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>UftK» ANDTHX RKAP£^8. d**a jr?ii>Rntni.L. * led to bis rottixjra: * % t luid (tickle , ' V- Vm th««rtiiu from the _np^o«l», v. from the inefUlown K<Wli \ oil of the ntifli-.^lnU n)*»Mhei», JKlk.aalt iuM foiuui : ffubet- the sedges „ | tarnUb the bajrwwt-h.iW - i thft 1nl>orer« cried: "O mastor, * s !; mill bring the® t lie yellow grain ..^tWavop on tho windy hill-side, i> Andjtho tetufcr ^ras* i'rom the jilivlr hit that which Bitrintf* on the It Hty BOd harsh an<l thin, SOiflW'thewweet i*ei<l gmtmes, . ^ . s j ̂W« WiU not'gathi r it in." ̂ 4y, | t »U» Uw> master an Ul: "0 foolllifclt « #W manv a wesrv day. w.Mwoflrfi Btonn mill drought, ye h*v»jadored * .V.T Jar tlw (Train and tho frugrmit hay. v thmt Jen crown in fruitful, •is,. And brcezos of summer blow TB^irpre these, i >.i the sun tuid the dews of HMvsi, , Have ripened soft and slow. £ ' > *ftBat out on the wide bleak raartb-liuid • "tik, Rath never n plow been set, V-v ^ Und with rapine and ra^'e of hungry WKVM •. . | The shivering soil is wet. . "SPherfe-flower the pale green Hedges, And the tides tnat ebb and flow, ' !*s4Uid the biting breath of the nea-wi - Are the only care they know. .......... Unto the master's hand. ' «o shall ye all. O reaiwa, '*•'" Honor them now the more, . j";- • Jlnd garner-io glAdnesti, with MBg«tnd-fwlw, J.a. it'" The grass from the desolate ahors." t-y i ••V£V; CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE; w»« Mysterious . Murder ai t Silverton, j BY EDWARD ROSS. I? The case of the State vs. John" Luff %-as the sensation of the day -when I i v . .landed in Silverton. V; My visit to this rough mining town * •. ."%as a matter of business, and I was fX somewhat annoyed to find that the peo­ ple were inclined to talk about nothing ' frat the killing of Henry Saxon and the i$rial of his murderer. But the story of the crimo interested u" 3#ae in spite of myself. The murder had Iff-Occurred in the Metropolitan Hotel, the . Very house in which I had engaged a xfjoom for a week. =« . >'.I, The scene of the killing was the room '> t.»ext to mine. Several days before my , J*rrival the room .was occupied by John ^ Xuff an(l Henry Saxon, two well-known •porting men, who had been making •' ;> 3Bilverton their headquarters during the J - 'printer. The two were chums, but , . .Sometimes ' they quarreled in their ps, and it was no uncommon thing or them to fight. After adjusting their "erences, however, they generally tumbled into the same bed and slept like brothers. Their last quarrel had Ji£ fatal termination. After a bout with *hei.r fists in the hotel office they retired to their room. Later in the night a iioiid shout caused several of the guests *<o rush in, a»d they saw a spectacle that froze their blood. On the bed was Stretched the lifeless form of Saxon, i^ritli a crimson current running from his „jfcreast. By his side stood Luff, one liaud still bloody and his manner be- . graying ungovernable fear and excite- «oent. ^ The Silverton miners and tradesmen "Were not long in coming to a conclusion. The coroners jury made it out a case of .Willful murder, and fastened the guilt "Jlipon Luff. It was in vain that Luff ex­ pressed his horror. He declared that afionie one had entered the room. -Awakened by a noise, he placed his •Anod on Saxon and felt the warm blood Rowing from the wound. Springing to 3us feet he turned on the light, and * hen he saw his dripping hand and the xdead body of his friend he gave a fren- -dded cry for help. Of course, noimdy believed his story. /STo make the matter worse, a small dag- fer belonging to Luff was missing from « usual place on the mantle. It was only too evident that the murderer had .•tabbed his' friend to the heart with his 3*retfpon, and then had concealed it. "The room was searched, but the dagger would not be found. Doubtless Luff t*ad thrown it into the street, where it liad been picked up by some unknown \3peTson. . • . There is little delay about frontier stice when a victim is wanted, and in is instance the whole town clamored Jfor one. Court was in session, and kludge Pike shared the general excite­ ment. He was one of the guests at the -^Metropolitan, and the fact that his room *-&s opposite the one in which the mur­ der was committed naturally increased *3bis interest in the case. With Judge Pike on the bench there *was little doubt concerning % result. • An indictment was found in no time, ^jind the trial opened on the second day ;*®f my stay in Silverton. ^ The defendant's attorneys worked for ^ttelay. They hoped that a protracted '•trial would have the effect of cooling ' ijhe hot excitement of the hour. I spent the first day of the trial in the -«ourt-house, and watched the defendant 'closely. Luff had a rather good face. •It was weak, but not vicious, and, as I •studied him I found myself sympathiz­ ing with him. That night I had a singular experi. <«nce. Alter supper, I spent a couple of dhours in Judge Pike's room, and it did ."not take one long to come to the con- clnsion that his Honor was a peculiar mail. There was something wrong 'fcbout him. He could not be called a £rank, but his nerves were evidently oftt *-of order, and it Occurred to me that he >iias liable to break down at anv time - ft was past midnight when I awoke. J fThe moonlight streamed into my room, * inaking every object in it plainly visible. ^•Feeling thirsty, I left my bed and went ^Jbehind a little screen in the corner of .the room where the washstand stood to Jget a drink of water. While I was there *>11 heard the door open softly. This was surprising, as the hotel was a rude jaffair and very few of the doors were ^provided with locks and keys. The ^thought of Saxon's fate made me a little ^timid and I remained quietly behind the screen, awaiting further developments. To my utter astonishment, who should •»entefr the door but Judge Pike. My first impulse was to speak, but "what I saw silenced me. The Judge ^was in his night clothes. One look at ibis face convinced me that he was asleep. / -In his right hand lie carried a dagger. What was I to do with this somnam­ bulist? It would be dangerous to awaken him. I decided to waite and v,- Jroteh.. stealthy steps the Judge ad- Tanoed to the side of the bed. He felt OMltiously with his left hand until he in the covering, and then, ,pidity of lightning, he drove into the bedclothes up to the did tot - tarry a second, but sd ̂ ftom the room, closing tiim Aasoo^t 1 could I barricaded the with several pieces of furniture. Iaat down to think the matter tbe Judge was a somnambulist, there WAS no telling what he might do. Worse than that, there was no telling what he had already done. I thought of the Luff case. Could *it be ]tossibie that Judge Pike in one of his sleep-walking fits had killed Saxon V It looked very much likd it. And the dagger? Perhaps it was Luff's missing weapon. "I will make this thing public," I said to myself,' and I proceeded to dress. But I soon changed my mind. My 4MQsupi>orted testimony would not be regarded. Judge Pike was a grave, dignified man, past middle age, and ha was greatly respected by the miners. It would be folly on my part to tell any one of my adventure. The second day of the trial developed a strong case against Luff; as strong a case as circumstantial evidence could make it. In the meantime, I j>erfected a plan which I hoped would lead to sur­ prising results. My room-mate that night was Dr. Hinton, one of the oldest and wealthiest physicians of the place. The Doctor was a popular man. He had been mayor of Silverton, and he was. moreover, a life-long friend of Judge Pike. I could not have selected a better man for my purpose. Again the moon floodod the room with light, as oh the previous night. I ar­ ranged the bedclothes in the shape of a human figure, and stationed myself be­ hind the screen with Dr. Hinton. Twelve o'clock came, and one, but w® remained undisturbed. He is not coming," whispered the Doctor. "Perhaps not," I answered, "but I feel in duty bound to watch." "Very well," yawned the Doctor, "I am "with you, but we did not go to work in the right way." "What would have been your plan?" I asked. Why, simply this. We, should have concealed ourselves iu the corridor and watched his door. When he came out we could have followed him at a little distance. As it is he may visit another room, and in that event our time will be lost." "It is all vc«y well to suggest that now," I answered, "but there are objec­ tions to your plan. The guests who found us prowling about the corridor would demand explanations, and we would have found it necessary to let too many into our secret. Now it seems reasonable to suppose that the force of habit will draw the Judge to the same place. This room is next the one in which the murder occurred, and if my theory is correct your friend was making for that room last night. Finding it se­ curely fastened--you know it has been nailed up since the inquest--he tried the next door, which is mine. If he walks at all at night I believe he would go over the same track." "There is something in that," said my companion; "but I hope that he will not come. Think of the effect on his mind if our suspicions should turn out to be the truth." "Hush!" I whispered. The door creaked a little, and a white- robed figure gently glided in. "It is the Judge!" said the Doctor, under his breath. And it was the Judge. It was plainly evident in the moonlight that he was asleep, but his features were twitching convulsively. In his right hand he car­ ried the dagger. Swiftly, and yet without making the slightest noise, the sleep-walker ap­ proached the bed, and, stretching forth one hand, commenced cautiously feeling. When his hand rested upon the sham figure he delivered the same rapid thrust with the dagger that I had wit­ nessed the night before, and fled from the room. Dr. Hinton was a cool man when there was work to do. He signaled to me, and we ran after the Judge, follow­ ing him into the room. Judge Pike closed his door and faced us. For a moment I thought that he was awake, but I soon saw that he was unconscious. He went to his trunk, and, lifting its contents, carefully placed the dagger at* the bottom. Then he threw himself into an arm-chair. "I hate to do it," said Dr. Hinton, "but it must be done." He advanced to the obair am) shook the sleeping man. "How dare you!" he exclaimed. "What does this mean? Why, gentle­ men, this is strango. Ho^- is it that you are in my room ?" He looked down at his costume fWI buried his face in his hands. "Have I been ill?"' he asked. *"My friend," said the Doctor, "I am about to bring a great sorrow upon you, but I know that you are brave enough to bear the truth. What I have to say does not reflect upon your character, and it is necessarv that vou should know it." "Speak!" huskily commanded the Judge. "May I open your trunk a inoinent?" asked the Doctor. / "Certainly," was the*'reply; *make yourself at home." • '* j The Doctor drew from the bottom of the trunk the dagger. "How did that get there?" was the Judge's stern question. "I have no weapons. I never saw that before." The Doctor held the dagger up. .On its handle was engraved the name of John Luff. "This calls for an explanation, sir," said Judge Pike, with an angry look. "Tell him," said the Doctor, turning to me. It was the hardest task of my life, but in some fashion I managed to tell the story. In the middle of it the Doctor came to my rescue, aud with his arm around his friend's neck he told him all the events of the night. The Judge's face assumed a ghastly pallor, and several times I expected to see him faint. He took the dagger in his hand and looked at the name. "I understand it all," he groaned. He threw the dagger to the floor. "Gentlemen," said he, sadly, "leave a&e now. Let me sleep, if I can. In the morning my nerves will be stronger, and we will then consult together to see how to do justice to Luff without doing injustice to me. The whole truth must come out." We left the room and returned to mine. What will be the end of it?" I asked the Doctcfr. Impossible to say," he replied. "Pike is a religious man. He will not commit suicide or do anything rash We were at the breakfast-table when the landlord rushed in and said to the Doctor: * 4....... "Come, quick 1 Jud&e Plke is dead tit dying j" ,Sst1 '.? i: " We hurried to ^h'e Judge's roomj but it was too late. Tii0 wretched matt was dead. *• * To our great joy it was not a case of suicide. Dr. Hinton made a thorough investigation, and satisfied himself Umt his friend had died of heart disease.^*' Perhaps it was better so. When the Doctor and I made our statement to the prosecuting attorneys, no one questioned it. There was great surprise, for the indictment was really "nollied," as the mineis called it, and Luff was set at liberty. "It was a close Bhava," he said, when he^ set up the drinks that night, "and this climate doesn't suit my health. 1 am going to skip." Silverton was not sorry to see him go. If he was not to be hanged there was no way'in which he could be utilized, and the miners counted his room than his company. ' Rat Pests of Burmah. The rat is about the worst of the h^me pests, as nothing comes amiss to him. !He is omniverous and will eat your clothes, the leather binding off youi books, tear up and destroy papers, &c. They ate off the leather case from a set of lancets I always carried about with me. During the hot season, on retiring for the night, I always had to put my clothes into a tin case or else they would have been destroyed--the portion damp from perspiration would have been eaten clean out. Once when I lay prostrated with jungle fever I was much troubled with rats. I have watched them push their way under the mosquito curtains, which in the tropics generally enclose space underneath for a table and a chair, an well as a bed, the bottom being filled with shot and resting on the floor. Having forced an entrance they would jump on a chair by my bedside, put their paws upon the edge of the large tumbler that was filled with lemonade, dip their muzzles into the liquid and drink it up. They would look me in the face, staring with their beady eyes. They well knew I was not able to hunt them off, being too weak even to call aloud. My body servant was lying fast asleep across the threshold, and o! course could not help me. A tempo­ rary ceiling is often formed by stretch­ ing canvas tightly across beneath the rafters. Upon this the rats delight to play all night long, squeaking and tumbling about. The only way to stop them is to fire your revolver up at them. As firing guns at night is prohibited to private persons in the European quarter the remedy can only be employed whe^ your residence is situated outside the towns.--San Francisco Chronicle. Some of the New Crop. They were about to be engaged. TUev had drifted into it, don't yors know. It kind of happened. He was lonely and h<e kept going out of the house and making himself as agreeable as possible until he had to do some­ thing. He hadn't asked her for any­ thing in the way of a keepsake. He had in the very early Platonic days, when he told her she was a kind of a sister to him, given her an acconnt of his previous love affairs, that is 'some of. them. The ending of them was all plausible and creditable to him, and of course she didn't ask the other girls. The stories would have been different. *YeSj" he said, "I have only one souvenir, one little lock of hair. " Miss -- gave it to me." ; "Let me see it." And he brought it up and showed it. "I cut it myself off her pule, white brow. She must have cared for me even when we quarreled, for she let me keep it. She never asked it back. "That's easily explained," said the young lady. "How?" "It's my hair. The hairdresser kept my hair when she cut it off, and she told me afterward she made a lovely front out of it and sold it to Miss "He was brave. .He had presence of mind. "Dearest," he said, I knew there was something magnetic about that lock of hair. I will keep it for your sake." "No; let me give you a piece of the' new crop."--San Francisco Chronicle. 1 Where Cripples Are Used Kindly. Has it been recorded that Chicago beats the world in the possession of a captivating and curious crowd of crip­ ples, beggars, and self-sustaining citi­ zens? The eccentricity of these crip­ ples, the bizarre appearance of many of them, impressed me very much 1 the first day I was in Chicago. "As the days went on and the high-pressure con­ dition of life in Chicago became clear to me I ceased to look for cripples or to observe them, for it struck me that the oddness was not in there being so many abnormally crippled persons in the Western metropolis, but rather in the fact that quite a large number of the Chicagoans were whole and in their right minds. •Three men without legs and with dis­ tinctly novel curvature of the trunk were among the first dozen cripples I en­ countered in a walk between the Union Depot and Washington and LaSalle streets. One man used cratches utilike any I had ev6i- seen before. They were half a foot thick and square at the top and bottom. The cripple who made use of them balanced himself on one crutch while he pushed the other for­ ward a foot or so. Tlieti lie made a sort of spring from the shoulders and dropped onto the forward crutch, by which he kept himself erect till he dragged the other one forward. It must have taken this man an, hour to traverse a block. He seemed cool and cheerful, but he made me transpire to look at lum.--Pittsburgh D'utpaich. He Was Harmless. There was a young man at the Cen­ tral Depot the other day who wore a large hat, a very blue woolen shirt, and a very new pair of buek-skin leggings ornamented with bells. He walked about in a restless' way, as if hankering for scalps, but this was a mistake. Officer Button finally approached him and inquired: "J)id any get away?" rwho?" > "Indians." "See here, mister," said the stranger as a shade of sorrow climbed his face, "I am not that kind of a man. If you expected to hear me announce that I was from the head-waters of Fighting Creek, and that my father was a taran­ tula and my mother a wild-cat, you will be disappointed." "But that toggery?" "I'm wearing it because it's the only suit I've got. I'm on my way to Canada t<) work on a farm." "Yfes, but at some time or other you ?" "Yes; three months ago, in this very town, I went into a saloon and announced that I was hungry for meat. I went from the saloon to the hospital. I have not hungered since. All I want is to be let alone. You needn't pay me any further attention, for I am harmless. ---Detroit Free Prettx. ADM1KERS OF HARRISON. ENTHUSIASTIC DELEGATIONS OABIT THUS REPUBLICAN LKADKK. Stirring Spttchu for Pretention Matte to the Visitors from Illfnoii bnd Kentucky --A Flea for 8t«teliood for D iknlH--Xl- Prisoners tlnton to a Put he tic Address. [IND1ANA.POLI8 OOllRKsrONDKNCE. ] The past week h*s bean a L>.ny on3 with Gen. Harrison. Daring the week he received and ad­ dressed a namber of visitiug delegations. On Wednesday*delegation arrived from Dttnville and Othar jfehltS In Vermillion County, Illinois, numbering 1,900 to 1,500. Threo bands accom­ panied them. Gen. Harrinon recoi ed them at University Park. W. K. Jewell, editor of the DanviUe jV«mw, acted a? spokesman for the vis­ itors. Gen. Harrison, in response, aald: "My Illinois friends, tho people of your State were very early in giving evidence to our people and to me that they are deeply and generally interested in this campaign. I welcome you and accept your coming as evidence that the early Interest you manifested has Buffered no abatement. It was not an impulse that stirred you, bnt a deep conviction that matters of great fruits at meet I to see pipaaBft. am glad to kaow that i is Mai lifted to tae honor of the »«*«--» sol- dior. It.T' to » b l o o d y t j r a « g l s i a a H r a v * iMklmnralioiihow -- t wid art only ken» alive a • ory, but it will ba aa instructor in our children. I thank vooforthto The veterans were than introduced and shook a patriotism mendly visit. and lasting consequence to ypur country are in­ volved in thia campaign. Your representative in Congreas, the Hon. Joseph Cannon, ia well known in Indiana. 1 have known him for many years; have observed his conduct in Congreas, and always With admiration. He is a fearless, aggressive, honest Republican leader. He ia worthy of the favor aud confidence you have shown him. If some one were to aak to­ day 'What Is the matter with the United States ?' I am aurewe should hear some Demo­ cratic friend reapood, • It's people are oppressed and impoverished by tariff taxation.' Ordina­ rily our people can be trusted to know when they are taxed; but this Democratic friend will tell us that the tariff tax is so insidious that our people pay it without knowing it. That is a very unhappy condition, indeed. But hia difficulties are not all surmounted when he has convinced his hearer that a custom duty is a tax, for history does not run well with nil statement that our psoplo havo been im­ poverished by our tariff syst9m. Another answer to your qu-JBtion will be. perhaps, that there is now a great surplus in the Treas­ ury--he will probably not siate the figures, for there seems to be a painful uncertainty about that. I have sometimes though; that tuia sur­ plus was held chiefly to be talked about. The laws provide a UB3 for it that would speedily place it in circulation. If a business man finds an accumulated surplus that he doea ilot need iu hia business, that stands as a bank ba'ance and draws no intereat, aud he has obi gat.ona outstanding to mature in the future, he will make a ready cnoice between leaving his balance in the bank ml usiug it to take up his obligations. But in our national finances the other choice has boon made and this surplus remains in the national bank with­ out interest, while our bonds, which, under the law, might be retired by the use of it, continue to draw interest. You nave a great agricultural State. Its prairie soil offers tho moat tempting invitation to the Bettler. I have heard it sug- fested that one reason why you have outstripped ndiana in population was because the men who were afraid of the 'deadening' passed over us to seek your treeless plains. But you have not been contented to be only an agricultural com­ munity. You have developed your manufactures and mechanical industries until now, If my recollection is not at fault, for every two per­ sons engaged in agricultural labor you have one engaged in manufacturing in the mechanical arts and mining. It is this subdivision of labor, these diversified industries, that make Illinois take rank so near the head among the States. By this home interchange of the products of farm and thop made possible by our protect! ve system Illinois has beeu able to attain her proud position in the Union of th? Stitea. Shall we continue a policy that has wrought ao mar- velously since the war in the-development of all hands wit i the General and Mrs. Harrison. Next came the delegations from Iroquoia County, Illinois, and Laporte, lad., numbering together over 1,500. They were received at Uni­ versity Park. B. W. Hileher, of Watseka, IU. and the Hon. J. W. Crampaoker, of Laporte Ind., delivered the congratulatory addresses General Harrison, who continuea ia excellent voice, touched ou the tariff laane, and dwelt at some length upon the Treasury surplus. He spoke as follows: My IUinoia and my Indiana friends, if i needed any atimulus to duty, or to have mv Im­ pressions of the dignity and responsibility of representative office increased, I should find it in such assemblies as there, and in the kind and thoughtful words which have been Mdn»aaed to me on your behalf. The American people, un­ der our system of government, have their pub­ lic interests in their own keeping. AU laws and proclamations may be revoked or repealed by them. They will be called upon in November to mark out the revenue policy for our Govern- ! officer! ment by choosing public officers pledged to the principles which a majority of our peopla approve. Fortunately you have now an issue very clearly drawn and very eaay to be under­ stood. In previous campaigns we have not quite known where our adversaries stood. Now we do know. Our Democratic friends say that a protective tariff Is robbery. You see this written at the head of campaign tracts circu­ lated by their committees. You hear it said in the public speeches of their lead­ ers. You have not once, I think, in the campaign, heard any Democratic speaker ad­ mit that even alow protective tariff wasde- jjMlaltaa or two of this rjftanen' c»Ued upon Mk and made an amagwuent that I should " ypa .at thto bow. It WM eipreasly iMUtiMhat I at an. How « to JOB and . . . , to yon. Iam so much a tress in this way from day to day that X am really getting to be a little timid when I see a corporal's guard together any­ where for fear they will want a speech. AM even at home when I sit down at the table with my family I have some apprehenaions lest some one majr propose a toast and inalat that I a hall "^Ster a few more words General Harrison and the veterans entered the house, where each old soldier waa introduced to th? candilate. DON'T WANT WAVES REDUCED. Klght Hundred WUramrin Workmen Be- lleve Protection 'Is Necessary fjr Them. Eight hundred workmen employed in the great mills at Bay view, near Milwauke, Wia., have ia- aued an address to their fellow-laborers, which is worth general reading. It is as follows : "To the Workingmen of the State of Wisconsin: "We, the undersigned workingmen of the Sev­ enteenth Ward of the city of Milwaukee (Bay- view), fedlngthat our interests as wage-earners are aaaailed and endangered by the powerful ef­ forts made iby the enemies of protection to American industries and labor to tear down our system of |»otective tariff, and give ua instead lower duties and lower protection than we now enjoy. As workingmen we l'egnrd it as an es­ sential thing in limiting competition between us and the workingmen o( foreign countries. Free foreign trade is another name for free foreign competition. Free competition will simply brint; labor to a common level; hence free com­ petition between us and foreigners can only re­ sult in bringing us down to a level of foreign workingmen. "The wages paid in this country are from two these States that have given hospitable access lng capital and to tni skill of the workingman ?" to manufacturio capital and to the brawn and gman A delegation of about 800 reached the city from I-ouisville and Covington ou Wednesday, and were also received in University Park. Their enthusiasm ran very high. J. K. Wilson, of Ixralsvil.c, spoke briefly on be alf of the Kentuckiana. Geneaal Harrison responded as follows: "My Kentucky Montis, there have bsen larger delegations assembled about this platform, but there have been none that hr.s iu any higher de­ gree attracted my interest or touched my h^art. It has been quite one thing to be a Republican in Illinois and quite another to be a Republican in Kentucky. Not the victors only in a good fight deserve a crown ; those who fight well and are beaten and fight again, as you have done,e deserve a crown, though vie.ory never yet has p?rchod on your banner. [A voics: ' It will perch there, though, doa't yoa forget it'] Yes, It will coma, for tno bud of victory is always in the truth. I will not treat yovi to-day to any statistics from the census reports, nor enter the attractive field oE thehi3.oryof your great State. I have believed that these viai tug dele­ gation^ were always well aivised as to ths history aud statistics of their respective States. If this trust haa been misplaced in other caae*, certa n- ly Kentuckians can be trusted to rememlier, and AH applicant for a pension says he was wounded in forty-seven places dur­ ing the war. It is hard to see how the rebels could find forty-seven different places all on one man. perhaps to tell all that is noble iu the thnliin{ history of their great State. Your history is very full of romaiulc and thrilling adventura and of instances of individual heroism. Your people have always been proud, chivaltic and brave. In the late war for the Union, spite of all distrac­ tion and defection, Kentucky stood by the old flag. And now that the war is over and its bitter memory is forgotten, therj ia not one, £ hope, in all your borders who does not ble^s the out­ come of that treat struggle. Surely there are none in Kentucky who do not rejoice that the beautiful river ia not a river of division. And now what hinders that Kontucky suall atop for­ ward in the great industrial rivalry between the States? Is thero not, as your spokesman has suggested--in the etrly and thorough instruction whicii ths jieopje of Ken„ucny received from the mouth of your matchless orator, Henry Clay--a power that nil ill yet and speed'ly brnj bee's Kentucky to the aup- port of our protective systtm 'I Oau the old Whiga. who LO reverently recaivod Irom tin '.jps of Clay the gospel of piotoction. much longer support, a rdvenue {rolicv that thsy know to ue inimical to our national interest*? If when Kontucky was a al ive bta e. sb ' found a i io- tectivo tariff promoted the prosperity of ner pt opia, what greaar things wiii thu same po icy not do for tier as a frae State? She hat now opened nor hospitaole doors to skilled labor. Her coal aud metals an t hemp invita its trans­ forming touch. Why nviy sue not speedily find ireat manufacturing cities spring up in her -Hewttifnl valleys. Shall any old prejudice spoil the.-id hot)oiul v.si'^m? I romemojr that Ken­ tucky agitated for seven years and held nine couv« ntionj before she touured sep vrnte Statehood. May I not appeal to the children of tho.se brave ajttleis who, when but few in numbers, compos, d of distant and feeble settlements, wore received into the Union of State* to show their chivalry and love of jus­ tice by uniting with us in the demand that Da­ kota and Washington bhall be admitted ? Does not your own story shams tnose who r jpreseut you in tho halls of Congress, and wbo bar tee door against communities whose mombers and resources so vastly outreach what you possessed when you wore admitted to Statehood? Wo look hopefully to Kentucky. The State of Heury Clay and Abraham Lincoln can not lie much longer forgetful of the teachiugj of those great lenders of thought. I believe that Ken­ tucky will place horselt soon upon the aide of tho truth upon these great questions. [A voice, 'We believe it;' another voice, -VVe will keep tliem out of Indiana, anyhow.' Great cheer­ ing.] Thank you. There is no better way that I know of to keep one detachmeut of any nrmy from re-enforcing another than by giving that de- tttcauient all i, can do in ita own field." At the conclusion, the Kentuckians shook hands wi'h tho General, and heartily cheered him as he left the park. T .e last visitors of the day to call upon Gen- eral and Mrs. Harrison were the hundred or more delegates in attendance upon the annual meeting of the National Association of Union ex-Prisoners of the War. Every man had un­ dergone imprisonment at Andersonvillo, Libby, or aomo of tho less-noted Southern pdsone. The veterans arrived at the Harrison residence at 0 o'clock, and were informally received by Geueral Harrison. After shaking hands and exchanging greetings, they gathered around General Har­ rison, and General W. H. Powell, of Iowa, addressed him briefly and touchingly. referring to the perils and hardships they hod survived. Gen. Harrison was greatly affected by the words of the spokesman and the presence of the vete­ rans grouped silently and so Cloaoly about him. So manifest were his emotions it seemed he scarcely dared Iruat himself to speak and paused after a few words as if to control his feelings. Then in a low, conversational aud sympathetic voice, and with an expression of seriousness re­ flected on every face, he addressed the veteran prisoners as follows: "General Powell and comrades, I am always touched when I meet either with those who stood near about me in the service, or those who shared the general comradeship of the war. It aeems to me that the wild exhilaration which in the earlier reunions we often saw ia very much sobered as we come togother now. I bavo real­ ized in meeting with my own regiment this faU that it was a timo when one felt the touches of the pathetic. And yet there was a glow of satis­ faction in being together again and in thinking of what was ami what is, Ths annals of war fail to furnish a sadder story than that of the host of Union veterans who suffered war's greatest hardship--captivity. The story of the rebel pfison pena was ono of grim horror. In the fiold our enemies, always bravo, were gen­ erally also cliivalric and humane. But the treatment of tho captured Union soldiers sur­ passed in fiendish cruelty the beat achieve­ ments of the savage. It is the black spot with­ out any lining of silver or any touch of human nature. But wo have cause for congratulation that you have been spared to witness the glory and prosperity that your services and sufferings have brought to the nation. The most vivid im­ agination lias drawn no picture of the full mean­ ing to our people and to the world of these simple words, We saved the Union, perpetuated free government, and abolished slavery/' On Thursday the General made four addresses to visiting delegat ions. The first delegation comprised some fifty vet­ erans of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, General Snanks' old regiment. They we'e received at the residence sho« tly after noon. Colonel Lewis Reeves, of Mentone, In t., maue the address on behalf of the veterans, to which General Har­ rison responded: "Comrades, I recall tho services of yonr gal­ lant regiment. I welcome you as men who had an honorable part in the great achievements of the Union army in the civil war. I congratu­ late you that you have been spared to see the iliiiWffiiW m M Parachute Fails to Open--Their Last Resort, and it Doesn't Work. sirable. Those who, like Mr. Randall, have in former bamp&igns bean neei to allay the apprehension of our working people by talking protection, have been silenced. On the other hand, the R epublican j>arty declares by its platform and by its speakers that a protec­ tive tariff is wise and necessary. There is the issue. Make your own choice. If you approve by your votes the doctrine that a protective tar£f is public robbery, you will expect your representatives to stop this public robbery, and if they are faithful they will do it, not 7 per cent, of it, but all of it. So that I beg you aAl to recol­ lect that you will vote this fall for or against the princip.e of protection You are invited to a feist of cheapness. You ars promised lorei^n made goods at very low prices, and domestic competing goods, if any are made, at the same low rates. But do not forget that the specter of low wages will also attend the feast. Inevita­ bly, as certain as the night follows the day, the a'option of this policy means lower wages. ChooBe then, bnt do not forget that this cheapening process may be pushed so far as to involve the cheapening of human lifj and the loss of human happiness. Aud now a word about the surpius in the Treas­ ury. Our Democratic fritnds did not know what else to do with it. a id so thoy have deposited it in certain na'ionnl banks.' The Government gets no intere3t upon it, but it is loaned out by the banks to our citizens at interest. Our in­ come is more than our curr. lit expanses. There is no authority for the Secretary ot the Treasury to lend themouey, a'ld so only three method i of dealing with it present d themselves under the law. First, to lock it up in the Treasury vaults ; second to deposit it in tuo Ivauks without interest; or, third, to use it in the purchase of our bonds not yet due. The ob.oction to the first mothod was that the withdrawal of so large d, sum might result in a monetary stringency; the second obviated this objection by allowing the banks to pu-; the motley in circulation; but neither method resulted in any advantage to the Government. As to it, the money was dead; only the banks recefved interest for its use. By the third method tho money would be returned to the channels of trade, and the Government would make tho differonoe between tho premium paid for the bond and tho interest that tne bonds would draw if left outstanding until they ma­ tured. If a Government bond at the market premium is a good investment for a capitalist, who is free to use his monoy a* he pleases, can it be bad finance for the Government, having m.ney that it cannot use in any other wav, to use it iu buying up its bonds? It is not whether we will purposely raise money to buy our bonds at a premium-- no one would advise that--but will we so u«e a surplus that we have en hand and cannot law­ fully pay out In any other way? Do our Demo- cra-ic friends propose to Kivo the b inks the treo use of it until our bonds mature? or do they propose to reduce our annual income below our atii.ual expenditure, by a revision of the tariff, until this surplus isi used, aud then revise the tariff again to restore equilibrium? 1 welcome the presence to-day of thcs3 ladies of our house­ holds. We should not lorget that we have working women in America. None more than thoy are interested in this policy of protection wnich we advocate. If want and hard condi­ tions come in.o the home the women bear full shore. Ana now I have been tempted to speak more at length than I had intended. I thank you for this cordial manifestation of your confi­ dence and respect." The reception concluded with the usual hand­ shaking. The third delegation numbered six hundred from Grundy County, Illinois, including about one hundred ladies, who wore large rod, white and blue sashes. They were received in the park about 4 o'clock. General P. C. Hayes, of Morris, IU., on behalf of the visitors, made a felicitous address. General Harrison, in re­ sponse, said: "General Hayea and my Illfnoia friends, I regret that your arrival was postoned so long aa to make it impossible for you to meet with the other friends from your State, whoa little whila. ago assembled about the platform. I thank you for the kind feelings that prompted you to come and for the generous things Goneral Hayes has said in your behalf. There is little that I can Bay and litt'e that I canap- propria'ely do to promote the succoss of Repub­ lican principles. A campaign that enlists the earnest and active co-operation ef tho individual voters will have a safe issue. I am glad to see in your presence an evidence that in your locality tnis individual interest is felt. But popular assemblies, public debate,' and con­ ventions are all au empty mockery un­ less, when the debate is close.), the elec­ tion ia so conducted as that every elector shall have an enual and full influence' in deter­ mining the result. That is our compact of gov­ ernment. I thank you again for your groat kind­ ness, and it will now give me pleasure to accede to the suggestion of General Hayes and take each of you by the hand." When Gen. Harrison arrived at hi* residence early in the evening from his last reception at the park ho found M~> veterans drawn up in line standing in his front yard. They Wore survivors of the Second and Ninth Indiana Cavalry and tho Twenty-sixth Indiana Infaiftry. On the steps of his residence stood Col. John A. Bridge- land. the old commander of the Second Cavalry. As Gen. Harrison entered the yard the veterans opened ranks and saluted, and Col. BridgoJand commanded a halt until he could address the General on behalf of the visitors, who. in the meantime, elosed np around the General. Their atrategy in thus capturing Mr. Harrison drew forth from him a humorous protest. He said: "Col. Brldgeland and comrades, I am fast losing my faith in men. This morning a repre- to three times as much as the wagea paid in Kuropo. Free competition was never known to be i lie nieanB of increasin; wages. Even as American workingman we find it necessary to organize, regulate, and contiol competition among ourselves ; so is a protective tariff neces­ sary to restrict competition between us and for­ eign workingmen." "The undersigned are mainly employed in the manufacture of iron and steel. In the adjust­ ment of wages between us and our employers we have always used the tariff as a factor that should insure to us better wages than are paid abroad. Any reduction of the tariff can only re- su t in quickening competition between us and foreign labor, or, in other wordr;, a reduction in our wa?es. The same result will follow in all other branches of labor. "The Mills bill is a measure in the direction of free trade, or ireer competition between the labor of this country and the labor of foreign countries. It provides for free wool, free lum­ ber, free salt, tree cotton ties, and several other important articles that represent very large in­ dustries in this country. It provides also for a reduced duty on steel rails, bar iron, old iron rails, and wrought scraps, and manufactured goods in wood, glass, woolen and other ma­ terials that enter into competition with home production. Evorv one of these reductions would entail a reduction of wages, and in some cases a stoppage of production altogether in thia country, thus sacrificing employment to foreign labor and capital. "Last year we imported foreign products into this country as follows: Iron and steel........... .... Hemp, flax and jute Leather Woo'en goods.... Wool Tobacco (manufactured),... Lumber Breadstuffs Vegetables ........ f4S.!»2.05H 41,287,'248 ll,9Gi),OOOi 44,720,000 15,837,000 14,303,000 10,524,000 8,7'w,000 7.305,000 ,. , "1 total imports for the year amounted to #23,870,813. The value of articles that should be manufactured in this country imported last year, was about *47ij,000,0 a). All these goods should have been manufactured here, and thus furnished to home labor largely increased em­ ployment and largely increased demand or market for th1 products of tne American farmer. At least tSOO.OOO men could have found employ­ ment in manufacturing these goods imported into this country last year if they had been mode at home. "We therefore appeal to you to ponder over this subject well. Many of you, as well as our­ selves are foreigners by birth. We have exper­ ienced enough tree trade in our native lands; let us bo careful, therefore, not to do anything to degrade labor here to the level of labor abroad; let us stand by protection to American indus­ tries and American labor, and seek to establish firmly in this country an American standard of wagea. "We regret very much that our Representative in Congreas, Mr. Honrv 8mith, has seen fit to vote lor the Mills bill; by ao doing, we con­ sider that he has betrayed our trust. Many of us voted for him believing him to be a protec­ tionist. We Bhall now consider it our duty, should he again became the candidate of the workingmen, not only to refuse to aupport him, but to do all in our power to deteat him, and we likewise esteem it to be the duty of every workingman to do everything ho can in support of the Republican candidates, Harrison and Morton, who stand firmly upon the principle of protection to American industries and American labor." THE VERDICT. "Ko, Jio, No Free Trade." „ Republican pimtMfoa. Oregon 7 407 Vermont 28,972 Maine .19^000 Theao three States shew a Republican gain over 1844 ol about 11,000, aud a gain over 1886 of about '21,000. Tho election in Arkansas on Sept. 3 showed a Democratic loss of 7,000 to 8,000. Pauperism in America and Europe. Among th© untruths circulate1! by thd Demo­ cratic press is that which placjs the pauperism of the United States in unfavorable comparison with that of Germany. Great Britain and Ire­ land, and France. Now, the class termed pauper hardly exists in the United States. The census of 1880 gives as the number of per­ sons resident in alms-houses, and 21,598 as the number of outdoor paupers in all the States and fl territories, and tnis out of a population of 40,U0J,0J0. British Empire, with a smaller popula- ticj^frhan our own, maintained 784,1>5 paupers in Khgland and Wales, 41VJ82 in Ireland, and 111,091 in ^cotlHud at tho date of the last returns, which are for 18S;\ France has very poor inetb- ods^of collecting returns as to pauperism, but 1.40.5,i>V2 persons are recorded as receiviLg gov­ ernment; aid iu 188), in addition to 132,13i chil­ dren fed and clothed by public charities. The Empire of Germany is reticent as to statistics of pauperism, but in one of its provinces, that of Bavaria, the number of permansnt paupers is set down at 103,507, out of a population of 5,416,000. Th^re is not now, nor has there ever been, a country in wbioh so small a*proportion of the population is dependent upon charity as In the United States.--Chicago Inter Ocemu FLOATING HtJMOSL 1 « HISTOBIANS are generally very date people. --Detro it Free Press. BUSINESS is like a clock. When it in mn down it should be wound tip.-- Boston Courier. MANY a fellow who is whole-soul has to go tp a shoemaker to get soled.--Dansville Breeze. IT is seldom one hears about a persott being arrested for beating a record.-* Rochester Post-ExprMH. I AIN'T much on politics, but I notuf 'at the one who gits ther is a statesman^ an' him as don't ain't nothin* but a polii* tician.-- Judge. SHE--Do you realize that our vac»» tion is nearly done, Henry? He (wildly) --More than that, more than that! 1§ is all dun!--New Haven News. MRS. MAGINNIS--Luk at the sthrnf on the youngster, Moike! Mr. Magin­ nis--Begobs, ef he kapes on loike thai Oi'll male a park polacemon of 'im.-- Judge. DE SMITH--How are you up at you* boarding-house, Travis--pretty fullt Travis--Not much ? Our landlady is an out-and-out Prohibitionist.--Burling­ ton Free Press. CCPID, the deadly archer, is always ready for work and almost invariably successful, for the reason that he ha|§ more than one string to hia bow. Lowell Citizen. A FUNNY little Richmond boy, w' he saw a dairyman feeding liis co salt, said he thought they didn't butter until after it was churned.*--Rick' mond {III.) Recorder. A DRAMATIZATION of "The Quick the Dead ?" is to be brought out on t: stage, and the critics are already spec lating as to how Quick it will be 'De after its initial production.--Mo town Gazett$. WIFE (going to theater)--"Why do you walk so fast, John ? Wo lmve plent|f of time; you will be tired as well as self. Husband (a New Yorker)--Yea, but if we get there early it will give tit, a chance to rest.--Time. r C HOLLY (who3elegs are a trifle bowed^ to a tailor)--Aw--I'm very particulate y' know, about the lit of my trousers. Tailor--The fit will be all right, silk I'll cut the cloth with a pair of belli shears.--Pittsburgh Chronicle. "ROBERT," said his wife, suspiciously, "where have you been? You're late to dinner." "I've been assisting in ail humble way, my dear, toward improv­ ing the breed of horses." "O, I wail afraid you were at the races."--Life. "LOOK here," said the railroad super­ intendent to the conductor, "passenger® say you are not civil to them." "I-aft just as civil as I know how to be," said the aggrieved conductor. "That's just what they say," was the reply.--Boston Transcript. , HOPEFUL Youth--IS your sister at home, Dick? Little Dick--I guesso. "I--I woiAler if she'd like to have me call again, sp scon?" "Of course. You ain't any different from all the othedP fellers, an' she never gets tired of them." --Philadelphia Record. JOBSON--Education's a fine thing, $ tell you. Jepson--No doubt, no doubt. Job.--Yes, sir. Now there's Jimson; he went to a free drawing* school all last winter. Jep.--Yes? Job.--Well, sir, he has just drawn $10,000 in a lottery.--Boston Courier; "WHERE are you going in such ft hurry?" "For help. Bledsoe hai fallen into the quicksand down here.* "HoV deep is he in?" "Up to hi| ankles." "I don't see why he doesnl get out himself." "He went in head first, you see."--Lincoln Journal. YOUNG Housekeeper (to butcher)-- Have you nice beef? Butcher--Yea, ma'am; killed only this morning; it's hardly dead yet. What part would you like? Young Housekeeper--My husv band said this morning lie was fond of smoked beef; you may send me a cut of that.--Drake's Magazine. OLD Mr. Bently (reading the paper) It do seem a shame that these dead poles are allowed to remain in the street. Old Mrs. Bently (looking ovef her spectacles)--Dead Poles in tho street, Josiah? It is a shame. If theif friends won't bury 'em, then the city ought. Deary me!--The Ejioch, SHE STOOD ALOIFJE, Alone she stood in majesty, s *; ,. On either side a motley crowd. Men of all stations, ranks ot life, They saw her not, each head was bowed. She looked them o'er with glance of scorn, _ Each was afraid to meet her eye-- jmperious, regal, mighty, she beemed all of mankind to defy. Was she a despot, these her slsveB Who hnmbly bowed to do her will? A reigning queen whose anger fierce With terror each man's heart did fill? Ah! no, 'twas bnt a single case That history does each day repeat- She stood alone within a car Whero every man retained his seat. m The Physiology of Pleasure* ( . The question has often been asked as to what constitutes the greatest pleas* ure, and who is the happiest man, but it is obviously one that does not admit of solution. The intensity of the pleas* ureable sensation is a matter of temper* ament and surroundings, but caeteris ' paribus, the happiest man is he who possesses the greatest sensibility, tho- most powerful imagination, the strong*' est will, and the lea$t number of preju* dices. The men are rare who can by an ef­ fort of the will arrest the oscillations of sorrow mid allow only cords of pleasure to vibrate. Pleasure is the mode of sensation, never the sensation itself* and it is not a paradox, but an incon* testible physiological truth, to say thai no pleasure exists which is essentially or necessarily a pleasure. The ideal of perfection in humanity would be to ef­ face pain from the list of sensations, and to give all men the maximum num­ ber of pleasures. All the rest, as the philosopher said, is but dream and vapor.--Medical Press. Anecdote of Mme. Bonaparte. An anecdote is related of the late Mme. Bonaparte in relation to Lewes, Del., and vouched for by old residents- who received the story from reputable sources. On her way to France, after her marriage to Jerome, the vessel put into the Delaware, and because of its condition Mme. Bonaparte and several other passengers demanded to be put ashore. On coming to land, and when in the creek, the boat containing the . Madam capsized. Pilot Selby Hick­ man swam safely ashore with her. The Madam was housed at the residence of- Thomas Roland where, so the story goes, she soundly berated her host for not having wax candles instead of the tallow dips in her apartment. She wasf congratulated upon her rescue, and some pious consoler remarked if tho • Madam had not been saved she might have been in the Kingdom of Heaven. * The Madam replied to the horror off' her listeners, that she "would sooner bo at the Court of France live in tho': ~: Kingdom of Heaven." 4 * 3 • -