Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 July 1893 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1803 -T WELTE TAGES.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. 6. E. MORSS, BEN A. ETON, Pridnt. V ca President. b. McCarthy. tecrcUry and Treasurer. lis tare J at ihm Povtofnc at Iadianapolia aa aaoond claa matter. I

IE11M8 PEK YEAR. FirpTa copy (Invariably in Advance. ) 1 OO ark democrat to bear in mind and relrct th-lr cvn itate paper when they come to take iubscrip. ti t and make up ciuba. Agrvtt making up ciuba send for anT Information tt.ued. AöUtaa 7 lit. 1 VIA A POL1S 6 EXITS EL lodianapolla. Ind. WEDNESDAY, JULY lO, 1S03. Senator Piatt predicts delay In the repeal of the Sherman law. The senator or representative responsible for such delay will be guilty of rank disloyalty to the country. There is probably no truth in the rumor that Dr. McGlynn is to be raised to the bishopric. Such a course would seem too much like putting a reward on Insubordination, and would be very destructive of church discipline. The Pennsylvania newspapers finally succeeded In calling attention to the desecration of the Gettysburg battlefield by electric road enterprises. The prospect now is that the historic Held will be preserved from the threatened Injury. Terhaps the decline in Vanderbilt stocks was occasioned by the rumor that Miss Vanderbilt is about to wed an impecunious Italian ,prlnceling. The Vanderbilt fortunes are immense, but an Italian prince is a havy drain on even the most robust resources. The Briggs case has caused bitter dissension in presbyterian circles in Louisville. Dr. Briggs, when he contemplates the turmoil he has created and the hard feelings he has engenderd, must occasionally wonder if he isn't deviating a little from the path of Christian duty. The cholera is moving westward again at a rapid pace. There is much reason to believe that it will reach the United States this fall. The moral of which Is, clean up. Much of this work of putting the city in thorough sanitary condition must devolve on individual effort. It should be begun at once. It Is to be hoped that the Colorado mine-owners will not go to the extreme of declaring war against the rest of the Union. It may be well for them to realize that the business of this country cannot be conducted entirely for their benefit. That plan has been tried and has proven a most disastrous failure. Two or three more farmers were swindled again in Indiana last week by the sharpers that swarm over the state. One lost $."00 and another was neatly swindled out of a smaller amount by the well known shell game at the Columbus race. Farmers, we repeat our advice, subscribe for and read The Sentinel. France is engaged in another war In Southeastern Asia, With the memory of the disastrous Tonquin campaign still fresh, It must be. that the French have food cause for opening hostilities, else they would not think of braving another conflict with the fevers and barbarians of that uncivilized section of the earth. Indiana was again disgraced with a prize fight near Muncie last Saturday. Under democratic rule Indiana is becoming the Louisiana of the North. Iloosier State. We would beg to Inform the State that all the officials of Delaware county are republicans. The republican sheriff doesn't seem to be any more efficient than the democratic sheriff of Lake county. It Is entirely unnecessary for the Tipton correspondents to state that the democrats of that section have no sympathy tor the defaulting county treasurer. True , democrats never seek to shield a corrupt democratic office-holder anywhere. The democracy stands for honest and economical administration of public affairs, and when It fails to stand tor that It ceases to be democracy. An esteemed state contemporary thinks that the present closeness of money Is due largely to the fact that so many people have been hoarding up their money to spend at the Chicago fair. The estimate Is that at least 53,000 Is the average for all Indiana towns of 2,000 to 3,000 Inhabitants. The amount grows into huge proportions when the large number of Euch towns Is taken into consideration. "White so much space has been devoted to the sweet girl graduate the doings cf the boy graduate have not been chronicled. lie is away from the world In some mountain inn, as waiter practicing the earn ing and passing of viands, and when he appears at society functions next winter he wljl astonish the belles by his grace and skill in piloting ices, salads, etc., across the crowded ball room. In these days of the "slzzard" it ,is refreshing to learn that congestion lurks In ice water and other cool drinks; poison in ice cream; consumption, bronchitis and kindred diseases In all pervading dust, cholera in ordinary drinking water and fruit; that this la the worst season of the year for railroad wrecks, and that a cyclone Is liable to make mince meat of the man who stays at home. Verily, the alarmist should be banished until the first frost. John M. Langston is a bright, wideawake colored man of Virginia, typical of a somewhat limited class, however, but he knows when he and his race have a sure thing and acts accordingly. His recent address to a large meeting of colored people In Virginia contained some excellent advice not only to them, but also to a mischievous class of northern Journals and politicians who frequently charge that the colored people axe being cruelly oppressed Jn the South. Langston advised his colored hearers not to think of emigrating. He said further that "In no country, England

not excepted, and In no state In this country were the colored people so well treated, and nowhere did they live under such just and equitable laws or have a better chance to become somebody than in Virginia.". This is excellent advice and perhaps some of our northern contemporaries will see the way clear to give it extensive circulation.

A NOTABLE GATHERING. The international convention of the Eaptist young people's union, which has been in session here for the past week, is, in many respects, a notable gathering, perhaps more so than any of the numerous conventions which have been held here this season. There are two things which distinguish It from the Y. M. C. A. gathering of a few weeks ago. That was non-denominational and interdenominational. It was of no denomination and yet was composed of representatives of all denominations. This has been exclusively of one denomination. While the men and women who have presented their papers and taken part in discussions have not tried to make the world believe that there was no other denomination, they have, nevertheless, been loyal to their own. They have outlined the work which it is doing. They have undertaken to uphold the principles under which the union was organized and have tried to lead others to a belief in the great principles upon which the baptist church In America rests. Another important point about this meeting is the fact that It is so young an organization, yet capable of getting out an immense crowd of people, who come from all over America to take part in deliberations which, to say the least, are surprising to the man of the world. The attendants bear less resemblance to hobby riders than is usual, and their appearance Is that of earnestness, coupled with a determination to fight for what they believe to be the right and to elevate humanity in the best and speediest way possible. The benefits to Indianapolis from this gathering are two fold: (1) There is the influence of a body of young men and women among us who are intent upon the right; (2) there is the advertising th3 city gets from the delegates as they go to their homes. They have been more than pleased with the city and their entertainment, and they will go forth to the uttermost parts of the land to scatter the praises of Indianapolis to the four winds. Special services will be held in the country churches and the benefits of the visit here and what was seen will be talked over. It will be talked over in the homes. And in one way and another the city will be advertised as it could not have been with the expenditure of $100,000. It pays to invite conventions here and then treat them well. femi.mm; bachelors. A recent novel complains that girls nowadays as In days of yore are driven into unhappy marriages through a fear of being called "old maids;" and that could some jaunty term be found for an unmarried woman it would be in the nature of removing a bann. In New York and kindred large cities the unmarried women have already adopted the term "feminine bachelors," and as such enjoy life. In early times the girl unfortunate enough to lose her lover, or to never have one, cast her lot with the family of some relative, and became a household slave. Bound by no ties of her own it was her duty to nurse the sick, care for the rising generation, and to lead a monotonous existence, smoothing the way from cradle to grave for half her relatives. Her picture drawn by the novelist is that of a martyr sacrificed to an Ignoble cause. ' Not so, however, the girl of today. Left to care for herself she adopts some chosen profession, and sure that its doors will open to her sooner or later, fits herself for It. Like her brother who goes to seek his fortune, she drifts to the large city and here finds herself one of hundreds of girls in the same work as herself. If she grows tired of boarding, with three or four of her sister artists, writers, or clerks, she takes rooms In a flat and sets up housekeeping. When she wishes to travel she makes up her party and starts off. Thanks to the common sense which prevails every advantage Is at her command. She may attend the theater, her church, or club, alone or in company with other women if she so desires. Read the life of the art students and literary women of large cities and it is surprising to find how earnest, brave, and how Jolly, and above all how ambitious they are, not to marry, but to succeed with their work. The unmarried man or woman may not be as useful as the married, but from all appearances the former are not living their lives in vain. "WALLA CM GROWS SILLY. Gen. Lew Wallace has Joined in the silly cry that there is a lack of confidence in the Cleveland administration and in the democratic congress. Pray, wherein and how has that lack of confidence been shown? At the last opportunity given the people of the United States to express their opinions they gave most emphatic evidence that they had full confidence In Mr. Cleveland and in a democratic congress. And there was not a soul in the United States who could read . the English language who did not know exactly where Mr. Cleveland stood on the financial question and on the tariff question and on every ether question in issue at the election. Nothing was left Indefinite or doubtful. Gen. Wallace is making a deliberate misstatement when he says there is any lack of confidence in the Cleveland .dmlnstration, as is everyone who repeats iL The financial troubles of the country, are due to Juggling with the monetary system of the country by the republican party when it was in power. Tha present trouble has long been im

pending. It was Imminent In 1890 when a republican president, a republican senate and a republican house were In full command of the country's legislation.

Then, instead of meeting the question honestly .nd firmly, they dodged and quibbled and sought to stave the trouble off till after the presidential election. In this they were partially, but only par tially, successful, and today the country is embarrassed simply because of an unpatriotic effort of the republican party to make votes. Gen. Wallace knows this as well as anybody. Gen. Wallace need not worry about the tariff. That will be reformed and reformed soon, as the democratic national platform declared it should be. The pro tected interests cannot use the country's distress as an excuse for longer plunging their hands into the people's pockets. The dishonest Sherman law and the dishonest McKinley law must go. The business situation is reported as Improving, and financiers incline to the opinion that the crisis Is passing away. There is only one danger that now confronts the country and that Is that the improved conditions may result in congressional delay in repealing the Sherman act. It is just possible that some demagogic members of the national legislature may think that because the situation has improved they may exploit their pet hobbies and advance their wild theories. This is a great mistake. The improved condition has been brought about by the general understanding that the Sherman law would be repealed at once. Should there be any unnecessary delay, confidence would again disappear and the country would be worse off than ever. The demagogues and procrastlnators must be suppressed If we are to safely emerge from present embarrassments. The German emperor has succeeded in getting his pet measure, the army bill, through the reichstag. But his victory was secured by the scant majority of sixteen votes, and if his chancellor has made half the pledges he has been credited with making to secure this majority the victory has been very dearly won. The task of carrying out all the compacts entered into will be even greater than that of passing the army bill and the government may expect to be confronted at any moment with a hostile majority. It would be not in the least surprising if It should transpire that the emperor's troubles had but Just begun with his victory on the army bill. Divorces granted under assumed names Is a new wrinkle in New York legal practice. This beats anything ever yet attempted by Indiana or South Dakota. ET CETERA. Queen Regent Christina is suffering with a tumor, but Is in no immediate danger. Statistics show that in courting a young man is most likely to lone his self-control wher he's Just holding his own. Philadelphia Times. , The State university of Tennessee has opened Its doors to women, and the women's clubs are organizing to raise money for a woman's building in the university grounds. Miss Helen Gould recently said In answer about her large expenditures on charities: "To be wealthy and not know how to enjoy money is to be in a wretched state." A party of Japanese mechanical and civil engineers are In this country on an oftlclal mission from their government to inspect und report upon our breweries, our system of sewerage and water works, and boilermaking. Mr. Asa Hefner, a Maryland farmer residing near Sykesvllle, gave his guests wheat bread at a 6 o'clock supper on Friday evening that was made from grain that was growing in his held at 11 o'clock that mornng. Princess Maud Is an inveterate punster. She inherits the love of quips and cranks from her father, the prince of Wales, who dearly loves a joke. Princess Maud Is more like her father than any of the prince of Wales' children. It is reported that Ellas B. Dunn, familiarly known as "Sargfant" and Farmer." may be the next chief of the weather bureau, if Prof. Harrington shall renljn. Dunn has been connected with the service for twenty years and has been in charge of the New York station for ten years. The way of the tax collector is stormy In Kentucky. Mr. Alonzn M. Capps, who undertook to perform that duty In Muhlcnburg county, where he was born, is denounced by one of the papers there as Judas Iscariot and Itenedict Arnold, and warned against returning to the county. Prof. C. K. Jenness of Stanford university, who has been going about California to a limited extent as an amateur vagabond to study the tramps, has come to the conclusion that it is not chieliy whisky that makes tramps, but "lnetnciency, both Inherited and developed." In other words, they are born tired. The use of electricty to bake bread and burn brick Is among the most recent adaptations of the wonderful fluid. In both cases superior results are said to be obtained and the heat of a highly satisfactory character. The old dream of the philosophers, from the early days of the Oreeks to the Middle Ages of one fundamental element or force or power in the universe seems to be approaching realization to day in the modern giant we call electricity. Joaquin Miller remarked once Upon a time that the sweetest feature a woman could have was red, pouting Hps. Thereupon a lady suggested that white, handsome teeth added vastly to the beauty of the Hps. and she believed that if she had to choose between the two she would choose the handsome teeth rather than the handsome Hps. '"Pooh-pooh, madame!" cried the poet; "teeth are not to be kissed! Teeth are to grind up victuals; they are slaves to the stomach. Lips are sacred to love and to the sweetest pledges of love!" The Royal Academy rejected a portrait of Princess Beatrice, painted by a woman artist. The custom is, when a picture la sent marked "By command of the queen," to ascertain If the royal authority Is really given, and If It Is to accept the picture. Rood or bad. In some way the letter of the secretary of the academy was overlooked, and when the mark was not verified the picture was promptly rejected. And the queen is angry perhaps mere sd than she was years ago when certain anonymous poetical efforts of hers were rejected by a callous publisher with thanks. An Engllh Opinion of Carnegie. It is intensely entertaining to find that exploded philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, who bulled his workmen into subservience with a gang of ruffianly mercenaries armed with repeating rifles, posing as the Eioneer of a reign of universal peace to be rought about by a patent Anglo-American alliance. His assumption that her majesty the queen and the prince of Wales would at once abdicate at the mandate of a hypocrital and conceited Pittsburg Ironmaster is delightful beyond expression. The proposals he makes are hardly likely to be taksn any more seriously in the states than here. The plutocratic author of that windy masterpiece "Triumphant Democracy." has iong since been "sized up" and disowned by his countrymen. A few months ago he was about the most deservedly unpopular man in America, and his fatal omission to reck his rede still sticks in the throat of the hard-hearted yankee. Loudon Eisaro.

THE WAY OF THE WOHLD. Representative McMillin of Tennessee, next leader of the democracy upon the floor of the house, tells a story upon himself In the Washington Post: "I called upon the president one afternoon last spring by appointment," he says. "I had a good deal to say to him. The distribution of Datronage in my

state at that time was In a very unyet- l tied condition. Many things needed explanation, others needed condoning; the records of candidates needed ventilation, and so forth and so on. You know how it is. I talked and talked and he talked. The dusk began to growthrough the windows, and :lnally he said: " 'Suppose you stay to dinner. There is no one here except Mrs. Cleveland and me, and we ca.. discuss these matters afterward.' - - "I excused myself upon the ground that I had made an engagement to dine with some constituents, and then take them to the theater. As I reached the door another phase of .he subject under discussion struck me. I returned, sat down. and. In answer to two or three questions, gave as much information as I could. Bidding the president poodnight, and looking at my watch by the light down stairs, I found tnat It was long past 7 o'clock. I hid neglected my friends. My only chance was to meet them a"t the theater. Since I had lost my dinner I was voraciously hungry. I Stonned at a dalrv lunch room and called for a glass of buttermilk. It waa excellent, ana x ordered some pie. It Was as troorl a th huttormlllr nnrl I called for another glass. More pie fol lowed me milk and more milk the pie. To save my soul I could not make them come out evpn tsv tviia timi i felt like a balloon, and debated the advisability oi tying a rew bricks to my feet to keep on earth. I do not remember what the performance was. I did not enjoy it. ininK or a man who refuses an invitation to dine with! the president, and then stands up to a dairy lunch counter. And think of a man who fills himself with buttermilk and pie!" The new married woman's law passed by the late legislature of Pennsylvania is deserving of the attention of all having business with that class of persons. It was passed to meet decisions of the courts, which, pursuing their usual custom of very strict constructions on that subject, had largely naturalized the apparent intent of previous legislation, as well as to meet the demand for larger freedom over their estates by married women, says the Pittsburg Times. The act provides that married woman may have the same right and power as an unmarried person to acquire, use, lease and dispose of property, but she may not mortgage or convey her real estate unless her husband joins. She may also make any contract in writing or otherwise which is necessary, appropri ate, convenient or advantageous to the exercise or enjoyment of her rights of property, but she may not become accommodation indorser, maker, guarantor or surety for another. She may sue and be sued civilly, but she may not sue her husband except for divorce or to protect or recover her separate property when deserted or refused support, and he may sue her for divorce or to protect or recover his property when deserted by her, but she fhall not be arrested for her torts. In suits between husband and wife both shall be. competent witnesses, but cannot testify to the confidential communications unless by agreement. She may dispose by will of all her property, but the husband's right as tenant by courtesy shall not be affected. The act of June 3, 1887, and all other inconsistent acts are repealed by this act, which was approved June 8, 1893. This from the Chicago Record is attributed to Eugene FioH; The fiat .hath gone forth in England calling the white stocking back Into vogue. England is always and forever making a mess, and when It comes to fashions in feminine apparel ' England is particularly Infelicitous. Our pretty, tasteful fashions all come from Paris. White stockings have never gone out In Germany; tabooed elsewhere, they have continued in favor with the average Teuton frau. And in England the older ladles have continued to wear white cotton hosiery. It is well known, we thlrk. that Mrs Gladstone has never incased her nether limbs in any but white stockings. But the white stocking is a horror an offense unmitigated and not to be palliated. Let England decree or do what he pleases, she cannot win or drive us back to the ridiculous old heresy, the absurd abomination of white hosiery. The one article of feminine dress In which man's taste is properly deemed Infallible is the hosiery, and in America mankind Is a unit against the white stocking. To see really pleasant types of the Italians one must visit the Italian restauranta In New York chiefly frequented by persons of that race. Americans who still talk arrogantly about the AngloSaxon race will find at these restaurants simply dressed and manifestly far from rich men. whose faces bear testimony to respectability, intellect and force. One sees now and then a spare, bronzed, southern-looking face, with grizzled head; keen. Intelligent eyes; strong, fleshless Jaw, with quiet, benevolent expression, a peculiarly Latin countenance and one that would inspire the respect of a physiognomist anywhere in the world. The prevalence of poker In the west was once demonstrated to the full satisfaction of a traveler in that region. "Can we have a little $2 limit up stairs?" he cautiously nsked of the hotel clerk In a western town. "Certainly," replied the clerk, "only be quiet about it." "How about the sheriff?" "I don't know. Here, Front!" he said to the boy, "run over to the sheriff's office and ask old Lawandorder if he wants to take a hand in a small game of draw." Florence Nightingale, . the woman whose name has been rendered Illustrious by her philanthropic efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded soldiers in the Crimean war, has just celebrated her seventy-fifth birthday. Although for many years confined to her house by constant 111 health, she Is ceaselessly at work for the welfare of her fallow creatures. She lives with her brother-in-law, Sir Harry Verney, in Buckinghamshire. They have a neat little problem puzzling them in Chicago. The railroads and steamboats report that one day last week they carried 1,025,000 passengers to and from the fair grounds. Onehalf of 1,025.000 is 512.500. There were not to exceed 325.000 admissions by cash tickets and passes into the fair grounds on that day. What became of the excess? The side shows took some of them. All the rest couldn't have rone upon balloons. ' World's fair -policeman Where are you delivering that Ice to at this time o night? Iceman Shure, an it's to the Eskermaw village. How can the poor craythurs shlape till I bring them their pillers? Judge. ' Friend (trying to be cheerful) Didn't you say something In your commencement oration about there being "no such word as fall?" Merchant (working on his schedule of assets and liabilities) Yes. they call it an asslgnment.;-Detroit Tribune. Strong nerves, sweet sleep, good appetite, healthy digestion, and best of all, Pure Blood, are given by Hood's Sarsa-parllla.

THE GOVERNOR'S LETTER.

IIB WRITES TO .THE SHERIFF Or LAKE COIXTY. The Iloby Infamy Mast Be Downed, So Ife Sy The Governor Talks Oat Like a Real Honeat Gentleman Who and Evidently Means Exactly What He Says "Koby Mnat Go." Governor Matthews was asked Tuesday what he thought of the situation at Roby now, to which he replied: "I am utterly disappointed and disgusted in Sheriff Friedrich and bejieve that t is hopeless to expect the assistance of that official. Ills conduct is difficult to understand, and no reasonable excuse can be offered for his failure to do his duty. I wrote to the sheriff a letter, which I thought was plain, and I believe one of even ordinary Intelligence could understand. He wrote to me that he could not understand It and would come down to see me. He did not come, so the first thing Monday morning I telegraphed him, as follows: 'My letter was. plain. Do not see why difficult to understand. If exhibition advertised tonight. Insist that arrests be made of manager, principals, seconds, referee and names of credible witnesses taken.' Of Sheriff Friedrich, nothing now can be expected and other steps will have to be taken. I had a long talk with Judge Gillett the other day. He Is just as anxious to suppress this outrage as I am and It may be possible that action will be taken independent of the sheriff or local officials." The governor would not say what action would "possibly be taken." and still seems to be in doubt as to just what his powers and duties are In the matter. The letter which the governor sent to the sheriff was certainly instructive enough and if it had been obeyed there would have been no fight on Monday night. ' The following is an exact copy of the letter: "July 3 1893. "Charles II. Friedrich, Sheriff of Lake County. Crown Point. Indiana: "DEAR SIR I regretted to have not met you Saturday, June 24. while at Crown roint. While there, however, I had a long talk with your deputy, Mr. Maynard, and left with the understanding that you would attend the meeting of the Columbian club the night of the 26th and make arrests as at the previous meeting. I need not assure you that I was disappointed that you failed to do this. I have a strong desire to see this club and Its exhibitions suppressed, and still hope and believe this mty be accomplished with your aid and that of the prosecuting attorney of Lake county. "But to do this there must be no letting up in the efforts. I, of course, will not ask you or any other official to exceed their duties or go beyond the limits of the law. But you will be justified to go to the fullest extent. In this you will. I am sure, receive the moral support of your fellow-citizens, for I believe the moral standing of the citizens of your county will compare favorably with that of any other in the state, and you will find them equally desirous of seeing the laws properly vindicated and enforced. "I beg to assure you again that you have nothing to fear, nor have your bondsmen, in suits that may be Instituted against you and them for the faithful discharge of your official duties. These suits are merely a game of bluff and I hope will not intimidate you In the least. I Insist that should they hold another meeting that you will be present, with competent deputies, and arrest as you did before, not only the referee and the principals In the tight, but also their seconds, the manager, and all who may be accessory to the violation of our law, or assisting in any manner to do so. By no means neglect to arrest the man ager O'Malley, I believe his name is. If you will procure a warant you can arrest him on the former charge t'.so. If necessary to taite them to the nearest justice. I would suggest that you take one with you who will bind them over for their appearance. You can no longer have the least doubt as to the Intention and purpose of this Columbian club. It is prize fighting, and can be called by no other name. It Is clearly your duty to leave no stone tinturned that will aid In suppressing this evil and rid your county of a dircrace that should not rest upon its people. "Iam considering another plan, which, if It is found to be legal, will simplify matters so far as you are concerned, and may be more effective. Of this I will write you later on, but In the meantime. I beg and lnrlst. that you proceed upon the above Instructions until you hear further from me. I do not propose to relax my efforts In this direction, and trust you mny be Influenced by no newspaper reports to this effect. So far as these are concerned, they have not. as a rule, been fair or truthful in their representations, whether through friendliness to the club, or personal emnlty to myself, or from whatever cause it matters not. Through you largely the law must be enforced, and as heretofore stated, so far as my powers extend I am ready to render you all assistance that I can. "Having faith in your ability, and desire to relieve your county of this stigma that rests upon it. and a still greater desire to faithfully, earnestly and fearlessly discharge all duties devolving upon you, I nm verv respect full v yours, "CLAUDE MATTHEWS." THE QUEEX OF THE WEST. An Incident Illuatrutlve of the Poufr of the Ram. In reading the News' account of the loss of the Victoria, it calls to mind an incident that occurred during my term as a rebel Soulier. In January. a 'federal gunlioat, or ram, during a heavy fog passed the batteries at Vlcksburg. This boat, by the way, was or had been a common Mississippi transport, fortified with cotton bales and having a great horn or prow fitted on her bow. She was in command of one Col. Eilet, who, having more ambition than Judgment, took it into h's head to come up Red river Into Texas. He had not yet reached Alexandria, La., when he came In contact with a single gun battery, which was known as Fort de Russey. Notwithstanding the night was very dark, the boys at the gun were satisfied the vessel was an intruder and opened lire on her, aiming at the lights, the tire being returned from the boat from her 'batteries of five guns one 21-pound parrot gun and four 12-pound brass pieces. A lucky shot from the fort passed through a small space between the cotton and upper parapet, cut a steam pipe, scalding a number of the crew and rendering the vessel unmanRgeable. She swung around on a sandbar and hung there. The colonel, finding his boat disabled, the whole country overflowed with water and no show to get to land, ordered a white flag run up, but the night being very dark, our boys could not see it, so kept up a steady fire at the bot. Col. Eilet afterward said the rebs hadn't sense enough to stop shooting when he had surrendered, so it was so uncomfortable on board he dumped a cotton bale, Jumped on It and took his chances floating down the river. When morning dawned the boys found they had a big Yankee boat, several dead and wounded men and puite a store of commissaries, arms, ammunition, etc. The damage done the vessel being slight, all necessary repairs were soon made, and on Feb. 22, 18hl. a handful of rebs. under command of Maj. Brants, started for the mouth of Red river on the captured boat, the Queen of the West. In the meantime another vessel, the Indlanola, a heavy Ironclad, under command of Capt. Brown, ha4 passed aown by Vlcksburg and was lying at the mouth of Bed river. When we ran out into the Mississippi the Ironclad had moved up the river, the smoke of which was not yet out of sight, when the chase set in and at about 9:30 p. m. of the third day we overhauled the ironclad. I will state right here that none of us had been in a tight, so far es I know, nor had many of us so much as heard a heavy gun. Nor did the idea occur to us of the danger of an encounter between a common wood boat and an ironclad carrying eleven guns. Hx-d Capt. Brown known our errand we surely never would have got near him. Thanks to his ignorance, we drew, near the ironclad which seemed cot to heed

our approach. MaJ. Brants hailed, but received no reply, a charge was ordered to strike tae lndianola back of the wheelhouse. . It was a success. Before Capt. Brown knew what was disturbing the quiet of his dreams the great ram's horn of the Queen of the West had pierced a monster hole in the heavy Ironclad through which I could hear amid the roar of musketry the water rushing. The work was fierce and furious. It was done and well done In a few minutes. ' . Amidst the music of the Texas yell . a white flag was agidn hoisted, and the fast sinking boat was pushed on a sand bar In time to get the crew of 112 men off. Then and there I saw the maddest man of my time, and that man was Capt. Brown, when he learned his fine vessel, the next heaviest Ironclad of the Mississippi fleet to the Essex, which was at that time below Port Hudson, had been sunk by a wooden boat. The Queen of the West was afterward burned on the Atchafalaya. From newspaper paragraphs it seems that writers have lost sight of the great destruction dose by rams during the war. J. T. Edwards in a letter to the Dallas News.

FREE COINAGE OR NOTHING. SEEMS TO BE THE CRY OP THE COLORADO COXVEXTIOX. Mass Meeting of the State Silver LeAffne at Denver Governor 'Walte' Radical Address Indorsed. DENVER, July 11. The mass meeting called by President Merrick of the state silver league and Joint committees from the chamber of commerce, real estate and stock exchanges, met at the Colizeum hall at noon today. The building was crowded with a thousand delegates from every section of the state, who had come to see what could be done toward crystallizing sentiment In Colorado on the establishment of a free and unlimited coinage of silver. Among the delegates were the leading men of the state, like Senator Wolcott, Congressmen Bell and Pence, Governor Walte, David H. Moffatt, president of the first national bank, with many other bankers and members of the Colorado general assembly. There appeared to be but one feeling in all the gathering and that was "free coinage or nothing." In his address calling the meeting to order, President Merrick said: "We ask for justice, for our, rights. We will accept nothing less. The pioneers of Colorado have had their contract violated. Petitions and remonstrations have been unavailing. The crime of 1873 has gone on all these years unpunished. We are here to demand an early and speedy settlement of the silver Question." Governor Watte Said In Part. "If the money power shall attempt to sustain Its usurpation by the strong hand we will meet that isue when It Is forced upon us, for It Is better infinitely that blood should flow to . the horses bridles rather than our national liberties be destroyed. If it is true that the United States 'is unable to carry out its governmental policy without the dictation or consent of foreign powers; if we are a province of European monarchies, then we need another revolution-, another appeal to arms, and we have won that battle. If war Is forced upon us we will send to Halifax a far greater army of British tories, according to our population, than our forefathers sent there after the revolutionary war. The war has begun; It is the same war which must always be waged against oppression and tyranny to preserve the liberties of man." The address created a sensation and a scene of great confusion followed, the aplause being deafening. It was moved that the convention indorse the remarks cf Governor Walte, and the motion was carried amid the greatest, enthusiasm. The convention then adjourned until tomorrow, when the committee on resolutions will report. i - I. .i - A KED-IIAIRRn CIIISAMAX. Heins Off-Colored, He Is Abhorred by His Urethren. Chinatown boasts of a great rarity in a full-blooded Chinese who is probably the only red-headed one on the face of the earth. And what is more, the Chinese has a light complexion and blue eyes, and he Is cross-eyed. Mish Go, as is the freak's name, was born In China, of Chinese parents, about thirty years ago and came to San Francisco about a year ago. He is shunned and disliked by the great majority of his countrymen. t "bheep-eye" Is one of the nicknames applied to him, because.from a Chinese standpoint, his eyes resemble those of a sheep more than a human betng. Mish Go lives in one of the dens of Spoftord alley and is never seen in close association with other denizens of Chinatown, excepting when he goes to certain stores to dispose of cheap trinkets, by which means he acquires a living. The reason of the Chinese being held in such disfavor was explained by Wong Woh, a fortune-toller, who daily occupies a portion of the sidewalk on Washingtonst. above Dupont. "Very many years apo," he said, "there was another red-headed Chinaman in China. He lived there so long ago that no one now living had ever seen him. Chw Fut was his name and he was tall and of fair complexion, from some cause not pleasing In the eyes of one of the numerous gods. Chew Fut was known all over North China, where h lived and grew to manhood. One day It was disclosed to a few of the faithful that this particular Chinese with the red hair must die. But It was not explained by the deity why. It is not known to this day why this order was disobeyed, for no steps were taken to end the life of Chew Fut. and so a fearful vengeance was wreaked on the people. A terrible earthquake occurred and the waters of the sea overtiowed the land, engulfing thousands of Inhabitants, who were carried out to sea by the receding waters and drowned. "The red-haired Chinese was lost at the same time and, it is believed, was transported direct to the infernal regions, where he must always suffer fearful tort ure. CATS, RIO AD LITTLE. There Are Almoit Fifty Different Species in the World. Cats, large and small, are to be found In every iwirt of the world except Australia and Madagascar. The largest are confined to the tropical regions of the globe, the lion being common to Asia and Africa. The tiger is exclusively Asiatic, and contrary to the usual belief is even larger than tha lion; so closely are these two animals related that their skulls can hardly be distinguished from one another except by a very skilled anatomist. The next largest of the group is the leopard, a native of both Asia and Africa. The leopard Is frequently termed the panther, and regarded as a different animal, but there Is no real distinction between the two. The puma, which Is sometimes, but erroneoUHly, called the panther in the United States, and the jaguar are the largest of the American species. The lynxes, which are common to the old world and the new, are distinguished by their short anil stumpy tall3. Their habits, however, and structure are otherwise exactly like those of the ordinary cats. The different species of the wild cats that exist in various parts of the world raise the total number of the whole tribe of Felldae to rather more than forty.

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SPOITI.NG MI D A5D RAD LANGUAGE FROM THE GITTER, Is Ills Present Occupation, its White lrfVr Held Sees It The Sevr York Editor Rather Severe on the Erat - nhlle Kansas Politician. CHICAGO. July 11. The Hon. Whitelaw Reid, ex-minister to .France, who, .with his family, has been seeing the world's fair, putting in ten or twelve hours a day in that way for some days past, was caught last night by a reporter Just as he. was starting back for New York. Mr. Reid expressed great delight with the fair, saying he had watched its progress since last summer and that the effect was finer than he had anticipated even when he attended the official opening. It surpasses the world's fair previously held In many particulars. It is equal to any in nearly everything. It is out of sight of any as to buildings, but enough has been said as to that. It Is equally out of sight as to the introduction of waterways, and the enormous multiplication thus given for novel and picturesque effects; and of this enough has been said, and the Eastern public has no adequate conception of it. It surpasses any previous fair on the material side as much as in the last third of a century America has surpassed Europe in material progress; and on the artistic side it Is a great surprise, coming much nearer rivaling the Paris exposition than most people thought possible. Nothing but the unrivalled resources of the French national museums gave them an advantage. The reporter asked Mr. Reid if he had read ex-Senator Ingalls criticism cf his candidacy for the vice-presidency. "No," said Mr. Reid, "but you know I was not in favor of that nomination myself, so that probably the ex-senator and I would not differ materially." The reporter thought they might, and showed Mr. Reid the passage where Mr. Ingalls sneered at him as "uxurious" and an aristocrat, objected to his dress, manners and ways, and spoke of his "supercilious Insults to laboring men." "That," said Mr. Heid, with more seriousness, "is absurd. I have been a laboring man myself, far more than Mr. Ingalls ever was; and he will probably be puzzled to specify any insult, supercilious or otherwise, that I ever offered to labor or to any honest laboring man. All this talk about hostility to the national ticket last year, on account of the fifteen-year-old strike, which was settled to the satisfaction of the labor unions themselves, is sheer clap-trap any way. There never were a thousand votes affected by it in New York, even when it was an open question. To say that after it was settled to their entire satisfaction the labor unions still carried' it into politics is to accuse them not merely of bad faith, but of a systematic violation of their own cardinal principles; and is thus otTcring them tho grossest insults. Of course oyr opponents made a great hubbub about It, but most of those whom they class were influenced already on their side. I doubt if Mr. Powderly or any other equally reputable and responsible labor leader will say that the question turned a thousand votes In the United States last fall. Certainly It did not turn one where a single rifle shot at the Carnegie works turned thousands." "What about tlie uxorlousness and the aristocracy?" urged the reporter. "Oh. pshaw." sail Mr. Heid, "who ever heard before of a rational man's attacking a candidate because he was decently fond of his wife? The rest cf Mr. Ingalls' complaint seems to be that in other particulars also I act like a gentleman. Well, out In Kansas they surely did not bring that accusation against him. And yet when he was last a candidate, although he abandoned his supposed principles and crawled in the dirt ln?fore them, Mrs. Lease and Mr. Pefer thrust him Into the gutter. He has been lying there ever since, spouting mud and bad language." "What can be his motive for the attack?" pursued the rejorter. "How do I know; and what's the good of guessing? He seems to lack employment since he was thrown out of officeholding, and I suppose the man must make a living by lecturing or writing for the syndicates. We have dozens of such statesmen out of a job applying to us for work after every election, and I fancy your paper has the same experience," and with a cheery "good-by" the New York editor swung into a car and started for his train. FIX DK SIECXB HYPNOTISM. St. Petersburg Ha Gone Wild Over Duk That Goes Into Trances. All St. rcteisburg has gone wild over something new, and that is nothing else than a dog which gees off into hypnotle trances, says the New York Recorder. This remarkable animal belongs to M. Purow, who was awarded a' gold medal by the Paris acuii-my of sciences for his original investigations and discoveries in the science of hypnotism as applied to animals and its effect uni thorn. Several tests have been maiie of the animal in the presence of no less a person than Dr. Afaiiasv of the war department. One of the tests consisted in placing several article, as a pt-ncil, cigar case, handkerchief, cuff button, etc., on the floor. Then, the dog having bfen thrown In a hypnotic trance by him, M. Purow requested one of the audience, which consisted also of several other physicians of renown and some newspaper men, to think about something and what the dog was to do with It, thfn to write it on a piece of paper and show It to the rest of the audience excepting, of course, himself. This was done, and the dog having been brought, what was the astonishment of the whole assemblage to see the animal go up to the ciRar case, pick It up and bring P. to the one who had been indicated in the wish. Another test consists In laying several cubes with figures on them in a certain order In a 'dosed box. At the same time several pieces of paper were on the tloor bearing like numbers on each. The dog was then called In and required to place the pieces of paper In tlie same order as the cubes were laid in the closed and seale box. This he did to the astonishment of all assembled. The strangeness of the whole procedure Is increased when it is remembered that M. Durov knows no more about what is being done or wished than the dog does, and is. therefore, entirely unable in any way to prompt him. I Care I)-Mpepla, Constipation, and Chronic Nervous diseases. Dr. shmin's Restorative, the ereat Nerv Tonic, by a newly discovered principle, I also cures stomach, liver and kidney i diseases, through the nerves that govern these orgars. üook ana samples iree for 2c stamp. DIL SHOOP, P.ox X, Racine, Wis. R U ft n.

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