Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1898 — Page 2

lljeJJftHocrfltk^fntuici OT. W. BJtcEIWBN, Publisher. . - _ ■■ ■ . . RENSSELAER, - INDIANA

V ERY STRANGE CASE.

DIVORCED FROM THE MAN SHE r, y NEVER MARRIED. * - fwmZ**'*' * • , • >• ■ wlfman In St. lonii In a Peculiar Pre* ■ Ssftraa — " * Divorced from Hpr J3r<she*-livL*lF> There IS if living* fa Est Louis herself In a {wrK*uSbre<bca- . went ,#s the result offifistairenldentily. 1 ‘ THe oTd story about the identity «of ith? mail Jqe MilleiC ; wfr<f was. twice tjrjad in, £ both the State and BqprerttF Cahrfa of North (Dakota ofi’the bHarfee of swindttnr »oum local Scnudinariatta »ttt' of seifctf mines In a Montana mining ;de4J» bML' bobbed up'again. Allen, j. Wine, alias Jo* Miller, -was a'prisoner at Fargo three years, and was discharged last spring after bis second acquittal. John R. Gill, who was a bookkeeper in the Minnesota woods last winter, makes affidavit that he the real Joe Miller; that he was a brother of the prisoner held at Fargo so Jlong, and went by the-name of George Wine. Op each trial the,case at-, tratted unusual attention, as at least fifty witnesses testified on each side, as to the identity of> the prisoner. Those'for the defense alleged that at was a caße of mistaken identity;. , According to, the story of the. Defense,, the a younger 'brother of the reat criminal, slightly smaller and less He ; Modd'the lofig imprisonment Mb®- the two Iriate- because he did pot \yaid; have bis. brother in trouble, and partially; because almost AS senousirouble lVanother State f where it was impossible to secure the evidence necessary for an alibi without admitting his guilt ofcp criminal charge. Thw case was made all the the,fact that the iaan who claimed to be Miller murried a girl named Nanseh fit Fargo. He deserted her in Duluth. When Wine was taken back from St. Louis she immediately identified him as the man she married, and her testimony went far toward the conviction of the prisoner. Afterward she seOtired a divorce from the prisoner, having notice of the detion served on him while he was in jail. Npw she finds herself divorced from her husband's brother. MANY MILL HANDS TO BE IDLE, Fall Rivar Manufacturers Will Curtail Production Until Novsmber. From information gleaned among the manufacturers at Fall River, it seems probable that about 1,000,000 spindles will curtail some time until the end of October. The Chase, Stafford and Wairtpenoag mills will be shut down, making idle about 250,000 spindles. Some 2,500 hands will be out of employment and there will be a loss in wages of about $15,000 for the week-. These three mills turn out about 30,000 pieces weekly. This is the beginning of an individual curtailment which is expected to continue iritermittently until the first of November. SEASIDE HOTEL IN A BLAZE. Cusst* Sava Their L vas by Leaping from the Window], The South End Hotel at Tybee, Ga., the principal seaside resort of the South, was destroyed by fire. It was owned by W. M. Bohan. The origin of the tire is unknown, but it is supposed to have started from defective electric wiring. The hotel was worth about $50,000 and was insured for $28,500. Guests from every city in Georgia and almost every Southern city lost from SSO to S2OO worth of wearing apparel aud jewelry. National League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs In the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Bostoa j... .09 30 Pittsburg ... .54 51 Cincinnati ..09 39 Philadelphia. 49 52 Baltimore ...63 38 Brooklyn ....39 62 Cleveland ...02 42 Washington. 38 65 New Y0rk...00 45 Louisville ...39 67 Chicago 58 49 St. Louis.... .30 77 Following Is the standing of the clubs In tho Western League: W. L. W. L. Kansas City.6B 44 St. Paul 61 48 Indianapolis. 64 43 Detroit 39 68 Milwaukee ..67 45 St. Joseph... .38 67 Columbus .. .59 43 Minneapolis. 37 75 Latest Mystery at 8L Lou's. The police of St. Louis are to have another mystery t 6 solve. An unknown woman partly disrobed on the river bank at the foot of Meramec Street and plunged into the water. The woman’s body floated out into the middle of the stream and sank, ahd up to a late hour it had not been recovered. In the pile of clothes scattered on the ground was found $205 in paper money, SIOO iu gold coin and some change. Boyi Rob thfe Pool Beller. Boy tbievtk stole $1,200 from ! the pool box at the race track at Fort Erie, Ont. The cashier had his attention attracted for a moment, but turned in titne to see a boy’s hand grasp a bundle of Canadian bills. .The boy rah and was seen to hand something to another boy, who disappeared in the crowd. . 1 Serious Wreck Near Soeton. In a rear-end collision at Sharon station, a summer resort, twenty miles out of Boston on the Providence division of the New York, Nqw Haven and Hartford Bailroad, four persons were killed outright and thirty-right seriously injured, and besides there Were several score bruised and shaken up. Eighty Soldier* Drowned. A dispatch from Budapest fb a London news agency says that while a regiment was crossing a pontoon bridge over - the River Maros, near Hoad, the bridge collapsed. Three hundred men were immersed, and it is feared that eighty were drowned. ; • / iu .* Elevator Burned in Ctrcigo. The Chicago Railway Terminal elevator near the river west of the Northwestern passenger station in Chicago was destroyed by fire. The loss ,was nearly $300,000. * : Von Der Aha Marr o» Again. Word has been received from Alttfo, 111., that Chris Von der Ahe, former president of the St. Louis baseball club, was quietly married in that; city to Miss Kaiser. This is the third matrimonial venture for Von der Ahe. f Ssvad th» 8h riff tho dab. Charles O. Kaiser, who was under sentence to be hanged for the murder of his wife, committed suicide in the county jail at Norristown, Pa. He first cut an artery with a watch spring and then hanged himself. Lava Stream] Flowing. Vesuvius Is again ih a state of active eruption. Four streams of lava ore flowing doWn the mountain side nt the fate of 400 yards an hour. The chestnut trees on Mount febmma have been burned, „ I*l » » ' • m Big O th-j-nV Fal’«. ! 1 The Black Diarirohd Coal Company with mines Wt Coal f Creek and offices as Knoxville; l’eirt»., i 11,H. tjeald being appointed receiver., Liabilities are $150,000; rfsßeis link^ow^i. No Rspubllcan Yic’cki'ln JpX3%, , At the Texas Republican State convention at Fort Worth it was decided a State ticket would not be good ppjicy and no candidates named.

■ - * SHOT HIS DAUGHTER'S LOVER Same* Bant in Adopt* Haroic Measures to Prsrsnt an E epitneni v At Wichita* Kan., dames Beritbti, a hone dealer* apparently wealthy and claiming to come from Galesburg, 111., shot and killed J. H. Summer, a young cattle man of Oklahoma, while Summer and Benton's IJFyear-old daughter, Lola, were attempting to elope. Benton and his daughter have been in Wichita for three weeks or .more, during which time Miss Bebtdn bdcame acquainted with Summer. The two frequently went out riding together, contrary to the wishes of Benton, who saw that the acquaintance was becpming a love affair. When Summer drove up to the hotel for Miss Benton the father remonstrated violently, but on the yimng lady’s promise that it would be the last timjs’he let her go, with the caution that she should be back in an hour.- She did not return in an hour, nor in two. Blenton, suspecting an elopement, notified tie police, and himself started in search of the couple. He came upon them five /fcniles out in the country in a mover’s wagon, driving for the territory. Riding .. up beside the wagon, he called to young Summer to drive back >to town. The young man refused, whereupon Benton :shot him dead. ■■ KILLS THE PUGILIST’S MOTHER. Corbett’* Father Takes Two LlV*i And Leaves the Ex-Champ'oi an . Orphan. In San Francisco, F. J. Cqrbjett* father of Janies J. Corbett, the heavyweight pugilist, shot and killed hifc wife and then turned the weapon upon himself with r fatal effect. It is believed the murderer was demented. He had been in extremely poor health for some time, and had just returned from Bartlett Springs, where he had been stopping. Death was instantaneous in both cases. The shooting occurred at the residence of the Corbett family. Mr. King, a son-in-law of Corbett, who was living in the house, heard two shots in his father-in-law’s room. Hurrying there, he found Mrs. Corbett dead in bed and his father-in-law dying on the floor. Mrs. Corbett was in her .sight attire, while her husband was fully dressed.

KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION. One Man Djad and eoveral Bad y Injured at Preseatt, A. T. A terrific explosion occurred at the roundhouse of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad, at Prescott, A. T., resulting ia the fatal injury of two men‘and the wounding of two or three others. Machinists were at work on engine No. 2 in the roundhouse when the boiler exploded with tremendous force. Joseph Brown wuS on top of the engine adjusting the pop valve when tho explosion occurred and was badly crushed about the head, dying in a few minutes. E. M. Seamans had his left arm blown fifty feet away, his left leg blown off, and he was badly bruised aqd cut about the head. He cannot live. Charles Chambers was also quite seriously injured. The roundhouse is a complete wreck.

CANADA’S BIG WHEAT CROP. By Far th» Qr*at**t Yie’d in tha Annals of tha Dominion. Cauada’s wheat crop this year Will be by long odds the greatest in the history of the dominion. The Ontario Government bulletin shows that the fall wheat crop Will be 25,000,000, or 1,000,000 more than last year, and the spring wheat crop 6,500,000, or 1,500,000 more than last year. Harvest operations are now in full swing in Manitoba, and the wheat crop there will be about 15,000,000 more than last year, estimates this year ranging from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 bushels. The condition of wheat in Canada was never better and will all grade very high. Market of Japtn I s R oh. Shizuo Kondo, president of the Japan-ese-Ameriean Commercial and Industrial Association, with headquarters at Tokio, Japan, is in America attempting to interest American manufacturers in the possibilities of trade with Japah, which country, he declares, has been gaining wonderfully each year since 1890 aud holds forth exceptional inducements to American exporters. If the American exporter knew the real conditions of the Japan field, Mr. Kondo says confidently, American exports to Japan would increase enormously. American headquarters have been temporarily established iu New York, “When Japan was opened by the United States in 1854,” Mr. Kohdo said, “she took the position of nn older sister and we have always so regarded her. We have exported to the United States more than to any other nation. But we do not find that the United States’ exports to Japan are in equal ratio. Until about 1890 we bought little from the United States. We had hoard that wages and the cost of living were comparatively high here. So we concluded that manufactured articles here must be high priced. Until about 1890, also, the United States did not take much interest in the possibilities of our market. Its merchants were contented with domestic trade.” Japanese exports to America have increased 65 per cent since 1896, Mr. Kondo says. Last year they amounted to $26,218,202. Almost an equal increase in the American export trade into Japan hus been noticed during the last two years. “We can buy from the United States just as much as, or more than, we export to her, Mr. Kondo said. “It is only a matter of time.”

E : e Fire in Russia. A great fire at Nijni Novgorod, capital of the Russian Government of the same name, near the confluence of the Oka with the Volga, about two hundred and fifty miles northeast of Moscow, has destroyed a number of factories and eighty houses. Forty persons have been injured and damage to the amount of 1,500,000 rubles has been done. Yonng Woman Comm a Su'ctde. Because of a belief that they were unfit to live two girls committed suicide by jumping from a ferryboat into the Delaware river. They were Bessie Foust, aged 19, of Camden, N. J., and Maud Hoffnagle, aged 20, of Philadelphia. Both took the leap to death together, hand in hand, and were drowned before a rescue could be effected. Fearful Plungi of a Train. An accident occurred on the Union Colliery. Railway line, in British Columbia, resulting in the death of at least six persons. A long work train, with a passenger coach attached, plunged through the trestle which spans the Trent river about midway between the wharf and Union City. It was about 125 feet high and 500 feet long. Attempted Assassination Near Ch'cago. An attempt to assassinate John Hill, Jr., leader of the anti-gambling crusade in Chicago, was made at his home in Morgan Pafk, 111. A dynamite cartridge exploded f t the window of a bedroom where Mr. anil Mrs. Hill were asleep. No one was hurt. Place for Rcb*rt P. Porter. Robert P. Porter, the superintendent of the lalt general census of the United Stated has been appointed a commissioner to examine and report upon the finances, banking systems and customs laws of Cuba and Porto Rico. Anti-Bwearing Ordinance Killed. The New York Board of Aldermen has killed an ordinance introduced providing punishment for swearing in public places by laying it on the table by an almost onanimpus vote. Open to Foroign Traffic. The Hong Kong correspondent of the London Times says the new regulations ■ opening every port on the West river to r fpreign traffic went into operation recently.

Thirty Killed in a Wreck. A collision is reported to have occurred at Matjes Fontein, South Africa, between (i goods train and a passenger train. Thirty passengers were killed. Pars many of a f ovsralgn. Queen Victoria’s disregard for certain social usages and customs baa been

HO little amusement and gossip in London find lit the same time afforded a choice Subject of comment to that portion of the benny pres* which is wont -to "make the most of her majesty’s so-called parsimony. For some time the approaching coronation of the yonng Queen of Holland has been much discussed in England. Large parties are organizing in London find elsewhere, the steamship lines have announced low excursion rates and the present month will sec more English visitors in Amsterdam and The Hague than ever before. The Prince aud Princess of Wales, accompanied by a large and brilliant suite, Will represent the Queen, and as custom prohibits the attendance of any reignihg sovereign ih person, the Prince of Wales Will naturally be regarded as the most important pefsohage present. As fit the coronation of the Czar two years ago the gifts from different rulers of Europe Will be a conspicuous feature of the enthronement; Speculation as to the nature of Queen Victoria's presents to the youngest of her sister sovereigns was satisfied a few weeks since by the official announcement that the Prince of Wales would present in behalf of her majesty a magnificent Indian bracelet set with diamonds and rubies Of the first water. The ptlblifc Was Somewhat surprised when the fact leaked Out that the bracelet is one Of the diamond jubilee gifts and was presented to the Queen by one of the Indian princes.

CHILDREN EURNID TO DEATH. Four of Th-m P*rlih in th* Fl:m#* that Destroy a Barn. A frightful holocaust, in which four persons lost their lives, occurred near Stanley, lowa, on the farm of Peter Foy. The victims of the flames were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Foy—Thomas, aged 18; Lewis, aged 16; George, aged 11, and Blanche, aged 9. During the hot nights the children had been allowed to sleep in the loft of the big farm barn, and the other night they retired to the haymow at an early hour. About 2 o’clock ih the morning neighbors hoticed a blaze on the Foy farm. Hnstenihg to the place they found the family still asleep in tho house. Mr. Foy Was rouSed, but by that time the fire ih- the barn was beyond all control, and the efforts Of the agonized parents Were Without avail; The fire had started In the lbwer part bf the barn and there was no escape for the occupants of the loft, who were shut in by the burning of the ladder which had afforded them entrance to the place. Their screams of pain drove their parents and friends wild with anguish. At last the collapse of the building stifled the cries of the suffering prisoners. DROWNED IN CLOUDEU.IST. .* . F.vb Person] Lost and O.her* Missing Near Pittsburg. Reports have reached Pittsburg, Pa., of a cloudburst in Saw Mill Ituii, Temperanceville, a suburb of the city, ou the south side Of the Ohio riVef; Five persons were drowned and tt number of others are missing. There whs much damage to property. Crowds of people were near the river watching the flood Whefa the bank caved id, eUrrying nine persons into the torrent. Those reported missing al-e: Regis Loftus, aged 3 years; Irene Loftus, aged 6 years; Mrs. Mary Shaughnessy, Geneva Shaughnessy, aged 7; Ignatio Saltze, aged 10; find ail unknown man. There is no doubt that all of these and others were drowned. His Whereabouts Is Uikiowi. George A. Kimmell, cashier of the Farmers’ State Bank of Arkansas City, Kan., is missing. His case is most mysterious, and his friends fear he has been made away with. Mr. Kimmell left Arkansas City recently, taking $19,000 worth of township bonds tjp, the State Treasurer at Topeka, lie delivered the bonds and sent back to his bank a draft covering the full amount of the transaction. On the following day he went to Kansas City and registered at the Midland Hotel. DufiUg the foreboon, it has been learned, he telephoned from tho hotel to a Kansas City bank in which he had money deposited to send him SSOO to the hotel. The money was sent to him as he directed. Detectives and bank officials who have been hunting for the missing ettshiet for over d week have leariied that lie left the Midland Hotel With three unkh'owu men fit 7 O’clbch ih the evening of the day on which he.received the money from the bank, but since that time absolutely nothing is known of his movements. An examination of the bank proves the cashier’s books to be correct iu every detail. Mr. Kimmell went to Arkansas City from Niles, Mich., in 1897.

MdKin'ey and Fau.-o Ta k. President McKinley and President Faure of France exchanged direct felicitations oVet the relations of the two coun tries and expressions of mutual esteem of the two chief OxeciltiVeS. The occasion Was the opening of a new cable between Cape Cod, Mass., and Brest, on the French coast. Pu’’man Wods.Misi Fermld. According to a report received from New York, George M; Pullman and Miss Lillian Femald Of Chicago have been married in that city. The marriage is said to have been in the nature of an elopement. MiSS Fernald and Mr. Pullman have been staying at Long Branch. £t Lou’] Str.ke Fpro]l : n». It is asserted that 700 workers in the Allied Building Trades of St. Louis are out as the result of the strike for better wages inaugurated some time ago, nnd that the suspension of work may spread. There Jb a large number of new buildings in the course of constructior FoUcWsd H»r Hu.b i-d. Mrs. Womert, wife of Emanuel Womert, who was murdered iu bed at Lancaster, Pa., by supposed burglars while his wife was asleep by his side, committed suicide the other night. Hay fir Secretary of Stite. Ambassador Hay at London has accepted the office of Secretary of State.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; Wheat, No. 2 red, 68 to 69c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 31c; oats, No. 2,19 c to 21c; rye, No. 3,42 cto 44c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c so 13c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 69c; corn, No. 2 wh'tt, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 Co $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2,21 cto 23c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 46c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.59; wheal, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 2,49 cto 51c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to s4.2i>; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 83c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 2Lc to 26c; rye, 45c to 47c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2,44 c to 45c; clover seed, $3.30 to $3.40. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 60c to 68c; corn, No. 3,32 cto 34c; oats, No, 2 white, 24c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 43 cto 44c; barley, No. 2,45 eto 46c; pork, mess, $8.75 to $9.25. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $7.00. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 2, 86 eto 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 15c to eggs, Wester#, |4c to Jse.

POLITICS OF THE DAY

trtROWS OFF THE MASK. The Republican party fit iaiit fiat? abandoned even the pretense bf maintaihing that plank of the St* Jurats platform which declared for bimetallism; Senator Hanna, as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, has begun serving notice upon the local leaderd that nothing which eveii squlntS toward bimetallism will be permitted in the State platforms. And what Mr. Hahna says goes—in Republican circles. It is just as well that the Republican party should take this action, though its hypocritical professions of solicitude for bimetallism have deceived nobody. Rut the new departure in favor of out-and-out- gold monometallism merely brings out iu strong relief the had faith and treachery which the Republican party has manifested in dealing with its bimetallist members. It 6hows that there was at no time an Intention to act honestly with them. They have been cheated and deceived *irom first to last The bimetallic plank In the St. Louis platform was a humbug to begin with. It was framed with the hope of averting the bolt of Teller and Ids followers. It failed of that purpose, but it Was retained ih tfa# platform; though it was repudiated bh the stump, hs a bait for the Silver Republican vote bf the West; Tile Woiaett cemmlssion was another - humbug, not as regards the commissioners tbemselves, but lit the sense tha.t the administration and the Republican party hoped that it would fail and meant it to fail. . From the moment of the’ departure of the commissioners for Europe until the time of jfcheir return their mission was jeered .-at, derided and discredited by Republican newspaper in the country. Europe was notified that the United States did not want bimetallism; the SL Couis declaration was fgr campaign purposes only, and that the commissioners had beep sent out t)h ' a WncFlooße'’"chase merely as a concession to the Republicans of the silyel* States. Nor has there beeh any change in tile attitude of the party since that time. The itepubliean presS, led bjr the recognized Organs of the administration, has kept up a "cohtimjai and vindictive warfafe upon tHe very proposition advocated in the St. Lbitis platforih. fcbt alone tlie id to 1 theory, but any Suggestion of bimetallism in any ratib has been howled at as ,if h Were rank treason instead of being an avowed doctrine of the Republican party enunciated in its national platform. Never in the politcal history of the United States has a party declaration been so.quickl.v and thoroughly disavowed by the party leaders and the party press. Mr. Hanna evidently thinks that the timC has come to do away with the last shred of affectation and to avow openly that the Republican party is nOt a bitnetallist party, and that binletailists heedj expect nothing from it. He realizes that I the pretense has become ludicfouS and aS doifag the party more harm than good; « H(j is right about it, and be is to be commended for eveii tardy actioh ih discarding humbug and hypocrisy and revealing the Republican party ih it is true attitude, but this belated Coticessibh to edminoh history, it will not alter the fact that the Republican party, seeking for votes, held out the hand of fellowship to the bimetallists and then stabbed them in the back, and that it lied at St. Louis and boasted of its mendacity while the ink was still wet on its solemn declaration.' Mr. Hanna would no doubt be glad to have these matters fotgotteiii hut they Wil be forgotten by ho one—ieaSt of ail by the swindled and humbugged Republicans of the Western States.

Republican Consistency. An esteemed local contemporary estimates the cost of the war at $141,000, 000. Another equally esteemed iocai Contemporary puts it at $943,000,00C). As both esteemed contemporaries are tteiiubiidan in politics and both, presumably, have access to the official figures, the discrepancy is somewhat puzzling. Inaccuracy in the matter of statistics is notoriously a Republican Weakness, but as both our esteemed Contemporaries have; at one time or another, figured out that the Dlngley bill produces a surplus Instead of a deficit; they Will no doubt be able to patch up this little difference of $800,000,000. A trifle like that presents no difficulty to fi good Republican editOri—Chicago Cbrohicle; Politid3 and Public Service. Nothing could be mote humiliating to the country than the talk of a Congressional Investigation of the war de* partment, but scandals may be expected wherever polities is permitted to In* fluence the public service, When the President gave the war portfolio to a man peculiarly unfitted for its management, in payment of a campaign debt and by way of promoting party inteiy ests, he prepared the way for the exceedingly unpleasant developments which have marred the satisfaction attending the victories of the army, and which will subject the government to unwelcome comments by foreign pow-ers.-v Kansas City Star. Democracy aud the New Questions. Opportunity, coldly and carelessly enough, has cast at our feet the wrecks and hulks of oppression. They are Jull of people, human beings like ourselves, though they are aliens and strangers. Shall tve set them adrift, or shall we summon our boasted democracy to a test? That is the essence of the new acquisitions. We are very sure, indeed, that the great party of Jefferson will nbt shirk or postpone-the issue. It must be met and disposed of now to the end that other important Issues may not be obscured.—Atlanta Constitution. Another Blow to Dlnsleyism. If is the great, high exponent of Pennsylvania protection, the Philadelphia Manufacturer, which now inquires whether the Dlngley act might not well be modified in the interests of larger trade with Canada. It can even contemplate a reduction of the duties on lumber, wood pulp and the like with-out-shivering for the fate of the nation. Imperialist blow is serving one good purpose. It is revealing to all the utter absurdity of the Dingley enactment Springfield, Mass., Republican. Need of Markets. What is the use. of shutting out importations when our producing capacity is twice our consumption? We are obliged to do one of two things—run on.half-time or find hew markets. The Interest of our producers in this last ptyn has grown wonderfully In a few fears, but toe development of market*

does not keep pace with the need of them. This explains also the reason for tiie compiaint that there is hot business enough to employ the idle money in the couhtry. The limit of production, at leaSt in many lines, has been reached, unieSs we can ihcrease consumption by opening hew ihdrkets;— Louisville Courier Journal. The Ding-ley Fran J. And that is the situation in which we find Ourselves to-day. We have relied hpoh Idol Dlngley to fill our pockets. We have gone ahead and made extensive outlays, confident that he would come to the rescue fit the critical moment with the promised benefactions. He has disappointed us. Either he cannot or he will not fulfill his contract. We are worse off than we were before we ever heard of him, and yet he sits in his shrine, cross-legged, selfcomplacent, shining with the palm oil he obtained from us under false pretenses, and still insists that we should fall down and worship him. Shall we continue to do it? Shall we keep on lavishing homage and gifts upon this braken old idol who has shown himself to be a pretender, an Impostor and a shanieless humbug? Shall we not rather knock him off his perch, throw him oh the rubbish heap with his felIbws, and, Worshiping no idols at all, rely upon bufi owii ekeftions for Our own prosperity Miiy We not, in this case at least, profit by the example of our frienJS; the Papuans?—Chicago Chronicie; Encroachments of Monopoly. Pick up a newspaper of any date and the advancing strength Of monopoly will appear. Yesterday it was the wall-paper trust, completed and launched, with the announcement that prices would be raised 25 to 50 per cent, at once, and that there would be a profit of $6,000,000 for the company next year. The wall-paper trust was yesterday’s contribution to monopoly. What to-morrow's may be no one can guess. Everything from beef to coffins, from rubber overshoes to collars, Is already a trust. We pay to monopoly for individual profit the heavy taxes which a, few decades ago were considered intolerable when paid tO tbe nation;— Netv Tork Joufhai. He Miglit Coiriniand a Lumber Camp. Cannot FreSident McKinlej’ find some place, horth or south of the equator, to locate Secretary Alger and renew confidence in the capacity and integrity of the War Department by the selection of some one who has the qualities needed? Alger was appointed for pretty much the same reasons Mr. Lincoln named Simon Cameron, to discharge obligations and pledges incurred in the nominating convention. Pittsburg Post, Wbfth Its Cost, From every Standpoint the War Is destined to be d blessing to the nation. It will pay iil patriotism; in industry, in labor find in national greatfaess. Its deeds of valor have shed gldry on ihe American name, and crowned the republic With luSter as the proud possessor of such sons.—Denver News.

MARY ANDERSON AS A SINGER.

Elis Is da Graceful and Lissom as of Yorfc. Madame de Navarro, who is none other than our beautiful American actress, Mary Anderson, of former day, recently participated as a vocalist in a concert at the sleepy old English village of Broadway, in the Cotswolds, where she lives. Hence the rumor, wholly unsubstantiated, of her intention to re-enter public life as a singer. At Bfoadwfiy Mi§§ AnderSoh has a congenial friend and neighbor In Miss Maude Yaierie White, tbe composer, who baS takeh great interest in the development of the actress’ singing Voice —a fuli and deep contralto, flexible and of fine tirribre. When Miss White organized her concert at the Lygon Arms —an antique hostelry with memories of King Charles and Cromwell—Miss Anderson readily consented to assist. The briliant crowd of country gentry, loyal Broadwayites and enthusiastic Americans jvho attended expected to make due allowance for an amateur, but the fair singer treated them to a genuine surprise. “Here,” says the London Sketch, reporting the evefit, “was dramatic life, variety of expression, and, above all, a deep sense of musical propriety, The applause was as sincere as it seemed grateful to the singer. No need to ask whether Madame de Navarfo Was pleased. Her face told the tale. In her dress of pale greeh silk, graceful and lissom as of j-ore, she looked as young as when she first captivated England’s heart as Perdita or Juliet The face of the successful artist is seldom entirely pleasing when In repose; there is almost Invariably a spoiled, selfish look, some suggestion of pettishness or regret. But Miss Anderson is unspoiled by her success, and one may verily believe that her self-imposed seclusion has brought with it no heart-burnings. She lives between her domestic cares, the delights of social life, and the consolations of the little chapel, whose altar she is as proud to adorn as she was that of the Ursuline convent at Louisville in her girlhood days.”—Leslie’s Weekly.

A Sympathetic Stomach.

The kind of sympathy which some people have with human suffering—a sympathy which concerns itself with the effect of the spectacle of that suffering on themselves rather than with the feelings and relief of the sufferers—is neatly satirized in this story: Mr. Coddle, returning to his office after a trip outside, drew a long face. “Oh. dear,” lie said. “I saw such a dreadful-looking beggar on the street! He was the very picture of the demon of starvation, and the sight of him had such a curious effect on me!” “What effect?” he was asked. “It actually made me hungry to look at him.” “And what did you do?” “I went and got my dinner, though it was hardly 12 o’clock!”—Youth’s Companion.

Spoke from Experience.

Buxom Widow (at evening party)— Do you understand the language of flowers, Dr. Crusty? Dr. Crusty (an old bachelor)—No, ma’am. Widow—You don’t know if yellow means jealousy? Dr. Crusty—No, ma’am. Yellow means biliousness!—Tid-Bits. Longevity of Orange Trees. An orange tree will bear fruit till 150 years old, and there are recorded instances of orange trees bearing when 500 year* old. _ ’ _

ANECDOTE AND INCIDENT

tVhea John G. Saxe was a young editor at Burlington, Vt, he attended a iloman Catholic funeral in the capacity bt bearer; High mass was sung, and the bedrets stood throughout the long service; Finally a companion whispered to # the humorist: “Pretty long drawn-out, isn’t it, Saxe?” “Yes,” was the reply; “they will tun It Into the ground pretty room” A tedious preacher had preached the assize sermon before Lord Yeivertoh. He came down, smiling, to his lordship aftet the service, and, expecting congratulations oh ids effort, asked: “Well, iny Lord, how did you like the Sefihon. “Oh, most wonderful;” fepiitfd ■fcelverton; “It was like the peace of God, it passed hi! understanding; and, like His mercy, i thought it would have ehdpred forever;" That famous old country gentleman, the late Sir Rainald Knightley, had been expatiating after dinner on the undoubted glories of his famous pedigree. , The company was getting a little restive under the recitation, when Sir William Harcourt was heard to say, in an aside: “This reminds me of Addison’s evening hymn, ‘And Knightley to the listening earth repeats the story of his birth/ ” * Dumas the elder was rarely spiteful to or about his fellow-men, but one day, when he happened to be in that thood, a friend called to tell him a piece of hews. “They have just given M. X— the Legion of Hotiof,” he said; (then iie added, in a significant tone','‘NoW; can you. imagine Why they Should have giveh it to him?” “Yes,” answered the great dramatist, promptly; “they have given it to him because he was without it.” George P. Morris, the author of “Woodman, Spare That Tree,” was a general of the New York militia. Once Fitz-Greene Halleck, the author of “Marco Bozzaris,” called upon Mrs. M. E. W. Sherwood in New York, in his old age, and she asked him to define for her what was poetry and what was prose. He replied: “When Gen. Morris commands his brigade, and says, ‘Soldiers, draw your swords,’ he talks prose. When he says, ‘Soldiers, draw your willing swords,’ he talks poetry.” Isl an eastern county court the Judge was in a Quandary the, other day. a Coat Was in dispute; The parties were ti’iSh, find the evidence was direct and positive for both eidiriiaiits. After ifiuch Wrangling, Patrick Peters, one df the parties, proposed that he and his Opponent, Tiitiothy See whose name was on the coat Timothy searched in vain, and the Coat Was handed to Pat, who immediately took his knife, opened a corner of the collar of Yhe coat, and out dropped two small peas. “There, d’ye see that now?” said he. “Yes; but what of that?” said Timothy. “A dale it ’as to do wid it! It is my name, to be sure—pea for Patrick, fthd pea for Peters, he jabers!” He got the coat after that. Two peddlers of Hebrew extraction were plying their vocation in the conntry. Calling at a farm house one day for dinner, they were accommodated, thongh the fare Was, if anything, no more than that Usually given to tramps —the dryest of bread, very stale, cold potatoes, scraps of fat meat, bones, sour milk, etc.—and what made matters worse, they were charged $1 for the miserable fepast. ft took ail the Small Change they could rake and scrape to pay the score, and shouldering their packs, they left the liouse, two very sober and disgusted men. After walking down the road for half a mile In silence, one of them ventured to relieve his feelings: “Dot vas a pad man, Isaac.” “Yes, Moses, dot vas a ferry pad man.” Another half-mile and another long silence, then: “God vill Punish dot man, Isaac.” “Yes, Moses, God till punish dot man.” They trudged oh fully a mile farther before either spoke again, and then Moses broke the silence by exclaiming, with quiet' emphasis, as he drew a handful 6f Silver spoons from his bosom: “Isaac, God has alretty punished dot ferry pad man.” Mr. Curzon under-secretary for India, Was making a long and elaborate speech in Parliament, not long ago, against a measure urged regarding that dependency, as certain to result in a loss to the Government of many lacs of rupees. He repeated with emphasis: “Consider. Not pounds nor guineas, but lacs of rupees!” A quiet voice on the opposition benches asked, “Exactly how much is a lac of rupees?” Mr. Curzon opened his mouth, stammered, grew red, and then said: “I really don’t know.” The House laughed, and In that laugh he lost his cause. A somewhat similar scene is recalled by the Youth’s Companion as having occurred many years ago in Congress. A present of Arabian horses, a sword, etc., arrived from the Iman of Muscat for President Adams. A Western member, with some heat, moved that the gift should be sent back, with a letter from Congress, informing the ruler of Muscat that the President of the United States was no king, but the servant of the people, and was not permitted to give or receive presents. Another member rose. “Such a letter, Mr. Speaker,” he said, “can easily be written. But where is it to be sent? Where is Muscat?” There was no response. Apparently not a member of the House was prepared to answer, nor could Muscat then be found in any atlas published in this country. It was found at last on a German map. Nothing perforates bombastic oratory like a sharp question. When Burke, in the height of a labored i peroration in Parliament against* France, drew a dagger and threw It-On the floor, somebody made the act absurd by saying: “Yes, that’s the knife. But where’s the fork?”

Gentle Courtesy.

Lady Camilla Gurdon, in her memDries of Suffolk, tells a true story of a society woman who was sweet-natured ind generous enough to give the poor »f her very best. She used to visit the 'arge, dreary workhouse in the manufacturing town near her country , home. For this, she dressed herself carefully in her best clothes, and wore all her brightest jewels. “For,” said Gertrude, jimply, “poor people care much more to see one in one’s best things than rich people do. I wonder why everybody generally puts on common, dull old clothes to visit cottages!” One night we went together to a parly, my pretty Gertrude dressed in every color of the rainbow, with diamonds iparkllng on her wavy hair and shining nbout her soft, round throat. As we blighted from our carriage, the Prince and Princess of Wales happened to arrive, and we stood aside on the steps to let them pass. As usual, there was a crowd of people |rsiting to? enter the fconee, 4 poor

woman, Just behind us, was vainly endeavoring to lift her child, a little cripple, so that he might see the Princess; but each time she pressed forward a policeman pushed her back. The child broke into a wail: “Ob, I can’t see her! I can’t see her! You promised I should see her, mammy!” Gertrude turned quickly. “Give me your little boy,” she said, and she took the astonished child in her arms. “I will hold him up. He can have a much better view here.” With a queenly gesture, she waved aside the bewildered policeman. The little cripple put his tiny, wasted arms trustfully about her neck, and leaned eagerly forward to’ see all that was to be seen; and when the sight was over, and Gertrude gently disentangled herself from his poor little hands, to give him back to his mother, the child pOt his pale lips her rosy cheek and kissed her.“Pretty lady! pretty lady!” he said, admiringly. His mother broke into a torrent of thanks and apologies, while gathering up her brilliant train, passed Into the house.

THE SPANISH PEASANT.

Downtrodden and Oppressed, bat fiat Qualities of Greatness. The condition of the Spanish peasant is one of Ignorance, misgovernment, extreme poverty and sullen endurance. He deserves a better lot He is to-day the best man in the land. He has fine qualities; he has large capacities; he has many virtues. Give him a real school, a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work, an honest and capable government, and a well-founded hope of enjoying the fruits of his toil, and he would rise up to be the new man of a fieW land, one of the finest peasants in the tvhole of Europe. But he has not had a chance. To-day be has not f hope. The Spaniard as be was is not, and the world will never see him more. A thoughtful German who has lived for years in Spain declares that the old cavalier with his haughtiness and his honesty, his pride and his honor, his punctilious ceremoniousness, but his essential gentlemanliness has gone forever. And if Spain is to have a national and social resurrection the masses, not the classes, must be looked to. The hope of the future lies with the yeomanry and the peasantry. It is sadly true that at this hour these classes are fearfully distressingly ignorant. No power has done anything effective to save them from sinking lower and lower into the slough of a semi-annual stupidity. Of course they are poor. What other result could years of merciless taxation, pressing chiefly on them, yield? Of course they are Superstitious? What full beam of light has ever been poured around them? Of course they are now often passionate and stealthy. What other than this fell fruit would you look for from the wretched culture which has been their only care? Of course they are lazy. But what openings have they had? What incentive to toil? But when all this disparagement has been set forth it remains true, according to the firm belief of a score of competent witnesses, that the peasant, the small farmer, the workingman, is the hope of this degraded land. And he is the coming revolutionary. The air is heavy with the brewing storms. The tempest may burst in an hour. Sleeping in these poor peasants, who have never had a fair show in the face of Europe, are great qualities. These men, now scoffed at as soldiers because, undrilled, unfed, unled, they have had to go from bitter defeat to defeat, can yet prove themselves worthy of the praise of Napoleon and Wellington as the raw material out of which might be made the toughest infantry in the World.

These masses are strangely patient and enduring— I “sufrida,” to use their own pregnant word. They have great pluck and heroism. They are cheerful, graceful, affectionate and hospitable. But they have been ground down till the good is buried out of sight. Tbe evil has been called out. The nobles have racked and spoiled them. The government has known them only as patient beasts of burden on whom must be laid the multiplied and oppressive loads of petty taxes till they are verily crushed beneath the pitiless weight. For this oppression, this extortion, the peasant gets nothing. The bad roads grow worse and the appropriated road tax fills the pocket of some official. The fallen bridges, are not repaired, but some engineer is benefited. The children are left without school or teacher, yet school tax is levied. The beardless lads are hurried off to Cuba or some other colony and die soon, but their pay is drawn by the officer.

Hardtack that Is Eatable.

The “hardtack” which Is being supplied to our volunteers—some of it, at least—is a different article from the great round wheaten slabs which fed our armies during the war of the rebellion. That supplied to the regiments now in camp is made In little oblong bits about the size of an oyster cracker, but square-cornered. Thus the soldier is not obliged to imperil his teeth as of yore in biting from the “slab,” or if his teeth are poor to dip it in his coffee before getting a mouthful. Baked in this modern way it is more friable and easier to chew. But it will no longer serve as a platter on which it was the pride of the old campaigner to be able to cut his meat with his jackknife without demolishing the dish. It is sweet and wholesome and is put up in pound packages of shape convenient for the haversack.—St Paul Pioneer-Press.

Nothing of the Sort.

The Irritated father of a truant boy was filling up sundry holes in the back yard where the urchin had “prospected” for angleworms a few hours before, when a neighbor who happened to be leaning over the fence remarked, with a praiseworthy effort to say something consoling: “Well, your boy, at any rate, is a faithful disciple of Izaak Walton.” “Him?” exclaimed the father, stopping to rest a moment and leaning dismally on the hoc-handle. “He ain’t a disciple of nobody! All he’s good fur on earth is to set on some log all day and fish!”—Youth’s Companion.

His Scheme.

The Crank—l am going to Cuba to challenge every prominent officer in the Spanish army there. The Man—What on earth for?” The Crank—l want to get their autographs.—New York Journal.

Cause and Effect,

Witticus—Sere’s a funny thing. Crltticus—What is it? Wittieus—Account of a man who walked in his.sleep because he dreamed be had no car fare.—New York Journal. A tramp abroad in the morning for your health- Is better than two at tire back door looking for something to eat. A man is firm when he acts according to your wishes a&4 Qhstjpate when he. nets otherwise.

A Prophecy of the War. Poor Cuba had suffered at the very threshold of this great and free country for more than a century before any active intervention was undertaken by the United States. Outrage after outrage bad been piled upon American eitiaens who resided there or undertook to trade at her ports. The present war ought to have been fought fifty years ago, and it is a long, sad commentary on the too peaceful conservatism of the past that the first man killed in front of Santiago in June, 184)8, was the grandson and namesake of the Secretary of State who held back the hand of justice in 1870 when the Virglnius affair stirred the American people to indignation. It seems ha prove that, whether the war was deferred or not, it must come in spite of the conserve- . tism—in spite of the cost of life and money. • The thought that it would come was present in the minds of many, and in one; instance at least seems to have been developed into a basis for action. Many, residents of our city have noted ih thf street yars among the fltlvdVt islng signs which are so prominently displayed a series of cards which refer to naval and military lines, and which have a double interest at the present hour. Although they were placed iu the cars over a year ago, before the Spanish War Was thought of, their text in not a few points seems to foretell with accuracy some pf the relations of the war, Fortiiywith Is there not a certain prophetic touch In the suggestion, “A clean nation has ever been a strong nation,” with the further humorous advice to “fortify with backed by a picture of Uncle Sam marching up and down behind a rampart formed of cakes of that well-known article? Truly civilization and soap seem to go together, and the clean, well-tubbed, nicely housed AngloSaxon seems to have in that regard a great advantage over his soap-avoiding enemy from the peninsula of Spain. We realize the dread realities of war when these cards suggest to -us thajt.the proper ammunition with which tare&ist T -7%, . AMMUNITION r with which to resist dirt, is , SAPOLIO dirt is Sapolio. The campaign iu Cuba lias resulted iu a loss of life on the battle-field of about one hundred and fifty, while every evidence points to the probability that double that number of deaths will result from the yellow fever scourge, which largely originates from the Spanish lack of cleanliness. No less a statesman than James G. Blaine stated publicly that one hundred mill- , lons would be a cheap price to pay for Cuba if by proper sanitary mbasiireS we could prevent the annual scare of yellow fever along, oi!V/,Cbast: j ■ The adtanra of cfvilfzatfon is" marked hytffcjlglUg Iff thereof dltrULlU If, as these active advertisers assert, the advance of civilization is marked by the use of Sapolio, there should be a good market for fdlelr useful article in the Spanish possessions which have lately fallen under our control. Whether they were prophesy!fig of net;*their'uH- > nouncements are brisk mid-timely, and the advice they give is—like the American arms—irresistible. , . * , - ■<*»?.< .-.-I . Music. Consid^ri^ftj^fi. antiquity of tjue trumpet and the drum, aftd Tkeir obvious adaptability to sounding signals,- . it would seem as if field music must have originated simultaneously with these instruments. That soldiers marched and fought to their martial strains in the most ancient times wc know from passages iu the Bible and the classics. But there is a difference between military and field music. The former is played by the regimental bands, and consists chiefly of marches and insiprlng airs, the latter, is played on the field of battle, to fire the soldier's heart. Field music is “sounded” by the bugle, th<> trumpet, the drum, or the drum and* fife, and consists of a system of signals by which, instead of by word of mouth, commands are conveyed to the troops. It IS impossible to. discover when the first system of this kind originated. Probably it developed gradually. The fact that trumpet or a drum can be beard much more distinctly on the battle-field than an officer’s voice, which might at the most important moment be lost In the din, Is so obvious that signals for the most usual commands, “charge” and “retreat,'* must have come into use with the Instruments capable of sounding them, other signals being gradually added.—Century. Longed to Be a Heathen. Little Johnny Thlckneck (after casting his penny into the fund for the Bamalam Islanders) —I wish I was a heathen! Sabbath School Teacher—Oh, Johnny! Why do you wish such an awful thing as that? Little Johnny—The heathen don’t never have to give nothin’ —they are always gittin’ somethin’. —Harper's Bazar. George Eliot was *ouce asked what, was the chief lesson she had learned in life's experience, and her prompt answer was, “Tolerance.” It might have been expected from a woman who opce said that she regarded life as a game of cards In which she watched each move with the deepest interest and turned as far as possible to her own advantage. A Montrose man who was at the battle ot Atbara writes home that the Dervishes took thirteen years to make their stronghold at Atbara, and lost it ill | three-quarters of un hour-.