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' Wet feet are to be scrupulously ponded Against. Few people are strong enough to avoid catching eoid from snob exposure, and when it is re

membered that all the blood circulates through the feet' every few minutes, it is easy to see how readily ehill comes

if the extremities are wet ana coia.

Should thev accidentally get so. how

ever, it is best to keep rapidly moving

until dry a too Kings and boots can oe readied, when a hot foot-bath and

brisk rabbins' will usually restore

ennilibrmm.

It is sururising how certainly a eoid

may be broken up by a timely dose of quinine. When first symptoms make their appearance, when a little languor, slight hoarseness, and ominous tightening of nasal membranes follow ex

posure to draughts or sudden ehill by wet, five grains of this useful alkaloid

are snfiietent in many eases to ena me trouble. Bat it must be dose promptly. If the golden moment passes, nothing suffices to stop the weary sneezing, handkerchief uang, red nose, and woebegone looking periods that certainly follow. A pill in time.

' Speaking of colds, I haves theory that no one need ever have one unless he chooses. In other words, that it is

quite possible so to train the skin, that 1 wonderful organ that is generally looked upon as the paper wraper to our human bundle, as to render it nonsusceptible to sadden changes of temperature or atmospheric moisture, whence colds

III TELEGRAPH.

THE NEWS RECORD.

I Summary of

a

the EienUoI Happen-

Pelitieal, CssuMniaL and Industrial

lews, fires, Accidents, Crimes, SakMes, Its., Eta.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Lord Salisbury's speech before the

meeting of the National Union of Conssrv

stives, at Oxford, makes it clear that the

Premier feels that he is absolutely dependent open the support of the liberal Unionists. He outlined a rather extended program of reforms which the Government

reposes so introduce ai ins next session 01 sriiament, and said that he did not in

tend to propose increased powers of local

government in Ireland nniu mere was a marked change mere.

David Gilpoil, of Lake Forest, 111.,

was tilled by the cars while driving across

a railroad track two miles east of Wau-kegan.

Frajtk Hugh O'Doksell, ex-Vice

President of the Home-rule Confedera

tion, has subpetnaed Famell and T. P.

O'Connor to appear as witnesses in Ms li

bel suit against the London Times. The

Rationalists are verv ansrr over the mat

ter, and it is said that Pamell had resolved

some months ago to cross the sea in K

vember in order to avoid being present at

the trial.

Owsebs of property adjacent to the market-place at Fort Wayne, Ind., where it is proposed to locate a new city hall,

have brought an injunction suit to prevent

the erection of the building, for wnich an

appropriation ol $g',qou baa been made

A wabkant has been issued for the ar

rest of John Dillon, one of the most

capable of ParoeH's lieutenants.

A negbo named Bigns was taken from the jail at Frederick, Md., and hanged to the limb of a tree. The man was charged

with assaulting an aged white woman;

but he died protesting his innocence and

accusing anetner negro ol tne crime.

Ex-Senator Jones, of Florida, whose

eccentric actions at Detroit have given rise to much newspaper gossip, is declared to be a monomaniac. He believes himself to be the victim of a conspiracy which has

been formed against him by Democratic politicians and which now threatens his

lire, ills business atialrs are in a deplor

able state, and he is so poor that he is living at present open the charily of a

an raised ner veil nor race prooeuieu dreadful appearance. It looked as though it had been scalded. The skin was drawn and contracted and soamsd with wrinkles. The hands and arms which she displayed wero covered with a shiny skin, which was also

cracked and seamed. Ihs little girl, who is

only about 13 years old, did not soom to be as

bad as the mother, although her face allowed plainly that she was suffering from some skin

disease. Both mother and daughter were

neatly dressed. The latter seemed to fully realize the position which she was in."

A New Haven dispatch says it Is now

known that among the animals destroyed by

the burning of Outturn's show at Bridgeport,

Ct, were four elephants, live lions, seven

Jeopards, six panthers, four kangaroos, six

horses, and a large number of smaller beasts.

Among the elephants burned were Alice and Sampson, the sacred white elephants. One of the large eleplianta escaped and was fonnd drowned in the Sound, near the light-house, where it had gone in its fright Aside from this, the only snimal that escaped beyond tho grounds was a large lion, which Wandered into Christopher

Rickards' barnyard, where it attacked a cow

and calf, making an early breakfast of the latter. Mrs. Bickards undertook to drive the beast away, not knowing or real'sing tho na

ture of the beast until warned by a neighbor,

when she made a hasty retreat

Whes Johann Host was arraigned m the

Court of General Sessions at New York, the

room was filled with the anarchist's sympa

thisers. He was released in bonds of 11,500.

are excited and generally higher. Tho improvement in stocks is of high average. Iron is active at firm prices, and coal is in great demand. Enormous sales of wheat, corn, coitoo, oil and coffee are reported at Now York during tho past six days. It is assorted that the Bessemor stool manufacturers of the country intend to shut down their works on; December 1, owing to the unsatisfactory statoj of tho manet The proposed siispeneioij would throw a large number of men out of, employment, both in the mills and in the coke' region. Thfe Dutch steamer W. A. Scholtoh, baund' from Rotterdam for New York, was sunk by a collision with the steamer Rosa Mary, ten, ..... r . 1 l:.. '

miles off llover, fcngiuna a wjhuou uhpatch gives the following particulars of thtj disaster: , The Scholten carried a complement of iVt passengers and crew. The steamer Ebroot Sunderland rescued ninety perrons and landed them at the Bailors Home, Dover. One passenger and a child of tho party brought to Dover were found dead Irohi eiposure. This loaves 122 lost aha missing. It is hoped that passing' Vessel have rescued the missing ones. At the Mine of the accident a dense fog prevailed. The Scholten was struck on tho port bow by the Jtoga Mary. Immediately after the shook was lelt the Scholtcn'a passengers, all of whom had retired for the night, rushed on deck in their night-gowns. The boats were promptly ordered to be lowered, but it was found that only two were available. The three others were useless, and wero not lowered. Thejwater

THE DIAMOND FIELD.

News and Gossip Anent BaseBall and Base-Ball Flayers.

DiinUp to Go to Pittsburgh and Paul Ulnea to Indianapolis Other Professional Gossip.

And as this is exactly the season to

commence such a system of pellar education, as it proved effective in many instanees within my own knowledge, and as it is within easy reach of every one to try, I write it here. The theory a that no skin that has been exposed freely for half an hour at the beginning of day to a temperature lower than it will encounter through the day wQl note small changes or be affected thereby. A cold is simply a nervous shock, received by the myriads of minute nerve terminals that bristle over the surface of the human body, transmitted to the centers and so back again to the mucous menbrane, tfie peculiar seat of this special irritation. Let ns then so train these sensitive fibers that they will pass by; unnoticed, changes of atmojpherie condition, and the matter is acb mplished. It is done by taking a daily air-bath, the entire naked body exposed for a few minutes to whatever temperature and dampness reigns outside the boose, by opening every window and keeping in motion about the sleeping chamber directly after rising. If any part remains covered, that part remains sensitive; all must be bare. Beginning with five or even two minutes these warm mornings, the air bath should be gradually lengthened up to twenty or thirty, using gentle exercise all the time, and within two months the early honr will become a delightful one.

Even as cold weather cornea, there will

be no suffering from lowering temperature. Entire freedom from colds is a

boon well worth strivine for.

This air-bath is by no means intended to replace one with water, but may best precede it. and the protective

value is enhance: by a gentle sponging afterward. If this training is snc-

eessfnllr carried oat one feels warmer

of a winter's morning nnclad than all

the dav following- with clothing on.

Care most be taken in easa of an

aged person or one suffering from debilitating disease; but the system has

been practiced here with excellent

effect in early stages of consumption,

where a peculiar susceptibility to eoid is common. Family Phyxician, in

Amenoan Magazine.

The annual report of the Indiana Fe

male Beformatory shows that the instita

tion has cost the State about $10,500 during

tne last year.

A heavy rainfall which prevailed throughout Southern Illinois .put an

end to the disastrous forest fires

that have been raging in that region.

Charles Fackler and his wife and child lost their lives by the burning of the

house in which they were living at Brown'

ing, 111. The building is thought to have

Deennrea oy an incendiary.

Attotjst Hatzka, the brute who whipped his little stepson to death at Chicago, has

been committed witboat bail until Dec. 1,

A Toby newspaper published at Dublin

predicts that Belfour, Secretary of Ire

land, will be the Government leader in the House of Commons at the next session of

Parliament.

A stkoxo stream of excellent water

burst forth suddenly from the parched

ground of a level field not far from Cham

paign, HL, and the people of that drought-

Btnessn district are flocamg to it irom

miles away.

Bt. Bet. Gbboory T, Bedeli Epis

copal Bishop of the northern diooess of

Ohio, is lying at the ooint of death in his

home at trammer.

At the inquest on the bodies recovered

from the Scholten disaster it was found

that of 214 people on board the ill-fated

steamer but elgnty-nlne were saved.

At Thtbodeaux, La., a crowd of negroes

who attacked a picket composed of white mem were fired upon by the latter and ten or twelve of them were killed. The affray

grew out of the recent troubles upon the

sugar plantations.

The election quarrel between rival

parties among the Cherokees will probably be referred to the Attorney General of the

United States for settlement.

J. M. Culp, one of the witnesses for the

Standard OU Company in the examina tion that is now going on before the Tj,

tor-state Commerce Commission, has a re

markably poor memory so poor, in fact, that his testimony is likely to do his side

of the case more harm than gooo.

PBESibENT Gbevy is said to have notified a member of the Chamber of

Deputies that he had decided to resign.

On the other hand, it Is reported that M. Bibot has consented to undertake the form

ation of a cabinet which will include M. M.

Goblet and Deves.

Eight million dollars of the third-mort

gage bonds of the Northern Pacific Bail-

road have been taken by a German syndi

eate in which the Bothschilds and' the

Deutsche a nk of Xerlin aie the principals William Myebs, of South Chicago who mysteriously disappeared after shoot-,

ing his wife, has delivered himself up to the authorities. Ho says that he did not

go to his house with the intention of com

mitting tne aeea, ana mat ne acuta m sen-

defense.

THE WESTERS STATES.

What appeared to be a genuine dynamite

bomb was found at the door of the local department of the Colttmbus (Ohio) Slate Jour

nal. A match was so arranged that if any

one stepped on it, the fuse would take fire and

explode the dread implement

A piece of gas-pipe about ten inches long,

plugged with hardwood, and with a partly

burned fuse inserted in a vent-noie, was

fonnd amons: the leaves in tho yard of the

Executive Mansion at Springfield, I1L, by

the Governor's colored servant The frightened negro pieked up the "bomb" and alarmod the Governor's household by taking it into the mansion. Mrs, Oglesby telephoned to the Governor at tho State Hone

and Uncle Diek informed her that no am t want the "bomb" and she had better give it to the police. Mrs. Oglesby acted upon this ad

vice, and later in the day Chief Doneiau and

two patrolmen tested the "infernal machine"

by throwing it into a fire, and discovered mat it was empty. Gov. Oglesby was disgusted with the coarse joke.

A special dispatch from Plamfiold, Ind., to

the Chioigo JMlly .Vcics says that

The droncht in that section remains unbroken

... A tlin rrsDHxl inriina.tionB or that COld

weather will set in before the greatly needed deluge of rain comes. If it should, the present distressing state of affairs throughout this part of Indiana would be multiplied tenfold. No rain of any consequence has fallen here

since early in the summer, 'ins lnnauiuura are suffering from a genuine water famine, the worst ever known in the experience of living persons. Fully two-thlrda of tho surface wells to this and adjoining counties are dry, while runmni: creeks and sprinss which previously

had afforded an apparently inesnausiiD.e sun-

ily ol tuo purest water, now prenonv iwu unrlv durnid of moisture. The neoi'lo in many

sections can get no water except such as is found here and there In dirty, stagnant pools, even the creeks having dried up. Water Irom such unhealthy sources is breeding typhoid fever of the worst type, and in some localities the scourge is becoming epidemic, resulting in numerous fatalities. The doctors sav that the disease is only in its first stage and is 'bound to increase if the dry weather continues. Tho dearth of water and food compels

farmers and stock-breeders to dispose oi iiimr cattle at ruinous rates. In some of the localities visited eattle were actually dying from thirst.

A special 'el 'gram from Omaha, Neb., re

ports that

Enelneer Markham and his fireman had a

thrillinK experience with a panther on xaa Burlington and Missouri River Koad, between

aunuen ana Arwii. xne tram wh n iwug l.lnn -nd between the two

vlaces named the engine slipped an eccentric

ana came w buhiumiuh. fireman got out to set matters right. They had about completed the job when both heard a yell that made their blood run cold, and before

Paul nines, of Washington, has signed with Indianapolis. Oshkoah, as the champions of ihe

Northwestern League for 1887, hold the $500 silver cup presented by the house of A. G. Spalding & Bros, to the pennant winners of that organization for the sea

son, rney must, nowever, wiu iv wu

more seasons before it becomes their properly. Will they do it? Con C be oak, FAT-STOCK SHOW.

either oould turn a large panther sprang upon

the ennineer and burled his claws in nis snoui-

wrench in his

hand, and with this struck the brute on the head This partially stunned him, and he loosened his hold on the engineer, but before the men could take advantage of the situation the panther made a leap for the iire,,.n and laoeroted with one of his claws bis

rushed swiftly through a hole in the bow, and

a terrible scene ensuoa. lue iiiumuoiwu passengers uttered nierclng shr.eks, and many fell upon their knees ana prayed aloud. Little children clung to their mothers, who themselves wore shrieking with Terror The officers were cool and selfpossessed, and remained on the bridge to the last. Several persons procured life belts and leaped into the sen. Within twenty minutes of the shoek the Scholten Was ingulfed. All those who had put on life belts floated and wore rescued by the boats from the Bteanier Ebro. which cruised around until 4 o'olock in the morning. Many of tho rescued lost wives, httBbands, brothers and sisters. The survivors were supplied with clothes, and everything possible was done to insure their

ooinrorc A gentleman who subscribes himself "A Godson of the Crown Prince" has a long and interesting letter in tho Now York Tribune of Monday on the situation in Germany. He makes soma statements in relation to the Crown Prince and his son, the heir apparent, which are rathor startling: The writer says that the empire of Germany is on the eve of an immense catastrophe, and declares that he knows whereof he speaks, as ho has been since boyhood a close friend of the Crown Prince, After speaking of the Crown Prince, he says the publie Is unaware of the V ry precarious state of health of

l'riucs William OI rrussia. mi conujuuu has been thrown completely into the background for the moment by the sudden and overwhelming realization of hla father's fatal malady and Mb grandfather's ever increasing Weakness and disability. The writer then goes on to say that the conjectures of the succession of Prince William will never be realized. The young man is suffering in a severe degree from the same peculiar disease which carried off the late King of Prussia, after rendering him completely insane during the last few years of hia reign. In the event of his insanity or death and of the demise of the old Kaiser and of the Crown Prince the succession devolves upon Prinoe William's little 4-vear-oJd son. A bitter struggle would then ensue "for the regency in which the Berlin Junker and court party is determined that the Crown Princess Victoria shall have no share. There is not a member of the imperial family who would be fit to undertake the regency if the Crown Princess were lelt out of consideration. The question of tho regency is further complicated bj the inevitable disappearance from the political arena before many years have elapsed of Prince Bismarck, whose failing health will scarcely admit of his long surviving his present master. He leaves go one to tase his place. But eighty persons are known to have been saved from the wreck of the steamer Scholten in the British Channel One of the survivors states that tliore were eight hundred life-belts on board, but that they wero useless in a majority of cases because the poopls wero ingulfed with the ship. The general impreision is thtt the responsibility for the disaster rsats with the officers of the. steamer IUaa Mary.

Pbeyioub to tho adjournment of tho North.

Alabama Conference of the Southern Meth-i odist Church at Tuscaloosa, last week, a res-

olntion was adopted requesting ur. v. u

Keller, of Nashville, ono of the most cmi-

nent Methodist divines in America, am

missionary treasurer of the general eoni ferenco, to resign his official position on ac-

count of his utterances in reference to the

Emma Abbott episode at Nashville. Thai

resolution has created a great sensation

throughout the entire Southern Methodist Church Dr. Keiiey defended Miss Abbott's; ', rising in church to defend herself against

harsh terms used on theater-going.

left hip. Engineer Maraham by thiB time naa drawn his revolver and shot the brute between the eyes, killing him instantly. Both men were badly hurt and will be laid up for some time, Tho panther measured nearly si feet from his no e to the end of his tali and weighed nearly 200 pounds.

A SI K (or the graves of th3 ex-cated an

archists, says a Chicago tolegrim, -ha been selected in Wal luoim Cemetery. The friends of the anarchists visited the vault and opened the casket containing Lingg's remains. The muti'ated face of the bomb-maker had under

gone no change. Mr. Bchmledinger clipped off a look of tho suicide's hair. None of

the other casket wew opened. Members of

the defense committee say that they will have no trouble in raising a monument to

the martyrs,' and in transforming the site

of their tombs into an attractive Mecca for

their sympathizers. No money lias as yet been lai I aside for the purpose, all that has

thus far been received having boon devoted to the care of the families of the dead men

and their imprisoned fellows."

Sere Than Oae

Mayflower was a common name for a

ship in early days, ana sue one examined for the East India Company in

1600, and the other possessed by the company in 1659, which is believed to have subsequently foundered in the Bav of Bengal, must both have been

lanrer shins than the little craft of the

Pilgrim Fathers. The Mayflower of 1600 must have, moreover, ceased to exist by 1620, and that of 1620 long before 1659. Only ships built of Indian teak could have kept the sea from 1600 to 1659 Mke those used by Phoenicians at Tylos, which Theophrastus tells m had continued sailing for more than 200 years. The Atltenatum. A vocso Mexican girl is goon to appcar in the areas m bolWibt.

THE EASTESH STATES.

' Iks moral effect of the execution of the

Chicago anarchists is being felt in other cities.

The police of Newark, N. 3., are locating the

anarchists of that city so that they can get

bold of them on short notice, and the authori

ties have withdrawn the license to hold Sunday meetinara from the proprietor of their

headquarters.

As aerolite, weighing three tons, dropped with a loud report in front of the Merchants'

National Bank, in Amsterdam, N. Y., shortly before noon of Friday last, making a deep in

dentation in the ground. Great excitement was created by the occurrence, and largo crowds viewed the celestial visitor. local ex

perts find traces of iron, niokel, aluminum.

and other metals in the aerolite

. William Bhowebs, a man TO years of age, who is confined in the jail at Lebanon, Pa.,

on av charge of having murdered bis two grandchildren, has confessed the crime. Ho killed the children to rid himself of the oaro

'of supporting them.

A Philadelphia telegram says: "The two jtepera, mother and daughter, about whom .there has been so much comment during the nast two weeks, came into tho oflico of

she Board of Health of their own accord,

and were sent out to the Municipal Hos

tel for eontaa-ious diseases m Ihe hos-

ital ambolMioe. When the unfortunate worn.

TEE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Speaker Cahlisle is in almost daily con

sultation with the President and Secretary

Fairohild on revenue matters, eays a Wash

ington special. He says Wat the chances or passing a tariff bill are better than during the last Congress because the exigencies are

greater now. When asked if ho thought ihere

was a disTjosition amonc tho Democrat to

come together on this question, he said he

thought so; ho knew nothing to the contrary.

Washington srjeoial to Chicago Inter

Ocean: "The frionls of Randall have been

advised that if their leader is not willing to accept the administration tariff bill he will bo drummed out of camp. . Tho farce of 'reading Ilandall out of tho party' U a pretty old one here, and he is likely to live to fight many a day as an honored leader

in hia party. That ho will not accept the administration bill there ii not the slightest doubt He will consent to a large reduction

of revenue, bnt he will never allow two-thirds of the reduction to come from sonrco now protected by the tariff. In the last Congress

Bandall bad les- than a aooro oi auncronis on the Democratic side of the Honso; now ho h credited with thirty."

THE P0LITI0AL FIELD. The official stat -meat of Ihe vote cast in

Ohio at the last election follow: Total vote

thrown, 744,568, against W3,ifi in liK5 anl

704,383 in 188S. For Governor Doraaer

fBep.), 850,987: Towoll (Uam.), ajri,aaoj cwuz

(Labor), 24,713; fhirp (Pro.?, SO, 700; ecatlor-

ing, 14; Foraker's plurality, SI, 133. -J.no statement shows a slight increase in the prohibition vote over 1885, when Leonard lial 88,181 vote-. tKl he report of tho county canvassers on tho vote in Now York o.ty and onuty for Secretary of f-tita is as follows: Total vote ca t, 814,937, of which Frederick Cook (Bom.) received 111,186; Frederick D Grant (Hop.) 58,961; Henry (borga (UnitoJ Labor), !!7,477; Edward Hall (Pro). 5,889; DeWittO. Huntington (8iali3t), 1,818; scattering, 99 THE WORLD AT LARGE.

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

Preparations to receive the Czar of Rus

sia were in keeping with his rank, says a Berlin dispatch. The Czar had intended to first visit Emperor William, but ho was antici-'

pated by the latter, who went to the embassy.

and awaited the arrival of the Czar. The Emperor was dressed in a Russian uniform and wore his Russian orders. He received

the Czvr on his entering the embassy in

most cordial manner. Sense crowds of people were collected in Unter-den-Linden from

the Brandenburg gate to the Lehrte JJepot,

and the imperial party were greeted most en

thusiastically as they passed along the thor

oughfare.

In the Chamber of Deputies the Ministry was defeated on a motion to postpone debate

on its domestio policy by a vote of 338 to 343,

Prims Minister Bouvier immediately an

nounced that the mombera of the Cabinet would

res'gn.and their resignations were subsequent

ly presented to and accepted by the President

Speaking of tho clamors for his own resignanation. President Grovy says that if it should

occur at tho present time it would establish a

mischievous precedent because it would bind

his successor to resign whenever public

opinion should happen to be against thorn. THE MARKEI8.

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CHICAGO COKBBSPONDENOB.I So much has been said as to the probable showing tho Browns would make in a League championship race that the following talk with a base-ball oftlcial who is particularly well posted as to the playing strength of the different cluos may prove interesting! "Let me seei" said he, when I Bpoke to him on the subject: In th world's pennant series Detroit beat St. Louis ten out of litteea games. Now, it would be a fair estimate to take the last fifteen games the lotit Main played with League .clubs in their iXIgiii uupioniihrp ser!es, fmH see how they compare with the record of the Detroit against the St Louis team. Here is the record in miAKtion- Detroit beat Pittsburc twelve

games out of tho last fifteen the two teams played together, and they similarly whipped the Waahingtons eleven times out of fltteen. The champions defeated tho Boston team in ten games out ot their last rift, en, and also the Indianapolis Club the same number, and they beat the New York team in nine out ot the last fifteen. Thay only won seven outot the last fifteen with I hiladelphia, and but six with Chieago. In view of these facts, what nonsenso it is to stato that the St Louis Club would not be higher than fifth, when the lowest they would be placed on this basis would be third, throwing aside the fact that had the Dotroits played the strong game with the League clubs they did against St. Louis, they wouid have won every League series by a large majority. When asksd if he thought Krook

was a sood man. President Sam Morton.

of the new Western League, said:

Well, I should say so. As big as An

son, and a oaii-piayer au over. ua ot

those fellows who handle a pair of 100-

nound dumb-bells as easily as you would

handle a 20-pound pair."

Is be as eooa s man as Lovew, ox tuo

Oshkosh team?"

"Yes, every bit, in my opinion. 1 thialc

he will make a good one for the White

Stockings.

AT IND1ANAVOLIS. According to rcDorts from Indianapolis,

the Hoasier olnb means to stay in the

Leneue another season. The grounds will

be thorouehlv overhauled and improve

ments instituted:, among mem a new grauu

stand. The grand stand will not be an ex-.

pensive structure, nut win ue a great immovement over the old one in every re

tract. It will be of modern Btyle, and

instead of the present wood-bottomed chairs, some new and comfortable seats

will be used. It is the intention to spena

from $3,000 to $5,000 on the building,

which, with the material in the old one,

ought to make a very respectable grand

stand, as it does not need to M very large.

However, no definite plans have been adopted. The grounds will be graded and tho outfield will be made as smooth as the

diamond, all of which will be sodded.

President liruah savs that ne is matting

an effort to secure several good men, but

who thev are remains a secret, experience

has taught him that yon have not got a man

until von see him in t: e ciud b uunorm,

and for that reason he declines to speak of

his nine. He has, however, expressed his

mind on one point, lie is done witn ex

periments and will hereafter use money and secure nlavers of known ability. He

aava the rlnh snent pnoncm money in ex

perimenting last season to have bought the releases of several first-class men. men

who would have added strength to the team.

From this on he proposes to know what he is buying. In Hues the club has secured

a great man.

FHOM KEW XOKK

Chris Von der Ahe has been in New

York for a week past, but what he is doing

there no one seems to know. It would not

surprise anybody to see Chris turn a nip.

flop into the League's arm before many

davs. Mind l don t say ne nas any sucu idea at present. But such an idea is likely to possess him at any moment, and if it comes at the right time he will flop. Be couldn't lose by it, audit roiyht be a positive gain. Chris is as uncertain as a flea. There is lots of League pressure in St. Louis, personal and from newspapers, pushing him toward the League camp. He may not 1 e able to see his way clear in that direction for a walk into wealth. But if he ever does that settles it. At least two of his associate clubs suspect his allegiance and regard his presence at this time in New York with alarm. No doubt Ohri-i will be interviewed if the boys can get him properly mesmerized; but don't swear by what he says. He is unreliable FROM DETBOIT. A sensational yarn has been set afloat to

the effect that Bennett was disahlsa anu

would not catch any more. Ihe fact that President Stearns was loying in a stock ot young catchers caused this. There is nothing in it Bennett will catch for Detroit in 1888 the same as of yore. Stearns, speaking on the question, says: "The reason I am getting new catchers is because I desire to take the strain of the spring work off the hands of Bennett nnd Ganzel, and use them when they will do the most good." FKOM WASHINGTON. Ted Sullivan went to Philadelphia recently in quest of Tom Doasley, whom he proposes to sign for the Senators. MrSullivan says the Washington Club is weeding ont all the old demoralizing element, and will next season present a strong team of good young material. The pitchers will be Whitney, Oilmore and 0'Oayj catchers, Mack, Miah Murray and possibly Tom Deasley; O'Brien, Meyers and Irwin on the bases; Donnelly, short field; and Wilmot, Hoy and Shock in the outfield. Ted, who is a good judge of ball players, says this will be a strong combination, much stroneer, indeed, than would apoear

upon paper. Sullivan also states that he

has the refusal of the management of the

team, but that acceptance hinges upon another matter. Sullivan is anxious to establish nn International League team of his

own in Troy, New York, and is now working to that end. If that scheme falls through, he will probably accept the man

agement oi vne nasuingiun viuu. FBOM BOSTON.

President Soden, in speaking of the outlook for next vear. savs:

T d,nt know anvthinc to nrovent our bavins

the same eicht clubs next season. But it

wunld not make me feel very badly If Wash

ington and Indianapolis should wont to

pull out. Wo should have six good clubs loft

The Exhibition at Chicago the Finest and Most Attractive Yet Given.

Handsome Horses, Fat Hogs, Fine Captie, and Prize Turkeys and Chickens.

Chicago correspondence. The fat-stock show this year is the best yet Elvon. The display of horsesi cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry is simply munificent. rh show yesterday looked as'if it had boon struck by a wave of temperance reform. Blue ribboiiBwere tied to the long horns of the lazy oxen, pinned to the snowy fleece of the timid Bheei), streaming from the oars of the grunting , ..! timLtina from tho silkv tail of the road

ster as he pranced about the sawdust ringeverywhere appeared the bright color. Fed and white rib ons were also to be Been, but blue

was tho favorite color, ana iui ui uweia " the shade.

The exhibition of ponies Is a great attrac

tion. Prizes were offered tcx tne rajst saaaie nonlea, and over a dozen of the littlo fellows, backed by smaU boys, booted and spurred, galloped around the ring to tho intense delight of the crowd. One of the boys toppled off his

steed at tne nrt turn, anu mji'uwi " """"" headlong by tho bucking of his pony, but neither suffered any injury except to his f eel

'm.'. sir. eimpniallv interested In the

pony parade, and manifested their delight by

the froquent clapping of their hands and wav

ing ol tnelr dainty naiiaKeromi;i. unanr Hi iinist renresented departments or

. i. ,. .. i.. -,.... ! .i,-. ..r Hi.' tnrkava. nreBlded

over by a huge white gobbler that struts in lordly style around his little palace. There are probably oyer two hundred fowl In this collection and they come in for their full share ot attention from the visitors, who are evidont.y t. l. o M .nnrniih nf TnankBCiVln&-

One ol tnese turseys, a uuiju uroiuo-w, fellow raised In Southern Illinois, is said to be tho largest fowl ever oxhlblted In Chicago. Me is a proud old cook, and struts about like the

senior dude at a darky soiree. .1.. ........i i.iv.f - n-id the owner.

-ti. '- B- ,.,...it.i,i - niA nhfto aa ever I see. an

I've seen a boap o' turkeys in my day. His inforunl coneoit come purty near bein' the doatn of 'im a while back, too. I hev a Jersey sow on my farm that bates turkeys worse n pizen. That ole feller was out a-struttm' round the barni n,n-njnn hia t.uii jiiv aA out like a bis

fan an' his wing's a-rubbin' on the corn-cobs.

IllaKlu a souua iiae wuuun. w

Matrimony. My Dbab Nephew : Yonr last letter was a great surprise to me. I was not

aurpriseu iai icaiw that yon should think of taking unto yourself a wife: in fact, I

have been a little disappointed that

you nave no ta-

AOU OVJ 111 V. awf. that direction ere this, but I am altogether amazed that yorr should

ask my advice in the matter. It seems to me that you ought to ask the young lady herself. She, and not I, is the one you should talk with on a matter of this kind. It you had asked my advice about marrying some particular KirL then I would feel like telling you

all I knew aoout ner, h ujnuuK, mm ; tv to help you in the selection of a good, sensible wife. But on the general proposition I? marry or not to marrv, yoiir native good sense should tell you just what to do. It is only a question of finding the right kind of a woman. When you have done this, and have cained her affections, first being-

sure you love her yourself, then it is

both time and money savea to get married at once. I may be a little old-fashioned in my ideas, George, bnt still I think I am right, and I think, too, that you have enough ot the practical

about you to taice a sensioie view oi things generally, so that yonr ideal married life can in a great degree be attained in your real. 1 believe in a certain amount of romance, if that is the name to call it I guess yon know

that. I have not in thirty years, l believe, left the house of a morning to go to work, that I did not first kiss wife and babies good-by; and jut the other day" I remember telling yonr aunt that she was fully as good-looking,

if not indeed handsomer than sne was

the dav we were married; ana, Dy

George, I meant it. Of course wife and I have had our trials and troubles; and. in our earlier married life, we sometimes got a little

nnt nf humor with each other. Jnc x

was always heartily ashamed of myself after our "little tiffs, no matter who had

Seen to blame, and so was she, too, I guess, so that both took a notion to trv and do better, to be more patient,

kind, and fnrhearintr. Tne result was

there never after that seemed to arise

any cause for bickering or nagging each other, and so we have always, I

may say, got along splendidly.

I tell von. ueorge, tnai a gooa wue

is everything to man; but there is erne thing you must not forget, and that is when vc u iret a srood woman for a wife,

you must keep trying every day to see how irood a husband you can be. If

von do this, vour wife, like mine, will

. - . . i .1

grow more Deautuui as uo yio gv

it. and will nrove a crowning: uibhbiuk

to the sum and total of all your earthly

joys. That's so, George. 1 anxiously

await your next letter. Yours cordially,

UHCliS AM.

1,,-aanif if no wuz a live king. He hadn't

strutted across the yard inor'n about twice tin . . 1.1m Gha Ml ii raful Oil Hi TV! MB

didn't Bee her comin-, an' tho fust he knowed ha got a hist from behind that throwed him clean over the fonoe into a apple orchard. It tuk the stin'nin' out'n h s tail, an' I hain't seen him struttln roun' that cow sence." Tho exhibition of fancy driving and sadffls horses was a very attractive feature of tn -i tru... i.a.d-ii . with one or two ex-

eeptions, exceedingly well trained, and called out rounds of applause from the horsemen

present. Over a dozen pairs ot lanuHin uui

were entered, ana tne aispiay wf 6b""rro.n i ..i in ii ' riwvtna nlHO nroved a lilKIllv inter-

. i . . , . ... f n ..,ri u titi i' inmiim 1 he, uiapa

wero all fine, showy animals, and apparently

realized what was expected or tnem. os on of the ladies saw fit to make use of the whip,

mi vAt eaen norse Derionuea uibuuvj an .ww

Wheat Cash. ( OUH Cash.... Oats -White...

D15TBOIT.

.si e .IS .28.10

.81 .48 .29

.48

.80 ij-.4J'4i

.ilX

Beef Cattle 9.1a 3 2a Hons 4-W ' 4 'j knvn.. .. 3.5U 13 4.50

WiiBATo. 1 White 81 st .bl'i

Cons Mixed Oats No. 2 White 82

umuinaAii. Wheat No. 2 Hod 80 Cow-No. 2 49 Oats No. 2 81 Pobk Moss 13-50 Live Hons t.li BLF1ALO. Wukat-No. 1 Hard f0

! Conn No. 2 Yellow. al'-

Cattm) 4.S0 Hogs -2 INDIANAPOLIS. Beep Cattle 3.50 Hoas 4.30 Kukbp. 3.00

Whkat-No. 2 Med 77 CoKM 40

( 14.00

Turn A Co's Airnnov r . oort bnsmess gon- OATSMixed .3J

erally active, Imt retarded at somo points by' CwTWt -prime!?..."... ' 4.50 slow colleot ois. Advances in grain, oil an I j Fair 4.00 coffee are imlWuuU. w:tl a fl.ght falling off Common J to wtten, iu hogs, pork n4 pork products r;;;;;;,";;.";;v,'.!"V.' .w

a .87 ! .52(4 0 5.25 9 $.00 & 4JJ (9 S.i 4.0fr .li A .4Glj & .2J M 3.2i (Jj. 4.5J li 0.7S 0 0.30 0 4.T

Or, if we wanted to fill out the membership t

oiu'lit. there is Urooklvn in tne Kast ana i;in-

p.lmiiLti in the West. Out in CiucinUHtl thev

want to cine Into the League, and things are getting so there that they are ni.t at all denendent on Bundav names as they are in 8t.

Louis. And that is iust whore tho next

chances in the Leacue aro ei mlnK. Cincin

nati and Brooklyn will slip in to fill tho next

vacancies. Kucn a uoal wouia nieau a mint oi mcnev for New York and Brooklyn. Think of

the rivalry betweeu tho two cities, and uo con Dieting games to hurt each other I HEUE AND THERE.

Dunlap is said to have signed a contract to play second base with Pittsburgh next

year.

The Chioacro club is letting no grnss

orow under its feet in the direction of

sMMirino new nlavers lor the season of 1888.

ilnstav H. Erock. the stalwart pitcher of

the Oshkosh Club of the last season, has ciunf d a Chicago Club contract. Since tho

season closed Krook has been in gieat de

mand, New York, Detroit, Pittsburg, and

Ttnltiaiore onenlr competing for bu stguB'

hi, while the Ch'cano management pur

sued a still hunt with the snnio object in

view. He refused all otlew uutil recently,

vlien he rams down from h;s home m Mil

wnnkeee. and. after a short interview with

President Spalding, was engaged for the

season of 188H. lie is 31 years oia, sctuus

a foot a inches hivh. we'ehs 'J00 pounds,

nnd is said to be the strongest man in tho i,n.o.h,ill nrnfession. He is n mnlder by

trade, and wears a medal emblematic of

i, i,rvu-unie!it 1 fiinB champion hip oi

Milwaukee. President Spalding r gards

him as a prige, and is tickled over his sue ess iv Mauling him,

the

fully and well as if lashed by a maaeiuxM

driver. .... i a

Tho exinuition oi saaaie uuraoo that has been seen here for somo time. There were nearly two dozen entries, and the oompatiti nwaa oloso. Sovoral of tho horses were

under tho perfect commona oi are nu number of ponies ridden by small boys gave variety to the scene and served to Interest the vcuugor portion of the crowd. , , , - .... ' . ' i i,..., ..niiii.lo Mli a seen

mere are umuj 71 . .jat tho exhibition, and many that attract crowds about thorn daily, but Undo Isaac, the jumbo

hot;, has proea tne preaiesv uius nnclo lsrac isamMnif.otnt srecimcn of the

n. i.n TTa i4 4 vaard Ola. Btanas

almost tour loot uib". on" '6" u"

tho modest sum ot ueo pouuun. "I don't know what made that shoat grow so, ut i . . ,. .. ..... .... no im ! nn nn Rfiainst tne

feuoo in ono comer of tho pon, his hands thrust lar into nis breeches pockets and his Imt cocked

Clothing on Fire.

In everv case let the person whose

clothes .or hair has caught fire throw

himself flat on the floor and roll upon the flame. If there is anything in the room of thick woolens or carpets to smother it, even a gossamer waterproof

cloak, snatch these ana smotner tne Hre while calling for help. If the fire has caught the hair, bury the head in bedclothes. Tire cannot burn without air, and by shutting out all air from the flames they must go out. But an open door fans the flames and a standing position gives them headway. Girls are much more liable, from their long floating hair, their cotton aprons, and, altogether, thinner and more loosely

bouffant dress, to be set on fire than boys, whose stout cloth jackets are not easily ignited. The rales for putting out fire in burning clothing may not bo taught in the normal sohool, bnt every teacher ought to know them, and so thoroughly that even the fright of mounting flames will not drive them out of mind. The Publi : Ledger of Philadelphia, in commenting on a burning casualty, by which a young lady lost her life, says : "The first thing to teach people is that fire makes headway more rapidly in burning clothes wnen the endangered person is standing np. The difference m progress between a burn-ino-lamnliffhter of twisted paper held

in the hand perpendicularly, flame down, and the same paper laid flat on

a marble hearth can ue seen in a moment The first thing to do when clothing catches fire is to lie flat and cover up the flame, if there is nothing within reach to smother it. If, as is probable, there is a bed in the mom, getting into the bed between the blankets and roll

ing up in them is a sure way or putting ont the fire :n a burning skirt or sleeve. The worst, the very worst, thing to do is to run downstairs. Opening the door makes one draught, the flight downstairs another, and rushing ont

into the street, in the last irenziea moment, the worst of all. The impulse to get ont of doors is very strong m all such oases, because within the house

there are always means for putting out a fire and outside there are none rugs, rag carpet torn off the kitchen floor, a hnaw overcoat blaukets from the bed,

even pieces of bedside esrpet, put round the person in the twinkling of

an eye, while water pana ana pmouoio

are tnere at nana reauy u m oiupo.

a iia hnnrf. I never took nartikler aood

oaro of him nnd never tried to brina him out

liko that. Ho alius was a Rood loeuor, tuoucn.

Il'kmi l,n wHu n. nii tin llflftd tu ollmb into t!

trou li and tramp up an' down, a-frtghtln'

t.,tl...r Hi. -a n't. He'd climb into the O&t-bin an

roll over an' over iu tho oats I bad for my

h- rs'B and snoak into tho corn-crib an tramp on the corn. But the cleverest trick ho had was milking tho cows. Ho was awful fond of f ii ah milk an' ouo of my boys Irainod him to nu ith ono of tho cows that bed lost her cr. -' Tho old cow ohjeotcd at first, hut she got uted to him and would bawl after him as II

wernaiJ."

A New Species of Bee. A very pleasant evening's amusement

for a number of people mignt oe secured bv having a pronouncing bee conducted on the same general princi

ples as a spelling bee. -i ne woros to be pronounced should be seleoted by a committee and written up on a blackboard in full view of the audience. Society in general gets along very well with uncertain spelling, and there are

many smart men ana women wno very wisely refrain from ink. It really makes but small difference to society at large how its individual members spell. By refraining from ink their lapses in this respect are not known, but it is absolutely necessary to know hvn. tn anoak correctly and pronounce

words properly. There are many who continue to stumble over snob small bowlders as finance, vagary, hymeneal, etc. A cleverly arranged pronouncing oee would furnish a great deal of fun and some money for small charitable entertainments. Rare Bits. Musical Item. Sam Beasly, a granger from Onion Creek, was in Austin and called on a friend at the Brunswick Hotel. As they walked past the parlor a lady was observed pounding on a piano. "What is she playing?" asked the granger. "She is playing tho 'Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls.' " ",-'o it is a harp she's playing. Dang my buttons if it didn't sound like a piano. Uloosyi like one, too. - ?a?w Silting,

INDIANA STATE NEWSw Under the caption of "Judicial Circuits and Business," the State Bureau ot Statistics has complied returns from fUty eight counties for the year ending f ma 30, 1887, the following - being the most impor tant of the several totals tending to show the business transacted by the Coasts f the State: Civil cases began dnrhtg the year, 13,890; criminal easel began, 4,696; indictments returned, 3,576; convictions ia criminal cases, 1,216; executions issued, 5,278; foreclosure decrees entered, 1,518. Several of the larger counties including Knox, Boone, liandolpb, Cass, Vigo, and Clinton, each of whioh constitute a Jodieial Mmnit. have, failed to make returns, and

the bureau makes the following, for the entire State: Civil oases

22,032; criminal eases begun, 7,338; indict

ments returned, 5,672; convictions in cruxunal oases, 1,920; executions issued, 8,373; foreclosure decrees entered, This estimate shows an annual average -of sixty two indictments and twenty-one eaavthr tions ta each county of the State.

At Shelbvville. George CnUmnber, or

Fairland, was standing on a side-track of the C, L, St I. C. Railroad, looking toward the south, when a freight train from the north backed down npottlttlll.

Seven cars and a locomotive passed over

his body, which was severed near tno heart Both arms were cut off aril an ugly gash inflicted on the head. Hit

mangled body was carried to nts.aonia, and the Coioner sent for. llie deoeased was born in the State ot Virginia, April 28, 1827, and had resided ia Fabland twenty-one years. He was a member at Ihe Grand Army, and served aa Postmaster at Fairland for two years. He leaves a wife and two children. The State Statistician is compiling the averages of the crops of the season. Ho will have the work completed in a tew days. It will show that the yield of earn is about 60,000,000 bushels, while in 1885 it was 117,000,000, and last year 108,000,000. Had there been suffloJent rant the crop would have reached 125,000,000 bosh-. els. One farmer repotted that he got only thirteen ears to the acre. The averags will be about twenty bushels to the sera. For wheat the average is only fifteen bnaheht. Irish potatoerwill reach about one-fonrth

of a crop, or in the aggregate not :

than 1,500,000 bushels. Considerable excitement

aroused in the vicinity ot Farmer's lnstitnte, Tippecanoe County, over the discovery that glanders, in a very serious form, has broken ont among the horses la that neighborhood. A veterinary surgeon found two horses belonging to A. H. Crouse very bad, and by order at the Board of Health officer they were shot Other horses have contracted tho disease, it is claimed, bnt their owners deny that.

it is the glanders, and decline to Mil I

animals. The veterinary pronounces

disease acute glanders. A woman in the ease censed a fatal affair at Stendal, Pike County. Davjd

Monroe and his nephew. Jamas Sotrtherland, quarreled over Monroe's wife, lion roe knocked Southerland down, and eat a big gash in his head. Sontherland left, and Monroe went to bed. Later in the night a shotgun was poshed through the window of Monroe's bedroom and discharged into the small of his back, lionroe was found covered with blood and a big hole in his back, fatally injured. Sontherland escaped. The dead body a man about years of age, and apparently a tramp, was fonnd under the railroad bridge over Hat Bock, near Columbus. His skull waa crushed as if with a club, though lndaath may have been caused by falling throagh

the bridge. The general opinion u mat

be was murdered, ana a parry rs lotw tramps, who were encamped near the ape, have been arrested on suspicion.

Ethan Leak, a young larmer re-jam ... . at V

two and a haUmiiseawoxauiwswwa, while carelessly handling a revolvsar, acci

dentally discharged it the ball striking nis wife and seriously, if not fatally, injoiag . tk An!t nf hit eaffadesaUISfaai

UV. -J- O , and doubtless thinking that he had killed his wife, he placed the weapon to his forehead and sent a bullet through bis brain, instantly killing himself. 1 The mangled body of Charles Bowman, a well-known young Wabash County farmer, was found by the roadside near his home. It is supposed that while riding on a load of corn he was thrown off and the wheels passed over his body, crushing the chest in a frightful manner. Bowman died before a physician ooaht be summoned. VT. F. Beach, an old engineer, Madding in New Albany, has perfected a plan by which he hopes to utilise the vast waterpower Of the Ohio falls. He proposes to dig a huge mill-race, in which to convey the water to a reservoir, where it will be made to turn a lot ef turbtne wheels, from which the power is to be transmitted to factories. Work has been commenced Portland on glass-works for the manufacture of window-glass. The works will employ sixty men. The Chicago Creamery Catapany, when Ihey complete their lavotory, will manufacture butter tabs and eatploy 125 men. The men working b both mills will add 1,000 to the population of Fort-laud.

J. T. Emmons, a braaeman on an Panhandle road, who lives at Sulphur . Springs, had his hand badly mashed while coupling cars in the yards at Anderson. Ha went to Newcastle to have his InjnriM dressed by Dr. Hea, the railroad snrgeo-a, and it was found necessary to amputate two ot his fingers. i George Cullnmber, of Fairland, was run over by a freight train and killed. Charles Moron, whose home is at Hoiton, Eipley County, while working im a stone quarry at Paris, met with a very serious if not fatal accident While raising a huge stone with a derrick the doge slipped, letting the stone drop noon bin, breaking his legs. Ira Siders, aged 30, a married man,

residing in Jackson Township, Jay County, was struck on the head by a falling tree and instantly killed. Bev, li- D. Bidgeway, of Madison, baa accepted a call from the Christian Church at Kochester to become their pastor. While repairing derricks in John Puttman's stone-yard, in Newport, two ot the machines fell, killing John Davis, a stonecutter, and Joseph Knapper, nephew ot Fultman. Davis leaves a helpless family of seven children. The large paper-mill formerly ran by the Elkhart Paper Company, and which has been idle for some time, hat bean bought by the Excelsior Starch Company at hat city and will resume business at once. - The Indianapolis oar-worka have been awarded the contract to build tttt oan fa Keprtckyithswioad,