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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-30
LOCAL LITERATURE.
The Merchants Exchange Has Conclude d
10 Hedge.
The Dallas County Democrats Escape
Of n Criminal.
Olhor Matters, Local In Nature
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
Pursuant TO the call OF Mr.. W. A. Sims,
chairman Of tho democratic executive COM
mit'eo OF Dallas county, the committee
met last evening for the purpose OF passlr x
upon the ACCESSIBILITY Of holding q county
convention, and after discussing the matter
the chairman was instructed 10 Issue the
following call:
To tho Democrats Of Dallas Csuny;
You are herebv requested to meet Ia your
respective voting preoiucta on Saturday,
May 10th, Mt O'Clock y. m. then and there
TO select delegate9 TO attend n democratic
county convention TO DO held in the county
courtroom on Saturday, May 18th, at ~
O'Clock noon. The said county convention
will bo held for the purpose Of selecting
deleg ates to the state conventions 10 be held
at Fort Worth and Houston. The prociuo,
meetings TO select delegates will be held In
the respective precincts nc they stood two
years ago, and az the voting places then
The representation IL on this
basis OF one delegate to every fifty
votes cast for governor Of the last election.
The d fferent precincts are entitled to the
following number OF delegates:
First ward, nix v0tee.
Second ward seven votes.
Third ward, eight otes.
Fourth ward, SIX votes.
Fair grounds, six votes.
Oak Lawn. three vnteg.
Farmers Branch. two votes.
Carrolton, one vote.
Trinity Mile, ons vote.
Richardson, eiPht votes.
Gold Spring, one vote.
Bales school.house, one vote.
Worthington, three votes.
Duck creek. tour votes.
Pleasant Valley, ,wo votes.
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The Old Grandmother.

Visiting The mother Of her little grand
child, go gradually and pitifully wasting
away by the drainage upon It's system from
the tffects OF teethiDg, sends the nur.e at
once 20 the druggist, procures bottle OF
DR.. Biggers' Southern Remedy, admins.
tering it soon restores rest TO the mother
and health 10 tho little one. IL will cure
cramp collie. diarrbn,, dysentery and all
the bowel affections. Price 80 cents. Ask
your druggist for IL. Manufactured by
Waiter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Georgia, pre-
prietor Taylor's Premium cologne.
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MERCHANTS EXCHANGE BUILDING.

Pursuant to the call Of President A. OPP
penheimer, Of tbe Meroh snts Exchange, a
meeting OF the members Was hald yesterday
ut y. m. for tho purpose of considering
The advisabilily OF adding another story to
the Exchange building row in course OF
erection. After deal Of discussion the
meeting determined not TO add an add.
,ionsl story. The idea OF an additional
siory was tina, the revenue from rent would
be increased and the same was opqo.ed on
the grounds that the cost would not var
rant IT. aud thpt the general good appear
sroe OF the building would be i'm paired by
az additional story.
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CITY COURT,

City We. J. Sanford aud q. Lud wick; dis
charging pistol in CITY limits; fined 81 saoh
City vs. Nellie Hawood; vagrsucy; fined
$3.50.
City Va. Clara Sinclair; vagrancy; fined
81 50.
City VS.. Fannie Brown; vsgrancy; fined
$3.50.
CITY Vs. T.. s. Weinrich; embe zzlement;
transferred.
City vs. Lou Anderson; vsgrancy; con-
tiDued.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF TEXAS,

The ex-consederates OF Missouri, Texas.
Arkansas and Louisiana will meet at
Dallas on tho 9th day OF August = ext. The
representatives of General Hoods brigade
were In the city last night and here will be
meeting to-day, to determine the time OF
holding their reunion. They will ia all
pro liability meet with the other ex-confed.
crates on the 9th of August.
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employed, says that tho article 10 question

employed, says that the article In question
IL totally unauthorized, that neither he nor
General Hmith had either written or said
anything about its nl.ns In general or In
detail. that they had no, even made an ap.
when such plans and estimates were made
they would first be presented 10 the city
courcll, NJ they ara the property OF the city.
The work has been kent back by delay IN
making the surveys M d sickness Of himself
Mr.. Davis ssyo that he will have all the
plans aud estimates ready to present 10
the city council within Two weeke.
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GOV. THnoCKmonroN's HEALTH.
A rumor prevailing hers to the effect that
Elk. Governor J. w. ThrockmortoD, who ia
in Washington city, was seriously i'll
Colonel L. j. Brown OF Sherman, who is
In the city, sent telegram OF inquiry 10
Congressman Olin Wcllborn aud received
the following response:
wAsHISGToY. d. C., April 29-To Colonel T.
J. Brown:
Thrcckmorton was never in better health
than now, OLlN WELLDoRE.
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A Now Drug Firm.

n NBW - - J,
MIR. NJ. Fl. Hickox, druggist. has removed
from his forner stand, No. COS Moin street:
one door west to the corner OF Main and
Lamar streets, and associated himself with
w, II. Patterson, drugcist, under the firm
name nrd STYLE uf HicEoI e Patterson.
They keep corps of polite, attentive, eilic-
lent clerks, skillful compounders. and the
store ia open day and night. Goods ana
prescriptions are delivered to any part oil
the CITY free OF charge. The store mas tele.
phono connection. They carry iull and
complete line OF drugs and druggists sun
dries.
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Tho Bellies of Uppertcndo IN

patronize Sozodont because 1t perpetuateS
md increases tire most important item IN
the sun of loveliness, beauty OF the teeth.
Let the mouth DO ever 30 email, o very
cupid's bow, il filled With discolored toeth
It is repulsive. Wh,ened and preserved
with this peerless dentifce tho teeth form
a delightful contrast 10 the roseete hue and
lovely curve OF pretty mouth. Sozodont
ia far preferable 50 gritty tooth powders.
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The announcement OF Col ] G.. SteYen'e
candidacy for the position.of justice Of III
peace OF pr5olrc. No /, appears In our col
nmns this morning. Most emineutly qual
flied is Colonel Stevens for tho place II
$40 ks, being an aoIe judge OF Law, au edu
Gated gentleman, replete witt excellen
sense, sound principles, and having extern
sl7o experience. He has been long clti
zen Of thi5 county aud was once judge o
HINT county.
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DIVORCE SUIT.

John II. Psrigo flied petition in rho
district court Yesterday prayin. for a
divorce from his wife, Rachel Peri
10, when he weddod in Dallas
county on the I5,h Of April, 1881, and lived
together until The 10th of May, 1881, He
charges ihat sho abandoned hB ned and
board, sskipped ont with J. w. Snow
for Washington county, Arkansas, where
they now resiie. Wherefore he prsys the
co art TO grant rim divorce.
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THE MISSOURI Pacific SLEEPER

Has proven great convenience TO thone
travelling between Dallas and st. Louis.
This sleeper starts from tho new "brick de-
pot" and runs through 10 st. Louis without
change, through the beautiful Indian ter
ritory. Berths are reserved in advances by
Il. z. Turner, at J04 Main street.
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Beware of Imitation.

beware OF Imitation.
We fud that in various parts OF the coun f..
try unscrupulous druggists, tor the purpose
OF masking g large profit, are pslming off on
too copGding pub ic worthless counter
felt of Ponds Extract under the plea that it
Is Just as good" and in some cages that It
Is Ponds Extract. Trust no druggist who
makes any such representations. Beware
OF oil such imposition. Insist upon. getting
the genuine article. take nothing lie aud
gee that the words Ponds Extract are blown
In the glass and tnat our trademark il on
the surrounding wrapper,
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InpOrtQnt.

Important.
When you visit or leave New York City
save baggage, expresses or carriage hire and
stop at tde Grand Union hotel, opposite the
Grand Central depot. Six hundred elegant
rooms, fitted mp 1t ces, Of 100000, re-
duced to 81 aud upwards per day. Euro
with tho best. Horse cars, stages and ele-
waited railroads TO ell depots. Families can
live better for less money at the Grand
Union hotel than in sny other frst-clcas
hntcl in the nifv
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Hickox ~ Patterson!

the druggists, who AFRO always looking after
the interest OF their customers, have now
secured the sale Of De- Bosanko's Congh
to are colds pains In the chest aud oil lung
ffe )tions. For proof coughs, try Tree
sam ole bottle. Regular size 90 cents and 81.
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One OF the mos successful farmers Of
Walton county, Georgia, Is Arssmas o.
Wright, so years Of age, who has been
bind from infancy. lie eau, 1t IL said.
maize NJ good a wagon or buggy, or g neat
q CO IN, OF do s5 god Work Ia the cooper
see lire, IS any o:hsr man In that neigh
boih poi.
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a nnrrnln In Lnnl.

Over 1000 acres of fine land, Iocsted in
Jones county, north Of Abilene and four
miles west of county seat, known as Her'
rison county school lands. located 1856.
with lasting water the dryest seasons. Pres.
emf prioe 80 80. JAS. X. IRON,
OysItOu Tex
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Everybody who ffeauena the Fort Encv
Gentleman Gusf' Il mile ON aud whe
be can be founc-seaind Tho bar o. the
Local Option, na1v saDo,. Unexccpticca'
BE l.auor and courteous attendance.
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Cool Beer

Tho finest and most elegant beer saloon
in the city ia that oil Mtssrs. Crozler q
Bohny, corner OF Main and Poydras
streets. They keep elegant liquors and
wines and the finest cigars in the city.
Their beer hos none superior TO II IN the
south in tho excellence OF its quality, In its
freshnees and GOODNESS. They, sell many
barrels every day, consequently they OIL.
ways have it lresn. They Offer . reward OF
$25 to any person who ever drank n stale,
fat, warm glass of beer IN their house.
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All fits stopped free by DR.. Kline's great
nerve restorer. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bot.
tie free to fit cases. Send TO DR.. Kline, 93l
Arch street, Philadelphia. Pa.
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Referring IN the article Of recent date 10
the HRnALD. copied from the Sanitary En-.
glneer. purporting IN give soms ides OF the
plans and estimate 81 the cost of The pro-
30 ed water wnrks extension Tor Dsliar, Nr.
Chester b. DAVIS, Of chicago, toe engineer
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Something that Will quiet the nerves,
give strength to tho body, nduce reresh-
ing sleep. improve the quality OF the blood,
and purify and brighten the complexion,
ia what many persons would bo very, glad
TO obtain. Carter's Iron Pills are made for
exactly this class of trouple', and are re-
markebly successful in accomplishing the
ends desired as named above. They are
useful for both men and women. Sold by
druggists. Price 80 cents box. See adVsr'
tisafneul
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Paper HanEIngs. -
Our spring stock Ia now complete. We
have msuy beautiful patterns aud designs.
Gall and examine.
HAMILTON & YOUNG,
800 Elm street
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Attention is called to the advertisement
OF Bruceline In another column, said 70 be
ever discovered. 90 Don't iail TO read the ad-
vertieement.
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Ponds Extrnt

Ponds Extract.
Why suffer from the acute pains OF
headache, earache, tootachr and neuralgia,
when P1nd's exlrac' will afford you imme-
liain raLlnI2
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Rogers Citrate OF Msgnssis is fine anti.
bilious, efIervescent drink. Prepared by a
Rogers Sons, 2sl Blocker street New
York
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~ am perfectly cursd," said James Cor.
bio, OF W.shburn. Illinois, thanks 10
DR.. Riohmonds Samaritan Nervine." AT
Drnprihla
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Burnetts Cocoaino.
Soiten's the hair when harsh and dry.
Sooihes the irritated scalp. Affords the
richest lustre. Prevents the hair from fall
ing of. Promotes its healthy, vigorous
growth.
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Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure Is
sold by ne on a gusrsnlee. Ii cnTes con
u,notiop. Sold hvJ VI. House DALLAS.
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Cow Ponies for Sale.
Fifty good COW ponies for sale by the
Texas n Mexican Land g. Investment CON-
psDy, T23 Main street.
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Frank h. M nnn. eign painter. 500 Main st.
Gle 90, AKA. is. Vltla cDros OF oistSt-
ants i.s temporary retreat. lts new hsil
WILDE large enough to allow elbow room
for the customers also.
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j. l.. Williams
Has sold drugs in Dallas longer than ca
other man. He will not be LEFT in the rau
| Go and see him
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate,

AZ An APPETIZER.
DR.. Morris Gibbp, Howard City, Mich.
says; 81 am greatly pleased with 1t 40 a
tonic; IL ia ma Agreeable and good eppeii'
gfrn
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Amt Your House

ROSE CITY MIXED PAINT
Produces rich, glossy surface, will not iane
nor chalk OF, but remains hrm ana dura'
HAMILTON n You've, S2j Elm stree, dsal'
ers in wall paper. window gl&es, paints, or
fists M aterials. picture frames.
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n ths cattle men Of Texas wish to have a
good lime this yesr they must chew
iEprirvH toracco
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rhs Galveston News cigar for sale ct
I. l.. WrLLIAMs' )ru Q sto re
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The "spring" sweet uSvy plug tobacco is
the Texans fsvorite'
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yaue. Calvert 3 Co.'S Mixci Paints.

Having been appointed sele agent for
this well-known and reliable paint l am
prepared to supply consumers and the
trade ct manufacturers prices; This pain,
has been extensively used In this state tof
over fifteen years, and has given universal
subtraction. The company authorizes me
X. SHIELDS.
Dealer IN window and plate glass, wall
a.. -, dnur oh sdoa oic G22 Elm 81 rect :.
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Hurnett's Cocoaine,

Main Street Entrance
To the Clear Lake saloon 's through Ed
Martins livery stable.
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Railrosders gst tina Hunstsbls Scotch bot
sor,. hooto
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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

The standard estorGtive--espeoislly in
cassH II oo.vousness--isS anl.rlt Nervine.
IL 40
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Thote suffering from Dyspepsia, Indiscs.
ton, etc., should read the advertisement
OF Colien's LIQUID Beef Tonic
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Rru,,y for Emergencies

Ready for Emergencies
Nothing is so handy 10 have In tho house
az Bsnson's De pcine Porous Plasters. Highly
IL Medicinal. % cents.
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GOV. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. :

Little Joker" is the bes, smoking to.
harnn
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There Is q secret ABOUT

Mexican Female Kennedy
Which oil ladies should kdow. See cur
Circular a. your druggiat.
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Firc and Burglar Proof Safes, Vaults
hand. General agents for Nonpareii
This Ia the ID est article Of its kind In !
crs, Globe Alarm TIL Drawers, type
ton store Trucks. ea-Give ia trial
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DoorS, etc; big ocS constantly or
Refrigerator; large stock o. hand.
he market. Con binatiOn Cash Draw
the Hughes Patent Com hin n
before purchasing elsewh ere
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23
mysterious Grimes.

One of the keenest and most mercl-
less Of Partisan usurers some fifty year:
ago was one Guibert, who not only
lent money at extortionate prices and
compelled his victims to take part OF
the loan i'll bad and worthless goods.
but engaged in absolute swindling,
lie was convicted and sentenced tC
imprisonment, but by powerful III
tluence and the use of money
he avoided his punishment, to
the intense disgust of the community
at large, but especially of the many
people he had swindled or ''bled.n He
had been assaulted several times, end
so never appeared in the streets alone.
One day, as he was passing along the
Rue Louis lie Grand, Guibert was shot
in the arm, but as no n had seen the
assailant, and as he made no complaint
the theory that the pistol had been dis.
charged by a jealous woman was set
afioat and accepted. Eleven days later,
as GuibeTt and his brother-in-law, Fer.
luc were passing along the Rue Neuve
st. Augustine, the former was shot dead.
A c0chcr, jumping from his coach, col,
Jared a young man as the murderer
but the man shook off his grasp with a
laugh and the exclamation:
what do you mean2"
Several other mel bu stled around
them, saying:
This is a mistake. This isn't the
man."
All this confused the coachman 50
that he released his prisoner, who walk
ed away uncOneernedly. The police
made some twenty arrests, and put a
watch upon every one of Guibert's
debtors, but the usurer's murder was
never fonnd.
just two years before that to a day,
a still more mysterious crime had been
committed inside of the bank Of France.
AS NJ. Bouron, "A snb-cashier, was
passing along a dusty corridor, leading
from the central safe to his desk, hav-
ing under his arm a package containing
more than 100000 in bank notes, oae
man throttled him while another seized
the money. BOuron a powerful man,
shook them off and shouted 'tMurderi''
when the clerks and Waterman ran to
his aid. One of the robbers lowered
his head and made a dash for the street
he butted two or three over, but was
finally oyerpowered. His accomplice lei
surely adjusted his hat and cuffs and
walked calmly out of the place, no one
knowing as yet that two had been con
cerned in the attempt. The handsome
and well-dressed-man was taken to tie
police Office. but on being asked his
name he drew a pistol and blew out
his trains. Though one hundred thou
sand persons inspected his etligy at the
morgue, and the bank offered a great
reward, no one ever identified the dead
man, nor was his companion even heard
nf
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of wOollen cloth along the sides and
tops. The opening at the bottom of
doors is usually the largest. For these,
take pieces of small scantling, of the
proper length, and cover with old:carpet
or other convenient fabric, stuffing the
side which goes against the door, with
wool, or cotton, OF even hay, to make a
sort of cushion. Whileit is well enough
to have the kitchen door open directly
into the room in summer, it is very I'M
comfortable for the inmates in winter.
If possible, a storm door which can be
closed before the kitchen door %isopened,
should be provided. This may be made
in such a manner as to be taken away
In warm weather and stored for fur
ture use. Sleeping rooms in farm hous-
es are usually cold. Those who suffer
from cold feet should not be deferred
from making themselves comfortble
through fear or being thought "old
womanish." If one cannot sleep on
account Of cold feet he should warm
them. Bottles of hot water will answer,
but are not so good as blocks of soap
stone. Blocks Of hardwood, that have
no %tuIpentlne, if placed in the stove
oven early in the evening, will be found
excellent foot warmers. In driving in
the country in very cold weather, a foot
warmer of some kind will add greatly
to the comfort of those making the
Journey.
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There Is a queer old curiosity shop
in Fetter lane, London, which many
years ago was a circulating library and
was much frequented by Dickens. The
ancieut and eccentric dame who is the
proprietor has many "reminiscences of
the novelist, for whom she had a great
liking. In those early days Dickens
was a deyourer of sensational novels,
and was particularly attached to the
lawless Turpins and the daredevil
Kidds who figured in some of the 70.
mances of the time. He never went
away without a pile of books under his
arm, which he used to return at his
next visit. Dickens, so goes the story,
was generally accompanied by a friend
named Wiffen, who was apprenticed to
a gold and silver smith close by. These
two and the old DANES husband,
who is a master printer, used to sill
long together in the little shop, where
the details Of the last new novel, the
ldSJ uiultCl, blIC ldtSOG IOlSCI1i VI phN
most recent sensation were discussed
with a ferYid eagerness which grew in
intensity as the moments flew by.
Wiffen was a boisterous youth, full of
animal spirits, with a hearty, exhilerat-
ing laugh and ahOt temper. One men,
orable evening these two had a rare
quarrel, and the old dame gives a vivid
account, which it would be impossible
to describe, of how they quarreled
about FennimoreC ooper's "Red Rover
which they had both been reading.
Wiffen denounced the American novel
list sOundly for abusing the great Eng
lish nation and for praising his own.
Dickensl took up the cudgels on
his behalf, and protested with unusual
fire that a novelist who took any other
course was a base renegade. The dis
pute waxed warmer, and Dickens
snatched the unlucky volume and
hurled it at the head of poor Wiffen.
However, peace was made between
them, and no more was said about the
matter.
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A Lean rear German.

The large and imposing domicile on
Franklin street, a few doors above
Pearl, Baltimore, which has of late re-
NAMED vacant by reason of its having
acquired the reputation of being in
hablted by the invisible and intangible
citizens of the unseen world, was re-
Gently metamorphosed into a scent
where fairies and spirits of flesh and
blood were the actors. The place was
brilliant with light, decorated in floral
splendor, and radiant with beauty.
A number of well. known society young
ladies had conceived the idea of giving
a leap year party to their gentlemen
friends, and being impressed with an
appreciation of the weird and fantas.
tic, concluded to use the dread abode
of hobgoblins and apparitions for the
occasion. Elaborate preparations were
made, andit proved to be an interesting
affair. The toilets were of the utmost
richness and loneliness; flowers blOomed
upon the walls, and music, sweet
enough to charm the ghostly inhabi-
a nts themselves, floated through the
spacious apartments. The party whiled
the happy hours away in the may waltz
and the inspiriting quadrille, after
which a collation. was served, and il
any ghostly visitor appeared it must
have been at the banquet, judging from
the supernatural rapldity with which
the yiands disappeared. Interesting
features of the occasion were the grace
displayed by the ladies in choosing
their partners for the German. and
the bewitching manner in which they
offered propositions of matrimony.
All the expenses connected with the
novel event were betrayed by the fan
ones.