Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 23, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 February 1892 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER O. XXDAJCJC. PaMMMr. JASPML IXMAXA. Tmt British e tbeOtb. parliament wm opened Fouk of the anarchists concerned in the NUikinf of the eity of Xeres, Spain, last month, were garroted, on the lt'th. mi tk ptasa ia front of the eity prison. Isstkah of allaying revolutionary excitement in Spain, the executions at Xeres have stimHiated H. aad disorwtrs are reported in various parts of the country. " Thk eivil marriage of H3m Mattie Elisabeth Mltehcll. daughter of Sen ator Mitchell, of Oregon, to Duka Fran eois lie la Koehefoncald, was celebrated m Paria oa the 10th. Marion IIkiw.ki-kth. the leader of the gang who robbed an express train the 'Frisco road at Glendale, No, recently, was owpturetl in the post of fice at San Francisco on the 10th. Ox the Uth Messrs. Itsilen-Po well ami Dr. lntwsem for Great Itritain and Meriam ami Mendenhnll for the United States began their conference) is Wash ingtoa oa the Behring sea situation. A dispatch from Guatemala states that government officers are provok ing street brawls, and that it is feared that it is the intention of President Barillos to declare a state of siege, and so continue in power. Capt. Schi.ky has been detached from the llaltimore and assigned to dnty as inspector of the third district lighthouse hoard, succeeding- Capt. II C Picking, who is ordered to the com mand of the Charleston. The stage from Mokelumne Hall to Spring Valley, Cal was robbed of the express box, on the 7th, by a lone high way man, at the same spot where a sim ilar robbery occarred oa January 7, and probably uy the same person. Emil. Hamhehstf.in. the noted Ger man former, who k accused of 140 dif ferent crinaes and misdemeanors, was sentenced, en the Uth. to twelve years' imprisonment, having been convieted of the particular offense for which he was on trial at the Kerlia assizes. A dispatch from Corumbn, in the provinee of Rio Grande do Snl, lirazil, says the garrison at that place has deposed Gov. Martinho, and nominated Dr. Rocha in his place. Viscount Pelotas has assamed command of the pro visee. The rebels in Santa Catalina hare deposed Gov. Mailer. The final funeral services over the remains of the late Rev. Charles II. Spargeon took place, on the -llth. in the Metropolitan tabernacle, London, where the body had laid, practically in state, frem the time it arrived in that elty from Mentone, France, where the distinguished preacher died. Thk order recently issued in Russia prohibiting- the transportation of grain front one district to another has caused the grata merchants to fear that their .stocks are to be confiscated in the near 1 autre, ami that, in return, they are to receive government scrip which may not pay them for the loss incurred. Thk house committee on coinage, weights and measures disposed of the silver question, on the lCMh. so far as the committee is concerned, by votintr to report favorably to the house the Wll introduced by Mr. Mand, of Missouri,, for the free coinage of gold and sliver and for the issue of coin notes. Tm: rnltcd States grand jury at Dead wood, S. D., lias returned indictments against eight Chinese recently arrested for using the mails for the transmission of lottery matter. These cases will lie tried at once. If the accused are convicted of the offense numerous arrests will follow as this is looked upon as a test case. At aa adjourned meeting- of the trustees -f the New York Life Insurance Co., lwU In New York city on the Sth. Mr. William II. Iteers, the presMcHt, resigned, at the request of the .subcommHte4,.and was voted a pension for life of $m,im a year. .Several other trustees and officers of the company tendered their resignations. Thb supreme court of the District of Columbia, on the Kh, denied the writ of mandamus in the celebrated silver brick case to compel the secretary of the treasury to coin into silver dollars all silver hull ion presented at the United States mints. The dechdon k construed bv those interested to be a blow against the free coinage of silver. Ahchhishop Ikki.asw left St Paul, on the Nth. for Xew York, en mule for Liege, ttelgittm, where he will attend the internntional Catholic conference. He will be abroad four months ami will visit Rome. The archliishop's visit is nlso rumored to le in connection with the vacant cardinalate, ami his appointment thereto is among the probabilities. MT ItKV. .ToHJf iKKT.AXn, D. D., archbishop of St. Pntil, Minn., arrived in Kome on the llth. He is staying in the American college. Vhen the pope was informed of the archbishop's arrival he sent a message tnhltn asking him to eomc often to the Vatican to visit him. Hk holiness added that he was anxious to confer with him on social isUc and other questions eeueec-ntng the church in the United States. Passkxskh ty the steamer Australia, which arrived at Ssa FrMwiseo from Honolaln m the tin, report that when they left the nation wm in the throes of an election. The Wilcox fae14mi wanted a eoagren of nobka who wnU favor a republican form of govcrmBeai, while the other i4d wanted a continuance of the mown reh leal form. All the passengers ef the Australia are ef, th Ppiaieu that the latter Mde would trm.

CDRRKNT TOPICS.

TIE JTEWS IM BftTJa?. FIFTY.SCOONO OONQRCSS. Tum NMltlMMlM VMS IBHMB WMMfT, WM SU M9 PPflC SOT eesrt Maw, aad wm iatteaM to aeverut ef ten msnssra bf Consje t umaa haadalt, Thee was beta lull atteedsaea ef atinshers. wa aaaa ffm upkgdkpb BnH ay wm WHHvnnv W. H.r.Le. of YlrgMk. after whie tts M rMKMVWMM W4ff0 aMI4 Mi lx 14m XHnto, oa Ik IHk, RttaaWr ot mvd S0eusata eiw salHttmt aH Ju ts Hipu4alinBt ot nuiwwntsHwt at UaHsl to So Columtika MXorifl hntHaa at X ad rid wm favotaWr rosortta. Sir. DaaM oawd a r owtioa rfiiintmi taw retaryef UMtrsanrta rri flu Mm aecowat t ikt am at VnigMto im uwckwct tsx iw(aa4 maUN-. whkk MMi dtoeSMkm wkiek ajuaai MMiHMUr Of ftakm aaMUafaia ta -- kMMM. k Mac DMnct CommWa or, a aaaiMr ot Mils rMMhw to the cnrtritC wc panwl. Ts rMotalius BrarMtes- fersa mvm tirtioa ot ta WorM' fate- wpgsdwsm by ts oaiMie va ayprepnanaa mi, snar Jfariirinu. ri I i-T rl Is tb iMut. om the Hk, a nalw ot aamMr rrfovted from tae eowaiHI oa aawace wen placed oa tae cabadsr. walle tv ral otara. Ma adTrt4r reported, were ia daaHlr poMpoasl. The dacaaaioa ot tae eoats4 btrtwwa VirviaU aad "Wt Vkviaia srwtadtivet-tsxrefaad WMraaMd. Axttr wogiM oa the laM HpraUMvf Heuk. ef THMMe. tae sesM sdjraM..,. Is tKMHeabiU to dtnaiae ta warioai ot tea oirtntt a rict coarts of tHe Uai(l Statt for tae eatra dWrirt ot WSmosim was PwJ; lo bill to jtrorid (or th tutoimtoa to tao proaHencv of tag Becrttary of MtricaHara m cj or or dtMbilitr ot aUotatr eaM set oAeera. The prMdeat'i aaaaal ataca m mrrd to Uu Tineas eoaiautt far eoa sidntioa. Jx the resate, on tae Wth, eatte a Bamber ot bittf were roported aa4 placed oa the calendar. A Mil provKHnir for the apfeiatmeat by tae proeMtat ot three cwnatfemtoaers to ieiteeeut tiae L site J mUm at te World's fafepwl. Tke priatiafrbill wm abo paed, asd after assort executive sesatoa the aeaate ad joarsed la the aoae a hill was pawed aa taerwac tae raatraeMoB af a brMee aeroM the MWefawippi river at Barltactea. Ia. Taa mtHtarr acadeaiy aMrbpriatioB bOI waatekea p ia committee of tae whole aad peadlag db eaerioa the fcoaee adjoaraed. Xx the aeaate, oa tae llth. after a aaaiber of bub bad beea reported aad placed on Um eal ar. Mr. Oeenre Mtrodueed a bill hutractlaw committee oa Baaacs to report a bill re e.fciag tbefeaeoc let! feeder notes to tb Ht ef K) per eaaita. whka waa referred. The WU to provide tor taa erectba ef past cesMcKiea where the raeebta aaceed ts.Ma aaaam wai made a asetbl order for taa A bBl to iae t! atstates mt the L'aHed State brebtioa to taecoaaaaff trade of taa great Uaea wa paaied. After a aaert eaaea tlve nmoa ooaatdetatloa of tae wriatiw UU reeauMd ... Ia taa hoaae. aadar tae eaU ef taeeoaaaaKteea. aeveml meaearea were re sorted, after wairk roaekieratioa ef taa fry aeadamy ml waa maa ad. PERSONAL. AND GENERAL. The trial of Mayor Wymaa, of Alegiieny City, Pa., on the charges of ex tortion and embealeaaeat four counts was begun oa the Sth. Thkkk were references made in all the churches of London on the 7th to the late Dr. Spnrreon. The bishop of Itedford, at St. Paul's cathedral, and Archdeacon Sinclair, in the same place. delivered eloquent tributes to the great utsseaier. Axothkk unhneeessful attempt made, on the Sth, to set fire to the royal castle at Konigsnurg, Frusta. Ex-Srxatok IJowk.v, of Colorado, and hts wife are visiting Washington ami stay i(f at the Kiggs house. During the senator's absence from the hotel a few nights ago, and while Mrs. Bowen was at dinner, some one entered their room ami stole diamond jewelry valued at $1,600. There is no clew to the thief. The United States senate in execu tive session, on the Sth, confirmed the nomination of ltathbun to be postmaster at Klraira, N. , vice Flood, re moved. This is the nomination which Senator 1 1 ill has been opposing. Thi: editor of the Financial Observer. of London, has been sentenced 'to two months' imprisonment for libel. A.NPKKW C.vKXur.iK, the iron king. delivered a sermon in a Unitarian church m Xew York, on the 7th. oa The Gospel of Wealth." Foi'R anarchists, sentenced to death for participation ia the recent attempt made to sack the town of Xeres, Spain. were executed in public at 7 o clock on the morninr of the lath. Ax unsuccessful attempt to extort money from widows landed In the Ottumwa (la.) jail, on the Sth. Harry ISeatty, 18, ami Itiek Iiidn-ell. 24 years of age. Their scheme had been to write threatening letters to widows with comfortable allowances, declaring that unless money was forthcoming they would burn or dynamite their homes. CoUnhki. for Llllie Johnson, who is charged with the murder of Freda Ward in Memphis, Tenn., in conjunction with Alice .Mitchell, applied to Judge Ihtbose, on the Sth. for a writ of habeas cormix. with a view to having their elieHt mlmitted to hail. The writ was gran toil ami made returnable on the 12th. m Jamk O'Faw.0.v, of Leavenworth. Ivas.. was recently robbed of $4,006 in gold, which he had buried in the floor of the cellar nnderneath his rickttr welling. John O'Fallon. his son. anil nn aceompliee named Peter Gillkik were arrested in Kansas City for stealing the money, ami ?s7 of it was found in yonnjrO'Fnllon's clothe. Thb Moorehcad (Minn.) Merchants' bank, a private concern, closed its doors on the Sth. The deposits and claims held by other banks amount to $175,030 and the nominal assets are 9MHI,06O, but it is believed 66 cents on the dollar is the most the bank can pay. It Is reported that marble has been fonnd in large quantities ami of the nest quality near Itonaparte, la. Missonri parties have secured the privilege of dcvehmJnr the onarrles. Gkokok 11 Caba.mh. a nkmeer settler . ' ' I ami prominent man in southwestern Wisconsin, died at Georgetown, north of Galenn, 111., on the Sth. He waa a captain in the Black Hawk war in 11?, ami forjy yearn later represented his dhatrktt in the Wisconsin legislature. In his boyhood, which waa spent m oangamon coumy, III., he pankmof Abraham Lincoln. OxtheKh the New York eourt ef appeals rtcckled that Jeremiah fatftA the Kalian now awaiting death at Sing dared by the lower court He was 1 fmtml guilty of murder in? LttWi Fran. 5 cntCMtm JalyW, IwL r "J m llil L. M w . mr t

aam (a eollisiea with the Ucnaaa stew Outeafels la the Kuexeaaal. The latter ataamer had several platea heat hroksn and her halwarka, rails MHka damaged. Thk pre idea t. oa the Kh, seat to the aeaate the aemiaatka of W. M. una sell, of Xew York, to he third a-it ant secretary of State, vie J. X. Moore, resigned. 11 ox. Jomx Jay Kxox, ex-L'ited States cempt roller, who had beea ill with pneumonia at his rideae ia Xew Y ork city, died on the Kh. Hawi.kv Ch a I'm an. the aetor, waa prtmounced insane by a Jtreoklyn iury. oa the Sth, ami committed to the Whitestone Insane asylum. Mr. KKin, United States minister to Fraaee, who was veeently 111 within flueaaa, has had a relapse and is again con 8 aed to his room. A BARKSt. ioatlngin the river S miles below Nashville. Tenn., was broken open aad found to contain the remains of a man. Johx Hi-ohks, the pioneer ship builder of Xew Orleans, died in that eity on the Sth. S7 years of age. He built the confederate ram Manaasa. Thk trial of the case of William F. Jordan and K. J. McLanriH. editors and proprietors of the Harris burg (Pa.) Call, charged by Gov. Pattison with pubtishing a libel upon him during, his campaign for governor, was begun at Philadelphia ou the 19th. Thk city jail at Moorhcad, Minn.. was burned, oil the 10th, and J. Carring, confined for drunkenness, was burned to death. Sir Jamrs Cairo, K. C. II, F. R. S., the noted English agriculturist, died on the 10th. Thk empress of Germany is suffering from influenza. Pkesidext-kmict John McC.u.i, has notified the directors of the Xew York Life Insurance Co. that he will accept the office provided he be given full and absolute control. The matter is being: considered. The annual encampment of the Mas sachusetts department, G. A. R , began at Tremont Temple, Boston, oa the 10th. Essie and Gkoraiaxa Crisweix, aged respectively 14 aiid 16 years. daughters of William Criswell, a wealthy citizen of Wheeling, W. Vs., were run down and killed by a train on the llaltimore A. Ohio railroad, oa the 10th. Essie stumbled and fell before the on-rushing locomotive, and her sister, returning to her assistance. also stumbled and was struck by tlte cowcatcher and killed. Essie was cut in two by the wheels. The verdict of the jury ia the case of James G. Wyman. mayor of Allegheny, Pa., charged with extortion. was handed ia oa the llth. The mayor was found guilty on two counts. The senate in secret sesskm, on the 10th. confirmed the nomination of William M. Grinnell, of Xew York, to be third assistant secretary of state. A co a I. famine is threatened in Lon don, owing to a strike among the eoal porters. The duke and duchess of Teek with Princess May arrived at Osborne house. on the llth. on a visit to the queen. Coi- James At ocstvs Grant, C. II., C S. I., the African traveler, died at Nairn. Scotland, on the llth. Two mkx held up a Fresno (CaL ) street ear at a late hour on the night of the 10th, and robbed the dri cr of all his change, amounting to aboi. tvedollars. A passenger who pat his head out of a window to nee what was going on, was shot ami probably fatally wounded by one of the robbers. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The senate was, not in seMhm on the 12th.. In the hmi-e a resolution wai adopted setting apart April a for eulogies of the late Congressman Ford, of Michigan. Also a rewdution to print n.lWO additional eopies of the president's Chilian message. Favorable report was made by the committee on public lands on a bill to adjust swamp-land grants ami to fix limita tion of filing claim. In committee of the whole the motion for one-minute debute im the milkarr aesdcmV bill was carried: the drainage appropriation of SI5.000 was .st rick in out, ami the committee rose and reported the Mil. which was parsed. The house then proceeded to oonshter hills oh Uhj private calendar. The business failures occurring throughout the eomttrv during the seven days ended on the lKh, number. for the United States. and for Can ada 41. ora total of S7; as compared with X10 the prevkHts week. For the corre sponding week of last year the figures were S67, representing 33 failures in the United States ami 3 in the Domin ion of CnHada. Thk trial of ex-Mayor Penrson.of Al legheny City. l'a.. on the charge of em-Ix-auh-HM-Ht of commitment feus, ended JMlniptly. on the P-'th, the prosecution being unable to produce the neceMtat v evidence to prove their case. The jury. afters few minutes' deliberation, re turned a verdict of not guilty,'" the county to pay the costs. Axamchist in bands have amieared in the jotburlM of Xere. Spain, ami cause much alarm amour the dcooIh. who do not dare to leave their house. Within the city there is no little tremlation. and the streets are deserted early In the evening, DKKfirE the refusal of Mai. ami , , . T" " M- 0v l!,rHC' tke -trcet magistrate, on Mrs. uargrcaves to Ilia TUIh isnaatti the I Sth, committed her for trial on a charge ef perjury. Cot. Fetek H. Au.arach. of Wash ington, chief of the capitol police, and a hero of both the Mexican war atul the war of the rebellion, died Thurs day night URVAUAThas not been affected bv the disturbance ou the Itrazllmn frontier. The report of the revolt of a rrisen at Montevideo. U wholl- . founded. The presidency of the Xew York Life Insurance Co. was offered to ax1 9kr,Um " AJoHnwI. 1 " KMempt t? a treaty ef fammeree WtwacR Italy asd witaerland MM failed. . .

INDIANA STATI KEWE

Kribie Vkaded iiiseHnU at VI Wayne is te hat a library. nEtRVVltaJt will have a Mae of hxtrie ears aaj m w high aehaol. A Soith lNil woman named Mrs. Wilkina ia the mother of twenty-two child rea. A KM animal lappattd te he a -rlW eat was killed hy hunters near peaHKr. Jsmx W. Somith. of VhscanuM. tWK eratelv threw himself under a train aad was killed. Grokok Cassapv, of Kokomck. is iailed for robbimr the girl he rwtned ef the mosey she earned at the washtub. Ki'shvilkk has a mutual live stock insurance eompany. Tjikkk were over one hundred deaths in Grant county during January. Mkx found a rich veia of lead while diriciBf well near Richmond. A woman near Iluntiagton has what is believed te be a ease of lepnxy. I X FA NT St'I.MVAX was scalded to death with boiling water at Mar-kle-ville, Amos 1. Hari-AXH, of Lafayette, has just remarried his divorced wife aaf tcr she bad spent i,,J06 alimony decreed her by the court Thk Jeifersoaville car works has closed a contract to build tweijty-fire passenger coaches, for the P., C, C. t St. L. The Monon has pnrchastd of this company 800 box and .50 Mat onrs. John O'H.vkrk.v, of Muncie, who was known by all as "Hamilton Tweedy," for twenty years employed by the Hemingray glass manufacturers, fell into a vault and died soon after being rescued. I) avk Isknhoi'K killed a bald estgle near Lebanon. It measured eight feet from tip to Up. : A Htri'rosKD counterfeiter, giving- his name as .lames Walker, is under arrest at Indianapolis. ' John Hrvant, a colorel Kranlclm county man. went to the pen two yars for stealing a quarter. Lloyd Smith, while assisting in tear mg down a building at the old lair grounds at Indianapolis, fell sixty feet asd fractared his skulL Mrs. John Fleetwood, of Tipton, refused to give two tramps theirdimner and out of revenge the tramps set the barn afire. At Mooresville the schools are all closed and children are kept off the streets on account of diphtheria. Lu.i.ik Stkvkxc, the Indianapolis murderess, kicked up, her heels and raised old Xed when sne was declmred insane. ni.ooMi.NATo.v is having a scries of re vival meetings, and the churches are billing their attractions like a ci Aurora has an epidemic of scarlet fever. A window glass factory will be opened at Elwood. The colored enthusiasts of Colunabla City have founded a new religious sect known as the "Evening Lights." During the services the congregation all comes forward and kisses the preacher. The grip s ravages m Southern Indi ana are the worst of any part of the state. Fire at Indianapolis destroyed the main portion of the Hough iron works the other day. Loss, flSO, 009; insurance, $78,006. I.xceniiiariks early the other mom ing set nre to the storage house of Alfred llurdsnl's paint factor, 1ml inn apolis. causing $5. 066 loss, which is cov ered by insurance. It develops xaotr that incendiaries were the cause of the great fire in the Hough, Ketcharaa & Co's iron works, and the company is seriously considering the advhability of relocating elsewhere. Michioax Citv is to have a charity ball. Frank fokt's electric light plant is in operation. A company has been formed to U-ttihl a railroad from La Porte to Hammond. Josh Xorton. of Kckomo, dropped dead while playing checkers with his wife. Makiox electricity gave out recently, stopping tins cars, ana people had to walk. John Ci.akk, of Franklin, has do nated ?4O,0OO to Hanover college. Thi: proposed (Yank fort opera house will cost SW. 600. aa .. a - . jiaiih) saouie tree lactones are forming' a trust. Thk FL Wayne Driving club will Hold twja meetings this rear. A Saw window glass factory will 1 established at Anderson. SlTRiet s silver dollars of 1ST7, are in circulation at South J tend. ri.on. n. ktm. a ii sum i so me young woman awl a stranger in hey mow. -was detected in the act of atealingftx The other day she was sentenced to serve eighteen months in the female reform atory. mr.fi hunting Alex Vealy shot nnd Killed Muion (limine, near Ia. Orange. Ifoth men were prominent farmers. t. .mahsiraxo, a irult dealer at t a m . . . hvansville, was bitten by a tarantula. He mny recover. Yorkto.v will soon have a nail-mill and a new novelty works concrn. Kifty-thrkk Chesterton lkiHor dealers were arrested in one day for selling to minors. The Chnrch of (Jod. of Andenom. ii seriously divided oa the question of the selection ef a paster. A movement k on feot to ergaaine a mutual lire-stoek insurance eempaaiy, whose field of operations will he eonfined to Rush county. It is thmtfgat that the rate charged on this kind of insurance is much toe high, and the n terprise is being pushed by influential stock-raisers Y- T. ItorcHAHti. of Napoleon, committed suicide I y shooting himself In the head. His wife, who is seventy years old. is on her death bed. snd the old man said he didn't want her te -die aad leave him alone. Mir.o Kxsi.anii. of Geshen, deeri!ed a a poor man. had his packets rifted ef MOfia issh Wv a boarder.

THK MISSISSIPPI

And Ita AMvNti mmd. Their portHM to tfc OoMitry. thf rWejrC arweeey amj mmm 9 enmaeFe OaaWiJt wnh the , The felhiwing statist ies and arn anaats praseatetl in a pamphlet issued rref. ai. Waterhouse, of Washington wnirersity, SL Louis, will be read with interest by all who favor the improvettentamldevelpmentof the Mississippi river ami its afituents and the promotion) of trafiic on the great system of waterways: it k the aha af the hew aad anruwsat here in trt forth to saow taa ceemwrehd iaiMrtaae ef earmidlaMd river if turn aad the awe why of m wirlr rrmwval Irom the jti'iPinoima aal Ha main tributarhH ttt fverv obuructioa to taehUMvimtioa. The coartew of Hoa. K. P. Porter, siriatttWat of the I7aitl Statoit eau. IsMrvwattj- farakal me with itthtie4 waich exhibit the Maitmh of mr river cxmum? roe, a seaiawry f which ha follows, ewWacMHt alt eratt of owt Ave toss: Oa the uwer Miauls kipt system there are SM rx. with a toaaieaof IKjmi.M, asd vahwu at imm. Uarhcel craft. 3W: toanaa. h.a.W;vau;.aa.TSt Total craft of aU kinds, 64; toaae. mMTM; value. ,Mm. On the hr Mtmiaitppi aytlem there are am nwnu. with a teenage of 7U.177..W, aad mt MlXTi. Unrhnrd craft. S; tonJVHff, 177..-XKW; valgf. Sl.iat5.l. Total craft of )lkh'J,3n; tosar;, M77.m; valae,SM,()a tha Ohio ywtem there rt MT atramers, withatoeMiKe of HC.m Kt, aad valaod at .. 3f.TlS. Uarwirrt cmft. toaitfe, value. SUnUM. Total craft of all Icimb. 8JM; toaaaaw, XlW,miS; value. On the Kt Rtver of the North thre are 4 4mr. with a toaaaee of 41 Itt. vituxl at M4.W4. Unrttrred cmft. 11: tosaaee. Ml..M): vahw,$lljei Twtal craft ef all kind. 14; teaatff, 11.4II6.IC: value. tWMHH. Owad total for Mtitsnippt valley: SteimerH, l.iai; tonae. SH,771.!: value. SHaWJfl. Uarhwederaft.MW: toaaaee. 8.1Me.ttW.W; value. S4.TWuW. Craft of all kiadi. 7,M; toaaaire.a.. .W.!: vlu, $15i.iS. DvrisK the year im there were carried ea tfeetatire yitem 244 refralsr nd excursoa iwwum; P.tTI.MI ferry iiaera. or Ml.ciC.KHI. There wrre moved .S.0KS tons of freight, mmd 7M.stt miles were traversed by all tsaaers. For the aaaw year (1Wr) the rtom earaisea of all rraft oa the entire system were 9M expraoea. Sll,Me,c: aet earaiea, 6t,797,MH. ThMethcarM are arxuiaeata watch seareely renaire a ver!l Mpraw-km. The coscy of the tkctm I fu riore convincitir thaa tae Ulaatralfoa of rheteric TheeflMtacy of the MissiarirH as a means of eowmerrial mtercourve (eft! apoa the freedom of its chaaael from obatractios. Ia view of the freqwmt iaterraptkuu of aavfeatioa, the ameaat of freieata 1wob th MhMiMirH i aarprMbKly buire. But, If H ehaaael wcra always deep eaoah for taoiMeeef boets, the aicrcwat wojkl be imnmaoly RTester. The cmlays which eesllowa caaoe eeter merchtBta from aeaatmg timr gooAn hy the water roate. ImA aam naerthe rivrt' was eseeptioBally low. The exprieaeesnf a honaay excursioa impreawd me with vivid teaa of the ehttacWi which at tinMeabsrrMth aavieatiea of theXhwiaftPr. On my way to St. Paul aad bark, atty homwwe iieat ob sand bats. Tk varum dctostiona arMag from low water protracted the rea4 trip alae Any s?ynad the achedule time. There wa s Mttcint Sow of water for wnolwtrueted aaviftatioa. g ft had oaiy lieea restricted to a aarrow chsaaeL On the upfer river the whig-damn are aameroM aad effective, ladeed. without them the seallows wowJd have bwa wholly faapaaMbte. Kut ttHtre are Hilt aeorea of aeals whkh the Rovernaseat bum neg-kvted to renaore. At oaly a few places were force of ami at work upon ta improveawut of tha ehaaael. The eaamph of Pniaee ia providhnc xacHttie for romnssrrial mtercoarae afforis an i extract ire famn to thi Uaitetl States. Ia Fraaee. from the dny of the great Taabaa. sdette exree-iHurcMi of the pahne wealth have haetesel to routptetiea every work that promoted the astioaal ietrt. Bat ia thin eeantry a fiW Ttrm dehrti the aef utoeM aad iacrert the c;t of public imrrovenH-ntx. In coaeeqiieMcof the irreKuhrity aad ioeaffioeccy of coKrw.iocat tHtpropriat oe. works eomHMtaml by , the fveraawat sosMthne fell into partial dec-ty Wore they can bw aaished. The c.it of recontracthi tateat U a areat aal uane-e!Hry expMHe. Evea the rkhet satioa in th; world cam not agutd Mh waMefal extravaeaaee. Trae frKMty reqainw as aauaalfrraat f funds anapVeaoaKhfor the waaoaatde rowplcti'm ot IMiMte imprnvjuiewja. Oar irefet impohcy renders the upper 3f1attM4ppi ahaoH winaviesb&natlew ataaw of water. djirivtwoar areat waterway of Hi va4 af aiaeiH as a wwaas of traMcrtatfca ami af a nseutator of railroad freifbM. sad dehar th rirhw m H baalci from the proeperMy which xflcwirMiitt tr would create, A etatMmanah broad at the iaierosfai of nit coaatry asd haedkw of mioUkw cssceptitMMof imMie eroaomy ought to make reraler :! a4etatv 4vvM4i fr devtKHilae thiehaaad of tls Mtodndfttd nver Tke roar of forvica cvsrammti h Macoa!y dttrreat from oar owa. For aeeatury the great uatfcjan byood th AU ulie, claarly re-antairtiMC thi .aite tt pabli - prperHy. havelen e Je.-tively cirrylic at eysteais f haterMl mprovem?at. If the Xliivtpti were in Rare evtrythiK which imperi tl Wvlth ami eatsiaeer.nfc skill could e-optolt would Vihk since have bees dona to fiJ U) chtaael frruu t?v-r)-obstacle to its nWw'ai. Th. enterprise of Anetkaas U a mtfctail loa-t: bat.ia tbe protyat.en of mvat public works. Raropesa !wv( k?ti more r'ojteeiive thi a our own rn t rvjnMi Ia tWir maasKvmetit cf mterasl imiwjvitttfnt AmerfrMni mhrh' prufttabiy follow the pridsnoe of foveiica example. Th; recdiK MsttMka ahww huw rjt aeomxaeree now SnaU oa the Mi(H-ipt aad t afHaeabi. bat their toaaaed woald a hmalonbbly Kreeter, if thee atresavi wire always laavimbfc. The Haprcvement of the X ia4ippi ii a vait nrnbriaWae. The penaaneat aeromplMimeat of thU work h perhaps hnpo4bkt. Th- rrr-r !titfti aands of an stlavtal le I ronstftatly renew th- nteksof theemdaeer. Hut hmHhw the ambiaed forces of ciftn and eaphal, wnkh have wereome, k many asemhuHy faswpenlde dialcaHiea. will t ahle to maiataln navatable chaaaefam hi alt our areat rtver. The hasdeoaaer of small gnats hi aa urgent reenea for larger appropriatinas. rale tbeorieM of frujtiHty hoahl not le roffcred to prevent the inprovmmt of waterways which, if kept ofro, KfmMcbeapeu every form of cosuaercial trmnjwrttHMi. While rotNcreeednAal allowasces oeebt to be more IHwral. the 1UA of operatkuM iaH t reMtfct.'d. The enverameat faad are (IMftated over too htrjee aa area to beeffect.Te. A con-watratioa of effort woekt 1m more eimdudve to meres, fehoakl the aaprf.Uhh poMcy of retremheat prevail, K woaMscem l to Unit the exiteadHare of psililk monry i to the improvement of the maia f.rMi. Pcraapj. even in tha event of ample aeynipristkMH, such a reatrktioa would he the wlswt course. Mtoorhiteresta rheuM rlM te the feaeral welfare. It eaperhmea maybe taken as a mid, ahaaltaaeoss operation upoa aUser wsterwars are aoMom j rodaetive ef much Rood. The work m too ahaht, itiaeenaected. and ItlermKleat to aroMsth ths ohjevt. If t aws hW ssd money frittered aeayoa alt ear rivett were epent oa one, that stream would he opeeN from Ha mouth to tae Kant of aavieaties. h aad eere work tmrdieeeoacen ttatha. Our rivera shouM be aevarsHy hnprnvei m the order ef their (he aad rtel ieportMtf. Beth the arnencyaf pnhHc senlieeat wilt aet permit a separate aad aeereewhe leeffea, thea the M kelaalppl, Onto and Mhweari should be the art to receive attentive. The deepeatag of the am chaaaelw ureuM msere the improvemeat ef the hitmterhs. H eeatroaw weald oaly labardmatt ana, esH-western mat weahj sveabelrae lkaecuBa

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ea Mtea aad l Int. TW JTT, -ja.t pprapriath hapruvaa eeswitoa of weatera iwmn, Z iataeaaad msmbera of aoueresa wnout. V" taeaolutkmaf . eaacakth'! r.nwed by the -aJutb ear rna Mates, wsmhl hardly 2 aeayaia. K our aovrranMmt dsoulTfS.! aaake adeeasto provhaoa for thTiaWZ ot our waterwaya, the ehfcf tdbMHr tSZ fsUure woaM net m the dWsd.Hwi aae miaomuy aehhm roaHttuast-i,. hZ21 of actum and a satwaaa4iip that rhJsiu? Petty hl aeeda to the Indent, fn' triotkm aurveys aatioaaJ iatereaU woaultl al"5' wrw CattTa can not afford to neeleet the meatous mteresta of westvrc naviaation aa mtmt ears the Mfcahad, .aJ fsr-i4ahtd krhdatioa. DmiKiK. tu Z? atrurthai ef wisdsm,the rZe of droatht. of waters stored ia the ktkTrf MtamMota. aad the lanow from Uke MbhZ? after the eompfetios rf the Rock Iskad caZi wilt afford s Mrtisl relief, Bat there are remote and grave ilttHmhWtnl Um ifrmve HHia remote whkh cittwrw. oaly can obviate. Sciwttillc oWrvatlou rivort! atrradaallowerhHrof the waters of theXlMk! aippl aad of the great northern lakes. The rsuae of this enl4ience fat the MUhk of Berthera forests. Loaa-awo furetea nation the imprmbme of denuiliua- their woodUnd. The extinction ef vatualde phnU. the .tt," lMsrasce of birds uwal to the farmer, the dT. miaisbed rainfall, the aballowwl ntreamn, and the hMsessd productiveaean of the soil wn dlMswtsrs whk oaly imperial bands were ai.ljUi retrieve. Ami sow. thruughottt Euro and Imlia, wise aatl riesroas forestry faiws prvveat aay wanta or ibmr(iuly-extnsive Je'tractioa at trees. When aav Innun m U , of its w.xxl, the amount of lxeciinUtion al. wnys Hecresmos, ami tne ramrail. InsttHul of hihurabHtrhed br the mrth aual &lnwtf si... iato the water-courses, iowa quickly from the siinaci) ami swells tm Mreams with a urllea and tran4hHt rise. In the evnt nt wn- ...i eoetmnoaa rains the rapid entux of the natw causes rieatructive Hoods. Unless our nomameat taaei effective measures to arret the fellinffuf CMir northwmtom funuti tluL.-.. ia volume of the M IssheiMd will in the nm, iK time be obstructed Uy still greater iinjoli. inputs to navh,Mtkm. The isatntriXiWt nt ik nUnrin irku rhea;a the food of msakia 1 aad faciliUt the pi-mi(Mfra oi oomenoc anu loreign commerva rhalleages the beet thought ef Americas ta'eeThe nnmntiiHi at flu. rut Intnrmt. kLt .l. river system of the Mjwisaipi valley ripre. seats is a uroad dithietiea. If b hrl tk.. our eoagrensmea. with a iatriotlsm graadly per:r to mere haeal wants, wHI take uruupt aad eakieat hPtvt te M these majestic stresae loriaetr eesoaeu careers or aanoaa! asefatALUM AS MEDICINE. It May be rrefltably I'aexl ts Maar AMictlesa. Though we will all agree that we want no alum in our food, let me tell you several good uses for it Have any of your "men folks" frozen their ears, so that they are sore and swollen? Make a solution of alum; ti.en tahe a soft piece of old nroslin and fold it several times till it is but little larger than the ear. Wet it in the alum solution and bind on the afflicted member, renew it whea beginning to dry, ami continue as long as swollen. If used in time it will prevent discolorations and ftOTtMla For ehiiblaiaa. bathe the feet at night in a wealeec solution. For toothache, where the tooth is hollow, pulverise a little alum and add an equal quantity of salt; dampen a bit of eotf ton and put as much of the mixture te the cavity as will adhere to the eottoi? For croup, mix sugar and powdered alum in equal part; give a little fre quently. It will usually induce vomiting ami cure the trouble. A fiannel wut with kerosene, bound around the patient's throat is a great help. An animal's eye that has been injured so as to have a white coating grow over it oan frequently be cured by blowing powdered burnt alum into it. Powdered alum and the white of an egg as much as the egg will dissolve fs juht the thing to batbe a strained limb with, where the cord and muscles are so they seem "too lon.n It will HNsiht them to contract. The Housekeeper. "Offing to Kerf" Kthittrttr. It is always a debatable point of etiquette whether hostess or guest make the first movement to go to bed, and thus lireak up the evening gntherin?. The guest mny be overcome with fatigue from a day's journey, the host may lie fidgeting under the strain of entertaining, and longing for tlte gta-st to show some signs by which he can gracefully and hospitably suggest "that it is growing late." yet neither quite like to appear, as they think, impolite. In fact many visitors have suffered agonies in trying to be ngrceatle, while the host and hostess were dofnt their lasst to suppress their yawns a-nd to "make conversation' until chsinee offered a solution of the dlmctiHjv There is. however, Imt otic rule to be followed in this relationship of ht anil hostess ami the hour of retirement. The host and hostess must always take the initiative and say an appropriate word uh to the Intones4 of the henrnnd the desirability of goinjf W bed. Ihiston Heacon. , lire slctrts. The renovation of dress skirts I., cf course, economical, ami when thf material is good and little worn it N to be advised. .Inst now the style of shirt shows its date more than the IxxlJee. If the former is sufficiently full. tber may In? gores nt the shies to impart the sheathlike appearance that is still indispensable, and the back should I much gored to insure the short fashionable train, with as little fullness at the waist mh may lie. The skirt is lj monntcd on a narrow riblion brought up over the bodice. There no diftteitlty if the modernised Mr full enough in giving it all the fetttnres of current fashion. Kvenlng dress can be similarly cut Cross folds on the upper part ef the bodice are still admired, with eerselet of jet or velvet helow. -N. Y. Post Count Tolstoi's wife, though like a peasant with him and devoted w other ways, doesn't think much of h peculiar doctrines, of whkh she recently quoted as saying: "A I J husband's derates nre small, blonde, .uli. -wj Uuilvnll as like one an ethers a pair ef oM boots. thbdc they drift Into Mieay far Itdhmi tw seat's teaehing."