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The Carlisle <l*a.) school is helping j
to solve the Indian problem. There are
this vear COO Indian pupils enrolled.
In New Jersey the feeling against
gamblers and their various methods
has lead to a constitutional amendment
to prohibit gambling, which will be
voted on this fall.
Nevada is the most sparsely settled
state in America. There are nearly 2*4
square miles to each inhabitant; next
comes Idaho, with one inhabitant to
each square mile.
An eastern scientist has discovered
that “kissing is a cure for dyspepsia."
i'he chances are that dyspepsia will be
the most popular disease in sight, and
•lrugsof theapothecary will mold and go
to ruin.
On the eve of returning home. Lord
Kelvin remarks that this country leads
the world in the development of elec
tricity as a motive power. It is a great
achievement in the opinion of ine fam
ous British scientist.
A Florida paper says the tobacco crop
in the state this year will bring $10,000,-
000, in addition to which ther" will lie
300,000 «• rates of pineapples, to say noth
ing of vegetables, melons, turpentine,
lumber and a “pretty good smattering
of oranges.“
Electric railway equipments have
been ordered from this country in 1 blb
lin. Bristol. Coventry and several Aus
tralian i itifs. as well as London. Our
inventors and skilled workers in this
field are apparently without any rival
ry in the
The Yukon river of Alaska is a noble
stream 2,200 miles long, and 30 miles
wide 600 miles from its mouth. At Fort
Yukon it is six miles wid-. People who
imagine that Alaska is a small country
and its rivers creeks, and its mountains
hills, are wide of the mark
The Italian government is experi
menting vCtli a rifle that fires *0 shots
a minute. Civilization is a great thing.
It has certainly struck a killing pace.
Perhaps bullets may be some day under
the ban of law and science, like other
deadly microbes that spring fnun the
eor. lit ions of disease.
According to an old tradition the Brit
i.-ri frigate lluss..r, which sank in East
r'.er in carried an immense treas
ure in gold, and divers have liecn inter
ested accordingly. A recent thorough
search of the records proves that there
v as no gold on the ship vv hen she went
dow n. After 117 years investigation be
gan at the right end of the story.
C. M. Bailey, the Winthrop (Me.) oil
cloth manufacturer, deserves a vaca
tion. lie recently told a -eporter that
in the 4* years he had been in business
he never had taken a holiday himself
or closed his shops. And he now has
men working for him who have been in
his employ the whole 4* years, though
most of them have had both holidays
and vacations.
A new French machine called a
rarnometer registers a man’s will pow er
and shows the intensity of his thought.
When a person near it goes against a
hard mental proposition the register
ing needle jumps around like a nervous
man in the presence of an annoyed hor
net; but in the resence of an idiot the
neetile clings to zero like a thumb tack
to a bicycle tire.
The electric light is comparatively a
new star in the sky. but there wassloo.-
000,000 of invested capital represented
by the Edison illuminating companies
recently convened at Niagara Falls.
The Niagara cataract itself is an illus
tration of the extent of the use of elec
tricity as a motive power, which not
many years ago was confined to Jersey
lightning in a bottle.
For some vears Uncle Sam has been
hreediug reindeer in Alnska. The gov
ernment farm is on the lower Yukon,
and now containsover I,oooreindeer,and
none of the animals ever are put to
work. It would seem as if this was the
time to harness up the bucks and let
them help develop the count r* . They
could doubtless l*e used vv"lh great
profit upon the frozen rivers during the
coming winter.
The oldest postmaster, vv ho i.- found at
flaminondsville Station. O. h;.s been
giving some recollections of his service
of 6s vears under "4 postma'teis-gen
eral Me rememlvers the time vv hen mail
robbing was a capital offense, and he
saw two men hanged for tbe crime at
Balitimoro. Sixty-six years ago he was
a passenger over the first 13 miles of
railroad built in the United States
by the Baltimore «v Ohio. The speed
was ten miles an hour. This venerable
official of 56 formerly ehargeo g 5 cents
|M>stage on a letter carried 400 miles.
Stop anil think w hat tvw» cents will do
now.
Some interesting figures are supplied
by the annual report of Superintendent
S. 1. Kimball, of the government life
• vi’ig service. Except when a big
wreck occurs on our coast the pul 'ie
rarely hears of the life-savers, yet there
are more than 2.'Kk>of these watchers on
duty. During the last fiscal tear there
were 183 disasters on the ocean coasts
and on the great lakes, involving 5.402
persons, of whom only 20 were lost.
'l’he estimated value of the property in
volved in these wrecks was $10,647,235,
of which $9.1 »5,' '5 w:»« saved. Only one
vessel out of 73 w recked became a total
oss.
Recent remarks on the powerful ef
fect of extreme hot weather on the brain
Lave called forth from a man his person
al experience, (hie day after applying
himself intensely to the study of ge
ometry. he ate his dinner like one in a
dream, aud finally rushed upon his
brother with a pocket knife, and the
brother only saved himself by flight,
this, happily, breaking the spell. Here
is a new opportunity for criminal law
yers. A sudden solar seizure ought to
be more serviceable to them than hyp
notism. Perhaps with a little expert as
sistance it can also hr made to cover a
polar w ave.
Within the memory of man by no
menus old “2:40 on the plank road” was
an expression significant of the highest
speed to be attained by a pacer or a
trotter. Mr. Bonner’s faith in the in
vincibility of Dexter and his 2:16*. or
2:17 is also of comparatively recent date.
Yet here we have Star Pointer pacing a
mile in l:s9\.with the probability that
faster time would have been attained
but for a momentary faltar at the head
of the stretch. It would be idle to say
that this record is to etnnl for any
length of time. Performances on the
turf have been so marvelous that proph
ets are chary of predictions.
The i\ews oi the Week.
BY TELEGR xPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.
In the forthcoming reports of bureau
chiefs of the navy departmert the
necessity of increasing the pet' onnel of
the navy will be presented to congress.
The first meeting of the mntid; ry
commission appointed under tiie au
thority of the convention of business
men held last January in Indianapolis
was he ! I ii Washington. Ex-Senator
George F. Edmunds, of Vermont, was
chosen chairman.
The navy department sent orders to
San Francisco to have the gunboat
Wheeling sent to Honolulu.
Advices to the state department show
that there are more than Tb.ooo Eu
ropeans and Americans resident in
China.
The bureau of statistics of the treas
ury department says the total imports
of dutiable sugar during the last
fiscal year were 4.381,403,687 pounds,
valued at s*s,'*>’..9o2.
THE EAST.
At \\ llkesi arre. Pa., Sheriff Marti..
and 78 of his deputies were indicted for
the murder of 24 striking miners near
I-attimer on September in.
Robert J. and John R. Gentry paced a
mile in double harness in Philadelphia
in 2.09, breaking the world’s team rec
ord.
The arctic explorer. Lieut. Peary, ar
rived in Boston from Sydney. B. C. He
said the big meteor,*e he brought to
America weighed 100 tons.
Completion of the nev, steel arch
bridge over the Niagara goig was cel
ebrated at Niagara Falls.
In a fire tn a grocery stoic at Chester,
Pa., six persons were seriously injured
by the explosion of a barrel of gasoline.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the v erk er.ied on the 24th aggregated
$1,365,804.6:7. against $1.886.354,212 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the -orresponding week of 1896
was 60.6.
In the United States there wire 209
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 24tli. against 204 llie week
previous and 313 in th» corresponding
period of 1*96.
In an interview in Boston Lieut.
Peary, the explorer, said that ’ e should
start on his next polar expedition in
the latter part of July. Is9*. and that
lie would reach the north pole or lose
his life in the attempt.
In the National Icagu ■ the percent
ages of the Itaseball dubs for the week
ended on the 24th were: Baltimore,
.704; Boston. .703; New York, .633; Cin
cinnati. .571; Cleveland. .531; Brooklyn.
.465; Washington, .460; Pittsburgh.
.443; Chicago. .441: Philadelphia, .419;
Louisville. .402; St. Louis. 21*>.
The new steamer of the North Ger
man line, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,
made the trip from IV men to New
York in 3 days. 22 ho trs and 45 min
utes, making a new record.
Arthur W May. aged 24. killed Cora
Kaseman. aged b. and then took his
own life at Shamckin. Pa. Refusal of
the parents of the girl to allow them
to marry was the cause.
In Maine severe earthquake shocks
were felt at Belfast. Ellsworth, Bangor
and several other towns.
WEST AND SOUTH.
Jam -s 11. Eckels, comptroller of the
eurr-ncy, in a speech at Colorado
Springs. Col., said t*v i he believed a
great wave of prosperity was sweeping
over the country.
John and Richard McGriff, twins,
celebrated at Geneva. Ind.. the ninety
fifth anniversary of their birth.
Nebraska “gold” democrats met in
Omaha and nominated James Wool
worth, of that city, for supreme court
judge.
Judge Vincent made the opening ad
dress for the defense in the Luetgert
murder trial in Chicago, in which lie
claimed Mrs. Luetgert was s,.pn after
May 1. that bones found in the vat were
not human, and that rings found did
not belong to the missing woman.
James Lane died at his home in Chi
cago. aged 192 years.
Judge C. Buckley Kilg< re. a member
of the Fiftieth. Fifty-first and Fifty
second congresses from Texas, died in
Ardmore. I. T.. ago I 62 years.
Almost the entire husiro s« portion of
Bainbridgr. 0.. was destroyed by fire,
awl W. P. Beardsley and Thomas Hig
gins were burned to death and seven
other persons were badly injured.
Three miles from Livermore. Ky.. the
sawmill boiler of E. D. Dex blew up and
three men were killed and ten 'njuretl.
M. J. Sholey. Henry Feltlshaw and W.
J. Grunsten testified in the Luetgert
murder trial in Chicago that they saw
Mrs. Luetgert alive in Kenosha. Wis.,
May 3 and 4.
Flames destroyed the major portion
of the John Gund Brewing vompauy’s
plant at La Crosse. Wis.. entailing a loss
of $200,000.
David Ridge, sheriff of the district;
•Tes-c Sunday, sheriff-elect (both Indi
ans). atel Thomas Baggot (white) were
killed in a drunken row at Saline. T. T.,
by Samson Batt.
Rev. T.. D. Morris, of vlreeneastle. Ind.,
was delivering an address to a conven
tion of Christian churches when he was
fatally stricken with paralysis.
In a runaway near Coy, Ark.. John
Trafford and his wife were fatally in
jured and their 14-year-old girl killed.
For assault Svlvanus Johnson was
hanged at Key West. Fla.
In Kentucky ami Tennessee frost
seriously damaged the tobacco crop.
The seasonsof theW ’stern league and
the Western association baseball clubs
v losevl. the Indianapolis club winning
the pennant : n the former and the
Cedar Rapids club ir the latter.
There were 9s cases of yellow fever
in New Orleans ai.d 15 deaths, up to the
24th; 41 cases at Mobile. Ala and 6
deaths; 123casesat Edwards. Miss..and
20 deaths, and 75 cases at Biloxi. Miss.,
and 4 deaths.
Eire nearly wiped out the village of
Riverdale. Mich.
Arehil»a!d Blakely, of Pittsburgh,
was elected national commander at tbe
national encampment in Columbus. 0.,
of the Union Veteran Legion.
An explosion of black damp in the
Williamson county coal mines at Johns
ton City. 111., killed five men and sev
eral others were badly injured.
At Elat Rock. ImL. Wes-Icy Nading. a
grain merchant.shot and killed his w ife
and then attempted suicide. No cause
was known for the deed.
In the town of Afton. I T., every busi
ness house was destroyed by tire.
The doors of the State Bank of Dav
er.port. Neb., were closed because it
could not secure borrowers for its de
posits.
The Society of the Nrmy of the Cum
berland in session at Columbus, 0.,
elected Gen. W. S. Ilosecrans as presi
dent.
Ob the Dye;* frail in Alaska a land
s!:de Killed 13 persons.
This season the rye vrop will be 25.-
000.000 bushels—;.ooo.ooo more than
last year and 2."00.000 less than in 1 '95.
A mob of 800 men at Haw esvdle. Ky.,
lynched Ray moral Bushrod. a negro,
accused of assaulting 14-year-old Mag
gie Roberts.
At Whiteside. Mich., Victor Ander
son. a well-to-do farmer, killed his aged
mother and himself. No cause fort »
deed was known.
At Vincent, la.. Mons Minson fatally
shot two brothers natntd Peterson be
cause they objected to his marrying
their sister-in-law-, and then killed him
self.
lo southern Kansas a strange disease
Is doing great damage to bogs and they
are dying by the hundreds.
As euualized the valuation of tbe
•rtate of Michigan is $1,108,100 <XX».
In Ch.oago five acres of building*
comprising the works of the Chicago
Bridge and Iron company were burned.
Among gold seekers un the Sknguay
and I)yea trails in Alaska terr ble suf
fering was reported because of the set
ting in of winter.
At Morrison. O. T.. Peter Traxton and
John Rambo killed each other in a po
litical quarrel.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
A confession has been made by
Eduardo Vela quo formerly chief of
police iu tiie C'*y of Mexico, that he di
rected the murder of Arnuifo Arroyo,
who was under arrest charged with an
assault upon President Diaz.
It is reported that Japan ir landing
troops in Hawaii preparatory to re
sisting nil attempts to annex the is
lands to the United States.
Tbe death of Mrs. Orr, aged 112 years,
occurrvd in Kingston, Out.
Advices say that all the foreign pow
er- except Austria refuse to hack Spain
in her Cuban policy, recognizing the
interests of the United States justify
the latter’s interference in Cuba.
The Russian government will shortly
prohibit the exportation of wheat from
Russia.
A filibustering expedition for Cuba
was red and 19 men on the vessel
were slait. by Spaniards.
At Girgrnti. Italy, a laudslide impris
oned 40 persons in a well with no hope
for their rescue.
In prison in the City of Mexico
Eduardo Velasquez, former inspector
of police, accused of instigating the
murder of Arroyo while the latter was
in custody for his attempt to assault
President Diaz, shot himself dead.
Eire destroyed the Musee theater in
Toronto, Gut., and in the panic that
ensued one prison was killed and many
i other- were injured.
An announcement that Mrs. Lilly
Langtry, the actress, will marry Prince
Esterhazy is confirmed.
The Colombian government has sus
pended the export duty on coffee.
Wlxle lying off the town of Ufa,
Russia, the steamer Admiral Gervais.
w ith 200 passengers, took fire and many
persons jumped overboard and were
; drowned.
A resolution was adopted at n large
meeting in Athens calling upon King
George and the cabinet to renew the
war with Turkey rather than acecpt the
terms of i eaee offered by the eonfer
core.
In a silver mine 12 miles from El
Paso. Tex., in Mexico, a cave in killed 17
men.
There was said to he a fair prospect
that Spain would accept the good of
fice- of the I nited States as toCtiba.
It is s;:id that the sultan of Turkey
will address the powers shortly on the
! subject of Great Britain’s evacuation of
Egypt.
Gen. NYeyler cabled a request to the
government in Madrid to send 113 ad
ditional administrative officials to
Cuba.
Eroni the Michipicoten region on
T.ake Superior reports of rich gold finds
continue to come.
LATER NEWS.
Tlic Marquis of Salisbury has not
i rvitlidruwn from the Bering sea cou
| fcrence, hut li s simply objected to the
presence of Russia and Japan. Ne
gotiations on the subject are proceed
! ling. Great l!i itain is willing to take
j part in the conference and is endeavor
ing tn secure the acquiescence of Can
ada.
Charles Bass marie a murderous as*
ssuit upon Mrs Vv alter Owens, at her
home in Minneapolis, with a large cali
bre revolver, causing a dangerous
wound. Bass was infatuated with Mrs.
Owens, but she resented his attentions.
Both are colored.
A locomotive just out of the shops
exploded at Georgetown, Pa., killing
E. Ik Mitchell instantly. Fireman
Crawley was badly scalded. The boiler
was blown 150 feet and alighted on a
mountain side.
An unknown man was hanged along
the Alaska trail to the gold mines for
stealing a pair of socks.
15. F. Lamar, a memlier of the Okla
homa legislature, was found dead iu
front of the Gaiety theater in St Louis.
The united democracy of New York
has nominated Henry George for
mayor of Greater New York.
Mrs. A. M. Paul has liecn appointed
to take charge of the down town street
cleaning anil garbage forces of Chicago.
Two Americans, Harry Tullerton
and Prof. 1) J. Holmes, of Meadville,
Pa., were captured by Swiss bandits,
who demand a ransom for tlieir re
lease.
A row occurred in a Polish boardiug
house at Girardville, Pa., which in
volved 75 or 80 men. When quiet was
restored, 36 were found to have been
wounded, nine of them fatally.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy John M.
Rolieson died at Trenton, N. J.
The cold stor. ge plant and dove
hatchery of Ben Katz, at Osage, lowa,
was burned. Loss, £30,000. About 6,-
000 doves perished in the flames.
Several women of Fort Scott, Ivan.,
were drawn to se ve on the district
court jury. Judge Simmons decided
that they were not eligible.
At Terre Haute, Ind., the pacer Star
Pointer made the third quarter in a
mile race in 28 seconds, being a rate of
a mile in 1:52.
An attempt was made to burn the
business portion of Stockton, Cal., sev
eral incendiary fires being started
simultaneously. '1 he fires were ex
tinguished without gieat loss.
Official report of the Mississippi
state board of health. Sept. 28: >tal
yellow fever to date, 127; yellow i >*r
under treatment, 75; new eases,
total deaths, 6.
The republicans of Greater New
York, in convention the 28tli, nomi
nated lien. B. F. Tracy for mayor.
The store and warehouse of N. E.
White A Co., Utica, N. V., was burned.
Isaac Monroe and John Hanlon, fire
men. lost tlieir lives.
The first annual conference of the
mayors and counciiiuen of the United
States, the Canadas and Mexico, was
held at Columbus, 0., beginning the
28th.
The farm house of A. L. Gordon,
near Alma, Neb., burned, and three
children, aged 8, 11 and 12 years, whe
were alone in the house, perished in
the flames.
Two highwaymen held up the Boone
ville stage near Ukiah, Cal., and J. R.
Barnett, a passenger, was shot and
killed.
Russian police have unearthed a plot
to kill the czar.
T. F. < 4xll, formerly of Perry county,
Missouri, and proprietor of the Biloxi
Manufacturing company, died of yel
low fever ;.t Biloxi. Miss.
Colonel Robert A. Ammon, William
Woods, lawyers of New York, have
been arrested, charged with blackmail
ing Samuel lveller. former manager of
the E. S. Dean Co., discretionary pool
operators, who failed in March last.
Five men met a horrible death from
“black damp" this after accumulation
of a tire in the Jermyn No. I mine near
Rendhutn. Pa. The dead arc: Isaac
Watkins. William Tompkins, Joseph
Smith, John Gallagher, William Camp
bell.
James M Woolworth has refused to
be a candidate for supreme justice of
Nebraska on the g fid democrat's ticket
MARKETS
Minneapolis, Sept. 27.
Wheat—No. 1 northern, new. 89 to
89'jc; No. 2 northern 85*4 to 86; De
cember, 84 s -
Corn —No. 3 26c.
Oats —No. 8 white, 20 to 20’sjC.
Cattle—Steer*. $3.20 to 3.75; cows,
$2 MX
Hogs—sß.Bo to 4.00.
Sheep—Muttons, SB.IO to 4.50: lambs,
$4.25.
Butter—Creamery, extras. 20 to2oXe;
creamery, firsts, 18* to .9c; dairy, fancy,
17 to 18c; dairy, choice, 14 to 15c.
Poultry—Turkeys, 7 ta 8c; soring
chickens, 7 to 8c
zl BLOODY KIOT.
Polanders at Girardville, Pa, Fight
All Night.
Three Men Are Reported Head
Thlrtv-Xli Were Wounded, of
W horn If la Thonghl .Nine
Will Die.
Girardville, I’a.. Sept, 28.—At least
nine men received fatal injuries and
-'ossibly two score others were more
or lefz seriously wounded in a bloody
riot here late Sunday night and early
Monday morning. Tbe battle was the
outcome of a quarrel over the Hazleton
troubles. Thirty-six men are known
to have been wounded and about 50
more are being secreted by their
friends who fear that they will be sent
to jail. Twelve of the ring leaders were
brought before Justice Elias Kissinger,
an ’ ten before Justice 11. Ik Johnson.
All were charged with assault with in
tent to kill, house breaking and rioting
and were held in heavy bail for court.
Many more warrants have been issued,
but have not been served as yet.
Three Iteported Dead.
Dr. Charles Scblesman attended to
"8 of the wounded, nine of whom, he
says, will die. Drs. William Monagbat.
and James Douaghue attended to 14
others, aud how many the other phy
sicians cared for is not known. Three
other men have been reported dead, but
this cannot be verified jet on account
of the uncommunicative nature of the
participants. The story of the riot is
as follows:
Story of the Itiot.
Several hundred Polanders board at
William Culaeabbage’s hotel on Second
street. Joseph Ca' endish is proprietor
of a hotel at the east end of town, where
several hundred more- Polanders make
their headquarters. Bad blood has ex
isted between them for a long time, and
the recent strike troubles at Hazleton
embittered them still more. Sunday
night matters came to a crisis. Cula
eabbuge, it is charged, and his followers
to the number of several hundred, arm
ing themselves with gams, revolvers,
knives, axes and clubs, marched to Cav
endish’s hotel, where several hundred
of their enemies were celebrating pay
day. The Cavendish men ascertained
that their foes were inarching on them
and, arming themselves hurriedly,
awaited their arrival. After a demon
strative inarch the Culaeabbage contin
gent arrived and immediately stormed
the salmon.
Then a bloody battle ensued. The
me-ii fought like demons; the shoot
ing was fast aud furious—axes, knives,
clubs and other weapons were used
with deadly effect. The battle lasted
almost an hour, when the Culaeabbage
gang was routed, leaving their wound
ed behind. Everything in the house
was smashed and the floors were strewn
with wounded men. The walls were
bespattered with blood and shreds of
human flesh.
After the routed rioters had returned
to their headquarters, the Cavendish
gang armed themselves to the .h
and marched to their enemies’ rendez
vous, where a battle still bloodier than
the first ensued. The police force and
the constables of the surrounding re
gion were called to the scene, but were
unable to cope with the rioting horde,
who continued hostilities until morn
ing. Tbe town people did not sleep a
wink all night, and while they watched
the progress of the fight during the
night they made no attempt to inter
fere.
\f> 1 Itlmntnm IflNiipd.
Madrid, Sept. 28.—Several of the
newspapers of this city allege that Gen.
Woodford has said in Interviews with
their representatives that the negotia
tions between the United States and
Spain on the subject of Cuba have not
begun and that be has only had a pre
liminary chat with the Spanish minis
ter of foreign affairs. The general is
quoted as having added that he found
the duke of Tetuan to be a most amiable
and able man and that no ultimatum to
Spain was delivered, as that country
would not put up with it and because
the intention of the United States was
only to offer its good offices in the most
friendly terms. Finally, it is alleged
that Gen. Woodford has said that in the
event of complete accord being estab
lished between Spain and the United
States the latter will take measures to
suppress filibustering.
(liurch Hclft Wiped Out.
Chicago, Sept. 27.—A remarkable rec
ord was made Sunday by the congrega
tion of St. James’ Methodist church at
Forty-sixth street and Ellis avenue.
Dedicatory exercises were held for the
handsome new edifice just completed,
and when these exercises were con
cluded the debt of the church was
raised by subscriptions from the mem
bers of the church. The services, both
morning and evening, concluded with
prayers and appeals for funds, and
checks and cash poured into the church
coffers. At the morning service $41,000
was raised and at night the remainder
of the debt oti the church, $19,000, was
cleared.
t ulon Veteran l.rKlun.
Columbus, 0., Sept. 24. —The national
encampment of the Union Yeteran
Legion has elected the following offic
ers for the ensuing j car: Nationalcom
niander, Archibald Blakely, Pittsburgh;
senior vice commander, E. D. Spooner.
Chicago; junior vice commander, Wil
liam Baird, Lew iston, Me.; surgeon gen
eral, I)r. C. M. Savage, Columbu c O.;
quartermaster general, Thomas J. Hub
bard, Baltimore; chaplain-in-chief, Rev.
Charles L. Shergar, Wellsboro, Pa.; ex
ecutive committee, I>l ward Donnelly,
Jersey City; John W. Baker, Pennsyl
vania; Joseph Ik Knox. Massachusetts;
John D. Shephard, Kentucky; A. S.
Oliver, Ohio.
TrnfceU) I" Pennsylvania.
Shamokin. Pa., Sept. 27.—The bodies j
of Arthur W. May, aged 24 years, and
Miss Cora Kaseman, aged lSyears. both
of Shamokin. were found lying side by j
side in the blacksmith shop of Joseph :
Stnink Saturday morning. May had j
shot is sweetheart and then blown out j
his own brains. The parents of the
young woman objected to her marriage
with May and this caused the tragedy.
Kx-Seeretary Itobeaon Ilencl.
Trenton, X. J., Sept. 29. Ex-Secre
tary of the Navy George M. Robeeon
died Monday at his home in this city.
Mr. Robeson was 69 years old and liad
been in failing health for several j
months. In June, 1869 he was made 1
secretary of the navy He served in this ‘
office until the end of President 1
Grant’s second term, March. 1877
To Fortify Montreal.
Birmingham. Sept. 24.—The organ of j
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state j
for the colonies, the Birmingham Post, j
says the government of Canada, early \
in 1398, will make large purchases of !
heavy field batteries and a number of
defense gurrs, the latter being for a j
new scheme for the defense of Mo treal j
and the river below that city.
'Kills HlmaelfT
City of Mexico, Sept. 24. -- Friday j
morning ex-Chief of Police Velasonez
shot himself in the left temple, dyir g
immediately. No one knows how he
procured the pistol.
Was Assistant Forty-Fonr Tears.
Washington, Sept. 27.—Among the j
fourth-class postmasters appointed .
Saturday was R. G. Wallace, who was
named for tbe office at Hammondsville, j
0., to su -eeed bis father, who recently
died after serving the post office depart- !
mentfor6S years. .Saturday’s appointee ‘
had been his father’s assistant for 44
years prior to the latter’s death.
A Orest Loss of Life.
Bombay. Sept. 27. Recent advices !
from the scene of the v reck of the
bridge of the Baogalore-Mysore rail- j
road, near Maddur, indicates that 150 f
persons were killed and 14 injured.
FIEND INCARNATE.
Murders Ills Wife and Five Children
mid Saoots Himself.
! rroll, la.. Sept. 28.—'Tbe home of
John Boecke", a farmer living eight
miles west o' Carroll, is the scene of a
terrible tragtdy which took place Sun
day night.
It is undoubtedly a case of murder
and suicide. The indications are that
Boecker first dispa'ched his wife with
the shotgun, shooting her in tbe neck,
then used the revolver on the baby, first
shooting then knocking out it* brains
with the butt. He then went upstairs
where the five children were sleeping
and attacked them. He roust have used
a light, for his aim was effective, each
victim being shot in the forehead. All
but two children met with instant
death, for the blood clo.„ were under
their heads and two 'ay as calmly re
posing as if in sleep. Ail except Henry,
who is not yet dead, were attired in
night robes. He h: d reloaded the
weapon while upstf irs and evidently
sent the second buffet into the oldest
girl’s brain just 'before leaving the
room. Going dov.nstairs he stretched
himself beside 'he corpse of his wife
and shot himself. His right hand was
burnt by Cie powder, showing much
use of tbe revolver. The revolver he
her,owed from his brother Henry last
Thursday, remarking that he wanted
it to kill rats in the cellar.
Boecker was 34 years old and for over
20 yearslived in the same neighborhood,
in fact, on ‘he same farm. He was mar
ried 11 years ago.andafter living a year
with his parents, moved to the scene of
the tragedy which is almost within
hailing distance of the old home. He
has been regarded as a prosperous
farmer and only recently bought a 200-
aere farm a few miles from the old
homestead.
It is surmised that he and his brother
Henry had trouble about the home
place which John was urged to vacate
for Henry. This is assigned by some
as the cause of his troubles which cul
minated in murder and suicide. The
family are Germans and highly respect
ed citizens.
ONLY SENSATIONAL RUMORS.
Esoiliis from Mobile on Acconnt of
1 rllim Fever Ilsnirßcratnl.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 28.—Rumors
having gained wide currency to the ef
fect that 800 yellow fever eases existed
at Mobile, Ala., and that the city was
being deserted bv’ thousands, a cor
respondent there was wired for a true
statement of the facts. In reply lie
says that tl.e facts regarding the re
ported exodus are that about 4,000 peo
ple out of a population of 40,01)0 have
left town during the past two weeks.
Very few are now leaving. Very many
people vvhj could go have not been
stampeded and are there now arranging
their business. All stores and indus
trial establishments in town are open.
The reports of the depopulation are
sensational in the extreme. As to there
being 800 sick, that is untrue.
New Orleans, Sept, 28. —The board of
health of the state of Louisiana official
ly announces the state of affairs in New
Orleans as regards yellow fever as fol
lows: For the 24 hours ending Mon
day, September 2 7 , at nine p. m., there
were: Cases of yellow fever, 22;
deaths, 2; total eases of yellow fever to
date, 160; total deaths to date, 19.
liminK lor LaetKcrt Defense.
Chicago, Sept. 27. —The strongest wit
ness for the defense who has appeared
in the Ljetgcrt trial was on the stand
Saturday. The witness was Mary Sient
ering, the domestic in the Luetgert
household, for love of whom it is
charged by the state that the prisoner
murdered his wife. She denied in a
roost positive manner that she had l>een
the disturbing element between Luet
gert and his wife, and said that neither
by nigbtor by day, alone or in company,
bad she ever visited Luetgert in his
factory or elsewhere in an improper
manner. She insisted that the prisoner
had always been good to bis wife, and
that in her opinion the latter was out
of her mind, and had been so for some
time prior to her disappearance.
Mil 11 Train Held I i>.
Fargo, X. I)., Sept. 27. About one
o’clock Sunday morning tbe west
bound coast train on the Northern Pa
cific was held up three miles east of
Moorhead, Minn. Three masked men,
who had been riding on the blind bag
gage, crawled over the tender and com
pelled the engineer to stop the train,
vv Idle two others brought the conductor
and brnkemnn out at tiie same time.
The engine and mail ear were cut off
and run up the track a short distance,
where the registered packages in the
hitter were looted and the train crew
robbed of their ready cash. The robbers
evidently made a mistake and did not
fake the express oar as intended, nnd
their haul was probably not large.
Xearo liavlMlirr Lynched.
Havvesville, Ky., Sept. 27.—At five a.
m. Sunday, in the presence of 800 in
furiated jieople, Raymond Bushrod, a
negro, was lynched as a penalty for a
hellish assault upon the person of 14-
year-old Maggie Roberts on Saturday.
He was banged front a limb of a tree in
tbe courthouse yard. Bushrod was from
Roekport, Ind., and had just served a
term in the county jail for theft. Sat
urday afternoon near Petri, three miles
from this place he met the little Rob
erts girl, and after outraging her beat
nnd bruised her with an iron coupling
pin and left her on the railroad grade
to die.
Voted Acronnnt Head.
Providence, R. L, Sept. 27. —James Al
len, a noted aeronaut, is dead at his
home in this city, aged 75 years. Mr.
Allen was employed by the union army
to make observations of the enemy's
position in the war, and is said to
have made over 1,500 ascensions in the
service. In 1867 he went to Brazil, where
he entered the service of D< in Pedro in
the same capacity in the war against
Paraguay.
Made it quick I'aasaßC.
New York, Sept. 27. The steamer
Kaiser IVilheirn der Grosse, the latest
acquisition to the large fleet, of the
North German Lloyd Steamship com
pany, arrived Sunday night at quaran
tine, at ten o’clock on her maiden voy
age, making the passage from South
ampton to New York in 5 days, 22 hours
and 45 minutes, the fastest voyage on
record.
Apple Trees lUoom.
Hebron, IVis., Sept. 28.—Several apple
trees in the town are in blossom as a
result of September beat.
Vntimllnn of Michigan.
Lansing, Mich., Sept. 27.—The equal
ized valuation of the state of Michigan
is $1,105,100,000.
Hnpld Growth of London.
London, Sept. 27. The growth of
London is astounding. The latest re
turns on the subject show that over
1,200 houses are erected monthly in the
metropolis. Between the months of
August, 1896, and August, 1*97, 14,391
houses were built.
Women to (lean llie Street*.
Chicago, Sept. 28. Mrs. E. A. Paul
has been chosen by Mayor Harrison and
Commissioner McGann to superintend
the street cleaning in the downtowndis
trict. Monday morning she led out a
brigade of 25 sweepers for the first
time.
Will Vrit Meet In Baltimore.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 24. The su
preme council of Chosen Friends Fri
day morning selected Baltimore as the
next place of meeting and fixed the date
for the third Tuesday in September, the
committee having reported favorably
on the amendment to hare biennial
meetings. The session will adjourn
Saturday.
Good Time In Foot Race.
Ashton-Under-Tyne, Sept. 25. —In a
thousand yards foot race here Satur
day for a purse of £ 100. E. Bredtn beat
F. E. Bacon by half a yard, in 2 min
utps, 30 2-5 seconds.
deficit decreased.
(»ratif> ini* Showing Made la tOTcrn
ment Finances.
Washington, Sept. 28.—The Septem
ber monthly statement cf the govern
ment receipts and expenditures will
show a material decrease in the deficit
as compared with August. The increase
that will be shown in the receipts from
internal revenue sources seems to jus
tify the expectation that by January 1
next the deficit will have been reduced
to a nominal amount. The excess of
expenditures over receipts so far this
month amounts to something over $3,-
250,000, but it is expected that by Oc
tober 1 this excess will have been re
duced to $3,000,000 or less, making the
deficit for the first quarter of the fiscal
year about $28,000,000. Internal rev
enue officials call attention to the fact
that already the recepits from internal
revenue exceed those of last year by
about $6,000,000 and confidently pre
dict that by January 1 this increase
will have reached $7,0(0,000 and possi
bly $8,000,000. The receipts from cus
toms so far show no material gains, nor
is it expected that any substantial im
provement w ill be show n until after the
first of the year. Sugar is then expected
to figure prominently in the receipts,
and before Ihe close of the calendar
year much is expected from wool im
ports.
The expenditures on account of the
Pacific railroads at the beginning of the
! year will be exceptionally heavy. On
January 1 there will be due matured
| bonds of the Central Pacific to the
amount of $10,614,120; Union Pacific,
$15,910,512; Kansas Pacific, $1,423,000:
Central branch of the Union Pacific,
$320,000; Sioux City & Pacific, $1,628,-
320, making n total of $29,904,952. In
addition to this amount the interest
payments oa January 1 will aggregate
approximately $7,000,000. If, however,
the offer of the reorganization com
mittee of the Union Pacific is accepted
about $40,000,000 would be added to the
availableeash in the treasury and w ould
reduce the January payments on ac
count of the Pacific roads by about $17,-
000,000. Estimating the deficit for the
next three months at $17,000,000, ex
clusive of payments on account of the
Pacific railroads, the available cash
balance in the treasury at the close of
the first half of the fiscal year would be
about $100,000,000 in excess of the pres
ent figures, or $225,000,000. This would
be a net loss for the six months of $15,-
000,000. Summing up the situation, the
treasury officials confidently predict
that before the dose of the calendar
year the receipts will fully equal or
exceed the needs of the government.
THE LATTIMER AFFAIR.
Coroner'll .fury Heinlern It* Verdict
on .he Sliootfnic of the )lan*her».
Hazleton, l’a.. Sept. 28.—The coroner's
jury which investigated the death of
the striking miners at Lattimer met in
Deputy Coroner Coeman's office Mon
day evening and after an hour’s de
liberation rendered the following ver
dict:
"That from the circumstances of the case
and the evidence offered the said Dement
Platoek and others canto to their deaths
hy gunshot wounds on September 10. IS9T,
at the hands of Sheriff James Martin and
Ills deputies, and in this, we the jur> do all
acree. and we, Phil J. Boyle. Thomas T.
Thomas. Barton Kreas and Peter McKier
nan, of this J try, do further say that the
said Clement Platoek. with others, wis
marching pea eahly and unarmed or the
public highway: that they were intercepted
hy said Sheriff Martin and his deputies and
mercilessly shot to death, and we do fur
ther find that the killing was unnecessary
and con'd have been avoided without seri
ous Injury to either person or property,
and we find finally that the killing was
wanton nnd unjustifiable, but In this we,
George Maue and F. J. Mae Neal, of this
Jury do not concur: and we the Jury do
further say that there was such strong sus
picion of unlawful violence at the hands of
person or persons unknown to this Jury as
to make this inquest necessary.”
Gold Seekers Suffer.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 27. ThcTe is
terrible suffering on the Skaguny and
Dyea trails in consequence of winter’s
setting in. The rainstorm that pre
vailed there last week was extremely
severe upon the gold seekers, who were
scattered along the way. The storms
have destroyed their provisions nnd
many are left w ith scarcely enough dry
food for another uveal anti without
money to return home. Passengers
w ho arrived on the City of Seattle Sat
urday morning estimate that there are
from 600 ‘o 1,000 men on tlie two trails
who have not the means to purchase
tickets back to Puget sound. Their
statements ore corroborated by letters
received I>y the same steamer.
Sin In hy Iln rrlo*.
Ran Francisco, Sept. 27.—The fol
lowing dispatch was received here
Saturday: “Labertad, San Salvador,
Sept. 24. —Barrios ordered the shooting
of Juan Aparacio in the city of Que
saltenango on the day that the revolu
tionists took San Marons. A telegram
received Saturday by one of the lead
ing merchants of this city gives the
news that Morales and his 12.000 to 15,-
000 victorious troops arc in Antigue.”
Juan Aparacio w as the most prominent
i xporter and importer in Central Amer
ica, whose house is represented in Lon
don, Paris nnd New York.
Huy Oust Britain front Egypt.
Paris, Sept. 25.—The Politique Coln
niale published a dispatch from St.
Petersburg Saturday saying that as n
result of an exchange of views lietvveen
1 lie chancellories of St. Petersburg.
Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Borne and Con
stantinople, the sultan of Turkey will
address the powers shortly on the sub
ject of Great Britain’s evacuation of
Egypt, and Ilussia, supporting the sul
tan, will invite a conference at Constan
tinople or St. Petersburg, with the ob
ject of settling the question on the basis I
of the autonomy of Egypt under th°
suzerainty of the sultan.
Seventeen Are Kllleil.
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 27.—News has
been received here that the San Pedro 1
mine in the Corralitos group, 12 miles
from this city, in Mexico, caved in Sat
urday, killing 17 men who w ere at work |
in the mine at the time. The unfortu
nates were buried alive under 30 feet of :
rock and dirt. The San Pedro is one of ;
the oldest mines in the group nnd rich j
with silver. It is the property of the
wealthy Corralitos company, the prin
cipal stockholders of which reside in
New York.
Hems World's Hooorils.
London, Sept. 28. At the Crystal
Palace Monday J. Vv". Stocks, the bicy
clist, beat the world’s records for nil
distances from six to 33 miles. He ac
complished the 33 miles in 61 minutes
nnd 34 2-5 seconds. He covered 52 kilo
meters and 4>o meters in one hour, beat
ing the New York record of Jimmy
Michael.
•■tffnlr of Honor."
Vienna. Sept. 27.—A pistol duel was i
fought Saturday between Count Badeni,
the Austrian premier, and Dr. Wolff,
the German nationalist leader, arising
from insults addressed by the latter to
Ihe premier during Friday’s session of
the Unterbaus. Count Badeni was
wounded in the right hand.
Typhoid Attacks Tnrklsh Troops.
Constantinople, Sept. 25. Typhoid
fever is ravaging the Turkish troops in
Thessaly. Six thousand men have al
ready been sent home and 4,000 others
are waiting transportation back to j
Turkey.
Want the War Renewed.
Athens, Sept. 27.—A la We meeting
was held Sunday afternoon in Concord ;
square, w here a resolution was adopted ’
calling upon K!> g George and the cabi- j
net to renew the war with Turkey rath- i
er than accept the terms of peace of
fered by the peace conference.
Filibuster* Slain.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Sept. 24.—A Flor
idian from Cuba reports that the recent
filibustering expedition for the island
was captured and that 19 men on the
vessel w ere slain by Spaniards. He adds
that Havana is now suffering a beef
famine.
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
In Favor of Critic*.
Justice J. B. Winslow, of the Wiscon
sin supreme court, handed down a de
cision that is of particular interest to
lawyers and new spaper publishers. The
(pinion is in the case of the proceed
ings for contempt of court by Judge
W. F. Bailey, of Eau Claire, against 11.
C. Ashbaugh and L. A. Doolittle. The
court says:
“We are well rersuaded that newspaper
comments on cases finally decided prior to
the publication cannot be considered crimi
nal contempt. Truly, It must be a grievous
and weighty necessity which will Justify
so arbitrary a proceeding w hereby a candi
date for office becomes the accuser, judge
and Jury, and may within a few hours
punish his critic hy Imprisonment. If there
can be any more effectual way to gag the
press and subvert freedom of speech, w e do
not know- where to find it."
Sc*v fleet Sugar I’lant.
The announcement that money has
been secured to build and equip the
Merrillan beet sugar factor} is con
firmed. Mr. Orlando Holway, si * re
tary of the company, will at once start
for Europe to hasten the building of
machinery and to study methods. Mr
Boynton, president of the company,
says the machinery is so far along that
30 days’ work will complete it. and that
he has no doubt the factory will be in
operation before January I.
Beloit College.
Beloit college has begun the second
half of her first century. Thisyear will
mark the erection of the young women's
dormitory, Emerson hall, and it is hoped
by tlie students that next fail will wit
ness the erection of a gymnasium as a
tribute to tlie good work of the college,
teams for the last few years. The ac
tual attendance will l>e 200 in the col
lege ai d 150 in the academy. There are
66 freshmen. The prospects fora suc
cessful year are very bright.
Executive (’leniency.
Gov. Scofield has pardoned 11. 11. Len
non, of Barron county, who was sen
tenced to 20 years in the state prison
in 1892 for rape. He was pardoned on
tiic recommendation of the judge who
sentenced him. Circumstances tran
spiring since the conviction convinced
the judge that Lennon received too long
a sentence, and that he has already
served all the time he ought.
In«nrt»n the Capitol.
In the name of the state Gov. Scofield
has taken out an insurance policy for
$500,000 on the capitol building. The
policy is for three years, nnd the pre
mium is $2,000 covering that period lias
been paid. This is the first time that
the building has carried any insurance.
Diet! of Starvation.
Rather th; - touch ai annuity from
England, which she had come to look
upon as blood money, Mrs. Laura Armi
tege starved Herself to death at Fort
Atkinson, notwithstanding there was
nearly $3,000 in a basket beside her
dingy bed.
\ lle*tru«*liv e lleelle.
Farmers in tlie northern part of th *.
town of Palmyra report a hitherto un
known liettle destroying ilieir corn
crops. Corn and husks aie destroyed
with rapidity and by tlie acre, leaving
an entirely cleaned corncob.
The \«‘hr Con«lelined.
Work has commenced on Knapstein
&■. Co.'s new four-story brewery In New
London.
Albert H. Liebcr, a printer, commit
ted suicide in Milwaukee by swallow
ing a dose of carbolic acid.
A party of 19 boys ami girls left Sha
wano with James Soustillotte as guide
for Lawrence, Kan., to attend the In
dian school there.
Lightning caused the burning of a
new barn at Black Biver Falls with 60
tons of hay, one horse and farm ina
. Innery.
Janesville has the distinction of re
ceiving the first bale of new cotton to
leave the south this season.
Mrs. William Manning fell into the
river at Chippewa Falls and was swept
over tlie dam and drowned.
Horace C. Bradford, of Milwaukee, a
prominent insurance man, was found
lead in his room in Baggs hotel in Utica,
N. Y.
John Mead, who w as arrested in Black
River Falls tor selling whisky to In
dians, was given 60 days in jail.
William L. Harris & Co., merchant
tailors at Milwaukee, failed for $25,000.
Mrs. Ida Hicks, of Glenlieulah, was
Married to Mcgginson Carr, of Green
bush. The bride is about 40 and the
groom nearly SO years cf age.
Mrs. Maria Lippitt, aged 73, a pioneer
resident of Beloit, was found dead in
her bed from lieai t disease.
('apt. John Lander, aged 84. one of the
test known citizens u! Madison, dropped
dead.
Kx-Senator Sawyer passed his eighty
first birthday quietly at his home in
Oshkosh.
Kenosha has voted for a SSOO saloon
license.
West Superior has been enjoined
from paying- out any money until it
settles a personal judgment of $2,500.
At the special license election in
Waupaca the SSOO license fee carried the
day by 58 majority over the S2OO fee.
The liagemeister Brewing company
of Green Itav has purchased 400 acres
of land in the town of Bellevue, six
miles from the city, and will start a
model stock farm.
<\ C. Rogers, a prominent Milwaukee
board of trade man. was run down and
badly hurt by F. J. Gulch, a bicycle
scorcher.
Theodore Bohrm, aped 40. employed
in .1. J. ilopan’s wholesale grocery
house in La Crosse, was caught in the
elevator shaft and crushed so that he
died.
Fire in the yard of the McDonald
Lumber company in Green Bay de
stroyed from 30,000 to 50,000 feet of
lumber.
The assessed valuation of all personal
property subject to taxation in the city
of Sheboygan foots up $1,160,444.
Mrs. Maria Plevn, charged with mur
dering her husband at Kenosha, has re
voked her confession and pleaded not
guilty.
Archibald Kelso, wanted in Pitts
burgh, I’i.. for murdering his father,
fought with detectives at Port Washing
ton and then jumped into the lake and
v as drowned.
1). L. Downs, judge of the county
court, died at Jlichmond Center of
paralysis.
Martin Velchcek, a farmer residing in
the town of Gibson, while out hunting
rabbits, was fatally- wounded by the
accidental discharge ot ..is gun.
Mrs. Henry Duphan tried to commit
suicide twice by jumping into the lake
at Kenosha, but she was rescued each
time.
The Waverly house, the oldest hotel
in Appleton and one of the best known
in the state, was totally destroyed by
(ire. Loss, $25,000.
Ole Elefson. of New hope, and John
Lombard, of Stockton, fought in a
saloon and Elefson received injuries
which caused hi. death.
The president has appointed Edwin
l). Coe pension agent at Milwaukee and
Dewey H. George agent for the Indians
of the Green Bay- agency.
Lumbermen at Chippewa Falls are
preparing to go into the woods and the
roming winter promises to inaugurate
a season of activity not equalled for five
years.
George W. Bishop, postmaster at
Wonewoc, has resigned and Congress
man Babcock has recommended the ap
pointment of Richard Price to succeed
him.
Mrs. Ole Oleson while chasing cows in
the woods at Poplar was fatally gored
by a cow.
John Boss, a river driver, was
drowned at Marinette while w orking on
the main river.
PITH AND POINT.
—An Everlasting Fact.—Tom Barry
—“Why did the Lord command us ta
love our neighbors?” Perdita—“Be
cause we can get along w ith most every
body else.”—Truth.
—An old librarian, unable to find his
umbrella one evening w hen it was time
to close, returned and looked anxiously
for it in the card catalogue, under the
letter U. —Household Words.
—He-—"I dislike to see a woman
standing up in a street ear.” She—
“ Yes; I’ve noticed you manage to get
a newspaper in front of you at such
times.” —Yonkers Statesman.
—A little girl who had told a lie was
escorted to her bedroom by her mother
and toid to ask God to forgive her for
ler sin. This is what the listening
mother heard: “Oh. God, 1 thought you
could take a joke.”—Life.
—”1 hab noticed,” said Uncle Eben.
“dater man kin alius fin' people ter buy
! liquor fur ’im ontell he gits so run down
dat his system actually feels the need
ob it. Den dey tells ’im he orter be
ershamed ob hisse'f.” —Washington
Star.
—As He Understood It.—“ Maw, what
did you tell Mrs. Nexdore that we
oughtn't to monkey with the English
styles for?” “I didn’t, Willie. I said
we ought not toape the English styles.”
*‘W» 11, what’s tlie difference?” —Chicago
Tribune.
—Squildig—“l say, McSwilligen. lend
me sso, will you ?” McSwilligen—“You
owe me $25 now, don’t you know?”
“That is one reason why I w ish to lior
row $50.” “How so?" “Then 1 can
pay you back in your own coin.” —Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
SIGHTLESS CYCLISTS.
Tlir?- \\ heel 111 Over Fuklmuil and
Enjoy the Sport.
There is little nowadays which men
having the gift of sight can do that
people born in darkness cannot accom
plish. One would think that cycling
would be beyond those who are unfor
tunate enough not to be able to see.
But it is not. Dr. Campbell, principal of
the Royal Normal College and Academy
of Music for the Blind, in London, has
overcome all the obstacles and difficul
ties, and bis pupils to-day enjoy the
sport of wheeling just as much as their
more fortunate brothers anil sisters.
"I introduced cycling to my pupils
about the year ISSU. and they entered
into it with wonderful zest and eager
ness. The machines are in great de
mand, and tlie periodical trips we take
awheel from the pleasantest oftbjex
eicises they enjoy, and the sight of
tlieir happy faces would surprise those
people who think bliud people cannot
be as happy as other children.
“We very often take large parties
over the bills of Surrey, Banstead, Dork
ing. Epsom, Leith Hill, Red Hill »..d
Godstonc in our ordinary excursions,
but now ami again, when concerts oi
gymnastic displays are to be given, we
gc long distances, as Brighton, Derby,
Birmingham, etc. When blind pupils
can run from 50 to 100 miles per day and
enjoy it they will not easily he di--
c.Miraged by any ordinary difficulties.
W< have machines to seal twelve, ten,
eight, six. etc., and one of our men de
votes several hours daily to the pur
p< se of special training, in older to pre
pare our pupils, both girls and boys, for
cycling expeditious.
"In 1887 we made a trip to Derby, a
distance of 120 miles. We started from
Hclborn viaduct on October S at 11:30
s m., with two machines, one currying
f iur and the other eight persons, a see
ing person acting as steersman on each
machine. The first halt was made at
Barnet, and the first night was spent at
Dunstable, and thence we proceeded
through Leicester lo Derby. Great in
terest was taken in tlie little procession
throughout the fine of route, and be
fore reaching Derby we were met by
a large number of cyclists, who escorted
us into the town.
“J have found cycling one of the most
suitable exercises for our purpose, and
we encourage and foster the interest
taken in it by all our pupils. Then again
it suits both boys and girls, and they
both enjoy all the benefits derived from
tills: truly excellent pastime. It takes
them away into the quiet country,
where they breathe the pure and fresh
air into their lungs, which invigorates
and .strengthens their frames, and the
steady pedaling also strengthens their
limbs, giving play to the different mus
cles without putting any undue strain
on them.”
Dr. Uiinpbell then took the writer
round the grounds, where a large num
ber of boys and girls and young men
and young women were cycling gayly
round the track, their hearty and spon
taneous laughter ringing out on the
clear air. First a machine with 12 boys
pedaling away came round the be nt
followed by one with 12 girls aboard,
and then several other machines came
past, one after the other, all their hap
py faces testifying to the delight and
pleasure which they derived from cy
cling.—Cycle.
The Sin a lies! Il«>r*e.
What professes to be the smallest
m olded specimen of the equine race is
now on view in Milan. It is the property
of Marches** ( areano. a well-known
horse fancier of Lombardy . whose foui -
iu-hand of She! land ponies has been th*
admiration of his fellow citizens for
some years past. The creature which
the inarchest* lias succeeded in rearing
is said to stand only six hands, or 24
inches, high. We believe that the small
est Sbetlunds seldom are under eight
hands. But this pony is no less re
markable for its perfect symmetry than
for its ininu'e proportions. The pro
prietor lias a great liking for miniature
horses, contending that they do more
work for tlieir size than an ordinary
horse, and consume much less food. His
four-in-hand only costs him a trifle over
6d. a day.—London Chronicle.
\ l'ntiil Itrenth.
He had attended a “Duton Inn* h,”
and was coming home redolent, but
good natured.
His wife was waiting for him.
"George," she said, solemnly, “don’t
you know that you do wrong to fri.ter
away your time in this sinful folly?
Do you ever think of the brevity of
l'fe? Do you remember that every time
you breathe a human soul passes from
existence?"
"Ever'tiine 1 breathe someliody dies?"
he repeated.
“Yes.”
He thought of that awful conglom
eration of sour potatoes, caviare, liin
burger and liccr.
“Well, 'pon my soul," he said. T
d-don't wonder at it." —-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
('minty Own* l(» It nll i-oikl*.
The Brooksville railroad linked the
old town to the big world, and on the
last day of March tlie iron horse of com
merce steamed into Brooksville amid a
general shout from the exultant popu
lation. This little :ailroad, ten miles
long, eonneets Hrxjksvii'e with the
Chesapeake A: Ohio railway at Wells
burg, 42 miles east of Cincinnati. The
road is a standard gauge and is already
doing a satisfy -tory business. It is
owned exclusively by Bracken county
people. and i* one of the roads that is
rot for sale. -Louisvil’e Dispatch.
Only it n Old Man** \nl I on.
“It's a woman, not a man you see : n
the moon,” shouted the female orator.
“I guess she's 'bout right.” interrupt
ed a patriarch in the back part of the
hall, “that’s the reason the blamed
thing’s so changeable.”—St. I.ouis Re
public.
The Ruler of Ruler*.
“I thought you said Smithson w anted
to be elected exalted ruler?"
“So he did. but his wife said he must
give up going to the lodge.”—Judge.
What It I*.
Bub—What’s modesty. Sis?
Sis —Oh, St’s looking meek when
ou're feeling stuck up.—N. Y Truth.
A BATTLE WITH BATS.
Prn**rlvn*i*ln l>o re r ).*} • Out Flltr4
Three of Them In Daylight.
Jacob Bricker. of Rauchtown, had
quite a unique as well as thrilling ex
perience the other day, which he Id
at a loss to account for, and has n<s
desire to again repeat. Mr. Bricker is
a laborer, and on the day in question,
feeling somewhat indisposed, did not
go to work. He was lounging in hia
house, when he heard a peculiar fioisff
in the third story, or attic. Supposing
Et first that the noise was created by
mice and rates frolicking about, ho
paid little attention to it, but the con
tinued and increasing discordant
sceeching. combined with the swish of
wings and an everlasting pit-pat, as if
made by birds flying against some
thing, aroused Bricker sufficiently to
institute an ir estigation. Alone h«
went *o the attic and vva* at once non
plused and astounded to see the small
room literally black with bnta, flying
helter-skelter aud att.irki.ig every in
animate object in sight. (
When Bricker first saw the bats ha
he had no th night of self-protection,
but Imagined that they would frighte:»
at his approach and leave. Hardly had
he gotten fairly into the room until the
bats, in perfect swarms, flew at him.
Their sharp claws and itiff wings as
they flew in his face and alighted on his
hands made many painful abrasions,
and it was with difficulty the man was
enabled to secure n short stick, luckily
lving near, with which to defend him
self.
Striking right and left. Bricker went
for the mouse-iike birds, and with every
stroke a dull thud on the floor told of
or.e less bat. But the birds were in
fer fight, and the more killed the more
it appeared came at tlie man. .lust
how long the struggle continued Brick
er has no idea of reckoning. It could
not have l>ern more than five minutes,
but to him it seemed like an hour or
more. Finally, when the swarm of bat*»
began to grow manifestly smaller un
der the sure stroke of Bricker's club,
they began to scatter, and with ono
parting screech took a hasty leave.
Covered with blood on face and hands
and suffering no little pain, Bricker
took a survey of the room and for thn
first time realized the execution lie had
been able to do.
The floor was covered with dead and
disabled bats, the latter still screeching,
flopping about and endeavoring to get
away. These were dispatched as soott
a* possible and w ithout any mercy, and
then the man made a count of the dead
birds. He found 5.3 in all, and he is
positive that fully twice that many es
caped. The bats entered the attio
through an open window, but where
they all came from is a mystery.
There are a number of caves in the
immediate vicinity, but they have most
ly been explored ,nd very few bats
were seen. And then the time of their
visit being made in daytime is another
strange occurrence, as bats habitually
fly at night, or after twilight begius to
fall.—Philadelphia Times.
THE KATYL'D HEARD:
If the Tradition Is HI:;lit tie Shall
lime an Kivrly Winter.
If there be any truth in the tradition
coneerniug the katydid, w inter will be
gin early this y ear. The familiar cn.*
of this noisy grasshopper was heard on
Long Island a week ago. ar.d according
to the country folk llii* it- an infallibln
e-gn that within six weeks there will bo
frost.
Penetrating ns is the sound of this in
sect, the katydid ns he is nick-named, op
to give him his correct name, Cyrto
phylius corcavus, measures bi rely or.o
inch and a half in length. The w ing cov
ers are long nnd concave in form, meet
ing above and below and inclosing the
whole body after the manner of a pea
pod. It is by the friction of the uppeC
part of these eases that the sound is
produced, an able-bodied adult being
capable of making himself heard a 6
a distance of a full quarter of a mile.
In this part of the country these insect**
rarely appear in very large number®,
but in some places in the w est there a.e
so many that sleep is almost impossible
to one who is unaccustomed to iheir
sound. They are fond of the buds of
flowers and will eat fruit, but nowhere
do they prevail in sufficient quantitiea
to do mtteh damage.
Usually they begin to make them
selves heard in this part of the country*
about the close of August or early in
September, and for tvvoor three months
may be heard any night in places which,
they frequent. With the first approach,
of cold weather the male is observed tn
cease his love-song, grows melancholy,
droops ar.d Anally expires and tiiinblen
from the tree-tops. The female in the
meantime is busily employed in mak
ing ruts in the trees with her sharp,
curved pieerer. and hav'-:g deposited
her eggs therein she. too, declines,
gives up the ghost, and drops after her
mate. The average life of the katydid
is from two to thrpe months.
In sonic parts of the country tbu
Indians used, and perhaps do still, to
catch large quantities of these inseeta,
roast them and grind them to powder,
out of which they made articles of food.
Katyd’d cake is said to be excellent.—•
N. Y. Sun. •
A Second Edition.
He had married it young widow and
was in ihe first flush of his happiness.
"Darling." he murmured, “will you
ever forget your honeymoon?”
“Which?" she queried, absent-mind
ed.y.—l’ick-Me-Up.
“IM rathei ■ u: engagement were not an
nou’i* ti until tin- end of the session.” -aid
the statesman. " And why, dear?" asked
the woman he h.-.il won, "I don't want it
chaiged that I am *-|>«< ulating iniugar.”—
lndianaiKili* Journal.
One had thing about the Klondike gold
country is that it affords an excuse for so
many crank inventors to annoy people by
telling of the fool machine- they are going
to build to get them there. -Chicago Record.
Benedict (proudly)—“My wife kisse* me
good night regularly." Rounder (bitterly!
—“Women are suspicious creatures, ain f
they?”—Boston Herald.
Too much sugar will spoil what might
prove an excellent dish. — N. Y. Weekly.
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