Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1898 — Page 6

TSE RENSSELAER DEMOCRAT. SHIELDS & DILLEY, Publisher*. - RENSSELAER, - • INDIAN*.

WOUNDS A PRISONER.

FIERCE BATTLE IN AN IDAHO JAIL. Condemned Murderer Fatally Stabbed , and Shot by a Deputy Sheriff—Mar* I tial Law Proclaimed in Puerto Hico I —Americana Are in Danger. I Frustrated a Jail Breaker. H. C. St. Clair was stabbed and shot ly Deputy Sheriff McQuillen in the Idaho City, Idaho, jail. St. Clair is under sentence of death for the murder of John Decker, a Spokane mining man. His case is now on ah appeal to the Supreme Court. St. Clair had been a good prisoner. He had given the jail authorities but little trouble. Bitt he has been quite nervous of late. Nothing wrong, however, was suspected. A few days ago he succeeded iu sawing through the iron bars of his cell. He got into the main corridor of the jail. No one was about and the prisoner went into the sheriff’s office •nd armed himself with a shotgun and :i revolver. As he came out of the door lie met McQuillen. St. Clair fired both barrels at the deputy, but they missed. Thon he tried his revolver, but that was knocked from his hand. Then the two men had a long and desperate struggle. McQuillen •was the stronger and got his prisoner down. Then he drew his knife and plunged it several times into St. Clair. Finally he reached for the pistol whach had been knocked to the floor and fired., St. Clair was taken back to his cell and surgeons summoned. McQuillen was unharmed. Killed la a Street Fight. News of a desperate street battle at Lone Oak, Ark., has reached Little Rock. W. K. Booie and two sons, Will and Charles, are dead, and the three Eagle brothers are in jail charged with murder. Bob Dougherty, a brother-in-law of the Eagles, was also implicated ami is under arrest. The Eagles, who are nephews of ex-Gov. Eagle, and the Booies have not been on good terms for years, and on more ’than one occasion different members of the two factions have come together. About ten days ago some one fired on Charlie Boolie from ambush while he was standing in front of a store at England. He wus slightly wounded. W. K. Booie was a member of the Legislature in 1887 and h»s family is one of the oldest in that section of the State. The Eagles are well known in Lone Oak County. Their relatives have for many years dominated local politics, and it is understood that the misunderstanding dates from a political clash between some of the Eagles and Booies.

Race for the Pennant.

Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Base-ball League: W. L. W. L. Chicago 5 1 Pittsburg.... 3 4 Baltimore ... 5 1 Boston 3 4 Cincinnati .. 4 2 Washington.. 2 4 Philadelphia.. 4 2 New York.. .. 2 5 Cleveland 5 2 Louisville ... 2 7 Brooklyn ... 3 3 St. Louis...., 1 4 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W.L. W. L. Columbus ... 3 0 Milwaukee... 1 3 Kansas City. 3 0 Minneapolis... 1 3 Indianapolis.. 3 1 Omaha 1 4 St. Pau1..,.. 3 1 Detroit 0 3 Puerto Rico May Revolt. According to the latest advices from Puerto Rico, the agitation there' is increasing and food prices are rising fast. The authorities have taken steps to prevent the departure of refugees. At Mnyaguee, seventy miles southwest of San Juan, there is talk of a revolution. Refugees from Puerto Rico who reached the island of St. Thomas by a schooner report that the condition of the island is criticri. Martial law has been proclaimed and Americans there are in danger, as thAr nre without protection. United Stated Consul Van Horn at St. Thomas has bought 1,500 tons of coal for the United States Government, and he is negotiating for more.

BREVITIES.

Frank Wade, palmist and astrologer, han been arrested at Toledo, Ohio, charged with swindling. Col. Sir Vivian Doering Majendie, C, 8., her majesty's chief inspector of explosives since 1881, died in London. Thomas Compton, a farmer of Jefferson County, Tenn., became suddenly insane over war talk and killed himself by shooting. A cablegram from London says that Mr. Gladstone may not survive longer than sixty days. That is the opinion of his physicians after having carefully diagnosed his condition. A tremendous tire broke out in the Clydeside district of Glasgow, Scotland. Several large buildings were involved, including the magnificent Homan Catholic Cathedral of St. Andrew's. The damage amounts to £150.000 ($750,000). The report that the war with Spain will cause a postponement of the trans-Mis-•iasippi exposition at Omaha is utterly without foundation. The work vigorously proceeds and everything will be in readiness for the ojaming day, June 1. W. B. Mcßride, representing a Chicago brewing company, has obtained an option on a large plot of ground in Nashville, Tenn., on which he says his company proposes to erect one of the largest breweries In tiie country. Mr. Mcßride says the scheme embraces in addition to the brewery an eight-story steel-constructed hotel and forty saloons located in different parts of the city. William It. Gratz of New York has Offered a prize of SIOO to the man who fast plants the Stars and Stripes on Cu!ban soil. It is announced on credible authority I from Santiago de Chili that Chili and Bolivia hare arranged satisfactorily the questions pending between them, and that the protocol will be signed in a few days. ■ At Tacoma. Wash., President Cole of f- the Shingle Manufacturers' Association fcas ordered 200 shingle mills, now cut- < ting 15,000,000 shingles daily, to be closed until the permanent effect of the war in the shingle business can be ascertained. I

EASTERN.

The twenty-round bout at Troy, N. Y., between Steve O’Donnell and jppnroy resulted in a victory for Conroyon a foul in the seventeenth round. Two Italian laborers were instantly killed and another seriously injured at Fondas Basin, six miles east of Schenectady, N. Y., by the breaking of a derrick beam while it was in use lifting stone. Mrs. Jennie Diederich, 22 years of age, of 004 West Forty-ninth street, New York, was drowned in three indies of water in a small washtub, in which she was washing some clothing. She was seized with an apoplectic fit. The new Pennsylvania capitol commission awarded the contract for the erection of the new building to Allen B. Rorke of Philadelphia for $325,000. There were five other bidders. The sum appropriated by the Legislature for the new building was $550,000. . George Parsons Lathrop, essayist and novelist, of New London, Conn., died at Roosevelt Hospital, New York. Mr. Lathrop was received at the hospital suffering from a complication of diseases. His case was not considered at all desperate, but his temperature rose suddenly, and he died before there was time to summon his wife to his bedside. To while away the time during a lieover at the Consolidated Traction Company's Craig street barn in Pittsburg, Pa., Motorman R. J. Brooks and his conductor, Martin Flaherty, ‘‘put on the gloves.” Brooks was the better boxer and struck Flaherty many blows in quick succession. Suddenly Brooks called time, and, throwing up his hands, fell back dead. He had died from heart disease caused by the excitement and exertion. At the meeting of the home mission board of the Reformed Church at New Kensington, Pa., the Rev. Paul Somerlotte, harbor missionary at New York, charged that the immigrant inspectors and hotelkeepers in New York were in a combination to bleed immigrants and that they had robbed them of thousands of dollars. Mr. Somerlotte says the eating and lodging house privileges for the entertainment of immigrants are let by Government officials to certain parties by contract. He alleges that by on arrangement between certain hotel keepers and some of the immigrant inspectors any immigrant who has money is detained on various pretexts by the inspectors and is kept at one of the immigrant hotels and is held ns long as his money lasts. When his last dollar'is gone he is turned out; if he makes a fuss he is promptly pickl'd up as a pauper immigrant and sent buck to the old country. Mr. Somerlotte says there are hundreds of such cases. The bonrd appointed S. B. Yockey of Columbus, O,; J. J. Lebearmnn of Louisville, 0., and C. M. Bouss of Meadville, Pa., a committee to investigate the charges. In Boston, Mass,, lovers of liberty in thousands did homage to patriots’ day, the observance of the State holiday being general. The ceremonies began at midnight, when Sexton James J. Rudd and George Wilson, the actor, bung out the two lanterns from the belfry of the North Church, and then, at Mr. Wilson’s request, they went to Charlestown and took a look back at the twin lights. At sunrise the North Church chimes ushered in the day with patriotic airs and iu the forenoon the Daughters of the Revolution held services in the church commemorative of Paul Revere’s famous ride. During the afternoon there were numerous meetings of patriotic societies, the largest attended being that of the Sons of the American Revolution, at which Bishop William Lawrence nnd Mayor Josiah Quincy made rousing patriotic speeches bearing on the Spanish-American crisis. Another feature of the afternoon observance was the exercises at the grave of Paul Revere, where flowers were placed i'i abundance by Paul Revere Chapter. Daughters of the Revolution. The old historic town of Lexington was in holiday garb and held thousands of visitors. At Concord, in addition to the firing of a salute and the ringing of bells, a public meeting was held in First Parish Church, with addresses by Charles H. Walcott, Thomas J. Gargan and Alfred S. Roe. The town of Arlington, formerly the old revolutionary town of Menotoiny, likewise commemorated with appropriate exercises the anniversary of the events of April 19, 1775.

WESTERN.

At Portsmouth, Ohio, the Tenth district Republican congressional convention, after one of the most remarkable political contests on record, nominated Stephen .1. Morgan of Jackson County on the 1,477 th ballot. The Ohio Legislature has given trial juries the option of saying whether a firstdegree murderer should be electrocuted or imprisoned for life. Pardoning jMiwer is o(>erative only on proof of innocence beyond reasonable doubt. The concentrator of the Morning mine at Wallace, Idaho, was destroyed by tire. The loss is $100,(XX) and insurance $60,000. A new concentrator will be built. Three hundred miners will be thrown out of employment for six months. Roy Flack, 13 years old, and his 12-year-old cousin, Orville Groves, engaged in a friendly boxing bout at Chillicothe, Ohio. Both were good boxers.- Groves finally hit Flack a blow under the heart and the latter dropped to the floor dead. Officers attempted to arrest a gang of thugs in Coffeyville, Kan. The gang opened fire on the officers, killing William Kime, city marshal. One of the gang was wounded and the rest escaped, but were captured ard brought back by a posse. Gov. Ix»e has called a special session of the SotMh Dakota Legislature to make appropriations for maintenance and equipment of the State militia. The last Legislature cut off all -appropriations. Twenty-five thousand dollars is required. The 18-year-old aon and 14-year-okl daughter of the late Gua. Leftwich, editor of the Gallatin (Mo.) Democrat, have been indicted for his murder. The poison taken by him is supposed to have been intended for the stepmother of the children. After a long consultation HrA. Dossier and President Samuel Gompers, President Lynch ami others at Toledo, Ohio, reached an agreement at a stated time to discontinue employing girls in the bicycle factories in Toledo, Thompsonville, Conn., Toronto and Westfield, Mass. Col. Alexander Warner, president of the defunct Baxter Bank of Baxter Springs, Kaiu has been found guilty of receiving deposits while the bank was in an insolvent condition. The penalty is a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment in the penitentiary tor not more than live years, or both. Frank Hill of Minnesota, who was ap-

pointed consul at Santos, Brazil, in November, 1890. and who still holds that commission, has been taken to'the emergency hospital in Washington, D. C.. anf- ’ sering from insane delusions, the effect, it is stated, of alcohol and drugs. He is 36 or 38 years of age and is unmarried. Wheat in Missouri is recovering where damaged by the recent cold waves and is generally looking well. Pastures and meadows are making a good start as a rule. Stock has been put on pasture in some counties, early fruits are now in full bloom in the central and southern sections. J The big clothing house of Browning, King & Co. in Kansas City, Mo., is in the hands of a deputy sheriff, representing the public administrator in the city of St. Louis, Dr. William C. Richardson. Henry W. King, a member of the firm, died in Chicago. There being no member of the firm resident in Missouri, nor heirs of the deceased in the State, the public administrator in St. Louis secured possession of the store in Kansas City. Men arriving at Chamberlain, S. *D., from White river bring details of a disastrous prairie fire, which swept over practically the whole of Rosebud Indian reservation, destroying hundreds of cattie and horses. So far as known no Indians lost their lives. The fire swept over a greater part of a tract eighty miles long and sixty wide, extending to the Nebraska line. It is supposed to have been started by a white man traveling overland to Valentine, Neb. It was the worst prairie Are sinee the one which destroyed Mouut Vernon nine years ago. The Santa Fe overland train No. 1, west bound, was held up by two men at the Mojave river bridge, two miles west of Oro Grande, Cal. Engineer Gifford was killed by one of the robbers, whose companion was mortally wounded by Gifford in an exchange of shots. The robbers rifled the mail car and secured the registered mail. They then backed down to the train again and were proceeding to the express car, when Engineer Gifford opened fire on them with a revolver. He fatally wounded Paul Jones of Oro Grande, but the other roblier escaped, after shooting Gifford with a charge of buckshot, - - 4' The jury iu the case of. John Joyce, on trial nt Maryville, Mo., charged with having murdered it. 1). Montgomery iu Maryville Dec. 21, returned a verdict of not guilty. There was an affecting scene in the court room when the result was announced. Joyce cried like a child, and his three little daughters flung their arms around his neck and wept with him. One of the children, Aggie, 8 years of age, climbed up to the bench aud kissed Judge Anthony, who presided during the trial. The verdict is regarded as another vindication of the unwritten law that a man has a right to defend his home, it having been charged that Montgomery caused Joyce’s wife to leave him and attempt to get a divorce in South Dakota, that he might afterward marry her. A sensation has been created at El Paso, Texas, by the arrival from Chuichupa, a village in the heart of the Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico, of J. Newton Fowler with the news of the discovery by himself and Morris Singleton of the famous lost gold mine of Tiofa. The discovery was made on the evening of April 6, in a deep, narrow canyon, through which runs the Rio Chico, a tributary Of the Aras river. Mr. Fowler, while chasing a wounded deer, came across the -ruins of three Arastas, and on investigating discovered a stone wall enclosing an oi>ening. Cutting through the wall, an old mining shaft was displayed and at its mouth were a number of crude old mining implements. Going down the shaft a few feet some very rich specimens of gold were found. If this is the old Tiofa mine,.as is firmly believed, Mr. Fowler and liis associates will receive $15,000 in gold from the .Mexican Government, a standing reward it has offered for the discovery of the mine. The roeords of the mine were in the hands of the priests, who have searched the country for it, and the records state that the shaft is walled in. More than one man has lost his life hunting for this mine. In 1882 Pitsican, then chief engineer of the Texas and Pacific road, was killed by the Apache's while he was searching for this mine. J. Newton Fowler is from Brooklyn, N. Y., where his father is a contractor and builder,’and Singleton is an old ex-Texas ranger. The Tiofa mine was rich in gold and was wailed in when its owners were driven out of the country by the Indians in 1819.

SOUTHERN.

Joscph F. Johnston bns been nominated for Governor by the Democrats of Alabama, The West Virginia Supreme Cor st of Appeals has decided that the reading of the Bible in schools is not unlawful although it cannot be made compulsory. At Huntington, W. Va., a sensation was caused by the announcement of the wedding of Mrs. Maria Mathews, 63 years old, and Woodward W. Church, Jr., 21 years old. \ At Wheeling, W. Va., Thomas Smost and his son Judson got into an altercation. The son fired five shots at the old man. None took effect. »The father then fatally shot his son. James Henry, a negro, aged 104, died at Knoxville, Tenn. He recently married Emily Russell, aged 101, and made a small fortune with Knoxville's first water works, consisting of an ox cart and a barrel. J. M. McKnight, who has been on trial in the United States Court at Louisville on the charge of having wrecked the German National Bank, of which he was president, until it was closed by ,the examiner in January of last year, haa been found guilty.

WASHINGTON.

The House has passed the nrmy bill presented at the request of the administration. There was no division and action was unusually expeditious. J Senator Edward C. Walthall of Mississippi died at Washington, D. C. With the exception of fourteen months, he has been in the United States Senate since March 12. 1885. The cdnfereees of the two houses of Congress on the volunteer army bill have reached an agreement. The report was therefore agreed to and sent to tbe President for his signature. Secretary of the Navy Long has given Commodore J. A. Howell command cf the “patrol squadron'' which will be formed to guard Atlantic seaports. The fleet will consist of the cruiser San Francisco and the auxiliary cruiser* Yosemite, Prairie. Yankee and Dixie. The Senate has passed three important measures relating to the national defense.

They are the sundry civil Wil. carryirj • large amount of money to be used in strengthening the coast defenses; the naval appropriation bill, and a joint resolution giving the President power to prevent the exportation of coal and other war material. M

FOREIGN.

The correspondent of the London Times has been expelled from Havana. British authorities at Kingston, Jamaica, are buying every ton of coal they can secure. A revolution has broken out in Porto Rico and rioting is reported all through the island. The • Whitwick colliery, in Leicestershire, England, is on fire. It is believed that forty-one lives have been lost. The peace negotiations between Nicaragua and Costa Rica have failed. War is probable. The two armies are facing each other near the frontier, scarcely half a mile apart. The Nicaraguan officers and troops, it is reported, are anxious that President Zelaya should lead them. Business is at a Complete standstill. The United States torpedo boat Somers, purchased for the American Government iu Germany, which has twice bad to make port while on her voyage to the United States, collided with the masonry at the entrance of the dock at Falmouth. England, in which she was being placed for repairs, defects in her machinery having made her leak in several places. As a result of the accident the stem of the Somers was smashed.

IN GENERAL.

Regiments of the regular army are being hurried to convenient points in the South for transport to Cuba. The Queen Regent opened the Spanish Cortes with a speech blaming the United States for existing conditions and appealing, to the patriotism of her people. The war spirit seems strong in Spain. According tp the statement of M. B. Hall of Spokane, a Klondiker, who arrived on the steamer Utopia from Skagtiay, and his party of four men brought out gold dust and drafts Amounting to $200,000. At Vienna, a decree has been published forbidding importation of American fresh fruit, plants, fresh fruit refuse, fruit wrappers and fruit packings, etc., in cases where the examination at the port of entry results in the discovery of traces of the Sau Jose louse. The complete failure of the Alaskan reindeer expedition has been announced to the War Department at Washington in a telegram from Brigadier General Merriam, commanding the military department of the Columbia. This telegram summarizes a report from Dr. Sheldon Jackson at Dyea, to the effect that reindeer are a failure in Alaska for want of prosier forage and useless for all the exploring expeditions iu Alaska. Many are already dead. Charles H. Walker, third mate of the steam whaler Orca, has arrived at Seattle, Wash., after one of the most remarkable trips on record. He left Point Barrow, Alaska, the first of last November with two Indians and a dog team nnd followed the shore line of the Arctic ocean to the mouth of the Mackenzie river, which he ascended, coming into civilization at Edmonton. Mr. Walker brings an appeal from the captain of the whaler at Point Barrow to the Pacific Coast Steam Whaling Company to use every effort-to get supplies to them by the Ist of July. They knew nothing of the Government relief expedition now on its way. There are, Mr. Walker says, 186 people at Point Barrow, who, by living on short rations, will have enough supplies to last them until the Ist of July. The whalers east of Point Barrow are in better circumstances. Besides having plenty of provisions, they have a large stock at Herschel Island to draw on. Mr. Walker confirms the report of the loss of the Orca and the burning of the Freeman. All the vessels east of Point Barrow are safely anchored. The Fearless and Newport are situated ninety-five miles east of Point Barrow, off Tonicent point. The tender Genie is further east nt Pitt point. The Belvidere is at Sea Horse rapids. The Norwhal. Binis, Grampus and Bea-lan’-i are at Bailey Island. From the of the Mackenzie river to Edmontor" Mr. Walker’s trip was without specif.' incident, but he had a very hard trip from Point Barrow to the mouth of the riv’.r. Owing to the scarcity of procisland at Point Barrow. he started out with bri a small amount, trusting to the chi nee of killing sufficient meat ou the roi.d. For three days previous to reaching Herschel Island he was practically wi-Jiout food.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3 UO to $5.5(1; hogs, shipping grades, $3 (O to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to >4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.14 to $1.15; coin, No. 2,32 cto 33c; oats, No. 2,27 c to yßc; rye. No. 2,56 cto 58c; butter, cliche creamery, 16c to 18c; eggs, fresn, 10c -io 11c; potatoes, common to choice, 50c >o 70c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.&»; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; whist, No. 2,95 cto 97c; corn, No. 2 whiis, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, ?9c to 3;’c. St Louis—Csttle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, s3.'» to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to whe.it. No. 2, $1.04 to $1.05; corn, No, 2 yellrgr, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2,27 eto 29c: rye, £o. 2,54 cto 56c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.01, to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wluut, No. 2 red. sl.Ol to $1.03; corn, No. 2 mt»ed, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 3<vc;.rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, S3.:D to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4,75; w\wt, No, 2. $1.03 to $1.05; corn, No. 2 yel.t.w, 34c to 36c; oqts, No. 2 white, 31c to J 2c; rye, 56c to 58c. 3 < ledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.06 to sl.Cf; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 34c; oats, No. J white, 27c to 29c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 57c, ylover seed. $3,10 to $3.20. M’-wankee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, $1.04 to $1.66; corn, Nw. 3,31 cto 33c: outs, No. 2w! ite, 30c to 32c; rye, No. 1,57 cto 59c; No. 2. 44c to 49c; pork, mess, slG.,‘s to $10.75. BiJFalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, s3.ou to $4-50; sheep,.l3.oo to $4,50; whext, No. 2 red, 99c tasl.ol; corn. No. 2 ys.’low, 35c to 37c; oats. No. 2 white, 31c w 33c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. $3,00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25: wheat. No. 2 red, sl4l to $1.13; com. No. 2. 38g to 40C‘, oats. No. 2 white. 33c to 35c.- nutter, creamery, 15c to 19c; eggs Wewern, 11c to 12c. *

MULES FROM THE MINES.

Antica of Those that Are Brought Up to Daylight. The auperlntendemt of the Sweet Springs mine undertook a thorough renovation of the mine the day after the miners went out on the strike, and the first step preparatory to a general cleaning up was to remove the mules from the underground stables and put them out on pasture. Some of them had not been out of the mine for months, a number had been below the surface for two or three years, and one bad not seen the sun shine for seven years—as long as Jacob served for Leah. They were led from the mine, twen-ty-seven patient creatures, and turned loose in Morrison’s pasture field. They stood about close together, knee-deep In the lush, green grass and sweet red clover, with drooping heads and eyes half closed, as though dazed by their sudden change of circumstances. At last as the sun dropped down behind Bowman’s hill one gray old veteran threw up his head and sniffed at the fine, fragrant air blowing down the valley, and in a moment a little movement went through the whole group. The old leader wheeled about sharply, took a long look at the clear sky above, the brawling little brook chattering over the stones, the grass and the trees, then he threw up his head, stiffened his tail and set forth a prolonged, penetrating, strident hee-haw-aw-aw, which woke the echoes over on Maple ridge, and with an awkward lumbering bound he started down the long slope. In an instant the whole mass had separated and was in motion. Such running, racing, kicking and jumping were never before seen. Stiff knees, dim eyes and spavined joints were all forgotten irf the pure enjoyment of out of doors. They brayed and bellowed, ran and kicked, stopped for breath, then began again. The whole village gathered at the fence to see the fun. The men and boys laughed and shouted, the babies crowed and one or two women cried a little, for there were sores and lameness and weakness in plenty. When night fell they were still rolling about and racing, forgetful of the hunger and thirst that might be satisfied by the running stream and the grass. Old Mrs. Bascom, who lives at the edge of the pasture field, was wakened In the dark hours toward morning by the rapid rush of hoofs thundering down the hillside, and turning over on her pillow she murmured drowsily: “Dear Lord, who would a-thought that any livin’ critter would be so glad and thankful for nothin’ but air and freedom!”—New Lexington Tribune.

Unruly Sledge Dogs.

Carlo, a big retriever, opened the ball by killing one of the Ostiak dogs. He swaggered about among the pack, aind exhibited all the supposed characteristics of the Britisher abroad. To check his homicidal, or rather caniddal, proclivities, I tied the dead dog round his neck. This, however, he evidently viewed as an excellent arrangement, especially devised for the arctic, where the food supply is defective, and at once proceeded to make a cold lunch of his late adversary? looking up at me with grateful eyes, evidently thinking that it was very considerate of Jackson thus to provide him with a larder right at hand. After this the dead dog was removed, and Carlo was always decorated with a muzzle. I afterward made a good sledge dog of him, but he could not stand the severe climate, and although the doctor made a blanket coat for him, the poor old chap died sledging during the first fortnight in spite of it. The rest of the pack were hardly less bellicose, but conducted their battles on lines hardly in accordance with civilized warfare. With the exception of two or three dogs, I always had ,the entire pack chained up, having taken out a large supply of English chains; but I found these quite inadequate to restrain these comparatively small dogs. One dog would break loose, and then commence a fight with another. The whole pack would become wildly excited, and all would then fall upon the losing combatant. The result would be another dead dog.—F. G. Jackson, in the Geographical Journal.

They Were Wed.

Pretty Miss Polly declared she’d not wed. She'd “rather, yes rather, far rather, be dead. ’Twere better to lie in the cold, cold ' grave Than be some horrid man’s humble slave. A For what is a wife but a slave?’’ she said, “A slave when once she is wed!” Handsome young Harry, too, said he’d not wed. For a wife must be petted and pampered and fed. ’Twere better to. live your life all alone, That your nose may escape the proverbial grindstone, “For a husband is naught but a slave!” he said, “A slave when once he is wed.” As might be expected, this perverse young pair Fell in love at first sight and did straightway declare ’Twere better, far better, they twain should be one Than lonely to sigh and true happiness shun, “For Love is a slave, yes, a slave!” so they said, "Forever a slave,” and they wed. —Chicago Times-Herald.

Hobnail Shoes.

In many parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire shoes for the working classes of both sexes are sold with heavy, square hobnails, whose clatter In the streets In the morning as the wearers go to work is almost intolerable. A favorite trick of a scoundrel Is to place good men in such a position that that are compelled to stand by Mm. X

PULSE of the PRESS

Next time Gen. Lee calls on Captain. Genera] Blanct) he will use a louder 1 knocker.—Philadelphia Ledger. Grape shot monopolizes the popular a|-j tention which the peach crop usually claims at this time of year.—Washington Star. The blowing up of the Maine can nomore be downed or put in the background than could Banquo’s ghost.—Salt LakeHerald. Gen. Lee is safe out of Havana. AncL when he returns at the head of an American army he will be safe in Havana. — Cincinnati Tribune. In the matter of privateering, If Spain proposes to indulge in it we shall havesomething to say to Spain’s private ear.— New York World. Perhaps this is a good time to remember that seventy of the Maine victims are still lying at the bottom of Havana harbor. — Cleveland Plain Dealer. The fact that nobody was hurt in that scrimmage in Congress is likely to give the Spaniards another supply of overconfidence. —Milwaukee Sentinel. It might not be a bad idea to send a few Comanche Indians to Cuba, just to teach Spain a few of the amenities of civilized warfare. —St. Paul Dispatch. Neither this country nor Cuba may be any better off from the Senate oratory, but the Senators themselves feel a great deal better.—Kansas City Journal. The cruiser New Orleans has no steamheating apparatus, but it will be able to make it hot enough for the Spanish if given half a chance.—Chicago Dispatch. The time has arrived when Spain can tnaterially add to the enduring powers of her naval forces by the purchase of a few-first-class lifeboats.—Milwaukee Sentinel. A great deal may be tolerated in legis* lators, but it’s certainly not parliamentary to make a motion to lay one of the opposition on the table or the floor. —Philadelphia Times. Lillian Russell wants to be an army nurse. With Lillian acting in that capacity there would be a great incentive for the men to keep out of the hospitals.— Washington Post. By placing his flag on our consulate, John Bull is performing about the same office as the man who holds the coat of a friend while the latter whips his enemy.— Washington Post. Probably there is more or less truth in Senator Hoar’s statement that submarine mines like that which blew np the Maine are not kept for playthings in private families in Havana. —Boston Herald. Robert Emmet's epitaph has not been written, but the time is near at hand when a monument will stand over the graves of the Maine's sailors, and the monument will rest upon free soil. —Omaha WorldHerald. This will be the history of the war: Uncle Sam—Git! Sagasta—Nit! And then they fit. And Spain quit. —Boston Globe.

WHEAT ALL RIGHT.

Good Growth and Developmeat Over About the Whole Area. The past week was marked by temperatures but slightly differing from the normal, at the beginning of the period rattier below and later rather above. Rainfall was received quite generally throughout 1 the Ohio valley, but not enough to inconvenience farming operations. No radical change marks the wheat situation except in California, where every day without ample rainfall in the San Joaquin valley appreciably diminishes the crop possibilities of the State. East of the Rocky Mountains the actual changes in the situation have been small. Wherever there are any reports of present accruing damage they represent but very small areas, and are of little consequence when the field is viewed at large. A few loir bottoms flooded in the valleys of the Oiio tributaries, and an occasional complaint of lack of moisture in southern Kansas and in Texas make up the sum of complaint. Against this there has been continued growth and development over almost the whole area, so that the wonderful improvement which was noted during the month of March has been continued in a less marked degree during April up to date. Two weeks ago there was a little talk of plowing up some fields in Ohio, not because of any winter killing, but because the crop was unprofitably thin on the ground from failure to germinate. Recent moist, growing weather luis practically put a stop to this talk, and with the exception of small areas, where there was no germination at all, it may be said that there will be almost no plowing up of wheat fields. Seeding of spring wheat is progressing rapidly under circumstances almost uniformly favorable. In this respect the season is remarkably early, and seeding is now being prosecuted in the more northern portion of the belt at least a month in advance of last year. Over the whole district the ground is working well, soft and friable, and with no rains to interfere with the work. As far north as southern Minnesota and South Dakota the bulk of the acreage is now in and the area seeded is limited only by the desires of growers. There are districts in southern Minnesota and in lowa which a dozen years ago were gisat wheat centers, and in which since that time the crop has dwindled down to nothing, where the acreage seeded this spring will make wheat the dominant crop this year. The same thing is largely true in Nebraska, and these three districts, generally overlooked in wheat calculations in recent years, are likely to prove large factors in this year’s wheat aggregate. Oats seeding has continued under generally favorable conditiohs, interrupted a little in some parts of the Ohio valley by local ex> cesses Of moisture, but elsewhere with no special drawbacks. Spring work Ip general and corn planting in particular are decidedly in advance of a normal season, and very greatlx ahead of last year. With the exception of low bottom lands in parts of the Ohio valley there has been no break in plowing during the past week, and unless weather conditions now become radically unfavorable the corn crop will be planted' much earlier than usnaL Early crop is up in Texas, and planting is under way in Oklahoma and southern Kansas.