Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1877 — Page 4

NEWS SUMMARY

THE WAR IN THE EAST. A special from Bt. Petersburg says the Russian newspapers profess a strong desire for peace. There is much talk of direct negotiation with the Porte, and the probability of such settlement is said to grow stronger daily. Russia is reported to be making special exertions to secure at any rato England’s exclusion from the negotiations. A special from Constantinople says the Sultau has expressed his intention to treat separately with the Czar. He abandons all idea of applying to any foreign power for mediation. A Russian official dispatch announces that the Russians have captured the fortified town of Etropol, about twenty miles northeast of Sophia, with trifling loss. The Turks fled in disorder. A special from Pera reports that the Turks hold a strong position at the head of Orchanie defile, and have abandoned the town of Orchanie for strategic reasons. Heavy fighting, in which the Russians were victorious, is reported in the vicinity of Biela. A London paper professes to havo information that Kars fell through the treachery of a Pasha, who was paid for admitting the Russians to a commanding fort. A Constantinople dispatch says there is much anxiety in the city about a possible combined movement of Servians, Montenegrins and Greeks. Risings are apprehended in Epirus, Thessaly and Albania. Mehemet Ali has notified the War Office that ho cannot attempt to relieve Plevna unless strongly reinforced. Great efforts are being made to reinforce him. Chovket Pasha is under arrest, and will be court-martialed for not attempting to take Teliche. The Russians are raising works against tho forts of Erzeroum, and building barracks for the troops. Deserters from Plevna assert that Osman Pasha has declared his intention of making a sortie if not relieved within a fortnight.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

A Paris dispatch announces that the Cabinet selected by President MacMahon has been rejected by the House of Deputies, and the obstinate MacMahon refuses to appoint' another. Gen. Grant has boon dining with Emile de Girardin, the distinguished French republican (tatesman. Gambetta, Grevy and other noted republican leaders were present. Tho Italian Parliament has voted to abolish capital punishment. Whittaker’s cotton-mill, one of tho largest in Oldbam, Eng., containing 50,000 spindles, was destroyed by fire last week. Tho loss is estimated at $ 1,000,000. Many persons are thrown out of employment. Hovonteeu political, military, and priestly leaders of the recont conspiracy in the Central American republic of Guatemala to assassinate its President and overturn tho Government by violence havo been arrested, condemned, and UAtJUUtOII. Turkey has offered full satisfaction for tho seizure of the two Italian merchantmen hi the Bosphorus. MM. Laisant and de la Rochette, members of the Fi ench Chamber of Deputies, fought a duel last weok. M. Do la Rochette was wounded iu tho thigh. A Paris telegram states that, at a meeting of 120 members of the Republican Left, it was decided to refuse to vote any part of the budget until tho Government returned to parliamentary courses.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Plant. The New York and New Haven steamer, C. H. Northam, was burned at the former city last woek.' Three colored men perished in the flames. Tho vessel was valued at $175,000. The failuro of Evans, Dalzoll & Co., iron manufacturers, Pittsburgh, is announced. Their liabilities are estimated at $700,000. David Stillman and wife, aged invalids, were found in their dwelling, murdered, at Bridge port, Ct. A colored man is held on suspicion. Went. A number of the contractors and employes on the new Custom House at St. Louis have been indicted by tho Grand Jury of tho United States District Court. It has been developed that this cosily structure, upon which Uncle Sam has already spe: t between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, does not rest upon solid stone, as specified in tho contract, but that 100 of tho foundation piers, at least, are composed of unsubstantial concrete ; but these are not half the developments now made, nor a tithe of those yet o come. Information comes from the West that,while moving tho Sioux from the Rid Cloud Agency to the Missouri river, 1,7000 f them broke away, and are row on the war-path. Gen. Terry lias ordered the cavalry to prepare for a winter campaign. Those who thus deserted are operating in the Deadwood country, and have already attacked trains and caused general consternation. The desperadj Frank Itande was conveyed from St. Louis to Galesburg, 11., on the 28th ult., and lodged in the Knox county jail. The Second National Buik of Lafayette, Ind., has been compelled to suspend business in oonscqucnce of the heavy defalcation of the cashier, Charlos T. Mayo. His stealings amount to about $60,000. A farmer near Champaign, 111., has lost by cholera, within a few days, ninety-five hogs. Tho disease is spreading in that section. Tho real name of the desperado Frank Rande is Charles Arthur Van Zandt. He served five years in the Northern ludiana State prison, and was one of the most unruly convicts that ever stepped inride of a penitentiary. L. P. Hilliard, A. W. Edwards, John Reid and Martin Ryan; officers of the collapsed Protection Life Insurance Company, of Chicago, have been indicted for perjury in swearing to false statements of the financial cpnditiou of the concern. George W. Stanford, Henry Greonebnum and E. F. Runyan, late members of tho West Chicago Park Board, have also been indicted for conspiracy to defraud the city. ( harles McGill, of Cleveland, Ohio., became incensed at his wife because she persisted in leaving him, and murdered her by shooting nine pistol bullets iulo her body. A young man named Henry Blackman, living near Birmingham, Mich., quarreled with his mother and sister, in Ihe absence of his father, and wound up by shooting and killing them both, and setting fire to tho house and barn. Sou* h. A Columbia (S. C.) dispatch says Congressman Srualls, who was recently convicted of bribery, has been sentenced to a term of three years in the State prison. Bishop Marvin of the M. E. Church South, died last week at hi) home in St. Louis, aged 51 years. J. J. Wright (colored). Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supremo Court, has resigned. Gov. Wade Hampton, of Sou'll Carolina, in his message to the Legislature strongly, deprecates the repudiation of tho State’s oblige tions, and argues that the settlement of the public-debt question should be made on a basis which shall not impair the credit of the State. He urges the fostering of the public-school system, to give education to all classes. Two sensational tragedies, with love and jealousy as the inciting causes, are reported from the South. At Montgomery, Ala., Antonio Nicrosi shot and killed his flame, Miss Aurelia Sharp, and then blew his own brains out. At Norfolk, Va., a boy of 19, named Godfrey, killed Miss Winiugder, aged 17, and then shot himself. Four of the directors of the Union Banking Company, of Baltimore, have been indicted on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the creditors of the bank.

POLITICAL POINTS.

The official vote of New York, at the November election, for Secretary of State is as follows: Beach, Democratic, 383,091; Churohill, Republican, 371,811; Junio, Workingmen, 20,W7t Eatons, ppwutiop. e,wo,

Tne Republican State Committee of New Hampshire has called a State Convention for the nomination of candidates for State officers Jan. 9. A Washington telegram of the 30th ult. says: “ The Senate Committee on Commerce this morning decided to report all three of the New York Custom House nominations, with the recommendation that they be not confilmed. The five Republican members of the committee were present, bnt four Democrats were absent. The vote by which the adverse report was ordered upon each of these nominations is understood to have been as follows : Against confirmation—Coukling, Spencer, Patterson and McMillan. In favor—Burnside.”

WASHINGTON NOTES.

At the session of the National Grange, at Cincinnati, the constitution was amended whereby the Court of Appeals was abolished and the Master and Executive Committee constituted such court instead. The membership fees were fixed at $3 for male and $1 for female members. A resolution was adopted declaring disapprobation of the laws demonetizing silver, and committing the Government arbitrarily to any fixed plan in future for the resumption of specie payments, and expressing sympathy with the effort now being made in Congress for the repeal of these measures. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Master, Adams, of Minnesota ; Overseer, Woodman, of Michigan; Lecturer, Mortimer, of Cincinnati; Steward, Ilaughan, of Iowa; Assistant Steward, Symmes, of Kansas; Chaplain, Forsythe, of Illinois ; Treasurer, McDowell, of New York ; Secretary, Kelly, of Louisville; Gatekeeper, Dinwiddie, of Indiana: Ceres, Mrs. Adams, of Minnesota; Pom*na Mrs. Woodman, of Michigan; Flora, Mrs. Moore, of Indiana; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Hall, of Louisville. Tho chief recommendations of Secretary Sherman in his annual report are that the duty upon tea and coffee be restored, and that all articles le placed upon the free list which do not yield an annual custom revenue of SIO,OOO. The public-debt statemont for Dec. 1 shows a reduction of the nation’s indebtedness of $1,323,634 during the montli of November.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

It is stated in a dispatch from Matamoras, Mexico, that in consequence of the presence of Gen. Escobedo on tho Texas frontier with all bis staff officers, evidently to inaugurate a revolution iu favor of ex-President Lerdo, about 700 regular troops have embarked at Vera Cruz for the mouth of the Itio Grande, to be used in repelling Escobedo’s forces, should he attempt to cross into Mexico. Failed: The Canada Building Bocietv, of Montreal, liabilities not stated ; Wood & Co., silk and woolen goods importers, Montreal, liabilities heavy. The blame for the loss of the ill-fated steamer Huron, in the opinion of naval officers, rests upon the commander—first, in putting to sea in the faco of an impending storm, of which they had been warned by tho danger-flags of the signal service; and, second, by tho display of bad seamanship in running the vessel in close to shoro instead of putting directly out to sea. A dispatch from Norfolk says : “ Twentyone dead bodies can be seen from tho shore, lashed to the main and mizzen rigging of the Huron.” . The President has appointed Hon. John B. Hawley, of Illinois, to succeed Mr. McCormick as Assistant Secretary of State. John Williams was hanged at Weston, Canada, lust week, for the murder of his wife. Business failuros : Walter Ross & Co., general merchants of Pictou and Wellington, Canada, liabilities $250,000 ; J. D. Hopkins & Co., lumber dealers, Ellsworth, Me., liabilities SIOO,OOO ; the Republic Trust Company, of Newark, N. J. Hon. John Welsh lias sailed from Now York to take charge of our national affairs in England.

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Monday, Nov. 26. —Senate.—The political contest in the Senate was renewed. The Committee on Privileges and Elections reported in favor of seating W. P. Kellogg from Louisiana, a minority of the committee reporting iu favor of Spofford. The consideration of these reports was postponed. In the case of M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, Mr. Thurman’s resolution to discharge the committee from further consideration thereof came up as the regular order, and Judge Davis, of Illinois, addressed the Senate in support of the resolution. Mr. Edmunds, after a brief reply to Mr. Davis moved that the Senate proceed to executive business. Bejected—yeas, 28; nays, 30—Messrs. Conover and Patterson voting with the Democrats in the negative. The debate was then reopened and continued all night, the Republicans now and then varying the monotony by mating motions to adjourn. The Democrats, however, were firm, and obstinately refused to yield th ir advantage. During the debate Messrs. Patterson and Conover addressed the Senate at some length in explanation of their positions. House.—The House transacted no business of importance. Tuesday, Nov. 27.—Senate.— The Senate remained in continuous session Monday night every motion of the Republicans to adjourn or take a recess being voted down by the Democrats. The Republicans were equally obstinate in their determination to prevent a vote on Thurman's resolution discharging the Committee on Privileges and Elections from further consideration of the case of M. C. Butler, but to force It over until 12 o’clock Tuesday, when, as it was claimed, the Senate would enter upon a new legislative day, the report of the committee in the case of W. P. Kellogg could be called up as a question of high privilege, and take precedence. When that hour arrived, however, Mr. Hear, who occupied the chair, decided that the legislative day would continue until adjournment was had. '1 here wero many interesting anil some exciting scenes in the Senate during the progress of the parliamentary contest. To kill time, tt e Republicans called for the reading of the testimony in regard to the Hamburg (3. C.) massacre, taken by a eoinmitteo of the Senate a year ago, and abo tho brief of Mr. Corbin claiming a seat in the Senate from South Carolina. These documents consisted of several hundred pages of closely-printed matter, and the reading of them consumed some fittcen hours of time. Motions without number to adjourn, to take a recess, etc., were ’made and promptly voted down by the Democrats, with the aid of Messrs. Davis, Patterson and Conover. At about 3 o’clock in the afternoon the protracted parliamentary battle was brought to a close by the adoption of the Thurman resolution by a vote of 28 to 27, and the Senate adjourned. House.—Mr. Morrison addressed the House on ihe currency question.... Dins were introduced :By Mr. Mackey, for the revival of the franking privilege ; by Mr. Riddle, restoring to the pension rolls the names of all soldi' rs stricken off on account of disloyalty : also repealing the act prohibiting the payment by any officer to any person not known to hare been opposed to the rebellion : by Mr. banning, providing for the repeal of the special taxes now imposed-by the United States Government upon brewers, rectifiers, wholesale liquor-dealers, saloonkeepers, manufacturers, anil wholesale and retail dealers in tobacco, cigars, eto.; by Mr. Corbett, amending the constitution so as to give to each of the Territories and the District of Columbia one member of Congress. Wednesday, Nov. 28.—Senate.—The oontes between the opposing political forces in the Senate was resumed directly after the journal was read. Mr. Wadleigh, Chairman of the Elections Committee, moved, as a privileged question, to proceed to ihe consideration of the case of Kellogg over that of Butier. The Chair ruled Mr. Wadleigh’s motion iu order. Mr. Thurman appealed from the decision of the Chair, and the Vice President was sustained by a majority of one—Mr. Conover voting with the’Republicans and Mr. Patterson with the Democrats, Mr. Davis, of Illinois not voting. Upon a motion to’proceed with the Kellogg case the vote was a tie--29 to 29—and the Vico President gave the casting vote in the affirmative. Mr. Thurman challenged the right of the Vice President to vote on questions pertaining to legislation. Mr. Wheeler said he had carefully considered the question as to his right to v te upon the case, and he had no doubt of his right to do so under the constitution. Mr. Thurman then moved to recommit the Kellogg case, upon which a general debate ensued, which was participated In by Messrs. Hill, Saulsbtuy, Wadleigh and McMillan. Pending discussion the Senate voted, by a majority of one, to adjourn. House.—The House was not in session. Thursday, Nov. 29.— Senate.— Immediately after the reading of the Journal, objection being offered to any new business, consideration was resume I of tbe resolution for the admission cf William Pitt Ke logg as Senator from Louisiana for six years from March 4, 1877, the pending question being on the amendment of Mr. Saulsbury to commit the whole subject to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, with instructions to take testimony upon certain charges of the complicity of Gov. Kellogg with the Returning Board in frauds for the purpose of having himself elected to the Senate. A limg discussion followed. The D< moerats charged that they had witnesses ready to prove conclusively that Gov. Kellogg was in complicity with the Returning Board in fraudß to elect himself to the Senate. Without action on the matter the Senate adjourned. House.—Not in session. Friday, Nov. 30.—Senate.— The House joint resolution in relation to the Paris Exposition was amended and paseed... A number of bills were introduced and ref erred.... Consideration was resumed of the Kellog* case. Mr. Patterson delivered an. elaborate set speech k l^e attacks made upon his oourse by Mr. Edmunds on Tuesday. A motion to reoomSiLlL® * e P £ «« was lost—£9 to 30-th* Vice fTwwat gowning to ererotiq his ptejogetive,

as the motion was lost by the failure to receive a majority of affirmative, votes. At 2 o’clock Saturday morning a vote was taken on the original resolution to seat Kellogg, and it was adopted—Conover and Patterson voting with the Republicans In the affirmative. The vote stood 29 to 28. Mr. Thurman then mpved that M. C. Butler be sworn in as Senator from South Carolina. Agreed to—yeas, 29; nays, 28— Conover and Patterson voting in the affirmative. Messrs. Kellogg and Butler were then sworn i a as Senators The Senate, in executive session, confirmed the nomination of John M. Harlan, of Kentucky, to be Judge of the Supreme Court. A motion to reconsider was immediately entered, which would leave the question still open. The nomination of William Henry Smith, as Collector of Customs at Chicago, was returned without any recommendation. House. —No business was transacted in the House. Saturday, Dec. 1. —Senate. — A resolution was presented by Mr. Wadleigh, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, declaring J. B Kindis entitled to a seat as Senator from Louisiana. Ic was placed on the calendar. Mr. Ingalls gave notice that he did not concur with the majority of the committee in submitting this report, and that he would hereafter present the report of the minority Bigned by himself andtwoothers—Messrs. MeMLlan, of Minnesota, and Cameron, of Wisconsin.... A bill was introduced l>y Mr. Voorhees granting pensions to soldiers of the Mexican war.... The Deficiency Appropriation bill was passed. ...The Senate, in executive session, confirmed the nomination of Owen P. Fitz itnmons to be Marshal of Georgia, after an animated di-cuseion, by six majority, the negative votes betog all Republicans. The nominations of Roosevelt and Prince to be Collector and Naval Officer of the port of New York, were reported adversely by the Commerce Committee, of which Mr. Uonkling is Chairman, and placed on the calendar. House. —A bill was unanimously passed, under a suspension of the rules, appropriating SI,OOO to each surviving officer of the lost war-steamer Huron ; SIOO to each surviving seaman ; and to the widows and children of the lost an allowance equal to a year’s pay of their respective relatives... .A motion to suspend tho rules and pass a bill to remove the difabilit es imposed upon any person by virtue of the thirteenth section of the Fourteenth amendment was lost—yeap, 90 ; nays, 62—not twothirds voting in the affirmative... .A motion to instruct the Ways and Means Committee to revise the tariff so as to make it solely a tariff for revenue was rejected—yeas, 66; nays, 76 ... j Both houses adjourned till 10 o’clock a. m., Monday, Dec. 3.

The Bones of Custer’s Braves.

Almost a year has passed since Gen. Custer and his heroic band fell victims to the savage hatred of Bitting Bull and his brutal followers, at the Little Big Horn, and the bones of the majority of those brave fellows, who died in the service of their country, have never been accorded a deeent burial, and today some of them have no covering save that which the elements have sent them, perhaps a snowy coverlet, but little whiter than the bleached remains of humanity which it obscures.

It was known that the “ white chief ” and his stalf officers had been taken from the bloody plain and borne far away, and it was at least presumed that the gallant men wno had assisted Custer to his fame would not be left to rot upon the field, a prey for tiie coyote. But this was merely a fancy, it would seem. On yesterday a gentleman whose name is withheld appeared at the Times office at the request of many comrades and related a story which it *Was his desire should not reflect upon Gen. Buell, or any other officer in the Northwest, but which certainly will not add anything to that gentleman’s reputation as a humanitarian. Ttie gentleman was one of a company of ninety-two civil employes of the Government, who have, during the season, been engaged in building the post to be known as the Big Horn. While at work at the post it came to their knowledge that the remains of nearly all of Custer’s men were lying on the battle-field exposed to the heat and cold, the sunshine and rain, and, feeling that it was due to their memory that their bones be hidden from sight, they applied to Gen. Buell for permission to go and bury them. The application was refused, as was also tbe use of tools to perform the work. After they had concluded their labors at the post, the company started for Medicine Bow, a static n on the Union Pacific railroad. On the 29th of October they came upon the Custer battle-field, where a horrible sight was presented to view. The ground was literally strewn with tho whitened bones of the “ white braves,” nearly all of which were entirely uncovered. Although their time was limited, the humane company set to work with tho few implements in their possession, and succeeded iu buryiDg a portion of the remains. Fearing that they would be snowed in in a canon in the Black Hills if they tarried longer, they departed from the scene after tarrying three hours. —-Ohicago Times.

Fashion Chit-Chat.

Glair-de-lune jewelry is the latest novelty. Bridal veils are w'orn under the bridal helmet. Seal-skin sacques ere lower priced than ever. Yc-il-pins iu the slur»e of arrows are in great favor. Seal-skin sacques are made in small sizes for little girls. Sicilienne 6iiks are the favorite materials fnr’winter wraps. Long, black kid gloves are popular for both day and evening wear. The fashionable tie is of black or w’hite silk net embroidered in colors. The latest styles of shoes have matelassc tops and foxings of patent leather. The long circular cloak, with the Russian collar, is the popular fur-lined wrap. Gentlemen’s dress handkerchiefs are of plain white silk, with wide hemstitched borders. “ Duchesse” lacc is more extensively ÜBed this fall than any other for hats and evening dress. The fine chinchilla fur is the most stylish, and beautiful sets are offered by the best furriers for SSO. One of the latest weaknesses of fashionable human nature is the issuing of cards at the birth of a son or daughter. The very latest thing in rings is a bangle ring, to be worn on the little finger, the favorite motto for which is “Mispah.” The latest novelty in toys is a little squat figure, with a broad-brimmed hat, who allows himself to be taken apart piecemeal, and, in return, discloses to the investigator the letters of the alphabet. Fancy hosiery is constantly increasing in favor. Black, with clocks in cardinal, blue, and other gay colors, are latest. These styles are as much in vogue for gentlemen as for ladies.

The Iudiana Female Reformatory.

The experiment of giving the care of female reformatories entirely to women has been tried at Indianapolis, Ind., for the past four years, and is proving a complete success. All the women prisoners in the State prison were transferred to the new institution, but there is no communication of any kind between these convictß and the young girls in the reformatory proper. Although many of tlie former class are known as hardened characters, the matron has no difficulty in managing them alone by the mildest of treatment, and out of ninety-five discharged from the prison in lour years but two have been sentenced for subsequent offenses. After discharge they are carefully looked after, and many of them have been furnished with good situations, which they are creditably filling, while but half a dozen inmates of either reformatory or prison have gone back to their former habits after leaving the institution. The girls in the reformatory, now numbering 135, are admitted between the ages of 10 and 15, and are discharged at 18. They are given excellent mental, training, and are also carefully instructed in household duties with most gratifying results. One of the directors of the institution is the wife of ex-Gov. Hendricks.

A Fall Eiver factory girl dreamed that she would be stricken dumb at a oertaiu hour, and since that time she has not spoken—is unable to utter a syllable, as sh» pays in writing. Doubtless she is g ipqiiQmaniac, but in every other she physically apcl men-

THE FISHERY AWARD.

A History of the Dispute and the Negotiations tor An Adjustment. The decision of the fishery Commission, awarding Great Britain $5,500,000, says the Inter-Ocean, will not satisfy Canada, because it is not as much by one-half as the Canadians expected; and it will not satisfy Americans, because the amount is four or five times as large as they thonght it ought to be. Just whether this bone will remove a troublesome bone of contention that has been a source of irritation for nearly a century, remains to be seen. The treaty of 1783 conceded to the Americans the right to fish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Grand bank, and all other banks and waters in the deep sea, and the liberty to fish on certain British coasts, and in certain waters within the territorial jurisdiction of Great Britain, with liberty also to land on British coasts for drying and curing purposes. This article gave rise to no dispute until 1814, when in negotiating the Treaty of Ghent the British Commissioner maintained that the war had destroyed its validity. The Americans, on the other hand, contended that the fishery rights secured them by the Treaty of Independence were irrecoverable and inalienable. The rival diplomtists left the question open, and nothing was said of it in the Treaty of Ghent. The controversy was revived in 1815, and an attempt was made to settle it in 1818 by the convention of that year, which granted the Americans the right to fish in the deep sea, and to dry and cure on British coasts, as by the treaty of 1783, while they renounced all claim to fish within three marine miles of the British coasts, bays, creeks or harbors, still retaining, however, the right to enter such coasts, bays, etc., for shelter, repairing damage, and purchasing wood. This agreement, however, did not allay the dispute, and questions involving practicallj the right of Americans to fish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Bay of Fundy, and the Bay of Chateur came up again and again for settlement. The dispute, so far as it related to the Bay of Fundy, was submitted to arbitration in connection with the seizure of Washington by.the British, and was decided in favor of this country. From 1824 to 1854 the New Englanders and the Canadians had quarrela without number. In 1854 the rival claims were amicably adjusted by the reciprocity treaty. In 1866 that agreement was abrogated, and the old trouble commenced. In the Treaty of Washington, 1871, an attempt was made to settle the dispute definitely. By that instrument the fisheries of both countries were thrown open reciprocally, but, inasmuch as it was asserted by England that the privileges she accorded were of greater value than those given in return, the subject was referred to a commission to be composed of one Commissioner from both the United States and Great Britain, and a third to be nominated by the Emperor of Austria. After a delay of nearly six years the commission was organized, the three arbitrators being Mr. De Forse, Sir A. T. Galt, and ex-Judge Kellogg, of Massachusetts.

He Loved The Lightning.

The other day, during a thunderstorm, a man came into a Milwaukee i saloon, and, liuirying up to the bar, I said excitedly; ‘ ‘ Give me a glass of the best brandy |in the house. I need it.” When the glass was filled, he held it between his fingers and said : “ Stranger, I don’t drink, but this is a fearful storm, and a man is liable to be struck by light Ding ; brandy is a nonconductor, and I have never been struck by lightning from the fact that I always drink brandy during a storm.” After he * had drained the glass he rolled his eyes around the room once or twice. “ That was a vivid flash, just now,” :he said. “Lightning is a dangerous j element, but to me it is a glorious thing; 1 its flash is sunshine to mine ears, j Stranger, I love the lightning ; it lulls ; me to sleep at night; it cheers me when jin the morning I awake. Give me | another glass of brandy. ” As the barkeeper poured out the liquor he said: “Benjamin Franklin solved the mysj tery of lightning, but before he flew his | kite he drank a pint of old cognac. ! Sometimes I think I am old Ben, draw- ; ing lightning from the clouds and bot- | tling it up. That was a magnificent ; peal,” he said as the thunder resounded ; with a fearful crash. “1 am from a scientific! family, partner, I can post yon a little on lightning,” he said, with a knowing look. “Whenever a thunderstorm comes up I drink two or three glasses of brandy, and you have a better protector than a lightning-rod. Better take a glass now.” He smiled as the barkeeper took a drink, and went on : “ Lightning is .produced iu the following manner : When two clouds, charged with different kinds of elec- | tricity, approach each other, they exi change their fluids, and this gives us the flash of lightning the shock makes a big noise and we call it thunder.” i He looked around the room and saw i that the back-door was open. He knew’ i that if he unhooked the front door the ! wind would blow it shut, and he smiled, this lover of lightning did—and he was i happy. ! “ Now,” said he, “I will illustrate my I last remark. ” He stepped out, and as he passed the door it was unhooked. “ There, away to the south aro -two big Hack clouds approaching each other.” The door was slowly and surely blowing shut. “ Soon they will meet, and I will see another display of my beloved element. Oh, let the rain pour in torrents; let tue lightning flash with its aerial splenj dor; let the thunder ” There was a j slam as the door blew shut, and the bari keeper heard no more. He s.iw that his , scientific customer was in no hurry i about returning, and as he opened the i door the truth flashed upon him. As he looked up the street and saw no one, he realized that the man who loved lightning had gone from his shop forever.—Milwaukee Courier.

Why Do We Laugh?

When a boy appears on the street with a rat in a trap, with four or five terrier dogs aching to get hold of the sinful rodent, even a man in a hurry to call the doctor would halt for just a minute. Yesterday morning just such a picture was presented on Macomb avenue. There were a dozen boys and half as many men, and among the latter was a philanthropist. He said it was a burning shame to torture a poor rat in that way, and he offered the boy with the trap 10 cents to let his prisoner go. “Ten cents!” contemptuously exclaimed the lad, “ d’ye spoze I’d lose $5 worth of fun for 10 cents ?” “But it’s against the cries of mercy to kill the rat,” protested the citizen. “Git the dogs around here, ” commanded the boy. ‘‘ I won’t stand here and see one of God’s creatures toriured to death !” indignantly remarked the philanthropist as he started off. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Too many dogs and boys and clubs and yells permitted the rat to escape. He dodged this way and that till clear of the crowd, and then he overtook the philanthropist, climbed his leg, and came to a dead stop between the good man’s coat and vest. Six dogs tried to follow him, and ten boys were waving their clubs around screaming i&e Pawnee, When

the philanthropist realized the situation he made for a tree-box, rubbed his back once or twice against it, started to climb over the fence, fell back on the walk, and he was seeking to catch a street-car when some one called to him to take off his coats. He removed them, and the terrified rat leaped into the jaws of death. As tne philanthropist was getting into his dusty garments he wanted to know what the'crowd was laughing at, and one of the boys replied: M I thought it was fun to see a schoolteacher lick thirteen boys at once, but this beats it clear into Canada ! Cracky ! but didn’t your eyes hang out when you galloped across the bows of that sandwagon !”—Detroit Free Press.

Obelisks.

Only forty-two obelisks are known to exist. Four are standing and two are prostrate at Karnac ; nine are prostrate at Saan, and one standing at Philae. In Rome there are twelve, the largest one being at the church of St. John Lateran. Florence contains two, and Paris, Arles, and Constantinople each one. In England there are four—two at the British Museum, one at Alnwick Castle, and one at Kingston-Lacy, Dorsetshire, brought over by William Bankes, a friend of Lord Byron.

Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

“Durang’s Rheumatic Remedy,” the great Internal Medicine, will positively cure anycase of rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price, $1 a bottle, six bottles, $5. Sold by all druggists. Send for circular to Helphenstine & Bentley, Druggists, Washington, D 0.

Msrs’ Moons.

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VANDAL-WOOD. A positive remedy for all diseases of tbe Kidneys, as ladder and Urinary Organs; also, good in Drorolcal Complaints. It never produces sickness. Is speedy in its action. It Is fast superseding ail other remedies. Sixty caps ales cure In six or eight day*. No other medicine can do this. Beware of Imitations, for, owing to its great suooeas, many have been offered; acme are moat dangerous, causing piles, Ac. DUNDAS DICK <fc CO.'E Genuine Sqft Capsuits, containing Oil of SandnUWooa, sews at all Drug Store*. Ash for circular, or send for one te 86 and _"’ T Wiostsrsts set, Earn IWb O N. V. So. 49

If GIVE COMPLETE SATISFACTION.