Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1887 — Page 3

THE mDlAKAPOIilS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1837. . 3

TROUBLES OF THE KNIGHTS

Beginning of the Warfare Foreshadowed by the Quarrels at Minneapolis.

A. Provisional Committee Prefers a Long Array of Serious Charges Against the Members of the General Executive Board.

Chicago, Oct, 23. Open war baa been dallared upon the general executive board of tha Knights of Labor by certain dissenter from the tetion taken at the Minneapolis convention. In returning from the convention, about thirtyJive cf the dissenting delegates stopped In Chisago, fully discussed the situation, and detergained to bring about a reorganization of the crder. To this end a provisional committee of ve members was appointed, with Charles F. Beib as secretary. This committee held several meetings to formulate a plan of action, and Anally decided to publish the following maniJestot CIECCXAR NO. 1. 'Chicago, Oct. 22, 1387. 'To the Bank and JTi.e cf the Order of the Knights of Labor: "Indignant at the usurpation of power, the gross violation of the laws of our order by those high in authority; distrusted with those whose loyalty to to present ring has been gained by the pickings they receive as a reward for their services; incensed at the fanning ycopbants wbo crawl on their knees in slavish submission to the most corrupt, the most hypocritical, the most autocratic end tyrannical clique that has ever controlled any labor organisation, we therefore affirm the motto of our order, that 'when bad men combine the good must associate, else they fall, an u Dpi tied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.' We assert the hour has come when, as honest men and women, we must declare ourselves independent of those who have abused the confidence reposed in them by our order. Our duty to the workingmen and women demands that we at once reorganize the Knights of Labor on a basis which will secure the autonomy of the trades and the sovereignty of the districts m all pertaining to their trade and local affairs, and to prevent it from being used in the future b a machine to fill the coffers of designing and . anscrutilous men, as it is by those now in powir. We atfirtn the following to be the reasons h at have compelled this serious action on our art ' "First The general office has become a luxorious haunt for men whose chief aim is to benefit self, pecuniarily and otherwise, and is no longer the Jerusalem of the bumble and bonest Knight . "Second There has been, for more tban a year (beginning prior to the Richmond session), an understanding which, for lack of a better word, ' we call a conspiracy, for the purpose of holding the salaried positions, elective and appointive, in and under the General Assembly. 'Third This conspiracy has used the secret channels and the funds of the order to manufacture sentiment for certain members and against others. Certain persons, sometimes called 'general lecturers 'general organizers,' 'general instructors,' and general many other things, have been paid extravagant sums, both as wages and as expenses, when their only work was to 'fix' certain districts. The lobbyists of railroad corporations would turn green with envy did7 they know the superlative excellence attained by these bloodsuckers of the Knights of Labor. "Fourth Organizers' commissions have been refused to members who were known to disagree with the metnods of the ting, though the applications were indorsed by he district assembly to which the applicant belonged, and. commissions were recalled because of the refusal of the holders to fall down and worship the powers that be. "Fifth District and local assemblies have been suspended or expelled, and deprived of a voice in the General Assembly because they were known as opponents of the policy of the conspirators. "Sixth Conspiracies have been hatched against dissenting members by the aid of corrupt tools in the I). A. or L. A., or both, of such members. "Seventh Tbs records of the general office have been fixed and doctored so as to rule out, or admit, as the case might be. General Assembly representatives. Eighth Men have been admitted as delegates to the constitutional right to seats while others were refused upon tecbbicalities contrary to precedent and established custom t In all cases the test was for or against the ring. Ninth (a) Many thousands of dollars of the order's funds have been illegally expended, frequently against the earnest protests of honest and law-abiding members. "(b) Extravagant hotel bills contracted by tbe families of general officers have been paid out of tbe order's funds, as have ben family laundry and bar bills. ... "(c) Funds have Deen donated and leaned to officers and their friends for their own personal use. "(d) General officers and lecturers lave not only been paid liberal salaries and allowed heavy expenses, but the general treasury has charged additional sums to the locals and districts. "Tentn Honest men devoted to the cause of labor have been made tbe scape-goats of blundering hiarh officials and driven in disgrace, from tbe movement. "Eleventh Efforts made by assemblies to better their condition have been strangled by the ring. It is charity to say for no meaner reason than in response to the clamor of the common enemy of labor. "Twelfth The boycott has been used to injure the labor press, union establishments and tbe products cf Knights of Labor and union labor, for the sole purpose of 'downing' workingmen and women who could not be used by the conspirators. "Thirteenth Persons who wore not members of the order have been provided, for personal reasons, with lucrative positions in the general office. "Fourteenth The constitution has been altered iu an illegal manner; it has been tampered with, and measures inimical to the order at large have been railroaded into what is called 'law.' "Fifteenth The war has been waged by the administration ring against trades-unions and trades districts. The motto of the rine has been, dowu with trades districts, exterminate the trades-unions. This in spite of our obligation 'to extend a helping hand to all branches of honorable toil.' "Sixteenth NeaTly every important strike or lockout in which the general officers have interfered has been lost.' "Seventeenth As a result'of this blundering, wlsby-washy, incompetent and stupidly arbitrary policy the membership of the order has decreased 217,924 members in one year. "Eighteenth In spite of tbe decrease of members hin they have increased the annual expenditures of the General Assembly to half a million dollars. "Nineteenth There was no itemized account of receipts and expenditures issued, either quarterly, as had formerly been the custom, or to the General Assembly. "Twentieth In the General Assembly arguments were met with buncombe; gag law was reduced to a system by the use of the 'previous question'; outrageous decisions were rendered; appeals and protests ignored all for the purpose of covering up the rascality of those in power. "All local and district assemblies in accord with tbe above declaration, or desiring information, will please address Chas. F. Skio. "Secretary Provisional Committee, 180 East Washington street, Chicago."

LEATOLB FROM HUMAN SKIN.

A Flourishing: Pennsylvania Tannery Where It Is Prepared for the Shoemaker. Philadelphia News. I remember that two or three years ago I incidentally referred to a prominent physician of this city wearing shoes made from the skin of negroes. He still adheres to that custom, insisting that tbe tanned hide of an African makes the mo6t enduring and the most pliable leather known to man. Only last week 1 met him upon the street with a brand new pair of shoes. I looked at his footwear, asl always do btspelal coverings have an irresistible facinatton for me and said with a smile; "la the down-trodden African still beneath your feetP In the most matter-of-fact way, and without the shadow of a smile, he auswered: "I suppose you mean to inquire if I still wear shoes made of tne skin of a negro. I certainly do, and I don't propose changing in that respect until I find a leather that is softer and will last longer and present better appearance. I have no sentiment about this matter. Were 1 a Southerner in the American sense of that word I mignt be accused of being actuated by a race prejudice. Hut I am a foreigner by birth, although now an American citizen by naturalization. I fought in the rebellion that the blacks might be freed. I would use a white man's skin for the mm purpose if it were sufficiently thick, and if anr one has a desire to wear tnv epidermis noon hi

feet after I have drawn my last breath he baa my ante-mortem permission." The doctor's shoes always exhibit a peculiarly rich lustrousness in their blackness, lie assures zne that they never hurt his feet The new pair be was using when I last saw him emitted no creaking sound, and appeared as comfortable as

though they bad been worn a month. Their predecessors, he told me, bad been in constant use for eight months, lie obtains the skin from the bodies of .negroes wbich have been dissected in one of our big medical colleges. The best leather is obtained from the thighs. The soles are formed by placing several layers together. The skin is Jprenared by a tanner at Womelsdorf, sixteen miles from Reading. The shoes are fashioned by a French shoemaker of this city, wbo knows nothing of the true character of the leather, but wbo often wonders at its exquisite smoothness and says that it excels the the finest French calfskin. Do not for a moment think that this doctor presents an exceptional case of one who puts the human skin to a practical use. Medical students frequently display a great variety of articles in which the skin or bones of some dissected mortal has been gruesomeiy utilized, and in bursts ot generosity they sometimes present these to their friends, who prize them highly. One of the dndest dudes in town carries a matchsafe covered with a portion of the skin of a beautiful young woman who was found drowned in the Delaware river. It still retains it3 natural color. Another young man with whom I am acquainted carries a cigar-case made of negro skin, a ghastly skuil and cross-bones appearing on one pile in relief. One of the best-known surgeons in this country, who resides in this city, has a beautiful instrument case entirely co?ered with leather made from an African's skin. A young society lady of this city wesrs a beautiful pair of dark slippers, the remarkable lustrousness of whose leather invariably excites the admiration of her friends when they see them. The young doctor who presented them to her recently returned from an extended foreign tour, and he told her that he bad purchased them from a Turk in Alexandria, and that he did not know what sort of leather they were made of, but he supposed it was the skin of some wild animal. As a matter of fact the skin came from a negro cadaver wbich once was prone on a Jefferson College dissecting-table, and tbe leatber was prepared in WomelBdorf. The rosets on the slippers wore deftly fashioned from the negro's kinky hair.

JENNY LIND.

The Famous Singer's Life Drawing to Its Close Her Karly Career. London Special to Bt Lotus Post-Dispatch. I received this morning a private dispatch from Mme. Jennie Lind's residence, near Malvern Beacon,, to the effect that the condition of the "Swedish Nightingale'' is now hopeless, and it is only a matter of a f a w h ours, or, at most, a few days when tbe fatal termination of her long illness will be reached. Some weeks ago her side was paralyzed, and since then she has lost all power of speech. Day by day ber wonderful vitality is ebbing. Happily, ber suffering is small, and her death promises to be a painless one. The grestest sympathy is felt here in musical and social circles for the family of the great songstress on the eve of their bereavement, and Mr. Erne3t Goldschmidt, her son, is daily in receipt of loiters and cablegrams from all parts of the globe, which go to show that, though for many years lost to public view and a stranger to the "garish lights" in which once she shone, Jenny Lind has not been forgotten. Still. I doubt not but what there are many surviving "Lind maniacs" of 1852, as they were called, who will by this annonncement of ber imminent death be apprised for tbe first time that the object ot their admiration is still, and has been for the past thirty-five years, in the land of the living. In view of her phenomenal success aud world-wide popularity it is rather amusing to read the following conversation which Louis Argel relates as having taken place when the timid young girl, applied to a celebrated singing master of Paris for teaching: "What is your nationality!" "I am a Swede." . "Have yon any acquaintances in your own country, friends or so?'' "I know only our old clergyman, upon whose patronage I could depend." "Is be married? Has he any children!" "He has a son abont twenty-five and a daughter eighteen years old." "Well, my dear girl, all I can advise you to do is to go home to your country and marry, if you can, that son of your clergyman, for a singer you will never be." For the past thirty years, in fact since ber marriage with Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, Jenny Lind has lived in the closest retirement Once or twice, tempted for "sweet" charity's sake." she has sung in Exeter Hall. It was painfully apparent, however, that her voice, like the once famous nightingale's of Carmoldoll, bad fled before the touch of time. Her house in Kensington was very interesting to the favored few who possessed the entree, by reason of the artistic souvenirs and curios which ' it contained. Here she was accustomed to entertain a small cirele of intimate friends. Her life was quiet in the extreme, and her diffidence remarkable. Indeed. it is said that Mme. Lind never forgot or forgave the painful notoriety which was given her every movement or smallest .sayingduring the prevalence of the "Lind mania," and when she sung under the management of Barnum. Her son. Ernest Goldschmidt, is a city merchant, and, strangely enough, when we remember that his father also was a musician, possesses not the slightest proficiency for or appreciation of the "divme art" About ten years aero Mme. Lind purchased the fine estate on Malvern Beacon, where she is now awaiting the end of ber life. Here she erected a bouse in Sweedish style, even to the "double windows," as it is said. Her servants were brought from Dalcolia, the favored province of ber northern home, and her library was a perfect museum of Swedish antiquities. I mention these facts because it has been said that the only unlovely trait in Jenny Lind's character was the absence of love for ber country. It Beems needless to add that the charge is one perfectly unsupported by facts. Her residence in England was necessary, owing to her husband's many connections there, and it is said that she never became quite reconciled to the land of her adoption. Mme. Lind was also awhile in Cannes, where she has been accustomed for some years past to spend the winter months. It has ben hoped she would eo far recover as to bear tbe jonrney thither, ranch being expected from the change to the softer climate. In face of the inevitable, however, these hopes have been given up. Some two years aeo Mme. Lind suffered from a serious illness, from which she recovered, though greatly aged in appearance and very much enfeebled. Her hair had grown gray and her eyes were deeply sunken. Never pretty, her sweet expression of countenance, her chief charm, had passed away. Thongh of later years there have arisen captious critics, disposed to make merry of the great reputation which as an artiste she' attained, attributing it to a sentimental and uncritical public rather than to phenomenal qualities, there are no two opinions as to her domestic qualities, and as an exemplary wife and tender mother she will always be remembered.

Winter Habits of Bees. Professor McLain, of the Aurora, 111., experimental station, bas been experimenting with bees in winter. He finds that they hibernate at about 50 degrees, but that tbe best temperature at wbich to keen them for tbe winter is 41 to 45 degrees F. "The bees do not remain all winter in a state of suspended animation, but at intervals of about one week they arouse to activity, the form of tbe cluster changes, and after three or four hours of cheerful and contented humming, having in the meantime appease their hunger, the cluster is reformed into a compact body, the humming ceases, respiration becomes slow, profound silence reigns in the hive until change of temperature, or the demands of hunger rouse the bees from the coma in wbich they have been bound. The more perfect the conditions for hibernation the longer the periods of inactivity. As the activity of bees is not much greater when tbe temperature of the repository is maintained at 41 degrees than at 41 degrees, and as 41 degrees is too near the dancer point, I nd it much safer to keen tbe temperature in dry winter repositories at 44 degrees."

Hard on Mr. Sissy. Texas Sittings. Hostess (at an evening entertainment) "Do you sing, Mr. Sissy!" Mr. Sissy (who sings on the slightest provocation) "Oh. yes." Hostess "I am so glad. Mr. Featherly is about to favor us with a song, and you, being musical, will enjoy it, I'm sure. He has such a fine voice." Sissy hates Featherly.

Circumstances Alter Cases. Nebraska State Journal. Advertiser "What is tbe circulation of this paper?" "About forty, and most of them dead-heads." "Forty! Why you said yesterday it had a worn circulation of 4,080." . "I know I did." "Then what do you mean, anyhow!" 'My dear sir, I rffean that I sold oat my interest in tbe paper last evening." ' mm ' Col Ait rl Mi 111 can's Position. . Huntington Herald. - . Colonel Mi'iliran has quite a long letter in the Democrat, this week, in wbich betakes accasion to deny that he has undergone any change in bis views as to tbe doctrines of the Democratic party, and to deny the generally accepted story that he voted for Garfield instead of Hancock in 1880.

Patterson, fine livery, 80 East Court st

CASES OF THE ANABCHISTS

Belief at Washington that the Appeal Will Be Denied by the Supreme Court.

Chicago People Apprehensive that the Execution of the Seven Condemned Men May Z Cause a Serious Outbreak in That City. . ; Washington Special. Tbe prevailing opinion here is that the Anarcbists'caee will be thrown out of court. The Chief-justice intimated very . plainly that the court would , consider only one point, and that was the constitutionality of the law under which they were convicted. He interrupted General Pryor to say that the points he was presenting should be determined by the courts of Illinois, as the federal judiciary had nothing to do with them. General Pryor continued his argument in the same line as before until he was interrupted czaia by the Chief-justice, who remarked very significantly: "The only question here is whether the statute referred to is a valid statute or not' If tbe court erred in its administration, that is a question for the State." The counsel are divided in opinion. Mr. Tucker and General Butler differ from Pryor and Black as to the form of appeal. Mr. Tucker relies wholly upon, the provision of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, that "No State shall make or enforce any law wbich shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States: nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." . In the opinion of Mr.. Tucker this proyision of the Constitution is violated in many important respects by the State laws and judicial practices under which tbe Anarchists were condemned. His first claim is that the words "due nrocess of law" involve trial by jury, a right which counsel claim has been denied the Anarchists, inasmuch as the jury was composed of men prejudiced against the defendants, convinced in advance of their guilt, and determined upon conviction. This is based upon the fact that more than one juror was accepted who declared that be had been convinced of the guilt of the defendants and bad expressed the opinion that they should be hanged, but that he would be bound by tbe evidence. Such a juror it is claimed, was incapable of rendering an impartial verdict, and trial by such jurors was, in fact, no trial by jury at all. After the peremptory challenges of the defense were exhausted all jurors impaneled were legally disqualified and cannot be recognized as jurors within the meaning of law. When the panel was exhausted it is claimed that law was further violated by the instruction of the court that additional jurors be summoned from "(be best citizenscf Cook county," and the consequent summoning of bankers and merchants. A trial by ibeir peers was thus denied the Anarchists. Another point raised is that the record shows that an exception was at one time noted to a ruling of the court as being in violation of the State and federal constitutions. This exception being recognized by the court, it is claimed that this fact alone eives jurisdiction to the United States Supreme Court. The great point at issue, in Mr. Tucker's opinion, is a definition asked for the first time from the United States Supreme Court of the words "due process of law," and their relation to the "liberty of the citizen." and the claim for the first time made that tbe United States Supreme Court must take cognizance of an appeal based upon the admission to a jury of improper jurors. Other points upon which the Chicago attorneys for the Anarchists have placed more or less reliance are: That the forcible search of the editorial rooms of the Arbeiter Zeitung was a violation of the constitutional guaranty against unreasonable searches, seizures: etc.; that, the fifth amendment to the Constitution was violated, inasmuch as Spies was called upon to testify against himself; that the proceedings and sentences were in violation of the provisions that the accused shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, and that crnel and unusual punishments shall not be inflicted; that a conspiracy to incite violence may have been proved, but that penalties are adjudged for a conspiracy to use violence, which was not proved; that the Anarchists are protested by the constitutional proyision against interference with religious belief, etc.; that the Anarchists had an undeniable right to bold the Haymarket meeting under the guaranty of freedom of the. press, freedom of speech, and the right to assem ble peaceably. When Mr. Tucker came into the case he demurred from all points based upon the first ten amendments to the Constitution, claiming that these are simply restrictions of federal power and not applicable to State laws. Upon several of the other points the attorneys are unanimously agreed.

Great Alarm Felt in Chicago. Special to New York Sun. The feeling of alarm is not confined to the authorities. It has spread throughout the' city, and especially is it manifested in the neighborhood of tbe county jail. This building is not near the business oenter of the city, but is located on the North Side, two blocks away from tbe river, and running along the east side of the edifice is Dearborn avenue, a street which, only a few streets to the north of the gloomy structure where the fated seven are incarcerated, develops into one of the most fashionable boulevards of Chicago, lined on either side with costly residences. In the immediate vicinity of the jail are long rows of boerding-houses. The location has been considered so good, being hardly a quarter of a mile from the great wholesale and retail districts, that landlords have bad not the slightest trouble in finding tenants, but in the last two months, or since the Illinois Supreme Court reused to grant the convicted Anarchists a new trial, a marvelous change bas been going on. House after bouse bas been vacated, and the landlords are vainly seeking in the justice courts to enforce their broken leases. In three instances, at least, the tenants boldly declared that they felt that their lives and those of the members of their family would be seriously endangered by residing in close proximity to the jail. One nervous man declared it to be his belief, from what be bad seen in walking the streets toward his home late at night, that there was a well-defined plot to blow up the jail with dynamite. Others feared that, despite the vigilance of the authorities, a mob would gather on Nov. 11 and seek to rescue the seven Anarchists, or at least precipitate one of the bloodiest riots of modern times. Therefore it is that the sign "For Rent" can be seen on the doors and windows of dwelling-houses for blocks around the jail. The most extensive preparations have already been made by the Bheriff and chief of police to provide against any such calamity as is feared, but the apprehension of the public is not allayed. Day and night policemen patrol the streets adjacent to the jail, inside the building a squad of deputy sheriffs have been divided into three watches of eight hours each, and the eoming and going of every visitor is closely guarded. The First and Second regiments of the National Guard will be held under arms at their armories on the day set for the banging, and it is said that Governor Oglesby has been asked to order these citizen soldiery to be in readiness several days in advance cf the time. Captain Schaack, who did so much to trace out the conspiracy of murder and rapine of which the Anarchists were convicted, expresses confidence in the ability of the authorities to tide over the hanging without trouble, but others wbo are in a position to know say that Captain Scbaack assumes a confidence he is far from feeling, and that he feels that his own life is daily in peril. Wherever he goes he is shadowed by detectives. Even when he walks the streets in tbe crowded business section in broad daylight he is not lost sight of by his guardians for a moment, so strong is the fear that an assassin may be lurking in wait for him. Judge Gary goes calmly to and from his judicial labors, evidently without fear, and the same can be said of State's Attorney Grinneli. but it is a fact, nevertheless, that at tbe earnest solicitation of their personal friends detectives: are also watching tbero. although Judge Gr .-y strongly protested against any safeguards b ine thrown around him. and Mr. Grinneli laughed at the report that he was being cared for so well. Business men also share the apprehension. There is the most trustworthy information that in tbe wholesale district arms and . ammunition have been provided in a number of oases, and preparations made to barricade the buildings on 'short notice. Altogether the outlook for Nov. 11 is not a cheerful one for the residents of Chicago. Inspector John Bonfield, of the police force, is also hated by the friends of tbe condemned Anarchists, and precautions have been taken to protect his life. Tbe Anarchists say that Bonfield is largely to blame for the massacre in the Haymarket, and that be, if anybody, should be hanged for what took place on that fatal night They say be was ordered by both Mayor Harrison aud Chief of Police Ebersold to send his men home, and that both of his superiors then left the DesplaineB street station; that then Bonfield, to keep himself before the public and gain a reputation, ordered out bis men and. proceeded to disperse what little there was left of the

crowd. Then it was that some weak-brained individual threw the fatal bomb. The Anarchists say that had Bonfield obeyed his orders there would have been no collision, and .that bad there been any conspiracy every sympathizer with the cause would have been provided with a bomb and have blown off the face of tbe earth every policeman present that night Bonfield is very unpopular with the masses, as he bas on several occasions brutally clubbed people and compelled his men to do the same thing. He bas always justified his course by saying that such action was necessary to prevent riots.. Mr. Grinneli Summoned to Washington. Chicago, Oct. 23. State's Attorney Grinneli received a telegram from Attorney-generat Garland, to-day, requesting him to come . to Wash-' ington. Mr, Grinneli came up to his 4t2ce at once and packed up the same papers used when be was invited into tbe State's case by Attorneygeneral Hunt General Garland says that he wants Mr. Grinneli present while tbe defense make their argument, so that be can be enlightened on the points raised. " The Attorney-general of Illinois and his assistant have also started for Washington.

CLEVER FINANCIERING.

How a literary Lawyer Lifted a Banking Firm Oat of a Scrape. New York Special. Wall street is talking about a feat achieved by "J. S., of Dale," during the resent disturbances relative to the control of Baltimore & Ohio property and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad. "J. S., of Dale," as'is pretty well known now, is Mr. Fred Stirnson, a lawyer who disguised' bis literary work because he feared that his standing as an attorney would be prejudiced if it, were known that he was indulging in light fiction. He was evidently impressed with the general idea that literary fellows have no heads tor business, and preferred to be associated in the public mind with the bar rather than with authors. Mr. Stirnson was the attorney for Kessler Ss Co., Wall-street bankers, who bad loaned heavily to Henry S. Ives & Co., while that scatter-brain concern was trying to buy tbe Baitimore & Ohio railroad with nothing. The crash came, and Kessler & Co., with many other houses, found themselves facing what appeared to be dead loss on most of their 'loans. Some of them were, of course, secured by good stock, wbich was sold at a satisfactory figure, but there remained a great amount of Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton stock which was counted as of the most doubtful value. The idea that a syndicate beaded by Drexel, Morgan & Co. would be formed to take charge of the property was in the air, but it was not probable that this or any other syndicate would pay for the securities held by Kessler & Co. as much as had been loaned upon them. It was eminently desirable to get out of the matter at a profit if possible, and the bank would have been satisfied, to get out with a loss of no very great amount. Mr. Stirnson thought he saw a way . to clear a profit, and ha accordingly institute the series of auction sales of the securities which caused so much talk and fuss during tbe progress of the negotiations looking to the forming of the syndicate. It will be remembered that none of the sales ever actually transpired. The time and place were advertised in the due form, and at the proper moment the auctioneer mounted the block before a crowd of interested and speculative buyers. Then the auctioneer was called down before a bid had been made, and the announcement was put out that the sale had been postponed. Tbe postponement in each case was made for a cash, consideration, given by those to whom the formation of tte syndicate was a vital necessity, and tbe cash did not represent a payment on the debt, but was simply part of a trade, the price paid for tbe postponement of the sale. In at least one of these cases the cash consideration was $5,000. The racket was continued, and when finally the syndicate was formed, Kessler & Co. disposed of ali their securities to it at snch a figure that, with the bonuses received for postponing the auction sales, they netted $12,000. It is pretty good financiering that would take any concern out of the Ives entanglement at anything short of a loss, and the responsible party in this case was "J. S., of Dale," the literary man. He is a man of medium height and rather commonplace in appearance. He speaks with a marked hesitancy of utterance, pausing between words, searching bis brain for the most common expression, and giviftg altogether tbe impression of a man little endowed with oratorical or even conversational powers. But in forensic argument he always makes his point clear after stumbling througa a sentence, and in planning a case he seems to be fully equipped with resources in spite of his literary attainments.

The Water Question at the West. Illinois Correspondence Country Gentleman. During this year's drought a new feature has been developed in the wells which get their water from the sand pockets in the blue clay. Formerly, when a well 10, 20, 30 or 40 feet deep gave out, it has been customary to bore for more, with a two or three inch auger, and going down further equal to the depth of the well. In half such enterprises the result has been a good supply flowing up and continuing for years. But the experience this year has been qnite opposite in results half the wells, deepened by the usual methods of boring, have proved to be sink holes, what little water was secreted sinking out of sight as the auger went down. Perhaps this single fact, as well as any other, gives a correct idea of tbe length and severity of the drought, and one of the bad effects of so extensive tile drainage the rain-fall is so quickly and so extensively taken off the surface, there is not sufficient time for tbe water to penetrate to the sand pockets in tbe blue clay, and keep tbe supply of wellwater within the former level and limit It is easy to comprehend that, if the rain-fall continues to be taken off tbe surface as fast as it falls, the well level will also sink to tbe sand strata between the blue clays, from 100 to 150 feet down, and all wells will have to be sunk that depth. These or similar considerations have given rise to the recommendation, seen in many Western agricultural and other sheets, that every eighty, or even forty acres , in prairie Illinois in cultivation, should have an artificial pond noon it In sections of a less level surface, where, as in a large portion of Kentucky, there is little less than a succession of greater or less curve, breadth and elevation to the low rounded hills which run together and form numerous ravines; or, as in Iowa and Northern Illinois, where the surface, though prairie, rolls heavily, there is not much work in damming across a ravine or a draw, for an artificial pond; but when the prairie approaches a level, and the swells of ridges are from four to five miles apart, and the elevation from highest point to lowest les3 than 100 feet, artificial ponds are rather expensive, and in a majority of instances must be shallow. As to the water in artificial ponds, if stock is not permitted to foul it, the quality improves by exposure and age, and at the same time the salts of lime, etc., in solution, are deposited and tbe water becomes measurably soft This, railroad men tell me, and 6ay that reservoir water is far preferable to anything they can obtain from wells, on account of its comparative softness as it does not crust the boilers of the engines save to a limited extent I am aware this is going into details on a matter that few Eastern and Southern readers are interested in or care anything about; but for tbe great valley of the Mississippi above Cairo, the water of the future and bow we shall secure a copious perennial supply without a ruinous expenditure, is one of the gravest problems the Etockmen and farmers of the next half century will haye to solve.

Trick of the Imagination. Buffalo Express. .. ;- A short time since a man was taken to one of the hospitals sufferine intense pain. He informed the doctors that his -home was down in the country, and that if be should die be wished to be cent there. The physicians asked him what be supposed caused the pain. "Why, I swallowed my plate and four false teeth while asleep, the other night," was the answer. Tbe patient was pot npon liquid food, and all the examinations made by tbe medicos failed to locate the swallowed article. The man's sufferings were lessened considerably, and as a test it was decided to give him a little Diece of beefsteak. This was done, and the poor patient was writhing in agony as soon as be had swallowed a mouthful. "Oh, my GoJ!" he exclaimed, "this is killing me; I know I shall die." and numerous other such speeches. The physicians and nurses could hardly keep him in bed he suffered so touch. Again he broke forth in exclamations. This time he said: "Oh, how I suffer. lean feel the teeth tearing my stomach apart Oh . He did not finish until a nurse opened a telegram from his wife. It read: "Found teeth under bed." The suffering man, wbo had' swallowed these teeth, got up and dressed, paid his bill, and left the hospital without a word. This is only an illustration of what imagination will do.

The March of Progress. Andersr.n Herald. This is tbe season of the year when the streets of the city used to be full of wagons loaded with wood and coal. Now a coal wagon is a rarity and a cord of wood will soon be considered fit for exhibition in a dime museum. Natural gas and plenty of it bas worked the change.

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DAILY TYEATIIKR BULLETIN. Indications. .' r Washington. Oct 211 a. m. For Indiana and Illinois Colder, followed by warmer, fair weather in Illinois; fresh to brisk winds from northwesterly. For Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania Colder; rain, followed by fair weather; fresh to brisk southwesterly winds, veering to northwesterly. For Michigan and Wisconsin Colder, followed by warmer in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan; fair weather, preceded by rain or snow in lower Michigan; fresh to brisk northwesterly winds, high on the lakes.

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. Maximum temperature. 62; minimum temperature. 4:3. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and rain-fall for Oct. 23, 1837: To in. Rain. Normal 49 O.ll Mean 53 0.16 Departure from normal . . . L 0.05 Tot&lexcess or deficiency since Oct 1. 70 1.94 Totalexcess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 17 "12.33 Plus. At 7 P. M. the cold-wave flaewas ordered to be hoisted. The temneraturs will fall 15 to 20 degrees by 10 P. M. Monday. 24th. General Observations. , Washington, Oct. 23. 9 p. if.

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