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A SINGULAR STORY.
Marvellous Adventure of a Blind and PaI
alyzed Young Woman.

Marvellous Adventure of a Blind and Par
alyzed Young Woman.
The VOlkSzeituRg of the city of .Tilsit,
Prussia, reports: A girl of twenty-five
has been left blind and paralyzed by a
fever. She had consulted a number of
physicians and had heen under treatment
at the hospital of the University at
Koenigsberg. One day the poor patient
was sitting alone in her room, when ali
unknown individual entered and seized
both her hands. She was frightened and
attempted to knock with her cha to call
for her family, when the intruder made
her feel broad knife, telling her he would
stab her if she made the slightest noise.
How long he held the patient in that
manner is not stated. On leaving her he
said he would leave an explanatory paper
in the loft upon which hcr room opened.
Immediately after the girl heard a noise
like the cracking of burning wood and
smelled smoke filing her room. She gave
the alarm, aud her parents ran upstairs.
They found small fire in the loft, but it
was easily extiuguished. When they
entered the room they found the girl in a
great fright, but were most joyfully sur
prised when she opened her eyes and
could see them. She could also move b er
limbs a little and there is good hope now
of her entire recovery. They found the
paper the strange visitor had said he
would leave, bat there was nothing writ
ten on it but a few unintelligible words.
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D0NNAbS"' Georgia. He is a ge-
nial, able and popular man, and the coast
counties Of his State are very strong sup
porters of his name in any and every cam
paign for the Governorship. The hill and
mountain counties, however, have always
been too strong for him.
Whitthorne, of Tennessee, is the third
member of the House who has been a mem
Der of the Senate. He is a fine-looking old
gentleman with delicate Burgundy COM
plexion and snow-white hair and beard He
is now sixty-two years old, and was born in
Tennessee at a time when the pioneer was
very careful to have his rifle with him
while plowing his fields. He was educated
in Tennessee, studied law there and has
practiced in Marshall County ever since.
He was member of the Tennessee Legis-
lature nearly ten years, and in 1860 was on
the Brecl1in ridge electoral ticket.
During the war he was in the Confeder-
ate army, serving most of the time as Ad-
jutant-General under General Harris. now
Tennessee's senior Senator. Congress re-
moved his disabilities in 1870, and he was
a member of the Forty-second, Forty-third.
Forty fourth. Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth
Congresses. When Senator jackson was
appointed to the United States Circuit
bench Governor Bate, the present Junior
Senator from Tennessee, appointed Whit
thorne to fill the vacancy. The Legislature
subsequently elected him to LII out the un-
expired term. 1t was the understanding
that Governor Bate should be elected for
the succeeding long term, and Mr.. Whit
thorne was elected a member of the Fiftieth
Congress while sitting in the Senate.
Among men in the House who have held
other and possibly higher positions than
that Of Congressman is Mr.. Hit, of nli-
nois, who has been Assistant Secretary of
State; John H. Gear, of Iowa, who has
been Governor of his State; John D. Long,
who has been Governor of Massachusetts;
Mr.. Cox, of New York, who has been Min
ister to Turkey; Jehu Baker, Of Illinois,
who has been Minister to Venezuela ;uWill-
lam Walter Phelps, who has been Minister
to Austria. J. A. TRUEsDELL,
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tall, spare, smooth-faced old gentleman,
wearing rather solemn countenance, and
rarely speaking to any one. He served
number of years as diplomat; first in 1854
as commissioner to arrange the treaty
with Paraguay, and later in 1853 when Mr..
Buchanan made him Minister to Ecuador.
He was elected to the Senate in 1868, by
majority of one vote; he is a lawyer of fine
ability, and an excellent political manager;
he was chairman of the Pennsylvania State
Democratic Committee as far back as 1851
Norwood was a member of the Forty
ninth Congress, as well as the Fiftieth
He is native Georgian, now tifty-seveD
years old. He was educated in his own
State, graduating at Emory College, Judge
Larlar's alma mater. He is a stout, robust
man, of medium height, with full brown
beard, large frank eyes, and face alto
gether that resembles that of Henry George
His home is in Savannah, where he has
practiced law for the last thirty-five years
He was tho first Southern Democrat to be
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The Mest-used Langunso.

Prof. Kirchof, of Halle, was recently re.
auested. in order to decide bet. to state
which language was tho one most in use.
His reply was 90 the effect that without
doubt, th.c Chinese language stood first, It
beng spoken by about 400,0o0o0O Of people.
Next comes the Hindoostanee. spoken by
more than 100. 600 900; then English, by up
ward OF 100000, 900; Russian. by upward OF
100000; German, by about 5s,0Oo,ooo'
spanish. By about AZ, 600. 900, and fifth IN or
der French, by about 40,00o,000.
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''You spilled this ink on the floor, did
you" said the wholesale grocer to the
boy. THAT is right. Tell the truth,
my lad l would rather you spilled
barrel of ink than to lie. Integrity, my
boy, integrity aad truthfulness-Iet that
be your motto. / attribute my business
success to the strict observance of that
motto. You can 20 now aud finish stem
Cling Pure Vermont Maple MoIasses' on
those cans.D
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R.wnrd OF Honesty

A New York Central conductor found
800 on his train just before the holidays.
Learning of its owner, he wired him to be
on hand on the return trip and get the
money. After the amount was handed
over and found to be intact the loser took
a half-doliar from his pocket and held It
out to the veteran of the punch. Without
hesitation the latter held up his hand-to
the engineer-and shouting: San aboard |!
Sorry l haven't any change for that"
stepped aboard the train, leaving the
half dollar in the hand that had rendered
such a munificent reward for the return
of 800
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Growth Of Finger Nails.

The growth of the nails is more rapid in
children than in adults, and slowest in the
aged. 1t goes on more rapidly in summer
than in winter; so that the same nail that is
renewed in lS2 days in winter, requires only
1l6 in summer. The increase for the nails
of the right hand is more rapid than for the
left; il also differs for the different fingers,
and in order corresponding with the length
of that finger. 1t is most rapid for the md
die finger; nearly equal for the two either
side Of this; slower for the little finger, and
slowest for the thumb.
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third term made his postPresidental career
more exciting than is the usual lot of Presi-
dents. Most of our great Presidents were
old men when they first entered the White
House Jefferson was sixty, John Adams
was sixty-four, Andrew jackson was sixty
eight Harrison was the oldest of all the
Presidents and was in his seventy-second
year when elected. Jefferson lived twenty
years after his second term closed, but he
spent 1T in the quiet rural life of his Vir-
ginia home, and was little heard Of John
Tyler, after he had been President, becoming
dlsgusted with the roads in his neighbor-
hood in Virginia, sought and obtained the
Office Of pathmaster. Millard Fillmore
lived very quiet and uneventful lite after
retiring from the Presidency; the only
Office, it is said, which he held subsequent
ly being that of notary public, which was
conferred upon him as joke.
John Quincy Adams, after having been
President of the United States, was reS'
turned TO Congress, and there began the
anti-s'avery struggle by speeches of the
greatest force and courage. He was priv
ileged to die with the harness on, falling
one day IN the House in a fit of apoplexy,
and expiring some hours afterwards while
lying on sofa in the room of the Speaker
of the House, little triangular apartment
just out of the statuary hall, and now used
as the Office of the Clerk of the House
Andrew johnson, after having been Presi-
dent, was elected to the Senate; an honor
which he relished highly, regarding it as
vindication from the charges made against
him by the leaders of the Republican party.
Eaton. of Connecticut, sat in the Forty
ninth Congress- In the Fiftieth Congre
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there are three ex-
Senators-Bucl1alew.
ofPennsylvania; Nor
wood, of Georgia, and
Whitthorne, of Ten
nessee.
Buckalew repre-
sents the Scranton
(Pa.) dis trict. He
is a rock ri b b G d
d e mocrat of the
Pennsylvania school,
and was a warm per-
sonal friend of James
Buchanan and Jere
Blarl. He is now
sixty-five years old,
still hale and rugged,
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seem very dull and
fruitless. General
Grant was the young
est man who ev er
held the position Of
President, and after
his two terms with
ordinary health and
care of himself he
ought to have b a d
before him twenty
five years of life. His
journey around the
world, and the at
farnnf tn Oiva him n
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elected to the Senate,
being chosen to that
place in November,
1871, and after a con-
test for the seat with
Foster Blodgett, was
admitted the follow
ing December. His
term expired on the
Sd of March, 1877.
Norwood's ambition is
the Governorship of
lNA- IL =.
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The Aces of RnIa-.

The following table shows the ages Of the
mona rchs and Presidents Of the principal
countries OF the world, and the year Of
tnolr accession to power. The names are
arranged according to age:
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Tspecial Corresnondence.l

1t is not often that men who have held
a higher station accept a seat in the House
Of Representatives. The rules seem to be,
among American statesmen, that 1t is
step backward TO accept any lower office
than the highest to which a man may be
chosen. So it is that after man has once
been President of the United States, and
returns to private life, he is good deal of
a nonentity. If he reaches that high posi-
ton when he is a young man he has many
years before him that to most people would
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SILENCE never shows itself TO so great an
advantage as when it is made to reply TO
cBlumny and defamation.
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8e Saved tho FraIne.

A weliknown Snowman who once ran g
newspaper in Pennsylvania town tells a
story which win amuse the printers. He
hired big colored person to do chores about
the Office, and on one occasion directed him
TO move form from one place to another.
The darkey promptly put il on his head, and
Just as promptly his head went through.
and there was terrible mess OF pi- To his
employer he thus reported: :. Boss, l done
spilled the type, but saved the frame"
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The actor who was caught in the act was
removed from the cene.-Tezas Sifings
G,~fffsa

Ny BRETHREN" said Swift IN a sermon,
''there are three sorts of prids-viz-. of
birth. of riches, and Of talent shall not
now speak of the last. as none of you are
liable to that abominab'e vice"
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WASHINGTON LETTER.

the House Who Have Been Senator'S
Others Who Have Also Held Higher Po-
aitiODS.
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DELrHIA BODGE, No. 14O. X. of p, me0ts on
Monday evening of each week, at Odd Fellows
hall Visiting knights in good Standing invi-
ted 90 attend. r. n. VtNCEST, &. q.
HAHRY PJNgNAN. X. OF II. s. :.
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T. o. q. r., Pioneer Lode
No. iTp.-Rcgtilar meetings
every Tuesday evening. V 9
itinRhrcthrcnin good stand
SNtI - XNA ing cordially invited.
/NC4ttrf j. y. HALL, ". q.
~ n. l.. ALLEN. Sec.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. Sc. I. o. q. r
Meets FIRST and third Friday of ench month
Visiting Pntriarchs cordially invited 20 attend.
l.. ". HunHAUD, N. L. j. r.. NKIsON, g. y.
AMnHOsE ALLEN. \. W. J. II. HALL, y.
NAOMI No. 6g, REBECCA DEG REE, 1. o. OF.
Meets the "a and fth Friday nights, each month.
Mrs. IDA NELSON, N. q,
II. NJ. BYERLEY. secy.
X d ELDRED POST, No. ia, meets
", a. M the last saturday I'm each month
OF the cCart house in Medicine Lodge, at Z p. N.
All comrades cordially invited.
q. q. HOWE, Post Commander.
n. n. GuHERr, AdIutant.
A. A., O. u W. SSs' SSS'y E$Ss. 4S$r:%iy NJ v
JoHS DoHuER. Recorder.
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n n q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. A.
VI Ds % Regular Communications, first
asd third Monday evenings la ench month.
Mrs. Il. n. STOUT, W. N.
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Madioine LodRe omcers.
SOCIETIES.

a A. y. & A. 81. Delta Lodge No. IL
IA Regular communications, first and
~ ~ thirh Saturday evenings In each
w month. 1. W. SrOUT, W. NJ
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J. W. MoNEAL. President.
". c. THoAPsoN, Vice Pres't.
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CYPRUS CHAPTER No. g3. n. A. NJ. meets
lui Masonic Hall every "a and 9th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
GEO. II. STONE, n. y.
EP CAutruEaa. sec'y.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-27
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Open biographical volumes Where
you will, and the man who has no lal1lf
| in religion has faith in a nightmare
| BuleUer,
1t is impossible to mentally or So
cially enslave Bible-reading people
The principles OF the Bible are the
| groundwork of human freedom
Horace Greeley.
Not active trade and victorious
| armies, but religion and morality are
| the safeguards of freedom. When faltn
| is lost virtue soon departs also, and,
corrupt to it's very core, an unbeliev-
ing nation soon sinks tamely and meanly
into decay.-R. PANE Smith, u. u.
Never expect the comforts OF Di-
vine love out of the way OF Gods pre-"
cepts; he may surprise you with his
kindness, but he has not promised yoc
his comforts under such circumstances,
Christian at Work.
DO not wade far out into the dam
gerous sea of this worlds comfort"
Take what the good God provides you,
but say of it, "It passeth away for in
deed it is but a temporary supply
for temporary need" Never suffer
your goods to become your God.-Sp17'
geon.
The only cure fer Incidence is
work, the only cure for sselHshness Il
sacrifice the only cure for u1oellet If
to shake OFF the ague of doubt by DONG
Ghrist's bidding; the only cure soa
timldity is to plunge into some dread
full duty before the chill comes on
Ruthertord.
1t can be easily shown that the
young man who goes into business life,
after four years spent in college, VILE
make more rapid progress, and stand 8
better chance of being really success
full merchant, than the boy who, with
out such o training, begins his career
by doing errands and sweeping out the
store.
Holiness at home means habituai
sweetness of temper and word. Not
feigned or affected, but the pure, hon"
est outflow of pure heart. This makes
full allowance for annoyances, perpiex-
tiles, sadness, grief, but rules out ALI
bitterness and wrath and anger and
clalnor and railing, with all malice
(Eph. 1917
He who faithfully discharges his
duties to God and man, as they arise
from time to time, and in the various
forms IN which they SO arise, need give
himself no special concern about dying
grace. That viii come when he needs
it. Gods promise cecures to such a
man happy exit from this world, and
an abundant entrance into his owrever-
lasting kingdom. Right living is the
direct road to happy dying.-M J. IN
Gepende1at.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-27
KANSAS CASES.
The, Pullman Car Case and the Baldwin
NnrGier Case in the United States Sn

The. Pullman Car Case and the Baldwin
+, M"rsen tGasee in the United States sn@
prenie Cst+rf. - o. In ~.
WAsH1NeroN, uct 44'.--thh the Supreme
Court yesterday Attorney Genera, 1.s@"d-
ford, of Kansas, called up the Case Of the
Pullman Palace Car Company versus Il.
Fl. Hayward, treasurer of Allen County,
Kan, ct al, the other parties to the suit
being the treasurers of forty eight other
counties and the railroad companies hav.
ing, branch lines through these counties,
and moved for q hearing of this case DUR
ing the present sitting ef the cot1rt in
order that it might be argued during his
incumbency of Office, as his term will ex-
pire January y next. Because Of his
familiarity with the case he expressed the
belief that his State would have a better
showing Hhdar, the circumstances if his
motion was allowed. rso tnstter was
taken Under advisemeIlt and a decision
in the matter will be announced by the
court Monday.
General Bradford also called up the case
of the State Of Kansas VS.. William j.
Baldwin, and made similar motion for
trial during the present term for the same
reasons given in the preceding case. Bald
win was convicted of the murder of his
sister in Atchison County and sentenced
to death two years ago, but inasmuch as
the Governor indefinitely withheld an or.
der for execution his sentence was practi-
cally Imprisonment fot life: Hs claims
that his conviction was the result Of cir.
cumstantial evidence, and inasmuch as he
could not get new trial either in the
lower courts or ih the State Supreme
Court, he prays that the United States SUI
preme Court will grant him new trial.
This motion of the Attorney General was
granted and the hearing fixed for the third
Monday in December.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A eontented spirit is the sweetness
of existence Dickens.
Life is too short to dwell on failures
! ~--push on to a new success.
A man is often highly esteemed for
what we don't know about hin.-PucE
We find self-made men very often.
| but self-unmade ones a good deal Of
| teuer.
None but man who is well loaded
| will attempt to shoot the rapids.-Bos-
ton Post.
The best things are accomplished
when hope walks hand in hand with
endeavor.
THOSE who try to be smart at other
peoples expense are often stupid at
their own.
The highest exercise of charity IS
charity toward the uncharitable.--
Buc67ainster.
A man is already OF consequence in
the world when it is known that I'VE can
implicitly depend upon him.-II.ord
Lyons.
Princes are brought up to live
with all the world-all the world
ought to be brought up to live with
ttts5nees.
The pleasantest things in the world
are pleasant thoughts, and the great art
in life is to have as many of them as
possible.
Riches without charity are nothing
WORTH they are blessings to him only
who makes them d blessing to others.
-Fieldi,ug.
The creed of a narrow man: If a
friend changes his mind he is traitor;
If a stranger does not think as you do
ne is fool.-N. 0. Pica5stne.
The immortal taint in the heagts of
many outwardly decent people is what
makes book thus tainted sell rapidly,
-Nashu5lle Christian AdUocate.
Passionate expressions and ye-
hement assertions are no arguments.
unless it be of the weakness of the cause
that is defended by them, or of the man
that defends it Chilltngworth.
Moody says ii he could go down to
his grave and have it honestly written
above it, He did what he could,'' he
would rather have it than a monuments
of gold reaching to Heaven. Doau the
good you can, to all the people you can.
as long as ever you can.
Conversation warns the mind. on.
livens the imagination, and is contin-
ually starting fresh game that is imme-
diately pursued and taken, and which
would never have occurred in the duller
intercourse OF epistolary correspon-
dence. e.-Bemjanaiss Franklin.
One who wants to be the object of
good feelings on the part of Others must
be the subject of such feelings toward
them. This is what Solomon meant
WREN he said that she that hath friends
must show himself friendly A cross,
m-tempered, and sour-minded man who
really loves nobody, is too hateful and
pdious to invite the affection of others.
~ \. Independent
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-27
How 1t Was Done.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 19.-One of the direc-
tors of the Union Elevator Company has
explained how Hy Holcomb engineered
the wheat steal of about 10000 bushels.
Halcomb h ad a bin of his own in the
elevator. 1t is located below the other
bins and near the railway tracks.
The cars are loaded through chutes
connected with the wheat bins. Hol-
comb took off board from one of these
chutes and put on another in it's stead
that had an auger hole in it. and during
the loading process wheat continued to
pour down into his bin through this auger
hole. When he had enough so obtained,
he loaded it into car and it was hauled
to market. He had to divide up with con-
federates in the deal, but his individual
rake off amounted to $4,000. D. G.. Moak,
implicated in the steal, has written to his
wife from Chicago that lie will not return
to Minneapolis. Holcomb, it is supposed,
is with him.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-27
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

| AT Tuscaloosa, Ala, four murders have
| mysteriously been committed, and in
| mystery they equal the Whitechapel
| crimes.
THE Tennessee e. Ohio railroad was
sold on the Goth for $150,0G0 The road
runs from Rogersville junction to Rogers
vile, and is about sixteen miles long.
TUE creditors of Frank Clifton 81 Co.,
OF Chicago, who failed recently, report
that the liabilities of the firm amount to
S216,600, while their assets viii not figure
up more than $47,545.
1T is estimated that there are between
100 and 200 American boodlers, big and
little, in various parts OF Canada.
A POLITICAL meeting in Louisville, Tenn,
was fired into on the night Of the Goth by
two railroad contractors, the Finney
brothers, who are said TO have been par
TALLY intoxicated. One ball struck an old
man named Carr, about seventy years old,
SCATTERING his left Leg aud rendering am
putation necessary.
SOME farmers of Claiborne county, Miss,
estimate their cotton crop short of what
they planted for by 25 to so per cent.
THE Wheelers of the Second Congress
sional District of Arkansas, who recently
Endorsed Hon. G. r. Breckenridge for Con-
gress, met at Beebe on the 10Th and re-
scinded their action, but did not indorse
any one else, leaving the Wheelers free to
their choice.
THE Noxubee county ,Miss.) fair closed /
ON the 10Th. 1t was success in every par
ticular The attendance was larger than
ever before. There were 1000 people on
the grounds on the 18th.
THE explosion of boiler in the sugar
house ON the Woodlawn plantation, near
Houma, La, on the 10Th, caused the death |
of one white man and three colored men. (
THE President approved the general de- |
fcency bill on the 18th.
THERE are big prospects for the shooting |
tournament at Greenviile, Miss, Oct. and |
Nov. and 2.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON has more than 1000 I
head of cattle, mostly thoroughbreds, on
his big Louisiana plantation.
DURING the past week the Treasury paid
out $12. .ooo, 900 gold, ~ 100000 silver and
500, 900 legal tenders.
EXPORTS OF breadstuffs, cotton, pro- |
visions, petroleum and cattle from the
principal ports In September We're $685.
.0S,679 in value, against $337,049, ,761 last
year.
A CLERGYMAN named Keith and Joseph
Garrett, farmer, became involved 10 a
dispute at Waldo, Ark, ON the 18th. Gar
ett finally assaulted Keith, who defended
lfnself with a knife. stabbing Garrett
everal times and inficting injuries from
sihiah Hedied.