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• ** • ' -JEi" ^ ^ Tj^ffWW || \iC^ • ^ Wv*v^ asi *-%iR m GEOVER A DICTATOR. THE LATEST FKOk WALfcS ATTEMPTS TO OVERAWE AND BROWBEAT CONGRESS. ';.C Kicrattm PtwnM t Bigit to Dktato to tie LtcWUtn Mfoch of the Oowvmtat Wtet 8*t •T • Tariff Bill It Shall Pm rtT m-: ®c~,. . The Tariff Criale. |i2S The'iwwnpetancy of the Democrmtlo * ]»rty to deal with the tariff, or with 1any great practical exigency, has reached a crisis. The crisis was mark- . <ed by the reading of President Clere- u land's extraordinary letter by Chair- inan Wilson, of the Ways and Mesas •Committee, in the House, on Thursday, jin closing t fie debate on the confer­ ence. Tne President's letter is the . xnost extraordinary deliverance, both in oontents ani the plan of which it constitutes a part ever sent by a chief executive to Congress; for, as is per­ fectly evident, it is not and never was, a p:ivate communication to Mr. Wil­ son, but a deliberate fulmination of a public character foisted in the guise of a private statement. It was un­ doubtedly i ropared, probably in con­ cert with Mr. Wileon, with a view to precisely the use he made of it. COB- 'V ceming"this arrogant letter, thels^oux* » City Journal says: V "This pronunciamento from the "v "White House, so unprecedented in par­ liamentary history, is therefore full of significance. It can be interpreted on no other theory than that it is an ac­ knowledgment of irreconcilable con­ flict within the Democratic party as the case now stands at Washington: a public confession of impotency to deal with the tariff; a definite consciousness that the party, although in full pos­ session of the government, cannot act on the tariff. - e U-S T 7? m i; .Ol sl .br>; „• --American Economist. agos and rates of discount are allowed two houses, without the check" either ! them in return fdr their support and of the membership of one party in the the check either of publicity or of tha presence of mem- I patronage, a system that has the prac- j bers of the opposing party. Against , tical effcet of creating a trust amen£ such an innovation the c nservative j the grocery trade and of p>* ever, ting sentiment of the country should make nt i an emphatic protest. . . Among | the conferrees who have been exclud- j ed from the conference are Senators I Sherman, Allison and Aldrich. These competition in the price of sugars ie- tailed to "the noor man." Dpmo.-ratlc Ll« ETpoaed. Free-traders lose no opportunity to u»eruuieuu a<s» i 4, . . . misrepresent the McKinley a^t and to t £ a declaration--for gentlemen are among the greatest tar- , bewaif it9 high rat/e3 of duty, whereas _ 3 " I iff experts in the country. As economic t A„ avt,nt ;<a. we must assume that it is made in con­ cert with the leaders who stand with President Cleveland--on the part of one of- the iactions that it will not yield to the other. "Any other explanation presupposes that tne protestant Democratic Sena­ tors have not been sincere in their btand on the tariff; that they will knuckle to executive dictation in tho grossest form ever exhibited; that they will recede from tho line they have drawn and submissively toe the mark indicated by President Cleve­ land at the crack of the whip, and that they have been me ely playing a part and not iepre?enting the in­ terests of their constituencies in demanding so strenuously modification of the Wilson bill as it passed the House. The President's letter is a challenge, and Senators Hill, Gorman, Briee, and those who in fact share tneir views, have either to retreat or tight; theie is no other alternative. It is in­ conceivable that they will retreat. If they take up the gage of battle so ar­ rogantly thrown before them, then there can be no tariff legislation now, for on the part of the other side the President virtually announces, 'No compromise.' 'Such is the singular point to which the second year of complete Demo­ cratic control of the Government, fol­ lowing years of tariff agitation, i'ledges and pleadings, have brought he country. The Wilson bill itself, *s the President confesses, is a viola­ tion in many fundamental points of the f3j!)emocratic party, and yet it is a graw f uestion to-day whether the pa-ty will reak in twain or can put this mongrel Miea-ure on the statute book. "The situation ot the Democratic party is critical. The cuestion. how- kever. must ba met at once, a ad cannot be long postponed. We shall see what Ire shall see--and the country will be - looking with keenest interest." I ---- 1 The io?e of Country* The Chicagj Herald rushes to the defense of the British mercantile ma­ rine, saying that the American Econo­ mist ' care very little for the mining ' camp c-owd," whica is also spoken of as "the silver paranoiacs." Nothing can be more offensive to this class, which is so ably represented by the Chicago Heeald, than an effort to increase the price of anything j Great Britain receivesm payment for . goods sold. It is a tane^ of the class J reprusented by that paper that all raw j material< vJiich English manufactur- j ere receiver in payment for finished! goods sha l be produced in great quan- i tit es and at as many different places as poc&ible, that the pri( e may be low. On the other hand, they wish to re­ strict manufacturing to England, that the price of goods received for grain, etc., may by high. When this policy is not only at­ tacked < it does not matter whether it is in favor of American silver, wool or iron) but in addition an effort is made to decrea e s ctional differences and take from British shipbuilders and shipowners the $200,< (Xt.000 a year we are paying to them for oversea freights, and turn that immense sum of money • to the service of American industries. jxperts authorities no Democrat on the com­ mittee is their equal. Their knowl­ edge and counsel would be valuable in framing a tariff .bill.--New York World (Dem.). PATRIOTISM ROTECTION ROSPERITY. We are asked to sing the praises of a Tariff for Proteetlon, And bad I been allowed to choose, no bet- ler a selection Coald 1 make; it is a subject th*t will stir the latent power* Ot each patriotic sinner in this blessed land of ours. Since the smoke or battle rested on the brow of Banker Hill, And the ballets of the British sought oar fathers' hearti to still. We have been evolving notions--"Yankee notions." if you please-- And a faith In borne Protection is by no means least of these. Bat "Protection to domestic manufac­ tures" first received Attention from that patriot whose tragic ending grieved The people of oar nation. How cherished is the name' Of Alexander Hamilton, and hpw secure tho fame. Inspired by him. the Congress of the young Republic passed The first protective measure; do you think it was tbe last? No! From Washington to Harrison--a cen­ tury in span- When prosperity is noted, see--protection leads the via 1 From the "Gate" of San Francisco to tbe "templed hills" of Maine. Let the eloquence of Webster and tbe rhet­ oric of Blaine Tell the glories of protection; let a mighty people heed The teach hiss of McKinley and the proph­ ecies of Reed. Raise yoar voices, all ye stager*: let a diapason grand Boll o'er mountain crest and valley, fill each corner of the land; Sound the praises of protection in a na­ tion's waiting ears. How Colombia's brow w ill brighten >?as the welcome son? she hears. ULYSSES GBAST WAIT* Strancl* I' Somehow. If the McKinley bill is worth whst it co^t in years of work and no end of money for hundreds of friends of the American people, and in the face of the wide and lasting disaster now in the country and to last for at least three years, why should not our Sena­ tors at Washington defeat the bill now before them.* They can do it with half the effort the silver men made for our i silver. Of course, there will he much discomfort to our Senators to temain j through the hot summer: but what of 1 the discomfort to mi'lions of our peo- I pie? 1 would sugee^t that every per- ! son write to at least two Senators and ! request and uree that some friend j shall also write to two Senators to { fight the bill to -death. Kill it as the I Democrats killed the "silver bill." i Talk it to death; obstruct it in every I way and iorm, if even until December j term. By this means the Senators will ! know how the people feel about it, find j feel encouraged. They can beat it. the'eihicago 'Heriir"cilib"tih£ Ameril We.™ th* free-traders in the s*me can Economist the "organ of the pro- tK>sltlon thev wm,,fl anv hlU tectees." and deprecates its effort to they are not high. An exact state­ ment of the average rates of duties on all importations sin e 18.il is given be­ low. and it shoald be preserved by everyone: AVEBAOFI AD VALOREM BATES PEB CENT. OF DUTY OX TOTAII IMPORTATIONS. Year. i Year. 1882 2R.08 137S 27.13 1863 26.28 ls7» 28.97 1864. J2.t'3jl«W 29.07 18C5 ..-..3S.16 ISSi 2».75 18rf> ....41.81 1*82 80.11 186" * ... 44 5ti11 SfW s 29.93 1«W... 46.* . .28.44 18B9 44.60 188* -... -0.59 1870 42.23! 1886 WU3 1ST1.. .V; .38.H41 lfc87 .31.02 1872.. 37.0.1 jlMM 29.99 187 3 .. 26.9511881 29.80 187 4 2(1.88' 1890 29.12 187 5 j 1891 26.25 187 6 30.19 1811 i 21.26 187 7 36.6SllHfW 23.'9 It will be seen that during the three years under* the McKinley law the rate has t een lower than in any year since 16*1. Senate Jank Shop. SltiATS. "force England to adopt a silver policy favorable to this country." The Chicago Herald has the same love for the interests of this country that Artemus Ward had for fats wile's relatives. _____ "Tariff Reform." position they would beat any bill. ALEX. PEARSOX. Editor Dana's Ignorance on Wheat. Any great fall of the price of wbeat is no longer possible, as the consumption Increases faster than tbe production. The above remark was made bv Mr. Charles A. Dana, the ed tor of the New York Sun, when interviewed in Paris. Mr. Dana may be correct in stating "any great fail in tbe price of wheat is no longer pcs^ib e," beca-use farmers have seen the price of wh*eat tumble down to bed rock fince the election of a Democratic administra­ tion, which was aided and abetted by the Sun. Mr. Dana is wr.mjr, how­ ever, in stating.that the consumption increases faster than the production " There was a surplus of wheat stocks throughout the vferld larger by 5-',- 000,(KK) bushels, J.yly 1, lss»4, than on the same date two years ago: larger by 65,000,000 bushels than three years ago: larger by «0,000.00 > bushels than four years ago: and larger by 8P,<M.O,- 000 bushels than five years ago, when the area planted to wheat was o,0U0,0J0 acres greater than last season s area. Mr. Dana should not be led away by wheat statistical theorists. He should study facts. Mr. Cleveland's Xervp. The Constitution contemplates that when the President wants to address Congress he dp it through a message, but Grover Cleveland treats this con­ stitutional provision with contempt. His latest method of influencing Con­ gress is wholly unprecedented, and re­ calls .Oliver Cromwell's treatment of Parliament. He assumes the right to dictate to that body what sort of a pass, prescribing with unheard of arrogance what con­ cessions must be made in conference. NOW THEY ARE HERE. -fms- ?3ll.LIONS OF LOCUSTS APPEAR IN SOME SECTIONS. Thirteen •If Lone Both the Seventeen Year and Tear Specie* Cone from Theli Beat Under the Ground--The Bout Be* tn»rkable of All Destructive Inteeta. Where Ther Will IM «ror=i. $hr. year 1894 is a peculiarly unfortu­ nate one for the farmers, in that it is the year for the appearance of both the seventeen-year and the thirteen- year locusts. There will bo no failure on the part of the insects to carry out the program, either, as both armies have already begun to arrive after a rest since 1877 or if81 according to the species. The floods in the We»t and the untimely cold weather in the East have tended to defer the coming of these buzzing armies, bub in almost all of the States they are beginning to form their lines of battle, and the peo­ ple apprehend the beginning -of the siege. All of the places overrun with the e two armies in 1877 and 18SI are alive with their songs or will be in a week or two, since all a'ong the' route of their last inva­ sion they planted their eggs in the branches of the trees. The Govern­ ment Entomologist's report of the lo­ custs' depioiations during those sea­ sons are used as horoscopes in which to read this year's probabilities. Accordingly, the 17-year brood will invade the whole northern part of the country, especially in certain sections, beginning in the vicinity of Schuvler- ville and Fort Miller, N. Y., along both sides of the Hudson, extending into Connecticut, across New Jersey, into Pennsylvania, striking Indiana, Michi­ gan, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, and North and South Caro­ lina. The records of 1825, 1843, 1860, and especially Of 1877 are abundant, stating the severity of the plague in all of those localities, and old farmers can remember their trails in those years. The dividing line between the two armies is about latitude 33 degress, ex­ cept in Illinois, where it takes a turn north, including that State in the ter­ ritory which the 12-year brood will visit. Southern Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Geor­ gia, North and South Carolina and Texas will all feel the Southern brood severely. Just how destructive the in ect is seems to-be a disputed question. The A SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCTHT. C n Britain Fiport Flour? It is suggested that British millers, instead of nustllng and jostling each other in the pursuit of little orders, in this iittle country, should look abroad for markets in which to compete with ths merchant millers of the United States, fc-eaing that British millers can often, though not always, command good wheat at a low rrice, and taking into account the excellence of the me­ chanical equipment of their m lis, there should be no insut erable bar to the exportation of British flour. But it must be lememtered that good La Plata wheat at less than ^Os. a quarter is not likely to be always Qn hand: the present position of the corn tra'e is absolutely without Dree dent. As for competing f >r the Brazil trade, we should have to meet there atriple hest of formidable foes from the United States, from Hungary, and Irom Ar­ gentina, f( r it should not be forg tten that that land not cnly produces gco l and cheap wheat, but is furnished with many we 1-equipped merchant mills.--The Miller, London. Cosmo-ol.tin Interests. The original concession for the Jaffa- Jerusalem Railway wa^ obtained by a native of Jerusalem. It was built by a French company, the engines and car­ riages manufactured in the United States, run «»ver rails made in Bel­ gium, and the most remunerative rart of the i astenger traffic is drawn from British tourists. Beitlizi 1 h'lr R under. The workingmen who voted them­ selves out of a job in November, ^92, are just commencing to realize their blunder. They are voting themselves into employment, however, just as fast as they possibly can, and what i-t more, they do not allow the smallo t oppor­ tunity to e cape.--Peoria Journal. Tli- l*«opl« Not In It. A tariff bill was finally framed to suit' the House, and now, after hard work, a tariff bill has been framed to suit the Senate. The next thing is to frame a bill that will suit the Presi­ dent. Framing a tariff brill "that will suit the people is out of the power of this Congress.--Kansas Citv Journal. entomologists insist that while under­ ground, though subsisting on the roots of trees, they ra"ely do much damage, and ihat during their life above ground their appetite is not ravenous; that the damage wrought is not in what they eat, but it is ihe puncturing of the branches of the trees by the fe­ males in making nests for their eggs They have a tendency to attack the topmost branches, and as a result t:ees suojected to their ravages speedi'y take on the appearance of those repre­ sented in the illustration in this ar­ ticle. In those sections where they have already appeared, however, the results seem to belie tne statements of the scientists, for the trees and nlants f n 1 even tho grain crops show discourag­ ing evidences of their ravages, in some fields in Eastern New York the locusts are found to average more than one t > the square foot, t rom a do»en to twenty of these creatures can be found on a single long blade of gras The locust has innumerable enemies, but all combined do not seem able to make any appreciab'e inroads on the vast hordes. The crows, sparrows and other winged gleaners of the fields feed upon them, as do the domestic xnirrf'i That Report. The country would like very much jo8t now to read the report of ihe com* mittee appointed to investigate the charges of bribery of United States Senators by the Sugar Trust. The committee has spent several weeks in the investigation, and it must have Kiissrwif ̂ reason why the committee should not say S3. The only inferences to be drftwii from th© f&ilu ^ of the COTTI- ; TV. A mittee to make a report are that the 1 12? !S™°crat^ ln Con?r?8s wel1 charges are true and that the retSt'« Tw haS thl® °Ur is being held back because it would! crp^tv- t f ^ grown 80 affeot the sugar schedule of the tariff I Chicago Inter Ocean. bill unfavorably, or else the committee I "The Poor Man's sajra».** is trying to shield the guilty Senators. ' . M Mr. Havemeyer were really as so­ licitous for the welfare of "the poor man," as he would fain have had the Then and Now. While the McKinley till "Was in preparation and passage, there were no c mmonweal armies, no idlenesj, no uncertainty, no depression, no reduc­ tion of wagt s, and no hard times.-- Louisville Commercial. Burned at the Stake. The Salvation Army in New Zealand has bce.n burning nove's at the stake. fowls and hogs. The Agrieultural De­ partment urges the farmsrs to turn their fowls and hogs into their or­ chards, thus insuring the destruction of millions of the female* before they can reach the trees. Once the insects reach the trees there is no preven­ tive. Lye, whitewash, sulphur, car­ bolic acid and a hundred other chem­ icals havo been tried in vain. Because of its peculiar habits the locust, or cicada, has provoked much superstition. The latter W on each wing is said by the ignorant to fore­ warn the coming of war, a superstition strengthened by the fact that the in­ sects anpearec in great numbers in 1-60, at the breaking out of the civil war. BAPTISTS IN SESSION. That Secret Caurns. >, A, , ., _ . 1 ----i »d nuuiu lam u»)« imj i>uo . ***? daily dispatche. fiom Washing- ] Senate Investigating Committee be- • W® show that the bill is not being ! lieve, he would at once cancel the se- framed by a conference committee at •11, but by a body unknown to the laws i i a very t mill oavt cret contract that now exists between himself and the wholesale grocers of the cimatry, whereby percent- "Kobber Baron*. Rev. Dr, Frank L Wllkins, of Ch'otfftV presented the annual report of the board of m^iagers. The report, which was a long document, referred to all the departments of the union. After dealing with the work Of the union the managers submitted a series of by laws by which the union can be incorporated in Canada or any State of the Union. At the afternoon session Mayor Kennedy cordially welcomed the delegates to Toronto. Among those who spoke during the meeting WAPA o.f Hiram B. Kwartz, of Wooster, Ohio* Dr. McArthur, pastor of Calvary Church, New York; Dr. Moorehouse, Secretary of Missions, New York; Drs, Mabie, Culley and Hall, of Boston; Dr^. < amb.-ell, of Georgia and Taylor, of Alabama, and Dr. Cranfil, who was the prohibitionist candidate for Vice President at the last Presidential elec­ tion. . HOT WORDS BY GORMAN* J ; « • mm Wm. m wmtm THE PANTHiON At PARIS. % FREES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BV LOCUSTS Eathnilum Manlfented When the Conven­ tion WIM (Called Io Order. The Bapti-st Young People's Union's fourth annual convention met in Ma?sey Hall, Toronto. The hall is a magnifi­ cent structure, capable of seating o,00D Sople, and was a gift to the city from A. Massey, one of Canada's wealthy manufacturers. The bmlding was taxed to its utmost capacity. At least 8,01(0 people tried to get into Massey Music Hall, when it could only hold 5,000. The consequence was that the Metropolitan Church was pre tsed into service in order to accommodate tho overflow. The first sign of enthusiasm was when the Maryland delegation, nearly 200 strong, entered the hall singing "Our Maryland." The whole audience rose and cheered the delega­ tion again and again. The Chairman, J. A. Chapman, of Chicago, called the meeting to order. He reviewed tne work of the past year and congratula­ ted the doleaatas on the splendid suc­ cess attained. Addresses of welcome were presented on behalf of Canadian Baptist societies by D. E. Thomson, Queen's Counsel, Toronto, and Kev. Dr. ttimoie II rris, , of Toronto. President B. L. Whitman, • Colby44<atveritty, Waterville, Me., i*e- 1 sponded. The i-peeoh was full of dec­ larations of undying good-will between Canada and the United States, eenti- 1 meats which were vehemently cheered. tm Bonding itiwn Body Lies, The Maryland Senator In Open Debate M»kx » H'ttcr At rank on the President. Washington dispatch: Never, per­ haps in the history of political parties in this country has there been a - Scene life that witnessed in the Senate Mon­ day. The ac­ knowledged cham­ pion of tho domi­ nant Darty in that body attack i n g in open debate be­ fore a vast audi­ ence his party leader and chief executive of the government was not only ssnsa- tional but it was dramatic in the SHNATOB UOITMAN highe t degree. Mr. Gorman, of Maryland, who had been a champion of Democracy for years in the Senate, and who is now the caucus leader and chairman of the partv steering committee, denounced ^resident Cleveland in a speech which lasted nearly three hours and which was remarkable throughout for its skill and its bitterness. The galleries wore packed to the doors, and so great was the interest in Mr. Gorman's speech that tho mem- berj of the Hou e flicked to the Senate end of the Capitol, and tbe Hr use, be­ ing unable to hold a quorum, ad­ journed. Mr. Gorman, with a frankness that amazed those prasent, discussed party secrets, opened the door to party cau­ cuses and flashed his search-light into t ;e dark corners of party history. The President was assailed with keenness and vigor by the loader of his party on the floor of the Senate. He defended the Senate tariff bill and its prepara­ tion, and charged that both Mr. Car­ lisle and Mr. Cleve and were not only awa e of the concession < made in that bill to procure iti passage through the Senate, but that Mr. Carli le had been consulted at every step, and that Mr. Cleveland had sanctioned all taat was done. Mr. Gorman was at his best. One by one l:e called Senators Vest, Jones, and Harris as witre ses to the truth of his statements. Then, having freed himselt irom all restraint, he told the inside hist ry of the conference over the tariff b 11. He even went back and told the secrets of the Mills bill and the St. Loui i and Chicago plat­ forms, and the demand made upon the National Democratic Committee' by the su^ar Senators in 189.'. His p. r cnal attack on the President was full of the most - ensational char­ acterizations. He told how ha had dared, when other men faltered, to walk with Cleveland through the "filth and slime of the campaign of l>-84;" how he and his colleagues had fought for tariff reform "when cowards in high places would not show their heads:" how Mr. Cleveland had- tried to "gibbet the Senate before the eyes < f the country," and said that hi? ac­ tion must be attributed to "consuming vanity"--an action that w?s echoed by those who "chirped when he talked." His referen.es to the Pieiident cre­ ated so much commotion in the gal­ leries, sometimes of approval and some­ times of disapproval, that tho pre iding officer was obliged rej eated y to cau­ tion them to preserve totter order. Mr. Gc rman wa-i listened to with rapt attention through ut his speech, a deep feeling of excitament being print­ ed on every face. Among those who listened most earne tly was bir Julian Pauncofote, the British Minister, who was in the diplomatic gallery. In conclusion Mr. Gorman practical­ ly warned his colleagues tha"< on the material points it must be the Senate bill or no bill. Mr. Whit?, of Califor­ nia, was the only other speaker of the day. While personally in la /or of free coal and iron ore. he. too, declared it to be the part of patriotism for the Damo.-rats to stand together for the Senate b 11. After he concluded the Senate aljcurced with the situation seemingly in a? chaotic a state as ever. PULLMAN S LIEUTENANT. Th'O*. H. Wlckes, a Farmer's Bor, tho Second Head of » Great Concern. Thomas H. Wickes, Second Vice President oi the Pullman Palace Car Company, who acted and spoke for Geo. M. Pullrran during the reeejit la­ bor troubles, is well known in railway circles. Wickes was born in Leicester­ shire, England, Au­ gust J8, 1816, and in youth received only the rudiments of an education. From the farm ho went in­ to a grocery, and then intj the rail- . THOMAS ii. WICKES. road business. He "came to America in 1866, Lving in Can­ ada for two yea-s. In 1868 he went to work for tho Pullman Company at East St. Louis, as ticket agent, and in 1873 was rofwle superintendent lor that di­ vision. Since thon his rise has been ra[ id. He lives in Chicago, has a fam­ ily, and won?erful executive Ability is his great characteristic. A Tbe Pantheon, or Republican Val- halia, as it has been called* where President Carnot's remains we;e laid Sunday, stands on St. Genevieve's Mount, in the Latin quarter, . the highest point in Paris, with the ex­ ception, perhaps, ot the hill of Monvinnrfre. Tho. firct, .ImlJd'.iik thayoccupied this mount sras « church, built by order of Clovis* the first of the Merovingian Kings, and dedicated to St Peter and St. PauL A religous community being after­ ward attached thereto, it became a celebrated abbey, where St. Gen­ evieve, the patron saint of Puris, was buried in 512. Tbe present ed­ ifice, which is a reproduction of the Church ot St Peter's at Home, was designed by the great Architect Sou.i ot The first stone wa$ laid, at the suggestion of Mine, de Pompa­ dour, by Louis XV on September (5, 1764. The cost of the building was defrayed by a lottery. During tho revolution t e chuich was seculariz­ ed and devoted to the same purpose as at present It was afterward re­ consecrated as the Church ot St. Genevieve, but on May 24, 1885, it was again secularized and placed, as a national monument, under the control of the minister of fine arts. The plan of the building is a Greek cross. The portico, to which a fliurht of 11 steps, occupying the whole breadth, gives access, presents a front of six outer fluted Corinthian columns, 60 feet in hight. These, with 16 internal column-, support a triangular pediment 129 feet in breadth and 22 in hight ' On entering the splendid building the visitor is irresistibly impelled to take off his bat, for, despite the absence ot the altar, and even of seats, the place seems to retain some­ thing of its whilom odor of sanctity. Attention is speedily attracted from the imposing proportions of the building to the frescoes, which are some of the finest examples of mod­ ern art in the world. All<the figures in these frescoes are life-size. Equal­ ly interesting are the vaults, which extend under the building *n an im­ mense series. In the center are two concentric circular passages, which thunder a triple echo to tbe slightest sound. During the Commune in 1871 the Pantheou and all the quarter were within an ace of being blown up. The Place du Pantheon, on account of its elevated situation, was occupi­ ed oy the Communists and transform­ ed into tbe most formidable strong­ hold on the left bank of the Seine. Numerous barricades were construct­ ed in the Hue Sounot and all the other streets leading up to the build­ ing. These thoroughfares were torn up and the paving and cobblestones utilized for the construction of the obstacles, which were further strengthened by the iron railingB which surrounded the church,beams, carts, and everywhere else that the insurgents could lay hands upon. Desperate men took possession of the surrounding houses, and camped and held high revel in the Pantheon,, in the convenient vaults of which tons of gunpowder were stored. It was resolved to sell the position dearly, and, if the worst tame ta the worst to Are the stock cf powder and blow themselves aud their assailants to kingdom come, or to whatever other place they happened to be car­ ried bv the force of the explosion. But one fine night the red legs scaled the badly guarded fortifications and spread over the city with such rapidity that the best-laid plans of the Communists were frustrated and tbe i'antheon, with other splendid monuments--notably the Louvre Museum, with its priceless contents-- which it had been their intention to destroy, was happily saved. Telegraphic Click*. BIRDSEYE W. ROUSE, one of the leading jurist^ of Northern Ohio, died of heart failu&. JOHN R. GODFROY, son of the last chief of the famous Miami tribe of Indians, died at Fort Wayne, Ind. AT Tiffin, Ohi^, Richard Billman was arrested, charged with forging his brother's name to a small n t j. RENE BAKER, 6 years old, anl Nellie Baker, 3 years old, died at Paterson, N. J., after drinking cherry leer. W. J. MARTIN, a Muncie (Ind.) glass-w> rker, drank two gallons of water on a wager. He died two hours later. E. E. WINTER?, a real estate man, of Munc'e, Ind., was sandbagged and rob­ bed of $4.20 oi%a business street of that t'jwn. FREDERICK F. LOW, Governor of California from 1863 to 1867 and a well- known pioneer, died at San Francisco. Be had large corporate and banking interests. BY the death of an uncle in England, Arnold N. Clements, of Springfield, Mass., becomes heir to the great En­ glish estate known as Silby Hall, val­ ued at £600,000. Monotony of Aspect. Many of the Chinese villages are constructed of mud, though a good quality of brick may be had for those who can afford it. Tbe houses have no outside windows and but one open­ ing, which is the door. Tbe oie ings for light are upon inner cou or back yards, and are without glass. The eaves are made to project so as ta keep out the rain, am in doing so, exclude much light as well. Blinds made of slats are sometimes used, and thin, light paper pasted over the slats serves to keep out some of the cold air and let in a littie light. Tbe houses are invariably one story high, and at the bottom of this custom is a superstition thathUh hous s would interfere with the spirits of the air ("Fung Chui") andoftsndthem, thus bringing disaster upon the house or village. A Chinese village has noth­ ing in common With those of this country; there are no gardens or lawns; tbe houses are compact, hud­ dled together, aud present from a distance the aspect ot a ineie dead wall. One peculiar aspect of Chi­ nese cities and villages is the absence of all steeples, spues or pinnacles of any kind. While Mohammedau countries have the mosque, with its flashing domes and graceful minarets, and European and American centres of population are marked by lofty towers and spires, Chiua is almost absolutely without any of those strik­ ing ar hitectural points. The result is great monotony and dullness of as­ pect Pretty Woman'a Way*. They were two women and they were on the last lap of a shopp.ng tour on the afternoon of bargain day. As they passed out from one of the big dry goods establishments the Pretty Woman remarked to her com­ panion: "When I am on one of my shopping expeditions I feel just as I imagine a man does who takes a couple of drinks and goes off on a i spree. The attractions of the shops I are too much for me. After the first j few purchases I become intoxicated ! through my vanity and love of pretty j things and 1 begin to run up bills. ' Here I have been tunning up bills all tho afternoon, and 1 guess I might | as well wind up and go to tbe hair- I dresser and have my hair fixed up." They passed on, and the listener could readily imagine that the Pretty Woman's experience would be quite as painful as those of the man who had gone on a spree, when her hus­ band, provided she bad one, and she was pretty enough to have . one, be­ gan to revive the bills.--Buffalo Ex- i press. GREELEY'S MANNg]|d BA& * Ho* They Were forfflTen for the 'It** • 4 Speech Me M*de Afterward*. Horace Greeley stories being to ' • order, In view of the unveiling of hts statue a short time ago, 1 will tell one that I heard in New Orleans. The genial old philanthropist went there after the South had taken him to her hea t in grateful recognition cf Mr. nrt.f.y,. on ..tho -iff?-- vis bs.il uGuu, uun Lhu pcopiG anxious to show him every attention in the if power. A dinner seemed to be tbe prop# thing, and the markets of New1 Or­ leans, than which there are few bet» ter in the world, were ransacked to make the occasion as notable for .its viands as for the distinction or ttife guest and diners. Judtre Walker, tbe veteran edito.* of the Picayune, presided; he was a gre'at gourmandlt and, alter the manner of trounuands, wished none of the tine po nts of the dinner to be lost to the guest for lack 01 commentary. \ "Mf. Greeley," said he, "these oys­ ters are the be-t that come to our market and we think thev vie with those of Norfolk. 1 observe that you - are not eating them." "Well, no," replied Greeley; "the truth is, I never could ubide shell fish," and he passed. Then came some delicious greet) turtle soup, which Judge Walker explained was prepared from the finest fat turtle the Florida bays could afford. "No, doubt, no doubt," was the reply in Greeley's peculiar whine, "but cold-blooded anitna^ are aii * abomination to me." The pompano, imperial l sn that it is, and fresh from the Gulf, was open to tbe same objection, despite Judge Walker's eulogy, and that, too, was passed. Mr. . Greeley barely tasted the accompanying Parisian dainty, and shook his head ruefully at the idea that anybody would im­ pair his digestion by eating cucum­ bers. Shrimp salad, another New Orleans delicacy, proved no more tempting; shrimps, he said, looked so much like worms that they always gave him the creeps. "Ah, here is something you will, like--a homely dish In name," said .. udge Walker, "but 3t for the gods. It is a Galicia ham." And then he went on to tell how the hogs from which these bams were obtained were fed only on chestnuts, niaking the flesh luscious and delict us. "Perhaps so; very interesting in­ deed," observed Greeley; "but do you know Judge, "that there issomuffe talk of trichina; nowadays that- i, wouldn't dare taste a bit of pork." The Judge gave up in despair. The only things in all of the array of dainties which had been provided which Mr. Greeley would eat were bread, potatoes and cauliflower, and he feared that he might be overload­ ing his stomach at that. But when it came to the speaking, although be had drunk nothing but cold water, he spoke as oue inspired, and with a fervor, eloquence, ' and tenderness that nobody at tbe table couict evez forget I Still in Doubt. f The cabin stood a sbort distance ~ from the mountain road, and as 1 pulled my horse up in front of it a woman hanging out clothes in tbe yard turned to see what 1 wanted. ; , . "You don't remember me," I safd» after saluting her. , • 'I i eckon not" she answered in 4 puzzled tone as she came down in the fence. "1 was here la t year to see Four husband about some timber, and took dinner with you." Her face brigbtene I immediately. "Oh, yes," she exclaimed, "I re­ collect how. Won't you git down an' come in?" "Thank you, no, but I'd like for see your husband." Tbe smile went out of her face In­ stantly. "He's gone," she said. 1 Aud you a e a widow?" I asked, th nking, of course, the man was^ dead. "Well, 1 reckon I'm a sort ur a one," she exjiained; *but I ain't shore whether it's a grass widder er a bay widder." I didn't understand, and told her sa "It's this way," she continued, ' da^ before yistiddy Bill run away witl^Sam Medderses' wife, and Pap and Sam an' my brother Jim has gone after him. Ef they ketch him, I'm a hay widder; ef they don't. I reckon I'll be a grass widder, anyway, till somebody comes along to take Bill's place." As I left that neighborhood before the gunning party returned, I don't know to this day whether it is grass or hay. "Murders in the Rue Morgue." The c mployment of an ourang- outang in the commital of these mur­ ders has always seemed to me one of the most original ideas in fiction with which I am acquainted,,until now, when I light upon an extract from the Shrewsbury ChronicH*, tucked away in the • •Chronicle" columns of the "Annual Bcgistef,!" Poe's story was published in Gifa- ham's Magazine for April 1841. What took place at Sh ews ury oc­ curred in July or August 1 **34. - At that time certain showmen vJa* ited the town with a "ribbed-faced baboon," which, it was afterward shrewdly suspected, had been taught to burgle, or, as the Chronicle puts it to *'commit robberies by night, and by climbing up places inaccessi­ ble to men, and thereby gaining an entrance through the bedroom win­ dows"--precisely the method of pro­ cedure adopted by Poe's anthropoid. In her bed 00m one night a Shrewsbury lady found the creature. She raised an alarm, and tbe baboon "inst ntlv attacked her, and with so much fury that the lady's husband, who had come to the rescue, was glad to let it escape by tbe window. " The ourang-outang of the l>ue Morgue makes a similar, though fatal, at­ tack when it is discovered in a ladfa bedroom there, and effects its escape by the same moans. It is, of course, possible that Poe may never have come across this episode, but it seena9 something more than probable that he did Anyhow, the coincidences - singular.--Sotes and Queries. Too MANY men, when ask d forvan opinion, try to decide-in favor of aii pftrtlfl# concerned- -- , ' tJ, f- ,Mi. •Sla