Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1892 — Page 2

®!je JlemocrottrSentiuel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W McEWEN, - - - Publisher

GOOD FOR ST. LOUIS.

SHE MAY BECOME A GREAT GRAIN CENTER. British Lawmakers Assemble—K. of ULosing Ground in Michigan—Pathetic Request of Riggin’s Relatives—A MuchMarried Woman—Must Have Been Crazy. Congressional. On the 9th the House entered actively upon the legislative work of the session and in the brief space of five hours more practical business was transacted than in any previous day of the Congress. The President's message with its various suggestions and recommendations for legislation was referred to the various appropriate Committees without even a single contest ovqr the question of jurisdiction and material progress was made in the consideration of the Military Academy appropriation bill. Several measures were the subjects of discussion, but no definite settlement of any was made. In the Senate Finance Committee, the free-coinage bill was not discussed at great length, and when it came to a vote in reporting the bill to the Senate adversely it was at once apparent that there had been some change in the views of certain Senators since the last Congress. The vote stood 7 to 4 in favor of the adverse report. Although adversely reported, the bill was placed on the calendar of the Senate, where it can be reached, in deference to its friends, and it is understood that Senator Stewart will insist on calling it up in the Senate at an early day. The Peffer bill, proposing to loan Government funds to the farmers of Indiana, did not receive a single favorable vote. MANY EMPTY SEATS. Incidents In the Opening of the British Parliament. The opening of the British Parliament was shorn of much of its impressiveness by the failure of the Queen to officiate in person. Many once familiar faces- were missing as the members of the lower house slowly filed into tiie chamber. There was a vacant seat where once the great Parnell had masked his batteries for attacks upon the government and opposition alike, and over across the gangway, right under the shadow of the Speaker’s chair, a little bow of crape on the leather back of a capacious seat told the story that the government leader, William Henry Smith, will be seen no more among men. The grand old man failed to put in an appearance owing to the fact that ho desires to prolong his stay in the south of France until his presence is urgently demanded. It was after 2 o’clock when the black rod summoned the members of the House of Commons to the House of Lords for the purpose of receiving the Queen's speech. The document was read by the Lord Chancellor, who, attired in his robes of state, occupied the woolsack, and was listened to with very close attention. ST. LOUIS TO EUROPE. Scheme to Use Whaleback Steamers on the Mississippi River. A scheme is under discussion which may result in the shipment of grain from St Louis directly to Europe. The success of the new whaleback steamers in making the voyage from Duluth to Liverpool has attracted the attention of local exporters and Eastern capitalists, and it is believed that vessels of this class can be sent to Europe by way of the Mississippi Kiver and -the Gulf of Mexico. A representative of an Eastern syndicate hus been in the city in consultation with the grain exporters, the Government engineers in chargo of the Mississippi River improvements and men familiar with the river, with the view of putting the plan lu operation, A MICHIGAN K. OF L. ■/ Master Workman Allen Admits that the Order Is Losing Ground. , The annual convention of the Michigan State Assembly of the Knights of Labor opened at Grand Rapids under the presidency of State Master Workman Henry I. Allen. In Ills annual address the Master Workman admitted that the order had not grown in Michigan, but that on the contrary there had been a falling off. It therefore behooved the members of the order, in view of the probable facts that the next two years would be fraught -with events of great interest to the masses, to commence an earnest campaign in order that Michigan nvlgjit be placed at the front in the fierce battle for wage-earners’ lights. She Has Four Husbands. Amiza Williams, a woman with four husbands, has been committed to the county jail at Wilkesbarre, Pa., on a chargo of bigamy. When Seth Williams, husband Na 4, married the woman he thought she was single. When they quarreled, the wife showed her husband four wedding rings, and she said she could keep on adding to the number unMl she got the right man. This angered the husband, and he swore out a warrant for her arrest Mate Riggin’s Remains. The family of Charles W. Riggin, the vtswain’s mate of the United States m cruiser Baltimore, who was killed in during the recent attack of the 'n Valparaiso upon the crew of the pore, have asked Secretary Blaine i aid in having the body brought to for burial The reason for Me existence of a law in Chill which p. the disinterment of a body for in» after it ha 4 been burled. folmed Her Father’s Barn, chba, Ohio, Bertha Jacobs, 14 yeafo doll daughter of a rich farmer, •m- father’s barn, causing a loss of away and was caught while ceptt a neighbor's barn. She has tod tito epilepsy. Mlfiflrhroat Before Hts Wife. Be W. Klldow, a student at the the fibyterian Theological Semi\f_ ibta, 8. C., committed suicide fS* eof his young wife by cutilberifc w ith a razor. It is thought and v ® ®K«Ili!tS to Be Garroted. In* 5 anarchists sentenced to death martial for leading the mob in the .nude a short time ago upon the >Xeres, Spain, have been garroted • The trials of all the prisoners have yet been concluded. It Is expected three others will be sentenced to death, jre is great excitement at Xeres. He Is Wanted In Chicago. John It Rogers, said to be one of the most expert pickpockets in the United States, was arrested at St. Louis He is wanted an Chicago for jumping ball bond toe a crime conunltted there a year ago. ara*mis<ea me indictments. • At New York. Judge Martino dismissed the indictments for misdemeanor found tgabutt the eiitors of the different dally newspapers who published the details of tbe electrocution of the murderers Wood, •miter; Slocum, and Jugiro at Sing Sing, Mr J. sm. Forty Persons Browned. A fearful accident is reported from near |MMaa. Germany, owing to the floods and lea Tse river Oder has been runtatoh. ami lu the rush of waters thirty Kaunl and carried down the MMUMja —i jwt leas than forty persons

1 ROBBED THE CZAR’S TREASURY. The Criminals, Who Took 9300,000 In Rabies, Supposed to Be in America. The Russian Government has officially notified Chief of Police Farley, of Denver, through the consular agent at San Francisco, that one of its treasury vaults in Siberia has been despoiled by robbers. Gold rubles to the amount of $390,000 have been taken, and his imperial majesty the Czar requests that'the chief arrest the robbers if they happen to arrive in Denver. The robbery was committed Dec. 1, the perpetrators making tracks at once across Siberia, and the agents of thfe Russian police are of opinion that some one of the Chinese seaports is the point where they will take ship for America.

CHILIAN RIOTERS SENTENCED. Judge Foster Deals with the Three Men Charged with the Baltimore Assault. At Valparaiso, Chili, Judge of Crimes Foster passed sentence In the Baltimore assault case of Oct. 16, 1891. The finding of the'eourt Is as follows: Carloa Arena, alias Gomez, sentenced to 920 days’ imprisonment for wounding William Turnbull, the coal-heaver of the Baltimore. Jose Anumada. sentenced to 320 days’ imprisonment for injuring Turnbull. Frederlco Rodriguez, sentenced to 140 days’ imprisonment for wounding Boatswain’s Mato Charles W. Riggin. Gomez and Rodriguez, under the Chilian penal code, must pay Iho families of Turnbull and Riggin damages. These damages aro recoverable by civil suits. END OF THE LOTTERY FIGHT. Louisiana’s Famous Gambling Alliance to Wind Up Its Affairs In 1894. John A. Morris, the principal owner and director of the Louisiana Lottery Company, has given notice in the newspapers that ho intends to withdraw his proposition for the recharter of the company, and that the concern will wind up its affairs and retire from the field when its charter expires in 1894. This act is the result of the decision of the United States Supreme Court declaring the anti- lottery law constitutional. BLAINE DRAWS OUT. He Declares He Is Not s Candidate for the Presidency. Blaine Is not a candidate for President. His letter of withdrawal was mailed to Chairman Clarkson, of the National Republican Committee, to whom it was addressed, and made public at Washington by Mr. Blaine. Prospects for Wheat. Secretary Martin Mohler, of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, believes that wheat in America will soon rise. The other day he lectured to the farmers of Osborne County. Kansas, on “Wheat at $1.25 Next May.” On this he said: “C. Wood Davis, the Alliance crop expert, has had considerable to say lately about food products, and his prophecy of 51.50 for wheat may be good. But there are several things to be considered. I believe that the price of wheat next May will depend entirely on the condition of winter wheat when the first reports of the Board of Agriculture are made. The condition of the people la Russia will not affect our markets. Count Tolstoi is feeding several thousand people at an expense of $1 a head a month. He feeds them on soup instead of broad, consequently our grain Is not sought by the Russians as much as some would think.” Idiot Cured by Trephining. If a novel surgical operation which was performed at Washington Is successful, there will be one idiot less in tbe world. Ex-Surgeon General William A. Hammond, assisted by three surgeons, opened the skull of au imbecile, removed a largo amount of bone, closed the skull, and expects that the patient will not only recover but will bo a level-headed man. This is the first operation of the kind over performed upon un adult.

Convict Escaped In a Lime Car. Colvin Brown, a convict at tho State Penitentiary In Canyon City, Col., secreted himself in a car of lime, and eluded the guards. When missed telegrams were sent out and he was found by the conductor, who fastened the doors of the car, bringing tho convict to Pueblo, where he was turned over to the sheriff. Brown was sent up from Pueblo last July for five years for jewelry robbery. Strikers Use Dynamite. A Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester electric car ran over a dynamite cartridge. Tho car was thrown from the track, and nearly all the windows in It broken. Tho windows in the houses near by were also shattered. wore twelve men, employes of the company on the car,"but no one was badly hurt. It is supposed that the cartridge was placed ou the truck by the strikers. Struck Free Gold. Reports come from Boulder, Cola, that two miners have made the biggest silver strike of recent years, In the Orphan mine, at Copper Rock, ou the rklge between Bald Mouctain and Sugar Loaf. The quartz is reported full of free gold. The miners and prospectors aro wild over tho strike, and many have started for the scene. Spotteil Fever In Texas. Spotted fever is raging five miles north of Daingerfleld, Texas. Five deaths have been reported, more new cases are developing, and the people throughout that section are grektly alarmed. Some talk of leaving until ihe disease passes over. It Is in bad form, and none have recovered so far. It is confined to a small district.

An Ex-Jailbird’s Busy Knife. Owen Lane, who was last week released from tfie Colorado Penitentiary after serving four years for robbery, returned to Leadvllle and picked a quarrel with a saloon man named John Boyle. Lane drew a knife and stabbed Doyle once in the back and twice in the head. Doyle will dip. Lane is heßLon the charge of murder. ■ - Prisoners Escape at Eau Claire. James Donovan, of St. Paul, held for trial for burglary on the .residence of a prlmt; John Wilson, a Chicago tramp printer, convicted of burglary on a mill; and Chester Bell, a boy under sentence to reform school for burglary, broke out of the Eau Claire, Wls., jail and made for the woods. Officers are in hot pursuit. Bank of Hamburg Robbed. The Bank of Hamburg, lowa, was robbed of from $3,090 to $4,000. It Is supposod to have been done by the bookkeeper, who is missing. It will not affect the bank. Ex-Premier Mackenzie Injured. Alexander Mackenzie, ex-Premler of Canada, sustained a fall, from the effect of which he became delirious, fcnd now his condition is believed to be critical. Missouri Woolen Mill Burned. At Carthage, Mo., fire destroyed the main building of the Missouri Woolen Mill, owned by Mayor W. B. Myers. The origin of the fire is unknown. Arrival of the Arizona. The steamship Arizona, of the Guion line, frjm Liverpool, Jan. 24, has arrived offtl'.'ew Jersey Highlands. She is three days behind her usual time. Pour Buried Under a Wall. While workmen were eniaged in tearing down a building at Glasgow. Ky., one of the walls fell and four men were burled betealb the ruina The Jenney Coihpany Beaten. The Indiana Supreme Court rendered a decision affirming the lower court In the c»*e of the citizens of Plymouth vs. The Fort Wayne Jenney Electric-Light ComThe suit is the outcome of a propo-

sition made in 1888 to locate their arc-Gight factory in Plymouth, providing the citizens would donate 517.000. This was complied with and a building erectep, but the company failed to locate This amount, with Interest, will be recovered by the citizens. HE LOVES faATTIE BLAINE. The Secretary of State and His Daughter Bothered by a Letter-Writing Crank. For some tlmo post Miss Hattie Blaine has been receiving a series of letters couched in fervent language and signed by one Markle. who expressed an urgent desire to marry her. The climax was reached the other day when Mr. Blaine received a letter from the importunate suitor asking that he might meet the Secretary in his library and recoive an introduction to his daughter. Upon Investigation it was found that Markle was a clerk In the War Department. of previous good reputation He Is Insane and will be brought before the lunacy commission to be examined in regard to his sanity.

FOUGHT IN CHURCH. Two Hundred Polish Catholics Engage In a Free Fight—Thirty Arrested. In St. Mary’s Polish Catholic Church in Reading, Pa., the pastor. Rev. Father Mark Januskiewez, took public exception from tho ultar to a letter written him by a member, Simon Puranowskl, and called the latter a chicken thief. Paranowski replied to the priest, and the latter ordered his removal from Hie church. A fight took place between nearly 200 members, in which Paranowski was severoiy handle 1. Afterward thirty Polanders were arrested for participating in tho disgraceful affair. ENGINE BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS. Three Killed and Four Injured In a Reading Railroad Horror. When half-way between Wayne Junction and Nlcetown, on the Round Brook track of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, engine 180. while pushing freight train 504 up a steep grade, blew up with a terrible force, killing three men and injuring four others, two of whom will probably die. BIG BLAZE AT MEMPHIS. A Fire of Unknown Origin Sweeps Away a Number ol Valuable Buildings. A disastrous conflagration broke out in Memphis. Tenn., anil destroyed all the buildings in a block in the very center of tho city. The loss will reach $1,000,000. One man was killed by jumping from a window. John Carried a Prayer Book. At Newburg, N. Y., a prayer book playod an important part in the case of John McElrath, on the charge of entering the storo of 11. & Shorter. When Shorter opened his storo he found a prayer book on the floor. It had “Minnie McElrath, 285 Broadway,” on an inside leaf. Minnie identified tho book as one her brother John carried with him. Shot Herself Before the Mirror. Miss Mona Morse, of Garrett, Ind., fatally shot herself. M!sb Morse was found lying upon the floor writhing in agony In front of a mirror. It. is supposed, from the position in which she was found, that she stood before the mirror, placed tho revolver to her forehead and shot herself. The cause is shrouded in mystery.

Prohibitionists Will Convene. The Wisconsin Prohibition Stato Central Committee has issuod a call for a Stato convention, to be held in Madison May 31 end June 1. Six hundred and forty-five delegate i will be present, one for each twenty-live votes or major fraction thereof. Has Indlctocl Two Hundrod Kumsellers. It is stated that the Grand Jury, which is In session at Bangor, Me., has indicted every rumseller In tho city. There are over 200 of them, and it is expected that thore will he a goneral exodus of such tradesmen to avoid appearanco in court. Pullman Porters in Trouble. Tho Pullman car porters of trains running in Kansas are in dismay over the ar-> rest of several of their members on char res of violating the prohibitory laws by selling liquor to passengers. Murdered by Highbinders. Dr. Chuoy Sue Lee, a Chlndso physician, well known and rospectod, died at San Francisco from a wound infllctod on him by two Chinese highbinders. Tho murder was extraordinarily wanton. Hlg Hotel Closed. The Grand Centrul Hotel, which has for many years been one of the most noted hostelries in New York, has closed its doors. It will be remodeled and occupied by stororooms and offices. Tobacco Man Burned. Firo destroyed tho Central Tobacco Warehouse at Louisville, Ky. Captain W. E. Edwards, who was sleeping In tho building, was burned to doatl* Loss, $25,000. Train Jumped the Track. The fast express train on the Baltimore and Ohio Jumped the track a short distance north of Baltimore, Ohio. Several were killed. May Bo Lynched. Five of the men who lynchod Joe Shields at Shelby ville. Texas, aro undor arrest and are In danger of themselves being lynched. Alter the Moonshiners. Six illicit stills and several thousand gallons of whisky have been destroyed by officers In Alabama, and three men captured. Shot by Assassins. Richard Mitchell was shot by assassins in ainbush at his home near Stonewall, L T.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.50 @5 75 Hog*—Shipping Grades 3.50 0 5.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 @ 6.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 87 0 .88 GpRN—No. 2 41 @ .42 (Tats—No. 2 29 0 .30 Ktk—No. 2 78140 ,79U Butter—Choice Creamery 29 @ ,31 Cheese—Full cream, flats 12 @ .1:1 Egos—Fresh 28 @ ,z 9 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu... .30 @ .10 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—'hipping...- 3.25 @ 6CO Hogs—Choice Light. 350 @4.75 Sheep—common to Prime 300 0 526 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 88>4@ ,B!Ua Cohn—No. 1 White 39 @ .41 Cat*—No. 2 White 32,v.@ .saw ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogb 3.50 @ 4.75 " H Al—No. 2 Bed 88 @ .89 Corn—No. 2 J 7 <g) .33 Oa 8-No. 2 29 @ .31 Hxe -No. 2 70 @ .78 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs 3.C0 0 4.75 Sheep... 3 ,00 0 6.23 Wheat—No. 2 Bed. 93 @ .94 (orn—No. 2 40144 s .41'$ Oats—No 2 Mixed 32 @ .33 DETKOIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 475 Hogs 3.00 @4.0) S“ EEP 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 91 @ .92 t ohn—No. 2 Yellow 49 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 White 32J6@ .3314 TOLEDO. Wheat—New 93 @ ,94 tORN—No. 2 Yellow 39 @ ,41 Oais—No. 2 White MM Bte fc2 0 .34 BUFFALO. Beep Cavils 4.00 @ 5.75 L:veHogs 3.75 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. lHard 99 <g 1,09 Corn—No. 2 43 .45 MILWAUKEE. Wheat— No. 2 Spring 86 @ 98 Corn—No. 3 37 @ .38 Oats—No. 2 White .3214 Bye—No. i ~ 1........;. .88 ~@ .89 Barley—No. 2 .56 @ .57 Pork— Men 1L75 @12.25 NEW YOKE. Cattle 3.50 9 5/0 Ho«s 3.00 0 4.75 Sheep .... 4.4-14 @5.014 Wheat-No. 2 Bed I".. LO4 0 LCT Cork—No. 1 .(o @ 52 Bn i^y^fTssHua^” 1 fvM-MMi 211 c 10.75

MR. BLAINE DRAWS OUT.

IS NOT NOW A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Hl* Formal ;Letter of Withdrawal Sent to Chairman Clarkson—Various Views as to How It Will Concern Other Possible Candidates—Political Gossip. Effect of the Declaration, Blaine is not a candidate for the Presidency. He has made this official announcement in the following letter to Chairman Clarkson, of the Republican National Committee: Washington, D. C. Hon. J. 8. Clarkson, Chairman of tbe Republican National Committee. Dear Sib—l am not a candidate for the Presidency, and my name will not go l.e!ore the Republican National Convention !or the nomination. I make this announcement in due season. To those who have tendered me their mpport I owe sincere thanks, and am most jrateful for their confidence. The> will, I am sure, make earnest effort n the approaching contest, which is ronlered especially Important by reason of

JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE.

llie industrial and financial policies of the Sovernment being at stake. The popular lectslon on these Issues is of great moment ind will be of far-reaching consequences. Very sincerely yours, James G. Blaine. In speaking of his withdrawal Mr. Blaine said: “I don’t suppose any man ivho lias once sought the office can

truthfully say he doesn’t care for it. I confess I would like to be President, but I will never again risk my health and life in seeking it. The office of Secretary of State is a broad field for me during tho rest of my public career.” Democrats agree with practical unanimity that

W. B. ALLISON.

Blaine not being in it, nothing can prerent President Harrison’s renomination, ind Republican Congressmen are mostly if the same opinion. Members of the idministration naturally will not diskuss tho situation for publication." FAVORITE SONS TO THE FRONT. While no one in Washington, writes >ur correspondent, questions that the lltimate effect of Mr. Blaine’s declina-

tion will be tho relominationof Presdent Harrison, the 'immediate result will be to start up nil the favorite son tandldacles. Senator Cullom’s expectation of a Cullom ielegation from Illinois, with some Support from the newj States in the North-j west, has already! been set forth, and it is said the Illinois Senator will now

itart in as an avowed candidate and will lave his name presented to the Minnetpolis convention. Senator'Allison has lot got to this point yet, but in the end Ye will probably give the lowa delegation Yermissiontonamehim. Gen. Alger, in ipite of Michigan’s divided electoral vote, is a full-fledged candidate. Ho may try to rally all the disaffected anti-Harrieon elements around him, and look for votes in New York and the East as well as in the South. It is xpore than probable that ex-Speaker Heed will take advantage of Mr. Blaine’s declination to seek a New England delegation for himself. Mr. Heed really has the Presidential

ambition and wants to get in training for a nomination. Tho only possible candidacy that excites much attention is John Sherman’s. Mr. Sherman himself is a stanch supporter of President Harriso-n’s administration. But Senator Sherman’s colleagues say he has a notion that the course of

JOHN SHERMAN.

legislation on silver and the tariff may make him an available candidate. Some of the Ohio politicians of the Republican faith who have been here during the last week have in common with

everybody else been question as to whether or not Mr. Blaine would withdraw. The nomination of Mr. Sherman at Columbus in January left some ill-feeling on the part of the Foraker people to the administration, and itwas generally supposed that a gr. at and interesting fight between Foraker and Sherman for the

delegation to Minneapolis would be inevitable, with McKinley only secondarily in the race. The opinion lately expressed by the Ohioans shows that the bitterness between the factions has been decreasing. The Foraker men, who have been quietly organizing since the recent Cnnotorio I nnnfnof

JEREMIAH RUSK.

rison, and the effect of the withdrawal at this time may allay the bitter eontest promised over the election of delegates. Blaine’s withdrawal is exciting politicians all over the country, and both Democrats and Republicans are expressing themselves freely as to the outcome. As to Senator Allison, a Des Moines correspondent sends a telegram, saying: “There is no one here who is in position to speak for Senator Allison, but it is known that when he was In lowa during the campaign he spoke in terms of high praise of the administration of President Harrison, and expressed himself as favoring his renomination. His friends is this city say they think that there is scarcely any question that Senator Alii-

eon will give Harrison cordial support for the nomination, and that lowa will go to Minneapolis ready to vote for him for reuomination." A prominent Minnesota Republican says: “It is difficult to foretell what the

Republicans of the State will do under the changed condition wrought by the publication of Mr, Blaine’s letter, but Mr. Blaine’s withdrawal will probably add quite a number to those who favor the renomination of the President. Judge Gresham has always been

very favorably regarded by the Minnesota Republicans, and it would not be surprising should a very large proportion, if not a majority of them, transfer their allegiance to the distinguished jurist, now that Blaine is no longer a possibility. ” Henry C. Payne, Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee, safd that if a new man is to be nominated it may be Secretary Rusk. Since it became generally understood that Blaine was to decline, Rusk's name, he says, has been very prominently mentioned in the East, and now with Blaine’s possitive withdrawal many of Blaine’s strongest supporters, he thinks, will favor Rusk. Some of Senator Cullom’s friends on being interviewed expressed themselves as being confident that the Illinois Senator would receive the solid backing of his State at Minneapolis, and would be the leading candidate before the convention. One of the Senator’s supporters offered to bet SSOO against S2OO that Senator Cullom would be nominated at Minneapolis and $250 more that he would win his bet. Senator McMillan, of Michigan, said: “General Alger is now a candidate for the Republican nomination and will go into the contest with the solid delegation from his own State, with support from many other States and with a stronger following than many people and better chance of success than most people thinlc for.” It is the unanimous opinion among Republicans at Indianapolis that the letter takes Blaine entirely out of the question as a Presidential quantity and leaves the President with a practically clear field for the party nomination.

Dr. Hammond reports that during the past ten years seventy men have died suddenly from the strain of running after street cars. Atlanta, Ga., claims to have the most interesting natural curiosity in a man 122 years of age. Hiram Lester was 7 years old when this country was born and has a son 70 years of age. In a small village in France a woman died in labor. There was no physician present, but a knowing priest performed an operation by which he brought a living child into the world. This exhibition of presence of jnind and expertness, resulting in the saving of one life was, however, contrary to man-made law. So the priest had to be arrested and convicted for illegal practice and was fined fifteen francs. The States of this Union are already loaded down with just such legislation, and the only reason why it is not regarded as a general nuisance is because it is not as punctiliously enforced as in France.

French physicians report a curious and almost unexampled disorder in a woman only 21 years of age. She looks as though she were 70. She is said to have “a decrepitude of the cutaneous system.” In other respects she is doing quite well. The wrinkling of the skin and aging of her countenance began soon after she received a great fright, and would therefore seem to be due to a sort of paralysis of nerve centers which control the nutrition of the skin of the face. No treatment thus far tried has been of any service to improve her appearance, and her mental condition is suffering from worrlment over it.

S. M. CULLOM.

* Me. Kennan, who braved indescribable hardships of all sorts in his travels all over Russia, says: “The vilest stuff I ever tasted was a stew offered me by Prince Djordjadzi while I was his guest in the Caucasian Mountains. It was made from the feet of cattle, Including the hoofs. The taste and smell of the stable pervaded the dish.” Mr. Kennan says that reindeer moss is very nutritious, but too hard of digestion for the human stomach. The Koraks feed it to the reindeer, and after he has partly digested it they kill the animal and take it for their own food. It tastes slimy and clayey, but it is heartily relished by those who like it.

Tests of human endurance, which have rather more of sensational than practical and useful influence, continue to be made—doubtless because somebody finds it possible to make something out of it. In London a fasting match was won by Mr. Jacques, who lived without food for fifty days, thus breaking the record. He lived on air and eleven gallons of water. In Detroit half a dozen men tried to go a week without sleep. Only one of them succeeded. Another went five days, and half of them three days. It is reported that they were not apparently harmed by the experiment. In New York three men did over 1,400 miles on bicycles in six days, the first covering 1,468 miles with only twelve hours’ sleep.—Dr. Foote’s Health Monthly.

Unlucky is the man whose bread is buttered on both sides. Bewake of excessive concealmeni that provokes malicious guessing. ToßsooDoverthe past is to misspent the present, and to jeopardize the future. Mabriage is a lottery, and young husbands frequently draw prizes—in babj carriages. Vulgar wealth is a repellant thing, but it is entitled to the forbearance, a’ least of vulgar poverty. The question of the hour seems to be, Where will the sockless Jerry Simpsor put his salary as Congressman? If you wish to scald your husband, 01 wife, as the case may be, procure cole water and heat it before using it. Those who expect to read their title clear to the better land should be able to produce a record of good deeds. Imagination and memory seem te conspire against some people by swapping functions at critical junctures. When a man is too lazy to walk around a mud-hole, he should not be commended for bravery in walking through it. When dootors disagree they do nol forget to charge for the time they spend in the argument that precedes disagreement.

J. B. FORAKER.

Senatorial contest to control the Ohio delegation to Minneapolis, are badly broken up over the announcement. They are knocked out of the fight b y the losb of a candidate. The Foraker following unquestionably had a s their object the nomination of Blaine or anybody to beat Har-

He—“ There is a certain young ladt deeply interested in me, and while 5 like her, you know, still 1 never could love her. I want to put an end to il without breaking the poor girl’s heart. Can you suggest any plan?” She —“Do you call there often?” He—“No, indeed. Not any oftenei than I can possibly help.” She—“ Call oftener. ”—New York Truth. The old-fashioned “Talma" is beinj revived. It is a long and deep cape, fitted over the shoulders and cut on thi bias, and nearly five yards around at th< bottom

W. Q. GRESHAM.

Minor Medical Mention.

Gems of Thought.

An Effectual Remedy.

NORTHWEST GROWING.

IT HAS BEEN BOTH RAPID AND STEADY. Cheerfrfl Outlook for the Residents of South Dakota and Nebraska—A Careful Kevleit of tile Situation—Rapid Settlement still Ahead. s • The Past, Present and Future. Joseph Sampson, President of the Fidelity Loan and Trust Company, Sioux City, has given tp the public the following encouraging and interesting article: In the month of June, 188 J, accompanied by a friend, I drove across the country northwest from Storm Lake to Sheldon, in O’Brien County, to attend a land convention being held under the auspices of Geo. D. Perkins, the newly appointed Commissioner of Immigration for the State of lowa. The distance between Storm Lake and Sheldon In a straight line across the country is about sixty miles. On this drive we passed over many solid sections of v&-. cant prairie. After leaving Buena Vista County and getting into the corner of Clay and O’Brien Counties we began to note vacated houses and abandoned farms, the number growing quite large as we came near the county seat town of Primgbar, where we stopped for refreshments. While we were eating lunch the proprietor of the restaurant begged us to buy his farm, which we had passed on the way. It lay two miles east of town , and was mortgaged for about 3600. Ho wanted S3OO for his equity, but we felt that we would not be safe in offering him SIOO for his homestead subject to the mortgage for fear he would take us up. This would have made the farm cost us less than $5 an acre. It had a comfortable little house and a nice grove of trees, and about eighty acres under cultivation. Wo had noted the farm' On our way along with especial interest oq account of the over-supply of dilapidated machinery that we saw scattered around the house and in the grove adjoining. Hundreds of farms we found-couid bo bought on as favorable terms in several of the counties of Northwestern lowa at this time, and the burning questions that were discussed at the land convention were how to attract settlers to our prairies and how to best promote the prosperity of those already settled. We discussed flax growing, dairy business, blue grass, timothy, clover, etc. During the convention we heard from Alexander Peddie, representing Scotch colonists, and Close Bros., representing English colonists. L. S. Coffin, of Fort Dodge, made a stirring address, pointing out the necessity of keeping these lands for American farmers who would yet come in by the -thousands and appreciate the magnificent opportunities our prairies afforded of founding fine homes. Willis DrummondJ jr., of Chicago, was en hand with his lieutenants, representing the Chicago, Milwaukee &, St. Paul land grant, and other men were on hand representing the land grant departments of other railroad companies. These gentlemen were all perfectly willing to let the land be invaded by the peasant farmers of Europe, or India, for that matter, provided the lands were sold at fair prices and a good first cash payment made on the purchase. Looking back across only the brief period of eleven years, and thinking of the really desolate character of Northwestern lowa in that year when we were all so anxiou3 to promote immigration, one is lost in wonder and surprise at the swift qhanges that have taken place in this portion of lowa. Since that day in June the railway system of Northwestern lowa has been perfected to a wonderful extent, so that it Is impossible for a farmer to get more than ten miles from a railway station. The Northwestern line has been buiit through from Eagle Grove to Hawarden and beyond; the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern line through from Grundy Center to Watertown and Sioux Falls; the Illinois Central branches from Cherokee to Onawa and Sioux Falls; and, last but not least, the Sioux City & Northern, with its great lake outlet for the products of the soil. If some one had predicted at our land convention in 1880 the things that would come to pass during these eleven years, indicating the compact settlement of the prairies, the enormous rise in the price of lands, and the industrial and agricultural changes incident to improved methods of farming, all who were present at the convention would have voted the man a “visionary” or perhaps insane. Talcing up the cue from what we have all seen of Northwestern lowa since 1880, may not we who live here in Sioux City be entirely just fied in glancing to west and northwest of us to find the conditions that surround the people of Dakota and Nebraska, in a certain sense surrounded just the same as the people of Northwestern lowa were ten years ago ’ May we not also be entirely justified in looking lor much greater progress and development during the next ten years ic the section referred to than has been made by us in lowa between the years 1880 and 1893? The soil of the prairies west of us is as fertile as is that of lowa, perhaps more so, having a larger quantity of lime in the soil, thus making suro a better quality and yield of small grain. The climate is the same. The one drawback that has been menacing the people of portions of South Dakota—namely, the lack of moisture—is now in a fair way to be overcome by irrigat'on. It is clearly shown that the irrigation of immense areas of South Dakota is purely a mechanical question; that is to say, a question of reaching the underground flow of water, and then, when it is found, distributing it properly in the right season over the land in crop. Millions of acies, however, that are yet to be brought into cultivation, will jield profitable crops w.thout irrigation, so that whether irrigation becomes the commercial success that is hoped for or not, still the State of South Dakota i 3 capable of sustaining an agricultural population ten times greater than it has at present, and still not have its first-class lands as compactly settled as a e the lands of some of the Eastern States.

To give more than a mere hint at the filling up of Dakota and Nebraska that is sure to come within the next ten years would seem to be unnecessary, for our most thoughtful people fully concur in the idea of the rapid settlement of the cheap lands west of us. There is no such body of cheap lands to be found on the globe having the same climate, conditions and railway facilities. No other section of the country to-day presents such a field for land Investment or spaculation. East of us very little unimproved land is left to sell and the improved lands are ranging from £3O to $45, while to the west of us the same quality of land, with as good market facilities, can be bought at from $lO to s~*o per acre. With the inrush of new settlers and the stir and enterprise that will be in the air during the next few years, no doubt the smaller towns and villages will be built up. The building up of the towns and villages will in turn business in our city and give to our people the opportunity of aiding and fostering further enterprises that will react upon and improve the general industrial and commercial development of the country surrounding. The morning is a time when most foung men for»ct their rising ambition.

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist of the Business. The National Solons. The House spent another monotonous day in the discussion of the rules on the 3d inst., but it was marked by the adoption of an amendment Which provides that all Senate amendments to House bills, othe- than appropriation bills, shall be considered as soon as laid before the House by the Speaker. In the Senate the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage and divorce S as referred to the Judiciary Committee. The Senate bill for the creation of a fourth judicial-district In the Territory of Utah was passed. The bill appropriating 1350,000 for an extension of the public building at Los Angeles, Cal., was passed, also-the bill to pay the State of West Virginia the sum due It under the direct tax law. The bill for post-' office buildings in towns where postoffice receipts are $3,000 a year was discussed and went over without action. The public printing bill then came up and was amended by adding the words, “but the provisions of the eight-hour law shall apply.” Without disposing of the bill the Senate adjourned. In the Senate, the 4th, Mr. Brice introduced a hill for the erection of a monument at Put-In Bay, Ohio, to commemorate the battle of Lake Erie in 1813. Referred. Mr. Peffer offered a resolution, which was agreed to, changing the day for holding special services in memory of the late Senator Plumb to Thursday, Feb. 18. The report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections in the case of the Florida Senators (declaring Mr. Call entitled to the seat) was taken up for i action, and the report was read, closing with the sentence: “The appointment of Mr. Davidson was an act of mere Irrelevancy, which it is not necessary further to notice. ” After a long debate the resolution was agreed to without a division. The Senate then adjourned till the Bth. The House agreed to the code of rules. Mr. Dickerson, of Kentucky, offered a resolution directing the Committee on Judiciary to make an investigation and report whether Congress has the constitutional authority to appropriate money for the World’s Columbian Exposition. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Goodnight, of Kentucky, a Senate bill was pafesed to provide for the creation of a Fourth Judicial District in the Territory of Utah. In the Senate, on the Bth, a hill was reported and placed on the i alendar for the construction of a boat railway at The Dalles and Celito' Falls and Ten Mile Rapids of the Columbia River and for the improvement of Three Mile Rapids (appropriating $2,860,356). Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill to repeal the act requiring life-saving appliances on steamers, so far as it applies to the carrying of line projectiles and the means of propelling them ou steamers plying exclusively an auy of the lakes, hays, or sounds of the United States, and it was passed. The Senate then went Into executive session. When the doors were reopened the Senate resumed consideration of the bill providing for the public printing and binding, and tho distribution of public documents. Without disposing of section 77, which had given rise to a good deal of discussijn, the Senate adjourned^

A Horse’s Weight.

Many people, even among those who frequently make use of horses, have little idea what ap ordinary horse weighs, and would have hard work to guess whether a given animal, standing before their eyes, weighed five hundred or fifteen hundred pounds. Yet they would have no such difficulty with a man, and would probably be able to guess, especially if they were good Yankees, within ten or twenty pounds of his weight. The governments of Europe have long been purchasing and weighing horses for the military service, and transferring them from carriage or draught employment to the various branches of the cavalry and artillery. The animals arc ordinarily assigned according to weight. The French military authorities find that an ordinary light carriage or riding horse, such as in the United States would be called a “good little buggy horse,” weighs from 380 to 400 kilogrammes—say from 850 to 900 pounds, Such horses as these are assigned to the light cavalry corps. The next grade above, which in civil life passes as a “coupe horse,” or carriage horse of medium weight, range# in weight up to 480 kilogrammes, about 1,050 pounds. This horse goes to mount the cavalry of the line. Next comes thp fashionable “coach horse” of persons of luxury, which weighs to 580 kilogrammes, or from 1,100 to nearly 1,300 pounds. These horses go to serve the purposes of drill for the cavalry belonging to the reserve military forces. Above these there are still two grades of heavy horses. The first are those used for ordinary draught purposes and are commonly found drawing the omnibuses of Paris. These weigh from 500 to 700 kilogrammes—l,loo to nearly 1,500 pounds. The heaviest horses are the Clydesdales and Percherons, which are oxen in size and strength, and which weigh from 600 to 800, and sometimes even up to 900 kilogrammes; that is, from 1,300 up to nearly 2,000 pounds. None of these Percherons of the heaviest weight are employed in the military service; but some of the lighter ones are used for draught and artillery purposes.

About Men and Women.

The Earl of Dudley has his life insured for $6,000,000. A New Haven man has worn the same coat for thirty-five years. The Austrian Emperor receives a yearly salary of $3,750,000. No man is so ignorant that you cannot learn something from him. Harry W. Wood, of Lansing, Mich., dislocated his shoulder while stretching himself. Other people are least satisfied with those women who are best satisfied with themselves. Silver articles are called “plate” from the Spanish word plata, which means silver. A, Colorado cat viciously attacked a burglar ond forced him to withdraw seriously wounded. If an old man only knew as much as a young one thinks he does, how this old globe would whirl. Dora—Why do you call Jake a ‘corker?’ Cora —Because every time ■ I draw him out a little he ‘pops.’ The richest of the new Senators is Felton, of California, who is said to have one million to Stanford’s three. The father makes a mistake when he whips his boy for chewing tobacco while he has a cigar in his own mouth. If the parlor rocking-chair could talk it would put a stop to much of the grumbling about crowded street cars. Mrs. OldUn— Age is beginning to tell on her. Mr. Oldun—Yes, but it doesn’t tell half as much as her friends do. It is in length of patience and endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind is shown. * In England and Scotland, Saturday, Sunday and Monday are considered lucky days on which to get married. Eighty-six and seventeen were the respective ages of a groom and bride who were married at Leavenworth, Kan,