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The morning call., 1891-06-07
/ HATE TO SEE.

l hate to see man chewing tobacco while
he Is whipping his boy for smoking.
| hate to see a man with suspicious
breath boast Of his temperance principles.
L hate to see man continually talking
about how much he loves everybody. and
never doing anything to help anybody.
hate to see man always talking about
what happy place heaven is, AMI doing
nothing to make his home resemble it.
hate to see prominent church msmber
slipping into a butcher-Shop to buy some
thing for breakfast on Sunday morning.
1 nate TO seq man remember everything
the clown said twenty years ago and forget
every word the preacher said last SUNDAY
morning. Rams Horn.
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Lola MonteZ troupe had returned to Ameri-
ca. | heard from Miriam, who had left
school, of the sad interview between her
mother and the famous actress and how she
threw herself at Mrs. Follin'S feet saying:
i have killed your sonI have killed your
SOM
This was about the time, yes, it was in
1854, when Mrs. Leslie married her first
husband Mr.. David Charles Peacock, but
he treated her very badly and divorce was
obtained in the Supreme Court OF New
York by Judge James Roosevelt. Yes. the
marriage was delared null and void in
1856. Her dear friend, Lola Montez, then
obtained permission from Miriem's mother
to permit her to go upon the stage, for which
she declared Marian had natural aptitude
They travelled together as sisters, and l re-
member seeing in an Illustrated paper an
engraving OF Lola MenteZ and Miriam
crossing the Hudson at bany, in the midst
of ice. In a small boat To keep thelr engage
ment in that city.
But the best OF friends must part, she
continued, land it was we'll for my friend
that it was so, for no theater was ever good
enough for her. She was too great genius
and heroine, aud the world of society and
letters was her stage. She married again,
and this time to the Hon. Ephraim George
SQuier, the celebrated author, whom she ac-
companied to Central America, at the time
he was United States Minister, and negO-
tiated treaties with Nicaragua, Honduras
and San Salvador. He not only took to
drink, but had other bad habits which
forced dear Miriam to obtain divorce from
him.
''She was then free to marry Frank Les
lie, whose real name was Henry Carter, and
who was an Englishman. All the world
knows about her since those days, what
society leader she was, and how on one
occasion she appeared at a reception TO Gov
ernor Tilden, made more beautiful than she
always has been, with some $4,000 worth
of diamonds on her. Now she Is a widow
again and she Is going to marry the dear
Marquis. What love of a man he Is He
is poet and landscape painter Why it
almost reminds me OF Tennyson's Lord OF
Burleigh
He but landscape painter
And American widow she.
The writer's informant then went on: 81
first met the Marquis at a reception at his
rooms at Is East Twenty-ninth street. lie
is a very beau ideal of heightened English
noble, but his title is French one. dating
from the reign of Louis the Fourteenth He
was chaparoned that evening by Lady
Duffus Hardy, the widow of the Deputy
Keeper of the Records of Great Britain. He
recited some poetry from his volume Entire
Nous, which he had illustrated with his
own pen and ink sketches. That night,
however, lie exhibited a number of
water-eolor landscapes painted by him.
self He was always a fav0rite of the
ladies', and Jennie June of SOroSis, Mrs.
Erminie Smith of the Esthetic Society, Mrs.
John BigeloW, Mrs. Seligman, Mrs. Robert
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Had no use for the License.

1t is but few weeks since hearty, hon
est looking young man got a marriage
license. As no return was made an in
curry was about to be sent out, when one
morning he came in with the license in his
hand, looking very serious.
I" / don't want this" he said; "it's no
use now"
why. how is that? Has your girl gone
back on you? Wont she have your" :.
Worse than that, sir" and two tiny
streams began to course down his cheeks
worse than that, sir. Shes dead. "-Phila-
delphia Times.
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The King of Dahomey is the proud pos
SCISSOR OF brass helmet with flowing green
plume which he considers of more conse-
quence to his dignity than troops or guards
or park of artillery. When he mounts it
on MS massive brow and dons his court
uniforms paper collar and pair of braces
his subjects look admiringly at him through
smoked glasses.
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WITTY PARAGRAPHS.
The Latest That Have Been Contributed
to Harper's Bazaar.

The Latest That Have Been Contributed
to Harper's Bazaar.
Enfant Terrible Gntently watching Mrs.
Scareall, a newly arrived guest who is I'M
packing her trunk)-Well, | don't see as
you've brought any rope at all.
Mrs. Scareall-Any rope, my dear? Did
you want me to bring q rope?
Enfant Terribe-Yes I've been standing
here all this while to see the horrible things
that Aunt Jane told mamma you'd be sure
to bring In the clothes line.
"Pd be glad to have you marry Harold,
my DEAR" said Ethels father, grayeiy, If
thought ne was young man of pertinacity.
/ do not think he has what we call stickati-
tiyeness."
''Oh yes, he has. He proposed nine times
before / accepted him" returned Ethel.
The Boston Girl sincerely hope. Charles.
that my dissertation did not have a somno-
lent effect?
The Boston Youth-Oh. l assure you 10
did not. l tried my best to 90 to sleep, but
couldn't.
Colonel Louis Of Boomville Five years
ago. sir, you could have bought the site of
this thriving city for mere song.
ViSitor-I couldn't. | can't sing.
Mamma examining the proof of her small
daughters photograph)-Grace why didn't
you smilep
Grace aged years, with an injured ARR
l did. mamma. but the man didn't put it
down.
81 don't know what to do with this old
furniture. | don't want it, aud yet | can't
throw it away"
"Get a cheap truckman TO move you.
He'll bust it all to pieces"
"Ah, my little boy" said the condescend-
ing gentleman, "and what might your age
be?"
g 1t might be goin' on forty" returned the
polite little boy. but it amt"
Gazzam (at the telephone)- Hello, Central !
Girl ut Central-Well!
Gazzani-Give me 1851, please.
Girl at Central (who WAS once sales
woman in dry goods store)-Fifteen fifty
one Is busy. Won't 1850 do?
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Colonel Louis of Boomville Five years
ago. sir, you could have bought the site of
this thriving city for a mere song.
VISITOR couldn't. can't sing.
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''Oh yes, he has. He proposed nine times
before | accepted him." returned Ethel.
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I'D be glad to have you marry Harold,
my DEAR" said Ethels father, grayey, 6 If
thought ne was young man of pertinacity.
tiveness."
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The Boston Girl sincerely hope, Charles,
that my dissertation did not have a somno-
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The Boston Youth-~Oh. l assure you 10
did not. | tried my best to 90 to sleep, but
4 nnnldn,f
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Mamma examining the proof of her small
| daughters photograph Grace, why didn't
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81 don't know what to do with this old
furniture. | don't want it, aud yet | can't
throw it away"
''Get a cheap truckman TO move you.
He'll bust it all to pieces"
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Wide Awake for October

Has pleasure in stors fos all young
lovers of English literature in the form
of narrative by Miss g. Fl. Garland
called 'sThe Efaiders OF the Lakes"
dorothy Wordsworth, Edith southey,
and Sara C6Ieridge), lovely girls, to
whom Wordsworth addressed his poem.
1.-The Triad, with portraits OF the three
girls, and other Illustrations Ihe
Trouble Grandpa Nature had with the
Horse" by L. j. Bates. "Bee Hunting, =
by Rowland Il. Robinson, and Joint
Snake" by E. Olin, are three peculiarly
interesting National History articles.
"a Night with Russian Wolves, "a blood
.curdIing try story by Lieut.-Col. Thorn
dixie, 'Jessie's Chickens" home-life
story by Hattie Tying Griswold, "Edith's
Guinea Pig" travel story by Esther
George, and bronson Company Iimit-
ed1," another home-life story by J. ii,
Jameson, are very entertaining. "A
Modui folk-ta1e of "The Genesis OF
Earth and Moon," a Morse folk tale OF
"Why the Sea is Salt" the Margaret
Patty letter. the Drawing OF the
Child Figure" Miss Runners art-pa-
per) are readable and instructive. Mar
garet Sydney's Peppers Serial is in
tensely interesting this month. "Men
and Things is full of good original an
eedotes, and there are many readable
poems and enjoyable pictures, puzzles
and the Chitdrcn's Letter Box. $40
wear, 90 cents number. d. Lothror
Company, Boston.
The state capital., 1891-09-26
GREASlNG THE GROWLER.
A Trick by Which Its Operators tot Good
Measure for Awhile:

Trick by Which Its Operators tot Coca
Measure for Awhile:
The "Erowler ftishers" Of Philadel-
phia by an ingenious scheme have sue
tecded in outwitting the willy saloon
keepers. The saloon keepers have no.
ticed wonderful and new characters.
tic concerning the beer they have on
draught. One night stalwart negro,
black as a coal, came into a saloon
with pitcher nearly big enough to
hold keg of beer and called for ten
cents wuff."
The barkeeper eyed the pitcher for d
moment, and then proceeded TO draw
the beer. TO his surprise the beer
would not foam in the lively manner
which heretofore had been its principal
characteristic. No amount of shaking
and sloshing around would make the
amber-colored beverage assume a
frothy appearance, and before the bar
keeper could realize it the pitcher was
brimming full. The negro remarked in
an off-hand manner:
"Dat beer done looks dead an fat,
but laik dat kline mahself,'
With that the barkeeper handed him
the pitcher. and the gripning darky
walked out of the room. He was met
just around the corner by half dozen
other dusly citizens, all carrying pitch.
ers, and at once divided up.
1t was ffotced that the beer imme.
diately came to life when it was poured
out of the big pitcher, and the colored
rascals laughed immoderately as the
creamy foam ran down the sides of the
vessels they were carrying. Directly
after this another customer walked
into the same saloon, and the beer was
found to draw all right.
Here was a mystery indeed, and il
took two long weeks to solve it, The
saloon keeper in the vicinity always
noticed that the beer would not foam
when put into pitchers carried by GER
tain colored individuals AS resul,
these same persons got about fifty
cents worth of beer and paid only ten
cents for it.
An investigation was started, as the
saloon keepers knew that some trick
was being played upon them. No solu-
ton was arrived at, however, until Fri
day, when a colored man under the in
fiuence of liquor told how The scheme
had been worked.
1t seemed that the plan consisted in
simply greasing the inside of the
''growler'' with butter or piece of fat
meat. When this is done no amount
of gas or agitation will put the proper
head on beer The discoverer of il
reapcd rich harvest by selling the
secret of it to other ''growler workers, >
and as a result, the saloon keepers
have been victimized. - Philadel phia
Record
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kAFFI7 WOMEN.
Graceful Beauties Whose Charms Rival
Those of Cleopatra of Old.
RECORD.

Graceful Beauties Whose Charms Rival
Those of Cleopatra of Old.
An observing correspondents who
has been studying the maids of Kaffir-
land, Africa, writes: The Rassacatu-
than any tribe ] visited. They keep
their huts in good order, and their
trips to the river for bathing purposes
keep a path we'll trodden down. I saw
several specimens of female beauty
among this tribe, whose charms might
rank with those of Cleopatra OF old
Many fair skinned ladies might envy
their acts of coquetry, little graceful
tossings of the head and sly glances of
large black eyes almost hid by heavy
eyelashes.
In looking at the fine chiseled chin
and forehead, at the development of
the entire form. as perfect as nature
could make it, one almost forgets the
scantiness of their attire, which con-
sists of girdle around the loins pro-
fusely ornamerted with beads, and to
this long strings of shells, beads and
tusks worn around the neck and si,oul-
ders, and you have native maiden in
full dress. Hair. dark, glossy, Jet
black; deep, liquid eyes; teeth of match
less whiteness that peep out like pearls
between ruby lips that smile as they
greet you with the phrase of their
country: ''Si-a-gootanda wona' (love
to you1, makes it no safe atmosphere
for the nerves of a susceptible bach.
elor Chicago Herald.
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THE CHIMNEY DEMONS.

OUT o. the top OF a chimney tall
saw parcel Of demons crawl,
Scuse in gray and some in white
And others in robes as black as night.
They danced together; they waltzed and
whirlea
With stroamers out on the air unfurled;
And she windy bugles began to blow
And sent them scurrying to and fro.
lin gauzy garments thev all were drest:
And one, with o lengthy plume on his crest
Was tbs leader of ALL without doubt,
And saarshaled his forces round about
Wssh graceful gestures like those az court,
They bowed and curtesied and then they
fought,
Fought like furies; fer none would yield,
And not remnant was left on the neld
The chimney demons their part performed
And loved to watch them and note the shape
That each one took as it made escape
Out Of the shaft, and to see them rise
And melt away in the distant skies;
And when they were angry they rose the
higher,
For then they were fed with fresher fire.
Comic or tragic they seemed TO me,
In whatever the mood 4 chanced to oe;
And fancy led me from day to day
TO watch these giants and midgets play.
And even row that I'm older grown,
/ often sit by the window alone
And amnse myself as the demons crawl
Out OF the top Of the chimney tall.
Josephine Pollard. in N. Y. Independent
The state capital., 1891-09-26
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.

THE principal article of export from
Russia into Serbia is coal oil.
SINCE the passage Of the bill for sub
sidizing steamers which carry the mails
the shipbuilders' uhion has increased
in membership fully so per cent.
THOUSANDS of frogs legs are shipped
from Mount Clemens, Michigan, daily.
The hunters male from 90 to s4 day
gathering them.
THE ministers of finance and i'm
perial property propose to establish a
line of steamers between st. Peters
burg and Havre, with view of promot-
Ing direct trade between Russia and
France.
ACCORDING to the latest statistics the
business exchange of the Congo state is
developing very rapidly. The exports
in 1887 were valued at 1,9S0,44 francs;
tsSs, $500, 500; 1889, 4,297, ,54S; 1890, 81
s4a, i53 The imports for that term
amounted to 19,730,60o francs.
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Monk or some of the tavern hebstues
had sent it in a joking vein. They de-
lighted In nothing better than having
laugh at an eastern tenderfoot's ex-
pcnse.
The other surmise was that It might
have been sent BY some young miner
admiree 81 Beth's, who had but lately
returned to Sunset after an absence,
during which had arrived.
settled npon the first surmise as the
most likely one, and, to turn the laugh
On my supposed would-be jokers. de-
termined to ignore the notes reception.
As it turned out, neither of my sur
mises was correct
/ hurried down to breakfast and be-
gan it., with old Monk my sole COM
panion in the lonely dining-roon. As
we chatted together the morning stage
fumbled out cf shnset.
ANY mail?" I asked of him; and
commented mentally that he was act
ing his role of joker well; but | never
suspected that had not hit upon the
reason why the odd note had been sent
to me-
He answered me in the negative and
we drifted into colnmohplaees.
Just before the meal was finished my
attention was drawn to a stranger who
passed through the bar-room, of which
the dining-room was part He Is cons
nected with my story 80 | will describe
his pesrance.
He was a man Of about my height,
but some years older appearing, and,
instead of his having smooth face and
dark hair like mine, he wore q sandy
beard and his hair was OF the same shade.
His dress was that of miner-high
boots, loose necked flannel shirt, light
drab felt hat. the lacking coat if | can
say that and ever-present belt with its
holstered weapons.
"Who is he?" asked of Monk, with
nod tow ard the door through which
the stranger had passed.
"a new arrival gent" the old fellow
answered. Says he comes from New
Mexico aud is drifting about after q
lost mine"
when did he Gomez"
"Three days ago to-day"
This is the first time I've seen him.
Eyer never round: yer minin' sc
steady" old Monk remarked, with {
twinkle iD his merry eyes.
"And his name?" [ asked, ignoring
the old fellows significance.
mark Russell"
Monk had to leave me then, and
finished my breakfast alone.
Afterward / started out on one Of M
ram bles, my noon lunch in u littl'
| basket on my arm. | had found tina
| these runs made my days pass quickc
| than lounging about the camp did af1t
then there was the pleasure of some
times picking up nugget or two o
virgin gold. One day | found thre'
really good-sized bullets of the preciou
metal.
| When came back ut six in the after
noon this time | hal foIr of the bits 0
valuable yellow metal, and | was il
good spirits | had entirely forgotten
about the note of the morning. NJ,
feeling in my pocketbook and finding
it there only brought it to my mind
and then smiled at the joke ! imag
ined | was having on Monk or some o
the miners.
] ate my supper with relish am
then started to make a call upon little
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But what she had done to aave itiy
life showed me that she cared for faa,
and my heart beat fast With giadiiess.
How near | Had come to never know
Ing of her caring for me, thought. On
the next day by that time | would have
been far from Sunset City; and what
strange wooing ours was!
To clear up the mystery of that note
had received that morning: 1t was
not sent as joke, as had supposed.
A noted criminal by the name of Cooke
Fitzgerald had sent it and in deadly
earnest
A friend of his east had learned that
a detective was to be sent west aftef
him and, knowing the detective; had
mailed FitsgeFald description Of the
officer.
/ appeared at Sunset about the tims
the detective was expected thefe. and
tallying quite well with the description,
had been taken for the man, my pre-
tended role of prospector sire ugthening
the supposition that was detective:
Fitsgerald had sent The hotc i6pipe
his shadowef woiild be frightened out
Of the hunt by its boldness and 60 back
with the trumped-up story that the
clew he had come on was a false one
"a trick played before t|itn sii6cess,
This tiine the gainc did hot work.
The detective was the man | had seen
that morning at the tavern going by
the name of Mark Russell. His sandy
hair and beard were false and part of .
disguise.
A few Seconds after the shot was
fired into the A bbott cabin and came
within an ace of killing me, another
sounded at little distance off. 1t was
from one of the eastern detectives
weapons, and it disabled Fitzgerald ~
the scoundrel was making off after his
attempt on my life. Sc, inadvertently
Fitzgerald brought about his own cap.
ture through his peculiar mistake.
Luckily the villains bullet had whis'
tied over the head of my brave little
rescuer without hafming golten hair.
She was soon revived from her faint
and then she had to own up to soft
Impeachment insisted on making.
And now | close the longest and
think last-for some time-note in my
diary, for ] shall not do any more lazy
prospecting in the hills around here.
and used to write in it to fill in some
of the time when off on those iannts.
CLARENCE c. CONVERSE.
The state capital., 1891-09-26

never have chance to write one with
q sweeter prettier heroine, and | very
much doubt that | will. in my life time,
experience an adventure SO peculiar
as that Of yesterday.
TO the reader-it I ever consent to
having this account perused -I will
say, as prelude, that Sunset City is
little mining camp consisting Of not
more than twenty cabins and the ever
present tavern. 1t is situated in q cool,
picturesque valley through which a
lively stream flows, along whose east
ern side runs the trail OF an overland
stage route. query if it is placed on
any map.
I have been here three weeks-two
weeks and three days longer than | in
tended to stay,
I was lucky enough to meet little
Beth Abbott when on a pleasure tour,
and / deserted the touring party of
which I was then a member Her dark
brown eyes cast an ire esistible spell
over me at our first meeting
She lived in little cabin with her
old father, perhaps half mile east Of
the camp. He mined in deserted shaft
near by.
As an excuse for my stay, | told the
tavern keeper, old Monk Hardy, that
I thought | would prospect about in the
hills near Sunset, and, to keep up the
role, have wandered about the hills
and explored the deep ravines and wild
country in this aeighborhood. But
evening invariably found me at the
Abbott cabin.
Beth's father and | became good
friends, and he coached me well in
mining, and gave me slight insight
of assaying, in which he was quite well
posted. But Beth would seldom allow
me to draw her into conversation, and
nearly always busted herself in tidying
up the cabin or in needle work while /
was there.
| must acknowledge that | became
greatly despondent at times.
She was SO devoted to her old father
that ! began to fear that she could
Cever care for anyone else. She gave
herself up wholly to making the cabin
as cheerful and inviting for him as pos
sible, and I never saw her when she
was not smiling brightly or humming
some happy melody.
One morning morning
the really strange part Of my romance
began.
had risen and prepared myself for
breakfast.
Old Monk Hardy occupied room
in the second story Of his tavern-had
called up third time that breakfast
was ready, and was about to 60 down
to it, when | noticed bit Of note paper
lying on the sill of my bedroom door.
Seeing that it had writing upon it
and surmising that it was note thrust
in from the outer hall and intended for
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Artistic Advertising.

Undoubtedly the Ivory Soap people de
serve credit for the best grade OF lllustra-
tions now being used for advertising pur-
poses. The series of full-page drawings
which have been appearing on the last page
of the Century represent some of the most
capable book and magazine artists in the
country. The series must have cost no
small figure. AS yet the ''way up" artists
do not sign the work they do tor adyertls-
ere we shall see in the advertising columns
such names as George Wharton Edwards,
f. W. Kemble, etc. Such men as these bring
to their work, besides mere mechanical
skill, trained imagination and an artistic
conception of things. These qualities, when
used In connection with advertisements,
command scarcely less interest than when
used In the ordinary literary way. print
era Ink, August ~, 1891.
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aY THE FIGURE flENp.

ThERE afe said TO be 10000 diffcren,
kinds of postage stamps Ii the world.
Tine total number OF Immigrants
landed in the United States during 1890
was 455,302.
The absolute wealth of the United
States according to the last census is
S6a, ,610, 100000.
ACCORDING to Jewish estimates the
number of Jews in this city is now be-
tween $1,000 and 106. CON Y. Sun.
ABoUr 4,50o speeies of wild bees are
known, and 81 wasps 1,100, of which
iT5 aid l6 respectively live In Britain
IN the e;6od,ooO letters that reached
the dead letter office last year there
was money amounting to sos,e42 and
sheeks and notes OF the value of ST.
471,8T1 @ra
THE public debt of New York city is
in round numbers. 500, 100000. The
public debt of Philadelphia is S56,ooo,
boo The public debt of Chicago is $13,
b45 400
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me, picked it up and carried it to the
window.
Imagine my surprise when ! read
these lines. I copy from the note
which is now before me:
SHAN PRosPECToR: If you value your
worthless life, vamoose this diggin' by the nine
o'clock stage g"
turned the note over in my hands
meditatively and gave a low whistle
] knew of nobody in Sunset with G for
the initial letter Of their first or Last
name.
While I puzzled over the note the
stage referred to in it rolled into the
camp and stopped outside the tavern.
and Monk bawled ont again that
breakfast was gettin cold as bowl
der!''
BE right down." shouted back.
There were but two solutions OF the
po.s in ny Miaa oas was thar old