Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 52, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 September 1894 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOVXIS, Publisher. JASPEB. INDIANA. IN BLUEBERRY TIME. A quiver of heat on the upland, Ami white Hon the dust on tho plain, jVnd dark In the went is the beauty Of tho low cloud that brinceth the rain. Swift home to the nest wlnjr tho robins, And fleet to tho hire swim: tho bees, And straight to tho mother the children Hun down tho lent path through the trees. By tho farm pnto the mother is waiting, Her haml hollowed over hur eyes; One wants the dear children about her When tempests march hluck in the hides. And safe 1 the Kray little farmhouse. Though storm may bo ravins aloof. And the tramp of the rain-host oh sternly As hoof-beats upon the old roof. Tis blueberry time, and the pasture Hitch up ou the hillside Is nvreet "With the fru-f ranee of hay, and the Incense Of flowers you crush 'neoth your feet. -The stone wall U crimsoned with brier The clematis tangles its spray, The deep wlne-rcd prumc of the sumac Uplifts like a soldier's at bay. -With banners nil bright for tho autumn Ere yet the dear summer lias fled, Tho ifraee of the tfolden-rod swayeth, Tho fatraster ralseth her bead. .And countless luhh grasses are waving, And rlpplei the brook ns If rhyme Worn the syllatdod music of nature. In beautiful blueberry time. "Hob White." with his silvery whistle, Sins shrill from the heart of tho corn. And clear over tlr-top ami elm-top The caw of the black crow Is borne: And nlKht falls In shadow and silence. Save only the katydid s strain, And the hoot of the owl from the thleket. Or the whlpjKKrwir plaintive refrain. Tis blueberry time In the mountains. The time of the julver of heat Tho time of the sudden uown-plashlnif Of rain that Is welcome and sweet. The barefooted, brown, dimpled children Troop out with their baskets and palls; The rabbits are scared at their laughter, And startled forth flutter the quails. Tfs blueberry time, and the mother Ilvmeinncrs how she. In her day. Tripped up the steep path by the pasture. The path of her laddie to-day; .And some Lie was waltlns to preet her, Up there by the old meadow bars. And they loitered and lingered together Till evening had lighted the stars. Ah. well! time has passed; she is older. Wake. dear! It Is bedtime." she say. To the husbam, who peacefully drow.se. Tired out after low; work Ins-days.. The rain dies awny In soft patter. The children upstairs are nsleep. God guards them; the dear little family His anu'els are ordered to keep. Margaret K. gangster, In IInrpers Ilaziv. LOVE Wll A. YEAlt. Caao of "Abaonco Makes the Ho art Grow Fondor." Scene: A pleasant Mttlnir-room In Alicia's faome. Present, Alicia and Kaitnund. Alicia (with diguity) No, no, Raimund. 1 can't listen to 3'ou. Raimund (pleadingly) Hut why, Alicia; why? Alicia For a hundred reasons. I need not name them, since my- answer is final. Raimund (desperate-) It can't be -flnaL I won't believe it. I love3'ou too much. Oh, do you think I can give jrou up for one refusal? That is not my way of loving. What can I 8S3 to make 3ou understand? Alacia (gently) You ?are made me understand. I appreciate most truly the depth and warmth of your feeling; "but, 1113 dear boy, it is altogether impossible wildly impossible, this dream -of yours. Raimund It is in nowise impouibU. That's the wrong word. Alicia (firmly) Raimund, listen to -me. Counting by time 1 am four years your senior. Raimund (promptly) I don't ore. Alicia And counting by experience Raimund (interrupting) Experience? If you come to that your xperi--ence can't rank for a moment beside mine. .1 am twenty-five, but I have been struggling with the world since I was aixtecn. You have been busy with your books and music, going out into society now and theu. What can you learn of life, of its real significance, in "the pleasant drawing rooms of your select little circle of friends? Alieia (with a retrospective smile) Enoagh for dissillaskmraeat enough to see the folly of such a marriage as you suggest. Raimund Then you have learned very Jlttle. I have been out battling with fate struggling against worse odds than you can dream of; bat I was working my way to you. Alicia (emiling) And I was growing -old in the meantime. Come, bow, be sensible. Raimund I am sensible, therefore I Tefuso to accept your decision. I repeat again, I love you, and I want you for my own. Oh, Alicia! (his voice breaks a little) if you don't quite hate me if there is no one you care for more don't you see that Ixan't give you up? I iMf hope. Alicia (softby) There is no one else, and I am very, very fond of you. I see so much in 3011 that is noble and manl3 Raimund (quieklv) Don't don't praise me. 1011 never uld before, and U makes mc feel afraid. I know quite well I am not worthy to tie jaur shoe ribbons, but I worship you so. There Is nothing in (Jod's world I would uot do to prove my devotion. Alicia (after a pause; I wonder if you would do one thing- I might ask of you make oue little sacrifice for both our sakes? Raimund (fervently) Yes; an3thing anything in my power, Alicia, except to leave you, and that is not in my power now. AHcia-But that, dear, is what I would ask you to do. No, let me speak. 1 do bclievo that you arc tru and loyal and full of love Raimund Oh, Alicia! Alicia Hush, now! And it Is for this reason that I wish you to go awa3. Yesterday, when you spoke of yoar partner trying to persuade you to take a ImsJa trip

Raimund Hat I told you I would nut go because it would separate ma from you.

hcia ! thought it was what you ought to do. II wanted you to stay a year, you saidKaimund -Yes, bat I won't Alicia And take charge of tho firm in San Francisco, (Gravely.) Suppose I demand of you to make this test of your lore to stay away a ycnrV Raimund (impetuously) I ton't, that's all. Alicia If yoa love me if you are sure 3'our love will last you can. Now, see, dear. I will any this much: that ifj'ou co away for a year among; new interests and uew people, putting tho new experience that are sure to come to you, and then return to rac with the same unchanged regard, I might be able to see but I wou't promise only perhaps Raimund (passionately) Oh, yes, you will promise you will let me hope for a promise. That is what you mean, my best and dearest. Then I'll go. It's hard it's heart-breaking; but I'll leave you for a year, Alicia. And when I come back you'll marry me; say you will? Alicia (giving him her hand) Don't ask me for any pledge. Come to me and see. CURT A IX. Scene II.: Tl hbc Alicia alone. Alicia (musing) It doesn't seem like a year since Raimoud went Ah, yes, it does. And itaeems a little more like ai A th? I .hall alize tun. I shall ,Car,b ,e.. ' five 3'cars. I can't rea nee him so soon. Dear changed; I can feel it in his letters. He seems more dignified, more guard-' ed. I notice that especially in his ' writing of his friendship with my cousins. I know from Helen's letters that he has been with them constant- j ly Sil oe he went to San Francisco, and i yet he mentions tboui always in the most distant way, as if he saw them once a month or so. Perhaps that is significant. I rather fancied that he might be attracted permanently, they , are both such charming girls, though Amy, of course, is very young not eighteen yet. He has spoken of her more often than of Helen, perhaps because he knows hint is my favorite. Hcigho! Poor Raimund! I hope he has come back cured, or do I hope it? I am a year older, but itm I a year wiser? I don't know. M3' heart goes beating as if it belonged to a young girl expecting a call from her first sweetheart (smiling softly) I am Raimund' first sweetheart at least I was; but much can happen in a year. 1 hare a curious feeling as if something were coming to make me sorry. I wonder there' the bell. It can't be so soon! I told Nora to send him up. Yes, that's his footsteps (Controls herself and elands waiting until a tap is heard.) Come in. (Enter Raimund.) ilaimand! Kaitnund Yea, I'm here, dear dear Alicia! (Grasps both her hands warmly) How glad I am to see you again! Alicia And I aaa wore glad than I can say. Uaimund Is it possible you are more anything than yom can say? You never used to be. (He laaghs.) Alicia (mentally) Oh, lie's changed. How brown he is, how handsome! No, it is only that he has grown to be a man. Kaitnund (still keeping her hands and looking brightly into her facu) Well, do you recognise me? I think I must be altered. The life out there is so different from our New York life; but I like it it ki splendid. I am glad I gave it a triaL Alicia (with aa odd sense of depression) Yes, 30 are altered, Raimund. You seem to have frown larger, ever3 way Raimund Tkaak you. My views of life I know are wider. You? You don't seem eha)f d t all, but you look pale. Were yea always so pale, Alicia? Alicia I am a. year older, you must remember. Raimund (heartily) And a year lovelier, indeed yea are. I think I must have forgot tea afceut your being so very pretty. It airikes me so forcibly bow. And yoar eyea are just the saute. I have thoafht ef them ae of tea. Yoar eousin Amy's eye aad yours are very much alike. Alicia (meaWlIy) How hold he is! (Withdrawing her haads). Yes, tkey are alike, I thiak. Raimuad (aritleally) Amy's are darker, a little, JBy the way, they're sent letters aa4 paekages yoar aunt and coastaa mst I re aet got at my trunks yet. I jawt stepped off the train, took a hath, aad came straight to you. Alicia How mice and kind! Raimund To myself. It's such a delight to sit and talk with you again, but there's as mach to tell you, I don't know where tm begia! I've had a glorious time with your cousins, and your aunt has really heea like a sweet mother to me. Right at once they made the strange eity seem like home. Alicia And Aavat Laura's health is so wonderfully improved, Helen writes me. Raimund (eathuvastieally) Improved! Yoa never saw anything like it- And the girhi are really well, real1 13 beauties, doih 01 taem. nieyare 1 coining on to Aew lock. I suppose Helen has told yom, very soon now. Alicia She has not spoken of it. Kaimund Oh! they are coming; at least, I hope they will that is, 1 think they oaght to. Alicia (mentally) How cob fated he tuMii. (Aloud. amiilRLrlv). Whv do you think they ewght to? Aren't they quite happy ia Saa Irancisco? Raimund Well, I'm selfish, I suppose. I'll at km them a good deal. Alicia (sympathetically)-Ohl I can understand that. Helea is so charming, don't yoa thiak? I said at once when I knew yea were to stay in San Francisco that Helen would be just the friend yea aeeded there. Raimnnd She certainly is splendid, but it's CHriewÄ soavehow, I took to Amy more. Alicia Oh, Ohl yea? She's v:r

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Raimund I liked that. 1 never had such companionship before. 1 meaner (reddening lightly) ah I'm glnd Amy is your favorite, too. Alicia (slowly) Hut I've scarcely thought oflier, except as a child. We have not not in three years, j'ou know Raimund She is a chHd or rather a child with a woman's heart. Hut if 3'ou've not seen her in three 3enrs 3ou'll

bo surprised and delighted. I havu her picture here, (He detaches a little locket from his watch chain and hands it to Alicia.) That is just as she loolcs now, Alicia (in surprise) Is it possible she allows 3011 to wear her picture? Raimund (calmly) Yes. She fastened it on mj" watch chain before I came away. Alicia How strange! Rut (smiling faintly) perhaps it isn't strange. Perhaps there was a good reason. Haimund w ell yes. I will tell 3ou the reason in a minute, hut 3ou must udmirc her lovely face a little first. Alicia I do, extremely. Raimund And she's such a darling the best of darlings, the sweetest and sincerest why, what's the matter, Alicia? Alicia (bravely) The matter? Nothing. Raimund There is: you're so awfully pale and 3'ou're crying! Alicia (with a sob) Oh, not cr3lng only this swoet3oung face and I'm 1 thinking hoping that you may be VCry' 'y happy, Raimund! Kailnulla (verv (rravclv) Tliat is for yo to say. Alicia. Alicia And I su3 it, with all my heart. He happy! Yes. I wish 3011 to be. Don't mind a few tears. They only come because (hysterically) I am glad glad Raimund (with soothing tenderness) Recause 3011 are glad to see mcthat's right! It's all right! Let me dry your tear.s, and then 1 must ask you ono little question which Amy told me to ask. Alicia (imploringly) Oh, wait wait give me a moment. Do you think I have 110 feeling no remembrance of what is past? You und A 1113' have all . 3'our lives to be together all the days and 3ears that are coining Raimund (in astonishment) I and ' Aim? What in the world are yon talking of, Alicia? What do you mean? Do 3011 suppose you don't suppose Alicia Ah, dear Raimund, I know. I know! And it is natural it is just what should be. There! I won't be selilsh any more. Now talk and tell me about her. Pour out all that is iu ' your heart. Raimund (still astonished) Hut ' there isn't anything to pour. Amy only wanted me to aslc 3011 11 you would lot her be your bridesmaid when we are married. Alicia Uaimund oh, Raimund (Sobs wildly iu his arms.) Raimund (enraptured but perplexed) Mv blessed tfirl! Oh, don't, Alicia! You break my heart! What is it dear est? What makes you grieve? Oh! (suddenly turning pale) 3-ou can't vou don't mean to cast me off after all! Alieia (from his coat collar) Does this seem like casting 3ou off? Ruimuud No-o but spealt to mc, for lleaveu's sake! Alicia (with an effort) Oh, I thouirht vou had come to tell me you ; loved Amy and wished to marry her. Raimuud Loved Amy? How could J 3011 get hold of such an idea? Alicia You wore her picture. Raimund She was sending it to you, dear, locket and all, and snapped it on my chain so it would be sure not to be forgotten. Alicia Hut you spoke 01 Her so much, every moment Raimund Hecause for this long3car she has been my little helper and con fldante. She knew all my doubts and uncertainties. I could go to her and simply rave about you, and I did. An older woman would not have listened. And when vour freezing letters came it was such a relief to tell her bow wretched they made me. Alicia (repentantly) Oh, po-o-or boy! Raimund And she knew how I dreaded to put my fate to the test that I was afraid, as the time drew near, to come back to you for my answer. It was she who suggested that I would appear before you, care lesslv and recklessly, as I've tried to (with my heart in my boots at the same time), and pretend to take every' thing for grated. And she told me 1 must not make you a proposal at all, but merely ask you if you would let your eousin Amy be your bridesmaid Will you, darliug? Alicia (almost inaudibly)stlll think 1 am worthy to bride. Madeline A. Ilridgcs, He's Newspaper. If you 1 the iu LesIlaHitrl' Sarranms. Handel had great natural wit and o-ood humor, which were constantly showing the real good-heartedness of the man. When the "Messiah" was being performed in Dublin Dubourg led the band, and one evening had a close to make, nd libitum. Following the fashion, the violinist took his I cadenza through various keys and con I tinucd the improvisation until liundcl began to wonder when lie would really ' Comc to the "shako" which was to terminate the part and bring in the 1 other Instruments. Kventually Du i bourg finished the cadenza with a grand Ilourish. whereupon Handel, to 1 tl... merriment of the audience, ex elainied. loud enough to be heard: "Veleomc home, velcome home, Mr. Dubourd" On one occasion a per turbed singer had some warm word with Handel and wound up the wrangle by threatening to jump on the hnrnsicliorl which he played, "tm. united Handel, "lei me know when you vill do dat, and 1 vlll advertise it, for I am "pre dat more people vill dome JU sec yon Jdmp than to hear you sii.tr." Youth's Companion. -Your nroditrnl is generally too sei lllfditubü generous. Chicago Herald,

CHAIRMAN WILSON.

Of tho Houso Ways and Moans Committee Talk On the Tariff Hill to III Con stituent In Arci'ptliiK m Henomination to Conicre at their IImiiiW. MAltTINHIIl'Wl, W. Va Aug. .10. The democratic nominating convention for the Second district met here at 1 1 a. 111. for the purpose of renominating Hon. Win. L. Wilson, chairman of the committee on ways and means. In acceptinir the nomination Mr. Wilson said, In part; rite honor to which you summon mo to-day is not a new 0110 for me to receive at your tfene rous hunds. So many times has It como to in In the pastnever coldly or Krudjjltyjly that I should vulnly seek for new und stronicer latiK'unk'o In which to asure you of my increasIni; urnlliude for your approval and suport. Hut If titling and sutnclusf words are slow to come. I hex you not to doubt that I am more deeply moved and more uffectlonately touched by your action to-day than I have over been before. That action comes at the end of one of the created and most momentous strucKles that has murked our political history, and It comes in such a way as to stamp with your approval as constituents and demo crats the services which your representative wus called uwn to render for tho supremacy of democratic principles and the fultltlment of democratic pledges. It Is 119 mock affection. for noihlni could bu more blameworthy and criminal on my part on this occasion, but the simple candor which Is due from me to you, viucu I say that but for what seemed a duty and 11 call urowlni; out of the strudle, I should Kindly ask at your liuiwls an honorable yScharce from further public service and per mission 10 taxe my pince once ak'ain in mo ranks of tho militant and ever-faithful demo crats of tho Second congressional district. In other campaigns I have accepted this trust at your hands with a full knowledge of tho la bor and the strain required for a thorough canvass of so larse and so stoutly-contested a district as our own. but also wUn a confidence In my ability to meet that labor nnd strain. To-day I can not jMissess- that confidence, and In view of the Iane and dangerous drafts made ujon my strength nnd health. I shall be constrained to ash at your hands some remission of tho labors of public canvassing which I have heretofore so creatly enjoyed. I shall not. however, be a drone In the approaching contest, and shall spare no reasonable effort to meet personally. if not upou the hustings, as many of the people ns I can. Fellow citizens, this Is enough for me to say of n personal nature. There are other thoughts that till your minds to-day. llouiidlcss us Is your klndti'.ss to me. it is .something beyond that which has gathered this great convention and great assemblage. The congress1 which adjourned yesterday was charged by the American ieople with a duty clear, unmistakable, transcendent; to wrest from the grasp of private and spliisb. hands the lKjwer of federal taxation: to lift from the back of the American people that burden of tribute to privilege and monotioly which under thirty years of republican legislation had grown con stantly heavier, until it far exceeded tholr legitimate and necessary taxation for the sup port of the government; to reclaim and make forever suro that heritage of American youth, which is the true meaning and priceless boon of democratic Institutions equal opportunity lu a land of equal rights. This was the In spiring mission which the democratic partyhud long sought from the American people power and authority to perf orm. To this mis sion the Immediate representatives of the peo pic gave themselves earnestly nnd faith fully. In that work they were at all times cheered and encouraged by their great leader, who for eight years, in defeat and victory, has ltd In tho movement for tariff Reform while he scrupulously abstained from Interfering with the work of those intrusted witn reform legis latlon.be was Instant, In season nnd out of season, In urging that the pledges on which we had come Into power should be fultllled In the letter nnd in the spirit and that tho blessings of reduced and Just taxation should bo fully and honestly secured to the American people. In this great work your own rep'esentatlve, thanks to your kindness In granting him a public service, was assigned an Important and most arduous part, No man could Htly undertake to frame a revenue bill for a nation of seventy millions of people, unsuriassed In wealth and in the magnitude and variety of their industrial and commercial lnterets, to purge injustice and monopoly from that system; to replace class exaction by public taxation, privilege by equality; to lighten the burden of the people, secure larger rewards for their labor and freer play for their Industries, without being appalled by the greatness of the trust committed to him, and the thickening difficulties In the way of its suc cessful performance. No man could worthily approach such a work without putting away from him any petty or personal ambition aau any seltlsh concern for his own political future. No man could hope for any measure of real success who was not willing to dedicate to such a task every power of body and mind, with aa humble Invocation for strength and wisdom from the unfailing source of strength and wisdom. I can not claim to have risen to the full height of this duty, but I have never faltered In the belief that you. my friends and constituents. expected and desired mc to enter upon my work In this spirit ana in tnis spirit to persevere vo Its close. I knew that you were tariff reformers without reservation, I knew that tho democrats of West Virginia wero not protectionists for West Virginia and reformers and free traders for other states. Uut even If I had known ota crwi.se I should not have gone aside one step from what was to me the clear pathway of duty to all the people. You know, for you have followed with watchful In terest the varying history of our attempt ai tariff reform. You havj followed with rising hoies and hearty approval tho action of tho house of representatives In the framing and passage of a measure bearing the badges of democratic principles and fraught with prom ised benctits to all the people, lounaveioilowed with waning hopes and angry disapproval tho tedious and torturous passage of that bill through the senate, and seen that despite a nominal democratic majority in that body, the great trusts ana monopolies were still able to write their taxes dn as they had done under republican rule In some of Its most Important schedules. The burden i4or. you Is tho same whether they use a democratic hand or a republican hand as their amenuensls. Hut the wrong to you Is Infinitely greater when men who bear the commission of your own party thus prove faithless to Its highest duties. I need not recite to you tho successive steps, tho material and baneful alterations through which the houso bill quietly pacd Into a law yesterday morning, without the signature and approval of the president, who was elected upon the Issue of tariff reform, and who anticipated, as the signal triumph and historical achievement of his administration, the privilege of afflxln; his name to a genuine nnd thorough rerorm bill. You know by what Influences this was brought about. The country knows, and history will know, where to put the responsibility for'thc partial failure to tedectn our pledges to the people, and our partial failure to dislodge the great privileged Interests from our tariff. I am not suro that this very failure may not be the harbinger nnd assurancc of tae speedier nnd more complete triumph of commercial freedom, than tho smooth and unobstructed passage of the house bill would have been. The American people uro aroused as hardly anything else could have aroused them to tho deadly menace that protection begets to tho purity and very existence of free government. They have seen a single great trust empowered by our tariff laws to control the production rnd sale of a necessity of life. iwrecHlng out the country with Its partners, nnd Using Its law-made wealth and power to thwart the test effort of the people to reduce their ews taxation. That save seen it hold uo eea

gross for weeks, and have heard Its mlnlos boldly declare that there should be no tariff bill In which Its Interests were not fully protected, ami they have realized the Unul fulfillment of that boast. When the Sugar trust thus challenges the American people to a contest of strength lis days are numbered, Its temiwrury triumph Is Its speedier nml "l0ru eomplete overthrow and with Its overthrow will vanish

Its sister brood of monopolies that are strong through Its support. Hut, my friends, there is another and a brighter side to this picture. With all Its manifold failures, Its final retention of muny protective duties, Its objectionable sugar schedule and Its excessive duties on cottons and woolens and metals, the new bill carries In It substantial relief to tho American people, and must be accepted as n substantial beginning of thor ough and progressive tariff reform. It means cheaper clothing, cheaper tools, chcuer pottery and many other necessartos for the people. It means freer and larger commerce with thosu nations that buy our farm products and consequently larger and better markets for our farmers. It means a transfer of some of the burdens of government from what goes out for tho dully purchase of the necessaries of life to that which comes In over and above tho amount needed for such purchase. If wo denounce some of Its duties and rate, it Is because what may be much low. er than the duties and rates of the McKinley bill are yet enormities In a democratic bill. Hut, as the president well said, we have gained advantage ground from which we can contlnuo to shell the camp of monopoly. Tho day of mad protection is over In this country. McKInleylsm will disappear as a taru anu hideous blight from our statute books. The fight will go on. not. In such a general engage ment and protracted struggle us we have just passed through, but In that steady and resist less pressure that will take one after another of the strongholds of privilege, until all snail disappear before the advance of public opinion and public emancipation. I have dwelt at some length upon tnoso phases of our tariff struggle which are natur ally and properly uppermost In the mind of every genuine democrat. Wo have a right to confess our owu shortcomings, as measured by tho high standard of our own principles anu professions. We have a right to hold our own faithless servants to that responsibility which duty and party fidelity placed upon them. Hut all this docs not Imply satisfaction with our own party as a whole, or distrust as to Its meanings and Intentions. If tho closeness of tho vote In the house of congress gave opportunity for a few to combine against ull the rest of tho party.and obstruct its faithful efforts to redeem Its pledges, the overwhelming mass of the democrats In the country are subject to no just criticism. They have kept the faith. They have been true to their principles. We may ourselves proporlv and bitterly condemn those that failed us In this fight. We uro uot, therefore, subject to condemnation by our opponents. If we have done less In the way of relieving the people s burdens than we had boned and promised, they would have do.10 notblngat all. If wo have anywhere uncov eied a trust and found It too strong for our complete dlslodgment in the first nttempt we have never failed to Und them sturdily and solidly arrayed for tho defense. The weapons with which monopoly has fought us they have forged ami tempered and supplied. The intrenehments and fortresses behind which privilege has shielded itself from our attack they have bulldcd for It, stone by stone and strong hold by stronghold. ABANDONED TO A MOB. The Smallpox-Infected Ilistrlct of Mil waukee DetMTted by ths Health OMcrra nnd lu the Hands of Squads of Angry People To be Qiiarantliird, If Necessary, hy Cordon of Soldiers. Miuv.vi'KKK, Aug. 2. To-night the health department has temporaril3' abandoned the South Side. Fifteen new cases of smallpox were reported from that section to-day ull from the Eleventh ward, but Dr. Kempstcr ordered his ollicers to kcepava3. No attempts will be made to-day to investigate new cases or remove parents. The Eleventh ward is in the hands of squads of angry people, who are marching up and down the streets seeking for quarantined houses. In three or four instances the guards have been obliged to desert their posts. The state board of health was in session all da3 in Parlor K ot the l'flster, but nothing was decided upon. Tho whole time wus occupied in asking questions of the health oilicer, chief of police and the mayor. There is considerable guessing going on as to what the state board will do, but it seems certain to do something at once, and its measures are ex pected to be drastic Whether the state board will take control is doubtful; but the Eleventh ward will undoubted be quarantined and law and order restored, if it requires state troops to do it. Fred Rosenberg, the man who was arrested on the charge of engaging in the smallpox riot on the South Side vesterdas', was discharged b3 Judge Willbcr. A FRIGHTFUL COLLISION Between Street Car and a Kapldljr-Mev-Intt PavtweHxrr Train The M orten n Fatally Injured and a rasaenjrer May Ile From 111 Weaada. Ciiicaoo, Aug. 30. .lohn Hriggs, who was a motorman oa an electric car, lost control of it while passing Desplaincs avenue in Harlem, a suburb of Chicago, 3cstcrda3 afternoon. The car dashed along the tracks on tho avenue until the crossing of the Northern Pacific railroad was reached. A train came towanls the car at a high rate of speed. The engineer thought the car would stop and made no attempt to check the speed of his train. The car and train came into collision. The car was splintered and tossed across the tracks. Hriggs was thrown from the car to the ground and suffered a compound fracture of the skull, from which he died at the county hospital last night. Of the six passengers, all were hurled from their open scats to the ground, but the onl3 seriously injured one is James Key, colored. He was taken from the ' hospital to his home, .1130 Dearliorn street, and may die from his internal injuries. The engineer and fireman of the train were arrested and locked up. NATIONAL BANKS. Nammary ef the Keporta of Three Thoa tMHd Seven Manured aad Sevemy Hattka. Washington, Aug. 30. A summary of the reports of tho 3,770 national banks In the United States under the recent call of the comptroler of the currency shows on July 18, 18Ü1, aggregates as follows: Loans and discounts 'r"T?:: Hold coin In reserve. I'jn.mi ,01 7,016.4 afto.ßnj.ew Gold treasury ccrtlncntos Sliver dollars. , .... .... , ToUil spcclo In reserve............ Surplus fund, undlved profits, less expense and taxes paid I.M9.C9I S.RSfl.fiOl Uiviticnas unpam..., Individual deposits. ) 1 ,677,N)I ,'JW The cjtar of Russia is suffering from aerious kidney trouble.

FASHION LETTER.

HMfhene KtylUh (iowwa for I all Wear The New "Art" Hrows te Ha Amumg the 1'opaUr folors-Capea Wilt H HH Out with the Majority of Walking and Vlalttng Coatnaaea. (New York Correspondence.! I the midst of all the elaboratenesa and dressiness of fashionable gowns, it is plain to be seen that simple skirt and severe tailor-m ad e coats will lose none of their popu 1 a rity for autumn wear. They are as muck the rage a a they were after their first successful season, and then come the suita which area. h a p p y m ed i u m between the se vere and the very ornate. One of these is a model in fawn-colored lightweight covert cloth, which has a draped skirt with full folds at tho back and opens on the left Bide with revers of dark-green moire. The slender princeaa coat turns back with revers to match, over a trim waistcoat of the watered silk, fastened with small gilt and enamel buttons. Tho refined and delicate gray tints are close rivals of the golden tans, russets and blues in marine and silver shades. Among soft, beauliful wools and fancy silks for the autumn season, stone color, nun's gra3, pure silver gray and fawn with a becoming touch of 3ellow in it, will all be in high favor, and moire silk will still be used for an accessor, although for3outhful wearers some of the figured taffetas or surahs will be used in combination. Gray cashmeres, crepons of heavier weight than hate been used this summer, also Henrietta cloth, sacking and Fa3etta will be made into stylish and pretty gowns for demi-drcss wear. Many varieties of color have been added to the familinr standard shades, and there are also dots, checks, stripes and very prett3 shot effects Introduced in some of the new weaves. Added to these are handsorao new bengallnes with ordinary, medium or heavy cords or ribs which appear in a range of loveby d3es and which will be used for entire gowns or In combinations for parts of fall costumes. Hosides these there are tempting flowered taffetas, watered silks and changeable liberty satins of mcdum weight, but beautiful quality and heavy surahs of domestic manufacture that have grounds Bhot in two colors, with small chine figures of the one or the other in the ground, thrown upon the surface. These niake beautiful gowns for all sorts of occasions according t o the color and degree of elegance re quired, or the quantitj oti trimming! used. The! a e w "art" brown of a slightly red dish tint will be among the popular colors this fall, appearing in the Hat of handsome dress fabrics of striped bengaline, ladies' cloth, camel's hair, , Fayetta and cashmere. It has already appeared among imported models for autumn gowns of ceremony, and it will be extensively used by ladies' tailors for elegant costumes of plain velvet, velvet-striped Venetian eloth. nad covert cloth. For cold weather wear these gowns will be finished with picturesque looking shoulder-capas. and decorated with various brows furs Capes, both large and small, la Ingle, doable and triple effects, will be sent out with the majority of walking and visiting cos tumes for the present season, their novelty consisting chiefly In their greatly varied fabrics, ono, two, and sometimes three materials playing their accustomed role, in additloa to novel shaded galloons and elegant Persian) passcinenteriea both beaded and plain. Plain tail or-made capes or eoats mav bo beautifully elaborated by these garnitures, and the modiste produces thereby a small wrap of special distinction. rrom oraciai sources comes the announcement thai the skirt shape most noticeable at all fashionable gatherings, both in Paria and London, is nothing more nor lesa than the eld bell shape so long popalar. It's general outltno Is improved, it is quite as full as those of the summer have been, and cut In the fashion. Trimming at the edge of the skirt la seldom used. If any decoration is required, it Is very narrow or fiat in the form of a rich line of passementerie insertion band of silk cord in openwork, soutache in very pretty dress of sacking, camel's hair or Henriettacloth in stem green, brown, gny-, russet t or petunia, have round waists of shepherd's check in silk and wool, in green and ecru, brown and chamobt color, violet and doe, old ro.w and mignonette green, and like effective mixtures. Katk Dusham.