Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1903 — Page 4

Obituary. Father Christian Augsberger was born in Liberty township, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania, June 19, 1821, and departed this life in Adams county, In<tuty>a, Jai.uiry 19, 1903, his age being 81 years and seven months. Ou the Ist day of December, 1859, he was : Lii'ited in marriage with Barbara Jjjichty. To this union were born six i t teen children, nine sons and seven | daughters. All of his children living | were present at the obsequies save one. Bro. Augsberger served in the ministry about 36 years. While he was not faultless, yet we look upon his life as exemplary, of unusual deep Christian, which was a characteristic of his daily life, his warm-hearted de- * votion to his family, and his deep and heartfelt concern for their spiritual welfare, tends to draw their affection ' and desire to fallow him to the glory His earnest life and triumph ant death gives new inspiration to •any to press towards the prize promised to all who who love and believe i» the uftme of our blessed Redeemer. Tuma mW few when his children came home to visit. Before separatism, at his request, was sung thia W»‘tty song: Jwsns, grwnt us all a blessing, Semi it down, Lord, from whore ®ive us each a heart of prayer. Help us to rejoice in love. . Farewell, brethren, - farewell, Till .we all shall meet above, etc. Brother Augsberger often ail mow ished his family as to the certainty J 1 that death Iwl claimed its own before I interment of the body, therefore tlie burial was p istponed, As stated ia i last week’s items. On the 21th his body \yas consigned to the tomb, with an expression of sweet peace resting 1 •pon his countenance, to await the call whieji will awake all that are in 11 their graven, when corruption shall ( put j i incorruption and shall Be made >

like unto the glorious body of onr Re-, deemer. The funeral services were held on the 22nd at the Defenseless Mennonite < Buren, conducted by Revs.?!. M. Shenk in German and! Moses Brennemaa in Engish, residing at Elide. Ohio, assisted by Christian 1 Stuckey of near Linn Grove, text 2nd Timothy 4-H aid Rev. 14-15. The following sermonette was found after histleath written in his note boob. i title, A good advice to everybody because we are all human beings. “Trust; -■■■; whom: Trast Gqckalone. I He will lead you home to everlasting , joy and happiness which is prepared [ for the just. Signed,.Christian Augs j; berger, Dee. 20, 1802. He leaves to j follow a dear companion, seven sons. < five daughters* sixteen grandchildren , and an entire community of near and | dear friends. A precious one from ik hac gone, A voice we loved is stilled: A place te vacant in our horn* Which never can be filled. God, in his wisdom, has recalled The boon Ins love had given; And though the body mould-ra here The soul is saf* ia leave*. Op«*a <• Petr.HHVtaa. I “Is y. oi busban I a stron * a man?" asked Mrs. Sampson of her l gielghbor, Mrs. Towne. Aftce a mo- i merit's rest i don Mrs. Towne r plied: "I don't know." she said dubiously. , “I always thought be was. but the oth-! «<1 lie went into a department to get a new rug for the sitting room because i-.e said be wouldn't go another ' day with our old shabby one. "He hapu »• 1 to get off »n tin wrong floor, and tie came borne with four newfingled flatirons and a porcelain kettle anti no sign of a rug. So you see I don’t quite know what to say about him since then. "All be‘told me was. that you never ki*ve jest what you i.ceded till you saw i: id: bet i you.”—Youth's Coin-, 4t doesn't cost a cenf to be a gentleman, t>ut tt may cost you your life r* be a fool. A> ,<>ii Globe

.PUBLIC SALL The undersigned will hold a pub lie sale at his hon three and »m half miles northeast of Decatur on Thursday, February sth, 1903. The I following property to wit: Four work horses, one Durham bull, four milch cows, one with ealf at her side, others will I old nt it rs, 3 brood sows. one fullblondodj.krsoy, 7 head of full blooded shoats. 2 Poland China sows, one with pigs at her side, one will farrow I noon, 20 head of ewes. 1 nice buck,, sl)(*hickens, several turkeys, one Deering binder, self dump hay rake. Osborne mowing machine grain drill; corn sheller. spring tooth harrow, disc harrow, spike tooth harrow, 2 breaking plows, 2 two-horse walking cultivat ors, fanning mill, 2 narrow tiro wagons, new one-horse corn cutter, single shovel plow, two shovel corn plow, four runner corn marker, log bolsters, hay rack, grind stone, hay rope, pullies, fork anil carrier, bob sleds, wood , racks, one almost new, three inch i tire Harrison wagon, good spankey , with pole and shafts, top buggy, good double set of work harnesst 2 single! buggy harness, several log chains, 2: rolling cutters for plow,*2 cross-cut' saws, several hay forks, shovels, crow | bars, 2 grain cradles, corn planters, | seed sower, seed corn, a lot of good,! bright fodder, a lot of good sorted 1 corn in crib, 12 or 15 tons of baled hay, oats in the granary, a lot of pototoes and other articles not mention tionod here. Terms of sale A credit of twelve months will be given on all sums of $5.00, purchaser giving note to the satisfaction of the undersigned. Howard W. Shackley. Fred Reppert Auctioneer- 1(16

HOME MARKETS. NOTICE TO MERCHANTS. You are invited to insert in this column, free of charge, the price you I will pay for any farm product. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARHrtr,, ( RAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new 5 71 Corn, per cwt, Vellow (new) 57 Corn, per cwt., (new) miied 55 flats, new 32 Rye 46 Barley ®_ 45 Clover Seed 4 50 (tv 5 62 Alsyka 5 50 ((/ 6 60 Timothy 1 45 Buckwheat 50 Flax Seed 1 10 THLtO W.W MKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire, service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, canh • 77 May wheat » 80j Caah com. No. 2. oii\»l. cash 46 May corn .. 41! Oats, ca«a 36 : | Oats, May 37’ Rye. cash 51 •TOOL BY I BI.D SCSBIM \N, DtAl.gg Lambs 4J (ft 5 per cwt. jt 00 ./J it; 50 Cattle jrar lb. ._3i Calves, per lb. 51 (fl! 6 Sheep, per lb. 2.1 3

1 tetf Ilid'is. per lb. »'>•. POULTBY. BV J. W. PLS» r CO., FACSSBS. Chickens, per lb. jju Fowls, per lb. .tiu ■ Ducks, pur lb .10 Turkeys, per lb „. .12 Geesv i>er lb. .. .07 . WOOL XNV KHAS. BY U. HALVES & SON. *OOI 15c »O 18 I Sheep pelta .Oc to fl 00 | Beef hides, per pound... .......* 084 j Calf hides 07s Coon hides 50e (tv 1 M) : Possum hides ,15c (ft 60 ■ Skunk hides 25c (n 1 ®0 ' Mink hides .. .........50c to 2 Muskrat liiiie-i llie fi |tt i Tallow, par poem I CBCJS4 twun (’bieagi' narhut closed u 1:16 p ex today as follows: Whent, Muy i 77| Whe.it, July 7;>; t'rqm. May 44 ( • <'iu, July 4si (tats, May Oats July 32! Muy Pork gltl 52 i July P0rk..... .jit; Jf) Lard, tier cwt „ 9 37 i 'y&r-'w "tesWKET. N >. btit]cttQL«s* 1 Lw • 1 j XE? 81'j.oo :<I «l.Jh No 1 mixed hay (haded). , VXX) @ f1i.25 No. 1 clover hay flralsd). «i.oo " r s> Losse hay 81.25 less. COAL. Anthracite 5 b 00 Domestic, lump A '75 i Domratie, nut 1 io

«. ru*IBT. Tiona. h 1.67 Pennsylvania 1.52 Corning f. 1.35 N'-wCurtle 1,29 North Lftha 1.14 South Lima 1.06 Indiana. 1.1X5 — OTHLR PtUKICTS. ; BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. I‘Sggs, fresh, per doz S 20 Butter, per pound "11 Potatoes, per bushel 10 HARKI-T NpTES. Liverpool market was j; cents lower on wheat. Corn was jeent Ibhor. Too Generous. “M'liat was the trouble between Aralielln and her young man lli.it gave up of marrying?" asked a former resident of Busjiby. “Arabella was alwayw techy," said tlie young Indy’s aunt, with impersoni al calmness, "mid that was the trouble I —that mid her being so literal. It’s a i terrible reaky combination o’ qualities. “They kept having hitches all along but come Christmas time Albert asked her right up mid down what she wanted, for fem* of making tin- wrong choice, mid she said. ’You can give me enough j enndy to fill my slipper,* looking j him real coy. "Well, her feet aren’t as saidll us some, but that wasn't his idea. 'Twas because lie's generous and not literal. He still her a five pound box, poor, deluded critter, mid she up mid broke the engHgoii eiit, mid his little sister ate the candy mid enjoyed it, by what 1 heiir."—Youth's Comnnnlon.

Weather Forecast. Threatening tonight and Sunday. Warmer tonight. MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon, 76c; No. 2 red strong 75 Corn—Steady; No. 2 mixed, Oau Steady Jio. 2 mixed, 35 Cattle—Slow atj8.5005.25 Hogg—Quiet at a.. io Sheep—Steady at |2<53.50 Lambs—Steady at $3(£5.;5 Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened. Closed. Wheat— Jan i .74 l 4 I AUy "SS .7T>2 Ju1y..... 75 ,74y e CornJan 46 .46 May 44 .44% I July 43% .43% Oats— I Jan May 36 S J- .86% : July.. 81?. Pork— I Jan ..M 18.10 18.75 Mt 16.55 July 16.85 13.20 Lari— I Jan 10.20 9.90 May 9.55 9.42 July.... 9.87 9.27 BibsJau *. .... ... 9.02 July 9.C5 9.02 Closing cash marked—Wheat, 77c, cor n *•»(•, <■ pork. |]s.76; lard, $9.90 riba, |0 15. At Louisville. Wheat—N®, 2 new. xoc Corn—No. 3 white, 49c; No. 3 mixed, 48c Oats—No. 2 mixed, 88%c; No. 2 white, 39%c Cattle-Steady at $2 . sa»7s Hogg—Steady at |.Xd)6.NS Sheep—Steady at $2ig3.75 Lambs—steady at 53.50(g>5.25 At Cincinnati. Wheat-Quiet; No. 2 red. 79c q Corn—Steady ; No. 2 mixed 48g Oats—Steady; No. 2 nwW, 38% Cattle—Steady at ■ugr.— Active at |4. I S^eep—Strong Jj«mba»-Strong at 1 Livestock at Chicago. OOle—Slow; steers, stockera sad i Wvdrrs. 12.: >ai.«j at $6.30(75;. 10 Bha»p—Steady at $3.25 0h. 90 Laa'jj-Steaday t $8.50&6.J5 I At New York. t Cattle—Slow at Bqga—Qniet at $5.75 i»6.30 Sheep- t f v at F 2.25 <01.50 Laabn Steady at I'2 At East Buffalo. ‘ Oa»l#-Steady at 12.75@6 Bogs—Active at 15.75a,'’. bheep—steady at $2 L«aw—steady at •rain at Toledo♦■w Dull; cash, 77; May 80% — ('•wi- Kill; N. 2 -Tab K C»-A«tive No. 2 cash. 37c . _ jyjß He Didn't Worry. •The Mi st serious accident case I ever said an old surgeon, "was that utf • yirnag man who had lost an arm— I hi* right arm it was. too- by the pre mature explosion of a bias' "Somehow he didn't give himself the downheartednesg that you might reasonably expect vs a man who had suf ; sered IJs loss; but, on the contrary’, he was really cheerful over it. and tills I I didn't understand. And 1 said to him I one day that 1 tboug'ot he was a pretty plucky sort of man to look at things as be did, considering that it was his I right arm too, "Why, that," be said, “is the one redeeming feat ar. of tne whole business. Suppose i’d have lost tny left?" •‘What?" said I. “JVhy.” says tlie man, "I'm left handed? Where would I have been now if I bad lost ay left arm? I'd have been up the sti nip them sure enough.” Willow Tree. In America. The weeping willow tie "came to Amer <Vi tliroflu'i the medium of Alex- \ andig. Popo, the poet, who planted a I willow twig on the banksof the Thames ! at his Twickenham villa. The twig: I came to him lu a box of tigs sent from Smyrna by a ft iend who had lost all in the south sea bubble mid had gone to I that distant land to recoup his fortunes. A yoiiag British officer who iame to I Boston with the army to crush the reI bellion of the American colonies brought i I with him a twig from Popo's now beau„|ifu? ’,vi «\ tr<o, intending to plant it I in America when he should comfortaUly settle <lgsvn on hinds confiscated from Ui' con(|i*jeol Americans. The ydluig officer, disappointed in these expeiTattens. gave his willow twig, wrapped iip.oil silj| to John Parke <'ustis, Mrs. Washington's son, who planted it on his Abingdon estate in Virginia. It , thrived and became the progenitor of all our willow trees. She Had Her Doubts. Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 31. —Mrs. Lillian Eliaschow, formerly Miss Lillian Cohen of Michigan City, attempt--1 ed to take her The by drinking carhojc add, and It Is feared that she will die. She Is twenty-two years old and two days ago married Leon Eliaschow, a business man of Cayuga, thin state. It Is said she attempted three times within two weeks to take carbolic acid, but was prevented each time. Since tne honeymoon began, two days ago, the young bride has re-1 peatedly Informed her husband that she knew she could not make him „ happy. For Sale A tirst-clasH roller top desk and chair, practically new. Will sell them right. Enquire of Charles F. Walters, Stone block, 30-8 t Don’t miss the grand diik play of the International Cor respondence Schools at the Big Store all this week. J;MI I

DRUGGED THEM U Friends of Private ChHms See That the House Had a Quorum. Sergeant-at Arms Scoured the Capital for Absentee Congressmen and Brought Them to a Vote. Opposition to a Long List of Doubtful Private Claims Was Not Effective. Washington, Jan. 31— Yesterday was the last private claims day of this congress in the house and members with bills on the calendar carried everything before them in committee of the whole. Forty five bills in all were acted on favorably, despite the efforts of Mr. Payne, the Republican floor leader, assisted by Mr. Cannon and others, to ,defeat some of them. Many of the claims were old, dating back to the civil war.’and a few originated prior to that time. The latter were for balances due for carrying mads in the South when tl»>- war broke out. Mr. Payne was particularly in sistent in his opposition to these bills, calling attention to the exposure of the fraudulent character of many similar claims in the 45th congress Ho expressed the opinion that all these claims had been paid before The members interested stood together, however, and voted him down every time he demanded a division. There were several bills to reimburse post masters and internal rev< nite colb-ct-ors for stamps lost or stolen. One ■was to pay the balance on a contract for ice furnished the army hospitals in the Mississippi valley during the war. The amount claimed Is IXO.imO and is for ice at the rate.of 90 cents per 100 pounds. Among the others were bills to pay Gebrge ('. Ellison, an engineer at the capltol in the ’7os, $5,000 for the cost of defending himself against the charge of murder; to pay $5,000 to the widow of Samuel Muhleman. one of the victims of the old Ford theater disaster when the building in which were employed government clerks collapsed, and to refund the customers of W. M Jacobs of Lancaster, Pa., the amount of the counterfeit stamps purchased from him. When the committee of the whole reported the bills to the house Mr. Payne blocked their final passag by making the point of no quorum But the friends of the claims refused to be balked. A motion was made to recess until this morning at 10:30 in order to continue the legislative day, and the sergeant-at-arms and his deputies were sent out to arrest and bring

In absentees. It was 8 o’clock at night before the requisite quorum was secured to carry the motion and let the session go over until 10:30 this forenoon. IMMIGRATION BILL Action on It Is Blocked by Present Conditions in Senate. Washington, Jan. 31.—Senators Penrose. Lodge and Fairbanks (leading members of tte senate committee on immigration > who have in charge the Immigration bill, have been in confer ence with other members of the sen ate with a view of obtaining an agreement on the hill whereby its pa, ag<*i can be secured. Senator Lodge, whe lias been the especial champion of the educational test for immigrants, has agreed to allow that provision to be withdrawn, providing unanimous consent can be had for the passage of the bill after the amendment is with drawn There are, however, a few senators who see danger in confer ! ence who are not yet satisfied and may oppose the bill, even with (he educational provision eliminated. In the present condition of legislation It Is generally recognized that tlie passage of the bill is impossible unless all op position can be removed. The Operator Disappeared. Tucson, Arizona. Jan. 31.—George Clough, night telegraph operator at Valls station, who f R said to be responsible for the wreck on Wednesday between the Sunset Limited and Hu Crescent City Express on the South ern Pacific railroad. In which twenty three persons were killed cannot be ! found. Offlcers have searched Tucson ail over for blm with a summons to appear before a coroner's jury to te.s tlfy, but it Is now thought that he has fled to Mexico It is reported from"* Benson. Arlz., that Clough was see,/ on a train bound for Sonora, Mex Gave Himself Up. Frankfort, Ky„ Jan. 31.—Frank Cecil of Bell county, under Indictment for being an accessory before the fact to the murder of William Goebel sur I rendered yesterday He was immediately pi 'scnled In court, pleaded not guilty, and by agreement of the commonwealth was released on bond of $3.1100. Cecil was Indicted In January 1902, and has been a fugitive for a year. Long Holding Hie Own. Boston, Jan. 31.-While John D. Long, former secretary of the navy, who Is at St. Margaret's hospital, holds his own, there Is no material Improve ment in his condition and be continues to be critically sick.

I ENDING THE | s CONTROVERSY | I By John Barton f X 4» 4* CoDvrinht, 1902, by to® 4 T vopjiq, s. 3icClure company 4. When Jacob Stansell became a widower, there were those who predic ed that be would ask for the hand of the Widow Tracy. Not only did their farms join, but they bad known each other from childhood, and even after both had married they had spo'en of each other as Jake and Mary. . o one was surprised when, after a year or so, it was announced that the line fences between the farms would soon be thrown down and all the jam " come Stansell property . Then incidents began to happen. Jacob's sister came on from Illinois to pay him a visit, ana a lawyer in the village cast covetous eyes on the widow and her lands. ’it was inevitable that with an old maid on one side and a lawyer on the other trouble should come. The sister didn't want the brother to marry again, and the lawyer didn't want the widow to wreck her happiness, and so it came about that within four weeks the marriage was off. They couldn't even be [jmelghbora after the lawyer and th< - ater got fairly to work. The lawyer stood on what he called the legal aspects of the case—that is, lie called .Tr.cob Stansell a designing scoundrel who bad njotherend in view than securing the widow's property. The old maid sister didn't care for legal aspects. bu» she wasn’t going to see Jake harnessed to a woman whose extravagance would land him in the : poorhouse. There had always been a question as to the location of one of the line fences. In a good narured way the 1 Stansells bad contended that the fence was over on their land by three inches. The matter had rested there for fifteen years, but the lawyer and the sister dug it up. Surveyors were engaged, lines run and the difference of an inch was disputed over until it ended in a lawsuit. It was while the last survey was being made that Stansell in tb l L great loss. He had sold off twenty head of cattle to a drover and received the cash in band, and at the end of the day had found his wallet missing. When it was hunted for in vain, the lawyer charged Jacob with lying about its loss, and the sister charged the lawyer with having found it and converted the money to his own use. (if course an action at law followed this assertion, and one day Jake and Mary awoke to the fact that they had five or six suits on hand against each ojh» er. to say nothing of two or three 4B tra ones brought by tile -ttoa “7T 1 -%Si F i 'JO a, gJ* w’vY e-i rs" I'll ft ■'-•AKK, JAKE. WHY EID Yoe KHoOT WAILED THE VIIMIW. elsd t T !‘ C r ’ ri “ ci l ,als have been »Jad to drop tlie quarrel and ask eiph H W:l - 111 I >«t they Hide had 11]0! . () tl „ jul)|e o (I _ e?'s hX " a “ >lhil,s A fanners hens are not only given to wandering where they p| ?age witll()Ut " . ■H'nee to line fencM . but thoy X e Mthe'lL"| t " qUarr " lH w ‘"'A Mis o, g “ ; de of fh*-’'inestlou. When front yard the Mh jdrathat When a lnan orZomZt i'T ijor h. r pride O r dll t ,hat llls at stake. t zc 1 "-’ — aroused all of j ak ’ ( ,. g . . doln K she near losing her life ki camc lonesome wittout her i 8 not only was tired of buvlmr ‘ but gl >e O'l. TIXX.’X"’»«W---few months -a., , , L la >'"e of a “'"‘aandga votto JiT"* 8 " 1 11 My . fca ' ot “ rt «er opportunity t 0 than toti ( ', R y f ’ 1 ' h’ l " " That woAliens to ?!"" bou ““ ’»'•« « 100 don't get J, 8 . 0 . ° U [ la ""' ’"‘l kill ’•m<,ffy Ql)bav aiotguu and: • llshworn backbone of enough,J ll "r ju/1 shot. "Just .m” 8 for lH,w i‘J m cron, the | 111( , d " n< ' ° f 1 "' 1 bird.” ' “ laJ be's a deaf Al ‘d yet j UCob stanseu felt meih

• he shouldered the loaded gun and went ‘ out to prowl around in hopes to gPt i • shot at one of the widow's cbick ei ' ’ The whole quarrel was a mistake, n • was only that Mary seemed to be defy ' i ing him that Icept him from throwing • his gun into the currant bushes. ’ He reached the disputed lino f Pncp ■ willing to give up a foot of ground jf necessary, but next minute he saw a • sight which drove away ull good int eo . tions. All the widow's new flock 0 ( . hens, led by a sage looking old rooster I were trespassing on his land. He | IIW ' , ered the gun and aimed to kill them all nt once, and when he tired the air was full of feathers, the old roosttr jumped high and fell dead, and there was a 1 scream from a woman in fright and 1 pain. The Widow Tracy had come ont > to look for her chickens, and a bush had ' hidden her from Jacob's sight. ’ rushed forward to stumble over bis lost i wallet as a first discovery and to find Mary lying on the ground as a second. ‘ "find between the two he was so over ’: come that be had to lean up against the I fence. i ’ “Jake. Jake, why did you shoot me?" wailed the widow as she tried to sit II up and fell back. "God forgive me, Mary, but I didn't ' see you!” . I “You've killed me, but I don't want them to hang you for it. I don't believe you meant to do it.” ! "You shan't die. If you do. I’ll shoot myself. Here, let me carry you into the house and send for a doctor. The gun was only loaded with bird shot, ; „ id niebbi' you won't die." ; She didn't In fact, she didn't come ■ anywhere near itj. though a doctor was busy all the rest of the day picking out the little pellets of lead. When the last one had been extracted and Jake had been told that she would cent to live, be asked: ' j "Mary, where's the lawyer?” "Why, I sent him about his business ! three weeks ago,” she answered. "Oh, Jake, tlie lawyer and your sister and tin- ' hr kens and the line fence have- ' 1 have”— "Have made fools of us!” he finish ed. Ten minutes later he appeared at bls own door to say to his sister: “Hanner, can you pack your duds in about fifteen minutes?” “For why?” she asked. "Because I'm going to drive you to town to catch the train, and after I’ve mapped that lawyer all over <;rhft'>r I'm coming back to ask Mary if she won't be well enough to get married in a month!” niddtnK It tp. When Schomberg Kerr, the devoted English missionary, was in India, he ’ very much wanted a puny But I i was the need of all the other English who were not old residents. Lord Itijiou and his stuff had arrived, and the general cry was: L “Where are we to get ponies?" K “Oh, that’s easily done,” said an Engwho knew the ropes. "Next Kpaturday there's to be an auction sale Sfef. thirty of the best iionies in India. 3&il! then you can ride them and try Jifecui.” •fefcjEehomberg Kerr tried several and | wwitjially flxed a covetous eye on two. •’To: ■ I’. which I'S • t'l l.Uy, £ Safiudny came, and the auction was in due course i f tin:.' 'MC"i:ifiiy was put up. and the missionary ’ Jbjj W rnjiecs. “Tro hundred and fifty,” said the > (auctioneer. wo hundred and seventy-five!” <'A “Three hundred!" These* were extravagant prices, but the bidding went on amid great excitement The missionary reached <SOO rupees, which he bad resolved should be his limit, and Tommy was knocked down at 525. “Who is the buyer?” asked Kerr. “The Marquis of Ripon,” said the auctioneer. “His excellency had ofdered Tommy to be bought for you al any price.”—Youth's Companion. Merciful Eecape*. Punch publishes these “merciful escapes:" in a recent account of He ' ou proceedings in which n candidate wai lielted with dirt, mud thrown in the face of liis wife, and his daughter struck with a stick, a daily paper remarked that "the police had ditli- nlty in preventing a breach of the p i "'' A c6rri*s|>ondent sends a brief n -ouut ; of various other episodes, in each of which by an equally narrow n igi ll a c'intr,: :ji). was similarly a*The cxtenjivo premises of M<“er* Blank & Cd; oil ami tnliow met "-nits, were eoiupldcly gutted by lire !i» ( night, all five stories being ab:.w at once. It needed ull the efforts of the I”" cal brigade to forestall what promisei to be a conflagration.” “A motor 1 iirproewding along Hie High street tb« other evening, took fright, it is suf posed, nt a constable on duty and riploded, blowing the occupants in rious directions over the nd.|oini || l •nilldings. The policeman Is to be cobgratulnted upon averting what iniglt' have been a serious accident.” Thu French Academy. The French academy is one of th* ’ five Academies and the most I'uilnr l ' 1 constituting the Institute of France It wits founded In 1833 by Cardinal It l ' h elieu and r.organized In 181«. It ’ 1 cotnpogjtj ofj forty■ uteishw's. the ni' l ' 1 member elected by the, reninlnlng thifty tihii. rncuibers for life after pi '-"■ t'l'pllcntlon and the submission of their nomination to the bend 6t the state it meets twice weekly nt the pnlaee '!*' f’trin. 23 Qual Conti, Paris, and Is I highest authority on everything >iil" r ' talning to the niceties of the I'renih j I'Higtiiige— to grammar, rhetoric n"' l F”‘t 1 '.v and the publication of *' ,f b tench classics.” Tlie chief officei •• the secretary, who has a life tenure <>f nls position. A chair In the academy >’ highest ambltluu of must UterarX « ftuebmeu.