Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1875 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. MAY 13 1875 . . .

lilies. BY l-ASSIJ ISABELLE SIIIRniOC

nur: more I take thcenow white lilies within For Ua;, since their nrt beauty touched me, has ruu lite s gome sanus. They K'.cam lite radiant, drifting f now flakes, so pare. so fresh and fair; Tkej khi I their w itching, tender fragranea upon misiy air. rr. n,0iriAii-'r. .invMin:? netals the light dew T!niers still : riiThnn to mim! the silvery shimmer of ev " ry rocfc and rill. TWwt.aU v.-.n of the clowlne summers, when iltiTK vi--r Ki--f ft ml lonz: xcer worlttlv tnva came ever nearer, and life was but "a song. Tt. pMn ttaraliHTH failed olllckly from out 'ifu'ii rtarl'nlni skies: Yet, Ptill the fclilnlng tlowcrs llnjer, toRrect my weary eyes. And uUot the peaceful lilies, that gleam so rich ami rare; For round my heart their memories cluster and jeave their fragrance there. THE 8INÜEK. Khe sit and sines In the room below, A K-ciler ballad o 1 vr or woe, Wedded to music plaintive and s'ow. Ami who would drsatn thst kt-r heart Is gay, While fcho fringe! h so sal a lay fc'-ttmiug to pourher soul away? "Wr-y not? she doeth hr heart no wrong; 1 i t- joy-laden the whole day lonvr Will ciu alTord to sorrow iu sons! Eo ieep her, heaven ! nor lot her know :?r trighing than thosethat How, lljilitiiic, through ballads ot" love end woe. NEWS AND GOSSI1 ihmoad Pasha, a regular old fighting "Tur. has been recalled by the Sublime Porte, aud is to be made Oraud Vizier The murderer of Bobbins, the Vaudalia bridge watchman. last fall, who will be hang on the 14th of May, at Efhnghain, 111., expresses irreat contrition for the deed, and reads dh Bible and prays assiduously. A witty Englishman who answered at a dinner at Concord, the other d3y, to the toast, "the Queen," said: "I wish to express my satisfaction in being with you bere to-day, and my equal satisfaction In having been absent a hundred years ago." Mr. Frederick II. Coudart lectured in New York a few days ago on "Lying as a Fine Art." Ha ransacked history for fine examples of lying, but strangely omitted any reference to the most notable illustrations -jof his theme, the Tich borne case and the Beecaer trial. The Rev. John S. Glendenning preached on Stinday in his church in Jersey City, for the nrst time since his famous trial. A large congregation greeted bis reappearance iu the pulpit, which was decorated lavishly witu Mowers. Mr. Glendenning's church has paid the charge of the lawyers who conducted his defense, and his salary has not been affected by the intermission in his minihtry. A memorial theater, in honor of Shakespeare, is prcpo33d ia bis tativa town of Stra-fordon-Avon. The amount required Is 'ICOO, and already f 1-3,000 bas been raised. Two acres of ground have been presented for tho site, and it ia thought; that; the work can be lifun within a year. It Is j intended, ultimately, if the funds will allow, to establish a dramatic training scLcol and college in conneciioa with the theater. Tue Piveupori paper says of tha girl recently tarred and leathered by the ladies of Wüten, Iowa:' "The girl eam-o to D'.veaport and had her bead cleaused in a barber shop. She bad a wealth of hair, which 11 nearly t o her waist. It was so matted with tar genuine North Carolina tar that the barber had to cut it close to her bead. He picked leathers from the hairth.t remained, ana spent over an hour in getting tho tar -out ci it. At the Lexington celebration Maj. Wood decorated bis bouse with an English and American Hag blended, to show that the countries were united now. A party of roughs went to the house in tha evening to tear down the English flag, when th inaior took an old tower muikot and walking out of the-houo said: "Fellows. I aoa aware of your mission. The first mancf you t'aat lays a band on that fia, oroffors it the least indignity, is a dead man!" There was a pauae. "Right about! march! begone!" added tho grim old major, and tho crowd went. The Michigan legislature recently removed lroni the statute books ofthat slate the old "personal liberty law," which was passed ia 1855, after much discussion, to proteci n?gro3 in the tttta from tho eflVcts of the fugitive slave law by prohibiting state ofheers from aiding arrests, forbidding t je usee! jails lor the detention of captured alavce, giving the arrested parties the right ot a inry trial, and tho benefit of a writ of habeas corpus. Pmsccuting attorneys wero obliged, under the law, to defend tho fugitives i.i their counties'. Tbe exact words addressed by the cmprror of Austria to King Victor Emmanuel in a private conversation are said to be the following: "I bava chosen Venice because this city was the last given up by my gov -rnvnent, and I wish to show tb.9 "wbule world that Austria has rejr:ouEced definitely and forever all idea ct a prffrensioa to Italian soil. The astonishing ttfents which have taken place within the space ol a few years eventa which hive led Italy to unity and independence show the action of a euperhuman power, before which I f ;el it my duty to incline." About eighteen years ago, when tbe Iamcus pianst Thalberg, now dead, was giving concorts in the United Stats", he had , with kim a poor singer, Mile. D'Angri, daughter of the great contralto, Miue. li'Anizti. Tbslberg's wi.'e, a daughter of Jblache, was living in London, but an intimicy pprung up between him and Mile. D'Angri, ai'd a daughter wai born. That ycun person was given her lather'a name, and was trained for the operatic stage. She Is called Mile. Zire Tbalberg, and made her lbut at Covent Garden, London, on the lO'.h as ,9rlinat in "Don Ciovar.a," and seems to have been highly succtasful. blio was born in New York in 1S53. A IIixt. There are contamporailea of ours who seem determined o keap us perpetually hang'.n upon th3 ragged edge of billiagsat9. Ilere, for Instance, is the Milwaukee Sentinel, which, without the slightest irovocatlon. declares that we have "an antipathy to water!" Which, it i hardly necessary to Bay, is a miserable, low-browed, knocked-kucrd n slib aided untruth a withering, burt.lDB". bltihtins falsehood, instiateil tv the white liverd minion of a howling fiend frfsh from tha reeking purlieus .f a de-tiAUL-bcd ud pus;Uaniuiouly poItrco::iz"J 'ion. ?.nd the man who dares ti boid aiuli even a fpoonlulof water mixed with a tombler of bourton and declare that we have the merest ghost ot an antipathy to it, is a slanderer, a caluminator and a falsifier, and the subsidized wretch who sajs heisa;t ia a liar, a poltroon and a coward, and we can whip the scoundrel who say h isn't, lvts at the satp.e time t o curic

horsewhip the base hireling who dares to Intiruata that we can't, and where is the cowardly, crouching horse thief who says we are afiaid lo try it? Courier Journal.

The Marquis Da Caux, Pattrs husband whom the cable ineffectually killed in a duel near St. Peteriburz. is a member of a poo but noble family oi France. He be came known only through his marriage with Adelina Pattl. who preferred the fine looking marquh to other wealthy admirers. The marquis neld at that time a small hon orary olliea in the imperial household. Iiis enemies intimated that he married Patti only fjr the sake of the money she could make. The Weldon (N. C.) Sentinel tests the credulity of the. country with thi3 gauzy story: A remarkable case oi somnambulism occurred at Murfreesboro, a fsw evenings sicce. One of the young lady students of the W. F. College during the night get up from her bed, threw over herself a loose wrapper, and started down town. She went into Col. Vaughau's residence, and into his room and laid on a lounze. It greatly eurprised and frightened the colonel, though he he knew something was wreni, and did not molest the "sleeping beauty." Soon Rev. V. G. Starr was inlormed where the girl was and went after her. He look her back to the college and carried her to the bedroom and ecsconced her in bed and left the room. The young lady, on awakening next morning, knew nothing of where she had perambulated, or anything about her nocturnal visit. Here's the kind of a looking man that writes up the tragic and pathetic court re ports of the Dstroit Free Press, as photo graphed by the Sun, New York: Mr. Lewis is about rive feet eight inches in height, with a frame of medium size, and weigh abcut 1 10. ne has brown hair, cat rather short and carelessly kept, and wears brown mustache?. His eyes are blue gray, and the upper part of his face ia intellectual and at tractive. His forehead is handsome, fcquare and well defined generally, and the perceptive faculties are, a phrenologist wonld say, especially well ueeloped. His eyes are wide open, pleaant. and honest; nose rather prominent, straight and with good lines from root to tip, except that tbe extreme end has a triile too much flesh: chin heavier and stronger than vrould naturally bs looked lor, and this efle?t is heightened by extra long jw bones, and a thin face. His voice is pitched above the average key, aud ia also Elightly husky, but is pleasant to the ear, lor ne speaks quietly. He wears a beaver hat that brings to mind the signs that used to be hung cut n Parti row, "We block your bata while you wait for fifty cents." On tbe street his hat looks as though be had put it on the back ct his head at an ancle ot about hltecn degrees from tbe line of his face, and then somebody behind him had struck with a mallet a playful blow on tnecrown. In manner Air. Lewis is g-ntle, kindly, and pleasant. Ho has a wife and two children. DELxVNO'S DOING3 COMMENTS MADE BY MEN CONVERSANT WITH TKK MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ATTITUDE OF THE CLD IIOAKD OF INDIAN (TOM MISSION Kits rOSiriON OF TUE FRtSKNT IUA1U). Jo department ot the public service ia of more vital importance to tho public at this present time than the laiiaajnent of the afidirs cf tbe department of the interior. Th-a New York Tiibune's cunstient'ous Washington correspondent lets light upon Delano's doings as appended: Tbe interest caused by the expected retirement of Secretary Delano, and the agitation in regard to the management ot the department" of the iiiterior, have called general attention to the n orkings cf that department, estieeiaily in connection with Indian affairs. It is believed bjhose conversant wkh the ways of the department and the manipulations of the Indian ring in furnishing goods and supplies, that the. suspicion of the former Indian commissioners who resigned wero based on a good foundation. It is asserted that those commissioners believed that tbe department of the interior was so thoroughlj corrupt that the board could not do anything to purify or improve it. Tre commissioners resigued, therefore, being unwilling to permit Secretary Delano to use their good name to aid him in covering up the frauds which he must have known were going on in his department. The old commissioners, it is stated, also became satisfied that the more faithful they were in trying to ferret out wrong doings and to correct them, the more the secretary ol the interior lound fault with them, and on several occasions, ho censored them in language anything but polite. Assertions are male that certain members ol the presbat commission are as much dissatisfied on account of the affiliations of the Indian rlnz with the department of the interior, and on account of the management ot Indian af fair, as were the former coai missioners who lefi the board. It is claimed that tbe interior department now fcas a controlling inlluenco In the board, and that the secietary of tho board is in sympathy with the Indian rings. 1 1 is unueratoo'3 thai his clerk also is identified also with these rings. Tho op ponents of tbe present sjtotn say, "When the controlling power of the commission is working in harmony with the com missioner of Indian afiairs, who, for a long time, has been believed to have derived large TROFITS FROM RISC OPERATIONS, . why. should any one be surprised to hear that the Indian department is spending the moneys appropriated to the Indian service in ways which enrich the friends of the department?" This is done In various ways. E. P. Smith, the commissioner of Indian affairs, controls tbe letting ot the annual contracts, which provide for the expenditure of $1,00,0G0 or ?"),CO0,0CO. It is said that instances have been ßhown where contractors highly recommended by Mr. Smith have received contracts for over $1,000,000 in al), and then practically have euulet the?e contracts to men widely known 8 having cheated the (Government and Indiana in previous years. It is claimed by the frisnds ot reform in the Indian service that the depaitment must have known thif.Ior.it i said, whn facts proving certain IrauJs have beeu laid before the secretary of the interior,ne has sent out special commissiont rs of h s own appointing, who were quite sure not to see the wionzs complained of, but were sure to bring back a vague and apoloy;itic rsport in regard to the agencies which bad l oen accused of fraudulent transactions. Instances have occurred where a majority ot the former commissioners complained to the secretary of the interior, thai contracts for large amount?, which had been let to men recommended by thecommissionerandother officers ot the department, practically were tilled by men notorious for their complicity ia the frauds perpetrated on tbe Indians, laid the secretary has replied that he could not prevent it. It was well known that tbe board of Indian commissioners had passed a resolution refusing to recommend tho glviDg of a contract to any person who had b8en guilty of fraudulent practices in fur nihing Indian goods or uupptiee, and fcrbiddirLt!: a contractor to suSibt any part of h;s contract without written permission, firtt obtained lroin the secretary ot the interior. It is said that several of Commissioner iSmitb'n particular friends who received contract1! practically sublet them to the clas3 of men ref-rred'to, and. th secretary of the interior dodged the responsibility of Inter fering by saying tast no formal application hid bteii nude to him for the permission.

ATtCTTO DISCOVERY.

THE NEW BI1ITISII EXPEDITION. BCSY PREPARATIONS INÖENIOV3 DEVICES ICE IMPLEMENTS ECONOMY CF P.00M. The following account of the preparations going on for the new Polar expedition la from the London Times of April 12: Although no day, so far as is known, has been appointed lor the departure cf the Arctic expedition, tbe most strencom and unceaiing exertions are being made to have the two vessels the Alert and tbe Di&covery completed, as regards their hull, machine', rigging and .stores, by the 23th instant, tbe date originally fixed by admiralty orders. Iloth vessels have received their chain cables, and the shrouds and ratlins have been attached to the masts. The engines, too, have been ro far finished that thay have been tried in the steam basiu during the past week. The Alert will make a few hours' trial of her machinery to-day, and the Discovery will make a similar trial ot her machinery to-morrow. Tho eighteen boats which have baen built for the expedition by Mr. John White, of Cowes, have teen received at Portsmouth, and have given" such general satisfaction that the builder has received an order to construct a number of similar little craft for the Em peror of Russia. The whole of the thirtyfive sledges have also been com pleted, and attract considerable interest from tbe general public, to whom they are exhibited, with other curiosities, in the Painter's Pound In the dockyard. The sledges are of various sizes, the largest, a twelve-man sledge, intended to carry provisions lor seven weeks, and the smallest, a four-man sledge. Thera are also several dog-carriaEes for the use ol the oScers, w'i.h an upright railing in front, on which, when tired with riding, tbe driver can support himself while walking by the side. They are a.'l strongly but lightly built of polished elm, with tte?l runners or slides, iu lorm resembling a double fckate, but with uniform bend upward at each end. Not the least interesting feature connected with the sledges is the simple, but highly ingenious way (copied from tho whalers) iu which tbe men attack themselves to drugropes. It consists in a single twist of tbe lanyard, which is kept in its position by means of a copper bottom. THE ATTACHMENT, however, only remains good as long as the lanyard is kept taut, by which two advan tages are gained. Should the sledge happen to lali in a bole in tbe ice the men can dis engage themselves in an instant, and thus avoid being precipitated into tho cha.m. The peculiar fastening will also indicate that the men are doing th6ir duty, inasmuch as the moment a hauler begins to shirk work the bold upon the drag-rope becomes loosened and the offender is detached. Each sledge will carry one or more cook ing apparatus. Where more than one is re quired the apparatus will le oi' two kinds one being formed entirely of metal. and the other, an invention, we believe, of Sir Leopold McCHntock. be ing formed of wood, with au inner and outer sheathing of tin, and having a receptacle oa the top for condensing sno, and thus in suring a constant supply oi potaoie w;uer. The cookin;; stoves are circular, the heat being obtained by buring either spirit or steaiioe, and by aa mljustmentot saute pans, one upon tho top of another, both pemniican and preserved potato or other c mdiment can Lo cooked at the same time. Tho wholo i3 protected from the weather by an en-1 veiopeof thick fear-nought. When pursuing U:eir slow and lonely journey ia search of the polar axi., ear-h rnau will bo supplied with a water Lottie, resemtmeg an ordinary spirit llas.k in thäpo, but v.'Uh the mouth and cup covered w,ti a cather coating, for the purpose of prot cl ing the mouth lrom cold contact with t: metal. Tne bottles will be replenished Ir un the comlensers, and the water will bo kept in a fluid state by being carried in the bosom. The sledges will also carry a supply of rum, of extra oualisy; but this will only be used in cases of emergency, as it has b3en ascertained that tho beat antidote against the polar temperatuto is not spirit, but oleaginous food, of whica permmicau is a highly nutritious and concentrated form. Specimens of tents, Ice-knives and saw?, icepoles, powder tins for blasting the ice, instruments for keeping the "lira holes" from coagulating, and ice-anchors are also being exhibited at Portsmouth to the carious. THE LARGEST ICE. SAW is a ponderous implement, measuring fifteen feet in length, and abot t 221 pounds in weight. It will be used for cutting a channel through the pack, or for makings convenient berth for the ships daring tho lon and dreary months of Arctic Winter. Ic wiil be worked by means of a tripod sheers and a gin, and will be guided by an icequartermaster. While the mechanical accessories are thus in a forward s'ate, the very essential element or stores U receiving duo attention. They have all ben wi:udrawn from the general magazine, and have been temporarily placad in a separaio storeroom lor easy shipment. Ererjthin. is being weighed at the Bhips' sides previot:t i bv-ing embarked, so that tbe weight and draught ot tho vessels may b accurately ascei twined. In the meantime, however, the weights of provision?, Stores, guns, boat, machinery, kc, have been carefully calculated by Mr. W. B. Robinson, the chief constructor, who has beeu uuremitiing in his endeavors to push forward tbe work ol ii'.tingout the expedition with all possible dispatch. Tht Alert will carry five tons of spirits of wine, ten tons of bread, eighty-five tons of beef, pork, bacon, coffee, sugar, Hour, and preservtd meats, and ten tons of pursers' stores. The total weight on board will be about 540 tone, and the estimated draught of water will be 15 !6et six inches lorward, and 17 feet aft. Tha Discovery, the smaller vessel of the two, will carry four and a halt tons of ppiritsot wine, nine tons of bread, seventy-euht tons ot beef, Hour, sigar, bacon, pork, corfoe, and preserved meats. Tbe total weight on loard, Including machinery, etc., will bs 410 tons, which it is esttmated will give a draught of 15 feet four iuches forward, and 16 feet three iccbe3 aft. Those who desire to ascertain to what a degree ot perfection organization, foresight and mechanical contrivauca aud adaptability can ba carried, can not do better than pay a visit to the Alert and the Discovery. Everything on board, while admirably designed far the special purposo in view, has been so contrived .as to ba readily converted to some other use, so that space, weight and impedimenta of all kinds have been economize! to the utmost. Each cabin, whica is remarkably capacious, being about six feet long and seven broad, is furnished with a handsome rack of drawers, which at night is transformed into A SNUGI BED by simply placing a mattress on the top; the inmate is kept from falling out by a longitudinal sideboard. The cabins are lighted by circular skylights which have been cut in the deck, a few of tbe after cabins being lighted by inverted prisms inserted in tlie planking of the quarter-decK. Tha doors at either side open into a corridor, which, being also lighted from above, forms acornmo lions uiess-room for the officers, who will all dine together. The propelling sbalt is telescopic at both extremities, so that whon a collision with the ica seems lmmin&nt it can bo easily disconnected from the screw by means ol a system of leverage, and tha screw hoiäted on decli. The 6tem-

crab by which this latter work ia performed is so srranged amidships that after the Bcrew has been lilted it can be used to draw the

vessel through the floa or along the shore, ror this purpose the ice-anchor a rudi mcDiary mass Fonaewhai like an 'ST' in shape, with the lower hcok broadened is made fast ahead by a warp, and then pulled upon by tbe crab. In like manner, the four brass-tipped poles which support the tents at eight will bo mfde serviceable as spars and yards to assist in propelling tbe aieuges ourin? tne day. liven tho ch;mney of tho galley fire has been utilized and mada to pay a doublo debt. Embedded in the forn deck i3 a capaicious metal basin, which when the polar lati tudes have betn reached, will b dlled with snow, and the galley chimney passing through it will condense it bv which means cot only will a supply of water be ootamea, out oncamea exactly in the place where it is mott required. Each ship bus been supplied with a couple of Maitin' sen-canting anchors, which possess grest holdirg power, and can readily bo s'owed away. They also ecocimizo wear and tsar on me pari or tae crew; and tne same pur pose d as ueen aitainea in another directs by the application of Collins A Pigmy's patent resting gear. It is expected that the expedition will be realy by the middle ol way, out it win probably potss.Il until th end of that month. The Prince ot Wales is expected to visit the ships before they sail. TRACY'S TRIALS. BEACrt BUCKS INTO HIM IN A WAY IIK DOCBT LESS DESPISED .STRIKING) SITUATIONS R iDGKRS HAS HIS HANDS FCDX.. Description of the cross-examination of Mr. Tracy by Tilton'a counsel, Baach, the scandal special ol tbe Chicago Times, says: Thei came the Interesting part of the business. Beach sprang to his feet, and, throwing forward his chest, tackled the witnes, plunging directly In medias res, and questioning Mm. about bis muck-discussed pledges to Tilton not to be counsel lor 13uecher. Wheu Bach, in the fiery way common to him. redoubled hi "home thrusts, and witness reddened aud shifted his chair uneasily, it is not uncharitable to .ay the expression of Fullerton'u face was one ot keen satisfaction. Moulton leaned back in his chair, and twisted hi? tany mustache, all the time keeping his' b!g, black eyea immovably fastened on Beach's victim. "Tracy said he did not recollect just then what meaning ho gave the word "collision," v. hen Tilton asked him if he would become counsel for Beecher, in ca39 of collision with him. "Then you don't Know," said Beach. "Were you the compiler of that remarkable document you reaa ai tne opeaingy assea counsel. Tracy said he was, of the greater part of it, and would tako the responsibility. "And I mean to hold you to it," put in Beach, pounding bi clenched bands on tho table, and characterizing that "conspiracy essay." as It is termed, aa full of malignities and calumnies. The audience applauded, and the judge hastily caned upon Mr. liodgers to be ALIVE AND DO HIS DUTY. Sometimes Tracy was doubtful, and Beach volunteered lo wait while he was making up bis mind. Ha would not answer directly, "i'ut I will tell you what occurred." Beacü would retort, "When I want I!. at j will ;sk you. Now answer my questions." AcdoccH counsel said, dropping the su'oject, "Well, if you can't answer, we'll git somebody elsö tbn will." Tho object "of tho crcss-examir.ation wasplaiclj' apparent to tbe lnc-t ordinary intelligence, from Beach's questions, and the gusrifdly defensive p.ttitude of witness. An attentive study of the evidence will probably rhov.' whether Bccli accompli? bed his obji-ct of entrapping Tray en elites when .'articular events occurred, or impressions vero in Ins mind. A good deal was brought out about tho part Lien. 15 a tier took in the scandal negotiations. Tracy admitted he vj under tbe impression that Butler regarded tho offenses a3 adultery, but snid that, as far as be was concerned, when he gave tho pledge to Tiltcn, he interred that the only charge was improper advances, out of which the negotiations could pos.-ikly arise, and left the matter so. The questioning was of the sharpest kind, and Tracy was keenly on the tdert, and all the time wanting to tell what oecaired.inslead of allowing himself to be led aJorsg by the astute Bsaeh. At the close, Tiltou stood up with a brighter and more hopeful expression than lor many weeks, and Moulton was ell smiles. Tracy did not seem to feel in the least hurt, and crowds of gentlemen, his friends and acquaintances, shook bands with him, and laughed and chatted with hiai about how he fctood lire. Tbe cross-examination will bo resumed to-morrow. MEXICAN MARAUDING. TIIK CABINET CONSIDERS THE MATTER A PROTEST IN PROCESS OF PREPARATION. The WashiKton special to the Chicago Tribune ot yesterday morning says that the principal subject of discussion at the cabinet melting to-day was the situation on the Mesic in border. The oiMeial reports as to tee raidi"' parties were formally presented and considered. They consist? d ol tbe report received by the pot.tmastfcr-gen-eral irom the po-tmasters who bave been molested, and of the reports of army officers. These documents substantiated most e.f the dispatches from tin Mexican border. The postmaster gen-ral siiowed that several of ids officers have been killed. The secretary of state manifested some restiveness at these raids. It is undr-rstood that the Mexican government had disclaimed all responsioility for these incursions. It ia evident that if these raids are to continue the border mail service will, of necessity, be discontinued. No lormal conclusion was reached, but it was generally understood that a note of protest would 30011 be prepared to be presented to the Mexieau government as a preliminary to the preparation ot a lormal note. Mr. Jewell is arranging for the president all the correspondence of the postoffice department on this subject. M. Simonin, the French traveller, has endeavored to form a strictly impartial opinion ol tbe two great Western cities, Chicago and St. Louis. He says that both are right in their claims, aud that both will yet astonish the world. There have been, be says, in the West of America two great centers ot population forming for some years past, the one on the lake?, the other on the Mississippi, each of which will have in a decade one million of souls in treaty years two millions. New York, he 6ay3, will take twenty years to double its population, alrer which time Chicago will have caught up to it. In 1905, should Chicngo continue to progress as it has hitherto, ii will have lour million souls, more than London has now, wblie New York will bave onlv three million. He seriously inquires whether Chicago and St. Louis will not then bo the two great cities of the world. His decision is not entirely satistactory to Chic-go, and therefore that city has adopted the "Smith method" of calculating population. It is claimed that In tho United States there is one Smith to every 510 persons. The St. Bouis directory shows fUU Smiths, and by applying the other factor In tne calculation the population is shown to ba 459,210, while Chicago shows proudly 1.390 naturalized Smiths, 43 Smyths, Stnits and Schmidts, maklnaatotal of 1.43. which, multiplied by 540, results ia the comfoitics product of 776520.

TIIK SAPWIinS. SHELLEY.

THE PKECIorS STONE Ol" APRIL. From my wing are tU3ken the dews that waken The swet ouds every one. When locked to rest on their mother's breast As she dances about the sun. 1 wield the nail of the mshlnsr hail And whiten the tneen plains under, And then again I clsoive it In rala And laugh as 1 j as In thuutler. I bird the sun's ti-rone with a bnrnlns zene, And the moon's with ajrlrOieof pearl: Tnevolcanot-s are dim. and stars reel and swim V hen the whirlwinds by banter uofurl. From cape to cape with a brid're-Iike shape O fer a torren t of a. Sunbeam proof, 1 bans Ulie a roof. The mountains Its columns be. 'ihe triumphal arcli through which I march Wilh hurricane, lire and Know, neu me rowers or tue air are chained to cbfclr my In the mill ion-co'ored bow. Tb- sphere-Üre above, its noil colors wove While the moist earth was laughing below. TRIED BY FIRE. LONG SUFFERING OSnKOSII. FIFTH BURNING OF A BEAUTIFUL AND ENERGETIC MANUFACTURING TOWN ORIGIN AND TERRIBLY SWIFT rROSKFSH OF THE FLAMES A LOSS OF NOT LESS THAN TWO MILLIONS AND A HALF OF DCLLAfc.3. The Oskosh special ol the Chics go Times furcishos lha following additional details of the terribl9 fire that so recently devastated isat place: A deen irloom banc nvrrthls stricken city. x-ive limes since it was founded Laa it been visited by destructive cocflarations. but the rresent ca iamitv is mora crushing to hope and prosperity than were all the others together. Three times within a singla year has this beautiful city paid heavy tiibuto to tbe tsrrible demon; and her citizens seem to feel that their all Is doomed to destruction, sooner er later. The last lire, about nine months ag., burned out fair portion ot the bneiness district, much of which has been rebuilt, aud tha present one took nearly all that wsss left. It also pounced upon the best residence portion. and many ol what yere tha most attractive homea He in ashes. The pocplo ot Oshkosh are slow in becomirg reconciled to the present calamity. All hope of recovery seems to be crushed cut of them, and they go about tbe street to-dav with sad faces, vainly tryim: to realii) that within a few short hours millions ot their possessions should have been swept from their grasp. The ruins are still smoldering. Here and there is a bright flicker, and the owners of tho ash -heaps ar.d seared remains lo little else but cae at them, acd when asked what they proposo to do, they only answer that they don'; know, heave a sigh, and continue to look, with sad and sadder faces. Owing to the limited telegraphic facilities slTordd, on account of the destrucion of tse oiu.-es, but a meazre account could b? transmitted yesterday. The facil ities are very limited still, but your correspondent is Lopeful of pushing through the chief points of interest. OSHKOSH, LIKE CHICAGO, lipsiaa fiat bottom, and tbe prevailing wind la from the southwest. O .ving to previous experience the people shudder v. hen the zephyrs ?et in from that quarter, and when a cnle is Uov.-inr, which is not a very uncommon thing here, everyboiy mentally joins tho lire brigade. The wind w3 very fetror on Wednesday; ia fact, it amounted to a gal?, and atneoti it was so fierce that ona could with difficulty make hsadwsy Rgiiatt it;, and, as citizen met citizen, each invcluLitarily mada tha remark thct it was a bad day lor a fire. The sawmills, planing-mills and lumber yards are situated along tfce western margin of the city, and hence occupy a dar gerous position toward it. It ba3 been tho custom, latterly, wheu a heavy westerly wind was blowing, lor the mills to stop work, to ptevent fctray sparks lrom falling among tbe combustible material about them, and thus endanger the c.ty. A number of tho mills shut down on Wednesday noon, but Spalding A Peck re fused to stop woik, aud when Morgan entreated Mr. Peck to do so, he was informed that he (Peck) proposed to run his business in his own way. Morgan Brothers had been brrned out twice belore, and now ttey were to receive a thjrd visition. It was but a little while aUertke interview narrated thai Morgan Brothers' mill was observed to be on fire, started it is generally believed, by sparks from Spalding t Peck's mill, as their own was net running. Ina moment the entire building was enveloped in flames, whos3 hungry tonuas bfgan to lp around tbe neighboring lumber piles. In.such a gale all the people knew what was in store for th6iii, and thousands grew pala as the bells PEALED FORTH THE DREAD ALARM, and a score of steam whistles added their piercing shrieks to the general confusion. It was about half past 1 o'clock when tha gale had reached it3 greatest fary. Ten thousand people, in the wildest excitement, rushed to tha scena of the conflagration, vainly hoping to be of service, and lbs sreamers were quickly at work, but already the lire bad got beyond the efforts of any ordinary department, and was driving along at a terrible pace. Thicker and thicker the smoke rolled forward, and the crowd was driven from position to position, while the engines were quickly compelled to follow. J. N. Davis, a clerk in the employ of the Morgan Brothers, rushed intD the mill to save no me books. He became bewildered, and could not make his way out again; friends rushed to his assistance, and he was dragged into tbe etreets, but at the' same time tbe roasted flosk p. eled from kis bonos, and he expired in a lew moments. Meantime the Iliuies were rushing along lrom mill to mill and lumber-yard to lumber-yard. The air was tiled with llaming shingles, cinders and spaiks, which fell blocks ahead; and w ithin half an hour an area of several squares was a mass of fire. All tho way to Main street, a distance of halt a mile, was filled with this sort of combustible m:tsri il, and no human agency could check th progress of the mouster, which was working along as ifditermiutd tooutapeed tho very gale itself. Oa came THE FURIOUS TIDE OF FLAME, and it soon became apparent thst the business poition, in the very path of the monster, was doomed. Before the fire reached the heart of the city, there t was a change of wind to the northwest, and not a few entertained the hope that, by prop?r handling, the lire could ba kept from the principal thoroughfare; but that hope Droved . delusive, for fioon the wind, returned to its old quarter, and a?ain rushed forward the llames with redoubled fury. Tho steamer W. II. Dee had beeu placed at what is called tho Division street reservoir, and did somo efTec ive wort lor a time; but tha Hamen came tint ker from two directions. Ttey caught Gill's building on the comer cf High and M-iiket streets, and also on the north side of High street, and began to sweep down upon the postoßlca on she north while on the souta tbe livery 6table of Thompson and Sprague led the "flames. In this way Main street was approached. From Williams street the flames wheeled northward, through Web'oer'a block,tothe North-

western office, and before the men in chart of the steamer before refrred to were aware cf their skuation, they were completely UEAIMED IS BY A WALL OF FLAME, and no team could bo brought to tlrg the engine cut, while the men narrowly csrrd with their lives. The appara-.ua hal to' l abanloned. Tim lef; b it two fir-j eni is Baore this stage ws3 reached, however, the

ii.u. nrapnea ro all the neibirin citr-3-Iond du Lac, Berlin, Uipon, Nteuab. ana .Venasha for assistance, end he.p was momentaril7 exDtc:cd. It came in the course of the afternoon' lroni various quarter?, and much valuable assistance was rendered, for which the ropleot Lhkcsü will ever be thankful. The fond du Lac firemen would have torn on hand sooner, but could r.ot get tracjoortation. The steamers were et the depot, with 200 men to handle them, but. thrangh Vome misunderstanding or want of instructions, no loconiative was forthcoming. After waiting an hoar and a half, the Sheboygan and IondduLi3 road took off one of their engines, placed it cn tha Northwestern track, and rushed the willing hands to the eeene of tbe conflagration. Nearly tbe same time that the Doe wts abandoned, f. rinl l'.ürt'A'im r.rv the river. A last effort howAt-.r w...i.i In extricating it, but cot without jeoperdIzmg the lives or the mn in charge. When the flim- s swept into Min street, tie r.rinv.. uuiues inorougniüre, the supreme moment was reached, and the leeiiug became teceral that . THE ENTIRE CITY WAS DOOMED. The wildest confusion prevailed. Efforts were made by various parties occupying; premises in the locality to save their goods, but very little could be accomplished in that direction. It was difiOcul; to get teams into tha street, acd when go:, sucn was the disorder that every.artiole that was touched by the rescuers was either broken or damaged. In a few icstances,. goods were removed to what was considered a safe distance, but finally became a prey to tbe flames, like all tho rat. The clerks of R. L. Brigcr employed the omnibuses. with them, but in general tbe eHorts at moving were not a success. In less than half an hour aftr the flames struck Msin street it had become imoassahle ca a thnr. ough'are, and building after building tumbled, with a deafaninc crash to the ground. Perry's gun storein which a considerable quantity of powder was stored, as if jealous of the noise about il. all of a sudden bpcran in let loose its artillery, and explosion aiter explosion followed In rapid succession, adding terror to the wild contusion. llre th (m mercial and First National Bank baildirg wero located, and though heroic efforts were made to saye them, they succumbed, like all that surrounded them. Special efforts were slso directed toward saving the Postoffico block, and bad the darier been from the front it is more than bkely tov have beeu successful. PLUCK AND PnESKNCK. THE STOI'.Y OF A HEROIC BRAKEMAX A TER-r-IBLE ACCIDENT AVOIDED. A B.-stoa correspondent cf tha New York Herald tells this story in the i-su3 of Lis journal (or the 2Sth: George B. Oranger, a brakeman on the Boston .t Lowell ra'lroad, h3 earned a tame to-diy which will live for generations. lie was on duty on the inward Mor treal ea pres, and when between Wilmington aad Woburn tho coupling give way between two of tho cars on trio forward part of the train a:d the engine, svd two or t "n r3 of the cars which wero held to it b-irg thus relieved ot the weight of tho Lull dozen cars bthind immedia ely ran away from them. Whan the detachment took plice, the train was running at the rate of thirtyfive miles per hour. At this mon;ijt, Granger was sitting st tha window of tbe last car in the first part of the train, and, seeing the bell rope quickly draw, observed the break in a secono, and immediately jumped to action. He knew that if the bellrcpo sounded the engineer's bell, the engineer would stop the train, and then the rear partthsreol would crash against the front, so he rapidly pulled the rope toward him from the rear and speadily detached it. He then ran through the train, clambered over the ensine's tender, in order to cause the engineer to accelerate bis speed so as to keepout ol tha way of the rear part. Realizing:, moreover, that the first impulso ot the engineer, who stood with one band cn the lever, would be to stop the train he stepped up to him with foreed calmness, put one hand on his shoulder ati the ether on the hand that held tbe leaver acd said, "Doa't step." Having put the nK!.neer on bis guard he pointed out ihe clanger. Passengers who were anxiously watchiri?, say toe crtjineer, when the danger became apparei.t to him, turned pale, but remained cool an I at once pat on all p.-K-sibla spe?-d toke?pcutof the way of the detached portion of the train, which was thundering along Lehiud. This dene the engineer blew his signal to put on hraks, heping th9 brakeman or some one eis on the rear, of the train woulJ he-ar and act upon tha signal, but no one did, and tie rare was thus kep up lor a couple cf miles, with itLusiuei.t risk of a collision, and no one iu the rear part of tbe train conscious of daceer. Foi tanste.'y thA up tram for Lawrenca came along at this critical juncture, and the engineer, taking in tbe situation, sounded his wkistle. and by this means around tha brakeman on the detached portion of tbe train, who soon averted further danger by applying bia brakes. But for the coolness and prompt action of Granger a terrible accident was in evitable. A HISTORIC CASK. A special dispatch to tha Chicago Times from Danville says: Tho arguments oa a motion for a new trial in the cass cf Mann V3. Blackburn, for seduction and breach ol promise, 'dann was awarded ciin." 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