A QUEER RACE.
A SIDItV or A ATltAKOK I'KOI'I.G
ET WK.I.IAM WISTAI.U
cn.u-n it ix.— roNTiNUKn
After opening the ports iinrl hatches rt
make a good draught, we gathered togetli
or nil I!ii> eomhustihlo material wo cuulil
Unit, nml tout it to tlio plnre where tin
ship's stores wore kept—cordage, spare
mil a, t or. nml what not—drenched them
with turpentine nml the contents of n cask
of rum (which we found on hoard), put n
second cask in the middle of the pile, tired
It In several places, and when It was fairly
alight, got Into the dingey mid returned to
the "Diana" with Suiltliers nml McKean.
•‘She In an dry as a hone," said lluekluw,
“nml will burn like mntchwood.”
“Cost herofl:" he cried, as soon ns w«
were on hoard. "Hy Jove, look there!"
The hawsers were covered with rata try
ing to escape, nml ns they reached thu
guards and could get no further, those lie
hind thrust the foremost Into the sea.
Kvoii when thu hawsers were loosed tlio
rats continued their mad flight, nml went
on pushing each other to certain destruc
tion.
In a feiv minutes smoke nml Ihime were
coming up the brig's hatchways; then the
decks took lire; great tongues leaped up
and twisted like llery serpents round the
mints, and the "Daily Jane” was allahla/.o
from stem to stern. The timber In the
hold also took tire, nml when thu sea broke
In and extinguished it, the loosened logs
of wood were floated out of tlio hull; iinil
as the fever ship disappeared, a loud cheer
wenl up from thu survivors of the "Di
ana's" crew.
CHAI'TM; X.-MITTINT.
Tho destruction of thu brig lightened
erery heart on board.
Sailors are proverbially superstitions,
and the scenes they had witnessed and the
anxiety they had endured had made a deep
Impression on the remnant of the‘ Diana’s”
crew, and wound them up to a high pitch
of excitement. As our misfortunes had
begun with the "Lady dune,” the poor
fellows thought they would end with her.
Having, moreover, come to regard Captain
Peyton as a Jonah, they looked on his
tragic death as at once a Judgment and an
expiation, and made sure that now he was
gone the luck would change.
Even Bucklow, educated man as he was,
could not help sharing in this hallucina
tion; and the alacrity with which ho
changed the ship’s course, anil the ener
getic and almost cheery manner in which
ho gave his orders, showed how greatly
his mind was relieved.
“I, too, was glad we had got rid of the
brig—like Bucklow, 1 hated the very sight
of her—but. I could neither share in tho
general confidence, nor believe that In get
ting rid of the fever ship we had got rid of
tho fever. I was too much depressed to
be hopeful, and I had read in one of the
medical books which formed part of Pey
ton’s library that a high temperature fav
ored the development of yellow fever; that
the most certain cure for it is cold weather.
But during the lust day or two the tem
perature had risen and the wind fallen off,
and ns u e were now making direct for the
equator, there was every likelihood of our
having it still warmer. The brig, more
over, had done hor worst, so to spoak; her
contiguity censed to be a danger, ami the
Chief advantage of hor disappearance was
that it encouraged the men, and enabled
us to make better speed; although as our
coal was nearly done, Bucklow thought It
bettor to stop the engine and unship the
■crew.
Great gains, so far as they went; but I
could not believe that they were sufllcient
to stay the plague.. Bucklow was more
■anguine and superstitious.
"The omens ure all good, Erie,” he ex
claimed, clapping me on the back. “There
has not been a fresh case since yesterday,
except poor Peytoo’s; the wind Is freshing
—we shall be doing six knots soon if this
goes on—and look there! those white-bel
lied devils have left us.”
So they hnd. Not a shark was to be seen,
• 1 confess that at first this rather stag
gered me; one cannot help bollevlng just a
little in omens; and dumb creatures have
very subtle Instincts—still, how on earth
can sharks have any ideas about yellow
fever! There must be some other cause,
▲hi I think I have it.
"Yes, they are gone, sure enough," I
■aid. "But I am afraid— Don’t you think
the burning of the brig has something to
do with it* I have heard that Bharks are
easily scared, and the blaze and the heat,
and tho »all of burning embers into the
water, might easily frighten much boldor
animals.”
“What a croaker you ore, Eric! Why
cannot you let a fellow cherish a pleasing
illusion?—if it be an illusion—and really,
you know, I don’t think it is. These crea
tures' senses are very acute, aud it is quite
conceivable that their leaving us is a good
aign.”
"I should be glad to think so. But what
do you call that*” 1 asked, pointing to the
dorsal tin of a shark which just then ap
peared above the water.
"Heaven help us! they are coming back!
,;i And what a monster! Five-and-thirty feet
ifij If it Is an inch! And there is another.
Bow will it all end, Erie?”
*■ "That is more than I can say; hut I nm
quite sure that it will end neither better
nor worse because those sharks have come
back. 1 suppose it is their nature to fol
low In a ship's wake.”
But Bucklow shook his head; the inci
dent hod made a deep impression on him,
and ho evidently put more faith in omens
than be was willing to admit.
For the next two days, however, things
did go better with us; there was no fresh
cases, and two sailors who had been taken
111 before the captain died seemed as if
they might recover. At any rate. It was
past the third day. and they were still
alive, which showed, I thought, that the
malady was losing something of its viru
lence.
But the improvement was short-uvea.
The breeze did not take ns very far, and
when it fell off the heat became Intense,
and two patients died, and we had several
fresh coses. In several instances men
died without being laid up. There was a
suppression of some of tho secretions, In
tense pain in the limbs lasting for a few
hours, and the sufferers were struck down
on the deck. It was probably in this way
that the poor creatures whose bodies we
found on the “Lady Jane” came by their
end. .
The crewgnow reduced, to less than a
■core, were sorely discouraged by this
change for the worse. Sifck of disappoint
ed hope, they became desperate nnd de
moralized; the bonds of discipline were
* loosened, and Bncklow could hardly pre
vail on them to work the ship.
And no wonder. Let the reader imag
ine, if he can, what h's own feelings would
hs if lie were shut up in a house where a
deadly ami fright fully contagions disease
, was rife, where people were dying every
day, nml from which there was no possl
billly of escape.
‘•We shr.ll have trouble,” said Ilneklow:
“the men are In a very evil humor. I
doubt If I shall ever get this ship to Monte
video. However, I will try my best, and
more I him that can no man do.”
He kept the deck almost continually,
nml when he lurried In for an hour’s sleep,
Holsover (who now acted as mate) took the
command. These two were the only offi
cers left alive, and It was no looser possi
ble to nrrunge the watches In the regular
way. We had to do ns well ns we could,
and I gave all the help In my power, which
was not much, I fear, for 1 am no seaman.
Hut I could keep them compnny, and now
and then I took a turn at the wheel, for,
short-handed as we were becoming, ability
to steer might stand us In good stead.
I 1 was getting up one morning rather
past my usual lime, for I had turned In
late the night before, when Bucklotv came
to mo In n state of suppressed excitement,
I “1 want you on deck," he said. “There
Is going to he a row. The men have got to
i the spirits, and arc nearly all drunk and
: getting obstreperous—won’t obey orders.
The wind Is freshening, too, and unless we
j take In sail we shall be in a mess.”
! I niado haste with my dressing, and fol
lowed him on deck forthwith, llrst putting
a revolver In my trousers pocket, by way
of btdng ready for all emergencies.
Kxnept the quarter-master at the wheel
and a Swede, called Oscar, a decent. God
fearing man, all the hands were in tho
waist of tho ship. They had broached a
cask of rum, and wero nearly all more or
less drunk. Bucklow nml Holsover were
remonstrating with them, and trying to
persuade them to return to their duty and
do ns they were bid.
i ne answer was a laugii or ucuance aim
a torrent of abuse.
“VVa’ll work no more on this ship,”
shouted one fellow. “Let her go to the
bottom, nnd be d-d to her.”
"Come, come, men, bo reasonable,’’ re
monstrated Hucklow. “It is very rough
on you, 1 know; it is rough on nil of us.
But this sort of thing will do no good.
The more you drink, the more likely you
are to die.”
"That’s what wo want. Wo want to
die,” hiccoughed a sailor, tilling himself a
glass of rum. "What's tho use of living?
Tell mo that. What's the use of living on
o fever ship like this 'ere? Better die of
drink than lie killed by Yellow Jack.
Here goes”—tossing off the glass. “I swear
I’ll never bo sobor aguin! I'll dio drunk!
Hip, hip, hurrah!"
"I say, cnp’n—you calls yourself cnp’n,
don’t you?" said another, coming close up
to Hucklow—"you Just sheer off and leave
us alone, or it’ll be worse for you. We are
the masters of tills 'ere slilp, and we mean
to do whal we d-d like!”
Tiie words were hardly out of the fel
low's mouth when Hucklow knocked him
down, nnd then, with a gesture of anger
and disgust, the mate turned on his heel,
which he had no sooner done than one of
the cowardly scoundrels, who had crept
behind him unpercelve.l, struck him a ter
rible blow on the head with abeluying-pin.
But he was quickly avenged.
As Bucklow reeled and fell, I drew my
revolver nnd shot his assailant dead. Then,
pointing the still smoking weapon at the
others, I bade them throw the cask of rum
overbonrd.
The death of their comrade had seared.
If not sobered them, and I was obeyed on
tho Instant.
"Is there any more, Bolsover?" I asked.
"Yes, sir; two casks.”
j "Fetch them here nnd throw them over
bonrd.”
This, too, was done.
In the meanwhile Oscar, the^wede, nnd
one or two of the men who were more
sensible than tho rest, had raised poor
Bucklow up and carried him into the cap
tain's cabin. He was badly hurt, and quite
insensible. After doing all I could for
him, bathing nnd plastering up the wound
on his head, and leaving him in charge of
our only surviving boy, I went on deck
again, und found that those of the men
who were not absolutely drunk nnd in
capable were shortening sail under Bol
■over’s directions.
“You’ve frightened ’em, sir,” said the
boatswain. “The way you shot down that
i scoundrel Smithers was a caution.”
"It was done on the impulse of the mo
ment, Bolsover; my revolver seemed to go
off by itself,” I returned; for Smithers still
lay where he fell, in a pool of blood. The
ghastly sight made me feel decidedly un
comfortable; I began to think that I had
beon too hasty.
"And a very good thing, too,” said Bol
sover. “Don’t let that trouble you, sir.
You served the fellow right; the men
themselves think so. To strike down Mr.
Bucklow was worse than murder—it was
treason. If anything happens to him, there
will be nobody to navigate the ship, uud
then what shall we do?”
"If anything happens to Mr. Bucklow)
you surely don't think, Bolsover—”
“Well, that was a terrible < rack on the
head Smithers gave him; it’s much if he
ever speaks again, I think.”
He never did! After remaining insensi
ble for three days, the mate recovered con
sciousness. but not power of s;ieech. He
evidently wanted to sny something, nnd
made several vain yet desperate efforts to
articulate; then with his eyes he bade me a
pathetic farewell, pressed my hand, aud
■ quietly passed away.
j Peace lie to his ashes! I think Bucklow’s
death affected me more than any other
which had yet occurred. It was not mere
ly that It left us helpless and utterly in
capable of taking the ship to her destina
tion; I liked him personally. He was a
courageous, opendicarte 1 sailor, wise in
council nnd prompt in action; and the loss
of so many of our comrades had brought
us into close companionship. I had come
to entertain a warm affection for him, and
I he was the only one left with whom I
| could converse on terms of intellectual
] equality/ _
| CI1 APTF.n XI.—BKCWLMKD.
! After poor Buckiow’s death, the fever
I became more virulent than ever, and if
' fewer died it was merely because fewer
j were left to kill. The contagion spread
I with portentous rapidity, the interval be
| tween the tlrst seizure and the fatal close
being often frightfully short.
At the end of the following week two
only were left—Bolsover nnd myself. Of
the forty-seven who had sailed from Liver
pool, little more than a month previously,
we were the sola survivors. All the rest
slept their long sleep iu the fathomless
depths of the wild Atlantic.
What my feelings wore I can hardly re
member, and do not care to recall. I was
stunned, overwhelmed, and, as it seemed,
almost paralyzed by the Stupendous na
ture of the calamity which had overtaken
me, and by bitter grief for those who were
gone. But for Bolsover 1 think I must
have gone mad. He too sorrowed, ia his
own fashion, for our lost comrades; yet his
orief seemed to sit lightly on him, anil in
' his manner thcro was nt timed something
that looked very like exultation, the catuo
of which I was at first at a lo*i to divine.
1 Hut a casual expression he let drop en
lightened me. He rognrdod his escape and
Mine us proof that we were the destined
discoverers of the “Santn Anna.”
Had I been less depressed,„I should have
been amused, probably have laughed ut
him. As it. was, I thought, it best not to
answer him. You cannot arjue with a
monomaniac.
Hut on every other point the boatswain,
ns usual, was evidently sane and practical.
“There Is only you and me now,” he said,
“and we can neither handle the ship nor
nnvlgate her; hut we can do our best.
There Is no more sail on her than will give
her steering way in a light breeze, and if
It comes on to blow wo shall mny be not
take much harm. You can steer pretty
well now, and wo must take the wheel
turn ami turn nbout.”
“That Is all very fine; but where shall we
make for?”
“Well, I don’t think ns wo enn do better
tfian stick to the course we are on, and as
Mr. Hucklow last laid down—sou’-west by
south—as far as the wind will let us.”
“Will that bring us to Montevideo?”
“I don’t think It will, exactly; but there
or thereabouts, perhaps.”
"Have you any Idea where wo arc?”
"Not within n degree or two; but, from
the feel, we should not be far from the
line.”
“Rather vague: but it is hot enough for
anything, If that is what you mean. How
ever, about this steering. It can easily he
arranged as yonsuggest. Whileone steers
the other can cook, and sleep, anil keep a
lookout. Our best chance of rescue is to
attract the attention of some passing ves
sel. Can we do anything more Ilian re
verse the I’nion Jack?”
I don t know ns wo ran; niul keep our
number always flying.”
‘'There Is still one thin;; wo have not
thought of. Suppose something happens
—that some emergency arises that forces
me to quit the wheel while yon arc asleep?”
“The only thing you can do in that ease
would be to lash the wheel amidships, f
will show you how. Hut. we must do our
sleeping in the captain's cabin. Wo shall
always be within hail of each other. You
have only to whistle, and I will come.”
“Aren’t you afraid of sleeping in the
captain’s cabin?”
“Not a bit. 1 shall not take the fever. ■
If I could, 1 should have done so long '
since.”
“All the same, I would not throw away
a chance, if I were you. There is no tell- 1
lug—” |
“Old Tom,” ns the sailors had called •
him, smiled superciliously, ns much as t*. i
say that I did not know what 1 was talking
about.
"Very well,” I said, “flo and turn in.
You had no sleep last night, and I had. 1
will lake the wheel.”
“Thunk you, sir. I do feel a hit sleepy.
Wake me up when you feel tired. Keep '
her oil'and by—us she is; that's all you have
to do.”
And so I was left in sole charge of the ;
"Diana”—a strange position for a lands- I
man on his first voyage! A captain with
out a crew, a navigator innocent of naviga- :
tion, steering generally for the equator i
and with an uncertain hop? of sooner or j
later reaching the coast of South America, 1
somewhere between the Amazon and Cape '
Horn, and the off chance of knocking 1
against the continent of Africa, or being i
blown into the Pacific;
Not the sort of outlook to make a man j
merry, even though he lias nothing panic- !
ular on Ids mind; and on mine lay dark
memories of the valley of the shadow of i
death through which I had just passed, j
But I was too busy to brood. I did not j
steer so well that 1 could do it automati- i
cally like an A. B. I had to give the wheel 1
my closest uttention and watch the ship
continually, yet with all my pains I let her j
“fall off” several times, much to my an- ;
noyance. The wind, moreover, occasion
ally varied a point or two, thereby increas
ing the difficulty of my task. But I did
not call Bolsovcr; I thought I would let
him sleep as long us he liked; but when he
voluntarily cam* to relieve me, I had bees
ut my post nenr v five hours.
TO BF. CONTINfKD.
California Politeness.
Here is a story of California polite
ness, from the Monterey Holy, which
is instinct with moral, aud has the
peculiar characteristic of truth. An
Kuglish baritone, finding himself in
ban Francisco, took advantage of a
letter of introduction to call on a woll
kuown business man. He was cordial
ly received, and asked to dine at the
home of tin* Gentleman in Oakland the
following bunday. He went, wa3 in
troduced to the wife and guests, and
presently found himself seated at din
ner. The conversation languished,and.
in the midst of u pause, the hostess
politely aud mildly demanded:
"Aud, Mr. Baritoue, what is your
business?”
"I am a vocalist,” respouded the
singer.
"A singer! I’d rather a man were
anything than that.”
The vocalist began to think suspi
ciously of California manners; his
suspicious were confirmed. The hostess
poured upon him the continual dew of
similar blessings. He Imre it nil until
the iiost asked the amiable lady to drive
the confiding vocalist round Oaklaud to
see the sights, bho replied: "No; do
it yourself—I don’t care to!”
"Please do not trouble yourself. I
have just two minutes' time to get the
train for the ferry," and the accom
plished vocalist departed, and that
house knew him no more.
German Admirals.
‘•William the Hustles*” is the kaiser's
new title, anil his last reform is in
naval uniforms. The new book of
regulations says that an admiral may,
wlmn at sea. wear an oilskin sou'wester
ami coat; but his shirtfront must be
perfectly plain and devoid of tucks or
frills; the corners of his collar must on
no account be rounded or doubled
back, and the distance between the
rows of •'old luce on bis sleeves must
be 27550 of an inch. When he marries
ho must <r<> through the ceremony in
full uniform, and if ho should be in
Berlin on a Suudav. in certain parts of
the city between noon and 1. he must
wear liis cocked hat. He may wear a
citizen's dress when shooting, at
masked balls, at the seaside, and on
half-pay; but otherwise, in order to
obtain that privilege, he must produce
t doctor's certiliealo to the effect that
to wear uniform will injure his health.
A will written on parchment 5.000
years ago has just Itcen discovered in
Egypt, it is a very concise document.
ONE YEAR'S TRADE
REVIEW OF OUR FOREIGN COM
MERCE UP TO JULY 1.
Exports Over n Hilllou Dollars ami Total
Trade I'nprecedeiited In tlie History of
Our Country—Groivth of the llalauce
of Trade In Our Fuvor.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
in a statement to the Secretary of the
Treasury of the imports and exports of
the United States says:
“Our foreign commerce of the last
fiscal year, when compared with that
of 1891 and prior years, presents a large
and gratifying increase. The total
value of our imports and exports of
merchandise attained its highest point,
amounting to $1,857,“-’0,910 as against
$1,799,397,000 during the fiscal year
1891, an increase of $123,339,904 and an
increase of $370,193,883 since 1889. The
excess in value of exports over imports
of merchandise during the last fiscal
year was $202,944,342. The value of
our imports of merchandise during the
last fiscal year amounted to $837.
391,284 ns against $844,910,190
during the fiscal year 1891. a de
crease of $17,324,913. The average an
nual value of our imports for the ten
years from 1883 to 1891 inclusive has
been $712,411,078. It will thus be seen
that our imports for tluf fiscal year 1892
exceeded this average for the ten years
by the sum of $114,979,000. There was
nn increase in our imports of merchan
dise in the following articles, named
in the order of magnitude of the in
crease, Coffee, silk (unmanufactured!,
and sugar and molasses. There was a j
decline in the value of onr imports of
tin plates; silk. manufactures of: j
wool, manufactures of; tobacco, and
manufactures of: vegetables, fruits. \
and textile grasses.
“The value of imports of merelian- '
dise admitted free of duty during the
I year was, however,2,934,719,811 pounds,
and the largest shipped out of the
1 country in any one fiscal year in the
history of such exports. There is a
small decrease in the value of exports
of provisions, but a large increase in
the value of exports of breadstuffs of
5173,700.943 over such exports in 1891;
also an increase in the value of cattle,
sheep, and hogs of $3,801,390.”
•'GENERAL” STEVENSON.
He Won Ills Spun ns an Ollleer of the
Snlvatlon Army.
I was talking with J. C. Patterson
yesterday when out of the rambling
conversation the subject of politics
came as usual with any group of men.
Speaking of the Democratic candidate
for Vice-President Mr. Patterson said:
‘•In a recent issue of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette I notice that
journal doubts the truth of Gen.
Stevenson having acquired his mili
tary title by reason of his connection
with the Salvation army. Now, I
lived at Bloomington for two or three
years, and while I don't think that
Gen. Stevenson ever had a commission
from Gen. Booth as a general officer in
the Salvation Army, yet 1 am satisfied
that his title was acquired while a
member of the Bloomington post
of the Salvation army. Adlai
Stevenson is one of those thor
oughly earnest, truly conscientious
men, and whether it be polities or re
ligion. you may rely upon it. while the
fever is on him. he is thoroughly in
earnest. 1 think lean explain why he
was called General. As 1 remember it.
he occupied the position of master of
the band, and carried the staff
or baton of his office, waving
the same at the head of his com
mand. and from this position as leader
I think the people not only in the Sal
vation army, but the people of Bloom
ington generally, came to call him Gen
eral. 1 don't think that his position in
the Salvation army should subject him
result Is the procuring1 of ample p™.
tire legislation. ”
Well Said.
The Republican party is now, a,
always has been, the friend and j
fender of the people's rights, f
statement that it has been guilty
class legislation is a statement un.,„
ported by facts. It has legislated f
the people of the whole country; ;t
doing so to-day. Over the barriers
obstruction plaeed across its pa dar
by the Democratic party, with colic,
closed up and its flag aloft, it is mai
ing to a victory for its party and
victory for the people. It will ache,
a party triumph in achieving a triune
of the prosperity of the nation—
C. II. Grosvenor.
Tariff Flcture*.
Irrefutable evidence that the y
Kinley law in developing American i
dustry and securing the home mar'*
to the home producer is found in t;
fact that the imports of jrii
and steel manufactures whi
*[or the nine months endit
March 31, 1891. were 834. sny ,
were only819.04:1...
March 31, 1893.
Over the Telephone.
‘•ITello, Calvin Brice.”
“Hello.”
“Haven't you anything to say v»
about Cleveland's nomination?”
“Yes.” :
“What is it?”
“It isn't tit for publication. Call uJ
up later, tiood-by.” j
Ting-a-ling.
Might ltrenk the Sonth.
A free iron ore bill enacted by.
Democratic Congress would endanW
Tennessee and Alabama to the Doi'n,
crats. The bill is therefore held u;i
but only until after election. Dei,
JOHN BULL TO GROVER—“ The Bloomin’ hldiots Won’t Bite While hi Old the Line."
year ending June 30, 1803, was 8438,
001,143; the value of such imports for
the corresponding period of 1891 was
8306,241,352, showing an increase in fa
vor of 1892 of 891,759,739, while for the
same period the value of imports of
merchandise paying duty was 8309,390,
139, as compared with 847S,G74,844,
showing a decrease in the
value of merchandise paying
duty imported during the last year of
8109,284,705. The value of our exports
of merchandise during the fiscal year
1892 was SI,030,335,620, as against 8884,
480,810 during the fiscal year 1891, an
increase of 8143,854,816. The value of
our exports of domestic merchandise
was, in 1892, SI,013,789,607, and it was
the first year of our commerce when
onr domestic exports of merchandise
attained to 81,000,000,000. The value
of our exports of foreign merchandise
was 814,546.019.
'■During the last fiscal year the value
of our exports of domestic merchandise
was 8143,519,324 in excess of the value
of such exports during the preceding
fiscal year. There was a large increase
in the exports of breadstuffs, and
a small increase in the value of ex
ports of fruits, seeds, copper and man
ufactures of animals and oil cake.
There was a decrease in the value of
exports of cotton, mineral oil, refined
sugar, and provisions. During each of
the years from 1870 to 1887, inclusive,
there was an excess of exports over im
ports of merchandise, the yearly average
for that period being 8134,388,313, and
amounting in 1881 to 8259,712,718.
During the fiscal year 1888 the value of
imports of merchandise exceeded that
Of exports 828,002,607; during 1889 the
value of imports of merchandise ex
ceeded that of exports 82,730,277; but
the fiscal year 1890 shows marked
change, and again excess of exports
over imports of merchandise amount
ing to 868,518,275; 'during the fiscal
year 1891 an excess of exports of 839,
564,614, and during the last fiscal year
to the excess of 8202,944,342.
“The value of our exports of raw cot
ton in 1892 amounted to 8258 447 741
™ °'T*n5,to \h,e fal1 in Prices ’w*s
less than during the year
1891, in which was the largest value of
annual exports of this product in the
history of our commerce. The quan
tity of the exports of this product last
to unfriendly and adverse criticism. I
certainly respect his views upon a mat
ter of this sort; and 1 think he is en
titled to just as much consideration as
would be given to a distinguished mem
ber of any church. Don't understand
me as stating positively that Gen. Stev
enson was not commissioned by Gen.
booth as a general officer in the Salva
tion army. I don't know that he was
not, but my impression is that such is
not the case.”—l’argo Argus.
Harrison Will Carry His State.
Hon. Charles F. Griffin, ex-Secretary
of State of Indiana, one of the Harri
son workers at Minneapolis, talks of
the effect of Gray’s treatment at Chi
cago by the Democrats on the result in
his State in this way: ‘-j Hlu perfectly
sanguine that President Harrison will
carry Indiana in November.
‘•Thereisadisgruntled feelingamong
the Hoosier Democrats, not only at the
failure to put Gov. Gray on the ticket,
but at the manner in which he was ig
nored at Chicago. Had he been recog
nized it would have put our people to j
their best trumps to carry Indiana. As
it is, the Republicans are very enthu
siastic and look on victory as a sure
thing. The State ticket, also, is booked
to win. Gov. Chase is a vote getter
from way back, and all the talk of
hostility on the part of the labor or
ganizations has been unduly magnified.
He has the cordial support of the
masses.”
Possibility of Good Prices.
The more nearly the products of any
nation can be consumed within its own
borders, the higher will be the price
that the producers will receive for the
surplus products that they may happen
to have for exportation, and the higher
will be the prices paid for the products
of all of our industries.
Receiving high prices for his own
product, each producer will be able to
hi?^,priees for suuh the products
of his fellow producers as he may wish
to consume. The operatives in each
industry will receive the highest possi
ble wages, provided they prevent the
importation of competitive products
and place proper restraints on the im
i migration of competitive labor.
[ The first step toward securing this
erats in Tennessee and Alabama should
find out all they can about this.
Cleveland and Tammany.
There are evidences that Cleveland
is trying to secure Tammany’s support
by promises to influence his mugwump
friends not to oppose the disreputable
and scandalous control of local affairs
in New York city by the corrupt Tam
many ring.
Col. Carr's Promotion.
Col. E. A. Carr, Sixth cavalry, was
appointed Brigadier-General of the
army, vice Gen. Stanley, retired. Gen.
Carr is the senior cavalry officer on the
active list, and one of the few remain*
ing officers of the regular army who!
commanded a division during the war. j
He lias also seen distinguished service !
in the Indian campaigns. He is a
graduate of the Military academy,liav*
ing been appointed a cadet from New
York in 1840. He served through the
war as a volunteer, receiving five
brevets in all for various acts of gal*
lantry. At the close of the war he was
commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of
the regular army, and, in April, 1879,
was promoted Colonel of the Sixth cav
alry, which commission he held at the
time of his appointment. He is at
present in command of the troops sent
some time ago from Fort Niobrara,
Neb.,to the scene of the cattle troubles
in Wyoming.
Geography In Pickles.
At the great exhibition next year a
Pennsylvania firm will exhibit a map
of the United States 18 feet by 24 feet,
made entirely of pickles, vegetables,
fruit, etc., preserved by the company
which makes the exhibit. The State
lines will be accurately shown, and the
lakes and rivers will be represented by
vinegar. The larger cities will be in
dicated by spices. The whole will be
covered with a single piece of plate
glass, which is beipg specially made
for the purpose. The expense of this
interesting exhibit of the pickling and
preserving industry will b? $15,000.
Germany, in anticipation of a
with I- ranee, has a golden treasure of
900,000,000 marks stowed away ifs a
safe place.
