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by neighborhood teams. But the girls are
not critical, and here Is q bit of actual dis-
logue;
Reginald-Isn't It corking game. girls?
Girls-dn chorus)-Oh. just splendid:
and these are such great teams. too. It
makes it SO exciting.
Belle-(aside to Grace)-Was teams the
right word?
Grace-[aside to BeHe)II think so. Wait
till I read over his shoulder what teams
they are. anyhow. TnPacHo1k
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Srowning's striking Personality.

The society of London offers no
more striking or interesting figure
than that Of Robert Browning. ltmay
safely be alleged that no one meeting
him for the first time, and unfurnish'
ed with a clew, would guess his voca
ton He might be a diplomatist. a
statesman, a discoyerer or u maj of
science, But whatever were his call
iugs, we must feel that il must be eS-
seutialiy practical. or the diSordcrcd
appearance, the unconventional de
mcauGr. the rapt and mystic air,
which we l;,ume 10 be Characteristic
OF the poet, he has absolutely none.
A.ld his conversation corresponds 10
his appearance. 1t abounds in vigOr,
IN lire, IN ~vIyacity II is always gen
timely interesting. and often striking,
ly eloquent. Yet all the time ii is en-.
trely free from mystery, vagucness or
technical jargom Ii is the crisp, EN-
phatic aud pow erful discourse uf a man
of the world, who is comparabiy bet
ter Informed than the mass of ms Oh
gencFs.
Mr. Browning is the rcadieaL, the
blithest and the most forcible Of talk
ers. Like the monSignurc IN 10
THAR he can sparkle with anccdOlc,
and blaze with rcparlcc, and when he
deals in criticism the edge oi his
sword is mercilessly whetted against
~pretension aud vanity. Tie infection
of the voice, the flash of the eye, the
pose of the head, the action of the
hand, all lend their special emphasis
10 the condemnation. II like religion.
10 be treated seriously" he exclaimed
with reference to n recent novel oil
great rcuown, "aHd i don't want To
know what tins curatc or TINT cur.,te
thought about il. No, | don't" Sure
~ Tie secret thoughts Of many hearts
found utterance IN tia, emphatic cry.
When an unauly lgrvcit aLu,irer
had b~uttouholcd Him throughout a
long~ evening. plying him with 4UCS
lions about what he meant by this
line, or WHOM he intended hy Lat
character, there was exquisite grace as
well as Just rebuke IN the s,ru,, on the
words, But anu monopUlziag you, "
with which the master lt las; cXtrlcat-
,i himself from the grasp al ;he Ii,ci
2le-New Review.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20

Call no man happy till he is dead. "
says the makerof apothegms. Name
no son after a living man." is a good
maxim TO supplement the old saying
with. Your feeling toward a man no
longer living is less apt 10 change, for
one thing; certainly he himself can
do nothing 10 alter il, and till a man
IS dead, or at least arrives at an age
after which no mans character
changes, il il, a leap in the dark to
tack his name on TO a helpless infant
Conversely, IL Is u pleasure not UNI.
mixed with pain TO hear your name
coupled with n degenerate son OF even
your dearest friend Critic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Mayside CTibbn-e.

A Maine traveller, who has been
travelling through the Pine Tree state.
tells of "a fine beguiling little game
called ''wayside cribbage." The game
is finished at fifty. One person takes
the right hand side OF the road, the
other the left, and both keep u sharp
lookout for objects that are specified
in the game. 4 horse counts one, a
COW two, a dog live and a cat ten, and
are claimed by tie person upon whose
side they are seen. la other parts OF
the state we would sometimes drive for
half a day without seeing n sufficient
number Of animals TO decide the game,
but here upon every hillside herds OF
fifteen or twenty cattle would bring
shouts Of triumph from the winning
side. Boston Record.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
woodfords, sir; II Is hardly rrkely, SIT,

Woodfords, sir; II Is hardly rkeiy, sr,
that we are any relation"
Il should be inclined 10 think not, "
said the other rs he shifted the air still
more suspiciously and went up two
steps higher.
"Prob'ly no near relation al least,
slr. My own family is o. English de.
scent-my grandfather was IA Kentish
man, sir. Very likely your branch
might be Irish or mebby Welsh You
amt got the Keutish nose, sir"
Evidently not if you have. What
is your object in OBTAINING met"
''Simply this, sir. Your name is
Wo0diord, my own humble cogner.
men is also Woodford. We may be
no rc!olion. but | take an interest in
anyhuay bcIrin' my name, You are
in Wall street. an today you are max.
ing money with both hands-t0.morrer
you may be flat on your back Ii you
ever ret down remember you have a
friend in Morgan Woodford, who will
assist you 10 the extent Of his handle
capacity for the name You bear. II
you ever need help remember that a
letter sent 10 VI. Woodford, Esq. Null.
berry court, Bayard street, will reach
me. Should be temporarily on the
er-Should | be absent friends will for
ward the COMMUNICATION. Good
evening, Mr.. WoOdford.'
One moment" said the Madison
avenue Woodford. II trust you would
not be insulted should | offer you the
temporary loan Of fifty cents" and he
advanced u half dollar toward the
other.
Sir. your kindness overpowers me.
You belong loourbranch of the family
after all. | accept the coin, TO be re-
turned tomorrow mot later. Do not
forget ne If you ever find yourself
tloorcd, Remember that a true Wood
ford never forget smother Woodfora"
New NGnk Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Made n NIiscaIcuIuu4.,

A Perpa;etic pen seller called al
this Office the other day.
MY dear sir" said lie to Top. do
you know how much time you lose
dipping a pen into inki Ten dips a
minute means 600 dips an hour, or
G.OOc dips in ten hours. and each con.
sumes"-
Top-Yes, know; | have figured IL
all out.
The Z. p. Sand get | end you
still writing in this old way.
Topics, ! am using the new pa
tent fountain pen you sold me about a
month ACCUSING il in the old way
because il won't write any other way.
The p. p. S.-Beg pardon;I am In
the wrong Office. Good day.-San
Francisco News Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
ANEcuorG o. eHer HsRTe.


II was. of course. II admirable
story, THE LsSi Of Roaring Camp"
that first won fame on both sides Of
the Atlantic for Mr.. Bret IIarte, made
his fortune. and showed that a great
writer had arisen; but the story was
not suffered To appear without a pro
test. Readers knew that therci is no pur
or writer than this delightful novelist,
whohls never pCnned a line that the
scycrcst moralist would blot; but when
The Luck Of Roaring Camp was put
into type the young woman who was
proof reader in the office of the maya
zine found something in it which
shocked her drcadfully.
Mr.. Bret Harte was editor Of the
magazine for which he wrote the
story Il am not absolutely certain Of
the name, and rs this anecdote has, |
believe, never been published, ] must
not make a mistake in a bit of literary
history. He had just been appointed,
and this was one of his earliest contri.
buttons, if mol actually the first.
The proprietor and publisher Of the
magazine was a long way from being
q man of letters, but TO him the gentle
proof reader appealed. She could not
very well protest 10 the editor and au-
thor, 80 she went 10 the owner and
told him what a dreadful story Mr..
Bret Harte had written: indeed, she
felt ii impossible TO retain her place il
SO shocking "A writer was going to keep
PHI with this sort Of thing-dull. vul.
gar, stupid and OH so improper. The
proprietor read II, and, having no
opinion of his own, went TO the editor
and told him how lac had wounded the
modesty OF the proof reader; TO which
Mr. Bret Hartc replied he was very
sorry 10 wound any ones sensibilities,
but he really did not think the story
was wicked or immoral. If it were
an improper story, he added, his ina
bllity TO see it in that light showed
that he was unfit 10 edit a magazine
by reason Of his lack Of perception,
and if he stayed he must insist on pub
fishing the story.
The proprietor did not know wheth.
err TO accept his resignation or not, but
in the end the story was published,
even at the risk-with, indeed, the Ger.
tainty Of hurting the feeling Of the
young woman who read the proofs.
The result amazed that publisher very
much indeed. The edition was snap
ped up at once and other editions as
fast as they could be printed. Every
one was talking Of The Luck Of
Roaring Camp" a revelation in the
art Of story telling. Applications
came from big publishers in New
York and elsewhere offering any terms
Mr.. Bret llarto liked 10 name for
more stories like IL.
The publisher found that in the edi-
tor whom lac bad almost let slip
through his fingers ho had a treasure;
his ms" 2ino, from bnrply paying It's
way, became "a fortune, aud he began
30 lose faith n little in tue taste and
judgment Of the young woman who
bad ropd Tho prooiS Illinois Dramatic
Nows,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Cnnhu,tnI- Of snnni.

ASagcncrgi rule, tar grcaturthr den
s;ty OF a substance and the more elias.
tlclty il POSSESSES the more perfect Is
1t, epulurG5i!ay al sound. thus u has
been louud tha; Wide sound travels
at the rate Of LES feet per second in
Tie Ordinary ulun ,Acrc. IL will tray
cl hos feet per second in water. This
was proved by cSpvrlmcuts IN the lake
Of Geneva The travelling power Of
sound through solid Substances may
be stated generally To be more rapid
than through either air or water. Tie
metals, ON account of their elasticity,
naturally stand ii the head Of the list
The French philosopher, Blot by
means OF tie empty water pipes Of
Snrs, proved that Sound viii travel
through 70 al the rate Of iG.S29 feet
u2r second, or about fifteen times fast
r. than Though air II has been
proved that Al a bell he struck IN a
vacuum IN an air pump. 40 sound
whatever can he heard. and than e
aydr"guE be introduced the sound is
1ardly perCcpubic In fact, hydro
gcu, which is the most FtIcicd OF all
gases, Is the worst conductors f sound.
%Alle l2,uIGnI, the dcuscsL is the bcsL
rLis latter o, very scarce and cOnsc
,uenl!y difficult la experiment with,
- gold aud platinum. which are
,mong the G1msr,l of bodies, are com
monty Ca!.Ui Tie best conductors ui
sound Nov York Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
Lnre,. wretrhcdness Abroad,

Several Berlin families have beeh
thrown into mourning lately by do
nestle tragedies in which love figured
as the motive cause Of all tbcmi,chicf.
One Sunday morning the sound OF
shots was heard from a compartment,
of a carriage on the Metropolitan rail
way, When the train Wa, brought 10
a standstill the ~lifelpSS corpse of a
young man and a swcetly pretty girl
under 20. whose parents reside in a
suburb Of this city, were found in the
compartment, each shot through I'll.
temple. II was clear from the con
tents of tue letters IA their pockets
that they had met with the express
purpose Of dying together Another
suicide was committed near The Lake
of Como, in Italy. Nineteen years OF
age and Of progressing appearance,
the young Berlin girl WHO .milird off
this mortal cod 10y her S. act had
been engaged AGAINST her will by her
parents to "A cousin whom She disliked,
in order 10 free her irpm the lies and
consequences OF love affair she had
had with a retired officer. The in
clinationS of her heart, however. had
more weight than the c]onvcnIuces Of
society, and the new state of affairs
had such an effect upon hCr nerves
and her health that her parents sent
her TO Italy for change of air. There
the faithful hcarl Couid no more sub
nit 10 the thought of the union inn.
posed upon her. \ correspondence
with her parents on The subject seems
not To have resulted a She desired.
aud at length she wrote one last letter
IN her mother and one TO the lover
to whom she chung faithfully. and dis
appeared from the house in which she
was residing with "A relation. \ few
days afterward her corpse was found
in "A secluded olive wood near the lake.
Berlin Cor. London Telegraph.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
iGENTS KANTEB \.

fol Club Rsles. or any iurthei information de-
sired. pTit' lcgibly To the undersigned clearly stat
log YOUR resiuruee, with stBie, County, Street and
humuer. More rapid reiuu mail delivery will he
assured by yuGr enclosing an Envelopp hearing
y,ffF fusl ntIr.sE
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
STANDING BY THE FAMILY.
The student Of Door Plates IL Courteous
to . Man Of His Own Name.

The student OF Door Plates IL Courteous
to . ,Ian Of His Own Name
Good evening, sir" said a man
with white porcelain buttons on his
coat, as he politely removed a black
straw hat with both hands. He was
coming down the front steps Of a Madi
son avenue house and had encountered
the owner going up. 81 have just
been eadin' your door plate. Door
plates Of the best families are the only
lit'ratoor ! peruse now, do not care
fer grocery signs and bill boards. The
one, sir, is mediocre, while ; find the
other bombnstic an stilted. Ny fav'
rite readiu is the engraved door plates
of our Gr,t citizens. Discounted an
fragncnl0ry, sir, but satisfactory 10
one Of cultivated tastes.
"'Ycs, answered tho gentleman, u
piciouely.
your name, | learn wont on the
student OF door plate literature, "is
WO0dlonl Ny own humble ubme is
also Woodf ri .Igc.G ag many
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20

We the undersigned Banss and Bankers will pFy
hl iriEes drawn In The Louisiana state Lotteries
w0ich may be presented at our counters.
H. M.WALMSIEi, Pres Louisiana Nat. Bank.
PIERRE LANAUN, Prs, State Nat. Bank
&. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans NAt, Bauk
carr kOHS, Pres. Union National Bank.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
MlIUUN from tie diary ~ touf
WITNN ists, Commercial travel
Wi iii ers, business men and

MlIUDN from the diary ~ tour
MtTTtN ists, commercial travel.
NUllU ers, business men and
"thrI- AS revealed:
That tie Wisconsin Central hps the
unqualified eub r~emenl NJ alt,
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Min
neapolis, 81. Paul ana Milwaukee
aud Chicago;
That the Wisconsin Central Is daily
adding to- it, admirers a. the recOg-
niZed Pullman line hptwetn Mime.
apolis, st. Paul and Milwaukee and
Chicago;
THAI TIE Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points In Wis
cousin, and that IL has more import
ant business centers on its through
hue than any other railway In the
Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviahle reputation with Ito peer
less Dining Car Service;
That lht Wisconsin Central runs fast
trains on which ali Glasses ~ nnssen-
gers are carried with connexions
and distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentalivrs distributed throughout
the country, who will cheeIfully
give any information that may lie
desired and that it, terminal Agents
IRE specially H. structed to look after
the comfort of passengers who may
he routed via its line.
For detailed information, apply 10
your nearest Ticket Agent or TO repre-
sentativps ri the road.
VIM. S. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER,
General Manager. Asst Gen FAssr.& TkAgt,
LOUIS ECKSTEIN,
Asst. Genl. PaSsr. a Tiki. Agt.
MILWAUKEE,, WIS
Z H. ANS0N, Northwestern Passenger Agt,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20

"IiEMEMhIR, ibAt the payment 0f Prizes
Is DiAEANTEED Hi FOUR NATIONAL
BANh> Of New Orleans, aud The Tickets ara
signed ~ the President u an Institution. whose
eharcttod rights aTr recognized In the highc.t
Courts; therefore. UesArp Of all limitations or
ANONYMOUS schemes.
ONE DOLLAR e. The price Of the smallest pArt
OF traction OF o Ticket ISSIE I'D Bi u in any
Drawing. Anything in our name Offered TOR les
han n Dol 8rIs a -wiulle,
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Mr.. Crisp, Of Georgia. raised the question of
consideration against the conference, stating
that while he was willing to give precedence TO
appropriation bills he would antagonize any
other measures with the contested election
case.
The House determined-yeas 1874. nays 9s-to
consider the conference report, but Mr.. Bland,
of Missouri, moved a reconsideration. having
voted in the affirmative, to enable him to make
that motion.
Mr.. Kelley moved to table the motion to re-
consider.
The motion to table the motion to reconsider
prevailed-yeas, 159; nays 77-and MIR. Stew
art, OF Georgia, proceeded to address the
House in opposition to the adoption of the re-
port. Referring to a speech made by Mr..
calculated to produce
IRRITATION BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
and he protested solemnly against the issue
the gentleman sought to raise. He CNIr. Stew
arD did not raise it, and he warned the gentle
man that the southern members were here to
observe the constitutional requirements, obey
the law, and, if need be, to defend the flag, but
that they were not to be deferred from doing
what was right by anything coming from him
(Mr. Grosvenor).
Mr.. GRosvENoR DENIED
that in the remarks made by him, criticised by
the gentleman from Georgia, he had used any
offensive language or any language which
could be construed as a threat against the
people of the south. He was not open to a
lecture on the subject of conciliation from the
gentleman. He had never introduced sec
tionalism into any debate over business
proposition and he never would.
Mr.. Bland (Mo.) opposed the conference re-
port, declaring that the object of the bill was
to squander the money in the Treasury in order
that the onerous. dishonest protective system
of taxation might be perpetuated.
MIR. Oates (Ala.) }, one of the conferees, said
that he had refused to sign the report because
OF his unalterable, unwavering opposition to
the bill from the time of its inception.
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kilograms to The Star.
HELPING PARNELL'S CASE.
Astonishing Evidence of Times" Witnesses
MONTANA INDIANS THREATENING.
Chinese Still Finding Their Way In.
PARNELL SATISFIED.
The "Times" People Serenely Wreck
ing Their Own Case.

ing Their Own Case.
Special Cable Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.
LONDON, Feb. 20-The latest disclosures in
the Parnel court are generally regarded as
damaging to the Times. "a few more days like
this, said Parnell to me yesterday, land all
viii be settled" Even the unionist journals
describe yesterdays evidence as astounding
confessions. The bland, childlike innocence of
Macdonald created amusement. He said. for
instance, he particularly avoided asking Hous-
ton whence the letters came, noticing that the
subject seemed delicate. Russel's crosse exami-
nation of Houston was a forensic masterpiece.
Much sensation followed the bringing out of
the fact of Houston's destruction of all Pigott's
letters and documents at Pigotts request, and
Plgotts destruction of Houstons letters,
AFTER BOTH HAD BEEN sUBPGSAED
by the other side. Pigott told Houston several
names in connection with the letters. but on
cross-examination all the persons named are
found to be dead or dynamitards who dare not
appear. Houston had thus destroyed. after the
commission opened, the only contemporary
record that could throw light on the truth of
the principal matter under inquiry. Pigott eX-
poets his cross-eXamlnation TO last several days.
He suffers from a valvular disease of the heart,
and has been heard TO say ii is possible he may
break down under the excitement of the wit
ness-box
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She Is Not Insane.
AND THE BOYS WHO TOOK HER TO ST. ELIZABETHs
WERE FINED FIVE DOLLARS EACH.

AND THE BOYS WHO TOOK HER TO ST. ELIzABETHs
WERE FINED FIVE DOLLARS EACH.
Chas. Edelin,, Melton Goodloe, and Jno. But
ler, the three colored high school boys who
were arrested last week, charged with assault
ing Mary Betters, were before the Police Court
to-day. 1t was in evidence that the woman's
appearance aroused the suspicious of many
residents of Uniontown and Hillsdale that she
was an escaped inmate of st. Elizabeth hos
pital, and with the expectation of getting $40
reward the boys persuaded the woman to ac-
company them to the hospital telling her that
they were going to get her a service place.
When she arrived at the outer gate she OBJ
jected to going any further. As to the means
used afterward to coerce her the evidence diff
fered, it being claimed by some that they used
force. Others denied it. What attracted peo-
ple's attention was the peculiar manner in
which the woman was dressed. She wore a red
tiress, blue coat, and straw hat with a red band
around it. Mary Indignantly denied that she
had ever been an inmate of the insane hos
pital.
Lawyer Moss, who appeared for the prison.
ers, offered himself as witness. He was par
ticularly anxious to impress upon the court the
fact that the boys had been members of his
(Moss) Sunday school class, and consequently
they were of good reputation.
THE QUESTION MR. MOSS COULDN'T ANSWER.
When cross-examined by Mr.. Snillington,
Lawyer Moss said that it had been five years
since he had taught Sunday school.
"How many books are there in the Bible?"
inquired Mr.. Shillington of witness.
''Now. your honor" said witness-then he
hesitated. Everybody in court was laughing.
The witness was confused but in a moment he
said: ''Weil to tell the truth, I don't know how
many books there are, but taught Sunday
school, anyhow"
Judge Miller warned the boys that they
must be sure that they are right before they
go ahead. He referred to the fact that they
were trying to make go, the reward offered,
and fined each of the defendants five dollars.
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CHEROKEES WILL FIGHT.
Ii the Springer Bill Passes They Will
Test Its Constitutionality.

KANSAS CRY, Feb. 20.-F. p. Blair, the au-
thorized attorney for the Cherokee nation. said
in an interview yesterday: If the Springer
Oklahoma bill passes the Senate i'm its present
form the Cherokee nation will dispute its con-
sututionallty the moment the first settler makes
his appearance the land known as the
Cherokee strip. Mr.. Springer asserts that the
Indians have no title to this strip. while at the
same time he practically acknowledges their
title by offering to recompense them for its
loss by paying then Sl.25 cents for the land.
The Indians have refused bona fide offers of 50
per acre for the same land The strip includes
6,OOO, 600 acres. will bring suit in equity on
behalf of the Cherokee nation against the first
settler on the Cherokee strip. The Cherokees
have been leasing the strip to cattle men for
S2OOOOO year. 1t is too valuable strip of
property to be parted with without a struggle" !"
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STILL THE CHINESE COME.
Continued Evasion OF the Exclusion
Act on the Pacific Coast.

San FRANcTsco, Feb. 2O.-The suspicions Of
customs officers here have been aroused re-
Gently by the increase in the number Of
Chinese passengers ON coast steamers from
Port Townsend. Washington Territory. The
steamer Walla Walla arrived yesterday with
eleven Chinese. who were held and examined
by Surveyor Tinnin. OF these eight swore they
were employed by firm i'm Port Townsend al
though they did not know each other Most of
them confessed that they had entered Victoria
since the exclusion act was passed and then had
crossed south 10 Port Townsend The officers
OF vessels on the sound declare that coolies are
being constantly smuggled over the border,
and when once in this country they can 20 any,
where they please