Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — Page 2

JASPER UI’NTY DEMOCRAT. IF. E. BaBCOCK, Publisher. RENSSbLA R, ■ • • INDIANA.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

The whaling steamer Thrasher has arrived in San Francisco from the Arctic with a big cargo. She has had the luck that has followed most of the recently arrived whalers, and has stored away in her hold 15,000 pounds of whalebone. Her cargo is valued at over $50,000. In a fracas at Athens, Ga., between Policeman I’all and some members of the 202 d New York Volunteers Henry Slosson, a private of Company K, was shot through the head and wrist and possibly fatally wounded, while Private Mulligan was wounded severely in the leg. The transport Newport has sailed from San Frafteiseo for Manila with Gen. Mil* let and staff and the last of the Philippine expedition. The troops that went away comprise some of the Kansas regiment, the Alger battery of Wyoming and a regiment of the California heavy artil- ( lory. Postmaster General Emery Smith has issued an order admitting private mailing cards, authorized by the act of May 19, 1898, into the foreign mails at 1 cent postage each for Canada and Mexico, and 2 cents each for all other postal union countries. This permits the sending of any kind of card in lieu of requiring the usual postal card, provided the size is the same as official cards. Russia has undertaken to help Spain in her struggle to retain the Philippines, or at least to prevent the establishment of American rule over the group. The St. Petersburg government revealed its scheme through representations to all the great powers of Europe, with the possible exception of England. Italy is one of the powers which Russia desired to enlist on her side. The Italian government was requested to join in presenting a note to the United States regarding the control of the Philippines. In view of the danger of disclosures in the Court of Cassation at Paris which would implicate prominent officials in the Dreyfus scandal, an effort is now being made to heap all the wrongdoing on the suicide, Col. Henry, making him a double scapegoat, guilty not only of illegal action in the Dreyfus court martial but of the original treason itself. To this end it is alleged that Henry forged evidence not to save the “honor” of the army but\ct prevent himself from being detected ar the real criminal. His sudden suicide is pointed to as evidence of guilt, and that ho believed himself discovered. The first report of the Princeton second geological expedition to South America has been made known. A year ago Prof. Scott sent Messrs. Hatcher and Colburn to the unknown regions of Patagonia to extend the explorations begun by Messrs. Peterson and Hatcher of the former exitedition. The results obtained surpass the most sanguine expectations of Prof. Scott and the geological department. The expedition, the report says, country inland the it distance of StJJFniiles V of Magellan, adding much to ouirtb y edge of the geography of the country and discovering at the basje of the Andes a beautiful lake thirty miles in length not previously reported. Johnnie Gordon, aged 7 years, was under arrest in Justice J. G. Gillespie’s court at Columbia, Mo., charged with assault with intent to kill. Johnnie's mother, Mrs. Saltie Gordon, owns a little home in the northwestern part of Columbia. Warren Field, a drunken negro, engaged in the pastime of throwing rocks at Mrs. Gordon's house. She undertook to drive him away, but the negro would not leave. Johnnie, seeing his mother in trouble, got down an old shotgun which hung on the wall, pointed it through a window at Field and pulled the trigger. The shot struck Field, injuring him slightly. When he sobered up he had the boy arrested. When Prosecuting Attorney J. 11. Murry heard the testimony of the prosecuting fitness and the statement of the frightened lad he dismissed the ease.

BREVITIES.

James D. Phelan, Democrat, has been re-elected Mayor of San Francisco after a contest of extraordinary keenness. DeWitt C. Cregier, ex-Mayor of Chicago, died at his home in that city. For two years he had suffered from Bright's disease. Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are placed at $63,773, while the assets consist of her wearing apparel, valued'at about S2OO. Benjamin Smith, 90 years old, and his wife, 85 years old, reached Chillicothe, Ohio, after tramping nearly all the way from White Hall, 111., where they at one time lived. Their age makes the trip a remarkable one. One life was lost and five persons seriously injured by a gas explosion in Schookey mine, near West Pittson. The explosion was caused by the ignition of an unknown body of gas. A Mazarin Bible was sold at the auction rooms of Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in London for £2,950 ($14,632). The book had previously been sold for £3,900, but slight defects had been discovered in it. Among the passengers on the steamer z ßelgic from the orient is Jutaro Komira, the newly appointed Japanese minister to the United States. He will sueceed Toru lloshi, who was recalled a short time ago. At Montreal, Que., Norman Cole shot and instantly killed Mathilde Laviguer and then turned his revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his brain. The murder and suivjde took place in a, little candy store kept by the young woman’s mother. At San Jose, Cal.. Linda Vista, the beautiful home of C. C. Mclber, a wealthy winemaker, was burned, entailing a loss of $50,000. New York Stock Exchange scats were quoted at $25,500 bid the other day. The advance to this price, which is the highest in fourteen years, is ascribed to prosperous business in Wall street. The engine on Baltimore and Ohio train No. 8 ran off the track at Mont Vernon, near Washington, D, C.. turning over. Engineer Moore was jaripusly injured. was sugntiy tnjureu. —. • . . ;

EASTERN.

Chinese laundrymen in New York City have organized a trust. Ex-Governor Roswell Farnham of Vermont was severely injured by falling from, a railway station platform. Jay Staley, of Grand Island, and Chas. Burke, of Buffalo, Jost their lives in the Niagara River by their boat swamping. Rev. Dr. 11. L. Wayland, one of the most eminent Baptist divines, died at Wernersville, Pa., after an illness Of several months’ duration. Rev. W. W. Steol, at one time rector of Grace Church in Ardmore, Pg., has beep Vailed to the rectorship of St. Mary’s Church, Philadelphia. Charles McCloskey and John Frawley were killed and twelve other men slightly injured by the explosion of a boiler in the Oil City, Pa., oil works. A man apparently CO or 65 years of age, who registered at the Jefferson Hotel in Cleveland as John Jones. Boston, Mass., was found dead in his room. Col. James C. Biddle, who was a member of Gen. ,M<*ade’s staff and served with distinction in the civil war, died at his home in Philadelphia, aged 63. The summer residence of Clarence Mackay at Westbury, L. 1., was destroyed by tire. Loss, $50,000. Mr. and Mrs. Mackay were in the house, but escaped. Two steamers —the Starrucca, laden with coal, and the Maritana, with a cargo of iron ore-collided near Buffalo, N. Y. Both were badly damaged and sank in shallow water. 11. Rockwood-Hewitt, widely known In theatrical circles all over the country as H. Rockwood, Charles Frohman’s general businessmanager, died from appendicitis at New York. .David A. Wells, the economist, died at Norwich, Conn. He was horn at Springfield, Muss., June 17, 1828. He was the author of a number of books on tariff and financial questions. 11. R. McLean, who with his wife has been stopping at the Holland House in New York, was the victim of a diamond robbery the other night. The value of his loss is placed at $3,000. The Rutland and Canadian Railroad bill, incorporating the Rutland and Canadian Railroad Company, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, has been,passed by the Vermont Legislature. A receiver has been appointed in Jersey City for the Penny Magazine on the application of Chauncey M. Depew, a stockholder. and Thomas Quinn, president of the company. The assets and liabilities are small. Harvey, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith of Newville. Pa., ran a splinter in his hip. The bit of wood was extracted and the wound healed, but still the boy suffered. Finally lockjaw set in and the lad died.

WESTERN.

' Col. Champion S. Chase died at Omaha from the effects of injur.es sustained in a fall. The Fifth Ohio volunteer regiment has been mustered out ami paid off at Cleveland. Lawyer Charles Off-.it committed suicide at Omaha because of loiig-continued poor 'hepltli. . , Himes McDowen, of Marblehead, Ohio, shot and killed his wife and then committed suede after a quarrel. William F. Mink, a St. Louis machinist, was fatally injured by a brick which fell from a building he was passing. At Little River, Kan., fire destroyed every building on the west side of Main street, including eighteen houses and a hotel. At Toledo, Ohio, William Beck, a Lake Shore employe, was arrested for systematic stealing from express cars. He confessed. An incendiary fire destroyed several livery barns and the Troy steam laundry and damaged the Reublin flouring mill in Elyria, Ohio. Osa Woodward and John Martin, working at the Chicago Consolidated mine at Joplin, Mo., were instantly killed by falling bowlders. The right of a city or town to assess an occupation tax on a railroad corporation has been sustained by the Supreme Court of Nebraska. Samuel Norrish, with large grain and elevator interests in Minnesota and North Dakota, died suddenly at his home in Hastings, Neb. P. B. O’Reilly, aged 86, the oldest member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the United States, is dead at his home in Terre Haute, Ind. The First National Bank of Flushing, Ohio, posted notices that it would receive no more deposits as it had been decided to quit business and go into liquidation. The Boston mine, in the northern port of Humboldt County, Cal., comprising 3,000 acres of placer mining ground, has been sold to Charles Foote of Chicago for $145,000. William Beck, a Lake Shore employe, has been arrested in Toledo for systematic stealing from express cars. More than $5,000 worth of goods were found in his house. The officers’ quarters at Fort Russell, near Cheyenne, Wyo., were destroyed by an incendiary fire. Lieut. R. C. Landon, Eighth infantry, lost all of his personal effects. The “Curfew bill,” designed to compel children under the age of 15 to be off the streets after 8 p. m. in winter and 9 p. m. in summer, has passed the St. Louis City Council. The works of the Standard Car Wheel Company, Cleveland, Ohio, together with considerable stock, were totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $90,000, covered by insurance. Thomas B. Rayl, president of the T. B. Rayl Hardware Company of Detroit, Mich., has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $1,500,000; assets, $12,000. i The Mayor of Spokans, Wash., has issued a proclamation enrolling all persons over 21 years of age special constables to assist in arresting the robbers who have been active lately. The authorities have found nearly $lO,000 secreted in the hotne of Oscar Osborne, who was murdered near Richfield, Ohio, by robbers while trying to make him tell where his money was hidden. Two masked robbers entered the postoffice at Arago, Oregon, forced Postmaster Schroeder to open' the safe, and secured $1,300 belonging to the Arago Creamery Company and $290 of postal funds. Decrees of foreclosure and sale have I been entered against the Denver Citj

( Cable Railroad Company and the Denver West End Street Railway Company in >,lfavor of the Central Trust Company of New York. The operation of the Shanty Hill mine at Malvern, Ohio, is conducted with the utmost secrecy. Lessee Whartman says he will not divulge the production of the mine. -'3 All the land in the vicinity has been leased. At Pitkin, Colo., all the buildings on both sides of Main street, from Fourth street to Fifth, forty in number, were destroyed by a fire, believed to have been of incendiary origin. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Another step was taken in the attempt to drive the Standard Oil trust out of Ohio when the Attorney General filed a petition In the State Supreme Court asking the forfeiture of the charter of the Buckeye Pipe Line Company. The works of the National Starch Company at Glen Cove, L. 1., were seriously damaged by fire. The volunteer fire department from Glen Cove and surrounding places were unable to cheek the flames. The loss will amount to about $200,000. A terrific explosion was heard throughout the three counties of Mrfskingum, Morgan and Guernsey, Ohio. The shock rocked buildings like an earthquake. So far, however, all efforts, to discover whence the shock originated have proved futile. Rev. R. E. Howell of Decatur, 111., was found dead in the Avenue Hotel at Olathe, Kan. He had committed suicide because, on going there to meet the woman with whom he e/oped from Warrensburg, Mo., last summer, he found her living with her husband. The roof of the New Wonderland Theater at Detroit collapsed, carrying down the iron galleries of the structure, and a great mass of scaffolding and debris. Some twenty-five men were working under the collapsed parts of the structure. Eleven men were killed. Detective Henry Crouse of tjje Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern ran down a gang of robbers who had stolen thousands of dollars’ worth of goods from the road. He traced seven men to a hut twenty-one miles from Olney, 111., and captured them all. The members of the gang all rode to the scenes of their operations on bicycles.

SOUTHERN.

Arthur Williams, colored, was lynched in Welborne, Fla., for the murder of Miss Eliva Ogden. Buck James and Monroe Leggitt, also colored, charged by Williams with having aided him, are in jail. Mrs. Anne Mar.a Lee, mother Of Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, died at the home of her son, Capt. Dan Lee, in Stafford County, Va. She was nearing her eighty-eighth birthday and had been totally blind for years. Her death resulted from a fall. Henry Reboul, discharged from the Sixth Cavalry because of physical disability on the day the Maine was blown up, committed suicide in a New Orleans cemetery because of grief at inability to secure reinstatement and take part in the war. John Meadows shot and killed John and Clayton Mathews, brothers, at Pineville, Ky. Meadows was c-'sCudof' teacher. Meadows surrendered and is now in jail. Eagan, the most prominent witness, was found dead in his storeroom, ■ffhere he slept for years. The indications are that he waS murdered. “The Service Men of the Spanish War,” which aims to be to the soldiers who enlisted for the Spanish-American war what the G. A. R. is for the veterans of the civil war, has been organized at Lexington, Ky. Its officers are: Commander, Colonel Leonard; Vice Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Banks; Adjutant and Chief of Staff, Captain Davenny; Treasurer, Colonel Guilder.

WASHINGTON.

President McKinley has issued a proclamation reserving lands for naval docks and wharves pt Honolulu. Texas electors gave a majority for the constitutional amendment authorizing the pensioning of ex-Confederates. Col. Amos Webster, a member of Cten. Grant’s personal staff in the campaign around Richmond, is dead at Washington, lie was 62 years old. Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and “Corporal” Tanner were among the distinguished guests at a banquet given by the Washington lodge of Elks in honor of the members of the lodge who served in the late war. The Secretary of the Interior has received unofficial advices that the Creek Indian nation in Indian territory has ratified the agreement reached between its commission and the Dawes Indian commission in the reorganization of Indian territory. The War Department has issued a general order for the movement of troops to Cuba. The first troops will leave on or about Nov. 22, and will comprise a brigade under Brig. Gen. Carpenter. The brigade will be taken from the Seventh army corps, and one of the regiments to go will be the Third Georgia. The brigade will be sent to Neuvitas, Porto Principe. An explosion occurred at the national capitod at Washington in the basement beneath the Supreme Court chambers, and caused a fire which consumed a part of the Congressional law library, a priceless collection, and.destroyed the furnishings of the Supreme Court chamber. The explosion was caused by the ignition of illuminating gas. The damage is irreparable. The damage to the building will amount to about $200,000.

FOREIGN.

A terrible fire broke out in Sydney, N. S. W., and in a few hours had destroyed twenty large mills. The loss was heavy, and the fire raged through an entire section of the city before being extinguished. The Chilian congress has approved the protocol between Chili and Argentina for the settlement of the Puna de Atacama dispute. William I. Buchanan, United States minister to Argentina, will act as final arbitrator. The Turkish troops at Retimo having refused to leave that place, the Russian admiral in those waters, following the example of Admiral Noel, the British commander there, forcibly conveyed them on board a transport. Dr. Von Rudhart, at one time minister for Bavaria at Berlin, died at <Qarmiscfo,\ Bavaria. He resigned his post in 1880* under sensational conditions, Prince Bismarch having insulted him at ,A parliamentary soiree at Bismarck’s palace. The London Chronicle publishes the startling statement that before the battle of Omdnrman Maj. Marchand addressed a communication to the khalifa inviting him

to hoist the French flag ami thereby prevent an attack by becoming an ally of France. The cruiser Maria Teresa, Admiral Cervera's flagship when he made his memorable dash out of Santiago harbor the morning of July 3. raised at great expense by Lieut. Hobson and added to the American navy, foundered off San Salvador in a terrible storm. Late advices from Japan state that It is likely that the seal and otter hunters will be prohibited from fishing and hunting off the coast of Japan before the fleet sails next year. Japan is trying to foster deep-sea fishing, and under the new foreign treaties that go into effect next year, it is beliqjred that the prohibition can be made. The Turkish governor of Crete has informed the foreign admirals that he has’ been instructed to comply with the demands of the powers for the withdrawal of the Turkish troops. The last of the Ottoman troops to embark will be a force of 550 soldiers, who will remain in the island provisionally to assist in the shipment of war material. A New York World correspondent cables from Paris: Direct from Austrian court circles the sensational announcement comes that the Austrian emperor, Francis Joseph, contemplates a second marriage as soon as the time of official court mourning has expired. The Archduchess Marie Therese, daughter of Don Miguel, is said to find most favor in his majesty’s eyes. The prospective hasty marriage is the result of a desire for a direct heir to the Austrian throne, and all the friends of the emperor are urging him to take the contemplated step.

IN GENERAL.

Mirror manufacturers of the United States are reported to have formed a trust. Charles Barnes and Hugh Hooker and his two sisters were drowned near Pelee Island, Ont. The gunboat Helena, Commander Swinburne, has left the Boston navy yard for the China station by way of the Suez canal. The steamer Northern Belle was totally 1 destroyed by fire on the Maguettewa river, Ontario. The passengers and crew reached Parry Sound on a tug. The announcement is made that the entire sugar crop of the Hawaiian Islands has been contracted to the American Sugar Refining Company (the sugar trust). The new stamp mills of the Treadwell and Allied companies on Douglas Island, Alaska, are completed. These mills give Douglas Island a total of 880 stamps, with a capacity for crushing 2,500 tons of ore daily. The passenger steamer Pacific, owned by the Great Northern Transit Company, burned at the Grand Trunk wharf at Collingwood, Ont. The railway freight sheds filled with Canadian and American goods were also destroyed. The transport City of Puebla sailed from San Francisco for Manila with the remaining Tennessee battalion, the last of the California heavy artillery, the Nevada troop of cavalry, and recruits for the Twenty-third Infantry. The Spanish transport steamer Gran Antilla, Capt. Bayona, from Havana, via Porto Rico, with repatriated troops on board, has arrived at Malaga, and reports that there were 100 deaths among the soldiers during the voyage across the Atlantic. Bears and panthers, impelled by the pangs of hunger, are invading many towns in British Columbia and are terrifying the ranchers. Four bears entered Whitewater city, in Kootenai, recently at night, attacked the meat safe of the principal hotel, demolished it and got away in safety with the provender. R. G- Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “Not even the election has disturbed business or industries on the financial side this week. The volume of business through clearing houses is 8.5 per cent larger than last year and 1.54 per cent larger than in 1892. Neither the volume of business nor the value of manufactured products diminishes. While Bessemer pig is sold against the combination at Pittsburg 10 cents lower, with other iron there and elsewhere steady, the general demand crowds closely on the heels of production. Wool holders at Boston have begun selling largely at concessions said to be ‘several cents’ per pound. The cotton mills are helped a little by the combinatiop to restrict production about Fall River. Cotton is again at the lowest point ever known—s.3l cents for spot—while Mr. Neill estimates a crop of 11,500,000 bales, besides large stocks brought over here and abroad. Failures for the week have been 194 in the United States, against 276 last year, and 28 in Canada, against 30 last year.”

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, 13.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 66c; corn, No 2,31 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 25c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 19c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c. to 28e. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2,25 cto 27c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 54c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5J25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,66 cto 68c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 58c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, 52c to 54c. Toledo—Wheat, No, 2 mixed, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2,52 c to 54c; clover seed* new, $4.85 to $4.90. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 3,33 cto 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 28c; rye, No. 1,51 cto 53c; barley, No. 2,40 cto 48c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo^Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, . $350 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, *5.00 to $5.50. NeW York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2,39 cto 40c; oats, Np. 2,. 29c to 80c; butter, creamery, 16c to 24c; eggs, Western. 22c to 24c.

Those Girls at Golden’s. Everybody knew that the Goldens couldn’t get a girl to stay, or one that would suit them If she would stay. That was the family worry from January to December—how to secure competent help. A few girls stayed the month eut, some only half a month, the majority a week or less and there had been known cases where the girl left the day after she arrived. It must not be supposed from this that the Goldens were hard people to get along with. Mr. and Mrs. Golden were nice, quiet people of an easy-going nature, and the two daughters were just as affable and good natured as any two girls in the city. Young George Golden was rarely at home except during sleeping hours, and Willie, who attended schdol daily, did not interfere with the servant girls at all. The family always provided a good table and paid fair wages for help, while the house was not so large as to frighten a girl accustomed to a reasonable amount of work. But Inside of twelve months the Golden fatally had had English, Welsh, Scotch, Irish, Dutch, Danish, Swedes, Norwegians and colored girls. Those that weren’t lazy were dirty or cheeky. The English girl was found by Mrs. Golden stretched at full length on the parlor lounge reading a cheap novel, while her work remained untouched around her. The Scotch girl had such a thick brogue that it impeded her utterance and made it almost impossible for her to be understood. The Welsh girl was addicted to drink, and the Irish girl was decidedly too familiar and acted as if she was mistress of the house. The Danish girl didn’t speak English at aIL The Swedes broke almost everything in the house, including a few commandments, and the two Norwegian girls were lacking In neatness of appearance and general cleanliness. As for the innumerable colored girls that had been employed by the Golden family, they were In the aggregate lazy, dirty, cheeky, parsimonious lu the matter of the truth, and generous in the dispensation of groceries and other eatables to their relatives and friends. The great cardinal virtue In the Golden household was scrupulous cleanliness, and had that been the prominent characteristic of any one of the girls It is likely that her other shortcomings would have been overlooked and that she might have stayed in the position. As it was, however, the only two of the entire bunch that kept the house even passably clean were slow and always behind with their work. One day Mrs. Golden returned home from the “Intelligence” office—by the way, why on earth do they call these headquarters of ignorance “intelligence offices?”—in quite a flutter of excitement. “I do believe,” she declared, as she took off her hat and wrap, and seated herself In her favorite TirrrqjTr 5 - “I do believe that I have secured the dgjit girl at last.” “Yes, we have heard that very often before,” remarked her husband, complacently; “they are always the ‘right kind of girls’ until they get here, and then they turn out wrong.” “But this one is really different from all the others,” said Mrs. Golden. “Different in what—appearance, manners or accomplishments? Is it impossible for her to oversleep herself in the morning, burn the toast ; or tell a lie? Doesn’t she break crockery, give cheek, or read novels? Is she fonder of work than of gossiping, or what kind of a freak is she?” “She’s just a plain, ordinary-looking girl, but she’s an American—first American we have had yet, remember, Joseph, and she looks clean, moves quickly, and talks well. She wants S2O a month, which shows that she has a high appreciation of her own worth.” “Ob, they all have that—none of them are too modest in their claims of what they can do. Twenty dollars is a mere bagatelle If she is worth it, but we have hot had a girl yet that was worth half of it.” “Well, she’s coming this afternoon, and we’ll see how she gets on. For my part I believe the girl will give complete satisfaction to us all. I believe I have captured a new gem at last!” “What’s her name?” “Annie Rooney.” “Good gracious!” Sure enough Annie Rooney assumed her new duties in the Golden household that afternoon, and somehow there was that in her appearance which Inspired confidence in every member of the family as soon as they saw her. At the table she was a jewel. Little, active,’ alert—swift to see what was wanted and quick to supply It, she had earned the admiration of all before the evening meal was over. She was up early in the morning, lighted the fire noiselessly, started breakfast on the way, and then commenced to clean the kitchen and everything in It; as she expressed It, the place “wasn’t fit to be seen with dirt.” -• “Joseph,” said Mrs. Golden to her husband, shortly after breakfast, “Annie has gone to do the up-stalrs work, and I just want you to come down and look at her kitchen/’ Mr. Golden softly followed his wife down stairs, and the pair quietly tiptoed into the kitchen. The greasy, grimy look on the walls had disappeared, the paint looked fresh and clean. The tin and agate ware shone brightly, as did all the metal work about the vtove and kitchen shelve?, the crockery dresser glittered and glistened in the morning sunlight, the linoleum on the floor wis spotlessly clean. “There’s her morning’s work before breakfast,” said Mrs. Golden. “I wonder how ever she did It in the time?” “Here’s the answer,” replied her husband, sententlously, as he pointed to a package that stood near the sink. “The girl Isa gem, as you said, my dear—she mses Saoolio.” . i “But I should think it would take time-—” - ’ ’ ’ ‘ “My dear, Annie Booney evidently

knows the difference between time and Sapolio.” “What do you mejn, Joseph?” “Time, my dear, was made for slaves —Sapolio has abolished slavery—in ; housework.”

CONVINCING THE SPANIARDS.

An English Diver Brought Proof that He Had Visited a Eunken Vessel. James Cassidy, In the St Nicholas, has an article about diving, entitled “Under the Sea.” Mr. Cassidy says: Some of the experiences of the divers are well worth recording, as we soon discovered by a chat with one of them. “I don’t kno that I’ve anything tlcular to tell ypu;” he began, “nothing that you’d consider .exciting; now, if I were Lambert, the famous British diver, I could tell you many stories of adventure under the water.” A little coaxing, and we soon prevailed upon the brave fellow to talk about the submarine life. “I take it,” he said, “that pluck and luck help materially In the making of an efficient diver. Some time ago Mr. Lambert and I—Lambert was then Messrs. Slebe & Gorman’s chief diver—were sent out to survey a wreck supposed to contain a considerable amount of specie. Spanish divers—brave fellows, and capital men at their art—had been trying before us, but declared that it was quite impossible to reach the hold of the wreck, or even her deck. ‘lt’s a sheer impossibility,’ they said. “ ‘Well, it may be,’ said Lambert; ‘but I mean to have a try, at all events, now that I’ve come so far;’ and so, dressing, he went down. Forty minutes expired, and then came the signal, ‘Haul up,’ and he was brought to the surface. “ ‘lt’s all right,’ he declared; ‘the gold is there; but there’ll be some difficulty in recovering it.’ “Meantime the Spaniards were talking together rapidly, and one of our engineers heard their discourse. ‘Do you know what they are saying?’ he asked. ‘lt is that Lambert never reached th© wreck at all—that he is only pretending to have done so.’ “ ‘Oho!’ exclaimed Lambert, ‘so that’s their idea, is it? Well, we’ll soon correct that’ And in spite of entreaties to the contrary, and the fact that he had been forty minutes under water at an unusual depth, he put on again his diving apparatus, and made a second descent the Spaniards looking oh in amazement “Forcing his way to the steward’s pantry, he took from a rack a tea-cloth marked with the name of the ship, and, pushing it into his belt, gave the signal, “Haul up!’ I was keenly watching, and espied the doth in his belt. Seizing it, I waved it around my head; and the Spaniards, understanding in a moment what had been done, cheered and applauded lustily, subsequently thronging around Lambert and begging a thousand pardons of the brave fellow for their former skepticism. And so belief in English pluck was confirmed.”

Ru sia’s American-Built Warships,

Some details have been made public concerning two war vessels that are to be constructed in Philadelphia for th© Russian Government that should be studied by our naval authorities and •the naval committees of Congress. The largest vessel is to be a battleship of 12,700 tons displacement, which must maintain a speed of eighteen knots an hour for twelve consecutive hours, with all coal, ammunition and stores on beard. Speed ffiust be maintained with ordinary draught, and the coal, ammunition and stores will be greater by 50 per cent, than those carried on any vessel outside of Russia. The other vessel, a cruiser, will have a displacement of 6,500 tons, a speed of twentytwo knots an hour for twelve consecptlve hours, and a parrying capacity of 50 per cent, more stores of all kinds than has ever been put into a warship. These vessels will be far superior to any hitherto designed for our navy, and will embody *all the lessons taught by Sampson’s fight with Cervera.

Man’s Inhumanity.

“Oh, you needn’t talk,” said the indignant wife. “What would you be today If It weren’t for my money, I’d like to know?” “I really don’t know, my dear,” calmly replied the heartless wretch, “but I’m Inclined to think I would be a bachelor.”

Unshaken Confidence.

“It’s always pretty safe to judge a man by the company he keeps.” “Oh, I don’t know. There are exceptions.' My Uncle John’s business makes it necessary for him to associate with aidermen a good deal and still I’d trust him with every dollar I’ve got in the world.” •

His Eccentricity.

“That young Hooper is an enigma to me.” “Why?” “He has had three poems published in as many different magazines and still keeps on having his hair cut.”

A Dearth of Game.

“Hear about Gunning? While oufrhuntlng, the other day, he shot a pointer for which he bad paid $125.” “What was the matter—were there no men in the vicinity?”

Not Difficult.

He (indignantly)—l hope I know own mind! She (sweetly)—Yes! You surely ought to know as much as that.—Pick-Me-Up. Vienna has lest one of its'best-known women authors by the death of Marbarathe Halm. Her most popular works are the novels "Frau Holding's Heart*’ and "A Feminine Prometheus.” , She was twice married, but was sood divorced from her second husband. If a pessimist has nothing to worry him he worries about that