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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
SAID ..GooD-BY. TO TROUBLE.
A Yankee Peddler Gives a Reason for
His Suicide.

His Suicide.
BANGOR Me-, Feb. .1S.-Charles D.
French. a peddler and hermit of Orono,
blew the top of his head off to-day and
left the following letter explaining his
action:
Tothe Cteteits-3:f5 8 P. NJ. February II. 1894.
In TWO hours Ishali. be aead. shot through the
head with a~big charge OF lead (no poetry in
tended) and be ON. tile. spook route to Kingdom
come. Disease. and poverty are the cause.
Heweyer, no one knows that l am In desti-
tute condition. but Pm in it just the same
Burn. poiI, bake, buy or:send my carcass to.
phosphate factory, just as the -hnmor strikes
you; Pm weak, faint. and hdhgry, but L. know
how 10 cancel all my engagements with Mr.
Trouble and Mi: Misery Yours. respectfully.
D.. - -: CiIAs. ID. FRENCH.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
FUNERAL OF "NO. l."
IOINLNAL Of' .INU. T.
Burial of the Remains of a Man
With a History.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Feb. 1S.-The fu-
neral of Frank Byrne. the famous 'No. 1"
of the Land League conspiracy, occurred
to-day. and was the largest in Providence
for many years. The Hiberniau Rifles
acted as guard of honor, and was accom-
panied by nearly 1000 men. representing
the various Irish secret and nationalist
organizations of the State.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
SNOW ON THE SUMMIT.
Six Feet of the Beautiful Deposited
on the Mountains,

SACRAMENTO. Feb. ia large force of
men was to-day sent to the Summit,
where the railroad men have been having
serious trouble with snow. All trains
from the East were late to-day, but the
road is now open. Yesterdays storm was
very severe about the Summit, and six
feet or more of snow was deposited on
the mountains. Tonight rain began fall
ing here again. and at midnight it is still
coming down.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
MADE A PUBLIC APOLOGY.
A Polish Priest Humbles Himself at
Detroit.

DETROIT. Mich, Feb. 1S.-Father Kola-
sinski made his apology to the church
to-day in the presence of Mgr. Sbarretti,
auditor to Mgr. Satolli, and an immense
congregation. The retraction was read in
an almost i1aIdible voice, and the priests
Polish followers seemed to regard it as a
secondary matter. The grand new church
will be rededicated and decided to Bishop
Foley
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
BILL NYE IMPROVING.
The Humorist Rallies and VIII
Lecture TUESDAY,.

BUFFALO. n. Y, Feb. 1S.-A special to
the Express from Niagara Falls says Bill
Nye. who became i'll there yesterday. is
somewhat improved. His managers say
positively he will fill his next date, which
is Tuesday. February %, while the doctor
who is attending him is not go sanguine
La any event, il is probable that rest will
bring him around all right in short time.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
FATALLY INJURED BY BOXING.
Death of the Student Who Was Hurt
in Friendly Mill,

Linder, the Harvard student who sus-
tanned injuries in a friendly sparring
match last Tuesday, died to-day. A medi-
cal examination will be held tomorrow In
the interests OF the profession. as this Is
considered a remarkable case.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
AORiFT ON THE ICE.
Two Chicago Boys Float Off i'm the
I AXE

CHICAGO. Feb. 1S.-The police are
patroiling the lake shore tonight looking
for two boys who are reported to be adrift
on an ice foe. Their names are not
known. but several persons claimed to
have seen them on the ice near the foot
of Thirty-ninth street, just before it f1oated
out into the lake this afternoon.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
MOBBED BY RESIDENTS.
A Streetcar Superintendent Very
Roughly Handled.

CHICAGO, Feb. lS.-ResideDts of streets
upon which streetcars run have been re-
senting the practice of streetcar companies
IN piling up snow on the curb. Late yes
terday small riot occurred from this cause
on Ashland avenue, and in the scrimmage
Superintendent Nagle of the West-street
Railway Company was seriously cut in the
face.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
BLAIR FOUND GUILTY.
The Punishment Will Be Imprison-
ment for Life.

HANFoRD, Feb. 1S.-The second trial OF
George Blair for the murder OF John
Peterson closed last night After being
locked up for twelve hours the jury re-
turned q verdict of guilty, and fixed the
penalty at imprisonment for life.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
THEIR WAGON CAPSIZED.
A Whole Family Drowned While
Crossing a River.

SAN ANTONIO. Feb. 1S.-News reached
here to-day of the drowning of a ranch
man named Frank Randall. together with
his wife and three children, while trying
to cross the Rio Grande River in q wagon
which capsiZed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
Linseed Oil Mill Burned.

CLEVELAND. Feb. 1S.-The mill Of the.
Griswold Linseed Oil Company. the sec
ond largest:in the country, was destroyed
by fire to-day. The loss is about $3.50. GOO.
insurance $4,000.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19

held FIVE United States officers at bay with
big revolver Saturday afternoon and
walked out of the room and locked it be-
hind him. was captured at Clifton. On
tariO. to-day.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
IN NAME AND DEED.
Daniel Slaughter Commits Murder
at a Wedding.

RALEIGH. n. c., Feb. 1S.-News comes of
adouble murder at a wedding in Allesh heny
County. Daniel Slaughter disputed with
those present Suddenly Slaughter sprang
at John Bare and stabbed him to the heart.
Bare fell dead and Slaughter dashed for
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19

the door. On the way he stabbed Ed
Long, killing him instantly. Slaughter
was captured two miles away and safely
lodged in Jail at Sparta.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
Governor Musgriz's Resienation

. MoNcLovA. Mexico, Feb. 1S.-The an
Douncement that Governor Jose MIGUEL
Musgriz, Governor of the State of Goa
huilas, had resigned created great stir in
political circles throughout the State.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19

Movable scenes did not make their ap-
pearance on the English stage until 1922,
when they were introduced in the Duke of
York's theater in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
CARMEN ASPHYXIATED.

EIGHT OF Ihem UVercome by Gas in
Power-House.
KANSAS CITY, No.. Feb. 1S.-EIght men
were overcome by gas in the basement of
the power-house of the Fifth-street cable
In Kansas City. Kans., tonight. and one
of them, Superintendent G. p. Kline. may
die. Seven conductors and gripmen went
down to splice broken cable, and while
at work were asphyxiated.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19

Germany spends every year on the i'm
perial army 413.000 900 marks, on the navy
a., ,000. 600. A mark is about 25 cents.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
India's Big Deficit.

CALCUTTA, Feb. 1S.-The coming Indian
budget estimates the deficit at $4,000
lakhs of rupees.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
DENIED THE REQUEST.

CharIestown Navy-Yard.
Boston. Feb. 1S.-Secretary of the Navy
Herbert has denied the petition of the
Central Labor Union praying for the
opening of the Charlestown Navy-yard.
stating that the yard is not IN proper
condition for modern requirements, and
the amount OF money necessary for prepa-
tions is not at the disposal Of the depart
ment.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
NOW THE DAY Is SET.
Approaching Marriage of a Grand
Duke and a Princess.

BERLIN. Feb. 1S.AThe wedding of the
Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Vic
toria Melita of Saxe-Coburg-Got has
been finally arranged for April % at
Ceburg
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
CAPTURED The .;SwindLer,

::...:BlU+FFAto. N.s:Y.. Feb. 18.-Leroy Har-
fIs, the alleged postefhee .swindiel who
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-19
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
Lives Lost and Damage Caused in a
Louisiana Town.

Louisiana Town.
HOMER, La. Feb. 1S.-A destructive
cyclone yesterday evening struck the
northwest point of Paris, laying waste
everything in its path.
The casualties known thus far are one
white child and one negro girl killed and
many wounded. Cleveland & Taylor's
store and steam mill were destroyed and
Mr.. Taylor seriously injured. The track
of the cyclone was about 200 yards wide
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
An Eve With Legs.

depend upon it, children" said the
benignant old gentleman who was
dressing the Sunday school, 1--WE We're
fashioned by a wiser power than our
selves. There was no mistake made in
putting us together. If our hands Were
placed where our feet are and our fe t.
where our hands are, how could we get
along? 1t would be exceedingly awk-
ward, children, exceedingly awkward.
Istretch my hand out this way. l move
my fingers Ike this. Now, what is this
an evidence of, children?'
There was no reply, and after wait
ing moment the speaker answered the
question himself
1T is an evidence Of design. Don't
forget that, children" he continued i'm
pressively. 1t is an evidence of design.
Suppose, for instance, my eye. instead
of having lids and lashes, had legs Sup
pose my eye had legs. How could use
them?''
lyon could use them in running your
eye over the congregation, oouldn'
your" replied deeply interested little
boy near the door. Chicago Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
DOMESTIC IN BRIEF.

THE leading American colleges have or
ganized an Intercollegiate Gymnastic
Association.
THOMAS 3. REED was given dinner by the
Black Lake Fishing Club in New York,
Sunday night.
COMMANDER DARLINGTON BOOTH, chief of
the Salvation Army force in the United
States, is critically i'll at Chicago.
SYLVESTER BROWN, ma ster of the Martin
school, Boston, was killed at the Wollsston
depot, Frid " night, by being run over by
the Newport express.
POSTMASTER GENERAL BIssELL has de-
cided that after January the postal rates
now applicable to Europe shall apply To all
the countries of the world.
THE American Sugar Company has an
enormous accumulation of unsold product,
and the demand is growing less. Many of
the refineries owned by the company are to
be closed for an indefinite period.
r. G. FLOWER charged with swindling
n. Z. Foster, wealthy Wisconsin man, out
OF $4,000, has been placed behind the bars
in Chicago. He escaped from the officers
in Terre Haute, Ind, in October, and, after
long chase in many cities by private de.
tectives, he was located in Galveston, Tex
Flower had his headquarters in Bo.ton
where he sent out letters calling his busi-
ness the Flower Medical Institute. He is
wanted by many people whom he has
bWluulbu.
SECRETARY OF WAR LAMONT has made
an order remitting the unexpired portion of
the sentence of Bridadier-General Swain
Judge advocate general of the army, and
directing him 10 take a station in Washing
ton city, awaiting the further orders of the
department. He will be sixty-two years
old, December %, and will then be placed
on the retired list. He was appointed to
his position by President Garfield in 1881
In 1884 he was court martialed upon
charges growing out Of transa ,tions with
stock brokers, and was suspended for ten
years.
GOVERNOR ELECT MORTON has announced
the following appointments on his military
staff Adjutant-general and chief of staff
Colonel f. A. pin of Sing Sing, with
rank OF major general; inspector-general
IIeutenant-Colonel Frederick c. Lewse Of
New York, with the rank of brigader-
general; commissary-Reneral and chief of
ordnance, TO succeed the present incum bent
in February next, Captain Benjamin Flag
Ter, U. s. A, OF Niagara Falls, with rank Of
brigadier- general; judge advocate general
with rank OF brigadier- general, William G.
Wallace of Brooklyn; 8 Irgeou- general, with
rank of brigadier-general NJ, o. Terry,
MD, of Utica.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
LEGISLATIVE.
Legislature of Vermont.
Tuesday, November ~.
Saskatchewan

Tuesday, November ~.
sENATE-EvENING.
Pdssed.-H. 426, to incorporate the Hart
ford street railway company. IL. All, to In
corporate the Manc hester Railroad and I'm
provement Co. Ii. 1873, amending the law
relating to holidays. ii. 431, to incorporate the
West Topsham Westinghouse Association
II. 80, to incorporate the Swanton savings
Bank and Trust Co. s. SO, amending the
charter of thu Barton Savings Bank. H.
515, to establish town high school. III.
232, amending the law relating to salaries OF
states attorneys. H. 800, relating to saw
ings banks. III. 1873, to incorporate the
Merchants and Farmers Mutual Fire ms
Co. II. 400, relating to express charges. II.
III, to annex Coventry Gore to Newport.
II. 401, with proposals of amendments, per-
hitting fishing with senes. s. 1888, to in
corporate the Vermont Spring Co. III. 216,
amending the corporation tax law.
ToiCn District System. H. 105, o enable
any town to r9turn to the district system
of schools, was defeated--only one vote in
its favor.
Final adjournment Joint resolution pro.
viding for final adjournment at eight O'Clock
Wednesday morning was adopted.
Passage Refused H 2Sl, to incorporate
the Waterbury Savings Bank and Trust Co.
The customary resolutions of thanks were
passed, and at eight o'clock on Wednesday
morning the senate adjourned sine die.
HOUSEKEEPING.
Pdssed.-H. 1873, Merchants and Farmers
Mutual Fire ms. Co. at White River juno
ton s. 90, amending act to incorporate Bar
ton Trust Co. II 40l, fishing in Lake Cham
plain with seines senate amendment con-
CURED inl. S. 1856, incorporating Vermont
Spring Co.
The customary resolutions of thanks
were passed. To that to the speaker he re-
sponded as follows: az take this occasion
to thank you for this resulu ion you have
unanimously adopted expressing your es-
TEEN and regard for me your presiding
officer. have undertaken to discharge the
duties of the office as best i could. II | have
succeeded it is only because i had under
taken to exercise my best effort. But / tell
you the business of this session has been
discharged in the way it has by your effort
The house of representatives from the be-
ginning have endeavored to do their work
and do it on time, and when the record OF
the session is written up you will find that
it is 81 cond to none of those that have pre-
coded you. We have revised the statutes,
and you will find when the year book is
issued YOU have passed many more bills
than ordinary during session of the legis'
lature- Allow me TO express my kindest
wishes to all and safe and happy return
to each one of you"
At eight o'clock on Wednesday morning
the speaker declared the house adjourned
without day.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
She Didn't Guess.

Like many other things, an alarm
clock is good thing when confined to
its own sphere. But young man who
lives in Tioga had an experience with
one the other day which, to say the
least, was embarrassing. Being heavy
sleeper, it was not uncommon for him
to miss his train to the city in the
morning, so he resolved to invest in an
alarm clock. One experience with it was
enough, and that occurred while he was
taking his purchase home. Walking
through the train, he CHANGED to see
certain young lady sitting in seat, the
other half of which was unoccupied.
The young man knew the young lady
in fact, he is said to have had enter
tanned serious hopes before the alarm
got III its little work. He sat down be-
side her, with his package in his lap,
and smiled his sweetest. She asked him
what he was taking home, and he play
fully bid her guess. Candy? Cigars?
Neckties" No, it was none of these.
Just as she was about to venture
fourth guess there was a muffled sound
from the interior of the pacakge and
then loud clang that resounded weird
ly through the car. The young man
blushed, the young lady giggled, and
the passengers roared. 1t seemed as
though the thing would never stop, and
it didn't until the disguised youth hurl-
ed it to the other end of the car.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
An Impossible House.

The man and his wife called ON the
architect, and the architect was glad
see them, for business was extremely
dull.
eve wait you to build Il house fol
us, " said the man by way of introduce
ton.
"Thanks, " bowed the architect 81
shall be only too glad to do SO, and
am quite sure that can give entire sat
isfaction. "
"Well, you ought to, " remarked t..
lady. eve don't want much.
"What kind of Il house did you wish?''
inquired the architect.
eve want good, plain one of abo'
eight rooms, explained the man, "al
we will leave the design to YOU. A
we expect is that WHEN you have fms
ed it it will suit my wife ami nyse
! mean on the inside We are not
particular about the outside.
The architect heaved deep sigh.
"I'm very sorry" he said, ''but you
will have to go to some other architect.
We can't design an impossible house in
this office. detroit Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
Inc Donkey Vanished,

In general we may say that the don
keys belong to vanishing state of hu,
man culture, to the time before carriage
ways existed. Now that civilizatio
goes on wheels they seem likely to hay
an ever decreasing value. A century
ago they were almost everywhere in
common use. AT the present time there
are probably millions of people in the
United States to whom the animal is
known only by description. In word,
the creature marks stage in the de-
velopment of our industries which is
passing away as rapidly as that in which
the spinning wheel and the hand loom
played a part Professor N. S. Shaler
IN Scribner's.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
MISCELLANY.
NOT ON THE BILLS.
He Lost His Job, but Made Sure of His
Girl.

He Lost His Job, but Made Sure of His
Girl.
An actress who has toured iii Eng
land told me tale that | thought in
terestng She said;
"ln play produced i'll the provinces
ttsr1 is scene in which the hero strikes
TIE villain, who sinks away without
seeking to defend himself
cone night in large manufacturing
town the young fellow who played the
deep dyed scoundrel remarked TO the
leading man before the curtain rose:
Il say, old chap, I've got my fianceo
out in front tonight with her father and
mother Now, of course they don't
know anything about our business AID
I'm afraid it would rather hurt me with
them if ! received a blow ard got away
in the usual cOvardly fashion. So, deal
old chap, can't you omit the blow to-
night
But my 10y, the management will
Gne me Shilings.
"'Wen, I'll pay the fine.
"Oh, yes, that's all very well for
you. But what do l get out of it? Moth
ing but bad name with the powers
that he.
ooh, well, I'll give you 2 shillings
extra, or, better yet, you hit me rs usu-
al, and I'll bit bacll They'll fine me-
not you, and I'll give you the shil-
lings besides. You see how I'm situat-
ed. | shouldn't like the girl to mix me
up with the character l play. Outsiders
are so funny that way
$50 the compact was made, and that
night when the hero cried, Sir Daniel
Deepwater something of that sort
base offspring of noble race, take thatP
Sir Daniel not only took that but
gave it back with such force that the
pit rose at him., including his relatives
to be by marriage, and he walked of
the stage in triumph.
II am sorry to add he lost his situa-
ton, but he gained his point. New
York Recorder.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05

The grisette was dying out at the be-
ginning of the second empire, but
bright examples of her still survived,
and it was impossible to look at them
without keen appreciation of their
strange attractiveness. 1t must be re-
membered that the grisetto constituted
q type, not class; that she was a gri
settle because of what she looked like,
not because of what she was She was
rather generally well behaved and al
ways handwriting.
She was a shop assistant, a maker of
artificial flowers, "a seamstress of hun
dred sorts, but it was not her occupa-
ton that made her a grisette She be-
came one solely by the clothes she chose
to put on and by the allure she chose
to give herself -Blackwood's Maya
zine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05
"Take 1t Aisy."

One cannot travel in Ireland without
perceiving that the so many horsepower
and perpetual catching of trains theory
of life is not one that is accepted by the
Irish people, and | do not think it ever
will be. Their religion, their traditions,
their chief occupations, their tempera
ment all of which l suppose are closely
allied, are opposed to it.
The saying, Take it aisy, and if You
can't take it aisy take it as aisy as you
can" doubtless represents their theory
of life, and, Tor my part, if it We're a
question either Of dialectics or of NOR
ais, l would sooner have to defend that
view of existence than the so many
horsepower one. So far from wise man
getting all lie can out of himself in OF
direction, he will, it seems to me, rig
idly and carefully abstain from doing
so in the interests of that catholic and
harmonious development which requires
that he should get little out of him
self in every direction.
One would not like to assert that the
bulk of the Irish people are "harmo-
niously developed. " But neither, if l
may be permitted to say So are the
English or the Scotch people, and as
in reality all three probably err by lob
sided activity or lobsided inactivity, it
still remains to be seen whether too
much perpetual catching of trains or too
much taking it "aisy" is, on the whole,
the wiser course and the less insane in
depreciation of the purport and uses of
life. -Blackwood's Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-05

One step from the sublime to the
ridiculous This is an old truism. 1t
might be said also that comedy and
tragedy are very near to each other-at
least so argued that prince Of good fell
lows, Nat Goodwin.
Seated in Delmonico's cafe one day
recently, Goodwin was entertaining n
number of friends with personal remi-
niscences of European trip. In de-
| lightfully ingenious manner he made
himself the butt In each story, and con-
vulsed his auditors with laughter.
Finally he said: 81 was walking
down street the other day-that is, l
was or another fellow was, it doesn't
make any difference. You don't want
to spoil story on teohnicalities. Any
how l or the other fellow was walking
down street and CHANGED to pass an ex
press Office.
1.-THE expressnan was loading his
wagon preparatory for his afternoon
round. OF sudden the forwarding
agent or whatever you call him came
out with a small dog
"'Where's he goingP asked the driv-
| er.
"'I don't know.
Don't know?
"'Naw.
"'Why the - don't you know
Now, don't get previous, said the
forwarding agent. L don't know, an ?
don't know, an nobody knows. It's t
up its tag, that's the reason.
His auditors laughed, but Goodwin
drew long face. "Isay it's pathetic,
he remarked. "Think of the position of
that dog. in thoughtless moment he
destroyed his own identity. It's a tral
edy in real life New York Herald.