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I A LIGHT CONTINENT. ' WHAT HENRY M. STANLEY CALLS t THIS HEMISPHERE. Proud of Being an M. P.-UU Flnt Period of Heal KhI Catiela BedUcovered. find Fault Willi Our Bnllroad-Our ftplendid llulldlng. Ilenrv M. Stun Icy, owe the gre atest f newspaper correspondents, then first among explorers and now n member of parliament 1" England, is row ou vi.it to Amerien exploring the lilit coutineut," an he call if. Ho xks in splendid health. Hid checks me plump, hia eyes are bright, and nis pnysique is robust. The only traeea of bin African hardi-bipa nre in hia hair. It mid bin mustache nre white, and only hia eye brows retain their original brown hue. Asked if he could imagine hi awe If going to Africa agaiu, he raid it wua possi bio that he might go upon a com mercial errand, but ns an explorer never ugain. "I hure it wife now," paid lie, "and she ha something everything, in fact to aay about thut. " He had to utteud parliament into the hot nutumu, and the extraordinary habit parliament him of Hitting up nil night wore oil him, so thut be was glad to get HENIlT M STAXLET. over here ou a vacation. He ban just finished a trip to the Pacific) nud back ; aud is resting in New York among hia old friends. Ho ia proud of being iu parliament, and especially of having been elected iu a great Loudon district, with only 15 duya iu which to make the canvass . .I.- . . Iff - (4 I . - muuuK win vuirro. a iuu b pair u nunus ,, . . , T hard a piece of work ns I ever did," he 1 i.u . i i. i ; buys, "but it nud its annoyances. " ' ,l . , . . "In your journeys on tins side have f you beu lecturing or pleasuring?" "I am resting;-said Mr. Stanley. "uud the two months mid a half that I ; am enjoying away from my duties are . tho first real rest I have hud since I , reached manhood, the first period in 5 which I have not bud something to do i for somebody else. I have just mudo a ' trip to Montreal, then west to vancou i ver nud Victoria, to Seattle, then dowL i to Sun Francisco nud Los Angeles aud ' buck by the way of the Santa Ferail- wuy. My parliamentary duties closed in St-ptember, aud as the seasou iu Europe . had ended I ran over here to see thut part of the British dominion which' I hud not seen before Cunuda." J "Tho first thousand mile.-i westward I uieau that vast tiact of woods and nx'ks uud water that seems to feed tho great lakes you found uninteresting? I suppose, it is of little value. " Thus spoke tho interviewer. : "No, indeed," said Mr. Stanley, who seems to have been again a discoverer in that part of Canada. "That rugged ' woodland country uorth of the hikes seemed to me to offer sites for millions of homes. The ideal of a busy business mail would be to summer in a place more congenial than the near neighbor hood of tho city, to live iu a grove bo lide a lake and to satiate hia eyes with a beautiful prospect of water, wood nnd rock. Consider w hat money has been abln to make of Monte Carlo. In its neighborhood you may see any uuuilier of places that show what it was. Yet it has been made, a most complete place. Up there in Canada a man may have a lake of his own. Sir William Van Horue says there, nre thousands of them not pools, but winding lakes of crys tal wuter, swarming with fish, where you may enjoy fishing and hunting amid the most perfect settings of wood aud rock. Tho region is quite accessible to your lending cities. From Ohio to New York your jieople may reach there in ten hours at the lutest. Your tired busi ness men, roving und casting their eyes about, could not find a more delightful region on the globe. "What do you find to be our progress In railroading?" 1 "There," suid Mr. Stanloy, showing that I bad opened a fruitful topic. "As to your vaunted Pullman carriages, they need further improvement. For one stateroom, there are cfteu six applicants, and not being able to secure a stateroom five men are obliged to put up with what is only nn improved accommoda tion car, where they bear crying bubius, are pestered all the time by traiuboys and remain dissatisfied because they taimot get what they wauted uud huve not a moment to themselves. Then, again, I do think that iustitntiou, the American conductor, might be replaced by a politer kiud of man. Ho need not, when he comes into the door of a well furnished Pullman, put ou that stem air and forbidding appearance, because it is very nulikely thut in such, a cur , among well dressed passengers there is ; anybody who will need to lie forcibly j ejected. It is possible that these big railway corporations may find more courtly persons for conductors, but l you'll keep pegging nway. Every ad- vouced nation is stodgy as a whole, but there are always individuals rising up i who modify that stodgiuess mid improve 1 the country in spite of everything. I "noticed the growth of the many cities j very steady, the aspiring bouses, the architecture. Ah, the architecture that is what I huve been wondering at! I say I that if tou ou during the next 100 years in (he same w ay us iu the past H5, constantly improving, vying with one . another iu producing thes costly struc j turea aud completing your ideas of i architectural art, peoi.le will be swnrni- f iug over here from Kurone to wonder at ' Mm i yoor buildings in the same mnuiier thnt J yon Americans huve been swarming J over to Europe. Europe is at a stand- iu mese tuiugs. What surprises juu over mere are the wonders of the past the antique aud lnedia-val but bat will surprise- Europe will be the audacity of the modern age at exempli fled in your grand buildings. " -."Aren't yon hoqkeJ at some of our ikyscrnpor Unit look like cliluiueys, all pnnetnred with boles for windows?" "Oh, no!" mild this liroail gauged citizcu of the world. "They dou't shock me Ircnnso I think theio is grout don) it common sense in the building of tall struct utes. The grout apprehension was thut you could not raise there immense LniliJiufjx without constant danger from fir, tut by putting iu steel fiumcs and making tlo rest of the material fire proof, mid with the conveniences of lift hm m ou ul rlcc-tric communication. (,,,, is uo fear that the prodigious ! j,eiBht of your building! will interfere with tbe safety of their occupants." jnllall Knl, , Now y))rk jonrnaL I WAVES OF DARKNESS. ! Curloos Fhrnomrnnn Htopa Uualneaa an4 ! Work In I'lttsburg. A meteorological phelioinenou of un OHunl character attracted wide uttention lu FittNborg mid vicinity between 10 ' ind 11 o'clock (he other morning. Raiu Mid wind were prevailing, the ntmos- j phere was heavy, nud the clouds hung low. i Suddenly a fall of darkness, growing hi intensity, cuuie up tho Ohio valley from tlie northwest. It produced nn ef fect like the shadow of an eclipse. It twined to bo produced by mi nrca of low iweoping clouds, large enough to cover the heavens nud dense enough to cut ' iff all light from above. The darkness ' ivus remiirkablc and uluriuiiig. i Curpenter stopped their work on new buildings. People mh(d to the door j and windows. ShoptierH and even cleiks ! poured out of the stores, mid in u few minutes the streets were lllhd with ! throngs of people, ull liH.king upward ! apprehensively. Business indoors mid out was sns- pended. In the outskirts of the city tho I air was filled with myriiids of leaves. Down the Ohio river u beautiful fen- tuie of the phenomenon was exhibited I wbeu the darkness was at ils height by : the sudden dawning of a spot of silver brightness low down on the horizon, in j the center of the Ohio vulley and over ; the rvuters of the Ohio. This wus the rear guard of the darkness. Both it and the cloud traveled w if h nbont the ve ! locity that a cloud shadow in inidsnm 1 mer does when it sweeps over tho mend ! ow. Tho brightness following was like : molten silver, mid beneath it the river tiHik ou tho same effect. The falls of the river at Davis island dam, which n inn- meut before bud been lost to sight in the darkness, now seemed like a line of . . . . ... i quicksilver across the river, above and , . . . .. ... , , ,,,, beyoud which the cilv was lost to fight , ' . . . .: . ,. .. .,, iu inky darkness. Th is light roveuled . . ! ,on. clond ?,"',M traxv ibl ! PIT T T T" K brightened up the city. Three times came waves of darkness and light. The lightwaves were uarrow and of startling intensity, whilo the dark wave covered tiie whole heavens. It took but a few moments for each manifestation to pass, but everybody says nothing like it was ever seen there before. New Yolk Sun. QUAY AND THE PRESIDENCY. The PnnrlTnl Hrimlur a Full Unlgeil Candidate. "Matthew Stanley Quay is a full fledged candidate for tho Republican nomination for tho presidency, " said tho Hon. James Kerr, clerk of the house of representatives, in Washington, the other day. "1 want to tell yon uliont if. Last week two gentlemen in the city re ceived copies of a littlo pamphlet, cut and bound in imitation of a morocco covered memorandum book, milled The Politicul History of Matthew Stan ley Quay.' Now, Quay wus never known to do such a thing as that before, mid that of itself nt this juncture is ilos! significant, indicating the existence of a literury bureau. "But, iu uddition, whilo I wus in Pennsylvania tho other day I was told that Senutor Quay bud made up his mind to try for the nomination. His friends say he feels thut tho Republican victories of 181)4 uud his own triumph over the opposition in his own party in Pennsylvania last summer give insur ance thut with him at tho head of the ticket fcuccess will be certain. The state will be worked between now mid next spring to secure a Quay delegation to the national convention, mid to this end Senutor Cumerou bus been committed. The constraint iu their personal rela tions, if any ever really existed, has disappeared, as their departure for a fishing trip iu Florida demonstrates, and all tho power of the old combina tion will be exerted iu Quay's behalf." Washington Post. MOUND BUILDERS' CORN. After Burial For Centorlet It Growl Like Steed Grain. A curious experiment was made this rummer by Charles Graham, o nursery man of Ohio Fulls, Ind., nnd the result lies upon the desk before your corre spondent as he writes. Last year Mr. A. A. Graham of Mouut Vernon, Ind., mndo a visit to the vicinity of Alton. Ills., aud culled upon a friend who bad just opened a mound builders' buriul mound. Upon the mound grew several large trees, among them nn oak 4 feet iu diameter, mid thus thenge of the nio.'ud was established as consideiable. - Iu it were found the crumbling remains of brines, und among other utensils n large pot, containing a maize very much like our present common red corn. Of thi Mr. Graham secured several grains, aud on returning home pluuted if. It grew, and the result was that he produced a strain of corn which is most likely the ancestor of the corn we now cultivate. In spite of having been iu the grave for certainly not less thau 400 years, it grew very rapidly and produced a htrge, well shaped ear upon a fairly tall stalk. The ear is well set, the grains being somewhat smaller than any of the pres ent varieties, except popcorn. In shape IliA urnin reMCinldHri dried nwoot rnrn. being rough and wrinkled. In tuste it is sweet and agreeable. Indianapolis News. Hia Imperial Ulchnrte Meant Walk There was a curious story, which I am told is true, that the emperor of Chinn. havina olitumed relief from some 'ailment by the use of patent pills that ' were sent him from Europe, ordered 400 ' pounds of that remedy through a Tieu- tsin druggist aud sent them to Korea to be distributed among the Chinese troops. But they never reached their destina tion. Some skeptical or superstitious mandarin bad them dumped into the tea. Chicago Record. PENN-YAN BILL. (By F.iiifi ne Field.) In fallua old Kiiitui'ky, wlicra the gnu t very blue, Whera ton llquur la the ainuul best aud the slrla are fair and true. Where the rrup of be ipiwd gvutli-roen l full of hmrt and annd, And the t'k f four time winner It the Bu rnt In the land, Where the IVmix-rutlc party In bonrbon hardl-bund : For more limn half a century nnterrlfled h.t l stuod, I Where nod the M:i.-k ryi-d 8uim to the prat I tie of the rill i There there befell the wooing of Pi im V'an Bill. I Down yonder In the cottage that 1 nestling In the (hade ; Of the walnut tree thut seen) to love that 1 quiet little glade Abidi a pretty inuiden by the bonny name of Hue j As pretty as the black eyed flower and quite aa uiodeat too. ' And lorera came there by the aeore, of every age and kind, ' But not one (the utory guea) waa quite to Hu- alv's mind. Their nigh, their protivtntlona and their pleading made her ill Till all at once Ukiii the eeene hove Penn Vun Bill. : He came from old aluntuua, and be rode a broncho mare : Bo hud rather howd'y'do and rough and tumble air; HI trouaera were of buckskin and bis cout of furry start: Bis hat waa drab of oolor, and Ita rtra waa wide enough; Cpou each leg a atalwart boot reached just above thu kmt. And In the licit about hi wulat bl weapon carried he ; A rather strapping lover for our little Husie till Ehe waa hi choice, and be was her, was Penn Yan Bill. We wonder that the ivy aeck out the ouken trco Aud twine her tendril round him, though acarrcd and gnarled ho be. Wewonder that a gentle girl, unused to world ly rare. Should chooae a muu wbone lite baa been a coiMtunt crap with bear. Ah, 'tis tho nature of the viuv, and of Ihw maiden, tx So when the bold Moutuua boy cume from hi lair to woo The fair Kentucky blomom felt all her heart tring thrill Responsive to the purring of Penu Yuu Bill. lie told her of hi cabin lu the mountaiu fur away. Of the vutumount that bowl by night, the wolf thut yawp by day; lie told her of the grizzly with the automatic Juw, He told her of thu Injuu who demur hi vic tims ruw ; Of the jawlutwk with hi tawdry crust aud whisker In hi throat. Of thu great goHh-uwful aurpentaud the Rocky mountain gout. A book a big a hhakeKpvare'sor a Webster' you could fill With the yarn thut cinunuted from Peun-Vun Bill) Lo, a tboae niigutly prodlgie the westerner relates, Her pretty mouth full wide ugape her eyes get big a plate; Aud when he speak of Varmint that in the Itockies grow, Bbe shuddered and she cling to bilu and tim idly erica "oh!" And then auy be, "Dear Susie, I'll tell you wbut to co Ton bo my wife, and none of these 'ere thing' dure pester you! And abet She answers, clinging clone aud trembling yut, "1 will. Aud then hu give her one big bus, doe Peiui Yan Bill. A Taunt, ye poet lovers, with your wUhy- washy biysl Avauut, ye solemn pedant, with your musty, bookish ways I Avaunt, ye smirking dandle who air your etiquette Upon thu gold your father worked so lung and hard to gel I How empty Is yuur uothluguesa beside the sturdy tale Which mountaineers dullgbt to tell of border hill und vule Of snake that crawl, of beast thut yowl, ot bird that flap and trill In the wild egregious altitude of Penu Yuu Bill. Why, over all those, mountain peak hi honest foet have trod So blgh above thu rest of u be aoeuied to walk with Uisi. He's breathed thu breath of heaven, a It floated, pure and free. From the everlasting snow cap to the mighty western sea ; And be' heard that awful silence which thun der iu the cur, "There 1 a grcut Jubotah, aud hi biding place I here!" These these the uolemu voice und these the sight that thrill In the furaway Montana of Peuu-Yuu Bill. Of course ahu bud to love him, for It wua her nature to, And abu'll wed him lu the summer, if all we bear be true. The blue grass will be waving In thut cool Kentucky glade Where the black eyed Susan cluster lu the pleasant walnut shade. Where the dove make mournful music and the hs'ust trill a aung To the brook that through the pasture scam per merrily along ; And apoechh pride and rapture Ineffable shall All The beatific bosom of Penu Yuu B1U. Consolation. Oh, don't be discouraged though borne to de feat Upon the cold wave of the desolate tide! It always must happen that some shall be beal While other In grandeur to victory ride. I've been there myself, and I know how it feeli To sense the cold chill of an awful despair When late In the evening the ballot reveals You're left while your hearties opponent ii "there." I know bow the morning once dawned on my grief To think he should win after all 1 had said. I called him a liar, a mgne and a thief. And after election 1 took to my bed. The sun will shine on a It ever haa done, Thu monnls-unia Unpens) the dark shadow! of night. Cheer up, my gisxl friend. Yon'ra not weep ing alone-- Just think of the many who lost In the fight. Be glad, If you can, for the fellow who won; Rejoice in tl e Joy of tin Ir prosperous trip. Yon did all y n o uld, made an elegant run, So now In t'efeat ks p a aliff uier lip. Nebraska State Journal. Overproduction Ia Ultimatums. Lord Salisbury is suffering from a se vere attack of ultimatum upon the brain. His condition is the cause of grave buaivi w oiwi iwcign hj..- ment. There are now five British ultima tums out, addressed respectively to Asbsnti, Belgium, China, Turkey and Venezuela, The irrepressible anxiety displayed by foreign governments, especially by the impecunious republics of Ceutrul uud South America, to have a British ulti matum presented to thrin, is easily ex plained. The present value of a British ultimatum in the autograph market is 500. It is rumored thut the ultimatum dispatched to Venezuela, which appears to be loet, has been seized by oruer of tbe courts at the instauoe of an English creditor of that republic. Therepoit bus created consternation at Caracas. Truth. A Philadelphia Joke. The Ohio river in some section is down to six inches, aud the humane so cieties have appointed agents to carry water to tbe fish so that they will not grow thirsty. Philadelphia Bulletin. STORIES OF THE DAY. .1 1 Tt.. bin, , nf Mrii.li. ' lng Jim Stewart' llurae. I Major Juinrs Hlewart of Carthage, O, a retired tegular, who comuianded Battery U, Fourth urtillcry, talks about two occasion when ho was shocked and 'saddened. His horse, Tartar, was of blooded stock, ami horse and master , were much attached to each nl her. At tho second Bull Ruu battle a solid shot plowed through the rumps of high strung , Tarter, gouging out pounds of flesh nnd cutting off his tail snug to tho body. I The wounded animal frisked about light briskly for a minute uud then settled dowu and carried his rider until the buttle lulled, seeming to know that tho commander could not spare time, in that iron und leaden hail, to chango horses. Ho had bled to weakness, but quickly olsycd every summons of tho rein. When Stewart dismounted uud saw the ghastly wound hu was, to use his own language, ''as hocktd as if I'd hist nil arm." Ho supposed thut his favorite riding horse would die or have to bo killed. When, the uext morning, Tartar slowly nud witli a wobbly gait walked to bis master whilo be was sipping coflco und munching haidtack uud raw pork, uud gently hid bis head upon his shoulder and groaned, the artilleryman put his arms about his neck and kissed the brown mime. "I cuu't kill him," said Stewart. "Wo will leave him here to die iu his own way mid time." When Battery B und the other troops moved out on tho retreat to CYntervillo, , the major, then a lieuleuuiit, ou u new animal, took a tearful glance at his dis tressed war horse, said "Goutlby, Tar tar," and passed on in silence. Between sundown uud daik that uiglit Tartar, jaded und broken, stiaggled into camp aud sought out his iiius.it us if. to report for duty. He wus tenderly petted aud given an extra feed of oats. Tho next morning Stewart summoned the sur geon, hud Tartar examined, and never I wus a boy gladder over red topped boot or unythiiig else than Tartar's muster when the doctor told him that tho horse , would be ready for service w ithin a month or six weeks. Tartar followed the regiment through Washington to South Mountain uud Anlietain, sticking close to the horses during tho battles, .....I .. I..... t..( um.u n.,wlir t.i aturl .. .u.,.w...u ..v w ...... from Bakersvillo buck to Virgiuiu, late in October, he was the proudest horso iu tho Army of thu rotomuo as he again took charge of Buttery B's commander. The story of Tartar's mishap spread throughout the army. Thousands of sol diers visited the battery ou purpose to sco him. He fared liko u priuco. Noth ing wus quite good euungh for him. II often luippoticd that tho battery passed troops resting by the roadside. Tho ap pearunceof "Fighting" Jim Stewart und bobtuiled Tartar was ulwuys it signal fur a variety of comments thut put every body iu a happy fruuio of mind. - Tartar never just relished the begin ning of a battle ufter his Bull Huu ex perience. Ho didn't try to sulk, grab a root or dodge behind a tree, but he did a goiMldeal of prancing, especially wlfcn shells and solid shot shrieked und whistled iu his immediate vicinity, but after a few minutes ho seemed to be us much interested iu what wus going ou as any one in the command. Stewart rode Tartar till the war end ed and for several yours afterward. "You may laugh, gentlemen," said the major to a cluster of comrades who hud gathered ubout him at Detroit during tho national encuuipmeut "you may luugh, gentlemen, but it touched mo to the heart wlieu that poor, wounded dumb brute came up to mo thut morn ing, laid his head ou my shoulder uud grouued. I ll uduiit that u tear skuted over my hurd cheek." "Let mo tell you of another time when I experienced u choking sensation. It wus that first day ut Gettysburg. Just before we wero ordered iuto tho light 1 bud been talking with Colonel Lucius Fairchild of the Second Wiscousiu. Both of us were iu good spirits. We knew trouble was coming, but were coiilideiit s greut victory for our uruis wus coining also, Tho order toadvuucocuine, und we sainted uud separated. Thut hot after noon, mudo hotter by the thunder of hundreds of cannon and tho continuous rattle of uiuskutry. while I wus getting the battery through Gettysburg with us little delay us possible, tbe other folks being close to us, I heard soino one shout my name. Looking in the direction from which the sound caino, I suw Colonel Fairchild standing ou a porch waving his handkerchief." Then I saw thut one of bis arms was gouo. 1 can t tell you bow shocked I wus, nor how my heart crowded up into my throat wbeu I re called our pleasant visit of a few hours before und thought thut forever and forever iny deur frioud would huve to get along with one urm. I want to thank yon folks up in Wisconsin for be ing good to him. Had him for your gov ernor for a long time, didn't you?" Yes, major, aud secretary, of state. The na tion had him for a consul, a consul gen eral, a foreign minister. Ho bus beou what no other American bus or is likely to be commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and command) r in chief of the Loyal legion. Colonel J. A. Watrousiu Chirago Times Horald. Haul of Texas. The Victory Brigade mission hold a rousing meeting last uight iu their hull, 311 Tremont street. One new convert testified that ho had a touch of the ex- twr ence of tlie Atiostie rum. jiu sum that he went to the hull with the inten tion of ridiculing tho meeting uud the brigudo, and he hadn't been there long unlil he was struck with conviction, anil he arose to testify to tho saving power of Christ. Ho said that he entered the building with five or six companions, and he culled ou them to know if he hud u it expressed the intention of ridiculing tbe meet ing, und one of tin in responded that he hud so expressed himseif. Gai testou News. A HaliJ Crusade. A novel crusude is proposed by some women in Brooklyn. It is to lie directed against the practice some mothcts aud nurses have of leaving their babies in baby carriages in the street outside big ! C(JU,,ies, with or without children, 00 stores while they are Inside shopping. ,jU(!ie ma0 nd 60 single female adults, Tbe crusaders are moved to act by si v- j f0 gei t,.,) according to their avoca eral consideration. First and foteniost ' tj(lUg m , t0 ,llt.r i(J.ui requirements, of thee is the fuct thnt the exposure and Bllj pr0Ti,ie fr each other's necessities .L. ...A ll..l.Ul,li.. Tin,, . M 1 1 uie iieim an ouu u-.,..- - tneDaoies interior w in run,., v, leetiug crowds. Lastly the reformers think that such treatment of itfuuts bus . 1 J ,.m . 1 1 w 1,A ehi tdrell and I ubu cue. ,..v..v , their mothers. New York Sun. HE IS AX 0M) TIMER, GENERAL GEORGE WALLACE JONES SOON TO ISSUE HIS MEMOIR3. The Oldest Living Ks-ftenator Waa la Congress With Clay, Webster, llentnn, Corwln and I'nlk-lIU Dueling Day Aa Interesting Character. Word has ri itched Washington that George Wallace Jones of Iowa, the old est retired United States senator living and tho ctiiiteiuiMirary of James Monroe, I ji,h Ouiucv Adams and Andrew Jac k sou, 1 about completing his long ex pected nutiihingrapliy ivid will have it ready for tho press iu a few weeks. The announcement will bo received through out tho country with lively interest, for the epochs covered are so fur buck as to be fresh and new to readers of today, and Joms is known to possess a greattr fund of personal reminiscences of pnh lie men und things of national nolo iu the long ago than anybody else now surviving. Unlike Senator Sherman's new book, dealing with statesmen both living uud dead, Jones' forthcoming memoirs, which promise tobc equally Interesting will treat altogether of statesmen passed away, except himself, and ho is stil! very much alive. Though nearly lit ears old, a "last leaf" iu point of agr I GS.Sr.HAL OKolKiK WALI.ACK JONES. j '" " , " "- ". y " strength, and his menial vigor is quite unimpaired. It is hard ill theso hitter days of tho century to conceive that there is a national character still above ground who served as a drummer boy iu the war of 1812, who hud thu honor of naming two states back in the thirties, who enjoyed an iiuimnte ucquuiiitunce with all the presidents since Mudisou, who rodo beside the Murquis do Lafay ette when that hero toured through America iu 1S'.'4, who sat iu tho lower branch of congress with Polk and Bull and Lincoln before they gained promi nence, and iu tho upjier house with Clay aud Webster und Bet toil nud Houston aud Corwiu, and who bore a pint iu most of tbe great political events of our first half century ns a republic. But Jones is just such a figure. Ho has donu all those things, nnd iu his book ho will Bkotch tliein out in a touch uud go man ner that cannot fitil to charm the pres ent generation. Jouos, liko most other public men of that time, wus a great believer iu the "code" uud figured iu seven diHercut duels, although a principal iu ouly one. Tho most notubloof those duels was that between Cilley of Maine aud Graves of Kentucky, iu which Jones acted us Cil loy's second. Tho meeting occurred ou the outskirts of Washington, near the Marlboro road, uud grew out of a do bate iu congress, Jones wus induced to j net ns Ci Hoy's second by Fraukliu Pierce, thou a congressman. Rifles wore chosen ns tho weapons, and three rounds were fired. On the third round Cilley fell (lend with a bullet iu his bruin. The soiisatieu that ensued in congress and throughout tho country wus extreme and resulted eventually iu tho enactment of j stringent laws placing dueling on the sume level as murder. Funr days after retiring from the sen ate, on March 8, 18."!l, Jones was ap pointed by President Buchanan as min ister to Bogota, NewGrunudu (now Co lombia). Ho remained there until No vember, 1801, when he wus recalled by tho Lincoln administration and shortly afterward confined as a suspected seces sionist of great influence in Fort Lafay ette, Now York. Since theu he bus lived chiefly ut Dubuque, Iu. A signal honor was accorded him by the people who kliW him best on April 12, 1804, tlie occasion of his ninetieth birthduy, when tho state of Iowa gave him a public reception nud banquet at IJos Moines, presided over by the gov ernor and attended by both houses of the legislature, the executive council, the supreme judiciary and the most distin guished citizens of the state. He is now residing ut Grouse Pointe, Mich., ten miles from Detroit. In a recent letter to friends In Washington ho says: "I huve been importuned for many years by friends and correspondents all over the country to write my biography, but hitherto I resisted their rutreutios, thinking thut the play would not bi worth the cundlo. Lust Dooeinber, how ever, a year ago I came here (Villa Si Vrain, Grosse Pointe), ou a visit and my granduicce extracted from me, no lens voleus, the promise to spend tho summer of 1805 with her aud her hus band in writing my life, they agreeing to furnish me wtb stenographers, typo writers, reuders and all other conven iences to that end. Accordingly I set to work und now we huve nearly U00 page completed and made ready in proper style. I am in perfect health, and have been since 1821." Atlanta Constitu tion. T J promote Social Concord. The lutest addition to the philan thropic, associations of the metropolis is the Society For Pmiuoting Social Con cord. The objit-t is a very laudatory one, and I noto thut the promoters have obtained tbe ben i sou of tho bishop of Durham, Canon Scott-Holland and Dr. Clifford. It is proposed to establish either in Western Australia or New Zeu land a pioneer settlement to be culled the Model Co-operative community, which will consist of about 200 married Jn llie mailer oi iinmi, ciouiiuk aim uuu- ital)(,u. tlllg p,()W.r comniuniiy ; ,honld ,irlVe a success, others will be e.tablisl:ed from time to time in various . . t 1 1 1 , ... .1 ..I ......... puns oi me ioi.o a tuuu uu v.u-- itsuces will cermlt MONUMENT TO FIELD. Public Sentiment la Favor of a Memorial la the Children's I -scire at j Everybody ny, "Lot the children build a monument in memory of their poet, Kngeiie Field. " There is but one ; opinion. Artists, educators, teachers, ( mill uud women of letters and of ulTuirs in general are unanimous iu support of tho idea. The children, too, have taken up the project with as much enthusiasm ; as they would if they had conceived it themselves. Hundreds of little ones j whom Kugeno Field first introduced to I the fairyland f .( ry are putting their candy money iu "littlo tin bunks," ; so that tiny may have a sliure in the i memorial when it is built. It is the general opiuiou that the memorial, whether tablet, statue or I monument, should lie placed in a park, and Lincoln park, Chicago, is favored. , Harriet Hosmer, the gifted artist whose genius udomed the Illinois state building during the exixwitinn, has sev eral ideas iu mind. "Now if I were to suggest right off hand, "she said, "I would say some thing liko this: First, nothing in mere portruitorc, nothing like u bust or ex ; act representation. Something ideal is ; what we want something poetic. If it is to bo a largo statue, it wyild be sym bolic to have a child guiding his pen, or if it were to lie smaller a child writ ing the name 'Kugeno Field' on a stone or laying a laurel wreath upon bis name. 1 think Ihellnest thing would be to have a life size figure of the poet sit ting in a chair a chair supKrtcd by the winged innses. Huve him silting iu an uttitudo of deep thought, as if wait ing for an inspiration, ami a little child at his knee touching his pen. And have it iu bronze." Chicago Hecord. NEW IDEA FOR WOMEN. Mr. Cotton Want Government llemgnl tlon for Her Mes. A new idea was advocated before th Federation of Woman's Clubs at At lanta a few days since. Mrs Sullie Sonthnll Cotton of North Carolina, one of tho bruiniest women in tho congress, put forth tho idea uud championed it in a strong speech. She spoke for tlie recognition of wom eu by the government iusome such sub stantial way as men are recognized iu tho schools nt West Point and Annapo lis. Of course she did not want to make soldiers uud sailors out (it the women, but she wanted to niuketheiii relatively as useful to their sex aud their country iu some capacity suited to their talents, uud she wanted the government to pro vide for (hem to lie (ruined. The idea is one that has not been ad vocated to any extent, aud, put forward in the strong manner iu which Mrs. Cotton prestutcd it, it created wide in terest. Mrs. Cotton is a native of Virginia. Sho moved to Nortli Carolina very early. She married Hubert R. Cotton of Tar boro, N. C. She is the mother (if six children aud wus the lady manager of the World's fair for North Carolina. She lives on a fuiiu, is devoted to domestic duties and is not an advocate of woman suffrage. At lantu Const it utiou. UNPARALLELED SPECTACLE. Th Combination of the European Power A gal nit the Ottoman Empire. Never before iu Europe or in the world bus there been a politico-military combination of such magnitude as that of tho six Christian powers which huve takeii joint action in tho case of Turkey. The holy alliuuce of 1HI5 wus a foeble thing iu comparison with it. The pow ers now acting together for a special purpose have more soldiers under urms than there are nblebodied iuhubitauts in the Ottomaii empire. Tbe army of Sen nacherib tho Assyrian, or Alexander the Macedonian, or Ciosur the Roman, would looksmull ulougside the millions who uiurch uudor the flags of the six powers thut confront the Turk. The armies of the middle ages, or of later centuries, the armies of Napoluou Bona parte, the armies that fought in our own great war, were fur inferior iu number to the armies which staud ready at this time (o draw the aword against the sul tan. No military combination ever before existed upou eurth the niugnittido of which can bo compared with that of the six Christ inn powers recently formed. The thing is not likeby to lust long, but while it lusts it is u spectacle without a purallel in history. New York Sun. EDMUNDS ON THURMAN. A Tribute From due Ki-Renator aa to the Motive of Another. "Thurniaii's most noticeuble chirrup teristiu in the senate," says ex-Senator Edmunds, "was hi command of pure, stroug English. He was powerful iu da. bate, never mincing mutters, but culling things by what he considered their right names. He wusbruve in bis convictions, and wus always worklug for whnt ho thought the good of his country, nud nut for hire. Although I did not ngreo with bim upon political mutters, I could not help liking hiui for his earnestness. Wbut he did wus done because he con sidered it right "Although ruther reserved to stran ger, he was a genial man among bi friends, and being remark''' ly well versed in history, literature und luw, wus a most interesting companion. He was pintlculur'y foud of French litera ture, nud used to keep some standard work iu thut language iu his desk In the senuto, which lie would reuil during long, dull sjieeches. There are iniiiiy ad dresses made iu the senate thut are not worth listening to. Iu such a cuse some of us would send out for something to reud, aud Thurinau's book wos usually a French one. "New York Tribune. Intereollrglate Debating- League. During the wotk delegates from Brown, Wesleynn, Bates, Host on uni versity and Boston college, met iu Bos ton and formally organized the first New England Intercollegiate Debuting league. Bowdoiu and Tufts have signi fied their intention of joining the union, and Williams w ill probubly enter iu the ueur fulure. Not only hnve the students of those colleges been intensely interest ed iu the mutter, ns shown iu the vari ous muss meetings which huvo U ii held recently in most of them, but the re spective faculties huve also tukeu a bund, and it is to a great exteut due to the -j,.,,! !(, interest shown - by several of ,, ,i,e .uthusiafio of pruM)BW. h.ue see lh;,V,)IH,. lnd -n,,lU it crowned 1 wl(h ,ncceg- Dartmouth. DUNRAVEN'S CHARGE. Nothing so serious as foul play was inggested over here. His complaint amo simply as the casual crankiness of a bud tempered uud exasperated limn. As we all know, we raced with Lord Dunroveii und he returned home, and since his insolence bus reached tho poiut to which it has developed in Eugluiid, we leuvo it to Tho Pall Mall Gazette and all self respecting Englishmen to see that he is properly horsewhipped over there, as ho ought to be. They owe it to us. New York Sun. Dumaven's churgo is a charge of ras cality agaiust the gentlemen of the De fender syndicate and agaiust the New York Yacht club. The churge that Mr. Vanderbilt, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Iseliu, the syndicate, would stoop to such ac tion is as insulting as absurd. They uud the gentlemen composing tho New York Yacht club are safe from injury by alle gations of uusportamuulike action. Dun raveu seems determined to compel Amer icans who sympathize with him in de feat to snbstiinto contempt for sympa thy. Utica Herald. If ho believed thut a club of which he was a member had been guilty of rob bery and conspiracy, he ought to have promptly uttered hi belief and given bis substantiating facts without waiting until he had reached tho other side of the Atlantic. According to his own statement, Dnnraven is a coward. Any further racing with Duuruven is out of the question, for lie hus barred himself from the society of gentlemen. But the New York Yacht club ought to demand thut its "honorary" member, Lord Duu ruven, snbs'nntiute or withdraw hi charges of cheating. Biughuuitou Republican. A FORMIDABLE YACHT. Will Be So Dullt Thai II Can Be Trail. formed Into m War Tewel. F. W. Morgan of Chicago ha just let the contract for a steam steel yacht, resembling a modern torpedo boat of the Ericsson type, nnd to built that it can iu a fow hours be transformed iuto a formidable war vessel for servico ou the great bikes. It will be schooner rigged, with two polo masts, supplied with an outfit of sails, to be used iucaso tf uccident to tho machinery, which will fdve the yacht a spend of four or flvo miles au hour. The vessel will be built of steel, divided by five steol watertight bulkheads iuto six compartments and its dimensions will be: Length on water line, HO feet; on deck, 130; beam, ou water line, 17 feet 4 iuches; ou dock. 18 feot8 iuches. The bow will project six foet beyoud the deck, sloping out aud down to the water line. From the water line the fore foot is cut away, so as to give it the rum shape siiuilur to the bows of the United States cruisers Minneapolis, Now York and Columbia. The eugiue will be of the triple expansion type, with cylinder 13, 19 and 80 Inches diameter by 19 inches stroke. This will turn a bronze screw propollcr, 5 feet 6 iuchos iu diunieler.'UOO revolutions per minute uud give the yacht a speed of 18 miles per hour. In building the vessel special care will be taken to have it couform to the requirements of the navy department, as well as the Inland Lloyds. ' The ob ject is to build a ship thut in a few hour can bn turned into a war vessel iu casn of trouble with Canada, It will be built at Racino. New York Horald. Talking Through a Stream of Water. "I have a most remarkable telephoue iu my house, " remarked a resident of tho western addition. "1 noticed thut nt times I conld hear vtry distinctly tho conversation in the next house. Sudden ly it would bo broken off short iu the middle of a sentence, and I could not hour another word It would become audible ugain just as suddenly. "By a eerie of experiments I have found out thut the sound is conducted by the wuter running through the pipes. When the wuter is turned on iu my house, I can hear all the conversation in any of the nxmis next door in which there is miming water. When I turn off the water, ull sounds stop suddenly. "I told my neighbor of it, and we huve put it to practical use. When I wish to speak to him, I tup ou the win dow, he turns ou tho wuter iu his house uud listens while I talk to hiui over (lie wator pipo iu an ordinury tone of voice. When I have finished, he turns off the wntor in his house aud I turn it ou iu mine and listen. In that way we can carry ou long conversations with us much ease as if he were iu the room with ma Still our houses are about 20 foot apart "San Fraucisco Post. Quick Shipbuilding. A specimens of rapid construction the seveu gunboats which the Thomsons of Clydebank built for Spain to bo used against tbe Cuban insurgents are note worthy even nmoug the famous feat ot modern British shipbuilding. They ran go from 100 to 800 tout' displace ment, w ith speedi from 12 to 13 kuots, and curry maxim rapid fire gnus, the largest being the 8 inch. The con tract was signed July 11 lust, nud tho first vessel was launched Aug. 24 aud ready for delivery Sept 11, or iu exact ly two months from the signing of the cou tract. Indeed the work on her was not really begun, it ia said, until July 23, so that she was completed iu cveu weeks and three days. Meanwhile tho other sis were going along at the same pace, for it appears thut they were all completed by Oct 1, ten days short of the contract time, although the lust of them wns launched as lute as Sept 20. The launching of one after another of the enormous new battleships withfu a year of their laying down is another iu stauce of speed in British shipbnildiug, but the finishing of those mousters w ill be a lung tusk. New York Suu. Obo of Eugene's Trick. A story that bn been written about Fiold concern tbe trick he played on two carloads of Kansas City uiercbnut who went away oua time ou an excur sion. Each car wns to go by different route, aud the cars separated at au early boor lu the morning when everybody was asleep except Gene Field, who wus aloug to write op the trip. Just before the curs parted company be carried all tbe shoes from one sleeper iuto the other and carefully exchanged them. Then bo took the shoo from tho slueiier that bud a double supply and carried them into tbe sleeper whore nolssly hud nuy shoes. The next morning there was a bluo streuk two ways across Kausus. Every tuan iu both sleepers was miles aud miles away from hia own shoes.
