Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1889 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1889.

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jXDlAEAAJfD ILLINOIS NEWS Alleged White Caps Beat and Shoot a jlan and Chase llhn Out of Town,

rjrncr'3 AVife Kicked to Peath by a Horse filled by tlie Cars-SOt) Awarded for Haljractice Practical Farmers in Session. INDIANA. JL Gan of Roughs Rrutally Assail A Ilorse Doctor and Run Iliia out of Town. c-.ecUl to the ImliauapoLs Jou;xaL vabash, Jan. CI. There is much excitement at North Manchester, Wabash' county, Sver the operations of a gang of alleged TVhito Cars, who selected a victim in the person of W. H. Clair, w ho recently moved here from Missouri. Clair is a horso doctor, and does not bear a savory reputation. For several weeks past ho has been in the habit of loaiing about saloons, and recently ho entered upon a prolonged spree. Clair's story is substantially as follows: lie had been put out of a saloon at a very late hour, and was walking along the principal street of North Manchester, when he was accosted by several persons who at once began an assault upon him. The gang tired shots at Chir, one ball striking him in tho breast, lmt encountering an obstruction, only a flesh wound resulted. The crowd roughly ' ordered the Doctor to get out of town, and tha victim started on a run. followed by the "cappers," who chased him down the truck ot the Wabash Western railway to Newton Junction, where the chase was Abandoned. Clair was completely exhausted and bleeding from numerous wounds about his heauVand oody, indictedby ciub. in the hands of his brutal assailants. He was in a pitiable condition when discovered and cared for by people at the -Inaction. Clair lias named several of orated bv A. C. Forest, a gentleman who lives on Main street, near whero tho shooting occurred, who was tho first to hear tho gLots, and saw the man running toward the depot. Charles Balleuger and Elmer McKinley,two of tho men implicated by Clair, have disappeared, making it appear almost certain that they aro tho parties wanted. No arrests have been made yet. TTonian Kicked to Death by a Horse. gpecial to tho Indianapolis Journal. Bpazil, Jan. 31. Mrs. Welty, a middleaged lady living with her hushand on a farm a mile south of Brazil, was killed late yesterday by being kicked by a horse. When found she was lying in the barn lot. Iter neck was dislocated and a jaw badly broken up. Two or more horses were loose iiLtho lot. One of these is considered dangerous from kicking, and tho unfortunate woman had been warned to keep away. Mrs. Welty was au estimablo Christian hdy, and an active member of the M. E. Church. Indian Doctor Arrested for "Voodooing." , Hammond, Jan. SI. Dr. Burnet, a socalled Indian doctor and astrologer, was arrested to-day, charged with "voodooius' Paul Malsch, a hard-working German farmer, whom tho doctor had terrorized into giving up considerable propcrtj Tho doctor, it is alleged, had a couple of accomplices personating witches, and by their machinations so"" upset Malsch's nerves that tho poor farmer is now bedridden. Damages Awarded for Malpractice. Special to the ImlianaioUs Journal. Leisaxo.y, Jan. In tho case of Q. T. Iioiconrt vs. Dr. Thomas II. Lane for $10,Cj0 damages for alleged malpractice, which haa been occupying the attention of the 15oone Circuit Court lor tho last week, the jury returned a verdict this evening for fctOu for tho plain till". Run Over by a Passenger Train. Special to tho Indianaio!L Journal. Covixgtox, Jan. SI. William Morrison, a young man about thirty years of age, who lives east of this place two miles, was killed, last evening, by the passenger train, while on liis road home. This morning tho section men found his body near the track. Minor Notes. James Harvey, a pioneer citizen of Madison, died yesterday. New Albany has cut oil the pay of its counciiuitu in order to reduce expenses. James McCormick, one of the oldest residents in Laiayeite, died on Wednesday. .Francis Murphy's sous are holding a series of temperance meetings at Lawrenceburg. John B. Salyers, of Connersyille, who had lived m Fayetto county all his life, is dead. He was born in lb7. Kev. George H. Dole, of . Toronto, Ont., has been asked to take the pastorate of the -New Church at LaPorte. . The dry-kiln of the Indiana Manufacturing Company, at Feru, was burned on u cdueaday afternoon. Loss, about o(X). Byrneville, Harrison county, has a Mormon congregation. It does not teach the polygamous leaturo of the creed, however. Hon. Frank B. Posey, Congressman-elect iroiii the First district; and Judge Parrett, las defeated competitor, are both graduates of Aibury (Do Pauw) University. ' Henry Brooks, who will servo as a juror Luring tbe February term of the Morgan bounty Circuit Court, is the first colored muu to servo in that position in the county. Frederick Schrader, jr., a wealthy young laruier living near Decatur, has become inline. He was accused of burning a neighours bam, and this is thought to have unsettled his niiud. Jacob Falk. a wealthy farmer living near iiiuiltou, committed suicido on Wednesday oy shooting. For some time past he haU not lived Happily with his wife, and she Lad applied lor a divorce. Mrs. Amanda Holtn'iTi llntrrfih1 offnf ?.n illness of three years or more, died in f lartmsvillo on Wednesday, She was born in Madison county. Ky., in ISIS, and lacked a tew months of being seventy-one years oi age. r' re a prominent business man of Columbus, upon whom a delicate surgical operauou was performed a few days ago, on Wednesday night. He was fortytwo Years of age, and leaves a wifeaudfour children. I ox-chasing by the Montpelier and Camocu lally-hoClub is the favorite reigning Prt m the vicinity of Hartford, tho Godiey reserve being the ground usually aerKcieti. ihree luxes were captured on uluegday. Benjamin Heustis, a farmer, living near i-awrenceburg, was fouuddead in Newtown, ou Tuesday night. The body was yingma road-cart, the head caught beiwetn tho tpokes m tho wheel, :aid tho neck broken. TiU eter?s meat shop and Joseph "oolieyacoal oilico at Connersville were burglarized on Wednesday morning. Peters os is about 100 in money, among which aa a number of rare coins. Wooliey'a loss cousutdl of a twenty -dollar check and valuable papers. The Big Four railway bed, between LawJenceburg and the junction, has been raised w us to form a substantial levee, winch will effectually protect the back onntry from an overilow when tho stage t water at Cincinnati does not exceed six-ty-Cight feCU fh'Std White Cap notice have appeared .Winchester, warning "all habitual JJins. wife-beaters and bad woaicn" to fciemi their ways, or receive thirty lashes, jn addition to this general notice two busiweasmeiiaud one woman have received wtfaunal warnings. Grandma Cisney died at her home near ickport, on Wednesdav, aged 102 vears. -lie was tho widow of Or. htephen f. CisTOj wis of the first residents of Kockport. a d tae mother-in-law of Judge Pitcher, of lount trnon. ibo was a pensioner of tho jar of lbl and had resided in Spencer equity for bixty-uvo years. Chris Lucky, an Allen county farmer. ; wife died lat May, has not eaten anything but raw eggs ami raw meat fcinco iiut time, and has compelled his ten-year-id boy to follov.- Li example. The auhonties iutcifcroci, recentlv, and found hi? i ,.,V.l?ttl "either was'hed himsuif, combed hihiiair nor changed his clothing for wat lixottUw. Fiu'fiiciaua who examined

North Manchester s citizens asms assailants, one being a night watchman. They pur the charge. Clair's story is corroU-

him as to his sanity, declared him all right, mentally, but recommended tliat ho bo publicly w ashed and reduced to a state of civilizatiou. ILLINOIS.

fleeting of the Fifteenth Congressional district Farmers Institute. Special to the Indianapolis J JurnaL Paths, Jan. SI. Tho farmers' institute for tho Fifteenth congressional district, held under tho auspices of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, convened at tho court-room in this city this inorninsz. Tho meetings will bo held for two days. Addresses were made to-day by Hon. G. S. Haskell, of Kockford, president of the State board; H. M. Dun lap, of Savoy, president of 1?? .l"?.018 Horticultural Association, and M. A . Matthews, of Urbana. Stranger Killed by the Cars. Special to Hi Indianapolis Journal. Uiibana, Jan. 31. A train on the Ohio, Indiana & Western road ran over and crushed a stranger, at 10 o'clock to-day, at tho curve inst west of the Griggs House, The inquest failed to establish any clew to his identity or reason why he did not leavo the track. Brier Mention. The boiler of the uovr mogul engine cn the C.,B. & Q. railroad exploded near Piano ?3 VTeJPelay fatally injuring the nreuian, W. II. Kankin, of Galesburg. William Grady, a blacksmith at Elgin, was stabbed in a saloon brawl on Wednesday, but the perpetrator was not apprehended. It is uncertain how the wound will terminate. The Kev. Theodore nunter, of Gainesville, Tex., has been called to the Presbvtenan Church at Beinent, and the Rev. i M. Sams, of Manstield, O., to the Baptist Church at Monticello. Hon. Joseph Utley, of Dixon, is expected to live but a short time. He was for a number of years president of the State Board of Canal Commissioners and an active and well-known Republican. A religious organization of Chicago is about to erect a young ladies' seminary at iiota. Farmers in tho vicinity have donated ten acres of land, and buildings costing 40,000 will be erected. At Maple Park, Kane county, traveling Mormons hired a hall for the purpose of holding a series of meetings, but local Ereachers aroused such excitement that the iatter-day Saints took a hurried departure. Allie Johnson, a ten-year-old 6on of Geo. Johnson, of Llvaston, Hancock county, died on Wednesday of bruises indicted bv unknown means. Foul play is suspected, and a coroner's jury is investigating the case. A fire one mile west of North Aurora, on Wednesday night, destroyed John Khuthal's barn, together with thirty cows, eighteen hogs and three horses. The blaze is thought to havo been the work of an incendiary. A fourteen-year-old boy named John Long, living near Highland, wrapped tho hitching-strap of a horse around his arm. and the norse, becoming frightened, dragged him on his back over the frozen tield and then ran into an open barn, where tho halterstrap broke. The Hfeless remains wero found by his father. A fanner living in the western part of Illinois, suspected of setting tire to his neighbor's barn, was taken from his house aiyl threatened with hanging unless he confessed. Ho declared his innocence and was released, whereupon he returned to his house, took his shotgun and went on a hunt for his would-be lynchers. He failed to find them, they having dispersed. DEMOCRATIC EDITORS TROUBLED. They Cannot Obtain the Patent Insides Necessary for Intelligent Democrats. The Democratic Editorial Association of Indiana held its semi-annual meeting at tho Hendricks club-rooms yesterday afternoon, twenty-nine persons being present, including the reporters of the city papers. The greater part of tho time was taken up in discussing the need of reform in election laws. Tho editors favored two different biUs. the one having tho Australian features meeting with the strongest support. As the bill now in the Senate is of that character, it was indorsed in the following resolution: wrnereas. It is well known that there Is a necessity for a radical change in tho election laws of this State, therefore, bo it Kesolved, liy the Democratic editors of Indiana, in convenUon assembled, that we urgently recommend the enactment of a law embracing the vital features of the election bill reported by the Senate committee on judiciary, and we call upon our representatives in tlie Legislature to pre&s the passage of such a bid at the earliest possible moment. This resolution presents the net result of two hours' work by the delegates. They then devoted themselves to miscellaneous discussion, and the secretary was directed to read a letter from John E. Ferreia, of this city, containing a tirade against the Republican party. It zealously appealed for the immediate emancipation of the thousands of laboring men who aro throttled and now at the mercy of tho protectionist demagogues." The writer coniidently asserted that the farmers of the couutry who had voted for the monopolists at tho last election will repent it. They had already made up their minds there was something wrong with the evsteni that places 350,000,000 annually in the pockets of governmental schemers. The 1tt-r. which was ffc' verv lonir one. wound up with "a cry to arms aud the assertion that the Democracy would need the most strenuous exertions and exemplary conduct to regain their foothold in this State inlS90. The association then gave itself to the discussion of the newspaper business from a professional stand-point. There was a good deal of talk by the country editors about the difficulties of securing "patent insides" of a Democratic tone in this city. On account of this, several reported that they had to procure them elsewhere at an increase of one dollar per hundred pounds. It was generally admitted, however, that the "Tiatent insides" obtainable here, while they leaned toward Republicanism, were vet comparatively impartial on important issues, and furnished excellent reports of tho Legislature. They were mainly in fault from not having a decided Demo--cratic character, and were often unobtainable by a Democratic paper in the same townwherefurnishedtoaKepublicanpaper. For these reasons it was deemed advisable by several speakers to establish, for the benelit of the Democratic country press of this State, an institution where patent insides, containing the straight Democratic teachings, could be manufactured. This seemed to awaken 6ome interest, and the project was discussed quite fully, though nothing definite was accomplished. In considering the diftacultiesof Democratic newspapers in this State, the principal obstacle to their success was saidtobe that tho rank aud tile of the Democratic party does not contain as many readers as the Republican 1arty. This, it .was naid, was unfortunate; jut the number of reading Democrats was glowing yearly through tho eil'orts of the editors, and those present were exhorted to take courage. After annointiue a committo to select the ilace of meeting lor next summer, the folowing officers were elected for the ensuing yean President J. O. nenderson.Kokomo Dispatch. Vice-presidents 11. F. Louthaiu, Logausport rharo; M. C. Benham. lhx-oidhnr Secretary F. A. Arnold, Greencastle Star-Press. . Corre poutUng Secretary Luther Short, Franklin Democrat. Trea&urer V. R. 6heffer, Angola Herald. The convention then adjourned.

Our Quick Moving Nary. San Francisco Clmmlcle, Jan. 'J2. The Vandalia finally got to sea to-day, two days alter the time fixed for sailing. Considering tho time it usually takes to get one of our naval vessels started this was rapid work, fcho will not proceed direct to famoa, however, as she is forced to Mop at Honolulu to coal, and if Kalakaua has anv especially attractive entertainments there, or the officers desire to see tho volcano, we mav expect to hear that it took the best part t the week to get in the coal. Our navv ought to feel at home in Samoa, w here thre is a great deal of resting between drinks. m Th Cot of Ilrcul. IMirard Atkinson, in Febroary i'orum. The- distribution of bread after it is baked now costs the average workman in a city n much a it does to grow the w heat, mill it barrel it, move it 1,500 miles, and convert it'iuto bread, all put together. 4 1

SOME MIITATE SECRErAEIES. The Difference s In the Qualifications for Of-. ' flee in America and Abroad. OnceaWeelc Public men, and particularly those who have traveled extensively through Europe, aro fond of saying that America produces tho most useful private secretaries in the world. Tho reason is not hard to finch In Europe tho private secretary of a statesman is almost! invariably some titled young diplomatist or aspirant to parliamentary distinction, who considers his vocation as the first step on tho ladder to future eminence. In America a 8ecretaryship is regarded as an end to be obtained by certain well-detined attainments. Lord Salisbury has a nephew and a distant cousin who pretend to take the mass of his voluminous correspondence oft his shoulders. Both of them are lords, and thev are portentious swells to the eyes of the humble and casual observer. They drive to Downing street at 11 o'clock in the morning, and depart in state at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Each one has his under secretaries and stenographers to lighten the labors of tho day. A small man, with a red beard .and rather downcast expression of countenance is the most prominent figure in the Prime Ministers office, however. Rumor has it that ho really does 11 the work. One of Mr. Balfour's secretaries is a man of title. Sir West Ridgeway represents the Secretary for Ireland in Dublin Castle when his chief is fighting in Parliament, but tho man who does all the work, who knows everything about Ireland, and who attends to the details of Tory policy, is Mr. Browning. He is a small and pleasant-tempered man, who peers at visitors amiably through a single glass. He never smiles, unless it is to make a joke about the Irish dynamiters. Perhaps the most capable private secretary in Europe when he condescended to such work was Count Herbert Bismarck, tbo son of his, father, and a man of varied knowledge and didactic conversation. He absorbed both traits from the Iron Chancellor. Since- the promotion of the junior Bismarck the Chancellor has surrounded himself with military secretaries. They aro in attendance on Prince Bismarck in his palace in Berlin, and they are a remarkably striking group of men. None of them is below the rank of colonel. They aro graceful, polished, and suave diplomates, and theirfspectacular effect on the visitor is overpowering, for thev are invariably attired in full uniform, with their glistening orders 6trung across their bulging chests. Perhaps the most notable of English private secretaries is Mr. Herbert Gladstone. Ho is not a stalwart figure in Parliament, but the men who are managing the coalition of the Liberal and Irish forces have a profound admiration for Mr. Gladstone's eldest son, and he has grown to such proportions as an adviser and manipulator that he has taken nearly all of the labor of the party management from his distinguished father's shoulders. In America the most famous private secretary is doubtless Coh Dan Lamont, with 'Lige HaHord pushing him hard for second place. But the fame of these men is transient. Doubtless the man (associated in the public mind with a private secretary's functions) who holds tho highest rank in tho opinion of American statesmen and men ot affairs, is Walker Blaine. Ho realizes the ideal of a private secretary in that ho has a thorough knowledge of his principal's habit of thought, as well a3 modo of action, and a thorough acquaintance with the details of his affairs, coupled with no common store of energy and discretion. It is safe to say that Mr. James G. Blaine personally sees a very small percentage of the voluminous mail which is directed to him every day, although all communications receive careful consideration. A private secretary's duties not only involve the reading and answering of fetters, but call for a thorough knowledge of politics and affairs as well. Everywhere in America the most capable and enterprising stenographers aro working up into secretaryships. They are most of them typical younn Americans, with plenty of dash and intelligence, not afraid of work, receptive and keen in business matters. Railroad managers, lawyers, politicians, great manufacturers, and indeed busy men in every department of commerce and professional labor, have gradually given up tho pen and learned to leave tno manual part of their work to the hands of stenographers. It not infrequently happens that the shorthand man of the great financier knows more infportant secrets than any of tho juniorl)krvnersof the firm. To scrupulously respect such secrets is a part of tho stenographer's business, and he develops Tapidly all the other qualities which go to make a successful privato secretary. There is one famous financier in Wall street whose stenographer receives a salary that would satisfy tho majority of bank presidents. The stenographer is a man not more than twenty-six years of age, slim, alert and agile in his movements. lie takes off his coat when he goes into the office in the morning, and never puts it on again until ho goes homo late in the afternoon. He carries a note-book in one hand and a pencil in the other, and wherever his principal goes wandering around his spacious offices, tho 'boy" is at his heels. Scores of letters havo to bo written every day, and the financier dictates them offhand just as tho subjects occur to him, whether he is surrounded by one or fifty persons. They are jotted down in the boolc by the stenographer as he stands at his principal's side, and nothing more is said about them. Even when the big operator goes into one of his inner offices to luncheon tho shadow is at his side. This man, however, is a machino compared to the secretary, pure and simple, yet considered merely as a machine he is a notable product of tho rush and hurry of nineteenth century life.

A HEAVY PENSION BURDEN. The Old Confederate Soldier South Carolina. Element in Colombia Letter la Jsew York Times. In South Carolina, as in nearly all the other States of the Union, what is called "tho old-soldier element" is one of the most powerful of political factors. Given two candidates for any political office and the old soldier will, in nine cases out of ten, be elected, whether or not he is the better qualified for the position. And from the direction in which the ship of state has been sailing it would seem that tho honors of the fathers are about to descend to the children, even to tho third and fourth generation; for, other things being equal, the son of the old soldier stands a much better chance of political preferment than the son of the man who was not old enough to bo in the service. So strong, indeed, is tho hold which the old soldier element has on tho people that public offices have been created for the benefit of men whose genius was for war, and who could not make a living, it is asserted by some persons .who take an intensely practical view of euch matters, by everyday employments. Perhaps the office of school commissioner has suffered most from the sacrifices thai have been made to the old-soldier element. In a number of the counties this position has time and again been filled by incompetents because they liad made good soldiers. In commenting upon certain reforms that should be made in respect to the character of tho man who should be elected school commissioner, the State Superintendent of Education, in his last report, says: The law requires this officer to examine every teacher, and- yet it allows any man who can gei rue yoies to nu tne omce, when, as a matter of fact, he cannot in manv instances examine a single teacher." Here is a case in point: In Abbeville county (the home of JohnC. Calhoun), several years ago, a one-legged confederate soldier 'was elected school commissioner. Ho had no qualifications for the ofiice he had, perhaps, never worked an example m simme fractions or read a half-dozen books in his life, and yet he was elected to one of tho most important offices in the county because he "had a mighty hard time to iret along'' and had lost a leg in the confederate service. Quick to perceive the influence of tho veteransthe politicians have not been slow to cultivate their friendship, m that they might control their votes. In December, 1SS7, an act was passed by the Legislature ir rant in 2 pensions to the soldiers who were so disabled by wounds during the late war ns not to be able to earn a livelihood, and to tho widows of soldiers who were dependentupontneir late nusuanus lor support. The act was approved by the Governor, and went into effect. It was found that the relief provided bv it was altogether iuadequale to ine necessities oi me pensioners, mwl tliif SifntA kvn ill n I'rtrwlitinti 1 1 111 lllltl' IIIW - ... ..v U4iV4i financially, to make even tho small appropriation of 30,000 which was voted lor this nurnoso uv uio iegisiaiure. In his recent annual -message. Governor Richardson showed that the total number oi applications rr pcusiuus unrmg tne year was J,tu3. ine pension ooaru approved 2,033 of the applications filed, 1,4&3

of which were in favor of the widows of

soldiers who lost their lives in tho service of the State or Confederate States, and 533 in favor of soldiers who were wounded in the service. The board disapproved 59$ applications, of which 871 were for soldiers, and 227 for widows. In rtheir report the board of pensions says: "The board is apprehensive that frauds have been committed, aud that some persons aro enjoying tho benefits of the pension act who are not en titled to the same." i In order to prevent the abuse of the char ity of the State it was suggested that county boards of pensions be organized to pass upon applications for pensions. An effort was made at tho lato session of the Legislature to discontinue the pension sys tem, it having been established bv a practical test of one year that tho State was altogether unable to bear tho burden. But tho old-soldier element prevailed, and an act was passeu continuing tne system. There aro thirty-four counties in the State, ajnd for each of these counties there is a board of three examiners, so that, in addition to the roll of veterans who aro to be paid out of a lean and hungry treasury, there are 102 pension examiners who are to receive three dollars a day. They aro allowed to receivo pay for eight days services, so that, in addition to the pension fund, there will be the per diem of the pension examiners, amounting to $2,48, tho expenses of a clerk to the State Board of Pensions, the cost of printing, and the contingent accounts that will almost certainly 'bob up serenely" under the system. The State only makes an annual appro priation of $50,000 for the pensioners, and tnis sum is to uo apportioned among tne counties, in proportion to the claims approved in such counties. Last year the State had to borrow the money with which to pay the pensions, and then it was only able to pay them for six months. it was hoped that the fatato had learned enough to stranule the svstem before it wont any further, but the old-soldier ele ment was too strong for the conservative auu common-sense sine oi tne uenerai Assembly. The hay-seed statesmen had an eye on their constituents, and they found it an easy matter to vote away the people's money. Many of the most thoughtful men contend that, whatever the necessities of the pensioners, the State is in no condition to care for them without bankrupting the treasury, and that if all the deserving and necessitous veterans aro to bo pensioned thev will swarm about the treasury lite the locusts of Egypt. On Monday last the county boards of pen sions held their first meeting under the new act, and the number of applicants was startling. It is true that they were soldiers for principle, but the advance guard of the army of pensioners proves that there are many veterans for revenue only. WHY THE MAN WAS NOT HUNG. An Interesting Sorry of the Supernatural Told in a Smoking-Koom. London rield. 'I havo known of a fisherman beine visited by a ghost," said Rose, one of tho ? arty, "and as I ain an old man I should ike the story to be preserved. I was living some fourteen miles from Worcester, forty years ago, and was a keen fisherman. Une day late in the season I had a trood after noon of trout fishing in a brook which ran 1 4 1 . tnree mues irom my nouse, ana on tne way home in a very dark evening was drenched to tho skin by a thunderstorm, in spite of my efforts to escape by sheltering here and a i i l. a xu. i l o; mere uuuer oueus, iicuea auu iuo line. oia. months afterward I was disturbed in bed by a loud voice in my room, saying, 'Get up, and go to Worcester.1 I started, rubbed my eyes, sat up and listened, but heard nothing, and there was not a breath of air stirring out of doors. 1 went on to sleep again, and was again speedily disturbed by the same cry. I now awoke my wife, and asked if she had heard anything. 'Certainly not,' she replied, but she did not wonder 1 heard voices, after the indigestible dinner I had made. This wa3 small comfort, and again the words sounded, this time louder than ever, at my car, 'Get up and go to Worcester.' I rose and struck a light; it was 4:30 a. M., and pitch dark, with much rain I could see. The idea of descending, saddling the horse (for my groom lived at a distant cottage,) and starting to Worcester in such a deluco and with such darkness was not at all cheerful. But the same words sounded more imperatively than be fore at my ear, and, telling my wife 1 was going to V orcester lor the day, 1 slipped on niv clothes, let myself out, and began saddling a gray. With some surprise, I noted that, whereas she always strongly resented this process by leaping and kicking, on this particular morning sho was penectiy quiet ana traciaoie. "I rodo along the dark and miry chain of roads which surrounded Millington with ease, partly from knowing them perfectly, aniy oecauso no one was snrring, ana to ward dawn approacnea tne oevern, now in full flood, where it was necessary for me to cross, if I did not care to go by the wind ings of the river (a much longer road), to tho city. Here I expected to spend half an hour bawling from the bank till the drowsy ferryman would be pleased to awake, and come over to take us across. Curiously enough, as I rode down the bank I espied him waiting. He touched his hat, and said 'All right sir; I heard you shouting, and came over as quickly as I could.' Of course I had never shouted; but the rain and cold forbade mv raisincr any cruestion on the matter, and I thankfuUy got in, and was, xerriea across, maa aoout six mues to ride on the other side, and it was 7:80 when I rode into Worcester, tired and hungry. However, I put up my. beast, breakfasted, and not Knowing what to do, strolled out into the city. A ghostly summons had broueht me there, but 1 had no further I guidance, so one way seemed much the same as another. "Noticing a crowd, pressing toward the assize courts, I fell in with them, and by dint of tipping and squeezing soon found myself listening to the end of a murder a 7 l mi : T , 1 1 - r xriai. ine prisoner, one .uieweuyn luorris, had just been found guilty; as I entered, the judge called upon him to 6ay anything he desired against sentence being pronounced upon him.' The accused seemed familiar to me, ana yet 1 could not recall where I had met him. Ho was a little man, and appeared, while a crowded court hung upon his fate with breathless anxiety, to be the least concerned; of the assemblage. He answered the judge respectfully, but carelessly enough, that he was entirely innocent of the murder, and was two or three miles away from the place where it was committed. He had a defense, "a hally boy," he heard it was called, but he could not produce his witness.' He had no idea who his witness was, but on the night of the murder he had been fishing, and , had walked a couple of miles on tho road home, till thunder roared and the rain descended like a waterspout, with a gentleman whom ho had met at tho riverside. At length tho storm was so fearful and the darkness so deep that they had both diverged from tho road into a neighboring church-yard, and taken refuge in its porch until, half an hour after, the tempest passed on. Ho had conversed that time with his neighbor, but had no notion who he was, or lie would clear him, as that storm took place immediately after the old man had been murdered, and it would have been physically impossible for him to have stood in the porch unless ho had been far away from the scene of the murder at that time. As it was, however, having no clew to his witness, he was content to leave himself in his lordship's hands. "At once I remembered that this was the very man who had stood with me in tbe church porch, and, rising amid much excitement, otiered myself to the judge as a witness for the accused. After heing sworn, I wrote down at the judge's request, what wo had talked of and what answers the prisoner had made. Upon this the prisoner examined me, and the answers so tallied with what I had written down that tho judge delivered anot deleting their unanimously ai tion, acquitted himvi we naa taiKeu, as n happened, of a curious legend in a neighboring lord's .family, and the prisoner had given me some information about the spawning of trout, which,-as a fisherman, I had naturally remembered. Years afterward a convict at, Dartmoor prison, on his death-bed, confessed that e alone was guilty of the murder1 for which my companion in the poitm wr narrowly escaped a conviction; and so, you see, a ghost was of advantage for once, and let us hone, for the credit of fishermen, chose one of them to perform an act of justice inconsequence of his gentle, amiable and kindly disposition." j . . It 1 1 A. How to Tame a Bfrd. Olive Thorne 3!ur.' No creature is more" Jealous5 or sensitive than a bird;- It is easy however, to win tho heart of almost any bird, - and without starving him or making him 'think he ban mastered you. Simply talk to-him a good denh Place his cage near you on your desk or work-table, and retain his choicest dainty to giyo him with your own fingers.

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TELEPHONE THE SWEETEST AND Let him know that he can never have that particular thing unless he takes it from you, and he wilfsoon learn, if you aro patient, and do not disconsert him by lixintr your eyes upon him. After this he will more readily take it from your lips; and then, after the first excitement is over, he will como to you, especially if you havo a call you have accustomed him to, and accept the dainty from you while free. A3 soon as he becomes really convinced that you will not hurt him, or try to catch him, or interfere any way with his liberty, ho will give way to his boundless curiosity about you; ho will pull your hair, pick at your eyes, and givo you as much of his company as you desire. REPAIRING A SNAKE'S TAIL. A Bridgeport Doctcr Does a Good Turn for an Injured Rattler. Bridgeport (Conn.) Special. David Smith, who keeps a gun store on Wall street, has been having a good deal of trouble with snakes. It is the custom of Mr. Smith to keep a various assortment of reptiles, partly as an attraction to his 6tore and partly to cultivate people who aro desirous of seeing snakes. About a month ago Andy Austin was charmed by one of Smith's rattlesnakes. Tho bov was subject to epileptic tits and was looking through tho plate-glass window at a large rattlesnake until the reptile caused tho boy's gazo to be riveted upon it to such decree of attention as to require the force of some friends to drag him away. Strange as this may appear, the experience of Andy did not deter other boys from visiting Smith's window, many of whom wanted to be and tried to get charmed. The desire to be charmed did not end with bovs. Several old men entered tho store ana stood for hours staring at adders and rattlesnakes. It interfered with Mr. Smith's business. Tho largo rattlesnake, which had been despoiled of its fangs, seemed to realize the desire of these men to be placed under a spell, and with its snakish instinct to charm uppermost tried to make up for its lack of venom by giving an extra rattle with its tail, but with the unhappy result of shaking off four rattles. This greatly annoyed Mr. Smith. It left but nine rattles intact, each of which represents one year of the snake's age. instead of thirteen his pet charmer showed rattles for but nine years. Tho next day, however, much to Mr. Smith's delight, Dr. Edward Howe called. He said he was a snake doctor; that he had handled a good many blacksnakes; that he was familiar with snakes in general and could readjust the four displaced rattles. Dr. Howo said that tho rattles were linked together, and tho noise was produced, not by balls or any loose substance within tho rattles, but by the links being energetically rubbed together. Mr. Smith was delitrhted to learn that his snake's tail could be restored like a broken ceramic and make just as good as new. Thereupon Dr. Howe proceeded to snap the loose rattles back in place. In order to treat the snake Dr. Howe did not etherize it, but froze it by placing ice around the glass case. When the snake was perfectly dormant he had no difficulty in performing the operation. The reconstructed tail works perfectly and the snake is proud of it Objections to the Australian Toting System, Philadelphia North American. We notice that besides the objection to tho cumbersomeness of the new method where a large number of officials havo to be chosen at one. time, two others are presented. One is that it . would require a much greater number of polling-places, and thus increase the expense considerably. In tho northern tier of New England estates the number of polling-places is kept down in order not to increase the expenses of tho State government to their sparse and not wealthy population. In Maine, for instance, it would oe necessary everywhere to subdivide the present districts, and more thnn doubio the force of paid officials, in addition to tho expense of maintaining representatives of the parties at each of these places. It also is objected that there is no more publicity in the present system than each voter chooses to nave, and that the average American is not devoured by a desire to conceal his political preferences. That any great number of Northern voters are prevented from casting their ballots in accordance with their convictions is not in evidence. The notion that employers of labor terrorize their men by threats of dismissal and the like is not borne out by tho facts. They Can Mar Gans, Washington Special. Veterans in the soldiers' homes will have a chance to fire cannon for salutes. The bill has gone through tho Houso directing the Secretary of War to deliver two bronze or iron cannon to each national or State home that -wishes them. If vou have catarrh, you aro in danger, as tho disease is liablo to become chronic and atlect your general health, or develop into consumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures catarrh by purifying and enriching the blood, and building up tho system. Give it a triaL v

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If S3D FIR CATALC5UI AND PRICES. 7 South Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. jA?r MOST NUTRITIOUS. SENATOR EVAKTS'3 LOO CABIN. A Peanut Roast, with Cooa and Other "FixlnV for the President, Washington Special to Albany JoarnaL Tho administration of the grandson of "old Tippecanoe." is to have a pleasant surprise. It is the inauguration of a Jo cabin and hard cider" social campaign, by Senator Evarts. In the summer of 1S7 tlT senior Senator from New Yo?k purchased a beautiful tract of land on tho Maryland side of the Potomac, just north of the . old bastion and casematcd granite Fort Washington, almost opposite Mount Vernon and eleven miles irom the capital. Iiuniediatelylafter the nomination ot Gen. Harrison Senator Evarts made up his mind to build on this estate, on a commanding swell on the eastern littoral of the lake-like stream an old-fashioned Harrison-campaign log cabin. He supplemented thispatriotic purpose with a further determination that if Gen. Harrison were elected ho would reverse the popular campaign axiom of half a century ago, "From the log cabin to tho YV hito House," to a social axiom of tho new administration, From the White House to tho log cabin," but if he were not elected ho would make the cabin the funeral pvro of his hopes and expectations by applying to it tho consuming torch. Tho grandson of the sire of 1S40 was elected. The log cabin on the curved sky-line of the pietnrsesqne peninsula of Swan's Neck, the rudo architectural elevation of which attracted the wondering attention of thousands of pilgrims on tho passing steamer to the tomb of Washington during the Harrison campaign of lbb8j is now nearing the completion of its interior finish. IJy tho time Benjamin Harrison is fairly established at the helm of state the log cabin of fcwan'a Neck will be opened to the hospitalities of its distinguished senatorial proprietor. The cabin is CO feet long, 25 feet wide and 12 feet between the joints. It is fashioned after the Tippecanoe campaign order of architecture of forty odd years ago. It is built of logs hewn in tho forest of tho Stato and raised and chiuked in the olden styh. It has tho characteristic chimney and nrenlace, 4x7 feet, capable of receiving hickory logs cut on tho estate to that traditional and historic length. Tho interior arrangement is suggestive of hospitality audrgood cheer; the dining-room, which is DOxi loot, being the salient feature of the plan. A sitting-room and library aud sleepingrooms occupy the rest of the space, Tho commodious kitchen, with great hreplaco and cranes and hpits and servants' quarters, occupies an adjunct to the main structure. Overhead is a loft which, as the Senator suggests, will be rendered accessible by au automatic hoist, and can be utilized as a stowaway for any of .tho guests who may growt fatigued or stumbleby the way. Tho interior of tho cabin, unlike tho primitivo originals, will be finished in native woods from the place, worked in oil. The senior Senator from New York has his whole, plan of operations incident to his log-cabin-lite social campaign perfected. lhe nativo products of tho estate are wild ducks from the estuary, possums among the gum trees of tho forest, coons in the hollows and sweet potatoes and peanuts on theuplands. That will make a dietary display of indigenous growth moistened with hard cider from prospective orchards which may be said to bo the specialty of the vtate. We might entertain Congressmen on peanuts, for which I am told tho soil is peculiarly adapted. A congressional peanut roast, with baked possum, basted coon and hard cider would make tho constituent features of a menu a la Tippecanoe. Tho wild ducks, when we get them, will answe r for ceremonious occasions when formality takes the place of food, but for substantial diet wo will till up tho guests on sweet potatoes, peanuts and hard cider." A Helter-Skelter" Young Woman Novelist rhiladelvhia Press. Ameiie Rives, in a letter to a friend who lives in this city, writes of her forthcoming novel. "It has been dashed down in my usual helter-skelter style and I want to ask you as a very great favor if you will not correct anv inaccuracies. For instance, I always spell 'abruptly' abrubtly why, heaven only knows, asl assuredly donot pronounce it that way. Also. I wish you would most kindly call my attention to anything that you inav think imprudent." Miss Itives uses a small size note paper, just a tint of white. Her address, CaMlo Hill, Cobham, Albemarle county, irgiuia. stamped with a die, occupies the right-hand corner of the sheet, and a simple monogram holds tho corresponding position in the other corner. The Cry of tho Editor. Toledo Commercial. Correspondents will please be brief as possible. Space is valuable, and then readers want tho facts with the least possible amount of time to bd spent in reading. They have no time for hunting needles in haystacks, or thoughts in a mountain of useless words. i Well Fixed. Philadelphia North Aiaerlca. . Koulanger has two seats now in the Chamber of Deputies. He can sit in on and pui his feet in the other.

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