Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1898 — Page 2

Bt)tl>emocrotit Sentinel J. vr. MoEWEW, Publisher. —— ' RENSSELAER. • • - INDIANA

SULTAN WILL NOT PAY

REFUSES TO GIVE DAMAGES FOR ARMENIAN MASSACRES. Porte Bay* Turkey Is Npt Responsible for American Losses Young; Man Piles Ties on a Railway and Then Stops a Train. BOGUS HERO CONFBBEB. Piled Ties on a Railroad Track and Then Flagged a Train. A young man giving the name of Alexander Mummel of Shelby County, Illinois, flagged train No. 2 of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, near Monroe, Ohio, the other evening, and when the train stopped a lot of ties were found piled on the track. General Superintendent Itawn and Division Superintendent Brimson were on the train, but they took no stock in Mummel’s story of finding the obstruction accidentally, so he was taken to Chillicothe and turned over to Marshal Stanley, who succeeded in getting a confession from Mummel that he had placed the ties where found for thtu purpose of getting money from the comimny and passengers. Turkey Makes a Disclaimer. At Constantinople, the porte replied to the American demand for compensation for losses sustained by American subjects during the Armenian massacres. The reply is the same as that given to other powers, repudiating all responsibility for the losses. In the course of the farewell audience of Dr. James B_. Angell, the retiring American minister to Turkey, the Sultan referred to the war between the United States and Spain. He said he was much impressed with the naval operations, and the terrible execution of American guns and hud ordered the purchase of similar guns for Turkey. Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs In the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..05 32Pittsburg ... .50 43 Boston 58 35Philadelphia. 43 49 Cleveland ...58 35Brooklyn ....36 57 Baltimore .. .52 38 Louisville ...36 61 New Y0rk...52 42Washington. 32 58 Chicugo 54 44 St. Louis 28 69 Following is the standing of the clubs In the Western League: W. L. W. L. Kansas City. 62 36Columbus ...48 43 Indianapolis. 57 36 Detroit 33 55 St. Paul 56 40St. Joseph... .33 58 Milwaukee ..57 43 Minneapolis. 31 68 Railway Wreck in Massachusetts. Three men were killed and a nupiber of mail clerks were severely injured on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad at Canton Junction, Mass., by an express mail special from New York to Boston jumping the tracks. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch. The special was running at high speed on a down grade. At the bottom of the slope the switch at a siding failed to work and in an instant the cars were off the track. The engine and forward car were turned over on their sides, and the other three cars were thrown from their trucks. Two Killed, Many Injured. An accident which caused the death of two persons and seriously mangled and maimed seven others occurred twelve miles west of Cass Lake, Minn. A construction train with 100 bridgemen and laborers engaged in the extension line of the Great Northern Railway to Fosstoft struck an obstruction on the tracks. Four flat cars with their loads of human freight were derailed. Looking for a Boom, The London Statist predicts a great wave of American prosperity after the war and active European business in American securities. “Cuba,” it says, “will give employment to a vast amount of capital, and the stimulus to industry there will react upon the United States. The investments in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines will particularly benefit railways.” Anarchist Plot in Spain. El Epoea of Madrid states that the police are investigating an anarchist plot against the life of a high political personage which was to have been carried out upon the occasion of the anniversary of the assassination of Caiiovas del Castillo. Fire in a Packing Plant. The plant of the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company at St. Louis, Mo., was damaged by fire. The cattle sheds, hidehouse, sausage room, pork cooler and fertilizer buildftg were destroyed, the total damage being $50,000. Lake Steamer Disabled. The passenger steamer Manitou of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Line was disabled by the breaking of the engine while abreast of Manistee, Mich. The disabled boat was picked up by the steamer Alcona and towed to Chicago.

Aged Man’s f ilicide. At Dayton, Ohio, Coroner'. Hatcher haa found that John Schoen, aged 73, who shot himself four times with a revolver, did bo with suicidal intent. He grieved about his departed wife, and suffered with rheumatism. Messina Is Severely Shaken. There was a severe earthquake shock at Messina, Island of Sicily. The inhabitants were panic-stricken, but there was no damage done. , George M. Ebers Bead. A dispatch from the Villa Ebers, at Tatzing, Bavaria, announces the death of Georg Moritz Ebers, the Egyptologist and novelist. Catholic Inslitntion Destroyed. Fire broke out in the chapel of the Niagara university, a Catholic institution near Niagara Falls, N. Y. The chapel was almost entirely destroyed. The loss is estimated at $70,000. The fire is attributed to an incendiary. Bismarck, N. D., Destroyed. The best portion of the city of Bismarck, N. D., was consumed by fire, utterly destroying hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollar^ 1 worth of property. Mr. Cnrzon Accepts. George N. Curzon, the parliamentary secretary for the foreign office in London, has accepted the office of viceroy of India, in succession to the Earl of Elgin. Mr. Curzon married Miss Mary Leiter, the daughter of L. Z. Leiter of Chicago. He was formerly parliamentary under secretary for India. Better Trade with France. At Paris, Le Temps says the United States has notified the French minister of foreign affairs, M. Delcasse, that she desires to enlarge the reciprocity treaty by including new products. France, the paper adds, has accepted the suggestion, and the negotiations on the subject will be opened. Hurricane on Gulf Coast. A hurricane of unusual severity swept the gulf coast of Florida. The storm had all the characteristics of a genuine West Indian cyclone. It was first reported at Tampa, where it grazed the coast, but caused sufficient wind to detain steamers in port. ~ Two Convicts Arrested. Sam Smith and Tom Winn, both of whom escaped from the Kansas penitentiary two months ago, were arrested at .Nowata, I. T., charged with the hold-up of the St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train at Andover two weeks ago.

ODD FELLOWS IN TRAIN WRECK. Several Badly Hart, bat No Fatalities Are Reported. A serious accident happened to the big Odd Fellows’ picnic train composed of twelve sections on its retnrn trip from Idlewild to Pittsbnrg. No one was killed, and while quite a number were badly shaken up and bruised only seven needed medical attention. One woman, Mrs. McClelland of New Florence, Pa., is seriously hurt and may die. Miss Lad&ir of Apollo was badly injured, but will recover. The accident occurred at Blairsville intersection, where the West Penn section, consisting of sixteen coaches, was backed into a blind switch, knocking away the bumper and throwing the last car, which was crowded with excursionists, over an embankment. The passengers were thrown violently from their seats into a confused heap and pandemonium prevailed. The cries for help were quickly responded to by hundreds of willing rescuers, and all were soon taken from the wreck and cared for. GOLD-SEEKER KILLED. F. C. Fleming Falls 200 Feet to Dnnth in a Glacier Crevasse. Frank C. Fleming of Chicago is the last Easterner to lose bis life on the treacherous Valdez glacier in Alaska. While working his way back to Valdez across the Ice mountain he fell Into a crevasse and dropped to the bottom, a distance of over 200 feet. The body was recovered and taken to Valdez, where it was buried. Young Fleming and his father had worked their way across the glacier in the hope of finding gold in the Copper river country. They got discouraged with the trip upon reaching Copper river and turned back. They came to one of the numerous crevasses and were looking for a place to cross. The father advised the young man to be careful, but he insisted on going up to the edge of the crevasse. His feet slipped and he disappeared. With a great deal of difficulty and danger a volunteer was lowered with ropes and found the body, crushed and mangled. DISTILLERS’ TRUST FORMED. Organization of One of the Strongest Combines Ever Effected. The United States Spirits Association was permanently organized at Cincinnati, Ohio, by the election of the following seven members of the executive committee: Chairman, W. N. Hobart, Cincinnati; secretary, J. Walter Frey berg, Cincinnati; treasurer, F. T. Corning, Peoria, Ill.; P. J. Hennessy, Chicago; Samuel Woolner, New York; Frank Curtiss, New York; Charles A. Webb, New York. The plan comprehends control of the entire output of all distilleries in the country. These will not deal directly with the trade, and only with such distributors as are in the combine. The distributors are to buy from none other than those in the combine. These regulations were made strong in anticipation of new concerns. All existing ones are included in this, the strongest combine yet organized.

KILLS WIFE, BABES AND SELF. Jealoua Andrew Wasgo Shoota to Death His Whole Family. A volley of bullets from two revolvers in the hands of a jealous husband wiped out an entire family in the little mining town of Cleelum, Wash. Andrew Wasgo quarreled with is wife early the other morning over a young man she had flirted with at a dance. He succeeded in killing his wife after a desperate struggle, in which three sh*ts from his revolver passed through her body. He then directed his weapon at his two little girls, who lay screaming in their bed. He shot each of them twice and both are dead. As an end to the tragedy he turned the revolvers to his own head and two heavy bullets crashed through his brain. Talk of Hostile Demonstration. On the Panama liner Advance, which has reached New York, was Commodore Carlos Ferryros of the Peruvian navy, who is en route to Paris for the purpose, it is said, of purchasing warships for the Peruvian navy. Rumors had been current in Panama prior to July 21, those on the Advance said, when Commodore Ferryos arrived there on the steanaer Santiago from Callao, concerning a strong agitation throughout Peru against the United States, owing to differences between the two countries existing since 1885. There was therefore some significance in the utterances of President Pierola at the opening of the Peruvian congress at Lima. During his address President Pierola said that the national life of Peru was calm and prosperous, and that the foreign erlations of the Government were friendly, with the solitary exception of an issue raised between Peru and the United States, dating from 1885. During the height of the anti-United States feeling in Peru there was considerable talk about North America being unable to protect its Pacific coast line on account of the Spanish war, and that a Peruvian demonstration thereabouts might compel the United States to modify her demands. It was also hinted that secret agents had been sent to Europe for the purchase of .war vessels and that an important move might be made at an early day. These rumors were partially confirmed by Commodore Ferryros’ admission that he was on his way to Paris and that the object of his mission was to purchase warships for the Peruvian Government. No little excitement was caused in Central America when the information that Peru was taking steps to strengthen her navy became known.

Mayor Rescues Three Women, Greater New York’s Mayor, Robert A. Van Wyck, forgot his dignified position as executive of that municipality the other day and became a simple, energetic hero. Three young girls were drowning in the canal in front of the Woodcliff inn at Freeport, L. 1., where the Mayor was Bpending his vacation. They would certainly have lost their lives had not his honor, who was lounging easily on the piazza of the inn, vaulted over the rails, sprinted to the canal and jumped in with all his clothes oh, except his hat, which he discarded while on the run. The young women who owe their lives to the courage and presence of mind of Mr. Van Wyck are Miss Jennie Lownes, daughter of Rev. Arthur Lowdnes, assistant rector of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church of Fifth avenue and Fifty-third street; Miss Clara Pritz of Cincinnati and Miss Elsie Heinsheimer of the same place. Railroad Taxes Are Increased. The State Board of Equalization in North Dakota has raised the valuation of all railroad property in the State from $8,000,000 to $12,000,000, fixing the average value of roads at $5,000 a mile. The increased tax to be paid by the roads will be about $125,000. Jumped to His Death. George Tod, a wealthy resident of New York, committed suicide by Jumping from a tenth-story window in the Hotel Majestic. Mr. Tod had been a sufferer from melancholia for some time past. He was a brother of J. Kennedy Tod of that city. Teacher Kills a Negro. At Anadarka, Okla., a negro named Barrett was killed while trying to enter the room of Miss Phoebe Stokes, a school teacher at that place. Miss Stokes heard him opening a window and fired six shots into his body, killing him instantly. Many Woolen Mills Shut Down. At North Vassalboro, Me., the woolen mills owned by Samuel Williams of Boston and Thomas Sampson of Winslow have shut down for an unknown period, owing to poor markets. About 600 hands are thrown out of employment. Spanish Village Wrecked. The village of Mediana, Spain, has been wrecked by a cyclone which killed many persons. Several houses at Hornillos have been ingulfed by the floods and a number of people have perished. Indian Mints to Reopen to Silver. A special to the Denver Times from Washington says: “Information has been received here from London through private channels ,to the effect that the Indian mints are to be reopened to free coinage, and the assertion is made that this will

occur at an unexpectedly early date. The report of the Indian commission is to be published before Sept. 1, and this is expected to throw some light upon the details of. the matter. The announcement ’that the important step of reopening the mints will take place comes from a source which is usually reliable. There is a strong effort to have the ratio changed from 16 to 1 to 22 to 1, and it is asserted that a willingness to assent to this change has been evinced by both the United States and France. The establishment of a ratio of 22 to 1 would have the effect of increasing the present price of silver, but it would, on the other hand, probably prevent forever the restoration of the ratio of 16 to 1. There is some disposition to doubt the accuracy of the information, bnt this doubt appears to arise largely from the fact that it is unexpected.”

WAR ON A WOMAN. Kansas Men Complain of a Bright Female Teacher. The young men of Kearney County, Kan., have waged war on Miss Tillie Davies, the county superintendent of schools, because in addition to her salary she is trying to make some money on the side by teaching. Miss Davies lives with her parents on a farm in a school district practically depopulated. Miss Davies, her father and mother compose the school voting population and they regularly meet in accordance with law and elect themselves as the three members of the school board. Then the board elects Miss Davies as the teacher of the school and votes a nine months’ term at S4O a month on the non-resident taxpayers of the district. Miss Davies’ school consists ol two pupils. The complaiut filed by the men of Kearney County with the Attorney General is based upon the proposition that the young woman cannot draw two salaries from the State at the same time.

TOO BASHFUL TO MARRY. Girl Who Caused Her Lover’a Suicide Cuts Her Own Throat. At Columbus, Mo., Cora Havens cut her throat with a butcher knife at the home of her father, a farmer, and the attending physicians say that she cannot live. She is the young girl who, because of her extreme bashfulness, several times refused to marry C. L. Fait, a young farmer living near her home. On their wedding day, July 5, she flatly refused to allow the ceremony to proceed after the guests were present, and Fait went home and killed himself by swallowing morphine. Trains Collide on a Bridge. West-bound way passenger train No. 59, leaving New Haven at 3 p. m. and due in South Norwalk, Conn., at 4:07 o’clock, collided head-on the other afternoon with a switching freight train from the Danbury division on the Washington street bridge. Isaac Davis, a freight brakeman, was killed and the engineers and firemen on both trains were more or less injured, but the passengers suffered only a severe jolting. Electrical Workers on Strike. About 400 linemen belonging to the Electrical Workers’ Union went on a strike at St. Louis for an advance iD wages from $2.50 for ten hours’ work tc $3 for the same time. Their demands had been presented and refused. The men were employed by the Missouri-Edison and Laclede Light and Power companies and the Bell and Kinloch Telephone companies. Chemist Under Bonds. The first arrest in connection with the Jernegan case was made at Lubec, Me., when William Arrington, the chemist ol the Electrolytic Mining Salts Company, was taken into custody, charged with being implicated in the fraud. He was arraigned before a trial justice and held in $25,000 for his appearance in the Supreme Court in October. Wire and Nail Men Strike. A strike was formally declared by the Federated Wire Trades at the works ol the H. P. Nail Company and the American Wire Company in Clevtdand, Ohio, both of which are now under control ol the recently formed wire and nail trust. The strike will throw about 2,100 out ol employment. Zola Wins a Libel Suit. The libel action of Emile Zola against the Paris Petit Journal has resulted in a fine of 2,000 francs upon M. Judet, the editor, and of 500 francs each upon hit two assistants. The three were mulcted in 5,000 francs each as damages. Fire Destroys a Whole Town. The town of Centre Ridge, a place ol about 500 population, in Conway County, Ark., has been entirely destroyed by fire, Only two dwellings were saved. The fire Is thought to have been the work ol inoendiaries. World’s Bicycle Record Broken. At Boston, Mass., McDuffee defeated Taylore by two-thirds of a lap in twenty miles. Time, 34:56. McDuffee breaks all world’s records for the twentieth mile by twenty-two and one-fifth seconds. Inquiring Into Durrant's Life. It has been learned at San Francisco that the national bureau of education is making an exhaustive inquiry into the life of Theodore Durrant, under the direction of specialists in criminology. Italy May Build Six Cruisers. The Rome correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle says it is reported there that the Italian Government intends to propose the construction of six armored cruisers. Canadian Sealers Paid. The department of marine at Ottawa, Ont., received from Washington a check for $475,000, which is the amount of the award to the Canadian sealers in the Bering Sea. California Grape Crop. Serious injury has been done to the California grape crop by the intense heat. In the interior of the State the thermometer has registered from 100 to 112.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2,33 cto 34c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 47c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 45c to 60c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 33c to 35cJ oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2,23 cto 24c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 46c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c ;\oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 26c; rye, No. 2,41 cto 43c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; rye, 44c to 46c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,44 c to 46c; clover seed, $3.15 to $3.25. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 81c to 83c; corn, No. 3,33 cto 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 46c; barley, No. 2,43 cto 45c; pork, mess, $8.75 to $9.25. Buffalo —Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.25; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $6.00. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; rfheop, $3,00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 79c; corn, No. 2,39 cto 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 83c; butter, creamery, 15c to 20c; eggs, Western, 14c to 15c.

FIRING THE ANNEXATION SALUTE AT HONOLULU.

OUR NEW POSSESSION.

Facts About the Hawaiian Islands, Over Which Onr Flag Now Floats. Hawaii is of small area, being less than that of a single Congressional district. But nineteen nations keep representatives at Honolulu to watch their interests in the islands. The only reason for this is that the islands hold the key of the Pacific Ocean, the largest body of water on the globe, and control the defenses of the western coast of the United States. For several years the people of Hawaii have been living under the influence of American civilization, speaking and studying our language, recognizing the stars and stripes as familiarly as their own flag, copying the laws of the

A GLIMPSE OF HAWAII.

United States and calling to the assistance of their rulers men of American birth or ancestry. Even among their holidays there are those of the Fourfh of July, Memorial Day and Washington’s! birthday. The group has been under the virtual protectorate of the United States for two generations. The influences which have developed its commerce and made it a civlized region have all emanated from this country. The essential public Interest attaching to Hawaii grows out of its central position In the commerce of the Pacific Ocean. Honolulu is in the track of all steamers sailing to Australasia from San Francisco or Puget Sound. Even more precisely is Honolulu in the direct

ROYAL PALACE AND GROUNDS, HONOLULU.

route of one part of that enormous traffic from Atlantic to Pacific ports which awaits the cutting of the Nicaragua ship canal to flow in a steady tide through the isthmus. All the trade with China and Japan from American ports on the Atlantic must take the Nicaragua route. It is this large movement of ocean commerce impending in the immediate future which lends the most serious importance to the political relations of the Hawaiian islands, ifvery ship from the Atlantic crossing the Pacific to Asia will naturally sight the Hawaiian islands, and every steamer will be likely to replenish her coal bunkers at Honolulu. This fact will render the political condition and international relations of Hatvaii of importance. Honolulu is a convenient port of call for steamers on the route between California and China. This tendency will increase with the coming growth of Honolulu as a general calling and coaling station. It is also a natural port of call and supply for ships to China from Callao and Valparaiso. Honolulu is thus the great crossroads of the Pacific commerce. More than this, Honolulu is the only crossi’oads of the north Pacific. This port is wholly alone in its commanding position. • It has absolutely no competitor. From the Marquesas to the Aleutians Hawaii is the only land in that tremendous ocean expanse west of America where a ship can call within a space of 4,500 miles from San Francesco, and 6,200 miles from Nicaragua. By the geographical necessity of the case everything centers at Honolulu not merely as the most convenient port of call, but as the only one. Honolulu will have to provide for the accommodation of from twenty to thirty latge steamers per month, together with that of the colliers supplying them. This will be a formidable increase of business and must materially affect the commercial, and with them the political, relations of Hawaii. The favorable position of Honolulu will be materially enhanced by the ab solute necessity of using those Islands as the intersecting point for telegraphic cables across the Pacific. It is obvious that all cables between Australia and the North American Pacific coast must make Honolulu their first station.

Eight of the islands in the group are inhabited occupying a line of about 350 miles, beginning at Hawaii and running west northwest to Kauai and Niihau. They receive a cool ocean current from the northeast, with trade winds from east northeast, that temper the climate with a cool breeze but lightly charged with moisture. The population is composed of pure Hawaiian, mixed, foreigners of Hawaiian birth, Americans, British, Germans, Scandinavians, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and others. The total commerce between Hawaii and the United States in 1891 amounted to $19,002,809. Of this sum the Imports into the United States were valued at $13,895,597, while the exports to Hawaii amounted to only $5,107,212.

The census of 1890 shows that the exports of Hawaii “are now and have been for some years past larger in proportion of its population than those of any other country in the world, Australia standing next on the list. In the last ten years we have, with an average population of not more than 8,000, exported produce worth, in round numbers, $90,000,000, or an average of nearly $125 per annum for every man, woman and child in the country.”—Detroit Free Press.

Silent Nuns.

There are several communities of silent monks, as, for Instance, the Trappists, but these are not at all surprising in comparison with a community of silent women, such as are to be found In the convent near Biarritz. These silencieuses, or silent sisters, never speak except to their mother superior, and then only upon necessary business. When they are at meals a book is read, and every Friday they eat tlielr dinners kneeling. If one of the sisters lose her father or mother, she is not told of the loss. The mother superior simply assembles the community and says, “The father or mother of one of you is dead.” In this way the silent women cease to have Individual Interest in anything, or anything to talk about. Seven hours is spent in prayer, and the rest of the day in cultivating gardens and doing different kinds of laborious work. They wear white flannel clothes with a cross of black on their backs when at work on week days. On Sundays and festivals they wear black.—Tid-Blts.

The Mother Was Not Deceived.

He was a tired looking young man as he leaned up against a shade tree on Miami avenue, and the patrolman who came along and halted to look him over finally queried: “Well, what are you doing here?” “More or less t-tight,” was the answer. “What’s that paper you have In your hand?”

“You can have it.” “Bank check, eh?” said the officer as he scanned it under the light. “Have you been trying to work a confidence game?” “Oh, no,” replied the young man as he yawned sleepily. “That was a little racket on my own account.” “How do you mean?” “Why, I’m going with a girl who loves me for myself alone, but her mother looks at the cash side of the question.” “And you filled out this check to deceive her?” “That’s what I did. I showed her that I had $3,000 In the bank, but what did she do but post right down there and find out that I didn’t have a hair pin on deposit.” “And what?” “Why, that’s how I came to get tight. She showed me the door and I knew from the way she closed It behind me that the syndicate was busted, and so I went to ruin at the nearest saloon!” Detroit Free Press.

SALVATION ARMY RECRUITS

South. African Notables Converted by Lassies in Poke Bonnets. The Salvation Army has recruits in South Africa. The chief Kafmar, whose tribe was a terror to travelers and explorers, has been converted by the sweet-voiced lassies In the poke bon-

THE CHIEF OF THE THE WIFE OF THE TRIBE. CHIEF.

nets. His wife is a convert also. The whole tribe has become civilized and plain tea parties instead of the “hot pots” constitute their entertainments. This is considered a notable victory for the army.

Monster Sunfish.

A suufish weighing 488 pounds was recently captured off the south side of Nantucket by a party of fishermen and brought into town, where it was placed on exhibition.

Museum Diversions.

“What ails the glass-eater?” “He got a bit of bone in the turkey hash.” Wedlock holds a man pretty close when his wife doesn’t allow him to carry a latchkey.

A FATAL SPOT.

Place Where Mary Queen of Scot* Lost Her Crown. Three hundred and fifty years ago on the 13th of May Mary Queen of Scots stood on a grassy knoll near the village of Cathcart watching with feverish interest the movements of three bodies *of troops about a mile off in the fields round Langslde. Eleven days before she escaped from the castle of Lochleven and now the day had dawned which was to decide whether she would ever rule Scotland again. What the fates had decreed is written at large in the pages of history and that story throws a glamour of pathetic romance round the spot on which Mary learned her doom. For many years “Court Knowe,”

MARY LOST HER CROWN HERE.

as the knoll is called, was marked by a throne tree and when that decayed Gen. Sir George Cathcart, who fell at Inkerman, replaced it with a rough field-gate stone, on which he carved with his own hands a crown, the queen’s initials and the date of the battle. Later still, the General’s nephew, Earl , Cathcart, built this 'memorial, which is of red granite and repeats the inscription of its predecessor. It may be that Mary’s life was a failure, but she has her recompense now. Her story still greatly stirs the hearts of men and draws the sympathetic pilgrim to such shrines as this; Elizabeth, successful in life, is regarded afar off with emotionless respect.

MISS JESSIE SCHLEY.

The Yoons Woman Who Went to Ha* drid on a Mission of Peace. Mjss Jessie Schley, who went to Madrid to seek an interview with the Queen and Premier Sagasta, and urge them to stop the war, is a daughter of Charles Schley, a commission broker, of Milwaukee, who is a cousin to Commodore Schley. Miss Schley went to Madrid in the capacity of delegate from the Peace Society of Paris, but no one in authority would receive her. Miss Schley is a most interesting character. Her entire life has been devoted to philanthropic work and the education of poor children. -While abroad she was drawn into a peace society, and at once became an enthusiastic

MISS JESSIE SCHLEY.

member. Although Miss Schley Is a lineal descendant of heroes of almost all the wars in which Ajnerica has had a part, she has a horror of war that would not be looked for In such a person. «

No Discrimination.

An aged Georgia negro, Nathan by name, is employed by a gentleman very prominent in State politics. That Nathan also has an eye to political favors is shown by the following conversation, which recently took place between him and his employer: “Marse Jim,” said Nathan, “is you gwine In dis yere race ter Governor?” “Haven’t thought about It.” “Well, es yer does run, an’ gits elected, will you give me a job?” “Certainly I would remember you, Nathan. What would you like?” “Well, suh, I’d des like ter black boots roun’ de Capitol.” “And what would you expect for that service?” “Well, suh,” he replied, “I should say four dollars a day would be reasonable. Das what de yuther legislators get.”— Youth’s Companion.

He Was There.

Some visitors in Virginia hired an old negro on a plantation to drive them to see the Natural Bridge. So says the Toronto Saturday Night. On nearing the bridge they asked the colored man its height and width, and if he really thought It such a wonder, after all. His replies were so vague that one of them said: ' “Now, Sam, confess; you have never been so near the bridge before.” "Lord, suh!” he replied, "I ’member coming here to help de day dey lay de corner-ston’; but I ain’t teck notice ’bout how high de bridge was built, nor how far ’cross ’twuz. Of co’se, 1 ain’ come heah much sence; but dis nigger never goin’ to forglt dat day."

WHO SHALL PAY THE TAX?

To enact a law that a tax shall be levied upon certain things, properties or acts of citizens, without distinctly specifying, beyond peradventure who shall pay It, would seem, at the mere statement of the case, to be a piece of legislative stupidity of the first water. Yet this is precisely what Congress appears to have done in enacting the war tax law which has now gone into operation. Every manufacturer and every retail dealet, every person sending a telegraphic message, and every telegraph company couveying it, is remonstrating against payment of the tax levied by the law and disputing as to whose duty it is to find the ways and means of satisfying it. Our citizens are content that there shall be a tax, but everybody is endeavoring to shift it off on somebody else. As usual, the corporations, which we have created by law In order to give the shrewd corporators the opportunity to better themselves at the expense of individual citizens, are generally getting the best of this contest, and the citizen consumer fibds himself compelled to meet the exaction, while the corporate magnate goes clear. When the individual appeals to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue as to the tax stamps, that functionary replies that it is the company and not the customer who must “affix stamps,” but he takes very good care not to say who shall pay for them! And Congress adjourned without making its intent and meaning clear by saying who shall pay the tax. There was plenty of time to remedy the matter and to correct the omission in the tax law, but Congress ran away rather than decide it.—New York News.

Democrats and the War. With magnificent inconsistency the Republican party asserts that the war against Spain is a “Republican war.” Occasionally an administration organ admits that the Democrats “forced McKinley to fight,” but on the whole the Republicans have decided to make political capital out of the war. With this fact in view, the people should read with care and remember after reading the following plank in the Democratic platform adopted by the Illinois State convention at Springfield: "We pronounce the present war with Spain justified by every consideration of justice and sound national policy. We congratulate the Democratic minority in Congress for their firm stand in demanding the vindication of our national honor, indorse the declaration of war on Spain and demand its vigorous prosecution in the cause of humanity.” There is much of history condensed in the paragraph quoted. Much that the Republicans would like to ignore; much that Mark Hanna has already attacked; much that Grosvenor has attempted to falsify. But the statements are true in every respect and will be accepted as true by men who know what they are talking about and who are not prompted to lie in the interests of Republican politicians. Democrats favor the war with Spain. The Democratic minority voted for war measures. Democratic generals and naval commanders are aiding to conquer Spain. Hence, the attempts of the administration to make this affair a “Republican war” will fail utterly to win political success for the Republican party. War a Shield for Swindlers.^ We must not criticise the bond issue because it is a war measure. It is nothing if bonds make the rich richer and the poor poorer; it is a war measure. We must not complain that the revenue bill exempts the rich from paying their just proportion of the expenses of the war, for it is a war measure. We must not complain if the poor have to pay all the taxes under the revenue bill to carry on the war, because it is a war measure. And so it goes. A whole grist of Impositions can now be practiced upon the unprotected weaker elements of the American people, and it is unpatriotic to complain, because we are in the midst of war with a foreign so-e. An Instance may be cited where the downright fraud may be practiced, and it is regarded as patriotic to keep it mum. About a year ago the Solvlg, a Norwegian tramp steamer, was bought for $40,000 and rebuilt at a cost of $125,000. Last April she was offered to the Government as an auxiliary cruiser, but was rejected. But, at the request of the politicians, she was bought by special agents of the Government the other day for $342,000. Here is a cold steal of over $150,000 that the special agents could easily explain, but,* In the name of patriotism, we are expected to be mum. This, war Is the rich man’s opportunity to make money, and the poor man’s chance to fight and pay taxes.—Exchange.

Humbug Vouches for Humbug* There are numerous exploiters of the people, and perhaps they form a majority, who really believe that they have a perfect right to delude the masses and prey upon them. They have some sort of notion that it is an essential part of the scheme of creation that the people at large should labor and sweat in order that the sleek and the well-fed may attend to certain wholly and unimportant things. Of course, these wholly and unimportant and ridiculous things are made to appear very tremendous, and the deluded herd find apparent trivality of it all a proof of the hidden significance alleged to pertain thereto. Thus humbug itself is accepted as the voucher of its own integrity, while truth is actually discredited for the reason that It Is so simple and obvious.—Twentieth Century. The Wise Depositor. The bankers get their depositors wh) do not want war bonds to fill out an application and then turn the bonds over to the bank. Wise depositor? Doesn’t want any bonds himself, but generously gives the money to the banker to buy bonds with, and, as a further accommodation, fills out the application for the bard working banker! That’s a little the warmest combination that has yet shown up.—Pilgrim. A Fundamental Principle, Direct legislation is not only a method, but a principle—the principle that “the people must rule.” Without this principle there is no such thing as liberty.—Kentucky New Era.

An Odorless Onion.

The latest product of scientific propagation Is the odorless onion. Just how an onion can be odorless and still remain an onion is not explained. To most people the odor is all there is of an onion, and. that is enough. The elimination of the characteristic feature of a vegetable of such long and strong standing in natural history ought to be reckoned among the proudest achievements of man. But an onion deprived of that delicious tang and the penetrating scent that goes with it can hardly be an onion. The palate which loves onions will not recognize it; calling a whitened, inocuous, insipid, plated bulb an onion will not make it one. He who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.—Montaign.

THE PEOPLE'S MONEY

t table Dollars. The advocates of the gold standard are the self-styled champions of the “honest dollar.” It ought to be easy to agree upon a definition of what constitutes honesty in the dollar. But what do the gold men give us? They say that “honest money” is “sound money,” and “sound money” is “honest money.” This is a reasoning in a circle. When pressed for a more specific answer they say that the gold dollar is honest because it is always worth one hundred cents, or because it loses nothing in value when melted, and is therefore stable in value. The law says that the dollar shall be. of the value of one hundred cents. How, then, could it be worth more or less than that? The quality of being worth one hundred cents is Simply a lawgiven quality. The whole is always worth neither more nor less than the sum of its parts. But does that show that the gold dollar has remained stable? Certainly not In order to see if stability of value has been maintained, comparison must be made with other things. Everything is stable when measured by itself, or parts of itself. The gold men who make that arrangement are doubtless the brightest men in the world, when measured by themselves; but if compared with other pie a different conclusion might be reached.

Under the free coinage of silver in India up to 1893 the silver rupee was the standard of value. It was always worth itself—no more, no less—and it was always worth the sixteen annas which the law said should constitut* a rupee. But did that alone prove that the silver rupee, under free coinage, was stable in value? The human body is compftsed of ceitain parts in childhood, with the foot constituting about 2 per cent., and the head, we will say, 10 per cent of the whole person. But the fact that In maturity the body is equal to itself and the parts that compose it, these parts bearing each about the same relation to the whole ns in childhood, does not show that there has been no grow-th. To find out whether the dollar has remained stable, or has, as bimetallists contend, risen in value, comparison must be made, not with itself or parts of itself, but with other things. ,

Hoarded Money. It is frequently asked why we need any new money when there is so much lying idle. The answer’is that much of the money now idle has been withdrawn from use because it was more profitable to hold it than to put it into trade. “But, why?” it is asked. Because the supply of money has been limited by law, while the supply of other things has been left to Individual judgment. As a result, the quantity of commodities has increased more rapidly than the quantity of money. In short, money has been made comparatively scarce by law, while the other things have not Consequently, the money has been rising in value, while the other things have been falling. Obviously, it is more profitable for a man to hold money which is going up than to invest it in property that is going down. If all the money now lying idle in the country were to be thrown into circulation, the immediate effect would be to send prices upward. This would stimulate production, and if the supply of money were not increased so as to keep pace with the production of other things, prices would soon begin to fall again, profits would diminish and money would be withdrawn from business. When silver was generally demonetized in Europe and America the supply of new money was very greatly reduced, while population and business steadily increased. The result was a heavy fall of prices and business depression, which, subject only to brief periods of moderate revival, have continued until this day. Unfortunately, such revivals have had the effect of blinding the judgment of many well-meaning men with reference to the money question.

Will Not Be Fooled All the Time. Hon. William Sulzer, of New York, was an earnest supporter in the House of Representatives of the Teller resolution for the, payment of the bonded debt and interest in either gold or silver, at the option of the Government. “You cannot fool the people,” as Lincoln said, “all the time.” They are watching you, and they comprehend the situation. They know that your action here to-day is a futile attempt to rob industry, arrest thrift, assassinato labor, defraud honest debtors, violate the obligations of contract, and perpetrate on the masses the most frightful crimes that can be committed in order to seemingly bolster up and perpetuate the single gold standard. Hit the Bond Mongers. No man should be returned to the House or Senate who voted for bonds for this and future generations to pay Instead of treasury notes, which would have cost nothing, and which would have enlarged the volume of money and make times better.—Silver KnightWatchman. What Puzzles the Trusts, “I wonder,” quoth one president of a trust to another; “I wonder where the people get all the money we take from them.”—Des Moines News.

The Drum in Warfare.

The drum plays a most important part in warfare. It is used in every military function. From “reveille” to “taps” the drum calls the soldier to duty and to rest. It helps him on his march, it inspires him at the charge, its roll adds volume to his cheers and its muffled tap resounds on the air when he has been relieved from earthly duty. The awkward squad as well as the veteran corps appreciates the value of the drum, and the deserter or the coward knows its force when it performs its part in the “Rogue’s March.” If is possible for any Chinaman, or even any .Chinese woman, to become a deity by paying for the honor. A few years ago a rich and devout Chinese lady died In Sooehoo. Her friends thought that an apotheosis was no more than her due, and communicated with the priests, who interviewed the gods on the subject and discovered that the God of the Left Little Toe-Nail had no wife. The old lady was accordingly married to his godshlp and is now enrolled as the “Goddess of the Left Little Tbe-Nail.” The honor cost the old lady’s estate over $5,000. Perhaps the greatest fortune ever made by actor or actress is invested in the estates of Adelina Patti. She is worth to-day over $2,000,000, and in the zenith of her career she was rated at many millions more. Every cent of it wai made behind the footlights.