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EDITORIAL SHEET. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. ISSTAIiLlSJIED JUKE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOlCNrING > VTULV 25 , 1807 STXTJ3EX PAGES. SLKGLE COPV FIVE CENTS. CONFLICT OF EXTERMINATION Hew the Sioux and the Pawnees Forced Each Oth6r to Commit Suicide. A LARGE CROP OF GOOD INDIANS I'oilRht n , tlir Itomntm r iiBlil > hill lit I.nnt Miiiincri-il l ) mn 1 THO Wnrrleim Tlirn Clinic the Cllinn.x. 1 7 , by S. P. McClure O. ) "See thkt old cottonwood back of the round. bouse ? " asked the superintendent * , as thi csr crashed by a wnatl elation , far out 01 the plain * . I saw the tree. "Keep that In mind. " fald my friend "ind I'll tell jou a etory it enda at tha trc * " Tbe light train was now swinging rounc the long curves by the banks of a slowlj runnlug river , the official lighted a tre l cigar , put his tctt up In an empty chair , an began to tell the story : "A band of bad Indiana , under the fero clous Bear Fcot , had been threatening u for three day ? . The fccouts had * carcel ; p'ept for as many nights , and at dawn o the fourth morning trouble commenced. Th 1'twnEte , who were on picket duty undt government pay , were as wily as the Slouj who were planning the capture of our lit tie nation. When the enemy had crtpt up olmcst Into our camp , keeping under th bank of the river , they were detected b the trained car of tbe red scouts. The cap tain In command of the government fore. WES i-low to believe that the river whlc ran pE.t the toundhouse was literally aiiv with the Sioux , but he knew the reout wa too sly to advise au attack that was uu uec.teary. "If tha Sioux were actually creeping up I the daikness under the bank cf the dream. 1 wjfi ffsy to guees the object. When the were there In Mifflclcnt numbers they woul cwarm out upon u. ' like red ants , before th dtowty soldiers could get lo their feit. "The scout and the captain crept closw t the liver and lay upon the ground listcnin for any sound that might bs made bj th crawling Slux. Occasionally they coul hear a shuilllug , scuffling sound , and no' ' nnd then a low "kerplunk" us a pebble rolle dov.n tbe banU and fell into the water. In little while tbe captain bad become cct : vlnced that there were Indians In the rive How many he could not tell , but he kne1 that Bar Foot would not come alone. BEAR FOOT OX THE BANK. "The scouts waie now awakened , and lim up near the roundhouse , bstween the trai and tbe river. We had fifty men , nest Pawnees , and they were now placed ten fe f.OO.fee-t apart , to that we covered about the river. The captain passed along the lii and apprised the men of the danger. At tl flash pf a bullseye lamp in the roundbou the- men were to fall down add crawl up within ten yards ot tbe stream and lay qul until dawn , unless the Sioux came out bcfo that time. They had not been waiting ti minutes when a ruff of feathers showed i along the bank. Instantly every one of tl scouts leveled his gun at the Sioux , wh unable to ecc the soldiers , poised upon tl edge of tbe bank to listen. The capta knew that his men had their fingers upi the triggers , and tbe first warning the Slot bad was tne officer's command to his mite to flre. Before the Sioux could gain tbe feet , or even drop behind the bank , tl scouts blazed away. A dozen or more I dlans rolled down Joto the river , but Be Foot knew that we bad but a handful of me while he had hundreds. The sound of o rlflea was stilt echoing In the grove do\ the river when the bank bristled agala wl redtkins. There was no need for tbe ca tain to order his men to fire now t ! Pawnee scouls were hot stuff. They bat tbe Sioux as bitterly as H ls posslble I any human being to hate another , prcsui Ing , of course , that Indians are human , ai Instantly they let go again. The line heads above the bank seemed to waver , b a moment later they reappeared , ten Urn as many as before. "The captain of the scouts saw at a glau that at tbe rate they were now coming frc the river the Sioux would soon outnumb his force 10 to 1. The scouts at the t : ginning had held a decided advantage- and the officer d the attacking party , termlned to hold It. "They d'dn't ' fight Indians with maps ai tl charts , and the officers commanding scouts rarely ever had Ihe pleasure ot ovc looking a battle through a field glass fro the summit of c far off hill. A man s be : had to work rapidly , and Us hands as we and sometimes bis feet. The Sioux foug close In , as the Romans fought , and ti conflict was usually short and decisive. THE CHARGE. "Seeing the Sioux dttermlncd and dc pcrate , the captain ordered his men chargci and , leaping to their feet , tl scouts advanced at a run , firing as tin went Many of tbe warriors were swe back by the charge , but others came up o of the dark river to take their places. O < men rushed right upon the bank of tl stream , firing the lead Into the Sioux as thi came swarming up from the river. "When the scouts had emptied their rifl and pistols they clubbed their guns. Many the Sioux were now gaining the level groui above tbe bank where the fight was ragin Only the great advantage our men held b Ing able to engage the Sioux before thi could get to their feet or use their guns gave us hope. But , asthe enemy grew Bt moie numerous with each passing mome-r ( he scouts realized that the ttruggle rau be short and bloody , and they fought wl tbe desperation of men making a last tai at the door of death. "Day was dawning rapidly now , and t scouts , -Vervlng that the stream of Slot was pouring Into the center of our line ai that the extreme right and left had little do , began to close up. They had been In many close fights that the men seemc when once set to work , to know just what _ do , and they moved like dancers who i through fje different figures of a quadrll without prompting , DESPERATION" OF THE SIOUX. "A half circle thrown out 100 feet frc the bank of the stream would now inclo the combatants , to close and desperate w tbe fighting. In a little while the scou had formed a solid Hue along the ban while those not engaged there fought , a : usuall ) finished , the Sioux who succeed In gaining the level plain. Some we tliughterrd and others were forced to Ic the bank aud rejoin their comrades , set I : which , the warriors hurrying , up the riv became discouraged and began to retrr : By this time It was eo light that we con tee tbe desperate faces ot the savages , war a new and novel sight to me , for did not belong at the front. I had only i rived tbe day before with a tralnload material , and had persuaded tbe capta whom I knew very well , to allow me , t r ( in a ID near him during the exercises , nev dreaming that I might be called upon fifiht for my life. I did not ruth frantlca ! in'o tbe fierceel of the fight , nor did J r away. 1 had asked to be allowed to ta pzrt aril to stood my ground and did wli I rould. But now , after the cnlll of t ftrot fright bad pasted away , I began rtudy the faces of these desperate roi m who. having ceased yelling , wore work ! with wonderful coolness to wipe each oil : from the face of the earth. Despite tbe ft that it wag awfully interesting , there w something touching- ! sad iu tbe cpe-ctci ot these red desperadoes , who were bo brothrro , and who ought to have been flgl Ing shoulder to shoulder , If there was flgl Ing to do , closing In upon one another t desperate ztruegle that could end ot In death. DUCL WITH KKlYnS. "As I fetocd Hatching a big Slour. v. . wcs fighting three fcc-outs single banded , a who up to thin point teeuit-d not only hold his own , but who Lad killed one of : n > ail nu , I obeencd a 1'awnee dart pi Ljf < g = - - . . . - - - - . - - : ' " . .t. . _ * * * " i , , , . .i , , . . , - _ . . - . me. Turning to look where he ran I saw that he was engaging a Sioux who must have been Mealing up b-hltn3 me. AB the tr.rrt came together they appeared by mu- tuil agreenent to drop their guns and pis tols and sgree upon knives as the proper weapons with which to Mttle their differ ence * . They came at each other half crouchIng - Ing , but when not more than six feet sepa rated them they paused and glared at each other like wild bt-asta. Then they flew at each other , their knives clashed and each bounded back ai though they had been rub ber ballf. Without taking time to breathe they were at It again and mixed up GO that I could not say which was which. Very naturally 1 wanted to help the Pawnee. whc by his bravery had saved my life , but 1 dared not flre. or even strike with mj clubbel rifle for fear ot bitting the scout Perhaps the meet t had ever done for birr was to give him a cigar , or eomeory bat tobacfo , but he had heroically tsken raj place iti & hot engagement. In which 1 would not have lasted longer than a snowflake - flake would last In the fire box ot the No 49. When these savage souls had been leap Ing and slashing at each other for forty o fifty seconds they were both covered witl Wood , but. so far as fierceness went , the ; were still undaunted. The last of the In vadlng army had been driven back to thi river. The pcoute were running along th < bank firing nt the-dark forms of the Slou : who were swimming down stream to ge out of range of the deadly rifle * of th I'jwnec-s. " 'Don't stand so close , ' " said \olce fror behlnJ me , and at the same time the cap ta'n ' took hold of my arm and pulled m i back. A half doren scouts now Joined us the Pawnee , whos | but no one offered to help blood. A I faee and arms were reeking with i they fought the men kept working avva : I from the river and toward the roundhouse I It seemed to me that the Sioux had the bes ! of the fight and 1 said BO to the captain but he refused to Interfere , or to believ that any living Indian could kill this Pawne engagement. In a single-handed -How men could lc.ee so much blood an Mill fight EO fiercely was a m > sttry to mi for they seemed to grow stronger rathe than weaker as the battle progressed. THH CLIMAX. Without noticing where I went , I ha brcn walking backward since the figat begar and of a tudden , finding it necessary to ste quickly to keep clear of the knives , my bac struck against the cottonwood tree. Before had time to flip away the , Sioux , to eecar the Pawnee , leaped back against me. Th moment he felt himself come in contact wit me he dug back with his bloody knife , whic passed between m > right arm and my boil and stuck fast in the tree. The Pawnee wa quid : to take advantage of the situation on leaped upon his antagonist , but the wll Sioux had not taken his cje from the scou and now. twisting his knife from the cotter wood , he made a last desperate effort to ela him. For a moment the men were so mixe up that it wa utterly impossible to tell or from the other. They were on the grouni up again , now rolling over each ether in then leaping high into the air. For a momei they seemed to be kneeling , clasped In eac other's arms. Now the left hand of tl Sioux went to the Pawnee's hair and at tl ! I fame instant the bcout reached for the sro. of hi = foe. There waa a swift flash of ste and the two men leaped to their feet. Th < glared at each other ; each at the bloo ; trophy the other held ; and a mighty chant came o\er the hideous fea-ures ot the ran Ing savages. "The look of ferocious hatred disappear ! at once , and in its place there came an c : pression ot utter hopelessness and Indescri able despair. "Of coulee the } could fight no more. ' f each now stood in tha presence of the dea for. in the eyes ot these Indians , to lo one's scalp was to lose one's life. As moved bya single Impulse they dropp' their scalps and weapons , put their heai down and started for the river. Earn seemi bent upon reaching the bank before h dreadful companion could throw his hideoi form Into the stream , but they were not lei equally matched In death than they had be < In life , and so it came out , at the end ot all , that they leaped from the high bat together and went down Into the dark watt HKCOMPCXSE. Lighting the torches day by day. Showing leluctant feet the way , bringing to darkened minds the light. Teaching the hand and heart aright ; What will the recompense be ? What will the recompense be ? Chorus Daikncfs wi'l vanish from out of our land ; Knowing and doing will go hand In hand ; Torches now lighted will shine evi-r brigh And men yet unborn t'hall rejoice In the light. Lifting toward heaven the small red hand Lessening error and looking its bands. Teaching the ravage Ms home to mal Leading him out of the darknera to Ugh What will the recompense be ? What will the recompense be ? Chorus Life ha < its duties that need to be done. Sweeter U red when our purpose is won , Fairer the heavens and cle-aier the light. When we can fe'lwe have aided the rlgti This Fhall the recompense be ; This shall the recomenfe be. Chorus MAJOR W. H. CLAPP. itr.i.ir.iot's. Australian clergj'men attached to the prei bytery at North Melbourne are agitatin for a minimum wage of $1,000 per year. Dean Pigou of Bristol , England , can ci dure having letters addressed lo him i Dr. Pigue , Pelken , Pigen. Pagon , Pigou Pickles , Peggue and Puegon , but objects 1 being called Rev. Dr. Pagan , after bavin been forty jears In orders. By the will of Dora B. Pike of Cbelmi ford , Mass. , her entire estale is left t Blfhop John F. Hurst of Washington , to I held in trust. During the lifetime of Mai E. Chase the income from tbe estate is to I paid to her. and upon her death the entli estate Is to t evert to the American universll of Washington , a Methodist institution. Rer. Henry C , Mlnton of San Pranclsc who has Just been elected president ot Cei tcr college , Danville , Ky. , has for man years been regarded as one of tbe most brl llaut and scholarly Presbyterian clergyme on tbe Pacific coast. He was a Candida for moderator at the Presbyterian gener ; assembly "bch | met at Winona Pcjk , Ind In Maj- . Pope Leo XIII has presented Ihe king i Slam wllh a beautiful mosaic picture repn scnting the basilica of tbe Vatican. An e : change of decorations followed as a rnatti cf course , the pope sending tbe grand croi of the Ordine Piano to the brothers ar ton'j of tbe king of Slam. On both sldi the high state officials bave received m raerous distinctions. The late Archbishop Janssens of Ne Orleans left an estate ot only about $ COi which be inherited from his father , an three-fourths of U be bequeathed fqr r llglcus and charitable purposes. He wi entitled to a handsome salary for jears , bi drew barely enough to pay the actual e : penses for his simple living , having Jllowe th remainder to accumulate to pay off tl debt of Ihe diocese. Rev. Dr , John H , Baden , emeritus re-cli of St Luke'r Lutheran church. Brooklyi died at Hastings , on the Hudson , June 1 of lung trouble. He was born Hanoxcr , Germany , in 1827 He was pasti of several church * * ; previous to the foundlc ot St. Luke's , aud V.C.A formerly president < New York Mtnlsterlum of the Lutbera church and a director of tbe Lutheran tern E nary In Philadelphia. Rev , Father August Tolton. vho ha * Ju diel in Chicago , was the only negro Catbol priest In America. He was born In slave ) In liallt county , Missouri , and escaped ' Qulncy , 111. , during tbe war with bis motbi when B child. During hi ? boyhood he work * In va lobacjo factory Then he was befriend ! by Rev , Peter MeGirr of Qulnry , who tei him to Rome , where be was educated at ordained. His first charge was let Qulnc Ten jeiM ago be was transferred to Chlcig be WAS pastor ot t. Mocici'a cturc LLUMINATION OF THE FUTURE "roposed Experiments with tbe Phosphor escent System in New York. RODUC1ION OF LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT lore IjflTrcllvp nml Chpniicr llliinilnn- tlon of Strvftn nml Ilii Tlinii at Prevent Ile- , InlN of the I'laii. H looks as though we bad At lart attained he light of the future. New York le soon o enjoy a unique spectacle. One of its up- own block ? Is to be Illuminated with phos- ihoreecent light Steps ate already being taken to carry out this novel heme. A ow of glass tubes , eight feet long and three and one-half Inches In diameter , will be strung , end to end , between Ibe guard wires and the span wires of the trolley line along ; he whole length of the block. This glow- ng beam of luminescence will make 'eter\ equare foot of space In the street almost ar Igbt as day. Tbe brilliance ot the display will be enhanced by the moving to and frc of tbe trolley cars , which will be lit up b ) smaller tubes ranged Inside near the sig naling cord. D. MacFarlan Moore , the inventor of the system , proposes by this exhibition to prove tbe truth of his claim that either streets 01 buildings can now be' illuminated more cheaply and more effectually by the phos phorescent light than by any other eletric inetboJ of illumination. His plan , where comfort , and with cfrtatcly greater econ omy of steam. MnMoore adopted the second end method , leading the current Into the tubes and putting the ether Into agitation by the passing of the lectrlc vibrations through the exhausted air. His "vibrator , " which be then admltej be used only as a makeshift , and which met only compara tively rudimentary * conditions of the etlll crude system wag /oon discarded for his "rotator , " which ghts 50,000 vibrations per minuteas against .Ihe C.OOO of twelve mnnthi ago. The effect of the Increased rate of vlbra- tlcn Is Ft en in the greater strength , steadl- nc-rs and cveiinet * ! of the light In the tubes. N'ot only Is a much better light now aall - able * , but It can be produced twelve and one-half times cheaper than It could be a years ago. Formerly each tube had a separate wire leading to it. Now any number can be run connected between two w Ires. THE ROTATOR DOES IT ALL. The rotator , which ilas been Instrumental In bringing this lighting of the future to a practical stage , Is a small machine , which could be placed under a waste paper basket. H consists essentially of a circular magnet. In the center of which Is a glass tube "the size of a rolling pin. This tube Is exhausted to as nearly a perfect vacuum as possible. Within It there Is placed a wonderful mechanism , which is the heart of the whole apparatus. On a vertical shaft Is supported a star-shaped or an anchor-shaped piece of Iron. As the current Is turned on and traverses the circular magnet , thlt little Iron disc Is flashed around at the enormous speed of 10.000 revolutions per minute. The vibrations thus created are communicated by wires lo the line of glass tubes , which forthwith burst Into luminescence. The efficiency of the rotator , which Is said to already fulfill commercial requirements. Is at present restricted byx the limitations of means for the production of a higher state of vacuum In the big tubes. As these re- "trlctlons become modified the cost of pro- CRIME AND THE WEATHER Murder , Suicides and Burglaries Begulated bj the Atmosphere. OBSERVATIONS OF WEATHER BUREAU MEN HcnrltiK < > f Vnrlott * Cltmntlo Coiull- tlmiN In tlie I'roiiiollon of Crime HfKiiltM Kniliiriril lijKll - ropi-nu It Does the weather regulate human conduct and do atmospheric conditions have a marked eftect upon the criminally Inclined ? These are the startling questions which i the meteorological experts at Washington have been allied to grapple with and solve. The direct results of their Investigations , to far as they have progressed , disclose some exceedingly Interesting facts , which , shorn of their technical language , are here given. Secretary of Agriculture James Wil son , who has vastly Improved the Inner workings of the national department of meteorology , is conducting a special series of Investigations in relation to criminology. Ellas B. Dunn of the New Yoik weather bureau has been making a number of ob servations on bis own account. In EM fai as Mr. Dunn's Investigations of the effect of weather upon the weak-minded or criminally Inclined hove been carried , he te Inperfect agreement with his co-laborers at the cap- j Hal. who , In no uncertain language , affirm atmospheric conditions haxe to a very considerable extent an Influence upon the "ffliSS fsfcTa ' - * UPTOWN STREET ILLUMINATED OX PHOSPHORESCENT TUBES. - / .K there is no trolley in the street , Is to run tbe Hue ot tubes on poles placed at curb stones. The current in eveiy case will be derived from the ordinary street mains. COLD LIGHT ttT LAST. What scientists have always been looking for is a cold light , a light which consumes nothing but the current , which consists , In fact , of the ether In agitation. Tbe electric light was revolutionary In a great many ways. Before , for Instance , every light had to burn the right way -up. The electric light could be turned In any position , aud at any angle , and , in the case of the incandescent lamp , under water. But there was ttlll a radical fault. There was a filament , which surely , though It might be slowly , deteriorated , ted as the current encountered the friction of Its solid particles , heat Wis thrown off. The next step was tbe dispensing with the fila ment , and the turning of tbe atmospheric contents of the bulb Into light without dls- eipatlug any of the efficiency of the current in beat. This Is what has been doae in tbe EjAtcm of phosphorescent or "cold" lighting which Is to be exploited In Harlem. Two jears ago it was considered an extra ordinary advance that tome electricians who had been working In this field ror jears , previously , should have produced a phos phorescent light by which alone a toine- what indistinct photograph was made in eight minutes , and now this type of light is a commercial factor In turning night Into day In the city ttreets. In Maj1S9C , Mr. Moore showed his o\vn system of phosphorescent lighting before the American Institute of electrical en gineers , and photographed the meeting hall by It In thirty seconds. Some of tbe elec trical experts present could not believe that the brightness of tbe light did not involve a greater expenditure of horsepower , which would make It more expensive than the or dinary incaudescent lights until then used in the hall. This question was then and there set at rest. A committee of leading electricians , who were deputed to tef-t the tystem , stated as the result of tbelr In vestigation that there * bad beeu consumed even less energy than bad beru estimated by Mr. Moore , nbo claimed fur his light an efficiency of current not Inferior to that of the Incandescent electric light. This wai , a crucial point In tbe rivalry with the older syotein on which the phosphorescent light had entered. 50.000 VIBRATIONS A MINUTE. There are practically two ways of produc ing phosphorescent light. One is to elec trify the air of a room so that when tbe tubes exhausted of air are wavt-d in i they light up ; the other Is to lead the current into the tubes. Tbe first is more eenta- tlonal , but It Involves the difficulty of uelng and keeping on be wires current vibrating at poaslbly millions of oscillations per sec ond. It Is also expensive and bas been compared by analogy with a method of beating which would let live steam into a room when It could be conveyed to a steam cell far radJat9r with much acre safety and - ' duclng phosphorescent light may be very appreciably reduced. tf ; In regard to this poestblHty. It majbe said that those who bavB carefully followed tbe electrical developments' the past few- years have come to the { jonclusion that it Is rash to foretell that any particular thing cannot be done by electricity. What such a reduction might mean to large municipali ties may be gathered frtom the fact that a decrease of 50 per cent In the cost of light ing for the MX months of tbe- fall and spring In tbe city of New York would result in a saving to the community of over $8.000,000. Mr. Moore's own belief -is that before very long we shall be lighting twenty vacuum lamps with tbe current now needed for one incandescent lamp. This estimate seems less extravagant when It Is borne In mind that all tbe power that nppc-are EB light is 3 per cent of the heat ? in the fuel under Ihe boiler , and 97 per oer.t U consumed in f.eat and waste-d on Ihe way to tbo point at v > blch light results. i POWER OF TWENTY LIGHTS , FOR ONE. In estimating the raiseof this new form cf light , the fundamental basis of ls ! superiority. Its dlffurtveauss , must be kept prominently In view. Heretofore tbe ten dency In lighting methods has been to create spots or blotches of light which would brightly Illuminateeverything within a certain radius , butIcave , ; tbe outlying ppaco in gloom. The npw" light will change nil this. It lends itself to an entirely novel conception of decoratlvg effects ; it Is soft to tbe eye and restful'to the nerves , and ecems parts of tbe atmosphere rather than In It. In fact , tbe first general adoption of the "etherlc" light , oe It Is puw called , Is likely to be in houses , where Its beautiful quality will be especially appreciated. Tbe sense of luminous air that It ! imparts Is most fascinating , particular ] } ' where the long tubes are almost out ot tight , and the great body of the light is throVn'out by reflection , when , for Instance , It Is'run between a pro jecting cornice and tu'et , , celling. Tbe light can be made cf any tint bj' changing tbe vacuum in the tubes , or by changing the capacity of the circuit- that a room can have its light tinted either In yarlous colors , cr to match the pervading tone of tbe hang ings and furniture. It Et'any time either a more sombre or a metre , cheerful tint Is de- fcired It ran instantly be Imparted without touching a single tube h It is Impossible here to suggest tbe In numerable applications -which wll ! be made" of tbe new Ulumlnant , In signaling t > lgn designing , decorating of public buildings and squares , etc. It must suffice to say that elherlc lighting b&s arrived ; it is cold , it is cheap , and it bas come to etay. The Canadian House of Commons bat patEttd an alien Jiboi , bill. U is a fac simile of th ( . American till , with two excep tions. While the Anierican law can be forced bv a custom bonte officer , tbe Can adian art can only -enforced by the at torney genrrt.1 of tbe dominion or wmebjdy whom he authorltet to do 63. Tbe act only appllus to the Uiiite d States. conduct of habitual criminals and person of unsouni mind. That man's mental functions are to greater or lesser extent governed by hi phj'f-lcal condition is a fact long ago dlscov ered by psychologists. But to what exteu the shortcomings or evil doings of mankln are directly traceable to conditions of th weather it has remained until today fc Physicians , scientists and laj-men Intercstc in such reeearch to find out. Indeed , th majority of normal persons , whatever the ! occupation , are swayed Intellectually an physically by the prevailing state of th weather , and the police records disclose corresponding increase or decrease of crim with the falling and rising barometer. An these statements are not haphazard , nor ai they founded upon supposition ; they ar matters of record and scientific fact , vouche for by tbe best known and most capable at thoritles of the land. When Prot Emll Dauchney of Paris re ccntly made tbe assertion that the record e murder , burglary and other crimes could t shown by a barometer mathematically cor structed for the purpose Just as accurately a the weather Is now shown by the coromo barometer , the writer set out upon a Httl Journey of Inquiry among tbo meteorologies Ebarjis to ascertain Just bow much of trut and bow much of the zeal of a sclentifi specialist was contained In Dr. Dauchney' statement , In what degree the Frenc savant was right can best be decided after perusal of tbe facts in hand. HOT WEATHER PRODUCES CRIME. Tbe statistics of tbe weather bureau prove , first , that men and women who liv In high latitudes have in their mental an phj'bltal makeup much more of the anlma than have their brethren of the south , and 1 consequence , while tbe southerner is east ) discouraged and losing heart takes to suicide tbe man who was born and lives in the oort revenges himself upon Ills fellow being rather than upon himself , and , secondly , tba crime ie > generally premeditated In warn : cloudy weather , while the deed itself 1 executed under clear and bracing meteorc logical conditions. The repot Is of the Depart ment of Agriculture on this subject , tboug not as exhaustive as one might wish , are a one with English and French facts an figures of the same kind. Our native In prrslpre most freely , when there Is little o weather , when there is great deal c humidity in the atmosphere and person perspire most freely , when there ii little eDO DO relief for sweltering hum&nltj' . tbe mln becomes to a certain extent deranged and ih commission of crime results. After a thorough study of tbe questloi Prof. Da u coney sayi ; "When very moist tb atmorphere is a much better conductor c electricity than at any other time. Then th natural electricity is drawn from tbe bodj aud this ha a tendency to destroy vltalll and eo weaken tbe mental faculties. 1 > JI daj-c and muggy weather means an increac of murder , robbtrj- , criminal atesu ! areon and suicide. " Dr , S. A. t Stratum , who , next to Lombror ranks as one of tbe foremost crltii nologUts c ! tbe day , sayi , r ) aUvo to tbe el feet of weather upon thosp who are morally oblique"The popular belief Is that the win. ler months and especially dre ry No\emiX'r Is the c Ken in which crimes occurred mwt frequently. Like some other popular belief ! , this hat proved upon Inquiry to be without foundation in fart. The examination of a large collection of statistic ? , although not < . tablUhlng a con Unt proportion for lath season , shows clearly that In all countries from which ctatUiics can bo obtained tbe maximum Is attained In one o' other of the spring or e rly summer months. " Dr , Strahan further states that It is when sk'tt ore lowering and there is much humilitj that the commUon ! of crime U g-e-alMt. Another interesting feet is this : A mat : or woman who llvr much alone It. 'n ' 50 pei cent ot the cases invalidated , much mor easily Influenced by atmospticrle change * that are others. So a person who , has manj troubles , and Is constantly thinking of them is much more susceptible to ony tutldci : changing of the weather than one who Is cn free and llghtbcarted. The charing of t storm or a single literal ray of nun hlni would , In hundtedn ot Jboi sands of cares ha\e prevented suicide and murder. In re glens like New York and Boston , wherf tbrn are so many and such tuddcu changes o weather , the climatic Influence upon humai character and action Is a factor of no Hull Importance. There Is an annual rhythmli rise and fall w'llch affects the unlmati nature. With the approach of tprlng and ; tn Increase of Umpetatu'e there 1s a genera awakening from the winter's period of com paratlve reft. With this awakening ever ; function is excited to its most vigorous ar tlon. This has a profound effect upjti tin whole organism , which begins to work at i higher tension. Mind and body are nior active than at any other time of the year Upon the normal , healthy creature till period of activity has only tbe moit benlgi effect , but upon the abnormal creature It art as an incentive to unnatural acts. Hcnc < during 1S.9C New York thows ' an average record ord of over 2.000 crimes'per month dutini April , Maj' , June and July , and the large * number of entries at the police station wer < made on the cloudy or rainy da\s of DIPS months. WHAT MR. DUNN SAYS. In speaking ot the peculiar effect of at mcspheric conditions jjpon the human sys tern , Weather Forecaster Dur.n of New York who is among the best authorities In thi world , gave as his observations upon th < subject much Interesting data. He taj- . "During the passage ot a storm , when thi temperature IB excessive and tbe a\tnoa phere is thoroughly saturated with moisture such an atmosphere condition Is bound t < make more or less of an impression upon 2 certain class of persons of susceptible tem perature. AVe all recognize tbe fact that or some days we feel energetic and capable o : doing almost anything , while on others then is a disinclination to work or make EOJ exertion. A person feels what is commonlj called 'out of sorts , ' is irritable , and th chances are , ill-natured. Ot cours ? , dlfferen persons are differently constituted , and are n consequence , differently affected by out side conditions. Those who are weak men talljor physlcallj- are much more easllj affected by weather conditions than others In hot and muggy weather , when there is ar excessive amount of humidity in th ? atraos phere- , suicide Is very prevalent , while , 01 tbe other hand , more murders are committee where the air is either dry and hot or dr : and cool. "In summer , when a low barometer pre vails , all nature seems depressed and mclan choly ideas appear to pervade during hu midlty ; in a clear , bracing atmosphere thi animal part of man seems to predominate and deeds of another nature appear to bi more prevalent. A man who attempts ti commit a deliberate murder would plan I on a.-.clear ; coldilay , Taj.ber. than , during ufcide , weattier. Burglary would also bi planned and carried out when the atmospher. . is clear and bracing rather than when it I heavj- and depressing. It peems a peculia thing that in summer time poison and thi bullet eeem to be the favorite methods o both murder and self-destruction , while It winter the rope and knife appear to be thi most popular modes of ending the existenci of either self or another. EPIDEMICS OF CRIME. Statistics of crime show beyond question the truth of Mr. Dunn's a.'szrtions relativi lo Ihe undoubled influences of climatii changes upon crime. Not only are certain crimes more frequently committed at cer tain teasns of tbe year , but iu certain countries the climata is e-specially conduc ive to such crime ? . F-ar tnrtanfs , in south ern China , where a warm , and humid tem perature exists for the greater portion ol the year , there la le-s regard for life than perhaps in any other portion of the globe. Mulders are everyday occurrences. E-uiride : too common to even pay attention to , while theft , criminal assault and all other crime : are innumerable. The history of crime showp that evil doln ? is subject to epidemics as well as dlse 6tv- We find epidemics of suiclde-s , epidemics ol murdtis and epidemics of robberies. yA careful pfidy ol the question reveals th ( fact that these epidemic ? last until thi weather changes , and an analogy betweer the condiioas of the wcatber and the fre quency ot crime cannot but impress the care ful investigator. This clearly Indicates thi crime is , to a degree , contagious ; that i certain ethical influence , or psj-chle Influence is to a large degree magnetic. Condition o the weather which favor tbe Induction o electricity or magnetism are capable o ppreadlng these crlrao germs , if we may ei call them , so that they come in contact wltl those sensitiveInfluences , and a literal breed ing of crime is tbe rerult Juet as certain atmrspherlc conditions o certain localities cause the air to be ladn with the germs of malaria , to the air Itttl may be eald to be laden with the pychc ! but none the less potent germs of crime Thote among us who are. as we say , "ac cllmctlzed , " escape tbe malarial influences end equally so , those among us who an morally acclimatized escape the evil ptythii germs that are rometlme ? among us. Bu the "sensitives. " either moral or psychical fall undei tbe dire influences , snd these wr' ' call criminals. Who fchall tay that whei science , advanced to that point where th reins of natural law are completely In con trol of man , and the weather Is at bis com maud no less than the functions of his owi organism , we shall not be Bbleto pretseri'i a perfect meteorological condition , and thu annihilate on external excitant to crime , i wo have not long befcre that time wiped ou the criminal himself ? LAtlOII AM ) IMHJhTIlY. It IB proposed to build a railroad on th labor exchange plan from some point o : tbe Gulf of Mexico In Texas to San Diego. Reports come ? ( bat the Chilian congress ha offered $125,000 as a subsidy lo any corpora tlon establishing an Iron foundry in tba country , i A San Franclaco firm lost a suit agalns the bakers' union for $5,000 damages fo boycotting. An Injunction was also denlci tbe firm. St. LouU city council by a decisive vet adopted a resolution whereby all city horn- and mules must be chod by union horse shotTs and tbe union scale paid for tb same. Six Philadelphia locomotives have Jus been shipped to South Africa , and thirl ; for Japan are now building. Such Item with regard to locomotives are becomlni common. Tiie ,100 operatives employed at the Me tbuen company's cotton mills at Mctbuec Mass. , have decided to accept the 10 per ce : cut In their wagei rather tban ba\e tbe mill shut down , Cincinnati's three big central labor bodle will co-operate on Labor daj % The picnli will be held in & paik built exclusively b : union labor A paitide will be a featur < of tbe celebration. The National Association of Railway I'oiti Clerks is striving to get oonerestlonx ! legUla tlon in far-jr of a $50 per month pension fo clerks who have teen in the sen Ice 'o twenty-Jive years. Fifty thousand rifles will not go a grea way toward equipping Ituuia's Imuient army , aud tbat number , which tbe cuthoritle are euld to have ordered from Amen a makers , mutt be merely a tactile Ijt , to trial purposes , . t , > THOSE rICCIlhS 01 < CRLTNA Origin , Plan nnd Progress of a New Religious Sect. MUSCULAR TENDENCIES OF ITS DEVOTEE Mined liy the M'lrlt , Tliry ltlrtMrr the ( till llm-rj In ThHrrlKhliorn mill Prix-ceil to Until llliu _ 'I'lieii TrouI > UUcKltiK , In the \lclnlty of'Grrtna has sprung up a new religious Feet , not very large. It Is true , but still large enough lo stir up quite a commotion In the little rominunUj * . They are without a name FO fnr as having one ot their own selection Is concerned , but the people among whom they reside have ghen them the name of the founder of the sect and call them Flggitcs. Their religion Is ot the aggressive kind aud the followers ot the new faith never neglect an opportunity lo proclaim It and that eternal damnation and all kinds of dire disasters In this world will befall those who do not follow Ihe Ulfa fallh. They profess lo be guided In their movements by messages , direct from God , and as these messages are genii ally to the ef fect thai they must warn some one or some collection of people that they are on the road to peidition , the delivery of the raes- rage not Infrequently Is accompauled by a disturbance In which the lalthful have come Into contact with the law aud several muscu lar representathcs of the old and effete be liefs of the common everyday world. LEADERS OF THE NE\V RELIGION. A summary of their creed and of the makeup of the mcniberbblp of the sect will explain why and how they came in coii- inct with luose aiuung whom they live The head or founders of the ' new religion" are Mr. and Mrs. Louis Flgg , who have lived near Gretna for about fourteen jears. and next to them the most aggressive member Is Mrs. Bert Cockerell. The other members are Ira Flgg , Mrs. W. W. Browning. Byt Lucy Rjberg. Howard'Skinner. . Mrs ! Bert Donahue. Mr. and Mis. August Johnson. ' , u Wet > as. JII'o Lottie Woods Robert Rashe 1 Alfred Vincent and Lou Caldwell , ai living u the vicinity of Gretna They declaim having any creed aad aesert they use only a bible as a guide and decouuce churches , ministers and tneoretical sermons as utterly foreign to Christ and his teaching. They believe that through prayer you thall be healed , and ta an instance of this Mrs. W. W. Browning asserts the was affected with a weak lun- but , after returning home from a visit to ° a sick sister , soaking wet and fearing severe results , fervent prayer and seretie faith warded off the illness and restored her lungs to perfect health. They afoert they are led by the Spirit of GoJ , and thai every action is thus directed. Tney profess to receive messages direct from GoJ , and a large portion of these messages are evi dently commandments to o\erturn exLstlne church beliefs. WHERE TROUBLE CO.ME'3 IN. In delivering the messages Is where tbey get into trouble. Tbey go to some of the , churches in tbe neighborhood ted proclaim the.wlckedne&s of the world in general and Ihe modern church in particular aca then the trouble wmmencts. Jklr. . and .Mrs. Figs and Mrs. Jlcrt Cockerell have generally been the purveyors of these - theseWiatascs. . When Re.v. Charles Savldge of the People's church , Ornaba , was" holding revival Tuwetiage 'In Gretna last January Mrs. Flgg began to in terrupt , and be couldn't stop her. ( After tha meeting he had her arrested for disturbing the peace , and she was Cued. She also de livered a warning during a service conducted by Rev. Bulton , a former Methodist preacher there. He was scathed for leading the jounc people away with false doctrirue sod d nouncocJ energetically according to her doc- tiine. At the cervices of the Christian church Mr. Flgg and Mrs. Bert Coekerell have been taken out on different occajlons Herbert Potter , one of tbe trustees , was tha escort several times. Mr. Figg told Potter that he would be destroyed if he touched him. and , further , thai Potter couldn't touch him , as there was a wall of flre about him. Mr. Potter , however , .was willing to take the chance for the peace of ihe * ervlce , and gently but firmly led the shouting religionist out. Mrs Cockerell starts tbe easiest and Is moit demonstrative in action. At the church * he has several times begun the shouting and frenzied dancing , which bis re-suited in a geueral enthusiasm on the part of her fellow believers. She refuses to recognize the famllj of her husband , ani says they are doomed , as are all who are not of them. . SOME WILD OUTBREAKS. Their real for the world's eternal welfare leads them to wild oulbre-aks At a funeral Mrs. Flgg walled , "Why will you die ? " over and over , with fre-quent charges at tbe officiating minister that he wee "born of the devil. " Mr. Figg's desire to be tincon- taminated by the world hae led him to refuse to vote. The members of the pcct Indulge somewhat In prophecy , but up to tbe present have ben a little unfortunate picking winning com binations. Mrs. Cockerell prophesied that her mothcr-In-Iaw would be tongne-paralj-ztcl at a ceitaln lime , but It hco. not yet hap pened. Mr. Flgg hcs Jlso prophesied erro neously a number of times. A number of jears ago he got the people of Springfield ready for the destruction of their town by cyclone and flre , but so far the expurgation has failed of occurrence. He recently warned the wife of Rev. W. J Hatheral. tbe present Methodist pastor , that her husband would return from a preaching trip a.j a corpse , but he came back as he went. The Flgg home Is where all the meetings are held , and the J'lKB" are the principal speakers , tbe others peaking whenaver "led" to do eo. Mr. Flgg bed tprken at Loult- vllle , Atbland , Spilng Grove and country ncbonl bcutes. They are unambitious and do not look forward to a great noclety In tbe future. * s their only aim I to spread tbe word of G d ae glvin In tbe bible. When they have E tiunf-r tbey throw their arm * * about him and pray end plead. At one of the servlc-os at tbo hoiue. It Is walrt , the devil' * presence was Imagined and be was exorcUed from tbcvnelgbborhood. The sect celebrates the Lord's supper whenever tbe elders ffl that the Spirit tells them to. Communion Is accompanied by a voluntary wjfhlng of fevt by those who wlfh to show humility. Men wash men's fret and women wash women's. Tbey call each other i-alnts. as they My that those who are trying to follow in Christ's footsteps as far as mortal can arc fcurely saints. The believers are highly respected In tbo community , but regardtd M unduly excited over thin subject. run wii.r < Mii : nojii : . r. L. FtanlciJ In Atlanta Comtltutlon. When twilight bells are ringing sweet And evening echoes greet rue , My happy henrt seems ninglng pwe-et Of some one who will mc-el rne , Of blue -yes 'neath a golden crown- Dear eypfl ! that watch and wait ' And little footdte-p-i patu-rins down The pathway tt > tbe gate. Though Fad the toll , in barren Boll , Though Fortune hap noi found me , I know that night v.i'l bring me light And twine two arms around me ! And let the day bo pold or Bray il What thought f > MeH at Oil * : Tl "It drifts end < Jrt < am rny darling's way , * ' Who keepi for me u kiss. " O love of life , and strength In strife ! O joy , to korrow given ! 0 dear child eyes that make life's Ekles And earth as yweet as heaven ! 1 still ran bear with grief and care And face 1ti ? Morals lo be. If Lovr , the comforter , will share The -rus"t--the crumbs , with me ! From statistlis collected in 1896 it 1 * lerinijhat. . in all Germany there were 10- 243 pee ! out i > l employment lo JUDO I il , > 'r U' ceiuber.