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THS PLAIMDEALER " j VArsLYiei3iKor and Pub. Men EN BY. ILLINOIS. \ r THE ANGEL OF PAT lENqp^i JFo weary be*rt«, to moarninat homes "Cod's meekest angel gently cornea; f ijio power has he to banifth pain, vrgiveus back our lost again ; in tpuderst love our dNI %'-vr:7 - iiiJU'jMUU,. y- - » ^S'berc'e quiet in tbat angel's glance, Fj-$fel- I {There's rest in his still countenance 1 , I j16e mocks no erief with idle cbeer, I'taL.- Nor •wounds with -words the inourner'a <9* i But illn and woes be may not care & i'-.v fee kindly trains as to endure. ;*&> will Always risk the greater to avoid the lesser evil. . Monday morning, first quarter, there was more talk than work in tbe wheel factory. Some had held council together meantime Those whe were not sore from the discon­ tent of their wives at a short allow­ ance were greedy to haVe tbe hand­ ling of a week's wages ( though a poor one) on a Monday morning. Two of the men came up to (..Id Gough. "Bob," said one, "we're going oat NOTES MAY BE TAXED UNITED STATES LEGAL TJEN- DERS NO LONGER EXEMPT. *« \ U'j" rl" 7.'"7.- •m ' fSK , "Acgel of P»tience fent to calm • ' • ©ur feverish brow with cooling palm; Tk- j* To lay th> storms of hope hih! lear; j'it ,j. *nd reconcile life's • mile and tesr; 'The throbs of wounded prids to still, : Rv i.ucf make cmr own our Father g will! O. thou who mournest on the way, , i ">fVith longing for tbe ctese of day! t i lie walks with thee, that angel kind, • 'i Jind gently whit-perj. "Be resigned: , i v.#ear up, bear on: tbe end sha 1 tell fc'i Ithe dear l ord ordereth all things well I ureenleaf Whittler. OLD GOUGH: • *?'&? = I h\ ie*men In the wheel factory had long been growing more and more discontented. Perhaps this Was largely the fault of the foreman. He was old; he had been on the works since he was a ;l~oy: he had been ap­ prenticed unjler the old pa tners, and any morning he was likely to be found dead over the desk in his lit­ tle glass cabin in the corner of the shop He managed badly; he had his favorites; the work was not well dist:ibuted; younger foremen con­ trived to shift their poor hands upon him and to filch his better men. Three, at least, of his forty-odd men miaht well hav°e been "sacked"; but so well did those three or four marked ones know bow to turn his weakness to their advantage that they managed to hang on in spite ot him.^r Atone time the wheel factory had been %hat they called on the works •* quiet crib'*--a day-work shop, where, in consequence, rates were a trifle higher, aud where the woik was supposed to be of a better order than elsewhere At __ piece-work a man might earn half again the amount of hie rating, while at day-work he could only draw his rated wages. Now, it was neither one thing no: the other. The mechanics had,dwin­ dled to a: outflve-and-t\venty,jrnd all Borts of rag-tag had drifted there. Tbe e were half a dozeH copying- lathes, for example, and a couple of circular saws. The foreman bad never been able to get even one hand­ saw into bis shop, and thus a whole section of,well-paid and compara­ tively skilled work was monopolized ••down at the mills." Then he bad two lads on his hands. These were rated as apprentices Apprentices! j Cld Jough held his ground. They had been \let in" without premiums, their fathers b$jng old employees of the fira\ All they did was to cut wedges and turn pegs--a poor hour's work a day--1 afing about for the rest, laying hands on this and tbat to curry favor with ••the men." Everything was in & thoroughly unsatisfactory state, 'the wheel factory was no longer as it had once been, a thoroughfare. Scarcely e * er did anyone pals through it; it was as ty as a mill, and strangely well escibed by the pet name it bore, The Cemetery. The mechanics w4re disgusted with t all--with their work. Their fore­ man. their colleagues. TbcKmachine hands and laborers threw \in their fate with these, their betters, in a common grumble and vague mur­ muring for higher rates. The de­ mands were indeed vague; they scarcely knew whether they wanted more work, a higher rate, or each to try his fortune elsewhere. But about the disaffection there could be no mistaking--it was strong and gen­ eral Save for one exception. Old Gough never grumbled. He wh:sj ering to tbe foreman until that dodderer turned awar in confusion, red up to the roots of bis hair; he got an with his job while others did this. For ?ears his shop mates had left to himself; tbey did not much , ,'Yes." V vv,, .. : "What lftt^H >'A better rate." -••How much?" .... l.... i ^«A ha'penny an i1 MYou won't Ket it." j "No, but we'll get better work and more of it." After a good deal of parlying, Old Gough agreed to join, on the solemu assurances of 'meaning it" So, arter breakfast they put on their coats, Old Gough, eyed curiously by the rest, last of all, and they stood in a group as a demonstration before the dis­ tracted foreman, who at last made up his mind to send one of the lads down to the office. At this moment the father of the other apre«|ice came round, and, finding his souvwith his coat on, soundly ct ffed his ears; Then the strikers moved out into the yard in a body, where they stood i sheepishly, looked on by men from other shops from a distance and from ! around every corner In sight | Presently the young partner came I down to the yard with quick steps, I throwing away the end of his cigar- ; ette as he approached. j "Well, men," he began hurriedly j and very business iike, "what's this i | hear? You don't think the firm's got ; work and wou't give it, you? You all j know as well as the partners bow | slack things -are, or you ought to. i Some of you have becn~here twelve or I fifteen years; go or stay, as you like, J but if you'll take good advice, I say: Think of your families and get back i to work sharp. Tbe firm won't be } hard: th<?y know there's not much do- j ing. It's the same everywhere. If you go out 1 don't suppose you'll get a job this side of Rochester. ior your own sakes, go back to your work." No one answered, until Old Gough said: "Vou haven't heard what we want, sir; we've come out for a bet­ ter'rate." • Take my advice, men," said the young man, turning to Old Gough; ••As 1 tell you, go or stay: but I I don't suppose vou'll get a job tbis side of Jhochester." "Then, perhaps" answered Old Gough, "I'll get a job on the other side." The men looked at one another a moment; but seeing each himself re­ flected tbe other's faces, they turned tail and filed into the shop ' Only Wiping •Nnftaeki Mid National Batak Imom Subjected to Taxation by * Stat* Offi­ cials--SlWor Certificates Included la the • : / - - : . f \ • •*** , Wyy- Tho only financial lr.yiJintlruv accom­ plished by this Congress, except the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act and the pussage of the seigniorage bill, whioh received the Presidential veto, is t e bill to s j bjoet to state t x&tion national bank notes and Unite 1 states troasury cote?, which has passed the House with Sen­ ate amendments. ' Attempt; havo been made in nearly every Congress since tho war to sub­ ject these forms of mmey t.o taxation. The bill provides that circulating notes of national bankin as jociat'.on* and Cnited States legal-tender nttes, and other notes and cartiS( ates of the United States payable on demand and circulating or intended to ei) eulate as cur.encv, shall cot be exempt fr>m taxation under the laws of any Stite or Territpry, provided ihat taxat.on is exo cised at the sama r te and in the same maacer as upon other j.rop- ertv or money. The thive act? authorizing the issu­ ance of greenbacks each j ut in circu­ lation $.60jU0 ,bOP,but the totalamcunt was afterward reauc m1 to $*4<V 00,«,0j-- a figure that hat lem di ed perm.ii ent, although much of the money has been lost or e'estroyed. Fach issuing act declared the greenbacki evempt from taxation by fetate or municipal authori­ ties, as well as all othor obligations o? the United States, and under this law are the Sherman nuto3 ftr the l ur- chase of bullion of $]; O^OO^CK1, which were issued u ider the act of 18.0. There are in ro;nd number* $;>( 0 005,- 000 of United States notes exempt from taxation. Against the bill it was argued that it was an infringement nron the sov­ ereignty of the General Government to perm.t State and ifMiiicipal authori­ ties to tax its monetary issues, but, on the other hand, it was pointed out that the States woto not j;ermittod to dis­ criminate again>tan,v forms of money, and that these greenbacks should be placed on the same basis ai gold and silver. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN CHINA. Denby, his face with his pocket-handkerchief broke the spell ot his disgust, and he | made a step in the opposite direction. • Foreman," said the young part- i ner, "give this man a pass out for ! bis tools. If you come down to the j office with me, Gough, I'll give yoo your bill." Aroonon. A KENTUCKY NYCTALOPS. Colored Buy Wliose Sight ^s Partially Restored When the San Gois Down. Suffering with a peculiar disease Eugene Williams, colored, was taken to tbe Central police station recent­ ly, says tbe Louisville Commercial. From a medical standpoint the case is a most remarkable one The negro is about l* vears old and was born in Bowling Green. About eight years ago be was taken with malarial fever and came near dying. The doctors tinallv pulled him through, but it was then lound that he had been left almost totally blind in the daytime. After dark he could see fairly well. The • light of the sun was too strong lor his eyes, but the soft moonlight did not seem to affect them. For years he was treated in was never seen j Bcwling Green, but the physicians could do nothing for him, and at last his case was given up as incur­ able. Kot long since a man who formerly knew the family in Howling Green wrote a letter to the boy, tell- ing him to come to Louisville- and he would send him to the school for of Williams for him and paid his passage on the' train. He arrived on Tuesday and wandered about hunting in vain for the man One or another would j Wh0 ^ad promised to help him, but ire for him--he was too indifferent. Lnyone who would banter seldom got' tlind. The friends »uch change irom him. But when ma(je up a collection liscontent seemed to be coming to a head, a sudden aesire arose in the shop to convert Old Gough to the general idea. Charles Denby. Jr., Who Xow Looks After American Interests. This country's interests in China just now a: o in the hands of Charles comparatively young man for such respon­ sibility. He is charge d'affaires in the ab­ sence of his lather, ,, the Minister to China who is home on fur- § lough. The young dU'iomate is a gradu­ ate of i rinceton Col- leg a, where he was known in the early CHARLES DENBY JB ':U'S 8H 0b6 Of the brightest, best-natured students in college. In 1&85 whe i the elder Denby received his appointment a-j Minister to China, the young man wae just out of college and expected to follow his father s ..career and become a awyer. The chance to go to China as Secretary of the Legation proved too great a temptation. Young Deqby went into voluntary exile and has not been home once in the nine years of his service. Friends who have visited the lega­ tion at r ekin say that the sudden re- sronsibility thrust upen the United States legation will be in good hands. They say that the present charge d'affaires has ea'-ued to speak tt.e Chinese language fluently, is on par­ ticularly good terms with If Hung Chang, and that his long experience at the post aualifie - him for a'most any diplomatic eirergetacy tbat may arise. A touch of r imance hai been added to the situation by the recent «n- nouncement of tho t-ecietary's engage­ ment to Miss Martha err of Evans- ville, Ind., the former home of the Benbys. Aithough they had k own each other for years, the young peo- pe had seen very little of each other until this B.mmer,. when Miss Orr visited Pekin as one of a party travf ling with tho Hon.1 John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of State Miss Orr is beautiful, has t aveled a great deal and* :s wealthy. The wedding was to have taken place this fall, but may be delayed if 1 lie Cnina-Japan difficulty continues much longer. FOUNDER OP THE G. A. R. - He Is Soon to Be Honored by a FlttUll Monament. AU patriotic Americans will he glad to hear that a moment will soon be unveiled at1 Petersburg, III., to Dr. B., F. Stephenson, the founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. It was in 1(V1 tha. Dr. Stephenson died and about eleven years afterward funds began to be raise ! for the erection of a suitable monument. The work of collection progressed slpwly, and only =! within the past vear i v i t II J-jf , I.U UI UOI MJUUlOiiU- £ . raent. The work is now completed, and y^\?.in the fall w 11 be unveiled with appro- • ->ypriate ceremonies, -fiyflt i* cf extra dark Quincy (Mass.) gran­ ite thirty feet in height. On tho base is the natre "Steph­ enson," in large let­ ters in relief. On the front die, "B. F. Ste­ phenson, Founder of the G. A. F. torn 182.'>. Died 1871." On •be front top die is ' r. the G. A. R. badge;: site stephknson on the south side a mdntment mounted cannon and accessories; on the west side is a dove,, with au olive I ranch in its mouth, en­ circled in a wreath of oak and laurel; while on tbe east side is the represen­ tation of a solJier's tent. It is the m- teuti n to make the unveilin? of the monument a national event, aid no doubt Grand Army men will be pres­ ent from all parts of the United States. The career of Col. Stephenson and the story of the organization by him ot the order of the G. A. R . at Decar tur, 111., April I8ti«. are well known. His wife and two daughters are now residents of Petersburg. ALL LOVE THE THEATER. i The Staff* More Generally JPoftolar In Bpaln Than In Any Other Conn try. In no other country is the theater a? popular as in Spain. After the bull fight a Spaniard loves the thea­ ter best, says® a writer in the North American Ieview. A true Spanish home is so dull that men and women alike scarcely ever spend a quiet eve­ ning in their inner circle. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, tbat "hey should prolcr lo.leave their uu- CGEn fc/Ttabic rooms to getwarujeu uuu dazzled for a few hours In the glare of the theater. It is there, also, that they see their friends, and continue their habitual tertulia or gossip. Even the children love the drama, play, or sainete, and on Sunday after­ noons and feast days their mammas deck them up in finery and take them to see the latest sensational play. It is cur.ous, indeed, to watch a box lull of baby faces keenly inter­ ested and devouring a terrible drama full of harrowing scenes, or laughing at a short play full of wit and piquant jokes. It does not seem at all natural to see children taken to P^^^llHlse of the CSiinb It it Mileved that the manusortpti, If dis* covered, will clear up many dark and uncertain passages of history. 1 ' ' Phosphorcsceut Ohost* - Many years ago an Irish studebt, having obtained a travelling scholar­ ship at Oxford, went abroad to see j the world, of which ne knew little. ! Crammed with the classics, he had ; not the slightest knowledge of any j moderu language save English. On ! lunrHnfr nt tho <;1optw town r>f Ohcnt. ' hp nut iit> Hi* nis old. m-ny-passaged | hotel, and sallied forth in the even­ ing to see the town. Shortly after j nine o'clei k he returned to the hotel, i through streets ominously silent He found the doors shut and saw no «igus of life within. After making noise enough to rouse the "seven sleepers," he heard tbesound of some one moving within. The door was stealthily unbarred, and some one,--whether man or woman he could not tell,--holding a dim oil lamp, reluctantly gave him admission. Then barring the door and muttering unintelligible sounds, the figure disappeared. The guest these spectacles, but Spanish children ! yeHeQ f°r the waiter, and was an- A GOSPEL BOAT. fitted Out f»r Evangelistic Work Among the Southern XegroM. The Seventh-Day Adventists have fit­ ted up a gospel boat t > be used in evan­ gelistic work alonsr the Mississippi and its Southern tributaries. The object of the expedition is to carry the gos­ pel to the colored peoplo below Mason and Dixon's line, and this missionary work will be confined principally to this race, though any opportunity' to point out the way ot salvation to the white people will not be lost. The company will also look after the moral, mental, and physical welfare of these people, and they hope to accomplish a vast amount of good. The boat is managed by the gentle^ men who originated the scheme. They are J. E. While and W. O. Palmer of Pa t e Creek, Mich., and B. F. Rich­ ards of Atlanta, Ga. The boat's com­ pany is compared, besidos those men­ tioned, of Mrs. J. E. White, Mrs. W. O. Palmer and daughter, ivirs. B. F. Richards and son, and a colored c:ok. The boat IS Seventy-two feet in length and seventeen in width, with upper and lower decks. It is modeled atter tue old-style Mississippi River ste: n-> ate little old men and women, and a fairy pantomime would be too dull for them. In Madrid there sire al­ most as many theaters as churches. They are very commodious, splen­ didly decorated and all built after the same 4model. A large stage, a pit full of cosy red velvet butacas or stalls, where ladies and gentlemen sit together, and around tbe house the palcos or boxes, large and airy, with looking glasses, chairs, and car­ pets. Above the tiers of! boxes is the paraiso, paradise, or chbap gal­ lery--which derives its name from its Vicinity to the sky. The Madrid Opera House is perhaps smaller than the Grand Opera or Covent Garden, hut Is by far more convenient It re­ minds one of a dainty ladies' boudoir --it is so fresh and bright with its red and gold decorations, its soft elec­ tric lights, its velvet carpets, and pretty frescoes. The royal box itself is a gem, with pink capetonnee walls and the arms of Spain above the red and gold curtain.^ Tbis is only tbe small royal box,"as the Queen never uses the immense one that occupies the center of the house, except on very grand occasions. Behind the Queen's box is a pretty saloon, where she can retire to take refreshments between the act& There is a tele­ phone there, and it was through it , that her Majesty received the news S of Montpensier's death one night when the opera was going on. THfc OZONE PROCESS. THE GOSPEL BOAT. RUDOLPH WEBER. Ifi; i ^me sidling up to him, to open a conversation; it was long before he t^ould look up, and again long before vbe would put down the tool he was Wing. Then it would be with chuck- Jilug derision: I* Go out,? What are you talking ^4i|jbout? In most places you wouldn't ; nave much choice, from what I've ^aeen of you." Or. addressed more to "•-(.Ihe individual, "Then why don't you -fto? You're young. Auyone would ,, filler you three pounds a week before ' $ou got down the street Go, if, you're fiot satisiied: they'll respect you lor v it. You're young. It's different for ;~-^|ui old man like me." Then he would cl*uckle and resume • ; > fiis work. Old Gough had probably] -iTput his tools on his back oftener than ! ". /ifuost men of his trade. He had been f-|)ver a good deal of the world. He Sometimes spoke, in a tone of jesting •Sbrag peculiar to him, of going back to -hanghai. But though he "took it" from no one, he knew when he was well off far better than did most of the high-talking wheelers he worked with. It is no light thing for an old man to look for ajob, though Gough was j ' a first iate workman and not a day L' /j more than lit ty- Still, he had young f| fl? children, bis home was comfortable, and he meant more than he would wheelers, but much more elegantly fitted inside. It is complete in all its appointments, having kitchen, dining, bath, and state rcoms, parlor, etc., be­ sides a main cabin, (>xi2 feet, a pilot hou-e and general o±'ce.l2xl^ feet, and boiler and engine room The boat is supplied with hot and cold water throjghout, and contains an ica-chest that holds one ton of ice. There are forty-eight windows and fifty-three doors. The upper deck is arranged to seat 259 persons, and there religious services a:*e held. > *• The to al e st of the boat was not fai" from $5,00), and the available cash, when Messrs. Palmer and White began to collect material, was less than $5 apiece. It was built almost eutirely by voluntary contributions. have admitted when he said it was different for an old maD. Saturday noon came, the wheel factory knocked off, and the men went to get their wages of the week pre­ ceding. Ko one had even a passable there was no one whom|he could find who had ever heard of the man. Some people living at Ninth and Walnut streets kept him Wednesday and Thursday nights, and in the day­ time he hunted for his alleged friend. Yesterday afternoon he was grouping about at tbe corner of Eleventh and Market streets and was nearly over- come by the heat Patrolmen Ed- , mondson and Holden took him in i charge and sent him to the station- house There is but one other case of the kind known to the medical profession, and that occurred in Paris. France, | about fifteen years agb. A wealthy i young nobleman was stricken with 1 the' peculiar affliction. In the day- I time he was as blind as a bat, bat at ! night, by gaslight be could see well | enough to play billiards, go to the j thtater and take part in all sorts of ' pleasures. Old Afte and MatrltttOny. "When he was considered quite au ! old man James Lord Balcarres went to stay with old Lady Keith. There were a number of young ladies in the house, and befoie he arrived Lady Keith said to them: k'Now. there is an old gentleman coming to stay, and I particularly wish that you should all endeavor to make yourselves as pleasant to him as you can." They all agreed to do so, but a Miss Dalryinple said:, "You may all do what you like, buti*ll bet you anything that you please that I'll make the old gentl/eman like me Will Han Charge of an Exploring Expe­ dition tn Sumatra. An interesting soten ific exploring expedition to the Island of Sumatra is bemsr arranged by t le ' American Mu­ seum of Natural his­ tory and the New York Herald. Mr. Rudclph We er, of the American Mu­ seum ot Natural His­ tory, is the learned g ntleman who will be in charge (ft ihe expedition. Sumatra lies in the EUt In­ dian Archij ela^o, is almost as large a? Texas, and some of its natives are verv warlike. This will ^ WEBEii- be the first scientific exploring expe­ dition in its history. Mr. Weber is only JTS years of age, but has already distinguished himself in several de- par rrents of ec enoe. He ha; been in the Museum 'or three years, and was five years in Princeton. He was born near Zurich. Switzerland: stuii d at the Zurich Unixersity, and a s > at Mu­ nch. He believes he can p ove that the East Indian Atchipelago wa» af one time a vas continent connected with A ia and that ho < an there find traces of the aborigina' man. r EXPERT ON THE BIKE. Julian P. Bliss, of Chicago, Ha* a Jfot.a- b'e Record aa a ltU-ycll*t. Bicyclist Julian P. Bliss, of Chicago, who.nas been doing some r otable rec­ ord break ng at Waltham Ma;s.. is 21 years old and rides at 12'. pounds. He is so small and yet so pow­ erful he has oeen called the "Pocket Hercules. His strength, endurance and puck are aston­ ishing. Until last reason he was un­ known outside of Chi­ cago. Now his name and achievements are familiar to bicyclists all over the country. He has defeated such marvels as Zimmerman, Windle and Tyl© \ At Waltham he lowered the world's one mile record to lm. 54 4-Es. rc Freeh Beet Sweet and Sonnd, After Long Exposure in the Sun. "How did you like the roast heel?" "Splendid; best 1 have had for a lontf while." "Have some more?" "You bet Give me some gravy, too." It was a dinner party of newspaper men, and the piecc de resistance was a big roast or\beef, ten er and juicy, and cooked just right says the Min­ neapolis Times. Everybody enjoyed It, but there was a hush on the com­ pany when the host said: "Gentle­ men, do you know that this roast of beef has been laying exposed to the sun for twenty-one days in W. A. Barnes Ac Co.'s wiudowr" •:On ice, though," exclaimed one of the gourmands, with his fork ex­ tended midway between his mouth and his plate. ••No, sir," said the host "No ice, or it wouid havo been spoiled." There were some wry faces until it was explained that the meat had been preserved by what is known as the o/.one process, which consists of processing foods by permeating them into their innermost fibers with ozone gas. thus purifying and preserving simultaneously. It is strange, to be sure, but meat so processed is not af­ fected by the atmosphere. The ex­ planation is that ozone is the purify­ ing element of the atmosphere, and swered by a niockiug echo. He groped his way up the creaking staircase, and. lelt along the passage till he came to an open door. Think­ ing it the door of his room, which he had left open to guide him, he en­ tered. A shriek was heard, and a gruff voice called out -in French, "Who are you?" he retreated, and heard the door angrily shut and bolted. In a little tinder box be had some citfar fusees and a wax taper. He lighted one of the fusees, but before he could apply the flame to tbe taper it wont out After exhausting his stock of matches, and tilling the pas­ sage with a stiong sulphurous odor, he was left in the darkness of de­ spair. He regained tbe staircase, descend­ ed it, and found his way to a sub­ terranean passage. There suddenly be heard a piercing shriek, and then a fail like that of a carpet-bag. A rushing of many feet^was followed by a l i g h t The feet were those of waiters and chambermaids.. The fall was that of a plump English lady's maid. The bearer of the light spoke English, and from him the stranger learned the cause of his rescue. The fruitless attempts to light his taper had covered his fingers with phosphorus from the matches. His gesticulations had rubbed the phos­ phorus over his clothes, and in the dark passage he glowed with un­ earthly light. The lady's maid's nerves were upset and she went into hysterics^ Having explained these facts, the waiter showed the gue^t ^o his loom. : " .' is that portion of it that gives life j here, ma'am." and health to our systems, and this treatment preveLts decomposition, which is simply the consumption of animal and vegetable matter by sep- Ijots of Emotion Around. At an early hour the other morn­ ing a very fat colored woman arrived at the D. & M. depot in such ;i state of excitement that the policeman on duty the e had his attention attracted and observed; ' ' Madam, you seem to ba laboring under some strong emotion?" 1 'les, sah--purty strong emoshun," she replied. "Does dis depo' go to* Pontva ?" "Not the depot, ma'am, but the trains do. Lo you wish to go to i'ontiacy" "No, sah. What I wishes to do is to git sight of a certain pusson who ar' probably gwine to Pontyac^ "I see That acbounts lor your emotion, I presume." •'Yes, sah, it do. I run mos'all de way from de house an' fell down fo' times on dy way- If I git sight of dat pusson he will also be a/liicted wid emoshus--heaps of it." "Vou have something under your shawl," said the officer as his eye caught a queer bulge to the garment. "Yes. sah," she. replied, as she re­ moved and held out to view an old ax haudle. "Dis am what will bring de emoshus in case dat pusson shows up heah!" But, I can't permit no violence MANY STRANGE THINGS, 'r " " ruii&si7-: Ch«y happened at Booth'* Oil WaUt&i Night XJaeola Was Shot. "I may forget all of the numerous remarkable and startling incidents ihat were a part of the pioneer de­ velopment of tbe Pennsylvania oil region, and i have fowotten many of them, but there is one that is in- lelibly Impressed *upon my mind, as it no doubt is on the mind of every lurviving participant in the doing* >r 'those lively days," ssid one or ibose old-timero. "Tbe famous old 3omestead well, where oil was struck & the early part of 1865, was the rusher that started tbe rush to Pit- aole creek and brought into existence in the wilderness a city of 2o,000 in­ habitants almost as quickly as it sould have been done hy the magic 3f Aladdin's lamp. John Wilkes Booth was on a visit to the oil coun­ try about that time looking for in­ vestments, aud be paid »15,000 for a >ne-thirteenth interest in the Home­ stead well. Oil was selling for 94 a oarrel then, and the Homestead was fushing hundreds of barrels a day. ••When the news came in April that Lee had surrendered and that the war was over, among tbe hun- Ireds of flags that were floated in Pithole as evidences of the joy that was felt over the great event was one from the top of the derrick at the Homestead well. When, quickly fol­ lowing these glad tidings, tbe ter- ribie news was leceived of the assas- iination of President Lincoln every- >ne of these flags, except one, were lowered to half-mast as a mark 01 ihe people's mourning for the mar­ tyred chief. That one flag was the »ne that bad been raised over the Homestead well in rejoicing for the triumph of our arms--the well of which the President's assassin was part owner. Why was that t ag un. lowered? Because the evening of April 14, 18«5, at the very minute that Booth fired his fatal shot at the President an explosion as of a clap of thunder shook irithole city, and an- iry flames instantly wrapped tne Homestead well from base to sum­ mit •'When the sad news was received at Pi thole of the death of Lincoln the town wa9 overhung with a pall as black as night from the smoke that ros8 from the ru.ns of the well Chat had poured money into the as­ sassin's liands; money, no doubt, which he used in laying out and per­ fecting his murdetous plans. The Hag tbat had floated from the derrick was consumed with the rest of the property. "Of course, matter-of-fact people at Pithole anil elsewhere in the regions said that the explosions that made a consuming pillar of fire and a pall of smoke of the Homestead well would have occurred just the same if the President had not heen assassinated, but they were compared with t:iose who declared that the co incidence was too startling and ap> palling to have been other than a visitation of the wrath of Providence against wretched Booth. And there are a good many hard-headed folks who hold to tbat opinion still." rs y " ' 1 h' "Oh! dar won't be rf^ frssin" around. De pusson I spoke' of am my husband. He's dun make up his mind to leave me fur a woman in tic germs, accompanied by chemical ! pontyac, an' I 'spect him heah to action. The process has been used ! take de train." "But, you must not disturb the peace OF "MULLIGAN LETTERS" FAME. LIVES IN ILLINOIS. WUltam The Man Who Obtained Notoriety In Con­ nection w th Blaine. A man whess life had a strong in­ fluence on the career of Jamei G. Blaine died recently iu Maynard, Mass., aged 15. It was James Mul 1 i g a n, whese nfame in con­ nection with the by a number of large hotels East and South, and by some transportation companies. It is a new thing in the Northwest however, and it is not to be wondered at that the gentlemen atthecinner party were 'dismayed when told that they had been eating meat that had been exposed to the sun for three weeks. It was doubtedly true, however, as written testimony o<" W. A. Barnes to this effect was produced when some question was raised.- as to the truth of the assertion of the ^ost Ingenious Smuggling. <43&e °* the. most ingenious de­ vices for smuggling was detected in Russia not lot ayo," said O. L. Rato- vitch of St Petersburjr, to a reporter. "A great number or false bank notes had been, put into circulation within the dominion of the Czar. They could only have been imported, and, So, sah--no sah. Ear won't be no disturbance. When I git eyes on him I shall spit on my bands, grip dis handle an' jump fur him; an' be- fo' be comes to i'llhev him home an' tucked up in bed. No, sab, no dis- ua* ' turbance, 'cept I want d^ people to tbe | stand back so I kin git* swing to my arms when 1 smashes him!"--Detroit Free i ress. Old Oaken Bucket. Several stories have been told as to bow the author of ' 'The Old Oaken Bucket," Samuel Woodworth, came to write the now immortal song. Woodw. rth, as we have it was a journeyman printer, in an office on the corner or Chatham and Chambers streets. New York. Near by, in Frankfort street was a drfnking , shop, kept by a man named Mallory, although" the strictest" search was J where Woodworth and several par £ w uiu jt ia 111 aivv tuc v/iu Kvuii^uiau uiw iuc* ? h i l l , a n d t h e f o l l o w i n g . S a t u r d a y t b e t h e b e s t o f u s a l L " A n d s o s h e d i d ; Gough was supposed to have the best bid; but following his custom, he kept the amount his own secret. The grumbles took clearer sha)ie as j the men left the works. | "Don't getdownliearted." the fore­ man said to them with hollow cheeri- ness; 1 it'll be better next week." He had known of the discontent all along, but fear of the rap on tbe knuckles he would get in doing so prevented him from naming the ring­ leader* to his manager. The weak I . . . fct,. & she made him perfectly devoted to her all the time be was there; yet when he astced her to marry him she laughed In his face. Lord Balcarres was exceedingly crestfallen, but when he went away, be made a will settling everything he could upon Miss Dalrymple. Somehow she heard of this, and said: "Then, after all, he must really care for me, and 1 will marry him," and she did. He The Only Surviving Brother of Cnllen Hryant. John H. Bryant, of Princeton. I1L, is the only surviving brother of William Cullen Bryant. He was born at Cun- nirgham in 1807, and removed to Illinois in 1S31. where ho be­ came Justice of the 1 eace of. Putnam County in 1834. He ha? keen twice a member of the Illi­ nois Legislature, and has held other modest [offices. Until his s xtleth year Mr. Bryant was a farm­ er. He has published j o h n i t . K H - V A U T . t w o v o l u m e s o f veurse which havo won him modest fame a* a poet. The cen­ tennial 01 the birth of William Cullen Bryant will be celebrated by a festival of poets ill the Berkshire hills *y, L Ssndty, August 26. made habitually over every vessel en­ tering a Russian port no trace of the struggling of false notes was discov­ ered. Accident, however, at last brought the mystery ' to' light It happened that several cases of lead ; • •***- 11 >'"!. El " r N f . wy&, -TO-- ticular friends used Ho-^esort. O^e afternoon the liquor was super-excel­ lent and Woodworth seemed inspired by it for, after taking a draught, be set bis glass on the table, and.smack- ing his lips, declared that Mallory's JaRWJS., J^i^^^pftcat^ncils arrived one day from Eng- i eau de vie was superior to anything beautjnd, and while being examined : he had ever tasted. "No," said « ie of them fell out from^a package, i Mallory, "you are mistaken, There WhfK* the Custom House officer, pick- j was one thing which in both our weake18r't UD» cut to a point, and usea ' thla in the wav secure- to sign the order which delivered 1 vigor P the pencils to the consignee. He q HosiePtloose pencil for his own use, ^ , r"^-pind a lew days afterwards, because the\Adams Sugar RefinP«*y aj cashier agajn needed a new point he cut it again, and found t.iat there was no more lead. He cut still further, and was surprised to find a thin roll of paper nestled in the hollow place where the lead was supposed to be. The paper was one of the false notes, and in this way th?y had been smug­ gled intd the country." andAionfidential clerk. Warren Fisher, and Even C. Stanwood, the latter Jaftues G. Blaine's bro.her in-law, were at tihe head of this c )mpany, ami Mr. Mulligan was thrown into most inti­ mate relations with them. He became possessed of certain ^yaluab'e letters which were believed to involve Blaine in questionable proceedings concern­ ing tho sale of railroad bonds to a cer­ tain syndicate. These letteri created c nsiderable comment un avorable to the man from Maine, in the Congres­ sional investigation of and ware made an issue in the Presidential cam- pai n of when Blaine was de­ feated by Cleveland. They undoubt­ edly had a strong influence in bringing about that res-ilt. Mr. Mulligan was a typical old bach­ elor in appear J nee ana manner. He poets in the Berkshire hills o -j Massachusetts on Augu t 1»>, which his was 08 then, but they had ten cltll-1 awed brother willattecd* if his hea th 1 was very eccentric. A fortune ol dren.--New York HomedournaL 'permits. fwiOO.OOO was amaitel and left bv him. A IjOBt Library. Search is being made at the pres­ ent time in the cellars and dungeons of the famous Kremlin at Moscow for the library of Ivan the Terrible, which it is believed has been hidden some­ where in the great buildimr since 1570. The library, it is said, con­ tains extremely valuable Greek and Latin manuscripts, which passed from the hands of the Byzantine Em- estimations surpassed this in the way of drinking." "What was that?" asked Woodworth, dubiously. . "The draught of pure, fresh sp.ing water that we user! to drink from the old oaken bucket that hung in the well, after our return from the labors of the field on a sultry day in summer." The teardrop glistened for a moment | in Woodwbrth's eye. "True, true!" I he replied, and shortly after quitted the place He immediately returned to the office, took a pen, and in half an hour "The Old Oaken Bucket," one of the most delightful composi­ tions in our language, was ready in manuscript, to be embalmed in the memories of succeeding generations. Some years ago it was said that every iamily in Scituate exhibited the nandle of a water bucket, which they claimed belonged to the original old oai^n bucket. The well is in Green- bush (Scituate), Plymouth County, about twelve miles from Mansfield, Mass.--Brooklyn Fagle A Geographical Discussion. Two towrh-looking citizens stood ' in front or a North Side saloon the j othef day engaged in animated con­ versation, says the Chicago Tribune.- "It ain't no use tellin' me," ex- . claimed the man with the ragged;! cap, ' that Elligzandry is in Afriky. ; Duro it all, it's in Egypt Anybody | that knows anything at all knows it's m Egypt." "That's all right," snarled the other. "If you knowed anything about jography you'd know it wasn't 1 within a thousand miles of Egypt It's, in Arriky. I've seen it on the j map more'n a hundred times." j "You can't tell where Afriky is to.j save your lifelV, "You hain't ^ot no more idea where Egypt is than if you was on the other j side of the moon." '•Egypt's on the Nile, you •" !' "Look out! Don't you call nc names!" "Well, you tell me where Afriky is j Jest you tell me where Afriky is, 11 you know so all-fired much!" "Airiky is right on the equator. Runs along on both sides of it. It's where the Africans live. If you'd evlt seen an Egyptian you'd knowed he wasn't an African fur as you could see 'im." "Say, I'll tell you wot I'll do with you! "We'll go right in here tc Grief's s'loon, and if he's got a map I'll leave it to him." "I'll do it" "And if his map says it's in Egypt the drinks is on you." "Yes, and if it says it's in Afriky they're on yon." "That' right" They went inside the saloon, and when the policeman on that beat softly entered the place an hour after­ ward tbe two men were seated at a table in one corner of the room, with a faded old map between them, thirsty beyond the power of man to describe, wild-eyed with anger and still wranaling^ He Knew Beans. I am in the position of a great dis­ coverers ys a writer in the New York Press. Did you ever know who wa$ the author of and how originated the expression, "He knows beans?" The author was Gen. Ambrose E Burn, side. The man that knew beans was Sergeant--afterwards colonel--Frame L. Manchester, now of this city. The circumstances were as follows: The company's mess rations in­ cluded beans three days out of seven, and tbey were so badly cooked tha| Sergt Manchester. a Kbode Islander, resented the sticky, taste* less compound offered by the cook as a fair sample of the nout-ishmg and succulent of tables He ottered to volunteer as c o o k l o r o n e d a y , a n d b u r l e d t h d ; beans, with pork and molasses; for twenty-four hours in an iron pot, sur­ rounded by hot coals. Gen. Burn- side, making the grand round, smellcd them and asked for a panful- The next day he asked- Manchester 10 cook a kettleful, and gave a 1 hode Island dinner to his staff. The beans we e thte principal dish. When the dinner was over Burnside said: , -i "At least one man in this army knows beans, gentlemen. Here's to tbe Health of Sergt Manchester of Rhode, Island!" " mess most, vege- L NEVER say of a man that, *<bi» [ffesom heaved." He hasn't anjt; •j# ! .']£i ,A• MJ?'