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• > ntg gttaradealer I. VAN tlYKE, EMtor and PvMMwr. MOBLKNRT, ILLINOrSL TRADE IS NOT BOOMFNG. 'MkO LOSS OF LIFE ON TtfE VIRGINIA COAST. AtflMtlonal Mirrior ud Snicida <tt 8po- * luuie Falls--Death of • Mother ot Four I Voted Warrior*--Zoe Gaytoa'e *'p Scandal. • jtu '0, m Mul mu BUSINESS NOT SO BRISK. A Hesitatlnc Condition of Tra1* KiptfMby P. G. Bit St < o.'8 Agency. K G. Drr.v <& Co.'s weekly review of :s's<I^iMe says: If no news is good news, as concerns the condition of business at this season, the outlook is fairly satis­ factory. . Trade has been rather quiet and hesi­ tating, as Is natural at this season, and there is rather more complaint of slow col- i lections, but throughout the Northwest bad •weather and the bad state of country roads •supply an explanation. Money is in fair and increasing supply, and though still tight at Salt. Lake and scarce at Jackson­ ville, and in stronger demand at Omaha ' and Milwaukee, is almost everywhere eas­ ier, so that the wants; of legitimate busi­ ness are met without trouble. The outlook tor the coming crops continues exception­ ally good. Wheat rose to 81.16^, and at 91.15% is still 2 cents higher than a week ago. sales here having been 73,000.000 bush- • elft. and corn with sales of 73,000.000 bushels, and corn with sales of 35.000.000 * bushels has risen -l'* cents to 7SV„ cents, while oats at' 50^ cents are less than 1 cent higher. Pork products have ad- vanced, and coffee and oil a small fraction each, while cotton is a sixteenth lower The general average of prices reached its highest point this year, and though now a fraction lower is still 1 per cent, above last week. But manufactured products do not ahare In the advance, except in a few cases. The iron market has a better tone. Copper is weaker, tin steady, with lead a shade higher. Wool Is selling steadily at Boston, and the very large consumption of Aus­ tralian Is a surprise. Carpet works at Phil- adelphi are fairly busy. BIGHT WERE DROWNED. T<i|Tiblt! Loss (ff L!fi In the Wreck ot the '-'X; Picta'or on Vlrcini* Beach. Norwegian bark Dictator was driven ashore near Life Saving Station No. 2 at Virginia Beach, Va. Of the crew of seventeen nine were rescued, the captain among them. Including those who perished were the captain's wife and littie child. The Dictator was putting into Hampton Roads in distress and leaking, having encountered a series i of gales and hurricanes. Captain Jor- gensen never left the vessel until she broke up. Then, lashing a life preserver around his wife, while his child was se­ cured to his body, he jumped into the raging waters. The captain was picked :. uj> on the beach senseiess. • > - Fou- Murder; Cleared Up. Woxtb mysterious murders committed within the past year, which puzzled the officers of the law, now seem to be in a fair way of being solved. The victims Were Alexander Handlin, who was killed J»y 9, 1890, near Purcel, I. T.; an old German and his son, who were called from their cabin shortly after the open­ ing of Oklahoma, and shot, and a clerk employed by the Santa Fe Railroad at Bolton, in the Cherokee strip. The mur­ derers arc believed to be none other than Bill Hudging and his gang, who wcrs K <Wi>tured at Paris, Texas. i, & »<• Goyton'a Walk KndeA. MI-s ZOE GAYTON arrived in New York from San Francisco, having walked v the entire distance from the Golderj Gate. In ,*f-'an Francisco she made a wager, through G. H. Church, that she would walk to New York before April, 1SSH. The stakes were £2,000 a side, tho expenses of the trip to be paid by tho loser. and she should follow the railroad tracks as far as possible. Miss Gayton left San Francisco at 4 p. m. on Aug. 27 . last. J '. TingMiy In a Theater. (L' :"* AT Spokane Falls, Wash., at the Casino variety Theater, Charles Elliott, a faro dealer, shot Mabel Debabian, killing her almost instantly. Another bullet struck Carrie Smith, a variety actress, inflicting a fatal wound. Elliott then blewc his own brains out The shots were intended for an actress named Lulu Durani, who was on the stage at the time, and of whom Elliott was insanely jealous. - . tr>,' Mary B Cubing 81 Joseph, Mo, Mrs. Mary B. Cashing died, a?ed 84 years. She was the mother of Milton B. Cashing, at one time paymaster of the United States Navy; of Luther Ward Cushing, who was killed by Indians in Arizona in 1374: of Colonel Alonzo Cushing, killed at t'te battle of Gettysburg, and of Commander W. B. Cushing, of Albemarle fame. Bondlloe Kansas MB. CITRRT, County Clerk, Mr. Glodcr- fc; 'If, Treasurer, and County Commission­ ers Morton and A. Cole, of Comanche County, Kansas, have been arrested, charged with ma feasance in office. Sev­ eral tax-payers have retained lawyers to institute suits for the recovery of inouey illegally withheld. Criticised Stanl®y. AT San Antonio, TexaSj II. M. Stanley will not lecture. Iiis manager, Major Pond, has received a telegram from v Agent McKeown, of Austin, which says: •Criticism of Stanley is so severe that I have been compelled to cancel all Texas dates." - "Baby Bunting" Passes Away. CHABI.ES ARBUCKLE, the millionaire coffee merchant, is dead.^'Mr. Arbuckle gained notoriety in a breach of promise suit by Miss Clara Campbell, in whic h / Mr. Arbuckle received the sobriquet of | *Baby Bunting." ss:-'v •S- funerals one day, and there were not one-half enough hearses to go around. Respectably covered wagbns are used and carriages are daily at a premium. In one large clothing house twenty-three clerks are laid off with the iuliuenza, are placed at half a million. The asset* will about meet this sum. The receiver thinks the company will be able to meet all claiau and resume business In a short time. , Joim DANCES, colored, was lynched 8v™S ."SEXTOS ; mark in the city and suburbs. Physi­ cians are overworked, and some have as high as forty to sixty cases of la grippe alone. in Shelby County. Tho affair occurred at Columbiana. Two officers who at tempted to rescue Dances from the mob were forced- to go along- and witness the hanging. MBS. SID KEITNER, who resided in AT New York, the unpaid tailors' bills of a number of young men well-known > _ , . , „ „ in social circles were sold at auction on | ^ as" the real estate exchange and brought ° °* 1 1 ' better prices than the tailors expected. The sale created amusement to the crowd, but. it is said, spread consterna­ tion in other quarters. AT New York, the ontgoing steamer Majestic struck and sunk the schooner Stowell Sherman off Sandy Hook. The Majestic proceeded to Liverpool unin­ jured. It is not known whether any lives wore lost. AT Wilkesbarre, Pa., George W. Moss was hanged for the murdei of his wife. The drop fell at 10:19 a* m. The fall broke Moss' neck and ho died instantly. The hanging was witnessed by only a few persons. Before the condemned man left his cell he said: "I am sorry for the Sheriff, who is my friend; it must be an unpleasant job for him." Moss walked to the gallows with a, firm step and a smiling face. He said: "God does not hold me responsible for the murder of my wife, and I do not hold myself responsible. I die like a soldier, with a smile." At MauehChunk, Pa., William Stangley wa& hanged for the murder of his landlady. Ho walked to the gallows with faltering step, being very weak from the effects of disease. He said he was ready to die and expect­ ed to meet his brothers and sisters in heaven.- He was cut down twenty-two minutus after the drop fell. AT Boston, the granite block manu­ facturers of New England and several other States held a meeting to take ac­ tion 011 the alleged exorbitant demands of the Paving Cutters' Union. Resolu­ tions were adopted empowering a com­ mittee to order a suspension of work by the various "manufacturers whenever they deem it necessary in the settlement of disputes. AT Tiffin. Ohio, the Stirling Emery Wheel Works were damaged to the ex­ tent. of $15,000 by escaping natural gas igniting from a watchman's lantern. The watchman was badly, but not fatally, burned. Insurance on the building, $12,500. ' ' WESTERN HAPPENINGS. aisting her husband in burning corn stalks had her dress catch fire and was in a mass of flames in a moment Her husband tried to extinguish the flames but without success, and the woman burned to death in a few minutes. ANOTHER attempt was made last night to wreck a passenger train on the Bur­ lington branch of the Pennsylvania Rail­ road at the Fountain woods, about mile from Burlington, N. J. The engine of tho passenger train struck tho ob­ struction, but fortunately kept the rails. All trains have orders to run slow by the place. A most thorough investigation has failed to reveal the slightest clow to the would-be wreckers. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. GRK. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON died at bis residence on Cpnneeticut avenue at Washington. The General had been suffering for the last three weeks with Hp affection of the heart, aggravated by a' cold he caught soon after Gen. Sher­ man's funeral in New York. His phy­ sician had been trying to keep his strength up for some days, but his ad­ vanced age gave little hope for his re­ covery from the beginning of his illness. General Johnston was the last, save General Beauregard, of the six full Generals of the Confederacy. He was born at Cherry Grove, Va., in ISO", and was graduated from West Point in 1829 in the same class with Gen. Robert E. Lee. Gen. Johnston after the war became successively President of a railroad company in Arkansas, of an express company in Virginia, and an in­ surance agent in Georgia. He was elected to Congress from the Richmond district in 1877, and next saw public life as Commissioner of Railroads, which office he held under Cleveland's admin­ istration. In person Gen. Johnston was a man of slender build, of not more than medium height, and with a kindly, pleasant face. He was unobtrusive in manner, and invariably courteous to all persons with whom he was brought in contact AT Washington, in the trial of Charles E. Klncaid for killing ex-Congressman Taulbee, of Kentucky, William McCor- mick. an assistant doorkeeper of the House' of Representatives, testified that Taulbee told Kincaid that he wanted to .see him. Kincaid replied that he did not wish to see Taulbee. Taulbee re- Kincaid replied, "Well, you see me now." Taulbee then took Kincaid by the lapel of his coat and gave him a pull and exclaimed, "Come out here." Kincaid replied that he would not go, and did not wish to talk with Taulbee. In response to this Taulbee called Kincaid a liar. About an hour after this Kincaid returned and asked witness what he should do about his trouble with Taulbee. Witness re­ plied that he had no advice to give. Kin­ caid then told witness that he had been sick, and was unable to cope with Taul­ bee, being unarmed. Kincaid then walked away, and a few minutes after witness heard the report of a pistol. WILIJASI M. MOOUE, a wealthy farmer and stock-breeder living near New Vien­ na, Ohio, was shot and killed by his son Oscar, who claims that he acted in self- defense. The son has been arrested. AT Lyons, Kan., a horrible accident occurred at the Lyons Rock ^alt Com-' ^°_S00 pany's mill. Four men were descending the shaft in a bucket, when the traveler became loosened and fell to the cage. about 500 feet down the shaft The four men in the bucket were instantly killed. Two of the men had the barks of their heads cut off completely, from their eyes to the base of the skull. Three were disemboweled. One was so badly man­ gled as to be almost unrecognizable Two MEMBERS of the family of John Runke, of Milwaukee, are dead from trichina poisoning and five others are ill. About two weeks ago the family partook of some pork sausage, and a few days thereafter several of them were stricken down with what was regarded as typhoid fever. Investigation showed that the pork sausage was the cause of the trouble. AT Colorado Springs, Colo., a woman has been arrested charged with inhuman cruelty to her young stepson. The com­ plaint is that she threw tho boy into a well; that after his recovery she com­ pelled him to take hot baths and then immediately after 6ut him in ice-cold water; that she has fed him lye and lini­ ments, and poured crude creosote in his ear. The husband has been held as an accessory. A. AXDEBSON, a Norwegian, was found dead banging to a tree near Mason City, Iowa. He had bent a young sapling, put his head between the branches, and let it fly up. From indi­ cations, he had been dead about six days. NORMAN T. GASSETTE, of Chicago, through whose indefatigable labors the great Masonic temple was made possible, and who stood almost pre-eminent in i Masonic circles in the United States, died at his home of pneumonia after jan illness of but a few days. The attend­ ing physicians decided that the only hope of saving their patient lay in a surgical operation in the throat and inserting a silver tube. This was attempted, but without ha.ving the desired end; as the sufferer died* while undergoing the oper­ ation. Masonic and business circles were greatly shocked at the news of Mr. Gassette's death, and many were loath to believe the news. Mr. Gassette was the junior member of tho well-lfnown real estate firm of Norman T. Gassette & Co., and was interested iii n>any pub­ lic enterprises of a local and national character. His great success in the organization of the Masons in the coun­ try, who subscribed toward tho erection of the great Masonic temple, is familiar to the public. MR. AND MRS. JOHN LOSET, residing northwest of Jackson, Mich., are in a precarious condition, poisoned by arsen­ ic. They lived on their grandmother's farm, and a continuous row has been in ; progress for a year. The old lady served | notice on the Loseys a few days ago to ; get off the place. A few evenings after- I' ward the Loseys ate a hearty supper, ! and immediately after both became 1 alarmingly sick. Dr. Lewis Ward, of 1 Hillsdale, being in the neighborhood, 1 was sent for, and he said arsenic was tho cause. He analyzed the cabbage eaten at the supper and found a large quantity of the poison. AT Cleveland, OJiio, Arnold Green, ex-Clerk of tho Supreme Court and a The Housekeeper Was Poisoned. J AT Omaha, Neb., in the family of J. •"0. Hascall, a prominent politician, five Members were taken suddenly sick, and next morning Emma Anderson,the house­ keeper died. The doctor who called to See Miss Anderson, declared the patients had been poisoned with either nax vomica or strychnine. Eur- ert in H<r B'd. f THE house of Mrs. Caroline Tuck, at Sfainesville, Me., was burned, and Mrs. . jSFuck was burned to death in her bed. F> EASTERN OCCURRENCES. P" FROM a street joke, la grippe at Pitts­ burg, Pa., has become a dangerous dis- ! ease. The death rate has increased to a fcreat extent, and this month will break the record by the alarming increase of 50 percent. Seven'hundredandtwents-three deaths have occurred in Pittsburg and Allegheny in twenty-four days. Thirty- Olght deaths were reported within twen­ ty-four hours, and many, no doubt, were Hot reported. The direct causes given «n certificates are la grippe influen- pneumonia, typhoid and diphtheria. ~ two cities there were fiftr-seven FRESH AND NEWSY. Miss SUSAN DICKINSON, th<f sister of Anna Dickinson, says: "Of her entire recovery from this attack of nervous prostration I have not, the least doubt, and neither have her physicians." Miss Dickinson intimates that Anna has not by any means given up her intention of going on the stage." THE British steamer Strathairly is ashore below Chicamicomico life station, on the North Carolina coast. Nineteen out of the crew of twenty-six were drowned, including all the officers except the second mate. The steamer is a total loss. The Strathairly went ashore during a heavy northeaster. Those who were saved owe their lives to the brave life savers, and it is thought that all would have been saved if they could have remained 011 the wreck, but the heavy sea washed them away before the rescuing crew arrived. The vessel is fast going te pieces, and little will re- i main of her when the weather clears. The Strathairly is a wooden vessel and was built in Newcastle, England. She is schooner-rigged and was engaged in the trade between the West Indies and Baltimore. On this trip she was bound from Santiago, Cuba. AT Albany Assemblyman Byrnes, of Brooklyn, introduced a characteristic Knighte of Labor bill which was sent him from Powderly's headquarters in Philadelphia. It provides for the ap­ pointment of three commissioners, and their duties shall be to investigate rail­ roads. especially as to the facts relating to the acquiring of privileges and prop­ erty, and also as to the cause of any railroad troubles with its employes sinco Jan. 1, ISfcO. A SYNDICATE of Ohio capitalists has purchased 40,000 acres of timber lands in .Clay and Nicholas counties, Va., at $10 per acre. . MARKET REPORTS. MARTIN'S GRAVE CRIME THE RECENT SENSATION AT THE WHITE HOUSE. fS.25 3.00 3.00 1.02 .CG .53 .85 t35 .11 CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime Hoos--Shipping Grades SHKEP W HEAT--No. 2 Bed COKN No. 2 OATS NO. 2 RYK NO. 2 KUTTEB--Choice Creamery CHKEBE--Pull Cream, flats Knus--Fresh POTATOES--Western, per BU INDIAN APOLia CATTLE--Shipping 3.50 Hoos--Choice IJgnt 8.0G HHKEP--Common to Prim«....... WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. 1 White QATii--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE & 6.25 @ 5.00 @ G OO @ 1.08 & .67 .64 & .87 <9 .29 @ .12 18^@ .19)$ 1.05 & 1.15 <3> 5.25 <5C 4.25 & 5.25 @ 1.01 # .62 & .55 3.00 3.00 1.00 .61 .54 prominent Democratic politician, against < WUEIT-NO'.'i RedV.] the Leader Printing Company, secured a verdict of Tho libels alleged were in the nature of ridicule rather than charges affecting the character of the plaintiff, and grew out of several libel suits brought by Green, as attorney, for a client who was convicted of forgery. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. AT Waco, Tex^is, G. U. Soloman failed recently for over §100,000. A New Or- J leans house was a creditor for a large amount. IL N. McElroy went to make a settlement. He succeeded in getting only S17.50. After securing this amount ho waited in the street until Soloman came out and then gave him a fearful cowhiding. He then telegraphed his firm: "Collected $17.50 and cowhided Soloman for the rest" McElroy was ar­ rested, but gave bond aud was lionized by citizens. COBK--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 B ABLET--Minnesota CINCINNATI. C ITTLK .. HOOS SHKEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Cobn--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed DETROIT. CATTLB HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Coan--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White . TOLEDO. WHEAT CoRjf--Cash OATH-- No.~2 White. CLOVKB SEED EAST LIBEBTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... Boos--Light SHEEP--Medium to Good LAMBS MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring OOB;J--No. 3 4.00 S.00 1.02 .63 , .53 .74 3.00 3.00 3.00 1.02 .60 @ 5.75 @ 4.75 . 1.04 .64 & .54 & .7J @ 5.50 (Si 5.00 @ 6.00 @ 1.02H ® .66 " 5* hi & 4.75 @ 4.00 & 5.50 1 w 1.04 & .66 & .56., 300 S.00 3.00 1.03 .65 .55 1.04H® 1.05^ .71 .54 4.50 4.00 3.25 4.(0 0.00 .78 & .55 <& 460 »<3l 6.73 (t 5.CO 6.00 & 7.00 » , ... _, . OATS--No. 2 White. AT Nashville, Tenn., Anderson, Green J RTE--No. 1 & Co , wholesale dry goods, notions, etc., failed. The liabilities are about $175,000. Inability to make collections was the cause. THE .96^# .60 da Warren Lumber Company, of Beaumont, Tex., has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The mills are about the largest in the State. Tho liabilities BABLKT--No. 2 ! POM--Mess I NEW YORK. j CATTLE ) Hoos 1 SHEEP WHEAT--No, 2 Bed... j COBN--No. 2 1 OAT3--Mixed Western } BUTTXR--Creamery | Eoas--Western ....1... | Po»a--New Mess ..." 13.25 .55 .87 .69 12.25 , 4.00 9.25 , >.00 , 1.16 , .78 . .58 , .21 .1* .97 >3 .70 .56 ifl> .8» ® .70 <913.00 & 9.00 «* 4.75 <% 0.7ft @ 1.19 0 .80 9 M M Si 14.00 His Erratic Kxplolt at Washington--He Boasted That Ha Would Go to the White House and "Do the President Up." •> It appears that the attempt to secure the release of young Harry Martin, who attemped to break into the White House when intoxicated tho other night, with out any punishment whatevor will not be successful. An effort, however, is likely to be made to have the offense charged against him changed, so that he can plead guilty to it and pay a fine. A change which has been suggested is that he will bo charged with assaulting Po­ liceman Kenney, one of the officials of the White House. It is now learned that the assault was of a more aggravated character than has been supposed. It is said to be true that young Martin, when crazed with liquor before he started to the White House, told some of his companions that he was going "to do tho President up." The language attributed to him in words is "I am going to do up the President." If it could be sustained in court, and the President or the Government chose to prosecute, it would be a very serious ofr fense indeed. Under any other Govern­ ment than this such conduct would not bo excused as a drynken freak. It appears that when Martin t>roke througn the window of the rod parlor the President himself came to the rescue, and that he assisted the two police offi­ cers in capturing the young athlete. The story is that Pi evident Harrison, on hearing the noise and seeing the difficul­ ty the policemen had in struggling with the joung fellow, himself procured a rope by cutting away one of the ropes that fasten the curtains at the window, and with the officers' assistance bound Mar­ tin securely. The President himself tied the knot, being very much less excited than the officers. Tho President has been entreated by a great number of influen­ tial people since the event not to permit any action to be taken against the young man. RACED WITH A WATERSPOUT. Thrilling: Experience of a Norwegian Steamer in West Indian Waters. At New York, the little Norwegian steamer, America, caine in from the West Indies with a story of a race with a gigantic waterspout. The steamer was 100 miles off Iiatteras on March 23, making her way north in a moderate sea over which hung low and heavy clouds. Suddenly from the northwost, the direc­ tion of the land, a gieat waterspout was seen approaching. The America was headed in the direction that would give tho spout a wide berth, but it came down on the steamer so rapidly that the captain put the vessel on a northeasterly course and signaled the engineer to crowd 011 ali the steam. Then it became a race between the waterspout and the little steamer. The former was shaped like an hour-glass. Its base was about thirty feet in diameter, and it ta­ pered up for seventy feet, where) it be­ came seemingly no more than a foot in thickness. Then it spread out again, and its top was lost in the clouds. The waterspout was revolving from right to left with great rapidity and roaring like a small Niagara. The signal cannon of the America was loaded and run out, ready to lire at the approaching monster, but the steamer won the race and the spout passed fifteen feet astern of the America. The commotion of the water caused by the waterspout as it whirled by the America lifted the vessel's stern com­ pletely out of wateri Gave Up the Gold. A lump of gold was received at the Treasury Department at Washington from NewvYfirl»and placed to tho credit of the conscience fund. Accompanying it was a note signed "Honor," which stated that the lump of gold had been left in "Honor's" possession for somo time, but, as he believed that the gold belonged to the Government, he now turned it over to the Treasury. The lump of gold will be sent to tho mint, its value ascertained, and "Honor" in­ formed through the press of its value. Negro Murderer Lynched. Tom Hunter, a negro employed by R.. L. Burks in the telegraph office at Cum­ berland Gap, waylaid liurks and killed him. Hunter was captured at Middles- borough, Ky., and returned to Cumber­ land Gap, when a mob took him and hanged him"to a tree and fired 100 shots into his body. Not a Gent for the Fair. In the Arkansas Senate the bill ap­ propriating $25,000 for World's Fair pur­ poses was defeated. i Why He Spins No Yarns. "How is it, lieutenant," asked a young man cf a gray-mustached naval officer--so says the New York Times -- "that with your many years of sea life, involving, no doubt, many strange ad­ ventures, one never hears you relate your experiences of the sea ?" "Well," was the answer, "I will re­ late to you a little instance of mis­ placed confidence. Some years ago I was attached to a ship on the China station. One night it was my turn to take the midwatch. I settled myself on the starboard bridge-rail. "In a few moments I noticed a com­ motion in the water close to the ship. There appeared not more than a half- cable length from where I was stand­ ing a most gigantic sea serpent. I had often read of such thiDgs, but had never believed in them, but J~«t>uld not doubt the evidence of my own eyes. In a moment it vanished, to reappear the next instant almost under our bow. The moon was shining brightly and I got a good look at it. The monster's head was fully as large as an ordinary Hour barrel, and it was at least twelve above the water. "It disappeared in a few minutes. The next morning I related my expe­ rience to my brother officers and soon after turned into my bunk, .lust be­ fore lunch I felt like drinking a glass of beer, and, ringing for the boy. or­ dered him to bring me a bottle. The rascal didn't appear in a reasonable time, and I rang for him ^ again. 'What's the matter with the beer, Jim V' I asked. "'Nuihin' de ma'.ter wid de bter, Mr. Bobstav.' " 'Then why don't you bring it V " 'Can't do it, Mr. Bobstay. De doctor done stopped yore beer. Said dat a pusson dat sees such snakes as you wu/. talking about dii morning orn't to hab no more beer.' "And that is the reason that I don't like to tell remarkable stories. In "A. M our" Key. A RISI.NO artist--tho steeple painter. A FOX terrier is so called bccnusc he never disturbs a fox, but is rough on rats. IT seems to be the burglaries and not tho burglars that are commit tod now­ adays. A NKWAUK wig-maker is engaged in writing a novel, which he calis "The False Heir." DUEHS like a tramp and your friends will overlook you, but a policemen will look you over. THE STANDARD OF LENGTH. Methods by Wliicb it in Computed «od Preserved. In the United States and. England the standard of length is the yard, and the question arises, How long is a yard? It may be said in answer that a yard id simply an arbitrary standard, which, tradition says is based upon the length of the arm of Henry VIIL .At nrese&i the yard is tho distance between two marks upon a certain bar, kept in the Tower of London, and if it should be destroyed, the exact standard oould never be replaced. To avoid this un­ certainty, and obtain a fixed and unva­ rying standard, the French, in the last century, made an accurate measure­ ment of a quadraut Of the earth's cir­ cumference, and taking the ten mill­ ionth part of this distance, gave it the name of metre and adoptend it as the standard of length. This length, whi.-h is equal to about 39.37 inches, is now universal use on the continent of En- rope, and is authorized as a legal stand­ ard in nearly all civilized countries. Considerable discussion has arisen as to whether the original measurement was perfectly accurate, and it seems probable that there was a small error, so that if the standard metro now kept in Paris shuuld be destroyed, a re- measurement of the quadrant of the. earth would not give us exactly the same metre. However the error in auy case is a very minute oue, aud the chances are very small that the origi­ nal standard will ever be destroyed, to t-av nothiug of the fact that <lie numer­ ous copies distributed among the vali oils nations of the world do not appre­ ciably differ from it. These standard bars are cast from an alloy of platinum with 10 per cent, of Iridiu&, iorining a metal almost as hard as steel, prac­ tically infusible, and not acted upon by chemical reagents. The measurements are marked upon the surface, and the peculiar shape of the bar is especially calculated to endure a strain without bending; aud, in fact, a slight deflec­ tion will not materially alter the length of the face on whiuh the scale is en­ graved. It has been proved that a weight of eighty pounds may be placed on one of these bars, while sup­ ported at the ends, without permanent­ ly altering its shape. «JThe standard of weight is the yramDie, which is the weight of a cubic centimetre of water at 4 deg. C., its point of maximum density. Practically, the standard at Paris is a block of the platinum-iridium alloy weighing 1,000 gramme*, or one k.ltigiamme. Copies of this stand­ ard of weight have also been made for the several nations comprising the In­ ternational Metric Conference, <#ind it is believed that they do not vary more than one hundred-millionth from the original--a dimension which is utterly unappreciable. A meeting of the In­ ternational Conference was held in Paris last September, when the work of the committee who prepared the va­ rious standards was ratiiied, and the standards accepted for the respective nations. The successful completion of thi-t work, which has been in progress for about, fifteen years, marks an effort in scientific progress, and denotes an amount of care, skill, and accuracy, on the part of those having the work in charge, whica cannot be realized by any one except those diiectly concerned iu it. The simultaneous destruction of these Widely scattered standards of measure and weight is almost impossi­ ble, but even in such a remote contin­ gency, another measure of the earth's circumference would practically give us back our metre, with no important change from its original length.--Pop- ular Science Xeien. Wily Knvnlope* Are Kedoenird. Some people have an idea that the Government redeems postage Htamps when from any cause they become unfit for use or are difficult to use. Fre­ quently sheets of stamps are stuck to­ gether, or are torn or injured. The loss, if any, falls upon the owner, as the Government refuses to assume any responsibility of stamps when once sold. The agents of the Government, the postmasters, can redeem stamp* which they have for sale, if through any acci­ dent they become untit lor use. But wlxeu a citizen buys a stamp he either useH it in the legitimate way or else ho is out the value of the stamp. The Government, howover, redeems stamped envelopes. If one should hap­ pen to be misdirected or should become blotted, or for any reason a person should wish to tear open a stamped en­ velope after, he had sealed it for mail­ ing, he can bring it to the postolfice and get a brand new envelope in its place. The reason for this difference in the treatment of the adhesive stamp aud the stamped enve ope is that the adhe­ sive stamp can be used and then washed and parsed a-t good, unless a careful scrutiny is made. If the Government should begin the practice of redeeming adlie-ivi; stamps, the opportunities for fraud would be increased. Then the adhesive stumps are manufactured at a cost to the Government, whic.t the stamped envelope is not. Tile stamps are furnished to the public at the face value, and out of this has to come the co*t of manufacture, but in the case of stamped envelopes they are sold at their face value, plus the cost of manu.ac- ture. Sim 111.1 uii<t Mim IMiln't. A well-known St. Louis lawyer was called on one day during the Pjist week by a lady whose name is not unfamiliar to the readers of the society columns of the newspapers snd consulted on the subject ot divorce. She was ncjt mute clear in her own mijid®rto-'tfliether>»he wanted a divorce or not. and, even affyr she had been told just what steps wore necessary in the ordinary case, she seemed to be iu a puzzled frame of mind. With a delicacy characteristic of the limbs of the law (wliose practice takes them into the divorce courts, the legal light undertook to find out what it was she was holding back, and finally maid to her. " Yoa will have to tell me all the facts if you want me to take your case. I cannot proceed in the dark, and I can plainly see something is on you£ mind that you have not yet told me." "Yes, there is," she said, "and in fact I am not sure that I want you to take my case, or in fact tli.it I will have a case. You see, my case, if I apply for a divorce, will be just twice as bad as the ordinary case, for the very sim­ ple reason that Henry and I were mar­ ried twice--once privately and with ouly the necessary witnesses, and tho second time four months afterwards in a church and with a big reception, and of course there will have to be two di­ vorces in order to set me entirely free;" The lawyer laughed. In fact he laughed so long and so heartily that the lady got mad aud flounced out of the office vowing she would dot have a divorce; that she had rather light it out with her twice-married husband than be laughed at by a lawyer. Ia IT proper to speak ot two physi­ cians AM a paradox ? t . ( TO THE SILENT TOMB. A <1REAT GENERAL LOSES HIS LAST BATTLE. ®*toeirai Joseph S. Johnston, of Confeder­ ate Came, Dfes Peacefully at Hli Home In Washington--He Reached a Ripe Old Sketch or His Lire. ~ General Joseph E. Johnston died at his residence on Connecticut avenue, Washington. The General had been suffering for three weeks with an affec­ tion of the heart, aggravated by a cold he caught soon after General Sherman's funeral in Newr York. His physician had been trying to'keep his strength up for some days, but his advanced age had given little hope for his recovery from the beginning of his illness. The General did not seem to suffer in the jeast» »nd was conscious to the last. At his bedside were ex-Governor McLane, of Maryland, his brother-in-law, and the nurse. The immediate cau?e of his death was heart failure, the result of d'egenera- tion of the heart, due in a measure to a cold contracted some weeks ago, but more particularly due to extreme old age. At times for about two years Gen­ eral Johnston had shown unmistakable signs of a general breaking down. His mind often became bewildered so that he could not tell where he was or how came there. Some days after the Sherman funeral, the General one night got up out of his bed while in a state of perspiration, which greatly aggravated the slight cold with which he was then suffering. This brought on & severe at­ tack of his old heart trouble, which com­ pletely prostrated him. His physician, Dr. Lincoln, succeeded, however, with much difficulty, in arresting the disease for a time, and for a day or two he seemed to be really improving. One day, however, he went down stairs without assistance, as he had done before, but it proved too much for his strength, and only with the aid of Gov. McLane could he again reach his bed, or even rise from the sofa where he was sit­ ting. i rom that time he continued to grow worse. Dr. Lincoln found him perfectly comfortable and ap­ parently a little better; while his friends and attendants knew that he might pass away at any time, yet they had no warn­ ing that the end was so near. Gov. Mc­ Lane entered the room, and as he ap­ proached the General's bedside he heard an almost inaudible sigh, and the Gen­ eral was dead. Gen. Johnston's nearest living relative is a sister, Mrs. Mitchall, who lives in Washington The funeral services were held in Washington, and the interment in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore. General Johnston wastbe last, save Gen­ eral Beauregard, of the six full Generals of the Confederacy. He was born at Cherry Grove, Va., in 1807, an* was graduated from West Point in 1829, in the same class with Gen. Kobert E. Lee. He was appointed second lieutenant of-the Fourth Artillery, and first saw active service in the field in 1832, in the Black Hawk Indian expedition. He was promoted in 1836, and was an aid- de-camp on Gen. WInfield Scott's staff in tho Seminole war. He participated in all the important battles connected with Gen^ eral Scott's campaign in Mexico, from the taking of Vera Cruz to the capture of the City of Mexico. Ho was thrice brevetted for gallantry during this war, and in 1848 was mustered out of the service as a lieutenant colonel of volunteers, pnly to be reinstated by Congress with his orig­ inal rank of captain of topographical engi­ neers. He was comniissioed quartermaster general of the United States army in June, I860, but resigned the following April to en­ ter the Confederate service, in which, as a major general of volunteers, he assisted General Lee In the work of organizing the men who were pouring into Richmond. Subsequently he was commissioned a briga­ dier general in the Confederate service, and was placed in command at Harper's Ferry. He Joined forces with Beauregard, and re­ mained in command of the consolidated troops until 1883. At the battle of Seven Pines he was wounded and incapacitated for about six months. His next service was as commander of the Army of the Tennes­ see. He employed the winter of 1863 to reorganize his command, which had become demoralized by the defeat at Missionary Ridge. He was relieved of this command in July, 1864, by order of the authorities at Richmond, Gen­ eral Hood nhieceedinK him. Early in J865 General Lee again assigned him to tho com­ mand from which he had been relieved, and ordered him to drive back Sherman Gen­ eral Johnston urged Lee to abandon Rich­ mond, join forces with him, and fight Sher­ man before Grant could come up, but Lee replied that it was impossible for him to leave Virginia, as his force was small. Gen­ eral Johnston, declining a decisive engage­ ment, hung on Sherman's flanks, annoying the latter and impeding his march from Atlanta toward Richmond as much as pos­ sible. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and Johnston obtaining the consent of President Jefferson Davis that the war should not be further prolonged, entered in­ to negotiations with Sherman. The first agreement framed . was disapproved by the Federal Government, and on April 26 a second agreement was concluded. General Johnston, after the war, became successively President, of a railroad com­ pany- in Arkansas, ot an express company in Virginia, and an insurance agent in Georgia. He Was elected to Congress from the Richmond district In 1877, and next saw public life as Commissioner of Railroads, which office he held under President Cleve­ land's administration./ He had lived in Washington since he lost his office under the present administration. In person General Johnston was a man of slejider build, of not more than,medium height, and with a klndiy, pleasant face, lie was un­ obtrusive in manner and Invariably courte­ ous to all persons with whom he was brought in contact. Hints About-'Carlnff, for the Hands. Borax water is good for washing the hands. Coarsely grotipd oatmeal is a fair substitute for soap, in washing the hands. White Tinscented soaps are the best, as the highly scented soaps are usually made of rancid fats. A solution of oxalic acid will remove fruit stains from the hands, but it must not touch an abraided surface. After washing and drying the hands thoroughly, glycerine and spirits of camphor, in equal parts, mixed to­ gether, is good to rub over them. Co- coanut oil is a pleasant application. aring kid gloves two sizes too large is helpful in preserving the hands. One should have an old pair of gloves to take up ashes in, to sweep in, and to wear in all dirty work that permits the wearing of gloves. If gloves are dipped in not very hot linseed oil, they become waterproof, and may be worn while washing. Frequent vigorous rubbing of the hands will promote cir­ culation and keep the skin in good con­ dition. How Ho Caine to Be Polite. He was a pretty little fellow. Btis manners attracted everybody. A boy four years old, who answered "Thanks" and began with "Please." "Thanks" and "Please" were so much a matter of course to the child that he never knew he was doing anything noticeable. "How cunning it is," said a showy woman to his mother, "to hear that child thank and say 'Pleas9.' My children have to be constantly told if I want them to thank people. How well you must have taught him." "We have always said 'Please' to him, and have thanked him. He knows no other way." The showy woman looked as if she did not need any further ex­ planation. Disastrous Incendiary Blaze. The new Holmes Block, the finest In Detroit, Minn., was burned. It is thought it was the work of an. incendi­ ary.- Lots, $48,000: insurance, 92^<XHk I 'JEyvyji THE NEW SEN ATE.\ •-seven Republican*, Thlrty-«lfM Democrats aitd Three Indepeadeat*. All the Senatorial elections have beenf:;! held except in Florida and the election^ to fill the vacancy caused by the death ̂ of Senator Wilson, of Maryland. Dem- ( ocrats will be chosen in Florida and Maryland. The new Senate will have 47 straight Republicans, 3 Inde-r pendents (Irby, of South Carolina; Kyle, . of South Dakota; and Peffer, of Kansas), "* and 38 Democrats. On national qnes-f jV „ •> „ tlons Peffer and Kyle are in sympathy'^! with the Republican party, and Irby is i Democrat. Following is a list of thet 1'^-t ,1 members of the new Senate: Alabama-- 1895 John T. Morgan, D 1997 James L. Pugb, D Arkfui 8*s-- 1896 James H. Berry, D 1807 Jamog K. Jones, D California-- 1893 Chas.N. f elton, B 1897 JJ pi strut Stanford, B Colorado-- 1895 Ed. O. Wolcott. B 1897 Henry M. Teller, B Connecticut-- 189a JOB. K. Hawley, B 1897 Orvillo H. Piatt, B Delaware-- 1898 George Gray, D 1895 Anthony Hugins.B Florida • 1893 Samuel Pasco, D 1897 A Democrat Georgia-- 1895 A. H. Colquitt, D 1897 John B. Gordon, D Idaho-- 1898 Geo. Ii. Shoup, B 1897 Fred T. Bubois, B Illinois-- 1896 S. M. Cullom, B 1897 John m. Palmer, D Indiana-- 1893 David Turpie, I) 1897 D. W. Voorhees. D Iowa-- 1895 Jas. P. Wilson. B 1897 Wm. B. Allison, B Kansas-- 1895 P. B. Plumb, B 1897 Wm, A. Peffer, F A Kentucky-- 1895 J. G. Carlisle, D 1897 J. C. 8. Black'b'n, D Louisiana-- 1895 R. L. Gibson, D 1897 Ed D, White, D Maine-- 1893 Eugene Hale, B 1895 William P. Frye, R Maryland-- 1893 A. P. Gorman, D 1897 A Democrat Massachusetts-- 1893 Henry L. Dawes, B 1895 George F. Hoar, B •I?; Montana-- « 185)3 W. F. Banders, B - ̂ • 1895 Thos. C. Powpri, & Nebraska-- . •; sr..® 1893 A. S. Paddock, B * •" is'-k 1895 c. F. Mandenon, Bi A Nevada-- 1893 Wm. M. Stewart, 1897 John P. Jones, R •* ; VK1 New Hampshire-- 1805 W. 13. Chandler, R," f 1897 J. H. GaUinger, B ' % New Jersey-- \ 1893 Bufua Blodgett, I> 1895 J. R. MePherson, D* New York-- lf93 Frank BIscook,'D ' '» A*. lftiT David B. HiUTb v North Carolina-- 1895 Matt W. Kansom,I> : 1897 Z. B. Vance. D 1' . North Dakota-- 1893 Lyman B. Casey, IS,.-;' 1897 H.C. Hanabrough.Ki, . •'Jt'* Ohio- - - :\< 1893 John Sherman, B ^A 1897 Calvin 6. Brioe I> l. •; •- Oregon-- ?' '. 1895 Jos. M. Dolpta, B 1897 Juo. H. Mitchell, R •;' Pennsylvania-- L" i 1893 M. 8. Quay, B lf97 J. D. Cameron, • 44® Rhode Island-- v*' 1893 N. W. Aldrioh. B .' - 1885 N. F. Dixon, B • : Bouth Carolina-- ^ ®' i 1895 M. C. Butler, D 1897 J. L. M. Irby, F A South Dakota-- - . 1893 F. R, Pettigrew, B> 1837 J. H. Kyle, Ind Tennessee-- v 1893 WilliamB. Bate, 1> . : 1897 I. G. Harris, D r *Jy ; Texas-- '/'V'- 1893 John H. Beagan, 1 ;; p# : 1895 Richard Coke, D '--SM- Vermont-- > F 1893 G. F. Edmunds, R. v 1897 J. F. Morrill, B • Virginia-- 1893 John W. Daniel, -H 1835 John S. Barbour, I>* «..--t Washington-- _ Michigan-- 1893 F.B. Stoekbridge,B!l893 John"B. Allen, B 1895 James McMillan,B 1897 W. C. Squire, B Minnesota-- 1 West Virginia- 1893 C. K. Da\is, R [l893 C. J. Faulkner, D . 1895 W. D. Washburn,B11805 John E. Kenna, D- v, , ?™ Mississippi-- | Wisconsin-- ( 1893 James 2. George, D 1893 Philetus Sawyer,B 1895 E. C. Walthall, D 1897 Wm. F. Vilas, D -4 Missouri-- Wyoming-- 1893 F. M. CockreU, D 1893 F. E. Warren, B 1897 George G. Vest, D 1895 JosephM. Carey, R / TWO OF THE AVENGERS. Active Part Taken In Now Orleans Politlca by the Leader or the Anti-Mafia Mob. ,¥ W. S. Parkerson, who led the mob that lynched the eleven Sicilians In New Or- leans, is about thir- : ty-eight years of age and a lawyer. He is a son of Judge- Parkerson, of La­ fayette, La. Mr. Parkerson first' 'If W. S. PARKERSON. Revolted from the JOHN C. WIGKLIPFB. came into promi­ nence two years ago, when he organ ized and led what was, known as the- Young Men's Dem­ ocratic Association, an independent or­ ganization which regular Democratic party, placed an independent ticket in the field and swept New Orleans by the largest majority ever known. The organ­ ization was more or less secret, and a com­ mittee of seventeen, at whose head wasf Mr. Parkerson, made all nominations. It was believed that the regular Dem­ ocracy, or "The Ring," as it was called, would count in the defeated can­ didates. The Young Men's Democratic Association was or­ ganized on a mili­ tary basis, and dur­ ing the three or four days while the ballots were being counted a company armed with Win­ chester rifles stood on duty at every polling place in the city and watched the count. The success of the campaign exceeded all expectations, the Y. M. D. A. carrying everything, electing the Mayor and all the city officials, the Council, §heriff and all the members of the Legislature except three. For this success most of the credit is given to Mr. Parkerson, who showed unusual leadership. He declined office and de­ voted himself to private practice. Another potent factor in the recent, affair was John C. Wickliffe, whose speech at the Clay statue set the mob in motion. He is a business man of excel­ lent standing, is cdol-headed and deter­ mined. Mr. Wickliffe is one of the pro­ gressive young men of the Crescent- City. A Wine Father. Here, for instance, is a storj, taken from the Chicago Herald, of a boy who wished for a half-holiday, but, as hia father knew, was not really in want of it. , When I was about 11 years old I on© day rebelled against going to school. I preferred the, hook and line and the babbling brook, and I said to father, a farmer, at the dinner-table: "Can't I stay out of school this afternoon ?" "Oh, yes," he answered, promptly, to my no'little surprise. _ I ate my dinner with keen anticipa­ tion of a jolly afternoon, but as we rose from the table father said: "Come with me. I need a little help in pick- ingup the fallow ground." When the trees of the forest were felled they were cut into logs, rolled together, and burned, after which it was necessary to pick up the charred sticks and make smaller heaps for an­ other fire. When father said, "Come with me," I knew what he meant, and I went. At night I was as black as a negro and sour as a lemon, and .-the next morning I said: "Father, I think I would rather go to school to-day." "All right." he answered, "go ahead," and after that I was careful not to ask for a holiday without some very good reason. Enforcing: Prohibition In Dakota. THE first arrest for violation of thtt State prohibition law in North Dakota occurred at' Bismarck, when Millard Shibley was brought before a city justice by the State's Atterney. Tho Sheriff searched Shibley's place, where con­ siderable liquor was found and retained for evidence^ Prisoner Jnmps from a Train. JAMES KIF.RK, a sentenced criminal, while in charge of a deputy sheriff en route to Jefferson City, Mo., jumped through the window of a train which was running forty miles per hour. He was evidently unhurt, as he made hia escape. • Chopped Off Hia Wife's Head. AT Wheeling. W. Va., Peter Richmond ordered his wife to pick up a pair of scissofs. When she refused ho seized an ax and chopped her head off. He then attacked his mother, but was overpow-i ered by neighboi'iB. He is supposed to b* Insap* , - rlhv ;V", •"< .. 5-... • .• "