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- -- , ?*- . -- jt. r - a • , <ik •>V\ ••'.!.x- >.UV.:l- J ' •. .Ifii " aroundagkeatstate; BRIEF COMPILATION OW IL.Lt* NOIS NEWS %y* }%;r -*ationa$^ CM5 TICKET. fe -f >• • 1 '* ';*v itf*- " " fw rmldtat, BENJAMIN OF INDIANA. For Vie* President. WHITELAW - O* NEW XOBE. LbTter, letter, let'er go, Grover! F\ STEVENSON'S speeches in Indiana If1 f" <" assist Gray's silence in rolling up jjjp\ . n s^a big Republican vote. tV W~, The Bourbon cause in Ohio is hope- gl^r-rless,- indeedf Even ex-Goyernbr ;.v.. ^Campbell confesses the State is to go for Harrison. THE Democrats would bQ glad to get the Presidency, even if they have to throw the election into the House to secure it. The Democrats are not proud this year.. » THE short and very effective speeches made by Mr. Whltelaw Reid in his trip to Illinois will cause him to be greatly in demand during the next two months. IN the opinion of Mr. Cleveland the fifteenth amendment to the Con­ stitution "is a menace to the pros­ perity of the South." Then he must be in favor of its repeal. IT must be Cleveland realizes he put his foot in it when he wrote that letter of sympathy for the unhung Tennessee murderer, King. Else, why this unaccountable epistolary dearth? ^ HISTORY has so far failed to say who it was that ordered the first por­ tion of crow at Candidate Cleveland's dinner, but it is agreed that the big man himself ate an entire bird dur­ ing the meal. "WE killed a great man/Yankees during the war, and I wish we had killed twice as many more."--Ex­ tract from 1880 campaign speech of Gen. Field, People's party candidate lor Vice President. THE fusion schemes of the Demo- cratswill take more votes away from their party in the East than it can possibly gain in the West, and so the Republicans have nothing to fear from that source. THE Michigan Democrats have nominated a one-armed veteran of the Union army for Governor, and the party will run the campaign upon fcis record instead of its own. It is a misfit nomination of the worst sort. THE National Executive Commit­ tee chosen to manage the Republican campaign this year is composed of men who know all about politics, and who will bfe quick to t'tke advantage Of every blunder on the part of the «nemy. THE Chicago Herald is trying hard to make its readers, and possibly it­ self, believe that Grover Cleveland can in some phenomenal or mysteri­ ous or supernatural way be elected President without the vote of New York. THE Northern Democratic organs and orators might as well lay that al­ leged "force bill" issue away for good. It can only make Republican votes In this section. Any way, it was in­ tended only for Southern consump­ tion. THE political generals who are planning to capture a number of Western States for Grover Cleveland should keep a weather eye open upon West Virginia and a few other South­ ern States that seem to be slipping away from their Democratic moor­ ings. THE attention of Messrs. Whitney, Harrity and Dickinson, purveyors of harmony to the Prince of Gray Gables, is urgently directed"! to the fact that neither Peck nor Peck's figures have as yet been placated. There ie a task that will test their genius. MR. CLEVELAND has made a bad break in beginning to explain his ve­ toes. If he tries that he will find time for nothing else between this and November. Worse still, the more he explains the workings of his •eto machine the less the people are likely to care to experiment with it again. ' ALL efforts to persuade Isaac P. Gray to appear on the stump with Candidate Stevenson in Indiana have failed dismally. Stevenson's plan to make a spectacular campaign by ex­ hibiting not only Mr. Gray's scalp, but also the floe old gentleman from Jae-lifted m was well conceived, but it in execution. 4s- fatally defoeUve To SAY that the jflanuMcturitig States of the East are alone interested in the maintenance of protection'is a gross error. In the tariff fight of 1888 the Republicans received their greatest majorities in the agricultural West. Farmers are not blindl#tho advantages of a home market. COMMERCIAL - GAZETTE: General Field, the Vice Presidential candi­ date of the "Populites," says he does not remember having said he was sorry he had not killed more Yankees, but them's his sentiments. His sentiments do not seem to have been very antagonistic to the tail end of the Democratic ticket. THE Democrats cannot colonize Indiana this year from the South, as they did in 1884 and 1888. The Bourbons have all they can do at home to hold their States out of the hands of the Populists and Republi­ cans. Thus the Democratic vote in the Hoosier State will not be as largo as some Democrats have expected. THE Canadian press seem to think President Harrison's retaliation proc­ lamation was a snub to Mr. Glad­ stone, and they are rather disgusted because the British lion doesn't growl. The royal beast would probably wave its mane and growl a little, but it remembers ̂ the Bering Sea modus vivendi incident and knows that growling will not frighten our present chief executive. THE Chicago organ of prohibition publishes in its last issue, without dissent and with apparent approval,, what the New York Wine and Spirit Gazette says about Bidwell's candi­ dacy, namely, that it "has but one object--the defeat of the Republican nominee." That was also true ot St. John's and Fisk's candidacies in 1884 and 1888. Fortunately Mr. Bid- well is not likely ta be more success­ ful herein than General Fisk was four years ago. NEW JERSEY., is about the only Northern State that the Cleveland- ites can now really hope to carry. And even that hope is based on the fact that in the darkest days of the civil war New Jersey kept voting the Democratic ticket, while sending the bravest troops the world ever saw to the front. But New Jersey is grtw- ing more and more enlightened, and She will probably cast ber vote foi Harrison this year. A good many ol her ablest ballot-box stuffers arc now in prison. THERE is also news from Minne­ sota which is likely to fill the Demo­ cratic heart with sorrow, though it comes from a Republican source. Labor Commissioner Powers has just sent out his official report for the year, and it shows that the farmers of that State arc prospering as they have never done before. This is "the most unkindest cut of all," for upon the ruin of the farmers, and especial­ ly of those of the Wosfc, has the Democratic party staked its last hope of success. STANGE what a bad man Labor Commissioner Peck is now adjudged to be by Democratic free-trade pa­ pers! The Buffalo Times now charges that he was floured and horsewhipped in HornellsviMe twelte years ago for attacking two women in the paper of which he was editor. YeV Grover Cleveland subsequently put him in charge of one of the most important offices of the State, and neither Cleveland nor any other Democrat discovered any flaws in his character until he told the truth about the tariff. IF the Democrats really believe Commissioner Peck to be the incom­ petent and treacherous official they charge him with being, they must either compel Governor Flowei to re­ move him or rest under the suspicion of being too cowardly to rid the pub­ lic service of an unworthy servant. Peck is a Democrat, he was appointed by a Democrat and can be removed by a Democrat if he is unfit for the place ho occupies. The Democratic party of the Empire State is stand­ ing face to face with a great oppor­ tunity to do a courageojis thing by dismissing Peok. CEASING TI4E MUSTANG. THE increase in our exports of pork and hog products, for the ten months ending June 30, is seen by the following table which gives the figures of our exports to the three countries in which the rescinding of the prohibition had been operative for ten months, for that period of this year as compared with the same period of the previous year: lffik!. 1891. Increase. Denmark... .$ twso,ul5 Germany.... 8,sr.M»o Italy UU.208 In Austria-Hungary scinding the prohibition of the im­ portation of American pork had been in operation for seven months, in France but six months and in Spain one month. While the figures show a goodly increase, it is also plainly to be seen that the prejudices of the people against American pork must be overcome by time. As they see that no harm comes from using our pork, the $ >41,361 $ 18,754 0.3U6.M6 2,025,074 106,667 24,541 the decree re- Cow. the Wild Hone of the, PralriCa Is i f " Captured by Ranchmen. . It Is when the wild horse wanders far enough from the Mexican border to be within reach that the keenest pleasure comes to the ranchmen. The" news that a herd of mustangs is in the neighborhood never fails to arouse an overwhelming enthusiasm, and hunting parties are organized at once. The hunters, or mustangers, "as they are called, when they hear of the approach of a herd of wild horses, make their start with the intention of remaining away for days and weeks if necessary. Their wOrk also in­ cludes the building of a corral in some locality near where the herd is dis­ covered. Taking a provision wagon and tents the hunting party divides the day into three "watches" of eight hours each. One party sleeps, one drives the wagon, and one "walks" the mustangs, taking turns in the different tasks. Crawling slowly over the prairie the hunters located the herd in companies of from twenty-five to 100 under­ sized but sturdy animals. The ponies once discovered, the hunters prepare for action. The first man leaves the wagon and takes the trail on foot He makes no attempt at overtaking the wild equines, but steadilv and patiently walks after them for eight hours, when he is relieved. All the time the follower kc?ps the horses on the move and as much as possible away from watercourses. In the scantily watered regions this is not difficult. The theory of the hunt is to keep the ponies going night and day with­ out food or water until they are ex­ hausted. So far as possible they are directed in a circle about the corral, which is intended for the final goal. At the start the gay and festive mustang kicks up his joyous heels and tosses shaggy mane and tail in con­ tempt for the slow and plodding pur- surer. The solitary hunter walks on and on, and at last the hor.-es realize that the steadilv marching plodder is not to be shaken off, and become less and less frisky. Then they settle to a walk, and soon are also plodding along over the prairie. When the first "watch" is finished the wagon drives up and another of the hunters begins his tramp. At its close number three starts in, and so the day and night wears away. An­ other day and night repeat the pro­ gram and the chase continues with­ out intermission or rest until, with­ out having food or water since the hunt began, except for the snatches seized as they walk, the starved and weary mustangs totter along almost as tame as house dogs. When their gay and frivolous nature has been sap­ ped their drooping heads are turned towards the corral. Soon, as unre­ sisting as sheep they are driven in. With a light covering of snow the task is most quickly accomp.ished, as starvation's pangs come more quickly. Anotner method is to run a wild horse down, but only an Indian can do this, as it requires the ability to run a hundred miles or more without rest or refreshment. This no white "mustanger" can da The Indian rides towards a herd, "cuts out" or selects his choice, and chases it up hill and down, over hill and stream, among rocks or underbrush,-as relent­ less as fate. When his own horse is ! water tired out he tickets him and takes j time, the chase on foot. He carries no weapons and wears the lightest possi­ ble clothing. When the wild horse is wearied out it is taken prisoner easily, having been worsted in a trial of mere brute strength. The method, too, is only practicable in winter, with snow on the ground, in order that the trail may be easily followed if the horse gets out of sight Usu­ ally the animal will be run down in the first seventy-five miles, but 150 miles is sure to exhaust his strength. There ^ still another plan which a single hunter can follow. It is called "creasing," and can succeed only when a crack shot pursues it. Selecting a favorite watering-place of the herd, the "mustanger" puts him­ self in ambush, with rifle ready, awaiting the coming of the horses. At length the trampling of impatient hoofs is heard, and lollowing the lead of a stalwart brute, the mustangs gather about the refreshing pool to quench their thirst. Now is the hunter's chance, and making a selection of some finely pro­ portioned animal, the rifle comes to the shoulder, and taking careful aim at the curved necks that bend over the water-course, "bang!" goes the weapon, and the pony is sprawling and kicking in the mud, while its companions go skurrying away, as on wings of wind, across the plain. "Creasing" consists in striking accurately and exactly the spinal column of the horse, and requires not only an exact knowledge of anatomy but unerring skill with the rifle If the bullett strikes too low the spine is broken and the pony is killed, if too hi«rh only the skin is cut and the horse goes flying away much fright­ ened but little hurt. If placed aright the shot stuns the animal for a mo­ ment--long enough for the hunter to run forward and buckle a pair of hobbles on its forelegs and noose a lariat on its neck. Soon conscious­ ness returns, but the mustanger is master of the situation and has added another horse to his possessions, changed; one is not allowed even t« WRECKED RY KORRFRS shake a rug out of the front window after 10 o'clock in the morning, and ' the infringement of that rule brings an irate roliceman, and to hardened offenders a jlne. In fact, so stringent are the laws on that subject that some years ago a man brought a cu­ rious suit against the city, and won it. too. He was walkfng past the Column of the Bastile when a man jumped from its summit The sui­ cide's shoe was forced off by the fall and struck the passer-by, inflicting severe injuries. He recovered dam­ ages on the ground that tbe city had not kept its monuments in proper order, and that it was the duty of the municipal authorities to see that no projectiles were hurled from them. The city thought so too, or rather discouraged would-be suicides by clos­ ing the doors of the various Parisian columns against all visitors.--Home Journal. ' The « out of W*r. In connection with the Peace Con­ gress in session at Berne, Switzerland, it is of interest to note the attention given by French writers of the present day to the cost of war in men and money. M. Magneau, member of the French Academy of Medicine, has re­ cently published some interesting sta­ tistics showing what France has lost by war, within a century,^ in men alone. From 1799 to 1815, when the only men left in their homes were those unfit to bear arms, of three millions who followed Napoleon at least 1,000,000 perished on the field, while another million died in the hospitals. In 1814 the French Army, with the country exhausted of its able bodied men, numbered only 610,- 000, including those held prisoners in Germany and in Russia. Of the 309,<• 208 French soldiers who took part in the Crimean War 10.240 died on the field and 85,375 in hospitals. In the Franco-Prussian War about 1,000,000 Frenchmen were called to arms, and the loss of population reached the enormous proportion of 491,905. We have said before--and perhaps others have said--that a great con­ queror is, as a rule, the most danger­ ous enemy ofhisowncountry. Charles XII. of Sweden, for instance, in his insatiate ambition for conquest, de­ nuded his native land of its wealth and its able bodied men, and left Sweden gasping at the feet of her enemies. Napoleon brought millions of Frenchmen to their graves, and lived to see France at the mercy of the sovereigns he had so often hum­ bled. It is natural to suppose that the great sacrifice of healthy lives in Napoleon's wars had much to do with the decay of population which at present confronts and dismays the statesmen and economists of France. It is a good sign for peace when such facts and their lessons are re­ ceiving serious and general attention in the French republic, upon whose decision chiefly depends whether Western Europe shall continue to en­ joy repose or be plunged into general and most calamitous strife. PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED NEAR OSAGE CITY. KAN. Starching. The French way of getting up fine things differs altogether from ours. In the first place you should soak your things in cold wsvter the night before; the next day wring them out of that water, soap them well, and pour boiling water over them; rub them well out of that and soap them a second Repeat the boiling water. When this has been done twice, rinse your things well in two or three waters, letting the last one have a little blue in it. Let your things remain in this water till your starch is made: get the very best French starch, which is always white, mix it up well in a little cold water, then pour boiling water in, mixing it well all the time; put it into a very clean saucepan, and when your starch is just on the l*oil, stir into it a small lump of sugar, or a very little bit of wax candle with a little blue. When your starch has boiled for a minute, strain it through a piece of linen, and then starch your things, first wringing thern out of the blue water. Aft?r they are starched let them dry; and two or three hours before ironing them out they must be well damped, and rolled up quite tight in a clean cloth. Collars and lace should always be ironed out upon a piece of (olored cloth, u.^ed only for that purpose, and not upon anything like linen or calico.--Exchange. Canine Critics. Although it is said that the howl­ ing of a dog may proceed from a dis­ agreeable or agreeable note in music striking its sensitive ear, yet in most of the recorded instances howling seems to be a sign of displeasure rather than pleasure. Thus, at the beginning of the French Empire a certain dog regularly attended the parade at theTuileriesand howled if, perchance, a musician blew a discord­ ant note. Again, a gentleman at Darmstadt, who was a finished mu­ sician, kept a dog named Max, which was the terror of all the singers and instrumentalists in the place, for it had the fatal habit of howling when­ ever a false note was emitted. It never made a mistake, and well- known singers were said to tremble when they saw their unwelcome judge. There is also an account of a dog that died of grief because he was forced for a lonKtime to listen tornu- The wound seldom proves"injurious j sic was repulsive to him. afterwards. Parisian Cuatoui**. Very many quaint old" customs still prevail in paris that have long sur­ vived the original reason for their ex­ istence. For instance, no sooner do born Parisians turn into a side street than they instinctively (and to infi­ nite peril of their lives and limbs from the ubiquitous cab) walk in the very middle of the roadway, leaving the sidewalks deserted. In the "gr>od old times" this custom bad a reason which has ceased to exist In the first place, at the beginning of the century there were no sidewalks,l which of coarse prevented prome- naders from getting used to them.and in the second place, householders were wont to indulge in the habit of throwing all refuse of every descrip­ tion out of their front windows, so the loBg-suffering pedestrian was obliged to walk in the very middle of the road, or else ran the risk of being ieluged with dish-water or stunned by cabbage stumps. Now all that is An Omen. As a German wedding procession was leaving the bride's house to go to church, the dress of the heroine of the occasion caught to the knob of a door, which made a big rent in it. It was quickly mende;!, but the hearfof the bride palpitated at the evil omen. Passing through the door of the church the dress again caught on a hook and a bole larger than the first was made. This was too much of a bad portent for the bride. She turned abruptly and would not be held back. Neither ber family nor the bridegroom was aWe to make an impression on her. She would not ran into a life of bad Inck with her eyes opened. The bereaved giooti* had to took for another mate. glnffulMrty Talented. The following i» from a a mrpul> lished ngu^^f^the notary, mean­ while, a^^^^^Bpstom, walked up and dow|^^^^B|en, with his hands on his perusing a news­ paper Twenty-Ore Passenger* Injured--A Mil­ lion Dollar* In Treasuro Was the Prise Sought--Robbers Will Be Lynched if Captured--How 'Twas Done. Foor Train Men Aire Killed. A million dollars in currency. That was the prize for which Kansas train robbers strove. An appalling loss of human life was the price they were willing to pay for it. Passenger train No. 8, on the Atchi- eon, Topeka <fc Santa Fe liailroad, east- bound, was wrecked early in the morn­ ing three miles west of Osage City by train robbers who hoped by that means to plunder the express car of $1,000,000, which was being transported from the city of Mexico to Boston. A wrecked train, four men killed, and thirty-five men, women, and children injured are the only results of the at­ tempted robbery. Tor tho robbers se­ cured not a penny of the treasure to capture which tiey Imperiled so many lives, The wreck and attempted robbery had been carefully and deliberately planned. To avoid the possibility of leaving a clew behind them the robbers stole the tools with which they did their dreadful work, instead of purchasing them. They stole a crow bar, wrench and sledge hammer from the tool house at Barclay, three miies west of the scene of the wreck, and with them removed the fish plate which joined two rails together, which would necessarily derail the train. The robbers had evidently selected with care the spot at which to wreck the train. They selected the top of a grade, up which the train would be obliged to as­ cend, thus lessening its speed and at the same time lossening the chances of so badly wrecking the train as to bury be­ neath the debris the treasure they were seeking. These precautions' were un­ availing, and the very thing they sought to evade thwnrted their efforts. When the train passed over the weak­ ened track the eptire train was wrecked, with tho exception of the rear car, and most of the cars were piled one on top of the other above the express car, burying it, and its treasure so deep as to require sev­ eral hours' di&ging to reach it. The en­ gine, when it passed over the loosened rail, left the track, swaved to and fro for a second of time ana then toppled over with a dreadful crash. Four Trainmen Killed. The engineer and fireman had no warning of their dreadful fate and no chance for their lives. They must have been killed outright when the engine was wrecked. The express messenger and express guardsmen were oqually unprepared and they were killed in their car. There were some 250 passengers on the train, but not one was killed. How they escaped seems miraculous. The cars were plied one on another and composed a mass of timber and twisted iron in which It seemed impossible for any being to have escaped death. When tho work of rescue was completed, how­ ever, all the passengers were found to be alive. Several were badly injured and a few may die. The $1,000,000 belonged to the Mexican Central Railroad Com­ pany, and was beinjj forwarded to that company's headquarters at Boston. It was rescued from the wreck and turned over to the Wells Fargo company at Topeka to be forwarded to its destina­ tion. Reward Iter the Wreckers. The Santa Fe has offered $1,000 re­ ward for the train wreckers, and sev­ eral fosses are searching the country in the vicinity of the wreck. Advices from Osage City and Barclay state that in­ tense excitement and indignation pre* vails among the people there, who de­ clare bcoadiy that the wreckers shall be lynched when caught. The train consisted of a baggage, ex­ press and mail car, two day coaches, two chair cars and three sleepers. It was thrown over an embankment three feet high and the first six cars tele­ scoped. BROOM-CORN TRUST FAILING. Crop-Buyers Outwitted by Nature anal the Manufacturers. The syndicate formed by the large manufacturers and brokers iD broom corn early last fall Is going to pieces, and the prices of broom corn are drop­ ping fast. The attempt being made to keep up prices and yet unload the large stock of broom corn which is stored in the Western market cannot be main­ tained much longer. It is expected that the syndicate will go to pieces during the first of Oo- to ber. The combine bought up all the crop in the States of Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Tennessee last fall and put the prices from 34 cents a pound up to 7$ and even 8 cents. They hoped to force the smaller manufacturers and others who were not in the deal to buy at their prices. But the broom corn manufact­ urers shut down or worked on half time, using up what corn they had in stock, and refused to buy, and the large firms who carried the stock are now anxious to unload. The price of broam coin has dropped from 7 and 6 cents a pound to 5 ahd 6 cents. Now comes the news from broom-corn brokers that the crop was never better, and this, it is thought^ will finally swamp the combine. A NEBRASKA BORGIA. She Is Charged with the Poisoning of Three Members of Her Family. Mrs. Mary Anne Armagost is under arrest at David City, Neb., charged with poisoning her first husband, A. J. Rob­ erts; the mother of her present husband, Mrs. Mary Armagost; and her 12-year- old stepdaughter, Hattie Armagost. Hattie died last June under sus­ picious circumstances. An autopsy was held, but the presence of embalming fluid in the stomach prevented a chemi­ cal analysis. This led to the exhuming of the body of Roberts, who died in February, 1887, and of Mrs. Armagost, who died in 1890. The stomachs were sent to Omaha and a chemi al examina­ tion revealed arsenic. A Coroner's jury was impaneled and a verdict ren­ dered to the effect that Roberts and Mrs. Armagost came to their death by arsenical poisoning at the hands of Mary Ann Armagost. The preliminary examination will be held Saturday. FUSION IN SOUTH DAKOTA. Democrat* and Populists Combine and Claim 10,000 Majority. A dispatch from Yankton, S. D., says that the Democrats and the Populists have agreed on an electoral ticket, each party to have two electors. Otto Pee- miller, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee of South Dakota, called the committee and the candidates to a meetinc at Sioux Falls to ratify the agreement entered into with the Popu­ lists' committee. At the last election the Democrats and Populists together east 43,000 votes, 9,C00 more than the Repub­ licans. The fusionists claim that they are certain of victory by not less than 16,600 majority. Their Ancestors. Tannahtll, the Scottish poet, was a weaver's son. The father of Niebuhrr the historian, se m farm laborer. The father iot Edward Irving, the great divine; j<f ftp tanner. Misplaced Confidence. It is probably due to the fact ] that women refuse, to regard smuggling as a sin that they are so expert in\ the nefarious business. They are much more venturesome than menl Aa amusing story is. told in this connect tion of a young couple returning from their bridal tour. The lady avowed her intention of smuggling some valuable lace, but the husband dis­ suaded her from so doing, fearing dis­ covery. She appeared to acquiesce in his decision, and nothing was said on the subject during the voyage home. When the vessel entered the port of New York it occurred to the newly- made husband that shoukkhis wife, as was likely, pass the officials un- searchcd, she might question the in­ fallibility of his judgment, a thing hard to tolerate at the very threshold of his married life. He therefore called the attention of one of the at­ tendants to the lady, intimating that something in the way of lace might be found about her, if it were looked for. A word was sufficient: She was invited into the apartments of the female searchers, from which hyster­ ical sounds shortly after proceeded, and the horrified husband was soon informed that he was the recipient of the sincere thanks of the department for his information. It had led to a valuable capture, and he shoula re­ ceive his percentage. The laces the lady carried about her were worth a small fortune! A clergyman tells an amusing story at his own expense. During a visit to England his mother, who lives there, asked him to take back to this country a small silver tea set and some spoons which she wished to give to her married daugh­ ter in New York. The good rector said that he could only do so on con­ dition that he declared the articles and paid the duty on them; but womanlike, his mother would not hear of Uncle Sam's benefiting by her gift to her dhughter, and so she she continued to plead with her son to still the whisperings of Jiis con­ science and do this little bit of smug­ gling even at the cost of a fin. It was all in vain, however--he would not consent. Imagine his surprise when, on arriving home and his trunk was unpacked, he found a teapot in one of his boots, a sugar bowl in an­ other, and the balance of the tea set and a dozen or so of spoons hidden in the pockets of his clothes! And by the next mail came a letter from hii mother, which was tilled with gleeful mirth at his expense. She hatl made him a smuggler in spite of himself. A Feat of Strength. A foreigner named Vogel, a cele­ brated flute-player, who- was giving exhibitions in England, advertised a concert for his benefit; and in order to attract tnose who "had no music in their souls, and were not moved by concord of sweet sounds,w^be "an­ nounced that between the acts he would exhibit an extraordinary feat never before witnessed in Europe. H« would hold in his left hand a glass of wine, and allow six of the strongest men in the town to hold his arm, and, notwithstanding all their efforts to prevent him,, would drink the wine. So novel and so surprising a display of strength, as it was naturally re­ garded, attracted a very crowded house, and expectation was on the tiptoe when Vogel appeared on the stage, glass in hand, and politely in- vitod^ny half dozen of the audience to come forward and put his prowess to the test. Several gentlomen immediately mounted the stage, and, grasping the left arm of Vogel, apparently ren­ dered the performance of his prom* ised feat out of the question. There was an awful pause for a moment, when our arm-bound heroi eying the gentlemen who had pfbioned him, said in broken English,-- "Jenteelmen, are you all ready? Are you quite sure you have got fast hold?" The answer having been given in the affirmative by a very confident nod from those to whom it was ad­ dressed, Vogel, to the infinite amuse­ ment of the spectators, and to the no small surprise of the group round him, advancing his right hand, which was free, very coolly took the wine- glass from his left hand, and, bowing politely to the half dozen gentlemen, sald,-- "Jenteelmen, I have the honor to drink all your goot health," at the same time quaffing off the wine amidst a general roar of laughter, and uni­ versal cries of,-- ••Bravo, bravo! Well done, Yoge!!" Cooking a, "Green Goose." A full-grown goose makes a coarse, creasy dish, and there is no special reason for serving it when the market is full of better things. But the im­ mature goose of four or five months of aire (it is known as a "green gcose"; is quite a different bird, it has some­ thing of the toothsomeness and deli­ cacy of young pig, as contrasted with the grosser pork, and none of the flavor of goose oil, which is a very useful article for lubricating the chests of croupy children, but is not desirable for the table. To prepare a green goose, see that it is thoroughly picked and properly drawn; then wipe it well, but do not stuff it. Dredge it inside and outside with salt and pepper; lay an onion, cut in two, in­ side the bird. Dredge a little flour over it. Lay it on a rack in a drip­ ping-pan in the oven, and let it roast for about fifty minutes. When the bird has roasted for ten minutes pour a little water in the bottom of the pan to prevent th» drippings from burning. Baste the goose with these drippings frequently, turning it so that it will cook evenly on all sides. Make a rich brown gravy with the drippings, adding a little stock if necessary. Serve the goose with a dish of young onions boiled, and a dish of apple sauce if you like.--£few York Tribune. < India Rubber. India-rubber is the solidified sap of a South American tree. When fresh, it is of a soft gummy nature, tepa- cious, but not very elastic; is easily injured substances, and does not stjrfid acids well. Gutta-perchJi, which is found only ia the East In­ dies,' is obtained from the gutta tree. iwnish gum which solidifies rre to the air. . Efc lyenty-five cents worth of dry a summer girl, and a penny u Have a vision o^ioveU. Throwq froip a. Cart and Dragge* to Death--The Prlc* of Milk Adratt«ee la Chicago--Ended His Llfs with Alt Over fbe Htate. NOCMAX GROVEB, a dairyman et Springfield, hanged hlmsf If because oi financial troubles. MRS. H. E. BEPPLE took rat poison at Aurora be ause her husband beat her. She will die. EBXEST MITCHELL and Walter Eli were bui^e?^ beneath a sand bank on the farm of Mitchell's father, near Clin­ ton. They were dead before help could avail. THE grand lodge' of Good Templars met in Jacksonville in annual session, with a lull list of delegates from all over the State. Both ladies and gentle­ men represented the different lodges. THE Governor authorized the Issue of a requisition on tho Governor of Michi­ gan for Clyde Wood, who is wanted io Cb'cigo for an assault with intent to kill Lew Allen Schneider, and is now in custody at Muskegon. N EAB Hillsboro, Mrs. Robert Joyee was thrown from a cart ahd dragged by a runaway horse, receiving injuries from which recovery is impossible. The flesh was torn clear from the bones on some parts of the body, and ose knee- * cap was torn from the leg. AT Aurora, a new house belonging to John Y. Somarindyck w»i set on fire and burned. A new bouse was partially burned by an incendiary the night be­ fore, and a dozen or so similar fires- have occurred in the same locality • within the last year. The police have so far been unable to find the least clew to the incendiary. The residents of the afflietel district, Southeast Aurora, called a meeting to take measures for better protection. AT Jacksonville the Central Illinois shooting tournament was slimly attend­ ed, but a good day's sport was enjoyed. In the 10 singles and h pairs White won. In the 12 singles White and Helks tied on 11. In the 15 singles White won. In the 9 singles and 3 pairs Marshal, Heiks, and St. Clair tied on 13. In the 2> sin­ gles Rpxront. and Scott tied on 15. Is the 10 singles Taylor won. in the 12 singles Westfried and White tied. la the 10 singles Marshal won. THE Cook County G rand Jury voted to indict for robbery and burglary Charles Newman, alias Stanchfield, and John Cook, alias Frank Hatch.- There are four bill6 against the men, who were arrested for stealing at the Audi­ torium and Leland Hotels. In one night they entered five rooms at the Leland and stole therefrom, it is alleged, near y $500 worth of goods. At the Auditorium, where they were once em­ ployed, nearly $1,000 worth of jewelry- was stolen from the various rooms. Most of the stolen property was re­ covered. THE price of m!lk is going up In Chi­ cago and the milk dealers are feeling as blue as the article they {sell over the prospect of paying 2 cents a gallon more ; for it this winter than last and standing 1 another raise next summer. Usually, because of the phenomenon ot nature '; which makes grass grow in the summer i time in this part of the world, milk is *i cents a quart cheaper in summer than in winter, but in honOr-of the World's Fair and the expected advent of several hun­ dred thousand people who will insist on V having milk in their coffee the farmets* trust is expected to raise the price of the fluid so essential to a properly con­ structed milk punch to 10 ceats a quart to the consumer. THE Board of Health of Alton have , forbidden the sale of watermelons on account of the cholera soare. # THE Adjutant General granted aa honorable discharge to Jay Tenney, * Company K, Fytli Infantry^Delavan. THE ifevere House,"oneof the oldest Springfield hotels, was sold at auction to capitalists for $32,749.45. It will cease to be a hotel. - ArorsT GINTEB, an Illinois veteran,' was killed at Joy Depot, Va., by a pas­ senger train while on the way to the re­ union at Washington. THE new Catholic Church at Liliyville was dedicated in the presence of an im­ mense throng. Bishop Byan, of Alton, officiated. The edifice cost $15,000. FRANK J. HICKMAN*, superintendent of the Benton Live Stock and Breeding Association, was married to Miss Bell# . Browning, daughter of Levi Browsing. TEN THOUSAND members of the Grand Army of the Bepublic from the State of Illinois were in Washington to attend the twenty-sixth annual encamp­ ment. 2 { JAMES T. JONES, who died from as­ phyxiation, caused by his blowing out the gas in his room In the Gault House at Omaha, Neb., was a farmer from At­ lanta, this State. He had gone West to look for a new location. THOMAS WALSH, a prominent young Rock ford business man, and Miss Jane McAnarney were married. Fathers Green and Murphy from Chicago assist­ ed in the ceremony. The most import­ ant gift was a check for $1,000 from the ; bridegroom's father. A LAROE congregation witnessed the laying of the corner-stone of the Lu­ theran Immanuel Church at Lincoln. The Rev. M. H. F. Doermann, pastor of Grace congregation, Chicago, spoke in German and English, and assisted by the pastor, the Rev. Henry Meyers, then laid the stone. THOMAS W. HALLIDAT, Mayor of Cairo and cashier of the City National Bank, died of inflammation of the brain, aged 50 years. He was the youngest of the famous quartet of Haliiday Bros., capitalists, bankers and merchants. He ; was elected Mayor of Cairo in 1883 and was re-elected and served continuously ever since. He also served one term in the Illinois Legislature. Flags on all the fire engine houses, public buildings and the boats in the harbor are at half- mast. THE Governor issued a requisition oa the Governor of Missouri for the sur­ render of Max Meyers and Henry An­ drews, wanted in Chicago for robbing the residence of S. V. Loree, and under arrest at St. -loseph. AT Cairo, Police Officer Henry Dun- ker was shot by a young Kentueklan named Harvey Ramogy, while the latter was resisting arrest, and died. He was 34 years old, and had been on the force twelve years. His murder created such intense excitement that the Sheriff secretly removed the mur­ derer from the city to avoid a lynching, which was openly threatened. AT the meeting of the State Board of Equalisation Mr. Craske made another attack on the Pullman Palace Car Com­ pany. He said the company reported the actual value of its property as $40,- i 00,000, of which only $1,458,758.68 was Invested in Illinois. On a 25 per cent, basis the Board would assess this at $364,689.42. Tfte local assessment and the assessment < f the Pullman com­ pany's interest in the Pullman Land As­ sociation, ag^rt>^^ttS9,T0i Id, be­ ing deducted fnflHBcapital stock assessment, nothing fur the Board to Craske said the assessment <4 ":1! , basis of capital ofl§T,00Q,iQ0.