St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 December 1887 — Page 4

BI TELE GM. THE WIDE WORLD. A Catalogue of the Week’s Im - portant Occurrences Concisely Summarized. Intelligence by Electric Wire from Every Quarter of the Civilized W d. LATEST DISPATCHES. DISCUSSING ^REDUCTION. A Plan to Cut Down the Revenue $62,000,000. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune telegraphs as follows: A so-called Administration plan for tariff reduction is being discussed to-day It is not yet in the shape of a bill, and is only thrown out as a "feeler,” consisting mainly of figures furnished at the Treasury Department. According to this plan 802,000,000 is set down as the amount of revenue to be ent off, of which *12,000,000 is to come from adding salt, lumber, wool, and coal to the free list, and the other 850,000,000 will come from reduced duties on various manufactured articles, including iron and woolen goods. Although a bill containing these features has not actually been drawn, It is certain that one something like it will be presented as representing the views of the Administration. The President does not look with favor upon a reduction of any other revenues than those derived from customs duties, and the bill presented by thosa who represent him will not include anything which looks like taking the tax from tobacco. A dozen schemes for reduction are being discussed, but while the one proposing the reduction of $62,000,050 from customs duties possibly comes nearest representing the President's views none of them has been officially stumped the “administration bill.” SULLIVAN WANTS TO FIGHT. Smith or Kilrain Challenged for $5,000 a Side. A London dispatch says that “John L. Sullivan has issued a challenge to Smith or Kilrain for $5,000 a side. The news of the fight between Kilrain and Smith spread with lightning rapidity in London, and in a short while the streets in front of the newspaper offices were jammed with an excited, howling mob. The crowds yelled for particulars, and pushed and hauled each other in an effort to get nearer the bulletins in an indescribable manner. The result disgusted many of Smith's admirers, who believed that their man would make short work of Kilrain.” RIDDLEBERGER’S SUCCESSOR. John S. Barbour Chosen United States Senator from Virginia. A Richmond (Va.) telegram says that n vote for United States Senator to succeed Mr. Kiddleberger was taken in the general assembly, with the following result; Senate —The Hon. John S. Barbour, 26; Gen. William Mahone, 13. House—Barbour, 61; Mahone, 35. There was only one absentee in the Senate and four in the House. The Thoebe-Carlisle Contest. The House Committee on Elections was called together to fix a date for the consideration of the Thoebe-Carlisle contestedelection case, says a Washington dispatch. J. Hale Sypher appeared as counsel for the contestant, and announced that he was ready to proceed with the case. Mr. Theodore" Hallam of Covington, Ky.. who represented the Speaker, stated that Mr. Carlisle desired a speedy settlement of the contest. Inasmuch as a bare quorum was present the committee did not feel disposed to begin the consideration of the case at once, and after a short discussion settled upon Friday, Jan. 6, as the date for taking it up. TO KEEP OUT THE BELGIANS. Representative Brumm's Resolution Against the Importation of Foreign Miners—Appointments by the President. Mr. Call called up in the Senate on the 20th inst, his resolution to print the memorial of the Utah Constitutional Convention in the Record and asked that it be adopted. Mr. Edmunds preferred that the resolution be referre I to the Committee on Territories, which now had jurisdiction or the matter. This gave rise to a warm debate between the two Senators, in which others finally joined, and Utah affairs for two or three hours occupied the attention of t b e Senate. Numerous petitions from various States were presented in favor of Mr. Blair's educational bill, and also a petition from citizens of Pennsylvania protesting against the admission of Utah as a State. Mr. Allison, Irom the Committee on finance, reported a bill to regulate the importation of foreign merchandise and to secure uniformity in the classification thereof. Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Public Lands, rejiorted a bill to quiet the title of settlers on the Des Moines river lands, Mr. Davis, from the committee on pensions, reported a bill to place the name of Mrs. Logan, widow of Gen. John A. Logan, on the pension roll at the rate of $2,000 a year and asked for its immediate consideration. The President has sent the following'nominations to the Senate: Frank G. Hoyne to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Chicago, stephen A. De Wolf to be associate justice of the Supremo court of the territory of Montana. E. Henry Lacombe, of New York, to be additional Circuit Judge for the Second Judicial Circuit Edward F Bingham, ot Ohio, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Martin V. Montgomery, of Michigan, to be Associate Justice of the Supremo Court Os ths District of Columbia. Wm J. Allen to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois. Newton W. McConnell of Tennessee, to be Chief Justice of tho Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana. To’ be Attorneys for the United States: Emery B. Sellers, District of Indiana; George E. Pritchett, District of Nebraska; Thomas E. Haydon, District of Nevada; George S. Peters of Ohio, Territory of Utah; Whitaker M. Grant ot lowa, District of Alaska. To be Marshals of the United States: James R. Jordan. Western District of Virginia; William M. Nixon, Eastern District of Tennessee ; James W. Emerson, Eastern District of Missouri; John Myers, District of Oregon. Mr. Brumm (Pa.) offered a preamble and resolution reciting that it is currently reported that the coal operators in the Lehigh region are now importing or are about to import 2,000 Belgian miners under contract to take tho places of the miners now on strike in that section, and requested the President to notify the officials of the Treasury Department of these facts, and urge them to use special efforts to prevent the landing of the Belgian minors and to see that the law against the importation of labor under contract is strictly enforced. Referred to the Committee on Labor. EAST. The jury in the case of Mrs. Robinson who was charged with having poisoned several of her children in Boston, was unable to agree. The converting, blooming, and rail departments of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, at Braddocks, Pa., have been closed down, throwing several thousand men out of w’ork. At Ballston Spa, N. Y., S. S. Crandall, formerly a lawyer and real-estate broker in Troy, shot his wife, his mother-in-law, Mrs. S. S. Stone, his step-daughter, J ulia Bulkley, and himself. All are dead but his wife, and she is dying. He had a controversy with his wife over money matters. His wife was the divorced wife’of Crandall's former legal associate. Crandall was once a candidate for Sheriff of Washington County and was defeated. He was extravagant in his habits. His wife had money and the quarrel was over its control. WEST. About 250 deflates were present at the convention, which assembled in Aberdeen, Dak., of tho~e who favor Dakota's admission to the Union as a whole. The Committee on Credentials reported fifty-nine counties represented, with 636 votes. The

convention drafted and adopted the follow- ' ing memorial to Congress: To the Congress of the United States : The people of Dakota Territory, assembled in delegate convention, respectfully represent that they are desirous of the admission of the Territory of Dakota as a State into the Federal Union. We are possessed of tho requisite population to entitle Dakota to representation in tho House of Representatives in case of admission, and we, therefore, earnestly petition for the passage by Congress of an enabling act authorizing the election of delegates to a convention for tho purpose of preparing a constitution, republican in form, to the end that the constitution so framed may be submitted to a vote of the people of said Territory at the next general election for ratification, and if ratified that Dakota be admitted into the Union as tho State of Dakota. A committee consisting of tw’o from each judicial district and three at large was appointed to visit Washington and urge admission. A hotel at Crescent, near Los Angeles Cal., was blown down by a«storm. Two persons were killed, and fourteen others badly injured. There is a coal famine in Western Kansas, and $12,50 per ton is readily paid for an inferior quality, and very little to be had at that price. Sterling P. Rounds, President of tbo Omaha Republican Newspaper Company, died in that city a few days ago. He had been ill ten days from pneumonia, but his death was directly due to heart disease. Sterling Barker Rounds was a native of Vermont and was born m June, 1828. Ho learned the printer's trade in Buffalo, after which he went to Racine, Wis., where ho started a weekly paper. He was married in Racine Dec. 8, 1850, and has three sons and two daughters Jiving. Ono daughter is tho wife of O. H. Rothakor, tno journalist. After his marriage Mr. Hounds removed to Milwaukee and itartod tho News rs a weekly paper. Ho afterward went to Chicago and opened a large job printing office on State street, in company with Junies J. Langdon. They were burned out by the tiro, but op nod an office '<>on after on Monroe street, whore they con inaed business until their failure five yours later. In 1882 Mr, ! Rounds was appointed public | rintor by President Garfield, and hold tho office until the incoming of tho present administration. A year ago in September ho bought tho Omaha Republican, and has lived there since. His father is still living at Eureka, Wis. Ho has a brother iu Milwaukee and a sister nt Aurora, 111. The Denver, Utah and Pacific Ua'lroad shops at Denver were wrecked by the explosion of a boiler, a locomotive and all the machinery being ruined. The loss, $60,000, is covered by insurance. The bodies of the anarchist'’, Spies, Parsons, Fischer. Engel, and Lingj, were interred on Sunday at Wahlheim Cemetery, Chicago, in the presence of about two thousand people. Before the burial the faces of the dead men' were exposed to view, anil for an hour a steady stream of their friends and sympathizers passed by the coffins. The ceremonies passed off without disturbance of any kind. Four addresses were delivered--two in German and two in English. By an explosion in a coal mine at Fleming, Kansas, three men were killed. Several persons are reported to 1 ave teen killed and others in jured by a cyclone which passed through portions of Indian Territory and Arkansas Saturday. SOUTH. A special from Meridian, Miss., says that Mrs. Fanny Husbands, of Smith County, while traveling to her brother's house, some miles from her own home,was assaulted by a negro and robbed. After committing the robbery the negro cut out the lady’s tongue. Mrs. Husbands recognized the negro and wrote bis name, so that he would be arrested. A stage running between Little Rock and Carrollton, Ark., was robbed by three men who appeared suddenly from a thick wood. The driver put whip to the horses and was only stopped by the robbers shooting one of the horses. The four occupants of the stage then were ordered out under the cover of revolvers. Six hundred dollars and two gold watches were taker. The stage was then allowed to proceed. At Columbia, Hempstead County, Ark., Charles Whitsett, a half-witted boy, aged 13, went out walking with his young brother, aged 9, and his sister, aged 6. He returned home alone, and informed his mother he had killed them, showing a large knife with which he had done the deed. Investigation found the boy and girl stretched out in pools of blood, with their heads cut oft. A boiler in a sawmill at Tilton, Ga., exploded while all the hands were around the furnace doors warming themselves. Five men were instantly killed aud a boy was seriouslyfinjured. The bodies were frightfully mutilated, two being cut entirely in twain. WASHINGTON. The President sent a message to Congress last week advising an acceptance by this Government of an invitation from the British Government to take part in an international exhibition to be held at Melbourne, and of another from ihe Spanish Government to participate in an exposition which is to be held at Barcelonia. POLITICS. There were 1,353 delegates present at the convention of Republican clubs which met in Chickering Hall, New York, Dec. 16, and 350 chibs were represented. Sev-enty-five additional clubs were accredited but not represented. The early proceedings of the convention were presided over by Temporary Chairman Daniel J. Ryan. As the roll of the clubs was called, the names of the old party leaders were cheered, especially the name of Blaine, although it was noticeable that the Ohio delegation did not join in this demonstration. Resolutions favoring coast defenses and the distribution of the tobacco and whisky taxes among the States were offered and referred. A resolution offered by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, denounci T 'g L. Q. C. Lamar, and declaring that he ought not to be elevated to the Supreme bench, caused a sensation. Senator Evarts was made permanent chairman. The Convention of Republican Clubs at New York completod its labors on Saturday and adjourned. Mr. James P. Foster, President of the New York Republican Club, was elected President of the newly created National League. The resolution against the confirmation of Mr. Lamar was tabled. The Missouri Supreme Court has declared what is known as the Wood localoption law to be constitutional. The effect of this will be to give the temperance movement in the State additional impetus, and elections will no doubt be speedily held on the “wet” or “dry” question iu all the counties in the State that have not already taken such action. St. Louis will also vote on the question. FOREIGN. Chin Chow and ten other populous cities in the Province of Honan, China, were destroyed, on the night of Sept. 28 last, by he bursting of the banks of the Yellow River, a former rich plain of great extent being now ten to thirty feet under •water. Thousands of lives were lost, and millions of people are reported naked and starving. The catastrophe is said to be the most appalling occurrence of modern times. Chinese papers give the following details of the calamity; The river broke its punks southwest of tho City of Ching Chow, and not only completely inundated that city but also ten other populous cities Tho whole area is now a raging sea, ten to thirty feet deep, where it was u densely populated and rich plain. The former bed of the Yellow River is now dry, and the present lake was tho bed o! the river centuries ago. The loss of life is iucalculanle, and tho statement is made t>y missionaries that millions of Chinese are homeless anil starving. Thoma's Paton, w W the American mis-

sionaries, writing from Honau Province un- I der the date of Oct. 28, says: “The newly i gathered crops, houses, and trees are all swept away, involving fearful loss of life. Tho country was covered with fine winter grain, which is gone, and implies the complete destruction of next jear’s crop. ‘Bread, bread!’ is the cry of thousands who are on tho river bank. Benevolent people go in boats and throw broad among the masses here and there, but it is nothing compared with the requirements. Tho mass of people is being increased by tiie continual arrivals even more hungry than tho last. There they sit. stunned, hungry, and dejected, without rags to wear or food. Mat huts are being erected for them, but what it will bo in two months cannot bo conceived. Misery is being increased owing to tho bitter cold weather.” A cable dispatch from London says: “Tho persistent optimism which lias all along prevailed in the English Foreign Office regarding tbe prospects of European war has al Inst disappeared. The tenor of the dispatches now received from the English representatives on the Continent distinctly shows that aggressive preparations are being pushed to the utmost on the German and Austrian frontiers and that everything is in readiness for an invasion of Poland. It is very doubtful, now, whether any pretense of humility Hint may bo made by Russia, or any attempt at suave diplomatic procrastination can long prevent wholesale execution of the hostile plan which has bt en fully agreed on by the allies to weaken and despoil her her on her southern and western borders.” St. Petersburg advices say that the War Department is supplying the troops with special ammunition pouches for Berdan rities, which will enable each man to lire fourteen shots per minute. Ti e projected altoiation in the ritle was abandoned, to the dispatches say, because, in view of the gravity of the situation, it was thought iheie would not be sufficient time to make the change. The prize-fight between Jake Kilrain, of Baltimore, and Jem Smith, of England, tor tho diamond belt and the championship of the world took place on an island in tbe River Seine, near Paris and resulted in a draw. Kilrain fought at 181 pounds and Smith at 189 pounds a heavii r weight than he has fought at heieto'ore. It was a lively aud energet c battle for the first three rounds — a quick give-and-take, with close sparring. In the fourth round Kilrain got in, going Smith a mash on the ear, which appeared to stun him. In the wrestling which formed a feature of a number of succeeding rounds Smith was no match for the American. He had the worst of every fall, Kihain each time coming down heavily on his prostrate foe. though Smith had the worst of the falls, he fought splendidly under great d fficnlties, and was ns fresh as Kilrain when darkness stopped the tight at 1:15. GENERAL. There will soon be b:ouglit before Congress abi 1 that Ini' been prepared in the Postoflice Department, which provides that anyth ng not in the nature of a personal communication may be printed on envelopes and wrappers for third-class matter, A piscovehy of bushels of buried gold in t! o shape of “spade" guineas, of tbe date of 1765, is said to have been made by two persons near St. Martin's, New Brunswick. The affair Las caused a great sensation. Bkadsibeet's reports 273 business failures in the United States this week, against 238 the preceding week. It. G. Dun A Co., in their weekly review of trail. say; । “There is clear though moderate imp ose- ; ment in the commercial amt industrinl outlook, mainly due to a growing confidence that Congress will finally do nothing ’ prejudicial to business interests At the same time it is observed that uncertainty in regard to the action of Congress tends to restrict purchases, and contributes to the weakness in some markets. Mom tary anxieties diminish, and epccnlatk n in products abates. A Mono i on (N. H.i dispatch says that a fearful disaster oceuired last night i<a Cnrnquette Station, on the northern division of tin l Intercolonial Railroad. It is reported that a train went through a bridge, and that ten men were killed. No particulars have yet been received. Senator Voorhees, in an interview, said he would oppose a eduction ot the tax on spirits, but would favor a reduction on tobacco except cigars and cigarettes. For eleven mouths of the present year tbe passengers from Canad i to the I nited States numbered 65.621. against 18,58" in the corresponding period of iss:. Immigration to Canada shows a comparative reduction of 171,331’. The steamer Etruria, which arrived in Queenstown from New York, nitub* the trip in six days and two hours, which is the fastest time on record. Sr. John iN. B. i dispatches give particulars of a shocking railway disaster in the northern part of the province. An engine and snow-plow on the Caraquette Railway was thrown from a bridge, carrying down thirteen men, of whom eight were drowned before they could be rescued. The water was not over six feet deep, but it was so covered with snow and ice that only tbe top of the engine was visible. The’ heartrending cries of the unfortunate men nerved the onlookers to immediate action, and many a heroic deed was done winch will never be recorded. Regardless of their lives, brave fishermen plunged into the river and worked for 1 ours in the hope of sav ng the lives of the unfortunates, but of the thirteen who started only’ five were saved. Eight poor fellows were buried beneath the engine. The five men rescued were all terribly bruised, but it is expected they’ will recover. MARKET REPORTS. NEW YORK. Cattle s’.so @ c.O) Hogs 5.0 i c< .‘.iJ Wheat—No. 1 White 92 va .921$ No. 2 Bed 8.1 (ffi ,90 Corn—No. 2 62 ci .63 Oats—White 3, cd .13 Fork —New Mess 15.21 in 15.75 CHICAGO. Catile —Choice to Prime Steers 5.5) & 6.50 Good. 10) iff -1.75 ( oimnon to Fair". 5 1 iff 1.00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 5.09 ■' 5.75 Flour—VV inter Wheat 3.75 & 42\ Wheat—No. 2 Red Winter 77'off .78 Corn—No 2. 48 * .49 Oats—No. 2 31 <d .31 1 utter -Choice Creamery ‘29 id .30 Fine Dairy 20 rt .21 Cheese —Full Cream, now 11 .a .12J4 E igs—Fresh 20 iff .21 Potatoes—Choice, par bn so iff .85 Bonn—Mess 11.75 (815.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 74 iff .75 Corn—No. 3 4J iff .19’4 Oats—No. 2 White 31 (<? .33)$ Rye -No 1 60 c'6 .62 Pork —Mess 15.00 15.50 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Rod SO B'* .81 Corn—Mixed. IG’olff .47 Oats—Cash 30'2 d .31'$ Pork —Mess 14.50 ^15,00 TOLEDO. Wheat—Cash. E3'^o .81'6 Corn—May 53U t .54 Oats—Cash 32 J .32}$ DETROIT. Beef Cattle 3.75 iff 4.75 Hogs ‘1.25 iff 5.00 Shier 4.00 iff 5.00 Wheat—No. 1 White 85 iff .86 Corn —No, 2 .. .54 iff .51^4 Oats—No. 2 White 34 & .35 CINCINNATI, Wheat—No. 2 Red 8> .85'4 Corn —No. 2 53'.>'5 .5414 Oats—No. 2 3i N' .3.5 Pork—Moss 14.75 415.25 Live Hogs 5.25 5.75 BUFFALO. Cattle.. 4.50 @5.50 Hogs 5.0) 5.75 Wheat —No. 1 White 89 @ .90 Cohn—No 2Yollow 58J4 3« .53 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.50 @ 5.C0 Hogs 5.00 o 5.75 Sheep 3.00 id 3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Rod 82 & .82 l 4 Corn 52 <<<* .52)4 Oats—Mixed 32 i® .33 5 EAST LIBBERTY. Cattle—Prime 4.00 & 4.50 Fair 3.25 @ 3.75 Common 3.00 @ 3.50 Hogs 5.25 & 5.75 Bhebp -4.50 @ KOO

Bastien-Lepage and tlie Prix de Rome. The greatert prize of the many honors open to young French artists is tho I’rix de Rome. The xvinner is sent to Home to study for four years in tho French Academy, the President of which is an officer of the Academy of Fine Arts at Paris. The government allows the young artist four thousand francs, or nearly eight hundred dollars yearly, and for four years after his return the allowance is continued from the fund of Madame Caen. So for eight years he can devote himself to art undisturbed by any thoughts of money. Moreover, the painting to which the prize is given is hung in the Academy of Fine Arts with the pictures successful in the competitions of preceding years. No wonder that Jules Bastien-Lepage set his heart upon winning the Prix d • Rome. The competition is accompanied with curious formalities. Every design submitted is covered Avith tracing-paper, which is sealed down, and a tracing of it made. This is to prevent the artists from changing the designs after they are handed in. Only a few very slight alterations are permitted, and these in accordance with rigorous rules. The artists selected for tho excellence ot their designs to enter the conipetit on are obliged to remain shut up in separate rooms and carefully watched for ninety days, so that each shall paint his picture without any outside assistance. Then a jury of distinguished artists axamines the work, and awards the prize. The subject given out in 1871 was the “Annunciation to the Shepherds,” avLo watched their .ks by night, when the angel appeared to them and announced the birth of (’hrist. Upon this picture Bastien-Lepage worked most earnestly. W hen it was finished he felt confident of success; but when the day came for making known the award, and Baslien-Lepage, with his eager friends, gathered nt the Beaux Arts, an ominous whisper was heard that the jury had given the prize to Cotnerre. The rumor was confirmed. Cabanel, Bastien-Lepage's master, had voted against his pupil, it is said. , Afterward it was said that the jury decided against him chiefly upon technical grounds; one reason being that the Annunciation occurred at night, while Bastien-Lepage painted it as it late in the afternoon. That evening all the artists met at dinner in the restaurant of Mademoiselle Anna. On tbe smoky walls hung pictures by artists who had frequented the place, and all tho pictures by men who had gained the Prir de Rom were decorated with wreaths of laurel. Uomerre, the winner, and Bastien-Le-page, the loser, sat at adjoining tables, each surrounded by his friends. As the dinner drew to a close a young American painter rose beside Bastien Li'page and said, “l et us crown the i icture of the man to whom the artist-: have awarded the Prix d< Rome." He held up a laurel-wreath as he spoke. Instantly all the artists in the room were on their feet. I lie friends of Uomerre angrilv struggled to pre- ; vent what they counted an insult. But the others lifted tho young American on their shoulderH, bore him through the opposing crowd, and ne hung the laurel-wreath upon Bastien-Lepage’s picture, “Gohlen Youth.” Amid uproar and conflict the artists testified their admiration for their peasant brother. There was the same feelii g at the Beaux Arts. Every day heaps of flowers ami laurel-wreaths were laid before the'‘Annunciation to the Shepherds.” They were removed by tho guardians of the galleries, only to be renewed the next day. So, although Uomerre was given the great prize, and Bastien-Le-page obtained only the second, his failure was really a success. — Ripleu Jli - Ie o' k', in St. R lelodas. Smart Roiient-. A few years ago our house was infested with a large number of rats, which had taken up their abode in a recess of tho cellar that had formerly been used as a landing-place for a dumb-waiter, but was now tilled with odds and ends of every description. AVe had endeavored to rid ourselves of these pests, but all our attempts were in vain, and they held their daily matinees as usual. On hearing more of a vommotion than common one afternoon, I softly opened the cellar-door, and, to my amazement, saw nine rats, one of which had mounted a box containing potatoes, while the ethers were stretched out in a line leading to their den—the recess before mentioned. Now comes the m st curious part of my story: the rat that stood on the box of potatoes would push a potato over the edge, then the rat in line nearest the box would roll the potato to his neighbor, and so on with tach one till the potato was safelv stowed away. I watched them for some time, and, seeing the potatoes disappearing rather rapidly, I dispersed the earnest workers by a stamp of my foot.— Foul/i’s Comjjanion. Hamluriting. A neat and legible handwriting is fast becoming one of the lost arts. Even the billet doux of the fair sex nowadays remind one of nothing so much as the zig-zag fence struck by a cyclone, which one reads if he can, or if he is very much in love. This style of writing has grown to be the fashion, and one looks upon the writer of a graceful Italian hand, such as our grandmothers employed in writing to the sweethearts xvith whom they were about to elope, as a very old-fashioned, if not a very old, person indeed. Nor are the fair sex alone to be condemned in this respect. The more undecipherable is the signature of a bank president or a railroad manager the greater man he is esteemed by his fellow-men. Perhaps the persons who are the most to be pitied during tho prevalence of this fashion are compositors. Newspaper men and authors swing a very peculiar pen in most instances, and truly the type-setters life is not a happy one, except in such eases as type-written manuscript falls to his lot.— San Francim o Post. Military Spirit in Austria. The Austrian armies have probably sustained more defeats than any other troops in Europe, yet over ami over again sho has become the decisive power whose influence, thrown into the scale, has determined the issue of victorious war. It was her union with the allies that proved fatal to Napoleon in 1813. Her union with us during the campaigns of Mftrlborough is connected with some of the most glorious periods of our oivn military history. The power of recuperation which she has again and again show'll after defeat has been marvelous. It is no doubt due to the fact that her pop lation, almost entirely agricultural, has always furnished a vast supply of hardy, healthy soldiers; while the masses of her rural folk have, despite tlm sodalim) of the

towns, been less disposed toward revo-' lutionary changes than any others in Europe.— Blackwood’s Magazine. llliman Height. From archivological evidence, an English writer contends that the hu- | man race is growing taller, the increase in average stature appearing to be about an inch and a quarter in each | 1,000 years. Measurements of old armor show a decided increase in the height of the English aristocracy within 500 years. Ancient coffins found in Great Britain indicate that the Romans could not have greatly exceeded 5 feet 5 inches in average stature. Twentyfive Egyptian mummies gave an average of 61 inches for males and 55 inches for females. The mummy of Uleopatra measures about 51 inches, and tho most ancient known mummy of an Egyptian king is only 52 inches long.—Arkansaw Traveler. Love Again Triumphant. Irate father—l suppose you remember you wanted to marry that bookkeeper of mine about a year ago? Daughter—Yes, father. “A pretty sort of man you picked out. He has decamped with my whole fortune. ” “You remember, father, that you told him he could not have me until he got rich, don’t you?” “Os course the young ” “I have just received a dispatch from him at Montreal saying he is rich now but perfectly willing to marry a poor man’s daughter.”— Omaha Jl'orld. What We Are Spared. Practical Joker—“ Good morning, Mr. Politician. Heard the news?” Mr. Politician—“Eh? News? What news ?” “The Supreme Court has just decided that under the Constitution all convicts have a right to vote.” "My gracious! That reminds me. I| must run up to the penitentiary to got some statistics on the convict-labor question. ’’ Making Sure of His Identity. Not many years since a little girl re- I ceivcd a visit from an uncle she had I never before seen but had heard much about. He was known to her as “Uncle Benny.” At the dose of her custo-1 mary evening prayer she said: “Dod; bless mamma, papa and Tommy and | Uncle I’ennv,” then after a pause, she ; added; “Dod, his other name is Hop- j kins!”— Thiladelphia ( all. Most persons have opinions. Noxv | and then a person has convictions. A man with an opinion is of small consequence for or against a cause. A man with a conviction is always a power in the direction of his convictions. As a ; rule, the men who have opinions are J waiting to be led by men xvho have con- i victions. It Aever I'nih. A boy in Christian County, Illinois, ' is the owner of a mad-stone. It has i ii t vet been tested in any well-authen- 1 tieate I eases of hydrophobia, but when ; the boy bits a dog with it, it makes the dog so mad that he howls, tears up the ground, and runs like a deer over half a mile in a straight line. Rurdette. How to Select a Wife. Good health, good inoials, good sense, and good t‘inper are the four essentials for a good wife. 1 hose are tho indispensable^. As < r ihriii eotne the minor advantages of goml looks, accomplishments, family position, etc- With the tirnt four, marrio 1 hfo will bo comfortable and happy. 1 aching either, it will be in more or less degree a failure. Upon good h alth depend’ largely goo 1 temper and good looks, and to some extent good sense also, as the best mind must be affe'ted nioro or less by tin weaknesses and whims atten lant on frail h aith. Young man, ; if your wile is falling into a state of invadidism, first of all try to r> store her to health If she is troubled with debilitating female weak-nci-es, buy Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It will cure her. A negro barber-shop must be a great place for wool-gathering.— l‘uck. In l.eneral Debility , Eniaeiat ion, Uonsumption, and wast ng in c'nldrm, Scott’s Emutsimof Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypo]>hosphit"H is a most va'uabio food and in 'dicine. It creates an appetite for food, strengthens the nervous system, an 1 lulld.s up the I body. Please read: "I tr.ed Scott’s Emulsion j on a young man whom nhvsieinns at t m s i gave up hope. Sine i he began using the Emulsion his cough has cased gained tlosli i and strength, and from all appearances his , life will be prolonge 1 many years.”—John ; Suj.i.ivAN, Hospital Steward, Morganza Pa. When a man gets a hat on credit is he not I over his ears iu debt ?— Puck. ( heap Farming Lands South. It is a recognized fact that the cheapest farming lands m America to-day are in the South, and men of much or moderate means, looking lot real rstite investments, or permanent homes, should not fad to visit the following points, where so mmy Northern people are now settling, viz: Jackson, Team ssee; Aberdeen and Jaek- \ son, J/ississippi, Hammond, Crowley, Jennings, Welsh aud l.ake diaries, Louisiana. Round Trip Tourist tickets, limited to June Ist, IbBS, with stop-over privileges south of Cairo, Illinois, are on sale to New Orleans, Jennings and Lake Charles, For rates apply to nearest ticket ag nt, and be sure your tickets read via the Illinois Central Railroad from Chicago or St. Louis. E’or pamphlet entitled “South- ; era Home Seeker’s Guide,” and circulars I concerning the above named points, addres. the undersigned, at Manchester, lowa. J. F. Merry, Gen. West. Pass. Agt. A Popular Thoroughfare. The Wisconsin Central Line, although a comparatively new factor in the railroad systems of the Northw >st, has acquired an enviable popularity. Through careful attention to details, its service is as near perfection as i might be looked for. Tho train attendants seem to regard their trusts as individual j property and ai a result the public is serve 1 par-excel e ice. Tho road now runs solid | through fast trains between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis with Pullman’s | best and uneqmlied dining cars; it also runs j through, solid sleepers between Chicago, Ashj land, Duluth and tho famous mining regions ' of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan, Too Thin. Hizonner —You are charged xvith being drunk. What have you to say? Prisonei - at the bar —-Not guilty. I was house-hunting. “Househunting?” “Yes. Yon see, I got tired tramping all over town looking for a house, so filled up, stood on the street corner, and waited for the houses to come up by me.” "Ah, yes, I see; $10.” Hood’s Sarsaparilla This successful medicine is a carefully-prepared extract of the best remedies of tho vegetable kingdom known to medical science as Alteratives, Blood I iirdlers, Diuretics, and Tonics, such as Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, StllUngia, Dandelion, Juniper Berries, Mandrake, Wild Cherry Bark and other selected roots, barks and herbs, A medicine, like anything else, can be fairly judged only by its results. AVc point with satisfaction to tho glorious record Hood's Sarsaparilla h -n---tered for itself upon tho hearts of thousanus of people who have personally or indirectly been relieved of terrible suffering which all other remedies failed to reach. Sold by all druggists, gl; six for f 5. Made only by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar

Afi ugly cdfnplexion made Nellie a fright. Her face was all pimply and red, Though her features were good and her blua I eves were bright, “What a plain girl is Nellie I they sma. Hut now, as by magic, plain Nellie has grown As fair as an artist's bright dream ; Her face is aa sweet uh tho flower new-blown, Her cheeks are like peaches and cream. Ah Neliio walks out in the fair morning light. Her beauty attracts every eyo And ns for tlie people who called her a fright, “Why, Nellie is handsome,’ they cry. And the reason of tho change is that Nellie took Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, which rogu ated her liver, cleared her complexion, made her blood pure, hor breath sweet, her face fair and rosy, and removed tho defects that had obscured her beauty. Sold by druggists. You should never tease blackbirds. They are apt to get ravon mad.—Pittsburg Chronicle. Pierce’s Pleasant I’urgative Pellets Possess Powerful Potency, I’a.s Painlessly, Promote Physical Prosperity. People who are not acqu linte l with grief never saw a superior man show a a woman how to sharpen a lead pencil. I'oi Throiit scm and <’ouklis use Brown’s Bronchial Troches. Like all really good things, they are imitated. Jhe genuine are sold only in boxes. There is one tie-up that everyone can approve of, aud that is marr.ag ‘. — Ro don Post. Consumption Surely Cured. To tho Editor: Please inform your readers that 1 have a positive remedy for the abovemimed disease. By its timely use thousands©! hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall bo glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of vour readers who have consumption if they will send mo their Express and P. 0. address. Respectfully. T. A. SLOCUM. M. C.. 181 Pearl St., N. Y. nrilOinMO send for I’enslon Laws to U. S. PrNxlllNx Claim Agents I<IfZI.EKALD rLllOlullO At POWELL. Indianapolis, Ind. /"NOLD is worth $ ‘OO per pound, Pettit’s Eye Salve tx SI.IXII. but is sold at 25 cents a box by dialers. MENTION THIS PAPER m.<« warns* to ootbbtmsm. ■BWKTe*TAXfC! to Soldiers and Heirs. L. BING XjSII SlOla Q H\M, Atty. Washingtow, D. C. MENTION THIS PAPER ws«s «im»« to iDTsmafM. Morphine Habit Cnred In IO 11 Wfl N I "> 20 dn\ «. No pny I ill cured. (J | all Dr. J- blcphens, Lebanon, Ohio. A NEW NOVEL Send U! u< nts s imple copy t> I I rriOT I S ,'|| \ i:, Philadelphia. GO TO FLORIDA free guide books, maps or truth about lamb write (1. ,11. < ROSBY, 99 Franklin St., N. Y. r< turn mail. Full Description 3" M Q" F* Miioih ' New Tailor System of Press H II La ■■Cutting. MOODY & CO., Cincinnati, O. MKNTION THIS PAPER wn»s wbitisb to idtbbtmbu. Aftr n A MONTH. Agents wanted. 90bestsMlV/nlliuc articles in the world. 1 simple FREE. VLdV Address.l W BRONSON. Detroit, Mich. MENTION THIS PAPER «u> wbittsb to mrißTiuu. _ flj MVrBITC* U.S.A- A. r lam. Patent fc-’j® BpRI I Attorneys,Washington. D.C. I I ■ V histructions aud opinions as to patentability FREK. It 17 years'experience. tv' to IIS a dar. Samples worth $1.50, FREE. linen not under tbe horse's feet. Write MJrtF Brewster Sih tv Rem Holder Co., Holly, Mich MENTION THIS PAI’EK wh.r wsitiso to RI" RI A fl 41 k| O Anmcrrase may beilue. AdPf. ^dress Mi i.o B.srKVENx&Co, I Li l« V I d■ UMetropol'n Blk, Chicago, 111. MENTION THIS PAVER wins wuitino to limnßlu. HnUC CTIIRV Bookkeeping, Business Forms, di UM 111'euinansliip.Aritlinietic,Shorthand. etc., thoroughl.' taught by mail. Circulars to e. jtny an i s Bvsin ess College. Buffalo, N .Y. MENTION THIS PATER wmkn w>m*« to advbhtiabke. BaEMaBSUHHIHBmDWB Sure relief . CTHM J KiDDER S PASTILLES^‘X C ^^: CMMnKfflMEMHßßCiuwicutuwn, Mau. MENTION THIS FAI KH wmbm wbitinm to iotiituim.

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Specimen Copies, 15 CT3. MRS. FRANK LESLIE, 53, 55 and 57 Fzbk Place, New Yob*, WHAT AILS "you? Do you fool dull, languid, low-spirited, lifeless, and indescribably miserable, both physically and mentally; experience a sense of fullness or bloating after eating, or of "goneness,” or emptiness of stomach in the morning, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent headaches, blurred eyesight, " floating specks” before the eyes, nervous prostration or exhaustion, irritability of temper, hot flushes, alternating with chilly sensations, sharp, biting, transient pains hero and there, cold feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or disturbed and unrefreshing sleep, constant, indescribable feeling of dread, or of impending calamity ? If you have ail, or any considerable number of these symptoms, you are suffering from that most common of American maladies— Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more complicated your disease has become, the greater the number and diversity of symptoms. No matter what stage it has reached, , Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery will subduo it, if taken according to directions for a reasonable length of time. If not cured, eomp'ieations multiply and Consumption of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart Disease, Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave maladies are quite liable to set in and, sooner or later, induce a fatal termination. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery nets powerfully upon the Liver, and through that great blood - purifying organ, cleanses the system of all blood-taints and impurities, from whatever cause arising. It is equally efficacious in acting upon the Kidneys, and other excretory organs, cleansing, strengthening, and healing their diseases. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes digestion and nutrition, thereby building up both flesh and strength. In malarial districts, this wonderful medicine lias gained great celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chills ana Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred disease's. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery CURES ALL HUMORS, from a common Blotch, or Eruption, to tbs worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, "Fever-sores, Sealy or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases caused by bad blood are conquered by tn is powerful, purifying, and invigorating memcino. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign influence. Especially has it manifested its potency in curing Tetter, Fciema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles. Sore Eyes, berov* ulous Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Disease, “Whitt' Swellings,” Goitre, or Thick Necx. and Enlarged (Hands. Send ten cents iin stamps for a large Treatise, with coioreu plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount* for a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections. “FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE” Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. fierce Golden Medical Discovery, .and gooa digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, '** strength and bodily health will be estaohsueuCONSUMPTION, which is Scrofula of the Lungs, isarres and cured by this remedy, if ,taken in earlier stages of the disease, h rem Its . velous power over this terribly fatal disc when first offering this now world-iameu i edy to the public. Dr. Pierce thoughtseiiou^ of calling it his “CONSUMPTION CURE, for • abandoned that name as too wstnctn ■ a medicine which, from its wonderful . bination of tonic, or strengthening, altt ro 1 or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious pectora , nutritive properties, is unequaled, nm ft us a remedy for Consumption, but iw Chronic Diseases of thu Liver, Blood, and Lungs* chitis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and K affections, it is nn efficient remedy. n ,03g Sold by Druggists, at SI.OO, or Six for $5.00. , vierce’B I fT" Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. r book on Consumption. Address, . World’s Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main St.. ’ UH IV WORK FOR ANOTHER, or on WHY Balar y ? Wh y continue » till I worn-out farm? Why tit to s living from such high-priced or boa' l wiiy gage.l farms ? Why work on rented lai ■ M not start for yourself? Why not secu* ’ some of tho low-price I but very I® w to well-located lands adjacent to rauroiu be obtained by those going to N° rtUß , i^gg and Minnesota, where you can make' o r net profit per acre than on Ibo hign-1 not go worn-out land you now occupy? '' : yourand look the situation over, and -tion,rt self, or at 1 ‘ast obtain further info* ' , I which will be sent free, if you wm 1 i> aU l J C. H. Waruen, Gen. l'ass. Afit., «> | Minn. xo-j l ^ TV 11EN WRITING TO A ^{^^W*** It please say you saw <!•*- n«' e in this paper*