Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1895 — Page 3

GROVER’S PLAN GOOD.

SO SAYS CARLISLE IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT. Secretary of the Treasury Practically Repeats the President'a MeasageUrgee Retirement of Treasury Notes —Expects a $7,060,000 Surplus. Carlisle on Currency. Secretary Carlisle’s annual report on the state of the finances was sent to Congress Monday. It shows that the revenues of the Government from all sources during the last fiscal year amounted to. -$390,373;203. — The expenditures during th e same peri od aggregatcd $433,178,’426, leaving a deficit for. the year of t 542,805,223. As compared with the fiscalyear 1894, the receipts tor-1895 increased $17,570,705, although there was a decrease of $11,329,981 in the ordinary expenditures, which is largely accounted for by a reduction of $11,134,055 on.sugar bounties. The revenues for the current fiscal year are estimated upon the basis of -existing laws at $431,907,407 and the-, expenditures at $448,907,407, which will TeavtTa deficit <sf $17,000,04)0. For the coming fiscal year ending June 80, 1897, the Secretary estimates the receipts at $464,793,120 and the expenditures at $457,884,193, or an , estimated surplus of $6,908,926. The Secretary states briefly the facts concerning the issues of bonds during the year, the particulars of which have already been reported to Congress. o The Secretary devotes a large share of his report to a discussion of the condition of the treasury and the currency, in

SECRETABY CARLISLE.

the course of whigji he makes an exhaustive argument iii, favor of the retirement of> the greenbacks. “The cash balance in the treasury on the first day of December, 1895,” lie nays, “was $177,406,386, being $98,072,420 in excess of the actual gold reserve onthat day, and $7.7,406,386 in excess of any sum that it .would be necessary to use for replenishing that fund in case the Secretary should at any time be able to excliange currency for gold. There is, therefore, no "reason to doubt the ability of the Government to discharge all its current obligations during the present fiscal year and have a large qasli balance at its close, without imposing additional taxation in any form upon the people, but I adhere to the opinion, heretofore expressed, that the Secretary of the ■ Treasury ought always to have authority to issue and sell, or use in the payment of expenses, short-time bonds bearing a low rate of interest, to supply casual deficiencies in the revenue. Figures on a Surplus.

With'complete return ter the norma] business conditions of the country and a proper legislative and executive supervision ' over expenditures, the revenue laws now in force will, in my .'opinion,' yield ample means for the support of the public service upon the basis now established; and upon the assumption, which teems to be justified, that the progress now being made toward the restoration of"our usual state of prosperity will continue without serious interruption, it is estimated that there will be a surplus of nearly $7,000,000- during the fiscal year 1597, During the fiscal years 1894 and 1895 the ordinary expenditures of the Government jiirve been decreased $27,-. £82,656.20," as compared* with the fiscal yea fl 893, 6 and it is believed that with the co-operation of Congress further reduction can be made in the future without) impairing the efficiency of the public .service.” Continuing he says: “The large withdrawals of gold in December, 1894, and in January and theearly part of February, 1895, were due almost entirely to a feeling of apprehension in the public mind, Which increased in Intensity from day to day/until it nearly reached the proportions of a panic, and it was evident to all who were familiar with the situation that, unless effectual steps were promptly taken to“ check the growing distrust, the Government would be compelled within a.few days to suspend gold paylnents and drop to a depreciated silver and < paper standard. More-than $43,000,000 of the amount withdrawn during the brief period last mentioned was not demanded for export but was taken out by people who had become alarmed on account of the critical condition of the treasury in its relations to the currency of the country. The purchase of 3,300,000 ounces of gold followed.” The beneficial effects of this transaction, the .Secretary jays, were felt immediately not only in this country, in every other having. .tomniorcinl relations with us. “Confidence in our securities was at once restored. The safety of the existing situation is, however, constantly menaced,'And our further progress toward a complete restoration of confidence and prosperity (s seriously impeued, by iri our currency laws and the doubt and uncertainty still prevailing in the public mind, and especially abroad, concerning the future monetary policy of the Government.” The Secretary believes that there never has been a time since the close of the war wfipn the gradual retirement and cancellation of the United States notes would hot have been a benefit to the country, nor when the issue of additional notes of the same character would not have been injurious to the country. It would be difficult, he says, if not impossible, to devise a more expensive or dangerous system than the one now in operation under the laws providing for the issue, redemption and reissue of legal-tender notes by the Government. Mr. Carlisle declares that he Is thoroughly convinced that this system ought not to fie continued, but that the United States notes and treasury notes should be retired from circnlatibn at the earliest practicable day and that the

Government should be wholly relieved from the responsibility of providing* credit currency for tlie people. The notion that the mere possession of a surplus in the treasury would withdrawals of gold, and thus render thelssuo of bonds tor the protection of the reserve unnecessary, is founded, in his judgment, upon an entire misconception of the causes that have produced the withdrawals. There is, he thinks, but one safe and effectual way to, protect tho treasury against these demands—io retire and cancel the notes by authorizing the Secretary the Treasury to issue from time to time bonds payable in gold, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 3 per cent, per annum and having a long time to run, and to ex< • Inn igw the bonds for United States notes treasury—notes—upon such terms as itflay he most advantageous to thoTtovernment, or to sell themabroad for gold TTheneverr iii ills judgment, if is advisable to do so, And to use the gold thus obtained in redeeming thetoutstanding notes.

BOMBS TO BIG MEN.

Infernal Machines Sent to Armour and Pullman. Two cnfdely constructed infernal machines were mailed in Chicago Monday morning to George M. Pullman and Philip D. Armour., They did notyeach the-des-tinations''the’‘sender of them intended, but were tiyken possession of by Capt. Stuart; of the Postal Secret Service. Capt. 'Stuart “also has in his charge S. A. Owens, who says he heard two men talking of their scheme to kill Pullman and Armour, and almost ran his legs off Sunday night to warn them of the fate in store for them. The deadly character of the machines was demonstrated by an examination of their contents and by igniting some of the powder removed from them, as well as a part of the fuse which completed the ’ 'arfafigfid' that the Removal of the lids of the boxes which cOTnposed the outer casings of the devices would result in the ignition of tho powder and the fuse which was trained into a lead pipe.J The addressed to MrwArmour ‘wmrunrwfupped carefully. When the paper had been removed it was found to contain a thin box about 6 hiches long,T Vi inches wide and IVA inches deep. It was made Of wood taken from a cigar box. The three sides had been nailed together, but on top thercFwas a sliding lid. It had been made rather rudely, the lid especially‘being roughly shaped and working badly. Inside was ■ a'piece of lead, pipe three-quarters of an inch in diameter audits long Tis the interior length of the b.ox. Both ends of the lead pipe were plugged with corks. All around this pipe and completely filling ~the boxovas black, coarse powder, as. a match applied easily proved it to] bo. There w;is a hole in the side of the lead pipe, and jn this was fastened a piece of fuse three inches long. On the under side of the sliding lid a piece “of sandpaper. Covering the powder inside was an other piece of sandpaper, with the rough side turned upward. Between the two, sandpaper surfaces the *heads of a number of parlor matches had been placed, with more powder scattered in between. Tho whole machine was fastened so that if the sliding lid had been moved as mulch as one-fourth of an inch one of the matches must have become ignited by tho grinding sandpaper surfaces. No matter what was contained inside tho Xficce ofjgail pipe, a quarter of a pound of gunpowder must have been exploded and experts say that alone would have dqne considerable damage to the‘’person drawing the \lid.“ Both machines were constructed upon the same principle.

ANTLER’S LOCKED IN DEATH.

Remarkable Specimen Brought to Chicago by a Hunter to Be Mounted. Rather in traditions of the rCd man recorded by the poet than in the annals of natural history has so picturesque a scene ever been accorded to man aS th:.t which a hunter, W. L. Brown, of Albioiil Mich., recently came upon near Bis< mdrek, N. D. In battle royal two mois archs of the glen, bleeding and driven to starvation, with ahtlers.in deadlock. we:« discovered by the astonished hunter: struggling for freedom, each frpnr th< other. The earth for a space gs two acres

INTERLOCKED DEER SHOT IN NORTH DAKOTA.

was torn and trampled. On all sides there were indications of wlrat the battle had been before the two animals' locked horns, never to be separated. The hunter stood spell-bound at the sight.' Np man living has recorded witnessing' such a scene and only one or two specimens of antlers nFficadlock have UeeU found fn the forest, after years of decay. The hunter put an end to the combat and the heads were separated from the bodies. They were sebt to a Chicago taxidermist to be preserved, and piounted. As the piece stands Mr. Brown has refused S3OO for it, and had the entire bodies been sent for mounting the figure would be worth over $5,000. Consul Barker at Tangier, Morocci, reports th"4t upbeat has grown so deSr there that the last two steamers brought*; out consignments iof American flour, winch were immediately sold at a profit, He believes that under more favorable shipping conditions Morocco would be n profit able market for American breadstuffs. A conc ess > on the Chinese Government to build a' line of railroad froip tidewater to Pekin has befen obtained by 'a syndicate of American capitalists. The road wjll be about 200 miles long and will tap a valuable coal mining district. ■ ... -fl —— A. W. Stevens, the Burlington Railroad agent at Lathrop, Mo., stated before his death that Otis Jackson, a farm hand, gave him poison jn a drink of whisky. At the iuqueit the Jury held Jacksoh for the murder and he is under arrest. \ '

BLOW AT JOHN BULL

Message in Support of the Monrp2 Doctrine. ' ' ' ' -6‘ N r i v ir i? a v n w IP JlAl JILAj IILU Hxiit. All Foreign Nations Must Keep Out of Americas. — Salisbury’s Refusal to Submit the Dispute to Arbitration —Lends to Strong Words—President Cleveland Tells Congress This Nation Should Use Force If Nccessary—Proposes to Send a Commission to Fix a LTne? Which J>hn Bull Will Cross at His Peril. ■

The message of President Cleveland to Congress transmitting the co rrespondence between- Secretary Olney a id Ijord"Salisbury relative to the Venezuela boundarydispute created'A real sensation in Washington.. Although the nature of Secretary Olney’s vigorous communicatiofi and of Lord Salisbury’s answers. had been already- accurately foretold dn/the Associated Press dispatches from Washington anQ-Uonflon there Was stillfg. great popular craving -to learn just now the President would, deal with Lglpl Salisbury’s refusal to submit the saatter i° arbitration, and the message was listened lo with intense interest in Congress and was read with avidity on .the Nowhere was there a vci<?£ lilted in dissent from the <locjtrit(g sb firmly laid down by the President, but on the contrary there was an outburst of patristic feeling that must have been highly gratifying to the Chief Executive. In the digpified L'niteLStates Senate, d'body that rarely exhibits emotion on any occasion, there was witnessed the unparalleled spectacle of handclapping and app.-ause,’ which was the spontaneous expression of- the approval of almost every Senator without regard to party. On the streets the message was discussed, and veterans of the late war talked exultantly of what they were prepared again to undertake at the call of tlffeir country. “Ip the great hall of the Pension Ijuildmg the employes gathered and sung with gusto “The Star Spangled Banner’’ and “My Country, *Tis of Thee.” Great Britain declines to epnsentihat the iSsiie between herself and Venezuela shall be settled by arbitration. At the

THE MONROE DOCTRINE IS STILL IN FORCE

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND-"Just read that again, and remember that we stand by every word of it.”

same time Great Britain denies the validity of the Monroe doctrine. The United States now must take two steps, if need be; one forthwith. President Cleveland asks Congress to make, an appropriation for a judicial commission t* investigate on behalf of this Country the merits of the contention concerning -frontier between British Guiana and Venezuela. If that commission shall find' that Great Britain is right in her claims the -io--rtand-and be-npheld by us: if the conimission of the United States shall fincT that Great Britain's claims are unfounded any attempt on the part of Great Britain to enforce such claims by arms to be resisted with arms by the United States. This is tire essence of President Cleveland's massage. After reviewing the early details of the rontrover¥y and referring to Salisbury's disinclination, to admit the force of the Monroe doctrine and resort to arbitration, the President says:

Without o attempting extended arguments in reply to these positions it may not be 'imiss to suggest that the doctrine upau which we stand is strong and sound* because its enforcement is important to our pence and safety as a nation, and is essentut 1 ! to the integrity of our free institutions And the tramjuill Maintenance of our distinctive form of government. It was intended to apply, to every stage of <>ur national life and cannot become obsolete while our republic endures. If the balance of power is justly a cause for jealous anxiety among the governments »f the old world, and a subject for our absolute non-interference. none the less is an observance of the Monroe doctrine ts vital concern to our people' and thnir government. Assuming, therefore, that we may property insist upon this doctrine, without regard to “the state of things in which we live, any changed conditions here or elsewhere,,, it is not apparent why its application may , not be invoked-in the present controversy. If a European pow,er, by an extension of its boundaries; jj-ffkes possession of th(| ( territoryyof orfe ■of our neighboring its will and in derogation of its rights, it is difficult, to set why," to that extent, such European power docs not thereby attempt to extend its system of government to that portion of this continent which is thus taken. This is the precise action which President Monroe declared to be “dangerous to our peace and safety,” and it can make no difference whether the European system is extended by an advance of frontier or otherwise. Practically, the principle for which We contend has peculiar, If not exclusive, re*, lation to the United States. It may not Save been admitted in so many words to (he code of international law, but since, ta international councils, every nation is entitled'to t|ie rights belonging to it, if the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine is something we may justly claim, it has Us ntaca in ths code of international law

as certainly and as surely as If ft were specifically mentioned, and when the United States is' a suitor before the high tribunal that administers international law the question -to be determined is whether or not we present claims which the justice of that code of law;can find to be right and valid. , Monroe Doctrine Is J tst. The Monroe doctrine finds its -recognition in those, principles of internation ai law which are based upon the theory that every nation shall-hirve—its rights pro,te et od an d it s ju s r el;ii m s en so r< ■ ed. 0f course this Government is entirely confident that under the sanction &£ this doctrine we have- clear rights and undoubted claims. , Nor is this ignored in fheßntish reply. This Govcinment proposed to the Government of Great Brit~ain a resort to arbitrabion~as tlie proper means of sett ling the question, to the end that a vexatious ' boundary dispute betwhen the two contestants might be determined and our exact standing and relation in respect to the controversy might be made clear. <

It wilTbe seen from the correspondence herewith submitted that This proposition hds been, declined by the British Government. upon grounds which under the circumstances seem to me-to be far from satisfactory. . The course to be pursued by this Government in view of tile present condition does’not appear to admit of seribus doubt. Great Britain’s present proposition has never thus far been regarded as admissible by Venezuela, though any adjiistment of the boundary which tliat country may deem for her and may enter into of her own will of course be objected to by the UnftethStates. Assuming, however, that the attitude of Venezuela will feinain unchanged, the dispute has reached such a stage as to make it now incumbent upon the. United States to take measures to determine with sufficient certainty for its justification what is the true divisional line between the republic of Venezuela and British Guiana. I suggest that the Congress make an adequate appropriation for the expenses of a commission to be appointed by the Executive, a ho Shall make thencccssary„.inv.esligatiomJirid--report-upon the matter with the least possible delay. &T list 'Fight If Necessary. ; When such report is.made and accepted, it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power, as a willfußaggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation, by Great Bi’itain of any lands, or. The exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which; after investigation, we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred and keenly realize all the consequences that ffiay follow. I am, nevertheless, firm in my convic-

tion that while it js a grievous thing to contemplate the great English-speaking of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors in the onward march of civilization and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace, there is no calamity which a great nation can invite which Equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice, and the consequent loss of '“national self-respect and honor, beneath which is skidded and defended a, people's safety and greatness. GROVER CLEVELAND. London Editor's Excited. London editors are literally frothing at the mouth. The message of President Cleveland on the. Venezuelan boundary question has had on them the exciting effect which a red flag would have on at. enraged bull. Quart.,s of ink have been wasted on violent diatribes against the Monroe doctrine and the American contention touching the rights of Venezuela, and not a glint of justice or equity can be discerned in the attitude assumed by President Cleveland and Secretary Olney.

A Bicycle and a Dog.

Going up the avenue on a cable car last night I heard twe or three exclamations of wonder and surprise on the rear platform and went out to see what it was all'about. “You can train ’em to do anything, can’t you, sonny?” Inquired the conductor of a boy .who was riding a bicycle at the side of the track. “Yes, indeedy,” was the cheery response. ' “See, I can't even shake him off.” Here he, violently shook his body. I looked closer andj’saw that a black dog was clinging to the boy's neck, with his hind paws holding precariously on to ajiout an inch of the projecting fiear of the bicycle seat, while his fore legs were over his young, master's shoulders. The car stopped to let a passenger off at 19th street and the conductor, whefi the youngster and his pet went skimming off in the da&ness, told me the lad was a telegraph or district messenger and “could do anything with a dawg but make htar tawk.”—Washington Star.

The End of Chivalry.

At the battle of Morat in 1476 the impotence of the heavy mailed cavalry against trained foot soldiers was made strikingly apparent. Time and again the knights, led by Charles the Bold, charged the Swiss pikes, but in vain; the reign of chivalry was over. The man who wanted “little here below” West into the newspaper business.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Happy Ending to the. Romance in the Life of W. L. Babbitt, of Crawfords-ville-Terre Haute Man Gets Into "Serious Tro nlHe. ' Mother and fan Reunited. AV. L. Babbitt, the well-know*!! traveling salesman of Crawfordsville, has found ills mother, from Whom he was separated for tit irty -t-wrr ycn rs, nnd - for whom he - had bi'vii suairehing—tor twenty years. Mr. Babbitt’s.father was a lumber dealer in Chicago, and nn infidel. Mrs.-Babbitt obtained a divuri-e. and the father kid—naped the 5-year-oldi-child. liis mother “was 'unalde to obtain the slightest clew as to liis whercalrbuts. and she finally left Chicago and went to live.with a sister in Niles, Alii.h. b Meantime, Babbitt had also gone to a li:inbc;r town in Michigan, taking with him his son. The lad, when 16 years old, attempted to run aw_ay- and_ find his mother. Rut , was overhauled by his Tatlier and given a most terrible beating. -Whenuhow ever, _AV. T. Babbitt cel ebrated birthday he called his father to account and demanded to know who his mother was and where she lived. His father laughed him to scorn and refused to give him satisfaction. Then he went to CffieagOi and there iitterested a wealthy friend, who spent quite a sum of money in endeavoring to learn of Mrs. Babbitt's whereabouts. It seems tliat, unknown to the searchers, Mrs. Babbitt, after divorce, had rcassumed her maiden name, Hjjttie Davis. In -the jpOtfrse of time" the son learned from his father's brother tliat his niother hail come from New England, ami had ostensibly left Chii-ago for tier old home. The search was t*hen conducted chiefly in the East. Finally, all except Mr. Babbitt gave up the search. He continued it from the time he was 21 years old until success cfowned i>f.37,. (j£ conrse, not having much means his efforts were liampered] Two weeks ago ho Waa in- Niles, NLieh.. and while talking to a fnsrrinir'i‘ ri:j!nr‘ii \\'oi)ils, the story of Babbitt's life came out. An old gentleman named Hunter was in tlie room, and, having hoard tlie story, declared that his wife was well aequainteil witli Babbitt’s mother, and for tlie first,;tinie Babbitt heard that his mother hid lived for several years in Niles. Till* was a clew; which speedily disclosed that his mother was then residing witli her sister, Mrs. J. S. Boyce, at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Mr. Babbitt proceeded to the telegraph office and sent a inessagoetoMTN. Boyce, stating “ who he wits, and asking for information as to his mother. In a short time he received an answer, stating that his mother was then alive and well, and almost prosIrated wit ii joy-at- lii-aring of hhn. Mr. Babbitt left as soon-jgs possible for Cuyahoga Falls, find Ins reunion with his mother can lie better imagined than described. His mother; now 76 years old, -he found a lady well-preserved and highly Intelligent. He also found tliat in tho same town lived several uncles, aunts and cousins of whom he had never heard.

The German Carp. The game and fish wardens <Jf~OTio and Indiana unite in pronouncing the- German egrp almost useless as a food fish, and a source- of great damage to other varieties. .They say the carp does not' prey upon other minnows, but he wallows about in the mud and water so foul that other fish cannot breqd. The flesh of the carp is soft, and as a game fish he is worthless. On the Other hand, the Illinois commissioner defends the carp. A few years ago it was quite the fad for farmers to have carp ponds. Freshets caused overflows, and then streams became filled With them; wherever the carp has been transplanted—and the breed is wonderfully prolific—other varieties of fish have grown vastly fewer.One farmer declared that after he had raised two crops from a dried-up >pnd bed, when a freshet came mid filled the pond, spawn of the carp began to’hatch and has since thrived. The general opinion seems to be that the carp is a regular hog—the scavenger of inland waters.

Remarried His Divorce:! Wife. Emma Fox has filed her petition for a divorce from her husband, George Fox, and in it sets forth some startling nllegat*;ns. They their divorcrtL— She charges that she then went to work in a tin plate factory at Montpelier, and that during last October her ex-husband drove up in a buggy and forced her to get in. After doing so he told her that she must go to Hartford City and marry him or he would_kill her. She went with him, was married by a just icq of the peace, and then back to Montpelier. Fox then told her he had done it-to keep some one else fromgetting her. He has never been s%n since. . V. Flaiiucd tbc Household Goods. George Loucks, of Hillsboro, 111., shipped a carload of household goods to Terre Haute Moijday.'aml Friday arrived to take them in charge. sTo his surprise lie found that another man had carted them away. Detectives have arrested George'Laux, a mill hand, and the goods have been found in his possession. The bill-of lading was sent to. him,-and he claims to have,, believed that the effects wore a‘Christinas gift from his parents: He will be prosecuted On a charge of forgcrjL having signed Loucks’ name to the freight receipt,

AU Over the State, The Elwood churches have organized for charity work. Wilson Lewis, Of Lafayette, had his skull fractured in a runaway accident. ' Mrs. Lena Van Capen, of Petersburg, attempted suicide with poison, assigning no cause. . J A new Presbyterian church at Montpelier has been dedicated. 'The Bev. F. E. Willman is pastor. “Lon" Skinner, son of a farmer near Westport, 'ts-mndeS.,arrest, charged with uttering a forged check, calling for ssf<o, _to_Jirhi<h the name L os D. F. Armstrong was signed. The check was presented to !■■■ Third National Bairkrttrcensburg. E. Campbell & Co., implement dealers of Frankfort, hare made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Theo assets ahd liabilities are roughly played ajt ?20,000. The failure Is attributed to difficulty in making collections. At Kokomo Byroh Reed, an artist and musician, committed suicide with a revolver. Beside him was found this note: “Life is not worth the candle, hence I snuff it out With full faith in immortality I hope to meet yon all id the sunny land. As the sun nOw-sets so sets my earthly life." He was 07 years old and had been in bad health.

WELL-BEHAVED IMMIGRANTS.

ThOMjfh Poor They Are Exceedingly Courteous to One Another. There is an old axiom which says that*courtesy costs nothing. If it did cost something, some of us would have even less of it than we have now. No bettor place for seeing^“courtesy at any cost” can be visited than rhe United States liarge office, Where Immigrants from ETnwMsland enter New York. Every"day from i,(XX> to 2,000 aliens are landed, there. These people, poor but courteous; represent nearly every civilized nation. The *tawny-haired boarded Germans, higiF-hootod KrigU sians and gayly dressed Italians, all are among those wßcreonje to seek fortunos in tlie noiv world. Home people might imagine tliat they would lose their national characteristics on land--Ing la this busyeity.hut such is not the case. 7 y . The liarge office is a resort for cabbies and expressmen who have not the interests of -the immigrants at heart. (If h v : Sti f silo f I» Pl t.iirn.m watching tlHCaetiohs’of tlie new arrivals. Among these people the rosjicet and deference \Vhieh tlie,new arrivals to one another is most remarkabf'O, although Germans, Swedes, Irish, 'Hebrews and Russians often arrive on the same vessels. Friendships are formed which sometimes are lasting. The young Irish* girl comes here and Is met by her friends. Often It is at the barge office, and as they trudge off with their smiling faces, -they stop to shake hands and say gdod-by to?some'other immigrant for whom you would thjpk she had not the slightest fellow feeling But she is sunny-hearted, and she shirtes for all. As the ceremony ends and the little party breaxs up, the men invariably take off_thelr hats and salute likja Cliestorflelds. The men of. - nearly all countries, except England, Show the same fine courte.s£_to one another.—New Y'ork I’ress.

Had a Fellow Feeling.

“I want to make inquiries of yon,” ho said, as be stopped a poUcVman In front of the pity Hall the other afternoon. “All right, sir,” was the reply. “Would it.be agin’ the law fur me to rub my back again’ the walls of that building?” “What’s the matter with your back?” “Got a porus plaster on it, and it itches so that I can't keep my lieels on the ground. I want tq take off my coat and vest and back up to that rotjigh wall. Would it.be again’ the lavv ?” VI dunno as it would be breaking any lay,”, said. the officer, “but I think 1 could put you on a better thing.” “Thanks! What is It?” . - “Down at the dock at the foot of-thia rtreet you’ll find a pile all splintered up and dpven full of nails and pieces of scrap iron. It’s handy to back up to, and the place is not quite so public as this.'.! “All right—much obleeged. I’ll go down and try her, and if she works all right I’ll recommend her to my friends when they happen to be In town. Out home I’ve got a section of board fence fixed up with currycombs, carpet tacks, pounded glass and old scythe blades, but I can’t wait to git tharl. Shake! You feel fur your feller man, you do, and the furst thing when I git home I’ll send you a bushel of the nicest pop corn in the State of Michigan!”—Detroit Free I’res§>.

Cavalry Telephones.

An interesting/experiinent of installing a telephone by trotting cavalry was recently successfully undertaken J>y some Prussian Uhlans between Berlin and Potsdam. Two sets of one officer and two non-commissioned officers proceeded in the early morn ing respectively from Berlin and Potsdam. Each set was equipped with a complete telephone apparatus Which one of the men carried in a leather case on his chest, besides the requisite quantity’ of thin wire. The erd of the wire was connected with the respective towns* telephone, station, and the wire was, by means of 1 a fork fixed at ?he end of the thrown over thfe tops of the'trees along the road. As each kilometer of wire was thus suspended a bait was made, and it was ascertained whether there was connection with the station. A new kilometer was connected with the former, and on went the men. The two sets met at Tetlow. The wires, having been respectively'.,tested wjth tljeir respective stations, were connected, and telephonic connection between Berlin and Potsdam was established. The distance is about twenty miles, and the whole thing was done in aboul four hours.

California Vintage.

The California vintage of 1895 is new practically over, and the quantity and quality of this season's wine product can be accurately estimated. As a whole the crop of grapes was light, but the quality was the best in niany years. There was a shortage in the dry varieties, but great abundance of the sweet klnSs. 'file output of dry wines will be al*>ut 8,000,600 gallons, something like 75 per cent of last year's production. Of this amount only 800,000 gallons are of white wine. Taking all circumstances Into consideration, it teprsdicted that higher prices will be asked for California wines this season than ladt

Paste Made of Clinkers.

A man of Bath is the discoverer of a process whereby clinkers, engine ashesand other waste material can be converted Into pitste? and then formed, without burning, into bricks for builds ing purposes. How to take care of your eyes— keep s civil tongue in ybur head. . t