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It is tje belief of in t people that when 2)r. .Ian.es. n crossed tin Tr:ins:i;il fr. nlicr at th' head of a band "f eight h.indred freeb oters. it was with the tacit approval of lh" British South African Company: that if the British South African Company found tiiat Jameson ami his e.--ilit ion were successful, they would hark Lim up with their wealth and their machine guns; that if the British tiovcrnnniit found the South African Company was successful, they would hack up t lit oiupHiiy with the for of the British Empire, and that another country would It- gobbled up l.y Creat Britain. All of these hopes have ieen battled by the deftvat of the .lainesoti expedition by the Boers. This recalls another expedition projected on similar lines in .urown eouniry aU'Mt a hundred years ago, when Aaron Buir went into the West. ami. making llannan Bler-.tierhasseit's beautiful home his headquarters, he-ran enlist--jtiT nun för an expedition against the Spanish possessions on the Stilt of Mexico. He. too, led his men to believe that it was with the tacit approval of the Fnited Slates l "overntiient . and. if their expedition succeeded, the Fnited Slates would ha k them up and make it a part if its territory. Asa matter of fact. Burr

designed to make himself dictator of thej make purchases. They entertained la veouquered territory. But there. too. i jd,v for the timis and for The sur

t-vents militated against the adventurer.

.. i .1 i ... ..l. .. . . . . i:.: :;n Irish gentleman. thouL'h his birthIl;icewasat IIaiup?)'rr. I'nland. lb was bttrn in ITU", when Iiis parents wen on a visit to Hampshire. His family was anionir lhe most distinguished of the Irish -rcntry, and Harnian enjoyed excellent educational advantages. After a preliminary schooling in Kurland, ho entered Trinity Col-lt-jre, IHtldin. where he rradiiated in tint time with hih honors. He then read law in the Inns of Court, and was admitted to the bar in IT'.mi. At the death of his father, soon after. Bleult his fortune. Witii wealth, rank, ami intellectual power of a Iii ir It order.riohlyoultivaied. la set tned to be upon lhe threshold o a brilliant career. His friends desired him to enter politics, but that was not to his taste. His inclinations were for lhe ijitieler paths of literature. The excitement aroused by the oppression royalty was in the very air in Ireland, and he turned lo the Tinted States as a haven of refuse. He sold all of hi:, landed estates and went to l'n-rlan-1. where he married Miss A Knew, a tlaurrhter of the governor of the Isle of Man. Before leaving London, he purbased a lat iroand valuable library and f.n extensive chemical and philosophical apparatus. Through letters which ho brought, he ami his w ife became acquainted it li many of the leading families in New York, and thev were the re-

!,. .r.-i.,...Me:.:.-e,, " pilalify rcat hed far and Wide. failed. Bat it was ri picturesc.ue and most . . . , , , , , , , .. . . , . such was the island home, and such chanceful time m American lustorv, an! i .... it will not be uninter.tin- to ie. aH it ; "ere tts inhab.tanrs. wh-n t he serpent umv.-lMs.i j t iUeicd this :i!-n and wrought its ruin. In tin- Ohio Kiver. near ih mouth of ! A:!,"M ,!u,T Nv;,s " f ,1!,st fi,sIhe Little Kanawha and about fourteen "iat.n- of m,.n. . ra.-.-ful man. of miles below the old town of Marietta, j iiuiiine featur-s. with hiirh lies BIcnnerl.asset Island. Perhaps no I mlowments. and in possessh.n ether spot alomr iM Belle Uivieiv" has of r;,'',' "i.vt rsational po.vcrs. he had mch an intercstin-r historv. tho "f a vtiltu v. and was It was almost Bmi vears sime liar- 'i''-'U.!ly s.-hendni: for h's personal man Blonm-rhassott and his bride went ' ri,i, ;U :,M,, s'-'nui.li.en.et.t. reckto live in the -ivat wihh-rm-ss of the ,w ""' nii" J,,i'l ndscry his sdtishWest. Bletinerhasett was the sou of i ,M'SS "fought. His care r had been

t-ipit nts td' tlatterin-attention. vcr. ni winch lie was cuHearini: of the Cden-like islands jn :i.u'el. ati.! show. .1 1 ht r.i how very profthe Ohio Itivcr, he determine! to visit j t;,de it was to be. that part of the country. Mr. and Mrs. j Having taken the fust step, he went Blennerhassetr arrived in IMttsburtr in " 11 ni u;,-v- 'r1''' l,, xl ""numn. howthe autumn of 17t7. and lloatcd down ! , v,r' ,,,,rr ,iis beautiful daujrhier. the river as far as Marietta in one ,,f j Tli"odosia. n:a'.e a short visit to the the Hat-botton:ed boats then in -i- He j bu'd. and in the foliow'm-r winter Mr.

spent all of the next winter in studying ! th topography of t he etuintry and the liabitS td" the people. The following Ilrinr he 1'ouht what was then called Backus Island, and ever since it has Irorne his name. This island ontained altout three hundred acres, and at the Dpi kt nd a few acres were free from trees, pvesentin a natural lawn. The droopin.ir branches of the willows laved ly the river, and ;ijrantic elms and sycamon -rave beauty and pandciir to the vcenerv. The i ev owner t.f this enchantin-r ! pot 1 ;?'! n onerretloally to erect a lionie. Slaves were liou-rjit. and the upper part of the island was laid out and ornamented with exquisite taste. There were traveled walks, ami carriageways, and a beautiful view of the river through an opening a mom: the trees. and a Mower warden of about t wo acres ! l.Iled with Ilowerin shrubs, both exotic j and native. Arbors and rrofto.-s cover- ! t-d with vines were scattered here and there, and on the south side of the island was a kitchen jrard n. sockcd wit'i ilio'ieest fruits. Spacious outbuildings were erected and loat-la ndinjrs constructed for communication with the Ohio and Virginia shores. The house was like a palace, with two winsrs stretching out in either direct hut. and its inside finish was luxurious. When the house was completed, toset her with

the adornment of the srumls, the sum i ment of the vast tract of land pur--of sixty thousand dollars in pdd had i ' based of Baron Bastrop, still there

l en expended. The mistress of this romantic home w'P.s a very beautiful woman. Her figure, tall and commanding, was molded In rfeet proportions. jcr manners wrr captivating, and. at the sann tiint. full of dignity. She wrote and sjK)ke French and Italian fluently, while her familiarity with Lnslish literature at once stamped her as a womnn of culture and refined education. KIih was an accomplished horsewoman, und she was also an accomplished

liottsewife. She was very ambitious, , trigue. The pivrmors of Ohio :.nd Virand it was a great trial to her to havcjginh ere dld upon u tuppm; the

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4 I B la 1 5 OF THE WEST her husband waste his hrillianf powers in obscurity. Vainly she urged him to enter as an advocate the higher courts of Virginia, luit he preferred Iiis boous and music, and the peaceful pursuit of scientific studies. Blounerhasset t was a versatile genius, a man of -.'teat benevolence and intense sympathies, and in manners very court eons. mild, ami yielding. I lis virtues were of the amiable character, ami he was easily duped by the designing. That he lacked ambition and ! Iiis ease was evident. When the Bl nnerhasscts- lt;t Jinishcd their homo-ami begun to live in earnest, if the lives of two idlers may be called living in earnest, their island became the colder of the fashionable set of th coiniiiuitify. The leading people of Marietta. Bclpre. near by on the Ohio shore, and all of Wood County, in Virginia, made the Blennt rhasset man siott the center about which all things in the fashionable world revolved. For eight a ears they dwelt then, entertaining all comers with open-handed hospitality, making frequent trips to the Mast to visit friends, as well as to roundings, and the fame of their hos brultant until when, as Viv Pieshlctit of the I'niied Sta.tes during 1'rcsitlent .Ieffefsotis lirst term. i:e imbrued his hands in the blo.i.l of Alexander Hamilton, and brought upin himst If the execration tif ids countrymen. It was then he formed the Napoleonic .(inception, and apparently feasible one. of wrest inj; from Spain the Kmpire of Mexico, and from the l'nited Stau s the vast and almost unsettled solitudes uf the Mississippi Valley, there to organize a magnificent empire, of which Iowas to be impera tor. Burr had heard of Blent'erhasset t. of his wealth, and of his ii tluenee over the rapidly incieasin-r population of the Ohio Valley, and he resolved to enlist him in the enterprise. In the spring of the year ls0. Burr appeared upon Bleniiethasset Inland, and was the recipient of distinguished attentions at the hands of its hospitable owners. It is not my purpose to follow in detail ! the intri-rues and the intricacies of the dealings between Buir and Blennerhassett. Sutlice it to say that both host and hostess were charmed. He seemed as art b-ss as a child". Ca mi liar with the voertts of statt', he spoke of the prospects of war with Spain and uf rli" ease with which the Mexicans, with a little help. mi:rht throw off the Spanish yoke and establish an independent peverumeiiT. With irreal frankness he explained to tht 1:1 an enticing land speculation within the Spanish territory, on ,,s- I'b iiti rhassctt w.-re lured Last for the purpose of further inter views, and it is presumed that they entered into a sort of partnership f,r land speculation. Bh-nm rhasset t was '""I'-il le of treason, and it cannot be ! doubted, as it appeared afterward at the trial, that Burr adroitiy veiled his leal purpose finiii him by the projected laud speculation. In the summer of Ivo; Burr came West, and active measures were taken i to organize an t xp ditioii. The in'rijruer had sm h influence with Bh-n-nerhassett's wife that she readily persuaded her husband to pledge himself for the payment of all expenses. Bateaux sutlioicni to carry live hundred men were built and provisioned at Marieita, and folonel Burr visited many settlements in Ohio and Virginia to euajre enterprisinjr and hardy youn-r men as recruits, and he speedily secured ' required number. Lach t mitrranl was required to briiur a rit'.c and blanket. The little colony was organized with military precision, for its leader was an accomplished soldier. Lvcry one was to receive the sift of one hundred acres t.f land. Burr told them that President Jefferson, who was very popular in the West, approved of the expedition, f oiitidentiaily he assured them that, while their expedition was a peaceful one and its object the setthwas the certainly of war between the Fnited Slates ami Spain, in which event Mexico would free herself, and his colony would have the nioldihjr of a srand empire on the foundations of democratic equality, and they mijrht enrich themselves beyond the tl reams of romaice. Meanwhile news of Burr's doinjrs had reached the Last, and President Jefferson became alarm d. He knew Aaron Burr thoroughly, and was well aware of his ambition and Ids powers of In-

expedition. Tho militia was called .v.:t, .M:d the beats alui Mores Were seized. A detachment of militia from Wood County. Y... landed upon the ishin,;. became drunk from the liquors In the o-llar. ::ml iilla.ired and burned the house and out -buildings. Burr and Bh-niierljasset I W ere both arrested for treason, and were tried and actpiltted. In lb" t ext two years Bleiinerhasso; t lest bis islatv home, and he found himself with a family upon his hands, but with his riches till rone. and in their place a mountain of debts. However, he h-arncd enouirh to write a book, in which ho involved not .only Burr in t reasonable acts, but also Covertior Alston, of South Carolina. Burr's son-in-law. Alston paid ten thousand dollars rather than have the book published. Blenncfhassett then undertook a cotton-plantation near Natchez, but tinMar of IM'J ruined commerce and he removed to Canada.- Here he became bankrupt and was forced to subsist until his death upon the bounty of his sister. Mis. Blonnerhasscit. thrown upon her own resources, returned to America to prosecute ln-r claim for the destruction of her home on the Ohio island by the militia, subsisting meanwhile upon the income of a few shares of bank stock ami the charity of her friends. She died, however, in 1MJ. just as die had jLrot her petition properly before Countess. Bleniierhassett Island is now used as a pienic-jrround in the summer time, .".ml is kept planted in the ordinary clops. There is little left to mark the site of the old mansion. The well, w hich is about six feet in diameter, was so well stoned up when lirst built that it is as -rood as new to-day. and the water is sweet and cool. As a last touch of iconoclasm. where the rounded lawn otsee lay is now a base-ball diamond.--Albert flay pool White, in San Francisco Arpmaut. Tbo Wiaiil" ami His Wai Talk. Apropos of w ar. it is to be hoped thai tin reported interview with Mr. IMison upon the subject of electrically blow ing whole armies and navies into atoms is at least cxa'P'rated. if not wholly a product of the festive season. Visions of the horrible wholesale extermination possible by his allejred infernal inventions-electric chains. dynamiie cannon, submarine torpedoes, ami the like--belong to the very nightmares of science, and call up rrini and rhastly pictures of scenes such as a Wiertz mifrhi have dreamed for an illustrated "Inferno." If Mr. IMison really said that, in the ease of a war between Lmrhiud and America, he would ive his w hole time and enerjry to his country -in other words, w the production of those diabolical inventions- he ou'lit to be denounced as the prime enemy of the human race. Could it be with these devilish inventions in his mind that one of the Vanderbilts declared that a month after a declaration of war the whole seas would be as bare of Lnjrlish vessels as the palm of his hand': War. at its best, is brutal, and a disgrace to civilization - for of what value is our so-called culture if we can only settle disputes by brute force yet. when weapons were primitive, it -rave opportunities for personal heroism, which cast some sort of a glamour over the si kenitu: and dististimr details. But. conducted upon the Kdisotiian lines, it would be sheer cowardly massacre - wholesale murder, w ithout the faintest ctcnuatii! circumstances." and an absolutely unqualified disgrace to humanity. I only hope that the IMison interview is about as reliable as other "compliments of the season." Ladv's Pictorial.

Mysterious Noises. Attention has recently been recalled in seicntitio journals to certain strange noises, frequently heard in India and in Belgium, ami perhaps in other parts of the world, the cxplat ation of which remains to be found. In the Delia of the Canges these noises, which resemble the reverberation of distant, artillery, are called "Barisal guns." On the coast of Belgium the name given to similar noises is "mist po uff its." because the sailors say they drive, or puff, away fogs. They are also heard in the north of Frati'-e. M. Van der Broeek. conservator of the Museum of Natural History of Belgium, has recently suggested that llic noises, which are dull and distant, and are repeated a do.eii times or more at irregular intervals, may be due to some peculiar kind of discharge of atmospheric electricity. Others think they originate in lite interne' of the globe. "They are usually heard in the daytime when the sky is clear, and especially toward evening aller a very hot day." Similar -sounds have been heard on Dartmoor, and in some places in Scotland. Mr. . iL Darwin -famous as the originator of the theory that the moon was thrown off from the earth ages ago by tidal actioncalls tpon observers in all parts of the world for facts concerning such noises. New Canning Process. A vacuum process of canning fruiis in glass has been invented, which it is prophesied will doom forever the oldfashioned and extremely obnoxious tins. All the ilYIfic rious gases generated in cooking the fruit, ami even the air. are extracted by this new method, so that ft rim nintion is reduced to a minimum. No solder is used and each Jar is opened by making a puncture with a penknife, after which the cover can be lifted off entirely. Turkey. Turkey is properly Tnrkia. "the land of the Turks." It is called the ottoman empire from the great Sultan, Othnian I. The term sublime porte, as a pi died to the Turkish government, arose from the magnificent gate entrance to the imperial palace in Constantinople. "What's the difference between no-, torlcty and fame " "Well, If a inau Is notorious he's still alive; if he' famous, he's dead." Chicap Uccord.

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TREASURY SURPLUS EXPLAINED A correspondent asks if w ;i Ji explain, what no one Lo tuet seems to be able to do what i:-. meant by a "treasury surplus." j I nder ordiuarv conditions a treasurv i surplus would mean any and all m n eys in t he treasury over and above la v 'nl .1......... I C .. 1!... 1 " couespouuiMg uate. Money held in the treasury which was represented by certificates of deposit in circulation would not be counted .!s! surplus. I .. .1.... I l : . i i i.wn me i ominous prevailing i mvo are two Kinds ot moiu-v. onlv out ot is.ouon-o ;.s h.uko. up a in - ioow' 1 1 1- w 1 1 vi . a - .-i ;;..... .. i i. : i , . . ..... ami treasury notes are counted as money for ordinary expenditures, but not as money for all purposes. The p-.tl surplus is gold coin or gold cert i Meat es calling for a definite amount of gold coin. Consequently tbeiv may be a surplus of lawful money in the treasury and a dcMeit of the kind of money in which this lawful money must be re deemed. For many years the treasury has ruled that legal tender must be reilecmiMl with gold when the holder pre1 erred gold. our correspondent will perceive, thcrelore, that there may be a surplus of legal tender and a deficit of gol 1 with which to red eel: l legal tender. When the President said in his lawmessage thai the bond issue had n-H been necessitated by a treasury doik il. be intended to convey the idea what the revenues of the i loveniiiient were, w illi the currency surplus carried over each month, sullicient to meet current expenditures. Bui the gold surplus with which alone currency could be redeemed was at so low a stage that it must be replenished by some means, and a bond issue was the only means at his disposal. 'I'l... ,...11. ..I .. .11 e I in.- .-.in ,mi''ii piiiM i esci e Ol .iiii.i.nii.iMK v.as considered tin e proper

amount to keep in hand to insure ther -dishones." silver dollars is to !- lrV,tl,.,, ''"I'lion of legal tender wi: h j .,..,,....,, fl. ,.,, Th . gold That SPu;,.,M,(, was not en- f..t sl:ows tli:It yh, rjII.lis,4. kr.oXX s eroached upon from the time it was j ,,mv t IW. his mvn i!r;rllllj(,H accnrnulated in ls7:. when redemption ; (,.lilist silver in an answer.-.l.le

couimenccii. until the end ol Harrison s administration. When the gold reserve falls below smi.iMMi.tino th iiuestion of issuing bonds to replenish it is agitated. While s ' .d.uon.i k h might s.-em a tolerably healthy surplus, it might piickl.v M.s., non.s V-hm-i,.. in elirrenc.V that might be ireseiited with a demand for gold. The confusion of meaning in regard

to the term "treasury surplus" arises j mIv. t. believing as thev did. look a from the tact that there may be a stir- j p?,h! stand and made a protracted light plus from whi.-h ordinary expenditures j jaiiist the bill providing for the rccouhl be met. while there must be an- I ,,. Sherman law. . . . 1 I ..:ii.- . ! i

otnoi U puis pn inen 1 roni W iiu n curreney presented for redemption may lv paid. Chicago Dispatch. (riipinn at Straws. The promptness with w hich the goldbug newspapers grasp at every passing straw of encouragement would bring a smile to a wooden Indian. The efforts of these papers to extract comfort from the fact that the people have subscribed so liberally to the "new lH.mlL ... .....I ... 1 . .... issue aim )ioessei 10 see ail Illoorsi mi nt of the gold standard policy" are only eceed"d by the man who tries to make merry at a funeral. Ideally, wherein is the proof that the public are in favor of the old standard because they subscribe for a bond payable in "coin"? Had thse bonds be.-n payable in gold there might have been a grain of comfort, but with the knowledge fully before the country that Congress has refused over and over again in insert any such condition into the obligation, have not the people of the Fniled Stales a perfect right to beiieve that these bonds may be paid in silver: If they be. and if this proposition be true, is not the subscript ion quite as much an indorsement of "bimetallism" as any other monetary pol-i'-y heretofore announced 7 The simple facts are thai the people of the Fnited States have just as much faith in the resources and boundless wealth of this country as they ever Pad. or as the people tf any nation ever had in its own resources. The people of this country simply desire that the administration at Washington and the Congress of the Fnited States should have the courage of their con-vi'-tiotis with reference to the wealth and resources of this country, and break away from all foreign alliances concerning the monetary question. Gold Fcticliisiii Fx posed. The gold lunatics have insisted that the financial credit of the Fnited Stales depended upon keeping; a little stock of gold in the treasury as a guaranty of gold payments. They have insisted that if the Covernnient did not have a reserve of about SKMM'oo.tNio the credit of tin" country would go to the demnilion Ikiwwows and nobody would trust It. President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle have even intimated that the 'nvcrnint-nt could not liorrow money t xeet at a high price unless it gave a pledge to pay in gold. Yet a call for a bid for a gold loan brought offerings aggregating over SÖÖO.I m m i.0( ti 1. The bonds are sold for gold only, but are payable in "coin." They are offered when the stock of old in the reserve is onl3 one-half the Htpposed limit of safety. Was the unlimited faith In the Covernnient, indicated by the offer of an enormous loan In gold in the country, based rfpon the miserable little gold reserve which Is subject to diminution at any time? Or lias it based upon thu magnificent re-

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soiir-es and Slates".' The .pic l!en:e folly, the t he gold luuacv. Answering His Own Ar-riiniouts. It is :tnnouuced that Mr. Carlisle has i . . i t . ? .... i ! coricniueu to coin t'.'.ooo.oi ,o oj sliver to be used in redefining tin- treasury Holes issued under the ; Shi'ltuatl law of Is'.hi. j Tllis :lulluUUi VUU.m Mi.,.sls .v,.r;j, ,.,.-,.,.,; ,n .,, m Mr r.u.li,1(. ,n,dcr .Mr. Farliste s ruling, to redeem these iivasm v i poles iu silver? hat is l outtarv to the l!':o-tice of tile "I'reil so i-v I Ii"im i-t nt j or etiiirse. if t lie holders of t In . treasury , n,(.s ,itMnail)i siiver Mr. 'ai lisle will I notes demand silver Mr j pay it out to them, but will they be j likely to demand silver, which has been ; discredited by the Carlisle policy, when : they can demand gold, w hich is already commanding a small premium in ban!; j circles'.' In the second place, if it is j either feasible or advisable to redeem j $1!Mhmmnni of Sherman notes in silver ! WllV is it Hot feasible and advisable .. ,....i, .i... ..-i..a.. ;.. .;i, .... .... .i . ' ,aw ,'.,,...,,. i:!trll(1(M,v , tllil,. pI.Jrr ir is ...dvisabh- t in Si;..ooo.(Min of silvi1. i,ilion now in the j treasury whv .mi coin lhe entire stock :m, ,hus iv,. ,K.,,j(i).-s ,,1SUI,. ; j,,. . ,M, r .,.;.,;,,, ; that would accrue? In the fourth place. if dollars coined at the ratio of IC in 1 'are "dishonest" dollars, why does Mr. j Carlisle engage in the business of manj ufa et uring more of-them? The theory i is thai the Sherman notes would be ""dishonest it they were not redeemable in gold on demand: bur now Mr. Carlisle, according to i-urtent report. pro loses Jo redeem SP .(11:11.1:00 of these notes in "dishonest" silver dollars. j In other words, the hohh-rs of Sl:. ; (lot .ihm 1 tveasury notes are 10 b. "d:sI criminated" against if thev are n-u shrewd enough to demand gold for j their Hulls, ami the neeoss.i rv .iiiimnii Tliintrs Worth !fei;ieiiilcriiiir. Tin- recent discussion in the Senati over the silver bill recalls to mind ali the old saws, such as "The boot :s 0:1 j the other leg." "What is same for the. 1 -,;..so is sauce lor the .-m.1,.. ami so on. It will be remembered that during the summer and fall of su: gri-ai ado was made because the friends or I The silv ie snvcr men were called nnbusters. obstructionists, and were even denounced as traitors. It was deck-: red. that they were standing in the way of a reaction from the panic, and that the immediate passage of the repeal bill would bring about the iinmediaio return of prosperity. K very body knows what all this gohlbug calamity-howling amounted to. ami how- false these 1 id I let iol is lilnVi'd to In" 'I'll.. !! 01 ituatioti was diamet, h-allv opposite. .11 The silver men being in a majority in the Senate, tried io pass a frt e silver bill, while the single gold staudaid advocates in the Senate tried to prevent the measure from coming to a. u p- as long as possible. The friends of silver are not mean enough, hypocritical enough, tier suf. licientiy broad gauge liars to apply to their gohlbug opponents the same 1 pithets. denunciation and false predictions that marked the campaign of the latter in IS'.".". Yet the silver bill did not cause neatly so much anxiety and fear as did the injurious and deprossingsinglegold standard measure of two and a half years ago. The passage of a free silver law was rather hailed as a blessing. The lilibusters will soon be at the end of their rope. In the meantime the calamity howlers shouid indulge in a retrospect lhat will take them back to the snmnier of tstt.;. Who Are the People ': It is amusing to hear the goKlbugs declare that the silver Senators am! Kcprcsentatives do not represent Unpeople, thai only a small minority of the people are in favor of the rcmouetization of silver. That altogether depends upon who are the people. If "the people" are those whose numbers make up the length of lhe columns representing our population. Iben we believe sincerely that two-thirds of t ho people are in favor of the renionctizatlon of silver and its restoration to the important position it occupied in our monetary 'system, prior to the act of 1ST.".. On the tit her hand, if the gold owners, bond holders, interest takers, salary grabln-rs and tax eaters constitute "the people," then it is highly probable .that the most of these are In favor of the gold standard, or any other system that will increase their ability to plunder the public. It all depends upon who are the people. Intense cohl, as is well known, burns if we may use the term-like heat. If a "drop" of air at a temperature of ISO degrees below zero were placed upon the hand it would have the same effect ns would the same quantity of molten steel. Fvery one who has the care of liorscs ought to know the intense pain c -a used by placing a frosted bit into a horse's mouth. It burns like hot iron. Any feeling that takes a man away from his home Is a traitor to tfie '.lotisehold. 1L K". IJeechcr.

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".INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Fc.osicr Tow n H.e-;i I";. 11: ; 1 y f (; 'm 11 1 läi'itK'iT l.muüü'i v.oi;.j ro:;..-t-Hamate Suit lor f .".;:) 1' . rc. Loss of 1 O I.' OO at V. ;.Ji r.oo. There Unulish and Irisn Ayr. e. A : :I !- K ' :.v : Lii ". 1 ! M re- .:.!' ' !v.i.-:.s;: 1'of !. Jt;3 KV,, U5? we'.j.-i s -early "jott . .!,!. Wh e ' 11 landed thev wcte ch'-, . s":i ee a'":".ii.g in Fi nish 1 In y ) ; . . i .... '!: ci.ldlea. Si.llic !' the . i : v; !ln li.e fa itiii. : iv ;is follow s : .I:!ii:es 1".. I ward Sarah William Michael Dair.cl 1'' ;!.:! ni . . 1 : b". ; ; Vis 1 ; . .i,-i . . . ",. 7 -j . . t. r I"Jo. L' i J .. 1 '.'.i"f 1 7s. Füeü Bridget '." TI.oli:;;s ", A vera -je height. ! 7; ;. irgew 1! . i . Tln-iuas is .1 1 l'"J i 1' ; i:d 1 :mt full grown. Block Dost rc.vtd in Wutirloo. The bri'-k i 'io'K :: t;;H si'.' 't Wayne st:ei. a. Warei.'i. v;,s dcir..ed hy tif. ;t!'!v 1: Wt "! 1 m ;; ll'n , ; : 1 . Th.e loss will t;.:; S 1 11 .s n I Alllolli' the pi'i'iejj.::! o.s. 1 c : .1. . Canipi.ell. i:"iigs, 's!.."."'.. ,!,;';,(,. SI. 7.1 mi. in Ci.u-ii.er,';.;: et tV !..-a-. dry iimls ;.le! i !"'i,.i.g. '..ss S t . ,- I'imi. i 1 1 si i r;i i , i e, ()':, '. i .u SI.Ö'N en le.tihüug. rr.al S"J.ii'). 1'l.oe. S;;.i!i. Hoe... yj..' ' ::i:d S.'.'-i-r in other companies: Y;! i- il. Ce.. sta'i-oi er. l-vs SH.iitiii. j.., ;',-:.-: 1' A'. Willis. Press ..!!': '. ,. sv ssciil. j.. rii.ee L'.'',! I' l mi j.!;:!!' : :.. e m diiig; .1. S. .la '-kii;;. a. hen's a: ! sij,,,-. !.- ::.. i:o ii:urai;.-.-: I". tl. Key field. IV i;o..tis. I,.ss s'd.inüi. ;t .,;.. . o Sl.'i-'.o :, North British; j. i . it. ; , I"--''..".!( i, iiisiirati. e. e.e. n. for ".t i'nights of Pythias. . 1 7. ' . ::;.. Cent ii-.-ntal. S'io-e. , .,, a ,;er XA . i!t'i!f. loss S7.IM-. '.: - .r; :. o; ,. P.. l).!iiy Building. l..-s- ?''.' '. :!i::-;i;.- . I'iioenix of Brooklyn. S'.!. F. W. !! -er and J'. War. hau:, i-i. vi :. S 1 7. ,..si" e;.-h. no iiisur:. ti'- : I . '. : Py"s ..!'. -, loss .vjiKI: C. Hartwlck. .ss Ml. st:ra:ice: F. Fish-r. .si'-1', .nsiiranc. , J a en, ''.', if ;. Compromise of o l)ir.i;-.e:( Suit. F. L. I...U!ü;,;i. - f V:.:-;;s.. setti-i : N damage suit for Slcu'f' ;.g. ..;, the ! iiiügo and Frio I'aiire;:-; i 'i.j nny. : .; !- ii:g s:.."im ratiur than ,:.-..: w:. t ria 1. w hi -h !i;ol just cj .; Ii v i::gio;i t 'ireiiiT t 'ourt. l.o u.iu v..- .;n engineer oi the Fr'ie iv i:"."i!i 1' .'. incloji a Tid ''l i, ago. ,:.: .!.!;. .i intra in v. ;is g-dng a: a iive y . t,; i.e-ir i ... Fake a side r d broke an '! e ml ,.f f!;. lle;iV,V I'od. beg.i.n s.i;:-:.!g : ti;t ' r -J r tiie t'iK.r .." the .-Mi., f : . .ovi.:,.n the heel, tearing awaj ..'.; of tin- !-. ; a:il mi i.-Meia! ing U:- - ' t.s tha- ;. was crippled f.r ii'"-. '. i-r.a-gh! but the attorneys ;:.;.:; a i i ; ';.::-' as ii'-.iicati d. the c.!'.:. i ag'vi itrg pay l.ili: this ;;:i! ",f ;i,. v, lie ! i'-w: n r emplox m. n: .; . , i pay All Over tht trc. ib'ceatly. .:: S'.e v.'., . M -s. t ' S' il'. !.'!. killed he.s-eit i y i:;.. : eistern. a:l Tuesday r. g:." Mrs. "'i,i.i n, wife of t:. W:'.. V-'o'-da'-.. ., i' t he s:;u tiiiug. M rs. V. r w as ;i caiigiiti r of Mr. an i '. Fi::! Y. in.-a. o;ie of : :ie h-adiag ' i rv : '..:::ii:i tto ji'.o e. a;,d was :;:: e." : :. gilter. In !ier ir !e :!' friends j;., v. : ; stood I: gi: er. There is absolu'ei.v r. -.. s( jissioed for Mrs. Word a a küig 7es,;. si. iiad a aic- home, a!: ;-s of ! ! and plenty of friends. s- e v.as :i.-rt i :i;-s a::d i.r.d n-- '( ? . Since lie- Hews has "mc:, s;.-e;.l 7; j cast cuieertiiag f io- ig '.'. .'! hi for: mithat Squire Van Wiak e. ,,' "r..wn '.. :.:. recent iv !'-! heir To. ! ;. !.: m pes', ,. by an fewer tisan b'!' ". " -r !r.;i.i an Wirdiles tlir.uitho ;: ; e ' i :, d S rat es. writing for ids iöogra; -;. ..- ; ,.f ;,'! his a in s-.s. la n' :c ,:tt o; icii t!;ey :!!' sure they ;i j"e i i.'iried '.- a s'.i.n. et it. and are going .. ;.;.' -.!i aintte: ia aitt.rniys" luiinls. Fur; a ; 1 rings many let ters of jmpiiry. If -. s cum i-o.es iniieh loiigcr Mr. Van Vi hie will ! fo recti to euipioy a st i ra g ra p!,er to do his "e'ter writing. In it: : very ease :h writer I.elicM s he is the -M y Van Winkle, excepting Judge Van U i' i;ii. ia exist, cine. All that are ro . "; - cxpc.-tc.t an estate for half a ccai ;:ry : a- k. Tie cold wave was wc..-,:i,e oer : la rge area of the West, v : s-.. W;is liter ally tuttilhoiittd forw'ii's. jr; most of tl.i country tow ns the work ,i : ny a pair t horses in hau'iug an emp'y haggy two i i three miles has lu--a a ore :t ;.r, ;ii avt :ag lay's work on gond roa.N ; . :!e suniu'er. Many .f the couptry roars :.,.vc in en such a horrible condition a to jirexnt even tin- passage of a pa ir 1 herses d'i ing a buggy with a single , .- i.parq. S:n !. an exjierieiice oiigiit to ': s-..J!ie'.cnt to duce agitation f r load roteaicti! by those who hitherto hate i. !U a!vf Im - cause of tile prosJM-el i e .f PUikillL' rea solKlbly g(fd ro;idb'd. It is easy eaoiigi! for some fatne ss ... !jdx it doenot cfist tluTu anything t- dri- t!ir..ug', heavy mud during the Mdt weather ;:r.:: in the early spring time. !,-..: wl-.c.i i; steps the marketing of p;oi.n- iii .he season which normally gives ti.n: little else do it is a more serious matte-. Now is a good ;in:o for the :tu i.--jites of country road improvement to r t.cv th.eir agita lion. Alfred F. C,ihsoii, a n -foil hand, ha sued the Pittsburg. Citx-in; ati. Chicapo and St. Louis Kailroad 'on x-nny for $lo.- ( H M I damages for injurii s sasfaitiisl in a headend sdlision oti the Pan-Handle, near Marion. .Ian. te). At I . porte. .1. A. lhrtnofl was arrested for a peculiar crinu . Hi ticlilH-ratcly threw n beer bottle througti t tie large plate glass window of a leading ft ore. smashing it to atoms, lie w iu1 iutxicatcd, 's well drosscil, ami no motive can he a, signed for the deed. It tic eloped that Dennett has a mania for breaking wiu-

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