GENERAL NEWS AND SOXES.
Slitters of Interest Touched "Upon of Prcst
Newt GaOierers.
A fatal stabbing took place In the dlnlnj
car Excelsior , attachod to a train going t *
North Chicago on the Northwestern. Chas
Robinson , tho cook , and William Brown , t
waiter , became Involved In a querrel over i
love affair. Brown drew a large "carylnj
knife and cut Robinson's throat from ear tx
car. Brown was arrested and taken back tt
Chicago.
Mr. Carsoti , living In Columbus , Ohio , hai
just returned home from Tennessee with i
eon and daughter , aged 9 and 13 years , wu
bad been stolen by a band of gypsies In Fe
ruary , 1834. They had been traced to Mem
phla and there the pang divided , part going * <
"Covlngton , Tenn. , taking the boy with them
Tho glil was found in the camp of tho otha
oarty at Lagrange , Tenn.
_ At Chauncoy , Pa. , R A. Peacock * nd
Charles Thompson , both recently from North
Carolina , have for some time been at enmity
A few da } s ago some words passed between
them , when both drew double action revolvers
" and began firlnc. Both were instantly killed
and a stray bullet killed a negro standing
near.
Henry Lanler and Charles Thorpe got Into
a dispute at Baxley , Ga. Lanlcrblew Thorpe's
brains oat with a shot gun. Public feeling
runs high and lynching is probable.
On the 4th of July a cavalcade of wagons
ladcu with merchandise belonging to a party
of Frenchmen , about CO in number , was at
tached near the forks of the Kennebec river ,
In Maine , by a pang of thirteen river drivers ,
who overturned the wagons and plundered
them freely. The Frenchmen rallied to the
defense of their property , and a fierce conflict
raged for several hours , at the end of which
time twelve of the lumbermen were stretched
on the ground , several of them with fatal In
juries.
2The deputy sheriff went to Norfolk. Conn. ,
ind attached Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
for $26,000 on two attachments , one of $ 10-
830 for damages for breaking up Dr. Carver' *
Bhow , and one for $10,000 for the malicious
arrest of Dr. Carver at Williamantic. The
Cody party furnished bonds.
In accordancevith a recent act of the Illi
nois legislature , Governor Oglesby has issued
a proclamation recalling all existing orders
against thejraportation of cattle Into Illinois-
from certain localities in other states , sched
uled as containing pleuro-pneumonia.
An elderly lady , Mrs. Brcan , of Peoria , re
turning from a visit to friends in Minnesota ,
walked off the car In which she was traveling
near Madison , while partly asleep , and was
killed.
During a severe storm , lightning struck the
residence and barns of David Lewis , six miles
east of Watertown , Wis. , instantly killing Mr.
Lewis , injuriuff seieral members of the fam
ily and totally destroying tue buildings. The
loss on the buildings amounts to several thou
sand dollars.
At Freeport , 111. , Alice and Minnie Cruse ,
while riding at a rapid rate in the rear scat
of a wagon , fell backwards and sustained fa
tal injuries.
Minnie Daley , who has been given the
sobriquetteof the "wickedest woman In'Chlca-
go , " was sentenced to one yearin the peni
tentiary for stealing $100 from a man on the
street
At Ashville , N. C. , five murderers escaped
from jail by overpowering the jailor and lock
ing him in a cell. All the prisoners had pis
tols and a number of shots were fired. They
escaped to the mountains. A posse of - citi
zens and company of state troops are in pur
suitAlbert
Albert Ross , a well known grocer at Jeffer-
sonville , Ind. , shot and fatally 'wounded his
wife and then killed himself. The cause of
the tragedy Is said to be jealousy. The couple
were aged 27 and 23respectively and had been
married only two weeks.
The River Press , of Fort Benton , Kansas ,
of the 1st itst states that a letter has been
received there confirming the statement that
small pox prevails among the Indians at Pop-
iar river. The red people are perfectly frant
ic and fleeing in eyery direction. Fears are
expressed that the fugitives will carry the
disease to Indian tribes west of * Poplar river.
At Peebles , near Wllliamsburg , Ohio , last
February. J. R. Erwin married a daughter of
Jacob Wickerman , a wealthy grain and lumber
dealer at Peebles. Erwln's money matters
became somewhat involved , and ho left his
wife with her father while he left to find em
ployment elsewhere. A few days ago he re
turned to settle up his affairs at Peebles and
claim his wife. In somo way not known an
altrecation arose between him and his father-
in-law , and the old gentleman shot him sevcr-
times and fled. Erwin is not expected to re
cover.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox , through her attorney ,
Howard Douglass , of Cincinnati , has brought
suit to prosecute the Church Musical com
pany , of Cincinnati , for publishing a poem of
hers as that of a dead poet Miss Wheeler
publicly announced somo time ago that she
tras the author of the poem.
The large cloth printing and bleaching
works of James T. Martin & Co. , Philadel
phia , were destroyed by fire. Loss § 250.000.
partially insured. The fire was < aused by
the explosion of a gasoline lamp in the
engine room. Fifty hands are thrown out of
work.
All the buildings , plants , etc. , of the late
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial
were sold by auction to the new comoany ,
known as the North , Central and South
American expositions for $175,000 , that being
the exact amount of the debts owned by it
At the same time four writs of attachment
were served by creditors of the late company
for $94,819 for material , furnished In the con-
structlon of the buildings.
AtDebuiek'aranche , in Colorado , twelve
out of a herd of eighteen horses In a pasture
were killed by lightning. A hail storm had
driven the horses against barb wire , which
conducted the lightning through the herd
with the above result - _
fA terrific hail storm passed over the section
of country from Niagara to Reynolds , Dak. , a
few nights ago utterly destroying all the grain
In one of the best wheat-growing regions In
the Northwest The loss covers 10,003 acres ,
Wolving 200,000 bushels of grain.
Mrs. Jones , of Buffalo with a party of la
dies at Bath Island , fell inti the stream and
irere carried orer the American Falls.
It is estimated , that there were 50,003 visi
tors at Niagara Falls on the 15th on the oc
casion of the celebration of the receiving the
JOagara restoration by the state of NewYorit
I
Joseph Taylor Trho brutally murdered his
keeper , Michael Dorar at the Easton peniten
tiary , Pa. , on May 81st , 1SS1 , by beatlne out
his brains with a wooden bobbin and bar of
Iron , was hung In the corridor of the county
prison. The keeper had administered a nau
seating medicine which the prison physician
had prescribed thereby incurring Taylor's an
imosity. Taylor was only 23 years of ace , but
of a vicious disposition , the police records
showing that he has stabbed 17 persons and
shot 23 during ten years'before the murder.
Geo. Yerder , 18 years old , was arrested on
the street , in Chicago , by the police for sell
ing a reprint from the American newspapers
of the London Pall Mall Gazette scandal. He
was fined one hundred dollars by Justice
Foote. The fine was susp'ended on his prom
Ise of discontinuing the sale of the pamphlet
An electric storm passed over Georgia with
serious results. A colored boyon Dr. Hell-
rcr's place near Rome was Instantly killed.
A son of P. F. Mates , five miles from there ,
was struck dead and his mother and sister
were seriously injured. In Amcricus the
electric fluid struck in three or four places'
doing considerable U nage to property and
cattle. At Reedsville great damage was done
to buildings. The storm passed . ver a terri
tory about 100 miles long.
7777 ? SEAT Of GOVERNMENT.
Miscellaneous Matters of Interest at the Na
tional Capital.
LIEUTENANT COMMANBER W. H. WEBB ,
connected with tho Alert , on tho Asiatic
station , has been tried by court-martial on
the charge of drunkenness and found guilty.
THE war department is receipt of tele
grams from the Indian territory which
states that the disaffected Indians arc be
coming quiet , and that there is a favorablo
outlook for a peaceful settlement of tho
Indian difficulties.
INSPECTOR ROBINSON has discovered a
shortage of $500 in the accounts of tho
postmaster at Ord , Neb. Tho deficit was
mado good , but the sureties demand tho
removal of tho postmaster.
INSPECTOR ARMSTRONG succeeded in carry
ing out his instructions to open up tho cat
tle trails through the Indian Territory. Ho
telegraphed Secretary Lamar that all the
differences between tho drovers and ranch
men had been settled and that cattle from
Texas were now moving northward with
out obstruction.
THE deficit for the postofBce department
for the quarter ended March 31 last is
$1GGG,000. During the corresponding
time last year tho deficit amounted to
§ 885,000. Thus it appears that tho de
ficit for the March quarter of the present
year is $880,000 in excess of tho deficit
during tho corresponding quarter of ISS-t.
A CHANCE has been made in the manner
of purchasing silver by the treasury de
partment for coinage , into standard dol
lars. The offers for tho sale of silver for
this purpose will hereafter bo made to the
treasurer instead of to the director of the
mint , and after the 14th purchases will
be made on Tuesday and Friday of each
week , instead of on Wednesday. Tho
change is stated to be for the purpose of
allowing the director of the mint to give his
undivided attention to tho business of the
mint.
LEAVE of absence for four months on a
surgeon's certificate of disability , with per
mission to leave the United States , has
been granted Lieut. Greely.
THE president has appointed Larnerd
HarrUon , of Cincinnati , government di-
recior of the Union Pacific iwilway. Har
rison is president of the First National
bank of Cincinnati.
THE report of the naval advisory board
on tho construction of tho Dolphin , which
was recently submitted to the secretary of
tho navy , as giving tho statement of tho
board in controversy over that vessel , is a
voluminous document and almost entirely
of a technical nature. It argues that tho
vessel is possessed of tho necessary
strength and says that the designers alono
are responsible for her speed.
Miss CLEVELAND left Washington on
tho 16th for New York , and is not expected
to return until thoheated term is over. Sho
will spend the summer in the neighborhood
of New York. The president will leave
Washington about August 1 , for a visit to
tho Adirondack mountains , where ho wil
remain about a month or six weeks to ob
tain much needed rest and recreation. Ho
will be accompanied by a few personal
friends.
CHAS. W. FTELUS , has been appointed '
superintendent of Hot Springs , Ark.
Fields was formerly doorkeeper of tho
house of representatives. L. D. Saile , of '
Michigan , has been appointed libarian of ]
tho patent office , vice Weston Flint , re
sinned.
THE CATTLE TRAIL.
An Official Sent Out From JTashlngton ft
Keep Them Open.
The secretary of the interior has sent
the following telegram to W. A. Towers and
Thomas A. Lee. committee for a stock as
sociation at Kansas City , Mo. : "I havo
carefully considered your telegram of tho
10th inst. The animal industry act pro
hibits the transportation from ono
to another of any live stock b ]
person knowing them to bo affect
any contagious , infectious , cominu
disease. The owners whoso herd
forcibly stopped in the Indian territ |
dare their cattle not so affected ,
pie of Texas , Colorado , Missouri an ]
states have equal , if not greater ,
3rive their live stock , not infected
iisease , through and over tho triali
Indian territory and Oklahoma
you have to occupy these lands
leases from the Indian tribes. An _
tor has been sent to open and keep pe !
the trails for the passage of cattle. If tho
people who are occupying those lands con
tinue to forcibly obstruct tho trails , meas
ures will bo taken to removo them and
their herds at once. " 1
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Netespaper Offices Wrecked.
In Washington on the 10th a fire broko
aut in the building occupied by the Daily
Post , National Republican , Washington
Critic , Sunday Gazette , United States
Electric Light company and several other
tenants. The editorial , composing and
pressrooms occupied by the four papers
ircro completely ruined and the business
affices flooded with water.
SOUTHERN WAR CLOUD.
Belief that an Alliance Exist * Between
Ecuador and Chill.
A prominent naval officer is reported to
have said in relation to tho fact that a
naval vessel has been ordered to Ecuador :
"Yon know the Iroquois has been sent
down to Guayaquil , in Ecuador , to de
mand from that government tho release of
Prof. Santos. In addition to the general
instructions her captain , Yates Sterling ,
received he had sealed orders , which are
only to bo opened in case the government
of Ecuador does notpromptly comply with
the request of the secretary of state. Of
couree neither I nor any ono else but tho
secretary of tho navy , knows what thoso
sealed orders are , but I can easily
imagine. "
"What do you believe them to be ? " was
asked.
"Orders to take Santos , if necessary , by
force , " was the prompt reply ; "and there
will bo the integrating feature of this mat
ter. It has been rumored among tho diplo
matic representatives of tjie South Ameri
can governments in Washington , and be
lieved in higher quarters , that Ecuador has
made an alliance , offensive and defensive ,
with Chili , and that tho latter power will
promptly interfere if Ecuador is-attacked.
Chili is tho most powerful of all the South
American republics. Eight years ago she
calmly defied the United States , and her
ranking officer , Admiral Don Patricio
Lvnch , informed tho American admiral
commanding the South American station
that if any trouble occurred between tho
two nations he meant to sail for San Fran
cisco and levy an indemnity on it or shell
the place out of existence. The last he
could easily have done , for his fleet had the
latest and best pattern of Krupp and Arm
strong guns. Tho Chilian navy could have
stood three miles beyond the rango of tho
best guns we have in any fort about tho
Golden Gate and dropped 500-pound shells
into tho heart of San Francisco. "
THE PRATERS FOR GEN. GRANT.
Tlie Sufferer Manifests His Gratitude to the
Christian People.
Mt. McGregor dispatch : Rev. Father
Didier , of Baltimore , called on tho general
this afternoon. In response to the priest's
statement that they were all praying for
him , ho wrote : "Yes , I know , and I feel very
grateful to the Christian people of tho land
for their prayers on my behalf. There is no
sect or religion , as shown in the Old or tho
New Testament , to which this does not ap *
ply Catholics , Protestants and Jews and
all the good people of the nation , of all pol
itics as well as religions and nationalities ,
seemed to have united in wishing for or
praying for my improvement. I am a great
sufferer all the time , but the facts I have
related are compensation for much of it.
All that I can do is to pray that the
prayers of all these good people maybe an
swered so far as to have us all meet in an
other and better world. I cannot speak ,
even in a whisper. " In the after
noon the Mexican editors were pre
sented to Gen. Grant. Sonar De Anda
addressed the general , saying that they
could not pass so near without paying
their respects to one who had done so
much for his country and for the promo
tion of good feeling between the two re
publics. In response Grant wrote : "My
great interest in Mexico dates back to the
war between the United States and that
country. My interest was increased when
four European monarchies attempted to
set up their institutions on this continent ,
selecting Mexico , a territory adjoining us.
It w as an outrage on human rights for a
foreign nation to attempt to transfer her
institutions and her rulers to the territory
of a civilized people without their consent.
They were fearfully punished for their
crime. I hope Mexico may soon begin an
upward and prosperous departure. She
has all the conditions. She has the peo
ple ; she has the soil ; she has the climate ,
and she has the minerals. The conquest of
Mexico will not be an easy task in the fu
ture.
IN THE HOUSE OF coxaioys.
Parnell Dwells on the Maladministration of
Late In Ireland.
London dispatch : In the house of com
mons Parnell dwelt on the maladministra
tion of the law in Ireland under Earl
Spencer , whereby innocent persons had
been condemned and executed and others
sentenced to life-long penal servitude. He
moved that in Hie opinion of the house it
was the duty of tho government to insti
tute strict inquiry into the evidence and
sentences o ! the Mnamtrasnn , Barba-
killa , Crosswragler and Castle Island mur
der cases. Had tlie Irish executive , said
Parnell , imitated the custom .of the Eng
lish homo office in cases where the guilt of "
prisoners is doubtful by ordering inquiries
on _ the spot in the cases mentioned , tho
prisonorSj who were still living under the
sentence of unjust convictions would long
ago have been released from custody. Par
nell said Crown Solicitor Bolton had in a
single caso insisted on forcing four
or five innocent men to plead
guilty. Said Parnell : "Speaking as
coolly as I canI believe that if ever a mur
derer deserved to be put on trial and sen
tenced to death , that man is Crown Solic
itor Bolton. " Corbett , home rule member
for Wicklow , seconded ParnelPs motion
and hoped tho government would taJo a
lesson from their predecessors "whom the
Parnell vote deprived of office. " Sir
Michael Hicks Beach said the present gov
ernment had nothing to say concerning tho
merits of the case and nothing to sry in
defense of the late government. He was ,
however , authorized to announce that Earl
Carnarvons , present lord lieutenant of Ire
land , A ill make careful inquiry in'.o tho
subject , but the government felt compelled
to ask the hoiifae to resist Parneb's mo
tion , which was derogatory to Earl Spen
cer , a member of the late government. Par-
nell's motion was negatived without a di
vision.
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vere the
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Justness
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Uy one
. . _ _ f as oinerTfflTWojey ruoct
next morninp ; at sunrise in a lane near the
village , each to occupy a given point about
fifteen paces apart , facing1 each other , ad
vance and fire with Colt's navy six-shooters
till one should fall. This meeting was ar
ranged without the knowledge of their friends ,
who remained in Ignorance of it until shots
were heard Sunday morningOn hnrryins to
the scene they found Pryor Ivlng dead ou'the
ground , shot four times , while Holt was un
injured , i-xamination developed the fact
that Pryor had not fired a bullet from his
weapon the first shot from Holt passing
through his pistol hand , shooting his pistol
therefrom. Holt , at last accounts , had not
been arrested , but will probably surrender (
himself. It Is said that Prvor was a violent
tempered man , and that the merits of the
dispute which brought on the duel were fa
vorable to Holt.
I
ITHAT COLORED MAN AGAIN.
Tite Individual Over Whom Haztn and Lin
coln Had a Controversy.
A colored man named Green , who was
tho cause of a controversy between ex-
Secretary Lincoln and Gen. Hnzcn about a
year ago. has "turned up again , says a
Washington dispatch. At that time Hazen
declined to enlist Green in the signal corps
on tho ground that regiments of cavalry
and infantry had been set apart for colored
soldiers , but not tho signal corps. Secre
tary Lincoln , however , ordered him en
listed in that corps , provided that he could
pass the requisite examination. He passed
the examination and was sent to Fort
Meyer to undergo a regular course of in
struction. Ho performed all tho duties ac
ceptably and , with other members of his
class , became eligible for station duty. Tho
signal observer at Pensacola asked for an
assistant and was told one would bo sent.
He procured for him board and rooms in
his own boarding place , and made other
arrangements to receive him. Green was
the man selected as the assistant and was
sent to Pensacola. On his arrival the sig
nal service officer refused to receive him be
cause of his color. Tho officer has been
summoned to Washington for an explana
tion. Tho colored man remains in charge
of the office at Pensacola. It is stated at
tho chief signal ofiice that Green was as
signed at Pensacola without any regard to
his color , and that the officer who selected
him did not know at the time of his selec
tion that ho was a colored man.
DROWNEH IN XAICE MISNETONKA.
Ten Persons Lose Their Lives While on a
Tleasure Trip.
Minneapolis dispatch of the 12th : Shortly
after 5 o'clock this afternoon a heavy wind
and rainstorm passed overLake Minne-
touka. The small steam yacht Minnie
Cook , with eight persons on board , cap
sized and the entire number drowned.
Nows of the accident spread rapidly and
created tho wildest excitement when it was
known that all tho victims resided here.
Tho names of tho party arc as follows : R.
Tore. Mayor A. C. Rand and wife and two
eons , J. R. Coydall and wife , Georgo Mc
Donald , engineer. All are of Minneapolis.
The storm is described by eyo witnesses on
tho big boats as terrific. Tho waves rolled
high , the spray , rain and hail filling the air.
Large steamers put in to shore with great
difficulty. It was impossible for the small
crafts to live in the terrific sea and storm.
Other boats and lives are believed to havo
been lost , but it is difficult to get the facts.
LATCH. The vessel capsized just outside
of Wayseatta bay , on the eastern shore of
Minnetonka. * Ten persons were on board ,
all of whom perished. The party con
sisted of Mayor Rand , aged 53 ; his wife ,
50 ; daughter Mary , 16 ; son Harvey , 13 ;
his nephew Frank , 18 ; L. R. Coykendall ,
35 ; his wife , 27 , and daughter Katie , 4 ;
Engineer Georgo McDonald , 27 ; and boy 12
years old , named Robert Hussy. Tho
bodies of Mrs. Rand and Engineer McDon
ald were recovered and brought to Minne
apolis by a special train a ? 10 o'clock.
Died on the Scaffold.
The execution of Joseph. Palmer ( col
ored ) occurred at Cincinnati on the 16th.
Palmer's crime was the murder of William
H. Kirk in his stable on tho afternoon of
December 2-i , 1883. Tho object of the
crimo was robbery. The execution was
private , in the jail yard , the scaffold being
shielded from view by a stone wall and a
large awning. Promptly at 10 o'clock tho
condemned man was led to the scaffold ,
where a short prayer was said by a priest.
Palmer said nothing. The deputy sheriffs
were so excited that they could scarcely
adjust tho rope. At two minutes past 10
the drop fell , but Palmer was such a pow
erful man that his neck was not broken.
Ho writhed fearfully , and at tho end of
twenty-six minutes the sheriff announced
tha execution over , but the body was not
cut down until some time later.
Saved by Good Behavior.
William H. Goddard , a Minneapolis mer
chant , who was clerk for Austin Corbiu ,
the banker , of that city , in 1873 , and stole
§ 15,000 from that firm while in their em
ploy , was arraigned irijthe courb of general
sessions at Minneapolis on the 17tli.
After ho took the money , which belonged
to a customer in Germany , he disappeared.
He afterwards was known to have per
formed several heroic acts during the yel
low fever scourge in Memphis. From there
he went to Minneapolis , where lie became a
prosperous merchant and prominent in so
ciety. In court Corbin's counsel stated
that as Goddard had maclercstitution and
a good name for himself , ho did not care to
press the charge. Goddard presented
Judge Cowing with a petition signed by 505
"citizens of Minnosota , including Governor
Hubbard and MnyorPillsbnry. After some
deliberation Judge Cowing discharged God
dard on his OWB recognizance.
All to Save a Villain's Life.
At Marion , Indiana , a colored man
named Wallace assaulted 10-year-old
girl , daughter of a well-known citizen
named Vinson , and forcibly accomplished
his purpose. 0i tho 14th her death was
declared inevitable and tho next morning
a rnob organized in the rear of the jail con
taining Wallace and made a desperate at
tack. Sheriff Holrmin and tho guards ,
nftergivingwarning , fired a volley , instantly
killing James Kelleyand wounding three or
four ethos vigilantes. Tho dead and
wounded were carried away and the lead
ers , after a short consultation , dccHed to
postpone further hostilities.
The ReoelRlel.
Dr. Fisit , of Quebec , has received a letter
from Riel which states that his trial should
be before the supreme court and in Lower j
"
Canada , for "it is there alono ho can pro
cure all his witnesses. He says ho never 1
dreamed of war , but by intrigue and forged
letters the complication waa brought about
by interested leaders. Ho went to Canada
from the United States upon invitation
from the half-breeds to assist them in peti
tioning the government and worked peaco-
fully until the time when arms were takes
Up against hjm.
Car Wrecked oy Dynamite.
On tho IGth , as a passenger train was
being mado up at tho Denver & Rio Grande
yards in Denver , an empty chair car ran
over a package of dynamite , which ex
ploded with great force , wrecking the car
aud slightly wounding tho switchman. It
is boliovedjthat tho dynamite was intended
tor tho regular passenger train due to leave
in a few minutes. Officials believe it was
tho work o ! strikers.
The Green-Eyed Monster.
At Jeffersonville , Ind. , Albert Ross , a
well-known grocer , shot and fatally
rounded his wife and then killed himself.
Hie cause of the tragedy was jealousy ,
rhe couple were aged 27 and 23 and had
been married only two weeks.
TO AMERICAN WOMEN.
A Few Happy Remarks Complimen
tary to Them.
Extracts from an Address by Senator Palmer
to the b'omerville Female Seminary.
The address to tho graduates at tho
recent commencement at Somervillo
Academy was given by Senator Thom
as W. Palmer. The following extract
from tho address happily describes tho
noblest characteristics of woman :
Tho ages which have immediately
preceded the last Hundred years were
ages of faith , in which tins pendulum
swung beyond tho reach or ken o"
reason. As a result when tho pendu
lum swung back to tho side of reason
impelled as it has been by tho added
force of discoveries in science and tho
revolt of the human mind from its
long bondage , it has swung clear be
yond the confines of faith. Now ,
whereas faith not regulated by reason
may be a dangerous guide , reason un
inspired by faith has no vital power to
advance the destinies of mankind or
add a grain to human happiness.
This age is not so much an ago of
unbelief as it is an ago of unsettled
beliefs , not only in religion , but in all
things. Science and a spirit of in
quiry has unsettled nearly every pre
conceived theory from the origin of
earthquakes down to the method of
making Jersey butter. But religion
is not primarily a thing of the reason.
It is an aspiration , a reaching out for
something higher where reason may
not lead , but where she can follow and
mark tho line between religion and
superstition.
Women are the guardians of tho
faith. To her faith is something more
than a dogma. Bo careful how you
permit it to bo undermined by spe
cious reasoning or insidious and covert
attacks. They say hope is tho anchor
of the soul , but without faith tho
cablo is gone that ties you to hope.
To the healthful mind doubts will pre
sent themselves about dogmas and
forms , but tho eternal truths , tho
the immortal des
over-ruling power ,
tiny of man , his responsibility and the
assurance that at last all things must
be mado right , all inequalities recti
fied , these are living truths which every
soul must recognize tho necessity of ,
and therefore their existence , for if I
understand tho basic principle of one
line of scientific research it is this
that where a need is folt , that need
will be supplied.
As in the olden time the sacred fire
was committed to the care of the ves
tals , so is tho llamo of a pure and re
generate religion committed to tho
care of the women of to-day. The
aspirations and ideas of the race arc
nurtured and guarded by her. Through
her influence churches are reared and
the sound of praise is heard in the
land. At her knee the lessons are im
parted which , though silent in their
operation , inspire men to heroic effort
or restrain them from guilt and impel
women to lives of self-sacrilice and
bring back the erring.
The last thing a man ever forgets is
the prayer he has lisped at his moth
er's side.
Tho future is hers , for she , more
than any other , shapes tho growth of
the men of the future , and her teach
ings can never be unfruitful , for they
are incorporated with the tissues of
the youth , who will hereafter largely
control the destinies of mankind.
In tho Ulizzi Gallery in Florence
stands the statue of a woman. It is
an antique. It was chiseled in Athens
over 2,000 years ago. All that is beau
tiful in form and symmetrical in pro
portion is found in this statue. The
shape of the limbs , the pose of the
; runk and the contour of the head
lave been the admiration of the artistia
world for the last 200 years. This is
the celebrated Venus do Medicis.
After all it impresses you with no
other idea ( ban that here is the statue
of a beautiful woman. There are no
suggestions of a soul , nothing but
sense. It tells no story. It marks no
epoch. It immortalizes no sentiment
save that of passion , which would de
grade rather than exalt.
In one of tho corridors of the Lou
vre at Paris stands another statue. It
a also of Greek origin. No one knows
the name of the artist. It is of heroic
size , but that does not add to its dig
nity. The arms are gone , but no pro-
ane hand has ever dared attempt their
restoration. The body , full of dignity ,
strength and repose , would impress
you by its quiet self-reliance. The
features are not beautiful , by some
they would not be called classic , but
one would say impulsively that this
vas chiseled in the likeness ot some
woman rapt in and inspired by some
lofty purpose , or tiiat it was intended
as an impersonation of those virtues
which artists in every age have de
lighted to represent through the per
sonality of woman. You feel that this
statue represents something over
which death has no power , and which
time cannot change. It looks the
pure maiden , tlie wise matron , the
protector , the adviser , the consoler ,
the insplrer , the sustainpr. It repre
sents faith , hope , endurance , resist
ance ; a soul self-poised and equal to
all things.
Somo think her to havo been the
tutelar deity of Melos , as Pallas
Athene was of Athens. Whether she
inspired that patriotic people to the
heroic deeds by which they won fame ,
or whether those deeds inspired tho
heart and brain from which she was
evolved , and gave the hand which
chiseled her its cunning , it makes but
little difference. Without a history ,
without a name , the hand which mod
eled her unknown , the island of her
birth degraded by centuries of mis
rule , one'can read in her serene and
reposeful look all the qualities which
dignify humanity.
You never tire in looking at her.
The process is restful. Reft of her
arms she none the less lifts you up.
The marble discolored , she none the
less impresses you with her purity.
Her drapery fallen to her hips , the
wanton eyes fall abashed before the
majesty of her bearing. The eyes
peering into the distance seem to scan
the horizon of history and tho highest
possibilities of the future.
The lips look as if they had taught
the boys who taught at Marathon and
Salamis , aud afterwards thoso who
fought at Bunker Hill and Gettysburg.
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Tho benignant , tender and raorcifnT
mother , , the reign , of law , the power
for defensive war , the placidity ol
honorable peace , tho capacity tosuf
fer and endure , the ability to rejoice ,
strength for the harvest and grace for
the homo , religion , patriotism and
purity are all typified in her horoio
and tireless attitude. No one would
associate her with tho Vonus of in
trigue or caprice , but rather regard
her as the embodiment of all that in
spires and elevates mankind.
This is my ideal of an American
woman. The enduring physique , the
well-balanced brain , the tender heart ,
coupled with intuitions unknown to
man and which savor of prophecy ,
when these are achieved paradise will
indeed be regained.
Then tho Venus of Milo will bo , not
an efligy , but a living soul. Her arms
restored will lift up tho weak and
point out tho way to tho strong. Her
draper } ' arranged , her lips vocal , her
features beaming with vital power ,
her limbs instinct with life , the dream
of him who modeled her will becomu
a reality in the beneficent womanhood
which shall come like tho dawn , rosy
lingered , to tho young , and light tho
evening of life with its celestial halo.
Fleecing the Fanudrs.
"Here's a notice of a note I've got
to pay that 1 had much rather uso to
choke a Chicago dudo with , " said an
angry farmer yesterday , as ho started
oQ * toward tho bank with tho pioco of
paper rolled up with a hundred and.
twenty dollars with which to redeem
the note.
"What's a Chicago dudo got to do
with it ? "
"A good deal. I've got to pay this
$120 and interest at 1 per cent a
month for six months for about § 30
worth of cloth. But I'm not alone.
There's comfort in that. Misery does
love company. It shows that a fellow
isn't the only fool in the world , which
furnishes more consolation to me than
you might think.
"Oh , you want to know about this
Chicago fellow , do you ? Well , last
summer and fal ) the follow came hero
from Chicago to sell a lot of goods
belonging to a busted dry goods firm.
He "didn't sell the stuff in Denver , but
went among tho farmers. He had tho
glibbest tongue I ever heard wag , and.
he was actually the best and mo t ac
commodating fellow I ever saw.
"A peddler would starve to death ,
out in our neighborhood , but this
pesky sinner sold a lot of goods to
every one of my neighbors. Ho car
ried a large amount of cloth with him ,
and went through tho same pro
gramme everywhere he went. I re
member perfectly well how bo con-
lidenced me. He had a large amount
of cloth , and said he was agent for an
immense stock of bankrupt goods. Ho
got mo and my folks to look at them ,
and told us he could let us have them
at wholesale prices , and that a set of
tailors were following him , and would
make up the goods without extra cost
to us , so we could get our clothing at
about half tho usual price. Not only
that. He didn't care for the money
now. That could be paid in two or
three or six months , just as I wished
about it. There never had been such
a glorious chance to save a few dollars.
The goods were evidently very cheap.
He showed me how much they had
been marked down.
"I got enough for a complete suit for
each of the boys , and additional goods
until my bill reached $120. Then ho
brought out a book full of blank notes
and lilled one out for me to sign ex
plaining all tho time that he liked to
accommodate people. Then ho paid
me 75 cents for dinner , saying that he
would not beat ; he charged me for
his goods and wanted to pay for mine.
He was the best fellow you over saw.
"But tho tailor didn't come. I talk
ed the matter over with my neighbors
and we investigated and found that
we had got about one-third the worth
of our money. We also found that
the notes we gave were suoh that wo
would be compelled to pay them. .
They had been prepared with an eyo
to an emergency like this. Wo couldn't
find onr glib friend he had endorsed
the notes over to his iirm , and gone to
new pastures green. The notes were
left with one of our home banks , and
the last sinner of us have had to pav ,
he never accepted a note except where
it was backed by property. Over
twenty farmers th.it I know of have to
pay soon , and ever } * one of them were
swindled. I have heard of more than
a , hundred of the notes , and suppose
that they represent but a saiall part of
the fraud's operations. You can put
it down that the next 'agent' that
comes along will meet with anything
but a lucrative business , " and the in
dignant ranchman went oft" to de-
irrjunee the swindle at the bank , ac
cuse that honorable institution with
standing in with the Chicago dude ,
and to pay the note. Denver ( Co/ . )
Times.
Mexican Water-Spouts.
These natural phenomena are very
disastrous in Mexico. Pachuoa felt
the scourge a few months ago when a
cloud burst among its granite mount
ains. Telegrams have treated of very
recent water-spouts as bursting on
Guanajuato and in the vicinity of
Lagos , flooding the country , destroy
ing the railroad track , drowning hun
dreds of victims and leaving thousands
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homeless.
Ten years ago Guanajuato suffered a
like inundation , but the losses of lifo
were not as large. A part of the city
is built over the river which comes
from the south , and in which the rivers
of the Presa or dyke empty. Tho
spout broke on the Prosa. Then , as
now , the water sprang up from below ,
flooding the streets and houses beforo
the people were prepared. The gov
ernor of'Guanajuato , Gen. Antillon at
that time , was on the spot at once me
taling the best measures for the relief
of the sufferers , and even contributing
out of his own means for the burying
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of the dead and the treatment of"the
injured.
It is proposed to open a subscription
for the families in Guanajuato who
have lost their all at this second dis
aster , and Gov. Gonzalez is said to
have subscribed a generous amount to
the sufferers. City of Mexico Two
publics.
