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A special drawing card for the Casino last week was the appearance of a new cornetlst

by the name of Kryl. The performance of Mr. Kryl was of the superior order and his exquisite triple tongulng and trilling on the cornet took the audience by storm.

Mr. Kryl 1B a sculptor by profession and is engaged on the new theater. He is doing the ornamental stone work for the cornicesi and other parts, and is said to be an artist with the chisel. But he told a reporter lately that he would quit his trade for good thki fall when he has an engagement with the famous band which goes by the name of its more famous originator, John Philip Sousa. •Mr. Kryl has never yet played with this band, as is the statement of contemporaries. But hia genius in music and in his handling of that difficult instrument, the cornet, has attracted the notice of that great musical,' mind at the head of the best band in the world, who engaged the sculptor a few weeks ago. Souea wanted Kryl to Join the musical aggregation at once at Manhattan Beach, but the latter will finish ha work in this city first.

Mr. Kryl is by nativity a Bohemian, but hni lived l-5 this country so long as td have perfect command over the language. His foreign blood is betrayed in the light flaxen hair, light blue eyes and sturdy form. He ifl a very pleasant man with whom to converse and his laugh is as hearty as it ia genuine.

During his conversation, Mr. Kryl said: "I have been playing the cornet but five years, yet I love it above all other music. Its voice is so capable of expression in the haftd of a student, and a master, such as I hope to be one day. My instrument is a gold-plated Wonder cornet, made by C. C. Conn, the manufacturer of Elkhart,. this state. It is ft grand instrument, and I would! not exchange ib for the most famous brand from Paris makers. "Yeg, I play with tha company at the Casino next week. About the tone and trill holding? I am confident I can do what no one has yet done, so far as is known. That is to hold atone on the cornet for a period of 125 seconds. The world's record is less. This is partly on a wager."

"THE WAlBASH, PAR AWAY."

N«w Song by Paul Dresser, Dedicated to Miss Mary E. South.

The latest creation of the brilliant musical mind of Fftul Dresser is entitled "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away." An advance copy has just been received. The song is published by Howley, Haviiand & Co., of which firm Mr. Dreaser is a member. Both words and music are from the noted composer's pen, and the song 1b "respectfully dedicated to Miss Mary E. South, of Terre Haute, Ind." The music, as are also the words, l£ pretty and catching, and the composition should have a l&rge sale.

Paul Dresser is a native of this city, having been reared in its confines. Since his departure he has become famous as an actor .anA a composer. His melodies are of the simpler sort, and please the American ear,

Following are the words of the new song:

'Round my IMiatta homestead wave tho cornfields, In the stance loom the woodlands c'.ear and*t!OOl, Often times my thoughts revert to scenes of chl'd-hood,

Where I first received my 1 cleans— Nature's school, But oru thing there Is missing from the picture, "Without her face It seems so incomplete, I long to see my mother in the door-way,

As she stood there years ago, her boy to greet. Many" years have -passed since I 61 rolled: by the river.

Arm !n arm, with sweet-heart Mary by my side. It was there I tried to tell her that I loved her,

It was there I begged of her to be my bride, Long years have passed since I strolled thro' thft church-yard,

She's sleeping there my angel Mary dear, I loved her but she thought I didn't mean it.

Still I'd give my future were she only here. CHORUS. Oh. the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash,

From the fields there comes the breath of new-mown hay, Through the* sycamores the candle lights are gleaming.

On the banks of the Wabash, iar away.

MAD AS A HARE.

•Joseph Peacock fights Against Arrest at the Hand of Officer Hall.

Joseph Peacock is a carpenter and lives at 731 Spruce street. Joseph has also the name of being a local preacher of some power of lung. But for some time his actions have been so erratic that it was thought he was losing his mind. From his actions of yesterday he has either lost them entirely, or they have for the time being strayed away.

A tragedy was narrowly averted at the time Deputy Sheriff Oscar Hall went to the house of the carpcnter. As is well known, one of the vagaries of the unbalanced mind is the frequent attempt to save a child from, fancied persecution by killing it. This has often been done, and is always thought of when a maniac is about, to be arrested.

Peacock had furiously attacked his son-in-law In the morning without any provocation whatever, and the latter swore out a warrant for Peacock's arrest. The son-in-law's name is Evert Montgomery, and he was entering the house when set upon by the frantic man. who imagined he had a grudge against him. Montgomery was badly beaten about the head with the club Peacock brandished. The latter, when Montgomery effected his escape, mounted a horse snd started off on a gallop. He soon ref.urned, however, and Was at home when Officer Hall reached the scene of warfare.

Peacock refused to admit the officer, and threatened to hurt somebody. His little son, who wfts in the same room, began to cry, whereupon the father, with a wild look in his eye. picked him up and held him with one hand while with the other he brandished a huge knife. He told Hall to leave and renewed his threat. Soon, however, his attention was diverted, and the officer was enabled to seize him. After a scuffle he was •verpoweredand taken to the Jail, where he vill remain until an inquest is held over hia cental condition.

NORMAL. TRUSTEES MEET.

Iteps Taken to Secure a Drilling Ground for the Cadets.

A special meeting of the board of trustees tor the Indiana State Normal School was held yesterday morning. The time was fSSmewhat in advance of the regular meeting prr ind the change was made for ""the convenience of one of the members of the board.

The board is composed of the following: W. R. Armstrong, of Indianapolis: Colonel L. B. Martin: Prof. James H. Tomlin, of Shelbyville: Prof. David M. Geeeting, of Indianapolis, and C. W. Ward, of Newport

As soon'as the usual batch of bills and *Uow*meea was cleared away the more im-

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portam matter of the new departure in sudd life at the state institution, the military department, was taken up. All the available Army officer* set aside toy the department at government headquarters, 100 second lieutenants In all, were already in positions of service. There was official assurance to the trustees that the member of the faculty who should have charge of this branch of work would be provided as soon as possible. It was suggested that this officer should also take charge of the school gymnasium for male students. Miss Alice Wright, who was physical director of Co&tes College, will drill the girls. This latter is also an innovation in the curriculum of the Normal, but the students interested are greatly }n favw Of it.

NOW HERE IS A LEAGUE.

Terre Haute Would Do Well in the Interstate Circuit.

Terre Haute has another chance to break into base ball again. This time the opportunity is a good one. It gives this city a chance to get into a league that has a standing In the base ball world. It was yesterday that the opportunity presented itself. A dispatch was received from the president of the Interstate League, asking if Terre Haute wanted the Wheeling, W. Va., franchise. The telegram did not give enough information for the base ball men to make any definite answer and, therefore, nothing was done. Wheeling, as is pretty well known, has not been drawing gooa crowds. The city has a good team and the Interstate League is one of the strongest in the country. Terre Haute had a chance to go into it two years ago. Billy Myers, of Ft. Wayne, was here and tried hard to induce Terre Haute 'base ball men to go in. He was given assurances that this city was ready, but when it came to the official show down there was no one to step to the front. The Interstate has been in existence for three seasons. It is a permanent organization and will live. The Central League was of premature birth, and it was a vrtainty, when it was organized, that it would never last the season out. With the Interstate it is different. Every city in the circuit Is larger than Terre Haute. Toledo draws from 400 to 1,000 on week days and as many as 5,000 on Sundays. The other cities are also drawing well. There is to be a meeting of the league today, and an answer is expected from Terre Haute. This is the chance for Terre Haute to break into respectable company. A team in the Interstate will be given the support a ball club deserves. If Terre Haute accepts the opportunity and plays the season through, next year the team can start out with every body acquainted and an interest that will not lag. This is the opportunity, it there ever was one.

S An Original Cigar Cotter., Then our guide called our attention to the desk, and upon it stood the most exquisitely perfect miniature reduction of the guillotine it ia possible to imagine. It is in highly polished dark redwood and only relieved by the glitter of the keen steel knife, crescent shaped and properly weighted, like the knife of its big and murderous sister, the real guillotine, but only an inch or two wide. We fell Into ecstasies over this pretty albeit rather sinister toy and found on touching the various springs that the plank fell into place, the aperture for the head of the victim closed duly and the wee knife fell with a proper thud.

We askod the use of this small marvel, when the guide smiled, and taking from his pocket a cigar, with the rapidity born of long practice, laid it on the plank, where it was held in position by a spring, touched the various knobs, and in a twinkling the tip of the cigar was sliced off by the keen knife, and it was ready for smoking. It is natural to infer that the men of our party snipped off the ends of all their cigars before we left the premises, as well as we Parisiennes were amused at playing the executioner in a harmless manner with thig, dainty little guillotine.—Paris Letter.

Shipping Docks' Egg*.

Consul Soott, in a recent report upon the trade of the Chinese town of Swatow, remarks upon the fact that 11,000,000 fresh eggs figure among the exports. But he tells us that nil are oertainly not fresh, for it ia the custom to ship ducks' eggs which have been incubated to within a few days of hatching. These eggs are brought on board the steamers packed in shallow baskets with layers of soft Chinese paper between and around them. The baskets are plaoed about the deck swung to the awning supports and occasionally are put in position near the boilers, but as a rule the heat of the climate is quite sufficient to complete the hatching of the eggs. It therefore comes about that at the end of the»voyage young ducks are landed at Singapore or Bangkok in lieu of the eggs which originally formed part of the cargo. As a rule, the birds come to no harm, but, on the contrary, exhibit quite a thriving appearance.—Chambers' Journal.

The Whistling Language of Gomer. M. J. Lajard, who has been investigating X,he much talked of whistling language of the island of Gomer, one of the Canaries, has come to the conclusion that it is really the Spanish language intensified by whistling. When speaking, the Gomerian puts his fingers in his mouth by twos or fours and blows with might and main. The result is mixture of word* and screeching whistles wholly unintelligible "to the tyro. After but little acquaintance with this queer language, however, one can easily distinguish the words and understand the meaning of the whistlers.—St. Louis Republic.

Manson Fonts Has Returned. Manson Fouts was to be seen on the streets of Terre Haute yesterday. Frank Helmer, with those wife Fouts is believed to have gone to Richmond, is also back. Mr. Helmer called at The Express office yesterday afternoon. He was astonished that the report from Richmond should get into, the public print. He admitted he had been off duty for several days on a leave of absence from the Vandalia. He also said he was In •Richmond. He was rather reluctant about discussing the story that he went to the police there in* search of his wife. He admitted, however, that he might have been in & police station, though it did not resemble one. He said further that he had heard the report that his wife had been the means of bringing about a separation between Fouts and his wife. He claimed, however, that he had nothing to do with the Fouts family.

Absconding Clerk or Stewart A Co. Canght Vincennes, Ind., July 2i.—Fyffe Henderson, the absconding bookkeeper of J. C. Stewart & CRo.. St. Louis contractors, who are building a distillery here, has been captured in Toronto. He confesses to the charge of fraudulently obtaining money by altering the amounts on checks, thereby securing $212.35 after it had been signed by Mr. Stewart, and saya he is willing to return here for trial without requisition papers. CTiief of Police White left today for Toronto to get the prisoner.

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BB TRAVEL? OVER MANY 8TATBS ADD FINDS BUSINESS IMPROVING.

Says the Yankees Up In Massachusetts Blake Ingenious Jewelry That No European Can Imitate.

Last night Mr. Louia Rauch, representing a Cincinnati jewelry house, was seen at the Terre Haute house by a reporter by The Express. He stated that the business outlook, particularly for the fall trade, is very fine, and that he feels greater encouragement than he has known for a number of years. Mr. Rauch travels over Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. He has recently made a tour of these states anfij has everywhere found evidence of dawning prosperity.^, "Of course," said he, "it Is not here yet-— at least my personal observation does not tell me that it is. However, I hear many men saying that they have already felt the impetus of the revival and can say from their own knowledge that good times are beginning to be a fact. I cannot speak so emphatically. My business is not showing any improvement yet that I can call a revival and have a proper regard for the meaning of words. But I can see extraordinarily favorable signs and predict that the| fall trade will be very fine."

Mr. Rauch says that all summer his firm has been doing a good business in particular lines. "We have been selling the fads right along," he said. "I mean by the fads the fancy things in belts and the Jewelry that goes along with the ubiquitous shirt waist. We keep a sharp eye out for the latest and most artistic and the people are always buylrfg such things. As for the tariff we do not care what it is, whether It is high or low. Our goods are all made in this country, no matter what the statesmen" do at Washington. Up in MassachueeUi the clever Yankees make our goods and make them in a wc.y tbat is past the imitative g^'us of the rest of the world. Those fellows always lead in the novel and the ingen.ous. They get Ideas for fads from across the waters, but they improve upon them, and so completely change them that they bear the inimitable Yankee stamp and are new. We need no other protection in our line btlt the peculiar gifts of the Massachuetts workmen. They are better than any tariff ever devised." -.

A WOMAN'S CHIN.

ller Lower Jaw Said to Be an Index to Her Character. "Never marry ft woman with a square, prominent chin," said the philosopher with a beard, gazing abstractedly out of the car window, "unless you want a boss. So writes an observer in tho New York World. "And don't go off and get a wife with a retreating chin either, if you oare to know just what's going to happen when you come home at 2 o'clock in the morning." This wise observation came from a email, nervous man on the opposite seat. "That's right," put in a third, a slovenly looking, stout gentleman in a red necktie that had gone wrong, "that's right nor a woman with one of those little round, sharp pointed chins, for she will expect too much of you, sure. She won't wash no, 6ir, she won't wash." "But I don't want to get married," I protested. "I don't want a boss. Neither do want a woman who will take in washing. If I did want t\|p married, I'd never think of hunting up a woman by her chin." "The chin is the best indicator of a woman's true disposition," replied the philosopher. "By her chin ye shall know her. Now, there is an ideal domestic chin up there in the end of the car—the other end. One of that kind of chins, neither pointed nor square, retreating nor prominont, but round and dimpled—the blue chirt waist"— "Hold on thoro, old man!" exclaimed a red faced man with a slight discoloration beneath his left eye, who had been listening from an adjaoent seat. "You have been d»innin there ab6ut chins a long time, and I ain't said no word, because ib ain't none of my business but now you bring in the little woman in the blue waist up there, who has been a-watchin down this way, and Bhe's my wife, and you're dead wrong and don't know nothin about chins. That's what. For she can talk the whitewash off'n a fenoe and does her wash befire breakfast every Monday. And if you're lookinfor a boss, she's right, in it. As for knowin what she'll do when you come in full afc 2 o'clock in the mornin—do you see that eye of mine? Huh! You fellors make me sick!"

The philosopher looked silently out of the car window while the rest of us busily got otv traps together for the next 8t&t\on.

THE IDEAL HUSBAND,

TERSE HAUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 30,189)

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A Variety of Opinions Thereon From Prominent English Women. The editor of an English periodical made the request of oiKl^ women writers to define the "ideal liuiffand."

Their replies were somewhat amusing, and are calculated to make one prefer one's own ideal rather than that of any of these women. Among the wise and deep utterances may bo quoted a few. Lady Jeune, wife of the eminent judge, Sir Francis Jeune, says, "There must be a master mind in every house, and tho sooner that is recognized the better for both." Mrs. Boyd-Carpenter, wife of the lord bishop of Ripon, says that "an ideal husband is not possible without an ideal wife." Mrs. Stannard, well known under the pen name of .John Strange Winter, thinks it very amusing that any one should have a notion of finding anything ideal in a mau. Mrs. Lynn Linton is bittor on the subject, and Mrs. Fenwlok Miller, a writer on health, dress and manners in many papors, thinks girls -should not expect too much of a "mere man." Mrs. Crawford, Paris correspondent of the London Daily Nows, observes tbat "a husband can't be ideal, and iJ lie were he would bo an unmitigated bore!"

The "Ideal husband" is, however, each individual's idea of a good and attraotive man. The idoa varies with what we ooromonly call a person's ideals—which are the outgrowth of character. In that sense a husband may be ideal, and what Mrs. Crawford mo.*\ns is that a pattern of all the virtues would not neoessarlly fill one's ideals, even if such patterns were to be had for tha asking. The truth is tbat an ideal husband is a good man who is thoroughly congenial to the woman he marrifes, nbd there the matter stands, though there 'lnay be some interest attached to different people's remarks on their particular "ideals." 1 .. fa.) t, in -jSeeSrSS "*•*.

SPOILED BY SCOTTVV

The Plan That Wa« to K»tabll*h a Dictatorship Id Mexico. It may surprise many readers to learn that overtures were made to General Scott by many Mexicans of position, and by many American officers, to permanently occupy Mexioo and organise anew government. The scheme proposed to General Scott was, in substance, this: It yrtt* supposed that upon the conclusion of a treaty of peace at least three-fourths of the American army would be discharged, and that a large portion of the officers would resign, and, with many of the ipen, would enter the new army of Mexico, a ntTenougb others could be recruited in tbe yaifced State* to make the American oQD&agto* 15,000 stroBfc and to fete might ba added ajijg

ttnufier of Mexlaan soMlejfc With such to army it was

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could be held and governed in an orderly way aad prosperity might be assured. The plan contemplated a pronunciamento, in whioh General Scott should declare himself dictator of the republic for a 'term of five yean or more, to give time for agitators to acquire pacific habits and to learn to govern themselves and to respect an orderly government, where the rights of property were not only respeoted, but folly protected.

Already in possession 'of the forts, arsenals, foundries, cities, mines and ports of entry, with nearly all the arms, it was not doubted that a very general acquiescence would follow.

Grant was Invited to .several conolaves of officers, but from tho first emphatically declined to enter Into the plot. He did«not purpose to change bis allegianoe or his service or his flag, but meant, he said, to return with the Fourth regiment to the United States.

He had several reasons for this determination. He was essentially a conservative thinker and was endowed with a remarkably high sense of justice, and he had genuine contempt for any adventure which had any flavor' of dishonesty or bad faith about it, and he would not consider for a moment the project of placing an alien government over Mexico while tho nation was dominated by superior force.

Had still another consideration been needed to influence his course—as was not the case, however—there was one most persuasive consideration—his prospective bride awaiting his return at her White Haven home, near Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

General Sqott declined to enter into the plot, and it was finally abandoned.—Midland Monthly.

WOODEN RIMS.

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They Aro America's Mo»t Valuable Contribution to the Bicycle. A bicyole without a wood rim in this country is a rarity, yet only a few years ago the wood rim was unheard of in this connection, and when it was introduced it was greeted with rldioule on all sides. The wood rim is striotly an American idea, and to Charles F. Harrington is due the credit of introducing it. Mr. Harrington's early life was spent at the wood working business in Vermont, and later, when he engaged in the bloycle manufacturing business, it was natural for him to think of using wood for a rim.

Hundreds of patents for special features pertaining to bicycles are granted each year by the United States patent office, but the majority of them die a natural death. Few pay any money to the inventor. The wood rim is undoubtedly the most valuable contribution America has given to the bicycle. Nearly everything else thut has stood the test of actual use has come from "the other side." France introduced the bicyole, but England improved it and gave to riders the suspension ''wheel, ball bearings, pneumatlo tire, tubular frame and the ordinary and safety types.

America has held her own in wood working. In fact, she leads the world, and the light, strain resisting American buggy always has been a marvel to for elgners. Its wheels are so light tbat the foreigner wonders how they bold together, but the much talked of resistance Is the seoret of it. It is the combination of wood and steel that makes the Amerioan buggy possible. The wood absorbs the shock of vibration—is resilient. The same principle applies to the steel rail and the wood ties of the railway. Without the wood ties the immense strain would tear something to pieces. A steel rimmed wheel without a tire is virtually a solid, which feels jars all through the wood rim bears jars, as it Is the nature of the wood to bear them, saving the wheel and the whole structure and not suffering itself. It is lighter than the steel rim, and

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also to bo made 1 igb tiSn^'here are some incidental advantages also and some not so incidental. For instance, the wood springs back and rights itself from strain, while the steel stays sprung and buckled the wood does not rust and dent, and cementing the tire is easier.—New York Tribune.

Two "Lads."

There are some human creatures who, from mere innocence, are no respecters of persons. They find a comrade of any age or condition, and the individual relation is all that impresses them.

At one time, when De Qulncey was living at Lasswade in simple and friendly relations with the people, who respeoted him not as a writer, but as a good neighbor, he formed a very delightful friendship With a little child, a boy of 4 years. This lad, a nephew of one of the housemaids, was the constant companion of the groat man and would forsake any amusement for the pleasure of walking round a dull little garden with him.

One day somebody heard this conversation between tbe two comrades. "What d'ye call thon tree?" asked the child.

De Quincey considered and then said, with careful deliberation, "I am not sure, my dear, but I think it may be a laurustinus."

The child interrupted him with some scorn: "A laurustlnusi Lad, d'ye no ken a rhododendron?"

At that time the "lad" must have been •bout 70 years old.—Youth's Companion.

A Brntal Proceeding.

"Well, old man, I guess I better go home. My wife will raise a holy row, even as it is." "Why don't you do as I do when you find you have staid out too late?"

What do you do?" "I just keep on staying out until I know she is scared and will be overjoyed to see me."—Indianapolis Journal.

Changed Conditions.

Willie—Paw, what does the paper mean by talking of the "softer sex?" Mr. Milligan—When I was your age it meant the women, but they have changed so novradays that I guess it means the dudes.—Cincinnati Knrjuirer.

ITEMS OF IFTEBEBT.

Arthur Ti Hill, who has been for ten years the financial agent of the American board in Japan, has gone to Worcester, Mass., to live.

Work has boen begun on the reconstruction of General William H. Harrison's tomb at Nortu Bend, Ind. The old tomb of brlt has b-^n taken down entirely and one of blue limestone built.,

Mgr. William H. O'Connell, rector of the American college at Rome, is visiting his family in Lowell, Mas^.

The Rev. Dr. S. C. Swallow (Methodist) of Harrisburg has been sentenced to pay a fine of $500 for libeling Captain John C. Delaney, superintendent of publio build* ings and grounds.

Miss Christine Law has been appointed assistant clerk of courts for Harajricn county, Mass. She is the first woman in the state to hold this office. ,*„•*

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Mrs. Elisa D. Stewart, who organized tbe first woman's temperance union in the west, celebrated her eighty-first birthday at Springfield, O., recently.

During the war "Parson" Brownlow of Tennessee offered a reward for' the late Senator Harris and gave this description of him: "Tall, straight as an Indian, red on the top of his bead, red faoe, asHttle ETofaoe aad ianliBed to be dtet*taflftklL~

OLD BEC0EBS FOUND.

DISCOVERED \fi THBf CORNERSTONE OF THE CAPITOL AT HARRlSBURG.

The Contents Were F6U&4 to Be Xnftaet and Will Bo Stored Awmy Ia tha State library Building BemoTed Ia th«

Presence of the Governor and Others.

On a reoent day Captain Delaney, superintendent of pnblio groendeat Harrisburg, was delighted In striking what proved tc be tbe cornerstone of the Pennsylvania state capitol, laid May 80, 1819. It wa* found at the southwestern corner of the building before the hall of the house ol representatives was enlarged several years ago. It lay almost level with the basement, about five feet below the granolitbolic walk in front of the destroyed capital. It was composed of sandstone about 3 feet long, S feet wide and IX thick on the top, and near the center was discovered an iron ring and hook imbedded in the stone.

The wooden box, with the contents placed in it in 1810 was covered with a sandstone lid, which was removed in the presence of Governor Hastings, Attorney General McCormick, Secretary of the Commonwealth Reeder and a number of other state officials. Great care was observed in ohiseling It from tho rest of the cornerstone. Tho wooden box below it was found to be in a dccayed condition and was-broken in many pieoes in the effort to get at its contents, whioh, to the surpriao of everybody, consisted of a black bottle about 4 inches in diameter and nearly S inches long. It contained a large mouth, which was shut with a cork surmounted with a wax state seal, whioh had worked itself loose.

Outside of the bottle, whioh was handed over to the governor, nothing was found. The treasure was ordared to be removed to the state department by Secretary Rcoder, where the contents were removed the same evening. Efforts to secure them without breaking the bottle were unavailing, owing to the material which had been placed in tbe receptacle to preserve the papers in it from being mutilated by moisture. A large quantity of lampblack, sheet lead and content were found in addition to historical papers placed in the bottle more than 78 years ago. On two pages of a sheet of parchment paper was written the following in a plain hand: "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, May 81st, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Tbe corner stone of the Capitol of the State of Pennsylvania was laid this day by William Findlay, Governor George Bryan, Auditor General Richard M. Crain, State Treasurer John B. Gibson, one of tbe Judges of the Supreme Court William Graydon, Commissioners appointed by the General Assembly to superintend the erection of the work. Stephen Hills, architect Valentine Kergan, Samuel White, masons, and William Smith, stone outter."

There also were deposited the following documents: Charter of Charles II to William Penn, Declaration of Independence, Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1776.

Articles of confederation and perpetual union between the several states. Copy of so muohof an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania by which indemnity was made to the heirs of William Penn for their interest in Pennsylvania. Treaty of peaoe and acknowledgment by Great Britain of the independence of the United States. Constitution of tbe United States, 1787. Constitution of Pennsylvania. 1790. Acts of tbe Legislature of Pennsylvania, by which the 6eat of government was removed from Philadelphia to Lancaster and Harrisburg, and the building of a state capitol at the latter place authorized.

Government of Pennsylvania in 1819— William Findlay, Governor Thomas Sergeant, Secretary of the Commonwealth James Trimblay, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth Isaac Weavor, Speaker of the Senate Rees Hill, Speaker of the House of Representatives Richard M. Crain, State Treasurer George Bryan, Auditor General William Clark, Secretary of the Land Office Jaoob Spangier, Surveyor General William Tilghman, Chiof Justice John B. Gibson, Thomas Duncan, Associate Justices Amos Ellmaker, Attorney General.. At which time •Tames Monroe was President and Daniel D. Tompkins was Vice President of the United States.

Another sheet of parohmant paper contains the following: An extract from an act of the General Assembly of tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed nt Philadelphia, on Saturday, the twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act for vesting the estates of the late proprietors of Pennsylvania in ibis Commonwealth."—Philadelphia Times.

FINNEGAN'S CRAZY MULE.

fie Had Speed and a Habit of Not Taming Oat For Hacks. Did you ever hear of Finnegan's mule?" queried Charles Mann, doorkeeper of the press gallery of the house of representatives, to a group of horsemen. "He was probably the greatest mule ever foaled. Ho could trot a mile in 2:40 if you could control him, hut there was the rub. He unquestionably carried, on tbe dam's sida, race horse biood. When I innocently purchased him, about ton years ago, I knew nothing of his past record. The truth is, my father wanted a mule to work in a treadmill, and I purchased him at an auction sale. "One day I wanted to go to the Pimlico raoe$ in company with a friend of mine, and as no horse was at hand we patched np an old harness, borrowed an old, ramshackle gig and started for the track. The mule drove quietly enough and seemed entirely devoid of guile. When we drove up to the Pimlico gates, we found a line of hacks in front of us. The driver of one of the rear hacks happened to look back as we drove up, and after making a careful inspection of the mule suddenly shouted to his companions in front of him in a loud voice, 'Say, boysr here's Finnegan's mule I' Then began the greatest stampode you ever saw of hacks. Why, they fairly fell over one another in getting away. "Subsequently I ascertained the cause of the stampede. It appears that the mule was well known in certain quarters in Baltimore and was known as Finnegan's crazy mule. He had a habit, when owned by Finnegan, of jumping on any vehicle In front of him and destroying the same. No one had been able to hold him when excited by racing iilm on the road or track, so that for driving or racing purposes he had, in other hands, become practically worthless. When I learned hjs his-' tory, I ptft a Rubber'bit oil him instead of, the cruel bits with which h-e had fortuerly been driven, ond 'which iaccratedrjbis. mouth to such an extent as to make him" unoontroll&blc. When I got htm In shaped I matched him against some of the fastest trotters in Baltimore. "If he felt just right and did not get mad, it took a good trotter to beat him a mile. For rome reason or other, however, be would not repeat heats. One mile was as muoh as he would stand, for when he was brought out for the second heat he would invariably bolt the track, and no man was ever found strong enough to control him when in one of his crazy fits. Myself and friends won a pot of money with him in single heats. He had as pretty a trotting action as any one cared to see, splendid knee action, and how fast ha oould put 'em in when be wanted to I

"His reputation extended to the surrounding cotin try, and I sold him to some sporting parties in JTorfolk for J3§

subsequently won some races la fast tin# for a mole and oertainly was a wond» -. He waa tbe only fast trotting mule tbat w© have any history of. "—Washington News. ..

A NOVELIST'S BLUNDER.

Verge* Be Had Killed Off a Character aa4 Had to Resuscitate Him. A great master of the art of throwing ttf stories by dally installments was Ponson da TerraiL When he was at the height of his vogue, he kept three running at tbe same time in different papers. His fertile imagination was never, at a loss, bnt his memory frequently wtti. He'wqs apt to forget today whatlie did with a 'b4ro Jr heroine yesterday.' To belp bid1 memtey h*e at. first noted-down1 briefly in copy booka what happened to his men and women,: but finding that often, he oould not read his own writing, ho invented anew system. He proecred Uttle leaden figures on which he gummed the names of bis characters as they were born. Supposing there were three stories running, there were three sets of figures in different drawers. Whea a character was settled off, tbe little man or woman in lead was taken aw*y from its companions and laid aside.

One day when Ponson du Tcrrall was all behind in his work, he sat himself to his task without examining the Alain. Hia bad memory led him into a terrible blunder. He had forgotten that ho had killed Rocambole—the still famous Rocambole— in tbe previous feutlleton, and, to *e great surprise of tbe reader, he made him talk a^ain as if nothing out of the common had befallen him. This resuscitation of Rootunbole is one of tbe most ourioug things in the history of the romans feuilletoc.—Boston Transcript.

Stars.

The modern astronomical principle oa which stars are classified—namely, tbe resemblance and dlfforsnoo between vhelr spectra—and the revelations characterizing this remarkable phenomenon, hav«a led to various attempts to indicate tbe stage dt advancement attained by eaeh cartioular orb in its life's history or development. Remarking upon this a recent writer cites Dr. Sebeiner as putting, in his late work on stellar spectroscopy, those stars whose gpeotra contain the bright lines of helium and hydrogen in the first subdivision of his first class in evolution, Beta Lyr» and Gamma Cassiop® being two such stars. He regards them as having atmospheres composed of those gases, onormously extensiv^ as compared with those of other stars and possibly hotter than the gaseoui envelopes of their older companions. On the basis of this theory tbe query is considered pertinent as to how long it may lx since our world was in the condition ol Beta Lyrse, whether any helium now floats in our outer atmosphere, how tbat partiff* ular portion which is now embedded ia the earth's crust got there, and other simi lar questions.—New York Sun.

Stevenson and Ijove Stories^ ","i May, 1892.—I have celebrated my holW day from "Samoa" by a plunge at the b^ ginning of "The Young Chevalier." I aat afraid my touch Is a little broad in a lore story. I oan't mean one thing and writ® another. As for women, I am no more in any fear of them. lean do a sort all right. Age makes me less afraid of a petticoat, but I am a little in fear of grossness. However, this David Balfour's love affair, that's all right—might be read out to a mothers' meeting or a daughters' meefc« ing. The dlflculty in a love yarn whioh dwells at all on love Is tbe dwelling on one string. It Is manifold, I grant, but the root fact is there unchanged, and the sentiment, being very intense and already very muoh handled in letters, positively call* for a little pawing and gracing. With a writer of my prosaio literalness and pertinency of point of view this all shoves toward grossness—positively even toward the far more damnable closeness. This baa kept me off the sentiment hitherto, and now I am to try, Lord! Of course Meredith oan do it, and so oould Shakeapeare, bat with all my romanoe I am a realist and a prosaist and a most fanatloal loves of plain physical sensations plainly and expressly rendered hence my perils.—Letter From Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, MoClure's Magazine.

His stomach Was a Hatchery. A man named Collins, living in tbe lite tie settlement of Clifton Heights in Dela* ware county, Pa., was seised with nausea recently and ejected from bis stoma oh 8d young lizards, all alive and vigorous. How they found their way into a human stomach is puzzling not only an anxious group of neighbors, but some men of science, who are investigating it. That Collins expelled tbe lizards there Is no doubt, for there were trustworthy witnesses.

The mystery is explained by Collins himself, who-says that be swallowed the spawn of the reptiles in pump water. How long it took the spawn td hatch is not known by any sensation that manifested itself to Collins, but after the hatch enme Collins became aware tbat something was queer with his anatomy. For two days ho felt ill, and finally he was attacked by the nausea.

Tbe result was a string of little lizards. Every one of them was caught by Collins, and he now exhibits them alive to the people who oall him with curiosity to bear about it.—Exobange. i.

Is Richard Tate Legally Bead? -J Suit was filed tbe other day in the Franklin (Ky.)) cirouit court against three life insurance companies on polioies held on tbe life of former State Treasurer Richard late, who absconded in March. 1888, aggregating $12,000—$5,000 held by the Newark (N. J.) Mutual, $5,000 by the Connecticut Mutual and $3,000 by tbe Northwestern of Milwaukee. Mrs. A. W. Martin, whose maiden name was Miss Morrie Tate, daughter of the „absconding treasurer, brings tbe suit.

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Tho statutes of Kentucky presume a roan dead who ig absent from tbe state seven years unless proof is made tbat be Is alive within that time. An affidavit by Mrs. Martin to prove that Tate has not been heard from in seven years is filed with suit. Mrs. Martin lives in New York.^ Exchange.

A Garrison at Fort Washington. General Merritt, oommanding the d*» partment of the east at New York, has arranged for the establishment of a garrison at Fort Washington, on the Potomac, ju* below Washington. This fort, which w#i abandoned for eo many years, has recently been equipped with several high power guns and a torpedo plant for uso in operating torpedoes and mines in the river in that vicinity. It constitutes the principal defense of the national capital from attack by water. The garrison will be composed of about 75 men of Battery A of the Fourth artillery, under qoiumand otjCaptoin A&vH ter Howe of tbe Fourth artillery, now stationed ajt ths Washington barra^kt.^rA similar but smaller garrison will also^ b* maintained a* Siberidaa point, op tbao&v posite side of the river, in Virginia., when the guns intended for that plaoe are in position.—Washington Star.

The Moat Recent Fl»h Story.'' Here is a llsh story from Fort Tampa* Fla.: Some fishermen who reoently caught a shark noticed thnt bis stomach was considerably distended, While the lower o. tion of his body and tail wcro quite thi These faots excited the curiosity of the fishermen, and they decided to disscct n. Upon opening bis stomach a small pork barrel, with one bead knocked out, wui found. Tbe month of tbe barrel was pointing upward toward tbe fish's throat and was literally filled with dead fish, but they could not be digested hence the sbarkwai literally starving to death, yet be bad a baffejat -flab la bU gtomack.

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