Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1889 — Page 2

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..} - : At the opening of th • second century of its existence as a .Government the Dfliv*! States has a National debt of -$1*672, ©sL667>l4,meludißg principal and interest. But there are available cash assets on hand sufficient to reduce the total debt to $1,157,282,578.71. There was 1619,990,915.65 cash in the Treasury, including in standard silver dollars. The total assets of the Government are placed at $726,476,667.53 and its present liabilities at $644,600,043 31, leaving a balance of $80,876,624.2? on the right side of the account. This showing is somewhat different from that or a century ago.

Canada iB meeting with a smaller share of success than the United States in dealing with the trust problem. The former is seeking to enact new legislation to meet the evil, wbile the latter, in the sugar combine case at leest, is attacking it by existing laws. The Sugar Trust has met with a reverse in the courts in New York, and while it has not been crippled as yet, it has lost its air of arrogance and jaunty self-con-fidence. There is a strong conviction in the minds of intelligent Americans that the “combines” can be regulated by the ordinary laws against conspiracies, whenever the gentlemen responsible for the enforcement of these laws condescend to perform their duties. The centennials of important events "connected with American independence are now all ended. A celebration of an occurrence, however, which has an especial interest for everybody on this Continent, and in which all the rest of the world even should have some concern, will take place about three years hence. The year 1892 will be the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, and the event will be observed by an Exposition at Washington, in which all the Governments of the Western Hemisphere are to be represented. Colnmbus may not have been the first civilized man to set foot on this Continent, but as he had the good sense and public spirit tonake his discovery known while the others didn’t, he is the man who is going to be honored.

Judge Cooley, Chairman of the In teretate Commerce Commission, announced net long ago that the time lor leniency with law-breaking railroad officials had passed, and that thenceforth the penalties incurred would be inflicted. As there had not been a single case of punishment since the Interstate Law was enacted, though the infractions were numerous, this indicated that a new order of things was to be instituted. It would seem now that the matter Is about to be tested. It has been ascertained that officials both on the Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Chicago and Northwestern roads have been granting favors to a certain coal merchant, who by these means has greatly enriched himself. The revelation is said to be a complete one, and as large transactions are involved the affair is tooimportant to be covered up.

THE PROJECTED AIR SHIP.

What Might Happen on Its Succcssful Completion. —~ Fire and Water. The consequences of a successful issue to the undertaking would be so momentous that they can with difficulty be realized. The first result would unquestionably be to put an end to wars. To show how hopeless any military operations would be in a country defended by such weapons, we will suppose that Prince Biemarcn, after waiting until Dr. Bansset has, unknown to him, completed a few of his air ships, picked a quarrel with us on the pretext of a dispute about Samoa. War is declared suddenly after the German manner, and the military trains, which are said to stand ready packed, with the horses at hand for harnessing, in the German arsenals, are set in motion. The transports, which lie equipped for sea, are filled with men from the nearest garrison, and in a few hours au immense fore* .is on its way to invade America. About half way across \he Atlantic the fleet is met by one or two De Bausett air shipß, which sail about, far ont of reach of shot, and taking position in a leisurely manner, drop a 500 pound shell filled with explosive gelatine into the funnel of each, and having thus annihilated the expedition, proceed to Berlin to treat (he remaining portion of the hostile army in the same way. Of course it might be that the Germans would have the air ships first, and the war would be brought to a conclusion by the unconditional surrender of all the principal cities in the United States, ander the persuasion of a dynamite shell held suspended over each; bat it would be so easy to turn the tables at a moment’s notice that, after a few towns had been mutually blown np, the quarrel would be terminated by common consent In regard to passengers, the air ships, i! they prqved practicable at all, would offer each immense advantages in point of safety, speed and comfort that they

would soon supersede all other conveyances for traveling long distances. It seems to us that the proposed speed of 100 miles an hour Would in practice be greatly exceeded. There would be no such obstacles to fast sailing in the air as are met with in ocean traveling, in the shape of waves, fogs and danger of collision. By keeping ships in the outward passage in the lower strata of the ■'■atg&spheie dud the 'in ward bound 'oner in the upper strata, serious collisions would be out of the question; and, provided the speed could be made to exceed that of the air currents as much as that of steamships exceeds that of the ocean currents, it is difficult to see what danger would remain of which travelers by well built and well managed air ships need be afraid.

A CHANGE OF SENTIMENT.

Ihe Stars and Stripes Now Greeted with Cheers When Displayed in London. ~ ‘ . -i Pittsburg Dispatch. There is a significant and remarkable change of late in thewttltude of Englishmen, and particularly of the English press, toward America. All the London dailies since the beginning of the centennial inauguration ceremonies in New York have published leaders commenting in themost complimentary fashion on American events. Particular stress is laid on the fact that the Samoan conference in Berlin is carried on in English, and this conference is looked upon as the debut of the United States in European diplomacy. Tlfe change in our favor in other quarters is decided. Last year about this time the comedians of the different.

theaters were unceasing in their satire upon things American, and they usually had the sympathies of the house with them. Now the American flag is waiving in a number of London theaters, and it is greeted in a fashion that is rather startling. At the most pretentious ballet that London has ever seen there is a parade of soldiers of different nations, and the audience expresses its sentiments as the flags are brought forward to the national airs. The British flag is of course cheered first; then comes the German standard and hisses and shrieks of “Battenberg,” after which there is usually a more or less riotous demonstration against the Russian imperial standard. At the tail end of the procession a score of Yankee middies bring the American flag down to the flont lights. It takes. Evreybody was surprised at the reception this flag received on the first night. Prolonged applause turned into cheering, and ever since the stars and stripes have played the most conspicuous part in the spectacle. In the Gaiety and Avenue theaters the flag is also produced alongside of the British colors, with an effect that is the more striking, Bince the flag is so seldom cheered in public at home. American slang, in its anglicised and incomprehensible form, is increasing its foothold. Ido not think anybody has a remote idea what it refers to, but it probahly hassomo connection with a switcKbaek road.

A “Painter” Let Go.

Youth's C. mpanion. Every sailor has his story of the mistake whieli “landlubbers” make over the names of things at sea, which always seem to be exactly the opposite of what they are on land. A sheet, for instance, instead of being something broad, like a sheet of cloth or a sheet of water, is nothing bat a rope. A new boy had come on board a West India ship, upon which a painter had also been employed to paint the ship’s side. The painter was at work upon a stag, ing suspended under the ship’s sternThe captain, who had just got into a boat alongside, called out to the new boy, who stood leaning over the rail. “Let go the paintor!” Everybody should know that a boat’s painter is the rope which makes it fast, but this boy did not know it He ran aft and let go the ropes by which the painter’s stage was held. Meantime the captain wearied with waiting to be cast off. “You rascal!” he called, “why don’t you let go the — “He’s gone, sir,” said the boy. briskly! “he’s gone—pots, brushes and all!”

TEN MEN INSTANTLY KILLED.

ACar Valla Down a Shaft and Strikes au Ascending Cage Filled With Miners. At Kaska William colliery, nearMiddleport, Pa., Thursday evening, the cage containing ten miners was ascending the shaft and had reached a height of about sixteen feet from the bottom when an emptv car was pushed over the top Of the shaft by two Hungarian laborers. The car struck the ascending cage with awful momentum, shattering it tosplintere a*d instantly killing every one of its occupants. The cage with the ten victims was hurled into the “sump,” a hole at the bottom of the shaft, where the water from the workings accumulates, and the mangled bodies were not recovered for Borne time. The mine is operated by tbe Alliance Coal Company. It Is aft old working mine, and the shaft is 500 leet deep. The colliery efnploys about 500 hands, and is also known as “Big Vein.” There is intense indignation over the employment of stnpid Hungarians in a position of such responsibility as at the month of the shaft. There is thirtv-flve feet of water in the “sump,” and the work of recovering the bodies was very difficult

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Bedford will bore for natural gas. The city treasury of Cr&wfordsville contains $23,089.80. ■ Union county will erect an infirmary building, costing $16,000. Colnmbus coopers are out On a strike against a reduction in wages. enfQrcemftntofthe-gae^eTftW'mhamt.-The streams in Bartholomew county are being despoiled of fish by dynamiters'. < T Dora Dant, a real, live poet, has Tfteh elected a member of the Washington City Council. In the recent town election, Argus was the only place electing an out-and-out Prohibition ticket. -ji The last eiection atCrawfdrdsvilTeforever settles the cow question, and that animal cannot roam at large there hereafter. r - Fred Steinman, of Chesterfield, has been called to Germany to prove his claim to the estate of his father, valued at $30,000. - , Brooks Brothers, of Fort Wayne, have been awarded the contract for building the Asylum for Feeble Minded Children at Fort Wayne; price, $111,423. Mrs. Mena Nelson, of Attics, injured bv a fall from a Big Four train at Lafayette Junction, has brought suit against the company for $15,000 damages. A bundle of switches and a warning note having no effect ip scaring away the only fploon keeper at Newtonville, a keg of powder underneath his drinkery lifted it into space. Ambrose Mac Neil, the Scotch artist, is painting a portrait of Lincoln, to be presented to the city of Fort Wavne as a companion piece to Captain White’s gift of Washington’s portrait. W. A. Walley, of Muncie, at the depth of 245 feet, has struck a vein of water highly impregnated with magnetic qualities. -There ia a strong flow and, the water ig considered a valuable find: George Weaver, of Fayette county, ran a knife into his hand, severing an artery. He fainted from loss of blood, and in falling struck his head against an obstruction, causing concussion of the brain. Geo. Roth, Democratic candidate for Marshal of Edinburg, who was defeated by one vote, will contest the election on the ground of illegal votes ca6t and that the inspectors were not all legally qualified. William Guntle, who ia working nn perpetual motion near Huntington, is annoyed with warning letters from unknown parties, advising him to pay less attention to perpetual motion and more to his family. The Delaware county enumeration of persons between the ages of six and twenty-one, shows an increase over last year of 856, and Muncie gains 412. The total population of Muncie and its suburbs is estimated at 14,415. Mrs. Ellen Moss, of New Albany, grieving over the death of her daughter, twice attempted suicide with laudanum, and on the 10th inst. she swallowed a dose of corrosive sublimate, and, after terriblaeu Bering, died last Friday night. A dainty young belle of Vincennes visited an undertaking establishment and asked permission to try on the cap which Grubbs wore at the time of his execution. Her wish was gratified and the little lady walked off contentedly. Miss Emma and Louise Stuckey, of Crt wfordsville, comely country girls, elarged with disturbing a religious meeting, pleaded guilty and were committed to jail. Their father is a prosperous farmer, but he refused to pay the fine.

Martin Flush, near Pleasant Valley, while digging on his farm unearthed what appeared to be a stone book, but inspection showed it to be a family Bible, bearing the date of 1778. plainly lettered. It is claimed that it was originally a real book, but is now petrified. Charlea Huggins, Sr., ,of Elkhart, is eighty-nine years old and a day laborer, doing hie stint with men much younger in years. For sixty-five years he worked as a shoemaker, never took a drink of intoxicants, never smoked or chewed tobacco, and he has never been sick day in his life.

Lillie Roberts, of Jeffersonville, aged sixteen, made a dying request that her father and brother, both confined in the Prison South, should attend her funeral. As this was not the coffin was carried to the guard room, and in this way the convicts were enabled to take a last farewell. William Keller of Anderson, met his wife upon the street, Saturday night, knocked her down with a stone and attempted to cut her throat, inflicting several vicious gashes. The woman was dangerously injured. The parties separated some months ago, by reason of Keller’s ill-treatment. The Standard Oil Company will build a refinery at Whiting, just inside the Indiana line, seventeen miles distant from Chicago, which is expected to be the largest refinery in the world, and which will control the western and southwestern trade. It will be used in refining the Ohio crude oil, carried by the Lima pipe line. Tbe oil boom at Terre Haute is assuming big proaortions, the experts from tbo eastern oil regions, who hnrried there during the past week, having pronounced the oil to be of a superior qual ity and the well continuing its output with no diminution, there is a rush for land on which to sink wells. No lesß than twenty stock companies are form ing, to sink wells. Congrejwipyn (> f Fort Wayne, has accepted an invitation to attend the parliamentary conference at Paris, beginning June 29, the invitation coming from a committee representing the legislative branches of England and France, and intended to include representatives from all the leading countries. The object is to consolidate and perpetuate peaceful relations by means of arbitration treaties. Friday night while and Mrs. Gas. Meyer were ont driving at Evansville, they were attacked by Mr. Meyer, her divorced hoßband, who attempted to drag the lady from the carriage. This was prevented, and as the couple drove away Mr. Meyer began shooting, the ballets missing the aim and one striking Hon. Jack Nolan, who was walking near, in the .fleshy part of the leg. Mr. Nolan was a member of the last General-Assembly. The largest fish of the carp specie* ever

caught in White river was pulled out with shook and line by Samuel Hupp, a farmer, who resides four miles east of Muncie. The fish measured twentyseven inches in length and weighed fifteen pounds. The breaking of fish ponds throughout Delaware county that were shocked with German carp a few years ago has made this species of fish very plentiful in White river, a great many being caught that weigh from five to seven pounds. -Vt/’: A lhe hToodeil horse belonging to P. R. McCarthy, of Vincefines, Sunday night attempted to leap over an iron fence surrounding the court house. The ooor brute impaled itself on the prongs surmounting the top railing, and in that position see sawed backward and forward. The groans and moans of the .animal were horrifying. An effort was made to raise the beast by placing pieces^of. timber under him on each side of the fence, but he writhed too much. 1 He was finally shot by two policemen, who fired two balls into his brain. The people of Wabash are organizing a Citizens’ Gas Trust, experiencce having shown that it is nractically impossible to offer substantial inducements to manufacturers while the gas supply is controlled by a private corporation. The company has a capital of SIOO,OOO. Upon payment of SSO eacn subscriber to the capital stock is given a certincate entitling him to gas in perpetuity for one stove. The stook is being taken rapidly, and the. enterprise will be a “go.” A committee has secured options on several tracts of land, the leases being favorable. It is the intention to furnish gas to consumers this fall. Sheriff McDowell, of Vincennes, Sunday morning, had a terrible hand to hand encounter with two prisoners in the jail. He had gone in to give the inmates their breakfast, when Tom Hoffman, a burglar, and John Scott, a big. burly negro, pounced upon him. The struggle lasted twenty minutes, during which McDowell was divested of the most of his clothing. Scott made his escape,but was recaptured by the Sheriff, the parties were badly hurt, though the Sheriff bumped Hoffman severely against the iron bgrs of his cell. McDowell’s escape from injury was as miraculous as his powers of ( endurance. Patents were Tuesday issued to the following Indiana inventors: Jasper Ackerman, Lowell, pen; Chailes E Adamson, Muncie, apparatus for print ing in imitation of type-writing; Jonas S. Aldrick, Butler, wind-mill; Chas. G. Colen, Elkhart, cornet; Robt. 0. Elliott, Prairie Creek, hame connection; John M. Fellows. Burlington, fence;. Gideon Flake, Centerville, gate; Jas. A Graham, Fort Wayne, draft rigging for railway cars; Geo. Higgins, North Indianapolis, basket; John F. Lacey, Domestic, posthole boring machine, Henry G. Niles and Vanhufiei, Mishawaka, plow clevis; Franklin P. Spangler, Goshen, broadcast seeder; Alexander Staub, Fort Wayne, stove-pipe thimble; Hiram B. Trout, Terre Haute, attachment for mowing machines; Jas. Weathers, Indianapolis, sash holder. INDIANA EI.ECTIONB. Town elections in Indiana on the 7th, were largely controlled by local questions. Anderson, Democratic; Attica, Rebublican; Brazil, Rep.; Oonnersville, Repn Grawfordsviile, Rep., Columbus, Dem.; Delphi, Rep.; Elkhart, Rep., Frankfort, Rep. Fort Wayne, D. L. Harding, Rep.; elected mayor over C. F. Muhler, incumbent; council a tie. This is the first Republican mayor for 22 years; the Democratic majority is about 2,000. Harding’s majority is about I.OOOsa Franklin, Dem.; Greeocaatle, Rep.; Greensburg, Rep.; Greenfield, Dem.; Hope, Rep.; Jeffersonville, Dem.; Kokomo, a Democrat was elected mayor by a Democratic and mdefendent movement. Lebanon, rtep.; LaPorte, Dem.; Lafayette, Dem.; Muncie, Rep.; Madison, Dem.; Noblesville, Rep.p New Albany, Rep.; Peru, Rep. Mayor, Dem. Council; Portland, Rep.; Richmond, Dem.; Salem, Rep.; Seymour, Rep.; Shelbyville, Rep.; Terre Haute, Rep.; Tipton, Dem,; Union City, Rep.; Vincennes, Dem.; Valparaiso, Rep.; Wabash, Rep.; Washington, Dem; Marion, Rep ; Plymouth, Dem.; Huntington, Dem.; Michigan City, Dem.; Rensselaer, Rep.; South Bend, Dem.; Bluffton, Dem.

Rare Outrages in the South.

Four hundred armed men under Gen. Alexander Declouette, of St. Martin’s parish, rode into Lafayette, La., Tuesday morning, took possession of the town, and demanded the resignations of the negro justice of the peace and negro constable. The latter had disappeared, but the iormer complied with their demands. The regulators, pretending to have heard that Mr. Vignaux, a prominent Republican, who had been suggested by Congressman Coleman as United States Marshal of the Western District, of Louisiana, had furnished arms to the negroes, called on that gentleman, who is now town marshal of Lafayette, and discussed with him the matter of his having attempted to vote negroes at the election last Monday. They informed him that their purpose was to prevent negroes from voting, and they intended to enforce their views on the subject, intimat ng that the best thing Mr. Vignaux could do was to desist from any further efforts on behalf of negro suf frage. Mr. Vignaux stated that he had no more anxiety than they had on the subject; that, he was at the poll Monhth morning, performing his sworn duae under the law. Thiß statement beiny satisfactory, the regulators concluded to allow Vignaux to live a while longer, and he now exists by probation, so to speak. The regulators and authorities finally agreed that an election should be held next Monday for municipal officers of Lafayette, at which only white men shall vote. As this election will not be legal, tbe names of those receiving ma jorities of votes cast will be sent to the Governor for appointment Attorney General Rogers left for Lafayette, Tuesday evening, by order of the Governor. “White Supremacy” is the slogan of the regulators, but as there are but few negroes in Lafayette parish their war cry would seem to have no application there. -

Flames.

Five persons we burned to death by the destruction of the dwelling house of W. Bownes, at Chester, N. Y., Tuesday. Four hundred thonsaud-leet of lumber and 200,000 shingles were burned at Ludington, Mich. Thirty stores and dwellings, constituting the village of Waldron, Mich., were destroyed. Six business houses at Greenfield, 111., caused a loss of 160,000.

THE STATE CAPITAL.

A number ol delegates from local camps elthß democratic onion soldiers’ veteran association met at ihe Hendricks club rooms here, Tuesday. The reports showed that the organization is growing rapidly. Fifteen camps have been established in Indiana, a numbe in other states. Applications for other charters are coming in freely. The following officers of the national board have been elected: President, Gen. George W. Koontz, Indianapolis; secretary,' W. C. Tarkington, Indianapolis; treasurer, M. H. Daniels, Indianapolis; executive board, C. W. Bridges, Isaac N. Brad well, Peter Weis, Indianapolis; Gen. Rice, Ottawa, O.; Samuel T. McCormick, Mnncie, Ind.; C. N. Spencer* Cohimbuß, Ind.; G. W. Alison, Nashville, Ind.; N. A. Mvers,< Huntington, Ind. The officers of the state board, are: _ John D. Hale of Adams county, president; Col. John S. Scoby of Gieensburg, vice-president;; F. Effinger of Bluffton, secretary; W. C. BarUey of Elkhart, treasurer. • The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That we indorse the four years of Grover Cleveland’s administration as president of the United States; that we regard all his important official acts as in harmony with true democratic principles, and we believe him to have been at all times a true friend of the soldier.

Governor Hovey Thursday took the initial step toward removing the persons who he believes are illegally holding office nnder acts of the recent General Assembly. As a beginning he appointed Prof. John Collet Chief of the Bureau of Statistics aDd Natural Science, to take the place of Professor 8. S. Gorby, who was elected to the position by the General Assembly. The appointment, made on the ground that the Legislature did not have the power to eledt the officer, is for the purpose of bring-ing-the question into the-coarts-. Three weeks ago, after the Jnsane Hospital case had been decided, Professor Gbrby called on the Governor and asked for his commission. His request was refused, and the Governor then told him he had better bring suit immediately to establish any right he might have to a commission. Other appointees of the Legislature who had not received their commissions were also requested to enter suit, and one of those claiming to act as trustees for tie institution for the Blind did so. Prof. Gorby refused to begin any action, and Thursday the Governor, having reason t® belive that suit was not to be brought; decided to bring the controversy to an end by appointing a successor to the Professor. Prof. Col lett, who was State Geologist under Gov. Porter, accepted the position, Thursday his commission was made out and signed by the Governor. Re received it Friday morning, and after qualifying demanded possession ol the office from Proi. Gorby. The appointment of Professor Collett, of course, means that the courts will be at once called on to decide who is the legal incumbent of the office.

There is now at the State fair grounds, at Indianapolis, a horse that has been pronounced by many horsemen, including the representatives of the French government recently sent to this country to inspect American stock, to be the handsomest animal of- the kind in the world. This horse, known as “The King.” is the property of Judge H. M. Whitehead, of New York, a former law partner nf the late Samuel J. Tilden, who has refused $25,000 for him. The animal is in the care of the well-known driver, Dan Drinkworth, and will be trained moderately. It will be shown in October at the’ great St. Louis fair and afterward at the national horse show in New York city. On Sunday morning Mr. Drinkworth moved the horse around the exposition track and gave a number of local [horsefanciers the opportunity to see the animal.

The new trustees of the Central Hospital for the Insane helji their first business meeting Thursday afternoon. It occurred at the hospital, and was attended by all the members of the board. The first glance at the accounts of tbe old board showed that there was an immense amount of work to be done. President Carson decided that as the old trustees had retired under suspicion of wrong doing, it was the duty of their successors to re-audit all the unpaid accounts, extending back over Beveral :uonths. That was immediately began, and with the assistance of an attorney the trustees thus engaged spent the entire afternoon. President Carson when asked what the unpaid accounts would aggregate, said; “I think the amount will not fall short of $70,000. The last maintenance money Mr. Gapen drew from the State treasury “Was for March, but at that time there were many unpaid bills that came down from the preceding months. Bills of this character ran back into December, and there are many for January, February and March. We intend to carefully examine all of them and be certain they are correct.”

Our Country as a Nation.

Judge D. P. Baldwin 1 * *<Mrc«sßt Logansport. Enthusiasm is emotionalized earnestness. The men of 1789 accomplished their 'great work, because they were enthusiasts. The heart must always go in partnership with the head to accomplish great deedß. There is more kindness in the United States to-day than in all the rest of the world. Onr flag represents the most accomplished and the best organized liberty, equality and fraternity of any of the nations of the earth. Liberty means that every man owns his own head, hand and heart. Fraternity means that every man, no matter how low down, when right and not wrong, is my brother. Equality means that the rights of all are not only exactly equal, but, what is infinitely more, are equally enforced and respected.

We in the United States have accomplished almost perfect liberty of head and heart, but liberty of the hands, of compensated and honored labor* is still an open problem. Why Should not the neople who do the work and create all the wealth'control it It is the nonproducer, the speculator and grabber that make trouble. The problem of equality is yet solved in the United

1 t Staten except in part. No one is a real American who thinks the man that owns the rail road ia better than the man that guides the locomotive. re not accomplished when usefulness of any, kind is‘ looked down upon and treated as an intruder. It is a mistake to suppose that all the are solved. The open saloon is yet to be closed. The ballots of 1,000,000 veters are yet to be coanted; 7,000,060 of Americans have yet to learn their letr ’ ters. That is the most desirable village or city to live in that makes the school house the best building in its limits. Power must be proportioned to humanity, not humanity to power.- This is the real meaning of success—“a government of the people, by the people and for the people.” v The highest fact in the world is humanity, and it is because that, here in ttye United States, human- . ity . means more than in any other nation, that we are still, with all of OHr drawbacks and faults, the hope and the inspiration of the World. '

TEMPERANCE NOTES

Rhode Island has a local W. C. T. U. for every ten square miles of territory. The Minnesota Legislature has- made it a misdemeanor for any newspaper to print more than the mere announcement of a criminal’s execution. It is reported that there are now six female police officers in London and that seven others are about to be appointed. It is a .monstrous anomaly that of all the trades which minister to our necessities and tastes, ibis injurious liquor traffic alone should on the Sunday .have an exception made in its favor. The Palm Leaf, published at Bombay,says that the Maharajah of the State of Baroda and his entire court are total abstainers and do all in their power to discourage the drinking habits of the people,"Durtnaimiex>ruisii yoveriiuiwut is making success difficult. The Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee has decided ts refuse a life insurance policy to any lager beer brewer or to anv man employed in a lager beer brewery, stating that the business is injured by the shortened lives oi men who drink lager beer. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has ordered tli&t no stamps be issued to liquor dealers intending to open business in Oklahoma. It is claimed that Oklahoma lies within the limits of the Indian Territory, and that the laws prohibiting the sale of liquor in the territory applv in consequence to the Oklanoma section.

The use of tea cigarettes is the latest, freak of Parisian women. The effect on the nerves is said to be much more marked than that caused by tobacco. Some women who were arrested and charged with intoxication, proved that they had used nothing stronger than tea, which they chewed in large quantities. Western Springs, Illinois, is enjoying what may be termed a tobacco sensation. The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, at a recent meeting, made an astonishing revelation of the amount of cigars and tobacco sold in the town by two local dealers, the facts having been quietly obtained from the dealers themselves. Devotees of the weed indignantly claim exaggeration but quite in vain. It is further shown that this estimate affords but a partial criterion of the whole amount used, many smokers supplying themselves in the neighboring city.

The Cuban Fire Fly.

Scientific American. ' A most interesting experiment has recently been made in taking a photograph by the light of the Cuban fire fly. The species of this insect belonging to the United States is well known, but it* light producing powers are very feeble compared with those of its relatives, the lantern flies, or cucuyos, of Cuba. Brazil and Mexico. It is said that persons traveling by night in the tropical forest are accustomed to place these fi re beetles on their boats to light the way, and that Cuban the cucuyos as gems for their hair and clothing. A living specimen of these tropical insects was recently presented to the Bridgeport Scientific Society. It is about an inch and a half long, and bears upon each side of its body oval spots resembling eyes. In the dark these spots emit a greenish light, resembling that of tiny electric lamps in full glow. If the cucuyo is placed on a watch'disl its light will enable one to tell the time of night, and it also clearly illuminates a small printed page. Its radiance Beems to be in a measure under the control of the will, for when a gas jet is rapidly turned on and off, the inßect, whether from rivalry or some other motive, i sure to do his best. After various trials of the insect’s power, the experiment of photographing by its light was successfully carried out. A copy of a family portrait was made, the insect being held within an inch of tbe original, and in such a way that the rays fell perpen - dicuiarly on the negative. The time of exposure to bag light was about thirty seconds.

A Pretty Slick Cat.

New Haven Union. Norwich has many odd things,hut the oddest one, perhaps, is a household cat that visits the barn twice a day and gate two meals from a cow which “leaks her milk.” The cat steps under the cow J holds her month open for a period and the deed is done. There are a number of people in town who would like to get a living as easily.