St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 May 1893 — Page 2

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<«? G^FOr r^rxd ^lcek CHAPTER XVl’—Continued. “I wish Old Giaham was dead. But perhaps it is as well that he is here; I I can report to him at once, or bleed him | again. Confound him, lam not in his i power, but he is in mine. Why should I care for him, or be alarmed if he were ! Ifere this moment! I am master, and I master I shall remain while there is a ; plank afloat, or a rag above it. ” In this way Fox worked off his anger, I and with it his confidence in his own J wonderful powers. He was emphatically a men of action, but, when excited, his command of words was equal to the energy with which he used them. He put the map Frenauld had given him into his pocket, and then, taking ' his arm, walked tack with him to the ! lire. They had but just reached there, when ! a tail form emerged from the darkness, ; and Umas, chief of the Montauks, en- < veioped in a scarlet mantle, that was dripping with moisture, stood before ! s them. * “iou are true to your word,” said f Uncas, shaking Fox’s hand. “You hive jome, but where is he?” t Fox did not need to ask who the “ho” referred to was. "See here, I ncas,” h ' said, motioning the chief to follow him to the boat. As Fox passed the tire he picked up a 1 brand, and, approaching the boat, he ; drew back the awning and held the light f above the unconscious man’s face. 11 'Do you know who that is?” he asked. ' 1 “I’alph Denham!” said the chief. And I i a wild light burned in his black eyes. ! 1 “He is yours.” said Fox. “Now do i with him as you promised.” f “t an you lift him out of the boat?” I t asked Uncas. I t “I will have that done.” j i Fox motioned to the sailors, and they i Ufte 1 the bed out of the b at, and placed ■ c it ne r the fire, Frenauld throwing an ' oil-cloth over the pale face, to shield it 1 from the rain. I ’ “Come, let us unload, while we are! about it," said Fox; and with his own j t hands, he helped to take out the loxes, and placed them under the bed on which ’ t Ralph Denham was lying. ■ ' With his customary energy, Fox 1 ( worked, and made others work, till the ; boat, with Frenauld, and all the sailors, t excepting Don, the cabin boy, was mak- j ing his way to the ship. ' < “You see,” said Fox to the chief, when i the boat was out of sight and hearing, ! I “that I trust myself to you, for I be- I lieve the Montauk chief will keep his < wo rd. ” “so far. no man has appeared to 1 doubt my word. I have, at times since 1 seeing you, felt that it was not becom- 1 ng a brave man to do as I am doing; but the Montauks are not prepared for war, as are Ralph Denham, and his men. ” j “ You are right. Cunning is often better ■ than courage. You have now in your j ’ power the man who has scorned you, ; and made your life unhappy. Are you going to ask, in su h a < ase, if it be 1 right to put them out of the way’ Os < course not, though, in accordance with i four promise, you must not put him out ; ( of the way till I give the word.” “But in that way I might be forced to i 1 keep him forever, said the chief. "How so.” c “You are a sailor, here to-day, far < away to-morrow, and I may not be a' le « to get to you, nor you to me,” replied . * Un -as. . t “Before I leave these watersagain I < wll leave you free to act as you please, i But now, while it is yet dark night, c might it not be better to remove this i man?” said Fox. pointing to the bed. t “1 am ready for that. ” 1 Uncas placed to his lips a peculiarly curved bone, known to old hunters as t a “deer call,” and blew a low, plaintive “ blast, that sounde I exactly like the ap- t pealing cry of a wounded fawn. In answer, a low whistle came back i from the cliffs and the darkness. t Uncas repeated the call. Then was i heard the fall o' rapidly approaching < feet, and the quick breathing of men, t as if engaged in a life and death race. ' In another instant Old Somonk and 1 his son, accompanied by two tall In- : dians, stood in the presence of the : ehi» f, and the old man, who seemed to ; be the leader, said: • “Uncas, we are here!” 1 CHAPTER Will. CAPTAIN FOX PERFECTS Ills WORK. AND STARTS OFF T > FIND COLONEL GRAHAM. “There is a sleeping man here whom ; you must carry to the place we have . prepared for him,” said the Montauk ' chief, pointing to the bed which looked i strangely like an Indian bier. “Ha,” grunted Old Somonk, as he ! took a place near the head of the bed. j ‘I have helped to carry your' father to j the last sleeping place of the Montauk • chiefs, and 1 have heard my fattier ’ that on his shoulder rested the hea 1 of the mighty Wyandanch, when they ; bore him to the same place. ” “We care not to hear that now,” said ' Uncas, half in fear, half in anger. “It is the privilege of an old man to I speak. Yonder ground is the resting j place of the dead chiefs of the Montauks, not a sleeping place for live white men,” persisted Old Somonk, who now talked with a wonderful fluency, contrasted with his reticence the first night he met Frenauld. “Ard you are here to obey me, not to give opinions. Then a Idressing the o’hers, he continued: “The word of the chief has ever been the law of the Montauks. Come, my braves, and raise the burden to your shoulders.” The men. including Old Somonk, obeyed him. “btay you here, Captain Fox, till I return.” Uncas waved his hand and was about to pass away, but Fox stopped him by asking: “When will you return?” “Before the sun rises,” replied the chief. “And it will be safe for me to remain tere?”

“As safe as the child over whom a fond mother watches.” “Very well; I shall wait.” Without a torch to light the way, Uncas led the braves through the darkness. By this time the wind and rain had died out, leaving the night air cool and bracing. The stillness was that of death. Even the footsteps of the Indians and their regular breathing had a spe dral sound. After walking about an hour, with the long, straight stride that < haracterizes the Indian, Un ms called to his followers to stop, and again blew a low blast on the deer call. In instant a light flashed up, and an old woman appeared bearing a torch; it Iwas the wife of Old Somonk. “Is all ready?” asked the chief, speaking in the Montauk tongue. "The tomb of the mighty Wyandanch is open and a light burns therein. Come i with me.” , By the light of her torch it could be j seen that she faced a hill, the summit ! of which was lost in the darkness, while 1 directly in front was an open space like a small cave or vault, within which burned a dim light. Into this the four men with their burden marched, and they placed the bed on which Captain Denham lay on a long slab, the stone that covered the ' earthly remains of Wyandanch, the memorable chief of the Montauks. “Take you charge of him, ” said Uncae, addressing the old woman, "and your son and husband will remain on guard outside. ” “How long has the white youth been sleeping?” asked Sou onk’s wife, as she held the shell lamp above Ralph’s face. “That matters not; he will soon awake. ’’ “Then what shall I do?” “Give him food if he wants it.” “But he will ask where he is’” “if so, tell him he is the prisoner of I'm as, chief of the Montauks.” The chief strode out of the vault and, followed by the two Indians, who had helped Old Somonk and his son to carry Ralph Denham, hurried in the direction of the principal village of the Montauks. They traveled with surprising rapidity for men on foot, and after an hour and a half they saw a glow in advance, that told them they were nearing the objective point. They were yet a quarter of a ml e or more aw y from the lights, when a voice directly in front called out: “Whar goes Uncas, de chief of de Montauks, sich anight?" “Is that you, Dinah.-’’ asked the startled Indian. “’Tis Dinah, en no one else," croaked the old hag. 'En I wants for to ax whar hez been dis night uv storms de chief of de Montauks?" “It matters not," said I neas; “go you to your cabin, and go to bed. ” “Wy should 1 go to i,y cabin wen dar’s evil a prowlin’ roun’ in de darkness 7 Wy should dis ole ’oman go to bed wen de sun’s nigh to risin?” “Go to bed to sleep,” growled the chief, about to move on. “Dar’ll tie sleepin’ 'nuff in do bed whar doze ole bones’ll soon be laid. Your fader en his fa lerhev gone to dat sleep, en de cuss of de Great Sperrit, ez dey loved, will fall on him ez pla e-de livin’ nigh onto 'em ” “Hist, you hag!" interrupted the chief; “what do you know about my acts?” “look up al ovo' ver bond l’nn»« ‘ Chief of the Montauks, en tell me what yeh sees dar. ” Between his eyes and the distant light, the chief saw the shrivele I ar.a of the old n 'gross pointing to the sky, and involuntarily his eyes followed the direction. "I only see night and darkness," said Uncas. “Night and darkness, yas, but 1 eyond de dark cloud de stars am shinin'. Your eyes is y< ung, en can't soe Am; my eyes is old. but sees ’em blazin’ like do suns, en dey sez ‘Dinah, Dinah, uniter uv de African King Molloka, de chief Uncas brings disgrace on <le great name Wyandanch, en from this night on, of he do not make change, Icz ind is sot, en de glory of de Montauks shall go down into de darkness now'l ove yer head.' " The old woman spoke tragb a ly. and the chief—himself the child of supi rstition—shuddered, but it was only for a moment. He had g ne out of the beaten paths of his fathers, he I.ad measured, so well as ] assion w uld permit, the depths into which he was sinking. If ever, and he did sometimes question his own course, he gave thought to the unprincely acts he contemplati d and was then performing, the beautiful face of Lea Hedges would flash like a blazing meteor across the sky of his darkened brain, and spur him with fury to continue the tool of this adventurer, but as he thought, the avenger of his own imagined wrongs. “Leave me now,” he said, striding ahead; “leave me, but do not imagine that the hospitality - extended to you for twenty years by our people, gives you the privilege to insult their chief. Go to your cabin, and hold your peace, or go from the land of the Montauks.” “En es I don’t go to my cabin, en es I don’t hold my peace, wat den?" shrieked Dinah, still keeping in the chief's advance. “Then I will find a means to drive you away,” said Uncas, raising his hand, as 'V \ would strike her, but the next instant leiuu b .. e .. u shame, by his side. i Dark as it was, her quick eye caught ; ; the gesture, and it seemed to madden j । her. j “Once,” she shouted, “de chiefs of de Montauks scorned to raise dar hans i 'gah-t any but warriors armed foh battle. But den dar hearts was strong and 1 rave. Ole women ami helpless men . dey keered foh. Dey wasn’t c .wards and murd’rers. Oh, I know it all! You : can’t hide it from me, onless yeh kill ■ ' me. But kill me, en den see if yer red of me; see es de sperrit of ole Dinah stays in de groun’ en dis wo’n body. See den, Uncas of de Montauks, es I don’t stay eber and eber by yer side. ' i En wen all is still in de camp, en you i lie down on de dee’ skin in de wigwam, lef my hans don’t keep yer eyes from . ' shettin’. En den louder’n de tunder ■ ez rolled over dese hills dis night, ye’ll : hear me shoutin’, dough no one else ■ । kith even yer wife lyin’ by yer side, es ' ye ever gets one, ‘Wake, wake, Uncas । of de Montauks, murd’rers ^cannot sleep ) i in peace on dis yer airth.’ The chief, now thoroughly alarmed, i as were the men following close behind ! him, was about to address the old wo-

g | man in a kinder way, for, Hke all i; tribe, he stood in awe of her, but a 1 j had suddely vanished. He stoppad and called her name an 1 i as he listened for a reply, the ominans 1 hooting of an owl camo back from a 1 i distant grove. ® 1 “Hah. let us go on. She is a devil " said the chief. u ’ । The men grunted, to indicate that I they had heard him, but macle no other reply. They were not sure that Uncas was right and the old priestces wrong I Though very old in years and worn in body, the old negress possessed a vitality that, for endurance, would have tested the superb chief now striding on In silence. b This was one reason why the Montauks held her in awe; and then she never complained of ache, or showed sign of sickness, which was eminently proper, seeing that she claimed to have the power to cured, or relieve all human ills. $ 4. At the close of her weird denunciat'on of the chief, she sprang lightly to one side, as the hare does when the hounds are close behind, and there hidden by the darkness, she remained till the Indians had passed. Dinah chuckled to hercelf at the success of her stratagem, and, rising, quickly, she followed the three men with a step lighter than their own, and Mt a pace that kept them at one distanef between her eyes and the light. She watched I ncas, till he enfi'ted the house to which Colonel Grjß l **,” und his servant had been changed. .-dbik. n It was a log structure wit<ai^»*j i , chinks, very favorable for one to listen. Ths chief went up to the which Colonel Graham was at.eteftlM. Such men hnd sleep a difficult matter. The Colonel was on the point of shoudng for his servant, who was sleeping in a little hut adjoining, when, by the light of a sh 1! lamp, burning on a bench near by, he saw Uncas approaching. “ Well, worthy chief,” said Graham, rising on his elbow, “do you also find it hard to sleep?" “< n.» should not sleep when there is great work to do," replied Uncas, as he sat on the bench, and took the shell I lamp in h s hand. "That is most true; but you look as if you had been out in the storm,” “And so I have.” “I did n t know that the Montauks loved the storm. You would make a goo 1 sailor." "Many of the Montauks and our neighbors, the Shinicooks, a:e sailors; but 1 should not like it. Yet I was up to-nlcht at the beacon hill looking for ships ” Looking for ships?" repeated the Colonel, sitting I . It upright in led, and rub! ing his eyes. “I ooking for the Wanderer." said Uncas. gazing at his guest out of his hnlfclosed eyes, without seeming to do so. “But what interest can you have in the Wanderer " ‘ 1 know her cap'ain, and want to seo him again." “You may never see him again." “I shall see him to morrow. "Whit!" ec lalmed Graham, startlcxl and doubting. “The Wanderer i- nt an her inside the point." ' W ho told y< u that?" “1 saw her with my own eyes. " “Eut h w could you tell' it in the darkness, that the ship was the Wanderer?" “I couldn’t, if the officer, I mcaujFox. had not e me ashore." “And you saw 1 . \ to-night?” sMB* th® incre .ulous Graham. jH - "I did, and spoke w-ith h m," “And where 1* he L w?" ••fit the bench, waltinr for IK ro " j turn." “An 1 you told him I was heD-sc “1 did." ‘ What d d he H :y?" He sai I that he win going through our ’an's to Sag Harbor in th morning, and that he would see you on the way." replied the chief, now as cool as the other was agitatt d. “Am! did he show any surprise on learning that I was here - ' "I cannot say Fox looks as if he was ; always surpri e l :.m! determined never i to I e surprised again. Like the animal j from which he takes his name, he is i alway s looking about bin., an ! n aly to ‘ attack or run." ’Helsa brav nan, and so never runs." ’"1 he brave sometimes show their I raverv by running; th“ man that never runs ;s a fool. But i must leave you if you would sleep to-night; i: another j hour it will be day." to m: c »nti n • Ea. i < aprirV' of Fortune. Every imaginative person cherishes in bis heart the hope that some unexiected windfall may I ring him wealth. In a very few instances this >ecret wish lias I pen gratified. Years ago, a lady named Burch was one of a ' London crowd that had assembled to ' see a street pageant- Suddenly she noticed an old gentleman fakit and ' confused with the pressure of the crowd, which pronounced him drunk. Discerning with. Liter insight that he was not drunk, but very ill, Miss ] Burch lei him to a seat, found him I somewhere a glass of water, and in a ' few - minutes restored his scattered energies. He thanked her warmly, . asked her name, and departed—to’be ’ heard of no more till a few days ago, | when a solicitor called to inform : Burch that the o.d gentleman l|.ad ; bequeathed her the immense rew^dj for such a aerujcf- oL nearly a the well-known ar<‘hl by a fortune in this wise. Pall Mall he cannoned against gentleman, and discomfited hjm. After mutual apologies and the interchange of civilities, cards wcraexchanged, and on each card wa®mprinted “Mr. Albert Way.” ^Tie older gentleman at his death li^mo natural heir, and left his fortune the other Albert Way. TheseiL-o incidents seem more like fairyWeg than veritable happenings. Stb^ e3 of unexpected fortunes, of cou^e, are as common as blackberries. j body is always making or finding or inheriting a heap of money : seems to himself almost to have C 0; 11Q from the clouds. Worthless shades ' become valuable. A workTDgßfrn discovers a mine; or a relative,lrocr whom nothing was expected, suddenly Leaps everything on the kinsman who bored him least, as occurred last year within our own knowledge.

modern gold mining. j fiot So Romantic as the Old-Tline Rocker, but More Certain. ') The days of alluvial digging for gold have gone, and now- we have entered upon the purely mechanical era of quartz-crushing. The days of individual effort have also gone. The miner does not now prospect upon his own account; he engages himself to a company. He does not make a fortune, but he averages a better i»come, says the Pall Mall Budget. It may interest some of our readers to learn how gold is obtained according to the modern system. The first requisite is a “reef.” it does not pay to go deep down into the bowels of the earth for quartz; but when a ridge of the mineral juts up above the surface there is a possibility of a profit accruing to the miner. Such a ridge is, of course, the ’‘reef.” The quartz Is quarried and broken into pieces of about the size of road metal by means of crushing machines. It is then ready for the “stamp.” It is by no means rare for quartz to contain gold; in fact, it nearly always does so The rarity is to find quartz wh^h will repay the trouble of crush, mg. The “stamps" are heavy cylin. ders of steel. They are usually lifted up by water power, and allowed to ^gj^lbonabasc block fitted into the gmuna! 1 The prepared fragments of quartz, rattle down a trough, along which also flows a stream of water, until they are brought to rest under the “stamps.” Beyond the “stamps” is a very tine sieve. It is clear that the quartz can not be carried by the water through the sieve until it has been reduced to very tine powder. The process is very automatic. As the stamps go up and down the tine I articles pass on, while their larger brethren are detained. From the stamping process there is no escape until the proper standard of fineness is reached. So far the work is simple: it is in separation ot the gold from the baser minerals that the real difficulty lies. Charged with tine powder the water passes through the sieve, and flows over a shallow bath of mercury. Quicksilver is heavy, but gold is heavier, and into the mercury the larger particles of gold sink. Then the water spreads itself out over plates of cop; er. I jon the copper is a coating of mercury and cyan ide of potassium, an 1 this coating detains yet more of the gold dust. Then the stream moves over a stretch of blankets, and the rough, hairy surface of these catch particles which have evaded the eductions of the bath and the copper plates. Finally thc water falls lnb a deep pit. and from thi> there is no escape. Everything mineral must sink to the Bottom and remain The idea of the whole series i> to deta h the henv v I gold and to it t everything lighter p.;sout into the p;L In spite of ail es forts much of the precious meta! succeeds in nacinng tlie final stage. To obtain the gold the mercury latb vmpUM theeoating cHefullv -cr;i»ed off Tn?- dilates, the blankets reiieved of their t<..Td .mrith.' s- Lm lit It the bottom of t e (:» re moved and washed. To get rid <1 th m« rcurv the mass is put i:,L. a I retort and heated, w’ t . r- uj- u the mercurv takes to itself wings of va p< r and flies away. Theie remains a lump consisting > f gol I. copper, iron, silica and small, quantities of other elements t‘-> numerous to mention The law of gravitat on, which lias done so much already, completes the w rk. The heterogeneous mass is wetted, the gold sinks to the lottom, ; and the base const Auents form a slag <>n the surface. The removal of this ■ slag leaves only gold behind. Such, in I rief. is the modern ! metboi ot work in Australia and ■ Airi a to-day There is not much i romance about it. I ut it is effective. Even the time-honore 1 miner's implement, tLerei' lv r. is now almost , unnecessary G< .4 diggers do not ; sleep tow with th ir hea I rep sing.m j a bag of dust clutch ng a pistol ,n each band <>n the contrary, they inhabit coinfmtahle lu> oes, and have no fear of burglar- I'oetry has given place to j lose but om s .metimes hankers aft r the oi l joctry, it,ugh and tragic tie ugh it w is. For Embryo CoihJik tor< A certain young and aspiring mu- , sician had - > far Been successful in ' getting up minor concerts that he aspired tri becoming an accepted conductor. Conse ,u ntly he was always on the alert to learn something trom ; the acts and manners of any conducI tor of note whom he happened to -ee. Gre it was his delight to find an ad- : vertisement in the local newspaper i offering valuable hints to rising cou- ■ ductors I So with a little hesitation lie dei spatebed the 810 fee: but what was ! his surprise on receiving the fuUow- , which he liacT"paid so tTon to your toilet—to cuffs, collars, gloves, and back hair, and always bear in mind your cuffs and shirtfront cannot be too much displayed. Tan vigorously on the desk and give a prolonged ‘Hush’ in all soft passages. It ■ draws the attention of the audience from the music to the conductor. At the conclusion of each piece vvipA your forehead—whether it needs it or not. Scowl occasionally at the man with the double bass, and directly •the drummer comes in with his part, waive your left hand violently in his direction —it keeps down his vanity. If you wear long hair, throw it I ack by a graceful swing of the head, for it helps to remind the audience that all the merit is yours.” When asked whether he was drunk or sober, Patrick pulled his forelock and replied: “How can I tell when I wasn’t in a condition to know 7 "

KILLEDJN A WRECK. - RUNAWAY TRAIN ON THE BIG FOUR ROAD. Ten Are Dead, As Many Sustain Injuries, and Still Others Are Hurt in a Lesser Degree- Air Breaks Would Not Work. Ten Meet Death. Ten men were killed and six werb seriously injured by a disastrous wreck on the Big Four Railroad at Lafayette, Ind., at 1:30 o’clock Monday morning. The dead are: ?■ P' , a mail clerk ot Cincinnati. A. k. Chadwick, mail cleik, Cincinnati. Jesse H. Long, mail clerk. Lebanon* Ind. Express Messenger McMahan, of Cincinnati. C. b. Cahill, traveler, Indiana. Otto Jeseelson, Alhambra Hotel, Chicago, passenger going to trainMike Welsh, engineer. Indianapolis.

S. Mclnnis, fireman, Urbana, Oirio. Charles Myers, bus driver, Lafayette. John Lennon, driver mall wagon, Lafayette. The injured are: Lottes Burganhole, Milwaukee, Wis. William Place, Frankfort, Ind. Jeff Reese, Kempten, .nd. Richard Jonos, Pontiac, ill. Lewis Leffler, Fowler, Ind. Richard Jones, Logansport, Ind. The accident occurred at the depot on a sharp «urve and was caused, it is thought, by the failure of theair brakes to work while the train was entering the city on a sharp downgrade. The engine and three ears, including two mail coaches, one express ea •, and a combination smoker and I a. gage car, left the track while running at a terrific rate. The la les - coach and three through sleepe s did not leave the track, ah the trainmen were killed. None of the passengers was in jured. As the engine left the track it struck and instantly killed three men standing on the platfo' in. They were Utto Jesselsqn, who had purchased a ticket and was waiting I to board the train; Charles Myers, a ; bus driver: and John Lennon, who was ; in charge G the Unite I states mail j wagon at the depot. The dead that lay ; under the immense pile of wreckage ; were not removed for three hours after । the acciden ~ a wrecking train being ' necessary to do the work. High bluffs rise cn the west bank of I the Wal ash just opposite the city, and there is a long and steep grade at that ! point. The ill-fated train must have I Loen a mile up the grade from the river j when the engineer discovered that there was something wrong with the air, for ’ the vigorous whistling of the engine for I brakes could be heard when the train J was still a mile west of the city. Tne • nginee.’s desperate efforts to stop the I train was shown I y the large amount of ; sand thrown by him en the bridge through which the train came just be- | fore the fatal crafch. The speed by that time had increased so terrifically, however, that its ontrol was beyond human agency. With almost light- ■ nlng-like speed the monster engine dashed around the curves am! across the long bridge, although the man at the throttle had reversed the machinery, and immense streams of fire

were being dashed from the driving ' v heels running in opposite direction to ; that of the swiftly flying ears that followed. Just after leaving the east end I of the long bridge over the Wabash the tracks describe a semicircle, at the mid- i way point of which the I nion station is ' located. When the engine struck that ] sharp curve it le.t the track, followed by the cars in an awful swirl, amt they । piled upon each other 10 I feet away, j after crashing through train sheds and i I ringing down tons of structural iron to add to the teirors of the situation. i — EXTRASESSION SURE. I innnev irnrr i nrtit > •>. The recent furty in iinancltl circles has revived the talk of an extra session, says a Washington dispatch. Before । leaving for the West a ew weeks ago' Vice President Stevenson intimated I that Congress would convene in September, and Mr. Cleveland has since stated to a couple of members of Congress that the extra session vould be called between the Ist and 1- th of that j month. This Information was repeated to I Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, who called up- ' on the 1 resident on Friday, and Mr. I Outhwaite now entertains the opinion ! that the Fifty-third Congress will be in j 6< ssion continuously from September | until the follow.ng June, barring the I usual holiday recess in De ember. It ■ is deemed probable that financial and tariff legislation alone will be suf- , ticient to engage the attention of Con- ’ gross until long alter the December i recess. The two questions will doubt- | less he considered as part of the same . general problem, and to that end sev- ' eral f the administration leaders are > already at work upon them. DON’T EOTHERTHE PRESIDENT Mr. Cleveland Finds It Necessary to Es- i tablish a Few Rules. The following has been issued by President Cleveland for publication: Executive Mansion. It has become apparent after two months’ experience that the rules heretofore promultrated regulating interviews with the Preslaent have wholly failed in operation. The time which under those rules was set apart for the reception of Senators and Representatives has been almost entirely spent in listening to applications for office, which have been bewildering in volume, perplexing and exhausting in their Iteration.and impossible of remembrance. A due regard for public duty, which must be neglected if present conditions continue, and I an observance of the limitations placed upon I human endurance oblige me to decline, from ! and after this date, all personal interviews i with those seeking appointments to office, except as I. on my own motion, may especially ! Invite them. The same considerations make [ it impossible for me to receive those WHO merely b -ire to pay their respeMSjSaiiH**^ the days and rfm .jg yll ”"1 I 11 qne-t in mW^^tulives to aid me in sefor tliem uninterrupted interviews by declining to introduce their constituents and friends when visiting the Executive Mansion : during the hours designated for their recep- I tion. " Applicants for office will only prejudice ! their prospects by repeated importunities and ! by remaining at Washington to await results. The authorities at the Washington gun foundry enjoyed the pleasure of a visit from a distinguished expert. Vice Admiral Sir John 0. Hopkins, K. C. 8., Commander-in-chief of the British । squadron which cruises up and down ■ the eastern coast of the Vnited States. I j Miss Pargoird, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Gen. J. S. Pargourd, and heiress to $400,000, has eloped from Stone Creek, Conn., with a young stonecutter of Brooklyn—a young man described as unpreposses- ! sing, uncouth, awkward and ignorant The New York lawyer, Austin B. Fletcher, who holds claims against Erastus Wyman aggregating $70,000, I thinks that Mr. Wiman’s total liabilities I will not exceed $600,C00, and his crediors will allow him plenty of time to । straighten out his affairs.

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