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The morning call., 1890-12-11
A Steamer Aground.

LONDON, Dec 10.-The Peninsuar and
Oriental steamer Nepaul ran aground to-
night on Plymouth Breakwater1 In dense
log The passengers were all removed
safely
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Booth ami Barrett

BOSTON, Dec. 10.-B0oth and Barrett will
play in separate companies next season.
Booth will however continue under the
management of Barrett
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A DRAMATIC CLOSE,
Tightening the Military Gordon
Around the GhoSt-DaneerS.
Great UneaSineSS Among the Settlers Near
the COlYille Reservation.
Drunken, and QuarrelSome IndianS-PartiCu-
lars Of the Cold BlO01ed Murder
Of Fraighter Cole.
Special to THE MORNING CALL,

CHICAGO, Dec 10-IndicatIons at Gen.
eral Miles headquarters tonight pointed to
a dramatic close of the Messiah craze among
the Indians. The immediate tightening OF
the great military Gordon now surrounding
the ghost-dancers seems to be the pro-
gramme. All this evening General Miles
and his aids were busy studying carefully
revised maps of the country where the
Indians are. The General explained the
distribution of the troops. saying: General
Brooke is on the south, Colonel Sumner on
the north, General Carr on tile west and
Colonel Merriam on the east, with their re-
spective commands" The General expects
to start for the scene of the trouble IN few
days.
INDIAN MURDERS.
SPOKANE FALLS (Wash.), Dec, 1O-A
special dispatch to the Review from Fort
Colville says that great uneasiness and dis
content prevails among the settlers near the
Colville Indian Reservation. Renegades
from the reservation who are supplied with
whisky by the whites are becoming very
quarrelsome and insoent. A few days ago
a small band got to fighting among them
selves, aud one Indian was killed and
number were injured.
Particulars have been learned of the kill
ing of Freighter Cole. whose murderer was
shot by Deputy Sheriff Cole few days ago,
as reported in these dispatches. Indian
John and companion rode up to Coles
camp and asked for chew of tobacco,
which was refused. John drew his pistol
and ordered his companion to kill Cole,
which he did, shooting him in the side and
in the stomach. They then carried the body
three or four miles and hid it in the bushes
Friendly Indians and whites arenow search
ing for the remains. These troubles are in
nowise connected with the Messiah craze
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No Money for Rivers and Harbors.

WASHINGTON, Dec 10.-The House Com
mit,ee on Rivers and Harbors to-day for
maliy decided not to prepare a River and
Harbor Appropriation Bill during this
session.
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N urderer Hanged.

MERIDEN (Miss.), Dec. 1O.-George Mar
tin, the murderer of William Crouch, was
hanged TODAY
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TARIFF ON TIN.
Taylor's Amendment to the Mckinley Act
Reducing the Duty.

Reducing the Duty.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Taylor OF Illinois
to-day introduced in the House an amend
ment to the present Tariff Act, proposing to
fix the duty on tin plate at cent per pound,
with duty Of 80 per cent ad valorem on
manufactures of tin. instead of the existing
rates OF 2-10 cents per pound for plate and
55 per cent for manufactures. In addition
the amendment proposes to maintain on the
free list tin ores ana pigs. on which the
present tariff law imposes duty of cents
per pound after July 1. 1898.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10.--Mrs. President
Harrison has returned 10 Washington.
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THE Champagne Eclipse Of delicate bouquet,
delicious taste ana delightful flavor.
The morning call., 1890-12-11
FOR POLITICAL REASONS.
Alleged Violation Of State Statutes BY an
Attoruey.General


COLUMBIA, Dec 10.-J. ]. Pope. the new
Attorney General of South Carolina, yester-
day discharged L. B. Butler. clerk in the
Judiciary Department, but in his letter Of
dismissal testified to the clerks worth and
efficiency. Butler then asked for Pope's
reasons. He replied that it was duty he
Haskell at the recent election, and that while
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
THE POOR SEAMSTRESS.
Hope Deferred Maketh the Heart SIck-A
 Story of Rich and Poor.


 Story of Rich and Poor.
 The cold, gray shades of a winter evening were falling-like patent win dow blinds. The last rosy rays of the sun fell gently on the bent shoulders and tossed hair of woman who sat at the easement looking out on the chill emptiness of a city street. Her face, still young and pretty, proclaimed edu- cation, even gentility-as did her slen- der white fingers, too frail to be rough ened by toll. She wrung them despair ingly, moaning:
 ''It will not come-I am. sure it will not comep The fire was dying in the little grate. "If those people only knew," she said, ''what suffering they cause with their delays! While they go on cheerfully and have so much money they will hardly look at you. Yet she promised to let me have it to- day"
 There was ring at the bell! She sprang to her feet and pressed her face eagerly against the pane. But it was only the postman with tailor's circu- lar. She sank back in her chair and cov- cred her face with her hands, while scalding tears oozed one by one between her fingers as she burst into a passion of sobs. Was it the poor sewing-girl wait ing, deprived of her just dues and of her humble dinner by the capricious delay ofher wealthy patroness?
 No, sympathetic reader, no. It was, on the contrary, the rich girl herself, whose prevaricating dressmaker had promised to let her have the new even- ing gown she mast wear that night ''be- fore three o'clock in the afternoon, at latest, without fail. l."-Fredc. H. Wilson, in Puck.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14

-Kluks-'T consider Jinkles one of the greatest statesmen in the country Gluks-''Great Scott! man, what are you thinking of? He isn't worth a dol lar. r."-Minneapolis Journal.
 Boy Logic.-''You are the twentieth in the class, Hans. That means you are at the very foot!" "Well, papa, how can I help it if there are no more boys in the class?''-Fliegende Blatter.
 The Welsh word for beer is said to be ''cwrw" If it were necessary to pronounce the name before getting a drink there would be more prohibit tionists than there are now.-Emporia Republican.
 -"Do you think that all these jokes they make about plumbers are funny?' said Mrs. Takair to her husband. ''I used to-" was the reply, "but I don't any more. Not since the water pipes burst. Merchant Traveller.
 Hook here," said the managing editor to the serf whose business it is to do contortion tricks with the English language, you haven't made any jokes on the grip that amount to any thing" ''No." "What's the reason?" 'Well, I thought I might just as we'll wait till got over it myself before I tried to be funny about it."-Washing- ton Capital.
 It is reported that our Government is about to abandon the Weather Bureau and substitute the ''Old Farmers Alma nac." The latter predicts the weather year ahead, and makes no more mis- takes than the Weather Bureau, besides telling us on what day of the month Fourth of July occurs and the exact number of days in ebruary.-Norris- town Herald.
 Lack of Stimulus. Bouttown- ''l thought you said your law partner, Mir Silvertongue, was such an eloquent pleader. l stepped into the courtroom yesterday to hear him, but his address to the jury was very cold and common place." MT. Blaekstone-"Ye it was; but yesterday he did not get warmed up to his subject. You see, he knew our client was innocent" ."-N. r. Weekly.
 -''Im afraid your son will bring your gray hair in sorrow to the grave" said one of the clerks to the old travelling man, after listening to long account of the boys misdeeds. ''No, he won't; not much." Here he took off his hat and displayed smooth, shining caput. You see, his mother beat him out of any fun he may have counted on having with my gray hairs. She never gets left. Merchant Traveller.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
WHITE HOUSE DINNERS.
What You Must Do in Case You Are In-
 vited to One of Them.

What You Must Do in Case You Are In- vited to One of Them.
 The usual hour for state dinner is eight o'clock D. m. As the guests ar rive, which should be fifteen minutes before the hour set, they are shown to the rooms for the removal of wrap ! pings and descend by the private stair way to the grand corridor and proceed direct to the East room where the Presi- dent and lady await them. Each gen. tleman upon entering the room is handed by an usher a small envelope containing a card inscribed with the plan of the table and bearing the name of the lady he will escort. On the dia- gram the number of the seats he and the lady will occupy are marked. After be- ing received by the President he exam ines the card and immediately joins the lady whom he will accompany to the state dining-hall. The lady whom he has brought remains with him until her escort appears.
 All his guests having arrived at the appointed hour the steward anno unces that dinner is in readiness. The Presi- dent, with the first lady guest, leads the way to the state dining-room, followed by the remaining guests. The presid- ing lady, escorted by the principal man, closes the line. The Marine Band, meanwhile, performs suitable march.
 In the dining-room the guests find their places and take the seats assigned to them by the plate cards, which cor respond in location with the diagram handed them upon entering the East room.
 There are four services at all state dinners. The dishes in their order are served on silver salvers by walters, the guests helping themselves. The chief waiter serves the President first and then proceeds toward the right, and the second waiter toward the left. The same course is observed on the opposite side of the table, beginning with the presid- ing lady. No one is ever served twice. The plates of one course are removed as soon as each guest is finished and the plate for the next is put in it's place.
 At the close of the dinner, which lasts about three hours, it has been the GUS tom of late years for the gentlemen to leave the table with the ladies and not return. The custom during the earlier administrations was for the ladies to have their coffee served in the drawing room and for the gentlemen to return to drink single glass of wine to the health of the President. Gentlemen wishing to enjoy cigar retire during the coffee to the corridor at the foot of the private stairway, but join the ladies when the presiding lady makes the mo- tion to retire. After one promenade through the suite of parlors the gentle men surrender the ladies to the gentle men with whom they came, and with their own ladies take leave of the Pres ident and his lady. They should receive their wrappings and leave the building quietly and promptly. The last of the guests should have retired within thirty minutes after leaving the table.-Wash- ington Star,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
Where All the Rags Go.

Housewives must often have wondered where all the rags go to after they pass into the wagon of any one of the sever al hundred ragmen who pass through the alleys with their mOnotonous cries. These gatherers of old rags take them to warehouses where they are bought in bulk, and then assorted by girls accord ing to quality. There was time when most of the rags were sent to paper mills. Now very small proportion of rags are made into paper, straw and clay being the chief ingredients. Fine linen paper, so called, is made of rags. Nine ty per cent. of the rags collected, how ever, go into the manufacture of ''shod- dy," of which cheap ready-made cloth ing is manufactured. This stuff is now made up into the brightest and most at tractive patterns, and can only be told when new from wool by the expert. and by experience with the wearer. ''ShOd- dy is king" say the wool men, and this accounts for the mercurial condition of the wool market.-St, Louis Globe Dem- Ocrat
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
WOMEN ON DIVORCE.
An Old Chicago Lawyer Agrees with Mrs.
 Amelia E. Barr's Views.

Amelia F. Barr's Views.
 have had good many divorce cases. Women as rule decry divorces and say they are curse to the marriage system, and yet it is a woman's first thought when she has row with her husband The women of intelligence who write about the subject and who are presumed to be cool-headed about it warm up in their discussion of it and come to the conclusion that divorce is all right if the woman gets it. Occasionally we find woman who rises to an unbiased view of the question. Such woman, for in stance, is Amelia E. Barr, WAo in an article just printed in one of the maga- zines says:
 'It is said, The woman who deliber- ates is lost The truth is women are lost because they do not deliberate. Thackeray had the profoundest insight into woman's heart when he made the miserable wife of Barnes Newcome leave her husband and home in an hour when she had no such intention. Cruelty tempted, perplexed and bewildered, when passion is stronger than reason,
 
 but go, blindfold, headlong to their ruin. Are such women likely to be kept moral by any legal enactment? As we'll try to deter or encourage item by the laws of gravitation. Prohibition never yet prevented crime: of what value is it, then, as punishment?
 'And supposing that the woman is hn in fU hot ri inh tho law to add injustice to injury, to con- demn her to spend her life in solitude, finding the bread and bearing the bur- dens some other would gladly find and bear for her? Could the law set good woman in a position more beset With grievous temptations? Alimony is never a sufficient right for wronged woman; the guilty husband may betake himself to a foreign country or otherwise evade it, for husband who has deserted wife in person will easily desert her in purse. Most women would consider heartless, deliberate, continued de- sertion far worse crime than one con- mitted in a moment of passion. And de- nying remarriage to deserter would not check desertion. It may be fairly assumed that man who would desert his wife would not hesitate to commit bigamy. Besides, if the prohibition to remarry be regarded as punitive, the unfaithful wife is not the sinner above all others. Women who are chaste be- yond doubt are often bad wives. Keep ing the seventh commandment intact, they yet ruin and disgrace their hus- bands irretrievably. They may be drunkards, or brawlers. or thieves. They may be corrupters of their children. They make their homes hells. Insanity is the only cause for divorce which should be coupled with prohibition to remarry. For what right have we to deny to the unfortunate, or even to the guilty, that opportunity for consolation or redemption which the continuance of their existence makes divinely-grant- ed ght?"-Chicago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
ORIENTAL BED-cLoTHINo.
How the Japanese and Chinese Sleep iI.
 Their Native Land.

TheIr Native Land.
 In the land of the Orient the tastes of people as regards sleeping accommo- dations are as widely different from the English and American as their daily life. In Japan the only bedding is made in the shape of huge gown or overcoat, with sleeves, and each sleeve accom- mo- dates a sleeper, who crawls into the aperture very much as kitten would. Like their cousins, the Chinese, the Japs use no sheets, unless the lining of the might overcoats'' can be looked up- on as sheets Their pillows are min iature bureaus made out of either rat tan or polished wood, filled with drawers to hold their jewelry and other valua- bles while they themselves are asleep
 There are no bedsteads in Japan. The same spotles5 floor that answers for table, chairs and dancing stage is util- ized for sleeping purposes. In China there are bedsteads, and these, with the bed-clothing, form the most ornamental portion of the household furniture. It is as the piano and pillow-shams of well-regulated American house. It is common thing for Chinese gentleman to spend s, 900 or even SIC, ,OOO cash for beautifully carved and jeweied bed stead, and S1, 600 or more for simple em- broideries on the edges and corners of his favorite quilt.
 These latter are very numerous and varied among those who are able to enjoy such luxuries None of these nr1n GE%l .a1 affairs; indeed, such is the superstition among the almond-eyed aristocracy that not one of them could be hired to sleep under coverlet that is composed of only one or two thicknesses. The former indicates ito their mind) ex- treme poverty, while two is considered an even or unlucky number. Therefore all the Chinese bed-ciothes are either padded or a thin sheet of paper is put in the center. Most all the quilts or beb-clothes of the rich are made of silks or satins, with highly colored em- broidery work on the exterior, and lined with strong white silk or fine linen, and are only washed about once year. As in Japan, no sheet is used.
 The Chinese bed-making in the morn ings consists of folding up every article of bed-clothes in long folds in such manner as to expose all the beautiful needle-work, and then they are carefully piled one on top of the other upon neat shelf built against the wall inside of the artisticaily hung bed curtains. Then the latter is carefully drawn apart to expose the rich rugs and opium layout upon the bed and the folded bed-clothes upon the shelves.
 The poorer class of the Chinese have only one ''pe," or padded quilt, thick enough to keep them warm the coldest nights in the winter, while in summer, like the rich, they use nothing save their own undergarments In other words it is either feast or famine as far as sleeping comforts are concerned. Unlike the rich, the poorer classes of Chinamen take off the Things of their ''pes" about twice a year for cleansing purposes. If a bed in frst-class Ameri- can hotel were given to Chinese gentleman he would probably sit up all night waiting for place to lie down Wong Chin Foo, in N. Y. Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
Women and Their Matches.

The idea that women's watcnes on 6 bracelet of leather is something new, as stated by New York paper the other day, struck me as being funny. We have had them for two years. I confess that think it is a good idea. Any idea which will make woman wear a watch where she will pay 1t some attention is good one. The majority of women do not know how to treat a watch. They put it in their dresses so the chains will show, and they seem to think that will regulate their time pieces. They forget half the time to wind their watches and then wonder why they don't keep the correct time. A fortune awaits the milliner who will snake place in Q woman's dress where 6 watch can be carried so that when it is taken out the idea will occur to the wearer to give it proper attention.-Chi- cago Tribune,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
How to Tell Bleached Blondes.

Bleached hair is brought to such an art now that it is almost impossible for the casual observer to tell the genuine from the artificial blonde. But if in a carefully-arranged head of hair as yell low as ripe wheat you detect one dark brown or black hair at the nape of the neck or near the ear, the story is told. Straws show which way the wind blows, and the single dark hair tells where the dye missed. Tho dark-haired woman who is determined to be a blonde must live the life of slave to this desire, as hair grows at the rate of an inch Q month. There is shade of natural au- burn hair which is inclined to be streaked and much lighter at the ends than at the roots. This kind of hair, now so fashionable, might be mistaken for the streaked and striped bleached blonde by an inexperienced eye; but, if glossy, bright and healthful in tone, it is sure to be natural, no matter how varied are it's shades; while if it is Ky and broken, it is safe to suspect the bleacher's art A natural pale golden blonde has blonde eyelashes and eye brows, and in real life black eyelashe5 never accompany golden hair, unless 1t owes its hue to art, however much we may find this combination in heroiRes of novels.-Chicago Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
MIR. LARkiN's JOKE.
Mark Twain and Bob Burdette Outdone-by
 & Modest Young Man.

Modest Young Man.
 'sI'ye got frst-class joke for you, remarked Larkin, cheerfully, as he came and sat on the corner of the editors desk, knocking several manu- scripts into the waste basket.
 Have you?" asked the editor, in breathless anxiety.
 ''Yes, just thought of it as I came in on the car, and as I know you are al- ways on the lookout for good things, thought I'd come around and tell you be- fore I forgot it. I'm awfully busy this morning, too."
 Sorry" murmured the editor.
 s'Not at all! Don't mention it! The joke was suggested by my seeing man kick dog three or four blocks away. Don't know why he kicked him, of course. May be the dog snarled at him, as dogs will. you know. Fact is, there are too many dogs-about 99 per cent. too many, I should estimate. Now, l used to own dog back in the 7O's that -p
 Excuse me, but you are forgetting your joke" put in the editor, apolOgeti- cally. Il don't want to lose it, you know"
 ''Of course you don't. You don't get joke like this every day. It's A Mo- 1, now. And I'm busy, so I won't keep you long. expect you are rather busy yourself?"
 "Well, yes, a little," replied the editor, looking at the clock. ''It's nearly ten now. We ehave to go to press at twelve sharp"
 ''Then you won't be able to get my joke in this issue?"
 "I'm afraid not; but it will keep until the next, won't it?"
 70 yes, I suppose so; but I'm sort O anxious to see it in print. That's why ran around here to tell you before I forgot it, notwithstanding I'm so busy I don't know what to do first when 1 get to the store" :"
 But the joke" suggested the editor, with one anxious look at the clock.
 "Yes, yes; well, this is it: When a man kicks dog he does it on purpose? Pretty good, heyr' and Lark:n jumped of the desk and patJed the editor be- tween the shoulders With force enough to disiocate a tooth.
 "But don't see the ioke," gasped the editor.
 Well, now, that's good! You'll laugh when it dawns on you. Kick a dog on purpose. See? P-u-r-p, purp, o-s-e, us, purpose; see?"
 ''rhat is the correct way to spell the word, but would not divide the sylla- bles in just that manner. P-u-r is the correct division"
 But that is where the joke comes in. P-u-r-p, dog; don't you see?"
 ''No, don't. P-u-r-p doesn't spell dog"
 "Of course not, but it means dog"
 The editor shook his head mournfully.
 ''Do you mean to say you have never heard dog called purp?"
 "Never. When young, dog is some times called a pup; but not purp; at least not by educated people"
 ''Well, must go now, for am afraid shall be late. I'll come in again when think S something else real bright which very often do."
 ''I shall be much obliged"
 ''Not at all. They come natural to me. Good morning!'
 Good dmorningw-Wm.H H. Siviter, in Jury.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
A FinanciaI Discussion.

Chronic Borrower-Can you lend me twenty dollars for few days?
 Weary Friend-Why don't you pawn your watch?
 "Because it is a keepsake from my dearmother, and don't like to part with it"
 'My money is a keepsake from my dear father, and don't like to part with it, either. ."-Texas Siftings.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
Ought to Recommend Him.

Suitor-Perhaps, sir, you don't think I'm good enough to marry your daugh- ter
 Father-Perhaps do.
 ''Well, sir. I'd have you know that I've been refused by some Of the finest young ladies in the nd."-Time.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-14
HUMOROUS.
Jury.

-Kluks-T consider Jinkles one of the greatest statesmen in the country" GlukS-''Great Scott! man, what are you thinking of? He isn't worth dol lar. r."-Minneapolis Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-05

THE Democracy of the Third Texas
District are slightly divided between
the old and the new. The Wills
Point Chronicle says that Hubbard is
put forward by the machine, while
Kilgore is the peoples candidate. A
strange anomaly, the machine in the
hands of the outs. If the Chronicle is
true, KilgOre is not posted in Demo
cratic methods.