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Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
he Hated PuhIiciII.

lrruLn tne DttrolI free freSs-
This is what Mr.. Gall wrote on q postal
card one evening and then went five blocks
to drop 1t into letter box, after address
ing the card to the editor of the Daily
Bugle:
"Mr. @. Charles Gall, of the we'll l-known
and justly popular firm of Gall & Gritt.
leaves tomorrow evening for an extensive
southern trip, accompanied by his estima-
BILE wife"
And this is Q bit of conversation Mr..
Gall had with one of his neighbors who
met him in the horse car the next morn
ing:
"Hello. GALL" said the neighbor, ~ see
by this mornings Bugle that you aud Mrs.
Gall intend going on a trip south"
"Hai SO the Bugle fellows have got hold
of that, have theyi Hang those newspa-
per reporters, anyhow There is no keep
ing anything from them. I haven't seen
a Bugle man for q month and haven't
spoken about our trip to three persons,
and yet those Bugle fellows have got hold
of it. Hanged if amt mind to send
the editor a note and tell him wish he'd
let me and my private affairs alone after
this. It's little annoying, you know, to
have ones name banded around SO com.
mon like In the papers. hate publicity
of that sort"
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
Both Sharpshooters Fell.


''The best rifle shot ever saw was an
east Tennesseean who acted as scout for the
Army of the Cumberland" said Major R.
B Baer. "His name was Brownlow, but
whether he was relative of the fighting
parson of that name I do not know.
Brownlow was tall, lank specimen of hu-
manity and looked like a typical frontiers
man. He wore a coonskin cap and carried
rifle q foot longer than himself, with
which he could put half an ounce of lead
eauarely between q mans eyes at q dis
tancs Of nearly half mile. he fought for
sheer love of 1t, WAS always hunting for
victims, and used to boast that he averaged
dozen dead Confederates a week. He hung
on the enemy's picket lines night and day,
and when Old Tom,' as he called his lin
gering eternity of gun, cracked, there
was certain to be . death. One day, during
sharp skirmish, Brownlow ensconoed
himself in big cottonwood tree and was
dropping Confederstes as fast as he could
feed bullets to old Tom,' when q Missis.
sippi sharpshooter made q sneak for anoth
er tall cottonwood about 600 yards distant
The Tennesseesn spied him, there were two
puffs of smoke from among the greer
leaves and the two killers came down head
first, with their long deer rifles rattling af
| ter them"
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
A CHINESE Puzzle.

The head men in China are rot very
heartily friendly toward this country, and
they doubtless think they have abundant
reason for their attitude. This country
hasn't treated the Chinese with any marked
consideration during the last ten years,
and it is not surprising that there is some
prejudice against us in China. This pref
udice has business side, to which atten-
ton is called by Consul Bedloe. Hethinks
that our course toward China has led
China to favor other nations more than
this, and that we have lost many good op-
portunities because of it. Among them
are the building by Europeans of sixty five
miles of railroad in Formosa, at cost of
s120, 900 per mile, which could have been
built for one-third the cost according to
american methods; the establishment of
great system of telegraph lines, which
has been in the hands of English,
French and Germans; the building
of great iron, steel and machine
works for the Chinese government at Shan
Lung, in which only European skill has
been engaged; the supply of weapons and
munitions of war by English and Germans;
the openings for skilled labor in various
new industries which are monopolized by
the British; and the coast and river carry.
ing trade in the hands of the English and
Germans. And 80 forth and 30 on. Con
sui Bedloe doesn't believe the situation IL
lrk ;.lx kl,oS I'D ,;r,k
ton we can still increase our commerce
with China and find golden fields for oul
bright young men. He draws pleasing
picture of what could be done, but he for
gets to mention that while our brigh
young men might be finding golden field
in China, China's bright young men nigh
be finding quite as many golden fields il
this country. The matter is perplexinl
one.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16

600, 900 pounds, worth close to $4,000, 900.
Considering that this crop is grown in only
six parishes, which six years ago did not
raise SIC, 900 worth of rice, it will be seen
that Louisiana has undergone something
of an agricultural revolution of late.
At the latest meeting of the Indian Our
rency association the president delivered
an address in which he maintained that
the growth of India's prosperity during
the last twenty years was not greater than
might be expected from the natural in
crease of population, the extension of rail-
ways and the opening of the Suez canal,
and WAS in no way due to the depreciation
of silver. He said that of the eighty
three European mercantile firms existing
in Calcutta nineteen years ago thirty six
had failed or ha6 been wound up, while at
least twenty others had appeared and dis
appeared in the same time. These results,
he contended, were mainly caused by
losses from fluctuations in exchange. Now
or never, he added, was the time to fix a
gold standard for the currency, and he
predicted that if India, while retaining q
silver currency of unlimited legal tender,
gave it a fixed gold value she would enter
upon a new career of prosperity. The
amount of gold required, he estimated,
would not exceed fifteen millions sterling,
and as the operation would be spread over
two or three years, he did not anticipate
that the cost or the difficulty of the change
would be prohibitive.
Alphonse Daudet has something inter
esting to say in the Paris Figaro concern
ing music, as follows: As rule we liter
ary people care comparatively little for
music. Gauthier's opinion of the ''hum-
ming and Drumming called music" is well
known. Hugo, Leconte de Lisle, Bauville,
Saint Victor agreed with him. Goucourt
turned up his nose as soon as piano was
opened. Zola insists at times that he has
heard this or that piece of music "some-
where" but he never knows from whom it
is The good Flaubert pretended to be
great musician, but only to please Tur-
geneff, who, in reality, loved only the
music cultivated in the "Salon Yiarodot."
As to myself, however, love everything
musical, the lively music as we'll as the sad
and classical; the music of Beethoven, the
music of the Spanisrds, Gluck and Chopin,
Massenet and Saint Saens, Gounod's
"Faust" and "Marionette," the folk-songs,
the hand organ, the tamborine, even the
bells, music for dancing and music for
dreaming. It all speaks to me, inspires
me. Wsgner's music moves me, thrills me,
hypnotizes me, and the violin harmonies
of the gypsies, those sorcerers of music,
have always drawn me to the exhibitions.
The despicable fellows always stop my
progress. I cannot leave them.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Kossuth will be eighty six years old Sep
tember 1.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
SOMETHING.

It's now said the bathing summer CIR 8
going to wear suspenders. Well, that's
something. Times.
Our English language is full of ecoen-
tricities. We wind up watch to set 1t
going. But we wind up business con-
Germ to stop it Lowell Courier.
Johnny-what did your mother whip
you for, Jimmya Jimmy-Eatin' green
fruit. Johnny-Who give ye swsya
Jimmy-The Observation-Disclosures Star.
Officer McCobb-I thought gave you
two hours to leave towna Dismal Dawson
-Yee, so you did; but didn't like fer to
start on Friday. Seea-Indisnapolis Jour
nal.
The resurrection of an aged hostler in a
Cincinnati morgue after he was given up
for dead shows how difficult it is to kill an
Ohio man in presidential year.-Kansas
City Star.
Studying from Nature.-Tommy-M
ma, me and Maudie have been playing
doctor. I just give her some medicine in
Brooklyn Life.
Miss Crofut-"This little cup and spoon
were given to me on my fret birthday"
Miss Pussley-"Oh, I must show them to
| mamma. She has a perfect rage for old
silver."-Puck.
"We must attack this trouble promptly" !"
patient, who had Just taken dose of
| medicine, ''but I wish you could be a little
| less bitter in your attacks."-Washingto
Star.
Employer-What do you do with your
Saturday half holiday!
Clerk-Oh, have good time thinking
where I would go and what fun could
have If 1t were a whole holidsy.-New
York Weekly.
| "Your husband" said the caller, sympa-
| thizingly, t'was q man of excellent quail
ties 'sYes," sighed the widow, "he wa.
a good man. Everybody says 80. I wasn't
much acquainted with him myself. He be-
longed to six lodges" s."-Texas Siftings.
Mike-sIts like ovid times to see you
again, Pat Why did you niver WROTE
me letther since last we mitp Pat
"Oi didn't know yer address, Moike. VI
did ye not WROTE fur ita"-Hsrper's Bazaar.
Mother-I see the iceman has brought q
great big lump this time Did you tell him
/ said that if he didn't stop giving short
weight I'd have him arrested2
Little Dick-No'm;I i told him you said he
was tn handsomest iceman that ever came
here.-Good News.
Uncle Moneybags winding up lecture,
I-You have acted shamefully and are going
to the dogs as fast as you can; it's money
and more money all the while. This mus
cease. speak plainly and believe in call
ing spade spade.
Spendthrift Nephew-That's no reason
for calling me rake.-New York Ledger
A man in Newburg claims that while b.
was at work on the steeple of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church in that city
and very near the top, his wstch slipped
from his hand, slid down the side of tn.
steeple to the roof of the church and
thence downward to the ground. Wher
the watch was picked up it was keeping
time as usual Some morning when b.
picks this watch up from the top of tn
bureau to put It in his vest pocket and Il
slips out of his hand and falls distano
of three inches he'll find it SO bad1,
wrecked that it will burst two-dollar bill
} to get 1t repaired. Press.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
In the Dead Hand.


They tell the tale unsmiling,
Old men, their hours beguiling
AS they can;
Each annual November
They sadden who remember
1nkermann.
Yet Of that field one story
Shines through the gloom and glory
OF the fight;
Over the cannons' roaring
There sings q lark song soaring
Out Of sight.
Aloof, where men lay bleeding,
In fatal pain whose pleading
Made no cry,
A young and gallant Briton
Crept to die.
At sunset there they found him
With the red snow arouud him,
I'D his hari
Laid on the Book whose healing
All hearts to heaven appealing
Understand.
And meath his frozen fingers
Those words whose hope outlingers
Human strife.
Glowed like stars reflection
81 am the Resurrection
And the Life"
Comrades to burial bore him,
But not deaths rending tore him
From his prize,
For to his hand caressing
Still clung the leaf whose blessing
Closed his eyes.
Christian song supernaI,
Words sweetest love eternal
Ever said!
Peace at your call comes flying,
And they who clasp you dying
Are not dead.
Theron Brown in Youths Companion
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16

Great Casar's ghosth An actress named
Brown has begun to spell it Broughne.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
A Soldiers Hidden Loot.

The unearthing of large quantity oi
stolen silverware, gold-lined snuff boxes,
etc., in a cave near Jasper, Tenn, has
created sensation. During the winter OF
1864 the Federal soldiers were encamped
for some time on Battle Greek. Among
them was an Ohio regiment. Not long
since a gentleman appesred in the neigh
He was q member of the Ohio regiment
referred to, and in his mess was a soldier
who was born thief and who never let an
opportunity pass to steal nything he could
carry away. During the time they were
encamped at the mouth of Battle Greek he
| hidIhis stealings in cave, and SO clever was
he in his work that no suspicion ever tsi
upon him. A short time ago the i'as
| comrades were tosetho, talking "a ar;ad
experiences, when the story of th -. r.o
silverware was told and the request lHsde
| that the gentleman referred to visit the
locality, search for the cave, :and If posi-.
| BILE recover the hidden silverware and re-
store the articles to the rightful owners OF
| their heirs.
The old soldier who had 80 many years age
gone wrong is getting aged and feeble, and
| to ease his conscience and make reparation,
as far as in his power, he begged his old
commander to do this for him. He was
successful in finding not only the place,
but the plunder. at least 200 pounds OF
silverware of every kind almost were found
in the cave, ranging from napkin-rings to
solid silver water sets. Many of the srti
cles have the owners initials on them, and
all are in good state of preservation. The
articles have been taken to a store in vii
| 1ona hu and hainc fnrnad ff
| hla
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
A Night in a Barcelona Hotel.


The first night in Barcelona, guided by
a Spanish priest, / went to a sort of posada
in one of the by-streets, and managed to
get a room by paying in advance one pese-
ia, which was rung on the table with an
evident suspicion of its genuineness. Hav-
ing two days railroad CRIME upon me, 1
thought it a comparatively small favor to
be allowed to wash my hands. On timidly
inquiring of one of the servants, was led
to little toy tin affair containing water,
and was furnished with a towel about
large enough to dry the hands of medium
sized clock. But when asked for soap, l
was stared at in manner that made me
feel uncomfortable. / have not asked for
soap since in Spain, for do not wish to
lose my life by violence, having voted for
slow death by starvation in the cause of
American art.
The bill of fare at this hotel was enclosed
in thick frame of wood that weighed about
ten pounds, and it was dropped upon the
table like a load of bricks in way that
made my teeth rattle. After his Herculean
| feat the waiter stared calmly at me with q
| cigarette between his lips, waiting for me to
| recover myself. Why should dodgers wish
/ to steal the bill of farea give it up; leave
the question to philosophers; have puz-
zled my brains long enough on this sub
| ject.
The supper ended, went to bed. have
not yet forgot the odor that hung about
that bedroom. 1t made me miserable, sus-
picious too, of dread things to come. So
| put six-shooter under my pillow. There
| wa. "a gas jet in the room. Aha! thought I,
here is at least some sign of progress. But
in the small hours of the night, arising to
investigate something, put a match to the
burner and turned the cock in all direc-
tions. The gas had left the premises. And
left them, too, the next morning by the
early dawn.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
Animals In sickness.

The circumstances that attend the ILL
ness and death of wild animals are per-
haps less well known than any other part
of their history. Yet, when we consider
that animal life, though in some species of
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16

of So, rather good looking, spry as girl,
and is o pronounced coquette, yet 1t Is
known positively that she is so year of age
and may be much older. She has grand
daughter who looks old enough to be her
mother. This remarkable woman is of
Spanish extraction, native of Peru, and
her name is Boeckman, her second husband,
new dead, being a German. Middle aged
people aver that she was q grown womsn
when they were children, and that she does
not look a day older now than she did then.
She is regarded with superstitous awe by
the more ignorant of the natives, over whom
she could undoubtedly exercise great in
fuence were her morals not 30 notoriously
bad. She is passionatly fond of dancing,
has musical voice, swapping black eyes,
and beautiful set of teeth.
"She claims that she owes her wonder
full preservation to charm which an old
half-breed Indian doctor exercised over her
when she WAS a child. She says she will
neither grow old nor die until the charm is
broken. Some of the natives express the
belief that she is in lesuge with the devil.
She got into an alteration with young
woman not long ago and cut her seriously,
but the latter was afraid to enter complaint
against her, lest she should exercise some
baleful influence over her. 1t is said that
she has many admirers, and is soon to be
married to young Chilian of considerable
wealth." =
The Majors Close Call.
'T was once sentenced to be blown from
a gun," said Major John Hitchcock to the
writer. 81 had long been a resident of
that land of revolutions, Central America
During one of the political uphesvals was
captured by savage mob known as the
Army of San Salvador and sentenced to
death. In the camp of my captors a six
pound gun was fred at high noon by
means of o sun-glass, and to the muzzle of
this antiquated smooth-bore was stripped
and left in the broiling sun to await my
fate. Now, have faced several kinds of
death in my day, but that knocked all the
nerve out of me. could not see the small,
fiery spot made by the sun-glass, but l
knew. that 1t was creeping slowly but cure
ly to the powder at the vent. The blazing
sun beat down upon my bare head, blind
ing me and seeming to boil the blood in my
veins. I became hysterical, and prayed
and cursed by turns. The great clock in
the cathedral was on the stroke of noon,
and knew that the concentrated rays of
the sun were pouring squarely upon the
powder. The troops were doing in the
shade. A few, awakened by the bel, raised
up on their elbows and watched me with
lazy interest, expecting every moment to
see me blown to shreds. One-two-three
maddening deliberstion
came the strokes of the bell, when.sudden-
ly a harsher note was heard-the roar of
musketry. The camp was surprised, and
my captors driven back in disorder.
The cords were cut, and / sat down be-
meath the muzzle of the gun just as it
belched forth Its midday salute"
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
Has She the Secret tofPerpetual Youth .

From the st. Louis Globe e-Democrat.l
perhaps the most remarkable woman in
the world lives in Santiago, Chilli" said
Robert A. Bonham, an American who has
spent. several years in South America.
''she is apparently well-preserved woman
Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16
carrying It all.

Twenty-Five years ago the Adirondack
region was an unpeopled wilderness. This
summer about zoe, 900 men, women and
children are seeking rest and health there.
A hen has been discovered in Maine that
lays eggs marked "G. g." The Rspubli-
can national committee must find hen
that will lay eggs marked "B. H." or all is
lost
In England the country roads are 30
good that a single horse can pull vehicle
with two passengers and driver more
than forty miles day, and do 1t with per-
feet ease. The public highways are like
wise good on the continent. In this
country they are, as rule. bad.
Not the least interesting of all the
worlds fair wonders will be the Amazon
warriors of the King of Dahomey, who will
form part of the population in the
Dahomey village to be exhibited on thu
grounds. Sixty or seventy of the fearless
women soldiers will be quartered there.
The cotton crop isn't going to be as big
as it might be, and there is some doub
about the corn crop, but the ric,
crop is all right. The harvesting of rio,
has begun and it will be the largest croI
ever raised in this country. There will
be more rice raised in Louisiana alone thi
year than the entire United States hs
raised before. The total acreage in rice il
Louisiana is 179, 300, as against only abou
49, 900 acres year ago, and the yield i
estimated at S63, 900 barrels, or nearly 200,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-11
HITTING AT PARKHURST.
Condemned by DR.. De Costa-A
Deplorable Case.

Condemned by DR.. De COsta-A
Deplorable Case.
New YORK, May 9.-The Parkhurst
crusade against vice is branching out in
all directions. When District Attorney
Nicoll arrived at his Office this morning
he found the following letter from DIR.
De Costa, pastor of the Church of ST.
John the Evangelist:
Inclosed is a letter intended for the Judge
is to pass sentence on Mrs. Hattie Adams
leave it unsealed and if you think that under
the circumstances the appeal is proper on
my Dart-that is, II there Is no legal impedi-
ment to my action-wil you not kindly
address it, as at this hour l caunot learn the
judges name, and forward it at your earliest
convenience? Within twelve months | be-
lieve such actions as those of DR.. Parkhurst
will be declared felony by act of the legis-
lature. If Christian ministers are going to be
allowed to pursue such course, of what use
will it be for the friends of morality to fight
the battle? l ask for mercy for this poor
creature, who is better than some of her
accusers. A. f. DE COSTA.
In his letter to Judge Fitzgerald DIR.
De Costa, even in stronger terms than
those used in his communication to Mr..
Nicoll, condemns DR.. Parkhurst and his
methods. He declares in plain. blunt
terms, that TO his mind the famous
Presbyterian divine is little better than
Hattie Adams, and he beseeches the
leniency of the court in sentencing. Dr.
De Costa deploreS the trial from Begin
ming to end, and calls attention to the
irreparable injury to homes caused by
the publication of the evidence. Numer-
Gus passages from the Scriptures are
quoted which the doctor declares show
that DR.. ParkhurSt is wrong.
Rev. John Wesley Brown, of the st.
Thomas church OH Fifth avenue, de-
Tended DR.. Parkhurst'S crusade in the
sermon yesterday.
On the same night Rev. DR.. Parkhurst
visited the house of Hattie Adams he
went to the notorious French resort of
Nine. Andrea on Fourth street. She
was indicted. and at her trial, which was
begun yesterday. young Ewing, one of
DR.. Parkhurst's parishOnerS, was wit
ness against the Andrea woman.
Erving is of good family, and it was
evident for some time before he left the
stand today that he was suffering in
tense mental agony. When the case
was adjourned the young man was
seized with acute manti. He yelled
and became so violent he had to be held
by attendants.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-11
THE WORST FEARED.
Crest of the Rise Not Reached in
Missouri

Crest of the Rise Not Reached in
Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, May 10.-The Mississippi
river is still becoming, and from all i'll
dications the crest has not been reached.
and the probabilities are that it
will not be in the next twelve hours.
The rain storms which were central
yesterday in Northwest Missouri are
now central in Northern Illinois with
the indications of an eastward move
ment today. This has caused floods
throughout the entire central valleys.
In view Of the storm that is approach
ing crest of high pressure now extends
southwark along the south slope of
the Rockies, and by tomorrow the
worst is expected. The river today at
this point has reached the 2S.5 loot
stage, the highest since 1888, when the
1913 was reached. The Missouri river
is rising very rapidly.
BONNEVILLE, Mo-, May 10.-The Mis-
souri, is now higher here than yester-
day, and damage is being done. The
Nance levee is reported broken, which
will food over 1000 acres of rich bot
tom lands. With a few inches more
rise business here will be at stand
still. The river tonight is still rising
rapidly. .g s.ss
CuILL1coTHE, No, May 1O.--The rag
ing Waters OF Grand river continue in
t.reasifg ifirsofunie. The track OF the
Wabash road, few miles east of this
city, is inundated and all trains have
been abandoned. The water is still risf
ing slowly. and should it go a foo
higher 1t will cut off the water supply OF
the city,