Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — Page 2

THAT BLESSED PUDGY tDOU

The creature was a baby, and I imagine maybe the youngster waß Bald-headed, just because it was ss wise; It has a giance judicial, seemed to scorn things superficial, and reincarnate Socrates looked gravely from its eyes. It had to suffer kisses from demonstrative young misses, it was cuddled. Hugged and rumpled in the most regardless way. And I think the little wizard in its very ~ inmost gizzard was Inclined to look with scorn upon such ' gushing things as they. It would sometimes deign to frolic, be at seasons melon-colic f would Entwine itself in bow-knots without reason or command, And the way it crowed and cackled with its high-C voice unshackled, Was a living exposition to the roosters of the land. Its provender was various, its appetite precarious, its way of —__ Tuckirig things inside a mystery obscure, And a wonder was its plastic-'cordion-pleated and elastic ~ - • Way of getting around eatables with flanking movements sure. It—was sometimes like a dummy, sometimes like a living mummy, . Often like a wheel gyrating on a pivot or a point, And its quick back-action plunging — swiftly rotating or lunging— Seemed to prove that each bone in it was a tumbling toggle-joint. Yet this wrigglesome young sinner was the winsomest ’heart winner. It was euddlesome and huggable, a — —package of sweet joy. And it really didn't matter —nor could fact its value shatter— ~ Whether popsy-wopsy was a little gi|l or boy. You cannot magnify it—the vast treasure which could buy it —for the Baby is the monarch of the fireside and the world; And within that little cradle, hugging bottle, luck and ladle, Is the gem of all the universe in dreamland snugly curled. —Ram's Horn.

JETHRO’S STOVE POLISH.

.J The drowsy sun of an August afternoonshone upon hill and valley, tinging the long swaths of cradled oats on the hillside with a bright yellow, gleaming brightly from the slender leaves of the maturing corn and resting on the long, dusty road with a somewhat dreamy glow that seemed to invite repose Tn the shade. On the porch of the country store at the “Center” sat two old and-gray-bearded men. Around a bend in the road beyond a third old and gray-beard-ed man had just come into sight. “He’s a-comin’,” said Isaac. “So he is,” said Uriah. The two old men turned in their chairs to watch the other's approach. As he drew near they could see that he carried some round and shining object In his ]iand and that his fa/e and clothes were streaked with The newcomer stopped before them, his face beaming with smiles, and with an air of conscious pride field out for their inspection what proved to be a highly polished stove lid. “There she is!” he cried. “The prettiest and cheapest stove poljsh ever Invented. I know'd the minnit I’d put, that taller and vinegar in the last ba.teh that I’d got it.” > “Thunder!” exclaimed Uriah in admiring wonder. “It does look nice,” said Isaac, blinking from one to the other. “Nice!” echoed Jethro, the inventor, Bcornfully. “Why, it beats anything of tlie kind I ever see. Just you try these stove polishes you git out of the stores and you’ll see the difference. Why, this one shines brighter, polishes easier; there hain’t no dust about it, and won’t wear off for six months. Nice? Uniph!”

“Now, Jet," said Uriah, taking an extra chew of fine-cut and leaning back In his chair, “as you're the one that has got this thing up, what's your idea of getting it out?'’ How has it got to be made and “Well,'’ said Jet, squaring himself back, “my idea is just to take some of the stuff and go out and sell it.’’ “Why, yes, of course,” returned Uriah slowly, as if the idea had not occurred to him before. “But what's it going to cost?” Jet sat down on the porch and “got down to business” in a way to excite the admiration of his listeners. ( “I’ve figgered the whole thing out and it just amounts to this: It will cost just 1 cent a cake to make the stove polish. We sell It for -10 cents. That gives us a profit of $12.96 a gross. Now, each one of us ought to sell a gross every day, mehbe more, but we’ll put It at one gross, to be on the safe side. Now, say our expenses are $3 a day. That leaves us $lO a day profit, all but 4 bents, and that beats farming all hollow.” “Jet, old boy, we’re with you'” cried Uriah, slapping the other on the back. “What's the first thing to be done?” ■ "Well, the first thing is to order some stuff to make up into polish, and I thought I’d order about SSO worth. Then we must have some printing done." sk “Well, I'm going to the Forks tomorrow, and I'll see to that," said Uriah. “Then we must get some place to make it," continued Jet. “If my wagon shed was cleaned out It would do first rate,” said Isaac. “I'll attend to that.” “That’s the ticket," cried Jet, enthusiastically. “I tell you, gentlemen, we’ co bound to make something out of this. Just to think, $lO a day Is nearly S3OO a month more money than we take tn now in a year.” “That's so,” said Isaac, rising slowly to his feet “Well, It’s getting along; I’ll have to get back and do chores.**

The other two watched him out of alght “Fine fellow, Ike,” said Uriah. “First rate,” anawered Jet. “A little slow, though, sometimes,” con tinned Uriah. — ~ - “Hardly the man for this kind of business?” “Well, I don’t know. Ike's a good fellow.” “Good fellow? Why, of course he Is. Nobody thinks more of Ike than I do. “Now, I tell you, Jet,” continued Uriah, hitching his chair up to the othOr, “between you and me and that lumber wagon, Ike is the wrong man for this business. You wsnt a man that can git up and git and ain’t afraid to hustle, and Ike will never fill the bill; you mark my words.” “Wert," said Jet, slowly, “I reckon I never give it thought whether he would or hot So you think he won’t do?" —■— “Do? Of course he won’t do. I tell you, Jet, just what's common sense for you’n me—we'll make up the polish and start out together and let Ike sell what -he—can around here; that’ll let him down kind o’ easyr but we'll take the big business, for there ain't anybody but us can handle It.” Jet rose to bls feet “I’ll think the thing over,” he said. “Of course, If Ike won’t do we’ll have to drop him.” Jet walked slowly homeward, rubbing his fingers caressingly over the stove lid and shaking his head in accompaniment to his thoughts. As he turned the bend in the road he discovered Isaac sitting on the bank ahead of him. “I knew you'd be along pretty soon,” said Isaac, rising awkwardly,, “and I thought I’d wait for you. No chance to talk business when Uriah is around. A good fellow, too, first rate; only he blows too much.” ) “Blows quite a bit, that's a< fact,” assented Jet. I “Well, you know what be Is andwhat his folks were before him as welT?rs-~L do, and you know just as well that he’s no man for this business. You see what you want is a man that has some dignity about him and knows how to approach the right sort of way. Now, Uriah don't know what dig-: nity is. Why, he'd go into a man's parlor just the same as he'd go into a cow stable. Well, sir, that may do around here, but It won’t do in the big towns, and that's where you'll make your money. Mighty good thing you've got, Jet; mighty good, but be careful and don’t throw It away on a man like Uriah. I don’t pretend to be no great shucks myself, but if I can’t sell more in a day than he can in a whole week I’ll eaf the samples. But then, if you think I won’t do, just say so, and I’ll dfop out at once.” *Oh, I ain’t afraid hut what vou’ll - .... . T—, . _ *■ l J dd all right,” answered Jet, anxious to conciliate. “But I allow I hev got my doubts of Uriah.” “Qf course you have; you're a man of senss and couldn’t help but have doubts. I’llJpave to cut across here, but think thejmatter over,-Jet; think it over.” “I’ll do that,’* answered Jet, emphatically, as he started on alone again. He walked on rapidly until he came to,an old barn along the road. The roof of the tbarn had besn blown off and nev^r-replaced, and the whole thing looked very; dilapidated but very familiar to Jet, for it was his barn. He noticed the hole in the rbof and made a menial voty that Some of his profits should go to repairing it. Beyond the barn was a little tumble-dojvn’house and the yard between was filled with remnants of lumber wagons, hay rake, reaper, buckboard and several odds and ends of old buildings. A tall, thin and melancholy looking woman was bending over a washtub at the pump. She straightened and stopped her work as Jet came up. He went on into the house and put the stove lid he had been carrying on the stove. Then he came out and sat down near his wife..

“They say there's $lO a day in it for a sure thing; that's what they say.’’ “Well, I'm glad If there-is,” said the woman, sighing softly. “The Lord knows we need it. Is Uriah and Ike X°in’ to take hold of it with you?” “Mebbe they are ajid mebbe they ain-’t. Know them fellers better than to trust either of them, I know what they’d like-Mhey'll shinpy up to me and lot on they hate each ether like pistn till they find out how to Stake the polish, and then you’d see them together again thicker’n hops, and I’d be left. Not if I know It. I can make $2,000 a year out of and go it alone." • “Can’t you get me that wrapper tonight, then; it’s only 70 cents?” “Only 70 cents? Confound it, don't you know that it will take every cent I can rake and scrape to get the thing started? I'd rather get you a dozen silk dresses two weeks from no »■ than spare a cent to-night.” “1 don’t see,” she began when there was a yell from the kitchftn, followed by the loud voice of a .man—- " Phew Judas! What the devil’s up here, anyway? Are you trying to burn the house down?”

Jet made a jump to the door and stopped aghast. The stove lid, so highly polished but a moment befortj, was now a dull, dirty red, while above it curled a thick, dingy smoke, bearing with It an odor strong enough to knock down a horse. • e “Is that the way your polish works. Jet?” asked a young man coming around the house holding his nose. Jet gave a snort of disgust “I suppose you’ll have to blab It all over town,” he growled, and turning away sulkily, went to the barn. “What do you think of it?” asked the young man of the woman. “I think it’s a good thing I saved eggs enough to get that wrapper,” returned the woman, as she tried to bl aw the smoke out of the house with her apron. —Philadelphia Times.

A TRIBUTE TO FIDELITY.

How the Monument to Faithful Bondn- - men Is Regarded. The proposition of a South Carolinian to raise a monujuent to (jepmmemorate thefidelity of die Southern slaves - who stood by their masters and their families in the Ja-te war, seems to be popular In both, sections. The Chicago Times-Herald says ot it: The movement star+ed in the South to erect a monument to commemorate the unique fidelity of the negroes during the war in caring for the homes and property of their masters, and in recognition of the fact that not one instance is known of any acts of violence and scarcely one of a betrayal of a sacred t rust reposed in them by their masters on going forth to the war, is a movement- which will peculiarly commend itself to all. The erection of such a monument tfve'hUatine sense of gratefulness, but a beautifuT thing to do in expressive appreciation of one of the noblest traits of our nature. ' But more than that. It werewell to cd'nsineFTlfFlnfliranCT~w s hiifh it not fail to have on the people of both races in the South, especially in their present somewhat sorely strained relations. As a preventive of crimes it would be more effective than a thousand barbaric lynchings. The Richmond Times heartily indorses it as follows: The conduct of the slave population of thie»South during the war is a glowing tribute to the best elements of the negro character, and it entitles him to the everlasting gratitude of the South-’ ern people. We are heartily in favor of erecting a monument that shall commemorate the faithfulness with which the negro watched over the family*ot the Confederate soldier Whilst he was absent battling with the enemies of his country.

< In one of the speeches that made his ihme Henry W. Grady said: i want no truer soul than that wftichl mo veiLilie trusty si a ve, who for f our ..years, while my father fought with |he armies that barred his freedom, slept every night, at my mother’s chamber door, holding her and her children as safe as if her husband stood guard, and ready to lay down his humble life on her threshold. History has no parallel to the- fntttrdrept b.v the negro in the South during the war. Often 500 negroes to a single white man, and yet through these dusky throngs the women and children walked in safety, and the unprotectedMiom.es rested in peace. Unmarshaled, the black battalions movsd patiently to the fields in the morning to feed the armies their Idleness would have starved, and at night gathered anxiously at the- big house to “hear the news from marster,” though conscious that his victory made their chains enduring. Everywhere humble and kindly. The bodyguard of the helpless. The rbagh.companion of the little ones. The observant friend. The silent sentry in his lowly cabin. The shrewd counselor. And when theAead came home, a mourner at the open grave. A thousand torches would have disbanded every Southern army, but not'one was lighted. When .the master, going to a war In which slavery was involved, said to his slave, “1 leave my home and loved ones in your charge,” the tenderness between man and stood disclosed. And when the slave held that charge sacred through storm and temptation he gave now meaning to faith and loyalty. I rejoice that when freedom came to him alter years of waiting it was all the sweeter, because the black farm hands from which the shackles fell were stainless of a single crime against the helpless ones confided to his care. If the Southern people raise the proposed monument it wifi simply be Grady’s speech translated into marble or bronze.—Atlanta Constitution.

American Machinery in Japan.

Advices from Japan in treating of the omnipresence of electrical advices in that country, make special eventnote of the extent to which American machinery is in favor. , At the electric generating station of -tlw~Eakv Blwa-Kioto canal, twenty 120-horse power Peltijm water wheels are Installed. These wheels are beHed with Edison, Thompson-Houston and Brush dynamos," With counter-shafts between them.' Lately a three phase dynamo of Siemens & Halske has been added. The workXff this plant is extremely interesting, and the Installation shows how keenly alive the Japanese are to the possibilities of machinery. The canal, which provides the water power for the generating? station, is crossed by several bridges. Near the Water power station is an incline along which boats with cargo are moved up and flown on wheeled cradle#. The cradles aro hauled by steel ropes passIngaround a drum, which is worked by electricity from the power house. This peculiar adaptation is made necessary by the descent of the canal at*this point 118 feet in 1,815 feet to the level of the city. The gradient of the canal incline is lin 15. Double linos of railways, consisting of flat-bottomed steel rails, are laid on wooden sleepers. The' gauge is eight feet three Inches. Two cradles, each with eight wheels, are so arranged that one goes up while another is descending. The width of the boat is seven feet, and the length forty-five feet. The weight of 'the cargo Is from ten to fifteen tons, and the time of the passage of the cradle is about twelve mldutes. Not only are the cradles moved up and down the canal incline by the electric motor, but the electric power Is used for spinning, weaving, in the manufacture of clocks, watches, needles, oil, lemonade, In soda water factories, rolling mills, rice mills and for pump-

.Ing water for tfie innumerably bath houses which are situated within a radius of two miles from the power station. Besides these the station supplies electricity in the day time to the Kioto Electric Railway Company and at night to the' Kioto Light Company. = The cost of the power ranges from ?20 to S6O per horse power per year for ■daily rates of twelve hours; for eighteen hours the increase is 30 per cent, and for twenty-four hours it is 50 per cenL—~ »

Cannon on a Bicycle.

A bicycle troop has been organized in Brooklyn, and it is but a question of a short time before the suburban police of all our cities will be mounted upon the silent, isteel steed. It was given, however, the thousands of people -who viewed the inonsLer bicycle parade on the Otean boulevard recently, says the New York .World, to witness the -ftrstrbicycVe~cahnon, the first of a'pack of-flying light artillerv. and for which an application for a patent has been made ' The vehicle was a twin cycle,, in appearance a tricycle, and known as a duplex. It is especially light and strong. The cannon, a steel rifled affair thirty-four inches in length, eight inches at the butt and four at the muzzle, and weighing about fifty pounds, is swung between the two rear wheels, resting upon the connecting axle and is further supported from above. An ingenious mechanism permits of the piece of ordnance being raised or deflected to any angle. The caisson containing tlie ammunition is carried on another duplex. Four artillery men equip a battery. They are at once gun crew and motive power. Two men on the seats can propel the machines with-their heavy loads at a faster gait than horses have ever shown in similar service. The work of wheeling the gun into position is the work of an instant.

On Swampy Land.

To live near a swamp is suicidal. No dwelling bouse should be built near one. 4 If such a place exists, either the house should be removed "or the swamp drained. There are many places when the deepening of ditches already made Is all that is needed to make dry land -fiWw-e4iltteatiQn of what has been an eyesore .to the neighborhood. This making of an outlet is muciniieMhosf expensive part of the'reclamation. It will Improve the neighboring upland that equally needs under draining, but* cannpt-getTt until a safe, reliable outlet has been provided. All swampy lands have been for ages , the deposits for vegetable matter from uplands. So soon as the latter is underdrained the water falling on the upland sinks down to tire tile and enriches tjbe soil instead of washing away its fertility.

Bismarck and the American Girl.

Dr. Stefansson retells the story of a beautiful American girl from Colorado who went to Kissingen to see Bismarck, who was taking the waten there. Having feasted for some days on the sight of the great man, she one day summoned up courage,Tjyalked straight up to him, and said: “Durcblaucht, I am going to Colorado to-day; may I shake hands with you before 1 go?” She took his ,<jff<^ - ed hand and attempted to kiss it, but he promptly said: “In Klssingen we do not kiss hands,” and then and there he kissed’ 1 her on the mouth as tenderly and affectionately as any' lover. And yet, remarks Dr. Stefansson, some people will try to make out that Bismarck Is blind to a woman’s charms.—Westminster Gazette.

A City of Champagne.

Epernay, France, is a vast subterranean “city of champagne.” For miles and miles there are streets hewn out of the solid chalk, flanked with piles of-champagne of all blends and qualities. There is no light in this labyrinth of streets, crossings and turnings except what the sputtering candles af£prd. All is dark, dank and damp, with the temnei’ature away down about zero. The largest champagne manufacturers in Epernay have underground cellars which cover forty-five acres and contain'' 5,000.000 bottles of wine. There is a.whole street in Epernay lined with fine'chateaux, the proprietors, of which possess similar establishments. The •w*hole town is honeycombed with these underground galleries for the manufacture and storage of champagne.

Gull and Eel.

“We had a gull, a tame gull, with clipped w'ugs,” said an English writer, “who wonli; fi ed on fish if we would give him nny, failing fish, on raw meat, failing raw meat, on worms and insects, and, failing these, on anything, including sparyows. It was the most fascinating entertainment to give him an eel, for he would toss the eel about several ways until it came to a position most suitable for swallowing, when he would swallow it; but the eel, not yet defeated, would often wriggle up in his gullet again, and this process would be repeated many a time. So, if swallowing be a delight, the pleasure which our gull derived from the process must have been manifold. Eventually the cel would weary of the vain ascent of the gull's gullet and consent to remain In contact with the juices of digestion.”

Visitor (to attendant friar In the refectory of a convent)—Are we allowed to smoke here? Friar—No, sir. Vis-itor-Then where do all these stumps of cigars eoine from that I see lying about? Friar—From those gentlemen who didn’t ask.—Tabllche Rundschau. Bhc robes herself in fashions new That modern modes have given. But will she in those sleeves squeeze through The pearly gates of heaven? —Boston Courier. .

COLD THAT BURNS.

The Feeling and Effects of Cold Resemble Those of Scorching. , Burning is usually associated with heat, and It seems a misnomer to speak of cold burns. Chemists tell us that There Is really no such thingas cold, which i.s relative heat, and that the lowest temperature yet registered is some degrees above absolute cold. At the last meeting of the Swiss Society of Natural Sciences at Lausanne, M. Raoul Pictet gave some particulars concerning cold burns experienced by himself and assistants during his investigations of the lowest temperature attainable; There are two degrees of burns. In one case the skin reddens at the first and burns blue the following day, and subsequently the area of the spot expands until it becomes nearly double . its original dimensions. The "“Bufh7’~which is usually not healed until five or six weeks after its occurrence, is accompanied by a very painful itching on the affected spot and the surrounding tissues. When the burning is more serious, produce:! by longer contact with the cold body, a burn of ‘lie second degree is experienced. In this case the skin is rapidly detached and all parts reached by the cold behave like foreign bodies. A long and stubborn suppuratldh sets in, which does not seem to accelerate the reconstruction of the tissues. The wounds are malignant, and scar very slowly in a manner entirely different from burns produced by fire. On one occasion, when M. Pictet was suffering with a severe burn due to a drop of liquid air, he accidentally scorched the same hand very seriously. The scorched portion was healed in ten or twelve days, but the wound produced by the cold burn was open for upward of six months. In order to try the effect of radiation in dry cold air, M. Pictet held his bare arm up to the elbow in a refrigerating vessel maintained at 105 degrees; when a sensation of a peculiarly distinct character was felt over the whole skin and throughout the muscles. jAlFfirsf this sensation was not disagreeable, but gradually it became decidedly so, and, after three or four minutes the skin turned blue, and the pain became more =dntenge_a.n d dcep_ : se a ted. On wl thdr awIng the arm from the refrigerator at tlie end of ten minutes a strong reaction was experienced, accompanied, by a superficial inflammation of the skin.— Newcastle (England) Chronicle.

A Persian Dinner Party.

When the Persian host thinks that the entertainment has lasted long enough he gives the signal for supper, which is served either in the same or another room. A cloth is laid on the floor, around which are arranged the long flat cakes of “pibble bread,” which do double duty as food and plates. The meats, consisting for the most part of “pilaus” and “chilaws” of different sorts, are placed in the center, together with bowls of sherbet, each of which is supplied with a delicately carved wooden spoon, with deep, boat-shaped bowl, Whereof the sides slope down to form a sort of keel at the bottom. The guests squat down on their knees and heels round the cloth, the host placing him whom he desires most to honor on his right side at the upper end of the room (that is, opposite the door). At the lower end the musicians and minstrels take 'heir places, and all, without further delay, commence an attack on the viands. The consumption of .food progresses rapidly, with but little Conversation, for it is not usual in Persia to linger over meals, or to prolong them to talk,, which is better conducted while the mouth is not otherwise employed. If the host wishes to pay special honor to the guest, he picks out and places in his mouth some particular delicate morsel. In about a quarter of an hour from Hie commencement of the banquet most of the guestsChave finished and washed their hands by pouring water over them from a metal ewer into a plate of the same material, brought round by the servants for that purpose. They then rinse out their mouths, roll down their sleeves again, pariake of a final .pipe, and, unless they mean to stay for the night, depart homeward, either on foot or on horseback, preceded by a servant bearing a lantern.

Unused to the Custom.

When Dr. Dewitt, of tlie army, was stationed at a post on the Mexican frontier, his Mexican friends determined to do him honor. Accordingly, they arranged a great ball. Dr. and Mrs. Dewitt were invited, and they were indeed the guests of honor. The ball began egrly, and the surgeon and bls Wife danced in the first set. They danced In nearly every set, in fact, for politeness forbade refusal, and after a few hours of it they began to be very tired. Time wore on, and still the dance went on. It went on fill night. Finally Dr. Dewitt called one <ft the men aside and ; asked him when In heaven’s name the thing was going to be over. “Oh, Seller,” said the Mexican; “we have beten waiting these many hours for you to give the signal for the last dance."

Baroness Rothschild's Courtesy.

Baroness Rothschild is noted for her delicate courtesy. Recently she invited a famous prlina donna to drive and after dinner asked her to try the tone of her piano. Not a sound came from the keys. “I had the instrument unstrung this morning, mademoiselle,” said the baroness, “that you might see that the only pleasure that I promised myself from your presence this evening was the presence of your society." Statistics show that during the past season girls have worn shirt waists an every occasion except to be burled Id. The feathers which some girls wear around their necks la winter are not warm, and are nothing but a bluff.

DURRANT IS DOOMED.

FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF BLANCHE LAMONT. > End of the Trial at San Francisco— Verdict Falla with Crushins Effect Upon Prisoner and Friends—Extraordinary Scene in the Court Room. Death the Penalty. Theodore Durrant, of San Francisco, assistant superintendent of Emanuel Baptist Church Sunday school, was on Friday convicted of the murder of Blanche Lamont, for which he.has been os trial since July 22 last. The jury was out twenty minutes and arrived at the verdict on the first ballot. As there was no recommendation of mercy the punishment was fixed at death. There was no deliberation at all. Tho jury had evidently decided upon a verdict before they left the box. It was 3:33 when they filed out of the courtroom,

DURRANT IN HIS CELL.

and at 355 a knock on the door announced that a verdict had been found. It took just five minutes of actual time to elect a foreman and take the one ballot necessary. Ab the aged foreman, pale and trembling, read the words that fixed Durrant's fate a noise like the roar of a mob arose from the rear of the courtroom. The next moment men were cheering wildly, while women wept hysterically in excitement. The bailiff rapped loudly for order, but the tumult continued for a minute before anything like quiet could bo brought out of the disorder. Judge Murphy named the day for sentence, and said he would then also fix the date of Durrant’s trial for the murder of Minnie Williams. During the tumult that followed the announcement of the verdict Durrant and his mother were lost sight of except by the few who sat nearest them. As the last words of the verdict were uttered Durrant made a spasmodic effort- to arise

BLANCHE LAMONT, THE VICTIM.

to his feet, but before ho could do so his mother, with a half-sigh, half-moan, threw her arms around his neck and sunk back into her chair. Durrant's father was not in the room when the verdict was returned. Aside from the spectators Mrs. Noble, Blanche Lamont’s aunt, and Maud Lafmont, the dead girl’s sister, were apparently the happiest personsjn the room. When the verdict was announced Maud Lamont sprung from her seat, clasped her hands ami then cried of sheer excitement. Mrs. Noble mixed smiles with tears and shook hands with a number of friends who crowded around to congratulate her. v The vi’se will be, appealed to the Supreme Court, and it is expected nearly a year will elapse before a decision will be obtained.

THE EARTHQUAKE OCT. 31, 1895.

As it will be sixty years hence, when the old settlers tell about it.—Chicago Record. A boycott, indorsed by the United Trades and'Labor* Council, bns been declared by the Malsters and Brewers’ Union of Buffalo against beer manufactured by breweries taking their malt from the local private maltsters. The maltsters have refused to concede the demands of the union, hence the boycott. Secretary Smith has denied the application of the Chicago, Milwaukee and *Bl, Paul Railroad Company for refunding 115,335 deposited by the company to pay for the right of way across the great Sioux reservation in South Dakota.