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H | 1 * BRIEFS BY THE WIRE AND OTHERWISE.
H" [ * ' Beaver Fulls rolliufc mills atBoaver
H [ > Falla , Ph. , woro burned. Loss $15,000.
f I Six men woro seriously bnrnod , two of
V t whom will probablw die.
B f A meeting of citizons of Augusta ,
H ff 'Ga. ' , in tlio grand opera liouso indorsed
V t Henry W. Grady for tho United States
j I donate against Senator Alfred Colquitt.
Bl Tho famous Dorris mansion , in the
R i "West End , St Louis , burned on tho
k- , " 20th. Tho imposing structure , which
t „ t -cost in tho neighborhood of 31,000,000
H < , yvas totally destroyed. Tho insuranco
H ' 'is not mora than ono-fourth of that
H * • amount.
At Bridgeport , Conn. , Mrs. Thomas
Hr * / I'itzpatrick attempted to light n firo
with n parlor matclu Tho hend fell off ,
igniting her clothing. Hor father aid
-non tried to smother tho flames and both
I
, "Were badly bjirned. Mrs. Fitzpatrick
4ind hor father were fatally burned.
_ , . A serious wreck occurred on tho
H I 'Union Pacific at Wilcox siding , fifty
H' miles west of Choyenno. A work train
H with two engines collided with a section
H | -of freight No. 23. Thrco engines and
twelve cars wore demolished. Engineer
V * Montgomery and his fireman were seri-
H < 'onsly injured. Travel was delayed fif-
ft' : ' teen hours by tho wreck.
m Tho president has appointed tho fol-
M * lowing postmasters : Kittie L. Scott , at
V 'Galena , 111. ; William J. Brenuau , at
H * Sidney , Neb. ; John T. McAneny , at
Hi I Lisbon , Dak. ; Nicholas C. Stanton , at
H * I West Liberty' , In. ; It. E. Kearney , at
H I Sheldon , la. ; William C. Bawley ; , at
R % Muston , Wi b.
K * " At the following named postoflices ,
m which were recently .raised to the presi-
B -dential class , the president has reap-
m pointed the incumbents : Minot and
B i Shu-gin , Dak. ; Austin , Chilicothe ,
K Griggsville and Kensington , 111. ; Esther-
K "ville , Correctionville and Marcus , la. ;
B t Ponca , Neb. ; Bhinelauder and Bice
B , Lake , Wis.
H A Butte , Montana , special says : At
B ri'uo old concentration of the Boston &
B , Montana Consolidated works , at Mead-
H 'villo , Mont. , at 5 this afternoon tho
B.i i boiler exploded , killing M. G. Edmins ,
B the engineer ; W. O'Connor , carpenter ;
B Jacob Kramel , pipe fitter ; Henry Win-
B .tor , laborer , and fatally injuring Rich-
B -ard Wing , machinist ; George Heckman ,
B Pipe fitter ; John Curtis , curpeutor , and
B. 'foreman Hank Pilpening.
B An Erie , Pa. , special says that Mrs.
Patrick Durkin quarreled with her hus-
i "band at tho supper table and in her rago
n -alio threw a teacupful of vitriol in his
B cface. She then ran out of the house ,
B , J but was arrested by an officer and taken
B | "back. When she was brought into tho
iroom hor husband attacked her , and be-
' "fore the officer could interfere ho al
most beat her to death. Tho woman
was taken to jail and her husband sent
I 4o the hospital. She claims that he was
j brutal to her and threatened to bring
. -another woman into the house.
i
The department of state has received
• official confirmation of the reported con
demnation and seizure by the Haytien
( prize .court of the American steamship ,
Hnytion Bepublio. The condemnation
HJ was pronounced November 3. The day
H after the United States minister protested
W against the proceedings , alleging that
Hl * the prize court was illegally constituted ,
B. -and appealed to a higher court.He
H | -also advised tho captain of the seized
Hj vessel-to refuse to surrender tho craft
H i The United States man-of-war Boston
Bn ' arrived on the scene the same day to
H w support the protest of the United States
Ht minister.
Bi > Panic In a School Room.
B New York dispatch : At 1:15 this af-
Hj -ternoon a fire broke out in the first
H ward public school building at Long
B'1 Island City. Over 900 children were
B > -studying at their desks in tho various
R rooms of the building. When the chil-
Hj -dren on the first floor saw the flames
H * " "they raised a cry of fire. Instantly
H ] there was a panic in every room of the
Bl ecliool building. Tho children rushed
Jl pellmell for the narrow doors , crowding ,
H jostling and striking each other in their
H -efforts to get out The children were
H j piled'up at the foot of the stairways in
H heaps , and attempts to brins : order out
H > -of the confusion were at first fruitless.
H but finally tho police and firemen were
BHK ble to check the children , although
H "they had to contend with an excited
Hjj mob of mothers that had appeared as
B -soon as the news of tho fire spread
i "through the neigdiborhood. The fire
K itself amounted to little , and as soon as
B it was extinguished an examination of
HH | ie inJnrel vas commenced. It was
B found that while hundreds were badly
B * "bruised and shocked , no one was seri-
H < oubly or fatally hurt
H Mr. P wderlv Will bo Chosen Aflaln.
Hrj Tho desire of the delegates to the
B -general assembly of the Knights of La-
H [ l > or to continue T. Y. Powderly as their
K ! -chief has been expressed to him for-
B nially , says an Indianapolis dispatch.
B. Seven delegates , who represent tho Can-
B | adian assembly , have called on him and
Bt disked him to accept the office once
B more. He gave them to understand
B > that he would do so , providing he conld
B -choose his own advisors on the general
B -executive board. Under any circum-
B' ' stances , Powderly will undoubtedly
B -continue in office and will choose his
B , own cabinet Canada wants to be rep-
B * resented on the sreneral executive board.
B The south has a like desire , and a move-
B ment is on foot looking to the selection
B * ° f some representative business man.
B * It is reported that a proposition looking
B -to the formation of an entirely new con-
B Utution has been made to the general
B assembly and is being considered by
I H the proper committee. As there is a
| B strong feeling in favor of a radical re-
B vision of the present constitution there
H | , is little doubt that the now constitution
B will have many supporters.
H An UnhaoDV Soirit Asks a Favor.
H Dr. Edward Kirby , proprietor of a
H -drug store in this city , saj-s a Baltimore
H telegram , is a firm believer in spiritual-
H ism. Ho is a highly respectable gentle-
H man , fifty years of age , a physician of
K prominence , and a medium. Of late he
K has had several laborers digging in the
H cellar nnder his store. At first he was
H' m .ysterious about tho matter audde-
B -clined to tell what ho was doing. Now ,
B however , he declares that he has been in
H -communication with the spirit of a mur-
H * dered man. Tho house he occupies has
I B * heen a drug store for about twenty
B years. Previous to this a hosteliy stood
Hr .on the site , and back from it a farm
f house. Of late years the spirit of a
H farmer , tho doctor declares , has com-
H' < * muricated with him and told him that
B vears ago he was murdered and that his
R * bones rested beneath the building. The
' -spirit asked to have the bones remvoea
H " -and properly-interred. Dr. Kirby-states
H .that the scapula , two femoral bones , and
H * -other parte of tho body have been found
H but the head is missing. The diggers
H have thus far excavated to a depth of
B fc011 feet ;
B England is bemoaning the fact that
H -the Prince of Wales has lost his skill as
B < .a marksman. At the imperial hunt in
Hl Austria , he missed four stags , much to
H1 'the surprise and disgust of Francis
fl -JmiBiA.
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THE NEW SECRETARY GOES TO WORK.
27 * Vrlvato Secretary of ( lateral JIarrhon
at tho Je > li.
TndinnapoliH dispatch : Private Sec-
rotary Hnlrord formally entered upon
his new duties to-day , and occupies a
desk in tho library immediately to tho
right of tho largo table whero tho presi
dent-elect works. Both
wero busily en
gaged throughout the day with tho ac
cumulated correspondence. Secretary
Halford , liko the president-elect , is a
rapid and indofatigable worker. His
appointment gives great general satis
faction hero at his home , and numerous
wero tho callers at tho editorial sanctum
Df tho Journal to-day , leaving cards of
cordial congratulations. Many tele
grams from nowspaper and othor friends
also reached him.
Among General Harrison's callers to-
da3 * wore Congressman Joseph G. Can
non , of Illinois , John F. Cravens , of Da
kota , and Attorney General L. T. Mich-
ner. of this city. General Harrison is
gradually systematizing his work the
better to accomplish his end , and also
as an assurance to callers that they will
find him at homo ho has set nsido tho
hours ? rom 2 to 4 o'clock of each dnto
see those having business with him or
others who call merely to pajT their re
spects. Tho observance of this request
is necessary , not only that tho president
elect may utilize his time to advantage ,
but also to enable him to securo needly
daily recreation. Ho had several callers
this morning beforo breakfast It is
also announced that every Wednesday
evening from 8 to 11 o'clock tho General
and Mrs. Harrison will bo glad to re
ceive all who may call. Mrs. Harrison
will receive her lady friends from 2 to 5
o'clock on each Wednesday.
Congressman L. 0. Honk of Tennes
see arrived to-night Congressman Can
non left this evening for Washington.
The Journal to-morrow will editorially
announce tho severance of Mr. E. W.
Halford's connection with that paper by
his recent appointment as private secre
tary to the president-elect
A Candidate for Speaker.
Washington dispatch : Brepresenta-
tive Cannon , of Illinois , one of tho can
didates for speaker of tho next house , if
the republicans should have a majority
of members and control the organiza
tion , arrived in Washington to-day.
To a representative of tho United
press Mr Cannon said this eve
ning : "I stopped in Indianapolis
to see General Harrison and pay
my respects to him , but my visit had
no political significance. In his conver
sation with me , Gen. Harrison did not
ccmimit himself in any way. In fact I
do not think ho has had much time to
think about his cahiuetor anj'thiugelse ,
and I doubt if he has reached any con
clusions. I do not think ho has consid
ered tho question of calling an extra
session of congress , and as we may not
organize the house for a year , it is a lit
tle oarly I think for the discussion of
the speakership. "
Results of Agricultural Experiments.
The new bnreau in the agricultural
department authorized to be established
at tho last session of congress , and
known as the bureau of correspondence
with agricultural stations , has been as
signed quarters in tho east end of the
department building , and begun work
under the direction of Prof. W. O. At-
water. Bulletins will be published from
time to time setting out the results of
agricultural experiments in this country
and abroad , which will be distributed
among the experiment , stations. The
features of the work will be to engage
the ablest specialist on the subjects
about which information _ _ may be ra-
for general distribution whenever
auired of the subject seems to
warrant the expense. Still another func
tion of the bureau will be to supply con
gress with information that may _ be
found necessary to aid it in legislating
UDon agricultural matters.
The Lamest Land Slide Ever Kniwn.
Bond's Mill ( W. Va. ) dispatch : The
largest land slide ever known hero oc
curred a few days since on the side of
the Cumberland mountain , where a
scope of laud , containing not less than
twenty-five or thirtj' acres , slipped from
tho side of the mountain , carrying its
forest of pine , chestnut , oak and other
immense trees along with it into a nar
row vallejbelow. . The slide shot across
the valley , completely damming it from
the mountain side to a parallel ridge
four hundred j'anls distant Tho small
creek which ran down the valley was
dammed up , and formed a small lake
from ten to twenty-five feet deep , and ,
perhaps , a half mile in length. The
forest trees still stand on the slide , but
at an angle of forty or fifty degrees.
The mountain side is bare , with the
rocks standing exposed in a line four
hundred yards wide and half a mile
Ions. Altogether it was a most peculiar
freak of nature.
The Minister to Spain.
It has been said that Mr. Blaine will
use his influence to prevent the con
firmation of Mr. Belmont as minister to
Spain. A gentleman who is familiar
with the facts connected with the fa
mous controversy between Mr. Blame
Belmont , which occurred some years
ago , is quoted by the Star as saying that
neither had cherished any ill will to
ward the other as would result in a do-
sire for revenge or retaliation. Both ,
he said , had since regretted the great
publicity given the affaiiv ind they have
carefully avoided speaking disrespect
fully of each other. From what he
knew of Mr. Blaine personally , and par
ticularly as to his feeling in this matter ,
he was confident that he would not by
word or action oppose Mr. Belmont's
confirmation.
Salvationists Knocked Riohl and LeIL
A pugilistic ruffian , Mike Sullivan ,
created a great uproar at the Salvation
army barracks at Helena , Montana , and
came near exterminating the entire out
fit The meeting was just over and the
audience was filing out when Sullivan
commenced yelling at the top of his
voice. Maivy aniens and groans went up
from the soldiers , who thought that Sul
livan bad bee .smitten with "the
power. " _ Thej' crowded aronnd to offer
consolation when he began striking out
from the shoulder , and within a few mo
ments he had tho floor knee-deep in sal
vation and was wading through it The
army fought like brave men and women ,
bnt Sullivan escaped. He was afterward
"
arrested , fined , and released. "
It Was a , Paralyzing Hand , Sure.
Judge Samuel Levy , a prominent
aged citizen of Augusta , Ga. , was
stricken paralysis while participating in
a social game of cards ! The party was
playing poker and Judge Levy was tak
ing hazards only on the game. His
opponent in the jack-pot , when called ,
Bhowed four aces. The judge was no
ticed to become suddenly ill , and assist
ance was offered. When medical ser
vice arrived it was found that tho jndge
had been paralyzed. Surprise at his
opponent's hand is given as the prime
cause of his illness , though he is very
old and age makes the ailment more po
tent He is not expected to live. I
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MR. POWDERLY HOLDS THE FORT.
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te it Choten liy tlt * KntyhtK to Jia Jilt Own
8ticcesjr.
Indianapolis dispatch : Tho election of
officers took up tho time of the Knights
of Labor general assembly to-day. Dan
iel J. Campboll , of Scranton , Pa. , nom
inated T. V. Powderly for re-election ;
Victor Drury placed tho narao of Martin
Hanley , of New Jersey , beforo the con
vention , and an ex-dologato named
Birch , from Ohio , was also proposed.
Tho vote resulted : Powderly 114 , Han
ley 27 , and Birch 1. For general worthy
foromau , Morris L. Wheat , of Iowa , was
elected. Before tho vote was takon for
general secrotaryand treasurer a motion
for a recess for dinner was carried.
When the convention reassembled af
ter dinner balloting was proceeded with ,
lcsultiug : Hayes , 84 ; Turner , CO ; Mrs.
Stevens , 8. Powderly having practical
ly requested the election of Hayes , the
result is a Powderly victory
When Powderly got through with his
nominating speech , Turner read a letter
sent to him by the general ma-ter work
man , in which he expressed a hope th.it
hr > ( Turner ) would again be a candidate
and would bo elected. Powderly ex
plained that the letter was written beforo
a combination of the two offices had
been huggested.
Mrs. A. lStevens presented the
name of Mrs. T. M. Barry as director
and investigator of woman's work , and
she aus re elected by acclamation. Gen
eral Master Workman Powderly was
chosen to represent tho order at tho
Paris exposition.
After his re-election to office , Pow-
tlcrly took tho floor and stated that , al
though his salary had been left at
$ C,000 , he would accept only $3,000 , and
at the end of his term tho order could
do what the } ' pleased with tho balance.
As candidates for members of the ex
ecutive board the general master work
man presented tho names of A. W.
Wright , of Toronto , Out ; J. J. Hol
land , of Jacksonville , Fla. ; John Cos-
tello , of Pittsburg ; John Devlin , of De
troit ; J. N. Wrisht , of Philadelphia ; T.
B. McGuire , of New York ; H. C. Trap-
pagen , of Cincinnati , and J. J. Crowley ,
of Charleston , Mass. On the first bal
lot. A. W. Wright , J. J. Holland and
John Costello were elected. Two more
ballots wero necessary to elect the
fourth member of the board. John
Devlin was chosen.
The retiring irenoral worthy foreman ,
Bichard Griffiths , of Chicago , and Del
egate Delh arte , of Belgium , were pre
sented with fine gold badges by the
general assembhy , the receipt of which
was acknowledged appropriately ; M. Del-
warte doing so in his choicest French.
To-morrow morning the member of tho
co-opciative board will be elected from
four nominations of General Worthy
Foreman Wheat.
FLASHES BY THE WIRE.
Chief Justice Armstrong , aged sixty-
eight , chairman of tho labor commissou ,
fell dead on the street at Lorel , Quebeo ,
from apoplexy.
Jem Carney has deposited $1,000 for
feit with tho London Sporting Life for
a fight with Jack McAuliffe for the
championship of the world in the light
weight class.
The official figures from the secretary
of state show Harrison's plurality over
Cleveland in Kansas to be 80,120. Tho
Harrison electors received 182,914 and
Cleveland 102,738.
Governor Larrabee has pardoned L.
Line , who several 3rears ago was con
victed of murder and sentenced for life
in the Anamosa penitentiary. Line was
a resident of Webster county when the
deed was committed.
The Fort Wayne ( Ind. ) Jenny Elec
tric Light company's plant was entirely
burned on tho 23d. Tho loss on the
building and machinery is S250.000 ; in
surance , $150,000. Fully 300 workmen
are thrown out of employment
Burglars broke into the Boston &
Maine station at Pin Point , Me. , and
blew open the safe. The station agent
declines to state how much money was
stolen , but it is said the burglars were
well paid for their work , as tho safe con
tained the wages of the section hands.
Mrs. General Harrison is the recipient
of a handsome silk robe of crazy quilt
sent by the ladies of the Episcopal
church at Los Angeles , Cal. , it having
been voted to Mrs. Harrison as the
most popular lady at a church fair.
The electoral vote in Now York state ,
as canvassed by the state board of can
vassers , is as follows : Bepnblicans ,
650,337 ; democratic , G35.9G5 ; prohibi
tion , 30,281 ; socialist , 2,068 ; union labor ,
626 ; united labor electors at large , 2,668.
Chief Justice Horton was tendered
the position of general solicitor of the
Missouri , Kansas & Texas railroad by
the receiver of that road. The judge
states that he prefers to remain upon
the supreme bench of Kansas , and has
declined the offer.
Foreign bankers who have ordered
gold for shipment to Europe state that
owing to tho demand in London for
gold bars for shipment , Bussian and
South American bankers on the other
side are paying for gold a fraction over
the nominal price. Kuhn , Loeb & Co.
have just ordered $512,000 in gold bars
from the assay office for shipment to
Europe. The total gold shipments so
far this week amount to $4,654,000.
Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles
assumed command of the division of
Pacific on the 23d. General O. O.
Howard , tho retiring commander ,
greeted his successor , who was then
presented to those of the staff with
whom he was not before acquainted.
General Miles issued immediately a
brief order to all military posts , setting
forth that he had formally taken com
mand , and stating that Lieutenants
Gatewood and Dahry will act as his
aides. General Howard and Lieuten
ant Greblo started for New York.
Anarchism Again Coming to the Front
Chicago dispatch : An anarchist circu
lar of the stylo made familiar by Parsons •
and Spies was well distributed to-day
through the saloons of the west and
northwest sections of the city. Aftei
asking subscriptions to defend the sup
posed dynamiters , Hronek , Chleboun
and Sevic , whose trials are to begin
Monday , the circular says :
"Xotwithstiuding it ( tho law ) has
murdered a number of our brethren , this
capitalistic beast thirsts for more blood ,
and apparently will not be satisfied un
til it gets it. Workingmen of Chicago
cannot tell nowadays what will happen.
Any day they are liable to be taken away
from their breakfast tables torn _ from
their families and locked up in jail on
account of some trivial complaint from
capital. " 7 .
The paper goes on to say that capital
must be crushed and claims that th
only way to do it is for the workingmen
to organize and fight for their rights.
The circular is printed in German and
Bohemian , and signed by Fritz Benthin
on behalf of the newly-organized Arbei-
ter Bechts Schutz Yerein.
a man named Uoon was caught sell
ing whisky from a keg at the Weeping
Water quarries the other day , and was
arrested and sent to jail to await trial.
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DEMOCRATIC DANA DISCUSSES POLITICS.
aivtnyJJlB Opinion of nital Cauted Defeat
of the Democracy.
Charles A. Dana , of tho New York
S.rin . , \i htli' spending a few divys in Paris ,
was called upon by a correspondent and
unbosomed himself thus on American
politics :
"Mr. Cleveland was beaten in the re
cent contest for tho simple reason tha *
a majority of the people choso to voto
against him. Many things contributed
to the result In the first place , the
chances aro all against the re-election
of any man as president Sinco 1832
only two men have been twice placed in
tho oflico of chief magistrate. Thene
wero Lincoln and Grant , and they both
were kept in tho white house under ex
ceptional circumstances. The military
record of General Grant mado him n
public hero , and Abraham Lincoln
would never havo been re-olected
but for the continuance of the war.
President Van Buren was most popular
during his first term , and ho had Ihe
support of Jackson. Yet when he ran
for a second term in 1840 he was over
whelmingly defeated. Therefore , on
general principles , in order to insure n
president a second term of office there
must be something of special and un
usual importance to commend him tc
public favor.
"Mr. Cleveland had no such element
( o aid him. On tho contrary , ho was
handicapped in many ways. He had no
strong personal friends. He was cor
dially disliked by tho leaders of the
democratic party and the political di
rectors of tho democratic press. Even
before the election I do not believe
there was a more unpopular person in
the United States than he , and after
next March , when tho game is all over ,
the universal wonder will be how such a
man as Cleveland ever came to fill such
a liiah position.
"During his administration he dio
uothinsr to win tho confidence and sup
port of his party. In fact , ho did not
care a copper for the real interests of
the democrats. What he worked and
schemed for from beginning to end was
the welfare and advancement of Mr.
Grover Cleveland. In his manner to
wards his supporters he was always cold
and overbearing , and he never by any
chance put himself out to be courteous oi
accommodating. Ho thought himself a
man of destiny and so far above his follow
ers that he could kick them about as he
pleased. Ho has finally discovered his
mistake. He was always trying to pro
duce a sensation which wonld make peo
ple talk about him. He did not choose
any given lino of action so much be
cause he believed in it as because he be
lieved in advantages for himself. He
did not dare to veto either the oleomar
garine bill or the river and harbor bill ,
although he was convinced that they
both were unwise. He did veto a lot ol
pension bills because he saw an oppor
tunity to set people talking. His knowl
edge on all things was superficial , and
in many things he made mistakes as to
what would really rebound to his advan
tage. His negotiation of the fisheries
treaty and the extradition teaty did him
much harm among the L-ish and the
fishermen. If he had not been politically
dead already , of course his position on
the tariff would havo finished him.
"This last election has forever settled
the free trade question. No party can
succeed in the United States which wav
ers m its adherence to protection. Cali
fornia wants protection for its wines and
woolens and fruits , Alabama wants it for
its iron , and so will Colorado in timo.
The whole west wants it for the manu
factures and industries which are spring
ing up there as if by masic. The east
has always wanted it , and the south will
follow suit The democrats were beaten
in a fair fight because they deserved to
be. There was never an election more
quiet and orderly. There was never ono
with less corruption at the polls. Tho
talk about Cleveland having been knifed
in New York by Hill and Hewitt is non
sense. Those two men aided rather
than injured tho presidental candidate.
The bitterness which arose in New York
state by these factional jealousies re
sulted in drawing out an enormous vote ,
which always helps the democrats.
Furthermore , Hill gained thousands of
votes among the republicans who were
opposed to restricting the sale of liquor ,
and many such men were thus led to
cast a straight democratic ticket. If tho
democrats had chosen for their candi
date a man without Cleveland's host of
enemies , and if they had excluded from
their platform anything which might bo
construed as leaning toward free trade ,
I think there is no doubt they would
have been successful. As it is they are
set back where they were twenty years
ago ) and they have a republican majori
ty against them in both houses.
Will Stand Up for Tariff Reform.
It is quite likely , says the Washing
ton Evening Star , that Mr. Cleveland's
message will possess some of the el
ements of clever retort that appeared in
his last fisheries message. It is gener
ally understood that he will stand up to
the question of tariff reform as in his
message at the beginning of this con
gress , and will make it the feature of
tho document He will not yield one
jot from his position before the cam
paign , but he will probably make moro
emphatic his declaration that it is a
"condition , not a theory , that confronts
us. " It is likely that he will try to
make it clear to congress that the neces-
sitj * of checking the accumulation of
surplus is so great that if the democratic
plan cannot cany through congress
fche3r should yield under protest to the
republican amendment , rather than
liave no reduction of the revenue at all.
There will be no weakening from tho
former position and no confession that
the popular verdict has condemn
ed tariff reform. Mr. Cleveland
lias said that he wonld sign
iny bill that should come to him mak
ing a reduction in the revenue , whether
\s to tariff duties or internal taxes , un
less there were something about it abso
lutely vicious. _ If the senate bill should
pass as it now is , it is almost certain that
lie would sign it , probably with some
remarks in explanation of his motives.
Deliberations of the Knights.
At the session of tho Knights of Labor
general assembly at Indianapolis on tho
20th , the committee on law submitted a
report amending section 15 , article 3 , of
the constitution so as to provide that tho
slective officers shall be the general
master workman , general worthy fore
man , general secretary and treasurer ,
and general director of womatri ? work.
The general executive board shall con
sist of four members besides the general
master workman and the general co
operative board shall consist of two
members besides the general worthy
foreman. All except the general execu
tive board and ttie general co-operative
board shall be taken' from the floor of
the general assembly , and when elected
3hall serve two years. This action fur
ther provides that the general worthy
foreman shall be ex-officio chairman of
the general co-operative board and that
he shall submit to the general assembly
four names from which they shall elect
two , who will constitute tho board.
A prolonged debate followed the in
troduction of these amendments. But
they were adopted by more than a two-
thirds vote.
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Elizabeth Stuart Phclns'Romance.
From tho New York Sun.
Ono lovely nnd illustrious old mnitl
1ms becoino a wife. Sho is Elizabeth
• Stuart Phelps , authoress of muny
j exquisite religious books , one of
which is tho famous "Gates Ajar. "
Shealso "Old ' "
wrote Mnids'Paradise ,
and was regarded by her friends as
1 confirmed by choice in single blessed-
' ness. Marriage had certainly been
! optional with her ever since hor girl-
| hood , but she habitually declared slie
t would never wed. Nevertheless sho
I is the bride of Herbert D. Ward.
I There is a Httle story to tell about
that. The bridegroom is the son of
i Bev. William Hayes Ward , editor of
, tho Independent. "Last winter the
senior Ward took up Miss Phelps'
latest book carelessly , " said this in
formant , ' 'as ho sat in his sanctum ,
, and glanced over its pages. He im-
| mediately became interested , and
i kept on reading to the neglect of
| more important duties , until the time
1 came for him to go home. He walked
1 to the South Ferry with his mind still
' absorbed in what he had read , and he
was so distracted with it that , in
crossing the crowed street to get to
the ferry entrance , he allowed himself
to be run over by a heavy truck and
very badly injured. Some of his ribs
were broken and for a day or two his
life was considered in danger. The
driver who hod run him down was
arrested , but Dr Ward declared that
no blame attached to him
" 'It was altogether my own fault , '
he said. ' "My mind was engrossed
with something else than taking care
of my body just then or it wouldn't
have happened. '
"When the season of outing eame
around. Dr. Ward was barely con
valescing , and his son took him on
a yacfiting cruise. They stopped at
Gloucester , Mass. , near which Miss
Phelps had a summer residence and
the neighborhood of which she had
long before stirred up immensel3r by
her story of 'Jack , ' in which the
people thereabouts were described
and not altogether agreeably. The
Wards visited Miss Phelps , getting
an introduction through a friend
and at the earnest desire of Dr.
Ward , who had become greatly in
terested in the authoress through a
perusal of her works while recover
ing from the accident which she had
indirectly caused. All through the
past summer tho Wards hung about
Gloucester , and it became apparent
to observers that this was due to the
son rather than to the father. Al
though the former was hardly thirty-
five years old and Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps is something like fifty , their
relations took on an unmistakable
aspect of courtship. The result was
the marriage ceremony at the
Phelps seashore cottage , East Glou
cester , a short time ago. "
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Only a Juggler's Trick.
Japan Correspondence St. Louis Globe.
The lights were turned low , and
while a rough cross of poles was be
ing set up the general played wild
discords on a weary old melodeon ,
and his orderly worked an ancient
accordion. A rack was brought out ,
and later two women were brought
on and boundthe one to the cross and
the other to the rack. The general
dosed them with something , appar
ently chloroform ; played another
weird tune , and then in the most
professional way used the stetho
scope. This scientific testing of the
patient's heart-beats took the Japa
nese part of the audience. The ex
citement deepened. After that the
general took a sword and apparent-
ly plunged it throngh and through
the body of the prostrate woman on
the rack , who writhed in such a real
istic manner that it was hard to hold
to the red-paint and spring-blade
theory. Next the woman on the
cross was stabbed with shears , but
of that proceeding the ladies of our
party only heard , as , after the first
horrible sight of the woman on the
rack , faces were covered and faces
turned from the sickening spectacle.
The Japanese cheered wildly as the
bodies were carried back and appar
ently thrown in a lake , but in a few
minutes they came walking on the
stage in bedraggled foreign dresses
and wildly-feathered hats. The show
left a most unpleasant impression
on one , and , althonjrh I have seen a
a small boy put in a boiling cauldron
and apparently cooked for ten min
utes , and a woman held under water
for a quarter of an hour at a time ,
none of them caused such * sickening
shudders as the crucifixion.
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Her Beard Was long.
From the Chicago Herald.
A Chicago newspaper man , who
went to Atlanta , Ga. , to accept a
position on the Constitution , recently
came across a paragraph in a coun
try exchange to the effect that a
young woman named Littlejohn , re
siding at Jacksonville , Ala. , had a
beard five feet nine inches in length.
The Atlanta scribe send this to Kohl
& Middleton , dime museum men.
The museum man at once wrote let
ters to the postmaster at Jackson
ville , asking about Miss Littlejohn
and making her a big offer to appear
at his museum if she really had such
an abnoral growth of beard. A few
days afterwards he received the fol
lowing letter from Jacksonville in
answer to his inquiries , and he is still
laughing over it :
"Your favor at hand in regard to
Littlejohn woman with beard five
Feet nine inches long. This in a local
joke , which grew out of the woman ' s
marrying a man named Beard.
Yours. "L. W. GitAT. . "
The Traveling Salesman ,
it may safely be stated that not
one drummer in ten likes his situa-
bion. After the novelty .of the life
nrears off , an intense loathing of the
rtroad" grows upon him. There is
something utterly repugnant to the
average man in being obliged , willy
nilly , to hurry from place to place
as if driven by an antique lury. To
a married man it is especially so , and
therefore most drummprs are young
and single. C.L. Betta in the Epoch.
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j Something About Tobacco
The botanical specific name and
the common name comc fr.oiu tolmgo
or tobaco , the nntivo term in Snuto
Domingo for the tube or pipe
through which tho smoke of tho
burning leaves was inhaled. Tobac
co 3 largely produced in China , Jap-
on , Persia and other parts of the
East , m some of which tho plant has
becomo so thoroughly naturalized
that an Eastern origin has been *
sometimes claimed for it , but Al
phonse do Caudolle , after a thorough
study of the subject , finds no satis
factory evidence that its uses and
culture wero anywhere known before
the discovery of America. Tho first
European cultivation of tobacco
took place in Portugal in tho early
part of tho sixteenth century ; it was
raised in Franco in l ; " 72. Tho cul
ture rapidly extended to other parts
of Europe and Asia , in some cases
being checked by severe laws or
made useful as a source of rev
enue. Its production in England by
alawoflGGO was restricted to , i
small quantity for medicinal pur
poses , and the prohibition still re
mains in force. The various kinds of
foreign tobaccos are known by the
countries producing them or the
ports whence they aro shipped , such
as Havana , OrinocoTurkeyLatakia ,
Shirog , &c. The Turkish and other
kinds from tho East are only used
cut fine for pipes or granulated for
cigarettes. Manilla tobacco is im
ported only in form of peculiar con
ical cigars called cheroots. Very
fine tobacco is produced in Paraguay.
A large amount of tobacco is used to
manufacture snuff. Snuff is much
more largely consumed in Great Brit
ain and Prance than in tho United
States. Besides smoking , chewing ,
&c , tobacco is used for various med
icinal purposes. Its power of caus
ing relaxation to the nervous system
is great. It is recommended in arti-
culargoutrheumatism and neuralgia ,
and the toothache is often relieved
by smoking a cigar. The annual ox-
port of tobacco from the United
States exceeds § 30,000,000.
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Whero The Colors Come From.
"The cochineal insects furnish a
great many of the very fine colors , "
said an artist recently to a reporter
for the Now York Mail and Express.
"Among them are the gorgeous car
mine , the crimson , scarlet carmine ,
and purple lakes. The cuttle fish
gives the sepia. It is the inky fluid
which the fish discharges in order to
render the water opaque when at
tacked ; Indian yellow comes from
the camel. Ivory chips produced the
ivory black and bone black. The
exqusite Prussian blue is made by
fusing horses' hoofs and other refuse
animal matter with impure potassi
um carbonate. This color was dis
covered accidentally. Various lakes
are derived from roots , barks , and
gums. Blue-black comes from tho
charcoal of the vine stalk. Lamp
black is soot from certain resinous
substances. Turkey red is made
from the madder plant , which grows
in Hindostan. The yellow sap of a
tree of Siam produces gamboge ; the
natives catch the sap in cocoanut
shells. Baw sienna is the natural
earth "from the neighborhood of Sien
na , Italy. Baw umber is also an
earth found near Umbria and burnt.
India ink is made from burnt cam
phor. The Chinese are the only man
ufacturers of this ink , and they will
not reveal the secret of its manufac
ture. Mastic is from the gum of the
mastic tree , which grows in the Gre
cian Archipelago. Bister is'the soot
of wood ashes. Very little real ulta-
marine is found in the market. It is
obtained from the precious lapisla-
zulli , and commands a fabulous price.
Chinese white is zinc , scarlet is iodine
of mercury , and native vermillion is
from the quicksilver ore called cinna
bar. "
The Fever Microbe Comes to Stay.
From the "Washington Capitol.
"An illustration of the strange fact
is found in the experience with the
Jamestown , now the training ship at
Baltimore. On one of her trips yel
low fever appeared on board , and
several deaths followed. Subsequent
ly the vessel was thoroughly reno
vated and extensivelyrepaired. Her
woodwork was steamed. Then she
remained in Northern harbors for
several winters. She was finally or
dered South again , and before she
reached the fever district a case was
developed , and themandied. Above
his hammock was found a quantity
of filth. The woodwork was torn out ,
and the filth removed. But she is
still a fever ship , and I would not
like to go South in her. Then again ,
is the case of the Portsmouth. She
once had fever on board. Long
afterward she was ordered to Norfolk
for repairs. Naval Constructor
or Hichborn had charge of the work.
A number of his workman died , and
he himself was taken down with ty
phoid fever , and his workman died ,
and he himself was taken down with
typhoid fever , and his life was de
spaired of. It is true that once a fever
ship , always a fever ship. "
Do Locomotives Cause Storms.
A correspondent of the Northwest
ern Railroader advances a curious
theory for the increasing prevalence
of floods and rain-storms. He says
that there are over 30,000 locomo
tives in use in North America , and
estimates that from them alone over
53,000,000,000 cubic yards of vapor
lire sent into the atmosphere every
sveek , to be returned in the form of
rain , or over 7.000,000,000 cubic
fards a day "quite enough. " ' ho
says , "to produce a good rainfall
every 2i hours. "
Estimating the number , of other
[ ion-condensing engines in use as
eight times the nnmber of locomo
tives , the total vapor thus projected
into the air every week in this coun
try amounts to more than 470,000. -
300,000 cubic yards. "Is this not , "
be asks , "sufficient for the floods of
terror ? Is there any reason to won-
3er why our storms are so damag
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Kissing thoTJrblc. 3
Tlio medical journals are agitating" * ' m
tho danger which lurk in tho groftsf A3
and worn bncks of tho Courfc Biblce. Ii
Tho practice of "kissing tho book" '
comes down from tho days of colonial ; 1
custom , but it is at no timo compul- J
sory , although tho uninitintorl know 1
no better , and oven some of the most ,3
intelligent people , who know that It J ?
is optional with them , seem to loso j
their self-possession and at tho com * JJ
mnnd of tho court bailiff , "kiss tho t 3
book" they do so.
A New Jersey physician is reported ! j
to havo refused to "kiss tho book , " f
but was compelled to comply with j
the requirements. Jersey law must • *
be very old fashionod and rigid , or i
no such ruling would havo followed
the refusal. In tho courts of soveral
Slates anyone may refuso to do so ,
but in many of the States tho Bible is
not tised in the courts. Tho wituesB
has only to hold up his right hand }
and solemnly swear that he "will tell
the truth , the whole truth , nnd noth
ing but the truth , " and oven then if
ho has any conscientious scruples
against this form he may "aflinn. "
The practice of kissing the book is
rapidly falling into disrepute every
where. First , because the same book ;
that is kissed by diseased lips is
offerered to tho cleanly and self-re- >
specting , and often tho witness whoso
stomach turns against the oscula- *
tory ordeal merely goes through tho
motion of putting tho book towards
the lips without actual contact. Tho
man with the moustache apparently
submits , but the book only touches
the capillary substance nnd is passed
on to the next witness or juror. In
some instances , if tho Bible is not by
elastic bands , it is not uncommon
for theone taking tho oath to open
the book and kiss some printed-page.
This is the Presidential custom , and
lynx-eyed reporters watch closely
and report that passage of Scripture
which the Presidential lips havo
kissed.
The origin of the oatli upon the
Biblo has been traced to the old Ro
man law , and the kissing of tho book
is said to be an imitation of tho
priest's kissing the ritual as a sign of
reverence before he reads it to the
people. Bouvier's law dictionary
says : " 'The commencement of an
oath is made by the party taking-
hold of the book , after being required
by the ofiicer to do so , and ends gen
erally with the words 'So help you
God , ' and kissing the book , when tho
form is that of swearing on the evan
gelists. "
The Mohammedans are sworn on
the Koran and the Greeks and Ro
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mans swore by the souls of the dead ,
the ashes of their fathers , by their
own lives or the lives of their friends ,
by their heads and by their right
hands , while among Scandinavians t |
and Germans it was customary to
rest the hand upon some object while
repeating an oath.
When it is considered that the low
est classes , diseased and dirty , kiss
thoBiblein our lower and highercourt
with o-resoundingsinack , and that by
this contact disease may be dissemi
nated to the very sensitive organs , the
lips , there is good reason forthomed- <
ical journals to open war on the cus
tom of "kissing the book. "
The Medical Register of a recent
date says : "The kissing of the Bible
in any case is a form which might
easily , without the sacrifice of solem
nity or of the stricture of an oath , be
set aside in favor of simply touching
of the book with the hand or recog
nition of it in the averration. The
lips ate most sensitive receptacles for
the germs of disease , and , from the
motley throng of dirty and diseased
persons who aresummoned in a court
of justice , what infectious germs may
not be disseminated ? The person
who kisses a Bible in court has not
the least surety that his lips do not
come into direct contact with the pol
lution left by a predecessor who was
suffering from some foul skin disease
or taint , not to speak of the germs of
eruptive fevers and the like. "
Keeping a Good Conscience.
The moonlight drifted brokenly
through a rjft in the roof of a negro
cabin in the Hanover slashes , nnd fell
on Gabriel Jones' grey-bearded face.
He was smoking and mediating.
"Hannah ! " he called , presently ;
"Hannah ! " Silence. "Hannah I
say , Hannah ! * ' a trifle louder. There
was a rustling of straw in the bed in
the corner , and a sleepy answer :
"Huh ? " "Hannah , did yon put dat ,
watermillion I foun' in Marse Ben
Scott's , patch yistidy in de cooli
spring ? " "Yes. I put dot watermillon
in de cool spring , " she answeredde-
Hberatley , 'Dat was right. " A mo
ment's pause. "Hannah" did you hang
dat coat dat MisterHedley'sisted on
my takin , ' 'hind de hay-rack , like I
toleyou ? " I did dat. " "Did you
scall and pick dem chickens I borrow
ed fom de man down on de river
de udr day ? " "Y'es , I scall dem chick
ens. " Well , fry me one de fust t'ing
in de mornin' . case I'se got t' go over
t' Mister Chinky Claptin's t'orrowm
t' lead a prar-meetin' an' keep dem
triflin' niggers in de right road. "
Then he leaned his grizzled head on
the chair-back and snored the snore
of the just , and the bull frogs in the
marshes echoed it over the Chick-
ahominy low grounds. Richmond
Baton.
"Pay John Willams. "
At a prayer meeting"down East , "
a man noted for his failures to meet
business obligations , arose to speak.
The subject was : "What shall I do to
be saved ? " He commenced slowly
to quote the words : "What shall I
do to be saved ? " He paused , looked
around , and said again : "Whatshall
I do to be saved ? " Again with more
solemn tone he repeated the question
of questions , when a voice from tho
assembly , in clear and distinct tones ,
replied : "Go and pay John Williams
for that yoke of oxen. "
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To clean pie plates that have long
been used for baking : Put them in
a large kettle of cold water and
throw on them a few hot as es or
cinders , and let them boil for an
hour.
