Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1885 — Page 2

endeavored to deprive me of the pleasure of welcoming General Ulysses S. Grant to my city, uliey were off their base considerably. Well, they waited on mo, stated their grievance and insisted that I should absent myself froth the banquet I told them, as plainly as I could, to go to , and they left me in high dudgeon. The evening camy, and so did the banquet, and likewise McGinley cocked and primed for his welcoming address. I had bepn informed by Mr. Orth that i* was not the General’s habit to reply to such speeches—that he merely responded, without rising from his chair, by m ware of the hand. So, when 1 had finished and he rose and in a brief but splendid speech acknowledged mv welcome. I was all but par alyxed. and so was Mr. Orth, who sat on his left, and Oliver P. Morton, who ocefipied the chair on his right. It transpired that on his wav from Mr. firth's residence to the banquet he had been informed of my spirited interview with the indignant Democrats, and he said to Mr. Orth on resuming his seat: *1 didn't mean to let the mayor of liafayette out do me in courtesy. 1 like a man of his plain, blunt speech.’ ” The relation of this incident brongiit out mother, in which Col. 'V. C. L. Taylor was a principal actor. The Colonel was present, and After much importuning was induced to relate the circumstances. “It was during the ‘seven days’ struggle in the Wilderness.’’’ the Colonel went on, “just after the battle of Spottsvlvania. My regiment —the Twentieth Indiana—had made a long march that day. and we bad come to a halt in the evening on the edge of the woods, by the roadway. It waS*-not at all certain that we would remain there longer than a very few moments. T told the men to make their ooffee and get whatever rest and refreshments they could snatch in that brief time. The guard had been instructed to let no one on horseback through the lines, as it was the habit of stray artillerymen, cavalrymen and mounted orderlies to come dashing through the camps whenever they could save time by so doing. I had but just yated myself near the roadway when a rider in an old blouse and slouched hat, with a cigar in his mouth, road up. As he passed the guard, the latter turned and saluted him. I shouted to *.he gnard: “What were your orders?” “Not to let anyone on horseback pass tho line." “Then what in the devil did you let this fellow pass through for?” “He is an officer, Colonel.” “Officer, . He's a nice sort of an officer, ain't he?” “Then, turning to the intruder I said: ‘You ar** an officer are you? Well, don’t you know better than to ride through a camp of tired and weary soldiers like these are, splashing them with mud and forcing them to get out of your way? I’ve a good mind to buck and gag you, and tie you to that tree. Get out of here you aconndrel!’ The horsman made no reply; only loeked at me aud smiled. I was incensed at his independence and fired another volley at him, when he passed on. The colonel of the Thiri*enth Maine regiment was sitting on a log near toy laughing fit to kill. I asked him what he was laughing at. ‘Don’t you know who that was?’ he asked. ‘No, and I don’t care a continental.’ ‘lt was General Grant.’ I thought he was playing me, and wouldn't believe him. Grant rode on to General Burney’s headquarters. Burney was our division commander. ‘Burney,’ he asked, ‘what regiment is that just down the road there,' indicating with.his. .‘Tke old Twentieth Indiana ’ ‘Who is that boy in command? ‘1 hat's no boy, that is Colonel Taylor. __ ‘Well, he was going to buck and gag mo just niVw,’ then after a pause, ‘he knows how to take care of nis men,’ and rode on. Burney told me of the conversation shortly afterwards. Tho next time I met Grant at close quarters was at Lafayette at Orth's house, after the war. As I entered to pay my respects, Governor Morton introduced me. ‘General Grant, this is one of ray soldiers, Colonel Taylor, of tho Twentieth Indiana.’ A smile passed over the General’s face as he extended his hand and said, ‘I have met Col. Taylor before, I believe.’ Once before. General,’ I replied and passed on. This is all there was to it, but the boys never tired of twitting me about arresting General Grant.” GEN. GRANT TWICE ARRESTED. His Taste for Fast Driving Eect to Two Encounters with the Police. toa*V*ir<gton Special. Among the well-remembered fancies of Gen. Grant was that for fast-trotting horses. He became at the close of tho war a familiar figure on the streets of Washington, especially upon those which led out to the country north of tho city, as he sped away in his plain buggy and citizen’s dross. But he was apt to forget that the city ordinances forbade fast driving, and more than once he was arrested for exceeding the rate of speed which was prescribed as tho limit. It is due to him to say that when on Pennsylvania avenue or in other populous parts of the city, his instinctive sense of propriety would restrain him from transcending the law, but as ho neared the boundaries he sure to give the rein to his horse and to begiu making a mile in three minutes, at the Hast. On one of these occasions a policeman on horseback accosted him as he passed, and requested him to stop. He promptly complied, when he was informed that he was violating the city ordinance, and that it would be necessary for him to appear before a city justice. The hour was designated for the next day, but the prisoner forgot the matter, and failed to attend. The policeman thereupon called on him at his headquarters, corner of Seventeenth and F streets, and reminded him of the engagement. The General was not pleased at what he regarded as the undue pertinacity of tho policeman: but when told by the latter that he had serv-ed under him at Vicksburg, where he learned that it was the first duty of a soldier and subordinate to obey orders, the General yielded, and commended him' for the performance of his duty. He accordingly appeared before the justice, who imposed tho fine, which was paid promptly, without a murmur. At about that time a change was made in the city ordinance. Fast trotting had been prohibited. not only within the boundaries of the city, but throughout the District of Columbia. Tho authorities, upon duo consideration, thought that the ordinance was unnecessarily severe, and repealed it as to the country roads. Gonerai Grant read casually, or perhaps only heard of this change, and concluded that it applied to the streets as well as tho roads. His mistake got him into trouble a second time. He was arrested and taken before a justice, as at the first offense. He pleaded the repealing ordinance, of which he had heard; but was excused on this occasion on the ground that he had been misinformed, and had acted in ignorance of tho true nature of the repealing ordinance. These lacts, though trivial in themselves, reflect honor upon General Grant, and upon American institutions. Here the most popular and powerful man in the Union, while at the bead of the army, is arrested oy a policeman for violating a ity ordinance, and fined by a justice of the peace! Where else in the world could such an event take place? GRANT’S CABINET MINISTERS. Six Deaths Among the Twenty-Five Men Chosen During Two Terms. Washington Special. The following is an official list of the members of General Grant’s Cabinets. Os the twentyfive six have died. Those who have died are indicated by a star. There was no member of General Grant's family who had a list of them to invite them to the funeral of General Grant, It was on that account that the invitation was sent out by the press, so that none of them would be overlooked. This list also gives the date of their appointment: Secretaries of State—Elihu B. Washburn©, v l l Q ?; 8 ’ 5. 1809; Hamilton Fish, of New kork, March 11, 18GU. tjecretaries of the Treasury-George S. Boutwell of Massachusetts. March 11, 1869; i William • uV, of Massachusetts, March 17, 1 e "r Ja ? x? m Bri * tow ’ of Kentucky, Juno 4, 1874; Lot M Morrill, of Maine, Julv 7 1876 .secretaries of War-John M. Schofield, of New i >rk, continued in office; -John A Rawlins, of Illinois, March 11, 1809; William T.’ Hhermun,-of Ohio, September 9. 1809- William W. Belknap, of lowa, October 13, 1809; Alfonso Taft, of Ohio, March 8, 1874. Secretaries of the Navy—James 1). Cameron of Pennsylvania, May 22. 1870: ‘Adolph K. Borie,’ of Pennsylvania, March 5, 1809; George M. Robeson, of New Jersey, June 22, 1809. Secretaries of the Interior—Jacob 1). Cox, of

Ohio, March 5, 1869; Colnmbns Delano, of Ohio, November, 1870: 'Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan, Oct. 19, 1375. Postmasters general—John A. J. Preswell, of Maryland. March 5, 1809; James W. Marshall, July 7, 1874:-Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, Sept. 1, 1874: James N. Tyner, of Indiana, Julv 12, 1876. Attorneys-general—Ebenezer R. Hoar, of Massachusetts, March 5, 1879; -Amos T. Akerman, of Georgia, June 10, 1809; George 11. Williams, of Oregon. Dec. 14. 1871: Edwards Pierrepont, of New York. April 20, 1875; Alfonso Taft, ot Ohio, May 22, 187 G. MILES OF CRAPE. A Quarter of a Million Yards of Drapery— What tlie Work Costs, Wilmington < Pel.) Special. “How much material does it take to properly drape the public buildings of Washington, on an occasion like this?” your correspondent asked of a prominent dealer, of this city, who furnished nearly all the goods used for this purpose. “A great many thousand yards," he said. “You would be surprised to know how many. One gets a pretty good idea of the size of public buildings from the amount of material and labor that it takes to drape them. Take the White House, for instance. It took 3,000 yards this time to drape it Part of this was black bunting, and part a cheaper class of goods. It required, also, a large force of men, to do the work. At tho Treasury the number of yards of material *was about 4,000. The Interior Department, which is very handsomely draped, took 5,000 yards. It is one of the handsomest jobs of this class of work that I have ever seen. The State, War, and Navy building took still more. Probably 6,000 yards.” “And the CapitolP “That takes about 12,000 yards tp properly drape it: perhaps thero ought to be more than that. We put 12,000 yards on when Garfield died. It is not so elaborately draped this time. Had the remains of General Grant been brought here for interment the draping would have been much more elaborate, not only at the Capitol, but elsewhere.” “About how many yards do you suppose are used for draping in the city on an occasion of this kind ”’ “About a quarter of a million, Isuppose: probably it won’t run so high as tliatjhis time, though if tlie funeral and burial were to tako place here it would surpass anything that we have ever seen in Washington in this lino.” “Is there any difficulty experienced in supplying the demand for mourning goods on an occasion of this kind?” “Yes; very serious difficulty. W T e have managed to meet the demand by making great effort. We saw that this sad event was coming weeks ago, and laid in a large supply for this especial purpose. Then on the morning of General Grant's death our manager hurried over to Baltimore and picked up all the lots of this black material that he could find. Tho result is that wo have been able to supply all who called upon us and help out our neighbors besides Tji©,, stock of black goods vrilLhs VerjTTow, however." in thj® en( j 0 f t hi s week. The 'demand in New York for this class of goods is something enormous, especially since it is learned that the funeral and burial are to take place there." “What kind of goods are used for this purpose?” “Black calico is. mostly, though in some cases black bunting is freely used. At the Treasury and White House there is a good deal of bunting used this time. It costs more than double than what the calico does, however, and so is used sparingly. Tlie calico costs 8 cents a yard, while bunting costs 18 cents; quite a difference, you see, when you come to take it by tlie thousand yards.” “Os course the cost of draping a building does not end with the material?” “No, indeed. The work of putting it in place costs a good deal. It requires skilled men—men who are accustomed to this sort of work and who make it a study. They are in most cases upholsterers and professional drapers, assisted by a large force of less experienced men.’’ “Where do you get. these men who do this class of work?" “They are usually the employes of large furniture establishments and that class of business houses. Most of this draping of large buildings is done by contract. When an event*of this kind takes place the representatives of large furniture, carpet and upholstery establishments go to the department officials having charge of the buildings and make their propositions for the work. In many cases they are authorized to go ahead and make a fine job regardless of cost. In othercases the officials set a limit of cost. Then when this figure is known the designers aud chief drapers make their plans, sketch them out briefly and set their men to work. There is real art in this kind of work, and occasionally you find a man who has an especial aptitude for it Such men command high prices on an occasion of this sort. Indeed, almost anybody who can drape with any degree of skill is kept hard at work now day and night.” “So that it costs to drape public buildings here—?” “Well, a good many thousand dollars. To drape the White House alone cost about SBOO this time. That, of course, is the smallest of any of the government jobs. The Treasury is a much larger building, and takes a larger quantity of material and more work. At the Interior Department the drapers have been given carte blanche to go ahead and make a good job. The work there will cost at least SI,OOO this time. So when you take this into consideration and think of the number of buildings there are to drape, including such immense structures as the Capitol and the ;State, War and Navy building, you can see that it costs a great deal of money.” MISCELLANEOUS. Sheridan’s Fiery Defense of Grant at a Reunion of the Army oi the Potomac. New Haven Letter. In New Haven, at th© Army of the Potomac reunion, Grant was accompanied by gallant Phil Sheridan, and the two took in the beauties of the Yale town together. Late in the day General Sheridan was reeling off a story to delighted companions up on Chapel street, when some over rash person, evidently designing to curry favor with General Sheridan, was idiotically indiscreet enough to say something uncomplimentary of General Grant, who had been hurried away to dinner as the guest of a prominent citizen. General Sheridan listened with a contemptuous look on his sun-browned face, but he said not a word nntil the New Havener had quite finished his comments, explaining how General Grant’s glory had all been won at the expense of somebody else. He wasn't the dashing, brilliant leader that Sheridan was; he was chiefly, indeed, the possessor of a fictitious name; his renown could not be lasting. Then Phil Sheridan spoke out. “You talk like an ass!" was what he said, oniy a little more embellished by able-bodied adjectivea “You talk like an ass. General Grant has not half tho credit that belongs to him. for I know, and everyViody who has been close to him knows, that lie has taken glory from himself again and again to give it to men who were under him.’’ The veterans applauded, and General Sheridan continued in a manner that was actually fierce: “if Grant had*cbo6eu to have it so there would have been no other name heard of on the Union side in tlie last part of the war. The fact is that he has been unjust to himself—mean to himself—in order to ue generous to others. Talk about Grant’s fictitious name! man. you are an ass! Goodbye!” The New Havener took the gentle hint. His flattery had not worked. He had learned a thing or two, and his wisdom was pretty well reasoned with sadness. Grant's Arrival at Went Point. Interview with General Sherman. “Do you remember, General, anything about Grant coming to West Point?" “As plain as my A B C’s. I was three years years ahead of him. I remomber seeing his name on the paper in the hall on the bulletin board, where all the newcomers were posted. I ran my eve along down the column of names, I remember, and saw there ‘U. S. Grant.’ There were a lot of us who began to make up names to fit tho initials. One sa ; d ‘United States Grant,’ another said ‘ Uncle Sam Grant,’ someone else said ’Sam Grant.’ That name stuck

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1885.

to him through all his career in West Point, and a lone time afterward, liufe Ingaffs never called him anything but Sam. The boys of the Fourth Infantry always called him Sam. We all found out right away that his initials were wrong, because he to’d us abcut it. When he went to the adjutant’s office to report, he told the clerk that Mr. Hamer had made a mistake in his initials. He was told it couldn't be changed, and that he must sign his namo the same as his appointment papers read. When he graduated ho tried to get the adjutant-general of the army to have the proper change made, but they paid no attention to his request at Wash ington. He went right along after that, and tailed himself U. S. Grant.” St. Louis To Be Represented. St. Louis, Aug. 2.—That the city of St. Louis, which was for a number of years the residence of General Grant, and where he had many old and intimate friend?, may be directly represented in the obsequies of the dead soldier and statesman, Mayor Francis has appointed a delegation of some thirty loading citizens of the city to go to New York and take part in the solemn ceremonies of next Saturday. This delegation will leave hereon Wednesday in a special Pullman car. The mayor has also asked some twenty prominent St. Louisians now in the East to meet at the Fifth-avenne Hotel on Friday morning and join in paying this last tribute to their old and honored friend. General Hancock has been notified of the appointment of this delegation, and has been requested to give it a suitable place in the procession. Tlie Grant Funeral Train from Albany. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 2.—The timetable of General Grant’s funeral train has been issued. The train will leave Albany at 12:30 p. m. and arrive at Grand Central Station, New Y ork, at 5 p. m. MUGWIJMPERY DEFINED. A Democratic Organ Sizes Up Its I,ate Partners—Shocking Language. New York Graphic. Our conception of a mugwump is that of a holier than-thou sort of a person, full of affectation and pharisaism who believes himself to be the salt of the earth, who looks upon every earnest party politician as a blind partisan and a spoilsman, and who is persuaded that the Estonian machine is the most perfect and beneficent invention’ ever known in tho political evolution of mankind. To contend that the Estonian system shows flaw or imperfection is to invite the fiercest wrath of the mugwump. Now, the Graphic is heartily and zealously in favor of honest civil-service reform —fox* which reason, precisely, it finds fault with the burlesque which Mr. Eaton and his colleagues have devised and are enacting. We believe that worthy and competent candidates alone should be appointed to office; we emphatically, do not believe that a board organized to pass upon and certify the educational fitness of aspirants should be vested with any power to dictate the actual nominations. No man should be appointed. ,’(7Atitled Cos" dTsclmrgo - " the" duties of the position he seeks, but tho mere fact that he is thus qualified should not aud does not necessarily entitle him to appointment. Any view opposed to this is clearly unconstitutional. As to the numerical strength of the mugwumps, it is grossly overrated. They are clamorous and arrogant, but the tail should not attempt to' wag the dog. Our correspondent displays some unmistakable mugwump traits in his reflections upon “the Irish Catholic vote.” Wo do not think that the defection of Irish-American Democrats was by any means aslarge lastfall as Mr. Blaine’s adherents represented it to bo, aud it might have been still less but for the irritating tone of mugwump organs. Finally, there is no such thing in existence as a “Democratic mugwump." The real mugwump is an ex-Republican who strives to kill every party which will not accept him as a boss. Consecration of a Bishop at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa.. Aug. 2.—Right Rev. Richard Phelan was to-day consecrated coadjutor bishop of the Catholic diocese of Pittsburg, and tutelar bishop of Phrygia. Tho ceremony, which was very imposing, took place in St. Paul’s Cathedral, and was witnessed by over 5,000 people. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, officiated in the consecration, and Bishop Watterson, of Columbus, 0., delivered tne oration. Visiting clergymen and prelates were present Irom all parts of the couutry, including Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati; Bishops Shannahan, of Harrisburg, Pa.: Mullen, of Erie, Pa.; Ryan, of Buffalo; Cain, of Wheeling. W, Va., and McMaun, of Hartford, Conn. There was no vacancy in the Episcopacy here, but on acconnt of the serious and long illness of Bishop Quigg, it became necessary to appoint a coadjutor, and Vicar-general Phelan was raised to tlie bsihopric of Phrygia and coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburg. Y'esterday’s Doings at Chautauqua. Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 2.—The Rev. J. W. A. Stuart, of Hamilton, Out., preached this morning in the ampithoater. At a general missionary conference held in the arapitheatre this afternoon, stirring addresses were delivered by the Rev.'Mr. Creegan and Rev. Dr. Wyman Butler. Mrs. D. R. James, of Washington, D. C., presided over a woman’s missionary conference. A Young Men’s Christian Association conference was held under the management of the Rev. George A. Hall. This evening the Rev. Dr. Sexton delivered a lecture on “The Problem of Evil,” and the exercises of the day closed with a song service, conducted by Mr. Phillip Phillips, of New York. Grant memorial exercises will be held next Saturday, and an address will be delivered by lion. Albion Tourgee, of Mayville. Th© Opposition to Douhle-lleaders. Cleveland, Aug. 2.—The freight brakemen of the Mahoning division of tho New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad met here to day to consider the recent order of tho company regarding double-headers. It was decided to make no objection if orews of three men are put on double headed trains, but if only two men are allowed they refuse to run. It is not known whether the company will accede te these terms. The Bicycle Record Beaten. Boston, Aug. 2. —L. D. Munger, of Detroit, on Friday, at 4 p. m., started on an attempt to break the bicycle road record of 207 j miles in twenty-four hours, made by Fred Russ Cook, “the California wonder,” this summer. He finished at 3:25 p. m. to day, having completed 2114 miles. The distance was measured ou a Butcher cyclometer, which had previously been tested. Lost at Sea. Charleston, S. C.. Aug. 2.—Tho schooner Margaret Ann left Charleston on April 15, last, for Brunswick, Ga. The crew consisted of Peter Johnson, a Dane, Hanz lleljerin, Andrew Hausen, Gladdis Oleonseu, Norwegians, and Captain Shumoker, from New Jersey. Nothing has been heard of tho vessel or crew, and itTis believed she is lost. Tho Imliau Grazing; Leases. Kansas City, Aug. 2.—Mayor Moore, ex Mayor Bullen aud Dr. Morrison Mumford, representing the citizens’ committee in behalf of the extension of tho timo for vacating the Cheyenne and Arapahoe ranges, left for Washington tonight. They will bo joined at Warrensburg by Senator Cockerell. Canadian Interest in Riel. Ottawa, Ont., Ang. 2.—The conviction and sentence of Louis Riel, the rebel leader, is the all-absorbing topic to-day. Tho Orangemen and English subjects generally consider it a righteous judgment, while among the French Canadians considerable excitement and indignation is manifested. Hibbs Appeals. Portland, Ore., Aug. 2.—ln the Hibbs case, yesterday, at Victoria, Mr. Justic Crease gave judgment surrendering the prisoner to tho custody of the United States authorities. Hibbs, however has retained counsel, and the case will be appealed to the Supremo Court at Ottawa. Two Men Killed by the Cars. Ranger, Tex., Aug. 2.—Wiley Pugh ami J. D. Smith, two young men residing three, miles west of here, while iu an intoxicated condition, last night, were ruu over and killed by an eaatbouud passenger train on the Texas Pacific railroad.

THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. Anglo-American Telegraph Company ltejects the Smith-Chcster Proposals. s Lord Chief-Justice Coleridge to Marry an American Lady to Avoid a Suit for Breach of Promise. TOE MONEY MARKETS. Condition of Affairs on the Stock Exchange and the Continental Bourses. London, Aug. 2.—The discount market was harder during the past week, being affected by the heavy lodgments against applications for the Egyptian loan, and by the customary requirements connected with the Stock Exchange settlement. On the Stock Exchange business was quiet, with a tendency toward firmness. The exchange being closed to-morrow —a bank holiday—many members began thoir holiday on Friday, causing a stagnation at the close of the week. A better business is being done in American railroads, chiefly purchases of low-priced securities. Those most in favor are Eries, St. Paul, and Lake Shore. Progress was made in the reorganization schemes of the Denver and Oregon roads, creating a further demand for the bonds of both at higher quotations. Affairs on the Frankfort Bourse are reported lethargic. Where a change occurs the move meiit is upward, but speculation is dormant. Harvest reports from Austria Hungary are rather favorable. After supplying the internal demand there will be a quantity available for export. It is estimated that the product, even at the present low prices, will bring 80,000,000 florins. A rise is expected in Austrian railways under the stimulation of exportation. Russian advices confirm the reports of a bad harvest in that country. Business on the Berlin Bourse has been dull, but on the whole, the transactions for the week were better than for the preceding week. Tho rush for tho Egyptian loan was purely speculative. The Paris Bourse has been in a state of anamiia during the week, and has been almost deserted. The daily transactions wero chiefly confined to purchases for cash. Theissue of the Egyptian loan gave two days of spasmodic life to business, but the week closed with renewed dullness. FOREIGN jftsCELLANY. The Anglo-American Telegraph Company Rejects Mr. Smith's Proposal. ,—2. —At a meeting held at the offices of the Anglo-American"Teieft7pk .Company (limited), Sir James Anderson in the chair, the result of the polls demanded at yesterday’s half-yearly meeting was announced as follows: Against the recommendation moved by Mr. Smith, of New York, and Mr. Chester, amount of stock, £2,598.511; number of votes, .‘54,058; voters, 850. For tho recommendation—amount of stock, £6,753; number of votes, 138; voters, 3. Majority against recommendation —amount of stock, £2,591,758; number of votes, 33,920; number voters, 847. The chairman then declared that the motions were lost by the above majorities against the recommendations and in favor of the directors. The Egyptian Question. London, Aug. 3.—The Sultan of Turkoy, in tho negotiations regarding the sending of an expedition to tho Soudan, has raised the question of au early evacuation of Egypt by the British troops, offering to substitute Turkish troops in their places. Mr. White, the British representative at Constantinople, has been instructed to decline to discuss the question of a British evacuation of Egypt. Advices from Cairo state that the prospects of the British leaving the country are more remote than ever. Positions on the staff of garrisons which have hitherto been held temporarily have been converted int<3 permanent positions. General McPherson succeeds Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts as eommauder-in-chiof of tho Army of the Madras Presidency, and the Duke of Counaught will succeed Lieutenant-general Jlardiugc as commander-in-chief in the Bombay Presidency. The Archbishop of York on the Scandal. London, Aug. 2.—The Rev. Dr. Wm. Thompson, Archbishop of York, to-day addressed an audience of men, and denounced the conspiracy of silence by which it had been sought to weaken the Pall Mall Gazette’s revelations. He said that this was not a party question, but that it was the duty of the whole nation to stamp out this rampant and horrible vice. Mr. Gladstone, in a letter, says that personally, he would have been giad if the age of protection to girls had been raised to eighteen. Mr. Stead and others interested mot to-day and appointed a committee to arrange a demonstration in Hyde Park, in respect to the protection of girls. Another London Society Sensatiou. London, Aug. 2.—The latest society sensation in London is caused by the announcement that Lord Chief-justice Coleridge is about to marry an American lady whom he first met on the steamer on which he returned home from the United States, three years ago, and who threatened to bring an action for breach of promise if he did not marry her. Society is very much agitated over the approaching event. His Lordship's son and daughter are said to bo very angryA Rumored Collision in Afghanistan. London, Aug. 3.—Advices from Kuehan, via Teheran, dated July 22, say it is rumored that a conflict has taken place between the Russians and tho Afghans near Merutchak. Whether true or false, these rumors are believed on the frontier. Numerous Afghan traders have been expelled from Askabad, owing to the prevailing irritation. The Irish Party Troubles. Tralee, Aug. 2.—At a large meeting of the suspend branch of the League to day, a resolution of defiance of the central committee was adopted, attributing the latter’s action to the supposition that the Tralee branch would, in the general election, successfully oppose Parnell's carpet-bag candidates and vote for the candidates of Davitt's party. The Westminster Abbey Memorial Service. London, Aug. 3.—The Grant memorial service in Westminster Abbey bids fair to bring together tho largest assemblage of Americans that has ever been held in London. The Dean of Westminster will come to London specially to officiate. The music will be the same as that rendered at the funeral of Lord Lawrence. Russian Opinion of Lord Salisbury. St. Petersburg, Aug. 2.—The Journal says that Lord Salisbury's speech shows that he has informed himself .of the views of the European courts regarding European alliances for preserving peace, and sees that it is desirable toagroe therewith. Tlie Queen’s Oversight. London, Aug. 3.—The Queen, having misunderstood the date of the funeral of Sir Moses Montefiore, sent nobody to attend the funeral in her behalf as she had intended to do. She has sent to the relatives a letter expressing her regret at the circumstance. Karl Carnarvon’s Tour. London, Aug. 2.— The Earl of Carnarvon, the Lord Lieutenant, is making a tour of tho leading tow cs of Ireland. He travels without a po-

lice escort. Addresses are presented to him by the muuicipal authorities at the various places visited. Tlie French Troops in Tonquin. t'Aiiis, Aug-2.—The French troops in Tonquin are suffering terribly from fever. The deaths now average twelve Der day. The Temps, commenting on this fact, urges the government to recall the troops who have survived. Opposition to the Land-Purchase Bill. 'London, Aug. 3.—Messrs. Davitt, O'Connor and Redmond, addressing a league meeting in Ireland yesterday, condemned the land-pur-chase bill, and advised the Irish to wait for Mr. Parnell to take the initiative. Duel Between Officers. Trieste, Aug. 2.—ln consequence of apolitical quarrel, an Austrian and an Italian army officer fought a duel in a suburb of this city to-day, The Austrian was mortally wounded. Archbishop Walsh Consecrated. Rome, Aug. 2.—Cardinal Moran to-day consecrated Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, and other prelates. Several American notables were present. THE BUSINESS OF LAST WEEK The Reports of the Clearing-llouses Show a Slight Decrease. Boston, Aug. 2.—Tho following table, compiled from special dispatches to the Post, from managers of leading clearing-houses in the United States, gives the clearances for the week ending Aug. 1, 1885, compared with the corresponding period in 1884: New York $530.001488 Decrease.. 1.0 Boston 55,701.300 Increase... 2.3 Philadelphia- 40,285,272 Decrease.. 4.7 Chicago 36.403,000 Increase.. 5.3 St. Louis 12,606.554 Increase... 2.3 Baltimore 0.409,964 Decrease.. 10.6 San Francisco 10.070.253 Ibcreas®.. 12.0 Cincinnati 7.300.000 Decrease.. 10.4 Pittsburg 0,886.803 Decrease.. 19.2 Kansas City 3.200,811 Decrease.. 15.9 Mi1waukee.......... 2.721.000 Decrease.. 8.3 Providence 3,561.700 Increase.. 8.7 Louisville 3,802,181 Increase... 5.2 Detroit 2,5.56,610 Increase... 5.2 'Omaha 1,906,086 Cleveland 1,870,817 Increase... 16.3 Columbus 1,129,390 Decrease.. 12.7 Hartford 1,204,666 Decrease.. 11.5 Indianapolis 1,061,031 Increase.. 8.1 New Haven 966.658 Decrease.. 9.5 Memphis 580,475 Increase .. 13.0 Portland 746.374 Decrease.. 6.8 Worcester 813,857 Increase.. 6.1 Springfield 620,191 Increase.. 3.5 Peoria 567,844 Decrease.. 28.5 Syracuse 377,671 Decrease.. 15.2 Lowell 287,060 Decrease.. 21.3 Total $735,912,519 Decrease.. 1.0 Outside New York.. 205,911,013 Decrease.. 1.1 *Omaha and Minneapolis not included in totals. HOW RANK NOTES ARE REDEEMED. Remarkable Experts in the Treasury Department. New York Evening Post. When the national bank notes have tramped about the country until they have become ragged and vagabond, and have reached the lowest depths of degradation, they are bundled up and sent to the Treasury Department for redemption. Many millions of these vagrants are received at the Department each year. They have to pass in review through the National Bank Redemption Agency, where those that are utterly depraved and good for nothing are sentenced to be chewed up, and those that have got in through the force of association, but are still not so far gone that some good may not be gotont of them, are sent back into the service. In the place of those that are condemned nice, new notes, crisp and clean, are sent out. The experience of these notes is varied, and in some cases very novel and inteiesting, but their tale is told only by their ragged and dirty appearance when they get back to tho department. The average length of time that a new note can keep up a respectable appearance is about three years. Some have been found at the end of twenty years to be a crisp as on tho day of their issue, but these are exceptional cases, where they have fallen into the hands of people who made pets of them and carefully guarded them from rough usage. The wandering note soon becomes a tramp. It rapidiy goes to pieces if it starts out for the West, stopping along at the crossroad inns, or if it frequents drinking saloons and falls in with low company. Bad habits tell on a bank note very quickly. It is hard luck when it falls in with a blo’ody fingered butcher. Some have been known to become good for nothing under such circumstances in a few weeks. They aro subject, too, to all sorts of misfortune by fire and water. Many thousands get burned up. Then their charred and blackened remains are sent to the Treasury for redemption. One lady in the Comptroller’s office in this case has charge of them, and they aro sent to her for identification before they cau be redeemed. Her name is Fitzgerald, and she is said to be very export, seldom failing to identify a note, giving its proper name, date, and classification, no matter how badly burnt it is. Sometimes packages of several hundreds, done up to be expressed, are sent in all stuck together and burnt clear through to a black crispy mass. She then separates them one by one with a very thin bladed knife and places the charred remains of each one separately upon a glass slab and examines it very carefully with a magnifying glass. She is familiar with all peculiar ties of the issues of the various banks, and a note must be reduced almost to ashes to bo beyond her recognition, though to an inexperienced eye it might not be distinguished from a piece of grocer’s paper which had gone through the fire. All those notes otherwise mutilated go directly to the redemption agency. The desree of expert efficiency displayed there is something remarkable. This branch of the service was organized about eleven years ago by General Spinner. Prior to that there was no systematic redemption of the paper currency as it became too worn for circulation, anu a good many ragamuffin notes wero wandering about tho country. The service began with about one hundred and fiftytwo people employed in counting and assorting the notes that came in for redemption. Very nearly the same amount of work is now done bv fifty-seven. The counting in and assorting of tho notes requires great care, and it is only after long experience that it can be done rapidly. There is an average of about 150.000,000 notes per year handled, and they have to be counted about live times if there is no hitch in the count, and oftener if any mis takes are made. But tho amount is variable from year to year, and even from month to month. The lowest number was in 1880-81, when 60,000,000 were redeemed, and from that it has run up as high as 240.000,000 in a single year. some months it runs as low as 4,000,000 or 5,000,000. then again it runs up in other months to 18.000,000 or 20.000.000. The months of January and June always take tlie lead, those being the periods just after the fall' and spring trade respectively, when the currency worn out from the rough usage in traffic is collected and sent in to be replaced by new notes. The force of fifty seven, all except two or three of whom are ladies, can handle just half a million notes each day. This is very expert counting. Tho notes when they come to be judged ha\e first to be “counted in.” This requires the “counter in" to go over them twice, and she must make no mistake and pass no counterfeit, or the loss thus caused will be deducted from her salary. She is given from 6,000 to 10.000 notes, for which she gives a receipt: then she count's them in; then she counts them hack, and if the two counts agree she is given credit for them when she settles up in the evening, turning in tho money bound aud labeled with her name and amount on each package. If the packages, or any of them are found short, she has to make good the deficiency. Next, the notes have to be assorted, those in good condition from those iu bad condition; then they have to be grouped as to denomination; then distributed into banks of issue, anil then into denominations, under the heads of hanks. Then they are “counted out.” The “couuter iu” has to handle them twice, and the “counter-out” thrice, but the former has the most responsibility, and must be more expert. Tho counter-in handles from 6,000 to 10,000 notes twice, or counts 12,000 to 20,000 per day, while tho counter out handles from 5,000 to 7,000 three times, or counts from 15.000 to 21,000 per day. Thu hi provided they make no mistake, which

makes a recount necessary and doubles tho work. To do this requires constant attention, and is a great strain on tho nerves, as each note has to bo scrutinized very closely to see that it is not a counterfeit., and the “counter in" must know the name of every bank that has a count erfeit upon it. and have in his mind a full description of the false note, so as to be able to detect it at sight. The superintendent savo counterfeit notes are thrown out bv these expert* without hesitation every time they come to them. They have a line of notes passing before their eyes all the time, and any flaw or defoefc they notice on tho instant. Iwo hundred ar.d forty appointments have been made during the eleven years of tha agency s existence, and forty of the fifty-seven employes now there have served from the first. Anew hand is doing remarkably well if he or she learns in six months to count 500 per day or i j assortment, which is the easiest, while theso old hands will count 10,000 a day if the notes aro fairly good. \\ omen are employed for this business because of the dolicacy of their touch and on account of the fact that they are not so apt to have bad habits. They must be young, quick and healthy and well educated, and their salaries, which are paid in through the Treasury by the banks, for th® three grades of work are rated at S9OO, $1,009 and $1,200. The cashiers and two or three of the counters are men. To witness the silence and system in the office is a remarkable sight; the eye of the counters cannot, for an instant be taken from the notes, and their fingers Hy through the money like fin® machinery, one greenback following another ia a never-ending procession all day long. It is said that three counters (or countressos) see every line of engraving on the face of a note at a glance as it passes through their fingers. A MONSTER CANNON. The Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Just Cast iR Jersey City. Philadelphia Bulletin. On roughly-hewn trunnions in the center of Ribbon & March's shop, in Jersey City, yesterday. there rested a peculiar lookine mass of tubing that was explained by the foreman to be the most powerful gun in the world. It has jusfc been finished, and the last polish was being put on by a dozen mechanics. The monster, for such it is, was cast for the Now York Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company, and if the expectations are realized, nothing afloat can withstand one of its terrible broadsides. The barrel is sixty foet long, breech-loading, and weighs forty-three tons. It is of heavy wrought iron, brass lined throughout and with a full bore of eight inches. It was cast in four sections, fifteon feet long, with iron collars which are welded together with stout steel holts. The barrel 13 bolted to eight reservoirs where the compressed air necessary to fire it is stored. Brass nozzles connect tho reservoirs to the barrel, and the amount of air necessary to throw out the projectile is regulated automatically. Upright castings carried on twelve inch channel irons support tho whole, which is moved by compressed air to any position desired by the gunner. More formidable looking than the gun itself is the projectile fired. The cartridge which is of brass, is five feet long and fits the bore snugly. In an iron cone at tho head of tho projectile 180 pounds of dynamite are stored, covered with a slight cap of tin metal, which is easily broken off. exploding the projectile wherever it strikes. When the gun is charged the gunner takes his stand cn a platform behind the barrel, and by means of a lever closes the breach. By simply turning a crank the desired elevation is obtained and fixed. The lowest of the levers opens the nozzles leading from the air chambers and instantly the shaft cartridge is thrown out. Sufficent air to fire six projectiles is stored in tha cylinders. There is no recoil, and the position of the gun remains unchanged. As soon as the carriage is completed and tha gun mounted it will be taken to Fort Lafayette, where the tests will be made under the supervision of a commission of naval men appointed by the government to report the result of the experimeuts. “Yes, sir.” said the foreman, as ho proudly survejea the gun, yesterday, “that is the biggest piece of ordnance ever built in the world. It puts in the shade anything ever made by Krupp, and then it was all made in this little shop. Work was begun in October, but tho boring was so difficult that it required much louger time than we calculated. It has been tested, and shows no sign of weakening under a pressure of 2,500 pounds to the square inch. I feel sure that it will revolutionize modern warfare, aud for coast defense l think it has no equal.” The company expoct to sell tlie gun to Secretary Whitney if it proves serviceable, and they hope to get orders for more of tho same kind. Farm Notes. J. H. Stucker, near old Augusta, raised 71 bushels of wheat on one and a half acres of ground this season. He used for seed “Hedge’s Prolific,” and sowed the usual amount to th® acre. An Arab proverb says: “Tho two greatest enemies of the horse are rest and fat.” Th® average cross-roads stallion contains these twe elements in perfection. Hence, ‘'weedy and washy” colts. A Michigan farmer teils how be manages t® conquer Canada thistles by the help of his 200 sheep. He puts a small handful of salt on each thistle at the root. The sheep eat the thistle* close to the ground. The salting is repeated as oftenfas may be necessary, and the thistle seldom appears the second year. Tho capacity of the stomach of a horse is said to be three gallons, and that of the ox five gallons. Consequently the horse, having a small stomach, must be fed frequently, while the or can take up a large meal at a time and remasticate it at leisure. The stomach of the sheep is proportionate to that of tho ox, and it should bo tod in a similar manner. Regarding the different fertilizers on strawberries, plaster, when applied to the bed, is said to make the berries more brilliant, though lighter in color. Nitrate of soda largely increase j tho size of the leaves aud berries, but at the expense of firmness. Sulphate of potash improves the flavor, color and firmness, while super-phosphate increases the yield. How milking is done in the Island of Jersey is thus described: “Tall buckets narrowed near the top, with widened mouths, are used. A linen cloth is tied over tho top; then a smooth sea-shell is pushed down in tho depression to receive the milk. Tho shell prevents the wearing of the cloth by the stroam of milk. When the milking is done the straining is also completed.” One of the simplest and readiest ways of loosening a rusted screw is to apply heat to the head of the screw. A small bar or rod of iron flat at tho end, if reddened in the fire and applied for two or three minutes to the head of tlie rusty screw, will, as soon as it heats th® screw, render its withdrawal as easy by tha screw driver as if it were only a recently inserted screw. Professor Burrill, of tho Illinois Industria University, says, so far as known, the depressed rough spots on potato tubers, usually called scab, are the result of normal growth carried to an excessive ami destructive development through surroundings adverse to tho potato, and there is nothing of a contagious character in the malady. The scab on the seed, in this viow, cannot affect the succeeding crop. lijjysfr Most perfect made Prepared by a physician with special regard to health. No Ammonia, Lime or Alum. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO, (SOLD O.M.* IX UHS.J |*X. LOUIR