Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1892 — Page 2

®jje Jit motratit Sentinel RENSSELAER. INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - Publishes.

PRESBYTERIANS’ WORK.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ARE SETTLED AT LAST. failure of a Bulling Firm on the Chicago Board of Trade—May Wheat Fell from One Dollar to Fifty Cent*. ~ Congressional. In the House, on the 31st, the postoffic® appropriation bill was under discussion, and a motion to increase the appropriation disclosed the fact that there was less than a majority of members present to transact business. The feature In the Senate was the speech of the Hon. John Sherman In opposition to the free coinage of silver. He was listened to with marked attention by both sides of the chamber, and without action the Senate adjourned. TO ARBITRATE WITH UNION. Tote of the Presbyterian General Assembly on I>r. Briggs’ Transfer. The Presbyterian Assembly on Monday evening adopted the report of its committee, already published, with respect to its authority'over the theological seminaries, and settled the matter by an overwhelming majority. Tbe assembly reaffirmed the Interpretation of the compact of 1870, announced by the General Assembly of 1601; refused to be a party to the abrogation of the compact; decided on a committee ol fifteen to form an agreement with tbe thirteen seminaries of tbe denomination, and voted to arbitrate with Union Seminary directors the transfer of Professor Briggs from one professorship to another. The last two assemblies have been troubled over the question of deaconesses, nnd it cropped out again this year in the report ol the standing committee on deacons, which recommended sending down the question to the presbyteries for action, which was agreed to. The report of the temperance committee, after reciting that a majority of the churches make use ol unfermented wine in the sacrament, went on to hail the event with approval. The proposition to ’declare all political parties not commlttod to prohibition unlit for Christians to affiliate with was objected to by many, but was maintained nevertheless by a majority of only 10 out of 500 votes. The assembly will meet next year In Washington, D. G PANIC IN MAY CORN. The Corner Falls and the Finn Itunnl ng It Goes Down, The gigantic deal In May corn manipulated by Coster & Martin fell with a crash on ’Change In Chicago Tuesday, and the failure of this firm has been announced. A panic on the floor was the result and tbe price of May corn dropped from $1 to 50 Cents in an instant. The suspended firm is not the only one to lose by the deal and many brokers are involved. At the very start of the day’s trading 81 was offered for May corn. Many sales were made, and still the manipulators of the corner kept endeavoring to boost the price, and to do this bought at 81 everything in sight. Boyden sold 10,000 bushels of corn. M >rton & Worthington sold 35.000 bushels, und the check for It was honored by the bank. Kennett, Hopkins & Co. were also among tho lucky ones, receiving jfayment for 40,000 bushels. The next big deal that attracted attention was that with the Wearo Commission Company, which was followed by the failure of Coster & Martin. The pressure was too great, the firm’s credit hud given out, and the corn deal was a failure, bringing nothing but losses to all concerned.

City Fathers Hoar the Blot Act, At Crawfordsville, Ind., the flagrant violations of some of the city ordinance*, notably the Sunday saloon law, has aroused a storm of Indignation and precipitated a tvar between the citizens and the city offi cials. The preqehers have denounced the Officials from the pulpit, but In vain, X J IW “ have determined to adopt stronger mektiurO?. n,lr ! n s lUs __ , llberatlotii of the dyffiTudn Joßncil, door opened &hd there fifed In acrowij OT fifty prortilttent tHiiClli, pteacl»®r«, lawyers add business hied, who were given a heari'dg, and through different spokesmen bpbralded the CcUncilmeu and police in a forceful nianner. 3he law pertaining to the matter was read and they were told to enforce it or their resignations would be petitioned for. Juvenile Rival of Edison. Ho ell N. Baker, aged 15, son of D. A Baker, Jr., cashier of the First National Bank of Norwalk, Ohio, has planned and constructed an electric dynamo, making his own patterns and castings, which Is a marvel of its kind and attracts much attention. He Is a natural electrlclen. When 10 years of age he constructed an electrical machine which was a wonder. He has just been awarded a prize by an Eastern magazine.

«* ■' a Praying for JuhMcc. Tuesday the colored people of the United States gathered In their churches to participate in a season of fasting and prayer devoted to petitions for civil and political .rights for the race. The movemont Is of national Importance, and, as a colored mlnlstersays.lt Is the spectacle of 8,0D0,000 black people arrayed before the court of Ood, seeking the justice refused them ou earth. He Bode on Top and Was Killed. William O’Neil, a bricklayer of Owensboro, Ky., was killed on the Louisville, St. Louis and Texas. He was going to Loulswllle on a colored excursion train, and as he was the only white man on the train got on top of the coaches to avoid the negroes He was struck on the head by a low bridge Seated the Democrat. The House Committee on Elections by a vote of 7 to 2 decided the contested election case of McDuffie against Turpin from the Fourth Alabama District in favor of Turpin (Dem.), the sitting member. Drank Milk front a Hydrophobia Cow. About three weeks age a dog supposed to be mud was kHled at Hutchinson. Han., but not until it had bitten several head of stock. On Tuesday a cow that It had bitten showed every symptom of being mad, and the family that has been using the milk is frightened. Nolan Must Wear Stripes. Jefferson City. Mo., dispatch: The Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment of the lower court in the case of ex-State Treasurer Noland. Noland was found guilty of embezzling $35,000 of State funds and sentenced to two years' Imprisonment Received Deposits Too Late. Ex-President & 8. St. John, of the defunct Commercial and Savings Bank, of Kearney, Neh., was arrested at the instigation of one of the depositors. The hank Is charged with receiving deposits when the president and cashier knew the institution to be insolvent Nebraska Holds a Jubilee. lianoln Neh. on Wednesday, celebrated Nebraska's admission to the Union twentyago The actual anniversary was Maneb 1. but tbe fetes were postponed in baps «< hstter weather. Fifteen memtmesnf the feat legislature were present

GALA DAY AT HELENA.

Thousands Participate in the Unveiling of tjie Confederate Monument. The streets of Helena, Ark., were filled Wednesday with thousands of strangers, who came to participate In the exercises attending the unveiling of the Confederate monument Senator Berry, bn behalf of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, presented the monument to the Sons of Veterans. The speech of acceptance was delivered by Judge R W. Nlcholls, as President of the Sons of Veterans organization. Tbe grounds selected for the Confederate cemetery at Helena, and for the site of the monument is a plateau of wooded hillside 300 feet above the lovel of the Mississippi River. The monument from base to apex is 37 feet high, with three sections of base, the lowest being nine feet square. The four sides are ornamented with a plinth with molded gable, tho front gable having thirteen stars in has relief, below which, in raised lettering, Is: * I CONFED KRATE MEM 081 AL. ; Eight cannons occupy corners and centers between. On the east and west sides of the shaft are appropriate Inscriptions. Tho four sides of the cap above the die are ornamented with pyramids of cannon balls, a spray of laurels between each pyramid, and above the cap a block relieved with pediment, the center showing “G 8. A. ” In monogram. At the highest point of the shaft appears an elaborate Corinthian cap, upon which stands the crowning piece of the monument, a Confederate soldier' In pure Italian marble.

FIFTY ARE DEAD. Appalling Loss of Life In a Cyclono at Wellington. Has. Wellington, Kas., ha 4 a visitation Friday night from a cyclone which plowed its way through the business part of the town, with immense destruction of property and heavy loss of life. A storm of wind preceded the cyclono about half an hour. A few minutes after 9 o’clock the cyclone struck tho city, coming from the southwost. There were no promonitory signs. Everybody was Indoors. Jefferson avenuo, the principal business street. Is lined on both sides for blocks with ruins, and the number of dead Is placed at over fifty. The property loss will exceed half a million. The most appalling scene was that at the Phillips House, where a hall was In progress. As the building began swaying In tho force of the terrific gale, the people In tbe crowded ballroom made a frantic rush for the doora With the crash of the walls about and over them there arose a great wall of despair from the Imprisoned and doomed multitude. As tho timbers crushed down upon the struggling merrymakers their hoarse cries were throttled In their throats by the weight of the mass of timbers above them. Then came tho silence of death and Insensibility, only to be followed a moment later by the shrill blasts of the tempest as It rushed on to other destructive work, and the agonized shrieks of the Injured or dying who were pinned down In the mass of debris. POISONED THE WELL Fiendish Attempt to Kill an Entire Family in Indiana. An attempt at wholesale murder was made on the farm of James Caraway, about eight miles from Evansville, ind. Some unknown person has, for reasons of a mysterious nature, formed an eumity against Mr. Caraway and his family. Ills farm was, a few weeks ago, visited by a gang of trespassers after night, who made the orchard the objoct of their attack. Thejfjdug the dirt away from the roots of the tress lu such a way as to kill all the blossoms, and almost caused the trees to perish. Not satisfied with this mischief, his enemies designed to commit murder, and a wholesale slaughter at that, and the waters In the well on the promises wero poisoned. Tho entire family nearly died. CAME DIRECT FROM EUROPE.

Tlie Norwegian Steamer Wergelaml Arrives In Chicago. Dressed In gay-colored bunting, with tbe stars and stripes floating from her masthead and tho silken folds of tire Norwogjyq colors hanging over the iaffrali. the steamer Wergeland stood up the Chicago | River Thursday. Direct from p t f rt «aft bad sallgu through the f.orda of the rugged Norwegian. coast, across the broad . Atlantic ocean, and through tbe tortuous courses of the Inland waters until tbe port of Chicago was sighted. The first steamer t > reach this port direct from Europe with a cargo consigned to Chicago merchants, it was accorded a welcome befitting the moment and the occasion FEAKFUL EXPLOSION IN OHIO. The Town of Carrollton Looks as If a Cyclone Had Visited It. At Carrollton, Ohio, an explosion occurred In tbe pulp mill connected with tho Friend puper mills. It wus hoard for miles around. 'J he building was almost totally demolished and fragments of the wreckage were scattered all over the village. Emery Blood, of Lawrence, Mass., the foreman of the mill was dangerously and several others slightly Injurod. All the telegraph and telephone wires were blown down, und the town bears tbe appearance of having been struck by a cyclone.

Larceny In Helling Flotsam. Warrants of arrest for grand larceny wero served lately on A. J. Westfall, of Sargent Bluffs, lowa, and seven other farmer*. When vast amounts of Sioux City movable property wero carried down the Missouri Klver by the flood, Westfall, It Is alleged, busied himself appropriating the same, and secured large amounts of cedar blocks, lumber, small buildings and a lot of live hogs in a stock-yards pen which went down the stream. It is alleged that ho attomplel to sell some of this property. Its value is several hundred dollars. Favor Sunday-Opening oY World's Fair. The American Federation of Labor has come oat flatly In favor of the opening of the World’s Fair on Sunday. Samuel Goiupers, the President of the Federation, has addressed u circular letter to all the trade unions In the United State*, urging them to use whatever Influence they may each have to secure the opening of the Fair on Sunday. He claims that this Is the only day on which the large majority of workingmen can visit the great exposition. He Slandered Arkansas Women. Joseph Raymond, of Brockton, Mass., was pelted with eggs and driven out of Arkadelphla by an excited crowd of the best citizens. He was condemning mob law In the State and In connection with that stated that there was no virtue In any of the women of this country above 14 years of age. He begged to be allowed to wait for a train, but was made to take the track, which he did In double-quick time Mrs. Harrison Confined to Bed. Mrs. Harrison is reported as somewhat better, but she does not regain her strength as rapidly as was hoped. Since she returned from Fortress Monroe she has been constantly conflged to her bed. Failed for #126,000. Ainslie, Cochran & CO., foundrymen and machinists, at Louisville, Ky., have assigned. The liabilities are placed at $126.000, with nominal assets at 5148,000. The business was established lj» 1857. Gen. A. D. Sfreight Dead. Gen. Atel D. Streight, famous as the leader in the historic escape from Libby Prison by which 108 Union officers gained their liberty, died at his home In Indlanap Its, of Bright’s disease, aged 63 years.

He had been 111 for several months. The cUtm of Gen. Straight to the conceptionand execution of the tunnel plan at Prison has been fiercely disputed, but up tp bis death he reiterated that be alone was the originator of the scheme Gen. Strerght was a life-long Republican and was beaten for the nomination for' Governor after a bitter contest In 1880 by Albert G. Porter. SAM’L OF POSEN SELLS REAL ESTATE Curtis Disposes of Property Adjacent to San Francisco for *140,000. Actor M. B. Curtis, who is out on heavy ball pending his second trial for the murder of Policeman Grant, of Ban Francisco, has gold tbe Peralta Hall property across the bay from San Francisco for 8140,000. This property Included a fine hotel, which Professor Homer B. Sprague uses for a girls’ seminary. Curtis and his wife both signed the deed, -tit Is reported from Fresno that the actor has bought the Falrvlew vineyard near that place. It has a raisin vineyard of 100 acres, the vines being 3 years old. This year they will come Into beurlng, and the revenue from the place will be large. Curtis, it Is said, will live on his ranch. SHOT OCT HIS TEETH. Resistance Offered by His Molars Probably Saves a Boy’s Llle.

James A. Peacock, a San Francisco 10-year-old boy, had a miraculous escape from death, as a bullet Intended for him carried away half the teeth in his upper Jaw, and otherwise did no harm. Peacock had been playing pool, nnd had quarreled with George Gushing. The latter was getting worsted when he fired. Peacock dropped to the floor, blood flowing from his mouth. At the hospital It was found tho bullet struck his Loot teath, knocking both out, and then tore away every tooth on tho left side of the upper Jaw. The jawbone was badly scattered, but the bullet could not be found. Several Fatalities nil tlie Ball. Two freight curs were wrecked at Western Union Junction, Wls.. on tbe Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Puul Railroad. Joseph Knupp and Wallace Finney were killed. Both men were molders, and lived ut Oshway, Canada. Negligence and an open switch and siding caused a big railway accident at Niles, Ohio, on the Pittsburg and Western, by which twenty-four freight cats loaded with merchandise were thrown off und smashed and tho engine wrecked. James McFarland, of Olrard, was killed, and John Jone-, also of Girard, was fatally Injured. He Bobbed John Brown Colonists. W. F. Baird, cashier of the Bank of Madera, California, who wrecked that Institution and ruined the John Brown Co-opera-tive colony near by, was sentenced to nine years In the Folsom state prison. He was convicted on two charges of forgery. Ho squandered the money of many poor colonists who paid for lauds on the Installment plan. This money he spent In booming land projects of his own In San Diego county. Observance Was General. The observance of Memorial Day, despito tbe very unfavorable weather In many localities, was general. At Chicago, In a pouring rain, a procession over a tulle long marched through the principal streets. At the cemeteries, in the morning no rain fell, and the services wero most Imposing. Gen. Grant's tomb at Riverside Park-ou-tho-Hudson was burled under floral offerings, many of which came from across tbe sea. To Build a Tug for Central America. Wheeler & Co., Bay City, Mich., shipbuilders, closed a contract with the Nicaragua Canal Company for a large steel tug, which will - be completed before navigation closes and sent to Central America. She will be 106 feet long 23 feet wide and 10 feet deep and will have triple expansion engines 16, 24 and 40 by 28. Sfie will he used In tho construction of the Nicaragua Canal. . I

A Family I’rrlsli. The family of Turner Adams, colored, consisting of himself, wife and five children, wero drowned while trying to escape off tho flooded Giass plantation, above Texarkana. Ark., on the Red River. Adams had gone to bring them food, but, not succeeding, went back to convey his family to a safe placo. when, the boat was caught In aft pddy and swamped, and all .wero drowned. ” , v- ~ ” ifn. Destructive Storm 111 Spain. A storm of great ylolence greatly damaged the fruit and vineyards In tho north of Spain. Tho hailstones that fell were of extraordinary size, and Injured many persons whom they struck. It Is reported that many persons were killed by lightning during tho storm. The peasantry in some districts are’ ruined by the loss of their crops, and have appealed for public aid. Preferred BeJIT to Crulclies. Charles McKinney, of the firm of McKinney Brothers & Co., commission merchants at Kansas City, killed himself, About two years ago Mr. McKinney wns injured by a cable car and ever since had to walk with a crutch. He was sensitive about the matter and grow despondent because of having to go through the world a cripple. For the lust two weeks he had been unusually blue. Hunting a Juvenile Murderer. A 14-year-old boy Is being hunted in swamps near Macon, Ga. If caught tbe chances are thut he will bo roughly bandied. He is Willie Bell, a young negro tough. A few days ago Bell was arrested by Bailiff Wilder on a trivial charge. While waiting In the suburbs forastieet cur Bell drew a pistol and deliberately murdered Wilder. Riotous Union Sailors. At Toledo, Ohio, dock riots of union sailors are assuming a bad aspect. Threo union men attacked three nonunion sailors going to ship on the Leighton and one of the latter was badly hurt

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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TO THE PATRIOT DEAD.

STATUES OF HEROES IN MARBLE AND BRONZE. A Week Made Memorable by the Unveiling of Many Monuments—“High-Water-Mari” Memorial Service* at Gettysburg —People of Prominence Present. Shaft* to Tlielr Memory. Time Is lending its halo as the years increase the perspective of those troublous times, times when “troops of heroes undistinguished died,” and we of a later generation are arising more and more to that worship, ever the incentive to a fresh love of country, which a later generation showed for Washington, for Wellington, for Blueher, or in the dimmer past for an Arnold Winkelried. On

SOLDIERS' MONUMENT AT ROCHESTER.

Decoration Day three monuments of especial note were unveiled, and later in the week another was dedicated on the field of the battle of Gettysburg. All of these unveilings this year were made occasions of note, occasions for the outpouring of a younger generation's gratitude and appreciation. At Richmond the men who fought under Gen. A. P. Hill revealed the marble presentment of the Southern hero to the public eye. At Lenox, Mass., the statue of a revolutionary hero, Gen. Paterson, was unveiled, and at Rochester the denizens of that entire section of the State listened to what the orators of the day said in praise of the soldiers who fell in the civil war. Then came the capstone of the week’s events, the dedication of the “High-Water Mark” monument at Gettysburg on the very spot where Hail’s and Harrow’s brigade attacked Longstreet’s column on July 3, 1863. Tli© Rochester Monument. The monument at Rochester is splendidly designed and is the outcome of a movement started nearly twenty years ago by citizens of that place. It is nearly forty-three feet in height, witli a ground base twenty-two feet square. The base of the monument rises about eleven feet above this and the shaft is a magnificent piece of solid granite about ten feet in height. At the four corners of the base are bronze figures emblematic of the four departments of the servioe—the cavalry, the artillery, the infantry and the navy. These are of heroic size. The sides of the monument bear appropriate bas-reliefs. Hill Monument, Richmond. At Richmond, the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the Gen. A. P. Hill

UNVEILED AT RICHMOND.

monument took on the nature of a State celebration. Col. W. H. Palmer, Gsn. Harry Heth, and other officers under Hill raised the fund for this marble and bronze embodiment, and they took a prominent part in the services. Gen. •lames A. Walker, of Wytheville, Ya., was the orator of the day, and General Harry Heth the Chief Marshal. The widow and two daughters of Gen. Hill attended the unveiling. The Governor and staff had seats of honor. At the unveiling all the civic organizations of the county took part. Among the noted guests were Secretary of War Elkins and Frederick Douglass. At Gettysburg. “High-Water Mark” Monument receives its name from the old copse of scrub-oak trees on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, where the Confederate army began its retreat on that fateful July 3. It was the "high-water mark" of the rebellion, and from the moment that Longstreet fell back dates the decline of the Confederate cause. The Monument Association has inclosed the copse of trees with a high Iron fence to protect it from relic-hunters. The

HIGH-WATER MONUMENT AT GEITYSBURG.

monument stands on the east side of the copse and was erected by the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virgiania, Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota. Troops from all of these States fought and repulsed the famous assault. An open bronze book surmounts the monument. It weighs 1,272 pounds and is supported by a pyramid of cannon balls. The left page bears a legend describing the as3#nit and that on the right tells of the

repulse. The whole rests on a highly polished plinth and base of Maine and Massachusetts granite with a massive weter table of Gettysburg granite. The dedication services excelled in interest any that have yet taken place on the famous battle-field. The Huckley Gift Uncovered. ' At Muskegon, Mich., the soldiers’ monument erected by Charles H. Hackley was unveiled and the entire city turned out in honor of the event. The monument is seventy-five feet high and of pink Rhode Island granite. It rests on a base of several steps, the lower one ! thirty-four feet square. Upon the four | corners of the pedestal are placed bronze figures, each seven feet six inches in height, representing respectively privates in the navy, artillery, infantry, and cavalry service. The shaft is surmounted by a bronze figure of victory holding alolt a flag, the figure fourteen feet in height. Unveiled at Farmington. Arnid the music of two bands and a large chorus of voices, the eloquence of native orators, and the plaudits of the people, the line soldiers’ monument was unveiled at larmington, 111., in the presence of soldiers, sons of veterans, and citizens from a 1 the countryaround. Farmington, the first tov,n in lutton County to respond to the call to arms in 1861, was, in 1892, the first to testify its regard for the defenders of the Union. The monument was presented to the soldiers by Mayor Brown on behalf of the citizens, and was dedicated by the local Grand Army post. In Memory of Pa ter non. To Dr. Thomas Egleston is due most of the credit for the splendid monument which w r as dedicated at Lenox in memory of Gen. John Paterson. He is a grandson of that revolutionary hero and, together with other members of his family, fyas secured the erection of a fitting monument in the heart of Lenox and near the spot where the hero onoe resided. The bronze presentment of the General stands upon a granite shaft on which is engraved the story Of his active life, of his school-days at Yale, his work in the Provincial Congress of 1774 and 1775 and of his quick response to the call to arms after the battle of Lexington. It tells that he crossed the Delaware with Washington, narrowly escaping death at Saratoga, and was

MONUMENT AT LENOX, MASS.

prominent in the council of Monmouth in 1778.

Sending Flowers by Telegraph.

A novel and very remarkable industry has recently been started in New York. It is intended for the convenience of persons who have friends in other cities in this country or abroad to whom they may desire to pay polite attentions. Suppose that a lady of your acquaintance is at present in Vienna and you wish to send her a bouquet. It is very easily managed. You drop into a certain florist’s on Broadway and pick out flowers suitable for your posy. Within two hours the bouquet you have selected is delivered to the intended recipient. The florist has an agent or correspondent in Vienna to whom he cables the order, stating the number of flowers of each kind, etc., and the name of the giver is written on a card and attached to the bunch of blossoms before it is conveyed to the address indicated. It is the same with other cities in Europe and America. If your lady love is in San Francisco you can send her a bunch of violets or a bouquet of roses by wire, as it were, within a few minutes.

A Furious Snake.

An intelligent Burman told me that a friend of his one day stumbled upon a nest of serpents and immediately retreated, but the old female gave chase. The man fled with all speed over hill and dale, dingle and giade, and terror seemed to a Id wings to his flight, till reaching a small river he plunged in. hoping he had then escaped this fiery enemy; but lo! on reaching the opposite bank, up reared the furious Hamadryad, its dilated eyes* glistening with rage, ready to bury its fangs in his trembling body. In utter despair he bethought himself of his turban, and in a moment dashed it upon the serpent, which darted upon it like lightning, and for some moments wreaked its vengeance in furious bites, after which it returned quietly to its former haunts.—Letter from India.

Matching Teeth.

Perhaps the greatest difficulty that dentists meet with is the matching of false teeth with the natural teeth of their customers. The tooth factories supply dentists with rings upon which are strung thin, short metal bars, each carrying a tootlyit its extremity. There are twenty-five of these sample teeth, that run all the way from nearly white to a shade that is almost olive. Some one of the twenty five usually almost matches the patient’s natural teeth, and, at any rate, enables the dentist to match the teeth by application at the factory.

A Sugar-Beet Growers.

Eichard Gird is probably the largest individual grower of sugar beets in the world. He has 50,000 acres of ground surrounding Chino, Cal., and this year will have 4,000 acres of it in beets. He is under contract to raise all the beets that are required for the beet-sugar factory at Chino. His contract requires him to raise 5.000 acres of beets next year, and the same average the following year. It is a mistake to give a glass of lime water and milk soon after or before an invalid takes a dose of calomel. The action of lime water changes the character of calomel. It doesn’t make a lie any whiter to put it on a tombstone.

RECORD OF FOUR FLOODS.

High Hater of Tfils Season Compared with That pt 1*44, I£sl and 1858. As the presmt flood in the Mississippi appears to have reached 4ts culmination —unless it should receive accession from the usual June rise in the Missouri—some account of the record of previous floods in the same stream may be of interest. There have been three previous floods since the settlement of the country, which are well remembered by persons now living, and in which the rise reached about the same point as the present. These were in 1844, 1851 and 1858, and the limit above the low-water mark at 6t. Louis in those years was as follows: 1844 41.9 fe5t!858............30.9 feet 18S1 39.5 feet| 1892 36 feet It will be seen from these figures that the flood of 1892 has not reached a point equal to those of 1851 and 1858, though within a fraction of each, but still falls short of each by several inches, and of that of 1844 by nearly six feet. The present flood has been sufficient to cover about the same area ih Illinois as the previous ones, in spite of the increased height and strength of levees, except at East St. Louis, where the levee construction has been effective in protecting a portion of the town. Owing to the vastly increased area under cultivation, both on the Mississippi and Missouri, the loss from the destruction of crops and the carrying away of houses and other property will be greatly increased over that of former years.

The statistics given show that the flood of 1844 is entitled to rank as the most memorable as to height. Like all the others, it was the result of a long succession of spring rains followed by an unexampled June rise in the Missouri caused by the melting of heavy snows in the Rocky Mountains. Previous to this date little if any progress had been made in the construction of the leVee system above the mouth of the Ohio, and consequently the stream was not confined to a comparatively narrow channel as now. As a consequence, after it began to overflow its banks a greater volume of water was required to cause a moderate rise at St. Louis, where the river, by overflowing the American Bottom, spread to a width of eight to ten miles. Yet it then reached a height of nearly forty-seven feet above low water, covering the whole of what is called “The Levee" or Front street, where now the lower railroad bridge crosses the river, and flooding the business houses on that street to a depth of several feet. As the city has since been extended to the bottom lands, both above and below the old city, some idea may be formed of the increase of the area exposed to the ravages of the present floods. The Whole of the “American Bottom” opposite St. Louis, extending from Alton to Chester, and covering an area of one to ten miles wide by ninety miles in length, was completely submerged with the exception of a few mounds and ridges, so that steamboats reached the Illinois bluffs from eight to ten miles from St. Louis. It has since become one of the most highly cultivated and productive sections of the State, and the loss in the destruction of some crops and in delaying the planting of others, to say nothing of other property, is almost incalculable.

Of course all these floods, with others which occurred at later periods, inflicted immense damage upon the lower Mississippi, where the levee system was not as complete as it is now. A flood in 1882 devasted nearly 600,000 acres in the States of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana and compelled the furnishing of rations by the Government to 130,000 homeless people, with tents for sheltering large numbers. The loss in Louisiana alone was estimated at $2,000,000. Another flood in February and March, 1890, which was chiefly confined to the lower Mississippi, coming from the Arkansas and Bed Bivers, was also very disastrous. The number of “crevasses” (breaks in levees) during the present flood has been very great, and heavy loss is inevitable. Floods in 1876 and 1880 caused heavy loss to the farmers on bottom lands in Illinois between Warsaw and Quincy, and between Quincy and the mouth of the Illinois, in consequence of the breaking of newly construc’ted levees, which protected a large area of recently reclaimed farming lands. There were a few losses of life, many narrow escapes, and the destruction of growing crops was almost complete. The rise at Quincy in 1851 was 22.8 feet, in 1876 19 feet, and in 1880 17 feet. So far this region has escaped serious disaster, but the Des Moines River has burst its bounds near its mouth and wrought havoc among the rich farms in the rear of Alexandria, 111. Doubtless the most memorable and disastrous floods in this country have been those occurring in the Ohio, usually at the time of some sudden breaking up of the ice in the winter or early spring. The following are the limits above low water reached in Cincinnati in different years: 1834, 64 feet 4 inches; 1847, 63 feet 7 inches; 1862, 57 feet 4 Inches; 1882, 58 feet 7 inches, and 1883 (the highest ever known), 66 feet 4 inches. The latter destroyed a number of lives, millions of property and devastated several prominent cities, Shawneetown, 111., being among the number.

Scientific Points.

It has been found that sandstone as an engine foundation is far from perfect. The stone soon becomes saturated with oil, making it soft and easily friable. The first electric street railway in Bussia will be constructed at Kiew, a city of 130,000 people. It will be operaated by the trolley system, and will be ready for business this summer. A recent invention consists of a combination of levers in connection with the trucks of a railroad car, so that in case of derailment the airbrakes will work automatically and stop the train. The reservoir in a new lamp recently invented is spherical in form, and has a map of the world delineated upon it. The reservoir is pivoted at the base so that it- can be rotated on its axis like a globe for school purposes. According to the Journal de Medicine of Paris, the fumes of bromohydrate of ammonium have a beneficial effect in asthma and bronchitis. By an inhalation of the fumes under certain conditions an attack of asthma may be averted. The treasures of the Metropolitan Museum in New York are guarded by electricity. Underneath the lid of each case are wires, and if any one should try to lift or disturb the lids in any way a bell will give warning in the hall and in the office. One of the greatest novelties inweaving machinery recently invented is that designed by an Englishman, in which the pile in plush fabrics is gained in an expeditious manner during weaving. The picks or wefts are actually cut before being driven in. Thebe is great activity in the building of ships on the great lakes, fortyfive vessels being in course of construction at the present time, of which forty are steam. The new fleet will cost nearly $5,000,000, and will be ready for business early the coming season.

DOINGS OF CONGREŚ.

MEASURES -CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPONAt the Nation’s Capital—What Is Being Done by the Senate and House—Old Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. In the Senate, the 25th." Mr. Morgan’s resolution Introduced In March. Instructing the Flnunce Committee to examine and report upon the effect of the Silver law of 1899 upon the price of T silver bullion, was called up. and after a lengthy i debate. In whlffh Mr. Sherman was the principal speaker Ip opposition. the Senate refused by a voto-of yeas 17, nays 28. to refer the resolutions to the Committee on Finance' .In the House, the sundry civil bill was taken up. the first item being the Government exhibit at the World’s Fair. Mr. Ohio, offered hd amendment appropriating $100,009 to pay the expense of collecting statistics pertaining to tlje industrial advance of Citizens of African descent from 1863 to 1893. This was ruled out of order. Mr. Dockery offered an amendment which was adopted; reducing the salary of the Director General to SB,OOO, and that of the Secretary to- $3,003. A provision was adopt o(I. that the gates -shall not be opened on Sunday, und another that no Intoxicating liquors shall be sold upon the grounds’. ■■ 1 ■ » ■- ,

The 2flth, a bill extending for two years longer the act of March 2, 1889. for the correction of military records was passed by the Senate. By a vote of yeas 28, nays 20. the Senate decided to take up the Stewart free silver bill, and the measure Is now on the calendar as unfinished business. In tho House the World's Fair Items In the sundry civil appropriation bill wore under discussion all day. Most of the amendments were directed to the Sun-day-closing question, and the matter was finally settled by the adoption of an amendment providing for the closing of the Government exhibit on Sunday, which leaves the larger question to be decided by the Exposition managementAmong the bills passed by the Senate on the 27th was one to reclassify and prescribe the salaries of railway postal clerks. Mr. Stewart’s free coinage bill was before tho Senate again, and after debate It was agreed that the bill be taken up as the unfinished business on the 31st at 2 o'clock. . Mr. Springer appeared in the House (apparently fully restored to health) and moved, and the House passed, the Senate bill to establish a bridge across the Illinois River at Havana, 111. After three weeks’ debate the House passed the sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Hatch endeavored to bring the anti-option bill to the front, but the motion was defeated by a tie vote—yeas, 108; nays, 108. The poStofflce appropriation blllwasthen taken up. '1 he Senate was not In session the 28th, having adjourned over till the 31st In the House the legislative appropriation bill was reported by Mr. Forney and appropriately referred, The postoffice appropriation bill was then taken up, and after debate the House adjourned till the 31st Mr. Durborow, from the World’s Fair Committee In the House, reported a resolution authorizing the President to make proclamation relative to the observance of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America.

On the Diamond.

Following 1* a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations! NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. #O. W. L. Boston 26 9 . 743 Louisville.. .16 18 .471 Chicago 21 13 .618 New York.. .16 18 .471 Brooklyn... .20 13 .606 Philadelp’la.l6 19 .457 Cincinnati...2l 15 .583 Washington.l3 20 .394 Cleveland... 19 16 .548 Bt. Louis... .12 24 .33S Pittsburg... .20 17 .541 Baltimore... 8 26 .235 ILLINOIB-lOWA LEAGUE. W. L. sc. W. L. sc. Joliet 22 2 .917 R. 1.-Moline.ll 13 .458 Peoria 17 8 .680 Quincy 8 13 .381 Rockford. ...13 8 .619 Jacksonville. 6 20 .231 Evansville..l2 13 .480 Terre Haute. 5 17 .227 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. W. L. sc. W. L. sc. Columbus... 24 8 , 75( Omaha 11 13 .458 Milwaukee. .17 9 .654 Mlnneap’lis. 9 14 .391 Toledo 14 11 .560 Ft. Wwne.. 8 15 .348 Kansas Clty.l3 12 .620 Indian’pTg. 4 15 211 WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN LEAGUE. W. L. s!c. W. L. flo. Menominee.. 1 0 1.000 Ish.-Neg.... 1 2 .33S Oshkosh 1 0 1.000 Marinette... 0 1 .000 Marquette... 2 1 .667 Green Bay.. 0 1 .000

Men and Women.

A dress does not make a woman, but. often breaks a man. Why are blushes like girls? Because they become women. You can easily fill the public eyes 11 you can only have the dust. A man is as old as he feels, but not always as big, not by a heap. The best time to keep awmy from some people is when you are in trouble. A bachelor is a man who never ha 9 to answer questions he does not want to answer. Wearing wigs and dying whiskers never deceives anybody but the people who do it. Don’t make father a bugbear to the children by threats of what he’ll do when he comes home. Pot two doors side by side and the small boy will be sure to go through the one that squeaks. “A bore,” says a witty cynic, “is the man who talks of himself when I want to talk of myself.” In society it is never “good afternoon.” It is “good morning" up to 6 o’clock, and after 6 it is “good evening.” A miss is as good as a mile. This is probably why a man doesn’t feel the distance when he’s got a nice girl with him. A “camel” and “beauty” are synonymous in Arabic. An Arab widow generally mourns her husband with the cry of “O, my camel!” Whatever accounts a man may have to settle with the recording angel, he cannot be held responsible for what is said in his obituary. The shoemnking business in California is controlled almost entirely by Chinese. Fully 10,000 Chinese are employed in such labor. The man in the choir may have more drawing power than the man in the pulpit, but the tenor of the talk of the latter is more edifying than the talk of the tenor. Kivers: “What do you think of that story that a pug nose can be straightened out by lying on one’s face when in bed?” Banks: “I think it’s a lie on the face of it. ” Mrs. Hattie Day, of East Buckport, Me., has sold S3O worth of braids made from her own hair, and yet she has abundant black tresses three feet in length. Jones —“What did your wife say when you got home last night?” Smith—- " What did she say? My dear fellow, it would take me three hours to tell you half of what she said. ” “My daughter delicate!” exclaimed Mrs. Moneybags the other day. “Who. could have started that story? You just tell people she’s very indelicate, and tell 'em her mother says so.” The work of extending woman’s field of labor goes merrily on. At Harvey’s Bench, near Salmon City, Idaho, six sisters have, for some time past been regularly carrying on the business of stage robbing. It is estimated that the time wasted by women in looking under beds for men at night, if devoted to work, would result, in a year’s time, in'making over seventeen thousand suits of clothes for the heathen.” Wife: “Do you really think that marriage is a lottery?” Husband: “No, I do not." Wife (somewhat surprised): “Why don’t you?" Husband: “Because when a fellow has drawn a blank he can’t go and buy another chance."