Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1898 — Page 2

Sftegefflocrqtic&ntinel J. W. MoEWEN, PubUlher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

BOTH DUELISTS DEAD

tragedy at a Sunday school CONVENTION. ,flfwo Tennessee Young Men Vent Their Jealous? in Fatal Revolver Shots— Anniversary of President Sam's Election Celebrated in Hayti. Kill Each Other. In an informal duel at Almy, Tenn., Rube Phillips and Orusoe West shot and killed each other. They had been rivals for the affections of a young woman named Sarah Sampson for several months and threats of a violent nature had been made. The annual meeting of the Scott County Sunday school convention opened at that place. The presence of Miss Sampson attracted both men and at an adjournment each tried to accompany her to her boarding house. The old rivalry was revived ana both men began shooting, after notifying each other what to expect. While Miss Sampson was pleading for peace West opened fire on Phillips’ feet. The latter, who bad tried to avoid trouble, put his pistol over his shoulder and, without looking back, fired. West fell dead, shot through the head. Just be- . fore falling West shot Phillips twice through the back, inflicting wounds from which he died in half an hour. Jack West, an eye-witness to the fight, and Miss Sampson were each wounded. The murders did not cause unusual excitement, as two men had been killed near the same place in a similar manner within thirty days. EXPRESS CAR IS ROBBED. Alabama Great Southern Passenger Train Held Up by Five Men. The north-bound Alabama Great Southern passenger train was held up by a gang of bandits at Cuba, Miss., and the express car was robbed of all the money in the safe. Cuba is a small station in the woods. When the train stopped for water four or five masked men entered the express car and demanded the keys to the safe. The express messenger pluckily refused to give them up, whereupon the safe was rolled out of the door and dumped down the steep embankment. The train was pulled to the nearest station and officers were telegraphed for, who arrived on the scene a few hours later. The safe was found blown open, and the contents—s Boo—taken, but some valuable packages were left untouched. The bandits have not been captured. SINK WITH THEIR VESSEL. Twelve Men on British Steamer Benholm Drowned in Collision. The Norwegian steamer Klondike, from Antwerp, was docked at Liverpool with her bow bodly damaged. The captain of the Klondike reports that off Port Lynas, on the northern coast of Wales, his vessel was in collision with the British steamer Benholm, bound for Cardiff. The captain further says the Benholm was so badly damaged she soon foundered and twelve of her crew, including the master, went down with her. Nine of those on board the Benholm were rescued and taken to Liverpool on board the Klondike. Bt*nd!ng of ths Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs iu the National Base-ball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..17 4 Chicago 10 10 Cleveland ...16 BBrooklyn .... 9 9 Boston 14 9 Pittsburg ...11 11 New Y0rk...11 8 St. Louis 6 14 Baltimore ... 9 7 Louisville ... 6 19 Philadelphia.. 9 8 Washington.. 4 15 Following is the standing of the clnbs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. St. Paul 19 4 Milwaukee... 8 14 Indianapolis. 16 4 Minneapolis.. 7 14 Columbus ...11 8 Omaha 5 15 Kansas City. 11 9 Detroit 5 16 James J. Hill Aide a College. The $36,000 of indebtedness of Hamline University at St. Paul, Minn., has been lifted. The institution has been carrying a mortgage of this amount for some time. James J. Hill offered to give $20,000, toward paying the debt if the university, would raise the remainder. President Bridgeman raised the amount among St. Paul and Minneapolis business men.

Remenyi Falla Dead. Remenyi, the violinist, died on the stage at the Orpheum Vaudeville Theater, at San Francisco, Cal. Remenyi, in response to a second encore, had just drawn a few sweet notes from his violin, when he suddenly reeled and then pitched down and forward almost over the footlights. Within twenty minutes he was dead. New Train in a Collision. A St. Paul train, just out of the shops and on its way to Chicago, to run on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, was wrecked near Middletown, 0., in collision with a switch engine. The fireman on St. Paul engine was slightly injured and one car was badly damaged. Monnt .Etna Is Awakening* Many houses in the villages of Biancavilla and Bemposso, on the slopes of Mount Aetna, Sicily, were wrecked by an earthquake. The most violent shock was felt southward from Aetna for thirty miles. Electric Eight Works Destroyed. The plant of the Mitchell, S. D., electrio light company was destroyed by a fire originating in the engine room. Loss, $1,000; no insurance. Dies in a Woman's Arms. Lewis R. Clifton, a prominent citizen of Lucerne, Mo., clasped Miss Cora Miller about the waist and shot himself dead because she would not make up a quarrel. Miss Miller was afterward found standing in the center of the room holding Clifton’s dead body in her arms. Saw Mill and Lumber Destroyed. A terrible fire raged around the village of Rosseau, Minn,, and it took all the people there to save the village. The sawmill is in ruins, and thousands of feet «f lumber were burned. Live-Stock Growers Organize. The first annual convention of the Missouri Live Stock Growers’ Association met at St. Joseph and effected a permanent organization, electing officers as follows: H. Duncan, Osborn, Mo., president; C. E. Thornton, St. Joseph, secretary. Mrs. Burnett Is Divorced. Judge Hagner at Washington, D. C., signed a decree granting Frances Hodgson Burnett, the novelist, a divorce from Dr. Swan M. Burnett, a well-known oculist of that city. She is permitted to resume her maiden name of Hodgson. Hands Off in Corea. The St. Petersburg Gazette publishes the protocol signed at Tokio April 26, by which Russia and Japan pledge themselves to abstain from interference in the internal affairs of Corea. Ping Tobacco Trust. A big plug tobacco combine has been perfected in New York. The new company has a capital of $60,000,060, and absorbs the business of Lorillard & Co. and P. J. Sorg & Co. King's Assassins Executed. Dispatches received in London from Athens say Kerditza and Georgeus, the men who attempted to assassinate the King of Greece in thaUcity Feb. 26 last, kgve been executed.

HITS THE DISPENSARY LAW. Sooth Carolina's New Liquor Enactment Is Partly Overthrown. In the United States Supreme Court the South Carolina liquor law is the subject of a decision handed dovkn by Justice White. The State dispensary law haying been amended since the recent decisions holding it invalid, this decision deals wijth the new law. This law attempted to eliminate the feature of the old law discriminating against other States in the shipment of liquor to individuals for their own use io South Carolina, but while this inhibition was eliminated and the privilege restored in the new law, it was coupled with conditions of-inspection which it was claimed still amounted to discrimination. The court in this decision accepted this view of the case, holding that the inspection provision of the law was tantamount to a denial of the rights of interstate commerce, and therefore antagonistic to the constitution of the United States. EXPLOBION KILLS THREE. Workmen' Burned by Igniting Gas In in New Cleveland Water Tunnel. At Cleveland, 0., ten n»n were injured by an explosion of gas in the new water works tunnel under the lake. The diggers were 0,300 feet from shore. The explosion was caused by one of the men who struck a match to light his pipe. Instantly there was a blinding flash of flame and a terrific roar, filling the tunnel with smoke and bliuding the diggers. Three workmen were so badly injured that they died later, and six others were badly hurt. An alarm was at once sent to the power house on shore and a relief expedition was organized among other workmen for the rescue of their comrades. Blackened, blinded and stunned, the injured men were carefully transported to the shaft and thence conveyed by ambulances to hospitals.

WOOL WAREHOUSE BURNED. Fire at Ballardvaje, Mass , Causes a Loss of Half a Million. Fearing a bombardment of the port of Boston by the Spanish, a big wool concern recently leased the idle Ballardvale mills of the Craighead & Kuertz Company in Andover, thirty miles inland, and filled them with wool. Roofers were engaged in patching the roof when sparks from their stoves set fire to the roof and in four hours’ time the extensive plant was in ruins. Five car loads of wool on a switch track near the factory was also burned. The loss' on the buildings is $200,000, on wool stored $300,000 and on wool on the cars $50,000. The owners of the ivool were Dennis Brothers & Lovejoy of Boston. Insurance of $300,000 on the wool and SIOO,OOO on the buildings. EFFECT ON ORE PRICES. War Makes but Little Difference to Iron Miners, Chairman H. H. Porter of the Minnesota Iron Company returned to Chicago, after a trip of inspection. He said the only marked effect of the war on thfe ore market might be favorable, caused by a demand for armor for ironclads. Mr. Porter said the effect of the movement for lower ore carrying rates from the mines had been to cancel Duluth and iron range plans for $300,000 worth of improvements, and that other plans would be set aside. The effect of lower freights, he said, would inevitably be to cheapen the cost at the furnace by that much, and not benefit mine owners. HAVEMEYER’S SON A SUICIDE. Shoots Himself at His Home in Roslyn, L. I. Charles F. Havemeyer, son of the late Theodore Havemeyer, committed suicide at his home in Koslyn, L. I. He shot himself through the brain. Mr. Havemeyer was 35 years of age. He leaves a wife nnd two children. No motive for the suicidal act is known. Mr. Havemeyer had been to New York during the day and had seen several friends. Shortly before the shooting he had been playing with his boy, apparently in his usual good spirits. There had been nothing in his manner that would lead to a suspicion that his act was premeditated.

The Stronger Survives. Two 5-year-old children, Ariel Fri/e and Bertrand Davis, of Allston, near Boston, Mass., who disappeared several days ago, were found in a closet of an unoccupied house near their homes. The girl’s body was still warm, but life was extinct. The boy was able to give a rambling account of their adventure. His condition is critical, but he will probably recover. Since their disappearance relatives, friends of the family and the police have scoured the country for trace of the little ones, but without avail. An uncle of the little girl kept up the search. An unoccupied house within a stone’s throw of pretty little Ariel’s home attracted his attention. Raising an unlocked window on the ground floor, he entered. The stifled cry of a :hild struck his ear. He rushed to the •ellar, but the cries then seemed to come from the floor above. Finally he located the sound in the kitchen. A close examination revealed a panel in the wall of the cupboard. The panel was fastened by a snap clasp on the outside., The wood, however, was swollen and he could not open the door. In answer to his call he heard the boy say: “Come, Ariel, wake up, they have come for us.” Borrowing an ax from a neighbor and calling the boy’s father, he returned. The door w;as pried open and the little fellow staggered out into the light. The uncle pulled out the body of the girl. The little one’s face was bloody and bruised, as was her body, telling the story of an awful struggle for existence, in which the boy, being the * stronger, had conquered in the battle for a position next the slight crack under the door through which the only breath of air could reach them. All efforts to resuscitate the girl were without avail. Former Chicagoan in Trouble. Perry, O. T., society was shocked by the arrest of Captain J. A. Apperson of Denver, Colo. Apperson went to Perry ten days ago and was married to Miss Collie Fife, one of the most prominent women of Perry. Later a telegram was received from Denver ordering his arrest on a charge of bigamy. His wife in Chicago is going to prosecute him. Apperson was at one time a prominent railroad man in Chicago, in which city he has a son and daughter. Hurled Down a Shaft. Three men were killed, another fatally hurt and four others dangerously, injured at the mines of the Thackers Coal Company at Parkersburg, W. Va., by the breaking away of a car on which were ten men. The car broke away from the tipple at the mine shaft and landed with a crash at the foot of the shaft, 300 yards away. Confederate Decoration Day. Chattanooga, Tenn., observed Confederate Decoration Day. The graves of 0,000 Confederate dead were strewn with flowers in the presence of thousands of citizens. In the crowd were many United States army officers. They stood with uncovered heads during the exercises. Coal Breaker Barns. The Riverside breaker in Archborough, Pa., was destroyed by fire. It was operated by the Ontario and Western Railway Bompany. Several men were in the shaft, but they got out safely. The loss is estimated at $75,000 and the origin of the fire is unknown. Whipped by a Sheriff. Henry Bishop, a diminutive negro boy, arraigned in the police court at Norfolk, Va., charged with driving off with a milk wagon and stealing a sls pistol, a $9 overcoat, 40 cents in cash and four gallons of milk, was discharged with a thrashing. Canniff Is Chosen. Through William K. Vanderbilt’s personal selection William Henry Canniff, general manager of the Lake Shore road, has been appointed president of the “Nickel Plate” Railroad. Increase in Price of Bread. The operations of the speculators in wheat are now being felt by the poor people of- the country. Flour now cost* SB,

$8.50 and $8.75 a barrel, nearly double the price of two months ago. An Investigation shows that were it not for the foresight of the bakers, who bought wheat when its prices were far less, bread would be almostdf not entirely beyond the reach of the poor. As it is, the increase in the price of bread is a matter of concern for those who mast be careful of their pennies. The four-cent pound loaf, which was sold by bakers irf the tenement districts of New York City, now costs fixe cents, and weighs from one to two ounces less. Whole wheat bread has been advanced 00 per cent, which means that the former five-cent loaf is now eight cents. The wholesale bakers, who make probably four-fifths of the bread used in New York, have increased the weight of the five-cent loaf by two ounces, the eightcent loaf by three ounces, and the ten-cent loaf by four ounces. This .is, equal to an advance of about three-quarters of a cent a loaf. The farmers, who are now receiving for their wheat the best prices for ten or more years, are not inclined to deprecate the rise.

WESTERN LABOR UNION. New Organization la Formed at Sait Lake City, Utah. The Western Labor Union was bom in Salt Lake, Utah, when the report of the resolutions committee was adopted by the labor conference by an overwhelming majority. The union has for its object “the unification into one organization of all labor anions and assemblies west of the Mississippi river, others not included within this territory who desire to affiliate with the union, and to organize all the wage-earners within their lines wherever possible, to promote the interests of labor by unceasingly working for the establishment of the initiative and referendum in every department of the government.” Officers were elected as follows: President, D. McDonald, Butte, Mont.; secretary and treasurer, M. J. O’Donnell, Victor, Colo.; vice-president, B. Harbour, Salt Lake, Utah; second vice-president, M. MePhee, Colorado Springs.

DYNAMITE IN THE COAL. Discovery Made in Fuel Originally In* tended for the Government. While unloading a car of coal at one of the glass factories In S-ilem, N. J., the workmen discovered a large can of dynamite. It was at first supposed that it had been left in the coal by miners by a mistake, but those who are in a position to know say it is not the kind of material used in blasting at the mines. An investigation has developed the fact that the lot of coal from which this can was taken was purchased by the Government, but was not used at once, and the coal companies bought it back for use in filling rush orders. There is a strong suspicion that the placing of the dynamite in the coal was the work of Spanish spies at the mines. This is the second can of dynamite that has been discovered at the factory. _ Wellman Off for Norway. One of the passengers on the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which sailed the other day, was Walter Wellman of Chicago, the Arctic explorer, who will soon make another attempt to reach the north pole. Mr. Wellman expects to meet on June 15, at Tromsoe, Norway, the other members of the exploration party. These include Lieut. 13. B. Baldwin of the United States weather bureau, who was the meterologist of the last Peary expedition; Dr* Edward Hos man of Grand Haven, Mich.; Prof. James H. Gore of Columbian University, Washington, D. C., and Querof Harlan of the United States coast survey. Equipped with helpers, dogs, sledges, provisions, etc., the party will sail on June 20 on the ice steamboat Fridtjof. According to Mr. Wellman’s plans, a supply station will be established near Cape Flora, and the winter will be passed in huts between parallels 82 and 83. The 500-mile journey over the ice to the north pole will be begun about Feb. 10. The party hopes to be able to determine the fate of Andre and his balloon.

Big Chicago Elevator Burned. Nearly 6,000,000 feet of lumber, over a million bushels of grain and P. D. Armour’s mammoth Elevator D in Chicago were wiped out of existence by fire inside of an hour, while fifty fire engines and hundreds of firemen had all they could do to keep the flames from spreading to the whole Chicago lumber district. There were no accidents to life or limb. The total loss was estimated at $981,540, of which the insurance companies will have to bear at least three-fourths. Wheat Prospect in Oklahoma. In Oklahoma wheat is now heading and the stand is* perfect. Last season the wheat counties of the territory made from twenty-five to fifty bushels per acre. Wheat experts say the average yield per acre will be mhch better this year. The total crop for Oklahoma last year was over 20,000,000 bushels. Absconding Clerk Caught. Clark Braden, Jr., night clerk in the office of the American Express Company at New York City, who Jan. 6 absconded with an express package containing $5,000 in cash and five SI,OOO bonds of the Consumers’ Gas Company of Chicago, was arrested in Washington. To Build Warships for Russia. Chas. H. Cramp, the Philadelphia shipbuilder, has contracted to bnild two warships for the Czar of Russia. One will be a battleship of 12,500 tons and the other an armed cruiser of 6,000 tons. Both must be completed inside of thirty months. Lord Aberdeen to Qnit. It is officially announced in London that the Queen has accepted the resignation of the Earl of Aberdeen as governor general of Canada, to which office he was appointed in 1893. Minnesota Land Tax Decision. The Supreme Court of Minnesota has decided that the Anderson railroad land tax is valid.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.50 to $1.52; corn, No. 2,35 cto 36c; oats, No. 2,29 c to 31c; rye, No. 2,68 cto 69c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17e; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; potatoes, common to choice, 65c to 85c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, SB.OO to $4.50; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.24 to $1.26; corn, No. 2 white, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 35c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.20 to $1.22; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2,32 cto 33c; rye, No. 2,62 cto 64c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheats No. 2 red, $1.29 to $1.31; corn, 2 mixed, 37c to 39c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; rye, No. 2,69 cto 71c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs,‘ $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.23 to $1.25; corn, No. 2 yellow, 38c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; rye, 69c to 71c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.37 to $1.39; corn, Nb. 2 mixed, 37c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; rye, No. 2,65 cto 67c; clover seed, $3.00 to $3.10. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, $1.27 to $1.29; corn, No. 3,36 cto 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; rye, No. 1,68 cto 70c; barley, No. 2,50 cto 55c; pork, mess, $11.50 to $12.00. Buffalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.39 to $1.41; corn, No. 2 yellow, 41c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.50 to $1.51; corn, No. 2,42 cto 43c; oats, No. 2 white, 38c to 39c; butter, creamery, 14c to 17c; eggs, Western, 1Q« to lie.

"SHOOT ON DOWNWARD ROLL.”

This la Uncle Sam's Standing Order to the Navy of the United States. “Shoot on the downward roll.” That is the standing order in the navy of the United States. The American practice, both in the army and navy, has always been to shoot low, and always to save ammunition until it was possible to use it effectively. In the navy the tradition to shoot low has crystallized into a standing rule, unwritten indeed, but none the less religiously observed, and its wisdom has been proved on more than one occasion of great importance. The precise, form of this unwritten naval rule Is to “wait for the downward roll.” This is the converse of the maxim obtaining in the British navy that it is best to take advantage of the “upward roll,” which has been observed almost from the beginning of naval fighting by the gunners on English ships, and to which much of the power of England’s “wooden walls” to defend the island was attributed in the days when England, and not the United States, was at war with Spain. Necessarily the deck of a vessel at sea offers a much less satisfactory platform from which to shoot than the solid foundation provided in a land fort, since, even when the ocean is calmest, the vessel must constantly roll from side to" side. Theoretically, the best time to fire would be at the moment between rolls, when the deck of the ship is perfectly level, and in a general

MERITS OF SHOOTING ON “UPWARD” AND “DOWNWARD ROLL.”

way it may be said that an attempt is made to do the shooting at that instant. It is practically impossible, however, to fire invariably when the decks are horizontal. No matter how careful the gunner, the piece is almost always exploded just before or just after the proper instant. It was noted by the sea fighters in the revolution that projectiles from guns fired when the ship was heeling from the enemy in the upward roll were hurled higher in the air than was intended, and that well-aimed shots were thus often sent harmlessly overhead, or, at best, took offect only in the rigging instead of the hull of the enemy, where they would do most damage. On the other hand, it was observed that shots fired when the vessel was heeling toward the enemy on the downward roll, though frequently striking lower than was intended by the marksman, almost invariably took effect.

A Monkey’s Accomplishment.

No creature but man has ever made use of fire. An African traveler, indeed, has told a story of apes making a thieving raid on a camp of natives and carrying torches to light their way, but this story lacks proof and Is not accepted as true by zoologists. There Is, however, In the Philadelphia zoological garden a monkey who has learned to scratch matches perfectly well. This accomplishment he Is willing to exhibit on any occasion. He has learned to hold the match by its middle part, so that his fingers are not burned by being too near the flame, and so that the match will not break by being held too near the other end. This fact involves another—that he is aware which end has the sulphur and does not attempt to scratch the uneulphured end. He has furthermore learned that a rough surface is better

THE VOLUNTEER

BENEATH his country’s starry flag. Where thousands stood before, Prepared to fight till life shall flag And darkness gathers o’er. Garbed in his uniform of bine,. Ready to answer “Here!” A man and soldier through and through. He stands, the volunteer. ’Tls not the Joy of clashing arms That calls him to the fray, 4 ’Tls not the love of war’s alarms That bids him baste away; For him there’s pain and grief and woe. A wife—a mother’s tear, But lond his duty calls, and lo! He comes, the volunteer. O, mighty nation, prond and great,’ Of strength he is a tower! Behold him, warlike and elate. In this, your darkest hour. For you he lives, for you he’ll die. And sell his life blood dear, And glory’s gates will open on high To greet the volunteer.

to scratch the match on than a smooth one, and his care in looking for a. rough place is very diverting. But with all this intelligence the monkey has no notion of kindling another fire with the one that he has caused by the friction of the match. He simply lefts the match burn out, and if he lighits another does it for the pleasure of seeing it bum. This monkey’s keepers and itoe men of science who are experimenting with his intelligence hope to communicate to him eventually an idea of fire making and using, but from the moment they succeed in doing so—if they ever do succeed—it will be necessary to keep matches out of his reach.

THE VALUE OF PERSISTENCE.

How a Stranger Got and Kept a Good Job. “I’m lookin’ for a job. I’m a good feller and I’ll work cheap.” This is the language in which an honest and rather simple looking man approached the hend of a Chicago firm. “Sorry,” smiled the proprietor, “but we have nothing to offer just now. Call ’round again.” Jake, as he called himself, walked away a couple of blocks, and then faced about and returned to repeat his application. “I been here,” he said, “fur a job, and you told me to come again. I’m here.” The proprietor, being busy, did not recall the previous visit, and, after informing Jake that there was nothing

for him yet, asked him to come again. This time Jake made a round trip of about half a mile, and again dropped in, offering his services as twice before. “Persistent and looks honest,” said the proprietor to his bookkeeper. “Wonder what he could do?” “Might give him a chance to collect some of our impossible accounts,” laughed the bookkeeper. “He’s the kind of a man to keep pegging away, and even creditors can be worn out.” Jake was given some of the worst old accounts that could be hunted up and started out. By making forty or fifty calls on the same man on the same day, he began to make an impression, and the firm is now getting a good deal of money that had long since been charged to profit and loss.

Ancient Seales Discovered.

A pair of scales much like those of the modern pharmacists is among the multitude of objects discovered this year in excavations about thirty miles from Thebes and recently exhibited in London. The scales are finely finished, haying a beam about four and one-half inches long, with a ring at each end of the three cords, and the pans, about the size of an English penny, are slightly convex. “You say my daughter loves you?” questioned the old man.. “I’m sure of it,” replied the young man. "Well,-well,” returned the old man, looking the young man over critically, “there’s no aecountifig for tastes, is there?” And somehow, although the young man knew that he ought to be happy over the possession of the girl, he couldn’t help scowling and speculating on that remark of the old man’s.—Hartford Times. It requires as much time to get away from a persistent agent as it does to say good-by to an affectionate woman.

THE NEW STRONG MAN.

BANKS AND CURRENCY.

Of late the gold advocating press Is not saying that “the banks are safe* than the Government.” This may be owing to the fact that Just now the people are Inclined to be impatient with those who show a disposition to impugn the stability and honesty of this government. Again, the recent bjg bank failures in Philadelphia, followed within the last week by a genuine boom in bank wrecking in the East, may have cooled the ardor of the “sound money reformers.”' Lemuel T. Terry, of New Bedford, Mass.; Lewis Warner, of Northampton, t Mass.; and E. H. Myers, of Carthage, N. Y., have wrecked the banks with which they were connected and have stolen an aggregate of half a million dollars. These men were all “highly respected members of society,” and representatives of what President McKinley calls “our best citizenship.” Will the gold advocates again take up the unpatriotic,' false and stupid cry that the banks are safer than the Government? Possibly, for there is no other argument to advance in favor of handing the control of the currency over to the banks. To admit that the Government is safe and honest is to admit that there is no excuse for taking the power to issue currency away from the Government. But facts prove shat, in many instances, the banks are not safe and that bank officials are not honest, while the converse is absolutely true of the Government; hence the gold clique argument has no weight and will be thoroughly discounted by the people.

Awakening of the Giant. How is it that not a single paper in the United States that is advocating the cause of bimetallism finds any time to say a word in favor of an AngloAmerican compact? The answer is “dead easy.” There is not a single newspaper advocating Independent bimetallism in the United States that Is owned in England, either in whole or in part. There is not a single paper advocating the gold standard in the United States that Is not also advocating an Anglo-American alliance. There is not a single paper advocating an understanding with England that is not either wholly or in part owned in England. They do not represent the sentiment of the American people. Their present noise, however, will serve to awaken the American people from their slumbers. When they awake they will sentence to British fortresses, as it were, now established among us and teaching false doctrines. —National Democrat.

Nelson Dingley—His Bill. There Is a bright and beaming smile upon the usually rugged face of Mr. Nelson Dingley these days. He hears with delight the music of Dewey’s guns at Manila; the smell of powder smoke Is as incense unto his nostrils. He glories in the triumph of American arms and he is particularly enthusiastic over all propositions looking to the prosecution of hostilities. For every gun fired, every naval skirmish tends to distract attention from Mr. Dingley’s “bill to produce revenue.” As he justly remarks: “The expenses of war are of an extraordinary nature and must be met by extraordinary means of raising money.” It was no 111 wind that bore to the Hon. Nelson Dingley’s ears the clash of resounding arms. It was a zephyr freighted with balm to the troubled soul and carrying away disagreeable mutterings concerning a deficit of $10,000,000 per month. Grim visaged War Is a white-winged dove in the eyes of Hon. Nelson.

Business Interests and the War. When it is borne in mind that all the men likely to be engaged in the war with Spain will not amount to 1 per cent, of the active working male population of the country, and that all the money that will be expended is less than the capitalization of each of several railroad companies in the United States, the importance of the war, considered with respect to its effect on trade and industry, is insignificant. There is no good reason why business should not go on without serious interruption, and the reports of the trade reviews show that this is the view taken generally by merchants.—Kansas City Star.

The Gerrymander Nuisance. The Supreme Court of Illinois has very properly killed the infamous gerrymander enacted at the recent session of the Illinois Legislature. The decision goes to the very root of the question and prevents any further attempt at apportionment until after the next census. Every step that is taken towards putting apportionment beyond the reach of continued meddling is beneficial, and if the States would adopt the rational basis of county representation they would be rid of this perpetual nuisance altogether.—lndianapolis Sentinel.

Effect of War on Trade. There are many instances in the history of the world where war acted as a stimulus to trade; where it has corrected a stagnant condition of business and has operated as the needed spur to set things in motion. There is every cause to believe that this will be the influence of the conflict that is now upon us; that it will encourage the revival of forces which have been dormant, and that it will communicate to the whole commercial and industrial fabric the power for which the. people have been waiting.—Kansas City Star. Vast Power Given to One Man. No other Parliament in any other country of the world has ever given the executive a freer hand than Congress did when it voted unanimously and without a single restriction .that $50,000,000. There are those who talk of the attempt of Charles I. to overthrow the rights and liberties of England, but he never dreamed of asking the House of Commons to put under his control any such sum as that—Providence Journal. Quay Has Work on Hand. Senator Quay is making the most determined efforts to secure his own reelection to the United States Senate by forcing the election of his henchmen to the Legislature; he is also strenuously engaged in efforts to compel the election of his candidate to the office of Governor, and to accomplish the nomination of one of his local lieutenants for the office of Mayor of Philadelphia.—Philadelphia Ledger. Cost of the Extra Session. The people of the State can now figure up the cost of the extra session, and they will then be in a position to give an approximate guess as to how much republicanism is costing them. It comes very high, but at the late election it seems they were determined to have it. —Peoria Herald. One Lesson of the War. The fact that Hawaii would be a source of weakness instead of strength to us if we annexed it is one of the useful lessons of the Spanish war.—Baltimore Sun.

DANGEROUS POST IN BATTLE.

Men In “Fighting Tops*' Are in a Position of Extreme Peril. The men In the greatest danger during a naval engagement are those stationed in the military masts or “fighting tops” of the big ships. It is a position of extreme peril.'. The men stationed there play hide and seek with death during a battle. Exposed to the fife of the enemy with but little protection, the chances of their again reaching the deck below are extremely slim. There are slight barbettes behind which the men crouch while loading and firing their guns, but these are of but little practical use In warding off the fire of the enemy, and the smoke and heat of battle rising in the air make the situation even more disagreeable. Masts are not used on a modern battle ship to support sails,‘but as stations for fighting and to display signals. Fighters were stationed In the tops long before steam supplanted sails. It was a shot from the mizzentop of the Redoubtable that put an end to Nelson’s life in the moment of victory. Long before that they were used as a station for marksmen. The sailor nowadays doesn’t have to climb the mast It Is of steel, not wood, and of great diameter. Access to the fighting tops Is gained from the interior. In the same way ammunition is passed up to the men who are doing the fighting in the dangerous station. These masts vary greatly in construction, some ships indeed being without them, and on others they are mere signal poles. But on the big battle ships they are elaborate affairs. Some are equipped with an upper top for the electric light, a peculiarly shaped edifice below to enable three quick-firing guns to be discharged right ahead, and a species of conning tower below, from

BATTLESHIP’S MILITARY MAST.

which the captain can oversee the smoke clouds, and thus see to direct the movements on his ship In action. This conning tower is not always present, but all the battle ships have three or six pounder rapid fire guns, and electric light projectors, and one or two lighter machine guns in addition. These are supported by expert gunners, and in every battle they do effective work in clearing the guns, sweeping the decks and superstructures, and picking off the officers and leading men. It is hazardous work. There Is an overhead shield, but these and the barbettes give protection more hazardous than real. There is not much danger of the mast falling, for it would take a well-directed shot with a big projectile to bring It down. But if It did fall there would be a great crash and the damage would be great. It would be rough on the men In the tops, who would come tumbling down to certain death. Yet even If the masts do not come down, the men are in a dangerous position, being living targets for shot and shell. The thin plating affords protection against a rifle bullet, but anything larger would pierce it and end the lives of the men behind the barbette.

Like Mother, Like Son.

One of the most remarkable among the feats of the postoffice In finding people—and such feats are many—is recorded by a New York paper. AJetter was received at the postoffice ln'that city addressed simply: “To my mother, New York, America.” The letter come from Ireland, but as there are In New York several women who have sons in Ireland, the postoffice people despaired of finding the right one. However, the letter was turned over to the deciphering department. Now It so happened that on the very day of its receipt there an Irish woman came to the general window and said: .“Have ye a letter from me b’y?” The fact that a woman with the cast of mind required for such an inquiry should come at that time, struck the clerk, who had heard of a letter for a woman whose name was not given, as something more than a coincidence. It was quite possible that such a woman might be the mother of such a son. So he took the letter, observed the postmark, and asked the woman where her “b’y" lived. She gave the name of the place with which the letter was stamped. Some other questions were asked and the answers noted down. Then the clerk gave the woman the letter, on the condition that she should open it on the spot and return it if it were not for her. She opened it, and lo! its contents proved conclusively that it was really from her son in Ireland.

Wool from Persia.

Permian wool is going to Russia, France and the United States. Our import qf that commodity is made via Marseilles. A small portion only of that clipped from the millions of sheep in the country Is used there, and that goes for manufacture of carpets. The chief centers of carpet manufactories are Suntanabad, Korassan, Chiraz and Kurdistan, one house in Suntanabad employing more than 10,000 workmen.,

He Expected It.

“Oh, why do you love me, Mabel, dear?” he cried. “Because,” she answered, and he, of course, was satisfied.

CONGRESS

Fonr war measures were passed by th« Senate on Tuesday. One of them provided for carrying on the additional work in the adjutant general’s office; the second authorized the enlistment of a volunteer signal corps, two-thirds of the members of which must be expert electricians or telegraphers; the third was the so-call. ed “immune bill,” passed by the House of Representatives, and the fourth was a measure suspending existing law so additional hospital stewards can be appointed. The postoffice appropriation bill, carrying appropriations Which aggregate more than $99,000,000, was passed, after a debate which lasted several days. The resolution submitting to the Legislatures of the various States an amendment to the constitution of the United States changing the date of the beginning of the terms of the President, Vice-President and members of Congress from March 4 to May 4 was adopted. The House, in session less than an hour, passed a bill appointing three commissioners to propose necessary revision of the statutes relating to patents, trade and other marks ami trade and commercial names. The House, by 184 to 11, on Wednesday passed a resolution for the election of Senators by popular vote, and refused, 48 to 90, to consider the Senate bill restricting immigration. Mr. Loud called up the postofflee appropriation bill ns passed by the Senate and upon his motion the House refused to concur to the Senate amendments and asked a conference. The House then went into committee of the whole to consider the Senate bill amending the revenue law providing for the disposal of abandoned imports turned over by importers to the customs officials. The bill was passed. The Senate spent the afternoon in discussion of the so-called railway arbitration bill. A House joint resolution declaring the lands within the former Mille Lac Indian reservation in Minnesota to be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States was agreed to. After a prolonged discussion the Senate on Thursday evening passed the bill “concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce, and their employes”—popularly known as the railway arbitration bill. The most important amendment to the measure was that offered by Mr. Hoar (Mass.), which provides that courts shall issue no injunction ngainst railway employes which shall compel them to give their personal service to a company, against their will. On the final vote only threer Senators were recorded against the bill. A bill was passed removing all disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment to the constitution on persons who were at one time engaged in rebellion against the United States. The debate on the war revenue measure was begun in the Senate on Monday. In the House the conference report upon the bill authorizing the sending of food and arms to Cubans was adopted. A bill was passed providing for an increase in the force of the adjutant general’s office. The House joint resolution appointing William J. Sewell of New Jersey, Martin T. McMahon of New York, John L. Mitchell of "Wisconsin and William H. Bonsall of California members of the board of managers of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers wns f called up and passed. The President’s veto of a bill conferring upon the court of claims jurisdiction to retry the case of the representatives of Isaac P. Tice against the United States, brought in 1873 to recover $25,000, the alleged value of certain meters to measure the quality and strength of distilled spirits, was sustained. The Senate bill to establish an assay office at Seattle, Wash., was passed. The House also passed, with amendments, the House bill to ratify an agreement entered into in 1892 between United States Commissioners and the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians to open for settlement the reservation of these Indians in Oklahoma.

Got No Results.

Old ladies from the East who come visiting in Montana, says an exchange, do not understand the complicated methods .of getting ore transformed from mountains to silver spoons, or something like that, for here is what one of them said: • “And that is silver ore, is it?” said the old lady, as she examined a curiouslooking bit of mineral. “Yes,” said her husband. “And how do they get the silver out?” “They smelt it.” “Well, that’s queer,” she said, appdyfaig her nose to the ore. “I smelt it, too, but I didn’t get any silver.”

Animal Pests in New South Wales.

New South Wales has a choice lot of noxious animal pests for whose destruction the colony paid out SIBO,OOO in bounties last year. Among them are bandicoots, pademelons, wombats, wallabies, kangaroos, emus, native dogs, flying foxes, kangaroo rats, crows and hares.

The Only Monarch Wounded in War.

Humbert 1., King of Italy, Is the only European monarch of the present time who has been wounded in warfare. The occasion was the battle of Custozza, which, for the Italians, ended so disastrously. The Austrians, under Archduke Albert, were victorious.

The World’s Libraries.

A Frenchman estimates that there are In the world about 10,000 libraries worthy of the name.

Odds and Ends.

Dyed furs should never be brushed by Inexperienced hands. Mushrooms are native to all temperate countries in short grass. Natural Kamchatka, or sea otters, have been sold for SI,OOO a skin. In Japan coins are generally of Iron, and in Slam they are chiefly of porcelain. A French paper says that only one academician, Jules Lemaltre, rides 8 wheel. “fi. The only windows in Corean houses are pieces of glass about the size of a nickel. More than a third of the French crown jewels have been bought by Americans. Most American growers agree that level culture of potatoes brings the largest crops. Fire and sword are but slow engines of destruction in comparison with the babbler.—Steele. If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are estimable. —Bruyere. Several Berlin hospital physicians have pronounced pure alcohol the best disinfectant for the hands. Potatoes are native to Peru, and tht Spaniards discovered them. From Spain they passed into Italy and Belgium. M. Deibler, the French executioner, 'celebrated his seventieth birthday recently by guillotining a murderer at Bastia. A Southern husking bee. with slaves, slave drivers and ::'l. is to be one of the exhibits of tlx r's exposition ia 1800.