Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1892 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1892

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MEANT TO STRIKE TERROR

Cowboy Terry's Yell When Ho Entered Express Messenger 31clnerys Car, The Litter's Storj of the Attempted Rotberj Last Sunday lie Had Cause to Ee Frightened After llaiinff tteen Shot Twice. BTtC.1 to the Indisnsrolls Journal Kociiester. X. Y.. Feb. 27.-Meenger Mclneiy.'wbo was hot by riry, tha express robber, consented to talk ith a reporter to-day. Inferring to the breaking of the glass in tne door of the car he said: I looked np and almost in my face was a Luge revolver, a hand and an arm. At tno am instant the robber yelled at the top of his voice, and in a tone I shall never forget: 'Throw np your hands.' It was a terrible yell, only such a one as I imagined a cowboy conld give and it was meant to strike terror. 1 knew, of coarse, that the robber was at the door, bat it was a rery dark night, and I could see nothing beyond the arm which was thrust through the broken slaas. I jumped to the side of the car next to the robber and raised my revolver in both hands, cocking it as I did so. I see that Perry says he afterward fonnd my pistol on the floor half cocked, and that it had not been discharged. I cannot say positively that I fired it, bat I know that I aimed it at the spot where 1 thought the robber mast be behind the arm at the window and palled the trigger. At the same moment there was a discharge, and I fell stunned by a blow over the eye, and my revolver went spinning from my hand. It was then that I was shot in the left hand, although 1 oid not know it at the time. "KecoTenng from the effects of the blow on my head 1 threw myself forward on my hands and knees and CTawled rapidly to the rear of the car, where X reached op and polled the bell-cord and the air-whistle cord. The air-whistle cord is small and hard, and, as I pulled it down with all my weight, it cut my lingers on the inside, which left these i-arks. as yoa see, cutting the flesh and making my right had stiff. I must have pulled the cord three or four times. This should cause a little air whistle, xitict in front of the engineer, to blow and thus give him the signal to apply the air brakes, but it mast have failed to work. I tried too. to find the lever of the air-brake of the express car. which, when palled downward, set tightly the brakes of my car, bat. although I groped about on the side of tne car. 1 could not find the lever. "In the meantime," continued the express messenger, "the robber 'had entered the car by pushing back the door. I did not hear him enter. I coald not on account of the rumbling of the train. lie lighted a match, which 1 first thought was a flash rom a bull's-eye lantern, liy the light of the match he saw lying on the floor my revolver, and, securing that, he knew I was powerless. Then he lighted some waybills. He next raised a lighted brand above his head and rushed to the forward end of the car, yelling, 'damn you, I'll kill foul' He had heard the air whistle when pulled the cord, for that sound is heard in the car when the whistle-cord is pulled, and it made him maJ. lie expected the whistle would be heard by the engineer and the train would be stopped. When be did not find me at the forward end of the car he turned back and lighted the lamp with a flaming way-bill from the pile on the floor. Then. Seeing me in the rear of the car. he made a rush, yelling at the topof his voice, Yon , I'll make an example of yon for your associates.' I knew by that that be would kill if necessary, so that other express messengers would remember my fate if they attempted to resist him in the future. As he yelled and came at me, v j i x: s . t. t. - ii . 1. : a ruse up aim xjb nrcu, mo uau (aniiiKcr feet in my leg. I did not know that he nad shot me then. I don't want you to think I was not frightened by this time, for I was. ana when he threatened me again, I told him if he would not kill me, 1 would do anything he asked." Molnery is pale and haggard, and shows every evidence of great guttering. He is very weak, and, with difficulty, was able to tell his storv. Ho is improving, howsver. and his physicians have no doubt of ' bis recovery BANKER ST. JOHX ON SILVER. He Thinks There Is Not Enough Gold, and Advocates Free Coinage of the White Metal. Chicago, Feb. 27. A notable affair in political and financial circles was the annual dinner of the Chicago Bankers' Club to-night, at Kinsley's. An even three score of guests, including not a few of the leaders in Western monetary a flairs were present The feature of the occasion was an address in advocacy of the free coinage of silver, the speaker being President William P. St. John, of the Mercantile National Bank of New York. In the course of his address Mr. BL John analyzed the monetary condition of continental l'urope, as showing their need of silver and the world's insufficiency cf gold if Europe should desire to discard her silver. Europe's only silver, he said, is her coined money. It is equally legal tender as her gold. Therefore, Europeans would get nothing more available as money at no me, in a dollar for dollar exchange ot their silver coin for j Id. Continuing. he said: "The ank of France reserves its stock of silver like its stock of gold, as the unlimited lawful money of 1 ranee, irrespective of its bullion value. As suon. it will liquidate that bank's vast liabilities at par. Therefore, our reopened mints could not attract it at a discount-The minimum discount wouidbe 3.03 per cent Her old coin would lose 5 per cent in a dollar for dollar exchange at our mints. That chartered bank cou Id not recoin her S250.000.0X) of silver here, which is serviceable at home, to redeem her $000,000,000 ot circulating cotes at par, unless her shareholders would sanction its surrendar at a discount A discount of 5 per cent wonld mean a sacrifice on their account of $12,500,000 in euch evidently valueless exchange." Mr. St John furnished figures of the world's consumption of silver at present, which, including our treasury absorption, .would appear to be in excess of the world's present production of silver. The available supplies iu London. San Francisco and New York, he said, aro reduced from over fifteen million ounces to less than seven million ounces as the result, to date, or the first eighteen months' operation of onr silrer-pnrchasa law of lb'jQ. lie remarked that this present excess of consumption over the production of silver is in spite of fluctuations in the price which reduced India's absorption by over $17.C0tf.OXO worth of silver during nine months. The speaker argued that the proposed fixity of price for ilver at our great mints would so enlarge India's absorption as to assure the permanency of our law successfully. For with $1 obtainable for 4124 grains of standard silver in any amount of gold at our mints, no one could obtain silver at a lower price elsewhere. Our -vast and increasing domestic trade use of money would furnish employment for all the dollars of gold and mlrer emitted from the mints in coin or by paper substitute, and the parity of bulliou value for our gold Cake a week old is dry if made with most baking powders ; fresh if raised with and a rounded, spoonful of Cleveland's does as much as a heaping spoonful of others

and silver dollars would be accomplished and maintained thereby in the markets of the world. Mr. bt. John submitted statistics showing, according to him, the inadequacy of the world's supplies of gold for money. He cited the United states Supreme Court decisions of ISTOand 1SS4, which, he said, confirm the power of Congress to create and issue money, and assume that Congress will not hereafter employ banks at bankprofit to issue substitutes for money. He instanced what he described as the popular determination that the volume of money in the United States shall not depend hereafter, as frequently heretofore, on the accruing of profits to banks upon bank issues of circulating notes, hence, said he, the two alternatives between which conservatives are to choose are, first, the re-opening of the mints to equally free coinage for gold and silver, the coin to circulate by paper substitute when preferred; and, second, the indeterminate issues of Treasury paper that must be irredeemable if gold is the only acceptable primary money. "The proposed reopening of the mints to gold and silver alike." said Mr. St John in conclusion, "besides maintaining tho parity of the bullion value of our dollars, will provide an automatic issue of money, limited by the mine product of hard labor. The sole alternative suggested is the inestimably capricious issue of limitless legaltender notes." DID NOT FEAR LYNCHERS. A Victim of Missouri Mob Justice Tells Ills Executioners to "Pull lonr Rope." Marsiifield, Mo., Feb. 27. "Pull your d d rope!" That was the sentence with which Richard Cullen requested a party of lynchers to accomplish the deed for which they had taken him out of jail. At a secret meeting night before last it was decided to lynch Cullen, and last night at 10 o'clock, 150 determined men wero halted on the west side of the square. A rope was produced, the men were marched to the jail, and the sheriff was quickly overpowered. The mob got the man, marched him to the square, and asked him if he and his mother were guilty. His answer was: "You pull your d d rope!" The rope was at once thrown over a limb and the command given to, "Pull away, boys." Cullen's crime was a heinous one. Four rears ago a babe ten days old was found at his step-father's door, which was taken in and cared for. Young Cullen thought that it was meant for an heir. He tied a carlink to the neck of the child last Monday, and threw it into an unused well. His guilt was certain. His mother was arrested as an accomplice on account of her

inditierence and evasive answers. 1 he coroner caused the body to be cut down and taken to the court-house. The lynchers have dispersed. WAS STILL HER LOVER. Miss Susie Cnrrea Weds Her Condemned Sweetheart through the Prison Ban. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mitchell, Ind., Feb. 27. A romantio marriage occurred at Shoals, a few miles west of here, last night Grant Hamilton and William Fitch were both sentenced to the Prison South, at Jefferson ville, for some burglarizing done at Shoals recently. Susie Curren.of near Loogootee, had been Fitch's sweetheart for several years, and when it was found that he would be taken to prison to-day Miss Curren went to the jail, where they wero married, clasping hands through the prison bars. The authorities were not willing to have the ceremony performed otherwise. . MAY GO TO PIECES. Lives of Two Freight Assoclstlons Imperiled by the Action of Two Hallways. : Chicago, Feb. 27. The situation as affected by the agreement of a few Southwestern lines to reduce the rate of sugar and other commodities from Chicago to Kansas points is still a source of anxiety to the managers of some of the competing roads. It was supposed that Chairman Midgley's order to withdraw the new rates would be obeyed by all the lines in interest hut it seems that the Rock Island is the only one that has heeded the mandate. Both the Atchison and the refuse point blank to Missouri Pacitio cancel their new taritis and declare that they will stand by their agreement with the Kansas Railroad Commissioners. This, according to Chairman Midgley's ruling, is an open violation of the association agreement, and must be dealt with in that light Accordingly the chairman has called a special meeting of the association for next Tuesday to consider the situation and decide what is the proper thing to be done under the. circumstances. A serious rupture is feared. If the Kansas roads persist in their refusal to withdraw the objectionable rates the life of the Western Freight Association, and also that of the Western Traffic Association will be endangered. Itia claimed that the tariffs, aside from being a violation of existing agreements, are illegal. Especially is this said of the Missouri Pacitio tariff, which quotes rates from Chicago without naming its Chicago connection. This omission is contrary to repeated rulings of the Interstate-commerce Commission. , President Saul's Sacceanor. Chicago, Feb. 27. It is reported here that J. O. Grammer, general traffic manager of the Mackey lines, will snoceed George W. Saul as president of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois road. Mr. Saul's resignation takes effect March 1. and immediately thereafter the board of directors will hold a meeting in New York to select his successor. Those who are in a position to know something of the inside affairs of the company say that Grammer will be the man. It is claimed that he stands closer to Mr. Mackey than any other official connected with the Mackey system. There are those who predict, however, that O. W. Lyford, the present Vice-president of the company, will be elevated to the presidency. He is now in New York with Mr. Saul. Chairman II. H. Porter, of the executive committee, declines to give any information on the subject Kailwaj is'otes. Arrangements have been made for a conference this week of tho general passenger agents of the lines involved in the passenger rate war between Chicago and Columbus. O. The Pennsylvania, the Baltimore & Ohio, the Chicago & Erie and the Hocking Valley will be represented, and it is understood that they are all willing to restore rapes before further damage is done. A circular has been issned by the reorganized Allegheny Valley Railway Company announcing the election by the directors of W. H. Barnes as president and the retention of David McCargo as general superintendent and James P. Anderson as general passenger agent. Before the reorganization Air. Barnes was receiver. The company is now under the control of the Pennsylvania railroad. Having been requested to make a ruling on the status of circuitous-route rates to California points from Chicago, St. Louis and St. Paul. Chairman Finley has handed down an opinion in which he says that the tariff agreed to by the Western Passenger Association lines and put into effect in Jnne. lS'JO. covering all-the-y ear-round traffic still prevails and is the only association basis for tourist rates. Anr other arrangement he holds would bo unwarranted. Talked with au Operator's Spirit. S racial to the IinSUnapoUs Journs?. Tipton, Ind., Feb. 27. Last night a spiritual seance was held in the northern part of this city. Shortly after the circle was formed raps were heard npon the table imitating the sounds made by a telegraph operator in sending a message. A telegraph operator was quickly sent for. and after his arrival ho received the following message: "I am so happy." Then came another: "I am dissatisfied." "Whvl" asked the operator. "I did no; live right." After this no more sounds could be beard. A greater number of tho persons seated in this circle last night iiruuy believe that a system of telegraphy has been established between this and the spirit world.

HEROISM OF LIFE-SAYEBS

Twenty-Six Imperiled Seamen Rescued Under Trying Circumstances. Repeated Efforts to Reach a Steamer Stranded on the Virginia Coast Finally Crowned with SuccessNew Way to Shoot a Line. Keller, Va.. Fob. 27. The Spanish steamer San Albanio. of Bilboa, Spain, nine days from New Orleans, to Norfolk to coal, thence to Hamburg, Germany, encountered heavy gales with thick -weather, and had no observations for three days. She struck on the outer shoals oft Hog island at 8 p. m the 22d inst, and shortly afterward worked off. but St was impossible to go to sea, as there were shoals outside and all around her. She anehored and Jay afloat for about four hours, when she dragged her anchors and went ashora again, this time on the beach. Shortly afterward a sailor, a Phillipine Islander, jumped overboard on a plank and made an attempt to swim ashore, but was taken out by the current and drowned. The vessel lay about six miles northnortheast of Hog island life-saving station. A surfman fxom that station saw a light on the morning patrol about 4:80 o'clock a. m. of the 23d, but did not see the ship. He thought the light must boon a vessel too near the beach. He tired his warning signal, returned to the station-anil reported to his captain, who went to the station lookout daylight having dawned, and scanned the beach with his glass. Iu a few minutes the fog lifted sufficiently for him to see the ship's masts over the hills. He at once started with bis crew and apparatus, thinking the ship was near enough to shore to shoot a line over her, but, on arriving, found the distance too great He returned to the station ; and got the surf-boat and an additional shot line. On arrival at the scene of the wreck tho crew placed the gun and apparatus in position and fired again, this time with more elevation, and got the line across the ship, but the sailors pulled the small line across a wire stay and parted it. Fonr more shots were tired, each falling short. Finding the ship could not be reached with the shot lino the crew launched a life boat but owing to the rough sea and the strength of the current the boat soon tilled. After a desperate struggle the drenched life-savers managed to reach the shore. They then bailed out the water and made another attempt, but with the same unfortunate result as before. This time the boat drifted well down the beach and the crew came near losing their lives. As it was now crowing dark, the sea running over the beach and the life-saving crew completely exhausted, drenched and half famished, nothing more could be done until the next morning. A watch was left on the beach and a tire made back upon the hill, and the crew, save the watch, returned to the station. At 3 o'clock on the morning of the 24th, the station crew took a dry-shot line and started for the ship. At daylight tbey signaled her to look out for a liue. The tide had now fallen somewhat and in order to get the shortest possible range, the Lyle gun was placed in the horse-cart, and securely lashed and run down into the surf. They then WAded to their arm-pits in the water, so as to get the gun as near the ship as possible, and tired. Tho shot barely reaohed the ship, just falling inside the rail. The current was so strong that great difficulty was experienced in getting off the larger lines and setting up the gear. All being ready at 11 o'clock the life-car was run off. and in forty-five minutes the crew of twenty-six men were safely landed. They were taken to the station and cared for. The rescue of this crew, which seemed impossible, was made under the most trying circumstances, and served to show the thorough efficiency, discipline and pluck of the life-saving corps. The plan of placing the gun in the horse-cart and wading out in the surf is something never before resorted to in the service, and it is without doubt this expedient saved the lives of twenty-six men on the ship, as they could not have held out much longer, having been driven into the tops by the sinking of the ship. The value of the ship is about $100,000. She is insured for 60,000. The value of the cargo, which is composed of cotton, oil cake, wheat etc.. is about $120,000. It also is insured. A large proportion of the cotton will probably be saved, while the other parts of the cargo will be a total loss. ' Went Down Like Lead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Hull, Eng., Feb. 27. Captain Lawson, master and sole survivor of the steamer Forest Queen, which was run down off Flamborough Head, last night, by the steamer Loughbrow and instautly sunk, landed here this afternoon, ne shows the effects of the terrible scene through which he passed, being exhausted and nervous. The following is his statement: "I was on deck at 9:30 o'clock last night All was clear; the lights of distant vessels could be seen, everything looking safe. I went below to examine the chart While I was engaged in this the engines suddenly stopped. 1 ran to the companion way to ascertain the cause and as I was going np the Forest Queen was struck on her starboard quarter. When I reached the deok I found that the whole quarter was cut off and the water pouring in. A rush was made for the boats, the men made an attempt to launch, but the steamer went down before tbey cleared them. She must have foundered within three minutes after she was struck. "I was overwhelmed by the waters, which rushed in upon us and carried ns down with the vessel. She went down like lead. I felt her strike the bottom with such violence that she rebounded. I found myself entangled in the running rigging and unable to rise. By desperate exertion I freed myself. Taking off two coats, I struck out for the surface, and, being a powerful swimmer, I reached some wreckage. There I hung and shouted for help. At the end of half an hour I was heard by the people on board of the Loughborough, and was taken out of the water." The steamer Loughorougb was heavily loaded with coal, aud when the crash came cut right throngh the quarter of the Forest Queen like a knife. The boat remained around the scene of the disaster until morning, but saw nothing of any other survivors of the sunken steamer. It has been ascertained thai only fourteen lives were lost WHAT POLICMIOLDERS SAY. Report of the Committee Which Investigated the Management of the New York Life. New YoitK, Feb. 27. The committee of policy-holders of the New York Life Insurance Company has made its report It calls attentiou to the "gravest abuses" in the management of the company, wh:ch resulted in the investigation of the Insurance Department, giving to the committee the legal evidence npon which to proceed. A strongly complimentary reference is made to the "fearless and conscientious performance of duty" by Superintendent of Insurance Pierce and his deputy, Michael Shannon. The committee considered the question of removing the president of the company by an appeal to the courts, as well as "those trustees who had co-operated with him, and also to compel restitution of some portion of our Ithe policy-holders) money which they had misappropriated." The committee considered the possibility of the complications arising out of court proceedings, which might have resulted in a receivership, and decided to make a peaceful reorganization. The committee then recites as a justification of its course the fact that it has accomplished the resignation of W. H. Beers, the president, and the appointment of John A. Mc Call as his successor. The report pays a tribute to Mr. McCail. The committee says that while it most cordially congratulates policy-holders upon these results, it urges "the vital importance of following up to completion the work so well began." Five more vacancies in the board will xist at the annual meeting in April, and

the plea is made to have them filled by men in harmony with Mr. McCalL The committee also protests asainsl the proxy system, but urges that in order to secure a reform, policy-holders should send their proxies to the central committee or to such local committees as may be formed iu the respective districts. The committee present a series of resolutions denouncing; Mr. Beers and welcoming the substitution of Mr. McCall as president, declaring that the pension granted to the ex-president should be resisted in the courts, calling for the restoration of the services of Theodore M. Banta, the former cashier, and demanding a change in the law governing proxies. LOYAL COLORED Y0TER8.

Rev. Richard Basaett, Jr., Selected as a Candidate for Representative at Kokorsa. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 27. The colored Republicans of this county held a large massconvention here Friday evening. The purpose of the meeting was to select one of their number as a candidate for nomination as Representative at the approaching Republican primary election. Richard Bassett, jr., was chosen on the first ballot, and bis claims will be urged by the colored voters. M r. Bassett is a young man of education, a successful A. M. E. preacher and a good speaker. His chief competitor was Rev. S. M. Smothers, who received forty-seven votes to Mr. Bassett's fifty-one. Seveial strong speeches were made, all approving the administration, and every mention of President Harrison's name was greeted with cheers that shook the building. Resolutions indorsing the President aud asking for his renomination were adopted unanimously, with tumultuous applause. Every colored man in Howard will not only vote the straight Republican ticket this fall, but will labor unoeasingly from now till the polls close next November for the success of the Republican cause. K0TH WANT A NEW ONE. The Man Who Tore a Fifty-Dollar Bill in Two and the One That Found Half of It. New York, Feb. 27. About a week ago Supervisor French, of Brooklyn, in a moment of absent-mindedness, tore a fiftydollar bill in two by accident, and lost one of the pieces. Ha forwarded the piece he retained to Washington and aeked for a new bill. He was surprised yesterday by a reply from the Treasury Department inr forming him that the other half of the bill had got there ahead of his and that John Daly was before him in application for a new fifty-dollar bill. Then Mr. French lost no time in securing an interview with Mr. Daly, who told him that he found the half of the bill in a pile of rubbish in Nostrand avenue. He agreed to withdraw his claim for $20. The supervisor refused toaceept these terms, and the rival claimants will have -to fight it out with the Treasury authorities. FRIGHTFULLY BURNED. Fonr Men Seriously Injured by an llxp'oslon of Natural Gas in Ohio. Special to the In (51 ana poll Journal. . East Liverpool, Q., Feb. ,27. A.i. explosion of natural gas occurred this Afternoon at the Mammoth pottery, ownud by Knowles, Taylor & Knowles. Foreman Allen was cleaning the gas-regulator, and to blow out the air and dust accumulated, turned on a full head of gas. A terrific explosion occurred instantly. Robert Orrin, engineer. William Allen, William McRae and Reuben Densmore were frightfully burned. Orrin's injuries are probably fatal. The others stand a chance of recovery, but are in a critical condition. STARVED TO DEATH. ' ,- WeakrMiBdeiWcwtt FMte&Forij-FiYeDays and Believed Eating Was Useless. Creels to the Indianapolis Journal. Decatub, 11L, Feb. 27. Mrs. Abram Greenfield, who two months ago set a date for her death, died this morning of starvation, at her home in Mt Zion. She was sixty-eight years old and had fastod for firry-five days. She could notbeinduoed to take nourishment of any character. She had fixed her death for Feb. 15. but missed it twelve days. During the past year she has been regarded as insane, ALL ABOUT SUN SPOTS. TTiey Can lie Photographed ' and Indicate the Solar Revolutions. New York Recorder. Professor Rees, of the astronomical department of Columbia College, says that the spots on the sun are many times the size of the earth, but throngh his Rutherford thirteen-mcb equatorial tolescope they appear as so much mist, or dots, or blurs, on the face of the fiery planet As soon as it became known)that a new outbreak had appeared on the sun, the whole scientific world was agog. Professor Rees is one of the lucky ones who, succeeded in capturing a photograph of the mysterious visitor. He was telling the Recorder all about it yesterday through the ageney of his best man. "We received one morning, not long since,'1 explained the assistant, "a dispatch from the Boston Scientific School, Prof. John Ritchie, jr., reading like this: " Upshod, uproar, usher. McLeod.' This, translated, was as follows: "'Upshod' Look immediately at the sun for a large son spot " 'Uproar7 It is visible to the naked eye. 'Usher' It was discovered by. McLeoa' H. McLeod, professor of astronomy of McGill College. Montreal. "We immediately set to work to capture a photograph of the strange phenomena. Now, a sun spot is neither more nor less than a dark, irregular patch on the face of the sun. Its course is to make its way slowly over the planet's diso, gradually fading out of sight. As it disappears in a day or two, it was necessary that we should begin preparations at once. "The photograph of the spots that we obtained was made from a drawing of the face of the son," explained the gentleman. "It would not be advisable to make a negative direct from the planet, as the result would in all probability be very unsatisfactory. The sizo of the epot would be so small in comparison with the sun that no picture of any value could be obtained. So we set about for some way to enlarge the spots. The result was a perfect success. "The drawing will help you to understand how it was done. A telescope was pointed at the sun and immediately below the eyepiece was placed a twenty-inch drawingboard, with a large piece of paper pinned on its surface. The .board was stationed at such a distance that the image of the - sun on the paper was about twecty-two inches in diameter. In the reflected image of the son on the drawing board was plainly discernible the spots on the sun. One of our artists then followed their outline with his pencil, making an accurate reproduction. This, in turn, was photographed. Thus our picture shows the spots, but magnified a good many times. This method of picturing the spots is now usually conceded to be the most successful one. The whole experiment took only a few moments. "There appear to be two groups of spots, as may be seen from the drawing. The spots themselves appear as dark, irregular outlines on the face of the sun. When seen through the telescope they have a bluish or grayish eolor. The patches are of irreguular size. "The most interesting circumstance, however, is shown by the dotted line in the largest spot This manifestation is termed by astronomers a 'bridge" It looks like a great gulf. It seems to be a splitting of the spot as by some volcanic eruption. The bridge constantly grows in size. In color it is a bright gray, and stands opt prominently from the rest of the spot, which is a dull ashen hue. The spots cover an immense area of the sun. As yet their size has not been accurately determined. However, it is safe to say that they are as large as half a dozen worlds like the one in which we live. "Yon should also understand that the size and location of the spots change day by day. This is readily understood by the

fact of the rotation of the sun. First the spots are seen close to one edge. They are very small, from the fact that they are partially obscured by the angle at which they are beheld. As the days pass the spots appear to grow in size, until they finally burst forth in great magnitude. But they are really one and the same all the time. "It was a long time before astronomers could understand what this signified. Many theories were advanced. Some thought the spots were manifestations of volcanic eruption, increasing in tho fury of its upheaval day by day. Others thought it meant that the spots were gaseous in nature, and that the strange inorease in size meant expansion by reason of the heat of the sun, or from other causes still unknown. ' "Yoa can now understand why the spots do not remain on the sun all the time, and why they are not visible from day to day. They move off with the rotation of the planet This, by the way, is one of the means used to determine how long it takes the sun to make a rotation on its axis. A spot is watched from the time it appears on the edge of the sun. its speed is noted, the time is calculated over the diso of the sun, and then its return is awaited. In most instances, however, the same spots never return. The theory is that they melt away as soon as they get to the other side of the planet or disappear in the course of the revolution. From the study of a great many spots it has been determined that the sun revolves on its axis about once in fwenty-tive or twenty-six days. "Many scientists connect the sun spots with the aurora, with the dipping of the magnetic needle and with the dreadful, life-aestroying monsoons of the Indian ocean. But no adequate connection has ever been established on strict scientitio bases."

JOHN DELATE OP THE LONDON TIMES. One of Thoie Who Make and Unmake Reputations aud Go to Their Grares Uukuoirn. M. De Blowitz, in Harper's Magazine. No one has dreamed; or dreams, as far as I know, of writing the life of the admirable journalist John Delane, the editor-in-chief of the Times, who was during thirty-two years the De Moltko of a venerated chief, sacrificing to the triumph of the common work his right of remonstrance. Under the reign of Mr. John Walter, the third of the dynasty which t gave to England the uncontested power of the Times. John Delane for thirty-two years silently, and without oven leaving behind him memories which could recall his success, led his troops to continual victories. He began his fruitful career almost at the accession of Queen Victoria. He was editor-in-chief of the Times at the age at which Pitt became Prime Minister; and at ditfereut epochs, and in the midst of unlike generations, these two the one before the admiration of the entire world, the other in the distant silence of the editorial room, the one amid the acclamations of the crowd, the other with only the approval of his conscience worked with equal precocious qualties and displayed equal genius in the accomplishment of their several tasks and in the steady realization of their design. John Delane traversed the revolution of lb-18. the coup d'etat of the 2d of December, the proclamation ' of the Second Empire, the Crimean war, the Italian war, the Mexican expedition, that against Scbleswig-Holstein, and the war of lbetf, the war of 1870. the Commune, the proclamation of the German empire, the Dualism in Austria, the Russo-Hunga-rian campaign, the conception and the opening of. the Suez canal, the Nihilist plots, the great reforms that mark the internal policy of the reign of Queen Victoria, and a thousand other events which for the moment 1 forget, yet always and everywhere the dominant voice of his jourpal sounded far above the clamor of the combatants, and everywhere and always he lent to those whom he gavo his support a real power, while he weakened incontestably those against whom he fought; and yet. when he died, not a single voice in the world among his bitterest opponents was raised in disparagement of. his conscientiousness, his justice, and his honor. For thirty-two years, sutlerina nothing to prevent him, ho went to his room in the Times at 10:30 in the evening, and left it at 4:oO, giving his entire life to his silent work by night, subordinating to it everything save independence of judgment, and having as his only recompenso the single ambition to be trne. During these thirty-two years he made and unmade hundreds of reputations, which the world, by involuntary homage "rendered to tho infallibility of his judgment has left in the place to which he assigned them. It has forgotten one thing, however to reserve for John Delane himself a corner in its memory; and it has forgotten that it had a duty not to allow him to be so promptly submerged by events; and it is almost with a feeling of bitterness that 1 have recalled, in the inadequate and unworthy lines that precede, the great career of this toiler unknown among the crowd, so worthy, however, to figure among those who aro placed in the forefront of their time. A Narrow Escape. Detroit Free Press. "Don't be afraid to eat some of this angel food, Mr. Smith. I made it with my own hands." "Miss Daisy, I don't think there is a man living worthy to eat angel food especially when it is made by one so angelio as yourself. Please pass the bread;" and the perfidious wretch got away and lived to eat another day.

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