
Dorsey. who owns third interest. deposed the
manager, c. NJ WOolworth The latter alleged
That Dorsey failed to keep his agreement to sup
ply one-third of the funds for expenses extra
stock cattle, ETC., and he was therefore COM
PEELED to borrow money from President Bosler
In selling large quantity of cattle the proceeds
had been taken to repay the money thus bor-
rOwed from Mr.. Bosler. This caused Mr. Dor
chile possession Of the several ranches
This is thought to be the beginning of a very
important suit. involving the ownership of over
$500, 600 in the great stock ranches and improve
ments in Colfax county, N. M.
Three years ago ex-senator Dorsey was In
goo pecuniary circumstances. He was then
reported to be the sole owner of the New Mex
leo ranch, which embraced 10000 acres, and
upon whose rich rolling lands As. 900 head of
cattle were browsing. His home was build
ing of rough-hewn logs, two stories in height.
He had one fence that was thirty miles in
length, and cost $4,000. A museum and bill
liard-room contributed to the attractions of
Mountain Spring Ranch" The situation of
this far-western home is most delightful. 1t is
1000 feet above the level of the sea. Eighty
miles away, beyond the seemingly boundless
plains, the snow-crowned peaks Of the Rocky
Mountains were plainly visible Dorsey lived
there in almost baronial state. He appears to
have been greatly attached to his home in the
far west, and amid all the excitement and tur-
MOL of Washington and metropolitan life he
constantly sighed for the untainted breezes of
the mountains a0d plains of New Mexico
For some time past ex-senator Dorsey has
dropped out of public notice. His present finan-
cial troubles will once more make him an object
OF interest. His friends assert that he is vet
quite wealthy, and will come out of his embar-
easements unframed.
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from the Louisville Courier. Journal

An excellent story Is told about young man
whose attentions to young lady became the
subject OF comment. She was his companion in
his daily rides, and apparently they both en-.
joyed the propinquity. Suddenly the rides
ceased, and the young fellow was asked the rea.
son. He replied that che had called him a lack.
ass. and that he would not ask any girl to ride
with him after that. The lady's friends were
shocked, and asked for particulars This was
ms explanation '.You see, we had been SO
much together that I gave out In topics for
conversation. and when / took her out last
couldn't think Of anything but the weather. and
l said: believe it Is going to rain: / felt !
drop on my ear She looked at me and care
iessy said: THAT rain is half mile on Now
a a not that mean that Iwasa jackass with lona
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BETRAYED IN HEATH AND POCKET.
A Pretended Maid Who Fooled a Trust-
ing Lover.

Chicago special to the New York World
A suit just begun in the superior court pre-
sents some interesting features. The plaintiff
to it is G. A. Lomar, a carpenter and builder,
twentyseven years old, and the defendant is
Olive E. Logan, alias Mary G. Ball Lomar al
leges that about three years ago he made the
acquaintance of the defendant through the me-
dunn OF a newspaper advertisement. She was
young and cOmely, and easily induced him to
visit her at her home on 9th street. The woman
gave her name to her admirer as Olive E. Logan.
and claimed to be unmarried She Kept
house, she said for her brother-in-law, James
III. Ball, cooper owning little shop on 18th
street. He says she told him that Mr. Ball was
counting her, that he was insaney jealous of her
and that he would not allow any man in his
house after he returned from work, lest she
might be smitten with him, and thus Illustrate
his own hopes of winning her hand. She didn't
like him. though, she declared, and would never
consent to marry him. Thus, the plaintiff al
leges, he was never allowed to visit the house
in the evening. But during the day he had
things all his own way, took the fair Olive out
for drives in the parks and places of amusement
Their intimacy finally resulted in an engage
ment of marriage.
Being engaged to her, Lomar alleges he was
easily prevailed upon to lend his inamorata fire.
quent sums, of money, ranging from 800 at a
time to $40. She explained her borrowing, he
claims. by telling him that she had lawsuit
pending in Indiana. and that she expected it to
result in the receipt Of about Sc, 900. In the
yers fees, According to the plaintiff, Olive kept
up this game for three years In all their inter-
course, and in the letters she wrote to hm-a
hundred or more in all-she called herself Olive
E. Logan, and in one letter she signed herself
Olive E. Lomar. At the end of the three years
the trusting lover was dismayed on learning
that this was not her real name, but that she
had better title to the name of Mary G. Ball,
being the wife OF JAMES d. Ball. the pretended
brOther-in-law, and that she was the happy
mother of a boy seven years of age. Mr.. Lo-
mar now brings suit against his former sweet
heart for $4,000 damages.
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Parsons Christmas Presents.

FROM tne Detroit Free Press
II presume you have general idea of what
you will get in your Christmas stocking?" OBJ
served reporter to well known clergyman.
"Oh yes" was the smiling reply. 'It will be
about the same as last year and year before. 1
count on ten pairs of slippers, five dressing
gowns, six handerchiefs, five pairs Of gloves.
two silk hats, three canes and fifteen book
marks
land what do you count on?" was asked Of a
second member Of the CLOTH
"Oh. have list in my mind. Let's see
There will be five pairs of slippers. four canes
two hats, three pairs of gloves, ten different mot
toes OF Feed My Lambs paper weight, gold
pen and an eight-day clock''
The third clergyman smiled in sad way and
mournfully replied:
Put me down for TWENTY-FIVE dressing pbwns
tWenty.four pairs of slippers and thirty pen
Wipers.
But you may get an inkstand OR a shoe-box
or a motto?"
mo; it will be exactly what tell you. I've
been here eight years and never knew the list to
vary
The fourth one doubted whether he ought to
give 1t away, but finally remarked:
~ GU can put me down for ftty-two paper
weights. nave never received less than fifty
TWO, and sometimes as many as eghty-fiye.
nave over 400 in the house now, outside of all l
have thrown at cats"
The fifth one tried hard to get away, but after
being driven into a store and cOrnered, he said:
well, my congregation rather runs to hard
ware shall count on forty pairs of SCISSORS,
twenty-five bOouacks, fifty erasers, forty pen
racks and about thirty pocket knives"
stu another clergyman was interviewed as to
what disposition was made Of the surplus pres
ents, and he replied:
'Bless you! but it wouldn't do to get rid of a
single present! We simply box 'em up, label
the boxes and build an addition to the house
each year to store em away. Come up some
day and see my museum of natural wonders"
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The tunnel under Lake Michigan that is to
give water to Hyde Park, suburb Of Chicago.
has been carried out 2, 400 feet from the shore.
1t Is feet inches in vertical diameter and g
feet In horizontal diameter, and has been blasted
through solid rock.
At WILLIAMSON, Ill, quarrel over a small
sum Of money led to the killing Of al uncle BIZ
his niece.
The winnings Of Hanlan, the oarsman, during
the last five years, amount to $4,000. OF this
sum he has managed to save about 80 600, OF
which $50, 600 is invested In q hotel on Toronto
Island. He has wife and two children.
Sheriff Joer, of Starkey county, Miss. who
said that he ence rugged cannon bali over a
bough andjerked the culprit's head of, repeated
the experiment in the case Of Pleasant Hall on
Friday last; but Hall fell from the platform and
suffered the agonies of death by choking.
In the Cherry Lake settlement, Florida. last
week, while the mourners were singing and
praying around a colored woman for whom an
undertaken was digging q grave she spranQ
from her coffin shouting, 81 amt dead vet!
amt dead yeti" But the shock was too much
for her, and she Is now lunatic.
In view Of the approach Of the first anniyer.
sary OF Gambetta's death his friends propose To
get up great political demonstration at Nice
on the Slst inst, the day Of his death, and on
the 9th Of january, in Paris, the day OF his fun.
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The COLORADO AvALANCHEs.-Mention was made
In Mondays STAR OF party OF miners being over
whelmed by an avalanche at the Virginia mine.
near Ouray, Col A party that started out to their
relief narrowly escaped death from a second ava
lanche. The sledS, containing four dead bodies,
precfptce 500 feet high, over which they were
hurled. and there they must remain until spring.
The party finally reached Ouray nearly dead from
exhaustion.
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He Died a True American.
rom the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript
Why does that gentleman rise from his seat?
Because he gets out at the next station.
But We have not got near the next station yet
1 beg your pardon. From an American point
OF view. We are very near it; it is less than a
mile away.
See, he PUSHES wildly toward the door, and
now he is on the platform. Is he not in danger?
The only danger that he breads is the danger
OF losing One-quarter of a second.
Ah we are almost at the station now. Will
he not wait until the cars stop?
No, indeed; that would be a waste of precious
time.
There he goes. Good heavens! He has fallen!
The cars have run over him.
Yes, such thingsfrequently happen Ia America;
but you know when one is killed, half dozen
men jump off successfully. The chances of
death are only one in six or thereabouts
They have picked him up. His lips move He
is speaking.
Yes; he saws 81 die true American
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From the Texas News

''May have the honor to conduct your daugh.
ter to the supper-table?" asked a society gen.
tleman Of lady from the country. "May YOU
take her to supper? Why, Of course; and you
can take me, too. That's what we came here
for" ~
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DR.. Granville writes to the London Times :
MANY persons who are not by habit 'dreamers'
are dreaming great deal just now and wonder
ing why they do so. The answer is very simple
When cold weather setsin suddenly and is much
felt at night, the head which Is uncovered has
the blood supplied to it driven from the surface
to the deep parts, notably the brain-the organ
of the mind. The results are light sleep and
dreams. The obvious remedy is to wear a
nightcap or wrap the head warmly, at least
while the cold weather lasts. believe we of
this generation suffer more from brain trouble
than our predecessors because we leave the
head exposed at night and the blood vessels of
our cerebral organs are seldom unlOaded."
Brown says that fewer young men are lured into
the games than before the city began to derive
5000 annually from them.
1t was dull day In BARRIERS shop in Bangor.
Me-, and one of the lOungers offered him rs
cents for the receipts Of the day. The offer
having been accepted the lounger went out and
drummed up his friends, and the receipts reached
about $40.
The negro "Big Ike," who, while ATTEMPTING
to rob the bank at Durango, CAL. last week.
shot dead Bruce Hunt, son of ex-Gov. Hunt,
died Sunday night in the Jail at that place from
the injuries received In jumping headlong from
forty-fOot embankment to avoid being cap
tured. Just before he died he made comics
sion duplicating four others, who are all under
arrest.
DR.. Dudley A. Sargent, superintendent of the
gymnasium at Harvard, says that walking SIM
ply Of itself is Of little value as an exercise but
that spirited walk is one Of the best.
A hint is given to capitalists in southern sea-
board cities by the american Luabe,n,an, which
says that the largest vessels ever built In Bath
and other shipbuildlng towns In Maine were
made OF Georgia pine.
The San Francisco sand-lot, which never pos
acnA ar1x- h0n RA1l>
glory. In its palmy days one occasionally heard
there the voices Of demagogues who possessed
some degree Of yigor and originality at least,
but now even the regular attendants at the
Sunday meetings sheer openly at the mounte-
banks who spout curses and obscenity unre-
ueYed bg SINGLE ray of intelliranca
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Wednesday Waits.

eyes" said the Idaho man, '.it's dreadful un-
fortunate that my gal got Rugged by that ar
bar She's sort o. held me in contempt since
Boston Post.
young man named Darling lives in Fargo,
and when any one calls to him On tie street
every young lady within three blocks bushes
and looks around, gently saying, Ssh, sh."
1t sounds rather rough to speak OF q girl win
ming mans love. If she won 1t she must have
been playing tor it.-PhiLadeiphia Chronicle
Herald
''There is danger In the electric wire" re-
marked the criminal when overtaken by tele-
gram.-Neao York Commercial Advertiser.
In Salt Lake City the sidewalks are twenty
feet wide. This. probably, is to permit mans
widow to walk abreast instead of in couples
when going to his funeral.-OH City Blizzard
The Koran says "God is with the patient"
We are Inclined to think this statement was
written before doctors of medicine were in
vented.-Loueu Citizen.
After seeing the poem that AL Tennyson got
81 600 for, all we have to say is that we'll give
him fifty per cent to sell horse and a bull dog
for us.-Boston Post.
1t was Detroit girl that married at fifteen so
as to have her golden wedding when it would do
her some good.
two ladies were gazing at the large black
bear brought into town yesterday. one remarked:
"Oh, what a nice buffalO-robe his skin would
make!" The other replied. 'Or such q splendid
seal-skin sacQue."-Oa City Derrick
swell, my child" said fond father to his
little daughter. after she had been to church.
"what do you remember Of all the preacher
said?" Nothing" was the timid reply. ''Noth-
ing!" he exclaimed In severe tone. s.Now.
remember. the next time you must tell me some
thing Of what he says or you will have to be
punished" Next Sunday the child came home
with her eyes all wild with excitement. 81 re-
member something to-day. papa" she cried
eagerly: II am very glad Of It, :" said her father
What did he say3" ''He said, "A collection will
now be made!' "-Chambers' Journal.
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Carson City photographer treats each Gus
toner who will take it to drink of LIQUOR In
order to get the proper pleased expression" on
the face
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Yes; he says 81 die true American,
what Came of Being a Deadhcad.

FTOIll tne CNlcagO Herald.
"What little thing VII get away with a
public mani" said citizen Of Michigan, the
other day. "Only year ago and all we could
hear was 'Begole,' 'Begole,' the greatest and
best man in the state. He was the man of the
people, who would never truckle to the railway
monopolies. People were excited about the rail-
roads, and they looked up to Uncle Josiah as
their deliyerer. When the disclosure about Gov
ernor BegOle asking railroad for 'one of them
little red books also one for Mrs Begole,' came
out, our people refused to believe It, but now
that the proof has appeared, there is weeping and
waling. Why, sir, year ago Begole was talked
of up here for President of the United States
but now he couldn't be elected ditch master in
in back township. Asking for that pass killed
him dead in Michigan"
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The organlzat on 81 a seeret society 10 rrOteS,
hen r.sosls IN Caallen county \. J.. was Ior-
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
TIE MAN IN THE STEEPLE.
How the Metropolitan Chimes are
Played.

CHRISTMAS MORNING IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC
ABOUT THE sCFESCE OF BELLS As EXPLAINED By
PROF. wIDDOws-BELLS THAT SPEAK WITHOUT BE-
TSG TOCCHED-THE MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENT
FOR RINGING THE CHIMES, &C.