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Feminine Superstitions.

Are women superstitious? II ha We
| just had a letter from the women at
the head of an organized charity, -" said
a woman the other day, and now
/ shall have bad luck all the week" On
being asked for an explanation, she
said it always brought her the worst
possible luck to see, speak to, or hear
from Que of these good women.
Another woman made a stufttl4rL.5..
that she was probably the most u1-
lucky person in the solar system.
"She!" said one of her friends who
heard this announcement. "Don't saw
it aloud or it will bring You bad Luck.
You must not allow Yourself to hear
such bad reports OF Your luck or YOU
will be unfortunate.
A few superstition5 peculiar to wo-
men perhaps, at any rate common
among them, are these: You must on
no account sing before breakfast, or
you will surely weep before supper.
If, however, You are SO careless rs to
forget yourself to the extent of hum
ming bar or two YOU must Quickly
pronounce the mysterious formula
"bread and butter" and this will inn
mediately put to flight any evil spirits
that are lurking about.
Should you tumble against a loose
plank or even stone upon the street,
by all means return and with great
presence of mind and deliberatiou step
over the stumbling block. or bud luck
will follow you throughout the day.
In dressing yourself, should yvu by
chance put on a garment wrong side
out on no account turn or confusion
worse than death will come upon you.
N Y Sum-
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died. In the meantime what was left of thu
coffee was thrown out, and the dog licked II
up and expired Then Ben Barrett, the pro
prietOr, sat down to supper, supplied hi
coffee with the doctOred sugar and has only
been saved from death by the hard work o
physicians. KitsOn was led to selt-destruc
ton by despondency produced by drink.
Kemmler, the man who is condemned tC
die by electricity at Auburn, N. Y, shows nc
signs of weakening; in truth he seems to note
all proceedings and final arrangements with
an air o. abandon that shows him to be a
man of almost iron nerve He does not al
low himself to contemplate his fate, but husies
himself in whistling, singing writing his au-
tograph and listening to his keeper read from
the Bible, or some popular periodical he
takes part in religious services daily and
maniiests Il fervor that is surprising to 9th
ers who participate.
4 Mr. and Mrs. Scoville skipped from
Spokane Falls leaving many anxious citizens.
Afterwards it was learned that the ScOvilles
are not man and wife but mother and son,
and that the latter had children in Chicago.
1t is also reported that Mrs ScOville is none
other than the sister of Guiteau, the assa.
sin OF Garfield. There are many Circumstan-
ces COrrObOratiug these Teportes. Mrs.
SCoville is somewhat faded blonde OF about
forty-fve, of petite form and nervous tenn
permanent. Her son may have been twenty
three or twenty-!our years of age, and was
of slight built. Both dressed well and had n
refined bearing They are doubtless not in
Chicago, as both are too we'll known in that
city.
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Woman's Queer Ways.

The ways of women ara qneer
A woman can faint away at tie sight
of bit of blood CD her finger have al!
the children in the house screaming with
fright. require eau do cologne to bring
her to, and be nervous for twenty-fouE
hours after. yet the same won, can;
in perfect silence. stand by and help O
doctor perform an operation thnt may
mean death to some one she loves.
A woman can sCOrn what she cAlfs
made-over clothes, can laugh. at ind, IS.
criminate charity. and yet the samc-wo-
man can cry as if her heart would break
and take all her spending money 10 buy
an overcoat for a newsb0y she met in
the street cars because his face was so.
pitiful.
She can take two hours and a half to
dreSs to go to the theatre, and then tell
III :. r'ey she knows she looks like a dow
ury,-f S.S>.ho came wou'nn =agsr. TjS,GlA a
trunk with things enough to last her for
two weeks in twenty minutes when she
gets telegram saying: Come as soon
as possible; your mother is siok. /"
She will bake a chicken until it is
brown, and then calmly ask the master
+ of the establishment if he doesn't think
the English way of roasting is preferable
to any other.-N y Sun.
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Mrs. Greelcy's Patience,

There are an endless number Of
stories Ringing upon the peculiariics OF
the late Horace Greeley, most of them
having to do with his penmanship.
But we know next to nothing of his
home life aud what Mrs. Greeley did
with the great journalist. While living
at Chappaqus he formed the habit OF
taking guests home with him unex.
pectedly, and, as !. may naturally
be supposed, much to the annoyance. OF
his wife. Thackeray told with glee
how he walked into the parlor after
the placid Horace, and how the iourn-
alist tried to assure pleasant welcome
by greeting his better half with an
elusive smile, He had no sooner
dropped his hat on the center table
than she picked it up and threw it out
of the window, thus mildly expressing
her disgust. Having eased her mind
she saluted the distinguished guest with
becoming gravity and all was we'll
~ Y Herald.
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DECIDEDLY A SENSATION.
Alleged Crooked Work on the Pal
Of Mam Xnrk,e Presnnt MANOR

Alleged Crooked Work on the Part
of New Works Present Mayor.
NEW YORK, Special.-The state senate
committee on cities resumed their investi-
cation to-day. Patrick H. Mccain, a
brother-in-Iaw of Richard Croker, who
claims to have been frozen out of
the St. Vincent restaurant lease in
Central Park by Mayor Grant and Dick
Croker, testified that he purchased the
good will and fixtures from Dick Crocker
and Cornelius Conkling in 1885 for $40, Co.,
He further stated that in 1884 Crocker
showed him $4,000 which was to be used
to get Hugh Grants confirmation as super
intendent o public works by the board of
aldermen. Crocker had said that Grant gave
$50, coo and $4,000 had been raised by the
Tammany organization. He had heard
that Grant, while sheriff, gave Dick Croker
and his daughter $4,000 to purchase Dick
Crocker's house on Mount Morris avenue
The witness said that since Crocker lett Tor
Germany Leisterholm. Mayor Grants pri-
vate secretary. had gone to Mrs.
Croker and offered her a large
sum Of money to go to Europe
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EOREIGN CuLLINGS.

1t is announced that an English syndicate
has purchased the Western railway Argentine
REPUBLIC for $41 900. 600 gold.
NJ. Warrington, the French ambassador
in London. has been instructed to urge
speedy solution of the Newfoundland fishery
dispute. The French government is not dis
posed to submit the question to arbitration.
The Brazilian minister to Italy has been re-
called because he tailed to present to the
Italian government the decree Of his govern
ment forbidding Italian emigrants to enter
Brazil.
dispatch from Brussels to the London
Times says Holland proposes to increase the
duty on American petroleum imported into
the Dutch Indies, in repriSalfo for the American
increase on raw tobacco. in Dutch CONNER
cial circles the ACCESSIBILITY is being discussed
of common European action against Amer
can protection.
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knowd right then aud thar that she was
lookin' rOnnd fur some mOustrosity TO
marry. Wall, she found him. Size
found Teller with nose so red that he
could hold up newspaper the darkest
night that ever come and read it. That's
about the way all of them married. and
when they come to live with me they
turned my home into regular asylum
for physical extremes, as old DR.. Niles
lowed, and now that nature has given
me boy instead of another gal an l
want TO show you my 'precialon wy
you-you-'
He bowed his head and wept-yes, l
would have sworn that he wcpt. l could
say nothing more. | actually sympa-
thized with him, but the mill continued
to whistle.
Il returned home and reported to nv
wife. She. felt sorry tor the fellow, but
declared that we must leave the neigh
9orhood. sold out at a sacrifice and
just as W. had reached the railway sta
ton. some ten miles distant from the
home had learned to love, | learned
that an iron mine, worth probably ST.
600, 900. had been discovered on the land
that had sclC for mere song.
" But why didn't you tell me- I de-.
manded.
Well the fellow replied, the saw
mill man made me swar to keep nv
mouth shut til after he had made q
trade. He got Teller to buy 20 place
fur him. Mighty smart man, Squires is.
Coin ter marry my sister,
You know, now, why l left" Col.
Summers added. That story about all
those girls and the new boy was lie.
The scoundrel had never been married.
and he built the mill in the first place to
drive me away" -OJie p Rad, III CHI.
ed00 Times.
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CAr&Y'S SLAl Err.
Some Inciderfts in the Life of Patrick
O,DnnnaI Ha mead In ENGLAND

SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, Special.-A resi-
dent of this city relates several incidents in
the life of Patrick ODonnell, the slayer of
Carey, the informer. He claims that O'DOn-
nell had no connection with the Ilish pa
triots, and that his meeting with Carey was
entirely accidental, and finally that he
killed Carey in self-defcnse. For two or
three years previous to 1888 O'Donnell was
in the service of cattle firm near Boze-
man, Mont He made frequent visits to
Bozeman, upon which occasions he usually
drank a good deal and played faro. He
often spoke of having friends in South
Africa. and said he intended to visit that
country some day. Finally in the spring
Of 1888 he left Bozeman, telling his ac-
quantances that he was bound for Africa.
He had $3.50 in cash in his possession. On
the train between st. Paul and Chi
cago he fell in with some gamblers who
tleeced him out of all of his money. O'DOn.
nell had these gamblers arrested at Red
Wing, Mimi, and after several weeks he
succeeded in getting his money back from
the swindlers. He Immediately went East
and July 4 took passage on the steamer
Kinfauns from Philadelphia for Cape Town.
At Dartmouth Carey and his family were
struggled aboard this vessel. The two men
became acquainted and associated familiar
ly together on the boat. Finally the men
got into dispute, the outcome of which
was the death of Carey. ODonnell was
taken back to London, where he was found
guilty of murder and executed. The prose-
cution claimed that O'Donnel was in the
service of the Irish patriots and that he
murdered Carey as a matter Of revenge on
account of Carey's having betrayed the
Irish cause There seems no doubt, how
ever, but that O'Donnell's presence on the
same vessel with Carey was purely acct
dental
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RE SAT ON A TRUEE.

boy down to investigate the tantaliZing
situation. He came back about an hour
later and reported that the mill was not
running and had not been, but that the
boilers were under full Roadway of
steam. The thing whistled all night,
and the next morning, as the situation
instead of showing signs of improve
ment, seemed to be growing worse,
went over to expostulate with thu pro-
prietor of the mill. found him sitting
on stump, complacently smoking. He
T wgas 50 easily recognized type Ct Ct, a
Georgia cracker" of the improved
breed. His hair was long and there were
pieces of bark clinging to his grizzly
beard. He paid no attention to me as
approached, but appeared to be lost in
the contemplation of a distant hilltop.
l had never met him before, but l knew
his name.
This is Mr.. SquiresY said 1.
Yep. blieve it is he answered, still
looking far away.
My name, sir. is Beverly Summers
Yep, wouldn't be surprised
"'l have called on you, Mr.. Squires,
to find out what is the matter with that
mill whistle.
Nothin' the matter with it now.
Didn't start off so mighty well at first
sorter wheezed q little-but can't COM
plain at the present outlook
But why do you keep the Internal
thing blowing.
He removed his gaze from the dis
Mt hilltop, and looking at me said:
Boy down at my home
"'What! exclaimed.
boy at my house-born yesterday
mornif'.'
But is that any reason why you
should make day and night hideous.'
Don't know anything about maxim
nothin' hideous. but it's a reason why I
should blow that whistle. 1 promised
myself that If fortune smiled on me this
time, and sent me boy. l would raise
merry how-are-you, and fortune did her
work-kept her promise, as it were, and
I'm going to keep mine. Look around.
find a stump somewhat, and sit down
awhile
81 don't wish to sit down, sir
have come to demand that you stop
blowing that whistle,
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BOOTH NOT DEAD.
So Former Confidante Of Abraham
Lincoln's Slayer Says.

So Former Confidante Of Abraham
- Lincoln's Slayer Says.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Speciai.-Lcnise
Worcester, at one time a confdante Of J.
Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham
Lincoln, is credited with saying that Booth
is not dead. She declares that in 1867, two
years after Booths supposed death, she re-
ceived letter without date or signature,
but Enthusiastically in Booths handwriting.
This letter, she says, is still in existence. AS
to the probabilities Of the man shot by Bos
ton Corbett being Wilkes Booth, she points
out that the body was closely guarded and
secretly buried without an opportunity
having been given for identification by any
OF those intimately acquainted with him.
She believes that the man killed was one o
the cons irators and that Booth made good
his escape, but that in the excited and clam
orous condition of the public mind it was
thought best by the authorities, if they
knew OF the deception, to allow it to pas
unchallenged, in order to allay the fever o'
excitement which the assassination had
aroused
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TOO MUCH RED TAPE.
An over Abundance Badly C!ogs
the Government Mac hinery.

An over Abundance Badly Clogs
the Government Mac hinery.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram,
State Auditor Braden of Minnesota is OF
the opinion tonight that the red tape of,
the government ties things up very tightly;
and that good deal of energy is needed to,
loosen it up so that the regular speed of the
machinery can be increased. On Saturday
morning last he talked with the officials Of
the interior department about Minnesota
swamp lands, and got many promises that
reports and other documents would be at
so that they could discuss the issuing of
patents on large tracts with all data at hand.
Especial attention was to be given to the.
Minnesota lands and some important ques-'
tons settled. To-day Capt. Braden kept
his appointment, but found that in spite of
promises nothing had been done in the
case. Apparently nobody had given the
subject thought after he left the depart
ment building Saturday, and so tonight
the swamp land questions are no nearer q
settlement than ever. The state auditor,
however, will remain in the city some days
vet, and give his energies to getting what he
is after and the department will hear from
him again tomorrow,
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SHE FELL IN LOVE w1TR THE FAT nov

emo; I'm much obliged to you,'
1 will have it declared a nuisance,
! exclaimed.
Won't max no difference, fur you see
I've got an order from the court to blow
that thing as long as I want to. So,
when fortune proved that after so many
years OF girls and hard luck she had de-
cided to favor me, why hired two fell.
lers, one for daytime and the other for
night, aud told them to tie back the
rope Of that whistle and keep up the
quicker all the time. Hired them for q
year
"You don't mean to say that you are
going to keep that thing blowing for q
whole Year,
That's what the contract says Mis-.
ter, you don't understand the situation.
I've got ten gals, but not until the other
mornin' was the voice of boy ever
heard in my house. Now, you may
sneeze at a good many folks. but let me
advise you not to sneeze at the pore fell
Ter that has raised ten of the oueryest
lookin' gals in the country. Now thar
was Mol. do reckon that Moll was
the latest gal you ever seed. Waddled
when she walked-waddled like pos
sum. Wall, what did Moll dor Dis
graced me by marrying the slimmest
man in the world. That Teller was so
slim that he could stand In double
barrel shotgun and reach down and take
hold of.his boot straps. An thar was
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CALLING HALT.

Resistance OF Officers OF the Law
No Longer to Be Tolerated in Flor
ida.
WASHINGTON, Special.-The president
has sent to the attorney general a commu-
nication in reference to the Instructions Of
fered in the counties of Leon, Gadsden
Madison and Jefferson. Fla, to the execu-
ton of the process of the courts
OF 1.-The United States, and au-
thor1z1ng . instruct United States
Marshal Weeks, as soon as he had quail
fled, to proceed at once to execute such
writs as may be placed in his hands; and
that every resource lodged with tAe
executive by the constitution and
the laws will, as the neces-
sity arises, be employed to make it
safe and feasible to hold federal commits
sion and to execute the duties it imposes.
NE att9Frnfy general tod9y gave Marshal
stated that resistance to the officers OF the
United States would no longer be tolerated.
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to finally settle the land difficulty. He OBJ
jected to the bill because it did not carry
out what it proposed, while it exhausted
the only Irish credit available. The bill is
parody on land purchase and Il swindle
on the English taxpayers. He continued
in an elaborate criticism of Mr..
Balfour's views, dealing with and
against the advantages which Mr.. Bal
four would accrue to landlords and tenants
under the bill. The measure was unwork-
able and would produce discord instead of
content. The debate was adjourned until
Thursday The Parnellite members are di-
vided on opposition on Mr.. Parnell's mo-
ton and think complete explanation
necessary. The Daily News has sprung a
mine under the Unionist camp by printing
extracts from the speeches of thirty Union3
list members of the house Of commons conf
demning Mr.. Gladstone's land purchase
bill OF 1886
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DECLARED OFF.
Sudden Stop in the Southern Elk
CurSion of the Pan-AmeriCanS.

cursion of the Pan-AmeriCans.
WASHINGTON, Special.-The secretary of
state to-day telegraphed Capt. Bourke, in
charge Of the special train that was carry
ing the Pan-Amcricans on their Southern
tour to return to Washington from Rich
mond This was done because so few Of the
delegates desired to make the excursion.
Thirteen of the foreign delegates accepted
the invitation. but only two of them, DIR.
Martinez-Sylva of Colombia and DR.. Zegar-
ra of Peru left Washington with
the party. The others sent let
tiers of regret giving various reasons for
withdrawing their acceptance. Some were
detained by important business, some were
called to New York by telegraph, Others
had decided to sail at once for their homes,
and the rest were i'll or too tired to make
the Journey. Several promised to join the
excursion at Richmond to-day, but were UNI
able to do so, and the secretary OF state de
cided that the number of those going would
not justify the expense OF the journey. The
foreign delegates have now been in this
country for seven months and some of them
even longer, and are anxious to return to
their homes as soon as possible. They are
CRATE ul ior the hospitality extended 10
them, and very much regret that they CAIN
not accept it.
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MONEY FORINDIANS.
rhe Bill. Ratifying the Agreement
With the Sioux Passed by the Sem

The Bill Ratifying the Agreement
With the Sioux Passed by the Sem
ate.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram,
Senator I'cttigrcw to-day reported favor
ably the bill making appropriations aggre-
eating nearly $500, O00 600 to cnablcthe gov
eminent to carry out the agreements made
by the act of last year and the COM
mission with the Sioux Indians i'll South
Dakota The South Dakota senator
had secured the passage of reso-
luton by the committee on Indian affairs
instructing him to ask immediate action.
He did this, and with amendments favored
by the committee the bill passed the senate.
The amendments are in the details of ex-
pending the money appropriated, none OF
the amounts having been changed and
many ofthe promises made the Sioux by
the commission being abridged. The bill
carries out the old treaty provisions CIV
ing them pay for the ponies taken
from loyal Sioux when Gen. Crook dis
mounted the entire nation, and provides
for the erection OF school houses on the
reservation, In round numbers the gov
eminent proposes to appropriate ST. 99O'OOO
for these purposes which is considered very
liberal, treatment. 1t is about all the In
dams Pskcd for when they visited the
capitol last winter. One change In
the bill provides that portion OF
the schools shall be. industrial
schools, which is following out the policy
OF the Indian department. The bill! also
has a compulsory educational clause, under
which the secretary Of the interior is to re-
Quire the attendance Of all children be-
tween six and sixteen years OF age to attend
school at least nine months each year as
soon rs the government tuTnises school
facilities. The secretary of war is instructed
to purchase cattle, grain and hay from the
Indians as far as practicable when laying in
supplies for the military posts on or near
the reservation.
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CLAYTON'S ASSASSINATION.
The Story From California Causes
no Sensation in Arkansas.

no Sensation In Arkansas.
LITTLE Rock, Ark Special She story
telegraphcd from Los Angeles, Cal, giving
details OF confession said to have been
made by Thomas Hooper, prior to his death
last winter, creates little sensation here. To
a reporter Gov. Eagle expressed regrets that
such a story should be published now. Il
have been following said he, 1.-THE diff
fcrent clues presented to me, and have en-
deavOred to ferret out the murderers OF Col
Clayton in my own way and to the best OF
my ability. l will neither affirm nor deny
that this story coming from California is
true. / simply refuse to say anything in
regard to it. ! don't think the time has
come for me to tell what | know. My
present attitude cannot lnJure me person.
ally nor injure the State OF Arkansas. No
one can regret more deeply than | do the
death of Col. Clayton Al can say is that
since it occurred have in my own way Gil
deavored to trace his assassns. 1t may be
that in few days | shall be compelled to
disclose all that | know, but that will be
time enough. In The meanwhile do not
| think that the ends of Justice will Ge dc
feated by my keeping quiet The congress
sional investigating committee examined
| only six witnesses to-day, one OF whom
was Carroll Armstrong of MOrrillton.
The object in putting him upon the stand
was to obtain from him a list of those per-
sons in Howard township whose deposit
tons he had taken at the request of Mr..
Breckenridge. Judge Mcclure had lost his
list of the voters in that township and took
this means to obtain them. There are 1876
Of them, the majority of whom are negroes.
and all will be examined this week. None
of the evidence given by the witnesses to-
day was Of any importance.
| FABRICATION.
MoRRILLroN, Ark, Special.-A sensation
has been produced here by the dispatch
from Los Angeles stating that Tom Hooper
was probably the man who killed John NJ
Morrillton, and in an interview to-day
stated that the story of Charles Lewis is a
fabrication from beginning to end.