THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 7 , 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES.
DOWN IN THE OCEAN DEEPS
A Divers Strange and Perilous Experience
in a Wreck ,
HEMMED IN BY SILVER BULLION
or Trraiuro Trove In thn Southern
Thrilling Inrhlrnt In the
I.lfc of it Diver OIT the
Fltirldii Count.
1 Tito danger of these who go down to
the son In i iilps has always boon cited
ng iho risky profession par excellence ,
but'to the thoughtful mind It really does
rfot hold a candle to the danger of those
who go down In the flea to ships. How-
ever the phrnso quoted was made away
In the days of Solomon , and it is
ly probable that they did not have
diess divers hi those days.notwlthstnnd-
Ing h,1s memorable boast about there !
bolng'nothing now under the sun. The
Xnodorn profession of dress diving is one
o ? the most romantic and boat-paying
that mOli now follow , but the risks are
BUtji that it is one of the few trades that
is not overcrowded. There are at pres
ent about twenty or thirty divers in the
"United Stales , the most of thorn for
eigners who have drifted hero from all
quarters of the globe. Of the native
Americans in the business , says the
Washington Post.there nro few who have
had a wider experience than Harry Ed
wards , who is now in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company , with
the prospect of noaMy a year's work be
fore him under the abutments of the
Long Bridge.
Edwards is n bronzed and hearty look
ing follow , with no suspicion of the ro
mantic or uncommon about him , but ho
has , to use his own words , seen sights ,
nnd.can tqll about them niost qntcrtain-
ingly when , after working hours , ho
gpts stretched out on the locker in his
barge , with IUH favorite pipe ablast as a
source , of inspiration.
Ono of bis best stories la of an experi
ence ho had elf the Florida coast while
reclaiming the wreck of the Morgan
line stonmor Cnpnollo , sunk in a norther
on" the Vacas Keys some years nge.
"It was my Hrst trip down in tlio clear
Southern ocean water , " said ho , "and it
cumo near being my last. The vessel
wo were after had struck on a regular
bayonet ruof of coial and had sunk
straight , going down Iho perpendicular
wall , catching the spars aud rigging in
the spreading brunches of the roof and
bi calving It olT in gieal masses as she
wont , llmilly coining to test on thcwhito
sand of the OCOMII floor about ninety foot
below. She hud boon down only about
throe month * , but the warm , prolific
water had worked tuch a transforma
tion in her that I hardly know her nt
llrst for a ship. She wild covered with
n rank growth of marinu streamers and
grasses in a trailing drapery that wns
simply magnificent. Green wns the pre
vailing color--duch a vivid , transparent
green as oven the youngest spring grass
novcr takes on , nnd mixed with It wore
patches and streaks of brighter colors ,
red nnd purple that waved through the
mnsa of green with the movement of the
current
"The hull of the wreck lay on its sldo
with the deck close against a wall of
- glistening white coral , thus cutting oft
access to the hold thiough the hatches ,
for although the reef was not a solid
vyall/l did not duro.to . try crawling
round to the hatches through any of the
corkscrew entrances between tbo twisted
muss of coral trunks and brunches for
four of getting hung up by the air hose
or lifo lino. It was almost as risky an
undertaking to approach her through
any of the shattered openings in thu
bottom , for the musts and what was left
of the rigging hud gene ever on that
Bide , forming a perfect abattis with the
Interwoven juncle of grasses.
"However , I cut my way in through
this mess , frightening shoals of lively
libhca from thnlr retreats in the seaweed
nnd wreckage , and steering as wide as I
could of the nasty lookingoolsand water
snnkcs that slowly writhed their way
through the waving ulumos of soiigr.iss.
As I noarcd the opening a sea lizard a
yard long , with ciookud claws and a
regular crown of spines around his head ,
crept out of the hold and slunk nwny
Into the shadows , apparently awed by
the sight of n moro uncanny looking
monster than himself. I don't much
blame him , for , on touring up a piece of
ipongo from the bottom and rubbing the
velvety green from the hull before mo ,
I got a full length view of myself in the
bright copper shea thine , and I don't
wonder the lizard was disgusted. The
great goggle eyes of the helmet , and the
oxnggoratcd breadth of chest and )
shoulder given by the breast plato and' '
the inflated dress , xvith the two long
tails formed by the air hose and lifo line
trailing away behind , mndo ono of the
moat grotesque visions I ever saw.
"Tho blncKyawning hole In the side of
the dead ship did not look inviting , nnd
Btlll less BO an I stopped inside and turned
my lamp around , when a great sKate
rose from the floor , and , shaking the
Band from his back , llnppcd slowly away
Into thu gloom boyond. Out the openIng -
Ing was merely into ono of the lower
f compartments nnd did not give mo nc-
v cess to the part of the hold where was
stored thu-curgo of silver bullion that I
wan after. Cutting at the mnsslvo tim
bers under water was an endless task ,
so I Bet a dynamite cartridge to blast n
way into the hold above , aud then , re
treating to the outside , waited for the
, QXUo4 | < Qn b'ohind an angle of the roof
without going to the surface. The blast
camo.und , though Boundless , wns ijko a
Mt\\v. upon . the abdomen with heavy
gloves ; wbllo from the hole in the wreck
there rtisligtl a blast of turbid water and
Band and splinters , dimming the clear
boa for iiiUos around.
"IiiHido the hold the blast had
jW run ght iiv transformation , The floor-
'ing of the middle deck had been torn
uwiry. bursting the bags ot specie and
'Bondinjr a silver avalanche of coins and
inputs streaming down , almost tilling
"thu compartment , and overflowing
through thu opening in the bottom to
thu ocean floor outside , while through
the hatches of the upper deck , to which
Virond had-boon opened , there streamed
to. single shaft of 1'ght ' that touched the
' niiiha of metal into lifo and brilliancy.
"Upon ( his mass of wealth I trampled
with H luxurious feeling of solo proprlo-
'torslflij ' , glnklng at every stop over my
il'jg weighted rilioua | n Iho coin of the
.ronhii. With , a ploblnn iron sliovol I
, loulod : the big hoisting bucket with its
prootousweight as though it had been
< ct/nj nnd'sont it swinging m > toward the
VurMco. 'Gradually I cleared the llrst
? oinp rtmont , which was tilled oniolly
with coin Hint had run down from the
, . - bugs ubovo , und , coming to the
, hole in the dock before mo , I rouohod
through , Hulling out the ho.tvler ingots
by the armful.
, "Although the timbers had boon shut-
, to red by the blast , the hole in the tlooiv
Ing wusnot very largo , but I roaohod In
nnd with my houd and half ray body
through the opei.lng wnu just pulling
.down n pile of silver bars when I must
'have touched the keystone of the mass ,
\ ' lor there was n sliding of the pllo , and
the loosouod oak atunchloua about me
sottlcd down and then stopped just short
of pinning.mo to the sill of the opening.
\Vilh n , Croat gnsp at the auddonnoss of
the accident and. Iho narrowness of my
opcapo. I started to withdraw myself
from the dangerous position. Dut the
helmet and the broad metal collar to
which it wns attached were too largo to bo
withdrawn from the narrowed slit , and I
found myself caught like n rat in a trap.
"Tho utter horror and helplessness of
the position was simply 1/oyond descrip
tion. For a few seconds I lay there , seem
ingly purnl.w.ud , and creeping ever mo
came a feeling of terror against , which my
will scorned powerless. I could fool my
eyes starting and a numb , drawn feeling
about my brain. A moment's giving
way to this fooling I know would moan
blind panic and certain death , so with an
almost physical olTort I mastered myself
and could feel thollrHt shock of fear sub
siding , leaving mo weak and shaking ,
but clear-headed , so that there was
Ronio chance of thinking collectively of
n , means of escape.
"I could think of but ono way , and
that vas desperate. Working my arras
back through the slit that hold my
hond I found that I could reach my foot ,
and , drawing thorn , up to my body , I
loosened first ona and then the other of
the iron weights on my shoos so that I
t-ould kick thorn oil at an instant's no
tice. Then with my sheath knlfo I cut
loose the bolt of leaden weights about
my waist. Next I severed the life lines
ntmy b.\clc , and then I cut the air hose.
The safety valve in the helmet closed
with a click as the weight of water
rushed against it , and there I was shut
up in tire dress with a few minutes'
supply of air and entirely cut oil
from connection with the outer
world. Then came the last desperate
stop. Taking what I think was the1
deepest breath of air that I ever drew ,
I plunged the knlfo Into my dross just at
the edge of the metal breast plato and
cut the canvas loose from it all the way
round , Justus you would rip the tin foil
loose round the neck of a bottle. At the
first silt of Iho knlfo the water rushed
into tlio suit like an avalancho. I was
tolerably well hardened to the pressure
of condensed air , but the water pressure
at that depth was something lorriblo.
The suffocating weight on my limbs and
body was line an immersion in quick
silver , while at my head the pain was
like knives through my eyes and oars.
The cutting away of that c.uivas suit
conld not have taken more than a few
seconds , but it scorned like a life-time.
The rippingtjf the threads sounded like
the rattle of musketry in my oara. But
at last it was done and , withdrawing my
head from the helmet , I groped my way
to tiio hole in the side of the hull , shuf
fling my fuot to keep the weights on
them.
"Onco outside the wreck I kicked
them loose and shot awav upward
through the tangle of cordage and sea
weed toward the surface. How long
that trip took I don't know. My eyes
were closed and all I could feel was Iho
rushing of water past mo almost like
the sensation of falling in a dream. My
brain must have stopped working , or
else gene to running backward , for I
lost all notion ot timoand space. Some
times I seemed to bo flying like an
arrow , and again I thought I must havn
stopped and bo sinking once more. My
chesl was fairly bursting with the olTort
at holding in my breath , and oven
against the cold water my head scorned
to bo burning up inside. Just when I
lost consciousness I don't know , but
when I c.uno to I w.is laying in the bot-
om of my bo.tt with the timdor working
over mo to bring mo to.
"My boatmen said afterwards they
know something wns wrong the minute
the hose was cut by the way the pres
sure went down on the pump * For al
most a rninuto and a half they waited
wondering , when of a sudden I came up
close to the boat , shooting my full length
out of the wator. My face they sai'd was
as black as India rubber , and as fell
back I started to sink straight away ,
but ono of the follows jumped and caught
mo. When they got mo on board my
lips were bitten clear through. "
KUVU.ITIO.YAC.
Kentucky has a colored State Teachers
association.
Two hundred and four of the 30o collages
In the United Status uro coeducational.
Oroeon this year has 111,770 school chil
dren ; Washington , 100,193. Excess in Oregon ,
11,571.
Cornell university hns $ ' . .030,112 in pro"
ducllvo fund * . 51,171'W-l invested la bulla-
Inpi , 1,538 atuuciits , and 12. ) instructors , or an
instructor to every twelve students.
William M. Hloa went from Massachusetts
lo Texas it. 1S3S. Ilo Has given the citv of
Houston $200,000 hi caili , $10,000 In securities
and 9,000 acres of peed Tous farm land to
found a col logo.
The University of Virginia has talteu a now
departure. Hereafter women 18 years of
ago or ever will bo permitted torojjlstorwitb
the chairman of the faculty for tbo uursult of
studios In the academical department of the
institution.
Prof. UugRoro BotiRhl has lately succeeded
In ostaDlUblnR a successful girls' college
near Homo , under the acttvo patronage o (
Murghorltu , whoso name It bears. Ono of Its
most recent Inn6vatlons is a special section
of instruction iu practical agriculture ana
dairy work.
Japan has now a school system somewhat
similar to our own. Controlled by local au
thorities are moro than 'JS.OOO . schools , of
which 20,000 are elementary. The teachers
number nearly 7-,000 , aud the scholars U , 110-
000 , or nearly half the total population of
school a 'e. 'Inn total annual expense of the
system is about $7,000,000.
The Immense fund In possession of the
state of Toxns for educational purposes is
mostly loaned to counties who use the inonoy
for public works. Tbo utato comptroller has
invested over ( ,000,000 of the permanent
school fund ! in tbo bunds of ttio various
counties , ami us yet no default In the pay-
tuont of inlbrest hai boon made.
Thu third annual catalogue of Highland
Park Normal college , Dos Molnos , shows tbo
institution to bo In a nrospurous condition.
Its aim i * to Klvo u thorough CurUllan. but
uonsccturan | education in the shortest possl-
bln time. That its nlun is popular is shown
by the fact that l-ii ( students were enrolled
lastycar. Kvory county in low * and seven
teen states and territories were represented.
Some llvo or six years ago , Mr. J. R. Par-
suns , a practical Jeweler of La Porto , Ind. ,
became convinced that it would bo both
philanthropic- prolltablo to establish a
college where younp men and womtm could
Icjni tbo Jeweler's and watchmaker's ' trade
under a competent toucher , ilo began m a
timall way , hut each > oar the nttondanco In
creased , until now Parsons' ( lorologlcal
school Is a grout success , aud 50 wotl known
that Jeweler * Mocdlnc help send for tbo
Kfudualoi from that institution.
A valuablu and InleKatlntaddition to tbo
public fechoul s.YKtcm of Now Vorlr city Is
Ibo ncbooUblp Sr. Mary's , which , when iu
port , is m Hast river atTblrty-nrnt street.
Auv boy between the ages of 15 and ' 0 , of
good moral character aud the required nlty-
Hlue ( ] , whoso futher U a citUen yf Now York
ulty , may bo admitted. The \ioya \ nro taught
too usual common school brunches la the
mornluK and have nautical drllli m the
afternoon. The annual cruUo la foreign
waters U made la tbo summer , at which
time they frequently meet their ilvaU on
board the Surutotta , the Philadelphia school-
ihlp. Tbo arrival of these uhli > excites great
Interest abroad , and many courtesies are ten
dered thorn. During tba uixtoqn years that
tba St , Mary's hai oocn In operation 1,057
boys have attended thu school , and 4UU have
boon graduated from It , ever three-fourths of
whom have ROUO to too.
Very True.
The demand for Chamberlain's Cello , Choi-
oru and Dmrriioja ItomoJy is steadily gruw-
iair , from the fuel that all who Klve it a trial
are ploaiod with tlio results and rooommond
It to their nolshbor * . Wo fool sure that the
remedy cannot ba recommended too highly.
Wattle/ Smoad , druggUu , Newtoa , la.
THE STORY OF A TRAGEDY
A Bloody Massacre Qtaius the Early Settle
ment of Nobraika.
FIVE CHILDREN SLAUGHTERED BY INDIANS
Tcrrllilo Itctcnco Vl < lt - l by tlio llcroavod
riithnr Upon tlio JtiiroVlilrli Ilnd
Mmlo Him Doiolntp A. Vow
Written In lllond.
Upon the Missouri rlvor , in the northeastern -
eastern part of Cedar county , close to
the Dixon county line and nearly oppo
site. Vormlllion , S. D.ls what is known
as "Brook's bottom. " This is a basis
of land lying in the Missouri valley ,
shut in upon all sides by high blulTs. A.
considerable portion of the "bottom" is
covered with a hoi\vy growth of timber.
It runs nearly duo east and west , is about
nix miles long , its width varying from
ono to thrco miles. In conformation and
extent it resembles the description glvon
by travelers and historians of the far-
famed plain of Marathon. Near the
upper end of this b.isis or "bottom" is a
spot , which for being the scene of n
bloody deed may yot. bo memorable in
poetry and song.
In the year 1839 , according to n writer
in the Blair Record , a young man and
his newly married wife sotoutfrom Parkersburg -
korsburg , in what is now called West
Virginia , to try their fortunes in the
great west. The young man had scarcely
attained his majority nnd his bride was
a few years his junior. They belonged
to the mlddlo class , coming from tlio
mountain regions of the old dominion.
They were no novices in frontier lifo.
Poor i'n worldly poods , they were yet
rich in love and hope. The young man ,
having ideas of his own. had a decided
antipathy to the "peculiar institution , "
and really loft his native heath that ho
might roar his children upon free soil.
They settled llrst at Burlington , la. ,
then a frontier town. . But living in a
wilderness becomes a passion with some
mon. A Boone or a Bowie , a Carson era
a Crockett could never have tlirlvon in
civilization.
Hiding upon the crest of the advanc
ing wave they settled now at Fort DCS
Moines , and afterwards at Sioux City ,
where the young man ( now in ills 40th
year ) shingled the first house in the city
of the corn palace. But advancing civ
ilization drove them still onward , and
in 18J7 they settled in "Brock's bot-
.tom. " They had boon blest with eight
children ; two of whom they hud buried
in Iowa. By dint of toll and thrift they
had accumulated a largo property.
They built a comfortable homo upon
this "squttttor's claim. " Here another
son died ( the first natural death in the
county ) , and another wan born to them.
Thoir-sorrow was merged in this now
joy , nnd father , mother and children
bent their united energies lo the sub
duing of the forest A happy
future appeared to bo before them.
But , alas ! sorrow was in store.
In September of 1802 Abraham Lin- '
coin issued the emancipation proclama
tion , and when in the month following
the president called for moro troops
with which to suppress the rebellion
the heart of the Virginian abolitionist
burned within him. His second son , now
17 , was deemed asutliolont protector for
mother ixnd children , and so the oldest
enlisted as u soldier. The father joined
company I , commanded by Captain Jojin
TalTo ( afterwards a memborot congress ) ,
and the company wua ordered to join
Sully's regiment , which was sent to
Crow CrookDak. .
On the U3d day of Juno , 1803 , the
mother had gene to Yankton , Dak. , by
pony express to purchabo some of the
little luxuries that servo to mollotv thorough
rough side of a frontiersman's lifo.
Leaving the carrier at old St. James ,
near the mouth of Petit Arc ( as the
French voyageurs called it ) , she walked
thrco miles through a ravine to her
home. Arriving there with a mother's
joyful expectation , she was alarmed at
seeing no signs of lifo ; no outstretched
arms met her waiting embrace ; no lips
were upturned to receive a mother's
cherished kiss. Looking through tlio
window she saw an Indian lying upon
the floor.
Toll-talo marks of gore were Upon the
door. But they had not the signillcant
acsuranco which the blood of the Pas
chal lamb gave to the breast of a Ho-
brow. As the terrible truth Hashed
upon her bewildered brain she was
seized with the frenzy of despair. She
rushed to the other tide of the house.
There lay ono of her children , a boy of
8 yoara , stark and stiff shot to dentil.
Wild with grief , fear and frenzy , the
poor woman lied back through the ravine -
vine to old St. James and toId the
dreadful story. It was now nightfall ,
and no ono dared to move till daybreak.
What a night that must have been to
that fond mother.
On tbo morrow the small band of sot-
tiers at old St. James took a circuitous
route on the open prairie to the scone of
the massacre. Three of the iivo chil
dren were dead. The two others were
yet alivo. "Tho oldest , a boy of 17 years ,
lay uon [ the lloor , hid skull crushed and
both arms broken. His hands still
clutched his rillo , with barrels empty.
The bravo boy had perished in , u hand-
to-hand struggle to protect thoihonor of
his sister from .savago infamy. The sis
ter , yet living , had been mutilated in a ,
manner which forb.ds detail.
The poor girl lived for llvo days , but
iiQvor spoke. The second boy , a' lad of
18 , had boon slabbed todoatht Another
boy of 8 years , lying outsidq the door ,
had been seen by his molhor. But Iho
saddest of all was the sight of "inutmmi's
darling , " a little follow of five summqrs ,
mortally wounded. "Indians MM red
mo , mamma ; " was all ho could say. Ilo
died In thrao days. The victims of this
cruel slaughter were buried in a slnglo
grave near the mouth of Potlt Art ! , '
In less than two weeks ( news traveled
slowly then ) the pad news reached tlio
father , "UO miles away. Mounting hid
horto without refreshments , ho sot out
upon his dismal journey. ' On ho rode ,
night and day , with the energy of mad
ness nnd despair. Arriving nt "Brock's
bottom"Hansom Wiseman entered the
liouso his homo no moro.
On March 28 , following , Mrs. Wlso-
inan wiuj again ix mother. This child ,
now a young man of 2G yoara , Is a help
less cripple , the result of his mother's
teirlblo nOliction. Mrs. Wiseman now
lives u heart-broken old woman. Jler
husband vainly sought , by ovary means
in his power , to comfort hor. Ilo took
her to the east , at a largo expensesook-
ing to rejuvenate the afllicted mother
in the scones bf her childhood. But
"tiio heart of Rachel , for her children
crying , will not bo comforted. "
Above the grave of his slaughtered
children Hanson Wiseman swore a terrible -
riblo oath of vengeance. How wall the
oath hah been kept is u secret botwcon
him and his God. But thla is curtain ;
for ever twenty years none of the vaga
bond bunds of Indiana could bo induced
to enter "Brock'a bottom. " To the redman
man it is the valley of the shadow of
death. At the time thoWiunobagoed were
moved down the rlvor , ttovorul canoes
were emptied of their llvlug freight Iu
passing the scene oTOTo Wiseman mur-
dor. Some myst3rl jy poraon shot thorn
from the "heavy timber" along Iho rivor.
But a short time i\j&o \ the settlers in
that neighborhood ivwo shocked by the
discovery of sovoraV'skololons buried
near the "Wisotnan-olaim. " They were
the bones of nborlpinY { : .
Hanson Wjsoman nought to obtain in
demnity from , tlio ' vornmont for the
destruction of his property by the In
dians , The Hon. , Vjiinoaa W. Hitch
cock ( in and out of congress ) championed
his cause. But with , jho senator died
every elTorl in the old man's behalf.
Ono Btrango thhjjf there was con
nected with the massacre. As the In
dians loft the scene of their bloody work
they passed In sight of a cabin in which
there was u young woman and three little
tlo children , the oldostloss than 4yor.rs.
Yet they never .disturbed thorn. Nor
dl'd tiio woman. Jioat : of the murder for
several days.
Hanson \Visoman nnd wlfo are now
living noar-tllo. Bcpno of the massacre.
The ofd man was 73 November 6. Ho is
vigorous in mind-nnd body , and bids
fair to llvo twenty years yot. Ilia ap
pearance reminds ono of the picture of
David Crockett. Ho was & delegate from
Nebraska to the National Union Labor
convention , and for four some Hkoptlo
may think I have been writing a
romance I will add that his postolllco
address is Hanson Wiseman , St. James ,
Cedar county Nob.
Wo have several pf the principal ao-
tors in that small band in Clay town
ship and other parts of Harrison county
in thu persons of Samuel Villltoo and
wifo. Mr. V. was shorilT of the county
nt that time , nnd there were only six in
that small band and two of them were
crippled. Mr. Villltoo and Warnoi *
Marks carried the children out of the
house and Mrs. Vlllitoo helped to got
thorn ready for burial. John McConbroy
was ono of the rescue party. Ho was
treasurer of the county ntthat time , and
has lived at Calhoun and Missouri Valley -
loy most of the tlmo since. Frank Wads-
worth of Calhoun had , moved from St.
James to Yankton , Dak. , a jhort time
before. Mr. Villitoo , after company I
was raised , drilled the company ( ho
being the only man that had ever boon
in the army ; ho was a Mexican soldier ) ,
until they moved to the front.
KKLWlOUS.
There are 20,000,000 church member * In tbo
country.
The French opiscopmo has apollod to the
pope to Intioduco during his Jubilee the
qncHlion of the canonization of Joan of Are ,
and U Is understood that the pope favors the
Jn ono of the Protestant Episcopal dloccsos
of Michigan a recent convention struck out
the word "mrtlo" from the constitutional pro
vision relating to the election of parish war
dens and vestrymen.
The corner stone of the now Episcopal
cathedral at Emi-amlo , Wyo. , Will bu laid
Tuondny , September til. The completed
building will cost about $40,000 and will bo
the Jinost , in the state.J * J
The Young Men's ClyniUtin association of
Mlddletown , Conn , , hnjpjjad a generous Rift
of S-'O.OOO frotfi Sotb HCHutlor'of tbot city.
It has been proposed toilnuroaso the building
fur.d from 30,000 to 5(50,000. (
A nogio llfinp near Uherokoo , Ga. , owns a
doir which attends all the religious meetings
in tba neighborhood , stnijds up and trios to
follow la the sloping anjJ oos up to the altar
with the rest of the mourners to bo prayed
for. " - -
JMo clergyman canjproach well , wo are
told. In whom tboro is-rn , > "laolt of vital con
tact , all the way frointne _ cerebrum to the
grand ganglion or solan fUlexus.'i ' A careful
inspection of the grandaiftanglia ot divinity
otudonts would seem tdr'bo ' in order.
Tbo most costly book In the world Is de
clared to bo a Uoln-o.wJjIUJo-Upw.ln the Vati
can. In tho. year 1513 , it , is mild that fbpa
Jule * Hi refused to sell this HtoWfOW blble'fod
its womht ln"p61d'Ivvhlth.would amount to
$103,000. This is tnVgrcatost' price ever of
fered for a-boolt. * , * ? * . . . .
The comhiUtoo appointed to select a slto for
the proposed Catbollo Clmutauqua has been
making a tour of the St. Lawrence river
Booking a auilnblo ipcatlon , and it is stated
has decided upon a spot ou tho"rivor , but the
oxual lopattontvill bo jnaao known'during
tbo mooting 'which bogau last Sunday at
Now London , Conn. , and will continue until
August 20. , ti ,
Tbo seventy-sixth annual jpport of the
American Bible society shows that the cash
tbo aggregate amount received was
$1S2T,9JJ. The issues for the vear ut home
and m foreign lands are J , .193,191) copies of
the scriptures.
A gospel barge.- the ulftof a" wealthy Now
Yorker to illsbop AValltor of tbo Episcopal
church of North Dakota , is to bo launched at
BlsmaruK soon. It is to bo called tbo Mis
souri Mlssionor and used for Christian work
alouff tbo Missouri for a distance of moro
than 500 milos. It is ninety-three foot in
length and twonty-flvo in breadth.
Thora is Undoubtedly lots of money in
being an evangelist , as witness tbo lux'ury
enjoyed by Moodv. General Booth , Sam
Jones and others of the 111 ; . The subject is
ratnor an intareating ono Jim now , m view
of the little troubles that have cropped out
In tbo churches regarding Iho raising of
money for B. Fuv Mills , who is now crusad
ing in clover in Oakland , says the San Fran
cisco News Letter. A good sample of the
way things go is illustrated in the visit of
Mills across the bay , for just beforebo catna
up from Los Angeles bo wrote to the Athen
ian chrgy and told them that as living was
so high in California ho would have to raise
his tees for personal expenses from $800 to
$1,200. Tnoy squirmed a little at this , but
tbov were in It too far to pull out , BO they
raised tbo extra $400. Francis Murphy , tha
tomporanca orator , furnishes .another case in
point. Ilo is always , for the poor man In his
addresses , but ho is mighty good at driving
a bargain , and ho wean line diamonds , tbo
best of clothes and llvo-Ulko a king. He has
boon resting at Del Monte utter his labors at
Oakland , and , in full evening dross , bo has
boon a familiar il ura on Ibo promenades
during the oveniugs. ' Of course ho does not
drlnH , but ho is very well disposed toward
choice two-bit ciguri. >
Clothier anil Furntdur.
There can bo no doubt'of the continuance
of tbo conservative fooling among the
swagger mon la the matter ottboir dross for
tbo coming fall and winter.
In all scurllngs tlic-sHrtplii ( must bo placed
so that when seen ( hcpjign tbo waistcoat
opening it will appear la the cantor of that
loaco. To bo placed ; tpo , high in the scarf ,
too low or on ouo si / vould destroy the
conformity. * * > o
The made-up neckwtdr of the forthcoming
fall , will bo seen In lU'i/rfporlatwo mood. In
unstlutcdness of matoriul , quality of fabric.
and propriety in shupoiittio offerings are la
the foremost vein of imi'hufucturo. '
The suarfpln sbouUtthviys bo worn with
the Hat , made-up scurf , , , ! i'horo is a place for
its insertion , aud bwiwtoinliig to hold it
together , u attains $ ji llitarlnu phase , In
that it Is an aid in flq lng ever the per
centage of mado-up svfjeestlvcnosa that is
ol.vays more or less associated with the imi
tative nrtlolo. iTsTn ,
At Brighton and oUior summer resorts ,
and at semi-formal to vYi > ffalra , pronounced
heliotropes , gray preonju. strong * oluos , and
deep myrtle , bavo boeiy ronorously oxnloltcd.
> Shoiild this ba tlio foruuunner of wuut next
season's suUimnr roclrao Will bring 'forth ' , if
wlioly adunni tored there should bo no cause
for rogrct. <
There are in ibostfinstonces certain portions
tions of tbo $ c.1rln"tblo ) ; ) hnJT ( together m o
curtain place and iu h certain way. The
absence of the scarfplu under those circum
stances would Indicate that sjicn un nrtlclo
was not iu the repertory of Iho wearer of
the neck dresMng. It wai therefore bud
judgment to attempt to wear a line nock-
scarf incompletely and a publisnmont of liu-
poouaiosity at the same time.
Tba rise ot the sun umbrella Is manifest
thosn insufferably hot days. Perhaps it
would ba more strictly accurate It it were
designated tbo rlio or the numtnor umbrella ,
for the most practical article of that de
scription i * ooo equally adaptable to sun or
rain. It has a light stick handle and u ID a
bade ot light blue or darlc groan for this In
a summer when it rains M unexpectedly 01
the sun ahlnoj fiercely * <
The most decided bargains
that arc offered in men's and
boys' clothing are those at the
of Hellman's sack , cutaway and
Prince Albe'rt suits , in ail colors
and sizes , cut down for thissale to , .
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Special bargains in men's furnish
ft ing goods , including hot -weather
shirts and neckties. We don't want themjyo u do ,
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Colonel Robert H. Crockett , democratic
cnndlcJMo'fqr conRresa in the SfxtU Arknn-
sus district , Is a grandsOD of tbo famoui
Dnvy Crockett.
Mr. SUlras , the now raotnbor of tbo su-
prarno bench , la a cousin of .fanios G. Illalno ,
uis inothor huvinp boon a Blame , This fact
has just leaked out.
Mr. Cleveland Is bacic at Gray Gabln *
again , and.tho tl h will proceed to nibble
once moro. The campaign has not yet fairly
openo'd for business ,
Mr. Astor's Income ocjuals a regular flow
of ? 7.S ! ) a minute. This Is probablv tbo
reason why no never learned to recite "Ovor
the Hill to the Poorhouso. "
CSonoral Bldwell , the prohibition presiden
tial candidate , had u bar'l once , but be deems
It tha.crowiilnc glory of his Ufa ( hat ho
pulled the bung out Ion ? apo.
The descendants of GovernorTliomai Dud-
love Mmaacliusetts are to hold a family re
union in Boston on October 18 next , These
ot the descendants who propose golntf may
BlRiilfytho same to Dean Oudlay of Wauo-
flold , Mass , , who has spent forty years la
tracing tholinoago of tbo family.
Marshall MuoMabon will produce bis lonpr-
oxpeotod memoirs in tbo COUHO of the next
sixteen months. They will comprise llvo
volumes , divided Into four parts. Kacli part
will deal with ouo of the four Impoitunt
periods from the African and Crimean cam-
paluus to tbo presidency of tbo ropuollo.
WnenMr. , Glodstono went out of bis ofllco
in 1880 bo loft behind him , In tbo oDlcInl rusl-
0onco ot tbo prime minister In Downing
streiit. A lomo quantitv of docutnouts and
other articles , to wlilch ho has sent tils
private uocrotury oscaslonally to hunt somo-
tblne. Among this stuff Is a clock which
has never bean allowed to run down , and
will probably tick out a welcome to him era
I OUR , as bo occupies the mansion for tbo
fourth time.
Cyrus W. Field was the oldest honorary
member of tbo Now York chamber of com
merce. He wai elected lo 1853 , after ba bad
luecoedod In laying tbo flnt cable. There
bavo been only nineteen honorary members
since the chamber w s organized ID 1708,10
that tbo dlntmctlon is n high ono. Tboro
are now ten honorary members. ex-President
Cleveland , ox-Secretary Hamilton Fish , ox-
Secretary William M. Kvarts , John Sher
man , ex-Secretary Carl Bchurz , John BIe-
low , George William Curtis , Thomas A. Kdl-
son , Judge Kaooh Fanoaer and Wbltelaw
Hold.
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/ fa bm M lnl with blo r W > on. TiJ t naaCirr klMd. Jit/tut iulififKou anilnflotloni. .
AH pill * la ptiUbotrd Miei , pUk wr ppau , ar rflUk rountPrfrllM. AtUrucitlitf , or wnA rtl
4 < * . In i mn | fvr | i rlIoBUriwiUmoDUU , an4 lrf fur Luillra , " in Itttir. liy return AlulU
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Hoi.i br oil locol l > ruiHtlt
KIlRoro Million a bcimr.
Conjrcs9tnnn ( Kilgoro , according to
Kato Field's WnshliiRton , roootitly ob
tained Icavo to ml dross the house nnd
was gnuitod un liour by the sponkor pro
torn. This olllcar'B uttontlon wus dl-
vortod from the Toxiui at the outset ,
however , und at first the usual hum of
conversation und the bustla of pr'vnto
business that ono hears during most
Hpcoclios were distinutly audible. 13 at
tlio presiding olllcor wns BOOH Impressed
by u rotnurkublo silence , and , on glnno
inir sharply at the gontloinun who had
thu llnor , discovered the latter "sawing
the ulf with his arms ami parforming
nil the gestures in the most complete
oratorical text book , while the liouso
looked on with atnusemont. Ills lips
opuncd and shut as if yards of "Congres
sional Record" copy were issuing from
botwcon them. Mr , Kllporovas extremely -
tromoly animated , but it didn't amount
to much , for not n sound wus heard.
"What Is the mutter , Mr. KUaoroV" do-
mundod the spanker. "I told tlio gentle
man from Texas he could liuvo an hour
to address the house on this measure. "
"J know It , Mr. Speaker , " smiled K l-
gore , "but I thought the houuo woujd
prefer * a pixntoinimo speech nnd It
wouldn't disturb their conversation. "
The speaker had to Impair hit ) dignity
with iv smllo ; but evidently Kllgpro
know best whut the house npprocinto'1 ,
for when the vote was taken there was
not a slnglo dlssont ,
and Ills Claim.
The celebrated McGnrralmn claim hns
at last posaod both houses of congrosa.
The claimant is known in Washington
as "Billy McGurnxhan.1 and has boon a
familiar flguro tboro for at least twenty-
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llvo years [ Kist , Ills claim involves the
title to the Now Idrla quicksilver minus
in California , and ho luiu boon prosectit-
Ing it before congrebs for a full gon6r'ff
tlon. McGnrrnhnn wn but a single in *
dividual , says the Indlntiiipolls Jourhul ,
nnd his opponents wore a powoifulund
wealthy corporation , yet ho novor/ol-
torod In uusortlng the justice of hia
claim , ills prlvnto rosouruua were cjx-
huustod long ngo , and for many yous
pust It has boon hard to toll how ho
lived and kept uu appouruncos. Ilo
managed somehow , und no ono over saw
him out of tamper or out of form , Ha
is a man of line intelligence , oxoollont
addroda , nnd , us might bo supposed , of
indomltabla poreovonuioo. Ilia claim
lius boon favorably rcnortod on tlmo
nnd again by nblo coranmtoeo of both
houses , and , nt dilforont tlrnoi , liai
passed ono house or thn other , but never
both houses before. Its passage represents -
sonts to him the triumph of n llfoiona