St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 15, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 October 1886 — Page 4

BY BEM. THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. A Saratoga dispatch says the underdertakers who embalmed the body of Gen. Grant have notified W. J. Arkell, proprietor of the Albany Evening Journal, of a suit instituted against him for §SOO for that service. The bill has been presented to everybody connected with Gen, Grant’s family except Mrs. Grant, and, as it has been repudiated all around, they have fallen, back on Mr. Arkell... .Four men were instantly killed by the explosion of a pack-ing-house at the Ditmer powder-works, at Baychester, N. Y. The shock was felt at Bridgeport, Conn. Gov- Pattison of Pennsylvania has addressed a letter to Attorney General Cassidy on the action of the anthracite pool in advancing the price of coal, and requesting him to move against it in court. An immense audience greeted Justin McCarthy at the Academy of Music, New York, his lecture on the political situation in Ireland being for the benefit of the sufferers by the Charleston earthquake. He closed with the prediction that home rule will soon come. THE WEST. A mob stormed the jail at Steelville, Mo., and took out P. F. Wallace, accused of murdering the Logan family, who, although he protested his innocence, was suspended to a tree in the jail-yard. After hanging a few minutes he was let down, and upon regaining strength enough to speak, again solemnly assented that he was innocent, upon which Wallace was returned to the Sheriff, and the mob dispersed. ....Snow fell at Cheboygan, Mich., on the Ist inst. Elsewhere throughout the Northwest nipping weather is reported. A St. Paul correspondent gives the details of the plan to locate all the Indians in Ithat State on one reservation, and shows that the change will throw' upon the market over 3,000,000 acres of land. The steamer La Mascotte was blown up near Grand Tower, on the Mississippi Ei ver. The boat took fire after the explosion and burned to the water's edge. Eighteen persons are lost or missing, a part of them passengers and a pc t memt ers of the boat’s crew, and eight others are wounded. There W’ere but few passengers on board, and all were people living in the towns along the river. A tow-boat was a short distance behind the Mascotte, and when she reached the wreck she picked up several persons and took them, together with several bodies, to Cape Girardeau, Mo The Kansas Farmer's crop report for the State says a large acreage of wheat has been sown and that most of it is up and growing well. Corn is not more than GO per cent of a full crop, but there is some old corn on hand. There is plenty of feed to carry the farmers with all their stock through the winter. Live stock is in good condition.... About one hundred masked men at Steelville, Mo., lynched E. P. Wallace, the alleged murderer of the Logan family at Cuba. The prisoner refused to confess. THE SOUTH. The Supreme Court has denied a new trial to T. J. Cluverias, convicted at Eichmond, Va., of the murder of his cousin, Fanny Lillian Madison. The shrinkage in cattle values, together with reports of serious epidemics throughout the count’-y, is causing great mistrust among the cattlemen of Texas, says an Austin dispatch. There are rumors abroad that some of the most prominent cattlemen of this section have already become embarrassed, and that* their paper has gone to protest, but no one will confess any knowledg of such a thing. It is even hinted that private residences have been sold to insure creditors against loss. No individual cases of embarrassment have as yet come to light, but extensive failures are looked for. POLITICAL. The New 7 Jersey Republican State Convention assembled at Trenton and chose ex-Senator Alexander G. Cattell as temporary chairman. In a speech he spoke of Air. Blaine as the Republican standardbearer in 1888, w’hereupon the members of the convention rose to their feet and cheered for several minutes. William Walter Phelps was made permanent chairman. The convention then nominated B. Frank Howey for Governor nn the first ballot. A platform was adopted which protests against the importation of contract labor and recognizes the right of workingmen to unite for protection; favors compulsory education and opposes the competition of convict labor with honest labor; favors equal taxation and approves of restrictive legislation on manufacture of bogus butter; condemns the. removal of crippled Union soldiers from public office, and the attitude of President Cleveland on the pension question; declares that outstanding trade dollars should be redeemed at their face value; accuses the Democratic party of violating its promise to sustain the civil-service law, and favors the submission to the people at a special election of the question of controlling the liquor traffic. A Washington dispatch says: “An interesting question at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday was the case of a United States attorney, who has been nominated for Congress, with reference to the propriety of his continuance in office pending the result of the Congressional election. The general opinion expressed was that the incumbent had better resign his Federal office, and he will be so informed.”.... Congressional nominations: Sixth Kentucky District. John G. Carlisle, Democrat; Sixth Michigan, John H. Fedewa, Fusion; Twenty-first Pennsylvania, Welty McCullough, Republican; Tenth Massachusetts, J. E. Russell, Democrat; Sixth Virginia, Samuel 1. Hopkins, Knights of Labor, vice J. B. Page, declined; Tenth Michigan, H. M. Loud, Republican; Twen-ty-first Pennsylvania, J. W. Latta, Democrat; Eighteenth New’ York, H. G. Burleigh, Republican; Thirtythird New “York, J. B. Weber, Republican; Nineteenth Pennsylvania, Levi Marsh, Democrat; Fourth Connecticut, M. T. Granger, Democrat; Tenth Massachusetts, W. H. Earle, Prohibition; Seventh Massachusetts, W. 11. Whiting, Republican; First Ohio, Samuel A. Miller, Democrat; Second Ohio, Hugh Shiels, Democrat; Eighth Pennsylvania, George D. Stitzel, Republican; Third Nebraska, G. W. Dorsey; First New Hampshire, C. Knowles, Prohibition; Eighth Missouri, James H. Harris, Prohibition: Ninth Missouri, W. C. Wilson, Prohibition; Tenth Missouri, E. R. Grant, Prohibition; Sixth Texas, Judge A. B. Nor on, Republican. WASHI^iGTOIV. The Treasury Department reports 60,139,952 standard silver dollars in circulation... .A Washington special says: Secretary Manning now intends to resume his duties at the Treasury Department next week. It is given out that he will enter upon his full duties, but the Treasury officials think that in his state of health he will certainly not undertake to fix his signature fifteen hundred times a day, for instance, to mere routine documents. The public debt statement issued on the Ist inst. shows the reduction of the public debt during the month of September to be $10,627,013, and total cash in

the treasury $465,375,713. The following is a recapitulation of the statement: INTEBEST-BBABING MBT. Bonds at 4^ per cent £250,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent 737,760,900 Bonds at 3 per cent 115,164,300 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 199,600 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent. 64,623,512 Principal......’ fl, 181,757,312 Interest 11,936,811 Total $1,193,694,123 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal $6,998,735 Interest „ 201,051 Total.. $7,199,796 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal-tender notes. $346,738,391 Certificates of deposit 7,705,000 Gold certificates 84,691,807 Silver certificates 95,387,112 Fractional currency (less $8,375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed)... 6,953,702 Principal 541,476,012 TOTAL DEBT. Principal $1,731,232,151 Interest 12,137,872 Total $1,742,339,932 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 216,924,043 Less reserve held for redemption of U. 8. notes 100,000,000 Total $306,924,043 Total debt loss available cash item551,4"5,145,848 Net cash in the Treasury 67,896,321 Debt less cash in Treasury Oct. 1, 1886 $1,357,549,567 Debt less cash in Treasury Sept. 1, 1886 1,738,176,580 Decrease of debt during tho month. $10,627,013 CASH IN THE TREASURY AVAILABLE FOB REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding $84,691,807 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 95,387,112 U. S. notes held for certificates of dejiosit actually' outstanding 7,705,000 Cash held for matured debt and m- , terest unpad 19,136,607 Fractional currency 3,517 Total available for reduction of the debt $206,924,043 RESERVE FUND. Hold for redemption of U. 8. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882 $100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of the debtFractional silver coin $26,899,745 Minor coin 2.15,294 Total $2 ,195,039 Certificates held as cash 6 , 60,310 Net cash balance on hand 67,59>>,321 Total cash in Treasury as shown by the Treasurer’s general account.. $465,375,713 The total gold coin aud bullion in the Treasury Sept. 30 was $242,609,018, as compared with $235,430,635 the 31st of the previous month. The net gold in the Treasury, after deducting gold certificates in Treasury cash and in circulation Sept. 30, was $157,917,211, as compared with $157,732,288 the 31st of the previous month. INDUSTRIAL, MOTES. The citizens of Wheeling, West Virginia, assembled by thousands the other evening to witness the lighting of natural gas, from a pipe runing into Pennsylvania. A marked change in the manufacturing lino is certain to occur... .Two hundred persons are thrown out of employment by a strike of the puddlers employed at the East End and Lights & Kapps rolling mills at Lebanon, Pa. They were refused an advance of fifty cents per ton. The Knights of Labor in the West, says a St. Louis dispatch, have decided that the strike, like the boycott, must go, and that it should no longer be recognized as a necessity in the order. This important decision is not publicly announced, but the information comes from unquestioned authority. ' Arbitration will hereafter be the policy of Western knights in all cases of wages and labor that require adjustment. The trades demonstration at Pittsburgh, on the 4th inst., was the largest and finest display of its kind ever witnessed in that city. The procession was twelve miles long, and occupied three hours in passing a given point. It was made up principally of the wholesale and retail grocers, Hour and grain dealers, furniture dealers, aud clothiers. The affair wound up with a grand picnic at Homewood Park. The day was auspicious, and the business and private houses along the route of the procession were tastefully decorated. It is estimated that at least 40,000 strangers were in the city Justice Gordon decided at Pittsburgh that the “store-order” or “truck” system, under the act of June 29, 1881, was unconstitutional and void. GENERAL. A number of cases of pleuro-pneumo-nia are reported among the cattle on the farm of William Chase, near Verona, N. J... .Telegrams from Virginia (East) to Montana (West) record swift aud extended mortality from contagious pleuro-pneu-monia. This disease is not so swiftly and generally fatal in its inception. These outbreaks are probably simply splenic (Texas) fever, and have proved so ■where diagnosed by competent veterinary surgeons. In Illinois, so far as discovered, lung-plague is under strict quarantine and confined to the original centers of infection. .. .An appeal has been issued to the members of the Irish National League to start an anti-eviction fund at once and forward the contributions to the Treasurer... .The Collector of Customs at St. John, N. 8., would not permit the bark Orient to fly the Irish flag in that harbor. Her officers yielded when they found themselves liable to a fine of £500.... Robert Mayall, Chief Engineer of the City of Mexico, is visiting various towns in the United States for the Durpose of examining the sewer systems. The Mexican Republic is about to expend $6,000,000 in this kind of work at the Capital City. Over half the amount will be expended in tunneling through a mountain a distance of six miles and building a canal thirty miles long to convey the sewage from the city to the mouth of the tunnel. The oath of allegiance will be administered to all in the civil service in Canada. This is because some of the government employes are suspected of sympathy with the Irish cause.... The September fire loss in the United States was $6,500,000 —a slight decrease from the average September loss of previous years. Commissioner Colman complains of the apathy and inaction of the State and local authorities in taking the necessary steps to suppress the pie uro-pneumonia scourge. A cattle disease, which proves fatal in a few’ hours, has broken out in Tazewell County, 111. A discharge from the nose is first noticed, then the head begins to swell, and death speedily relieves the afflicted animal. A number of cattle recently purchased at Baltimore have died near Harrisonburg, Va., of what is supposed to be Texas fever. The Governor of Montana Territory has issued a proclamation quarantining against the cattle of Illinois and other States where pleuropneumonia exists. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions held its seventyseventh annual meeting at Des Moines, lowa. The Prudential Committee reported that thirty-five missionaries had been added to the force during the year; that the receipts from all sources amounted to $500,863, and that the expenditures aggregated $658,285. Rev. J. L. Withrow, D. D., of Boston, preached the annual sermon, assailing the doctrine of future probation, asserting that the church had 100 much to do to pay attention to such speculation, and had no time to waste on dead pagans. The address was frequently applauded by the large audience. foreign. Lord Randolph Churchill and Premier Tisza declare the powers will abide by the provisions of the Berlin treaty m electing a Prince for Bulgaria... .Russia hesitates about risking a. war with Austria

while an Austro-English alliance is possible .... It is rumored that Prince Bismarck has for three years urged Count Kalnoky to move toward Salonica. Not having compil'd, it is believed that Count Andrassy, or Finance Minister Von Kallay, will be appointed to succeed him... .Violent shocks of earthquake have occurred recently in the central portion of Germany. The Duc d’Aumale has given to the French Institute his vast estates at Chantilly, with all their books and works of art, on condition that the property be preserved intact and be open to the public at least twice a week during six months of each year. The gift amounts to 60,000,000 francs. General Kaulbars unexpectedly made his appearance at a meeting held by 5,000 citizens of Sofia to consider the political crisis. He declared that the Czar would not recognize the sobranje elected to choose a successor to Prince Alexander. The shouts of the people became so tumultuous that the Russian agents withdrew. The fall of portions of the altar in a church at Kildare, Ireland, caused the death of Archdeacon Kavanaugh, while celebrating mass The mercury rose to 80 degrees in the shade in London, on the sth inst., a temperature unknown in October for nearly half a century. ADDITIONAL NEWS. A tar pool has been formed, and the price of that article advanced. A commissioner has been appointed, with power to destroy tar when the market is overstocked, a sum equal to the cost price of the surplus tar to be paid to the contractor in whose possession it was. The Colorado Democracy, in convention at Denver, placed in the field the following ticket: Governor, Alva Adams; Lieutenant Governor, 11. B. Gillespie; Secretary of State, Jerry Mahone; Treasurer, James F. Benedict; Auditor, Casimero Barela; Attorney General, Col. Stirman; Congressman, Rev. Myron Reed. The platform favors free and unlimited silver coinage; criticises the Republican party for creating and maintaining monopolies while in power, which resulted in a conflict between capital and labor; commends the Democratic congress for refusing to suspend the silver coinage and for passing the surplus resolution; commends President Cleveland for his impartial execution of the civil-service law; congratulates the party upon its honest administration, and approves the reclamation of public lauds. It sympathizes with the Irish home-rule movement, favors interstate legislation as to railroad corporations, and denounces convict labor. Knights of Labor —The Kichinond Convention. The tenth annual convention of tho Knights of Labor assembled at Richmond, Va., on Monday, the 4th of October. Gov. Fitz,high Leo welcomed the delegates to the city and State in a neat speech. Frank G. Farrell, a colored delegate, introduced General Muster Workman Powderly, who delivered an address, remarking that the lash of the slave-owner had been stricken from his hands twenty-five years ago, but that the new slave-owner—the monopolist —is more dangerous than his prototype of nut ibellum days; and that it should both ' duty of the Knights of Ixtbor to clutch anarchy by th > throat with one hand, and strangle monopoly with the other. After Mr. Powderly’s address all but the delegates quitted the hall, aud the regular business of tho session was begun in secret. Nearly a thousand delegates were in attendance at the opening. Nothing was done at tho first day’s session beyond tho appoint lira nt of committees. Mr. Powderly addressed the convention again, at the second day's session, urging the members to abstain from the use of strong drink while in Richmond. As individuals, he said, he had no right to dictate as to what they should do, but they were not here as individuals, but as representatives of a vast constituency. The eyes of the world were upon them while here, and their constituency would bo judged by their conduct. The time of the convention until 5 p. m. was occupied by the reading of the long roll of over eight hundred names. The committee hid reached a decision on all but eight or ten names, and these were referred to the convention itself A warm debate on the report was had, but finally it was accepted and the delegates whose seats were in dispute were requested to leave the convention. They retired quietly. Tho work of assigning seats to the remaining delegates was completed at 7 :30 p. m., when an adjournment was voted. The fight over the right of eight or ten delegates to hold seats occupied the entire attention of the convention at iits third day's s ssion. There was a very warm debate, punctual d by bitter attacks on the "Home'’ Club. The findings of tho Credentials Committee were approved in one instance and condemned in another, but tho question of the admission of Mr, Morrison, of New York, remained undecided. The sensation of the day was the threat of Secretary Turner to a Western delegate who had denounced the Home Club. Turner informed tho youn ’ man that he had better be careful, as his own seat in the convention was not very secure. A Richmond dispatch says: "Throughout the city tho principal topic of discussion was the admission last night^of colored Delegate Farrell to a seat in the orchestra circle in the Academy of Music, a section of the auditorium in the Richmond theater hitherto strictly guarded from the intrusion of all persons of his race. The general feeling among Virginians here is one of bitter resentment, and they regard the delegates from District 49 with anything but friendly feelings. It is said that a majority of the local Knights are much provoked at the action of their visiting brothers, and it was reported that a few Knights living here declared their intention of abandoning tho order and joining the Law and Order League, organized here in sworn opposition to the Knights. It was rumored to-day that tho delegates of District 49 would again escort Farrell to the theater, and Mrs. Powell, the proprietor, appealed for police protection, intending to compel Farrell to sit in the negroes’ gallery. Tho Chief of Police called on Mr. Powderly to request that he use his influence to prevent an attempt to force admission of the colored delegate, as it would cause trouble. Mr. Powderly sent word that he was too busy to see him, but sent Mr. Hayes, of the Executive Board, instead. Tho latter said ho thought Farrell would not try to ent ir the theater, but he would give no assurance on the subject. The Chief and thirty-fivepolicemen and a thousand curious people were at tho theater when it opened, but the colored delegate failed to put in an appearance.’’ THE_ MARKETS. NEW YORK. Beeves $4.25 & 5.75 Hogs 4.50 @ 5.25 Wheat —No. 1 Hard 87 @ .88 No. 2 Red 84 @ .81'4 Corn—No. 2 46 @ .47 Oats —White 35 @ .41 Pork—Now Mess 10.25 @ 10.75 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers 5.2 > @ 5.75 Good Shipping. 4.25 @ 4.75 Common 3.00 @ 3J5 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.00 & 4.75 Flour—Extra Spring 4.25 @4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 73 @ .73’4 Corn—No. 2 34 @ .35 Oats—No. 2 23 @ .24 Butter—Choice Creamery 24 @ .26 Fine Dairy 18 @ .20 Cheese —Full Cream, Cheddar.. .11%@ .12)4 Full Cream, new 12J 2 @ .12% Eggs—Fresh 16 @ .17 Potatoes—Early Bose, per bu.. .43 @ .48 Pork—Mess 8.75 @ 9.00 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 71 @ .72 Corn—No. 2... 35 @ .35)4 Oats—No. 2 24 @ .24)4 Rye—No. 1 .53 @ .54 Pork—Mess 8.25 @ 8.75 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 76 @ .77 Corn—No, 2 38 @ .40 Oats—No. 2 27 @ .27)4 DETROIT. Beef Cattle 4.00 @5.00 Hogs "75 & 5.00 Shekp >.50 @ 4.50 Wheat —Michigan Red 75 .76 Corn—No. 2 38 & .40 Oats—No. 2 White 30 @ 31 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 73 @ .74 Corn—Mixed 33)4@ .34)4 Oats—Mixed 26 @ .26)4 Pork—New Mess 9.00 @9.50 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 @ .76)4 Corn —No. 2 38 @ .39 Oats—No. 2 27 @ .28 Pork—Mess 9.00 @ 9.50 Live Hogs 4.00 @ 4.75 BUFFALO. Wheat —No. 1 Hard 81 @ .82 Corn—No. 2 42 @ .43 Cattle 4.00 @ 5.00 INDIANAPOLIS. Bi es Cattle 3.25 @ 5.00 Hogs 4.25 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Mixed .73 @ .74 Corn—No. 2 36 @ .37 Oats—No. 2 26 @ .27 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best 4.75 @ 5.50 Fair... 4.00 @ 4.75 Common 3.25 @ 4.00 Hogs... 4.50 @5.00 Sheep 375 @4 50

PHILOSOPHIZING ON CANES. What They Were, What They Are, What They Mean, and How Handled. “You can hardly conceive any class of society that does not wear canes,” said the philosopher. “Neither can you fix a time when the staff, the forerunner of the modern cane, was first introduced. The shepherd, the hunter, the fisherman, the wayfarer, the corporal, the marshal, the pedagogue, the mendicant, the king, the sorcerer—all wore and wear now a staff or cane. But did it ever occur to you that the shepherd’s staff is as much the origin of the modern dude’s cane as the shepherd’s dog is the precursor of the fleet greyhound, the watchful spitz, the intelligent poodle, the fighting mastiff, and the tender black-and-tan ? W hy, the curve on the bishop’s traditional staff is indicative of nothing else than—pardon the slangy expression--to hook back an erring sheep into the fold. “The staff' of old was not only the pilgrim’s support on his weary voyage and his weapon of defense against the animals of the forest and the footpads of the highway; it was the means by which he jumped ditches and watercourses. Then it became from a matter of comfort one of luxury. The old Greeks carried canes as tokens of dignity'. Don’t you recollect from your si bool days how Socrates used his cane as an aid in teaching his scholars? He didn’t whip them, of course, but Xenophon tells us how his old teacher used to stop his pupils on the streets of ancient Athens and made them answer questions before ho let them pass. Home honored her first Scipio by giv ng him the surname of “the staff” in recognition of tho support he was to his old father. “Then, in olden times, tho staff became the necessary attribute of tho wayfarer, as J can I’aulsays: ‘Friendship is a bludgeon on a voyage, love a cane for the promenade.’ Modern time, which subjects everything to the everchanging fashion, has robbed the timehonored staff of every vestige of dignity and converted it into a cane. Like the snuff box of old and the cigar of to-day, the cane has become the favorite means to gwe something like grace to men who do not know what to do with their hands, and at the same time to make awkward pauses in a dragging conversation endurable. For any number of people the cane, even be it only tho insignificant one of the dude, lias become a necessary requisite. Take tho cane away from them and they seem to be all elbows and hands protruding unnaturally from the coat-sleeves. People will wear a cane under their arm and endanger tho eyes and noses of those behind them; they will wh rl them around and hit somebody on the shins; they will vacantly suck at the head of the cane or carry it thoughtfully like a sword at rest. Some cannot withstand tho temptations to make a dash with their canes at every cat end dog that crosses their path, and others are looking out for the palings of fences or the gratings of basement windows to rattle them merrily with the cane as they walk along. What would some of us do in a gossiping company without a cane? To rest both hands upon it and the chin in turn upon tho hands gives one a thoughtful look and leads others to believe that behind tho corrugated 1 rows of tho apparent thinker slumbers a world of ideas. “Thus the cane plays even in social life an important role, and a more humane one than of old. To the uninitiated it may sound paradoxical, but it is, nevertheless, true, that the cane, as well as soap and coal, is a standard by which to measure the culture of a people. That men, after having suffered >nuch from applications of stall and cane, have not only left them in existence but even elevated thorn to being symbols of elegance and dignity, subject to fashion, like hats, coats, and collars, testifies amply to the good-naturo of mankind. The aboriginal Indian, perhaps, would see in the carrying of a cane a sign of weakness, but then wo are judged by higher standards than that. “We rejoice that we succeeded in robbing the beadle and the corporal of the attribute of their office, because the conviction that there are more effective means to uphold order and discipline lias become general, and we are proud that we wrung from barbarous ages a token of punishment and converted it into a sort of standard by which to measure good-breeding. See?—Chicago News.” Fob weak lungs, spitting of blood, shortness of breath, consumption, night sweats, and all lingering coughs, Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” is a sovereign remedy. Buporior to cod liver oil. By druggists. A French Prison for Women. Saint Lazaro is probab y one of the strangest prisons in the world. It is as an establishment for women that it is chiefly remarkable. These are classed under two categories—felons aud filles. The latter are the miserable women who, according to the irregular and altogether inconsistent flourishes of the prefect’s broom, are allowed to swarm upon the pavements by night under the noses of the police, or are caught like birds in a net, to be caged up for some weeks at Saint Lazare. There is no rule for their guidance; whether they are caught and imprisoned, or are allowed perfect freedom of action, depends very much upon the demand upon space at Saint Lazare, and the need of shirts for the army. When they are seized, tho intention is to make them useful. These unfortunate creatures, who more often than not are the victims of cruel circumstances, are much more hardly dealt with at Saint Lazare than the thieves and other criminals. These last can receive visits from friends in the parlor, and if they have money can obtain pretty well what they wish from the outside world; but, as regards the others, all communication with the world is vigorously cut off. All female prisoners at Saint Lazare are in charge of nuns. They are of the order of St. Vincent de Faul. Only those of exceptionally strong character are chosen for prison duty. If tiiey were not very stern at times they could never keep order among a number of women of the 'worst description living in common. For those who behave badly there is punishment of the cachet, or dungeon. The dungeon in question happens to be a room underneath the tiles, where the inmates get half-frozen in winter and half-baked in summer. The Sisters are especially severe upon prisoners who commit a breach of decorum in language—an offense which they are particularly liable to fall into, inasmuch as the forbidden language is almost their native tongue. A Sister’s life at Saint Lazare is harder than that of a prisoner, for it continues year after year, and is spent in an atmosphere loathsome in proportion as the character of tho person who remains in it is high and pure.— -Cor. Boston 'Branscript.

Important. When you visit or leave New York City, eave baggage, expressage, aud $3 carriage hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot 613 rooms, fitted up at a cost of ono million dollars, $1 aud upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages, ami elevated railroad to all depots. Families cau live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel in the city. An Excellent Appetite. “Your appetite is good enough. You have no reason to complain in the matter of health, Evereat.” “No. You are correct,” replied Evereat. “I have a recipe,” he added; “sure thing every time.” “Hey? Recipe? What is it?” “H—’in. Might tell you. Had to ; pay the doctor for it myself. Confidential, mind?” and Evercat leaned over to whisper impressively in his friend’s car: “Two things. Make it a rule never to eat them with dinner. Consequence, always sure of a good ■ appetite.” . | Evereat hesitated, tilted back in his j chair, and cautiously scanned his j friend’s features, seemingly debating : with himself whether or not to divulge liis recipe. “Well—-what—what is it you don’t eat with your dinner?” inquired that gentleman, somewhat nonplused. Evereat leaned forward and again whispered slowly and impressively in his friend’s oar: “Breakfast and supper, you greenhorn I"— Lynn Union. The most astonishingly beneficial results have followed the use of Red Star Cough Cure by those affected with throat and lung troubles. Price, twenty-five cents. It Was Not the Dust. “This lime dust here in Austin is ruinous to the eyes,” said Jones. Smith —“Have your eyes become affected ?” _ 1 Jones—“No, mine are all right, but Col. Yerger has become so near-sighted that he doesn’t bow to his nearest friends when he meets them on tho street.” Smith—“lt’s not lime dust that pre-. vents him from recognizing his friends.” Jones—“ Perhaps he has a boil or rheumatism in the back of his neck.” Smith —“It’s not that, either.” Jones —“What is it, then?” Smith—“He got a telegram from Washington last week that the Senate would probably confirm his appointment. It’s pride that prevents him । from recognizing his friends on tho s t ree t. Tex a s Sil ting s. A huge derriek-pole fell and severely injured the foot of Mechanical Engineer E. R. Hoyt at the New Orleans Exposition, and after only three applications of St. Jacobs Oil, all the swelling and pain disappeared. Scientific Poetry. The natural rate of respiration is from sixteen to twenty-four breaths per minute, tho average being twenty; and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has explained the popularity of tho octosyllabic verse by the fact that it follows the natural rhythm of respiration more exa tlv than any other. Experiments with tho poetry of Scott, Longfellow, and Tennyson, show that an average of twenty lines will be read in a minute, so that one respiration will suffice for each line. The articulation is so easy, in fact, that it is liable to run into a sing-song. Tho twelve-syllable lino, on tho other hand —as in Drayton’s “Polyolbion”—is pronounced almost intolerable on account of its unphysio- J logical construction. From this it follows that, while tho poets disregard science in many ways with impunity, i nothing in poetry or in vocal music is ' likely’ to win favor that is not calculated with strict reference to the respiratory functions. Groaning; on a Bed of Agony, In tb« throes of rheumatism, which has reached the inflammatory stage, tho Invalid has just cause to deplore the inefficiency of medicines which could neither uproot the disease at its outatart, nor avert its dreaded climax. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a medicine which, without the danger attending tho use of some of the ordinary specifics for this malady, is infinitely more searching and effective. Used at tho start, it checks the progress of the disease, and expels, or neutralizes, tho rheumatic virus in tho blood. Who so takes it incurs no risk, and is sure to bo benefited. Valuable in rheumatism, it is equally efficacious as a remedy for neuralgia, liver complaint, indigestion, chills and fever, debility, and inactivity of the kidnoys and bladder. It may, also, bo relied upon to promote sleep and appetite. 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It stimulates and invigorates tho liver, tones up tho stomach, legulates the bowels, purifies tlia blood, and builds up the weak places of the body. It is a purely vegetable compound, and will do more than is claimed for it We refer to Dr. Pierce's u Golden Medical Discovery. ” A last farewell—a shoemaker giving up his business. “As Good as New,” are the words used by a lady, who was at ono time given up by the most eminent physicians, ! and loft to die. Reduced to a mere skeleton, i pale and haggard, not. able to leave her bed, ! from all those distressing diseases peculiar to ! suffering females, such as displacement, inflammation, etc., etc. Sho began taking Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription,” and also using the local treatments recommended by him, and is now, she says, “as good as now.” Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists. You can never depend upon proverbs. Oue says “Silence is golden;” another, “Money talks.”— Boston Courier. 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CHICAGO FIRE INSURANCE PATROL Brief Sketch of tho Else of the Founder and rerfecter of the Patrol System. Ji Captain Ben B. Bullwinkle, the founder ■ and improver of tho fire insurance patrol sistem of Chicago, aud now Agent and General . Manager of the Arizona Cattle Company, is one of the most popular and best known tiromen in America, and, during the past y e ® r > has become prominently identified Wl 'U uio most extensive cattio interests of the far ’U’ACaptain Bullwinklo is a native of New York City, where ho was born, the oldest of Jnroo children, March 17,1817. His father, Charles 1. Bullwinkle, died in 1857, and his mother, Eliza Laughlm Bullwinklo, throe years previous to that date. With a younger brother and si-tor dependent- upon his sole energies, at the age of ten years Captain Bullwinkle became an errand boy, and contributed to tho support of his family until his sister was married and his brother became a jeweler, b hen he was fifteen years old the ambitious Ben entered the Chicago I’ire Department, then a volunteer service, and drove tho chief’s wagon. 'This necessitated his attendance at all tires that occurred, and he became practical as a fire-fighter and in every detail of tho system. His diligenco and ability soon commanded attention, and when the insurance companies organized the tiro patrol service in New York, Pni adelphia, and Boston, and their committee of three completed tho service in Chicago, the indisputable qualifications of Captain Bullwinklo led to his selection as head of the system, and Oct. 2, 1870, the first company in Chicago was established. The great fire of 1871 did not prevent its reorganization. From this grow the West Division and Stock Yards companies, all under the control of the Captain, who, in tho meautimo, made numerous improvements in the system, and so increased tho utility and rapidity of the service that tho President of tho United States and dignitaries , of various lands regarded his manipulation j of the wagons as a marvel. Ho was consu.ted frequently by tho chief boards of underwriters 'in tiro matters. and in December, 1875, and in February, 1878, t was presented with a badge an I gold watch and chain, of a value aggregating nearly a thousand dollars, as a token of appreciation aud respect As a member of tho Apollo Gommandery, Knights Templars, as an attendant of the Presbyterian Chureh, as a business man, ami socially. Captain Bullwinklo was prominently and universally esteemed. Ho was married Nov. 5, 1873, to Miss Angelica J. Moody. They have ono child, a so'i. In 1885 the i aptam' found a change of climate desirable t> his health, and accepted his present important and responsible po.-i---t'.on, as manager of the Arizona Cattle Company, with oxten dvo ranchos nt Fort Ricker- , son,' near Flagstaff, Arizona. There, as in Chicago, his business ab litv and popuar social I qnalilieations have made him a useful and eminent m mber of the community. Under date of Aug. 31, ISS6, Captain Bullwinkle accepted an offer from The Chicago Ijkpgeb, and consented to ident fy himself ] with literarv fame. The result is a story — ■ “Rube, tho llanchmaii”—which, while depicting the experiences of ranch life, also contains some pleasing allusions to tho old firepatrol career, w th which the Captain is so familiar. Tho story is replete with the most interesting details, and will prove a charming novelty. 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