Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1891 — Page 2

i the republican. Gbook E. Marsha i.i- Publisher. , v . : RENSSELAER - INDIANA

The uses of whalebone have become so numerous in late years that the supply l- > fallen much short of Cse demand, as evidenced by the fact that in 1880 the price of the raw material was $2 per pound, while in 1890 it was $4.22 per pound. The marked scarcity has compelled consumers to look for substitutes. Hie best and most satisfactory is featherbone, made from the quills chiefly of chickens and geese. 1' eatherbonc is said to be very durable and elastic and is now being used largely by whip manufacturers. The farmers should remember this, for to large poultry raisers it mighty be a souivo of some profit.

The fact that the French Senate ; pigeonholed the measure to remove < the interdiction on American pork does not in the. least discourage the officials of the Agricultural Department. No doubt when the Chambre des Deputies convenes next October this important measure will be one 1 of the first to be discussed. The popular feeling in France is growing stronger in favor of the admission 0; hog products from the Tj nited States. ] and the longer action is delayed the more likely it. is to become a law. Assurances have been received at Washington that the embargo will be raised, and as far as it can be ascertained, there is very little opposition to thc measure in. France. It is thought that action will be taken in ample time by the French Senate to admit the heavy shipments of pork this fall,. - - i

It is at a time of distraction over theological questions that we get news of the logomachy among the philosophers at Chautauqua over the great skirt question. One of the feminine lecturers there is a champion of the divided,skirt, and urges its adoption by the studious young women who listen to her arguments in the temple. Another of the femL nine lecturers there is an adversary of the divided skirt, opposing it on artistic, bygienic,Delsartean ground?, and affirming in her lectures that she herself “finds solid comfort in the old-style skirt.” It is a natty question, truly, and we can only ho-'e that the best skirt will win in the contention at Chautauqua. But the contention has had a queer influence upon the young women there win are studying philosophy, gymnastics, cosmology, costume, and so forth. When they dress for exercise they do not now wear either the divided skirt of which Mrs. Parker is the champion, or the old-style Skirt worn and defended by Mrs. Bishop. Some of them wear a kind of small clothes, while others wear the zouave dress, Turkish trousers and all! Unable to agree with the arguments of either _ of the disputants in skirts, they give up skirts altogether. And herein is to be found a lesson which many people of both sexes may consider with

The Chinese Government has just imposed a tax upon the produc- | tion of native opium. It has long \ been a violation of law to raise opi- j urn in China, but after the war which j England forced upon the weaker na- j tion to compel her to admit the opium of ludia, Chinese farmers here and there began the cultivation of the poppy. The Government winked at thepractice, evidently thvuLing that if Opium was to be forced upon the people they might produce it themselves. Since then the cultivation has increased to an alarming extent. Within twelve years past travelers in. Ssechuen, Yunnan, Shansi, and some other provinces have astonished every bodyby reporting widely' extended poppy fields, When it was thought the Chinese depended almost altogether upon India for their opiumThe cultivation has now assumed such dimensions that the government could not suppress it if it desired. The Pekin authorities therefore propose to raise a large revenue by an opium tax. Tpe world will not be particularly sorry that the growth of opium in China has interfered with the sale of the Indian product in Chinese markets. England went to war to make a market for the opium ol India, but she could hardly force c n sumers at the poiut o.' the bayonet to buy the Indian j -oduct if they prefer the drug of their own raising. ' r Gladstone averages about vI.OOC for every newspaper or inagiwine article that he writes.

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Wheat reached !1 at Chicago, on the | Hth* . 'l; [ A case of fully developed leprosy is reported from Oii cajro. j The eondition-of corn declined in all sections of Michigan during duly. Grasshoppers are doing great damage to crops in the vicinity of Findlay. G. An English company has organized n fleet to transport Southern negroes to Africa. /■ ; Three men were killed by the exploding ' of a powder mill at Huntington, W. Va., on the Hth. Seven others were wounded. Mrs. .lames K. Folk, widow of the tetith j President of the United States, died at her home at Nashville, on the 14th, The Tennessee Alliance re-elected President MeCowcll. The Ocala platform, including the sub-treasury scheme, was ini' dorsed. , After©Vor $250,006 has been spent on foundations for the World's Fair buildings, thief Ktirham flnds thaFthey are insufficient and will have to come up. There were five deaths in New York on the lOjJi on account of the heat. The wave extended all over the country, and prostrations are reported from all the large cities, Isaac Newton ’Baker. Col. fngersoll's private secretary.\\ iio was shot in a family quarrel at Croton Laudhig.N.Y..on Ihe Ist. lingers between life and death with four bullet holes in his body. —- The two children of Albert White, ]iv- • ingat Moulton, fa., went out to pick berries and were chased by a pair of wolvesI A ticigliboring funner saved the .children 'bv shooting one of the beasts. ——— — Five" thotisand farmers held'an annual --picnic "atr Pennville, N. J., on the 14th. ! Liquor flowed freely, and the picnic ad- , -jounmd after a freerfor-ail light engaged jin by 300 of the attendants, Several per-' sons were hurt. -----—— ——— —— All harvested crops in Wisconsin have made a heavy yield and the growing- ones give, line promise, more especially in the northwest portion of the State, Where some correspondents state that the general outlook was never better, ■a A mob of 800 citizens organized at Kansas City, Kansas, on the evening of the ! 10th, for the. purpose of lynching the j Mayor and City Council, who proposed | to purchase the electric light plant for 1 $340,000. The .officers adjourned and es* | caped. The Governor of Georgia lias signed the bill to prohibit tin 1 sale of liquor within three 'miles of any church or school, except, in incorporated cities. This means in Georgia, as either churches or schools exist almost every three miles, and where they do not exist cheap struetures will be erected at once.. —— “Hr." Heckman, president of the widely advertised "Institute of European Staff of Physicians," of New York, of which he was also the “staff,” was arrested Tlitirsda}Uty.he instance of the County Medical SoflFff. It had been ascertained that h® was “curing” every ill that flesh is heir to with dough pills and a solution of common salt. The President Monday appointed Richard Cotts Shannon, of New York, minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador. This is the new South American mission j created by the last Congress. Mr. Shanj noil was, at one time, secretary of legation !at Hrazil. lie is said to lie a thorough j Spanish scholar, and is regarded, because ; of liis experience, as being well fitted for j the duties of his new position. Minister j Shannon is a native of Maine.

The salvation army of Seattle lias been made the beneficiary of tlie will of J. W. Munson, an eccentric old philanthropist, who died May flat Honolulu, and was buried by the Grand Army post at that place. Munson was a peculiar character. His life was spent in searching for un-thought-of ways to bestow charity. He attended the uieetings of the Salvationists' nearly four years, and what money he gave was bestowed surreptitiously on the subscription plan. He leaves $50,000 to the salvation army of that place The Atlanta Journal on the 10th prints j a sensation in,«'*Allianec circles. J. 0_ ! Wynne, business agent of the Georgia State Alliance Exchange, is over $40,000 1 short ln llis accounts. The. directors apI pointed W. A. Broughton, treasurer of the

exchange, to examine the hooks and the shortage was discovered. Mr. Wynne is under 550.000 bonds. The bondsmen will meet to arrange to pay all shortages. The -exchange claims the shortage is an on 1 and out defalcation. Mr. Wynne makes a statement that the shortage is due to clerical error and a loss of vouchers. ’ Governor Page, of Vermont, lias issued a proclamation for a special session of the legislature to convene Tuesday, Aug. 25. The lirst cause for calling is to take action in regard to direct tax money due the State. Governor Page says there appears to be a strong* public sentiment for calling for further legislation upon the subject of the Columbian exposition, and gives the question prominence in the call. Five thousand dollars was appropriated last fall, but this sum will undoubtedly be handsomely increased by appropriation when the Leglature convenes. It is now brlieved that Governor Page w ill make dhiown his choice of a successor to Senator Edmunds before the extra session meets. Mr. Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, is making a searching inquiry into the effect of the tariff under the present McKinley law on the prices of every-day articles of wear and consumption. Shortly before the adjournment of the last Congress the Senate committee on finance was | requested to make this inquiry, but as the : committee had no facilities whatever of its own, Mr. Wright was asked and consented to make the investigation. He was given an increased ciertcaT force. he has sent agents into cities all over the country. These men will collect iuformaj tion regarding the prices of 231 stated ar--1 tides which are most generally used by people in the United States of ail classes and conditions. To secure these figures monthly quotations have been obtained from retail dealers in sixty-nine cities and towns, selected all'over the country, in order to obtain a general mean average, For the wholesale prices quotations have been received from six great distributing centers at six widely different geographl- ■ #

cal and commercial points. The inquiry extends from June 1.1891, to Sept.'.!. 1831 for the retail articles.while tlie wholesale quotations will he collected as far hack h i ls4fi. Where it. is possible • extensive in-' qnirtes wilt alsolgs made into the wage paid i n leading industries for a tong period of years. FOREIGN, • A Berlin special of the 12th says: Borj iiu used formerly toexpart immense quanj ties of ladies line (Junto*, etc., to j United States. Since the high tariff was x.aced upon these goods American buyers come here and simply buy the- models. The cloaks are then manufactured after thcs< in America. Only the cheapest grades oi goods are exported in large quantities. The grave situation created by the failure of the crops in Russia is causing the groat4-st apprehension in all circles* The Graslidanin declares that the local administrations will be unable to make provision for the inhabitants of the- distressed,, provinces by drawing upon the surplus oi provinces if speculators are allowed to export coin, or if the artificial in tin pdCCOf, corn is not checked. The paper demands that the government immediate-' ly place a [heavy export on rye. The Financial Messenger declares that it will lx impossible for Russia to export corn this year.

HARRISON’S POSITION.

-- • • I. :——— : What a Democrat Says About j the Republican Nomination. Harrison Reported a* Having Decided Not to Permit Hl* Name to lie I s«J if Secretary Blaine is a Candidate. A special to the Chicago Herald (I)em.>. fromUape May, Ncffl. -oa-tßgT4'ffi,'says': “President Harrison will, before the meeting of the Republican national convention of 1592, declare over his own signature, lii the most emphatic manner, that he is not a candidate for the nomination to be made by that convention. The President decided upon this course within the last two weeks, and his purpose in calling hither, a few days ago. Chairman Clarksom-of-the national committee, and Stephen B. Elkins was to tell those gentlemen that they might inform those Republicans who are taking sides either for or against the renomination of the President that they are doing so unnecessarily. The decision of the President not to permit his name to go before the convention was made with reservations. These reservations depend on three conditions. First, if the present bitter opposition within the Republican party to Mr. Harrison's renohaination shall continue till next spring, lie will withdraw; second, if Mr. Blaine shall be well and strong enough to take the nomination and the party's demand for him._ coutiiiues as strong and sincere as it appears at the present time, Mr. Harrison will withdraw; third, if Mr. Blaine, having sufficient health and strength, shall be willing to take the nomination, Mr. Harrison will withdraw. “The information that the President lias reached this decision is from a source not to be questioned as to its accuracy and trustworthiness. Mr. Blaine knows that tlie President occupies this position. Mr. Clarkson. Mr. Elkins. Mr. Quay and Mr. Platt know it. Mr. Quay has been advised not to force his Blaine boom in Pennsylvania, and he lias called a halt,. The Harrison-Blaine "programme, which all the bosses have been given a chance to fall in with, is that no “movement" shall be instituted for a Pressdential aspirant, neither for the President nor for Mr. Blaine, nor for any other man, if it can bo prevented. The party, without manipulation or organized efforts to Influence it, is to be permitted 10 make its own choice for the presidency.”

ENGINEERED BY SPECULATORS.

Farmers Not at the Head of the So-Called Alliance Wheat “Corner.” A St. Paul newspaper publishes an elaborate statement on the 12th, showing that it has positive information that the socalled “hold-your-wheat"’ Farmers’ Alliance circular w as gotten up by Minneapolis speculators and that all expenses are being paid by them. A stranger was imported to handle the Alliance men and get them to farther the movement. The syndicate lias six million bushels of old wheat to unload, and if it can “hull”-the market and unload it will then let it slump to buy in the new crop at reduced prices. A dispatch from Topeka says: The latest in the way of Alliance commercial organizations are the shipping associations. They form part of the Alliance plan for managing their own wheat sales without the use of agents of any kind, and three, the first charters of the kind, were filed with the Secretary of State to-day. William Baker, Congressman from the Sixth district, who has just returned from Minneapolis, gives the farmers some advice on the question of holding their wheat in the Alliance Advocate. Congressman Baker quotes Mr. Pillsbury as saying that there is no reason why, under normal conditions, farmers should not now be receiving 51.25 a bushel for their wheat at the farms. Commenting on this the Advocate says that the farmers are masters of the situation if they hold their graiu for six months. Frank McGrath, President of the Kansas Farmers’ Alliance, has returned from a trip through the State. He says tliete is a large amount of wheat being held by farmers with the expectation that the price will materially advance. The lecturers of the State Alliance are ail advis-’ ing this.and farmers are now kept at thoroughly posted on tfie markets us the shrewdest speculator. President McGrath believes that the farmers who hold on to their wheat will profit largely by it. and he says that they understand tills and will not sell a bushel more than absolutely necessary to supply immediate wants. -Specials from Madison. Wis., say that John A. Anderson thrashed .658 bushels and twenty pounds of wheat from acres of ground on the 15th, This shows a yield of 43's' bushels to the I weighed 61 pounds to the measured bushel at the Pacific elevator. The yield is larger ha n anticipated everywhere. j ■ ■■ ' Sanford Poston,of Noble township,Rush county, was found lying in the roadway, mouth and nostrils buried in the dust,and slowly smothering. He had been thrown out in a runaway accident, and was unconscious from injuries to his head.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Wayne county cries for rain, f 5 '* Typhoid fever is epidemic atCharleston Rain is greatly needed in Miami county. Much sickness is reported at Fort Wayne. Howard county reports the drought broken. £ Auderson was never more prosperous than now. - ; Jacob Strach, of New Albany, was robbed of S3OO by burglars. Muncie is Working actively to secure, the Gatling gun factory. A little boy burned Zachariah Parish's barn, near Anderson, cavsug $2,000 loss. All of the buildings on the Montpeliar fair grounds were leyeled during a wind storm. Thomas Ellis, of Waynetown, found a colored man's thumb iu bis plug of to baeco. ~ ‘ Thomas L. Coblentz. of will buy land and set out live thousand hickory nut trees. Valuable deposits of sandstone have been found on the Charles Tripper farm in Miami county. Many farmers in the southern part of Shelby county report that corn will average fifty bushels per acre. The Evansville Tribune has hoisted the name of Col. Charles Benby as its eanffidate for Governor of Indiana. Lewis McMillen, of Cass county, attempted to_drivea bull and wits tossed vc-r a fence to his serious injury. Henry Ilutsel and Eugene Bowman-near Otto, settled their differences by a duel with knives. Both were severely cut. RobeftrSwarens, bcar Kamsey, Harrison county, sowed fifty acres of the Pool va. rietyof wheat, from which lie,liarvestel 1,140 bushels. Lightning struck the residence of Mrs. Lotta Benson, 'Widow, at Terre Haute,and every member of the family was rendered insensible by the shock. Miss Hattie Singleton, of Martinsville, lost her voice a year ago, but the other day, while bending over an ironing board; and almost sweltering with heat, it suddenly returned. Last Monday, Jacob Ileaton and family went to Muncie to see the circus, leaving a large drove of fine hogs in a wheat stubble - field, with no water. H eaton found seventeen dead on his return. The first anniversary- of the finding of the artesian, magnetic and sulphur well at Orleans, was celebrated by a public parade and several thousand people attended from the surrounding towns and villages. Wheat threshing is well nigh completed in Jackson county, and from the most careful estimates made it is believed the aggregate yield in the county will be 710.000 bushels. A large acreage \vi 11 lie sown to this cereal there this season. While drilling for water at the brick company’s works north of Hartford City a thirty-foot vein of bituminous coal was struck at a depth of eighty feet. Because of the immense gas deposit there but little excitement has been caused by the find, and its developmental present is not probable. William D. Hathaway,of South Whitley, kicked a cat, hurling the animal into the face of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Nannie J. Hildebrand, of Huntington, who was visiting his family, and one of its claws blinded her in one eye. Mrs. Hildebrand lias brought suit against Hathaway for $5,000 damages. William Snab, an ex-soldier and totally blind, drew $4,000 pension, with which he went to Coles county, Illinois, where he loaned $3,000 to Mrs. Anna Stiles and then disappeared. All this live years ago. Recently the G. A. R. took up the matter and will endeavor to recover the money for Snab’s.family. Clias. Waterman was arrested at Michigan City as a horse-thief, and fie proved to be an ex-convict, having served several terms for various offenses. It also developed that he had been making his home at Three Rivers, Mich., where he had succeeded in gaining the confidence of the community, while he continued his depredations elsewhere. The I. O. O. F. of Wayne, Henry and Fayette counties has formed an association, to hold annual pienic assemblies. A grove meeting was held at Dublin on Saturday, which was attended by many of the lodges in the district, as well as the families of the brethren. The principa addresses were delivered by Rev. J. G Coulter, of Dublin, and J. B. Cockruin, of Indianapolis. Thursday afternoon Mr. T. B, Smith the leading business man of Brownsburg’ went into the loading bin of his elevator to remove an obstruction that was in the chute. In some manner one of his legs was drawn into the chute and broken. The wheat, which was pouring into the bin at a fast’rate, .soon had him covered and he was smothdred. The elevator had been iu operation only one month. Among the converts at the Nathan Frame evangelistic meetings at Columbus was Albert Kline, a stranger. A few days later he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Wise, contrary to the wishes of her friends. Last Friday Kline sauntered from the house, saying he would take a short walk, since which time he has been missing. His wife's gold watch and minor articles of value disappeared at the same time. The Elwood Tin-plate Company has been organized, headed by A. L. Conger, of Akron, O.; J. F. Miller, of Richmond; Monroe Seibcrling, of Kokomo, and other capitalists,oMid the capital stock is SI,OJOV--000, with $300,000 paid in. The purpose is to build a complete tin-plate factory I with a rolling-mill for manufacturing black plate. Active operations may Be'aclayed, due to the uncertain construction which Secretary Foster may place upon the alien contract labor law. Jesse Clem, of Madison county, attended one of the spiritualistic scenes at the Chesterfield camp-meeting, and was horrified by the story of an alleged medium. la effect that the grave ofj his wife had been violated, and that her body could be fohnd in one of the medical colleges iu Indianapolis. Mr, Clem thereupon proceeded to the PcrkinsvlUe cemetery and uncovered the casket in which the remains

of Mrs. Clem had been buried. <jply to find lhat tUumeJinm bud lied. Thfi effect is to-shake Mr. < Jem’s belief in Spiritualism. During a Suiiday-szhool lesson at New Castle reference was made to the story of the Savior at Jacob's well, and it was stated that the well was originally 200 feet deep, but that visitors foi many centuries had thrown in pebbles, till now it was but 75 feet deep. This inspired seme men In that city to form a syndicate, the object of which is to secure the right from the Turkish government to excavate the well to its original depth, exhibit the pebbles and whatever else may be found at the World's Fair, and finally sell the same as precious relics. * Jefferson street, the main thoroughfare of Huntington, was the scene of a dreadful and heart-rending accident Tuesday morning. Mrs. Frank Collius, with throe children, was on the street, the. youngest, a daughter aged six months,ln a baby cab. The mother stopped at one of the public wells to give her children a drink, when the baby-cab noiselessly slipped away from where it was standing, falling off the curb at the feet of a team of horses. The infant was roiled in the gutter, and one of the horses kicked it in the head, killing it almost instantly. The agonizing shrieks of the mother were the first intimation of the occurrence, and the scene was one. which made the faces of the strongest men turn pale. Morgantown was treated to a veritable sensat ion on the 10th when Dr. R. C. Griffith, J, A. Collett, Mayo Fesler and a man named Teeters were arrested at the instigationof Radford Huff, formerly a saloon keeper of that place. The saloon was fearful explosion of dynamite. Huff accused these men of the crime. They are four of Morgantown’s best-known citizens and ail are considered above reproach. Dr. Griffith was elected clerk of Morgan county at the last election by the Republicans. Mr. Collett is a prominent merchant of Morgantown, and Mayo Fesler has proved a most efficient young teacher in the public schools for some years. Huff is said to.have conducted a very disorderly resort. The caving in of a sand-bank Tuosday morning near the Walnut Hill Cemetery, Jeffhraonyille,canie very near-burying alive two men. Robert Harold, the sexton of the cemetery, and Charles Kopp have been running the sand pit for some time, when, without any warning, the sides gave way and buried both men undcß several tons. A number of men were standing around, and, taking in the situation at a glance, began to dig away the sand. It took several minutes to accomplish this, and Harold and Kopp were rescued more dead than alive. Both were unconscious, and received shocking injuries! - Several of Kopp's ribs were broken, and it is feared that lie is internally injured. Harold’s injuries are also of a dangerous nature. His limbs are badly crushed, and his right leg was broken below the knee. Harold has been sexton of the Walnut Hill Cemetery fora number of years. Pie has a wife and several children. PI. C. Yount, a prominent young attorney of Covington, was slugged and knocked out of a buggy between Cameron Spring and Attica Tuesday night, He left Covington Tuesday morning to spend the day at the springs. lie got a horse and buggy at Attica to drive to the springs, which arc about six miles north of that city. He can remember nothing of what occurred. He walked to Attica after the assault and registered at a hotel, The hotel people say lie acted very queeriy, for after being shown his room, he came down stairs and walked up and down the hall the most of the night and evejy few minutes taking out his pocket book and counting his money. Iu the morning he got on the cars and came home and is now In a dangerous condition. The horse and buggy lie lmd have not been heard from. PI is watch and chain are gone, but about $39 he had was not disturbed.

CHINESE BARBARITIES.

Two of the Wusueh Rioters Decapitated and their Head* Stuck on Poles. The steamship Oceanic arrived on the 11th from Hong Kong and Ybkahoma. Advices from Hong Kong up to July 15 state that the lire of discontent is still smoldering in North China. Occasional riots arc reported. The mission stations near Canton are said to ha ve been attacked, but no particulars were received. Two of the Wusucli rioters voluntarily confessed that they murdered two foreigners during the Wusuch uprising. Tlie prisoners were sent back to the Kuangclji district and the« heads hung up at Wusucli as a warning to evil doers. A correspondent at Tientsen writes, under date of June 29, that all is quiet there and no trouble is anticipated.

THE MARKETS.

Indianapolis, Auj 17, 1891. Twi:eatT| Corn” Oats. ~ltre~ Indianapolis. • 9 r’d 99 1w66 8 1*32 Chicago 2 r’U 1 07 M(-i 29 Cincinnati.... 2 r’d 1 01 tt.l'4 32 *> SL Louis. |2 r’d 1 Oil fit) 2J 9J New York.... 8 r’d 1 li 78 344 1 Baltimore.... 1124 70 48 1 08 Philadelphia. 8 r’d 1 U-i 75 59 Clover Toledo.. 1 07H 65 3!) 4HJ ' Detroit I wh I 00 65 314 Minneapolis. ■ 1 00 CATTLE. Export steers ff> 50g5 85 Good to choice shippers 4 25qt5 do Fair to medium shippers 3 s(K<t4 00 Conunon shippers 2 25 Stockers 2 01(4*2 75 Good to choice butcher hellers. 3 25(43 .5 Fair to medium heifers 2 56<®3 05 Light, thin heifers 1 75(«2 25 Good to choice cows 2 7.",m:i 25 Fair to medium cows 2CO Q'-l <SO Common old cows. 1 oJ<j*l 75 Veals, common to ch0ice....... 3 03065 00 Bulls, common to ch0ice....... 1 75@2 75 Milkers, good to choice.'. .. .. ..15 00.4;35 HOGS Heavy packing and shipping...3s I@s o Mixed packing 5 4> Light * » ■<> Heavy roughs 3 53,34 :.o SHEEP. Good to choice clipped.. M :5@4 G, Fair to medium cupped 3 7o<<j4 o> Common clipped 3 i • Bucks, 9 head miscellaneous. Eggs. 12c; butter, creamery, 2343 >c; dairy, 20c; good country 10e; feathers, 35c: beeswax, a® 0c; wool 3C@3 c, unwashed. 22c: bens. Be: turkeys tc toms 7c; clover seed 4. 350 4.50.

LONG LIVE HIS NAME.

James Russell Lowell Peacefully *j Passes Away. Brief .Sketeb of a Noble Life—His Career as a Writer and Diplomat—Otlier Deaths. James RuSsell Lowell died peacefully at> his home at Cambridge, Mass., on the 12th. Tie Raff been a sufferer for nearly a yeat . of a complication of diseases. Mr. Lowell 'j descended from a long line of men wb« ' have stood high in the annals of theii country for t\\;o centuries and a half. Ht was born in Cambridge P’eb. 22, 1818 Graduated from Harvard at 19 years or age and was the class poet. Opened a law office in Boston, soon leading the pro-* i session of law for that of letters. In 1841. \ lie issued a volume entitled “A Year’sLJfe.” Ilis volumes following this wer« frequent, each one adding to his reputation as a poet. Mr. Lowell spent 1351 and 1852 in travel in Europe, being for a considerable time In Italy. After his returi. in 1854 he deli vered a course of lectures before the Lowell Institute in Bostou tolargt audiences on the subject of British poets. These lectures appear to have led to hisselection as successor to Mr. Longfellow in the chair of belles-lettres at Harvard 1 college, to which lie was appointed in. \ 1855. For the last fifty years the chair op \ dxrtleS’-fcttikS atqFarvard has had occupants—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James Russell Lowell. Mr. Longfeliow received his appointment in 183 S and filled the chair nineteen years.when Ins mantle foil upon Mr. Lowell, who performed the duties of his post in such a way as to reflect honor upon the office and tc train up hundreds of young men to a wise appreciation of the good, the true and the beautiful in letters. In 1857 Mr. Lowell beeffme the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, which a firm waj i about to start. To his good judgment and editorial sagacity it owed its first success, Mr. Lowell urged Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes to support him by frequent contributions. It was then that Dr. Holmes began his brilliant series of “Autocrat” papers, ancl the venture became a,success. Mr. Lowpll held the position of editor until the end of 1882, when he became, editor of the North American Review. Prior to this time, Mr. Lowell became identified with the abolition movement. He was an 1 Abolitionist, not of the Garrison type, but more like his friend Charles Sunnier. Mr. Lowell entered into the movement w+th the characteristic energy of the Lowell blood, and proved that the fire of Hon. John Lowell was in his veins when he worked heart and soul against the slavey holding movement. In 1877 President Hayes appointed Mr Lowell Minister to Spain, and iu 1830 be was removed to the Court of St. James. Mr. Lowell was socially the ablest minister who has ever represented the United States at the English court. When he became minister to England he was a very popular man with his countrymen. Since his last return from Europe Mr. Lowell has resided with his daughter, Mrs. Burnett, wife of Congressman Burnett, ats Deerfoot farm, Occasionally he has spent a few days at his old home at “Elmwood,” but most of his time he was at Deerfoot farm. Mr. Lowell was married in 1844 to Miss Maria White, of Watertown, a lady who had written some beautiful little poems. Her death in 1853, which occurred at the same time as a birth in Mr. Longfellow’s family, gave rise to the senior poet’s beautiful lines “The Two Angcis.” In 1857 Mr. Lowell married Miss Frances Dunlop, nieee of ex-Governor Dunlop, of Maine. GEORGE JONES. George Jones, editor of tlie Now York Times, died at Poland Sping. Me., on the 12tli. The story of George Jones’s life is the story of the founding and building up of the New York Times. Although Mr. Jones had reached the age of forty when he joined Henry J. Raymond in establishing the Times, and had already made his way to success and a competence in other business enterprises, his earliest inclinations had brought him Into the field of New York journalism, and hlsire turn to it as the founder and publisher of the Times was but the fulfillment of his youthful ambitions, and from the day when the first copy of the Times was issued to the day of Ids death Mr. Jones has devoted to it, to the exclusion of all other interests and affairs, his undivided time and energies. His success has been the success of the journal ho has con trolled. His honorable career and repute are inseparably associated with the career and the standing of his newspaper.

A DELICATE QUESTION ARISES.

An exceedingly delicate question of coo structlon has been presented to the Treasury Department by the World’s Columbian Commission. When foreign governments were formally invited by the President to participate In the Exposition, no exception was. of course, made in the case of China, and, in anticipation of the acceptance of the invitation by that government, the commission inquires whether citizens oi China who may come to this country foi the purpose of visiting the Fair will bt debarred from landing, under tho genera, provisions of ttie Chinese exclusion act It is admitted that it would be somewhat inconsistent to deny admission to peopl* who have been invited to come.. Acting Secretary Nettleton will probably ask tb« Attorney-General’s advice before acting on the question.

Recipes Worth Savin g .

Mock Mince Pie.— One cup each o| sour milk, sugar, and raisins oroppec fine, one tablespoon of vinegar, tw» eggs, cinnamon, cloves and allspice* Bake between two crusts. Lemon Pie.— Roll three lemons tH ! soft. Take out the seeds and juice anc chop up the peel very fine. To tilt juice and peel add two cups of chopped ratsinS, two cups of molasses aDd tw« rolled crackers. Stir it well, adding one cup of water. This wiil make four pi§®- - it ' '