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Show sirivlar catenin sey snes aici ee TIT FRAGMENTS — | Gave Him the Knife. Several nights ago Col. Jerry Spillers, of Kentucky, went .to see Coquelin, at Mc Vicker’s theatre. The colonel had never heard of the great French , comedizn, and expected to see a per- | formance something after the style of : the try seat the minstrel shows which visit coun- | towns The Kentuckian secured a | near the stage, and, shortly after | performance began, begen, in an- annoyed way, to scratch his head. ‘“Liclzcr in this blamed ood.” ont le muttered: teke a man’s town is no | -“Blemed -efmit understandin’ | don’t understand this busi- ness. Say, wi.t’s the matter with that feller? Tal!:; worse than anybody ITever seed. Why don’t they make him get down offen that platform? Why, dang him, he can’t talk a tall.” ‘He's talking all right. you know.” “Whet! then he folks a tall?” ‘NO. He’s French, ain‘t our kind uv a ‘You say you can’t understand him?” ‘“Not a word. ‘Did you know befo’ you come that. you couldn't?” Yes.” . The Kentuckian handed the man a buckhorn handle knife. ‘‘What’s this for?” . les yourn.”: No, It isnt, ‘Yes it is,” said the Kentuckian. - “Phe fellers out in Allen county gave me (hat lnife just befo’ I left and told me that it was mine till I met a bigger fool than Lam. It’s yourn.”—Arkansaw Travelcr. ‘| ‘ ~ In ‘Endia. . There are enough holidays in India to mate a Roman go wild with joy. As well.es I remember there are fiftyseven legz] holidays in the land of the tiger. I- Was in one of the scaports on. one of these holidays. 1 had broucht together a large aggregation, for which | was to pay the sum of €5,000". on. that day. The vessel) on which they were to be shipped. lay at The captain sent ~ anchor in the bay. /me worl that my curiosities must be on beard by sunsct. The banks and business houses were elesed.. My natives were at the water’s edo, and their friends, who did not understand were loyal to me, and as the Indian fears the Afghan as a Texes/stecr fears a ‘‘norther,” Afghans on guard while I put I went ie. ~~ Se ~ Tym would he be a prince in Chicago, or how long would he be the possessor of a haren: cr of his fortune if a colony bankers, down for upon Canada?— Chicago Times, —~ ee ~ 4a es There isn new to towi size. ‘ before eee Tmmense which instance, him from, Stone. paving stone breaks the ‘The stone forming come record for the sidewalk the Vanderbilt mansion, avenue, has) hitherto held drew in leave the odor of the beverage, and can be used any time or place with propriety.” . ‘How are they flavored?” he repeated. “sake a quantity of whatever rand of tobacco you prefer and. place itina jar of brandy. Let it soak for a short time. Pouroff the brandy and partially dry the tobacco. Put it ina rubber pouch or anything that will retain the moisture. Brandy, you know, will burn under any circumstances, and burnt brandy is more intoxicating than the raw material. Roll the cigarctte out of the moist tobacco and you have it. “Just try one,” continued the new kind of drunkard, rolling one of the deceptive little packages and handing it to the doubting reporter. As if it were: harmless, a match was applied and the reporter drew in about one ard of smoke. That one was enough. nan instant every nerve seemed to be unstrung. The head grew light and dizzy, while.the people in_ the rotunda suddenly began ‘to stand on their heads and sit beneath their chairs. The Boston’ man, with what looked like a demoniacal’ grin, murmured something about ‘its being pleasant,” but the reporter went out to cool his brow against a lamppost.—Chicago Tribune. Planting with T00 in the 1, for it is Fredericl: Vanderbilt who has had the new one brought to New York, and it will be placed in front of liis house. It is fiiteen feet wide and twenty feet long. It was quarricd at Oxford, Chenango county, and transported to this city on a special cer. Superintendent. William Buchanan, of the New York Central road, designed theecar, and, according to an account published yesterday, showed great ingenuity in overcoming the meny difficulties of his task. Nothing can be earried.on the Central that is wider than ten or higher than fourteen feet, but Mr. Buchanan applied mathematics to the puzzle of handling a mocs fiftec:: feet wide. He put the stonc on cdge xt such an angle that its breadth and height accommodated themselves to the limits, broucht it in safety to the city, and received the well deserved congratulations of hi > friends.—New York Tribune. ; WEEKLY. David R. Root, the artist, substantiated | bet of $5 with another young man that oN the main points of her story, but Wil- he could put two regulation billiard balls liams was cold’ as steel. Once she ad- | in his mouth at the same time. He ac-’ vanced and said, “Charles, be a man and complished the feat, but is now a sadder Romances. LONG acknowledge that you promised to marry me.’ “I never made such a promise,” was his answer. “You lie!” Miss Haffa said, quietly adding: “Think TO. WAIT. A tragic-comic romance lately occurred at Buda-Pesth. <A stripling ofseventeen fellin love with a girl three years his Junior, and the children were in such despair at having to wait so long before they could get married that they decided to commit suicide. After kissing and hugging each other, the couple repaired to the Danube, and with a fortitude worthy of a better cause the girl jumped in. Fortunately she could swim, and availed herselt iully of her capabilities who conducted pistol shots at himself, but none of them iook effect, and a quarter of an hour later the young folks were handed over to their respective parents. - — es AN AMERICAN. BARONESS. Freiher von Zedlitz undy her to the her reproachful cab, but kept 4 <i> +> preme court of New York, before Judge in the Fifteenth the Holstein Uhlans. THE His Last CROWN PRINCE. Letter. Ceremonies in London. Full Account of his Deata, The Nation publishes the letter written by Crown Prince Rudolph asshort time before his death to Von Senegenyi an attache of the Imperial household, whom he plants In the clefts of the rock, with covers. days, it ceeurred to to account, the village was ornuribor of eanisters The Canisters were filled vith ull sorts of suitable tree seeds. he cannon was loaded, and the canisters were fired up against the high a and this was late Charles Y. Roosevelt, who was appointed In 1883 her father died, and al- ter his death, in company with her mother, she traveled a great deal, and last year, at a grand ball at Baden Baden, she met the baron, It was a caseof love at first sight.—N. Y. World. ea The True eee res ene and the False, will find REQUIEM ionable society, was recently committed to an insane asylum near Bridesburg, Pa She had been arrested on the complaint | proposed and that the lafter. his was accepted, marriage graduation. agreeing should take place By that time, however, he had changed his plans and 'co'dly said that the marriage could not | take place. Williams then left the city, | but returned about a year ago and the | young woman begaito haunt his foot- took |.cr stand before his leden truck which texcd the The child Office door, sayirg that she would not strength to the utmest. started for the opposite sidewalk, but leave until he had kept his pledge. She stopped hesitatingly on seeing the | remained seven hours without food or wagon. With a loud *“‘Whoat” the | drink. Her persistency angered Williams driver pulled up his horses, and with ,and he had her arrested. Afterwards asmile lighting up his rugged face waved his whip, motioning for the | she was released, being sane apparently little follow to proceed. The boy ran |on all other subjects, but again took her across the street, and, turning around stand before his place of business. She when he reached the pavement, stood i'was again arrested and after a hearing for an instant watching the horses as ‘was committed to the asylum. The they tugged and strained to start their heavy load again. . Then he raised his hearing was most dramatic. Miss Haffa’s hands to his lips and wafted a kiss at affliction had not robbed her of her the driver. who lifted his hat with beauty, and her gentle manner, added to courtly grace and then wafted back her exquisite dress and modesty, enlisted the little love messenger. Then there kisses rolled man toddled on toward store.— Chicago ‘i'ribune. candy down She general sympathy. coursing down her the street and the little gentle... with Dr. Williams the protesting her love Her mother, who track shady nook to witness the garded effect as a noise, the on my papers, the ar- MASS IN LONDON. rail- retired to result. a Re-_ was mag- nificent and suggestive of artillery.. The car stopped, and asmall crowd soon. sur- rounded it and the female urgent business socialist had elsewhere. It was Rocky a served to frighten a most effectually.— Mountain News, A Revelation. a long | sentence in Ella now Joilet for complicity in the great Rock Island train robbery and murder of Express Messenger Kellogg Nichols, was made public on Monday. According to Mrs. Schwartz, her husband gave her $13,000 of. the stolen money which she concealed by rolling the bills up one at a time and This packing them in cartridge shells. money, it is alleged was subsequently on an order from Schwartz turned over to Prince was celebrated on Tuesday. The Prince of Wales, Prince Christian, Col. Prince Henry Detective W. A. Pinkerton is printed re- of Battenberg, Salisbury and the Russian, French, German, Turkish and Belgian representatives attended the services. si The requiem services for the Austrian Crown Prince were held in Paris, Rome, Corstantinople, Sofia and The Hague, which were attended by the representatives of the sovereigns, Papal Nuncios, The Munich correspondent of the ing story of the Crown Prince Rudolph’s death: On the day of the. shooting a Baroness, whose name given, but who 1s described gamekeeper the late Judge Haffa, of the federal court at Vicksburg, Miss., and a belle in fash- | steps. horses’, ° were further interchanges of and smiles, and the wegon the is W. P. Bowman Schwartz’s lawyer. of An Philadelphia. interview with lating his conversation in prison with ° Schwartz and the latter’s comrade, Newton Watt, which,if true, would corrobor- ate in a measure the charge against lawyer Bowman. The lawyer strenuously denied the charge. Mrs. Schwartz was some time ago repudiated by her husband. She died of consumption within the past fewdays. The expenses of her funeral were defrayed by Pinkerton, who saw that the woman was cared for up to the time of her death, | not Italy’s as a beaut- and his wife. When Rud-. stant a Financial improvement olph had dismissed his guests he visited eondition ‘Miss Florence E. Haffa, daughter of of Dr. Charles N. Willlams,a son of Justice Williams of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, whom she was engaged to revisited the place, he was delighted marry. The couple first met six to find thet his scheme of planting by artillery had proved completely suc | 7&8Ts 4go. Williams was then a dashing cessful; the trees wore flourishing | young student at the Pennsylvania uniluxuriantly in all the recesses of the ae! and Miss Haffa was a browncliff. Youth’s — Companion. eyed, rosy cheeked beauty of fifteen, ocOn 'cupying a proud social position. wma pe his second visit to her home Williams ' A Pretty Scene. was witnessed and on Condition. ful girl, came to Meyerling and took up In the chamber of deputies Signor quarters in the gamekeeper’s house. Peruzzi, minister of the treasury, anHer presence was only known to the nounced that notwithstanding the con- face of the rock. They burst, and scattered the seed in all directions. Some years gfter, when my father yesterday at a north side street crossing. A 38-year-old child, with glowing cheeks and sparkling eyes, holding tightly clasped in his chubby fingers a bright new penny, was toddling with all the possible speed of his little limbs toward the nearest candy store. He came to the crossing just as a teamster came along with a heavily roads, serving you Daily News says he believes the follow- eyes, torpedo, such as purposes and abroad. and Central hearimg a tre- The death=bed confession of Schwartz, the wife of a brakeman Among other things, a certain rocky crag needed to be planted with trees, to relieve the grim barrenness of its appearance. The question was how to do it, as it was impossible for any man hair on - Dear Senegenyi:—I send you herewith Execute its provisions and those of my will drawn two years ago with the assent of my wife. In my study at Hofburn stands a small table. With the-enclosed key open the drawers and foreign diplomatic representatives. dark-brown creamy complexion, a willowy figure charming manners. She was born in city, but when four years old she taken abroad by her father, the amazed the is used for signaling entrusted the preparation| ‘harmless affair, but | of his papers. The letter reads: ‘number of ladies Requiem mass for the Austrian Crown years of church girl had placed a small American consul to Copenhagen, Denmark. Sine that time she has remained ; age, with 1s n.neteen passing menduous explosion, evidently proceedSubsequent from beneath the car. inquiry developed the faet that a little emperor. Miss. Roosevelt board a1 o’clock somewhat -|ing said to be one of the handsomest men in Germany. At present he isamember of the Ger- on were Presbyterian regiment of He is car yesterday whilst rangement of which I entrust to you, O’Brien. He was being sued by the guarleaving it to your judgment to deciae dians of his fiance, and,strange to say, what to publish. I can live no longer. he it was who suggested the suit. Remember me to all my good friends. The baron is a very handsome young Farewell. God bless our beloved Fafellow of thirty, six feet two inches in therland. height, a typical German blonde, and a (Signed) Your RUDOLPH. lieutenant passengers Broadway The World’s News Alexander Nasmyth, the landscape painter, was a man fruitful in expedients. To his mind, the fact that a thing could not be done in the ordinary manner was no reason why it “should be given up. His son relates the following interesting example of his ingenuity: The Duke of Athol consulted him as to some improvements which he de sired to make in his woodland seenery | Dreams of Dynamite. The << Neukrirch is the name of the handsome | ° a codicil. young Betman Baron who on the second day of February will lead a wealthy youtig American heiress— Miss Cornelia C. Roosevelt—to the .altar. The young baron was in the special term of the su- The other fel- low paid the bet. eyes fastened on Wil- > to Clemens The balls stuck in his same proved futile until finally an M. D. was. called in who, in order to get them out, was compelled to cut a slit in liams until the door closed on his form. é Omaha Bee. in that art. She shrieked for “help,” which was.soon at hand. Just as she was safely landed, her lover aimed three > but wiser person. mouth, and all efforts to dislodge the of all the misery you have caused me.” She offered. no resistance to the officials his mouth on either side. nan embassy to St. Petersburg, and enjoys the acquaintance of the German a Cannon. A pretty little scene Sass Paving he tions between the words, “‘they beat drinking all hollow. One of these cigarettes has more effect on a person than a drink of whisky, so you can readily see the advantage. They are less expensive, more palatable, do not salutes on great im to turn ticm A tinsmith in dered to makea hands, | offercd !:im a check, which he refused. He scid an American’s word Yann better than a check. Poor deluded man that he was! How long svcop as Current A happy .idea struck my father. Having observed in front of the eastle a pair Of stall cannon, used for firing required more formality than would have been necessary to get into the vatican, the young sport heard mie for my cause, and with a sort of Masonic ceremony called up his exchequer and in a few minutes the moncy Was in my Americ:n continued, a whili of smoke and let it out in sec- or Having obtained an audience, which should he to climb the crag, in order to set seed out for money. There was a young fellow whg lived a life of oriental indolence and kept a harem on the sly in one of the places near by— whet we would gall a suburb, I went out to see him with a good dea of pomp and glorious circumstance. of Cigarette. near Dunkeld. the situation, were howling for them toleaye me. J had a bandof Afghans who Fast Brandy ‘(This is the latest in Boston,” said a man toa reporter, in the rotunda of the Grand Pacific, yesterday, and he held up a partially rolled cigarette between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand. | “What, to manufacture your own smokes?” ee} ‘‘No; brandy cigarettes.” ‘Brandy cigarettes?” “Yes; they’re great. DPve been mildly intoxicated for six months, and I haven't tasted a drop of liquor. These cigarettes furnish all the hilarity I desire.” “Vos. away from him. My friend. (addressing a man who sat next to him), what is that fellow sayin’?” ‘*] don’t know:” “nen it has the same effect on you, I reckon.” ; “What has?” “The whisky in this town.” “Ldont drink ; “Auh, The WESTERN ra aes THE LT . With large. tears cheeks, she pleaded not to cast her off, in passionate terms. has since married her. The Crown Prince had been about an hour in the gamekeeper’s house, when a forester, equipped for the morning’s of the economic¢ of the country and the development of national wealth, the budget showed a deficiency of nearly 840,000,000. He proposes to meet this chasé, was going to consult the game- deficit with the funds at the disposal of keeper, .The window opened and a man jumped out and fled. The forester the shot at the man, who fell and being shot in the shoulder. fainted, He was recognized asthe Crown Prince. The forester surrmoned help and the Crown Prince was carried back to the gamekeepers’ ‘The Baroness supposing the Prince was dead, took something from her pocket, and before she was noticed fell dead on the floor. Rudolph revived and was taken by his own orders to his castle. His valet plied him with anxious questions, but Rudolph emphatically replied: “I have fallen and my nose is bleeding; go away. I wish to be alone.” Rudolph then locked the door and snot himself. The Baroness was buried Thursday in where other members Herligenkrausen, of her. family are interred. : ; The Paris Journal Des Debates similiar story, Rudolph was except that mortally it says has a that wounded by the forester and died in half an hour, that the gamekeeper went into and the wood and shot himself. The story, it says, is invented to hide the truth. Several have been arrested for repeating the rumors that Crown Prince Rud government pensions. for civil and military He said it was estimated that the budget for of $18,000,000. 1890 would show a defici ~ Z a> <i ‘The World Over. ————_—_—_—_ Ar Kansas City the people are wild over the Oklahoma country and a large number will probably join the “boomers” to the promised land. . A bill was passed in the Senate at In- dianapolis against the Whitecaps, making it a riotous conspiracy for three or more persons to combine for the purpose of doing an unlawful act while wearing white caps or being otherwise disguised A company of militia-is being held in readiness at Sacramento, Cal., to go. to Mono county if the Indian outbreak materializes. A telegram from this afternoon diate danger. says there the sheriff is no imme- Last week a great wind and snow storm prevailed on the English and Irish coasts. Lhe Cunard steamer “Servia.” olph met his death at the hands of the which arrived at Queenstown on Wedhusband of the woman he betrayed. nesday, was unable to transfer her maiis, Tt is asserted that the Crown Prince, in the tender sent out to receive them behis last letter to his mother, says: “I can- ing forced back to the inner harbor for not live longer.” ‘shelter. Several buildings at Queenstown were unroofed by the wind. - Done and Undone. Zanzibar.—-Hostilities continue at BagA Dickinson collegestudent the other gamayo and Baressalem. :Kiwiwa, the .| day, in a spirit of Braggadocio, made a. deposed kingof Uganda, refused the rite cereal ih econo a tee | |