Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — Page 2

gljeJtmocrflticStntiiiel J. W. McEWEN, Hubllxher. RENSSELAER, - - ■ INDIANA

KILLED A DESERTER.

TRAGEDY BREAKS THE MONOTONY AT FORT SHERIDAN. Defender, Though Crippled, Almoat Wine—Ominous News for Spain from the Pearl of the Antilles—Catholic Universities May Admit Women. Fatal Break for Liberty. In a bold dash for liberty Thomas Coffee, a convict soldier, lost his life at Fort Sheridan, Chicago, Tuesday. A bullet from a sentinel's rifle crashed through his brain as he fled down the beautiful ravine which divides the fort from the lake. George Williams, his comrade in the convict gang and the arch-conspirator of the plot to break out, escaped a bullet from the same rifle and escaped. Coffee had been a military black sheep and his record hung like a cloud over him. He had before him a life of toil for nearly three years, as he was serving a five years' sentence, which began at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Williams would have been free in February, 1896, but he was a man who chafed under restraint and always protested against punishment. Both had a sneaking fondness for the army, and both re-enlisted after desertion or dishonorable discharge. Both had the same desire -to avoid hard work and punishment and were always planning to escape. One sank to death at the foot of a tree, and his black record was closed forever. The other has gained a few brief hours of freedom, for the military authorities believe he will soon be captured.

VICTORY FOR CUBANS. Said to Have Defeated the Spaniards at Puerto Principe. A special to the World from Havana says: “There is a report about town that a great battle has been fought in Puerto Principe, and that the Spanish have been defeated and the capital captured by the insurgent forces. It is said that a strong force of Spanish troops left the city of Puerto Principe to make a bold attack upon the insurgents, who were besieging the town. The insurgents fled after making a weak resistance, but it was only to draw the Spanish into an ambuscade. Once in the trap the Spanish were attacked in the front by General Antonio Maceo and in the rear by General Gomez. The rebel forces obtained a complete victory and entered the capital triumphant, 14,000 strong. How near the truth this statement is cannot be ascertained, but General Campos’ immediate departure for Nuevitas the very day he arrived here is suggestive of something very serious having happened.” MAY ADMIT WOMEN. They Can Study in Catholic Universities. Women as professors in a Catholic university is a supposition that the average Catholic or Protestant has hitherto regarded as almost beyond belief. But from Washington comes the news that the Catholic University of America, in that city, is about U) h throw open its full academic course to women. The date is even given on which the innovation will take effect—namely, Oct. 1. It is further stated that the trustees of the university, after debating at length the advisability of the step, have finally decided to organize a separate department in the university devoted solely to women, and in which the full course of academic instruction will be given by women professors. MONEY FOR THE NAVY. Only $5,800,000 le Asked for During the Current Year. The combined estimates of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and Steam Engineering of the Navy Department for construction and steam machinery during the next fiscal year amount to only $5,80Q,000, which is $2,500,000 less than was Appropriated for this work for the fiscal year ending June, 1896. A portion of this sum is to be expended upon the two proposed battle-ships, contracts for which will be let about Jan. 1. The remainder will be used for general repairs to the hulls and machinery of the vessels in commission.

Valkyrie Gets a Heat. The second race of the series for the America’s cup between the English yacht Valkyrie and the American sloop Defender, which was sailed off Sandy Hook Tuesday, was won by the British boat by forty-seven seconds. The Defender’s top mast was broken in going over the starting line. She entered a protest, claiming that she was fouled by the end of the Valkyrie’s boom in going over the mark. Killed During a Ball Game. Benjamin F. Myers, 20 years old, was killed at Washington in a base-ball game. He was sliding to second base in an amateur match when the baseman jumped into the air to catch a thrown ball. He dropped on Myers, dislocating his spine. Steamer Rates to Be Higher. An agreement has been entered into between German and British steamship companies under which there will be a considerable advance in freight and passenger rates to America. The agreement will go into effect Oct. 1. Cholera Is Increasing. Two new cases of cholera have appearde at Tangier. The province of Podolia, Russia, has been officially declared infected by cholera. Bad Fire in San Jose. Fire broke out Monday morning in the San Jose (Cal.) Lumber Company’s yard and destroyed property to a very large amount.

California’s Big Day. The forty-fifth anniversary of the admission of California into the Union was celebrated at Sacramento by the order of the Native Sons of the Golden West with a parade in which over four thousand participated. Literary exercises were held in the open air on the Plaza. Girl Burned to Death. c lAt Janesville, Wis., Ida Gruel, 19 years old, dropped a lighted lamp while curling her hair. Blazing oil covered her, and she was burned to death on the porch, to Which she had run. Boarding School Girls Strike. ' , AU the girl students at Mount "Union College, Alliance, Ohio, .struck against obeying the order which required them to visit the gymnasium every day. They objected to u exercising before a male instructor ' The faculty decided to accede to the demand. , • driest Degraded. Archbishop William H. Gross has unfrocked and suspended from the priesthood Father M. J. Kelly, in charge of a j parish at Cedar Mills, Oregon, for slandering Mother William, in charge of a refuge home for women, located in’Portland, Oregon.

OUR EXPORTS TO GERMANY. Statement from Berlin— Reg‘talatlon« Affecting American Live Stock. The Department of Agriculture has received agent at Berlin a statement of the imports of agricultural andi other products into Germany. It shows that during the first six months of 1895 the following percentages of the total imports of the German Empire of the articles specified were obtained from the United States: Cotton. 80 per cent; wheat, 15; maize, 56; grass and timothy seed. 16; dressed beef, 59; oil cake, 33, and lard laifelfn. 93. Accompanying the statement are copies of the quarantine and prohibition regulaLons now in force in the German Empire in regard to the importation of live stock (whether for import or transit only) and fresh meat. These regulations are of importance in view of the stringent measures governing importations from this country. The importation of cattle and fresh beef is prohibited. The provincial (presidents of the German Government may order horses and sheep imported from the United States to be held at the landing place for observation and inspection. Pork imported from the United States must be accompanied by a Government certificate of inspection. Russia—The importation of cattle, sheep; hogs and goats, whether for consumption or transit, is prohibited; also, fresh beef, mutton and goat meat.

THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of the Clubs in Their Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimoreloß 70 38 .648 Cleveland lIS 74 44 .627 Philadelphia . ...114 68 46 .596 Boston 112 63 49 .563 Brooklynll3 63 50 .558 New York 113 61 52 .540 Pittsburgll6 62 54 .534 Cincinnatill2 59 53 .527 Chicagoll4 -59 55 .518 Washington ... .112 38 74 .315 St. Louislls 36 79 .313 Louisvillells 30 85 .261

WESTERN LEAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis ... .112 65 47 .580 Kansas City... .112 65 47 .580 St. Paullll 64 47 .577 Milwaukee . ...jll6 55 61 .474 Terre Haute. .. .112 51 61 .455 Minneapolis ... .115 52 63 .452 Detroit 121 52 69 .430 Grand Rapids. ..115 36 79 .317 PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED. Government Owes $2,815,418 More than Last Month. The public debt statement issued by the Treasury Department shows the public debt on the last day of August, less cash in the treasury, to have been $942,924,323, an increase for the month of $2,815,418. Following is a recapitulation of the debt: I Interest bearing debt $747,360,610 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity... 1,695.870 Debt .bearing no interest.. 377,906,998 Total $1,126,963,478 There are also certificates and treasury notes outstanding, offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, amounting to $602,384,693. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: G01d5149,410,926 Silver 511,447,344 Paper 150,284,534 Bonds, disbursing officers’ balances, etc 15,817,539 T0ta15826,960,343 Against the above total there are demand liabilities amounting to $642,921,189, leaving a cash balance of $184,039,156> The decrease in the cash for the month was $3,110,374. UNCLE SAM WILL ACT. Independent Inquiry Into Ching-Too Riots Is Decided On. The United States Government, it is authoritatively announced at the State Department, has decided to enter forthwith upon an independent investigation of the Ching-Too rjots, with the co-opera-tion of a Chinese representative. As at first arranged, the inquiry was to have been made in co-operation with England, but there has been a change of plans within the past few days, occasioned partly by the fact that the British Consul at Chung-King, who is to conduct the investigation on behalf of his Government, and to whom, with the concurrence of the American missionary member, it was at first proposed to intrust the preliminary investigation of the facts, has been detained at his post, and, it is said, will uot be able to begin the inquiry for a month or more.

Carnival of Murder. Atrocities by Spaniards* as revolting as those committed by the Japanese at Port Arthur, have just been reported to the Cuban revolutionary party in* New York. Enrique Trujillo, editor of El Porvenir, received 'a letter Thursday from Juan Maspons Franco, chief of staff under General Maximo Gomez, the commander-in-chief of the insurgent army. It is dated “Headquarters in the Field,” and sends details of the capture and recapture of the city of Baire and the massacre of thirty-seven inoffensive Cubans—mostly women and children—by the Spaniards under Commander Garrido. Tuesday morning, according to Colonel Franco's letter, a company of insurgents under Jose Rabi, surprised the Spanish garrison in the fortress commanding the city of Baire, killed more than seventy men and took fifty-six prisoners. They captured a large quantity of arms and persuaded the prisoners to enlist in the insurgent ranks. At an hour later three companies of Spanish troops, under Commander Garrido, came up and, after a short but sharp resistance, the Cubans fled, leaving the fortress again in the hands of the invader. Then the slaughter commenced.

Allowed’ to Escape. The Department of Justice has notified the Indian Bureau that there are,no Bannock Indians ’ in-r-confinement lat Marysvale, Wyo., those arrested and imprisoned by the State authorities for violation of game laws having been allowed to escape. ' ‘ Pugilists Released on a Writ. In the chse of the prize fighters- 4ho were arrested at Dallas, Chief Justice-pi. M. Hurt, of the Court of Appeals, has granted la writ of habpas corpus. These cases will determine the . validity of the law licensing prize? fighting in Texas. Floods in Indianapolis. As the result of a veritable deluge Im dianapolis was flooded and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed, besides the inconvenience of suspended street car transportation and telephone communication. -Britisher Is Beaten. The American yacht Defender won the first of the cup contests, Saturday, from the British boat Valkyrie, by a margin of* nearly nine minutes. Mails Denied Them. Seven fraud orders were issued by the postoffice department against concerns

y. ■ carrying on business, in vftridua parts ot the country. The companies and persons debarred to use of the mails are: The Southern Construction Company and J. B. Fielding, Bt. Loms, Mo., false pretenses; the Dixon Watch -Company and G. Henry & Co_ Chicago, selling marked playing cards; George Nye, Milwaukee, Wis.. false pretenses; the British-Ameri-can Press Association and J. V. La Barre, New York City, false pretenses; Henry C. Kramer and Mrs. 11. C. Kramer, New York City; false 1 pretedses; R. Savigny, New Y’ork City, false pretenses; the Southern City Manufacturing Company, Ladies’ Benefit Employment Company, Neta L. Willard, alias Princess Willard, alias Mary Willard, A. P. Willard, C. D. Willard, and F. A. Willard, with offices in Chicago. San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal., fraudulent employment bureau. TO REORGANIZE THE BOA/tD. Kansas City Stock Yards Men Telegraph to the Governor. The commission men at the Kansas City stock yards telegraphed the GoverftarC'demanding the reorganization of thfe live Stock sknitary board. They give as a reason the fact that two members of the present board,, constituting a majority, published broadcast every report of Texas fever in any community in the State in order to justify the collection of 2 cents a head in inspection fees on cattle shipped from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona through Kansas to'market. The stockmen of the State are also organizing and will demand of Gov. Morrill the removal of the present board. The stockmen of Kansas buy their cattle in New Mexico and Texas, and they claim the 2 cents inspection fee is a rake-off for the board. The stockmen of the State represent one-third of its wealth.

GEORGIANS HELP EDISON. Appliance Which Gives Practical Utility to the Phonograph. G. V. Gress, capitalist, and George W. Moore, engineer, of Atlanta, Ga„ have just completed a deal with the Edison Company, by which an appliance invented by Moore has been purchased. There is a combination of ten or more cylinders, working automatically, so added to the phonograph as to make it capable of receiving any number of letters in dictation or of playing an indefinite number of musical selections. It can be attached to phonographs already constructed. Edison's manager, Gilmore, is quoted as saying that the attachment is the only thing that could possibly place the phonograph before the world in any sort of practical shape. The idea of the inventor is that this will be specially valuable in large offices, where hundreds of letters are sent out daily. INDIANA TRAGEDY. James Ward Kilts Aaron and John Hnnter and Himself. The most horrible murder and suicide in the history of Sullivan County, Ind., took place Thursday night. James Ward killed Aaron Hunter, his father-in-law, and John Hunter, his brother-in-law. Ward cut off the Bead of the elder Hunter and split wide open the head of the son. Family differences are said to have led to the crime. Just ns the posse had located the murderer and surrounded the field in which he was hiding a. single shot was hpard. The pursuers closed in on the spot from whence the tiring had come and found Ward on his back on the ground with a revolver in either hand and a bullet wotind under the left ear. He was already dead.

woMAW? Prevents a murder. Holds a Party of Tramps at Bay Until the Police Arrive. Miss Jennie Cranston, <ne of the nurses at the Fargo, Sj. D., hospital, proved herself a heroine by aweitig a party of tramps and preventing them from killing one of their number. “Miss Cranston was on her way to the hospital from the city, when she came up to the party. John Duffy wfis lying on the ground and five tramps were kicking him in the head, while another had just got a club and was preparing to break the man’s head. Miss Cranston drew a revolver and commanded the tramps to desist. Then she held the party at bay until some one came along, when the police were summoned and the party taken to the station. An Awful Blast. Hans Bjornstern, Edward Latshaw and wife, and their two sous were killed, and three terribly injured, by at Specht's Ferry, near DubuquClTowa, Tuesday. The elder Latshaw boy was shooting at a mark, and accidentally struck fi stock of dynamite which his fatltet'used in a stone quarry. ' U() £> , ..Leaders of Riot Convicted. Shanghai advices say: The inquiry into the, massacre at Ku-Cheng is proceeding to the satisfaction of the American and British Consuls. There have been a numbet of important convictions. Among those condemned are some of the ringleaders of the riot. Want a Right of Way. The Broad Ripple Transit Company, Indianapolis, applied for a right of way to the center of the city, offering to carry passengers its entire length for 5 cents. Advance on Sugar. All grades of refined sugar have been advanced 1-16 cent per pound, except 4’s and s’s, which are cent higher.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 59c to 60c; corn. No. 2,33 cto 34c; oats. No. 2,19 c to 20c; rye, No. 2,39 cto 41c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, 30c to 40c; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 3c to per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to S4.QO; wheat, No. 2,60 cto 62c; corn, No. 1 white, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs. $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 59c to 60c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2,37 c to 38® Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75: hogs, $3.00 to $4,75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. '2, 63c to 64c; corn, No! 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,41 cto 43c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 59c to 61c; corn. No. 2 yellotv, 37c to 39c; oatsjsNo. 2 white, 22c to' 23cj ( 'rye. 41c to 43c. -Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 61c to 62c; 2 white. 19c to 20e; rye. No. 2. 42c to 44c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat No. 2 red, 63c to 65c; corn, No.’ 2 yellow, 39c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white 25c to 27 c. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 spring, 57c to 58 c; corn, No. 3,34 cto 36c; oats. No. 2 white, 21c to 23c: barley. No. 2. 42c to 44c, rye,/ No. 1,39 cto 41c; pork, iiiess, $8.25 to $8.75. New York— Cattle, SB.OO to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; "heat, red, 63c to 64c; corn, No. 2, 38c to 40c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Western, 14c to 16c.

ENTOMBED IN A MINE.

FORTY-TWO CALUMET MINERS PERISH. Smoke and Gai the Deadly Agenta— Big Copper Shaft the Scene of the Horror—Two Hundred Were in the Mine. Trapped by Flames. Fire broke out in shaft No. 2 of the Osceola copper mine, near Calumet, Mich., about noon Saturday and of over 200 men. at work at the time, forty-two failed to make their escape and are believed to have perished." They had not so much chance as they would have had in a cave-in; for then some nook or timber-supported arch would have afforded refuge. But in the present instance smoke and gases have penetrated every crevice, and it is not thought possible any ceuld survive. Sunday morning a search party consisting of Capt. James Richards, John Harvey, Richard Coombs, Lewis James, Jacob Paulson, John Stevens, and James Parrey went down the No. 5 shaft to the twenty-fourth level and went into the drift 800 or 900 feet until they were nearly overcome by gas and compelled to return. Capt. Richards came near losing his life. No bodies were found. Gas is the principal danger and will stay in the mine as long as the fire burns. The head captain and many of the men say the fire is the work of an incendiary. It started in sagging overwork seventy feet above the floor, where fire could not possibly get, as the mines are deep and dry. The incendiary, it is thought, wanted to cripple the company, and probably thought the men would all escape safely. Numerous stories of hairbreadth escapes are told by survivors. Many men did not realize their danger until too late. One miner took his working partner by the hand and begged him to go tb the surface,'but he answered, “There is no danger.” He is still in the mine. Others hung to their stronger partners until both were overcome. Some of the men working several levels below the twenty-seventh level, where the fire caught, were seen as far up as the eighteenth level, working their way toward the surface. Several of the men who escaped report having passed others on the ladders who were unAbie to proceed farther on account of their being overcome by gas and smoke. A main about 60 years old picked up a young man overcome by gas and carried him from 200 to 300 feet toward the surface, when he felt his strength giving out and he had to drop the young fellow in order to reach the surface alive himself. When the first alarm of fire was signaled to the men there were more than 200 men underground. All could have reached the surface safely if they had used proper precaution. Capt. Trenbath was among those who came up, but he returned again to see that the others got out safely and is now among the missing. A group of seven or eight men was noticed resting and smoking their pipes by several of the miners and were told to hirrry to.-the surface. Their answer was that they had plenty of time. They also are counted among the missing, none of them having escaped. Nothing can be done to recover the bodies until the fire is gotten under control and the gases get out of the mine. It is generally thought that the bodies will be found in the drifts leading to the other shafts, where the men ran trying to find a place to escape the flames. No. 3 shaft was surrounded all day Sunday by thousands of people anxious to see if word or sign would be received from the miners, but ail were doomed to disappointment and went to their homes fearing the worst, having given up all hope. Most of the men were married and the scenes around the mine .are heartrending at all times. The only precedents from which the probable duration of the fire can be guessed are supplied by the three big fires which have ravaged the Calumet and Hecla mine. The greatest of these burned for months, and was extinguished only by flooding the mine with water and carbonic acid gas. There being less timbering in the Osceola, the fire will probably not spread far from No. 2 shaft, but it may smolder for weeks. There are not lacking indications that the fire .was of incendiary origin. The smoke was smelled by some of the miners half an hour before the blaze was located. When found the fire had gained such headway that it could not be extinguished by the means at hand.

VICTORY FOR DEFENDER.

American Boat Captures the First of t the Cup Contests. The American yacht Defender defeated the Valkyrie in the first of the cup contests, Saturday, making the run of fifteen miles to windward and back in the excellent time of 4 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds, beating the Britisher by 8 minutes 49 seconds. The victory of the Defender is the subject of almost general jubilation, everyone being pleased with it except the subjects of her Majesty resident here for the time being and some of the chappies who turn their trousers up at the bottom “because its sloppy weather in London, don’tcher know.” A great many are inclined to think that the Britisher “isn’t in it” in th hunt after the cup, but others more cautious and conservative regard her with a great deal of respect. They remember that when the race was started there was only about a six-knot breeze blowing, and that she went through the water like a ghost under its mild impetus. They also remember that it is said that her best point of sailing is running free before the wind with her spinnaker set. She had no such windßaturday, and some are inclined to think if she had the result might have been different. The great mass of yachtsmen, however, think that the Defender is her superior in any wind that will insure a thirty-mile course being covered within six hours, the time limit.

TO ETERNITY BY DYNAMITE.

Five Killed and Three Injured in an lowa Hamlet. One hundred and twenty-five pounds of dynamite was exploded Sunday morning at Specht’s Ferry, ten miles north of Dubuque, lowa, with a tremendous roar and shock, which was felt like a trembling,caused by an earthquake. Five persons were killed and three terribly injured at the scene-of the explosion. The injured persons were brought to Dubuque and taken to a hospital soon after the accident. The dead are: Hans Bjornstad, of La Crosse, Wis.; Edward Latshaw, of Victory, Wis.; Mrs. Edward Latshaw, Ray Latshaw, 12 years old; Matt Latshaw, 6 years old. Edward Latshaw was a ■subcontractor engaged in quarrying stone on the lowa side for the builders of the Government wing dams on the Wisconsin shore. His living rooms were within 100 feet of the building containing the explosive. He was exceedingly careful of the explosive, and would never allow any one to enter the storeroom or handle it when needed, but himself. Sunday morning after breakfast the family were watching Ray, the eldest boy, practice firing at a mark on a post below the sfonty, where the dynamite was stored. It is not known whether the boy accidentally fired into the dynamite or whether the concussion caused by his shooting exploded it. • ■

EXCELLENT WEEK FOR CROPS.

Conditions All Favorable for Their Securing, Maturing, and Starting. Reports on the condition of the crops through the United States for the week show that it has been generally favorable for securing and maturing crops, and for plowing and seeding. Late corn has experienced a general improvement in the principal corn States and is maturing rapidly. In portions of South Dakota and Wisconsin, however, the frost Saturday caused some injury. In Minnesota the crop is reported to have escaped injury from frost. In lowa the greater part of the crop is ready for cutting. Cotton picking is now quite general over the southern portion $f the cotton region and will commence in the northern portion next week. Frosts were general Saturday and Sunday from Montana eastward to The report for individual States is as follows: Illinois—The last week has been a favorable one for crops; plenty of warmth followed by a short period of cool weather and frequent showers have caused vegetation to advance rapidly. The rainfall average for the State has been somewhat above the normal, also the average temperature for the week. Late corn is filling and maturing rapidly, and with three weeks immunity from frost all will be ready to cut. Early corn is being cut quite generally. Wheat land is generally prepared and sowing will soon begin. Wisconsin—Fine weather for maturing corn, potatoes, buckwheat, tobacco, millet, and cranberries. Early corn being cut, potatoes and buckwheat nearly matured. Minnesota—Frost injured garden truck considerably, but corn and potatoes generally escaped unharmed. Small grain except flax all cut, and stacking and thrashing well advanced. Suth Dakota—Frost Saturday morning red vines and late corn in northeastern localities. Much early corn matured, some harvested. Potatoes maturing rapidly. Nebraska—Favorable week, with about normal temperature, and more than normal rainfall over a large portion of the State. Fall plowing and seeding general and ground in unusually good condition. Kansas—Very warm, with light showers in the west third and abundant rains over the rest of the State. Much hay spoiled by rain in central and eastern counties. Missouri—Drought in central and southern counties relieved by good rains and late corn has now sufficient moisture to mature. Cutting will soon be general. Cotton and tobacco doing well. lowa—A favorable week for ripening corn and potatoes and growth of pastures. Corn harvesting is in progress -and a large portion of the crop is ready to cut. Ohio —Drought effectually broken and all vegetation shows improvement. Indiana—Corn still promises a large yield, much tobacco housed, and that in the field in good condition. Michigan—Weather has been favorable to all growing crops. Corn and potatoes have made progress. Pastures are greatly improved.

PROOF AGAINST BIG GUNS.

Plate from the Battle Ship lowa Subjected to a Test. The new battle ship lowa will withstand the projectiles of the best 12-inch gun afloat. That was the conclusion drawn from one of the most important tests ever made at the government proving ground at Indian Head. Since the equipment of modern battle ships with heavy armor there has been in naval quarters a question as to whether the framework of ships so armored could resist the crushing force of a blow from one of the big guns, even though the armor itself was capable of keeping the projectile out. Hitherto all tests of armor have been made against an unyielding wooden butt. Wednesday the United States, for the first time since the use of modern guns and modern armor, began experiments to determine the actual strain and injury to which the battle ship would be subjected if struck by a projectile. For that purpose a side armor plate of the battle ship lowa, now being built at the Cramps’ yards in Philadelphia, was fitted up on an actual reproduction of a section of the ship. The plate itself was 16 feet by 7%. 14 inches thick at the top and sloping toward the bottom to a thickness of seven inches. The shots were fired at 250 ) y ( a l rdß at right angles to the plate to secure the normal impact. The first was a 500-pound Carpenter projectile from a ten-inch gun driven by 140 pounds of Dupont's brown prismatic powder. The projectile was driven into the plate about six inches, and not a single injury to the ’backing war. discovered. The second shot was also from a ten-inch gun, but the charge was increased 126 pounds. This shot also spent itself on the plate without creating a sign of a crack or injury, or straining the framework. Finally an 850-potind Wheeler Sterling shell, driven by 460 pounds of powder, was fired at the plate from a twelve-inch gun. The projectile struck with a velocity of 1.800, or an energy of 1,530,000 potnds. This shot should, according to most estimates, have penetrated a sixteen-inch Harveyized plate. Although it cracked the plate, which was already weakened by the two previous shots, and penetrated to the wood backing, it did not get through the backing. On the whole, the result of the test with the plate and framework /was considered remarkable. Secretary Herbert greatly rejoiced at the result.

LIBRARY IS NEARLY FINISHED.

Handsome Structure to Be in Order by the Time Congress Meets. The high board bence that has inclosed the new public library building in Washington will be removed at once. This marks an important step toward the completion of the library. The work to be done on the building is chiefly in trimming it on the interior and a small amount of touching up of the stone trimmings on the exterior. If possible the work of beautifying the ground about the library will be completed by the time Congress meets, when the handsomest architectural structure in the city and the finest building built and used solely for the purposes of a library in the world can be seen to the best advantage. The parking will r be constructed to conform to the crtpitof grounds. There will be a coping around the building about two feet high, as is the case with the capitol grounds, and orna« mental walks will run through the park, ing. Shrubbery will be planted, togethex with a small number of trees, probably tropical varieties that will not grow to a very large size, and consequently will not hide the building.

Telegraphic Brevities.

An earthquake shock was felt at Maysville, Ky. Dr. Schnurdreher, of Prague, and two Italian guides, while ascending Mont Blanc, were killed by falling over a precipice. Daniel Ryan, a police patrolman stationed near Hell Gate. Rapids, New York, has made his thirty-fifth fescue of drowning persons. Dr. William Waddie, the oldest practicing physician in Ohio, died at Chillicothe. He had practiced medicine in that city for sixty years. Father Kelly, of Norwalk, Ohio, who was arrested at Omaha es a suspicious character, was discharged. He declares his arrest was an outrage and entirely wiUiout cause.

HOW TO BECOME GREAT.

SOME VARIED OPINIONS UPON A SUBJECT OF REAL INTEREST. Why Social, Political, Literary and Business Ambitions Enchain Men’s Attention—Diligence, Perseverance, and Genius May Be of Some Help, bnt It la Ingenious Advertising that Tells in the Long Kun—Many Instances that Prove This True. Every man who is worthy of that title desires public recognition. Socially he would be letter known and respected. If he assumes to ignore what is generallyknown as “society," he surely turns to some other kindred ambition. Politics may engross his attention, and, if he would rise in that line he must, by personal address, by party services, or by public speaking, win the confidence and good will not only of his own party, but of the wider public. If as a student he buries himself in a library, and works through lonely days and nights, still, it is only in the hope of leaving some work “so writ, as future ages shall not willingly let die.” Socially, politically, in art or literature, yes, even in commerce, the desire for a wider publicity is inspiring and ennobling. Ambition is a strong virtue until it steps beyond prudence or proper modesty. “By that sin fell the angels," and thousands of thoughtless mortals who try to rush in where the better angels fear to tread, destroy all hopes of public approval. Their rudeness ruins them socially. Their eagerness for office defeats their political aspirations. Their ambition for rapid recognition clouds their literary efforts. Their “penny dips” are blown out before they have set the river afire. In business little fools ape the actions of successful men until whole hordes are following Wanamaker's advertising or imitating the Rising Sun stove polish, or copying the plans of really successful houses. The publie measures them quickly—they are asses cio’thed in lions’ skins. The first rule of real success is to be original. Not strangely, queerly original —but that every act and utterance shall spring from an honest interior. It is not possible to achieve greatness by imitation. Ileal greatness often comes to men of humble birth and surroundings, whose hearts are true and firm, while in times which try the souls of men the feeble and vacillating ones are swept aside as by a plague. Arnold of Winkelried was a private soldier, but his brave act in burying a dozen spears in his own breast to make way for his fellow soldiers won him a deserved immortality. Bunyan’s simple but heart-told story surpasses in wide publicity any literary effort of the greatest of scholars. The simplest articles have built up the greatest trade successes. It was a farmer who was kindly trying to amuse his little children who invented the now famous “Pigs in Clover,” and it paid him better than a gold mine. But as an instance of solid success, built up by honest means, used to popularize a simple but original article, Sapolio gives us a capital illustration. It is a solid cake of scouring soap, but it is the best of its kind —its manufacturers have never altered or neglected its quality. It is an article naturally of moderate consumption, but it is used everywhere. Not in the United States only, where, from California to Maine, it is a household word, but in India, China, and Japan, in Australia and all the countries of South America, it marks the progress of civilization by its mere presence. Its traveling salesmen can claim in common with itself that they scour the world! The methods used in conducting its vast business rival in careful consideration the conduct of enterprises apparently more important, but the lecret of its success is that no honest method of obtaining and of retaining public attention is neglected. Look at the limple little cake of Sapolio, lying half used, perhaps, on the kitchen sink, and try to realize that the sun never sets on its sales. Consider that it cost you but a few cents, although its manufacturers spend hundreds of thousands in advertising it to the millions whom they wish to remind. It is like a fairy tale. Aladdin rubbed his lamp to no better purpose than the public does Sapolio, for, as a universal servant, its services are without measure, and its worth brings back golden returns to its owners.

How has such wide popularity been obtained? By original merit and patient perseverance. Probably the most interesting side of the story lies in the well-known advertising which has been used. We can reveal some of its methods. Its advertising department is presided over by a man who talks proverbs at breakfast,, dinner and supper, and twists them to fit Sapolio while the rest of the world sleeps. An artist is employed by the year, although countless sketches and ideas are contributed by outsiders. Poets—not mere rhymesters-—are paid to tell its merits in original verses, and the most novel schemes are made use of to attract attention. Two hundred and fifty thousand boxes of dominoes were sent out last year. Japan furnished twenty thousand feathered owls and fifty thousand puzzles, besides thousands of hand-painted panels. Domestic puzzles passed away long ago but not until millions of them had been used. Pamphlets are printed in vast numbers, and the famous Sapolio alphabet has nearly reached its tenth million. Five hundred dollars will rent a large farm, but it goes to pay for one half-page insertion in a daily paper. Yes, one thousand dollars has been paid for a single column in a weekly paper, but of course the circulation, like the consumption of Sapolio, was enormous. Bold methods they may' well be called when over two thousand dollars is paid for the rental of one sign on the most prominent building in America. As odd methods we may mention the employment of an “advertising orator” who made stump speeches in all the principal cities and the posting of signs reading “Keep off the Grass” on all the snow banks in New York after its great blizzard. But our readers know only too well how thoroughly it is advertised. Every city, town and railroad is decorated with its signs; the magazines publish its pictures ;°the street cars are enlivened by its proverbs; the newspapers continually remind the public of its merits. But even if it was not so prominent in its own behalf, the dozens of imitators who try to impose their wares on the public, as “just as good as Sapolio,” would prove to the world that it was the standard. Who can read the bright verses which tell us how to make this world brighter without the tribute of a smile? Who ean glance at their pictures without admitting that advertising is an art itself? We have not room for many, but feel that this article would be incomplete without some specimens of them.

Abou Ben Kelly. Abou Ben Kelly (may her tribe increase) Was much disturbed one night and had no peace; For there upon the wall within her room, Bright with the moonlight that dispelled the gloom, A man was scribbling with a wand of Now, Mrs. Kelly was a warrior bold, And to the presence in the room she said, “What writest thou?” The scribbler raised his head. And with a look that made Ben Kelly hot. Answered: “The name of that which leaves no spot.” “And what is that?” said Abou. “Not so fast,” Replied the scribbler. Kelly opened vast Her mouth angelic; then in whisper said, , “What is this marvel, quick? I must to bed.” The scribbler wrote and vanished. The next night He came again with much awakening light, And showed the names that nations long have blessed.

And to! Sapolio'* name led all the rest The Monogram U. 8. There is a little monogram . We see where'er we go; > It offers us protection Against a foreign foe. It stands for light and progress w In every foreign clime, And its glory and its greatness Are the themes of many a rhyme. But few have ever really known. And few would ever guess What our country means by marking All her chattels with U. S.; It may stand for United States, Or yet for Unele Sam; But there’s still another meaning To this simple monogram. We see it on our bonds and bills. And on our postal cards; It decorates our Capitol, Shadowed by Stripes and Stars. In all our barracks, posts and fort* “ plays a leading part, And the jolly sailor loves it And enshrines it in his heart. .^ ave y° u guessed the message Which these mystic letters bear? Or recognized the untold good They’re spreading everywhere? Echo the joyful tidings, ' And let the people know That the U. S. of our nation means »Ve —Use Sapolio. A Ballad of May. You must wake and call me early: ' Call me early, Bridget,- do, For to-morrow’s such a busy day I fear we’ll ne’er gbt through With the scrubbing and the cleaning. And the scouring up, you know, If it wasn’t for our tried old friend, Morgan’s SAPOLIO. “Needles and pins, needles and pins, M hen a man marriss his trouble begins.” But all of us know that it would not be so If he would provide her with S-A-P-O-L-I-O. Lament of the Emigrant. I’m sitting on the stile, Mary, Where we sat long ago. I’ve walked a many a mile, Mary, To find Sapolio. I mind me how you told, Mary, When we were side by side. Its match could not be bought for gold In all the world so wide. Qur home was bright and fair, Mary, xou kept it so for aye, And yet had time to spare, Mary; Would you were there to-day. You made the work but play, Mary; All women might do so, And all should know the charm you say Lies in Sapolio. But now I sit and weep, Mary, Nor fear to break your rest, For I laid you, darling, down to sleep, With your baby on your brenst The graves are not a few, Mary. Hard work brings many low; It was not so with you, Mary, You used Sapolio. Rebus. When lingers spring in winter’s lap, And thoughts of love are rife, To get my first, the trees they tap; “The sweetest thing in life.” When winter evening firesides cheer And music fills the soul, heigho; When mixed selections charm the ear, My second is in the folio. Like “sunshine in a shady place,” My whole each object heightening, Makes labor light, and work delight; It cleans “as quick as lightning.”

High Rates of Interest.

Many governments in good credit can borrow money at 3 per cent, or even less. When security cannot be given, or when credit is not good, the rate exacted of private borrowers is much higher. A case has been found in London where interest was paid on short loans at a rate which would amount to five"thousand two hundred per cent a year. A Mr. Moon, who has contributed an article on the subject to an English review, has made a personal investigation* of the matter among the pawnbrokers of Whitechapel, London. These men and women are regarded by the wretchedly poor people about them as philanthropists rather than usurers. An act of Parliament permits these pawnbrokers to collect on all loans of two shillings or less an interest of at least half-penny a month. This appears very reasonable to the poor people of Whitechapel; but many loans of sixpence are made, and as in the case of sixpence loans no time longer than a wA>k is ever given for payment, and as the half-penny is always collected the same as for a month, the rate on these little loans amounts to what would be equal to four hundred per cent, a year. But the way in which this sort of usury may be carried- very much fur-, ther is described in Mr. Moon’s narration. A pawnbroker-said to him: “There’s things here, sir, that don’t stay here not a day. Last winter a woman brought me In one evening a child’s pair of shoes, and I lent her a sixpence on them. “Next morning very early in she comes, sir, with a bed coverlet. It must have just come off the bed, for it was as warm as could be to the hands. I lent her sixpence on it, and with that sixpence and a half-penny That she brought with her, she took the child's shoes out of pawn and went away with them. “ ‘Now then,’ says she, 'un can go to school.’ “And in the evening back she comes again with the child’s shoes once more, and puts ’em up for sixpence, and gets the coverlet and pays her half-penny on that, and goes away with that to sleep under for the night. “And that she kept up, sir, day after day and night after night, until the mild weather came again, and a coverlet on a bed wasn’t no longer necessary.” This woman was really paying interest, therefore, at the rate of a hundred per cent, a week, or fifty-two hundred per cent, a year.

A Galloway Flail.

The Gallovidians of old had a remarkable war weapon known as the Galloway flail. It seems to have been Indigenous to this corner of Scotland, and in the traditions of the province it occupies a prominent place. The tide of battle has been turned on more than one occasion by the skillful manipulation of the Galloway flail. The handstaff was a tough ash sapling about five feet in length, and the soople, the part for striking the barn floor when threshing, wap made of iron, about four feet long, with three joints, equidistant from each other. No swordsmen could withstand an attack with the flail. One stroke would shiver the sword to pieces and leave the* unfortunate individual at the mercy of his opponent. Then the soople with its iron joints would encircle its victim and crash him just as a boa constrictor would.