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A Famous COniurOr.

Everyone. SAYS Household Word,
has heard of the great Robert Houdin.
Besides beng the prince of co@njurors
he was an able mathematician and
mechanician, and his electric clock
made for the Hotel de Vile. of his ma
tive town of Bios. obtained a medal
at the Paris exhibition. 1t was not
generally known that he was sent to
Algeria by the French government on
a mission connected with the black art
probably the first time hat a con-
uror has been called on to exercise
his profession in government employ.
The details of his expedition have been
published. Its object was to destroy
the influence exercised among the
Arab tribes by the marabouts, an in
iuence often mischieyously applied.
BY a few clumsy tricks and impostures,
these marabouts pass themselves off as
sorcerers. No one. it was thought,
was better able to eclipse their skill
and discred:t their science than the
man of the ineXhaustiblc bottles. One
OF the great p%retentions of the mara
bout was to invulnerability. At the
moment that a loaded musket was
fired at him and the trigger pulled he
pronounced Il few cabalistic words and
the weapon did not 90 off. Houdin
detected the IT. ok and showed that the
t%ouohhole was plugged. The Arab
wizard was furious and abused his
French rival.
"You may revenge YOURSELF" quiet
ly said Houdin. Take a pistol. load
it yourself. Here are bullets. Put one
in the barrel, but before do ng so mark
it with your knife"
The Arab did as he was told.
You are quite certain now" said
Houdin, that the pistol is loaded and
will go off. Tell me. do you feel no
remorse in killing me thus. notwith-
standing that l authorize you?"
You are my enemy" coldly re-
piled the Arab. Il will kill you"
Wthout replying Houdin stuck an
apple on the point of a knife and
calmly gave the word fire. The pis-
toll was discharged, the apple flew far
away and there appeared in it's place.
stuck on the point of the knife, the
bullet the marabout had marked. The
spectators remained mute from stupe-
faction. The marabout bowed low be-
fore his superior.
allah is g~reat!' he sid. II am
vanqu shed.n
Instead of the bottle from which. in
Europe, Robert Houdin poured an end
less stream of every description Of
wine and liquor, he called for an emp
ty bowl. which he kept continually
full of boiling coffee: but lew of the
Arabs would taste. for they were sure
that it came direct from the evil ones
own coflee-pot. He told them that it
was in his power to deprive them of
all strength, and to restore it to them
at will, and he produced a small box.
sc light that a child could lift it with
his finger, but it suddenly became so
heavy that the strongest man present
could not rai sc it, and the Arabs. who
prize phys cal strength above every
thing. looked with terror at the great
magica an, who, they doubted not,
could annihilate them by the mere ex-
ertion of his will. They expressed
this belief. Houdin confirmed them in
t, and promised hal on a day ap.
pointed he would convert one of them
into smoke. The day came and the
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Snail POuitices.
SHiIIl
PhiiadeInhia Press

ihliuueiilIdI Icss.
"One dollar a pound VIII be paid for
live snails' was an advertisement in a
city paper one day recently. A Jewell
er on P~assyunk avenue was the adver-
ser. The morning following his
printed offer for unscalped specimens
a long line of boys, old women and
colored men stood patiently waiting
for the jeweler to open his shop. ..One
dollar 4 pound had set thousands to
work sna l-hunting. The unaware
creatures were pounced upon in eel
lars and alleyways; all their damp,
Shiny hannts were invaded by battal-
ms armed with sticks, jugs and cans,
and by daylight the hunt was over.
Small boys with Il few ounces of snails
and several pounds of TT deposited
their moist treasures in the jewelers.
hands. received a dime, and left with
uncomplimentary remarks about his
weighing scales. An old man dumped
two pounds of assorted sizes, and
grinned as 4 couple of liver dollars
ratified down into his pocket. The old
women had been pretty good hunters.
too, and bagged large quantities of
the game. All the morning the little
ewelry store Vas bsieged by snail
%catchers, and before noon the market
price had decl ned 80 per cent. The
fall IN value had little effect, however.
for the rush continued till closing
time. Before 6 O'Clock snaiIs we're a
drug on Passyunk avenue, and sports
men could not realize a penny a pound
in their captiyes.
In an interv CIV held with the adver-
tiser and purchaser, it was discovered
that the snails were to be used for
medical purposes. Some days ago a
published article On eczema, or skin
disease. mentioned the case of a rom
inent English Dean, who was a suffer
err from this troublesome malady.
While walking in his garden one warm
day, suffering intensely in the burning.
itching rash that covered his BODY, q
family of snails clinging to the under
side of a cool green leaf, suggested the
idea of applying them to the affected
skin. Laying a few upon the singing
spots. he discovered by this heroic,
though repulsive, treatment a simple
remedy for the disorder. According
to the jewelers. statment, this article
had led him to advertise for snails,
having been afflicted with a trouble
some cas- of eczema for thirteen years.
A weeks experiment with the novel
remedy has relieved him considerably,
and the prospect is that the snail
market will recover from last weeks
collapse. Should the treatment prove
effective in this prevalent disorder it
will be welcomed no less by the med
ical profession than by the sufferers.
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The English Wesleyans are much
concerned about the persecuti ons to
which Their members are subjected a
the hands of State Church landlords
and clergymen in the rural villages.
At the recent Wesleyan conference in
London the subject vas warmly dis
cussed. This treatment is not exper-
fenced in large towns, where Wesley
ans are allies. but in country districts,
where they are regarded as a~cclesiasti-
cal poachers and made to feel that
they are under a ban.
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advantage of it. If the tables were
t1rOcd fhav would n,ornb l.,

advantage of it. If the tables were
turned they would march in on u.s."
''And at this very tlme," said a
Union officer to me last April, 1--WE
were getting out of that place as fast
as men could be got over one bridge.
We were looking every minute for the
Confederate troops to rush in upon us,
and if they had done so we would have
been utterly ruined. Pope's army,
when jackson got behind him. was at
a picnic compared to our situation
that night" And when | told him OF
Jackson's plan for enabling his troops
TO know their comrades, he said:
'fabius Maxlmus is the. only Other
man who ever lived who ever thought
OF such a thing. and mis- soldiers didp't
have the materials. "-Louiscille Cour
Ter Journal.
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Dispatch . from the city Of Mexico
state this I thera 4. I .trc,n f.a,:.

.ag - l. 1910 ySYI@S
Dispatch . from the city Of Mexico
state ths t there is q strong feeling
There abb ,ut avoringacommerciala and
fi,aalaeas ! alliance with England, and
Chat = is believed London Capitalists
woa0 like to secure control 81 the
GeAr al and National railroads; also.
ma the English government IL not
AZ erse to making a strong friend ST
= exico, the policy being to build up thc
country and secure the growing trade
now being diverted to the United
States. The MexicanG Government int
now is in such desperate fiIiancialI
straits that one can as ensiIy conceive
it's readiness to listen to any proposi.
ton which promises to bring it reI
as to the Willingness of John Bull 1ns
take q mortgage on The countryb v.
hitting it's debts and getting control 81
its railroads, much afte2th suNo
fashion as he obtained control
Suez Canal.
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The south rejoices in a new industry.
The canning of oysters, shrimp, ETC.,
has been begun along the gulf coast.
and there are already five establish-
ments engaged in the business between
New Orleans and Mobile. They have
all tiourished from the start and have
rapidly extended their operations. The
gulf oyster now finds its way into all
parts of the south, and has driven the
Baltimore oyster out of much of its
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There are fifteen million horses in
this country, and it requires one mill
ion new ones each year to keep up
with the demand.
Will some Of our brother agricul-
tural writer's please inform us why it
is that the biggest potatoes always
grow on top of the peck measure?
"See, papa, see!" exclaimed q little
prattler, pointing to the moon, which
had for some time been hidden by a
cloud; 1.-The moon is open again"
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1t is computed that c G, year tn
NJ ssissippi river pours into the Gulf of
Mex co 80, 900, 900 tons of solid mat
ter. which its waters hold in solution.
At this rate one foot of land over its
basin would be removed in four thous-
and years. Similar calculations APP
piled to the st. Lawrence, the La Pla-
ia and the Amazon reach the result
that n hundred tons per square mile
is removed from the entire continent
every wear,
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G~enev:eve Ward, the actress. who
recently completed a season in New
Zealand. says she was annoyed by the
assiduous attentions of the Maori king.
He attended every performance and
finally secured an interview and asked
her to marry him. She declined the
honor as he had several wives al
ready, and he offered to kill all the
other wives if she would only consent
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The theory that there is a direct re

The theory that there is a direct re-
lationship between scarlet fever and
diptheria finds some support among
English med cal men. At a recent
meet g of the Northwestern Associa-
ton Of Med cal Officers of Health one
speaker related facts tending to show
that scarlet fever had been contracted
from patents suffering with dipthe-
ria, and %diptheria from scarlet fever
patients.
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In 1850 the insane in the United
States were in proportion of one to
l,4s6 OF the population; in 1860, NJ
in 1,3os; in 1870, one in 1,030; but in
: the proportion OF insane rosc to
one in 554 of the population.
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The total official number of deaths
from cholera in Spain is now about
$4,000, and there is reason to believe
tina the real figures are much larger
The most destructive wars do not kill
SO many people in as short a time.
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In an address on the water supply
of anc ent Roman cities. Professor w.
H.. Cortield, of the Sanitary Institute
of Great Britain, presented to that
body a strong argument against all
attempts to purify water that had once
become impure. and insisted upon the
wisdom of the Romans in drawing the
water for their cities from sources of
undoubtcd purity.
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Trichinosis is now said to be con-
tracted mainly by those who consume
pork derived from the more carniyor-
Gus wild-sw ms which abound in for
ests. Persons whose pork-diet is de-
rived from animals carefully fed on
large da ry-farms do not suffer from
the affection.
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The mosquito crop of Florida is said
to be smaller than usual this year, ow-
ing to the discover of a st. Johns ho-
tel keeper, who tried the experiment of
throwing oil into ponds and stagnant
bits of water. He found that it pre-
vented the insects from Matching, and
his plan IS coming into general use in
the State
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-09

The great nebula of Andromeda has
just become an astronomical puzzle.
1t now shows a star-point in the midst
of its luminous tracery upon the blue.
black background of space.
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The ruins of Fort Sumter are now
but one story high, and there are but
halt a dozen guns, not one Of which is
tit for use. The government pays two
hundred dollars per month for watch,
men, who keep lights burning for the
guidance of mariners.
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There are some $500, 900 acres un-
der wood in England; in the Colonies
the Forests are estimated to cover no
less than $40, 900, COO acres. Prussia
has "a, 600. 900 acres. France 22,OOo,-
900 acres, Austria %, 900, o0O acres and
Hungary %, 600, 900 acres.
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CURRENT TOPICS.

The total revenue of the Chinese
Empire is said to amount to moro than
$1,000, 900, taels, or about $S7. 600. 600.
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An estimate of the losses by fire in
the United States and Canada for the
month just ended makes a total of S.
100000 and gives the entire loss
by fire since Jan. l at $65, 900, 900.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02

Money Wanted.
$3.50 $1,000 s1,1OO $4,000
First Mortgage.
Interest per cent.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
SENATOR GORMAN AT ALBANY.
Arranging the Details of the Inaugura

ton.
ALBANY, Feb. 1-Another statesman was
added to-day to the number of those who
have called upon the President-elect within
the past ten days. United States Senator A.
P. German, of Baltimore, arrived here this
morning at an early hour and spent nearly
the entire day at the residence of Mr. Cleve-
land. The details of the Inauguration being
almost exclusively under the management of
Mr.. German he called to ascertain from Mr..
Cleveland whether he had any arrangements
of his own to consummate and to inform the
President-elect what had been DONE Mr.
Cleveland will stop at the Arlington House
on his arrival, leaving here probably on the
second of March and arriving the day before
the Inauguration. There will be no cere-
monies on his arrival. On the day of inaug-
uration the procession will halt at the Arl-
1ngton and receive the President, who will
enter his carriage and be escorted to the Cap
1tol, from the east portico of which, after
having taken his oath of Office, he will de-
liver his inaugural address. President Cleve-
land will then be escorted to the White
House where he will receive the congratula-
tons of the public. Senator German left for
New York at D. M
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
A Vigorous Policy ForsehadoyEed by
senator Bayard's Remarks.


Senator Bayardss Remarks.
ALBANY, Feb 1.-The Press and Knicker-
booker will publish the following special
despatch tomorrow:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The tone of Senator
Bayard's expressions concerning the condi-
ton of national affairs about to be left by
the outgoing Republican dynasty is taken as
the keynote of the incoming Democratic ad-
ministration. Republicans as well as Demo
Gratis look for an active, not to say ag=
gressiye, administration which will raise
the government and through it the
country to the prominent position among the
great powers of the world it held before the
war. What Senator Bayard said more partic-
ularly about the navy will apply to all the
departments of the government. They will
all be made effective and something besides
roosting or resting places for serviceable pol
iticians. With a treasury overlooking with
means it is looked upon as a humiliating
sight to see the inanity existing in all
branches Of the government the impotency
where should be strength and effectiveness,
and the lack of energy.
Much speculation il INDUCED here as, to
the object of Mr.. Cleveland in calling into
classification with him at Albany leading
Democrats now at the seat Of government,
Many are Of the opinion that these interviews
have reference to the formation of Mr.. Cleve-
lands cabinet exclusively, but [ was in
formed this evening that, though certain
portfolios may have been mentioned in con-
nection with individuals of prominence,
Mr.. Clevelands anxiety is just new
how best to consolidate the party IN Congress
upon single peltey of administration. The
great responsibilities of his position are be-
ginning to weigh upon his mud praet'~.",v
Ills foremost thought !. :. q convince the peo
, o'' " .le country that they can not enl.
trnst the Democratic party, but to show then
that it is now as in the past the party O
economy and honesty.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
RUN DOWN BY A COASTER.
A Young Lady Knocked Down and
Fatally Injured.

ITHACA, N. Y, Feb. miss Ella Ferris,
of this village, while crossing Buffalo street
last night was struck with heavy sled con-
tanning three young men, which was coming
down East Hill at a very great velocity. She
received probably fatal injuries. Her feet
were knocked from under her and she was
thrown several feet in the air, falling on her
head with considerable force. Shortly after
the accident she was seized with epileptic
COMMISSIONS and blood issued from the nose
and mouth. Her symptoms indicate a frac-
ture of the base of the skull. The unfortu-
nate woman lies in a semi-stupor, and physi-
clans regard her condition as extremely crit
cal. 1t is thought that the city authorities
will hereafter prohibit coasting on the
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02

The Appropriations in a Very Back
ward State-Talk the Chief Occupa-
ton of Both Branches-The Present
Condition of Business Pointing to
an Extra Session Certainty.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS.

Baron O'Hagan of Tullahague, county "
rome, at one time lord high chancellor of Ire
land, is dead, aged seventy-two.
The town of Msila in Algeria was visited
by slight shock of earthquake yesterday.
Eight houses were destroyed, but no one was
injured.
The Porte has addressed note to the pow
ers protesting against the occupation of Red
Sea ports without the consent of the Turkish
government.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
THEIR LAST SLEIGH RIDE.
merry Party Run Down BY An Ex
press Train and Five OF Then

A Merry Party Run Down BY An Eek.
press Train and Five OF Them
Killed.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. lone of the sad
dsst accidents ever recorded hereabouts oc-
CURED near Port Chester about O'Clock
yesterday morning, by which five person
were killed and several injured. A brilliant
reception was given at Fort Clinton, to which
two hundred guests from Toledo, Cleveland
and other cities we're invited. A gay party
of young ladies and gentlemen went from
Oak Harbor in a large sleigh. About 2
o'clock they started homeward after the fes-
tivities of the evening. They were obliged
to cross the Lake Shore track about three
miles west of Port Clinton. The limited ex-
press, fast train called t'the Flying Dutch
man." was due at that time. The sleighing
party went merrily on their way, little
dreaming of the fate that awaited them The
train came along at lightning speed. The
sleigh reached the crossing before the train
was seen. An attempt was made by the
driver to clear the track, but it was too late.
The sleigh was struck by the engine and the
occupants scattered in every direction. AS
soon as possible the engineer stopped the
train and the passengers alighted to relieve
the injured. It was found that all of the oc-
cupants were more or less injured and five
killed outright. The names of the killed
are: Miss Jennie Whipple, a popular belle
of Wauseon, Ohio; S. S. Hall, a
citizen of Detroit, Mich, who had
gone from his home to attend the reception;
Mrs. John Vogel, of Oak Harbor; Miss Bell.
of Oak Harbor; Mrs. Abe Theiswechter, of
Port Huron. Mrs. Charles Vogel, of Oak
Harbor, was I'M ured SO severely that she will
undoubtedly die. John Vogel's leg was
broken in two places. Charles VogePs leg
was bruised more OF less. The bodies of the
dead and the injured We're taken to the
homes which they had left so happily a few
hours before.
The accident caused the greatest excite
lnent in the whole vicinity A second
sleighing party We're hurrying after the ill
fated load and were almost upon them when
the engine threw the bodies high into the
air. The accident took place at u point two
miles west of Port Clinton, where the wagon
road crosses the track obliquely. The night
was foggy, and the driver of the sleigh did
not discover the approaching train until he
nearly upon the track, when he attempt
ed to cross in front of it. The rear end of the
sleigh was struck by the engine. Three of
the occupants were thrown on top of the
pilot in front of the boiler, and the others
were hurled into the snow at the roadside
The train was stopped soon possible,
when the injured persons and the bodies of
Mr. Hall and Miss Whipple, who were
and taken to Oak Harbor. Hall was travel
ing agent for nursery at Detroit. The
others are prominent in business and social
circles at Oak Harbor.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Man Brains His Wife and Hangs


EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Feb. Henry Calen-
hansen, living in Durand, twenty-five milez
west of here. killed his wife last Sunday
while the remainder of the family were at
church. The crime was discovered yester-
day. On Monday his wife was missed and
inquiries as to her whereabouts were made in
vain. Search was begun yesterday and was
rewarded by finding the body under the floor
in the cellar in improvis ed grave Her
head was battered almost to jelly by an
axe. Calenhausen said, 81 was responsible
If hadn't killed her she would me- Calen-
hansen was taken to jail and last night he
hanged himself
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
DEATH IN A BALL ROOM.
A Young Lady Passes From a Waltz I
Her Last SIeen.

Her Last Sleep.
CINCINNATI, Feb. l. A ball was given by
the bakers union at Workmen's hall last
night. There was large crowd present and
majority of the people were young Ger
mans Among the number was young girl
named Lizzie Kaufman, who after finishing
a waltz walked few steps and fell to the
floor unconscious. All efforts to bring her
to were fruitless. An ambulance was sum
moned, but before it arrived she was pro-
nounced dead. The name of the young man
who had danced with her cannot he learned
he disappeared soon after she sank to the
floor. The tragic death of the young lady
did not put stop to the dancing. sAfter
her body was carried out of the hall the or
chestra struck up waltz and all the dancers
Joined in
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-02
a Murder In .pynamtte Hau

DETROIT, Feb. 1.-P. ], Brady keeps ga
loon known as Dynamite Hall:' on Michigan
avenue. This afternoon Michael Harrigan
and John Culhane, local coughs" got into
drunken row in the place. Harrigan soon
overcame Culhane and began kicking him,
continuing Hntil he Yves helpless. Then
drawing knife he inflicted a stab wound
in the region of the heart from which be
died within an hour. Harrigan escaped and
has not been arrested. He has served . 49,.
in the State penitentiary. vi -