Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — Page 2

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OUR HOG IN TROUBLE.

KAISER WILLIAM'S SU&JECTS COMPLAIN. >tiey S«s They Have Found TrlcUtareo Acwlw—Cndlcatloas that Chtll Ha% Decided to Not WhtpjlUncle S»m-Children A ten oet Cremated. Holders May Recover Damages. 1 The question <Jf liability on the part of teailroads In cases of Injur?" to persons riding on‘passes was settled by the New York 'Court of Appeals. dra Potter brought ■suit to ucover for injuries received while "riding on a New York, Lake ’Erie and Western train in May. 1888. The l defendant sought to avoid liability by that plaintiff was riding on a pass ■and that its servants were not guilty of •nejritgence. -The Court of Appeals holds •that the "decision of the general term ‘awarding "damages should be sustained, ■nd this practically decides the question 'that railroads are liable for accident to ipass-holders. ‘BURNT CLAY FOR CEMENT. -A 'Deduction from the Use of Powdered Volcanic Earth at Catania. 'A freak of nature has furnished the world with a pointer in construction, Con•wul He:lth. of Catania, thinks. In the frequent eruptions of Mount Etna great beds Of eta. 7 were covered from twenty to 200 ffeet deep by tire lava streams. When the ■eruptions'took 'place in the dry season the lava 'Converted the clay into a fine red gravel or powder. These deposits are now •mined and are considered very valuable. Mixed with a little lime and tho usual proportion of water the burnt clay makes a •cement which has no equal in the opinion •of those who use it Visitors to Catania are attracted by the soft pink color of the unpainted buildings. This is the result of •the burnt clay mortar. Every structure In •Catania is made of lava liberally cemented with mortar. Sidewalks, aqueducts and •even the great sea wall are laid with this mortar. Many years of use have proved the;permanent qualities. WAS A TITLED BRUTE. •Countess Russell's Charges Against Her Lord and Master. The sensational divorce suit of Countess 'Rcsiell against Earl Russell has been begun in the divorce division Of the High Court of Justice, London. The defendant is a grandson of the celebrated statesman Lord - John Ru-sell and is Only twenty-six years old. While at Oxford he attracted considerable attention by his eccentric theological .and political vievs. Countess Russell ■ claims release from her husband on the ground of cruelty of an extreme and extraordinary nature. The Countess is the youngest daughter of the late Sir Claude Edward Scott, and up to the time of her marriage she was one of the leading beauties of her circle and lived with her mother at Oaklands Park, Weybrldge, Surrey. WAR ON AMERICAN PORK. Griaixn Deputies Ask that Steps Be Taken to Prohibit Its Importation. A nnmier of Deputies, representing ■country districts, have entered a formal -som plaint, before the Budget Committee at Berlin. Jn regard to A merican pork. They -claim that trichina* have recently been "frequently found in American pork, and they aslrthat steps be immediately taken to prohibit its importation. Dr. von Boetticher, Minister of the Interior, said that the importation of American pork in -the future wOnld be prohibited unless thoroughly inspected in the United States, and Added, that if after this inspection trichina were found in American pork, the government would be forced to entirely prohibit lie importation into Germany.

FIKE BUGS CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Clover Detective Work Revealx a Gigantic Conspiracy at St. I’anl. One tff the most diabolical conspiracies ever concocted culminated in the arrest At St Paul of a gang of incendiaries who for over a year have made a regular business of setting fire to Stosses and stores In various parts of the city for the purpose of securing a portion of the insurance money. The scheme was unearthed by a detective agency, assisted t»y Ham Floyd and Ben Finkelburg, who stood in with the gang and seized them In ♦be very act of applying the lighted match which was Intended to destroy property. NOT AFRAID OF CHILI. Beeent Naval Orders Believed to Show that the DifHculty Is Ended. It has been decided by the Navy Department that the double turreted monitor Mianto'tomah shall not leave American -waters this winter. Admiral Walker Ison his way to South America to take command of the Boston and will receive Instructions while en route regarding his work. In naval and diplomatic circles these facts are regarded at significant It is thought that an apprehension of further difficulty wl.h Chili laover. Russia Wants the Horses. The Post,-of Berlin, is authority for the statement that the Russian Government is about to isi-ne a decree prohibiting the exportation of horses from Russia. In some quarters this intended action of the Czar’s Government is looked upon as additional evidence that Russia is preparing for hostilities in the near future. Flames in a Convent. The protectory building connected with the conveatof the Sisters of Mercy, two todies north of Newberg. N. Y., burned to the ground. There were 240 children Steeping in tire building, but all got out •afely. The structure was a four-story Urick. Loss about $40,000. Smoked and Soaked. Fire threatened to destroy the Adams Company Building, on Dearborn street between Monroe and Adams, Chicago, and the Commercial Block, adjoining on the south. A,s it was. the dr mage to the building will be over $25,009. Probable Work of Train-Wreckers. A train on the South Carolina Railway **• wrecked near Summerville. A fireman *M killed and the baggage master, express anaa and three passengers Injured. A rail was misplaced. It is believed, by a discharged employe of the road. Lake Vessel Lost. The machinery of the Anchor Line steani•hip Philadelphia, flour laden from Chicago tor Buffalo, broke down just below Bat Point, at the mouth of the Detroit river. Her tumps did not keep her from filling •ad she souk. No lives were lost. Washington Policeman Murdered. JaalOT B. Slack, a member of the Washterton police force, died from knife wounds IpHkded by Charles H. Myers, a neighbor. Wtogk heard Myers cursing in his stable —kt to Slack’s house, and attempted to ar•Mt him. A scuffle ensued and Myers, who baeu drinking, stabbed Slack in the IB Took Desperate Chances. H- Wilde, an alleged bigamist esfrom a North Carolina railroad train tosas the chief of police of Kinston. Though WWte was handcuffed and the train runM a high rata of speed. he iwnx to atoMptoi tajary and «ot clear away.

IT WAB A IlfcEP LAID PLOT. " A Case Alnr.ogt Equal to That of Lost Charlie Ross. The Vjear-old set of David T. Beals, whcy.-Va.s stolen from his honiq at Kansas Cl'.y, Mo., and heM for. ransqna, was recovered upon thelpaymant of $5,000. Banker /Reals had issued the following notice: {ss,ooo 'RANSOM. , To Whom It May Concern: Return my thUd, receive ss,OOOland no questions asked. D. T. Bxals. In the evening u man of strange appearance prvsemted /himself at the front door of the Beals mansion. He wore a false-face and a wig and was dressed very like a day (laborer. "He told the servant who answered the brill that he must! gee Mr. Beals Immediately.. Mr. Beals went to the door. The man said he was a detective; that tee had four*! the abductresi and her accomplices; that they had the lost child In their possession; that they demanded $20,000 ransom, and that he was prepared to deliver the phlld to its parents for that amount Mr. Beals declined to pay the sum and .stuck to his original offer of 85.000. It was finally agreed that the “detective” should deliver tire child for that amount Not long afterward a ring brought Mr. Beals to the door. He saw his lost child in the arms of the ruffian who had bargained for the delivery of the child. Mr. Beals, who had drawn $.5,001 in bank notes in order to be ready to fulfill his part of the bargain, counted out the money before the eyes of the man who at the same time placed in the arms of the overjoyed father the lost child, who was sleeping soundly, ignorant that he was being returned to his parents. The servant who aided in abducting the child is under arrest.

BUSINESS IS GOOD. An Active Retail Trade Noted by R. G. Dun & Co. R. G. Dun SCa’s weekly review of trade says: A week broken by a holiday has shown the usual characteristics—weak speculation, an active retail trade, and a moderate wholesale business. But the great factors which go to make National prosperity are unaltered. At Boston trade Is steady. At Pittsburg pig-iron Is weaker, but manufactured Iron and steel are in good demand, and the glass trade Is fair. At Cleveland, trade ts good in all lines, excepting a less demand for manufactured Iron. and manufactures are active. At Chicago some decrease Is seen in cured meats, lard, butter and cheese, but a slight increase in barley. 20 per cent in flour, the week’s trade being the largest of the year, an Increase of a third In cattle and oats, of half in hides, and receipts of dressed beef and corn are double last year’s, and of rice and wheat three times last year's. Merchandise sales largely exceed those of last year, and prospects are favorable. There is the same confidence at St Paul, where cold weather stimulates trade, and Minneapolis saw mills have closed the lareest season on record, while the flour mills, though troubled by ice, turn out 28.000 barrels daily.

MENACE TO BRITAIN. Turkey Said to Have Ceded Cape Sheik Shalb to France. Berlin is treated to another sensation. It was the rumor that Chancellor von Caprivi Intended to resign (a rumor, it should be added, which has not been officially denied up to the present), and now the people at Berlin are startled by the announcement by the Kreuz Zeitung (conservative) that by a secret agreement with France Turkey has ceded Cape Sheik Shalb. in the Persian Gulf, to France. Capo Sheik Shalb Is on the Island of Bushir, or Busheab, eleven miles from the north coast of Persia, and might be strongly fortified and otherwise made use of as a harbor for the French fleet. Between the main land and the island of Sheik Shalb or Busheab is said to be water affording good anchorage for the largest war vessels. This would give France a depit and possible landing place for ir.xtps not far north of the British possessions in India, and might, under certain circumstances, enable Franco to cooperate with Russia should the latter country's troops invade Persian territory and possibly continue an onward march toward India Itself

SHOT DEAD ON THE STEPS. Terrible Tragedy at Salt Lake City, Growing Out of Municipal Trouble. At Salt Lake. Utah, for the past six months there has been a muddle in the police department on account of charges preferred against William P. Parker, captain, and A. B. Glenn, sergeant. For several days Parker had been drinking heavily, and the fact that he was to be retired preyed on his mind. Among those who testified against Parker at the investigation was Officer George Albright. The two men met in front of the city hall, when Parker grasped Albright by the neck, and. placing a revolver against his body pulled the trigger. The weapon missed fire, and before Parker could pull the trigger again Albright shot him twice. Parker fell dead. RIGHTED A WOMAN’S WRONGS. Released from Jail, Where She Was Imprisoned by Villains Who Robbed Her. David Galley, a tailor living In New York, complained recently to the Philadelphia police that he had been decoyed to that city by a woman named Zepha Sazankein and robbed of SI,BOO. The woman was arrested and convicted and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment Further investigation led to the belief that the arrest and conviction of the woman was due to a conspiracy. The. judge who had sentenced her was convinced of the woman’s innocence, revoked the sentence, and she was set free. Galley, who had returned to New York, was arrested oa a charge of perjury. RIDING ON A RAIL. Two Ohio Men Undergoing a Novel Test of Endurance. At Botzum. Ohio, John Springer bet Wm, Noble an oyster suppar that he couid sit the longer on a rail fenca. At 8 o’clock the next morning both men were still there, having spent the night on the fenca, while their respective families supplied them with hot coffoo and warm clothing. The whole community Is deeply interested in the outcome. Springer is a largo, heavy man, while his opponent only weighs 110 pounds. After twelve hours on the fence Noble looked almost as fresh as when he sat down, but his heavy companion appeared to be suffering. MET WITH A CRASH. Fearful Collision on the Lake Shore Road at Toledo. A Pere Marquette engine crashed into the rear coach of a Lake Shore train at Toledo, and went clear into the coach, all but the cab, before It came to a stop. The coach was crowded with passeng ?rs, hardly any of whom escaped Injury. Three were killed outright, and of thirty others hurt one will probably die. FELL WITH A CRASH. Collapse of the Hoisting House of a Columbus, Ohio, Blast Furnace. The hoisting house at the Franklin blast furnace, Columbus. Ohio, fell and the ruins caught fire. The firemen had a hard time to get the Danita under control The cupola Is leaning badly and is also expected to fall The loss will not be les, than $50,000. ' Fortunately no lives were lost. BRAZILIANS MAY FIGHT AGAIN. The Rio Grande Junta Refuses to Obey the x Pelxotto Government. The Pelxotto government hat made a demand upon Rio Grande do Sul for the reinstatement of the local government as it existed before the outbreak against Ponsec*. The Rio Grande Junta has refused to obey this demand, and threatens to offer forcible resistance to any attempt to coas- :■

pel obedience. General OsnSrio, who commanded tho Insurgent ar my in Rio Grande do Sul, made a demv.nd upon the Upper Uruguay squadron tb'at It give In its adhesion. The demand rr.et with refusal nnd the squadron has Tjone to anchor In Argentine waters. Fonseca, besides abdicating the dictatorship, has renounced his title of commander-in-chief and retired to private life. The governors of all the States have proclaimed In favorof Pelxotto. It Is rumered that the federal capital will bo removed from Rio Janeiro to Nlotheroy. WILL CORM GO TO A DOLLAR? New York Speculators Excited Over the Rumors of a Corner. “Will corn go to a dollar?” This Is the query which was uppermost in the minds ol many of tho New York produce exchange mem. New Yorkers are excited by the remarkable rise in Chicago, and a few of the old-timers were so much alarmed that they stood aside to let the market take care of itself. There is no doubt in the minds ol local operators that the Chicago men have formed a “omblne."' It remains to be seen to what extent they will be able to take iu the outside public. As the lattet are wary it may be that the so-called corner will collapse, as did the one which was planned a few weeks ago. ARCHDUKE HENRY DEAD. Ho and His Morganatic Wife Pass Away from the Same Disease. Archduke Henry, of Austria, died in Vienna from inflammation of the lungs, closely following his morganatic wife, the Baroness Hofmann, whose death occurred but a few hours previous from the same disease. The Archduke was born at Milan in 1828. He held the rank of Field Marshal in the Austrian army. In 18*2 be contracted a morganatic marriage with Leopoldine Hofmann, who was born in 1842. She was raised to the nobility in 1872, and created Baroness of Waldeck in 1878. Of this marriage there is one daughter.

FIGHT OVER A COUNTY SEAT. Charges of Ballot-Box Stuffing Made Against Butte City Politicians. At Niobrara, NeU, a suit has been filed in the District Court which promises to make lively times for a number of prominent residents of the new frontier county of Boyd, which was organized last January. Notwithstanding that only 220 legal votes were cast In the Butte Precinct, the complaint alleges the defendants, by means of knowingly receiving illegal votes and by stuffing tho ballot-box, counted and canvassed 457 votes tn that precinct The poll books, which should be accessible to the public, were destroyed. Killed by a Falling Bridge. The west span of the Great Northern bridge over the north fork of the Columbia River, six miles from Columbia Falls, Mont, felL carrying with It nine men. three of whom are dead. Three of those who escaped death are thought to be fatally wounded. The span was sixty feet long, an-d the men fell in an awful crash of timber and iron, a distance of eighty-four feet, two of them being pinned under several feet of water. The accident will delay the advance of the extension of the Great Northern about two weeks. Shot In Ambush. A special from Central West Virginia says: John Carse, a wealthy Ritchie County farmer, was ambushed near Tollgy toll-gate, Ritchie County, as he was returning from church, and fatally shot. A man named Collins, between Carse and whom there had been a feud of long standing, is charged with leading the attack, and has ' disappeared. Carse’s friends are arming and Intend pursuing Collins.

Wrecked and Robbed a Train. It is reported that an east-bound train on the St. Louis & San Francisco road was wrecked at Glendale station, twelve miles from St. Li uis; that the expteis messenger and several passengers were hurt, and that after tho train had ben wrecked the robbers .secured some valuables. The amount of booty Is not known. Texas Cattle Dying. Cattle in Eastland and adjoining counties in Texas are dying from the continued dry weather and scarcity of grass. Many range cattle have already died from want of water and grass and the remainder are too poor to go through the winter, and will no doubt perish in large numbers. For Appropriating Letters. YVilllam Keseger, in the employ of the International and Great Northern Railway as car porter, has been arrested at Galveston. Texas, and 1< dged In jail in default of $1,050 ball for abstracting letters from the United States mail and appropriating their contents. Cyrus May Save them, A conference of the Field family, apropos of the failure of the firm of which the younger Field was senior partner, was held in New York, and tho advisability of Cyrus W. Field giving up his fortune to save the family honor was seriously considered. Victims of Green Goods Men. Albert Allen and C. L. Harris, of Ashville,‘Tenn., paid green goods men at New York S3OO for a package of blank paper with two SI bills fastened on the outside. The Yorktown at Valparaiso. The United States steamer Yorktown has arrived in Valparaiso harbor. Minister Egan and other Amei leans were entertained aboard. The Kearsarge at Martinique. The United States steamer Kearsarge has arrived at Martinique, West India AH are well.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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FOR OUR LITTLE FOLKS.

A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THEM. (That Children Hava Done. What They Are Doing. and What Thev Should Do to Faea Their Childhood Days. What a Boy Can Do. These are some of the things that a boy can do: He can whistle so Iot»d the air turns blue; He can make all sounds of beast and bird, And a thousand noises never heard. He can crow or crackle, or he can cluck As well as a rooster, hes, .or duck. He can bark like a dog, he can 100 like a cow. And a cat Itself can’t beat his “me-ow. ” He has sounds that are ruffled, striped, and plain; He can thunder by as a railway train: Stop at the stations a breath and then Apply the steam and off again. He has all of his powers in such command He can turn right into a full brass band. With all of the Instruments ever played. He makes of himself a street parade. You can tell that a boy Is very ill If he’s wide awake and keeping still. Hut earth would be—God bless the noise!— A dull old place if there were no boys. —Chicago Post

Fatty Grunt.

I wonder why it is that everybody calls me Fatty. The first thing lean remember I saw two little children peeping over the top of our sty, and one of them said: “See the little fellow looking out from behind his ma, isn’t he a regular fatty?” and ever since that day I’ve been called by that name. Well, I don’t much care what they call me as long as 1 get plenty of nice food to keep me fat. John, the hired man, is very good to our family, and every one of ns, from papa Grunt down to my sister Nosey, has plenty to eat. I like living very much. Life is one great sea of skimmed milk for me now, and when ma tells stories

CROSSING THE BROOK.

I am as happy as any little pig can be. Ma tells one story of three pigs— Pigg5 r Wig, Piggy Wog and Piggy Wee. These three fellows thought they would try to walk on stilts one day, and as they came to a brook thought it would be great fun to cross it on their new wooden legs. “Be careful,” said Piggy Wig to Piggy Wog. “or you'll step on a flsh and slip over into the water.” “Oh, no,” said Piggy Wog, “I’m all right. Just see me wade off into the deep water now.” And away he stamped off into a very deep place, when the first thing they knew down went Piggy Wog in the water away up to his neck. “Hi, Hi,” shouted Piggy Wog, as he splashed around in the water, “help me out! Help me out!” “All right,” said Piggy Wig and

“HELP ME OUT!”

Piggy Wee. So they went tn the bank and reached out one of the stilts, and poor, wet Piggy Wog took hold of it and was drawn to the.shore. Both of his stilts had floated down the stream, and he hardly knew how he was to get across the brook and home again. The other pigs could not carry him. He couldn't swim, and there was no bridge. How was he to get home? Very soon Piggy Wee spoke up. “I have it.” said he. “I see a board over there by that fence. We’ll get that, and you get on it and we’ll push you across on the board ferry. “A good idea.” said Piggy Wig. “Hurrah,” said Piggy Wog. “Just the thing.” said Piggy Wee. The board was brought and placed on the water, and on it walked Piggy Wog. Then began the journey across. It took some time to reach the opposite shore, and several times did Piggy

BATHED IN TEARS.

Wog come near upsetting. Finally thd board ferry arrived on the other side, and Piggy Wog was very happy to think that he wasn’t drowned. When the three little pigs arrived home their mother asked them where they had been, and how Piggy Wog. got his tail so wet. The little fellow hacl to tell, and their mother said, thaJt they must go to bed early and wimiout any supper, because little pig» ought to know better than to wade in the brook without asking their mother? Don’t you think that is a good story 1*

I don’t like to washed very wett, so every time I take my bath ma tells me about a little pig that she knew once that always cried when he was washed. One day his mamma put him into a dry tub and he began to cry, and cried so many tears that it filled the tub, and his mamma washed him in his own tears. Pa always says that’s a pretty big story, but I think it is very funny. Pa is a very funny fellow. We have lots of fun on sunshiny days, anC

NOSEY GOES TO BREAKFAST.

when he takes a nap I very often take a straw and tickle his ear with it. That makes him grunt, and sometimes he jumps up and chases me around the pen. One day he caught my tail in his mouth and gave it a bite that made me squeal. I was Just about scared to death one night awhile ago. You see there are woods quite near our home, and great big black bears live there. One night one of those naughty bears came to our pen and climbed over into it. My sister Nosey, who was always running away from ma, went out to see what was going on, and the bear just took her in his arms and carried her away. I suppose he made a breakfast of her the next day. We have all been very careful at night since that time. I heard pa say, though, tnat John shot the bear a day or two after he ate my sister. Well, here comes John with the supper. I cannot write another line. Good by. Patty.—New York Press.

The Labrador Duck.

It will surprise nviny readers to be told that a large and strikingly marked duck, which within fifty years was moderate!}' common upon the Northern Atlantic coast, is believed now to have become extinct. A lad shot one in New York on the Chemung River Dec. 12, 1878, and none have been seen since. The last one known to have been seen before that time was killed at Grand Manan in April, 1871. The one killed in 1878 eaten before any naturalist heard of its capture—a costly meal, as, according to Dr. Cones, 8200 had been vainly offered for a pair of skins. The head and a portion of the neck were preserved. The history of the duck in question, the Labrador duck or the pied duck, is made the subject of an article by Mr. William Dutcher in a recent number of the Auk. Only thirtyeight specimens are known to be extant in all the museums of the world —twenty-seven in America and eleven in Europe. Yet it is only a short time since specimens might have been secured with comparative ease. One of our older ornithologists, Mr. George N. Lawrence, of New York, writing in January, 1891, says: “About forty or more years ago it was not uncommon to see them in Fulton Market. At one time I remember seeing six fine males, which hung there till they spoiled for want of a purchaser. They were not considered desirable for the table, and collectors had a sufficient number, a pair being at that time considered enough to represent a species. ” Another ornithologist, Mr. G. A. Boardman, of Calais, Maine, says that fifty years ago, when he began to collect birds, he had no difficulty in getting a pair of Labrador ducks, which was all he wanted, but that thirty years afterward, when he tried to procure specimens for " some NewYork friends, his collectors all along the coast reported that the birds were gone. Unlike the great auk, the Labrador duck was a good flier, and was especially persecuted by gunners. One fac'tof popular interest connected with the bird is that Daniel Webster shot a pair on the Vineyard Islands, and presented them to Audubon, who in turn presented them to Professor Baird. It is not improbable, as suggested by Mr. Dutcher, that other mounted specimens may yet be discovered in out-of-the-way places. It would not be very wonderful if some reader of this article should have the good fortune to turn an honest penny for himself, and at the same time serve the cause of science by finding in some seashore cottage or elsewhere a skin of this now famous bird.—Youth’s Companion.

Heart on the Right Side.

At Detroit a man applied at the Central Station for lodging. He is George Burns, and he is, perhaps, without a parallel in the world. He is 60 years of age, and during the rebellion served as engineer on board the man-of-war Essex. He was capture/ 1 and held prisoner at Libby Prison. After the war he became engineer on the steamship Savannah, and when that boat went upon the rocks at Gay Head in 1884 he stuck to his post and reversing the engine as she struck. He was thrown among the machinery and horribly injured. In the top of his skull he wears a six-ounce silver plate, three ribs on his left side are gone, his right knee cap has been removed and also a large portion of the right hip bone and other smaller bones of his right leg. In his right wrist there is no pulse and the right elbow has no joint. But the strangest of his complex injuries is his heart, which has been forced over to the right side of the body, where it? can plainly be felt beating. A Li a a is a man who knows all the facte about something that never occurred.

SIX MEET THEIR DOOM.

FRIGHTFUL WRECK IN THE CITY OF TOLEDO. Pawengeni ou the 8. * M. S. Railway Crushed, Burned and Scalded to Death by an F. & P. M. Train—Many Seriously Hurt. Wrecked in a Tunnel. A passenger train on the Flint & Pere Marquette Road crashed into the rear of the Lake Shore express at Toledo. Ohio, causing the death or injury of a score of persons. The collision occurred about forty rods from the Union Depot at 5 o'clock in the evening, and by 11 six dead and sixtee i terribly mangled and scalded peop'e had been taken from the wreck. A babe, scalded until it was an unrecognizable mass, and several women whose limbs and features were cooked beyond recognition added to the horrors. Ambulances and patrol wagons convoyed the dead and wounded to St. Vincent's hospital and to different houses, and it was with the greatest difficult/ that names could be obtained. A list was furnished by Superintendent Whittlesey, of the Lake Shore, supplemented by the cotoner. The following were killed: Mrs. Mary McCoign, Madison, 111. An fi-yoar old son and an infant son of Mrs. McDonald, of New York. Ellen Meyer, Cleveland, Ohio Howard Vaughn, tan Fernandina, Cal. James McQueen, Elkhart, Ind, The se iously in tired, tared for at St Vincent’s Hospital, are: Jose;h Anderson, Riverside, 111. Mr. and a. rs George James, of New Y ork. John Campbell. New York. Rudolph Murphy, To cdo. Mr. and Airs. McKenzie and daughters, Pearl and Maud. Bertha Dick, nurse girl to Mrs. McDonald's children. New York. John Con'y, Millville, Mass. Patrick Taylor. Arthur, Nev. Mrs. John P. No son, of To edo, is-the only one outside of the hospital who is in a dangerous condition. Others, less seriously injured are: Jos. Ludwig. Peoria, 111 Warren L. Potter, P.ttsburg, Pa. Conductor Hunt.-r, Marquette train. Dolly Fisher, Toledo. Mrs. J. O. McDonald, New York. Miss Anna Ma k. New York. D. T Wes", Detroit. 3 leh Mrs. E. J. Cal oway, Toledo

The Pere Mar>uette train is due in Toledo at 4:53, and the Lake Shore follows at 4:55. 1-rom Air Lino Junction the trains -tse the same track. The Lake Shore was seven minutes late and the Pere Marquette train nine minutes late. The Lake Shore train pulled down from the junction aliea I of the Marquette, though there was but little room between them. About forty rods from the union depot is a tunnel fifty feet long The Lake Shore had gone nearly through this with its seven heavy vestibuled [ar or cars, and the day coach on the rear, when a freight ahead made it pull up. The brakeman ran back to give the signal to the Pere Marquette engineer, but it was toolate. The trains we e too close. The engineer and fireman of the oncoming train laid down in their cab and crashed through the dimly lighted tunnel into the rear of the Boston and Chicago special. The day coach was split in twain: the engine plowed through until the rsar of the car made a cover for the engine clear up to the cab. The steam escaping in volumes hid the wreck from the view of tl.e big crowd which had run out of the stores, sa oons and houses on the high bank along which ran the street above Miss Dolly Fisher, the daughter of Health Officer Fisher, maddened by the pain of the s aid ng steam, leaped from the window and was cut and slightly bruised. Help came immediatly, and the wounded were drawn out. One man, Warren L. Potter, himself slight y scalded, attempted to pull Mrs. McCoign from the car, and the flesh came off in great shreds from the woman’s arm. A Laby was scalded to death and taken out of the smashed car a cooked and blistered mass of flesh, almost beyond recognition as a human form. A ghastly hand was found after the wreck had been cleared away and the wrecked car taken off, but no body had been found without a hand, and another search commenced to find the body to which the hand belonged, without avail. There was no fire, and few were in.ured except by escaping steam. Mrs. McCoign occupied a seat near the rear of the coach and a babe was toddling in the aisle when the accident occurred, according to one of the eye-wit-nesses. Taking place as it did in the city, an immense crowd assembled at the scene of the w.cck. In four hours all the debris had been cleared away, and the trains began to run as usual. No one was hurt on the Marquette train. An investigation will be made at once as to the came of the wreck,, and the Lake Shore officials will see if it impossible to make the sere Marquette people pay for the damage incurred. The engineer of the Marquette train was a new man on the run. When found ■the lever was almost perpendicular and not reversed. The brakeman and conductor of the Lake Shore had a narrow escape. They had gone to the rear to hang out the red lights, when they saw the headlight of the rear train right upon them. It was a big jump in o the ditch, but they took it and escaped with a slight shaking up.

APACHES ON THE WARPATH.

HostUes Once More Threaten Settlers In Arizona—An Ex-Soldier Killed. Says a dispatch from Wilcox, A. T.: The Apaches are on the warpath and have committed several depredations. One man has been killed and another wounded, and the settlers are arming to protect themselves. Major William L. Downing, who lives atout thirty miles south of this place, rode in great hasto and reported that one of his men had been murdered by a war party of Indians, who disanpeared soon after the killing and cannot now be found. The name of the dead man is B. H. Danies, of Ontario, Canada, an ex-soldier, and 35 years old. Trailers were employed, and followed the tracks of the Indians some distance. They returned the next morning and state posithely that the footprints showed the string on the moccasin. One track led directly from the body of the dead man. The Coroner's jury found a verdict in accordance with the above report. The following telegram was received from Fort Bowie: “Ma or Downing was shot from ambush while riding in his buggy, but not fatally injured. Lieutenant Irwin and ten soldiers now leaving. ” This was written within a mile of the major s residence. Robbery was not the object of the murderers. It is the season when the redsxins become uneasv, and. a dispatch says it would be well for all citizens to look to their arms before more lives are wantonly taken. Bowie is eighteen miles from the. scene of the killing. The military arc taking every precaution todefeud the settlers. Great excitement exi ts among the settlers who fear a . raid from the Chlricalpra Mountains, which We practicalDy impenetrable by the whites against an armed force. The Indian hostile* are moving south.

CURRENT COMMENT.

The Convention. While Chicago is of course the best City to hold a convention of no objection can be found with the final choice.—Quincy Whig. The location of the convention in Minneapolis is the most sensible thing next to the selection of Chicago that the committee could have done.—Milwaukee* News. It is a great triumph. It so tifies immensely our piestige. It is in a la rgetense a national indoisement of thei metropolitan claims of this city —Minneapolis Journal. St. Paul can well rejoice with her sister city at this hour, for she, too, had a. finger in the pie, a shoulder to thewheel, and a band in the hot engagen ent—St. Paul Globe. This is a decided victory so- the Northwest. It is a recognition of thissection that a few years ago would havebeen impossible in national politics.— Oshkosh Northwestern. ’Rah for Minneapolis! Western enterprise has again won. It first wrested theWorld’s Fair f om the effete East andnow it capture a the Republican National Convention —Madison Democrat. Now if St. Paul will trim his whDkersand Minnie Apolis will get her best biband tucker, perhaps that wedding canbe arranged as a side att action io? thebig convention.—Detroit Journal. Republicans should never hesitate’ about selecting a place for their national, convention. In lact, either of the two great parties puts its delegates and friends to inconvenience when it fixes upon any ot’er city than Chicago.— Kansas City Evening Times. The choice of Minneapolis as the location of the Republican National Convention of 181*2 is not likely to have any material influence upon the nomination of candidates. There have been occasions when the location of the convention controlled the 1 residency.—Philadelphia. Times.

The Czar’s Ukase. The wheat-growers of America oughtto make a generous contribution for therelief of Russia's starv.ng hosts. If the Czar had been subsidi ed he cou'd not. have worked things bettor for this country.—Kansas City Times. It will not have, so pronounced an effect on our markets as it would havedone but for the fact that it had been, anticipated, but it is a strong bull argument, and will tend to advance pr ces,. both of stocks aud of grain —Philadelphia Telegiaph. A rumor in foreign countries that theexport of horses to foreign countrieswill soon be prohibited, leads to the impre: sion that some sinister motive rather than one of humanity lies at the base of the recent imperial edicts The belief is gaining ground that Russia's p ans lor a grand coup are nearing comp et.on.— Cleveland Plain Dea’er. The edict has already had a temporary influence as a stimulant to speculation, and has caused a slight advance in prices in the markets of this countr/an l in Europe, and it may be of further service to the spe ulators It would seem, however, that its efleet should have a ready been well discounted by the general foreknowledge of a situation demanding itspromulgation.—Philadelphia Telegraph.

Tried io Beat Tanner. The death of Stratton, the faster, ought to put an end to one era e.—Buffalo Express. The world is probtbly very little theworse for his end by what is practically a suicide, but it is about time for thes& exhibitions to stop —Pittsburg Dispatch. The death in New York of the professional faster, Stratton, is the direct result of the practice of dime museum managers in getting up unnatural “contests.” These museums have become public nuisances.—Albany Express Stratton, the fellow who tried to outfast Succi for pay in a New York dime museum, is dead The ordinary idiot excites compassion, but the fasting idiot creates a feeling of disgust—Baltimore World. Other men have succeeded in living without food for a similar period, but it was probably owing to a peculiar organism and practice of alstinence, and the test is of no practical value—lndianapolis Sentinel.. Governor Hovey. As Governor he had the confidence of the people of Indiana, regardless of party, and he will be truly mourned.— Milwaukee Wi csnsin. Since the war he has been the devoted friend of th s veterans of the Union armies and the champion of their cause in pension legislation.—Toledo Blade. Governor Hovev was not a great wan —not a census. He was rather a studious, judicious and just public officia', a brave soldier and a generous, warmhearted man.—lndianapolis Sun. Governor Hovey was a man of character, a brave soldier, a popular leader of R publicans and a man of the people, else he never would have been elected Governor of a Democratic State.—Toledo Bee. His career was a full and well-rounded one, honorable to himself, ho orab e to his State. Indiana can justly be proud of this one of her sons, whose death she mourns to-day and whose memory she will cherish. —Indianapolis News. Learning Monkey Talk. Pro'essor Garner, of the Smill sonian Institution, is going to extend his vocabulary of the languages of goril.as and chimpanzees by living in a cage in the heart of the African forest—Philadelphia Press.. Professor R L. Garner, who is going to Africa to study the language, of monkeys, has already studied their organs of speech. These have been popularly designated as barrel organs upto this time —Philadelphia Ledger. Drofessor Garner, who is studying the simian language, has already imbibed so much of the monkeyas to desire to have him-elf caged. H intends to put himself in a strong iron cage in the goril a country so that he can communicate •fc-ith them at pleasure. In that case it will be only a step from the man to the monkey.—Harrisburg Patrol. Odorless Whisky. The invention o' an odorless whisky is eagerly awaited by the auditor who goes out between the acts to blow a cinder out of a man’s eye,— Mum ph s AppealAvalanche. An odorless brand of whisky is the latest discovery. If there can be patented some way of preventing the stairs from dancing all over the front hall a man can pass the post-lodge-night catechism with an even show of success. Minneapolis Journal. Washington s Cyclone. The cyclone is no respecter of persons or pla?es, and is as much at home in the national cifsital as in the wild and woolly West Old Boreas on a jamboree has little respect for p ace or err-on. The White House and the poorhouso are all one to the old blowhard.—Louisville Times. The fact that the Republican National Committee and a cyclone struck Washington the same day is not partseu arly signifleant These coincidences will happen.—Buffalo Courier