Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1892 — Page 2

'THE REPUBLICAN. Osmi E. Mamralu Publisher. RENSSELAER • INDIANA

Kansas seems to be long on bank robber and short on liverymen with Winchesters. j• Trike were 8,838 siuu.nts in thi medical univerities .of the German Empire last year. The subjects of Great Britain ar* the most tremendous patent medicine swallowers on the globe. Now that the election is over, why not prepare for a general onslaught on the Thanksgiving turkey? Though the Pope’s jubilee does not take place until next year, present; have already begun to arrive at the Vatican. ;■ t j Paris is having a very serious Unrein trying to discover a second “Jack the Ripper ” that has been committing atrocious murders in that city. That Chicago telephone operator who eloped with three Bisters named Leyden will do well to keep bis eyes open. Leyden jar 3 are not good things to fool with.

After Nov. 15, the New York policemen will not be permitted to carry clubs. That’s right. If a New York policeman can't protect himself with his revolver ho should get off the force. The Delsarte business is asueeess. A New York girl, who is an expert; was confronted by a burglar, let out a terrific yell, kicked the fellow in the chin and knocked him down stairs end over end. It is alleged that 40.000 families in the East End of London are etarv® log. Representatives of these unfortunate people recently paraded the streets and demanded municipal employment. A Mr, Grundy, at a recent English diocesan conference, hit a popular chord when he said that church services should be bright, beautiful and brief. The average sermon can )e boiled down to ten or fifteen miuites, at most, without loss of stilitance. The possibilities of the nickel in the slot scheme appear unlimited. II has been utilized m English railway coaches for the furnishing of electric light by which to read. A small box contains the me-hanism of the lamp. By inserting a penny and touching a jight is supplied for half an hour and a repetit on of the process insures another half hour’s illlumination. It is a system liable to extend. Z 4

Mr. Stanley, the explorer, lias at (hSt shown himself in his true colors us the deadly foe of America and some of our chief industries. In pleading for J3ritish colonization o! Africa, he says: "I think we might raise just as good hogs in the uplands of British Central Africa as the Americans do on the prairie lands of Illinois.’’ If he can get a breed will not make the floors of passenger oars impassable or charge s2l a day for a carriage he will certainly lay over the Illinois variety.

The French, suvs a recent dispatch, has captured Cama and Attorney, and the war with Dahomey is therefore probably at an end. This war began August 16, and was the quickest and most brilliant invasion of an African country yet made by a European power. The amazons, or women warriors, are said to have fought bravely, but could not contend against the superior disciplined civilized forces. The loss to the French was triffiing, to the Dahom eyaos very heavy. The letter hurriedly dictated by President Harrison to his townsoeopie of Indianapolis when ho left there on the day of Mrs. Harrison's funeral is a most touching composition. One can hardly read it witli dry eyes: “My Dear Old Friends and Neighbors: • , •*1 cannot leave you without saylog that the tender and gracious sympathy which you have to day shown for my children, and much, more, the touchlug evidences you have given of*vour love for the dear wife and mother, have deep’y. moved our hearts. We yearn to tarry with yon and to rest near the hallowed spot where your loving hands have laid our dead; but the little grandchildren watch in wondering silence lor our return and need our care.uud dome public business will not loogei wait upon my sorrow. May a gru ciout God keep and bless you all ’ ''Most gratefully yours, .

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Dr. FT. A. Slade, the xcin'fnaltst rnwlinm was arrested in a Slcur Dity lodging house Munday, and adjudged itjsaue. Bis case is considered hoj'»!es<j, H ttcklebem are again spring* injj up in the great march u< in Waiter)on burned one year ago. and the owner is hopeful thatln tiroß he will harvest more berries than ever before. TtmL'amegfe company propose to erect and open other iniiis for the piHjK>so of onaldng armor plate, the present rapacity of tlio companyTieirnt lTisiiTßeient to moot the demands of the government under the contract. —7 r — L 5 Mrs. Colquitt, wife of the Senator, was stri'ekea with paralysis at lier home in A tlenta, (la., Thursday evening, and is now In a critical condition. Mrs. Col uitt had recently been in the best of health. Sen*tor Colquitt has Coen con lined to his own oed from a paralyt.icstrokesinco lust, July* dohn Still, a colored Inmate ol tlo Reform School at New Brunswick, N. 11., completed the sixty-eighth day of a long frstTuesday. Although he lias become very woal< ho does not show signs of immediate di9M)l 111 ion. The authorities are puz/ied over the esse ami the physicians who have seen Still say his vitality ia remarkable, At a monster Democratic ratification mooting at Lexington, Ky . Thursday niri.t, Joe Blackburn attempted to ad-fire-s ten thousand Democrats, but they refused to listen to Itlnt. ile was not a Cleveland man at Chicago and the Kentuckians, who love Cleveland, did no 1 want to hear any man who wo.s against him. Tlmv drowned his voice with their t:n horns and yells, and after a few min. utos he quit in disgust. foheiqn. The council of ministers in Paris has decided, under the responsibility of M. IK*»r... Minister of Justice, to proceed against, the Panama Canal Company. The time administrators and all the contractors are made parlies to tlio proceedings* It Is claimed that in the suit it will he 'shown that $150,000,000 has been misap' pr< p.luted.

IN THE CYCLONE’S PATH.

The Town of Redbud, 111., Is Almost Annihilated. Donw« Doniollrtird and Swept Away—A Woman Instantly Kitted And Others Fatatty Injured. 7;'" '7 ' A spnuial from Red bud, 111., Nov. 17" s«ys: Where last night existed a beautiful little town, full of happy homes, is a Icene of wreck and desolation. Bouses, barns, fonces and orchards are leveled to the ground and spread over tho surrounding country. At 3 30 this morning a cyrione, two hundred raivls across, struck tlio town, entering tr.un tho south. It first demolished tlie Catholic church and ichool, and the residence of Berman Druge. Tho Gemma Lutheran church was next loveled -to tLo ground. After, destroying several barns, and bearing away al! kinds of fences, it next attacked Lite two story residence of Peter li on- , do 1 which .was of solid stono and crumbled it to fragrotnls. Mrs. Kendo! was severely injured. A largo double. brlek house oe»M j) ed by D, D PelYy as a dwelling, olfi eaiid composing room of tiie Redbud Democrat, was-entirely destroyed rneTamTiy vvas buried, in iinrrnTnsrtJffr" managed to -extract"- them sel veswi thou J iorious fnjti:». Peicjion’s agricuitura’ warehouse was blown duwu and fourtees lesldenccs Wore destroyed. Tu#o,ovonv«aroldsoaiaLJilra..JacaL... Koch_was killed instantly and bis molhei was family injured. Tlio otliors scriouslj injured aro Mrs. Peter Karden.Mrs. Lou it .Eoxia. Julius HuUn Addon Starr, Mist I Emma Crow, Mrs. Joltn Munderfoldtand Mia. D. L). Perry. Many of the peopl« die withoitt clothing and shelter, and tin cold rain makes their situation the mor< dept treble. Tim property loss is estimated a t a t,o 0,

FATAL CELEBRATION

Two Kegs of Powder Exploded In the School House. four People J'nltOly Injured in the Ruins— Many Other* Sorlousiy Hurt. A special from Fayetteville. Ark., on the 17i.1i. says; The Democrats of Moiin* tain View held an election celebration in the district school house, at that place Tuesday night, and a terrible disaster ended the proceedings. An anvil tiring and the a'.tcbarge 0 lire.works were foa* •nres of the joliiioat.on and as a conse giieuce a large quantity of explosives had TeeirprovldeJ. A portion of lliesfe had been stored in the school house. During ihe spccvh-mnkiiig, and whito the building was packed with men, women and children, two ke;s of powder exploded. Ti.e results were frightful. The sphoolhonre was totally wrecked, and mjost ol lu occupants buried in Hi* ruins. Those who could extrhtle themselves at oncesei about to rescue the uitnrs. Shrieks and moans came from the mass of wrecked llinheit. and It was evident that the calamity was n tei II!e ne. The debris too* nt ein several l&rse. and il, required hard WMrf to prevent the cn*t atiou of the |>erecLt who were tnprlsoneu The 1 ames w»;e atl.dued, how* v**r. with only one per o* au ri.tg front the fire... A son and daughter of Nilas Graham were taken cut dead, and Berry Sherrotl one of the trest prouiinniit residents 01 V'eslilrgion oii .ty. was so badly injured that he h** since d-J. Anotbcr man. .whose n*...*j h« act Itneu learmtd. was also fala y *<b>t. L'u n other persom wore s*r -• / iuja.e -1 but llmir name* have rJt -*••». •»c»* *lt'ned. Ilerrj Nhorrot •t.tfered Jgooi.*,.mntaliy aswel ee |*a>* C»**». C *r*‘ y Was got out of th* fill;**. I** »*» sinned <lowu by timliert lewdeOtj « beyut*’re*-..|ii'i|jn. Uelivec liHtll -o ira atia | *«*»uea.

MR. CLEVELAND SPEAKS.

A Brief Address Before The N. Y Chamber ot Commerce. Says He Is Not Un .ilurtfut of the Needs o Uusine-s Men. Presideh-eJect Cleveland spoke at Ur* annual dinner of tho Chamber ol Cuhdmerce at Del monied’s, N-ntYork/L’acsUaj night. Lie said: ... , | Mr. President and <*»*■.tiemeit- lam exceedingly gratified by the kindness.*ic waimlh ot your giviing. it dries mu Mirpiise mo. however, for > havo soui: tU! I felt on more than one occasion the cordia hospitality ail 4 lifuiriiimss of t.hos" wh asjamlite at the annual dinner of ol; Chaml>»ro; Cuminervo. Wo ail have noticed that many men when they seek to appear especially wis. and impress!vo, speak of “our fjrrstSJSJ interests” as someth in ant w ol and mysterious: and quite often when a proportion is under discussion its merits are no lougci apparent to the s i vrhase hail tx areml at thesHomii .* U tliat our “Uushioi inierosts’'are lyin-i in wait »vl:h iiutneious vials of wratli incomplete roa'liiiO' for those who arriveatuu umteeepted concltrslun: lam fartimnte in being atno t state t,liarmy retatimi to the Cltamhor o t'orainerce of the State ot Nos S ork though merely of a complimentary kind., arising Irom liono ory mumb -rship. has sc lttniiliari/.ed me witli “business interest*’ that 1 no longer regard these word* as meaning a hh»od thirsty Least, nor do 1 liuve constantly before mv mini those ch hired in the Libia al story wi.o were torn to pieces by bear* for discussing too much at ran lorn the bihltms of an ancient prophet. It Is entirely natural 'hat hit familiarity with business interest.arising from the relation M which 1 hav. referred, should hoof a vetv pleasant eon and free from fear and trepidation, lor the only meetings i have ever attended of the (iiamliet of Commerce have been ptecisoh such as this, when the very best things to eat and drink liave heen exhaustively d| - cussed. lam bound to say that mitbes" omissions the dreadful beings repre'eni* ing hu-iness Interests have bQ'*n varv Unman indeed.

I know yon will not do me the groat ift-jiist.i'-R of supposing that I 'n, '.lie !>‘ii t tindernilAthe impor tance of tho commercial and linnm-.ia! interests bore represented. On the contrary, no one apnroclv’es more fit iy than 1 tliat. while a proper ad* justmnut of all interest* stimiV. be ionic* taino'l. yo't represent, those wit ,’n are ji terly Indispensable to our Notional growth and prosperity. T don't, belltve that «,uy other interests should he obliged to feed from the crumbs which full r nm the table of business, nor do T Believe that *at:ie should be robbed of the toed *btog« whlet. are honestly and fairlv there, morel ,* be ransn some-other tables are not weU-pic-vlded. if, tomes to this 'Yearn ail !n----terpstod as Americans in a totnmoit puisuit. Our Dttrtmse i*. or onglit to he in our several spheres, to add to the general fund of Niitiuhivl prosperttf; Frwm tb ! r food wq arnont'lled to draw perhaps nut dually, but inMly. each receiving a fair portion of individual prosperity. Let u» avoid trampling on each otliei iu our anxiety to be first, in the disirth lfion of shares, and lot us not attempt to appropriate the share of oUiers As I close I canriot refrain from expressing tny thanks for t lie cutmesics often ext'-n el to me by the organization at whoso hbspfiu In board T nil re sat Ibis even ng. 1 tx<g to assure yon tliat tiiough ' may not soon meet yon Igalo on an o caslnn liae this. I shall romember.with pvuitar pleasured he friends made among your membership, and sLai' never allow mvsel r ».*> b> heedless of the affairs yon so worthily hold in your keeping. Other speakers were Secretary of the Treasury Charles P ost* r Senator Breckinridge, Cliauncey M. Depew and Whilelaw Reid. - 1 The average man can he philosophical Dn two occasions - when he is in liquor lud wbeu his neighbor is in iroaLlo.

THE MARKETS.

INDIA* AVOW», .'I >V. 19. I*n All Quotation. tor luUi*u .noli. wins ut (yioi.Ul . - ""OnAIN. ■- ——- Wheat—No. 2 rod, O.'c; No. 3 rul, «2c; wagon whoa', o c. Com—N o. Iw hi to, 4.c; N 0.2 while, 41r>; white mixed, 41c; No. 3 wLiui,. 4tie, Ha U jfflllfWfaaepMSrir./ulhiw. 87.-yR. Htir i mixed, 3c; No. 3 mixed, .>7 a c: **r, 3. .»•„ Oats--No. 2 while, 3.;*c; No. 3 whito L>*c;N<».2 mixed. 3: .-c; rejected, 2 c. Hay—Timothy, choicu, *11.0.1; No. j. fm.2o; No. 2. M.M>; No. i pr*irin,s7.<x>; No 1,90.00; mixed liny, 97.30; clover, 18.00. Bran Hl.oo oert.ou. ' ~ WWckt Coro. OaUi KyiT Unlogo- s r’d v 4i , 1 Uiueiunuii.... 3 r'd 73 * ',{ 3 H o St Lnuin. <1 r’d i <« ; I 7 New VerU.... 9 r ’d 7114 r.j t *<J J 60 Raltln.orn.... . 4’ 4 Philadelphia. 3rd vj ,f .3 Olovor „ j in 1 Toledo "’ll 41 31 7 * Detroit. | nl: 73 i +0 3i» UiuaoajMdfs..! OA'm.lC. Export grades. $4 2SqfS Jo Uuotl tociioice shippurs 3 ..<(•«( 1;, Fair to medi'.im eiiippoi'3 3 2 n*3 5o Common shippers... 2 f.ll.iyj Siockere, common to g00d... . 2 Oduyi 75 liood lo choice heifers 2 4*33 o, fair to inedium bettor*. 2 £ 14 1 r,, (Joniuiujji, thin heifers 1 !*j liood to choice cows t . fair to Hindima cu ts % - t (j2 5 Common old cows 1 00&1 75 Veals, good to choice 3 |)t<r4 jT Hulls, com moo to i Mtlra ' „ Milker*. good «' choir** 3 on *1.10,1 Milkert, common to mslic • . noo* Heavy pnekug a*.. &ui;piu« M 4 •<s» --, 1 L>*i*i»ta. 5 043 ; 1 .01 XcU .............. ltllt|fuH»itlim«e«e»w« ..... 4 • ijgj m 7t 7 I sJL.%7 liouu locouice .*....,|q >x),d4 4,1 hair lom.oiuio .... j * " Cjnijuou .0 me,<i..,n. ~ ij/jZ f.’ Lna.iM. good to ciio cs * „ .'| s iiiotuv AMroru x U<ia>‘(» C 0 *. y v^m m 4 tus, U t> 4**; tu K**\B, lal (.1.0 1. ducks, 7c V * g.-.. 4,. itnlLllUilO. Egg*—Stopper* p#V’if c(jj2,c Putter- Choicece .1 Vy h,.t;«r, 135*1 . c . comuiyii cronue’j r..Ui:i«-| f rci 2 sunuulkt • GD*;ue«- New *ol* fait ,104 m. £1.41 sUums st«f7«. ¥ It. (.cubing pi ices i * son Pooswnx- »rk, sc; yeiiow. io*'-.-i:,., Uoul—cl i y lino tuvcjiO' 10c; coat >e wool, r.Jiec: medium, Xc; *.|*cg cotu, tfioflly »ml hrukeo * mute, xa. I.oiv, ifre. i Uietl hides, 3c* Vo. 9 greeu hide* 2>sc;\so •li Lid’-s.Vi.* i>o. 2 v». a. loUoa. X'sC’ No. I 1.1; , r 'j ! No. 3 U.10w,3„c • Ul, J,V * Horse li 1 Sue- v 'iallow—N *. t, 4c; No, 2, Ureane—While, 4c, yellow, 3.e; - riiuiTa a.nl, V/.OKTamm, Potatoes”^-,*. on. Sweet t'ot.i toed -Jtfsoys^ <* 73 hoice, wax. # b4JX< f4ncy fear#-Klofr-r »* f /• »L«!. 13 V V.*l-, «s.»Uh, 11,30 |,«r c «**e*e -itv«.dg.vWD,7hf*» • Mi

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Andeitbn will invest 135,000 In an electric light plau L‘ Huntington capitalists are proposing U erect a ground i oor opera house. The I*'t, Wayne Rides w II organise a eadet corps, from wbicb t > iecruittbetr ranks. —IIL‘ j.-._ . . ... A new high school bulb ling has b'.nn completed at Frankfort. cosl,ing over CoO.OtO. The structure is of stone. John Aikcus. of Gosiieu, wheeled his wife through tire streets cf Goithon in a wheelbarrow, in payment of an election bet. Jolm Mammon, of Elkhart, bitten by a triad dog., went to Waterloo and applied a mad stone, which adhered for tweuty-four hours. A big ditch will be o.tened in Johnson 'township, Knox county, to drain Cypn ss swamp. The ditch will be eight miles in hmgth, and-scveral acres of fertile" land will he redeemed for cultivation. Patents w« r > issued Tuesday to the following Indianians: A. Lammendee, South Bend. straw%tacking iiiachiiie: J. Lehwrand J. O’Connell. Bedford, comb’ned umlirella lock and satchcll fastener; H, I)Nlerrill, Middleber, rood fence-, Frank A. Vogt, Anderson, can opener. William Ramsey, near Francisville, dug a well and walled it with stone. It. wn--36 feet deep and contained an abundance of water. Suddenly, however, the bottom fell out and the stene wall alsod sappeared. Mr. Ramsey now owns an apparently bottomless pit, iu which tbero is not. a drop of water.

During a Democratic jolification at Alexandria it is al.oged tliat Paul Pinch a-id Prcd Lcnteen insulted the wife of a glass ‘•lower and the latter knocked Finch down. Finch secured a revolver, of which newas dispossessed by lien teen, who immediately 'began tiring at the procession which was passing. Tom Boal, I rank Jux, James Swindell, William Jones and in unknown party were .wounded by Lite 'lying bullets, Cox dangerously, l-’inch uid Ben teen were arrested for attempted n order. 5 A New York Times special from Albany -ays tliat on Friday last Governor Flower wrote to each of the throe civil service commissioners and demauded their resigliilious. The commissioners are ~Aiexatiler C. Eustace, of Elmira; William A, Pos'lp, of New Yo,rk. and John A. Sleictior •f Albany,—The latter Is the only Republican on the board. They were all apmiinteu by Governor liiil, Treachery to lieir party is said to bo tlie motive of tho idverpor in tlio case of the Democrats, uni “offensive partisanship’’ In the case >t the heptiblican member. The civil mrvice commissioners are appointed by i,he Governor, and are removable at will. L’lte salary of the olLco is 42.000 a year with expenses incurred iu the line of duty’ INDIANA. ODD FEf.DOWS. The Gran I Lodge and Grand Encamp*mnt I, O. O. U l . of Indiana were in ses•ion at Indianapolis. Both branches •bowed tho greatest" gains ever reported n one terra. Tho total number of inetntfers is n0w.38,6-1. During tho six months 504.750 11 were paid out for relief of rneinlei s. Tho Grahii Eodue elected the foiowlng officers: Grand Matt Jr— Enoch G. Bogate, Dan/i I It).

Deputy Q. M. —W. 11. Talbot, Orleans. '"GPffiiiT"Warden—M. A. Otnipinhu. Ah-• lersoii. ~ j Grand Secretary— B. F. Foster, Madison* Grand Treasurer-Tlico. £’. llaughey tiidliinupoHa. . ? Grand ltepresentativo to S. G. T,.—U, Z. •Wiley; Fowler. ■. ■ Grand Chaplain—Bey. G. Cj Hudson .Voblesville. Grand Marshal—J. M. Lowler, South TfetTJr : - Grand Instructor—W. B. Lcedy.lndiantpolis. Grand Sentinel—D. M. 8011, Dunkirk. Geo. Ford, D. G. M., was elected Grand Master, being In tbo regular line of pronotion. lmt owing to private husiuess was comp died to decline. The Grand Encampment elected J. B Cockran. Booneville, Grand Patriach. Geo. Shirt, Noblesvillo. Gruud High Priest. .1. S. Byers, Now Castle. Grand Senior Warden. James Lang, Sullivan, Grand Junior Warden. W. 11. Lcody, Indianapolis, Grand Instructor. J. C. Zimmermon, Wabash, Grand Sentinel. 74. Kuhns, Camden, Deputy Grand Sentinel. J. W. Cooper, Kokomo, Grand Representative S. G. L.

POLITICAL.

Senator Carbide thinks the financial nffairsofthe country may prove to he n inch shape as to render an extra sess' n of Congress imperative. The tariff al< ng in his opinion, will not furnish reason. A S|>ec’al dispatch from San Francisco stales that t.he politicians there believ G that Justice Stephon J. Field will resign before Mr. Cleveland takes possession of the Presidency. The reasons are said to be his aversion for the ox-l’resident. who ref sed to recognize him In the distribution of California patronage, and his fear that Judgo Wallace might succeed him when his seat became vacant through ill health or death. President-elect Cleveland Is consulting with Democratic leaders as to .the wisdom of convening Congress In extra session to cot-Ider tariff legislation. Tills question of |Hicy is recei ing more serious at enlion than tho Cnhinet appointments. Mr. Cleveland, according to a reliable authority. Is decidedly in favor of prompt action, but at the same time he doc* not believe in any precipitate slop which might furnish material for au attack frem the opposition on the score of ucliuslnexs-lllte haste. Among the leaders there appears to be n division in sentiment on the subject, Patrick Egan. to Cnlll, was tend* red a public reception al Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday night lie will return to Clilii about the Ist of December.

FARMER RUSK

cultural Department The United State* U Now the Creditor o' the World for'More than •200,000.000 tnro has been submitteil to the President* The report begins with a comparison o the export trade of the past fiscal yea: with that bf former years and emphasizes the fact that’of more than •1.000.0 u.OOO representing the exports of our domestic products of the past year, nearly 80 pe: cent, consisted of agricultural products tints got only making the United Stated the creditor of the world for a surp exceeding tSuO.O* 0,0 !o—the excess of our exports over Imports—but relieving our home markets from » surplus product which would otherwise-have redueed prices to a point below the cost of production Be finds encouragement to the farmer in the fact of the reduction in the proportion of imports. Live ca tle exported In 148.) amounted to 20,».0i0 head, whereas in 1892 wo expoi ted 301,000 at an increase in value averagiiuriß per head. Secretary Rusk explains why our wheat did not realize the big hopes rais d by the

short crops iu the various European countries iu 18j1, by saying that those anticipations of advanced prices failed to take into account the changed conditions now surrounding the produoi.iou and marketing of the world’s wheat crop. “Taking the world throughout, tho fat crops more than equaled the lean crops of 1891, so that there was actually more wheaj. grown in that year than in 1890.’’ Even the exports from Russia, where famine existed in so li rge a section and whelm exports were for a time prohibited, amounted to 105,0K),000 bushels. nearly us much as the averugo of the past, four years, and mare tliaq the aver age of the past ten years. Bo s lys “t,he conditions which have at last overwhelmed cotton growers now confront wheat growers.” lichee the American farmer must reduce the wheat acreage atid so bring producetlon down to the normal demand. Secretary Rusk has some hopes of i dling the Germans to use our Indian corn. Many difficulties have attended the introduction of a new food horoloforo generally regard off In Eorflpe as not, «'iitn , * , e for in man consumption, A m’xed corn and rye bread was found neces yto secun: keeping qualities in a country w here all bread is made and sold by the bakeries, and corn g hiding machinery purchased in Am rica is now in use iu several mills in Liiat country. One esult is the maintenance of the price of com in tiie face of largely iucreas - • xports, condition,, which have heretofore always accompanied a groat depreciation iu pr ,*e. The corn exports of 1890, tho only year in which they have equaled those of the present year, brought the price (.own to a ractiou tiuder 4! cents a bushel at the port of shipment, against a fraction over 55 cents per bushel this year, a difference aggregating ou the exports of the past fiscal year no 1 * less than ion million dollars. •Secretary Rjjsk throws cold water on the rain makers. Thoexperimentsaro being made as Congress directed, but the facts In his possession do not justify tho anticipations formed by tho believers in this method of artificial rain making. ; Secretary Rusk thinks the reduction (J tho cotton area u sop in the right direction. With reference t,o our cereals ho attributes tho excessive anticipations formed regarding tho price for wheat throughout Urn crop your of 1391 tafailure to appreciate tlio changed conditions now surrounding the production and murkottug of the world’s whoa' crop. The experience of Mih department in tlx domestic sugar industry the past year confirms his former reports and show* that domegticsugar can be produced with profit to the grower of tho crop and to tho manufacturer. Secretary Rusk suggests Important changes in regard to the utnre organization of tho department, by which ull divlr ons of tho wi rk shall be grouped witli roferoueo to their character Into buroaus.

A Ch cago crazy man n mod Seiglcr comm tied an nwiul crime Sunday. He armed h.mself with a breech loading shot gun and went on the war path. He shot and killed his father and mother-in-law and injured The attempt or the police to arrest him led to a pitched battle, nor did bo surrender until badly wounded. Ho opened a general ftisiladc upon oih'cors and spectators, injiiringsome of tlinm. The occurance took place near a church, the congregation of Which turned out. and after his cap ure could hardly ho prevented from lynching him. Hi wife said ho had never shown signs 1 f mental derangoinent. Seigler, after his capture talked of the shooting. “I only did what ihe spirits told mo, and when I get. out. of here there Issuing to be nuother big fight.” The fishing schooner Edith the Pryor arrlvod at Portland, Mc-. Siintfay, and reports the loss of s i of her crow whili taking In trawls of Mntinh us. Tho Philadelphia mint has alread) struck off over two l.housund of the new souvenir half dollars intended for th World s Fair. Including four coins so which fancy prices havo boon offered. Reports from dlffrreiitcotton centers re port a very short crop, du* to floods and early frosts./ Tho Carnegie company propose to erec and open other mills for the purpose ol making plate, fclie present capacity of tho company being insufficient to meet tho demauds of the government under tin con 1 ract. The Press League of Chicago, like tho Press Club of Naw York, is com turned entirely of women earning »%ieir living bv newspaper writing and was organized for tTie purport of co-nperution m acquiring and dis geminating information. Until thr close of the Exposition the head ouarters of the league will be in Chicago, after which its location may be changed by vote of the members. - ---- - * ■ ...

SOMEWHAT CURIOUS.

} No British sovereign has vetoed » Parliamentary bill during the past 185 years. Only one slfl,ooo legal tender note out of an issue of four thousand U nauLextant. The tonnage of American railways exceeds that of all the railroads in the world. Married couples in Norway are privileged to ride on railroads at a fair and a batL . - Of the public school teachers in the United States more than 05 per cent, are women. Stockings were first used in the eleventh century. Before that cloth bandages were used on the feet. At the death of Queen Elizabeth 3 OJ4 dresses were in her wardrobe, of which two only were of silk. Muffs were first used bv dootofs to keep their fingers soft, and were adopted by ladies about 1550, The Roman Emperor Tiberius prohibited men from wearing silk. II was deemed only fit for women. Gen. R. E. Lee’s signature ,is worth $lO in the autograph market, General McClellan’s $3 and General Sherman’s;siL : Argentine Regublic lays claim to the longest horse railroad in the world, which runs from Buenos Ayres to San Martin, a distance oi about fifty miles. The drummer in Servian regiments never carries the drum. It is placed on a two wheeled cart, which is drawn by a big dog just in advance of the drummer. A society was organized in New. York in 17t>5 for the encouragement of American woolens. The society’s rules forbade eating mutton or lamb or the slaughter of sheep. The cent which in 1785, George Washington dropped on the Ira Mead homestead, near Turk Hill, Conn., has been recently found, and the finder of it is an immensely proud man.- ~ r '

In 1860 the wealth of Great Britain exceeded that of the Baited States nearly 35 per cent. In 1888 the wealth of the United States was more titan 25 per cent, greater than that of Great Britain. Recent astronomical calculations have caused the ‘‘star gazers” to announce that the surface of the moot) is about as great as that of Africa and Australia combined, or about equal to the area of North and South America, without the islands. The first patent in the United States was issued July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for making pot and pearl ashes. Four hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-six patents wero issued during tho first one hundred years of the Patent Office. In Spain, about 1630, the hoopskirts became so monstrous that an edict was issued commanding their reduction and ordering the confiscation of hoop-skirts above the regulation size. The attempts to carry out the edict caused innumerable, riots, and were finally abandoned. The most marvelous of clocks has been built by a Black Forest maker and sold for SLOjO. Besides doing everything that most clocks do in the matter of time and calendar, ifsEowa the ti me in Bertin, St. Petersburg, Madeira, Shanghai, Calcutta, Montreal. San Fraucisco, Melbourne und Gr eeDwluka--————

Granite is the lowest rock in the earth’s crust. It is the bed rock of the world. It shows no evidence of animal or vegetable life. It is from two to ten times as thick as the united thickness of all the other rocks. It is the parent rock from which all other rocks have been either directdirectiv or indirectly derived. A French scientist obtained the remarkable yield of forty-two tons of potatoes per acre by treating the seed tubers with sulphate of ammonia. Be steeped the potatoes for twenty-four hours in a solution of six pounds of saltpeter, six pounds of sulphate of ammonia and tweaty--sve gallons of water. He then allowed them to stand and drain for a day, in order that*, their buds might swell before planting them.

They Changed Shirts.

Vouth’s Companion. The true soldier obeys orders faith! fu'ly. 00 mutter ut wuat sucritico. A zompuny of a British regimeut was lent out on some duty in time of pea e to a remote vi.lajye in Ireland and left there for several weeks,quite teparated &eta its usual base of supplies. Durin? this period some general Dt-ders, applicable more especually to men in barracks, were sent to the commander of the One clause of those orders was as fol> lows: “All men in the command shall change tboir shirts at least twice a week." The captain gave orders to the orderly sergeant to see this command put into execution. “But, captain,” said the sergeant, “there's only a shirt a piece to every man in the company. How can they ’’ ‘ Silencel’’ exclaimed the captain; “orders are orders, sergeant. Let the men change shirts with one another." So the sergeant saw to it that as long as the company remained in the place on every Suuduy and Wedneeduv morning the soldiers swapped shirts oue with unotlier. Half of all. the miles of railroad in existence in this country lias been constructed since IdHU. The total addition to our mileage since that date has been 80,015.