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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 2—TWELVE PAGES.
dickinson at Detroit.
\ JlnguHlcent Flctnro 1,1 WonU of Grover
Cleveland.
Pbtboit, Sept. 26.—The campnign in this
e ity was opened to-night by the dcmocruey
*itha big demonstration in honor of the
visit of Postmaster General Dickinson, Gen.
John C. Black, Ei-Senntor Joseph E. Mc
Donald, and other distinguished guesta. At
8 o’clock a parade, composed of numerous
ward clubs, visiting delegations, etc., was
viewed from the balcony of the Kussell
House and then the quests were -driven to
the Lamed street rink where thev were
greeted by an audience that filled every
Uich of available space.
THE PRESIDENT.
Postmaster-General Dickinson was the
first speaker. He said he had unexpectedly
been called upon to preside at this great
meeting. He had told the committee of
arrangements that it would not be just to
the other guests for him to make any ex
tended remarks. He would be in Michigan
two weeks during the campaign, and all of
his friends would have an opportunity of
bearing him on the issues of trie campaign.
The committee, however, had insisted that
he should say something about the Presi
dent, and this heSrouId proceed to do.
He said: I have been asked to tell you
something of the President and in the brief
time remaining to me I can say very little of
what is in my mind and heart on the sub
ject. In the first place, he has been all the
lime, since March 4,1885, the President of
the United States. No usurpation cf execu
tive fuuctious, no trenching upon executive
freemen have been tolerated or permitted
Several early attempts of this kind
were resented with power and
virile force, as is respectfully
horn in mind by the upper house of con
gress. Ilis rugged, masterful personality
sime he took his seat, bis robust patriotism,
like the heart of a great system, baa sent a
vital current of health-giving honesty puis-
sing through all the arteries of the public
service. Public ofiice is public trust, lias
not, as used by him, been merely a smooth
phrase, or catcii words of stump and can-
v i--, consistently Mfunrliig his official ac
tion, by the spirit of the maxim,
AS DY THE COMMANDMENT,
he has made it a rule of conduct, a practice
•f every day use in all public business in
every department and in all the highways
end byways of executive and administra
tive action. In the political atmosphere of
the capital the President was for a fong time
S phenomenon, a puzzle and
enigma to those aocustomod
• the old conditions. It is said that at one
time in the history of Zuzuland there was an
abnormal season of heavy rains, the heavens
were overcast for weeks and months life bad
settled down to accommodate itsetf in its or-
dinary avocations to the change. Suddenly
one day there was a remarkable appearance
in the west; a light like fire itreemed op to
the zenith and down to the horizon from a
common centre, king and oourt
xwe-strieken at what seemed a por
tent, summoned the wise men from all
ever the land to interpret the sign Or to SO-
connt for it. Some gave one explanation,
some another, some said that it was the be-
ginning of the end of the world, some that
the moon had fallen. At lost in the confus-
i • ■ ■ ! i nam-il- nml contradictory theories,
s pi tin old fellow from the back woods
came along, took a look at the wonder, and
, i I: Why, it's just simply going to clear
off,” and that what they saw was the old
fashioned,
FAMILIAR GOD’S SUNSHINE
and the glimpse of the blue vault ot heaven.
Dickens tells us that at one time there was
great excitement among the learned men ot
England over the discovery of strange
figures and characters upon fragments of
stone which came to light in some excava
tions. Archeologists, students of Roman
antiquity, readers of ancient Egyptian in
scriptions, Sanscrit scholars aod others gath
ered from far aud near to view, and, if possi
ble, decipher this message from a pre
historic age. Scholars quarreled, theories
conflicted, several societies went to pieces
for opinions sake. The world of culture was
in su uproar, when a very common person
came along, looked over the fragments and
h-oken letters, changed them about, made
pie cs of it and spelled out, “Tom Nokes,
hi mark,’’ and ao the poiiticiana of the
Country, accustomed to perverted polities—
those who were trained for generations to
consider public men and politics as game and
gsmeiters—did not at first make out this
President of ours. As he started on his way
the .Senate attempted to crowd him. The
chariot of the American House of lairds
drove against him and was ditched. Sena
tors then said, ‘This man treats us as if we
were
THE COMMON COUNCIL OK RUKFALO,
»nd he is an insignificant, though a stubborn
man, only fit to be mayor of a small town.’
later on they said, ‘He has ability of
certain kind and a sort of low, cunning,
*nd he is a bold, bad man.’ Later on he
rose in their vocabulary of epithets to the
dignity of a usurper.
Some republican politicians praised him
■or awhile, looking nt his acts through the
nsyed and cracked glass pf their own notions
because they thought he was about to betray
ou party. A few democrats who had learned
Polities in the republican school, irritated
M candid politics und changed methods, be
lieving in the doctrine that because his
predecessors did ill things for favor, he
should exercise full license to do likewise
favor, said lie was a trator
*nd would ruin his party. Theo-
v continued to multiply about,
mm, his character and his purposes. In the
uudat o! the confusion the strong common
seme of the people came to the place of the
•‘pounderand interpreted. “Ills a very
•imp e case, gentlemen,” said Common
oenae, “You w^e all looking beyond, be-
<>», around, any where but at tM simple
nature of things. This cariosity nt Wash-
”gton, this President who seems to you to
fr ln, crutab!e in his wavs and strange in
““ uietnods, so rare in this life of yours, is
SIMPLY AN IIONE8T MAN, .
*nd an honest man with great brain, iu
tcepid heart and tireless vigor; an honest
“nn, of indomitable perseverance, absolute
csrlessnesi aud conscious power; an honest
“ntn, who stands for the right with the firm-
»•» of the rock of ages itfelf. At last,
t... 0W i D a . ni * appreciated of all men, he is
„o, , an d reviled with bitterness and he is
suit t 6 l ^ or t * ,c eu * n d e8 he has made
of , making. The irritation and anger
,cw of bis own partv is now quieted
m i 00n, *j n Plaiicn and compelled to respect
„, l ‘ re 6» r 'l. these have become affectionate
tam in- In nrivate life he is a plain Amer-
•wm citizen of simple manners and singular
•M. ■*** ani * kindness of heart. 11U con-
hiit . ,on ^ or *hose about him from the
Thn '* t * le i° w est, hsa won all hearts.
U °f c w “° are neart st hint love him most.
»k-u an •mbracing sympathy for distress
*“'ch can feel for
THE 8UKPBB1XOH OP TUB PEOPLE,
° r >asl know, can take from the pelting
UiH? *° H 1 * ‘belter of his carriage a ragged,
j'rvmoted, frightened child from the street,
sals?*? J*lls us that Washington was
tk *“ *tth more vile scurrility and abuse
sl.n i any mu' 1 °f his time. Epitbcis ami
wIJ. ” a I>plied to Jackson by his defamers
re sought from the gutters and
•i °1 life. Yet the names of
dm ,t ^ 0,BW,,hin « with increasing splen-
iv ** Mae rolls on ar.d with the posterity of
’•ho traduced them, thank God the
HYPNOTISM AND CHIME.
memories of their ancestors hnve rotted from
the annals of time. Standing out against the —,
history of the age one of tile noblest figures Su UBe»tlni- Crime ton subject Show
in the life of tne republic will be that of Unoafe for the Suggester. •
Grover Cleveland. It will be written of him From the New York dun.
that he was an unselfish American statesman i The carious subject of the connection,
and that he served the people.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TALKS
Tho Chances in Michigan.
1 lie Iii Astonished that NcnalorH Almne Hi
j —Not a Free Trader.
| Fronwm Interview in the Chicago IleraJd.
“People are Bomt ;imes curious to kaow,
actual or possible, of hypnotism with Mr. President, how vou regard the con^rcs-
• .. .. . , , e . sional assaults made on you personally*?
crime is attracting a great deal of serious , « In w t0 pmoua f :ls ‘ atlUa made
Washington, Sept. 26.—fSpecial.J—-Be* investigation in France. Tho latest an- J upon me by my po itical opponents, I am
fore Postmaster-General Dickinson left, for ; pounced results are those obtained by M. | free to say I care little for them. I know
ganwould^o democraticl!y a small majority Liegois, professor of the faculty of tllc r not tr ue, aid 1 believe they are
in November. This was. the result of thS law at Nancy. He lias been endeavoring V IMkhn ? nse
information be had received before his de- . .. . .. , , , least in a rtckwicKtan sti st.
parture. A friend of his, who has I ,0 dl8C0T " “ "'av *» winch to compel a I confess that the speeches
heard from him since he went parson who has been hypno.izod, and who of some of tiie sen.tors surprise
away, says he is of the same opin- i ' ua y have performed some deed which lias me> f or [ look u|on the Senate of the
ion * still. In 1884 the democrats - been suggested to him while he was in a United States as tne most dignified body
carried the lower part of Michigan, the re-i hypnotic state, to reveal the name of the j j n the world, and certainlv there have
publicans majority being gained entirely in | person suggesting the deed. It bad been I t, eC n speeches delivered there’ which do not
the upper peninsular byJayHubbell and found imposaible to make a subject reveal comport with that dignity. But if they
WOOED AND WEDDED BY* SIGNS.
his methods. Blit two years ago the upper
peninsular gave a very small republican ma
jority. If it does not give at least as large
a majority as in 1884. This year the demo
crats will certainly carry the state, for the}
have gained constantly in lower Michigan
All the Michigan republicans in congress,
recognizing that it is n doubtful state, have
gone home, followed, of course, by the dent
ocrats.
A POLICEMAN SHOT.
A Murderous Negro Hurglnron Being Dis
covered Shoots Patrolman Veal.
Atlanta, Sept. 26.—Patrolman J. W,
Veal was Bliot by a negro burglar this
morning about 4:30 o’clock and seriously
wounded. His injuries may prove fatal
as the bullet is still in him and cannot be
located with any degree of certainty.
About the hour above mentioned, Veal
and his partner, Patrolman George Harper,
while walking their beat found the back
window of the grocery of H. O. Reese at
the corner of Wheat and Fort streets open
The officers at once concluded that a
burglar was either in the store or had pil
fered it and left. Harper left Veal and
went in search of Reese, who lives a short
distance from his store, and while he was
gone Veal walked over to the butcher shop
of R. A. Starnes on the opposite side of
Fort street from Reese’s store. Starnes
had just, opened up his shop, and
upon being informed by Veal that
the hack window of Reese’s store was open,
tiie two men walked around in the rear of
the building. The window was found al
most closed, and as Veal pulled it open
the men heard some one in the store, evi
dently making an effort to open the front
door or the front window of the building.
Leaving Veal in the rear, Starnes rushed
around to the front of the store. About
that time he siw Harper returning from
Reese’s house, and coming across Wheat
street. At this juncture a pistol shot wa9
heard fired in ths rear of tiie store, and
the two men, thinking that Veal had shot
at the burglar, hastened to his assistance.
As the head men ran around the corner
they saw a negro going as fast as his legt
could carry him tnr ugh a vacant lot in
the rear of the building. Veal, seeing the
men coming, yelled at tiie top of
liis voice: “He has shot me;
kill him.” Veal at the same time fired one
shot at the negro, who, after going through
the vacant lot, darted under the fence and
coming out into Fort street continued to
run with all his speed. Harper ran after
him until the corner of Foster street was
reached, when the negro turned into Foster
,-trcet noil continuing to ru.t made Ills es
cape. Harper while chasing the negro
um! five shuts after him, it is thought with
no cflcct, as the negro did not stop and
there is no evidence that either of the shots
hit liipi. Starnes thinks that the negro was
w ithin ten feet of Veal when he shot the
officer.
Veal walked over to Starnes shop, whete
he sat down until a hack could be pro
cured, when he was sent to his home. The
bullet entered tho lower part of the
breast near the center, and it is believed
that it struck a hone and glanced around
to the 18ft. It is not known whether the
bullet lodged in the fleshy portion of the
side or in his intestines. Veal was resting
quietly this afternoon, and it may take
several days to determine the extent of his
fhjurics. He says that it was so dark
when the shooting occurred that he could
not sec tho negro well enough to be able to
identify him if he should be caught.
An examination of the store developed
the fact that the negro had broken open
the money drawer with an axe,and that he
had made a bungling job of it, as the con
tents of the drawer were found'scattered
all over the floor. In a corn sack was
found a couple of hams, which the negro
had evidently selected to cariv off with
him.
TVs Must Own the Nicaragua Canal
Ourselves.
From the New Y’ork Herald.
It is hinted elsewhere that England
would be glad to gain a controlling inter
est in the Nicaragua canal. Without
doubt that is true—not only of England,
but of every other nation whose people
have money to invest in what promises to
be s very successful venture.
Next to the .Suez canal that of Nicara
gua takes its place. The cut at Suez saves
a long journey round the Cape of Good
Hope, lessens the distance to and from the
east by thousands of miles, saves wear and
tear in the machinery of freight steamers
and the wages of seamen and interest on
capital represented by ‘.he goods in transit,
and revolutionizes the carrying trade of
the world.
The cut at Nicaragua will produce pre
cisely the same results. Capo Horn is a
dangerous fellow to meet, and many a
time his pitiless storms have compelled a
brave vessel to stand and deliver. Ail
that peril will he done away with. We
shall be within comparatively easy dis
tance of the Sandwich islands and of Aus
tralia, China, Japan and India. It is one
of the freat historical projects and is cer
tain to return good dividenda on the cap
ital expended.
But the Nicaragua canal is distinctively
an American enterprise. Our merchants
will be quite readv to invest their mono
in it when the call is mode. There will
he no lack of funds when the time comes
to put them where they do most good.
Moreover, it is not likely that Ameri
cans will allow a plant of that kind to fall
uoder the control of any foreigners. From
a political standpoint it is of transcendant
importance. Owned by England or any
other country it would be a constant
menace to this government—one that we
could not allow to exist.
The lake of Nicaragua as a strategic
point would not only command the re
public ot Mexico anu the little brood of
half-breed republics of Central America,
hut every state in the southern continent.
Under such circumstances it wonid be as
impossible fur us to surrender onr rights
in the scheme as it would be to sell Fort
Hamilton or Governor’s Island to a foreign
power.
If all so-called remedial have failed, Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
the suggestcr when that person had specifi- ta n stand it I can. I am a little amused
cally ordered that his name be kept -ecret. ' though, sometimes that these very repub-
The successful attempts to bring about the )ican senators who are the most biiter
same ei posure by indirect means are thus
described:
A woman who was known to he a
hypnotic subject was thrown into an arti
ficial sleep and M. Liegois suggested to iter
that upon awaking she should shoot a
certain Monsienr O., who was supposed to
have insulted her. She was directed to
say, if questioned, that M. Liegos had
never spoken to her upon the subject, and
that she did the shooting without any sug-
against me hnve so hesitation in asking
very particular tatorsat my hands.”
“The opposition seem to be raking up a
good many stories about you.”
“I do no pretend to keep pace with the
campaign lies maanfactnred out of whole
cloth, aud t only irondor at the ingenuity
that devises them.
“It was said a short time ago that I had
never appointed a Catholic priest as
chaplain in the anuy or navy. Now, the
gestion from any one anu entirely of her j act is, there have never been but three
own volition. A revolver was laid near i Catholic priests appointed as cliaplainsin
het and she was awaken. Monsieur O. t he United States service, aud I appointed
was near, and the moment she saw him
she seized the revolver and fired at him.
She was then put to sleep again and
a uctioned. She admitted tiie shooting, hut
enied ail suggestions, and stoutly main
tained that the deed was done of her own
free w 11. The questioner then suggested
to her that when she saw the instigator of
the crime she should go, to sleep for two
minutes, then shou d look fixedly at'him
until “that would do” was said, and should
then stand in front oi him and hold out
her skirts as though to conceal him. She
was qwakened and M. Liegois came into
the room. At once she apparently went to
sleep, in a short time awoke, and, fasten
ing ner eyes on M. Liegois, followed him
step by step about the room, and finally,
stopping in lront of him, spread out her
skirts.
Another similar experiment was tried
by Prof. Bernheim on a soldier who was
induced to take a five-franc piece under
hypnotic suggestion, and then to swear that
it ha i never been suggested to him to take
it, hut that he did it of his owu free will.
Ho also, when again hypnotized, absolutely
refused to re teal the identity of the sug-
gester of the theft, but when told, upon
seeing thesug-ester, io step up to him and
say: “I am very glad to see you. Please
Bing me the ‘Ma'seillaise,’’’ he did bo at
once u on being reawkene I. Put to sleep
again, lie agaiu denied that any suggestion
to steal had been made to him; but when
told, upon seeing the suggestei, to go Up to
him and say: “1 remembet you perfectly;
it was you who told me to steal,” he fol
lowed tn - direction.
The practical result of the experiments
is to apparently show that, while a person
obtaining hypnotic power over another and
directing his victim to commit some crime,
can at the same timoj by a mere command,
make sure that the victim will never reveal
liis name in answer to a direct question
and will assume personal responsibility for
tiie crime, the suggest s can never he sure
that liis victim will not expose the eug-
gester’s identity in some indirect way.
The power of the hynnotizer apparently
extends no further tlian to secure tiie literal (9*
obedienco by the victim to a certain cate
gorical direction.
two of them.
“And that story about my saying I be
lieved in free trade as 1 believed in the
Protestant religion—I cannot imagine
where people pick up such absurd state
ments. Iu the liist place, I don’t believe
in free trride at all, and in
next place free trade and pro
tection are mt.*o matters of govern
mental policy. I don’t look upon religion
as a matter of po'icy. That is lomething
of very much hjghor moment Ilian any
thing politi al. But I never said and
never could say anything that might be
even distorted into such an expression.”
“How about tl.at substitute, Mr. Pres
ident?”
“Yes, it is true that I hired a substitute
during the war. I am under tjie impression
that some very eminent rcpuplicans did
the same thing. I was drafted at a time
when it was imiossible for me to go. Two
of mv brothers vere already in the service,
and If it had been possible for me to hi»ve
gone in justice to our family I
would have gone voluntarily. A
friend brought me the substitute,
who was a Norvegian sailor just paid off
from his ship, t.ntl who was desirous of
going into the irmy and making the most
he could out o: it. He was a splendid-
looking fellow, and I remember the pro
vost marshal complimented me on bring
ing in so fine a recruit. He enlisted and
served through the war, and, so far ns I
know, was a good soldier. Alter the war
he returned to Buffalo and called to seo
me. He was |oor and I gave liinufo. He
was afterwards admitted to tho Soldiers’
Home at Bath, N. Y., aud he died there, ns
many other sildiers did. He never was in
a poorhouse, so far as I know, and he
certainly did pot die in one ”
A■■ Ocean Walt.
From the lOrevonian. sept. 14.
Mr. Fletcher, who is connected with the
bethel work in this city, brought to the
Oregonian ofliee yesterday a small strip ot
tin attached to two pieces of wirexthat is
connected with an ocean incident w-liich is
4fa inraBraB
Pathetic Courtship anil Mnrrtngoof n Deaf
airl Dumb Coup!
From the Chicago Tribune.
There was a si ent wedding init night in
the ladies, parlor at the Grand Pacific.
Champion Buchan, who is employed at tho
nostofiice, and Eleanor Patten, a tall and
beautiful young woman, stood before Dr.
Gillette, the miperin emienl of the deaf
and dumb asylum at Jacksonville. There
were six bridesmaids, one of whom was so
lovely that she riveted attention, and the
bridegroom was attended by six young
men in immaculate frock coats and carna
tions at their buttonhole. The parlor was
filled with relatives and guests. Nobody
spoke n word. All were deaf and dumb. '
“Wheresoever thou goest I will go,” said
Dr. Gillette, adding the words of Ruth to
the marriage service.
And the bride, with a pretty ford gest
ure, touched eyes, moutli and heart, and
signified that 6he would follow her hus
band.
“WheresoTer thou abidest I will abide,”
continued the doctor.
Aud the bridegroom, taking the bride’s
hand in his, promised with a sign that ho
would cleave to her.
“The Lord do so to me and more,” said
Dr. Gillette, “if aught but death part me
and thee.”
Ihe vow was made with quick, loving
movements of hancs aud eyes; the bride
groom slipped tho ring upon tho bride’s
finger, and so, without uttering a word,
they were man and wife.
And then the congratulations began.
The silent guests made a rush for
MRS. PATTEN’S ORPHANS
tViishtngtou
They arc nit MltltoualrM a
Society Y'engus Ove
New York World.
It is whispered that Washington Fociety,
particularly the impecunious masculine
portion of it, lias developed since tiie
death of Mrs. Patten, the millionaire
widow of that qity, a thoroughly piratical
Gilbert and Sullivanish sympathy for “or
phans.” Four orphans, with a million
apiece, all in one family, is a wind
fall that does not occur more than
once in tiie lifetime of the average
society swell, and the secret hopes that are
germinating under silken vestments the
most sacrilegious pen would not dare to
disclose. One of the five daughters of
Mrs. Patten, it will he remembered, mar
ried John M. Glover, congressman from
Missouri, something more than a yearniro,
and the recollections of that gorgeous cer
emony, with its service of gold at the wed
ding least and the liberal check from the
mother to the bride, is still fresh in the
memories of those who graced the occasion.
This check to the modern bride, by the
way, which has come to hold so conspicu
ous a place nmong the gifts which seems to
be the Flench “Dot” Americanized. There
is this difference, however, between them
that the dot is securely settled by thought
ful relatives upon the bride, while the
citeck, so conveniently convertible, sooner
or later finds its way into the pocket
Of the groom. The French sys
tem is one of the few things in
that country that might advantageously
Old and New Triumphs in Ships.
From the Loudon Telegraph.
The learned in the lore of ships will not
forget that Ptolcmjr Philopater, moved by
the laudable ambition to transcend, every
thing that had been done before hia time
in tiie way of ship-building, constructed a
galley with forty banks of oars, which was
of such iiugc size that from afar off it was
taken for a floating island. She was 2S0
cubits long and 48 cubits high, and the
crew was composed of 400 towers, 400
sailors and 3,000 soldiers. Ptolemy’s gal
ley was, however, only & cockboat in com
parison with the ship of Hiero, which was
buiit under the direction of Archimedes,
ml in the framework of which as much
timber as would have been
required for fifty great galleys was used.
There were hundreds of suites of apart
ments, so ancient authors tell us, on hoard
this extraordinary galley. There were
banqueting halls, hath rooms, n library,
garden-, well-stocked fish ponds, stables
and a temple dedicated to the Venus of
tl;c sea The ceilings of the principal sa
loons were encrusted with gold, ivory.and
mother of pearl, and the walls were pan
eled with paintings representing the prin
cipal Kvnes in the “Iliad.” The gymna-
tlpal - | „
Slum, fitted with every appliance for
athletic extr.isis, was on the tipper deck, 1
and the shell of the ship was protected by
an iron rampart flanked by eight towers,
fitted with warlike machines capable ot
hurling to a distance of half a mile stones
of 390 pounds weight, and javelins twelve
cubits tn length. All this at the first blush
may read as though Athenmus and
the other writers who have, treated of
this masterpiece of ancient naval
architecture had been adepts
not only nt describing balista* and cata
pults, but also at drawiDg the long bow on
their own account. Read, however, by the
light of modern experience, there ceases to
be anything incredible in the glowing nar
rative describing the ship Hiero, which
was clearly only intended to navigate sum
mer seas; and, when its marvels are com-
jmi cu WtiU tuoeo vi »uvm •* m
gcr steamer as the City of New York, the
v<.-ssel built under the superintendence of
Archimides becomes almost a commonplace
affair. Tiie splendor of the old Greek gal
ley pales before the description of the Eng
lish ocean steamer 560 feet long, 63 feet
wide and 44 feet in height, and furnished
within with cabins arranged in suites as
sitting rooms, boudoirs, bed rooms and
bath rooms. What would Ptolemy Philo
pater, or even the great inventor of tho
screw propeller himself have said to a ship
in the dining saloon of which GOO guests
ctuld refect at once? What
would the epicureans of old have said to ,
tho private dining rooms on hoard tho City j this the girls
of New York—dining rooms with drawing pu-hed film
will be remembered, the British bark
Anamba arrived at this pert. One of the
sailors belonging to that vessel showed the
piece of tin and wires to Mr. Fletcher, and
related to him the circumstancea tinder
which he came in possession of that “waif
of the sen.”
“About a month ago,” said tho sailor,
“we.caught a large guli, which was follow
ing in the wake of the vessel, by means of
a baited ltook. On pulling the bird up on
the hook we were much surprised to find
dangling from its neck a very rusty strip
of tin. On making an inspection we dis
covered that it wag secured around theguU’s
neck by means of two pieces of wire, tho
ends of which were twisted together so as
to prevent tiie tin from slipping over the
fowl’s head. The strip was very rusty ( but
wc scoured it until it wa^ptite bright.
We killed the gull and preserved the piece
of tin as a souvenir of the voyage.”
The piece of metal exhibited by Mr.
Fletcher is about two inches broad by
neatly seven in length. It bears the fol
lowing “label,” male by punching through
it: “Godfrey, II, S, ’88.” The gull was
captured in the North Pacific August 13,
of the present year.
Mr. Fletcher offers the following solu-
lution of the “ocean riddle,” which is rea
sonable and no doubt is a correct one.
Last year tint P.ritisli ship Cockerntouth
was lying at this port for some mouths.
She finally secured a cargo for Europe and
sailed hence last November. The Cocker-
mouth made a quu k passage, reaching her
destination in 100 days. On hoard the
Cockernioutli was an apprentice boy named
Godfrey when the vessel sailed for Cork,
United Kingdom. After unloading the
Cockermouth came back into the Pacific
ocean. About :i month ago that vessel was
reported at the Sandwich islands. She
was then on the way to 6ome port in south
ern California, and from that port was to
carry a large number of laborers to the
guano islands. Mr, Fletcher thinks that
young Godfrey captured the gull, and
tying tits metalic la el around its neck,set
tue bird adrift. He intends to keep the
«.,.i i .i _ _ i .1 .
6trip and write to some of the crew of tiie
Cockermouth making inquiries concerning
Godfrey aud usic it such an event took
place on board that vessel.
Put Outilours by Ills servants.
Newark Journal, Hetern be r 21. /
For several hours last evening two ser
vant girls wt re in complete possession of
Morris Meade’s house, on Yosc avenue,
.South Orange. Tiie girls hail had a mis
understanding with Mrs. Meade, and
finally the latter cal ed upon her husband
to aid her. Mr. Meade proceeded to order
the girls around, but to his surprise they
resisted. He entered the kitchen where
the girls were ami told them that they
could consider themselves discharged. At
ashed at their employer and
9 „ It of ti: * • - •
rooms cn suite, where a “small and early” | back yard. Mr. Mead
can be held after the banquet—very small ] policeman, hut even the presenceef Officer
and verv early, we should sav on a Novent- j 1 htnn failed to frighten the girls. They
her afternoon when Atlantfc “rollers” are : finally s id that they would leave If Mr.
prevalent? What, with pianofortes Tor Meade paid what w.u dm- them. Mr.
week days and an organ for Snnd/ty dev> I Meade promptly produced the cash, and
tionai exercises, hydraulic lifts, a smoking they left for Nrw i ork on the 7:45 train,
room accommodating 150 tobaccoiialians, a senator lie,i'7 cT
librarv, suite upon suite of hath rooms,; From the Chicago He -aid.
and the whole luxurious structure cor.- After Senator Be, k» do
verted into a floating Vauxhall lighted by I Grim Death, who sh ill -
a thousand electric lamps, it would s rce-: duty has not its dangers?
Iv scent feasible to add to the comfort and tvrs to the country', needs
the refined luxury which will be enjoyed of civic station than in tl
by tlmse who me privileged to take passage battle. The K-.-ntu ky - ,
in the tremendous galleon . f tbe Inman c ape wll be a » urce of satisfaction la
anil international transatlantic lines. i every lover of free institution,.
they cned over her. Their hands kept \ household. Mr. and Mrs. Glover have
been spending the summer at Sweet
Springs, Mo., where they own a cottage.
Sweet Springs might not seem much of a
resort for the habitues of Saratoga artd
Newport, hut it is nevertheless an at
tractive little snot, with several good min
eral springs, shady walks and drives, and
hotels that regale their guest- with nightly
hops. Mrs. Gl.ver patroniz-s the hops
very regularly, dresses charmingly de
collete and exhibits diamonds that are the
envy of all the women of the West. She is
not handsome, but iter dogs are and she is
devoted to tin m. When she walks two
beautiful Gordon setters gambol about her,
and in her drives she is abcompanica by a
dignified pug. The latest addition to the
menage—a fine baby—seems to he quite
over-siiaowed by these canine fnvorites,
and while alien Itands contribute to the
comfort of the heir to tde flatten millions,
it is the fair mistress herself that feeds tile
dogs.
TUE GRAND OLD MAN.
An Admirer’s Description of Gladstone
While .Speaking.
Justin McC&rthyln Youth's Companion.
Let us take a look at the house. It is
filled in every part; the members’ galleries
are all full; the space below tho bar—.
where there are no seats and the members
can only stand—is packed to ils full ca
pacity; the speaker’s gallery, the little’
gallery of the sergeanl-.n-aims, the em
bassadors’ gallery, the stranger-’ galletV,
the distinguished strangers’ gallery—are
all crammed. • • • • ■ '*
Gladstone is up. He has begun his
speech ill a tone purposely sub-
dued, ensy und quiet. Soon it will swell
in volume as the orator warms to his sub
ject and it will ring clear, and resonant
through the House of Commons.
Gladstone’s voice is not indeed the voice
that it was Borne years age. It is still a
powerful voice; it can bo made without
effort to fill any public hall, hut the vx-
quisite modulations of expression, the
delicate tones and half tones which used to
give tucli meaning and significance to
every phrase and every word, and used to
form what cne might call the accompany?
ing music of the argument and the elo
qucnce, all these are as thev have ever
been. * * * •. * * *
We have come to the last night and the
great debato is nearly over. In a few
minutes wo shall have the division. Glad
stone’s eloquence still streams like a me
teor over tho parliamentary firmament.
The orator is interrupted now and then
and he always turns upon tho man ormen
who interrupt him, anti sends some bomb
shell of reply crashing in among his oppo
nents.
Why will opponents be so foolish as to
interrupt Mr Gladstone? An interrup
tion is to him like tiie stroke of a spur to
a generous hone; it only inspirils him to
display ill his best resources and powers.
the speech comes to a splendid dote,
in sentences now slow, solemn and appeal
ing; dow rushing on with ail the force und
volume of a cataract, and then the orator
sits down amid cheers and cheers, and the
house is moved for some seconds after, as
the sea still heaves and heaves, although
the ttoroi is over.
fluttering around-the region sf their heart
as though saving that, on this occasion,
their heart alone could speak. A pretty
dumb boy of four was brought by his
mother to the bride. lie clenched his
chubby fis s and stamped his little feet and
went through a pantomime expressive of
unbounded love and good will. The bride
did not nnsw r him with sign-. She
stooped and kissed him and a tear fell upon
his curls.
“It is one of the rare romances which
have touched our life,” said Dr. Gillette.
“These young folks met at the institution,
they wooed in signs, and Mr. Buchan only
left uz to make a home for the beautiful
girl who is now his wife.”
At which the bride, following the move
ment of his lips, kissed his hand, and with
a graceful gesture waved farewell to the
companv, who were indulging in an abun
dance of silent gossip, and threw a kind
look at the oltl colored attendant, who was
crying at the door.
“It's the prettiest thing I ever saw,’’
said he.
A PARISIAN llLOODnOUND.
Tlio Friine Mover of the French Detective
• Force.
The French detective force has been
greatly decried and depreciated by the pub
lie of recent years, says a P ris writer, and
it has been commonly remarked that its
members had lost that professional astute
ness and ability which distinguished M.
C aude and oth?r famous limiers, who
have either published their own experi
ences, ltk that wurliiy, or who ituve
been described under assumed : atnes
by novelists of tiie “Garibaldi school.”
The promptness with which Allntayer, the
uolorious swindler, was recently arrested
nt Hav e shows, however, that there are
still some fine “bloodhounds” in the de
tective force. M._ Soudais, ,who was the
Fs one of these. Ho is a man between *35
mid 40 years old, with a short, rugged
beard, and looks like a rotund and com
fortablecitizen who has “made his pile,”
and has nothing to do for the remainder
of his life hut to discuss politics nt second
hand and to _ play dominoes _ In
cafes. M. Soudais flics at all kinds
of game, hut his favorite birds
are defaulting financiers and big
swindlers. Nevertheless, when there is no
important culprit to he followed from the
boulevards to the hanks of the Bosphorus,
M. Soudais docs not di dain to track low
murderers and burglars to their lairs in the
Place Maubert or the dingy environs of
Paris. One of his first captures was that
of Savreux, a railway cashier who stole
416,000, and whom he arrested in Vienna
Later t>n lie hunted out Maisoncettve,
who murdesed a loose woman iu the
Rue de Rome. Ulin and Fnrme, two
wretches who ‘ knifed” an old bourgeois to
death iu the Vincennes wood, and finally
ho tracked Mouvet, the absconding hank
director, to Constantinople and, with the
aid of two Levantine thieves, laid a trap
for him into which he fell. M. Soudais
was obliged to employ the thieves, because
he could, as he lays, reckon but little on
the help of tho Constantinople police. As
for Allmayer, the detective had looked ior
him io Belgrade, then in Genoa, and next
in Biarritz, and it was only by the rnerett
chance that he heard of the swindler’s
presence in Normandy, whither Allmayer
had gone in order to “cut a daah” during
the summer season with the mercenary
creature of his affections.
Some Mighty Flnr Writing.
From Clark Russell’s "The Mystery of the
Ocean Star.” D. Appleton A Co.
From the little blue curling ripple of
the catspaw, softly travelling in an expir
ing sigh over the burnished surface of the
calm to the tail furious dissolving liquid
cliffs of the great deep maddened by temp
est, is a vast stride, and a bundled pic
tures lo between. Beauty ia so
rapidly merged into terror that it requires
the inclusion ofseveral conditions to present
it. A man may at 6 o’clock in thc'even'tig
be admiring a scene from the deck of
a ship which us uuui i-tU* —grown
frightful enough to despatch him below to
bis prayers. One wants daylight for a
storm; the imagination may be kept cool
in the presence of the visible, but when the
darkness falls and the scene becomes a
thunderous shadow of blocks of blackness,
scintiliant with the dust of the si-a fire,
fancy quits its posture of admiration
and the mind can do but little more than
woml r whether dry will ever b-cak
over the ship again. lWibly one
of the finest storm spectacles ettr wit
nessed was in the Bay of Benj-ttl. It was
midnight. On the port side oi the ship
the sky was black with thunder clouds,
whose swollen outlines were revealed by
house into the | t he inctsiant play of lightning. The
theD went for a thunder was shock after shock ot explo
stons. On the starboard side of the ship
the fnli moon would sometint s dart an
icy team through rifts in the black
wings oi electric vapor. Meanwhile
it was blowing a gsle of wind aud
a high sea was running. The effect of the
plsy of lightning and the occasional glance
of the brilliant inoon upon the datk coils
of the seas melting into foim may be ini-
j agined. Tiie alternations of light
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
struggle with
that public
Men fall mar-j reduplicated by tin-
no li - at post phunts, with which tl.
> iron hall of! to a- uncommon degn
‘tor’s leaky S‘- m ignitio n'ly iini.irtu
of Milton wil
flaw!
of phos-
ter was charged
The picture was
ml outside tiie
Jailor Jnmes 31. Jenkins Hold* tiie Lucky
Ticket and Gets His 85,000.
Mr. James M. Jenkins is the popular Jailer of
Floyd county, Ueorgla.
He waa I5.UD better oif on last Saturday than
the day previous.
Hearing that Mr. Jenkins held one-tenth of
ticket No. ‘7.H43 which drew the third capital
prize ot (j0,(M> in the Loulslant State Lottery, a
Tribune reporter calltd at the county Jail yea*
terday toa-ccrtaln It the report waa true.
Mr. Jenkins w<ts found sick In bed, but never
theless a happy man.
Mr. Jenkins preferred that the Tribune "ay
nothing ot It, but as a matter ot oews the public
must have it.
He presected hts ticket at the Southern Ex-
pr ss ofliee on the l'.lh Inst, tor collection, and
on Saturday last he got to.OCO In New York ex
change. which was deposited to hts credit lit
one of the (tty banks.
When Mr. Jenkins presented hts tleket at the
express office be loosen as li ne coum nanny
realize that It waa tleket No. 47,81.1, and w heu
the {o.CUU was handed him by Manager Lowry
on batunlay last, his heart leaped tor Joy. He
WH. the happiest man in Georgia.
Mr Jenkins la an bonrat, hard-working man.
who enjoys the contldence of the people, anil
this little fortune could not have fallen into
mure deserving hands than into hts.
Two yean ago 115,000 was drawn by Rome
parties at one drawing.
Rome Is not ouly pluc
(Ga.) Tribune of Rome, July 2
Suicided at Nineteen.
Atlanta,Sept. 25.—[Special.]—Spencer
Everett, the lU-jrear-old son oi James Vr.
Everett of Atlanta, committed suicide to;
dajr near Altuan in Newton county. In
December last he went to Newton cuitulv
for the purpose of visiting his uncle, Dr.
S. T. Everett. This morning the young
man loaded hisgun'and left the house,
-- ving he was going hunting. .Soon after
hU departure tne report of hi- gun was
heard a -bori distance down the road. A
short time -titer this parties con ing along
the road found young Everett a <orpse.
The gun was on tin.- ground near him; the
hoe of h
large ho
the cunt)
ings ind
puliicg
with his
rett’s left foot
w t* tumid iu Iu
’., of his gun.
tu*>l iIjui ihe <1«
I bis shut-, pul
1 while u - 1
■ ride. The nee
tide, I
tdo bv
The Mirrouud-
i :i-t-d had, after
i.l the trigger
■ •its
the
gh: lo .\tiautH thin atterLOjQ
: oi the juuug rnau.