Bloomington Courier, Volume 15, Number 21, Bloomington, Monroe County, 16 March 1889 — Page 2

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Coiinoj? sense comes to the front in Canada in the case of Sir Bichard Oartwright'a demandfor liberty to enter into direct commercial relations with foreign countries. Why should panada and the States exist side by side and yet be total strangers jo each other except as they negotiate through a distant GoTemment across the Atlantic? Many of our interests are common; we are neighbors in the closest juxtaposifim. t We known our own-needs, and Canada ought to know her own. Yet our neighbor moves fis a minor in charge of a guardian. By ail means send- ks a representative at Washington and let us attend to cisatlantic aaffairs without transatlantic help. : -

Sevxbal Sunday papei a had some in teresting figures in regard to crime in cities. A form of questions was Bent to the Police Department of twenty-live t1aca9. and these bmucht answers

showine many different tendencies in various, localities. Either the questions were not carefully considered by the police officers or the conditions of life vary greatly with geographical linesor it is difficult to see any evidence pointing to improvement or deterioration; Boston says crime is on the .increase; New York- and Philadelphia reports a decrease, and Detroit thinks she is getting better. Chicago is wicked enough, i and her thorough police system does not prevent an increase of crime.

Wheeling is given a bad report by ner taken,

Chief of Police, who says crime is on the j

increase. Kansas City is no better off. A summing up of all the evidence thus adduced show that crime-is, on the whole, increasing, and in many new fields at that. -:

WRONG USES OF MONEY:

TEMPTATIONS WHICH ARISE IW THE STRUGGIjE FOR WEALTH. Bribery is Rampant and Emoeizlement of Frequent Occurrence The World Overrun With Judaaos s and Bendict Arnolds. Bey. Dr. Talmage preached at the Brooklyn Tabernacle last Sunday: Subject 4lWrong TJges of Money," Text, I Timothy vi., 9. He said: That is the Niagara Falls, over whi ch rush a multitude of souls, namely, the determination to have money anyhow,

right or wrong. Tell me now a man gets his money, and what he does withit, and I will tell you his character, and what will be his destiny in this world and the next. I propose to speak this morning about . some of the ruinous modes of getting money. We recently passed through a National election, in which it has been estimated that $30,000,000 were expended. 1 think about $20,00.00O of it were spent in out and out bribery. Both parties raised all they could for this purpose. But that was only on a large scale what has been done on a smaller scale for fifty years and in all departments. , Politics, from being the science of

government, n as often been bedraggled into the synonym for truculeucy and turpitude. A monster sin, p lausibl e, potent; pestiferous, has gone forth to do it& dreadful work in all ages. Its two hands are rotten with leprosy. It keeps its right hand hidden in a deep pocket. The left hand is clenched, and with its ichorous knuckle it taps at the door of the Court-room, the Legislative hall, the Congress and the Parliament. The door swings open and the. monster enters,aiid glides through the aisle of the Council Chamber as softly as a - slippered page, and then it takes its right hand from its deep pocket and offers it in salutation to Judee or legislator. If that hand . be.

and the palm of the intruder

cross the palm of the official, the leprosy

crosses from palm to palm in a round

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Product o188a , Xew York Coramexcial Bolttn. We recently published a comparative statement of the value of the cereal crops of 188S and 1S87, in actual prices realized by the producers from the sale of their grain. Accepting the record of farm prices as ascertained and reported by the Department of Agriculture, it appeared that the value of the cereal crops of 1888, in the return to producers; was greater by about $100,030,000 than for the year 1837: The immense hay crop of 1888 must have added very much to this favorable comparison of the two years. iThe- best information now obtainable as to the cotton and BUgar crops suggests a favorable comparison with 1887 in actual value to producers. The large yield pi vegetables "and fruit, and what is known of the wool clip, involves no diminution of this

excess of values of last- year's product

over those of the year before. Meat production cannot be accurately estimated, but in this also the comparison of the two years is apparently favorable to

1888 : ; ' The data is now at hand for an extension of this interesting comparison

pi the value of agncuitural and farm products to the products of the mines.

Mr. Valentinehas published his annual estimates of product on of the precious metals; the United States -Geological

Survey has issued some of its prelimi

nary statements: the Iron and Steel As

sociation and the metal and coal trade journals have published their calculaticav of values at the mines of the prin

cipal classes of mineral prodilcts. These figureev although not accurate enough lor exact comparison, justify the belief that the value of the year's production

of coal and iron, gold and silver, lead,

copper and zinc has exceeded by $23,

000,000 the unprecedented aggregate of

the year 1886. To the immense production of agricultural products, there

fore, must be added an aggregate mineral

production decidedly greater in value

any previous year. :

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Blaine Enjoy ed the Joke.

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The Hon: C. C.; Speilman, of Spring

field, Mass.,- Bemocrat, ex-State Senator, slight of hand performer, and good fellow, is at WUlard's with Mrs. Speilman. SpeHman has a most engaging mustache and imperial. These hirsute adornments, in fact, resemble those of the great' Hermann. The other night the magician had in one of the boxes at the National theater so distinguished a : spectator as James 6: Blaine. He saw the future Secretary of State, and his nerve' failed him. Bui Speilman was in the audience. Hermann knew him; he knew him by the model of his whiflken; he knew him by the reputation for legerdemain made in the Massachusetts legislature, under the speakership of the Hon. C. J. Noyes, and the railroad committee incumbency of Jimmy Donovan, then a plain representative, Hermann beckoned 'Speilman to the stage for the almost superhuman exhibition of quiet nerve and dexterity. The audience didn't see the lightning change.

The Springfield man was equal to the

He deposited his plug hat on

a neighboring table, rolled up his sleeves

so that all might, be perfectly fair and

Said: 1 : . :, - . -James G. Blaine; if you are cabinet give three knockun ' '

The house roared. Mr, Blaine smiled and enjoyed it.' After the performance

he went behind the scenes. to shake the

hand of Speilman;

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Unr new Cabinet Minister, in one of

his recent reports, urges that a well regulated system of highways through

out the United States is the great

necessity of our day, and it is getting to

be a very pressing need. He urges Congress to consider the matter, and to note that while our -railway system is 'the most perfect in the world, our common roads are the worst known in any civilised - country. Our method altogether is a relic of feudalism borrowed from the statute labor of England of the Middle Ages: . It is probably because we have given so much attention to railroads that we have given so little to common roads, but the time has corns for a more enlightened method A few of the States are already beginning to act in the matt r. - Our roads should be built under the supervision ofvedu-cated-eagineeis.-It will pay pecuniarily to every fermer. - - : :

... . Teacher What's the difference between an elephant and a fiea? Smart Br y An elephant can get fleAS, but a flea can't get elephants. ' -

blotch, round as a cold ea&le. and the

virus spreads, and the doom is fixed, and the victim perishes. Let bribery, accursed of God and man, stand np tor trial.' The Bible arraigns it again and again. Samuel says of his two sons who became Judges: "They took bribes and perverted judgment." .David says of some of his pursuers: "Their right hand is full of bribes." Amos says . of some men in his days:. "They take a bribe and turn aside the poor in the gate." Eliphaz foretells the crushing blows of QodV indignation, declaring: "Fire shall consume the tabernacles, of bribery?' It . is no Jight temptation. The mightiest have fallen under it. ; Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor, of England,havingan income which you would suppose would have put him fieyondthe temptation of bribery $36,OO0Ja y ear and Twickenham Court a gift, ana princely estates in Hertfordshire and Uorham-

burv yet under this temptation to

bribery falling flat into ruin, and on his

confession oi taxing brioes. civmtr as

excuse that all his predecessors took them, hd was fined $2fOtC0O, or what corresponds to our $200,000, and imprisoned in London tower. So also Lord Chancellor Macclesfield fell; so also Lord Chancellor Waterbury perished. Th black chapter in English, Irish, French and American politics is the chapter of bribery. Some of you remember the Pacific Mail subsidies. Most of you remember the awfui tragedy of the Credit Mobilier. Under the temptation to bribery Benedict Arnold sold the fore in the Highlands for $31,575. For this sin Gorgey betrayed Hungary, Ahithophel forsook David and Judas kissed Christ. When I see so many of the illustrious going clown under this temptation, it makes me think of the red dragon spoken of in Revelation, with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns, drawing a third part of the stars of Heaven down after him. The lobbies of the Legislatures of this country control the country. The land is drunk with bribery. "Oh," says some one, "there's no need of talking against bribery by promise or by do' 1 are. because, every man has his price." I do not believe it. Even heathenism and the dark ages have furnished specimens of incorruptibility. The President of the American ConPTPftA Hnrincr tViA A m prion n "RotrnlTitiATi

General Reed, was offered ten thousand'

guineas by foreign Commissioners if he

would betray this county. He replied

"Gentlemen, I am a very poor man, but

ten your lung ne is not rich enough to

buy me." But why go so far, when

you and T, even if we move in honorable

society, know men and women who by

an tne concentrated force of earth and hell could not be bribec,.' They would

no more be bribed than vou would think

of tempting an angel of light to exchange heaven for the pit. To offer a bribe is

villainy, but it is a very poor compliment

to toe man to wnom it is offered. I have not much faith in those people

wao go aoout Dragging now mucn tney could get if they would only sell out

Those women who complain that they

are very often insulted need to under

stand that there is something in their carriage to invite insult. There are men

at Aioany and at Jdarrisburg and at

W asmncton who would no more be ap

proached by a bribe than a pirate boat

witn a lew cutlasses would dare to at

tacK a isntisn man-of-war with two banks of guns on each side loaded to

the touch hole. Thev are incorruotihie

men, and they are the few men who are

to save .the.. city and save the land.

Meanwhile, my advice is to all people to keep out of politics unless you are in-

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vuineraoie xo mis style oi temptation. Indeed, if you are naturally stroncr. vou

need religious buttressing. Nothing but

mi? waw vi vruu uu Buaiain our PUDUC

mn ana mane tnem wnat we wish. I

wish there might come an old fashioned

revival, of religion; that it might break out in Congress and in the Legislatures and bring many of the leading Republi

cans and democrats down on th

anxious seat of repentance. That dav

will come, or somethiner better, for the

.Dime declares tnat Kings and Queens shall become nursing fathers and mothers to the church, and if the greater

in , auinoriiy tnen certainly , tne less My charge also to parents is, remember that this' evil of bribery often begins in the home circle and in the nursery. Do not bribe vour children: ' Tp.rh thAm rn

do that w.hich is right, and not because

of tne ten cents or the orange you will jiive them". There is a great difference between rewarding virtue and making the profits thereof the impelling motive. That man who is honest merely because "honesty is the best policy" is already a moral bankrupt. My charge "is to you, in all departments of life, ster clear of bribery, all i f you. Every man and woman at some time will be tempted to -do wrong, for compensation. The bribe may not be offered in money. It may be offered in social position. Let us remember that

there is a day coming when the most secret, transactions of private life will

come up for, public reprehension. We cannot bribe death, we can not bribe sickness, we can not bribe the grave, we

can not bribe tne ludgmentB. of that

God who thunders aeainst sin.

Men of the world often reirret that

they have to . leave their monev here

when they go away from the world. You an teli fiom what they say -in their last

hours that one of their chief sorrows is that they have to leave their money. I

break that delusion. I tell that bribe

taker that he will take his money , with him. God will wrap it up in your shroud, or put it in the palm of your hand in resurrection, and there it will

lie, not the cool, bright,8hiniDggold as it

was on the day when you sold your vote and your moral principle, but there it

will lie, a hot metal, burning and con

suming your hand forever. Or, if there be enough of it for a chain, then it will fail from the wrist, clanking the fetters 1 a. 1 ' a.! i a mi. i f i

oi an eternal capwvicy. :x ne pri oe is an

everlasting possession,

You take it for

time, you take it for eternity. Some day in the next world,when you are longing for sympathy, you will feel on your cheek a kiss. Looking up you will find it to be Judas, who took thirty pieces of silver,as a bribe and finished the bargain by putting an infamous kiss on the pure ciieek of his divine Master. Another wrong use of money is seen in the abuse of trust funds. Every man during the course of his life, on a larger or smaller scale, has the property of others committed to his keeping. He is so far a safety deposit, or he is an administrator, and holds in his hand the interest of a deceased friend. Or he is an attorney, and through, his custody goes the payment from debtor to creditor, or he is the collector for a business house, which compensates him for the responsibility; or he is a Treasurer for a charitable institution and he holds alms contributed for the suffering; or he is

an official of the city or the State or the Nation, and taxes, and subsidies, and palaries and supplies are in his keeping. It is as solemn. a .truBt as God can make it. It ia concentrated and multiplied confidences. On that man depends i he support of a bereft household, or the morals of dependenta.or the right movement of a thousand wheels of social mechanism. A man may do what he will with his own, but he who abuses trust funds in that one act commits theft, falsehood, periu ry, and becomes.

in all the intensity of the word, a miscreant. " ... How many widows and orphans there are with nothing , between them and starvation but a sewing machine, or held up out of the vortex of destruction simply by the thread of a needle, .red with their own heart's blood,whoa little while ago had, bv father and husband.

left them a competency. What is the

matter? The administrators or the executors sacrificed it running risks with it that they would not have dared to encounter in their own private affairs. How often is it that a man will earn a livelihood by the sweat of his brow and then die, and within a lew months, all the estate goes into the stock gambling rapids of Wall street. How often it is that yon have known the man to whom trust funds were committed taking them out of the Bavings bank and from trust companies, and administrators turning old homesteads into hard cash, and then putting the entire estate into the vortex of soeculation. , Embezzlement is an easy word to pronounce, but it has ten thousand ramifications of horror. . There is not a city that has not suffered from the abuse of trust funds. Whore istho Court House, or City Hall, or the Jail, or .the Post-office, or the Hospital that in the building of it has not had a political job? Lomz before the new Court House in New York .City was completed it cos! over $13,000,000. Five millions six hundred and sixty-three , thousand dollars for furniture! For plastering and repairs, $2,370,000. For plumbing and gas works, $1,231,817. For awnings, $23,553. The bills for three months coming to the little sum of $13,151,198.39. There was not an honest brick,, or stone, or lath, or nail, or foot of plumbing, or inch of plastering, or inkstand or door-knob in the. whole establishment.

That bad example was followed in many of the cities, which did not steal quite so much because there was not so much to steal. There ought to be a closer inspection and there ought to be less opportunity -for : embezzlement. Lest a man shall take a five cent piece that does not belong to him, the conductor on the city horse-car must sound his bell at every payment, and we are very cautious about small offenses, but give plenty ot opportunity for sinners on a large scale to escape. For a boy who steals a loaf of bread from a corner grocery to keep his mother from starving to death, a prison; but for defrauders who abscond with half a million of dollars, a cistle on the Rhine, or, waiting until the offense is forgotten, then a castle on the Hudson! . Another remark needs to be made,

ana tnat is, tnat people ougnt not to go into nlaces. into business or into posi

tions, where the temptation is mightier

than their character. If there be large

sums of money to be handled and the man is not sure of his own integrity you have no right to Tun an unseaworthy craft into an euroclydon. A man can tell by the sense of weakness or strength in the presence of a bad opportunity whether he is in a safe place. How

many parents make an awful mistake when they put. their boys in bankinghouses and stores and shops and facto

ries and places of solemn trust, without once discussing whether they can endure the temptation. You give the boy plenty of money and have no account of it, and make the way down become very easy, and you may put upon him a pressure that he can not stand. There are men who go into positions full of temptations, considering only the one fact that they are lucrative positions. I eay to the young people here this morning, dishonesty . will not pay in this, world or the world to.come. 1 stand this morning before many who have trust funds. It is a compli

ment to you that you have been so in

trusted, but I charge you,mthe presence of God and the world, be careful; be as careful of the property of others as you are careful of your, own. Above all, keep your own private accounts at the bank teparate from your account as trustee' of an estate, or trustee of an

institution. That is the point at which thousands of, people make shipwreck.

They get the property of others mixed

up with their bWn property; they put it into investment, and away it all goes, and they can not return that which they borrowed. Then comes the explosion.

and the money market is shaken and

the press denounces and the church

thunders expulsion. You have no right to use the propertv of others, except for their advantage, nor without consent, unless they are minors. If with their consent you invest their property as

well as you can, and it is all lost, you

are not to blame, you did the best you

could; . but do not come into the delu

sion which has ruined so many men. of

thinking because a thing is in their

possession, therefore it is theirs.

My hearei! What are you doing with

that fraudulent document in your pocket? My other hearei! How are

you getting alone with that wicked

scheme you have now on foot? Is that a "pool tieket"you have in your pocket?

vvny, U young man, were you lastnicht

practicing in copying your employer's

signature? Where were you last night?

Are vour habits as good as when you

left your- father's house? You had a

V"tV it.! . . i '

unristian ancestry, pernaps, ana you have had too many prayers spent on

you to go overboard..

Ah, my friends, be honest before God

be honest before vour fellow-men. be

honest before your soul. If there be

tnose wno nave wanaerea away, come

back, come home, come now, one and

all, not one exception in all the assem

blage, come into the kingaom of God.

Come back on the right track. : The

door of mercy is open and the infinite

heart of God is full of compassion. Come

home! uome borne! Oh, I would be well

satisfied if. I could save someyounc man

this morning, some young man that has

been going astray and would like to get

bacK. .Beware! Beware! The bridge is

down, the chasm is deep and the light

nings of uod set all the nicht of sin on

fire with this warning: ''He, that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck.

shall suddenly bo destroyed, and thft without remedy."

BA RUMOR OF WAR., r A private dispatch received at Breslau

from Samoa tells of the blowing up of the American man-of-war there, with all on board, by a torpedo from the German vessel" Olga, the Americans having first fired on the Germans.

..... The American ball players are in England, having reached there on their tour around the world. They are being received with great favor. The nobility, including the Prince of .Wales, as well as common people, are extending them every possible attention and bestowing many honors.

KING SOLOMON'S

BY H. RIDER HAGGARD. CHAPTER X. Continued. TH1C SijAUGHTBll. Almost before the words were uttered, the horrible deed was dona. Quo man had driven his spear into the victim's heart, and to make assnranco doubly sure,, the other had dashed ont his brains with a ereat club. "One," counted Tvvala the king, just like a black Madame Defrge, as Good said, and the body was dragged a few paces away and stretched out. Hardly was this done before another poor wretch was brought up, like an ox to the slaughter. This time we could see, from , the leopard skin cloak, that the man was a person of rank. Again the awful syllables were spoken, and the victim fell dead. "Two," counted the king. And bo the deadly game went on, till some hundred bodies were stretched iu rows behind us. I have heard of the gladiatorial shows of the Cnasars, and of the Spanish bull fights, but I take the liberty of doubting if they were either of them half as horrible as this Kukuana witch hunt. Gladiatorial shows and Spanish bull fights, at any rate, contributed to the nubile amusement, which

certainly was not t he case here. The most confirmed sensation monger would fight shy oi sensation if he knew that it was well on the cards that he would, in his own proper person, be the subject of the next "event." Once we rose and tried to remonstrate but we were sternly repressed by Twala. "Let the law take its course, white mon. These dogs are magicians and evil-doers; it is well that they should die," was the oaly answer vouchsafed to us. About midnight there was a pause. The witch-finders gathered themselves together, apparently exhausted with their bloody work, and we thought that the whole performance wf is done with. But it was not so, ior presently, to our surprise, the old woman, Gagool, rose from her crouching position,- and supporting herself with a stick, staggered off into the open space. It was an extraordinary sight to see this frightful vulture-headed old creaiure, bent nearly double with extreme age, gather strength by degrees till at lastshe rushed about almost m actively as her illomened pupils. To and "fro she ranchanting to herself, till suddenly she made a dash at a tall man standing in front of one of the regiments, and touched him. As she did so, a sort of groan went up firoru the regiment, "which he evidently commanded. But atl the same, two of its members seized him and brought him up for executions We afterward learned that he was a man of great wealth and importance, being, indeed, a cousin of the king's. . He was slain, aud the king counted one hundred and three. Then Gagool again sprang to and fro, gradually drawing nearer and nearer to ourselves. , "Har.g me, if I don't believe she is oing to try her games on us," ejaculated Good, in horror. "Nonsense!" said Sir Henry. As for myself, cs I saw that old fiend dancir g nearer and nearer, my heart positively sunk into my boots. I glanced behind us at the long rows of corpses, and shivered. Nearer and nearer waltzed Gagool, looking for all the world like an animated crooked stick, her horrid eyes gleaming and glowing with a most unholy luster. ........ , Nearer she cam e, and nearer yet, every pair of eyes in tha vast assemblage watching her movements with intense anxiety. At lafit she stood still and pointed.

"Which is it to he?" asked kir JBrenry to himself, ...

In a moment .ll doubts were set at

rest, for the old woman had rushed in and touched Umbona. alias Icnosi, on

the shoulder.

"I smell him out," she shrieked. "Kill him, kill hi'm he is full of evil; kill him,

the stranger, before Diooa hows lor.ium.

Slav him. Oh, king!"

There was a pause, which I instantly

took advantage of.

"Oh, king!" I called out. rising from

mv seat, "this man is the servant of thy

guests: he is the ir dog: whosoever sheds

the blood of our dbg sheds our blood.

By the sac-ed law of hospitality I clrn protection for him." "Gagool, mother of the witch doctors, has smelled him out; he must die, white

men," was the sullen answer.

"Nay. he shall not die," I replied; "he

who tries to touch him shall die indeed.

"Seize him!" roared Twala to the ex

ecutioners, who stood around red to the

eyes with the Wood of their victims.

They advanced toward us, and then hesitated As for Ignosu he raised his

spear,and raised it as though determined

to sell his life dearly.

"Stand back, ye docs," I shoutedr "if

ye would see to morrow s light. Touch

one hair of his head and ycur king

dies," and I covered Twala with my re

volver. Sir Henry and Good also drew

their pistols, Sir Henry poiattng his at

tne jieaamg executioner, wno was . aavancingto carry. out the sentence, and Good taking a deliberate aim at Gagool.

Twala winced, nerceptiblv, as my bar

rel came in a line with his broad ohest. "Well,! said.uwhat is it to be, Twal.?,J Then he spoke, . "Put no vour magic tubes." he said.

"ye have adjured me in the name of nbs

pitauty, and tor that reason, but notirora fear of what ye can do, I spare him. Go caeepin ." "It is well." I answered, unconcernedly;, "we- are weary of slaughter and would sleep. Is the dance ended?" "It is ended,'" Twala answereclsulkily.

"Let these dogs," pointing to the long

rows of corpses, be nuns out to the hy

enas and the vultures," as he lifted his

spear.... ..

Instantly the regiments began m perfect silence to defile off through the kraal gateway, a fatigue party only remaining behind to drag away. the corpses of those who had. been sacrificed. Then we, too, arose, and making our salaam to his raajesty, which he hsrdly deigned to acknowledge, departed to our kraal. " Well ," said Sir Henry, as wo 6at dowoi having first lit a lamp oi the sort used by the Kukuauas, of which the wick is made of the fiber of a species of palm leaf, and the oil of clarified hippopotamus fat, "well, I feel uncommonly inclined to he sick." "Tf 1 had any doubts about helping Umbopato rebel against that infernal blackguard," put in Good, "they are

gone now. It was as much as I could do to sit still while that slaughter was oing on. I tiied to keep my eyes shut, but they would open just at the wrong time: I wonder where Infadpos is. Umbopa. my friend, you ought to be

grateful to us, your skin came near to having an air-hole made in it." "I. am grateful,, Bougwan," was Umbopa's answer, when I had translated, "and I shall not forget. As for lnfadoos. he will be hero by and by. We must wait." So we lit ou r pipes and waited, CHAPTERXr. WB GIYJC A SIGN, For a long while two hours, I should think-we Bat there ia filence, for we were too overwhelmed by the recollection of the horrors, we had seen to talk. At last, just as we were thinking of turning in for already there were faint streaks of light in the eastern sky we heard tne sounds of steps. Then came the challenge of tne sentry, who was posted at

the kraal gate, which was apparently answered, though not in an audible tone, for the steps came on; and in another second lnfadoos had entered the hut, followed by gome half dozen statelylooking chiefs, ...... "My lords," he said, "I have come according to my word. My lords and Ignosi, rightful King of tho Kukuanas,. I have brought with me these men," pointing to the row of chiofe, "who are great men

among us, having each one Qt them the

command of three' thousand soldiers, who live but to do their bidding, under

the king's. I have told them ot what I have seen, and what my ears have heard. Now, let them also see the sacred snake around thee, and hear thy story, Ignosi, that they may eay whether or no they will make cause with thee against Twala the king." For answer Ignosi again stripped off his . girdle and exhibited : the snake tatooed around him. Each chief m turn drew near and examined it by the .dim light of tho lamp, and without saying a word passed on to the other sidle. Then Ignosi' resumed his moocba, and addressing them, repeated tho history he had detailed in the morning, "Now ye have heard, chiefs," said lnfadoos, when he had done, '' what say ye; will ye staud by this man and help him to his father's thone, oi? will ye not? Tho land cries out again at Twala, and the blood of the people flows, like tho waters in spring. Vo have seen tonight. Two other chiefs there were with whom I had it in my niind to speak, and where are they now? The hyenas howl over their corpses. Soon will ye bo as .they are if ye strike not. Choose then my brothers." .... The eldest of the six men, a short, thick-set warrior with white hair, stepped forward and answered , "Thy words are true, .lnfadoos, &e

land cries out. my own nrotner is among those who died to-night; but this is a great matter and the thing is hard to believe. How know we that if we lift our spears it may not be for an i mposter? It is a great matter, I say, and none may see the end of it. For of this be sure, blood will flow in rivers before the deed is done; many will atill cleave to the king, for men worship the sun that Btill shines bright in the' heavens, and not that -which has not yet risen. These white men from the stars, their magic is great, and Ignosi iB under the cover of their wing. If he be indeed the Tightful king let them give us a sign, and let the people have a sign, t hat all may see. So shall men cleave to us, knowing that the white man's magic is with them." B "Ye have the sign of the snake," I answered, v."My lord, it is not enough. The snake may have been placed there since theman's birth. Show us a fiign." We will not move without a sign." The others gave a decided assent, and

I turned in perplexity, to Sir Henry and

Good, aud explained tho situation.

''I think I have it," said Good, exultingly; "ask them to give us a moment to

think."

I did so, and the chiefs withdrew. As soon as they were gone Good went, . to the little box in which his medicines were, unlocked it, and took out a notebook, in the front of which was an almanac. "Now, look here, you fellows, isnt to-morrow the fourth of June?" We had kept a careful note' of the days, so we were able to answer that it was. . . , . ..... . '. s "Very good; then here we have it 4 June, total eclipse of the sun commences at 11.16 Greenwich time, visible in these islands Africa etc.1 There's a sign for you. Tell, them that you will darken the sun to-morrow." . , , The idea was a splendid one; indeed, the only fear about it was a fear left Good's almanac might be incorrect. Is we made a false prophecy on such a subject our prestige would be gone forever, and so would Ignosi's chance of the throne of the Kukuanas. .. "Suppose the almanac is wrong" suggested Sir Henry to Good, who was busily engaged iu working cut something on the fly-leaf of the book. I don't see any reason to suppose anything of the sort," was his answer. Eclipses always come up to time; at least, that is my experience with them, and it especially states that it will be

visible in Africa. I have worked on the reckonings as well as I can, without knowing our exact position; and I make out that the eclipse should begn here about one o'clock to-morrOw, and last till half past two. For half an hour or more there should be total darkness," "Well," said Sir Henry, "I suppose we had better risk it." I acquized, though doubtfully, for eclipses are queer cattle to deal with, and sent TJmbopa to summon the chiefs back. Presently they came, and I ad dressed them thus, "Great men of the Kukuanas, and thou, lnfadoos, listen. Wo are not fond of showing our powers, since to do so. is to interfere with the course oi: nature, and plunge the world into fear and confusion; but as this matter is a great one and as. we are angered against the king because of the slaughter we have seen, and because of the act of the Isanusi Gagool, who would have put our friend Ignosi to death, we have determined to do so, and to give such a sign as all men can see. Come hither," and I led them to door the of the hut and pointed to the fiery ball of the rising sun; "what see ye there?" "We see the rising sun," answered the spokesman of the party. . "It is so. Now tell me; can any mortal man put out th at sun, So that night comes down on the land at midday?" The chief laughed a little. "No, my lord, that no man can do. The sun is stronger than man who looks on him." - "Ye say so. Yet I tell you that this day, one hmrr after midday, will we put out that sun for the space of an hour, and darkness shall cover the earth, and it shall be for a sign that we are indeed men of honor, and that Ignosi is indeed king of the Kukuanas. If we do this thing will it satisfy ye?" "Yea, my lords," answered the old chief with a smile, which was reflected on the faces of his companions; "if ye do this thing we will be satisfied indeed." "It sball be done; we three, Ineubu the Elephant, . Bougwan the clear-eye, and Macumazahn, who watches in the night, have said it and it Ethall be done. Dost thou hear, lnfadoos." "I hear, my lord, but it is a wonder ful thing that ye promise; to put out the sun, the father of all things, who shines forever." "Yet shall we do it." "It is well, my lord3. To-day, a little after midday, will Twala send for my lords to witness the girls ciance. and one hour atter the dance" begins shall the girl whom Twala thinks the fairest be killed. b y Scragga, the king's son, as a sacrafice to the silent stone' ones, who sit and keep watch by the mountains

vonder" and he pointed to the three

strange-looking peaks where Solomon's Road was supposed to end. rX hen let

my lords darken the sun, and save the maiden's life, and the people will indeed believe. "Ay," said the old chief, still smiling a little, "the people will indeed believe." ... "Two miles from Loo," went on lnfadoos, "there is a hill curved! .like the

new moon, a stronguoid, wnere my

regiment and three other regiments

which these mencommana,are Eitationed.

This morning wo will make a plan

wherebv. other, regiments, two or three mm rr t r i

may oe moved mere aiso. men 11 my

lord3 can indeed darken the sun in the

darknesBS I will take mylords bythehand and lead them out of Loo to this place,

where they shall be safe, and thence can we make war upon Twala the king."

It, is good, said I. Now leave us to

sleep awhile and make ready our magic."

lnfadoos roso, and, having saluted us,

departel with the chiefs,

"My friends" said Ignosi, as soon as

they were gone, "can ye indeed do this

wonderful thing, or .were ye speaking

empty words to tho men?"

"We believe that we can do it, um

bopa Ignosi, I mean."

'It is strange," he answered, "and had

ve not been icugiisnmen l wouia not

have believed it: but Englifih 'gentle

men tell no lies. If we live through the matter, bo sure I will repay ye!" "ignosi," said Sir Jftenry; "promise me one thing.". - 'I will promise, Ineubu, my friend even before I hear it," answered the big man,. with a smile. "What in it?" 'IThis; that if you ever come to be king of this people you ill do away with the smelling out of witches &uch as we have seen last night; and that the killing of

men without triali shall not talcf place m.

t.Vift land.

Ignosi thought for a moment, alien had translated this, and then ai iswered "The ways of black people fire not as the ways of whi'o men, Ineubu, nor do we hold life so dear as ye. ; Yet will I rrrTTi?KA if. If t ha in mv Dower to

hold them back, the witch-fir ders ehall bunt no moro, nor shall any man pay tho death without judgment. " "That's a bargain, then," said Sir Henry; "axdnow let us get it little rest." Thoroughly wearied out , we were soon sound asleep, and slept till Ignosi woke us about eleven o'cloc c. Then we got up, washed,, and eat a hiarty breakfast, not knowing when wi i should getany mora food. After that we went outside the hut and stared' at the sun, which we were distresses 1 to observe presented a remarkably healthy appearance, without S; sign of an eclipse any whero about it, . "I hope it will coroo off," said Sir Henry, doubtfully. "False prophets often find themselves in fuainful positions." "If he does not it will son be up with us," I answered, mourn: ully; "for so sure as we are living men Home of those chiefs will tell the whole' story to . the king, and then t here will b ) another sort of an eclinse, and one that we shalS not like." ..."! ... : . , -,; Returning to . the hub we dressed ourselves, j putting on the mail shirts which the king had sent us as before. Scarcely had we done so when a 'messenger cam! from Twain to bid us to the great annual "dance of girls," whibh was about to be celebrated. iContluued next w ek. TEE NATIOSAJL aiPITAI, 3 A special of Fridays says: Every hour or tyo during all of to-day a mes senger entered PrivateMecretary Hatford's room, and, thrc ying his long arms around a great pile of applications for office lugged them ir .to an adjoining room, where they were piled upon a desk ior;classification an d pigeon-holing. Several bundles of thene papers were received between 9 and 6 o'clock. The stream of office-seekers was continuous from the moment the biter doors were opened; until they were closed. Besides the flood of written applications delivered to the private secretary, he is the recipient of a large number of oral aud written speeches ever day. It is very common for one or two men to a pproach him, and, aft $r placing in bis

hands an application for an office, to address him in the most formal and serious wray. This morning a duet of colored citizens entered Mr. Halford's room, and, after handing him a formal application for a position, began to deliver a speech. Hal ord permitted them to proceed for some minutes, when, believing the address was almost interminable, he stated t aat it would not be necessary for them to give him further information respecting the, merits of tho applicant, arid the address was terminated. The -speaker, however, put his hand in his inside pocket and produced in manuscript form the speech he was delivering, and, after placing it in - the Private Secretary's hands, departed,seemingly well satisfied. Tho two broad tables occupied by the President's stenographers" were completely covered w ith letters freah from office seeki ng con jtituents,and the work of classifying applications has been

thoroughly begm .. . The announcement made in these dii patches the other day,

to the effect thai only officers of the higher classes connected with executive

departments would oe eeiectea aunng

the coming week or two, has had the effect of checking the enormous inflow of applications, t ut there are enough of

them yet to ocrupy tne attention ot

several Presiden and a large corpw of clerks. . At 11 o'clock 'rYednesday the President received a luge delegation of Indiana people and in response to aspeech of congratulation thanked them and 8ftidhe would enc'.eavor to do his duty and uphold the honor of the Government. The general publ ic were next admitted, and in an hour and a half at least five thousand persona passed through and shook the President's hand. The crowd outside constant y increased, and at l o'clock the doom were closed and the President went nut on the front steps, where the crowc passed by him to the number of seveial thousand, frequently cheering, to wb ich the President reuponded by lifti ag his hat. At 2 o'clock he received a niimber of clubs, including the Minnapoli3 Flambeau .Con i:ingent. - . : i The Presidei t and Mrs. Harrison, Thursday night, gave their third lunch i;o personal fr ends. The . affair was altogether relieved of formality, aud both the Presid mt and his wife were unusually gracious. There were a larce numoer of Inc ianians present. The new occunants"if the White H'ouse are showing a tende ncy to extreme sociability, and since th 3 inauguration General and Mrs. Harris n have given all theit time to the reception and entertainmen of friends, .... . . . .. . ; . I Ex-President i md Mrs. Cleveland and Colonel and Mrs Lament and family Ihft Washington for New York on the II o'clock train Wednesday, via the Baltimore & Ohio Road. They were ac companied to tho depot by several members of the ex-President's Cabinet and a number of pers(nai friends. A targe crowd was gathe red at the depot t& bid the party fare well. ,.. , j The President iias signed an order extern ding the time from March 15, 1889, to May 1, 18S9, within which the railway mail, service will be brought under the operation of' the civil service law andrulee. This extension is made upon th e representation of Civil Service Com

missioner Lyman that the organization I

on tne service cou .a not db accompiisneu earlier than May 1. lOne of the first acts of Attorney General Miller was to telegraph C O. Watts,

JJl S. District Attorney for West ; Virti:aia. for his rei iirnation. Slr, Watts

replies that he knows of no act of his that would be jus ; cause for him to resign and he therei ore refuses to do so. Judge Ciavpool. acting under appointment from Jiistico Harlan, of too Sunreme Court oi the United States, as

attorney for the district of Indiana, has

se nt in his lesigiation. a no resignation went to Just ce Harlan. The Attorney General of the United- States has also been notified Wm. B. Holloway, of Indianapolis; Captain W. M. Moredith, of Chicago; A. FjChilda, of thiscity; John Nicho:sexmember of the He use from North Carolina, and John Pa ne, of New York, are among those pron .inently mentioned as candidates for Government Printer. , iA dispatch from Rome says that President H&rriadnJs Cabinet fully satisfies the Vatican, and that; information has reached the Propaganda that under Mr. Harrison's ad ministration the relat ions between the Unitud States and the Holy See will be of a most cordial character. Congressman Hi chard W. Townsend, of Illinois, died ui Washington, Saturday morning. He wan born in 1840 and was a member of the 'th, 40th, 47th, 48th and 49t'ti Cohgresues, and re-elected to the 60th as a Democrat. Secretary Whitney took official leave of the officers and employes of the Navy Department, Tuesday afternoon, and a'l the Bamo time took occasion, to say a. few pleasant worcs in regard to his sueccf'sor. '"t :Ex-S(?cretary an .1 Mrs. Fairchild. and ex Secretary and Mrs, Whitney left

Washington, Friday, for New York. Many personal and political friends bade them good-bye. ; Senator Ingalls was Thursday elected

President pro torn, 01 the Senate . He received. 20 vottss to 27 tor Senator Voorhees:

The position of ? United States Treas-

lirer nas oeen teauereu w iurr r.

Huston, of Indiana.

The Shah of Persia cabled hiu good.

wishes to Presiden j Harrison.

MBS

INDIANA SM&OTSa

Dublin struck gas. . ? Evansviile chims 53,000. -i Brook8burg bragn of its band.8 -Liponier is overrun with tramps. Th a Farmland (jun Club can shoot; Elkhart is o?:ganizing for base-ball.' Wawaka ha?j wallied its salooni out. Marion contemplates a street railway. The hydrophobi a scare has preached

MoOre's Hill.

Robert Wil son, Of Altona. was killed

by a failing tree.

ftjymour l:a3 oontraeted for water

works costing $100, 000. ,,,v ......

Lawrenceburg ladies have established

a Murphy re ading room.

Columbus has u. steam whistle that

can be heard twenty miles. Phewl

Eight thousand trout have been

placed in the lakes near Angola;

Twenty-three cotton mill operatives at

Madison dif;likef their superintendent

and have struck.

'Squire Petersor., newly elected peace

justice of Liberty Township, Grant county, was formerly a slaves

The mad dog sftire has spread to Terre Hautend the Mayor has proclaimed that dogs shall be muzzle or killed. Bev. Thomas S. Lines and wifeif of Henry county, have been, celebrating the sixtieth anniversajiSMOf their marriage. 1 .V.. Loganspo rt' has been assured by Senator Turpie that it can secure a new government building, if proper steps be taken. . . -. The Mormon elders who are proselyting near Cory don were "egged" the other night, buttit. caused no diminution of t eal. James W. French, Lafayette; Levi Mock, Bluffton, . and James Itenihan have been elected directors f the nor, faem prison. " ' ' Harailtcn Monroe, a prosperous farmer of Jackson county, was struck by an engine at Seymour, Friday, and instantly kdled. The Evansvire Courier has information thata farm laborer near that city, Jo?in Reed by name, while intoxicated, Saturday night, fell by the wayside and was eate n by hogs. 'v.,,'" George Cook an inmate of the Montgomery county poor farm, kept $6,528 hidden under his ;bed. Of the amount $4,000 was in gold. He has been sent out to shift for himself. ; - kt the graduating exercises of the Fort rayne Medical College the prize in the competitive examination in surgery was awarded to 8. Cella Dupont, the orJy lady in the class. It is claimed, that Clark county is rapidly becoming the. largest fruit growing section, west of; the AHeghanies and cast of California., During the past year 30,003 peacih trees were planted. Perry Bennett, of Rush ville," Thursday iissaulted his wife, aged 70, with ahatchet and she cannot recover. He iseighty. His daughters Bayed them selves by flight.. He was arrested and is in jsal, . .. . .

The temperance sentiment is strong at

Ani'ola, and so lar no one has been able

to secure a liquor license though strong efforts have been made. W. H, Janard

has juBt been defeated in his. application for the fifth tirae. ' . A. A. McCain, son of the editor of the CrfiwfordsviUe Journal, won first honors in. the oratoiical contest at Wabash Co llege, and he will represent that institution in the State contest.' J. A. GfrBene was named as alternate. Pr. J. S. Gregg, of Fort Wayne, a physician and surgeon of celebrity, and dnring the war, snrgeoU of the thirteenth In diaoa, has gone insane, and he will be removed to the asylum. He is exPresident of the State Medical Society, ",, Miles T. Cooper, of New Albany, has f:eaured a verdict against the Steam Forge Works of that city for $6,500. While wheeling hot slag one year ago the vehicle unset, and the contents wiire dumped into the snow, causing an explosion and the loss of his sight. In a'petition presented to the Supreme Court. Tuesday, John L. Griffiths asks

that the act removing the fees of the

Bsporter of the Supreme Court and

chancing the duties of. his office shall be

declared unconstitutional. He offers

numerous reasons for his belief in its

-unconstitutioaaKtj . Mis3 Mina West, of Madison, an

elderly maiden, was under betrothal of

marriage to Milton Bo wen, of Dayton, 0.,.and the w edding garments were prepared and the groom had presented himself. Hiu first wife, however, apv p?ared upon the scene an4this stopped further proceedings. :. A peculiar sound the other night attracted Henry Wenzell, of v Wabash

county, to his door, and upon opening it

a 'coon seised him by the big.toe, biting it severely. Mr. Wenaell captured the animal. Sin ce then his foot has swollen

out of all proportions: and , there is the

usual hydrophobic scare. The affairs of the C. A St. L. Railway are said to be in such bad shape, that frequently between Battle Creek and Goshen the managers are afraid to stop the trains at a station for fear of a levy. A train was kept running all night quite recently, between the terminals, to escape capture by creditors." ! ! T ' Joseph Pfister, near Huntington, while grinding feed in his barn, was terribly injured, some unknown explosive . setting into the box and tearing the machine)? apart ,-, Bis knee joint was. hopelessly crippled, while a piece of metal struck him in the abdomen with such; force as to produce hernia of the most aggravated type. At the time of the first discovery of gas at Anderson, William Henderson secured of every farmer possible, a lease of hiB farm, covering several thousand acres. It now transpires that he has transfered his lease to the Indianapolis Gas Company and great consternation pi evails. It may be as well to state that the average gas lease is a very dangerous instrument, and holders of land should be chary of alt such documents. "J . ';;' v

Tninna natenta have been granted

astollows: David W. Albert, Plymouth.

broommaker's thimble; Andrew - Good-)

year. South Bend, wheel plow; Theodore H. Haberkorn, Fort Wayne, pipe coup-

Blingr for air brakes and combination

valve for oteratinc air-brake mechan

isms; Carletou Sag?, Elkhart, urethral powder-applier; Wm. S. Scott, Eminence, automatic strain weig;her ; and measurer; George W. Stewart! -Rising Sun, sliding gate. " . The Governor approved the election bill Wednesday. In notifying the Senate of tbisaction he sent in a message as followsf 'I sign this bill with tne hope that it may aid in bringing about a reform in our election system. At the same time t fear that it will be found in practice to be expensive and Cumbersome. In my opinion any law- that does not provide for a complete system

of registrati on, as required by the con

stitution, will fail to produce satisfactory

results.

L. B. Eaton, an old recluse living

near Fremont who died last week, in his will beq ueathed 1,000 acres of land, to

bo divided into tracts of ten acres each

of which a cottage should be erected as a home for friendless women over thirtyfive years of age who were of good character. The County Commissioners are named as Trustees, and in case they decline to serve, then the court is requested to appoint an Executor. His other properties are to be sold, and the money held in trust for building these cottag-es and for the support- of cthe women. , C-.. ... Da ring a session of the Evansville city council, Monday evening, a demand was made by the now Police and Fire Commissioners, which was refused, and the Mayor read a message reappointing the old board holding that the repeal of the old law left the city upon its. own

resources. This message was coneuma , iu by a strict party vote, toe rival in -t , tp.reKtfl will miRh their resnective claims.

m T - .. -.tm' ' '2?.-'r,t

xne inoianapoiia omciais, aiso, reiiwe w- sr! surrender their positions) and there ax T , a duplicate set 01 officers. The trouble will undoubtedly be adiuioUcated byi th

cpurtsJ1 X , X.a c i-. JJ- C: vi-,:'Z'v VM' The anticipated injunction procee4?i ings against the Supreme Court Conv C' yv missionerfi named? by the LegislaW and denied commissions by the Gover' i ;i nor, r were brought Wednesday. The fv ' title of the suit is the- iState on relation ; " v

of Alvm F. H6vey; Governor w... William T. Noble et. al. Clerk Noble; iBH made defendant to prevent his iasuing j necessary supplies to the other de f : fendants, namely, the Commissioners I Niblack, New, Coffroth, Lowryand Nye. g I The suit is brought at - the Governor' instance, by the Attorney General, ast- : sisted bv HarrK & Calkins? Ferd, .; Winter and John H. GiUettei - The fendants waived issuance of processeaV 'y entered their appearance to the action;;" and for answer denied each ?and :eyer? allegation therein contained. Clerk. .

Noble in his ans wer of course waived! .

issuance of process and stated that had no other interest in this cause thanr; : to obey the order and judgment of th$& court. Chief Justice Eihott directed the ;- Clerk to issue notices requiring v.the defendants to nnnear and -.answer ", onv

.the 18th day of March. "

The discovery: has been made by State!

secretary unmn, tnat tne requuremema ?

complied with in the endeavor of thof J majority in the Legislature to make?,$; laws ot tbe bills vetoed by tne Governor; f Mr. Griffin's discovery was made two v -weeks ago, but he said nothing -about, it: hot even mention in or it to thoso' most f &Jr-

sembiy brought its existence to an : end j 8f f

Then he toid ms secret, ne nau

:z,?'.::-

'P&K feS r

noticed that the" bill; creating-the Sutz m Mw?x

preme Court Commission, after it hafl; X : Ir J 'y

been passed over tne veto 01 tne TOverf ernor, was sent to his office without the' f

of the House signing it in accoi4?.

25, article 4 of the constitution, whicht ; reads as follows: "A majority of all the 4 members. electea to each House ahau be necesBary to pass every bill, and 8- V -bills so passed shall be signed; by th0 presiding officers, of . the respecfav)S f

sure that the omit sion was importan;;.-.

Tho Afhav rmio nQflflPrl CtVt'r t.hAt . ..

Governor's veto came to him without ; heinor aicned b v the legislative preeia

inc officers, in accordance with the C- Jjfi,AWs

section of the constitution referred' 'toU-

the acts void, is the failure of the legH. .SV; lative officers to comply with sectioat 5.582 of the Revised.Statutes of v 4u '

reading as follows: "The Governor , shall cause all acts and joint resolutions; passed bv the General Assembly to b: deposited in the office of the Secretan" of State and inform the House in whichvf tho same originated." Mr. Griffin says '

none of the vetoed bills were seen bjt

4k. nA..mAti .Hav fViiivr wAm naofipd t.lAt

bUd UUVClUUi aiMi BMOJ, jriMw-..K A sflnnnd time .'"but ail were brought- 1

directly to his office by Bep. McGovneyt t and Senator Griffith. Knowing that

the law was not neing . com-

piiea witn ne inaortwi upuu .

acts when thev -were recei

"Delivered to me bv S. T. McGovney,

member of the House of Represent

tives." . Democrats ridicule the idea that the acts are rendered invalid by tfc failure of the Legislative presiding officers to sign them after being- passed oyer the veto of the Governor. It is asserted that never have the ' 'President of the Senate and Speaker of the Honw signed bills when passed over the execuf f.ivAs ohierf,ifnfi. as nan be found by an

M-aminatinn of the enrolled bills of if

nrevioiiR sessions on file in the Secretary

of State's office. If there is any anthen-.?

ticity of the enactment it can be easily ; established by the record of proceeding ; The Democrats say they do not regard - Mr. Griffin's discovery as importanfeB and they dp not beljeye it: will -be 0:

ried into court. vt y " rW

The President sent the foiiowuig nominations to the Senate Monday tr: '. Thomas W. Palmer, of Michigan to be ;

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenV

lpotenti ary 01 tue u uiusu. s?uic.w iu.

John F. Swift, of Uahfornia, to oe ua vrtv FiTtranrdinarv and Minister Pleni;

potentiarv of the United States to Japan : .f : John D". Washburn, of Massachusettav Minister Resident and :;Cbnsiil-GeBeiBif:v of the United States to Switzerland, George Tichenor; of Illinoip to' be Assistant Secretary of the . - Treasury vice Isaac I. Maynard; resigned ;

nominations to the Senate Tuesdays - ;. Arthur C: Miilette, of Watertown -Dak,; to be Governor of Dakota. ; - : Luther B. Richardson, of Grand Forks, Dak,, to be Secretary of Dakota; . : Cornelius H, HanfordV of Washing ;C aTr

ton Territory, to be Chief Justice of the -, Supreme Court of- the: :TemfW-'M

Marshal of the United States for .th Territory of Montana. ? f T Smiley N. Chambers, of Indiana, to be2 United States Attorney for the District1

of rndianfcV-l.A'V , , George S.iBatchellor, of New YoAafti 4:

Assistant Secretary of the !nreaattytpf ;:T succeed Mr. Thompson. y''--J'r. V. - " vv5

Al be rt G. Porteri 01 JndunaA sa u:aun. 7 ister to Italy. ; . l',-ar?'i &

ibterto Denmark. - -J -v 4-fl

XHE WEST VIRGINIA MTJDDIjE.

: The West Virginia Supreme Court: has decided in the Goff-Wilson guber 1 natorial mandamus.case that Ctovemor Wilson is entitled to hold over untile Buch time as the contest between Flem-i g -iug and Goff ehdi have been settled? -or. in other wonlb. that Goff is not en ;

titled to the seat on the ground that the ; returns were not declared by the Legiala 3 ture. The fight will now be between -

Wilson and Carr on aquo warianto proseedings,'' ' ... : ,

rt.

Sri

! i

Forced by tne State to

New York Sun. 5 . ". '

The unyielding quality? of Europeti official red tape, , compared with which "

well ainstrated by; the: enforcement of -the rule of the Danish street . railwayi regulating the employment of guards ati

crossings, iyery one wno nas uayeiea

enormous number of guard houses alongj

the railroads, and the fact that women;

usually signal the trains? As ameasure

mTA 1

01 economy man ana wite are empioyeo

and the, latter as guar& , The rnleai specify the relationship to exist between: these two classes of ..employes, and rules; are made to be obeyed; When it i bap pens that either die, the survivor has j ust six weeks in which to find another? partner; Neglect to do sb is d isobe di 'f

ence, punished with dfemissalr ' The employment of brother, sister or ser

vuub iu uu lino vnvauuvi AO uuv UUWW,JM

The cuard. or track-walker, must marrv

in six weeks or leave j&A case of thtec

kind occurred recently near

town of Ribe, oh the German frontiers

The stricken widower petitioned the? .- v

Government to allow hi in an extra week or two, alleging that his work of walking all day along the railroad tra.ck did no give him a chance to look ftr a wif bat his request ras "refused as in itself

an mtracnon or cuBcipnne. xne nap

less widower had only sit days of grace

left, but he didiot want to lose hia job

and went skirmishing with such energy

that before the end of the fifth gay

had a new wite fiattgins trains,

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