Manchester Democrat. [volume], October 18, 1899, Image 3

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PHANTOMS.
Whence do they come? What may their
Import be—
The flitting, flashing phantom* of the
mitid—
That halt awake and half in dream we
•ee
That never can be captured or defined?
They hint at something lost, something
desired,
Something whose ownership would
make us glad—
Perhaps at
thoughts with subtle meaning
fired,
Or truths unrecognised because uuctad.
They may be glints of half-forgotten
dreams,
They may be memories long burled
d*P,
That from their ashes give out ^fitful
gleams
Before
they sink to theirlong final
Bleep.
Perhaps electric lines from other brabi
1
Are tapped and flashed by crossing with,
onr own,
Perhaps some floating shreds or bits re*
main
Of former life that we somewhere hfcve
known.
in Vain,
IT
was In the middle of Augnst we
first met, Guy and I. My slater
Margaret had been suffering from
a general decline, and we, (earing con
sumption had marked her (or Its own,
took her away to the seashore, hoping
that the change would do her good.
We had already been there three
months when be arrived.
I loved him the first time I saw him
be was the Ideal for whom I had been
looking. We went boating, driving and
walking together. It seems to me now
that those six short weeks were a
dream, or that we lived In Arcady.
From early morning until evening,
when the twilight shadows faded into
night, we were together, and Margaret
was with as.
At last the final week of Guy's stay
A STKANORn, I SAID
return to the city the
rtf *&"'• I felt very sad at
WO^^ojaV'3 departure, though
\°.
1
meeting him 1# the
v,«oWc®t^jknof8poken of love,
tl&not need to speak.
proved. Shevcaret liad not lra
each day to grow weaker
tempted her m* One night we
the sands. T»a little walk on
:here was a laniwas warm and
no fear of her ca\e
80
As
there was
we walked \cold-
silent I was thlik
we 8,1
"Mr. Faversham," I said, after Bhak
lng bonds -with him, "my sister would
like to see you. I think yon know
why."
i.
Perhaps they are the signals loved ones
send
Who wait our coming on the other
shore
Too spirit-full with earthly sense to
blend,
Too finely soft to fully pierce life's
roar.
PerhapsI Perhaps! Conjectures cannot
teachl
We clutch at shadows and we grasp the
air!
The mystery Is aye beyond our retch—
An ignis fatuus no art can snare.
LAll
He looked at me, and his face grew
pale beneath the bronce.
"I am glad to hear that she Is so
much better as to be able to see stran
gers, Miss Venetla," he said.
I moistened my lips, they were dry
and burning, with a glass of water that
stood on the table beside me.
"You are hardly a stranger," I said,
with a smile.
Then, before 1 knew It he had me In
his arms.
"Oh, my darling," he cried, "I love
you—youl Don't you know It?"
I hastily disengaged nlyself from h'.i
embrace and stepped back toward the
door. I could at least leave the room
If It grew too embarrassing. He fol
lowed me.
"Do you mean to say that you don't
care for me, Venetla?" he said.
I shook my head. I could not tnist
to words.
"I won't believe It," he said, fiercely.
"Not If you were to tell mo It 60,000
times oyer."
I summed up all my Btrengtb.
"I am sorry, Mr. Faversham, that
you have misunderstood my sentiments
and feelings toward you. They have
been friendly,- but nothing more. I have
always regarded you as my sister's
lovor."
I could say no more. There was a
long silence. Guy had walked to the
window and stood there like a statue,
stern and Immovable. At last he
turned.
"You wish me to marry yonr sister,
Venetla?"
"It will save her life," I whispered.
"And yon do not love me—you never
could love me?"
"I shall always love you as a brother,
Guy."
Without another yrori be left me. I
listened to his step till I heard It ln the
distance like an ecbo, and then went
to my room and prayed thnt I might
die.
About three months after that fatal
day we took Margaret home. She was
much better but my health bad broken
down so during her Illness that the doc
tors recommended a thorough change
for me so three weeks after their de
cision I sailed for Europe.
I received letters regularly from Mar
garet and ln each one she spoke of her
Improved health, and also mentioned
casually that she had seen Mr. Faver
sham that day, or the day before.
At last the news came. They were
engaged and were to be married very
soon. 1 was not to come home, for
they. would Join me to spend their
honeymoon, that "Guy and my dear
sister may learn to know each other
better," wrote Margaret. Know each
other better! Was not my cup of bit
terness full enough without this added
drop?
But It was written that I never was
to meet the man I loved as the hus
band of another. Two days after tbey
sailed from New York the gallant ship
went down with all on board, my sis
ter and her husband among tbem. My
sacrifice bad been ln vain, for now 1
had lost them both, nnd my darling
never knew how deeply I had loved
lilm.
The Singer Not the Song.
The sentiment of a familiar song Is
as fully expressed by the music as by
the words. In the singing of the na
tional anthem by a mixed crowd, for
example. It Is surprising how few of
the singers know the words of the
songs that they are singing, and how
well those who do not can get on with
out them.. The most of the people In
the crowd sing the words of from two
to half a dozen lines, and then they
go on with "Ah, lum turn turn, lum
turn turn," for the rest or the way, and
their fervor Is in nowise abated by
the loss of coherency In the lines. It
Illustrates thnt words are not the only
means of expressing thoughts. The
details of the poet's reasoning are of
small consequence to the average sing
er. What he has In his mind Is patri
otic enthusiasm, and, given a stirring
air, he can pour It out .just as well
through Incoherent syllables as through
logically arranged stanzas. When the
orchestra of a theater plays "Hail, Co
lumbia," the whole 'audience applauds
rapturously. But It is safe to say that
not one person In twenty knows more
of the words of that song tban
K''ew
and what It mlghtv1'
t'le
'ntur®
departure, and Slarri
of 11,8
anly too well what hS'know
now
"There Is going to TBllt8
were-
.'4 JUS 'clsurc|y. Pointing'.efor,n'"
H,i„L°nSCnse!" sal«I
1
I across the®',
bank of
Gnyi.
think every cloud means Lou
upon
Se"
from
"'here was no time to be'l'ost"
fainting
tVo rubbed
arlng her back to coKloueness.
:he meanwhile the stoi ___
ng and occasionally a large drop of
'aln fell.
\"It Is of no use," said Guy after a
few minutes. "You must help me carry
the poor child."
At the last word Margaret opened
her eyes, and as she looked at him I
saw ln them alight that contracted my
heart.
"You will save me. Guy, dear," she
said, and again lost consciousness.
How we got her home I don't know.
It seemed hours before we reached the
hotel steps and delivered her over to
the care of the trained nurse who lived
In the hotel. Guy never said a word,,
but his face was very white. He, too,
understood that my poor sister loved
him.
For six long, weary days I never saw
Guy. He bad not left the hotel, but
was staying, so they said, until the
crisis of Margaret's Illness was over,
for she had been very 111, nlgb uuto
dentil.
Then they told me that unless .Mar
garet saw liirn she would die. His
name was on her lips all through her
delirium and every time a footstep
passed the door she would turn her
poor weak head to see If It was he at
last.
1 walked to the window and looked
out at the now calm, quiet ocean.
Should I do It? Could I do It? for
one terrible moment fate trembled In
the balance, and then I turned away
feeling that hope was dead ln my
heart. But, my mind made up, do It 1
•would.
He came to our sitting room ln re
sponse to my note asklnfc for a few
minutes' conversation. I bad resolved
.to meet him coldly tbef* Wfl» no other
1fW-
Hall, Columbia, happy land I
Hall, ye heroes, Heaven-born band!
But does it follow that the rest of the
air, as played by the orchestra, Is
meaningless to them? By no means.
The sentiment of tbe first two lines
goes through the whole musical com
position for them, nnd tbey express it
In their wordless singing.
slrls
cyclone." %iado or
.. We walked quietly alone ri
In our own thoughts unfn'nVlntGDt
.«P. gave a sudden e"clam^ookea
shook my arm. jm'i
sind
'I
he
laid.
US. The
JLst°rni was InJ
masses of qulcklv
aek
wind howled and
cloids.
distance we could seeto^'
ln
ground by jts fury th
tent to
to time gave vent
Curiosities of Oomeatlo Folk liore.
Old fancies or prejudices—supersti
tions, If you like—still retain their hold
upon tbe popular mind, and always
will. These bodies of ours are favorite
objects on which to frame the network
of superstitious Ideas. Every deform
ity, every defect, every unusual work
or quirk which good Mother Nature
has bestowed upon our bodies, has Its
Interpretation according as fancy or
experience may conceive It. Thus
moles have been supposed to show good
"tor 111 luck, as they happened to be lo
cated on the body. A mole on the chin
or neck signifies riches,' while one on
the chest signifies poverty. Itching of
the nose denotes that a stranger will
certainly call upon us. An old drama
tist ot Queen Elizabeth's time says:
"We shall have guests to-day my
nose ltchetb so." It Is'considered an
ill omen to have the eye brows meat.
Henc.- the poet says:
Trust not the man whose eyebrows meet,
For In his heart you'll find deceit.
Loss of children, health and property
is thought to result from the sudden
loss of lialr. There is a tradition that
Judas tad red hair, and lience the old
time notion that a red-haired per,an
was deceitful. Sbakespears, in "As
You Like it," alludes to this belief,
when be makes Rosalind say of Or
lapdo, "His very hair is of the dissem
bling color." In reply, Cella says,
"Something browner than Judns'."
FRIEND OF THE BOER.'
Dr. W, J. Leyda, Secretory State for
the Transvaal.
Dr. W. J. I/cyds, Secretary of State
for the Transvnnl, Is likely to give Jo
seph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary
of England, many a troublesome hour
before the Boer Is Anglicized. Dr. Ley
da Is described us a man of peculiarly
strong personal power, gifted with a
persunslve tongue, nnd fully alive to
the fact that the Boer nnd the English-
DB. W. J. L.EVD8.
man can never agree. Dr. Leyda Is
particularly known for his hatred of
everything English. He Is a statesman
who visited Germany and secured
from Emperor William recognition of
the Independence of tiie Transvaal
Bepubllc. The Emperor promised him
that he would appoint to the Transvnal
a German resident Instead of a consul.
That Is the way In which the Inde
pendence of the Transvaal Is acknowl
edged. Emperor William likes tbe
man, for he decorated him some^elgb
teen months ago, and other honors
were shown him. He Is considered
one of the very ablest members of the
Transvaal Government. President
Kroner Intrusted to hint the negotia
tions with Germany which have been
ln progress for some months past.
These negotiations are of a nature by
whlcb In reality Dutch and German
Interests- become as one In the South
African country. Dr. Leyds Is of
Dutch descent, but Is not a Boer.
A Sagacious Elephant.
G, E. Peal states that he once saw a
young elephant deliberately fashion a
surgical Instrument. He saw the ani
mal In question go to a bamboo fence
and break off one of the pickets this
picket it further fractured with Its
trunk and one of its fore feet until It
obtained a sharp fragment some ten or
twelve inches ln length. Then, leaning
forward on one of Its forelegs, it thrust
this fragment, which it grasped with
Its trunk, Into Its "armpit," and vig
orously moved It to and fro. As a re
sult of this operation a large elephant
leech was dislodged, which dropped to
the ground and was at once ground to
mincemeat beneath the horny toes of
the sagacious brute, which grunted its
intense satisfaction!
Jessie, tho elephant mentioned above,
had some knowledge of pneumatics.
One day I tossed a peanut, which fell
to the ground some eight or ten Inches
beyond the
utmoBt
reach of her trunk.
She stretched out
thlB
organ to Its full­
est extent toward the peanut, then
blew through It a sudden, quick and
powerful blast. The peanut was hurled
against the wall, whence It bounded
and then rolled beneath the feet of the
intelligent animal, whlcb at once swal
lowed. I tried this experiment several
time*, each time with a like result-—
Scientific American.
Costly Pipes.
Muzaffer-ed-DIn Mirza, tbe Sliabln
shah (King of Kings) who reigns over
the kingdom of Persia, owns the most
expensive pipe In the world. The Hait
ian, or pipe of state, which he owns and
smokes on imperial occasions. Is valued
at $400,000 and Is set with diamonds,
rubles and emeralds of the costliest
kind. Not only are the mouthpiece and
the upper and lower portions of the
snake-like tank of pure gold, enameled
and set with the finest gems, but tbe
water bowl and pipe bowl are equally
Bplendid and rich with lavish jewel
•work. The Prince of Wales visited the
Sultan of Turkey ln 1802, and was In
vited by the Sultan to smoke a narghile
which was inlaid with diamonds (val
ued at $15,000), and which was given
to the Prhice as a souvenir of his visit.
A pipe made wholly of meerschaum
and amber for Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria cost $3,000.
Bicycles Regarded
COURT HOUSE MOVED TWENTY MILES.
as
Carriages,
A bicycle has ln England been held
to be a "carriage" In tbe meaning of an
act that made furious driving a crim
inal act
I
The'County Court: Bouse of Bon Butte County, Nebraska, was recently hauled
over twenty miles by rail from the town of Hemingford. where it was originally
built, to Alliance, the new county seat. The building weighed over one hundred
tons, but the transfer was made in less than six hours after the building had been
raised from Its original foundations.
The structure was erected at Hemingford less than-five'years ago. It was an
elaborate building and the county was proud of it Its dimensions were 40 feet
by 50 feet, while it stood two stories In height, supporting a very heavy
truss roof. When it was found expedient to move the county seat to Alliance,
the only drawback was the loss of the new building. But the transfer was made
and the records removed to the new site. It was then found tbe new building
selected was too small, and that no other was avaiiable.
The building was first raised on timbers high enough to clear the surrounding
embaakments. Four large 50,000-pound capacity trucks were driven under the
building and It was lowered upon them. To keep the building from swaying and
thus weakening It, a set of double blocks and falls were adjusted over each
corner and brought down to the opposite side, where they were futewd to
Q0(000-poif!i4 capacity cotl can ImM with
Black Mlnorcn Fo»vl.
Wherein these fowls differ from the
Black Spanlsb, It Is difficult to say.
Thoy are noted for their fertility ln
producing eggs, a special feature of
all the hens of this class existing In
the Mediterranean, and Including the
Black Spanish, the Andahislan, and
the Leghorns.
The Black Minorca has but one fault,
which Is the looped comb of the hen
and large serrated one of the cock.
But It Is an easy thing to cut these
combs low down, nnd so remove the
only objection urged against It For
whllo its native home Is ln a warm
climate where frosts are unknown, yet
when the large and tender comb 1b re
moved the fowl suffers no Inconven-
nt-ACK MINORCA FOWL.
ienco from our coldest winters, but
under good management, and especial
ly when it Is kept In a basement house
so that the winds do not chill, this fowl
lias laid right on from November until
May, and has taken a rest from laying
eggs only during the hot weather in
mid-summer. It Is an excellent table
\fowl. It Is doubtless the best of all
bens In a small lot In a village or town
where confinement Is necessary. Half
a dozen hens will then supply a small
family with eggs.
A Hnntljr llnatlnir Crate-
It Is often convenient to have a crate
In which to haul a single hog, sheep or
calf. It Is not necessary to have it? bo
large or so heavy but what It can: be
easily lifted Into the wagon, or even
taken In the light wagon, where the
animal to be hauled Is not too large
and heavy. The frame should be made
of 2x4's, strengthened by rods and
bolts. Four-Inch slats are nailed hori
zontal on the Inside of the-sldoft, and
perpendicular on the end.* Three slats,
dropped from above, iind retained In
position by tho mortised end, will re
tain the animal'when Inside.
The crate'is about 3 feet wide, 4Vi
feet high and 5 feet long. The three
frames are mortised at top and bot
tom, and uave a rod (A) at top, and at
tbe bottom two 2x4's are bolted at B.
The floor Is spiked down to these. The
slats are nailed on from the Inside to
prevent crowding off. To give strength,
substitute a 2x4 ln place of slat (D)
which snould be bolted to the frames.
Tbe slats for retaining tbe animal are
made of 2x4'b. They are made to slip
down between tbe rod and outside 2x4
brace across tbe top of the rear frame,
the bottom of the slat (C) mortised to
fit a square bole cut on the floor and
tbe top held in position by a pin fitting
Into boles bored through the top of slat
FIO. 8—STOCK CRATK.
and braces of frame (E). Fig. 8 shows
the crate complete.—J. L. Irwin, In
Ohio Farmer.
I'ockine Fruit in Grain Chaff.
There Is no better preservative of
fruit ln Its uuturul state than packing
It closely in tbe chaff of grain kept dry
for thnt purpose. It holds more Im
prisoned air than anything else, and
fits closely around each specimen of
fruit better than any other material we
know of. When the advantages of
chaff as packing are better understood
there will be a demand for It for this
purpose that will make It an advantage
to farmers to preserve it. If grain
straw Is chopped finely enough, It Is
nearly as good as the chaff, but moire
care must be used ln packing so as not
to bruise the fruli with the cut ends of
the straw.
€nta
Grown After Cowpeaa^Vv,
On poor soil It has been shown that
where cowpens were grown and the
vines turned under the yield of oats
was ten bushels per acre greater tban
where this crop followed German mil
let plowed under as a fertilizer. Th«
same series of tests wafi made at tho
Alabama station, and showed that oats
on cowpea stubble produced higher
yields than where the vines were turn*
ed under. This the station thinks was
probably due to the fact that the vines
were not properly burled, and conse
quently the stubble afforded a better
seed bed.
Diaeaae-Proof Grape Viae..-
The American grape vines are
furrow piles too much eartb over the
seed, and this causes It to winter kill,
as the germ starts too far below the
Burface and Is broken off from Its roots
by the expansion of frozen
Boll
In win­
ter. If the land Is underdralned all
the water will sink Into tbe Boll and
go off through that. If the laud Is not
underdralned, nnd is likely to have
water standing on It, running a furrow
through the field can not do more than
carry off a little of the surface wntcr,
leaving the soil fully saturated and
liable to become honeycombed with
frozen earth so soon as cold weatber
comes.
Farm Wells.
Those who pack awny summer but
ter for winter use can scarcely do bet
ter than to make It Into lumps, pound
or half-pound size, and wrap each lump
In clean muslin or what Is known as
checse cloth. Then prepare a strong
brine, using only the purest of wnter
nnd salt and boll this for a few min
utes, carefully skimming off any im
purities that may arise. There should
not be any, but one cannot always: be
sure of even the clearest of water' or
the most praised salt. Have as much
nnd a little more salt than will dis
solve ln the water and pack the lumps
of butter ln stone jars or clean .tubs as
closely as they will pack. Pour the
brine over It when cold so that all will
be covered and put on a board wltb
weight to hold It down. There need
be no fear of the butter growing snltler
by being 1n the brine, as it will not ab
sorb salt from the brine If It Is proper
ly worked before packing.
Making Mixed Plcklee.
Much of the profit of nil manufact
uring enterprises depends on using tri
fles that were formerly thrown awny
as too unimportant for consideration.
The farmer, nnd especially the grower
of vegetables, needs to practice tbe
same economy. There are ut this time
of year about every farm many odds
and ends that if saved In some wny
would be marketable when vegetables
arc ln less abundant supply than now.
Making mixed pickles Is, perhaps, the
best way to dispose of onions, cnull
flower and other vegetables that are
too small to market in other ways.
The farmer has an advantage In sell
ing these mixed pickles If he has a
supply of good cider vinegar, so that
be can Bell tlhem already prepared for
the table. In this wny he can get
good prices for his pickles, besides
making a market for his vinegar, at
paying rates.
Tlea for Binding Corn. I
Whenever rye and corn are grown' On
tho same farm, It is a common practice
of farmers to save some of tbe ryd ln
bundles and thresh them out with the
flail. The rye straw thus secured
makes excellent bands to bind tbe tops
of corn when It Is put up ln a stack.
But the rye straw Is also ln demand
for other uses. A few square rods set
with osier willow will furnitfh stronger
anl better ties tban can be otherwise
procured, and at very little expense.
The green corn stalks commonly used
for binding corn are always brittle and
commonly break before the stmofi Is fin
ished, thus exposing grain and fodder
to injury from storms.
flontkdown Rama.
...
The property of H: R. H. tbe Prince
of Wales. First and cbamplon south
down rnm, Royal Counties Show, Eng
land.
Waated Melon Growth.
AU tbe melons, squashes-and pump
kins thnt have Btarted too late tor be
ripened this year should be remorse
lessly plucked off and the further
growth of the vine checked, "so as to
increase the growth of those'that will
be marketed. There Is hardly any
thing ln which size counts for mbre
than In melon, squash or pumpkin,
though size is not always tbe test'of
quality. But no one has any use for
either melon or pumpkin If It has hot
ripened. The well-hardened winter
squashes are not only better ln quali
ty, but they will keep better than those
gathered while Immature.
Time to Cnt Millet. 1
There Is a popular belief that millet
seed Is very good for horses, and the
desire to get It well developed causes
this grain to be generally cut too early
to make the best fodder. Even for
hordes we should cut it before tbe seed
was fully grown. It will gain some
tn size after the stalk Is severed from
Its roots. For cows it should alwqys
be cut early, and as millet hay has
to be cured .when days are...rapidly
shortening. It should be put ln cqck
and kept there until ready to be drawn
to the barn or stack.
Coat of Fnrintnar.
The beginner, on a farm usually esti
mates the cost of the farm as the larg
est expenditure, but a farm Is an in
cumbrance if tue owner has not suffi
cient capital to derive the most from
the land. There Is a heavy outlay to
be considered for buildings, horses,
cattle, wngons, machinery, Implements,
seeds and labor. The cost for. the first
year may exceed tbe value of the farm
itself. It Is better to begin with: a
small farm where the capital is limit
ed than to undertake too much and loses
all by going into debt.
Combat I'm GraHshoppera.
The true remedy, according to Prof.
Lugger, of Minnesota, copslsts ln plow
lng. Turn over the soil containing the
eggs during autumn, as by so doing
the surface of tbe "ground becomes
thoroughly compacted and the grass
hoppers are unable to reach the sur
face the following season. Plowing ln
the spring, If well done as early as
possible, will also be successful, though
It Is not as practicable as fall plowing.
Caro of Sheep.
Sheep cannot be crowded. In winter,
after they can no longer find anything
on the fields. It Is. better to keep tbe
flock ln an inclosure, allowing an open
shed for shelter, but the floor of the
shed should be kept clean. Several
small flockB will thrive where success
cannot be attained with one large flock.
Merinos and Southdowns can be kept
in larger flocks tban Oxfords, Cots
wolds or other large breeds.
less
subject to disease than those of for
eign origin, and are wholly exempt
from attack of the phylloxera on the
roots. Some of the European vine
yards have been grafting their wine
grapes on roots of American varieties
as the only way to save them from the
phylloxera. To eat raw some of our
native grapes are better than most of
the European varieties that can here be
only grown in bouses where they are
sheltered from winds and storms.
Furjowi ln Wheat Kiclda,
After wheat Is sown It Is not advisa
ble to ruu a plow through It, as Is
often done to umke Cimtows In which
lead off surplus water. The deep
Snccntent Fool for Sheep*
If the shepherd desires to bring bis
flock to the best condition In winter
he must use some succulent feed, such
as roots or ensilage, or such feed as
oil meal, bran or clover. In most farm
ing localities few feeds can be raised
cheaper 'than corn and corn fodder.
These can be used to good advantage
In maintaining flock, nnd If tbe silo
is properly filled, will furnlsji sufficient
•ucculSDt feed,
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George Edwin MacLean has been in
stalled as President of the State Uni
versity of Iowa with impressive ceremo
nies. After the customary academic pro
cession the eereniouies were opened with
an invocation by J. L. Picknrd, LTi. 1)..
ex-President of tho university. Gov. Los
lie M. Shaw presided and delivered one
of the principal addresses. After Presi
dent MncLean had delivered his nddrcss
there were brief congratulatory addresses
by Howard M. Kemley, Presideut of the
Alumui AsHoemtion President W. K,
King, D. D., of Coruell College Presi
dent Cyrus Northrop of the University
of Minnesota and* Presideut W. II. Har
per of the University of Chicago. ..^i
Violate rtnmp Laws.
The United States Internal Revenue
Department and the Des Moines otlieiuls
of the express companies are having a
little set-to that bids fair to he aired in
the United States District Court at its
next session in November. Deputy Col
lector Kemhle charges that the compa
nies have been violating the revenue laws
and says that ho has evidence of viola
tions that he proposes to submit to the
next session of the grand jury. The ex
pressmen claim that tho violations were
purely technical, if there were any, and
were tho result of oversight on the part
of employes, whose duty it was-to see
that receipt books were properly stamp
ed.
Fobbed and Assaulted.
A man who claims to have been rob
bed and assaulted at Clintou was found
in a box car at Nelson, 111. lie was in
a pitlablo condition. His nrm uud sev
eral ribs are brokeu uud his head and
body badly bruised. The man is a Ger
man about 05 years old. lie had been
on railroad work at Oelwein. Upon
icachiug Clinton be was assaulted by
tramps in the railroad yards. They rob
bed him of about $15, but missed con
siderable mouey which he carried about
his person.
Forced Uii Mother's Name.
Fred Falk, a young farmer of Klnck
hawk County, has bceu arrested on
charge of forging a number of notes.
The First National Bank of Waterloo
brought the proceedings. The young
man is alleged to have counterfeited the
signature of bis mother to the notes.
Mrs. Falk pronounces them forgeries.
He had on his person when arrested
about $000, part of the proceeds of the
notes.
tore Radly Wrecked.
An explosion in the store of Miller
Messer at Uonie caused a loss which will
foot up to several huudred dollars. The
windows were blown out and the coun
ters nnd fixtures were badly damaged in
addition to the damage done the stock
of merchuudise. The explosion is thought
to have been caused by some nuce shew
ing matches, which ignited two cans of
powder.
Killed in a Footbull Game.
William McGaughey, the 18-yenr?old
son of the present Sheriff of Muscatine
County, died from injuries received in a
game of football ut Muscatine. Ht-sules
a broken leg it was discovered later that
one of his lungs had bceu ruptured, re
sulting in hemorrhage, to which he soon
succumbcd.
Dubuque Hntchcra Combine.
The butchers of Dubuque, who hhve
been buying their meats from Chiqigo
companies have combined to do their owu
slaughtering. They claim that the pack
ing companies are in a combination to
hold prices up without any justification
and the only felief is for the butchers to
do their own killing.
Brief State Uappenibgh
A gas plant will soon be established at
Adair.
Rev. Joseph Iiill, aged 77, is dead at
Cascade.
Clear Lake Is enjoying a building boom
in the rc-sideuce portion.
Penn College at Oskaloosa opens with
the largest enrollment iu its history.
Mrs. Alf Isaacson was run into by a
switch engine near Oskaloosa and killed.
Residents of Louisa Co.unty will vote
Nov. 7 on erecting a fire-proof insane
asylum.
A new savings bank has been orgon
ized at Fort Dodge with a capital of
$25,000.
The Burlington canning factory will
this season put up 10,000 cases of to
matoes.
It is reported that dally rural mail de
livery will be established in Scott County
at Davenport.
The contract has becin let for construc
tion of the building for the Home for the
Aged at Des Moines.
The Bodens bottling works a( Mason
City burned, with a loss estimated at $o,
000, insurance $2,000.
There is a brick famine at Des Moines,
said to be caused by one company buy
ing all the product in sight.
The W. C. T. U. of Des Moines assist
ed In a destruction of liquors in that city,
to be certaiu that the officials did their
duty.
Oue hundred and seventy-five citizens
of Muscatine have paid their dog tax and
the list has been published as a roll of
honor.
The bids furnished Oskaloosa for a
waterworks system, to be sold to the city
at the expiratiou of the frauchise, were
all unsatisfactory.
The W. C. T. U. of Marshalltown has
opened a Women's Exchange, where
women's work of nil kinds can be brought
for sale or exchange.
M. S. Shields, of St. Paul, a salesmau,
was found dead in a Des Moines hotel.
Heart disease caused death.
The body of Conductor Dave Butter
field, killed in the Northwestern wreck
near Tioga, has been recovered and taken
to Belle Plaine.
The large store of the E. L. Hosteter
Furniture Company was destroyed by
fire at Waterloo. The loss is placed at
$30,000, covered by insurance.
Ina, the 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Comstock, of Fansler, was
killed by bullet from a small target
rifle, but the shooting is a mystery.
Keokuk is raisiug $10,000 in order to
soenre a gift of the same amouut for
Cartilage College.
George Ileadley, a 10-year-old boy of
Council Bluffs, while out nutting, fell
out of a treev breaking both arms.
William Blossey, of Marshalltown, fell
asleep uuder a platform with one arm
on the track, and had it so badly crushed
by a freight car that amputation was
necessary.
Benson, one of the two prisoners who
assaulted Jailer Maxwell iu making their
escape from the Polk County jail, has
been recaptured nnd returned to Des
Moiues. He declares that Dimmit, the
fellow uneaught. is guilty of the assault.
Burlington's street fair was marred by
a street motor running over and killing
instantly 15-year-old Iiichurd Barry.
Prisoners in the county jail at Avoca
attempted to break jail by sawing
through the bars of the cell, but the noise
was heard and the plan nipped in the
bud.
The home coming of company F, Fifty
first Iowa Regiment, has been marred by
the death on board-tbe transport of Ed
wyn Kissick, son of a prominent family
of Oskaloosa. His futhor, Robert Kis
ssick. au attorney, received a message an
nouncing the death of his sou at Naga
saki, the of ft relapsp into typhoid
tmr.
The saloon at Luzerne has been closed.
Hog cholera is playing great havoc in
Clcur.a townslnp.
An electric light plant is still being agi
tated for at Dysnrt.
Fire at Runnels destroyed the geueral
store of T. A. Deakins.
Black leg is playing havoc with many
calves in Bruce Township.
The C. & N. W. is grading near State
«Oenter for a double track.
Work will be commenced very soon on
a new elevator at Thorntou.
The new telephone line between Rogej
villo and Garrison is nearing completion.
Marshalltown has 3,005 young people
of school age, an increase of 494 over last
year.
Amos R. Benton, of Colfax, has been
admitted to practice before the interior
department.
The Garrison canning factory has
closed, after packing over one million
cans of corn.
The next reunion of the Twonty-hfth
Iowa veterans will be held in Washing
ton next year.
Stout will be the name of the station
on tho new railroad in Beaver township,
Grundy County.
A big pony smoke nnd dance has been
held in Oklahoma and 800 Iowa Indians
wcut to participate in it.
Voters of Wright County will again
vote ou tho proposition of purchasing
more land for the poor farm.
The citizens of Clay County will ngniu
vote on bonding the county for $50,000.
to build a new court house with.
Wright County expended $3(i0.82 on
paupers, outside of the couuty home, dur
ing the three montlig ending Sept. 1.
Eight people were poisoned by eating
canned beef in a boarding house at Albln.
but no serious results are anticipated.
E. B. Pollock of Waterloo, a brukeman
on the Illinois Central, was instantly kill
ed while discharging his duty at Farley.
Cannon house, the oldest house In Fre
mont, was destroyed by fire, caused by a
defective flue. Loss $2,000 insurance,
$5^5.
Fire on Ed Smalley's farm, near Mt.
Auburn, destroyed his large barn and all
its contends, valued at $2,000, no insur
ance.
The wild man in the vicmlty of Macks
burg has been again seen, and a well
organized hunt is being made to'capttire
him.
Through some unknown cause the de
pot ou the Mason City nnd Fort Dodge
Railroad at Lehigh was burned to the
ground.
C. E. Olley of Grinnell fell off the gal
lery into the auditorium at the armory,
nud sustained two broken ribs and other
bruises.
Plans have been completed for a num
ber of State buildings, for which appro
priations will be asked of the Legislature
this winter.
Arthur O'Mnlley, well known in west
ern sporting circles and as the business
partner of Tom Loftus, died at Dubuque,
aged J58 years.
Jacob Juhl, of Hampton, while out bl
bycle riding, collided with a companion
and was thrown iu such a mnnuer as to
break his jaw.
Miss Cecilia Gulixson has been ap
pointed postmistress at Bode, and will
take charge on__.the resignation of the
present official.
Frank Moody, a switchman, hailing
from Omaha, was shot in the leg In Pes
Moiues while trying to enter a wrdng
house by mistake.
As a result of the temperance lectures
by Frauds Murphy in Dee Moines the
people have been greatly stirred and over
1,500 have signed the pledge.
L. M. Shields, a prominent traveling
man for a Minneapolis house, was found
dead in his bed at the Savery in Des
Moines, caused by heart disease.
Andrew Brownlee of Long Grove, aged
55 years, fell in a well and was drowned.
He was repairing a windmill. Browulee
was the son of a prominent pioneer.
Chris Andcrsou, au employe of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany, was run ovea* by a switch engine
iu the gravel pit near Polk City and
killed.
Gov. Shaw has sent out to the bankers
of the State of Iowa a letter in which he
asks them to make up the fund needed
ror the return of the Fifty-first soldiers
from San Francisco to their homes next
month.
The town of LeClaire is certainly un
fortunate. Having barely recovered from
the effects of an epidemic of smallpox,
the village is now afflicted by diphtheria
in epidemic form. The public schools
have been closed aud the doors will re
main locked for an indefinite period.
While switching cafs at Farley the foot
of Brnkenmn Geo. V. Pollock was caught
in a switch frog. Being thus unable to
move he was struck by the engine and
thrown from the track. His injuries were
such that death resulted in a short time.
The young* man's home was at Iowa
Falls, whither the body was taken for
interment.
A disastrous fire has occurred at Mel
rose, and a half dozen buiidiugs are in
ruins. The fire originated in the grocery
store of Dau Mullius, and the building
nxrd all the contents were completely de
stroyed. It has been but a few years
siuce the burned district was completely
wiped out with fire aud the buildings
were all re-erected.
PRINCELY GIFTS.
Large £itmn Donated to Kdncatlonal
Institutions This Year.
In no previous year has the cause of
education in the Uuitcd States been so
enriched by donations and bequests as
In 1890. The Institutions of learning
have received $28,720,G17, which is $15,
034,407 more thau they received last
year. There have been twenty-four In
dividual donations this year ranging
froc: $100,000 to $15,000,000. Tbe list
is as follows:
Mrs. Lelnnd Stanford to Leiand
Stanford University $15,000,000
Latato of John Strumous for fe
malo college, Boston 2,000,000
Heuo- C. Wnrreii to Harvard
College 1,000,000
». Liaytou for a university at
Denver 1,000,000
I. D. Armour to Armour Institute 760,000
Maxwell Sotncrtille to University
of Pennsylvania 600,000
Edward Austin to Harvard Col
lege 500,000
Lydia Bradley to ISrndley Poly
technic Institute..... 500,000
Samuul Cupplcs to Washington
University 400,000
Jacob Schlft to Harvard College.. 850,000
Marshall Field and J. D. Rocke
feller to University of Chicago. 335,000
Edward Took to Dartmouth Col
lege 800,000
3. D. Rockefeller to Brown Uni
versity 250,000
Caroline L. Macy to New York
Teachers' College 200,000
Edward Austin to Massachusetts
Institute of Technology 200,000
R. C. Bllllugs to Massachusetts
lustltate of Technology 150,000
O. C. Marsh to Vale College 150,000
Andrew Carnegie to University
of Pensylvanla 100,000
Unknown douor to Wesleyan Uni
versity 100,000
George R. Berry to Baltimore Fe
male College 100,000
J. D. Rockefeller to Denlson Col
lege 100,000
W. K. Vanderbllt to Vandcrbllt
University 100,000
Unknown donor to Princeton Col
lege 100,000
R. C. Billings to Harvard College. 100,000
These twenty-four donations aggre
gate $24,385,000, or $11,298,850 more
than tbe total of 1808.—Chicago Tri
bune.
TWO GRANT MARRIAGES.
Wide Contrasts Between Those of the
President and His Granddaughter.
When General Grant took unto him
self as a bride Miss Julia Dent of St
Louis he went to the altar, as it were,
straight from the battlefield of Mexico.
Then by the ordcrB of the war depart
ment he was sent away to other scenes,
finally going In 1852 to do soldier duty
in California, where tho monotony
ASTOR nOUSK, NEWPORT.
grew so heavy that the young officer
resigned from the nripy and returned
to St. Louis, where whatever he bad of
a honeymoon was spent He bad been
unable to take his bride with him to
the camps and the barracks of the
South and West. After his return to St
Louis his father-in-law presented him
with a small farm, a house and three
negroes. The farm was just outside
St. Louis. It was in the cabin on this
farm that the honeymoon of U. S.
Grant was passed. The period had its
troubles, though, for the great leader
failed to make farming pay and lie
dabbled in the real estate business In
St Louis as a side issue. Some St.
Louis historians assert that the house
in which General Grant was married Is
still standing in St. Louis, but none
seem able to point it out. But one of
the illustrations shows the honeymoon
cabin on the Missouri farm.
Julia Dent Grant, born In the White
House, Washington, has recently be
come the bride of Prince Cantacuzene
V. s. GRANT'S MISSOURI COTTAGB.
of Russia. Tbe marriage, of which so
much has been written, was solemnized
in the palace of one of the Astors at
Newport, which is under lease to Pot
ter Palmer of Chicago. Of course the
ceremony was a brilliant one. But
after It there was no hurrying away of
the bridegroom to battlefields or dreary
frontier posts. The houeymoon began
in a palace in America and will con
tinue on tho vast and beautiful estates
of the prince near Moscow.
"Cordially Youra.1*
Interesting conclusions are drawn
from a study of the different ways
writers subscribe themselves. The curt
"Yours" and "Yours truly" are found
not only in business letters, but ln per
sonal notes as well, for there are plen
ty of correspondents who don't believe
In
Some of the Musquakies at Tama re
fused to accept their annuities when the
tribe was paid last.
Ira R. Crowley, one of the oldest resi
dents of Waterloo', died suddenly at his
home, heart failure being the cause.
Einil Stahmer of Leclaire, agd 17, has
beeu missiug since Sept. 0 and it is sus
pected he was the victim of foul play.
When last seen he was being chased by
his father iurto the woods with a knife.
The latter offers a reward of $100 for
information of his whereabouts. The
woods were searched, but nothing was
revealed.
Engineer Sunks nnd Fireman John
Hustings of First 70, jumped from their
eugiue at Malvern because the interlock
ing switch turned against them, and En
gineer Sanks was quite badly Injured,
but the fireman escaped uninjured. The
engine did not leave the track.
The most serious strike in the history
of Webster Couuty has boeai inaugurated
at the coal mines. Every mine in the
district is closed dowu, with 400 workers
idle. Oue serious result of the labor
troubleSs the coal famine which it has
caused The Fort Dodge schools are
closed and all factories are running short
of fuel nnd may have to suspend opera
tions!
The $13,000 damage suit brought by
tlVe heirs of Hugh Coyne nnd John Car
bon of Fort Dodge against the Mason
City aud Fort Dodge road has b.een set
tled out of cou^t on a basis of 3 per cent
of the amouut claimed.
Win. Winslow will have to stand trial
(Hi a charge of committing murder in the
first degree for the killing of Edwin Til
ton in the vicinity of llighlaud Park
College, Des Moines, ou the night of
Sept. 0. This is the decisiou of the
grand jury. It is assumed from the evi
dence before the grand jury that the kill
lug ol Tilton was premeditated and de
liberate—such ft crime as is pnnishable
by
'Mi
gush,
US"
and
who think thnt "Yours
truly" or "sincerely" means about all
they wish to convey. Opposed to these
sensible nnd essentially practical per
sons is that class of writers made up
usually of young and enthusiastic Indi
viduals, as a rule of the gentle sex,
who throw words about as carelessly
on paper as they do in conversation,
and who sign themselves "affectionate
ly yours" even when writing to casual
acquaintances. "Cordially yours," by
the way, is seen more and more fre
quently now in notes between ac
quaintances who are on distinctly
friendly or cordial terms. After all,
"Your friend," wiien it can be used
truthfully. Is a simple and satisfactory
way of ending friendly letters. Some
people have the habit of not prefacing
their names with any set form of
words at the end of letters. They stop
when they get through, and simply
write their signatures, this being an
easy way out of the difficulty.
Criticism of the Fool.
Ridicule is the criticism of the fool
—the stock argument of men who lack
the sustained force of logic. It is the
natural expreslon of resentment felt
by Inferior souls when they see or hear
something which they can not grasp or
appreciate. Ridicule never did any
good. It never made any man better,
wiser, more prosperous in any sense.
It has often scorched the germs of
goodness and nobility in timid souls,
by arousing false shame. It is close
akin to cruelty. Most of ua possess
fault-finding propensities, but have tbe
grace to be ashamed of them. Few of
us care to cultivate, mucb less glory in,
a power which blasts and sears, but
helps no one. Worse still, ridicule
tends to destroy all principle ln the
man who exercises It Nothing Is sa
cred to one who looks always for eril.
Such a man cau have no real friends,
for anhough those who may listen to
him, laugh, they secretly distrust and
fear him.
Tbe stage prompter mlgbt be appro
prtettiy termed a tlicatriefil po§t«r«