i.
if.
Tiii:covr:ir's nisTixansttci in: in
Gen. Logan's llemaln I.tUely to be Hurled
in Cliienuo.
WnsliiuRton special: All the Hiirroundincs
of Calumet IMnco. hore Senator Logan'
body lies, tell of tlio Rrciit prlef tlnt Ml
upon the household Sunday afternoon.
Sentrii's pncc to mid fro; the blinds ate
closed; and carriages in almost unbroken
procession come nnd go bringing friend,
who would servo the bereaved household
or do honor to the dead.
Telegrnnia of condolence still pour in from
every state and from all classes of people.
The expression of sorrow nnd regret is in
deed univeisal.
In deference to the wishes of Mrs. Logan,
nnd from the fact that tho final resting
place of Cioncrnl Logan could not bo deter
mined upon, owing toa complication which
could not 1o overcome at the time, the
body "ill, after the funeral on Friday, re
pose in n vault at Oak Hill Cemetery, until
.such time as final arrangements tor burial
can be made.
A movement has been formallv started
in this city to raise n fund of S'JOO.000 lor
Mrs. Lngaii. .Mr. (ioorge H. Lemon has
charge of I he collect ions, and ICx-l'ostnins-ter-Oeiicrnl
Cieswell, president of the Citi
zens' National hank, will art as treasurer.
A large number d subscriptions have been
icceived by telegraph, many of them for
$1,(10(1 each. Among those sill. scribing
SI. 000 aie Sena I or Sawyer, Keprescntative
William Walter Phelps On v. Alger of Mich
igan, John 11. Drake. Gen. Creswell. Oienrge
K. Lemon and (teorgo M. Pullman. It is
thought Unit SIOO.OOO will be raised be
foie the end of the week.
There is a movement on foot lo have
exeoiifederfUe soldiers represented in the
funeral procession that will follow the re
mains of Senator Logan. Many of the ix
confederates have expressed a desire to
participate and it is probable that t place
will bo provided for tlieinin the procession.
The following have been selected pall
bearers: (Jen. Simon Cameron, Hon.
Itoscoe Conkling. Hon. Hubert T. Lin
coln, C. H. Andrews, of Yotiugstow n, C,
Col. Ijred (iraiit, (Jen. Lucius l'airchild,
M. L. Lnggelt, of Cleveland, 0., (leotye
.leieiuiiih I!usk, of Wisconsin, On. W. T.
Slicrniiin, (Jen. W. F. Vilas, (!ov. John 0.
lilack and Charles McMillan, of tin; Loyal
Legion. The ltev. Dr. Newman is to be
the ollkiating clergyman, assisted by Dr.
liulli-r, chaplain of the senate; llishop
Fowler ami the ltev. Dr. 0. II. Tiffany.
I'ticit (N. Y.) special: The undiTtnkmg
firm of Oneida received tho order for (Jen.
Logan's casket late Monday evening from
It. W. Harker, the funeral ditector, of
Washington. Tho casket is of Florida
cedar, inside of which is n copper casket,
self-sealing, absolutely air tig'it. The cop
per casket is upholstered with line French
satin, cream tinted in shade and tutted
throughout the body nnd top. A pillow
made of tho same material, handsomely
embroidered, will furnish a fitting final
renting place for the dead senator's head.
The casket is covered with the llnest rrepo
broadcloth, handsomely draped and fes
tooned, and the whole inclosed initcedar
outsido box tiimmcd with copper mount
ings. Till: ILLINOIS o. a. it.
The following order was issued by Gen.
Post, commander of the department of
Illinois G. A. It., on the 127th:
HlI.UKJlJAItTnUN Dlil'AliTMUNT OP ILLINOIS,
GUANl) AltMY 01' Till-: IiUI'l'IIMC,
Gali:sui-ho, Dec. 127, LSSIi.
General Order No. 115. Anothercoinrade
has gone! Another great leader has fallen!
The first commander-in-chief of tho Grand
Army of the Itcpublic has been gathered to
Ids eternal rest. Of all thoso who offered
themselves and shed their blood in defense
of the union none deserve more from fnmo
than John A. Logan, in tho lirst rank of
soldiers, in the lirst rank of statesmen, his
fenrless independence anil aggressive integ
rity drew to him tho hearts of all witli
whom he came in personal contact. Im
pulsive, genial, chivalrous, hepossessed the
nobility which fitted him to bo a leader of
men. Himself a, brilliant representative of
the citizen soldier he was tho champion of
the rights and defender of tho cause of those
who were citizens in pence and soldiers in
war. Fully iipptcciating how much tho
country owed bis comrades in arms, ho was
their ablest advocate aad never swerved in
Ids duty to them. Who shall now be their
champion? The fust commander-in-chief
of I he (!. A. It. deserves to bo first in the
hearts of his comrades. Reverse, tho arms
and place tho flags at lialf-nuist in honor
of our distinguished comrade, John A. Lo
gan. The department commander recom
mends that each post should bold some
suitable memorial service and that tho
colors of the post bo draped. The usual
badge of mourning will bo worn by all com
rades for sixty days.
dots A.n dashes.
Captain William W. Moore, for twenty-six
years connected with the National Jutelli
ijeitcer. nml at one time grand sire of tho Odd
Fellow s, died in Washington Thursday, aged
H.
The naval board of lmpr6Ve.mciits has re
ported to Secretary Whitney that the Tennes
see can not he repaired within tho statutory
limit of 120 per cent, and will have to bo con
demned. Comptroller Durham has disallowed tho
claim of John K MoMiv for $5,01:1, collected as
fees while consul at Hong Kong;.
James S. Walsh, a prominent member
of Tamnianv hall, has been uppolnted
Inspector of 'hulls at New York by Secretary
Manning.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says the govern
ment has difco.-ered the existence of an ex
tensive nihilist organization, the members of
which nru principally workmen in the large
factories In that city! Moscow and Vladimir.
Gilbert A. Pierce, who recently resigned the
governorship of Dakota, has accepted the
position of associate editor ot the St. Paul
Pioneer J'rtn for Dakota. His headquarters
will be at llismaick, where, he will conduct a
Dakota department for the J'iotiter J'r'ts.
The first edition under his management will
be published January 1.
The farm house of Caleb Russell, r.ar Say
brook, O., caught Are at an early hour theother
morning. When tho neighbors arrived Rus
sell, who was 80 years old. and his wife, aged
50, had escaped from the house, but thev were
fo much overcome by the heat and smoke that
they died shortly afterward. A demented
son, who slept up stairs, was burned to death.
William Ward, of Polk county, Mo., while
out hunting, accldentaly shot and killed him
self. Ho was a wealthy farmer, aged !ii year,
and left a wife and one child.
President Cleveland has approved tho act
appropriating money to supply tho deficiency
!u the fundi neeued by the public prlutcr.
A guaranty of right of way nnd depot
grounds for the Atchison cxtons'on to Chicago
has boen slgnwl by one hundred cltlzeus of
lialujuurg, HIIuols.
Daniel Pine, who was borr. within a few
yards of the old Mate-house at Hoston, cele
brated his centcunlal birthday at Paw Paw,
Illinois, In the presence of four generations of
his family.
Judge Blodget Imposed a flue of 2,500 upon
Jonathan Peacock, a brewer of Rockford, Il
linois, who pleaded guilty to selllug unstamped
hear.
The secretary of the treasury has accepted
the offer of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Loul road to pay $153,600 In compromise
of the claim of the government for unpaid In
terest on bonds transferred by the state of
Tenoesice.
tui: alleged unrui.r.
Said to Hare llcen Instituted Aijatnst Mas
ter Workman IVuiffrWf.
Scrniiton (Pa.) special: Mr. T. V. Vow
derly in an interview last night was asked:
'Do yon know anything ( Hie .illvged re
volt against, you in the order'?" "No, I
don't know anything nbout it," was tho
reply. "There may bo a tew dissatisfied
people in Chicago. It would be unreasona
ble to expect that I could please every body.
There are n few men in Chicugo who, up to
last spring, hnd no use for the Knights of
Labor. They did everything in their power
to discourage tliopatient. persevering work
ers of tho order, anil when the boom began
that brought us so many members Chicago
was not behind hand in furnishing her full
Uotn of recruits. Those new men in that
city, who claimed to bo leaders ot thought
null radical sentiment, seeing tho rapid in
crease of membership, jumped in to lead
that which they could not throttle."
Mr. Powderly did riot regard the influence
of these men as being ot particular moment
and smiled us he produced a large bundle
of ciirrespondeneo marked "Ch en go," and
said: 'See for yonifelf. 1 have the en
dorsement of nine-tenths of the order in
Chicago and thoso who oppose me are the
loudest in their protestations of friendship
to the organization. If the older of tho
Knights of Labor were handed over to tho
men who profess to bo leading the revolt
against me, D'.I'J out of every 1,000 would
desert it rather than follow such leader
ship." "Is the nnnrrhist rlcmentcrowdingyou?"
wns next asked.
"No," was tho reply, "there has been
no special pressure from that direction,
nlthough certain unfriendly newspapers
have endeavored to make it appear so.
Some persons have represented to Parsons
that I attacked anarchism since his trial.
I have never mentioned his name; I know
nothing about the details of his case, and I
Teel, as every otherfair-rninded man should,
that if passion or prejudice had anything
to do with his conviction or that of his
associates, it would bo nothing more than
fair to givo them another trial. Justice
has nothing to fear trim a searching in
vestigation into every case. I have riever
regarded tho actions of the anarchists of
Chicago during the early days of Mayas
having anything to do with the Knights ol
Labor, no'inatler how much certain people
may have endeavored to identify that
ino'nieiit w itb our order. Tho men who
threw Hie bombs in Chicago did not receive,
their teaching in nn assembly of knights."
.i.i.vr MiuAdssiroi. ri:n.
Decision Ilendrred fn mi Important Mining
Suit in Colorado.
Denver dispatch : Tho most important
mining litigation ever tried inColorado was
conrluded in the United States circilitcourt
ro lo-day. Millions of dollars devolved
on the result ol tho trial and a precedent
was bet which involves the title of nearly
500 claims in the vicinily of Aspen, Pitkin
county. Col. The question at issuo was
vlicther the Aspen mines contained lisstiro
veins or deposits of ore. If tho fissuro
theory was correct, then the owners' claims
on the apexs, or where outcropping are
visible on tho surface, had u right, under
the United States statute, to follow a dip
vein into other claims, but if the deposit
theory was maintained, then a vast num
ber of mines on the siilo of Aspen moun
tain could bo operated by their owners as
far as tho boundaries of their claims.
Tho present suit was brought by D. M.
I ly m mi, ol Cincinnati, against J. II.
Wheeler, of New York city, and other cap
italists. Hymaii owns the Diirant mine, nn
open claiiii,'and Wheeler and friends own
tho Kinniii mine, which lies immediate! v be
neath tho Ditrant, on tho sido of the Aspen
mountains. Tho Durant is tho older loca
tion, but rich ore was first strin'k in the
Kmina. Ivgliteen million dollars worth of
ore iiad been taken out i f the Ktiiinn, when
the Durant people brought tho suit to guin
possession of the Kmina on the apex theo
ry and the courts enjoined the Kmina, from
further operations, Tho ease has been on
trial for three weeks, tho best known min
ing exports in tho west being about evenly
divided on eacli side. To-night the jury
brought in u verdict in favor of the Duriiut
mines. Tho Aspen mine, tho richest in tho
ramp, lies immediately beneath the
Emma nnd the suit now pending is to ob
tain possession of it by tho Durant
people. Two million dollars luivo
been taken from tho Aspen mine and as
much more was in sight when work on it
was enjoined. The other apex owners have
been awaiting tho result of this trial and
will now bring suit to recover possession
of those mining claims lying below them.
This is tho fust case involving tho apex
theory tried in Colorado since tho Lead
villo litigation was begun in tlio early his
tory of that camp, and which was nettled
about threo mouths ago in tho supreme
court of tho United Slates nirninst tho
apex theory. In tho Leadvillo cases tlio
imaging was claimed to bo porphyry and
tho lootwall limestone. In tho Aspen caso
it is claimed that tho hanging wall is of
cilcilo and tho footwall of volomitic limo-
LOIID CIIUHCIllLL'S UESIGXATIOX.
It Creates a Great Sensation In London
and Elsewhere.
London, Dec. 123. The Times announces
that Loid Randolph Churchill has resigned
his scat In the cabinet owing toa disagreement
with tlio admiralty and the war office with ref
erence to increasing the expenses of the coun
try In view of the existing financial difficulty
and also because he disapproves the home leg
islative measures of the cabinet.
Lord Randolph Churchill considers that Mr.
Smith and Lord George Hamilton prepared
exorbitant estimates for the army ana navy
departments respectively, which are unculled
for by the state of foreign aflulrs. Lord Sal
isbury supported Mr. Smith and Lord Hamil
ton. Lord Randolph further considers that the
legislative measures for Gicat Britain pro
nosed for the next session of parliament are
inadequate.
WHAT THK IIIISIONATIOV MEANS.
The Time approves Loid Salisbury's decis
ions to support the defenses of the country.
It reproves Lord Churchill for acting hastily
and desiring reckless economy Instead of try
ing to reform tho departments and secure
greater efficiency without any Increase of tho
estimates. His resignation, says the Times,
deprives tho government of Its ablest member
and completely changes the political situation.
"Lord Salisbury," It continues, "will do well
to renew overtures to Lord Harilngton for a
coalition government. A reconstructed con
servative cabinet without new blood can riot
last long nnd will lead to the return of Mr.
Gladstone to office."
Prohibition iit Vermont.
Many amiuliig Incidents are hauded down
of tho experiences of those days. Among
others was that of nn estimable old slut-p
farmer, of Vermont, who, though a church
member and a deacon, was sadly addicted to
the nrdeut. Ho was Induced by the teform
committee of the church to take tho abstain
ing pledge, subject only to the sheep-washing
period, during which tasking times It was
deemed essential to allow of some stimulant.
Hut matters did not seem to mend with tne
worthy deacon very much, and the committee
paid another romonstratlng visit after awhile,
when they found him lu a woeful state of lu
toxlcatlon. "Vou see that 'ere sheep?" he asked, with a
hiccough, and pointing to a dejeetod-lookltig
CoUwold; "that's the cleanest sheep In Ver
mont; wash hlra every flfteeu minutes."
run sun x t essvs.
A Falling tiff In the .nmtrs Xoted Sine
I.aii Year.
Theinteriorileoixrtnieiit Iris just received
the returns of a census of the Indians on
the great Sioux reservation. The count
was made bj direct ion of Commissioner
Atkins by the agents at the several agen
cies, and the returns givt a description of
each Indian, his parentage, and the band
to which he belongs. The total number of
Indians on the reservation entitled to
rat. oris is 2!l,S;il, of whom ."."12:1 are male
ndit'ts, 7,'153 females, o.ItL'O males under
eighteen years, nnd f femaleti under
sixteen years old. The numbers of Indians
at the different agencies are us follows:
Stan. ling Rock, I.OO'.t; Crow Creek. 1.012!!;
Lower P.rule. 1.220; ( heyeniie River, 2,lt:i7;
Pine Ridge, l.SSIl; Sante. 1.122; Rosebud,
:t.O'iC. This shows a lulling off since last
ve.n of U.OIl at Pine Ridge. 257 at Rose
b d, 1.V.) at Standing Rock, 200 at Lower
Urit'e, and a sin ill reduction of numbers at
the ot her (igeuiit's. It has long been bo
liee. that the number .f mtiotis Issued to
the Indians on tlio reservation was largely
in v-esH of the nnniberiif Indians actually
there. The agents report that the number
of fa . ilies cngiued m agriculture are as fol
lows. Standing Rock, l,Ht."; Rosebud, ODD;
Pine ltdge, Co0, Clieyentie River. 17."; San
tee, 2oS; Crow Cieek, l&'.l; Lower Rrule,
1 GO.
tllS LAST IHCAI. IS MADTi.
Chicago special: William Sturges, bet
ter known throughout the commercial
world as "Jack" Sturges, died in this city
yesti rday. He was noted all over the
country as having engineered several grain
corners on the board, the greatest one
being tho corn corner of 1S7-1. Sturges
had an eventful career. In lS,"7heleft
Saratoga, N. Y.. and went to Keokuk, la.,
and in five or si years built up the largest
grocery business in the state and amassed
considerable money, being at ono time con
sidered worth $1100,000 or $700,000. Ho
moved hero with bis family in lS(i') and
entered the grain business. He soon he
roine noted on the board of trade as n
dar.iig and successful operator and did an
immense business. His gieatest notoiiety
came through the corn corner of July and
August, 1 ST I , in which lie was the most
prominent ligure. The corner eollaps'd
disastrously to its originator, Sturges re
fusing to fill his contract, ami tho boaid of
trade passed a resolution to expel him.
lie carried the matter into the courts,
wheie it remained util 1 S7S, when he was
expelled, but finally got back in July, 1S7!,
on a writ of mandamus. Sturges then went
into bankruptcy. Two years ago he went
back to loitu and began running tho Keo
kuk Klevator company. Ho got into
trouble on charges of issuing warehouso
receipts for grain when there was no grain
on hand, but tiiially proved his innocence.
He then went to New York as agent of
Chicago houses to teach New Yorkers how
to speculate on the Chicago board of trade,
but his transactions were not satisfactory,
mid ho returned to end his days here.
l'Aitooss ran offexokus.
Washington-, 1). C, Dec. 23. The presi
dent has granted a pardon to Ah Hoot and
Slnnnotz, two Umatllhi Indians, now confined
In prison at Salem, Ore., for the murder of n
white man. They are In bad health and are
not exjiected fo long survive their release.
John S. Williams (colored) of Natchez,
Miss., who Is serving a term of imprisonment
for perjury In a pension case, has also been
pardoned.
Another case in which tho president exer
cised executive clemency Is that of Rohcit 0.
Morchead of western Pennsylvania, convicted
of n violation of the jxstal law and sentenced
to two rears' Imprisonment, ills pardon will
take elfect February 20, 1S7, by which date
he will have served one-half of his term.
The president lias declined to Interfere In
the case of James O. P. lliirnslde. i barged
with defrauding the government while hold
ing tho position of disbursing cleik of the
postotllcc department. Heforo Ids trial llurn
sido was adjudged Insane and bus since been
confined lu the government asylum for the In
sane. His friends asked h s discharge from
the asylum and promised to take c.ire of him.
The president refused their petition on the
ground that If liurnslde was still insane he
was better off In the asylum and If he was
not Insane he had better'hc remanded to jail
for trial.
Till; OKLAHOMA HILL.
Washington Hpecial: Mr. llarnes, of Goor
gia, whose brilliant opposition to the Okla
homa bill won him tho admiration of the
house, if it did not convert its friends, ex
presses tho beliof I lint tho measure is dead
for this session. Ho says I hut tho territor
ial committee has exhausted its privilege
of two hours, and the bill must now go to
the calendar and (ako its turn. Mr ISarncs
siivs he was placed on tho teriitorial com
mittee against his will, but finding himself
there ho determined to give time and the
right to tho iiieasiireB which come heforo it.
This he bus done, nnd as a lesuit in satis
fied that congress lias not the power or tho
right to override a solemn agreement. Mr,
Springer is very persistent, however, and
Mr. IlariKH. in making the above statement
may bo reckoning without his host.
JliMlTTISG Till: TiaUtl'lOlUF.S.
Washington. Dee. 27. Representative
Springer sa s ho Intends to secure, If jiossible,
the passage by the present congress of Ids
bill to provide an enabling act for tho ad
mission Into the I'nloii of Dakota, Montana,
New .Mexico and Washington Territory. He
says It will probably not he possible to get the
committee on territories to rcjiort Ujxin the
1 111 but that, ho will try to have It substituted
by the house for some other territorial ad
mission bill when the latter comes up for con
sideration. He thinks the Idea ot admitting
all nt once will prevent opiKisitlon on party
grounds ns they would be equally divided
jHilltlcnlly, as tho now stales will have no voice
In the presidential election lu lSS-j.
Theodora Tilton and Wife.
It Is now nearly a score ot years, says The
J'Mlatlttphia Timet, slnco n comely, graceful
woman stood between the lace curtains that
shaded the window of a lovely home In Brook
lyn watching a slender, dark-haired man, who
turned to wave his hand before passing out of
tight. There was a smile on both faces as tho
hurrying feet of the pedestrian carried him
around a corner and tho woman leaned out of
the w indow to watch his vanishing form. Two
children played about her feet, and, so far as
the ordinary eye could see, the house Itself was
the nlxxleof domestic contentment. If notlovp.
The dark-haired man was Theodore Tilton, and
the woman. It Is needless to uild, wns his wife:
but what home has undergone a sadder and
greater oliange in tho sauio relentless time!
After loamiug from place to place the rest
less Tilton has settled down in Pari,
where it U announced that h means to stay.
In a lonely chamber of the Protestant convent
at Newark .Mr. Tilton slu und sews from day
to day, the gray light of November falling up
on her furrowed face and lending uu ahen
color to her alwuy pullld cheeks. Ot the
little girls that plaied at her feet tlwt Septum
tier morning In llrooMyu, one, Florence, 1
living a student's life lu Switzerland, and the
other hat found a home among fr lends In
Chicago. Their say that Tlltou cxeclH to
inairv again, but the rumor U only u rumor.
H Is quite too late for lilm to retrieve hie
former errors, whatever they were, and he
ltests serves himself by Ids dignified silence.
For tho other prtles to the great controversy
rierhaps the same ran also be charitably said.
All the clement of a tragedy arc contained lu
the affair, excepting the neeoseary death, and
that Is more than equaled bv the unbroken
slleuce which at least two of the principal!
tnalntalu.
r.ti.'ii!nt !u't:i s..:of tii" r:.trfii.
Tho r-sirl i-r attempts at cakttiatins
tlu si't of tin iiobi' were li.-wil o.
tisIionoinii.il lib ivuliotis. It v.ottM
lio d.tlietilt to-ilu. t miv within what
iliMjro of aociuwv tin- Henri's then ob
tained fottlil liavo been ivlifil upon, as
tin' units of liii'iisuri'iiu'tit tM'd bv
tlioso p'otii'i'i-s liavo biu'ii Iot. am!
I'otiid not liavo boen ooinpatuil with tlio
units now in UM.
One of tho earlier tittempls at ob
taininjr tin aetual letifrtli of Hie earth's
meridian by direct measurement of n
portion of the miiiio was niadu in the
HiMoenth eentorv by a I'renoh doctor.
The means enipioyed, although very in
jienious, would lie considered perfectly
clumsy and inadequate by the modern
NL'iont".st. There was in this early
measurement no attempt at mathemat
ical precis on as utidi't stood in the pres
cut century, and, considering the sim
plicity of the method employed by the
doctor, it is only to lie wondered tnat
no sireatef error was obtained in its
litml result. The measurement consisted
s inph in dr vinjr from Paris to Amiens,
and countiu!; the revolutions of tiie
wheels of Hie carriage, and from the.
iiumliT of revolutions of the wheels
obtain the distance between the two
dies, which could servo as a basis for
calculating Hie length of lid meridian.
Of course, this culculatinir could not bv
auv ni 'tins be considered accurate, but,
taking into account the means euiplnv
i d. the result obtained has been Mib-e-qiientlv
found lo lw wonderfully pre-c.-c.
The. most curious thiiii; about il
is that what would now bo considered
jjravc errors and inexactitudes were so
distributed that they alnio.st compensa
ted each other, :iud the dinioiis;ons
then obtained show only slight diiTcr
ences witli Hie dimensions jjiveu by tlio
most recent measurements. Thus
c linncc. (and no better name could bo
found) permitted of the sumo results.
Willi only a small filial error, beinj; ob
tained with that crude method, that are
now obtained with thn most precise in
struments nnd with the mosl complica
ted calculations. Popular Science
Monthly.
CoiikTuitr Defends Lawyers.
Mr. Conkling bus wonderful faith in
the members of the profess'on. A
friend asked him a few days ago if he
did not th nlc that a certain well
known lawyer had sold his client to
the other side. "No, sir," said Mr.
Conkling. solemnly, "1 have never
looked upon the face of tlu lawyer
who I believe would sell out his client.
It is, in my opinion tho rarest crime on
earth, tho very minimum instance of
depravity. If the ease were otherwise
it would, lo quotu uu old judge, 1 once
admired, roll humanity of the last v r
tue that clings to degradation itself."
New York bun.
'1 he Leasing System.
If there are any, says The Savan
nah News, who think that the leasing
system is not a criminal one let tlium
look at the figures. When il was in
augurated in (leorgia a few years ago
there were !5.r)0 convicts. There are
now 1..V27. There has Iweu some in
crease in the population of tho stale
since the system was authorized, but
the percentage of that increase is small
compared to the increase in the num
ber of convicts. If tlie. system with all
its abuses is continued lite number of
convicts within a generation will be
.something fearful to conteniplale.
A Case of Kleptomania.
Once when Air. Justice llyles was
trying a prisoner for .stealing, a medi
cal witness was called, who said that
in his opinion the accused was stiller
ingfrom kleptomania, "anil your lord
ship, of course, knows what that is."
"Yes," sahl liyles, quietly, "it is what
I am sent here to cure." St. James' 3
Gazette.
Out of a .lob.
"Say, ni'ster, don't yer want a
boy?"'
"Arc you out of work?"
"Yes."
"What did you do during the sum
mer?" "I stunk Hies onto fly-paper in drug
gists winders, but lly tune s over
now. I'liiladelph ia Call.
JIo Know What It Was.
Teacher. What is an island?
Smart Pupil (whose father is a club
man). Hotly o land s rounded by wa
tcr.
Timelier. Oood. What is a strait?
Smart I'upil. I hoard pop hiiv it
was a hard hand to get anil boats threo
of a kind. New lork Sun.
Ail Every Day Occurrence.
Pythagoras beliovcd that man came
from a bean and returned to one. This.
happens every day in this country, es
pecially in Hoston. It is a common
spectacle to see men come from beans
and return to them at tho correspond
iutr meal next da v. Norristown
lkrald.
There Is a Halm.
"Is them no balm in Gilead?" yelled
u teinperanco orator tit a picnic.
"No, but there's some mighty good
licker down hero behind I'eto lliloy's
barn, if you're very dry," sung out u
stump-logged man sitting on u front
seal. J ui-isii.
He. Had His Wish.
"I wish this woro a chestnut boll,"
'he said, us he took her hand in his.
"Why so?" sho blushingly asked,
"Hecauso I would ring il," ho ans
wered. "You may consider it so," sho said,
and tlio tlay is named. Hoston Courtv.
Philosophy In it Nutshell.
Francis Murphy is doing tomporanco
work in Cincinnati. When asked his
opinion about legislation against tho
liquor trailio ho said: "Jf leglidntlon
would save people Moses would hav
been tho Christ." Neto York World.
i ZNCINC.
Unite. Torre ( omit tor T.ttt'r, hut
Kiulii! iiritf. Mill), mitt .tiutmiiciii
Ate tlie (Jtnilltli'H Hint Tell,
As two well known professionals and
Milhni:i3ts arc soon to meet in this
i!y at a gymnastic tournament in a
"out with the fols to illustrate the art
hut has mi long been recogni'v.-i! aiiiong
;he sporls of the world, a few points
)ti a legitimate department of indoor
iiustiincs seem timely, says Tfo Voiv'
ienre Journal. There nr. sour" goo.l
.'eneers and oine very t cellent cx
jorls with the foils of this city, lint tiie
.lever ptofessional handler of the foils
u this community, where duc-ng
lever wa in ogiic, is not without his
;lory. lie is the clearly recognized
mil honored man among thoM who
eek to become epert, nnd they look
up to him witli a good deal of lofty
or tie. in nuinv athlet o aociations
,'iiere are special prize for profit ency i
n the art of tViicing. just as there are in 1
joxing. and no tu-.t-elns gunnnstie !
Nitertainuient in many couiinunilies j
iceins to lie complete w.thoiit the intro- '
Miction of a little combat with the tods.
I'.ut in the swell athletic cnteitain
uieiils there are few Hillside of the
egular professional fencer.s who ap
ical' in public. Thev stud and prac
tice the art just for iivrcailou and
imuscuif nt, as does the devotee of the
"manly art. " They are not desirous
U pulling it into actual practice, and
i hey are elilom to be found making a
ji.iblie exhibit .on of their accomplish
incut. It seems strange, but a good
swordsman, who devotes hi time to
each ng a class of pupils how to use
Hi.- fo Is seicutilically, declares that it
s not necessary that a pupil should
in vc other athletic i-serciM in order lo
.ii'comu a good fencer. Hy jud eious
t ul. with the sword, if nature lias
nit given a person strong arms nnd
legs he may acquire them. A person
ivoultl ilo very pooilv who hid not a
jood athlete ligiuv. liver,) thing
.hat is tlcmauiletl in a good
illilete is considered necessary to
make a good feiuer -strength, agility,
solid and speedy judgment, and -not
least endurance. I'eiic ng appears to
be tlie highest form of physical contest,
mil uaturullv the best kind of sport.
It is nrgu 'd that sport without contest
is partially worthless. In fencing
there is the contest, that makes sport
l he truest kind of athletic exercise. A
man w ill run a mile in training liecause
lie is about to try his powers w.th
someone else. Men will run farther,
swim faster, row harder, and jump
higher just because I hey are ambitious
to beat some other man. And il is this
qiirit of emulation and direct rivalry
that gives zot and life to this training
for muscular i ctivitv . In wrestling and
boxing anil a great niativ similarsporls
It s seen that brute force generally
wins in the contest. In the art of
fencing the case is directly the reverse.
Hrnto fore-' counts for little or nothing,
but endurance, skill, and judgment are
the qtinlit es that tell anil conio out
nkoad in a contest with the brisk little
steels. As in boxing and wrostl ng.
lien a'o positions in feuc'ng, ai.d
Ihcy are vcrv tlilllcult for I he novice to
learn anil acquire correctly. First of
all, in fencing, ns in gymnastic exer
cises, a sict adapted to tlio qu'ck, in
spiring changes, and the general ac
tivity of body that are indulged in is
necessary. So the thing on the pro
gramme" for consideration is a complete
change of clothing. There tire shoes
or slippers especially suited to the ex
crc sc of fencing. 'I'hoy are light, arid
when on tlio feel, being thrown hero
and there in the fray, they touch tho
floor as gently as "baby s slippers.
A pair of "trunks.'' usual In
gvninast'c exercises, are also
worn, 'then there is the notieeablu
padded jacket. This is the most, re
markable feature of a fencer's suit. It
Is fttllv tight-fitting enough for easy
muscular movement, anil it has a thiek-ly-paildcd
woolen front covering the
entire breast and stomach. 'Hum there
is a wire mask that is hardly dis
tinguishable from a base-ball pitcher's
mask. And to complete the .strange
costume the fencer wears a big slull'eil
glove similar to a boxer's glove, but not
so fixed. Each linger on the lencer's
hand is separately sheathed, and his
glove is flexible, nnd tho lingers are as
free in the movements as if no glove
wore worn. The mask worn by the
fencer entirely protects his cars ami
eyes from the assaults of his rival or
opponent. The articles spoken of aro
tlioso usually worn by tlio novice the
pupil. Thoy aro somewhat different in
tlio caso of the teacher or tho export.
A professor of fencing usually wears in
place of a thick padded jacket a broast
plate, thick and hard. Tho reason for
this is that while tho professor can pro
tect his pupil from tho thrusts of his
foil ho himself is liable lo suffer from
the vigorous attacks niado by a begin
ner, and if ho had not tho thick breast
plate lie might stifl'or soinuwhat. To
go through tho lirst lesson in fencing
without weariness would bo a very
difficult thing for a pupil, it is exceed
ingly tiresome to take the first lesson
and attempt therein to learn one or
more of tho positions. There are eight
positions of the body and tho same
number of the hand to learn. Ono has
to learn thotn slowly, as it would bo
impossible to acqulro them nil at once.
Kach one is peculiar, nnd tho pupil
must acqulro them moderator, 'iho
wrist is mostly in doinnnd, and tho
novice finds that ho is unablo to enduro
tho strain. The wrist work causes a
painful sensation, ami thoro is a numb
ness, but tho strain that is brought to
bear upon the fencer is never harmful.
After the elementary exorcise und tho
positions have been learned tho
rest consists in constant, regular
practice with tho professor, and noth
ing but this presisteucy will givo the
pupil full control over himself and his
foil and soeuro him tho grcatot proli
clcncy. Men can fence much bettor
now than thoy could many years ago.
Then they did not understand tho sci
ence of tho thing. It was bruto force
more than now. Tho masters have tho
sport down to an art, nnd thoy are
drawing tho linos Miner each year,
Tho re is no bettor oxcrcslo in tho
world than fencing, and it is conoid
red all-sufthnut for muscle-making.
All tho cords anil sinews are brought
,nt i ,"( u p'n. i.ud vr't't nn ever
changing v.inety of liiovoni 'iils, that no
partof the body is brought mfotisp moro
than another, except prnbablv the
wrist. The muscular development of
the sword-arm may be grnater tlian the
oilier, but it will in no event lie to the
detriment of the fencer. The si vie of
fencing lias greatly changed in the last
one hundred u-ars. In past prriods It
was customary to stand in an erect p
s.tion, and eery tiling was dcpn lent
on the lunge that was math, Now
there has b"cn acquired a graceful
ninveinenl to the legs, nnd tint-bo l W
inclined forward or back war I. t It leg
U advanced, and an agreeable pose Is in
vogue. In the mod -rn at. tinleone tnav
nunc casilv draw back from a lunge.
The defense nowiidats is usually eileet
ed with the sword, and the use of the
left arm by elevation is almost, discard
ed. Few teachers intlulgij- in the prac
tice at the pre cut tlay. A bout of
seven to leu or elevn minutes is usimlly
cotisidered long enough as it is never
worth wh'le to go to the extreme in ex
ercise, it is tlie sine' in all ex Teio.
A regular Icsmiii reqii'rcs some resting
moments between tlie bouts. Altogetn
er it is a ver popular exere.s , a id
taken in moderation, just enough t
make the face flush, the perspiration
start and the wrist nche perhaps a lit
t lu. it becomes the best tonic and a
wonderfully good plivsieial exercise.
CONSUMERS OF TOBACCO.
rvinny People Smoke, but lv Know
How 'I lie Northern nnd tho
southern stylc.
As even body knows, says Thr Ci i
cinnati Enquirer, a consumer of tobac
co by lire is not ex neccxsila'c ret to
lie ranked among the royal brotherhood
of .smokers, lie may be tlie raw be
ginner who gets sick long enough be
fore the end of his cigar the rich nnd
nicot nish part of il is reached; or ho
may lie the dilettanti amateur, who
throws his expensive "weed" awa be
cause its bouquet 's not quite tho prop
er thing just now, you know: or he
may be a very oung man who is
sturdily trying to make hiins lf and
others bcl eve that he reallv loves a
cigarette: an 1 in any of tlies.i t-isos he
is not a smoker, properly so called ho
is not of the family who s"e pictures iu
tin wreaths and rings of smoke, and
sigh when thoy fade away.
Tho tough as a smoker ever) body
knows. Who has not scon hint on tho
corners and passed him just as a whill
tif the smoke of his v lo cigar is being
blown out upon the air? Who does not
know his favorite attitude, a vcrv mod
el of lounging worth lossncss, with his
"Iwofor" tilted toward his nose and
his hat drawn down upon his eyes?
The cigar, with him, is a matter of
toilet, rather than of taste a decorated
ornament, a something to complete tho
loul cnscmhlc of the bravado which ha
affects. He is of the sort who degrade
smoking, bringing it down from tho
place left vacant for it in every think
ing brain from good old Christopher
North to Ik Marvel dreaming iii his
summer garden, to a mere thief's hab
it and a pollut on of the highway.
men, again, the northern is as tiitior
ent from the sou I Hern style of smoking
as lto.ston Knglish is from Louisiana
French. The northern man clips oil'
the small end of thu spiral with a pre
cise, almost artistic nicety, and u fleets
tlie habit of holding it plumb botweou
his lips, now and thon taking it from
between (hem to satisfy himself that it
is bin ning evenly. The southerner, as
a rule, bites oil the end, grasps it
viciously between his tooth, and, light
ing it with a single puff, strolls on as if
lie were quite unaware that lie is
smoking.
$In po nt of fact, however, no ono
learns to smoke a pipe. That is really
tho only instrument of warfare against
the "devil's weed" which has with
stood the waves anil weathers of the.
ages and never for ono moment lost its
place, in the heart ot tho world's demo
cracy. Tho man may walk w th a ci
gar top-tilled iu his mouth, and wither
tho cigarette diulu with tho ferocity of
ids glance: he may crush his compan
ions on tho street with the opulence of
his "royal imported" at $000 a thous
and but never never in the history of
the good old world did ho fail to bo
subdued by the gray-hairod-old mau
with a clay pipe, lit by live coals from
an old-fashioned wood lire, who placid
ly pull's his natural leaf whilo ho tells
of tho things that usod to bo. It may
be summarized in a word: Many peo
ple smoke fow know how.
Tho Fuel of tho Future
It is a fact well known In manufact
uring circles that tho vast bulk of tho
heat contained in coal is wasted. Only
fourteen out of tho hundred parts of
carbon is actually utilized. Ilenco,
ono of the problems of ohomistry has
been to got moro power, in tho way of
heat aniT light, out of a given quanlty
of coal. Prof. T. S. C. Lowo claims to
liavo solved this problem, a mattor
which is of vast importance, if it is a
fact. Tho procoss Is to pulverize tho
coal, nut), lu converting it into gas, tho
coal Is reduced to n powdered form so
lino that it will float iu tlio atmosphere,
and it is carried into tho burning fur
nace by a current of air artificially pro
duced. Iu tho powdcrod form every
thing is consumed, as it makes no
smoko nnd leaves no ashes. This
would utilize tho mountains of so-called
waste, now piled up near coal mines
and manufactorioi. Hut Prof. Lowe's
invention goes farthor. Tho coal is
converted into a wntor gas. A ton of
authracito coal will generate from
eighty to a hundred cub e foot of gas.
The cost will bo about nine conts a cu
bic foot. This invention Is already in
uso in tho city of Troy, in tho luuudrics
of that place, anil is also used for
tiowor and for heating and cooking in
hotels and restaurants. Tho gas fur
nished is non-luminous nnd resembles
that from alcohol. It has no odor and
is intensoly hot. Thcsu facts havo
come out in a report to tho Scranton
board of trade, which calls tho now in
vention uutiiracito gas. The result
will bo u marvelous economy in the
heating of houses and tho cooking ol
food, while one ton of coal will go tu
far as n hundred of toua nowadays.
DtmorcsVs &IotUhj.