Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1895 — Page 3

- —TO THErT)ROGRESSI VE <3 I y < FARMER OB’ 1893 — VE wish to say that we have now on hand the New Force Feed, Low Elevator, Champion - Binder ECCENTRIC GEAR, Demonstrated in harvest of 1894, to be the LIGHTEST DRAFT And having the "advantage over all other Binders in handling Rye or down grain, and will Forfeit Price of Binder If we cannot demonstrate to any practical farmer that we have advantages over all other Binders and Mowers. Come and let us show you and be convinced. We are here for the purpose of showing you these facts, and if you fail to see and buy a Binder or Mower of any other make than the Champion. you make The Mistake of Your Life. BINDER TWINE, PLOWS, HARROWS, And, in fact, the largest stock of HARDWARE In the city, together s with"the lowest prices. Thanking our customers for past favors, and hoping for a con- , tinuance of same, we Temaim Truly yours, JOHN S. BOWERS & CO.

UNCLE DICK OGLESBY. Two Characteristic Stories of the Genial Ex-Governor of Illinois. I think it was during the Cleveland- , Blaine campaign that ex-Governor ‘ Oglesby Os Illinois, “Uncle Dick,” as he is familiarly known, first made a stay i of any length in New York. He and a companion had a sumptuous luncheoft, ordered of course by the intro- ! (lueer, who wonntl up by inviting the governor to smoke. The clerk at the cigar counter handed out some fine Havana cigars. Uncle Dick was about to take | one, when some thought arrested his ! hand, and he asked : “What's the price of these?” “Twenty-live cents.” was the reply. “Holy smoke !” ejaculated the governor. “Put eni back! Put ’em back, quick!” “But, governor, this is my treat,” said his friend. “Daren’t tjo it! Dtuen’t do it! Put ’em buck!'’ "Yes,.- but governor”— ' "I tell you I daren’t do.it. Why, man, if they should ever find out in II- | linois that I snfoked a 25 cent cigar in i New York, they’d turn me out of the church-, and it would ruin me politically forever. Daren't do it! Ten cent cigars are good enough for me in New York and 5 centers at home, ” Uncle Dick always prided himself on his success in campaigning when called upon to reach a’man’s vote through his family pride. On one of his tours he passed through , a country town in Illinois, when he ! came suddenly upon a charming group —a comely woman with n bevy of little ones about her—in a garden with a high picket fence in front of it. He stopped short, then advanced and leaned over the front gate. "Madam,’’ said he in his most ingratiating way, “may I kiss these beautiful children?”

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] • ‘Certainty, sir, ’ ~ the' lady~answerer! ' demurely, "there is no possible objec- ! tion. ” i “They are-lovely darlings,” said UuI de Dick, after he had finished the eleventh. "I have .seldom seen more beautiful babies, Are they all yours, marin?” I The lady blushed deeply. j "Os course they tire—the sweet little ! treasures. From whom else.inarm, could • they have inherited these limpid eyes, these rosy cheeks, these profuse curls, these comely figures and these musical voices?” I The lady continued blushing. "By the way', inarm,” said Uncle Dick, "may I bother you to tell your estimable husband tliat Richard J. Oglesby. Republican candidate for governor ,■> called upon hint this evening?” "Alas, sir,” quoth the lady; "I have no liusband. ” "But these children, madam —you surely are not a widow?” "I fear you were mistaken, sir, when you first came up. These are not my children. This is an orphan asylum!”— Exchange. Klexatdr Girts. There are three buildings in Philadelphia in which the elevators are exclusively run by girls. They are the \Vomun’s Christian association’sbig building, at Eighteenth and Arch streets, the Girls’ High school and the Normal school. In tlie first building, all the employees tire women except the engineer and fireman. Succinct Deflnit ion. "Mike,” said Plodding Pete, who had been reading from a stray scrap of paper, "what does ‘dernier ressort’ mean?” Meandering Mike looked at him with the supercilious contempt of Superior knowledge and replied, "Work.”—“ Washington Stax. English leather gloves were sold all over Enrone in 1247.

' fiends aiioiiv deed Cowardly Work of an Assassin in Louisiana. ___ WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT. Mother Shot Down While Holding » Four Montha Old Unite in Her Arnie—A IO-Year-Old Girl Shot in the Abdomen. A Poeee in Pursuit of the Ked-Hnnded Murderer. New Orleans, July 22. —On the Terre Haute plantation, in St. John’s parish, while Rosario Giordano and his family were seated at supper, Joe Noska walked up to the door and levelling a double barreled ’shotgun, fired. Mrs. Giordana fell to the floor a corpse, and the bullets that did not go through her went through both legs pf the four months old infant she held in her arms. Giordano, fearing that the babe would be killed in the fall, sprang forward to clasp it, and the assassin then fired again, the buckshot entering the groin and leg of Mary Giordano. The 10. year-old little girl, on seeing her mother fall, ran forward and received a portion of the load of buckshot that struck her father. The shot entered her abdomen, literally tearing it to pieces. At the same time ■ littlb Nicolana fell to the floot wounded through the head. The assassin did not move from the spot, but when he saw Beiieditto Giordano, a nephew of the dead woman, and Charley C’olumbano coming toward him he coolly placed two fresh shells in.his gun and fired both barrels, the two men falling to the ground dead. The murderer made his escape to the woods. When the citizens ascertained the tent of the deed they organized a posse, and started in pursuit of the assassin. The wounded were brought to the charity hospital in this city. Condition of the Wounded. The two little Giordano girls at the hospital will die; the father and the four-months old baby wifi recover. The -assassin bus not ynt Giordano says he does not know how he offended Noska, who was a laborer on the place, except that on one occasion the overseer, who is a frieud of his, told the man to do some chores. Giordano, however, had nothing to do with this. Giordano had been living on the plantation with his family for the past few years. Last October Noska (or Ganaste), came from New York to work on the plantation. He is a married man and lived with his wife and two children on the plantation. The assassin and the wounded man had never had any trouble whatever, and no ill feeling as far as the wounded knew existed between them. By some it is thought to be a mafia murder. LONDON CLUB RAIDED. Several Americans Prominent In Official Life Were Caught. London, July 22. —A police raid has been made upon the Palace club, catching a ulimber of prominent Americans. The club is' one of several fashionable night clubs in London where the demimonde resort. It opens at midnight and closes at 6a. m. Lately the place has been very notions. The club is elegantly appointed, having 25 men servants and a band playing nightly. A hundred men and women, all in evening dress, were captured. It is said r that among thpui were a United States senator, a congressman, a prominent law official of an eastern state and an American police official. Death From a Live Wire. Philadelphia, - July 22.— James Lower and his son, John T., were instantly killed yesterday by coming in contact with an electric light wire. Just how the 'accident occurred will never be known definitely, as no one witnessed it. When found the bodies' were close together, the father lying across the wire. It is supposed the parent, seeing the wire, took hold of it to toss it aside and was shocked to death, and the son, seeing tlie father fall, rushed to his assistance, only to share a like fate. The body of the father was badly burned. Gil Works Burned. Chicago, July 22. —The lire in the building occupied by the National Liu-, seed Oil company yesterday was one Os the most destructive witli which the Chicago lire department has had to contend with in many months. In the immediate vicinity there is a large lumber yard and numerous manufacturing" buildings, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the flames were kept from spreading to these. The mam building was totally destroyed and the loss will reach $400,000 on stock and machinery. ■ \ Parliamentary Flections. London, July 22.—As a result, of the pollings thus far held in the general elections, the Unionists now show a net gain of 68, giving the government a majority of 108. The districts to be heard from the coming week are almost entirely in the counties and' the shires. The number yet to heard from is 160. The majority of these were represented by Liberals in the last parliament. Condition of the Pope. Omaha, Neb., July 22.—Bishop" Scanned of Omaha, has returned from his visit to Rome. “I had an audience with Pope Leo XIII,” said the bishop, “and found him a very old man, but, for his years, he looks very bright. Time does not seem to have any effect on ? his mental faculties, judging from his conversation and the appearance oh his face.” AU Well on the Montgomery. New York, July 22.—The United States steamer Montgomery,Commander Davis, arrived yesterday with eight members of the Nicaragua canal commission on board. She sailed from Colon July 10 and from Key West on the 17 th. ill) on board were well. .■ ~.~ Danvtjxk, Ills., July ,22.—Hamlet Corsojy a 17-year-old boy, fell from a wagon' and. was kicked to death. In falling his head caught in the doubletree, and was' kicked at nearly every step by the frightened team.

Host ’» Thin. We otfer Ono Hundred Oollara reward for ' any case ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall'-' Catarrh Cure F. .1. CHENEY X Co.. Toledo. O We. the undersigned have known F. .1 Cheney for the Inst 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially aide to carry out any obligations made l>y their firm West & Thcax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O. Walking, Kinnan X Marvin. Wholesale Druggi ts. Toledo. O Hall's Cata:rH Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free Price 75C. per bottle. Sold tty all Druggists. Grand Raoids & Indiana Railroad. 100. effect June 23. 1895. DOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No, 7 Cincinnati..lve . ... Anfiaffi s.'sipni Richmond 3 30pm 1100 . 1125 .. | Winchester . 4 34.. 12 00. 1220ami Portland 5 17.. 1242 pm 12 51 Decatur 0 12 .. 1 45 .. 137 ’ Ft. Wayne... arr 6 55.- 2 35.. 210 •• ...Ive 2 55pm 230.. 8 o(>am Kendallville . ! 4 06.. 3 14.. 9 10.. Rome City 4 22., 326.. 92i>.. Wolcottville. .... ... 4 2a.. 9 32.. Vaientine.__J——.... 4 40.. .. 944 .. LaGrange . .. 4 49.. 3 48.. 952 ~ Lima.. ■>,. 5 s'-' 10i'4 .. Sturgis i 515 .. 406 .. 10 16 .; Vicksburg 6 14.. 4 52. 111 16.. Kalamazoo, arr 6 40. 515 .. 11 45 . " ..Ive '. 7C5 .. 5 20.. I! 55pm Gr. Rapids, .arr ' 915 6 50am, 130 “ “ ..Ive 700 am 110 45; ■ *OO. 14't. D., G.H.XM.cr 7 15.. 11100. 18 13.. I I!Kf . Howard City. . 8 20.. 11205 am j 2 39'.. Big Rapids .... 905 .. 112 45 . ' 9 3(1 .. ; 313 Reed City 9 40. 1 125 10 05 .. >■ 340 Cadillac arr4o4s ~ 4 239 .. 10 55 .. c 4 35 . • .... ive 11 10 .. | 2 40am 114 0.. \ I to . Traverse City. .... 1240pmIs 20. Kalkaska • 1 35ptn 4 Oil . . . s’ii a Petoskej ...... 3 40'.. j 550 . ! 140 .. ■ 720 MaekinapCity. I 52u . | 7 20.. | 300 . . ' _ f GOING SOUTH. STATIONS, i No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 ■ **H i — Mackinac City. 9 00pm 9 3Ham 3 copm Petoskey 10 30 .. 10 .« ... 415 Kalkaska 11237 am 5 50 . Traverse City.. >lO 35 .. 525 Cadillac . ..arr 2 10.. 12.5 pm 710 . I. -7tvW33o .T 35 .1 (7 15 V am Reed City f 340 .. 2 35,.. 815 . 845 . Big Rapids 408 . 333 I 8 37 ,915 . Howard City.. 5 00.. 4 05c. 1010 . D..G. H.&M.cr 605 .. 5 10. 10 HO . 'll 15 . Gr. Rapids .arr 6 20.. 5 25.. 10 15 11 3<> . “ " ..Ive 725 am 600.. 1140 pm 215 pm Kalamazoo.arr 920 .. 752.. I 135 am 4'Xi " . .Ive 925 .. sOO ' 405 . Vicksburg (149.. 1825.. 4 30. Sturgis 10 42 .. 912 .. 5 15. Lima 10 54 .. ; 924 .. I 527 . LaGrange... . 1107 ... J 936 —. _Lj .JJCe,. walenrine..,. ;7TI 18 .J 944 .. 1 5 46. Wolcottville... 4130.. 954 . 557 . Rome City 11 36 .. 9 .59 602 . Kendallville... 1150 .. JO 16.. 6 22.. Ft. Wayne., arr 1255 .. 1125.. 730 .. “ “ ..Ive! 115 pm, 11 45 .. I 545aml Decatur ! 159 -., '1236 .. L 6 30 Portland. 1 300 .. I 140 am, 7 30.. I Winchester.... i 344 .. i 2 25 ... I B(Ki .. j ttichtfiond ..... 4 45 .. [ 320 .. I 915 p. .t. Cincinnati.,,, !725 ~ 1715 .. 112 Q 11.. ~. Trains 2 and 4 run daily between Granc Rapids and Cincinnati. C. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON Agent, Decatur InP Erie Lines. Schedule In effect June 9, 18S5 Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TWAINS WEST. N 0.5. Vestibule Limited, daily for i „ ~ Chicago .7..... T 4 ' No. 3, Pacific Express, daily sot > , .. Chicago . - C No. 1. Express. Hails - except Sun- i 10:45 A. .V day lor Chicago... a.. ....... t No. 31. Local, daily, except jQ.,, M . day.......;. \ ‘: TRAINS EAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for i u ». New York and Boston { - u f • 11 No. 2. Express, daily except Sun-i p u day for New York " r ' 1 No. 12. Express, daily for New I York i" M No. 30. Lodal, daily except Sunday 10:45 A. _M. Through coaches and sleeping ears to New York and Boston. - Trains l and 2 stop at al stations on the C. X E. division. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus, CirclevilL Chillicathe Waverly. Portsmouth. Iroutor, and Kenova, via Columbus Hocking Valley X Toledo-and Norfolk & Western Lines. J. W. DeLong. As-ent. W. G. MacEdwakds T P.A. Huntington. otlee to .Von-Kesideiits The State of Indiana. Adams count.v, ss: In tlie Adams Circuit Court. August term. 1895. Nicholas Minger - vs. I Complaint toquiet Anthony D. Eox, title. No. snl. Daniel Fox et al It appearing from affidavit, tiled in tlie above entitled cause, that Anthony D. Fox. tlie mi known heirs-at-law of Anthony I). Fox. de ceased. Daniel Fox. tlie unknown heirs-at-law of uaniel Fox. deceased. Mary, Fox. tlie tin known heirs-at-law of Mary Fox. deceased Alice Fox. tlie unknown lieirs-at-law of Alice Fox. deceased. William Fox. the unknown heirs-at-law of William Fox. deceased, the above named defendants are non-residents ot the state of Indiana. < - Notice is therefore hereby given the said Anthony it. Fox. tlie unknown heirs at-law ot ’ Anthony D.Fox. deceased. Daniel Fox. tlie unknown heirs al-law of Daniel Fox.-deeeased. Mary Fox. heirs-at-law of Marx Fox, deceased. Alice Fox, the unknown heir at-law of Alice Fox. deceased, William Fox the unknown heir—at-law of William Fox. that they be and appear tet'ore the Hon-Judge ot tlie Adams Circuit Court on the 2nd day of September. 1895. the same being tlie 19th Juridical day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the court house in the city of Decatur, -commencing on Monday, the 12th day of August, A. D. 1895. and plead by answer or demur to said complaint.or the same will te heard and determirieiTln their absence. Witness mv name, and the seal of 'Hid court hereto allixed this Bth day of July. 1895. John H. Lknhakt. Clerk By E. Burt Lenhart. Deputy Rojl. Pej.ei>ion, attorney for plaintiff. Notice to Non Residents. The State oi Indiana. Adams county, ss. In the Adams Circuit Court,' August term. 1895. Christy Stogdill. vs. I Complaint to Anthony D. Fox. > Quiet Title, . Daniel,Fox. et al. J N 0.5042. . It appearing from affidavit, tiled -in the above entitled cause, that Anthony I) Fox. the unknown heirs -at law of Anthony D. Fox deceased. Daniel Fox, the unknown heirs at law of Daniel Fox. deceased, Mary Fox. the unknown heirs at law of Mary Fox, deceased. Allee Fox. the unknown heirs at law of Alice Fox. deceased. William Fox. tlie, unknown heirs at law of William Fox. deceased, the above named defendants are non-residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Anthonv D. Fox, the unknown heirs at law of Anthony l> Fox, deceased, Daniel Fox. the unknown heirs at law of Daniel Fox. deceased. Mary Fox. the unknown heirs at law ot Mary Fox. deceased. Alice Fox, the unknown heirs at law of Alice Fox. deeeased. William Fox. the unknown heirs at law of Williau Fox. deceased, that they be and appear before the Hon. "Judgeot the Adams Circuit Court, on theSnii day of September. 189.5, the same being 19th Juridical day of tire next regular tei’.m thereof, to lie holden at the Court House in the City nt ileeatnr, commencing on Monday, the J.’thday of August. A. D. 1896. and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, w the same will lie heard and determined in their absence. Witness, mv name, and tlie sealof said court heretoallixed, this sth dayof Jfily. A. D. 1895, John H. Lenh a rt. Clerk. By E HiwitLenhaut. Deputy; R. S. Peterson, Atty for plttl. 17-3

ll)I.I.NII\ /IT TOM • ** IItalian Steamor Maria 1* Hink by the .Steamer Ort igia. LOSS OF LIFE VERY HEAVY. One Hundred and Forty-Bight People Drowned -The Wrecked Steamer Bound For La Plata From Naples—Most of the Passenger. Asleep at the Time of the Accident. Gf.ona, July 22.—The Italian steamers Ortigiaanrt Maria P collided off Isla Del Pinto at the entrance of the Gulf of Geoua today. The latter sank and 148 people were drowned. The Maria P was bound from Naples to La Plata. There was a crew of 17 and the passengers numbered 175. She was calling here enroute to her destination. She was entering the Gulf of Geona at 1:30 yesterday when she met the < Irtigia out-bound. They only noticed each other when a collision was inevitable. The water rushed in through the hole anti the Miria i’ sank in three minutes. No 4 bailee For Escape. The majority of the passengers were asleep at the time of the accident and had no time to escape after the alarm was given. They were engulfed with the vessel. The Ortigia remained ph the s]g)t until 6 o clock in order to pick up the survivors. She rescued 14 of the crew and 2s of tlie passengers Os the Maria P. Gther steamers have been despatched to the scene •.f rho disasterairtLafeTiow" searching for further survivors. The Ortigia’s bow was smaslied for a space of 12 feet along the water line. There is some comment upon the fact brought to mind by the disaster that the Ortigia once collided on the same spot witli the French steamer Uncle Joseph. The skv overcast at the tim.- of th. accident, and there xvas littl.-sea. Both captains were asleep and Third Officer Revello wa> on watch on the Ortigia. and Second Officer D’Angelo was on watch on the Maria P. Engines Reversed Too Late. The Ortigia xvas going at the rate of I 11 miles an hour and the Maria P at ‘ the rate of eight miles. Both vessels j saw the lights of the other and continued on their proper roads until tlie | mistake was made, it is not established , by whom, which brought ,the Maria P I broadside toward the < .'rtigia. Third ( Officer Reycjrt of th- Ortigia saw the , danger and ordered tlieengines reversed. But the orfler canit' too late. tigia struck the Maria P; making an ! enormous gap in her side. All the boats of theOrtigia were low- I ered. and the crew rescued all, they 1 could of the Survivor-. The latter, for ! the most part, remam in such a state of j terror since the rescue that they are un- ! able to give a single detail of the disas- | ter. Cantain Ferrarer, who was saved, I said that lie was sleeping in his cabin when he was awakened by cries and shouts and a great noise. He rushed upon deck and saw; the Ortigia backing off. while his own ship was sinking. ! Seeing that all wa< lost he jumped into ' the sea; there he was picked up by the | Ortigia’s boat. . Second .Officer D'Angelo, who Was on ; Avateh when the ship wa- struck by the ’ Ortigia. was drowned. Arrested In Mexico. Chicago, July 22.—Chester W. Rowe, the defaulting cashier of Poweshiek county, lo'wa. is under arrest in the... City of Mexico, and a large part of the $30,000 which he imide away with lias j been attached by .Pinkerton operatives and will likeiy be returned to the county from which it was taken. Riefeard Rowe, a brother, is also under arrest as an accomplice. It is somewhat doubt- I iul, howeyer. whether either of the brothers can be taken back to lowa for their trial. .They were locked lip, but wJieti it came to extraditing them the ddte&tives found themselves tiloeked? aunder the Mexicali law a foreigner niay go there, renounce all allegiance from the coTttrtry from which he came, be- ; come a Mexican citizen, ami thus avoid ; extradition. Howe had taaen advantage i of this-hjw." Rowe and his brorlier, at the«time of their arn>t. were conduct- • ing a saloon in the City of Mexico, and it is said, were making money fast. Rumored Wotindipg of Campos. Tampa. .Fla., July 22. —Passenger- ' from Cuba and private letters announce - that General Campos is Wounded and besieged in Bayamo. The Spani-h papers state that besides Santoeildes ! various other officers also fell in a bat- I tie near Manzanillo, and it is rumored that one of them is the son of Campo-. Passengers claim that a railway car arrived at Villavueva station in Havana closed so that no one knew its contents. Some say this ear contained Campos, and others maintain that it held the ! body of his son. The Spanish press | gives no details of the encounter, and this makes the Cubans believe that Santocildes’ body was left in the possession of the insurgents in Santa Clara. Defender Defeat* the Vigilant. New York, July 22.—The Defender defeated the Vigilant bv 2 minutes and 45 seconds in their 30 mile run Saturday. They race again today, when the Vigilant will carry more sail than .that under which she appeared Saturday, and it is fair to presume that the sail area added will assist not a little in sending the yacht, through the Water faster than in the previous race. Yaehtsnien are hoping that today’s event will take place ill a stiff breeze, if not a blow, for nobody knows definitely what the Defender ca*n do in a wind. Arbitration' Declined. Clevf.l a nd, J uly 22. —Joseph Dishop. president, of the state board of arbitratioii. has been in conference with -the striking employes of the American Wire company; The men declined to submit their differences to arbitration, saying . their relations with the company were ! meh that they could Settle them with- I out outside assistance. It is tbougltt they will stand out for their demands.

[ WOMAN S POSITION. \ WHAT IT WAS BY NATURE AND WHAT MAN HAS-MADE IT. | Inteixled For Maternity and Hornekeepera, .Many Driven Into Occupation* Tlmt Were Once Only For Men— Soiffe Very Plain Talk. % The reiteration of any statement, how- \ ever important or timely, becomes monotonous, but so long as mischievous ideas are promulgated they must be met and discredited, though it be seventy times seven and more. Otherwise the world would remain eternally in error. It will be admitted, even by the most radical of the so called woman’s rights advocates, that, in conformity to her peculiar physical organization, the female of the human race has been especially created to perform a specific work in the domestic economy. This is, comprehensively stated, to bear children and maintain the home. On the other hand, it was manifestly intended that the male of the human race should cherish and protect her, assuming the severer physical labor which must be performed and shielding her from every danger that might threaten the health, happiness and perpetuation of the species. In the original plan one duty was not regarded subordimlte or inferior to' the other. Nature had simply divided t}ie burden of existence, assigning to one the I active part of providing fqod and 'slh?l- --! ter, and to the other the more important - part i n the reproduction of the species—to strip it of all, its sentimentality and state it plainly. But in this, as—in all things eTse, the majority of men have subverted thelaw' of nature and have promulgated the -+heery-that— earners of wealth, owe little to women who merely raise children anjl preside over tlie home which they, the men, have founded, and which they alone work to sustain. This assigns maternity and home keeping to an inferior position and places the mother and the head of the household in rhe attitude "f dependent, who ihusf Tiecdhtentwith whatever the-hus-band and father sees fit to give her, disregarding common justice and that which is her rightful due—tlie absolute and etjual division of all that accrues ! through his xvork and her economy. The increasing l<we of luxury among I men, the comfort which club life pro- ! vides. xvith emigration from thickly • populated centers to remote fields of in-, i dustry. have reduced the number of mar-- ! riageable men in many states. This,, i xvitli the unwillingness of the few to accept the dependence of the nature d<1 scribed above, lias also largely increased ! the number of unmarried women whti id),), (so to, .or are forced to, provide for ;.th«'iuselves. Whether they belong to one i class or the other, it remains none the | less certain that xvliatever income they i are to have they must acquire by their • own eff( irts... They have uO other alter- ; ! native, unless they are willing to accept | the distasteful cluirity of Wealtilt friends . I or,. reJati.ves, or j< »iii the army of the lost, : whose brief, season of /ease and luxury almost inevitably ends in the prison, the almshouse or the potter's field. And yet. again and again, and still ! again, solemn exlibftations are somidt'd t-iroin the pi^lpitAvarning u w Woinan” frOm I deserting the home, her proper sphere, I t<"> join the feverish multitudes who ; marts ami highways of the world. ▼Women themselves, vreak, foolish and unthinking, selfishly satisfied - with their own seclusion, echo the senseless and cruel ’command. For it is cruel, as heartless as the suggestion of the pampfered French queen whose subjects, starving for bread, were ! advised “to put a chicken in the pot.” she wife of a famous Union general .'some time ago deplored the exodus of woman from the home into business and the professions. In all her life she had never known want or the lack.of a thing sht> dcsirad. After the death of her husband fjjhtds and the government, in Consideration of life service, provided for her so that she might enjoy the same comfort to the end of her days. Not a , dollar of the generous income was the I result of ly*r own personal effort; ami . but for the bounty of the country she might have learned something of the . stress' wh.ieh forces other women to seek tin holiest livelihood for themselves. j 'rite'situation lias pa.-si d beyond, the i power <>f any human being to alter it. I’ Instead of decreasing, no matter what ! the result may be, the expdns will contiiuie. Those women who have brayed the w; rid have tested through experiefice j the sweets of independence and-the satjs- : faction .which conies from being able to do work and do it well, whieh-not only provides a living for the present, but independence in old age. Poverty, helplessness—bread and Ixiard that are bitterly grudged-i-lutve hurried many a woman to her grave whose old ago, had she I been able to benefit by the new coiniii tious of today, would have been serene ’ • and unclouded? There is no fear that women will cease to marry-and to aid in founding homes, butethe skilled workwoman of the twentieth century wiirbe able to deiiiaitd that equality in matters of domestic authority and finance which her ignorant sister dared not ask,.hampered by the limitations of her sex. aggravated by her ignorance. A new era has daxvued. Neither prejudice, nor coiisefvatisiu, nor the combined hostility of church and state can order the sun to stand still. Trie day of miracles, in this direction at least, has passed.—Mary H- Krotit id Chicago Big Bells In China. Besides hundreds of bells weighing from 10,000 to 25,000 pounds. Natfcin, China, has four bells which weigh 50,000 , pounds each. They are neaifly 12 English sees each ia height, mid lire almost 23 feet iu diameter. The metal.in these monsters averages abouto J 2 inches in thickness throughout, being afeut 8 inches ron the lower lip, or rim; In Peking there j is a chime of seven, bells',: each of xvhieh wtßghs 1’20.000 pounds. —St. Louis Republic.