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THE LONDON "TIMS" AND ACCOM
PLICES DEALT WITH.
4ral lent but Unsuccessful Efforts to
Denounce the Publication of
the Pisott Letters,
A Motion to Declare Such Action a Breach
of Privilege Toted Down hy
Parnell's Enemies.
The Irish Leader's Statement that He had
Proved the Letters to be Forgeries
Acknowledged by the Govern
mentA Spirited Session
in the Houses of
Parliament,
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Signal Office, Wichita, Ivan., Feb.
1L The highest temperature was 42 s,
the lowest was 32. and the mean 37,
with colder cloudy weather, higher bar
ometer, high northeast winds, shifting at
incut to brisk northerly.
Last year on February 11 the highest tem
perature was 42 . t lie lowest 27 and the
mean 34.
Fred L. Johxso.v, Observer.
WAV. DF-PAItTJIENT. WASHINGTON. D. C,
Feb. 11. S p. m. Forecast until S p. in.
Wednesday:
For Kansas: Fair weather, variable
winds, warmer Thursday morning.
THE "TIMES" ALT) PAEHELL
Discussion of the Porged Letters Occupies
the House of Commons.
LONDON, Feb. 1L Upon the re-assembling
of parliament today Sir William
Harcourt offered a motion declaring that
the London Times in publishing the forged
(Pigort) letters was guilty of a breach of
privilege.
"Mr. Harcourt, spenking in support of his
motion, contended that a breach of privi
lege committed during one session could
be punished during auothor session. He
said: "Since the suit for libel has been de
cided in favor of Mr. Parnell and since it
has been admitted that the letters used as
ac over to assault him were forgeries,
the houBQ is afforded an absolute, sure
basis whereon to act. It is now obvious
that the object of the publication of the
forgeries on the day that the coercion bill
liiid Us second reading was to influence the
division in parliament. It was a gross
and palpable outrage on the house. A
more flagrant breach of privilege could
not be conceived. Some of ,the reparation
had been made for tlm use of poisouous
weapons."
lie urged tljat all should brand with tho
stigma of parliamentary reprobation this
practice of the art of political forgery.
Cheers.
Sir John Eldon Gorst, under secretary
for India, responded, lie said the time
had passed for discussing the breach of
privilege. Ho moved that the house de
cline to consider tho motion of the breach
of privilege.
Mr. Gladstone, who was loudly cheered
. he rose, spoke in support of the motion.
He said ho could not consider that the
Times' ofTen.se to the house hud been
pursed hy the apologies which, had been
made before the Parnell commis
Eioon through Sir Kichard Web
ster, which apolocies grossly exaggerated
the original offense. ("Hear, hear." He
was surprised thaL Sir Itichaid Webster
had showed himfelf to bo made tho vehicle
of such an apologv. This was the earliest
chance the honse had, had and it was the
most opportune moment for it to express
its indignation over tho publication of the
forgeries. If the conspiracy against Mr.
Parnell had been successful the result to
him would have been absolute political
death, and the mortal blow struck at him
would have been felt throughout the Irish
nation. Cheers. The Times had aimed to
affect the judgment of the house and it
really had iu that direction a temporary
success. He did not wish to dwell upon
the horrible and loathesome character of
the .vhole affair. Ho trusted the house
would vindicate its right to deal with the
offense. The government owed it to itself
to deal fairly with Mr. Parnell aud tho
Inrh people for the injustice it had done
them. Surely the house bhould not hesi
tate to express its full sense of the injus
tice. Cheers.
Mr. Balfour accused Mr. Gladstone of
deal i mr in iliuisy Action. He declared that
the delay was the fault of the Gladstone
party alone, and said that the charge that
the Times had acted with a view to influ
encing tho judgment of the house wns a
olniuny. If that had been their object
they would have had a better prospect of
success by quoting freely from Mr. Glail
Moiio's and Sir William Harcourt's de
nunciations of Mr. Painell and the land
league, lie objected to the ancient, cum
brous and often misused machinery of the
breach of privilege.
Mr. Labouchere expressed his surprise at
the petty and paltry argument advanced
1 y Mr. Balfour and Sir John Gorst. It hid
b'en proved That the Times had supplied
Pigott with banknotes to provide for nis
lamily within ten days of the time he had
ab.-coiulei!.
Mr. Bradlaugh said as the Times assisted
the government to pass its infamous
nieiiMire, the breach of privilege was
against he whole house as well as agaiust
Mr. Parnell.
Sir Edward Clark, the solicitor general,
advanced numerous precedents lor the
course of the government in this case.
Mr. Parnell, who was enthusiastically
cheered as ho took the floor, said Sir
Edward Clark had not dared to
present the delay as a rea
son agaiust the vote on a
breach of privilege, for ho well knew that
Itausard's Debates contained many pre
cedents of the house inquiring at great
length and very carefully before inflicting
the penalty for breach of privilege. "Why
uid not the government apumuc the com
mittee of inquiry wo asked for in the be
beginning? ihat would have made it
possible to prove that the letters were
torgeries iu forty-eight hours. 1 never de
termined not to .submit the facts ro a jury
hut always considered it absolutely neces
sary to discover from whom the Times ob
tained its letters. I recognized, however,
that it was impossible to compel the Times
to divulge this in an ordinary court of
justice. Tho case of O'Donnell vs. Walter
proved that I was justified therein. Wiih
jut knowing from whom the letters came,
t would not have been able to prove that
.hey wer3 lorgeries, and I sbould have
beeu left with the opinion of all the traiu
;d experts in the country against me.
There would have been only my own word
to couviuce a jury that certain letters ad
vanced and printed as mineupon the great
authority of the Times were forged. I
think, therefore, 1 was. wise in what I did.
I asked for a select committee because to
tompel its agents to testify before such a
hotly was the only method of forcing the
Times to divulge that secret. A this was
refused, we arc uot to blame for delay.
But who is to blame Can you answer
that? You wanted to use thee letters as
b political engine, not caring whether
they were or were not forgeries. Xon
saw that it was impossible for
ur to prove that thev were forgeries very
speedily and that meanwhile they would
be useful to you in elections You" needed
them to make capital against us, as a suit
able engine for sustaining an inquiry into
a much wider question, which I "could
never have obtained apart from the letters
that wpto forged for that purpose."
'Administering- :i severe repraof to Sir
Bichard Webster, Mr. Parnell continued:
"I, the leader of a party that must always
be in the minority here, should be sorry to
treat my most powerful opponents with
the incredible,meannes and cowardice with
which I have been treated by them. Even
now I am further insulted by the terms of
the amendment, whicn insinu
ates that the forged letters
may, after all, be genuine.
If vou believe those letters were forged
have the courage and the frankness to de
clare it. I move to place the word 'forged'
before the word 'letters' in the amend
ment to the motion."
Mr. Smith, iu behalf of the whole gov
ernment and his party, expressed himself
satisfied that Mr. Parnell bad proved the
letters to be forgeries and consented that
the word "forged" should be inserted as
Mr. Parnell proposed.
The motion offered .by Sir William Ver
non Harcourt was then rejected by 240 to
212 and Sir John Gorst's amendment was
adopted.
THE TROUBLE WITH PORTUGAL.
London, Feb. 1L In the house of lords
the address in reply to the speech from the
throne was moved by Baron de Ramsey,
seconed by the Earl of Stradbroke.
Earl Granville proceeded to criticise the
tone of the dispatches to Portugal as un
necessarily harsh and as having gone out
of the way to prevoko irritation in a small
and feeble nation that had a great
colonial history and was justly proud of
it. He hoped it was not true that the
naval maneuvers were to be practiced in
the Mediterranean, as this must certainly
cause additional friction. Ho also hoped
the government would explain why in the
speech from the throne no mention what
ever was made of. the Parnell commission.
The marquis of Salisbury replied that
the government shared with the-country
the nain arising from the dispute with our
ancient ally, the kingdom of Portugal,
but when the house had the papeis it
would find that Portugal had been warned
again and again within the last two years;
that it was impossible for England to ac
cept or assent to her claims as to owner
ship of the territory or tribes that were
under British protection or her settlement
in the Shire and Nyassa countries: that
we could not allow the natives within our
protectorate to be raided with impunity or
our centers of colonization to be suppressed
bp violence. Prompt diplomatic action,
he thought, was preferable in such cases
to dallying with a dispute and to delay
that would tend to excite the Portuguese
and might thereby lead to resistance which
would produce bloodshed aud increased
complications. Decisive diplomatic
pressure presented the best course for tho
interests of Portugal and interests of
humanity. Cheers. As to the reported
navl maneuveurs in the Mediterranean,
he did not know that any were intended.
THE QUEEN ION FOREIGN MATTERS.
London, Feb. 11. Parliament reas
sembled today. The queen's speech open
ing the session was read by commission.
Her speech was given to the press last
night, but the unpublished portion includ
ed the remarks on the Samoan treaty as
follows: "The convention concluded by
me with the emperor of Germany and the
United States with respect to tho govern
ment of Samoa will be laid before you
with the protocols of the conference. The
treaty concluded with the United States
for tho amendment of the law of extradi
tion will be also submitted to you. Tho
latter awaits the ratification of the United
States senate.
"My lords and gentlemen, the continued
improvement of affairs iu Ireland and the
further diminution of agrarian crime there
has made it possible to veiy largely
restrict the area where it is necessary to
deal with certain offences by summary
process. Proposals for increasing under
due financial precaution the number of oc
cupying owners, for extending to Ireland
tho principles of local self government
which have been adopted in England and
Scotland so far as they npplicabie to Ire
land, and for improving the material well
being of the population in the poorer dis
tricts will be submitted to you. Biils will
be submitted for your consideration for
the consolidation aud amendment of the
laws in respect to the public health of the
metropolis and the dwellings ot the work
ing classes, and also a bill for the better
regulation of savings banks and friendly
.societies. I commend you earnestly in the
discharge of your responsibility1 to tho
care and guidance of Almighty God.
'Gentlemen o the hous-o of commons,
the estimates to defray the cost of ray
government will be submitted to you.
They are drawn with due regard to econ
omy as well its to the necessities of the
public service."
"The truth in masquerade" is Byron's
term for a lie. But it is the truth and no
masquerade that Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup
cures coughs and colds. No cure no pay.
Price 2T cents.
If you should haven lame horse and
have used every remedy without success,
invest 25 cents in a bottle of Salvation Oil.
It will cure him.
SALT LAKE'S OFFICIAL RETURNS.
SALT Lake, Utah, Feb. 11. Official re
turns give George A. Scott, Gentile, for
mayor, a majority of 09; Louis Hyams,
Gentile, for recorder, f;'J: J. B. Walden,
Gentile, for treasurer, 059; E. R. Clute,
Gentile, for assessor, 4150; J. M. Young,
Gentile, for marshal, 773. The remaiuder
of the Gentile ticket, including fifteen
councilmen, are elected by majorities
ranging from 300 to 400. This gives them
control of the municipal council for the
first time in the history of the city. Dis
cussing yesterdav's contest, tho Herald,
the organ of the People party and Mormon
church, says: "Tho votes have been east
nud counted and the result announced.
We do believe there was rarely, if ever, a
more crooked election: certainly nothing
like it ever occurred hereabouts. We
do believe that; the people havo
the most lawful voters and that a
fair and square showing would demon
strate this to the satisfaction of everybody.
Fraud, illegal rogisteration, disenfrau
ehisement ot legal Mormon voters and
"flim-flamming' were practiced by the
Liberals openly and without opposition
and by the-e means only hav they carried
the day. It was unquestionably a crooked
election. Yesterday's work may be annoy
ing but it is not discouraging and is in no
sense disheartening. We must .see to it
that Salt Lake does not suffer from it, and
also see to it that there shall be put upon
tho city nothing to check her growth or
retard her progress?.'
The Desert News says editorially: "The
municipal election of this city was carried
by the Liberals (Gentile) yesterday by a
majority of SOO. The processes by which
this result was attained are not fair. The
successful party, in whose hands, under
the Edmunds law, was the entire manipu
lation of the election busiuess rau special
trains over the Rio Grande Western rail
way and registered gangs of men clear to
the" Colorado line who had not the qualifi
cations of electors, being non-residents.'
To create an appetite, and give tone to
the digestive apparatus, use Ayer's Sar
saparilla. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING SCRAPE.
Kansas Crrr. Mo. Feb. 11. J. II. Kel
sey, of St, Joseph, accompanied by Miss
Rose Corrigun, from the same place, csilled
at the Metropolitan hotel this evening tu
see Captain Thomas Phlnn. The captain
received his guests in the hotel's parlor.
The three had not occupied the apartment
very long when a pistol hot sounded
througn the houc aud Mr. Kelsey fled pre
cipitately down the hall ana out of door?.
When an investigation w.-ss attempted
no one was found to be in tne parlor.
Later in the evening Mr. rvelsey
ventured in the hotel bar room. He had
been there only a few momeuw when Cap
tain Phelau entered nud di-covenng him,
proceeded to bebirhim with his wnikrnsr
stick. Kelev lied to the office for pro
tection. There he wns seen by the re
porters but refused to make anystate
menr, Captain Pci-lan also raul nothing
to say about the affair and Miss Corricsn
cou'd not be fonnd. The ennse of ail the
trouble is unknown. Kelsey is .special
agent of the Phoenix Loan ussocixtiou of
St. Jou.
Now i the urae to buy your spring med
icine. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is the
best
: JE. "sL-Sv-
DAKOTA'S DESTOimi.
A State Official Explains tUc Cause of tne'
Present Appeals.
Grand Foek, N." D., Feb. 1L Hon. H.
T. Helgeson, state commissioner of agri
culture, has just issued an address to the
public explaining the destitution in the
drought stricken counties at some length
and making an appeal for assistance. Hib
says the suffering'for want of provisions,
clothing, fuel and feed for stock iu soma
counties is unprecedented and needs some
authorativo explaining. He says the des
titution is .almost entirely confined to the
newer portions of the state where the set
tlements date back only two, three aud
four years, except Ramsey and Xelson,
counties, which have been settled about
sfx years. The partial failure of the crop
of 185S, followed by the entire loss of that
of 1SSS, left many people in these North
Dakota counties entirely destitute. 'J.ne
area, needing aid is about sixty by one
hundred miles.
The impression which has gotten abroad
that North Dakota is bankrupt is far from
the truth. The assessed valuation of the
state (about one-third of the true
valuation) was List year $G6,S37,43G.30;
not including $20,000,000 in railroad
not assessed. Of the 47,500,000 acres in the
state, only a little over 10.00J,000 were as
sessed, and then at the low average of $4.
This is because the occupants of the unas
sessed acres have not proved up home
steads, etc., lands not being taxabla until
patents are issued, the limit for which is
seven years. From this it will be seen
that the state has an enormous reserve
tuud and there is something to show for
every dollar of indebtedness. North Da
kota is in good shape financially, but her
resources are not available for the present
emergency, and the generosity of the peo
ple of sister states will be highly appreci
ated. In the counties named there are not
less 5,000 people dependent wholly or in
part on outside help for this winter and
until they can raise a crop, and a still
larger uumber are needing some assist
ance in the way or feed tor stock.
FIRE AND FALLING WALLS.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1L A special
from Richardson, Mo., says: Fire broke
out at 12 o'clock here last night in the
building occupied by F. S. Elledge as a
grocery store aud the building and con
tents were entiiely destroyed by the fire
before it was brought uuder subjection.
After the flames had died out a number of
citizens collected in the building adjoin
ing, rented by McDonald & Sou, dry goods
merchants. They were talking over tho
events of the fire when without warning
the west wall fell in, instantly killing M.
F. McDonald and William R. Jackson
and seriously injuring Mrs. Jackson.
Many persons narrowly escaped death.
Both gentlemen were well known in
northwest Missouri. They leave families.
THE DAMAGE IN OREGON.
CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 11. The greatest
loss in Benton county Dy the recent flood
occurred in the Alsea valley. Tne Alsea
river overflowed its banks aud in many
places the water was several feet higher
than ever before known. Several head of
stock were drowned and much fencing
was washed away. The only death re
ported iu Benton county occurred, near
Alsea bay early Monday morning. A
large slide came" down the mountain side,
dreu were extricated alter some difficulty,
but Brown was fouud dead, having- beeu
crushed by heavy timbers. A barn near
by wns wrecked and ten head of stock
killed.
INDIANS IN ABSOLUTE WANT.
FoitT Totten, N. D., Feb. 11. Between
SOO and 1,000 Indians credited to tho Devils
Lako agency, are wholly destitute of
clothing and in the last stages of starva
tion. Unless furnished with food, cloth
ing and medicine at once these Indians
will die like dogs. Disease has brought
fully one-half of them to the very verge of
the giave, and the recent inclement
weather enhanced their sufferings. In
dian Agent Cramsie ha3 issued au appeal
for aid.
All sufferers from blood disorders can
use Ayer's Sarsupai ilia with assurance of
cure.
OKLAHOMA'S IMITATOR.
Large Towns Already Established on the
Morning's TJntrod Waste.
Chamberlain. S. D., Feb. 11. The pres
ident's proclamation opening up the Sioux
reservation to settlement has increased tho
rush of settlers who arrived at all hours
last night. This morning the landscape
west of here is dotted with buildings in
course of erection.
Companies are being; organized that will
leave for the interior of the reservation to
day for the purpose of iocatiug town sites
along White river. The company from
Chamberlain which so cleverly located a
town site near lower Brule agency is re
ported to be safe. United States Mar
shal Fry left for White River today to
ascertain the condition of affairs there and
toqneliany disturbance that may occur.
A settler who came into town today says
that each claim immediately west of hero
has forty occupants. The Indian police
are on the ground to prevent trouble. By
evening there will be quite a village just
across the river where yesterday there was
nothing but the bare prairie. A building
on wheels has just crossed tho river and
will be used as a bank in the new town.
Pierre, S D., Feb. 11. The city was
full ot excitement this morning. The
news of the opening of the reservation
opened the long peat up flood gates and
the rush ot boomers to the west side is
now under way. Last night pandemo
nium reisnea, so jubilant were the people.
Boomen hurried across the river last night
and were met on the shore by a line, of
blue coats, who refused to let them pass.
It is announced that the men on Bad river
and south of Pierre were preparing to
make a raid A close surveillance will be
maintained. If the soldiers are not with
drawn soon it is probable serious trouble
will ensue.
MAY BECOME A BOOMERANG.
A Cartridge Sent Through the Mails to
Senator Ingalls from Mississippi.
Washington, Feb. 1L On Saturday last
Senator Ingalls' mail contained a small
pink wrapped box. four inches long, two
inches wide and a little more than an inch
thick. On being opened the box was
found to contain one of the Union Metal
lic Cartridge company's "star"' cartridges,
and with the following inscription in black
ink: "Election pills for old cuff or for In
galls. from Jackson, Miss. Come to see
us. old nutgalls."
Senator Ingalls was not alarmed at the
contents of his mail, but both, he and his
secretary thought it prudent to lay the
cartridge carefully away as there was a
possibility that ltmight be more destruc
tive than au ordinary cartridge. There
wa a alight fear that the powder and shot
might huve been extracted from the shell
and replaced with some powerful explosive.
The stnator, however, w.i of tha opinion
that it was a plain buckshot cartridge and
a reporter subsequently ascertained this
to be the fact by prying'open the shell, re
vealing nine large bucitsuot aud a charge
of powder. Even tars, it was thought, was
not a particularly pleasant present, and the
joke may turn out to be a sorry one for
the pernetrator, as it is a violation of the
postal laws to send explosives through the
minis.
POLITICAL GRAVES INSIGHT.
BkiilAUCK, N. J., Feb. 11. Late last
night the senate investigating committee
took up the charges of bribery in con
nection with the lottery scheme- All the
legislator examined knew nouiing. Os
teon ves WiiMin and Clary have been sum
moned and Wilson's te5timony is expected
to make a great sensation if he can be in
duced to tell the truth. His evidence is.
expected to implicate some prominent peo
ple. Dennis ifomfin, tha sqnctsr gov
ernor of likota." snys there r XQ politi
cal luner&ls iu sight.
POSTAL TELEGRAPHY. :
Postmaster General "Wanamakex Details
IBs Plan at LflngtL
Washtngtok, Feb. 11. Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker appeared before the
house committee on postofSces and post.
roads today and read an elaborate! state
ment in iavor of a system of postal.
telegraphy.
Mr. Wanamaker said he was not pro
posing that tha government should pur
chase or. build a telegraph line, nor the
appropriation of a large sum from the
treasury, nor the creating of a new body
of employes, but simply the utilization of
the office buildings, clerks and carriers
now in use, and by convenince and remedy
of ser,vice to greatly accommodate
the public in a business that should
not be divorced from the postoffice, as it
was nothing more or less than the carrying"
of messases B5e said he proposed :v union
of post and telegraph on a basis that in his
judgment would not interfere to any
appreciable extent with existing rights:
hut that it would give services to
classes not enjoying the use of the tele
graph to any large degree. He asks that
he be directed to negotiate and secure a
set of leased wires, such, as the great news
papers have from city to city, or brokers
and bankers have connected with their of
fices in the different cities, that the com
mon people might communicate through
their business offices, (the postoffices)
from city to city or by messages
dropped "in their maiL boxes. The
people had now, he continued, the busi
ness offices, the clerks, who could soon
learn the tick of the machines, the carriers
who traveled with bundles of letters over
the same streets traveled by telegraph boys
and the stamps for payment that dispenses
with bookkeeping, and all that was need
ed to build up a new service rs authority
and a wire, and a thrill of life would soon
be felt throughout the country.
Mr. Wanamaker then proceeded to ex
plain in detail the plan for a postal tele
graph as outlined m his annual report.
THE SUGAR TRUST INJUNCTION.
New York, Feb. 11. Judge O'Brien, of
the supreme court, this afternoon con
tinued the injunction restraining the
sugar trust from disposing of any its pro
perty or assets. His honor says that none
of the trusts are yet in a position to pay
dividends jnstrnow, but when they are iu a
position to do so they can mitke applica
tion to the court
LIBERTY'S AWAfrETTOTG.
Republican Demonstrations in the Streets
of Lisbon.
Lirbon, Feb. 11. Au enormous crowd
assembled today in the Place Dom.Pedro
and Republican orators endeavored to
harangue various groups, but the police
and cavalry charged the nias3 which, was
dispersed after some fighting. Twenty
eight persons weie arrested. Itisa month
today since the Euglish. ultimatum was
piesented to the Portuguese government.
and since Portugual immediately ac
cepted it. The demonstration planned
was intended as a celebration
of the desperate objections to it. The po
lice tried to prevent the demonstration.
Shops are partly closed and the streets are
patrolled. The agitation, smothered for
the moment, is smoldering.
At a late hour there are yet great crowds
in the streets, but the large force of police
and the troops have prevented further
trouble. Several newspapers have been
seized for publishing violent articles. The
Republicans were prevented from putting
wreaths on the statue of Camoeus.
FAN2 IN WASHINGTON.
Washington,- Feb. 11. Henry J. Fauz,
the victim of the recant Aberdeen, Miss.,
mob, arrived in Washington today in com
pany with a postoffice iuspector. Chief
Rathbone was requested some time ago
by tho departmental justice to find Fauz
and bring him to Washington. Fauz had
a long conference with. Attorney General
Miller today.j
THE CHESS TOURNEY ENDED.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 11. The champion
ship tourney of tho United States Chess
association closecf tnit afternoon. Sho wai
ter takes first money, 250; Pollock sec
ond, $130; Lipsenutz third, 3; Haller
fourth, 30, and Robbins filth, i-.
A CUT ON SHEEP RATES.
Kansas City, Ala, Feb. 11. The Alton
will announce tomorrow a reduction in
rates on sheep from the Missouri river to
Chicago from IS" to 12 cents. This cut fs
made to meet the alleged secret rate of
other southwestern lines.
To Farnp Down Ozone,
Sir Edwin Chadwick, known in Eng
land as "the father of sanitary science,'
in a recent interview said: "I do bo be
lieve in fresh air. My pet project, at
which a correspondent in the papers
laughed some time ago, 13 to build great
towers in our cities and pump down the
ozone from above; there is a wonderful
American machine for pumping which
actually makes 1,200 revolutions in asec
ond. Well, that would soon purify a
neighborhood. At the base of St. Paul's
there is no ozone; there is atthe summit.
How often my government clerks have
asked leave to take home their work,
finding it impossible to do anything in
the poisoned air of the great public of
fices. This system, about which I have
'consulted If. Eiffel himself, who thinks
very highly of the idea, would effect a
revolution in the health of our great
cities. On a very small scale it has been
tried and found to answer perfectly upou
some of the great 'liners' at sea," Boston
Transcript.
A. Trno UkcnoM of Gorso Washington.
A description of the personal appear
ance of Washington, written in 1799, is
reprinted in The Pennsylvania Magazine
of History and Biography:
"Gen. Washington is now in the 47th
year of his age. He is a tall, well made
man, rather large boned, and has a tol
erably genteel address; his features ae
manly and bold, his eyes of a bluish cast,
and very lively; his hair a deep brown,
his face rather long and marked with
the smallpox; his ccmplexion sunburnt
and without much color, and his counio- i
nance sensible, composed and thought
ful; there -is a remarkable air of dignity
about him, wfcji a striking degree of
gracefulness."
A Dosrrr Society Wanted.
It is a little singukir. with all our ran
tual benefit societies, that a mutual dow
ry society was never established. Imag
ine the eiFect upon the raatrimonial mar
ket of a thousand young women devot
ing ten cents a week, a fixed percentage
to be given to thoe who are married
within the year. The anxious and aim
less could not then, become a drug in the
marker. Something of the kind is in
vogue in Europe, where it is stipulated
that a beneficiary must have been a
member of the society for five years be
fore reading a dor. Philadelphia Sasur
dav Review.
"Sutler la Clock Store.
Cuckoo Clock jus: before midnichi 1
Fax opposed to night wort. 1 m going- tc
strike, for oue.
Hall Clock Came, sir: you're toe
fast.
Little Nickel Clcck I don't think so.
Fm going to strike, two. A general
strike srsti gntat conftisian fellow..
Drake's 2T3aine;
'-3-t'v-"-- .-fey-a:
M UMGHBOJl'S TREE.
'. LESSON TAUGHT BY CLOSE STUDY
OF THE MYSTERIES OF NATURE.
Am It "Loolta. sad Seems to Ba In Stoamroc
and. Winter The Glitter After a Sgrin
Shower The Thunder Storms and Au
, turns of life What The; Mean.
My room, which, is in a, high, house, is
on. an evenheighi-with, the crown of the
tree oppositev For seven years this tree
' has-been a true friend to me. How often
it has refreshed my sight! I have here
at different times jotted down what I
saw, thought and dreamed about it.
Everything in nature has its fixed des
tiny man alone has the worry. In na
ture there is a. "must," with man it is
"you shall," and therefore, there is a
desire of freedom in tha heart of man
kind, an endeavor to discern our natural
destination. Schiller says:
Seek you the highest; the greatest? the plant can
teach you It;
What it is without a will, you should bo willinslj,
The history of religion begins with di
vine adoration of certain trees, and this
culture became so deeply rooted that it
was difficult to destroy it. The envoys
of Christianity had to apply the ax to
the holy trees to destroy this land of
worship.
The crown of tho tree is too high to ba
reached by regulating garden shears; it
rounds itself. Tako a lessen from tho
tree, raise yourself up, man; learn- to
stand high in yourself and the world
cannot mold you against your will.
My tree stands in my neighbor's gar
den. It is not mine, and yet my pleas
ure is not decreased by the thought that
it is not my property. In the contem
plation of that which is-eternal there ia
no mine and thine, and the pleasure
makes one happy and asks not from
whence it.came.
It is a withered' tree during the winter,
and the thought arises, "Who knows if
it yet lives? Will leaves branches and
fruit thrive again?' Spring new or re
tarning life will show.
After a spring sun shower, how all the
branches glitter with tho hanging drops,
which, play in wonderful colors. What
an absorption there must be in the txeesl
As soon as the rain ceases the finch ap
pears and sings his song so gayly that it
seems the merry fellow bad freshly
moistened his throat; and, indeed, it is
so, for man and bird sing better after a
rain than in dry and close air.
The tree has it3 hours of animation.
Science has discovered that the lifo of a
plant is strongest under tho influence of
tho light, especially in tho hours before
midday.
In April there was another snow. All
the branches were laden, all day long
the flakes whirled about, and it was all
still and quiet, except now and then a
complaint from, the finch. A dull per
vaded nature; even people in heated
rooms could not keep warm. It seemed
as if life and soul were in sympathy with
tho millionfold sorrow of tho scared
away birds and newly opened blossoms.
Whoever enjoys the life of naturo must
also suffer with it. Nature's life is harsh
and sharp, for alllife is a struggle. Even
if a thousand blossoms, which, have
scarcely bloomed, pass away, the devel
opment of nature's forces is overflowing;
also in human life only little comes to
pass which, blossoms in the mind as wish
and aspiration.
The tree takes in only fluid food, and
corresponds in this point with the first
lifo of the child or animal.
A child destroying a plaything which
is put together by strange hands is forced
to do so by its curiosity to examino tlie
inner works. Neither can science act
differently than to follow natural life,
and by investigation it kills that taken
in hand. To be separated from nature
has a tendency to make tender.
A hail storm has broken off a branch
and another will not grow again in ita
place, but tho tree may add new branches
and twigs, and the wound of tho torn
off branch may heal up.
A thunder storm in tho vicinity has
snapped off trees and uprooted others,
and when a tree is down and ite roots
are exposed it is not questioned how it
was thrown down and uprooted, but
how it could have existed and grown in
each a thin layer of soil. So it is with
many so called heroes; when they have
fallen one can scarcely conceive the pos
sibility of their former state.
Autumn comes with such forco that
you feel as though you were parting with
tho dearest associates: tha you had not
fully returned their friendship, and that
you had not enjoyed thern as you could
and should havo done. The reflection
returns how you could have hoped in
the spring to tako In the life of summer
in full draughts, and. having neglected
it, it is now too late; and so it will be hi
tho autumn of your life.
Cease remorse, which overcomes you
with the falling of the leaves. Wake up
and work in the new day. Inasmuch u
the fallen leaf returns to ita stem, so will
a day passed return to you, but there
will be new leaves and new days as long
as life is allowed to you.
The stripping of the leaves seems to ',
go on more quickly than the leafing, be
cause the falling of the leaves is more !
plainly visible, although the dying off of f
the tree really lasts as long as ita return j
to life.
He who studies nature in winter ia '
nearer to it than the season enjoying !
ones, the city people, who only go into f
the country when the table of ruature i3 ,
set. Can one S3y of such persons, who i
ara unfaithful to nature: "Yesterday !
they seemed so near to you, and today J
they act almost as though they would
ask: 'Who are your " Yes, there aro ,
people whose perception of life 13 only
quickly withering grass, and many per- !
Eons' moods very like the weather. But j
ia the firmer ones it is like the tree al- j
though it 13 leafless yon fully understand
it. German of Benhold Auerbsch.
TORTURING LIVE POULTRY.
Li It Tra That I"rtrl Aro Shipped In
Crate TJiat Dentroj Health and Life?
The pains and brutal treatment of live
cattle en route from the wa; to New
York have of ten bear the ibjct of com
ment and even of legislatiou, but tie
friend of, live poultry has yet to be
heard from. The country dealer in lire
poultry packs there t no word that bet
ter deserines the thing doner his gtese,
ducts, chickens,, etc.. in crates of the
smallest posiblo height that he can get
thp fowls inter, and ecch crate is pocked
until the fowls are a close- to each othrr
as dead sardines are in their boxfcs- Thca
the crates are stowed in two roc from
ten in shelve fy; high on a, flax car or
ia n ejyn catiie c&r. and away titer go.
7Lea tka csx rcclii the,."ewtYcrJi
a-a-afc-yife
terminus It is "dnlltirr Douf on""" tile
switches, and finally,. af ter no one knows
how many hours of misery on tha cars,
the fowls are placed on trucks and
driven to the consignees at the markets.
There the dead are taken from the crates
and the living during that day or the
next go to the retailers. It is not until
after three or four days iu that vile
prison that the fowl is relieved from its
torture by death.
That they suffer real torture is evi
dent on a moment's consideration. It is
a pity that the shippers could not be
made to realize what the torture is by
packing them shoulder to shoulder, in
crates so low that their heads must be
kept forwards and their chins on their
breasts continually; or, to approximate
the condition of the fowls accurately,
they should be obliged to stand with
their backs bent at an angle of SO degs.
People who have tried to sleep with
their legs curled up in a railroad seat,
and have woke up with, the cramp, wish
ing they could straighten out for just
one minute, may form. a. slight idea of
what the fowls suffer during a three
days' confinement in a coop.
The fact that a definite per cent, tol
erably well known among poultry deal
ers, of the fowls die from their suffer
ing is also conclusive evidence that tho
suffering is great.
Further than that, they are kept f or a
long time without water to drink, whilo
the lower crates in the stocks on the
cars become intolerably offensive from
the drippings from the upper tiers.
There does not seem to be any ade
quate remedy for this condition of af
fairs. Tho shippers have calculated the
losses from death and find that the losses
aro less than what the increased cost of
freight would be were fowls shipped in
crates high enough to allow them head
room. That the fowl gets the headache
and becomes feverish is a fact of no con
sequence to the shipper, because it does
not diminish his profit.
In many markets in the city ono can
see signs saying that fowls will be killed
to order. Tho buyer has an idea that he
can there get fowls in better condition
than when he buys the country killed
fowls. Very likely he can in some well
managed shops, whose proprietors tako
pains to turn their fowls out in a clean
yard to recuperate, but it is almost
enough to give a person tho typho
fever to eat a fowl killed out of one
tho miserable crates they must travel iu
when coming to New York. If any ono
thinks this is overdrawn let him watch
a truck load of crates as it arrives at ono
of the markets soruo morning. New
York Sun.
Und Hucri I'oshu.
The history of Bacri Pasha is an excel
lent illustration of how things are done
in Turkey. This man was &ome years
ago the prefect of Para. During his
term of office the burglaries tliat took
place became so frequent that at last
suspicion arose that there must bo some
collusion between the authorities and tho
housebreakers. Detectives wero set to
work, and it was toon discovered that
Bacri Pasha, the prefect, was a partner
with the burglars and shared their plun
der.
The man was arrested and tried, and
so convincing and overwhelming was
the evidence that he was convicted and
sentenced to five years' imprisonment
with hard labor. But,, to the astonish
ment of everybody, he was reprieved
and shortly afterward nominated gov
ernor of Scutari, the post he now holds.
This story is a fair sample of what hap
pens every day in Turkey and carries a
; lesson with it which any intelligent per
i son may read for liimself. The censor-
' ship of the press has now been carried
to such a point thathe local newspapers
at Constantinople are worthless for any
purpose of information whatever. New
York Telegram.
A Candid rrind.
To-the English Georges were not a few
frank speeches made by a class of whom
George Canning exclaimed:
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can
send.
Save, save, oh, save- mo from th candid friend t
A young lady told George II that the
ceremony sho most longed to see was a
coronation I
George IV, when Prince of Wales,
found a "candid friend" in Nollekons,
tho sculptor, ono of tho most bimple
minded and uncourtly of men. Tho
prince was sitting for his bust, and tho
following conversation took place:
Nollekens How's your father? (Tho
king was at that time very ill.)
The Prince Thank you, Mr. Nollc
kens, ho is much better.
Nollekems Ah, that's all right! It
would bo a sad thing if he was to die,
for wo shall never havo another king
like him.
The Prince Thank you.
Nollekens Ah, sir, you may depend
upon that. Youth's Companion.
A Happy "Mejnm.'
Mr. Kindly Well, Uncle Peter, how
dce3 the world serve you these days?
Uncle Peter Oh, firs rate, sah, firs
rate; I ain't eo rich cz Mistah Vandcr
bilt, no' so po' a3 Job's turkey, Bab, but
I jess seem ter hab struck a happy mee
jum 'tween dom two gommen, sah, an
I'so very well tat'efled. Detroit Free
Press.
The Cr Drlrer.
Passengers on a Broadway car the
other morning witnessed an interesting
reene. The driver was a new hand who
had evidently been put to work in an
emergency and had not received all tho
instructions that a new hand requir-.
The wind raa blowing sharply in his
face and the paswngers were glad to sec
him put the hnea through tho handbolo
in the door through which the conductor
collects faro f rora the pajeengers on the
platform.
This done the new driver carae in tie
car himself, cIomx! the door eoftly and
Eerenelyand drove his team from tho
inside of the car. Jh bowed right and
left to the passenger as he took up his
stand in the car and remarked pleasantly
that the weather was a little fcharp, but
tbanki for the kindh'-artedawss of the
company in providing thtt hole in the
door very much sharper weather could
be endured.
He wa a &iab!c tort of man and
talked hrfui!y to tbi passengers, the
chief point of his obsrraUon being that
tbnrrt was a grez.t deal of &bo&9 heaped
upon corponuiona that w& ucdcMa-red.
"I take is m Jf evident," ha aid, "that
a corpora icn c&aaot be soulleusi that goes
to the exponas cf cuttcig )uAa ia istrort
car door sad iiumg it wijh bra, simply
that the driTr may ttzsal intide and
drive. He would hare fcaid more, bat
jam then the conductor rubd in and
sJf e2.iXLp2t ca tlie front plaifenou
Jjz"it ' jfefctgL.rgfcT g&g.. &&?: &
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SORE EYES
"It acts I ke magic In ophthalmia. I
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M. JAMESON.
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( strongly recommend Pond's Extract
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VANATTA, Lockloosa, Fla.
BRU3SES
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SPRAENS
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BURNS
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New York City
HEMORRHAGES
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INFLAMMATIONS
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ing "ANDREW D WHITE, Presi
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BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
See Landscape Trade-mark on
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lulling Katn by L.IMUxiclty.
Victor Poiasant, a young electrician ol
Omaha, has a very ingenious war of kili
injr rats. Tho prvitiK rodent in caught
in an ordinary oval trap, the bottom ol
which is coveral with tin. Sir. Poissant
lias a small dynamo of hla own manu
facture. Ono wire, connecting with Un
dynamo, i fastened to Uie tin lining of
the trap, and another li tlixout into the
prisoner's cell. The well known pro
pensity of a caged rat to do battlo assert1
itself, and ho seizes the wire between hu
teeth. In eo doing ho makes the mistake
of his life. The circuit is complete, hi
jaivs closo on the wiro with a death grip,
and without a squeak and almost with
out a quiver ho passe! into a f Uto ol
eternal rlcsnefud ('hiraco Tim'fl.
Beware of Imitations, there ia Only One
M
Vtlirro thn Wild I xi" .Neet.
Until tho acquisition of Alaska by tho
United Statca it was a wander where cer
tain wild fowl went when thoy migrated
from tho temperate cltnx-s on the ap
proach of cummer an well as snow btrdt
and other email epwiies of tho feathered
tribe. It was afterward found that their
habitat in wiramer w&e tb watera of
Alaska, tho Yukon river and the lakes of
that hyperborean region. A reportei
lately interviewed C. J. Green, of 2or
ton Sound, Alaska, and he coniinns th.
(statement of Dali and ctle. I'eopI
wonder wherr tlo wild fowl com from,
eaid he. Thy cto the nand hill crane,
wild goov, hf ron and other fowl every
spring and fall pirrnuo their nnwearied
way, but, liko the wind, Lbcy do not
know- whonco they come cr whither tby
go. Up on Golovino bay, on Uie north
shore of Korton Bound, to tho breeding
place of theco fowls.
All the bird in creation, rv-prninIy.
go to that country to brerd. Cew
ducks, cwana, and tbwHtads upon thou
panda of sandhill eraser., aro swarmic
there all the time. Thry lay thr -cga
in the blue txtim gra in tiw low lands,
and it you go sip the river a HttJe war
from the lay, tho ncae of tho wild fowl
in almost deafwnng. Uyrda of robbics
and bwallows are thrre, an well as mili
ion of magmflwn! groare, wearing red
comb and rather inoccaans. Tlu$
grouao turn aa whitw xa mow faj winter.
Yoc can kill dozen of juxry teal dncLf
or grooMJ i 'at us butter b.Ib in a few
DOtnraf. The wild fowl and brar iir
on Kiiuofi LcrrW and hneilsberrvn,
wijji which all tho Idlb are literally cot.
erL t rriirt
SKIK CAItCrK
Srrsral jesn ao I & caiW ai 4sw3
wsa who hid & E2l52SSt itrzt of t&SJUrt ex
fcrrfocj. Tie cztxxr cror versa nuUx tint pie
ecrlbed UtMxtml, tad flee V at w uJ ot
tkz tux. we it tss-titcsrflf?y rsrr Tfsa
It!ot cask! ivt bere esntwl ast laa&r,
hzt I to- -usotl U f BtiKf fymSc.
laditearnl fcer wwsjJ - TSsS m t"
7sr t$o, sd titro Jat fc-3 so ?r3 f i
6icuc J rrzxri SwiS UpttiZz ntl nxxl-
U to ifiro rxtt is ;b0&.
CA3f CCR OT THE. TO?iGTJT.
"For sir f t&u 7xa I d - rsifex 0s
sry iaozs umststM x t&ztUetvUv ia la, is.
I bnczrwaisra tt Jst. a4
jUissi ter tfesjssra. Tie mii vc Ut I
IBM ' M, S Saw " itfl.
TTfeeuia. Okl, Jlan. "x, "A &- JUsra.
fc wtrr trtsms Co. Vzxx 3, su, Qi,
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