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A S A Harritoa as a lawyer--Begin- Hog Hi Career at the Aff of Twenty-one. Always a Hard, Pmbtont Warfcer- . Court of Pemeqrttic \b. ;trl la<8«k William WKIIUS, of Indianapolis, his first law Jpartncr, BjMxking of Harrison's early professional .•Career, says: ,, " I lormed liis acquaintance soon after he came «o 1113 city. He was nbo«.t 21 years of age, a "WhiU.<-ttaire»l, boyibh-leoking voang man, but tleasant in maimer, and it aid not take long to nd out liia superior intellectual qualities and elterling wor.li. It htimg>ne I that in tin voar .384i I ha/t receivid the nomination for C.erk of Jiariori County on the P.oples ticket. The •Sanvasa required a food deal of time, and ' 3 concluded to offer my young friend a „ ^partnership. 1 met him on the street «Qno day and told him I had some good •Clients and a fair } mr-ticf, and that if he would jgo Into the office and take care of the business •While I was <anvaa«ing for the office, we would «bare the profits. 1 think this was the only partnership agreement we ever had. 1 was de- • Seated for the office, i-o wet ontinuod the pra: ice i <0f the law together until the yeir ld>J < r 18 il. It is p'.eaaano to Ray that thrcu^h his assistance «nd ability as a lawyer we returned our clients and got new ores. 'J he truth i sour business was ..-<bf a quiet kind, 6i me colli ctions, a got d dt al of frobate business, and once in awhile a case that wltil the mettle of the young parrner." • "What impression did young Harrison make Among the lawyers • • * "He scon disclosed his admirable <>ualfcies as ' lawyer, qu < k of apprehension, clear, method­ ical surd logical in Lis analysis ft'.id ftdtemaut of Sir case. H© pos^ossei a, n vtur U faculty f ir get- tbe exact truth out, of a witness, either by a direct or cross examination. In tbis respect he ;: »aa .ew equals imyw here in tho profession, al- "*Vays exacting 1roi:i cour s and juries t eir c)os- • '<*st attention und interest in the cause, and v>hen •(the cause deraandcl, ill struiing the greatest 11-giowera of the genuine trntor. He was a hard i%orker, giving lo every case the lest of his skill - And labor, so that i e uever went lnvrepareJ, trusting to good luck or the want of ssiil or the negligence ol the ether side. He wi'spoor. Tue truth is, it was u struggle for bren i and meat Irith both of us. He bad a noble young wife, " Irho cheer ully shared with him tUe pltiiaea' and -^tmplfst stvle oi living. He did - he work al.oat Ills bo mo lor a long tiui > himself, an 1 thus m»le Ilia professional income, not largo, keep him in- - dependent and free from debt." • William Henry Harrison Miller, the - res nt •law partner of (ion. Harrison, said: "Perhaps • the greatest law argument made by the General in the Lieutenant Governor s case in the wiriter of 1886, before the Supreme Court of In­ diana. The case as one involving the gravest S-Questions of constitutional law, aud the rela ' Tive functions of the legislative, executive and judicial departments of the Government. The «IH had already in various phases been argi. el • two or three times by other counsel, and the anost elaborate briefs had been prepared and Jmblished on both sides. The even ng before ;llie final argument was to be begun the briefs ' -Were put ill Gen. Harrison's hands. With such : preparation as he could make that night an 1 -during the argument by oth;r counsel,, inolud- J ang Senator T> rpie and othe.s of the ablest in ilw Stale, he mads an exposition of the rela- ' .iilOBS of toe different departments of tbe Gov- 4rament to each so luminous end ]rrfound that, though the case was one enlisting on each aide the most intense partisan feeling, and though four of the five Judges were opposed to • *llm politically, yet a majority of the court Adopted his views and decided in his favor. In the brilliancy of his argument all others, learned and forcible as they were, palsd into in- aignlfleance." Illustrative of his kindness and broad charity, i well-known railroad man who has worked up i the humble walks of labor told this incident »y: ~ I was living in two rooms on the same si, withfn a door or two of where Gen. Ben­ jamin Harrison lived eighteen years ago. I did t>Ot kaow him or his wife then, as I had been married only a short time and had lately moved Into my rooms. My wife was taken sick, and Strangers as we were, the G?n;r.il frequently called at the door of our humble home to inquire -'As to her condition, und many a time Mrs. Har- mson brought to my wife dainties to eat and was 5 Always cheery in hor words. Poor and a stranger AS I was, it made an impression that will be Aleun in my mind as long as I live. Talk about 'laboring men not voting for General Harrison 1 No traer or mere sympathetic hearts ever beat than his and that of his wife for poor men, and 'for One, I'll be in at bis election to rejoice wiih Others." I HE BOLTS CLEVELAND. ̂̂ |L t Leader in the Oolorado Democracy • iMfi'- <&**•* Beaves tbe Party. ii- '[f'rcmlhe LeodviUe Democral.t : , : We mentioned the fact, a day or two ago, that > the Hon. George Q. Richmond, a stalwart leader the Democracy lor the past fifteen years, had dUolared his determination to bolt Cleveland and •opport tbs Republican nominee for President. ^Paragraphs at a similar nature are common to (wrtisan papers during the heated political cam- ' (wigns, and are not always as effoctive as they ' -Are Intended to be. Iney are not always as truthful as they should be. But in this instauco • >• *• are glad to find that Mr. Kiohinond's con- •; ><Hrersion to Bepublicanism i« even more pronounced than we Btated it to be, „ 'Apon the authority of his home paper, tha Pueb :o f 'hieftain. In a letter to the Chaii-man of the lemocratic State Central Commictee, Judge Richmond states his own convictions, and the , •Convictions of a thousand l«ss courag ous but ' lionest Democrats in Colorado, in the fol owing intelligent and wise manner : S, PUKIIIJO, Col., June 22,1B83. James F. Matthews, Denver, Col.: i> MY DKAB SXH--Your notice of a meeting of the • f>emocratic Central Committee to he held July 96, !• at hand. I was not aware that my name , tiMpeared as a member of said committee ; if so, it had better be dropped, and 1 hereby tender my vesignation. •• For you, personally, and very many others, I fcave unU mited respect, but for the Democratic . iowrtT I have none. I have severed my connec­ tion with the organization and transferred my - Affections and loyalty to the Republican put/. And from now on will be found with that co.iimn, if I can carry r torch. My faith in the sine irity <Of Democratic professions and platrorins has en­ tirely exuded, and I bid farewell to those things t loathe, i. e.. free trade, demoralized silver, and • Cleveland, and go to those things I most re--protective tariff, gold and silver as money, i expenditure of our surplus In tha Uci ed lies Treasury in payment of our national t'.ei >t, and for great national objects for whioh a war­ rant can be found in t.ie Constitution ; fn eiom jbrom Canadian seizure of American fishermen ; > buna rule iu Ireland, and for any man whom th<* Chicago convention may nominate. I am for New England and against Old Eng- laud--for America against Great Hritain or any And all foreign nations--for my country first, last, always. I prefer the lleimblu an club of America to the Cobden club of England. I reli h ' thaprodncts of American farms vudor protection, Jbot dislike the products of Knglish forms under ftao trade. I am opposed to any measure, callod i>y any name, that places wool, salt, lumber, i bemp, flax, poas, beans, cabbages, pota oes, ' asods, fruits, and vegetables on the free list, White England prott crs figs, prunes, tobacco, t.'a, raisins, coffee, cocoa, currants, plate, beer, wine, And spirits. I am opposed to Chinese cheap labor, and therefore oppose free trade that permits the . (raits of labor in China to come in competition : With the fruits of American labor. v.i I am for American labor, American form prod- Vets, American manufactures, American insti- ~£utlons, American fishermen-- anything and ev- «rything America produces that comes in com- iMtition with the products of foreign countries. Tinder a protective tariff, Bismarck says. "Ger- y fears nobody but God," and sucb is the 1 would have every American, native and bom, entertain of this United States. Pardon me for this long letter, but fearing you " -toight not understand me, 1 deemed it pr ;ilent to so write that my letter would have no uncer- -| tab wand. Bespeotfully yours, G. Q. RICHMOND. THE HERO OF RESACA. Ilenwal Hameoa's Heroism in the Battle --How He Became a 8oldier> ,' It was at Besaca that Col. Harrison's courage a soldier was tested to its fullest extent. His prigade lay under covor of the wotds. Orders : jww received during the afternoon of one day to wreak that cover and charge through a stretch of tOpen field to the crest, of a hill a quarter of a •tnile away to take a buttery whi^b was being Jisett with terrible effect upon the National farces. Col. Harrison's regiment was in advance, as the ranking Colonel, was at the head, lers were peremptory to charge at once, i officers were to dismount and go ou foot With the men. Col. Harrison only asked one Question of the aid-de-camp who brought hiin the harder. He said to him: "You are familiar with •• •/""'the field outside. I am not. WUl you go ahead With me alone, and show me thedirection of this ttery, for if I were to charge out now I would as apt to charge flank on it as anv other wav?" Dlonel Harrison walked out of the woods then With this officer. When they had barely left the •over a puff of smoke frcm a neighboring hill And a screaming pro ectile emphasized the indi­ cation swiftly made by the guide. Harrison in­ stantly waved hi3.sword to hia men behind bim, Abouted "Come on, boys!" and with the four reg- at his heels be ran toward the v trill, whioh now concentrated upon his column A most murderous fire, Between the woods Vi* ABd the crest of the h'U tha brigade lost i4M»e-thim nf is men in and Vroonded. After a spurt of very savaoe S? ̂ d<®/SEc^8 8ucceed?d in capturing the out- i llnetif tbs breastworks; bat between them ~tery Itself was a line of msurmount- and brushwood. Night tall before i; but itkelf was ta^en; bat daring the ' > ** * tmsMl At test for the crest <4 the rebels had withdrawn in the dis«i-patet)lient of Otess not a augls member it Harrison's disappointed at the reaatt. Mrs. Harrison thus whtsi the circumstances of General Harrison's snlistueat: "My husband enlisted in the army in July, UBS. Knowing Governor Morton tntimataly he went one morn­ ing in that month to consult him on some mat­ ter, and white then in oonsoltation the Gover­ nor said to him sadly that the call for 300,000 men by the President had been answered so slowly tnd with such reluctance that he did not know what would become of the country. There seemed to be no desire to go to the front and little patriotism to urge men forward. General Harrison Immediately assured the Governor that there was one parson in the State who stood ready to go at any time, and that he would be found at the front as soon as ordered there. Governor Morton thereupon asked bim to recruit a regiment, and without ever consulting his family be undertook the work and enlisted in tbe service of bis country. I knew nothing of it nntil he came home and told me about it. I told liim to go and do what he could to save the impariled flag. I thought it was his patriotic duty." HARRISON OX IRELAND. ha w#«$l eago, it it Chi- tliai the The Distinguished Statesman on British Tyranny--Coercion Denounced. Hearty Words ef Sympathy with ' :|ke Cause mf ll*me Bale. [From the Indianapolis Journal, April 8,1837;] It may be suggested that we are engaged to­ night in an act that savors somewhat of im- partiuenco--that the question of pending legis­ lation relating to Ireland, which is the subject of discussion in tha British Parliament, is no; a proper subject of discussion in an American town meeting. But the man wl:o rniik-a that suggestion doesn't understan 1 the scope anil p vers of an American town meeting. We all understand that the American newspaper is free to discuss every question. Tiiere id no limit upon this ) risilictiou. It cannot be suggested that it is impertinent, whatever subject it may discuss. Now, the American town meeting h*s just as brood a jurisdiction. We have no official representations to make to the British Gov­ ernment. They can take notice or not of what we do or say here as they please, but all the same we will exercisi the lib jrty of say­ ing it. There was a time when communication between nations was so tardy and difficult that America was separated iu its sympathy, but that time has passed. The electric current bai been put into service not only upon the land but across the seas. Mankind has by this rapid in­ tercommunication been tied together. The bonds of sympathy have been strengthened, mu­ tual interests have been enlarged, aud as an augnry, I believe in that time when this whole earth will be one commonwealth in sympathy and thought. No calamity involving the lives of men can happen now anywhere in the world, whether it be yonder in tho frozen north or in the south cape of Africa, that does not receive kiudly sympathy here, and if there is a call for help that it d< e* not stir the generosity of the world. I am not here to discuss the measures of relief for Ireland, I am not here to suggest that legislation should akeihis or that precis a form, but all here will at lea it agree that it should be progressive in the direction of a more liberal government for Ireland than uhe now has. We are not hero ti su-gest to Great Britain that she shall concede Irish iudepend- ence. The disintegration of nations is St> doin by Parliamentary enactment. When that comes it comes as the fruit and result of successful revolution. We are simply to say that, in our opinion as American citizens, what Ireland needs is not coercion, is not the constable, is not the soldier with musket and bayonet, but what she needs is liberal laws, tending to emancipate her people from the re­ sults of long centuries of ill govern­ ment, and that when the British Ministry starts in the di ectkm of coercion, and postpones suggestions for reform until that coercion bill has been enacted. It is traveling in the wrong di­ rection. It is not possible, in this age of the world, to govern a people as numerous and in­ habiting a country of such extent as Ireland by coercion. That period in tho world's history when men might b» governed by force without their con­ sent--their Inclinations coerced, their aspira­ tions for participation in government suppressed --is passed away forever. More and more the American idea that government rests upon the consent of the governed is making its way in the world. If it be trae that the British government finds difficulty in Ireland in impaneling juries that will convict any offenses there against the landlord, it is because it is deeply settled in the convictions of those people that, Those laws are egregtoastjr Wrong in principle and hurtful in their application. That people cannot be dealt with, haTlng that settled conviction, hy any . attempt Co oodrce thes4 sentiments, by finding anoihir jurisdiction and venue to try those offenses, and the Government becomes a failure when that becomes a necessity. We are not without experience in our own country at the close of the wfcr I unite with you as an American citizen la tbe expression of an opin­ ion, iu kindly advice to those who oppose the adoption of sucli measures as will win the Irish heart, and give to tbe helpless and poverty- stricken in tbe land of their fathers an advance­ ment that will in years to come give a glory that shall light the brightest years in her exist­ ence. AFTER GROVER'S SCALP. Hew York Democrats Who Will Vote &c tbe Serablioan fliAr didate. , [New York special.] New York State is good for at least 15,000 Re­ publican plurality this fall unless all signs fail. Already toe Republicans are alert and aggres­ sive, meeting argument with argument. The ticket nominated did not suit us generally as would some of the others talked of, but it is so for superior to that of the Democrats that the Republicans quickly wheeled iuto lin \ and by degrees the disgruntled ones are makirlg known their intention of supporting Harrison. The mugwumps still hold aloof, but with many of t h e m M r . C l e v e l a n d i s . . . . Thg nomination accomplished one _ _ _ cemented the party in this State again. Thus far but few Independent Ri publicans have ex­ pressed themselves as being hostile to the ticket, while, on the other hand, there are scores of Democrats who openly avow that they will not vote for Mr. Cleveland's Electors. This opposition comes mostly from the ad­ herents of Gov» Hill aud the admirers of the late Sec etary Manning. Probably more of this ta'k is heard about he<e because Mr. Manning was reui cd here, but nevertheless it show4 i he drift of t e tide. The manner in which the adminis­ tration used the late Daniel Manning and Gov. Hill their friends regard as outrageous, and prom­ ise to show their hands this fall, i^bany is a Democ atic city by 2.5J0, and naturally itB pub­ lic officials are of that, stripe. Still there are quite a few of these who < psnly state their intentiou of voting for Harrison for Presi­ dent and Hilt for Governor it the national administration d( esn't knock Mr. Hill out of the nomination. City Chamberlain Hills is out­ spoken. The Democratic Pfcalaux of this city, which always took un active part in polit cs, lie} dormant. It went to Chicago four years ago when Mr, Cleveland was nominated end to Washington when he was inaugurated. This year it has not hod a single meeting. It is com­ posed of influential Democrats who admired Mr. Manning. When ths phalanx went to Chi­ cago it wa* dubbed "Manning's Minstrels." Ti:e Hill men assert the Gov. Hill will run 25,000 ahead of tbe National Democ-atic ticket this fall. If that prediction should move true, then Mr. Cleveland will lrse th<? State by 23,030 votes. These men are particularly bitter on Mr. C eveland. They are in the majority in the Democratic State Committee, headed by Chair­ man Edward Murphy, ex-Mayor of Troy. Mr. Murphy was clipped by Mr. Cleveland, and naturally feels that he has a grievance, besides admirin Gov. Hill. Mr. Murphy, two vears ago, carried his Senatorial district, tlw Sixteenth, composed of itensselaer and Washington Coun­ ties. The district declared tar Blaine iu 188i by 3,4(Ui majority. Four years ago Albany County, after Mr. Cleveland had resided in it as Governor two voars, gave him but 746 majority, while in 1881. for Governor, it gave him tf,817 plurality. Han­ cock in 1880 received 3,000 plurality. Eris County, Mr. Cleveland's home, gave him, when he ran for Governor in 1882, 7,340 plurality, while two years later, when he was up for President, it recorded 1,490 against bim. The Prohibition vote, which was 40,000 at the last gubernatorial election, will not be so large this fall. "The vot3ra in this party, realiziug they are hurting their own and best friends by voting on candidates which cannot be elected, and thus aiding Democratic success, have in a great measure decided to vote for Mr. Harrison. The outlook for Republican success in New York, with Warner Miller as the party's candi­ date this fall, is most promising. MASSACHUSETTS MUGWUMPS. MOST of Then WILL Support IIhttImd FOR President. (Boston dispatch to New York Post (mugwump). Among the leading mugwumps here the opinion is quite general that the organiza­ tion of four years ago will not be bronght iuto action this year. Mr. George V. Leverett, one of the Executive Committee, 61ateh the case in this way: The mug­ wump organization was formed for the purpose of defeating Mr. Blaine. They believed that he personally was dangerous to the country and that the ideas which he represented arete a menace to the govern­ ment. They OtxaniltS to beat him. While there tu a chance that eessity for them lo keep up n separate organisation. They were united only on their opposition to Blaine. Some of them were protectionists and some were for a revision of the tariff. Their bond of union i3 gone with the nomination of Harrison, and they will doubtless act as they see fit on the nominations. Others of their number take the same view. Blaine is defeated, they say, and that |s what the mugwumps organized for: they can now divide as tney choose on the issues of the day. Harrison is a clean man, and the tight is not to be made on the charac­ ter of the candidates, but upon the princi­ ples of the platforms. TENNESSEE FOR HARRISON* . Oao4 Season to Expect the Stat* to Qs Republican This Fall. [Chattanooga (Term.) special.] Prominent Republicans in this State are sure of their ability to carry it for Harrison, providing a " campaign in the interest of protection and eliminating the bloody shirt be speedily begun and the fighting forced. These men base their belief ou two points--the growth of the BepubKcan vote and the strength of the old Whig element in jthe Volunteer State. In 1844 Henry Clay® carried it by 113 over James K. Polk, a Tennessean, and the old-time Whigs are growing as en­ thusiastic over Harrison as they were for his grandfather in 184(1. If a few of them can be induced to take the stump the ball will be put in motion and kept "a rollii|g on" with constantly increasing momen­ tum. In 1*70 the Republican Jvote was 89,300. In 1884 it had grown to*124,250 in round numbers. With the constantly in­ creasing immigration from the North it is fair to suppose the figures will now be much greater. Taking into account these Whig defections, which can be made large, and the steady growth of protection sentiment, as exemplified in the formation of clubs, it is not too much to say that Tennessee is nt least a doubtful Stata - KaLwajr Catechism. How many miles of railway ill" We United States? One hundred and fifty thousand six hundred miles. How muck have they cost? Nine billion dollars. How many people are employed by them ? More than one million. What is the fastest time made by a train? Ninety-two miles in ninety- three minutes, one mile being made in forty-six seconds, on the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad. What is the cost of a high-class, eight-wheel passenger locomotive. About $8,500. What is the longest mileage operated by a single system? Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system--about 8,000 miles. What is the cost of a palace sleeping- car? About $15,000, or $17,000 if "ves- tibuled." What is the highest railroad bridge in the United States ? Kinzua viaduct, on the Erie Road, 305 feet high. Who built the first locomotive in the United States? Peter Cooper. What road carries the largest num­ ber of passengers? Manhattan Ele­ vated Railroad, New York--525,000 a day, or 191,625,000 yearly. What is the avt rage daily earning of an American locomotive? About $100. What is the longest American rail­ way tunnel? Hodsac tunnel, on the Fitchburg Railway (four and three- quarter miles). What is the average coat of construct­ ing a mile of railroad? At the present time, about $30,000. Deserting the*l)emocraey. An insight to the tendencies of the times is afforded by this extract from the Baltimore Herald,'an independent paper which has heretofore shown very pro­ nounced Democratic proclivities: . "The real fight of the pending Presi­ dential campaign is to hinge not upon candidates but upon a principle. On the one hand we have the Democratic party planted unequivocally upon a platform that points directly * toward free trade and tne consequent exposure of ottr working millions to all the evils that af­ fect the laboring elements of the Old World. On the other we have the Re­ publican party standing out in bold relief upon a platform that pledges protection to the varied manufacturing interests of the country, which means the continued development of our material resources and the elevation of our laboring people instead of their degradation to the European level. This is the view which voters must take of the two parties, and the view which they will be likely to take in spite ot all efforts to give the canvass a tinge of sectional prejudice or partisan rancor. For the first time since the war we are to have a national contest fought out on a distinct, well-defined and well understood issue. It is protection on one side and free trade on the other." The one great issue of the campaign stands ont as conspicuous in the universal view as "Chimborazo rising from the plain." Political forces are all concen­ trating around it. That the Democratic ranks are already breaking is a promise amounting almost to a positive assurance of a Eopublican restoration, in the White House and in the House of Representa­ tives.--Cincinnati Times-Star. Despicable Democratic Methods. Gen. Harrison has received a number of letters making inquiry as to the truth of a charge made against him to the effect that in a public speech delivered some years ago, he said that "One dollar a day was enough for any workingman." This story has beeu sent all over the country in one shape or another, and tens of thous­ ands of postal cards containing the story have been sent into this State. The friends and supporters of Gen. Harrison state that it is an absolute falsehood, and the proprietors of the Journal have placed in one of the city banks $1,000 which that paper states "will be paid to any man, woman, or child producing the proof that Gen. Harrison ever uttered any such sen­ timent. This offer is unlimited, either as to time or pla e. It will be paid to any­ body who will produce the proof, whether living in Indianapolis, in Marion County, in the State of Indiana, or in any town, city, township, county or State in the United States or Territories, and at time."--Indianapolis dispatch. ' ' The Original Harrison Man. Mr. Charles H. Harris, "Carl Pretzel," editor of the Sunday National of this city, is to be credited with first naming General Benj.imin Harrison for a Presi­ dential office. In order to make the news­ paper suggestion more effective, Mr. Har­ ris wrote General Harrison on the sub­ ject, asking for a photograph of himself from which to make an engraving. Gen­ eral Harrison replied somewhat facetious­ ly that perhaps a published picture of him­ self would not be the best way to advance Mr. Harris' kind intentions. The corre­ spondence between General Harrison and Mr. Harris occurred in 1879.--Chicago Evening Journal. Will His F8 Doming in 18881 ? Is eight a lucky number with Harrisont Each of his names has eight letters. The first letter of his surname is the eighth letter of tbe alphabet. He was nominated on the eighth ballot, as the Republican candidate in '88. If he serves eight years he will then be the eighth Republican candidate elected to 'the Presidency.-- Minneapolis Star.' minmi •quotes." IfwUiiiii Kicks from a Klckljj Sheet. [Detroit Free Press.] The following extracts are taken from the Arizona Kicker: "TEN THOUSAND REWAHD^--On Tues­ day night of last week, as we v. ere pre­ paring to go to bed after a hard evening's work, some murderous wretch hurled a brick through the only window in our office. It was intended for our destruc­ tion, but that Providence wliic a watches over an editor as well as a sparrow, willed otherwise. It strrtck and knocked our bedstead to pieces, pied threplead adds on the stone, and then glanced off and ripped up several feet of flooring but left our person untouched. We were out of the office inside of ten min- ut&j, but the blood-thirsty fiend' had made good his escape. "We have been warned that we must go, and this is the seventh emphatic hint to stir our stumps, but here we squat. We don't vacate. We don't scare. We don't change our editorial course orje iqta. We hereby offer $10,- 000 vew'wd for information that will lead to'the capture of the dastard who attempted to assassinate us, and here­ after we warn the public that we shall sleep with a double-barreled shotgun across the foot of the l>ed. Any one coming to the office at a late hour to ask us to play a game of poker should stop at Scott's conner and whistle four times as a signal." CORRECTION.--Last week we had a brief item to the effect that Maj. Horn- back, our efficient Register of Deeds, had got staving drunk, destroyed a bushel or two of valuable papers, had two fights, and then gone home to smash his cook-stove and lick his wife. Next day Maj. Hornback called at this office and not only subscribed for the Kicker for himself, but sent two copies to friends in the East, paying us $6 in cash. "We therefore desire to correct the item of last week. The Major was not drunk. . It was simply an attack of ver­ tigo, to which he is subject. He was never drunk in his life, and a more ef­ ficient public official, or a kinder hus­ band and father cannot be found on the face of this globe. We shall make other corrections from time to time as the victims come in and subscribe." "SPECIMEN VENOM--This week we nail the lie set afloat last week by some of the venomous serpents on jackass Hill to the effect that we hail been re­ fused credit at Booker's saloon. No event of the sort ever occurred, and the story was set afloat to injure our com­ mercial standing in Chicago. It was a lie made up out of whole cloth, and as soon as we can locate the liar he'll be made to believe that'a double two-story house fell upon him." "REVENGE--Two weeks ago we had the pleasure of showing Steve Battle up tothis community in his true light--that of a jail breaker, incendiary, and rob­ ber. In revenge Steve waited for us in front of the Widow Chilton's house the other night, where it is well known we are doing a little courting with a view to matrimony, and as we reached the road he made a rush for us, crving out ihat he would have our life. \Ve were taken unawares, knocked down and pounded until we couldn't holler. As a result, Steve Battle has been run out of Ihis town with a rail beneath him, and warned that he will be hung if he re­ turns#1 We are able to be about again, and return our thanks to such friends as have sent in flowers, sausages, but­ ter crackers, codfish, and «ther memen­ toes. We expected a dozen wallopings the first year of our stay, and will prob­ ably get 'em, as we have averaged one a montlr so far. The worm will turn some day, however, and then look out! How Flies Walk on the Ceiling. It is curious how the understanding of many common and apparently simple things becomes modified bv fuller in­ vestigation. The explanation of how flies walk on the ceiling, as given in some of the old readers, was based on the theory that each little fly-foot was a minature air pump--a theory now re­ garded as fallacious. This supposed that the bottom of the foot adhered by suction to the glass, thus pressing out all air beneath it, and was held in place by the pressure of the air without. But flies have been known to walk on the inner side of a glass receiver of an air pump after all the air has been ex­ hausted, which shows that they do not need the pressure of the air to uphold them. Moreover, a microscopic ex­ amination of a fly's foot clearly disproves the "sucker" theory, for the foot cushion is covered with hairs that prevent all close contact with the glass. A later theory propounded by Hooke, was that flies stick to the glass by means of a viscous substance exuded from the hairs in their feet. This theory was thor­ oughly investigated some eight years or so ago by Dr. Rombouts who demon­ strated that it was only partly sound, for though these hairs do certainly exude on oily liquid, the liquid is not sticky and does not harden when dried, It is to Dr. Rombouts' experiments that science owes what is now regarded as the true theory of the walking of flies on smooth substances, that they hang on by the help of capillary adhesion--the molecular attraction between solid und liquid bodies. By a series of nice calculations, such as weighing hairs and measuring their diameters, and sticking the cut end of hair in oil or water to make it adhere when touched to glass, this scientist proved that capillary at­ traction would uphold a fly were it four- ninths as heavy again as it is at present. It is true that the foot-hairs are very minute, but as each fly is said to be fur­ nished with 10,000 to 12,000 of these we need not be surprised at what they can do. Reasoning from tliis theory we would conclude that flies find it difficult to mount a glass slightly dampened, be­ cause of the repulsion between the watery surface and the oily liquid ex­ uding-from the feet, and they are like­ wise impeded by a single coating of dust, because the interspaces between the hairs are filled with dust, and ob­ servation seems to show this to be the case. When we see a fly making his toilet, he is not, as we might suppose, cleaning his body, but his feet, so that they may the more readily adhere. Every one has noticed how quickly a fly takes flight, even when he has been dozing in the same position for half an hour. This new theory makes it easier to understand how he can so readily detach himself; for the air pressure theory and the "gum" theory both im­ plied more or less effort in releasing his feet from their involuntary hold.-- Inter-Ocean. ARSHNIC IN WALL PAPIER.--The fol­ lowing is said to be a sure test for as­ certaining whether wall paper contains arsenic: Take a piece of paper and pour upon it strong aqua ammonia over ft saucer. If there is any arsenic pres­ ent this will dissolve it. Collect the liquid in a vial or tube, aad drop in a crystal of pitrate ofsUvee. If thSM is yeUolr crystals will make their. appearance about the nitrate of silver. Atsenie&l green, when washed with aqua ammonia, either changes to blue or fades. * » Science and Superstition of Fishermen. The fishermen of the Long Island and New Jersey coasts are a queer set. A reporter asked one: "When going on a fishiqg trip--I mean, of course, deep sea fishing--how is it that you can tell exactly where to set your nets or to cast your lilies ?" " That's as easy as smoking your pipe. You see a rock or a bank is situated ex­ actly by the compass in a certain bear­ ing or locality. Well, we can Cell just as well without a compass and it is very simple. Suppose the fisliing-ground is ten, twenty, or thirty miles from the lahd. We sail in the direction of it until we get two headlands in one, as it were. Then we can tell to a dot how far we are out, and consequently we know where the fishing bank is, but we sail @n until only one of the headlands or banks is visible; that gives us so many miles, just as exactly as if you measured it with a tape, so that we know just where we are. A high church steeple, a lighthouse, or a land bluff, all tend to show the accustomed eye of a fisherman where he is." Then it isn't true that you can tell by the water?" In some cases we can, but as a gen­ eral rule our land bearings are the most reliable." There is no emergency that would compel a fisherman to make any repairs on Sunday, either in the sail depart­ ment, rigging, or hull of the vessel?" Experience has taught us that Sun­ day must be kept. If you drive a nail in a piece of the wood of your vessel on Sunday look out, for that is what 'we call nailing the trip. Should you mend your sails the first wind rips them again, and if you fix or mend your rigging it will oome down on your head and ears the moment you go out. I have my­ self had sail needles break in my hand when I attempted to sew on Sunday. That was when I was a youngster and thought it would be a big thing to defy the rules." I fail to see what there is ominous about turning a hatch upside down. How on earth can such an insignificant proceeding prove of any consequence ?" Land-lubbers fail to see a great many things, but we old tars know our busi­ ness. Why don't you ask me about your own superstitions? You won't walk under a ladder or a string; you have a dread of anything that numbers thirteen; you won't cross the line of a funeral procession; you won't look at the new moon over the left shoulder, and all that kind of thing. *A fisherman cares nothing for such childish whims, and yet you call us superstitious. I've got you liere, my lad, this time. You ask any fisherman, if the hatch falling up­ side down is not a sign of the worst kind of luck, and if he says no, why, I'll eat my hat. This is one of the surest signs of all and the fellow who does it is sig­ naled out as unlucky, and I'll bet drinks for the crowd that the skipper of any sailing craft, from a full-rigged ship down to a Smack, would swear like a trooper should he hear of it. I want you to understand one thing: it is amis- take to think fisherman are supersti­ tious.--New York Mail mid Express. The Conductor's Romance, out with me a moment while we pass slowly at first and gradual! faster through the street of an ol1 fashioned town. You will observe that the dapper Pullman car conductor, with liis blue uniform and gilt buttons, is also on the rear platform. Very proper, indeed, you say, for the conscientious conductor to be keeping a lookout for that second section of our train. Well, I didn't insinuate that the con­ ductor was misbehaving himself, but I must disabuse your mind of the concep­ tion that he is looking for nothing more interesting than a locomotive and train of cars, whidh the admirable block system of the Pennsylvania road is cer­ tain to keep at a safe distance from us. He didn't button up his coat just now and brush it; he didn't set his cap know­ ingly over his blonde bang, or pull up a tag of his white handkerchief so as to set off his manly chest, for the purpose of impressing you or me. Now please keep still and see what our good-looking young guardian in blue is up to. He is on the platform with us--that is, he has one foot on the platform and one foot on the first step below it Now oomes the critical moment! Did you see him lift his cap? More, did yon see that graceful girl leap out from a doorway, shoot a sheaf of arrows in a second from her eyes, wave a hand­ kerchief and -dart back again into the old brick house with its white portico of wood ? A romance on the rail to be con­ tinued, perhaps to the altar) from'day to day. That is all.--Pittsburgh Dis­ patch. Hyp, Hyp, Hurrah. A scientific writer, speaking ol the different processes employed for pro ducing hypnotic sleep, says "the body often presents hypnogenic zones, sim­ ple pressure Upon which will often produce hypnosis, as also will a violent blow struck upon a gong near the ear of the subject." He adds that "it is very difficult to produce hypnotic sleep in old men." It may be so, but when all these other processes fail in the case of the old man, try a doctrinal sermon on him. If "seventhly and lastly" buzzed near the drum of the ear doesn't keel him over, then he needs the hip- joint operation performed on lum stire. Bob JBurdette. " .'VlptV , Fast Eating. - / An Austin gentleman, Col. Dawes, made arrangements with Uncle Mose that the latter should oome to Daws' house, when that gentleman was at home at dinner, and take a desk in his cart down to Dawes' office. Dawes waited, but no Uncle Mose or cart appeared in sight. Finally, however, he turned up. Look here, you are an hour late. I finished my dinner an hour ago, "howled Col. Dawes. Yer doan suppose me an' my mule ken eat our dinner in de same time hit takes you an' yo'r family ter eat yo'r grub, does yer?" was the unsatisfactory reply.--Texas Si/tings. A KAN who went from Arkansas to Colorado ten years ago, broken in health and poor, won $100 at "poker," invested the money in a mine, and is now worth several millions. This shows the value of the knowledge of poker over a college education. A man who knew how to speak all the dead and living languages might have gone to Colorado, broken down in health and pocket, without accumulating enough money in ten yens to pay his own funeral expenses. --Norris town HeraM illy sld- s BASE-BALL Orfe*go and Detroit Binds in the Rmoe for League Pennant the The Team Beoords--Work of the _ | f 4 t̂aaident Spalding's Ans- I tralian Tons. i'*.*>• £ FCHICAOO COIWKSPOKDJWC*.] V' Anson's team still leads tfce I<e*gue teams in the pennant race, and dMptU the predictions of ita rivals that it could not long continue the pace it had set, is playing better ball just at present than it has played Since the season opened. The work of its as a whole is unequalled by that of any other team In the country, while no possible combina­ tion of adverse circumstances seems to render ineffective the work of the youn? outfield which Anson has so thoroughly drilled and developed totwone of the most formidable in the league. Chicago has a likely team," said Jim Mutris, f13?*?11®®1 of the *•* York Giants, at tbe out­ set of the season, "but it is lamentably, if not fatally, weak in pitchers," and yet Mutrie would probably be *Hling to pay a good romtd nriM to-»iay for Kroek, Baldwin, Van Haltren. Bor- < hera, or Brynan. The latter, in particular, is a valuable man to Chicago. Considering the lim­ ited experience he baa enjoyed with Chioaff against league batsmen, he has shown up r> markably strong, while Krock, if he continue* to improve aa he has done during the past si* weeks, will be ranked among the eminent pitch­ ers of the league by the close of the present season. Borchers has not shown up quite as strong as the general public expeoted. A seemingly un­ conquerable nervousness, however, is his chief shortcoming, and if he can overcome this he wiU probably show himself poBseaaed of all the re­ quirements of a competent man in tho box. As to Baldwin and Van Haitren, they are a pair that would strengthen greatly anv team which they might cast their fortunes with. It is unfortunate that Baldwin havo been disabled just as he was beginning to show such marked improvement in hia work, but he lias rt*- joined the team in Chicago, and will doubtless be in shape to resume practice before onothei week has pas sod. Van Haltron is the same quiet, unobtrusive player that he has always been since the time be loined the Chicago team. He is a hard worker and conscientious player, and a great left-handed pitcher. Detroit is playing a strong game, but has been in hard luck of late. She is but a few-points be­ hind Chicago, and the struggle between the two for the pennant promises to be an interesting The return to Chicago of Mr. Leigh Lynch, the efficient agent engaged to visit Australia in the interest of the base-ball tour through that ooun- try which Mr. A. O. Spalding will undertake this next winter, has enabled that gentleman to make bit arrangements at once, ana to lay out his programme as far as naming the date for start­ ing. etc., is concern id. The details, as fixed up, include the departure of the tourist party from Chicago on October 90 by special train for Son Francisco, the visiting teams playing exhibition games at the principal cities en route to San Francisoo up to November 1/5, on which date they take their departure on the steamship Almeda. They will stop for a couple of days at Honolulu, where they will play an exhibi­ tion game before the King of the Sandwich Islands and his court officials. From Honolulu the tourists will prcceed to Tutuila, in the Sainoan Islands, where lhey propose to show the natives sua European residents tho attractions of the na­ tion 1 game. They then go to Auckland, New Zea'and, where an exhibition wiU be given, and from there they proceed to Sidney, New South Wales, where the Australian campaign of the American ball-players will really begin. The schedule of games calls for a series of exhibition contests to take, plase at Melbourne, Adelaide, Ballarat, Sandhurst, Hobwrt Town, Launceston, Orange, Wagawaga, Gel.mg, Bathhurst, Bris­ bane, Newcastle, and other towns. The party propose returning home on Feb. 23, when they will leave Melbourne on the steamer Mariposa, landing at Dunedin, New Zealand. They are ex­ pected to reach Chicago on April 1, 188.com­ pleting a journey of 30,030 miles, tbe k>nge«tevar known in the history of baae-balL Tesm Kecordt, The batting and fielding records to date of the eicht League olubs are shown inths annexed table: Detroit Indianapolis Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia Ffttsbuigh... Washington umm. 801 .280 481 .'233 500 . 249 nxiJHire. 9576| 808 380 8 98 3400 S50J «4i am) as* .m .874 Work of the Pitchers. The following table shows the work of the League pitchers since the opening of tbe season: Pitchers. Dkaoft. Chicago. New York. Boston.... Phila Pittsburg.. Ind. Wash...... e££:*$»V« r P. Conway. Gruber Getzein -- : C. Baldwin..,....;... Brynan .-... Van Haltren......... Borchtrj Byan M. Baldwin Krook ' Wei dm an I Welch. Keefe Titcomb . (Crane |Madden Clarkson...^. Sowders Ralbourn [ B. Couway | Gleason Sanders . Casey Buffinton [Tyn&f f Morns I GaUi t Stalsy Knell... MauL : Bhreve.... Bovle Healjr. Moffe.t Q'Day <JilTio» Whitney Daily .... I'J 11 1 3 11 3 3 6 13 1 0 13 8 1 5 .5 11 3 1 6 1 8 13 1 0 12 4 1 1 0 12 15 2 0 X 412 115 I S l t w 96 17 64 IS s 5J 8 9 19 30 9 14.50 35 12.06 48 2.52 27 3 . ' 8 13 |S.25 25 12.27 04 2.5u 30 12.40 32 14.00 6 3.00 [2.33 1.70 3.05 7.5J 2.5J 3.00 2.00 2.25 2.11 1.52 2.70 4.00 3.50 1.41 2.00 2.50 4.31 5.00 1.00 4.00 4.69 2.47 3.00 4.14 2.69 05 15.91 23 1.64 '&} AM Diamond Dust. Total Attendance at the Fourth of July game*. 17,000 people. Chicago should hive won the afternoon game. That it did not dJ so was a disappointment to many. Tommv Burns' great hit in the first inning won ; he morning game for tha Black Stockings. It was one of the many instances this aeas.n when the clever little third baseman has "baeu there" when most wanted. \ Two thousand people, at the lowjest calcula­ tion. witnessed the games from adjacent win­ dow,; and housetops. -Van Haltren Ailed the box for Chicago in the afterniK n game, and would have pitched a win­ ning game but for the errors of Farrell, Pfoffer, and Williamson. Byan played a perfect fleld'ng game in both Fourth of July contests, and male a clean hit in each game. No such demonstration has ever been seen upon the heme grounds as that whioh took pjpee whmi the Chicago second baseman tijd tha af­ ternoon game in the seventh inning bv a cleverly executed safe drive past short, ajoring Farrell *nd assisting Anson to cross the plate. The crowd was r.p in a minute, and such a tossing of hats and canes, such a wild and ear-destroying burst of shrieks and hurrahs never before dis­ turbed the neighborhood of tta •< t park, l'lug hatd flew through the air like snowballs, ana men wept becflu*e thsy could not make more noise than their neighbors. HARBY PAT.MKK, Dramatic Art in Chicago. The great company of comedians at McVick- cr's tine temple have given an admirable per­ formance of the "Road to Ruin" during the past weei, und will appear in t he standard comedy. "Speed the Plow," daring the present week. On July Zi the long promised production of £haks- peare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" will occur, with a special dramatic and musical cast. Sehleg-d's lecture ou dramatic literature speaks as follo ws about this famous comedy, which ia to receive at the hands of Manager McVicker its second production in Chicago--the first having been given about twenty years ago by the same nuuKiger: "The fairy world here described resemble those elegant pieces of arabesque where litttle genii with butterfly wings rise, half embodied, above the Power-cups. » • * Tha different parts of the plot--(the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Oberon aud Titenia'o quarrel, the flight of the two pair of lovers and the theatrical maneuvers of the mechanics --are so lightly and happily interwoven that they seem necessary to each other for the formation of a whol". Theseus and Hippo yta tiro, us it wera, a splendid frame for the pictures ; they take Bo pare ̂ the tction, but surround it with a stately pomp. F-ramus aud Thisbe (Bottom aM Quince) ia not unmeaningly chosen aa the gro­ tesque play within a play ; it is exactly Ilk* tbe pathetic port of the piece, a secret meeting ot two lovers in the forest and their separation by MI unfortunate accident, aud closee the whole with tbe most amusing parody. "~-L«tUr from Chicago. •M'. --At the meeting of the Executive < Baittee of the Illinois Annual Historical Society, held in Rev. W. H. Wilder, President of nois Wee ley an University, wa* choMn to deliver the animal aermon at Springfield in September, and plans were perfMMN| for preserving the woTks of the society and for the purchase of the collection ovned <by the Bev. James Leaton. --William Reftdleman, a lad 18 year* age, committed snicide in Colona by shooting himself. It is supposed that he set fire to Studmaster's premises on July 4, and this led to his stuoide. --James Hankinson, vice president of the National Association, has issued the call for the first annual convention of the Illinois Swine Breeders, to be held ill De­ catur July 26 and 27, on which occasion officers will be elected and breeders of thoroughbred hogs will make a show and open an examination of judges to be qual~ ified to mark hogs on the same plan M chickens are scored at country exhibi­ tions. The employment of three judges is to be done away with at fairs, and the State Association will qualify and appoint single judges to do the work. A large gathering of swine raisers is expected. --In the. MeDonough County Circuit Court James Oribble £&* brought suit for false imprisonment against City Marshal UpdegrtUfcaad Policemen Brooking and Webb, .taking $5,00a. damages. The" phuntuihifca» arrested for vajjXQncy and loclced up, bttil beingfafuseA, although ha had over f 100 in his pocket at the time* At the trial he was acquitted. --The large clothing house and jewelry store of M. J. Schrader# at Duquoin, was entered by burglars and $200 or $300 worth of fine clothing and jewelry stolen. The thieves tried hard to get into the jewel and watch chests, but could not make it. They were very choice in what they took, and nothing but the finest sum­ mer suits and best jewelry .were taken. An envelope was found on the floor tiu* may prove a clew. This is the f«D<k tiitae Mr. Schrader's store has been lfai£ glarized. '--Dr. C. Stoddard Smith, of Chicago, has been appointed by the Governor# dental examiner, to succeed 6. V. BIMI ̂ of Jacksonville, whose term has --The wife and child of Albert Noe, a baggageman of the Burlington Road, re- _ siding at Monmouth, were seated near the open door of a luggage-car, when a sudden lurch of the train threw them out. : Both sustained serious if not fatal in- ~ : juries. ̂ --Prof. Rae, pastor of the Baptist ̂| Church of Lincoln, and wtll kaoiSit : ; throughout this and other States as one ; of the most eloquent pulpit orators of the church, died at his residence after abort illness. •--Oscar salesman, attempted to murder hie wife at Champaign. Frequent quarrels be- _ tween the two led to a recent separation. ' Fisher visited his wife and deman^ai| •:% possession of their child. Upon beb ̂ v.; refused he procured a revolver, an4 |aat as he was leveling the weapon a st^nder interfered. Fisher wag. in jail. ' .... --Emil Garrauld, a farm hand at Cher­ ry Valley, was overcome with the heat and died within three hours. Before death his body turned entirely black. - ̂ --The Governor has commuted the tence of John Woodruff, who was down from Chicago in 1885 for five for robbery, and he has been released from prison. William V. Scott, the CbicafO wife-murderer, who was received at the prison, has not yet killed luinself or com­ mitted any desperate act, as he had: threatened to do if sent to prison. X{e was put to work in the stoneshop. The • following-named Chicago criminals' terms have expired: Oliver Buekner,. Billy Carroll, Herman Hurst, Jim John-, son, Faddy Kelly, Gus Luther* Jack O'Connor, and Chet Smith, the dramatis- agency man, who was sent down for a year charged with conspiracy to send, vir­ tuous girls from Chicago to the den* •!< Hurley and other backwoods resorts. --The celebration of the Fourth at the Jpliet Penitentiary .was a repetition of the holiday sports inaugurated by Warden McClaughry several years ago. The east yard was roofed over with canvas and and decorated with flags and Routing. Dancing platforms were erected and a brass band discoursed lively music from a stand near the east cell-house. At 9 o'clock in the morning the 1,500 convicts were marched out of their cells into the yard beneath the cool shade of the canvas. Maj. McClaughry made one of his nice littlo speeches, and then ordered the men to break ranks and have all the fun together they could until the noon honr, when they would be locked up again and stern priaen discipline resume its sway. The scene which followed was very interesting. Tha 1,500 men broke ranks with a yell of joy --a yell that came from throats, that have hkd to remain silent since last Fourth. Dancing, singing, handshaking, walk- ttrounds and tumbling was the .order of ; the dey. The Monro9 Cameron family of Scotch Bingers and dancers were present and amused the convicts with their fine dancing. The prison orchestra, composed* of fifteen convicts, furbished the music, and it was first-class. Everything passed off in the most orderly manner. Over in one corner of the yard, in the ceol shade of a high building, were gathered a gronp of distinguished- looking conviets. Seat ad on an empty barrel WAS big Dan Wren, and about him talking in subdued tones and whispera were Harry Varnell, John E. Van Pelt, Mike Leyden, Mike Wassenttan, Adam Ochs, and Farmer McGlaughrey- The latter seemed to be the happiest one in the party. The three Anarchists--Fielden, Schwab, and Xeebe--also held a reunion, and for three hours examined each other's necks, talked over the fate of their fel­ lows that v.ere hanged, and congratulated themselves upon being alive and 'well, although inmates of a prison. At noon a hearty dinner was provided, with cooling drinks of lemcnade and buttermilk, and each convict was given tkrw « Aw eigare. --Alexander Hill, of Decatur. esJfafar and President af the Decatur Bank, died apoplexy, aged fit.