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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21

WANTED TO LEASE for term Of years
farm q about 20 acre. scoa nsos Upland ws good
Convenient vs. rent must be low Address C. A. Box
Boaro ano Rooms.
East Side.
A NEWLY FURNISHED ball room-14O
a East a7th-st near Lexington ave.oentlsmen only
reference
EIFTH-AVENUE AND 2sTH STREET,
also large suite every sogtsra
HANDSOMELY furnished front room. hot
and cold water. bath also single room genlenen Vhyi
reference. Sc Irving place
IRVING PLACE. No. 5s.-Without board,
y Handsomely furnished rooms for gentlemen only.
ITO LET.-To a single gentleman only an un.
bath -oom and oSen nrepsee urns heat attend
Union square, or To IRA BO sd.,, =,
~ EAST 31ST-ST., 9Th and Madison ayes.
Choice first second and third floors hand omey tur
nshe baths closets private tables highest
references
~ LAFAYETTE PLACE.-Select Boarding
sonable table board.
20 MADlSON-AvE.. cor. 2sth-st.-Corner
% and ~ floor and other rooms with board.
I'>O MADISON-AvE.-Per Permanent or tran
f'D~ sent board. ii. A q hIIo.
100 EAST 18TH ST., near Irving pace.
loo Rooms suite and snsly, with board reierenceS
West 5its-
DEOPLE of refinement have few rooms IN
good let furnished or WIN
or references kXCELsloh AZ west zSisI
DESPONSIBLE parties can find first cass
rooms private baths AMI board for winter al "
West 3sth- References exchanged
> WEST 46TH- rooms and closets,
> private baths parlor floor dining room private table
40 WEST 2OTH-ST. handsomely furnished
~'D rooms with private bath private table only
references exchanged
IOrH-Sr., - WEST.-Desirable rooms with
80 super or board exchanged
f~TH-SC- 50 WEST Handsomely fur
= nshed rooms with be a q
(IST-ST. Is WEoT.-H ndsomely iur-
- nished rooms with board
10 WEST 47TH-ST.-ParlOr and bedroom
1 - southern p sure overlooking Broaiway also
single rooms tor gentlemen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21

HANDSOMELY furnished front room. hot
and cold water. bath also single room gentlemen vny
Pill Irving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21
Doaro ano Rooms.
East Side,

East Side.
A NEWLY FURNISHED ball room-14O
~ East 27thst. Lexington ave.-Gentenen only s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21
Dressmaking.

Gclp Uanfco
xAyANIED.-A young woman OF Intelligence
w and good address make hsr'-f generally use ui IN
Connection n To the right permanent pos.ton
o,i ,ori salary Address refervnces CONFECliOS'
EKY 25 East i2isL -
xVANTED-I.adie, anu Young Wen To deco
w rate ial AMI winter trade, s'eay
employment; 80 per week earn All materials iurnisas U
unrk iaites ir, Address EsW-ENG la ~ DECORATIVE
WORKS No 10 Pesri-st. Boston. Mass p o. Bay 10ls
N ANrED.-Chamber AMI WAITRESS;
w active and capable call b-tw $50 ant H.
MR. MORRISON, No s93 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21

,,rcrvrrDseAL rsrNrE sNNsFTT'-V. Y. CITY
.in shows tho real transactions recorded In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21

.NPEWRITER.--You ladv understanding
L thoroughly all kinds OF copying reference.
d.. ~. IrlDune Uptown once l,zss RUNAWAY.
NVAII RE.sS and CHAhBERNAlD.-By a
w young girl waitress and ehanbcrinaihi eAeeheh
lv.ss.Iaees. Oh kIlt.i- AVE-, present empioyera
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-21

IRVING PLACE. No. 5S.-Without board,
j Handsomely inrnlshed rooms. for gentlemen only.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08
Two Wall Street Pictures.

A speculator in four years has paid
one firm in Wall street the sum Of $780,
900 in commissions, says a New York
letter. He was wealthy man when he
went into the street with laudable but
unwarrantable desire to increase his pat
rimony by specializing in stocks. Now.
80 heavy have been his losses that be
would be satisfied if he possessed the
sum he has paid out in commissions.
As it is, he will cheerfully accept clerk.
ship in the said firm, who wish TO avail
themselves of his numerous acquaintance
to increase their custom. If he had been
contented with handsome sufficiency
for the day, amounting really to asuper-
abundance, be would now be in aff1uence
instead of in the position of comparative
destztution he is
On the other hand, young clerk .
few years ago commenced to speculate in
the street with 5000, the savings Of q
years abstinence from smoking, and now
is worth in real estate over 81, 000, 600
and several more in securities In Wall
street speculation, more than in anything
else, what Is game for one man Is ruiz
for another
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08
A PARLOR ROMANCE.

Everybody said they were made ex-
preSSly for each other. Even the bronze
clock on the mantel said so. and this had
more weight than the statement OF any
one else. The clock was an oracle: OF
all the ornaments in the room he was the
only one who was treated with respect
by the housemaid. Then, too, he was
consulted by the man who owned the
house, who set his watch by the gilt
hands which moved with unvarying reg
ularity around his circular face. Thus
1t was only natural that the other orna-
ments should regard his word as little
less than law. The very day these two
were brought into the room-he, short,
corpulent terra Gotta figure of foreign
troubadour, and she, slender damsel of
his own nationality-the clock nodded
to the japanese vase on the centre table
and observed that if he knew anything
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08

A German saloon keeper on Third
street has dog that is Enoss di2ipased
Canine The dog is slowly but surely
drinking himself ~ death He not only
looks on II i,eer when il Is amber, but
risks sight when il u stale and hat He
watches the trough directly under the
ice-chest where the beer kegs are placed,
and y nen the trough becomes filed with
the amber -coiored liquid, the internpera.e
animal will lap if up. He refuses water,
and drinks beer morning, noon and night
After drinkink heavily he will 20 70 sleep,
ssd The first thought On waking up seems
70 be q beer, a. he goes directly 10 the
trough and satisfies his thirst He Is
becoming quite oorpuient, and 10 con-
fIrrled old drunkard His only apparent
amusement and enjoyment in life are %
drink and 70 sleeps. Ps.l nOnA~
Pre%a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08
A Market in Madagascar.

ssThe market opens early in the morn
ing. Among the fruits were citrons, lem
ons, and oranges, pine-apples, plantainf
and pistache nuts. Among the root
manioc was most abundant. Rice was
very plentiful and of varied quality.
There were also maize, millet and othe,
grains The chief article of manufacture
was foreign cotton cloth, white and
printed. The native manufacturers COM
prised knives, hatchets, axes, hoes,
spades, files, nails, scales and weights,
native cloth, lambas, mats, blankets, and
hats of plated straw, sc. Most Of the
articles were spread upon the ground,
some on little sort of raised platform OF
earth or sand the sides of which were
edged in remarkable manner with the
shoulder bones of oxen stuck in the
ground, the broad part upward. The
venders sometimes sat in the center of the
platform and sometimes by the sides.
The butchers were busy cutting up the
meat, which was spread upon the ground
on broad plantain OF other leaves. 1t
was sold in pieces, not by weight. Mixed
up with these articles were all kinds of
poultry, including guinea-fowls, which
are native, and turkeys, which have been
introduced. In one place there were diff
ferent kinds of black or brown parrots; !;
and in another man was very anxious
to persuade me to buy three young ten
rees, apparently the spiny tenrees, which
he had in cage. A large black and white
lemur, the ruffed lemur, splendid ami
NAL, quite tame, was very attractively ex-
hibited. observed various kinds of salt !;
also, tobacco in leaf and manufactured,
as well as nuff-boxes, or tobacco-boxes,
made of small pieces of polished cane,
and sort of perfume resembling oint-
ment went into several of the houses
where numbers of lambas, or native scarfs,
of varied pattern and quality were for
| sale. The patterns of some of the native
fabrics were both tasteful and attractive.
The money-changers were busy cutting
up dollars and half and quarter dollars
and smaller pieces, cut silver valued by
weight, being the universal currency.
They cut the dollars up by laying it on q
block, placing large knife with ham
mer. This process was carried on a,
the threshold of tho doors in fha ma RI at
The greatest drawback to the interest
which the novel spectacle of a market in
Madagascar presented was the great mum.
Der of huts in which barrel of arrack, q
fiery kind of rum made in the island, wa.
placed for sale. There was generally 9
tap in the end of the barrel, and one oil
two men were constantly inviting custom
ers.-ReU. Wm. Elias.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08

tcr to dispose of body. \ week rarely
passes that someone u eo7rsits, yabie prnn-
inence docs not uav~terio,ssir disappear
from this city. Hundreds OF ooscn.e
persons disappear-in the course of year,
whose absence is never noticed even by
persons who lived near them. In large
city there is vast population who have
no regular abiding place. Many of them
might drop out Of sight forever and never
be missed by more than two or three per-
sons who might desire to be rid of them
How many murders are committed OF
which the public never have any knowl
edge 2-C Chicago Times.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08

| viii - still tc-lay and rsxst,
Iwill BE- s.aIl and les life drift;
] am 50 tired that it Is tEss
Neither my hands nor eys 10 E6
am so tired-it is no Use,
Ny VIII ran not my need obey:
o Care, / ask few hours, trucn,
Ipray thee let ms rr<s to-day.
and se, shu' up in restfui gicon,
| ies my b. ds drop Estlessly1
Within fov dim and silent room
would no. move, or hear. or sca
Oblivion dropped On me her balm
fell on slunbcr deep and sweet
And whef woke was strong and caln,-@
And full of rest from heas TO fest
So, toiler in lire's weary waya
Pity thyself, for thou must tire;
Both body, mind. and heart have days
They can not answer their desire
Birds in all seasons do not sing.7
Flowers have their time 10 bloom and fan;
There is not any living thing
Can answer TO a ceaseless call
Sometimes, tired head, seek sluntu deep:
Tired hands, no burden try to lift;
Tired heart, thy watch let others keep
Pity thyself and let life drift,
A few hours rest perchance may hiring
Relief from WEAKNESS and pain;
And thou from listless hnguors spring,
nd gladly lift thy work again
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08
EasiIT Avoided.

NJ and Nine. Prudhomme And their
new rooms ill-heated By the furnace, and
decide 10 buy =. stove TO keep them
warm
NJ Prudhomme reflects:
''Stoves are sometimes dangerous. We
must be careful not 10 run any risk Of
asphyxia,ing ourselves by coal gas-"
He reflects some more:
"Ah. That's easily. avoided. We viii
never shgh; t."
BE smiles a. his clevernesA and buys
rt-FysseA Rn-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08

A record of SIX hundred births shows
that q little more than half the number
occurred between a. N. and s .. m.
the greatest number during any one
hour being between : and a m, and
the least number. twelve, occurred be-
tween Il N. and I p N.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08
HUMOROUS.

Seriously, is the dog star Skye ter
ner
Parrots should speak only in polysyl-
tables
All that is left of Athens is a spot Of
Greece.
Circuit Court Sneaking around the
house to avoid the dog
1t is the professional flute player who
has to whistle for his money.
Woman is not much of philosopher,
but she is proverbially clothes observer
The only leading lady ,...; society rec
ognizes is the one who conducts n pug
with a ing.
Pa, why does a man break promise
so rcadily7' Because, my s'n, it is so
easy to make another one"
Nc .als ale more active" wrote the
market reporter whose wife had hastened
his exit that morning with a flying fat
iron
Young men who think their sweet
hearts are divine love to make1divinity
students of themselves every night in the
week
A philosopher says: ''No man is rich
who wants any more than he has got"
| II this is reliable the majority Of rich
,,.,, ,p,,c+ bo ,fa.I
thief entered q house, and while
providing about fell over chair and
broke his leg, and had TO arouse the fam
ily TO call doctor
Policeman-''You have been standing
minded checker player-'Beg pardon,
sir! it's your move"
A surgical journal tells of man who
lived five years with ball in his head.
We have known girls to live twice as long
with nothing but balls in their heads.
Never despise friend because he hap
pens to have grown rich. Go TO him,
take him aside, tell him gently Of his
faults and ask him to lend you five dol
lars.
Our air is much purer than yours"
said a Frenchman 10 an Englishman.
ave" was the reply, ''but there's some
substance in ours-look at the thickness
OF IT."
A clergyman who was officiating At the
funeral Of a young girl began his dis
course with, oh may this bcreaved
father find consolation for the death of
his only daughter" and then happening
10 remember that there was another
danghtez, the offspring Of 4 second mar
ragc, he added. has,ily-''by his hrst
wife
THE CHINESE ANSWER.
You shootee me and hasgre TIE.
You bootee ne arsi bangoe me,
Ne doe workee, ge;ise hoosdle.
I.ives rates, poodle.
oh. me iiyee oh, 80 cheaper
And me workec hile you sis~p~~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-08

THE CHINESE ANSWER.
You sh0<etes me and hasgne TIE,
You bosotee ne arsi tsangee me,
Ne doe workee, ge.isss tsndle,
1.ivee On ratess, poodle.
oh, me livee oh, 80 cheapse
And me workec wfiile Ypsi sis~y~~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20

SCARLET FEVER IN MILE.-The latest
theory-by no means q reassuring one-as
to the nature and origin of scarlet fever, is
that it may be had "direct from the COW"
and is, in short, the form assumed in human
beings by some originally vaccine disease.
An epidemic, or rather several epidemics OF
scarlet fever in Marlylebone, Hampstead
and other districts, have been traced 10 GER
tain milk. Every care has been taken to
discover whether the milk could have been
infected after leaving the COW, and on full
investigation this theory has been excluded
One of the cows, "the appearance of which
was least satisfactory" has now been bought
and conveyed to the Brown Institution,
where experiments are being made with the
milk and other secretions. The sanitary
officers of the Marylebone district certainly
deserve credit for the prompt,ude with
which they seem to have nipped in the bud
what might have become formidable cpl
demic, and for the care with which they
have conducted an Investigation which may
lead to important scientific results.-Palt
Nall Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20

A HINT CONCERNING PRoFANITY.-Don't
you find that you swear under certain con-
ditions, in certain circumstances, and that
YOU don't swear under other certain condi.
tions2 You are sitting at your family table.
You never tell an ofEcolorcd story there.
You never swear there, and this is not on
the theory that man thinks when he
swears either. With that class of cattle
am not dealing. A man who Intentionally
swears, who rejoices in dirt and vulgarity
and wickedncss, is the kind Of man l am
not talking to. l am speaking to ordinary
human beings like myself, who are govern
ed by circumstances, dominated by sur
roundings, 10 whom life Of thought and
expression and action here is totally differ
ent from line of thought and action and
expression there, and absolutely without
any intention so far as my prethought di-
reefs If you can control your thoughts
and your phrases in your home circle, in
your school, you can control them in your
store, in your office, on your playground
Joe Howard, in Boston Globe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20
Shocking Tragedy.

BANGOR, Me. Feb. 2O.-News reached here
late last night of shocking tragedy in
Aroostook county. Monday night on a
plantation seven miles below Van Buren,, n
Frenchman named Martin, seventy years
old, had dispute with his wife, and the
woman went to her sons house where she
remained all night. At about o'clock the
next morning, she returned home accom-
panied by her two grandsons. The boys
were out of the house, cutting wood, when
suddenly Mrs. Martin rushed out scream
ing, closely followed by her husband with
au IKE. She was overtaken fifty feet from
the door, and the man struck her blow on
the bead with his weapon, killing her in
stantly. The boys ran for aid, and Martin
dragged the body of his murdered wife to
the house, left it on the floor, and then went
up stairs and shot himself through the head.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20

A BILL has passed the Legislature making
the attorney general, secretary of the Com
monwealth, the treasurer, and the two au'
ditors board with authority to reimburse
from the treasury collecting officers who
incur damages in the execution of the laws to
prevent the receipt of coupons for taxes.
AS the boudsmen of the collecting officers
are liable for the heavy damages that, I'M
der the recent decision of the .. S. Supreme
Court, will be exacted of the latter by q. S.
courts for refusing to obey the mandates OF
that court, and as the State has no money
with which to reimburse them, those collec-
tors who have any regard for the interests
of their bondsmen will not be apt to subject
themselves to damages by attempting to
enforce the collection of State dues in mon.
ey when coupons are offered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20
&9(9g's zE6 *
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Confession of 9 Murderess.

CHARLEvoIx, Mich. Feb. 20.-The excite
ment in the Higgins murder case, since the
discovery of the body in o manure heap,
has been increased by Mrs. Higgins confess
sion of how the horrible deed was commit
ted. To the sheriff she admitted that she
aud her husbands nephew, were the muir
derers. Higgins had been suspicious OF
undue intimacy between his wife and neph-
ew, and had frequently ordered him to
leave the place The nephew continued to
remain, however, at the solicitation of Mrs.
Higgins, who seems to have had influence
over her husband. Saturday, Feb. 6, Higs-
ms returned from Browastown, where he
had been trading. Since then he was not
seen or heard from. The wife and nephew
declared he had gone away to stay, but the
neighbors becoming suspicious, organized a
searching party Monday, and found the
body of Higgins buried in a manure pile
behind his barn. The skull was crushed
and the body mutilated. Yesterday Mrs.
Higgins made confession to Prosecuting
Attorney Hudson, saying her husband
was killed shortly after his return home;
that the crime was committed in the House
by George Higgins, the instrument used
being hammer. The body was taken to
the barn and hid in a haystack till Sunday
night, when they buried it in the manure
heap. Higgins, when interviewed by Hud-
son and Sheriff Stewart, and shown Mrs.
Higgins confession aud the hammer, broke
down and corroborated the woman's state.
ment, adding that his uncle was thrown
down, choked and hammered till dead.
Threats of lynching are freely made, and
fearing an attempt would be made the pris.
oncr was removed to Bsllare Jail. The
coroner returned verdict that Peter Higg-
ms came to his death at the hands ofGeorge
and Mrs. Higgins. Both were bound over
for trial
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20
FROM WASHINGTON.

Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 20, 1886.
At the regular weekly meeting of the Vir-
ginia Democratic Association, of this city,
last night, Congressman Watson, of West
Virginia, made an excellent speech, in
which he took the ground that the legisla-
ton OF the past had been chiefly in the in
terests of the monopolists, ard should in
the future be in those of the people. The
Association has determined that it will not,
except in special cases, endorse applications
for Office.
The Judiciary Committee of the House
this morning was crowded by large dele
CATION of the National Woman Suffrage
Convention, lately in session in this eitv
who spoke and read speeches to the mem
bers OF the committee, intended to induce
them to report bill in favor of woman
suffrage. The delegation did not compare
tavorably 10 personal appearance With
those that have appeared before the same
committee in previous Congresses, there not
being single pretty woman in the entire
lot. Those who spoke were Susan Antho-
ny, Mrs. Sewell. Mrs. Merriweather, Mrs.
Nyman, Mrs. Minor, and Mrs. Cougar. The
only friends they have on the committee
are among the republican members. Mrs.
Nyman, in her speech, said that the same
despotic spirit which supported slavery was
opposed to giving woman the right to vote.
Among the signatures to woman suffrage
petition recently presented to the Senate
were the following, all OF whom are known
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A substitute has been prepared and will
be offered in the Legislature antagonlzIng
the Massey bill.
The Masons Of Richmond have purchased
the Allen mansion on Shockoe Hill, in that
city, and will build temple on the site.
The National Lancers, of Boston, left
Charleston, S c., and are expected to arrive
in Richmond to-day, when they will be vel
coined by Gov Lee and banqueted.
Henry Kinzel, prominent and wealthy
citizen Of Winchester, was found dead In his
bed, at tho hotel in Leesburg, Florida, yes
terday, where he mad gone 20 look after his
landed interests.
Mr.. Geo. W. Ward, jr., who was assaulted
some time since, in Abingdon, is in Wnches-
ter, having returned from New York where
he was under medical treatment for his
wounds, and is getting along very well, be-
ing now able to get about on crutches..
The Seventy first regiment, New York
volunteers, under command of Col. McAlpin,
propose to visit Richmond on the 2Gth,
bringing with them their band OF sixty
pieces. 1t is also expected that Governor
Hill, of New York, will be their honorary
guest The veteran corps Of the regiment
will also come with them.
A handsome vase filled with beautiful
flowers adorned the desk of Mr.. Heaton, in
the State Senate yesterday, attached to
which was card with the following nscrip.
ton, ITO Senator Heaton from the citizens
of Richmond" 1t was presumed to be q
compliment from some OF his friends to the
| speech he made the previous cay against
| local option.
Tho substance Of Attorney General Ayers
opinion as to the decision Of the u 5. SUI
prone Court, is that when person tenders
coupon for direct or license taxes the per-
son rendering takes the rick Of the coupon
being genuine. II the officer refuses the
tender and levies for the tax, he then takes
risk OF coupon being spurious II: in suit
thereafter brought against the officer for
unlawful levy, it should he proved that the
coupon rendered was spurious, the plaintiff
would fail in his suit, but if ia that suit it
should be proved that the coupon was genu:
ire, the officer would have been a max ed
trespasser in levSing and liable for damages.