Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 January 1897 — Page 2

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Piqued by criticism, Mrs. Bradley Martin is now determined to spend more money than was originally intended on the fancy drew ball which fffce will give on February 10th in the Waldorf Hotel, says aNew York special to

the Chicago Tribune "After this

advertisement," she said to a friend, "I fear I will have to upend

more money than I had

intended. This ball must be a success, and even those who are disposed to find1 fault with It must be satisfied." jjr. Bradley Martin has been Investigating the subject of tine ball from the point of view of the beneficiaries of the quarter of a million dollars It will probably cost. He is trying to find out If the money which would otherwise remain in banks will benefit only a limited number of shopkeepers, already well to do. He started by visitins known customers. He asked wfcetlwr many orders for costumes for the ball had been received. He was told «nough had been recleved to fumtah. work for 1M women. "Do you mean extra employes?" Inquired

Mr. Martin. "Well, it is practically that," replied the costumer. "We have been obliged to lay aside our regular work, which will have to be done later on during the dull season, so by giving these people work now and work then, it amounts to the same thing, for they will get just double the w,ages by having two seasons of work." .'aS'J- -:''xrffik

Mr. Martin asked to be allowed to see these J.80 seamstresses, and said afterward: "Well, 1 am glad to have seen them, for I confess all this talk about my wife's extravagance has made m® feel very bad, I don't mind a bit now what la said about waste of money, Bince the money finds its way into the pockets of those who need it."

Both Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, therefore, are satisfied in spite of the crltcism of Dr. Rainsford. His lecture has had very little effect on society.

The quadrilles at the ball will be organized by Mrs. Ogdea Mills, Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Frederick Bronson. Mrs. Aster's quadrille will be composed of young matrons, while that of Mrs. Bronson will Include the debutantes, among whom will be Miss Bronson, Miss Van Alen, Miss Brooks, Miss Churchill and Miss Evelyn Slpane. In this quadrille will dance Worthington Whltehouse, Edmond Crowninshield, James De Fulton Cutting and H. D. Robbins.

Orders for handsome costumes are still being given. One designed for Fred Martin, Bradley Martin's brother-in-law, will be that of a cavalier of Louis XII's time. The debutantes who are to dance in the quadrille arranged by Mrs. Bronson will all wear Louis XV costumes. Mrs. Bradley Martin has not yet decided on her own costume. The whisper is that she intends to surprise her guests. Those who have predicted that she would figure as good Queen Bess, or at least Mary Queen of Scots, must guess again. Bradley Martin, Jr., will have on© of the finest costumes at the ball.

Oliver H. P. Belmont has decided on his costume and will wear a fine suit of court armor. Mr. Belmont has a splfendid collection of armor, and will malce a fine showing In the one selected.1 .cj

There are rumors here and there of regrets being sent, but they are few and far between. Some people feel thy can not afford to go, others are debating, but about all the invitations have been accepted

CAUSES COMMENT IN LONDON.

rhe Dally News Discusses Mrs. Bradley Martin's Ball New York, Jan. 28.—The Journal's special cable from Julian Ralph at London, says: The Bradley Martin ball and the controversy It has excited in America are being followed with interest here, and the papers are publishing comments. The liberal Daily News levotes considerable space to the topic, say

ing: "American society is very old, reckoning Its age by its ideas, and there is nothing wore characteristic of societies of that kind than the defiant animation with which they dance when anybody ventures to whisper they are on the edge of a volcajio. Mr. Bradley Martin and his guests have no belief in the volcano, and they are making every preparations for a good time. Our own younger and altogether more modern community could be disturbed by such discussion and would probably tone down the frolic and redouble its attentions to the East End. "There is a certain suggestiveness in some of the costumes for which arrangements have already been made. There is to be an abundance of Louis Sixteenths anr Marie Antoinettes, Louis the Well Beloved, will not be forgotten, and it is quite conceivable some cynic may choose to represent the monarch whose private party for the encouragement of trade was so rudely disturbed by the handwriting on the wall. Among the ladies preference will no doubt be given to those parts that can be dressed with diamonds. What is the use of owning, as New York is said to do, a thousand millions of dollars in precious stones if such opportunity tor showing them off is not to be turned we best account? The jewels alone are enough to revive the Populist igitation. "It must not be forgotten that In the late electoral contest in the United States Mr. Bryan represented something of almost revolutionary rage against this state of things which prevails in one section of the American people. The Populists tade off into socialism at one end, as socialism fades off into anarchism. Mr. Bryan is not a socialist, but he is with those who want more money, even if its present possessors have less. "There is one of the greatest dangers of the United States. With the positive lust of the good things of life that prevails among all classes nobody accepts poverty as condition. It is a hateful and shameful infliction, from which it is the business of every smart man to find some means of escape. The number of those who think this Way is increasing. "The social problems of the old world exist in their most terrible form in the miscalled new world because they have not hitherto been tempered by adequate social ministrations. The discussion over the Bradley Martin ball shows that the mtod, if lot the conscience, of wealthy and pleasureloving America is ill at ease."

The conservative St. James' Gazette, usually anti-American, says, ironically: "The United States is the last country in the world where the millionaire could be prevented from spending his own money as he pleases out or consideration for other people's feelings."

There is such a wave of prosperity passing ®ver this country and comparatively so little distress that most people are apathetic in reflecting on matters of this kind. Moreover, lavish outlays of money on this side, no matter what their nature, are almost always proved, Eince they are regar4«i

the stany at the e*peAse of the few. Still no ens dares to b«-ostentatiously luxurious in the faos ef as excess of public misery.

When the London mob tacked West End shorn a im years ago, people here felt serious uneasiness, and society was quiet. The British plutocracy is wise in its genera

WANT INSIDE INFORMATION.

People Ask HeKlnley For "Tips" on the Cabinet. Special to the Indianapolis News.

Washington, Jan. 28.—A recent visitor at Canton relates that Major McKloley's clerical assistants are now being swamped with anew and somewhat peculiar class of letters. From all over the country the writers want Mr. MoKinley to give them a private "tip" on making guesses. While the cabinet situation remains full of uncertainties, many of the enterprising smaller newspapers and' business firms have awakened much public interest in the outcome by offering prises to the most successful guesser. One thrifty clothing house in an Arkansas town offers the best pair of four dollar trousers in tho store to the one who will name the states from which the ministers gf the next oabinet will come. Some of the newspapers go as high is $50, and even 9200 for the most successful guess to be filed before the 15th of February. Manufacturers of various fanoy articles are offering large prizes for the best guesseB and in most in stances the purchase of a sample copy or a sample article is necewsary for participating in the contest.

These guesses are called for in several forms. Jn certain of the contests it is desired that the names-of the members of the next cabinet should be selected with the portfolios which each is likely to fill. In other contests the selection of the eight names only is called for, while In another class a seleotion of the state from which the head of each department may be taken is the form 1» which the prophetic skill of the contestants is expected. Of course it Is much easier'to guess state than men. At the present time, for illustration, it Is believed that either Mr. Coolldge or Mr. Long will be in the next cabinet, and in each case a Massachusetts guess would cover either, although again it might be urged that the selection of the portfolio to be placed against the Massachusetts name would be quite difficult, as the name itself. In this instance it is generally supposed that Mr. Coolidge will be secretary of the treasury and Governor Long secretary of the navy.

Now, from the tempting array of prises which the newspapers and the business firm concerns are offering Cor guesses, It has occurred to about a dozen good friends of Mr. McKinley in every township where the knowledge of such guesses reaches, throughout the country, that if the man for whom they have done so much would only give him a private tip on what his private se leotions are likely to be, their success would be assured. The aged, the infirm, the crippled, the poor find the disconsolate are explaining to Major McKinley how much good a $200 prize which their newspaper offers, would do them. Young men, who desire to go to school, young women who wish to take music lessons and boys who want to go to the Nashville exposition all see a way to gratify their ambitions' If they could only get the information necessary to make a successful guess. Even the four dollar trousers wmhich the Arkansas clothier offers are not without their attractions, now that the cold wave has swept over the country.

Probably no one would delight more in being able to make a succcessful guess of this kind than Major McKinley himself The cabinet question has geally become a very trying one, and from outside appearances is not very rapidly nearing a settlement.

HEILFELD ELECTED.

Will Succeed Senator Dubois From Idaho. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 28.—Henrjr Heilfeld, Populist, was today elected U. S. senator to succeed Senator Dubois. The vote stood: •Heilfeld, 39 Duboise, 30 Nelsod, 1. Fourteen Democrats joined the Populists for Heilfeld, and he also received the vote of the single Republican members. Four Democrats went to Dubois.

In the campaign the Democrats and Populists entered into a fusion under which the Populists were to have the congressman and senator. The Democrats refused to endorse any man named by the Populist caucus for senator. Judge W, H. Claggett was overwhelmingly the choice of the Populists, but the Democrats would not vote for him in sufficient numbers to elect him. Finally on Tuesday night, Claggett had bis friends nominate Heilfeld. There were thirteen Democrats ready by this time to vote for most any Populist except Claggett. When the Democratic caucus was held Wednesday morning it resolved to support Heilfeld, but there was such loud talk of a -bolt that the purpose was abandoned. Last night the matter was fixed up, the thirteen Democrats pledging their votes to Heilfeld and the deal was closed. Three Populists voted but they were gotten back today and Heltfeld se cured his full party strength. When the roll call had finished, and before any changes had been made it was seen that Heilfeld had 35, one less than a majority. Senator Du bo'is changed his vote from Fisher to Heil feld.

Dubois appeared before the Jomt assembly at an adjourned session this afternoon. He thanked his friends for the fight they had made, and counselled them to go toJwork vigorously to enact good laws for the state.

MISPLACED SWITCH.

Accident on the Brooklyn Elevated Railway Last Night. New York, Jan. 28.—As a result of a misplaced swith an engine drawing a train of empty cars collided with a loaded passenger train on the Brooklyn Elevated railway tonight. One man was killed and five others injured, one perhaps fatally. The engine and the forward car of the loaded train toppled over into the street, twenty feet below. There were but four passengers in the derailed ear, three of whom were injured. Killed:

ENGINEER THOMAS GAFFNEY.n Injured: Fireman Herman. Heath, legs mangled, will probably die.

Engineer Albert Brown, scalp wound and broken arm. Juius Hanberry, injured in spine.

Henry Fehres, sprained left leg. Andrew Dondario, cuts on face and head, and injury to arm.

SufTrare Convention Elects Officers. Des Moines, la., Jan. 28.—At the afternoon session of the suffrage convention the following officers were elected: President, Susan B. Anthony vice president at large, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Philadelphia: corresponding secretary, Mrs. Racheal Foster Avery, Philadelphia. All these were re-elections. The rest of the time w»3 devoted to routine business.

Mr. and Mr*. Cleveland Receives, Washington. Jan. 28.—President and Mrs. Cleveland gave their annual reception io the judiciary and io the senators and representatives in congress tonight. An unusual incident was the arrival of some of the guests in sleighs, a rare event in the history of presidential reoeptious, The scene within the mansion was a brilliant one and there were many elaborate toilets.

THEM^ERTY ESfATE

IBS tATBStMCTHormmi III THIS TEE* lXE CASK.

The Sale of Pew«»Bl Freperty Nets A boat

818.000--I.erre H»at« Savings Bank Holds Most

the Estate

Faper.

As predieteflast week, the suit la partition filed In the name ©f the widow of Aqullla Lavefty, promises to be the beginning of an endless chats of litigation, says the Rockville Republican One of the original heirs was in town last Friday and talked of the suit. He said that It was as much of a surprise to the widow las to the other parties concerned and implied that it was brought without her sanction. She was disposed, he said, to settle the matter outside the courts and he had her verbal agreement to this effect, The heir* were willing that she should have her third, as provided by law and thkt the remainder be apportioned ajneng them, Aquilla Laverty, Jr., to share proportionately with the others. The indebtedness could be borne in the same manner. Considering the extent of the estate yrith the indebtedness this would cause none of them to assume much of a burden.

According to his statement deceased had promised, when the compromise was effected. in the suit brought by her children to regain his first wife's estate, that they should be equally provided for in his will and this heir says It is due to the fact that his father was unduly vexed that he did otherwise, as shown in his last bequest. He also stated that his father had made three other wills previous to the one they are now preparing to contest.

The Terre Haute Savings Bank holds lost of the paper against the estate, he lurther said, and there was no disposition to foreclose.

In relation to the share of Aquilla Laverty, Jr., it may be well to note the fact that the mother's agreements will cut no .figure in his- case as it lies solely in the hands of his guardian, J. S. McFadden.

The sale of personal property "Was held at the homestead last Friday. The total footings of the sale reached about $12,000 and as there is an indebtedness of over $30,000, there still arista a deficiency of $18,000,' which will have to be made up from the sale of real estate. The Montezuma Milling Company, represented by Scott Russell, was the prinolpal bidder, taking 30,000 bushels of corn in the crib at 20 cents per bushel, and 500 acres of growing wheat at 50 cents per bushel.

A BOOM IN FLORIDA.

Hundreds of Towns Consisting of White r- Stakes. Necessarily mistakes were numerous and mistakes that throw away two or three years' labor or consume that much of a lifetime are serious, says Lippincott's. .But aa a rule, the neophytes tried over and over until success was reached in a greater or less degree.

Locations that proved unsuitable were abandoned for others groves ruined by any one of the many causes open to inexperience were replanted. There was no such word as "fail" in the vocabulary of the South Florida pioneer of that day, and his enthusiasm was both unquenchable and contagious. It infected all comers. It was in the air. South Ffcrjlda^was going to be, was bound to be, the freest,, the happiest, the richest land on earth.

In that belief raiirQads-!were built through long stretches of wilderness, certain that emigration would follow and plant' oranges for transportation. New towns were ''Jocated" by hundreds churches,.schools, public. halls and opera houses were built in profusion cities greater in size than ^Greater New York" were staked off in somber forests and corner lots were sold where the only inhabitants were ticks and roaches.

A lady traveling on the South Florida railroad one night soon after the yellow fever scare was heard to exclaim: "Just look there! Tell me about not having yellow fever in the piny woods-' Why, we've been running through a graveyard for an hour!" She had been looking out at the white painted corner stakes of an embryo city gleaming in the moonlight. Thore were hundreds of such towns la South Florida *n which thousands of lots wore sold In good faith in the honest belief that th«v would soon be the centers of wea*i and populations others were mapped out for the express purpose of catching "suckers." Some hunters found a "city" in a cypress swamp sixty miles from a railroad and a day's journey from any human abode. There is was laid out and staked off in streets and lots and squares and public parks they killed a bear in the Primitive Baptist Church lot.

ROBBING SILVER DOLLAR.

Artful Thieves Steal the Coins That Ornament His Saloon. Silver Dollar Smith is the latest victim of the hard times, observes the New York Sun. His business is all right, and the same old crowd line up at the bar every night, nevertheless the sage of Essex street says that the hard times have hit hiA in his very tenderest spot. "I tell you what," said Mr. Smith last night, "when a fellow'll come up in your place of business and pry the silver dollars out of your floor, he must be hard up. I'd sooner lose the money out of my cash drawer than have it taken out of them marble slabs, and though I'm a tenderhearted man and like to help the poor, if I get a hold of that man, who's been workin' me with an ice pick, I'll make him wish he'd never seen a silver dollar."

The ex-assemblyman's tale is a pathetic one. it was back in 1887 that Mr. Smith, having acquired a considerable fortune in various enterprises, opened his saloon on Essex street just opposite the police court. Something like a thousand dollars of his bank notes Mr. Smith changed for silver dollars at the

sub-treasury,

and in the cen

tre of each slab of marble in his floor he sank one, having previously scooped out a hole of sufficient size and furnished it with enough cement to prevent the coin from wandering from it® place. Back of the bar and at various other points in the two rooms making up the saloon, Mr. Smith placed about 500 more silver dollars, and from that time until now he has been known as Silver Dollar Smith. In those days Mr. Smith kept two bartenders on duty all the time. Not only did these men draw drinks for the thirsty throngs, but they also kept a sharp eye on the dollars. Years passed, however, and although numerous attempts were made at different times to lift some of the coins, the cement held and the attempts always failed.

Some time ago Mr. Smith discharged one of his

bartenders

considered it wise

and having done so

remove the silver dol

lars from the back room. That left a tothl of 650 coins in the floor of the front room, a sufficient

amount,

tho ex-assembly man

thought to keep his title alive. The remaining

bartender

is Wm. Elden,

but

the

habitues of the .place call bim Billy. It is one of Bill's duties in

the

morning to count

the silver dollars in the floor and' see if they are all there. At night he does it again. For weeks and weeks he has done this every day. and until a month ago the counrs always tallied tad Billy ws happy. At that time. Jla-XKv* U»

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loss of $2. to* helM near the door. Billy couldn't .get the ali^btMt clue to the'identity o{ the thiaf, and no ohe who had been in the pkwo d«ri«ft the day that ho fcoAV, had. «MQ(.*nyoBa«*fe «n tha dolors. Dollars oontinuad *p «liBappear up to Monday, when the cougtoaftiowed that slnoe the beginning of thesrtfcr year twenty»two of the ooias had Beifi extracted. Smith and Billy held a coastilfctlon and the ex- assemblymaa artered thfr'latter to do up the first maa who touchedpdifc of the dollars. Billy declared that ne'^o it, and be meant it, too, but suirSAnuent events showed that even an Esse^jSjweejt bartender may be a 60ft mark und^y tjertain conditions. xaj ,v

Yesterday afternoon a bgrfgged Individual entered the saloon an$ stepping up to the bar where a number of .{n§g were drinking, asked Billy if he wanjta^t. to buy some buttons. He held out. a box of bone buttons in his left hand. His rirfht was in his pocket. "Say, I'll sew one of them things on yer If yer don't snak," remarked Billy.

The man jumped, back in fright, and as he did so he dropped the box and the buttons went fiying all over the floor. "Pick 'em up,'' said Billy, in a more moderate tone. "No one'll touch yer, but hurry up.-

The man got down on his 'knees and no one paid any more attention to hiin. If they had they'd have seen his right hand come out of his pocket, holding an ice pick. In about half a minute he had collected all the buttons and at the same time had pried out one of the dollars. Then he arose and went out.

About five minutes later a horrible thought occurred to Billy. He put it aBlde, but.finally it came back, and to satisfy hjrnselft he strode out from behind the bar and looked at the spot where the peddler dropped the buttons. "I knew it!" he almost shrieked, and then he made a run for the street and looked anxiously up and down. But the thief was not in sight.

When Silver Dollar Smith heard of the latest theft he was highly Jndignant. "I tell you," he said, "if times wasn't so hard men wouldn't bo willing to take such chances." "I know the sucker now," said Billy Eiden last night, "'an say, I won't do a thing to him the next time he comes in here." 'I f"»

National Board ef"r&cte Adjourn*. Washington, Jan. 2S.jr&e national board of trade today completed the consideration of the various matters that has engaged its attention and adjourned .to meet in the city again in December nex^, During the three days in which the meeting has pasted many matters of great importance to the financial, mercantile and maritime interests have been fully andsfreely discussed by representative business'^nen from all parts of the country and information respecting the ncjeda of Individual interests» was gained. The"hoar® took favorable-action on a number of-propositkmi that had been advanced by the boards of- trad* throtixhaui .tha «ouauar.

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^V'HOW TO SHAVE YOURSELF.

A Barber Tells How tlie"'Art Hay He Learned. The man in the chair next to the one in which I was sitting in the barber's shop was just stating in a conclusive way that there was no use in talking, he couldn't shave himself, says the N£w York Times. He had tried it once, and that was enough. He had found out that it was an impossibility. The barber was at the moment passing his razor lightly aloijg^just above my Adam's apple, and I didnjitg |are speak, but he interpreted the inquiring look in my eyes correctly, and went^SiV^ "Tho average man seems to think that the ability to shave is a God-given gift, and that out of deference to Providence it is his duty to try once, or twice to see if he has been endowed with the talent, an^ if he does not make a glittering success on the first, or at least the third, attempt, he gives it up, and states in a superior way that his face is peculiar and his beard unlike any other that he ever heard of, and shaving himself is out of the question. It doesn't seem to me that It's much of acompliment to us barbers who spend?,months and months to acquire our skill.ff^jA man might as well sit down once or twfee at a piano and try to play, and falling state positively that he tUda'^seem. to have the gift."

"Doj'ou m5an to say," I managed to gasp, as the barber prepared to apply the warm towel to my chin, "do you mean to say that you believe that any man can learn to shave himself?" "Certainly," he replied, "if he goes at It right. It isn't such a very hard thing to learn—well enough for all ordinary occasions, at least. In only takes a little patient practice.

learned to shave myself

when I was a clerk In a retail store at a salary of $8 a week. It Fas just after I was married. I learif48Jio shave myself for two reasons. One' wii^fcecause I saved from 30 to 50 cents a.jW^K by doing so, and the other because ^sa.ygcl a lot of time that way to spend at instead of in a barber's shop, waiting Jor^jpay turn. Did you ever stop to thinkjhpw much time the average man wastes arjjjjjntJ barbers shops waiting for his turn, that he could deyote to some- other occupatio%p^]Spend at home? It's a tough thing to bfc&fifcive to the barber habit." ia "But how is & man to^fisfeto work to shave himself?" I asked. l/vag "Well, in the first plaee, «man wants two first-class razors, the btfetfanap, a good, lather brush and A1 strop:' I^is usually best to let a barber hone yo&r razors for you, as this is a separate trade^ftl W itself, and requires considerable time and skill, and with care your razors won't need honing very often. If I were learning over again I would select for the first atrial some time when I had an hour or so of leisure, if necessary, I'd make-up a good, thick, creamy lather, spread it ovdr my face, and then rub it in well. I used to take a bqok or paper _and read while I alternately applied the lather and rubbed it well into my face. That's the main trouble with amateur shavers they don't soften the beard up enough. I read somewhere that Gambetta had an awfully tough beard, and that whilfe the lather was softening it up for his valet to shave him he used to take his exercise on the trapese. The beginner ought to keep this, softening process up quite a while. It makes the first trial much easier. "The razor should be held almost flat agaist the face, with the edge touching the face, and the back only about the thickness of a leadpencil away—an angle for the blade of about ten degrees. The flatter the blade is aganst the face the lesser the danger of a cut. Study the growth of the beard so as always to shave with it.-.'n-" "It is better to learn tb hold thl"r'azor in either hand, but it is possibly to go all over the face and only use one hand, breaking in the other by degrees. Another great poln£ for the amateur is not to be very particular the first time over, and then to lather up again and go over the face a second time. A man can shave himself a good deal easier the second time'over, ai*a the places that troubled and were left^Sgjged the first time over are easily cleaned up the second time. "The great point fof the barber, though, is long and careful lathering. A man should not consider himself his tiwn master, thoroughly his own master, lijljiless he can shave himself. I consider it oris of the accom-

of institutes

GOVERNOR HotNT ADBRKMM

FARMERS O* MPWKJAIKMB.

The Profits *f nralag Were Uncertain, and It Hay Co«« to Qaeetlon of the Survival of U» fittest.

Special to the Indianapolis News. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 28.—Th® annual meeting of the Farmers' Institute of Tlppedanoe county convened here yesterday. There was a fairly goad attendance, despite the disagreeable weather. The evening^session was enlivened by a visit from Governor Mount. The meeting was held at the opera house. Preceding the governor was a short address by A. O. Lockbridge, on "The Sunny Side of Farmlife," the speaker interspersing a bit of humor and many sound hints. Mortimer Levering, of this city, read a short paper detailing his "Visit to the Island of Jersey," in which the speaker gave a vast amount of interesting statistical information concerning the home of the Jerseys, and the stringent laws enforced whereby they are enabled to keep pure and unfiled that breed of cattle.

Governor Mount, was introduced by Mayor Justice, who announced that after the adjournment of the meeting a reception would be tendered at the hotel Lahr. The governor was warmly received. He said it might not be out of place for him to make a short explanation of how it came about that he had. consented to visit Lafayette after having refused to attend so many farmers' Institutes this winter. He felt that he was under many obligations to Tippecanoe county for Having furnished him with such an able, wise, disoreet, faithful and accomodating private secretary—a man whom he could intrust with any and all matters of public interest in the« knowledge that they would be* looked after with fidelity and care. He complimented Mr. Wilson very, highly, and also this county, where he had often visited in his early youth. To this county he came, he said, when he enlisted in the army, and it was in this county that he was first assigned to camp duty.

The Work of Institutes.

Governor Mount said that when the farmer was successful, all share in that success. The profits of farming today are small, and on that account it was wisdom to hold these institutes, and for farmers to attend them, and learn all they could relating to the betterment of their methods, for it sometimes looked as though it would yet become a question of a survival of the fittest. These institutes were doing an important work, and they should be encouraged by the farmer and the business man. The yield per acre determines the farmer's profit. The man who was producing ten bushels of wheat to the acre was losing money if fifteen bushels, his profits were small. Twenty-five or thirty bushels to the apre gave a profit. Corn yielding twenty or thirty bushels was farming at a loss. A yield of fifty, sixty or seventy bushels was farming at some profit. The condition of the soil was one very essential point in successful farming. The fertility of the soil was being rapidly depreciated and becoming poorer. In fact, many acres were not tilled at all. The real farmer should have as much concern in enriching the soil as he has in fattening his stock. How to improve the land is one of the great problems confronting every farmer. The removal and conserving of moisture was another problem that was being forked out by farmers'institutes.

Science was enabling farmers to overcome many of the drawbacks experienced by those in earlier dftya^iij/iThea preparation of the soil, the planting" of crops, the cultivation of crops, were all matters that-re-quired keen study and close observation. The waste upon our farms was another impediment. It was too great. He had once heard a learned lectilrer dleS&re that that in Indiana the waste was gre'ater than the profits. If business men generally were as unthrifty and unmethodical as the farming community, there would be a rapid increase in the number of failures throughout the country. The growing, breeding and feeding of stock were other items entering

largely

•. ft Is

into the farmer's occupa

tion if he hoped for success. These points should all receive the most careful attention. The man who today places upon the market inferior cattle must sustain a loss It Is the man who gets the most SSd. of meat to market on the fewest number of pounds of feed that ma^s profit, and study was the only method ascertaining what were the best methods in producing this result. Discussions^ farmers' institutes enabled men to- com pare opinions and make improvements.

Stnriy anrt K«ep Posted

Th governor urged the farmers to study fhP market reports to read agricultural and farm journals to keep thoroughlyP^edas to those things most needed Re markets of the world, and be thus prepared to use his knowledge to good purpose. Dropping into statistics, the governor said there were 6,000,000 less cattle in the coun tiy tha were seven years ago. Each year the

stock

of horses was declining in the United States. From 1880 to 1887 the increase was at an enormous rate, but now it was steadily decreasing. There were 12,000,000 less sheep in this country than four years ago. The governor said during the years to come there would be successful farmers, and those who would make failures, and the question for every man to ask himself was whether he would belong to the first or the second class. No law on any statute book of nation or state will give success to all farmers. This must come from their own exertions. Laws may help, but each farmer must for himself decide how he can best make farming pay.

The governor, in closing, said there was something in farming besides money getting. There \Vas something grander, better than the raising of fine stock, the cultivation of large fields and the accumulation of fat purses. Fanners should" make the home of greater importance than tho farln. The training of boys and girls in the right cotirse is of far greater import than the mere accumulation of wealth. He said he wished to encourage the, farmers' institutes. They inspired the farmer to better work, to better thoughts and brought him befter results. This would be seen in better fai-ms, better crops, better stock, and, grander than all else, better homes. In conclusion, Mr. Mount said he had come to Lafayette on this occasion with greater alacrity for the reason that he wished to encourage and commend ihf'work of a cltisen of this plac?, a man who was today doing more for the farmers of Indiana than any other man within its borders—Professor Latta of Purdue University. Years hence the beceftcient fruitage of his labors would be -seen throughout the commonwealth, and his labora Bhould be aided by business men as well as the farming community, for their effects were beneficial alike to all.

During his remarks the goVerfivr"#"as frequently applauded. His talk was a strong plea for the farmers' institutes, and to farmers to qualify themselves by study and observation to reap the richest harvest possible from the acres under their control. Education would help them, and the Institutes were »»du^ators.

Veteran Takes aLone Tramp. Atlanta, Ga... Jan. ,,28.—For many years William Brown.: a veteran of. tho union army in the lato war. has b«en an inmate of th« soldiers' home in Washington. Shortly. before C'grfrtuM ha r*c«trt4 letttr

Mm his wife, who lives in Ho«isun, Tex., and whom he had not seen for twenty-five y«*r*. asking him to come and see her bef«re afc* diet,

Brown, la 71 years of age a.id his wife is 65. They separated shortly after the war. When the old man get his wife's letter he packed tip a few belongings, took what little money he had and set out to walk to Texas. Last night he arrived in Atlanta, dilapidated and without money, bat as eheer*o.l a* a sohoolboy oh a holiday. had waikri most of the way from Washington, and expects to walk most of the way to Texas.

During the war he served in the navy on the battle-ships Louisville, Carodelet and Indianola. He is now drawing a pension of $135 per year. His story has brought him many friends, and a purse is now being made up for .him.

A PROCESSION 0F PRETTY GIRLS

Thirty-Foar Debutantes Assisted Mr*. Cleveland In Receiving. Washington, Jan. 2$.-—'Those who. came early to Mrs. Cleveland's card reception yesterday were rewarded by seeing one of the prettiest sights Imaginable, says a Washington special. It was Mrs. Cleveland coming through the long corTldor from the west aid© of the mansion escorted by Colonel Wilson and followed by thirty-four of the loveliest young girls in society here. They wore the prettiest and most fetching of light silk gowns, and walked two by two until they reached the east room. They recalled the pretty fable of the vanquishing host in Tennyson's "Princess," only there were no men to conquer except those on duty at the White House and members of the orchestra. But they thought it honor enough to be asked to receive with MT3. Cleveland, and

they had their orders before coming do n- (jeneral

stairs. "Mrs. Cleveland told us to telk 0

everybody," said ene pretty girl to another, who was a stranger here and was glad to be talked to. -f

The chairs and divans in the east room were moved together in a sort of barricade in the center of the room and the space measured off in this way was for the visitors who passed up to shake hands with Mrs. Cleveland as she stood near the south windows so that the light of the fading afternoon fell near her and made a pretty picture. After the women had shaken bends with her they sat down ea the chairs and divans as long they could.

One of the queerest little women at the reception was Mme. Fak Ye, wife of the Corean minister. Mme. Fak Ye is about the height of a 11-year-old girl. She dresses in the quaintest style Imaginable and makes

When 5 o'clock was approaching the offl-

SAVED BY A DREAM.

Mr. and Mrs. Connally of Atlanta, Ga., Escape From a Barnlng House. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 28.—Chief A. B. Connally of the Atlanta police department and1 his wife came near being burned to death this morning about 3 o'clock. Their escape from death was almost miraculous—they owe their lives to a dream.

Chief Connally resides at 299 East Hunter street. Last evening he and his wife did not retire until about 11, o'clock. A small coal fire was left in the grate in the sitting room. The door to this room was closed as was also the door to the sleeping apartment across the hall. At 3 o'clock this morning Mrs. Connally was awakened by a dream, in which she thought herself in a boat and about to be drowned. She awakened her husband, and they both discovered that the room was filled with a stifling smoke. The chief opened the door leading into the hall and saw the smoke was so thick that it would be impossible to get out in that direction, so he went to the telephone which was in his room and called up the fire department.

The house was full of stifling gases and the eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Connally were so affected they could scarcely see. Chief Connally opened the hall door In his efforts to escape, but as the door was opened dense Volumes of smoke poured in. Connally realized that retreat was useless in that direction and he hastily dressed, bidding his wife do the same. Then both he and his wife dashed out on the front porch, where they awaited the coming of Chief Joyner's men.

It was only the work of a few minutes for the firemen to extinguish the blaze. Several pictures and a lot of clothing in the room beneath where the fire caught were destroyed. A defective hearth caused the fire.

COMMISSIONER FORMAN.

Mis Confirmation A# th* Head of the Inter, nal Revenue Department Secured. Washington, Jan. 28.—The friend* of tho Hon. W. S. Forman had no diffioulty in securing hia confirmation aa internal revenue commissioner today. The discussion did not continue more than as tiour and the vote on confirmation was 41 to 15 in Mr. Forman's favor. Speeches favorable to confirmation were made by Senators Culiom, Palmer and Hale, and in opposition by Senators Chandler, Jones of Arkansas, Ber»$- and Stewart. Senator Chandler was the only Republican except the independents who opposed confirmation, either by voice or vote, and ho stated as the reason for his attitude the fact that Mr. Forman had supported the Indianapolis platform, which declared for both a gold standard and freetrade—both declarations contrary to the American policy in bis view.

The other opposition speakers based thetr

MESSAGE FROM GOMEZ

INSURGENT COMMANDER'S TIEW 09

CLEVELAND.

OooM Drive Wevler Oat at Cafe* Willi 00,000 Rifle* and 1,000 Cartridges.

New York, Jan. 2S.—A special from 8a« vana to the World, dated Jan. 23, sayM C. B. Hernando, a Cuban messenger, ha4 reached Havana after a perilous journey over four hundred miles, with a message! from General Gomez, the Insurgent corn* mander-in-chlef. Mr. Hernando's report o( his interview with Gomez is forwarded td Dr. Diaz, a member of the Ouban Junta, it Is .dated Jaruco, January 1J, and reads ad follows: "In accordance with your Instructions arrived at Havafta on the morning of Jan* uary 6 at 6:30. After the delay consequent upon inspection of passports, I went intd the city and in the garb of a Cuban cowboy joined a party and left by La Vivora. A3 soon as I left El Calvaria, on the Guasama' Bridge, I met advance guards of the Cuban army. Upon acquainting them with my, identity they mounted me and rode witll me as far' as Santa Felleita. There wa turned down to the left by Las Callejoned de Managua, I crossed the San Jose road» and one mile from Talaste, at 4 o'clock th# next morning, came to the insurgent camP) which was under the command of Briga-«

opposition on the ground that Forman had1 pen 'thfi

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all of her own dresses. They are In the Cuban forces, and my only business Is to Josephine style, made of the richest sort of ian

brocade. The one she wore on Saturday the Spanish Government from Cuba and to was of blue and black, like the pattern our grandmothers used to wear. It has a full long skirt, so long that she stepped upon it occasionally and then raised it so that it revealed her little slippered feet and also the fact that she wore no skirt. She does Qot speak a word of English, but goes into society just as American women do. Her amenities consist of smiles alone. She gave one of these smiles to Mrs. Cleveland and her hand. Mrs. Cleveland bent down over her as if she had been a child and put her hand caressingly upon her shoulder.

cere of the White House went quietly to the conflict with the properly constituted au* young girls who were in the various rooms and intimated in an undertone that Mrs. Cleveland wished to see them in the east room. Titey made their way to her, and the people who were determined to see the last of everything waited in the inner corridor until 5 o'clock, when, just as they had come down, the fair procession passed along

ployes proceeded to take in the awnings and set the house in order, and in an hour afterwards no one would have supposed that nearly a thousand women had eaten of the president's salad and ice cream and drunk of his lemonade and bullion.

The little children of President and Mrs. Cleveland'—Ruth, Ether and Marion—wearing white frocks and with dainty ribbons about their curly heads, enjoyed the scene from the landing of the stairway. Marion was in the arms of her nurse, and the other little girls sat in small white wicker chairSI on either side of the governess.

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six men we started, Dr. Guilar with us. "After an hour we came to the camp of General Gomez, in the mountains of Las Escaleros de Jaruco. Although It was noC yet 6 o'clock in the morning, the General was up, booted, wearing a large sombrero' and a clean linen dress. The only arms which he wore was a small Spanish

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ver. "General Gomez is a taciturn man, talk*' ing but little and admitting no one into his plans. In answering questions be: was brief and to the point. Upon acquaint'' ing him with the report that be had given his adhesion to the policy of home rule for Cuba, he said emphatically 'No, sir I have written no such letter' nor given my assent to no such policy, am only the General in command of the

fight battles in order to drive out

conduct this war to a successful issue. I have been entrusted with tbte duty by the Cuban government through its proper agen« ck*». If any action is ever iaken in regard to the political settlement of Cuba it will have to be by President Oisneros and his Cabinet, who alone are authorised to act. Besides this there is an article in the constitution which we have adopted providing that even the President and flis cabinet would have to call the General Assembly to settle such an important matter aa this. My only duty is to fight, to keep the banner of Cuba flying, and in no manner would

thority of my government.' 'But,' I asked the General, 'do yoM know of any movement, even on the part of the government, for such a purpose an this?" "Why, no,' replied the General. "TM Cuban people were never so determined at they are now. At no time since the be

the corridor to the music of the marine or- ginning has tlie army been in batter condi chestra and went upstairs. Then the usual tion or better drilled than at present. OuJ confusion of getting out ensued, crowding en are full of enthusiasm for tae In depend for wraps, calling for carriages and hurry- dcnce of our country, and never have thej Ing off as if life depended upon it. The em- been so set against taking advantage of anj

temporary The Cuban army and th Cuban people have started out for absoluU independence, and they will never lay\ their arms until it has been achieved. "Directing the attention of General inez to the unfriendly policy of Mr. land he smiled grimly and said: 'When we rose up In arms agains. Spanish tyranny we did so trusting in and ourselves. We knew the enemy whom we had to meet, so that we did not "measure the stature of the giant nor the power of the llon.'J Consequently we are here, armed and organized and ready to sacrifice our lives for Cuba.' "The General walked up and down aa he spoke, his eyo flashing. Then he addeel: '1 know I should be guarded in what I say. Mr. Cleveland is at the head of a great nation, for whose people I have the most profound respect, and he is well acquainted with the situation in Cuba and tho financial condition of the country. a mire him, but only a

descendanoftheAn-

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cold-bloodedly

as he has done. I know all the people of the United States are in favor of our cause and am acquainted with the posit ion of the United States Senators, though tbera haa been some friction among them, for *hicfc

"^There^is one thing, however, that I do not understand—how It is that Mr. land can be so complacent with the Spanish government, which has -nsul flag, as Weyler has done in Cuba and mobs have done in Spain. Hew Mr. Cleveland can rest contented when he sees the Span ish government shedding the l^ocentblooa of

non-combatants

is past my co

sion. If it was only for humanity, he oug to stop the barbarities in a friendly way. "At this point the General dropped that phase of conversation, and in rep jSion l» ho- I.M

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