TItE KANSAS CIXV JOUllNAt Stf&tiAY, AfatlL 21 , 189,7.
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URCESI VOEMH MIM .WIIS CIH
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Washington, April M-I'or Oklahoma and
Indtnn Irrrltor) Partis cloud); cooler,
wt to northwest winds.
Tor Missouri Showers; cooler; south,
shifting to northwest winds
Tor Kunsass Showers, cooler! north
winds.
GOOD MOP.NINO.
Governor Stone deliberated long on
the nntl-btitlerlno bill and flnall) did
the wrong thing.
The price of c.tttle Is coining down
ngiiln, but It will probably take the
butchers some time to discos cr It.
Secretary Morton differs from Presi
dent Clv eland In the respect that he 1")
honest enough to saj "Bold" when he
menns gold.
Pome Western rainmakers ire Ijadly
needed In New bngl mil The residents
Of that section arc suffering greatl)
froin Hoods.
It Is bird to conceive of a pirty whoc
future Is more beclouded or whose pres
ent Is more desperate than tint of the
Democratic prtits
Joe Jefferson a)s the most Important
quillty for an actor to possess Is per
sonal mnRiietlsm The ablllt to dodge
osBs Is also ust ful.
The Tennessee legislature Is going to
considerable expense of time and money
In the nln elTort to give coloring of
honesty to .i plain theft.
Corks to the valite of $1,0)0 000 were
produced in this country last s ear 'lhls
Is one Imlustij to which the hard times
did not act .is a stopper.
The court will be called on to admln
lster to thanntl-butterlne bill the knock
out drops which the governor didn't
hnvo the nerve to bIvo It.
The hardest blow that Governor Mor
i 111 can administer to .Mr. Pickering Is
not to notice him. Pickering Is after
personal advertisement moie than he Is
after the saloons
The president's talk about honest
money will not mike the people forget
that bond deal in which twont) millions
of thrtr mono) was poured into the Bel-
s inont and Morgan coffers.
On the whole, It might bo better for
Mr. John W. roster to come on home
nnd collect his fee through attornejs
There Is no telling just how the Chinese
empeior inns view that settlement
T!y the ivny of encounglng immlgri
tlon of old soldiers to Geoigla, Hoke
Smith might announce that all veterans
who become residents of that state will
be treated faiilv In the matter of pen
sions. When John Waller gets to Trance ho
mav be sent back home under the legu
latlon excluding Ameilean pork When
John wis si citizen of Kansas the poli
ticians looked on him as considerable
of n ho.;
The sensational talk some weeks ago
In regai d to Minister Thurston's recall
Feems to hive been a cne of much ado
nbout nothing If such a demand was
made nobody In Hawaii appears to have
henid of It.
The litest pioduet of the Worth es
tablishment Is a dres sleeve in Imita
tion of a "talned glass window. If
sleeves keep on growing It will soon bo
possible to represent entire churches In
their architecture,
ThPre were 7,717 homicides in the
United States last 5 ear and only 112 le
gal executions In the light of such a
showing It is not surprising tlmt in out
raged people t-oinetlines take the law
Into their own hands
Jqhn Wilkes. Booth, according tn re
pot ts, lias been seen at different times
In Km ope, Asia, Anion, the Islands of
the sea nnd South Ameilca In order to
convince n common sense public, how
ov'i r, it will be necessnrj to see him In
hades,
The oil dlstilcts in Kansas are In
creasing their output to tho highest ca
pacity mill will probabl) get their
product Into maikel In time to see the
bottpm fall nut. 'I ho boom Is an nttl
Iklal one and already gives signs of
collapsing.
Those who lose money In the oil
craze," iiioiiIUm nn exchange, "will
hive oiilj themselves to thank." And
moie than llk.ly they will not ttinnl;
even thehiselveo Human nature Is bo
constituted that people rurel) feel
thankful when they lose monej.
Notwithstanding Its ovetthrow and
humiliation the King has not lost Its
neivc. .Mr. KeMileat's request for
commission on the strength of .1 re
count which shows the moat llagiant
forget Uss nnd frauds Is tin Impudent an
exhibition of gall as one could wish to
gee.
If It Is true, ns icported, that the
Prince of Wales Is not coming to the
United States this jeai, than all the
Uplttd states can Jo Is to trj to
struggle, along In some vvaj without
him, A courageous people can bear up
under stapserlng plows sometimes when
necessity drives thftn
The delegutlon of business men from
Everest. Kas , was given u wain re
ception by the Commercial Ulllb ester
dav, l'orty ears of wheat at one ship
ment from a single town H pmtij gooi
business even for Kansas, it Is berom
lng Kehecilly recognUed that Kansas
wheat is the best wheat In Ills wojld,
nnd the st4te s one of the heaviest
wheat producers In tho Union. Iast
tgr's erou. vas uot a. lull crop, but u
whent TirouRht the prices H commnnded
A tew vctus ago there was ciioIirTi pro
dtie(d to piy off n good tinny millions
of farm Indebtedness find still leave suf
llclenl for home cnhuinbtloii. Kansas
City Is glad to welcome delegations ot
Kntisis business men nnd producers, anil
will do everj thine possible to make llielr
visits pleasant The cordial relations
Alrcidy existing should be mtiMnlly cul
tivated and the stnle and the city
brought Into Uie closest business Inti
macy, to, the upbuilding and strength'
tmlng of both
A uttn.vi M.uii'.wntt.
It Is customary for papers unused to
proper methods to continually exploit
every new venture ns If it were nn es
pecially new thing In ncwspiperdom.
The best newspaper constant) v seeks
those Impiotonlents that go to make
the sum ot perfection, and having se
cured them wastes no time In telling
the public what It nlrendy knows and
appreciates, but gos nhead on the
wave of progress nnd looks after new
Ideas.
The Journal,' which has nlwnvs led In
every nevv venture that marks proRres
Mveness, Is now, ns It hns nlwnvs been,
In the lend of Western newspapers,
both .as to character of circulation and
ns to enterprise In rurnlshlhR n bright
nnd newsy paper, with sound editotlal
doctrines that appeal directly to the In
telligence ot the people
If evidence were needed to prove the
constant supcrloiltv of the Journal over
nil other papers of this part of the coun
try It would be but necessity to look
over tho files for the pist we.k to see
how nccurntclv every news Item had
been fullv covered, not onlv those which
nppenred In the other pipers but the
most Impnrtnnt ones appearing exclti
slveb In the Journal from twelve to
twentv-fout hotiis aheul of all Its con
temponrlcs That tho people of the West nrc with
the Journal Is shown bv tho wonderful
Increase In cli dilation during the past
three weeks Alwa.vs a Icmlei. the Jour
nal reduced the price to meet the exig
encies of the bard times bi ought nbout
bj the demtinollntton ot sllvet and ac
cession of Democi 10 to udmlnlsti.atlve
position In nntlonal affairs This reduc
tion (.truck a popular chord nnd sub
scriptions began pouting in In such un
precedented numbeis tint tho force of
emplovcs In tho mailing and subset lp
tlon departments was found totnlly In
adequate to meet the rush
Hut It Is not onl) thiough this enor
mous lucre ise of subscribers that the
Journal feels the pulse of the people
Hundteds ot letteis come fiom all pans
of the West pialslng the Journ il foi
Its accurate lepoit of news nnd Its
stand on the vital Issues of the d.15
These letters trll a story that even a
l.uge circulation could not rclite Thej
tell the storj of conlldonce In the asser
tions Of the Journal and give to this
paper a piestlge that Is not possessed
bj nnv other pai 2r in the West.
Confidence In doctrines nnd confidence
In news columns begets confidence In
the advertisements, lit nee It Is tint we
sa that the adv either In the Journal
Secures advantages not possessed b
any other paper published In Kins.is
Cltv An ndveitlser who pi ices his faith
In the Journal not onlv feels that he has
placed It In a good papei, but soon
reullzes that he le iches a cl iss of pui
chasers that could not be obtained
through nnj othu medium.
I II 1 MOMIOI. IKKMIIIM".
'lhe latest news 1 eg 11 ding the trouble
between Client Uiltnlu and Nicaragua is
that Kngland has sent a fleet of nine
teen ihlps to enrol co hei demand
agilnst the Nleiiaglnn government
The statesmen ut the bead of the
United htates have quietly swallowed
the direct "-nub of her mnjestv's gov
ernment, which bluntlv told this coun
tii thtt It was none of our business
what Jmgl mil did In Nlcungua and has
then Ignoied this countu In nil subse
quent negotiations 'this country has
been compelled to hang around the for
eign legations nnd Induce the mossengei
bovs to lot us see the dispatches which
convev the Information we wish to
learn
Imgland has refused to arbitrate the
questions nt Issue, treating with con
tempt tho jiibt and equitable proposi
tions of the Nlcarnguan government
Theie are those who believe that this
countu has no right to Interfere unless
tho lives ot prop,. 1 ty interests ot Amer
ican citizens aie ot stake. President
Monroe sent a message to congioss De
cember :, 1S23, in which he enunciated
the doctrine which has since been lec
ognlzed as the letter and the spirit of
our fotelgn pollcj affecting this hemi
spheio In this message the pre-sldent
said
"We ove it, therefore to emdor and to
the amlrable relations existing between the
t'nlteil Maie and i)iot pomr- to drclare
that we should einslikr unv nttempt on
their part to extend their sjsiem to ani
portion of this tieinlsjiru 1 , m dangerous
to our ne loo and aifetv with ih ..vfuti,,,'
colonlis 01 dcp.ndencuH 01 am Duropenn
ponr w, have not iiutrfirid and shall
not interfere Hut with the povernmems
who have dec land their Independence and
vvhli-li we have on Rimit innsldeiallon and
on Ji"t principles aeknonldsed. we could
not view any Interposition for the purpose
ot oppussjng tht 111 or romiolllng In any
other manner their destlnj bj in Puro
pein power In any other light than as the
manifestation of iji unfrlfiidl disposition
towards the United States"
The "svstem" ut 110 foreign count! y
ran be cxtonded to nny poitlon of this
homsphete No nrliltraiy interfeience
nn tlie part of this eountrj vvlth colonies
or dependencies of foreign countries will
tnKe place, but In tho case of gov 1 111
ments which hnvo been lecognted by
this countu nny Interposltlou foi thu
purpose of oppressing theni 01 controll
ing in nny manner their destiny will be
lesented as tin unttleiullj act Nltarn
glia has berui reeognled liy this gov
ernment Ungland Is Interposing to op
piess that (ountij The Montoo doe
trino watiants this countiy In Inteifcr
lnrf Will the nclmlnlstintion resent
what tho Monioo doctrine declates an
unfilendly net?
VltHMOItl'S IHssIi:i(.
The disaster of tho thriving and ener
getic town of, Atdni'iie, I T, is ono
which Is peeullnrly unfoi innate In ever
rttspeet, The little city Is now nothing
more than a mats of mins nnd the 011
eigles of the people will bo taxed to
tin r utmost to leeupei ite. The Indian
Territory, or so much of It as has boon
opened to settlement, has had n mnt
vplois development, and nuy ovtnt
which arrests or tetania the ooutinu
mice of timl development Is n blow nt
the piosperlty of the entlte Southwest,
that splendid ctunmerclil emplro which
has arisen In su shmt a time to to tin
pottant a position
Tho svippithy of the piopto of tho
fiouth ami West will go .nit to the en
terprising liiudniiW men mid cltUens of
Ardmore, and, If theie Is unv neceiulty,
(he svinpathy will; take the. moie wel
come foi 111 of gubituntlal ugs,tuhce.
Hut tho people who have settled the ter
ritQi at ,of, )Ltie piusKlijiii; toit. ti'he
nre the rcpresentrttlvcs of the American
tjpo ot eltlzen. The towns nre peopled
with live nnd public spirited, Inaomlt
able business men, The farming lerrl
toiy Is occupied by Industrious and In
dtfallgalde tillers of the soil, Itihrcil to
hardships of every sort. The calamity
which hns fallen upon Ardmore will not
be Irreparable. She vvllj be lifted up and
will start on ft new era of prosperity
nnd development. Hut the blow the
town lias received Is a very serious one,
nevertheless.
1111! KVNsVi lilOI.Nr.flATION.
The clouds of Populism have lifted In
Kansai and tho sun of Republicanism
and regeneration lifts arisen for the
eopo of Knnns believe in regenerft
tloti nnd In predestination and In the
final perseverance of the saints and the
flu it punishment of the sinners. As the
sunflower landscape breaks upon thehi
In nil Its old-time beauty, the people
think with a shudder ot their escape
and wltli n thrill ot gratitude ot the fut
ure They are Just getting baqk their
old-time hope and courage nnd pride.
Kansas has been so long looked upon ns
the home of freaks nnd wheel-headed
statesmen that tho people tiro hardly
aide to renllre that these freaks nre
being kicked out of otrice ns fast ns
possible and that these statesmen have
already been retired.
The people of Kansas have been look
ing backward for the past two years or
more They shut their eves and saw rt
long line of Illustrious nnd at times fan
tastic men troop silently over the Kan
sas plains 1'lrst there rose grand,
gentle and supreme, with (he burden ot
a race's chains upon his head tho Ilg
111 c of John lit own, of Osftwatomle! Jim
Line stepped out Into his doorvard and
re-ciinetcd tho dramatic ending ot his
theatrfcil life, Chatlcs ltoblnson rose
vvlth the torn fragments of the lcomp
ton constitution In his hand; bluff old
Tom Carney pledged again his private
fortune to save the credit of the state!
l'rtslon B Plumb rose round by round
from tho printer's case to the highest
gift In tho bestowal of tho common
wealth, John J. Ingalls bounded from a
law v it's olllco to the United States sen
ate, nnd a host of others were bending
their energies to make Kansas what she
Is to-dav.
Then the people awoke from this
splendid dream; awoke to the reality;
awoke to find a huckster of butter nnd
eggs and n. peddler of policy shops
perched In tho chair ortce adorned by
C'hailes ltoblnson and Thomas Carney
and John A Martin; to find chaos
where once was older; to hear the doc
tilne of despair preached from the pul
pits of thanksgiving and anarchy pro
claimed from tho Judge's bench They
awoke to llnil that Kansas had been ab
ducted b n band of political banditti;
of impecunious philanthropists nnd un
iformed reformeis, of bibulous prohi
bitionists and peilpatetlo competitors ot
the Seven Sulheil.aml Sisters, of self
ordalncd .i men and excommunicated
pienchers, of lawjers without cases and
fat met si without firms, of doctors
without patients and parsons without
eongiegatlons.
Then the people rose. They swore
that tho 11 itlon should listen as of old
to the counsel of her statesmen; that
Kansas hhould no longer be the buffoon
among the sovereign states of this
counto 1'or the heresy of despair thev
substitute el the orthodox v of cheerful
ness, for the ntiuWm oC repudiation the
rellglm of the Golden ltule, for the In
clination of "isms" the sobiIet of com
mon sense The people of Kansas are
settling up and they have begun to
sdtle down The mortgages .110 being
pi Id and the Lease will soon be can
celed Thej will soon hear tho last of
the Peffeis and the Simpsons nnd tho
I.ewellings and the Chases and the
Dosteis nnd the Davlses and the
Clemenses Kansas has emeigcd with .1
clean bill of health from her disinfec
tion and fumigation She even smiles
us she thinks of the plagues that have
come upon her In the past; smiles as
she thinks ot the grasshoppers and the
drouths and the blkvaids and the cj
elones, the fiosts nnd the haul times
and Click and ht John, and even tho
Missouri Invasion This makes nine,
but when bhe thinks of the tenth nnd
ciownlng plague. Populism, she does
not, cannot smile She only turns her
face to tho stars again the stars she Is
to reach thiough dllllcultles.
1 in: i'.i:ic srvsov.
Though Kansas Cit is without pub
lie parks foi brenthlns places In the
summer months, private cnterpilso Ins
piovldtd as roomy and well kept places
of resort s ran bo found an where
And they ate cohvenlent of access fiom
any pait of the cltj, with the cost of
tianspoitntlon within tho reach ot nil
As long as these places ate maintain
ed nobridy will seriously miss the public
perks which should have been provided
long ago, but who can tell how long
this will be1 They are now kept up
for the benefit of tho v arlous lines of
transportation nnd at huge expense,
but the time will come when the giound
thus occupied will be too valuable foi
this to continue, and then the city will
have to come up with ,1 big bum of
money and buy the sites outilght or
pin chase other giounds foi the purpose
As it now Is, tho maintenance of pub
lic p.aiks would be at o cost out of nil
pioportlon to tho use the people would
ninke of them Nine out ot eveiy ten
who go out for airing will go where
the best entertainment Is offeied. The
clt could not go Into that Unci of bus
iness In competition with tho coi pota
tions 1 tinning the parks wo now have,
nnd as long ns tho piesent attractions
nre continued tho show pniks will draw
tho dowds.
Tho ptesent heasou piomlses to be of
unusual lute 1 1 st In the quality of
nmubuuiciit otfiied at these places, tho
tlvalt having stimulated tho v.ailous
tuanagms to theli beit effoits to call
out uverybodv on pleasant dajs And
with rowing, bathing, bowling, .swing
ing, picnicking, and with muslc.danclng,
cjcllntf and peifoimances of nil sorts
fiom opeta ami dramu to feats of skill
and strength, theie Is sum to be some
thlUH U uttinct nil classes, Uveiy ies
Ident of Kansas City has good reason to
lejolce In the fact that these enjoj.
mints aio put within his leach while
he has Ixen so negligent of his own ob
Hgitlons In providing public pleasure
gioutuls,
iiir.v t'WT i.osi; uni.
jf the Democratic pirty could hnvo
lost Ml. Cleveland thteo cars or more
ago It would have been sived no end of
bh-iino mill dlbtiss If It could but lobe
him now theie Is a clunco thut It might
jut tecovei fiom somu part of lis Ills
and pobslbly become In n measurable
ilogice liapp Hut It did not loso hm
then, and It can't lose him now. Ho
has planted hlnibelf on the high ground
of a c,ummandci for the coming national
campilgn, and his tlist command Is
buck as to tully around him the forces
lhi.1 supply the sinews of war. It hns
definitely classed opposition to the free
coinage of sliver to be gold hionometnt
llsm out nnd out, vvlth no middle
ground. Ill-inctnlllsm In nny shape Is
a party heresy according to his rending
of the Democratic gospel. 11 Is charged
thai he hns spilt the arty wide open by
his letter to the West, but that Is not
so. The parly was split already, lie
mnde It Impossible for It to reunite.
The silver element of the party now
know Just what any platform compro
mise In the next national campaign
would mean. Any reference to "safe
currency," "sound money," "rarity" or
"ratio," would be understood ns Jug
glery with the real Isbuo. Mr. Cleve
land has given the key to these catch
words ns being a currency based on a
single gold standard. He has been ac
cepted by the nntl-free coinage element
ns the oracle of the silver haters and
the ngcnl of the gold ring. He has
drawn the lino so close to the side of
absolute gold monoiioly that no middle
ground whatever Is left. To bo or not
to be a Democrat In the contest that Is
now on, according to the Cleveland con
fession ot fnlth, depends upon which
side of this line the probatlonlst shnll
stand.
This fact necessitates the seltlng up
of another shrine that shall offer com
fort, consolation and protection to the
great, majority of the party. They can't
lose Mr. Cleveland, but they enn set up
bl-pnrty standntds, and they will un
qttcstlon ibly do so, with the prospect
before them ot having a dual head to
their ticket, ns they did In 1V,C when
the fatal division occurred nt the
Charleston convention.
The Income tnj. returns are so Insig
nificantly small that treasury olllclals
are Justified In regarding them as not a
true showing of the condition to which
Democratic :ule has reduced the coun
try. Incomes have been slaughtered, to
be sure, but they have not been wholly
wiped out. Somebody Is evidently trj.
lng to dodge.
ritUIT WIIJIOUT .SKI.DS.
(! inlenrm Trying to Do .lirar With I'rlck-
Its ami ApponilltltN.
rrom the Washington Star.
Appendicitis nn not be so fashionable
a disease a few jeurs hence ns it is now,"
said Assistant l'oinologlst Tavlor. Gar
deners are trlng their best to get rid of
seeds In fruits. Alrcidy wo have the navel
oiange, which Is nearly alwavs seedless.
Some varieties of apples have been pro
duced tint have almost no seeds Iney
are abnormalities .Sometimes thev are
called 'bloomless,' because the blossoms
have no netnlc unit it, wm. .nuce I..I, Co
rnells. The core is vcrj small, and common.
ij uicre- is u uoiiow at. tile enu opposite
tlit stem These set,j,.fS npplfs are gen
trall poor In flavor, being grown merely
as curiosities.
"Itaisln producers In Cillfornln arc try
ing to obtain Feedless graps for raisins.
The object in view Is to get size nnd seed
efsiicss in the sime fruit 'iou nre famil
iar vvlth the seedless grapes of Corinth,
which are commonly known ns 'carrants.'
The Sultana rallns of Southeastern D11
rope are likewise seedless grapes. Hoth ot
these virlctles nre now cultivated In Cali
fornia but they are small. A prominent
Blower In I'reno counts is working In this
direction with the Muscat of Alexandria,
which Is a leading raMii grape In Cali
fornia, He rejects cuttlnns from tlios
vines which produce les than the normal
number of seeds Continuing this procss
from car to vear, he hopes to reduce the
grapes to absolute eedlessnest eventually.
It is believed tint the seedlessness of the
Corinth and Sultana grapes were obtained
bv- similar means
"The binana Is seedless and has been o
for centuries, though nobod) knows why.
It Is propagated bv nickers, and posslbh It
hart no seeds when It was Urst found In the
wild state. The banana is a modified ber
ry Cutting the fruit down through the
middle, 3011 will sometimes see a few little
brown spots, which are ruditnentarv seeds.
Occasionally the banana does actually pro
duce keerts The pineapple Is nearly seed
less being propacateil likewise from suck
ers and from sps The ecg plant which
is a fruit botnnlenlly speaking Is occasion
lllv seedless This plant Is able to produce
developed fruit whether the blossoms are
fortllied "r not
"llortlcultuilsts nr endeavoring at the
present time to rid fruit plants of thorns.
Some oram-es nnd lemons arc veiv thorny
for eample the high priced King orange,
which Is the best ot the mandarins It Is
rarelj seen In this market The first trees
were brought to the United States from
Cochin China In Florida Its thornlncss
has been rtlmlnishel bv selecting b 1 Is,
from branches with the fewest thorns
Thorns are objectionable because they
puncture the oranges or lemons when the
brunches are blown about bv the wind
"UlTorts are being made to get rid ot the
thorns on raspberry and blackbenv plants,
"lmplv for ronvfnlence In picking the fruit.
The thorns aic Intended bv nature to pro.
teft the plants from animals Cultivators
select those plants which b chance happen
to be thornle-s or comparatively 'O
A Hegtilar C.i nlns.
Chicago News- "I am going Into bus
iness," said the oimg man with Hat hair
is Tie snt down on a blue brocade chair.
"Oh I'irev, no'" said the girls In tho
room, with the acemtt. of hoiror.
"Ves snld Peres, limits. "1 am. Can't
lot the chance slip I have the finest Idea,
nnd I'm nfrild If I'm not quick some other
fellow'll cot nht id of me '
"Do tell us" begged the blonde girl ns
she and hi r chums formed 1111 adoring
Cl"VU sail P. res'. "I m going to start
a restaurant, and Inste id ot having people
pav thPlr bills bv prims per order. I'm
going to have scales at the door. Man Is
weighed when he comes In; weight regis
ter, d Weight I again w hen he goes out.
and Is charged per pound gain. Is nt that
K1"Oh. Percy " thev all gasped, admlrlngls',
"sou're .1 regulir genius "
All. VI It MISSOUIU.
IIlBglnsvllle has a new bus and transfer
Salisbury 'h new women call their organi
zation tho Sins Homines Club
Uho hpooiurs uto 1 open a new opera
house at Qui en City, Monday night.
A Queen Cits woman marketed a lot of
Ilruhmi thickens recentls that averaged
yi pounds ouch In weight
'lhe Ash liiovo ltepubllinn pass that
PinsiiectH fot 11 big pcueh and apple crop
in that vldnlts nro cis Haltering
A Charlton county man 1 Hied a couple of
foxes nnd capimed llvu livo ones In thu
Newcomer nelghboihood tho other day
A lllgglnsvlllo man struck a streau ot
luck tho oilier day Ho succeeded In trad
ing olf a 5-seai-old horse for a good calf.
The Lexington bchool board talks of re
quiring n pltdge fiom thu It in ilu teachers
that thej will pot muiij during tho school
Jear
The strictly swell Foclnl functions In
O-e-eola an lhcis.il given by tho members
ot the Sompei Pellcu Club, 'lhey niu al
was hupps nff.ilts.
Miss Ilsrlin Show was re-elected school
commissioner of Pllco enmity the other day
b$ a unanimous vote, 'iheio wnb 110 show
foi an opposition candidate
A newspaper mull his buught tho plant
ot tho ililiinct Osceola Sun, and will take
tho inaleilul to Alkalis.!, and plait 11 Itc
publlcan pipei Them's tho genuluu niis
blonuts spirit tor sou.
Captain I loll, P. Nlchcll, ot Uitcs conn,
ti has been m looted as n member of tho
st'ifr of (leneral Jo Shelby as roiiimnndcr
of the Coufcrteinte veteians of Missouri
He Links as llttiteuant colonil,
'lhe gills ot the Hpoonor company mado
a tldiit-iidoiiH miihli un the susceptible h ll.
I1.I1111S dulis. hitting the dear boss bo haul
that a iiilcc,ailon of them followed the
1011tp.uu deal over to Moberly
An Illinois capitalist Is Investigating the
iiosblbllltlcs ot a. 10I1 pipe factoij in Sails,
bins and has agreeu 10 mcaio ono info
it the fiumem hear lis villi id lilt a sutll-
dent amount ot w iihi ""! " mm.
information comes fiom a fit. Louis
friend of his Unit Major Colo Is at iiieseM
ciiMiMd In conducting ,u lemurl.abls sucii
cetsful seiles of revival meetings luDenl.
sun Tex. and pot on S Is not dead, but
"was iinvei more rosnlly living thuli now "
Joplln News 'I ho people of Sedalla aro
111 the- swim endeavoring o vapturu tho
peimaneiu siftt ot government of Mlssouil,
'this lias been tho hobbs Pf J. West (iood,
win and bis IIuoo mans stars. If the 10 is
a favoied community ai where on earth
la hivlig 11 man at tho head of Its chief
ncvvspipii tint was alwass. In beiibou or
out of seaou, advocating the t Its s merits
and Is courageous enough to denounce any
wiong that was being perpetrated upon its
people, that place Is SetlalU, and thu man
is J. Wtbt floodwln. Tho city of Bedalla
owes him it debt of giatitudc thut It never
can or will llciul.du.tc.
BLACKBURN SttAKS OUT.
TUB UKNTtCKV SKXATOR TALKS
HOl.tltA rtm im:'i: SHARK.
Ito dentil Forth n Challenge tor the
stntrsiiien of Hits Usrk nntl lltootly
tlronnd to Ansner Aimed
nt tnrllttc.
loulsvllle, Kj, April M-In an Interview
given below, published la to-das's Courier
Journnl,!nutor mackburn In uninlstsJmble
terms outlines his petition on the silver
question nnd boldly throws down, the
gauntlet to his opponents for similar can
dor on the same subject. With his usuat
nggresslvenesA the senator almost ddres
his opponents to meet Mm on the Issue he
represents, and 11 mav be assumed the
challenge n be promptly accepted
Though Kenntor Illnckliurn has persist
chtlv and repented!) lieen solicited for nn
explicit expiesslon through the newspapers
of his Views on silver, he has heretofore
declined to be Interviewed, and the state
ment given to-das Is the nrsl and only In
terview to which ho lias given authorit)-.
Senntur lllacltbum has written vvlth his
own hnnd the statement of the position on
niiie'ii ue expects ao flaiui or laii.in tne
senatorial race. Ills challenge to his op
lioncnts Is thut they express their views
hs candidly as ho dots his through the col
umns of the Courier-Journal, that their
Position may become ns widely known ns
his own, and that the people may decide
between them
Senator IllackbUrn sesterdny prepared
tho following statement as an authorita
tive txpreslon of his views nnd answers
to criticisms that hnve been btsed upon
erroneous or misleading reports ot alleged
Inteivlews:
"If 1 have heretofore shown any Indispo
sition lo be Interviewed by sou gentlemen
who represent tho dally papers of this cits.
It has not been because of my purpose to
conceal from tho people ms views upon
nus public emotion, but brcntibf I wns
anxious to avoid, if possible, a perversion
and distortion to which ms Utterances have
genernlls (of course, unintentional!)), been
subjected.
"1 never had, have not now, and never
Intend to have ans secrets In politics. I
never did nnd never will nsk the support
of tho people without giving them the full
est Information as to my position and sen
timents I am at, a loss to understand
how ah) one, especlall) In Kentucky, can
remain In ignorance as to my sentiments
upon the silver nuestlon.lf thev feel enough
Interest In the matter to desire such Infor
mation. I'or the last twent) sears, In con
gress nnd on the stump, an) where nnd
everywhere, I have earnestly nnd persist
ently insisted ,uion the restoration of the
sliver metal lo that place In the money
system of tho country which It nlw.ass
held prior to the passing of that disastrous
act of demonetization In 1ST1 If there Is
one man In public life In all tho country
whose views upon this subject were en
titled to be known to all men by reason
of his acts nnd utterance, I had reason to
believe I wns tint man. Upon this subject
I hnve never held nn opinion nor made an
utteiuncc that 1 have in the slightest de
gree altered or mo lifted in nil these scars.
ct It there is still any uninformed who
di sire to knoyv in) views I will reiterate
them In the shortest spice possible by sas
lng I am In favor of opening the mints of
this countrs to the unlimited coinage of
tho Mlver metal on an equallts" for the
colnngo of gold. 1 am opposoiLAo mono
metallism and Just as much opposed to sll
vei mono-metnlllsin; without reservation
I am a bl-metalllst. I want and mean to
continue to Insist upon the use of both
metals on even terms as tho redemption
inonev- of this countrs. I would be glad to
see this result brought nbout bs the action
of an International conference, provided It
could be done without dclas. 1 am opposed
to this government waiting for nn such
conference to net. Our experience with
buck agencies hns not been such as to give
us either confidence or hope of the attain
ment of this purpose, bpon the contrars-,
oui paitlctpations In such conferences have
In their vers barrenness, become farcical
and ridiculous.
"Jn 1792 this countrs-, with only 4,000,(W
people, wns bold enough lo prove Itself
able to dlhcard the monetars svstem ot
Great Britain and establish one of Its
own which, for nearlv a hundred sears,
met evei)- demand and stood every strain
the growth and development of the coun
trs put upon It. I belli ye the destruction
(entailed upon us b)- this demonetisation
pollcs), of one-halt our redemption monev,
has contributed more than ans cause to
the sinijikage of all values; tho clepre
cl itlon ot all property ; the stagn itlon of
trade, the paral) sis of lndustrs the finan
cial troubles In which we now- llnd our
selves. Whilst it mas be true the restor
ation of sier to Its place of unrestricted
coinage and unlimited legal tender func
tion mav not prove a panacea for the Ills
that we now sUffei, 1 am convinced It will
do rnoro and go further In that direction
than any- one piece of legislation that has
been suggested. I have nn abiding faith
In the cupacits- of this metal to work out
and maintain Its permanent parlts with
gold provided th oppressive hand of
the law Is removed and the mints ot the
countrs- thrown open to Its coinage. I
believe and. alwass did believe, th it the
act of 1S7J was an unconstitutional me.as
uie, I believe tho act of 1S73 would have
been so held bv the supreme, court of the
United"-States had npt a partisan spirit
dominated the notion of that tribunal,
This conviction I have stated in deb ite
upon the tloor of the senate as broadly
as I put it hue.
' I am In favor of the restoration of the
sllvei metal nt the ratio of 16 to I, believ
ing, In the light of an oxpeilence that cov
ers n eenturs-, such ratio will establish and
maintain permanently the parltj' between
tho two metals. I believe we should take
this action at the earliest das possible,
independent of the policies 01 views of
other nations. 1 have as abiding faith
In the ability of ms- country to establish
and maintain its own monetary sjstcm us
tlmt which I cheilsh In Its ability to de
fend Its own boll from Invasion or Its in
stitutions from ass lult.
"In ms Judgment, vie are as lndepend
t nt of foreign dictation or domination In
the one is the other
"I trust that I have succeeded In making
ms position upon this Issue so plain that
'he who runs mas read.' If In this I
have succeeded m ly I not Indulge the hope
that sou Journalistic gentlemen of Louis
ville will now direct sour energies and sour
efforts to obtain equally plain and frank
btntements of position from tho gentlemen
who hivo announced themselves, or who
are known to bu candidates for the United
fetalis senate I apprehend that the Dem
ocrnc) of Kentuck) would like to hear
from them upon this overshadowing Im
portant question. 1 am sure that I would,
and I trust that tho people, through your
efforts will be, furnlshtd with these re
plies, and that they will bo explicit.
"I'oi one to qliilm that he Is a bl-metalllst,
coupled with the condition that bi
metallism is to be btought about only as
a result of International conference. Is a
mere evasion of tho situation. That Is
fclmplv the work of the lawser who files
nn aflllavlt for 11 continuance. My friends
in Kentuck). I am sure, know my position
upon this and all other public questions,
and aro satisfied vvlth It, Now. It there be
one upon the list of announced candidates
for tho senate who will avow himself an
opponent of sllvtr coinage nnd advocate a
bluglii gold stand ird. or, in other vvords
who Is In accord with the views held and
advocated by sour paper, and who will
so dcclaro himself, 1 will ask and urge
overy friend of 111I110 In Kentucky holding
those views, and who, in spite of that fact.
Is now supporting me, to withdraw his sup.
port from me nnd glvo It to tho candidate
who has been boll enough to make such a
docliratlon lint I apprehend that no one
of these worthy gentlemen w IIP make such
nn avowal unless ho couples with It nn
announcement of hs withdrawal from the
canvni-s. If this bo true If no senatorial
candidate will espouse or accept sour
views, what advantage comes to sou by
CQiitlnulng a war upon me because of my
convictions, unless sou are able to find In
tho list of nsplinnts some man who stands
upon sour plitform?"
A Cull for CirlUle.
Sinntor Blackburn's Interview has called
forth the following editorial from It. W.
Knott, editor of tho livening Post, who
rails upon Secretary Carlisle to come out
and answer Senator mackburn:
Senator Blackburn has Issued a chal
lenge to the administration and to the
friends of the administration. He uttered
It Urst in J uiuars In an Interview In the
Uvenlng Post, nnd he repeats It to-day.
He makes his position clear; Tho free
colnige of stiver at tho ratio of 16 to I, re
gardless of consequences
It Is a challenge which Mr. McCreary
cannot meet; which must be met by the
gentleman from Kentucky who Is, by In
vitation of Mr, Cleveland, secretary of the
It bhould have bepn met before Under
the dellnnce.of Mr, Blackburn and of Mr.
Proctor Knott, the silence of the secretary
savors too much of ilmldlt).
Tim fight for Bound principles, for reason,
for neinacriic), must bo made, and made
be-fore the meeting of the state convention
In June, , , ., , ,
Hard money Democrits have waltcl for
Mi. farllslejo speak; they have waited for
some Indication that he was in earnest,
He is the natural leader In this contest,
and he cannot open tho campaign toq
soon, nor put Into It too much of the fight-
,n'rhoUcrIsls t upon the Democratic, party
In Kentucky and It cannot be averted
Speak now, Mr. Cailisle. or forever after
hold jour pese.
MARRIKtJ ttf LOT.
Itnw the FamlllM nt Horn ot .Vcit OrlraW
lour llitndrrtl Came Into l:tlience.
New Orleans Correspondence Cincinnati
Knqulrer, , ,
Some of the li) of Ilu- gay Crescent city
of to-day can trace their descent backward
to the time of the foundation of this col
ons, but that is 11 page perhaps that they
wish to be skipped Nearly a century nnd
a half ago, when l'rance sent over a num
ber of broken-down officers nnJ convlot sol
diers to colonl2e Ixiutslsnn, II wns soon dls.
covered, that there was a scarcity of wom
en, The soldiers made raids upon Indian
Manes nnd captured mnny dusky mates,
but the) could not be domesticated, nnd,
besides, numerous wnr followed
However, the wife of The colonial -overn-or
bui e-u Tpedleit, Why could not nbnn
doned vvcmwn from the reformatory insti
tutions of Paris be shlpi"! over to become
wives) for the Midlers? The soldiers wavuld
be none the wlwl ., .
Some wximen who would trample upon
Iho outcasts of their own sex do not hcsl
Inl. In Initmso thom mwm tnfn. AnmrdlllC-
lv, as nn experiment, two dozen girls from
the reformatory prison La Snltpetrlere,
Paris, were shipped to New Orleans, In
ch lrge of. the matron ot that Institution,
who vouched for the good character of
each, nnd wns chnrgtHl with the duty of
seeing them properly married Their nr
rlval created great uxclternent In this vil
lage of wooden shanties. Tho governor
received them In stnte and they were es
corted by troops to the governor's man
sion, where .they became guests of the
state. Uach had a square box of clothing
nnd wero known afterwards throughout
the colony ns 'la rules do, cassettes," or
"the casket glrl," ns the box containing
their now articles ot clothing was In the
shnpe of a casket
The governor distributed the prises. He
selected the most, worthy of the soldiers,
to whom he distributed the women b) loiters-.
It Is stntcsl that there was some "x
chniiBlng of brides, but, as a rule, the allot
ment of chance was abided b)
In, a few months however, there was
trouble. The "petticoat rebellion" broke
out nnd the casket wives threatened to rt
turn to Prance If they were not given flour
bread Instead of corn bread. They held
that they were entitled to ns good rare as
the olllccrs' wives wore. The local poet
did up tho petticoat rebellion In humor
ous verse, the rnskot wives were given
their rations) of Hour and tho rebellion end
ed, but It Is not forgotten evm to this day,
by the preservers ot tradition 111 the old
Prcnch quarter, who silence j.osslp bv re
ferring to tho scandnllzer ns a descendant
of la lllle do cii'scttis. Other shipments
were made until finally the original casket
girls, who lint! now- become respectable,
began to tin 11 up their noses nnd object to
the Importation of "Immoral women!"
Some ot the leading citizens came to the
colony under letties de cachet, being exiled
for political offenses lor crimes, and some
of the hlBhstrung dames neither tnald,
wife nor widow who wero exiled from
Prance as no better than the casket girls,
became lenders of society In tho colons-.
But the nrrlval of the emlcrers during
the Prcnch revolution levolutlonlzed colo
nial society, from which date the blue
blooded cicole arlstocracs- ot to-day trace
their ancestrs'.
Manon Lcscaut, who lives In opera and
drama, was one of the first Installment of
female exiles, nnd nn original casket girl.
It will be recalled, however, that the wild
Chevalier des Grieux, who accompanied
her, claimed to be her husband, and she
was not placed In the lottors. But later
on, when the) determined to marry, and
told the governor, the unprincipled Cadil
lac, of the deception, he decided that the
beautiful Manon should be given to his
nephew In marriage. This led to a moon
light duel with swords between the cheval
ier nnd the governor's nephew-, and the
flight of the chevalier and Manon When
ho was found Insensible from crlef. by the
side of her corpse, a wound was found upon
her breast, vv netner botn uiiempieu sui
cide, or whether he killed her was never
known. The mllitnrs court acquitted him
of the charge ot murder, and afterwards
his father. Admiral des Grieux, who hud
been commanding a fleet in Cuban waters,
took the wild chevalier back to Trance.
The Abbe Provost sent a representative to
New- Orleans to gather material for his
charming novel There is a. painting in nn
art gallery In this cits- showing Monsieur
des Allards.dlctattng the Incidents In the
life of Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut, and
he has the only genuine picture In exist
ence ot the beautiful and fascinating Man
on Lescaut. Her lennlns were burled In
the old St. Louis cemeters-, and, until nbout
a generation ago, there was an old tomb
stone beneath the somber shadows of a
huge oak tree draped in graceful folds of
sod colored gras moss, as It In mourning
upon which was seen "Manon."
WHO IllSCOMUtl I) ALCOHOL?
A Mystery of bcieuro Which a Snvnnt Can
not Clt ir Up.
Alcoholic beverages are as old ns the
world Itself; alcohol Itself Is modern. To
das it Is the best beloved and worst abused
of all chemical compounds; but the an
cients, viho knew its uses us well as wo
do. had no idea of Its existence. It hns
been reserved for a Prcnch chemist, M.
Hehthelot, to make an exhaustive histori
cal Inquiry Into Its discovery, but It cannot
be bild that he has completely solved the
misters-. . , . , . ..
The xers- name ot nlcohol. so far as It
is applied to the product of distillation ot
wine. Is modern, Up to the end of the
eighteenth century tho word, vvhlch Is pf
Arabic origin, slgnllled ans- principle ob
t lined by extreme pulverutlon or by sub
limation. 1'or example. It was applied not
onl) to our alcohol, but also to the pow
der of sulphate of antlmons used for black
ealng the esebrows, and to divers other
substances
In the thirteenth and even the fourteenth
centuries no author applied tne word to the
product of vinous distillation. The term
"splilts of wine." or "anient spirit,"
though more ancient, .was mot any liettt r
known in the thirteenth eenturs : for at this
time the word "spirit" was applied onls- to
volatile agents, capable of acting on met
als As to tho name "euu de vie." this
was applied during the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries to the elixir of life sought
for by the alchemists. In. reality, it was
under tho name of "ardent" (1 , c Inllnm
mable) water that our alcohol made Its
first appearance ,
According to Berthelot, dlstlb.ng appar
atus was invented b) the .uioptlans 1 in
carls centuries of the Christian era. Their
Inventions were u&ed bv tho Greek nl
cliemlsts nnd by the Arabian pharmacists;
but there is no evidence, that an) of these
ever distilled alcohol, though passages Ip
the works ot certain Aiablo authors have
been wrongly Interpreted to this effect.
Abdul Cobiin, for Instance, a Moorish
nhsslclan of Cordova, whoi lived ubout
ilW, hod a distillers, and distilled In It,
for medicinal purposes, rose watar, vinegar
and wlnt; but he made no distinction be
tween the different products of distilla
tion, though he recognized that these were
not blmply water, us Aristotle thouj'ht.
The most ancient manuscript that con
tains a prtolbe Indication in this direction
Is one written lu tho twelfth eenturs-,
which notes that by mixing a pure, strong
wine and three parts salt, and heating
It. an inflammable water may bo obtained
tint burns away without consuming the
matrix .Moie precise directions still nro
given in the "Book of lares,' by Marcus
Ciraecus, written about 1300. In this It Is
recommended that sulphur be added to tho
wine, to Increaso Its inhammable prop
erties. The first author whoso name is positively
known to speak of alcohol is Arnaud de
Vllleneuve who lived after the composi
tion of both tho receipts referred to above.
Ho is usually considered the discoverer
a dignity to which ho never himself laid
claim, lie speaks of It only as a well
known substance, and he exalts its vir
tues as follows: ...... ..
' Certain moderns say that it Is the per
manent water (that Is. the liquid that Is
nseu nr u
...iiMiMitea thn virtues of rosemarv nml
sage, It exercises a favorable Influence on
the nerves,"
Drinking lliibits.
The Scotch nnd Irish, within nbout a
eenturs-, have become a whisky drinking
people, hut it cannot be said thut they are
less sober thnn the Ungllsh. On the fair
duss In the South of Irel ind, there Is much
drunkenness, though perhaps of less noisy
charactei thun In the North ot England.
The drunken man Is guarded by a sober
friend, or a wife or sister, and the brawls
which follow are not more numerous or
murderous than In London.
A village of a thousand Inhabitants may,
It Is true, havo forty publla houses, but
drunkenness depends more on the quality
of the liquor than on the number of places
where it can be bqught. xhe evil Is quite
us great In the larger Island as It 1s In
Ireland, and as terrible a scourge on the
educated classes as It Is on the peasantry.
The tlrlnklim at wnkes la still a scandal,
but they aro conducted with much more
decency than ot old. Blackivood'a Maga
zine, A Xiiluublt) Collet llun.
An extraordinary collection of books, the
library of Mr. Gennadlus, late Creek min
ister to Hngland, is ubout to bu brought
under the hummer In Loudon. It conblsts
of the flrsi and rarest editions of the Greek
classics In unusually good copies, Aldines,
Juntas Stephauuses. Of Homer there are
ISO copies, of Anacieon 40, of Longus CO. of
Theocritus CO, and so on. Among the books
are. Itaclne's Plutarch. Henri P-stlenne's
Aldine ThucydlUes. Melancthon's edlto
urlnccps of Dvmosthcnos, all vvlth maiiuT
script poles of their possessors. Besides
these there are 1.1 lots of Byronlana. In
cluding the orlglnul manuscript of "En
jllsh Hards and Scotch IlcYlewers.''
IS IT TO GOME THIS YEAR?
ASTItOKOMKItt rxrrCJT TO SEC THB
ItKTIII.MIMVt nTAIt.
There Hits Keen n Oriiern! Disturbance of
tho SoUr system This irar Due to
the tomrl's Apprnnrh.
Mill the star ot Bethlehem which puM
ed the 'wl men" of the Bible nppear
during the cloning years ot this ceiuuf) ?
There are,, many astrologers who , conn
dently.predlct its reappearance, and tho re
cent disturbances tn the licavonly bodies
havo encouraged some to believe that that
Brent astronomical phenomenon Is tp
pronchlng. According tn the calculations
of the Jmsl the, star should npiiar omo
time between lk0 and 1W5, uiitt tho prciit.t
)car being the last of the tlmo set frr It.
there is considerable . anxiety displajtd
b)- those Interested In Ilia ctiiksilnn.
Tho question whether the star oi Iltth
jcht'in was a mythical nnpcaiaiive In 1110
heavens or a real, genuine new slar In
ttnded to guide the .Magi, to Bathlehem
Is settled b) different people, according to
the amount of their icllglous belief, but
certainly tho renppearane'u of romo star
nr comet lu the heavens nt stated Intervals
has attracted the attention nnd wonder ot
astronomers In tho pnBt, Tho earlier ap
pearance of the stnr Is shrouded lu con
siderable m) story, owing to the lack of
nny scientific, observation, and nil the rec
ords we have nro stories of writers and
common peasants. Prom nil accounts tha
star of Bethlehem has reappeared about
every, 315 jears since tho birth of Chrl't. .
In tho year 1172, the star nppenred tho
Inst time, and of Its nppearauee then wo
have the most trustworthy account, "Ono
evening, as I was watching the heavens In
inv accustomed manntr,' Tvclin Braho
vviltes, "I saw, to ins great .astonishment,
In tho constellation of Cusslopoln, u brll
limit star of unusual clenrness." A few
nights before this another astronomer,
Cornelius Gemnin, saw the star and called
It the "New enus." Both men thought
that this wonderXiilly brilliant phenomenon
ot tho heavens -was tho old star ot Bethle
hem, and Its uppenrnnce nt that time tal
lied with its periodical appearance In lail.
913, C30 and Sli. Tho stnr was tit sullied by
theso astronomers ns possessing all tho
brilliancy and brightness that character
ized tho ancient one which appealed beroro
the wise men. Moreover, it is not plntlon-nrs-.
but It slowly moved avvav- and disap
peared. In nn Incredibly short time from tho
heavens. Its first discovery was on No
vember 11. 1S7S. und In December It had
moved out of tha constellation of Cassio
peia, and before March It had dlK.appeared
entirely. This movement of the strango
star .corresponds vcrv accurately with tho
aaoount given In the Bible,
In lri.l the Bohemian astintiomnr nnd ns
trologer, C) pi Inn Lowltz, gives nn account
of the appt.1r.1noc In the heivcns. of a won.
ilcrfull) nttructivo still that had not been
there before. In his nccouutH wc havo sim
ilar description!! of the strnngn visitor, nii
pcarjne suddenly, und moving gradually
away until finally swallowed up Into space.
To him also vve,qrc Indebted for nn account
of tho snino star which appeared In !lj.
when tho heavens seemed to bo lighted up
by this strange hcav only phenomenon. Tho
Chinese chroniclers, who watched the heav
ens with great care, also mention the ap
pearance of a comfit or now heav enl) body,
vvhlch thes-. thought meant disaster to their
crops. It did not bring any 111 luck to tho
country, ,nnd the common penplo then nt
trlbuted Its appearance to their good gcals,
nnd they rejoiced that tho "one-esed" was
looking down upon them.
The former appearance of the star In C30
and 315 was not recorded by nny astrono
mer of accounts, but In the folklore of
most iof the Oriental nations numerous
descriptions of the new Star of Bethle
hem can be found.
Historians all agree that there must
have been ,somo heav onls- disturbance, or
the appearance of some new plnnet, comet
or star that attracted universal attention.
The lack of nns- trustworthy account In
those days cannot be used as a good argu
ment against the, periodical apparanco of
the heav enl)- wonder.
There have been altogether tvvents-slx-hlstotlcol
accounts of tho appearance of
strange new strs In tho heivcns. Manv
astronomers reason from this that should
an unusually brilliant star appear this 5 ear
It would not indicate that It was the old
Star of Bethlehem. They b.as tint tho
wise men simply saw Venus at the tlmo
of Its great, splendor. Others nssumo that
the star was occasioned b)- the conjunc
tion of pUnets or that It was a comet.
In 1F2C tho German astronomer, Idoler,
suggested that tho star was a conjunction
of planets, and Encko repi atcd It la 1S31.
To, support their theory thev show that
there was a conjunction of Jupiter, Mars
and Saturn In September of tho sear 3,
B. C.
But at no tlmo during the conjunction
wero these planets nearer together than a
degree, and they would hardls- be taken
for one star, ,'ihelr combined brilliancy,
however, would give as much light and
power ns tho msstcrlous visitor that has
so often appeared.
During the last sear universal disturb
ances and appearances In the heavenly
bodies have been noted by scientists, ns If
the)- were somewhat nITectod by the at
tractive force of another bods- not regular-Is-
acting upon them More meteoric show
ers have been reported in the Southern
pnrt of tho world than usual, and storms
of great destructlveness havo swept over
the whole globe, 'lhe coldness ot the pres
ent winter ls attributed by astronomeis
to tho influence, of the planets, and when
ever a comet has npproached the earth In
the past unusual weather has prevailed
beforehand as If to announce Its coming.
Moreover, the powerful telescopes now
used for scanning the heavens reveal an
unusual number of eclipses, as If the dis
turbance had caused some of the lesser
bodies to travel a little out of their
courses The wonderful v.arlible star Al
gol In Peresus, for Instance, hns const mt
iv of late undergone great changes. A
dark body almost as large as Algol hs
several times blotted out Its existence from
our view. The appearance of this huge
black object is a in) story to astronomers
of to-das.
Then the snows of Mars which have so
long been xlslblo. to powerful telescopes
havo gradually disappeared Harly last Oc
tober It was reported thut tho polar snow
cap of Mars had entirely disappeared. No
such rapid and unexplained disappearance
of the snow on tho earth or on Mars has
ever before been reported. Jupiter In Its
recent appearance hns been mmo brilliant
ly belted thnn ever before, nml ns It rises
It dlbplnvs nn unwonted profusion of color.
Venus has been shrouded in more or less
of showers of meteors so tint Its faco
could not be seen distinctly, but when the
atmosphere did for a short time, clear up
It shone with unusunl brlllnncs-. Its bright
ness In the last few months has attracted
considerable attontlon even among those
who nrfi not expert "sks'-gazers," All of
these facts, taken In conjunction with tho
changing condition ot the weather .upon
the earth, have led many to predict tho
approach of something unusual In tho solar
as stem. , This object will vcrv likely be a
new stnr. comet, or wonderful conjunction
of two or morn planets, or the long-lnokerl
for Star of Bethlehem, Philadelphia Press.
vi kw ntOM i;iii,iu:n hill.
A Tourist In Central Auierlia Waxes I'n
thui.luht!o Over It.
After leaving Culebra wo rapidly descend
Into the valley of th Itlo arunde, and a
halt hour brings us to Panama, writes a
corretpondent In tho Plttbburg Dispatch.
Wo climbed tho hill of Allcon. or. ns It Is
sometimes called. Golden Hill, and looked
leagues away across the waters of the
Paolllc.
Tho ascent Is not one. of pltasure, us wo
Climb up the rough und lagged hill CM feet
or mote. Halt way wo stop for 11 ftvv
minute' rest, almost wishing wo were in
Polar beas anchored to an Iceberg. Tho
vista thut even hern catches the c)u
through tha Hwu)lng limbs Is enchantlugly
beautiful, and we push on nlong thu grand,
ir vIqvv that awaits us at the top. n aro
paid a thousand times for the toll expendetl
In reaching the list foot of elevation that
ciowus Ancon. Wu havo mood 011 the
Itocklos In midsummer nt tin. tnoiv line,
looking dawn thmuuh cloud lifts into trim
volley green and fresh In the morning
brightness, and up to the snow-capped
peaks across the vulleys to tho tango be
yond, encompassing a picture bold tn its
outline, stntnped with vigor und btrcngtb,
beautltul, It Is trua, but not half so beauti
ful as the panorama that stretches away
before us.
The Urst glimpse that meets the esc Is
the blue wuter thut washes the shoie pa
this side and China land on the other. Then
thu Islands In the Bay of Panumii, green
111 the blue water that surrounds them,
ocean steamship at anchor, sailing cmfts
and tho Indian cajuco ore seen in every di
rection. Looking dawn upon the profligate town
at our feet we see Its red tiled roofs shim
mering In tha light of the morning sun, Us
clustering grovej of palms nodding In tho
gentle breeze, Its cathedra! spires standing
seniiuei uve'r mo iuiu pnvjia, Kuiuuinig oens
nnd opium Joints of the heathen Chinese.
till nearer and hulf vvus u the hill aro
the three score and ten hospital buildings
of the cunul company, under the scrupulous
euro or tha Trench order of bisters of
Mercy, embowered In tropical verduro, raro
as it Is beautiful, and all completing a. pic
ture that no artist can paint.
A Difference.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Johnny Smart
iinvtvn t Witt utilitem-a utiweea my
eacher and a streak of lightning,"
Mrs. Smart "How so, ton?"
Johnny Smart "He strikes several tlmea
in the name place,"
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