Ligonier Banner., Volume 29, Number 28, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 October 1894 — Page 2

LABOR PARLIAMENT. An Important Conference to Be Shortly Held in Chicago. The Relations of Capital and Labor to Be, Discussed from All Standpoints—- ) Prominent Speakers Who . Will Participate. CHICAGO, Oct: 15.—The parliament of labor which has been called by the Civic federation to meet .in ChicageNovember 13 promises to be a most notable gathering. Replies to the circular letter of invitation-have been received from agreat many men of prominence as thinkers on economic subjects, or as employers or-leaders of labor. There is a striking consensus of opinion in favor of making the conference as practical as possible. Thesuggestion comes from all sides that the employers of labor and the representatives of labor, asthe ones best knowing the actual conditions to be met, should be brought to the front in such a discussion. E - The plan of the parliament is modeled on that of the parliament of religion, so successful last year. There is to be nothing in the nature of controversy. Each speaker is to present his own views, not to antagonize or controvert those of others. There is to be the utmost catholicity of tolerance and' every speaker is expected to respect this tolerance. Differences of opinion are not to be' allowed to appear as hostilities of thought. Into . this parliament is to "be poured the result of the thought and ,investigation of the individual thinkers and investigators of the country. It will form, as it were, a comparative exhibit of all that has been accomplished along the lines of the prevention and settle-

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THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

This magnificent structure has just been completed at a cost of something like $2,500,000. Thougzh now second 1n size, it is still first in rank among the libraries of America. It was established in 1852, though projected in 1841. The librery now comprises over 600,000 volumes. Over a million books are taken out every year for hrome circulation, and over 700.000 periodicals are read in the reading rooms. The new library was begun in 1883. The style of the new edifice is the Roman. and the St. Genevieve, the grat library of Paris, was taken as the type. The edifice expresses in its exterior the organic character of the structure as forméd by its internal romposition and arrangement, as well as its purpose as a great library. The entire building aas room for at least 2,000,000 volumes . ’

ment of labor troubles and labor disturbances. It will be a collation of the work of many men striving for the same end by different means.

Among others who are expected to discuss various topics are the following: e

Prof. E. A. R. Gould, of Johns Hopkins university; A. H. Walcott, of the Massachusetts board of arbitration; D. J. Ryan, ot the Ohio board of arbitration: Carroll D. Wright. United States commissioner of labor; Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell, of New York; Archbishop Ireland, - Felix Adler, Washington Gladden, Gov. Peck, Aldace F. Walker, Marvin Hughitt, P. M. Arthur, F. P. Sargent, Congressmen Springer, McGann and Tawney, Chauncey M. ’.‘Depcw, T. V. Powderly and ‘Samael Gompers.

PROGRESS IS SLOW.

R. G. Dun on the Sitvation in Trade Circles—Not Very Encouraging. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “Business is still waiting for the development of retail trade. There is a little better demand in some ‘industries, but not so good in’ others. Wholesale dealers in nearly all branches are halting because business does not yet show distinctly what it is to be. Lower prices for the great farm .staples and lower wazes in some establishments, hinder purchases for ~consumption, while politicul interest ang uncertainty also have some retarding jnﬂuence?, Meanwhile large imports and small exports .of merchandise, with ' inadequate employment for meney here, are raising the rates of foreign exchange so that possibilities of geld exports somewhat affect the stock market. The halting attitude for the moment is disturbing to those who have looked .for continued gain, though rightly .considered it is the natural con= sequence of conditions which were to be expected at this season. “The government crop reports are not great1y trusted and yet have an infiuence and actually exaggerate the tendency toward lawer prices becausc¢ they are supposed to report all the crops too low. Men calmly reckon that if the government report indicates over 400,000,000 . bushels of -wheat the. crop must be. over 509,000,000- bushels and the price is slightly lower. porn has been strongzr, for receipts are hardly a quarter and exports barely an eighth of last year, and the question is whether the actual yield, if ?W& the government estimate, may not provedower than has been supposed. : < “The iron industry records larger produc-l tion in September than in any other month | this year, but as prices are gradually weakening because of insufficiéent demand for finished products, some WwoOrks are preparing. to close or shorten time. ‘ | “The woolen Imills still have numerous belated orders for fall goods, but the demand for spring does not increase, though in nearly all the lo»werlpriced products domestic makers aﬂ;— pear able to command most of the business that exists. “Failures for the week ending October 4 show liabilities of $1,714.276. of which $805,885 are of manufacturing and $892,391 of trading concerns. There have been 231 in the United States, against 393 last year, and 43 in Canada, against 42 last year.” i . - SWAMP LAND BURNING. Gigantic Peat Bog Near Hornick, Ta., Being Slowly Consumed by FKire. ‘Sioux City, la., Oct. 15.—Near the little town of Hornick, 20 miles from this city, the ground is burning and an area of 320 acres is covered from 6 . o & Y y inches to as many feet with ashes. ~ Five years ago this land was the bed of a swamp, but has since been drained and part of it has been under cultivation, while the balance has been reserved for hay land. The fire was first discoved in June and heavy rains since have failed to extinguish it. At ~ times it appears to have gone out, but by prodding with pitchforks it is found to be burning beneath the surface at red heat. At other times it gives forth great elouds of smoke. An area containing about 2,000 acres is threat-

THE DISPENSARY ACT. : South Carolina Supreme Court Says It Is Constitutional. 3 COLUMBIA, 8. C.; Oct. 10.—The dispensary act of 1893 was declared to be constitutional Monday by Justices Gray and Pope of the supreme court, Chief Justice Mcllver dissenting. The case upon which the decision was rendered is known as the ‘*Aiken case,” which originated in the town council of Aiken attempting -to fine the local dispensers for selling liquor without license.. The local dispenser applied to Circuit Judge Aldrich for an injunction restraining the town council of Aiken from fining him. Judge Aldrich on a technicality granted the injunction against the town council of Aiken, but held that the ect of 1893 was null and void, as the supreme court of the state had already so declared an act passed in 1892 almost identical in wording and identical in effect with the act of 1893. An appeal was taken to the supreme court from that ruling of Judge Aldrich. The question as presented to the supreme court involved principally two questions—the decision of the lower court and the constitutionality of the act of 1893. Since the rendering of the decision declaring the act of 1892 unconstitutional the ‘complexion of the supreme court has been.changed. Justice McGowan has been retired and Mr. Eugene B. Gary, formerly lieutenant governor under Gov. Tillman, has taken his place. Justice Gary was known to be favorable to the dispensary.law when he was elected to succeed Justice MecGowan. Immediately upon his taking his seat on the bench Gov. Tillman reopened the dispensaries throughout the state. He had closed them immediately upon the rendering of the adverse -decision on- the act of 1892

The acts of 1892 and 1893 are identical in purpose and effect and only differ in title and minor provisions. Justice Gary writes the decision of the court in the Aiken case. The court decides that the former decision was rot the proper one; that the dispensary law is not unconstitutional, and that it is a proper exercise of the police power of the state in controlling the liquor traffic. - ‘ ' BLOWN DOWN. Eight Persons Killed and Sixteen Injured in Falling Building. : . NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—While the storm which has raged here for twenty-four hours was at its height just before 4 o’clock’ Wednesday morning a new eight-story building at 74 Monroe street collapsed, bearing down with it the house at 72 Monroe screet and the rear extension of the building on the other side,.76. Both places were filled with sleeping tenants, who were buried under the tremendous mass of ruins. The crash of the falling walls aroused the neighbors, who, scantily clad, began the work of rescue, which was’continued well into the day by police and firemen. They mined far ‘under the bricks and beams and mortar and from the ruins they took the dead and injured .

As a result of this horrible catastrophe eight persors are known to be dead, one is missing and sixteen others are' more’ or less -seriously injured. There have been many complaints that the structure was a weak and flimsy affair.

Mr. Aaronowitz, who was the owner of the new building at 74 Monroe street, was arrested during the afternoon and ‘arraigned before Justice Hogan in Essex Market police court. In spite of the fact that Aaronowitz was charged with homicide, Justice Hogan discharged him. He, however, issued subpoenas for Aaronowitz and David Molski, the contractor who put up the building, to appear before him this afternoon and explain what their responsibility, if any, was for ‘the disaster. + :

FOES TO DRINK. Chicago Temperance Organizations Honor Father Matthew’s Memory. CHICAGO, Oct. 12.—The birthday of Father Matthew, . the originator of total abstinencp societies, was celebrated here by a grand parade composed of Catholic and Protestant temperance organiz®ions and Catholic and public school children. ‘After marching southward on Michigan avenue to Eighteenth street the procession turned and marched northward to the Auditorium, where it was reviewed by Gov. Altgeld, Mayor Hopkins, Bishop Watterson, of Ohio, Rev. Dr. Henson and others. In the evening a.large meeting was held at the Auditorium theater which was addressed by Bishop Watterson, of Ohio, and others. - . : i Army Rifle Record Broken. CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—The largest score eve;gpz:de by a United States cavalrgman was recorded during the day in the army shoot at Fort Sheridan. Sergt. Charles Karsten, D Troop, First cavalry, performed the remarkable feat of making a score of 47 points out 0t 50 on the 500-yard range. This is ‘the largest score ever made in any ta.r-my competition at that distance, Karsten shot with the regular army s R .

MORE TROOPS NEEDED. Recommendations Made in Maj. Gen. Scho- * field’s Annual Report. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—The annual report of the major general commanding the army discusses widely the use of the military forcesof the government in maintaining the federal laws against domestic resistence, and the necessity of coast fortifications for defense against foreign attack. A synopsis follows:

Referring to national dangers, Gen. Schofleld alludes to the recent employment of the army in suppressing domestic violence and to the necessity of concentrating at Chicago, for that purpose, of nearly all ¢f the forces that ¢ould be made available from all parts of the country, while on the Pacific coast the navy department placed at the disposal of the department commander the naval and marine forces at the Mare island mavy yard. The prompt suppression of the imsurrection and the enforcement of government authority everywhere without unnecessary loss of life, was by these means, a result which would have been limpossible except for the judicious disposition of the troops under officers faithful to the national interests and having profound respect for civil authority and the laws of the land. “The people of the United States,” says Gen. Schofield, ‘‘may well be proud of their little army, so thorough=ly devoted to the public interests.” ! After devoting some attention to the circum= stances under which the military forces of the United States may be lawfully employed in connection with domestic ‘disorders and the manner in which thy'troops may lawfully act in the suppression of such disorders, the general says: “It would seem unnecessary to point out the fact that any force like the militia of a state or the police of a city, acting primarily under another authority, though highly efficient in their appropriate service, cannot be made a reliable instrument for the prompt and effective execution of the laws of the United States. N :

“The country is now for the first time squarely confronted with the necessity of making adequate provision, not only for defense against any possible foreign aggression, but also for defense against domestic violence in the form of forcible resistance to the laws of the United States. A just estimate of these means of defense requires consideration of the vast extent of the United States and the great amount of property widely dispersed throughout. this territory, either belonging to the United States or in such condition as to be under the protection of the national government. When these facts are duly considered it becomes manifest that the present strength of the army is not adequate to the performance of the service which may at any time be required: “It is certainly manifest that the present cendition of the country, with a population of near 70,000,000, under the danger of disorder now known to exist, cannot be met by the saine force that was deemed adequate twenty-five years ago, when the population of the country was less than half its present amount, and domestic violence was not apprehended. :

It is also worthy of remark that more than oncein the last summer an infuriated mob in a single city was twice as formidable in numbers and capable of doing vastly greater injury to life and property than the most formidable combinaticn of Indian warriors that éver confronted the army in this country. In other words. the army has recently been required todeal with an enemy more numerous and dangerous to the country than any savage enemy which it has heretoiore been called upon to meet. ) v

“The effective strength of the army should be considerably increased. This can be done at a very small comparative increase in cost. The present regimental-organizations need not be largely inereased. Two additional regiments of artillery for the necessary seacoast defense; two additional regiments of cavalry to patrol the long lines of railroad undergovernment pro= tection, and the present twenty-five regiments ot infantry converted into three battalion organizations, would, it is believed, be a just, conservative estimate of what is now aatually needed. ¥or this the existing number of commissioned officers is nearly sufficient. Buta considerable permanent increase in the enlisted strength of the army should be made and a still surther increase authorized to be made by the president, when in his judgment an emergency requiring it may reasonably be foreseen. -

. “Itis not a good military system in which: the executive has no authority whatever to increase the effective strength of the army in time of need, but must await the slow process of legislation for that purpose. . " *ln respect to the military necessities which may possibly arise outof a conflict with foreign powers it has for many years seemed impossible to impress upon the people of the United States in general the view entertained by all thoughtful military students. However humilJdating it'may be to this confident self-esteem it is nevertheless a simple duty to point to the great military lesson which is now being taught to the entire world. The most populous and one of the most wealthy of all the nations of the earth is subjected to the extreme humiliation and disgrace, to result possibly in the overthrow of a dynasty, at the hands of a little nation of one-tenth its population and about one-tenth its territorial area. And why is this? It is not because that great people are lacking in talent or general education or courage; but because they have failed to develop their military strength orresources. The relation of the United States to the great military powers of Europe now exhibits a far greater disparity in respect teo preparations for war than that which has existed between China and Japan. Will the people of the United States and their representatives have the modesty to appreciate and the wisdom to profit by this lesson?’ - Gen. Schofield recommends the increase of the supply of modern arms for regular troops and organized militia, and appropriations for heavy armament for sea-coast defense and provision for additional cavalry for service in the territories traversed by -the railroads for transportation of government troeps. and carrying the mails. He commends the work of the regular military establishments and approves thé recent changes of law regarding terms of enlistment in the army. .

BEATEN BY ROBERT J. Joe Patchen Easily Defeated by the Great Pacer—Last Heat 1n 2:03 1-2. - Sroux Crty, la., Oct. 18.—The largest crowd that ever gathered at a similar event in the northwest witnessed the race between the two great pacers, Robert J. and Joe Patchen, at’ the interstate fair, Thursday. Fully 25,000 people were on the grounds. The contest was in a certain sense a disappointment to the big, crowd, -as Robert J. won all three heats so easily that the resnlt was a foregone conclusion before the second heat was half over. The time for the first two heats was 2:06; that of the third heat, 2:0314. Robert J. will go against his own record of 2:ol}§ Saturday. : '

Shot by Robbers. : Dewitt, Neb., Oct. 12.—Henry Rupert, a prominent business man here, was shotand probably fatally wounded Thursday night a little after 9 o’clock as he was leaving his store. He had just locked the door when two masked men stepped up and demanded that he give up the cash box, containing the day’s’ proceeds at the store, which he was carrying under his arm, and his watceh. This he refused to do and the robbers opened fire on him. One of the shots penetrated his left lung. The men then ran without getting any thing. : ' Charged with Murder. - ALLEGAN; Mich., Oct. 18.—Mrs. Ira ‘Hurd and O. W. Ludlow have been arrested on a charge of murdering Ira Hurd on September 23. Mrs. Hurd claimed that she shot her husband, mistaking him for a burglar, but a coroner’s jury thought otherwise. Killed His Brother by Mistake. Gururie, 0. T., Oect. 13. — Near Chandler James Hunt got up in the night and with his gan went out to she barn to hunt chicken thieves. His brother Gus got up to go out too and James, mistaking him for a thief, shot and killed him. . :

THE FLORIDA STORM. e Reports from Siricken Towns — Streets Strewn with Wreckage. JACKBONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 12.—Communication has been reestablished with all points on the west coast visited by the storm which raged Monday night and Tuesday morning, and dispatches to the Times-Union tell woeful tales of the destruction caused by the wind and water. Cedar Key has just experienced the most disastrous storm which has visited her for twentyfiye years. The main business street is filled from oneend to the other with debris, consisting of wreckage from boats, wharves, fish houses and logs of every déscription. The storm began at 8 o'clock Monday morning with a heavy wind, increasing in vioence and continuing until Tuesday morning. The damage and loss of property is very great. The city hall has the roof blown off and one entire side knocked out by logs. The city jail cannot:be found. The five bridges on the shell road leading to the mainland are washed away. A great many small boats were wrecked and fish camps demolished. One sloop came in Tuesday morning with five men who had clung to a single palmetto tree since Monday night. Another came in Thursday safternoon with three men who were wrecked Monday night and had been on a shell bank ever since, without food or water. It is reported that five sponge vessels went ashore during the storm and were driven 7 miles into the woods. ‘APALACHICOLA, Fla., Oct. 18.—Never before in the history of this town was so much havoc and destruction played by storm and tide as Monday night between 7and 10 o’clock. Water, Commerce and Market streets are a mass of logs, boats. lumber and. debris. So far two lives are reported lost. Two residences were carried half to threequarters of a ‘mile and placed in the marsh near Cypress mill uninjured.

TWO HUNDRED_ LIVES LOST. Record of the Recent Gale Off the Newfoundland Coast. St. PIERRE, Miquelon,; Oct. 12.—Two hundred lives are believed to have been lost by the terrible gale which raged here Tuesday night and all day Wednesday. More than fifty vessels are ashore and damaged, and several ships are missing. A fleet of about 300 vessels were forced to abandon the fishery by the gale on the banks on September 29 and 30. These vessels have returned here during the last few days with heavy losses of cables, anchors, linesand dories. It will be some days before the full extent of the disaster caused by the two storms can be learned. There is mourning in all the fishing villages on the banks and here’ at St. Pierre. More than 800 men were at sea during the gales and more than 200, perhaps twice -that number, have not been heard from.

i Oswego.. N. Y., Oct. 18.—About 5 i o’clock Thursday evening a vessel, - supposed to be the Hartford, went - upon the rocks near Woodville, 35 ' miles east of here. Capt. O'Toole, of - Clayton, the owner, his wife and . child and four men were on “board. The big sea commenced to break the vessel up, and it is reported that the captain and entire crew were drowned. The Hartford was freighted with corn from;Detroit. No bodies ~are reported to have been recovered. - That the gale was not accompanied by loss of life is due entirely to the heroic work of the various life-saving crews on the two lakes. In spite of the furious gale these brave men succeeded in every case in taking off the crew of each wreck without the loss . of a man. | UNCLE SAM’S WARDS. Synopsis of the Report of the Commissioner of Pensions WASHINGTON, Oct.'l .—The report of Commissioner of Pensions Lochren for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, has been submitted to the secretary of the interior. The report states that the number of pensioners on the Irolls June 30, 1893, was 966,012; that during the year 39,085 new pensioners were added to the rolls, 87, 51 were dropped for death and other causes and 2,398 previously dropped were restored. The number of pensioners upon the rolls of June 30, 1894, was 969,544. The number of pension certificates issued during the year 'was 80,218, and 182,878 claims of all classes were rejected. On July 1, 1894, there were undisposed of and in different stages of preparation and advancement elaims for pensions and for in- " crease to the amount of 619,027, of which 287,209 claims, originals, widows’ and dependents’, are.on behalf of | persons not already on the rolls. These eclaims, save some recently filed, ‘have been examined more than once and found lacking. The amount paid | for pensions during the year wassl39,- ! 804,461, leaving a balance in the treas- . ury of 25,205,718 of the appropriation. S v

BURGLARS’ BLOODY WORK. A Wife and Daughter Found Murdered in Their Home. QUINCY, 111., Oct. 11.—Mprs. J. C. L. Miller and her 10-year-old daughter, wife and daughter of a wealthy farmer living 20 miles east of Quincy and 2 miles from the village of Liberty, were brutally murdered Tuesday night. There is no clew to the perpetrators, but the bloody work is supposed to have been done by burglars. Sheriff Vancil, of this county, upon learning of the crime sent half a dozen deputies to the scene of the murder and telegraphed Gov. Altgeld, asking him to offer the usmnal reward. He also telegraphed to Sheriff Jounes, of Lewis county, Mo., the owner of a pack of bloodhounds, and Wednesday night Sheriff Jones and three ferocious hounds arrived in Quincy and left immediately for Liberty. There is no railroad telegraph or telephone there, and all the news is brought in by courier. Mrs. Miller was 35 years old and a beautiful woman. A MINE DISASTER. Five Killed and Much Damage Done by a : Boiler Explosion. e SHAMOKIN, Pa., Oct. 18.—Five men were killed, two were fatally injured and several others painfully burned by a disastrons boiler explosion at the Henry Clay colhiery at Thursday. The entire steamsupplying plant of the mine, cousisting of thirtysix bo'lers, wus totally demolished, and iti addition to the ‘monetary loss, which will aggregate $30,000, the Henry Clay, Bix Mountain, . Sterling and Peerless collieries will be unable to resume operations tor at least a month. The explosion is the worst of its kind that has ever occurred in this rerion, aud its cause is ® mystery,

TWO MORE BATTLES FOUGHT. Japanese Treops Have Captured Chee Foo o and Wi Ju. - : Loxpon, Oct. 11.—It is believed that a decisive battle has been fought between the Chinese and Japanese armies on the plains north of the Yalu river, about’ 50 miles south of Moukden, one of the objective points of the Japanese invaders. . When the last authentic advices were received the northern wing’ of the Japanese army had just crossed the Yalu and a battle was momentariiy expected.» = - . At the same time news comes that the southern wing, operating on the western shore of the Yellow sea, ‘had surrounded and captured Chee Foo, a. large town on the bay of Pi Chi Li. In this successful attack the army: was 3ided by the Japanese fleet, which had been cruising in Pi Chi Li bay for several days. Chee Foo is a treaty portof China, on the Shan-Toong promontory. It has a population of over 30,000 and a good harbor. . i

A third division ot the Japanese army is reported to have effected a landing on the shores of Leaotong gulf, which is to the north of Chee Foo and between it and Moukden.’ :

Thus Pekin is being encircied with a net of armed men without, while rebellion against the Tartar emperor and his dynasty rages within. If, as reported, the battle at the Yalu river resulted in favor of the Japanese, it is almost certain that Pekin will be captured within a week. : LoNDON, Oct. 10.—A dispatch received here from Shanghaisays that a second Japanese army is reported to have crossed the Yalu river and to be advancing upon Moukden, which, it is believed, will soon fall, as the Chinese arereported to be in a state of demoralization. :

LoNpoN, Oct. 12.—A dispatch from Tokio says that a detachment of Japanese cavalry and infantry has made, an attack upon and routed a force of 2,000 Chinese at Wi Ju and that the place remains in.the hands of the Japanese. It is reported to the Japanese officers that 10,000 Chinese troops occupy the north bank of the Yalu river, where they have completed eight batteries and are building more. Field Marshal Count Yagamata has established his base of operations at Ping Yang, which is near the sea'and easy of access to the supplies. Itis generally hoped that the Japanese will be in possion of Moukden by the early part of November. Other important military operations are under way, but their objects are as yet kept secret. Early results, however, are expected. China has been formally notified of the surrender and dispatch to Nagasaki of the steamship Tenkyomaru, together with her European and Chinese cftw. A state of siege has been declared in the district of Hiroshima under article 14 of the Japanese constitution. o ' : ~TWO OF A. KIND. B A Pair of Bold Train Robberies Nep the Thieves $100,009. RicaMoxD, Va., Oct. 138.—The northbound passenger train on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomae railway which left here at 7 o’clock Friday night was held upsnear Quantico. The eugineer and fireman were forced from their engine and the engine was cut_loose and sent ahead. The express car was then - entered, the messenger covered with pistols and forced to open the safe. Therunaway locomotive was stopped at Quantico by obstructing the track. It is stated here that there was an unusually large amount of moaney on the train, probably $350,000. 'The robbers, seven in number, were masked. The railway company has offered $l,OOO reward for the arrest of any of the robbers. SAN FraNcisco, Oct. 13.—The bandits who held up a Southern Pacific overland train a few miles west of Sacramento late Thursday night and looted the Wells-Fargo company express car secured over $50,000. They seem to have eluded the officers and escaped with their plunder, which was nearly all in gold coin, and consequently a heavy burden. The astounding success of the hold up was not known until Friday afternoon. Earlier reports of the robbery gave the amount of ‘money taicen at $1,500. The robbery was a daring one. Four sacks of coin were secured from the express car, and Messenger Paige barely escaped with his life. Three hundred pounds of coin were takew. Engineer Bill Scott, of the Oregon Overland, and his fireman were forced at the muzzle of a revolver to carry coin sacks from the express car to the engine. There the robbers uncoupled ‘the engine and rode off with the,}r booty. e 4

WORK OF LIFE' SAVERS.

Their Record During the Late Storms Highly Creditable. WAaAsHINGTON, Oct. 15.—The record made by the life-saving service during the recent storm is most creditable, there having been not a single loss of life where the wrecks took place within the range of life-saving stations. The following is a list of the wrecks and the number of persons saved from each by the life-savers as far as reported: Norwegian bark Ogir, wrecked near Cape Fear, N. C., crew of eleven all saved. Schooner Lorana Reed. wrecked near Ocean City, N.\J., erew of three all saved. Schooner Maria Louisa, wrecked at Highlands, N. J., crew of ten all saved. © Schooner Leonessa, wrecked near Narragansett pier, crew of five all saved. : Two scows wreeked near Narragansett pier, crew of five saved. Schooner Lauracoy, wrecked near Cape Elizabeth, Me., crew of Bix saved. Fc_hooner Rosa and Adria, wrecked near Cape Elizabeth, Me., crew of six saved. : Steamer Columbia, perilous position near Feairport, 0., crew of seven taken off in lifeboat at 10 o’clock at night. x ¢ Schooner John Wesley, waterlogged oft Saginaw bay, crew of seven saved. Three schooners, names unknown, off Jerry's point, vessels and crew of eighteen saved. Total wrecks reported, 13; lives saved, 78; lives-lost, none. Nearly all the rescues were effected at night. i WONDERFUL SHOOTING. Phenomenal Performance by Elliott and Carver—Elliott’s World Record.. KANsas City, Mo., Oct. 15.—Never in the history of pigeon shooting have the lovers of the sport been treated to 8o wonderful a contest as was given by J. A. R. Elliott and Dr. W, F. Carver at Exposition .park Friday. Mr. Elliott won by the remarkable score of 100 out of a possible 100. Dr. Carver got 99. Mr. Elliott has probably establisllﬁd a record with 50-yard boundariessthat will never be equaled. The only birl lost out ot the 200 was Dr. Carver's fourth, a | black straight-away driver. Even : this one, which decided the match, fell dead just as it reached the fence.

TN “ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. : POOR DOROTHY TRUE. ° Pbor lit*le, bored little Dorothy True! A sad little maiden with nothing to de. There'’s a room to be dusted, a bed to be made, And the eggs to be found which the bamtam ‘has laid. © . . . There's a wee little boy, in the nursery near, Who's sobbing and crying with no one to - hear. : S But poor little. bored little Dorothy Trus ¢ Still sits and laments that she's nothing to dol —Margaret S. Hall, in St. Nicholas. “:¥ VERY PRETTY TRICK. | How to Make Some Amusing Little Puppets Perform. ; This is a little trick which handy girls can perform as 'well as handy boys.. In‘fact, there being dollssin the game makes it -quite appropriate for girls. 1o » ' . Cut out of pasteboard two dolls and attach to the hands of each one a goose-quill tube. A goose-quill toothpick will be just the thing, because the ends are already sharpened as they should be. With two strips of paper and a drop of paste they are easily held in position, as shggwn by the cut.

': - h \ \ . . # . “ ’ | - %\ \\ N 72 lOV 7 = ' // ¥ / aes i/ ‘. " ow AR » v“’"‘&‘ix i & ~/’-_;‘:.;;‘A M == g 2 HOW THE TRICK IS DONE. _‘l'hen fill four-tifths of the quills with l sand. The remaining fifth of one tube fill with gunpowder and the other with l phosphorus. Bits of paper can also be . used for the filling in place of the sand. - Try to puton a knowing air as I you exhibit your tools to your specta- ' ‘tors and surround the thing with all ' the mystery you pleasé. Have the candle lighted by one of the persons in.the - room, which must not be too brilliantly ' lighted to malke the candlelight insig- ' nificant. Hold your dolls, as you see by the illustration,, opposite the candle flame and mumble something. As soon as the powder becomes ignited there will be an explosion, which blows out -the light, while a moment after the | phosphorous blaze will rekindle the . wick of the candle. It isa very amus- | ing trick and causes great merriment l among an audience of young people.— . N.. Y. Recorder. '

By 3 NP |y A QUEER DRUNKARD. Tho Hercules Beetle of South America i Goes on Regular Sprees. South America can furnish a dreadful example for a temperance lecture, and yet not summon a human being. The Hercules beetle will do as an object lesson. About six inches long and strong in proportion, it is rightly named. Instead: of the ordinary nippers, with which beetles are armed, this one has an immense pair that work up and down like jaws. These have sharp ridges on the inside like rasps,and that indicates their use. They do not fit into each other, but, resembling the pliers of the plumber, are made to fit around something else. The writer does not knpw what these nippers were meant for, but knows what Hercules does with them. : .

He is a natural drunkard, going on a spree regularly. - When he wantssomething strong he does not seck a bottle nor a sdloon, but he climbs a tree. Finding one that produces an intoxicating juice, such as grow in South America, this toper ascends until he reaches a branch that his nippers can grasp; then he seizes hold, holds on, pinches tight, and moves around. The rasp cuts the bark, the juice flows, and Hercules drinks until so full that he can hold no more, and until too drunk to hold on. His feet let go, his nippers relax, and he tumbles to the ground. There he lies helplessly drunk and sleeps off his stupor. When sobered he goes about his business, but signs no pledges, nor does he give indications of repentance. Again thirsty, he climbs another tree afd gets drunk once more. Thus his life is spent in busineds, drinks, drunks and sobering a natural and persistent drunkard.

- HIS VIEWS OF GIRLS. A Small Doy’s First Exi)e_riencé at the : Dancing School. ! llc was a little boy who lived in the bhouse with his father and mother, without any brothers or sisters. Like a good nany other little boys, he thought girls were hot good for much because they ¢ould not play baseball, did not like to fish, and cried when they fell down. This winter he was greatly annoyed because he had to go.to dancing school. He did not like dancing; was sure he nmever would; did not see any use in dancing. But to dancing school he must go; that was the decree. Ile went to dancing-school, and when he came home he said: ° , “Our teacher doesn’t think very much of girls, anyway,” as though that gave him a higher respect for the teacher. : “Why do you think that?” aslked his mother. : “Beeaunse she never let the girls once “ask the boys to dance; they just had to it still and wait until the boys asked them, and some little girls didn’t dance at all, ’cause they weren’t asked;” and just a little look of sorrow for the little “ girls who did not have a good time came into his face. 5 ‘; I heard the other day of a little knight who watched for the little girls who were not asked to dance by the other boys and always danced with | those little girls.—Outlock. - | The Joke Was on the Captain. , | The following story is told of an English military officer in the Chinese army. Deing visited by some friends, the captain, to show the high state of discipline of his command, sounded a night alarm. The trcops turned out ‘with commendable alacrity and fell into their places, rcady for emergencies, but when they discovered the cause of this sudden interruption to their ‘dreams they laughed heartily, thinking it a good joke. The worthy captain was clated at his success, and determined to .repeat the experiment. Soon after he invited another party of friends to witness the performance, and the alarm was sounded at” dead of _night, but not a soldier appeared, while roars of laughter from the mntsshm:g that the jolce was on the men’sside this T A Torm

~~ THE CAT HAD SENSE. This Story Goes 'to -Prove That Animals i Can Regson. : In the mountainousdistricts of Pennsylvania two wrens had 'built their nests under the eaves of'an old farmhouse, and there they reared a small, interesting family. Among the members of the farmer’s household was a white cat, and when the wrens became so tame that they used to hop around the piazza in search of crumbs the cat, would lie in wait for them, and several times came within a bit of catching the adult birds.' When the farmer noticed - this he punished the cat, and she finally learned that it was dangerous to fool with the wrens. = - . ‘ /

. When -the baby wrens grew larger ong of them fell out of the nest one day, and, being too weak to run znd unable to fly, lay helpless on the grass. The cat saw the accident and ran rapidly to 'seize the bird, but, seeming to remember the lesson taught her, when she reached the helpless little thing she only touched it daintily with her paw and then lay down and watched it. Presently there came a black and , yellow garden snake toward the fluttering birdling. The cat was dozing and wasawakened by the fluttering of the bird. Instantly she rose and struck at the reptile with her paw. This*was an enemy the snake did not appreciate,! but it was hungry, and, darting forward, attempted to seize the bird under sthe very shelter of the cat's head. ' Like a flash the cat seized the snake just back of the head and killed! it with - one bite. When: the farmer happened along in the- afternoon he found the cat crouching in the grass sheltering the bird, and ten feet away was the dead snake. . This made it clear that the cut had carried the bird away from the snake. The young adventurer was soon restored to his’ anxious parents. — Harper’s Young People. - Yo ;

PERPETUAL WHIRLIGIG.

Ingenious Youngsters Can Make It the B:isi"s for Many Novelties. . Cut a thin section, about one-eighth of an inch thick, from the top of a vial cork, pass two fine needles through thisat right angles to each other sq as to form arms projecting from .the cir- . cumference.of the cork disk. - To each ° end of these needles affix small rectangular pieces of cork of the same thickness as the disk, and to the left-hand edge of each of these apply a thin coat-" ing of sealing wax. > : c Cut small slices of camphor, slightly smaller in area than.the waxed edge of eacn of the cork 'floats, and having softened the wax over a-candle, affix the camphor slices.. When the whole * is completed it should‘*be about the size and proportion shown in Fig. 2 ° Now procure a perfectly clean basin or saucer and niearly fill it with pure water. ' As everything depends on entire fre'eeomA from ‘grease, the basin

S - e e By Tl : \\\ g s = V ,@) . R S Lol = il e 'PERPETUAL WHIRLIGIG. must be carefully éleaned and the water above suspicion. For the same reason it is necessary to see that the eork-and-needle whirligig is free from even as much grease as may come from the hands, which should be very ' carefully washed; or, better yet, the whirligig may be immersed in ether for a moment just before placing it on the surface of the water. cote - When the whirligig is placed in position it will at once prove .its right te its mame by beginning to revolve at-a rapid rate, and this it will keep up for from three to five days ‘according to its size and the amdunt of camphor ueed. ® - : o : To add to the novelty of the affair, thin paper waltzers appropriately colored, see Fig. 1, may be cut out and fastened on the cork disk; or a neddle standard may be decorated with a paper spiral, see Fig. 3, and made to give an oddly screw-like motion to the whole apparatus. Infact, aningenious boy ‘or girl will find the perpetual whirligig. a basis for many novel ‘inventions.—Youth's Comparion.: .

CATCHING SARDINES. How the Work Was Done in the Early p Days of Californig. The‘next time the readers of this paper eat srdines it may interest them to remember how they were caught in the old California days. Only Spanish and Indians were in. California then, and they were far more interesting to look upon than the present inhabitants of the Goeld state. The men of the aristocracy — caballeros— wore Jjacket and trousers of eolored sillz over white lace and linen, high boots of soft leather, broad hats. covered with silver eagles; the WQmen——-do'ifm:zsefull, flowered gowns, and a strip of *silk about the liead and shoulders and .many jewels. The Indians wore & gay striped blanket, their childrqp “nothingZbut a shirt twinet, about the waist arfi tied in a knot at the bagk.-.., . In the autujmn,'.on;-.féermin days, all the “ine people stpod on %:e beach of the bay of Monterey and Watched the Indians catch ;Fsiiifdipﬁs{i-"?lléll‘l'@i:ﬁjgdians would wade up to :their kncegjn the surf and scoop np-@lig}f;S\vai-mi;,? little fish with their nets. " But ,_t,)'?sardines would - sometimes comg to ‘the shore in shoals to escape the greedof the larger fish. It was & very fine sight to see the silvery fish rushing through the dark blue water, then leaping over the rocks on the white sand. In the bay the great whales spouted like geysers or reared so highabove the water that the swordfish, sed¢ing his chance, sprang upon and pierced his enemy. Thereupon the whale would drift to the shore and dic among the sardines. Hundreds of birds, attracted. by the dead fish, would fly down from the pine woods on thé hills and add to the liveliness of the scene by their tireless darting and screaming.” At night, when the eaballeros.and the donnas ‘were dancing in the adobe hotises and the Indians were asleep, bears and eoyotes would come prowling out of the hills and eat what the birds bad left.—American Youth. o ~ Where Boys Must Keep Still: e ~ News comes from Austria that a few ‘weeks ago a boy fourteen years of age was arrested at Trieste for- speaking disrespectfully of the -emperor. He ‘was ;triedhsecretly. and 'seut;enq‘lgdboto' ‘two months in prison, with hard labor. At first it was proposed to w:ﬁbﬂm