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Mr. ChhnotM dhtoka the OnrHfile bill
vrJk fwa* tbo house, tnit ecorns to bo of
the opinion 41 wiU-ftiJl in the sen
ate. ProbaKlj he ■forms tt correct esti-
nrtte of the Miuinitlon. If this KliouM
Xhs the outcome of the attempt In this
oongrooi to reform the currency laws,
Mr. CnlKtuiss myn (than people “will
Iuhxw iwhero to piano itlio rwponslblli-
ty.” Yes; ihh people iwill pYieo the re
sponsibility of failure on ihe senate,
Utf, untaipp'.ly, the Dnmocratlc party
Is, nounnnMy, nt least, rtsponolWo for
the action of the senate. H» Demo
cratic party, therefore, will suitor in
tills matyer, ns it has In othora, by the
division find want of discipline In that
body -that tan reduced «thc Democracy,
ns * ffOYSmiSff tody, to a tfUuto of help-
lcsaacMi and lireu^it upon it itho dis
trust, If not oowtomipt, of the people of
this oountiy. It is ensy to my tluat .dm
senate is not a Democratic body; uhnt
a few of tin tneoiitem, etootttl ns {Dem
ocrats, really hold Itho views of con
servative Repub!leans, anil have acted
in concert with tho IUtpuhllcans ever
sines the pWfCt mlunlnistratlon went
into power. But itho Uuth of 1fHi
ataitcmcnfi does not w float the attitude
of tho public •Howards itlra party, for
wfaUenrcr line divisions and iliflVronecH
in nhe putty imy be, it 4s rapomhla
for the fjovornimont and hound by (bo
promises anode In Us platforms.
It has bw»n said dtad.t td«yuld 'this con-
groan fall to nlTonl tho treasury relief
and to reform tho currency Haws, tiiat
Mr. dcvdjand av’U cald togcflfcttr tho
Republican aoDftmu .whoso «term bog Ins
the 4th of next tMnixfii, dn extra session.
“We bol’.evo ho ought to do this and that
he will do it. 'With itho treasury re
ceipts something like five rmlUlons of
dolhirs rtioitt of'its cxpeiwhtures each
month, nnd with a OOflaUOt raid on the
gold roservo coin*; on, there is really
nothing «!so fortoliu tb do, Tho failure
or rafaml of itho Demoonaitic congress
ho act will not pu>vo tint notion is not
U'ocossaiy, bu't only •dmi ulici.t congress,
because of its divisions, its want of a
doUndto programme, was tunable to act
The presldenit will be Justified in using
tho readiest omms (t> bring to an end
tlio dtttren of itha treasury and tbo
resulting distress of tho business com
munity. The question is not n political'
o&o, Htnctly *poakSng, and in dealing
■frith It, his first duty Is ho itlio country.
Ills party will Olrtfidj have had mn op
portunity *to deal ■with It, ami failed to
grin 4bo credit which wmiZd liavo
torao 4o it from wise nnd premiit no
tion.
ASKING FOR HELP.
The rei(reads running wut of New
York Ivavo reconily dhangoil tho classi
fication of cotton gjoo&s, ycdudpg tho
finer grades from llie first to <the sec
ond cl iks an! raising itho enamor grades
fs\v.n -the third to Oho second. Tbo ra
gout Is that the dry goods Jobber* of
Now York are complaining, Tho Jour
nal of Oomtmerco tries to convince liho
railroad managers 'that they hciromado
a serious anifttuka. U saye:
"It should require no argument to con
vince tho railway companies that they
ara as deeply interested aa tho manufac
turers and jobbers of dry goods In main
taining the pre-eminence of New York ns
a distributing centre. It appears to the
dry goods trade that In their new closst.
fleutton of cottons the railway managers
have overlooked this fact. Reducing the
finest cottons from first to second class
has little or no effect upon the distribut
ing business at this point, because those
Articles must be obtained from New York
•nd points east of It. But advancing
nearly all tho cheaper and heavier cottons
from third class to second class Is likely
to affect tho Kastern manufacturers and
jobbers seriously, for U la in these lines
that tho South is developing a large
manufacturing business. To advance the
classification of cottons of these grades
between New York and Chicago la to
turn the ncwl* just so much against the
tn\Ua and jobbers ot the Bast nnd In fa
vor of 8outhem production. The railroad
managers reply that even after they have
advanced the classification of soottona to
the second class the ates from this city
to the Went will be below those from the
Southern points. This may be true, but
St is evident that tho dry goods trade Is
Dot convinced of It, and arm if It were
tree the advance of 30 per cent In the
freight charges of the commoner classes
of cotton, unbleached sheeting excepted,
would have a marked difference tn the
terms on which the East and South enter
the Western markets. Rail reads from
this point can do themselves no good by
driving any trade toward the South.**
Th!« Is a particularly Interest***
statecnattt. It non tains the oonfewloo
Rut tt\* IT stern mills c&nnat coatpote
Avilii (be gkmtberfc, oven urban they
l»i vo an advantage in ttirrigbt rate*. Tbo
Journal iof •Comimorco, it will be ob
served, fioeg not complain 4tra* iN(W
York In diacrhiiinaksl against, but flhat
tbo discrimination In tier flavor is less
than harutofioro and loan limn is nacea-
*ary -to liable her jnalntam her su
premacy as a distributor of cotton
goods, its argument is simply that It
will pay tho railroads* ,to dincrlmimlfe
In favor TTcrw York, an»l thus hrmdloap
Bonun ralEs in /the WoKtern nwrkots.
Possibly 4Jhe. Journal l*s right, and the
railroads may fifilow its ndvloe. Nev-
CTdiqlffft dicrels much in its statonient
of the situation to encourage Southern
manttfaoturors. And If it .will pay
Nonthern reads nb keep tSoUifnorn goods
out of tho Western markets, will it not
pay Southern roads to got (the goods
Into those markets.
CONVICTION OF DRBYFU6.
The dispatches show rthat fh) convic
tion of Capt Dreyfus, of ISie French
onmy, of h!g!i trewion, on itho chspge
tha.t ho had sold army secrete to n for
eign government, has caused much bad
feeling in both France and Germany.
Tho trial avas not had In (public, but the
fact has leaked out .that the main evi
dence Against Dreyfus purported to be
documents /which had been stolen from
the German cmihuBsy. .
The Germ m mnbflfimdochas strongly
protected agalnht rtho authcmidty of
the documents, and .the German news
papers team ho rqganl tlio conviction
of Drayfas as duo to Frundh hatred and
suspicion of Gertmany. Lt happen* that
Hie accused officer *8 a Ilcbtow, and
this adds to the (Ksugreetbue features
of tho case, .tfiie belief being widespread
that tths conviction twus -largely due to
tho senseless Jaw-Uiltlng with /which
certain Paris ndwHpapem lua-vo busied
thoniHLdves of toitte.
It ts not likely fthatt tho incident will
lead tto serious international -trouble,
but It anny not bo wltbout political con-
sequenew.
THE 8EKJRET OF DONG LIFE.
Speculations of ih© Aged as to What It
May Bo,
M. BarihMemy Salnt-HUalre, tho famous
French scholar and politician, who re
cently entered on his 90th year full of
physical and Intellectual vigor, ras been
telling tho inevitable Interviewer how it
is his days have been so long In the land.
It Is, we aro told, tho effect of adherence
to the old precept, “early to bed and
early to rise," with steady work during
waking hours.
Every grand old mail seems to have a
aeerot of his own. Mr. Gladstone, we
believe, attributes his longevity to his
habit of taking a dally walk In all weath.
ers, and to his giving thirty-two bites to
every morsel of food. Oliver Wendell
Holmes pinned his faith on equability of
temperature. Tho late MaJ. Knox Holmes
sworo by tho trleyclo, which In tho end
was the cause of his death. Dr. P. H.
Vun dcr Weyde, an American octogona-
rlun, not long Ago offered himself "as an
example of tlio benign Influence <of tho
study and practlco of (music." Some
aged persons gtvo tho credit of their long
lives to abstinence from tobacco, alco
hol, jpicat or what not; others, to their In
dulgence In all these things. One old
lady of whom wo read not long ago as
having reached tho age of M or there-
about.*, maintained that single blessed
ness Is the real elixir vltac, and sho as
cribed the death of a brother at the ten
der ago of 90 to the fact that ho had
committed matrimony In early life. M.
FordInnnd do I«esaups believed In horse
back riding. Mr. James l*ayn co'mplnlns
that In IiIh boyhood ho got a little bored
“with too much horse," In a letter re
cently published M. do Lesscps delivered
himself aa follows: "I shall always feel
deeply grateful to Darlnc, my riding mas
ter, who from my earliest years made
mo share his keen passion for horses,
and I am itlll convlmvd that dull> horse
exercise has In n largo measure been tho
means of enabling me to reach my 8tth
yeas In perfect health." Carlyle wan also
a great rider almost to tho end of his
long life, un/l he not only redo, but wo
believe, groomed his horse himself; On
the whole. It must !*» concluded that tho
real secret of longevity Is a sound con
stitution prudently husbanded. Tho only
general rules that can be laid down are
those set forth by Adam In "As You
Like it."
Though I took old, yot I am strong and
lusty;
For In youth I never did apply
Hot and rebellious liquor In my blood,
Nor did not with unbnshful forehead
woo. +
Tho means *of weakness nnd debility:
Therefore my ago Is no n lusty winter,
Froety, but kindly.
That Is the whole secret of long life.
8hnkapesro "knew it ns well as any one,
yet ho died at 62.
DOD3 ELECTRICITY ICIDL?
A RemarkAble Case of Recusaltation
After 8ufferlnjr a Lightning Stroke.
itols case cam© under 'tho writer's
observation on tho Util of June, 1869.
It was near St&nwood, Cedar county,
la., oo a clear raid extremely warm
uny. Theodore Clothier, a carpenter,
M years of age, was riding along tho
roAd bestriding a saddlolqHs horse, in
all the sky there wit only one cloud
v Mb to* and it a comparatively small
om£ Two men in a lUffrt'"frkgbh had
just passed Clothier when a tremen
dous thunder olnp W5S heard. Ijook-
.ng back Rv*y *anv hoove and rider prone
on the ground. Tho lightning struck
Clothier In the right breast, passed
down Uhi body, through tho horao nnd
Into ti»e gnnuid. Tho horse and rider
were ln*tvt<ntly "lulled.” Th».' Ilfdcr
tumbled over backward and was appa
rently ns thoroughly killed ns ever a
lightning-killed nuro wae wheo tho two
men reached him. Ttfc'y foutul hi»
joitoi on fire and exUngulshed it.
The vmt was found to have been
charred from tho armhole to the Lipri
n the right side. The hair was burned
from hie forehead, und his eye brows
and eye iaahoe war© burned off. From
near the shoulder to below tho ribs
wn» black near rod fiesh that rubbed off*
on being touched; below wan & wound
as large In dtnvrwSona At* a man's it aim ,
And so deep that when the Inclneatcd
cuticle waa removed tho internal or
gana were exposed. From this point
tn© lightning shot to a rule carried In
a. pocket made for It h> the trousers*
hlpw Tho rule hud braai tli« that were
moltnl by the heat and w^cre found
In the form of a ball In the pocket.
Hie keys and the ring to which they
were attached and tho mil set ho ear
ned In the pocket were likewise meRed
Into q. solid mass, as were the blades
of h4e knife.
Whdto the two me*> were tlkaxiMinw
■hat was Ixtst to to drew, a local ohar-
cuw' living in the /anmhouHe near
shew Okribten wsa MVsn* a veUran of
the war. gert'rally ah a harm-
teas, weM enramner cruc4c. a/vco^'IiaI
orul <!*■»-Li rv»l cii© tnienUon of tntngMig
the oxvrx tMOk to Tt\f> «r*ujf> who
had gathered were not IraHhieil to con-
tvlfif the xmutk’» proposition .
nod ^tcradvd *t\ rwwf t'lotliler'a re-
jiratnH to his bw» and aid in prepar-
list Chwm for bur««i. Hut the Aillow was
a. determined xharaxjter. and «xhlblt©«l
•uoh capaeitjr <Sr having hla own way
ebwt the crowd mirreudcrad amt tot hxn |
have It. (He roHcfcl tflve body over on tts
lefft sklc, and as he did so die burned
flesh from -die rfgbt Ride fed.1 off. The
people who bad cofjjgrogiattad besrtred
olio to d«s1st, (but he didn't.
‘If he's dead I fiuens It won't hurt
him," was h4s rpply, and he continued
to rub the body vigorously where it
had not bciew t«m«l. HQrfe ©over to/t
up, ftYKl to .Uux*} or four bourn vho dead
man showed shpns of life. Water was
for and his face was bathed. iH«
■was romoved m a housu ear by and
turned over to three doctors who fiad
been summoned.
'When restored to c-onsckmimeas he
was in »uoh i.*xcnxrln , tin*c pain that he
had to be placed under the Influence af
opfa/tes. This courae was oontlmied for
nearly frmr days. Ho suffered greatly
eve nafter that, but -his burns healed
und ho recovered his hwaloh.
He la now 96 years old, and proprietor
of a hoarding house at Olln, la
In two senses he still suffer*
from the effects of his experience
when he w'as killed by 1lgm*
nlng. Before the approach of an electric
storm, sometimes as Ions' as four days,
he suddenly becomes drowsy, and all ef
forts to awaken him ore futile until after
the storm has passed ami the electrically-
charged air has given way to a clearer at
mosphere. Ills eyesight has never been
strong since, and he Is obliged to wear
a cap that comes well down over his fore
head and Is provided with a peak.
In talking with the writer recently. Mr.
Clothier expressed the opinion that had
he been covered with dirt as, soon us ani
mation had been restored he would not
now be troubled with the sensations that
precedo tho arrival of a thunder storm.
He added that ho believes hfa Is the only
case of its kind on record. He is a Ca
nadian by birth, but came to this country
when only 7 years old, his parents mov
ing to New York state. Ho came West
as a young man and served during the
late war as a member of Company G.
Thirty-first Iowa volunteers. On the close
of the wer He returned to Iowa and has
resided thero over since.
Tho Hash that struck him killed the
horse after tt had passed down his body,
leaving scars—dark, red, angry scars—as
plain today as they were twenty-five years
ago.
The course pursued In restoring him to
life was very similar to that pursued with
artificial respiration as a basis. Had this
not been resorted to thero Is no manner
of doubt that Mr. Clothler'a body would
have been lying In Itg grave for a quarter
of a century. He would not have return
ed to consciousness.
His case goes to prove that electricity
as a death-dealing agency Is not to be
depended upon. It may be terrible In Its
Intensity and power, but by no means Is
tt certainly and Instantaneously fatal at'
all.—Quincy Dally Herald.
A JACKASS WHO LIKES LIQUOR.
He Was Tok> Much for His Owner nnd
Was Raffled Off—Won by a Woman.
The winter residents of Rockaway
Beach, like those of all summer r«*orts,
have it tile to amuse them at this season
of the year, and, consequently, any
thing whfah premises some recreation,
even if it U coupled with business, is
hailed with joy.
Amoug the ’betft known residents of
Rockaway Beach Is Lord Ohumley. and
although his lordship is not human, he
certainly has aa much intelligence* as
many human# have. Lord Ohumley is
a -trick jackaes, and until Saturday
night Louis Kraft, of Rockaway
Beaoh, was Ills reputed owner. Many
of KTOft'o friends were Inclined, ihow-
over, to doubt Kraft's ownership of ttw
J'lcknss, and felt that the Jackass owned
Kraft. At any rate, Kraft continued
to pay for the oats and other proven
der consumed by his “lordship/’ al
though he was often heat’d to grumble
because the latter refused tx>,chew sand.
But afl of Kraft’s protests had not the
©lightest effect on Lord Chumley, and
he continued to pursue tho even tenor
of his way. He kicked the roof of the
bam alTout three times a week, ifhd,
going down to the vllhlge, visited the
hotels and barrooms and got gloriously
Inebriated. He then staggered home,
and, leaning up against the. house be
neath the bedroom window of his al
leged proprietor, let out 'the most devil
ish and diabolical brays that ever is-
■U«d fpom (lie throat of a jackass. Mr.
Kraft would have to get up Ui the night
and pacify the lord with w.tVm bran
inasbes, put ice on his head, etc. Kraft
stood it ns Dong ns be could, but nt
last his wife took a hand and said she
would either have tho Kraft domicile
or Lofii Chumley should.
Thh brough matters to n climax, and
all Rxwkawxty Beach was electrified
last week by tho announcement that
LorcT Chumley was to bo raffled off.
The TOffie took place at Perry Burn's
^Jbomerlo hotel, at Seaside, on Satur
day night, aud everybody of any prom
inence, including hlv lordship, was ear
ly on hand. A band of. local entertain
ers was proeent to help th© amusement
along. "Ilia LudHhlp" wo© Inclined to
ridicule the whole proceedings nnd in
dulged to considerable funny business
himself. He playfully kick'd the pian
ist in tho small of tbe back <t>od at the
same time knocked ou’t old Squire
Thompson by cm uppercut from his fore
feet. He Indulged in much unsc.-ming
mrrlment over these feasts, but after
n while quieted down Jnd allowed the
raffle to go on. Over seventy-five took
part In the raffle and after mudi throw
ing of the dice tho winner was declared
to be Mrs. Sarah Nether, a wel1-lcaown
resident of the Beach, who threw forty-
four. All bauds wore then invited to
partake of liquid refreshments, and
Lord Chumley went through all his
tricks for the edification of his mis
tress. finishing up by placing his fore
feet on the bar and biking a schooner
of boor between bis lips and draining
It trf the dregs. By his refusal to take
his usual nightcap of whisky "his lord-
ship" announced hto intension of drink
ing nothing stronger than be-r In tho
future, and Mrs. Nether la confident
that she will soon pensuado him to give
up drip ^altogether and sign the pledge.
^New York Tribune.
THIS TRUNK WAS LOADED.
Tbe Funny (Man's Dream Gomes True
and a Baggage Handler la Nearly
Killed .
Just when the strata were most
crowded last evening with Christmas
shoppers and with throngs of persons
hurrying home from their work, a tre-
mendous exvkvsion, which seemed to
come from the vlchslty of Eleventh and
Arch s*ro*to, shook the air und mar-
tied everybody. At the same moment
a great *h©«t of white flame shot high
Into the air, disappearing aa quickly
as It cam*. The crash of broken glass
fo’.-lowed/ and building* in neigh-
boifrood of the explosion trembled from
the shock.
Then came cries of pain nnd of terror,
sueccded by n rush of people to the
scene of the explosion, which j»roved
to Ik* ois Cuthbcct street, eaat of Elev
enth, On th«' ittirer side of the little
street some of the more eager almost
stumbled over the mangled and bltck-
en*d body of a man, whewe clothes
were yet reeking witA the fume© of
burning powder, while directly oppo
site were the fragments of a big trunk,
from which ft dentrt volume of thick,
black smoke was rising, lltomincd by un
oocftsioua.1 Hash. Nearly everybody was
sure that thor© had b.*en an explosion
Of dynamite and that tho man ou the
pavement wa» one of the victim*.
lovYWttfaUoo showed that the man
was John V. lV.'wlft, an cxpr t >M$nxin.
whose home is at kid Taytor street.
A few minutes before he had pulled
up his team on Cuthbert street, in the
rear of Attnuol Shoyeris furrier’s es
tablishment. 1.030 Arch rttreet. H© had
u Mg trunk for Th,vs* H. McCoiHn, a
deoLc In photogv*phara’ supplies, next
door, of th© contents of which he had
not the totaftcat idea. So he jumped
from hi** waged and grabbed the trunk
In regular buggsge-itmaaher fashion.
Txrtm came 11 comer of the Saratoga
on the hard pavement, oral up went
Hewitt in a pUlar of fire. The trunk
wus more than half full of ih© powder
used by phoDognaphcre to ladcing flash
light picture©, and the concussion had
exploded it. The unfortunate expre*»-
maa was hurled clotonb me street with
such vokKdky that iiis body struck the
traneom of a side door of J. J. Hood's
offld building. It broke the thick gkuw
and chattered the framework. Not a
bit of glajt* was left in ths rear win
dows of Mr. Bhoyer’s place. The back
of the building Wofced os If a big fire
had scorched and blackened it.
Hcwlitt wis promptly gathered up
and hurrlrad* to the Hahncmoiun hos
pital In his own wtigou. He was con-
eclous, but suffering the most inf tense
agony. He was tftatkened and bruised
all over, and both leg© hung as if
broken to a dozen pt'oes. An exam
ination showed that he had cl com
pound comminuted fracture of the left
leg. a badly lacerated wound on the
inside of hi* knee, and. that both legs
and thighs and the greater part of his
body were covered with deep powdered
burns and cuts. He looked as If ho
Had bffO blown from the mouth of ta
cannon or rescued from a room 'filled
with exploding -giant fire crackem. The
doctors Mye hopes of his recovery, but
It will be weeks before he can leave
tho hfospl-ml, and then only as a badly,
disfigured wreck of his former self.
Hewitt js In the employ of R. D.
Decker, a teamster, whose headquar
ters are at 715 Arch street. He was
carting the dangerous truTUk from a
photographers’ supply stoue on Arch
steet, near Seventh, to the place where
the accident took place. He hod re
ceived no notice of its explosive con
tents. The Injured man is about 35
year# of age and has a wife and small
family.
The filHock of the explosion ws plainly
felt iji <ihe Twelfth street market, un
der the Beading Terminal. Many of the
stall keepers thought there had be*n
a collision In the depot and excitedly
rushed out Into the street In the sa
loon at the northwest corner of Elev
enth and Cfuthbert streets, the'glass
ware *tivnnbled and toppled ovtr, and a
row of tipplers at the bar dropped their
thttfr glasses ns if thedr hands had been
misled.—Philadelphia Recorjl.
CUPID IN QUARANTINE.
A ‘I/jver Visited HI* Sweetheart and
Ha* tbe (Best of Reasons for Staying
Latte.
It to not often that a ferverit lover
obJoolH to being locked up with his
nw-eet/heajlt, but young Frank Fainman
<t* JUntYsow in *ucbi a preldlaaJrnanlt.'whlie
the young iwaman'B tatiher is forced to
find #rtic#ter In a citable near by. In this
case tbe flower nVay be excused for ob
jecting, because bib aweerjhcart Is suf
fering wfah amull-pox and her home 6s
bring StridUy quaxanjtlned by the board
of health.
The aweetheart in question Is Mies
Mlaimle Tull, a comely maiden of 17
summers, who n rtlrn with her parents
on Jbiyce ricreeft, h small thoiixiahfnre
running from Frantoford avenue, bedpw
Clearfield street. She iwaa taken ill on
Wcdnewrlay ladt. On Thursday even
ing ihier beau, Frank Foirmam, -who
a Heading railroad cleric, and who had
heard of her Illness. <paid bar a vbfif..
While he wa* In <Uhe house board *:tf
benMh officVifls dittppwl In. They de
rided that Miss Tull bad the emall-pox,
and aa (iiromp.'ly ^aramtined the house.
About tihe some «iiime 'Mamie’s fmther.
Henry TuU^who Ls (foreman In a nearby
atable, re turned -to hi* house, only to
find ihlnuirif barred out and with n:>
place -to lay hto beud saw the hoy loft
of ‘Jho“stable ak which he Ve ftnoJoyed.
All doiy long every day since Thurs
day iln*t the Imprisoned lover, while not.
abtendtov alt W* sick sweetheart’s IkhI-
alde,. Sit* took in g out of »the second
o'.ory iwlmdow, not even daring to raise
tt to oormnunte&to with those he knows
and would V.ke ttb .talk *to on kibe out
side. The locked-out •fla’Uhw urrakeu fre-
queint vUflhft to hto home to inquire of
tho guards aa to t?he condition of his
rack child and hib wife and criher chil
dren whb are also in itbe hauso wfttih
her. The wairitis of 'ihe family are at-
tk-rtied to and meauciges ore carried
from 'them -to tboee oirtskle by a mes
senger apeirially employed (by the board
of health for (that purpose.
j -la -Mis* Tufll’s case i* a fully devel
oped Due of amnfi-pox, it h not oi>lo-
gethcr Wkely -that young Fainman wV.l
have yri. -two week more to remain
wb«jn? he Is. .Mennrnblle 'iihe pfjoole of
Who mitffifllborhoTd ore doing alt they can
for tbe pomritariy to-uated family.—
PhiladeC'phia Keconl.
HOW ©HE DID SNEEZE.
She Sneezed Se\'ean Day© and Nearly
Loot Her Life, but Will Recover.
'Litrie Estelle Reyman has been
sneezing flftmofit oofftlnuously since
Monday—seven days. Her else is one
whtob tau* puza'.ed «the medical frater
nity; ft Is almos6 without paraiTlel and
has aiJmcrit oust her her life. Last nlgih/t
eho was somewituit Improved, 1 the
sneezing bring Cess frequenr, (and there
was a faflr prospect of her speedy^re-
oov-eroy from the ttftment. Bstril Is
the daughter of Mr. and (Mrs. Hey-
man, wGio rcride at Bbwvn and Cottnge
prove nv<nvue*. She 1* about 11 yexrs
flU, but exceedlidgly well developed
nnd Cooks much rider Itlvin rfhe really
is. She attend* *the public schoofls nnd
is noted In a family of 8’ron.g people
for hr good health. C
(Mr. \»n& ’Mrs: Hey man have a fam
ily of eight children, four girl* and
four boys, "but Efetefie Is 'Iihe only one
of the eight bom in Chicago. The
ocher children wore born 4n New Or
leans and have never sneezed in the
manner in which Es*sflle has distin
guished berpefif. Ovvr u week ago she
took o silphit cold, JuSt as other resi
dents of Chicago have. The attvtok was
not tiflarmlng unril it settled ih the
membrane 1 of her nme und produced
whaft D*. Outhbortson exiled aeut? co-
rysai. Ator thl sacue corysv (ha«l se-
curel a firm hold mV b*-cm u> nruv'ze.
A* iflrat alo porUoulor attention was
paM by *h*<r paren'la «to the sneezing,
hey thinking ft would nil awny w^itb
th© cold, but Sr did not. Snroze followed
sneeze, rnnd by 'Monday nlgbt Vhe lit-
tZe one'* frame was racked by the In-
ce*j?»\nft ettVMv; and her head pHned her
terribly. Tlie sneeze* fefitowed each
other exxry other minute. They came
in vedteys and rill orllinnry efforts
failed to check -them. . *
By this time her parents were
ta&armed nnd summoned (Dr. William
CutKbertwon. He latter caVed In Dra.
Benson and Leeching. The ense was a.
mystery th^m nnvl fts poss'.bV cure
a conn minim. ThochVd .wra able to
pfr, had a healthy Appetite, could no
dboujt ns u©ual, and. with rhe exception
of the ©neezes. ww At^parently in the
beat of health. But tf she undertook
to rood there came a stw'Oze; If site
ItQM&OWP to sleep a sneeze rousM her;
If *ho Weighed s* v . eneeze,!. and If the
tears came T>ecfiuso of fh iv»ln ci sneeze
in\*araab1y foUowft
When Tuesday p>»s*«h! without a
cessation of the trouble It became neces
sary to use opiates to secure needful rest
for the child’s system, and ©specially the
head. Cerebral congestion was imminent
and her rugevd frame threatened to give
way from the nervous strain, imposed.
Morphine and bromides were used, ana
on Saturday chloroform. The last. In tn©
opinion of her brother. A. If Reyman,
cam© very near causing her death. Sat.
urdxy evening her body turned cold, the
puls© become very Print, and to All ap
pearance* she was about to ce&se to live.
Heroic measures were resorted to In or
der to quicken the circulation. SM eras
rolled, rubbexl and massaged till the color
returned to he- face, the heart resuming
Its normal action, and she opened
eyes to ronedousneaa. From that moment
an Improvement tn her case was taster,
/
Highest of all in Leavening Power.-
Latest \J. S. Gov’t Report
J
ii
4BMUUmY PURE
with every reason to hop© for a speedy
recovery. Tho oneezlng had been some
what checked, and, while she la still un
der* the influence of opiates, lt ls believed
that In a few days no trace of her com
plaint will bo left.
Dr. William Cuthbertson thought tbo
cause of the sneezing nothing Inexplicable,
but regard© dthe length of time over
which it had continued a* extraordinary.
"Such complaints,” he said, "usually
have a hysterical origin, and the source
of hyatoria is largely hereditary. TM*
being the' case, after the cold acute ccrysa
followed, and then tho sneezing, l thing
tho child is out of danger now and that
in a very* short time the sneezing will
cease altogether/’
Ho acknowledged that medical annals
furnished few Instances of so long a pe
riod of sneezing without fatal results—
Chicago Herald.
THE MONROE POLICY.
How fit AflPedte American Interests in
Central America. ,
Sevenfcy-ono years ago, when James
Monroe, fifth president of tho United
States, warned Russia and England par
ticularly and other European powers gen
erally that tbe American continents were
not from that time forth to bo considered
eubjeots for futuro colonization by any
European powers, and that the United
States would consider any attempt on the
part of European powers to extend tfaalr
systems of government to any portion of
this hemisphere as dangerous to our peaco
and safety, a doctrine was promulgated
that has ever since received tbe unquali
fied indorsement of tho American people.
This doctrine, the familiar “Monroe
doctrine, “ further declared that if the
governments established in North and
South America which had declared their
independence of European control should
be interfered with by any European power
tbia interference would be regarded as tho
manifestation of an unfriendly disposition
to the United States. Of late England has
shown a disposition to ignore tbe doctrine
in Central America.
Tho present trouble, usually referred to
ns tho Bluefields affair, is especially inter
esting and important, owing to the fact
that England ls apparently trying to re
tain a foothold in Central America near
tho proposed -Nicaragua canal that will
one day connect tho Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. On tho other hand, the United
States proposes to enforce the Monroe doc
trine and thinks it ought to control any
canal that connects the two great oceans.
Tbo Mosquito territory, or Mosquito
const, is a slender strip of tho oast coast of
Nicaragua. Bluefields, its chief town, re
cently had a population of nearly 4,000
people, 1,000 of whom were British, Amer
icans and Jamaicans. The Mosquito ter
ritory lias long boen tho property of tho
Mosquito Indians, who wero ruled by a
'king, or chief. The territory was consid
ered independent, but was nominally sub
ject to Nicaragua.
For two ccnturleB, it is said, England
has exorcised a sort of protectorate ovor
thO'Mosqulto coast, Insisting that tho In
dian government should be independent
of any other power. In 1860 Nicaragua,
by treaty with Great Britain, admitted
that tho Indians wore free factors under
tho nomlnul sovereignty of Nicaragua, and
that tbe Mosquito coast was tho property
of tho Indians. At tho close of 1803 Nic
aragua, upon tho protext that a hostilo
army from Honduras was about to lond
upon the Mosquito coast and menaco her
rights, sent 860 soldiers to Bluefields and
quartered them there.
These troops, which wero under tbe
command of Gonernls Lacayo and Cabeza,
wero very unwelcomo to Ghiof Claronco,
tho rulorof tho Indians, and tho largo for
eign population. Clarence informed Gen
eral Lncnyo that ho did not rocognizo tho
right of Nicaragua to land troops at Bluo-
fields, and ho desired them withdrawn.
Lncayo curtly replied that Nicaragua
had tho right to do as sho liked with her
own territory, and on Feb. 12, 1894, ho
took forcible possession of Bluefields,
seized tho archives of tho Mosquito re
serve , hoisted tho Nicaraguan flag and de
clared that tho government of Mosquito
no longer existed.
Thero wero British and American war
vessels at Bluefields, nnd thoy landed ma
rines and blue jackets to preserve order.
On July 0 Chief Clarence issued a proc
lamation that, whiloho recognized tbo sov
ereignty of Nicaragua, ho was the only
lawful ruler of tho Mosquito coast. Late
tho snmo afternoon a mob composed of
foreigners learned that General Cabeza In
tended bringing a cannon into the town
with a view to bombarding It If the neces
sity arose. There were no Indiana in the
mob, but there were several prominent
American, English and other foreign citi
zens. Thosomon captured or killed the
Nicaraguan 6oldiors guarding tho cannon
and rushed back to Bluoflelds with the
cannon In their possession. General
Cabeza then consented to retire to Rama
City with his troops and did so. A short
time later he seized a number of tugs be
longing to American merchants and
steamed back to Bluefields, where Captain
O'Neill of tho United States steamship
Marblohead informed him that his forces
must return to Rama City, inasmuch as
they had used American tugs in making
their return trip.
At this juncture Captain 6umner ar
rived with tho United State* cruiser Co
lumbia. Ho was senior to Captain O’Neill
and did not agree with O'Neill's policy.
He Informed th© Nicaraguan troops that
thoy might remain. These troops were
toon re-erfforced by 700 more, ondoariyin
August they took exclusive possession of
Bluefields, hoisted the flag of Nicaragua
and declared that tho Mosquito reservo
would henceforth bo known as the Zalaya
district of Nicaragua
Sinco then the Nicaraguans have placed
in nominal power as chief of the Indians
one Andrew Hendy, a full blooded Mos
quito. Ex-Chief Clarence Is at Kingston,
Jamaica, the guest of Groat Britain, which
is supporting his claims to the Mosquito
coast in the hope of retaining a foothold
there. .England is further Incensed at
Nicaragna because of the arrest and ban
ishment of her vlco consul, Edwin D.
Hatch, who was prominent in the capture
of the cannon from General Cabeza. Two
Americans who were arrested at the same
tlmo were allowed to return to Bluefields,
but Hatch is still under th© ban. General
Cabeza is now in oontrci at Bluefields.
KNOCK CIDI DOWN.
Aliy .man vrtio points a revwlror at
one, iwhotfaer tho •weapon is opposed
to be loaded or unloaded, is oittv.r a
fool or a lunatic, and la ©liber case ho
ocinnot he suppressed tbo soon. Our ad
vice under sndb circumstances is to
knock vhc <mxnleron* imbecile down
wit hoot a moment* hm.t.aAion. l>m’t
deity; a minute Is more thsr> tirao
erKmgh for his foolishness to) cost you
yur life.
Knock Mm d-wvtv. If ho ha« as much
brain power as a bluejay ht* win rti.ink
you for doing it.—Chicago Dispatch.
' DREAMLAND.
It is * land not far from ns whore sonls^^
Hay sometimes walk In sleep-a dim, vast
Older’tean Egypt, full of rivers spanned
With mist. Brand meads it hath and moonlit
knoll.,
Whereon the purple Mphodel unroll.
And many .pale death flower. Vide open
stand
Ita gate, all night, wh«noe dream. In riotous
bend
Prew, thronging, to the couoh ot Sleep till
toll.
The matin bell. Then, nimble a. a thought.
All vanish, save eome luckless elf in not.
More line than Queen Mab’a eyelaah, tripped
and eanght. /
O strange, mad sprites, whom fantasy bftgeta.
Ye bring the dead back, ye do strong heart*
tew
For some lost treasure, some sweet memory’,
sake.
—William Preaoott Foster In Century.
Dm Irrigation Psyf
In diaoassing tbe qaeetiaa u to wheth
er irrigation pays. Secretary Oohggn of
the Kanraa irrigation aommiarion raid:
The average value of prudeota on irri
gated land* ranged from f8.M par acre
in Wyoming to $19 per acre in Califor
nia, making a general average through
out of $14.89. They also produced sta
tin ti os to show that the averago fint oort
of bringing water to the land* wa* $8. IS
per aero, thevalne of tbe water right*
thereafter becoming $96 per acre; that
the annual expenditure for maintenanoe
varied from 10 oente to over $6 per acre,
with an average of $1.07; that tho lint
coot of the system, was about $80,000,-
000, with an estimated value of $100,-
000,000, and that the value of the irri
gated land* had increased from $80,-
000,000 to $300,000,000.
An Anetent Egyptian DMd.
In modern deeds it is notusnal to de
scribe the personal appearance of seller
and purchaser. But in Egypt, in Cleo-
patra’s time, B. C. 107, a oonveyanoe
describes both minutely. Thns: "There
was gold by Pamouthee, aged about 45,
of middle else, dark complexion and
handsome figure, bald, round face and
straight nosed, nnd by Semmuthe*, aged
about 99, of middle size, sallow com
plexion, round faced, fiat nosed and of
quiet demeanor, children of, ” etc. Then
the situation of ground is described:
"It was bought by Nechute. tbe Lees,
the son of Asos, aged about 40, of mid
dle size, sallow complexion,, cheerful
countenance, long face, slraight nose,
with a scar upon tho middle of his fore
head, for 00L pieces of brass,” eta
O^E WHO IS AJTEAJD Od? X SLOT
MAGHI'XE.
Damages for an aco'dout caused in
a peculiar manner were ci,warded in
tho superior court This morning. The
cause of ilhe injury was a ipanny-ln-tfoe-
slot machine, avhldh was lode Cn the
way of fussongras to >l£ie East Boston
ferries, arid over which Mis. Louise B.
Powers tripped and auatutaed personal
injuries which she thought were worth
531,000. but nth'.oh the court decided
•nmouated to only 52,300.—dtostou
Evening Trsoscript.
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