St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 46, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 June 1894 — Page 2

FATHER'S LITTLE JOKE. BY WH.LIAM ALLEN WRITE. father used to rfg the girls about ns bein' pure. An' go on lots about tilings what’s a-goin’ to happen shore; She hot winds au’ the hoppers an' the chinch bugs in the wheat An* holler boru an' ten cent corn; yon never seen the beat Os how he used to grunt around—jest gasin' like you see — •We’re goiu' to the porehouse. Sue, lickity■plit, ” sezee. Then enappin’ of his galluses an' backin' to the Are, He’d stretch an' smile a little while an’ puff his reekin' brier An' takin’ in the eittin’ room from every whicha way, “This is good enough for pore folks,” is what father'd always say. yrinstance, say some Sunday when the Ruggleses drove down: Unload a hull durn wagon full; jes’ like a small sized town ; An’ father'd look at mother an' he'd ast her es 1 she’s got That johnny-cake an’ side of bacon left—es like es not. Then mother’d tie her apern on an’ guess that i she’ll make out; fTu’d do you good es you jest could see mother j fiax about,) Well, they d be mashed potatoes, chicken, tur- j nips, squash an' elaw, Tomato stew an’ string beans, too; preserves | pie nn’—law, Dead oodles of brown gravy; an' non—after father’d pray—- “ This is good enough for p< ra folks," Is what father'd always say. The night Jane come home cryin', when they give her her divorce The girls an’ me an' mother made over her acouree; ®ut fathei- stayed around the burn an’ mother passed the plates, When supper como an' made up somethin' 'bout his tixin’ gates. Then after supper father come an' set around an' smoked. An' looks i at Jane time an’ again,’zif he'd aliked to joke An’ sharped her up, but dassent ’n’ yet wanted her to know Slow glad he wai she'd come to us, but couldn't * jest say to. At bed time tut her pinched Jane’s cheeks—his dear, old fashioned way; THome's good enough ter pore folk,” was all father s voice could say. MISS BEULAHS SILK.) “Ye ,” said Miss Beulah, poising ker needle meditatively, “I'm thinkin’ of havin’ me a black silk. ! My nigger-bogger’s well enough for »arketin’, but my alpaca’s gettin’ •babby, an’ Mis Jones says I can get a good black silk m Boston for 8'0." Mrs. Higgins looked at Miss Beulah with as much admiration as CoKumbus’ friend (if that gentleman lad one) must have bestowed on him when ’.old that Christopher was about to go in search of the northwest passage. “Sho’!” she replied. “Well, now I am glad you're goin’ to get you somethin’ decent tew wear!” “I neve^ know’d before that my slothes wasn’t decent,” said M.ss Buelah, sti Ly, “Oh, I didn't mean that! But it Moes make me mad to see you wear that old alpaca as shiny as the back es Deacon Snow’s Sunday coat, an' give every cent of your butter ’n’ egg Mioney tew support them shiTless Hollinses an’ buy painted sleds for Kittle Jim Ryder! Why on airth an anpainted sled wouldn’t a done for a foolish boy 1 dunno! My poor old father used tew say cherity begun to home.” Miss Beulan’s faded cheek flushed Slightly as she replied: “I rememter Rollie Rollins when she was a jretty young girl, an’ had enough of averything. bhc acts up tew her Bights, an’ |f I can lend a hand tew keep her an’ the youn’'uns oil the town I’d rather dew it than tew dress Ine. You know the children kind of abuse Jimmie ’cause he ain't jest tlghL an’ the sled amuses him. His mother says be t ikes solid comfort with IL She knows just where he is all the time now. As for that kind ©’ cherity, I’ve allers noticed it’s a sice, docile c;itter, not given tew wanderin,; it allers stay put just where it begun.” Mra Higgins, concluding that furShur argument was useless, in ;u red, “How be you goin’ ter cut yer dress?” “Oh, pondlay, 1 guess; they’re stylish now.” “I think they call it polynay in Boston,” said Mrs. Higgins timidly. “Well, 1 don’t care what they call lit if I only git one. I don't feel tree So take money out o’ the bank ter Buy it, because I may have a lingerfc’ sickness some time, an’ goodness knows 1 don’t want tew be beholden Sew my neighbors. But mv butter 'n aggs ’ll dew if 1 don't meet with no disappointments.” “Well, I’m sure nobody’ll deny jjew deserve tew have a black, silk if jew want it. ” “1 shouldn’t keer if they did,” said Miss Beulah. “If evervbodv on Xtidao U P lu meetin’ an’ apeak agin' it, I’d hev it if 1 wanted tew.” “Yes, I guess yew would!” replied Mrs. Higgins, with a sigh of admiration. “Well, 1 must be agoin’,” she continued, making a feint of putting up &er work. “You set right still! You ain’t join’one step til! after you've had jer tea. ” “1 never thought of stayin’ I’m «nre,” said Mrs. Higgins, sitting tack and taking up her work again. Soon after tea the guest took her -departure. Miss Beulah washed the dishes, then took the m Ik pail and । a little basket on her arm. >he went »<at to the cool, old barn, fragrant with the scent of new-mown hay. A Hrahma hen came up to her, an/1 eocking her head on one side, eyed Sier mistress wisely. Miss Beulah stooped and stroked her back. “Lid you know, Brahmy, that you tre layin' me a silk gown?” Brahmy opened her mouth and Sried her “little best” to sing like a Aighlingale. “Yew see,” continued Miss Beulah, addressing the hen as if she we ea person, “the city folks ain’t ashamed Sew not ce me in my old alpaca, but I’d like tew hev somethin’ nice tew wear jest tew show ’em h iw I should took dressed like other folks ” She climbed to the top of the mow . And gathered her eggs. Astor this, i inilkcff the cow. sat down by the ^^■q^rhelTtvimlow to count her money. emptied a little print bag into lap, JRid began counting. “Tew’s

a tew an* tew makes four, one, eighteen, twenty-five, an' this lot’ll make six dollars, then the butter money'll make eight dollars!” That’s good! 'Twon't take long at that ratp.” She put the money away and took her knitting. The sun set and the hills grew black as evening came on. Suddenly she heard the sound of running feet along the dusty road. A little, tow-headed boy ran breathlessly into the room. h, Miss Beulah!” he sobbed, “Mother wants to know if you won't come over! They’re goin’ tew take father to jail ’cause he can't pay his poll tax, an’ mother’s cryin’ an’ we ain’t bad no supper!” the child ended with a wail. Miss Beulah filled his hands with doughnuts, saying gently: “There, there! Don't cry! Run along home an’ tell mother I’m cornin’. Despite her promise, she sat quite , still lor some minutes after the boy i was gone. ! “1 don't keer if Tim Briggs does go tew jail." she said to herself. I “Didn’t he set that nasty yaller mon- ’ grel dog o’ his on George Washln’ton, ;as peaceable a cat as ever lived? It r he <^n’.t dr nk so much rum hecould I pay cw jjpoll tax as well as other : folks!” 1 । Gradually, however, better j thoughts came. She remembered that he had been working of late, and his wife hoped he was becoming ! steady again. ‘ Like as not this'll upset him, an’ he'll go ter drinking agin’,” thought Miss Beulah. j She arose and went softly into the spare room. Reaching under the feather bed she drew out the little print bag and put It in her pocket with a sigh. Late In the evening she returned. There was a tremulous smile on her lips as she took from her pocket the little print bag, empty. “I do declare!" she soliloquized, “It was real affectin’ tew see Tim, cry in’ like a great baby, an’ declarin’ I’d saved him. Says he’ll never drink another drop. He will, though, but a little kindness won’t hurt, him I s’pose. He says he’ll pay back ever cent, but la he never will, though I don't doubt ha means to.” As the weeks passed quietly by Miss Beulah’s print bag grew plump again, and her hope correspondingly larg« One cool afternoon, she sat in her little front “entry” darning stockings, while her rocker swayed tranqu lly to and fro, keeping time with her snining needle. Down the road, a cloud of dust a> peared, and soon a smart buggy, drawn by a black horse emerged therefrom. The horse stopped b» fore the iront gate and a young man sprang out of the buggy. Touching his haL be said: “Am I addressing Miss Beulah Lane.” “Yew be,” replied that lady, calmly. “1 understand, madam, that you contemplate the purchase of a biaci silk dress.” “I’m thinkin' somethin’ about lt. w “How fortunate I happened by. U> save you a tiresome journey to Boston. to say nothing of the additional expense! I have here, madam, a black silk dross pattern worth exactly 8.0! t^ueen \ ictoria, herself, would not scorn this piece of silk.” He spread the fabric across Miss Beulah’s l*p with a nourish, bat she did not seem deeply impressed. “Madam," he continued, “I’ve heard an account of your virtues from your neighbor and as I wish to offer a tribute to so estimable a lady. I am going to let you have this silk dirt cheap “."ho! ’ put in Miss Beulah, when the young man stopped for want of breath. “1 didn't kqow an account of my virtues had got around.” “Ah, madam,” replied her caller archly, “you are modest, but fortunately, your neighbors know you Petter than you know yourself.” “Mebbe," replied Miss Beulah, coolly. “I’ve noticed ver neighbors most allers know mure abou^yew an’ yer business than yew know yerself." The young nan laughed loudly, affecting great appreciation of her wit. “You arc Ta etioua,” he said. Well, to come to business,” be con- ; tinned, getting closer to her, and speaking in a whisper, -‘l’m goinet to sell you this silk tor sno, provided you will tel! no one.” “How dew yew know yew be?" queried Miss Beulah. The pedler was nonplussed for a moment, but after a short pause he said, “I don’t wonder you’re surprised.” “Young man,” said Miss Beulah. “I can’t allow you tew cheat yerself, an’ I won’t pay more ’n twenty for it so I’m feared we can’t trade. Yew seem kind o’ innercent an’ unexperienced, an’ ’^wouldn’t be right tew take advantage of ye.” “Well, then, I’ll tell you a secret,” he replied; “this silk is smuggled, that is why I can afford to sell so cheap.” “Oh, I thought yew was sell!n’it cheap tew me on account of my virtues.” “,-o I am; but in this case inclination hops with pleasure, as Shakspeare has it” “Well, Mr. Pedler, you hop right 1 out o’ my front yard! The law says the receiver’s as bad as the thief, so yew jist take yer siazy old silk an’ sell it tew a bigger fool than j be! ! Queen Victory’ll likely buy it. I’ve lived in the kentry all my life, but seen pedlers afore. Good day.” The young man rolled up his silk solemnly and departed without a. word. “I guess we settled him, don't yew. | George Washin’ton?” said Miss Beu- । lah, stroking the cat’s back. A few days after this Mrs. Higgins J again spent an hour with her friend, and in the course of conversation j said: “Pat Murphy’s lost his cow.” j “Why!" cried Miss Beulah, “he

’most depends on that cow tor support” “I know it,” replied Mrs. Higgins, “an’ he had the offer of another for 820, but la! where’s he tew git the money? It might as well be a thousand, i guess. He’s sech a disagreeable old chap that he hain’t got no friends to say nothin’ of his perfanity an' bein’ a Catholic.“ “I don’t think the Word says ‘Love yer neighbor as yerself if he , ain’t a Catholic an’ don’t swear,’’replied Miss Beulah sharply. “Land sake, Beulay! how yew dew pick a body up,” said her friend mildly, whereuiAm Miss Beulah । changed the subject In the gloaming that same night Miss Beulah donned her gingham sunbonnet and went straight to Pat’s old shanty. He was putting up a I strip of fence in front of the door. He answered Miss Beulah’s greeting > gruffly. “You’ve met with a loss, Pat," she said. . “It’s nothin’ but losses I've had all my life, sure," ae replied. Miss Beulah ildgetted with her bonnet strings, coughed, and tlnaliy f held out an envelope, saying hastily, “I’ve had trouble in my life, tew. r Here, ’tain’t much, but p’raps it’ll help out ” r Pat took the envelope in a dazed । way, opened it and held up the crisp I twenty dollar bll for a monient U*--j fore he cromprehended her meaning. Then the tears rushed into his eyes . as he cried out, “May the howly L Virgin bless vez, ma’am! Yez. is the first one that has hi Id out a friendly j hand to me sence I’ve been here!” . “1 don’t care much about the blessj in' of a w .man, for she's noth n’ - more, but yer welcome tew the , money,” replied Mss Beulah. j Mrs. Higgins went to town the . next day, and on her way back she stopped to chat a minute with Miss I Beulah. “Quarterly meetin' begins nex’ week,” she -aid. “Will yew git yer . black sil < done tow wear*” Miss Beulah shook her head. Mrs Higgins looked at her a momenL then an awful suspicion cross'd her min i. “Beulay Lane, vew heven’t so led that money away agin, hev yew?” , Her friend did not answer. i “Beulay ” she demanded, still more severely. “What hev yew dune with that black silk?” “Dressed old Bat Murphy’s new cow in it.” replied Miss Beulah, grimly Mr- Hlgg ns looked at her help-les-ly for a moment, then gathered up her reins without a word and drove on Miss Beulah laughed long and loud, yet there was a suspicious-1 moisture in her eyes at the same' time. j • The autumn and winter passed away, and spring cam oacK in all her beauty. The cty people had come once more to spend thetr kvacatiou at the Bidge. M-s Beulah was very h ippy. She sat by the window mending and singing cheerfully. - Broad is the road that leads to death." The sun -hone warm across the fields an 1 a little bree e floated in. laden w-ith the breath of new mown hay. A big yellow bee hummed m th ■ wuodb neover the window: wniie in th” front yard the sea: let [ oppies nodded wisely to the mar.colds, as if they held a secret bet ween them. At last M-s Beulah's cherish-d drcam was to come true. I nder the spare-room feather bed lav the little print tag full to bursting an 1 on the bed were her Sunday clothes smelling of lavendar and rosea To-morrow morning she was going to B >ston to buy her black silk, and her faithful friend, Mrs. Higgins, was to drive her to the station. “’Pears as if somethin'’ll happen yet,” she -aid to herself, with a happy little laugh. “I’ve been disapp inted so often.” It seemed however, as if the Fates were propitious this time, for when evening came, nothing had happened. Miss Beulah drew the curtain and lighted the lamp. She took the print bag a':d drawing her chair up near the lamp, she sat down to count her precious money once more. Ju-t then a loud knock sounded on the door. Thru-ting the bag hastily into Her p -< Ket. Mt-S I CUiah Called out, “Come in!” A young man entered, a d Miss Beulah started at sight of his haggard face. “O. Miss Beulah ” he t ried, flinging himself into a chair. “I’m in such awful tro.ible!” “Why, what's the matter, Johnnie?” she queried. “I took some money from the drawer to pay a debt 1 had to pay that very day, and I meant to put the money back befere anybody knew; bit Mr. Wilson came home unexpectedly and to-morrow the books are to be looked over. He will send me to jail and I -hall be tiisgraced all my life long! Oh, 1 can’t bear it!” “O, Johnny, that was stealin’” said Miss Beulah, solemnly. “I know it!” he cried, “but I didn’t mean to steal; it seemed such a little thing.” “That’s jest the way all them bank defaulters begun.” “If 1 get out of this I’ll remember,” said the boy, for he was hardly more than a boy. “O, dear Miss Beulah, can’t you lend me the money?” M ss Beulah grew cold. “I've no friend but you,” he said, • । brokenly, “You are so good, yet - you never kick a fellow when he’s j down.” •i “It don’t allers seem tew pay tew be good,” said Miss Beulah, a little i bitterly. “It sha 1 pay this time,” he replied I eagerly. “Only help me out of this I and I’ll make you glad yeL I was going to ask Kate Stanley to marry me ami help me make a home ana be steady, but now it s a prison j । instead.”

— it Miss her Pocit et wE k. too. ilMl/ rewher hand from 1 ths little bag came ‘ T hirty She en)r4Bßnif 8 s ^ e asked, bag into h^^^‘ ars *” “Johnnie^ h the con tentg of the owe th| s te< -; and - expect tb^J ' said solemnly, “you I c an ’ “e. an’ we both aheboj jompound interest of an hardened > then w.tlj^poped and lifted her toil- 1 °’S he ‘®t d hm Verently to h » sl iPs. I . a b- a B& bbmg • ‘God bless you!” . gins arrjvHaut of the house. in her e v jyt morning when Mr.-. Hig.ahe found Miss Beulah “Ain’tye<J-day dress. ketch the Poland sake ” she cried, »I u* rea< ly? We shall never Beulah. train in the world!” Almira," said black s^oin’ ” repeated her friend, her lip^l ve concluded not tew hev a HT'wSJßfc’ 11 thl3 world >” sh e replied, ‘ 1 “an’ ” she continml a fc' lll ’* l of L’rim humor, 71 am 4 su PP° se I’ll set it in the J they ali dr « B io Big * S friend’s Curiosity. Mm. ' Rhy* all her life that she ’ euHili that, day. — •.orw^nnl^Xuase-in American Cut--JLi¥ator.| 7*^ Spongy Gums. Spdngy and swollen gums, a conditlonttoften attendant upon middle age, a.ay or may not be the result of any d i' ea * c - but they are very Th convenient, and may even cause lerious trouble. in /their healthy state the gums are dim and, it may be, somewhat bavdihed, with just enough bl od present to color them adelicate pink. Gum? in this condition offer a support th the teeth which it would be banW o sur; ass. It the disordered condition of whh h wo are speaking, however, the.’ become swollen, and are so Chained with blood as to present the app aratice of having been parboiled. The slightest disturbance is sufficient to c mse a flow of blood, while there is ^constant sense of discomfort,and a Constant desire to pick at or suck than. abon the teeth become more or less IrxA-ened, and by reason of the pressure of the tongue and the food behiid them tend to spread apart and protrude outward. The sul>-vanee of tiw tooth is next attacked, and the Utoth becomes discolored and dccOed. The gums refu.e longer to ^•^the teeth, and. in fact, time is neces-ary to convert the ' wholfe mouth into a u-eless and disgusting object As we have seen, all this may be consequent upon an over supply of blood to the gums The remedy is rather preventive than curative. I lr-t of all. we have to consult with the famlh physician to learn whether ur nut the. system ne ■ s “toning up,” as is not uul kely to be the case. Probably he will prescribe also some astringent mouth-wash. But whatever may be tiie result of our consultat on with the family doctor, we must at once beg n a systematic “exerc se” of the gums, and continue it every night and morning. A tooth bru-h must i-e selected more for it- stiffne-s than anything else, and with a little cool water and castile soap, or even cold water alone, we must literally scrub the gums, paying heed to neither blood nor feelings until we ate satisfied that we have eradicated all traces of stagnant blood from the porous tissues. This may seem rather harsh treatment. but it we persist in it we shall be regarded. It x\ouid be difficult to overestiugite the influence which liealthy gum*, may exert over the teeth.— You!^’ Companion. peadiy Passenger Cars. -re al going to be poisoned now , bv deadly pas eager car. In the h r o f the Imperial Board ot li iltiiWf Germany,experiments were made between January, 1891, and July, l - -2, by Which the seeds of consumnti.m w % found in abundance in the u .st collected, not only on the floors but on the walls and seats of cars. Sample>L)f du-t were taken from 45 eompartglents of 21 different passen^er cats and 117 animals were ino uiated|with them. Part of these died very soon thereafter of various contagions diseases before they had time to de.- elop consumption; of the rest, killed four to six weeks a ter inoc lation,three had tubercle - . These three, however, were ino'tilated with skeping car dust, taken, not from the floor, but from the walls,cushions, and ceilings. Bacteria at the rate of 78,800 per s ;uare inch were round on the floor of a fourth class car.and 34,400, 27,200, and 16,500 per square inch on the floors of the third.second, and first class cars. Thus, even in the latter, the average passenger, who usually has at least hah a compartment to him elf, says 3,000 square in hes of floor, has an army of 49,500,000 deadly enemies aiming at his vitals on the l our alone, to say nothing of other millions in .ro it and rear on noth flanks and overhead. It would seem impossible to escape: but the board of health is said to haxe reported mea ures lor removing or reducing the danger, which the railroads are considering.—Railroad Ga ette. Separating the Bones of a Skull. Anatomists when they wish to separate the tones of a skull fill it with small beans and place it in a vessel of water. The beans swell ai.o rend the skull apart at the sutures. . ABRAnAM^| n ever wanted to stop andje^y ’J^’tysTarUcuiar spot, be- ; cause ke hadT ,od ^ rord for it that I all the land oF Canaan should Le his.

; MINERS SHOT DOWN. fatal encounter between STRIKERS AND DEPUTIES. Five Killed Outright and Others Mortally M ounded—Officers Give the Order to Fire j Seemingly Without Provocation-Opera-tors Arm for the Conflict. Scene of Slaughter. | At daybreak Thursday morning the battle which had been threatening at । fickle Hollow, Pa., mines of the । Ma hington Coal and Coke Company for the past few days occurred, and as a result at least seven strikers are , ying dead aid many are seriouslv wounded. i Shortly before midn : ght 2,000 strik- ' ers as mbled at the Stickle Holl w plants, cc ming from Lucyville, Fayette t ity. Trenort, Allenport and many other points on the Monongahela luvor. Some of them were armed, but t io maji rity were not. They went into camp near the plant, where they remameJ until .> o dock in the mornino* ad - turQ e d to tie public i eveept hicn get them to lolurn In m e ° na ~ s to Acco. diner , 2. i

the tlr a 1 tt.e lersu s.on ind ced th.-m J, 1 join the s rike. Ti e men turned back, and ab > t the time th -y were stai t ng homewanl w it'i their dinner buckets the deputies, w o we e <n gvard and witnesses t » the a lair, were ordered to .-hoot. They fired into the mob at | close range, an tired t > kill. It was the Ko -dies- cond e’ of tl,e i resent st ike. and the awfu w >rk ol destroying human ives was accomplished n thi ee rapidly tin dv« l ev-. Pho ptomisc mu- revolvers and -mill arms of the strikers were no match firth’ Winchesters of ti.e deputies, and the i strikers < uiek.y re rented, leaving I their dead and dying on the battle ; j round. Many arrests folk wed the c< nJ ct. and the ii il is tilled to overflow in r «ith the d sheartentd strikers, who offered c mja at .ely ho re ista ;ee to the officers of t e law. There were e ghty deputi >s. and a 1 continued to shoot a long a- the men kept in range. Th s informant saw four dead in the road and three in the ; w eat lie d. The abir eatiers. a--cording to reports, are para yzed at the turn affairs I a e taken. They refuse to t ilk abcut P. It is thought no more attempts will le made to bring oat those workmen unless a sma I a my is rai-ed. A Uniontown d’spa ch savs that efforts are I eit g made by the strikers t > prove that th ' attack < f the deputies uj>< n the strikers was unwa rantabl >, an i that 'hey were s'a mhtered without narriinj unde - a gall ng tiro do ivered at a di-ta eeof i fiy feet. But later report- in ii< a e c early that the eneount. r was a two-sided battle—the first o gagement in which both officers and strikers were shooting to kill. All the dead ar strikers. Officers o' the c< a' lompany sty that the s rik-rs served notteo at on them that they < xjecte I t > assan t tne work-. The deputi' b c r,s : iered the int rferem c with the workmen as they } r c eded to the works the beginning of the assault, and open, d tire. MOBBED BY SIKIKEKS. Desperate Illlno s Miners Fill Vp the Shaft of a < ent r ilia Mine. A monos .'OO yel ing. shouting and • desperate Iliin is strikers from Du-i qu< in and Lt John's mi .es < aptured an ■ ll.in is Central train ea-ly Thui-sdav 1 morning and c mpelled" Engineer Stewart to ham them to Centralia. Arriv ng t! ere they ru hed to the Big Four mine in the northern part of I the < i’y, operated by I’ottenger I A Davis, a d wrecke I thousands! of do. Jars' worth of property. Thirty non-union men found working in the mine were driven like frightened shee from the leads, while j the strikers male several attempts tc j do b dily in ury. The rage of ths ■ leaders of the mob knew no bounds when the workmen esi a ed, ami in a ' fc v m< mo ts the scare ly less inf iri- ! ' ated st ike - sp ead destruction a’ out ! |ti e mine. Dumpcarts, props, t mbe s, !' old machinery and all available 100 e i material weie hurled into the shaft, ! completely fiLiag it. The glass and I ta h of the bu Id ngs were smashed and th? mining mnehinery were speedilv rendered n e ess, I Ave ruing to a press uisp^wu, >■ vi es of want* n destruction and intimidation c ntinuel until 9 o'clock, when the pi.lagers forme 1 ui d r leaders and , marched to the t din mines, eight miles > a -a . there to rejieat the wo k of de- i struetion. T: e Imai committee made j an ineffectual attempt Wednesday to ' induce the nen wo king in the Pot- I tenger mire to stop work, hence the • attack of the strikers. When it was learned in Centralia that the mob was en route in a captured f: eight train, a spec'al train was made up for Sheriff L'elms and his posre at Salem, but the o’lie al arrived only to see the ma*a iders marching toward Od n buic ly recruiting fifty dep itie-, >i er ff Helms armed his party with Winche t rs and 1 rounds o ammun t:on each at the local armory an.l left, for < d n in a syed d tra n. Gov 2 Itgel I was a-k d to send th ’ State militia to the sc ne but ref sed to o o until the lo al autbo.i ies had us <1 the means within their power to preserve peace and protect p. iq e. ty. Brieflets. SI'.VERAT. b idges we e w shed away near Anoka. Minn., by a flood. G 'V. W aite of Colorado will make Populist campsign speeches in Illinois. THE Taylor brothers, murderer- of the Meek- fam iy, are said to have been cernercd in the woods near Moving r, Mo. It is said the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, a brother < f the Czar, will marry Princess Maud, youngest daughter of the Prince of Wales. Andrew J. Graham, author of the syst m of shorthand which I ears his name, died at his ho e in Orange, N. J. He was in his 6th year. The Kellys and Raffertys, of Southville, Mass., settled a long-standing feud with revolvers. Two will die and two others are badly wounded. J. L. Hastings, Representative from the Twenty-second Senatorial District of 11l nois, tiled at his heme Id Galesburg. He was 36 vears old.

— ROYAL COURTESY. An American’s Experience With Some of the Crowned Heads of Europe. An American who has been honored by his country with important missions abroad was talking the other evening with royalty, says the Chicago Tribune. “I know.” said he, 'it is not expected that an zimer.can should commend anyth ng he sees among the royalty. 1 do not know why an American, of all nationalities, should not feel himself independent enough to commend whatever is worth commendation, whether it is found in his own country or elsewhere. My poMpons enable me to see the life, manpers. and customs of all classes abroad. That a conventionality that hedges royalty in. is true, and it should not be otherwise. But the one fact wh.cn most forcibly sfu k me was that once you get l>eyond the barrier —once over the conventional lineno penpie are more delightful, more nospitaale and more attentive listen<ts. If they are wth intelligent people w.io are below their rank they like it all thjj better, so long as they feel assured that that fact will be treated with the sacredness they think it deserves. A Uueen who hnd

me t,> 7 —vzuveu wuo naa I had W'd ™ a’e^« .Rations ’ w'iUi > asii K hV e i Majesty was a bicter letold the l perfect English: “1 like to n e ^ e y ^ talk, because you do not bawl in my eai.” “On another occasion 1 was hollared with an invitation to attend an anting with the King and his suite In an old forest near the capital. When the company had assembled the King said in the mo t democratic way: -We will all speak English today in honor of the representative of Lhe great I n ted States.’ “On several other occasions where the rule was French the King and ^ueen always did me the honor of addressing me in English, although they were aware of my proficiency in the court language. I have no wish to see the government of my own country changed. I hope and believe it never will be, but I am not Hraid to say that those who are fortinate enough to pass beyond the lines of which I speak will never rejret iL” Gattie and Rattlesnakes. “Cattle seem to have an instinctive dread of a rattlesnake,” said Hiram L. Snow, a Texas ranchman who was at Hurst’s recently, “and will take every precaution to avoid a lozality where they have reason to think one of these reptiles Is concealed. I was once driving a herd of beeves over a lonely trail, when suddenly the leader of the herd, a huge steer, started back in terror, gave vent to a snort of warning, and, ■ moving to the right, passed cn. Those immediately in his rear turned to the right or left, and their example was followed by the whole herd. Un arriving at the »readed sj»ot I dismounted, expecting to find that a rattlesnake had been the cause of alarm Instead of finding a serpent, there in a little tuft of gra -s I »at a harmless plover, covering her j nest, while her wings were kept in ! constant and violent motion. Seen indistinctly through the grass, she had evidently been taken by the Steer for a rattlesnake.”—St Louis ; Globe-Democrat. Wants a New Appellation for Man. When a woman is unmarried she is called Miss. When she is married she is called Mrs. A man, whatever be his state, is Mr. Mhy should j there not be some specialdesignat.on i for married men. Thus, Mr. Frown, after turning from the altar, would be Master Frown. This, however, is ! objected to on the ground that little ■Jboys are called Master by servants and teachers and the intima ion > would be that a man by marrying has entered his second childhood. Bj using the Latin Dominus. as in the Portuguese, and call Mr. Brown Tom । Rpown -y csiu ax mn would be ' properly made. Another suggestion is that before a man marries the syllable “Ad” ke attached to his name ■ Thus, Mr. Ap Brown, a son of Brown, ; vvculd, on marrying, become Mr. ! Brown himself. Whether or no these ; suggestions be a lopted it is plain that there is a necessity for some such distinctive appellation.—New York Eveningsun. He Knows Their Secrets. Thomas Stevens, who roae around the world on a bicycle and on horseback through Russia, is soon expected home from India In a private letter to a friend in London he says ha has been investigating the mysteries of the Mahatmas, and that by the aid of his camera and his ingenuity he has discovered the secret of those miracles of the fakirs which have D izzled the world ever since Maree I’olo told of the wonderful things done by the magicians of Kublai Khan. According to tradition and the repeated tales of travelers, the Togi or lakirs of India have secret knowieages>f certain forces of nature by which they can produce prenomena as inexplicable to western science as the miracles of the Bible. Mr. Stevens has put the oriental modern miracles to a practical test and claims to have secured some remark., ble results. He hopes to return to America during the ensusiug summer. Asking Advice. A paper which was published in Paris recently contained the following unique advertisement: “A young man of agreeable piesence, and desirous of getting married, would like to make the ac -uaintance of an aged and experienced gentleman who could dissuade him from tz.king th® fatal step?’