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Western cyclone., 1886-10-28
oLp-FAsHIoNED WoOING.
How COurt>hip was Carried on in the Fiji
teenth Century.


There is beautiful old-fashioned WOO
ing recorded in the journal of Elizabeth
Woodville previous to her marriage with
Lord Grey. This lady afterward became
the Queen of Edward ", and died in
1886, She describes a certain blissful
Monday on which she first became ac-
quainted with Lord Grey. The lady
rose at four ia the morning and helped
catherine the dairy maid 70 milk the
COWS. Then she made a poultlce for
Rachael, another dairy-maid, and gave
Robin penny to get a pill from the
apothecary. At o'clock she breakfast
ed on a buttock of beef and beer, "a lit
tie of the stalest." At 7 O'Clock she rode
matter of six miles on little pony
without saddle or bride. At 10 o'clock
she dined, and thus runs the entry in
her diary: "Went to dinner. John Grey.
most comely youth, but what is that to
me? A virtuOus maiden should always
be under the direction of her parents.
John Grey ate but little and stole a
great many tender looks at me. Jorn
Grey likes white teeth; my teeth are of
g. pretty good color, l think, and my
hair is black as jet, though say it, and
J ohm, if | mistake not, is of the same
opinion"
At II o'clock she walked in the fields
with the company. John Grey lifted
her over every stile, and 'twice squeezed
my hand with great vehemence." AT
three in the afternoon farmers house
burned down. John Grey proposed a
subscription on the spot, and gave four
pounds himself "Never saw him look
SO comeIy as at that moment" says the
lady in her diary. Four o'clock saw her
at prayers, ard immediately afterward
she fed the hogs and poultry. At z
o'clock she supped on baked goose pie
and PORK, "roasted to rags" At 9
o'clock she was in bed, and having a
good digestion, she dreamed about her
lover instead of demons, which accord
ing to Fuseli, generally visit the slum-
bers of the individual who indulges in q
supper Of pork. But how quaint, peace
ful, and pastoral is the last entry, deal
ing with this eventful day in the journal
"Nine o'clock. The company fast
asleep. These late hours very disagree
able Said my prayers a second time
John Grey having distracted nv
thoughts too much the first time. Eel
asleep and dreamed of John Grey
But little did she dream in those quiet
days of trOublous life which was before
her; how she would become Queen ot
England, and die at last in confinement
at Southwark.
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28

property was dissipatea; he is now in an
asylum, incurably insane, and not far
from his end, which will be release to
him, poor fellow, and a relief to his
friends. Watts Sherman, who owned
the theater when Fechter was dispossess-
ed, is still living; but the firm to which
he belonged, Duncan, Sherman & Co,
though in the best of credit, failed disas-
trously in 1875, paying Only 10 cents on
the dollar. The theater now belongs,
believe, to the estate Of Marshall o.
Roberts, who, soon after marrying a
second and very young wife, died quite
suddenly.
The whole history OF this historic
building is associated With calamitN For
twenty years it shows nearly an un-
broken series of death. financial ruin and
disaster of one sort or another No won
der that members OF the dramatic pro
fession, having their peculiar notions,
regard it superstitiously. Many of them
would not take it rent free, so greatly Go
they stand IN fear of having any connec-
ton with it. 1t has been STYLED the
Ruin and Death theater.
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28

regarding the absolute destitution of the
survivors,. They say they never saw such
suffering for the common necessities of life.
The committee ascertained that the total
number of persons who had lost their live
was 1O2. Of these sixty-four were colored
and thirty eight whites. Only sixty-one
bodies have been recovered. Measures for
the relief of the distressed are being active
ly pressed at Houston, Galveston and other
cities. The members of the local commit
tee say the calamity grows with each hour.
All tldlngs from the devastated region make
the disaster NOSE distressing than at first
thought possible.
Commissioner Sparks has made his report
to the. secretary of the interior upon inform
ton received at the general land Office to the
effect that the Montana improvement com
pany is making extensive depredations upon
public timber on unsurveyed lands along
the line of the Northern Pacific railroad,
pany, and that private surveys are being
made by the timber company with a view of
claiming that the lands deprecated upon are
odd sections belonging to the railroad com
pany, and not to the United States. The
commissioner in his repOlt urges a vigorous
prosecution of both companies. He says
that the public lands IN POI tions Of Montana
Idaho and WashingtO ton Territory, are being
rapidly denuded by it of all their valuable
timber, and unless the full force Of the gov
ernHent is exerted to put an immediate stop
to these depreciation much of the public
timber land in said territories will soon be
but barren waste.
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28

been so long looking fur No more
rom for claims but those in the secret
seized several claims; the pretended orr
ginal owners get wrathful and threaten,
and a riot is in prospect, when it is sug-
nested by one of the friends that the
matter of dispute be settled by the rules
Of ths ring. Agreed to; and the winner
is borne on his friends shoulders to a
canteen, where ale and heer is consumed
IN immense quantities commemorate
the victory. After awhile. when quiet
Is restored, it finally 0awns upon the
average mind of the "kapl'' that Maho
gany Nose has succeeded in playing his
cards Well. The canteen where SO much
fermented refreshment WIS swallowed
belonged TO Mahogany Nose, and he
planted the diamonds he pretended to
find. For reasons unnecessary TO stase,
old Mahogany found it prudent to aban-
don bis claim. enter his canteen, and
give free treat 10 all that come That
settled it, aud all was forgiven, EXCEPT
on the part of some glum old diggera
who had come many miles to the new
III Dorado. They demanded brandy
and got it instead Of "poonohing the
cad of that Il old weasel"
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28

So says Col. Charles Chai1le Long, in
the last issue of the North American
Reriew. During his long military ser
vice in Egypt, Col. Long frequently en-
camped, he says, in the shadow of Cleo
patra's Needle, and recalled the story
of its grandeur and glory Now he sees,
with alarm, that it is fast crumbling
away. And he tells the American peo-
pie little story with which they are not
familiar.
"Cleopatra's Needle upon our shores
can never be other than areproach." 1t
was torn from its base at the inspiration
of vulgar, concealed, private center
prise" 1t was not free gift to the ma
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28
AN ILL-STAERED PLAYHOUSE
The "Theater of Ruin and Death" in Four
teenth Street, New York.

The "Theater of Ruin and Death" in Four
teenth Street, New York.
Boston Advertiser.
The death of Samuel Colville, lessee
OF the Fourteenth street theater, has
again stirred the feelings of the super
stitious concerning that house. Every
one is aware what believers in good and
bad luck most members of the dramatic
profession are. They have long held
this theater to be particularly unfortu-
nate, and that the bad luck which at
tends it is extended to those who under
take its management. The original
building, erected some twenty years ago
FOR a French theater, was opened by Il
company of Partisan comedians under
tbs objection of Juignet and Drivet. The
enterprise soon failed, and for a year or
two the house was, for the most part,
closed. Divers companies performed
there from time TO time, but they all
came to financial grief H. l.. Bateman,
with the first opera bouffe, and Jacob
Grau, with Ristori, were striking excep-
tons. They made money, but they
died not long after. and many theatrical
folks think they would he alive now but
for their lease of the ill-starred house.
Edwin Forrest played there the last time
he appeared on the boards in this city.
The engagement suddenly closed with
considerable pecuniary loss, and a few
months latter the eminent Iragedian was
no more.
The same i'll success continued to a.
tend il. Opera, drama, burlesque were
shattered within its walls. Charles
Fechter leased it, and proposed to make
I If model theater. He spent q deal OF
other persons money in reconstructing
the building, inside and outside; then
duarreled with the owner-quarreled
with everybody sooner or later and all
his alterations and adonments availed
him nothing. 1t was heavy blow to
him; he had been going down hill for
sometime, and soon after he died at his
/ PENNSYLVANIA farm, imbittered with the
whole world.
I After nine wears J. Fl. Haverly took it,
and named it Haverly's Fourteenth
/ Street theatre. He had enterprise, en-
ergv, and astuteness; but they availed
him little there. He shared the fate oi
I his predecessors: he was ruined. Har
rigsn and Hart, who had always been
prosperous with their realistic tenement
house drama. went there; but The place
was too much for them They lost
steadily; they even dissolved partner
ship, though they lad long been init
mate friends. BARLEY Campbell leaseC
it: his mind became affected; all
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28
ST. Abe SURVIVED.
The Cadet Who Rode "A COlonel's Horse at
SOIferinO.

New York Sun.
DIR. st. Albe, interpreter of French,
German, Italian, Hebrew, and many
other living and dead languages for the
New York court of special sessions. is
the hero of three armies. In the button
hole of the right lapel of his coat is a
bright boquet made up of the colors of
all his regiments. He is styled profes-
sor by his intimate friends An Aus
trian officer i'll his city, speaking of him
at the battle of Solferino, said:
"St. Albe was then a cadet in the
Fifty fourth of the line and carried the
ensign.
"'Charge, Fifty fourthr the general
in command thundered out.
"The Fifty fourth began to move
double-quick, and in a little while was
engaged. The general saw them moved
down whole files at a sweep.
"The Forty fourth charged tie gen
eral roared out, and the Forty-fourth
trod the path to glory like the Fifty
fourth. Then the Seventeenth was or
dered to charge, when the commander
saw that the day was Frances and Sar-
dinia's, and ordered retreat. Then all
smirched with the blood of battle, worn
out with his exertions, and seated on q
massive charger, rode up young St
Albe. He dipped Lis ensign as he said
calmly: The Fifty-fourth have charged
and are ready to retreat
"The Fifty fourth will go to the rear
the commander thundered out, and the
Fifty fourth backed out bowing to the
commander, and found the rear. 1t was
the colonel's horse st. Albe rode. They
were all that was left of the Fifty fourth
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28
How Different People Travel.

Merchant Traveller.
Have you uOticed how some people
enter car and where they sit? A lady
will walk past dozen vacant seats, often
the entire length of the car, then come
back again and take one Of the seats she
has just passed, and often after she is
seated change to another just exactly
like the one she leaves; never exactly de-
cided at home or abroad.
The old traveller walks directly to the
best seat in the car that is vacant, j. e.,
the one nearest the center on the shady
side-not because it rides easier, but it
is safer in case of accident. The o. t.,
never passed a vacant seat if the car is
in any way nearly full.
The small boy or his sister, na,tstsGet
next the window, and usually tlattens his
nose against it if it is not open, he being
on his knees on the seat-we mean the
small boy on a small journey. If the
trip lengthens out any he will get all
over the car before he gets to the end of
the trip.
The backwood6man viii take the first
SEAT luSlu9 Tie uOOr, Wn6Unef the car Is
crowded or empty, and will put his en-
tire family on the seat If he can squeez
them in between the arm of the seat and
the window. If it's down in Kentucky
or Tennessee they will take off their hats
and bonnets and make themselves at
home.
The colored brother or sister from
down south hunts a window before he
does a seat, raises the sash quickly,
passes his body through to the waist
and TO people he has told 'good-by' he
shouts again, Goo by, goo'-by; give my
love to Amt Mary; goo-by; you must
wIite." While the person yelled at is as
innocent of writing as babe. When the
train is on its way he sinks into a seat,
the one where he is AS good as any; he
stays there, looks around with a smile of
satisfaction, is glad he is alive, and glad
der of all he is "gwine on this yere cyar, "
and gladder of all that the car is sup
piled with ice water, a luxury that does
not appear in his every day life.
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28
Education no BindrauCc.

1t does not follow that we'll educat-
ed girl cannot be thorough housewife
Any girl or woman of aver age intelle- :
can and will adapt self 10 any cir
cumstances in which she may be placed
have seen it done a hundr | times;
and the very girls who knew least tout
household matters before they were mar
ried set themselves to learn and do all
that might te required of them, when
they assumed the responsible of
matrimony," as the newspapers say.
The best houseke erer of my acquaintance
had DO homo ] 'ore she was MAJ ried,
but lived with her relatives Pnd grew up
without much trplnin8 of eny kinc
To be sure duliug the greater pert OF
her honeymoon she was unutterably
wretched, notwithstPpd pg the encour-
agement and consolation she received
from her husband, who ate leaden bis
cult like a saint and ignored her failure
with a sweetness that should have IC-
commended him for canon 'TatioD She
had all kinds of fref dtul misL aT-
Fowls we're Occf siOnally eIVed up that
were like the whited 9pulcbre. But she
conquered all her dfliculti -, end to-day
can invite fifty guests 10 diDuer, and 81
at the herd of her table with that cheer
ful ease possible orly TO one who lor
that the bill of fare, from soup to cof
will be faUtless. Another of my frie
the lovely daughter of wealthy ma
married poor young man aud wen
out West to live. Inc young wife had
the usual experience of horsekeet eIsw with
incompetent help. Finally che refused
to admit another one, African, Irish
German or American into her kitchen
and set herself to work to iathom its
mysteries. At the time | saw her ehC
he / met the enemy and it was hers. The
lore of the cookery book was at her fin
ger ends, and her tiny honse was fresh
and dainty from spaIe-room to cellar
there was no attic. Among other achieve
mems of which she was reasonably proud
was the upholstering of the baby car
riage in which the first-born took his
rides abroad. The work was IS skilful
ly done as if she had been trained to the
business. | give her as an example o
the possibilities Of the American CIR
overcoming domestic difficulties an6
making herself mistress OF almost any
situation. ] wish that young men coulc
drop into horseshoeing, plowing, shoe
making and kindred occupations as read
lily. The ranks Of tenth-rate lawyers
preachers and doctors would bc noticea
bly, thinned, and much good disseminat
ed through the length and breadth o
this profession burdened land
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28
QUICK WORK
An Embezzler Arrested, Tried aud Sent to
the PenitentIary Within Six Hours

An Embezzler Arrested, Tried aud Sent to
the Penitentlary Within Six hours.
CHICAGO, Ill, October 2l.-F. j. f. Brad
ley, ex- manager af the Pullman Palace Car
company, was lodged IN the county Jail this
morning. At $50 he was arraigned before
Justice Lyon on the charge of embezzle-
ment. De waved examination. 1t is un-
derstoOd his trial in the criminal court will
take place Immediately, and that by
Saturday he will be lodged in the peniten-
tiaTy.
Bradley was taken before Judge Collins ut
II O'Clock this morning. He plead guilty
and, the officers said, expressed wish to be
sent to Joliet at once, as he was anxious to
get out again and have the matter over with
as soon As possible. Judge Collins sentenced
him to five years in the penitentiary at Joli-
ct. The necessary papers were ordered made
o1t at once, and Bradley was taken to Joliet
on the noon train.
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28

Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The daily anes in this eouth African
FL Dorado were very similar to those !
experienced in the gold mines of Cali
fornia One day the news was. east Of
us they were finding diamonds by the
handful; plenty Of oTan eroaEd, s. cure
fortune; and away went the diggers,
while the speculative ay,ten-keeper FOL
lowed When one of tue Americans
from New York aud J, after Il three
miles tramp under "a scalding sun ap-
preached the reputed nine. we found a
dozen saloOns in full blast, while several
carts were coming on he ground loaded
with divers suspicious looking casks.
1t looked TO us as If somebody Was IN
tent on starting a new town or was aDxi-
ous to sell his stock of liquid refresh
ments at a single swOop, as 1t were,
saw the trick at once. and was mad with
myself that | had been SO simple minded
as TO have been one Of It's victims. Near
by was hole, and packed close around
we're almost thousand diCgers, while
in the cavity a black man WAS CrubblBg
the lime A feE were marking ont
claims, but the majority, ha' ,ng seen no
diamonds. declared Indignantly, This
is FOOLS rush" Suddenly a bloatel
old fellow appears upon the scene, nick
named Mahogany Nose, from the yer-
milisn- -colored appearance Of that organ.
Jumps mp and down over his table and
shouts
diamond diamond
4 rush il made for him
Let's see it, all exclaim.
"Oh. it's only half carat, bat iudi.
Gates" and Mahogany Nose resum.s BIS
scraping.
! The bait takes. All seize their picl
and pick until the ground is oocupiei
More people arrive. Claims are MAJ
out. New -comer8 ara astopished az tue
industrious scene, and conclnle that
this ie the sPot-the place they have
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28

ton, but the spoils of robbery. Our de-
partment of state was probably deceived
in permitting its consular agent to act
in semi official capacity in the accept
ance Of the obelisk. Ai"general cry of in
dignation arose in all Egypt at the pro-
fame vandalism to be cOnsummated, and
the populace were restrained from VIC
lent opposition to its removal only in de
ference to the wishes Of the Egyptian
government. Tewnk khedive said
Mr.. Consul, take it; my people com
plain; [ am delighted to see that they
appreciate these antiquities; / agree
with them that they are Of great hist0ri-
cal value to us, but [ do not wish to
offend the great republic This is not
the language Of one who makes yolun-
tary gift, but one made under compul-
sion, and the acquisition was neither
creditable to our nation nor to our day.
But the United States consulate in
Egypt has been for many years an Au-
gean stable and quite beyond the con
troll of the secretaries Of state, who seem
to have abandoned it heretofore to the
questionable care Of their slbordinates.
And hence the series OF scandals which
have made it famous"
Who hall'say that the acknowledged
disintegration Of the obelisk now is not
due to the iuterpOsition of some aveng
ing spirit who seeks to redress its
wrongs? Be this as it may, let us an
ticipate its absolute decay, raise popu-
lar subscription, and "return to the de-
spoiled and outraged city of Alexandria
her lost monument, This would be an
act worthy of generous people" The
Obelisk is suffering from consumption,
and only change Of climate can save it
from annihilatiOn.
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28

enable to suppose that she is going to
squander any charity on Americsns?"
Gilhooly-"That is precisely what L
mem"
"Well, It's mean thing to say about
a POOR widow"
Western cyclone., 1886-10-28
The New York Street Car Men VIII Tie u
the Cars if Necessary.

The New York Street Car Men viii Tie u y
the Cars if Necessary.
New YORK, October 21.-The Times of
this morning says that a rumor was circu-
lated yesterday that all the surface and
elevated roads in the city will be tied up on
election day. Most of the shops and fac
tories " i'll be closed in order that the labor
ing men may show their power. 1t was said
that the men who take day off would take
possession of the polls early in the morning
end would either intimidate voters who were
not in favor of Henry George, or manage to
keep them outside the polling place until
their patienr was ey hausted and they were
compelled ID go away to their place Of busi-
ness without voting. s )me of the leaders
of the George movement poohpoohed the
rumOr as ridiculous and without foundation,
but it was admitted thas something of the
kind had been talkf d about several days ago.
1t was stat ed on authority that two or thre9
days before election that the car d. ivers, con
due Ors end trein hands would ask the rail
road companies to make such arrangements
that they might be able to go off in patches
snd Vote du1 ing the day. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that the companies are opposed TO
Ge 0rge, and Will try to prevent them from
going to the polls. Should the companies
refuse to grant the request the men will tie
up and take day off. 1t il said that the
brass workers will also take dag off
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