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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-24

Rev. b. L. Smith, Of Topeka, Kansas,
preached an excellent sermon TO a large
congregation 40 Seyenth-Street Christian
church Sunday morning. At night he de-
liyered very interesting address on the
life aud services Of Alexander Campbell.
MIR. Smiths wife is sister OF Mrs. Jabez
Hall, aud her health being bad her hus-
band brought her TO Richmond 10 consult
DIR. Mcclure. They viii be guests Of Rev.
kir. Hall for several days.
Tho feature OF the Baptist Pastors Con.
ference yesterday was an address by Rev.
Dr.. Corey on his tour 10 E2spt and Paies.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-24


At the First Presbyterian church an IN
diminished throng crowded its sacred pre-
cinots on Sunday night and none were dis.
appointed In the rich treat afforded them
in the sixth lecture Of the course now
being delivered by the pastor, Rev. DIR.
Kerr. His theme on this occasion was the
journey OF his party 20 Cana and thence TO
Nezareth, and with rare skill he pictured
the daily life Of the travellers and the
sacred scenes through which they
passed. With an interviewer Gospel
lik9 silver thread running through
the whole lecture. Cana is about three
hours Journey northeast Of Nazareth, and
is noted as the scene Of Chriss's frat
Understanding the water into wine-and
the traveller ID now shown an earthen jar
which Is claimed 20 DC one of the water
jars used o. the wedding. Nazareth, city
OF Galiee, - famous as the home of Jesus
during his childhood aud youth until be
began his public ministry, and the hills
and places about the town possess a deep
and haliowed interest 70 the Christian az
being tho very spots trod by the feat of our
saviour when on earth. Its presenf prt,i1.
are well built. - -''y ''S''e>'
There are alarge Latin church. a ynona.ta.
~. asynaeogue, a Greek church. a fine pro-
testantcbprch, q Protestant hosuital' and 4
hsss ie'asis ospbanage. Near the Greek
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-24

who Thy flock didst Comfy leao,
Through the aolds aud by me ssA''u''
NOW INV sheep on mercies feed.
In mo mountains and the desert,
Az tho thousands followed be
We, the hungry, press Ieee ho"'e'r
For Tby bounty full and free.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22
Manners of Men.

It is always a comfort to man to
find some one older than he is who
amounts to less.
There are two worries that few men
escape: 1. What he will do with his
boys. 2. What his boys will do with
him.
Put one bad man among seven good
men, and at the end of month you
have one good man among seven bad
Dnes.
A man with his pleasures is very
much like small boy with his jam !;
he spreads it so thick on the first slice
that the last slice is left without any.
In talking of his past, man must
pither defend it by calling himself a
TOOL to-day, or he must defend himself
to-day by admitting that he was fool
yesterday.
Win mans friendship by telling
him to-day that he is the smartest one
In his family, and you will have to tell
him tomorrow that he is the smartest
man in the town, and the next day
that he is the smartest man in the
State.-AtchiSO71 Globe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22
A Terror of the Tropics.

One of the deadliest serpents of the
tropics is the fer-de-lance, of which
there are at least eight varieties. LAT
cadio Hearm says the reptile is of pre-
cise1y the color which will enable it to
hide among the foliage or the roots of
trees. Sometimes it is of a bright
yellow, and one can scarcely distin-
guish it from the bunch of bananas
within which it coils. Again it may
be black, or yellowish- brown, or Of any
hue resembling tropical mould, old
bark or decomposing trees. The iris
of the eye is orange with red flashes,
and it CLOVIS at night like burning
coal.
In Martinique the fer-de-lance is
absolute lord of the forest by day, and
at night he extends his dominion over
parks and public roads. The only
safety lies In remaining at home after
dark, unless one lives in the city itself,
and it is always dangerous to enter the
forest even at noon without an expert
enced escort. Atany moment branch,
a root, bunch of pendant fruit may
take life, writhe, spring and strike
death to the heart.
One creature. however, has no fear
of the fer-de-lance. Horses tremble a!
sight of it, dogs whine and SILVER.
The hen attempts to defend her
chickens, and the pig offers more sue
cessful combat. But it is the at.who
fights the monster most undauntedly.
The author of "a Midsummer Trip to
the Tropics" describes such an en-
counter:
"The cat upon seeing a snake carries
her kittens to place of safety, and
then boldly advances to the encounter.
She walks to the very limit of the
serpent's striking range, and then be
gins to feint, teasing him, startling
him, trying to draw his blow. How
the emerald and topaz eyes glow then
They are flames. A moment more and
the triangular head, kissing from the
coils, flashes swift as if moved by
wings. But swifter still the stroke of
the armed paw that dashes the horror
aside, finging it mangled in the dust
Nevertheless, pussy does not dare to
spring. The enemy, still alive, has
almost instantly reformed his coil. She
is in front of him, watching him, YER
teal pupil against vertical pupil.
Again the flashing stroke; again the
beautiful countering; again the living
death is hurled aside. Now the scaled
skin is deeply torn; one eye socket has
ceased to fame
"Once more the stroke of the serpent,
once more the light, quick, cutting
blow. But the reptile is blind, stupe
fed. Before he can attempt to coil,
pussy has leaped upon him, mailing the
horrible fiat head fast to the ground
with her two sinewy paws. Now let
him lash, writhe, Irvine, strive to
strangle her. In vain. He will never
lift his head. An instant more and he
lies still. The sharp, white teeth of
the cat have severed the vertebra just
behind the triangular skull"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22
Ancient Music.
TFindlay (Ohio) dispatch. 1

fireworks of the Greek poets and
philosophers are full of illusions to
the beauty and power of music. The
Scriptures also laud the divine art
Nevertheless, it is more than probable
that music was crude and barbaric even
in ancient Jerusalem. One rather con-
vincing proof of this is found in the
constant desire Of the ancients to bring
vast bodies of musicians together.
"P1ay skillfully and with loud noise, I"
says the Psalmist, and Josephus speaks
of choruses of 100000 voices and as
many instrumentalists. It is quite
probable that the old historian was ex-
aggerating, yet the very statement
shows that the ancients desired power
above all things in their tonal feasts.
In Greece the same desire for fortis-
simo obtained, for we read of young
fute-player bursting a blood-vessel
and dying through a herculean effort
to obtain very loud note, and the
voice of a gentleman who took several
prizes for his musical attainments in
the public games was said to be power
full enough to stun the entire audience.
OF course the ancient music was
strongly rhythmic; of this we have alb
solute proof in the Scriptural illusions
to the clapping of hands, and in the
description of the regular stamping of
the director of the chorus in the ancient
Greek theaters. The surest proof of
the crudity of ancient music is, how
ever, found in the Greek system of no.
tation, which is utterly inadequate to
represent music of any intricacy. Yet
it is not quite certain that we have de-
ciphered this notation correctly, for
the works on the subject are by no
means explicit, and many of them have
been destroyed.
The excavations in progress at Pom
pei may still afford clew to the music
of the ancient world. It must be re-
member that two-thirds of the city is
still under ground, and it is quite pos
sible that the remains of a musical Ii
brary may yet be discovered there. At
present the musical works of Boethius
and of Vitruvius only serve to make
the darkness of the ancient musical
system more zimmerman. But this
much can be stated with surety, that it
was barbaric in comparison with the
system of our own times.-BOstO7o
Musical Times
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

THE State Legislature assembled on the
f4th and organized without unusual Incl
dents. For the first time in many years
both branches are Democratic. The Senate
Is composed of eighteen Democrats and
fourteen Republicans, and the Assembly is
likewise proportionately divided. The eau
Gus nominees of the Democrats were elect
ed, ]. J. Hogan being chosen Speaker of the
Assembly and George Forth chief clerk.
Lieut.. Gov. Jonas called the Senate to or
Bross called the roll of new Senators. and
they took the oath. E. d. Rogers of Juneau
County has formally withdrawn his contest
Of the seat of ]. w. Babcock in the As
sembly.
BOTH houses of the Legislature met in
joint convention. on the 18th, to listen 10
the reading of the message of Governor
Peck. The fact that the Governor would
read the message in person brought out a
large number of spectators. Gov. Peck
came into the chamber accompanied by
Senators Pratt Keogh and Taylor, who had
been appointed by the Lieutenant Governor
as a committee to notify him that the con-
vention was ready to receive his message
and to escort him to the place of assem-
blage. The message was one of the shortest
ever delivered. In the Senate joint reso-
luton was passed providing for the APP
pointment of a joint committee, consisting
of seven from the Senate and eleven from
the Assembly, to which all bills shall be re-
ferred that provide for redistricting the
State into Congressional, Senatorial and
Assembly districts. Both houses adjourned
till the goth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22
Wonen's WAYS.

How quick one woman can detect in
another the vanity which characterizes
herself
Curious as woman is, she has not the
euriosity to enter and pass beyond the
portals of death.
Our idea of real nice girl is one
who can be with poorer people, and re-
list talking of the nice things she has.
There is one thing woman can
aever do; she can't make man tell
her where he has been, and what he
has been doing, by asking him.
When you remember how tired and
impatient a woman gets answering her
shildren's questions, you wonder that
she asks her husband so many.
One reason why women SO seldom
succeed in any of their clubs and So
cieties is that no woman likes to be
bossed by any other woman. A woman
will stand blow from man, but Is
ready to fuss at word of authority
from smother woman.--Atch5son Globe
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22
Her HappieSt Hour.

It was one night, out on the plains,
It was wild and windy night, with
great storm coming up; the scud was
scurrying across the dark sky, and the
little frame house that was our quarters
shook, with rafting windows, at every
new gust. My husband had been away
on scout for weeks! Once there came
a report that the troop had been cut
to pieces. But the troop had come
in that afternoon such great, unshayen,
unkempt fellows, worn out with hard
riding, and swart as Indians from long
days and nights in the open. We had
our first blessed talk of "togetherness ;"
supper was cleared away; the fire of
the great logs was blazing on the
hearth. The children had been al
lowed to stay up and "see father" one
of them was asleep on the rug at his
feet, her little hand just touching his
spurred boot.
He, my husband, had been looking
over the Eastern papers, but he was SO
tired, and what with the fire warmth
and the relaxation of the home comfort,
the paper had fallen from his hand and
his head had fallen drowsily back In
his chair. His hair looked go yellow
in the freight above his bronzed face
as yellow as boys. The light was
soft on his big, warm scouting blouse,
and glinted back from his furnished
shoulder-straps. Ny little baby-my
first boy-was asleep on my arm.
There was not any sound in the room
but the soft purring of the fire, and the
wind wailing and rushing outside. /
liked to hear the wind that night, for
all the world, my own, were safe at my
hearth. And then through the wind
and down the wind the trumpets called
lights out" You know the words we
soldier folk set to that beautiful, pa
thetic call?
Love, goodnight!
Must thou go?
When the day-and the night
Need thee so?
looked across-with great ache OF
thankfulness in my heart-,across at
my husband, sleeping there. Oh,
asleep and safe. within touch of my
hand, not lying dead and mutilated far
away over the plain, under the wild
night sky and cold rains-asleep and
safe
When the day
And the night
NeeG thee so.
And [ think chat WIS the happiest
hour of my hfe.-BoSto71 Comm on
WeGlth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22

A FRENCH agricultural experiment
station reports that out of $50 plants
the goat eats 449 and refuses 1876; the
sheep out of SIS plants eats 1897 and
refuses 141 the cow out of 494 plants
eats 276 and refuses 218; the horse
out of Ala plants eats 262 and refuses
212; while the pig out of 243 plants
eats 70 and refuses III.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22

A WORKING bricklayer in London has
received a legacy of 920O, 900 left by a
brother. He has handed $50, 900 to each
of his five children, one of whom was
working as a carman at Chelmsford.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22

DON'T tempt one to question your
veracity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-22
When the day
And the night
Meet thee SO,

And I think chat w@s the happiest
hour of my fe.-BoSto31 Comm on
wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-29
Good Racing at Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 2s.-The nice weather and
we'll filed ontry card at the track induced
5000 people to go to West Side park today.
The track was fast and all five events were
well contested. The third race was the Las
sic stakes for Cwo-year-olds, and furnished a
surprise III Maud Howard, VINO won by n
nose from the favorite, Addie. The latter
was stupidly ridden by Fox, and should have
won. Only one favorite passed the wire
first and the "bookies'' were in happy
frame of mind when the days sport was
over Following are tho results:
First race. purse 800, for maidens. all ages.
three-quarters OF mile: Lay Unde won.
Hagen second. Upman third. Time: 1910
second race, selling purse 500, all ages, one
mile: lnSOlence won, Renounco second, EN-
Derience third. Time: 1:46Ls.
Third race the Lnsse stakes. for two-ycar-
old fllies, $1,000 added, 6ve-eghths OF n mile;
Maud Howard Won, Addie second Gray Goose
third Time: sos.
Fourth race purse $500, for three year olds
and upward, one mile and quartcr
Marmosa won, Carus second, Osborne third
Time: 2:l5
Fifth race purse $50. all ages, seven -eighths
or a mile: The Kaiser won, Blue Banner
second, Innocence third. Time: 1884.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-29
PLENTY HORSES AGAIN FREE.
Judge Shiras Orders the Jury to Find a
Verdict of Not Guilty,
JUSTIFIED IN THE MURDER or CASEY.
War Ell ted Between the Govern
ment ond the Indiaus-Attemptcd
Suicide Of a witness-The
case Reviewed.

Sioux FALLS, $. d., May 2s.- Especial Tele
gram to THE BEE. Plenty Horses is free
nan and will tomorrow leave for the rcserva-
tion, proud of the distinct n of having de-
liberately murdered one OF the bravest Of
fcers in the United States army, Lieutenant
Edward Casey
The last day Of the trial has been fraught
with exciting evonts. The defense first
aroused the indignation of the court by Civ
ing the reason why Living Bear, father OF
Plenty Horses, had not been brought 10 the
court, although bench warrant was issued
for his arrest. 1t seems the deputy en-
trusted with the warrant slipped a
cog IN his moral conduct when ne reached
Sioux City and lost two days in his reckon.
ing of time. The court announced that the
matter would be thoroughly siftod. Follow
ing this came the attempted suicide of White
Moon, Cheyenne witness for the prosecu-
ton. White Moon was with Casey when
Plenty Horses fired the fatal shot, and the
defense introduced testimony questioning
the reliability OF White Moon's testimony.
Someone explained to the Cheyenne the con-
sequence of perjury and he brooded over the
matter until he took a jack-knife and stabbed
himself in the base of the neck on the left
side. When found the blade about three
inches long, was still sticking in the wound.
Physicians were called and he is now on q
fair way to recovery.
Judge Shlras delivered the charge to the
jurors instructing them to bring in a verdict
of not guilty. He explained that Judge
Edgerton disagreed with him on the prop-
osition of instructing for an acquitta out
the instructions to be given, however, were
to be considered those of the court Tho
charge was quite lengthy, He declared that
in his opinion actual war existed nj the time
of Casev,s death. Tho Judge concluded his
charge with saving:
"While the government and this court
nation with power to declare war ueverthe.
less the actual facts as they existed consti-
tuted a state Of war The court was strongly
of the opinion that Casey was killed while in
the discharge of his duties as an officor of the
United States army. The court does not he
lieve that mad there been a conflict hetween
the Indians and Cnsev and his scopts while
the lat ter was accommodating the No Water
camp. and in that contlict Casey shot PLENTY
Horses that the officer Ivonld have been ar,
raipned in this court on the CHARGE of mnr-
der, Tho killing of Casey was q cruel act
but il was AN act of war II is the Sutv of
tho count th,raf.,, to 49,, =, ,,,,.l,,, -,
Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-29

f. L. Evans OF Fall River, and j. NJ Woods
OF Pennington county; Eighth circuit
Charles II Euos of Lead CITY, and William
Sellers OF Dcndwood. At large; Porter
Warner OF Deadwood and H. b. Caddingtou
of Blunt
Bartlett Tripp has been elected chairman
and h Nj. O'Brien Of Yankton secretary.
Ine plan adopted is as follows: Tho com
mission, through its secretary, will communt
cato with every member of the last legisla-
ture aud ask whether he will attend special
meeting OF the legislature pledged to vote
LOT SoOOO worlds fair appropriation.
III majority signify "A willingness
TO DO this the governor will he asked to call
aspeclai session, which he has already signi-
lied Willingness to do Tho pledge nrrau pe-
ment Is made so that the commissio may
know exactly what to expect when responses
to all the letters of inquiry have been re-
celved. IL the legislature plan fails the com
mission Will endeavor to raise 100000 by pri-
Vate SubsCriDtiOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-29
ESCAPE OF THE ITATA.
Chilian Insurgents at lquique Excited
Over the News.

New YORK, May 2S.A dispatch to the
Herald from Iquique says Wcrd was re-
ceived here yesterday that the United States
warship Charleston had arrived ut Callao,
Peru. 1t was also announced that she had
not caught sight of the transport Itata since
leaving Acapulco, Mexico. Naturally enough
excitement at tho escape of the Itata is
great. II is now believed that she will reach
some friendly port without trouble. Her es-
Gaping the fleet Charleston is the talk all
over the city today. The first news of the
Charlestons arrival at Callao without the
ltata has spread like wildfre. But had the
Charleston caught the Itata it Is dou btful if
any OF the arms or ammunition which the
latter vessel received from the schooner Rob
ert and Minnie at San Diego would have been
found. The general impression among tAs
best informed people here is that the Chilian
insurgent warship Esmeralda long since
transferred the much desired munitions of
war from the Itata and has by her subse
quent actions pretty well pulled the wool
over the eyes of the captain of the Charleston.
This belief is shared by no less an authority
than lsadora Errausriz who says he has lit
tie reason to doubt that the Itata transferred
her arms to the Esmeralda. 1t is said that
the plan that has been adopted is to have the
Esmeralda, If she really has tho arms ands
ammunition aboard, delay some little time
before attempting to deliver them.
The correspondent also had an important
interview with heminister of foreign affairs.
He says that Bolivia has signed treaty with
the congressional party, to take the place of
the old truce that has been in existence be-
tween Bolivia and Chilli. This new treaty
cedes in perpetuity to Chill, represented by
the congressional party, the territory occu-
pied ten years ago by Chill as an offset to the
debt which was ssaddled OH Bolivia as a result
of the war This sirecognitiou of the congress
ional party practically antagonizes Balma-
ceda. 4" ~
The CORES pondent adds that the Paris tel
egram regarding the oombardment of Iquique
by the Chilian government warship Imper-
iali and the torpedo cruisers is utterly false,
Notwithstanding the assertions Of the gov
ernment people. s4s says: AZ say this so
positively, because I was personally present
in Iquique at the time and would most
certainly have known of it had it occurred'
Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-29
Agent iIlro,i's Bond.

PfERRE,S d.. May 2S. Especial to rHE BEE
The frantic efforts Of Distributing Agent S.
II. Elrod OF the Sisseton Indian reservation to
provide for n satisfactory 81 ,0OO, 900 bond, re-
quired by the government for the distrDu.
tion OF some $500, 900 cash to the redskins,
has created interest in the method of how
this business is done II Is related that after
his appointment sam Elrod approached the
business men of Watertown and suggested TO
them that Sl,OOO,OJ0 bond was required and
that no thought they ought not object to
going Oh. Strange to note, the business men
OF Watertown hesitated little.
We'll" says Elrod, 'you needn't put
yourselves out in the least. The
good people of Milbank down here
express themselves as only too willing to fix
the matter They say thoy would like to
have these 1000 Indians visit their town, and
especially with all this money that will be
distributed to them.n
The Watertowu hustlers took tumble to
themselves, as they say, and nice fat
sl,OOO,000 bond was soon fixed up and dis
patched to Washington. 1t was supposed
that it was all settled and Watertown was al
ready smacking its lips in anticipation of its
snare OF the SSOO,OOO dog feast But there
next came rumors that the aforesaid $500 900
dog feast was not to be held at Watertown
but to be distributed impartially over the
whole reservation.
This was different The Watertown
SlSHeTS VI Jue UOnu DeEan 10 ask themselves
what are we there forl The result was tho
very pusillanimous act of urging the de-
partment to be released from the bond. In
some way the report got out that Governor
Mellette was one of those asking a release
In the first place il was impossible that
these men could thus withdraw, having
officially qualified, and further than this
Governor Mellettc WAS not on Elrod's bond,
being out of the state at the time. But
Agent Elrod was no more disturbed by the
action Of these bondsmen than he had been
on the start, and quietly informed them that
their places would be filed Going to Sioux
Falls he readily found men to take their
places, and as changed the bond has been
accepted by the department at Washington.
As result the SSOO,OOO will be deposited
in the Mnnehaha National bank of Sioux
Falls all summer, and it is estimated that
there will be deposit Of at least $4,000 on
hand constantly. This will help out the
money market at Sioux Falls. Checks will
be drawn on it, which furnishes a handy me-
dium of exchange.
AS announced, Agent McCusick OF this
reservation has resigned, and the question
is VINO will be his successor! Among those
mentioned are Don G. Needham
Of Jeraud county and S. 5. Lockhart of
Mibank.