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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-18
homage and h;s entreaties.

homage and his entreaties. She
proudly refused proposals which had been
coquetry innate in woman that suggested
to her to refuSe?' What is certain is that
the Polish lady did not long resist the
temptation Of becoming the mistress OF a
hero, still young the was but thirty-sevenl,
and a sunburst of power and glory. Napol-
con wrote to her in languas SO tender and
touching that she ended by yielding, and
promised to come and see the Emperor on
a certain night between 10 and II
peror, while waiting for her. walked
about the room and displayed as much inn
Pc eti ino1ired as the emotion i,1os mrd Every Wy,ov moment er
rived at last-but in what a state-pale,
dumb, her eyes bathed in tears" Accord
ing TO the same witness, the first evening
Walewska, who dilated on the domestic
troubles which We're her excuse for throw
ing herself into the arms of a lover. She
left at 2 in the morning, her handkerchief
TO her Eyes and still weeping. II is sug-
gested that her tears served to show her
the way again, as the white petals did for
stayed till a fairly early hour in the morn
ms and continued her visits till the En-
peror left"
The first chapter of the romance begun at
Warsaw ended with the departure of the
Emperor, who had TO go and take command
of his army for the campaign Of Eylau.
marked the apogee Of the imperial power,
Napoleon spent three months at Schon-
DTunTk 10eFe ne Was JOlucu Ny NlluS- va
lewska, who soon became e~nceinte. Her
son, it is well known, became a minister
under Napoleon III. The birth of the child
was fatal TO Josephine, for hitherto the
Emperor had more than half credited her
declaration that he and not she was re-
sponsible for the childnessness Of their
union Once assured of the contrary he
resolved irrevocably upon divorce.
The love of Nine. Walewska for Napoleon
did not pass away. After having given him
supreme pleasure by making him n father
she never occasipned him the smallest un-
pleasantness. Throughout the imperial reign
she remained in shadow, and did not reap
pear until the reverses came, when she felt
that loving words were neednl to him,
crushed as he was under so many disasters
and such narrowing betrayals. She visited
him in the island Of Elba, carrying conso-
lation to the exile who had fallen from his
grandeur and was left without power or
fortune. The figure of this constant and
disinterested woman floats like a guardian
angel over the sea of cowardice and treach-
cry in which the star of Napoleon was
doomed to sink.
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SHE CLIMBED MOUNT TACOMA.
A Girl Reaches the Summit of Amer
ica's Most Difficult Peak.
San Francisco Chronicle.

A young woman, Miss May Fuller. Of Ta-
coma, a daughter OF an editor OF that city,
has recently accomplished the perilous feat
or climbing Mount Tacoma, Americas most
difficult peak. 1t is a grim old hill. tower
Ing l4,444 feet high, with glaciers extending
far up it's base.
en- thousand feet of the ascent over dam
gerous streams and through dense forests,
although the party consisted or three gen-
tlemen and a guide, besides Miss Fuller,
who was on horseback After that they
proceeded on foot as the way was too
rough and wild for horses. At twelve thou
sand feet the wind blew a hurricane. Cree
vases big enough 10 drop a house into
were crossed. The summit. when reached,
was found to be about two miles across.
Standing on the top the adventurous
climbers could see below them two largo
craters. looking like INN ense bowls. with
a central common rim The big crater was
three-fourths OF a mile across Both We're
around the bare rocks rising, IN places,
sixty feet. The steam kept the rocks bare
Coming down from the summit, where they
wind, they took shelter i'm the crater and
examined the steam jets. These looked like
a row OF boiling teakettles along the ridge.
The party sat on the rocks and were soon
damp with the moisture ana parboiled by
the heat, and il was obligatory, as ever,
TO move Off again.
before beginning the descent which was
more p~erilous than the upward climb. OF
this night spent IN tne Shet11i VI the dig
crater Miss Fuller says: Two blankets
over US seemed little protection. Through
the small opening in the cave we could
watch the stars and meteors ana near the
awful avalanches roaring down the noun
tain sides. L was the only one who could
sleep. When we woke our shoes were
frozen stiff, and had 10 be thawed out in
the steam. The blankets We're icy"
Miss Fuller is the first woman 10 attempt
this feat. and few men have cared 10 risk
IL; Of these few still fewer have accom-
plished IL.
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A PARTISAN PRODIGAL.
The wild Career of ar Up-tO-Dnte
Young Man of That City.
London News.

OAAtO -NENSs
Interest is taken in the case of a young
gentleman, sometimes called the Prodigal
IA also the Petit Sucrier, in consid-
Grafton of the industry which has enriched
the family. This gentleman has hardly
come of age, but he has managed, during
the past few years, to get through an inn
mense sum Of money. His exploits (says
the Paris correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph were chronicled in the newspapers
and the presents of jeWelry which he made
We're said to be worthy OF a monarch. All
these things caused great uneasinesS to his
mother, who asked that her son should be
~safeguarded from the temptation of ex-
travagance by a councii-Iudlcialre. This APP
p~lication was granted last summer by the
Tribunal of the Seine: but he appealed
against it, and some of the best lawyers
in Paris are now arguing out the case be-
OF the Cour d'Appei. The juvenile viveur
Is defended by NJ. Weldeck-Rousseau, who
has only admitted that his client had fallen
into the hands of people who are usually
in the habit Of fleeing prospective million
aires of tender years.
At the same time NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau
maintains that the prodigal only contract
ed a debt OF see, O00f, or $1,000 mere
bagatelle, considering that he is to inherit
q, 600, OOOf out Of the 215. 700, 0O0f, or IS, 60O.O 900
left by his father. Maitre Perrard. on the
other hand, made a powerful appeal in
favor of the mother, and pointed out that
il was imperatively necessary to save the
young mans health, fortune, reputation,
and even honor, by subjecting him to the
tutelage OF a conseil-judicaire Counsel
also described how the mother tried to di-
vert her son from evil courses by fitting
out a yacht for him and sending him on a
scientific expedition around the world. The
Semlramis was bought in England, and
cost f24 600. 1t was believed that once on
board the cutter, the son, Lebaudy, who
had a taste for the sea, would forget Paris
and its temptations.
The young man. however. never en-
barked. and the Semiramis sailed away
without him. Afterward he talked Of be
coming a soldier in the ranks. but his
mother, knowing his temper. was Mortified
at this prospect. Maitre Perard has not
yet concluded his remarkable sketches of
the career of this modern young man
about town"
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GOOD TOWN TIC LIVE IN.
Noisy Nuisances Are Not Tolerated in
the Capital of Germany.
London TelpgraDb-

Our Berlin correspondent has recently ap-
nently under Instructions to suppress whist
ling, whether recreative or utilitarian, with
the utmost rigor, and display unrelaxing en-
ergy in carrying out their orders to the let
ter. Whistling In public is not only repug-
nant to the German apprehensions of die
actually constitutes a minor misdeneapor
and as such is punishable by fine, with the
inevitable alternative OF imprisonment. The
former penalty. has been incurred within
the past few days by q hall porter of q
fashionable hotel Inter den Linden, who
persisted in sounding his whistle to sum
mon a cab for a client of the establishment
after having been forbidden to do so by an
agent of the law.
authorities to the Judgment of a civil court,
the porter pleaded that from time immemO-
rial It had been the custom in Berlin to
whistle for droschkies, once, twice, thrice
or four times. according TO the relative quail
ity or capacity of the vehicle required. This
plea however, the Judge rejected as irrel-
evant to the point at issue-tO-wit, the IL
legality of whistling in a public thorough
fare-and further mulcted the appellant in
that disturbed the repose of the public"
In some respects the Prussian police au-
thorities-to their credit and praise be it
admitted-are much ~stricter than our own
in enforcing the suppression of noise null
sances. They are infexible, for instance, in
Prohibiting the performance of street bands;
a few infirm old soldiers. who. moreover,
are not permitted 10 work their instruments
or torture IN rCauWayS or SiuSWdIhS' out
only in certain prescribed open places, or
in the courtyards of private houses at the
special request of their inmates. On the
other hand, they are overtolecant with re-
gard to all manner of street cries and to
the distracting clamOr raised by the chill
dren on their way to and from school at
certain hours of the day.
Prussia is conspicuously a music-loving
and matchmaking country. AS the inhab-
itants of its cities, however. for the most
part, live in flats, they are not allowed to
play or sing in their apartments after 10
O'Clock D. m, unless with the express con-
sent of the persons residing Immediately
above or below them. whose innate right
bound TO respect. Nor may they keep on
their premises any furred or feathered ami
mails addicted 10 the nocturnal utterance
oS sounds that .murder sleen" and Give
rise to irritation of temper. The conscien-
tiOus dog prompted by n sense OF duty TO
bark all night, il VIGOROUSLY vociferous. has
TO be severely eliminated from the precincts
OF "A PruSSian town house.
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He Was Betting on a Safe Basis.

III IL Il Z
a few men were discussing the progress
of education in this country.
You're doing a good deal OF talking
here said one. but I'll bet any man in
this crowd q new hat that in London there
are at least fifty thousand persons who
can't speak a word OF English"
The crowd was staggered st first, but
recovered in a moment. and hat bets were
made. Then it was suggested that some
one should go after the statistics.
Before you do this" said the man, very
cOOlly. 81 want To bet a pound apiece all
round that there are twice that number that
can't read and write.
Again the crowd felt the pressure OF a
blun. but IL rallied soon. and every man
who had a sovereign put IL W. The news
paper man stood 10 win eight hats and six
pounds. The man TO get the statistics was
about 10 start.
Hold on" said the man with the iron
nerve. II can tell. you now VINO the first
fifty thousand are"
Tell U.s." was the unanimous command.
Babies under one year" was the reply.
and those OF four years for the other one
hundred thousand"
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PRICE FIVE CENTS

that many girls nowadays are beginning
TO suspect that 'ineffable bliss and GOLDEN
haired children" are not the sure result
OF marriage as a profession Their fntui-
lions are S~harpened by education. They no.
tice thai among their married friends many
are not content and happy, and compre-
hending that marriage is a lottery in which
the prizes are not abundant. many of them
prefer not to run the risk OF drawing a
blank. II is my firm belief that whatever
a woman may say In public, in reality
most women would rather marry than not,
but as there are, unfortunately. not enough
really satisfactory husbands TO go round,
some OF them are wise to prefer to choose
a career of their own.
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their baggage and themselves and pushed
down the sluggish streamlet, looking at a
little distance like men who sailed on land.
Fed by an unceasing tribute OF the spongy
soil it quickly widened to O. river, and they
foated on their way through a voiceless,
lifeless solitude of dreary oak barrens or
boundleSs marshes overgrown with reeds.
At night they built their fire on ground
made firm by frost and bivouacked among
the rushes. A few days more brought them
TO a more favored region"
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Apnuities for Girls.
Philadelphia Times.

I HIItIEIIIIIU III"
Nowhere in any large city. perhaps, are
there more attractive unmarried young
women than in Philadelphia, and IL h a
question often suggested whether IL would
not be well 10 adopt the French and En-
giish idea OF annUitles for daughters.
chased here az they are abroad. III kept up
for ten or twenty years and Increased in
makes for a woman the difference between
beggary and quiet comfort.
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London Star

Marriage. undoubtedly, is the happiest
profession for a woman. That is, marriage
with the right man-but marriage with the
wrong man means weeping and waiting;
and Ii Is a significant SIGN OF the times
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-18
Hnxnrding n Guess

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Egypt's General Assembly is opened. 1t
is To be presumed that when that country's
legislators feel the need OF recreation they
play a game or two of Pharoah.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-18

LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY.
Let US pass to Napoleon's relations to his
family. Here again the facts bear witness
not 10 selfishness. but TO self-sacrifce. un-
stinted hberality. long suffering and the for
s~iveness OF injuries. 1t is true that his
brothers and sisters were necessarily COM
planning. but their state of mind was per-
fectly summed up in an outburst of Ma
poleon, recorded by Bourrienne: '"Upon my
word. - listen To them you would suppose
j had devoured the whole OF my fathers
Inheritance" Their recriminations were so
persistent and they put his forbearance TO
such irritating proof that Mile. Avrillon
declared: Napoleon found II more difficult
20 govern his family than his kingdom"
II would, indeed, have been impossible 10
satisfy them all Lucien grumbled because
he vas nothing; Joseph complained because
he was a king; Louis posed rs a king and
martyr. deprived OF rights that he had vol
unfairly renouncej. and Jerome resarIed
himself as Ill used because his
royal budget was too limited for
hsr duchy too small for her
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

San Antonio. Tex. oct. A.-Thc fol-
lowing decisions were handed down
today by the court of civil appeals of
the Fourth supreme judicial district of
the state OF Texas;
Acknowledgements Davenport VS.. Alice
Abbott. from Ell Paso; jacob scheuster
ct al. vs.. the town OF Mason, from
Mason; International and Great North
ern railway company VS., Nictoriana
Merle. from BeXar; j. l.. $. Hunt, re-
ceiver, We. S. w. Smak, from BeNar,
San Antonio and Aransas Pass railway
company vs.. Edward c. Long, from
BeXar,
reversed and remanded--S. r. Swan
ct al. VS.. c. h Larkin. from Brew
ster; Atchlson, Topeka and Santa Fe
railway company VS.. J. Bryan, from
lGl Paso: Galveston, Harrisburg ana
San Antonio railroad company, from
Bexar: j. r. lilliard ct al. vs.. Richard
Johnson, from LaSalle,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

had IN court OF civli appeals Firth
district at Dallas;
Ahirnaed--I NJ Johnson vs.. J. NJ
Watkins ct all Hunt county; cold
berg Bros. vs.. A Winstine. Marion
couRty, y. a Prior Ell al. VS. North
Texas National Bank. Dallas county:
Producers Marble company W. John
A Bursln, johnson county; NJ. NJ,
Oslesby vs. North Dallas Improve
ment company. Dallas county. II. NJ.
Delaney VI. Hartford Fire Insurance
company, Hunt county; Western Union
Telegraph company VS.. W. II. Smith.
Dallas county
Reversed and Remandsd--J Fair
banks vs.. j. b. Simpson ct al, Gray
son county; Fanny n. Fleming VS..
Texas Loan Agency Bowie county.
In the case OF g. W. Walters ct al.
". Texas building and Loan nssccla-
ton, from Navarro county: II appellee
VIII within twenty days remit all the
Judgment except s20s0 OF the principal
| and S20S attorneys fees the judgment
VIII be reformed and affirmed at cost
| OF appellee forecloslng Hen for the
] f2OS0 and giving personal JUDGMENT
! for attorneys fees Otherwise the
Judgment Will be reversed and re-
| manded.
Motions Disposed of-John Alcott va.
Spencer Optical Manufacturing COM
pany, reharlng overruled; Southern Pa
cific company vs.. l.. Phillipson, re-
hearing ovenulcd; g. II. Walker ct
al. VS. Hartford Fire Insurance COM
pany, affirm on certificate. granted;
Kelly-Goodfellow Shoe company vs..
Liberty Insurance company, relocating
overruled; A. NJ. Ingersol ct al w
Ada A. Melville ct al, to advance
granted, and set for November 8. 1894
Cases Submitted--F. NJ. Davis vs.
D. NJ. Osborne ct al, Dallas county
Texas and Pacific Railway company
VS.. d. c. Gilvary, Gregg county; ROCK
wall company VS.. G, NJ, Curtis ct al.
Hunt county; Commercial Union asso
citation VS.. @. X. Meyer, Dallas coun
ty; Missouri, Kansas and Texas RAN
way company vs.. w. j Howell, Hun
county; II. p. Howard ct al. Va, j.. S
Galbraith ct al. Fannin county; Chas
Dillingham; vs. John Fields, Llmeston
county, Label & stone vs.. Georgii
Home Insurance company. Kaufman
county.
Motions Submitted Standard Fir
Insurance company vs.. j NJ. Willoch
rehearing: w. w. Brown, US. Mar
]. Hatch. file briefs Of appellee; Gee
: y. Colby VS. John ID. Mitchell I'll
transcript: j. w Barton VS.. Amer
can National Bank. file conclusion
r. b. Phillips vs. ID. e, Wise ct al
TO advance; T. j. Rogers ys. Eas
= Line Lumber company, 10 advance.
Cases Set for November CIV. y
Spence VS.. G NJ. Morris, Dallas cour
2 ~; b. f. Eads VS., City OF Marshal
Harrison county: w. O. Brown vs.
e. T.. & NJ Bank, Johnson county; )
e Louis and Southwestern Railway con
e pany vs.. o. p. Moss. Bowie county
Texas and Pacific Railway vs.. W. +
Backman. Dallas county; Texas an
Pacific Railway company W, Mathe'
Conner, Grayson county; Texas an
Pacific Roilway company vs.. Robei
, Abbott, Kaufman county; Missouri
Kansas and Texas Railway eompan
vs. Alice Sledge, Hunt county, Mathe
Lumber company VS.. j. c. Hardi
Bowie county.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

Austin, Tex. Oct 2i.-The court of
civil appeals for the Third district
entered the following orders today
Anlrmed--Citi2ens Railway COM
many VS.. Cuary s. Kinsolying from
McI.ennan county; Duncan Va. Hough'
from Bell county; Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railway company vs.. Burt
and wife. from Williamson county
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass 4Rail-
way company We, Peterson, from Lea
Motions overruled-waco Water
and Light company vs.. City OF waco
from McLennan county, for rehearlngi
Williams ct al. vs.. Ford ct al from
McI.ennan county, for rehearing.
Motions Granted-Crumbly vs. Busse
ct all, from Mccullough county. to Me
transcript and briefs; Mayer vs. pit
linger. from TraNia county, TO ME
Motions submitied-Bllnks ct al
vs Rlpley ct al. from Tom Green
county, for rehearlng; Losing vs. dll-
bert from McLennan county, for re-
Cn4es submitted-Pumphrey ct az
-. Threadgill. from Williamson conn-
~. Mills county vs.. Brown county
from Brown county
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

FOR sALE--Blacksmith shop in town.
1t miles from Fort Worth. complete
set wool and Iron tools; two-story
house and lot; good well wa
tor, all for 500. Choice farms
to exchange for city property,
NJ, l.. Chambers, Real Estate Ex-
change ZOO Main street
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

Trawcek. Hotel Richelleu.
WANT no BuY-45O aerea Of good
land ior cash within five miles OF city
ID. S. Hare. 7Os Main street.
sTATH WARRANTS aud accounts
against comptroller bought at highcs,
market price. Address Il. II. Kirby,
Austin, Tex. n
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

'pHngtown, Tex, Oct. 2l--sprlng-
IVA the best inland town in North
81 Texas, is stlll in a very prosper
\ condition. Its merchants report
u large and collections good, and
nv stocked up heavily in contem-
XXX |aSon OF large fall and winter
~, sarmers are as prosperous as any
s section and as class their
os s. u onward and upward.
M Two educational Institutes are
Ky lI,si.ssslng nicely. with efficient Ia
T tn ana large attendance.
us ioeal option law goes into effect
N =, The 9th oc November. when
~. saloons Will close their doors.
|,,a ,st snree gins have ginned up to
N se ssVv paiea OF cotton and expect TO
s Nv, OF thousand more. The cot
up Is turning out well.
ynues are warming up somewhat
Fl. now. and there are many can
i smelling the woods" FOR votes
WIN nSleht that the Democratic tick
h ~ OF elected throughout, the Pops
~ eontrary Notwithstanding.
Isry sl'lzens Of this section are vel
n a1vpetul that the Albuquerque vii
H. ns Springtown will surely dc
'-'t when called upon.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

fsSurne, Tex, oct. 9l.-The total
Bnhg OF bales OF cotton received
cleSurne to date is 1880.
hsgui four days ago Engineer
hi Wilson, while climbing Blue
between Temple and McGregor,
ping the throttle on engine l72, had a
Ping experience. a little boy in en-
Rvoring to cross the track fell be-
|eea the bars OF a cattle guard, be-
exposed from his waist up. George
" the child TOO late to stop the big
Pgll and the train OF cars with hand
AAes, there being no air attached.
pout seven cars passed over the child.
|, wilson finally stopped the train.
'led the child from under the cars,
vas unconscious, but not dead. and
chances are good for its recovery.
important bones were broken.
MS morning J. * milford mashed
ihree OF his fingers while trying to
aase a coupling.
" j. n. Vernon and Miss JEANNE
ssihtokh were married yesterday.
~ = :. Richards and wife lost
4" oaby girl Bessie this morning,
Y dled OF a catarrhal Group.
~ ~ Jesse l.. Roebuck and Miss Annie
~. ~, OF this place and MIR. W. r..
sn's ahc Miss Gilreath OF Fort Worth
t,s married In Dallas yesterday.
.F "eudlng was double one, and
lends. ~ ''e' ''"''
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

Merlsel, Tex. Oct. 2I,--John Reed has
purchased the furniture business OF his
brother, Robert Reed.
u. NJ. Craven has sold his interest
in the meat market and grocer business
TO Harris & Shepard
Our cotton yards are all fun OF cot
ton awaiting for cars.
The four gins In town are running
TO their utmost capacity. and have al
ready glnned more cotton than has
ever before been glnned here in one
season. The cotton crop is only half
gathered.
j. ID. Boring, our enterpsising nurs-
cry man, leaves tomorrow for Fort
worth, where he Will be married to 9
lady from Georgia whom he has no,
seen In fifteen years.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

San Angelo, Tex, Oct. 24.-Mr Frank
Early is much better, since his recent
attack.
Mrs. j. w. Hill is rapidly improving
from her serious illness.
Mrs. Davis and little daughter re-
turned tonight after two months
visit to her sister, Mrs. DIR, McIIenry
Mrs. S. c. Sterrett ana children are
visiting relatives in san Antonio.
Rev. W. II. MCGEE returned few
days since from the Baptist eonven-
ton
The l. o. o. f. bail given at the Ar
mory last Tuesday night was pro-
nounceed successful affair
One case of dlphtheria in town last
week.
Another good rain fell Saturday.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25
Observation-Disclosures

I.OsT-North Of the city or on the
Arlington road, lady's pocket book
continuing about $50. valuable papers
and KEYS, Finder Will be literally re-
warded FOR their return to @, care
Gnzet;e. 70