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«■ PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THK YEAR. LEWIS BAKER. TERMS. PER TEAR, BY MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID: DAILY, six teyi in Hie week *3 00 DAILY, per month *• DAILY and SUNDAY, one year 10 00 DAILY and SUNDAY, per calender month.. SO SUNDAY, one year 2 00 WEEKLY, one year •• JOO C7"~ Correspondence containing important news Folicited from every point. Rejected communica tions cannot be preserved. Address all letters and telegrams to THE GLOBE. ST. i'AL-L. MrVN. ST. PAUL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1885. tV~ The Washington* Office of Tin: globe at the noutheastcokxek oh pennsylvania Avenue and kockteentii street. tST The Chicago Office of IB globe is at No. li Times building. £?" The Minneapolis office of the globe JSAT NO. 257 nun AVENUE Boots. Pr THE STILLWATEIt OFFICE OF THE GLOBE IS AT 215^ SOUTH MAIN STnEET. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Office of Ciiif.f Signal Officer, Wash ington, D. C, Aug. 14, 10 p. m.—Observations taken at the same moment of tine at all sta tions. __ ■ !3! Stations. % W'th'r Stations. a W'tta'r •' Si. Paul Clear Vicksburg:.. 77 Clear La (!••-... 6] 'Clear NewOrleana 75 Hy. r'n Bismarck... •■■ Fair Shrcveport. S3 Clear Ft. Garry Cincinnati.. 83 Pair Minnedosa Memphis... 72 Clear Moorfaead... til Clear Nashville.. 70iClear Qu'Appelle Cleveland.. 59 Cloudy St. Vincent., <>'> Clear Dos Moines. M Clear Ft. Assin'bn.|B2!Lt. r'n St. Louis... C'J,Clear Ft. Buford.. 72Clear Chicago.... 60 Clear Ft. Caster... 81 Fair Montreal ! Helena 83|Clear Quebec — 57iCloudy Huron 67 Clear New York. 7-' dear Mod. Hat Boston 70 Clear Duluth 58 Clear Washington 70 Clear Albany 03, Clear _J THE nOME REPORT. Barometer, 30.007; thermometer, 62.1; rela tive humidity, 78; wind, south; weather dear; amount of rainfall, 0.00; maximum thermometer, 75.7; minimum thermometer, 52.3; daily range, 23.5. River—Observed height, 3.5; fall in 24 hours, .1. Note — Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. P. F. Lyons, Signal Corps, U. S. A. INDICATIONS. ■Washington, Aug. 15,1 a. m.—For the up per lake region, fair weather, followed In the Western portion by local rains.a slight rise In temperature, variable winds. For the up- i per Mississippi valley, fair weather, fol lowed by local rains, variable winds, shifting to southerly, higher temperature. For the. Missouri valley, local rains, southerly winds, becoming variable, a slight rise in tempera ture. TIIK PRICES. The stock market yesterday presented no specially new feature. It was active and dull by turns, and tho aggregate salos were less than the day before. During the early hours it was feverish and irregular. Later on it be came stronger and so continued throughout tho afternoon, and closed within a email fraction of the best prices of the day. Tho Vanderbilts and Northern Pacific preferred •were up ~/ A . Wheat was dull and lower. NUB OF TILE NEWS. The first tea train from Tacoma arrived. The Hock Island will not build into Bur lington. Arthur and Hayes never speak as they pass by. Miss Cleveland's book is not going 1 oil like Lot cakes. Dr. Loring, the ex-commissioner, must pay up or shut up. Massachusetts Prohibitionists will nominate a state ticket. Attorney General Hahn gave five decisions on legal points. The governor of Missouri thinks civil ser vice a humbug. Free Trade Morrison talks on various topics of public interest. Surveyors are at work on the Winona, Alma & Northern. The Illinois Central claims it is not cutting rates to St. Paul. \ The queen prorogued parliament, and it adjourned till Oct. 31. A sensational wife murder and suicide are reported at Aurora, 111. The Minneapolis Motor company is con trolled by a new company. Decreasing 1 estimates of the Northwestern wheat crop are being made. Funds for the Grant monument in New York are coining: In slowly. The James River Valley road will be built in time to move the fall crop. TheCherokees arc making trouble on ac count of the cattlemen's lease. Two barbs were wrecked In the Alaskan waters and twenty-two persons perished. Seventy families from Pennsylvania arc about to locate In Logan county, Dakota. Judge Steams of Duluth has been ap pointed receiver of the Oueota Lumber com pany. An lowa farmer furnished two tramps with a square meal and »l ■ each at the point of a pistol. Considerable dissatisfaction exists because the Wisconsin Central is charging too low rates. There are rumors that Vanderbilt and Wright will secure control of the Northern Pacific. Th 3 Eery dudes will probably leceive a similar order to the one issued to the army officers. Russia is said to have made new proposals to England which will prove satisfactory and acceptable. The trades organizations want an extra session of congress to relieve the country of depression. Charles Cramer of Wahpeton, Dak., was held up by a thug, but laid the villain out With a knife. It is rumored that a band of twenty Piegans were killed by cowboys in the Hull Mountain country, but the report lacks confirmation. Two sections of Forcpuugh's circus train collided near Eddyville, la., and eight em j ;■.>..«- were seriously injured. The cars were badly recked. Miss Adrlanna Brinckle, a beautiful society belle of Philadelphia,wus placed In an asylum twenty-seven years ago by her father because eho was extravagant. Be died soon after, she was forgotten and has just been released, a gray-headed woman of M. THE T2XTRA.-SKSSION BQUABBUE. A good deal of premature discussion has been Indulged in by the slate press in rela tion to an extra session of the legislature. It has been assumed that the census returns will show a large increase in the population of the state, and that a legislative raappor tionuieut should be made upon the basis of l:i- new census. From the fact that the sentiment of one section of the stato is favorable to an extra session and that of another section is opposed to it, the infer ence is drawn that the proportional increase of population is expected to be greater in one than in the other. We say that the dis cussion of the subject is premature from the fact that no data is at hand, nor will there he until the census is completed and the returns all in, to furnish the evideuce whether the necessity for a reapportionment is so urgent as to demand an extra session of the legislature. or to incur (be extraordinary expense to the state which would follow. If the census returns show a glaring Inequality in the matter of apportionment, and demonstrate that justice is being withheld from any sec- : ">« in the matter of representation, then it would unmistakably be the duty of the legislature to correct the inequality and to do justice to all sections of the state. Bo far as the agitation has yet proceeded, the only important development that has been made is that somebody is going to be a candidate for the United States senate and that the extra-session tight is mainly a skirmish preliminary to the senatorial con • test. The senatorial candidates are only getting into position and arranging their lines for the battle which is to come. They and their friends favor or oppose a reapportionment according to their esti mates of the effect it will have upon the candidate's chances for election. If Candi date A sees that the increase of population , is sufficient to give an additional delegate ! or two from the section in which his • strength lies, he and his friends are going to raise a cry for an extra session and will boom It to the bitter end. If Candidate B , discovers that I reapportionment on the : basis of the new census will take a repre sentative from his column aud put one in the | other candidate's ranks, it can be relied on i that he and his friends are going to be I shocked at the idea of Incurring the ex pense of an extra session of the legislature. , Up to this time the whole matter is really \ a factional light in the Republican party. Therefore the Globe docs not propose to view it with re lation to its effect on this or that candi date's chances for success, or this or that faction's prospects for domination. When the ceils. figures are all in and there is something upon which to base a correct opinion the Globe will discuss the matter solely with reference to the equities of the proposition. If any section of the state is being deprived of its just representation, without regard to whether the voters of that section are Democrats or Republicans, tho Globe will advocate that justice be done. So far as the squabble among the Republican leaders is concerned the Globe is not disposed to take a hand, but will : content itself with the hope that by the time the election comes around the people i of Minnesota will have awakened to a cor rect knowledge of the direction in which their true interests lie and will elect a Dem ocrat to the United States senate. MODEItX AMAZONS. The town of Lewisburg, in the state of Pennsylvania, has recently been the scene Of great excitement over a contest regard ing the boundary wall between two resi dences, which has developed into a full grown war. One house belongs to a gen tleman by the name of Okwig, and the other to a Dr. Harbison*. lie. Orwkj put up a porch to his house, and according to Harbison's understanding of his boundaries it was put on his land. A local report of the trouble which has grown out of it says that whenever Mr. Ouwig goes away from home the Hakkisoxs take ad vantage of his absence to tear away his porch, which Okwio invariably replaces when he returns home. Last Tuesday the head of the Okwio family was called away to Philadelphia on business. Soon after his departure Harrison appeared on the ground with three or four work men, who commenced cutting off two feet Of Orwig's porch. Mrs. Ouwiu and some lady visitors were the only de fenders of the house, but as the sequel shows they were enough. The dispatch which re lates the occurrence says that two nieces of Mr. Okwig, who chanced to be visiting their uncle, quick as lightning adjusted the hose and turned a full stream of water on Dr. IlAina.sox and the workmen. A large crowd quickly gathered and cheered on the plucky girls. Dr. Harbison threatened to throw an iron down on the girls if they did not desist, but at this the crowd became in furiated and threatened to demolish the new addition to the Harbison house and the doctor with it If be dared to lay ■ hand upon the girls, who by this time had climbed up to within close range of the workmen who were taking off the roof, and placing the nozzle close to the workmen's faces gave them the benefit of the full stream. The workmen got an umbrella and tried to shield themselves, but it was useless. The girls had "enlisted for the war" and were bound to "tight it out on that line." and after battling for an hour and a half they had the satisfaction of see ing their enemies lay down their "anus" and surrender. Large crowds of the most respectable ladies and gentlemen of the place gathered around the girls and cheered them on. If there was any one in the ; crowd that sympathized with the other party it was not demonstrated during the contest. THE BITKB BIT. Jay Gould's reputation of being a sly Old fox is entirely merited. It is known that Mr. Gould never lost an opportunity to bleed the suckers who attempts to dab ble in Wall street stocks. But it turns out that Mr. Gould's ambition does not stop with fleecing the succulent stock jobbers; > he has recently been trying his hand on some of his old pals, and with his usual ' success. There has grown up in Wall street, along with Mr. Gould, a bevy of brokers and speculators who, up to this time, have been able to hold their own so well that it was supposed that even the genius of Gould would never undertake to get the upper hand of them in a deal. Among the speculating diplomats none stood higher than Kussell Sage and ; Ctbus W. Field. Many a tight game has been played between these two gentle men and Mr. Gould, which always re sulted in a draw. Gould, however, ha- it last succeeded in throwing out a bait which seems to have caught the veterans as readily as it would have caught a kid broker. Sage and Field had a weak ness and Gould knew it. Field and S.u; b know that monopolies are profitable and whenever a monopoly is in sight they are sure to be on the alert Mr. Gould had a surplus of Western Union stock which had come into his hands at a reduced figure and he wished to unload it so as to make a handsome profit He knew how to angle for Field and Sage and baited his hook accordingly. Mr. Robert Garrett was in Europe on business connected with the Baltimore & Ohio company. Suddenly there commenced to pass some mysterious cablegrams between Gould and his Lon don agents relative to a purchase by the Western Union of the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph stock. The cablegrams were so worded as to create the impression that Mr. QAMMKTt was trying to sell his telegraph stock and that the Western Union was trying to get him down on the price. There was but one meaning to all this in the minds of Field and Sage. It was a big monopoly. That the Western Union was going to swallow up the entire telegraph system in this country was as clear as the nose on a man's face. There was but one thing for them to do. They must get a finger in this big monopoly pie, and accordingly made a deal with Mr. Gould on the stock. The latter could not help but deal liberally and generously with his old comrades. in iniquity. So rumor says he unloaded a big slice at a highly remu nerative figure. • Mr. Field hastened to Europe to take personal management of the transfer of the Baltimore & Ohio stock to the Western Union, while Mr. Sage re mained on this side to see that things wen kept ship shape. But, alas for the rarity of Christian charity among stock brokers, when Mr. Field reached London he found the alleged negotiation to have been only a myth. Mr. Garrett speaks right out and says there has been no nego tiation between his company and the West ern Union, and pronounces toe whole series of reports to that effect "fabrications per sistently and fraudulently persevered in for stock jobbing purposes" Mr. Field Is on THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, HAXUHDAI AlOßN'l^(i, AUUDST 15, 1885. TWELVE PAGES. his way hotue. a very aturry man, but doubtless with a very high estimate of Mr. Govli/s abilities as a stock jobber. Jay (joi ld is a sly old fox. MNl>vy BLOBS. Merchants and other business inon who are interested in bringing their goods to the attention of the general public will begrnti lied to learn that a recent arranuement has lieen made whereby an early edition of the Sixd.w (Ji.ohk lonrhstod in time to be distributed by tlie entojolng trains Satunlay night, throughout the Northwestern and territories, on Sunday morning. This enterjirise. on the part of the Qun man agement, was carried to such a anoeemfnl issue last Sunday as to OotaHMh BM edition a great demand throughout an »-x --tended and populous section of country. Advertiser* will, therefore, hereafter bring their notices to the attention of many thou sands of people in the tlirifty cities and towns of the Northwest, whom they have not formerly been able to reach through a s;. I'aul newspaper. The Siwhay (ii.o»K now ranks in circulation away up with the best papers of its kind in cities of much peater ponntatton. Advertisements intended for this edition should be handed in to the Gfcom counting room by ij o'elooknoon to-day. A single juice only is charged for adven all editions of the Sinday (il.obk. sii.VKit man I -y.it. .vitli-taii«liii;_r the continuous howl which goes uj>tn»iii New York because the government doesn't suspend the coiua silver it seems that in rftilitv the doi. the lathers is Ml >.. smpoputaf alter all. ;is the brakm and bankers of the Kmpire City would have us believe. A paragraph in last Thursday's Ttmeo reveals th thiit silver is in as much demand in th;it city as any other currency, and that the sub-treasury H) doing a mgUHW laud-nflhe business in the way of distributing it. It says: "The demand for silver dollars at the sub-treasury in this ,-ity \ ( *-.terday WM un.-.jK'ctetily large. A groat quantity af fractional silver was pushed over the coun ter, but Hsl <>iit)>ut Of standard deflate was tiie notable feature <.f tlie day. IflllsWlO Ilie New York banks have been mm to taking silver dollars from any COUBBB, but yesterday four banks of this city asi and obtained SiJU.om) in standard d..llar>. The Chemical bank took S'iO.OOO.the <. c bank SiO.OO!). the Citi/.cn-' sio.OOu. aud the Market SlO.uo:). other banks took smaller amounts making an aggregate <>f 110,000 silver dollars taken bum Hm sub-treasury during the day. Mutilated currency totfca amount of $5,000 was redeemed in silver dollars. The assistant trea.-urer has made a rule to redeem mutilated currency only with standard dollars. The Times u-ives the Boßowmg explana tion of what it calls an unusual demand tor the silver dollar: "The cause of thmond den demand Hoc the hitherto uni>opular rtandaid dollar is said to be tlje scarcity of one and two-dollar bills. Since the govern ment stopped pffhnmg bills of those denom inations the hanks have had difficulty iv meeting the leoneoti of their customers for them. The one and two-dollar bills, bemg in constant circulation, wear <.ut rapidly, and the su].ply is therefore -tcadily dimin ishing." TUE QURVg BFBKCH. The English parliament, which assembled last October, was prorogued yesterday by Queen Victohia iv a speech full of royal compliments to the body which was closing its memorable session. The history of this parliament embraces some of the most im portant events of English history. Among the most eventful occurrences connected with the parliament are the movements of the British army in the Soudan, iucludiug the expedition up the Nile, the fall of Khartoum, the tragic death Of the heroic Gordon and the subsequent evacuation of the principal part of the Bondanoa territory. The Egyptian and Russian complications are ifao uotable events which will bear im pottanl relations to the future poUey <-f the British government. Tho oueea | to the death of Ki. Mvhpi. but says noth ing of the most important and dramatic oc currence within the history of the parlia ment. The resiciiatioii ot the Glad . ministry was by ail odds the moothnpor tant, as It was the most sensational, ture of the session, yet there M no refer ence to it in the queen's addrem exee;.t ■ |Mts>ible allusion, where she expresses her determination to seek the OSMHsJ of her people in the coining ele >tion. While the queen's speech Is similar intone and style to the usual address from the crown when proroguing parliament, still one cannot fail to be impressed with the seem ing absurdity of the language employed wherein she asserts an individual claim to the entire Euzlish possessions and govern ment The absurdity of hereditary mon archy in «i constitutional government is fully illustrated in this instance. She syeaks of her personal relations with other governments and of her Indian empire witii an emphasis on the personal pronoun as if she was really lite owner of the earth, when in fact she is nothing more or less than a puppet in the hands Of her ministry and the parliament. Considering the meagre power really possessed by the crown and the almost absolute sovereignty residing in the electors under the British constitution it does seem ridiculous that an intelligent nation should attempt to pre serve the shadowy form of absolute monar chy when the true spirit of its government is so nearly democratic. The queen's ad dress would have lost none of its dignity and weight if she hail dropped the tone of supreme egotism and had adopted the sug gestive style employed by the preside of the United Stan i in their messages to con gress. BEXSIBLE TALK. The Sank Centre Tribune approv. 'ii taken by tin* Editorial association at ilsrece.it ■seatingin lli-city in a deieruiina ttonto crushout the tr.inii* newspaper. The Tribune says: "The Editorial ; of Miv.ne-ota at its late M">si..«i passed s<.:in> most wholesome and refreshing resolutions. Froi.i the tone of stme ot kaem it will be seen that the quack newspaper man wlio ■joes over the country with a ]w>rtablc print ing office, deuioralizing the trade and bang ing shame and disgrace on an ban eaffing, i> soou to meet with stem tre;it meut at the hands <>f the profession. It is presumed that this will have a elicit and that it w i!i raise the standard of feeraattssa to the nvsper ssaea. As will be ; seen by reference to the lanslnttoM pub ! lished it has l>een decided to abandon the ! old style of newsjiaper nghtS and adopt the ' better ]ilan of healthful argument in j»lace 'of spiteful petaonaßttos. Such a course is ■ to be welcomed by the real editor a* some thing new and most grateful; nay, a real relief as it were—the dawn of a new day, wliti.' the MiiUiifht <»f truth will not be dimmed by the shadows of such unsightly and really vicious expressions. The pn> fessiou must look up and work for a higher standard in all departments: it nn. come respectful U» iv brotherhood and it must learn some deep lessons of forljear auce." c ominc. Triton bib. The mountain has come to Mahomet. It is >aid thatex-Gov. Ciktix of I-V vania bos approached Mr. Carlisle and projtosed to do the honor of pulling the Kentucky statesman in nomination for speaker of the next house of representa ■with a view of making the uouiina- ticm unanimous. Tins indicates that there l> in be M division iv the Democratic party in congress on the tariff question, and that the Kasdall wing has surrendered to the Carlisle wine. This means tariff reform Mooning to tho Dooseornthi i<iea. it isex iHvted that the IVnuvratlc house will pass a tariff bill which will ho acceptable to tiie country, and woe unto the Kepublican sen ate, it that body defeats it RlWlf vim;::^ «v tiie tkaixs. Mr. Hii.ky. who has charge of the sale of uewopapan u;>on lomji of the railroad train- which run <»ut of St Paul and Min neapolis. has been charge«l by a paper in OUT neighboring city with «lis.-riminating ■gafaMt it in atiec. It BMe further and POC that Mr. UttMt has been bribed to push the sales of other pajters over that one. This Mr. Kit.KY indignantly maouto, Mud. in a communication which ho has for warded to the chamber of commerce < f Miniieapniis. he oifcrs a reward of $10,000 for the production of imM>f to sustain this Charge. The nature of Mr. KirK-i'« con tract with the railroad companies is such that should it ha shovvu that he has dis criminated against any pmmr, his contract would at once bo foriciu-d. and he l>e put off the r...id. h is neither hi> interest nor his inclination toVJocrfauhMta iv tlie sale of papers, a.id ho has not done B9L <>N TOE V.I'.ON'G T«A(K. We observe tha! as the time aj»i»roachcs for the leave- to fall the women's rig: soeiati.'n, are making preparations for their »r autumnal uunciavee. If the women's rights movement • As togahl a flm Id, Ihmooantry muni ntthaefe to the days of the wattle ben. Kver since the art of cooking g.MKI >.\a*.!: • :i loot, the worM ha- been out Of joint. It is all right that UN women shall have their right-, rv.id every true man will stand by that pi tion. But if there is one right more than another right which a woman is entitled to enjoy, it js tn,. riirht to know how to vet up a it(mml meal. One convention of this kind will bring more concessions from the brutes of men than all the 1- ations that weMever organized, it is evident that woman's rL'ht- agitators ha\en't struck the keynote to their reform movement jet. POM ■ <>l" HABIT. The recently-appointed Maine postmas ter, who has lauded in jail for steilin_-p.>-t --age stamps, memo to have been the victim of an old habit. He was a Mugwump Re publican who had tilled the ] option of deputy postmaster under the iiepublican postmaster. The president was* lm Upon by being ÜBjmd to make the BpuofattV ment iv uefmeaOO to the wishes of the Muir w-uinps. who certified that he was eflieieut and a tnie dbetoto ofthectvfl servii-e reform principles. The New York Worl-i that it was after the application had been «*nt in and tlie afUMmstUWnt made, but U» fore the commission had been forwardetl. that he tried his hand once more at ■ euflar poHtfealasefheda, robUii the govem ment and was sent to jail. -i BKL BAILS. The chief engineer of the Michigan Cen tral railroad mjl that steel mils laid on that line in MM have been removed on account of '•flouring" and spreading. This an- nouucfmi'iit has created a stir aiuuiu' Ihfl nil manufacturers, who see iv it an effort to create a panic iv their business. If the engineer's statement be true, the matter deeervec investigation. Thednty of protecting human life should be the tir-* ••onsidcration with railroad companies, ami if the experience of the Michigan Central with steel rails is that of other roads which use Oh same kind of rails, they will have to return to the use of the old iron rail. The Scientific American explains that a cheap steel mil is made by mixing cinder with the steel in the rail, ami intimates that the Michigan Central bin been buying the cheap grade. A. careful investigation of Uie matter will have to be made, lor the railroad which uses an unsafe rail will soon lose it-1 i>:i<>f trallic. John Wolf, who was shot at Washington, Pa., the other night while burglarizing a store, was ouw a student at Washington col lego and was a classmate of James G. Blai.ve. An exchange says that among- the collegians of those days Wolf «us one. of the brightest and most reckless. Ono day he connected an electric battery with a door knob and nearly shocked a professor to death. After this prank WoLr was dismissed from the college. He next turned up In Boston in a publishing house, where he edited an edition of Tenny son's poems. His salary was large, but ho spent it in dissipation and soon lost hi« place. Then ho became, a regular criminal. His first offense was burjrlary, for which he sorted a term In the penitentiary. Next he en^agrd in illegal l!;uor traffic, and during the past fifteen years has cost the country *40,0U0 in prosecutions and has served many terms in prison. Generally he was coarse and brutal, but when he met educated people hi* surprised them by the brilliancy of his conversation. He wa» a line classical schohir, and one nlg-ht when drunk created a sensation by mounting 1 a box on the sidewalk and delivering' a fine oration on Tin- True Spirit of Poetry- Wolk never made any *trong effort to reform. He drifted naturally into crime, and th- bloody cad of his misspent life surprised no one. » Till. suggestions made by a prominent rail road Oilicial to a Globe reporter that it was Mr. Vaxdeubilt's ambition to pet control of the Northern Paciilc in order that ho might control a continuous railroad hue from ocean to ocean, is plausible enough. When a man has acijuirod the wealth of a Vaxukhbilt there is nothing beyond the reach of his as pirations. Aud yet it is hardly within tho range of probability that Mr. Vandekbilt's ami-it in this respect will be gratiflivl. There are reasons in abundance why it should not be. In his reaching out for power and influence Mr. Vandkkbilt's ambition is like '•A circle in the water Which never ccaseth to enlarge itself. Till, by wide spreading, it dlsjtcrsc to naught." m Woe to the Piogan who crosses the path of tho Montana cowboy. The little brush on tho Mussel Shell wst .1 bloody affair and smacks a little of cruel;;-. After all, it will prove ■ salutary lessin to the Indians, and will go a lonjr .-•■•. checking the roving bands of Indian thieve* in their depredations. The cowboy* are a reckless set of fellows, yet they are very useful on the frontier. The probabilities are that the neighboring bands will be intimidated from attempting revenge. If they do, the government should furnish the cowboys with a suUicteat force to clean out the entire, band. J0.01.n0 from tho following stanza in Joaqlin Miller's ne\r poem, "Tin.' Sword of the South," theSierrean poet must hare made a mash during his visit to the exposition last winter; New Orleans has lad!cs so fair, so fair. In the old French quarter, with great black ejes. So fair that the mayor must keep them there Lest troubles, like troubles of Troy, arise. New Orleans has ladies with eyes held down- Held down because. If they lifted them, Why. you would be lost in this old French town. Though even you held to God's garment hem. — When-President Ahthtr resided la the White house he bad a clock connected with the naval observatory in his secretary** room. When President Cleveland came Into pos session of the executive mansion Col. La most objected to paying $23 out of the con tingent fund of the mansion to bavo it con tinued. So now the watches lc the White houso are regulated by an old-fashioned man tle clock which has ticked the time with more or less correctness for many years. Tut alleged largest diamond in the world was found recently in Africa. It has been taken to Amsterdam, where a special shop has been erected for the purpose of polishing It. It is said to weigh 475 carats, which Is 1!*8 carat* more than Use shah of Persia's "Grand MoguL" It hcst have done old man Wolseley's heart good to bear the queen say that while the Soudan expedition was barren of result*. she was proud of the gallantry and cnduranco of her soldier*. The railroads and laud syndicates are now satisfied that the- admiuistration is uoing a land office business ou its own hook. Three Cold Truth*. Sir T. H. Farrcr's Book, "Free Trade vs. Fair Trade." 1. Every man knows better what he wants to buy and sell than his government can pos sibly know for him. He will buy and soil to the best advantage if left free to buy and sell as he chooses. 2. Every man who buys sells at the same time. His purchase is really an exchange. The money he pays for the goods which ho buys is really an order given to the seller for other goods. The more buying, the more belli 3. As regards dealt its between inhabitants of the same street, the MUM village, the same town, the mm country, no one thinks of Uniting these truths. But they are just as true a.* regards dealing* between inhabit ants of different countries. The St. Paul Jobber*. Ait kin A ire. The city of St. Paul, the great commercial and railroad center of the Northwest, may feel proud of the class of men who compose tho above organization, and who have just taken one or the most memorable trips ever engaged in by any set of business men, upon a visit to their customers In lit 1 Northern Pa ciac country in Minnesota, Dakota and Mon tana. We predict for them the great suc cess any body of commercial in. ever met with anywhere. The earth i- theirs by right of location, and by virtue of their business pluck, ability and enterprise, and we do not doubt lor a moment but what they will oc cupy it. Success to them, one and aIL It I* Still There. Atlanta Constitution. Henry M. Kice of Minnesota is one of Gen. Tooinbs* most intimate friends. They serve*! In congress together, and Mr. Rice located Gen. Toombs* Lake Superior lands for him. He live- In St. Paul, and has hanging in his parlor a life-size picture of Gen. Toombs, by Uealy. Oneo during the war. the inflamed people gathered at the door of Mr. Rice, and clamored for tin- picture that they might de stroy It. -It Is only over my dead body that you can got it." quietly answered Mr. Rice. '•And it still bangs there," Hdd Gen. Toombs, '•with the face on the outside." -^»- - Where the lit m.•• Grow. Todd County Argus. An article in a recent issue of the St. Paul Li tut: announces the unpleasant fact that all canned goods are poisoned to an apprecia ble extent by the process of scaling, in which i chloride of zinc is used in large canning estab lishments. It is likely that the canned gords of commerce are not as wholesome as fruit nut up in glass cans at home, and there is no ex cuse for buying much in this region. ZTlontnna Wool Product. Grand Forks (Dak.) Herald. Montana bus already marketed 2.000.000 pounds of wool this year, and it is estimated she has 3,000.000 more to market. Add to this the product of mutton sheep for th c market and you have on immense source of certain wealth. Sheep will thrive anywhere in Dakota with reusouable care. In the ami mer they Bead but little: in the winter they con be corrulcd in straw sheds. Dakota* Harvest. Mandan Times. The farmers of the West Missouri slope are on the eve of the best harvests ever known in North Dakota. From every bund coiacs reports from the farmers, most of whom this week began harvesting, and who are eutbu sfastie over the outlook. Good weather is the only thing now recessary. and every thing bids fair to pour wealth into the pockets Of the horny-handed sons of toil. I tghtlng; the Cattle Huron*. Detroit Journal (Rep.) This forty-days* order is only the beginning of the president's struggle with the big land thieves. It is a struggle which will be watched with anxious interest, for he will tind. before be gets through with these cattle barons, that he has engaged hi a warfare so urduous m to daunt even the most honest and determined of men. More power to his arm! Kief* Execution. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is hardly too much to say that Kiel's death at the bands of the executiouer, while it may terrorize the half-breeds for a time Into submission, will be tbepliuitiugof a seed whose fruit will have to be reaped a genera tion hence in bitterness and wrath. Mag nanimity is the heal extinguisher of race and class hatreds. But Once In v Lifetime. Northwestern Chronicle. The Pioneer Press gloats over the discom fiture of our late Austrian consul. No won der, it rarely happens that the Pioneer Press can record the downfall of one whom it has opposed. Adept* In a Useful Art. Cleveland Plaindealcr. The story that President Cleveland and Vice President liendricks have quarreled is ridicu lous. Both these distinguished gentlemen know how to mind their own business. A Blark Eye for Chandler. Baltimore Herald. Ex-Secretary handler is writing letters in which he attempts to prove that a Democratic administration ruined John Roach. It cer tainly ruined Chandler's reputation. Hot-Weather Advice. Scranton Truth. '•Don't wear your clothes tight," says the Philadelphia Time-, in its hot-weather ad vice. We can give better advice than this— don't be tight your&elf. Only a Tall After All. Bungtown Bugle. Persons who before the election thought the tail of the Democratic ticket was the head, have wisely concluded that it was well placed. SOB it V lull Mil LORD. I'm gettln* sorry fur yon Lawd; Indeed an' trufc. I am. De nlggahs wants so monst'ous much 'CepGilcad an' de bam. Dcy prays fur ev'rj ting '!'■;■ needs, Dat work would bring 'cm Hi. An' wants de fruit of all de yarth Jis* like befo* de fall. I heerd a nig?ah prayin', Lawd, His very lebel Les* For Christmas time dc whole year roun'. An" all do time a res' ; He axed to have de chickens roos' Down on de lowes* Urn', An* turkeys jesou top do f- n«ce. In easy reach cr him. Come stately stop pin', oh! good Lawd, 'Pun yo' iil\-v. ate steed. An' smash dem sassy niggahs down. An' bruise de sarpint's seed. Dey howls at you de livelong night An* robs yo" of ><•' sleep, Kase dey's too lazy fur to sow. An' got no crap to reap. —Will Visscher, in Cleveland Leader. Srateey of a Salesniun. Boston Transcript. A salesman in one of the large dry goods stores recently picked up a worn-out, empty pocketbook and thought that he would have a little fnn with it. lie therefore placed it on the counter, half concealed by the goods lying thereon. Presently a lady shopper enters. Her eyes light npon that wallet as if by instinct, and while pricing half a score of articles she endeavored to cover it. quite artlessly, of coarse, now with her handker chief, then with her satchel and again with her parasol; but the salesman, without ap pearing to notice her actions, each time re moves the portemonnalc out of danger and into the light. Finally she adopts new tac tics, and picks it up with the remark: "Somebody's left a pocketbook." "Yes?" replies the clerk, interrogatively; "thank you."' And he takes the leather and disappears with it for a moment. Upon iii- return the lady asks, with a slight show of interest — "Was there much in it?" "Only three dollars," replied the sales man, corelessrv. and with the ease of one who has been used to lying all his life. "And who will get it if it isn't called for?" ask the lady. "The linn," is the epigrammatic response. The lady cues oat. In ten or fifteen min utes a boy comes in ana ask-: •Was a pocketbook with three dollars in it found here this morning?'" "Yes," replied the salesman; "but it has been called for." Boy says "Oh and retires. Salesman smiles audibly. BAD WORK ON THE BAIL. I Forepaugh's Circus Trains Collide "Witu Serious Results. Eight Men Seriously Injured and Cars Badly recked. Ottumwa, la-. Aug. 14. —Near Eddy vllle, la., to-day there was a collision be tween two sections of Adam Fore paugh'g circus train. The section which was run into is known as the baggage train and was made up as follows: Caboose, two box-cars, and then the sleepers Baltimore, Buffalo, Washington and Detroit, in the order named. Ahead of the Detroit were long, heavy Hat-cars, on which were loaded the wagons containing the tents, etc. The box-car next the sleeper telescoped with the Baltimore. This sleeper was occupied by canvassiuen anil others. The. following were seriously injured: August Sebmitt. trunk Duyd. S. ■v. Boat*. Louis Huter. Joe Copps. Frank Holland. Frank Baker. Lewis LeUrando. The sleepers Buffalo and Washington had their platforms demolished and their occu- i pants badly shaken, but none were much injured. The Detroit was thrown from the track and turned upside down. It was occupied by sixty men, nearly all of whom are known in show parlance as •'privileged people." Sid Enson, song and dance artist, was the only one seriously in jured in this car. He received a severe cut in the head and his skull is probably frac tured. A great many others sustained severe bruises. The Bat car next ahead of the Detroit had two cages on it, which were demolished. One of them contained a troop of performing dogs and one of them was killed. Swung under the wagons on this car were hammocks, occupied by men, and several of them were injured, but none dangerously, Other cars were dam aged. The menagerie animals were not hurt. Physicians from Eddyville and otttimwa are on the ground attending the injured. Forepaogh did everything possible to relieve the wounded, ii'e says it is the most serious accident that has ever hap pened to him. The injured men will be taken to the hospital at Davenport. Tremendous Cloud Burst. Reading, Pa., Aug. 14.—Last night a tremendous water cloud burst over Green wich township, this county. It fell with terriiic fame*washing out fields and swelling streams. The Sehuylkili river to-day is four feet higher than yesterday. The storm was confined to a —all section of country and lasted only an hour. Joseph Morgle's barn, near Windsor Castle, was struck by light ning and consumed, with its contents. Loss, 56,000. The Hamburg rolling mill reser voir overflowed, Hooding the mill. Mrs. White of Stony Creek was rendered un conscious by the lightning. TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. The losses to the New York Central road by the recent storm will exceed (101,000. Mails east of Chicago were delayed twelve hours, ovine to a washout on the New York Central road at Batman's Ferry. Buck Anderson, ■ Cherokee Indian, was killed Monday by Deputy Marshal James L. Spencer, while resisting arrest in Arkansas. Arrangements are nearly complete for the opening of the third season of the Louisville Southern exhibition. It will not close until Oct. Si. Hiram Frantz, a notorious character, was fatally shot by Detective Still of York, Pa., while trying: to escape from arrest for high way robbery. Henry Crine, doing business at 105 Frank lin street. New York, assigned for the benefit of his creditors, {Tiring 1 preferences amount lugr to 520.522, the largest being to .Mrs. Henry Crine, 111,464. A storm on Long Island did a gTeat deal of dainatro. itariis were blown down, dwellings were unroofed and trees uprooted. Many small craft were driven upon the shore in dif ferent places on the coast. The report that the body of Lieut. Edward Wallace, executive officer of the United States training ship Portsmouth, who disap peared last February, had been found llout- Ing lv the North river, is unfounded. The worst storm for years visited North Concord, N. H.. jrreatly damaging- the high ways. Several washouts occurred on the Og densburg railroad. Tile storm also did con siderable damage at Ply mouth and other places in the state. John C. BeraeMgh, alias "Johnny the Snake," a nationally notorious confidence man, and vruutoi] in nearly every slate in the Union, was found guilt] of beating a passen ger on the Missouri Pacific railway out of $330 two years age and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The business failures during the last seven days throughout the country number for the United States m and for Canada 17, or a total of IBS, as compared with a total of 183 for last week, and 201 the week previous to the last. The Western and Pacific states furnish more than one-half of the entire num ber of business casualties In the Uuited Statco. LATE ST. PAli NEWS. Landers, the man who shot himself, was still alive at an early hour this morning. A little white-haired boy, about 05 years old. strayed into the police station last night, and is still there waiting an owner. .Joe Keneally, a corpulent Minneapolis man, carrying a police whistle, was run in at l o'clock this morning for disorderly conduct. Ex-Police Officer Pippin was arrested on the comet of ltiee and Como avenue this morning for assault with a dangerous weapon. Peter John, whose name figured in yes terday's probate court record, was not the groeeryman by that name on the corner of Payne and Ramsey streets. William liowland,one of Dimond's colored lodgers, was taken to the police station last night with a severe attack of cholera mor bus. lie was stretched out in one of the cells and Dr. Ancker called, who pronounce the man very low, with probable chances of recovery. On Thursday Officer Cook sent a woman named airs. William Stewart to Dr. Ancker's ollice. She claimed to belong to the city ot Le Grand, Or. The woman was found to be a little loose mentally, so she wa* sent to the hospital. In response to a dispatch, Dr. Ancker received a telegram from the authorities of Le Grand, stating that the woman was not perfectly sane, but was harmless and allowed to travel around at pleasure. She will be shipped to -Mil waukee to-day. Important Insurance Decision. Cincinnati, Aug. 14. —A decision of interest to insurance companies was ren dered in the United States court by Justice Matthews to-day, in a suit brought by the Fire association of Philadelphia against J. H. Law & Co., insurance agents of this city, for money due. In the answer and cross petition of John ii. Law & Co.. it is stated that they were, until recently.general agents for the Philadelphia company, for the states of Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and a portion of Kentucky, and that in that capacity they had established a valuable business in this territory, which the Fire as sociation now threatens to destroy. They, therefore, raised the question as to whether they could be disturbed in the possession of the good will and business represented by the sub-agencies they had established, by the recent action of the Fire association in requesting their sub-agents to deal directly with the home office instead of through the Cincinnati agency, as formerly. Justice Matthews decided that John 11. Law & Co. could recover damages against the Fire association. more Crooked Barrels. Philadelphia, Aug. 14.—Another car load of Peoria whisky in the crooked bar rels was "detained" to-day by the internal revenue officials. It was consigned to a linn here. Each day more of the whisky is found, and it is asserted that nearly every rectifier in the city has some of it. Blowing- Up lie 11 Gate... Washington, Aug. 14. —Gen. Newton, chief of engineers, in his annual report on the removal of obstructions at Hell Gate, New York harbor, speaks of the tunneling in the reef and the drilling of holes for a great blast. The charging of holes was commenced during the month of July and it is expected will be completed about Oct. i 1. at which time the blast will be fired. The explosives used will be abqut 225,000 pounds of rock powder, about 50,000 pounds dynamite No. 1. About 50,000 copper cartridges will be used, ranging from I fifteen to twenty-four inches long and two ! and one-quarter inches thick. LIVING CHAINED TO A TREE; The Bca<4i*Like Existence of a Far mer* Crazy Son. i Correspondence New York World. For years there have been stories told of a wild man living in the fastnesses of the Blue Ridge mountains, the son of one of the small mountain farmers, who ia | jealously guarded and protected by him : i , but the descriptions given of the monstei i nave been bo vague that I determined to test their truth for myself. 1 Afi rough ride of several miles di- ' i rectly up the mountain from the village ol • bpenyville brought our party to a Tittle ; farm which had been cleared on the moun tain side. In the field an old man, evi dently the farmer himself, was at work. As we 'stopped to speak to him our can were startled by a series of the most ap palling and unearthly shrieks and yells coming from a clump of trees which sur rounded the log farm-house, a little dis tance off. For some moments the quiet country roadside seemed a veritable pandemonium. Only those who may have visited what are known in a madhouse as the "hollow squares," where the more vio lent patients are confined, can form any idea of the horrible impression made upon the mind by the demoniac yells and howls which filled the air. The old farmer, in forming us that it was his son that we heard, led the way to the house. "There he is," be said, pointing with his long bony finger to a large oak tree, a little ways re moved from the house. I looked and saw a wild, brutish-looking creature, whom it would be mockery to call a man, under the tree, to which he was fastened by a collar and chain. He was the veritable impel ation, at last, of Caliban.a strange, uncouth monster, neither man or brute, but with the characteristics of both painfully blended. He was entirely naked, though his body was covered with a short growth of shaggy black hair. Around his neck was a heavy iron collar of home-made man ufacture, and to this was attached a heavy chain, fastened in the tree trunk by a staple. From the constant attrition of his neck the collar had been worn perfectly smooth and bright. lie kept up a steady walk—the monotonous, unrea soning trot of a caged animal. In his hand be carried his chain to keep the weight of it Off his neck, precisely as a monkey may be seen to do. Now and then he would stop for a moment and give vent to a succession of piercing screams, accompanied by such horribly grotesque contortions of face and limb that one was forced to turn away in very horror from the sight. Around the trunk of the tree was a path worn bare and smooth by his restless feet. Be did not take the slightest notice of our presence, and we, of course, stood at a respectful distance. The old man was not at all averse to talking about his unfortunate son. From a child it had never shown the slightest spark of intelligence, and at its birth it was scarcely even of human form, it was hardly possessed of even the instincts of an animal, for it never evinced any desire or made any signs for food or drink. It had never manifested the ordinary emotions and sensibilities of a brute; it seemed absolutely indif ferent to everything. Food is placed within his reach by 1 his mother, who is the only person who dares approach him. and he eats of it, al though never seeming to care for it. He only sleeps when utterly worn out by his unceasing tramp up and down under his heavy chain to keep him away from the fire Clothing it is impossible to keep on him He is short but heavily built and possessed of a powerful frame, His arms are of extra ordinary length and of unusual muscular power; his hands are large and powerful and armed with long, claw-like nails. For forty years has this frightful object lived, a constant solicitude and terror to his par ents. Strangely enough, both his father and mother arc. if anything, rather above the ordinary intelligence. His health is good and to all appearances he may live chained to the big tree for years to come. R. C. B. The mouth-Breathing Habit. From the New York World. While a reporter was in the office of a well-known physician of this city the latter asked him if he had noticed a young man who had just passed out. The reporter an swered that he had, because he thought he had met the young man in Brooklyn a short time before. "That was probably another person suf fering from the same trouble," said the doctor. "This is a curious affliction. It is more common than is sup posed, occurs in infancy, at man hood and at middle age, and causes a great deal of suffering; yet it is a strange thing that people in general do not seem to pay any attention to this affection when oc curring in their own families, in spite of the manner in which it distorts the face, until some actual disease sets in and medi cal aid is necessary. Even physicians do not seem to reflect that this trouble may cause any oue of a large number of diseases affecting the system in general. "Why," continued the doctor, "you tell one of these mouth-breathers anywhere the moment you see them. From disease of the nose his lips are retracted, his mouth is continually open, his gums recede and his teeth protrude, particularly those of the up per jaw, the flesh that forms the lower part of the nostrils is shrunken, the openings of the nostrils are diminished in size, there are wrinkles at the outer edges of the eyes, and deep lines run from the nostrils to the angles of the mouth. These all give the person either an expression of idiocy, silli ness or suffering. "But the principal thing I want to car your attention to," said the doctor, "is tin necessity of parents and nurses watching children when they fall asleep and prevent ing them from breathing with their mouths open. In grown persons, diseases of th« nose and throat may lead to mouth-breath ing and the resulting distortion of the fea tures, but it is the other way with children They should be taught to use the mouth foi eating and speaking only, and if they fa I! asleep with their mouths open the lipj should be gently pressed together. Thm many constitutional diseases, such as spinal trouble, pigeon breast, and. perhaps, ever rickets may be avoided, not to speak of af fections of the nose and throat." It seems that medical men are not tlu only ones who have studied more or less carefully the habit of mouth-breathing. George Catlin, the portrayer of American Indian life and customs, claimed in one of his works that it was a known fact that a man can inhale mephitic air through the nose for a certain time in the bottom of a well without harm, but if he opened his mouth to answer a question or call for help, his lungs are closed and he expires. Catlin says: "1 have seen a poor Indian woman in the wilderness lowering her baby from her breast and pressing its lips together as it falls asleep." Among 2,000,000 people ha found that deafness, dumbness, spinal curvature and deaths from teething and diseases of the respirator passages were almost unknown. He attributes this ex emption from these ailments, so very com mon in civilized life, solely to the habit of breathing through the nose. What He Was biviu' Her. Boston Courier. "And what is your trouble, Mike, that you look so sorrowful?" "Water on the chest, begorra." "Water on the chest! Saints preserve us, but you're one of the healthiest looking men I ever saw. It's strange entirely " "Strange it is, and the misfortune of ii is that it is as true as it is strange. Whis per: I was coming over on the ship and we met a hurricane and the ship went down, and my chest, which had in twenty pounds of money and ail my clothes, went down with the vessel in two hundred fathoms of water; so I'm right in saying that it's the water on the chest that troubles me." "Go along.you spalpeen, its a chesthy nut you're givin' me." • After five years of hard service, Frank Boykin of Montgomery, Ala., purchased his freedom and then married. That was sixty years ago. Frank has just died at his old homo at the age of 115 years.