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LIVELY FOR ~ FEW MOMENTS.

why a Nervous Little Man, Who Had Muck
Trouble in Catching Stage, Left tt
A small and nervous man stood on
the corner of Broadway and Chambers
street yesterday signaling stages which
passed rapidly uptown Every one has
observed the total blindness of the aver
age stage-driver when one wishes to
catch his eye, and the extraordinary
manner in which he pursues man who
is anxious to escape ride in stage.
After number of vain efforts the small
man started in pursuit of particularly
active stage. The stage had a good
start of him, in the first place, and the
cartmen and truckmen on Broadway
were facetious; the result was that the
unfortunate man plowed, slid and stum-
bled the whole length of the block be-
fore he landed on the muddy steps of
the stage. After pulling very violently
he succeeded in getting the door open
and stepped up in the stage. At this
instant the stage stopped suddenly. The
man shot forward, and after several
collisions fetched up at the head of the
stage and wormed his way into the seat.
The stage remained perfectly still for
some time after he was seated, and then
started ahead. This is the habit of
stages. Then the arrival put his fare
in the box and attempted to ask the
driver where Spring street was. 1t was
not success. No man has ever yet
had satisfactory conversation with a
driver through the pigeon-hole of
stage.
The nervous little man then sat down
looking very red and very much out OF
breath, but suddenly sprang up again,
made wild gestures toward big ex-
press wagon which was passing, and
attempted to open one of the windows.
1t was not until he had nearly ripped
the fastenings off that he discovered
that the window was nailed up. The
other passengers watched his efforts at
the window with languid interest. Fl
nally he scrambled down and began to
struggle with the door. After a great
effort he succeeded in sliding out side
ways and climbing down the slippery
steps to the street. Then he ran along
the sidewalk, making the same wild
oiCS W tuC CApicSSiueH, WuO lOOkeu
at him stolidly and continued to rumble
heavily up Broadway. After the little
man had rushed along frantically for
three blocks the expressmen took pity
on him and drew up to the curb.
''Whad's up, Williep" asked the
driver, with great concern; ''did yer
wanter ride up town?''
'N-no," gasped the man; 81 only
''P'raps you'd like ter ride on the
purity brown hossie," suggested the
other expressman, facetiously.
NO" said the little man, who was
now quite plaintive and very much out
OF breath; II simply want to tell you
that you dropped your delivery book
some blocks back there. saw it from
the stage window, and I ran after you
to tell
Upon this the truckman cursed him
with fluency and vigor for not telling
him sooner, and turned back to look for
the book, while the little man turned
up town with look on his face of one
who loves his fellow-man.-M 7. San.
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24 O'CLOCK,
New Dial.Division for Our Watches and
Clocks.

A New ial-Division for Our Watches and
Now that the nations have adopted
the plan of universal day." begin
ming for all the world at Greenwich
midnight and counted from zero mp to
twenty-four hours. a new dial-division
for our clocks and watches has become
great desideratum. The inventor who
devises a simple and perfectly clear
method of indicating to the eye and ear
the hour reached by watch and clock,
respectively, will be a public bene-
factor. II will be manifestly unsatis-
factory to have our clocks striking
"a o'clock, and it seems difficult and
expensive to have our watches recon-
structed to mark twenty-four hours
by single revolution of the hour hand.
In respect to public clocks it would be
very objectionable to have the dial di-
vided into twenty-four parts, because
the time of day has often to be read off
at great distances, and even now, with
the twenty-four divisions, especially in
dim light, it is hard to decipher them.
To have concentric circles on a double
twelve division plan {the hour hand
thus pointing to and 13 o'clock, etc. }
would be equally confusing. Neither
watches nor clocks so constructed
could be read instantaneously or with
out tedious mental effort, and it would
be. on artistic grounds. Objectionable.
To meet these difficulties, it has been
we'll suggested by Mr., Hopkins, an En-
glish scientist, that the hours should be
contained in one circle, as now; but,
instead Of being numbered consecu-
lively from l to IA, they might be ar
ranged in Roman numerals, as at pres
ent, and, if figured alternativeiy, would
be almost, if not quite, as distinct as
on the faces of our present style of
clocks. Thus, the hours (the mid
night of the worlds initial meridian),
2, 4, 6, etc, would be shown in figures,
but the intermediate or odd hours, as
IL, Is, Is, etc., could be distinguished
by an arrow head or circular dot As
regards striking the hours the strokes
might be confined to twelve, as now,
but the hours from thirteen to twenty
four might be distinguished by being
PA0oOoCA " Two SlIOkoS III RAPID SuO-
cession. In lieu of this plan for stxiak-
ing the hours, it has been proposed that
clocks should be made to beat the
strokes in pairs. e., two strokes and
a rest, two strokes and rest, followed
BY one stroke, to mean five o'clock.
The question of adapting ordinary
timepieces to the registration Of the
univeral time adopted by the Prime
Meridian Conference is, however, 30
complicated that, perhaps, the besE
means Of settling it would be to call o
conference Of clock and watch makers
to discuss the subject in all ito bearings,
and to give the world the result cf
their deiberations.-M T. HeruM.
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Keep Down the Expenses.

There is not a Democrat of intelli-
gence who does not understand and
appreciate the importance of an eco
nomical administration of the Gov
eminent as something that will have
a vital bearing upon the future sue
cess of his party. Economy in the
appropriations made by the present
Congress is essentially necessary to
maintain the Democratic control of
public affairs. It was on account of
the dishonest extravaganza of the
other party that the Democracy We're
placed in charge of the Government,
and such management of expendi-
lures as will assure the people that
there was no mistake made in in
trusting the public business to the
Democrats, is of the highest impor-
tance to the party.
To the popular conviction in 1876
that the public treasury was being
robbed through the various thieving
schemes of the party in power, was
to be attributed the great uprising of
the people that resulted in the cleo
ton of Mr.. Tilden. The pledge of
reform in the administration of the
government and economy in the ex-
penditure of the public funds, Sc
cured the triumph of the Democracy
in 1884, and imposed upon a Demo
cratic President and House the re-
sponsibility of more honest and
economical governmental methods.
The people having evinced their
faith in the Democracy, it behooves
the party leaders in Congress to see
that the popular confidence is not
abused by reckless and extravagant
legislation. The appropriations
should not be restrained by injurious
parsimony, but should be kept within
the limits of judicious economy.
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The German government states
officially that it has no intention OF
annexing the Samoan Islands or of
interfering with existing treaties be-
tween Samoa and America and Eng
land. The Samoan or Navigator's
Islands, . group Of nine inhabited
islands with several islets, situated
in the Pacific Ocean, are under the
protection of the United States
They contain . population Of $500,
and IN area Of 1125square miles. The
soil Is rich, and the surface densely
wooded The products comprise
cocanut oil, arrowroot, cotton, castor
bean, ginger, coffee, tortoise-shell and
vegetables. The inhabitants are su-
perIor in bodily and mental endow-
ments to those of many other parts
Df Polynesia They are Christians,
md mostly Presbyterians.
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This Great State.

Colfax wants resident physician.
Pork sells at 5 cents and beef at
6 cents in Buston.
The Democrat says DeSoto is be-
ing flooded with Texas ponies.
Lafourche parish has 80 schools
for whites, and II for the colored
people.
The next annual Louisiana Metho-
dist Conference will be held at Rus
ton, Lincoln parish.
The Farmerville Gazette has rea-
son to believe that the Satanta Medi-
cine Company is a fraud.
About 20 families of colored labor
ers have returned to Tensas parish
from upper Mississippi counties.
The Desc prohibitionists were de-
feated last year, but they want to
try it over again some time this year.
At an election held on the 18th
instant, the prohibitionists carried
jackson parish by a majority of 80
votes.
Forty families of colored laborers
from Georgia and North and South
Carolina have found homes in Qua
chita parish.
Representative Hunter, of Rapides
parish, wants to amend the State
constitution, so as to add two more
mills to it for school purposes.
Tie DeSoto Democrat says: "The
professional drunkards are more
numerous than any other class of
professional men in the parish"
The Caligraph says the vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific Railroad is
doing an extensive freighting busi-
ness. At Ruston one day last week
six or eight railroads were represent
ed by box cars loaded with freight
for that place and other points on
the road.
The Lake Charles Commercial of
the 18th says: ''The loss and great
suffering among the cattle in this
parish and Cameron, occasioned by
the unprecedented cold spell, will be
quite serious. They have been found
frozen to death by the hundred in
the prairies. One large stock owner
is reported to have lost as many as
four hundred during the last few
days."
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America Ahead. d.-Peculiar
characteristics Of Ameri.
cans The Evils and How
Restored.
In this age of hustle and hurry, an age
devoted to great projects and enterprises,
the American people are taking the lead
in the furtherance of noble works, and in
the advancement Of the sciences and arts.
In these they deserve to take high rank,
and through the united works Of millions,
the American continent is fast being
transformed from its untamed state and
being placed on an equality with the older
continents beyond the ocean. The Amer
ican people are fast, under these influences
developing into a nervous, energetic race,
remarkable for its vim and business quail
fications; yet there is danger that in the
course Of years these very elements may
combine to the ruination of the physical
character of the people, and leave them
feeble and altogether different from their
forefathers. General debility is now much
more common than formerly, and seems
to be on the increase among the masses.
Many remedies have been extensively
advertised for this widespread complaint,
but none of these have been so successful
or met with such general favor as the
remedy manufactured by DR.. S. B. Hart
man, and named by him PERUNA.
Mr.. S. S. Goudy, of Massillon, Stark
county, Ohio, writes That he has been
troubled with general debility and dyspep-
sia for several years that he was induced
to try PERUNA for his complaints, and
that after using three bottles of the medi-
cine he was greatly relieved. 1t braced
him right up and gave him energy, and
restored him to his youthful vigor. He
ascribes his cure to PERuNA, and says it
is wonderful remedy.
Adolph Bakhaus & Co., Springfield, O.,
writes 80 We are having good sale for
PERUNA. 1t sells as we'll as any medicine
we have, and gives the very best satisfac-
ton"
Mrs. 6. w. Needham, Newtonville,
Clermont County, Ohio, says: 81 have
been great sufferer for the last six or
seven years, with general debility and
change of life. / was very much reduced.
Ihave taken four bottles of PERUNA, which
has restored me to perfect health and
strength. We think PERUNA safe and
grand medicine"
PE-RU-NA is sold by all druggists Price 81
per bottle, six bottles for IS. If you cannot
get it from your druggist, we will send it on
receipt of regular price. We prefer you buy
it from your druggist, but if he hasn't it do not
be persuaded to try something else, but order
from us at once as directed
s. b. HARTMAN g. co,
Columbus, Ohio.
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Great distress is reported among
the fishermen on the northeast coast
Of the island of Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia, who from the rigor of the
season have not been able to provide
winter supplies for their families.
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The Anti Coolie League, of Cali
fornia, has decided to circulate a
petition asking Congress to abrogate
the Burlingame treaty.
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According to dispatch from Chi
cago to the New York Herald, the
dynamiters, socialists and trades
unions Of that city have combined
against capital. They have a plenti-
full supply Of bombs, a we'll drilled
army .snd plan of campaign. They
are said to intend to commence hos
tilities ON the LIST of May.
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The first number of ssThe Louisi-
ana Weekly Journal indicates that
it is to be newsy, outspoken and
readable paper. It is published at
Homer, Claiborne parish, every We'd
nesday under the editorship of Mr..
J. E. Hulse, one of the best informed
and most level-headed men in North
Louisiana.
The Bossier banner., 1886-01-21

Electric lights now allow war ships
and steamers that are provided with
them to r,ss through the Suez Canal
by night, which heretofore were only
allowed to go by daylight.
The Bossier banner., 1886-01-21

Even Washington was soundly
abused by many of the newspapers
of his day, and there is scarcely a
doubt that the father of his country,
like our present President, was of the
opinion that there was too much
newspaper lying going on.
The Bossier banner., 1886-01-21

A Jacksonville, Florida, dispatch
Of the 14th instant, says it is estimat-
ed that 100000 boxes of oranges,
worth a million dollars, were de-
stroyed by the recent freeze.
The Bossier banner., 1886-01-21

Miss Kate Bayard, eldest daughter
Of the Secretary of State, died sud-
denly Of heart disease, at Washing
ton, about 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon.
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Land G Commissioner Sparks refuses
to recognize the clam of the North
ern Pacific Railroad to $25, 900, 900
land grant between Portland and
Puget Sound.
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Columbus, Miss, has passed an
ordinance prohibiting more than two
persons walking abreast in the streets.
What nexte
The Bossier banner., 1886-01-21

Mr.. NJ Reese Bryan has assumed
editorial control of the claiborne
Guardian" and the indications are
that the Guardian will continue to
be one of the cleanest and most in
teresting country papers in the State.
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There will be more than 80 Roman
Catholic members Of the new British
Parliament, one being from Scotland,
the first since the Reformation.
The Bossier banner., 1886-01-21

Frost and snow have injured the
orange groves in the vicinity of
Monterey, Mexico.
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Quincy, ILL, in the last three years
that it has closed its liquor saloons,
has decreased it's pauper expenses
ffpm $4,000 to $1,000.
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Charleston, S. c., now claims
population of 60,000-an increase OF
20 per cent. in five years.
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BELLEVUE, La,
THURSDAY, ,::::::JANuARY q, 1886.

Foreboding is one of our worst
errors and most dangerous enemies.
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The Lake Charles Echo is an ex-
tremely neat paper and well edited,
too.
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JOANNES sMITH


A ttorneys at Law, Minden La. Wiunra.
Webster parishes. via ~ aua
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Condensed Time Table
Queen and Crescent
ROUTE.

In Effect Sunday, Oct. IL, 1885.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-03
The Texas Pacific Troubles.

ST. LOUIS, March 2.-Later adyices
regarding the strike on the Texas &
Pacific Railroad give an interview with
Gov. Brown, one of the receivers of the
road, which in substance, is as follows:
"Workmen in the shops at Marshall, Big
Spring and Fort Worth, walked ., t
yesterday, but no employee of this con-
pany has ever laid any grievance before
the receivers or their agents. If any man
felt aggrieved and had expressed it. we
should have looked into The erievan e
and would have righted any wrong we
found. We are determined to protect
our employees against any wrong from
ourselves or tu- agents or from outsid"
Intermediates. We claim, however, t. e
right TO adjust our differences. if there
be any, between ourselves and our en-
ployees without the meditation of pee
pie who are not in our employ.
We pay our employees promptly
and we claim they shall pre-
fer their grievances direct to us
and not invoke the officious interior
ence of persons who do not appear on
our rolls and who are unknown to us "
From other sources it is stated the
strike is likely to become general on all
the Gould lines in Texas as well as the
Texas Pacific, and that trouble may ex-
tend to other roads in the State.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-03
ADJUSTMENTS.

The MINsTRELs-McNish, Johnson &
Slavin's Minstrels packed every .,ortion
of the Theatre last evening with an
audience that roared and applauded
from the first bell to the last. There
was hardly feature that was not new.
bright and original, and both dress
circle and gallery, who had committed
to memory luostsof the jokes, wind ups,
and niger and the old yaller dog
act OF the usual travelling show, were
quick in recognizing the fact that here
was something on the higher plane of
minstrelsy with which Ben Cotton, Billy
Emerson. Billy Rice and Geo. Thatcher
made US acquainted in bygone
days. Slavin is as decided an original as
Thatcher or George Wilson, and his act
last night was the chief thing IN tie
line of the fun. McNish gives ''SilenCe
and Fun" act which is new here, and
which deservedly brought down the
house. The posings of the celebrated
slugger Mitchell were very artistic and
were also greatly appreciated. Rice's
Esmeralda. Carroll Johnson's vagaries.
he B ac'I HI AIS, and the O'Briens' PAL
Tor gym nasts were all star features, and
hoPI lHC Hou>e dBOS Will eAclIemenI.
Some OF the solo singing, notably that
of Mr.. Davis, is extremely good and the
male chorus is thoroughly effective.
The orchestra is exquisitely handled,
some fine solo work being done on the
flute. The company give a matinee
this afternoon, and appear again this
evening and to morrow evening. They
Hare immense in every sense of the word
and are sure to make heavy money in
their western venture, large and expen-
siye as is their organization.
THE PIRATES AND THE MIKADo.-The
Careless Company met on Monday eve
ming and decided on repeating their
phenomenal success, "The Pirates of
Penzance, >" on Friday evening, the 18th.
1t was also decided on reproducing the
famed 'Mikade," on the following after
noon and evening, Miss Edith Clawson
having consented to master the role of
Yum Yum between now and that time.
These three opera performances with
the three Mexican concerts next week
will give us a week of varied music
which will be apt to suit all tastes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-03
NEWS NOTES
From Various Quarters of the
Globe.
CRAvEN's CROOKED STORY.
Virgins Again-Ihe Cold Snap
Fatal Fire-Low Rate
Refuses to Resign. and Tolls a Tale

Refuses to Resign. and Tells q Tale.
New YORK, March "a breeze has
Lem stirred up among the officials con-
nected with the construction of the new
Croton acqueduct. The chief engineer
of this great and costly work is named
Church, and the construction engineer
is II. 6. Craven, an officer III the United
States Gavy. Some time ago, Craven
laid charges of dereliction in duty
against Chief of Engineers Church, be-
fore the hoard of acqeduct commits
sioners. The result has been an in
formal demand on Craven for his re
letter to the board, in which he refuses
to resign on the ground that
such a course would be tantamount
10 an admission that his charges against
the church were untrue. He reiterates
his charges against the chief engineer
and asserts that systematic efforts are
being made to get him out of Office in
order that crookedness in the execution
of the contract may have full play. He
charges that various attempts have
been made to compel him to withdraw,
or if he remains. to close his eyes to the
open violation of the contract for benefit
OF the contractors. On one occasion.
he says, he was threatened that
unless he quit seeing SO much
the Secretary of the Navy would
he prevailed on to return him
to lis regular naval duties. He says he
can prove that inferior masonry has
been accepted by Engineer Church after
its rejection by the writer and two or
three inspectors; that wooden timbers
are being put up to supply the place
of masonry, and that timbers are being
used. He claims the board of commits
sioners, even, do not show proper zeal
for the enforcement of honesty in the
work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-03
A VALUABLE WITNESS.
$4,000 Bonds Required for the
Appearance of Miss Huldah
Winters.

The little town of Pleasant Grove was
thrown into a futter of excitement
yesterday by the appearance of no less
parsonage than the renowned Deputy
Vandercook, who proceeded to the
home of Miss Huldah Winters and
arrested her on no particular charge
except that she was wanted in the case
of the United States against George Q.
Cannon. Miss Winters accompanied
the deputy to town, and was conducted
by him to the Court House where
Mr.. Dickson. seemingly in a great state
of expectancy, awaited them. Miss
Winters was then notified that she
would have to furnish bonds for So 600
for her appearance from time to time as
she was wanted. Mr.. Junius f. Wells,
who had been at the depot, and iwho
knew Miss Winters, had accompanied
her to the court room; he was thunder
struck at the amount, and asked Mr..
Dickson if he was serious. The prose-
cutor replied that he was in sober
earnest, and Mr.. Wells himself, with
Mr.. Alonzo Young, gave the necessary
surety for the young lady's appearance.
She was notified that she would first be
wanted at 10 o'clock this morning be-
fore the Grand Jury, and from day to
day before Commissioner Critchlow.
The warrant on which she was arrested
is sworn to by Mr.. Dickson, and
states that she is wanted as witness
in the case of George Q. Cannon,
charged by the same Mr.. Dickson be
fore the commissioner with the crime of
polygamy. The prosecutor, it is said,
is firm in the belie1 that he had secured
in Miss Winters wife to Mr.. Cannon;
this will be surprising news to the many
friends of the lady and gentleman in
this city, and the outcome will be
awaited with peculiar interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-03
Brilliant Social Event.

HELENA, Mont, March 2.-Thomas
Cruise was married in this city at 10
o'clock to-day,to Miss Margaret Carter,
at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
The affair was the most brilliant social
event in the history of the city. Over
1000 invitations were issued. Cruise is
one of the wealthiest and best-known
miners in the northwest, and discovered
the Drum LummOn mine, which has sold
for 50 900 cash to English capitalists.
He is also extensively engaged in the
stock growing business, having lately
purchased ranches. He owns the Mon
tana Sheep Company, with $1,000
sheep. The bride received as present
100000. 1t Is understood that the
brides brother is a we'll known lawyer,
who was recently married in st. Paul to
Miss Galena. daughter of the Pioneer
stage owner in Montana.