Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1894 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1S94-TAVELYE PAGES.

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IVAMiOK" OV REST. Uhal a Tired People We Have Groun j tu Itc. I Friends of the Howard Literary Chm It has ben a Ion? time rinca I have h-'vn With you or. the- pas?". ,l,lJ I ;':'.! have t'ie best ir.tereM? of the clun in mi.ad, and itprinciples at h?art. ar.1 I a?:ure you all that I have net forsaken y;u. The letter from "Gano" put me in mind that I owed a duty and I will try and discharge it. hoping that others, who have been nect!-rnt as I 'r.av. vi'.l come asain to th' pi.e. I was uejj plea-d with "Hawkoye's" article on "Thr- Home." It strikes my sentiments r-c-?:Iy. "The Ideal Hame" Is whore love r.--i-:ns s'prerai'. If you will aii klr. 1'y hear with r.n. I will wri a few thoughts on 1h sahnet uf "j;eft." We must ail have more or Ie? rc-m in this wcri !. it is esse tlal t " oar live:-, or to prolans tiieraa at least. I.'ut t'n-r :;r--. kom who rr.rejy et or" tike tor mv.ch tea. wh'J- t h ar? r-tVrs who d-a not get thir share. Wh it a i nree we have prwn to De! Th" h-usfkc:.or us-.i to p!y iVr unceis'ng trai of o nr. inc. 01 ac'riror. knitCn; ri r; ! F;'..nrinc h - w( r'; thr. .co Bn n !: '. 1 her o-n ';:!-. Xo cveninys "':t. no a f fr ; ' ai "tea -.' n bills cr ore rt. It va n:v v.-fr iu ea "ly mora to dev.-y fv. :i: 1 t!.r i, !.-; ;. n r f i ---t '.v.s n'v- r th" :ht of. V. hon our c r rt t -'.ra -qra n-lfathT? w.'-ro r.ar-I at it. r p- n - o -w tr"i. i .if .nt cah'n:--, s-piittiai. i::: r r.-l makins t gre- t Ar.'.i riciii ' --s - hross-ir. a tla i.KA" ir .f rv.-f.vor.-i. i eh-.Tiu.lv c -ptf I th p'.an !; i.l - v .ir ;V, ihni;. to do tT.?;r W'.rk ir. '! v : :v) I tl.ea r" oii". Tiv-y ha I no t'rtv- f 1 f.-r : ar t ': aver d t- rr' n Vh- y ;: r ' ':! 1 b-.it wh.it eno '..i .. :-evc:t s -1" : r.t Try rMti I lar.:e f..r: f h-Mithy ons and ' 'i';1' i.i th"-- '. -y; vithf .it :!; ail of ; ;-rs r.r b-f.Trs. cvstor.- -.y.i ,. ;i .-- -.-.; ... r.d :i.vfirfara o' ,. it t n-"i !h 1 h 's 1, ;!-; d'ty.. wttit-h !'.' ;. s'-a' .:r ;.c- i j:r. v.--lair "w.'-aker ;:ia ! v. I:-'-." t 'l iviiit. f-ut they do that - I r-ia v.- n-i t-.'ch is exhrt;;.--t've. ,:;-.d f :.-ni the num. hep of holidays- w? r....- r Iii" i-.f. -.- '. Is that v.e s,-i v'i:rr.iu lo b-ain?. aril ;i Jew rnoro c".a.-.-;.,i ?h i"S ro; 'i v - a la !v to l.;.-- - f ur t s with. o;.t . ii' he al! think ar.d r.;. Iawyerr ;.ni' r.-j.akc tan I they ;,-e tho nnfft 'r.v. ir.ii rut huv n r..- w :irifome to tl;- :..- it 1 to v;?rk f v,;r or fiv haurs cu-ii y, ard . th -y -a . e rerted :h -m:." !vt -. t cc .. -.V '-. ;:.!..- p -at'errl a' .r. r th'-kly. o that tj-.-.y 1 Jtot l oi t;: t ( ' v c . : 1-T.e w.th tV- .-triri:! tn th'-'Ir train.-. f!y havin r X- v Y. .ir'. lay. V.'a -u;:ia-t .n'.t :rthd y. fJ-'o-l Kri i iy. ' I-'Oi.rir.l diy. laJer.ornif n.-e i'iy, I : ior ! iv, X ven.t ;- -.et ti- n day, Thaakviriv.n-.t day. '-.;.-?. ely and c'.cy.n;; up .at iiojii a Sati rd-i -s end laying off at other times ocox-sionally. taey can nwncp1 to keep movlnjr aloni vithout frar of immerliato li.-'snJtiticn. v. hile they regulate the affairs of the rest of creation. The farmer s-em to be about th" onlv cne left with any of the oM-fashlaned etlck-at-lt propensities, and he is so hampered by the closing up of business that he l.ndf It difficult to gret on with his affairs on these days. In the little use he has far Labor dys. Memorial days. Good Fridays and the rest of them, he sometimes Targets th-y are goinp on. and goes into the village to do some errands; but he must stay until after 6 o'clock to get his nail, and can do no bank btis'ness; also etores and Phon? are closed, and the restful tin horn, fire crackers and brass band sxe the only thin?: abroad. He only, avhose twice-tniced land so larpelv aid.s p-ovemment officials in their numerous holiday rests and out:nes. is ob'.ipad to keep on worklnp to make both ends meet. Thfr Is no rest for him. ChVidrn have grown so brainy and Bmart that they can now be taucht to be wiser than their parents with only a half day's schooline. five days in the week, having- all the Saturdays and holdidays to train in ldlesnes.i and mischief, while the teacher devotes the time the put. lie is paying for to personal uses. With all our brains and all our rest It seems surprisinghat as a people we have ma.- poverty and wickedness abounding in our lanj than at any previous time. 1 lr.oks as if rst and brains would not pt us into the kingdom. It lo-ks jis thrutrh we have ien tryirr so hard to creep out of work by invention, of mae'rrnery. by the holiday system. r.nl by ren-?ra! won't-do-lt principles th-it the I'ower that rules abow us has now stepped in and is showing what comes ' .sh:'kinsr the command, "Six days tha't th '! labor." T!. hiKh'T law makes no provision for hol.d.-ya, theaters, fireworks, and b!tr partim-. "In the ywf-at of thy face sliuit thou eat br"d." is a decree. Hut the question that seems this country m -at art '. rtilarly to con err. i.s h v.- to obtain the most luxuries with the l- at wor'.j. frT.ao of the fivt-h')-jrs-a-liy f-o.ivvs )"- l':fteo".:-hours-a-lay wives, which h. !n nut a K'od Teal in a family. And orn-t ime; a f-n-t 'iirs-a-day man fir.is hirn!f os-se--'-i of a no-hou.-s-a-day wife, which a-Bur'-.-: "d'.nijh cakes" for that family. Tim was when If a man and his wife and rhirdr-n all workel away at some uefuj l.ad !.-".ry, accordlntr to th example of the tvirly sr-ttk-rs. they would rise in Importance as rurely a-s cream rises to th- top of ran of milk. Nor is the goo.l oi l plan of industry and economy yet entirely i,n-lr-;s' worthy. thoui;h grow in i? more so as the years roll by. Rut nowadays we sef? large houses, fine furniture, elegant dress and fine carriages, with no business or visible means to back it ail up. One is often tempted to think ther Is not much diifere'ic. between those who work and th'.s who play, but if any, that the balance Is in favor of those who play. liut work will not hunt any one, so th'-y use IjJsrment. Work is really the means of ealth and happiness, not the spasmodic ort. or the break-neck pace some adopt for the sake of fretting done so they c-n pet to dulnt? nothing, but the steady, Rentie eralt that does not tire. But there Is a tim for work and a time for ret. ami we should 1 careful and not eet them in their wron? place. "1VANII0E." Monroe, Ind.. June 4. oooii'iir. rirmant Fftrerell nemnrkn from Gano" to 'Senllnel' Ileaderw. To The Sentinel Readers Almost five years have elapsed since the Howard Literary Club came before you as un organization, asking your indulgence and support. We came to you as strangers, and you frave us a welcome, and we are very frratetal to you, one and all, for the interest you have .hown in our work. Our club ha3 grown in numbers, and we believe In U.f'-r.nes3 durinsr our sojourn with The tntinel. We have not been as diligent at all times as we should have been, but we rust thru you have kindly overlooked our shortcomings and have given us duo cre,t for what we have done. But the time has coma when we must part, for after this week we sro to a new medium and a new field of labor, as It has been deem advisable to remove our work from the influence of politics. I'.elng a non-partisan oratAitttioA j fcoiiava 11 yrili-t ' th

best, and we hope by this means to be ahle to do mure good to mankind. We would he giad to have all Sentinel reader?, whether members of th elu't or not, cast in-. ir Jot with us an give us their pupporl and eneour i moment. To The Sentinel we wish to extend our hrartfeit thantis for the many favors fh'iwn if in the pat. and may pucces att' tii it in the fitt.ir and may it prow in ii5--'f nlnes. arid its intluence be felt throughout the land. 'Tis Paid that the best of friends must pnrt. s 1 wi!i now hi' you a kind eood-by. Müncie, Ind., June IK. "fiANO."

"AnV.WCE'S" GOOD-BV. riennnnt Sentiments nntl Something About the World' Fnlr. Esteemed It. I. C. Friends and Respected" Readers of The Sentinel After carefully teaiinf? the ptosidnt's notice of la&t week and lafieciin-j; over the same I deem it ray duty as a member of the Howard Literary clui. to s-:id a f.'w words of platitude to The S-n'intl conip.anx, its readers and our very kin and pat l-:-n t editor for the kindness t !;-- have hertowed upon me since I have 1. en a member of the H. I.. '. et at th" sani ' time, while 1 consider ir r,-y duty to offer you my pratitude for pa t favors, you may rest assured tnrt 1 tot; t t :i ; Ii, tn.it you have used pnrtir.lity in my rase. Xi.w for a few more remarks .-on-. rninit the "World's l'air." 1 think that ail the person. who spent two wreka in. cart, fully vi-wms the wonderful and lnter.-iUntu produetions t'.i.at were o:j xhibith.-n there enj lyr-.l a treat stii.iost ei-..i hi point of interest and insw'iction to .a trip around th" woi!d. if 1 :nai ;-. '. sa lly mistak' n you coak ?ethe -.mest pr odaoti' us fit' evtry country in the wi-r'.d. toj..-thtr with their t-o?tuia-;'-. h..'.:ii"- ;.n I ma.j ft ii.i.it,'. You couM bre.t::fa t in torr.-.any. dine in Jf.pan ar.d ta'.:- I i ir. 'hr.-.a. with all the surroua lins iu .( piaa with ;he:r varie.) civilir.ti- ns. Vru: .-i -:1 I vi.-tt ti'.e sr. -.no day the honi.-s if th" .iap.ati-.-se, t),.. i-lxuiiliTi.'.. the io..nd Huilder: women. All n; na'rv-lO.l'-e: ; ; and trie Aiah-. with th-ur v.ia I ant s w-pe repiT:--enfd in tluir ir : i.. :nd e.-siaL'. whle-i id' t .i s!-'ic t -nlv a f -w of tl".e most w llthy il .'.e (v, j- !,ei,;ir I t"l fible to witS.". I V.a!! V.et .liter i.Ko further .ier..:iis the .,,. , :: -;tr i f; ir. 1". r i feel my r m:-J.:iiry .1 ! tl.j suhj-et ja.-tioe. '-.vpv. r, ."e.-.v :o.e to say t ha t ir.r.rs.ons I I' f : iik-o on tiu- i.-.ir. s i i :a-h and t v- ! r.-oii triut. ya. ,i uprui the rare l f-:tu-cr tie.; fS( j,. ih.lt i.l cv r ii-:iiuia fl.-sh tn -ir inemary. ".-'! I ir ;," loir.-T y u.r iniri.itioncf a wlii'e lo::: r. 1 th:n:t .-"m - r f tue m.n'.brs viil r iv.- vcu tiv: .. :;rt-1 i'l f . . naio. ti on hv and by . T;v tboi.5ht of l!.inir our old honm for th:- m-.v elaiai ine as th.'-ir v ry own at pr. s.-ut. at 1 f n::st ndruii 'tis not j.l--a :.; Mi st riwuli n ii every s. use the w.r.l i;r'. .: . l et I f..n Iiy in pc that the chum:" .v;o bo for tl:e ! st for the int. r.-sts of Lhe eliio sm 1 Th. "! i ia.'.-l. loo. I f,ndly an-troi-. i; th- p!-. asure or' '.;roo-i--. all tli-a ff. i.. ". -o n.ii' a s ' our new heme in the le-ar fat.:r- . ;u-l none el y.m ne. , surprise! si: uM I tono, accompanied with a new member. Yv'ith l.ind.-st wishes to all. I will take my fi parture. "ADVANCE," i'agleton. In'!., June fi. FItOM TIIK KD5TOII. A Few Itrlof Words of Karrwell to the Member of the Club. My Dear Friends I wish to state to the members of the Howard Literary Club that I have highly enjoyed the intercourse that has existed between us for several years past, and especially the pleasant communions pffored by the several annual reunion that I was fortunate enough to attend. The true success of the club must come. I think, larcely from the attention and attndunc. Riven to the annual reunions. These, I btlieve. have been too much neglected. Those who have attended them will bear witness to the substantial fruits that we always fathered there, and if 2V of the members had met annually Instead of the dozen faithful ones who made the pleasant pilsrimasfe, I believe today that the Howard literary club wou!r number 1, rtjo of the cream of ihe western slates. I have learned to love many of the members and am sorry that our intercourse, to a large extent, must cease with this lssu of Th--- Sentinel, end now. In the words of I'inv Tim, "tiod bless us everyone." Very truly, CI IA ULKS G. STKWART. (rnnilnKillirr Denn. (Corn Xov. 3. l'ö. died May 1, ISfd.) Another pioneer is Rone. The lor,? well known Grandmother P. an; Time's work she completed and gladly passed on To a life plane by mortals unseen. For full four score and elpht years 'Twas her lot in this care-world to stay. Cheered on by fond hopes, and depressed by her fears. Till aflliction and blindness so clouded her way, She, longed for the rest That is promised so sweet. In the land of the blest. Where departed friends meet. A dense old wildvrness was here When first the youthful "Molly Dean," A strong-armed woman, a rdoneer. In her rudely built cabin was seen; As time in its flicht swept on She witnessed a wonderful change; The most of the stately old forest Is pone As far as the eye In a circuit can range, Ami Grandmother iXan, Grown feeble and old. Where so lon she's been seen We no more shall behold. Here, where the stately forest stool. Obstructing everybody's way. Grass, green fields and orchards so fruitful and Sood. Rare wealth of our country's display; Where ru-ly built cabins were found Homes of far greater comfort are seen; Success seems the efforts of man to have crowned In the lingering lifetime of Grandmother Dean; I5ut the trials are o'er With the old pioneer. And few know what she bora As ehe Journeyed on here. Sometime, when country has yider grown. When all are gone who are living now. When to strangers the grave shall b shown Where she lieth In silence so low, I fancy that all to be known Of the cares of her life's shifting scene Will quickly be read from the plain-lettered stone That will stand In remembrance of Grandmother Dean. Thus the spirit that's gone To life's higher retreat Will securely live cn In remembrance sweet , . ' W. W. STÜCKWELL. ii w. Tail i Jxn L.

JOHN KEALING'S STORY.

HOW HE WAS DECEIVED BY A VIR GIMA BEAUTY. The Old Story Repeated Trith Thrilling; Incidents nnd Tragic Close Hott n Lawyer Is Often at Fault mm to the Guilt or Innoeenre of " a Client The John Coleman MurderHow Ills Xeclc Wa Saved. John Kealing has had a large practice In defending criminal cases and It happened that thexSnyder case, which he has Just been trying-, yvas the thirteenth murder case he had defended during bis career. He was joked considerably on account of this fact, and the laughing remark of his friends was that it would bode no good for Snyder. But the Jury disagreed, with nine for acquittal, a ml Mr. Kealinj? says he has disproved the "thirteen" omen. The question as to whether a lawyer should and could conscientiously defend a man whom he knows to be guilty has been argued for hundreds of years and Is still unsettled. Mr. Kealing, however, tells a story which brings out an opposite situation. "Ic was this way," says he: "Ten years ago there lived In the state of Virginia an old and highly respected family whose founders had moved to the state 200 years before. There was a daughter of the household who had been graduated a' the exclusive- seminary at Staunton and was the most beautiful girl in all the country around. But she was willful. Her proud parents worried over her future and their concern was Increased when their only daughter began receiving the attentions of a young scapeprace of th neighborhood. They begged, coaxed, Ce-mrmndPd and threatened, but all socnied to do no good. Being denied the company of the man of her choice, the girl even took to meeting him claneätinely. The proud parents could take no outward steps, as that would bring upon the family the gossip of the county, so continued to hope that the girl would see the folly of her cnur?" and discard her wayward admirer of her own volition. "Matters went along in this way until one night the daughter tied secretly from the home that had sheltered her and her ances:ors for generations. The next morning she was gone. The neighborhood had expeoted. the parents were blamed and the matter soon b?:ame history. "But what of the girl? She was'met at the gate by her lover and the two rode twenty miles to a neighboring town, where the train was taken for the West. Two days afterward they arrived in Indianapolis and were married. There were two wrek.s of honeymoon, and then the couple took a little cottage in the northern part of the city, where they lived happily for two years. Then the old habits of the yo;ing liii.sbar.-l returned to him and h? b"ga!i r.ealeatlng his wife. His evenings f rural home became more numerous and oror? words became mare frequent. Tears stood in tha eyes of the young wife at tina . . but she br.avely dashed them away and bare her burden in silence. Xa letters had come from hrar old parents and tho w -rid looked drear. "One morning she awakened to find h"-r husband gone. A note was left b?Mnd sayin.T he would not. return and that it was 'or't for them to par:, as he was tired of tiv? lifo he was living. She was sick for day ar.d was tenderly c.tred for by ki::d neighbors. On? of tlies? took eonipa '.-ion on her and offered h'r a h-mae .as 1-jiipr as she miglit ehor.se to stay. She v.v: still boautifi:i and the gir: face ap-p.-alod to the hearts of all. She went to live with the kind neighbor and by her at:ravtlv? ways soon established for herself, i pi-U'e at the fireside. She even becam as one of tha family and v.hon sh.a w.'wM :-p.:k of leaving her worths would tun La listened to. "S -veral month pas.-d and Jennie, as she w:.s n,.n,ei. was beloved by everyo:.e. One niyiit sh went to her room eariir than usual com, Kinlng of a sever: hoadnche. Her door ras loUcd rnd the family heard her retire. The next Morning she w.a:- gone. Sh - hr-d arisen in the night and walked out the front door. She had taker. I ut one dress with h?r, but when later in the morning it was fouml that a valuable gold watch, a diamond ring and a large sum of money were al.-o missing the shook to the family was great. As she had left the door unlocked, it seemed probable that some burglar had coolly walked In and helped himself to all the valuables in the house. The members of the family scorned the idea that she had taken the property, but could not account for her strange disappearance. The m ast plausible theory was that she had met her errant husband cn the street, the two had agreed to live together again and she had been ashamed to acknowledge this fact to her newfriends. Again it was surmised that the wayward husband had returned to the boupe aft?r his v.-lfr had left and helped himself to the valuables, the places where they were kept being unconsciously divulged by her to him. It was a strange on the Cnse. "Detective Thornton was placed upon the case ns soon as it had been reported to the pollre and the first thing he did was to begin a search for the missing young woman in order to see If she were still living with her husband. After a long and almost hnpd.ss search he at last located hr on Ohio-st. and found her living alone. She was having clothing made for tho apparent purpose of taking a trip. The detective thought the c ireu instances warranted him in arresting the beautiful girl, and this was done the next day. She cried piteously as she was taken to the Jail, and K-fore her case came on for trial she had won every one connected with the institution over to her side. All believed in her innocence. "She sent for me," continued Mr. Kealing, "ami I was surprised to find pitch "a beautiful and pure-looking girl in jail. I was attracted toward her at onee. She told me of her life, of the mistake she had made in leaving the home of her childhood and bringing shame down1 upon the heads of her old parents. She spoke of her proud lineage and her nostrils quivered as she narrated her aristocratic connections!. Then she broke down and said they had accused her of stealing. She knew she should have told her friends about leaving, but they would have opposed it so, and she wanted to go back to see her old parents and friends as soon as she had finished her new wardrobe with the money that had been sent her by her brother. "I was thoroughly convinced of the girl's inntjcence and determined to take her ca.se without hope of recompense. Well, it came on for trial, she took the stand and told her story to the Jury. Her quiet and sweet manner with her childlike innocence, affected everyone in the court room, and even Judge Irwin and Prosecuting Attorney Mitchell were visibly affected. ' She had not a cent left, she said, and as soon1 as the Jury had wiped the tears from their eyes and brought in a verdict of not guLlty a collection was taken up to assist the gdrl to go back to see her old mother. The girl thanked the court, the Jury and the lawyers with tears In her eyes. One of the local paicrs especially had been full of long accounts of her pathetic condition and harsh 'treatment, and the representative of that paper was standing outside -.he court room waiting for the girl. He had been cultivating her acquaintance during the trial and the two walked down stairs together. On the way down the girl, in a spirit of bravado, removed her hat, tore out the lining and there was the missing money in bills Just as described. She acknowledged that she had stolen, it. Two days after that she disappeared. It subsequently developed that she wanted to go to her old friends and had taken the money and Jewelry In order

would them go back aa a widow and pass !

her remaining days on tue old plantation. She did return home, but her mother was dead, her father had sold the old place and was traveling: in distant lands, her only brother was in business in South' America, and she stood at th door a stranger. There was a quiet rivulet' that flowed past the door of the old mansion. Here the girl as a child had dabbled in the pure waters as they flowed by. had fished for tiny minnows, had admired her laughing eyes In the smooth surface, and had played with toy -boats. - Here they found her body next morning. , "It was the only: case -in all my experience where I really believed a client innocent when he was guilty." Coleman's Case. "As to murder cases," said Mr. Kealing. "the most unique stand I ever took for the purpose of saving a human life from the hand of 'his fellow creatures was tn the trial of John Coleman, about eight years ago. He had on night been in a gambling place on W. Wa-shington-st. and had lost $3. His money had been won by a boy named Billy Roberts and Coleman demanded that his money be returned. This demand was refused and Coleman left the room. An hour afterward he huntexl Roberts up and shot him on the street. The boy dropped dead. "The evidence showed that after leaving the gambling den Coleman had gone to his room, loaded his revolver with the remark that he was going to hunt Roberts up and shoot him, had followed him around for nearly an hour and had then slipped up behind and pulled the trigger. It was cold-blooded murder. I didn't know what to do. But the practice of the law 13 that even If a lawyer thinks his client guilty he must do all In his power to save his life, and I began working with that Jury. I confessed the killing and acknowledged that it was premeditated. But I took the stand that it was wrong to take human life; that capital punishment by any method was a relic of dark ages and a species of barbarism; one human being even with the permission of the law had no moral right to take away the life of another; the issues of life and death belonged to a higher tribunal than any created by or presided over by men. I noted the fact that even the legislature of the state did not take upon itself the responsibility of saying that the punishment for murder should be death. What' It did say was that the punishment should b either death or imprisonment for life. I made them think that the spirit of that fellow would haunt them until eternity if they sent him to the gallows, and the verdict was imprisonment for life. Just as I wanted. Coleman was taken to the penitentiary and died but a few weeks ago." SOME OLD-TIMERS. Specimens of Tortoises Said to Da 200 Yearn Old. There are very few of the thousands of passengers who annually pass through Colombo on their way to cr from the Australian colonic:? of the far East who have failed to see the well-known tortoise at "Uplands." Th.ese will bear with regret that the venerable reptile which has spent some loC years of its life in that healthy spot has at laM breathed it r. last as a protest against its removal inland. Its actual age was probably two hundred years. It measured six feet from snout to tail and its shell measured four feet six inches. Its probable name is testudo elephantopis. thoucrh some erroneously speak of it as testudo Indiens, another large variety. The original home of the species was the Seychelle and Mauritius group of island?, but sating vessels found them very convenient as a reserve of liv? fresh meat in the event of scurvy breaking, out. and as a result they have been at IaM restricted to one Island Aldabj'ii island, to the north of Madagascar.' Even here they are almost extinct, nnd would have been fi) long since had not Lord Stamm re, then Sir A. Gordon, made it worth the natives' while, to preserve them by demanding, in his t-ppaciiy of poyerror tl Manriiiu, an annual tribute of two Sp -ei-lV"lS. - 1 . The tradition with respect to the Colombo tortoise is that il was samt to Ceylon from Java, a:- a present to the governor, who in those days was a Dutchman. Whether that be so or no. it is certain that the creature was quite at home in 173, when the Dutch rule was replaced by our own. Through all the events which . have occurred since tho:e days, the reptile has maintained its quiet existence, except for a struggle It is said to have successfully maintained against no less than seven- men who endeavored to remove it to the grounds wherein an exhibition was being held, and for such little excitement as might have been occasioned from time to time by the carrying of half a dozen delighted children on its back. Recently, however, the local government acquired Uplands as a site for a graving dock, and claimed the tortoise for which Dr. Gunther of the British museum is said to have unsuccessfully offered 10 some years ago as a part of Its bargain. As soon as the work was begun the creature was moved to the Victoria park, about a mile inland, where it sickened and died in less than a month. Mr. Haley, the director of the local museum. Immediately inquired of the governor whether It was to be preserved and kept In Colombo or sent to the British museum, which is said to have a claim upon it. The decision has been to retain it in the Island, ar.d the shell has accordingly been stuffed and added to the attractions of the museum In Colombo. MR. HARKISOX'S WIXE And the Tronble It Caused at Stanford University. Ex-Fresldent Benjamin Harrison has caused trouble at Leland Stanford, jr., university, and this particular trouble was not caused by the profundity of his lectures on international and constitutional law, of which he is the honored professor of that institution. It came about in this way. Eneina hall 'Is for the students, and each one Is assessed Jl to pay for any furniture he might break or disfigure while living there. No wines, liquors or cigars are allowed, and any one bringing them there is subject to expulsion through the nearest door or window, with the assurance that the boy who is brave enough and strong enough to do it will be condoned for any breach of etiquette he might commit. When the ex-president visited Stanford a short time ago to lecture the students upon constitutional law, he was given a room, contrary to custom, in Eneina hall. But this was not all. Mr. Harrison has a penchant for old' Burgundy and Juicy Havanas. so he improvished a temirary sideboard, and it Is said that Mrs. Stanford contributed to It some of her choicest old wines. But one day when Prof. Harrison was not around some mischievous fellow who doubtless also liked the flavor of Havanas and the. best old wine, appropriated the contents of the ex-president's sideboard. ' The Value of the stolen articles was $34. Xo one knew who took them. Major-domo Xaper investigated but could learn nothing. At last it was determined to make the students pay for the wine and cigars out of the assessment fund. They protested, because wine and cigars are not "furniture," and they were "contraband" goods anyway. The daily Palo Alto, the college paper, editedby Archie B. Rice, '95, had an editorial and several anonymous communications showing the inconsistency of the demand. But President David Starr Jordan came to he rescue. He went right down into his Indiana Jeans and paid nls bill. But the boys wouldn't stand that, and raised the amount by subscription, and Dr. Jordan accepted it as reluctantly as is consistent with the present times. Prof. Harrison is to visit . the university soon again, but the Palo Alto says he "will be limited to cold meats, baked potatoes and rice. Just like the other boys who dwell in Enclna hall. Spokane Chronicle. , IJr. Price's Cream Baking Powder APurc flxaoo Ctmj- 1 Tartar Powder.

THE NEW LOCOMOTIVES.

POIXTS, OF" A FRENCH JWEMIOX FOR A AEW TRACTIVE AG EAT. Said" to Be a Great Success Great Speed, Economy of Fnel and Wobderful Endurance "Are Claimed as Its Advantages. . PARIS, ' Jur.e 1. Strolling along the boulevards yesterday, I stumbled across one of the foremost French engineers of the day, M. Br.r.au-Varilla. the same who held the highly responsible position of englneer-in-chlef of the Panama canal, and one of the most distinguished members of the Fonts et Chaussees, the greatest engineering institute of France. "What is the most interesting thing in the engineering world?" was the natural question put to him, and the question which was put to him without, delay. "By far the most interesting- endneerIns experiment of the present time and of the greatest interest to the world at large Is," he replied, " the new electric locomotive which the day before yesterday made so successful a trip to Mantes. It means a perfect revolution in the world. It means that in- the future we are going to compass great distances in very short times, and as the saying is 'time is money,' both the traveling public &Jid commercial world can readily appreciate what it signifies." "Do you, M. Bunau-Varilla, as a practical and scientific engineer and a man of TEE XEW the world, believe that this electric locomotive is the traction engine of the future, or is it not rather a Jules Vernism?" Unite Practical. "No, indeed:" relied M. F.unau-VarMa, emphatically. "There is nothing of Jules Vernish imagination about this electric locomotive. As you put it in that direct way and ask me what I think of it as a practical engin -cr, my reply is that I am perfectly confidant of its success a success which I consider the recent trial has fully proved. "I regard this invention of M. Heilmann as the definite solution of th? problem of the practical application of electricity as a tractive power as. applied on railroads." "What, according to you. arc the practical advar.tajros which thi f-lcetiic locomotive offer.a? Would you explain them so that in?- ep-ral reading public can understand e a i 1 y ". " "One of the hr.t advantages is that with perfect ccuriiy a r.ain of spaed over that of an express train of Z p. r cm, can ! s-cured. That addition of speed can be obtained, and at the same time a considerable economy cf coal effected. 'I became, interested in tills electric locomotive two years ago. I saw at once that, it was a practical Invention. I have spent two years studying its details and I now consider it perfect. "But there have hce-u former electric locomotive.? invented which have failed'.'" Why. They 1 'ailed. "Quite so," replied M. Bunau-Varilla, "and there was good reason for their failure. Hitherto two systems have been tried, the one known as the trolley system and used in America and elsewhere for tramways; that is to say, with the assistance of a conductor along the route. That was exceedingly -expensive. The other system has been that of carryingaccumulators, which were very cumbersome' and had to be filled along the road, ' entailing the organizing of electric stations along the road. That raised insuperable objections from the practical point of view. "M. Heilniann has for the first time tried a third solution, one which no one had thought of before. To put it simply, his locomotive carries its own electric station along with it. It makes the necessary electric motive power as it goes. Thus the two objections of the preceding systems are a v aided." "But the question of expense?" "The machine is slightly more expensive than an ordinary locomotive, but that is nothing compared to the economy which is effarcted in the consumption of coal." "How much is that?" "The ordinary steam locomotive consumes about ten kilos of coal per kilometer. The Hei'.mann electric engine consumes but six kilos in the same distance. In fact, it shown the extraordinary result of nearly double the force with nearly half the consumption of coal. That of itself is an enormous result. "There is besides another very strong advantage which every railway engineer will most readily appreciate. It is this: Most of you know, and yet some may not. that it Is Impossible to drive the ordinary steam locomotive further than 200 kilometers at the utmost. When the ordinary locomotive has done that distance it must be changed, cleaned and rested. But with this electric locomotive we can go ahead indefinitely. "I can best illustrate the reason of that in the following way. The steam locomotive can only go a distance of 200 kilometers, but the steamboat, as you know, can, given coal enough, keep on almost indefinitely. The reason of that i3 simple. It is merely that the engines on board the steamship are protected, while those on the steam locomotive are exposed to the dust. In this new electric locomotive the machinery i.s cased In and therefore completely protected. So this locomotive, given c ml, and of course there is no difficulty about that, can go on from Paris to Constantinople without changing. On the ordinary trains now running the locomotive i3 changed from seventy to forty times between here and Constantinople1." Can Curry More Coal. ' "What coal do vou carry compared to an ordinary locomotive?" "An ordinary locomotive will carry two tons Of coal; we can carry three or more, and that would take us six hundred kilometres. "Of course all kinds of objections have been raised and criticisms have been plentiful. To all sreh there is a rcady answer. It was said that the engines would be too long to negotiate the curves, but that dos not hold, as the engines can be fitted on trolley wheels, which work admirably, and, that docs away with that objection. Others have it that the machinery Is complicated. "It may be the case now with this electric locomotive that, the machinery may seem complicated. It Is not more so than la necessaxy. and if there are

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those who think that it is so. all we can say to them is what the inventor of the bicycle said. 'Look at the results!' " "What results have you attained so far as regards speed?" "When we made the. trial the other day, and there were three hundred passengers on the train, we made at one time a speed of 107 kilometres to the hour. That was only kept up for a veryshort time, for it is against the regulations of the company to run at such excessive speed." Einl to th Strongest Locomotive. "What power can you get out of this electric locomotive?" "The power of the strongest locomotive known that is to say, 800 horse power." The inventor of this electric locomo

tive, destined in all probability to effect i such great changes in the future of I travel, is a man of exceeding modesty, who, when he is congratulated as being an inventor, replies, "I am only a mechanic, and not an inventor." He had worked upon his idea for many years, J and wdien at last he considered that he had brought it as nearly to perfection as possible he brought it to the the attention of some of the most prominent engineers. He met with small encouragement from them, for they considered the scheme to be visionary. Luckily he met the distinguished engineer with whom the above interview was held. European Editor X. Y. Herald. GREWSOME SIGHTS IX A MIXE. The Trip Down a Deep Shaft Fell of Thrill to a Tenderfoot. Going down Into the mine 1 Indeed a thrilling experience and one rather overwhelming to the "tendrfoot," says a writer in Cassier's Magazine. Enveloped in suits of waterproof, with hats of oilskin and provided with candles, a party ready frr the descent presents a grewsome spectacle, reminding one forLOCOMOTIVE. cibly of certain conceptions of üore. The cage, which serves for both passenger and freicht, rises to a level with the lloor of the shafthouse. and isi simply a platform or wood with uprights and framing of iron. This fits closely in the shaft, being lowered and raised by means of machinery puzzling enough to the interested stranger, with its drum, sheaves, cable and various safety appliances. To take a position on that little square of wood, feeling that on this machinery, "which does sometimes break, you know," hangs all one's hope, requires some courape. A ray of comfort is delived from the assurance of the foreman that this same oatre has safely carried clown and up all the d elvers below with never an accident yet. With the warning, "elbows in," the cage drops. With a gasp one reaches wildly about to find nothing to hold to in that damp darkness, growing so dense as that square 'hole of daylight" diminishes so rapidly, and down we glide, through trickling waters without jar and in utter silence till, with a thud, the cage stops, 2,500 feet underground. Tho dim candle lipht casts weird shadow's as we follow the superintendent along a narrow gallery, cut In' the igneous roc k to connect the vein with the snat't. At the intersection another long gallery extends to the right and left, but its parallel walls are smooh, often highly pol-shed, at times four feet apart; arjain more, but always with an inclination to the vertical. These are the faces of the fisured rock between which, overhead and below, is the vein matter. Through the gloomy darkness we pick our way cautiously along the narrow plank, resting on ties laid over the guttcrway. Below us the w-ater rushes down to the shaft, emptying into the "sump," a continuation of the naft below the lowest level, serving as a well out of which the water is lifted by the great pumps, whose continual beat, up and down, up and down; with monotonous regularity, breaks the silence like the throb of some great hidden heart. Climbing a ladder, or rather five ladders for there is a platform at every twenty feet in Egyptian darkness, illumined only by the light of a candle, with Ice cold water dripping from each round and trickling along one's arm, and a small torrent from the tarpaulin hat down one's back. Is apt to dampen, If not to eradicate forever, any lingering fancy for a miner's life. Australian Ilongli Riders. "Open the gate!" roars the manager. "Look out. you boys!" and, with a mad rush, out Mies the colt through the open pate, like a shell from a howitzer. For twenty yards he races at full speed, then "propping" as, if galvanized, shoots upward with the true deer's leap, all four feet in the air at once (from which the vice takes its name), and comes down with his head between his fore legs and his nose (this I watched narrowly) touching the girths. But th rider has swayed back in his saddle with instinctive ease, and is quite prepared for a succession of lightning-like bounds sideways, upward, downward, backward as the apile and frantic animal appears to turn In the ai:-, and to come down with his head in the place where his tail was when he rose. For an instant he stop?; then perhaps the spurs are sent in so as to accentuate the next performance. The crowd meanwhile of G'-O or 7o0 people, mostly young or in the prime of life, fol'ow, cheering and clapping with every fresh attempt on the part of the ftenzied steed to dispose of his rider. A few minutes of this exercise suffice to exhaust and steady the wildest colt. It is a species of "monkeying," a device of th" buck-breaker, who ties a bag onto the back of a timid colt, and he, frightened out of his life, as if by a monkey perched there, exhausts himself ar.d permits the ridep to mount and ride away with but little resistance. Sometimes, indeed, the colt turns in his tracks, and, being unmanageable in his paroxysms, charge's the crowd, whom he scatters with great screaming and laughter as they fall over each other or climb the boundary fence. But, very shortly, with lowered head and trembling frame, he allows himself to be ridden to the gate of egress. There he is halted, and his rider, taking hold ef his left ear with his bridle hand. swingB lightly to th ground, closely alongside of the shoulder. Did he not so alisht, the agile mustang Ls capable of a lip-htning wheel and a dangerous kick. Indeed, one rider dismounting carelessly discovered this to his cost after ridin.t a most unconscionable performer. Matmillan's Magazine. Imprisoned. Mother "That's Mr. Poorchap in the parlor with your sister, isn't it?" Small Son "Yes." "Hum! I wonder what that povertystricken fellow thinks of that forty-dollar bouquet Mr. Richfellj sent her?" "Guess he don't like it much. Sister has been holding (his hands all the evening so he can't hurt it." Street & Smith's Good News. Rheumatism racks the system like a thumbscrew. It retreats before the pawer of Hood's Sarsaparllla, which putitit the Lloo .

COULD NOT ORDER A DINNER.

Conld Crack Local ul not Did ot Know What He Wanted to Eat. Some men do not know what they want to eat until they see what another man has ordered. I saw one of these men in. a downtown restaurant the other evening. I was the only other patron in the place at that hnir. My .rder for a late supper had just been taken by the waiter. The man was warmly Wf-lcoin-d by a waiter, who saw another chance for a tip. and tried to draw the newvom-ar over to a cosy comer near a window. But the man didn't want the o rr.ir seat. He moved steadily toward my place, brushing the waiter aside. At th- chair opposite me the man paused and prepared to sit down. "You can't sit thre if the penlleman objects." said the waiter, as he placed his hand on the chair. "But the gentleman hasn't objected, has he?" demanded the etrantrvr. Then he asked me if I objt P d to his taking the seat. I told him there was no objection and he took the chair. He was a larpe man, well c.rees.-d and fifty yea ra eld. Taking up the lill of fare, he ran through it. studied it a v.--,:!- an laid it down. He looke-i toward the door through which the waiters came, tocic up the bill of far-1 again ar.d put It down again with a sigh. The waiter who had met him stood closely watching him. lie teemed to fear there was somethirg w rong with tha nan. Aftr a pause tr.e stranger took; up the bill of faro ag-ain. This time h studied it with greater care than ever. Then he began to give his ordtr. It wann -elaborate nn. The man's arrtlt , seemed to grow as his eyes ran down the ' card. II -3 started in with roat beef, took a bit of chicken .and some mutton; with these he ordered a half-dozen kinds of vegetables, and so on down the list h ran, and winding up with pudding and pie. The order was such an extraordinaryone that the waiter appeared to hesitata about lilUnpr it. "What's the matter with you?" growled man. "Don't you think I cn pay for it?" Without stopping to explain the waiter hurried away. Five minutes later my own order was served. There was an entlcine: odor front the steak, which was the principal feature of it, that caused, me to forget the man eppopitc. I waa still ea-ting leisurely when the f tranger'a dinner was brought in. There was hard ly room for it on the table. The stranger showed at once that h didn't care for what he had ordered. Ha nibbled a little and put it all aside. Meanwhile I had eaten all the steak 2 wished and pushed the rest of it aside. "Do yru care for any more of that steak?" asked the man. I was greatly surprised, but fiM I;im I did not. Then he reached forward, took what I had reft, ate it and seemed to enjoy it. I did not eat all of ny des eert, but the man finished It. "When my cheese came I ate p'art of It, and ha asked for the rest. Then1 came my pot of coffee. "May I have a cup of that cof??e? asked the stranger. "I have ordered tea and I hate it.' he said. "I can tell yon all about abstracts of title and can erac!; a great many legal nuts, but I'm a blamed fool when I pet a LIU of faxe la my hands." N. Y. Herald. Force of IIul.lt. Johnny "Maw, what makea yo al. ways count tho things when you send thenv out to the washerwoman?" His Mother "I've always done it, Johnny, ever since your father and I be gan housekeeping." "Why don't you count them when they come bark?" "Well. I never got into the habit of do ing that." Chicago Tribune. Illght In His Line. Tramp "Please, mum, d'yeh wanter buy anything in my Lne?" Housekeeper "Your line, eh? You don't mean to say you are trying to earn an honest living at last?" "Yes'ra." "Well. I declare. What are you sell, ing?" "Dog-chains, mum." X. Y. Weekly. It ls 1 seles for young ladies who are troubled with freckles, pimple., moth and tan and a bad skin generally to use liquid r-iintJ or dry' powders, for they only make tha skin look well for the time being. To have a good complexion you must have pure blood. Use Sulphur Eitters and your skin will be fair and complexion rosy. Young Ladies' Magazine. Vegetable Compound Is a positive euro for all thoso pai-f. ul Ailments of Wcmen. It will entirely euro tho woirt forrr.s of Female Complaint., a'l Ovariaa troubles, Inflammation, and Ulceration, Falling and Displacements, ofthtj Womb, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is ! ecuUai'I.v adapted to the iShanjc cf Lije. II very timo it, will s-ra Backache. ' It has cured raovo cases of Letcorrhera. thau cur remedy thoi world l:.ts ever known, Is almost infaliiLle ia ruch cases. It dissolves and ex;e:j Tumors from iho l"teni3 in an earl fctae of development, ?nd c'aecs an f tntlency to cancer jus Lumors. Thij Bearing-down FceHng esusinü pain, v -eicut, nnd backache. i3 instantly relieved r-rul enna::ei;t!y rued by its use. l.'n.lor all circumstances it acts i n harmony wit h the lav. s that govern tho leir.rJo .svstem, L S3 Lai'iles3 cs water, lu rt;iuvc Erregularity, " Prrpressed or Painful Menstruations?, Weakness of the Monucl), Indigestion, Floating, Flooding, Nervotn Prostration, lleadacLe, General Debility. Aa Dizziness. Falntness, Extreme Lassitude, "don't caroaa.l want to Le left alone" feeling, excitability, irritability, nervousness filer plassnes., llatuleney, melancholy, or ihn 'blues, and backache. These arj pure indications of Female Weakness 60io derangement of tho Uterus, cr Womb Troufctes. Tho who1 Rtory, however. Is toll !a rn illnstrtt i book entitled "Guide to Health," Ly ilrs. l'inkham. It contains over ifd page3 of most imjortaab information, winch every woman, married or si nele, should know about hereelf. bend 2 twoceut stamps for it. I ur Kidney Complaints nnd Cockacho of cKha' sex tha Ye tab'.3 Compound is unequal ed. u.r -., . All druckt s'-I k. I - . it - H Ly .''a E Finkham's 0 PS t iwrr Pills riir K: . . t 1 I. ... - V ' - ... - - Kf 111:111. Ill i-i:i1 v L) Constipation. K Pias or ixrrr E1 Sirk Moartflche. 25e S omt-.picljt.(K). it 'orrrx)nrfrfr J freely annccrcd. rSCX, JlJ fret 1 y You can address Li strictest confidence, Ulli I. mSHAS -X3. CO,, L;uo, aut

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