The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 4, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 22 May 1913 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal GEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse. ... Indiana. Rut baseball is such a strain on the voice! Thunder and lightning! Seems rather familiar. “Swat the fly ” Yes, swat it way out into the outfijid. About the onl> croaking one hears these days is done by the frogs. Many persons do not like the cabaret, preferring to know what they eat. St. Louis boy swallowed a whole crawfish. Fortunately, it wasn’t an eel. Tombstone cutters are on strike — an added argument for the lower cost’ of decease. V —“— About this time, the preliminary step is taken in the formation of June brides. Only two per cent, of musicians are bald, but it is too late for many men to join a band. As soon as all women wear fenders on their hatpins the men can quit carrying nippers. The farmer ought to be a., happy man about these times. Everybody wants to help him. Our opinion Is that the world will survive despite incomprehensible pictures and slit skirts. However, the kind of umbrella that you cannot lose is not much good for keeping out the rain. One trouble with simplified spelling is that the authorities still foolishly insist upon regular rules. ♦ — Experts tell us how to achieve n ripe old age, when what one wants is to retain one’s verdaflt youth. While adopting those dinky little hats the dear women cling obstinately to the old long range hatpins. There is a peculiar fascination In the accoutrements of angling now displayed in certain shop windows. Some persons do not like the pleasant chorus of the frogs, but some persons have no music in their souls. £ ■ — A German banking house has failed and its chiefs have .fled. The examiner over there has a fierce mustache. A German banker named Puppe has fled, leaving debts of $7,500,000. Sort of going to the dogs, so to speak. For' the cure of cancer $2,500 worth of radium was applied. At this rate few people will be able to afford to have one. Have you heard the wail of those who are humiliated because the luxury of paying an income tax is denied them? Is the wearing of a green hat with a neat little bow in the rear an indication that the wearer possesses temperament? A Boston chiropodist has been ar rested for bigamy. Possibly he has been throwing himself at the feet of too. many women. Then there is that morbid form ot self-conceit that leads a man to consider himself a hoodoo because the home team always loses when he attends a ball game. Climbing 200 steps after breakfast took superfluous weight from a woman. It probably would have the sama effect upon a horse. The fact that some women can be Induced to resent bitterly the charge of being too well dressed shows that feminism is marching. And after it has taken us all these long years to learn to spell, why inflict misery through being compelled to learn all over again? Baseball becomes more scientific every year. Expert fans now have telephone calls arranged in advance to summon them from their work. Only one child was born to every thirty families in Paris last year, which city would not be a desirable place for a baby carriage factory. That Seattle judge who made a prospective bride and bridegroom listen while he tried a divorce case certainly doesn’t cater to the marry; <ug trade. Influences of the season are shown to be affecting our courts, one headline chronicling the fact thdt a "juror was taken out of the box.” A man’s throat was cut in a bar ber-shop when a bomb exploded. He complained bitterly because he was not having his shoes shined. On the, latest and greatest steamship just launched there are lifeboats for 5,250 persons. Still, the proper thing for a ship to do with lifeboats It, not to need them. In the Back Bay baby market blondes fetch $2 and brunettes $lO in spite of the fact that most of our poetry is about golden-haired babies. Possibly it has never occurred to you that one sort of suit that is always made large enough to stand a little shrinkage is the damage suit The Los Angeles high school girls are to be taught practical plumbing. Now they can lose their finger rings in the washbasin drain pipes with ink faulty.

WILSON TO ira JWS NOTE President Puts Lid Upon Alarms of War. ' KO WARSHIPS TO BE MOVED Policy Announced From White House in Answer to Rumors of Precautionary Movements During the Discussion With Japan. Washington, May 17. —President Wilson has decided that no war ships or troops shall be moved or anything resembling a military or naval demonstration carried on by the United States while diplomatic negotiations with Japan over the California alien land legislation are in progress, so that no alarming interpretation may be placed on even the ordinary maneuvers of the army and navy. This decision of the president was announced at the White House Thursday. It answered a report current in official late in the day that precautionary movements by the army and navy were contemplated, and had been discussed at a conference between the president, Secretary Daniels of the navy department, Secretary Garrison of the war department, and Acting Secretary Moore of the state department. Washington, May 17. —President Wilson’s reply to the Japanese protest against the California alien landowning legislation has been prepared and probably will be delivered to Viscount Chinda, the Japanese ambassador, following the meeting of the cabinet. This was learned following a conference cf the president, Acting Secretary of State Mcore, Secretary of War Garrison and Secretary of the Navy Daniels at the White House. The conference lasted fifty minutes and was followed by close reticence on the part cf the participants. From high authorities it was learned the president will inform Ambassador Chinda that the federal government is "going to support California and declare that the several states of the Union have the right under the constitution,to make domestic laws. Sacramento, Cal.. May IS.-—Express-ing his determination to sign the alien ' land bill recently passed by the legts-| laturc; Gcv. Hiram W. Johnson of Call- i fernia on Wednesday telegraphed to | St cretary of State Bryan a long ex- j planation taken by the legislature in i passing the bill. The message was in -answer ttf the | request telegraphed to {he governor by Secretary Bryan at the direction of President Wilson that the bill be vetoed. MRS. WILSON GOES SLUMMING. President's Wife Visits Several Squalid Spots in Washington. Washington, May 17. —Few of the inhabitants of Goat alley, Ragland court and Snow court, in darkest Washington, recognized the wife of the president, as, accompanied by officers of the Board of Charities and Welfare association, she toured the homes of the poor. Mrs. Wilson arrived at the entrance to the alleys in the White House automobile. but picked her on foot through the debris and dirty ways. The first lady cf the land conversed with the unkempt mothers and children. Her investigations have awakened her interest in the movement to convert these alleys into parks. DENIES TRUST FIXES PRICES. I — Stsel Corporation Head Gives Further : Testimony at Hearing. New York, May 17. —There is no agreement or understanding of any kin ’ to fix prices in the steel industry, James A. Farrell, president of the j United States Steel corporation, testi- J tied on Thursday at the hearing in the ! federal suit to dissolve the corporation as an illegal combination. Prices were governed solely by market conditions, he said, and the fact that they remained unchanged for considerable periods did not indicate that competitive conditions did not exist, “except in the minds of the theorists and economists.” DROP DARROW INDICTMENT. Charge Again .Chicago Lawyer of Bribery Stricken Off. Los Angeles, Cal., May 17.—Action which, it is said, may ultimately operate as a dismissal of the remaining indictment against Clarence S. Darrow, the Chicago lawyer, accused of jury bribery, in the McNamara dynamiting case, was taken Est Assistant District Attorney Ford. On motion of the prosecutor, Judge Wood, acting presiding judge of the superior court, struck the indictment off the calendar, leaving the case to be reset at the option cf th% district attorney. Old Music Hall Queen Dead. Paris, May 17. —Emma Vallado.i, once world famous as Theresa, queen of the Parisian mtrsic halls, died Thursday. For many years she was the idol of the boulevards and numbered her admirers by the score. Wilson Talks to Bankers. Macon, Ga., May 17.-r—President Wccdrcw Wilson was the guest of honor Friday of the Georgia Bankers’ association, the occasion being the annual state convention of the association. Seeks Man Under Bed, Finds Raccoon. Marinette, Wis., May 16. —When Mrs. E. D. Fitzpatrick, looking for the proverbial man, glanced under her bed Tuesday, she was startled by two shining eyes which, upon investigation, proved to be those of a raccoon. Four Die in Ship Explosion. Heligoland, Germany, May 16.— Four German bluejackets were killed and three others seriously injured Wednesday by the explosion of a cylinder In the engine room of torpedo boat ”S-148.”

JOHN PURROY MITCHELL I fv) I 1 | WRw ' — John Purroy Mitchell has been appointed collector of the port of New York to succeed William Loeb. Mr. Mitchell is president of the beard of aidermen cf New York city. EIG DREADNOUGHT PLANS ARE STOLEN FROM THE U. S. Ssnsaticn Caused by Disappearance of Papers as to Battleship » Pennsylvania. „ Washington, May 15. —That there have been repeated thefts of plans of United States battleships irom the navy department offices is the disclosure here. The thefts have been going on since the night of March 4, when certain plans of the newest dreadnought, the Pennsylvania, were taken from the bureau of steam engineering. Since that date similar plans of other ships have been missed from the same drafting rooms. Agents of the department of justice have been put on the case. Navy officials say they are not so much concerned over the importance cf what already has been lost as they are to find the leak and prevent further losses. Each battleship has several sets of plans which are sometimes widely distributed among the bureaus and contractors. The general plan is never very much of a secret. The plans were very simple and such as could be prepared to order by any competent electrician. They did not relate to the fire control or turret mechanism and therefore had no particular naval value. The officials, however, were alarmed at the occurence, because it disclosed the possibility of the theft of really important secret plans. Consequently extra precautions have been taken to guard against the entry into the drafting rooms of any one who does not belong there, and a system of checking and accounting will be rigidly enforced. WHITE HOUSE BARS TANGO. Waltz, Minuet and Two-Step Supplant the Modern Styles. Washington, May 17. —The first White House dance under the Wilson administration Thursday night was distinguished for the absence of the turkey trot, the herse trot, th§ tango and other dances that usually delight the younger set of Washington’s 401). The Misses Wilson have danced the one step, the polite name for the turkey trot, since their arrival in Washington, at outside dances, but it is understood that these dances were barred from the East room and the waltz, minuet and the two-step took their places. W. H. PAGE IS PROTESTED. Trades Council Present Petition to Sir Edward Grfey. London, May 17. —The London Trades Council has forwarded a petition to Sir Edward Grey, asking him to protest against the appointment of Walter Hines. Page as ambassador from the United States. The petition states that the new American ambassador is “a bitter opponent” cf organized labor in his own country and that the action was taken by the London labor body after receiving a letter from the Allied Trades Council of New York state. MEXICO GETS $25,C00,C00. Money for Railroad Restoration Obtained in London and Paris. London, May 17. —A Mexican government loan of $25,000,000 for the restoration of the railroads in that country is understood to have been practically arranged here and in Paris. The terms have not yet become .available, but it is stated that they are high. Miners Will Get Back Pay. Hazelton. Pa., May 17.—About half a million dollars in back pay will be given anthracite mine workers as a result of decisions rendered Thursday by Charles P. Neill as umpire on questions submitted to him. To Run Trains by Phone. New York, May 17.—The Lehigh Valley railroad Thursday inaugurated a system of dispatching all trains by telephone and within a short time all telegraph instruments will be eliminated. Death Follows Parole. Fond du Lac, Wis., May 16.—George Wrightman, the aged slayer of Clarence Updike, died at his home, Wednesday, a few hours after his parole by Governor McGovern. He had served fourteen years of a life sentence. Wilkie Declines to Talk. Boston, May 16.—Special Agent John E. Wilkie Wednesday refused to make any statement regarding the report from Washington that he would resign from the government, service , Within a short time.

JOHNSON GUILTY WHITE SLIVER Negro Convicted on Fourth Ballot of Violating Mann Act HIS LAWYER ASKS NEW TRIAL — ' Total Maximum Penalty of Thirty-five Years’ Imprisonment and Fine of $70,000 May Be Imposed Should Judge So Decide. Chicago, May 15. — John Arthur ; Johnson, alias “Jack” Johnson, negro ■ prize fighter, was found guilty by a federal jury Wednesday of violating the Mann act against trafficking in • women. Four ballots were taken. The vote on the third being 10 to 2 for conviction. The fourth was unanimous for conviction. The verdict was that Johnson was guilty on all of the seven counts of the indictment charging violation of the Mann white slave act. A total maximum penalty of thirty-five years’ improsonment and a fine of $70,000 may be imposed should Judge Carpenter so decide. The jury was out one hour and thir-ty-eight minutes. The indictment charged transportation of Belle Schreiber, a white woman, from Pittsburgh to Chicago for immoral purposes. Johnson’s attorney made a motion for a new- trial. Judge Carpenter set May 19 as the date for hearing arguments on this motion. "Jack” Johnsen was an obscure hanger on of fighting camps until Dec. 26, 190$, when he was permitted to meet Tommy Burns for the world’s championship in Australia. He won and his name flashed around the world. On July 4. 1910, he knocked out James J. Jeffries at Ratio, Nev., and won a fortune of $120,000. From then cn his career was one string of automobile racing and arrests. suits and countersuits. - In 1910 he married Etta Duryea, divorced white wife cf a well known New York horseman. The woman was shunned by white and black races alike. She committed suicide in Johnson Case de Champion, 41 West Thirty-first street. Sept. 12. 1912. Shortly afterward the mother of Lucille Cameron, a Minneapolis woman, came to Chicago and accused John son of kidnaping and secreting her daughter The girl was rescued by the federal authorities. She was held in jail by Judge Landis for several months and then permitted her liberty pending the trial, of a case against Johnson. One night she eluded her mother at the Wellington hotel and eloped with Johnson. The case against the negro was dropped. Shortly afterward it was discovered Johnson had taken the Schreiber woman around the country. THAW RApT DR. RUS3ELL. Slayer Says Former Matteawan Head Sought Bribe. New York, May 17. —Dr. John W. Russell, former superintendent of the. Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, first made the suggestion to Harry K. Thaw that he could be released by the payment of a large -sum. Thaw testified at the bribery trial of John N. Anhut here. Anhut, a young attorney, is charged with offering Doctor Russell a bribe of $29,000 for an order or certificate which would result in freeing Thaw from further confinement in the asylum. « Thaw on Thursday was brought from Matteawan to testify. He was subjected to a rigid examination and cross-examination. Under cross-examination Thaw said that in all he had spent $65,000 and no more in efforts to secure his release from Matteawan. This sum, he said, was exclusive of the expenses of his two trials for the killing of Stanford White. Thaw declared his agreement with Anhut called for the return of all er part of the $25,000 if he did not walk out of the door of the asylum or was not released by the court by specified dates. He said Anhut paid him back $14,700 of the $25,000 January 1 last, when the plan had failed. CHIEF WILKIE TO RESIGN. Head of U. S. Secret Service to Quit Government Position. Washington, May 15. —John E. Wilkie, chief special agent for the customs service and for fourteen years chief of the United States secret service, will resign his official position shortly. It is understood that Wilkie will acept a managerial position with one of the large detective agencies, making his headquarters in! Chicago. During the Spanish war Chief Wilkie gained much fame from his work against the Spanish spies. Bandits Holds Up Hotel Clerk. Chicago, May 17.—The Drexel Arms,’ a fashionable hotel, was the scene of a daring robbery Thursday, when a well dressed young man felled the clerk with a revolver and escaped with $125 in an automobile. Page Sails for England. New York, May 17.—Walter Hines Page, recently appointed ambassador from the United States to the court of St. James, sailed Thursday on the liner Baltic to take up his post at London. Stock Exchange President Re-Elected-New York, May 15.—At the annual election of the New York stock exchange Tuesday James B. Mahon was re-elected president. M. E. DeAuguere was elected president of the consolidated exchange. C. P. Neill Resigns Post. Washington, May 15.—Dr. Charles P. Nelli, United States commissioner of labor since 1905, and recently made commisisoner of labor statistics in the new department of labor, resigned his post Tuesday.

ALLEN T. TREADWAY S ***** Si /■ \ I jL i fUo* » "■ * ' ■' 1 W' 1 * * Ik Wiil! Rs.; -> IxSM “3 u Ailen T. Treadway is the now congressman from the First district of Massachusetts. He is forty-six years old and a Republican. MANY DIE IN STORM THAT SWEEPS NEBRASKA Tow.-i of Seward S r.’ept by Terrific Wind—Known Dead Number Seventeen. Omaha, Neb., May 1G. —Seventeen persons are known to have been killed and scores injured in a tornado that swept various sections cf this state Wednesday. It is believed that a greater death list will be revealed when telegraphic and telephonic communication, which was destroyed by the terrific wind, is restored. At Seward. Neb., eleven people are known to have been killed and twen-ty-five. were wounded. Staplehurst, a small town seven miles from Seward, is reported as having been wiped off the map. The death loss cannot be secured as the telephone and telegraph wires into the place have failed At McCool many homes were d< streyed but there were no dea r as. The Dead at SewardMrs. David Hoover. Mrs. William Messinger. Mrs. Chris Haserman. Mrs. B. L. Wasserman. J. Schultz. Six-year-old daughter Schultz Mrs. IL. Imlay. Mrs. Edmunds. Sam Crim. LONDON POLICE ASK AID. Martial Law May Be invoked to Curb Militant Suffragettes. London, May 17. —Heme Secretary McKenna is seriously considering the advisability of invoking martial law to put a curb to the actions of the mili taut suffragettes. This follows an appeal made on Thursday by the local police force, who state that the constant widening area of the activities of the women has sapped their entire reserve force. At the present date more than 500 Scotland Yard detectives are working exclusively in the campaign of .the militants. They are protecting public buildings, guarding cabinet ministers and shadowing the ringleaders of the suffragettes. A sensation was caused at Bow street police court when, during the proceedings against several cf the lead ers, the “roll of hear,” entitled “the crimes record book.” was produced This remarkable document recites the particulars of more than 1.400 convictions for suffragette outrages and sets forth the names of 456 persons who ’were concerned in them. It also records the receipts of money paid to some of the perpetrators. U. S. SOLDIERS ARE HELDAmerican Authorities Thwart Conspi racy to Steal Ammunition. Nogales, Ariz., May 14. —The military authorities of this town nipped a plot in the bud on Monday when they arrested two United States soldiers. Colonel Wright, town marshal. Jack Wilson, a bartender, and A. C. Vailasenor, the prefect of Nogales, Mex.. on the charge of conspiring to steal ammunition from the Fifth United States cavalry, on border patrol, and dispose of it to the rebels. Wright and Wilson were released on SI,OOO bail each. The soldiers were released without bail. It is said they acted as informants fpr the govern ment Latest news from the scene of Mexican fighting is that 500 dead are lying on the field above Guaymas. the result of a three days’ battle last week. Retired Farmer Kills Wife. Sparta, Wis., May 16.—William Hogue, seventy, a retired farmer, Wednesday beat his wife to death with a club, shot and fatally wounded his daughter and her husband, then slashed his own throat and died. Dynamite Blast Kills Twv. Cumberland, Md., May 16.—Au explosion of dynamite occurred at Eckhart, near here, Wednesday, killing two persons, demolishing several houses and breaking windows in houses within a radius of a mile. Two Storms Wreck Circus. Clinton, la., May 15.—Two storms, one from the east, the other from the south, met at Moquoketa Tuesday. They blew down the tent of a circus and toppled over wagons. Four show employes were injured, one fatally. Girl of Thirteen Jumps Into Cistern. St. Joseph, Mo., May 15.—Jessie Gibson, aged thirteen years, after being punished by her mother for an act she declared she had not committed, jumped into the cistern at her home Tuesday, and was drowned.

HTOMIONAL SUNMSML Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR MAY 25. JOSEPH AND BENJAMIN. LESSON TEXT-Gen. 43:18. 19. 23-34. GOLDEN TENT—“He that loveth his brother abideth in the light.” I John 2:10. Jacob’s plaintive cry as uttered in verse six of this chapter touches the heart of any father, but God is working out his plan unknown to Jacob. The brothers must have been impressed by Joseph s words that they should dare starvation, and their father’s grief aud anger, rather than return to Egypt without their brother BenjanFfttr Judah, who before had sought to deliver Joseph, now offers to become surety for Benjamin. Thus it ’.vas that Jacob was persuaded, but to make as good an impression as 'possible with this strange Egyptian ruler Jacob directed that in addition to the necessary funds a present also be prepared (43:11), and remembering the strange return of the money before, that this time a double portion be taken. Two words will serve to divide the lesson. Fear and Feasting. Sought His Brother. I. Fear, vv. 18-25. Ordinarily such an invitation to Joseph’s house would be considered a great honor, but in this strange land and possessed by guilty conscience we read, “And the men were afraid.” They who so carelessly sold their brother into slavery are themselves fearful of becoming “bondmen.” Joseph did seek an occasion against them but it was that he might secure his brother Benjamin (the others were only half-brothers), to abide with him in Egypt. Notice how’ eagerly they explain the matter of the money in their sacks to the steward. The steward seeks to reassure them by telling them that, ‘ your God, the God of your father hath given you treasure in your sacks.” Indeed God had, but he gave them their blessing through another. Even so we through grace are blessed by means of another who is our Joseph. Christ is constantly seeking to reassure our hearts, Luke 24:36; John 14:27 and Phil. 4:6,7. Simeon whom they had left as hostage is brought out by Joseph’s steward, but still their fear is not wholly allayed and so they made ready their present (v. 25) though it was of no merit, even os men, today seek merit in the sight of God by giving of their possessions (Eph. 2:8). 11. Feasting, vv. 26-34. In last week’s lesson we beheld these brothers bowing before Joseph even as his dream had indicated (37:5-8) and now a second time they are on their faces before him. They had bragged that it should never be so, “we shall see” (37:20) and indeed they are now seeing. That man who says to God “I will not” in the end is always compelled to do that very thing he in his pride said he would not do. Those who now mock our Joseph will in the end be compelled to do him obeisance, Rom. 14:11; Phil. 2:10. It was that Joseph might gain his brother Benjamin that he made all of these delays in revealing himself to his other brothers. As we have seen Benjamin was Joseph’s only full brother 30:22 etc., and had had no part in the conspiracy against Joseph, hence Jaseph’s heart went out in great love for Benjamin, vv. 29-31. Joseph’s teats were no sign of weakness but rather of strength, John 11:35; 2 Tira. 1:4. Such a manifestation of emotion ougt t never to be suppressed. Bold Pretense. Joseph knew full well how to control his emotions (v. 31) till the proper time. Joseph (v. 27) is fearful that his father might have passed away yet his question does not reyeal his identity. Wu wonder if there mast not have been some suspicion in the minds of these Hebrews when theii Egyptian host told the exact order ot their respective ages, v. 33 (see also 44:12), and that perhaps Joseph might after all be alive. Doubtless their guilty consciences were again aroused when they beheld their youngest brother singled out for such manifest partiality (v. 34). They, however, made a bold pretense and “drank irgely,” R. V., making merry to covet ieir confusion. If their drink: caused ntoxication we do not know. Anyhow they are not held before us as an example in this particular, nor does the biblical account demand that we defend them in this matter. This was a strange feast. The sight of Benjamin recalls to Joseph the memories of home and .mother and caused him to retire from the presence of his brothers lest he reveal himself through his tears. Returng he restrains his emotions while the same time his brothers are la>ring under the constraint of their ars. What differing emotions hauntg memories recall. Joseph’s memies fill him with love and tenderness hile the brothers are filled with suspicion of the entertainment they are receiving. “Conscience do:h make owards of us all.” How great is Jo•eph’s character. A faith that had ustained Joseph during adversity now aids him to control himself in the day of his power, lest he let justice have its full measure. The golden text as applied to Joseph reveals the secret of the strength >f his character. To abide in the light is to be always true to God. It neans to reveal ultimately the meaning of the darkness. All of this comes out more clearly when Joseph at last fully reveals himself to his brothers. To walk in the light alone will enable is to keep the golden rule flor “Love s goodness in action.” This: is a tender lesson to relate to the young and for the older we might discuss such questions as Emotion and Religion, What is it to walk in the light, The intellect and emotions. 4

BWNIS®® HATCHING OF BROWN’S PLOT Old Frame House Still Stands Where the Plan to Raid Harper's Ferry Was First Broached. At No. 185 Congress street east, Detroit, Mich., just beyond St. Antoine street, is a modest two-story frame house. There is nothing in its outward appearance to distinguish it from others in the locality. Os the thousands who daily traverse that thoroughfare few cast even a glance in its direction. They know nothing of what happened there. Every schoolboy knows of John Brown and the spectacular raid he led upon Harper’s Ferry. The affair was i one of the stirring events preceding I the long warfare in behalf Os a united ! country. John Brown was eulogized in song and story. All this is familiar to every Detroiter, yet few know that in this city were formulated the plans which resulted in this raicL and that the campaign was outlined in an upper room of the little frame house in Congress street. It was back in 1859 that Detroit received a visit from John Brown. He was then famous the country over as the moving spirit in the League of Gileadites, a body sworn to stand together in their labor of freeing slaves. His work in Kansas as a leader against the border ruffians was fresh In mind, as were>the murder of five pro-slavery men at Pottawatomie, the capture of General Pate at Black Jack and the defense of Ossawa.tomie. So when Brown arrived in Detroit, March 12, 1859, accompanied by five men and convoying a party of 19 negro refugees bound for Canada via the “underground railway,” it was a great occasion for the abolitionists, with whom Detroit teemed. Either through coincidence or as the result of a prearranged plan, Frederick Douglass, a noted negro ora- ’ tor, arrived in Detroit the same day as Brown, addressing a mass' meeting that evening. • After the meeting Brown, Douglass, George de Baptiste, Dr. ,J. Ferguson, William Webb and others went to the Webb home at No. 185 Congress sti-eet, where a meeting was held. Here, behind closed doors and with every man present sworn to secrecy, Brown divulged his plan to raid the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. That the suggestion met with the approval of a majority of those present is It was well toward daybreak ■tvhen the meeting broke up, and the participants scattered to their homes. Brown snatched a few hours’ sleep, and with his followers left Detroit. The next the public heard from him was when, with a handful of followers, he attacked the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. How he was captured after being seriously wounded, with two dead sons at his side, tried, convicted and hanged is a matter of common knowledge. Just what fook place in the house has never been set forth - save in a fragmentary manner. There are differences of opinion as to the influence this raid exerted upon subsequent happenings. But whatever the conclusions, the fact remains that Detroit bears the distinction of having been the place where the plan received its first impetus. Stopped Their ChaffingAt Frederick, in the first Maryland campaign, a jolly, fat citizen stood on his doorstep watching “Stonewall” Jackson’s men pass through. “Hog-killing time, boys,” yelled one of the boys, opening up a rapid fire of good-natured chaff. “Ain't he swelled powerful?” “Must have swallowed a bass drum.” “I say, strangqr, buttermilk or cornfed?” “Does it hurt much?” “What hurt?” ventured the fafe man. “Why, totin’ them rations around with yer all the time.” In a minute or two the old gentleman, very red in the face, went into the house, but quickly reappeared with a demijohn in each hand. “Here, boys,” he exclaimed; “wash your mouths out with some applejack, and have a bit of mercy on a fat man.” It is needless to say that the boys gave him a vote of thanks. He Fixed It. The regiment had halted and was resting in the shade. A German pulled off his shoes, and, turning his socks Inside out, put them on again, with a sigh of relief. “Why did you do that?” asked a chum. “Because dere vas a hole on der , oudside dot rupped a plister mit my heel.” He Knew. At the court-martial: “Do you know the nature of an oath, Uncle Rastus?” “Ah reckon ah does, colonel, yo* honah. I done ah mule team fo’ Secon’ Co’e endurin’ de fust year ob de wah.” Overprudent. “Did you ever see anyone so afraid of draughts as Aunt Martha?” “N.o; she’d put a wrap on If she came Into the room and found a bureau drawer open.” —Judge. Advertising Always Going On. From the first announcement of a fond mother that you have made your bow to the world to the time when your friends put up their belated appreciation of your virtues on your tombstone, you are constantly advertising or being advertised. —Edmund Street. Rough on the Maid. It is embarrassing when a young lady is in to one young gentleman and out to another, and they happen to call together.