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I ' H ! K 1 ii mi i - ill I T I i i i i 111 i i H | 1 * BRIEFS BY THE WIRE AND OTHERWISE. H" [ * ' Beaver Fulls rolliufc mills atBoaver H [ > Falla , Ph. , woro burned. Loss $15,000. f I Six men woro seriously bnrnod , two of V t whom will probablw die. B f A meeting of citizons of Augusta , H ff 'Ga. ' , in tlio grand opera liouso indorsed V t Henry W. Grady for tho United States j I donate against Senator Alfred Colquitt. Bl Tho famous Dorris mansion , in the R i "West End , St Louis , burned on tho k- , " 20th. Tho imposing structure , which t „ t -cost in tho neighborhood of 31,000,000 H < , yvas totally destroyed. Tho insuranco H ' 'is not mora than ono-fourth of that H * • amount. At Bridgeport , Conn. , Mrs. Thomas Hr * / I'itzpatrick attempted to light n firo with n parlor matclu Tho hend fell off , igniting her clothing. Hor father aid -non tried to smother tho flames and both I , "Were badly bjirned. Mrs. Fitzpatrick 4ind hor father were fatally burned. _ , . A serious wreck occurred on tho H I 'Union Pacific at Wilcox siding , fifty H' miles west of Choyenno. A work train H with two engines collided with a section H | -of freight No. 23. Thrco engines and twelve cars wore demolished. Engineer V * Montgomery and his fireman were seri- H < 'onsly injured. Travel was delayed fif- ft' : ' teen hours by tho wreck. m Tho president has appointed tho fol- M * lowing postmasters : Kittie L. Scott , at V 'Galena , 111. ; William J. Brenuau , at H * Sidney , Neb. ; John T. McAneny , at Hi I Lisbon , Dak. ; Nicholas C. Stanton , at H * I West Liberty' , In. ; It. E. Kearney , at H I Sheldon , la. ; William C. Bawley ; , at R % Muston , Wi b. K * " At the following named postoflices , m which were recently .raised to the presi- B -dential class , the president has reap- m pointed the incumbents : Minot and B i Shu-gin , Dak. ; Austin , Chilicothe , K Griggsville and Kensington , 111. ; Esther- K "ville , Correctionville and Marcus , la. ; B t Ponca , Neb. ; Bhinelauder and Bice B , Lake , Wis. H A Butte , Montana , special says : At B ri'uo old concentration of the Boston & B , Montana Consolidated works , at Mead- H 'villo , Mont. , at 5 this afternoon tho B.i i boiler exploded , killing M. G. Edmins , B the engineer ; W. O'Connor , carpenter ; B Jacob Kramel , pipe fitter ; Henry Win- B .tor , laborer , and fatally injuring Rich- B -ard Wing , machinist ; George Heckman , B Pipe fitter ; John Curtis , curpeutor , and B. 'foreman Hank Pilpening. B An Erie , Pa. , special says that Mrs. Patrick Durkin quarreled with her hus- i "band at tho supper table and in her rago n -alio threw a teacupful of vitriol in his B cface. She then ran out of the house , B , J but was arrested by an officer and taken B | "back. When she was brought into tho iroom hor husband attacked her , and be- ' "fore the officer could interfere ho al most beat her to death. Tho woman was taken to jail and her husband sent I 4o the hospital. She claims that he was j brutal to her and threatened to bring . -another woman into the house. i The department of state has received • official confirmation of the reported con demnation and seizure by the Haytien ( prize .court of the American steamship , Hnytion Bepublio. The condemnation HJ was pronounced November 3. The day H after the United States minister protested W against the proceedings , alleging that Hl * the prize court was illegally constituted , B. -and appealed to a higher court.He H | -also advised tho captain of the seized Hj vessel-to refuse to surrender tho craft H i The United States man-of-war Boston Bn ' arrived on the scene the same day to H w support the protest of the United States Ht minister. Bi > Panic In a School Room. B New York dispatch : At 1:15 this af- Hj -ternoon a fire broke out in the first H ward public school building at Long B'1 Island City. Over 900 children were B > -studying at their desks in tho various R rooms of the building. When the chil- Hj -dren on the first floor saw the flames H * " "they raised a cry of fire. Instantly H ] there was a panic in every room of the Bl ecliool building. Tho children rushed Jl pellmell for the narrow doors , crowding , H jostling and striking each other in their H -efforts to get out The children were H j piled'up at the foot of the stairways in H heaps , and attempts to brins : order out H > -of the confusion were at first fruitless. H but finally tho police and firemen were BHK ble to check the children , although H "they had to contend with an excited Hjj mob of mothers that had appeared as B -soon as the news of tho fire spread i "through the neigdiborhood. The fire K itself amounted to little , and as soon as B it was extinguished an examination of HH | ie inJnrel vas commenced. It was B found that while hundreds were badly B * "bruised and shocked , no one was seri- H < oubly or fatally hurt H Mr. P wderlv Will bo Chosen Aflaln. Hrj Tho desire of the delegates to the B -general assembly of the Knights of La- H [ l > or to continue T. Y. Powderly as their K ! -chief has been expressed to him for- B nially , says an Indianapolis dispatch. B. Seven delegates , who represent tho Can- B | adian assembly , have called on him and Bt disked him to accept the office once B more. He gave them to understand B > that he would do so , providing he conld B -choose his own advisors on the general B -executive board. Under any circum- B' ' stances , Powderly will undoubtedly B -continue in office and will choose his B , own cabinet Canada wants to be rep- B * resented on the sreneral executive board. B The south has a like desire , and a move- B ment is on foot looking to the selection B * ° f some representative business man. B * It is reported that a proposition looking B -to the formation of an entirely new con- B Utution has been made to the general B assembly and is being considered by I H the proper committee. As there is a | B strong feeling in favor of a radical re- B vision of the present constitution there H | , is little doubt that the now constitution B will have many supporters. H An UnhaoDV Soirit Asks a Favor. H Dr. Edward Kirby , proprietor of a H -drug store in this city , saj-s a Baltimore H telegram , is a firm believer in spiritual- H ism. Ho is a highly respectable gentle- H man , fifty years of age , a physician of K prominence , and a medium. Of late he K has had several laborers digging in the H cellar nnder his store. At first he was H' m .ysterious about tho matter audde- B -clined to tell what ho was doing. Now , B however , he declares that he has been in H -communication with the spirit of a mur- H * dered man. Tho house he occupies has I B * heen a drug store for about twenty B years. Previous to this a hosteliy stood Hr .on the site , and back from it a farm f house. Of late years the spirit of a H farmer , tho doctor declares , has com- H' < * muricated with him and told him that B vears ago he was murdered and that his R * bones rested beneath the building. The ' -spirit asked to have the bones remvoea H " -and properly-interred. Dr. Kirby-states H .that the scapula , two femoral bones , and H * -other parte of tho body have been found H but the head is missing. The diggers H have thus far excavated to a depth of B fc011 feet ; B England is bemoaning the fact that H -the Prince of Wales has lost his skill as B < .a marksman. At the imperial hunt in Hl Austria , he missed four stags , much to H1 'the surprise and disgust of Francis fl -JmiBiA. B H&- \ BH\1 | THE NEW SECRETARY GOES TO WORK. 27 * Vrlvato Secretary of ( lateral JIarrhon at tho Je > li. TndinnapoliH dispatch : Private Sec- rotary Hnlrord formally entered upon his new duties to-day , and occupies a desk in tho library immediately to tho right of tho largo table whero tho presi dent-elect works. Both wero busily en gaged throughout the day with tho ac cumulated correspondence. Secretary Halford , liko the president-elect , is a rapid and indofatigable worker. His appointment gives great general satis faction hero at his home , and numerous wero tho callers at tho editorial sanctum Df tho Journal to-day , leaving cards of cordial congratulations. Many tele grams from nowspaper and othor friends also reached him. Among General Harrison's callers to- da3 * wore Congressman Joseph G. Can non , of Illinois , John F. Cravens , of Da kota , and Attorney General L. T. Mich- ner. of this city. General Harrison is gradually systematizing his work the better to accomplish his end , and also as an assurance to callers that they will find him at homo ho has set nsido tho hours ? rom 2 to 4 o'clock of each dnto see those having business with him or others who call merely to pajT their re spects. Tho observance of this request is necessary , not only that tho president elect may utilize his time to advantage , but also to enable him to securo needly daily recreation. Ho had several callers this morning beforo breakfast It is also announced that every Wednesday evening from 8 to 11 o'clock tho General and Mrs. Harrison will bo glad to re ceive all who may call. Mrs. Harrison will receive her lady friends from 2 to 5 o'clock on each Wednesday. Congressman L. 0. Honk of Tennes see arrived to-night Congressman Can non left this evening for Washington. The Journal to-morrow will editorially announce tho severance of Mr. E. W. Halford's connection with that paper by his recent appointment as private secre tary to the president-elect A Candidate for Speaker. Washington dispatch : Brepresenta- tive Cannon , of Illinois , one of tho can didates for speaker of tho next house , if the republicans should have a majority of members and control the organiza tion , arrived in Washington to-day. To a representative of tho United press Mr Cannon said this eve ning : "I stopped in Indianapolis to see General Harrison and pay my respects to him , but my visit had no political significance. In his conver sation with me , Gen. Harrison did not ccmimit himself in any way. In fact I do not think ho has had much time to think about his cahiuetor anj'thiugelse , and I doubt if he has reached any con clusions. I do not think ho has consid ered tho question of calling an extra session of congress , and as we may not organize the house for a year , it is a lit tle oarly I think for the discussion of the speakership. " Results of Agricultural Experiments. The new bnreau in the agricultural department authorized to be established at tho last session of congress , and known as the bureau of correspondence with agricultural stations , has been as signed quarters in tho east end of the department building , and begun work under the direction of Prof. W. O. At- water. Bulletins will be published from time to time setting out the results of agricultural experiments in this country and abroad , which will be distributed among the experiment , stations. The features of the work will be to engage the ablest specialist on the subjects about which information _ _ may be ra- for general distribution whenever auired of the subject seems to warrant the expense. Still another func tion of the bureau will be to supply con gress with information that may _ be found necessary to aid it in legislating UDon agricultural matters. The Lamest Land Slide Ever Kniwn. Bond's Mill ( W. Va. ) dispatch : The largest land slide ever known hero oc curred a few days since on the side of the Cumberland mountain , where a scope of laud , containing not less than twenty-five or thirtj' acres , slipped from tho side of the mountain , carrying its forest of pine , chestnut , oak and other immense trees along with it into a nar row vallejbelow. . The slide shot across the valley , completely damming it from the mountain side to a parallel ridge four hundred j'anls distant Tho small creek which ran down the valley was dammed up , and formed a small lake from ten to twenty-five feet deep , and , perhaps , a half mile in length. The forest trees still stand on the slide , but at an angle of forty or fifty degrees. The mountain side is bare , with the rocks standing exposed in a line four hundred yards wide and half a mile Ions. Altogether it was a most peculiar freak of nature. The Minister to Spain. It has been said that Mr. Blaine will use his influence to prevent the con firmation of Mr. Belmont as minister to Spain. A gentleman who is familiar with the facts connected with the fa mous controversy between Mr. Blame Belmont , which occurred some years ago , is quoted by the Star as saying that neither had cherished any ill will to ward the other as would result in a do- sire for revenge or retaliation. Both , he said , had since regretted the great publicity given the affaiiv ind they have carefully avoided speaking disrespect fully of each other. From what he knew of Mr. Blaine personally , and par ticularly as to his feeling in this matter , he was confident that he would not by word or action oppose Mr. Belmont's confirmation. Salvationists Knocked Riohl and LeIL A pugilistic ruffian , Mike Sullivan , created a great uproar at the Salvation army barracks at Helena , Montana , and came near exterminating the entire out fit The meeting was just over and the audience was filing out when Sullivan commenced yelling at the top of his voice. Maivy aniens and groans went up from the soldiers , who thought that Sul livan bad bee .smitten with "the power. " _ Thej' crowded aronnd to offer consolation when he began striking out from the shoulder , and within a few mo ments he had tho floor knee-deep in sal vation and was wading through it The army fought like brave men and women , bnt Sullivan escaped. He was afterward " arrested , fined , and released. " It Was a , Paralyzing Hand , Sure. Judge Samuel Levy , a prominent aged citizen of Augusta , Ga. , was stricken paralysis while participating in a social game of cards ! The party was playing poker and Judge Levy was tak ing hazards only on the game. His opponent in the jack-pot , when called , Bhowed four aces. The judge was no ticed to become suddenly ill , and assist ance was offered. When medical ser vice arrived it was found that tho jndge had been paralyzed. Surprise at his opponent's hand is given as the prime cause of his illness , though he is very old and age makes the ailment more po tent He is not expected to live. I 4 BB jBB JBpRs E MR. POWDERLY HOLDS THE FORT. ' te it Choten liy tlt * KntyhtK to Jia Jilt Own 8ticcesjr. Indianapolis dispatch : Tho election of officers took up tho time of the Knights of Labor general assembly to-day. Dan iel J. Campboll , of Scranton , Pa. , nom inated T. V. Powderly for re-election ; Victor Drury placed tho narao of Martin Hanley , of New Jersey , beforo the con vention , and an ex-dologato named Birch , from Ohio , was also proposed. Tho vote resulted : Powderly 114 , Han ley 27 , and Birch 1. For general worthy foromau , Morris L. Wheat , of Iowa , was elected. Before tho vote was takon for general secrotaryand treasurer a motion for a recess for dinner was carried. When the convention reassembled af ter dinner balloting was proceeded with , lcsultiug : Hayes , 84 ; Turner , CO ; Mrs. Stevens , 8. Powderly having practical ly requested the election of Hayes , the result is a Powderly victory When Powderly got through with his nominating speech , Turner read a letter sent to him by the general ma-ter work man , in which he expressed a hope th.it hr > ( Turner ) would again be a candidate and would bo elected. Powderly ex plained that the letter was written beforo a combination of the two offices had been huggested. Mrs. A. lStevens presented the name of Mrs. T. M. Barry as director and investigator of woman's work , and she aus re elected by acclamation. Gen eral Master Workman Powderly was chosen to represent tho order at tho Paris exposition. After his re-election to office , Pow- tlcrly took tho floor and stated that , al though his salary had been left at $ C,000 , he would accept only $3,000 , and at the end of his term tho order could do what the } ' pleased with tho balance. As candidates for members of the ex ecutive board the general master work man presented tho names of A. W. Wright , of Toronto , Out ; J. J. Hol land , of Jacksonville , Fla. ; John Cos- tello , of Pittsburg ; John Devlin , of De troit ; J. N. Wrisht , of Philadelphia ; T. B. McGuire , of New York ; H. C. Trap- pagen , of Cincinnati , and J. J. Crowley , of Charleston , Mass. On the first bal lot. A. W. Wright , J. J. Holland and John Costello were elected. Two more ballots wero necessary to elect the fourth member of the board. John Devlin was chosen. The retiring irenoral worthy foreman , Bichard Griffiths , of Chicago , and Del egate Delh arte , of Belgium , were pre sented with fine gold badges by the general assembhy , the receipt of which was acknowledged appropriately ; M. Del- warte doing so in his choicest French. To-morrow morning the member of tho co-opciative board will be elected from four nominations of General Worthy Foreman Wheat. FLASHES BY THE WIRE. Chief Justice Armstrong , aged sixty- eight , chairman of tho labor commissou , fell dead on the street at Lorel , Quebeo , from apoplexy. Jem Carney has deposited $1,000 for feit with tho London Sporting Life for a fight with Jack McAuliffe for the championship of the world in the light weight class. The official figures from the secretary of state show Harrison's plurality over Cleveland in Kansas to be 80,120. Tho Harrison electors received 182,914 and Cleveland 102,738. Governor Larrabee has pardoned L. Line , who several 3rears ago was con victed of murder and sentenced for life in the Anamosa penitentiary. Line was a resident of Webster county when the deed was committed. The Fort Wayne ( Ind. ) Jenny Elec tric Light company's plant was entirely burned on tho 23d. Tho loss on the building and machinery is S250.000 ; in surance , $150,000. Fully 300 workmen are thrown out of employment Burglars broke into the Boston & Maine station at Pin Point , Me. , and blew open the safe. The station agent declines to state how much money was stolen , but it is said the burglars were well paid for their work , as tho safe con tained the wages of the section hands. Mrs. General Harrison is the recipient of a handsome silk robe of crazy quilt sent by the ladies of the Episcopal church at Los Angeles , Cal. , it having been voted to Mrs. Harrison as the most popular lady at a church fair. The electoral vote in Now York state , as canvassed by the state board of can vassers , is as follows : Bepnblicans , 650,337 ; democratic , G35.9G5 ; prohibi tion , 30,281 ; socialist , 2,068 ; union labor , 626 ; united labor electors at large , 2,668. Chief Justice Horton was tendered the position of general solicitor of the Missouri , Kansas & Texas railroad by the receiver of that road. The judge states that he prefers to remain upon the supreme bench of Kansas , and has declined the offer. Foreign bankers who have ordered gold for shipment to Europe state that owing to tho demand in London for gold bars for shipment , Bussian and South American bankers on the other side are paying for gold a fraction over the nominal price. Kuhn , Loeb & Co. have just ordered $512,000 in gold bars from the assay office for shipment to Europe. The total gold shipments so far this week amount to $4,654,000. Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles assumed command of the division of Pacific on the 23d. General O. O. Howard , tho retiring commander , greeted his successor , who was then presented to those of the staff with whom he was not before acquainted. General Miles issued immediately a brief order to all military posts , setting forth that he had formally taken com mand , and stating that Lieutenants Gatewood and Dahry will act as his aides. General Howard and Lieuten ant Greblo started for New York. Anarchism Again Coming to the Front Chicago dispatch : An anarchist circu lar of the stylo made familiar by Parsons • and Spies was well distributed to-day through the saloons of the west and northwest sections of the city. Aftei asking subscriptions to defend the sup posed dynamiters , Hronek , Chleboun and Sevic , whose trials are to begin Monday , the circular says : "Xotwithstiuding it ( tho law ) has murdered a number of our brethren , this capitalistic beast thirsts for more blood , and apparently will not be satisfied un til it gets it. Workingmen of Chicago cannot tell nowadays what will happen. Any day they are liable to be taken away from their breakfast tables torn _ from their families and locked up in jail on account of some trivial complaint from capital. " 7 . The paper goes on to say that capital must be crushed and claims that th only way to do it is for the workingmen to organize and fight for their rights. The circular is printed in German and Bohemian , and signed by Fritz Benthin on behalf of the newly-organized Arbei- ter Bechts Schutz Yerein. a man named Uoon was caught sell ing whisky from a keg at the Weeping Water quarries the other day , and was arrested and sent to jail to await trial. . , . , . , .a i Ai.ii w ivU. . .o.r , , , . , * " f C • V llll I ll II1I1IIIIIIM1 Mil DEMOCRATIC DANA DISCUSSES POLITICS. aivtnyJJlB Opinion of nital Cauted Defeat of the Democracy. Charles A. Dana , of tho New York S.rin . , \i htli' spending a few divys in Paris , was called upon by a correspondent and unbosomed himself thus on American politics : "Mr. Cleveland was beaten in the re cent contest for tho simple reason tha * a majority of the people choso to voto against him. Many things contributed to the result In the first place , the chances aro all against the re-election of any man as president Sinco 1832 only two men have been twice placed in tho oflico of chief magistrate. Thene wero Lincoln and Grant , and they both were kept in tho white house under ex ceptional circumstances. The military record of General Grant mado him n public hero , and Abraham Lincoln would never havo been re-olected but for the continuance of the war. President Van Buren was most popular during his first term , and ho had Ihe support of Jackson. Yet when he ran for a second term in 1840 he was over whelmingly defeated. Therefore , on general principles , in order to insure n president a second term of office there must be something of special and un usual importance to commend him tc public favor. "Mr. Cleveland had no such element ( o aid him. On tho contrary , ho was handicapped in many ways. He had no strong personal friends. He was cor dially disliked by tho leaders of the democratic party and the political di rectors of tho democratic press. Even before the election I do not believe there was a more unpopular person in the United States than he , and after next March , when tho game is all over , the universal wonder will be how such a man as Cleveland ever came to fill such a liiah position. "During his administration he dio uothinsr to win tho confidence and sup port of his party. In fact , ho did not care a copper for the real interests of the democrats. What he worked and schemed for from beginning to end was the welfare and advancement of Mr. Grover Cleveland. In his manner to wards his supporters he was always cold and overbearing , and he never by any chance put himself out to be courteous oi accommodating. Ho thought himself a man of destiny and so far above his follow ers that he could kick them about as he pleased. Ho has finally discovered his mistake. He was always trying to pro duce a sensation which wonld make peo ple talk about him. He did not choose any given lino of action so much be cause he believed in it as because he be lieved in advantages for himself. He did not dare to veto either the oleomar garine bill or the river and harbor bill , although he was convinced that they both were unwise. He did veto a lot ol pension bills because he saw an oppor tunity to set people talking. His knowl edge on all things was superficial , and in many things he made mistakes as to what would really rebound to his advan tage. His negotiation of the fisheries treaty and the extradition teaty did him much harm among the L-ish and the fishermen. If he had not been politically dead already , of course his position on the tariff would havo finished him. "This last election has forever settled the free trade question. No party can succeed in the United States which wav ers m its adherence to protection. Cali fornia wants protection for its wines and woolens and fruits , Alabama wants it for its iron , and so will Colorado in timo. The whole west wants it for the manu factures and industries which are spring ing up there as if by masic. The east has always wanted it , and the south will follow suit The democrats were beaten in a fair fight because they deserved to be. There was never an election more quiet and orderly. There was never ono with less corruption at the polls. Tho talk about Cleveland having been knifed in New York by Hill and Hewitt is non sense. Those two men aided rather than injured tho presidental candidate. The bitterness which arose in New York state by these factional jealousies re sulted in drawing out an enormous vote , which always helps the democrats. Furthermore , Hill gained thousands of votes among the republicans who were opposed to restricting the sale of liquor , and many such men were thus led to cast a straight democratic ticket. If tho democrats had chosen for their candi date a man without Cleveland's host of enemies , and if they had excluded from their platform anything which might bo construed as leaning toward free trade , I think there is no doubt they would have been successful. As it is they are set back where they were twenty years ago ) and they have a republican majori ty against them in both houses. Will Stand Up for Tariff Reform. It is quite likely , says the Washing ton Evening Star , that Mr. Cleveland's message will possess some of the el ements of clever retort that appeared in his last fisheries message. It is gener ally understood that he will stand up to the question of tariff reform as in his message at the beginning of this con gress , and will make it the feature of tho document He will not yield one jot from his position before the cam paign , but he will probably make moro emphatic his declaration that it is a "condition , not a theory , that confronts us. " It is likely that he will try to make it clear to congress that the neces- sitj * of checking the accumulation of surplus is so great that if the democratic plan cannot cany through congress fche3r should yield under protest to the republican amendment , rather than liave no reduction of the revenue at all. There will be no weakening from tho former position and no confession that the popular verdict has condemn ed tariff reform. Mr. Cleveland lias said that he wonld sign iny bill that should come to him mak ing a reduction in the revenue , whether \s to tariff duties or internal taxes , un less there were something about it abso lutely vicious. _ If the senate bill should pass as it now is , it is almost certain that lie would sign it , probably with some remarks in explanation of his motives. Deliberations of the Knights. At the session of tho Knights of Labor general assembly at Indianapolis on tho 20th , the committee on law submitted a report amending section 15 , article 3 , of the constitution so as to provide that tho slective officers shall be the general master workman , general worthy fore man , general secretary and treasurer , and general director of womatri ? work. The general executive board shall con sist of four members besides the general master workman and the general co operative board shall consist of two members besides the general worthy foreman. All except the general execu tive board and ttie general co-operative board shall be taken' from the floor of the general assembly , and when elected 3hall serve two years. This action fur ther provides that the general worthy foreman shall be ex-officio chairman of the general co-operative board and that he shall submit to the general assembly four names from which they shall elect two , who will constitute tho board. A prolonged debate followed the in troduction of these amendments. But they were adopted by more than a two- thirds vote. < . -v - t 1. * Elizabeth Stuart Phclns'Romance. From tho New York Sun. Ono lovely nnd illustrious old mnitl 1ms becoino a wife. Sho is Elizabeth • Stuart Phelps , authoress of muny j exquisite religious books , one of which is tho famous "Gates Ajar. " Shealso "Old ' " wrote Mnids'Paradise , and was regarded by her friends as 1 confirmed by choice in single blessed- ' ness. Marriage had certainly been ! optional with her ever since hor girl- | hood , but she habitually declared slie t would never wed. Nevertheless sho I is the bride of Herbert D. Ward. I There is a Httle story to tell about that. The bridegroom is the son of i Bev. William Hayes Ward , editor of , tho Independent. "Last winter the senior Ward took up Miss Phelps' latest book carelessly , " said this in formant , ' 'as ho sat in his sanctum , , and glanced over its pages. He im- | mediately became interested , and i kept on reading to the neglect of | more important duties , until the time 1 came for him to go home. He walked 1 to the South Ferry with his mind still ' absorbed in what he had read , and he was so distracted with it that , in crossing the crowed street to get to the ferry entrance , he allowed himself to be run over by a heavy truck and very badly injured. Some of his ribs were broken and for a day or two his life was considered in danger. The driver who hod run him down was arrested , but Dr Ward declared that no blame attached to him " 'It was altogether my own fault , ' he said. ' "My mind was engrossed with something else than taking care of my body just then or it wouldn't have happened. ' "When the season of outing eame around. Dr. Ward was barely con valescing , and his son took him on a yacfiting cruise. They stopped at Gloucester , Mass. , near which Miss Phelps had a summer residence and the neighborhood of which she had long before stirred up immensel3r by her story of 'Jack , ' in which the people thereabouts were described and not altogether agreeably. The Wards visited Miss Phelps , getting an introduction through a friend and at the earnest desire of Dr. Ward , who had become greatly in terested in the authoress through a perusal of her works while recover ing from the accident which she had indirectly caused. All through the past summer tho Wards hung about Gloucester , and it became apparent to observers that this was due to the son rather than to the father. Al though the former was hardly thirty- five years old and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is something like fifty , their relations took on an unmistakable aspect of courtship. The result was the marriage ceremony at the Phelps seashore cottage , East Glou cester , a short time ago. " ii a c 'W ' Only a Juggler's Trick. Japan Correspondence St. Louis Globe. The lights were turned low , and while a rough cross of poles was be ing set up the general played wild discords on a weary old melodeon , and his orderly worked an ancient accordion. A rack was brought out , and later two women were brought on and boundthe one to the cross and the other to the rack. The general dosed them with something , appar ently chloroform ; played another weird tune , and then in the most professional way used the stetho scope. This scientific testing of the patient's heart-beats took the Japa nese part of the audience. The ex citement deepened. After that the general took a sword and apparent- ly plunged it throngh and through the body of the prostrate woman on the rack , who writhed in such a real istic manner that it was hard to hold to the red-paint and spring-blade theory. Next the woman on the cross was stabbed with shears , but of that proceeding the ladies of our party only heard , as , after the first horrible sight of the woman on the rack , faces were covered and faces turned from the sickening spectacle. The Japanese cheered wildly as the bodies were carried back and appar ently thrown in a lake , but in a few minutes they came walking on the stage in bedraggled foreign dresses and wildly-feathered hats. The show left a most unpleasant impression on one , and , althonjrh I have seen a a small boy put in a boiling cauldron and apparently cooked for ten min utes , and a woman held under water for a quarter of an hour at a time , none of them caused such * sickening shudders as the crucifixion. Hi m Her Beard Was long. From the Chicago Herald. A Chicago newspaper man , who went to Atlanta , Ga. , to accept a position on the Constitution , recently came across a paragraph in a coun try exchange to the effect that a young woman named Littlejohn , re siding at Jacksonville , Ala. , had a beard five feet nine inches in length. The Atlanta scribe send this to Kohl & Middleton , dime museum men. The museum man at once wrote let ters to the postmaster at Jackson ville , asking about Miss Littlejohn and making her a big offer to appear at his museum if she really had such an abnoral growth of beard. A few days afterwards he received the fol lowing letter from Jacksonville in answer to his inquiries , and he is still laughing over it : "Your favor at hand in regard to Littlejohn woman with beard five Feet nine inches long. This in a local joke , which grew out of the woman ' s marrying a man named Beard. Yours. "L. W. GitAT. . " The Traveling Salesman , it may safely be stated that not one drummer in ten likes his situa- bion. After the novelty .of the life nrears off , an intense loathing of the rtroad" grows upon him. There is something utterly repugnant to the average man in being obliged , willy nilly , to hurry from place to place as if driven by an antique lury. To a married man it is especially so , and therefore most drummprs are young and single. C.L. Betta in the Epoch. ; J 1' L. i. 'i ii i-y i . < i j .in in * niMWHi iMamna j Something About Tobacco The botanical specific name and the common name comc fr.oiu tolmgo or tobaco , the nntivo term in Snuto Domingo for the tube or pipe through which tho smoke of tho burning leaves was inhaled. Tobac co 3 largely produced in China , Jap- on , Persia and other parts of the East , m some of which tho plant has becomo so thoroughly naturalized that an Eastern origin has been * sometimes claimed for it , but Al phonse do Caudolle , after a thorough study of the subject , finds no satis factory evidence that its uses and culture wero anywhere known before the discovery of America. Tho first European cultivation of tobacco took place in Portugal in tho early part of tho sixteenth century ; it was raised in Franco in l ; " 72. Tho cul ture rapidly extended to other parts of Europe and Asia , in some cases being checked by severe laws or made useful as a source of rev enue. Its production in England by alawoflGGO was restricted to , i small quantity for medicinal pur poses , and the prohibition still re mains in force. The various kinds of foreign tobaccos are known by the countries producing them or the ports whence they aro shipped , such as Havana , OrinocoTurkeyLatakia , Shirog , &c. The Turkish and other kinds from tho East are only used cut fine for pipes or granulated for cigarettes. Manilla tobacco is im ported only in form of peculiar con ical cigars called cheroots. Very fine tobacco is produced in Paraguay. A large amount of tobacco is used to manufacture snuff. Snuff is much more largely consumed in Great Brit ain and Prance than in tho United States. Besides smoking , chewing , &c , tobacco is used for various med icinal purposes. Its power of caus ing relaxation to the nervous system is great. It is recommended in arti- culargoutrheumatism and neuralgia , and the toothache is often relieved by smoking a cigar. The annual ox- port of tobacco from the United States exceeds § 30,000,000. - -g - Whero The Colors Come From. "The cochineal insects furnish a great many of the very fine colors , " said an artist recently to a reporter for the Now York Mail and Express. "Among them are the gorgeous car mine , the crimson , scarlet carmine , and purple lakes. The cuttle fish gives the sepia. It is the inky fluid which the fish discharges in order to render the water opaque when at tacked ; Indian yellow comes from the camel. Ivory chips produced the ivory black and bone black. The exqusite Prussian blue is made by fusing horses' hoofs and other refuse animal matter with impure potassi um carbonate. This color was dis covered accidentally. Various lakes are derived from roots , barks , and gums. Blue-black comes from tho charcoal of the vine stalk. Lamp black is soot from certain resinous substances. Turkey red is made from the madder plant , which grows in Hindostan. The yellow sap of a tree of Siam produces gamboge ; the natives catch the sap in cocoanut shells. Baw sienna is the natural earth "from the neighborhood of Sien na , Italy. Baw umber is also an earth found near Umbria and burnt. India ink is made from burnt cam phor. The Chinese are the only man ufacturers of this ink , and they will not reveal the secret of its manufac ture. Mastic is from the gum of the mastic tree , which grows in the Gre cian Archipelago. Bister is'the soot of wood ashes. Very little real ulta- marine is found in the market. It is obtained from the precious lapisla- zulli , and commands a fabulous price. Chinese white is zinc , scarlet is iodine of mercury , and native vermillion is from the quicksilver ore called cinna bar. " The Fever Microbe Comes to Stay. From the "Washington Capitol. "An illustration of the strange fact is found in the experience with the Jamestown , now the training ship at Baltimore. On one of her trips yel low fever appeared on board , and several deaths followed. Subsequent ly the vessel was thoroughly reno vated and extensivelyrepaired. Her woodwork was steamed. Then she remained in Northern harbors for several winters. She was finally or dered South again , and before she reached the fever district a case was developed , and themandied. Above his hammock was found a quantity of filth. The woodwork was torn out , and the filth removed. But she is still a fever ship , and I would not like to go South in her. Then again , is the case of the Portsmouth. She once had fever on board. Long afterward she was ordered to Norfolk for repairs. Naval Constructor or Hichborn had charge of the work. A number of his workman died , and he himself was taken down with ty phoid fever , and his workman died , and he himself was taken down with typhoid fever , and his life was de spaired of. It is true that once a fever ship , always a fever ship. " Do Locomotives Cause Storms. A correspondent of the Northwest ern Railroader advances a curious theory for the increasing prevalence of floods and rain-storms. He says that there are over 30,000 locomo tives in use in North America , and estimates that from them alone over 53,000,000,000 cubic yards of vapor lire sent into the atmosphere every sveek , to be returned in the form of rain , or over 7.000,000,000 cubic fards a day "quite enough. " ' ho says , "to produce a good rainfall every 2i hours. " Estimating the number , of other [ ion-condensing engines in use as eight times the nnmber of locomo tives , the total vapor thus projected into the air every week in this coun try amounts to more than 470,000. - 300,000 cubic yards. "Is this not , " be asks , "sufficient for the floods of terror ? Is there any reason to won- 3er why our storms are so damag [ ngAge of Steel. , , / ! - } , ? " * " . | g Kissing thoTJrblc. 3 Tlio medical journals are agitating" * ' m tho danger which lurk in tho groftsf A3 and worn bncks of tho Courfc Biblce. Ii Tho practice of "kissing tho book" ' comes down from tho days of colonial ; 1 custom , but it is at no timo compul- J sory , although tho uninitintorl know 1 no better , and oven some of the most ,3 intelligent people , who know that It J ? is optional with them , seem to loso j their self-possession and at tho com * JJ mnnd of tho court bailiff , "kiss tho t 3 book" they do so. A New Jersey physician is reported ! j to havo refused to "kiss tho book , " f but was compelled to comply with j the requirements. Jersey law must • * be very old fashionod and rigid , or i no such ruling would havo followed the refusal. In tho courts of soveral Slates anyone may refuso to do so , but in many of the States tho Bible is not tised in the courts. Tho wituesB has only to hold up his right hand } and solemnly swear that he "will tell the truth , the whole truth , nnd noth ing but the truth , " and oven then if ho has any conscientious scruples against this form he may "aflinn. " The practice of kissing the book is rapidly falling into disrepute every where. First , because the same book ; that is kissed by diseased lips is offerered to tho cleanly and self-re- > specting , and often tho witness whoso stomach turns against the oscula- * tory ordeal merely goes through tho motion of putting tho book towards the lips without actual contact. Tho man with the moustache apparently submits , but the book only touches the capillary substance nnd is passed on to the next witness or juror. In some instances , if tho Bible is not by elastic bands , it is not uncommon for theone taking tho oath to open the book and kiss some printed-page. This is the Presidential custom , and lynx-eyed reporters watch closely and report that passage of Scripture which the Presidential lips havo kissed. The origin of the oatli upon the Biblo has been traced to the old Ro man law , and the kissing of tho book is said to be an imitation of tho priest's kissing the ritual as a sign of reverence before he reads it to the people. Bouvier's law dictionary says : " 'The commencement of an oath is made by the party taking- hold of the book , after being required by the ofiicer to do so , and ends gen erally with the words 'So help you God , ' and kissing the book , when tho form is that of swearing on the evan gelists. " The Mohammedans are sworn on the Koran and the Greeks and Ro * mans swore by the souls of the dead , the ashes of their fathers , by their own lives or the lives of their friends , by their heads and by their right hands , while among Scandinavians t | and Germans it was customary to rest the hand upon some object while repeating an oath. When it is considered that the low est classes , diseased and dirty , kiss thoBiblein our lower and highercourt with o-resoundingsinack , and that by this contact disease may be dissemi nated to the very sensitive organs , the lips , there is good reason forthomed- < ical journals to open war on the cus tom of "kissing the book. " The Medical Register of a recent date says : "The kissing of the Bible in any case is a form which might easily , without the sacrifice of solem nity or of the stricture of an oath , be set aside in favor of simply touching of the book with the hand or recog nition of it in the averration. The lips ate most sensitive receptacles for the germs of disease , and , from the motley throng of dirty and diseased persons who aresummoned in a court of justice , what infectious germs may not be disseminated ? The person who kisses a Bible in court has not the least surety that his lips do not come into direct contact with the pol lution left by a predecessor who was suffering from some foul skin disease or taint , not to speak of the germs of eruptive fevers and the like. " Keeping a Good Conscience. The moonlight drifted brokenly through a rjft in the roof of a negro cabin in the Hanover slashes , nnd fell on Gabriel Jones' grey-bearded face. He was smoking and mediating. "Hannah ! " he called , presently ; "Hannah ! " Silence. "Hannah I say , Hannah ! * ' a trifle louder. There was a rustling of straw in the bed in the corner , and a sleepy answer : "Huh ? " "Hannah , did yon put dat , watermillion I foun' in Marse Ben Scott's , patch yistidy in de cooli spring ? " "Yes. I put dot watermillon in de cool spring , " she answeredde- Hberatley , 'Dat was right. " A mo ment's pause. "Hannah" did you hang dat coat dat MisterHedley'sisted on my takin , ' 'hind de hay-rack , like I toleyou ? " I did dat. " "Did you scall and pick dem chickens I borrow ed fom de man down on de river de udr day ? " "Y'es , I scall dem chick ens. " Well , fry me one de fust t'ing in de mornin' . case I'se got t' go over t' Mister Chinky Claptin's t'orrowm t' lead a prar-meetin' an' keep dem triflin' niggers in de right road. " Then he leaned his grizzled head on the chair-back and snored the snore of the just , and the bull frogs in the marshes echoed it over the Chick- ahominy low grounds. Richmond Baton. "Pay John Willams. " At a prayer meeting"down East , " a man noted for his failures to meet business obligations , arose to speak. The subject was : "What shall I do to be saved ? " He commenced slowly to quote the words : "What shall I do to be saved ? " He paused , looked around , and said again : "Whatshall I do to be saved ? " Again with more solemn tone he repeated the question of questions , when a voice from tho assembly , in clear and distinct tones , replied : "Go and pay John Williams for that yoke of oxen. " * To clean pie plates that have long been used for baking : Put them in a large kettle of cold water and throw on them a few hot as es or cinders , and let them boil for an hour.