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Tnty/"//f DOLLAR WHEAT OF 1 1 REPUBLICAN ^prosperity ' y~~ t^\^\ S^I^IDLKT ^ • OPv'l"KE* }A WNlVOi SWlt^ . 4 • anxiety amoni ERICA AARKE SILVER ISSUE IS DEAD STATE CAMPAIGNS. Chairman Jones and Other treading Lights Have Advised the Abandon­ ment of Silver as an Issue-Quaran­ tine Against White Metal Orators. Seeking New "Principles." Advice^ from Ohio, in which State the Democratic party made the free and unlimited coinage of silver the chief, and practically the only, feature of its'platform three months ago, show that the silver question is absolutely eliminated from the discussions of the •campaign. Ex-Congressman Towne, who entered the State with a proposi­ tion to canvass it in the interests of the Sliver Trust, was ignominously or­ dered off the stump and out ,of the State by-the self-appointed manager of the campaign, Allen O. Meyers, and his action was sustained by the men who stand behind the management of the State campaign. Mr. Towne, Mr. Bry­ an and his co-laborers iu behalf of the . silver cause now sit afar off and view with dismay and silence .the abandon­ ment of the cause of free silver, which one year -ago was the leading feature of the national campaign, not alone 5n Ohio, but in every State where the Democratic party is making any real effort at success. , Reports from all the States in which campaigns- are in progress show ,tiw this program has been generally adopted. Chairman Jones and other leading lights in the silver organiza­ tion have advised the abandonment of silver as an issue, and that advice is being adopted. The leading advocates of the silver cause are rigidly excluded from the States in which campaigns are in progress. A strict quarantine has been established against Mr. Bry­ an, Mr. Towne and the other statesmen whose voices have been exclusively de­ voted to the service of the Silver Trust during the past two years. They are allowed to slosh around in the few un­ important States where the Democrats have ho possible hope of success, merely l>y way of. personal compliment, but in every State in which the party lead­ ers have any hope of carrying a-State, •or even a legislative district, the State chairmen have established a well-man­ ned picket line on the State border, with "instructions to exclude, under all circumstances, every orator of the free silver stripe. "Wonderful Transformation Scene. This is one of the most interesting •developments of the campaign which is now within three weeks of its close. One year ago the free coinage of silver " was the leading feature in the cam­ paign. Three months ago it was deter­ mined by the silver leaders that it must be a leading issue in the campaign of 1897 wherever State and local cam­ paigns were to be made. In Ohio, in Iowa, in Kentucky and in sundry other States it was made the leading, it may be said, the chief, feature of the Dem- •oeratic platform in 1897. In Maryland the astute Gorman, seeing the turn of public sentiment against : the issue which was so popular a year ago, adroitly shelved it in the platform which the State convention framed less than ninety days ago. In New York it was adopted by a segment of the Democracy. In Massachusetts the George Fred Williams element of the Democrats adopted it. In Ohio, Vir­ ginia, Kentucky, Iowa, Nebraska and other States it was made,. as already indicated, the chief, and, in many cases, the sole issue of the State plat­ form. Democratic conventions in a half dozen leading cities in the Union made the free and unlimited coinage of silver the chief feature of their platforms, and in every State adopted declarations which squinted in that direction, to say the least. Dingley Law Did the Business. 'Within thirty days of that action on their part the Republican Congress passed the Dingley protective tariff law, a Republican President signed it, and it became the law of the land. What was the result? Factories start­ ed up all over the United States. Where thousands and hundreds of mm were unemployed, where labor had been without occupation, suddenly the smoke of factories made its appear­ ance, .the busy hum of industry was heard, laboring men by the hundreds of thousands and millions found em­ ployment, the demand for the products of the farm increased, and lo! prosperi­ ty prevailed among not only the labor­ ing men in the manufacturing centers, but among the farmers of tne country. Prices advanced. Not alone the price of wheat, in which there was a "short­ age abroad," but the price of corn and rye and barley and wool and tobacco and everything which the farm pro­ duces. Simultaneously with this advance in farm prices, silver went down. AH ounce of silver, which in June, when Democratic conventions were assem­ bling, was worth sixty cents, dropped by September 1st to fifty-one cents and did that in the face of aaeontinuous and vigorous advance in prices of all farm products. Everything produced by the farm advanced in those short months of June, July and August, and while this was happening, silver dropped fif­ teen (15) per cent, in value. The re­ sult was a paralysis of the silver issue. It had been made^ the leading feature of State platforms in nearly all of the leading States in which campaigns were to take place. The platforms were made and could not be recalled. Yet, before the campaign could open had come a fall of fifteen (15 per cent, in the price of silver and a large ad­ vance in the prices of farm products. What Next? As a result there was nothing to do but to dodge--in fact, abandon--the sil­ ver issue, although it* had been a lead­ ing feature of the campaign. Single tax. the condemnation and debasement of that established and recognized sys­ tem of law and order, the Federal ju­ diciary; socialism and anarchism are now eagerly seized as the leading issues to the abandoment of semi-fiat money, which was made the leading issue a year, and even three months ago. This rapid transformation in political Issues by the party which a year ago was compelled to abandon its time-honored principles of free trade, and the t-irnul- taneous reaching out for new issues which then threatened the peace of the commonwealth and destruction of law end order are the subjects of comment statesmen here and. among* tlfe'%foofct? thoughtful men of all parties.' If these developments mean the abandonment 0-Ml^ffiat4smandthef4-ee^nver^ause the disintegrating Democratic party, as conceded, what it means as to, the future of its "principles" nobody is yet able to determine. Does it mean a party of. socialism, anarchism, disor­ der, destruction, against one Of 'law, order and Republican principles? A. B. CARSON. and attention and Annex Hawaii. The United States Senate should promptly ratify the Hawaiian annex­ ation treaty next December. For fifty years past the policy of the United States has been to exclude oth­ er, nations from the political control of Hawaii. Secretary of State Webster said: "I trust the French will not take pos­ session (of Hawaii); but if they do, they will be dislodged, if my advice is taken, if the Avliole power of the Government is required to do it." Since the days when Secretary of State Webster uttered these words, and President Pierce and Secretary of State Marcy negotiated a treaty of annexa­ tion, down to the date of the negotia­ tion of the present treaty of annexa­ tion by President McKinley and Secre­ tary Sherman--during this long inter­ val we have seen Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, Populists, Gold Standard men and the friends of free stiver, re­ gardless of party, all advocating Amer- "i.'ft' an control in Hawaii. Nor is there now any indication of divergence from this truly national policy. It was, in ^ourtlis of its business. It is American polfey to protect our citizens there, as ^ve'll as their property, just as it is American policy to protect our people Hawaii is already Americanized in its laws, its customs, itf business and in its society. The Hawaiian Senate has ratified the treaty of annexation. The ratifying vote of the United States is now alone needed to make Hawaii become Americau in law as well as in fact. That ratifying vote should be given by the United States Senate promptly in December next. Then the Stars and Stripes will rise over Hawaii, never again to be lowered. " Not Now "Pointing with Pride." The free traders are, not "pointing with pride'.' to the exportation of man­ ufactures as they were sixty days ago. Up to the close of the operation of the Wilson law they were dead sure the in­ crease in exportation of American man­ ufactures was the fruit of a low tariff policy. To their horror, howevey. they discovered that the very first month the Dingley law was in operation show­ ed a larger exportation of manufac­ tured articles from the United States than had ever been shown in the cor­ responding month of preceding years. In view of the agony they experienced during the recent discussion of the pro­ tective tariff, measure over the prospect that it would cut off our foreign mar­ kets for American manufacturers, tills development in the first mouth is v ery amusing. ' ' : ' •* v To Protect. His Personal Interests. It is suggested that the real cause of Editor McLean's ambition to get into CHASING THE RAT. fact, emphasized by the" Republican party in their national platform at St. Louis in 1890, in the following words: - "The Hawaiian Islands .should be controlled by the United States, and no foreign power should be permitted, to interfere with them." This was the true Democratic doc­ trine before the Republican pnrty ex­ isted. It is distinctly an American and not a party policy. It is a policy that has been championed by Pierce, by Marcy, by Johnson, by Grant, by Ar­ thur, by Seward, by Fish and by Blaine. To-day this policy is advocated by gold Democrats like J. R. Procter and Thos. F. Bayard; by silver Democrats like. Senator Morgan of Alabama and Sena­ tor Rawlins of Utah; by gold Republi­ cans like Senators Frye, Lodge, Davis and Thurston; by silver Republicans like Senator Teller; by Populists like Senator Stewart of Nevada and Senator Allen of Nebraska; by Senator Kyle, the independent. It is advocated by such radically antagonistic newspapers as the Herald, Tribune, Sun and Jour­ nal of New York. It is advocated by such men as ex-Secretary Foster, Gen. Scliofield, Admirals Belknap and Walk­ er, and by Capt. Malian. It is a com­ mon ground upon which all can come together because Hawaiian annexation is a policy as broadly national as the Monroe doctrine. The reasons for the adoption of this policy are self-evident. Hawaii is the only spot in the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator, that is near enough to the Pacific coast to be used as a base of naval operations against us. A for­ eign power, in possession of Hawaii, would be within four days' steaming distance of San Francisco. Shiit out from Hawaii, foreign nations would be forced back the entire width of the Pacific, a distance.prohibitive of effect­ ive naval operation because battle­ ships cannot carry coal enough to steam that distance. A foreign power in possession of Hawaii would compel the elaborate for­ tification of every port on the Pacific coast in order to afford protection to our people and property out there. With all foreign powers excluded from. Hawaii, our people and property on the Pacific coast would be comparatively free from foreign danger. If we do not annex Hawaii some Other country will, antl-itis more economical for us to fortify one point in Hawaii than twen­ ty points in California, Washington and Oregon. -1 -,i We need Hawaii far more than Ha­ waii needs us. We need it as England needs Gibraltar, not so much for its territory nor its commerce, but for its location. We need it, not for aggres­ sion, but for the protection of the in­ terests that we liayjj there and for the protection of our people and property upon the Pacific coast. Another, and a subordinate, reason in favor of annexation is because Hawaii lies in the direct track of all trans-Pa­ cific trade. With one exception, all of the seven different steamship lines that cross the Pacific stop at Honolulu. All the China and Japan trade, to and from the Nicaragua canal, will subsequently do the same. Hawaii has been rightly termed the "commercial crossroads" as well as the "strategic key" of the Pa­ cific. Hawaii, although but partjally devel­ oped, is a rich and prosperous, country. It already consumes more of our United States products than any other country bordering upon the Pacific. Under an­ nexation we shall not only protect this trade, but we.will multiply it tenfold through the resulting development of Hawaii. Hawaii can easily support a million of people. Hawaii produces sugar, coffee and bananas, all of which we buy largely from foreign countries. By annexation we will produce these articles for our­ selves. The acquisition of the Hawaii­ an sugar lands will tlie sooner relieve us of our dependence upon Germany and other European countries as the base of our supplies of sugar. We can absorb the Hawaiian cane sugar as well as' all the beet and cane sugar that we are likely to grow for very many years to come. American citizens have emigrated to Hawaii in such numbers, and have acted there with such energy, that they already own three-fourths of the property there and transact three- the Senate is to protect his Washington gas and railroad interests, which are valued at from three to five million dol­ lars. The prices-which gas companies and railways may charge in Washing­ ton are determined by Congress, and if Mr. McLean could get an eight-years' seat in the Senate through this year's Ohio election, it would be of great value to him in the way of protecting his '.personal interests upon which Con­ gress is liable to legislate meantime. ,T';. Some British Ex ports. With regard to the total value of the exports of British yarns and textile fabrics for August, 1897, as compared with August, 1890, and August, 1895, the following table will show to what extent their exports of certain classes of^yarns and textiles to the United States have decreased: Exports from the United States to the United Kingdom: „• A u jr., 1897. Articles £ Cotto-n piece goods 52,125 Jute piece goods. .35,081 Linen yarn 277 Linen piece goods.33,109 179,323 212,004 Woolen and worst- * ed yarns 1.411 13,898 Woolen tissnies .. . 0,295 115,153 198,249 Worsted tissues. . 12,857 138,399 418,834 Carpets (not being rugs) 1,510 13,044 19,240 Aug., Aug., 1890. 1895. £ £ 93,834 110,301 70.701 89,712 4,081 770 Republican Dollar Wheat. Business Man in Politics. The business man is again taking an interest in politics. Iu those States in which the silver question enters into tlie campaign, and it is being forced to the front wherever possible, the busi­ ness men of the country are reviving their organizations of last year with which they so effectively and success­ fully combated this dangerous menace to the financial system of the country. 'The Dinner Pail We have heard nothing lately about any increase in the price of the work- iugman's dinner pail, but it is perform­ ing its daily duty again in holding a good midday meal for the American wage earner who has got his job back under protection. ' ' Quite Remarkable. Considering that the Ohio Democrats started in to make their campaign upon purely national issues, the persistency with which'they avoid discussing tariff or currency is quite remarkable. The Dollar Wheat of Democracy. UR RURAL FRIENDS. ' V TOPICS FOR FARMERS Grass Needs Mineral Plant Food--How to Kepp Fruit in Winter -- Hams . Should Be Packed in Salt-Have Pure Poultry Stock. \ Phosphatte for Grass Lands. u.Whenever the grass seeding fails the blame is usually laid upon the weather. But that Is not always cofrect, even in part. Grass belongs to the same bo­ tanical family as wheat, only the grain has had a greater development of its seed. All farmers understand that the wheat crop needs phosphate to be grown successfully, year after year, on the same land. To be sure, the soil is" cultivated, and there Is a new seeding with some manure each year,, for the grain crop. Yet farmers think that grass, without reseeding, and without new supplies, of mineral matter, will continue to grow., The result is that the grass gradually dies out and is replaced by mosses or other weeds Of low or­ ganization that can live without miner­ al plant food. 'Not only is the amount of grass lessened, but its quality is also impaired by lack of the mineral. On land that has long been without phosphate cattle will not thrive, and cows which give milk will take to the eating of old bones to secure the miner­ al nutrition they require. People who have learned that ground bone is good to make hens lay are apt to forget that the more bulky cow has an equally wouderful operation to perform. That is to take from her grass feed the nu­ trition required to make milk, which is less concentrated than the egg, but con­ tains very nearly the same klud of nu­ trition. When Ave began using mineral manures on, grain, we found that the second and third crops of grass seeded with the grain did not ruu out as they lised to do. It is far better to apply the phosphate with the grain. The grass seeded with it will get the effects of the mineral fertilizing for at least two years thereafter. To Keep Fruit in Winter. If fruit and vegetables must be kept in the house cellar, a room should be partioned off in the coldest part, if the other is too warm, and made secure against rats and mice. This is best done, by haying the partition of brick and the floor of good cement, laid so the rats cannot undermine. It. No language can describe one's feelings on discovering the work of a , family of rats In bins of apples, potatoes or oih er vegetables. Such a room should have a window open to the north, if possible, securely protected by wire screen, so that cold air can be let in when needed. ' Keep apples on the coldest side and potatoes on the warmest, .if there is danger of freezing. In extreme cold weather an occasional pail of hot wa­ ter or. a lamp or two may be needed, but the colder such rooms are. up to the danger point, the better stuff will keep. Some think that young grass cannot bear sunshine, and that a grain crop is needed to protect it. A nurse crop in winter is often of benefit by holding the snow, and thus shielding the ten­ der, grass from cold, drying winds; but in summer grass likes sunshine as well as does grain. The grain robs the grass of needed moisture when both grow together.--New England Farmer. of the phosphoric,acid and potash; or which cultivation -and cropping has robbed It No plant that he can grow, will restore the&e things to his soil, JURY FAILS TO AOREE the limitations of legume culture, the sooner they will realize the great bene­ fits that come from their intelligent cul­ ture.--Hoard's Dairyman. Pack Hams in Salt. Those \yh'o intend to keep any smok­ ed hauls and shoulders for next sum­ mer's use should use salt for packing. It is ipicxre (Cleanly,,and better iu every particular, than ashes or other articles commonly used. All that is necessary is to so place the meat that the pieces will uot touch each other, covering well the top pieces. The salt will not be wasted, as it may be used over again or taken to make brine. Hams packed in this way will not be musty or dirty on the outside, nor will they take any more salt than had.been absorbed be­ fore packing. Pure Poultry Stock. , A great many farmers who keep a flock of Plymouth Rocks are careless in regard to keeping stock pure. Be­ cause a hen is speckled, it doesn't ne­ cessarily follow that it is a Plymouth Rock. One of the surest indications of impure stock is a feathered leg. Formerly it was not uncommon to see the Rock with more or less down and even feathers on the shanks, but it has become so rare that it is now taken as a pretty sure indication of impure blood. Always avoid a fowl so blem­ ished, or serious trouble iu this direc­ tion will follow before the difficulty is entirely eradicated. If all poultrymen would be careful and throw out speci­ mens so blemished, it would be but a comparatively short time before the difficulty was entirely removed. Noth­ ing can add more to the beauty of the Plymouth Rock than a clean, bright yellow shank.--Michigan Farmer. Cultivation of Legumes. The. progressive farmer, who thinks closely about his business, will not expect any plan to perform fhiracles for him. He will fully understand that no clover nor peas can ever get from the air the potash and phosphoric acid that long cultivation has robbed his soil of, and he will, while supplying these, realize that he Is enabling the plant to get for him, without cost, the nitrogen that lie would otherwise have to buy, either by feeding purchased grain to animals, or by purchasing it in the, form of a commercial fertilizer. Legumes will give us the nitrogen, and in a soil deficient iu vegetable matter, will give us this, and it is found that applications* of commercial fertilizers are more effective in a soil well stored with humus, than in a barren soil. But no plaiits, grown coutiuously on soil deficient in mineral matters, will ever make that soil fertile in the full mean­ ing of the word. That is, noJmpoyer- ished soil can ever become permanently a fertile one from its own products. If a. man is so situated that he can pur chase food grown on other land, and feed it on his land, and return to his soil the manure thus made, he can in­ crease the fertility of his acres. But there are few farmers thus favorably situated, and these are mainly dairy­ men. The man who canuot make a profit in feeding purchased food must get the plant food his soil needs, of a aiineral nature, by th& direct purchase Dried Corn. ^ One of the^ ways of keeping sweet Corn in good condition for using is to dry itr "The method is very simple and easy. Only those ears should be taken that are still in 'their'. succulent stage. If the corn has begun to harden drying it will harden It still more, jit should be boiled' fully as long as would be re­ quired to thoroughly cook the corn on the ear. Then with a Curved knife made for cutting corn from tlje cob, strip the grain off and put it In an' evaporator. The more quickly the drying Is effected the. less danger there will be. of flies laying their eggs* in it, as they are apt to do when the eorn-ls liouSe.jdried. Af­ ter a few hours'-exposure of the corn at a temperature of 150 to 100 degrees the corn can be taken out and placed in tight bags, which should be hung up where air can reach them. Two or three days later take out some of the corn. If it is damp, heat it all over again. This dried corn, if put up right, will keep as well as if in cans. It will be better than most of the canned corn .that cau be bought at stores, for the latter is apt to be too old, as there is much in­ crease of weight when the sweet corn approaches ripening, though it is at the expense of delicacy of flavor and sweetness. Thin Out the Fruit. Experienced fruit growers have time and again urged farmers to thin out tlie young apples on the trees, but such advice Is uot generally accepted, being regarded as "vandalism," or waste of that which might be remunerative, yet the Massachusetts experiment station, after careful tests, keeping close ac­ count of the cost, as well as making a close comparison with trees thinned and not thinned, found that with apple trees there was an extra profit of one dollar by thinning, and a gain of 01 cents with plum trees, besides permit­ ting of better facilities.for destroying Insects and diseases. iTGERT MURDER CASE ENDS IN A MISTRIAL Jury Was Out Sixty-six. Hours and Stood on I»aat Ballot Nine to Three for Conviction -- New Trial Will Be Necessary. l£nd of the Long Siege. The great Luetgert trial in Chicago, the most absorbing criminal prosecution of the century, ended in a disagreement of the jury. For sixty-six hours the jury tried in vain to reach a verdict. For thir­ ty-eight hours the vote was 9 -to 3 for conviction and at 10:40 o'clock Thursday forenoon the twelve men announced an irreconcilable disagreement, and Judge Tuthill, being convinced that it was use­ less and inhuman to attempt to force a verdict, reluctantly ordered its discharge. The twenty-second and last ballot stood nine for conviction and three for acquit­ tal. This was irrespective of any ques­ tion of the penalty which had to wait on Good Blue.Grass Pasture. - Where you have what we call a good, solid, well-matted- blue gratis pasture, that same land will produce at least twice the amount of -feed, for the .rea­ son that it catches the snow, holds the rain much better, and not half the rain runs off that does from our short pas­ tures. It holds a greater amount of moisture, because the grass is a mulch for the soil, and it will keep growing for weeks iu a dry season, after it has ceased to do on other land that is grazed to death.--Western Plowman. Farm Notes. It requires but a small amount of capital to get a start with sheep, and in opening up a new farm they will help materially to commence the in­ come, consuming much which would otherwise go to waste, both in the pas­ tures and in the stables. Cement floors to stables are said to be cold and uncomfortable in winter, which is an objection, but floors should always be kept well covered with cut straw, leaves or litter of some kind. There is no floor that serves better as a protection against rats, and cement enables the farmer to construct his floors iu a manner to collect the liquids and thus enrich his manure heap. Many farmers who are sufficiently progressive to invest $1 or $2 in a sit­ ting of eggs from pure-bred fowls have been ridiculed for their extravagance in so doing, but after they have es­ tablished good flocks their neighbors who ridiculed them usually promptly come over and request to "exchange eggs," so as to derive benefit from the enterprise of others at a trifling cost. There is no poorer economy than in buying a poor harness because it is cheap. Well-tanned leather, with due care, will resist dampness and will keop sound a long time. Harnesses should never be kept in the stable. There is too much ammonia in stables, which will quickly cause a harness to rot. When used in warm weather the har­ ness should be cleaned often and kept soft and flexible with oil. Lowland pastures should always con­ tain redtop in some of its varieties. It makes the cleanest, nicest looking and sweetest turf of any grass. Tlie flue- leaved varieties should be selected for cultivation in pastures. Meadow fescue is a valuable pasture grass, where the soil is good, and on sandy soils red fescue is perhaps one of the best spe­ cies we can cultivate, associating with it English bluegrass. Dehorning cattle is how practiced ex­ tensively, but there is a right time for so doing. The horns should never be removed when flies and insects are troublesome, and the instrument should be scrupulously clean. Late in the fall is an excellent time for the op­ eration, and" it is better to experiment with a few, instead of dehorning the entire herd. Novices can have the op­ eration performed by a veterinary sur­ geon, if preferred. For many reasons fall tree planting is preferable to spring planting. There is much more time to do the work prop­ erly. The roots are firmly established during the winter. The tree or shrub is then in condition for immediate growth on the opening of spring. Near­ ly all deciduous trees and shrubs can be shipped and transplanted in autumn to advantage; also, roses in the open- ground, when slightly protected with suitable mulching. There is nothing "fancy" in breed­ ing animals of pedigree. The animate are bred for merit, and any farmer can be a breeder of pure breeds. But few keep stock for pleasure or "fancy," the object being to secure as large a profit as possible. The loss resulting from the use of unfit animals on farms 'is larger than all the taxes paid by farm­ ers, and the gain of a few more quarts of milk per day amounts to a large sum in a ye'ar. . In the winter of 1872 corn would not bring 12 cents a bushel in many parts ol the West, and coal was $11 a ton. In coifeequence a good deal of corn was burned for fuel. Now coal in same localities can be bought for about one- half the ppce of twenty-five years ago, while corn is worth rather more. If it was ever real economy to burn corn the time has gone by, probably never to return.- ADOX.PH I.. I.UKTGEUT. the jury's decision as to the guilt or inno­ cence of the prisoner. The big sausage maker, the center of a series of the most dramatic episodes in the annals of crim­ inal procedure, will have to go through this experience a second time, for he will be put on trial again for the murder of his wife. The closing events of the famous trial made up a scene of not more than eleven- minutes' duration. But a tense, feverish emotion was packed into every one of these minutes and even Luetgert, with' his iron nerve, felt the strain. His face was bloodless as he entered the court room and a tangle of deep furrows extended across his brow. A keen, swift look shot from beneath his shaggy gray eyebrows and his glance seemed to take in at a flash that the supreme moment in his fate had arriv­ ed. As he came in from the jail a battery of eyes threw at him looks whose signifi­ cance expressed ail degrees of curiosity. In his walk, his manner, his mien, con­ straint was there and'the anxiety that sent the blood from his cheek and put a purple tinge on his lips was visibly shared in by his counsel. Coir.t was opened and the jurors noti­ fied to appear. Nearly three days of wrangling, loss of sleep, and the close con­ finement had worked a wonderful trans­ formation on them. They entered the room with lagging steps and sank into their chairs a wo'e-begone looking crowd. In response to command from Judge Tut­ hill, Foreman Ileiclihold arose in his place and announced as his positive belief that no verdict could he reached. The judge interrogated the jurymen individually and each positively declared that no Influence or argument could change his opinion. The attorneys for both sides agreed that the jury be discharged, and it was done. Thus ended the first trial of what must be regarded as one of the most remarka­ ble criminal cases of tlie century. The trial was in progress nearly nine weeks and cost the State of Illinois over $15,- 000. Of the disagreement it can frankly be said that the division in the jury fair­ ly represents the division of opinion in the great world outside the jury box, where every fact and incident of the trial has been followed with engrossing scrutiny. It is probable that a poll of all those who have given intelligent consideration to the testimony and the law as laid ,down by the court would present a division of three to one in favor of a conviction. Tlie proportion of those who believe in. the prisoner's guilt is probably much greater. But belief in guilt and convicting a pris­ oner on circumstantial evidence such as that produced for the State in this case are two very different things., While the majority of the.public may believe that Luetgert was guilty of the terrible crime laid to his charge, there has always been room for a lingering doubt in. many minds that would operate powerfully on a juror's mind to prevent conviction. But for this lurking fear of doing an irreparable injustice to an inno­ cent man the circumstances of this case would have placed Luetgert beyond the pale of human sympathy. The trial with its disagreement has blasted his life for­ ever--a wrong beyond repair if he is in­ nocent, a righteous retribution if the cir­ cumstantial testimony of the deserted fac­ tory and its hideous evidences of crime told the truth. M'KINLEY'S IMAGE IN BRONZE Medals Now Being; Struck Off by the Philadelphia Mint. Bronze medals bearing the likeness of President McKinley are being rapidly struck off by the mint, and soon the whole issue will have been finished. This work is being "done in accordance with an an­ cient custom that has prevailed ever since the time of Washington. The medals are THE M'KIXLEY MEDAL. very valuable, inasmuch as the supply is limited and the demand is large. Some collectors have complete collections of these medals, from that shoeing the pro­ file of Washington to that showing the profile of Cleveland. Several of the med­ als already struck off have been sent to the President for himself and the mem­ bers of his cabinet. The profile of the President is an excellent likeness. On the reverse side is the date of the inau­ guration: Large orders for the medals are expected, and the receipts are for the ben­ efit of the mint earnings. Sparks from the Wires. Weyler, it seems, drew a blank and Spain a Blanco. - The Central railroad .buildings at Ma­ con, Ga., were destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000. A. C. Deuel, aged 75, for forty years superintendent of the publlt schools of Urbana, Ohio, was killed by a freight train. THE VALUE OF LEGS. Benefits of Correct Walking a* Aid to Good Health. --Few-; the advantage of having legs. It is tree that many have awakened to the fact that legs are good for working, the ped­ als on a wheel, and others think them serviceable in whirling their bodies two by two over the polished surface of a ball-room floor in the early morn­ ing hours, when they had. better be sleeping. But how many there are who do not appreciate the blessing of hav­ ing two sound legs to walk oiiv and who do not realize that, having them, they are Independent of circumstances! Young or old,, rich or poor, in good weather or In bad, In the city or in the country, over rough roads or smooth, or no roads at all, they can take them­ selves out, they can spur up the circula­ tion to its work of supplying new fuel to the boiler of the body and removing its ashes; they can expand the lungs with fresh, pure air, and/blow but the seeds of disease that only ask to be Jet alone to take root and bear deadly fruit; they can clear the brain, brush-' irig away the cobwebs of disappoint­ ment, doubt and melancholy, filllnjg their place with the iridescent tints of content and healthful hope. Here we have a machine that'is al­ ways ready for use, chalnless, with self-lubricating and dust-proof bear­ ings, close tread, changeable-gear, ab­ solutely punctuve-proof tires, and an anatomical saddle superior to any in tlie market. Perhaps the reason why so few ap­ preciate the treasure they possess in their legs is because so few know how to use them. The walker should step briskly, with head erect, shoulders back and arms swinging, breathing deeply with closed mouth. Strolling is better thau nothing, for even * that takes us into pure, open air; but there is nothing like a good swinging gait for putting life into one. . Quick walking Is good at any time except just after a hearty meal, but best of all in the forenoon or at bed­ time. For students the evening walk is invaluable. If hard study must be coutinued late into the evening, sleep will be much more certain and refresh­ ing if the mind is cleared and soothed by a brisk turn of five or ten minutes. Such a turn is useful, too, if drowsi­ ness comes before the task is finished; It tones up the tired brain cells and freshens the jaded memory.--Youth'n Companion. Using An Ape's Weakness. The late superintendent of tye Lon­ don Zoo, Mr. Bartlett, used to manage the animals by indirect methods, akin to those by which nervous children are controlled by wise parents. A rhJnoe* eros had a "bad place" on his face. The question was, Did the abscess come from a bad tooth, or did it only neett lancing? Mr. Bartlett simply said to the keeper, "Give him a new birch broom." The rhinoceros at once ate it, grinding up the bits with great gus­ to. "Ah! JTou see his teeth jjre al£ right," said Mr. Bartlett, and the next day he lanced the abscess with a sharp bill-hook. i The diagnosis was as Ingenious as his method of managing "Joe," a refrac­ tory champauzee. The Spectator' de­ scribes the "Indirect method;" "The big ape needed exercise. This he obtained by being allowed the run of the large monkey-house instead of remaining in a side room before the visitors came. As he knew he would be caught and put back into his own room at this hour, the ap& used to climb to the top of the other monkeys* cages and refuse to come down. "As lie could not be tf^npted by food, Mr. Bartlett appealed to his mind by working on what he had noted to be his weak points, curiosity and cow« ardice. >•* "Mr. Bartlett went to the keeper, and touching him gently on the shoulder, directing his attention in a mysterious manner to the dark passage under­ neath the-gas-pipe which traverses the house, pretending to point out to Sutton some horrible unknown creature, using an energetic mariner, but saying noth­ ing except words to this effect: 'Look out! There he Is! There he is!' At the same time the two men would peer into the 'dark place under the gas-pipe. "The monkey used presently to come down to see what the subject of fear and interest was, when Mr. Bartlett and Sutton used to shout, 'He's coming out! He's coming out!' and rush away In the direction of Joe's cage. The monkey would rush for the same place of safety, which happened to be the door of his own house, and sometimes enter it before them. "The monkey never learned the de­ ception, but would be taken in by It whenever the time came to finish his morning's airing." Oriental Railways. A cog wheel railway is to be built up Mount Sinai to the spot where, accord­ ing to tradition, Moses stood while re­ ceiving the Sacred Tables, the spot being already marked by a stone cross erected by the Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. It is pro­ posed to connect the road with a line from Port Said througfl the Isthmus of Sinai and Arabia, to ftarra on the Per­ sian Gulf. The Persian Railroad Tramway Com­ pany finds railroading the land of the Shah beset with difficulties, the re­ ceipts for 1896 showing a decrease of 18 per cent., due to three months' traffic suspension, a lot of boiler tubes ordered miscarried, arid, when a second lot ar­ rived. the Shah had been murdered and for fear of an outbreak train service was forbidden on certain parts of the line. On a Tandem to the Klonuike. Two well-known cyclists of Brook­ lyn have started on a tandem for the gold fields of the Klondike. They In­ tend to wheel to Seattle, from which point they will go as far as possible by steamer. The last part of their jour­ ney they hope to be able to make on their trusty tandem, which has been constructed with a view to making it serviceable on ice and snow. The ven­ turesome wheelmen are A. M. Franklin, a former secretary of the Brooklyn Cycle Board of Trade, and Robert Con- iugsby. an old-time racing man. The' latter has competed in several of the famous handicaps over- the Irvlngtoo- Millburn course, and has won a num­ ber of prizes. No man likes to be told -that lie is looking old, but it is a popular joke.