Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1895 — Page 2

VASSAR PIE. 1 /■" ' r-' 6lt» me a spoon of oleo, ma, sodium alkali, For I'm going to make a pie, mamma, I’ttagqing to make a pie. For&hh will be hungry and tired, ma. Ana his tissues will decompose; Bo gee me a grammeuf phosphate, f And the carbon and cellulose. Now give me a chunk of caseine, ma. To shorten the thermic fat; lAnd hand me the oxygen-bottle, ma, And look at the thermostat; 'And if the electric oven’s cold, Just turn it on half an ohm, For I want to have supper ready As soon as John comes home. Now pass me the neutral dope, mamma, And rotate the mixing machine. But give me the sterilized water first And the oleomargarine, And the phosphate, too, for now I think, The new type-wri tcr'n quit, And John will need more phosphate food To help his brain a bit. •—Chicago News.

A WESTERN WOOING.

PEOrLE had become rather tired of the romance. Perhaps in part because it had ceased to be romantic. When first Andulasia Stebbins had come out from Illinois to live * with her mother and stepfather on the Nebraska prairie it was considered by the neighboring farmer folk quite proper, probable, and desirable that Ira Harris, whose half-section joined that of her relatives, should fall in love with her—which he promptly did. Ira was 30, , stout, stolid, loutish, inethodial. He was a successful man. This is hardly to be explained of a person with the characteristics mentioned unless one includes selfishness. To be supremely selfish is so frequently to be successful. At the time of their meeting Andulasia was 27. There are •women of 27 and women of 27. She was one of the latter. Witk ber square figure, her unequivocal complexlon. hcr dull brown hair, and her calculating eyes she looked her years. One would never excuse her mistakes on the ground of immaturity. One could never condone them on that of impulse. Indeed, to attribute to her certain errors would be subtle flattery. She was not the kind of a woman who is ordinarily subjected to temptation. Harris, however, accepted her pro pinquity and her affection much as he accepted the drought or the price of hogs. He was willing she should decline the company of other men on his account He reasoned that If her stepfather, old man Solveriny, were to clear off the mortgage on his place and die, and If the two sickly young Solverinys died also, she would be wealthy in her own right as is estimated in the Philistine might prove a prudent proceeding to \fait for Aadulasia. So he waited. A year after their acquaintance began he gave her an inkling of his sentiments. Her concurrence with his views was almost pathetic. It was alert, reciprocal, conclusive. Matrimony at some indefinite date they might look forward to. Such an indiscretion at the present time would be a tremendous mistake. “Of course, Ira,” she said, “land's laud. And if my stepfather and your mother—who is mighty feeble, 1 notice —and the twins don’t die there won’t be any land for us. worth Mentioning, much less a-marryin’ on.” Nevertheless she felt as the years, two, three, four passed, that her acceptance of his suggestion had been a trifle overemphatic and unconsidered. Fate, she could not in justice rail against. One of the twins succumbed to ivy poisoning. The other, a few months later, was run down by the train. Andulasia’s stepfather went the way of the apoplectic, and Ira’s mother. with utter disregard for the sensation she might have caused, slipped from life in tjie most meek, genteel and unimpressive manner imaginable. Then these was only Ira on one farm, and Andulasia and her mother on the other. No apparent obstacle intervened. Still Ira did not speak, and it was seven years since Andulasia bad come from Illinois. He frequently visited her, helped her, and deferred to her. lie carried her butter and eggs into town and “traded” them; when the circus was at the county scat, he drove her there; he took her into the side show where the fat woman was on exhibition; be bought her pink lemonade, and peanuts, and hot candy made on the grounds. He escorted her to the merry-go-round at Mahaska and rode side by side with her on the spotted ponies. He drove her into town twice a week. They attended prayer meeting together. They both professed religion at the revival. lie bought eleven tickets for her crazy quilt rullie. He was in all things her constant and dependable cavalier, but he never once mentioned marriage—never once. In this manner eight mote years passed. She was 42. He was 43. lie was stouter, more stolid. She had some wrinkles, gold fillings in her teeth, a reputation for irascibility—also a comfortable bank account. The two continued to drive across the majestic prairies in all kinds of marvelous nights and days. Bat the prose of life had so eaten Into their hearts they saw nothing of the beauty surrounding them, heard none of Nature’s music- For them there was no charm In the blossoming miracle of dawn, the yellow sweep of the ripe corn, the translucence of the moonlight, the blue Infinity of space, the meadowlark’s gay vest, the fugitive radiance on the bluffs, the restless shiver of the cottonwoods, the ocean shadows of the wheat, the swiftness of the roplier, the snow of wild plum blooms by the creek, the rank and file of goldenrod flanking the dusty roads. And they never heftrd the pattering flight of the quail, nor the swallow’s swerving wing, nor the scurry of the rabbit, nor the murmur of the maples, nor the rus-

tie of the sunflowers, nor the first crackle of the frost, nor the breaking of the ice, nor the gossip of the wild grass, never—never. Theirs were the years the majority of prairie people khow. Always vague, unrestful, apprehensive, material. Never gay, never edncatlonal. If hopeful, elated; if despairing, sullen; If contented'bovlne. It is rather hard to be philosophical in a country the conditions of which one day promise prosperity and leisure, and after the next hall or wind storm express starvation. One day Ira brought Andulasia a letter. It was from hey mother's brother who lived in lowa. He was dying. He wished to. see her. Sho handed Ira the letter. : ’ . • “Shall I go?” she asked. Harris deliberated. “Has ho money?” he questioned. “Yes.” —“Then go," He 6aw her off the next day. She wore a new dress that didn’t fit In the back. The skirt was too short at the sides. Her shoes were dusty. The heat had taken the curl out of her bangs. She had forgotten to bring the piece of chamois skin with the powder on it. which she was In the habit of using surreptitiously. Her nose shone as if polished. She wore kid gloves which were too large. The train was late. As they walked up and down the platform she talked to Ira steadily and monotonously. She warned, him about the brindle cow, and advised him concerning a piece of his fence which needed repairing. Ho heard her, but all the time he was watching a girl who played with the agent’s children In a green patch near the station. She was a little blonde sprite who had come from Omaha to visit the agent’s wife. “Of course,” he said. “And you won’t forget about the chopped feed?” He gave her an Intense glance. “How could I?” - - - ~ “You’ll see that Star gets well watered ?” “I’ll attend to it” „ . - “You’ll have Alvy Markham pull parsley for the young pigs?” “I will.”

“And—O yesl If mother seems to feel another fit coming on you'll get her a bottle of Indian relief cure at tbe drug store.” He assured her he wonld. And all the time he was thinking what a wonderful way her hair curled about her temples—not Andulasia’s. And hew slim her waist was—not Andulasia’s. * And how pretty were the twinkling feet In the tan slippers—not Ahdulnsia’s. How fluffy and blue her gown was—and how deliciously merry her laugh rang out And neither gown nor laugh was Andulasia’B. The train steemed In. Andulasia Went away. Ira did not kiss her. She was relieved—and disappointed. The conductor and the train boy might have laughed. Bat then he should have cared enough to risk that. When the train had pulled out and was well around the bend Harris, who ihad lingered on the platform, asked the agent to Introduce him to his visitor. The agent did so. Harris Joined in the games of the children. He made himself clumsily delightfuL Soda water was unknown in that particular small town, but Ira did the next best thing. He bought bananas and chocolate drops with a reckless liberality which would have made the absent Andulasia doubt his sanity could she but have been aware of his behavior.

He came to the depot the next day, the next, and the next The little visitor with the flax-flower eyes and yellow hair smiled divinely. “The, children,” she confided to the agent's wife, “are having such a good time. It Is all great fun.” She even thought it was great fun ’when she went buggy riding with Mr. Harris. “Take me past your farm,” she commanded. He grew red with ecstasy at the request He explained apologetically many conditions of his property as they drove by. “When I’m married,” he announced with much determination, “I intend to live in town.” “I have heard,” she ventured innocently, “that there is no bouse vacant In town.” “I shall build one,” he declared. Three weeks passed—four. Harris had several letters from lowa. The contents of the letters were chiefly relative to hogs, and pasturage, and baled hay, and discounts. Ira did not actually dread Andulasla’s return, but lie would have preferred to postpone it indefinitely. To be sure they had considered the possibility of an engagement once, but he had never been really engaged to her. He never could be now. It was only right she should understand that She was a sensible woman. She wonld understand that in such a matter a man bad a right to please himself. As for Alys, was there ever such an eye, such a hand, such a voice, such a foot, such a smile? To be sure bo had once met Alys walking home" from church with the lumberman. But then the lumberman was only young and good-looking. It was well known he was conducting the yard for an Eastern firm on a salary. To compare Vail to him—Harris—who was so “well fixed!” There could be no comparison. One evening in late summer, when Ira was Jogging into town, he settled mentally al' minor matters to his satisfaction. He decided to whom he would rent his farm, the kind of a house he wonld build in town, the direction his wedding journey would take, tho brotherly lettor he would leave for Andulasia. and the invitation he would send the lumberman to be present at bis wedding.

“Poor devil!” he concluded cornmlseratingly, “it will be tough, but he will have to stand it*U "

He dlamounted nt the postofllce, I which was also the general store and tin shop. There was a letter for him—a letter from Andulasia. “Dear Ira: Things Is all upset Uncle Jake died a week ago. They can’t find no will, and I’m tired waiting for dead men’s stockings. Meet me night after to-morrer. Your “ANDULASIA STEBBINS.’Harrls smiled curiously as he stuffed the letter in his pocket. He was thinking of the little Omaha girl. The next night Andulasia arrived. She was fatter than ever. Her Eton suit was crumpled. She wore a shirt waist It was voluminous and not immaculate. “Well, it’s you, Ira. I’m clean beat Put them things In the buggy, while I get some sody and yeast up-town.” ’ “Up-town.” Miss Stebblns learned several things, chief of which was that Ira Harris had transferred his affections to Miss Alys Lane. “I hear you reckon to marry Miss Lane.” Her composure, the loss of her expected fortune, the witchery of Alys, all gave Harris courage. “I—l was flggerin’ some on he avowed. He drove Andulasia to her home, but she did not again broach the subject He went back to town that evening, lie met Alys at an Ice cream sociable. He gained grace of heart and proposed. She laughed gently. • - “I —am honored, Mr. Harris, of course,” she said. “But I always supposed you were engaged to Miss Stebblns. lam to marry Mr. Yail at Christmas.”

The following evening, Ira, feeling exceedingly depressed, went to call on Andulasia. He found her talking with a brother farmer, a widower with three children. He asked to speak to her a moment alone.”

“Fact is, Andulasia,” he said, “it’s you I want I fancied for awhile I’d like that silly little thing. I must have been kind of kypternlzed. I’m sure now it’s you I want.” - Andulasia smiled—a peculiar smile. “I’ve Just promised to marry Mr. Muggs. He asked me last night before he found out what you know.” “What I know? Andulasia!” “Yes. The news that come in on the noon train about tho will bein’ found, and me getting $7,000, and—“Andulasia!” ° What a fine woman she was! Why had he never noticed that fact before ? “It’s true,” she declared triumphantly- “ But,” he fairly howled, “I’ve been meaning for fifteen years to marry you, Andulasia!” “Then, why didn’t you?” Inquired Andulasia. He remembered some lines he had once read. It would be quite safe to repeat them as original, for Andulasia never read anything. “I feared my fate too much,” he protested, striking his breast dramatically, “and my deserts was too small!” He did not impress Andulasia. She turned scornfully away to where Mr. Muggs waited. “Go back,” she counseled, “to that yeller-haired girl at the depot.” lie did go back, but not to the depot. “Eh?” said the saloonkeeper. “We don’t often see you, Mr. Harris.” “No. Bui I feel to-night as if I’d got a chill. I’ll take some straight”—Chicago Tribune.

No Use for Leeches.

“What’s good for a black eye?” asked a tough-looking young man of a Michigan avenue druggist the other evening. “Leeches are considered first-rate,” replied the druggist, “but where is thr black eye?” “I’ll come lttter on—in about an hour from now. I’m hunting a fellow down to lick him and I thought I’d have things all fixed if I got a black eye. I’ll probably drop in about 10 o’clock.” “All right—come any time." At 10:30 the young man returned and after a glance at him the druggist said: “So you didn’t find your man?” “Yes I did,” was the reply. “But you didn’t have a fight?”— “Yes I did.” “Well, he didn’t black your eye, anyhow.” “No, he didn’t black my eye, but look here!” He held out five teeth which lmd been knocked out of his month, and his whole face wore a look of disgust as he pawed them over with his finger and continued: “I don’t know much about leeches, but I’ll bet dollars to cents that they can’t put these things back In my jaw! Guess the man I want to see Is either a shoemaker or dentist!”'—Detroit Free Press.

A New Version.

Oh, Georgy State is the land o' peaches— Jest don’t care how the screech owl screeches — Look away, Look away down South in Georgy! Ffom fat old Fulton, ’way past Fannin, Peaches gettin’ ripe for caunin’— Look away, Look away, Look away down South in Georgy! We’ll all jest roll in lots o' money, Jugs chuck full o' peach an' honey— Look away, Look away, Look away down South in Georgy! Oh, Georgy State was the land o’ cotton. But the peaph crop come, an’ the rest’s forgotten— C Look away£. Look awayr^ Look away down South in Georgy 1 —Atlanta Constitution. Rivers—You don’t need to buy a bicycle suit, Banks. Here’s a gray flannel one of mine. It’s too big for you, but you can take it to a tailor's and have it cut down. Banks (Inspecting it)—That won't be necessary, River*. I’ll Just take It to the laundry.—Chicago Tribune.

FAVOR PROTECTION.

THE TRUE' POLICY OF EARLY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS. ! »• • Politicians Have Now Drafted Away from the Belief -of Their Fathers— The Democrat of To-day Greater than His Party History. Page from the Past. During the debate on the tariff bill of 1824, Mr. Buchanan said: “If I understand the principle of this bill, It Is that a additional protection shall be afforded to those manufacturers, the raw material of which either is or made be made abundant in this country. When this raw material is a product of agriculture it has a peculiar claim to our favor, because by that means the agricultural Interest wiH-Ise promoted.” (Annals Congress, ISth, Ist, Ybt 2, p. 1890.) There is no equivocation, no sliding away from, no evasion in that sentiment; a great agricultural feature underlying the true policy of this country. It was wise, paternal and economic. And it was in 1824, pending the debate on the tariff bill, that Mr. Van Rensselaer of New York, as chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, made a report from that committee pursuant to instructions of the House as to whether 11 “would be to the interests of the agriculturalists to increase the duties then in force on articles of foreign growth and manufacture.” Free raw material might have a more alluring sound to ihe average manufacturer if he could have with it, as an accompaniment, a good, stiff duty on the fabrics he makes from such free raw material, and a promise that such a tariff on his goods would be maintained, but he knows that the hook baited with free raw material conceals the barb of free trade in his manufactured products, and he should honorably and wisely refuse to even nibble at the bait. He knows that a policy which would give protection to him on the basis of free raw material would have no consideration for tbe farmer and that it could not stand. He knows that while the protection desired by all classes toward establishing industries need not be radical, it must be adequate and not accidental; and it must be broad enough to include all sections of our country and the varied products thereof, regard being had for the kind of product, climate and soil and any obstacles to be overcome.

This will appear also from the speech of Hon. Silas Wright, that distinguished Democrat of New York, who, In speaking on the tariff of 1828, and as a member of the committee who reported that bill, stated this to be his position: - ■ “It has been my object,»and I believe it to have been the object of the majority of the committee, to frame a bill which should have in view the protection of the leading interests of the country. I have supposed that in all the laws having a reference to the protection of the domestic industry of the country, agriculture should be considered the prominent and leading interest. This I have considered the basis upon which the other great interests rest and to which they are to be considered as subservient. Still, this is not to be considered as entitled to protection exclusive of the manufacturing interests. I do not believe that a law which would be injurious to manufacturers would be beneficial to agriculture.”

He did not believe a bill could be framed, intended to furnish general protection, which would not operate Injuriously upon some one of the Interests concerned and to some sections. “One leading principle which operated upon my mind in the formation of tho present bill is that it is not and cannot be the policy of this government or of Congress to turn the manufacturing capital of the country to the manufacture of raw material of a foreign country, while we do or can produce the same material in sufficient quantities ourselves. I cannot suppose this rule should ever be lost sight of.” (Cong. Debates 20th, Ist, p. 183 G.) Democratic .Congressmen should remember this.

The “Free” Cry a Fraud. According to a statement made by the bureau of statistics of tbe Treasury Department, the amount of revenue derived during the eleven months ending May 31, 1895, from our imports of sugar, iron ore and bituminous coal was as follows: Coal, bituminous, $537,880; iron ore, $102,308; sugar, $15,642,648. Total, $16,282,836. Had these three articles been placed upon the free list the deficiency of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year just ended would have been increased by nearly $18,000,000. This additional deficiency the people would have paid now, or later on, in the shape of an additional increase in the national debt. There would have been nothing free to jjie people, excepting the mere cry of free raw material. If the people do not corurLbute to the revenue of the country in one way they do so in another. The “five" ’cry Is humbug. The Cost of Milk Making. An Industry that has been established In this country directly through the enactment of the McKinley tariff Is that of making condensed milk. The Anglo-Swiss Company, for Instance, tfhas Its factories in Switzerland, In and In the United States, employing some 1,300 wprkmen in all taree countries. For labor of similar quality the American receives 111 per cent more money than the average rate of wages paid to the Swiss worker, and 134 per cent more than the average paid

to the Englishman. Without protection to the American condensed milk business tbe American wage-earner will be likely to have a reduction of about 100 per cent in his earnings, or the factories would be closed and the entire Work be conducted again in Europe.

Barley and the Tariff, Under the McKinley tariff our duty upon 'foreign barley was equivalent to nearly 65 per cent, ad valorem. The rate under the Gorman tariff is 30 per cent ad valorem. The rate of duty, lower by 35 per cent., in favor of the foreign barley grower was made by the tariff reformers in order to enable the American farmers to sell their barley In the markets of the world. Taking our exports of barley during the first eight months of the McKinley and the Gorman tariff periods we have the following: Value of exports of barley for eightmouths: Oct. 1, 1890, Sept. 1, 1894. to May 31, 1891. to Apr. 30,1895. McKinley Gonnau Tariff. Tariff. Barley ..... .$518,700 $549,784 Quantities of-exports of barley for eight mouths: Oct. 1, 1890, Sept. 1, 1891. to May 31, 1891. to Apr. 30,1895. McKinley Gormaa Tariff. Tariff. Barley, bush. .745,959- 1,090,150 It is true that we have sold more barley during the Gorman taTiff period, our total exports during the eight months to April 30, 1895, being 350,000 bushels greater than during the first eight months under the McKinley tariff. So far the free-trade theory has worked out correctly, but looking at the question of value we find that only $31,000 more money was paid for the 350,000 bushels barley exported during the Gorman tariff times. Our farmers, while selling 350,000 bushels more barley in the markets of tlio world, did so at an average export price of 9 cents per bushel. Another way of comparing the two tariff periods -hr fry noting the average export price of the barley, and we find that" where barley was worth 70 cents a bushel for export in the McKinley tariff times it was worth only 50 cents a bushel for export in the Gorman times. Labor and Capital Compared. Free traders are rarely so happy as when they are endeavoring to create strife or start up ill feeling between labor and capital, employer and employ*. In doing this they are ably assisted by labor agitators—men who seem born to make trouble and who will do so with or without reason. From the President downward the free tradel's are against those whose energy and enterprise have made them wealthy today. Their efforts to enact class legislation showed this, and that the wealth of the capitalists must be taxed is a favorite ante-election cry of such demagogues.

It is interesting to study the decline in the earning capacity of capital which is shown by a report of the Comptroller of the Currency, in an exhibit giving the ratio of dividend to capital and surplus in the national banks in the United States. It was, for the year IS7O, 8.8 per cent, but fell to exactly 5 per cent in 1894. Thus, during a quarter of a century of protection, the ratio of dividend to capital and surplus in the national banks has decreased by 3.8 per cent. Let the wage-earners compare this with the appreciation in the value of their labor that has taken place during the same period, and they will readily see that labor has been the greater gainer. Another Theory Exploded. The Pittsburg Gazette announced an increase in the wages of several thousand mechanics and laborers employed in the great iron and steel works at Bethlehem, in this State This is one of the protected Industries, and if our information is correct the increase is under the Wilson tariff law.—Pittsburg Post (Dcm.). Oh, then, protective tariff “taxes" do increase wages, do they? We have always been under the Impression that our Democratic friends held that free trade was necessary to benefit the wage workers, and that a protective tariff only made “the rich richer and the poor poorer.”

It is, !>y the way,’ a notable fact that the Industries that are reviving from the depression, and in which the wage workers are enjoying an increase of pay, are those affected by the portions of the so-cniled Wilson bill in which the policy of protection was recognized, in violation of the Democratic platform declaration that protection is a “fraud and unconstitutional.” These were, in some eases, the features of the Wilson bill included In the Senate compromise bill, which Mr. Wilson didn’t want to accept, and on which the free traders said the war had only begun.—Wheeling, W. Vn., Intelligencer. The hedgehog, badger, squirrel and some kinds of mice lay up a regular store of provisions for the winter. It Is said that they eat only during mild weather, and in extreme cold remain torpid. That Breach In the Wall.

SINK IN GENOA GULF.

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY* EIGHT ARE DROWNED. Fatal Collison of Steamers—Paezen* gers Caught Asleep Catastrophe Due to a Heavy Fog—Killed at a Crossing—Plot to Overthrow Hawaii. Go Down to Death. Death came swiftly Sunday morning to 148 passengers and crew of the steamer Maria P., from Naples to La Plata, and about to touch at Genoa. The Maria P. was sunk by collision with the steamer Ortigia, out-bouud. The scene of this, the most terrible disaster known to the waters of the Gulf of Genoa, was just off the light-house of the Mold Nuovo, at tho entrance to the harbor of Genoa. A dense fog had prevailed over the harbor all night. Both vessels were running at full speed, and the sinking of the Maria P. was but the incident of a moment. Boats from the Ortigia were immediately put out, but only succeeded in rescuing fortytwo of the people of the unfortunate boat. When there was no longer use for search the Ortigia steamed slowly back to-the city for repairs and to deliver the survivors to the authorities. It was full noon when Genoa learned of the catastrophe, which crowded the quays with people and filled the churches with kneeling people offering prayers for the dead. The list of the drowned has not been secured. The Maria P. was a coasting vessel used in the South American trade. La Plata, on the Magdalena River in the United States of Colombia, was the customary end of-her journey. She was owned in Naples and her captain’s name was Ferrara. The steamer always ’ touched at Genoa, for that port is the chief outlet via the Mediterranean for tne manufacturers of Northern Italy and Switzerland. The harbor of-Genoa is considered one of the finest on the continent and ia under full government supervision. _ ; - It was 1:30 when the Moio Nuovo was rounded under high speed. The pilot, straining his eyes to pierce the darkness ahead, caught a faint glimpse of dim lights. This was the first warning of the proximity of the Ortigia to the Maria P. There was a wild scream from the pilot, which those passengers awake and the lookout heard. The engineers were signaled to reverse, but it was too late. The bow of the Ortigia crashed into the starboard side of the Maria P., penetrating for nearly forty feet and tearing up the decks as if they were paper. Almost instantly afler the collision the Ortigia withdrew, and the water rushed in, sinking the Maria P. in three minutes. No one can tell, not even the survivors, what happened on the decks and in the cabins of the Maria T. after the frightful shock. fshe sank so quickly that those asleep never knew how death came to them, while those awake, crew and passengers, found themselves struggling for life in the waters of the gulf. Although the how of the Ortigia was smashed for a distance of twelve feet along the water line, her officers held her at the scene of the disaster for six hours, while her boats searched the wafers, rescuing fourteen of the crow and twentyeight of the passengers.*

PLOT TO OVERTHROW HAWAII.

United States Authorities Receive Startling: Information. The customs authorities of the Puget Sound district have been instructed by the government to keep a sharp lookout for filibustering parties fitting out for the Hawaiian Islands. A few days ago it was reported vessels were openly loading and freighting to the islands munitions of war. Orders have now been issued to closely watch and search all vessels bound to the South Sea for arms. It is believed a large quantity of arms and ammunition have' been smuggled into Hawaii from Tuget Sound. It is positively known that secret agents of the royalists dispatched one small consignment to the islands last October. One source of information says an uprising is planned to commence Sept. 1, and that 4,200 men will bo in readiness to bear arms against the government. The insurgents, after being repeatedly drilled in Southern California, expect to get their stores and assistance from Puget Sound.

FOUR KILLED AT A CROSSING.

Struck by a Fitchburg; Express Near Williamstown, Mass. Four men were instantly killed while crossing the Fitchburg Railroad track about two miles from Willinmstown, Mass. A party of six men were riding in a two-seated covered carriage. They were returning to North Adams from Bennington and were struck by a west-bounci express. Two of the men, Clorenee Prindle and Edward White, both of Williamstown, escaped by jumping. As the men approached the crossing a freight train was passing eastward. They waited until the caboose of the freight train had gone by and then started to proceed, ap 4 parentjy not seeing the west-bound train, which was advancing across the tracks when the engine struck it.

TO BETTER THE MAIL SERVICE.

Directory Of All the United State* Compiled. In the foreign mail division of the dead letter office there is now being compiled a directory of all the schools, big and little, in the United States. The preparation of this directory is not as remarkable as the need for it. Nearly every day from 10,000 to 15,000 foreign letters reach this division addressed simply to schools or colleges in America with no town, county or State named in the address. The high state cf perfection to which “blind reading” has attained in the dead letter office is evident when it is known that 75 per cent, of these letters are speedily dispatched to their destination. Tho others go back unopened to the general postofiicea of the country whose , stamp they beau Mrs. Anderson Appell, wife of the leading merchant of Helix, Ind., attempted suicide with creosote, owing to jealousy of a servant girk She recently made an unsuccessful attempt to end her life with morphine. John Dowling, 21 years old, and John Galvin, aged 20, were drowned rt Sabbatia Park, Mass., by the overturning of a boat in which they were rawing. Henry Matthews, who was home secretary in Salisbury's cabinet from 1880 to 1802, has been raised to a peerage.