Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1886 — Page 7

The Republican. . RENSSELAER, INDIANA. G. E. MARSHALL, - - Pubushbb.

♦ A Chicago street corner lot that was bought thirty years ago for less than $9,000, has just been leased for ninetynine years at an annual rental of $35,000. A ten-story building, is to cost a round million to be erected upon it.

- Senator Joseph Brown, of Georgia, is the last of the conspicuous qonfederates of that state in- publie life. He is the very opposite of Toombs in appearance, demeandr, and disposition. He looks like a Mormon prophet, with his long gray beard and well-oiled hair, which is curled under at the neck.

The smallest man in the Senate is Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin. He has more rotundity than Evarts but net his height. Though small, this feature of the man is confined only to his stature. He is 43 years of age, but would pass for ten years younger. He has a smooth, ruddy face, full of good humor, and casts intellectually strong. His friendships are enduring, and his loyalty intense. Mrs. Francis Anne Kemble, who has been for some time living in England, talks of returning to this country to pass the remainder of her days. Her home will be at Lenox, Massachusetts, whose beauty she was one of the first to discover, and whose reputation she did much to establish. It is fifty-three years since she came to these shores with her father and won so much fame in the character of Juliet. She is now 76, but still in vigorous health.

A recent published statement of Rev. Dr. Barrows, of Reading, has been called in question—that the whole human race now alive, if divided into families of five each, could be located in Texas, with a half acre of land for each family. Dr. Barrows handles some large figures, but correctly, it is supposed, as to our extent of country. The estimated population of the world is 1,400,000,000, ’and the area of Texas is 262,290 square miles. The Doctor will have 45,000,000 family lots more than will be called for.

Alexander 111., Czar of all the Russias, is a man of massive frame and height, who grow's stouter, more deepchested aud broader shouldered. Like all the Romanolfs, he is more Germanic than Slavonic in appearance, except that his nose is a departure from the handsome, shapely organ of his family toward the very homely proboscis of the Slavonian race. He has light gray eyes, which resemble more those of his mother’s relations at Hesse Darmstadt than hjs father’s, the late Emperor, which were dark-blue, or what the French call the black-blue. They are losing their vivacity.

Mrs. Mary Moranct, of Jackson, Mississippi, State Librarian—an office she has held for about ten years—is the only woman ever elected to office in the State. The Librarian is. elected by the Legislature, and the wisdom Of their —choice is evinced by the fact that the Mississippi State Library is among the best Of its class in the country. Not only does the Librarian have charge of the arrangement and care of books, and the internal economies of tile library, but she keeps so well informed as to the relative values of books and ’ editions that her advice is in constant demand by brief-making lawyers, who are the principal patrons of the library. /

It is said that a large part of the pop-corn used in the world comes from Bloomington, 111., where the farmers’ wives and children used to consider it their perquisite. In 1884 the crop was bo large that the price fell to 2 cents a pound, and then experiments were made to use it as a food rather than a confection. A farmer who fed his

cows with pop-corn says they gave more milk than eVer before. Others, made “mush” of it, and found it more palatable and nourishing than the ordinary article. Then the chemists analyzed it,--and declared it to contain more albuminoids than most of the other cereals ; so pop-corn bids fair to become a recognized diet. H,on„ Frank Hiscock, of the Syracuse District, vyho contests leadership with Reed, is the very opposite of him in manners, appearance, disposition and demeanor. He has the reputation of being the handsomest as well as one of the ablest men in the House, dark of complexion, .with Byronic locks, great dreamy hazel eyes, and a Vandyke beard, just tinged with gray. He is a study for an artist, and it is said that he does not object to being admired. Hiscock always dodges a fight, while Reed always seeks one, but when the former is once rpused he is a man of great force and energy, Hiscock, though not lacking in weight and force, is phlegmatic and timorous.

>(f It was supposed that Gen. Toombs left a large fortune, estimated at about $500,000. Just how he accumulated this money will interest many people, aud the Story has never been fully published. «• Most of his money was made in land speculations in Texas, and nothing better can illustrate the old man’s wit than the following story:

He was in Paris living like a fightingcock just after the war. Some one who knew him well met him in the street, and stopping him, asked brusquely: “Well, General, what <To you live on now that your slaves are gone?” Drawing himself up to his full height, the old man exclaimed: “Damme, sir! I eat an acre of dirt a day, sir; an acre of dirt a day!” and with this remark he passed on. His friend aferward learned that he was in receipt of a magnificent income derived from the sale of his Texas land.

Says “Carp”of the Cleveland Leader: “Ther-gldest man in this Congress is John T. Whit, of Connecticut, who was born in 1811, and is 74 years of age. The youngest man is William MeAdoo, of New Jersey, who was born in Irelandrf October 25, 1852, and is 32 years old. Next to him comes Charles Voorhees, of Washington Territory, who is the son of Dan Voorhees, and i who is also 32 years of age, but who was born in June instead of October. There are in the present Congress four men who are over 70—Wait, of Connecticut, Eldridge, of Michigan, Singleton, of Mississippi, and Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania. Twenty-seven njembers of the present Congress have ages ranging between GO and 70; sixty-seven are between 50 and 60 years of age; one hundred and thirty-eight are between 40 ahd 50, and thirty-six are between 30 and 40 years of

Representatives Smalls and O’Hara, the two colored members of, the new House, are pithily described by a Southern correspondent, who says: “The intelligence of Smalls is that of an African improved by the contact with the higher civilization, while that of O’Hara is rather the intelligence of the Caucassian, with an infusion of barbaric blood in his veins. Smalls looks, moves, acts, and talks like a negro preacher and revivalist. He has a dark skin and iron-gray hair. O’Hara is much lighter in color, and more elegant in bearing. His skin is of the shade of well-tanned and seasoned leather. His mustache and whiskers are kept carefully trimmed. He smokes cigarettes. He is tall, ahd carries himself well, and the bald spot on the top of his head is cut after an aristocratic pattern. O’Hara has a positive taste and some talent for legislation. Smalls manifests his strength wholly in his Mosaic character as ‘a leader of people.’ ”

No incident connected with the late English election is more significant of the great change that has taken place in the electoral constituencies than the election of Joseph Arch—a former agricultural serf—to Parliament; and that, too, over a great Tory magnate— Lord Henry Bentinck. Some fifteen years ago Mr. Arch was a common farm-laborer, trying to subsist himself, wife, and several small children on three or four dollars a week, which was all the wages he received for hard farm work. Out of his miserable stipend he was obliged to pay rent for the straw-roofed hut, called a “cottage,” in which he was allowed to shelter his family, and also to buy all their food, clothing, and medicines. How he managed to keep their souls and bodies together on such wages only English far m-laborers can tell. His wife could read and write when he married her. He could do neither; butJie was no worse off at the time than a million more of his fellow hereditary white slaves, who had toiled for the lords of the manor generation after generation since the Norman conquest, for the barest subsistence.

What Energy Has Done.

Twenty-five years ago a few young men in London resolved to" meet every evening to exchange ideas. The number gradually increased till it was necessary to hire a room. Growing ambitious, they hired lecturers, and many people were brought together. Many of them now trace back their success to this effort at gaining knowledge. Indefatigable industry coupled with a desire for knowledge produces great result. Walter Scott, when he was in a lawyer’s office, spent his evenings in study.' John Britton, the author of architectural works, said: “I studied my books in bed on winter evenings, b ecause too poor to afford a fire.” He used every opportunity to read; the books he picked up for a few moments at the book-stalls helped him, he says. Napoleon had indomitable perseverance and energy. Dr. Livingston at the age of 10 years, worked in a factory, bought with his first wases a Latin • grammar, and studied it until twelve at night. He studied Virgil and Horace the same way, and finally entered college, and was graduated. Many will ask how they can advance themselves in knowledge. The first is determination; the next perseverance. Walter Scott gave this advice to a young man*' “Do instantly whatever is to be done, and take the hours of recreation after business; never before it.” Business men often say “time is money.’*- But it its more than that to the young man. If used rightly it is self-improvement,culture,' strength and growth of character. The habit of idleness is a hard one to get rid of. ( Time spent in reading anything and everything is weakening to the mind. Books chosen and read with care, cultivate the mind and character. "The books you read should raise your thoughts and aspirations, strengthen your energy and help you in your work. Thackeray says: frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life frequent that which is the ‘most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly. Note what great men have admired ; they admire great tilings; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.

CLEVELAND’S POSITION.

The President Decides Not so .Makc Any Explanations Concerning Removals. Eepublican Senator? to Retaliate by Rejecting Nominees to Succeed the Deposed Officers. The President and the Senate. [Washington special to the Chicago Times.] The President has definitely decided not to supply the Senate with information regarding removals-. A few days ago he was disposed to send this information, with an explanation that he did so -as a matter of courtesy, and not a matter of duty, provided the Senate asked for it in a manner indicating that it was looked for simply as a matter of accommodation. But he has since reached the conclusion that the repetition of courtesies of that kind would create a precedent that Would result in future Senates demanding such information and future Presidents feeling themselves-bound to give it. The President looks on tire power of absolute removal as a part of the Presidential prerogative, and he will not do anything that will impair that prerogative. He will not, even as a matter of accommodation, re-enforce the theory of certain Senators that they have a right to pass judgment on the President’s removals, whether appointments be considered in secret or open sessions will make no difference. The President does not look with favor on the suggestion that executive sessions be dispensed with in considering appointments, and in eitjfer case he will not, even in an indirect way, recognize the right'of. the Senate to participate with the President in making removals. ate committees have not yet applied to the President himself for the desired information.

A Democratic Senator,who has-been consulted by an immediate friend of the President as to the situation with respect to confirmations, says that the Pr-sylent decided to instinct the Cabinet officers not to furnish any information as to suspensions, and that, he does not believe the President will change his mind. The same Senator is from statements which the Republican Senators have made to him personally, that the Republicans will not recede from their position; that they will insist upon the production of the papers; that they will certainly, in cases of refusal, subpoena the Cabinet officers with a summons duces tecum, and that it is possible even that the confestTjnay go so far that the Republicans may choose to attempt to place the Cabinet officers in contempt in the event that they shall refuse to province the papers. They may not go as far as that, but they are not likely to confirm any of the appointments made in cases of suspension. The President and the Eight-Hour Law. [Washington special.] At a recent meeting-of the Committee on Labor of the House of Representatives statements were made that the spirit of the eight-hour law was being openly violated, ignored, or evaded in certain of the Government departments, and Chairman O’Neill was empowered. to present to the House a resolution of inquiry directed to the various Secretaries asking in direct terms whether the law was being enforced by them. Pending the introduction of the resolution Mr. O’Neill sought an audience with the President, whicly was granted, and lasted for over an horn-, On the matter of the eighthour law thc’-President said: I believe that the law is a sound one and a good one, and that it should be enforced to the letter. I have no information regarding instances of its violation or evasion, but if such instances are presented to me I will see that the abuse is remedied, and the full spirit of the law is enforced, which I understand to be to pay workmen in the Government employ for eight hours’work daily what id.,paid outside of the Government employ for a fulbday’s -work. The, Government cannot afford to set the example of non-enfpreement and non-observance of its own enactments The President further said: I appreciated the effect upon the mechanics of the country of the constantly increasing use of labor-saving machinery, and I can think of no more practical relief for the employed surplus labor than the occupation by it of "the public lands. I do not hesitate to say that I am heartily jn favor of any feasible plan for the encouragement and assistance of prospective American si’ltlers iijion the public doinirm by the General Government.

In this connection the President expressed some very radical views upon the subject of' the occupation of vast tracts of public land by foreign capitalists. The President seemed desirous of impressing upon Mr. O’Neill his willingness to heartily co-oper-ate with Congress in any efforts it may make to elevate the working-class and improve the social condition of the bread-winners.

TARIFF REVISION.

Tlk- Ways and- Means Committee Almost Ready to Report a Revenue Bill. [Washington special.] The Ways and Means Committee now hopes to be able to report a tariff bill much earlier than seemed probable a few days ago.- A large part of the parliamentary work, including general information and computations, that was done two years ago is still available, and will largely reduce the labor of working out the details of a new bill. Two years ago Colonel Mcrrison started out with the assumption that the protectionists had devoted enough time and talent to the tariff bill to make it substantially symmetrical and properly adjirsted in the relations of the different parts to each other. Consequently, he merely raised the question of high duties or low ones by the provision that with certain exceptions only eighty pert cent, of the existing duties Should be collected. Thereupon the protectionists set up a great clamor that it would be wholly unscientific to leave the different duties in the same ratio to each other. They discredited the work, they had been doing fort twentythree years, and which they had just revised with the help of a commission of professed experts, by declaring that Mr. Mdrrison’s bill was a mere botch and utterly unfit for enactment, because it reduced duties not in the same amounts but in the same ratios, whereas he ought to reduce some duties a great deal more than others if he were to make any reductions. These 1 candid and straightforward critics of the horizontal bill will soon have the opportunity to make ’ criticisms of a diametrically opposite character, and no Consideration of consistency will prevent their doing it. The Ways and Means Committee hope to report a bill within the next two weeks, which will bring the bill forward so early in the session that there will be ample time to debate it. The bill will be rather longer than the horizontal hill, but a good deal shorter than a general bill. It will enumprate only the articles the duties on which it is proposed to change. The bill will, in effect, be a good deal like the bill of two years ago, except that it will state the new duties instead of expressing the proportion of the old duty that the new duty is to be. It will not, however, affect quite sc many articles as that bill did. Mb. Arthur, the ex-Presidetit, who has been suffering from dyspepsia, is how much improved, and good digestion.bids fbir once more to wait upon his appetite.

“Father Watched AH Night.” \ Little Ella and her father were once traveling together, and in order to reach their home it was necessary for, them to travel all night. When it became too dark for them to look out of the windows and the lamps were lighted inside, the father laid aside his little girl’s hat, and, spreading out cloaks and shawls, said: “Now we will rest.” But a little troubled face peered out upon the strange scene, a mist was gathering in those blue eyes and the cherry tone of voice changed to a very plaintive one as she asked: "Father, how can we go to bed*here?” “This is your bed, darling/’ he said, drawing her to his heart, “and a warm one you will always find it.” And then he tucked her in so carefully that, in place of what had been a little girl, there’ seemed only a great bundle of Ihawls. But every now and then then, was a movement inside the bundle, and a voice would say: “Oh, father, lam afraid to go to sleep here I" Then the father reminded her that he was ticking care of her and would do so all nikht. fed at last, soothed by this assurance and worn out by unwonled fatigue, she fell asleep. "When she opened her eyes again,- after what seemed to her only a few moments, the sun was shining brightly. The train stopped, and there, just in sight, was her own dear home. She could even see her dear mother standing ir the open door, with arms outstretched, to welcome back her loved ones. Their first meeting was too full of joy for many words to be spoken; but, after those close embraces and warm kisses were over, the mother hsked : “And so my little girl has been traveling all night? Did she find it a long and weary time?” “Oh, no, mother, not at all; I had (such a good sleep, and father watched over me all night! Only think of it! All night, mother, he watched over me ! At first I was afraid to go to sleep in that strange place; but he told me to lean against him and shut my eyes and rest easily, for he would stay awake and take care of me. So I crept up close to him, and, before I knew it, I was really and truly sound asleep; and ’dear father "stayed awake and took case cf me all night. How I do love him forit!” Then the mother, with the love-light beaming from her eyes, told her child of that heavenly Father who watches over each of his children, not only one, but every night of their lives. And the words she spoke were so iffipressed upon Flla’s mind that,; though grown to womanhood now, she still remembers them, and never lies down to sleep without the glad feeling, *fMy Father will be awake to watch over me.” And her first thoughts on waking to the beauties of the morning light are of the dear Father in heaven, yhose loving care has made her rest so safe and pleasant to her.— Children's Record..

Not So Bad As That.

He walked into a life insurance office with a solemn visage laid over his face like a pall. “Is this an insurance office?” he asked of the bang-haired clerk, with his head tucked under the leaves of a ledger. “Yes, sir;” responded the clerk, “can we do anything lor you?” „ “Well, I don’t know. I thought maybe you might.” “We can insure your life cheaper than any other company in the land, sir. Our policies are safe in every respect, sir, and we guarantee prompt payment in case of death.” “I beg your pardon,” he said, sadly, “did you say death?” “Yes, sir; in case of death our company- —” “There, that is enough,” he interrupted. “I hope it will not be so bad as that. lamto be married to-night, and 1 presume an acciden t policy will be all that I need. Could you be kind enough to direct me to such a company ?” The sad-eyed stranger was put on the right track, and the banged-hair clerk wrote a note to his girl saving he could not call that evening.”—Merchant Traveler.

Sorry for the Old Man.

Arkansaw school teacher to boy—- “ Why didn’t you come to school yesterday?” Boy—“ Pap wouldn’t let me.” Teacher—“ Why ?” Boy—“ ’Cause mam was sick.” Teacher—-“ Wanted you to wait on her, I suppose.” Boy—“No; Wanted me to wait on him. Mam alius does.” Teacher—“ Does he need much waiting on?” Boy—“ Yes, a power of it.” Teacher—“Of what does the work consist?” Boy—“Lightin’ his pipe an’ totin’ {whisky. Bap ain’t very well and kain’t htir round much. Wtyen he’s well he drinks till he gits sick, an’ then he keeps on a drinkin’ till he gits well.” { A scholar enters excitedly aud tells the boy that his father is dead. Boy.to teacher—“ Wall, mister, reck - [on I’ll iog along home. Pap was alius mighty particular ’bout me bein’ at |home when anvthing was the matter. ’Maybe I’ll come Lack, an’ mayle I won’t.” - Teacher, sympathetically—“l am very sorry for you and your mother.” Boy—“I ain’t, but you bet I’m sorry for the old'man.”

A Writer’s Work.

A rapid penman can write thirty-two words in a minute. To do.this he must draw his pen through the space of a r'id,. sixteen and one-half .feet. In forty-eight minutes his pen travels a furlong. We make, on an average, sixteen curves or turns of the pen in writing each word. Writing thirty words in a minute, we must make 480 turns in each minute; in an hour, 28,000; in a day of pnly five hours, 144,000; in a year of 30U such days, 43,200,000. The man, therefore, who made 1,000,000 strokes with his pen was not at all remarkable. Many men—newspaper writers, for instance—make 4,000,000. Here have in the aggregate a mark 300 miles long to be traced On paper by such.a writer in a year.. It’S a good deal more profitable to make ten men think they are above you, than to make one think you are above him.

HIS SUFFERINGS ENDED.

Death of Hon. Joseph Rankin, , Congressman of the Fifth ** Wisconsin District. After a Long and Painful Illness He Passes Peacefully Away. [Washington special.] Hon. Joseph Rankin, member of Co'hgress from the Fifth "Wisconsin District, died at his lodgings on M street, adjoining the Postmaster General’s, on Sunday, the 24th of January. A couple of weeks ago he was very low, but; rallied, and for a few days was around apparently very comfortable. For forty-eight hours he had been in a dying condition, being at times delirious. Fears were entertained that he would be attacked by convulsions, but, happily, these were avoided. This morning it was ~ apparent - that he could-not last through the day, and during much of the forenoon he was delirious. One side was paralyzed, but he gesticulated wildly with his other arm, imagined a number of his Congressional colleagues were present, and addressed them, called for Dr. Gray, of Milwaukee, and tried to make a speech on the Fitz John Porter case The physicians,

fearing convulsions, about noon administered opiates hypodermically, and he quieted down and became perfectly rational. His two little children, Jennie and Joe, were in an adjoining room, and the dying man, hearing them prying, had them brought into his room, and was just able to summon up. strength enough to throw his arms around them and bid them good-by. He was passionately devoted to his children, and his farewell to them was heartrending. The remains were forwarded to his home at Manitowoc; Wis. The Congressional escort consisted of Senator Sawyer and Cbngressmen Bragg, Stephenson, Guenther, and Van Schaick of Wisconsin, Carleton of Michigan, Henderson of Illinois, and Johnson of New York. Mr. Rankin had been for some time before Congress met in an advanced stage of Bright’s disease, but insisted on coming here to be sworn in as a member of the new Congress, though he had to bring a physician with him, and it was' feared he would die on the way. Mr. Rankin was born in 1833 at Passaic, N. J., and in 1864 settled at Mishicott, in Manitow’oc County, Wis. He soon turned his attention to politics, and served several terms in the State Legislature, where he made a reputation as one of the best parliamentarians ever in that body. Mr. Rankin served through the war as a Captain in the Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Volunteers, He was elected to Congress in 1882 and again in 1886.- u

DIED IN THE FLAMES.

Destruction by Fire of the PoorHouse of Jackson County, Michigan. Five of the Inmates Cremated and Others Expected to Die from the Shock. J [Jackson (Mich.) special.] The Jackson County Poor-House, five miles east of this city, burned .Sunday morning, and five inmates perished. Chas. Smith, the keeper, was awakened by the smell of smoke, and discovered the building to be on fire. He gave the alarm, and rushed to the women’s department. The fire had made such headway that Mr. Smith found it impossible to effect their escape by the doors, and by the aid of fire-escapes he succeeded in rescuing all but three, who were overtaken by the flames. He then proceeded to the men’s department, where he was obliged to fight the -fire and smoke, to render assistance, and succeeded in rescuing but two, when the floor fell in. The inmates who were saved lost all their clothing except their night-dresses? The night was bitter cold, and they were obliged to remain in the snow for some time before quarters could be procured for them. The suffering was terrible, and it is expected several will die from the shock., Those who perished are: Melissa Martin, aged 70, insane; Catherine Avery, aged 73, insane; Mrs. Atkinson, aged 80, insane; Zina Boynton, aged 80; Charles Elliott, aged 71, blind. The fire originated in the women’s kitchen from a defective flue. There were forty inmates besides the overseer and family at the time of the fire. The building was nearly new, valued at $12,000. Insurance on building, $8,000; contents, $2,000. The rescued were brought to this city, where they were properly cared for. John Doherty, the hired man, brought three of the lunatics down the fire-escape in his arms, thus saving their lives. Animbecileboy,l9yearsof age. was found in bed and rescued by means of the fireescape. There were only two men, besides the inmates, about the place when the fire broke out, and they rescued the inmates before other help arrived. William Mills, one Of the inmates, was the man who first issued Saunders’ spelling-book. At one time he was worth $250,000. Much trouble was experienced in rescuing those who were saved, as many of them resisted all efforts in their behalf. By the time they were out of the* building it was useless to fight the flames, such headway having been gained that the building and most of the contents were soon in ashes. The only fire apparatus about the place was some hose connected, with an empty reservoir. , It is said 'by a contemporary that Isabella, ex-Queen of Spain, owns consider- ' able real estate in Philadelphia,* anti furthermore is a shareholder in the Keely motor.

FIRE-DAMP FUMES.

A Mine Explosion at Newburg, W. Va., Kills Over Forty Men. Touching Scenes kt the Mouth of the Shaft—The Whole Town in 6 » Mournng. [Newburg fW. Va-J telegram.] A terrible explosion occurred at the Oriel Coal Company's mine nt this place, which has plunged the whole community into deep sorrow. Over forty lives have been sacrificed, many of the dead being our most respected citizens. "While the day shift of miners were at work in the mine, the air was suddenly rent with a most tremendous explosion, the force of which knocked down men in the streets half a mile away, shattered windows and doors all over town,, and even crushed the stout sides of frame houses for a long distance around the mouth of the Oriel mines, while from the deep shaft of the colliery a dense cloud of mingled smoke and vapor arose two hundred feet in the air. A rush was at once made for the mouth of the mine. In a moment hundreds of citizens had congre- L gated about the shaft, their faces filled with consternation and alarm. The shaft at I which the explosion occurred was stink two years ago, and has reached a depth of 350 feet. From the base of the shaft the main heading runs out about half a mile, the rooms diverging from either side. [Second dispatch.; Newburg stands in the shadow of a great grief, and her sorrbw has invaded homes for fifty miles along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for many little communities are represented at the bottom-of the pit- I had but stepped off a belated train from Wheeling and turned toward the mines when I heard the voices of lamentation, women wailing and piercing the air with shrieks of agony. The east-bound train brought a great number from Clarksburg, Fairmont, Grafton, and intermediate points, and sympathizing friends came from as far east as Piedmont. They swelled the hopeless, helpless crowd that hung about the pit’s mouth. Men, women, and children were gathered there—pale, trembling, weeping, staring at the shaft, almost dumb with consternation. Few words were exchanged, and those in tew tones, for the people there knew that they stood above the tomb of thirty-nine men who went down to death at 7 o’clock yesterday morning, In half an hour more they would have been out alive.

Soon the rumor spread that the search party found at the bottom of the shaft Danlel Miller, the eager; his son, 15 years old, a driver; young Timmons, a tapper, and young Clark, a driver. Kinney’s mnle was blown sixty feet out of the stables with his halter on. There could be no certainty as to the identity of the blackened remains. As soon as the shaft was sufficiently repaired the eage was put on to take down a larger working force in the hope of bringing up some bodies and beginning the inquest. It then became apparent that there was little probability of any bodies being brought up to-night. At this hour the crowd still stands about, discussing the chances of life and death — ■people from along the railroad and farmers for miles back in the country, eager to do something, and nothing for them to do. The origin of the disaster is variously determined by experts, who vary in their theories. The generally accepted theory, which j is that of the company’s representatives, is / that Nick Williams, who was cutting a ditch at the extreme’end of the working to let water off, knocked down a door to give him a better chance. The door played an important part in the system of ventilation, which was thus deranged. The foul gas collected in great volume, and was fired by a miner’s lamp. One of the last, men to come out of the mine before the explosion says that he heard Nick Williams say he was going to knock the door down, and as he came out he heard a heavy pounding, as though the door was being battered down. The State Inspector of Mines, on his recent visit here, recommended the company to put in a flue, but this had not been done. There is much talk of an indefinite kind'about foul air in the mine, but the manager says that there has never been any trouble with the air, and that a head of water has always IrtfA’t.'t’ /ATI TUCtV VIOU nnfin dlvQ MCVXI IktJJTW tJLr. XzXtV IVai 11113 llliH tllv entombed men would be drowned, but, fortunately, the pumps have not stopped since the explosion. Mr. James Wilson, the shipping clerk, was standing fifty feet east of the shaft when the explosion came. He says: “I heard a thud, followed by the rising of a dense mass of fog and mud. Before I had time to realize the situation, in half a minute, the shock came, a terrible burst of gas ripping off the weather-boarding and demolishing the upper part of the shaft. This, following the first noise, was all the notice the town needed. The people knew there was something wrong at the mine. There was a rush to the works. The women came flocking, and then began the pitiful scenes which you have seen here. It was a terrible sight. There was hope then, and we at once began putting water down the shaft to scatter the after-damp and create a draught. Men tried their best to get down in the bucket, but they only got part of the way, for their lamps went out. Superintendent Laxton took that part}- down. A big chunk of ice hit him on the shoulder and nearly Steele went down during Thursday night to fix the pump and was overcome by the black-damp. He fell and cut his face and bruised himself badly, but he is still on ♦■duty.” Fireman Can-oil, an intelligent, observing man. said: “There was nothing the matter with the air in the mine. It was good, and you may judge what men thought of it when they could go down at 7 o’clock in the morning i and not come up until 4 in the afternoon. I Sometimes they would sleep down there ! four and five hours.” The calamity falls with terrible force on { this little town. The recent cold weather froze out the miners and they could not I work for ten days, and little, if any, money is coming to the men who are on the deathroll. .Few of them had any savings,-and their taking off will leave their families in destitution. At midnight the people are still gathered in the rain to catch any tidings from below. The company can make no estimate of the money loss from the fact that a solid mass I of coal and' slate eighty feet thick was demolished by the explosion. It is probable that the company will be put to a large expense before work can be resumed. Mr. Blaine, in the second volume of his book, it is said,'will take positive ground in ; favor of silver coinage. ' Michael Gordon, a widower of 40, was 1 married to Annie Hawley, a girl of 12, in New York. ■ „ ! The University Press, of Oxford, has new appliances for printing books in 150 lan- ‘ guages and dialects. Charles G. Vernon, 17 years old, tried to comi4it suicide at Louisville because ha didn’t want to go to school. „ .