Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1890 — Page 7

HOW TO VOTE.

Instructions as to Voting Under the New law. 'The committee consisting of three lawyers of each of the leading parties, appointed,to examine the new law and issue instructions as to its bearing, have reported. The following itstructionsto voters are found in the report; First—You must get your ballots of the polling clerks in the election-room. Second—ls you want to vote a straight ticket, stamp the square, to the left of the name of the party Tor tvhose candidates you wish to vote. If you do not wish, to vote a straight ticket, then do not stamp the square to the left of the name of your party, but stamp the square to, the left of the name of each candidate for whom you desire to vote on whatever list of can* didates may be. —Third—Dp not mutilate your ballot, or mark it cither by scratching a name off or writing one on, or in ahy other way except by the stamping on the Square as before mentioned. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. Fourth—After stamping your ballots and before leaving the booth, fold them separately, so that the face of themcannot.be seen, and so that the initial letters of the names of the pooling clerks on the back thereof can be seen. Then hand your ballots to the inspector, the stamp to the polling clerk, .and leave the room. Fifth—lf you are physically unable to stamp your ballot or cannot read English, so inform the polling clerks, and tell them how you wish to vote, , and they will stamp your ballots for you. But the voter and clerks should not permit any other person to hear or see how the ballot is stamped. Sixth—ls you should accidentally, or by mistake, defaco, • mutilate or spoil your ballot, return it to the poll clerks and get a new ballot. Sec. 43. Whoever shall knowingly or willfully make a false affidavit under any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of perjury. Sec. 50. Any person who shall remove or attempt to remove a ballot or stamp from the election room or having in his possession outside the election room any ballot or stamp, either genuine or counterfeit, during the election, shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than five years, and be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than ten years. Sec. 55. If any person not herein authorized so to do shall enter or attempt to enter the election room or enter or attempt to enter within the railing leading from the challenge window to the entrance of the election room without first having been passed by the challengers, or having been sworn in as hereinbefore provided, or shall remain within fifty feet of the polling place, contrary to the provis - ions hereinbefore made. he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof be fined not more than five hundred dollars. Sec. 56. If any person shall induce, or attempt to induce, any elector to write, paste or otherwise place on his ballot the name of any person or any sign or device of any kind as a distinguishing mark by which to indicate to any other person how such elector has voted, or shall enter into or attempt to form any agreement or conspiracy with any other person to induce or attempt to induce electors, or any elector, to so place any distinguishing name or mark upon his ballot, whether or not said act be committed or attempted to be committed, such person so offending shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction be imprisoned not more than five nor less than two years in the State’s prison, Sec. 59. Any person who shall, during the election, remove or destroy any of the supplies or other conveniences placed in the booths as aforesaid, or delivered to the voter for the purpose of enabling the voter to prepare his ballot, or shall during an election remove, tear down or deface the cards printed for the instruction of the voters, or shall during an election destroy or remove any booth, railing or other convenience provided for such election, or shall induce or attempt to induce any person to commit any of such acts, whether or not any of such acts are committed or attempted to be committed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and .on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than six months normofe thah one year and be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than ten years.

Sec. 60. No officer of election shall disclose to any perron the name of any candidate for whom any elector has voted. No officer of election shall do any electioneering on election day. No person whatever shall do any elec* tioneering on election day within anv polling place or within fifty feet of any polling place. No person shall apply lor or receive any ballot in any polling place other than that in which he is entitled to vote. No person shall show his ballot after it is xparked to any person in such a way as to revea 1 the Contents thereof, or the name of any candidate or candidates for whom he has marked his vote; nor shall anyperson examine a ballot which an elector has prepared for voting or solicit the elector to show the same. No person except the inspector of election or jridge who may be temporarily acting for him, shall receive from any voter * ballot prepared by him for voting. Jfo voter shall receive a ballot from any person other thap end of the poll nor shall any person other than a poll clerk deliver a’ Uallot tq fining ipe*?tor to be voted. Ne voter •ehalh deliver any ballot to oxi.iaßpectorto btf . 1 o«|d, woopt tiw ot>e

the poll No voter shall place any mark upon 1H ballot or suffer or, permit any other person to do so. by which it may ba afterward identified as the one voted by him. Whoever shall, violate any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, on conviction, shall be punish-d by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year, and by fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than ten

PAID OUT TO OLD SOLDIERS.

Pension Money Distributed to Veterans of Indiana and Their Families. That Republican legislation has been productive of measures applying directly to the old soldier and his interests needs no belter proof than the figures the Indiana pension agency can show. This, agency is next to the largest in" the United States, and the money sent out from it quarterly reaches every part of the State. An illustration of the great good these payments do, and ail under laws advocated by Republicans and enacted by Republican Congresses is shoWn in the instance of Brown county. A resident i of that county who was here the othei I day said this year the agricultural products of Brown had failed, but the pension; money came in to relieve the hard times thus caused. The amount of pensions paid to bldsoldiers, widows and orphans in Brown each year equal the value of its agricultural products. In Marion county the payments last year reached $337,880, and adding to this its apportionment of the large sum paid out on account of originals, reissues and increase cases the great aggregate of $500,000 is shown. ■" At the close of the last fiscal , year, June 30, there were 45,776 Indiana pensioners on the rolls of the agency in Indianapolis, and they drew $6,296, ■ 481, the disbursements of the year go ing into the ninety-two counties of the State as follows: , „ - 5.? *vo COUNTIES* fl S’ : ” ; H : A1en........ -- ........ 268 S 6,T( Adains «... - 607 83, <3 Bartho'omew 721 98,74 Benton.. 15 21.0*.' Blackford 175 23,90 Boone. 68 90,12 Brown - 320 43,>2 Carroll 351 48,07 Cass .. - 563 77.10 Clark..... 576 78,88. Clay 715 97,9* Cdnton 652 89,29 Crawf0rd............ 593 81,21 Daviess 652 79.71 Dearb0rn............... ............. 561 78,831 Decatur «,............... oom* ..... 640 87,6 n DeKalb. .. ... 398 54,51 Delaware. 534 73,13 Dubois 1.. 393 53.82 Elkhart 571 78,20 Fa'etie. - 239 31,‘,0 Floyd - 449 6',4V Fountain 458 62 7z Ftanklin ..... 394 53,fh, Fulton ....- 253 34 .65 Gibson • 473 64,78 Grant.. 701 96,0; Greene « 828 118,4: Ham Iton 649 86,1; Hancock.. .... .;. 439 60, Is Harrison. ....... ...a. 517 70,8*’ Hendricks 601 8.’,31 Henry., 475 65.0 Howard., 537 73,5*1, Huntington. 486 „. 66,5 i Jackson 8:6 110,9. Jasper 225 30,8: Jay...* 514 71.71 Jefferson 679 92,9. Jennings...™. 512 7u,r Johnson... 490 67,! 1 Knox .. 535 73.2 Kosciusko .510 69.8 Lagrange.. 273 37,ui Lake 20’ .2 <.4;. LaPorte 291 39.8 Lawrence 708 96,9 Madison ... ,3.......658 90,12 Marion 2,467 887,8.Marshal 415 56 84 Martin 46S 61, Of Miami 402 63, 7 Monroe 592 81 ,CMontgwniery. .................. 736 100,81 Morgan 663 90,«( Newton....,, 10» 21,4' treble ;. 434 59, t0hi0,............... 149 ... 204 - Orange 468 64,0'.* Owen 58"> 80,1 Parke 360 49,36 ■Pery „... 396 51,2;: Pike..... 5u 77.2 Porter .-. 214 29.30 Posey .; W - : nroski ...777. 252 —— Putnam 499 68,3< Randolph 64S 88,75 Ripley .. 606 82,1 Kush 383 4566 Pcott : 242 38,1 s Shelby 540 73,9'* Spencer 6>3 85.3 Starke 178 Fteuben ............. 408 55.19 St Joseph ....... .... 410 56,1 Sullivan., 6-4 89,57 Switzerland..;.. :. 897 54,7 Tipton ... 424 58,58 Union 11)0 lJt,cr Vanderburg us 70 91 Vermi11i0n............................ 230 39.71; Vigo 1,114 152 57 Wabash ~ 485 fi6,4? Warren 33,a. Warrick „ 432 59.16 -Washington ... 52(1 7‘.f4 Wayne..,...™,™. ................... Gjo 87.65 - ®7 A2,tl! whi-e... 28s »2,7:3 WniFey...... 261 35,74 _ 45,7 ml 45

In addition to the above there wa disbursed some $605,025 to 4,420 pensioners temporarily residing in variouStatai and Territor'es of the United States. Probably about the same" amount was paid from other agencies to pensioners now residing in Indiana. During the fiscal year 1889 and 1890, under President Harrison’s administration, the Indianapolis agency disbursed, in addition to the annua l amount given above by counties, some $3,082,969 to pensioners of the various counties of the State on account of original, reissue and increase cases issued during the year, making a' grand total of $9,984,475. The :ip portionment of the $3,082,969 paid to pensioners on account of original, reissue and increase cases among tbo various counties will add nearly 50 per cent, to the amount paid annually to pensioners of each county in the State. .Anticipating the allowances that will be made under aet of Jnno 27, 1890, there will be a large increase in the amount paid discing th< fiscal yehf ending .June 30, 1891." Since Jude 30 inpiuia»& haA Already readied ■nearly 08®, w®i. the amount'is ' * * •"

DIVES NOT A DEMOCRAT.

Ron* and Springer talked at Monti* ” cellb. N. Y., for one place. Springer indulged in his usual tirade against the meu who had made fortunes under the, vlH&xnous tariff legislation of the Republican party. He singled out Mr. Oarnegie for the burden of his vitu- j perations. He said that in his study | of the New Testament he had found but one parallel to this wealthy Scotch- ; man; that his name was Dives; and ! that he was in hell, where he ought to ; lobi Horr replied: • I havb heard of Dives before. I • stave learned for the first time, however, to-day, that he made his money undbr the Morrill tariff bill passed by the United States Congress iu 1861. ; Springer intitnates that he did; and I ' am ready to admit that he can corne as hear proving that as any other prop- j ositiOn he has made here today. But s on one proposition I agree with Bro. ; Springer. Dives, though he may have been surrounded by Democrats, was certainly no Democrat himself; for you ' recollect', according to the record, hej Called for water, and that.is something ' no Democrat was ever known to do.” Whereat the spectators rolled upon the ground with laughter.

THE PRESIDENT IN EARNEST.

’■•We are confronted,” said General ; Clarkson the other day, speaking of the Congressional campaign, *-by | thirty-one districts gerrymandered , away from us. Tnese are in the States of Ohio, Maryland’ and Kentucky. With a bare majority now. we must I carry at least twenty-five districts ' somewhere to make up for those lost ■ to us by the methods of Democratic ; Legislatures. But if I thought we I could not win, I should not be willing to give two months of my time to this campaign. But if our people propose to lie down and let the Democrats walk over them, then I am not to be counted in; but if they will stand up and fight, I : am confident we shall win. The President is willing to turn his attention to the strengthening of the party lines where they are weak or wavering, and I know he is in earnest about it.” In one week of this session of Congress the Republican majority, of course against Democratic objection ami obstruction, has passed no les than five labor bills, pure and simple—measures asked for by the labor societies of the land. Look at the list: 1. An effective prohibition of alien contract labor. 2. An effective eight-hour law, constituting eight hours a full day’s work for all government employes. 3. An adjustment law, enabling claimants under the old eight-hour law to submit their cases to judicial arbitrament. 4. A law prohibiting the employment of convict labor on government ■vorks. 5. A law prohibiting the use of the product of convict labor by the govjnament in any of its departments. The business failures of the country jtill keep below last year’s figures, .vhile the bank clearances and railroad warnings are ahead of those of last year. And. yet 1889 showed a good leal of prosperity throughout the ■ountry. It is such comparisons as ;his. which show the fallacy of the cry jf the demagogue and the agitator that general trade is going to the dogs. The way in which the Treasury has jorno to the relief of the market in the past week or two justifies the high opinion which the country has held of Vlr. Windom as a financier and statesnau. No man could have shown more act and better judgment in the recent monetary crisis than have been displayed by the present fiead~6r”tfie' Treasury Department. The squeeze in the money market was severe for a few days in the past week or two, but there were no business failures as a consequence. A few years ago such a storm would have lined the commercial shore with wrecks. The fact is, the general business of the country was never on a solider or safer basis than it is now. The Republicans are united in favor, of the extension of foreign trade by reciprocity just as they used to be united against the extension of domestic slavery by political feickery; and they will wih in the present instance as they did in the former one, notwithstanding the opposition of the Democratic party. In tjie Eastern States many of the 1 Democratic conventions this year did not Cleveland. Is the ex-President actually losing his grip on his party? Even iu the West, where he was especially strong, his flame is seldom heard of now in Democratic circles. «'» The Democrats still explaining the sweeping Republican victory in Maine, but they are not denying 1 that it is far greater than they looked f®r, and that it has dampened the arAnr the Democracy throughout the aoentr y. It should never oe possible so? the Wajl street speculators/o use the Secretary of the Treasury for tie promotion ot their schemes, and it will never be possible for them to do so while Mr. Windom remains in that office. Speaker Reed is going to make » series qf speeches in lowa, and the people df lowa are going to be moved thereby to give a majority that wih restore the State to its old and proper relation to the Republican . The Republican number, ;of the present Congress can point witlvpriui to the Mot that havte xwlicte:! a sturming’hlaw upon the wprst tofriwpQtn '.bl*United SthtCtf Ly arti-b ■‘ter" *£ll.’

EXCITEMENT IN IRELAND.

AU Ireland Tarns Oat to the Trial of O’Crlsnnt Tipperary; The*tadal®f Patrick O’Brien, who was arrested on the 23d, was begun on the 25th, at Tipperary. A large number of premia ; nant Irishmen were present. Tipperary* was full to overflowing with peopfe interested in the case. Nationalists had thronged the town from all adjacent parts, ; many of them carrying the national weap- ; on, the shillalah, and prepared to use - it should provocation arise. When the hour for the sitting of the court arrived, an immense crowd had collected before the court house, ready to rusfi in the moment the doors were thrown open. The authorities thereupon decided not to open the doors to the general public, but to : admit only those who were immediately inter* ested in the trial. The crowd did not take kindly to this treatment, and it required energetic action on the part of the police to keep the people from breaking in. They used their clubs freely, and many persons were wounded, among whom were Timothy Harrington, member of Parliament for Dublin, and a Mr. Halifax. Both re* ceived heavy blows on their heads, which bled profusely. They made their way into the court room as soon as they could. But by that time their hair and coat collars "Were saturated with blood, and they pre--sented a pitiable spectacle. Their appearance in court created a profound sensation and sent an additional emphasis to the complaint which Mr. O’Brien was making to the court of the brutality of the police. At first Mr. O’Brien had refused to enter the court room unless the public could be freely admitted. He maintained this attitude for some time, but at last decided that he could accomplish more by appealing to the court, entered the room and bitterly denounced the wanton clubbing of the crowd of which he had just been witness. It was while he was speaking that the sensational entrance of Messrs. Harrington and Halifax occurred. Them-John - Morley arose and addressed the cor- *. - ianifesting great agitation both in ton" p’ d manner. He earnestly appealed . o Lie court to protect the populace against tl.c wanton use of the club of the police. Meanwhile the Nationalist leaders continued to protest against the exclusion of the general public from the room. Both Mr. Morley and Dillon appealed to Colonel Caddell, the presiding magistrate, to revei’se his decision to keep the doors shut against the public. For some time he re* fused to recede from his determination. Morley and Dillon, however, continued to labor with him, and at last he yielded the point and ordered the doors thrown open. The court-room at once filled to its utmost capacity, and all the proceedings were followed with intense interest. At the outset Mr. Dillon objected to being tried before Resident Magistrate Shannon. The grounds of his objections were that he had a personal encounter with Shannon on one occasion at Cashel. At the time he asserted Shannon had grossly insulted him. He urged that there would be manifest impropriety in Shannon sitting at the present trial. Mr. Shannon refused to admit the validity of Mr. Dillon’s objections. He knew of no reason why he should not go on with the case. He declared that he would perform his duty without bias. Mr. O’Brien also objected to Shannon. The last time he saw Shannon, he said, Shannon was at the head of a body of police who were using their clubs upon the people. Moreover, Shannon had already tried him three times on similar charges. His sitting in the presen t case, O’Brien said, was an ’ indecency and in* suit. The magistrate answered Mr. O’Brien’s objections in the same way that? he had disposed of Dillon’s.

RUMORS OF TROUBLE.

Rumors bi trouble come from the “Frozen North.” Washington authorities re< ceived information two weeks ago that four sealers were fitting out for a winter cruise in Alaskan waters. Victoria papers published the fact and United States Con - sul Myers was instructed to keep the department informed. He telegraphed last Saturday that several vessels left four days ago, all going together. No sooner had Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spalding received the information than he telegraphed that the Wolcott be made ready for Behring Sea. Captain Glover’s orders are to hasten to Sitka with all possible speed, and there, mder the guidance of the Bear and the Rush, to proceed to that part of the Behring Ssa where the pirates are supposed to be peaching; to board vessels; and if anything b the shape of skins or hunters’ tools be found dn board, to seize such vessels in he name of the United States, deprive lhem of all steering apparatus and bring them into the nearest American port. There are but four pirates this time,insteadof thirty odd. —Tris- nut prob:ble "tharTtm-committee which has been iivestigating Gen. Raum will make a repot at the present session of Congress. It vill not take the majority a groat while to nake up their minds on the testimony tha has been presented, but the minority intend to prepare and will submits rfeport wiich is intended to crush the entirely, and is desired for use as a Denooratio campaign document. The two reports will have to go out together, ant the minority document can not have any >fflc!al sanction unless it goes with that of he majority. The chairman of the commitee and the other leading Repuolicans <f the House have there fore decided to potpone all further action, upon the subject ntil after the election. - Special to Journa. Twin children vere born to Mr. and Mrs. Lon Weaver, of Farmland, which were perfectly formednxeepting both were hair lippod. The uppr and lower extremities —terms, hands, iet, legs and toes—were properly placed, ind they were fully developed, even tobrowning heads.of long hfir. However|hey were closely united together from th top of the breastbone to the lower partoihe stomach, having but one'sjngle wide reast „bone* from which the started ipomgjpn for bgjfr phildren. te,»horttfma <

STATE FEDERATION.

Representative Laborers Meet at Indianapolis and Adopt Resolutions. The Sixth Annual Convention cf the Federation ofLabcr at Ind ian apot i s on the 23d. Presid en t Emy ILe vy, of Ev* ansville, presided. Committees were appointed and reports of officers approved. The following platform (condensed) was adopted: 1 As labor Islhe producer of «11 things worth having in human existence, the lworker should. it cei vu the vaiu ■ of his labor, and to accomplish this Is the aim of abor organizad; n. 2 Eaith—he great stoie house—is the prime factor and labor the active faetor through which hum-n nee s are supplied; ihat eapi al is a subordin ;te fae or to the above named, originating from their combination, and, there fore, can never be prior to them, we, therefore, ass-rt that, in order to be on an equal looting in secur ng access to raw materials, the products of labor should be relieved from the burden of taxation. ?■ we,‘herefore, f-tvor the enactment of laws tending to secure this resu t, and tha 1 endeavor to secure the passage of laws, abrogating all class priviiiges. r 4 We discourage the priclice of indorsing political parties or candidates5 We cominm in adherence ta the eight-hour d,y and heartily indorse the position taken by the American Federation ot Labor upon that -quesdun. ■ 6 We favor equal nay for equal work, without regard to color; 7 We belt ;ve that the means o£ securing ah education should be as free from burdens as possible, and. therefore, while commending the present seho d-book 1 .w, we favor n enactm nt that will secure pupils’ suppl es fre.e; and that the Bo rd of E uea ion be empoworcc to pro.core c ipyrights- and th at the study, of political ecenomy be encouraged". 8 We believe sh« issuing of money to be pure y a governmental function, and (ask that bank notes be recalled. 9 We bed ve tiiat' monopolies, such ns railroads of all kinds, t lephone. telegraph, gas and water supply, < tc , shou d be owned by the p ople and controlled by them. 10 We demand that the present system of allowing fees to State snd county officials be changed info fixed salaries; the fees to go to the State fund. : 11 We regard the exaction of ah . agreement from an employe that he does not belong to a labor organization,!as an infringement on the rights or an Amen an citizen. T-he following resolutions were unaui mously adopted: 1 That all companies or building associations not organized witbin the State of Indiana, be subjected to the same conditions required of foreign insurance companies. 2 That we demand that the mechanics’ lien law be so amended »s to not require notification ofhim before beginning'work. 3 We demand the enactment of a Jaw which wilTprovide free text books for all' the-public schools in Indiana. 4 That we favor the election of U. 8- Senator by a diiect vote of the people. 5 As we have witnessed the evil effects of partisan control in State institutions, we demand such legislation as will place them under nonpartisan control. e We demand that railroad corporations adopt a uniform coupler. A resolution that savored of socialism was emphatically rejected. Reports from the different localities in the State represented in the convention show labor to be well organized and becoming more united. The retiring officers were elected, and the following Vice-Presidents; Andrew Zebar, Evansville; W. H. Wharton, Lawrenceburg; W. L. Shaffer, Connersville; John Sexton, Indianapolis; E. W. Mulholland, Crawfordsville; W. P. Ball, Lafayette; Oliyer P. Smith, Logansport; S. M. Ball, Peru; Frank Jenneson, Fort Wayne.

BURNED AND LOOTED.

The City of Aspinwall Nearly Des'royed by Flames. A dispatch from Panama on the ?3i says that three-fourths of Colon (Aspinwall) has been destroyed. The fire broke out at midnight and was not under control until 7 A m?’en the 23d. It is reported that 90 car loads of freight in transit has been consumed. Wharves and shipping are safe. Owing to the riotous behavior of a mob of - looters the military opened fire with ball cartridges, killing and wounding several persons. Reinforcements of police have been sent from Panama. A supply of food has also been sent. The fire commenced shortly after midnight.. It originated on Bolivar and Fifth streets. From the start to the time when it burned itself out near the market th e fire fed on immense quantities of alcohol, spirits, petroleum and other inflammable materials, and was entirely beyond human control. Without interruption the flames sprang up in three directions—southerly through Bolivar and Front streets, sweeping away every business place, store and private residencel_24a_ the way; westerly—street to the Royal Mail premises, Panama railway and General Superintendent’s offices, leaving nothing but the walls standing of the latter, and northerly to Fourth street. In all about 150 buildings were destroyed, including the postoffice, Supreme Courts, Alcadia, Municipality Prefecture, the agencies of all the steamship companies except the French company, the Pacific Mail and Royal Mail oL flees, and part of the wharfs, every business house of importance on Front street, and all the hotels. The Inhabitants were panic stricken for awhile, but order was soon restored. No deaths and no casualties of any account have been reported as yet. The fire was got under control about 7 a. m., but a pile of lumber belonging to the Boston Ice Company, containing about 250,000 feet, burned for a few hours longer. The total loss is estimated at about 11,500,000. The loss of the Panama railway alone is esti-. mated at 3100,000, The cause pt the fire has not yet been ascertained. Some believe it was accidental, while others think it was of incendiary origin. The burned property is guarded by soldiere. Only a few of the principal business firms were partly insured. Several steamers were obliged to leave the wharf during the Are. The United States man of-war Kearsage len some hours before the fire broke out. About one hundred cars of freight in the railroad yard were consumed. A London medical man says: “Be careful in your dealing with horseradish. It irritates the stomach far more than spice, and an overdose will bring on an unpleasant sensation foi days. ______ Ex-Gov. Oden Bowie of Maryland has been granted a pension o f $8 a month. He is a veteran of the Mexiean war and was at the battle of Monterey. Clothespins boiled r few minutes.ani dried tjjnce pr twice a month bedurable.

HUMAN SACRIFICES IN AFRICA.

The Terrible Rites Paid to the “Iu Iu” Cods In New Calabar. The steamer Congo brinfirs news, from New Calabar qf a most revolting sacrir See, says the London Standard. It seems that a feW months the old king of Eboe died and, as is customary in that part of the country, the traders from New Chiabar went up to pay thoir respects to the new monarch." The traders were aware that for a short time after the old king's death tl>e “Iu In” rites are performed, but they thought that these were over. The deceased monarch’s name was Imphy and to the horror of the English traders the ‘ ‘lu & Iu” ceremonies were at their highest when they entered Eboe Town. The rites had been in operation for about two months, and already about forty people had been slain to anpease the “Iu Iu” gods. The old king was then lying in a grave which had been dug for him. The hole was a large one and deep. Lying in the same grave were nine of the king’s youngest wives, and their deaths had been brought about in the most cruel manner.. Each of the poor creatures had both licr wrists and ankles broken, so that they could neither walk nor crawl. In this state and suffering the most excruciating pain the unfortunate creatures were placed at the bottom of the grave, seven of them lying side by side.. The body of the king was then laid on them in a transverse direction The two remaining women were laid down by the side of the king, lying exactly like the Monarch’s body. .No food or water was given to the poor creatures, who were left in that position to die. It is said that death did not, as a rule, take place for four or five days. Four men were stationed round the grave, armed with clubs, ready to knock back with these weapons any of the women who, notwithstandidg their maimed condition, were able to crawl to the side of the grave. I n other parts of the town further human sacrifices were taking place. Suspended from various trees were the bodies of several men. These poor fellows were also enduring the most agonizing death. In most instances holes had been bored through their feet just by the ankles. Through the holes ropes were drawn and the men were then tied to a high tree. Their heads were, of course, hanging downward. The men were left there to die. The traders as they were proceeding along, wefe unwilling witnesses of a frightful sacrificial execution. They saw a number of natives in a group and. went to the spot to see what was taking place. To their horror the white men saw native tied by the feet and neck. The rope attached to the neck was thrown over a tree in one direction and the rope attached to the feet was tied to a tree in the opposite direction. The ropes were then drawn tightly, and when the body was distended to its utmost length another native with a hatchet struck the neck and severed the head from the body. The head was taken to the grave where the king was lying, while the body was eaten by the cannibal natives. The white men could do nothing to stop the barbarioos practices, as to interfere with these “religious customs” would not be tolerated by the natives and the lives of the traders would have been in peril. They therefore made as quick a retreat from the town as they could. The traders learned that for the following ten months there was to be a sacrifice of seven men.

Lord Beconsfield’s Debts.

Lord Beaconsfield was a poor man all his life, says a writer, in Frank Leslie’s Magazine, for the reason that until shortly before his death he had never paid off his early liabilities. The fortune left him by Brydges Williams cleared them off and he paid every penny he owed. Lady Beaconsfield’s fortune was hers only for life and she was not able to leave him anything of importance; but in the early part of his married life she assisted him with his election expanses and except for his marriage the probability is he could never have stemmed the tide of money difficulties which always happened him. Lady Beaconsfield must have helped him largely, for a circumstantial story was told by the conservative agent at Maidstone-for which place Lord Bear consfield sat—that at his first election, when things looked bad for the conservative candidate and the leberais were spending their money freely, Mr. Disraeli came into the garden behind the Star hotel, the conservative headfuarters. and, throwing himself down on the grass, declared that he should be beaten, and that if so his career wa< over and he was ruined. Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, who was sitting there, attempted to cheer him and raise his hopes; but finding that course unsuccessful she took the conservative agent aside and giving him a large sum of inoney, said: “Spend that and more if you want it—all that is necessary, but Mr. Disraeli must be returned.” Mr. Disraeli waS returned by a large mamajority and if the truth was known no doubt Mrs. Wyndham Lewis paid still . more highly for the privilege of getting him in. * No longer afraid of her—Society belle ' (gloomily)—“I must be go big .off horribly in my looks. That is the in a week who has asked’ yae to sUumas her bridesmaid.”—Life. ’ > * - '**•/