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Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
A SOCIAL PARASITE.
Women Who Live Out Their Lives In
Other Peoples Spare Rooms.

Women Who Live Out Their Lives In
Other Peoples Spare Rooms.
''Where is her home?" asked one OF
the women, setting her crochet needle
crosswise between her lips, and stretch
ing her work straight across her kne G.
'In other peoples spare roomS," an
swered the other, laughing little; and
then the talk flowed around this fact
into new bend in the channel, and
no further comment was made, for both
knew the type we'll A rolling stone
that gathers no more moss than will
comfortably fill one trunk, which will
comfortably fill corner in any guest
chamber. 1t is the woman who has no
sense of acquisitiveness, no feminine
ambitions that yearn toward closet
filled with glossy linen, whence come
delicate odors from lavender bags, and
the edges of the shelves are fluffy with
towel fringes Her heart is not moved
by desire at the sight of egg-shell cups
and fat little cream jugs. She likes all
these things, but she has no wish to
possess them herself; she prefers that
others should have the labor of provid>
ing them and the responsibility of car
ing for them. She is human cuckoo,
greedy of the sweet order and peace OF
home, fain of the warmth and comfort
of nests wifely birds have toiled and de-
MED themselves to create, but unwilling
for the sacrifices by whsch almost any
woman with the woman's instinct for
home may make herself some personal
alcove in the great mansion Of life.
There are a surprising number Of
these women parasites who live out
their lives in other peoples houses, par
taking of the best, participating in all
their comforts and luxuries, aud render
ing no equivalent in return. A busy
woman said, not long ago: ''If | should
accept all the invitations | get, |
should need no ONE at ALL" and the
cuckoo finds it, with a little manage
ment and a large circle Of acquaint-
ances, an easy thing to spend her entire
time very pleasantly in spare rooms.
She is not an Objectionable person, at
least in an aggressive sense, cheerful,
| loquacious, not too exigent, she man
ages to keep every one in good humor
with her, and gets invitations, her
| hostesses could not quite tell how.
| She is fair-w weather bird, for when any
| thing occurs to mar the smoothness of
| her borrowed home-when the cook
leaves, or the baby comes down with
the measles-she explains, with sweet
| consideration, that she will not stay any
| longer just now, she knows that she IS
1 in the way, but she will come back, II
you like, for another week in February;
| upon which she takes wing, and fits
away to more agreeable quarters. In
| February she certainly returns, if all is
4 going happily with you, and the strong
A oak-fbred woman yield OF their sub
4 stance cheerfully to the mistietoe.-
Harper's Bazaar.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The Pacific Express Company is still
on the trail of f. A. Walton, the clerk
who absconded from Dallas, Texas, with a
package containing $35, 900 directed to the
Commercial Bank of st. Louis.
THE Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company's towboat Port Eads was
wrecked on the 10th on pier No. OF the
Memphis bridge. Six lives were lost.
THERE was a slight shock of earth
quake in South st. Louis on the 10th.
IT is reported that Pennsylvania CAPT
lalists have leased oil lands near White
Bluff, Tenn, and will, at an early date,
proceed to develop them. There is believed
to be much oil in that section.
SEVEN boys were drowned in the river
opposite New Orleans, on the 9th while in
bathing. The party consisted of Frank
Landry, aged II years; George Sampas.
Is; Willie Winters, Is; Martin Perriere,
Is; Louis Fulda, Is; Alvy E. Fulda, 49,
Eddy Knecht, 13, and Milton Bailey II.
CHIEF JUSTICE WOODS, of Mississippi,
was stricken with something like paralysis
at jackson, on the 9th, and is in preca-
rious condition.
Mr.. GIDEON c. Polk died at Columbia,
Tenn, on the 9th, aged IA years, being a
citizen of Columbia fifty five years.
THE Planters House of st. Louis, the
oldest and most famous hotel of the West,
has gone to the wall. For years the house
has been losing money. Liabilities aggre-
gate about 100000.
DIR. E. J. BROWN, leading citizen and
physician of South Mississippi for quar-
ter of century, dropped dead in his drug
store at Brookhaven on the Sth while writ
ing prescription.
DR.. TALMAGE preached his first sermon
since his trip to the Holy Land at Brooklyn
on the 9th. Thousands were unable to get
near the building.
A PROCLAMATION opening 100000
acres of land in the Sioux Reservation,
South Dakota, was issued on the 10th.
| Mr.. PosT, botanist of the Agricultural
Department, says the process for weaving
the ramie fiber into cloth is success, and
that in short time rauie fiber will super
sede cotton and wool in cloth manufacture,
because it will be cheaper. He does not
think it will hurt cotton planters, as they
can raise ramie fiber instead of cotton.
| RAILROAD bonds to the amount of Sc, 103, :
300 went up in smoke at Little Rock, Ark.
on the 7th in the hg stove of the State
Treasurer's office, while the Governor and
his staff gazed on officially. This burnt
offering consisted Of $4,000 Arkansas
Central Railroad bonds, with 1886, 900 in
coupons attached; S49s,000 Little Rock &
Fort Smith. with $1,O45, 800 in coupons at
;ached. These bonds were made under an
lct approved July 81. 1865,
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
Fixing the Boundaries.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-An executive
order was issued yesterday fixing the
boundary lines of the two land districts
in the new ceded reservation in South
Dakota The location of the land-office
of the Northern district will be at
Pierre and that of the Southern district
at Chamberlain. Registers and receiv-
ers will be appointed at once, and two
clerks from the land-ofice here will be
sent to the new offices with the neces-
sary blanks and papers to carry on the
public business. All that portion of the
newly-ceded land south OF the forty
third parallel of latitude is added to the
O'Neill land district of Nebraska. The
lines of the Black Hills, Mitchell and
Huron land districts will be changed to
conform to the lines of the new dis
trictS
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
A GENTLE VICTORY.
The municipal Election in Salt Lake City,
Otah' Results in Victory for the Gentiles
-Ihe Latter Celebrate Their Success
with Cannons, Bonfires, Illuminations

The municipal Election in Salt Lake City
Otan' Results in Victory for the Gentiles
-Ine Latter Celebrate Their Success
with Cannons, Bonf1res, Examinations
and General Jubilee.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 1.-THE
municipal election yesterday passed off
quietly. The city was crowded with
special police, detectives and United
States Deputy marshals, for the purpose
OF preventing illegal voting, which each
party claimed the other would resort to-
II was feared that an attempt to chal-
ianEe and arrest voters would result in
riot and bloodshed, but this anticipa-
tion was not realized, and though the
excitement was so intense that half of
the business houses were closed, order
prevailed. Bands paraded the streets,
and the thoroughfares were jammed
with excited citizens who realized that
upon the result of the days battle de-
pended the future of the Mormon church
as political organization. The voting
passed off quietly, and only six arrests
were made for illegal voting, and these
were accompanied by no demonstrations
from either side.
Snow began falling early in the morn
ing and continued until noon, when the
sun came out, melting the snow and
turning the streets into rivers of slush.
This did not deter the voters, many Of
whom waded through the mud to the
polling places, while hundreds of car
riages ran between the headq quarters
and every part of the city, conveying
voters to and from the polls. By noon
3,Oo9 votes had been cast, which by the
poll-books showed that about seventy
five per cent of the Peoples (Mormons)
registered vote had been cast and about
fifty per cent of the Liberals (Gentiles).
At that hour it was estimated that the
.eturns at the Gentle headquarters gave
them majority of 207 votes, though up
to eleven o'clock the Mormons had a
majority ranging from 200 to 800 votes.
1t was estimated at five o'clock that the
returns from every ward in the city
gave total vote of 6,29S, divided as
follows: Gentiles, 3,443; Mormons,
1855. The polls closed at p. m.
The Liberal leaders posted bulletin
claiming 1000 majority. The news
spread rapidly, and the Gentiles became
wild with Joy. They literally took pos
session of the city, the Mormons retir-
ing TO their homes. Flags were run up
in all directions, and lanterns and fire.
works Illuminated the streets and build
ings Cannons doomed, bonfires were
lighted at every corner, and hundreds
of men in line paraded the streets with
drums and torches, yelling like mad.
No such scenes were ever witnessed be-
fore in Utah. The Mormons admit their
defeat, but say thatit was brought about
by the most glaringly illegal methods,
and that the result will be reversed by
the courts. They do not think the
majority shown by the returns will ex-
ceed 400. Official figures have not been
obtained
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
HUNTSVILLE ALA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1913

hEPORTS on the ltn from the coal
mine horror at Abersychan, Wales,
placed the number of dead at 100, ITO
bodies having already been taken from
the mine
On the 9th the passenger train leaving
Roanoke, Va, going to Bristol, Tenn,
on the Norfolk & Western railroad, was
wrecked at Huddleston's Mill, thirty
two miles east of Bristol. The accident
was caused by the rails spreading Five
coaches were derailed, and several per-
sons injured.
Four children of Jacob Slater broke
through the ice while skating on lake
at Binnewater, N. Y, on the 9th, and
were drowned. The mother and father
who ran to the aid of the children, were
also drowned.
The Port Eads, a tow-boat with tow
OF five barges, sunk at Memphis, Tenn,
on the 10th, in seventy feet of water.
AS the boat went down the cabin floated
off. Six or seven lives were lost.
MISCELLANEOUS.
STATE council will soon be con-
vened in Berlin to consider the rescripts
lately issued by the Emperor.
THE Lisbon Commercial Associat on
has expelled the English members be-
cause they furnished statement to the
newspapers in London complaining of
the treatment to which they were sub
jected.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, the Mich
igan Central and the Grand Rapids &
Indiana railroads have inaugurated free
carriage of freight received from Buffalo,
Pittsburgh and points further east.
THE vote on the question of revision
of the Confession of Faith, which was
taken by the Presbytery of San Francisco
last October and which resulted against
revision, was reconsidered by the Pres
bytery on the 10th, the ballot again re-
sulting against revision by vote of 27
to %.
THE Methodist church intends to
found National university at Washing
ton, and arrangements are making for
the purchase of ninety-acre tract on
the Tennallytown road, near Oakview,
as site.
The London Financial News states
that the proposed issue of one-pound sill
yer notes by the Bank of England has
been abandoned on account of the oppo.
sition of leading bankers.
THE Journeymen Bricklayers' Pro-
tective Association of Philadelphia have
rejected the eight-hour proposition, and
favors nine hours at fortyfive cents in
stead of forty cents an hour.
On the 10th the Avondale (Pa.) mine
was flooded by water from the river or
marshes and closed indefinitely.
In the French Chamber of Deputies,
on the 10th, the repeal Of the law pro-
viding for the expulsion of membe--7o of
the Orleans family was moved by NJ.
Praden, but the motion was rejected by
"a vote Of 1923 noes to III ayes.
A GEoLoGIsT had discovered mound
builders burying ground, containing
many skeletons of immense size, about
four miles from Hamilton, 0. 1t is
thought that the discovery will prove
opa rnO1opical ri rc lp2
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
Handsome Testimonials.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Secretary
Tracy after comforting with a number
of officials and prominent citizens has
agreed upon testimonials to be pre-
sented to Chief Paris and Howard
Wright of the district fire department
and Policeman Cattell for the services
thew rendered to himself and household
on the morning of the fatal fire at the
Secretary's home. For Catten and
Wright the Secretary has selected hand
some gold watches, suitably inscribed,
while Chief Paris will be the recipient
of a silver service. This tribute to the
chief of the fire department was de-
termined upon for his action in resculng
the body of Miss Tracy from the flames
and bearing it to the sidewalk at the
risk Of his own life.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

lhE action of the New York Presby-
very vi On the revision question, after q
discussion ofremarkable force and inter
'SH VIII have grea influence wher-
over T The matter is yet to be considered.
~ ~ - EVIDENT that the prevailing senti-
~0n' ol the church is in favor of the
proposed changes in the Confession OF
,, ai,li' ana that they will have to be
made at an early day.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

lHE Supreme Court of Iowa has af-
armed the decision of the lower court
declaring that the State law forbidding
the payment Of wages in any thing but
money is constitutional. This is blow
al the 'mining corporation stores. 1t
would be hard to devise an agency
LOT the filching. of the laborers' wages
more ingenious and effective than the
pluck me" stores
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

THERE is reason to believe that the
death d Hon. Samuel j. Randall is like
ly to occur at any moment. He has
made brave and persevering fight for
bis life, but it seems that he is past
hope of recovery. The country can ill
afford to spare man of his splendid
ability, thorough integrity and great
usefulness
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

nur Rnssian Government has inti-
- that it does not care to have
r"o,re l1.r Kennan sent as delegate to the
DT 'n,erT1ational prison conference to be
taTin lni 81 Petersburg. 1t would be too
'ncb uo like having a ghost in attendance
a. q funeral.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

WHALES are becoming as scarce as
bufaloes Only seyenty-two were taken
IN the Arctic sea last season, and the
catch all around was light. There is
something curious about the fact that
whalebone corsets, buffalo robes and
sleigh-rides are all going out of use at
the same time.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

S. iHE calamity which has befallen
S.te'ary ~ Tracy and his family is
NY NY sduuest that has occurred in Cabi-
.' -v. elrcles since Abel P. Upshire, Secre-
Sas VI o!ate, and Thomas w. Gilmer,
sb;I sibJIe'ary OF the Navy, were killed,
p-; L'i0 On the United States steamer
mi INJECTOR by the bursting of a cannon.
dans ,,s occurred in 1914, during the presi.
aency Of John TYLER
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

IDAHO, in disfranchising the Nor
MONS has set a precedent which will
probably be followed by the other Ter
rltorieS in which that people form an
important element of the population.
AS ldaho's act has been sustained by the
Federal Supreme Court, this method of
dealing with the polygamists is as safe
as it is effective.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

THE Bonaparte family, by the ridicu-
,ono antics of its leading members,
rI,yed M into the hands of the French
Per- PRp1rbIicans very ingeniously and eff
iscfiyelv M few years ago, and the Bour-
hons are beginning to do a little harl-
Liri business now.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

po. Pr faculty of Dickinson College,
rol ronlSyivania, has decreed that the
- YsHs men and maidens must not walk
WI recitation together. The bell is
"a 'wice' At the first tap the girls
I,.o' +" .ne school-room. Two minutes
WI 'ne young men are summoned.
vtS noe stop coeducation and be done
s,oh L ~ ~ II the influence of the sexes on
areaatii m V.ief Tor few minutes daily is SO
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

rorislature of North Dakota will
lnn aits State as disgraced enemy OF
n'Il w. sister States should both
OIL ~ sas nass over the Governors veto
ol'rs .assnre granting a charter to a lot
Ins | D' concern to do business within its
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

THERE seems to be some disposition
ouame the Cherokee Commission for
hetailure of its negotiations; but it is
6acult to see how a successful result
m1d have been achieved when the In
dams peremptorily refused to make any
trade except upon their own terms.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

HENRY CLEws, the well-known New
York financial expert, says that the
business outlook is bright. AS nearly
every other person whose opinion on
the question is worth any thing has
been saying the same as Clews when
speaking at all on the subject, this an
nouncement will not take the country
hr snrnrisn
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

r,py TRACY has decided not to
SEehh, sdo the Cabinet. He has been
fetfe ,-;roble n officer in every respect
% gum ,n and his recent awful affiictlon
tll' .a,, ted a very tender feeling toward
n's Y ~ the part of all classes.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

~ ANlN IENDENT PORTER has instruct
enpn,a. census supervisors to appoint
pOli-;eaS lisa'ors without regard to their
scors i "a opinions, and solely on the
ever y merit, giving preference, how
and ssi,, nonora ably-discharged soldiers
PLACES 10 women are eligible to these
thus ! o lne same as men, he adds; and
continS nance Is offered for the feminine
new se,d |" 10 secure employment in a
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

uselasa I" years hence it will be ouite
Try, for w. annex Canada to this coun-
70 the rn: 1ef inhabitants are immigrating
bers that iSeo n States in such large num-
ed 1"' Ianada will soon be depopulat-
dan par1io-' committee of the Cana
sss vba. lament has been appointed to
mat can be done about It, =
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
VOLUME XI.

has been complete divorce OF
1HEBh .nd ns' state decreed by the pro-
chafcn GOV government of Brazil. This is
'islOn", Mich shows that the men at the
n9'S = fairs in that country are actu-
1s'l Tho republican spirit.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

AN earthquake occurred at Nagona,
Japan, January Q, and several houses
were destroyed.
WHILE Her Majesty's man-of-war Bar
racouta was testing her boilers off Mar
gate one of the cylinders exploded, kill
ing two of the crew and injuring ten
others.
MISS CHARLOTTE DUNLAP. a highly
.espected young lady of Susquehanna,
Pa. who was connected with one of the
first families of the place, committed
suicide, on the 5th, by taking strychnine.
It is said that her act resulted from
love affair.
A NEwsBoY named Thornton, with an
armful of books, was blown from a
train on the Grand Trunk railroad, near
Brampton, Ont, as he was attempting
to pass between the cars. An engine was
sent back to recover what was thought
would be a mangled corpse, but he was
found to be comparatively uninjured.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

all the contents, including fifty-four
head of mules and cattle and several
thousand dollars worth of machinery
and grain.
Threw Her Baby From Train.
While a train on the Chattanooga,
Rome & Columbus railroad was running
forty miles an houru between Buchanan,
Tenn, and Cedartown, Ca, few days
ago, woman threw baby out of a
window. The conductor saw the act,
stopped the train, ran back mile and a
half and picked up the little one un-
hurt except a few bruises about the
head. The would-be murderess, who
gave her name as Lucinda Hammond,
said the babe jumped from her arms,
but as the infant was but two months
old the story was not accepted. She got
spring with her.
A Medical College Sensation.
A lively sensation was created at
Knoxville, Tenn, recently, when Doc
Mcclure, mechanic, aided by the po-
lice, broke into the Tennessee Medical
College dissecting rooms. Mcclure was
in search of his mothers body, and he
found the remains of woman thought
to be her. The faculty of the college
was summoned for investigation, but,
upon close examination, the body proved
to be that Of some one else, and now the
public Indignation is on the side of the
college.
Turned Up Alive.
Frank Taylor was sent some two
years since from Chattanooga, Tenn, to
the penitentiary at Nashville, having
been tried and found guilty of forgery.
A few months afterward he made a
break for liberty, and was officially re-
ported to have been shot and killed. A
sensation was caused at Chattanooga re-
Gently by the arrest Of man who bore
a close resemblance to Taylor, and who,
after being jailed, confessed that he was
indeed the convict who is accounted for
as killed The question recurs now as
to who fills the grave Taylor is sup
posed to be in, or were guards in col
lusion with him. He would not talk.
The Body Not Found.
A sensation was created at Clinton,
Tenn, few mornings ago, by the find
ing of an oyercoat with note pinned
to it. The note was signed flames Sell
lars" the name of well-known citizen
of Union County, and stated that he
had drowned himself on account of pow
erty.
A New Constitution for Mississippi.
Governor Stone of Mississippi has
signed the bill passed by the Legis-
lature calling convention to frame .
new Constitution for the State.
A Cry for Bread.
The failure of the crops in Greenville
County, Va, has resulted in great des-
titution to the people of that part OF
Virginia, and as a consequence they
have been forced to make an appeal for
aid to the people of the whole country.
Circulars to which are signed the names
of several hundred farmers of the coun-
ty are to be sent all over the Union,
stating that the condition of the people
is such that it would be charity to rem.
der them the asked-for assistance. Con-
tributions should be sent to w. Samuel
Goodyn and E. L. Turner, Emporia, Va
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
A Deadly Church Quarrel.

During services in Virginia country
church about thirty miles from Sparta,
N. c., Rev. Joseph M. Strooke. during
the course of his remarks, said: There
is a man in this congregation who is SO
mean and unfaithful to his wife that it
is a wonder God does not rain down fire
and birthstone upon his head and con-
sumo him" The preacher pointed his
finger towards Thomas Coleman, who
occupied seat near the pulpit, and as
he did so that individual jumped to his
feet to inquire if the parson meant to
be personal in his remarks No sooner
was Coleman on his feet than
half dozen deacons were up demand
ing that he sit down. Every thing was
in an uproar, and an attempt was made
to eject Coleman. Coleman resisted,
and, seizing stick of wood lying near
the stove, he began to WELD it hard and
fast, knocking four men to the floor and
fatally wounding jeremiah Ferguson.
One man wrenched the club from Cole
man and dealt him deadly blow across
the head. The riot was participated in
by many of the congregation. who used
clubs as weapons. The killed We're;
Thomas Coleman and jeremiah Fergn.
SON The injured: Edward Clausen
Robert Elyards and John Peeby.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS,
A Valuable Barn Destroyed.

The barn of w. E. Taylor, near Still
vile, Va, burned few nights ago with
all the contents, including flfty-four
head of mules and cattle and several
thousand dollars worth of machinery
and grain.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
A Bloody Fight.

Another serious fight occurred few
days ago in Big Rock, Mitchell County,
N. c., the scene of the terrible affray
Christmas. Moulton Buchanan was
killed, having been shot three times.
Will Stanley, son Of the notorious
Preston Stanley, was mortally wounded.
Preston Stanley is from South Carolina,
where he killed man several years
ago. and a reward of S400 is still offered
for his capture. Stanley swears that he
will never be taken alive, and as he is
desperate character no one has ever sue
ceeded in taking him, though several
attempts have been made. His son was
also desperado.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15
A Resolution of Sympathy.

A few days ago the lower House OF the
Mississippi Legislature suspended the
rules and adopted the following:
Resolred. by the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, That it has received
with profound sorrow intelligence of the sad
catastrophe in which the wife and daughter
OF Secretary Tracy lost their lives and that
assurance of our sincere symbathy is thus
formally extended to Secretary Tracy.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-15

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