AMERICAN .
VHEYCROWDTO CANTON
Streets Filled With Wildly
Cheering Delegations.
MINT DISTISGUISHED CALLERS.
reeeejrlTeala, Ohio aad ladtaae A 4 n Iran
t the Ohio Man Call to Trnf Toelr Ba
pcU and Are Cordially Received hj the
Idol of tba Rapablleaa Party, V aa Ad
iniiii Them,
Cantos. 0., Oct. 9 Canton's streets
have bwn crowded all day. Forty car
load of cheering, fluff waving, fiuely
uniformed and decidedly musical vis
ltora crowded about the McKinley
home. Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
diana sent delegations. Pittsburg Ital
ian! wared old glory by the hundred aa
they marched from the depot at noon.
Indiana shortly afterwards tried to
outdo them in music, cheers and fine
drills of handsome aniformed clubs.
Women marched in line from Jefferson
ounty, Pa. By the middle of the after
noon, Market street, leading to the Mc
Einley house wa filled with marchers.
The Cleveland first voters, who came
last, kept the crowds on the sidewalk
cheering. When Major McKinley re
turned to his home from bis drive to
bis registering place this morning he
found Lieutenant Governor Saille of
Massachusetts among his callers. Mrs.
J. Ellen Foster and daughter of Iowa,
earns shortly afterwards from Chicago
and took lunch at the McKinler home.
A Nation of Political Equal.
In his response to the delegation of
Italians from Pittsburg, Major McKin
ley declared that this waa a nation of
political equals and that the voice of
one citizen was as potent aa the voice of
another. He referred to the United
States as the most favored nation in the
world and asked his visitors if they had
Bot found it so. There were many cries
of "We have." In conclusion he said:
"The issues in this campaign cannot be
overstated in their importance. What
re they? First, shall we sustain law
and order and uphold the tribunals of
Justice, which in all the trying times of
the past have been our greatest safety
and our pride. Shall we do this, men
of Italian birth and desoent? Shall we
continue a financial policy which is
" safe and sound and give to us a money
with which to do a business that is
table in value, and which commands
respect, not only at home, but in every
commercial nation of the world? Will
we restore the industrial policy by
Which this nation has beoome mightier
than all the other great commercial,
manufacturing and mining nations of
the world? On these questions there
should be no two opinions, and I be
lieve this year the people of the country,
of every nationality, of every race and
clan, loyal as they are to this govern
ment of their adoption, will unitedly
us tain the authority of law and ' the
constitution and continue an honest
Inancial system, which will secure
work and wagees and employment and
Comforts for labor, good markets for the
farmer, in which all the people will par
ticipate, I bid yon, my fellow citizens,
Warm and generous welcome to my
home. I am especially gratified to be
assured that our Italian fellow citizens
are enrolled this year in the ranks
Of the great Republican party and
that they are entitled in a patriotic ef
fort to achieve a victory for themselves,
for their labor, for their occupations and
for their country." (Three cheers for
the next president.)
Welcome to Hooslert.
Responding to the delegations from
Logansport, Major McKinley said in
part: "My fellow citizens, your pres
ence from a neighboring state, bringing
as you do, assurances of devotion to the
Republican party and of support to
the ticket this year, is most
gratifying to me. I welcome yon all to
my city and to my home. Your pres
ence here means much. It means that
you have a deepconcern for the welfare
of your country and that yon believe
that welfare will be the Dest subserved
By a Republican triumph on the third
day of November. If the financial plan
advocated by our allied opponents be
practical and sound, then the fiamers
of our constitution idled away very
much time and wasted very much effort
In providing a plan for raising money
to oonduct the government. If this new
departure, so-called, be in any sense
practical, then we don't need any tariff
laws in this country, any tax laws, any
any custom houses or any tax collectors
anywhere, because if you can make
money out of nothing by the mere
breath of congress then it ia
idle to impose taxes upon the
people to bear the burden and
expense of conducting the govern
ment. If by mere fiat, whether it be
fiat to the extent of 50 cents or to the
extent of a 100 cents, if the government
by a mere act ot congress can make
money, then all the work of Washing
ton and Jefferson, Ilamilton and Clay
and all the financiers and statesmen of
this country was mere idleness and
folly. But their work was not idle and
foolish.
Old Taihloned Barbecue.
Orleans, Neb., Oct. 9. A barbecue
at Orleans Friday, Oct. 16, will attract
a large crowd. The speakers are Major
William Warner, Kansas City; Mr. B.
Rosewater, Omaha; Hon. J. H. Mao
Coll, Hon. P. O. Hedlund, Hon. J. A.
Piper, Hon. W. E. Andrewt.
Nebraska City Man Insane.
Nebraska City, Neb., Oct. 9. Will
iam Oornutt, whose mind has been fail
ing for some time, was adjudged insane
by the commissioners. He will be taken
to the asylum at Lincoln in a few dayt.
Newspaper Changes Bands.
Lincoln, Oct. 9. The Evening Newt
has passed into the hands of Trlyot
Tyndale, agent of Hector Tyndale of
New York, who lately filed a chat tie
mortgage for 6,000 againjt it
OU MAURIER IS DEAD.
ArtUI-NorelWt Kacrombe ta tae Coaasaoa
Kaoeir of Maakiad.
LosnoM. Oct. 9. Of orge Dn Maurier.
the artist-novelist, author of Trilby,
died at Jr:30 o'clock this morning. Die
death of Mr. Da
Maurier was pain
ful in the extreme.
For days he has
been hovering be
tween death and
life, at intervals
conversing with
his friends regard
ing hie work.
Upon ooe occasion
a friend at the dy
ing man's bedside
referred to the
OF.OROB DC ma TRIER, success of "Tril
by" as a book and as a play, whereupon
Du Maurier replied: "Yes, it has been
successful, but the popularity has killed
me at laxt."
One of Da Manner's friends, who
was present at his death, said: "He
died almost as tragically as Svengali.
At the renith of his fame Svengali be
came a victim of an affection of the
heart, and Du Maurier has gone the
same way. At the zenith of his popu
larity the author has succumbed to the
heart trouble from which he always
suffered, his suffering being accentuated
by the constant succession of exciting
incidents in which the closing few
months of his life were spent. Checks
rained in upon him as his old heart
trouble increased. This, complicated
with an affection of the lungs, took
him off."
CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
Hons Racers Fall to Agree and Ona of
Them la Killed.
Kansas City, Oct. 9. Monroe Boles,
27 years old, of Richmond, was shot to
death by his cousin, B. F. Cades, also
of Richmond, as the result of an en
mity of a year's standing, growing out
of a disagreement over a string of raoe
horses in which they were jointly in
terested. The shooting occurred in the
midst of a crowd of 2,000 carnival
roysterers. Cades fired six bullets
into the body of Boles who
was unarmed, and then attempted to
escape, but was caught by a policeman.
Stage Robbed la Mow Mexico. I
Denver, Oct. 9. A special to The
Republican from Santa Fe, N. M.J
says: A dispatch from San Antonio, '
K. M., states that the United States
mail coaoh was held up by masked j
men 40 miles out. The mail sack was
cut open, rifled and the stage horses
stolen. The driver was left without
conveyance and walked eight miles
back to the station, when the alarm
was sent into San Antonio. The west
bound coach was due to past this local
ity three hours later and it is believed
was also robbed. It is thought the'
highwaymen are the same that held up !
Vt A A rlartfis tan1 Ttioi flrt a 1 ma A t-n I ri '
west of Alb nquerque a few days ago.
HI Second Victim
Woodward. Okl.. Oct. 9. Temnle
was a delegate to the Chicago conven
tion, Bhot and fatally wounded J. B.
Jenkins. The trouble arose over the
action of Jenkins in spitting in the face
of Houston's ton a few dayt ago. Hous
ton is under arrest. One year igo
Houston shot aud killed J. B. Jenc i gs
in a saloon fight in this city. Horn 'on
escaped punishment on a plea of elf
defense.
On Trial For Harder.
Kansas City, Oct. 9. A speoial to
the Star from Mexico, Mo., says: Will
January, the boy murderer, waa put on
trial for his life in the oircnit court
here before Judge E. M. Hughes. He
thot his old father and then beat hit 1
brains out with a club. Both the state 1
fight.
The Remit In Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9. Advicet re
ceived by the Journal up to midnight
from combined offloial and unofficial
sources fix the total Democratic ma
jority at 8(5,129. This estimate is based
upon the vote for Atkinson for gov
ernor, which in many cases is less than
that cast for the other state officials.
It is not believed the final returns will
materially alter this estimate. The
legislature is almost solidly Demooratio
in both branches, insuring practically
the unanimous eleotion of ex-Speaker
Crisp to the senate to succeed Senator
Gordon. Two constitutional amend
ments were voted on and both were
carried overwhelmingly. One is to pro
vide for the increase of the supreme
court from three to six justices and to
provide for their election by the people.
The other is to make the state school
commissioner elective.
Called on Mr. Olney.
Washington. Oct. 9. Thursdav was
Secretary Olney's first diplomatic re-'
eeption day for three?montha, yet there
were only three of the corps among hit
callers. Senor Andrade of Veneiuela
spent half an hour in close consultation
With the secretary and it is presumed
the disouesion concerned the negotia
tions relative to the boundary contro
versy, and particularly the last move in
British Guinea authorizing the building
of a British railway through the dis
puted territory, which threatens, if
pushed, to disturb the present satisfac
tory statu qno.
STRONGER FEELING.
Chicago Markets Adrance TJnder Stlmolas
of Free Boring.
Chicago, Oct. 8. The taking hold of the
wheat market again by big operators and ta
confidence Inspired by their notion M largely
responsible tor an advanoe of lo In Deoemhor
today. All the other markets were firm, oora
advancing Ho. H aad provision
fUr.. Oloeln prlcen:
WHfiAT-Deo.. fl8?t8Hc: May, T2fs.
UOKN Dec, scii;; May, nwi,
OATS-Dao., 1754s May, l&Ho.
PORK-Oct.. M (b; Jan., IT .&).
LARD Oct., It S7'4: Jan.. U WgtCtjt
una Jan., ss.T4Haa.Ta,
The City of Cordova.
From the station we drove through a
taring white suburb, pant the welt
whitewashed wall of the bull ring, to
the Fouda de Orient. It was still early
in the afternoon, the sun fierce, the
light blinding the hour when all suiii-
nior we hail laton alneninir and dreallllllK
in the Alhambra'e hall and the Urn-
eralife's gardens. Remembering their
loveliness, and hoping for new beauty
like it, we could not stay i the dull
hotel bedroom, though with its tiled
floor it was fairly cool and clean, and
we went out into the town. Silence
hung over it like a pull. Every winding
street in the labyriutn'beyond the Paaeo
was empty; not a living creature in
sight, only once in awhile a beggar,
who rushed from ennie spot of shade to
assail us. All the low, white houses,
with their iron barred windows, were
tight shut The place was abandoned and
desolate, its silence unbroken by sound
of toil or traffic.
Was this really the Cordova of Mum
and Abderrahrcan, the Cordova once
called the Bagdad or Damascus of the
west, whose streets were ever alive with
the clang of arras, the poinp of prooes-j
sions, the clatter of students going to
and from the schools, whose name was
a synonym for wealth and power, for
culture and industry the world famous
town with its scientists and merchants
and women doctors? It was as if a
plague had fallen suddenly upon the
town and left not one man, woman, or .
child to tell the tale. Elizabeth R.
Pcuuell in Century.
Wendell I'iilllipa.
The Cosmopolitan quotes some per
sonal comments written by Wendell
Phillips when on his lecture tours.
From Illinois he writes, in a car, with
I a lead pencil:
, "The weather is dull; only two days
since I left that I have seen the sun;
, rain, snow, clouds, damp, mud and
grim heavens. Still, the audiences are
I large,"
From ono of the oil towns in Penn
' sylvauin:
I "Hero I am in an oil town, mud over
the hubs of the wheels; literally, one
horse was smothered in it; the queerest
crowd of men, with trousers tucked in
. their boots. Everybody here is making
j money tho first pluce I have found
where this is the case Explanation
they have all struck oiL
"In Milwaukee, I had a fine suit ol
rooms, buth, chamber, parlor, with pier
glass 10 feet high and 6 feet broad'
nothing showy just comfortable.
"I, the traveler, the elderly gentle
man, have been kissed in Illinois I Put
that in your pipe and smoke it if you
can without choking your envious soul.
Yes, kissed on a publio platform, in
front of a depot, the whole world envy
ing me. Who did it, do you ask? It waa
an old man of 73 yearn, a veteran aboli
tionist, a lovely old saint. In the early
days of the cause we used to kiss each
other, like the early Christians, and
When he saw me he resumed the habit. "
A Fhyeidan' Novel Devlo.
- The carjjrf pigeon hot been put to
many uses, such, for instance, as mak
ing known the results of races and elec
tions to people liviDg at a distance. But
a doctor in Scotland has extended its
utility in a remarkable way. He has
large and scattered practice, and wt
gather from The Medial Press and Cir
cular that when he goes on long rounds
he carries a number of pigeons with
him. If he finds that some of his pa
tients require medicine at once he writes
out prescriptions, and by means of the
pigeons forwards them to hia surgery. '
Here an assistant gets the messages, '
prepares the prescriptions and dispatches
the medicine. If, after visiting a pa
tient, the doctor thinks he will be re
quired later in the day, he simply leavei
a pigeon, which ia employed to summon
him if necessary. To this enterprising '
physician the keeping of carrier pigeons
means a saving oi time, expense auu
labor.
What Willie Bald.
The minister, it was expected, would
vpend the evening with the family, and
Mrs. Williams was most anxious that
her little boy should appear at his best
"Now, Willie," she said, "Dr. Schulta
will ask you your name, and you must
tell him it is Willie. And he will ask
yon how old yon are, and then yon must
eay 'Five.' And he will want to know
where bad little boys go, and yon must
tell him, 'They go to helL' Do you un
derstand?" Not content with a repeti
tion once or twice, Mrs. Williams drill
ed him again and again in the answers.
Dr. Schultz came, as expected, and
after a short conversation with the host
ess lifted the child on his knee and said, I
"Well, my little fellow, can you tell me J
your name?" Imagine the surprise of'
the reverend doctor when, like a flash, I
came the answer : " Willie. Five yean '
old. Go to helll" London Figaro.
She Bad Her Choice.
"And so she married a man named
Smith. That shows the was pretty hard
tp."
"On the contrary, the says the had
her choioe of names. "
"Had her choice of names and chose
Smith?"
"That's what the said."
"Oh, well, I suppose the meant her
choice of hit and hers, and the naturally
chose his. " Chicago Pott.
Not a Qaestloa of Ooodneas.
It is not a question of who it "good
enough" to go to heaven or who is
"good enough" to Join church. People
should not be received Into churches on
profession of goodness, but on profes
sion of faith. Nobody can tell of any
body else that he orsbeis"good enough
to go to heaven." Western Recorder.
Whistling winds, which give a shrill
errand through the cracks and oranniet
of a building, generally indicate cooler
weather.
The business portion of St Petersbrrg
was seriously damaged by fire in 1882,
the property lost exoeeding 10,000,000.
STORM SWEPT COASTS.
Fierce Winds Raging on
Coast of England.
the
OCEAN GREYHOUNDS DELATED,
toaaaor Majeetto Eaeeaater Hoar? Wind
ad Sea Haora aad lightships Adrift
Aa I'okaowa Schooner Lost Maeh Dana-
age Iaa to Shipping aad la
Property.
QrKEKRTOWH, Oct. A gale which
creased fury. All the buoys in Queens- j
town harbor have been shifted, some of
them being driven a quarter of a mile
from their positions. The Daunt's rock
liglituhip, having on board a crew of
eight men, has broken adrift and is be
lieved to' have foundered, while the '
Roche's point lightship is not visible.
The Majestio, which left Liverpool
Wednesday for New York, arrived here
lute and sailed again for New York.
The Majestio took 20 instead of 10
hours to run from Liverpool to Queens
town. She encountered terriflo
weather and reports that she saw noth
ing of the lniHi ng Daunt's rock light
ship. The Belgian steamer Puunland,
which sailed from Liverpool for Phila
delphia, via this port, also failed to re
port here. Both vessels eiperienoed
the full force of the gale. There are
600 passengers here awaiting steamers
upon which to embark for New York
and elsewhere.
1 Itmifl la Iteronshlro.
London, (let. 0 .The storm has
caused considerable damage along the 1
English, Irish and WcUh coasts. Num
erous vessels have been sighted flying
signals of distress. At Ilfrancoiube,
Devonshire, the sea has washed away
100 feet of the wall fronting on the 11-
francombe hotel; the lower part of the.
town was flooded, a number of houses
being swamped. At Porthcawl tie ,
seas were 00 feet high and have beep
crashing over the breakwater, Floods
are also reported in various parte of
Wales. The Rhonda and Swansea Bay
railroad in many parte is nuder
fix
feet of water or washed away.
Schooner Loat.
Liverpool, Oct. 9. An unknown
schooner bat been lost off Holyhead and
her crew of five men were drowned.
BEGGING PARDONS.
Asking for Release of Cluoe, Btandwood
and Rose.
Washington, Oct. 9. Colonel Christy
of counsel of the American Railway
union and the Knights of Labor, called
at the department of justice and
filed a petition for the pardon of W.
H. Clune, Phillip Stanwood and Isaac
Ross, convicted in Southern California
of conspiracy to obstruct and retard the
United States mails during the railroad
strike of 1894 and sentenced to 18
months imprisonment. Tho petition
betrs many signatures, including those
of a number of Massachusetts clergy
men. It recites that the prisoner! were
not present at the time the boycott
went into effect which resulted In the
stopping of train No. 18 and that no
overt act has been even charged against
them involving injury to property or
violence to persons; that they were con
victed only on the telegrams signed by
them prefunctorily as officers of the
American Railway union, and that they
had not the slightest idea of violating
the law, but headed a petition of 8,000
railroad men guaranteeing service to
move the United States mails, and pre
senting the same to the United States
district attorney; that they are convicted
purely on technical grounds; that they
are men of good character and bear ex
cellent reputations in the community
where they live.
BOOSTING RATES
Trafflo Manager Advance Rates to Mis
souri River I'olnta.
Chicago, Oct. 9. The traffic mana
gers of the western roads gave freight
rates another boost aud then adjourned
until next Wednesday. They decided
on the following rates at their meeting:
From Kansas City to St. Louis, wheat,
10 cents; corn, 7 cents; Kansas City
local, wheat, 14 cents; corn, 10 cents.
The rate to Chicago will be 6 cents
higher than these rates and flaxseed will
be 2 cents higher than wheat, From
Omaha to St. Louis, wheat, 17 cents;
coarse grain, 12 cents; flaxseed Scents
higher than wheat, and the rates to
Chicago are to be 5 cents above these
rates. On packing house products and
fresh meats the rate to Chicago from
the Missouri river will be 23 cents
and to the Mississippi 18 cents. The
rate on cattle and hops to Chicago was
fixed at 23j cents. No date was fixed
for these rates to become effective, but
it will not be later than Nov. 1.
Ohio Bankers.
Dayton, O., Oct. 9. The Ohio Bank
ers association elected Robert McOurdy
of Youngstown president and S. B.
Rankin of South Charleston secretary.
Governor Bnshnell delivered an ad
dress. His subject waa "Banks and
Manufacture." He made a plea for the
gold standard and said the restoration
of confidence would mean the restora
tion of business.
Johnson Break tho Record.
, Chicago, Oct. 9. John S. Johnson
broke the world's record for two miles
paced, flying start, at the new Garfield
park track. He made the ride in 8:38 8-6,
breaking the record previously held by
Berlo of 8:43 15, made at Louisville,
Nov. 18, 1895. The first mile was made
in 1:41 2-5 and the second in 1:57 1-5.
Closed It Door.
Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 9. The
rlosing of the doors of the Cape Ann
Savings bank, one of the largest banks
in the state, was announced by a notice
on the bank's doors and shortly after
ward George J. Marsh, treasurer of the
bank, committed suicide by shooting.
Marsh was 68 years of age.
PALMER AND BUCKNEW.
Tha Quid Standard lvatoeraU Nemlaee '
la Cbleaaa.
t Chioa(H), Oct. 9. Generals Palmer
and Purkuer were the principal speak
ers at the rail of the National letno
crata held in the Auditorium last even
ing. The hall was tastefully decorated
with flags and banting, blue and gray
intertwined being the prominent fea
tures. Chairman Roberta called the
meeting to order and Introduced Gener
al Palmer. The general was given an
ovation, the audience riring en masse,
cheering and waving flags. In his re
marks General Palmer referred to the
Indianapolis convention and asserted
h he ?d "P h nomination
tendered by that convention with any
expectation of serving either the Repub
lican or the Populist rty.
General Buckner al spoke, follow
ing General Palmer, a address was
lmo,l who11'' ' financial
question,
Colonel John P. Irish, he eloquent
Oalofornian, was the next i eaker. He
attacked the Chicago plat fa t plank by
plank and discussed the fiua lial ques
tion at great length.
ADMITS WOMEN DELEGATES.
M. B. Conference Overwhelmingly In Favor
of tha roller.
Amuon, Neb., Oct. 9. Interest In the
Methodist Episcopal conference centered
in the report of the Neligh district.
Rev. David Marquette has been presid
ing elder of the district for six years,
the full limit allowed by the ohuroh,
tad appropriate resolutions were passed
by the preachers of the Neligh district.
His six years of work has been crowned
with the best results. A number of
young men have been sent out from the
Neligh district to preach and the mem
bership In the church has been praoti
cully doubled.
The vote on the constitution resulted
ill favor ot the admittance of women
to the general conference as delegates
by a rote of 69 to T. On equal minis-
terial and lay representation in the gen
eral oonferenoe the vote was 44 to 23
.agHiost the proposed change.
k ThVlecture of Bishop MoOahe
was
- delivered to a large and euthusiastia
audience. A number of old soldiers oc
cupied the platform beside the bishop.
Ilurglar Go Through Herman Store.
Herman, Neb., Oct. 9. Burglars vis
ited this town. They forced an en
trance into Wallace Bros.' dry goods
store and helped themselves to clothing, I
dry goods and groceries. The amount j
taken cannot be estimated. They also
visited Trueblood's grocery, but secured '
little but coffee. The butcher shop
owned by William Rutlodge was also
visited aud 3 secured.
Mrs. Hlttenbender Darned.
IILinooln, Neb., Oct. 9. A certificate
has been filed by the chairman and sec
retary of the National state central
committee, putting in nomination Ada
M. Bittenbender for judge of the su-'
preme oourt in place of Martin I. '
Brower, resigned. This makos Mrs, 1
Bittonbender the candidate of both fno-'
tions of the Prohibition party for this
office.
New Church Dedicated.
Brainard, Nob., Oot. 9. Bishop
Bonacnm of Linooln conducted the
dedication exercises here, dedicating
the Catholio church and parsonage.
Bohemian societies, accompanied by
bands, were present from Wahno, Wil-1
ber. Prague, Bruno, Abie, Linwood, '
Dwight and Weston.
CLOSED THE SERIES.
Baltimore Victorious In the Temple Cnp
Contest. I
Cleveland, Oct. 9. The final game
of the Temple cup series will go on rec
ord as a hard fought contest, despite
the fact that the score was not as close
as it might have been. For infielding
the game was magnificent on both sides 1
and honors were easy. Cuppy pitched
a strong game, but towards the end hits
were bunched on him aud Baltimore
earned the victory well. Up to the
seventh inning hits were scarce and
scattered, but then a two bagger, fol-1
lowed by a single, and Cleveland's only
error, gave two runs. There was no
quitting, however, and the runs in the
eighth were earned by hard batting.
Emslie and Sheridan did excellent work, I
however, only one decision being ques-.
tionable, that when Childs was called
out for stealing second in the fifth. At
tendance 2,000. Score by innings:
Cli'V.'liind oooooooo o-o
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 ft 2 8 xt
Connecticut Gold Democrat. I
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 9 The state
convention of the gold standard Demo-
crats was held at Footguard hall and i
during the three hours deliberations ,
there were placed in nomination presi-1
dential electors, a full state ticket, con- j
gressmen and endorsement given to the '
nominees for state senators and judges '
of probate selected by the several can-!
cusses. The nominations were by ac-1
clamation. The state ticket includes'
Joel A. Sperry, New Haven, governor;
lieutenant governor, William Waldo'
Hyde of Hartford; secretary of state,
Judge William Belchers, New London;
state treasurer, George H. Hoyt, Stam
ford; comptroller, Herbert Curtis,
Waterford. The platform adopted re
affirmed the declarations made by the
Connecticut Democrats at Hartford
June 10 of this year, indorses the ad
ministration of President Cleveland and
the platform and candidates of the In
dianapolis convention.
Sightless People la Seealon.
St. Lotna, Oct. . A convention of
blind people is in session in this city,
with 40 persons present, some of them
from other states. Mr. E. B. West of
Iowa, president of the National Asso
ciation of Colleges for the Blind, under
whose auspices the convention is held,
presides. Miss Lina A. Owens served
as recording secretary and Mist Bar
bara of Windsor, Mo., as corresponding
secretary. Interesting papers were
read and discussed. The object of the
association is to agitate the establish
ment of a home for the gii'btleas.
Weeejaaa-Wa aa fireman. '
Some interesting lit tie storied are told
of Utxirae Waehingtm in connection
with the Friendship Fire company, or
ganised in 1774 in his home, Alexan
dria. At first the company consisted of oit
liens who, out of "mutual friendship,"
agreed to carry to every fire " two leath
ern buckets and one great bag of ocna
buTg or widur liunen. " Washington was
made an honorary memlwr, and when
he went as a delegate to the congress of
1774 at Philadelphia he examined tho
fire engines in use there. On his return
to Philadelphia to the continental con
giena in 1776, he bought from a maa
named Oibba a small fourth class en
gine, for the sum of 80 10a, and josl
before he set out for Boston heights to
beoome commander in chief he dis
patched this little engine to the Friend- -hip
oompany.
During his younger days he always
attended fires in Alexandria and helped
to extinguish them. In the last year of
hit life a fire occurred near the market
He was riding down King street at tha
time, followed by hie servant, who waa
also on horseback.
Washington saw that the Friendship
eiiRlne was insufficiently manned, and
riding up to a group of well dressed gen
tlemen standing near the scene of action,
he called out authoritatively:
"Why are you idlo there, gentlemen?
It is your business to lead in those mat
ters." After which ho leaped off hit horse,
and seizing the brakos was followed by a
crowd that gave the engine such a shak
ing np as it had not had for many a
day. Youth's Companion,
Mala,- Cookery.
Cooking being an art, every raoe has
a ttyle of its own. Tho Malagasy, like
the gentle Hindoo, knows how to pre
pare his mess of rioe. It is not boiled to
a mash, as in England, or as our pota
toes are sometimes pulped; but, covered
with a proper sufficiency of water, it is
carefully treated until the grains are
swollen fit to burst, and yet remain full,
intact, soft and rather mealy. The
manioo root is an easier dish to prepare.
It is sometimes served boiled, at yams
and tweet potatoes, and again at a sort
of cold porridge. Native coffoe they un
derstand how to make, and the aroma
it excellent But tea alas, yon have to
look to the brewing of that from start
to finish if yon desire a drinkable cup.
Poultry and game are eaten fresh, and ,
the cooks have a clover and withal '
oloanly trlok of dipping the dead anl- ' ,
mala In boiling water, which enables '
them to pluck cosily and quickly. Tho
preparation for trussing comes later.
Thero is no luck of variety at a Mala
gasy table; but, all the same, yon miss
the wheaton flour bread, sugar and
condiments, when cloyed with rioe,
fowls, manioo and nstgs- The staple fuel
is bunch grass, which when dried burns
fiercely and settles 'in a glowing ember ;
that gives off a deal of heat All tha .
cooking is done on earthen hearths, and ,
the roasting, boiling and baking in big .
iron pots. The grass being slightly am- .
tnatic, tho odor is as agreeable as that
of a hard wood fire. London Telegraph. .
Wonderful Figaro.
Some men are hard to please, espe
cially in their flustered and ill natured
moods. The Scottish Amorioan has a
ttory of such a man, an Edinburgh
banker.
One day, when nothing had gone to
snit him, he broke out suddenly to ono
of the clerks in a tono like a thunder
clap: "Look here, Jones! This won't do!
These figures nro a porfoct disgrace. An
office boy could do better. If he couldn't
I'd dischurge him. Look at that five,
will you? It l(H)ks just like a throe. No
body would tuke it for anything else.
Look at it, I say. "
"I er I beg pardon, sir," began
the trembling clerk. "I beg pardon, but
-er well, you see, sir, it is a three."
"A three," roared tho manager, "a
three! Why, yon idiot it looks jutt like
a five!"
And the subject dropped.
Paris Model.
In Paris, at an inn near Place Roche
cliouart, there is a regular exchange for
the hiring of artists' models, and they
assemble thero every Monday and Tues-'
day in the hopes of obtaining employ
ment. When engaged, they are generally
paid from 15 to 80 francs per week, but
sometimes get more, and they sit for
three hours a day.
When artists are seeking for models,
the palm of beanty and symmetry of '
figure is given to the girls of Spain,
while those of Ireland are a good sec
ond. The prettiest faces and most grace
ful throats are found among English
maidens.
A model for a perfect arm would bo
sought among Grecian women, while a
lady of the Turkish harem possesses the
most dainty hand. Italians have usually
good figures. Paris Letter.
Steel Umbrella Frame.
"The steel umbrella frame," says an
umbrella dealer, "has almost supersed
ed the old wooden one, but it has one
drawback. If the owner of such an um
brella should be carrying his steel frame
in the vicinity of an electrlo light or
trolley wire, and should happen to touch
the wire with the steel point of the um
brella, he would receive the full foroe
of whatever charge the wire carried in
his arm. I have heard of several deaths
occurring from carelessness in this re
spect lately. One need not abandon his
closely rolled umbrella on this account
however. All that is necessary is to be
careful where the point is placed so that
it does not come in contact with any
electrically charged body." New York
Tribune.
Far Bettor.
Pillows stuffed with fragments of old
lotters may be good for insomnia, as
somebody pretends, but it is better to
stuff the furnace with them. Boston
Globe.