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January 23, 1896. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. 7 t AT NO MILITIA ORDERED OUT BY THE PRESIDENT. RECOGNITION FOR CUBA. The President Is Expected to Boon Issue a Proclamation Recognizing the Bel ligerency of the Patriots The Cession of Cuba to England . Would Be Resisted by Uncle Sam. Washington, Jan. si. A flat denial is given at the War department to the report from Florida that the depart ment has requested the governor of that state to put the Florida troops in readiness to take the field at a mo ment's notice. In the first place, it is said the President has no constitution al or lawful authority to make such a request, and in the next place there is no emergency that would justify the calling out of the 1,200 men who make up the Florida militia. The rumor was current here and elsewhere in the East last night that President Cleveland had learned that Spain, despairing of a successful ter mination of the war, had offered to sell Cuba to Great Britain. The rumor seemed to be confirmed by dispatches from Florida. The governors of the Southern states, according to advices, had been requested by the War de partment to prepare the State militia men for immediate service. Troops were reported on the move in Florida, and the belief was held in some quar ters that the flying squadron of Great Britain was destined for service in American waters. The cessation of Cuba to Great Brit ain would certainly be resisted by the United States and on these grounds sensational war predictions were sent out. - Nothing is known at the depart ments about the alleged offer of sale of Cuba. However, a crisis has been reached in the Cuban war and Presi dent Cleveland is said to have pre pared a proclamation, which may be received in the near future' rec ognizing the belligerency of the patriots. The President, it is declared, intended to recognize the insurgents last week, when he learned of the recall of Marshal Campos, but under the circumstances. the executive thought that such recor- n ; : : 1 .3 v i i . nitition would be rcgarueci as irtOp- portune and unfriendly to Spain, and he therefore withheld the important document, pending the appointment of a successor to Campos. Now that Campos has been retired ; there, is ap parently, no reason for withholding it longer. Coupled with the rumor of pending negotiations for the cession of Cuba to the English crown comes an additional assertion that President Cleveland may go beyond the original proposi tion and recognize the independence of Cuba. This, however, must be taken with a large grain of salt. , There is an important distinction be tween independence and belligerency. Belligerency can be recognized when insurgents have established themselves on a basis of apparent permanen cy by having military establishments able to cope with the armies of the parent country and having es tablished a form of government. In dependence, on the other hand, ac cording to the principle and invaria ble practice of the United States, is recognized "only when the legal gov ernment of another nation, by its es tablishment in the actual exercise of political power, is supposed to have re ceived the express or implied assent of the people." The London Globe's Arrogant Talk. London, Jan. 2L The Globe this afternoon in an article condemning the attitude of the United States Sen ate committee on foreign affairs, says: "The English people will not stand much more flouting from anybody, and these gentlemen, whom we credit with no more exalted sentiment than the wish to stand well with their Irish constituents, may very easily find themselves face to face with a situa- tioft that could only be called appalling-V President's Reply in the Bayard Matter. Washington, Jan. 31. -The Presi dent sent to the House his reply to the resolution calling upon him for in formation as to what he had done about the matter of the speeches de livered by Ambassador Bayard. He transmits copies of the two' speeches in iun ana aiso copies ol the letters from Mr. Bayard, explanatory of them, No action was taken by the President on the speeches, except to notify Mr. Bayard of the action of tne House. lis Destination Not Decided. London, Jan. 21. In spite of the as sertion of a sensational rumor to the contrary, the British admiralty says that the destination of the flying squaaron, now at opitneaa, is not yet determined upon even by the admir alty and that certainly it will not go to .Bermuda or any where m American waters for the present. Gasoline Fatally Burns a Family. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan.. 21. Jacob Bruehl, a barber, his wife and 7-year-old boy were fatally burned at their residence on Knowlton street, Cum mingsville, this morning from the effects of an explosion of a gasoline stove. A Railroad Man Ends His Life. St. JosEfH, Mo., Jan. 21. Elmer F. ' Jackett, a young railroad man, COm mlttal cninirla loaf viffvlt at ? --, V... -.J Fing house on South Sixth street, bv Jaking Rough on Rats. He was out of employment and despondent. To Salve Campos' Wounded Pride. Madrid, Jan. 21. Although Mar tinez Campos has declined the post of president of the supreme military court of justice, his appointment will nevertheless be gazetted. KENTUCKY SENATORSHIP. the Rival Candidates Hard at Work Mar shaling Their Forces. Fbamcfort, Ky., Jan. 2!. Although the leaders of both parties had agreed mai mere snouia De no Dauounsr lor Senator till February 4, or until after the successor of Wilson had qualified, yet the nominees of the caucuses seem to be so suspicious of each other that they are marshalling their forces here for balloting in both houses separately Tuesday, and the friends of Hunter are claiming he will be declared elect ed Wednesday. Some Republican Sen ators insist they will join the Demo crats in postponing the election until after Wilson's successor arrives, as there was authority for the agreement. Some of Hunter's most ardent sup porters think the scheme to postpone the election of Senator was a trick in the interest of Bradley or Yerkes, and say that they will, therefore, not abide by it In addition to the opposi tion from those who want to stand by the compromise agreement, Populist Poor has become estranged from Hunter, but says he will never go to Blackburn, so it does not seem possi ble for any election of Senator to occur this week. The deadlock be tween Hunter and Blackburn with their fighting friends on the ground is expected to make trouble. Both sides are very determined and suspicious. SCHOOL TEACHER KILLED. Henry Foust Dies of Injuries Inflicted by Two Popils. Drkxkl, s Ma, Jan. 21. Henry Foust, teacher of Prairie View school, five miles northwest of here, died last night from injuries which were in flicted upon him some days ago by two of his 16-year-old pupils. Foust, it seems, severely punished Arthur Bish op for some misdemeanor in school Young Bishop's father was so angered by it that he gave a knife to his son and instructed him to use it in case the teacher attempted to punish him again. The next day the teacher started to whip the boy and the latter tried to carry out his father's instruc tions, but the knife was knocked from his hand. At this point, another boy, Earl Dunington, interfered and as sisted Bishop in beating and kicking the teacher into insensibility. Blelvllle F. Ingalls for President. Cihcinnati, ' Ohio, Jan. 21. Since this city did not get the National Democratic convention a movement to get the nomination has been started. The Cincinnati delegation that went to Washington last week to present ne claims of this city to the National Democratic committee, was headed by Melville F. Ineralls, president of the l; "L1,, i. : l n ,j Juui auu utucr 1 aim ay a, uuu he is the man that a combination of busi ness men and politicians are consider ing as a candidate who would com mand the confidence of business interests in these 6tringent times. Miss Barton Goes to Turkey. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 21. Rev. Charles C. Creegan, secretary of the American board of missions of the Congregational church, lectured here last night on the Armenian question. After the lecture, he said Miss Barton, of the Red Cross Society, would go to Armenia to distribute the relief fund collected in the United States. She would not wait for the permission of the bultan of Turkey before starting, but upon her arrival in Constantinople she would go to the Sultan with Min ister Terrell and ask for permission to visit Armenia in person. Tramps Horsewhipped. , Centbalia, Mo., Jan. 21. Three tramps visited this city Saturday evening and, after becommg some what intoxicated, began to disturb the peace by entering stores, restaurants and barber shops and threatening the lives of several citizens. They were locked up by the city marshal. Less than an hour later they were taken from the officers by six masked men and escorted to a lake one mile east of the city. There each tramp was given a ' severe horsewhipping and then released. The tramps immedi ately fled. Women Are for Peace. Chicago, Jan. 21. Mrs. Charles Henrotin, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, has issued a circular letter to all the club presidents, asking them to bring for ward the consideration ol a peace movement in Europe and in this country. The ultimate hope is to have a convention of the Christian powers in 1900, with a view to establishing an international court of arbitration. Many of the club presidents have already acted in accordance with the letter. Prisoners Hanged by Negroes. Havana, Jan. 21. The band of Bermudez plundered Sterra Linares in Pinar del Rio, and it is alleged the negroes of the band hanged the mer chants in the presence of their wives and children. It is reported 150 per sons have taken passage on the steamer Olivette for her next trip to Florida. A Notorious German Judge Dead. Beblin, Jan. 21. Judge Brausweil ler, who was the severest and most reactionary of the Berlin judges in all political trials, is dead. He had re cently become insane and had been placed in an asylum. An attempt is now being made to have some of his everest se ntences set aside. To Fortify Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 21. It was learned yesterday that an agent of the war department had been making inquiries in this city for an available site for the location of a fortification for the protection of the city in case of a foreign war. Artist Gillam Dead. Amsterdam, N. Y., Jan. 21. Ber nard Gillam, the noted cartoonist of Judge, died yesterday morning at the home of his father-in-law, ex-Senator James Arkell of Canojaharie. His death was the result of an attack of typhoid fever. . J REBATE INDICTMENTS Santa Fe Officials Hast Stand Trial, bat the Shippers Go Free. Chicago; Jan. 21. In the United States court to-day Judtre Grosscuo handed Hn-n n nninlnn n to quash the indictments in the Santa Fe's alleged violations of the interstate commerce act. The indictments were upheld in part and quashed in part John A. Henlev, general trafflo manager of the Santa Fe, and ex-President Binehart of the road were adjudged to have been properly indicted on two counts. The indictments against Isaae Thorapsou, a Kansas City shipper, and Manager Jenkins of the Hammond Packing company, were quashed, the court holding lack of sufficient pres entation of facts to show that they had resorted to a "device" to secure a less than the regular rate of shipment. These decisions are in effect that a shipper could not be held for violation in accepting a rebate and form the first legal interpretation of that part of the interstate commerce law mak ing shippers equally liable wish carri ers to a violation of the law in dis criminating, Henley and Einehart will not submit- without a stubborn fight and probably an appeal to a higher court A NEW DEATH DEALER. Fires Four Hundred Shots a Minute as Long as Desired. New Yobk, Jan. 21. A new auto matic rapid-fire gun has been adopted by the Navy department after careful and exacting tests. In its operation the gases of the power are utilized to throw out the empty shells and feed in the fresh cartridges. The whole machine, after one movement of a lever by hand, is worked by the expansion of the gases without inter fering with the efficiency of the explo sive in propelling the bullet The op erator merely sets the gun up on a three legged platform, trains it on a given object and pulls a trigger like that of a pistol, and the gun goes on firing. A continuous fire may be kept up at the rate of 400 shots a minute as long as may be desired. GEN. WEYLER ACCEPTS. He Will Govern , Cuba, With Snares Taldei Second In Command. Madbid, Jan. 21. General Valerio Weyler has accepted the governor gen eralship of Cuba and on Friday he will sail for that island to assume com mand of the Spanish forces. General Suarez Valdez will be, his assistant and adviser. General Weyler is a veteran of wide experience, is known as a severe dis ciplinarian and a man with great en ergy and resource, and it is predicted that the lenient policy pursued by Campos with the insurgents will be speedily done away with. A Clergyman Assassinated. Toomsbobo, Ga., Jan. 21. There is great excitement near Hall's Station, Wilkinson county, over the mysterious assassination of Rev. Warran Powers, a well known country preacher. He was called to his door at night and shot, falling dead in the arms of his wife. The suspicions of the officers have been directed to a man named Dixon, a member of Powers' congre gation, and he is under arrest. It is said that last Sunday Powers preached a strong 6erinon against the marital infelicities of some of the community. and. Dixon took the sermon as applying to him. Red wine May Be Pardoned. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2L Advices received from Washington seem to leave no doubt that President Cleve land will grant a pardon to Lewis Redwine, now in the Ohio peniten tiary, although Redwine has served but little more than one year of his seven years' sentence. Redwine was in the center of the biggest sensation Atlanta has ever known. His defalca tion of about $100,000 wrecked the Gate City National bank, and that, it has always been believed, was re sponsible for the suicide of Tom Cobb Jackson Millions for a HospitaL PiTTSBCBo, Pa., Jan. 21. The will of Mrs. Anna R. Aspinwall of this city, who died recently in Edinburgh, Scot land, was filed in the county courts to-day. With the exception of a few paintings donated to the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, she be queaths her entire fortune, estimated at 83,000,000, to the hospital of the Protestant Episcopal church. Phila delphia. The will will be contested by a niece of the deceased. Miss Delia- held of this city. Martial Law in Bolivia. New Yobk, Jan. 21. A dispatch to the Herald from Bogota, Colombia, says: "Martial law has been pro claimed in the province of Barran quilla, state of Bolivia. Six hundred troops are proceeding from the coast of Magdalena river to the city of Bar- ranquuia, ihe governor has , been invested with military power and the police force has been doubled. The governmant is vigilant and is said to be prepared to put down any attempt t revolution. A Cardinal Dies In France. Toubs, Jan. 2!. Cardinal Gillaume Rene Meignan, archbishop of Tours, was found dead in bed this morning. He was born in 1817 and was created a cardinal in 1893. He was the author of a number of religious and histori cal works, and was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor in 189L A "Camper" Accidentally Poisoned. Hennessey, Ok., Jan. 21. While camping near Riley, Martin Finley was taken very ill and a companion gave him carbolic acid in mistake for medicine, lie died in great atrony be fore help could be had. His compan ions did not learn thsir fatal mistake until after be had died. A German Gunboat Goes to Africa. London, Jan. 2:. A Capetown dis patch to the Times says the German gunboat Sperber has started for Dela goa bay. ROBBERS CAPTURED A Gang Near Pleasanton, Kan., Taken In by Officers. Pleasanton, Kan., Jan. 21. Yes terday morning at 5 o'clock Detective L A. Davis went, with three assist ants, to the forest rendezvous of a gang of robbers and burglars, and captured the entire company. For some time this gang has been committing robberies and burglaries in the vicinity of Pleasanton. The members have eluded arrest by hiding in the timber along the Marais des Cygnes, near the Kansas-Missouri state line. Four of the men gave the following names: George Laughlin, C. D. Mason, James McLaughlin and Sherman Pinks, which are . believed to be aliases. Two of the robbers are from the Indian Territory and are believed to be ex-members of the Dalton gang. The leader of the gang carried papers which indicated that he was Alfred Blanchard from Waco, Texas. A pair of clasped hands has been tattoed in india ink on his right wrist TO SAVE JOHN HAMMOND. General Sherman's Son Appeal to In fluential Friends In His Behalf. Dknveb, Col., Jan. 21. Father Thom as E. Sherman, son of the late General W. T. Sherman, who is engaged in mission work in Denver, yesterday re ceived from James L Houghteling of the Chicago firm of Peabody & Hought eling, a telegram to the effect that the trial of John Hays Hammond for high trsason, will occur at Johannesburg to- morrow, and urging him to use his influence to avert the heavy penalty that is likely to follow Hammond's conviction. Father Sherman and Mr. Hought eling were classmates of Hammond at Yale. Father Sherman at once wired an appeal to his uncle, Senator Sher man, and to General Miles, who is also a relative, to use their influence with the administration to interfere iq Hammond's behalf. THE WEATHER BUREAU. Kites to Be Used to Record the Atmos phere Two Miles Above Us. Washington, Jan. 21. The weather bureau, under the direction of Pro fessor Moore, is now engaged in experiments in the management of aeroplanes or kites that promise to be of high scientific value. It is the pur pose of Professor Moore to devise a system of kites that can be relied upon to carry a considerable weight six or eight pounds, perhaps,two miles above the surface of the earth. It is intend ed to carry up to this great altitude various observation instruments bar ometers, thermometers, hiegrometers and other like instruments which will automatically record the condi tion of the atmosphere above. St, Loali Gets the Populists. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 21. The Pop nlist executive committee awarded the national convention to St Louis. The date is left open between July 7 and 2?, pending the action of the Bimetal lic League, which meets in Washing ton this week. THE MARKETS. Kansas City. Ma, Jan. 21. Receipts of wheat here to-day were less than they were Saturday, There was a fair demand for car lots, but buy ers were very slow to pay any advance for any. thing. One car of choice No. v bard, with spe cial billing, soitt at ozc. Hard wheat No. 2, 61o; No. S. 53j; No. 4, 50c: rejected, 840o; no grade, 30c. Soft wheat-No. 2, 70c: No. 3, Kc; No. 4, S6o: rejected, &0o. ' Sprinir wheat No. i. 60c ; No. t, 58c; rejected, 43i50c; white spring wheat, No. 3, 55c Cora No. 2, 23c; No. 3, 2223o; No. 4, 21 c; white corn, No. 2, 23c Oats-No. 2, ltic; No. 8, 16c; No. 4, 14J4 ISc; no grade,. 181 lo; No i. white, 10 Hi No. J. white, 17Hc Rye o. 2, 3lo; No. 8, 30c- No. 4,29a Bran 1&$ 3o in lOJ-lb sacks ; balk, 6c less. Hay Timothy, choice, $11.50 12.01; No. 1, tlOOOeil.00; No. 2, J).Wj9.W); No. 3, $3.03.50 fancy prairie, $7; choice, $0.006.5O; No. 1, $5.50-6.00; No. 2, i.5O5.0O: packing hay, $3.0031.00. Broon Corn Snort and common, $2025 per ton; pelf working, fair to good, $:5iS5 per ton; self working, choice, $40$50 per ton; dwarf com, $ JO ft W per ton ; all hurl, $25&5) per ton, according to quality. Eggs Strictly fresh candled stock, 14o pet dozen. Poultry Live poultry Hens, 5o: springs, 6Hc; roosteis, 15c; young, )7'4c. Turkeys, hens, 7ra7!c; gobblers, 7c. Ducks, 7K8o. Geese, fat, 5!i "t 6c. Pigeons, dull, 6Jc per dot Dressed hens, 6V4c; springs, 78(4; turkeys, hens, XHc; gobblers, 8c; ducks, 8'Vc; geese, fat, 6l48c Bnttor-Creamory, extra separator, 21o; firsts. V U4o; dairy, fancy, l'O; fair, 13c; store packed, fresh, 10 t 12c ; oil grades, 8c; country roll, fancy, l-'c; choice, 10c. Apples Single barrels sell as high as $3.2); fancy, &!.2jgu.5u per barrel; choice, $LiS$2j common to good, $11$ 1.50 per barrel. Potatoes Home grown, supply fair. 2?H25o hi a small way; choice, 2L22o per bain oar lots; fancy, 25g,27c per bu. Chicago Board of Trade. Chic AGO.Jan. 21. The following is tb.3 range of prices of the grain and provision market on the board of trade : High. Low. Clo.e Close. Jan 2U Jan. 18. wa m 61 60X 6214 61X 2714 26 l 31 18 17 20X ioy 20S4 20 V) 50 10 00 10 77!4 10 80 t0 0214 5 75 5 75!4 6 0214 ' 8714 6 ny, eo 5 124 4 8714 5 8il4 A 15 5 5 ) 5 2714 Wheat January.... May July Corn-- Janoary.. .. May , September., Oats January.... May July Pork Jiinuary. .... May July Lard- January .... May July Shout Ribs January.. ... May July 61 X 0tt 61 26X S74 3Uh 18. 20 18 20H 10 50 10 87 11 02' 5 75 0) 6 1714 5 124 5 4J 5 51) 20K 10 50 1) 45 11 02H 5 7 '. 5 83 6 07 5 40 Live Stock. KAssAsCrrY, Mt., Jan. vl .Cattle-Receipts since Saturday, 5,50 1 ; calves, 58 snipped Satur day. 2.2)9 out tie; no calves. The mark t was strong on natives and weak on Westerns and Tcxans. Hogs Receipts sinse Saturday, 6,18.1: ship pod Saturday, 2,812. The market was lOo hhiher, clewing easy. The top sale. ai $4.00 and the bulk of gales from$3.ti5 to $4.00. 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From the Cincinnati Enquirer: II has been proved time and again that the so-called "canlbal plants," of whlcl the Venus flytrap Is the type, are mucl more healthy when allowed their regu lar Insect food than when they aw reared under netting or In any othei manner which excludes them froa their regular meat diet. The above li an oddity of Itself, especially whea wr consider the fact that there Is a cer tain school of botanists which teachef cannibal plants make no use whatevei of the Insect prey captured by them, but it is nothing compared with th bold assertion made by Francis Darwin That noted scientific gentleman bravely meets the "vegetarian botanists" witb the assertion that all kinds and classes of plants, whether known as "meaters" or not, bear more and heavier fruits and seeds when fed on meat than those that are not allowed a flesh diet. He grew two lots, comprising various varieties ol the different common plants. One lot was regularly fed (through their roots, of course) with pure juices compressed frota meat, the other wl'h water and the various fertilizers. The final fig ures on this odd experiment proves that the plants which were fed pure meat Juice bore 168 fruits of the different kinds, while the unfed plants of the same number and original condition bore but twenty-four. Also that the pampered plants bore 240 Beeda to every 100 borne by the plants that were not given a chance to gratify cannibalistic tastes. , This Is certainly a discovery worthy of much careful study and ex tensive experiment. . THE KAISER AND THE TRAMP. William Gives a Hobo Some Money and Advice. An anecdote of the kaiser and the tramp has Just appeared In Berlin pa pers. Bays the Pall Mall Gazette. Kaiser Willam was, it seems, lately staying at the Jagdschloss Huberstock, near the Angermunde, and was one day shooting in that neighborhood. A tramp descried him from afar, and, not knowing It was the emperor, accosted him with the usual German request for unterstutzung or financial propping up, and also wished to be directed as to the road to Angermunde. The kaiset complied with both requests, conversed with him at length as to his personal and professional views of life, and dis missed him with the wish tor a pleasant end to his day's Journey. The pleasant end was in the police station, for one of the kaiser's servants, who seemed to be of the Scotchman's opinion that It was "an awfu' like business for pulr fouk tae luik at a king," imagined that the emperor had been insulted and telegraphed far and wide for the arrest of the pilgrim, with accompaniment of bonds, fetters, handcuffs, and bo on. The wanderer was run to earth at An germunde, when he learned several things that he did not know before inter-alia, that he had been speaking with the kaiser and was guilty of high treason, anarchism and the like. Need less to say, he was speedily released by an Impetuous telegram from the em peror, who ordered that he should be fed, comforted and have a free ticket to Cuxhaven, "where he told me he wanted to go." What llecomes of the Clothespins? There lives a man in Wayne, Me., who three years ago resolved to keep an account of the clothespins he should be called upon to buy. Since then he has purchased forty dozen, and his wife neither takes in washing ner uses them for kindling. The Way of the World. "It's strange," said the Maltese cat "In this life nobody eeems to get wha he really needs without difficulty." "I've heard that before," Bald the tor tolse shell cat "Yes; but I've had more cause thai usual to notice it. If I wore shoes . wouldn't have anything like the col lection of bootjacks and blacking brush es that come now without assung." Washington Star. PRISONERS ON THEIR HONOR. Kasy to Manage If the Officer Baa Theti Good WilL Jasper Ramey, one of the moonshin ers now In Jail here, walked twentj miles to give himself up to the rev enue officers, says the Louisville Courier-Journal. This is not uncommon In the mountain counties. A number of tht deputies who make periodical visits to the counties of Pike, Knott, Magoffin, etc., have little trouble In arresting thi men they are after, while other officers have W fight for their Uvea. It is told of one of the deputy mar shals that whenever he wants a man be simply writes a letter to him inform ing him that an Indictment has been returned against him and that he wants to met him on a certain day at a neighboring town. Some of the letters wind up like this: "I also have warrants for several of the other boys (naming them), and I wish you would see them and tell them that I will be in on and for them to be there." It Is said that many of the men make their appearance at the place and time designated. Several deputy marshals who go to the top of the Cumberland for prison ers occasionally let the men "tend their crops" while they are under arrest. The officer goes through (he country, meets the man and' says: "Tom, I've a warrant for your arrest" an rignt; I've been 'spectur it." "I know you've a big crop, though, and as court don't meet before Octo ber, you can 'tend your crop and com up to Louisville Just before court opens." Then the man would return to his work and at the appointed time he would be in this city ready to answer to the charge against him when his case was called. Several months ago one of the old-et-t of the deputy United States mar shals in Kentucky walked up to, the door of the county Jail and asked for the Jailer. He was introduced to Mr. Watte and said: "I have three 'shiners' that I brought from Magoffin county. As we came on the train I left my 'mltimuses' in my saddle bags and when we came out of the coach I forgot my saddle bags. I want to know if you will let me put up these prisoners in Jail here without the papers? I will get the 'mltimuses' in a few days and it will be all right and proper." Jailer Watts told the man he would accommodate him because of his bad luck. "But where are the prisoners?" eald the jailer. "Oh, them! Well, they're out In town someplace. We came in yesterday and I told them they might knock about the city until I arranged It with yon for them to go in here. I'll go and look them up and bring them In." In about an hour he returned with three typical, mountaineers, who said they had enjoyed looking at the Bights of the city very much. They had never been in Louisville before and thought it a great eat to be able to "ride thar free," fc.n though they came as pris oners. No Indian Wars In Canada. The great fact stands boldly forth that Canada has never fought the In dians and she will not begin to do M now. Never has Canada bad an In dian war; an Indian massacre is un known in the annals of her history She is too poor to seek glory by slaugh tering the natives born of her boII and too proud to defame her character oi stain her escutsceon. - Contrast with this the policy of th United States, that is nearly alwayi lighting its red men. Indian wars art very expensive matters to deal with The small episode of last year, begin ning with the messiah craze and ending with the tragedy of Pine Ridge agency covering but a few weeksj cost tht United States government $2,000,0001 besides the lives lost, and in additioa unsettled the natives throughout tht country. It is to the credit of the Ca nadian Indians that, although sorel) tempted, the messiah craze had ni charms for them. There was In Canada, it is true, Riel'i first rebellion that cost Canada $7,000, 000 and the lives of some of her noblest HI lzenK. Rut thai was not an Indiai uprising. Nevertheless, it taught botl the white men and the red men a lesson It taught Canada that it would tx cheaper to ration all the Indian tribei than to have another rebellion and il taught the Indian the prowess of tht authorities, and this was emphasizes by the trips given the Indian chiefs t( Ontario, where they beheld tokens o. the power, wealth and glory of th4 white men. Westminster Review. Mark Twain's Series of Mishaps. Mark Twain's lecture tour in the an tipodes is proving highly successful, but, according to the Australian papers, he had a series of set-backs at the start, which probably , have afforded him some quiet chuckles since. His agents had engaged a hall at Hono lulu in which ha was to lecture while the steamer he was traveling to Aus tralia on was in port Eight hundred seats were sold. But when Mark Twain arrived he found he could not land at Honolulu on account of the cholera. As soon as he arrived in Australia he was laid up with a carbuncle, which kept him in his hotel for a week. When he got well, and everything seemed smooth ahead, his manager was put in quaran tine at Adelaide and kept there four teen days because the steamer on which he arrived had smallpox aboard. Bnt Mark went ahead without the man ager, and let him catch up after he got out of quarantine. Perfumes and Microbes. A French savant has discovered thai many perfumes aid health by destroy ing disease microbes. Thyme, lemon, mint, lavender, eucalyptus and other scents proved very useful