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The morning call., 1891-05-19
The Carrie Brown Murder.

New YORK, May 1S.-The Grand Jury
to-day re-indicted Amecr Ben. alias
Frenchy No. /, for the murder of old Carrie
Brown. at East River Hotel. April 24th.
The morning call., 1891-05-19
Western Association.

MILWAUKEE, May 1S.-Milwaukees 8,
OmahaS 6.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 1S.-Minneapolis 13,
Kansas Citys "a
The morning call., 1891-05-19

employees are at the absolute disposal of
Russia, who has given order for 100000
new rifles
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SEEKING REST.
Intimation That Hanchette May Be in the
Yellowstone Park

Yellowstone Park.
CHICAGO. May 1S.-There is little doubt
in the minds of the police that II. J. n.
Hanchette, the missing Superintendent of
the California Orange Carnival, is alive and
well in the Yellowstone Park. seeking rest
and recreation. The same opinion is shared
by Al Beaumont, who was door-keeper at
the carnival during its season at the expo
Sition. Beaumont has direct information
that it was Hanchette's intention to spend a
month at the Yellowstone to restore his
physical energy, which had been run down
from oYerWOrk.
The morning call., 1891-05-19
EASTERN BASEBALL.
Results of Yesterdays National League ant
Association Games.

CINCINNATI. May 18.-The home team
won the game in the last inning by lucky
hitting. CiHcinnatis 8, Bostons 2. Bat
teries-Duryea and keenan,, Nichols and
Bennett
The morning call., 1891-05-19
The chicamanra Battle-Ground.

1He OHlcamauga battlt-UTUunu'
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.), May Is. - The
project to make national park from the
, 1891-02-05

How TO keep the home warm is often
as trying u problem to the homemaker AS
the summer task Of keeping her kingdom
cool Especially Is this true in our nur.h-
eru and northwestern states, where a bit
ing cold-healthy though the crisp at
m%osphere may be-gets into the home in
spite Of glowing furnace or overworkcd
stoves. The windows are loose. the doors
cape at their sides aud bottoms. and the
bleak wind sweeps in, While it is nee
@sary 10 have ventilation in our homes,
and few houses are built satisfactorily ia
this respect, yet it is scarcely wise to
have every easement so loose that no one
can safely sit within three feet of it. or
to allow every door to be so short that
cold air pours continually on the feet.
Care should be taken to remedy this, es-
peciaily on the northern and western
sides If the house. RubOcr weather
strips, which nre fastened on with little
brads and can be quickly removed. are
an Improvement on the strips Of rubber
and wood formerly used, and are made
IN different widths, from a quarter Of an
inch u two inches. selling by the foot
Harper Blzur.
, 1891-02-05
. The View retomae nrIase.

n the proposed new Arlington sus-
pension bridge at Washington, the clear
height above the water at mid-channel
Is TO be los feet; the river span to bS
LOO feet, and the two shore spans 65Z
feet each. The approaches at each end
will be on masonry. arched visducts and
entertainments Of earth. Suspension ca
bles Of steel will pass over two granite
towers, each about 2IO feet high, pierced
with arched openings for roadways, and
be anchored into masses of masonry at
the outer end of eSch approach. The
grades on the central span will be 8 feet
per 100; on the shore spans, 3.5 feet per
100. and on the approaches, 4 feet per
100. The extreme width Of the bridge
will be about "a feet, with a roadway for
vehicles "a feet wide in the clear, and
two sidewalks for pedestrians 3 feet
each in width.
Lateral vibration is to be prevented
by a system Of ties extending out from
the sides Of the towers. and vertical vi
bration by means Of the tour trusses.
The live load that such a bridge could
sustain would be 20 pounds TO the square
foot The clear height Of l05 feet above
water level will allow the largest four
masted schooners TO reach Georgetown
by lowering their topmasts. 1t is at
rare intervals that a vessel Of this class
appears in this harbOr, and the great
majority o. vessels that sHii these waters.
can pass under the bridge without in
convenience. The span Of LOO feet
practically leaves the full width Of the
river unobstructed both to navigation
and to the free flow OF the waters of the
POtomuc.-Harper's Weekly.
, 1891-02-05
EARLY OVERLAND JOURNEYS.
Interesting Paper Read Before the Cal
forniA Historical Society.

Interesting Paper Read Before the Cali
forniA Historical Society.
r. A Thompson read a paper before
the California Historical society upon
'"Fhe Overland Journeys of Jedediah
Smith in 1926 and 1927" Capt. Smith
and his band Of hardy trappers were the
first white men known to enter California
by the overland route. He, with Jack
son and Sublette, constituted the Rocky
Mountain Fur company in 1925, and they
determined to project their operations
westward from the Rocky mountains to
the Pacific coast, and contest with the
hudson Bay company for the wealth of
turs and skins supposed to be obtainable
Hiong the western coast While the other
two partners turned northwestward from
Salt Lake and ~journeyed toward Oregon.
Smith left the rendezvous at Salt Lake
in August, 1926, with fifteen men and
started for southern California.
Following up the Sewer river. and
acros the divide to the head Of the Vir-
gin, he went down the latter to the Colo
RADIO, and was piloted across the Mojave
desert to San Gabriel mission, where he
arrived in December, 1926. The Mexi-
can governor of California, then at San
Diego, summoned Smith to his presence
and learning of his intention to go up
the coast to the Columbia river, forbade
the journey. and ordered Smith and his
party to return to United States terri
tory by the route he had entered the
Mexican province. But the hardy Amer
lean did not propose to abandon his pur-
pose so readily, and in January, 1927, he
quietly set forth on his journey north
ward.
He entered the San Joaquin valley, and
proceeded as far as what is supposed to
be the Sacramento OF American river.
where he encountered hostile Indians.
Turning back to where he had encou
tered a more friendly tribe. he made a
permanent camp, and with two men
started back for the company's rendez-
yous at Salt Lake for re-enforcements.
Crossing the Sierras by Walkers Pass,
the trip to Salt Lake was made in rwen-
ty-eight days.
With eighteen men and two women
wives Of members of disparity, he started
on his return to his camp by the route
originally traversed. but in August he
was attacked on the Colorado by Indians,
and ten Of his men and two women were
hAAIOh. AAlSE muCn SulltTlnB anu re-
newed difficulties with the Mexican au-
thorities in southern California the sur
vivors reached the camp in the San
Joaquin valley. Six months were spent
in trapping along the upper Sacramento,
and after securing $780, 900 worth of skins
the party started for the Columbia river,
but all except Smith and three others
were killed by the Indians.
He reached Vancouver destitute, but
was well received by the Hudson Bay
%company's manager there. A portion of
his possessions was rescued from the
Indians by aid of the Hudson Bay COM
pany's men, and Smith finally reached
his partners, and in 1880 returned to st.
Louis. In 1881 he started with a wagon
train for Santa Fe, but was killed by the
Comanches at the crossing of the Cimar-
ron river.-San Francisco Bulletin.
, 1891-02-05

1t would appear that superstition has
not entirely died out in Essex. In the
village of Sible Nottingham lives an
old laborer who is popularity supposed
to be a wizard. Recently he told a
man in charge of a load of straw that
he would not get far with it, and a lit
tie farther on the horse, an old one,
fell, and was so injured that it had to
be killed on the spot. The men called
upon to assist were so convinced
the horse had been placed under the
influence Of the wizard that they re-
fused to move the carcass until a slice
of flesh had been cut from the hind
quarter of the animal and burned in a
bush faggot, the idea being that the
person who cast the spell would suffer
burning in a corresponding part of his
body.-London Standard.
, 1891-02-05

Calmet's History of the Bible has
this to say of the Wandering Jew: He
was the porter of Pontius PLATE, and
was called C~alaphilus. When the mob
was dragging Jesus to the Judgment
hall Calaphilus struck him, saying: go
faster, Jesusl Go faster. Why dost
thou lingeri' Jesus replied, II am in
deed going; but thou shalt tarry till 1
come" Soon this man was converted
and took the name of Joseph. lie is
supposed to live forever, but every 100
years he falls into q trance, upon awak-
ening from which he finds himself at the
same nge as when the Saviour said these
words to him. The Wandering Jew is
grave and stern, is never seen to smile,
and perfectly remembers the death and
resurrection of Christ. No place is his
home for more than a few hours, and
thus does he fulfill his title of wander
ing Jew."-Detroit Free Press.
, 1891-02-05

Eight years ago George Virgins, son
Of W. D.. Virgins, who is a prominent
citizen of Graham county, went from
Robbinsyille 10 the west. For two years
he wrote regularly TO his folks. In his
last letter he wrote that he was going to
Montana This was the last they ever
heard Of him until recently.
Not long ago r. l.. Davis. of Robbins
vile. went to Montana and settled there.
He now writes back that he believes he
has found the long lost man. About the
time George Virgins wrote his last let
ter home a young mar arrived in Mon
tan and went 10 work in a saw mill.
His employer remembers that he gave
the name Of Virgins. This was all that
was learned concerning him.
Soon after he commenced work in the
mill he WI struck on the side of the
head by a flying timber, which knocked
him senseless. For a long time his life
was despaired of, but he finally recov-
cred Memory Of all previous life was
gone. If he had just beer born into the
world he could not have been more Of a
child than he was when he recovered
from that terrible blow. All that he
new knows he has had to learn anew
Cherokee Scout.
, 1891-02-05
LADY OF THE c
Daily Round and HedEed Up Dignity of
the Woman Wing Telerrnphs.

pAiiy Round and HedEed Up Dignity Of
the Woman Who TeleEraphs.
1t occurred to a citizen the other day
on approaching the fair telegrapher in
an uptown hotel that a woman in such a
place must often have her temper and
her fortitude taxed by thoughtless mem
bers of the opposite sex.
The young woman In question was
possessed of n personal makeup that
would attract attention in a crowd, yet
through all the rush of business and hur-
~ of work she never once seemed con-
scious of herself. Men came and went,
their messages were received, the words
picked of by the lead pencil measurer,
h charges announced, and her seat re-
sumed without, as Francis Wilson has
it, her moving n muscle or wincing a
vince"
To the inquirer after facts she turned,
and for the first time raised her eyelids,
that disclosed a pair Of sharp, honest,
blue gray eyes, full Of business, yet sug-
gestive of a happy, laughing tempera-
ment, if you only knew her outside her
cage"
"Oh, no" she said, 1--WE are too busy
for idlers, and always of necessity too
NNNANAN AANfAfaANA III u hOLk 10 ulAOM'
US to pass the conversation l~ozenge.'
There are those who fancy we are
here only to look pretty and impress the
gentleman guest with the idea that he
has delayed for a whole week to send a
telegram Of utmost importance"
This is not the case, however, and
the man most likely TO forget himself
and bother us is not the fellow who
spends a quarter for an unnecessary tela-
gram as an opener 10 conversation. We
see him, of course, occasionally, but his
business generally amount to inquiry
as to the location of the perfectly visible
hotel desk or Of the nearest postofice or
letter box. We make short work of
him, and in Il discreet way can force the
blush on him that sets him on his gen
tlemanly feet again.
'''Others there are, and thank goodness
they form the great majority that rules,
whose business is transacted promptly,
politely and with an evident sense Of the
a c that they are dealing with a lady.
These persons it is a pleasure to serve.
for there is no superfiuous dialogue or
attempt at jesting, or suggestion OF any
thing but thep perfect gentleman.
"A boor gets loose at us once in a
while. to be sure. but we manage him
on the plan Of the quiet answer that
turneth away wrath He's apt TO be old
and equity, and TO find fault with us for
that his 'd'arter hasn't tellygraffed' him
since his arrival. On a suggestion 10
such a one that perhaps his worthy girl
at home has not been informed Of his
stopping place in the metropolis, he is
frequently awakened to his own sense OF
carelessness, and then rises the smile
that shows the good heart underneath,
and all is serene again.
Eyes, we work constantly. and we
must work well, for oftentimes much
depends on the correctness of our trans
mission; but We have no cranky over
seer, we are well paid for young wom-
en-. and our trials are fewer and not so
spirit rendiug as those hat fall to the
lot of the saleswoman New York Her
aid.
, 1891-02-05

II should like to contribute my tale. e
said a coffin drummer. Il used to be
an undertaken in Cincinnati. One day
a German came in with Grape around
his hat and a zoe BECOME expression
upon his face. You vos der under,
takerf he asked. admitted the i'm.
putation. 'Mein bruder have yust died,
and l would like to send him to hi.
home in New York. Vot o der besht
way to ship himT
You'd better freeze the body and
send it on ice, l suggested.
"'Vot you sharge for freezin' my
brudderr
Twelve dollars, l replied.
Twelve dollarsl Don't that was a
goot deal7 Couldn't you done it fol-
tenT
81 replied that twelve was the low,
est price.
well, replied the German, wipina
away n tear, 1 gif you $40 TO freeze
poor Fritz aber you just freeze him to
der feet. Dey don't need it, for dey
was been frostbitten last winter any.
how. Exchange.
, 1891-02-05

Emma Abbott's viii is a most pleasing
surprise. The large property accumu-
lated 10y the singer Is to be divided up in
a wise that seems to rs to be most Just
and sensible. The parents are handsome
~ provided Tor, so are the brothers and
sisters, and 50 are the nephews and nieces:
q sum aggreEatiug about $3.50. 900 is TO
he set aside for these purposes. Certain
relatives of her husband are remembered
aud 5000 Is bequeathed to Daniel a.
Cou6luIne, fof1llug time her confidential
secretary. y number Of charitable insti-
tuuons ON in for legacies, and nine
churches, most Of them located in New
York, are to receive the sum of s., 900
each All Miss Abbott's music, opera
scores and private papers are bequeathed
70 Miss Alice Caffcrty, Of Jersey City,
and from this we surmise that Miss
Caferty may contemplate u biography
Of her friend; such a work certainly
should be undertaken by some competent
haud.-ChicaEO News.
, 1891-02-05

One cannot always tell, until after the
event, on what apparently insignificant
act his whole future hinges. DIR. Cyrus
Hamlin, president of Middlebury college
in Vermont, and formerly of Maine, in
a recent address at Woodford's said his
life depended on the making of a screw.
When at Bowdoin college in 1882 he
made a brass screw for Professor Smiths
~theodohte, and that led to his making a
steam engine, the first one built in Maine.
He had never seen one in all his life,
but he asked the professor if he thought
he could sell an engine, if he could make
one, for as much as he could carr by
teaching in the vacation. The professor
thought he could, he had made the screw
so perfectly. So he went to Portland,
and vent to work in a clockmaking es-
Enlistment. AT the end of ten weeks
vacation the engine was completed, and
sold to Bowdoin college for S175. He
could have earned but $40 teaching. The
price of the engine was sufficient to pay
n years expenses at Bowdoin in those
days.-Bangor News.
, 1891-02-05
credenee in medicinal Charms.

1t is not only among the rude savages
of India that the virtue of medicinal
charms is implicitly credited. The il.
literate and simple minded of England
repose all necessary faith in the same
fascinating decisions, and there is no
ancient woman in any of our remote vii
lagos, who processes the customary
knowledge and superiority Of her age,
who has not a specific charm for whoop-
ing cough, ague, teething, commissions,
epilepsy and every other common all
ment and disease.
Every M is acquainted with the eff
cacy of the royal touch" in cases of
the kings evil, or s~crofula, and scarcely
a week passes that we do not see in our
newspapers an advertisement for the dis.
posal of a child's cold or n serious form
Of deafness-London Tit-Bits.
, 1891-02-05

Men strive for earthly advancement.
The poor boy, with scarce a shoe to
keep the soles of his feet from contact
with the rugged soil, looks forward to
the day when he shall sit, enthroned as
it were, in the senate of his country;
he strives and he strives, and reaches
the point; but once there, is he
content1 No. There is a craving for
greater honors-for further advance
ment. The monarch is restless under
the burden of his supreme authority.
He signs for something else-he knows
not what. No individual is satisfied
with the present; we all regard the
future as that which contains increased
enjoyment. IS that which embodies
perfect happiness.
1t is so when we reach the bed of
death. The vilest of the human race
feel, when the time for dissolution ar
rives, that there is yet something to
crave-something to indicate and ex-
emplify progress. 1t is the spread of
the doctrine of the immortality of the
soul to which may be attributed the
grand results of what is termed the
grand and buoying reliance upon the
future"-upon something brilliant yet
to be achieved-that proves beyond a
mortal doubt that this life is but the
inception and the precursor of a longer
and better one, in which there are no
taxes, no bill collectors, no tight shoes,
no Doodle Misunderstanding, In fact,
except unalloyed happiness. Texas
Siftinps.
, 1891-02-05
euEEALo nILrs pAueH1sR.
She eau Break a Horse In a Way Alex.
ander MnnIh uarr EnrInh-

She eau Break a Horse In a Way Alex
Ander Would Have Envied.
Finally l drew up before the Cody res
idence, about a half mile east of the
ranch, and with n sigh Of relief. Yes,
Mrs Cody was at home the servant
said in answer to my query, and | was
ushered in the most Isgirly furnished
little parlor that l had ever seen. Mrs.
Cody came in a few minutes later and
entertained me for nearly an hour with
pleasing "reminiscences of the lives of
herself and her intrepid husband during
the earlier days of frontier life. She
was a pleasant, easy, graceful talker,
n fully as handsome a woman rs her
famous husband Is a man She was
from Philadelphia, and Cody came from
Chester, the county adjoining. During
n conversation their little j-year-old
daughter, lima, came in and entertained
me with a lot Of childish prattle about
what her father was doing, after which
she gave an illustration Of how she could
play the piano.
Cody's eldest daughter, Miss Aria,
was not at home. She had gone TO the
state fair at Lincoln. Miss Aria was
then p years Of age, a magnificent
queenly looking young woman. who was
credited with having as much courage
and self confidence father Many
pretty stories Of her pluck are told by
the residents Of North Ilutt-. Among
them is the following.
Some years ago. when Miss Arta was
abou IA years of age. Cody had in his
stable a large, handsome, high spirited
horse that was particularly vicious, 80
WNHHal 50. -. F.aH I'll ca. F.-..HE #.H
not care about riding him. One DAY
Arta concluded that she would ride his
horse, although the stabIeman sought To-
dissuade her She WIS determined, how
ever, and succeeded in getting a bride
on him, and then lauped nimbly onto
his back. The horse reared and plunged,
but IA girl kept her seat, Finally the
animal threw her. She was up again in
an instant, and once more on his back.
This time the animal threw her over his
head, and she struck the ground heavily,
scratching her face to Il considerable dc
gree,
With blood streaming down her face,
her eyes filed with tears, and her rage
so great that she looked like a Young
ugress, She sprang 10 her feet crying,
The brute, III ride him now If he kills
me. and snitng the action TO the word.
gave the horse the most terrible beating
he had ever received. and when she had
completed the animal was as docile as
the proverbial "Old Dobbin, and Miss
Aria rode of tiumphautly, while her
father and the stablemau looked on ia
astonishmeut.
Another illustration Of her confidence
in her ability TO take care Of herself is
furnished by the fact that one day, dur.
ing Cody's first trip 10 England, she was
reading a letter from him and at once
decided that she would like to see her
father again. That was on a Wedne,-
day, at North Platte, Neb., aud ON the
following Saturday she was on a steamer
leaving New York for England, and
Travelled the entire distance Of over 1000
mules u!one.-Cor. Atlanta Journal
, 1891-02-05

When the east bound Washington ex-
press on the New England road, leaving
this city at 2.t5 a. m, was a few miles
this side Of Willimantic Thursday, fire
WIS discovered in a Pullman sleeper. T.
spread rapidly, and the passengers were
ordered out and placed in the other
sleeper, which fortunately had room
enough to accommodate them. 1t was
impossible to %extinguish the fire, and Mt
Willimantic the car was cut out aud the
IRE department called. It's services
were, however, unnecessary, rs the fire
WAS got under control by other means
before its arrival. An accident Of this
nnd is very unusual. and though the fire
evidently started from the heater, 1t docs
not yet appear just how it originated.
The wood Of tho car in which it started
was badly burned, and the loss will be
considerable. The passengers were in
great excitement for a little time. and
probably did not have a monopoly of un.
pleasant agitation. They were all got
out without accident, and their effects
were removed uninjured. - Hartford
COuraut.
, 1891-02-05

For every hundred persons living west
of the Mississippi river who have seen
st, Peters at Rome hardly ten, l think
it may be safely said, nave visited the
Yosemite. Two small hotels in the val
ley are ample for all who may at n
one time seek accommodations, and on
an average two coaches a day during the
season will carry all who seek convey
ance TO that place of grandeur. One
thing is certain, the foreigner doing"
the United States seldom omits the
Yosemite; yet many an American tourist
travelling in California leaves the coast
in ignorance of the wonders and beauties
of the famous region. On a beautiful
Sunday in May, out of sixty-fve guests
at the Stoneman house over forty-fve
were foreigners, most of them on q trip
around the world; and that proportion is
not unusual during the season. To the
foreign tourist the Yosemite ranks with
Niagara, and from those who have seen
the wondcrs Of nature OF every continent
the verdict seems to be that the Yosemite
stands pre-eminent-the greatest Of all.
New England Magazine.