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' Tho Freedom of tlio Tress.
i.
Tbo manifest purposo of the Republican
; lenders of thin Stnto to push through tho
Ellsworth prow gag. hill, In nlllnnce with
Democratic lenders, points Indisputably to
!aome sort of understanding between them
which will not hear tho discission Its ulti
mate exposure will provoke. Consequently,
if this bill becomes law, with the signature
of Governor Black, It is likely to furnish
n main Iwno for tho Stnto campaign.
The freedom of the press, onn of the great
pillars upon which American liberty reata,
Is attacked directly by this measure, Un
der tho pretence of punishing and prevent
ing newspaper license, tho bill subjects all
newspapers to tho danger of mnllclous In
terference with their liberty of opinion, so
essential to enlightened public Judgment
concerning public men nnd measures. Its
prime purpose Is not to protect public mor
I nls. but to afford to politicians criticised by
newspapers the means of gagging tho press
without going Into court.
The Kllsworth bill Is a mad attempt at
I cm astounding and unnatural outrage.
Tlio Patriotism of the South.
j The Hon. John J. Inoalls, formerly a
Senator from Kansas, said recently at
Washington, on his return from an exten
alvo Journey through tho South, that ho
found the temper of tho people concerning
I the Maine disaster normal and Judicial, but
y also thoroughly and earnestly patriotic.
h. "I heard no sentiment for war except as a
f last resort for tho defence of the nation,"
' said Mr. Inoai.ls. Everywhere ho was
struck with " tho growth and development
i of tho national spirit in the South," tho
s disappearance of "tho narrow provincial-
i, Ism of the past," and tho universality of
;, the evidences that "if wor should come,
1 the veterans of Lee and Stonewall JACK
IE eon would strive to surpass tho veterans of
i Grant and Sheridan in their devotion to
t the honor and glory of tho nation."
! These expressions of opinion by a man
I distinguished for his extreme Hepubllcan-
Ism are treated by tho Times of Richmond
as an encouraging indication that public
'' men of his political conviction are begin-
; ning to understand tho South better, and,
r consequently, are giving it the admiration
;' which Is due to its American patriotism.
I" Mr. Inoai.ls, says tho Richmond paper,
correctly describes tho tono and spirit of
tho Southern people. " They arc perfectly
calm and self-possessed, but to a man they
aro resolved to stand by the Government in
any complication that may arise out of the
Cuban matter, and If war becomes neces
sary, they will embark their last life and
their last dollar In thw nation's cause."
" Tho belief Is general among the Southern
people that the Maino was blown up by de
sign, and not by accident," it odds, but that
" the Spanish Government had no hand In
It," the almost unanimous feeling being
that " borne Spanish fiends did tho foul
deed upon their own Initiative."
This declaration of Southern sentiment
agrees with the expressions of It which we
find In Southern newspapers generally and
with the tone of the great body of journals
In all parts of tho Union. Tho spirit mani
fested throughout Is distinctively conserv
ative. Kxcept in a few sensational jour
j nals, we discover nowhere any bluster, im-
( patience, or disposition to take a snap
r" Judgment In the Maino case, but every-
; where patient waiting for tho facta as
they shall bo brought out and made known
F by tho Board of Inquiry.
The confidence that tho Administration
;, at Washington will pursuo a firm and con-
f Bervatlvo course, which will protect tho
K honor and dignity of tho nation, according
as tho developments of tho Maino inves
lj tlgation shall require, Is substantially
B unanimous in all parts of tho Union.
f The sentiment of the South, as reported
Eff by Mr. Inoai.ls and represented by the
5SE Itlchmond Times, Is Bimply tho American
jfi1 sentiment as it is universally, and its mnnl-
fyM testation affords the best assurance tho
ft6 world could have that war with Spain will
j not occur. Such hearty and united tie-
Bat termination proves to Spuln that she could
le not enter Into war with us without Invlt-
j ing Inevitable and speedy defeat, the con-
8 acquences of which would be wholly disss-
M trous for her, while tho damage of war to
jK us would bo brief aud superficial only.
I A Very InteroHting Conference.
Tho seventh annual meeting of tho Tus
kegee Negro Conference was held at that
town in Alabama last week. It is n con
vention of colored people, men and women,
from all parts of the South, biought to
gether for the purpose of Instructing and
Interesting them in measures for self-Improvement,
moral and financial. It was
started six years ago by Prof. Hooker T.
Wahhinoton, tho eloquent negro who has
donu so much for his rare. Subsidiary local
conferences, unny holding legular monthly
meetings, hnvu been established In differ
ent Southern States, the number oiganl7ed
In Alabama alone during tho last year
having been more than fifty.
The attendance, at the Tuskcgce Confer-
enco last week is reported by tho Mont
gomery Ailirrllner as having been two
thousand, a great majority being farmers
representative, of every Southern State.
As usual at all Mich gatherings of the
colored people, the proceedings wcreopened
with religious exercises, and a deep re
ligious tunc, pervaded them throughout,
It wah noticeable, also, that no spirit of
resentment against the, whites was exhib
ited, though it might have, been supposed
thut remit and horrible, lyucliings of ne
grois uiiulil Im sum to provoke It. So far
as ww can discover from tho report In the
Moi.tg'imerj paper, tho subject was not
een mentioned. All thoughts seemed to
be ah-orbed In tho question of tho means
tnoNt likely to produce tho Improvement of
condition so eagerly desired,
Prof, AbinvavoN laid down fourrulesot
conduct for the negroes to pursue as essential
to that ind. Ho counselled them, first, "to
get land," not too much, but only as many
"V'r.cs C8 tllt'y could IW '0" Having land,
B hejexhort cd them to remain on It as a home.
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and to give up their too frequent habit of
moving from place to place. " You do not
llvo anywhere," ho said, "but simply stay."
Secondly, ho would have them make their
homes decent nnd attractive, so that a feel
ing qf domestic attachment would Degen
erated. Thirdly, ho advised them " to raise
something to eat," so that Instead of do
pending on tho town for all supplies, they
could carry something thither to soil and
get money with which to buy necessities
and substantial additions to their com
forts, nnd not showy nnd worthless trink
ets. Finally, he exhorted them to Improvo
their schoolhouscs, make sacrifices In order
to get on education for their children, to
"cultlvato tho spiritual sldo of life," and
to " bo good Christians."
Many negroes, men and women, related
their experiences In trying to got ahead.
Some told stories of great poverty and
hardship, but generally their condition
was roported as Improving. A young
woman graduate of Tuskegee, for Instance,
said that last year sho rented threo acres
of land for $7.50, and raised on It, be
sides corn and pumpkins, 000 pounds of
cotton, for which sho got $50, giving her
a profit nbovo nil expenses of $30.50.
"Pick tho hog bono to-day and let your
wife make soup of It to-morrow," said an
other speaker, "but buy land;" and he
called the attention of those without
money to "tho 500,000 acres of Govern
ment land In Alabama, 24,000 within a
radius of sixty miles of Montgomery,
10,000 within twenty-five miles of Tuske
gee, and 50,000 bordering on the Black
Belt." Tho reports showed generally that
wherever the Influence of tho Tuskegee
movement hod extended there was con
stant Improvement, but that elsewhero the
condition of the colored people as to
property, education and morality Is "most
unsatisfactory."
Tho spirit manifested throughout tho
conferenco was most creditable to tho
negro people, and afforded good reason for
hopefulness as to their progress. They are
going to work In tho right way to got
ahead. They aro Industrious, and from
Tuskegee and the subsidiary local confer
ences thoy are receiving lessons In econ
omy and tho best expenditure of their
labor, which are needed -by the Southern
people generally, white and black. If tho
colored people want money, thoy must work
for It and save It by self-denial ; and If
they seek to rise In the social scale, they
must mako themselves self-supporting and
Independent farmers.
"In Our Midst."
From the midst of the borough of Brook
lyn como these remarks as to an expression
which seems to be filling and even necessary
to those who use It :
"To trk Editor or Tnz Sim Str: I admit that
many times 70a hare added eomewhat to our merrl
ment bj resurrecting from the columns of the rural
press examples of the watermelon and other com
modities Mn our midst,' but are you not Just a little
captious In jour Intolerance of the expression ? In the
translation of Iises's 'Peer Oynt' by Willum and
Cniiu-is AncniR (Act. V p. 22) I rind the lines:
" But thouxh bo still punned a path aloof
And ever soemed a stranger In our midst.'
"In my copy some smart disciple of yours has dnly
Italicized and quoted the passage and decorated tt
with a fat exclamation point. As you are perhaps
aware, the phrase Is, In certain oases, almost sanc
tioned by usage In England and Is at least permitted
by Wssstkk. TV. HcTcncs."
We know Mr. William Archer as a
writer on tho theatre and ono of tho Ibsen
Illuminatl, but wo are not prepared to ac
cept him as an exemplar of style or a fixer
of usage. Wo must also decline to tremble
at the name of the worthy Connecticut
philologist. The dictionary that still bears
his namo treads over this difficulty more
gingerly than a cat over a puddle. Hear
and revere :
"The expressions 'In oar midst,' to., are arolded
by some good writers, the forma 'In the midst of,'
&o . being preferred."
" Some good writers" is good. Tho post
Xoachlan lexicographers, however, who
have changed Dr. Weuster's dictionary
considerably more than Aladdin's luck In
the lamp trust changed that young gentle
man's prospects nnd the fortunes of tho
Princess of Cathay, aro here too concise.
"Some good writers" avoid "In our
midst." Who are the other good writers
who revel In that expression? Tho post
Noachlan oracles aro dumb. They do tell
us that "midst" means "tho Interior part
or place; the middle." Obviously, then,
tho natural meaning of "In our midst" Is
In our middle, our Interior. How docs it
come to mean, If It has come to mean, In
tho midst of us?
Take a peep Into nnother shrine of lexi
cography, tho Century Dictionary. By
consulting that tiny treatise we learn that
tho phrases " in our, your, their midst," In
thesense " In tlio midst of us," &c, "have
been objected to by soma writers on Eng
lish, but with no good reason." Hero is a
positive, clear, definite decision. And
upon what precedent Is it founded? Upon
a quotation from Montgomery: "In their
midst n form was seen." Montoomeiit,
whether James or Roiiert, cannot be re
garded as a peculiarly Impresslvo author
ity. Tlio Century Dictionary makers
furthermore quote from our learned San
scrit friend, Pn.KnwAiii) Hall of Oxford,
the opinion that "with reference to an
alogical principles 'in our midst' is alto
gether Irreproachable."
No doubt. Some ears ago a learned
gentleman of Piko county. Mo., or there
abouts sent to Tim Sun a long communica
tion in which ho piled Quotation on quota
tion, and showed, to his own exceeding
happiness, that by analogy with similar
expressions In a large number of lanpuages
and dialects, Frisian, Lithuanian, Mrcso
Gothic, Norse, Neapolitan, Manx, Hanr,
nnd Craux, " In our midst " and Its breth
ren were good words and true. Tho diffi
culty Is that analogy has nothing to do
with tho case. A question of langungo Is
not decided by analogy, but by usuge. If
English writers of tho first rank aro In tho
habit of using "in our midst," the dic
tionaries ought to tell us so. Montgomery
and AncitKit can't bo considered ns con
clusive authorities
Como nnd try another dictionary, not
necessarily for information, but os an evl
deuce of Industry, Dictionaries are not
ulwnjs monuments of information, except
nt b.econd hand, hut they aro always monu
ments of Industry, This wisdom, now not
entirely fresh to us, drips from tho Stand
ard Dictionary:
"In our, your, or their midst. In the midst of us,
you, or theuii a furin pronounced analogically Irre
prosohsblo by FirzxnwauD IUll, In 'Modem Eng
lish,' p. 60, but 01 Jtcted to by some writers."
Hero's rirhnc&j, said Mr. Squeers, The
notion that English Is not made by tho best
authors who write It, hut by the learned or
unlearned persons who write about It, Is In
the heads of tho manufacturers of both the
Century nnd the Stnndard dictionaries.
Tho Century gives to a quotation from
Dr. Hall space which It should hao
occupied with citations of "In our midst."
The Standard shows us that Dr. Hall Is
for tho phrase antt" lhat oilier writers aro
against It, but retrains from giving In
stances of Its uso. Now, Dr. Hall and
his analogies mutt be thrown out, no
Is a man of prodigious reading, but as a
writer he Is 0110 of tho most confused, tor
tuous, pedantlo bunglers that ever set pen
to paper. Probably he writes from analogy.
One moro dictionary, an unpretentious
and a compact one. " In our midst, In their
midst," &c, says Stormonth, " are common
colloquial phrases, which, at tho best, aro
but of a doubtful propriety." Tho plan of
Stormonth's Dictionary excludes quotn
tions, but oven In the more pretentious
works they seem too often taken at random.
It makes a vast difference whether Mr.
TrtACKKnAY or Mr. Hall Caink Is the au
thority for a phrase, but tho Indulgent gen
tlemon who mako tho dictionaries don't
wish to give anybody pain. When tho
great dictionary of tho English Phllo
logical Society reaches "midst," our friend
In Brooklyn will bo able to get n chrono
logical history of tho word. Mcnnwhilo
the dictionaries upon which ho relies do not
mako out even tho weakest sort of case for
"In our midst" in any other than the nat
ural senso. Is It In good usof Our ob
servation and Impression arc that It Is not.
If it is, the common dictionaries, haphazard
compilations as they may bo, ought to
have made tho fact clear.
It Is a phrase habitually used by bad
writers. A burlesque and fatuous air has
come to belong to It. Pray you, avoid ltt
The Auxiliary Cruisers.
The wisdom of preparing for war In time
of peaco has been illustrated very strik
ingly by the stock of reserve batteries
which the Navy Department has ready for
arming tho merchant vessels that may bo
chartered as cruisers.
Tho movement really began when the
Paris and New York were bought and tho
St. Louis and St. Paul built. In consequence
of subsidies conditioned on their liability
to perform war service for tho Government.
When this had been done Congress saw that
they would bo of no use unless armed, and
accordingly made a large appropriation for
tho guns needed both for these vessels and
for others that might be chartered. At the
same time It provided reserve guns for
the regular navy. As a consequence, we
find scores of rapld-firo guns of the 0-Inch,
5-Inch or 4-Inch calibre at the Washington
naval ordnance yard, ready to bo sent
wherever they may be needed, and over
thirty of them already forwarded to the
Brooklyn yard. Borne of these may go to
the Chicago or the Atlanta, taking tho place
of guns in their old batteries which do not
have rapid-fire mounts; but In that case the
discarded guns will be available for tho
merchant cruisers.
In short, this is a most conspicuous ex
ample of the value of that preparation for
possible needs which Is so familiar In foreign
armies or navies, nnd so rare hero, where
our Isolation and the absence of powerful
neighbors tempt us to neglect even ordi
nary precautions.
80 Near ana Tet So Far.
We give room here to a suggestive letter
from tho Dominion of Canada :
To the EorronorTne 8ns Str: I hope you will
In all fairness publish the Inclosed letter fromtlr.
Wiuteiuud, an Amerleaa cltlien. to Senator Ussos
of Chicago.
It need not surprise you If tome of the Canadian
newspapers do eometlmes contain harsh sentiments
toward the United States, when they see so many
efforts made by Congress to meet British subjects
with hostile legislation euch as the ''Allen Labor
law;' hampering and obstructing our commerce In
northern rlrers, the narlgatlon of which Is secured to
us by treaty: the threats to deprlre Canada of the
'bonding system between the two countries; the pre
vention of British subjects taking up mining claims
in Alaska.
"In none of these matters has Canada retaliated.
It Is true, a kind of alien labor law waa enacted In
1887, but never put In operation. Vnlted Elates cltl
tens are allowed to mine aud take up land In Klon
dike on the same conditions as British subjects. No
restriction Is placed on United States commeroe In
the British Yukon. Special leglslatlontotreatUnlted
States cltltent different from Drltlshers has not been
nttempted. Should It be, the fault will bo with your
people. W. I. Macdo.-mu), Senator.
"Tils Sexatt, Ottawa, Canada, March 8, 18WB."
Tho letter of Mr. Whitehead's, which
Senator Macdonai.d mentions, will bo
found In nnother column; but tho latter
gentleman has not yot set out upon the
right way to remove all causes of friction
between tho United States and Canada,
and to establish them for all timo upon
the piano of common interests and com
mon purposes which their origin, their
character and tho march of events make
tho natural and proper one.
At present Canada Is the arm of a trans
atlantic and hostile Government. She Is
not Independent, but dependent. Sho Is
not American, but European. Sho has not
und cannot have toward tho United States
the friendliness and sympathy of an Ameri
can people, but rather tho latent mistrust
nnd opposition of a European people. Tho
hospitality extended to Americans In the
Klondike cannot wlpo out tho political
fenco which has come down from past times
between Canada and tho United States.
If Senator Macdonald would bo nn
Amurlean'statesman worthy of tho greater
glories of tho nineteenth century, ho will
direct his energy and patriotism to making
Canada what nature intended that sho
should be, namely, part of this great North
American republic.
Speaking against a two-cent railroad faro
bill now beforo tlio Ohio J.eirlidature, Repre
sentative Dimckkk, "the fnrniur member from
Wood," used this extraordinary Ignitusee:
Ibe'.lete the fixing of a legal rato of two cents a
mile would l bail for the farmers and bad for the
railroad employee, I am nut axaintt organised
labor. I am not against organised capital. The capi
talists aro the philanthropists of the country."
Wlist sort of n farmer Is this 1 Not a Chtcairo
Convention farmer. Ho should bo sternly re
linked by some uentleman who tills tho soil by
moans of resolutions. Is there mold beneath
tho acres of tho farmer member from Wood I
The One-Eyed Ploughboyof Pigeon Boost,
who tins nominated himself, subject to approval,
for (iovernorof acoruia, is a touching citizen.
He tells his admiring townsmen that "if he Is
cleLtcd Governor, it will be by n clean and hon
est vote." Here Is a simple platform. Clean and
honest folks, tills way and cast sour votes for
tho One-Kycd I'lnuirbboy. Unclean and die
honest folks, go vote for some other man. Vory
beautiful aud easy. It is hard to see how the
(icorgla Democrats can help electlnc the mon
ophthalmic ono Governor without hurting their
reputation.
ltehelllon nmong thn Bryanitcs of Ken
tucky, Tno Scuuto of that State has refused to
liassovorfinvernor IIiiAiu.KV'rt veto a bill kH
inp tlio Itullro.ul Commission tho right to fix
! freight rites. A Democratic joint caucus had
I ti.itsed resolutions declaring the bill a party
1 nvasuro In lino with the Chicago platform, yet
ton Democratic Kcnntors voted with tho Hepub
llcans and emashod the bill. A bird kick at the
Chicago plaliorm. If corporations are to be
allowed to have rights, of what use Is liryan
Ism I We depend upon Col, Jack Ciiinn nnd
Jok HLACKnuiiN and P. Wat Hardin to turn
themselves into mammoth caves of ululatlon
and wrath. The spoiler of " tbo tolllDgmaases"
l-.r . . . , 1) , ,y..
- III, I ' ' I '
have triumphed. Ten Democrats have betrayed
the cause of "the producing classes." 'If there
is any hest In words, Kentucky will soon be don.
In the recent Intercollegiate contest be
tween Cornell and the University of Tonnayl
vanln, the question In debate was thus stated:
"riolrrd. That Immigration Into tho United
States should be restricted to persona able to read the
Constitution of the Untied States In some languago,
except that satisfactory provision bo made for ad
mitting persons dependent upon qualified Immi
grants," The use hero of except In tho sense of pro
vided la an Impropriety for which, as Macau
lay would have sold, n schoolboy in the fourth
form should bo flogged. If the question was
debated as badly ss it was stated, If tbo loulo of
these university studonts I no better than their
rhetoric, tho exhibition of their eloquence could
hardly havo been edifying.
Prof. Wilky, a chemist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, made an Interesting argu
ment before tho Puro Food Congress. He said
that many srtlclos Adulterated are not made
worso but better by adulteration. Still, ho said,
such articles should bo labelled bo that tho
buvor may know what he is buying. Good must
not bo ilono to him by stealth. The notion of
cnlllni: on tho Government to prevont a man
from being benotltod without his knowledge is
worthy of a chemist of the Department of Agriculture.
If the various human fragments which are
supposed to be at the head of the leoderles Demo
cratic minority of the nous of Representatives an
to be bettered. WatMngton Ttmti.
lTuman f ragmen te I This is the most shocking
Irreverence; the most brutal flouting of majes
tto intellectual entitles. Is Jor Bailst a hu
man fragment I Is Benton MoMiixm a hu
man fragment I Are 811m Jilt RionARDSON and
De Armond and Cncur Clare and other
"leaders" too numerous to mention human
fragments! It these statesmen aro not com
plete, perfection needs patching.
Mr. Edward J. Kelly of the renowned
moody Nlnetceth ward of Chicago despairs too
quickly. He opposes the reelection of tho Hon.
John Powers to tho City Council, and deolares
"that if the peoplo send JonN Powers back,
this is not a moral ward." Too wide a swath of
conclusion. It has been explained by careful
students of tho Nineteenth ward that Mr. Pow
ers owes his greatness to the fact that he dis
tributes turkeys among hi supporters. His re
'eloction would not show that the Nineteenth
loved virtue less, but that i t loved tnrkeys more.
Solon Citase says Bryan ought to be nomi
nated In 1900. St. Loud Olobe-bcmocrat.
It is a Joy to hear Solon's volco again, whether
be Is encouraging his steers in Maino or hal
looing to his young followers In Nebraska. Why
thould not Solon be the candidate himself I
He was working for the worst money In the
world and plenty of it when Mr. Bryan's chin
had never felt the barber's shear. Chase and
Bryan would mako a flno ticket. Age beforo
beauty.
Tho following question concerning Chi
cago comes from Chicago for a reply:
"To mi EniTon or Tns Bcs str: Th other day
the origin of the name of our city became the subject
of discussion. Wo turned to the Standard Dictionary
and learned that Chicago Is 'a rml. mfg. city and
lakeport: of Cook county. III.; p. I.0U0,8C0:great fire,
Oct. M-l 1, 1 R?l : International Exhibition. 1893.' The
Century Dictionary adds to our local history two
other circumstances, namely, that Chicago was ' the
scene of an Anarchist riot' and 'has been the place
of meeting of msny national political conventions.'
Nothing about the origin of the word Chicago. One
or two philologists whom I have consulted have as
sured me that this Is a disputed question. One man
said CM.-ago utmptj-Jmeans Skunktown. Is that so?
"Ciiicaoo, March 4. M. L. Nortos."
In Dr. Hoffman's monograph on the Menom
lnl Indians, which forms part of the fourteenth
annual report of the Buroau of Ethnology at
Washington, two legends are offered as explain
ing the polecat origin of tho name of Chicago.
Hero is the first :
" The Menomlnl have a tradition to the affect that
some Fotawatoml Indians used to live In the marshes
where the elty of Chtcsgo Is now situated. These
Indians reported good hunting, so that nhrn some
Slenomlnl went there for game their dogs would bark
during the night 1 but every time the hunters arrived
at the spot they found that only skunks had caused
the alarm."
The other tradition Is more elaborate, and It
has been preserved by tho Ojlbwa tribe :
"An Ottawa hunter and his wife lived with the
Ojlbwa tribe, further north, on tho shore of Lake
Michigan. Taking his wife with htm this hunter went
southward to hunt on a lake somewhere between the
present cities of Chicago and Milwaukee. When he
reached tho lake, whrre be had the previous year
caught beaver, Unas still covered with Ice, but on
sounding It with a piece of wood he soon discovered
tho thinner places where the animals had congre
gated. He therefore broke boles at these weak
points In tho Ice for the beaver to emerge, and then
w-nttohli wigwam to get his traps In readings.
The hunter's wife chanced to pass one of these holes,
and discovering a beaver on tho ice, quickly caught
It by the tall before It could escape Into the water,
and called her husband to come and kill It. The hus
band replied that he would not come, saying that If
he kitted that beaver the others might become fright
ened and escape from the lake by some other open
logs iu the Ice. At this the woman became angry and
a quarrel rrsulted.
" Later In the day the hunter went to examine the
holes which ho had msdo, and to make others where
uecesiary. The task completed, he returned to the
wigwam, but found his wife gone. Thinking that
she hsd gone only to visit a friend and that she
would -return before the night was over, he went
to slrip. On the following morning his wife was
still absent, so the hunter searched for her footprints
and found from them that she had gone toward
the south. Knowing that no Ottawa lived In that
direction, ho started In pursuit, and travelled
nil day. As he progressed, ho observed that her
footprints gradually changed In outline and bcamo
mure and mure like those of a skunk. He followed
the trail until It rndrd In a marsh, where Chlcsgo
now stands. Hero he found the heads of skunks
protruding from the grji In orcry direction, but he
refrained from killing any of them lest he might
take the life of his own v, ire On the following dny
l.o routlnued the nearch, msking tt his object to nnd
a large skunk, thinking that probably bis wife might
bate been transformed Into a skunk of much greater
tlze than tho ordinary aulmal.
" ratling to find any trace of his wife, the hunter
returned to his people, and for the reason that this
woman was ohanged lino a skunk for her nndutlful
conduct the locality v. as callsd I'lsce of the Rkunk.' "
This Is the principal oftlcial Information as to
the origin of Chicago's name. It Is a curious der
ivation, nnd if it Is the true one, the circum
stance Is In no way a blot on Chicago's reputa
tion for greatness and goodness.
Press tag mil as Views ! Massachusetts.
from the Boston Herald,
Tho Now York Antl-Nowapaper bill Is being
rushod through tho New York Legislature with
great speed, Under I lis provisions o cry news
paper published or circulated in New York Is
required to contain a printed statement Belting
forth tho names of all Its owners, publishers
and editors, failure to do so constituting a mlt
demeanor, punlshublo by a lino not exceeding
$1,000 or Imprisonment for not moro than one
car, or both. The champions of the bill say
that it is aimed at only tho business of publish
ing dlsroputsble newspapers, but it makes the
complainant the judge as to whether a news
paper Is disreputable or not. It Is a very thinly
veiled scbemo of oppression of all newspapers,
and It will be used a such If It becomes a law.
Darwlalnn Tbeary llejeotea In Ilnneaa.
From the Kamai City Journal,
Deacon Kline of the Dodgo City Jlepubllcan
1 ounted seventeen peoplo in the congregation
chewing gum nil at tho snmo time last Suiiuuy,
and tbecilltorof the Jlei.d Itepubllcan extracts
much I'unifort from tbo circumstance. Ho any
ltcluarl) knocks out that old theory that man
Is a descendant of tho monkey. This gum chew
ing habit shows that n e doscended from the caw.
A Cheerrul firorerr Shop.
To Tnz Ediios or Tns Bus Sir: It might not bo
out nt place to add to your list of Interesting name
that of Love, Sunshine a Co., wbolrsal grocers at
Johnstown, Pa. Tills arm nam can be verified by
reference to th book of any mercantile agency.
Niw Yoaa, March 0, W. . U.
OBKAISR MBXIOO AZBO.
HanlflMt Bwtlar n Hexarted lis Oar Sister
Repiitille.
From the Jtexltan Herald,
Prof. Edward Hermann von Hoist Is just now
tho chief prophet of the American antl-ntincxa-tlonlsts.
From tho storohouso of his learning
ho furnlthes them with arguments ngalnit tho
Incorporation of Hawaii Into that Union which
was founded by the men who faced tho viru
lent intolerance of the Mugwumps of their time.
The Tories who burned Washington In effigy
had no words strong enough to manifest their
detestation of Jefferson and Adams nnd Frank
lin. Those fathers of the republlo had the
courngo of their patriotto convictions, and
dared to establish political housekeeping
for themselves, to begin tbo emancipation of
tho Now World from transatlantic control,
Tnoy wore guilty, In the eyes of tho Mugwumps
of tbotr day, of minding the Klug's business, of
daring to sot thomsolves up against tho divine
right to rule British America, invested In that
stupendously foolish monarch, George III.,
whom oven Thackeray, loyal Englishman that
ho was, aatlrlzod along with the rest of the
" Four Oeorgoj," mon alien to tho Inspirations
of tho Normnn-Kngllsh raco.
Prof. Von Hoist spoaks of tho " groat and glo
rious mission " of the American peoplo who nro
now In peril of listening "to tbe volco of tho
tempter." And ho has tho audnclty to declare.
In tho faco of history, of which he is nn expo
nent, that the Amorlcan people have thus far
worked nt tholr divinely intrusted million by
" minding tholr own business."
In one sonso wo admit it: the "mission,"
though, of the American people has been " mind
ed " by a continental expansion westward) Jef
ferson's purchase of tho hug Louisiana Terri
tory, out of which wero carved great State, and
which gave Into tho bands of the Amor
lcan people the command of the mouth
of the Mississippi Iltver, a vast continen
tal drain which had been discovered and
explored throughout Its whole basin by
gallant Frenchmen, was not precisely "mind
log their own business" as Von Hoist conceives
It. Had ho lived In the days of Jefferson, we
can woll Imagine his voice swelling the chorus
of calumny which greeted the announcement by
the author of the Declaration of Independence
of tho now acquisition of torritory. The push
westward still further, when tho Pactflo region
was annoxed, was hardly " minding their own
business" on the part of the Amorlcan people,
irresistibly Impelled toward tho setting sun by
the current of their destiny! And now hav
ing reached tbe shores of tho world's greatest
ocean, the American pooplo aro told by grave
professors of history that they nro listening to
the voice of the tempter In desiring to place the
flag over the group of islands which were re
deemed from gross paganism by tho Americans
and which have, commercially, morally, and
politically, an unbreakable tie with the great
republic.
Every argument of Prof. Von Hoist has been
board before; all that tho eternal Mugwump,
the doubter, subtlo of speech, has Bald from the
Kdcn incident down to our own time is ropeated.
What wns it that stirred tbe American pooplo
to action in the negotiation with Napoleon and
planted tho Hag on tho shores of the Pacific!
Was it nut tbo samo imnulse that sent tbe
original Angles and Saxons in their frail
boats westward from tho Bhores of North
Gcrmsny to tho land of the Colts, and
wrested from tho primlttvo and barbarous
British an island that has since become tbe
scat of world-wido empire! Tho oarly and
hardy Germans who landed in Britain, upon
whose civilization, rude but effective, was super
imposed that of tho dashing Normans, found
themselves, after William tho Conqueror had
transformed tho Land of tbo Angles, a new race.
Their original boldness bad boon Increased
by tho addition of tbe splendid audacity
of tho moro polished Normans, nnd thoy
were soon rlpo for longer ventures over
sea than could bo had on tho German
ocean. Empire camo with boldness, and a do
minion on which the sun nover sots. Tho Amer
ican people, a raco of the same strain, is about
to continue tho westward movement so fnr ad
vanced Binco the Angles loft Germany, nnd now
a man of German namo arises in a city of the
American Union to remonstrato. His history
has taught him little; ho Is out of sympathy
with tbe genius of Amorlca, nnd ho will bo left
in the courso of time stranded with the other
Mugwumps, native and imported.
Wo sympathlro with tho expansion of tho
American Union because we cherish for Mciico
a similar policy of growl h, but in this caso south
ward. Let the Norman-German peoples of tho
United States go north and west, and let
Mexico, as tho lender of Latin-American devel
opment, ndvanco southward, not by conquest,
but by tho stimulation, through tho propa
ganda of a great Idea of a sentiment, favornblo
to political unity among tho Spunish-Amorican
pcoploB inhabiting tho Central American region
nnd of the republics of Colombia and of Venez
uela. Geocraphically, tho foundation for this
unity exists; n great sea strotchlnc; from tho
mouth of the Rio Grande to that of the Orinoco,
nnd westward from Cuba, Snnto Domingo and
the chain of islands down to Trinidad, will ho
the sceno of the commercial activity of kindred
peoples Joined in tbo bonds of n common nation
alityspeech, traditions, and ruco being the
samo. Such a nation would show to the world
that tho Latin-Americans were a practical peo
ple and wero not passively awaiting tho coming
of the Despoller. The ardent hopes of Bolivar
would bo realized, and dignity and scopo given
to tho deliberations of tho Parliament of tbe
imperial nation seated by the shores of tho
Southern sea.
The Man Mho Wrote the Prenmbl?.
To Tils EniTon or The Rut Sir: Your recent
editorial article upon Senator Thurston and the La
fayette monument rcaolutlon, or the preamble
thereto, calls forth In Justlco to the benaior. who
perhaps Is as Jealous of his dignity as bis worthy
colleagues, an acknowledgment or guilt.
The writer appears beforo the bar of Tnr Sux and
tho publlo pleading guilty without Indictment as tho
author ot the toploftlcal" preamble. It la hoped
that It may b- a prophecy of whai will materialise
In the monument Itself. Nothing we can do, either
in the way of preamblis or monumeuu, can be too
great In connection with Lafayette. Tug feu will no
dobbi, on reflection, agree that the resolution was wor
thy of the preamble, and that had tbe author known
more of the Senate's Idea of a proper rrsoluiluu than
ho did of rhetoric he would hat 0 known better than
to try his rhetoric upon that honorablo body. At all
events. It Is believed the whole resolution may be
generally read v, 1th profit at this time, reciting a. It
does tbo courtesies shown Lafajette, that "Knight
of Liberty," by a gracious and thankful people.
The Senate favors the monument, however, anil It
III be built, tho fund therefor having already been
guaranteed to the extent of 1850,000 by a wealthy
and patriotic Cblcagoan. miuy
Members of the French Ministry, as well as officials
of tbe Fori Kxpnsltlon or 1 uoo, have exprsied them
elves upon the subject of the monument as ptodosi 1
by Mr Thurston's rraolutlon, and tbey believe the
occasion of the unveiling and dedication thereof will
cclliB In popular Interest anything tho other great
nations mi) do llosuir J, Thohiuos.
Washisotok, March S.
Theatrical at tbo soldier' Home.
To Till Epitos or Tni Sua sir.- For a performance
at th home thoatre lstt evening I purthasod n re
served sest. As the performance was about to begin
I was compelled to give It up to a cltlien. I remon
strated, for which I was threatened with the truard
house. Now, as thn theatre was a pres-nt to the
home from Mr. Ward, the Itn-atrlcal oompsnles belnc
phlduutof a fund that ci'cumulales from the proflti
uf the lieer ball and bom store, they being patron
ised only by members or tbe home, should nut the
old soldiers' rtuhts be paramount' I'utll ery ..
oontly w.i had to pay tu all parts of the hoiui. f tho
performance nw any gooj. hum shows only beinir
free. Now, thanks to jour excellent Journal, ne are
permitted to go free to the galleries. dowimtatri
being reserved for cltltent, officers, their families
aad ladles.
I mutt mall this outside, or they will rapture It.
... . ... Hrsinasr,
National Soldlera' Horn-, Virginia.
Avrnun .Inrar.
To Tiir F.DIT011 or The .sui s,r While reading
with much Interest aud atlsfactlo:i jour odltorlal
article of )e-terdsy, "Street Names and Numbers,"
we wondered why yuu stopped whrre you d!d. Why
should Manhattan borouih be anihrted with Amster
dam ai d Columbus avenuen. and anv othrr such con
fuiln psiuprruiga 10 an overfed I aatldlouaii-as I
Over our whole city wo Und the auie c, udltlun ex
isting as on the thoroushfare mentioned oue part
a quiet residential ercilon, another unemeuu and
stores. It Is true of Fifth avi-nu. Who would pro
pose a ctiauge of nam.) for nt Ninth aenu aud
Tenth avenue are Just a euphonious. Why not call
a spade a spader C. lij.
BaootXYS, Marc . . ,
contempt rxn,o"ERa runlovaa.
CtrlB Cat Tkat Ha Bearhed the lr
Cnrt nr Mlannrt.
From the St. .out O.'ofte-prinocrat.
St. JosKril. Mo., March 3. An odd case Is
pending In tho Circuit Court hero. A prisoner
was permitted to loavo the jail after serving
almost a year for contempt ot court and spend
a coaplo ot weeks with his family.
Joseph S. Davis is tho prisoner. He Is a well
known business man, ono of tho oldost sottlcrs,
a prominent Domocratlo politician nnd n
brother ot former Btato Representative Abo K.
Davis. Perhaps tho queerest feature of this
queer case is that Davis mnyhavo to servo the
remainder of his natural life in jail If he rofuses
to comply with aninndnteof the court.
When tho father of Josephs. Davis died sov
oral years ngo ho bequeathed 82,000 cash to his
demented son lllcli.ini. Joseph was named as
trustee, and the affairs of his weak-minded
brother wero placed in his hands. Thoclrcum
stanoo of this sift was not generally known
until January. 1B07, when Utchard Davis was
arijuilgod Insane by tho Probato Court, and his
estate was plneod In tho hands of Public Admin
istrator Gibson for eotlloment. That olllcor
learned of the 92,000 owned bv his ward. Tho
money wns denosltcd In ono of the local hanks
in tho namo ot Joseph H. Dtvis. Ho rcfusod to
transfer It to tho Public Administrator, nnd
withdrew it from tho hank. Tho olllcor filed
suit ugnlnst Davis, and J. M. Ford, n prominent
citizen, wns appointed administrator.
During tho ntisonco of Davis at the trial bis
hoiiBO was broken Into and robbed. Tho parlor
enrpot was ripped up nnd tho $2,000 in bank
notes concealed beneath it stolen. The story of
the robbery was set forth in nn answering peti
tion, but Judgo A. M. Woodson, beforo whom
tho caso wns tried. Ignored the robbery. Davis
wns ordered to produco the $2,000. 'Ho adheted
to the robbery story and declined to do so. On
Juno 21), 1807. he was committed to jail until
ho should change his mind.
The enso pnssed through Its various legal
stages nnd reached the Supremo Court ot the
Stnto. nnd Judge Woodson s verdict was con
firmed. Tho court held that Davis had the
S2.0O0, nnd that ho would have to remain In
jail until ho delivered It to tho public adminis
trator. Two weeks ago Judge Woodson Issued an
order granting Davis a vacation from jail. The
prisoner has joyfully spent tho time In the
bosom of his family. To-day tho furlough ex
pired, and ho will bo returned to prison. Only
the Supreme Court has tho power to rovoko
Judge Woodson's order.
Amerleaa Well Treated In tbe KUndlk.
From the Victoria Daily Cotnnitt.
Tho following oxpostulatory telegram speaks
tho sentiment of hundreds of Americans who.
In the natural course ot trade, havo come to
British Columbia to outfit for tbe Yukon aud
find themselves confronted with embarrassing
restrictions made or threatened by their own
Government, It is from', nn old political col
lenguo. nt present In Victoria, of tho Senator to
whom It Is addressed:
The Hon. Senator Maton, Chtcaco:
I have to express the highest appreciation of the
manner In which I have been treated, and, as my
oase Is similar to that of many of my fellow Amer
ican citizens, I think It right that you should be In
formed about it, ao that you may do something
toward dispelling the mlrapprehenlons that exist
and aid In removing the obstacle that our Govern
ment ts placing In the way of our own people.
I nnd mj self treated as If I were a Ilrltlsh subject,
ha Ing all the privileges extended to me. I receive a
mining licence on precisely the same terms, aud have
exactly the same rights under It, as a British subject.
The only obsta:les placed In my way re from the
officials of our own Uovernment. I came hre to buy
goods because 1 can get them morn advantageously
and save a lio per cent. duty. I irarn that If I should
d-clde to go to the Interior of Alaska, the transporta
tion of my goods purchased In the United Stat' a will
be facilitated by the Csnaulan customs, but that ob
stacles will be placed In tbo way of my carrying Osna
dlau gixida Into Canada, to be us?d there. This Is
done chiefly In the Interests of beattle, which Im pur
suing a policy toward persons Iwund nortb that will
lead to many of them being ruined. The rankest
kind of deception Is belnr practiced In Seattle, nnd X
am sorry to see that the Treasury Department stems
lucltned to play Into the hands or men there who aro
doing much to destroy the reputation of our country
for fair dealing. The rulings of the Treasury Depart
ment are Intended to be In favor of a few American
shipowners. Hit are working untold hardships nn
many American miners. The restrictions will ulti
mately ruin commerce on I'uget Sound.
l"itcr D. WniTiniAD.
Tbe Pope and the Gardener.
From the fondon Daily Chronicle.
During his recent brief outing In tbe Vatican gar
dens I,eo XIII. came across an assistant gardener w bo
was digging the 'oil. Ills Holiness Is always anxious
to study under its practical aspect the problem of
Just remuneration for the workman. & subject on
which In more than one encyclical he ha devoloped
broad-minded theories.
"My good n. an." he said to the gardener, "how
much do you recelvo a day for your labor ?"
Two francs, your Holiness," waa the reply.
The Pontiff mused awhile.
"And how many children have you T "
"None, your Holiness."
"And doe your wlfo also work for her liveli
hood?" "Holy Father," said the laborer, "I have mover
been married."
Onco more the Tontlff paused In reflection.
"Then, my good man," he said, " I shall give In
structions that from henceforward. Instead of two
francs a day. you will receive a franc and a hair,
and that half a trano will be added to the wages of
eome other workman who tu a wire and family to
support."
Hpanlsb ropulnr filertlon.
From the London Globe.
A correspondent In Malaga writes: "The Ministry
of tho day resigns, and tho Incoming party apportion
the seats In each constituency for you two, and two
for mo, too. In the raro In'tacics of objection to
this exceedingly simple method of obtaining a Minis
terial majority, the election. If fought, produces the
same result. The electors, If by any fortunate chance
their namea appear on the voting lists, know too well
what a farce It all U to takt, the trouble to reoord
their votes. They hazard a guess, loo, which Is not
very far from the truth, that all Government 'crea
tures' are voting as ordered, and set eral times over,
under different aliases; besides which, any number of
dead and gone Liberals or Conservatives, as thecal
may be, are resurrected to give their votes should
thero be a deficit In tho needful majority. As a
promlilng young politician recently remarked to tho
present writer: 'The Idea of a popularly elected
Spanish House of Parliament Is all humbug.' Out
tho astonishing thing Is why under these circum
stances a Ministry ever resigns."
The Inventor or Larrikin.
From the I.om'on Daily Chronicle.
The real originator an I patentee of the word "lar
rikin" i an Ir'sh reporter named O'ltea, who was
employed on tho Melbourne Arjue In th early
seventies. Ha regularly attended the city police
court, where he had as a colleagun In the
pres. box Mr Harold Domlnlck Ilcllew, who repre
sented the .VrlOiiurne Herald, aud who, as Mr. Kjrle
Ilcllew, U now playing Claude .VWnoifrat thcAdelpbl
Theatre. They were rivals In the art of picturesque
paragraph writing, and euch viai constantly on th
alert for ncrvlcrab.o humorous Incidents.
Mr. O'Hcaeelrid upou tho elongation by an Irish
bcrgraut of l'ullcu of the familiar word "larklug"
Into the three-sj llabled "larrikin," nnd utilized It
for a very amusing paragraph. Tho word did not Im
mediately mtzll on nllh the general public, but
Mr. O'Hra drove It Into circulation by constantly
iialng It In his report an a synonym for the young
Melbourne street rough. It was gradually accepted
und eventually became Incorporated In the Anglo
Australian language
Matrimonial Hid from ilia South.
From the Athene (Gi.) Dann'r,
The South Is a plauo "here a breach of promise
suit Is practically unknown, where women are not
huslnd hunters, and wlirrn olroroi Is Infrequent,
There Is no such thing In the South ns awaiting for a
tlrhman toilloand then springing sensational com
mon law marriages, nor has thero been rarely ever
a claim made by Jekyl and Hydn women for rich
men's estates Come South ami flee from designing
womanhood i uun where there Is no nerd for a bach
elor or non-marriage clubs, snd full a v. tiling aud easy
victim, as jou Inevitably win, to Ood'a belt handi
work, a true Southern woman.
Anjaalutan I.rgal Pomp,
yVom the hi. Jamet'e Gazette.
The Lord Chief Justice of AbjsMnla was a cherry
old gentleman, drrrecd In a buga black hat, green silk
haudkcrilihf tied round his head uuderneath the
hat, black silk cloak embroidered with gold, smart
purple silk shirt underneath, and continuations of
the fairest Itnrn. This representative of limit was
alsu armed with a long awonl In n red eeahhar.1, and
l.m squires running alongside osrrled Ins rifle and
gold mounted shleUj aliuxrtl.er he waa a most Im
posing figure.
svhj Oo Colorado Hcboel nn Clessd.
from the Rifle Revetllt.
Mary Matthews, a nlco little girl, lived so far from
the srhuolbouse that sho rodo a Utile blue-eyed, con
tiling mule to tho hall of learning. The teacher
thought It unwise to allow the autmrl to grata about
unharmed, so ho attempted ti club It away. The
rest of the story la told ,n these expressive little lines:
Mary had a little mule,
It fnilowedbertuseuooli
That was nguluat the rul.
Tka teacher, like a fool,
Uol behind that mulo
And bit blm with a rule.
After that ther was.no sohoeL
JUArOR BI DAiriS'tl JTOVltTtT TBItX,
Me Stand Stnnmlly and rraably I'm.
Chloride r UI4 Platrerm.
From the Chtttlcothe Dally Seve.
HI Davis, tho joung, brilliant, nnd eloquent
Mayor of Illllsboro, Is always providing sorot
now somatlon for tho denizens ot tlio Highland
Hills. But In tho last incident the .leerma.
nor In which ho turned a trick on hlsenemt.."
when thoy had all tlio trumps in their o
hands has attracted tho admiration of th,.
who know him allovor the Htnte, '1 he stnrri!
as follows: About tho first of Fuhrunry Iiti!
disappeared from his nci'intomcd haunts ...
nonne know whlthor ho had gone. Finallvtk;
lliltKboro Xeict-llertild learned of hi wJeil
about and published tho following note!
Mayor II. D. Dvrls, whole whereabouts his h...
unknown for th past) two weeks, ts In Culunibusn
taking Iho Keeley cure. ' "
In commenting on this the Porttmouth niait
said! '
The candor of the above statement comes si
refnshlng biees among the murky tenors ottZ.
(Unary Journalism. What newspaper man will ant
yearn for th free air of Illllsboro, where It Is noil,
bla to rovtl In trutbfulue.s, and where facta ir.
sketched In the altogether, In all their natural ein
and beauty.
Think of It, "our beloved, level headed and .m.
'lent Mayor Is taking the Keeley euro at No nisaiT
Illank street, niankvlllc.O." '""
Onllnnrlly, such a publication would condemn
a politician to the Umbo of " 1ms Iwetis," but net
so with Davie. He turned it to his own ndvan.
tago, mid nt tho snmo time announced himself
as a candidate for a fourth term. Ills card la
tho IliUtlioro Gatettc was as follow a;
Upon my return from Coliimhua, where I hsva
bernanlwlll be after to-dav, under treatment fn!
the drink disease, my attention was directed to lba
XeuMlltridd, the management of which wat tool
enough to give publication to an announcement 3
my atisencc. and Its reason and purpose.
And I deslr to make use of the riaratfe as a ma.
dlum for Its confirmation. I am taking the Keeltr
cure, so called, und I am aa proud of the fact as ata
all those or my friends, the cltlien voters of umZ
boro, who have so earnestly Indorsed and substta
tlally supported me through all ot the years of
mv Incumbeney of the office of Mayor.
Furthermore. I ask the cltttrn voters of the villus
of Illllsboro, wbo believe In the purposes and prta.
clplea of Itepubllcanlara, and have sanctioned nr
administration ot municipal affairs, to accord mi
the honor of renomtnatlon that I may demouitrtta
that whlob. I within nio under the new order of
things. "
VTben nan Waa Rare rrom Woman's Wiles.
from the Sehoolmlitreee,
Th law of England with regard to artificial aU
to beauty are not so strict now as they were la ttii
reign of Charles II. In the year 1070 this cnrloni ae
of Parliament was passed! "That all women, ot nhtv
ever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins,
maids, or widows, that shall, from after tbe psulu
of this act. Impose upon and betray Into matrimony
any of his Majesty's male subjects, by scents, paints,
cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Spiniifc
wool. Iron stays, hoops, high-heeled shoes, or bolitsret
hips, shall Incur th penalty ot the laws sow In fen
against witchcraft, aoroery, and such like mlsl
meanors, and that the marriage, upon oonvlotlo.
hall stand null and void."
SUNBEAMS.
Blackbirds have remained all wlntsr atKor,
Bherman county. Or.
At Qninoy, HIcb., a hen waa burled whlsh hat
reaohed the ago of almost twenty.
Hotteton, Ind., disputant went to lawovar (I
cents' worth of chicken, and th litigation cost thsa
0.
All the villages of Daviess county, Ky art con
nected with each other and tbe county teat br tsl
phone.
A ben hawk tried to get away with a woMchos
per'a handkerchief whleh ha held In bis hind tl
Marshflcld, Me.
Some Florida fishermen sent nut from Tampa 4
story or the finding of a pearl as largo as an ordinary
marble In an oyster served to the City Auditor.
Morality Is proclaimed to be on tbe Increase la
Anderson county, Tenn., a citizen having paid Ml
taxes without being sued for the first time In his lire.
Pine Bluff, Ark., bad bad no rain for a week
when one day th people were treated to the slgntj
unusual under the circumstances, of a clear and dl
tlnct rainbow In tho east .
Stories or told In Western papers of the finding la
the neighborhood of Hell's Neck, near Carthage, Ho.
of a vein of rlno thirty feet thick, and alto Indica
tions of oil and natural gas.
There la a St. Bernard duz at Sparta, Mloh., whirl
at tho ago of elghtoon months Is Q7h Inches high. 74
feet long, and weigh 100 pounds. Its owner de
clares It's tbe biggest St. Bernard In the Stats.
rhln Clough of Auburn, Me., has other choice
thing to care for beside his name, and has showa
this winter some well-preserved apples which b hu
kept In a dry cellar since the autumn of 1899.
A Springfield (Kan.) woman pat on some of hef
husband's clothes to play burglar with her children,
and when aha came from a closet her ten-year-old
daughter, who had taken a revolver from Ita hlJIng
place, promptly shot at her. The bullet Just missed
her.
At Burllngame, Kan., a woman who fear to havs
a gun about the house, finding her sou's In the sluing
room, seised It to carry it, at arm' length, to the
plaxsa. Just as she opened the door a tramp ap
peared thero. He turned and fled, calling to her not
to shoot.
Histoid In Kansas City that a woman of an ei
curslon party, which waa booked for one and one-half
hours' stop there, delayed the departure of th ex
cursion train an hour and ten minutes and caused th
disarrangement of the schedule of the Banta Ti Rail
road from Kansas City to Albuquerque, all because
she stopped at a dry goods bargain counter.
Kansas has turned out a man with a decennial
conscience, or, at least, such a man, formerly of
Kansas, bas turned up 1n another State. He has sent
to J. D. Moody of F.udora, Douglas county, Kan., tb
price or a hog (with Interest) which belonged to Mr.
Moody, and which the conscience-stricken one killed.
In anger, ten years ego, when It strayed Into his yar
from the place of his then neighbor, Mr. Moody.
Foreign Note or Real Interest.
Switzerland, by a popular vote of ot er two to on
has decided to mako Ita railroads State rillreads,
Tbo measure, after being adopted by the I.eglilatlr
Council, was roferred to tbe people for acceptance.
(lulnness & Co., the Dublin brewers, have prs
tlcally adopted the eight-hour day. Tholr hstidt go
to work at 8 In the morning and leave off at ball
pasts, with an hour off for. dlnntr. On Saturday!
work stops at noon, making a week of 4BLj hours.
Now South Wales has a choice lot of noilous act
ma! pests for whos destruction tho colony psld out
ISO, UOO In bounties last year. Among them sr
bandicoots, pademelons, wombats, Mailable, kanga
roos, emus, natlvo dogs, flying foxei, kangaroo rat
erows, and hares.
High prlcea were paid for mezzotint engratlcgesi
a recent London sale. Iloppner's plcturo uf 1'
Thomas Fraukland'a daughters, engravid by W,
Ward, brought 1,C0, and Sir Joihua Reynold's
purtralt of the Ladles Waldegrave, crgrdvid by Val
entine Green, a proof, 91,701.
After eight years' work tho flre-mlle long tunnel
through tho Col dITenda, In tbe Italian cust Alp
haa been pierced through In spite of afrtou engineer
ing dim'Ultlcs met with In the Intor. or of the ino'in
tain. Tho railroad through the tunnel will be of
for traffic at the beginning of 11)00.
Mite. Ilelchemberg, tin lnffnuo and senior of tb
Couicdle l'ran.;atsc, will hat e at her farewell njTer.
ance the assistance of Fleouura Puii, who tt 111 ap
pear for thn first time In Parla In the lat t of
" Adrleune Lecourreur," tt hen her perform un e mar
be compared with that of Sarah Bernhardt an I of
Adelaide ltlstorl.
Portraits of Kmperor Menellk and of I'.ss Mfonoe
will be exhibited at tho next I'arla salon by M I'aul
Buffet, tbo young artist who went to Ahyaalnla Is
etead of Home on winning the 10.000 franc prlie lul
year. He tried to paint a portrait of V"" Talis,
but after posing for one day she refused to continue,
as she could not sit still long enough.
Phlho's ruins are doomed, tbe contract for tb
great dam acroaa tho Nile Valle) at Amouan a-j1 l
Asslut having been given to an i:ugllh firm Th
Assouan dam will be of solid granite, 7'1 feel hlnti"
than tho river bed at Its lotteit point. fl.oOd fret louj,
and must be completed in flto tears. The wurk will
to paid fur in aunual Initullments of lwou,000, ex
tending over thlr'y years
Prince Philip of Ssxe ColmrsV seilnm duel with
Hungarian Lieutenant at Vl'liuii baa attracted atten
tion, aa It Is unususl ror members of rrlgnlng hnunt
to fight wltli prlta'e (arsons. II Is atrougly hlnt'"l
that the woman In the case Is the I'rli.ce'a wife. tuo
Is a daughter of the King ( f the Itolit'aiit and a !etr
of th Crown I'rluctsj blfplianlo "f Austria, and who
has 1 een on bad terms with hrr huai and for sou.
)ears. Last suinmrr the story that aim had rl".d
ttaa widely spread, but wni put a top to by hfr ap
pearing In publlo with herhusbaul son after lb
Princess Is 40 years of age.
A sfovlnv Piil.ire.
Tho Pennsylvania I.lmltrd with Iu magnificent rs
equipment Is a p illrntlon of the Idrol In rsll'sy
travel. Th- business man takrs It I ecauae he s
tradnas he gueaj therlin mail because It afforde lb
greatest luxuiyi the ladles tiecause II affords every
convenience and comfort of a well ordered Loo
Lmtm Hair York dally for lb Weat.-Udtr. l