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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1894.

which Mitchell would lose If he failM to subject himself to the orders of the Duval Club. oIord Irfxf Flht Stnppml. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 21.-The local ilice to-nlght, very much to the disgust of a number of local sjorts, nipied prize fiht In thu hul. The principals were John Phillips, colored, and another negro named Parker. Phillips was arrested and Parker got away. Upwards of two hundred were present. Denver" Smith' IllufT. DENVER, Col., Jan. 21. "Denver" El Smith left the city to-night for Jacksonville, Fla., to challenge the winner of the Cor-bett-Mltchell tight. He is accompanied by James Jordan, of Han Francisco, who will back him against either Ccrbett or Mitchell.

Nomination Clilrtix" Spring ItneeM. CHICAGO, Jan. 2b The nominations to the twenty stakes at the spring meeting, beginning May 13, of the Chicago Kacing Association at Hawthorne were made public to-day. They number 833. For the two-year-old events there are 381 nominations, the prominent stables represented being those of E. Corrigan, J. E. Gushing. Chinn & Morgan. Leigh & Ross, Byron McClelland, G. 11. Morri3, J. D. Patton. James E. Pepper, John Ilodegap, Ruddy Brothers, Barney fccriber, W. 0. Scully, Milton Young, I Dunne, Frank Van Ness, T. Ktley, Senator O'Brien, J. E. Madden, W. I. Magrane, M. Orth. G. Walbaum. Galon Drown. J. E. Brown. Durham & Applerate, Charles Hughes. Newcomers are the Flint, Nevada, West Chester and Winslow stables. For the Chicago Derby, which, with Its $.".J0 added, is the most valuable of the three-j ear-old stakes of the West except the American Derby, there are forty-four horses named, the be.t elnf IJ. F. Fly. Jr., Libertine, Vassal, Cash Day, Oakwood, Tilsit, May Thompson. Lazarone, Senator Irby. Henry of Navarre. St. Pat, Proadhead. Pearl Song, Ituckwa, UIghtmore and Jim Ie. John J. McCafferty has engaged Inter Ocean. Keif and Pulitzer. In the thirty-one named for the Exposition stakes, one and one-eighth miles, are found Huron, Boundless. Hawthorne, Dunraven, Rudolph. Clifford. Ducat. Iazarone, Henry of Navarre, Ingomar. Michel and Carlsbad. The best horses to be seen in the Exposition stakes are also engaged for the Ulman handicap, one and one-quarter miles, as also lamplighter, who, with Clifford, Is entered for several of the all-age event3. Morello Is also engaged in the Ulman handicap and the Chicago Times stakes. TALMAGE WILL RESIGN. Again Announces His Determination to Give Up the Tabernacle. BROOKLYN. N. Y.. Jan. 21. Rev. T. DoWltt Talmage. at the close of his sermon at the Tabernacle to-night, made the announcement that he Intended to resign from the pastorate of the church, the resignation to go into effect on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his taking charge of the Tabernacle. No Intimation of this had been given by Dr. Talmage, and the announcement was a surprise to the congregation. Dr. Talmage Bald : "I have an announcement t make which may ba of Interest to this congregation. ' The coming spring I shall have been pastor of this church twenty-live years. A quarter of a century Is long enough for any minister to preach in any one place. At that anniversary I .will resign the pulpit and It will be occupied bv such perBor.s as you may select. Though the work has bean arduous, including the building of three great churches, two of these destroyed by tire, the Meld has been delightful ad blest of God. No other congregation has ever been called on to build thre churches, and I hope no other pastor will be called to such a fearful and tremendous undertaking. My plans after resignation have not been developed, but I shall preach both by voice and through the newspaper press as long as my life and health are continued by the grace of God." Dr. Talmage has recently shown opposition to the scheme of the board of trustees to havs the congregation pay 10 cents admission to his church. DOESN'T OWE IT A CENT. C0IH3 P. Huntington Again Denies Indebtedness to Stanford's Estate. , NEW YORK. Jan. 21. The World will tomorrow publish an Interview with Collis 1. Huntington In which he again strongly 1"nies any Indebtedness to the estate of the late Senator Stanford. During the course of the interview Mr. Huntington said in reference to the securities of Senator Stanford now in :ho . hands of' ine Pacific Improvement Company: "I will explain that once and for all. The Pacific Improvement Company is a California corporation. Senator Stanford as well as myself held stock In it. At times money was needed to carry through schemes. The stockholders put up the money. Senator Stanford put up certain securities at different times. That Is all there is to it. I state clearlv and unmistakably that I have none it Senator Stanford's securities." "HELLO" STATION HUIINED. Lonlnvlllc Hum n 100,000 Fire Canted by Crooned AVlren. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Jan. 2l.-Fire at an earjy hour this morning gutted the telephone exchange, in this city. The loss on the building is not great. The total loss Is estimated at $100,000, about half covered with Insurance. The building is tho property of the Ohio Valley Telephone Company. General Manager Clifford says It will be three months before the loss will be repaired. The switchboard contained 3.000 wires, and was destroyed. He says, In his opinion, the tire started from a crossing of wires with a street-railway electric wire or an electric light wire. Treasurer Zell Mlntu? NEW YORK. Jan. 21. The Herald states that William T. Zell, treasurer of the New York Athletic Club and of the Iehigh and Wllkesbarre Coal Company, is missing, and the cause is a mystery. . His wife says he has been ill for some time and that he may have been out of his mind. He has not been seen since leaving his ofllce Friday. Gone to In cst Inte, Humor. DENVER. Col., Jan. 21.-Gen. A. D. McCook left for the South last night. To a personal friend he stated that this trip was lor the purpose of gaining dellnlte information on the spot as to the probabilities of raids of lawless bands from Mexico across the border into the United States. The General will be absent three weeks. WIHTTIUIl'S HUSH FAITH. Cxtraet from u Hitherto Unpublished Letter from the Lute l'oet. McClure's Magazine. I suppose nine out of ten of really thoughtful people, were they to express their real feeling wou'd speak much as thee do, of the mingled "dread and longing" with which they look forward to the Inevitable surrended of life. Of course, temperament and present surroundings have much influence with us. There are some self-satisfied souls who, as Charles Lamb says, "can stalk into futurity on stilts." but there are more fearlngs and desjondency than greathearts In view of the "loss of all we know." 1 have heard Garrison talk much of his faith in spiritualism. He had no doubts whatever, and he was very happy. Death was to him but the passing from one room to another and higher one. Hut his facts did not convince me. I am slow to believe new things, and in a matter of such tremendous interest, I want "assurance doubly eure." I wonder whether, if I could see a real ghost, I should believe my own senses. 1 do sometimes feel very near to dear ones wh have left me perhaps they are with me then. I am sure they would be, if it were possible. Of me thing I feel sure; that something outl it? of myself speaks to me. and holds me to duty; warns, reproves, and approves. It is good, for it requires me to be good; it Is wise, for It knows the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is to me a revelation f God. and of His character and attributes; the ore important fact, before which all others seem insigniticant. I have seen little or nothing of what is called spiritualism. I do not think its fruits have always been good; but the best things may be abused and counterfeited. I wish there were a iKs&tbillty of knowing what it really is. IiupoBwIlile Conditions. Tuck. Miss Bright Let's play "portrait gallery." Mr. Adorr What sort of a game is that? Miss Bright-It's very simple. The materials are a collection of newspaper jortralts of bishops and burglars. The gentleman who can tell one from the other can marry th girl he 1 playing with. Mr. Adorr ?.idly At last I see there's no hope. You do not htyj-M-. DNigreeable sen vitfor.s resulting from rough vanish before Dr. Ball's Coali fciiup.

PROMINENT MEN IN IT

"Green Goods" Sensation Liable to Break Oat in Indiana. Quantity of the "Queer' Floated Madison's Mayor Passes Away Kichinoud Street Kailway Foreclosed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 21. Last week the authorities of Wells county arrested James Wood, near Montpeller, north of Muncie. and he is in jail at Bluffton in default of J2,lJ bail on the charge of larceny. The Charged is based on a transaction In the shape of "green goods" swindle. Since the arrest of Lewis Martz, of the same vicinity, who was sentenced to State's prison fot two years on the same charge, startling developments have been made by the officers and a half dozen or more prominent citizens in the same vicinity are implicated, some of whom have heretofore been regarded as 'men of excellent character. From reports it seems that the "green goods" business has been carried on In that locality on a, wholesale basis, and many a man has been duped and silenced afterward by threats of the manipulators to Implicate them for offering to purchase. The parties desiring to buy have been met in Muncie. Hartford City. Marion. Montpelier, Portland and other places. A man actlnff as agent always accompanied the victim, stating that the "deal" could be made only between himself and the dealer in the "goods," as he knew the agent, and that everything was all right. On arriving at the town arranged for, the agent would Inform the victim that he would have to charge him a good commission, $25 or $50, for getting him the money. He afterwards would return, hand the "speculator" a bundle or a valise which sometimes contained a. dollar bill wrapped around a cob, and many times the bundle consisted of nothing but a collection of brown paper. The victims are many, but they feared the publicity of "squeallnj" and simply said nothing. 'SHOVING THE QUEEIt.' A Slick "Green CoodV Man Workln in Xorthcrn Indiana. t VALPARAISO Ind., Jan. 21.-Tho north part of this county is on the boom, which makes It a good field for sharpers to get in their work. Last Wednesday a man giving his name as Thomas I'ayne, of Boston, reached Chesterton, claiming to represent a syndicate of capitalists of Chicago, Cincinnati and New York, saying they wanted to secure about two thousand acres of land for a large manufacturing site. He visited several of the large property owners, securing options on their land, saying other parties would be out In a few days to look at the property and close up the deal. In each ca3e he paid for the option with a large bill, always receiving a large amount of change. He spent money freely in Chesterton and Porter. He called at the Chesterton Bank, asking for some blank drafts. He tilled out two for $150 and $05, payable to Thomas Payne, and signed by Patrick O'Connor, a wealthy farmer near Chesterton. Coming to this city he succeeded In selling them to the State Hank of Valparaiso. He then returned to Chesterton and from there visited IaPorte. and Michigan City. Last night it was discovered that a large amount of counterfeit money was In circulation in Chesterton and Porter, which was traced to the land speculation district, and it is supposed that the money paid for options was counterfeit. This morning Patrick O'Connor received a notice from the State Bank of Valparaiso that they held his notes given to Thomas I'ayne due in May next. Mr. O'Connor pronounced them forgeries. Claiming never to have given his note to I'ayne. It is thought the LaPcrte and Michigan City banks were swindled also, as he visited both towns during the week. MAYOll WAGNER'S DEATH. Conwpieuou Fignre in Mnrlaon'n History Pnnnen Awny nt Serent y-Four. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind., Jan. 21. Tolling bells to-nlght announced the long-expected death of Isaac Wagner, Madison's respected Mayor, which occurred at 8:3') o'clock. Ho was seventy-four years old. For days tho feeble patient had len slowly dying. Two weeks ago, when his demise was almost hourly expected, he rose in his bed and dictated an orhcial order for the police to keep the streets of Madison free trom children after 8 o'clock at night. He died surrounded by his relatives and in the full possession of hl3 mental faculties. Isaac Wagner comes from one of the famous old Abolition families, whose lives were often in, danger in early days in this region by reason of the strong slavery sentiment that prevailed here. His father, George Wagner, set down his household gocda on Hoosier territory sell in lSoS, and in 1S1D, on a bleak Christmas day Phoebe Warner presented her husband with the rresent of a pair of twins, to whom she gave the names of Abraham and Isaac Abraham lived to be twenty-three, and died leaving 'a wife and child, while J.aac lived to raise a large family. When he was growing up he was sent to tho subscription schools. As soon as he becitme old enough he entered the blacksmith shop of his father and learned the trade on his grandfather's anvil. In 1840 he married Miss A'ancy ll. Wilson, daughter of Abraham Wilson, who moved to this county in the Hp ring1 of 1S1H and at once removed from his father's home five miles in the country, where he had. bevn raised, to Madison and opened up a blacksmith shop, where he was ever afterwards found hammering out an honest living, except four years (from 1831 to l$'j5), when he was sheriff of Jeflerson county, ami during the past two years as Mayor of Madison. Ie was so honest, so kind and so generous that no man was his enemy, and his friends could be counted by tho thout-ands. In the spring of 1SD2 the Republicans nominated him for Mayor, and. though the Democratic incumbent had held tho ofllce for fourteen years, Mr. Warner's great popularity overcame his opponent's former majority and he wa3 triumphantly elected. ,Capt. James H. MoGnlre. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VILLE, Ind., Jan. 21. James E. McGuire died of typhoid fever this afternoon. He was probably the best known citizen of Shelbyville, He was born near Lexington, Ky., in June, 1S27, and enlisted when a mere boy In the Mexican war. He came to Franklin, Ind., in 1S51. and worked at his trade as a tailor. In 1S52 he married Miss Carrie E. Dennis, who survives him. in 1S53 he came to Shelbyville. where he has ever since lived. He wa elected justice of the peace in 1S60; enlisted in the Union army, and served s captain of Company F, Fiftv-hrst Indiana. He was elected four terms as Mayor of Shelbyville. and three as city attorney. He was a government storekeeper under Garfield. lie was a member of the Grand Army of the liepublic, and that organization will have charge of the interment. HUzabeth Ynnnt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 21. Mrs. Elizabeth Yount, aged eighty-nine years, died at her home in Green township Saturday morning, and was buried at Centennial Church Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Yount was one of the early pioneers of this county. 1 1 K V IZ I V i: II A I V O I X T C D. Richmond Street Railway Vnnlile to I'ny Interest on It Homln. Special to the Indimapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Jan. 21. I-ast evening John B. Dougan, trustee ror the Union Trust Company, of St. Louis, filed a suit for foreclosure of mortgage amounting to $212A0 against the Richmond. City Street Railway. The suit was also accompanied by an application for the appointment of a receiver. The court sitting in chambers heard the cxao- and at once appointed as receiver A. D. Titsworth. the present smerlrtetident. He Med a lnd for $."C.0) and took charge of th? road. The plant Is a valuable one and its franchise has yet forty-?ive year to run. For nearly all of last sumiru r Main street, along which the principal line runs, was torn up, wHle a hri.'k pavement was bring built. Thl greatly interfered with the npratiij of lh- nud. ;nd cnsiu-!itly decreasl the receipts, and this winter while s m-tny men have leen without employment. tv cash returns have also bee i vt.ry light. TI.V company cunseu.uer.tiy

has been unible to meet the Interest on Its lor.ds. The company will probably be reorganized. u ax away rittm 'iiiniiY.M Younic Couple of Klnpern Overhauled nt Fort Wayne. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Jan. 21.-A young couple from Hazleton, Pa., was taken from the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago train here this evening and will be held until officers arrive from the East to take charge of them. They were arrested on a telegram from the woman's husband. When taken to the hotel y.X in bills were found done up in her hair. Their names could not be learned, but they are being held on the description given in the telegram. t IwlKKltiMN Men Must Stand Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 21. The Greentown bank officials recently indicted for embezzlement were given a hard blow here yesterday by Judge Doyal, who overruled their plea in abatement, and ordered the cases to trial. The indicted are John W. Pans, of Indianapolis, president of the rotten concern: L. G. Walden, cashier, and ex-Governor Ira J. Chase, the latter being a nominal director and paid solicitor. It was throujrh the great intluence of exGovernor Chase that the large amount of deposits were secured that vanished when the Paris-Dwiggins chain of banks went under. The State exiects to prove that not a dollar was ever put in the defunct concern except that paid in by the deluded depositors. IiiNurance AKentn Ba liquet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 21. Last night the agents of the Prudential Life Insurance Company had their annual banquet at Odd-Fellows' Hall. J. M. Edwards, of this city, was toast master. The address of welcome was by Mayor Perry J. Freeman. It was followed by a speech by Capt. Lee Yaryan. Following was the programme and responses: "The Prudential Insurance Company." by Jame3 P. Keeley, of Indiarfapolis; "The Assistant Superintendent," by C. F. Houghton, of Cambridge City; "Tne Agents," by T. F. Williams, of Richmond. Assi3tant superintendents, agents, medical examiners and invited guests to the number of about Pfty were present. Stone Quurrlew '31 ay He Sold. BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 21 It Is current report here that the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway is likely to purchase the Bedford Belt railway and the Hoosier Stone quarries, which Include four different quarries directly connected with the Belt railway. It is asserted that representatives of the B. & O. Southwestern were here yesterday looking up the records as a preliminary step towards making the deal. It is also stated that the company has had an option on this property for some time. . . Cooper Indorsed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOM1NGTON, Ind.. Jan. 2L The Democrats of Brown county held their mas3 convention Saturday and set the date for the county convention. Resolutions were introduced pledging the delegates for John W. Cravens for Senator and Georg W. Cooper for Congress. This virtually Insures the nomination of Cravens and the indications are that Cooper's nomination is certain. IloundhotiMe Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 21. Fire destroyed the Big Four roundhouse at this place, together with a locomotive, last night. The watchman had placed the locomotive under shelter for the night and gone across town on some errand. The fire was first discovered in the cab of the engine. The loss to the Big Four will be more than $10,1)00. Injured by Falling:, i Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EDINBURG, Ind., Jan. tl. Mrs. L. A. Armstrong, proprietress of the Gait House, yesterday afternoon fell down a flight of stairs at her home and received serious injuries. She is some sixty years of age and weighs 250 pounds. She Is the motner of Hon. Albert Wray's wife, of Shelbyville. Indiana Xotea. The name of the boy killed at Edinburg Saturday was Webb Oaks, not Baktr, .as printed. , , , ' Patrick Hart, of Edinburg, who Was badly hurt In a game of football at Columbus, Saturday, was brought home last evening. His injuries are in the neck and shoulders, which show that his neck came near being broken. WOMAN'S "WRONGS." They Cannot He nedrenitrd ly ARRresnlve and Assertive Reformers. "Amber," in Chicago Herald. It Is unfortunate, perhaps, but It Is true, that wheraver .and whenever a woman Is forced into comjvetltion with the other sex. she loses ground the moment she becomes aggressive. You may curl your lip at that and call it nonsrnse, but it is a fact. Square jour elbows and thrust out your chin and you may prove that you are as good as the rext one, but you wid cease to win a delicate regard. It is old-fashioned talk, and in my mind's eye I se? the strong-minded frown, but thy gopel holds no greater truth than the statement I make here, that women wer? Intended to be cared for and to have the rough edses of life padded by man's forethought and tendernrss before they cam? in contact with them. They were mennt to 1h womanly, and when you show them to me alert, up to business, mannlsa and aggressive, you show me what was meant to be a ros in the hid? of a prickly pear. Not long ago a woman called on me at ray office. She was middls-aged and stern. She wore no fixings and carried a grip. "Amb?r," said she, "I want you to fall Into line with us women and help redress our wrongs." ' "But, my dear madame." chirped I, "1 have no wrongs to redress. I have no fault to find. The world uses me wsll and all mankind are my friends." The woman looked at me for a moment and asked: "Do you not have to work for a living?" "I do." I acknowledged. "Do you get the same pay as a man?" was the next question. "Not plways," said I, "but I get enough to keep the- pot boiling, and what more do I want? Perhaps my work is as good, but certainly I am not as available as a man. I have not th? strength. I am not so tough, I am moce family affected by the disagreeable thines; why. then, should I expect to be paid as much for my work as the man who has not a tithe more ability to be sure, but ever so much more strength and endurance? God knows I am glad, madam, that I am porcelain where he is clay, and a few dollars tacked onto my salary would not pay me for having to endure tho knocks he does sailing down stream." The woman looked at me again. "Don't you claim the suffrage'."' asked she. "No, fir," I answered, "no more than I claim the privilege of working o;i the big drainage canal or teaming garbage. Show me that I should be any better olt with the ballot in my hand, or that my sex In general would, and you will convince me of something nobody ever has yet. We cannot maintain our rights any better than by being sweet-souled, soft-voicsd, gentle-mannered women." Th warrior with gripsack started for the door. "I am disappointed in you." she said. "You are blind to your bsst interests and deaf to the wail of universal womanhood. Good-bye." Now that was a good woman, and she meant well, but she was on the wrong track. A great many women are just like her. They allow themselves to get sidetracked by a paltry issue, and they spnd their time putting and fuming on a switch when they might be grandly rolling across an open country to the sea. I'nder Orders. Detroit Free Press. "So Blank isn't in?" he queried .

entered the oflice on Griswold street and found the office boy trying to clean up an old postage stamp. "Noap." "How long's he been out?" "AlHut an hour." "When will he return?" "Can't say. Are you in a hurrv?" "In a great hurry. Yes, I mu?f see him at once." "Before the close of banking hours? "Yes, before the c'ose of banking hours. Can't you run out and find him?" "1 dunno. D you want to pay a bill?" "What ! it tr -n'l what T w-ttif T il 1 I you I wanted to see him on busings. It's nt for you to inquire into the particulars," "But I'm under orders." t rotes ted the boy as he reached over for a card on which lie had penciled a m rr.nrandum. "I've got to do as he says or he'll bounce me." "What are your orders?" "Why. if anyone wants to pay him any money I'm to lirul him down the hall in rom No. 12. If anyone wants him to back i a note or ler.d I'm to say that's he's gone to Colorado to bury his mother." "Oh th I j-ee," muttered the man. as : he Kicked for the door. "I was just passing by and dropped in dropped in. you know. It's of no eonsequenc, and you nevdh't any 1 called."

THE SHOULDER

Senator Quay Lets Loose on Carlise's Proposed Bond Issue. Question if They Are Leai Chairman Manley Says He Is for the Republican Nominee Unanimously PEAVEK, Pa.. Jan. 21.-Senator Quay. In an Interview to be published to-morrow, vigorously attacks Secretary Carlisle's proposed bond issue. He does not favor legislation for the Issue of bonds to relieve the treasury, and believes any that may be issued without absolute authority of law should be repudiated. "There should be no curative legislation," said he. "Takers of the loan offered on Feb. 1 knowthat the securities go out under a cloud and their redemption will be an important political issue in the future. To recruit the revenues and re-establish tne gold reserve (which Is an Idea not provided for by law), it la only necessary that the administration whistle off Its does and announce to the country that the tariff Is to be let alone. The administration has produced a condition of affairs which has destroyed trade, foreign and domestic, gravely diminishes the revenue internal and from customs and urges the passage of a revenue measure which will enlarge the existing deficiency by at least $70,000,000 and goes to the country for 5 per cent, loan to relieve it of the consequences of its financial treason. The Republican party is not called on by any theory of policy or duty to come to its relief." Senator Quay cites the acts of Congres3 held to give authority or the propoed bond issue to show that the bonds were intended origlnaljy to provide means for the redemption and cancellation of legal tenders. He holds that the issue of bonds is of extremely doubtful legality and says If they are legal the only limit to such issue is the conscience of the administration which may therefore issue bonds indefinitely to provide for revenue deficiencies, Mnnley Declare Himself. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Joseph II. Manley, chairman of the Republican national executive committee, came Into town unexpectedly to-nlght. "Mr. Manley," said a reporter, "it has been rumored that you favor the nomination of Thomas B. Reed for President." "My candidate for President," replied Mr. Manley, "Is the candidate of the Republican party. I favor whom the party favors, and the man who Is the choice of our convention will have the hearty support cf th national committee." "Is it settled," the reporter asked, "that the proposed permanent Republican headouarters are to be established in Mew York?" "I can't say that It is settled. We have the power to place the headquarters wherever we deem It would be best to have them. But we wish to know what all prominent Republicans think upon the subject. We have consulted and asked the opinions of Republicans all over the country regarding the question. I have taken pains to get the views of every one who has the Interest of the party sincerely at hf art, I want more views. I want to hear from every one who has something of value to say upon the question. Then, having: taken a census of Republican opinion, so to speak, it will be easy to decide." Railroaders in Politics. PITTSBURG, Jan. 21. The railroaders of Pennsylvania formed an organization in Harrisburg some months ago for the purpose of combining in favor of State legislative candidates who would be considered worthy of their support. A secret meeting was held here to-day, 110 delegates being present, and the delegates refused to make public the proceedings It is claimed that the organization has a membership of 8G,tx)0 in Pennsylvania, and controls nearly 100,00.) votes, it embraces the Pennsylvania members of tho following organizations: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Firemen, Order of Railway Conductors, Order of Railroad Trainmen, Switchmen's Mutual Protective As-' sociation. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Brotherhood of Railway Conductors. Contest Illinois Gerrymander. CHICAGO, Jan. 21. At a meeting of the Republican State central committeemen held to-day It was decided to contest the constitutionality of the apportionment of the legislative, senatorial and congressional districts of Illinois by the last Legislature. Ex-Attorney-general Hunt announced that the bill to be tiled will Insist that the apportionment does not meet the constitutional requirement of equality of imputation, compactness and contiguity of territory. OILI.VG THE VOICE. How Slneern of Fame Manage to Lubricate Their Vocnl Chords. The Million. The voices of singers need an occasional "oiling" and some peculiar remedies have been in vogue among the singers which it is interesting to know. When Gallmeyer, the famous soubrette, visited England, she confess2d that she treated her throat before each performance to a pood rubbing1 with rum and Glycerine. This statement led to further Investigations in this line with the following results: Labatt. the prreat Swedish tenor, ate tw.o salt pickles before going on to sing. Wachtel used the j'olk of an egg with sugar. Other noted vocal stars drink beer, champagne, soda water or punch. Walter, the tenor, drinks cold coffee without cream, and Gelstinger relies on a Rlass. of grog. Zella Trebeill, the famous contralto who died not long ago, always drank lemonade before she went on the stage. Klnderman chewed dried prunes during the intervals and Southeim swore by a pinch of snuff before each aria. Some singers who are passionate smokers refrain from smoking on tho davs on which they are to sing, while a number of cantatrices believe that their voices are vastly improved by the. smoking of a cigarette just before the curtain rises. Grovrln&r mid Cooking Sweet Potntoes. Waldo F. Brown in Country G2ntleman. Contrary to the generally-received opinion, we grow our best sweet potatoes and largest yields on clay land. It is a mistake to make wide, high ridges. Those eight or ten inches and thirty to thirtythree inches apart from center to center give th? largest yields and the best shaped and mo3t-salable tubers. Our merchants are beginning to find this out, and to advise growers to plant this way. On my farm sweets are a much surer crop than the Irish potato, and will yield on an average at l?ast 50 per cent, more and sell for from 25 to 75 per cent, more money. But to realize this one must not crowd the crop on the market in the fall, but store tnem and wait till the fall Rlut Is over. Every farmer who grows from one to ten bushels more than he needs must sell soon after digging, as he has no way to keep them safely, but the man who knows how and has a place to keep them In can afford to wait, and about Dec. 1 may expect an increased demand and a rise in price. This season fully 4') per cent, of our potatoes, both sweet and Irish, were below merchantable size, and while small Irish potatoes scarcely sell for enough to pay for handling, we usually got more for the small sweets kept till spring for sprouting than for the large ones. 1 think I never bought seed in the spring for less than $1 a bushel, usually $1.25, and I have paid $2. One sweet potato grower told me that some years his small ones paid the entire expense of growing and handling the crop. A much larger quantity of sweet potatoes would be used than are If cooks knew how to prepare them for the table. When visiting among the large sweet potato growers at Marietta, O., a year ago, I ate the best dish of sweets that I have ever tasted, and on inquiring how they were prepared was givtn the following recipe, which my wife has used ever since: "Boll the tubers until well done, then remove the skins; lay them In a broad dish earthen preferred sprinkle over them a tablespoonful of Kranulated sugar and pour over them a teacupful of cream, or lacking the cream, milk with an ounce or so of butter. Put them in a hot oven and bake brown." I think I shall next year get this recipe printed and give to every customer, and I believe by so doing I can greatly increase the sale of them, for cooked In this way they are a delicious dish. Of course, the quantity of sugar must be regulated by the size of the family and the quantity of potatoes used, but the intelligent cook will soon find out how much to use. Let t See. New York Commercial Advertiser. If. as Cleveland asserts, the virtuous Queen of Hawaii was dethoned by ex-Minister Stevens through his power as an agent of the United States, then somebody owes the outraged lady seme money. Mr. Cleveland has tried the case and he has Klven a verdict against Stevens. Now let us se-? whether he and Ms party will dare to take a dollar out of the treasury to reimburse this retired cannibal with monarchical tendencies. The duty of the true American citizen is to knock down a throne wherever he sees it.

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THE KING MURDERED Alarming Unconfirmed Rumor About Alexander of Servia. Sarah Rernliardt's Big Daliomeyau Servaiit Nearly Causes Her DeathFrench Officers Killed. VIENNA, Jan. 21. It is rumored here that the King of Servia has been murdered. The rumor as yet lacks confirmation. To-day ex-King Milan a.rri ed at Belgrade under orders from King Alexander, it is said, and the Prime Minister at once resigned. The Servian Cabinet has resigned because of the presence of ex-King Milan at Belgrade. This they declared to be illegal, but they did not care to commence an' open conflict with the crown by Milan's arrest and expulsion. M. Pasitch, president of the Skuptschina, is en route to Belgrade from St. Petersburg. If he Is willing to form a new Cabinet, possibly the crisis may be deferred. The real cause of Milan's arrival at Belgrade, the dispatch says, was the difference between King Alexander and his Radical Ministers. The King appealed to his father, . who advised him not to break with the Radicals unless he wanted to suspend the Constitution and institute a military regime, which Milan strongly deprecated. King Alexander replied tfyat if he could not have his own way he would abdicate and leave Servia, whereupon Milan started immediately for Belgrade. LONDON, v Jan. 21. A dispatch to the News from Vienna says that it Is believed there that the rupture between the Radicals and King Alexander is the work of ex-King Milan, and that the latter intends to help his son in forming a military government. It is no longer, says the dispatch, a question of parties, but will King Alexander be able to keep the throne? With him the Obrenovitch dynasty must stand or fall, and Milan has gne to Belgrade to avert the danger. A part of the Radicals, it says, are led by the fanatical priest Guritch and ex-Premier Pasitch, a partisan of Russia, who has openly declared In favor of the descendants 6f Kara George. Servla's redeemer from the Turkish yoke. The real pretender to the dynasty is Prince Asten Kara Georgevitch, a Russian ofllcer, who married the Princess Demlkoff, and is a great favorite of the Czar. UEHMIAHUT POISOXED. The Divine Snrnli Given Laudanum !y Her Burly Ueliomeynn Servant. PARIS, Jan. 21. It has transpired that Sarah Bernhardt had a narrow escape from death by poison while performing In her new piece. "Izil." on Friday last. Her new Dahameyan servant, Kerig, who attends her at rehearsals, poured some laudanum Into her cup of tea by mistake. Bernhardt, however, noticed the strange taste before she had drunk enough to do her any serious harm. THE FIIHXC1I AMDl'SIIED. Captain DeLnnney and Other Oflleers Killed by Pirate. PARIS, Jan. 2L A dispatch from Tonkin states that a detachment of French troops, commanded by Captain I)e Launey, was ambushed by pirates whom they were pursuing in the bush near Caihiuh, on Dec. 8. After the French had entered the ambuscade the pirates fired a volley on them, killing Captain De Eauijey, wounding three lieutenants and killing or wounding eighteen men. ClmlKtone Honorel In Spain. MADRID, Jan. 21. All the political parties in the Basfjue provinces have united in sending to Mr. Gladstone, at Biarritz, a message of admiration, accompanied by a gold Inlaid casket, containing a sprig from the historic oak at Guernica, the meeting place of the Parliament of Basque Senators, who originally sat beneath the canopy of the ancient oak. which is still borne on the shield of the town. The present oak was planted about 1S11. In 1734 the French cut down the ancient oak. which was a refuse for debtors, as no ISasque could be arrested without a summons to appear under It. learn the charge against him. and thus prepare his defense. Hence the oak is regarded as a symbol of Basque liberty. Horse Talk. Farm News. Don't ask me to "back" with blinds on. I am afraid to. Don't lend me to some blockhead that has less sense than I have. Don't think because I am a horse that iron weeds and briars won't hurt my hay. Don't be so careless of my harness as to find a great sore on me before you attend to it. Don't run me down a steep hill, for if anything should give way I might break your neck. Don't whip me when I get frightened along the road, or I will expect it next time and maybe make trouble. Don't think because I go free under the whip I don't get tired. You would move up If under the whip. Don't put my blind bridle so that it Irritates my eye or so leave my forelock that It will be in my eyes. Don't hitch me to an Iron post or railing when the mercury is below freezing; I need the s-kin on my tonprue. Don't keep my stable very dark, for when I go into the light rny eyes are injured, especially If snow Is on the sxound. Don't leave me hitched In my stall at night with a biff cob ripht where I must lie down. I am tied and can't select a smooth place. Don't forget to file my teeth when they pet jatfged and I cannot chew my food. When 1 get lean it is a sign my teeth want riling. Don't make me drink ice-cold water nor put a frosty bit In my mouth. Warm the bit by holding it half a minute against my body. Don't compel me to eat more salt than I want bv mixing it with my oats. I know better than any other animal how much I need. Don't say whoa unless you mean it. Teach me to stop at a rrord. It may check me if the lines break and save a runaway and smashup. Don't trot me up a hill, for I have to carry you and the buggy and myself, too. Try it yourself sometime. Run up a hill with a big load. Don't forget the old Book that is the friend of all the oppressed, that says: "The righteous man is merciful to his beast." Snake Charmer. Charles Robinson, in Llpplncott. The secrets of snake charming are much simpler than most peole Imagine. The snakes to be handled are gorged with food until thy become drowsy, or else they are druggrd so that their senses are dazed. Sometimes they are kept in ice boxes, and the cold puts them In a semi-torpid condition. In either case tli shakes are only half alive. In han Uing th3 reptile the hand must always grasp It at certain places where the head can be guided and held from the body. This 13 the hardest thins to learn, but, like everything else. It comes with practice. By dint of dexterity and strength, the snake is easily passed from one hand to the other and ix allowed to coll about th? lody. The snake charmer, however, must always be on the alert. When the snakes moves tro lively, it Is put back into th? ice box. In handling a reptile with the fangs in vthich ought to prohibited by law one requires great strength, as the strain on the system durlnt; the performance is very considerable. The prasp and movements must be precise and accurate. There is no room for hesitancy or uncertainty. Most of the snakes handled, however, ar? harmless, so far as ioiscmlng is concerned. One AilvnntuKe of Farm Life. Grange Homes. The families of farmers certainly know more of comfort this winter than those who depend uixn day's wases or salaries. The hand-to-mouth existence works well when there is a steady inilgw of money, but when Saturday nlht no longer brings the usual dollars there inevitably come a time uf

ft O AMUSEMENTS. GRAND TO-NIGHT And lufs,!ay and W!nedy eveninc and 'elue lay matinc. C1IAS. ROHM'S COMPANY I roui tlie Empire l ln an r. New York, in t!ie srt ulrrt of Alii i ih an i!a. The Girl 1 Loft IShind Mo The K:ni in? Th'-atrr! c tan l production. riiU'fcs All lower l.oor. !; biicoiiy. 7"3 and foci gallery. -'.V. M;ttmre orchestra i.n l boi TT.c; .NGskJ&HS TO-NKillT And Tuesday ami e'.m lay evening an 1 WedIn Lis amazing and amusing C emo:$t ration of M E S M E It i s r. Popular Pnce.H-Lo er rttM.r. ;;oc; balcony, '.Mc; gtllerj'. 10c, sli,l Mixer lllchers aatl Tc SeU given away at these performances. Matinee to-day. to maht. an.l Tuesday and Velneaiay, the piciurcaue Irish comoiy. True Irish Hearts With a strong cast, beautiful scenery, and new ' ttoitgs ami tlauceft. Popular Trices-10, "JO, 30 cents. Latter part of week TWo JOHN'S.COURSE. TOMLINSON HALLk TUESDAY. .Ton. 23, The great Ttuor. MIL WHITNEY MOCKEIDGE Supported by tho CHICAGO RIVALS. Jlrs. Jamrs Bogle, Soprano, Sir. Harry Dumond, VioilnUf, Hiss Margaret JIacbouell, ReadfT) 31 r. Henry Earns, IMauUt POPULAR rRICES-2.c. 50c. 73c. On sale aW EMPIRE TH MATINF.E at L 10c, lie, l5c. TO-NIGHT M 1 5c, 2.V. ;OC. May Russell Co. A Fpwhil rlrH will hf run to tlie theater and the r. tutus of the t'orlH tt-MiU ht ll 1: lit will Iks read Irtxa sraire a they come in. eatu m.iy he M-ciirod ly Tde.ih'-ne 1703. Next wck Irwin Uros.' Ili Mm-. National Wi ft-fa WROfcnr-iRos pipe FOB - Gas, Steam and Wah r-tr Tube. Cat and Malleable Iron KitUurt (Mack an.l gal Ta it i elj. V le. stop cock. Emr.ns Trimniiuir. Steam (inni., l'lje Tongs. liK5 Cutter, Vine. Sen w Pl.it-s nt Iiea, WrenrhoH. Steam Traps. Pumps. Kitchen sink. Ilue, U'lllitsr. lUhlut Met.il. s.l. Art. Walte anl CoN.rM Wlp. In? at. and all other sn;. pin s ue I In Conner! on witll iias. Hreain ami Water, rvai. ural i snip!ie- a specialty. Straiu-heaflnjc Avpurat lor public Hu'htlmrs. .stoie r x.mi, Mills, liotv. Factor .en. (.Ann. nes. Lumber In -houses, etc. iit aul Threal toor.ler any kit Wio isnt-tron liie. from 4 incu.to li lncLoa. diameter. Knight & Jillson. 75 an.l 77 8. PENNSYLVANIA ST. pinching if not of actual suffering;. A roof, a nre. and always enough to e.it, without continuous worry lest the supply give out. make farm life seem one of comfort anJ plenty. The farmer's wife may not alwayi see much money, neither does she constantly spend it; she does not begin to get dinner by tirst looking to her purse, for there ii always something ready to ,be cooked. why hi: iim:d. IleuHon Given by a Ilnilroud Mini for Lo.slnjc 111m Job. Detroit Free i'ress. A young man who left Detroit to take a responsible position on a Western railroad a lew weeks ago was encountered on tli street yesterday and asked: "Well, home for a visit?" "No, for good," he replied. "Didn't you like the placer "First rate." "Climate knock you out?" "No; climate all rigrt." "Work too hard or a cut in wagesT "No; neither." "You've just got a better thing, eh?" "Yes, if you call walking around on my uppers a better thing. The fact is, we h-4 an accident on the road." "Hut you1 weren't hurt?" "Oh, no. There were eight passengers killed and a dozen hurt, I believe." "And were you to blame?" "Not in the slightest. 1 had nothing to do with the trains and was a hundred miles from the scene of tne accident." "Put I I" "No, you don't understand, but I do. A reporter came to mo to ask for particulars." "Oh, I begin to sev" "I couldn't give him any. but admitted that we had nad an accident down the road." "1 see I see. And you were bounced for admitting it?" "Just ao." "Well, It served you dead right. A railroad man who can't lie out of right killed and twelve hurt is no good and can't expect to hold his Job." You can drive nails into hard wood without bending them if you ilrst dip them in lard. Mrs. J. II. I.Ar.rj,ol Swuth G'cn't Fd.Sarnf'7i Omntif, A. 1".. writes : " Alter my third chhd v;a born, 1 bureJy jraiaiM Mremrth enough in ttro year's t;:r;e, fo s to b ul lo to crawl about to ueeoniphtli tlio little hoi'i nuift iu.il. a iu uu, Kihi odjj ry lyj" in n-M miiTiy unifa rat-u day; had tick Leadache very often, many rains ani aches all tho tir.tc. After 1 had takm one bottle cf vour 'f avorite inscription' I could see a great chan;;o In mv ftrtviTfh fin. I U-K9 sick headaclK-s. Contin ued taking the medicine until 1 Lad ta!:cn evcn bottles of the i'uvoriio and one of tbo MJoldea Mediml Discovery I am now able to do housework for myself and husband and two children ii'',Hl ninn iiti.1 ftv Mns. Latino. I also take dres3Tal:!u;r, nud eujor walking' a mil at a time, wnm I can have the time to do po. And 1 am sure it is hII due to Dr. I'ierci's I'avorifco Prescription as I know I wa failing: fast tietoro I commenced to tako it." bold by mcgicino drcirrj everywhere.

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