Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1896 — Page 3

' the sw: I Further Particulars of the Awful St, Louis Disaster. I ft* • • r * FIRE FOLLOWS UP THE TORNADO. All Breasts Filled With Feelings of Horror and Sympathy. I LOSS CANNOT YET BE ESTIMATED Death List of East St. Louis as Large as That of the Mound City. AWFUL WORK OF DESTRUCTION. f — —* The Great Fads Bridge Was Damaged. Troops (tailed Out to Prevent Thieves j and Thugs From Bobbing the Dead , and Wounded, as Well as Demolished ' Storcnxims (i nerierr Altgvld >a.vs the Scene Is Appalling —Appeal For Aitl From East St. Louis City Council of Chicago Oilers zYssistanct*—Nation’s Capital Vistnd by a D< struct it e Cyclone. Severe Kain and Windstorm In i’ennsylvaiiin Causes Much Loss ol Property. Sr. Lons, May -29.—W Ash the sun rose on St. Louis and vicinity ye- erday it showed a se'eno of terrible ruin and disaster. Wind, rain and fire .had combined in a misisoirof destruction. Two j hundred lives were lost in this city and us many more were killed m East St. Louis, while thousands were injured, many of them so severely that th.y.can- , not recover. The exact number will not be known for many days, and perhaps never, for the debris of the buildings all over the city covers hundreds of human beings. The damage anddeBtruction of properly will aggregate i many millions of dollars, but the exact amount can not beeven estimated with any degree of certainty. The terrible tornado that caused this destruction strut k this city-Wednesday evening at 5:13 o’clock and all parts of this* city and East St. Louis felt its effects. The greatest damage on this side of the river was inflicted.with a 8-mile strip along the mighty stream. | Many buildings totally collapsed from the force of the wind, others were un- ■ roofed, while Verj* few in the city es-• caped some injury. Signs and cor nicest were torn off, shades and everything 1 else suffered from the strength of tiw wind. City Still In Durknea*. When darkness temporarily interrupted the. search for storm victims last night 315 people were know n to be dead : on both sides of the river, and although 1 the complete death list will never be known, it is believed it will approximate 400 in the two cities. The number of the injured is even larger and many of the maimed cannot survive. The property loss will reach well into the millions, but insurance people, firemen and police alike refuse to hazard even a guess at accurate figures. The city was in darkness last night, repair of electric light wires having been scarcely begun, and but few of the trolly lines are running. All over the stricken district the debris-choked streets are crowded with sightseers. Fire Adds to the Horror. After the wind had done their work fire added to the destruction. Hetzell’s mill was the first to become ignited and it was totally destroyed at a loss of $150,000. Harris’ barrel factory, with nearly 50 loaded cars in the terminal yards, Lynch’s boardinghouse, . Beard’s ■ feed store, Lee’s blacksmith shop and other smaller places were burned. The destruction''' of the water works early in the storm cut off the water supply and Chief Purdy and his men fought the lire with a bucket brigade's best they could. Tlie whole central portion of the city was threatened | by the burning mill, but all hands ■ worked with sue h a' will that its„further ■ spreiuidvas prevented, The lire caused consternation. Auditorium Slightly Damaged. The convention auditorium was practically "uninjured by the great storm, the only damage being that some of the light roof' covering on the southeast corner of the building was blown off. The damage can all be repaired in a few days. There is not the ‘slightest doubt but that the building will be perfectly restored and in a first class condition long before the day the convention is to meet. V Damage at the Poorhouse. The poorhouse, which is situated at the extreme southeast limit of the city, Buffered severely from the storm. The entire roof Os the female building was; torn off , and flung yards away, and large posts were twisted away from the : walls. The main damage was done at i the' big institution, however, and was ; caused by the destruction of the tower which stood bn the top of the central building. The tower was blown down and crashed entirely through the building down into the basement. There were eight columns supporting thereof, and the falling of these carried the floors of the building beneath it. * . Eight inmates of the poorhouse re-'-"ceived numerous wounds from flying glass and bricks, but it is not thought that their injuries are anyway dangerous. Several of the attendants were cut slightly by splinters of glass; The dead- , . hottsb das’CompJcleiy demiyi'-hi d by the furious wind, 'die building, which was , ', a weak one, "was entirely obliterated ami two i&'ad bodies swept iijvi'ty with the wind. Troublesome Insmio I’utienls, .7 , > The inline in Im* ward 7 , gave the attendants . a great deal of

, . s . .... trouble during the fierce wind. They would not be controlled, and filled the building with their shrieks and cries. After the storm hud abated a, little they were induced to quiet down. Tlie new building for the male insane patients, which is the most westerly of tlie buildings, »wtts not damaged. The engineroom in tlie other building was wrecked and suffered tlie loss of its smokestacks, which were blown away, i Tlie damag’ t > the buildings is esti- I mated at 1159,099. The female hospital ' escaped without little damage, tlie roof of the west wing being torn off, with numerous small holes in tlie building. In comparison to its size, the fatalities and losses suffered in East St. Louis greatly exceed those on this side of the river. The larger part of the central portion of this city is razed to the ground, while on the flats along the river bank to the north of Eads bridge not a house is left standing. In the latter portion the loss of life is terrible. Scarcely a family seems to have escaped without some member having been killed, while in some instances whole families were wiped out. A conservative estimate of the dead is placed at 150. The Catholic church, St. John of Nepumk, at the corner of Twelfth and Soulard streets, was razed to the ground except the front which stands like a tower, all the side and back Walls being completely destroyed. It was a very large and handsome church. Public Meeting Raises SI -,O<>o. A public meeting was held in the grand hall of the Merchants’ Exchange ' yesterday and 812,090 was raised in less ! than an hour for the sufferers of ; Wednesday mghr’s storm. Themeeti ing was called by Corwich «Spenc< r, president of the Merchants’ Exchange, and it was largely attended. Tlie. hall j was crowded by members . s os the exj change when President Spencer callfid the meeting to order. i . AT I '. F ST. LOI IS. • Almost Icipos . :•!<• < Estimate tlie Numi tier of >'«•<>.>le Killed. East Sr. Lorns, :.is., May 29.—East | I St, Louis i.~ lii ruin. The cyclone obhti erated block after block of ou-iness-houses aim dwellings and left behind in ' its red trail ol death scores of human | beings buried beniath 'the walls-of fiat--1 tened buildings or crushed To death in ! tin* streets by the flying, debris. The I improvised morgues and hospitals are fairly choked with dead, some crushed i and battered out of all human shape, j and tiirougii them flow a steady stream ; of hysterical women and grim faced | men looking for their missing ones. It t is almost impossible to make accurate ’ estimate of those killed. At the various I morgues and bt. Mary’s hospital there . are di, six are in rhe'Big Tour freight,l house ruins; how many there are scat- ; tered about the city in private houses it is impossible to toil, but a conservative ; estimate would place the total number ; ut 150. The scene is simply appalling. From I the river bank to the National stock i yards, a distance over a mile, scarcely a ■ building is left-standing. The greatest I slaughter, was done on the island, so ' called. Here were located tlje Vandalia j freight house and general -offices, the, j river boats warehouse, and humble abodes of workingmen, nothing is left standing. The places where formerly houses and freight depot stood being literally swept away by the fury of tlie storm. The Nelson Morris building is minus two upper floors and the new sales i stables which have only recently been I moved over from St. Louis are leveled to the ground, Hospitals Full of Injured. Every undertaking establisment in the place is an- improvised morgue and the hospitals are full of injured. At St. Marys’ there were probably 60 patients with some so seriously hurt that they cannot recover. One little sufferer of 10 months laycthere moaning and unconscious. She was picked up in front of her house, without a stitch of clothing on her little body. She is in-' jured internally and will die. Her mother lies badly hurt in another ward. At the police station nothing could be learned beyond what could be seen at the morgues, hospitals amt out in the streets. It will be several days before the exact situation is known. The search for the dead is still going on, but it is slow work. There is as yet too much confusion to proceed systematically. The only mode of travel bet ween Sr. Louis tind East St. Louis is on a ferry boat making i hourly trips and it is loaded down to the water s edge with people coming and going. In the \ amialia general office alone there were trom 20 to 25 killed. The i bodies of some of whom are still buried I beneath the. broken rgi'ters and bricks: i The moneiid-y loss cannot pc estimated', but ii.wul run into the millions. Train Turned Over. ,0n the bridge just as thestorm struck it was a Chicago and Alton passenger train. This was turned completely over, as were also three trolley ears <in tlie upper portion- of the bridge. All of the passengers were badly shaken up, but none were seriously injured. A little to the north, ami directly on the river bank, stood the Belt line warehouse, a big new brick structure. This was razed to the ground. The three upper, stories of elevator B were snappyd oil and the root of tile Union eleVTttor was taken otf-elearly and sea I tered for blocks. Direcdly across the tracks from the Belt line warehouse wen 1 the \ an- j dalia general oflices and freight houses, i Os the general offices scarcely one brick > i is left on top of another, while of the > : freight sheds not hing remains but a pile | of kindling wood. 'The destruction was complete. Not i.uere tliaTi two or jhree of the employes escaped, the remainder being caught like rats and clashed to I death. | 3l*litia Calkul Out. I Two companies of nfllitia have been ' Stationed here to pievi ai the horde of ; "thugs and th.igves win# have gathered Bern from c;rrying ou their nefarious work. Governor»Altgeld visited hero , yesterday and aft.er eonferring with the I mayor called-owl t hevompanws. Wnon i seen by a reporter la.- : : night -the gover- ■ • nor said he <x\ as appalled by” tho hf iTor ( of the s.ituat itffi. , lUIADX AND U 11.1,1 Ml, Chicago City Council, an<l Citizens Offer ! Ai.J i<* tlw‘ Suir< rcrs. Cirti’.wiO, May - -'.’’layor. Swift, called a spc'.’-'\ meeting oi the ill.,

Council yesterday afternoon for too purjxi.se of deciding what should be done to assist tho sufferers by the St. Louis cyclone. In calling the meeting to I lirder the mayor said that he had wired to Mayor Walbridge of St. Lotus that' Chicago was r.-,idy to extend any aid in jts power, but he had I’nceivod no reply from St. Louis. Resolutions of sympathy were iidcjitcd and the mayor i was diriictedTo i—u-> a eitll for a-imtss- | meeting of tlm citizens of Chicago 1 to qirovide assistance as soon as it was known what would be most'desirable. Mayor Swift said that he would issue the e.all as swin Im received word from Mayor Walbridge. The mayor has ordered Chief of Police Badenoch to proceed to St. Louis for the purpose of consulting with Chief of Police Harrigan of that city, regarding the need of increased police protection. Chief Badenoch was instructed to furnish all the aid that might be asked of him. Many tendered their services to Mayor Swift. Dr. Eskridge, physician dor the Armour Packing comjiany offenM hers, and said she would be ready .to go to St. Louis at any rime the mayor would say her seryiees were needed. J. E. Eystraof Oregon, Ills., i.mtehs.. warden, also tendered his services f r the work to be done in St. Louis. W. J. Cooks, vice president of the McGuire Manufacturing company, notified the mayor ! to call on him for assistance in any way i needed. City Collector Maas sent the ■ ! mayor a check for SSO to be forwarded I ; to thetjaopor authorities at St. Louis for | the relmt' of the people there. Dr. R. Browen, of Rush Medical col- - lege, notified the major tjmt -several of the joimg men of rhe college are Mix-' ions to proffer their services as nurses, for tile injured :it St. Loins, and stand ready to go there at any time thi‘j| are | need. d. !'. L. S-egli.-ld, jn’esldent of ; tin' 1 board of ilirt -ctors of tlie Chicago; Musical college, -. lit a cheek for-s> * for " St. Louis, winch a-uonnt he said had ; been voted by ihe di;-e.--tor- of-tiie Col- | i lege. N um.'Tous other propositions were j ' receive t by the. mayor trom m- n pro- . posi... t<i give one-fourth to oii-.'-half of ! the reeei| t -of their l.e-iiies- for a e'er- | <ta;n period. Thcsy aie ail tied away I bj- th< -mayor to be used incase he is in- i furui -d by the nriyi rof St. Louis that as-i-t,tin ■ i- i ec.b-u. 'Tib executive committee .of the Commercial club held a special meeting ami through its secretary sent a m ssagc to the Commercial club of St. Louis offering any assistance that might be needed. APPEAL FOR AID. East St. Louis Relief Committee Comprlled to Ask For Assistance). Sr. Lovjs, May 29. —The following appeal issued ar midnight by the East St. Louts relief committee plainly shows rhe situation in that stricken city: On the ewming of May 27, 1896, tins city was vi-i’ed by one of the most terrible and destructive tornados in the history of the country, and as a result of its fearful work at least 200 lives have been lost and the number of maimed arid wounded we are gs yet uhable to estimate, but it will probably run inte the thousands. The amount of damage .to property is very great, and is imjxissible at this time to ascertain, but it is safe to say that at least 600 families are rendered homeless. A great number of these must depend on charity for shelter. While tlie 1' ss appears to fail i'pon the poorer classes almost every citizen has directly or indirectly been damaged. While we regret exceedingly to call upon the country at large in this extremity, we feel utterly unable to supply the absolute necessities of these afflicted people, although our own citizens are putting-forth every effort and are contributing liberally, and indeed more liberally than their means allow. _ We therefore appeal to the generosity of our sister cities and Iff her communities for help in this hour of trouble. We will be pleased to receive subscritions and assistance in any form which may be deemed advisable. We, the executive committee, have appointed My. Paul W. Abt, president of the First National bank -of this city treasurer, to whom all contributions can be sent. MOWED DOWN MANY. Partial List of Dead and Injured—Definite Informal ion Unobtainable. St. Louis, May 29.—1 t will be several days before definite information can be obi.lined as to the loss of life and injury of the unfortunate people who happened to be in the path of the cy- j clone which swept over portions of Missouri mid Illinois Wednesday' evening. In addition to the killed and injured in East St. Louis and St. Louis, the cyclone i mowed down many people, when it ad- j vaneed. before it. Dispatches received j yesCtTitaj' gave a number of places. Ap- i pended is a table showing-a ffareful esti- ! mate oi Killed ana injured, based on the ' dispatchi s: Killed. Injured. | St. Louis 'll ;• East st. Louis. -’>ti kn Near <'eiitraiia. HL 4 -’ 32.'» : Breckinridge, in- ~ ... I Neal' lloUlll V. .1110(1, 111- .I ;> I Near Vsindatia. Ills l i la Neaf Mexico. Mo !•’> ol Thi> number of killed may not be far from 590 and of injured about 700. 0 STORM IN WASHINGTON. Our Nation’s Capital Visited by a Cyclone and Much Damage Done. Washington, Maj- 29.—For the third j time in 10 days Washington has experienced a cyclone storm ami for 20minutes yesterday afternoon the wind swept the city and the rain beat down with a violeuce suggestive of the St. Louis horror. W’jtli the newspaper stories of Wednesday s tornado fresh in mind, the j sudden sweep of storm ettused much ' suffering to nervotfs people. Tim wind eanmi'rom the southwest at the begining, and with rapidly iimreasing' v<io>-ity.swung aroiim! to tiie northwest ami m>rih uld tori' ai'ffiig,, sweeping ' away l i’o7s iroin a numb.ergif buildings, ineimting tue Lutheran Alenioiial - church, uproot ing scores . of trees all' over the ci'y and doing other injury, Mut h dam; .e v, as done to flm spieimid i . foliage iirtSic cxecuttve-m;tt'is;o-,i gLmmls, * ami. two, ol the finest pt the huge old trees'were turn no by. the roots;'" making- ' four lost in a -week from storm. Timj wind acted, like a geminm jyesiern.cy- • vlons. in/ tlie whit - hpiisi*grounds, up-. roctiii 1 .: trees in ' a clean but narrmv’ path'.. . . t.i- ij.vliwn. yAtfehecap," , f \ ’ , , ' — ' 4 ■ ?

itol the storm caused a temporary sns- | pension of business. In the home i members ruphed through the lobbies to the poriicos and watched th- storm. ! Governor Dingley of Maine-, who temp- I orarily occupied th- chair, was for several minutes almost Uu-sole occujiant. i of the house. The nu fi- roiogir-al instru- , meats in the 4 bouse lobby showed re- I markable changes. 'Die temperature j fell 31 degref-s in 15. minute ~ The lorciof the wind for the first five rninntr".- ; averaged 60 miles an hour, gradually iiif-rensing to 71 miles for tlie last 5 miniites. • Missouri Coiißrrssnieu Go Homo. Washington, May 29.—Representatives Bartholdt and IJubbard of St. Louis ha ve secured leave of absence and ' left for their homes last evening. Their ■ districts include a portion of the tornado’s, path. Property Under Water. Bethlehem, Pa., May 29.—This place suffered many thousands of 'dollars by yesterday afternoon’s storm. For two hours the rain fell in torrents. Forty residences against Cauchy street were flooded to the depth of three feet on first flixirs, while at Five Points many more properties were five feet under water. K»“*einble(l a ('I odd burst. Reading, Pa., May 29. —A sudden j and unexpected shower re-embliiig a I clotulbuTst flooded many streets ami ! cellars in this city ycsterda.v afternoon. | The damage to property may reach sev- ' era! thousand dollars. I’he sti rni lasteil’ 39 minutes and was th ■ m..-r -.wr.- j I eycr experienced in this lor-ality. BasebaUu ~ Standing of tin* Clubs. '’WE?i Li.AL.I E. V;. L. < f. V,'. 1.. GL- I I Pc'trJt : Mmu.,- 'I- ;■> I LI~G .'. .<-.! Uirn mia-c. ..it; n; .'>c I ■■ 1.1 ■■■ ■ l. :■. i; -1 1 'll. I i Lu<liai l a;«ii l .-..U 11 i.’.i’l l Jcipals 7 irj .-.'ll I I Cl. ■ ml ....i'.i 1; li:-.-,;.ivi, .... 14 17 .I',.’ I j ■ ;. HI W.... |;. |. : I rla.ltinu>re 1:; ,v. . \< ■ ri i ; !■-’ -I. 1...-II- 1; I'm... 1.i14 ~v 1-. J Western League. It II 1 I’lmiciaiWis.. 2 11 2 ■. i> 1 0 1 -1 ■ Mihvaitkt . »i n u U-.U I u 2 - i’. Io » B-c'.’i '•-- 1 i.0.-ini.ci:,, I’i.and Buckley: .Clauwiinail sgi-.ir. . air e Cbb-.’nbm. ..1 1 ti 0 :? (I 0 1— !i I Kan-1- 1 ,’y. 2 3 :! u u il u u . Ju;.’, 2 Ba'b riie. Ab Gr < iey. W.ilvcrtun aiid Wilson ; Uni licit and Welch. a h r Di-trUi 3 n n 1.1 n il a l—i> 7 a Miii'.i apni;-,.. 1 n 2 0 <i a i.l -i n— a 5 2 B.iii. lit s — Fiiield and Twinehaih; ( army and 'cLriver. - - Gi.iud Ila;.id--St. Paul—lt lin. National League, Pkilaiblpfi’a—Taylor and Clements, 10 rim- J'.-'iit-. " err<>i> ('liieag . -i’arker and Kittrid'ge, s rims. 15 hits, 2 errors. B-hm Dulin and Bergen, 3. runs, s hits, < rrors. Pittsburg—Hawley and Merritt, i> ri; is, 8 hits. 1 error. Washingten-Cinciimat i — Wet grounds. Baltimore-St. Louis —Rain. New York-Cleveland —Rain. Brooklyn-Louisville—Rain. ~ Interstate j ” Wheeling, Toledo, 23. Washington, 5; FortAVajue, 13. Newcastle 8; Saginaw, 2. Jackson-, 8: Youngstown, 15.- — — - TELEGRAPH TICKS.The Chicago postoffice gives the city a.population of f,8’50.600, aTi increase of 200,000 over that of last'year. There is an unusually large attendance at the national convention of the United Commercial Travelers’ meeting in Cincinnati. There was a split in the Prohibition convention last night, several of the leaders leaving the hall and calling another convention. First Lieutenant Charles S. Broniwell, corps of engineers, has been detailed to locate the boundary lines of the Yellowstone National park, July 1. The Southern States Cotton exposition, which was to have been held in Chicago this year, will not be held, notwithstanding statements to the contrary. The triennial synod of the' Reformed church, in sessiofi at Dayton. 0., elected as moderator J. Q. Peters, president of the Heidelberg college, over Dr. John A. Sechlcr of Philadelphia. Rev. J..C. Smith of Cincinnati was yesterday elected, moderator oyer Rev. T. ( P. Robb of Linton, la., of the general synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church, I known ns the Covenanters. SCHRADER SNEAKS AWAY. Galesburg People Think He Cheated Thein and He DeparKjf-inh-r Darkness. Gai.esi.i tn;, Ills.. May 29..—Schrader, tlie “divine healer,” who for threp dtris.i. did a I business here .’has sneaked out of.town. When last seen W was going ” east along tlie Santa Fe tracks. While professing to cure free, it.is alleged that he made .patients pay for photographs ' and haukerchiefs before treatmentj_c - | which he made a large projir. The ; officers were jireparing .to investigate his ’ : Will Keep Hut of Court. i Laporte, Ind., Maj* 29,—The will of the late W. D. Webber will not-'be con-1 tested in the courts. •In this document the testator failed to adequatelj* provide for a’granddaughter, Miss Whittaker, ! the codicil giving her but ’sloo out of an I estate vulijea at .$200,909. - Prelimiuarj- ■ steps were takeirwith'a view of litigation, but'under the settlement Miss Whittaker will receive $25.W0. I'voria Prisoners Fsrapr. Peqi:ia, Ills., May 29.-r-\V hen the day . watch relieved the night watch at the , Peoria countj* jail yesterday it was dis- ( covered that Joseph Keller ami William i O’Brien,sentenced to the reformatory for : i burgla-y at Mossville, and Jainc' Collier had Lost-aped trem a cell outlie thirl floor 1 y sawing tlie iron bars. , Sheriff ; liab'isi.ffi offered a rewaM’lin'd later OM'.rie'i'Ai as capt ured aninocki T up. o- ' . ._ I c al' KvtiHiat io.u WiN.Vsoit, Oilt'., May 29. Ameiicaii i employed in Wind.-’ v have f siuu’d a -’iTition reqnesiing Senator t Janies McMiljsCi. otb- Dei re f to work, i ag'a.iiisi tc ■ i id'iiss -bill/cxeluilmg Caici'- t fl'mlis’’ vho- worKin JJie, I'uiica tpak'S. j Thi’pe itioners ■fear re-mliatioii. " , j Weatfimv 1 Indii na and lllinois—LielieraUy fair; slights wariimr.

Tlw Wh«|el*li Gear. , Tib'gi tir s one t.f thomt ■' :taj ortant | . things lo be locked after in IT ~ht'< 1’; running qualities. Each ] ■ mint ■ di eide f< r h<-m If how high t; .■ w G'.. . ,it should 1 e for her comfort, i -w< r. I ; r'fers alwuy- to the dianu t- cf.tl ■ i rear wheel—that is, a 60 g :.-n tn* I that the ma< i ino i- airgj. . the n arwlu i 1 revolve asth< it .re 69 inches in diameter. This is;-<<mn-plishi d by ineitns (if the chaiti tiirnmg over a large sprocket in the front at.d a small one in the rear. The varying proportions of the numbers of te, th on the two sjincki-ts produce the variation’s in gear. For 28 inch wheels, which are now almost universally ust <l, tlie gear 60 will he obtained if there are 15 teeth on the front and 7 on the rear sprocket. Thirteen and 6 and 19 and 9 will also approximate 60. I mention 60 because that, or about 63, is the favorite gear. Formerly women’# wheels wete never geared higher than 56, unless by special order. The higher the gear the fewer revolutions of the pedals are needed, but of course proportionately more strength must be put into each j.ush. In going at considerable speed the motion is more graceful where the gear is rather high. Climbing hills is pretty stiff v erk with a high gear, and it is always test not to go to either one extreme or the of iur. To find the gear of a bicyßle v. ’-tnj you do net knew it multiply ' :n-I I (t.rtf the uar v.htel by t..- mm.i er ft t< tii on’l;>-fronr spr' '’: r, :rd livide tb.i n suit l,y the numt; r• f t b.i on the rear sprocket.—Dili Fr».( Press. __■ Agricultural I’sex of Bariiri.:. / ■ Iris km 'vn thaf the flavc? <f ; i and (.f diff>re!!t kinds es ci ■ -:.c- i i to'viiric.us bucti rial ferments, and t,!..ri ' | is g< ■ d !«.■<< n to sap] < ".■ tl:. r ■ ' " ? ’ i puduet ami gr> ater iinifcrm.tv ■ it; ;I e atta'.mfl. by the u-e of pure coit::i'- : 11. C Spl ci, S UJi-’U which Spec; . ti jV< i , dtj eml. I understand that in ;. ■ ■ c.i ■ ; try quite a mirni -r of dairit - row Usifig lune otrltur; s of a cert; in : t iilm (bacillus 41 ct Cl imj f(,r giy-i' flavor to their product. It is prob;u ;• that similarmetk'Ms will soon be into djjeed in the cl.- S’ making industry. cent English jiublication, which I 1 yi t sun, is i ntitk-d “Bread, Bak .. uses and Bacteria.’’ It will no fli-alr be found to contain information <f practical value to'those engaged in Lu admaking. Agricultural chemists predict that in. the i.i ar future Cultures cf the nitiilying bacteria of the soil wjll be made on a large scab- for the use of farnu : . who will add them to manures for the pur-pose-of fixing the-ammonia, or perhapswill distribute them directly uj ; n the soil. Should this prove be R stLeessful and tconomic procedure, tlie extent of the interests involved will r.’.ak-' it a “practical result” of the first importance. Another application of c ur recently acquired knowledge which has already proved useful to farmers in certain parts of Europe relates to the destraction of fiehl mice by distributing in the graiiiflelds bread moistencji with a culture of a bacillus which cause’s a fatal infectious disease among these little animals.—Popular Science Monthly. The Yukon Miners. The United States does not recognize, protect or control these mining communities in any way. No geological explorations or surveys'have been undertake n, and there are uo official reports upon the location, formation, development or yield cf this rich placer region. There are no military posts and not a territorial or federal officer in Yukon, Alaska, save one customs inspector and postmaster. There is no law, save as the miners maintain their own unwritten code. Church missionary societies have provided for the few peaceable Indian tribes, but even spiritual comfort is withheld from the miners. “Heaven is high, and the czar is far off, ’ ’ despairing Russian colonists used to say lung ago. Since the military occupation of Alaska ceased in 1877 frequent appeals have been made for the establLima i.r of a garrison at Chiikat and the ebnstiuc- ' lion of a milirary road over the pass travCf-si d lw Yukon miners for ti’x last 16 years. General Miles once coi’.-idei< d the matter to tlie extent- of detaikug a. officer to make a rec< -mioissan.Ci. —l.: w.. R. Sc?di’a.re in LTiHiny. A College uiiii’scence* Perhaps the greatest social >■/. . .<> iKvhich was achieved by any es us was i that es e.ne xvho was invited to tea . -arlj* : in our course at tlie house W a LiemU i cf the faculty. When the tea wa- 1-cirg served the hostess said to Mr. B atik, who.sat next her," “Shall I j uui you a cup of tea, Mr. Blank?” “No, 1 thank you.”. After serving the rest iT the edmpahj- hospitality prompted the lady to make a second proffer. t“\V-. n,'t you allow me to pour you a cup of tea. Mr. Blank?’’ ''You may pour it if itywlll do you aiiy good, but I-w.on’t drink it. ” —Dartmouth,.” < The Secret Out. The gi'eat hotel was crowded, and' the newly married couple -who had just arrived, from Rising Sun had been.compelled to take apartments on the fourteenth floor. . The fair young bride put h< f head out of the window to take a look at' the city, but quieklj' drew it in again. “It's no use trying to keep it secret, George,” she said, with a blush and a pout. “Everybody has found us out already. There's a handorgan down the str.i<t phtying the 'Wedding March.’.” —Chicago Tribune. - ■ i At...' ■ . 1..;X l emonade In a Fruit Jar Shaker. ' “If there. i.S-iio shaker in tliolii usei’’'j saiil Mr. Goz.iim, "a glass fruit j.irwiU'l (iq for one. Fur an egg lemoic L f’ ' iiisu.ne.e, yea j-r.t in the right.-. . "i i f ri men juVci and sugar aiidi I ic-e ami tut egg. . Then you siti \ ton ;. >h: . . 'You’wam .to a ice ’.fi »r. tty iiqe. for aT.igcluu ■ ■ , ■ vii Violently' might bYeak the s’..;'s o •- Ts,N\Tr .York Suii. <3 -’ r ' ' > - ' .

J TRICKED AN OFFICER ■ 4 . . HOW A YANKEE .jJUTJAUTEB A SUP- | PRESSOk OF SMUCGtING. ' o' ' • A Convene nt *r. iwdrtft, ti flunaw'ay 11 or so atiyl I <>. 1 \ rve Jifil—tlie Trick—An> other I roof That the Race Is Not Always to the Swift. The bountlary line!.- tween the United State s and C inuda has bee.n th” scone e,f 1 no end if exciting, adventur- s, because , tlie dysire to cheat our Unclo Saniuel out of his lawful tariff dues, is Something that seems to be deeply rqoti d in the human breast. There are professional smugglers, but the larger per cent, I imagine, are those who, being on tho Canadian side of the line and finding goods very cheap, cannot resist the temptation to try to get them across. Between Maine and the British possessions is an enormously long stretch of boundary line, and patrolling it is entirely out of the question, but still, with all their slips the customs officers do occasionally got hold of a clew and run it to the ground—sometimes with results that are not so pleasant. This was tha case with the ofiicer whose so ry I am about to tr 11. At just what part of Uncle Ham’-; farni line it occurred need not I be told. ’ Th> >t.,;-y starts upon the Canadian- side at a secluded sprit i:i the • woods, where a man, a liorsle sled with 7 an enorm- .usly'big b x upon it, .: g >'l horse I’.'id'a trunk filled with valuable articles im.kt: a bn ak f- r th" Amer: .m -.1 - the ii:.”. I.i some way n -.i-ie- r has gar win-1 <f the luti ’i.ytid ramggk::g, and with a st:/. Lot;. ;• fi. r-. J. , ; starts ..t full speed nfti r the myst, ri ms I truixkj.ml rhe dri-v. 1-1 f the horse -1' d. i It w :-.i ia..- until S”ine distance iwr -s I I'n -ip ;[ the American -T- 'tlm I <’a lit th.-) 1: skd disqov rul t&it ho w..s inreiKd. '* I ma ; .71: en a distant bill k” saw a t- a::. ... gat full sperrl, ami k:;- w it- :: . H • got up steam <ii his ;.wn : n:.mediately, a:’al tl'.eold sh'd slid int > an.l ut of “than'k ye marms” in away to make one's hair rise, but tl'.e driw r kr r-.-; very well that lie ecu 11 . n-’t escape I- i:,g overtaken. He onlyffi--'sjsiM.. to get • vi r tie- next h.’Jt p and f r a m-r.merit. When over the brojrXAhe hill, he suddenly pulled up, t- </k ' up in his arms, climbed ou t p r fShe enormous box on th- sled, anil holding tSQruiik a- high as be could - -ver the side aTsmn d it in- . to a big snowdrift, where it sah4<complctely out cf sight. Then the raeeTsggan again. - . ' Back at the summit of the last hill appeared the customs officer in hot pursuit, and now he yelled to the man ahead to step, but that individual appeared singularly oeaf and in a great hurry as writ; Ti” kept his horse at.t.m and looked neither to the -right nor left. - A half mile more and the ofiicer had drawn up close behind, when pretense of not hearing his profane calls could no longer be made. The driver of the sled gazed backward over his shoulder, and then, in apparently great surprise, he pulled up— that the officers foaming horse 'nearly’' plunged head foi*§most into the big box. “ Wha-wha-what d’ye want?” drawled the man ahead. The reply of the officer is- totally unsuited.for publication. “I sw’ar to ye, I hain’t get a thing here,” said the driver of rhe horse sled. “Then I should like to know wha' in hades you were trying to get away from me for,- 31 ’ said the officer. “Git away from ye?” said the other. "W'y, gosh ’mighty! I got ter git home ’n’ milk eight caows afore dark, so I hain’t got no time ter be a-loafin on the road. ’ ’ “Well, you just hath up, ” replied the collector of Uncle Sam's duties, “and I'll have a look. I know well enough just what you’ve got there. ” "Tell ye I hain’t got a thing here but this old sled ’n box,” protested the other; biit the more he protested the-more • .certain became his pursuer that lie had contraband goods concealed in the big -box. the only opening to which was a little di or at- the end, the normal use of the, box being for the‘conveyance of live idgs. ' . \ Tlie twu -vams came to a standstill, an I tlw . llicer got o'lit and investigated the'tuiTcu't ahead. He Opened tlie little jo- rin the;iear and!, ked in. With his i eyes blinded by the glare c-f the bright I snow, lie could si e nothing but Stvcian blackness. He looked about ft r a pole..or stick with which to probe the inky interior. St- 'fie walls were beside .the road and nothing else. - The suppressor of snfliggling was a man of a‘ction.*‘ r T < liere. was nothing elsQ to do, so-he would crawl in the box and, ■ explore the interijg, He did. so, when, quit’s as a flash,Mb’s doer flew to, the button'turned, and the’horse in front cf the ojd sled broke iuto.a run that threat-ened-demolition to the whole outfit. Ovi r the uneven roa l went the team at tlie- tiip es its speed, the sled swaying i'Uarfully-aml jumping into the air at every leap of the horse. The man inside Was shaken about like peas in u bladder, the man outside'all the while plying the whip apd shouting: “Whoa!” “Quit yoi.r running away!” “Hi, thar!” “Stop!” and various other remarks tending to acquaint-the unfortunate gentleman inside .with the fact that, the horse, suddenly becoming startled, had run away. Tl-.e end came when the driver at last got his horse under control and,a, sorry - ' looking objevt crawled oiit i’t the little door. - _.w_..o ' . "Gosh’mighty,” said tjio .driver of—- — fke - hofse sled, “it wuz tew bad the boss 1 should take it intew his l:e;;d- to run ' aw v j«’st w\ d you 'Jvu?: ia thar!” But tlie minion of tlie law was too ', ch .-i:’; -i Ll‘ III: ;:Il< h’ ' J'CIL ■” wly b'-ck :v. U:' ,l > v-!". re. l.: ; ' ica-' ■i ■ v. ..< . I d ::i its .' 1- <1 f si: -a : tlie moon and carried safely awry,—Lewisujii Jomjiid. N 1