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THE CRIME OF '96. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS WE MIGHT HXVE HAD WINGSt FOUNDING OF ST. PETER S. OCCURRENCES DURING PAST WEEK; Bloody Work of an Insanely Jealous Italian at Rockford - Despondent Old Con pie of Galesbttrs: Kill Them­ selves. Murderer Runs Wild. James French, of) Rockford. mot his wife Sunday walking with Mrs. Fitzpat- Hck. He calmly said that, he was going to kill his wife. Mrs. iPitzpittrick fell in u fails tan d Mrs. French started toward the hoiise of Orange N. Gbrham. French fired ii* she turned, the bullet striking h"r in the breast. He co-ntinued to fire rap­ idly as they ran across the lawn. The woman reached- the' porch and grasped the bundle of the door to enter the house, bnt w«m dragged hack and engaged in a ihajid-to-hairtd conflict with her husband. At last she opened the door and ran into the jjewior. Her husband followed ami oontwiE**! to fire at her until she fell to the fl-rjor dead with eight wounds in her body, many shots going wide of their mark. Albert liarkerl who lives next door. ran. into;the Gorhani house and grappled with, the murderer. He Wa* shot in itoe arm.'. Frenen ran out and mot County Clerk. M. A. Norton and fired at - bini. French threw 'away one empty re­ volver and drew another. He fired at everybody he saw. Neighbors swarmed out of their hi>mi?a airmed wi;th everything front 'rifles to wtories anrt chased the ^niir1 dorer, AH their »hots wore wild; French came to .u stand on the oanlc of tlie river. He tired four or five times at the crowd, but so tired that the last shots went wild'. He then turned a pistol on himself nnd.fi red a shot through his cheeks, miss­ ing a vital spot. Leaping into the river, ho sought to end his life by drowning, but /two )M>LioouMsi jumped into a row boar near at hand and pulled liini out. lie would make no wtntemcnt in jail, saying merely tlwit lie \Vas sorry. French is an Italian. and was unreasonably jealous of liis Wife. A few months ago he was put under bonds to keep the i»eaoe, hav­ ing threatened her life with a knife and a revolver. Bijr Rowinsj Kvent. The regatta of the Mississippi Valley Rowing Association is one of the prizes which the hustling town of Holland. Mich., has captured for this season, and the t housands <)f visitors at the" summer re-sorts there will witness one of the groHTowt events of the aquatic world. Holland was* aided1 in her efforts to got tbe^T-cga-tta, which will bo held Aug. 0, 7, by Manager Owen of the Holland-Chicago steamer line; and that gentleman is al­ ready reaping the reward for his aid. in booking a very largely increased business. The Mississippi Valley Association in­ cludes the Gatlin and Delaware Boat Clubs of Chicago, the Modoes and West­ erns oi St. Louis, the Detroit Boat Club, and Ma trial a of Detroit, the Wyandotte Boat Club of Wyandotte. Mich., the Min­ nesota k of St. Paul, the Lurlinos of Min­ neapolis, the Toronto Boat Clu.b of To- ronio. Ont., the London Boat Club of London, Ont.. the (Jraaid River Boat Club of Lansing. Mich.. and the Grand Rapids --B<xh--a.nd-{Jamm Club of Grand Rapid"sr It is probable that all these organizations will enter crews. The course will be the regulation one and one-half mile, with turn, on Black lake. Husband and Wife Talc" Poison. Mr. mid Mrs. Louis S. Gadke, of Gales- burg. were discovered in an unconscious <N>udii.ioii Suudiay morning by their daugh­ ter. Jeiiinie, and they could not lie arous­ ed. Both died. The symptoms indicat­ ed iwksorting. The wise was a mystery Tint:] after the arrival of the coroner, who found a letter nign<»d by Mrs. Cadke, in which she says tlicit her nusband and she •had determined to die and asked forgive­ ness. The letter gave as a reason that they had lost everything they had and there wwa nothing more to live for. It then .provided for the distribution of 000 insurance policy in the Covenant Mu­ tual Benevolent. Association among the children. The suicide was clearly the result of despondency and both had plan­ ned to die at the ae time. Girl Causes Two Deatli«. Archibald Askew shot Arthur Callahan three limes and then killed himself at Kingston Saturday night. Askew's daugh­ ter was stopping a.t Callahan's house and there was a quarrel over the way she had been treated. Askew called at Callahan's house and abused the girl. When Calla­ han remonstrated Askew drev a revolver and «8liot three times. one of the bullets going through Callahan's head. Then he sat down on the porch and asked Calla­ han's forgiveness. When this was de­ nied Askew put. the pistol to his own Le;id and blew out his own brains. State News in Brief. A freight tra.in of the Chicago and Al­ ton brokf in two while on the grade be­ tween Alton and Godfrey. When the two sections of the train came together Brakernan Grant O-owa-n of Bloom ingttin was crushed to death. Conductor Boyd was badly hurt. William Blumherst, a Washington County farmer, residing near Yenedy, was bitten on the toe by a rattlesnake. His tee was amputated, and it was thought he would suffer no more serious results, but he was taken violently ill several days later and died in great agony. Robert XV. Young, who was placed un­ der bond at Hillsboro to await the net ion of th/e-grand jury on the charge of mur­ dering his wife aad daughter, returned to his home in Doniiollson, t?n miles south of Hillsboro, Thursday. About dusk he received word that a mob was lorming at Coffeen, six miles northeast of Don- nellson, for the purpose of lynching him. Ho hastily returned to Hillsboro for pro­ tection, A bitter feeling is still mani- ff^ted;toward him throughout the south­ ern iKirtion of Montgomery County, and many threats of violence are heard. Fire destroyed the-mammoth hay barn of Barrett Brothers at Owaneeo, north­ west of I'ana. Several' hundred tons of liny, the presses and all machinery wor° also burned. The !>;trn was the largest in ihsrt section of the State. The loss is $5,000. • NVhoias Smith, of Chicago, was held up t<y three men -Saturday night. He was badly beaten and robbed of a gold watch. The men thrust revolvers in his face and threatened Mm with death if he made an <mtery,~ Mr. Smith had $200 in bills con- eeokgTIi!] an inside pocket. This tthe rob-, hers missed. Rev. Man on Rose, for twenty-five, vears a well-known Methodist minister in the " Indiana and Illinois conferences, died tit Virginia, aged 49. He was received en triai in the J-ndiana conference in 1873, transferred to the Illinois conference ten years ago. and, owing to failing- health, became superannuated last year! Eugene Lddiugton, oUsCairo, alias "Cap Cooper," aged: ; IS years, charged with having last November killed; Josic Den­ nis by striking her on the head with a stick, was apprehended at West Point. Miss. Sheriff Miller returned with the prisoner from that ylaee.-l'lddington hav­ ing consented to come without requisition gapers Elmer Hawley was crossing a bridge. near Centralia with a traction engine. The bridge collapsed and Hawley was killed. i , All the distilleries of the American Spirits Manufacturing Company at Peo­ ria Wednesday afternoon made their last mash, anil will shut down for the season as quickly as the spirits can be run on*. The Hanover, Manhattan, Great Western and Wonder are closed.' The' Monarch distillery,.,which closed some time ago! and resumed for a special class of goods, will make its last mash tliis Week. The Atlas distillery will then be 'the only house in operation. It has' reduced ca­ pacity to 1,250 bushels per day. at which it will run during the remainder of the summer and increase this fall. Nearly all the cattle which have been fed during the summer have been shipped out. All the warehouses in Peoria are well stock­ ed with goods and the shipments continue only a fair average. Henry C. Rogers, steward of the Petite Lake Clubhouse at liake Villa, was drowned Tuesday evening. Mr. Rogers bad accompanied a bathing party on Pe­ tite lake, nud Mrs. ,L Jfe- McGill. one of the party,*in company wKh her son Her­ bert. had gone beyond her depth and call­ ed for help? Mr. Rogers responded, and caught Mrs. MeGi'.I as she went down for the first,time. She threw her arms around Mr. Rogers' neck, dragging him down with her the secondViime. As he came up Mr. Rogers left Mrs. McGili and struck out for the shore, presu;nably to get a boat to help Mrs. McGili, and was tnken with cramps and sank within thirty feet of the shore. The son in r'ie uionn- time had gone to the-shore an.1 secured the assistance of Miss Helen Norris, and the two got Mrs. McGili into a boat and to the shore. A shooting affray occurred on the street at Sullivan Monday night in which Wil­ liam Johnson shot a young man named Frank Mednrisj. The men are barbers, the latter owning a shop in the bank building. Johnson had been discharged and vowed revenge, declaring his inten­ tion of killing Medaris. They met on the corner of the public square, when John­ son, being drunk, drew his revolver and commenced shooting. He fired three shots, two of-'Which took effect, one in the breast, the other in the left cheek. The ball which struck Medaris in the cheek cannot l>e located. He had on a silk shirt and the shot in the breast did not penetrate the shirt, but carried it into the wound a short distance, and was pulled out with the garment. The physicians hope he may recover. Johnson has serv­ ed a term in the reform school. L'e es­ caped under cover of the darkness. Engineer S. G. Hammer and Fireman Louis At hey were killed and Fireman Fred Smith fatally injured in a collision seven miles east of Quiney Wednesday morning between a wild Chicago, Burling­ ton and Quiney switch engine and a Chicago, Burlington and Quiney freight train. The switch engine had helped a freight up the grade to iCubank's s'.ntion and started back to tlie city against the time of the local freight. They collided oil a curve and both engines were demol­ ished. Engineer Hammer of the freight train was crushed to death in his cab and pinned against the boiler, and hi« fire­ man, At hey. died l>efore medic;l aid -could reach htm.--Fireman Smith of the switch engine had one leg cut off a^id the other crushed, and may die. Eu^'-ieer Vansteenburg of the switch engine soved himself by jumping. The accident Is said to be due wholly to Yanstccnburg's reck­ lessness, and he may be prosecuted. En­ gineer Hammer lived in Galesburg, the others in Quincv. In the Circuit Court nt Decatur, upon the petition of F. M. Young. Judge. Vail appointed J. Sherman McClellun and George S. Stadler receivers of the Young Brothers & Maris Company, wholesale grocers, and entered an order di^soiving the corporation. The receivers ;it once gave a bond in the sum of $150,000. The corporation presented a statement, show­ ing assets of $195,000 and liabilities of $112,000. Members say that, ^having the assets .'50 per cent, they will tluoi Live more than enough to pay all creditors in ful l . In the bi l l of complaint sknv c o l ­ lections and general business depression arc said to be the principal caused of the trouble. Another thing which doej no'; in full appear in the court proceeding* is the fact that F. M. Young, the general i!.«in- ager and heaviest stockholder in the con­ cern, has been in delicate health for a year past. Mr. Young headed l[;>e peti­ tion, asking for the receivers. Tie ether members will reorganize a new c.impa.ny as soon as the affairs of tlie existing con­ cern can l>e settled. Five unmasked m?n robbed the New York Biscuit Company. Morgan and Ran­ dolph streets, Chicago, of $l,7rO, fire minutes before twelve Saturday. Ijiugh- ter, oaths and tevolvers accompanied the deed, which was accomplished iu less than five minutes. The robbery, ivic of the boldest ever perpetrated in Ch'fago, left the police department paralyz;*.!. It took place within' a block and a half of Chief Badenoch's residence, six blocks from the Dcsplaines street stjition---the headquarters of Inspector Sh"a--an.l but a short distance from the Golden Rule store, where Marshall was murdered. That one of th- largest mercantile estab­ lishments of the city could be entered at high noon, nearly a dozen of it* em­ ployes terrorized, a large sum of money taken aud the robbers escape, sent a wave of excitement over the city that made the police officials tremble. Chief Badonoch was in the country at the time of the robbery and a telegram was sent to him. Seventy-five police officers were detailed to scour Morgan, May, Ada. Green. Dcsplaines streets, and the fougk district of the \Vest Side. The old "drag net" was set to work with the usual lack of result. So dumfounded were the Dcsplaines street officers at this raid that they allowed the Biscuit Company to lock its doors at 1 o'clock, let the principal witnesses of tne robbery go to the ball games or their homes, did not secure their residence addresses, and had no one at hand for purposes of identification. A strong flow of natural gas liar, been struck near Odell, on the farm of E. A. Hunter, at a depth of 17ri feet. Well dig­ gers were prospecting for water when the gas was discovered. Fred Rock, private of Co. I, Seventh Infantry. I. N. G„ was drowned while bathing in the Sangamon river at Camp Lincoln, near Springfield.. The company had finished a long, tiresome march through intense heat, and Rock entered the water before he was cooled off. He was seized with cramps, and perished before he could make his condition known. M. E. Wright, of Blandi'nsville, shot bis brother, John, Saturday while hunting.. He was attempting to unload his gun, When his thumb slipped from the hammer. Fire at the New Peoria House, one of the oldest hotels in Peoria, at noon Wed­ nesday resulted in the injury of three per­ sons. The fire stnrtpd in the kitchen and spread fast, causing a panic. Ida Burrell was severely burned'about the hands and face, and: Ollie W. Chilcott. the night clerk, who was asleep in the room above, Was removed in an almost suffocated con­ dition. Jerry Robinson, a'eolored man at work on tie third floor^ jumped froni a third-story, .window and got a few. bruises and sprains. Small loss to the prcpertjr. --Chicago Tribune. ORDER AGAINST ANARCHY. THEIR debauch is ended.- The howling horde of fanatics, dema­gogues and anarchists at Chicago have footed the Democratic party, riot­ ed in the spoil, raised their abhorrent platform, put their ridiculous candir dales on it aud gone home. They have made the isue clear for an astounded nation. It is order against anarchy, government against the mob. The great Republican principles of sound money and protection are in no way dimmed or set aside. They will dominate the coming tight, and the .mighty hosts of Republicanism will go forth to light for them under the leadership of McKinley and Holrart, enthusiastic and confident of victory as only a great, united army battling for the right can be. But growing out of those principles, and made clear and distinct and vivid before the eyes of the whole country iiy the crazed assault of the Chicago rab­ ble on the nation's integrity and on the very foundations of all law and order, there lias come the supreme, crystal­ lized issue on which all patriotic citi­ zen^ can and must unite--order against anarchy. Honorable Democrats and tbeir news- papers see this and are rushing to the standard of McfKinley and Hobart l>y the thousand.-T^iere is no other course for men who place country above party to take. They realize that Hie foe is a common one and must be crushed, an­ nihilated absolutely, utterly. Demo­ crats who are also patriots will vote for McKinley and Hobart t>y tens of thou- sa nils. Republicans, confident before that their leaders, McKinley and Hobart, under the standards of sound money and protection, would go forth to a splendid, overwhelming victory, will take new heart for the light. Welcom­ ing all patriotic allies who wish to join them in the battle against the common enemy, they will march forward re- slstlessly to make the victory of order over anarchy certain and complete in this nation for all time. The lines are drawn, the issue is clear, and the tight, should begin now.--New York Press. do not produce what they eat. but must purchase all they consume: men who are engaged in manufacturing, in min­ ing. in cotton spinning, in the potteries, and in the thousands of productive in- dustrirts which command all their time and energy, and whose employments do 0,ot admit Of their producing their own food. The American agriculturist further wants these consumers near and convenient io his field of supply. Cheap as-inland transportation is. every mile savyd is money made. Every manufacturing establishment in the 1"nlted States, wherever situated; is of priceless value to the farnu^.of the country.--Hon. William McKinley. G.rover what they think of him.,and In such a way that their meaning cannot be mistaken. v *" Intercat-Bearifis Debt. July 1, 1SSH5 .,........$847,363,890 March 1. 1803 V.. 1.. ... . . „.58o.034.2t50 Prices for Farmers. The following prices, taken from Clapp's Circular of New York, for this mouth, represent the difference be­ tween a Democratic administration, with confidence unsettled as in lS0t». as against those when confidence waa established in 1802, under protection: 18! MS. Price 1802. Prit Art ie'es. Iline 30. .Tune 30. Butter, creamery, lb $0.15 $0.20 Bean-s, N. V.. bu . . , .. . 1.05 1.95 Barley, No. Chicago . .26 .54 Buckwheat, Chicago . ,S5 1.45 Corn, No. 2. Chicago . . ' .26Vi .51 Cotton, mid., N. V. . . . . -071., .07% Cotton cloth, ti-4s, F. It . .02 7-16 .03% Cattle. Chicago . 3.00 3.70 Coal, per ton. N. V.. net . 3.S5 4.00 Copper, lb., N. V., ets.. . 11.70 .11.75 Cheese, N. V . .06-S .OS'Vi Coffee. N. Y. Ex . .11 v> .11 F.Sgs, N. V . .11 .10 Flour, X V . 2.25 4.20 Ilpgs, live, Chicago 3.15 5.50 Horses, U. S.. Jan. 1 . .33.00 65.00 Hops, N. V.. lbs .07 .24 Hay, Chicago, ton . . . s.oo 10. <>o Iron. Bess, pig, Pitts . 12.25 14.op Lard, Chicago, 100 lbs. . 3.0(i 6.:>o Lead, lb., cts 3.O." 4.12 Oats, No. 2, Chicago . . .15 .33 Vj Pork, mess. Chicago . . 6.05 11..35 Potatoes, Chicago . . . . .10 -C>7 Peas, dried, N. Y .72 1.62 Rye. No. V., Chicago .. .31 .76 Rice . .04 ;n .05 Silver. N. Y.. . ..... . .69% .H8U Steel rails 28.00, 30.00 Steel billets. Pitts. .. . .19.50 22.07 Flax, Chicago .79 1.06 Sugar, granulated, N. Y . .04-"'t .4 7 16 Stearine, lard. N. Y.. .. 4.75 7.75 Sheep, < "hicago ...... . 3.00 4.50 Short ribs. Chicago . . . 3.(55 7.30 Tobacco, leaf '. •S.3 .00 Tallow. N. V •03 Vs .03% Wool, average .13 Wheat, rod, Nik-2. X. Y . .it .SO Wheat, Xo. 2 spg.. Chi .55 .79 Railroad Progress Checked. The records of the new railroad build­ ing in the United States in 189(5. ac­ cording to the Railroad Gazette, show that 717'miles of road have been built in the first half of the year. The total is not very different from the amount of new railroad which has been con-' structed in the first half ot any year since the Democratic administration in 1893 called a halt to progress and pros­ perity. Last year GM2 miles of new road were built up to July 1. and the record in 1894. only -195 miles between Jan. 1 and July 1. showed how decisive­ ly extension work had been stopped. Figures as to tlu; new track built in the firstjjs^lfv<of the year for seven- years pafefl^ffe^soiue.-interesting com­ parisons^:]; 189,15. 1895. 1894. 1S93. 1S9^ 1^91- 1890. 717 020 493 1,025 1,284 1,704 2.O.V. It will be seen how greatly railroad extension has been Checked by the conditions oi the past few years, and there are no substantial signs that any large relative increase is to be expect­ ed in the near future. Only with the restoration of protection and prosperity can we look for a return of the expan­ sion of our railroad system such as oc­ curred in the ea/ly years of the present decade. Truo American Policy. Wo denounce the present Democratic tariff as sectional, partisan and one­ sided, one disastrous to the Treasury and destructive of business enterprise, aud we demand such an equitable tariff on foreign imports which come in competition with American products as will not only furnish adequate rev­ enue for the necessary expenses of the Government, but will protect Amer­ ican labor from the degradation and the wage level of other lands. We are not pledged to any particular schedules. The question of rates is a practical question, to be governed by the condi­ tions of time and production. The rul­ ing and' 'Uncompromising principle IS the protection and development of American labor and industry. The country wants a right settlement and then it wants rest.--Republican plat­ form of 1890. Increase under. Democratic administration . . . .., .. Harrison decrease'-, in four years. 1889-1893.. ... . Cleveland increase in three years. 1893-1890 . .. . Republican monthly de­ crease of debt, 1805-1893 . Democratic monthly in­ crease of debt, 1893-1890 . 202,329,030 244,819,730 202,329,0W 5,701,114.77 0,558,240.75 Lossea Hanker*. 3.97% (JTlcKMgij) - jlyenye r?alio 3.0% _ JvsrmjjHofu 2.5% _ dyem^'. fytia 2 0% SfxTTlontK i1v?ra$efJaN I.Oje National Bonk Earning*. (Ratio to Capitol md Surplus). Ulhart the demand for Tn'oTi^u tobaused in production is small- as since 18*32--the UnVii^g fund of the ceuntiy earns small Talios. 2.41% (Gorman) Wliat Agriculturists Want. What the agrueulturist of this couiv try wants more than anything else, af­ ter he has gathered his crop, are con­ sumers--consumers at hotne, men who ' ' ' - • * ' rromc' igt^\ Tads" 'Twill B" n Day of Miracles. "When William Jennings Bryan is elected'l'resident of this great shifr!cul­ tural country," says a Democratic ex­ change, "we shall see three blades of grass growing where one grew before." We shall. And we shall also see the sun rising in the West, rivers running up stream, and old maids telling their ages. The day of miracles will be with us again when Bryan is elected Presi­ dent. Franklin's Opinion, Every manufacture encouraged in our own country makes a home mar­ ket, and saves so much money to the country that must otherwise be ex­ ported.--Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Only Cause for Dissntisfaclloti . The only unsatisfactory feature of tiie Democratic defeat this fall is the fact that Cleveland will not be as closely identified with it as the country would like. The people want, to tell McKinley vs. Cobdcn, The name of McKinley means more in England than that of any other American. It is a name like that of Cobden. It sums up the economic ex­ perience and principles or America. It characterizes a national reaction against Clevelandism and a lowet- tariff, which have been fraught with disappointment aud disaster.--London correspondence of the New York Trib­ une. Political Potpourri. , The Mclyfhley button tiVs every Amer­ ican coat as it it were made fcr it. "What I want is to see idle men at work at American wages," fwiys McKin­ ley. and so do we all of us. We do not need more money so much as more circulation of the money wo hare. Calling free silver "Populism" will not catch Populist votes for a tnossback Democrat. The Chicago convention was n menag­ erie of dark horses and large gray jackasses. - Make up your mind to vote for pro­ tection and prosperity, and the rest of t he campaign won't bother you nnich,^ Don't forget that this is to be a cam­ paign for home industry and that the welfare of every home is concerned in it. Every intelligent mail knows that work and wages it* the chief issue of the campaign, and all of them will'Vote that way. EorJ.hil't,v ,vears. the Democratic par­ ty hii*r ben coddling the solid South. Now the solid South has wrecked the party. It wbuld be a misnomer to-vall the Chicago platform a declaration of prin­ ciples. It is a declaration of lack of principle. It is very doubtful if President Cleve­ land's contribution to the Democratic campaign fund this year will much ex­ ceed $2.50. You can count on better times after the election, so you may ns well take a" good holiday thU summer and get loady for business. Candidate Bryan i.s the most radical of free-traders. When in Congress he made the effort of Iiis life to that time in a speech favoring free wool. There is no m o r e disgusting jlrivcl than that of candidate Bryan to effect that '•suffering humanity sh. not be crucified on a cross of gold.' Those people who are clamoring cheap doilars should go to Russia. Ar­ gentina and Japan, where dollars are cheap and men are much cheaper. "The Populist party is fn no sense a party." says J. R. Burton. What Mr. Burton probably means is that the Populist party i.s a party without sense. The surest way to put money in cir­ culation, to increase employment and start business is to repudiate with em­ phasis the work of the Chicago conven­ tion. Senator Peffer rightly says that "the Republican party is now the most for­ midable political body on earth." A party with the American people behind it couldn't bo otherwise. "If everything is mortgaged from farms to sewing machines," as Altgehl sayt=. the mortgaging has taken place sine* he helped to carry the country.for Cleveland in November, 1892. A Little Oratory Bnilt Over the .j. Apostle's Tomb, y " In*-the deep Mamertine prison, be- hittdf ttie Tabulary of the Forum, it was customary to put to death only political ntisdop/^, {jjod their bodies were then tiifown down the Gqtnonian steps. ••Yixerunt,'- said. Cicero, grimly, when Catiline aud his fellow conspirators lay there dead; and perhaps the sword that was to fail upon hfe own neck was even then forged. The prison is still Intact. The blood of fcataliney-of Verclngetorix, and of Sejauus Is on the rocky floor. Men say that St. Peter was imprisoned herd. But because he was not .of, high degree Nero's executioners led him out and across the Forum arid over the Subliciau bridge Up to the heights of .Taniculus. He, was then Very old and; weak, so that he could not carry bis cross, as condemned men were made tq do. When they had climbed more than half-way up the height, seeing that he could not walk much farther, they cru­ cified him. He said that he was not worthy to suffer as the Lord had suffer­ ed, and begged them to plant his cross with the head downward in tl!e deep yellow sand. The executioners did so. The Christians who had followed were not nmny, and they stood apart, weep- iug. ." •; When he was dead, Sifter much tor­ ment, and the sentinel soldier had gone away, they took the holy body,, aud car­ ried it along the hillside, and buried it at night close against the long wall of Nero's circus, on the -north side, near the place where they buried the mar­ tyrs killed daily by Nero's wild beasts and in other cruel wa3*s. They marked the spot, and went there often to pray. After that, within two years, Nero fell and perished miserably, scarcely able to take his own life in order to escape being beaten to death in the Forum. In little more than a year there were four emeprors in Rome. (Jalba, Otho. and Vitellius followed one another quickly: then fame Vespasian, and theiV'Titus, with his wars in Pales­ tine, and thpn Doinitiau. At last, nearly thirty years after the apostle had died on the Janlculus, there was a bishop called Anacletus, who had been ordain­ ed priest by St. Peter himself. The times being quieter then, this Anacletus built a little oratory, a very small chapel, in which three or four persons could kneel and pray over the grave. And that was the beginning of St. Peter's Church. But Anacletus died a martyr, too. aud the bishops after him all perished in the same way up to Eu- tycliianus, whose name means some­ thing like "the fortunate one" iii bar­ barous ('.reek-Latin, and who was in­ deed fortunate, for he died a natural death. But in the meantime certain l J reeks had tried to steal the holy body, so that the Roman Christians carried it away for nineteen months to the cata­ combs of St. Sebastian, after which lliey brought it back again and laid it Jn-its place And -again after that, when the new circus was built by Ela- gabalus, they took it once more to the same catacombs, where it remained in safety for a long time. N(>w came Constantino, in love with religion and inclined to think Chris­ tianity best, and made a famous edict ;n Milan. And it Is said that he laid the deep foundations of the old church of St, Peter's, which afterward stood tuo.ru, than eleven hundred years. He built it over the little oratory of Ana­ cletus. whose chapel stood where the saint's body had lain, under tlie nearest left-hand pillar of the canopy that cov­ ers the high altar as you go up from the door. Constantine's. church was foumj on the south side, within the lines of Nero's circus, outside of it on the north side, aud parallel with its length. Most churches are built with the apse to the cast, but Constantino's, like the prc.sen* basilica, looked west, because from time' immemorial the Bishop of Rome, when consecrating, stood on the farther side of the altar from the people, facing them over it. And the church was con­ secrated by Pope Sylvester I., in th<? ycar ;>20. --I'enturv. Man Reduced to Using: Legs Be the Karth Was So Attractive. . If the attractions of the earth were less powerful our winged ctribes might inve received a much greate.r devel­ opment. In virtue of the unquf^iion- able principle known as "the struggle for existence," these winged creatures, dominating all others*, would have been the strongest. Progress would hare been effected along this line. The su­ perior race, the hvtialfn -race, would have been a winged race. These simple ' considerations, which it may be easy to extend much further, are enough to convince us. tlia^our human form Is essentially terrestrial.-and that the In­ habitants of Mars cannot resemble us. They are different. , --- Upon Mars, for'example, one might suppose, without -scientific heresy, that the remarkable lightness of thdir bodies may have developed tlie^winged race more'highly in the directiouSi^dicated, and that the inhabitants of thisS>lanet may have received the privilege ot flight. : .< Does this amount tp saying that, for­ tius reason, they must necessarily hare the form of birds?-."No." Tke. bats; are they not mammals which suckle their young? Is it saying, then, that we must imagine them tinder this form? Not at all. May. they not rather be-like, dragon, flies fluttering in rfie.air above the lakes and canals? As Ao this $oin£ we «Ltt. imagine everything and prove nothing. It is even highly probable that the.real­ ity is something absolutely different from all our terrestrial conceptions. On the one hand the lightness of the Martian beings is favorable to their winged constitution. On the other hand, however, the atmosphere is hard­ ly well fitted to sustain themf But still we recall that terrestrial zoology fur­ nishes instances of birds which are very heavy, such as condors and the ; vultures, and these are just the ones which fiy highest in tlie most rare­ fied regions of our atmosphere;, they hhve been oliserved even above the summits of the Himalayas, the Andes and the Cordillera s.at elevations of from B.000 to 0.000 meters (21.000 to 30.000 feet), where they can still soar freely, thanks to the enormous spread of their wings. Nor must we lose sight of the fact that a human being weighing TO kilograms (154 pounds) would weigh not more than 26 kilograms (56 pounds) If transported t<? the .globe of Mars.-- Xorth Americas Review. t lie wild for JOHN BULL COMBINES BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE. Miss Democracy is so delighted with having been captured by a man, that she fails to watch-the movement of his right hand. . Went Ont for a^. Rest. • Did you mail that letter to mother?" asked Mrs. Junius, as she poured the t ea. Mr. Junius laid down his knife and I (irk aud slowly drew an envelope from l.is inner pocket. "Well, there," cried Mrs. Junius, stay­ ing the teapot in the air, "it' that isn't .just like you. Julius Junius, carrying around my letter for a week, and moth­ er worrying and worrying herself, per­ haps sick, and having to take thorough- wort tea every morning and night, but 1 guess you wouldn't laugh if you had to be dosed with such bittey stuff, and me having to steep it out on top of the stove and tlie dipper leaking, and you know I've asked you just as kindly as I could to have it mended, but you don't pay attention to a single word I say, no more than if I was deaf and dumb, and mother wondering if I'm sick or maybe the baby, the little darling that she thinks so much of, and I know she'll get Uncle Horace to leave him every cent of HiS'.,money, but vou wouldn't care if lie was dying, I mean the baby of course and not Uncle Horace that you never met though he's one of the kindest men in the world and always said he liked nothing better than to sit Ndown and have a good quiet chat with :ne, but for mercy sake, Julius-Junius, don't sit there grinning and waking a bad matter worse and not saying a word, but give me that letter aud teli ihe if you can why you forgot to mail It." As. his wife flogged herself for the way freight, Julius Junius passed over the envelope. "1 didn't forget it--mailed it on the same day," he said. "This one's from your mother in answer to it. I reckon." Saying which, he put en his hat and went out for the kindling. Nor did he come back for an hour. But Mrs. Ju­ nius was still at it.--St. Louis Post-Dls- patch. Kind Act Was Rewarded. Col. F. XV. Sax ton, of Oakland, CaL, Is at the Arlington. "A little incident that came to my notice just before L left home," he said, "impressed me that there is never any use for a man to , act otherwise than as a gentleman, and that it is often a financial gain to- do so. "One of San Francisco's capitalists is Joseph Boardman. It te said that he is millionaire, but to look at him you-- would not think it. You could hardly say that he dresses shabbily, but he comes very close to it, and appears*, to a stranger to be some kindly old gentleman" whom fortune has never cared, to smile upon. Mr. Boardman's house is over in Oakland, but his office is in San Francisco* and each morning he makes tlie trip over on the ferry. "The other morning he started for the boat, and in his haste he forgot to trans­ fer his pocketbook to his clothes. Of course, lie did not discover this until he had reached the wharf. There was no one in the crowd that he knew or that knew him. He searched every pocket in vain. A young man standing near i>y witnessed the confusion of the old gentleman, and, walking up to him, thrust a coin into his hand and moved back into tlie crowd. "The young man doubtless supposed that he had done an act of kindness to a needy one, and he hastened away, in order to make it less embarrassing for his beneficiary. He had no opportunity to get far. however, before Mr. Board- man car him and made him divulge his nau -sud address. The next day the youn. man was the recipient of a snug check drawn by the millionaire, and making him richer by $ 1 ((0 than he was the day before.."--Washington Times. Only a Girl. First Wheelman--It was luck for that mail "that he had a match when his lantern went out. tw, . Second Ditto--Why, my dear fellow, that wasn't a man. If it had been he wouldn't have scratched the match on the pavement like that.--New York Commercial Advertiser. .***•. There wash'time when children were seeu, and appreciated for their mod­ esty, but now they are heard in poor piano solos and recitations. Secretary ot* State's Salary. In June, I7S2. Mr. Livingston {our first Secretary of State, known then as Secretary of Foreign Affairs,) resigned to accept the ofiicc of Chancellor of the State of New York. We do not wonder that with a salary "of only §4,000 he sliohld have said he whs compelled to draw upon liis private fortune to sup­ port the office. That has been the fate of all, or practically all, of his succes­ sors; for, while the salary of the office lias been for many years just twice that received by Mr. Livingston, $S,000, the expenditures necessary to maintain the social position which custom has as­ signed to the office are greatly more than the salary. A Secretary of State, who maintains an establishment and entertains the foreign Ministers and the general public with the generous hospi­ tality now expected of him, will owe much gratitude to his major-domo, if at the end of a four years' term he has not contributed'from his private fortune to the support of his office a stun greater than the salary he has received. This '" is an evil, for it may happen that tho man best fitted for the office may refuse it--or leave it as Livingston did--rather than sacrifice a small private, fortune to social demands. Dinners were, :a Livingston's time, as uow, diplomatic agencies, as well as imperative social events.--Ladies' Home Journal. .*%i. Which State Can Beat This? When Tennessee entered the Union as a State, it had about 40,000 population, or-an average of less than one -pefgon to each of its 42,030 square miles of tej>~- ritory. Iu 1S00 it had 1,767,518 inhabit­ ants^ or an average of nearly forty per­ sons to a square mile.'^Nearly all this increase is from the native stock, only.- 20,029 being foreigu borff. and only 33.- 237 of the native born being of foreign born parents. Lightning and Trees, * Cedar and fig trees are rarely struck by lightning! The beech, the launch, ihe./» fir and the chestnut also seem to he peculiarly obnoxious to the "holts of Jove." There are trees. however, which- appear to attract rather than to rep.'l the lightning flash. The trees generally enumerated in the category of those which the lightning is most apt to strike are the oak. the yew, tlw elm and the i Lombardy poplar