Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1891 — Page 6

UP IN THE NORTH WOODS

GLIMPSES OF LIFE IN A LUMBER CAMP. Hew the World Is Furnished with Boards —The Hardships. Peril* and Joys of Hardy Woodsmen —AII rorts and Conditions of Men and H«w They Happen to Land in Lumber tamps.

will surely disclose themselves in such a Ail ace are exhausted. ' Not all who are breathing city smoke are circumstanced to leave it at will for the woods of'Michigan and Wisconsin. Therefore I will divide with such unfortunates, so far as I am able, the pleasures of a journey which I have taken into the woods of Wisconsin. My first glimpse of lumbering life was had before I was fairly settled down in my seat in the Wisconsjn Central train, on which I had shipped*from Chicago to Ashland, Wis. The car began to fill rapidly with a set of hale and hearty young men in “store

clothes,” who dropped into the first seats which they came to, and made themselves comfortable and at home in a twinkling. From their talk, which was by no means conducted in an undertone, I learned that there were about forty men on board bound for the lumber woods. Some were now hands going to take their first lessons in logging, but the most of them had seen more than one season in camp. And what a rollicking set the latter were! If they were going into hardships It was evident that they “kflew the worst” and were prepared to make the best of it. Two of the company, who seemed to be leaders of the crew, 1 pre-empted the two rear seats of the car. jerked their boots, shed their coats and in short order prepared to make a night of it. “I ll tell you, boys, we missed our opportunity to-day! We ought to have got rearin’ drunk* said one of them. This sentiment over a lost opportunity to make a full day of it in Chicago was heartily echoed by the remainder of the group. When the cross-fire of stories and banter began to lag one of the leaders drew forth from the depths of a black sachcl a “collection of popular songs.” The first selection was “Little Annie Rooney,” and the clear, strong tenor in which it was rendered made mo almost forgive him. As he warmed to his work aT change seemed to come over the spirit of his dreams, and the “popular airs” of the street gave place to the dear old tunes that have thrilled hearts from the days of yore. It was with regret that I saw him close the book and put' it away, taking from his sachel instead a flask of liquor, which he passed to his companions and sampled himself. Still another plunge into the sachel brought forth an elaborate nightshirt, which was greeted with more cheers? than even the bottle. It was very evident that he was determined t» make it known that he indulged in the embellishments of civilization at least once a year. After ceremoniously wrapping his bottle in the garment he subsided for the night, until a fat little boy In a red flannel waist came along to play with the faucet of the drinking-water tank. “Here, sonny! Looking for a bunk? Just you camp right down there, soon’s I move my feet Come, don’t be bashful! You’ve got to lookout for No. 1 or they won’t no one look out for you.. Mebbe you’re cold? Just let me spread my coat over you. ” When he had made the child comfortable he quickly dropped into slumber. In the morning, when we had passed through the burned district and were weil into the Bad River country, the saw mills began to appear. At one of these mill stations our forty lumbermen left the train, being met by a company of old companions, who were clad in striped, checked and variegated mackinaw jackets, with dangling belts that combined in each garment the most posative shades of every color. But to the woods. To see them at their grandest, one should visit them id October, when the wonderful autumn colors are at their

fall, And remain until the deep northern' mows have come. an h Nowhere does autunln foliage take on (he delicate apd facile tints and display them to such conspicuous advantage as is these Northern woods, where the comparatively few hard-wood trees —mainly maple, birch,' beech, mountain ash and Ironwood—always have the dark back-

OR those who have ►never tasted life in the great lumber woods, I can imagine nothing more delightful than to leave all “shop” behind and set face toward the pine forests of the North and penetrate their depths until reaching a large logging camp in full operation, and there tarry until the new phases of life that

WINTER QUARTERS OF A LOGGING ARMY.

DINNER IS THE WOODS.

r ground of the evergreens to set off and enhance their beauty. As you enter one of these great forests of towering pines, the resinous aroma that greets you on every breeze, and rises from the yielding carpet of pine needles beneath your feet, is grateful and refreshing beyond expression; but it is not until you have reached the, place where the sawyers are waking “the echoes of the wood with the “ching! ching! chine! ching!” ‘of their crosscut saw, as it slips backward and forward through the fragrant wood, that you catch the first odor of “forests primfeval. ” Strange that no chemist has sought to reproduce it in a “perfume,” for society would' quickly make it a fashionable fad. But the odor of pine and tamarack is not the only subtle apd pleasing perfume that you meet in the lumber woods. At every open space, especially in the “burnings,” where a forest fire has swept through the standing timber, you will find the ground thickly covered with the dark leaves of the wintergreen, the berries of which grow to surprising size and perfection, and have a flavor as aromatic and delicious as their coloring is delicate. But on to camp! And for the sake of haste we will step out of the thick woods onto the or railway switch, which invariably penetrates to a camp of any size, excepting where the logs are floated down a stream to some jaw-mill or shipping point. As a camp presents the most interests ing scene in winter, I have chosen that season for illustration. With the possible exception of the foreman, the cook is by far the most important and highly esteemed personage

in camp.* His favor is courted and curried to a flattering extent. But tha.t is not the only way in which his importance is attested. His name leads the pay-roll. And well it may, for the leading question which loggers raise, in deciding with what camp they will cast their lot is; Whict has the best cook? The extent to which this consideration outweighs all others was emphasized to me when,the news came in one day that the entire crew of a neighboring camp had “struck” because a cook whoso services commanded $75 a month had been discharged to give place for one who could command but SSO. The cook’s assistant is called the “cookee.” The other principal employes of a camp are the foreman, sawyers, teamsters, skidders and the “road-monkeys,” and, In camps where logs are floated, the drivers. The wages of loggers range from $25 to S4O, and sometimes even SSO a month. It is quite a common idea that trees are felled with an axe, but that Is not

the That is dong with a cross-cut saw,, 'operated by two sawyers, who accomplish the down fall of a big pine in an incredibly short time. The' tree is then cut into logs of proper length and turned over to the skidders, who elevate them by canthooks, chains and ox-teams onto skids, from which they are finally loaded: for shipment. In the illustration may bo Seen sawyers at work, logs on skid, and a hauling team just loaded by the skidders and ox-team. The man standing in front of the horses by the sawyers, with a woodefi mallet over his shoulder, is a wedge man. whose duty it is to insert the wedged-shaped axehead into the cut made by the sa w as soon as the blade of the latter has penetrated I beyond its depths. As fast as the saw begins to bend the axe-head is driven in with the maul behind the saw blade to relieve the pressure on the blade. The road monkeys are stationed at the steep inclines along the winter roadways over which the heavy loads of logs are hauled. When & load approaches going down the incline,, these road monkeys, scatter wisps of hay in front of the sled runners, to act as brakes upon the smooth sled shoes, and prevent the load

from plunging down upon the rear of the ; horses. The hay is of course removed when a team is sighted going np the grade. It may“bo imagined that the duties of the road monkey are extremely “soft”—all play and no work—but when the thermometer touches “thirty below,” as it frequently does, a more.active employment can scarcely be Imagined.

While there Is more or less liability t* accident in felling, skidding and hank Ing, the most perilous part of logging falls to the “drivers,” who are required to steer Che logs down streams, which they do by means of long pike poles. It is an interesting scene to see an expert driver skipping over the floating logs, darting his pike here and there to keep the whole mass moving, and when, in shooting the rapids of some turbulent stream, the logs get in a “jam” and the driver must venture out upon the struggling mass and liberate it, taking his

chances for keeping his poisd upon some, rolling log when the break comes, the scene is one of intense excitement and peril. ......... Many of the drivers in the Bad River country were Chippewa Indians, or half-breeds, who find this sort of life much to their liking. Much of the labor of lumbering takes the crews too far from camp to return for the mid-day meal. In that case dinner is brought them by the “cookee” or the tote sled—the latter being the name by which the sled used for hauling supplies is designated—and eaten “on the spot.” Such a dinner in the woods is too cheerful and picturesque a scene to be passed without illustration. But the most cheerful occasion of all is the hearty supper, to the enjoyment of which they bring large appetites and the weariness of the day’s labor, knowing that they are at liberty to linger over it as long as they choose. This meal is spread within the warm log shanty, upon a table of plain pine boards. An oil-cloth usually does duty for a table-clbth. After supper they gather about the long box stove and pass the evening hours in recounting the experiences of other days; and as these crews are m&de up of “all ports and conditions of men," who from causes as varied as their faces have drifted together from the four corners of the earth, their adventures and memories take in the whole range of human experience, “From grave to gay. from lively to severe." It is not an infrequent circumstance to find within such a circle men of fine learning and polite birth, and, although their presence may sometimes bo accounted for by misfortune, it is almost universally the result of dissipation, and many a pitiful tale is locked within their lips,, which eved the rude cheer of an evening's “recollections” around the fire at will never draw forth. But whatever their faults or follies, as they break up that social circle about the fire, to turn into their rough bunks or do a bit of rude patching, let.iis wish them a hearty good night, and bear

DENUDING THE FOREST.

them a kindly thought when we look upon our own comfortable homes, made possible by their hard labor. Forrest Crisset.

“To me,” remarked a man of appreciative discernment, “February is the most disagreeable month of the entire year.” * “Why?” some one asked. “Oh, well, you know it has a fewer number of days than the other months.” “ What difference does that mako ?” “My friend, I see that you don’t get down closely to the business affairs of life. The sooner one month ends, the sooner the first of the next one comes around. lam a quiet man and do not like callers, and it makes me nervous and ill at ease when, the first of the month, men who have really no cause to enjoy my society come around and discuss practical subjects. I make no complaint of a leap year February, but the February that falls on the lot of ordinary occasions is distressing.”— Arkansaw Traveler. A „

How it was that the village church caught fire no one ever knew, though there were many theories as to the origin of the disaster. Suffice it to say that the sacred edifice was gutted. In spite of the gallant efforts of the firemen nothing hut the bare walls re--maiiied, and gfenhral regret \tfaS_expressed that the fine argariM—presented -by the ladies Only a -few Sionths previously—had been destroyed. ' "It’s a great pity losing the organ so soon after getting it,?* remarked an elder who was discussing the untoward event: • r • “Yes, it is,” replied .one of his friends: “but it was almost an impossibility to save it; you see the engines couldn’t jplay on it.” And then the speaker wisely went away.

Tanole —Hang it all, Maria! that confounded poodle of youta has bitten a piece clean out of my leg. Mrs. Tangle Oh, how very annoying, Henry, when poor JFida is sick and the doctor said that he mustn’t have a bit of moat for at least two ’weeks.

THE CALL TO DINNER.

The Worst Month.

A Great Pity.

HARD STORMIN THE EAST

THE ATLANTIC COAST CATCHES A REGULAR BLIZZARD. It Sweep* Over the Eastern States. Giving the People a Touch of Genuine Winter Weather—Mow York City Kieht in the Path of the Storm—Bail way Traffic Badly Interfered With. [New York dispatch.] The blizzard predicted last night by the Weather Bureau got in on time. The snow began to fall at 3 o’clock this morning and It fell as if it meant business. The storm* extended, According to the reports of the signal service weather observer, from Wood's Holj, Mass., southwest to Lynchburg, Va., and westward to Duluth, Minn. Rain at that hour covered the Southern States from Washington, D. C., to Jacksonville, Fla., along the Atlantic ccast, and inland as far as the Mississippi River. The h'igh wind, which at* 9:30 o’clock had a velocity of thirty-one miles an hour from the northeast, caused the snow to form in many places into drifts. Many of these drifts were nearly three feet in height, and those who had to work their way through them found pedestrianism anything except pleasant. The high wind, however, was a blessing to many a householder, as It drove the snow in waves from off the roofs of houses almost as soon as it fell. The storm worked so rapidly after it struck New fork that early morning traffic was seriously impeded. Not since the blizzard has there been so pointed a reminder of the imperative necessity for improved rapid transit in this city. There was more or less delay on the West Side, but the East Side was seriously embarrassed during the early rush hours. Those who suffered most from the loss of time were the residents of Harlem.

About 11 a. m. began a heavy sleet, which cut the faces of pedestrians like pin points and added to the misery of those who were forced to do any amount of walking. The snow in the West and to' the south of the city interfered seriously with the progress of mail trains in this direction. All the mails from the West via Pittsburgh, the Southwest, and the South were several hours behind time. The early morning mails from the North and West, however, arrived on time, as the storm had not reached those points so as to stop the progress of the trains. The trains which arrived during the forenoon were further impeded by the heavy snow in the streets, the mail wagons being unable to reach the general postoffice within the time allotted for the transfer of the mails from the railway stations to that building. Mails from Brooklyn were also delayed on the bridge. All the railroads running into New York have suffered from the storm, but some, of course, have suffered more than others where more exposed to the heavy drifts. In Westchester County the snow is piled up along the tracks of the Hudson River railroad, but has not thus far impeded travel much. The delays on the railroads in New Jersey were not so serious this as they were later in the day; when the fast falling snow was in some places to a formidable height. The snow ceased falling at 8 o’clock and was followed by a slight rain and sleet storm. The thermometer rose to degrees above zero. At midnight the wind was northwest. The indications for to-mor-row are more snow or rain with a decided lowering of the temperature. Reports continue to be received from all parts of New York State showing a heavy fall of snow and consequent interruption of traffic. In the Mohawk Talley the storm is unusually severe. At 6 o’clock this evening more than eight inches of snow had fallen at Amsterdam, and it was still snowing hard. Railroad travel is greatly delayed, some of the through trains being from two to three hours late. West Shore freight-trains have been stalled in the snow this afternoon and the Hangers have been started out. At the Pennsylvania depot it was reported that Western express-trains were running from three to three and a half hours behind time. The trains were being run cautiously, which was the principal cause of the delay, as the entire force of laborers out on each block keeping the tracks free from snow, and the detention by snow-drifts had been trifling. The Philadelphia trains were from thirty minutes to an hour behind scheduled time and local trains were about half an hour late. Trains were dispatched nearly on schedule time. The Erie road experienced the greatest difficulty, and all through trains were from five to six hours late. At Lockport, N. Y., the fall of snow has been continuous throughout the day, but is not heavy. The snow is not drifting badly. Temperature in the morning was reported at teh degrees above zero, and at one o’clock it had risen to twentyfive degrees. At Ithaca, N. Y., the storm continued throughout the day, with street-car traffic suspended. At Watertown, N. Y., snow has been falling rapidly, accompanied by mild breezes. The thermometer last night was five degrees below, and this morning four above zero. At Saratoga Springs the heaviest and most severe snojw storm since the memorable blizzard of March, 1887, has been in progress, and this evening indications were that it will continue during the night. Eight inches of snow had already fallen and was being badly drifted by a stiff northerly wind. Country roads are already blockaded. At Albany over one foot of snow fell to-day and the storm continues. Railroad travel has been impeded all day, trains from the West being three hour 9 and more late. Electric street cars are stalled on some of the lines and kept running with difficulty on others. The iron and slate roof of a section of the New York Central Railroad depot at West Albany fell under weight of snow this afternoon, burying four locomotives and half a dozen men. under the wreck. Two men were badly hurt, but none killed.

Brief Personal Items.

Jules Verne is now a handsome man of 60, with head and beard quite gray, and with eyes which sparkle with all the fire of 20. Queen Victoria has made known through Cardinal Manning that she will present no objection to the canonisation of Joan of Arc. The Countess of Caithness, loader of the Theosophists cf Paris, belioves herself to be tho “spiritual child" of Mary Queen of Scots. It is on this account that she is about to sot np a statue of Mary in the Place Wagram.

A THIRST FOR BLOOD.

A MINNESOTA MAN STARTS IN TO BUTCHER HIS FAMILY. fwl Reher, • Wilkin County German, Shoots HU Wife, His Son, and His Daufhtsr. and Then Blows Hl s Own Br *h»s Out—Mrs. Reher Dead and thh Son Expected to Die —Family Quarrels the Causa of the Tragedy. [Fergus Fall (Minn.) dispatch.l The chapter of horrors which has marked the closing year in Minnesota is not yet complete, and the tragedy which took place a, few miles southwest of Carlisle, Wilkin County, in some respects caps all others of recent date in its horror and utter brutality. Yesterday the family of Carl Reher consisted of six persons. To-day the father and mother are dead, the son is hovering on the edge of the grave, and one daughter is dangerously wounded. Carl Reher was a German aged neany 60, who lived in a cabin on “the flats,” as they are called, in Wilkin County, about twelve miles from this city. His family consisted of his wife, aged 49; his son Henry, 25; and three daughters, aged 22, 16, and 14. Reher was a taciturn, moody man, who was held In much fear by his neighbors as a person of unbridled passions and dangerous disposition. His son Henry has served a term in the penitentiary for horse-stealing and was known as a hard character. Of the women of the family perhaps the less said the better.

For the last three years there have been bitter family quarrels which often resulted In violence. Against any outside interference, however, the family always united as one person, as in the case of the arrest of Henry Reher for horse-stealing, when the others did all they could to shield him from the law. A few weeks ago, after an unusually violent family broil, Carl Reher quit the house and went to Elizabeth, a German village eight miles from here, where he opened a shoe shop, and has since Worked steadily until last night. Saturday night he got a ride with a neighbor and went home. The rest of the horrible story of last night’s crime was learned from the lips of his dying wife and his daughters. Reher entered his home on the flats at about 9 o’clock in the evening. All the members of the family were there, and jumped up in surprise at the unexpected appearance. He walked to the table with apparent unconcern, and laid down several small bags of candy and a large bottle of whisky. “These are Christmas presents for you, and I have got some more,” he said, and stepped into a leanto at the back of the house, used sot a woodshed, and a moment later reappeared at the door with a self-cocking revolver in each hand. These he leveled and began firing. The first bullet was fired at his son, but missed its mark. The young man staggered back, and threw up his arms to protect himself. The second and third bullets struck him in the arm, which was shockingly mangled. The fourth bullet was aimed at his oldest daughter and entered her shoulder. The lamp was extinguished by the fifth shot, which entered the body of Mrs. Reher. By this time the whole family was in a frenzied state, and all made a rush for the door. Reher dropped his revolvers and drew a huge carving-knife. As Henry Reher reached the door his father plunged the knife into his son’s back, penetrating deep into the lungs. In spite of this ghastly wound the young man mounted his horse and rode two miles to the house of Henry Schomann, the nearest neighbor, who at once went to Carlisle and telegraphed this city and Wahpeton for surgeons. , The three daughters got safely out of the house and scattered to hide themselves in a haymow and outbuildings. Mrs. Reher was left alone in the house with the butcher. He attacked her fiercely with the carving-knife and stabbed her again ?nd %gain. She fell, apparently dead, and he went to find his daughters and finish his work. He did not succeed and returned to the house. His wife was gone. The youngest daughter, who watched the scene from the haymow, describes what next occurred. Her father appeared at the door with his dripping knife still in hand. The moonlight lit up the landscape brilliantly, and he saw his wife crawling painfully on her hands and knees fifty yards away. He ran to her and again fell upon her with fiendish ferocity and plunged his knife again and again in her prostrate body. Then he returned to the house. Half an hour later several neighbors, well armed, arrived. The three daughters were still in hiding. They had heard a single pistol shot, but no other sound. The neighbors entered the house and found Rehor stone dead with a bullet in his brain and a rope around his neck. He had thrown the rope over a beam and put the noose ai*ound bis neck, and as the noose tightened he had blown out his brains. He lay there with his own blood mingling in a pool with that of his wife and son. Mrs. Reher also lay on the floor. She had crawled back into the house and lay almost by the side of her dead husband. She had only strength to tell tfie story of the awful tragedy, and then died. Her body and limbs were hacked full of holes, any one of half a dozen of which would have been fatal. Dr. Thomas N. McLean, of this city, arrived three hours later, and shortly afterward Dr. Triplett of Wahpeton, and dressed.the wounds of Henry Reher and his sister. The former had lost a great quantity of blood and his injures are so severe it is thought he cannot survive. The girl will probably recover, though her wound is dangerous. Everything in and about the cabin was soaked with blood and the scene was one of the most ghastly that could be imagined..

Except the frequent quarrels. In the family there was. no known cause ; for Reher’s action. He was not a heavy drinker and according to the neighbors with whom he rode home he was perfectly sober the night of the tradegy. That the deed was premeditated is shown by the fact that he brought with him from Elizabeth three revolvers, all fully loaded, and the which he used ta hang himself with was entirely new, bought only the day before in Elizabeth.

Items of Interest.

Rochefort’s list of duels up to date lumbers twenty-three, in seven of which ie was wounded. Sitting Bull’s language was a compound of pure Sioux and mongrel English, in which a number of French words were mixed. The latter had been picked up from the post-traders. Miss Florence Windom, the daughter of the Secretary, is more than an amateur artist. She has been studying in Boston for some time, and has done work which critical judges have pronounced nore than ordinary.

DEMOCRATS ENJOYED IT.

BANQUET OF THE TARIFF REFORM CLUB AT NEW YORK. Ex-Pr»jld»nt Cleveland Discusses the “Campaign or Education”—He JSay* the Hilarity of Republican Leaders Was 111-Timed—What He Thinks of Mr. Blaine’s Reciprocity Bark. [New York dispatch.] I The banquet of the Reform Club took place to-night in the magnificent concert hail of the Madison Square Garden. One of the incidents of the evening was the entrance of Mrs. Cleveland about 8:30 o’clock. Her party was escorted by Mr. G. F. Parker, and in the party was Mrs. Carlisle. There was a better attendance of ladies than even at the New England dinner. Everett H. Wheeler presided, and on his right sat Grover Cleveland and on his left John G. Carlisle. Other seats at the table were occupied by Gov. Horace Boies of lowa, John H. W. Arnold, W. L. Wilson of West Virginia, T. L. Wilson of Ohio, William Steinway, Gov.-elect Luzon B. Morris of Connecticut, Gov.elect W. E. Russell of Massachusetts, E. Ellery Anderson,' Thomas Wilson of Minnesota, Carl Schurz, W. N. Hensel of Pennsylvania, and Horace White. When the feasting was finished Chairman Wheeler, in a brief speech, introduced ex-President Cleveland as the first speaker of the evening. Mr. Cleveland said among other things: I desire to acknowledge the valiant services in this campaign of the organization whose invitation brings ns together to-night. I may be permitted, I hope, to make this acknowledgment as a citizen interested in all that promises the inereaeed prosperity of the country; and I shall also venture to do so as a Democrat who recognizes in the principle for which the campaign has thus far proceeded a cardinal and vital doctrine of Democratic creed. If i thus acknowledge the nseful services in a Denocratic cause of any who have not claimed long affiliation with my party, I feel that my Democratic allegiance ia strong enough to survive such an indulgence in fairness and decency. I am, too, at all times willing that the Democratic party should be enlarged; and, as tending in that direction, I am willing to accept and acknowledge in good faith honest help from any quarter when a struggle ia pending for the supremacy of Democratic principles. The grand and ultimate object of the campaign of education was the promotion of the welfare of the country and the relief of the people from unjust burdens. Within twenty-four hours after the submission to Congress of the question of tariff reform, sundry Senators and Bepresentattves belonging to the Republican party ware reported to have jauntily ventilated their partisan exultation in the publio press. If the present Speaker of the House sarcastically said, “It only shows what fools all the other Presidents have been,* he may well be excused, since he has lately so thoroughly learned that in the sight of the people infallibility is not an attribute always to be found in the Speaker’s chair. If the Representative from Ohio whose name is associated with a bill which has given his party considerable trouble of late said, “if the Democratic party had hired Burehard to write a stump speech it oould not have suited ua better,” it must be that circumstances leading to his approaching retirement from publio life have suggested modification of his judgment. L

As our campaign hag proceeded other unusual symptoms have been apparent among those prominent in directing the opposition. Sbme of them have become insubordinate and discontented, and at timeß actually disobedient to party orders. Some have left the ship. One shrewd and weather-wise navigator has clambered off, and, in a frail bark, with the word "Beciprocity” painted on its stern, was last seen hovering near, prepared to climb aboard again or sail away, as wind and wave would appear to make most safe. At the present stage of the campaign the unwieldly party hulk of Bourbon Republicanism is still afloat, but damaged and badly leaking. On board Borne are still Working at the pumps against the awful odds of opening seams; many, mutinous and discontented, short of provisions and of grog, are loudly and angrily disputing as to whether'bad seamanship or overloading is the cause of their wretched plight, while accusations of guilty responsibility are heard on every side. If, from this turbulence, there Bhall emerge any who actually, pricked in conscience, desire a better life, they will be gladly welcomed. I cannot, however, keep out of my mind the story of the pious deacon, who, in his efforts to convert a bad sinner, became so excited by his incorrigibility that he gave him a thorough drubbing, afterward explained and justified his course by declaring that he believed he had “walloped saving grace into an impenitent souk” Let us not fail to realize the foot that our work is not done. Our enemies are still alive and have grown desperate. Human selfishness is not easily overcome and the hope of private gain at the expense of the masses of the people is not yet abandoned. It would be shameful, and a pitiable diegrace, if by overconfidence we should lose the ground we have gained, or if we should fail to push further our advantage. The result of our labor thus far is indeed “a signal tribute to the judgment of the American people.” In full faith in this iudgment our work Bhould continue upon the lines thus far followed until the enemies of tariff reform are driven from the last intrenchment. As the people have trusted us, let us, above all things, be true to them. Let the light 'of our campaign be carried into every part of the land where it has not been seen, and where it has been kindled let it be kept brightly burning, still showing the way to better days for tho people and disclosing the plans of insidious foes. The next speaker was Gov. Boies, of lowa. Gov. Boies presented statistics on agriculture in lowa, showing that the cost of producing an acre of corn in that State was 67 cents more than the crop could be sold for. What was true of the production of corn was equally true of all the great staples raised in lowa. There must be some flagrant error, he said, in the industrial system that produced such a result, while the country: as a whole was becoming rich. Continuing, Gov. Boies said: I do not hesitate to say that there Is no possible justification for a system of laws that produces such a result. No plea for the nation’s prosperity, however eloquent that plea may become, can smother the indefensible wrong that takes a single dollar from the earnings of one class of its citizens and bestows it as a bounty upon those of another. I will not stop now to question whether the industries of a nation may or may not be-! come so adjusted and equalized that a protective tariff could be made equally advantageous, to all. It is enough to know that they are not so equalized in the United States. It is a self-evident proposition that a tariff' levied upon products which a nation produces, largely in excess of its own. wants, which it is I constantly sending abroad because its own; markets will not take or use them, can have no possible effect upon the price of snchcom-. modifies, and hence it follows that so long as we are producing aunnally hundreds of millions: in value of agricultural products in excess of our own wants, no tariff levied upon like products can benefit the farmer. Agriculturists are not enemies of manufacturing industries ; they appreciate as fully as any class that their own prosperity as well as that of the nation depends upon a successful prosecution of diversified industries, and they will go as far as any class in giving to onr manufacturers free raw material and in extending the market for tht ir productions. In other words, they will readily consent to stand, before the law upon an equality of privileges with every other industry but they will notconsent to see their own destroyed that others may attain phenomenal success.

A MEDLEY.

Sarah Bernhardt will appear on the stage in Australia. There are 40,000 night watchmen in the United States besides night police. Seventeen head of cattle, standing near a wire fence at Collinsville, Tox., during a rainstorm, were killed by an electric current. Winfield Doran, of Trenton, N. J., began smoking when he was 6 months old. He died a few days ago aged a years and 6 months.