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wife, advice inside OF fifty years-ah. Be-
sides, no doubt, his righteous soul was
yexed every day, hand runnn' with the
filthy communications Of the aSphcmious
set that was always a-lofcrin, and a-saun-
term around-ah, a-pickin up his tools
and a-msp!acin' EN-, and aca!iin' him an
old fool or solnethn worscah; AID, to
cap the climax, he was Il preacher, and
had that unSodly gineration on his hands
every Sunday-ah But the Lord stood b%
him and seed him through that job-ah,
and when everything was ready he didn't
send Nocr out to scrimmagc and scour all
over the wide world Tor TO cit up the crit
ters and yarmon,s that he wanted saved
all. They all came TO his hand OF their
own accord, and Noer only had to head
'em around in their plucesah Then he
gathered up his own family, and the Lord
Shut him in, and the heavens OF the win
dows was opcncd-ah.
- But, my brcthercn, Nocr-ah had use
for patience after this-ah. Think what Il
time he must a-had aieedin a-waterin
and a-clcanin out after SIGH q crowd-ah.
Some of 'em. accordn' to Goldsmith's
Animated Nater-ah, was carnivorous,
and wanted fresh meat-ah; and some was
herbivorous, and wanted vegetable foed-
ali; and some was worm;yorious, and
swallered live things whole all; and lie had
TO feed everything accordin to his mater.
Hence, we view, my brctheren-ah, as the
mater Of the animals wasn't altered by
goin' into the Ark-ah, some Of EN- would
roar, and howlc, and bark, and bray, and
squcal. and blatc the whole indurin night-
all a-driyin sleep fromhis eyes and SUM
Der from his cyeleis-ah; and at the first
streak @ daylight Tic last hoof of 'em
would set up Il noise accordin TO its natcr-.
ah, and the bulls OF Bashan wer'nt no
whar-ah Eve often wondered how their
women stood it. Scripter is silent on
! this pint-ah; but think | know of some
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-30
Faint Heart.
.NiiNapn rriL.i,,n

tciieago lribanel
40 o'' G Ga,s 'oaf lie Insured, old ieiiow:t
feeble xI'aPaies won't take me. Heart action too
Ain, ', y", 10 insure my lie tor, anybow.s'
~ "eAi' action Too feeble ,or that, t9o.''
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could not arouse her mother, She sum-
moned Mr.. Field. neighbor, who is her
mothers real estate agent, and he forced an
entrance to the room by way of tho yeranda
windows. Mrs. Boynton, for she secured q
divorce from Mr.. Wellington year after he
went to prison, and resumed her maiden
name, was in bed; breathing heavily and
unnaturally. At II o'clock she died,
1t is generally believed that Mrs. Boyu.
toms death was the result of a fear that her
husband would try again to kill her as soon
as he was released from prison. She has
been taking 0piates for weeks, but she did
hot have ANYTHING to do with iaudanum
until last night. The dead woman was a
graduate of Vassar and moved In the high
est social circles OF Cambridge. Wellington
was considered one of the brightest and
most polished society men in that city. In
1879 he became enamOred of beautiful girl,
a neighbor and an intimate friend OF
his wife. 1t is said that she returned his
affection, but nobody believes that she was
party to the tragedy which followed.
Wellington's first move was to get rid of his
children. His baby boy was suddenly
taken sick and died. Wellington seemed
overcome with grief, and there was no sus-
picinn OF the crime until two weeks later,
when his wife was taken sick Immediately
drinking some cruel which had besn pre-
pared by nurse, but which her hus band
brought to her. Professor Wood of Har-
yaid was the nearest physician, and when
he relieved Mrs. Wellington's sufferings he
knew that she had been poisoned. Arsenic
was found in the dregs Of cruel. Yelling
ton confessed, was found guilty and sent to
prison,
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A WIFE'S CONFESSION.
Attempt of Troy Woman to XIII III,
Hushaud- Tall t. Il

Attempt of a Troy Woman to XIII Her
Husband-Ten- Tale Letters,
In 1850 Charles Fietz, an employee in Gar
ley's mathematical instrument works at
Troy, married Christina Jameson, a Dane,
who was employed as domestic at the
Hotel d'Echo About a year ago Fjetz and
the woman quarreled, and it is said she
then threatened to have him under the
ground before the snow fell" About three
months ago Fietz took Ill. His health.
always before of the best, began to fail him.
and In less than month he lost twenty
pounds. His heart and kidneys troubled
MIN and MS system seemed to be broken up.
a month ago Mrs. Fietz was attacked with
typhus Iever and was rem owed to the hos
pital. While bis wife continued in Fietz be-
gan TO improve and was regaining his
health. He visited Mrs. Fistz daily She
gradually grew wore and the doctors told
her that her case was hopeless. Then abe
called her husband to her and made an
astonishing confession.
She said that she had causedihis ufe IN he
insured for $1,000 and proposed when he
died TO get this money and marry George
Hadiey, farmer, living near WynautskI9I.
from whom she had taken milk and farm
products. Hadley is n widower. The woman
ne married about year ago died recently,
investigation disclosed the fact that Mrs.
fletz was IN correspondence with a woman
In New York City. from whom il is sup.
posed she obtained the poison that she nd
mlnlstered TO her husband. Ietfera that
passed between Mrs. Fe,z and that woman.
who signed herself Henrietta Monkeitb. are
10 Inc possession of the authorities. having
p " io9hd Ia handbag belonging to Mrs.
rletz. Hadley denies all knowledge of a
conspiracy to kill Fietz or that his life was
inSured.-TrQy dispatch To Chiraao Uar.ld
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NOBLE MRS. LOGAN.
Had Her Husband Lived She Woul
Have Made Him President.

aau Aer Husband Lived She Would
Have Made Him President.
Il do hope you'll excuse me. Mrs. Logan,
but do want to shake hands with you, and
would like to kiss you. You are so sweet"
heard a young girl make this remark in
the elevator of the Fifth-avenue Hotel the
other day, says writer in the New York
Mail and Express. The widow of the dash
ing fighter was descending to the dining
room, and the young miss who addressed
her could wait no longer, SO she introduced
herself as above.
well, my DEAR" said Mrs. Logan, in a
motherly way, q" 1 am pleased to shake
hands with you. and would consider it a
pleasure to have your fresh young lips
touch mine," and then they embraced, and
the young woman was proud OF the honor,
and Mrs. Logan enjoyed 1t, too. After din
ner they had long cnat together, and for
an hour Mrs. Logan sat and talked to the
young girl, and they both seemed as happy
as schoolgirls.
Mrs. Logan comes to New York very
often. She is striking figure in black,
wearing widows long veil and snowy
white hair brushed back from her forehead
People look after her in the street, and ask
who she is as she passes. Though no longer
young in years. she has still a glrlish heart,
and with her daughter-in-law and the lat
ter's sister, Mrs. Andrews of Youngstown,
Ohio, they wander through the shops,
picture galleries and other places of in
terest. light-hearted and cheerful. Mrs.
Logan is always doing something to interest
the young ppOple. She is continually get
ting up pleasant parties, as surprises, max
ing gifts, and suggesting new ideas for
fancy work. She never tires OF helping the
girls ana boys 10 have a good time And
when the young people play no one enjoys
nNAr han Ia d., 4
IS serious, and makes every minute count.
She Is remarkably sharp business woman.
She is good writer. too, and her literary
ventures are prosperous. She Is studious
reader Of the newspapers and keeps her
self we'll informed about all that is going on,
particularly politics. If General Logan had
lived his wife would have made him Presi.
dent Of the United States.
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A CATS TAIL ON HER BONNET.
But That's de Rigueur In Hat Trimming
Nowadays, G Miiliner Saws.

But Ihats de Rigueur In Hat Trimming
Nowadays, G Miiliner Says.
Paraters in the social prOce ssion on upper
broadway were overwhelmed at the Sight of
confecton of a bonnet worn by demure
little blonde who seemed to experience no
embarrassment at the amount of attention
she was attracting. In every particular but
one the bonnet was regulation article that
30 out OF every 100 men or women would
have passed by without deeming it especially
worthy OF attention.
But hanging over the front lap, and
twisted around under 4 small bunch OF yio
lets, was cats tail. There was no mis-
taking the ma ture Of the article, for there it
hung, sinister reminder OF direful deed
committed at midnight by bootjack in the
hands OF an irate man whose slum 5ers had
perhaps been awakened by the yeowlinp
OF this midnight marauder. The reporter was
moved by the sight OF this strange bit of or
fermentation to inquire of one of New
York's most fashionable milliners IL the
reigning decorations for women's head GOV.
ering during the winter would be feline
candal appendages.
The lady, without giving any Indication of
surprise, replied in the affirmative. She said
that In London and Paris the demand for
cats tails to be used for ornamental pur-
poses IS spreading to an alarming extent
Most OF the recent importat!ons Of bonnets
nave cats tail or two in variegated colors
attached In some conspicuous place. It
therefore behooves the native feline to do
less mefnderlng after nightfall. With a
commercial value placed upon each tail the
small Doy Will be actuated by more COM
mendaple motive than amusement In dis
posing OF the purring feline.-N. 7. Mail
and Express.
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mounted them on slides and pointed out the
rounded outlines by which the female
scale" were distinguished from the male.
Since the Tahiti orangs scare, few
months ago, the State Horticultural Board
has given very close attention to the matter
of Grange scale, and has framed a new and
strict code OF quarantine rules, which will
be put in force at an early date. The
presence of scales Un fruit is not specially
objected ia. as il is not considered that the
danger of propagation Is great, but ali trees
coming from Seae-infected districts, such as
Florida and Tahiti, will hereafter be rgidly
guaranteed. Meanwhile proper steps will
be taken to ascertain where the bulk OF the
scaly Florida oranges now in the market
was shipped.
Two prominent branches of scale are rec
ognized, the yellow or Aspidiotus citrinus
and the Florida red scale, Aspidiotus ficus.
A good exemplfcation of the saving that
big fleas have little fleas to bite EN- and
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beside them. The specimens were taken to
the State Horticultural Bureau, and as both
the quarantine officer and the expert micro
scopist were on hand it did not take long to
enable definite opinion to be expressed
that the Florida orange was very scaly. 1t
was fair TO the eye, but scaly all the same.
The microscopic promptly dissected out
one of the tiny black spots, about the size
Of a pins head, mounted it on slide with a
solution of Canada balsam in MOLE and
applied low power on the microscope.
There was no mistaking the black spot
for anything but low form OF insect life ;
in fact, it looked not unlike one of those OBJ
jectS objected to by mothers when children
return from school with something in their
heads besides knowledge.
Under a higher power the abdominal
organs were brought out and the segments
of the SHE'LL so that there was no mistaking
the scale" for mere low form OF veg
cable organism or fungus. In point of
fact the experts promptly dissected ont
half dozen more little black spots,
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Envy
The Great Prestige of Royal
Baking Powder envied
by all competitors.

The envy shown by other baking powder man.
ufacturers of the great prestige of the Royal
Baking Powder is not at all surprising
For thirty years the Royal has been the stand
ard for purity and strength in baking powders
and has been placed at the head by every board
OF official examiners-whether State or National
The Royal Baking Powder Company controls its,
own cream of tartar factory and the processes for
making the only absolutely pure cream of tartar;
it sends its product to millions of homes all over
the world, supplies the Army and Navy the great
transatlantic steamers, the finest hotels and res
taurants and is recommended by the best chefs
and authorities on cuisine in every land. Its
sale IS larger than that of all other cream of
tartar baking powders combined it has more
friends among housekeepers than any other
similar article
These facts are bitterness to the makers of the
inferior baking powders; hence their advertise
ments, filled with malice envy and falsehood,
against the Royal.
Consumers recognize case of "sour grapes
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SPANKED HIM HEARTILY.
A Mother Administers Correction to
UnrulY Boy in an az" Train.

A Mother Administers Correction to an
Unruly Boy in an ''L" Train.
One careful of passengers on Sixth ave-
nue. elevated train a few days ago was
amused almost all the way UP to Harlem.
Among the passengers was pretty woman
and her son, pampered and petted little
imp Of A. For few stations, according to
the N. Y. Mail and Express, the youngster
was comparatively we'll behaved. He occu-
pied seat by the side of his mother and re-
manned interested in the passing scenery for
that length of time.
Then he tired and turned his attentjo In
the passengers, making extremely personal
comments soto voce that were yet audible
throughout the car. Such of those who
heard and who were not concerned directly
were more or less amused, but the remain
der squirmed and fidgeted under these un-
provoked sallies. The mother was evidently
In very painful situation. She flushed to
the roots of her hair and tried to hush the
boy, keeping her face turned toward the
street.
The boy soon tired of this pastme and
then turned his attention seriously to his
mother, asking her for candy She replied
that SHE had no more. This did not satisfy
him and he persisted. The situation was
getting extremely painful for her. The boy
showed no signs of ahating his trasing, but
grew rather more peevish and petulant with
every succeeding demand he made.
Finally his conduct became so unbearable
that 1t was apparent the mother could re-
strain herself no longer. She bit her lips
with vexati0n, but when that boy, lust be-
fore the turn of the road at One Hume red
and Tenth street, put his feet in her lap and
began to kick, he broke her last straw of
patience.
She took that boy up. forced him over her
lap, raised his skirt and gave him such
spanking that made every man 10 the car
feel good. A calm seemed to settle down
on all after that. including the bow. Eyery-
body felt better, even the mother She kept
her face averted, and her cheeks were tinged
with red. but she looked happy The boy
was quietly numbering, but that was all
right; ana he did not stop until he and his
mother got out at One Hundred and Twenty
NTH street. When they had gone the pas
sengers looked at each other moment, and
then an audible smile ran from one end of
the car TO another.
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THE SUPREME COURT.
Unable to Draw Salaries on Account Of an Un-
decided Case.

Unable to Draw Salaries on Account Of an Un-
decided Case.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 23.-The Supreme
Court is SO rushed with business that the
Justices have been unable to draw their
salaries for the past months of August, Sep
TENDER and October, because Of the inability
to comply with that provision Of the Con-
stitution which prescri5es that no Judge of
the Supreme Court shall be allowed to draw
OF receive any monthly salary unless he
shall take and subscribe to an affidavit that
no cause in his court remains undecided
that has been submitted for decision for
period of ninety days. This tile Justices
cannot make affidavit to; hence no salaries.
The appeal of the case OF McNulty, unGar
sentence of death in San Francisco, involy-
Ing the validity OF the act Of the last Legis-
lature providing that all executions shall
take place at the State Prison, was sub
mitted to the court last May. Owing to the
great Importance of this case as the final
outcome will apply to all other similar cases,
of which there are a number, the court is
considering it with the most careful atteu-
ton. 1t is an open secret that the court is
somewhat divided ON legal points Involved.
II is said two of the Justices believe the act
to be invalid. When a decision Is finally
rendered then only will the court be al
lowed to draw salaries.
The court adjourned this afternoon. 1t is
thought decision will be rendered In the
BruneT case tomorrow.
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PERJURY TRIAL.
Blanchard's Case Commenced in the Superior
Court at Modesto

Blanchard's Case Commenced in the Superior
Court at Modesto
MODESTO, Nov. 23.-The trial OF J. F.
Blanchard, charged with committing per-
jury in the August Olsen murder case at
MERGED In May last, commenced In the Su-
perior Court this morning. All day was oc-
cupied in selecting jury and nine were Sc
cured. when the panel was exhausted and
special venire of ten made returnable at 10
o'clock tomorrow. Counsel for both sides
have exhausted all their peremptory chal-
lenges and 1t is believed that the jury will
be secured tomorrow forenoon. The de-
fendant is represented by Gould q McCabe
OF MERGED, Samuel Hamilton of Los Ange-
les and w. II. Hatton of this city, and the
prosecution is represented by District At
torney b. z. Fowler OF MERGED and General
j. R Kittrell Of this city. The case was
transferred from MERGED on a change OF
venue on account of alleged bias and the
feeling in that community over the acquittal
Of Olsen. A large number of witnesses
from Los Angeles. blanchard's home, and
Lagrange and Smelling, near the scene of
the murder Of Ivett. are IN attendance. The
Jury have been ordered locked up. The
case will probably be long one and hotly
contested
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An Extrayagant Man

saw one of the "purfesh" who FREQUENT
Battery Park talking long and earnestly
with well-dressed. genteel- looking man,
who was wandering along the sea-wall, and
after they had separated l overlook the old
vag and inquired:
Was that some friend OF yours?"
on, no, sir; never saw him before"
He looked like kind-hearted man."
well, he may be-"
You stated your case?"
81 did, SIR"
thing"
He's queer chap and he beats nv
Time. said the man, as he looked after the
looking for place to commit suicide, and
he proposed that II would die at the same
time he'd arrange it that l should have Mt
least $50 funeral. Think what a saving
he could have made by giving me 10 cents.
and yet he wouldn't do it sim. Quad in
N. Y. World.
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HER FIRST GLOVES.
q" Don't Lite 'Em. 1 Tan't wiggle N

AZ Don't Lite 'Em. 1 Tan't wiggle My
Finders"
l saw beautiful little girl being fitted to
gloves in very swell glove shop one day
last week. She had eyes of turquoise. hair
like spun gold, a complexion as delicate as
the leaf of a rose, and had seen about six
summers, perhaps otquite so many winters.
She was surveying her plump little hands,
which had just been encased in tan-colored
gloves. With comical look of dismay she
said: don't want EN-; don't lite 'enl.
l tan't wiggle my finders"
Her mother, a fashionably dressed woman,
replied:
We'll. you've got to wear them. You
can't be running about the streets bare
handed. II is not good form"
And then they walked away, the maiden
still protesting that she could not put her
finders" in her "potit" No doubt, in a
few years Miss Blue Eyes will have de.
veloped into fashionable young woman
who lives in gloves. but it will be an acquired
taste. Everybody wears gloves, but few
like the custom. The latent savage linger-
ing in us. calls out for persec. freedom of
hand and wrist.-N. Y. Recorder.
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A WOMAN'S WEIRD ROMANCE.
Her Little Boy, Bar IN M.,r,uonv
Drives Her Tn E,,,,.

Her Little Boy, Bar IN ,ya,r,ronx
Drives Her to Flight.
Tangled all up in romance and melo.
drama. Lena olinselse has been committed
to Jail at Shamokin, Pa, in default Of $500
bail under singular circumstances. She is a
pretty young widow. John Drnske nro-
posed 70 her. but said their marriage de.
pended upon whether she would send he r
shtutlon in Detroit. ""i''"oio ~
rather than part with her child the
mo stole S4oo from Dfuske's trun and
ned VIII the Iad to Scranton. Arrested and
Drought back together, the mother csc aped
S ~ net pare ieet from Shamokin officer.
feet badly. i"eeia'eu ho'
Motner love conquered, and the woman
Isturned, say ing she preferred a felon's cell
W SEPARATION from her child.-Shanokin
dispatch 10 Philadelphia Record.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES.

Birth, marriage And death notices sent by mail
VIII not be inserted. They must be handed in at
either OF The publication oices and be Endorsed
win the name and residence of persons authorized
to have the same published
BORN.
PhENTICE-At the Potrero. November %, 1891,
To the wife OF Zach Prentice, a dau zhter
Cook-In this city, November II, 1891 to the wife
OF G. J. Cook. a son. ~
soMMERain this city. November 20. 1891, to the
wife OF p. II. Sommer, a SON. ~ WV
LIEBENTHAL-In this city, November 60 1897
TO tue wire OF Albert Liebenthal, a daughter.
ToRMEY-In this city, November 49, 1891 to the
wife OF T. K Tormey, a son.
TRAVERS-In Ga land. November IT 1891 IN rho
wife OF James w. Travers son. Wv
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A Man in Harness

People in the neighborhood of the City
Hall. Brooklyn, about s o'clock one night
recently. saw the astonishing spectacle Of
young man in harness, with q bit in his
mouth, to which reins were attached, pull
ing light wagon through the street. A
crowd quickly gathered. which grew larger
until the tborOughfare was nearly blocked.
Word went around that an election bet was
being paid. There were many yels and
Jeers. and much political advice was shouted
to the young man in harness.
He was William Robertson, who is In the
llvery-stable business with his father at 100
State street. Before election, needless to
say, he was confident of Fassetts election.
The wager was made with Frederick Muir
OF I'D state street. Had Flower been de-
feated Mr.. Muir would have had to draw
the carriage.
When the result became known Robert
son tried to beg off, but Muir was obdurate.
The former vainly offered to buy baskets of
wine and let the wager rest at that. The
original course as laid out before election
covered ten blocks. but compromise was
effected on half that distance, with wine for
Muir and his friends.-N. Y. World.
The Mayor of Liverpool, England. re-
ceives 3d. 800 annually.