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Evening journal., 1897-07-28
HELPING HIM OUT.
now n Wife Ruined Her Husbands
story.

story.
Crawley and his wife were at a din
ner party the other night, observes the
New York World, and Crawley, who had
been waiting three-quarters Of an hour
for the opportunity, suddenly burst out
with:
"That reminds me of little story 1
heard the other day about an absent
minded man who was going to take a
bath one Saturday night and"
"You are mistaken, my dear, " said the
wife of Crawley's bosom across the
table in her calm yet firm voice. ut twas
not Saturday night, it was on Wednes-
day night. You always get it wrong
when you try to tell the story; and L
think that even simple little story
should be told correctly if at all, and
you are so apt to get muddled on the
main points of n story that I'd better
help YOU out by telling the main points
myself, which were that the man was
very absent-minded and one night when
be had filled his bath tub full of water
preparatory to taking bath, his head
was so full of other things that what
did he do but plunge right in without
taking of any of his clothesl Those
are the main points, and now you may
go ON with the story, Mr.. Crawley."
And Crawley laughed lightly as he
said: II guess there is nothing left to
tell, my DEAR" but the thoughts and
strong desires that were hidden away
in the secret recesses of his heart only
Mr.. Crawley knew as they went on
their homeward way.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
THE coLoREp BROTHER.
Not Good Tenant for the soutbern
Landlord.

Landlord.
The typical negro tenant arrives alta
new home in a mule wagon or OK cart
with bundle of rags, frying pan and
a covey of children, and he stays with
landlord who may have saved him from
destitution by advancing provisions and
dry goods only so long as the caprice Of
the hour dictates, says Lippincott's.
Land owners who have sunk into finan-
cial ruin by mortgaging their property
have nearly always been dragged into
the slough by the effort to help their
negroes out it. The crop made by the
average negro farmer is subject TO many
contingencies besides those of the
weather. He does not hesitate TO leave
his field at the most critical season IL
pleasure calls him; big meetings he
never can resist and these take place
during the important agricultural
months Of July and August, first at one
church and then at another. After the
mules have been working hard all the
week in this busy season they are often
driven ten to fifteen miles on Sundays,
carrying wagonloads of men, women
and children, long bright ribbons fly
ing out from the heads of the female
members Of the family, whose hair has
been tightly plated and bound with
cords during the week in order TO pro
duce holiday sensation in an ample
psyche-knot at the back and a bushel-
like roundness in front; they appear in
fancy waists and big sleeves and regale
themselves and their friends with a
dinner of fried chicken, cake and water
melons after the meeting, rags being
good enough TO wear, hoe cake and
bacon good enough TO eat during the
week. Like his African ancestors, the
American negro is miserable without
Publications and feastings; if he can
have them he win do hard job of work
| between times.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
woMAN's SOPRANO VOICE.
why She Can Reach Much Higher
Tones Thnn IL Possible for Man.

why She Can Reach Much Higher
Tones Thnn Is Possible for Man.
The scientist who discovered in the
human larynx the anatomical reason
why woman has soprano voice and a
man a bass one was a woman, Mrs.
Emma Seller, says the Philadelphia
Times. She was German. born in
Wurtzburg. Left a widow with two
children to support, she resolved TO be-
come a teacher of singing, but sudden
ly lost her voice. Then she determined
to find out why; also TO discover the cor
rect method of singing, so that others
might not lose their voices. For this
purpose she studied anatomy. She dis
sected larynx after larynx and spent
years in her search, trying to find for
one thing why women's head tones
could reach high c while men had no
soprano tones. At length her search
was rewarded She discovered under
the microscope one day two small,
wedge-shaped cartilages whose action
produces the highest tones of the hui
man voice. She made her discovery
public. 1t excited great attention
among scientists. Her own brother, a
physician, praised the treatise in the
highest terms till he found his own
sister had written il. Then he dashed
it down, saying in q rage that she would
be better attending to her houseworlS
Nine. Sellers portrait, a marble relief
Is in possession of the American Phil
osophical society of Philadelphia, of
which she was member. She wrote
among other books. The Voice in Sing
ing" and The Voice in Speaking"
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
TWO WIVES.
one Givea by the Church and One by
the State.

one Givea by the Church and One by
the State.
Italy enjoys at the present moment
the distinction Of being the only civ
ilized country in Europe where tits pos
sible to commit bigamy without expos
ing ones self to any danger Of punish
ment, SAYS the New York Tribune.
Since the constitution of the kingdom
in 1870 the authorities have insisted that
only civil marriage is legally bind
ing. On the other hand, the church re-
fuses to recognize this form of matri-
moniaI union as valid, and requires the
faithful TO go through the religious
service, venting its displeasure on those
who seek any civil sanction to their alli-
anee. The government has repeatedly
tried to secure the enactment Of law
providing for the punishment OF any
priest who should have performed the
religious marriage service without the
latter having been preceded by a civil
ceremony. But the vast hody of the
people in Italy are Catholic TO the core,
and would not tolerate any measure
which had the appearance of encroach-
inc on the rights of the church. The
result is that to-day large numbers of
INSCRIPTIONS people take advantage of
the condition of affairs TO have two
wives, one in the eyes of the church and
the other in the eyes of the civil au-
thorities. And they can do this without
the slightest danger of being called to
account or of being punished.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
Parrot Diseases.

Psittacosis, the peculiar form Of bron-
chial pneumonia communicated by par
rots, has broken out in Genoa, Il cases,
eight Of them fatal, being traced to a
single importation of two sick Bra
lillian parrots. The health board has
warned the citizens against harboring
parrots as pets. At Berlin the veter-
injury school has found that out of ia
sick parrots 54 were suffering from
tuberculosis. The disease is hereditary
in the birds. and is intensified by the
close confinement and discomfort of the
voyage to Europe
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
noninI of Largo Death Rate.

San Francisco. July 2S.-Returned
Yukonites deny the story by Frank
Moss Of Great Falls Mon, to the ef-
feet that 1000 graves at Forty Mile
post tell Of the terrible sufferings OF
the gold seekers. f. G. BowlSer says
that so far from being over 1000 deaths
on the Klondike during the past three
years there was nobody there to die un-
tn something less than a year ago. and
since then there have been three deaths
i'm that whole district so far as known.
In the graveyard at Forty Mile post.
which has served for all that section for
some years past, there are only be-
tween 80 and 40 graves.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
onh vnrietler OF Matches.

Among the odd varieties of matches
now in vogue are the "vestas," of which
the splint is a waXed cord; "fusees"
for lighting in a wind, with short,
thick stick tipped with large mass of
chlorate of potash composition, and
natural gas matches, with very long
splint for lighting natural gas fires.
In former days the manufacture Of
phosphorus matches was attended with
great danger TO the workmen from the
fumes, which caused a decay of the
bones of the jaw. Many persons We're
poisoned from carelessness in hand
ling them, and numerous confagrations
occurred on account of the ease with
which they were ignited. The "parlor
match" had its origin with the manu-
facture. in ls4s, of Schrotter's amor-
phous phosphorous. This product has
neither odor nor taste, is not poisonous
and does not take fire at ordinary tenn
peratures
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
Thc only ROYAL nalloonIst.

Only one sovereign in the world has
even been up in a balloon. This event
occurred some five years ago. when
Queen Regent Christina Of Spain hap
pened to drive near a field where some
experiments in aerial navigation were
being made and Immediately stopped
her carriage and asked 70 be permitteJ
TO make an ascent.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
Injunction Refused.

Louisville. July 2S.-Judge John w.
Barr has refused the injunction petit
toned for by Deputy United States
Marshal Lee Dudley TO prevent DR.. A.
ID. James. the new United States mar
shal. from dlscharging him. Dudley
claimed he was protected by civil serv-
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
ancer EnnernI Munic.

At a recent funeral in Vincennes,
France. the remains were those Of a
man past so, band played series Of
polllas and mazurkas and wound up
with the Marsellaise at the grave. 1t
was done in obedience to the orders left
by the deceased. lie said he had lived
50 years and had had a good time and
saw no reason for mourning over the
departure.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
KlondiI.e Company Inoorporated.

Newark. n. J., July 2S.-Articles Of
incorporation Of the Yukon Klondike
Gold Mining and Trading company
have been recorded I'm the county clerks
office The capital stock is placed at
S125.O00. and business will be commenc-
cd with 81 900. The incorporators are
Alfred I.uttman of this city and John
F.. Walker and Charles Dutton Of East
nranua
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
Cuban Insurcent cartnred.

Havana. July 2S.-The police of this
city have captured the insurgent Major
Mariana Aymerich at a private hospital
in Cerro. where he was undergoing
treatment for wounds received in an
engagement some time ago.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
sale OF a Coal and Iron Company.

Seattle. Wash, July 2S.-Receiver
Johu II. Bryant has sold the Seattle
Coal and Iron company to Murphy.
Grant & Co. of New York and four 9TH
ers for $4,000. The purchasers are the
i've creditors whose claims thereupon
the court decided were prior.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
corner Of Fourth and Shipley streets, is
prepared TO do printing Of every de-
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
corner Of Fourth and Shipley streets, is
prepared 10 do printing OF every de-
scIiption quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28

and Richardson properties have gone
over the ground and awarded the prop
erty owners rs cents foot This would
make the Robinson award 81 1892 and
the Richardson award S60750.
Evening journal., 1897-07-28
THE TWO AWARDS.

The commissioner appointed 10 re-
view the awards of the commissioners
condemned q righs CT way for Sill
sewer through the Robinson
Evening journal., 1897-07-28

Sew EngInnd's Cultivated Area
In 20 years the cultivated area of New
England has diminished from Il, 10000
icres to 10,740, 900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
GAGE WILL ACCEPT.
The Chicagoan willing to BECOME Head
OF the Treasury

CHICAGO. Jan. -. Lyman j. Gage,
president of the First National bank,
will accept the treasury portfolio in
Mr.. McKinlcy's cabinet if il shall be
rendered to him, he having as much as
animated this to friends, indicating
that he would consider it the crown
ing honor of a successful life.
II have not in any sense been a can
didate for secretary of the treasury, "
said Mr.. Gage. Il know that my
name has been taken to Mr.. Mckinley
and that he-now has it under advise
ment, but the high Office has not been
rendered to me openly or secretly, and
what is intended to be done hereafter
do not know
The rumor first heard to-day, and
which was current in Cleveland, en-
bodied the hint that Mr.. Cages APP
pointment would, in a measure, be due
20 his prominence in the ranks of the
gold Democrats. Mr.. Gage says he
will not accept the portfolio if it is
made on this condition. But there is
good ground for the belief that it is
not. Although Mr.. Gage is generally
considered n gold democrat, many look
upon him as an Independent Repub-
lican. He voted for Cleveland in the
Cleveland Harrison campaign, and is a
warm admirer of the retiring Presi-
dent
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
ONLY A MlSHAP PRE-
VENTSACUBAN COUP.
AN ATTEMPT AT CAPTURE
The Captain Generals Negro BODY
Guard Encounters Insurgents Ready
for Surprise In Town and
Suffers Severely in the Ensu-
ing Machete Conflict
Late Cuban News.

New YORK, jan 25.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: ''Eigh-
teen of Captain General Weyler's
special escort of guides, corps of Gu
ban negroes who enjoy the distinction
of guarding the person of the captain
general when he takes the field, have
arrived here seriously wounded with
machete thrusts. Several have since
died. From their accounts it is clear
that cary on Tuesday morning the
rete s. under Aranguren and Arrange
made startlingly bold and dashing
attempt to capture the captain gen
eral, which was nearly crowned with
success
''General Weyler. who was march
ing surrounded by the column of Col
onel Segura, entered the village of
Quatro Camiros on Monday afternoon.
orders were at once given that all of
the inhabitants should leave their
homes within two hours. The village
being deserted. the torch was applied
and all the houses, about 300 in num-
Der. were destroyed The cantain
general then proceeded toward Co
paste. sixteen kilometers further on
the road to sGuines Copaste was
reached after nightfall and a corps of
guides was sent forward TO recon
hotter. General Weyler with the main
Spanish column. under Colonel Segura.
halted some distance outside the viii
lage. The insurgents. at the orders
of their leaders, had concealed them
selves in the houses in the town
Their plans were evidently well laid.
and it is quite probable they might
have succeeded in capturing the de-
sired prize, the Spanish commander
himself. And in any event, from their
covert they could have inflicted great
loss upon the Spanish column, as it
entered the town unprepared for an
ambush conceived under such unusual
circumstances and in so bold manner
unfortunately for the fulfllment
of the design of the insurgent lead RS,
while the Spanish scouts were engaged
In the reconnaissance, the guns of some
OF the concealed rebels were accident
ally discharged, giving the alarm to
the royal troops. Before the Spanish
advance guard recovered from its sur
prise the rebels, seeing that their plan
had partially failed, rushed from their
places of concealment and attacked the
enemy with great fury. infiicting severe
loss in their resistless onslaught. So
bold, in fact, was the insurgent col
umn that it pursued the rapidly re-
treating Spaniards to a point almost
within range of the troops in General
Weyler's main body and easily within
the compass of a field glass, if the cap
tain general had cared to inspect the
dispersal of his own soldiers
Captain General Weyler spent
Wednesday night in Guenas and, ac-
cording to official report received here,
expected to enter Matanzas Thurs
day."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
SPANISH BOAT CAPTURED,
Insurgents Fire Upon and Take the
Comet ta and Burn the Vessel.

Insurgents Fire Upon and Take the
Cometa and Burn the Vessel
KEY WEST, Fla, Jan. 25.-The Span
ish gunboat Cometa, one of the most
powerful of the smaller Spanish YES
sells in Cuban waters, had been cruis-
ing near Cardenas to prevent the land
ing of tillibustering expeditions. For
some time the boat had been ac-
customed to anchor at night off
Sierra Morena. The place where
the gunboat anchored was favorable
for an attack from shore. The insur-
gents opened on the vessel with
twelve pound Hotchkiss gun. The
vessel was struck several times and
badly damaged by shells and while the
crew was in confusion boats loaded
with insurgents left the shore and the
Cometa was boarded.
A desperate hand to hand conflict
took place on the deck of the gunboat.
The Cubans used the machete with
deadly effect and finally, after the
Spanish commander and half his men
had been killed, the survivors surren-
dered. The insurgents sent the prison
ers ashore and then looted the vessel,
securing great quantity of ammun;-
ton, many cutlasses and pistols and a
few rifles. Two opick-firing cannon
were also removed The insurgents
then fired the boat. which was soon
burned to the waters edge
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27

WAsnINGToN, Jan. 25.-When the
senate committee on postoffices and
post roads resumed its hearing on the
Loud second class mail bill to-day, Or
vile j. Victor, chairman of the New
York committee of publishers, said
the bill was to the interest of express
companies and opposed to the in
terest OF the public which demanded
good and cheap literature He
called attention to the large
amount of government matter car
ried free which would, he said, go
far toward accounting for the postof-
fee department deficit and created a
general laugh at the expense of the
committee by reading "a newspaper
extract characterizing most of this
matter rs congressional buncombe"
John Elderkin of the New York
Ledger. claimed that under the pro-
posed law, such papers as the Ledger
would be excluded from the privilege
of being entered as second class mail
matter.
>. >. Mcclure addressed himself es-
pecially TO Senator Chandler'S proposed
amendments to the Loud bill. lie as
serted that the one referring to the
dlstrlbutlon through the news agencies
would have the effect of requiring
publishers of magazines to organize
their own system of distribution, and
thus both increase the cost as well as
decrease the circulation of their publi-
cations. Any addition to the cost
would render it impossible to publish
ten cent magazines. To advance the
price of magazines to fifteen cents
would be to cut the circulation in half.
Senator Chandler said he did not pro-
pose to press his amendment
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
THE MARKETS.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Jan 25.-There was
very little trade in wheat. few mill or
ders took the few samples offered at about
steady prices
Hard Wheat - No 2 79c; No 8, 7sc;
No T. CSC; rejected. 5O063c
Soft Wheat-No 2, 9Oc; No g. S4ISSc;
No T. 750S0c; rejected, 65G7Oc
Spring wheat-No 2 TIC; No s. 73Kc
rejected. 5S962c-
Corn-No 2, 17kc; No 3,171!c: No ATTIC:
no grade, 16H@17c. White Corn-No q
19c No. 8. 1S14c; No 1. 18c
Oats-No. 2. 16c; No s. 15c; No lac;
No white 17Is92ic; No ). 16Hc; No 4,
l5c
Rye-No q 3o031c; No 5, soc; No l. CSC
Bran-40041c per cwt sacked; bulk. &c
less
Hay--Choice timothy sS9S SO; No 1, STA
7.50; No. 2, $616. SO; clover, mixed. No 1, $
06. so; No 2, 81. 5oO5; choice prairie S. SO
@6; No l. - 5o95; No 2 S49A50: No
3 s3G35o
Chicago Board OF Trade.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
Khartoum win Soon Be Taken

LONDON, Jan. 25.-The latest news
from Cairo indicates that the start of
the Anglo-Egyptlan expedition of
Khartoum may be expected within six
months. The preliminaries are being
expedited and when Sir Redvers Butler
adjutant general for the forces for it
is 90 longer doubted that Butler will
supersede Sir Herbert Kitchener at
the head of the 10000 British troops,
who are going to stiffen the backbone
OF the Egyptian army. starts for
khartoum. he will probably find but
little to impede rapid advance on
this side of Rerber
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
Organized a Coup.

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The Posts Wash
ington special says: Republican
leaders of the Senate are organizing a
coup to seize upon that portion of the
Senate organization which still re-
mains in the hands of the Democrats.
They figure that they can do this bv
acting quickly after March 4, by rea-
son of the fact that the Democrats will
be short senator from Florida, Sena-
tor Calls successor not being elected
by the Legislature of that state until
April
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
GAY DECEIVER FREED.
H. G. Wilmuth, Alias Howell, Multi
Bigamist, Pardoned by Gov. Leedy,

H. G. Wilmuth, Alias Howell, q Multi
Bigamist, Pardoned by Gov. Leedy.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. Ex-Governor
Leedy issued pardon, yesterday, to
II. c. Wilmoth, alias Howell, alias
Howe, alias Hobart, and several other
aliases which he used to suit the occa
sion in his career as gay deceiver OF
women and a breaker of female hearts.
Wilmoth has been confined in the K an.
as penitentiary ten months on the
charge of higamy. He pleaded guilty
to the charge, March 81 last, and. by
previous agreement, was sentenced By
Judge Alder of the District court tc
one years Imprisonment. This wa:
only one case where he was caught
but the police records of score o1
cities show installments of his opera
tons with guileless women during the
last eight years.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
GEN. STEVENSON DEAD.
A st. Louis Lawyer Who Had Raised the
seventh Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 25.-General
John ID. Stevenson died at his home
here after protracted illness. He
was born in Staunton, Va, June s,
1921. He served with distinction in
the Mexican and civil wars. In the
former he commanded company E of
dragons under Colonel II. w. Doni-
phan. At the breaking out of the lat
ter he raised the Seventh Missouri reg
iment and, for meritorious conduct,
was made major general of volun-
teers in 1865. For services at Cham
pion hill he was breveted brigadier
general in the regular army, of which
he had been commissioned colonel. He
left the army in 1871 and practiced
law in this city, holding number of
places of trust.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
PLUNGERS ARE LOSERS.
Riley Grammar and Many Other Sports
Lose Thousands.

Riley Grammar and Many Other Sports
Lose Thousands.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-Such a dis
astrous season as that which the heavy
bettors are experiencing here is un.
precedented in the history of racing in
California. Among the principal losses
SO far recorded are the following:
Riley Grammar, 10000; John Cole
man, $50, 900; Hugh Jones, $16, 900, Abe
Stein, $4,000; VIII Wallace, SIC, 900
Barney Schneider, $4,000; Dave Gid.
con, $1,000; Ed Wallace, So, 500; Ed
Purser, 100000; George Rose, $40, 600
Henry Harris, SIS, 900; Coley Ullman
$4,000; Charles Quinn, $IO,0 900; Eddie
Maloney, $500; Fred Cowan, $1,000;
John Humphreys, $4,000. Total,
S2O6. 900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
Duestrow,s Money Avn Gone.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 21.-The share
of Murderer Arthur Duestrow in his
fathers estate has been about Sis, ,OOo
a year, but he owes more to-day than
he could pay if he lived twenty years
and should not spend cent. Not
only is there no money for further
trial purposes, but his leading counsel
Ex-Governor c. P. johnson, who re-
ceived Sc, 900, has, according to his own
testimony, paid out in Duestrow's be-
half So, 500 of the $4,000.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-01-27
HE is TOO EXCLUSIVE.
Congressman Complain That They Can,
not Get the Presidents Ear.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Yesterday
was private bill day in the House, and
the most of the time was consumed
with small bills. The bill to provide
for holding terms of the United States
court for the eastern district of Texas
at the town of Beaumont was passed
over the Presidents veto by vote of
144 to 6s. Incidental to the discussion
Mr.. Cooper declared that the President
vetoed the bill through a misappre-
hension, and that he had vainly tried
to get an audience with Mr.. Cleveland
to explain the measure.
On the occasion of his last visit he
said he had been informed by Private
Secretary Thurber that it would be
useless for him to see the president, as
Mr.. Cleveland had already made up
his mind to veto the bill.