THE TAltTFF QUESTTOX.
Ttie Statesmen at the Capital All Discuss the
Matter.
Washington spocinl: Tho skirmish lines
of the two parties nrowell ndvanccd on tho
tariff question. Mr. Morrison nays he will
endeavor to bring nphis bill nt tho cnrlieat
possible moment. Thnt menus that he
will do so as soon ns ho discovers thnt his
forces nre nil here. At present thore nra
some ubsen.ees. Thero have been n num
ber ol private conferences to endeavor to
determine upon n, policy, and tho latest
conclusion is thnt it is expedient to fores
the vote at once. So far ns can be ascer
tained from a preliminny survey of the sit
uation it cannot bo discovered thnt thera
hns been nny chnnge Binco tho voto was
taken Inst June. Then Mr. Morrison was
unnblc to succeed in his motion for the rea
son flint he did not have votes enough, and
that a considerable number of his own
party declined to support him. The pro
tectionist lenders who havo been canvass
ing the s'tuntion with a Rood deal of cars
during the lust few duys say thov cannot
discover thnt there hns been any change
in tho views of the protection demo
crats. The only difference is thnt
two democrats who voted with Kan
dall and against Mr. Morrison are
dead. The views of tho successor
of the other hnve not yet been
ascertained. Meanwhile Mr. Randall has
not been inactive. He declines to itcccpt
nny ' olivo branch," although it is report
ed that several h ivo been tendered to him.
Ono of tho stories of the day. in fnct, is
thnt S-cretary Lamar and ConpreHsniuii
Hewitt have undertaken to act as inter
mediaries between the two tnriff factions
in the democratic party in tho hopo of
being able to como to an agreement upon
some bill. Mr. Randall has his sundry
civil bill and will uso it ns a club to ward
off Hie blows of the revenue reformers from
mIiii lever quarter they may come.
While it is quite certain that an effort
will be inado to bring up thotarill question,
it still seems probablo that no tariff bill
will i ntts. Expressions within the last day
or two in the senate, however, on the part
of Home loading republicans bavo created
thu impression that some of the promi
nent republican lenders nro of the opinion
that it is expedient to tako somo action
upon the tnriff at this sc-sion. Those who
h'i been the most conspicuous in nil-vif-.ii'
this idea thus far nro Senators
Sherman and Dawes. The Hpecch of Mr.
Danes, which is expected next week, is
n wait I'd vvith a groat deal of interest. His
view is that the 5100.000,000 surplus can
be mhirod by a reduction of taxntion
without injuriously affecting the protective,
interests or interfering with tho wnges of
linnn labors.
Colonel Morrison, referring to tho report
that the lions.' would immediately proceed
to the consideration of the tariff question,
said: "I think it quite possible that tho
mibjert will bo under discussion next week.
J can't tell whether our people will nil bo
-there or not. We expect to cull up tho bill
next week. Tho tireliminary situation of
the bill is thi: The bill is tho tlrst on the
calendar of revenue bills. The motion will
be t proceed to go into a rommitteo of tho
whole o consider revenue bills, and if that
shall pevail the question of consideration
can be raised nsninst the first b'll; should
the hotmn voto to consider, tho bill will bo
before the house. There have been a good
ninny wild stories about my intentions nnd
tlieprovpects of thebill. Forinstnnce, I hhw
it tecent'y stated in one dispatch that (if
teen of the demoerats who voted ncninst tho
consideration of the bill nt tho Inst session
will vote for consideration now. That
may be tho fact, but I don't, know any
thing about it. Ihave certainly said noth
ing of the kind. Viele, of New York, said
to me be should vote for the bill, but none
of the others, who voted against tho bill,
ha vo sa;d u. word to me. , I don't know
what anyone intends to do, but 1 shall call
the bill up nnd if it cots up, there will bo
some talk. Somebody will have to do
something before long. Everybody can't
sit on the top rail of the fenco nlways; tho
fence won't hold thorn. IJotli sides of tho
tnriff question will have to define them
selves before long. If they don't discuss
the question this winter they will hnve to
do it the next. I shall do iny best and tho
result can t ike care of itself. It is not my
funeral. I have already had mine."
murdered nr xegroes
Horrible llutcjiery of on Olil H'ouinn by
Tteo Jllacli Fienils.
Uai.timoui:, Mn., Dec 12. The case of sup
posed body snatching reported lastnfght turns
out to be one of the most brutal murders on
record. The ghastly Mounds found
upon the body which was brought
to thu Maryland university for dissec
tion puzzled the physicians and aroused sus
picion of foul play, so great that they notilled
the police. The police and detectives worked
Uj.ou the case all night and to-day. and this
afternoon they nrre-ted Anderson'lVir, col
ored, the ass'stmit janitor at the Maryland
univciblty, merely us a feeler. He became
frightened and imparted such Information as
to came the nrret to-night of .lolm T. Ilosa
nnd Albert Hawkins, both negroes.
The three men were placed in different
cells at the wettcru station, and late this
evening Hops made a full confession of tho
whole 'airair to C hief of Police Frye, The
fact arc as follows: The woman whose body
was brought to the Maryland university on
Friday night was Kinily Drown, a respectable
white woman Wi years of age, whom dire
necessity compelled to take lodgings with a
colored 'woman on 1'lg alley. The men who
brought the bodv to the university were T.
Doss mid Albert" Hawkins, who lived in thu
same l.otue w i'.li Kmilv Drown. P.oss met
Anderfon Perrv, the university janitor, on the
street last Mcudav and told him that he win
out of won; and had no money. "Well,"
fald Perrv, "ynii needn't be out" of money:
kill the old white woman uu at vour house and
bring the body to thu university and I'll give
you f la." At first Hoss was horritlcd at the
Idea, but the M.1 was too great a temptation.
He was afraid to attempt thu job alone, so he
let Hawkins luto the secret, who assented to
the plan projosed to deliberately murder a
poor lirlpiers old woman for 515.
'1 he two fiends watched their chance. The
.colored woman who owned the house left home
Fridav morning to be gone until Saturday and
Friday afternoon Iloss and Hawkins went to
Emily Drown's room. Doss struck the woman
ou the head Willi a brick and llawkiiisstabtied
her. Ross continued to beat her on the head
with a brick and Hawkins pounded her chest
with his heel until she was dead. They then
went to the university, and after telling Perry
what they had dou'c, cot a sack from him In
which ttiev brought the murdcrc 1 woman's
hotly to the umveisltv that night.
Perry nt once took the both' to the pickling
room w here hu shaved nil tile hair from the
woman' uead, washed tho iKxly and so dis
figured the fuco and head as to give out the
Idea that It had been eaten by rats. The three
men. Perry, Joss and Hawkins, are locked up
to ulghtat the western station and will be
transferred to Jail to-morrow.
A costs ickss.ua s' corxereo.
New York speciul The Tribune's Ilalelgh
(N. C.) speciul anys: "The nir is full of tulk
concerning tho criminal conduct o! Con
jrssman James V. Held. Hefore eloction
Keid was publicly charged with obtaining
monoy from trie Mftchevia bank In Winston
by using an order of Rockingham county,
of which he was treasurer, when in fact the
order was issued for the purpose of paying
the county debt. It is Known that Held
raised $30.000on property not woitbover
?8,000, nnd that he hns pledged his sulary
ns congressman until March to more than
one person und raised money In this way.
lie is reported to have gone to Canada.
tiie ixnr.tx tiuiies.
Report ef the Committee Appointed to Nego
tiate With Ttiem.
Washington dispatch: A commission
consisting of Dishop II. 1$. Whipple of Min
nesota, Colonel John V. Wright of Tennes
see, nnd Major C. P. Lnrrabee, of the In
dian oflice, appointed under an act of con
grees to negotinto with certain tribes nnd
hands of Indians in Minnesota, Dakota,
Montana, Idaho nnd Washington Terri
tory, bavo submitted to General Atkins,
commissioner of Indian affairs, a report of
their operations up to Dec. 1, 18S0. The
report says that two separate anil distinct
agreements have been effected us the result
of their negotiations, one with the Indians
of White Earth, Leech Lake, Cass Lake,
Lake Winnebigoshlsh nnd White Oak Point
reservations and the (lull River bnntl, niiO
the other with tho India ns of the Red Lnkj
reservations, lty tho terms of the agree
ment with the Whito Earth, Lake Winne-
bigoshish, and other scattered bands of tho
Chippewas, concluded August 11, 1SS0, tho
unoccupied lands of the Whito Earth reser
vation nro thrown open tor nil of the tribes
nnd bands of the Chippewas in Minnesota;
the Indians now occupying the reservation,
which contains "about 800,000 acres, being
first permitted to make selections for them
selves. The quantity of land each Indian
will lie entitled to receive under the agree
ment is as follows: Each head of a family,
100 acres: each single oersoii over 18 years
of age, 80 acres; each orphan child under
la years of age, oO acies; each oilier per
son under 18 years of nge, 80 acres. Tho
Indians nro to have the benefit of, and bo
subject to the criminal laws of the state in
all offences the penalty for w hirh is death
or imprisonment in tho state penitentiary.
A provision is mude for the support of
Indians removing to White Earth, to bo
cm tinned until they nro able to take euro
of themselves, but in no event to exceed
two years. Each head of family and ench
male Indian over 18 years of age, when ho
becomes a permanent resident from his
allotment, will bo provided with a comfort
able hewed log bouse, cook-stove, yoke of
oxen, a plow, wagon and cow, mi uxe and
other implements of husbandry. Each
Indian shall have five acres of land broken
fur him und be provided with seed for tho
first crop. Industrial nnd dint net schools
are to bo established for nil children ou the
ieervatioti. To enublu tho government to
carry out theso designs the Indians cedo n
largo tract of land belonging to
them north of Leech lake, which
is to be sold upon the most
udvantngoous terms possible. The agree
ment contains several other provisions in
tended lo protect persons and property
and improve the moral condition of tho
Indians.
lty the terms of agreement with tho Red
Lake band of Chippewas, concluded Aug.
2U, 18S0, about two-thirds of their reser
vation, or an area estimated to contain
over 2,000,000 acres, is ceiled lo tho United
States, to bo sold for tho benefit of tho In
dians. J lie portion ceded embraces a vast
timber zone, said to bo of almost incalcu
lable value.
The report says that theso Indiana re
quire immediate help, and it wns agreed
thattliu limed btates should advance
810,000, to lie expended in tho building of
an agency, n saw and grist mill, and in tho
erection of comfortable houses and t lie pur
chase of certain needful implements.
Schools are provided for, ns in case of tho
While Earth Indians. As with tho Whito
V'arths, tho criminal laws of tho slate of
Minnesota are extended over tho reserva
tion in certain cases. These agreements
aniiot become opcrntivountil they are ap
proved by congress.
STASIA!!' OA I A AC I) HACK.
ICiiirj Leopold Uetiieitii Jllni to Return nt
Once.
New York special: Whilo lecturing at.
Amherst, Muss., Saturday night, Henry
M. Stanley received a dispatch from King
Leopold summoning him to Itelgium nt
once. It is supposed tho king wants to
confer with him about tho reported
destruction of tho military station at
Stanley Falls on the Congo. Stanley eamo
at once to this city nnd tabled for fuither
information. A reply will decide whether
bo will sail immediately or continue his
lecturo tour, including England nnd Aus
tralia. To a Tribune repot tor lie said Inst
night concerning tho trouble nt Stanley
Falls: "I cannot speuk definitely, but I
could hnzuud n guess. Stanley Falls is
1,-100 miles from tho mouth of thu river.
There are fifty black soldiers there under
three IJelgian officers. Tho station is can
toned on nu island below the falls. Above
the falls on an island only tw o miles from
the station is a camp of an organized band
of cutthroats, li"i0 strong, under an Arab
chief, Humid El Mohnmed. The natives
have nicknamed him Tippu Tib from a
sound drum which ho usually carries with
him. l'robubly Tippu Tib, from long im
punity, bus concluded that ho is able to
descend the Congo it ml wipe out nil evi
dences of civilization. Probably nn im
prudent nnd over zealous action of somo
young foreign ollicer lias provoked n
breach of peace and led to the attack on
the station by Tippu. Thu gang is splen
didly armed with new rifles. They doubt
less hail easy work destroyi'igthostation."
Stanloy thinks the Arabs will endenvor to
travel down the Congo to Stanloy pool,
plundering and burning on tho way unless
Htopped by fighting or negotiations. It
may bo his duty to roturn nnd check them.
Tho journey from hero to Stanloy Falls
takes two mouths.
AS TO MOXTAS'A'S ADMISSIOX.
Washington special: Delegate Toole, of
Montana, presented to tho house commit
tee on railroads to-day additional argu
ments favoring tho admission of Montana
to tho union. Mr. Toole's argument wns
based largely upon tho results of the last
election in tho territory, which showed
8, COO moro votes than were cast beloro.
indicating nn increase of population of
about 17,500. The total vote cast last
fall was :J2,300. indicating, Mr. Toolosavs,
a population of about 10.", 000, thero being
considerable of tho population so far from
thu voting centers thnt it is nover heard of
in tho elections. Tho committee on ter
ritories held a meeting nt the closn of Mr.
Toolo's atitlress nnd although the formal
vote wns laid over until next Monday the
indications are that a majority will report
favoring the bill to the house for passage.
Chairman Hill holies, it this is done, to
gain tho sumo favor for Dakota. Springer,
of Illinois, who persistently opposed thead
mission of Dakota last winter, has signified
this session a willingness to settle upon
same plan by which the territories abovo
mentioned may be admitted. Ho proposed
to-day to the friends of admission on both
sides of the housethat enabllngacts should
this sesson be pnesed for Washington, Da
kota, Montana ami New Mexico, antl ex
pressed a willingness to further bills for
that purpose, provided all these territories
were included. Tho admission of these ter
ritories would mill to the Fiftieth congress
two republican nnd three democratic mem
bers of the bouse, ami, as the legislatures
now stand, four republicans and four dem
ocrats to the senate.
A Jewlth rabbi, nuined Itappaport, claims
to have been robbed of M8 by a Mexican po
llcemsn t Chihuahua, after being arrested ai
a revolutionist.
REPORTS COSVERSISO TlE CHOPS.
Washington dispatch: Tho crop report
at the department of agriculture says' De
ember returns on the average f.irtu pi ices
sy counties show tlu material reduction as
:omparetl in the values of the crops of
1883, in wheat, rye and barley. Corn
imulc nn advance nearly equivalent to the
percentage of the reduction in quality, and
oats aro in sympathy with corn rather
than with the small grains used for human
food, nntl averages slightly higher in value
than last year. The farm value of corn
was MH cents a bushel in December last
year and it is now II" rents, and 1 cent
higliT than tho crop of 1SS4. Tho average
for the previous five years was I I." cents,
ami for the ten years prior to 18S0 it was
4-.0 cents. The prices in the siirplusstates
tire: Ohio, 51."; Indiana, '.1'2; Minois, III;
Iowa, DO; Missouri, 111; Kansas, 27: Ne
braska, 20. This is nu iuciense over last
year of 1 cent in Nebraska. I! in Kansas,
Illinois, Indiana nntl Ohio, anil 0 in Iowa
and Missouri. The average is 50 tn New
York. 47 in Peniisvlvania, nnd -10 in Vir
g nia, or 2 cents lower in each than last
year. The prices in South Carolina aro
Oil; (leor.'iii, (!0; Alabama, oS; Mississippi,
''.', Louisiana, ","; Arkansas, -IP; and
Texas (!, or an incrense of 11 cents, due to
the disastrous drought.
The average pine of December wheat in
CO ccnls, a reduction of 8 cents from the
average value of the crop, and -1 cents
above the price of ISS-t. The average in
New York is 80 cents, 12 cents loner than
last year. r
Last year in Pennsylvania it was 83
ccnls, or 18 cents lower. The reduction is
still greater in somo of the western states.
The average of Ohio is 71 cents, Michigan.
75t cents; Indiana, "iff cents; Illinois, 00
cents; Wisconsin, 08 cents; Minnesota, 01
cents; Iowa, 00 cents; Missouri, (555 cents;
Kansas, oS cents; "Nebraska, i"7 cents;
Dakota, o2 cents. There is little decline in
the southern states, in some of which
pi ices nre higher than last year. The aver
age in California is 7.'! cents.
The average valuo of oats is 20.S) cents
against 5J8.fi cents last December.
Rye averages Co. I against 57.9 last
yen r.
Rnrloy, CI1 cents Inst year; CO. 3 cents
this year.
Ruckwheat. C t.-l cents, a reduction of 15
cents per bushel.
Potatoes, '10 cents, 1 cent higher than
last December.
Hay averages nearly $8 per ton.
SOT THE l.IIiVI.rA'Al.
.MII.WAI KIJK, Is., Uee. A letter was
read In court this afternoon from Edward
Loew, Anarchist (iroitkau's private sieretury
and the city editor of his paprr, stating that
lie ahme was tespt nsil,) for tin libelous irtl
.'es directed auam-t Judge Moan ami that
lirottkiiu had mil wii'teu lliem. Judge Sloan
listKiti'l.ed the sin riff In tplest of I.oow who
liinl l.t'i ii in etiiirt all forenciui and it was as
.titained that lie had taken Ihe next train to
Chicago. TliC ta.-e aira'nst UioltUau was ad
jouriie 1 until next Tuesday.
AUCllltlSllOl- EIAH'AI'S OKOER.
Cixcinxvti, O., D'c. 12 Archbishop Elder
In an interview to-day exp aiued that his re
cent order forbldd ng members of the Catholic
church to sing in Protest tint ihurches was In
nlicdleiiee to the'law s if the ehuiih in which
the ireucral public had no concern. Ho added
that lie wl-heil stiivc-s to nil Catholic dcslr
hvz to sing nt charitable entertainment and
public concerts or in ptiv.itu houses, Buying
that ids lu'.m.'iiln'on applied solely to those
now ringing in Protestant house iif worship.
This order w ill go into olteet January 1.
DA i. ISO SriCEETKOJWEKS.
Four Wavm:, Jm., Dee. 111. llobbers to
niirht broke nilii a l.irge boulder the heavy
plate glass of the show- window oT Henrv C.
Ciiafi-e's jcucliv house. There was fully 10,
D!) worth ot ilian oil 's ill the window, but
owlnu: to the uluss I reeking 111 a peculiar
in -niicr the itibiiers suect piled In getting but
me eii.'ie, font lining a set of Miiull diamond
e'i lugs with winch they escaped In the tl.irk
ucao. The Whaling Industry.
During a fit lag trip through old Nantucket
recently a friend of the observer dropped Into
tho village blacksmith's shop and found In a
junk heap there a splendid collection of various
kinds of harpoons, spr ats, etc., his choice of
which he bought for 2 cents a pound. On tho
i afters of an oltl House In the village are still
to hi; seen In clunk such memoranda as
"Winder Tnrboy, Capt. Smith sailetl July (i,
1801," and "Whaler Tarboy returned Mav 4,
lbl'4 fi,(0 J linnets." iNantuci.et and ..New
lletlford were world renowned seaivjrts when
the whale-fishing industry was at its height.
The American iiareliiint'inarlne covered the
oceans of the wot Id, and the chase of the
whale was the leading maritime industry. At
these two ports ihe Milps were built, rigged
provisioned, and commissioned, uiul tion
tlietr return alter me cruise, wnicn lasted
tioin two to four wars, the work of uulo.idl'ig,
clarify ing and storing the oil gave cmplov
incut to thousands of men, so that t tie ports
were busy hives of industry. The" vo ages
were made upon a sort of co-op?ratlve plan,
all of the crew from the captain of the ship to
the cabin boy receiving pciiontnges of the net
receipts in lieu of wages. The business de
veloped a line nice of American skippers.
What killed this great Industry was not the
disappearance of tho whales, which art! now
mote numerous than ever, hut the discovery
ot the petroleum fields of Pennsylvania. Now
llediortl still fends out a few whalers, but
they arc iiol the old stylo vessels. Many ot
them are steam, anil all carry improved ex
plosive harpoons, guns for throivlug bomb",
etc Many Interesting rell.s of the whale
fishing are still to be picked up In Nantucket.
Indeed the whole place (s a relic, with 1U
great sperm ware-houses standing empty and
Its jutting wkarviis, deserted. Aim York
Grajiilc.
Frauds on tho Indians:.
A correspondent of Tin Xem York Timet In
discussing the removal of the Chirlcahita
Apaches to Florida takes occasion to review
some of the most fl igraut eases of land grab
bing under the pretext of exchanging reserva
tions. He criticises sharpely tho Maxwell
grant of the old Navajo reservation at Bo-que
Rednndo, and we are dlspoied to think t iat
his judgment Is sustained by ihe lacts in the
case.
He points out that a movlncr cause of the
Apache troubles was the change from the fer
tile Tulerosa reservation to OJos Calicut,
which he rightly styles one of the worst places
which could have been selected. He calls at
tention to the frauds practiced In the "pur
chase" ot lands from tiie Pueblos, Cunls. and
oilier Indian', and averts that the Zituls at
Nutila Spring! will soon bo homelets unless
tho goviriim-nt Interferes. Jt certainly be
hooves the department of the Interior to
watch such attempts cloiely, and, In particu
lar, lo keep an etu upon the property of the
J Icarllla Apaches at Fort Stautou. UotUn
Advertiier.
Tho Turkey.
Our goddess of blrdi is tho turkey,
As the bald-he ad el eagle Is king,
And now when the weather glows murky
With politics out of the fling,
Other gods we may look at and long for,
While our hearts arc with thankfulness
puffed;
Hut the bird of our hearts Is all ready
Au' waltm" poor dear, to get Btufled.
Stic York Jiurnai.
All the miners In the Seventh Ohio coal dis
trict have struck lioeause refused an Increase
of 5 cents per ton for inlalug.
v 1 r wl.
T!ip I. it 'si -,tv mi i Ut(- 1 ! ji
moot ' -iitlt''-is v. ii-' J.liint
.-it- r-t.-fn i "..
Tli. lab's; st.'o n liio s-ibniar ti tor
pedo biiat is a iitixflty. I on.. '.. i.s
ki. wbii lias divided bis s'lldi i.s ami i
jieriiui'iits nt l'urt llnni'ltim lictiveei
subtil iritit' torpedo bo-it nntl tlio Una
lit to slu'll-tlirowln pins, prtiposfs t
:.) niTunjre ninttor. in Ids utulir w.-dor
iiti.it that in fits' it should (-m nny no
,. .ton- ir,. pt'iinniii'iitlv sunk in tviiso -hi,
Pallor iater siv ion or li.teen
fa tho mn th nvw could escape to to
twr.'aeu w'Ci tli ir l'Vo. Tim del a Is
ot h s plan lm is nut vot ivmlv to dis
i'i"a, but in jxcii'Tal lit' proposes that
in CUM In tinds that I In; boat can urn
ha raised to tho Mirfnco tho Men w ll
dress themselves in some, sort uf n d v
er's suit, which uf course) will lie :n
litjht and contain ns much air ns pos.si
Lie. Then thev wdl open a valve it
tiie side of the Isinl. and let tiillw '.t'i
water. This tlono tho manhole mi th
top uf thu hunt can be opnned, anil t in
niun will crawl out ami rise to ihcnr
face. Divers say that this is practicalile.
fur in divinpc ni the urdinnrv divine;
suits it is ucci-i.stiry fur tl vers, tn weight
themselves heavily before they cin
reach the hot tutu. Tn prove the c Ilia-icy
uf his devices Lieut. Zaliuski pro
poses to run his boat into a dry-dock,
and thero submerge it with the men
(himself included), after which he will
till it up anil enmo tn the surface. That
the men might save their lives even if
in hat I hi the boat should ho sunk is ap
parent, provided the. new devices should
work as they aro expected tn do. Hut
thecli of valuo of the proposed improve
ment is the influence it will have on tho
crew in working their vessel. Keeling
conlident of escape in case of accident,
I hey will have lesd hesitation in m:ik
ingexpufiments. and in thnu of battle
would attack tho enemy with greater
lira very.
L ent. Zaliuski thinks, however, that
the itilliii'tice of the Mthmarinc torpedo
boat, in its present statu of develop
ment, in time of hatll.i litis been greatly
o crcstinititcd. Tho speed of thu boar,
with the best known appliances is very
I'm ted, thrco or four Knots buing till
that t ho best bouts can continuously
attain. Even with a Hpecd of leu nr
twelve knots their ollielcncy would not
ho so great as tho uninformed believe
it. would be. Once under water, es
pecially in .such water as Hows in New
York harbor, the navigators are m
ilnrlsiioss compared with which I lie
l.ltitkti.-t of fogs on the darkest night tit
sen is daylight. Jt is easy work to
light the interior of thu boat with tho
electric light, but that dues not aid Hie
pilot in Ihiduig the enemy; in fact, it
mi:;lii hurt the chances of linding her,
for pilols do not want lights in the
pilot bouse Only such lights as would
enable the men to work the machinery
would ho wauled. The power of out
Hide electric lights, to light, up the water
atviuu I tiie ii.iat, and thus enable hoi'
to tinil tin enemy, is .so limited us to bo
ftenrco worth mentioning. Resides a
light powerful enough to illuminate
water would disclose the location of
the submarine boat to lite enemy, and
thus enable him to dmpadynamito bomb
on it anil entirely dcsiroy'it. The sub
marine boat must get the bearings of
the enemy before it goes below tho
water. If Ihe cnom . happeno I to In
at anchor, .sunintliing nut likely to hap
pen in the cti.se uf alleel liloctiding New
York, for instiiiice, the submarine boat
might work ivith fiir hiicccs.s. Tito
tide. hoM'uver. m ght upset the ealeu
latiutis by drilling the boat nut uf its
course, particularly as the tidal cur
rents usually run in une direction ou
the .surface whdu running in the oppo
site below. To lint! the exact position of
ti body, at must lilix It'll large, even when
at rest in slack M'ator, would be a matter
of no little dilii.aill y for the submarine
navigators, who would hnve to take
their departure from a point several
miles distant. It Mould rmjuire several
trips to tho surface tn renew liieir bear
ings, and at such limes they would
have to rely on the smallest uf the
pilnl-hoiiso tn escapj observation. In
case the enemy was steaming about.
especially If the ship had a modern
speed of way eighteen knots an hour,
the submarine boat would bo of no
more value than n torpedo sit anchor,
if the submarine navigators proposed
to blow the enemy nut of water by at
taching a torpedo lo his keel.
Lieut. Zalinskt thinks that the sub
marine boat must use some sort of a
torpedo throwing gun like tho ones
used by tho ordinary torpedo-boat.
Very naturally, he thinks that the
pneumatic gun which ho litis developed
will answer the purpose, throwing, us
it does, an immense charge of tho ex
plosive for two miles through tho air
better than the Whitehead method with
a range of bix hundred yards. Jlesides,
thu recent British experiments in Ports
mouth harbor ou a condemned iron
clad showed that a sleol netting at
thifty feet from the .ship eU'ectnally
stopped a Whitehead torpedo. It is
apparent that thu chief value of u sub
marine boat is in its ability to sink un
observed within easy range of tho
enemy, and then rise to the surface
and discharge tho projectile. Jt can
then sink out of sight, it necessary, and
etthcr escape or proparo for another
attack.
The pneumatic gun which Ideut,
Zaliuski i.s building for tho now torpedo
cruiser ordered by the navy depart
ment will throw a project le with four
hundred pounds of uitro-gelatiuo in it.
Tho contract calls for a iM-o-hundrod-pound
projectile, but the larger one is
furnished in order to more eU'ectnally
demonstrate tho ohToioncy of this
method of discharging large quantitlcd
of high explosives. Now York Sun.
i - mm ii
Not Cliungt'd.
"Well, it scorns good to sco you after
ten years, llrowif!"
Do I ehango much?"
"Not at all look just tho samo as
you tlid at school."
I fool the same, too. You remem
ber how I was nlwayn in trouble, and
getting licked?"
Yes."
Well, It followod mo through life."
Indeed!"
"Yusi I was always strapped then, and
I'm always strapped now'" htewjo
Ledger.
Ihe Cunt onj piy.
Tho understanding of the trade In
orn seems to be undergoing a radical
iiangc in regard tn tho (pii'stiou of
apply. There was a considerable c.
itemeut early in the summer, due to
3e belief that the crop of this year
'ould prove to be a very short one," but
gradually (l ed out with au increasing
jiivietion" that the .surplus from the
ist crop Mould be amply sullicient lo
Hike amends for the deliuiency. Now
ie sculimcut is again, changing. The
ispos'ttiun is to thiulMhn crop haalsecn
otisidcrably overestimated by thu Mat
ilitians, and that it is really poor all
ver the corn belt evcept in" Ohio and
nditmti, which states have-been ship
ing very freely to tho oast for the last
sv weeks.
The receipts at this point were light,
r i tli very little prospect of tin increase
t present prices. The ligures now
lie red are not attractive tn the holders
l the country, especially not to those
Mioctin obtain .several cents' per bushel
lore by selling to feeders near home
r farther west thaiii by .send ng it
ither. The surplus of Kansas and
resterii Nebraska is going to Texas,
nil the cattle ranches of the west, un
stttilly large quantit cs being wanted
3 supplement the lack of grass feed
wing to the dryness of thu summer
riison. It is nnw reported: that a buv
r's option during November M'tis purc
hased cm vast tptautitic.s uf corn in
ribs aln ig the western rniuls. and that
3 must cases tho buyers- have elected
a lake the corn, whiuh accounts for
lie etra demand w.IuomoiI in this
larket M'ithin the hi.st few days. IVo
loMbn have surveyed the situation
nth cNper.cneed eyes opre.ss the opin
)ii that the fntir states which have in
thcr wars stood at thu he.nl in regard
o corn-raising will be found this yt-.w
o have a little more than enough for
ome needs. No one can deny that tho
ecetit weather litis been favorable lo
lie marketing of corn freely, or that
rliat there is of it is generally cured
ato line condition for the season. If
nlders wanted to sell ul the prices
llcred they have not kicked, the uppor
unity. It will probably he found that tho
ountrv as a whole litis euo lgh corn to
ido it over till the time comes round
or gathering aunt her crop. If Ihe hitct
tivctnienl estimate is entisiderotl too
irge by nsmucli as -."it'.bO l.oot) bushels,
. will M. 11 leave a quantity raised this
cur eijiial to that which used to be al
.iwetl in the estimate for the current
ousumption of the United .Mates dtir
ig twelve months, with the surplus
"oni KHS5 as a reserve fund to he drawn
pun for extras, lint those extras :tp
ear tn be much larger this- year than
ie average of past seasons. Thero- tiro
jure live stock to be fed, and all the
.lore as ti great many cattle and hogs
re kept back on account of the strike,
rlr.lo they were already fattened up lo
stage from which they would rapidly
cteriorato unless kept M-ell supplied
it Ii ('(M il. The tMtis ties uf tho(tie.-tion
rnuld there appear tn lie evenly bal
nced around the conclusion that: tho
ountry has corn enough und -very
ttle to spare. Whether or not it i.s
.'nrlh while, under such cond'tions. for
olders to keep ou selling it tit pries
Much pay little more than the freight
o the .shipper i.s for the parlies con
erned to decide hicttijtt 'J'riliiine.
What a llunse Will Cost.
There is tin old saying that fools
mild houses ami wise men live in
hem. Whenever a man of moderate
ueaus decided to have ti home of his
wn, planned to meet individual re
juireniont.s apd fashioned according to
is fasts, lie is reminded both by cau
iotts and by cnv.nus neighbors of this
isagreeable proverb. If he turns to
he pages of any standard "Croat
'"ruths by ("resit Authors." he will
hid recorded such warnings as this:
Never build a house after you are l.'i;
ave live years' income in baud 'before
on lay a "brick, and alwas calculate
ho expense at double the estimate."
lis acquaintance, giving li in (he ben
dit of their om'h experience in bulbi
ng, will assure him that the actual
nst invariably overlaps the origiual cs
imatos. If ti candid architect lie con
itlted ho will confess that nobody can
ell what a house will cost until it is
milt, since there are unknown quan
ities in tho problem that cannot bo ns
ertaincd except by actual experiment.
Shrewd contractors will even go so far
is to say that tho same house cannot
hi built u second time for tho samo
iioiko'. Indeed, so numerous aro tho
yarning.1?, and so denso is the uncor
ninty respecting the final cost, that
he prudent householder is not to ho
ilaniod if. after a careful survey of the
Jeld. ho (leedes against taking the risk
f playing the fool for the bcnelit of
,ho wise man who may ultimately r.tic
ocd to his caslloin the av.A'cw York
Tribune.
ni. i t nm
IMoriium Wives.
Ono of our neighbors, a wealthy and
nlluential representative of "Mormon
sin, is a gontloinan who always has an
tye to business, even in his love allairs.
!t m ils his custom for years to hiro an
ittractivo servant girl, keep her until
ler wages amounted lo SHI) or $10. und
;Iioii make her an offer of his hand and
icarl in lieu of a cash payment, if
the accepted sho remained in the kitch
in doing the work of tho family, witli
ut wages, until her childron becomo
iotiblcsonio, when she was turned out
o make room for u fresh importation.
have seen ono of tho wives of this
nan, ono of the women who aro "high
ly honored and tenderly cared for,"
5tit in the Hold on a hitter Novombor
lav husking corn on shares to cam a
Jttlo food for her children.
Homo years ago J hired tho second
wife of a farmer near by to assist mo
.n household duties. Sho was a very
tnpablo woman, an excellent houso-
neper, and could have commanded a
ood salary anywhere hi that capacity.
ho iicjl to go home at night, after
Suishlng her day's work, walk to town,
. distance of four miles, to do various
minds for her husband, then got up in
rjo morning and feed and wator his
rattle and horses before coming over to
jet thu breakfast for our family. Tho
insbaud always collected her wages,
Mid ho soon told :no 1 must pay him
looro than I had done for her bvrvlces.
llosCou Bulletin.
Al i .... . i , ,n ... .
The quest n i of nriivi.igu and d voren
is r.ga n oceu: ing t.ie attuitto.i of
man.- of the Protestant d nntnin i'ioin.
Of these deiioiii nut mis I'm ISpisen
p.iliaus u'lpuiw t ) Inivo tin sir eteit
iiiarr.nge law, but thov are not. satislied
with it, and in their recent g'tieral cou
vent'on an effort wn mailt) to pass a
more .str'ng Mil c.'inoii on the subje t,
but the cUnrl ft led for want of t me.
It 's Mid, hoivi!or, by ninny Kpiseo
paliaiis luat soni" uf their clergy ignnro
the provisions of the present law", and
while this state of allairs is allowed to
exist they think it would be useless to
enact any inure laws. Tho Congrega
tional. sts are also anxious to do some
th ng in regard to this matter, but they
don t appear to know just what to do.
The same is true of the Presbyterians
and other sects wh eh have passed reso
lutions cmphasi.iii'' the need of doing
.something. On the one hand it is not
deemed proper, even .f t were possible
to take the llomtiu (.'ntholic ground
in regard to marriage and divorce,
although it is admitted by many
Protestants that this would bo tho'
strong. -st possible "round to take. And
on the other hand it is not deemed' safe
lo take the ground that in ut age is
pureh a civil contract; for the logical
outcome uf Mich a view is just the very
ev 1 which it is desired tn entree:,
Protestes'aut'.sm is compelled by the
logic of its pout nu In take a middle
course. The church, it is held, should
throw the .safeguards of religion around
marriage, but the state may be. pur
nutted lo regulate it. It i.s a holy rite,
but it is also a civil contract. It should
indeed be sulumui.cd by the church,
but it may bo dissolved by the state.
This view of ninrriaee, however, doi'.s
not seem lo have worked as M'oll as its
originators hoped and now the tenden
cy apparently i:t tn make tho state laws
in regard tn marriage as stringent ns
the laws of thu church ought to be. A.
national divorce law is talked of in
.some quarters and the clergy nre asko I
tn use their inllueuc In have the ques
tion brought up in various state legislatures-.
In the meantime the lloni in
Catholic church professes to lollow lit
erally the divine law on this sub) vt.
and is calmly iud'll'erout to the exc ted
discussion that i.s go.ng on in regard lo
it.
A liitjip Wcddiii'r.
Down Ihe room M'su n large tabic,
covered with coarse cloth, perhaps, if
for grand folks, but not much more
likely in its native bareness. Upon tho
arrival of the wedding party the feast
began. Moiled meal was brought in si
large dish, or just as likely p. led upon
the table till il was full. On the top of
this came dirty bowls full of grease.
Hound this savory and appetizing repast
gathered the hungry Lapps, ravenous
as wolves, and fell upon it with appe
tites that would tiston sh any western
dweller in a culttuod Intnl. They came
to eat, and they did cat! Lumps of
meat were seized by nature's forks - -lingers
its black as coals, innocent of M il
ter for unknown periods, clad in anc out
grime plunged into thu grease, and
then, all luscious and dripping, convey
ed to the cavernous mouths of the as
sembled. After this came the dessert
reindeer cheese cut into pieces, dipped
into the grease, and eaten with a horn
spoon or lingers. Huge draughts of corn
brandy washed till down. Ilight dili
gently was the bottle plied, with ever
ami "anon a quail' from the grease
bowl lo keep the brandy from taking
too much effect, the grease leaving its.
traces on the drinkers' faces, till at
last they shone in their fatty coating.
Now began the "real wedding joy" -guests
singing and shouting witli all
the vigor of powerful and healthy
lungs. Songs, were iinprovlsod, gen
erally senseless, because the improvi
sor was so. .Soon some of the guests
tell asleep on the table, and were shov
eled on to the seats or under them
against the walls by such of their com
rades as worn able to take part in the
next proceedings, i. c. dancing, if
such il should bo called, Afresh rosu
a tempest of shouting and jumping it
wild scene, wo are told, our ears can
not conceive. Fiddlers serapod and
scraped, and wore encouraged to
scrape yot loudor, while some Lapp,
more musical than tho others boat tiniu
with a pothook ou the kettle bottom.
Soon lite floor was dotted with tho
forms of those who worn too drunk to
jump any more, and there thoy lay
snoring, whilo thoir comrades hopped
and roared over thnm till thoy,, too, fell
amid the slain. Tho gonoral ending
was that tho whole party slopt togeth
er on tho lloor. Notes and Queries.
Tho Latest Invention.
Tho latest Invention' is said to bo a
machine that sows on. buttons, and will
perform tho work of four or livo girls.
It Is a very honest machine, putting
twclvo stitches in. every button, thus
giving each an equal chanco. The news
of this invention, will probably be wel
comed as glad tidings by husbands,
wlio aro in tho habit ofsowlng on thoir
own buttons. It lias always boon ar
gued that ono reason why a man should
marry, if for nothing olse, is to have
somu ono to sow on buttons for him.
This, however, like a great many other
ideas that originated with tho anoieuts,
is a mistaken ono and is fast going out
of cxistauco. Tho married man of to
day, on losing a button, calls tho atten
tion of Ids wife to the fact, and then,
not finding a new button in its place,
tries to cause a blush of shame to man
tle her cheek, by using a safety pin or
a na.l to hold up his pants with. For
some roasou or other sho doesn't shamo
worth a cent and tlmo goes on, as timo
is wont to do, till hu tinds his pants
completely buttonless, and that he is
carrying onough nails about Ida person
to build a good sized barn with.
Finally In a moment of dosperat'on lie
grabs tho button box, and after inoro or
luss swearing, sows on tho buttons hlm
holf. Tho Inventor of tills great labor
saving machine should be made au
honorary moinbor of overy male soorot
society in tho country, and nt his death
a monument should hu erected to It s
memory that will eel pso anything that
lias over been attempted iu the monu
iauut lino. 2'eeA's bun.