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W:* I'®!®' 1 i ^ mrrfnTr»TniII^ WWifffll^ PORT, IN ASHES U n c l e S a m ' s B a l a n c e S h e e t Fr»m the AMERICAN ElCONOMISt, July 26; 1895. LICTJVEFIRE SWEEPS THE TOWN. _jent on Foot to-Rebuild in Bet- :jhape Without Delay--List of ..Ij'^sefc and Insurance--Chicago and. Joliet Send Timeiy Aid. 25,036,714.50 •12'^,77-2,303.48 .............. 602,043,434.22 600,695,870.37 963,Si0,619;S3 -82,38 l,.r CO,295 37,223,203.07 133,091,335.11 28,297,798.46 48,078,469.41 101,601,l'16.88 91,146,756.64 96.558.904.89 43,392,959.34 2,844,882.30 13.376.658.26 29,022,241.83 80,3 »,577.'39 20.799.551.90 6,879,300.93 65,883,653.20 10>\669,4r4.98 145,543,810.71 132,879,444.41 104,393,625.59 63.463.771.27 93.956,588.56 103,471,097.69 111,3U,273.63 87,761,080.59 85,040,271.97 26,838,541^96 -9,914,453.65 / Saturday morning a careless tinner, at work repairing the roof of Mayor Mc­ Donald's Phoenix Block at Lockport, a town on the drainage canal, near Joflet, upset his charcoal stove. In a moment n, .brisk blaze started, fanned by a lively •breeze. , Lockport has no fire department. All the yelling of the men and all the scream­ ing of . the women did nothing toward drowning out the flames. Even while the Mayor, Leon McDonald, and all the vil­ lage officials and all the women were yell­ ing and screaming "Fire!" and "Help!" the flames kept, eating their way. They had spread to a clump of frame houses, known as "The Nest5" and they wer,e go- ling at the opera house block and the 'buildings owned by J. T. Freeman and 'William, Schultze, which stood near at 2iand. - The school building was in danger *1.2: 1IUINED LOCKPORT PUBI.1C BUILDING. and the villagers were panic stricken to think of the impending fate of their fine §40,000 structure, which they openly have boasted was the finest in that section. Mayor McDonald left the fire fighters and sent hot messages to Mayor Akin of Joliet and Mayor McCarthy of Lemont. "We're burning up." he. cried over the 'phone. "Everything is doomed if you -^Edward Flavin, saloon, foss $4,000; In­ surance, $2,800 . " y~: John Holstrom, saloon, owned Mrs. John Sullivan; ltjgs, $4,200. ' William Thoispsou, confectionery, Jess $2,500;.partially insured. A. L. Gains, <JrJ* goods, loss on stock $15,000; loss on building, $5,000; insur­ ance on stock, $6,000; on building, $3,000. Samuel Berger, clothing and dry goods, $4,500; partially insured. O. W. Moon, druggist, loss on stock $8,000; loss on buildings $4,000; insurance on stock, $3,000; on building, $2,000; O. W. Moon, druggist, loss on stock $8,000; loss on building. $4,000; insur- anceon stock, $3,000; on building, $2,000. Edward Wheian. meat market, loss on stock $1,000; loss on building, $10,000, in­ cluding loss <5f Schulz' household goods; insurance on. building, $7,000. L. Coleman, barber shop; loss on fix­ tures', $300. Frank McCudden, saloon; loss, $1,500; insurance, $1,000 J. T. Freeman & Co.. grocers; seconi story offices of Prs. Howland and Foster; Masonic hall on third floor. Loss on gro­ cery stock, $5,000; on building, $10,000; on Masonic hall furniture and fixtures, $2,000; on offices,$200 each. Insurance carried on building and stock not known. Z, Lunstrom, merchant tailor; loss, $6,- 000; insurance, $3,500. C. H. Bacon & Co..'druggists; loss, $1S,- 000; insurance, $3,500. Dennis O'Brien, saloon; loss. $500, 'Phoenix Printing Company; loss. $8,000.- Thomas O'Brien, frame barn; loss, $350, & 'TH ; v J.; Scheibe/ boots and shoes; loss, $6,- 000; insurance, $3,000. , • 'j • , G. Hettger, .tailor; loss, $800. J. Scheibe, two-story brick building; loss, .$3,500-; insurance, $2,000. Postoffiee, and Postal Telegraph Com­ pany ;. joint loss, $1,500. '.'"-'V/ "... John Daly, two-story frame building; less, $1,000; insurance, $o()0. .(• J. ishotesch, meat market; loss, $500. John Daly, , two-story brick building, new and unoccupied; loss. $9,000. Henry Claussen, one and one-half story frame residence; loss, $3,000; insurance, $1,200. Fred Winkler, blacksmith shop; loss, $300. Mrs? Boyer, frame barn; loss, $1,500; insurance. $1,000. William Gaskin, wagon-shop; loss, $500. Geo. Adelman, frame barn; loss, $1,- 500; insurance, $250. J. H. Alexander, two-story frame resi­ dence; loss, $3,000; insurance, $1,200 Mrs. Finch, notions; loss, $3,500; par­ tially, insured. George M. Llnd, two-story frame build­ ing; loss, $S,000; insurance, $2,500. Pnrnk Iiutton & Co., groceries; loss, $G,000; insurance, $3,500. George II. Spangle, two-story frame building: loss, $2,500; insurance, $1,000. BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE BURXED DISTRICT AT LOCKPORT. don't send us help. Send us anything except citizens." -Chicago Sent Aid on a Special Train. He then remembered that Chicago was only a short distance away. He sent in a hasty call to Chief Swenie. This was at 12 o'clock. Swenie heard the call and pitied the village that had no fire protec­ tion. Within a short time engine com­ panies 1 and 17. with all the apparatus, was on a special in the Alton yards. A fast engine was coupled on and the run was made in fifty-two minutes. The fire had almost burned itself out before the Chicago men arrived, but there was still plenty of room for the firemen to do good WHERE THE FIKE STARTED. fire-fighting. At first they were hampered in their work by the delirously joyous villagers, who insisted on hugging the men and in lending a helping hand. The main channel of the sanitary canal runs near Lockport. As soon as the men on the canal saw what was going on in the village some of them dropped pick and shovel, scurried over the mud hills to the place where the flames were raging and began pillaging. They swarmed into the Lockport saloons and soon half of them were drunk and work began. They George H. Spangle, Jr., groceries; loss, $2,000; insurance, $1,000. D. C. Baldwin, two-story brick build­ ing; loss, $7,000; insurance, $4,000. Bohnstengel & Weir, harnessmakers; loss, $2,000; insurance, $1,000. -(). Paulson, household goods, $2,000. School house, $30,000; insurance, $19,- 000. M. Carlson, household effects. $500. William Scholtz, household effects, $2,- 000; partially insured. Mrs. Polk, household goods, $500. Mrs. John Sullivan, frame ho'use and barn, $3,000; insurance, $1.2O0. William Ward, household goods, $300; insurance, $1,000. BUILDING PLANS APPROVED. Illinois Structure at Cotton States Ex­ position for the Benefit of Gu The plans for the Illinois Build the Cotton States and International Ex­ position, as prepared by J. L. Silsbees, have been finally adopted by the commis­ sion and approved by the Governor. The building is of two stories, 140x100 feet, in an adaptation of the colonial style of architecture, and strongly suggestive of the best type of country mansions in Illinois. It will be built of Georgia pine and tastefully decorated. The purpose of the structure is not to house any exhibit, but merely to serve as a place of meeting far Illiuoisans at Atlanta, 'and for all other guests at the exposition, since Illi­ nois will keep open house The interest which has been awakened in Chicago in the Cotton States Exposition has led the commissioners to plan a building in which much is sacrificed to space, as thev be­ lieve that many residents of Chicago and vicinity will visit the fair and will find the Illinois building a convenient stopping place. The Illinois commission, which is composed of A. S. Trude, George Schnei­ der and Captain W. P. Halliday, of Cairo, • i--------- Year End- injr Juno 80. . ^pxce3S of reyenue over expenditure. Excess of expenditure over revenue. Interest hear­ ing debt of the United States. "Wealth * per capita. Miles of rail­ road built. 7 ' * Valuo of doraostio exports." Valuo' of importo. , "VTaecs paid. "1 . Productbf Manufacture." 1868..,. MB7.... 1858.... 1869.... $4,485,673.48 1,169,OH.'Jl *529,904143 15,574^511 10 7,0G5,99C.56 :::::::::::::::: • S,M7 •2,047 2,405 1,821 1,846 $266,438,051 278,906,718 251,851,033 278,?Sfc,080' 316,242,423 §295,650,938 333,511,295 242,678,413 816,823,370 836,282,485 -,'s, Democratic Administration. I860.... *529,904143 15,574^511 10 7,0G5,99C.56 - 8514 • S,M7 •2,047 2,405 1,821 1,846 $266,438,051 278,906,718 251,851,033 278,?Sfc,080' 316,242,423 §295,650,938 333,511,295 242,678,413 816,823,370 836,282,485 $378,878,966 $1,833,861,676 Frce-Trade. 204,809,616 179,644,024 1S6,003,912 143,504,027 136,940,248 274,656,326 178^330,200 255,375,280 301,113,322 209,656,525 ILLINOIS STATE BUILDING, "ATLANTA. •carried away everything they could lay hands on. Mayor McDonald saw and grew fright­ ened. He sent a special call to Marshal Williams -of the sanitary district, and in .response ten bluecoats soon after arrived. The burned district includes most of the section lying between 8th and 10th and State „ and Hamilton streets, with half of the block Bounded by 7th, .Sth, State .and Hamilton streets. Within this dis­ trict only a few buildings were saved. A movement is'already: afoot, to rebuild in Fetter shape than before-.--- Losses and Insurance. Insurance men say the total loss Will be about $225,000 and that the insurance will foot up about $100,000. In the fol­ lowing detail the losses are total except whpre otherwise stated Schoolhouse, loss $35,000; insurance $19,000 i 1 James Obern, household goods, $500. O'Connell & Sloan, hardware, $18,000; insurance, $9,000. has opened offices at room 50. 160 Wash­ ington street. Chicago While the commis­ sion has nothing officially to do with the exhibitors, the services of its secretary are always at the disposal of i.nybody seeking information concerning the expo­ sition and the conditions to which ex­ hibitors must comply before being as­ signed space. Offices will be maintained until a week before the opening of the exposition, Sept. IS. Chauncpy anil tb» MotJiee-ir.'-Law. A good story is told on Chauncey De- pew. He received a letter from - a young married friend in Albany asking for a pass for his mother-in-law, who was coming to make hisii a vis*t. and closing with the delicat<i hint: "Don't forget to have the return coupon at­ tached." Mr. Depew is nothing if not worldly wise and sympathetic, and in sending the pass he wrote; "I have not neglected the return coupon, and have J. A. Donahue, saloon, loss on stock;" -limited it to three days." $800; loss on building, $3,500; insurance toif building, $2,200. '• Village Hall, $2,000. 1886.. 1867.. 1868.. 1869.. 1870.. 1871.. 1872.. 1873.. 1874.. 1875.. 1876.. 1877.. 1878.. 1679.. 1880.. 1861 . . 1882.. 1883.. 18S4.. 1885.. 1886... 1887., 1888.. iSS9/. 1890. 1891. 1892. war of The Rebellion. 2,S32,3S1,2'"8 2,248,(.€7,388 2,2i-2,'88,728 2,162,f 6c, 522 2,«46,455,722 1,934,696,750 1,814,794,100 1,710,483,050 1,738,930,750 1,722,676,300 1,710,685,450 1,711,8S8,500 1,794,735,650 14797,643,700 1,723,993,100 1,639,567,750 1,463.810,400 1,338,229,150 1,226,563,850 1,196,150,950 1,146,014,100 1,021,692,350 950,522,500 829,853,990 725,313,110 610,529,120 5S5,029,330 I,716 2,449 2,979 4,615 6,070 7.379 5.878 4,097 2,117 1.711 2.712 2,260 2,629 4,746 6,876 9,796 II,568 6.741 S.825 3,131 8,100 13,0Sl 6,912 5,184 5,353 4,0S9 4,100 2,3-11,674,29 09.803^80.58 42.825,043.20 685,037,000 S35.ti41,800 716,202,060 337,518,102 279,786,800 269,389,900 •275,166,697 376,616,473 428,398,908 428,487,131 505,033,439 569,433,421 499,284,100 525,582,247 5S9,670,224 6S<j,709,2CS 698,340,'/'DO 823,946,353 , 883^925,947- 733,239,732 804,223,632 734,964, S52 726,682,946 665,964,529 703,022,923 6S3,862,104 730,282,609 845,293,828 873,270,283 1,015,732,011 423,470,646 S78,15S,6S3 344,608,920 394,449,174 426,346,010 500,216,122 560,419,034 663,146,657 567,443,527 526,260,576 464,586,307 439,829,389 627,555,271 650,610,000 716,213,948 700,829,673 607,575,389 579,580,054 625,308,814 683,418,981 712,248,626 741,431,398 773,674,812 So4,5l;1,C>77, 813,601,345 775.5S4.343 947,853,795 2,232,823.265 4,232,325,412 5,369,579,191 3,370,107,024 The Period of Republican Protection to . American Labor and Industries. BLEEDING THE GRANGER* 'FAMOUS HEROINE CARRIES, Description »x>f the Operations of Mrs. Grimwood, Who Led the Retreat - -- a e k s T r a f - e l i n g i a - t h e W e s t r -- -- The most"" contemptible individual known to modern society is the travel­ ing quack doctor. He abounds every­ where. His victims are confined to no class. The rich and the poor, the learn­ ed and the ignorant are alike suscepti­ ble to his promises and persuasions. Sltttiiyur, Ib Now Mra.Miller. Mrs. Frank St. Clair Orimwodd, he­ roine of the siege of Manipur in 1891, during which her husband,- th<» Resi­ dent; lost his life, was nkrried at Cap. shalton to Mr. Miller, a paper manu­ facturer. Mrs.: Grimwood'g almost un­ exampled heroism in the face of a dreadful death stirred the enthusiasm He works in different ways. Sometimes he charters a column in the city papers, j of the English people to the fever pitch, in which he tells of his> wonderful ex- ploits in medicine. He inserts a picture of himself, which is sufficient evidence In itself that he is a-man of no ability It was in March, 1891, that the upris­ ing of the princes and the natives of Manipur took plac\ Frank St Clair Grimwood. the Resident; Col. Skene, and less character. He describes him- Col. Butcher, Lieut. Brackenbury and 831,030.785 869,053,158 793,5^3,018 836.4i00.022 647,<75,017 ! *1,255,.'.52,700 T3LV60,319 . Democratic AH- *5,247,260.260 I ministration. f rnrcat of Free- ... I Trade. 1 A5tehtca>' Ecosom'i3,t Report on. Business Conditioriv Octoberr4§34. LOOK AT THE LOSS, Value the friendship of him who stands by you iu the storm. Ten Months of the-~WiIsoir ;Bill It as Cost This Country $170,000,000. The advance statement of our statis­ tics of imports and exports for the twelve months ending June 30, 189-4 and 1895, affords opportunity for some very interesting study. ^Taking first of all our exports of American products we find that they compare as follows; Exports of American products. Year ending June 30. Value. 1894 ^ $869,058,138 1S95 793,553,018 Loss to producers $75,505,140 During ten months of the 1895 year -the Gorman tariff lias been in opera­ tion, the wall of protection has been brokeu down, and the markets of the world have been thrown wide open to­ ns; yet we sold $75,505,140 worth less of American products and manufac­ tures in that time than we did during the preceding twelve months. Turning next to our imports of for eign goods, these have been $84,185,302 greater during the year 1S95 than in 1S!)4, as follows: Imports of foreign goods. Tear end­ ing June 30: . Value. 1895 $731)000.319 1894 ° 047,175,011 Loss to labor $84,185,302 In this respect the object of the Gor­ man tariff has been partly attained, al­ though the free-treders have not 'given away such a large slice of (JBffm^rkets as they iwid hoped to do. '..PtoWever, they have made a beginning aifjil, if al­ lowed to do so by the American peo­ ple, they will continue their work of destruction to American industries and their robbery of the many American wage earners for the benefit of the few foreign manufacturers. We next compare the imports of goods admitted free of duty with the following result: Imports free of duty. Year ending June 30: Value. 18! »4 $372.575,031 1S95 303.230,'. >27 Decrease . $9,345,004 This shows that under the tJonnan tariff, which was supposed to give our people an extra abundance of this world's share of free goods, we have actually received $9,345,000"worth less of free goods than in 1894. Thus an­ other free trade promise iS proven a falsehood. Now let us take tlie imports of dutia­ ble goods. These compare as follows: Dutiable imports. Year t ndiiig June 30: Value. 1895 $30S,729,392 1894 275.199,080 sugar trust, but on a basis of only 1 cent a pound it would aggregate the very neat little sum of $10,000,000. The taint of corruption that surrounded this disreputable transaction still sticks to every free trade member of Congress who voted for it, and to every member of the present administration, like flies upon a molasses barrel. Fill Out These Blanks. National Headquarters. 135 West 23d street, New York, Aug. 1, 1895. To De­ fenders and Friends of Protection: Dear Sir--Carefully prepared and reliable in­ formation upon the effects of threatened free trade and the effect of the Wilson- Gorman tariff is needed at the present time. The people, and especially wage earners, should be thoroughly posted up­ on the exacttronditions prevailing. If you will furnish the information asked we will see that it reaches the-fMjople. Yours very trulv, \. THE AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF LEA(i I E. / The card referred to reads as follows: b. (Over) The American Protective Tariff League, No. 135 West 23d street, New York. Dear Sir-- Kindly furnish us with the average number of hands em- lilF\ h.v you during lr"m January 1 to June 30. 1890, 1892. 1894, ^=--and 1895? Taking 100 to represent the full rate of wages paid in 1890, will you also kindly till in the proper percentages, more or less, for other half yearsV c. (over) State p. O Business Date, .1895 Name ! Average Number of Hands Employed, Jan. 1 to June 30. IN! to. IN! Hi. 1S!U. IS!).".. Average IV •contagi of Wll£ Paid, Jan. 1 to June 30. bas ed on lis !X> as st ami- nrd. 1800. IS! Ill 1S94. 1S!)5. 100 Loss to labor $93,530,300 The net increase in our. imports of dutiable goods readied $93,530,30(5. It must be remembered that this amount of gain to foreign producers and manu­ facturers occurred practically during only ten out of the twelve months that they were enabled to break iuto our mar­ kets, because our wall of protection had been torn down. When we come to figure the increase in dutiable imports for a full year of the Gormandizing act we shall un­ doubtedly be able to show the value of that portion of our market which the free-traders gave a way to foreigners ag­ gregated fully $100,000,000 for the year. However, dealing with the fiscal year, and showing our total loss through the decline in our export trade, together with the larger amount' of foreign goods that have supplanted American goods, we arrive at the following ag­ gregate of loss: TOTAL LOSS, 1895. Through export trade. $75,505,140 Through dutiable imports. . . . 93,530,306 Total year's loss $109,035,440 The American people have ptrrrfc-irr round numbers, $170,000,000. according to the Treasury Department statistics, for experimenting with the rule and ruin policy of free trade. This is the result of the first year and. practically, of but ten months in the year: It was a costly "change" that the people voted for. -* That Sugar Deal. Our imports of sugar for 1S94 were some 500,000 tons larger than during the 1S95 year. This represents the gift made by the free trade party and the free-trade administration to the sugar trust, which, being aware of the inten­ tion of the party in power to place a dufy upon sugar, Avas jffforded ample time and every opportunity to bring as much as possible into this country be­ fore the tariff went into effect. It is difficult to compute the extent of this gift ma<ie by the free traders to the Information | furnished by If the facts here asked for are sup- ! plied impartially and honestly by pin- j ployers of labor throughout the coun- j try, they will enable a study of the ex- j act condition of the wage earners of | this country during the present year, j as compared with the census year of 1890. as compared with our most pros- ; perous year 1892, and as compared with | our worst year, 1894. Fill in the | blanks and return them .to the above j address. j . Our Corn Trade. Since that breach was made in the j wall of protection, at the end of last | August, we exported iu the eight j months from Sept. 1, 1894, to April 30. I 1895. just 18.394,804 bushels of corn, j During the first eight months of the McKinley tariff, from Oct. 1. 1890. to ! May 31, 1891. we exported 14.582,820 l bushels. The increase in our exports j was over 3.800.000 bushels during the j Gorman tariff period. The amount of money paid us for j corn exported during the McKinley tar- ' iff eight months was $9,252,180. For I the larger quantity shipped abroad un­ der the Gorman tariff we received $9,- 424.484. Supposing that corn was ; worth Just as much to farmers under ! the Gorman tariff as under the McKin­ ley tariff, then they sold 3,800.000 bush- i els for $172,300. This was at the rate j of about four and a half cents a bushel. This represents the price paid for the I extra quantity of our American pro- j duct that the markets of the world have j been willing tp take away^aince our | wall of protection was broke^powu. Is ! it worth while to grow corn lor the sake I of shipping it abroad to sell at four and | a half cents per bushel? This is a prob- | lem that confronts the American farm­ ers. England regarded with envy. The de­ ficit means the reverse of all this. It demonstrates strikingly the wild, hap­ hazard way wherein Mr. Wilson and his "revenue reform" associates at­ tempted to revise the tariff at the dic­ tation Of the President. Had they not been held in check in the Senate by the strong protective sentiment of the coun­ try they would have plunged the nation still more into financial discredit and the people still deeper into iudividua' j disasters. /*"" Protection for Wheat. In the debate on the tariff act of 1S24, Mr. Taylor explained why the duty was placed ou wheat in 1810 at 15 per cent., equal, lie said, at that time to 22Vi cents a bushel. Since then it had been found that that rate did not prevent importa­ tion of wheat from the Black Sea, but chiefly from 1'pper Canada. The prin­ ciple, lie said, on which the then pro­ posed increase of duty of 2V. cents per bushel was to be laid was to secure to the American agriculturist the whole j of the American or home market. Mr. Tracy stated that foreign wheat was j coming into Rochester. N. Y.. and sell­ ing for 70 and 75 cents, the price of do­ mestic wheat being $1. (Annals of Cong. 1st, 18th,"vol. 1, page 1089-1093.) Messrs. Buchanan, Ingham, Vance and Mr. McLaue of Delaware favored the increased duty in favor of our farm­ ers. Mr. MjCLane wanted to know "if it was wise policy to build up our reve­ nue on the growth of a rival and neigh­ boring State, on the encouragement of foreign in the place of domestic agri­ culture?" • (Annals of Congress, 1st, 18th. vol. 2, page 1098.) The motion to strike out the proposed increased duty of 2\U cents on wheat was lost, 113 to "1- Free Wool Benefits? The boon of free wool very nearly doubled our imports of carpets in May, as compared with May, 1894. An in­ crease from 37.90S square yards up to 07,842 square yards imported, and a decrease from 42,487 yards exported in May. 1894, down to 28,151 yards ex- | ported in May, 1S95, shows such peculi­ arities of free raw material benefits that v(*e should like the New York Times to explain. An increase in im­ ports and a decrease in exports seems, somehow, contrary to all the free trade theories that we have read about. How Is This? , The open markets of the world seem to be checking the sales of American cattle, as we sold 1,870.000 head less last May than In May, 1894. What the Dcficit Means. ...Said the__Ngw York Herald:. "Some high tariff-advocates* are apparently disappointed that the fiscal year has closed and that the treasury has not a big deficit." If the Heral(Wneans by "high tariff advocates." protectionists, -we reply that we are not at all disap­ pointed. *The deficit of "only $44,494,- 183" is quite enough, especially when it has been accompanied by aTieaVy in­ crease in the public, debt as the result of new loans, something that was un­ known under protective tariffs since the close of the civil war. * The deficit means simply financial mismanagement and discredit. Every year, since 1862, there had been a sur­ plus in the public revenues, amount­ ing in the fiscal year 1S82 to as. much as $145,543,811. This annual series of abundant surpluses meant the steady reduction of the public debt, prompt payment of just claims on the treasury and financial credit, such as free trade They Take the Cake. As representatives of corruption, de­ ception, intrigue and uu-Amoricanism, the second administration of President Grover Cleveland has never been equal­ ed in the history of the United States. Polykleitos a-nd Greek Art. The mantle of Phidias descended on Polykleitos, the originator of the Ar- give School of Art. Inferior to his great precursor in colossal sublimity and magnificence, he equaled him in precision and surpassed him in beauty of face and grace of figure, so that the critics have told us that Phidias por­ trayed Divinity and Polykleitos^ Hu­ manity. If we may adduce a parallel from dramatic literature, we will term Phidias the Eschylus. and Polykleitos theSophocles of statuary, and as the "father of tragedy" called his dramas '.'fragments from the' great Homeric banquet." so the Attic sculptor* said that he derived his conceptions of the majesty of the father of gods and men from the strains of the father of song. His statue of a boy bearing a lance has been judged by critics a perfect model of youthful grace and proportion, and has been called the "Canon," since from it artist's have drawn rules of art, so that, in the words of Pliny, "he is held to be the only man who has em­ bodied-art itself in a work of art." As may he supposed, lie was successful in the nude and in portraitures of boys and youths. The Argive School was prolific in sculptors of ability, principal­ ly disciples and imitators of Poly­ kleitos. but we can hardly rank among them . Scopas save indirectly.--The Spectator. The SflQlO Thing. Major John writes in the "United States Magazine" that while he was employed between Port Said apd Kan- tara lie saw the waters of the Lake Menzalah "driven beyond the horizon" by a violent wind, so that the natives walked about where the day before they were fishing. This convinced him that iie had seen exactly what hap­ pened when the Israelites jmssed dry- shod tliroughithe Red Sea. self as the renowned afid eminent T>r. Bangs from the Imperial symposium of medicine at London, New York and Chi­ cago. He tomes by request of his in­ numerable patients throughout the Northwest. Consultation free. The other specimen of this perennial bar­ nacle comes without blare of trumpets. He steals into a community with his ad­ vertising material. He inquires who is sick . and makes a personal canvass. Sometimes he employs some member of the community more contemptible than himself to go with him and introduce him and recommend him. He finds some individual suffering from one of the many ills that beset us all and tells of the great number of -cases of, this kind that have been cured by him, and Commisioner Quinten were trying to defend the Residency with a force of 450 men against 8,000 commanded by the Jubray, who was the leader of ti^e insurgents. Mrs. Grim wood's husbam^, aud several others were killed, many others were wounded, and she herself led the defense. ' Finally the remnant abandoned the place and plunged into the jungle. For ten days and nights, with bullets drop- ping around them, the little fugitive band forced its-way to Cachar. Mrs. GrimWood's words of hope aud encour­ agement kept life in the band of Weary fighters. On the tenth day, with but few cartridges left, the party had giv- | en Up all hope and would soon be. at the mercy of their pu.rsuers. Mrs. that notwithstanding the case has baf- { ^n»«;ood looked meaningly, at Col. tied the skill of the local physicians it Butcher, who was .commanding. He is a very simple case for him, and if he !' her and kept hack two car- doesn't cure he will ask no pay. Peo-1 tr'c^es in his pocket--one for her and pie who are afflicted With disease are 0ne for^-hta'self. to be used in the last, ready to respofid to any proposition esttri-e-mltry. "Kill' me before they can that will relieve the "weary, oppressed take ,I1C" she whispered,, and he prom-.. ised to do so. ' But along the road there appeared in the distance a body of Ghoorkhas, who had heard of the attack aud were on their way to the relief. These men charged the Manipurs, checkmated them, and carried Mrs. Grimwood to their chief city. When all Europe was acclaiming Mrs. Grimwood^s heroism. year. body. Fifty or $.100 i hoy consider a I slight remuneration to a man with skill ! sufficient to effect a cure and they read- j ily sign a note for that amount or more. The promise^pf "no cure no pay" is not incorporated m^the note and the eminent doctor, as sooVi as he secures the tiote, considers hisivork ended. A couple of cases of this kind havo „ recently come to the notice of- the writ- I u o" ictoria sent for her, gave her er. A certain eminent physician by the ' au a"ectl°nate greeting, and bestowed name of A. II. Warren, hailing from • U{Jon•l ,er the Vi«?ria wreath, a grant Des Moines or Shenandoah or some I 11,000 aiui au aunnUJ" of £14° a place down that way. made a tour of this county about a year ago. The cur ing of the most obstinate ills was a matter of pastime to him. He stopped at the home of August Kolb in Badger township and made an agreement with him to cure his wife, who was suffering from some chronic trouble. It Is un­ necessary to say he promised a cure. lie took Mr. lvolb's note for $100 and left with Mr. Kolb a printed slip on which was printed the words "the cure not guaranteed." Mr. Kolb paid no at­ tention to the slip and read it for the first time when the note, became due. He supposed it was the contract of "no cure, no pay." when it was just the opposite. This professional pirate sold the note of course to the German Sav­ ings Bank of Des Moines. Mrs. Kolb was not benefited a particle. The note became due on April 1 and it was paid. Frank Black, of Cooper township, gave his note for $50 to the same party. It was sold to the same bank and was paid, and Mr. Black received no benefit from the transaction. Mr. Black says that there was a whole string of names of the responsible fanners of Webster County on the doctor's patient list, and as peqple who permit themselves to be Pern's Cotton. .The cotton produced in the valley of . the Piura shows varying shades from a rich dark brown to the purest white, so finely graded that one can scarcely tell where.,one color ends hud the other be­ gins. At the present time the cultiva­ ble area is so small that the demand for the market cannot be met. By a system proposed it is hoped to get more than a million acres of the fertile terri­ tory under the care of irrigation, when not only cotton, but sugar, coffee, cocoa, indigo, all the vegetables and fruits of the tropics, can be grown as they were centuries ago, and American capital will thus make m opening for Ameri­ can influence Among a people most' friendly to our <-onutry and in a land not so far from New York as Liverpool or San Francisco. A region, too, that demands the lumber of the American Northwest coast, its wheat, f.our and wine and canned goods, of which great quantities are now imported from France and Italy. It is worthy of thought and experi­ ment to determine the adaptability of our California soil and climate to the swindled in this way may never like to! profUlction of thls wonderful cotton, tell about it, it will never be known, I ^ failed when planted in other probably, how much the eminent Dr. P^r*s Peru, but there is no region Warren stole from the afflicted people i that republic so like the valley of the of this and surrounding counties."--Fort < ^>®ura as 0111 own San Diego territory,- Dodge Post ' hi soil and climate, notwithstanding i the great difference iu latitude.--Over- Polishing Granite. I laud Monthly. Iron-sand is used for sawing and ' . ' polishing granite. Its employment en­ ables machine polishing to be executed about three times as fast as when set sand is used, and about ten times less is necessary. The process of manu­ facturing it is interesting. Into an opening at the top of a fire-brick cupola, lined with au outer casing of iron, are thrown from an elevated stage coke and scraps of old cast iron. A fierce heat is kept up in the furnace by steam-driven fans. The metal when melted finds its way out at the bottom of the cupola down a spout, and a powerful steam blast sends it flying in white-hot spherical globules into a brick chamber containing a tank of cold water. The spherules dropping into the water cause numerous minute explosions. The water is run off, the spherules collected, dried and put through a series of sieves moved by steam power, from which about seven different sizes are obtained, varying from fine powder to about the size of No. 0 shot. The product is then put in 1 one-hundredweight bags for sale.-- J American Architect. ; " It is Nature's highest reward for a true, simple, great soul that he ,ftets thus to be a part of herself. Gospel on Wheels. Andrew Spence is perhaps the only bicycle missionary iu the world. Ilis wheel is rigged with various parapher­ nalia, and weighs seventy potlnds. He has rigged it with a sail, and gets con­ siderable aid from the wind when It happens to be blowing just right. The Ten Commandments arq printed on the sail for the benefit of sinners, and the masts and yardanus aire used for the display "of religious charts when the bicycle missionary is haranguing a crowd. These charts, according to Spence, show when time shall end, and what shall be the signs portending the annihilation of the unrighteous and the redemption and reward of the holy- He is a Canadian, 03 years of age, bu». since 1S84 he has made California his home. He has already covered about 500 miles on his wheel, but is disap­ pointed in the work of his sail, which frightens all the horses he meets, and, owing to the changeful course of the wind, often retards rather than aids his progress.--New York Tribune. A Stammerer's Wit. On one of the old stage-routes of Eastern Maine was a jolly driver whose habit of stammering was the occtislon of some innocent amusement on the part of his friends. One day his lumbering coach was stopped by a foo^-passenger who in­ quired the way to the next town. The driver attempted to tell him, but no words came. At last, waving his hands desperately toward a fork in the road, he said: "T-t-try both roads, and you'll g-g-get there 'fore I c-can t-tell you." On another occasion he was helping an uncomfortably stout man into the coach. The man was so large that there was more or less delay in finding him sufficient room. Irritated by the attention he had attracted, the passen­ ger exclaimed, in imitation of the driver: "There! s-start up your old b-b-bean- pot of t-team." "All r-rpady, n-now/sir--we've g-got the p-pork in!" was the laughing reply. She Had Her Revenge. | A newiy married couple on the train the other day attracted a good deal of attention by their peculiar behavior. A lady got on the train at a statipn and took a seat in front of them. Scarcely was she seated before they commenced making remarks in loud whispers about her wearing last season's hat and dress. She was severely criticised by them for some moments. Presently the lady turned around. She noticed at a glance that the bride was older than the groom, and without the least resent­ ment in her countenance, she said: "Madam, will you please have your son close the window behind you?" The son closed his mouth instead, and the madam did not giggle again until the brakeman hollered out "Luia!" A Wise Burglar.. The byrglar turned with a sneer of malignant triumph. "If you shoot me," he hissed, "you'll w'ake the baby." There was fio-thing to tro but permit him to load all the silver into a sack and carry it away, leaving the front door open behind him--Detroit Trib­ une. Too Bad ! Mrs. Prim--I think it is too terrible for anything the way these preachers go in for sensations. Old Prirm--Well, what now? Mrs. Prim--Here's one who actually preaches on the subject of the bicycle., Old Prim--Are you sure? Mrs. Prim--Well, it sounds like it. He calls it a sermon on the mount.-- New York World. Poor Hubby. Friend--"Why do you send your hus­ band's clothes to a tailor, when all they need is a button?' Mrs. Maniofem--"Well, the fact is, my husband married "So young that he never learned to sew on buttons."--New York Weekly. i Work is the enemy of discontent A Horrible Revenge. "Yes." said the man who travels a j great deal, "my interview with high- I waymen in the West cost me some ; money. 'But I believe I got even with ! the villains." -- j "How?" "I let them rob me of some moonshine j whisky that was presented :o me in i Tennessee."--Washington Star. Once Is Enough for Her. , v , A wise woman will never use her bus- band's meerschaum for a tack hammer more than once.--New York World.