SIXTEENTH YEAH. OMAHA WEDNESDAY MORNING , SEPTEMBER 15 , 1886. NUMBER 79'
ABBREVIATED
The "Bee" Meets With a LitUe Aooident
end KOTTE IE Brief ,
BUT WE GIVE THE GIST OF IT
The Pint Page Pied at 4 O'clock ' This
Morning the Oaueo.
SIMEON GETS A SITUATION.
BH - Calhoun Oomniimoned Oollactor of
Internal Eevenne for Nebraska.
IN THE POLITICAL WORLD.
Additional TleturnK Prom Maine
New Hninptlilr-c Kcimlillcnn * * nntl
Mltinosoia Ioiiincrat N > inliiiito
The 31ino Dimif-tcr Other
Htc. , Uto.
Cnltiouti Selected.
ox , 1) . C. , Sept. 14.
This morning'B mail from
the Adirondack * brought to thu nhito huuso
clurkh a large parchment ducunieut bearing
tlio well known signature of Grovcr Cleve
land. It proved to be the commission of S.
H. Culhoun , appointed colleetor of internal
revenue for the dibtrictof Nebraska , vice
Post , reiiigned. The commission will bo for
warded to Mr. Calhoun ns f-oon nsliis bond
for ? 100KX ( ) ih executed and approved. The
nipointnifiit } holds good until the meeting of
congress in Decombci , when Mr. CalLouu
will be nominuted to the Bonnto There were
several other candidates vho were more or
less undoivcd for the place , but utter a care
ful examination thu commifiKioiier of internal
revenue uud the presidcut decided that Cal
houn was the licRt man for the place , and his
commission nas accordingly made out. It
gives universal batisfaetioii to Jiubru&ka men
Luiu.
MinncRota Democrats Nominate.
ST. I'jiui. , Minn. , Sept 14.
The democratic state convention
met here today und nominated the following
ticket Governor , A. A. Ames : lieutenant
governor , John II. Trank ; attorney general ,
J. H IvL-s1 , treasurer , Henry Poohler ; audi
tor , G A liunducrg ; clerk of the supreme
court , G T Guiduer.
Icnntius Donnelly attempted to present
the platform of the Formers' Alliance und
the Knights of Labor , but the chairman i e-
f used to listen and Donnelly loft the hall in
liigh dudguon. Ho is hostile and declares
that this uct on the part of tha convention
will cost the nominee 2,000 votes
The platform adopted indorses , the national
administration , demands honest money ,
gold and silver coin of eaual valuw , nnd
paper convertible into either , and thorough
uud complete tariff reforms It furors the
f urtliur amelioration of the condition of the
laboring classes and arbitrations Tor all dif
ferences between labor and capital.
Ilumpwlilro Ilcpubllcnns.
Coxcoii > , N H. , Sept Ii
The republican Btnto convention
was called to order at 11:20 : n. in. today.
lluKou TV. Tuppan of Bradford mis chosen
permanent chairman und delivered a strong
nddreHs , The convention then balloted for a
candidate for governor , the vote rebulting :
"Whole number ot bullottR , BUI ; ueceBsary for
choice , 5Hj ! ! ; Martin A Haynes , 1 ; David H.
Goodull , Autiiin , KB ; Charles H. Bawyor ,
Dover , 4 i. Col. Suwyoi was declared the
nominee. The nomination WUB Hindu nuaui
inouB by u rising vote. The committee on
2-esolutious euted the -nutati
] irei > platformnutati
-\\uBadoUd ] ) with a hearty uiipluuhe. It Buys
thut the icpublicau party of New Hampshire ,
in convention ntsemblod , leuilirui-
ita devotion to the cardinal
principles which have unlmatud the purts
hiiic-o its organisation. Tlio rest of tue plut
form ib similar to those of similar conven
tions hoi etof ore.
Col. Sawjer i\ns present and undressed
the convention briedy. After selecting a
new etatu committee the convention ad
journed.
Charles Henry Sawyer , the candidate for
governor.us born at Watertown , K Y. , in
1MO , but has lived in New Hampshire since
1K5Q. lie is largely engaged in w ooleii niuun-
fncturiug and is prominent in railroad and
business circlet ; , und hut held seveial politi-
cul olllceR.
J H. Gullinger of Concord wns today re-
nqminuted for congi-ess in the ( second dis
trict by the republicans.
ItcturiiH from Muliio'w Election.
LEWISTON , Me. , Sept. IB. Heturus from
over tliree-fourthb of tue Second eougres-
bional distriuct give Diugley ( rejiubllcuu ) ,
3411 votra ; ( Jurculou ( deniocrut ) , 6KJ1 ( ;
Eustis ( liberal and prohibition ) , li..US. A
large numlierof democrats cut Garcelon und
voted for Eustis. Dinpley runs ahead of his
ticket. Dingley'B plus am r will be about
( ! , WK ) and his majority about K.OOO.
Tlie Leu ihtou Journal has tubulated the
i iiturns from the clurUb of IT. ! towns u ith the
f olowing i t-sult :
Total vote. , 101,107 ; Bodwell , KI.S23 ; Kd-
t\urdh , 44-tUi ; Clink , libG ! ; Itudvxll'k t.lural-
- Ilodwell'b . fi.Kill. The
ity , 11,40-t ; luujority. .
biime towim in the lust of the year of IbSi ,
with vhich thu Journul'h ' comparison is
inttde , voted as folloue : Totnl vote , 105OT ( ;
llobie. awas ; 1'luisted , fiO.llO ; scuttering ,
1,447 ; HobiiOfc plurality , 14,71 s , IloUie'b uiu-
joiity , 0.24D. .
t'hurc-U 1'ooplo In I'olitlcH.
APISIAS , Mich. , Rejit 14. [
The Detroit Methodist Episcopal
coufeieiicein session here has taken a bold
ttund In favor ( if t he prohlbitiou party. The
prohibitiou candidate for governor was intro
duced and made n political spauch , which dis
pleased some but pleased more. Then the
toiuporanco committee reported today , stnt-
iugihut the time w us pnsthon the drunk-
uidvus nu objcn't of pity. He should be
puuibhud and the rumnellnr hucnild
be pliieud m ] iriRon A license luw
should be opposed. It WUR not
proposed that the pastors should control the
politic * of their concregutiims , but lie urged
them to lucommetid them strongly not to
vote with the political parties which legis
late m fa vor * of the liquor truflic. Church
inemlxji-d were forbidden to rent building for
saloon purposes or go uu liquor men's boudb.
The i-epurl wus uctoplttd.
An ludlunu Nointnntlon.
IiifM trrr. , lud. , Sept. 14.
Oobeph B , Cheadle was nomi
nated for congress by the republican conven
tion for this , the 2 < iuth district , today ,
A 1'rouibltiou Xomlnee.
Cojccoim , JJ H. , Bept 14
The prohibition congressional
com oiitlon of the Second district has nom
inated J M Fletcher of Nai
It cd's I'lurullly.
POUTIJLSII , Ma. Sept. H.
In the lii-bt district Reed ( repub
lican ) haw u plurality of 1V5J over Clifford
( Deniocrut ) . _
THE MINE DISASTER
lKk Vet ol llie laTprlnKUfd Mcu
"Kirortu lo llcacii Tliesn.
BCUAKTOX , I'a , Sept. 14
The miners liavp not yet suc
ceeded in reaching their oomradee w ho were
buried by the cuviug iu of the mine 3 ebtcr-
day uud then fate u unkuonu
Thin iiioruiug Jhe air iu the return ur
eoune sho\\ed gas tu beithtu tuofcvt I
the door. Lat r In thp dny th" gns TI n four
fei-t from the floor , nbon.nc that It hnd dl-
mini < ih l in voltnnp and thHt th * Rr-eed Rt
v hjch the f n < hi d b eu run w ap ppttilif ; the
iK-tter of the vat amount of pas
* rt frp by the fall and whiab
hud accutnulau-d don tie the disarrangement
of the uii eou'-e-i Tin * . Ktatemeut applies
dimply to the air vav * and not the n'ops '
No rntiii t inld jH > Kiblj livp in Mich on utmo-
phere. 8)ilinterin ) tiJnl is still fH ine und < K--
cutiotiHtlv B li'Mse of landing rocks K heard.
The w-ttfitis will wnn ii e , boi ever , aud
work will then lie rornmen'wl in the slope
The miners could not lip induced to woik
there until tht "woikintj" basceused.
Au wffort ill be nmde toni.irruw to pierce
tliiTiugh thejiillnr into the Honlds chumlier
by uicanr ofa drill mid thus determine the
qiiMtlnn of the prewii'-e of cai there or air.
Tlie distance thronch the pillar is not pnmt
aud the nol-e of the blasting could be eaHily
heard bj tho-e Imjiriioued within , if they
were iu u condition to hear , and if they
would ponnl on the c" l betond the miners
In turn coiilJ b ur them A'fter each bla
the mfners waited for Mime rcsixjuse , but
in MIIU. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ANOTHER APPEAL ,
7'lio Grand Army Crtll d on to llnlnc
Moiiej- for the Charleston SuircrerH.
Ciuiansrox. S C. Sept. 14 Es-Gov.
Lucius rail-child of AVi consiii , commander-
in-chief of the Grand As my of the Republic ,
requests that the following addiess be tele
graphed to the associated press :
riiAi.u STCIV. S r. fcejit ll roraroiU-B Ornnd
Army of Uic Ilepu jlipwilh you 1 have ln-eii pro
found ) ; louche ! lij tin1 Ra-iit cnlnmltj- Clmrles
lou und \lclnltj. cay-od b > Hie reecnt earthqunke
1 nin here ni > j-our rpiiresuiitnthe to Irnrti the vxncl
I acts us to the uuccsiUius of the people , and lo
mLt nut'l ) uctinu uv the nccn ion mlpbt require.
Tlie sHimtlou IB lirlelly UK fnllons The Imuieiiiate
demand for food Is iiromiilli aiiKwcred bj tUp
tuudsiilrcnd } contributed , but there Is n dm * ( if
cltl/ens lioic bouse * ate more or ICMS shattered
and wlm lime no nienne ulicrcnltb to retialr
tlica ThiB ilnsp nnd those vrlio lieitiR liomele s.
limp iieverthelihs suffered the lo s of jicrsonal
proper ! ) , require aid from abroad It will lie to
tht'in n continued calmultj ni.less help ! roiid-
ered. The eomtaiiiiit\ here have done iu.d arc do-
inp evrrj-lhliiR In Ihelr imwer. A Inrpe Finn of
money i required tn do nil thut oupht to lie done
This roLdlllon of allulrt. unrrantF linnicdlnte nnd
cxtniordinury cflort. 1 feel confident that ut err
comrade IE anxious to do whiu
lie can to br'np ' comfort and hup-
plucss lo fie striekon people 1 tlicrefore request
department uimnmnders to rail each post in llieir
dcpiirUiioiits nt once tu appoint n eominlui-e whlcri
slmll collect such n Hum us the comrades and their
fellow -eHi/ciis In the Utie § . linancf and on f.irmt
may desire to contribute. The money should lie
iriniHuiited to the department headquarters ,
whence it will l > e sent toW. A Courtemy. Esq .
mnjor of Charleston The committee , connlkliup
of heveu of the best citizens of Charleston , ill sue
10 it that the mon j is proper ! ) apjilied to the re
lief onlj of the worth * and the necessitous.
IJWIDS TAIUC-HILD ,
Coininandcr-ln-chli.f of the tiraud Army of the
Itejiubllc
SHE WAS STRANGLED
An Old German "Woman Klllcil for Her
Money ut Geneva , 111.
62x1:1 : A , 111 , Bept 14.
Lust night the house of Mrs.
Buckmiro , an aged German woman , was dis
covered ou fire and all attempts to extinguish
it i\ere futile. Mrs. lluckmire's body -nut
found l3-ing in her chicken house , a few
yaids away , with u cloth tied tightly around
her throst , indicating that she hud been
strangled to death. It is believed that shf
wus niurdeied for the purpose of robbery ,
and that the perpetrutoi set fire to thehou
to destroy all traceb of his crimu. Mrs.
Buckmire was known t o have saved conssd-
eiublo money , which she kept ubuut tht
house.
A IltTNG , TUKY.
ClNMXKATi , O. . Sept 14
The jury trying J. B. Meanix foi
embezzling il 50,003 from Archbishop Pur-
cell's estate , utter being out twontvfoui
hours , emphatically uunouucod to Judge
Robertson , by a eommunicutioii signed by
nil the jurors , that they could not agree.
The jurors , when called into court uud bev-
erully questioned , declared they did siol
think there was any prospect of agreeing
and the court finally discharged them frou
f ui ther consideration of the case.
DISCONSOLATE CREDITORS.
BOSTOX , Muss. , Bept. 14.
The following report of the af
fairs of Cloutman & Bmguam was submitted
toduy at a mooting of the firm's creditor * .
Liabilities , tC32tnn , ofwhich H07rJ2 is ii
notes and $ ( i5,81 ( > iu open accounts ; coutin
gout liabilities in the shape of indorsements ,
f4,175 ; ussuts uboiitr OU,0IO. ( A comuiittef
of three wus appointed to investigate nuc
report ut u futuie meeting.
Look Out For Ohio.
SrinNcnicLi ) , O. , Sept. 14. [ Special Tele
pram to the Bur. . ] Jtev. A. B. Leonnid
leader of the prohibitionists in this state , was
called upon by a reporter tins morning te
get his views on the result In the Maine elec
tion. Leonard retusiKl to be liitorviewed , bui
uld : "Whatever niuy bo the le.sultln Maine ,
eel : out lor Ohio. "
Ncecc Kenomltiatcd.
CHICAGO , S pt. 14. The Daily News' Monmouth -
mouth , 111. , special says : William Ncece wa'
rciioiiilnatcd In the democratic congiessioiml
convention of the Eleventh district to-day
IN THE OLDEN TIME.
3 lie First Mall Coucli Conchinc licfl
ith Murlc on tlie itnllways.
rhihidclphm Toleprapti : The first mail
coach wus sttirtcd in England in 1784 , uiu !
it ; 1B44 there was not n hingle mail run
niiifX by road out of London. In fact , the
coaching system , like those of clipper
fchips and wet-plato jihotoffniphj' , wus
In ought in perfection only to go down
utmost immsdiatoly before the introduc
tion of : i superior method The mail kepi
wonderful time , HO exact were they thai
people used to time their wiitehes bv
them. A few ot the time bills of tlu
mails , with their stoppages , tire given.
The DriMol , the Devonshire , imd tht
Holyheud were the fastest mails out oi
London , the lust mimed doing 25 ! ) } miles
in twenty-six hours und fifty-live min
utes , uu avcr.'igo pace of u little undei
ton miles an hour , including stoppages.
11 lit the wear und tear of no eflcsh tc
Keep up this pace in ull weathers and
ngiiuist bud states of roud must havu
buen fearful , und it isiio wonder that , the
jiostolHco often hud great Uilliuulty in
irctting their contruets taken up , Mr.
Home considered that the pace wus foe
great , as tlio mails constantly drove ovei
people und killed them. Indeed , acci
dents of ull hinds wore common : the
"Hcmulort Hunt was upset twice wiiliin 11
fortnight , These uecidonts otton uro.se
from the indiscretions of the coachman
but whatever their cause , they wore fre
qmmllv lamentable uud Mivorc. One ol
tno oldest coach proprietors made it n
mu\im never to employ u coachman who
hud not nn upset , for the reason that
without such tin experience he would not
know how to get u coach up again.
There can no doubt that there was 11
gruat deal of reckless driving and racing.
Catastrophes ulso happened through get
ting oil the road in a fog aud from col-
libions , and , in addition to these causes ,
11 thoroughly fractious or vicious horse
might prove au equal source of danger ,
Couching left ith murk ou the railways iu
several respects. The dibtnnco between
tbt ruils on the narrow guage of mil wave
is the same us the width between tbc
wliools of the old mull cpaches viz font
foot eight und ouo-huif inches. ETCH tc
the present day carriages may bo seen on
6ome of our hues painted to resemble
throe oouch bodies placed end to cud ,
which Booms to tiavv been the original
iduu in the eoiistruotum of railway car
riages , though it 1ms probably never oc
curred to one traveler in 10,030 , obvious
ns the imitation is. Many of thu old
mail coach guaids went into the servne
of the ruilwuys. uuil not a few ' 'down-
the 10 id ' men did the same thing
TERRIBLE END OF A TRIP
Passengers on a Nickle Plate Ex
cursion Traia Launched
Into Eternity.
The Thrilling Scenes that Followed the
Collision 'A Mass of Bleeding and
Struggling Humanity ,
A Lisl of the Dead and Wounded Cause o :
the Accident Slorics of tha
Passengers.
BrrrAU ) , X. Y. , Sept. 14.
A ftitiil accident oicum-d on the
Xicfcel Pluto railroad , near Silver Creak , thi1
morninc- The excursion train from Erii
collided with nwcst liouud trniu There wa1
a large hiss of life uud inueh property dutn
iied. Silvei C reek is u beautiful countrj
village , loomed on the high , rocky hhore o :
Lake Eno , thirty-oiir miles from Buffalo.
The excursion tram causNtud of oiie ling
pnpe-eiir , n smoker , and eleven coaches
Only the .t > in the sraotar were hurt , it bclnj
telescoped with the baggage car The trnit
w ith v hich it collided w as a local freight
train aud engine. The uiigiuueis and fire
men both ehcuped by jumping. Onlj a pur
tiul list can lie obtaiued of the killed. Buv
oral are mangled beyoud recognition. Th <
iiumes of the killed are us follows , :
W. W. I.013US of Erie.
llrMn MLUIIAI.T mid sou.
.inns r MniiiuiiT of I'lUhliur : .
Km-iins CAAIKUOV mnyor ot Wntcrford , Fa.
.lous bruntof I'l isburg.
W .
Uitisi n of Eric.
Jin Lvi-iminf trie.
WILL AS KETMU.IIS. Duukhk , S. T.
Jmij , Mi M'lix of Erie.
AAUOJ. I'AIIKIII UI-T , Mnj-EVlllc.
The fatally iujuiod aie :
I' , llanliiclou , Ruiiorlutendcnt Erie TorRC Co.
LnuU LIIUCCT , Uric. leg * , and arint crushi'd.
O. W. Mitrtile. Kric , lug * aud armb horrlbl ;
cniblied nnd brulved.
Chnrlof Srhpndler , Eri snine Injuries.
lleun Hit-t of Storra Hutiln. same injuries.
JlKrtfu ItubMlle- . Erie , mine injuries.
1'liil taut n. Eric mmc injuries.
W /.imuicrly. . Ke ugc. hauie injuries.
Samuel M Traey. Kuibage , tkull crushed tni
anns and leps broken.
Obarlcb Dillon. Erie same Injuries.
The bt-verely injured
A. W Ooburj- Tllusillc. . crashed ; A Ccmj
bell , Eric , nnun broken , John Sherlini'r , Erie , an
broken . Charles Mej-jmrreu. Erie , bndl } bruissd.
One man living m Silver Creek , uud whi
was standing at the side of the track , wa
dn veil uwuy by bib friends before his num
could lie learned
Two bodies huvo not been identifled. On
is thought to be a sou of Looinis.
There are various causes given for th
fatal \i reck Enciuf-r Wilhttm Harris of th
fi'tight train is blamed. It is said that h
had oiilers to meet the excursion ut Irving
He failed to olicy the iubtructious and wa
running ut full hjifed vheu the collision oc
cun ed The train men will not talk regard
ing who ib to blame A gent'enmn v ho wa
on tlie excursion train saye , that the freigh
tram hud ordtit. to go to Silver Cieek nm
the passenger train to Irving , w hich is tin
side , and it v as , these orders that caused th (
collision.
Tlie passenger and excursion tram con
Bisted of fourteen coaches. The excitemou
on the train among those who es-caped is in
tense. The ecenet , m the Eiuoktup ; car coi
can hardly bo described. The first warunij
given was a slight jar caused lr
the heavy jiressuie of the ai
lueaks Souio of the ] > aBicngers liracei
themselves m their seats , seemingly appro
htnsive of danger. Then came the t rnbl
shock , followed by the smashing of window
and the roof of the cur.und all was n mass o
bletding aud struggling humanity Men wer
locked Mi jnch others arms , covered M it ]
blood , while underneath them and all side
lay the poor unfortunates , who -\\oro 111
Btautly killed , crushed out of ull human sem
bianco. The sight was a terrible one
uud it required the stoutest nerves to indue
one to take a second look. The woundei
crowded out of the debris und wcie ussisttii
to neighboring houses. People brought bed
ding , etc. , on hich to lay the dead am
dying , and ull that could then be done was ti
w ait until help , which hod been immediate ] '
sent for , arrived.
MrsJ H. Sigel of Erie , Pu. , a passenge
on the ill-fated excursion truin , us on he
wato Bullalo. ( She arrived there saful'
this afternoon. In an Interview she said :
" 1 was in the first coach next to the slooji
ing car. The passengei train -n as a larg
one and carried u large number of excursion
ists as i ell us regular passengers. The firs
wekne of the collision was u terrible eras
like an explosion Nobody w us hurt uxcep
those on the smoking car. The sight wus t
terrible that 1 could not lool
ut it. Not a single cnr wa
thrown from the truck , bu
the smoker was completely telescoped. I
w as a miracle that our car w as not crushei
also. It w ns a narrow escape. One youn
man in the smoker saved himself by drop
ing on the floor , and escaped with a fe\
bruises. I did not learn the cause of the ac
cideut , but we were going very slow \\hil
the freight was coming ut a high rate o
speed. We wore just one couch-length til
the tiestlo when the collision occurred. Th
people of Silver Creek worts very kinduuddli
all m their pov or. The ladies turned out am
sent up bedding , etc , for the wounded
Borne of them wore taken to different house
and ono of the couches was turned into .
hospital. In another coach the dead wur
pluc'itd. Most of the excursionists remuine
at Silver Creek , intending to return home
The legularpussen ersforBufluloaud othe
pomts came on this afternoon ou unothe
train.
The follow lug gives additional particular
of the horrible wiock. The accident hap
peiutdat Silver Crock , aemall stutisu just eas
ofDunknk. Hero the engineer loceived 01
dei-s to run ahead ifgai-dloss of the locii
fi eight , No. 0 , which the order Mated wouli
bide truck for him below the station. IIo uc
i-ordingly pulled out his tram of eleven cars
loaded to the fullest capacity , and hnd pro
ccudod us far as the curve , a few miles tie
Ion the stutiou , when he eaw smoke lloatmi
over the hilltop around w hioh the curvet * out
Thelocomotivbsounded warning hisllesbu
it was too lute for the local fi eight runniiij
twenty miles an hour , to nmko the Bilvo :
Creek sidu track nnd it collided with the pat
songer truin , causing ono of the worst ncci
dents t ver known on thesboie of LukeEri' '
since llio Ashtabula disaster.
ASHOOII as the engines cuine into collUioi
the shock lifted the baggage car of the ex
ciirslou tiain from its trucks and drove i
backward into the smoker , nilei
with pusseugei-s. Startinc in nt tbi
for um eud of the cur it literally IIIOUM :
down the scats and crushed the occupants 01
ground them into an uurttooguizublo mas
upon the floor. Out of the thirty-five oucu
imuts of the cur but two escaped with sligh
inliiries.
The scene of the accident was in a deep cu
just w here tlie curve commences. The shod
moused the passengers in the rear cur
und the sound of the escaping bteun
aroused the neighborhood In ten minute
RIO men , besides the excursionists , were 01
the ground. The Lake Blioro and Kickeli > lati
roads , upon re-elpt of thuneus of the ucci
dent , sent special trains from Buffalo um
Erie with pby nicImiB and medical upliauot > G
At the wreck the sight was horrible. Thi
smoker bad been buist by the telesoop
ing , and from the cracks in the corner
and seats on the floor oozed blood ii
streams , making laigu pools upon thi
ground One boy nbout Isyeare of age wu
caught Iwtueen the telescoping curs and thi
window casing , bis body half projecting ou
into the air through the w indow. His leg
w ere crushed to u jell } liutw eeu the cars , uui
be called piteously on the bystanders to ] in
him out of his misery From all pans of thi
car came the moans of the dying and injured
A large number of men , using tnmmei
fir trees which they had cut in the wood
us levers , worked faithfully for two hour
before the first imprisoned man wasieleased
When tlie entrance to the cur w us eaiutxl
the progress tow ard the interior for the pur
] tose of getting outtuedeud uudHouudu
was blow , as the entire woodwork bud to b
chopped uway The duud weic crushed ul
most beyond recognition , some of the bodiu
b iH5 orciw ded into n fjiace of a few in"he .
Brn u and Mood covered everything ltwa
literaDy a deathtrnp.
As the woik of carrying out the dend and
wounded progrt" ! many painful wphts
w ere "w'-n In one place , ut the wnt r of the
rur. 1'avid ShBT18 ] ° fErie wag riding w ilh
Ins -jeHi-olU son , wlii-n the collision oc
curred It peems at If thpy were pnrnlyred
nnd unable to get out Iney were caught
nnd crushed together in a heap.
Charles WcSjiarren. prominently con
nected with the Steams Mamifnrtur-
inp company of Ene , hnd n most
marvelous ctcape. He was knorkpd out of
Mi sent by the drawhend of the bagcage car
nnd thrown along the top of the neat's. HU
clothing was toni from his Imdy und he w a
finally thrown out of the car window , having
received but slight bruiit" ;
WilllHiu Kciflul und Henrj- . Tink , two
liromlnent Ene iwrehnuts , wore tlie only
ones who escaped from tlie car unseat lied.
\Vheutbewoikofremoving the dead and
injunvl hud been completed , the corpses were
taken to the freight house and laid upon the
floor for identification und the injured were
taken to the hmpital
The iujuit'd wi'ient once taken to Erie in
the hospital cur and are lieing treated nt the
St. Vincent ho i > itn ! in thut city. Over two-
thirds of the injured will dlo.
lbt > responsibility of the Occident is hard
to plncc Engineer Brewer hn disappeared.
Hi1 Hrt'iiu-n claims that lie had orders to rni :
to Silver Cieefc ivrardles * of the local
freight while the engineer of the freicht ex >
liiblts oi-ders eiilltlinc him to the right ol
way as far ns the Bide truck west tif the
station The agent ut Silver Creek suys thut
he knows nothing of unv order entitling tin
pn'i-enger tram to run by Silver Creek Thf
accident is one of he direst misfortunes thai
hni- over visited Erie and the town is clothoc
in mourning.
PEOPLE WHO DOCTOR THEM
SELVES.
They Mnlcc Business Brisk for
iifncturcrsorPnlent Mcilicincf ; .
"More people doctor themselves thai
you would imagine , " saiu a druggist ton
reporter for The Brooklyn Esipe. "Tin
cruzc ut present is for iiatcnl uiudieiiies
The great rjKlnptioii in the price of sil
proprietary articles lias induced many in
Viilidb , or individuals who suppose the ;
are ill , to give up patronizing pliysiciiini
and try the ninny nostrums with wind :
the market is Hooded I have not ken
track of the number of patent medicine'
in the mnrkei in recent years , but tin
Just time 1 gave inv attention to the sub
ject there were over 100.000 proprietary
medicines manufactured Qin the Uuitec
Stiits. . A drug fctoru ib a great resort foi
hypochondriacs. Here men talk by th <
hour of their various uilineuts winch ar <
of no interest to rne , but which I au
obliged to listen or else lose the sic !
mini's , custom "
What class purchase tmtcnt niedi
"All classes , of course , but proprietan
medicines to a creiiter or less extent , bin
tlie largest trade in ' them is done will
elderly men When a man reaches , s > av
sixty years , lie usually has some ailmeu
which"maj' either be trilling or serious
At all c\ cuts , after the fir.st symptom !
present themselves he makes a curefu
diagnosis of his case and hies him to tin
druggist. Tlie piil manufacturer pa
tieutlj listens to the customer's state
menl of his ills and prescribes a reuiudy-
usnally one of Ills own preparations
\Vhv ? Because the profits on the drug
< rist B goods are 100 per cent , more thai
on others. Probably tlie remedy pur
chtised benefits the patient , hut thi
chances tire tlnil it tdoosii't. "
\Vould you .recommend individual
who are sick to dbtftcli owivdo-torin , : . '
"Certainly1 notjf5"o mail cai toll tin
nature , of his diScjise : A symptom o :
symptoms mayiudicate a dozen diflereu1
diseases , and when a. man is taking !
Jiuer invigorator "he may be feuflerm ;
from kidney trouble. It is the height o
folly for ono to buy a proprietary tonic
the ingredients ofnvhich are the pooros
and cheapest quality. JJoes it sCaud t <
reason that a patentmedicine firm wonlc
] iut high-priced wine in a beef , iron ant
wine tonicV io. "The wine used i. gen
erallj' the cheapast kind of sherry , and ]
shudder when I think of the extract o )
beef aud iron used. The same principle
applies to all proprietary articles in
which alcohol is supposed to enter. Bu
few bitters or nervines contain much al
cohol , but are mainly composed of cheaj
qualities of Trench ipirits. Good alee
hoi costs money , andjs far too dear to hi
used in patent mcdicinco which sell at $ :
per bottle.
"What class of patent medicines ha
the largest sale ? " was asked.
"Dillerent articles are manufactured a
various seasons. Tor instance , in tin
summer mouths sursaparillas and gince :
tonics have the call , while in epic
weather cough syrup and cousumptioi
cures are largely sold , You would bi
surprised to know the number of reme
dies for coughs and colds sold in Brook
] yu from .November to June. They an
of various kinds , good , bad and indifl'er
ent , the latter predominating. Do 1 tliiut
syrups can cure consumption ? No , sir
They no doubt relieve thn sutl'erer am
loosen the cough , but in many instance !
coughs arc temporarily dried up by thei :
i so , only to break out again more be
verely than bafore.
"How do homeopathic medicine
sell1
"Poorly. Whatman originally fron
the counUy will ever forget his mother'
medicine chest and the irood woman'
catnip tea and mustard plastorsV How
on the first symptoms of disease in an1
of her loved ones , she hastens to the wel
thumbed and ancient medicine book , lo
catcs the malady , and prescribes tin
remodyy The da } ' of the homoopathii
modicum chest hus , I think , passed. A
any rate , homeopathy is not practice !
at. much in BiooLlyii as formerly. Bu
whether the remedies which our inothuri
prcscribud were efficacious or not 1 don'
prutond to Know , but any way we mos
always get well. Good care and nursinj
go a great way in the treatment of dis
ease. "
The reporter's iulormant , who , in ad
dition to being a druggist is also u physi
cian , continuing , said"In the sloop1
Long Island village in which 1 was born'
our doctor combined the duties of pliym
cian with those of donvinie. His Irnowl
edge of the bible far exceeded that o
inateria medlca. 'J'ho first body was dis
sooted in Oils country in I'hiladclphia , ii
1750 , and trora that airte until 1707 , whoi
the first medical school was establishoi
in New Fork , Lut little progress wai
inado in the study of medical scion o
The strides made In the profession Jmvi
been phenomenal , but nothing couiparoc
to what will be discovered by futurt
generations.
"Dou't druggists often compound tlioii
own prescriptions. * "
"Yos , but if cau-fht they are liable tc
imprisonment. 1 have a diploma am
can prD.eribe for a patient , and thoi
compound my own prescription. Drug
gi.sts are very careful in proscribing um
are fully aware of . the penalty for BI
doing. "
Thompson , one of tlie popula :
young man of Dourur , who lias booi
visiting his friend , J. T. Kerns in thl
city for the pabt wuek , left far home las
evening
California Canned Goods still 20c poi
can at Heimrod's.
A New CJottnge for" rent , also Ftirni
ture and now Kishor'f Piano fur sule
Inquire on Premises , Faniam and o3t
streets. MitJj. . JAKKOWMU.
tu aspect Ilamgi's goods
IIE IS FILLED FULL OF LEAD ,
A Texan ilh 101 Bullet VTcnnes in h
Body.
Story Told tiy n Southerner to n Uc *
poncr AVhluli Alimxt Surpluses
Bcllnr IJut tlir Mini Still L.IICS
\Vlio Oa 1'iuvc It.
Chicago Herald : " 1 sec that Grnhnm.
the man who went through the mpids at
Niagara in a barrel , is going to show himself -
self in a dime museum the prison
week.1'sa'd n souMieruer at tre Tremont
house last night us hn cross > d his feet stud
leaned back in ono of me bigolliee chairs.
"Why , do you know , " IIP continued ,
"that there is a enrio.iUy down south
that beat ? nil these barrel men and armless -
loss acrobat : , and iirc-c.Ue.rs ? Ho is u lit-
tk' old nuiu tiow , but if these museum
uihtiagnrs were to tn'e him tip here they
would make n mini of money His nn mo
is llurrisou 11. Oli\or , of llolton , Hell
couut.r , TCMIS , and he is the most niraaik-
ablc repository of cold lead in this coun
try to-ili'y. It m'y : s-ocra strange to you
young mtu , when 1 lull you that hu Iris
received no less than one hundred and
one wounds , and ti.\ty , of the bullets ,
ruiifringi.i si7e from a buckshot to an
ounce bull , ttiil remain in his body. He
was fifteen years old when he rorv > vod
his first wounds At that time he was
living on luc plantation of his mother ,
near Coiishutui , in Keel Iliver Parish ,
Louisiana. He was out hunting with a
half-brother or OOUMII , 1 forget which ,
lint nt any rate they bocauio separated.
While Oliver was moving through
the bushes his biotner thought him a
doer , und lired both barrels of his bbot-
gun at him.Thirtyseven shot lodged in
his body , and tlie boy lay for months at
tlie point of death. 'Only thirteen of the
implies were removed. When the war
broke out young Oliver ioined the con
federate army in September , 18C1. being
a member of companv C , Eighteenl'i '
Louisiana volunteers. The first engnge
nieut in which the regiment was actively
engaged xvas nt 1'ittf.burg landing , where
it eneountered a leaden storm From the
decks of the gunboats Lexington and E.
O. Tylur , The fight lasted four hours.
Oliver reeeived a te\ere wound inh - >
left shoulder from a piece of a conical
shell. Before the terrible cut had had
time to heal Oln or wont with his regi
ment in the battle of bhiloh. It was dur
ing this engagement tnat ho recen ed
what were supposed to bo mortal
wounds. When the gallivnt R uu-
regard led the Eighteenth
LOUIE ana into that " deadly
storm of shot and shell Oliver
wa . iimon < r the first to fall , with blood
gitbhitig from his mnuth. His name ap
peared in tne list of the slain , and for
more tluiu a year he was supposed to be
dead. It was. in October. 38'i : ) . that the
Eighteenth Louisima , having been trans
ferred to the west side ol the Mississippi ,
was encamped on Berwick Bjy. when
Oliver suddenly appeared among his old
comrades. His story , which was briefly
told , was to thgJ-pffoctfcthat < he4uuLtJtUijq
at Shlloli , "wounded in sevcir"places ,
minnie balls having pierced liis left lung ,
nght shoulder , right arm , his right
gioin , both tliijrhs and left foot. Not out
of these balls had been extracted , except
the ono in the foot After remaining
twenty-four hours where he fell Oliver
was picked up , more dead than alive ,
placed on a transport and taken to Louis
ville , where he remained in a hospital for
more than a year. When he reached his
regiment he was greatly emaciated , lit
had nurtmllylost the use of his right arm
but was , only slightly lame from thD
bullets in his legs. For several months
Oliver was r.opt at clerical work ( he hav
ing learned to write with his left hand ) :
but in March , 1801 , he wont into the bat
tle of Mansfield , on the Upper Ke.d river.
Here his bad luck airain befel him. and
he was wounded in five dillerent places.
A ruinio ball imbedded itselt in iiis skull.
another perforated his right cheek , the
third tore a great hole ttirough the rteshy
part of his neck , and two lodged in ins
left shoulder. Four of these balls are
still in his body. This finished Oliver
for the war , and he went home a con
firmed cripple. In 18Cj the bullet that
was buried in the skull and so overhung
the brain as to cause constant pain was
removed.
"It would seem that this chapter ol
sanguinary accidents should have had an
ending here , but it did not. One day in
the summer of 1873 he was standing on u
street corner in liolton A dentist in the
upper window of a building near by mis
took him for an enemy for whom he was
on the lookout and fired at him with u
double-barreled shotgun loaded with
duck t-hot Fifty-one shots tore their
way into his back. Of these twenty-four
were subsequently extracted , lint twenty-
seven remain. Oliver was confined to
his bed for tvo years , hi1- life during that
time hanging by a thread. A remarkable
vitality served him in this instance , as it
had in many others. Both his liver and
his kidneys were perforated These
wounds have done more to impair his
general health than all the others com-
bintid.
"J saw Oliver the other day on his farm
in Bolton. Ho told me that the oiilj ag
ony ho ever felt was in the region of the
heart , iihere , he feels sure , a bullet it
lodged in the sac inclosing that vital or
gan. Two years ago Oliver whittled : i
duck shot out of his right side , and about
a year ago a fragment of a ball that had
split in passing through his right cheekbone
bono dropped thiough the roof of 1m
mouth and was swallowed while he was
asleep. Three fingers and the palm ol
his right hand have been amputated , and
the entire bone between the elbow and
shoulder of the right arm has been taken
out , and that member is now of little use
to its owner , except to fill the uoat
sleeve.
"When Oliver went hunting with hu
brother or cousin he weighed 1J1S pounds
Estimating the weight of lead in his
body to bo two pounds , his avordupois h
just the same as it was the day ho caught
the thirty-seven bullets in the woods
"Its strange they dou't get that old fel
low and put him on exhibition. ' "
BUYING ON MARGINS.
Homo CouKrebKincii Who Arc Bold und
Heavy Speculators.
Washington Herald : Some of our con
gressmen are very heavy buyers of stocks.
1 do not know that 1 violate any confi
dence in sajing that among those who u
transactions \\oro about the largest of
their time wore ex-Governor Chas. Foster ,
of Ohio , and the Hon. Win. H oilman , lute n
member of congress from the First Dis
trict of Indiana. Governor Footer
"fancy" was Phteburg , Fort Wayne &
Chicago before that Block got where it
now is10'J. ' . Towaids the last he bought
thcsUifk outright and held it for a perma
nent investment His said thut lie and
Senator John Shornmu together own
14 000 shares , worth at present CS.IOO.O'JO.
Mr. Sherman is the oldest director in
length of service among the members
of the board of directors of this great
forupar.y , and is regarded as one of the
most uvcl-headcd aud sagacious , Mr.
Heilmnn usually operated in corn. 1
happened to be ruth him when he di
rected fntnons C'hicwto firm to buy
6.HnU03 ( bushels at one time. \ \ hut his
margin wa 1 cannot SUV , but it limit
have tippn very Inrgr. HP mine out
successfully , RS uMinl. He aid on one
occasion that IIP never held anything for
an ml v ntice of more than ton points , nnd
that though the .v .tom inxohed the pay
ment of very heavy ctmnn tsiotis , he
found it the b st plnn in the long run
One ol the grcnt congressional operators
of his dny was the Hon. S. B. Klkins ,
lately tlel-gnte from New Mexico. His
specialty was western railroad stock , and
he purchased n vary large block of Mis
souri Pacific when the Grant iV Ward
failure , with sorais otht'is , knooKud it
down to G't A . it rose to Ills' in less than
ninety days , Mr Klkins niuM liaic rctil-
iandaicrj handsome profit. It was at
that time- when Western dropped to 50
that Mr. TiUlen bought 10.0M shares of
the stoct ; o-itrisrht at that figure , which
lie sold in loss than n year thereafter at
80 A very pool , able , shrewd operator
was tlie late do jure president ol the
United States
Senator I'himb , of Kansas is , with
perhaps two exceptions the largest buyer
of stocks on n margin in the senate at
this time He buys everything- railroad
stoeks , grain , pork and lard. He prefers
wheat , though , to anvthing else when
the market is right , lie is said to oper
ate "with and by the advice nnd consent '
of the Armours of ( . 'hicago , who seldom
let him "get left. ' ' Senator .Tones , of
Nevada , is also a stock buyer , but his
taste inns in the direction of mining
shares. The lack of the trilUnsr sum of
$ : ! 0.pOO , which 1 did not happen to have
"quite convenient , " only prevented me
from taking his advice on e touching the
purchase of a large block of Ophir.
ottered , as the eminent senator assured
us , at a sacrifice that was "appalling ,
positively appalling , sir ! " J have often
wished smou then that 1 had done what
he PO confidently recommended , as I
could lime joined Mr. Caleb Willard in
buying up the rest of F street. But then
there are so many little things that pre
vent us doing what we would like' 1 am
told by a gentleman who knows that
Senator Sherman never invests on mar-
cins , l > ut that if he wants a tiling he buys
it outright. Few people know how very
rich this gentleman is. In the course of
a lonp : and aytivc life he is one of the
few who cnn truthfully say that he never
made a financial mistake of much mag
nitude. 1 am told that he owns seventy -
six houses here , in various parts of the
city , and so carefully does ho select his
tenants that he never "suffers loss. When
Se'iutor Cameron , of Pennsylvania , op
erates he goes into it as he does most
other things , with coinage , ner\e , and a
decisiveness that tell as thusu ouulitie-
always do in the world's battles. He
means "business , " and is generally on
the winning side. 1 was told by a b'o er
here that when lleadii.jr made its monumental
mental leap from 0 to ' 7 the Pennsylva
nia senntor was a large gainer ; in fact ,
his profit was put at o\er $10,0'IO ; ) Sena
tor Fair and his friend , Senator Camden ,
are both heavy buyers at times. The
former is a very large proprietor in the
most valuable mining interests on the
Pacific slope , and he is always ready to
sustain the quotations of his favorite
stocks when they are attacked by the
bears Senator CJamden's operations are
usually with lloe.kafoUcrj.tho Standard
.UiUaii Whw ih loico } ln.thoy.take
everything in sight. "Lust fall , " .said a
gentleman himself a dealer of nn mean
magnitude "C'arnden ' , Oliver Payne , and
a third , wiiot-e name 1 do not know.
bought 45(0l ( shares of coal stocks in ono
deal They hold them until the scheme on
hand was completed , and then unloaded.
In nine 'lays they each made $150 , OJ3. lor
they got an advance of ten points.1
Such i the power of money.
AMONG THE NEGROES.
Remnants of Picturesque Barbarity
Still Vi il le in the South.
Lizzie York Case in Detroit Free Press :
I visited n colored church last winter ex
pecting to be entertained with some
quaint plantation specimens of demotion ;
but bless j-ou everything was modern
and proper. The preacher , n handsome
young mulatto , was correct in his speech ,
and his logic was iusl as good and unin
teresting as 1 might have heard from any
of his white contemporaries. "
As a reward of perseverance I found
m3" type of old-fashioned worship in u
colored love-feast , where each one got
happy after a manner of his own heart
without regard to the previous condition
of sen itude or the restraints of emanci
pation , Ono old utility shook herself
from side to side , making a strange noise
with her mouth like the inflating of a
bellows. "Aunty , " said some one to her
on coming out , "you've been veiy happy ,
but why did you make that queer noise
with your mouth ? " "O , honej1'se a
Eiickin' in de brefl'ol ) de Lord. "
1 found another pious old uncle who ,
though his devotion seemed eufliciontly
ardent , assured me "hit was nolli'm' like
hit was fo * de wah. " 1 snid , by way of
drawing him out"The innocent seem
to sillier with the zruilty ; l.ow do 3 on ac
count for itv" "Yes , miss , " said he , "but
de bible say de wheat and do tares am
'lowed to grow up together 'til de har
vest time come , den de wheat am ged-
dered into de barn and de tares urn
frowcd into de tinquenshablo fire. "
Captain Price Williams , of the cele
brated Mobile rifles , who led them in
in'r victorious drills , in his ollice as
jad-e ol the nrobato court , often meets
with amusing incidents from both the
going and coming race. A colored man
taking out a marriage license was ankud
the usual questions : "How old is the
woman 3'oti are to marry f
"Well , bosa ! 1 s'poso she's 'bout
fifteen. "
"Then she Is under age. and you will
have to get the consent of her par < int . "
"O , bo-.s , you knows do gals always
1 nes to make dur selves j oung , but 1 km
swur she's 'M.
"Do you swear to that ? " Up went the
hand.
"How old are youV"
"We-ll , FMJ ! , but I kin be older if
necessary. "
1 walked into-my room ono dny and
found a respectable-looking young col
ored man had been employed to wash the
windows. 1 thought if it w re in his line
he might do some other work for me ; so
1 said in u patroniisiiigAvay : "Untile , what
isyour buhinessV" Heiaised himself to
his full lii lit on the ladder , and , flour
ishing his mop over his head , ho an
swered with a proud Binile , "Politi
cian , "
Ye gods ! ] full down metaphorically
in a dead faint.
At the exposition in New Orleans I saw
an old black man , a friend of former
days , trying to set in motion a patent
swing. 1 naid "L nule Steve , > ou haven't
studied science. "
"No , iniBB , " Enid he , 'Thas others to do
dat for mo. "
Notwithstanding the advantage of edu
cation , the negro dialaet dies hard. A
Colored modiste , who was fitting a dru s
for me , stood of ! ' admiringly , and in a
burst of enthusiasm exclaimed'It do fit
beautiful" Hooked at her and suid-
"You are n graduate of Bmorwm nibti-
tute , 1 believe ' She look the rebuke at
once. , but answered "That's the way they
talk ut home " "But what w.i tln u-o
of vour going tos hoolv' I n L < l 'i '
suid ' lea ' tu suaJ >
, tht'i were prjul m
but sometimes , when 1 use diflVnnt Inn-
gimgc from them , they a > 1 am full of
stuck-up a-tivouoss , SK 1 just drop dow n
to tnom "
1n' calling upon a lady The nnnt
who answered the door had cJint'y
conic from her sweeping. She had a red
table co\er tui'kiul around her waist mir
a blue dre ! s , a ncw pnjK r twisted nlo n
sugar-lonf peak made a cup for hir wi il
shaped head , she wure a pair of iurjo
h "wit earrings , her fner was In on t ; sue
stood erect and looked nn 1 ! ' i i.nn
qit"im. Politelv * he said : "Airs - is
out but during her abocnce 1 t.vii in-
\ ite you in. "
No southern land cr\pp is withiut the
gay coloring , the pirtmivquc burb.inty
of the African raw. So much plindid
rubbnli is in their Ihcsit would s.-mi . ns
if mime dav tn the eours ? of huriaii pro-
giesstliMi from llnil fnrofl Mr of M.I\S ,
From the ( lodde s Ki * to the ol ! niirro
mammy just pninc nfl" the stage of life
the symbols art-the fame , \\ithrouml ,
shining face , fat and full of jiars ,
crowned with mnternitv , slio is queen
regent of the little cabin home taking
caie of the little black babies , the IICIOCH
and statesmen In disguise of the coming
race ,
Mie still depends on the basket of foi > d
and bundle of clothes op.nl b.\ the pretty
white lady \\howtiH once a bab.at . her
breast anil who lealiws that the good
Lord often gives his blessings t\\iee ouir ,
but he never gives but one old mammy
The picture of homo life in the south
will bo incomplete when they have en
tirely disappeared The going race , w ho
have watched over your infancy , decked
you for marriage , and went " o\fi your
graves.
HAWAII'S LAVA LAKES.
Some Kr-sulti oft ho Yolanlc I3rupt Ions
in tlie SnintxIcti Ixlnmls.
Hawaiian Gazette- The molten lava is
visibl" in throe dillerent places all of
w inch 1 A isited Two of the throe places
are quite diilieult of access , the approach
being u circuitous route up and down
oer mnsies of loose roc.kK. aud passable
only in the daytime. These t o places
are quite near'each other , in the neigh
borhood of what was formerly the new
lake , though some little distance south.
Tho.\ can hardly be called "lakes. " 1
should call them wells. On1 of
these is whore liquid lava was
first seen after its first disappear
ance in March. This is somewhat irreg
ular in shaue , being , perhaps , thirty feet
wide and sixty to sevontj-fivo feet long
and not less than 100 feet in depth To
obtain a view of the bottom one must cote
to th < - very verge of the well and look
over , and this can be done with safety at
only ono point Immediately ueuuatli this
point nt the bottom of the well , but
\v here it could not be seen Without too
great n risk , there was an immense noise
and evidence of intense activity Over the
portion of tlie bottom of tno well that
was visible the lava was hardened , ex
cept in one place , where it could be seen
as it wa pulled out and thrown up a Jit-
tie distance every lew seconds
The other well was nearly circular in
shape. , perhaps tlintv leet in diameter
and HKI feet deep. This could be : ip-
proaehcd only at one point , and this
miiut was on the leeward side , so thut the
luuics of sulphur dioxide would allow
one to remain there only a few seconds
at u time. At the bottom of the well a
ipartial cone was forinqd , * perhaps ton
feet across , and in this lava'was boiling
with intense violence , now nnd thtn
throwing up a spray of lava quite a hun
dred foot to the mouth of the well aud al
most into tlie face of one standing on the
edge and looking over.
The tb.iid place where the liquid lava
could be seen was in the lake below OiB
west wall. It is pt silvln to got down to
the edge of tuis hike and get specimens ,
but it is an ex'tiomely hazardous undertaking -
taking There are or were two lakes
here , but they seem to have merged into
each other , the activity being confined to
the part last formed. Small Java Howe
were constantly breaking out , and in tlie
evening there was a general brcakmji up
of about one-third the surface. This
lasted only ono ot two minute.s , but was
followed by quite extensive lava Hows.
1 found no fountains nnd no cones here.
The best point for observing
this lake is 810 or 1,000 leet distant from
it. Ono can cet on the edco
of the perpendicular wall immediately
above it ISO or 200 foot , but this is unsafe ,
as landslides are constantly taking place
at all points. When 1 visited this lake
two days later its surface had evidently
risen , and it was more active than when
1 s-iiw it before. There were signs of
ac.tivitv in other places , but no fire could
be sueii. About the middle of .Inly some
lava appeared in Haloniaumau , but it has
not continued in activity , jhc uctltity
of Kiltiuea is evidently increasing , and
wluJc the sight at present is well worth
seeing , there is promise of e\en much
more in future.
THE HUMAN VOICE.
Interesting ol' Kvpcriincnts
Upon Ihc Wonderful Organ.
IJntibh Medical Journul It jiafc long
boon known that the inhalation of various
volatile substances is capable ol produc
ing eortu.n modifications iu the human
voice , and of Into wars uttempts mor < > or
Jess , legitimate in their implication , have
boon iiiiido to give this knowledge u jiruc-
tic-il form. An interesting &rrics of ex
periments , neuriug on this E'tbjuct have
lately been made before tbcS ificti'Me'Ji-
wile tin I'untheon by Dr Samlrnnin which ,
by moans of diflorcnl iiihalutioiif.Mir3iiig
from one to twelve , he producnd marked
variations in the intensity , tone , and
timbre of the voloa Ho could not only
confer upon the persons BO treated the
peculiar voice ol the confirmed im bri-
ute , but , what is more tlio point , ht could
temporarily ut tiny rate rcmoi o it
when picsunl. The notes produml by
the same larynx were made of high or
low pitch ut will ; und the range of Iho
voif > o could be notably increased , while
harshness or h went ness oould be made to
iiltiirnutu. The substances employed for
this purpose arc not newit is only their
application which iimy be f-aid to bo
no\el. Tar-wulcrt ujoohol , ethur , and
various essential oilfa constitute the ' batter -
tor " lor inlmlation purposes. The most
curious part ol the experiments Is the ac
curacy with which certain well di lined
i fleets are taid to bo obtained 'JJius , a
certain number of inhalation * ) of tmo
kind will diminish ttic compass by ho
man } notes , \\liile iinothcr will eoiJcr un
additional i ght or ten , some even limit
the range to five and faix notes Hi coin-
( lining u M-lcction of the ugnitH , a-cu
rul.-ly gruduatod results muy , i\c are
told , bi > obliiinod ut will. There is uinpio
hc.ODL-for r.setircli in this aircction und
really roliulilc inforiiiutiou 011 the subject
will not only insuie profussionol honors
but ulso profcbaionul MIUOH = S to the fortu-
iiaty discoverer. Au iutinnity of voice ,
w hat her congenital or acquiredi scum ly
less diiitrcbsmg than one illicit HJJ Iho
anutoniic-il dihitofaition of the limbs und
would certainly be bubjocted lo'nut-
luent will ; the wimc ciigornons We are
only nuiting for other und trustworthy
details on this uiUtrcfcling question to
BUgge t thut facililiu. be uflurod tht viu
noiib c.utegoribE of people tohoni wu
arc indubUid for the womiurful vimet > ot
sU'oet cribe , which , if ciuious. art not
ulu u.vt > liurmonuMiK 'J he ( Mifctcrinongera
buttering from "liiiuilhoriu cluicorum'1
uiul the iunf-aut ileuli-i in ctibl oll'gur-
im-uts vho i iioi , iihit.1 utlntd ! ( * w tu
i l.i' i ' ni'lit fuir'lii
u | < jTj i < boa. ) publico.
