TTrCE ST. PAUL DAILYGLOBE, ' STOTDAY MOHOT.TG. DECEMBER 26, 1886 -SIXTEEN PAGES'. 7

ABom BUM MANIAC. I

Pear That the Czar, in a Pit of DeliriumTremens, Will Precipitate

a War.

The Eussian Ruler Afraid of the Nihilistsand Snspici ms Even of

His Family.

The Snow Storm in Germany a -Veritable Blessing to the

Poor,-—- .Who Secured Needed Work in the .

Way of Street tle#ning* —Belgium. .

Loxdox, Dec. 35.— The. Vienna, cor- 'respondent of the Times says that Austrian jstatesmen declare that the maintenance ofpeace is entirely dependent upon the actionof the czar, and. as he drinks, deliriumtret-tins may at any moment cause him tocommit an act of folly which would precipitate a war. Austria must be ready forsuch a contingency. The Pesther Lloyd .says that the czar fear of the nihilists isexcessive, and that- he is suspicious ofeverybody with whom he conies in contact, \including even his own wife and children. j

THE BEUI.I.N' BUDGET.

The Snow Sioitn and Blockade a .God-tend to the Unemployed.

Berlin*. Dec. 25.—Although the railway |service was restored yesterday morning, ;traffic is still seriously blocked, especially jin connection with ' Christmas delivery. jHowever the snow storm was a Godsend to jthe unemployed- Thousands of men are |employed in clearing the streets of Berlin. 'For this work they receive 311 marks per |day. The trains were running all last Jnight and the streets were lively with jtraffic. The thaw is only partial. The jweather is pleasant. Advices from Saxony jand Silesia say that much work was sus- !pended during the snow storm. In the jmines of Silesia the men Were compelledto stop work. In Nuremberg the snow isthree feet deep. A number of

TRAINS WERE SNOWED VPand passengers suffered great privation be-fore being released. Emperor William hasnot been able to drive out iv his carriagesince Sunday. He nad Christmas gifts sentto the palace. The crown, prince andprincess made daily visits to the stores forthe purpose of selecting Christmas gifts,and were followed from place to place by amob of onlookers. The official press hasabated its attack upon the Center party,while predicting the acceptance of the mili-tary bill without delay when the reichstag

reopens. The report that there is a com-plete entente between the government andthe leaders of the Center finds general be-lief. The state Of siege is being severelyenforced in Frankfort. Letters from social-ists of that city say that even the possessionof prohibited publications is deemed suffi-cient cause for arrest, without proof thatthe person arrested is connected with asecret society. The official press defendsthe present measures on the ground thatdiscoveries have been made of anarchistplots in industrial centers. They say thatsince the murder of Officer Rumpff byLieske. the p.lice of Frankfort have tracedthe ramifications of an anarchist conspiracyto these centers.

Minister Yon Puttkamer's circular di-recting the authorities to prosecute personsfound circulating forbidden .publications isconstrued by the police to include personswho circulate such works without knowl-edge of their contents. The progressionist

Sapers declare that if the law is applied as[err Yon Puttkamer directs,

LIBERTY OF THE PRESSthroughout Germany will be suppressed,even political economists being debarredfrom a free exposition of socialist theories.The papers point out that an evil-disposedcommissary of police can arbitrarily arrestmen who have no relation with socialism,

and they assert . that virtually Herr YonPutlkainer is trying to establish a politicalinquisition with an index expurgatorius.Herr Exner, the agent of a syndicate com-posed of the Deutsche bank, the Discountocompany and Herr Krupp, has arrived herefrom China, whither he was sent to en-deavor to secure railway construction fromthe Pekin government. He reported thathe had not obtained the required contract,

but that he was promisedA SHARE OF THE WORK

when the government railway schemes areripe. Baron ' Schienitz, " governor ofGer-man New Guinea, has sent from Hoon baya specimen of gold quartz, which givespromise that a rich field has been discov-ered. The German Goethe society willsoon issue a second series of memoirs.The work will contain Goethe's letters toFrau You Steinherder and extracts fromthe journal kept by him during his travelsin Italy. Dr. Erich Schmidt will write apreface to the work. Advices from Viennasay it is reported there that a serious dif-ference exists between the cabinets ofVienna and Berlin. It is claimed thatPrince Bismarck is serving Russian designs

without regard to the interests of Austria.Herr Yon Tisza, the Hungarian premier,it is stated, will soon hold a conferencewith Count Vralnoky and will insist thatthe situation be cleared up and thatBismarck be asked to declare whether Ger-many is an ally of Russia or of Austria-Hungary.. The Frankfort Zeitung says that a num-ber of socialists, including Herr Sabor, amember of the reichstag, have been warnedto leave the distiict included in the state ofsiege, by Tuesday.

Belgium.

Brussels, Dec. 25.—The socialists ofBrussels to-day opened a co-operative pro-vision and recreation house, and manymembers of the party gatheied to celebratethe event. The "Marseillaise" was sungand violent speeches were made, but fur-ther than this there was no disorder. Thegovernment is having built an improvedvan for the safe conveyance of valuablemails. "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 --,„-. ':.}'\u25a0

The towns of Liege and amur nave senta petition to the government asking thatthe ancient citadels at those places be de-molished. The petitoners say that in theevent of an invasion these citadels wouldfurnish a pretext for a bombardment whilethey would be useless for purposes of de-fense. ___ '_____

Hariington at iconic.Rome,. Dec. 25.—Lord flart'mgton, ac-

companied by Right Hon. Henry Chaplin,

a member of Lord Salisbury's former min-istry, attended Christmas services to-day atSt Peter's and Santa Maria Maggiorecathedrals. Lord Hartington will go toMonte Carlo on Monday. He will notreach London until Jan. 10.

A IishiTj- t-»c.

Paris. Dec. 25.—The Temps says theowner of a French fishing smack at Brieuxis suing the English government for indem-nity for losses which he claims he sufferedby the action of the New Foundland peo-ple, who prevented him from fishing off

'North coast ofthat province.

Shis Horses.Geneva, Dec. 25.— The bundesrath lias

passed a resolution ordering the frontier

guards not to permit the exportation ofSwiss horses. _

A Denial.Paris, Dec. 25.—1t is denied that the

French minister resident in Madagascar has

asked to be released.

Two Connecticut Meters of'76."""exchange. - •'\u25a0\u25a0.•

John Quincy Adams and John Hancock,

"the signer." married two sisters, thedaughters ofa noted Methodist divine in

Connecticut John Quincy was a favorite

with the old people, and Mary's choice wasapproved by them. So. when the banns

were published, the parent said: "Mary, ifyou willfurnish the text Iwillpreach you awedding sermon." She was equal to thetask and gave the text: "Mary has chosenthe good part which shall not be taken

from her." Needless: to-ray that justice

was done to the occasion and the text Not

so wi h Margaret, who in the meantime wasreceiving the attentions of lief John in avery inexpensive way. as far as her parents

were concerned, for it is said that "he nevercrossed his legs under tbeir festive board."

So, when the banns were published, shesaid to her father: "Father,- you preacheda wedding sermon for Mary; cannot youpreach one for me?" He at first demurred, jbut at last consented and called for thetext when Margaret who was equal to theoccasion, said: "And John came, neithereating or drinking, and yet ye say he hath adevil." . . - .

A ''Hish Roller'"" at Faro.Cincinnati Enquirer. HBSB

An unknown man, who is said to be awaiter by trade, has been playing a star en- jgagement at a gambling house at No. 125 jSouth Clark street for a few days pastand his net winnings aggregate about £-5,- j000. The stranger, who is about 27 years iold, of medium build and fair complexionaud hair, has been known iv Clark streethouses for a year. Until three months agoa fifty-cent bet was about his limit Thenhe returned here from Colorado, where he ;

is said to have blazed out as a high roller. 'After winning SSOO from 'two fifty-centchips he settled down as a jsteady player. One night when \u25a0

John Condon was dealing he won ja bet of §50 behind the four, five and six. jThe usual limit of the game was S4O. He Ilet the bet and pay stand and it won, mak- !ing §200 in all. Condon set the bet and ipay up and the owner, after hesitating a jmoment asked: "Can it all go?" Condon jreplied, "you must be the doctor." Thebet was not only allowed to stand, but was |pressed iSO. He won four bets of §250 i

each and quit Subsequently he increasedhis winnings in the bouse to between§9, 000 and §10.000. Making another trip !West he returned ten days ago. TacklingNo. 125 again he obtained a limit of §100 ito single cards aud $200 to §250 to double, iHe bought chips at §50 each and last week ]won nearly §20.000. Friday night the j"high roller" could not get "action" quick jenough at the limit and challenged every-body around the table to bet on jthe outside on the last turn. "One- Jarm" Schimmel went against him forawhile. They bet from 8 100 to as high as j§500 on a turn and finally quit about even. ;Saturday night he went to St Louis. Yes- jterday morning he was back again and oc- jcupying his favorite seat Before night he Iwas §4,000 ahead. After supper he began Ilosing, and after playing until 9 o'clock 'this morning, got up from the table 810,- !000 loser, or §6,000 worse off than when he ]began Monday morning. During the nighthe made two remarkable plays. In thefirst he ran one $50 check up to §3,500, andin the second iie ran two §50 checks up to$4,750. Towards morning he became im-patient and bantered Schimmel to "sizeup" on last turns. Luck was against him,and from a beginning of one check Schim-mel beat him out of bets of §200. §300.§500 and 81.000. He also called turns suc-cessfully for from .150 to 8300. But torthese losses he would quit ahead on theday. The play was the most sensationalthat has occurred in Chicago since CurtGunn lost 14.000 against Pat Sheedy'sgame last winter. —•\u25a0

He Has His Father's Wits.Chicago News.

Master Stuart Robson Crane, the five-year-old son of the popular comedian, isevidently a precocious youth. At a matineein St Louis last week he was very muchinterested iv the appearance of a fashion-ably dressed beau who lolled lazily into thetheater and meandered with a mincinggoose-tread down the aisle of the parquet

"Oh. mamma look—see quick! What'sdat?" eagerly asked Master Crane, pokingviolently at his mother and pointing theother chubby hand at the nobby stranger.

Mrs. Crane answered: "What's that?Why. that's a dude, my devr." "7,

"A dude I. What's a dude, mamma?Who made a dude, mamma?" inquired thechild, his big blue eyes wide open and hislittle mouth agape.

"Why, God. of course —God made thedude. Robby," said Mrs. Crane, quietly.

The little fellow remained silent a fewmoments, looking intently all the while atthe dude. Then be turned to his motherand said in a confidential tone: "Say,mamma, Dod likes to have fun sometimes,doesn't he?"

The President Proud of His Wife.Baltimore American.

Mrs. Cleveland is a great favorite with anumber of statesmen and prominent men jwho visit the White house. The presidentalways likes to hear her beauty spoken of,and takes great delight in commenting on i

it. A few days ago, before the presidentwas taken ill. a prominent citizen of North jCarolina and one from Georgia called to pay \an evening visit at the White house. Soon jafter they arrived the North Carolinian re-marked to Mrs. Cleveland: "Isaw you onthe avenue to-day in the carriage." "Yes."replied Mrs. Cleveland. "Isaw you. too.and Ibowed to you." "So did I." said thepresident "but you did not see me."

"Were you in the carriage, too?" asked ,the Southerner.

"Yes," replied the president "Iwas sit-ting back, but 1 saw that you only had aneye for pretty girls," and he gave an ain't-you-sweet look at his wife, and all theparty laughed.

Deaths nt M. i.ouis.St. Louis. Dec. 25.—John Moffatt one

of the best known temperance workers Inthe country, died here to-day. Mr. Moffattwas corresponding secretary of the Chris-tian Temperance union and general agentof the Temperance Benevolent associations.He was born in Glasgow. Scotland, in IS2B,but came to Canada early in life. Hemoved to Mount Eagle, Term., inISG9, andcame to St Louis a few years ago. Hewas a nephew ofthe famous missionary,Robert Moffatt and was a cousin by mar-riage ofLivingstone, the African explorer.Capt. George H. Rea. one of the oldeststeamboat men in the West, and forseveralyears president and large owner of the Mis-sissippi Valley Transportation company,died at his residence here yesterday, aged 70.Capt. Rea was also a state senator for years,a member of the board of directors of theMissouri Pacific railway, and at one timewas well known in the East and was oneofSt Louis' wealthy men.

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A Poet's ' recocion. Offspring.Pittsburg Dispatch.

Juanita Miller, the six-year-old daughterof Joaquin Miller, the poet, is an unusuallyinteresting little maiden, gifted by naturewith a truly remarkable memory. She canrepeat, without changing or misplacing asingle word, every line which her fatherhas ever written. This is not done in par-rot fashion, as would be the case with most jchildren. Her declamation is clear, com- 1prehensive and charming in every respect.

| She has a quaint manner and an odd vay j

! of making observations upon people and Ithings which evinces thought far beyondher years. As a matter of course, she is ithe special pride and admiration of herfather, who never tires of descanting uponher perfections and achievements. Juanitaand her mother are passing the winter with .

: Joaquin Miller at his log cabin, beyond the I! Boundary and Sixteenth street Wash-; ington. '

Editor Reid's Prevent.

New York, Dec. 25.—0n Christmas j| eve the Tribune printers took advantage of 'j the season to mark their approbation of ji the pleasant relations existing betwen them| and their employer by giving Whitelaw1 Reid a handsome crystal Inkstand with a j1 silver cap, set on a solid silver salver, with j

a gold pen and holder and silver paperknife accompanying.

A Ofnver Bln.p.

Denver. Col., Dec. Early thismorning fire broke out in the jewelry house jof M. J. Mitchell, and before the flames i

could be stopped. the entire stock was de- !stroyed. The loss is estimated at •.20.000,insured tor about §5,000. The origin ofthe fire is a mystery.

"—smothered While Drunk*

Jersey City, N. J.. Dec. 25.— JacobMurth was smothered at his home in this

I city this morning. He fell while drunk on

! his face and his nostrils and . mouth were1 pressed so tightly against the floor that he. was unable to breathe. '

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Tho Burglar Lost Hi*Boats.

j Idaho Paper. - 7* :

r We wish to return our sincere thanks tothe enterprising but misguided burglar who

• broke into our residence night before lastI under the impression he was cracking tbe

crib of the druggist who - lives next door. '!He entered at the window and carefullyremoved his boots, setting them down outhe floor. ' | To this circumstance and to thefact that we saw him: come in, we are in-debted for the first good pair of boots wehave had in ten years. While he was ran- |

sacking the house we quietly slipped out of !bed and exchanged our .old boots for his,and then went back to bed and fell asleep.How long he was in the house we do notknow, but the presumption is that when hewent away he took the old boots. Theyhave been missing ever since, and there wasnothing else to take. ._. V -

SLIGHTLY .MIXED.

An Old Section of the Country WhereFamilies Hare Intermarried for ;

more Than a Century.

The spectacle of a man* who is his owngrandfather is rare, but when this man isalso his own brother-in-law- he becomes avery interesting example of the eccentrici-ties that may be developed in family rela-tionship, writes a Wilmington, Del., cor-respondent of the "Sew York World. Thata human being can get into such a paradox-ical relation to his own family appearssingular to people who have never lived inthe peninsula and who know nothing of thehabits of the inhabitants of that long-set-tled and highly-respectable tract of countrylying between the Delaware and the Chesa-peake bays. '?\u25a0} -'

: *:: 7The dwellers in this sock-shaped country

have intermarried, among themselves to a ,

much greater extent than have the peoplein any of the New England states. Dela-ware and the eastern shore of Marylandhave contributed less to westward emigra-tion than any other • states. An infinitesi-mal proportion ofthe. natives of the penin-sula have. gone to near-by cities to seektheir fortunes; the great remainder liveanddie where they were born. Curious in-stances of the results of protracted inter-marriages are constantly coming up.

The most striking example is furnishedby a respectable family of farmers, bearingthe old name of Smith, living near Bar-nard's Wharf, on the road leading to Cam-bridge. ' Barnard's Wharf is a stopping-place for the Ericsson propellers that plybetween Baltimore and Philadelphia,through the Delaware and Chesapeake ca-nal.; The present head of the family. MarkSmith, is the father of a half-dozen ofboys.Mark Smith, his father, Jonathan Smith,who came from England, and Mark Smith'ssons, Tedrick and Samuel, all married sis-ters. The women were the daughters ofGeorge Hurlbut, who formerly lived nearBarnard's Wharf, but who now resides nearChester. own. on the road to TolchesterBeach. Mark Smith's wifedied ten yearsago. leaving no children. Mark then mar-ried his father's widow. She had been hisfather's second wife, and was only Mark'sstep-mother. She had a daughter by Will-iam L. Tilghman. After she had borneSmith a child he was divorced from her,whereupon she was wedded to Hurlbut thefather of Smith's first wife. She has had achild by Hurlbut To further complicatematters, Samuel Smith's wifedied, and hemarried Tilghman's sister, who was a sisteito Hurlbut'svvife. The climax was reachedwhen Tedrick Smith's son, Jonathan, mar-ried the daughter ' that his grandfather'ssecond wife had previously borne by Will-iam L. Tilghman. Was there ever a moremixed up family?

The most conspicuous instance, socially,of a long series of intermarriages is that ofthe great powder manufacturers, the DvPout de Nemours family. The family, ofHuguenot extraction, has been settled inand around Washington for a generation.Collectively the Dv Pont de Nemoursfamily owns 520.000.000 worth of prop-erty. Much of these vast possessions areheld in common, and upon the death of amember what he used as his share is dividedup among the rest 'In marriage, as inmoney making, the Dv Pouts are a closecorporation. - Rarely have they gone fur-ther away from the blood than a cousin fora wife, and the Dv Pont strain is as pureas that of a' Kentucky thoroughbred. Itwould take profound thought on the partof a skilled genealogist to figure out theexact relation that the present generationof Dv Ponts bear to one another. Of lateyears, however, the young women of thefamily have manifested a disposition to gooutside for husbands. -

The intermarrying, has been carried on ona systematic scale at -the lower end ofthepeninsula. The Dashiell family and theHandy family and the Jones family, inSomerset county, Maryland, are so mixedup that their family trees are absolutely in-decipherable. All three families are so-cially-distinguished and have contributedmany men of mark to the professions.Judge Handy is a member of the Marylandcourt of appeals. John H. Handy is a prom-inent lawyer of Baltimore, and every Meth-odist in the country willremember Rev. Dr.Dashiell, the late church dedicator, whowas as great as Chaplain McCabe in hisway. The younger members of the Jonesand Dashiell families are more mixed thanthe Handys. There is one ofthe Dashiells,a lawyer, who is his own first cousin, aswell as .his own brother-in-law.Another of the Dashiells is hisfathers half-brother, while anotheris his wife's brother-in-law. Oneof the youthful scions of the house ofJones, who Jives in Baltimore, has beenfigured out to be his own father. The ad-vantage of being one's own father will beimmediately apparent, to every reader.

Another curious case is that of theMoore and Bowen families, in Kent county,by the marriage into both families of a ladynamed Rash. She had two daughters,who were also first cousins. How delight-fulit is to have a first cousin for a sister!A third daughter of this lady is an aunt toone of her sisters and a cousin to theother, while her itwo sisters are aunts aswell as cousins to her own child. Thismarried sister, whose maiden name wasMoore, married her cousin. She is, there-fore, her child's aunt as well as its mother.Her cousin's wife was also her cousin.

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Preachers Are Not Always IntentUpon the Sermon Tbey Arc Deliv-ering.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.'"Iliad an odd experience last Sunday."

said one of the most prominent clergymenin the city. '."""1,was. in the midst of mysermon, thoroughly warmed to the subjectand was talking first to . the people on themain floor and then to those in the gallery,when I noticed directly in front of me arestless, chubby boy who insisted in leaning

over the gallery rail. Occasionally hewould get one leg : up as though he weregoing to climb over, and his mamma wouldmake a clutch at him aud put him downwith a 'bounce on the seat beside her.In two * minutes ** the boy would beagain in his favorite attitude of lookingdown on the people below.

"Anundercurrent of my thonght took upthe possibility of the boy toppling over andhis mother clutching at him. grasping onefoot and tugging with might and main todrag him back, while the fat man behindher exerted himself in assisting her to main-tain her own equilibrium. This stubbornundercurrent worked - persistently .at thisspectacle until it came to the surface in a 'climax that set me laughing in the midst ofmy sermon. Of course nothing of the kindoccurred. My secondary line of thoughthad simply taken up the merest suggestion jofa possibility and worked forward to aridiculous climax.

"Dr. Patterson told me on one occasionof a similar experience of his own. Hewas preaching a very earnest discourse andwas earning his congregation with him.when an English pug dog crossed the lineof his vision. Tbe dog attracted the atten- jtion of no one in the auditorium, and therewas no reason why it should have attracted Ithe attention of the preacher, but the !

; thought came to him that the dog had its jtail curled about as. tight as circumstances i

would permit. Then came the questionif the tall was curled once more whatwould happen? Would it not be possibleto curl the tail so tight as to lift the binder :parts of the dog and start -him walking onhis fore feet with his tall in the air? Allthe time he had been going on with his :sermon, but when this odd conceit of giv- jing the dog's tail ' an extra curl came over •him he burst into a horse laugh. ;

••The interruption came not only in the 'middle of a proposition, but in the middleofa sentence. . He broke off without pere-

: uiony into a- laugh .that startled himself: quite as much as, the congregation. . Oncej started, he found it very difficult to stop,! and although he used his kerchief and

made a pretence of having a paroxysm ofcoughing, still he laughed until the tearscame. Even when he started again on hissermon he found great difficulty in gettingaway from the idea of that dog's tall, andseveral times his voice trembled, and hehad to shake himself as one in a dream."

"Preachers have odd experiences ofwhich they say very little."said anotherminister. '"When I instituted my Sundayevening meetings Iwas very much gratifiedat the large . attendance of youngpeople. I attributed the large audi-ence, of course, to interest in re-religious services, and I took all the youngladies and young gentlemen Into my heartand praised them without stint for their ex-hibition of zeal. One night as I announcedthe hymn, T Need Thee Every Hour,' 1distinctly saw a young lady in one ofthefront seats nudge a young gentleman at herside. Three seats back I saw a young gen-tleman nudge a young lady." and five seatsback. I saw another gentleman nudge ayoung lady. This set me to thinking, andthe next Sunday night 1 gave out the hymnwith my eyes wide open, and, as I utteredthe words, 'I Need Thee Every' Hour.' Isaw several people nudge several otherpeople, and my notions of the zeal of tlieseyoung ladles and gentlemen changed. Theycame to church to be in each other's com-pauy." • . =r rY -\u25a0

SCIENCE IN BETTING.

Thine* the Professional Better audthe Bookmaker Keep in Mind.

Chicago Mail. 98S-SThere is, so says Dave Pulitzer, who

ought to* know, a scientific way of bettingon horse races. Like all other scientificmethods, however, it is bard to attain andnot easy to keep up. Horses, when theystart in at the beginning of the season, be-long, according to their merits, to differentclasses. There are the 2:20 horses, and the2:30, and the 2:40, and the three-minutehorses among the trotters, and among therunners there is the same sort of differ-ence. Bookmakers must have their headsfilled with horses,* with weights, and, be-sides, with a great lot of data regardingtheir performances and their condition.The outsider, because a horse is a winnerof one race, usually makes a favorite ofhim tor the next The bookmaker doesn'talways do it. And especially isit true that a horse whichwins several races hand running willbe-come a prime favorite with the outsiders,while bookmakers and professionals, forthis very same reason, begin to put theirmoney up against him. As a rule, thewinning of one race by a runner niakes thewinning of a second difficult; and, as racesare run. the chances ofsuccess next timedecrease in a certain proportion. This isLegalise of the addition of weight Theracer finally overweighs himself by hisnieny successes, and he then loses.

On the other hand, owners of slowerhorses trail along from circuit to circuitlosing races; their runners have weighteach time taken off until, at some course orother, the horse runs light, is in first-rateform, his owner backs him to win, and win

he does. The public does not keep thesethings in mind. The Doolseller and book-maker never forgets them. They are hisstock in trade. There are, of course, agreat many other influences besides that ofweight. Hard running and the winningby close scratches pulls the best racerdown.

The condition of the horse must be borneas carefully in mind as the weight

"Ifa horseman will familarize himselfwith all these things," says Dave Pulsifer."he can bet on . horse races and makemoney, but it will take his time. He can'tbet on horse races and win money and domuch else besides.? 12' ry

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The Itape of the Lock.Philadelphia Press.

Miss Delia Wentzel is 16 years old andone of the prettiest girls in Boyertown,being tall,' of a fine figure, and sprightlydisposition. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wentzelare employed as cigar makers, and thedaughter is a clerk in the same establish-ment. The family sat down to breakfast atthe usual early hour Tuesday morning, andthe father and mother set out for the fac-tory about 6:30. Miss Delia was a littlelate and stayed to complete her toilet. Hergreat pride was her wealth ot dark-brownhair, which fell luxuriantly nearly a yardlong down past her waist As she stoodbefore the glass there was a knock at thedoor. She opened it and was confrontedby a stranger. He asked for breakfast.

"Breakfast with us is over, sir!" shesaid, politely.

"Well, I'm sorry, for I'm hungry," wasthe gruffrejoinder, and the stranger pushedinto the room, seized the screaming girlabout t' • waist with one hand, and helda cloth soaked in chloroform to her mouth.

Miss Wentzel does not know what hap-pened next, but when she recovered con-sciousness, she lay weak and dazed uponthe floor and her rich brown hair was gone.The villain had clipped it close to her headand disappeared. All that was learned ofthe hair stealer was that he had boardedthe outgoing passenger train and left itbefore reaching Pottstown. The rascal hadbeen peddiing picture frames in the vicinityfor a week past and evidently planned hisbold deed with great care, even ascertain-ing the exact time when he would be likelyto catch his young victim in the housealone. He attempted no other violence.

mapSmoking and Ileart Disease.

Iron.In a report by Dr. Frantzel, of Berlin,

on immoderate smoking and its effect uponthe heart it is stated that the latter showthemselves chiefly by rapid, irregular pal-pitation ofthe heart, short breath, languor,sleeplessness, etc. : Dr. Frantzel says thatif the causes of these complaints are in-quired into it is generally found that thepatients are great smokers. They may notsmoke cigars rich in nicotine, but full-flav-ored cigars imported from the Havanas.Smoking, as a rule, agrees with persons formany years, perhaps for twenty years andlonger, although by degrees cigars of afiner flavor are chosen. But all at once, 'without any assignable cause, troubles areexperienced with the heart, which rapidlyincrease, and compel the sufferer to call inthe help of the medical man. Itis strangethat persons consuming cigars of ordinaryquality, even if they smoke them verylargely, rarely are attacked in that way.The excessive use of cigarettes has notbeen known to give rise to similar troubles,although it is the cause of complaints of adifferent nature. It is astonishing to findhow many persons with advancing yearsdiscontinue smoking. As a rule affectionof the heart has caused them to abjure theweed, In such cases the patient has foundthe best cure without consulting the med-ical*man.

\u25a0 s_iTrials of Fair Government Clerks.Chicago News.

The clerks ofthe interior department arejust now enjoying the mortification ofa de-scendant of one of vie F. F. V.'s. who hasmade herself very omoxious because of theairs she assumed. When she was first ap-pointed there was not anything in thebuild. to her taste. Her desk was notgood enough, her chair was not .comforta-ble, the atmosphere of the room was offens-ive, it was either too hot or too cold, therequirements of the office were too muchlike those of a boarding school to pleaseher. There was not an hour in the daythat she could not find something to com-plain of. and m less than a month after shetook her place she was not on speakingterras with any of the people in her room.One lady from New Hampshire was so ob-noxious that the hightoned Virginian suc-ceedep in getting her transferred to an-other room. In her place ; was senta very pretty girl, with a dark com-plexion, black curly tresses, and a quiet,deferential marfner. The Virginian atouce took her under her patronage, kissedtho girl as she arrived every morning andwhen she left the office at night. At noonthey would eat their lunches together, andthe new clerk waited on her ladyship in anhumble, gentle way. But one morningthere was an explosion. The dally paperscontained an account of a wedding in thearistocratic colored circles of Washington,and in the list of those who attended wasthe name of the new clerk. The Virginianat once made an inquiry, and the modestfillexpressed «r*at surprise that the Vir-ginian did not know she was colored. Thelatter was so furious that She put on berthings and left the department, while tbe

other clerks could not suppress their amuse- !ment The next day her ladyship went to jthe secretary and demanded that the coloredgirl should be dismissed for deception.When this was refused, she insisted uponbejng transferred to another department, '

which was done.

She Indulges the Senator*Baltimore American.

The wifeofa certain senator in Wash-ington, having for many years sufferedfrom the knowledge of her husband's fre-quent flirtations, has within the past sea-son or two adopted a novel plan, which inevery instance, so far, lias been crownedwith success. As soon as she 'becomesaware of the latest flame about which theattention of her arrant spouse Is fluttering,she invites the lady to visit her. This in-vitation, of course, the husband— falling atonce into the trap warmly seconds. Hav-ing accomplished so much, the ' senator'swife now contrives upon every occasion,whether or not it be in compliance withthe mood of her liege lord, to throw himinto the society of the guest Fickle andsuperficial by nature, it takes but a briefseason before he wearies of the constant'companionship thus thrust upon him andhis ardor cools in proportion as he sees theobstacles in the way vanishing out of sight.It would seem, to a dispassionate observer,as though the game were hardly worth thecandle, and that there could be but a smallamount of pleasure extracted from the repe-tition ofsuch perf ormalices; but if the wifeis satisfied and blind, in a measure, to thesenator's imperfections, it is of small mo-ment in what esteem outsiders may regardhis conduct, at least in so far as it affectsthe marital congeniality of the two.

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Sew Yorkers See a California Snake

Cbico Chronicle,

• Day before yesterday as two men, Rus-sell Smythe and Charles Catobaugh. NewYorkers, making a tour of California, weregunning In the hills east oftown, a suddencommotion in the brush a rod or so aheadof them, into which a covey of quail theywere following had just gone, caused themto halt They had stood but a momentwhen they were surprised to see a hugesnake's head reared above thebushes. ' The snake saw them andstarted toward them, dashing out histongue and swaying his head from side toside. Realizing their danger the menemptied their shot guns at the monster andsucceeded in checking his course and turn-ing him from them. One of the men, Cato-baugh, was in town yesterday, and afterconsiderable coaxing told us the above.He said he did not like to tell of it lest peo-ple would say he was a liar. He says thatas the snake crossed the open space in thewoods he got an idea of its size. Accord-ing to his idea it was over twenty feet longand its body as large as a flour barrel.

Afraid He as Lied On.

Arkansaw Traveler.The other day Col. Billings, meeting old

Sandy, said:"Look here, old man, can't you find work

to do?"'"Oh, yas. sah, plenty o' it""Then why don't you do it?""Does do it sah.""Why don't you buy some wood?""Does buy wood, sah.""Why, then, do you steal my wood?""Steal yer wood? W'y, sah, I never

stole er stick er wood from yer in my life.Look heah, colonel, I'se a member in goodstandi rf o' de church, an' yei's layin' yer-self mighty liable when yer come 'cuzin meer steal in' uv yer wood. Yer oughtener'spicion er ole pusson like I is."

"Idon't suspect you, Sandy. Iknowthat you are the thief, for Isaw you steal-ing my wood."

"Saw me. did yer? Oh. wall, ifyer sawme its all right Didn't know but some o'dese heah mean niggers had come er roun'er tellin'lies on me."

—a 'AhInnocent medium of lie venae.

Chicago Tribune."Why, my dear Mrs. de Simpson! I'm

so delighted to see you. And this is littleJohnny. What a charming boy! Here,Johnny, are some chocolate creams.

Mrs. de Perkins gives the little boy a lotof soft candy, knowing that he will smearit on his mamma's cream-colored satindress, bids mamma good-day affectionately,and passes on. Mrs. de Perkins' husbandis only the floor-walker at Spotcash & Co.'sdry goods palace, while Mrs. de Simpson'shusband is a juniorpartner.

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Lake City Wit.Chicago Herald. ,

The funiest things seven South Watermen ever saw were:

Red and yellow bananas growing uponthe same stalk.

A lake perch with a double tail.The hatching of six white Leghorn eggs

in a crate standing in the sunlightAblood lemon. -A cross eyed hen.Thirty-six sound ripe peaches in the first

consignment of the fruit from Tennessee.An oyster that built his shell around a

lamp burner. —_An Eye to Combinations.

Springfield Homestead.Going out in the car the other day Isaw

a bright little miss of my acquaintance witha library book in her daintily gloved hand,and, noticing the title was that of a ratherabstruse subject I said: "Why, my dear,you select very deep literature for yourreading : I had no idea you were so studi-ous." She answered: "O, is it? Well, 1did not know what to get and so took this,as the cover compared so beautifully with :my hat Did you ever see a more perfectmatch?"

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. A Question of Pedigree.

Boston Record.Little Mabel, 5 years old, is not so young

but that she has picked up some knowledgeof the ways ofthe world. She said to hermother the other day, after a fit of deepmusing: "Say, mamma, who was papabefore he married us, anyway?" "Who waspapa? Why, he was the same man that heis now." "Yes; but what was he to you?Was he just a man that you mashed?"

Did"* Recognize the Agency*Exchange.

A little four-year-old chubby-faced boysat clenching his fingers around a silverdollar at the Sunday-school service at theMethodist Episcopal church, at Tyrone,Pa., on Sunday, and later reluctantly sur-rendered it to a lady who collected the con-tributions to the church fund, saying after-ward: "I did't want to give it to Mrs.B— Iwanted to give it to the Lord."

Cox Entertains a Turk.New York, Dec. 25.—Hon. S. S. Cox

entertained at bis house to-night RustunEffendi, the charge d' affairs from Turkey.The occasion was the presentation by Rus-tun Effendi ot the diploma and cordon ofthe first grade of the Order of the Medjld-jie. which had been presented by the" sul-tan to the ex-minister on Ms resignation ofthat post. 55-SH

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A Terrible Punishment.Judge.

Mother—Now, Bertie, it's very wrong inyou to disobey me as you do.

Bertie Yes'm.Mother l'm afraid Ishall have to adopt

strict measures with you. The very nexttime you don't mind you willhave to go tobed barefoot . _ \u25a0

\u25a0 1—Delegate Gifford is expected home fromWashington in a few days, but it is not knownexactly what calls him back so unexpectedly.

It Is possible be is coming to see why c\ c ofhis Canton organs, the News, talks in thisway of the Huron governor: "Verily, V.man Mellette Is possessed of moro st upend* is

oheek than was ever before accorded to tnordinary human being, but although his bom-bastic splurges in the shape of "proclama- .tions" and "calls" may tickle bis inordinatevanity considerably, his persistent attemptsto usurp the prerogatives of the governor ofDakota are altogether too silly to be humor-ous, and are only creating extreme disgust inthe mind of every man possessed of evenordinary intelligence. Surely It is time thisChild play "we-are-a-state" foolishness wasstopped. Ithas become nauseating" .

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TOBOGGAN CLUBS!Awarning is deemed necessary for the best interests of the sport, as nine-tenths of

the Toboggans on the market are constructed in a positively criminal manner, the worstfaults of some being the use of ordinary wood screws for fastening (a screwed Tobog-gan of any kind should bj all means be avoided;; the use of materials entirely (insulted.to the purpose; a lack of the Proper degree of flexibility: improper proportions; insecureand poorly located hand-rails, and numerous other bad points. The novice cannot judgethese impenectlons until too late, therefore avoid the danger and annoyance connectedwith all such by purchasing those combining every good point which can be incorporatedin a Toboggan, and which will be found in Burkhard's new -'CLUB" and "EXPERT"Toboggans. These are endorsed by the Carnival Association, and it is particularly sug-gested that all clubs should adopt them and allow no others to be used on their slides.They would thus be assured of having Toboggans whicii will render this grand wintersport safe and pleasing to the highest possible extent. For full particulars call on orsend for descriptive price list, to the manufacturer,

WM.R.BURKHARD,Gun Dealer, and Winter Sport Goods Headquarters.

128 East Third Street, St. Paul. Y~~rv7*:

Attention, SnowShoeClubs.Burkhard has SOLE CONTROL in this market of a certain manufacturer's Snow

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