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An Indian Scout.

A famous Indian scout called 'Dutchyn
attended the lamented Capt. Crawford
throughout his long chase after the Apache,
Geronimo, and his numbering band. He was
as faithful to his master as dog, and loved
him like human being besides. He was at
Capt Crawford's side when that brave leader
fell, pierced by his own allies, the Mexican
soldiery. Whether that bullet was fired by
mistake is still a mystery. Perhaps it will
always remain so. But to the faithful scout
whether mistake or not, 1t was a thing for
vengeance. He quickly laiG his master upon
the ground, and then, without a seconds
hesitation, drew up his rife and shot dead
the Mexican who had killed Capt Crawford.
In the next instant he took second aim, and
this time the commanding officer of the Mex
ican troops fell dead Such was "Dutchy's'
veupeance
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She had youth, she had beauty, she had
genius What life could have becn more
favored!
From Paris she went to Holland and sang
IN the theatres there. The queen of Holland
gave her diamond necklace. She returned
to Paris in 1871 and had prosperous season
there She took the part of Zerlina in "Don
Giovanni" She also sang in Lucia di Lam
mermoorn and la Traviata." Her highest
success, however, was not reached till after
she had spent season of study in Milan and
learned the italian method. Then she re-
turned to Paris for the third time, and now
she took it by storm. She became a member
of the Italian opera at Paris, under the direc-
torship of Maurice Srakosch. Next sho
went to London, and finally to America,
which is the land of gold to all artists
From the start her career was almost an
uninterrupted triumph, although she died too
young to reap the highest artistic rewards,
being only "a years old. If she had lived
longer she would have become greater.
In 1881 she married Lieut. de Ia Panouse,
of the French navy. He was a very rich
man, but he shortly after lost his money
Then his wife set to work to remalle a for
tune by singing. She did it, too, it is said,
leaving an estate worth 100000
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spealkIng in Congress.

The most nervous moment for q new MEM
Der of congress is just before he is to make a
speech. Many Of the old members, even, are
seized with stage fright" The idea that
the official reporters have ears for the whole
country gives every speaker an uncomfort-
ably large audience. Each man has his pecul-
lar way of going about it. You can't tell
when Randall or Morrison are going to speak
until they are pretty well on toward their re-
marks. Morrison always stands for a mo-
ment half way down the second aisle on the
Democratic side, with hands on the desks on
either side. Then he speaks with delib-
GRAFTON, always taking two or three steps
toward the speaker when much in ear
nest. He is always soon through. Randall
always speaks from behind his own desk, and
makes no preliminary movement, Hewitt IS
probably the only other who speaks entirely
without warning. He goes Off like powder
all in an instant Some members load their
desks for a speech; some load themselves
Some times three or four desks give warning
of speeches. They are piled up with Con-
gressional Records, revised statutes, official
reports, newspapey clippings, and on top of
all huge rolls of manuscript. These are
always threatening.
Some members of experience put all this
material inside their desks and look very in
nocent, as if they were not going to say much
Then they take out a little at time There
is a great difference in the bearing of man
when he is loaded with a speech. Butter
worth, Of Ohio, is one Of those who limbers
up to a speech For a few moments before he
begins he seems TO be engaged in unlacing
himself and limbering his joints, an athlete
who is about to make wonderful leap. He
crouches low in his desk and waits bis chance
His face brightens up, the part gets out of his
hair, and one lock falls down on his forehead.
He stretches out his arms and legs, works his
shoulders to see that every loint is free, and
when he gets up to speak he is like a willow.
Some members walk two or three times
past the speakers desk before they try to
catch his eye Some stand up in their places,
clear their throats several times, pull up their
sleeves, button their cuffs, feel their tie, open
and shut their desks two or three times, and
then walk down the aisle n little way and
say, "Mr. Speaker" Some sit and rub their
hands. Others do nothing in particular, but
you can tell they are going to speak by the
nervous glancos they throw up at the speaker.
Washington Star.
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uc DIdn,t KNOW snrr.

A man stopped at the house Of Dakota
settler 10 get drink of water. He found
him sitting in the shade while another man
was working near by.
II shouldn't think YOU would need to keep
a hired man on your small farm" the traveller
said
ooh, l don't need to; keep him SOS to
have somebody to boss around
II should think it would he cheaper to let
the man go and boss your wife"
"Stranger," replied the settler, solemnly,
ayou don't know Sary-it'u'd be necessary to
have comp'ny of the regler army here all
the time if l wanted ter see any of my bossin'
carried out-Estelline Bell.
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lie Bolied the Name.

One Of the managers of home Tor desti-
tute colored children tells funny story about
the way Washington's birthday was cele-
brated at that institution. She went out
there in the afternoon to see how things were
going on, and found youngster as black as
the inside of a coal mine tied to a bedpost
with his hands behind him. whats that
boy tied up so for" Ebe asked the attendant
''For lying. ma'am; he is the worst lying
niggsr I ever saw" "What's his namei0
aGeorge Washington, ma'am," was the para
Szing reply. Washington Capital.
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REMOVAL OF GOVERNOR MURRAY,
His Resignation rendered to tho Prsu-
dent Year AGO,


Eli IL Murray, until recently governor of
Utah, was appointed by President Hayes. He
is native of Kentucky, which may account
for his good looks. He is a Republican, and
once had the empty honor of being the can
didate of his party for governor of his native
state. When President Cleveland was inau-
gurated, Governor Murray, recognizing that
that would be the proper thing to do, notified
the president that his resignation was ready
whenever ii was wanted, in order that Mr..
Cleveland might feel free to appoint man
of his own political party If he wished The
resignation has not been acted on until now,
however Secretary Lamar, of the interior
department, which looks after Indians and ter
ritories, notified the governor that it would be
accepted
He has made himself terror to Mormon
polygamists during his long term of office
Under him the vigorous prosecutions of the
defiant law breakers took place. They one
and all detested him.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-10

Mr.. Hoxie, the vice-president and general
manager of the Missouri Pacific railroad, was
a contractor on the construction of the Union
Pacific railroad, and afterward, for a time,
its superintendent. Subsequently, he became
general superintendent of the International
and Great Northern railroad. For several
years past he has been third vice-president
and general manager of the Missouri Pacific
As his portrait indicates, he possesses a spirit
of fearless determination to prosecute to the
end anything he undertakes.
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Tho Late Gen. HanoocI's Fighting

OF his peculiar qualities on the field of
battle, l can say that his personal bearing
and appearance gave confidence and enthusi-
asm to his men, and perhaps no soldier DUR
ing the war contributed so much Of personal
effect in action as did Gen. Hancock. In
the friendly circle his eye was warm and
genial, but in the hour Of battle became
intensely cold and had immense power on
those around him. In Gen. Hancock 1
should say that the nervous, the moral and
the mental systems were all harmoniously
stimulated, and that he was, therefore, at his
very best on the field of battle-Maj. Gen.
W. F. Smith in the Hancock Memorial Vol
ume.
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MnntnS III. PchIgrcr.

A negro woman whose daughter was re,
rciving the devoted attentions of a colored
youth, having learned that the latter had
rather bad reputation, notified him that che
must dispend his visits until he could radi
cate his bad character and fotch his pedigree
to der full conclusion of her septcrbility. -
Detroit Free Press.
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ono Mny 10 Do II.

A certain divine, who had wandered in the
course Of his travels beyond the conveniences
of the railroad, was obliged to take toah horse.
Being unaccrrtomed to riding, he said TO his
host: q hope you are not so mregencratd
in these parts that you would give me a
horse who would throw a good Presbyterian
ministern "Well, dunno,' was the reply
1--WE believe in spreadin' the gospelp-Inde
t,nndant
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One Way to Wear out a Man

A constant dropping, it is commonly be.
lieved, will wear away a rock. This is
somewhat of fable, however 1t depends
upon tho size of the rock and what it drops
on. If granite bowlder, weighing several
tons, should drop on a strong man, it would
wear out the man from hem to selvidge, and
wouldn't perceptibly abrade the rock
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Some time since the non-Mormon residents
of Utah appointed Mr.. R. N. Baskin dele
gate to go to Washington and represent their
interests to congress. The resignation of Mr..
Murray was forwarded through him to the
president. Governor Murray has had bit
ter contest with the present Utah legislature,
and has vetoed several of their bills. With
his resignation he forwarded report Of gov
ernment matters in the territory for the last
WAN.
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February last, but
h is confirmation
was strenuously OPP
posed by some mem
bers of the senate
from the moment
of its first an
nouncement. a
strong delegation
went from Arizona
to defeat the con
irnlGtion OH the
ground, it is
claimed, that Ai'i-
Ns
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the doctrine of home rule and that Governor
ZuIichs way of doing business since lie has
assumed tile duties Of the Office may do very
well for the east, but they will not answer
for the wild west The salary attached 10
tic office is hut 5000 a year Yet ten times
that amount has already been spent in Efforts
b. prevent Governor Zulicli drawing it
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-10
THE NEW YORK APARTMENT HOUSE
A Whole Village Has Its Home Under
Ono Roof,

Ono Roof.
The stranger visiting New York, especially
The stranger coming to the city down the
Hudson or the East river, will observe hero
and there huge buildings that make the struc-
lures around them look like doll houses. He
will wonder what they are, thinking they
must be some mighty public building, like a
gigantic postofilce or city hall. They are
nine to thirteen stories high. In point Of
fact the huge structures are apartment
houses They arc full of floors and suites Of
rooms TO be rented to families The suites
are called apartments, or popularity "flats y
The buildings are usually constructed with a
hall in the middle. On this hall, going up
floor after floor, the front doors of the suites
open. Each fat has, besides, small inside
hall of its own. Light and air are secured to
each room by an offset in the building which
lets down a deep, hollow square in the midst
of four walls. In fact, however, the flats Of
tall apartment house that are near tho
ground get little or no sunlight in the middle
rooms. The top floors are the best
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-10

"Pig Iron" Kelly, the father of the house,
is, at times, almost disposed to be ashamed Of
his offspring. Merchant Traveller.
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A Pin.s Trnye1s.

The usual story of the remarkable travels
of pin is ut hand. This time the scene is
laid in Newton, Ia, where thirteen years
ago Mrs Cyrus Gage dropped pin in her
ear. The pin in due course of time dropped
into her throat and was swallowed The
other day doctor took it out of her left leg,
near the ankle, We do not see anything re-
markable in that. Some years ago we had
an abscnt-minded wife who lost brass
safety pin, She could not remember whether
she had swallowed it or inadvertently stuck
it in the small of her back Three years
afterwards she complained of an acute pain
in her right arm. Two days after applying
fly blister, She found the safety pin in the
tray of an old trunk in the attic.-Texas
Siftings.
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The New Governor Of Arizona.

The successor of Frederick \. Tritlo as
governor of Arizona is G. Meyer Zulick, Of
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Mr. Bowles-I guess that's q cheap cigar
You're smoking. Mr.. Jowles-Yes, ] swore
off using tobacco the first of the year.-Bos-
ton Courier.
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The most romantic part of Dutchy's story
is that he himself is an Apache, belonging up
to three years ago to Geronimo's band itself,
and one Of its most desperate members. The
band submitted three years ago, Dutchy
with them But Geronimo did not submit in
good faith Dutchy did. He has been since
his surrender as powerful friend to the
United States as he was foe before. He
boasts that his rifle never misses its mark, at
whosoever or whatsoever it is aimed. Craw-
ford could scarcely have tracked Geronimo
without his aid. He matched cunning with
cunning, daring with greater daring, and
brought to Crawford a skill, intelligence and
endurance which finally overmastered Gero-
nimo Dutchy is the most famous Indian
scout now left.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-20

Fifth district is so near this number that no
change would be necessary. unless possibly
by taking out oEs7sf the southern counties,
like Benton, Stevens, Traverse or Big
Stone, either one of which would bring the
number down very close to the basis. Inc
above table also shows that the First, Sec
ond and Third districts fall far
below the basis, and would have
to be increased by $4,000, So
600 and $4,000 inhabitants respectively
which can be easily DONE The one thing
that is sure in the whole matter is that
Hennepin and Ramsey counties must be
put into different congressional districts
The population of the two counties is
264 964 which is 40 900 more than the
basis of appOrtionment Taking out Hen
nepin county and adding Dakota to the
Fourth district would make it about eyen
Then put Goodhue and Rice into the First
district, and that would be all right The
Fifth is already fixed leaving out one OF the
four counties mentioned. Then it only re-
mains to divide the southwestern quarter
of the state into two districts, an easy task
nathema,ically. Did not political cOnsid-
erations play such an important part in all
districting plans. the state of Minnesota
could be easily divided into five symmetri-
cal and equally populous districts.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-20

The rapid growth in the northern part of
the staJe and the decrease in portions of
the southern forms the ground for the
popular desire for new appOrtionment.
The constitution sets no limit on
THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS
in either house, except that the senators
| shall not be more than one for every 5. 900
inhabitants, nor the representatives more
than one for every 1000. This is practic-
ally no limit. but only an indication that
the house shall be two and a fraction times
as large as the senate. At the present time
the senate is composed of forty-seven menu
bers and the house of 103, the former being
much larger in proportion to the lower
house than in other states. In fact it is
generally thought that the senate is too
, large and a number of expressions have
been heard in favor of the Wisconsin
method. where the assembly Is limited to
100 members and the senate to not more
than one-third or less than one-fourth of
the assembly. Allowing. however. that
when reapportionment is made the num-
her in each house will be about the same
as now. and also that the members be ap-
portioned on leg innate basis of popula-
tion. it is interesting to see how the repre-
sentation of the state would change.
Surprising that the present number of
members be continued in each house. the
people will have right to the distribution
of them in the ratio of one senator to %, 700
of population and one representative TO
about II 400 population. The accompany
ing maps show the districts as they exist at
present and possible division OF the state
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-20
NEW DISTRICTS NEEDED
One of the Puzzles That the Legislature
Just Elected Will be Called
Upon to Solve.
The Changes in Population Make Re-
distrieting of the State Almost
a Necessity.
By Any just System of Apportfon'
ment Northern Counties Gain
and Southern Lose.
A Possible Apportionment Made on
Non-Partisan Basis - Some
Injustice Unavoidable.

Now that the election is over and the ses-
sion of the legislature is approaching, the
talk of redistrcting the state is resumed
with more earnestneSS than ever. That the
general desire for a new division of the
state into legislative districts is founded on
a desire for fair representation is shown by
an examination OF the growth of the state
siuce the last legislative appOrt oltment in
1881. That was very generally supposed to
be formed on the United States census of
1880. The constitution of Minnesota.
article w.. section2 prescribes the manner
in which the people shall be represented in
the legislature as follows:
The representation in both houses shall be
apportioned equally throughout the different
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-20

district. SO. 512: Second district. IS. 2s2;
Third district. SO. $50; Fourth district. 64,-
933: Fifth district. 45.176. 1t is nothing
unusual for older states than Minnesota
without much change of population. to be
redistricted for congressman oftener than
the apportionment of members of congress,
which occurs every ten years. In a state
like this where the increase in population
is very large and where within the last five
years the center of population, outside the
Twin Cities has moved rapidly northward
and westward, there is every legitimate
argument in favor of changing the lines of
the congressional districts. The object in
making the districts at all is 20 have divisions
by which certain number of population
may have congressman. AS at present
constituted the districts can be seen to be
very uneven by the following table, show
ing their population in 1885,, the population
in 1880 being given for the sake of compari-
son.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-20
OTHER LAKE DISASTERS.
Given Up for Lost.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Fears are enter
tanned that the schooner William Jones has
been lost in the storm prevailing Wednes-
Cay night and continuing all OF yesterday.
Capt. David Gall the well-knOwn vessel
owner. was aboard. His son. John H., was
commanding. The vessel left this port
Tuesday morning for Grand Haven and
ought to have reached that place the same
evening. Nothing had been heard of her
up TO IL o'clock this morning. A telegram
this morning from Grand Haven said that
no intelligence of the William Jones had
been received there and that she was look
ing badly when last in that port. The dis
patch also says that the schUoners Hunter,
oadge and David Macy, which cleared from
Chicago Wednesday. have not arrived as
yet. Much anxiety is felt for their safety.