Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES

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Commercial Travelers of the Protective Association in Annual Meeting, Various Hatters in the Interest of the Profession Considered An Old Traveler "with a HistoryElection of Oficers and Delegates. It is entirely within the truth to say that no delegate body has ever met in Indian apolis that dispatched tho work that came before it in a moro expeditions, clear and .business-like way than the sixth annual convention of the Indiana Division TravlersT Protective Association. It met yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, in Lyra tlalL The objects of this association are to secure tao - repeal of laws Imposing a license tax on commercial travels; to obtain as favorable terms on transportation and baggage as are given to accommodations commensurate with price paid; to elevate the standing of commer cial travelers as a profession; and to secure employment for members of the association.' The president, Harrison Sheets, of this city, being sick, the convention was called to order by the vice-president, Frank J. Noll, of Fort Wayne, with Geo. . Savior secretary and treasurer. Among the gentlemen of tne national organization occupying seats upon the platform were M. Silverstone, secretary, Chicago; D. K. Clink, chairman railroad committee, Chicago; C. T. Baker, chairman legislative committee, Philadelphia, Pa.; alter 11. Koopman. editor National Commercial Traveler, Louisville, Ky. The report oPthe secretary and treasurer showed tho Indiana membership to be 383, the growth during the past year having been gratifyingly large, and the Indiana contingent standing well in tho national organization, which now numbers 19,000 members. A balance of $03.48, was reported as remaining with 'the treasurer. Fred Schmidt, of this city, ir fj T l 1 1 I . Tl tano, Evansville, as a committee of audit approved the report of tho secretary and treasurer. A number of congratulatory letters and telegrams were received. Among them was one from Nathaniel J.Wright, of the New York association and another from M. J. Pickering, of Philadelphia, the national president. A telegram was received from the Kentucky association in session at Louisville, sitmed with the words: "Kentucky sends greeting to her sister State division in contention assembled. May you have an interesting and harmonious meeting." This .was received with cheers, and a hearty reiponse wired to the brethren in Louisville. 1 he deaths of members during the past .year number three: E. Q. Smedley, Ft. Vayne; J. C. Tidrick, Lagrange, and Albert Clatk, Ft. Wayne. II. V. Koot. Ft. wayne, chairman of the railroad committee, reported that some obstacles had stood in the way of rapid advancement in the work of obtaining fair concessions from tho railroads, prominent among, which are the well-known' Iirovisions . of the interstate-commerce aw supplemented by the conflicting constructions placed upon these provisions by railway managers. Notwithstanding .i r .i : i a . i u : u i in; uisauvauiages uimci. wmi;.u iuo tuuimittee has labored its work has not been entirely barren of desirable results, and live-thousand-milo tickets at $100. limited to one year from date of sale, are at present accepted by tho following railroads: Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. C, C, C. fc I., c, ii. &. ix, c, i., st. l. & c. c.. w. & M., Flint & Pere Marquette, Ft. W., C, L. & W., L, D. &. W., I. & St. L., L. E. & W., L.. N. A. & C, C. &, G. T., M. C, N. Y., C. &St. L., O.. I. t W., T..SL L. & K. C. and Wabash railway. George W. Geiger, chairman of the legislative committee, reported that the interstate-commerce law works much hardship trt rnniTriprrin.! travelers nnil fihonld 1 amended so as to aUord them concessions commensurate with the amount of business transacted. Air. Geiger said the matter is now before Congress, and it is hoped that favorable action will be taken. F. E. Nash, Fort Wayne, chairman of the committee on press, reported that all had been done by the committee that could be done for the welfare of tho C. T. A. in general and the prosperity of the Indiana diviaion in particular, lie gave a list of a numberof papers in the State that published a "C. T. A." column, and of others that had paid special attention to news concerning tho association. W. F. V inchester, city, chairman of the committee on hotels, reported a long list of hotels in Indiana and neighboring States -which rave reduced rates to members of the C. T. A, and transfer companies that did likewise. ' Ellis D. Gaston, Richmond, chairman of the employment committee, reported that during the last year there had been but ono application by a member out of employment, and that shortly after the application was made the applicant had withdrawn it and cone into business for himself. Reportswere then made by the presidents of the different posts of the association; Frank Kiblet. of Post A. at Fort Wayne: W. F. Winchester, Post 13, Indianapolis; E. P. Denison, Post t;, Kicnmond; J. p. Elliott, Post D. Evansville; J. G. Brown, Post E, F. E. Nash, Fort Wayne, presented for adoption a constitution and by-laws. On motion of Mr. Brentano this was referred to over after the June meetingof the National Association at Atlantic City and present it corrected, if need be, at the next annual convention of tho Indiana division. A delegate moved that an allowance of $25 be made to delegates to the national convention with which - -tn havA tiaiitfps nriniea. tne omeet ijeinr 'for the delegates to exchange badges there with members from other States. Several ' litem oers got up to oppose mis proposition, but Mr. Brentano was recognized by the chair. He said he was opposed to thi&foolish badge business entirely. That it "had at 2rst doubtless been a nice thing to make exchanges of such souvenirs, Dut.mow it was altogether too much to. see the members coming back with badges representing thirty-eight'' different States fluttering from their coat-tails. So the proposition was defeated ' by a unanimous vote. A proposition to pay the expenses of alternates to tho national con ven tion met with a like fate. j, r . The convention then went into the election of officers for tho ensuing year, with the following result, Mr. Gaston, of Richmond, and Mr. Miller, of Ft. Wayne, acting as tellers: rresident-J. G. Erown, Lafayette. Vice-presidentr-George W. Geiger, Indlanapo;is. tjecretary and Treasurer George B. Baylor, Ft. Wayne. Doard of Directors (for two years)--Aura5t Urentano, Evansville; Benjamin Starr, Richmond: W. F. Winchester, Indianapolis. Chairmen of Committees llallroads, II. V. Koot, Ft. Wayne: legislation, Bruce Carr, Inrtumapolls; press, P. A. .Lewald, Indianapolis; hoteU, Mark tkmntag. Kvansvlilc; employiuent, J. 1. Elliott, Evansville. 3Ir. Elliott, who is the oldest man in the . association, and the oldest traveling man iu active service, made a neat sneech. thanking the convention for placing him an the employment committee. On his next birthday, now near at hand, he will be seventy-nve years oia. Born in Lynch burg, Va., and reared in Lexington, Ky. he has been in business in Lransvilln hf ty-two years. At one time he was worth considerable money, and a number of the nourishing additions to Lvansvilleoncebe ioncred to Mr. Elliott, lie is genial and hearty, always in the best of health, and the loss of monev is the least ox his retrrets. Vnr seven rears he has been activelv on the road, and travels for the Ileilman plowworks t kronen Arkansas, a large .por tion of Mississippi, a portion . of LnniAiin- Ail southwestern Missouri, all southern Illinois, part of Kentucky, part of Indiana and part of Tennessee. Nine months of each year he is continuously on the road, and smls goods at over two nun dred towns. The boys are proud of "tho old man," whom, tliey all declare, is younger than any of us." and challenge any Mate to show a lite xong-aiitanceconi mercial traveler. Delegates and alternates to the Atlantic City national convention, which willjmeet June 10, were eiecteu as iouows: Delegates Frank Caswell, Fort Wayne; J. P. . Elliott. Evansville; P. A Lewald, Indianapolis; 1 C ?iJby, Richmond. Alternates Leo FctUltzer, Lafayette; Mark JI. Bosnia. EvanaviUej DeWitt E. Gilalth, In iLLsjizollzi U. B. ilonning. Fort Wayne. x:z3 carried crJinunously as tho sense

of the convention that Indiana present the name of H. V. Root, of Ft. Wayne, as Indiana's choice for tho presidency of the National Travelers Protective Association. Mr. Root made a brief and modest speech, thanking the convention for ia coniiaence. Mr. Silverstone, national secretary, in responding to a voteof thanks for his earnest etforts to further the welfare oi the association, said that the gold badges for the largest number of applications for membership were awarded to Mr. Wicchester and Mr. Saylor, and .that he now offered another gold badge as a prize to be presented at the national convention 1o the member in the Indiana division who will placo the largest number of names on applications between now and the 15th of June, Lafayette was selected as the place for holding the annual meeting in May, 1KX), and the convention adjourned. Around the Banquet Table. The complimentary banquet given by Post B, of this city, to the members or the Indiana division, at the Grand Hotel Jast night, was an elegant affair. The menu was elaborate and tie service in every way admirable. Hon. Bruce Carr presided as toat-mastcr, and announced as the fir.t speaker of the evening. Mayor C. 8. Ienny. Tho Mayor responded In a brief but hearty welcome to T. P. A., for whom the people of Indianapolis would always hav a kindly welcome, and hoped

the national association would, in the near future, be pleased to meet in this city. "Out Guests,' the next toast, was cleverly responded to by I. g. Gordon, who introduced an old friend of the association in tho person of James Whitcomb Ililey, who, a he rose to his feet, was greeted with a storm of welcoming applau.se. Mr. luiev said It was no less an honor tnan a delight to appear before such a body of men. HcKaidhe was a traveling man himself, but in another capacity, and did not carry the excellent nampies or the gentlemen berore him. lie orfercd a new sketch, the old story-teller, known, he had no doubt. to all traveling men present. The sketch was given in Mr, Riley's inimitable manner, the climax convulsing tlie audience. Governor Hovey was to navo been present to respond to a toast, but Mr. Carr explained that he had received a letter from him announcing a sudden Cull to his home at Mount Vernon, and conveying bis regrets for his enforced absenre. "The Preaa" was responded to by William A. Wllkins, of the Journal, in a brief speech, in which ho spoke of the commercial traveler and the newspaper as twin factors of civilization and progress. 1). K. Clink, of Chlcaeo, spoke to the toast "National Officers of the Association.' lie said he appreciated keenly the honor that had been bestowed upon him. and would endeavor in the future, as in the past, to do his duty by the assoeiation. August Lrentano, of Evansville. made a clover response tp The Commercial Traveler as a Member of Society," showing that Adam was- the. first traveler, his pilgrimage beginning with his expulsion from the Garden of Eden. He showed the traveling man to be a very important and useful member of society, and closed with a wish for the continued welfare of the organization, likening the commercial traveler to tea, which only yields its strength after it has been la hot water. John G. Brown, of Lafayette, president-elect of the Indiana branch, T. P. A., responded to the toast. The Youngest Member of tho Family," the Lafayette post having been organized on the 4th inst. He said - that the new post came, to the association an infant, proud of its parentage, but a rollicking little chap who will grow uo a useful and worthy member of the family. He said the new post would in a short time have a comfortable home, where pibrrims will bo welcome. They can look upon the electric-lipht, ride in electric curs, and drink - the artesian water which many travelers who have tried it have admitted is strong enough for any one. Frel IS. Nash, of Fort Wayne, spoke to the toast The Indiana Division,' and paid a tribute to the harmony of the three institutions the T. P. A. representing fellowship, the United Commercial Travelers, friendship, and the C. T. A. guardianship. He closed with a plowing eulopry on the three members who have died during the year. Tho speech-making closed with a few remarks from Mr. Root, of Fort Wayne, who is the choice of the Indiana division for the presidency of the national association. The success of the banquet was largely due to the committee of arrangements, Messrs. W. F. Winchester, P. A. Lewald, Bruce Carr, W. J. Goodall and Roy Jones. Visitors and hosts separated ct a late hour with mutual expressions of regard, and every one felt that the day had been pjeasurably and profitably spent. CHRISTIAN WORKERS. The Societies of Young Methodist People Form the Kpworth League. The Rev. W. F. Sheridan has received a letter from Superintendent Carroll, of the Methodist Alliance, giving him the result of the Conference of Christian Workers, which occurred in Cleveland recently. The conference was composed of delegates from the Oxford League, Young People's Alliance, the Young People's Christian League of New England, and two other organizations of like character. The purpose was to consolidate the church work of young people in one convention. This was done, and the new organization is to be known as the Epworth League. All the best features of the leagues and alliance named are retained, as is the pledge of the latter; but hereafter it will be optional and not compulsory. A convention of the Young People's Methodist Alliance is to be held here on tho 2d, 4th and 5th of July. Primary Snn'lay-School Teaeher. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the primary Sunday-school teachers met at the First Presbyterian Church, and spent an hour discussing subjects pertinent to the work. Miss Kirby, of the Second Presbyterian Church, conducted the usual weekly class, in whieh the Babbath-school lesson for to-day was reviewed. Following these exercises. Rev. J. E. Gilbert delivered a very brief address. In which he offered some excellent advice to teachers. He disapproved of the method of having responsive service alone in the class-room, as thereby the child does not acquire a perfect knowledge of the Scrirtures. The proper way, he thought, for the teacher to reach his or her pupils is to rely upon catechetical exercises and conversational methods. In this way even the youngest pupil can not only get the thread of the lessons, but ne will be enabled the more to mako it practical to his own life, and, in reality, this is the ultimate object of Sunday -school work. Another feature about the majority of schools. Dr. Gilbert thought, is the lack of reverence among the pupils. He recently visited a school in Fort Wayne, which, according to his idea, was a model in this line, for, onoe within the walls of the church, the children were allowed to speak only in whispers, and perfect etiquette was required. This, of course, had been attained only through years of training-, but once acquired, such a state of affairs was invaluable as a means of culture, both moral and mental. The Doctor closed his remarks by emphasizing his desire to see teachers adopt correct methods of instruction and strive for the improvement of conduct among their classes. The exercises in connection with the missionary and Sunday-school assotiaionwill be continued at Roberts Park Church this afternoon at 4 o'clock and this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the First Baptist Church, Kelleious Notes. Rev. Dr. Gilbert will occupy the pulpit at the First Baptist Church this moraine. At the Second Presbyterian Church services will only be held this morning. Rev. N. A. Hyde will preach. President Benton and Rev. D. R. Lucas wiil exchange pulpits at the morning service to-day, the former preaching at the Central Christian Church and the latter at Irvlngton. T-dav is temperance day at Central-avenue M. E. church. Dr. Ford will preach to the Murphy Club this mornlnsr. at 10:30 o'clock. Francis Murnhy is in tho city and will also be present at tf.e services. At Plvmouth Church this morning the subject will be "Mow Fragments o! the True Cross." In the evening tho monthly illustrated sermon on "The Transticuration, illustrated by 4The Transfiguration " Kapha?!; "Healing of the Lunatic," Dore; "The Lost Mind," Yedder, and. pit tures illustrating tho old method of treating the insane will be given. Francis Murphy, the temperance lecturer, returned to the citv last nijfht, and this eveninc, at 7:150 o'clock, wilt conduct a ineetin? at the First lresbyteri:m Church. He will steak here but the ono time durlnc this visit, and ho says he ha some thins of interest to say to those who havesijrncd the pledge. His sin William will to-nlrfit bejdu a series of meetings in the Methodist Church at Haugaville. The meetings will continue one week. New Iluftin Enterprises. Six more moneyea' men of. Terr Haute filed t with the Secretary of State yesterday articles incorporating another company that propose to bore for oil. The company bears the name of the Prairie City Oil and Gas Company. It has a capital stocd of $7,500, and a board of directors, composed of Max Joseph. Kustell It. Teel, Daniel Keibold, Cornelius Cronln, Frank Fishback, August Schember and A. I. Kivits. The Franklin Water-works Company was abo incorporated yesterday. Tho company proposes to put In a plant and supply Franklin with water by Sept. 1. The capital stock Is $60,O0O, and the board of directors is as follows: A. O'Ncil, J. A. Wildman and Joan B. Glover. Other articles Jiled were the Miniature Wagon Compauy, of South Bend, with a capital stock of $5,00O, .ind the People's Uuildlug and Loan Association of this city. Sickness Among Horses. The veterinary surgeons report that sickness among horses, similar Xa malarial fever, is prevalent, and that 30 per cent, of the horses in tho city are aftected with it

The disease does not generally prove fatal, though a good many horses are dying with that and other diseases. The surgeons sa' horses affected with the disease should bo protected from the sun. IVoc&l Newi Notes. Judge Elliott wa yesterday elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the May term of court. A special meeting of representatives of the Cathollo societies of this city will be held at the Grand Hotel this afternoon. The citizens committee appointed to arrange for inviting the National Encampment of the G. A. R. to Indianapolis next year, has been called ' to meet at the Grand Hotel, Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. Forty-four gallons of strawberries were 'eon-; demned on the EastmarVet yesterday. They were on sale by William Dinner, a stall-keeper, and had been purchased at Hitt k Co.'s Commission house. m r Award for Iron-VTork. Bids for the iron girder-work over Pcgue's run for the Union Railway Company were opened yesterday, and the contract was awarded to the Massillon Bridge Company, their bid being $6,542.60. The other bids were as follows: Pennsylvania Bridge Company, $(5,075: Columbia Bridge Company, $6,730: Canton Bridge Company, $7,000; IlauRh, Ketchan fc Co., $7,435.42; King Bridge Company, $7,680; Edgemoor Bridge Works, $3,214. ' Changes in the Mall Service. The following changes In the railway mall service of this district took place yesterday: John Baker succeeds James R. Collins. Louis Kern takes J. H. Colorinne's place, K. C. Rankin succeeds W. II. Ranb all on the Indianapolis and Peoria run. G. V.'. Stoneberger succeeds C. D. Otfdeu, on the Pittsburg and St. Louis run; W. C Livezey takes C. M. Hardy's Vandalia berth, and James Watts succeeds J. R. Sparks on the Bee-ltne.. Attempted Suicide. Abraham Shay, a physician living at No. 898 West Washington street, attempted suicide by swallowing a small dose of morphine. His friends gave him antidotes according to his own dictations, and he was finally put ou a fair way to recover without further medical aid. Despondency is ascribed as the cause for the deed.

LAID AT REST. Church Services Over the Remains of the Late ; Allen Thorndike Rice The Pall-Bearers. New York, May 18. Tho funeral of Allen Thorndike Rice took place at Grace Church to-day. The remains had been Temoved yesterday from the Fifth-avenue Hotel to the residence of his sister, Mrs. Edward Cooper. There it was that the pall-bearers assembled, at 9:30 this morning. The pallbearers were Vice-president Levi P. Morton,. "Walker Blaine, representing the Department of State; Gen. YV. T. Sherman, ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, Pierre Lorillard, Channcey M. Depew, S. H. Olin, Wm. Jay, Win. Y. pouglass and W. A. Astor. The remains were encased ; in a casket of solid rosewood, on which was a nlate bearing the name of the deceased, tne date of his birth and the date of his death. The casket was completely covered with flower. All these were carried to the church with tho casket, and other emblems awaited it there. Amoner the oifts of flowers was one from tho President and Mrs. Harrison. The funeral cortege arrived at tne cnurcn at 10 o'clock. The church was crowded, and the sidewalks near the entrance were also filled. Tho service was the regular burial service of the Prostestant Episcopal Church. Bishop Potter officiated, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Huntington, rector of Grace Church, and Rev. Geo. II. Bottome, his assistant rector. At the conclusion of the service the remains were exposed to view in the vestibule. The pall-bearers and the clergymen took up a position on ono side of the casket, and all the people, as they passed out, had an opportnnity to see the face of the dead editor. The remains will bo left in the mortuary vault of the church for a time. WASTED TO KEEP HIS OFFICE. . A Eascally Democrat Resorts to Thievery to Keep His Successor from Qualifying. Middlktowx, N. Y May 18. A remarkable case in connection with the postofhee at Coshocton, Sullivan county, has been unearthed. Henry Winters was the postmaster, and in March last, soon after Postmaster-general Wanamaker assumed his duties. Henry Inderlied was appointed to supersede Winter. The usual blank bond was mailed from Washington to Mr. Inderlied. The bond was executed and remailed at Coshocton, but never reached the Postofiice Department. Correspondence from Congressman Stivers, of tbis city, also failed to reach Mr. Inderlied. Then it was susnected that Winters was suppressing let ters from Washington and Congressman Stivers, and also those sent by the new appointee. It waa only by the iise of plain envelopes addressed in a disguised hand to other parties that Mr. Inderlied could obtain any information, and his second bond was mailed at another postolfice some miles from Coshocton. His commission as postmaster was mailed from Washington on the 8th inst.. but he did not receive it until yesterday. Special Agent Stewart, of the postofiice inspectors' department, appeared on the scene, and Winters soon wilted. In the latter's pockets were found Mr. Inderlied's commission and letters from Congressman Stivers and the Postofiice Department all addressed to Inderlied. Inspector Stewart took charge of the pocketed mail. Mr. Inderlied was put iu charge of the office at once, and Mr. Winters was taken to New York by tho inspector last night, the new postmasteraccompanying them. MARLNE NEWS. ' A Cargo of Cotton Catches Fire and Three Seamen Are Overcome by Heat and Smoke. London, May IS. The Spanish steamer Emiliano, Captain Bangoochea, from Key Orleans April 29, via Newport News, for Liverpool, has arrived at Queenstown with the cotton in her fore and main holds burning. The lire has been burning for two days. The ilames spread rapidly, and it was found necessary to jettison 140 bales of the burning cotton. Three seamen were overcome and rendered senseless by the smoke and heat. The deck of the steamer has started in several places. Large quantities of water and steam are being poured on the cargo in an endeavor to quench the fire. It is probable, however, that it will be necessary to discharge the cargo. Captain Murrell Eulogizes Americans. London, May 18. The British steamer Missouri, Captain Murrell, from Baltimore, arrived in the Thames this morning. Two steamers, laden with passengers, went down the river from London to meet the Missouri, and Captain Murrell was. given an ovation for his conduct in rescuing the passengers and crew of the lost steamer Danmark. The Missouri was boarded by the Captain's friends, and in a speech to them Oh plain Murrell spoke in hih terms of the kindness shown him and his oflicers and crew by the Americans. Every gilt button on Captain Murrell's uniform was secured as a relio by enthusiastic admirers. Steamship Arrivals. QUEEXsTows, May 18. Arrived: Umbria. New York, May 18. Arrived: Celtic, from Liverpool. Rotterdam, May 18. Arrived: Veendam, from New York. Loxpo, May 18. Arrived: Missouri, from Baltimore. Sighted: Stockholm City, from lioston, and Wieland, fronv New York, for Hamburg. The steamer Umbria, from New York, May 11, for Liverpool, passed lirowhead at midnight, May 17. The time of her passage was six days and three hours. Killed at a Railway Crossing. Fraxwoor. Pa.. May IP. An express train on the Maltitnore & Ohio railroad struck a niarketwacron loaded with garden truck at the grade crossing near Fulton station, to-day. James McCarthey, the owner," and his grandson, James Cumberland, who were in the waon, and the team of horses attached, were all instantly killed. Obituary, ' Mt. Holly, N. J.. May 18. Ex-Congressman John L. N. Stratton died this morning at his home here, lie was a prominent member of the bar in this section of the btatc.

AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

The Act Forbidding Natural Gas to Be Tiped Out of the State Declared Yoid. Special to the IndlanapoUs Journal Portland, Ind., May IS. Last winter the Legislature passed a law prohibiting the piping of natural gas out of the State. Chicago parties have in the past week constructed a pipe-line and stole a march on the officers of the law. Two weeks ago C. E. Hequemburg, of Dunkirk, N. Y.,carae to Portland and organized the Ohio and Indiana Gas Company, but he refused to divulge his scheme. The impression was given out that a huge manufactory was to be located at Portland. He purchased of the Portland Gas Company 25,000 cubic feet of gas. To-day he commenced, with a large force of men, to construct a two-inch pipeline east nine miles, and reaching just across the State line. A. J. Avery, an associate of Hequemburg, purchased a lot in the city and refused to grant the right of way. The Ohio and Indiana company at once commenced condemnation proceedings, and this, brought tho case before Judge JBobo, who is holding court hero now. After exhaustive arguments made to-day by John M. Smith, of this city; Kobert C. Bell, of Fort Wayne, and John B. Cohn, of Chicago, the judge decided the law unconstitutional. It now develops that Cohn, the Chicago attorney, represented C. R. Cumming, the gas king of Chicago, and a pipe-line large enough to supply the city of Chicago will be at once constructed from the Indiana held. Cal Brico and W. B. Howard are said to be connected with the scheme. The two-inch line was completed to-day, and Indiana gas for the first time crossed tho State line. This syndicate has thirty-live thousand acres of gas land leased, and they represent millions of dollars. CHANGES AT THE UNIVERSITY. New Professors in Economics and nistory Colonel Robertson's Itesignation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Bloomington, Ind., May 18. The vacancies in the Indiana University faculty, made by tho board of trustees at their last meeting, have been supplied and are just made public. The new professor for the chair of economics is Jeremiah 'YV Jenks, now an instructor in Knox College, Illinois. He is a graduate of Michigan University and a native of that State, and said to be one of the most popular lecturers in the West. He is also an author of note, having written papers of national reputation on the whisky trust; also, on the salt trust. For thedepartment of history Earl Barnes, , now of Cornell University, has been selected. He is a native of New York State, thirty years of age, and is at present assisting President W hite in tho preparation of his work on "Warfare of Science." He ranks as a brilliant teacher. For the department of Germanic language and literaturo Thomas McCabe has been chosen. He was born in Cornwall, England, graduated in London, and has studied in France, Germany and Italy, in addition to taking a three years' course in Johns Hopkins, where he received the def ree of Ph. D. He is now an instructor of ""rench in the University of Michigan, and is the reviewer of philological works for The Nation. Tho acceptance of Col. R. S. Robertson ns a member of the Utah commission will mako necessary the selection of a new member of tho board of trustees. The Colonel will not resign until after tho June meeting of the board. SETTLING WITn INDIANS. The Government Distributes $17,769 to the Remnant of the Once-Powerful Miamis. Special to the Inrtianaoolls JournaL Peru, Ind., May 18. George Litchfield, the newly-appointed special Indian agent of the Interior Department, who resides at Salem, Ore., is in this city making final and complete settlement with the Eel River Miami Indians, under the treaties of 1705, 1880 and 1809. The total number of those heirs and otherwise is only twenty-six, of which twenty -one reside mainly in this county and a few in Grant county, the other live living in the Indian Territory, to which point Mr. Litchfield goes this week. The total amount due the Indians in this State aggregates S17.WJ.15, or a per capita of &845.1U, wliicn is paid in cash. A number of the heirs are under age, for whom suit able guardians are appointed. The largest amount paid to any one family was that of Peter Godfrey, who inherit through the mother, the total being S4,'iJ0.75. Con siderable difficulty is experienced and delay occasioned by the absence of various persons who are,, away visiting, but the final and complete settlement will be made on Monday. Special Agent Litchneld's qualincations ana abilities to suc cessfully perform the duties are certainly manifest in the manner, promptitude and satisfactory way the settlement is being made. The expressed opinion among the numerous Indians in this county is that General Harrison is certainly a worthy man or their dues would not have been so speedily and satisfactorily adjusted. Twenty-six members and heirs of a once great and powerful tribe snow conclusively the almost entire extinction of tho race. ' BUSINESS TROUBLES. Assignment of the Almy Cloth Manufacturing Company, of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, May 18. The Almy Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of ladies' line cloth, has made a general assignment. The company's mills aro among the largest in the Kensington district, and employ about 400 hands. It is expected that the embarrassment will be only temporary, and that a settlement can be made without difliculty. The company's distributing otnee is in New lork. where Henr N. Almy, the president, and Henry G. McCouch, the assignee, were yesterday. The indebtedness of tho company is esti mated to be upward of $200,000, of which 100,000 is for borrowed money. The nom inal assets include hiw.oou in goods in stock and in process of manufacture, and the mill property, which is appraised at $200,000, against which there is a mortgage of 30,000. Other Embarrassments. Cixctn-sati, May 18. Upon application of three stockholders J mice Ontralt, this morning, appointed Emile Kahn receiver of the Waldumer Klectric and Magnetic Brake Company. The allegation is that the company has not made 6 per cent, on its stock during the past two years. The capital stocK is tfboo.ouu. Chicago, May 18. A confession of Judgment was hied in the Circuit Court this afternoon by Arthur B. Klch against the Western Arms and Cartridge Company for $03,051. The confession is on a judgment note for 5-00,000, given by defendant to the Park National Bank, and by the bank assigned to llich. Oflicers of the Conductors Association. Den ver, Col., May 18. The election of officers at to-day's session of the conductors' convention was the principal business transacted. There were two tickets presented the administration faction, headed by Chief Wheaton and Secretary Daniels, ana the opiwsitlon, at whose head Mr. Carre ttson, of Texas, fleured as the leader. The former were victorious, and the following ticket xas enosen: Assistant ifrandcnler conductor. C W. Wilkins, of Chicago: crand senior conductor. n. K. Clark, or Ogden, Utah; grand Junior con ductor, S. F. fcilvernall, of Denver; grand outside sentinel, P. J. Collins, of Alabama; prand inside sentinel. . Mundy, of Ontario. Tho member of the executive committee for the next three years is M. Clancy, of Scrantoii, Pa., and mem ber or insurance committee lor same time. W. J. Durbm, of Milwaukee. It was decided to hold the next session at Ilochester, N. V. The ques tion of the selection of a permanent location for the headouartcrs or tne order was brlelly discussed. Aujourncu until Monday. The con ductors take an excursion to Manitou Springs to-morrow. Would-IIe'jkj'ncliers Repelled. ViTritKZ- Miss.. Mar 18. From noun reelrirt here to-day, tho shooting which occurred at TrinA... W .. V ... . . 1. 1 LI 1. 1 - . . VI . mnn shot a man named I)iekerson. who has sinre die 1, culminated last night In a very serious affair r . . ' w-t . ui iiamsouuurg, wuere lgniman waa connneu iu the parish Jail, imite a large party of men were intent on taking Fighlinan from Jail and lynchiug Mm. ine sherilt ummoneu a poe who determined to defend the prisoner. Home

thirty shots were exchanged by the respective Tartiefl. but mlr on mm -wrmn1d- a vounir

man named G oss, from Troyville. GIRLS IN THE STREETS OP PARIS. v They Are Subject to Insult Unless Accompanied by a Chaperon e or a Hale Companion. Correspondence f th Indianapolis JourDaL Paris, May 9. As it is a custom of Amer ican girls to go. about the streets of their city during the day without escorts, they are very apt to follow that habit when they come to Paris. Of course, theTe are regular European travelers from our sido whe are acquainted with the various customs of all countries and adapt themselves accordingly, thereby escaping considerable embarrassment in their journeyings. But this is a special year, when fully threequarters of the visitors in Paris have never, till now, been outside their native States. They bring their provincial habits with them,nd are constantly dropping into situations in the most innocent way that are often very unpleasant. It is an uncscapable fact that the men of Paris place the women who go about alone gazing in at shop windows in precisely one category. They would not hesitate about approaching and speaking to auv young woman whose appearance caught their fancy. Now, as the city at this moment contains some of the fairest flowers of American loveliness, and as many of these are the freshest and least-informed beauties of all that our country grows, the unpleas ant incidents of the street that have oc curred thus far in the season would fill a book of adventure. I knew of one most estimable girl from San Francisco, with a glorious face, and a rather dashing style, who was strolling along alone one recent morning looking into the windows of the glovesbops along the Kne de Castiglione. She had only been in town a dav or two. and had hitherto gone about with' her mother, 1 1 l 1? . wuu i8 ier omy traveling companion, a good-looking and well-dressed young fellow had been observing her for a long time without her being aware of it, and when she halted in her walk and looked about for a fiacre to take her to her hotel, sho was greatly surprised when this young man advanced, with his hat raised, and. asked, in French, if he could assist her in securing a conveyance. The young lady glanced quickly at him, and not understanding what he said, stammered, in English, that she could not speak French, and that she did not know who was addressing her. Immediately the vonns man blushed deep ly, and became far more embarrassed than the girl. In the best of English he endeavored to beg her pardon, declaring that he had made a very crave mistake: that he was an'American and took her for a Parisienne. The girl really thought he had spoken to her under the impression that he knew her, and smiled, upon him when he departed, relishing the humor of his mistake. She was not aware of the true merits of the thing until she happened to tell of it in the evening at the hotel, and received some well-worded advice from a friend present not to go out on the boulevards without her mother or a gentleman accom panying her. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The chief constable of Toronto, after a full in vestigation, reports that Dr. Cronln was not in that city, as reported last week. United States Minister Ryan arrived in the city of Mexico yesterday. lie was received at the depot by representatives of the American colony. By the caving fn of the roof of a shoe factory at Detroit, yesterday, Wm. Bernowski was killed and II. B.Vincent and George Boeberitz seriously Injured. IsadorDeprez was arrested on the steamer Nonnandie, yesterday, when about to sail for Havre. Ue is charged with buying Jewelry while in business at Galveston, Tex., and never paying for it At Kansas City, yesterday, the suit of the heirs of Mary A. Troost, contesting her will, which be queathed most or ner property to charitable ob jects, was decided against the plaintiff's The property involved is now worth $1,000,000. General Miles announces the capture of Cy clone Bill and 31. . Cunningham, who partici pated in the recent robbery af Paymaster Wahm in Arizona. They have been identified by the paymaster's escort and a woman named Frankle fetratton. Capt. James Chester, of the Third Artillery, U. S. A., stationed on Governor's island. New York, became violently insane on the 6treet early yes terday morning, lie was taken into custoday. and in court was turned over to the military authorities. Charles Rundell. late manager of the Southern Express Company in Columbus, Ga., has been found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to fourteen years In the penitentiary. lie Is a young man of talent and stood well in the city, but dissipation rumed mm. William and Peter Langendorf. brothers, went into the saloon of Philip Austgen, at Akron, O., yesterday, and got into a quarrel, during which Langendorf struck Austgen on the head with a club, crushing his skull. Austgen cannot live. The Langendorf s were arrested. P. Shires, a hardware dealer of Chicago, aecldentallv shot and killed his brother rankle, aged three years, on Friday afternoon, while playing with a rifle. The weanon was a small target rifle which the father had brought home from his hardware store on the previous evening. The deal between the American Meat Company and the American Cattle Trust has been consummated. 8enator Dorsey, one of the principal stockholders, says: "We have effected a tranio agreement which practically makes the American Meat Company the agent 01 tne American uattle Trust." Edward Burnett, the Uttsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago engineer who was found in his cab about a week ago with a wound m nis hkuii, died Friday night at Mansfield, O. Since the occurrence a bloody club has been found in the woods near the scene, and it is believed he was mur dered, lie never recovered consciousness. Augusta Wolf, daughter of a shoemaker, com mitted suicide at LouisvUle, yesterday, by taking "Kough on Kats." Bhe naa been very despondent over tho death of her mother, a year ago, from which she never seemed to recover. She went about her work in agony, without making a sign, till she fell almost dead. William McLaughlin, a orivate in the Four teenth Infantry, stationed at Fort Randall, Neb., shot and instantly killed his sweetheart, Maggie Loweno, on Thursday night, with a rifle, because she had been talking with another soldier, of whom he was jealous. He was arrested, but escaped from the guard-house. A detachment of cavalry is In search of him. Thomas R. Knaggs has been arrested in Bt Louis for killing Samuel Waldrup, at Litchfield, I1L. over a year ago. A peculiar feature or the case is that Knaggs has been living at Litchfield ever since the mysterious murder, and appeared to be one of the most ardent in pursuit of clews that would lead to the identity of the assassin or the clearing up of the mystery. On Friday night a train on the Canadian branch of the Michigan Central railway struck a horse and buggy belonging to Joseph Bechard, of South Dover, killing the man and horse and smashing the buggy to smithereens. A little later another train struck a double carriage driven by M. Hutchins, of Hurst, a short distance from Windsor. The horses were killed outright and Hutchins so badly injured that he will probable die. Losses bv Fire. Brazil, Ind., May 18. The residence of Thos. Buell. near Bowling Green, fifteen miles southeast of Brazil, burned yesterday. The household goods were saved. Loss, $1,000; partially insured. Birmingham, Ala., May 18. A flre last night destroyed several buildings, worth about $10,000, in the heart of "Buzzard's Roost," a notorious locality which the police have tried in vain to purge. The flre is regarded as providential. Roxtos Falls, Que., May 18. Flre broke out in Casslt's tannery and set flre to tts Roxton tannery, which in turn communicated with the Beaver tannery and a large quantity of tanbark. All were totally destroyed. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Chicago,' May 18. The flre. early this morning, at One-htindred-and-sLxtb street and Avenue K, in East Chicago, destroyed nine houses. Twelve barns were incidentally licked up by the ilames. and tho total damage is between $30,000 and $40,000. The houses- were occupied almost entirely by foreigners, employed in the rollingmills, the most of whom owned their homes and had them well insured. Valuable Scientific Discovery. Rapid Citt. Dak., May 18. Professor Carpenter claims to have'solvcd the problem of separating the mica in the tin ores by a simple process. If these-claims are true, that the deposits in the Black hills prove any tblng like as extensive as they have been represented, it cannot be long before a vast tin-plate Industry will b established to compete with foreign producers. Bishop's Physicians Relieved. New York, May 18. A new point in the case of the late Washington - Irving IJishop's auto pay was developed to-day. It was that for one hour Wfore the autopsy took place the mind readers's body was enclosealu an air-tight casket. This is claimed to have been sufficient to cause death even if deceased was only In a trance. The accused physicians. Doctors Irwin, Ferguson find Hance, feel somewhat relieved at this discovery.

TILE MUIU GLACIER,

It Is Situated in Alaska, Is Forty Miles Lens, and' Moves About Sixty Feet a Day. ProL Tlorace W. Briggs, in tae Sitka Alaskan. Tho most notable ot the glaciers in southeastern Alaska is the Muir, named from Prof. John Muir, a geologist of some reputation, since he gave the first tincolored description of it. It is forty miles long, and back on the land, in a basin of the mountains. Being reinforced by lifteen tributaries coming down the glens from different points of the compass, it swells to an icy sea twenty-live miles in diameter. Thence it moves with resistless power, bearing rocks and long lines of detritus on its billowy surf ace. Just before it reaches tho bay it is compressed by two sentinel mountains into and is forced through a gorge one mile in width. Emerging from this narrow gateway it moves on, at the rate of forty to sixty feet a day, to the waters whence it originally came, buttressing the bay with a perpendicular wall eight hundred feet high, three hundred feet of ultramarine crystals tipped with purest white being above tho surface, and, being pushed beyond its support on the underlying rock, a battle begins between cohesion and gravity. The , latterf orce always prevails, and vast masses break ironi tne giaciai rorreni wixn tne combined crash of falling walls and heavy thunder, and tumble into the bay with a dash and a shock that agitates the waters miles away, making navigation perilous to craft of all sizes. The almost deafening roar made when these masses are rent away. . the splashing baptism they receive in their rail and the leaping waters am lively witnesses to the birth of an iceberg, which henceforth, as an independent existence, goes on its mission of girding the shores, butting against its fellows and of scaring navigators. While the ship was resting unmoored near the front of this icy barrier, we were startled by the sudden appearance of a mass of dark crystal, vastly larger than our own ship, shooting up from the depths and tossing our steamer as if it were an eggshell. As the vessel careened, the frightened passengers were sent whirling against her over chairs, or prostrate upon deck. This strange visitor hail doubtless been broken off lrom the roots of the icy mountain hundreds of feet below the surface, and hence had unexpectedly appeared upon the scene. Had it struck the snip fairly, nothing but a miracle could have saved us. Having recovered somewhat from our dumb amazement, about twenty of us were sent on shore in the captain's gig. Landing some distance below the ice wail, we. climbed seventy feet up a lateral moraine, crawled, shoe-deep in wet gravel,- down into tne valley of a glacial river, forded it, paddled through glacial mud covered with shingle just deep enough to hide the creamy pools, slipped prostrate on the ice made treacherous by a thin disguise of detritus, and barked our shins and cut our toes on the sharp angular blocks of granite and basalt strewn for two miles, in great profusion, along our perilous route. Blocks of the finest marble hedged onr pathway; trod upon chips of jasper and. chalcedony, the product of different mountains far up on the peninsula, and we passed two exquisitely beautiful bowlders of veined porphyry, weighing 200 or 800 pounds each, rounded and polished by centuries of attrition. They were of dark purple, streaked with quartz spotlessly white, very desirable specimens for a cabinet or for out-of-door ornamentation. After more than an hour of plunging and sprawling, and of pulling each other out of gray mire, about half of our number reached the uncovered glacier, and at the first glance we felt that here we should stand with uncovered heads, for we were in the presence of the marvelous manifestations of superhuman power in action, and looked with unveiled eyes upon the potent agencies by which much of this planet has been fashioned. Away in the distance was the white lake, fed by numerous frozen rivers, and these rivers were born of mountain snows fifty miles distant. The white-robed mountains themselves, aeons in the past, were smoothed and grooved far up their flinty sides when this same glacier was threefold deeper and many times more ponderous and mighty than it is to-day. Btretcbed along the base of the mountains till they were only a line in the distance were the records of those gray old years in the form of moraines one hundred feet high, and appearing like a range of hills. The larger portion of this crystal river, perhaps an eighth of a mile in width, is heaved into rounded hills and beetling precipices, quite resembling the 6ea in a storm; while the middle, and much the wider part, is splintered into countless spires, and needles, and pinnacles, ten, twenty, thirty feet in height, and of a beautif ul ultramarine at the base, shaded to a dead white at the summit In the onward march of the glacier these fiinnacles are occasionally wrenched from heir seats in the solid' ice beneath they nod, then totter and then make a plunge, and are shattered into a cloud of acicular crystals that sparkle like the frosted snow under a full moon of a winter's night, only with more of color they are diamonds on the wing. Again the whole surface is riven by a thousand crevasses, along the bottom of which streams of clear water find their way, often broken by waterfalls that plunge further down into the dark-blue abysses out of sight. These chasms are frightful gaps to one peering down a hundred feet between their turquoise walls. A slip, a frail alpenstock, a feeble grasp of the guide's rone, and gravity would close the scene without further ceremony. The molecular structure of the glacier is continually changing, adjusting itself to the elevations and depressions of its rocky bed, and hence there is an incessant clicking and crackling, interrupted here and there by an explosion heard over every inch of the surface. The whole scence is weird, and strange in sight and sound in the voices that rise to the air from the azure depths fascinating because every step is perilous, majestic from its massiveness. ana awful because its march is irresistible. Consider what a force in wearing away mountains and glens an icy torrent, uiuot be. one mile wide, 800 feet deep, and in the : j jl . Z a. r a. J I wail like that from the Titans imprisoned under Mount tna. Now let any one in fancy frame for himself this picture: Snow-capped mountiinii in the background, two of them. Fair weather and Crillon, more than 15,000 feet high, thick set with glittering peaks snd clear cut as silhouettes on a dark sky: tho great glacier, child of Arctic snows, tin t vied and pinnacled and splintered into a thousand strange forms upon which Iris lias flung the varied hues of amethy ft, and turquoise, and sapphire; huge masses rien from the crystal river with a thundering roar, reeling and toppling into an amber sea, thickly dotted with new-born aad "'rgrant icebergs; and all this scene clonic! and transfigured by the setting sun. Loohiug upon this picture through the creative power of imagination, one can readijy conceive that the enraptured touriat, landing in the presence of the realities, wuuM call that dav spent with tho Muir glacier the day of all the days ho ever passed in garing upon and listening to the wild wonders of our planet. But hark! That was not an explosion of the glacier's artillery; it was tho vcho of i he steamer s wmsue ringing aiong inc c : oi the mountains, softened, inc.il. bv c;stance, as are the notes of the Aipii .e li jiu in just ono nour we must De c n ntnn or be left without couchor food, o f;rc io these wild and awful 'solitudes niiieiy miles from the nearest habitatica. aud we made it in time, regardless of choes crahino. IUce's Last Vi-lt to Washington.. Special In Philadelphia Inquirer. The death of Minister Thorndike Rice was received by Secretary Blaine with the greatest astonishment. Only a few iays ago the late minister was in Washington to receive his instructions. He called at the J vernier's hotel, and sent his card to the atter's room, but simultaneously Secretary Blaine, was called down stairs, and was met by Minister Mice. The minister remarked that be wished to have a conversation with him. The Secretary replied: 'I am so pressed for time, if you wish to talk ' to me you will have to stroll toward the department with ine, and do your talking on the way. Yon innst see rac now or not at all, as my time is fully engaged for to-day." The late minister and the premier left the hotel, and at the department entrance they parted, Mr. Blaine saying that the minis-

miuuio uowing sixty icet a aay; u go j grinding and groaning and crackint. iu startling explosions, all minded in a land

teis instructions would be forwarded to him in time to take tho steamer he desired. The minister returned to New York, an his instructions were forwarded, only to find him on a bed of illness which proved the cause of death. It is said in otlicial circles to-night that the Russian mission i now liable to go to some other ritate. ns New York has had her quota of diplomatic appointments, and is pressing witli considerable zeal a number of consular appointments. '

LIFE IN S.V3XOA. Friendly Treatment of Foreigners remarkable Method of Hrewtng a Native Brera". May Centnry. "Hospitality is a part of the Samoan religion, politeness one of their characteristics, and a dishonest act the exception. Food and shelter are vouchsafed to every one entering their homes or villages, anil the stranger has but to consult his own wishes when he is ready to depart. Attached to every village is a Faletalo. or f west-house, -set apart for the reception, odging. and entertainment of visitors. Generally this is situated in tho middle of the village, and is also used as a councilhouse on occasions when the chief and people assemble to discuss enbjectK of importance. Foreigners and visitors from other villages aro at once conconducted to this house set apart for their occupaney, a journey of considerable distance often being made especially to meet them, when they are received by tho chief of the town anil the maid whose duty m. uisin ion iz aiipr inn ire iainoi inn cm put a. I) During the preliminary conversation, in wnich the compliments of the day are exchanged with a lavish expenditure of personal llattery, the kava-bowl is produced, and while the free interchange of compliments continues, tho bewitching nut-brown . maid, with the assistance of her dusky attendants, begins to masticate tho seductive root. In the meantime the villagers, being advised of the arrival of the visitors, havw I assembled in another part of the villace, l collected aiticlcs of food, and begun to sing and march in procession towards tho j Faletalo. Uoys and girls, young and old, making a festive display, their persons an-1 nointed with cocoanut oil and J arrayed in scanty toilets of j leaves and fiowers, join in demon-' ptration of songs of nraise and welcome. ' The music of their wcll-at tuned voices, first heard faintly in the distance, and increasing in sweetness and volume as they ap proach nearer and . nearer, produces a charming effect, the impression of which isi long retained by strangers. In the meantime the crests who have remained seated and silent, as if unconscious of what is go-) mg on. preserve a wonderful solenirutv of. countenance as eacn donor in turn modestly places his offering at the feet of tha most honored one, with salutations inimita ble in gracefulness. On such occasions food, consisting of fruits, fish, and sucking pigs, is sometimes given in sufficient quan tities to sustain a visiting party for days: and weeks. i "No occasion of ceremony or importance takes place witnout tne use ot kava, a root of the pepper family, and all exchanges of sociability are conducted under its influence. The concoction of the seductive beverage made from this root is attended with so many ceremonious observances and acclamations of approval that an Recount of the customs of these people would be incomplete without reference to the manner in which the drink is prepared. j 'A wooden bowl, a cocoanut 'cup, and a i strainer are tho implements used in mak- j ing the brew. That personage of the chief J social importance in Samoa, 'the maid of ; tne village,' is invariably called upon to brew the beverage, which ceremony, with her attendants, she conducts with becoming dignity. After carefully washing out her mouth in the presence' of all assembled, she scats herself upon the matted floor with ' tho bowl in front of her, and with resigned manner and preoccupied countenance betrins to masti cate the bits of root handed her by the attendants. Piece after piece is chewed until the mouth is full and the cheeks bulging.; when the mass is ejected into the palm of ! her hand, and, with a graceful swing, deposited in the bowl. Tbis operation is repeated until the proper quantity of the rootj is secured. Then her hands are washed' scrupulously clean, and, an attendant having poured the required amount of water into the bowl, the maid proceeds with the' compounding. With a graceful rolling and' twisting movement of tne hands, she mixes : all the undissolved portions of the root iu, the fou,' or btrainer, which, after wringing, is shaken out, and the straining repeated until the brew is finished." GUtLS OF THE SIGNAL. TOWERS. Lonely Nights In Order that Travelers May Speed Along in Safety. Pittsburg Dispatch. The block signal system of the Pennsylvania railroad is a great success, but one 6carcely realizes how much depends on the carefulness and wakefulness of the telegraph operator until he spends a night in one of these telegraph towers. It was the misfortune of a Dispatch reporter not long since to have such an experience. Caught at night in the country, with the only hotel in the village two miles away, and the farmers for miles around sound asleep, one of tho lonely towers of the Pennsylvania railroad was not uninviting under such circumstances. The news gatherer had a long telegram to send, and the young lady operator vowed a thousand times, as she admitted afterward, that she would keep tho door locked hereafter aud admit nobody but railroad men at night. But when the hard job had been performed, and after vigorous rubbing the blood began to return into her numb arm, sho was pleased with the prospect of having even a reporter to talk to until morning. How these poor girls in the towers must sutler from loneliness none but they themselves can tell. Hainan had a wife that talked too much he could easily effect a cure by having her learn the telegraph business, and then secure for her a position in one of the Pennsylvania towers. It is surprising how many lady operators there are on the railroads, and invariably they work at night. One of them accounted for it by saying that their chiefs arc men. ami they try to discourage women from entering the business as much as possible, yl wish I didn't have to work," said the lady operator in the course of the long chat. "Certainly we get lonely, and the night is always terribly long. I have two rev ol vert in this drawer, but I am awf nllv afraid ot firearms. In my experience 60 iar -1 havo had plenty of scares, but I never was really frightened but once. A German tramp was determined to come into tho tower ono night, and, placing a skid which the m n used in handling freight against the building, he climbed up as far as tho windows. 1 pointed tho revolver at the fellow's head, and he cried out to me in broken Knflish not to shoot. 1 didn't, and I confess felt as much relieved as he did when he found himself on tho ground again. Ho slid down that skid almost like a nhot. "Most of the night operators on the Pennsylvania road are girls. About the hardest work we havo to do is to pull the lever back and forward, which changes tho lights. In the winter, when the long bar becomes covered with ice, it is almost ii ipossiblo to pull it, and it requires all our exertion. My greatest trouble is to keen awake after 3 o'clock in the morning. We hflp each other, and if I think an operator is asleep I trv to warn her by making all the noise over the wires. I can. I remember when the Eastern express was put on early in the morning. The operators were so used to dozing about that time of the uight that the express had to make a number of stops on its first trip. You see the red light hangs out continually, and this tho engineers-are guided by. If the operator goes to sleep the trains are blocked, aud if she is reported she is fined f 2. "Well, I havo forgotten how often that train was stopped tho first morning. At some towers they had to break' open the doors to see what was the matter. Generally the conductors and engineers are good fellows, and do little reporting, but there is a limit to their patience. The train made a nnmber of trips before the operators got used to the new run, aud now we all manage to be awake." Chronic JfAetoiMif Cumf, Robert G. Kldeit. Valley Stream, N. Y.. write 'I am a boatman, and upwards oi sixt yearsofage. 1 have suffered severely from rheumatism of the lower part of my ha. k. My back "ached without cassation, and at times I thoupht 1 wouM be paralyzed. I procured two Allcock's Porous Plasters anti put them across the lower part of my spir.e. In twenty-four hours all pain had cer.sed. At the end of a week I put on two fresh Allcock's Porous Plasters, wore them tcu days, then took them off. aud waheil my back with a little alcohol, which removed every trace of the plasters. It is now threo mouths 6ince the plasters cured me. and 1 feel very much stronger aud befc ter than rvax blrV