Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 May 1897 — Page 4

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The impression in regard to the duty on corsets is that it stays.

There is a faint hope that the sultan will yet disappoint General Lew Wallace. '•'I ... .,

The suit&n won't grant an armistice. He modestly asseverate^ that it is not his grant.

If the sultan wants the Greek fleet why does he not send his own fleet out to take it?.

China still cleaves to silver but there are numerous evidences tha* China is-not up to snuff.

Weyler ought to resign his command and get a scholarship in some military night school.

The Sick Man of Europe proposes that somebody else shall now take some of his •medicine.

Illinois has practically nobody at present who was not an original anti-Humphrey bills man.

Weyler seems to have stopped the clicking of his typewriter ih order to hear the news from Washington.

John J. Ingalls is dancing about preparatory to-landing the Fitzsimmons knock-out blow on thp Dingley bill.

Professor Wilson is still making heavy drafts upon his inexhaustible misunderstanding of the tariff question.

It would be too bad if our international bimetallic Doii Quixotes should get lost in the Jubilee crowds in London.

If Colonel Hamid will now be good ei\ough to give the powers a sound drubbing many of his sins will be forgiven

It is claimed that there are too many preachers. It is possibly true that there are too many mere lecturers in the pulpit.

Prince Constantine says his soldiers have plenty of good food.They have certainly been exhibiting no disposition to eat the Turks.

The chances seem excellent that the Annapolis embryonic soldiers will he compelled to stand not only one but several negroes.

It is said that Weyler'js boy is "just like his father." It is apprehended from this that the young man:will not do well in Cuba.

Certain classes of citizens are anxiously inquiring if the increased tax on beer will have any tendency to curtail the free lunch.

If General Miles' ship does not travel fast enough from Southampton to the .Golden Horn the general might get out and run ahead.

Those war correspondents in Greece get big salaries but they are not giving the slightest evidence that they -are entitled to them.

This is a bad year for graduates to get plowshares and pruning hooks into their speeches as substitutes for swords and spears.

The fact that the cruiser New York has been ordered to Key West will not tend to allay the anxiety now manifesting itself in Madrid.

Possibly the-sultan by his extravagant demands will help the Greeks to realize something important in the way of the fruit of desperation.

It will have ben observed that the Spanish captain general in Cuba keeps safely beyond the reach of the machete of the pacified Cuban.

Uncle Paul Kruger may not be civilized but his diplomacy at the present writing compares very favorably with that of Joe Chamberlain.

Champ Clark hit the nail on the head when he said that the Republican war cry is "harmony and hides." That is the Republican war cry and it generally gets both of them.

When this country recognizes the belligerency of the insurgents in Cuba, if it ever does, Senator Morgan may be expected to do something awful to the dignity of the senate.

Edhem Pasha is a regular Quaker compared with General Valeriano Weyler. The latter is perfectly irresistible when he moves with one of his columns against an orphans' asylum.

Jerry Simpson is making a mistake by taking only such exercise as is calculated to develop the caltes of his legs. He is greatly in need of systematic work in an intellectual gymnasium.

General McCook tried to dictate the toilet of John A. Logan, Jr., and now the general is struggling to back off from a snag that struck him amidships'.

It is rather difficult to understand just why Mr. Bryan feels called upon to give his views touching all public questions. He does not appear to have fully comprehended the returns of the November election.

An effort will be made to have ex-Queen Liluiokalaai tr&ye) oyer the country with a ooaceri company. After all it would probably have been good thing if Cleveland had succeeded in geitiug this woman back on her throne.

The Popocrats say that Jones made a food campaign chairman. Their statement is supposed to be based upon the fact that .Jones was claiming Bryan's election many days after everybody else had read the returns and gone home.

Mr. Bayard arrived in New York Saturday and he actually said he -was "glad to get back." He also intimated that he had not lost his "affection for America." He declared that the report that he intended to t*k« uj a permanent residence in England

was "too absurd to deny." It would appear that Mr. Bayard purposes to. make aa heroic effort to stand us even if we are primitive and even if we do need a "strong man" to rale us. Si'' K,

LMoKinley has been president of the United State two months and a half and has done as much in that time toward the restoration of prosperity as any fair-minded person could expect. When his policies get a chance business will move off at the old Republican gait.,

Some of the Spanish newspapers think the United States should not be allowed "to interfere" with Spain's business in Cuba. If relieving Americans from starvation is interference with Spain's business the gay Caatiiians will find it necessary to make the most of it.

THE MOSLEM AROUSED. By their course in regard to Crete—a course of cowardice and shame—the six great powers of Europe have got a sultan on their hands. Abdul Hamid appears in a new role. He has made his bow but as the commander of millions .of men, fired with the liquor of victory and wild to push their conquests further still this side the Eastern boundary of Europe.

Of course the Turk must stop. Undoub edly he must rein himself in or eat the lead of Christian guns. He cannot spread his dominion over any considerable territory not already (possessed by him without a war worthy of the name. But how is he to be resisted? How is his impudence to be curbed? Who is going to take the first step in disputing his advance?

These are serious questions and Europe must answer them. In her miserable cooperation "with the 'Moslem in his warfare against the Christian Gl'eek she has encouraged him to mass his forces in Macedonia and move upion Greece in overwhelming numbers. Victory has/been won by the sultan's soldiers and now his confidence is up and he is found demanding the annexation of Thessaly and an indemnity of enormous proportions. He is not tentative or conciliatory in his proposal of peace terms. He states in emphatic language what he wants and refuse to grant so much as an armistice until his programme shall be agreed to.

The time is at hand for the powers to say what they are going to do about it. The balance of power about to be affected was established with delicacy a good many years ago, and it is altogether probable that Europe will see it interfered with only under protest. But as matters stand now such a protest, unless it is to prove futile, must be 'backed by something more formidable than collective notes. If the powers are to move the sultan from the advanced ground he has taken they must shoot at him other projectiles than paper wads. If they allow him to annex Thessaly the logic of the centuries with reference to oriental influence in Europe will be reversed and we shall witness the discouraging spectacle of Isiamism expanding its boundaries into Christendom.

The powers should have called Abdill Hajnid down weeks ago. They should have given him to understand that there is nothing for him on this side oJ the Bosporous but hatred and' war, if that be necessary.

TALK ABOUT HARD TIMES

Good Stories Bearing: on the Theme Told at Washington Dinner. A Western senator gave a dinner the other evening, and when the cigars' were handed round the after-dinner talk turned on hard times, says a Washington letter to the New York Tribune. The guests, who represented various sections of the country, each had something to relate about hard times in past years. The host declared, however, that he c'ould break the record, and said: "When you people talk about hard times now in these day you forget all about 1851. Money was not only as scarce as hens' teeth, bur there was no inony in circulation—none to •be had anywhere. Along the Chippew Black, Mississippi and other rivers sawlogs were legal tender. In fact, everything that possessed any sort of value passed as token rnony. Up in northern Wisconsin copper was mined, and copper cents were minted and issued by private individuals. The general storekeepers issued their own scrip, and it passed for money. I have seen a 10-cent postage stamp, incased in mica passing for money many a time. We had then in that region every kind of token except wampum. We didn't get quite that far back to the primitive medium of exchange."

This is was all very Avell for a true story. But one of the guests, not to be outdone by the host, said he had a story nearly as old. dating back to 1S54, though not strictly in the' line of hard times. "I don't suppose anyone 'here but myself," he said, "knows that Kansas hat! a shibboleth in border state days. In 1854. when the firs: tide of New England settlers began to drift into the southwest-, the Missourians tied a cow at each -crossing of the Missouri river. When a new settler arrived at the crossing he was sure to make some remarks about the cow. If he said 'cow' he was at once permitted to cross over ft) Kansas. But if he said 'keow' he was hustled out of the country as a hated abolitionist. To retaliate the Karsans tied a bear on their side of the river. When a new settled said 'bear' he was welcomed with open arms. But if he said 'bar' he was scooted back into Missouri aa a wicked slavery advocate."

HARRISON IN CHICAGO.

Some Qnestkms and Answers About the Baby. The door of 1,641, Auditorium Annex, was opened by a stout man, rather under the meidium hight, rather more than the medium breadth, says the Chicago Post. His hair was gray, but abundant, and his beard was neatly trimmed. He stood calmly in the middle of a room, the windows of which overlook the dumping wagons at the foot of Congress street, and the first visitor went to the* steam coil and turned on the heat. The second visitor chafed his ears involuntarily and the third whistled into his hands to keep them warm. "General Harrison?" said the first visitor. The chill of the room bent the question into an interrogation point. "What can I do for you. gentlemen?" asked the occupant of the room. "When did you come, general, and what is the purpose of your visit?" "I came yesterday, and the trip is partly social. I may ^ee one or two gentlemen on business while 1 am here—" "Mrs. Harrjson accompanies you?" "Though I can see no reason why the visit of a lawyer from another city should be a matter of interest to the people of—" "And did you bring the baby with you?'\ "There are a great many lawyers here anyway, and one more or less should make no difference." •"Is the bubff well?

TEHRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, MAT 18,1891

street car companies charge five-cent fares just the same as do those in Chicago, and—" .J "They say shehas begun cutting teeth?"1' "AH 'to that I regard Tom Taggart as rather the strongest man the Democrats have in my city. He may conclude to "So much better if she can get past the teething period before the hot weather." "No I rarely go hunting. There used* to be lots of game on the Kankakee marshes, but George Holman, of Rochester, and Gus Landis, of Delphi, have-^" "And can she really talk plainly?" "Speaking of that did you read what the papers said about Senator Mason of your state?" "We never read the papers," said the first visitor, knocking his right foot against the left to get up circulation. Does she resem^ ble you very much?" "Well, the Greeks had really very little chance, but I think the powers have decided to let the concert season run right on, through the summer, as per their original programme." "She uses the bottle, I suppose?" *°v "A Greater New York means a greater responsibility. Of course, it makes a difference locally, but what altered influence it will have on national- affairs is, I confess,

"Does she cty a great deal?" General Harrison looked off across the ralfc road tracks, a gleam of resentful anger in his eye, and the third visitor fanned him self with his hat in the suddenly rising tem perature. But it was only temporary. Before the "warmer" flag could climb the staff on the weather tower the whole lake front was chilled again by the Alaskan wave which came into town last night coincident with the arrival of the Monon train from Indianapolis.

DIAMOND OF THE FIRST WATER

Electricity Employed By An Inventor to Reproduce Nature's Rarest Gems. If the news sent to the state department by the United States consul at Zurich, Switzerland, is true, the glories of the Koh-i-noor, the Orloff diamond and the Cleveland diamond are in danger of eclipse. Consul Germain, writing from Zurich, tells of a wonderful new process ^y which real diamonds of the largest size can be manufactured. Diamonds of extremely small size have been artificially produced heretofore, but the cost of their manufacture, exceeded their market value. Now, however, according to Mr. Germain, one E. Moyat claims to have discovered a new process by which he can produce diamonds of the largest dimensions, says the New York Press

In principle, his process is about the sa'me as the one already invented by others, and that is. to obtain crystallized carbon out of irdn and coal by means of high pressure and high temperature. Yet there is some improvement in the Moyat process as regards the technical operation. Pulverized coal, iron chips and liquid carbonic acid are placed in a steel tube and hermetically sealed. The contents are then subjected to the action of an electric arc light by means of two electrodes Introduced into the tube. The iron liquifies, is then saturated by part of the pulverized' coal, and at the same time the liquid carbonic acid evaporates, thereby creating an enormous pressure on the mixture of iron and coal. This pressure again considerably increases the dissolution of the coal in the liquid iron. While the mixture is cooling the carbon crystallizes partly in the form of real diamonds and partly in the form of similar stones. These crystals are then segregated by dissolving the iron in diluted muriatic acid. The mixture, by the above method, remains under high pressure during the operation of the electric current while by other methods the pressure is obtained later only by means of the rapid cooling process of the crucible. It is only within the past few years that the possibility of producing diamonds artificially has been proved

FOUGHT A NOVEL DUEL.

Kecs of Gunpowder Were the Weapons Selected By Two Belligerents. Shortly before the revolution, when the air washeavily charged with forebodings of the approaching struggle, old Major Putnam happened, to be in Boston, says a writer 4n Harpers Round Table. The major disliked the 'redcoa'fs, and sometimes inveighed agairiSt'thfcir arrogant superciliousness in no gentle 'ferms. One day an officer of his majesty's regulars overhead Putnam assert that the' provincial army, untutored in arms as they were, would fight with the courage of traified soldiers. The officer resented the assertion, and after some hot words challenged the major to a duel,' provided he dared to fight. "Dare!" shouted Putnam. "Why, at any moment! but I choose the weapons." "Name them," haughtily replied the' officer. "Two kegs of gunpowder the time^^morrow the distance ten paces the fight to be as follows: You to sit on one keg, I on the other, a slow fuse to be attached to each and lighted, and the one who holds out-the longest shall be declared the winner."

There was nothing for the officer to do but accept the unusual weapons, and on the following day, at the appointed time ani place, the combatants tool? their seats upon the kegs of gunpowder. The fuses were lighted and began spluttering, rapidly approaching the kegs. The officer was deathly pale, and watched the growing danger with dilated eyes. At last he could stand it no longer, and with a leap he left his keg and raced like a madman out of sight. When he had gone old Put laughingly kicked the burning fuse away and disclosed to his friends a keg of onions. When the matter came to light the officer was subjected to the laughs and gibes of the entire command.

What is Blood Poverty?

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Late Senator Coke at Reitt Waco. Tex., May 16.—The obsequies'of the late Senator Richard Coke was solemn and impressive in the extreme. The pall bearers were of fhe most distinguished men of Texas. A vast multitude of people wefe present, many hundreds being from different parts of the state. At the grave just a* the casket was being lowered into the grave a bolt of lightning struck a tree near by, knocking Ex-Governor B. Hubbard, one of tbe pall bearers to his knees, shocking exGovernor Ross and a number of others severely. A number of teams ran away and there came near being a tragedy to end the sad occasion.

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KATHEK PROPHET SAM CHEEK SATS IT IS COMING THIS MONTH*

He Annonnces tbe Fall For Hay 20th and Declares That Corn Will Hot in the Groand.^.,^ .,1

Mr. Sam Cheek is a white-haired farmer of somewhere near seventy winters. He lives on his smiling acres south of Seeleyville and enjoys the fruits of former activity. Mr. Cheek is a weather prophet. He is a weather prophet who prophesies things that are going to come to pass. His record for correct prognostications is so good that all his neighbors praise it and some of 76SHH his neighbors praise it, and some say he beats Irl Hicksf^

Mr. Cheek comes to Terre Haute very frequently. His loafing place while here is generally Smith's implement house, on the comer of Third and Main. The old man was in town a day or two ago and predicted that on the 20th of this month there will be a frost. He says there is no use to plant corn now, it is better out of the ground than in the ground. Mr. Qheek thinks cold will accompany the frost and last long enough to rot such corn as has been planted and has not yet had time to sprout. He advised his farmer friends not to plant yet, but to wait until after the 20th, and it is understood that most of them are acting upon his advice. iMr. Cheek has certain reasons for thinking that this frost is about to come upon us. He has read the secret in the moon. To the ordinary man this orb of the night looks just like it always does, but to Mr. Cheek it bears peculiar marks that reveal the imminence of frost. As long ago as last February Mr. Cheek canje into Smith's store and informed the people there that May would be a cold and rainy month. It was thought at that time that he was going a good way ahead in his prediction, but it now appears that he can do that sort of thing without losing his reputation as an accurate foreteller of the weather. It will be only a few ,days now until his ability to predict frosts will be tested.

Last suimmer Mr. Cheek gained considerable renown iby foretelling rains at harvest time. His neighbors were about to cut their wheat when he informed them that they were getting at it too early. They wanted to know why, and the old man replied that there wei going to be big rains within a few days. His prediction was fulfilled. If auv of the farmers failed to heed Mr. Cheek's advice they regretted it, for two days after he had told them to postpone cutting their wheat heavy rains set in and lasted for some time.

It seems that this rural weather clerk gets all his inside tips from the raoon. It is not thought that he has telegraphic communication with the silent man who hac- the soft job of occupying the moon. It is not pretended that there is anything supernatural or especially extraordinary £?bout his manner of getting on to what 'te coming but of the sky in advance of its coming he just sizes up the moon and then begins to predict.

IN THE COURTS OF EUROPE.

Behind the Scene* With the Nobility of the Old World. Considerable astonishment has been excited at Berlin by Emperor William's choice of a new governor general for the capital and the metropolitan province of Brandenburg, which is one of the highest and most important ^offices in the gift of the crown, having until now always been held by a military officer of the rank of field marshal, writes the Marquise de Fontenoy in the Chicago Record.

Berlin, it must be remembered, besides being the seat of government not only of the kingdom of Prussia, but also (de facto if not de jure) of the entire German empire, i§ a most difficult city to .keep under'proper control, and since the beginning of the century has been the scene of more sanguinary »iots and of more bloodshed than any other capital in Europe except P&ris. The office is, therefore, one of cobsFdferable responsibility, and is becoming 'more,"and more so as each parliamentary, election furnishes evidence of the extraordinarily rapid growth of socialism and anarchy within Berlin.

the new governor general of Berlin is no other than General Count von Wedel, who only a^suple of years ago was compelled' suddenly to resign his position of German envoy to the court at Stockholm in consequence of his having married a foreigner in the person of the widowed Countess Stephanie von Platen, a Swede, and daughter of that Count Hamilton of noble Scotch descent who ftrr so many years was governor of Stockholm.

Count Wedel applied for permission, to marry the widow, who is not only good looking but also enormously wealthy, and relied upon the good-will which the emperor always had shown him for an affirmative response. Instead of this the emperor refused his sanction, whereupon the count immediately tendered his/resignatio», which waG accepted, and then married in accordance with the dictates of his heart and purse.

Very sensibly, and with a thorough knowledge of the capricious character of his young sovereign, he abstained from expatriating himself, as everybody .expected that he would do, and, instead of settling in Sweden, as the vast landed interests of his wife th u. kingdom would have warranted his doing, he took up his residence in Berlin, where the magnificence of his establishment and the splendor of his entertainments, as well as the stately beauty of his wife, soon served to render him one of the most conspicuous figures of the capital. It was not long before he was fully restored to .the favor of the emparor, who, with the empress, frequently has dined with Count and Countess Wedel, off the service of gold plate which is one of the ancestral possessions of the countess.

Last January the count, who had retired from the army s"&me years ago with the rank of major general, was restored to the active list and promoted to the rank of full general. His appointment to the governor generalsh!p now has followed, and gives universal satisfaction. for he possesses not only the wealth required to maintain the dig'nity of the office with befitting splendor, but also the tact and clevernois to conciliate at one and the same time his young sovereign and the citizens ef the capital, who generally are at loggerheads with the monarch.

The count is a comparatively young man, being only about 52 years old, and belongs to that noble house of Wedel, of Hanoverian origin, which has played so prominent a part at nearly every court In Europe. He began life in the service of the king of Hanover, and remained with the latter even after his fall, accompanying him into exile to Vienna. But he severed connection with the king when his elder brother, having been grossly insulted by his majesty's nephew, -Prince Solms, and even struck in the face by the latter, was compelled to challenge the prince to a duel, and had the misfortune to kill him.

While the elder brother migrated to the United States, the younger took service in the Prussian army, servinc in the war of

to -'the ar Vienai. whc"'

he frequently was brought into contact with the present Gertnan emperor, who, In those days,.was a constant visitor to the Austrian capital. AW soon as ever Willliam succeeded to the throne he attached him to bis household as general adjutant, intrusting him with a number of diplomatic missions, and finally appointed him envoy to Stockholm, a post at that time of considerably more importance to Germany than might appear at first sight, owing to the anxiety of the emperor to wean Sweden from its associations with Russia, and to bring about its alliance with the court of Berlin. ypg 3? J"

It may be remembered that about a year ago a nephew of Count Wedel rendered himself guilty of certain financial indiscretions which resulted in the expulsion of the Bar rison sisters from Berlin, and first in the arrest of the young nobleman and subsequently in his incarceration as a lunatic, the influence of his ftunily at court being sufficient to secure a decree to the effect that he was mentally irresponsible for his dishonesty.

Another Wedel is likewfse under medical restraint. While in Persia he ventured to enter booted and spurred into a mosque of such sanctity that no foreigner or unbeliever ever had been allowed even in its vicinity. The result was that he was mobbed by the local clergy and population, and so shockingly ill-used and beaten that he lost his reason, and has never covered it since, the utmost difficulty having been experienced in conveying htm back from Persia to Germany.

The appointment of Count Wedel to the governor generalship of Berlin furnishes evidence that one may disobey the commands of the emperor with impunity provided one acquires wealth and affluence thereby, another instance in point being that of the present ambassador to the court of King Humbert, who is married to an Italian no•blewoman. a sister of that little Prince Camporeale who for so many years vras attached to the Italian mission at "Washington and finally married a New York divorcee. In the case of Ambassador Bulow the excuse is put forward that his wife, at the time when he married her, was not an Italian, but a German through her first marriage to Count von-Doenhoff. She is divorced from the count, having eloped with her present spou»e. who, at the time of her flight, was the first secretary of her husband mission. It may be added that the Count von Doenhoff remains a mere minister at the unimportant court of Dresden, whereas his exsecretary. who bolted with his wife, is now a full-fledged ambassador, with at least three times as much salary and prestige.

BLACKBURN ANGRY.

Sporned Carlisle's Proffered Hand and Used' Hot Words. New York, May 17.—Alfred Lewis, writing to the Journal from Washington, thus descants upon a sensational meeting between Joe Blackburn and John G. Carlisle: "And now it would appear that a time may come when we shall have blood on the moon.' It will be a. Kentucky moon. Blackburn is in town. So, also is that ex-secre tary of boneless policies, John G. Carlisle. They were not looking for one another, but this is a small town. Blackburn not only considers Carlisle as a general traitor to his party, but holds him to be even a more pregnant form of political criminal still. Blaokburn credits Carlisle with being the first great cause of his (Blackburn's) de feat for the senate re-election. "As I stated, the two men were not looking for each other. But they met. It wlas on the public causeway. Blackburn was with Senator Shoup Carlisle was with Senator Lindsay. Aa they approached Black burn's eyes began to blaze. Carlisle did not note these hate lamps burning in the Blackburn eyes. As Carlisle came up he extended his hand to Blackburn. Black burn spurned it and drove Carlisle from him with words of vitriol. Beyond the verbal point, however, violence did not go. Carlisle is not recorded as making any retort. Later Blackburn talked of pistols and declared that a day would come when he would* make Carlisle pubiicly admit that he (Carlisle) was a coward, a lifcr and a rogue.' It is the kind of promise Blackburn will make a lively effort to keep, and expectation is therefore on a wire edge in consequence."

THE ORDER OF B'NAI B'RITH.

They Hold Their 30th Annual Convention in Chicago. Chicago, May 16.—Representatives from forty-one lodges of the Independent Order of B'Nai B'Rith gathered here today to hold the twenty-ninth annual convention of District No. 6, Grand Lodge. The district comprises the states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa.and Nebraska, all of which are represented. The convention was called to order by the Rev. A. Norden, president, and the morning session was devoted to his message and the annual reports of the secretary, treasurer, chairman of endowment trustees and the chairman of the finance committee. These reports show the order to "be flourishing financially, but the gain in membership is not as large as last year.

The afternoon session was devoted to finishing the reports and the election of officers for the ensuing year, whk% respited as follows:

S. Lttfbliner, president. B. Ginsbery, first vice president. Max Ascher, sccond vice president. Philip Stein, M. H. Houseman, E. C. Hamburger, secretaries.

D. Fiseh. treasurer. Sol Degen, sergeant-at-arms. In the evening, a banquet was tendered the delegates at the Covenant Culture Club, given by the Chicago lodges.

THE TIPTON COUNTY BOARD.

A Row Over the Removal of Dr. Amos, a Democrat. Special to tbe Indi^naDons News.

Washington, May 17.—The removal of Dr. Amos from the Tipton County Board of Medical Pension Examiners has created a^ ,,

row. He is a Democrat, and was removed

interfered with several Republican meetings during the last campaign. His Democratic colleagues on the board thereupon wrote out their »««ignations and forwarded them to the Commissioner of Pensions with a tart letter.

Today Mr. Landis called oa the Pension Commissioner and urged him not to accept the two resignations, but to remove the physicians because of the letter.

BULLS WERE POOR.

The Reason For Stopping Mexico.

a Fight In

Mexico, May 16.—The city government forbade any bull fights to be given today. The authorities claim the bulls provided for the fights are so poor they do not justify '.he price of admission asked by the man^ement. Enrique Meriro, a Spanish bullfighter. has visUed the famous bull-breed-ing farms of A:eneo and other places, and his judgment |s that none of the bulls 6hown him were worthy of the ring. The poorness of the animals is getting to be a serious matter, and begins to look as if bull iug would Ktop for lack of animals to fight. The govew-'..r^t is firm and no performances will be allowed with inferior vattle. A ship att»r-he load of-bulls fcas bvrt) ordered from Spai to

THE OLD rfOfcSE. s\

Oaa summer .dssfc is a ften rocm, Tbe city b^ir.g stfil with And tbe air deed, wo ccad steps,

Farol at first, qhsdc np «*.-•»«, X-iwurfi, k-traok, fc-trAck, k-fc-aei. Kearer and ne»r«r, yard by yard,

Along, t:» asphait la the dark, Ciaoked the unseen faur-fooSid nci3o That stopped our talk aad xa nde ns b*rJe* K-traak, k-fcrack, k-tcrack,

Till dr^d woke up Vefora its 9&c»r Sgj Monotony. Tlie thing yr.Te?s«*l That nameless tei~cr of

And haunted dream*. And li.ilf lu its* '1' (E-track, k-lrs-ck, k-ireck/k- track)

"It must be death," I aid. "Swiwthfwtl** My laughing lovr agninstr my side Shuddered and hid these eyes of liers

And ield her brsafch, for"close ottteide, K-track, k-track, k-iraok, k-trackl & "Dearest, I do not to die

Before ir.$ life is half bagun." Soul of the world, how answer you My lifctle gay, child hoartod one? \, K-track, k-tracfr, k-traok, k-track I It passed and faded down the street-

Only a poor old horse, half blind. Y*t even now he often rosnas Vhe streets of my deserted mind— K-track, k-track, k-track. k-track! —Bliss Carman in Athe&cuzi.

HIS GREAT BIG VOICE.

It Frightened th« Little Girl Into as AmnaiBg Miataki!. Four well known lawyers sat trt a table In a popular down town restanraot, gathering plam for of the legal lights who enjoy better than anything else a social hour after wrestling througliont tho day with knotty legal problems. They were spending the evening pleasantly, bartering jokes about politics and legal life, but wisely avoiding serious discussion.

Many and good were the stories told, each narrator in turn doing best to create a bigger laugh than had followed his fellow's yarn. The stories were full of snap Mid brevity. One of them will bear repeating. "I remember a calf case, "one of the four began, "which was remarkable only for the fighting qualities shown by counsel It was tried befo«.v a justice cf tho peace in an Indiana village. One of she contending lawyers was a big mas, pompous and vain to a degree*. The other was a wiry little fellow who did not weigh 10" pounds. The little man had a voice of remarkable power. He was fiery of speech, and when in an argument* would let it out to its limit®. The little fellow mado an argument an hour long to the six good men and true, and he did not spare his lungs. Loudly he denounced the defendant, and as he came to the close of his address he assumed the attitude of a roaring lion. When he sat down, the justice wore a scared look, while the jurymen wore open mouthed and on t-bd verge of tears.

The lawyer for the other side then *os*, and in quiet, evea toaes proceeded to address the court and jury, as follows: "May it please the court and gentlemen of the jury, you must not mind my colleague, Mi?. Smith. He, gefitlemen, will not hurt you. He has a big voice, but he would not harm a chick. Let me tell you a story about my learned friend Smith. One day Smith had some important business to transact with Johnson, his nearest friend and neighbor. He went in thf early mcrniag to Johnson's house and was greeted by & sweet faced little girl, who opened the door and asked his business In a voice that would wake the dead Smith .asked, 'Little girl, is your father in?'

Frightened nearly out of he? Wits, the girl waited not a moment, but lied to her mother, who hurriedly inquired tbe cause of her distress. In awestruck tones the little one answered, 'I don't know, mamma. But by his voice I think it's God.' "And the jury tJlkigreed."—Chicago Post-

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Paraffin Wax.

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on the recommendation of Congressman Lan- ^iryT+zn. "But he was altojecl.c* dis becauso it was represented that he had too punctilious."

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Quicksand.

Tbe operation of testing quicksand may be made a very simple matter, says La Nature. Taking a certain quantity of quicksand and drying it artificially it may be again, made into quicksand by putting it into a box and pouring water upon it carefully, when instantly the water is soaked up, and OB measuring the volume, or, better, the weight of the sand, it will be seen that the latter takes up a quantity of water that measures B0 per cent of its own vol' ume, or SO per cent by weight, while th« rest remains above the layer of sand. On piercing a small hole in the bottom of tha box pure water rvias out, the sand forming a kind of immovable filter, or by turning the box upside down the sand will be seen to keep its form like a stopper. But it is the reverse of this proceeding tbat results in the real quicksand—viz, putting tha water into a vessel and sifting in the dry sand in a thin stream while shaking the vessel lightly, tho outcome being the thick but easily flowing compound known as quicksand. That the mixture may keep its mobility it is nec3ssa?y that the quan- I ity of water be not- less than 21 per cent jj by weight, and the whole be txmtiuually I though lightly shaken. Increasing the proportion or interrupting the agitation for an instant causes the mass to settle down, retaining about 20 per coat of water, while the surplus, if it exists, rises to tUetiop.

Probably few persons are aware of tub immense amount of paratfin wax now manufactured and consumed, pronouuerd, indeed, one of the most valuable of tu a many products of petroleum, much of this 1 importance being due, doubtless, to the perfection at present reachcd»in tho moth- 41 ods of production. In the improved pruc- T. ess now pursued the wax distillate is miistilled for the purpose of reducing to tho desired gravity and crystallizing tho wax, this «-per .uon being known as cracking, ana following tnis the. oil is frozen by tha sauae means that are in vogua for making artificial ice, the machines thus ussd by refiners of petroleum being of very largo freezing eaj*city and of tho most scientific sonotruction. Aft**' the oil is frozen it if forced into the filter presses with very powerful pumps, and by these presses the was is converted into a solid cake, while tlia oil flows into pans, being then transferred into tho sun bleachers or filter# a» wanted.

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suppose he wanted to give more that1 there was any necessity for." "T!iat's iu.ht it. He was the moet impractical cxau I ever saw. Why, sir, 1 wanted to go to the expecse of iaving the well water analysed one© or twloo a yaar, so's to be sure there wasn't r.nything in that'v.d 'mxbo tin customers si«k :*'—Waal* iD"ton Star.

The heaviest turnip we ever «iw wss little thing. We estimated its weight &£l« Kiting It.—West u'n'.cn G« -at'".

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Pillosophy.

Of mating many pills there is no end. Every plll-:aaker rays: "Try my pill." as if he weie offering you bon hossi The wise man finds a gocd pill and sticks to it. Aiao, thi v/lse man. who has oace Lied them never forsakes :,}

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