Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 July 1897 — Page 7

GREAT BlOr HAY CROP

If MAKE A LARGE DEMAND jr0K BALKKS IW THIS LOCALITY.

Bell & McMollstt Are Expecting a large Trade In Plows ud OrlUs--The Im*|s plenent Bn»lne»*.

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While the retailers of agricultural implements in this city are not doing so large a business perhaps as similar tradesmen in some other parts of the country they are not idle toy any means and are expecting a much better business,later.

Mr. Nicholas Smith of the firm of C. C. 6mith & Co., says that he does not expect a large trade in farm implements. "The -wagon trade will be small," said he, "for the reason that the crops are light and the farmers are not disposed to move them. The promise for the corn crop is good and there rnay be a wagon trade along about Christ mas. I do not look for much business in plows because the ground is in good condition and the farmers will use their old plows to turn it over. There will be a good sale for hay balers on account of the fact that the hay crop in this region is the largest that has been known for a number of years. The amount of wheat put in this fall will be very great and, therefore, there is likely to be a sharp demand for drills."

Mr. Smith's attention was called to the fact that the wholesale dealers in farm implements are reporting sales almost unprecedented. in ex tent. He replied .that they are doing business with retailers in parts of the country where the crops are larger than they, are about Terre Haute this year. Mr Cmlth states that he is expecting a general business revival and sees many evidences that it is coming.

Messrs. Bell & McMullin, the implement dealers on WeBt Main, say they are expecting a good trade in plows. They state that it has already begun. This firm says that •while the ground is in good condition now it may not remain so. There may not be another drop of rain before time to break up for wheat and in that event the farmers will have some hard ground to deal with. Messrs, •Bell & McMullin report that the moisture is already

disappearing and the earth is

becoming solid. They are looking for good business in drills, as the wheat crop to be sowed this fall will be enormous. They are also selling a number of hay balers. The mower trade has been good this year but it like the binder business, is over until next year. The farmers did not have a gre deal of wheat but are getting so much more for it than they got a year ago that they are satisfied and. able to spend some money for machinery.

THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY.

An Effort Will Probably Be. Made to Abro gate It.

Washington, July 28.—Public me Washington were generally surprised when the announcement was made in the cable dispatches & few days since, that the ques tion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty had been raised in the British parliament in connec tion with the proposal to annex the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, and were also consequently prepared for the response of the British government that one question was not involved in the other. The matter is regarded here with all the greater interest because both subjects—the validity of the treaty and the annexation of Hawaii—are under consideration by the American, con gress and both, in ail probability will receive attention during the next session.

The senate committee on foreign relations which has already reported upon the annex ation treaty, has undertaken an investigation of the present status of the Clayton-Bulwer convention, and the general expectation, on account of the predelictions of members of the

Bub-committee

having the question

charge, in that report will be made favorable to the abrogation of the treaty. It is understood that a majority of the members of the committee consider that England has, by repeated acts in Central America, nullified the treaty. There is also a large element in the senate which Tegards the treaty as obnoxious te the Monroe doc trine. Others look upon it as liable, in an Indirect way, to have, through its reference to the Nicaragua canal, a bearing upon the Hawaiian question. Those of this class do not admit that there is the remotest reference to Hawaii'in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, but they claim that Hawaii and the proposed isthmian canal, to which the treaty {has

especial

reference, are

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closely related

!BB" to render the future bearing of this treaty upon the Hawaiian problem a matter of interest. it is understood that the committee will (be prepared to report soon after the convening of congress next December. One of the 'points of doubt, on the part of the committee \ia how the treaty is regarded by the British 'government. It appears that, while England has generally acted in Central American affair*, as Bhe would have been expected to act if there had been no treaty, the English authorities have never given expression to any official sentiment as to the continued effect of the agreement made between Secretary

Clayton and Sir Lytton Bulwer.

UNCLE SAM IS PLACID.

Nothing Menacing in Great Britain'^ Seizure of Palmyra Island.

Waehington. July 28.—State Department officials say that no new issue is presented by the seiaure of Palmyra Island by the British reported'some days ago by an incoming vessel for Great Britain has maintained a claim to the island for the past nine years. The island is said to be in the Polynesian group, and although Hawaii has asserted a

HAD PLEWTY OF MONEY.

*©ig Bills Taken From the Terre Haute Porch

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The escape of William Wright from the -fclicihigan C?ky peniteDtUry has brought to tight fhe fact "that the three men sent up froAr'lie're were liberal!^ supplied with funds when they fearhed the prison south and that the Terre Haute detectives, vigilant as they were, overlooked a big bet. The discovery made at Jeffersonville. where they were first taken, further goes to prove that that the jnen were figuring on escaping while en

Vsute.

Wright escaped from the Michigaa

City guards Saturday afternoon, and the search for him has been abandoned. For three days prison officials hunted the surrounding country but wily Wright was not io be found.

A man Just returned from the Jefferson^ vilie prison, and one who was in position to know, says that when the trio came there Ifcejr had some $700 on tijeir persons. Evans, the most desperate of the bunch, had 1500 it ccld cash. Of this amount $400 was found the heel of his shoe. It will be remem-

oered that the Terre Haute detectives found $300 in the lining of Evans' shoe„ They did not ear off the heel, however, and therefore failed to find the foOr $100 bills. Wright had jyW ip,his pocket-and Morton had something over $50. This fact strengthens the belief that the men intended to escape the _ight they were being taken down. As is well known, they were surprised at the last moment by the Sheriff and Detective McRae, who placed 1^-irons on them and, therefore, were compelled to carry them into the train and also into the prison when they reached jeffersonvllle. With so much money in their possession it would have been a comparatively easy matter for the robbers to escape. The Terre Haute officials will send more copies of Wright's pictures to the detectives of the country and every effort *111 made to capture him, as he is also wanted for the Tuell robbery.

MOB HIM THEY SAID

PftOiFESSOB" JESSE LEE ASSAULTS LITTLE HEKROLD WILDY.

Picked tlw Boy Op and Threw Him Into the [Gutter—An Angry Crowd ... On the Scene.,

Jesse Lee is an elocutionist and also an ice creai* vender. In the winter time he tries to impress on the youthful mind things Shakespeare said and how he probably said them. In the summer time he sells ice cream and candy. Professor Jesse Lee cru elly assaulted little Herrold Wildy last night, and for a time a crowd of angry citizens took up positions in front of the ice cream emporium. Some of these citizens were ready and anxious to walk into the store, take Professor 'Lee out and give him a sound trouncing. Better judgment prevailed, however, and he was allowed to close his store'and go home.

Jrofesscr tree's feltire is located at 418 North Fourth street. Last night tHerrold Wildy,. son of William (Pete) Wildyc Edgar Shipley and Charles Smith, all boyss about 10 or 12 years of age, was sitting outlin front of Professor Lee's store. Lee has a sign out on the sidewalk. In words which display great elocutionary power, Professor Lee has written on this sign a short notification to the public that his ice cream and candy are first class. Herrold Wildy walked out to/the sign last night and after reading it said something Professor Lee did not like. Like a tiger he sprang out of the front door of the store and caught the boy by the neck He lifted him ofT the ground and then with! al his might hurled him to the gutter. The little fellow was stunned by the heavy fall and made no attempt to rise.

An attempt would have been useless anyhow, for rPofessor Lee followed his victim, He kicked the,boy and then picked him up again. This time he hurled him down on the brick sidewalk. For a second he looked at him and then jumped on the lad with both feet. Not content with thiB he was in the act of picking him up again, when a heavy hand was laid on his shoulder. The 131811 who had come to the boy's rescue was Samuel McConnaha, a teamster, who lives at 417 North Fourth, just across the street. By this time also people were running from every direction. They were headed for Professor Lee's store. McConnaha pushed the man inside. Lee's mother on the scene by this time and remonstrated with her son. At first he denied having done anything. The crowd kept collecting and several people cried out to mob Lee. This was not done, but the elocutionist closed his store and went to his rooms a few doors north. Here he cried like a calf, saying he would kill himself in case the little boy he had so brutally assaulted refused to forgive £im.

People who saw t|ie actions of the mau say he acted like a.maniac. In fact, he has acted in a very peculiar manner on many occasions. He frequently cries and is thought to be unaccountable for hie acts at times. It was said by one who saw the whole affair that Herrold Wildly simply said after reading Professor Lee's sign on one side and walking around to the opposite side: "I'll see if it reads the same on the other side."

With this, it is said, Lee seized him and threw him into the gutter.

CARRIED TO HIS REST.

Funeral of Daniel Roper, the Fireman— That of Ex-Mayor Thomas. The earthly remains of Daniel Roper, the colored fireman who was killed Monday night by an electric light wire, were buried yesterday afternoon,

The funeral cortege was most -impressr ive, all the department^ in the city taking part. At the head rode Mayor Ross, Chief Goodman: and Assistant Chief Shuster, and their carriage was followed by 2f members of the fire department on foot. Next came the hose carts and the trucks, the wagon of the Ones, of which the deceased was a. member, having the place of .honor next to the hearse and being covered with crepe. Following the department marched the members of Thomas lodee No. 1899. Grand United Order of Odd ^vaiows. The pall bearers were members of the lodge and Roper's rel.ow firemen of the One'i» company. There were a number of floral tributes, including a beautiful piece from the memoers of the department. ..

The colored band played a dirge as the procession slowly passed down the streets. Amone the mourners from a distance swere Mr. and Mrs. William Hale and daughter Minnie, of Crawfordsiville. Mrs. Hale Is a filter of the dead man. The remains weroW*id to rest !n Highland Lawn.

Funeral of Alexander Thomas. The funeral of. ex-Mayor ^Alexander Thomas will be held at 2:30 p. m., Sundav. from the residence at 702 Vandalia street. It will be under the auspices of Terre Haute lodge No. 19, of Masons, and Terre Haute Commandery No. 16 will serve as escort. Rev. W. W. Wttmer will conduct the services.

claim to its possession, our government has Vu^Mn^hody^H^ha" Ip^inUd not been strongly impressed with the validity of the claim. Meanwhile the British, it is said, not only have asserted a claim to if but have actually occupied the island for tome years past. In view of the probable annexation of Hawaii by the United States the matter doubtless will receive closer attention in the future at the hands of the £tate Department, but it is not expected that we subject will prove to be difficult of adjustment. particularly in view of the fact ae stated by naval officers, that Palmyra Isli*nd is nothing more than a barren rock in ftke Pacific, at a distant of a thousand miles {from Hawaii.

Mayor Ross called the council to meet attend

the funeral in a "boav the following committees: On (resolutions, BriRgs, chairman. Fuqua and ^Laughlin: on arrangements, Graham, chairman, Barney and jRoach.

D«»kh «f Mrs. Wllhit#.

Mrs. Martha.(L. Wilhite, who removed here from Patoka, Ind., three months ago, died yesterday of cancer. The- remains will be burled at Patoka at 10 a. nt. today. Debased wa« born December 20, 1S45. She leaves one daughter.

Enterprises of Great Pith and Moment Have, ere now, had their currents "turned awry," as Hamlet says, by an attack of dyspepsia. Napoleon failed to improve his advantage at Austerlite iD consequence, it is said, of indigestion brought on by some indiscrefckm in eating. In order to avoid dyspepsia. abstain from over indulgence, and precede the njieal by j^ ,winegltfisfal of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.- more effective than any dietetic-'in improving the time of the stomach. Liver complaint, chills and fever, and rheumatism are annihilated by the bit— ters.

Important Ratine Affwtitf Brewer*. Washington, July 28.—Commi6sioner

For-

man, of the internal revenue bureau, has in preparation a circular letter of instructions to collectors in which he will state that inasmuch as it has been held that the new tariff act was in effect during the entire day of July 24. brewers who purchased stamps on that day and received the benefit of the rebate of 7% cents per barrel, will he required to pay the rebate to the collectors. Stamps purchased prior to midnight of Friday. July 23. however, may be used without further payment. The circular will be issued tomorrow. .friSS

When bilious or costive, eat a Cases ret, candy cathartic cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c,

WANT A BIG PARADE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS- ANS,V FOKMDLATES MODE OF WARFARE,

Committee Appointed to Sconr Each Wa^d and Bring the Wheelmen Into the Parade By Hook Or Crook.

The executive committee ot the Wfebash Cycling club held a meeting last night. The members were all present and ready/ to take a hand in the argument over the/ preparations on a large scale for the meet) in August.

The names of Alex. Sand is MI and John Greiner were proposed for active membership in the club\ and favorably acted upon.

Next the matter of the great parjadc was taken up and the discussion, soon resolved itself into a talk over the best way to work up interest among the wheelmen over the city. It was finally decided that committees should be appointed,to canvass each ward and work up the interest to the highest tension.

The committeeitfappomtedf for the different wards are as follows: First ward—E. P. Hamilton, and J. C. Cole. A%.r:

Second ward—W. E. Bloomer. Third ward—W. C. Dorsey and Clarence Holder.

Fourth, ward—I. Goodman and H. Wolf. Fifth ward—C. W. Whittig, Ike Torner, Bert Hebb. W. Button, C. H. Neukom and Oscar Duenweg.

Sixth ward—H. Berkett, H. M. Van Huss, Dan Miller, O. M. Bartlott and E. A. Bonnard.

Seventh ward—Peter Miller, Fred Heinl, Eighth ward—Joe Elder, Charles Neiu, George Sykes and Joe Fuqua. H. Kniptasch, W. R. Forster and W. E. Young.

Ninth ward—Ed Hulman and Hicks

^Tenth* ward—Dean McLaughlin, R. M. Day, Ed Duddleson, Wes llauck, Joe Kern and Otto Carr.

Other members of the committee will yet be appointed for each ward. The peanut privilege for the grounds on the two days has been let to W. H. Sage's Sons. The -popcorn: privilege has been let to D. S. Vail.

An additional prise has been announced for the parade. Or rather, three new prizes. The. largest ward or city club delegation (the W. C. C. barred) will be awarded $10 in gold the second to and the third $3.

Thei immense new show w.ndows of the store room which Herz' Bazar will occupy soon, will be filled in so few days with the merchandise prizes for the races. Keep your eye there as you pass by. There are many prizes. All the gold, diamoud and medal prizes will be displayed in S. Swope & Co's1 window."

And still the entries pour in. The secretary received a letter from the secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Saginaw yesterday, asking that the committee keep him posted as to the progress of affairs, since he thought several riders from his organization would attend. Inquiries have also come from T3av City ana Kalamazoo. Applicaftions for entry blanks becoine more and more numerous and it is believed there will be several racers here of national fame.

Many

entries, for the races

will be postponed unty the last moment. The committee on the parade, consisting of J. Fred Probst and Chas. Nehf, has been enlarged by the appointment of will Teel and O. H. Bartlett

Captains for each of the wards will be appointed and they will be responsible for all articles taken out and the contribution of prizes. It has been decided to sell an L. A. W. flag and bicycle clamp holder for 15 cents, making it within reach of all participants. They can be} had a« Rossell's, Probst's, Swope & Co and a. R. R. Teel & Bro.

The following is from an article from ithe Michigan City Evening News: "The annual meet of the L. A. W., at Terre Haute, on the 10th and 11th or August gives an opportunity to every rider of the silent steed to have a. grand gocd time. The whole membership of the state, assisted by the Wabash Cycling club of 150 members, at Terre Haute, are doing all possible to make the meet a success. It is too early to announce a program, but there will be & magnificent parade of wheelmen on the morning of the 10th, which all visitors are invited to loin. This will occupy the whole morning The afternoon will see the opening of the races on the great track which

saw the speedy work of Rober J., Nancy Hanks, John R. Gentry and others, and which is now a bicycle track with a fast reputation. Many valuable prizes areup and some hot work may be expected. The Casino, seating 4.000 people, will give a special performance on the night of the 10th free to all L. A. W. members. The morning of the 11th will be devoted to short runs to the many points of interest near the city. The afternoon, to moire races at the track. The various clubs and many of the businefs houses will keen ODen house on the 10th and 11th for the visiting wheelmen. Many of the interesting details cannot be given at this date.

T.««a"'^g Ci»v at ':0ft a. m.. An*?. 7th wheeling 90 miles and enen* night at Logan sport seventy-six les the second day and spend the night at r,rnwford«"-'l'e- fifty-*everi mile?) the third day, reaching Terre Haute about 4 p. m."

PRINCES ARE WAITING.

No Arrangements for a Conclave Until the Railroads Act. The Oriental Princes of Terre Haute are getting impatient at the inactivity of the' railroads in giving some expression as td the rates on the roads during the conclave this fall. The railroads were asked in May what they would do as to rates, and while Traffic Manager McCormick, fthe Big Four, has written he will assure a satisfactory rate, the princes are at sea. Mr. McCormick said in his communication that he would have to confer wit hthe Vandalia people. Ae yet there seems to have been no conference. The princes are anxious to set to work on the undertaking. They are ready to go to work just as soon as the railroads get together and decide on a suitable rate.

The giving of conclaves is something which brings no money to the exchequer of the Oriental Princes. Indeed they have always lost money. They are gotten up purely to bring business to the city, and to advertise Terre Haute. The merchants give liberally to the fund which is used to build the floats. There is not a business man in Terre Haute but will say he did a fine business the last time the princes gave their conclave.' The day after the last meeting of princes one merchant who gave $5 toward the display, declared he would give |50 the next time. As the merchants are ready and as the princes are just itching for a chance to start in it behooves the railroads to do their part. Decatur is going to have a big demonstration August 25, and as they have always come to Terre Haute to assist in the

HAD~PLENTY OF BAI. !.

Strong Bait, Too, Judging Fr»* the Story the FisheriMM Told. Out of regard for reputations otherwise spotless, no names will be mentioned in the telling of this story of strange adventure from the wilds of tbe Ocmulgee swamp.

Tanned WM the face of the narrator and clear was his eye. He is not a member of tbe Young.Men's Christian association, hut nothtog^save this one esperlence could be urged against him should he apply for meinberahlfi. "John William Brownsmithjonas and myself went down to a fine fishing plaoe in the swamp of whioh we knew," his sad story began, "for a day's sport, and one of the most remarkable things happened I ever beard of. Tbe lagoon is, except in a few places, thickly fringed with small trees. We opened tip the belt and started in, experiencing the usual varying luok, but on tbe whole doing Quite welL I bad artistically baited my book with a fine, fat live cricket and made a itliyol cMt S#

tasting looking spot und«f a man of aryfecbanglng bougte, some of them sot Utare thaa a couple of feet- from the water. "Tbe crioket bad no sooner touched tbe water than one of tbe finest troe* I ever tow made a rash at htm. Ton aalaagine my amazement when tire fisfa^atheMd In tbe insect with his forward fins al *etly as Pony Brown gathered in aifiy baH at the park the other day, and, wWhout stopping, landed on one of the lower'branches nearly a yard above the water, wrapped his tail around the Hub, balaaaned himeelf and then took that cricket off the hook as carefully as I had pot him on, threw the book back into the water, ate tfKHsrkikefc, wiped his month, winked ait us as-plainly bb I oould have done it and then dropped back. "Say! I was jast rooted to the spot until it was too late to knoek the satioy "thing in the head with my pole."

By and by tbe dense silence was broken by this faint inquiry: "What brand of bait did yoa say yon carried?"

And tbe story teller got mad and went away.—Maoon (Ga.) Telegraph.

FAMOUS OLD PEOPLE.

Some Who Attained Great.Age and Without Any Diet Role*. Among tbe examples of moderation in diet Miguel Soils of San,Salvador is conspicuous. He was 180 jears old in 1878, and, If he is still to the'fore, is likely to complete his second century. He believed that he bad lived so long^beoame he had sever eaten more than one meal a day. Even to that he llmitectfhtmself to what be oould tuck In during the short space of half an hour. He therefore was a living arguinent anainst those hygieoists who bid us eat slowly and masticate well. His diet was chiefly vegetafcle, mat, which was always cooked the'day before, entering into it only twice a week. For two days in every month he fasted, and he drank large quantities of water. His plan Included several other details, and, on tbe whole, we of the threescore and ten can without envy wish himi joy.

Macklin, the comedian, who lived and died in Covent'Garden, was a wonderful oddity, in virtue of whtoh, or perhaps in spite of which, he'managed to get through 107 years. He followed the wise and simple rule of eating ^when hungry, drinking when thirsty and sleeping when sleepy. All these he did on a liberal scale. He never took off hlsclothes except for the purpose of having his body rubbed all over with brandy. He always slept in blankets, and history does not reoord a single journey on their pwrt to tbe ltfundry, and his couch, 'whioh was hard, was placed in the middle of the room.

What is most strange about longevity is that it oomes, like the dew pf heaven, to every class. Kings, who live in luxury, beggars, who go through existence in a state of chronic oold and hunger, giants and cripples, abstainers and drunkards, large eaters and-small eaters, toilers and sluggards, brain workers and body workers, vegetarians and carnivores, smokers and nonsmokers, sane and insane—all have apparently an equal ohanoe of the prize of long life. An old woman who died in Ireland at the age of 112 was all her life a beggar and daring tbe last half of it was never known to eat a square meal from one end of tbe year to the other.—London Lancet.

A Prince## tongtd for a Playfellow. There is an article written by James Ohssidy in St. Niohelas on tbe "Girlhood Days of England's Queen." Mr. Cassidy says:

There were in the life of the princess, days when she longed for companions of her own age. Her mother, guessing this longing, was very tender and gentle with her, and considered often how best to make up for this lack. Once the duchess, it is said, thinking to please her daughter, "sent for a noted child performer of the day called Lyra, that she might amuse •Drina with some remarkable performances on the harp. On one occasion," writes the biographer, "while the young musician was play lag one of her favorite airs, the duchess, perceiving how deeply ber daughter's attention was engrossed with the music, left the room for a few minutes. When she returned, she found the barp deserted. Tbe heiress of England had beguiled the juvenile minstrel from her instrument by the display of some of her oostly toys, and the children were discovered, seated side by side on the hearth rug in a -state of high enjoyment, surrounded by tbe prinoess' playthings, froffi which she was making the most liber&F selnntlnns for the acceptance of poor little Lyra _______

Rv Fertility of Gges. One of the worst puzzles of tbe season for tbe poultry enthusiast is that pertaining to properly fertilized eggs for hatching. If the fowls have free range, with aooess to the open ground and green stuff, the eggs will be all right if the hens are running with a good cock. But in confinement there are a doaen points to be looked after. Grit, sbtfl, charcoal, etc., are always a necessity to the general health when bens are confined and thus of oourse, always affect tbe question of fertility. It will not do to be without them. Still less will it do to he without a good supply of green food. There is on« supply, however, which many contend is better left out during the breeding season—meat.—American Gardening.

Sottp and Dyspepsia.

Frenchmen, who, as is well known, are particularly fond of soup, are dismayed to find a popular writer, M. Furetieres, declaring that that food or beverage is the cause of all the ills that dyspeptic nature is heir to. Acoording to him, the practice of beginning dinner with soup causes a distension of tbe stomach tbat is fatal to the prooees of digesting the solids which follow. Moreover, as if this were not bad enough, the same writer declares that there is little or no nourishment in it, and that as it IS usually eaten very hot, it injures tbe enamel of the teeth.—London News.

Pot. Waldo to He President The following, conccrning a foremost educator of Terdue University, who once was in the facultv of Rose Polytechnic,

festivities they have Invited the princes tc*,js fr0m the Indianapolis Journal: assist them this year. Decatur brought the Prof. ^a'd°VhPmatV"9 aTpurd^e finest delegation coming to the conclave in I Vho has been tendered the 1S95, and the Terre Haute people are going I presidency pf ,the Clarkson School of to go over next month in force. The local Technology at princes believe the railroads should make Cincinnati, Hamilton A Dayton, & rate for them this year of $1 from Indianapolis, Evansville, Danville and Mattoon. This was the rate before. If it is given again no one need fear but the city will again be packed with visitors.

Prof. Waldo has made a brilliant record at Purdue. This offer is highly complimentary to him. as the Clarkson ichool is one of the leading educational Institutions of New York. A mi'lion dollars has already been invested in the instituton, artd plenty of wealth is behind it to fuether extend its work.

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AFiTffOUS WAS NTDBSE

HER EIGHTIETISdBIRTHlWIQr WAS CELEBRATED tit KANSAS*

OMTM WIOkfitHni Grant mmA W» Ike lMUU €aov Angel «f Amm* —Coitrcn H«r PiMlena

Bwognltian of Ber ServtoM.

aSJJother

Mary ABB Btokvrdyke, the BMMI

fiunous nurse of Grant and Sherman's armies, recently completed ber eightieth year. In honor of the &tmlv*#ary o! Msr bkfh Commander Theodore Botkin of the Kmems Q.JL B. toned aa order, dlientlng RQ- the posts In bis jurisdiction to UUKIK that date as Mother Biokerdvke day'' and to arrange for eoitahla caaapfire aflitol in tori bote to her services asdeaorifloes and to tbe work of the army nurses in genexal. in compliance with this order patriotic celebrations were held in nearly every "Hy and hamlet in Kansas, and as an additional evidence of remembrance and each of tbe posts adopted an appropriate sentiment or memorial to this distinguished woman, and tbe several tributes were bound together and presented to her on her eightieth anniversary.

Although Mother Biokerdyke's labors were chiefly performed with the western armies, she is known to veterans all over the country. Next to the general in command, she bad mors authority than any commissioned officer on tbe field. Through Mrs. Biokerdyke's vein* flows the blood of 4he Knickerkockers and Puritans. Her great-great-grandfather, Thomas Rodgers, was a passenger on the Mayflower.

Her grandfather, John Bodgers, was a distinguished soldier in the Bevolutionary war, and representatives of the same family were enrolled in tbe war of 1818. Her paternal ancestry was no less illustrtoiw, being closely connected with the lovely Mary Ball, who married Augustine Washington and became the mother of the flret president.

Mrs. Bickerdyke (Mary Ann Ball) was born July 19, 1817, in Knox county, O., Bear the present city of Mount Vernon. At the age of 16 she went to Obeilin to complete her eduoation, attending Oberlin collage and working for her board. Later she moved to Cincinnati and volunteered as a nurse in one of the city hospitals during the siege of cholera in 1887. Here she acquired that knowledge of medicine and skill in nursing which made her servloes of suoh great value in after years. She was married at Cincinnati 1847 to Robert Bickerdyke, a musician who was ft member of the orchestra that played with Jenny Lind on her trip through this country. Two sons were born to them, James R. and Hiram, the former now being a prominent educator in Kaseas and tbe latter a mail contractor in Montana. In 1866 Mr. and Mrs. Bickerdyke moved to "Galesburg.

Mrs. Bickerdyke was a practicing physician at Galesburg when the war broke out. A letter from Dr. Woodward, surgeon of the Twenty-second Illinois infantry, which sbe heard read in churoh, induced her to go to the front as a nurse. She gathered a store of supplies and proceeded to the regimental hospitals at Cairo, where everything was in confusion, a situation which she soon relieved after several heated controversies with the officers in command. On Nov. 7, 1861, following the battle of Belmont, she was appointed matron Of the large post hospital at Cairo, and all the hospital stores Sent by the people of Illinois were given to her trustworthy care. After tbe battle of Fort Donelson she went from Cairo on the first boat to assist in the removal of the wounded to the hospitals at Cairo, Paducah and Mound City. She followed the army to Pittsburg Landing, where 6,000 wounded men were to bo cared for, and thence to luka and Corinth, Miss., where she was given charge of the military hospitals.

The same experience was repeated at other points in the south, the accomplished nurse alternating between the field hospitals and those established in the large oities of the north. Sbe was the accredited agent of tbe

Chicago

sanitary commission,

and also received and distributed the bulk of the supplies contributed by the commissions of Indianapolis, Cincinnati and St. Louis.

General Grant gave her a pass whioh would take her anywhere within the lines of hia department. The pass was renewed as hk authority extended, ard the following is a copy of tbe last one issued, whioh was in force until the close of the war:

HBADQUAHTBRS

MUJTXRY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, NASBVTLL£, Tenn., Feb. 21, lw4. Guards, pickets and military authorities generally will pass Mrs. A. M. Bickerdyke, agent United States sanitary commission, to and from any point within this military division.

Military railroads and chartered steamers in government service will at all times furnish her frc5 transportation.

This pass to remain in full force until countermanded from these headquarters. By order major general,

only woman

In,

A crow the Ocean. -*'i'

For a single passage to America a Cunard liuer, with 547 cabin passengers and a crew of 987, carries 13,550 pounds fresh beef, 760 pounds corned beef, 5,820 pounds mutton, 850 pounds lamb, 850 pounds veal, 850 pounds pork, a,000 pounds fresh fish, 600 fowls, 800 chickens, 100 duoks, 50 geese, 80 terkeys, 200 brace grouse, 15 tons potatoes, 80 hampers vegetables, 820 quart* ice cream, 1,001 quarts milk aad 11,500 eggs.

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W. K. ROWLEY, 2tajpr and Provost Msrshftl

The faithful camp angel was with Shcr-

Hunteville,

Ala., where the old

altna fbrlarge notes and other curioelHiee la £1,000,000 bank note which was once Ity nil for oonvvnlenoe 1b a transaction involving a large amount of money.

Whether lost or stolen, the bank's notes wft*lw»ys be paid. Onoe a clerk ran away with about #100,000 worth of notes. For months the theft and number of notes were advertised, and at the end of that time a Jew appeared with them and demanded that they be paid. On being refused he went to the exchange and raised such an outcry, saying that as the bnak refused to pay its own notes it must- he insolvent, that the'bank called liini back and paid him the full amount of the stolon notes.

Another timo one of the directors deposited 1160,000 and took a single note. Ho put the piece of paper on the mantelpiece and fell asleep. On waking lie found the note gone. He thought it had fallen into the fire and got another note, giving a guaranty that if tho first note ever turned up he would be responsible for it. Thirty years Inter, the man having died in the meantime, the first note was presented for payment at the bank, and the bank stood tbe loss. The man's estate had been divided, and nothing could be recovered.

Clerks of standing and character are selected to remain ex tbe bank every night

years in Chicago and New York —-o ,, silicate of aluminium. When pure, it

of tbe year and on Sundays and bank holidays. A guard of soldiers is on duty every night, and they are assisted by a body of watchmen consisting of porters and work- ja .^4 men fully trained how to act in case of an .i emergency.—Chicago News.

I& N\ KIX PHILOSOPHY FOR SMOKERS.

Xaowa by His Cigars and the Way He Smokes Them* As a test of character tobaooo is ustful. A man may be known by tbe cigars be keeps as well as by the way he smokes them. No man of refined taste will smoke "r a bad cigar. The philosophic smoker takes his comfort in a leisurely way, amid proper .' surroundings, and is able to shut himself out from the world and all its petty annoyanoes as he follows the curling wreath 'f_. Into the dreamland of revwrte.

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The man who allows his olg&r to go ovk great many times and relights it in euooessive spasms of fidgetiness may be usually set down as an incoherent character, quite prone to get off his trolley, so to speak, and certainly taoking in tenacity of purpose. The man who ftambles his cigar a good deal and managos to get th wrapper unraveled^ and the fire all on on* side may be dismissed as a nervous son, with a proclivity for uncomfortable- ,4v ness. Men who chew their cigars, leaving their teeth prints on them and do this for along time before lighting them are quite likely to be stern, determined men, full of grit and resolution. General Grant used to handle a cigar in tbat way, and Blfrmarok Is said to do likewise.

As an index of generosity or meanness of soul the cigar is quite trustworthy. The generous man, if he smokes at all, is sure to indulge himself and his friends when they call on him with a good cigar. The man who, with abundant means to smoke the best, deliberately buys the worst cigars and pretends to enjoy them Is capable of almost any conceivable meanness. Per .„• contra, the man who can find solace and refreshment from a cigar of good quality I or a pipe filled with choice tobacco and who is always ready to open his heart wide and let his tongue wag the most merrily when he takes his friend into the hospitalities of a mutual smoke talk is pretty sure to be one whose instincts and impulses are in the maia honest, genial aud right.—' Baltimore Sun. ______

The Logan Stone of Land's End. The most celebrated rocking stone In England is that known as tbe Logan, Loggan or Logging stone. It Is situated on the Summit of bold promontory Of

balanced that a child can move it with ono riband. The pivot upou which the stone rests Is a small, hard protrusion, on all sides of which the whole surrounding surface has worn away, leaving the enormous '. bowlder standing upon a narrow neck so exactly and evenly poised that a touch sets the whole mass to rocking. Ill the legendary lore of Penzance there is a prophecy to the effect that the Logan stone will stand until the day of the end of the world, when it will fall of its own accord just before and as a token of the ending of all earthly things. Several years ago a young 0 English lieutenant, who did not believe prophecies, hired a force of men, who repaited to the spot and with ropes, crowbars and levers, threw tho great stone from its pinnacle. When the authorities -.y hoard of

the

destruction of the old land-

mark, they forced the young officer at great expense to replace the stone just as he had found it. Some claim that tho poise is not so equal now as it was before the incident just related.—St. Louis Re public*

Broken Hearts.

We often hoar of broken hearts, and usually with a smile of incredulity, as though Buch a thing were not possible. Medical science has discovered that a liberally broken heart is by no means oc unoommon

as

man'e army at Vicksburg and Jackson, cently called to a patient, a ludy of middle Miss., and in the campaign about Chat tanooga. Hardly had the battle of Mission Ridge been fought before she had established a hospital at the base, of the mountain, where she received and cared for nearly 9,000 wounded men. Sbe was thfc

at work there for 80 days fol-[ factory as to say "one dies for lack of lowing the battle. From Chattanooga she breath,'-' heart failure boing merely a re--went to

one might fancy. A physician was rc-

age, who had experienced a severe shock.., He found lior dead, aud as there was some disoussion as to tho cause of death, an autopsy was held, revealing the faot that tho. heart had burst at one side. Heart failure as a cause of death is about as satis-

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residence of John C. Calhoun became, her hcurts can ensily be brought about by a headquarters. She was at Beaufort, JS\ diot of sweetmeats, with a free use of ferC. when Lee finally surrendered his army mented Ugucrs. These weaken the tissues to Grant. S df tho heart and pave tho way for a sudden

After peaoe had been declared she pro-1 dissolution. It has been supposed that ooeded to Washington, and on tho clay of fatty degeneration of the heart was an intiie grand review the now famous nurse, curable disease, but this is another popumounted upon a glossy saddle horse, but lar error, as such conditions are positively wearing a simple calico dreBS and a sun- curable by a suitable diet and proper lhedbonnct, was a conspicuous figure in the icnl treatment.—Now York Ledger. throng that gathered from all parts of the country to witness tbe pageant of victory. Her services as army nurse closed at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ills., in March, 1866, when the last Illinois, troops were mustered out.

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Subsequently

she

nt

resided^for & term of

jt of clearly defined conditions. Broken

Valuable Find of Kaolin.

A valuable discovery of kaolin has beefe* made by A. F. Sproguc of Gouverneuv N. Y. Kaolin is a rare variety of clay

suiting from the decomposition of feldeptl

8cien{lfieolly knov

her home with her son, and here she has since lived, with the exception of a few years spent in San J™no!9^ jjjTJLjSj oriental porcelain and is found in Chine*

States mint. Having done so much for others, her friends decided about ten years ago that tbe government ought to do something for Mrs. Bickerdyke. A bill was therefore introduced into congress granting her a pension of $25 a month.

At a recent Grand Army reunion, where

she was the guest of honor,^ sbe closed an

address to tbe comrades with these words "Goodby. I shall bo mustered out soon and way not see you here again, but we shall find one another some time someivliere.''—Pittsburg Dispatch.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

lone Interesting Facts Concerning That Great Monetary Depository. Tbe Bank of England is two centuries old, and it is the greatest bank in the wocid. In Its early days the bank employed 54 clerks, aud tbe yearly salary list amounted to but little ever $20,000, the chief accountant receiving $1,395 a year. At the present time the number of employees is 1,600.

No note of the 50-.000 or so issued daily is ever issued again. Each note as it is paid in Is cancelled ahd an account kept of its filing. One of the curiosities of the bank is a £25 now which was paid in alter bejnfiout ill yew?. £&.&&.

,u a hydrate*

"hh.nnd (o„„S con,p.«.or

masses made up of soalellke crystal* Kaolin forms ono of the two ingredients i*

moges in France. Mr. hprague has founif it in

large

quantities In a swamp near Gou*

verneur. Around tbe edge of the swamp tbo layer is about 6 inches deep under thir^ muck and outer covering of mud. On* test mado about 80 feet from the edgft o.. the

swamp

revealed a thickness of more.

thuQ 4 fmt of tbo 8trange

nature, under**

Death which there is a layer of white sand. Mr. Sprague baB shown specimens of h't find to Professor Clarence Waldo of Da, Patiw university, Indiana, who declared that it is was kaolin.—Now York Sun.

Hit Enuiplc*

Mamnn.—Don't you know, \Virne", rt is Wrong to put your arms on the table? Willie—No, I didn't. I heard pop say that Mrs. Styles has her arms on her carriage and everything.—Yonkers Statesman.

-The word miscreant formerly signified only an unbeliever, an Infidel. Joan of Arc, in the literature of her time, was called a miscreant.

Can any man or woman choose duties? No more than they can choose their birth* place* or their father and mother.—George Eliot.

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