Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 16, Number 27, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 19 September 1894 — Page 2

KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS. Owens Defeats Breckinridgo at the Primary Election. 'Yh Returns by Count leu Roth Sides Claim the Victory—Some Talk of a -Contest—Rlood Is Shed at the Tolls. END OF A REMARKABLE FIGHT. Lexington. Ivv., Sept. 18. —In the primaries of the Seventh congressional district Saturday W. G. Owens is believed to have secured a safe majority of the delegates. The vote was about as follows so far as the returns already received indicate: HreckinCorvrr. Ouen*. ridge. Settle. Bourbon 1.030 1,151 68 Fayette 1.813 1.075 480 Franknu. 1.516 095 288 Henry 408 857 609 Oldham 407 243 26 Owen 229 1.143 1.360 Scott 1,824 0215 IGB Woodford , 811 CBB *“141 Tou.s, 8.097 7,687 ' 3,429 Owens' plurality. 410. Breckinridge Talks of Fraud. Breckinridge leaders claim that in Hcott comity Owens received many fraudulent votes, as 600 more democrats voted in this county Saturday than at the last election. Desha Breckinridge said he was confident of his father’s election. Said lie: *‘l cannot give out a •tatemont by counties, but our .latest reports reduce Owens' plurality to 141.

% T % Jr EXECUTION OF A CHINESE SOLDIER.

When Japr.ri dcclar?*<l v.-.v r.crainst China., tlu* pakii tr t'.-.s -r'.ion from t: e army :: capital offers' In which one of The offenders .was punished for si I am sure that the count will be given ! Us by £he district committee when it , meets. If it does not i am not pre- j pared to say what will follow; may be j • contest.'' I Killed at the Frimiiripp Kkankfoiit. Ky . Sept. is. News has been received here of a-do able* killin'? j in 1. ’'y'-t. It! in lies.from Einirur'f" in Henry county. Jim Hn<k?o t, Owens man, and Wallace, a Rreckin.ridgb man, lyul a fight at the noils. Hoskins shot Wallace, after which Wallace* drew a knife and stabbed his opponent repeatedly. Wallace is dead and Hoskins cannot recover. Ha His, Ky., Sept. 17. —At Riddles Mills, this county, at 7 o'clock Sunday morning Hen Duval shot and fatally wounded Ed Faulkner, a'fed 22. The trouble originated over the former challengin'? the latter's vote at the election Saturday. Veksaili.es, ivy., Sept. 18. —Out in the Maywood neighborhood, 5 miles northeast of here, Saturday there was a pitched battle' between'eighteen or twenty Breckinridge and Owen men, th e result of discussion on the Outlook, during’ which G. W. (iillesvie, a BreckInridge man, v.as stabbed twi£e with a dirk knife just above the heart and in the back, dangerously wounding him. It was impossible to lind out who did the cutting. GRAND ARMY AT PITTSBURGH. Twenty-Elglith National Encampment of the Ilerooa of ’Ol-05. ct Pittsbuhoh, Pa., Sept. 14.—There •were no vacant seats in the Grand •opera house Wednesday morning when, the twenty-eighth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was opened formally. Precisely a t that hour Commander in Chief John G. R. Adams tapped the table with his fravel of cedar and gold and declared the encampment opened. Gov. Pattion gave welcome to the delegates in behalf of the state. These exercises o\e.~, the encampment went into executive session and the delegates settled down to listen to the reports of the national officers. The closest attention was paid to the annual address of the commander in chief, upon a large number of topics. The report of dames F. M iee.cli, adjutant general, shows a decrease of 400 posts during the last year, or at least the lack of reports from that number of posts. According to the figures given, there was expended in charity this way for the. six months ending December 01, 1890, the sum of SIOO,486.00 and .far the six months ending June 00, 1894, 8100,294.07, a total for the of £203,780.10. The twenty-seven departments reporting give the following statistics: of soldiers’ and sailors’ graves • decorated by posts, 202.05.5; number of soldiers and sailors buried during the jft ar ending last Memorial day, 4,622;

cemetery lots owned by posts, 633; number of soldiers and sailors buried in potter’s fields, 753; unmarked by proper headstones, 10,333; number of posts holding Sunday memorial services, 2.335; number of posts holding Memorial day exercises, 2,233; number of comrades who took part in tlie exercises, 182,100. Henry Watterson delivered an address urging the claims of Louisville, Ivy, to the next encampment. The ovation tendered Mr. Watterson at the conclusion of his effort for his own city was a magnificent tribute to the eloquence and feeling of the representative selected by Louisville. It was properly voiced later by the unanimous decision of the heads of the grand army to break over a precedent and take the next national encampment into the erstwhile enemy’s country south of Mason and Dixon’s line, to Louisville, fct. Paul, the only other contestant, gracefully retired, under assurance, it is believed, of tlie encampment for the following year. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 14.—After one of the most heated contests in the history of the order Col. Thomas G. Lawler, of Rockford, 111., has been elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, defeating his only opponent. Col. Ivan N. Walker, of Indianapolis, by the narrow majority of 11 in a total vote of G 49. The other elections for national board positions were soon settled, as there were but few contests and all

emperor of the latter country issued an edict Our illi'sti a'din shows Die-peculiar manner lowing the white leather. were withdrawn before taking the ballot. The successful candidates were: Maj. A. P. Bhrehfield, senior vice commander in chief, of Pittsburgh; Charles 11. Shute, junior vice commander in chief, of New Orleans; O. W. Weeks, surgeon general in ehief, of Marion, O.: Rev. T. 11. Haggerty, in chiof; - : Tl:e Daughters of Veterrr” rr.st 'brr. ing the morning and elected officers. Mrs. Ellen.M. Walker, of Worcester, Mass., was chosen president. The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic met and received greetings from the other women’s organizations here. The national inspector, Mrs. Mary E. Gordan, of Kansas, reported that the organization has over 10,000 members and lias expended $55,000 during the year. Mrs. Emma Wallace, of Rockford, 111., was elected president. Asa fitting close to the magnificence and splendor of the came the last thing on the official programme, the fireworks and general illumination Thursday night. The entertainment was of a magnificent sort. Every decoration and illumination was displayed to the best advantage by thousands of dazzling lights. The mammoth mottoes “Grand Army of the Republic welcome” placed on the great hills overlooking each city, were lighted. Search lights, operated from points of equal vantage, swept the city with their piercing rays, while the climax was reached by the thousands of private illuminations on all the principal streets. The entire city glowed under the magic influences and dazzling radiances of thousands of lights. The fireworks were set off from a barge moored in the center of the Monongahela river, near its junction with th<* Allegheny, set pieces being erected on the opposite bank. This left the entire wharf along the south side of the city ripen to sightseers, while the hills overlooking both rivers commanded excellent views. Shot by Two Strother*. ITat.t.wood, Va., Sept. 17. John 11. Fisher was shot and instantly killed Thursday night by William and Arthur Wright, brot hers. Fisher accused William Wright of setting fire to his forP dor stack's. Wright called him a liar. € Fisher withdrew and went home. Wright, supposing lie had gone for a gun, secured the assistance of his brother Arthur. As Fisher reappeared they fired and he fell dea l. No weapon was found on him. Victory for .lapanegf. London, Sept. 17 —A' dispatch received here from Seoul, Corea, dated September 10. says that the •Japanese force moving from Gensan has completely routed the Chinese at Sing ( huen., I loth sides are repqrtccl to have lbst heavily. ‘ * \

CONDITION OF TRADE. B. G. Dun A Co.’* Review for the Week of an Encouraging Nature. New York. Sept. 17.- R. G. Dun A Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “Business has met no setback this week, and continues larger than earlier in August and larger than a year ago. directy after the panic. The country has now passed nearly three weeks under tho new tariff, and all admit that changes hare been of less Importance as yet than was expected. If in some branches business has materially increnscd. it has gained a little or has fallen off in others. Loss in some directions is explained by crop reports, for the most favorable estimates of experts put the loss of corn as about 400.000,000 bijghels. whereas the, government report is by some interpreted as meanings tr-ioss —©L 1.000.000.000 bushels. Tho opinion of tho trade does not favor the official estimate, and the price has not risen at all during the week: though receipts have been very small, exports have practically ceased, and all realize that the shrinkage of 400,000.000 bushels is serious, if it proves to be no greater, since it must affect prices of meats for a year or more. Pork is unchanged, but lard has risen 30 cents per 100 pounds. Nor are official reports encouraging as to wheat. Western receipts in two weeks have been 11.184.€87 busholsv- -against 10..G74.761 last year, and Atlantic exports only 2,074.790, against 5.106.562 ast year, and the. price is onehalf cent lower, t onsiderable injury is officially reported to cotton, but few expect less than 8.500.000 bales, which is mere than enough, and the price is a sixteenth lower. The great increase in iron production, which was notetf as following the removal of coke-difflcultics, id measured by the capacity of furnaces in blast September 1 namely: 151.113 tons, against 115.35 G August 1, and the.unsold stocks also decreased 35.384 tons during the month. I c; s nctiv’ty is seen in dry goods, the rush of postponed business having abated, and there is more disposition to defer purchases because of somewhat general advances in cotton goods and because London wool sales are expected to make the outlook clearer. Strikes in cotton mills have not ceased and stocks of print cloths shrink rapidly, but some question whether recent advances in price can lie maintained with, important additions to the present force. “Failures in tho first week of September as yet reported show liabilities of only ?1.430.070, of which 54:5.120 was of manufacturing and 5:937.450 of trading concerns. The aggregate of liabilities reported for August is -D0697.513] This.week the failures have been 207 in tho United States, against 314 last year, and 44 in Canada, against 27 last year." BLUFFED A ROBI3ER. J’lucky Young Woman In For*, Keolt, Kan. Saves Her Employer’s Cash. Fort Scott, Kan., Sept. 18. — A daring robber entered the cashier’s office of the T. L. Herbert company, painters’ and decorators’ wholesale supply house, and commanded Miss Ivv a Thompson, the cashier, a hand some young woman who was alone in the room, to open tin* safe, in which were several hundred dollars. She refused, and lie revolver and commanded/her to comply with h's demand. The door of the safe was closed, hut . not locked, ar-d, with rare courage, the young 1 woman stepped toward it and grasped the combination. He thought she was in the act of opening tlih safe, but in fact she was locking it. She turned the combination knob while lie stood over her, pistol in hand, and then, standing erect and undaunted before him. she 'exclaimed: ‘‘Now shoot!” d’lie fellow* tittered an oath,' pocketed his revolver and lied. TRAG ED Y AT CHEST NU T 5 ILL. Isaac- T. Wolcott. Kills His Wife ami Commits Suicide. Lincoln, 111., Sept. 14. —Eva Wolcott, the wife of a wealthy Logan county farmer, was murdered at noon Wednesday near Chestnut by her husband, who then shot himself. Isaac Wolcott was a son of Nelson Wolcott, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this county, and lived on his farm of over 400 acres near Chestnut and 15 miles southeast of this city. He is reputed to be 'worth aL'twa':; a * man 13 year.. * ' ag JS'arol t '>* F**n the only/bnjghtor.of the late John Michener, formerly a grain dealer at Chestnut and a highly re specte'd- citizen. The couple had three children —two boys, Roscoe and Oscar, and a girl, ltuby, whose ages are from 2 to 9 years. Two Children I'vrlsh as Result of Lighting a l ire with Oil. Kkwanee, 111., Sept. IS.—William Friedlaiul used kerosene to light afire, when the stove was blown all to pieces and the house was almost instantly in a mass of flames. His wife was terribly burned he could get her out. Two little children, aged 2 and 4 years, were sleeping upstairs. Mrs. Meickle, a neighbor, ran for a ladder, and, putting it up to the window, bravely went up amid the flames to rescue the children. Just as she was about to take them out of the window some men,, fearing she would be burned to death, pulled the ladder down and caught her. The children were burned to death. Mrs. Friedlaiul had her clothes all burned off and is not expected to live. Cyclone in Tennessee. , Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 14. —North Memphis was struck by a tornado at noon Wednesday and nearly wiped off the face of the earth. One man was killed and several others injured, who may die. It was 12 o’clock when the barometer of the weather bureau recorded a local disturbance. A dark cloud that resembled in appearance and action a big balloon with a rope tied to it began to descend, and wherever it came close to the earth de* stroyed everything in its path. The greatest damage was done along Wolf river, which is occupied by box factories, sawmills and veneering factories. Bullets for Three. Waco, Tex., Sept. 18.—AtGatesvillo, terminus of the Cotton belt, 43 miles west of here, a fata? street duel took place between J. L. Goodman, editor of the People's Voice, and B. Armstrong, editor of tho Star, both weekly papers. The duel grew out of a personal controversy in the papers over the Ed Gash lynching of a few months ago. The two men.opened fire on each other just as they met in front of Goodman's office. Goodman was shot through the heart and Armstrong through the bowels, both dying at once. J. G. Beeman, & bystander, was fatally wounded in the neck by a stray shot. All leave fami* I lies and all arc well known in this sec* ti >n of the state.

ODD FELLOWS MEET. The Sovereign Brand Lodge In Session at Chattanooga. I Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 18.— ; Prominent odd fellows from all sec- | tionsof the United States and Canada, ! representing the various districtsof the j order, assembled in the seventieth anI nual session of the Sovereign grand I lodge in the hall of Lookout Mountain inn on Monday. Grand Sire C. T. j Campbell, of London, Ont., pre- ■ sided, and the public was admitted to j the opening session. When the lodge had been formally called to order the delegates were welcomed on behalf of the state by Gov. Peter Turney, while Mayor Gecrge 11. Ochs spoke I for the city. Benjamin Bingham, ' grand master of the state grand ( lodge, for the odd fellows of Tennessee, and Charles F. Landis, grand pa- | triarch of the grand encampment of Tennessee, for the Patriarchs Militant. Responses were made by Grand Sire Campbell and others, and then the lodge went into executive session. The annual report of the grand sire was a long document, the reading lasting over one hour. A synopsis of the document is as follows: The grand sire said that since the last convention in the south, held in Atlanta twenty years ago, the membership in the southern states had increased from 6.000 to 50,000, and to the people of the south odd fellowship had become an established institu- , tion. The total membership of the order was now 780,000, or, including the sisters of the KebeUah degree. 889.000. To this should be added a membership of 25,000 In foreign jurisdictions, making a combined membership of ' 900,009 men and women. The net increase in i membership during the year had been : 33,009. This was less than the year I previous, but this might be accounted | for in the United States by a season of finan- ! cial stringency that lessened the resources of the people, in Canada tho order had made greater progress than in any year of its history. There has been no diminution in the work accomplished, and the expenditure of three , and a third millions of dollars for purposes of / relief was a sufficient evidence ol the activity ; of odd fellowship. | In no department of the work had there i been such decided progress as in making provision for the aged members and orphan children. In many states new homes hail been opened, while numerous jurisdictions were accumulating funds and preparing buildings for : the laudable work. I A charter has been granted for a grand i lodge in Sweden, and it was recommended that ■ an application for/a district lodge in Naples, i Italy, bc giunted. Overtures had been made j looking to tiie introduction of the order into | India, but there were evident reasons why tho ' proposition should not bo entertained. A charter has been granted for an initial lodge in Newfoundland, the only part of British North America not hitherto occupied..Peace and harmony prevailed throughout the entire jurisdiction except in Kansas, . where a nuinbey of lodges had invoked the of the courts against an assessment ordered by ' the grand lodge for the support of a home, j The military branch, known as tho PatriI arelis Militant, was reported as being in a prosperous condition. Numerous withered branches have been lopneifolT during the year, the forces generally reorganized and'eleven -new canto!)* mustered into service^ | The grand sire paid tribute to the memory of ' a number of 'brethren who had died during ihe j year, including the grand marshal of the Sovi eri ign lodge. Walter (, Dye. of Minnesota, and j concluded with an eloquent appeal to the delej gates to establishment of the comj ing al.trurian of which the poets have I dreamed and philanthropists hoped, but which j odd fellowship only had made possible. The report of Theodore A. Boss, grand .secretary and adjutant-general, shows that during 1*93 the get gain in the membership of lodges was 32.x.7. and in encampments, 3,518. In the Ki bekah lodges the net gain in the number of lodges was 378; in membership. 21.573. (>f the increased membership in these lodges 12.389 were sisters. The rep rt of Grand Treasurer Isaac A. Sheppard shows the financial condition of the Sovereign grand lodge for the fiscal year ending August 29. 1x94-. as follows: J.'ecoipis, cash balance as per last report, ?31.076.72r5undry receipts during year. 571.45x.21: total cash reserve. 41 in,531.93: expenditures during the year. *75.283.68: balance in hands of treasurer, $33,251. .5. assets, cash balance in treasury >33,-.51.25; Lehigh Yailey Railroad company l's I>er cent, bonds. $15.99 >; other 4 per cent, bonds $15,990; total. *8'3.251.25. Th° available BRECKINRIDGE TALKS, Declares He Has Secured a Majority of the Legal Votes. Cincinnati, Sept. 18. —The Commer-cial-Gazette's Lexington special says; Since midnight there seems to be no doubt about Col. Breckinridge making a fight for the nomination before the district committee, on which all possible pressure has been brought to bear. Breckinridge has made public a statement. in which he. says he secured a majority of the -legal democratic votes of the district, and that fraud was practiced against him in several counties. The following is Breckinridge’s statement: • The democratic committee of the district alone has the power to declare who is the nominee. and until that declaration is made no one is the Nominee of the party, and when it is made I will loyally submit to this decision and support the person declared to be the nominee. Under the law and under the rule of the party it alone has the porter to ascertain what votes have been cast and what votes shall be counted and what declared to be fraudulent. “I believe that at least 300 illegal votes have been cast against me in the county of Fayette, and. perhaps, nearly as many in the county of Franklin I shall make no frivolous contest, shall raise no technical questions nor enter Into contest about doubtful points, but shall reserve until next Saturday the right to have such proceedings taken before the district committee as will accord with my judgment.” The Enquirer’s advices from different counties is that the Breckinridge men are quietly but earnestly working so that they will have all the evidence possible in the event that a contest is made Saturdaj'. It is generally thought that every effort will be made to get Breckinridge’s friends on the committee to consent to open a contest and hear evidence on the charge of fraud, especially in Scott county, the home of Owens. Cincinnati, Sept. 18.—Corrected and official returns from eight counties of the Ashland district show a plurality of 310 for Owens over Breckinridge. MURDER SUSPECTED. A Once Prominent. Battle Creek Lady Found Dead. Battle Creek, M ich.. Sept. 18. —Mrs. Helen Taylor, aged 50 years, wlio at one time held a prominent position in society here, was found dead in her home on the outskirts of this city on Monday. From the position of the body and marks on it, murder is suspected. For several'months a ; man named William Gilbert has been | living with the woman. After the I woman’s body was discovered Gil- | bert’s actions were suspicious and he ! was arrested and will be held to await the action of the coroner s jury.

SOME ONE MUST LOSE. Failure of an Attempt to Corner Wheat May Cost 91.000,000. San Francisco, Sept. 18. —Somebody stands to lose 81,000,000 on wheat and San Francisco grain men are wondering who the victim U. For several months L. F. McGlanglilin bought wheat for some unknown speculators until he had accumulated between 175,000 and 200,000 tons, sor # which he paid an average of €1.20 per cental. At present prices he cannot realize within 35 cents per cental of as much as he paid. It is said by grain dealers here that exSenator James G. Fair is the only man od the coast who has enough ready money to back McGlaughlin in such a big deal and it now looks as if he had made an error in his calculations. When McGlaughlin commenced to buy last winter wheat was never before so low. Under the stimulus of big purchases the price went up, but it soon fell and wheat is now lower than ever. It is calculated that there are at present between 800,000 and 900,000 tons of wheat in the state for which a market must be found. All this wheat must be shipped out of the country and ship owners are holding back for higher charters. A REJECTED WOOER. llq Kills Ills Sweetheart and Himself at Portland, Ore. Portland, Ore., Sept. 18.—J. W. Stanegels. a civil engineer, shot and killed Mrs. Mabel Colvin on the street Sunday afternoon and then blew out his own brains. Mrs. Colvin was walking along when Stanegels met her. He asked her to go walking with him, saying that he wished to talk with her. She declined to do so, but he persisted and took hold of her arm. Mrs. Colvin said if he did not let her alone she would call on a gentleman who was across the street for help. Stanegels then used his pistol. Mrs. Colvin was a handsome brunette and came here about two"years ago from Woolwich, Mass. She and her husband did not, live together, and only a few days ago she filed papers in a suit for divorce. Stanegels was an engineer employed at the city park, and it is said he was desirous of payiiig attention to Mrs. Colvin, but she was not fond of his attentions. IDLE MINERS IN WANT. President Mcßride, of tlio Union, Issue* an'Appeal for Aid. Columbus, 0., Sept. 13.—Tt is discovered through an appeal for aid issued by President John Mcßride, of the United Mine Workers, that about 4,000 members of the organization who went out on strike last April are still idle, the operators having failed to settle on the basis of the Columbus compromise. The appeal states that 2,000 men have been out in tho Massillon (O.) district since last February against a reduction of 15 cents per toil. At Denton, Ky.. and. at the mines of the New York Gas Coal company, in the Pittsburgh district, as well as those at Whitewcll, Tenn., the men have been idle since April. The president urges the men at work to contribute 5 cents for each ton of coal mined to help the strikers, the amount to be divided proportionately between the districts. TESTIMONY ALL IN. Defcn*o in tlm Dob* Contempt Case Sub--mlt No Evidence. Chicago. Sept. 15. —All of the testimony in the Debs contempt case is in. Much to the surprise of everyone, the *•* *' . " 4 bdL:. _l;^iJ j£'3s6 u fi-ytsdt T 1.;.). 1 v aft. hen The last avitnn r ." fj-r 41 . v uih,..- k& l heard that they would stake their case on the evidence before the court. This was apparently a great surprise to Mr. Walker and his associates who represent the prosecution, Mr. Miller and Mr. Bancroft, of the Santa Fe road. However, after some preliminary stipulations as to the preparation of papers. Judge Woods adjourned ourt to Tuesday, September 25, when the arguments will be heard. GREAT RACE ON THE STRIP. Fonr Thousand Horsemen Participate in the Event. Enid, O.'T,, Sept. 18.—The first anniversary of the opening of the Cherokee strip was celebrated Saturday. The feature of the occasion was an exact representation of the original race for the town site, the prize to the winner being a lot valued at $2,000. Fifteen thousand people participated in the race, but the real contest was between 4,000 horsemen, including Indians and cowboys. It was the most wonderful race, with systematic entries, on record. The prize lot was reached simultaneously by a Cheyenne Indian and Kansas cowboy named Farker. Robert .Us New Record. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 17.—Friday was the greatest record-breaking day ever recorded for any track. Robert .!, paced a mile in 2:01 ing the world’s record, which he made himself at Indianapolis. Carbonate lowered the 2-year-old pacing record from 2:10 to 2:09. John R. Gentry made the stallion record for pacers 2:03%, making the mark in a race. Directly tied Carbonate’s record of 2:10 for 2-year-old pacers made earlier in the week. Joe Patchen paced the mile in 2:04, beating the stallion record of 2:05%, which had been held good until earlier in the day, when Gentry set the new mark and “Sweet Little” Alix trotted a mile in 2:04%. • * Lead* the Revolt. Youngstown, 0., Sept. 15—Goethe lodge, one of the oldest German lodges of the Knights of Pythias in the United States, lias decided, with but four dissenting votes, to withdraw from the order and will organize the Goethe Relief society, using funds now in their possession for the new organization. The officers have notified the grand lodge that it had Surrendered Us charter and all property belonging to the grand lodge.

6CIENCE AND INDUSTRY. —A wound made by the tooth of tno cobra species of serpent is mere puncture and causes little swelling 1 . The person bitten is killed' by paralysis of the nerve centers The danger of the rattlesnake bite, on the other hand, is from mortification of the injured part, which may proceed so far that the flesh actually putrefies. —ln regard to the mammoth remains of Canada and Alaska, Dr. (. M. Dawson notes that in the northwestern part of the continent they are abundant in, if not confined to, the limits of a great unglaciated area there, comprising nearly all Alaska and part of the adjacent Yukon district of Canada. No mastodon bones have been reported from this region. * —The Egyptians had four separate and distinct styles or forms of writing the hieroglyphic, the hieratic, the enchorial and the Coptic. The hieroglyphic was probably in use as early as the year 4003 15. C., and at first was made up entirely of pictures. About the year 2000 15. C. the hieratic form or style was introduced. In this the picture hieroglyphics were greatly simplified, finally developing into forms purely linear. —The Indian Planters’ Gazette urges the pushing of Indian teas in America, as a matter of great importance to the tea planters of India. It says: “As the introduction of Indian tea into the United States on a firm increasing basis should be a co-operative enterprise, tea gardens of India should tax as we proposed some time back, so much per acre for a guarantee fund for shipping Indian teas to America, covering any loss of sale, and pushing it l>v the best approved methods.” —Algeria is sending large quantities of barley to France for the purpose of horse feeding. In the south of France it is given whole, like oats, but in the middle region it is crushed, while in the north of France, where farming is more extensive, the barley is cooked. It is given mainly to heavy draft horses, being wholly withheld from omnibus and carriage horses. It enters largely into the commercial feeding stuffs, but on the large farms, where the farmer lias his own mill and engine, lie grinds it himself. Men are doing some groat things nowadays in the way of bridges, water works, etc.: but we doubt if any city can show a greater triumph of engineering as to its water supply than ancient Rome. Eight immense aqueducts supplied the city with pure spring water from the hills, delivering forty millions of cubic feet daily. The Claudia aqueduct was forty-seven miles long and one hundred feet high. The Martin was forty-one miles, thirty“6fcv.cn miles of which were carried on seven thousand arches seventy feet high. -The cultivated arwa of Egypt is slowly increasing by means of various enterprises for leading the waters of the Nile into regions which have relapsed into deserts. A depression,which is claimed to be the bed of the ancient lake Moeris. has been surveyed, and the question of making it once more a storage reservoir is a financial one. Another scheme is the drainage of Ahoukir lake, and the reclamation of the once fertile kinds it covers. The area embraces 32,000 acres, which has been acquired by an Engjishjcoinpany, with tin.* view of founding/there an agricultural colony. The early astronomers* were all astrologers, and claimed to he able to predict the future career of various individuals by “casting horoscopes'* showing the position of the planets at the time of their birth. The position nj*' l in'’*" v, 'v*ntsof the various celestial b.jr , :: : " “. 1 y supposed to eon-* ♦re I .e# bpt were also thought to bring weal or woe. tempest or sunshine, upon the earth itself. A man born when the sun was in the constellation of Scorpio was lielieved to be naturally bent toward excessive indulgence of the animal passions. One born when the sun was in Pisces was predestined togrovel or be a servant, while one whose earthly career was opened when the great luminary was in Aries would be a greht scholar and a man known to the world despite all opposing influences. THE TELEPHONE DOCTOR. lie Is an Indispensable Adjunct to the Large City Systems. In a telephone plant for a big city like Chicago there are cables containing. upwards of thirty thousand miles of copper wire. , Complete records are kept of the position of every wire and the men in charge-can pick out at once the line of any subscriber whenever it is necessary to inspect it or work on it. When a line gets into trouble it can be tested in both directions from the switchboard and out toward the subscriber's station. At every exchange there is an official called the “wire chief,” whose special duty is to overlook the making of connections between the subscriber's line and the switch-board, to inspect the wires and to test them electrically in order to determine the position of any defect that may occur in a subscriber’s line or instruments. The wire chief sits at a special desk from which wires run to various parts of the system and he is provided with electrical instruments with which to make tests pn lines that develop “trouble.” He is the ambulance surgeon of the telephone plant and his wires give him the advantage of being truly obiquitous. He receives complaints and reports of “trouble” and enters on special slips every “trouble” reported or discovered. These slips are handed to “trouble men,” who search out the cause and, finding it, apply the proper remedy; they then enter an account of what they found and what they did on the slip and return it. In this way a close and comprehendvje check is kept on the operat.on of the telephone plant, whicn, on account of its complexity and of the numbe • of 'small parts that go to make it up, is peculiarly liable to trilling hut troublesome he feet's. Returns are made up periodically from the '"troiihie- -nr ;hi t i -<c forma continuous record of the efficiency both of the p.ani and of those immeuiateiV i> v.i.i.g of it.—Chicago News.